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 19 February 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
19 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 301 143 159
Rank change year-on-year -158 +16 -59
Contract jobs citing Continuous Integration 353 587 690
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.87% 1.91% 1.56%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.00% 2.12% 1.80%
Number of daily rates quoted 231 369 441
10th Percentile £363 £381 £381
25th Percentile £413 £450 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £520 £525 £575
Median % change year-on-year -0.95% -8.70% -0.63%
75th Percentile £608 £675 £688
90th Percentile £750 £750 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £500 £550
% change year-on-year - -9.09% +0.27%
Number of hourly rates quoted 11 7 54
10th Percentile £54.55 £26.29 £60.25
25th Percentile £59.00 £26.41 -
Median hourly rate £65.00 £27.35 £65.00
Median % change year-on-year +137.66% -57.92% -
75th Percentile - £64.38 £66.25
90th Percentile - £74.00 £76.53
UK excluding London median hourly rate £65.00 £62.50 £65.00
% change year-on-year +4.00% -3.85% -

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 35,377 27,631 38,379
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 86.89% 89.70% 87.04%
Number of daily rates quoted 22,416 17,028 25,083
10th Percentile £311 £306 £300
25th Percentile £410 £413 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
75th Percentile £613 £638 £638
90th Percentile £720 £738 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £480 £490 £500
% change year-on-year -2.04% -2.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,136 844 2,147
10th Percentile £14.58 £15.62 £13.29
25th Percentile £17.87 £21.05 £16.25
Median hourly rate £25.50 £32.50 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year -21.54% -7.14% -
75th Percentile £60.00 £63.75 £60.32
90th Percentile £70.36 £75.00 £73.20
UK excluding London median hourly rate £25.15 £30.62 £35.00
% change year-on-year -17.85% -12.53% +5.26%

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 19 February 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 19 February 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 19 February 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 -148 307 £523 -5.00% 132
UK excluding London -107 177 £500 - 106
London -122 133 £530 -11.67% 42
Work from Home -108 105 £513 -2.38% 65
North of England -98 59 £523 -0.48% 32
South East -52 51 £517 +3.40% 25
Yorkshire -53 40 £525 -11.02% 15
Midlands -57 35 £480 -5.88% 13
West Midlands -47 34 £503 +0.50% 10
East of England -19 17 £600 +23.08% 14
South West -31 17 £425 -36.33% 18
North West -53 15 £361 -25.86% 12
Scotland -13 7 £550 +17.65% 1
North East -21 6 £550 -8.33% 5
Wales -15 2 - - 6
East Midlands -28 1 £413 -20.86% 3

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 11 (3.12%) Apache
1 11 (3.12%) Confluence
2 9 (2.55%) JBoss
2 9 (2.55%) WebLogic
3 7 (1.98%) Apache Airflow
4 2 (0.57%) Apache Spark
4 2 (0.57%) CMS
4 2 (0.57%) Palantir Foundry
5 1 (0.28%) Anypoint
5 1 (0.28%) Moodle
5 1 (0.28%) Mule
5 1 (0.28%) Mule ESB
5 1 (0.28%) SAS
5 1 (0.28%) SharePoint
Applications
1 4 (1.13%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (0.85%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (0.85%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 1 (0.28%) Cloudability
1 1 (0.28%) Dynamics CRM
1 1 (0.28%) Findur
Cloud Services
1 149 (42.21%) AWS
2 95 (26.91%) Azure
3 57 (16.15%) GitHub
4 53 (15.01%) GCP
4 53 (15.01%) Serverless
5 45 (12.75%) GitHub Actions
6 42 (11.90%) Azure DevOps
7 17 (4.82%) Cloud Computing
7 17 (4.82%) IaaS
8 16 (4.53%) AWS CloudFormation
9 15 (4.25%) Amazon S3
9 15 (4.25%) AWS Lambda
10 13 (3.68%) Amazon EC2
