Continuous Integration Contract Job Trends

Continuous Integration
UK

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs requiring Continuous Integration skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 5 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
5 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 253 128 148
Rank change year-on-year -125 +20 -53
Contract jobs citing Continuous Integration 391 644 740
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 1.06% 2.00% 1.73%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.21% 2.26% 1.97%
Number of daily rates quoted 256 399 485
10th Percentile £363 £383 £400
25th Percentile £417 £450 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £538 £575
Median % change year-on-year -2.33% -6.52% -0.86%
75th Percentile £606 £675 £678
90th Percentile £741 £763 £767
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £500 £551
% change year-on-year - -9.26% +2.04%
Number of hourly rates quoted 17 9 48
10th Percentile £55.87 £26.31 -
25th Percentile - £26.50 -
Median hourly rate £65.00 £65.00 £65.00
75th Percentile - - £68.04
90th Percentile - £77.50 £77.50
UK excluding London median hourly rate £65.00 £65.00 £65.00

All Process & Methodology Skills
UK

Continuous Integration falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 32,397 28,487 37,627
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 87.99% 88.45% 87.83%
Number of daily rates quoted 20,485 17,308 25,038
10th Percentile £304 £308 £305
25th Percentile £406 £413 £419
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
75th Percentile £615 £638 £650
90th Percentile £720 £738 £743
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -5.00% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,000 924 1,538
10th Percentile £14.74 £15.62 £14.25
25th Percentile £17.69 £20.43 £18.67
Median hourly rate £25.15 £32.50 £42.25
Median % change year-on-year -22.62% -23.07% +20.71%
75th Percentile £55.00 £62.50 £65.00
90th Percentile £69.65 £75.00 £77.50
UK excluding London median hourly rate £23.83 £30.62 £44.50
% change year-on-year -22.18% -31.20% +42.86%

Continuous Integration
Job Vacancy Trend

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Continuous Integration relative to all contract IT jobs advertised.

Continuous Integration job vacancy trend in the UK

Continuous Integration
Daily Rate Trend

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Continuous Integration.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Continuous Integration

Continuous Integration
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Continuous Integration over the 6 months to 5 January 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Continuous Integration in the UK

Continuous Integration
Hourly Rate Trend

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Continuous Integration.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Continuous Integration

Continuous Integration
Hourly Rate Histogram

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Continuous Integration over the 6 months to 5 January 2026.

Hourly rate histogram for Continuous Integration in the UK

Continuous Integration
Top 16 Contract Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Continuous Integration within the UK over the 6 months to 5 January 2026. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
England -134 323 £525 -4.55% 445
UK excluding London -99 207 £500 - 376
London -94 135 £550 -8.33% 188
Work from Home -71 132 £511 -2.71% 306
North of England -70 67 £520 -2.44% 69
South East -44 50 £517 +3.40% 169
Yorkshire -40 47 £520 -11.86% 33
Midlands -45 39 £525 -4.55% 38
West Midlands -50 36 £525 -4.55% 19
Scotland +3 27 £493 +5.45% 8
East of England -21 18 £475 -5.00% 59
South West -28 14 £438 -34.46% 32
North West -52 13 £389 -18.16% 28
North East -16 8 £520 -13.33% 8
Wales -14 3 £450 -16.28% 8
East Midlands -22 3 £340 -34.88% 17

