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

6 months to
10 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 282 136 161
Rank change year-on-year -146 +25 -55
Contract jobs citing Continuous Integration 346 600 695
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.88% 1.95% 1.55%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.01% 2.19% 1.78%
Number of daily rates quoted 223 367 451
10th Percentile £363 £383 £381
25th Percentile £413 £450 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £575
Median % change year-on-year - -8.70% -
75th Percentile £613 £675 £677
90th Percentile £750 £750 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £492 £500 £550
% change year-on-year -1.70% -9.09% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 12 8 54
10th Percentile £54.77 £26.30 £60.25
25th Percentile £60.13 £26.46 -
Median hourly rate £65.00 £44.93 £65.00
Median % change year-on-year +44.69% -30.88% -
75th Percentile - £67.50 £66.25
90th Percentile - £78.75 £76.53
UK excluding London median hourly rate £65.00 £63.75 £65.00
% change year-on-year +1.96% -1.92% -

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 34,251 27,445 39,124
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 87.02% 89.42% 87.06%
Number of daily rates quoted 21,718 16,700 25,680
10th Percentile £306 £306 £300
25th Percentile £406 £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 £716 £738 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £478 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -4.50% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,071 843 2,128
10th Percentile £14.50 £15.62 £13.29
25th Percentile £17.69 £21.05 £16.25
Median hourly rate £25.15 £32.50 £33.07
Median % change year-on-year -22.62% -1.71% +1.74%
75th Percentile £60.00 £63.50 £60.00
90th Percentile £70.00 £75.00 £73.12
UK excluding London median hourly rate £25.15 £31.08 £35.00
% change year-on-year -19.08% -11.20% +10.55%

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 10 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 10 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 10 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 -151 301 £525 -4.42% 128
UK excluding London -125 172 £492 -1.70% 98
London -109 131 £550 -7.37% 47
Work from Home -101 107 £516 -1.20% 70
North of England -93 57 £525 - 29
South East -44 50 £500 - 29
Yorkshire -55 40 £525 -4.42% 12
Midlands -55 35 £504 -1.18% 10
West Midlands -44 34 £525 +5.00% 9
South West -32 16 £425 -36.33% 17
East of England -21 15 £488 -2.50% 8
North West -54 13 £375 -24.92% 14
Scotland -8 8 £600 +27.66% 1
North East -18 6 £550 -8.33% 3
Wales -16 2 - - 5
East Midlands -34 1 £413 -20.86% 2

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 18 (5.20%) Confluence
2 11 (3.18%) Apache
3 9 (2.60%) JBoss
3 9 (2.60%) WebLogic
4 4 (1.16%) Apache Airflow
5 2 (0.58%) Apache Spark
5 2 (0.58%) CMS
5 2 (0.58%) Palantir Foundry
6 1 (0.29%) Anypoint
6 1 (0.29%) OpenStack
6 1 (0.29%) SAS
6 1 (0.29%) SharePoint
6 1 (0.29%) Tomcat
Applications
1 3 (0.87%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 2 (0.58%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (0.58%) MS Visio
3 1 (0.29%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 1 (0.29%) Cloudability
1 1 (0.29%) Dynamics CRM
1 1 (0.29%) Finacle
Cloud Services
1 143 (41.33%) AWS
2 97 (28.03%) Azure
3 57 (16.47%) GCP
4 53 (15.32%) Serverless
5 51 (14.74%) GitHub
6 43 (12.43%) Azure DevOps
7 41 (11.85%) GitHub Actions
8 17 (4.91%) Cloud Computing
8 17 (4.91%) IaaS
9 16 (4.62%) AWS CloudFormation
10 14 (4.05%) Amazon S3
10 14 (4.05%) AWS Lambda
11 13 (3.76%) Amazon EKS
12 12 (3.47%) Amazon EC2