10 13 (3.68%) Amazon EKS
11 12 (3.40%) Amazon CloudWatch
11 12 (3.40%) Snowflake
12 11 (3.12%) Amazon ECS
13 9 (2.55%) Azure AKS
13 9 (2.55%) Azure Data Factory
13 9 (2.55%) Azure Synapse Analytics
Communications & Networking
1 15 (4.25%) TCP/IP
2 12 (3.40%) Ethernet
3 10 (2.83%) Firewall
4 6 (1.70%) DNS
5 5 (1.42%) IPsec
5 5 (1.42%) Kerberos
5 5 (1.42%) SSL
5 5 (1.42%) Wireshark
6 3 (0.85%) DHCP
6 3 (0.85%) HTTP
6 3 (0.85%) Modbus
6 3 (0.85%) Network Security
6 3 (0.85%) RS-232
6 3 (0.85%) RS-422
6 3 (0.85%) RS-485
7 2 (0.57%) RTMP
7 2 (0.57%) Software-Defined Radio
7 2 (0.57%) VPN
8 1 (0.28%) Internet
8 1 (0.28%) Multicast
Database & Business Intelligence
1 45 (12.75%) NoSQL
2 41 (11.61%) PostgreSQL
3 22 (6.23%) MongoDB
4 21 (5.95%) Amazon RDS
5 16 (4.53%) SQL Server
6 12 (3.40%) Relational Database
7 10 (2.83%) Data Lake
8 7 (1.98%) Apache Cassandra
8 7 (1.98%) Big Data
9 6 (1.70%) Couchbase
9 6 (1.70%) MySQL
9 6 (1.70%) Power BI
10 4 (1.13%) Amazon Aurora
10 4 (1.13%) Data Warehouse
10 4 (1.13%) Snowflake Schema
11 3 (0.85%) Data Vault
11 3 (0.85%) DynamoDB
11 3 (0.85%) Redis
12 2 (0.57%) Azure SQL Database
12 2 (0.57%) Oracle Database
Development Applications
1 96 (27.20%) Git
2 92 (26.06%) Jenkins
3 67 (18.98%) GitLab
4 29 (8.22%) JIRA
5 27 (7.65%) JUnit
6 20 (5.67%) Selenium
7 19 (5.38%) Cucumber
7 19 (5.38%) Eclipse
8 18 (5.10%) Liquibase
9 16 (4.53%) Cypress.io
9 16 (4.53%) Gradle
10 12 (3.40%) Maven
11 10 (2.83%) IntelliJ
12 9 (2.55%) CircleCI
12 9 (2.55%) Sonatype Nexus
12 9 (2.55%) Visual Studio
13 8 (2.27%) REST Assured
13 8 (2.27%) SonarQube
14 7 (1.98%) Mockito
14 7 (1.98%) Postman
General
1 117 (33.14%) Social Skills
2 61 (17.28%) Finance
3 46 (13.03%) Public Sector
4 39 (11.05%) Banking
5 36 (10.20%) Analytical Skills
6 21 (5.95%) Financial Institution
7 14 (3.97%) Military
8 12 (3.40%) Influencing Skills
9 10 (2.83%) Presentation Skills
10 6 (1.70%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 5 (1.42%) Front Office
12 3 (0.85%) Electronics
12 3 (0.85%) Investment Banking
12 3 (0.85%) Pharmaceutical
12 3 (0.85%) Retail Banking
13 2 (0.57%) Documentation Skills
13 2 (0.57%) Retail
14 1 (0.28%) Marketing
14 1 (0.28%) Private Banking
14 1 (0.28%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 103 (29.18%) Developer
2 70 (19.83%) Senior
3 57 (16.15%) DevOps Engineer
4 45 (12.75%) Software Engineer
5 24 (6.80%) Java Developer
5 24 (6.80%) Senior Developer
6 21 (5.95%) AWS Engineer
7 15 (4.25%) Senior Software Engineer
8 14 (3.97%) Azure Engineer
8 14 (3.97%) GCP Engineer
8 14 (3.97%) Python Developer
9 13 (3.68%) Cloud Engineer
9 13 (3.68%) Lead
9 13 (3.68%) Senior DevOps
9 13 (3.68%) Senior DevOps Engineer
10 12 (3.40%) Azure DevOps Engineer
10 12 (3.40%) Python Engineer
10 12 (3.40%) Test Engineer
11 11 (3.12%) Senior Java Developer
11 11 (3.12%) Tester
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 67 (18.98%) REST
2 53 (15.01%) RESTful
3 42 (11.90%) Node.js
4 40 (11.33%) React
4 40 (11.33%) Web Services
5 36 (10.20%) Spring
6 33 (9.35%) Elastic Stack
7 25 (7.08%) .NET
8 23 (6.52%) HTML
8 23 (6.52%) Kafka
9 21 (5.95%) CSS
10 18 (5.10%) Spring Boot
11 17 (4.82%) JSON
12 16 (4.53%) Play Framework
12 16 (4.53%) Playwright
12 16 (4.53%) SOAP
13 15 (4.25%) HTML5
14 13 (3.68%) J2EE
15 12 (3.40%) Hibernate
15 12 (3.40%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 39 (11.05%) Distributed Systems
2 37 (10.48%) Cloud Native
3 25 (7.08%) Public Cloud
4 18 (5.10%) Product Ownership
5 14 (3.97%) Algorithms
6 12 (3.40%) Security Posture
7 10 (2.83%) Mobile App
8 9 (2.55%) Enterprise Software
8 9 (2.55%) Self-Motivation
8 9 (2.55%) Virtual Team
9 8 (2.27%) Legacy Code
10 7 (1.98%) Data Structures
11 6 (1.70%) CAN bus
11 6 (1.70%) Derivative
11 6 (1.70%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