Continuous Integration
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 27 (6.91%) Confluence
2 19 (4.86%) WebLogic
3 11 (2.81%) Apache
3 11 (2.81%) JBoss
4 4 (1.02%) Mule
5 3 (0.77%) Anypoint
5 3 (0.77%) Apache Airflow
5 3 (0.77%) Tomcat
6 2 (0.51%) Apache Spark
6 2 (0.51%) CMS
6 2 (0.51%) Mule ESB
7 1 (0.26%) CICS
7 1 (0.26%) OpenStack
7 1 (0.26%) SAS
7 1 (0.26%) WebSphere
7 1 (0.26%) WebSphere Application Server
Applications
1 3 (0.77%) Microsoft PowerPoint
1 3 (0.77%) MS Visio
2 1 (0.26%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 1 (0.26%) Dynamics CRM
1 1 (0.26%) Finacle
Cloud Services
1 166 (42.46%) AWS
2 102 (26.09%) Azure
3 71 (18.16%) GCP
4 60 (15.35%) GitHub
5 54 (13.81%) Serverless
6 46 (11.76%) GitHub Actions
7 45 (11.51%) Azure DevOps
8 20 (5.12%) AWS CloudFormation
8 20 (5.12%) Cloud Computing
9 15 (3.84%) Amazon EKS
10 14 (3.58%) Amazon EC2
10 14 (3.58%) Amazon S3
11 13 (3.32%) AWS Lambda
12 12 (3.07%) Amazon ECS
12 12 (3.07%) Azure AKS
12 12 (3.07%) IaaS
13 11 (2.81%) Snowflake
14 10 (2.56%) Azure Data Factory
14 10 (2.56%) Azure Monitor
14 10 (2.56%) OpenShift
Communications & Networking
1 26 (6.65%) TCP/IP
2 16 (4.09%) Firewall
3 15 (3.84%) Ethernet
4 12 (3.07%) DNS
5 8 (2.05%) Wireshark
6 7 (1.79%) HTTP
7 4 (1.02%) Internet
8 3 (0.77%) DHCP
8 3 (0.77%) Network Security
9 2 (0.51%) Multicast
10 1 (0.26%) Cisco Nexus
10 1 (0.26%) FCoE
10 1 (0.26%) Fibre Channel
10 1 (0.26%) IPsec
10 1 (0.26%) iSCSI
10 1 (0.26%) NAS
10 1 (0.26%) SAN
10 1 (0.26%) Software-Defined Networking
10 1 (0.26%) SSL
10 1 (0.26%) tcpdump
Database & Business Intelligence
1 53 (13.55%) NoSQL
2 47 (12.02%) PostgreSQL
3 29 (7.42%) SQL Server
4 28 (7.16%) MongoDB
5 22 (5.63%) Amazon RDS
6 20 (5.12%) Relational Database
7 10 (2.56%) Oracle Database
8 9 (2.30%) Data Lake
9 8 (2.05%) Big Data
9 8 (2.05%) MySQL
9 8 (2.05%) Power BI
10 6 (1.53%) Amazon Aurora
10 6 (1.53%) Apache Cassandra
10 6 (1.53%) Couchbase
11 5 (1.28%) Data Warehouse
12 4 (1.02%) RDBMS
13 3 (0.77%) BigQuery
13 3 (0.77%) DB2
13 3 (0.77%) MariaDB
13 3 (0.77%) Snowflake Schema
Development Applications
1 115 (29.41%) Jenkins
2 107 (27.37%) Git
3 71 (18.16%) GitLab
4 48 (12.28%) JIRA
5 29 (7.42%) Liquibase
6 25 (6.39%) Eclipse
7 24 (6.14%) Selenium
8 22 (5.63%) Cucumber
9 21 (5.37%) JUnit
10 17 (4.35%) Cypress.io
11 15 (3.84%) CircleCI
11 15 (3.84%) Visual Studio
12 14 (3.58%) Gradle
13 12 (3.07%) Bitbucket
13 12 (3.07%) SonarQube
14 10 (2.56%) IntelliJ
14 10 (2.56%) Maven
14 10 (2.56%) Sonatype Nexus
15 8 (2.05%) JMeter
15 8 (2.05%) Oracle Forms
General
1 138 (35.29%) Social Skills
2 69 (17.65%) Finance
3 55 (14.07%) Public Sector
4 48 (12.28%) Banking
5 40 (10.23%) Analytical Skills
6 24 (6.14%) Financial Institution
7 22 (5.63%) Military
8 15 (3.84%) Presentation Skills
9 10 (2.56%) Influencing Skills
