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 25 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
25 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 248 124 147
Rank change year-on-year -124 +23 -52
Contract jobs citing Continuous Integration 410 695 769
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 1.10% 2.05% 1.77%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.25% 2.32% 2.01%
Number of daily rates quoted 269 433 507
10th Percentile £363 £382 £420
25th Percentile £414 £431 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £575
Median % change year-on-year - -8.70% -1.71%
75th Percentile £608 £675 £681
90th Percentile £738 £750 £779
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £500 £552
% change year-on-year - -9.38% +2.18%
Number of hourly rates quoted 20 13 49
10th Percentile £56.53 £26.36 -
25th Percentile - £27.13 -
Median hourly rate £65.00 £65.00 £65.00
75th Percentile - - £66.75
90th Percentile £66.00 £73.00 £77.50
UK excluding London median hourly rate £65.00 £65.00 £65.00

All Process and 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 32,705 29,929 38,262
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 88.13% 88.30% 88.16%
Number of daily rates quoted 20,588 18,254 25,497
10th Percentile £300 £308 £306
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 £725 £738 £744
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -5.00% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,080 971 1,514
10th Percentile £14.61 £15.62 £14.43
25th Percentile £17.54 £20.30 £19.06
Median hourly rate £25.15 £32.50 £44.50
Median % change year-on-year -22.62% -26.97% +27.14%
75th Percentile £50.19 £62.62 £65.00
90th Percentile £68.75 £74.44 £77.50
UK excluding London median hourly rate £23.54 £31.50 £45.00
% change year-on-year -25.28% -30.00% +40.63%

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 25 December 2025.

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 25 December 2025.

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 25 December 2025. 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 -136 338 £525 -4.55% 383
UK excluding London -88 219 £500 - 349
London -94 142 £550 -5.38% 69
Work from Home -76 140 £511 -2.71% 165
North of England -73 72 £515 -4.19% 89
Yorkshire -33 50 £516 -18.06% 39
South East -59 49 £530 +6.00% 90
Midlands -48 39 £525 -4.55% 57
West Midlands -43 36 £525 -4.55% 31
Scotland +8 30 £522 +10.96% 13
East of England -26 21 £475 -5.00% 56
South West -36 15 £450 -32.58% 38
North West -54 15 £374 -6.56% 39
North East -13 8 £520 -5.45% 12
Wales -14 4 £463 -13.95% 14
East Midlands -18 3 £340 -34.88% 23