12 12 (3.47%) Azure AKS
13 11 (3.18%) Amazon ECS
13 11 (3.18%) PaaS
13 11 (3.18%) Snowflake
14 10 (2.89%) Amazon CloudWatch
15 9 (2.60%) Azure Synapse Analytics
Communications & Networking
1 17 (4.91%) TCP/IP
2 14 (4.05%) Firewall
3 10 (2.89%) Ethernet
4 8 (2.31%) Wireshark
5 6 (1.73%) DNS
6 5 (1.45%) IPsec
6 5 (1.45%) Kerberos
6 5 (1.45%) SSL
7 3 (0.87%) DHCP
7 3 (0.87%) HTTP
7 3 (0.87%) Network Security
8 2 (0.58%) RTMP
8 2 (0.58%) Software-Defined Radio
8 2 (0.58%) VPN
9 1 (0.29%) Internet
9 1 (0.29%) Multicast
9 1 (0.29%) Software-Defined Networking
9 1 (0.29%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 47 (13.58%) NoSQL
2 41 (11.85%) PostgreSQL
3 23 (6.65%) MongoDB
4 19 (5.49%) Amazon RDS
5 18 (5.20%) SQL Server
6 11 (3.18%) Relational Database
7 9 (2.60%) Data Lake
8 8 (2.31%) Power BI
9 7 (2.02%) Apache Cassandra
9 7 (2.02%) Big Data
10 6 (1.73%) Couchbase
11 5 (1.45%) MySQL
12 3 (0.87%) Data Warehouse
12 3 (0.87%) Snowflake Schema
13 2 (0.58%) Azure SQL Database
13 2 (0.58%) DB2
13 2 (0.58%) Oracle Database
13 2 (0.58%) RDBMS
13 2 (0.58%) Redis
13 2 (0.58%) SQLite
Development Applications
1 94 (27.17%) Jenkins
2 88 (25.43%) Git
3 65 (18.79%) GitLab
4 34 (9.83%) JIRA
5 24 (6.94%) JUnit
6 23 (6.65%) Selenium
7 21 (6.07%) Cucumber
8 20 (5.78%) Eclipse
9 19 (5.49%) Liquibase
10 16 (4.62%) Cypress.io
11 15 (4.34%) Gradle
12 10 (2.89%) IntelliJ
12 10 (2.89%) Maven
12 10 (2.89%) Visual Studio
13 9 (2.60%) Sonatype Nexus
14 8 (2.31%) CircleCI
14 8 (2.31%) REST Assured
15 7 (2.02%) Bitbucket
15 7 (2.02%) Postman
15 7 (2.02%) SonarQube
General
1 118 (34.10%) Social Skills
2 63 (18.21%) Finance
3 44 (12.72%) Banking
4 42 (12.14%) Public Sector
5 35 (10.12%) Analytical Skills
6 21 (6.07%) Financial Institution
7 15 (4.34%) Military
8 11 (3.18%) Influencing Skills
8 11 (3.18%) Presentation Skills
9 6 (1.73%) Front Office
9 6 (1.73%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 5 (1.45%) Retail Banking
11 3 (0.87%) Investment Banking
11 3 (0.87%) Pharmaceutical
12 2 (0.58%) Documentation Skills
12 2 (0.58%) Retail
13 1 (0.29%) Marketing
13 1 (0.29%) Private Banking
13 1 (0.29%) Telecoms
13 1 (0.29%) Wholesale Banking
Job Titles
1 101 (29.19%) Developer
2 70 (20.23%) Senior
3 56 (16.18%) DevOps Engineer
4 44 (12.72%) Software Engineer
5 26 (7.51%) Java Developer
6 25 (7.23%) Senior Developer
7 19 (5.49%) AWS Engineer
8 16 (4.62%) Lead
9 15 (4.34%) Senior Software Engineer
10 14 (4.05%) GCP Engineer
11 13 (3.76%) Azure Engineer
11 13 (3.76%) Cloud Engineer
11 13 (3.76%) Python Developer
11 13 (3.76%) Senior DevOps
11 13 (3.76%) Senior DevOps Engineer
11 13 (3.76%) Tester
12 12 (3.47%) Administrator
12 12 (3.47%) Senior Java Developer
13 11 (3.18%) Automation Tester
13 11 (3.18%) Azure DevOps Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 66 (19.08%) REST
2 56 (16.18%) RESTful
3 46 (13.29%) Node.js
4 42 (12.14%) React
5 36 (10.40%) Spring
6 35 (10.12%) Elastic Stack
7 34 (9.83%) Web Services
8 27 (7.80%) .NET
9 24 (6.94%) HTML
10 23 (6.65%) Kafka
11 21 (6.07%) CSS
12 18 (5.20%) Spring Boot
13 16 (4.62%) JSON
13 16 (4.62%) Play Framework
13 16 (4.62%) SOAP
14 15 (4.34%) HTML5
14 15 (4.34%) Playwright
15 12 (3.47%) J2EE
15 12 (3.47%) XML
16 11 (3.18%) Hibernate
Miscellaneous
1 40 (11.56%) Cloud Native
1 40 (11.56%) Distributed Systems
2 24 (6.94%) Public Cloud
3 17 (4.91%) Product Ownership
4 14 (4.05%) Security Posture
5 12 (3.47%) Algorithms
6 9 (2.60%) Self-Motivation
6 9 (2.60%) Virtual Team
7 8 (2.31%) Mobile App
8 7 (2.02%) Data Structures
8 7 (2.02%) Enterprise Software
9 6 (1.73%) CAN bus
9 6 (1.73%) Derivative
9 6 (1.73%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
9 6 (1.73%) Legacy Code