10 6 (1.53%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 4 (1.02%) Retail Banking
12 3 (0.77%) Aerospace
12 3 (0.77%) Pharmaceutical
13 2 (0.51%) Documentation Skills
13 2 (0.51%) Front Office
13 2 (0.51%) Organisational Skills
13 2 (0.51%) Retail
14 1 (0.26%) Marketing
14 1 (0.26%) Private Banking
14 1 (0.26%) Wholesale Banking
Job Titles
1 115 (29.41%) Developer
2 68 (17.39%) Senior
3 64 (16.37%) DevOps Engineer
4 50 (12.79%) Software Engineer
5 28 (7.16%) Lead
6 26 (6.65%) Java Developer
7 24 (6.14%) Senior Developer
8 21 (5.37%) AWS Engineer
9 18 (4.60%) Cloud Engineer
9 18 (4.60%) Senior DevOps
10 17 (4.35%) Senior DevOps Engineer
11 15 (3.84%) Architect
11 15 (3.84%) C++ Software Engineer
11 15 (3.84%) GCP Engineer
11 15 (3.84%) Senior Software Engineer
12 14 (3.58%) C# Software Engineer
13 13 (3.32%) Azure Engineer
13 13 (3.32%) Technical Architect
14 12 (3.07%) Technical Leader
15 11 (2.81%) Senior Java Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 75 (19.18%) RESTful
2 72 (18.41%) REST
3 61 (15.60%) Node.js
4 50 (12.79%) React
5 47 (12.02%) Elastic Stack
6 39 (9.97%) Spring
7 36 (9.21%) HTML
8 34 (8.70%) Web Services
9 33 (8.44%) CSS
10 32 (8.18%) .NET
10 32 (8.18%) Kafka
11 21 (5.37%) JSON
12 20 (5.12%) Spring Boot
13 18 (4.60%) HTML5
14 17 (4.35%) Play Framework
15 16 (4.09%) Playwright
15 16 (4.09%) XML
16 15 (3.84%) J2EE
16 15 (3.84%) SOAP
17 12 (3.07%) Hibernate
Miscellaneous
1 46 (11.76%) Cloud Native
2 44 (11.25%) Distributed Systems
3 29 (7.42%) Public Cloud
4 21 (5.37%) Product Ownership
5 14 (3.58%) Security Posture
6 13 (3.32%) Legacy Systems
7 12 (3.07%) Mobile App
8 9 (2.30%) Management Information System
9 8 (2.05%) Algorithms
9 8 (2.05%) Data Structures
9 8 (2.05%) Greenfield Project
9 8 (2.05%) Virtual Team
10 7 (1.79%) Enterprise Software
11 6 (1.53%) CAN bus
11 6 (1.53%) Data Protection Act
11 6 (1.53%) Self-Motivation
12 5 (1.28%) Distributed Architecture
12 5 (1.28%) Onboarding
13 4 (1.02%) Credit Risk
13 4 (1.02%) Legacy Code
Operating Systems
1 99 (25.32%) Linux
2 47 (12.02%) Windows
3 23 (5.88%) Unix
4 13 (3.32%) Android
5 9 (2.30%) Windows Server
6 8 (2.05%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 7 (1.79%) Apple iOS
8 3 (0.77%) CentOS
8 3 (0.77%) Solaris
9 2 (0.51%) Mac OS
10 1 (0.26%) Embedded Linux
10 1 (0.26%) MVS
10 1 (0.26%) Ubuntu
10 1 (0.26%) VMS
10 1 (0.26%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 293 (74.94%) CI/CD
2 249 (63.68%) Agile
3 191 (48.85%) DevOps
4 145 (37.08%) Continuous Delivery
5 121 (30.95%) Microservices
6 116 (29.67%) Test Automation
7 101 (25.83%) Infrastructure as Code
8 99 (25.32%) Containerisation
9 97 (24.81%) TDD
10 94 (24.04%) Software Engineering
11 83 (21.23%) Problem-Solving
12 69 (17.65%) Continuous Deployment
13 64 (16.37%) Computer Science
14 51 (13.04%) Design Patterns
14 51 (13.04%) Scrum