12 5 (1.42%) Data Protection Act
12 5 (1.42%) Distributed Architecture
12 5 (1.42%) Legacy Systems
12 5 (1.42%) Onboarding
13 4 (1.13%) Credit Risk
Operating Systems
1 88 (24.93%) Linux
2 45 (12.75%) Windows
3 22 (6.23%) Unix
4 12 (3.40%) Android
5 8 (2.27%) Windows Server
6 7 (1.98%) Apple iOS
7 4 (1.13%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 2 (0.57%) Embedded Linux
8 2 (0.57%) Mac OS
8 2 (0.57%) Solaris
9 1 (0.28%) CentOS
9 1 (0.28%) Ubuntu
9 1 (0.28%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 238 (67.42%) CI/CD
2 224 (63.46%) Agile
3 174 (49.29%) DevOps
4 116 (32.86%) Continuous Delivery
5 111 (31.44%) Microservices
6 109 (30.88%) Test Automation
7 90 (25.50%) Containerisation
8 85 (24.08%) Software Engineering
9 81 (22.95%) Infrastructure as Code
10 79 (22.38%) TDD
11 72 (20.40%) Problem-Solving
12 57 (16.15%) Computer Science
13 52 (14.73%) Scrum
14 47 (13.31%) Continuous Deployment
14 47 (13.31%) Continuous Improvement
14 47 (13.31%) Design Patterns
15 39 (11.05%) Infrastructure Automation
16 37 (10.48%) SDLC
17 36 (10.20%) Unit Testing
18 34 (9.63%) Analytics
Programming Languages
1 122 (34.56%) Python
2 82 (23.23%) Java
3 76 (21.53%) SQL
4 54 (15.30%) JavaScript
5 46 (13.03%) C#
6 34 (9.63%) Go
6 34 (9.63%) TypeScript
7 27 (7.65%) C++
8 18 (5.10%) Scala
9 17 (4.82%) Bash
10 15 (4.25%) Kotlin
10 15 (4.25%) PowerShell
11 7 (1.98%) Swift
12 6 (1.70%) Embedded C++
12 6 (1.70%) Shell Script
13 5 (1.42%) C
13 5 (1.42%) JSX
13 5 (1.42%) Ruby
14 4 (1.13%) T-SQL
15 3 (0.85%) R
Qualifications
1 84 (23.80%) Security Cleared
2 64 (18.13%) Degree
3 57 (16.15%) SC Cleared
4 47 (13.31%) Computer Science Degree
5 26 (7.37%) Master's Degree
6 15 (4.25%) BPSS Clearance
7 14 (3.97%) AWS Certification
8 13 (3.68%) DV Cleared
9 7 (1.98%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
10 6 (1.70%) AWS Certified Developer
10 6 (1.70%) ISTQB
11 5 (1.42%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
11 5 (1.42%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
12 2 (0.57%) Azure Certification
12 2 (0.57%) Microsoft Certification
13 1 (0.28%) AWS Certified SysOps Administrator
13 1 (0.28%) ISEB
13 1 (0.28%) OCP
13 1 (0.28%) Oracle Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 40 (11.33%) QA
2 16 (4.53%) Accessibility
3 7 (1.98%) Data Quality
4 2 (0.57%) NCSC
4 2 (0.57%) NIST
5 1 (0.28%) Actionable Recommendations
5 1 (0.28%) Cyber Essentials
5 1 (0.28%) GDPR
5 1 (0.28%) HIPAA
5 1 (0.28%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 1 (0.28%) MiFID
5 1 (0.28%) WCAG
System Software
1 103 (29.18%) Docker
2 11 (3.12%) Virtual Machines
3 8 (2.27%) Active Directory
4 5 (1.42%) RACF
5 4 (1.13%) Virtual Servers
6 3 (0.85%) VMware ESXi
7 2 (0.57%) VMware Infrastructure
8 1 (0.28%) Firmware
8 1 (0.28%) Hyper-V
8 1 (0.28%) Postfix
8 1 (0.28%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 85 (24.08%) Terraform
2 84 (23.80%) Kubernetes
3 49 (13.88%) Grafana
4 38 (10.76%) Ansible
5 35 (9.92%) Prometheus
6 19 (5.38%) Puppet
7 11 (3.12%) Single Sign-On
8 5 (1.42%) CSIRT
9 4 (1.13%) Kibana
10 3 (0.85%) Progress Chef
11 2 (0.57%) Argo
11 2 (0.57%) Microsoft Intune
11 2 (0.57%) Podman
12 1 (0.28%) Dell DRAC
12 1 (0.28%) Docker Swarm
12 1 (0.28%) Istio
12 1 (0.28%) logstash
12 1 (0.28%) Rancher
12 1 (0.28%) SCCM
12 1 (0.28%) Tivoli
Vendors
1 54 (15.30%) Microsoft
2 38 (10.76%) Splunk
3 25 (7.08%) Google
4 15 (4.25%) Databricks
5 13 (3.68%) Atlassian
6 10 (2.83%) Oracle
7 9 (2.55%) webMethods
8 8 (2.27%) Red Hat
9 6 (1.70%) VMware
10 5 (1.42%) F5
10 5 (1.42%) PagerDuty
10 5 (1.42%) Salesforce
11 4 (1.13%) Apple
12 3 (0.85%) Cribl.io
12 3 (0.85%) Foundry
12 3 (0.85%) MuleSoft
12 3 (0.85%) New Relic
13 2 (0.57%) ForgeRock
13 2 (0.57%) Jaspersoft
13 2 (0.57%) Palantir