CI/CD Contracts in the West Midlands

CI/CD
England > West Midlands

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the West Midlands requiring CI/CD skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited CI/CD over the 6 months leading up to 20 July 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
20 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 30 65 39
Rank change year-on-year +35 -26 +9
Contract jobs citing CI/CD 92 45 107
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the West Midlands 5.65% 2.25% 4.80%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 6.39% 2.77% 5.56%
Number of daily rates quoted 56 34 70
10th Percentile £359 £375 £450
25th Percentile £413 £450 £486
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £485 £550 £545
Median % change year-on-year -11.82% +0.92% +3.81%
75th Percentile £575 £670 £650
90th Percentile £632 £675 £714
England median daily rate £513 £550 £600
% change year-on-year -6.82% -8.33% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 3 0
Median hourly rate - £56.25 -
England median hourly rate £65.00 £67.00 £65.61
% change year-on-year -2.99% +2.13% +0.16%

All Process and Methodology Skills
West Midlands

CI/CD 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 in the West Midlands.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,439 1,622 1,924
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the West Midlands 88.39% 81.26% 86.28%
Number of daily rates quoted 903 1,088 1,318
10th Percentile £209 £275 £263
25th Percentile £363 £375 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% - -
75th Percentile £575 £625 £602
90th Percentile £681 £725 £725
England median daily rate £513 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -2.38% -4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 100 90 42
10th Percentile £12.62 £11.05 £12.50
25th Percentile £13.76 £14.03 £15.54
Median hourly rate £22.05 £19.00 £25.13
Median % change year-on-year +16.05% -24.38% +43.57%
75th Percentile £32.29 £38.44 £30.00
90th Percentile £50.00 £58.75 £46.00
England median hourly rate £25.15 £39.50 £42.50
% change year-on-year -36.33% -7.06% +63.46%

CI/CD
Job Vacancy Trend in the West Midlands

Job postings citing CI/CD as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the West Midlands.

Job vacancy trend for CI/CD in the West Midlands

CI/CD
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the West Midlands

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing CI/CD in the West Midlands.

Daily rate trend for CI/CD in the West Midlands

CI/CD
Daily Rate Histogram in the West Midlands

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing CI/CD in the West Midlands over the 6 months to 20 July 2025.

Daily rate histogram for CI/CD in the West Midlands

CI/CD
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the West Midlands

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing CI/CD in the West Midlands.

Hourly rate trend for CI/CD in the West Midlands

CI/CD
Contract Job Locations in the West Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing CI/CD within the West Midlands region over the 6 months to 20 July 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
Birmingham +16 26 £450 -14.29% 43
Shropshire - 16 £460 - 15
Warwickshire 0 12 £500 -25.93% 20
Coventry -5 12 £450 -25.00% 14
Worcestershire +6 9 £550 +15.79% 10
Solihull - 9 £590 - 5
Herefordshire +21 5 £700 +14.38% 2
Staffordshire +4 1 - - 38
CI/CD
England