15 42 (10.74%) Unit Testing
16 41 (10.49%) Infrastructure Automation
17 40 (10.23%) Non-Functional Testing
18 39 (9.97%) Continuous Improvement
19 38 (9.72%) Code Quality
Programming Languages
1 132 (33.76%) Python
2 97 (24.81%) Java
3 77 (19.69%) SQL
4 68 (17.39%) JavaScript
5 53 (13.55%) C#
6 52 (13.30%) Go
7 46 (11.76%) TypeScript
8 29 (7.42%) C++
9 28 (7.16%) Bash
10 19 (4.86%) Scala
11 16 (4.09%) PowerShell
12 14 (3.58%) Kotlin
13 9 (2.30%) Perl
14 8 (2.05%) Ruby
14 8 (2.05%) Shell Script
15 7 (1.79%) Swift
16 6 (1.53%) Embedded C++
16 6 (1.53%) PL/SQL
17 5 (1.28%) JSX
17 5 (1.28%) Objective-C
Qualifications
1 104 (26.60%) Security Cleared
2 77 (19.69%) SC Cleared
3 68 (17.39%) Degree
4 54 (13.81%) Computer Science Degree
5 29 (7.42%) Master's Degree
6 17 (4.35%) AWS Certification
7 13 (3.32%) BPSS Clearance
8 10 (2.56%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
8 10 (2.56%) DV Cleared
9 6 (1.53%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
10 5 (1.28%) AWS Certified Developer
11 4 (1.02%) ISTQB
12 3 (0.77%) Azure Certification
12 3 (0.77%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
12 3 (0.77%) Microsoft Certification
13 1 (0.26%) AWS Certified SysOps Administrator
13 1 (0.26%) CISSP
13 1 (0.26%) ISEB
13 1 (0.26%) OCP
13 1 (0.26%) Oracle Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 41 (10.49%) QA
2 20 (5.12%) Accessibility
3 8 (2.05%) Data Quality
4 3 (0.77%) NCSC
4 3 (0.77%) WCAG
5 2 (0.51%) Disclosure Scotland
5 2 (0.51%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 2 (0.51%) NIST
6 1 (0.26%) Actionable Recommendations
6 1 (0.26%) MiFID
System Software
1 119 (30.43%) Docker
2 11 (2.81%) Active Directory
3 9 (2.30%) Virtual Machines
4 4 (1.02%) Virtual Servers
5 3 (0.77%) VMware ESXi
6 2 (0.51%) Hyper-V
6 2 (0.51%) VMware Infrastructure
7 1 (0.26%) KVM
7 1 (0.26%) NFS
7 1 (0.26%) RACF
7 1 (0.26%) SRDF
7 1 (0.26%) Veritas Cluster Server
7 1 (0.26%) Xen
Systems Management
1 122 (31.20%) Kubernetes
2 108 (27.62%) Terraform
3 69 (17.65%) Grafana
4 55 (14.07%) Ansible
4 55 (14.07%) Prometheus
5 22 (5.63%) Puppet
6 8 (2.05%) CSIRT
6 8 (2.05%) Single Sign-On
7 7 (1.79%) Kibana
7 7 (1.79%) Progress Chef
8 2 (0.51%) Argo
8 2 (0.51%) Consul
8 2 (0.51%) Jamf Pro
8 2 (0.51%) logstash
8 2 (0.51%) Microsoft Intune
8 2 (0.51%) Packer
8 2 (0.51%) Podman
9 1 (0.26%) Dell DRAC
9 1 (0.26%) Docker Swarm
9 1 (0.26%) Tivoli
Vendors
1 53 (13.55%) Splunk
2 51 (13.04%) Microsoft
3 31 (7.93%) Google
4 23 (5.88%) Oracle
5 17 (4.35%) Databricks
6 15 (3.84%) Atlassian
7 12 (3.07%) Red Hat
8 9 (2.30%) F5
8 9 (2.30%) webMethods
9 7 (1.79%) Apple
10 6 (1.53%) GoldenSource
10 6 (1.53%) Salesforce
10 6 (1.53%) VMware
11 5 (1.28%) AppDynamics
11 5 (1.28%) MuleSoft
11 5 (1.28%) PagerDuty
12 4 (1.02%) DocuSign
13 3 (0.77%) Cribl.io
13 3 (0.77%) Dynatrace
14 2 (0.51%) CA Agile Central