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 (6.59%) Confluence
2 19 (4.63%) WebLogic
3 13 (3.17%) JBoss
4 11 (2.68%) Apache
5 4 (0.98%) Mule
6 3 (0.73%) Anypoint
6 3 (0.73%) Tomcat
7 2 (0.49%) Apache Airflow
7 2 (0.49%) Apache Spark
7 2 (0.49%) CMS
7 2 (0.49%) Mule ESB
8 1 (0.24%) CICS
8 1 (0.24%) OpenStack
8 1 (0.24%) SAS
8 1 (0.24%) WebSphere
8 1 (0.24%) WebSphere Application Server
Applications
1 3 (0.73%) Microsoft PowerPoint
1 3 (0.73%) MS Visio
1 3 (0.73%) Simulink
2 1 (0.24%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 1 (0.24%) Dynamics CRM
1 1 (0.24%) Finacle
Cloud Services
1 175 (42.68%) AWS
2 110 (26.83%) Azure
3 78 (19.02%) GCP
4 60 (14.63%) GitHub
5 56 (13.66%) Serverless
6 50 (12.20%) Azure DevOps
7 48 (11.71%) GitHub Actions
8 20 (4.88%) AWS CloudFormation
8 20 (4.88%) Cloud Computing
9 15 (3.66%) Amazon EKS
10 14 (3.41%) Amazon EC2
10 14 (3.41%) Amazon S3
11 13 (3.17%) AWS Lambda
12 12 (2.93%) Amazon ECS
12 12 (2.93%) Azure AKS
12 12 (2.93%) Azure Monitor
12 12 (2.93%) IaaS
13 11 (2.68%) Azure Data Factory
13 11 (2.68%) OpenShift
14 10 (2.44%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 28 (6.83%) TCP/IP
2 17 (4.15%) Firewall
3 16 (3.90%) Ethernet
4 14 (3.41%) DNS
5 8 (1.95%) HTTP
5 8 (1.95%) Wireshark
6 4 (0.98%) Internet
6 4 (0.98%) Network Security
7 3 (0.73%) DHCP
8 2 (0.49%) Multicast
8 2 (0.49%) SSL
9 1 (0.24%) Cisco Nexus
9 1 (0.24%) FCoE
9 1 (0.24%) Fibre Channel
9 1 (0.24%) iSCSI
9 1 (0.24%) Kerberos
9 1 (0.24%) NAS
9 1 (0.24%) SAN
9 1 (0.24%) tcpdump
9 1 (0.24%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 55 (13.41%) NoSQL
2 51 (12.44%) PostgreSQL
3 31 (7.56%) SQL Server
4 29 (7.07%) MongoDB
5 25 (6.10%) Relational Database
6 20 (4.88%) Amazon RDS
7 10 (2.44%) Data Lake
7 10 (2.44%) MySQL
7 10 (2.44%) Oracle Database
8 8 (1.95%) Big Data
9 7 (1.71%) Apache Cassandra
9 7 (1.71%) Power BI
10 6 (1.46%) Amazon Aurora
10 6 (1.46%) Couchbase
10 6 (1.46%) RDBMS
11 5 (1.22%) Data Warehouse
11 5 (1.22%) Elasticsearch
12 4 (0.98%) BigQuery
13 3 (0.73%) Azure SQL Database
13 3 (0.73%) Redis
Development Applications
1 123 (30.00%) Jenkins
2 111 (27.07%) Git
3 73 (17.80%) GitLab
4 54 (13.17%) JIRA
5 31 (7.56%) Liquibase
6 26 (6.34%) Eclipse
7 24 (5.85%) Selenium
8 23 (5.61%) Cucumber
9 20 (4.88%) JUnit
10 18 (4.39%) Visual Studio
11 17 (4.15%) Cypress.io
12 15 (3.66%) CircleCI
13 14 (3.41%) Bitbucket
13 14 (3.41%) SonarQube
14 13 (3.17%) Gradle
15 12 (2.93%) IntelliJ
16 11 (2.68%) Sonatype Nexus
17 10 (2.44%) Maven
18 9 (2.20%) Postman
19 8 (1.95%) JMeter
General
1 141 (34.39%) Social Skills
2 73 (17.80%) Finance
3 56 (13.66%) Public Sector
4 50 (12.20%) Banking
5 40 (9.76%) Analytical Skills
6 25 (6.10%) Financial Institution
7 23 (5.61%) Military
8 16 (3.90%) Presentation Skills
9 11 (2.68%) Influencing Skills
10 6 (1.46%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 4 (0.98%) Retail Banking
12 3 (0.73%) Aerospace
12 3 (0.73%) Law
12 3 (0.73%) Pharmaceutical
13 2 (0.49%) Automotive
13 2 (0.49%) Documentation Skills
13 2 (0.49%) Front Office
13 2 (0.49%) Organisational Skills
14 1 (0.24%) Marketing
14 1 (0.24%) Private Banking
Job Titles
1 121 (29.51%) Developer
2 68 (16.59%) Senior
3 65 (15.85%) DevOps Engineer
4 54 (13.17%) Software Engineer
5 28 (6.83%) Java Developer
6 27 (6.59%) Lead
7 25 (6.10%) Senior Developer
8 21 (5.12%) AWS Engineer
9 19 (4.63%) Cloud Engineer
10 17 (4.15%) Senior DevOps
11 16 (3.90%) C++ Software Engineer
11 16 (3.90%) GCP Engineer
11 16 (3.90%) Senior DevOps Engineer
12 15 (3.66%) Architect
12 15 (3.66%) C# Software Engineer
12 15 (3.66%) Senior Software Engineer
13 13 (3.17%) Azure Engineer
13 13 (3.17%) Technical Architect
13 13 (3.17%) Tester
14 12 (2.93%) Automation Tester
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 78 (19.02%) RESTful
2 73 (17.80%) REST
3 64 (15.61%) Node.js
4 51 (12.44%) React
5 50 (12.20%) Elastic Stack
6 40 (9.76%) Spring
7 36 (8.78%) HTML
8 35 (8.54%) Kafka
8 35 (8.54%) Web Services
9 33 (8.05%) CSS
10 32 (7.80%) .NET
11 23 (5.61%) Spring Boot
12 21 (5.12%) JSON
13 18 (4.39%) HTML5
14 17 (4.15%) Play Framework
15 16 (3.90%) Playwright
15 16 (3.90%) XML
16 15 (3.66%) J2EE
16 15 (3.66%) SOAP
17 12 (2.93%) Hibernate
Miscellaneous
1 47 (11.46%) Cloud Native