9 6 (1.73%) Onboarding
10 5 (1.45%) Data Protection Act
10 5 (1.45%) Distributed Architecture
10 5 (1.45%) Legacy Systems
11 4 (1.16%) Credit Risk
Operating Systems
1 84 (24.28%) Linux
2 42 (12.14%) Windows
3 21 (6.07%) Unix
4 10 (2.89%) Android
5 8 (2.31%) Windows Server
6 5 (1.45%) Apple iOS
7 4 (1.16%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 2 (0.58%) Embedded Linux
8 2 (0.58%) Mac OS
8 2 (0.58%) Solaris
9 1 (0.29%) CentOS
9 1 (0.29%) Ubuntu
9 1 (0.29%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 242 (69.94%) CI/CD
2 217 (62.72%) Agile
3 173 (50.00%) DevOps
4 116 (33.53%) Continuous Delivery
5 111 (32.08%) Microservices
6 110 (31.79%) Test Automation
7 88 (25.43%) Containerisation
8 81 (23.41%) Software Engineering
9 80 (23.12%) Infrastructure as Code
10 73 (21.10%) Problem-Solving
11 72 (20.81%) TDD
12 55 (15.90%) Computer Science
13 50 (14.45%) Continuous Deployment
14 47 (13.58%) Design Patterns
14 47 (13.58%) Scrum
15 44 (12.72%) Continuous Improvement
16 39 (11.27%) Infrastructure Automation
17 34 (9.83%) Unit Testing
18 33 (9.54%) Mentoring
18 33 (9.54%) SDLC
Programming Languages
1 119 (34.39%) Python
2 82 (23.70%) Java
3 74 (21.39%) SQL
4 54 (15.61%) JavaScript
5 44 (12.72%) C#
6 35 (10.12%) TypeScript
7 34 (9.83%) Go
8 25 (7.23%) C++
9 18 (5.20%) Scala
10 17 (4.91%) Bash
11 15 (4.34%) PowerShell
12 12 (3.47%) Kotlin
13 6 (1.73%) Embedded C++
13 6 (1.73%) Shell Script
14 5 (1.45%) JSX
14 5 (1.45%) Ruby
14 5 (1.45%) Swift
15 4 (1.16%) R
15 4 (1.16%) T-SQL
16 3 (0.87%) Objective-C
Qualifications
1 81 (23.41%) Security Cleared
2 59 (17.05%) Degree
3 57 (16.47%) SC Cleared
4 45 (13.01%) Computer Science Degree
5 24 (6.94%) Master's Degree
6 14 (4.05%) AWS Certification
6 14 (4.05%) BPSS Clearance
7 11 (3.18%) DV Cleared
8 7 (2.02%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
9 6 (1.73%) AWS Certified Developer
10 5 (1.45%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
10 5 (1.45%) ISTQB
11 4 (1.16%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
12 2 (0.58%) Azure Certification
12 2 (0.58%) Microsoft Certification
13 1 (0.29%) AWS Certified SysOps Administrator
13 1 (0.29%) ISEB
13 1 (0.29%) OCP
13 1 (0.29%) Oracle Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 39 (11.27%) QA
2 17 (4.91%) Accessibility
3 7 (2.02%) Data Quality
4 1 (0.29%) Actionable Recommendations
4 1 (0.29%) GDPR
4 1 (0.29%) HIPAA
4 1 (0.29%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 1 (0.29%) MiFID
4 1 (0.29%) NCSC
4 1 (0.29%) NIST
4 1 (0.29%) WCAG
System Software
1 103 (29.77%) Docker
2 11 (3.18%) Virtual Machines
3 8 (2.31%) Active Directory
4 5 (1.45%) RACF
5 4 (1.16%) Virtual Servers
6 3 (0.87%) VMware ESXi
7 1 (0.29%) Firmware
7 1 (0.29%) Hyper-V
7 1 (0.29%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 89 (25.72%) Kubernetes
2 83 (23.99%) Terraform
3 47 (13.58%) Grafana
4 37 (10.69%) Ansible
5 35 (10.12%) Prometheus
6 19 (5.49%) Puppet
7 11 (3.18%) Single Sign-On
8 8 (2.31%) CSIRT
9 4 (1.16%) Kibana
10 3 (0.87%) Progress Chef
11 2 (0.58%) Argo
11 2 (0.58%) Microsoft Intune
11 2 (0.58%) Podman
12 1 (0.29%) Dell DRAC
12 1 (0.29%) Docker Swarm
12 1 (0.29%) Istio
12 1 (0.29%) logstash
12 1 (0.29%) Rancher
12 1 (0.29%) SCCM
12 1 (0.29%) Tivoli
Vendors
1 50 (14.45%) Microsoft
2 42 (12.14%) Splunk
3 25 (7.23%) Google
4 15 (4.34%) Databricks
5 13 (3.76%) Atlassian
6 10 (2.89%) Oracle
7 9 (2.60%) webMethods
8 8 (2.31%) F5
8 8 (2.31%) Red Hat
9 5 (1.45%) PagerDuty
9 5 (1.45%) Salesforce
9 5 (1.45%) VMware
10 4 (1.16%) Apple
10 4 (1.16%) DocuSign
11 3 (0.87%) Cribl.io
11 3 (0.87%) Foundry
11 3 (0.87%) MuleSoft
11 3 (0.87%) New Relic
12 2 (0.58%) AppDynamics
12 2 (0.58%) ForgeRock