CI/CD
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the West Midlands by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 9 (9.78%) Confluence
2 4 (4.35%) Apache Spark
3 3 (3.26%) nginx
4 2 (2.17%) Apache
4 2 (2.17%) Apache Airflow
4 2 (2.17%) WebLogic
5 1 (1.09%) JBoss
5 1 (1.09%) OpenStack
5 1 (1.09%) SharePoint
5 1 (1.09%) Tuxedo
Applications
1 4 (4.35%) MS Visio
2 3 (3.26%) Mozilla Thunderbird
Business Applications
1 2 (2.17%) SAP PM
2 1 (1.09%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (1.09%) NetSuite
Cloud Services
1 45 (48.91%) Azure
2 38 (41.30%) AWS
3 23 (25.00%) GitHub
4 20 (21.74%) Azure DevOps
5 15 (16.30%) Amazon S3
5 15 (16.30%) GitHub Actions
6 14 (15.22%) GCP
7 13 (14.13%) Serverless
8 11 (11.96%) Amazon EC2
9 10 (10.87%) Amazon CloudWatch
10 8 (8.70%) AWS Lambda
10 8 (8.70%) Microsoft 365
11 6 (6.52%) Amazon ECS
11 6 (6.52%) Amazon EKS
11 6 (6.52%) Virtual Private Cloud
12 5 (5.43%) AWS CloudFormation
12 5 (5.43%) Azure API Management
12 5 (5.43%) Azure Monitor
13 4 (4.35%) Azure Logic Apps
13 4 (4.35%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 6 (6.52%) Firewall
2 3 (3.26%) DNS
2 3 (3.26%) IMAP
2 3 (3.26%) Network Security
2 3 (3.26%) OpenLDAP
2 3 (3.26%) SMTP
2 3 (3.26%) SSH
3 2 (2.17%) TCP/IP
3 2 (2.17%) VPN
4 1 (1.09%) Cisco ISE
4 1 (1.09%) DSL
4 1 (1.09%) FTP
4 1 (1.09%) HTTP
4 1 (1.09%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 14 (15.22%) PostgreSQL
2 12 (13.04%) NoSQL
3 9 (9.78%) Amazon RDS
4 8 (8.70%) Relational Database
4 8 (8.70%) SQL Server
5 6 (6.52%) Elasticsearch
6 5 (5.43%) Amazon Aurora
6 5 (5.43%) Big Data
6 5 (5.43%) Delta Lake
7 4 (4.35%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 3 (3.26%) Azure SQL Database
8 3 (3.26%) Hadoop
8 3 (3.26%) Power BI
9 2 (2.17%) GIS
9 2 (2.17%) MySQL
9 2 (2.17%) Oracle Database
9 2 (2.17%) Parquet
10 1 (1.09%) Data Warehouse
10 1 (1.09%) DynamoDB
10 1 (1.09%) RDBMS
Development Applications
1 25 (27.17%) Git
2 24 (26.09%) Jenkins
3 16 (17.39%) GitLab
3 16 (17.39%) JIRA
4 7 (7.61%) SonarQube
5 4 (4.35%) Selenium
5 4 (4.35%) Sonatype Nexus
5 4 (4.35%) Visual Studio Code
6 3 (3.26%) JMeter
6 3 (3.26%) Plastic SCM
6 3 (3.26%) Postman
6 3 (3.26%) REST Assured
6 3 (3.26%) TestNG
6 3 (3.26%) Travis CI
6 3 (3.26%) Vagrant
7 2 (2.17%) Android Studio
7 2 (2.17%) Maven
7 2 (2.17%) MLflow
7 2 (2.17%) PyCharm
7 2 (2.17%) Xcode
General
1 26 (28.26%) Social Skills
2 12 (13.04%) Public Sector
3 9 (9.78%) Finance
4 7 (7.61%) Analytical Skills
5 4 (4.35%) Presentation Skills
5 4 (4.35%) Retail
6 3 (3.26%) Documentation Skills
6 3 (3.26%) Games
7 2 (2.17%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 1 (1.09%) Back Office
8 1 (1.09%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 27 (29.35%) Developer
2 17 (18.48%) DevOps Engineer
3 11 (11.96%) Architect
4 9 (9.78%) Solutions Architect
5 7 (7.61%) AWS Engineer
5 7 (7.61%) Java Developer
6 6 (6.52%) Azure Engineer
6 6 (6.52%) Platform Engineer
7 5 (5.43%) Full-Stack Developer
8 4 (4.35%) AWS DevOps
8 4 (4.35%) AWS DevOps Engineer
8 4 (4.35%) Cloud Platform Engineer
8 4 (4.35%) Data Architect
8 4 (4.35%) Data Engineer
8 4 (4.35%) Senior
8 4 (4.35%) Tester
9 3 (3.26%) Enterprise Architect
9 3 (3.26%) Games Developer
9 3 (3.26%) Lead Developer
9 3 (3.26%) Senior Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 12 (13.04%) .NET
2 9 (9.78%) Elastic Stack
2 9 (9.78%) REST
2 9 (9.78%) RESTful
3 8 (8.70%) React
4 7 (7.61%) Kafka
4 7 (7.61%) Spring Boot
5 6 (6.52%) Spring
6 5 (5.43%) Node.js
6 5 (5.43%) Web Services
6 5 (5.43%) YAML
7 4 (4.35%) ADO