2 46 (11.22%) Distributed Systems
3 32 (7.80%) Public Cloud
4 20 (4.88%) Product Ownership
5 14 (3.41%) Security Posture
6 13 (3.17%) Legacy Systems
6 13 (3.17%) Mobile App
7 9 (2.20%) Greenfield Project
7 9 (2.20%) Management Information System
8 8 (1.95%) Algorithms
8 8 (1.95%) Data Structures
9 7 (1.71%) Data Protection Act
9 7 (1.71%) Enterprise Software
9 7 (1.71%) Virtual Team
10 6 (1.46%) CAN bus
10 6 (1.46%) Self-Motivation
11 5 (1.22%) Distributed Architecture
12 4 (0.98%) Credit Risk
12 4 (0.98%) Derivative
12 4 (0.98%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 107 (26.10%) Linux
2 52 (12.68%) Windows
3 23 (5.61%) Unix
4 13 (3.17%) Android
5 10 (2.44%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 9 (2.20%) Windows Server
7 7 (1.71%) Apple iOS
8 3 (0.73%) CentOS
8 3 (0.73%) Solaris
9 2 (0.49%) Mac OS
10 1 (0.24%) Embedded Linux
10 1 (0.24%) MVS
10 1 (0.24%) Ubuntu
10 1 (0.24%) VMS
10 1 (0.24%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 309 (75.37%) CI/CD
2 259 (63.17%) Agile
3 200 (48.78%) DevOps
4 150 (36.59%) Continuous Delivery
5 128 (31.22%) Microservices
6 125 (30.49%) Test Automation
7 104 (25.37%) Infrastructure as Code
8 102 (24.88%) Software Engineering
9 101 (24.63%) TDD
10 100 (24.39%) Containerisation
11 85 (20.73%) Problem-Solving
12 72 (17.56%) Continuous Deployment
13 66 (16.10%) Computer Science
14 54 (13.17%) Design Patterns
15 53 (12.93%) Scrum
16 46 (11.22%) Unit Testing
17 43 (10.49%) Code Quality
17 43 (10.49%) Infrastructure Automation
18 42 (10.24%) Continuous Improvement
18 42 (10.24%) Non-Functional Testing
Programming Languages
1 140 (34.15%) Python
2 106 (25.85%) Java
3 80 (19.51%) SQL
4 72 (17.56%) JavaScript
5 56 (13.66%) C#
6 54 (13.17%) Go
7 48 (11.71%) TypeScript
8 33 (8.05%) C++
9 32 (7.80%) Bash
10 20 (4.88%) Scala
11 17 (4.15%) PowerShell
12 14 (3.41%) Kotlin
13 12 (2.93%) Perl
14 8 (1.95%) Ruby
14 8 (1.95%) Shell Script
15 7 (1.71%) Swift
16 6 (1.46%) Embedded C++
16 6 (1.46%) PL/SQL
17 5 (1.22%) JSX
17 5 (1.22%) Objective-C
Qualifications
1 108 (26.34%) Security Cleared
2 79 (19.27%) SC Cleared
3 69 (16.83%) Degree
4 55 (13.41%) Computer Science Degree
5 30 (7.32%) Master's Degree
6 18 (4.39%) AWS Certification
7 13 (3.17%) BPSS Clearance
8 11 (2.68%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
8 11 (2.68%) DV Cleared
9 6 (1.46%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
9 6 (1.46%) ISTQB
10 5 (1.22%) AWS Certified Developer
11 4 (0.98%) CISSP
12 3 (0.73%) Azure Certification
12 3 (0.73%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
12 3 (0.73%) Microsoft Certification
13 2 (0.49%) CISM
14 1 (0.24%) ISEB
14 1 (0.24%) OCP
14 1 (0.24%) Oracle Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 42 (10.24%) QA
2 20 (4.88%) Accessibility
3 8 (1.95%) Data Quality
4 3 (0.73%) NCSC
4 3 (0.73%) WCAG
5 2 (0.49%) Disclosure Scotland
5 2 (0.49%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 2 (0.49%) NIST
6 1 (0.24%) Actionable Recommendations
6 1 (0.24%) MiFID
System Software
1 125 (30.49%) Docker
2 13 (3.17%) Active Directory
3 10 (2.44%) Virtual Machines
4 4 (0.98%) Virtual Servers
5 3 (0.73%) VMware ESXi
6 2 (0.49%) Hyper-V
6 2 (0.49%) VMware Infrastructure
7 1 (0.24%) KVM
7 1 (0.24%) NFS
7 1 (0.24%) RACF
7 1 (0.24%) SRDF
7 1 (0.24%) Veritas Cluster Server
7 1 (0.24%) Xen
Systems Management
1 127 (30.98%) Kubernetes
2 110 (26.83%) Terraform
3 71 (17.32%) Grafana
4 59 (14.39%) Ansible
5 56 (13.66%) Prometheus
6 22 (5.37%) Puppet
7 10 (2.44%) Progress Chef
8 9 (2.20%) Kibana
9 8 (1.95%) CSIRT
9 8 (1.95%) Single Sign-On
10 3 (0.73%) Consul
11 2 (0.49%) Argo
11 2 (0.49%) Jamf Pro
11 2 (0.49%) logstash
11 2 (0.49%) Microsoft Intune
11 2 (0.49%) Packer
11 2 (0.49%) Podman
12 1 (0.24%) Rancher
12 1 (0.24%) SCCM
12 1 (0.24%) Tivoli
Vendors
1 56 (13.66%) Microsoft
1 56 (13.66%) Splunk
2 36 (8.78%) Google
3 23 (5.61%) Oracle
4 18 (4.39%) Databricks
5 15 (3.66%) Atlassian
6 14 (3.41%) Red Hat
7 9 (2.20%) F5
7 9 (2.20%) webMethods
8 7 (1.71%) AppDynamics
8 7 (1.71%) Apple
9 6 (1.46%) GoldenSource
9 6 (1.46%) Salesforce
9 6 (1.46%) VMware
10 5 (1.22%) MuleSoft
10 5 (1.22%) PagerDuty
11 4 (0.98%) DocuSign
12 3 (0.73%) Cribl.io
12 3 (0.73%) Dynatrace
13 2 (0.49%) CA Agile Central