7 4 (4.35%) Redux
7 4 (4.35%) SOAP
8 3 (3.26%) CSS
8 3 (3.26%) Flask
8 3 (3.26%) Jest
8 3 (3.26%) Pandas
8 3 (3.26%) React Native
8 3 (3.26%) Unity (Game Engine)
Miscellaneous
1 5 (5.43%) PKI
1 5 (5.43%) Product Ownership
2 4 (4.35%) Cloud Native
3 3 (3.26%) Distributed Systems
3 3 (3.26%) Mobile App
3 3 (3.26%) Replication
4 2 (2.17%) Enterprise Software
4 2 (2.17%) Hybrid Cloud
4 2 (2.17%) IoT
4 2 (2.17%) SCADA
5 1 (1.09%) Data Protection Act
5 1 (1.09%) Distributed Architecture
5 1 (1.09%) Legacy Systems
5 1 (1.09%) Linux Command Line
5 1 (1.09%) Self-Motivation
5 1 (1.09%) Virtual Team
5 1 (1.09%) YARA
Operating Systems
1 11 (11.96%) Linux
2 6 (6.52%) Windows
3 3 (3.26%) Amazon Linux
3 3 (3.26%) VMS
3 3 (3.26%) Windows Server
4 2 (2.17%) Android
4 2 (2.17%) Apple iOS
5 1 (1.09%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 1 (1.09%) Ubuntu
5 1 (1.09%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 57 (61.96%) DevOps
2 48 (52.17%) Agile
3 23 (25.00%) Test Automation
4 21 (22.83%) Problem-Solving
5 20 (21.74%) Containerisation
6 19 (20.65%) Infrastructure as Code
7 17 (18.48%) Microservices
8 14 (15.22%) Scrum
9 13 (14.13%) Continuous Improvement
9 13 (14.13%) Continuous Integration
9 13 (14.13%) Software Engineering
10 11 (11.96%) Cloud Security
10 11 (11.96%) ETL
11 10 (10.87%) DevSecOps
12 9 (9.78%) Analytics
12 9 (9.78%) SDLC
13 8 (8.70%) ITIL
13 8 (8.70%) Platform Engineering
13 8 (8.70%) Software Delivery
13 8 (8.70%) Test Strategy
Programming Languages
1 26 (28.26%) Python
2 19 (20.65%) SQL
3 14 (15.22%) Java
4 13 (14.13%) JavaScript
5 12 (13.04%) Bash
5 12 (13.04%) C#
6 9 (9.78%) TypeScript
7 6 (6.52%) Groovy
8 5 (5.43%) PowerShell
9 4 (4.35%) Bicep
10 3 (3.26%) Go
10 3 (3.26%) Scala
10 3 (3.26%) Shell Script
11 2 (2.17%) JSX
11 2 (2.17%) Kusto Query Language
12 1 (1.09%) C
12 1 (1.09%) Korn
12 1 (1.09%) Perl
12 1 (1.09%) PL/SQL
12 1 (1.09%) R
Qualifications
1 24 (26.09%) Security Cleared
2 21 (22.83%) SC Cleared
3 9 (9.78%) Degree
4 6 (6.52%) Azure Certification
4 6 (6.52%) Computer Science Degree
4 6 (6.52%) DV Cleared
5 4 (4.35%) AWS Certification
5 4 (4.35%) ISTQB
6 3 (3.26%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
6 3 (3.26%) CEH
6 3 (3.26%) CISSP
6 3 (3.26%) Microsoft Certification
7 2 (2.17%) ITIL Certification
8 1 (1.09%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (13.04%) QA
2 3 (3.26%) Data Quality
2 3 (3.26%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 3 (3.26%) NCSC
3 2 (2.17%) GDPR
4 1 (1.09%) SLA
System Software
1 33 (35.87%) Docker
2 5 (5.43%) Virtual Machines
3 4 (4.35%) Active Directory
4 3 (3.26%) Dovecot
4 3 (3.26%) Postfix
4 3 (3.26%) Squid
5 1 (1.09%) DFS Replication
5 1 (1.09%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 34 (36.96%) Kubernetes
1 34 (36.96%) Terraform
2 20 (21.74%) Ansible
3 8 (8.70%) Grafana
3 8 (8.70%) Prometheus
4 6 (6.52%) Kibana
5 3 (3.26%) Argo
5 3 (3.26%) logstash
5 3 (3.26%) Microsoft Intune
5 3 (3.26%) Nessus
6 2 (2.17%) Istio
6 2 (2.17%) Progress Chef
6 2 (2.17%) Puppet
6 2 (2.17%) QRadar
7 1 (1.09%) Consul
7 1 (1.09%) FortiGate
7 1 (1.09%) Proxmox
7 1 (1.09%) Trend Micro Deep Security
Vendors
1 16 (17.39%) Microsoft
2 6 (6.52%) Oracle
3 5 (5.43%) ServiceNow
4 4 (4.35%) Databricks
4 4 (4.35%) Google
4 4 (4.35%) Red Hat
4 4 (4.35%) Salesforce
4 4 (4.35%) Splunk
5 3 (3.26%) Cisco
5 3 (3.26%) Jaspersoft
6 2 (2.17%) Atlassian
6 2 (2.17%) Cloudera
6 2 (2.17%) Informatica
6 2 (2.17%) SAP
7 1 (1.09%) AppDynamics
7 1 (1.09%) IBM
7 1 (1.09%) MuleSoft
7 1 (1.09%) Qualys
7 1 (1.09%) Trillium
7 1 (1.09%) webMethods