CI/CD Contracts with Hybrid/Remote/WFH Options

CI/CD
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics for remote or hybrid contract work 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 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 17 30 19
Rank change year-on-year +13 -11 -2
Contract jobs citing CI/CD 980 914 2,137
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 9.89% 5.96% 8.26%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 10.86% 6.78% 9.20%
Number of daily rates quoted 730 705 1,598
10th Percentile £395 £405 £443
25th Percentile £445 £465 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £600
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% -8.33% +4.35%
75th Percentile £630 £638 £684
90th Percentile £799 £725 £755
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £600
% change year-on-year -4.55% -8.33% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 19 5 31
10th Percentile £26.75 £50.05 £53.75
25th Percentile £46.75 £55.00 £65.00
Median hourly rate £64.00 £57.50 £70.00
Median % change year-on-year +11.30% -17.86% +16.67%
75th Percentile £80.50 £65.00 £75.00
90th Percentile £99.24 £69.50 -
UK median hourly rate £63.25 £65.00 £65.61
% change year-on-year -2.69% -0.92% +0.93%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Work from Home

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 with remote or hybrid options requiring process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 9,021 13,483 23,229
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 91.08% 87.87% 89.84%
Number of daily rates quoted 6,191 8,996 16,418
10th Percentile £340 £325 £363
25th Percentile £419 £425 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £540
Median % change year-on-year - -2.78% +2.86%
75th Percentile £638 £638 £650
90th Percentile £763 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £520 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -0.95% -4.55% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 224 579 532
10th Percentile £14.20 £15.17 £19.00
25th Percentile £19.56 £25.25 £30.54
Median hourly rate £39.52 £43.00 £55.00
Median % change year-on-year -8.09% -21.82% +57.14%
75th Percentile £66.13 £60.00 £68.75
90th Percentile £75.00 £75.25 £80.23
UK median hourly rate £29.00 £35.65 £37.30
% change year-on-year -18.65% -4.42% +49.20%

CI/CD
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with remote working options citing CI/CD as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

CI/CD trend for jobs with Hybrid/Remote/WFH options

CI/CD
Daily Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in job vacancies with remote working options citing CI/CD.

CI/CD daily rate for jobs with a WFH option

CI/CD
Daily Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Daily rate distribution for jobs with remote working options citing CI/CD over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

CI/CD daily rate histogram for jobs with a WFH option

CI/CD
Hourly Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average hourly rate quoted in job vacancies with remote working options citing CI/CD.

CI/CD hourly rate for jobs with a WFH option

CI/CD
Hourly Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Hourly rate distribution for jobs with remote working options citing CI/CD over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

CI/CD hourly rate histogram for jobs with a WFH option

CI/CD
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities with WFH Options 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 55 (5.61%) Apache Spark
2 46 (4.69%) Apache
3 34 (3.47%) Apache Airflow
4 32 (3.27%) Confluence
5 16 (1.63%) nginx
6 9 (0.92%) CMS
6 9 (0.92%) OpenStack
7 6 (0.61%) Headless CMS
7 6 (0.61%) SharePoint
8 5 (0.51%) Traefik
9 4 (0.41%) Anypoint
10 3 (0.31%) Camunda
10 3 (0.31%) JBoss
10 3 (0.31%) Jupyter
10 3 (0.31%) Umbraco
11 2 (0.20%) IBM Domino
11 2 (0.20%) Microsoft Exchange
11 2 (0.20%) Oracle Coherence
11 2 (0.20%) Tomcat
11 2 (0.20%) WordPress
Applications
1 4 (0.41%) Trello
2 1 (0.10%) InVision
2 1 (0.10%) Microsoft Project
2 1 (0.10%) MS Visio
2 1 (0.10%) Sketch
Business Applications
1 3 (0.31%) Aladdin
1 3 (0.31%) Dynamics CRM
2 2 (0.20%) Oracle EBS
2 2 (0.20%) Payment Gateway
2 2 (0.20%) Salesforce CRM
2 2 (0.20%) SAP Hybris
3 1 (0.10%) BusinessWorks
3 1 (0.10%) Distributed Ledger
3 1 (0.10%) Endur
3 1 (0.10%) Fidessa
3 1 (0.10%) NEC Housing
3 1 (0.10%) Oracle Applications
3 1 (0.10%) Oracle EBS R12
3 1 (0.10%) Oracle ERP
3 1 (0.10%) SAP HCM
3 1 (0.10%) SAP S/4HANA
3 1 (0.10%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
3 1 (0.10%) Summit
Cloud Services
1 471 (48.06%) AWS
2 322 (32.86%) Azure
3 170 (17.35%) Serverless
4 154 (15.71%) GitHub
5 135 (13.78%) Azure DevOps
6 133 (13.57%) AWS Lambda
7 119 (12.14%) GCP
8 89 (9.08%) Amazon S3
9 84 (8.57%) AWS CloudFormation
10 80 (8.16%) GitHub Actions
11 70 (7.14%) Amazon ECS
12 54 (5.51%) OpenShift
13 51 (5.20%) Amazon EC2
14 48 (4.90%) Amazon CloudWatch
15 47 (4.80%) dbt
16 41 (4.18%) Power Platform
17 40 (4.08%) Azure AKS
18 36 (3.67%) SaaS
19 34 (3.47%) Amazon EKS
20 31 (3.16%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 39 (3.98%) DNS
2 37 (3.78%) Firewall
3 36 (3.67%) HTTP
4 33 (3.37%) TCP/IP
5 21 (2.14%) VPN
6 13 (1.33%) Network Security
6 13 (1.33%) SSL
7 9 (0.92%) VSAN
8 7 (0.71%) DHCP
9 6 (0.61%) BGP
9 6 (0.61%) WAN
10 5 (0.51%) HTTPS
10 5 (0.51%) SMTP
11 4 (0.41%) Ethernet
11 4 (0.41%) FTP
11 4 (0.41%) IPsec
11 4 (0.41%) Kerberos
11 4 (0.41%) OSPF
11 4 (0.41%) Reverse Proxy
12 3 (0.31%) SD-WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 90 (9.18%) PostgreSQL
2 56 (5.71%) Relational Database
3 47 (4.80%) MongoDB
4 44 (4.49%) Data Warehouse
5 43 (4.39%) SQL Server
6 41 (4.18%) Amazon Athena
6 41 (4.18%) Amazon RDS
7 35 (3.57%) Apache Iceberg
8 31 (3.16%) MySQL
9 30 (3.06%) NoSQL
10 29 (2.96%) Data Lake
10 29 (2.96%) DynamoDB
10 29 (2.96%) Elasticsearch
11 28 (2.86%) Apache Arrow
11 28 (2.86%) Apache Ignite
11 28 (2.86%) Dremio
12 27 (2.76%) Amazon Redshift
13 24 (2.45%) Hadoop
14 22 (2.24%) Big Data
14 22 (2.24%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 225 (22.96%) Jenkins
2 162 (16.53%) GitLab
3 150 (15.31%) Git
4 80 (8.16%) JIRA
5 38 (3.88%) Cypress.io
6 36 (3.67%) Artifactory
7 31 (3.16%) Selenium
8 29 (2.96%) JUnit
9 28 (2.86%) Postman
10 26 (2.65%) Bitbucket
11 23 (2.35%) Cucumber
12 22 (2.24%) JMeter
13 20 (2.04%) Gradle
13 20 (2.04%) REST Assured
14 17 (1.73%) CircleCI
14 17 (1.73%) Visual Studio
15 16 (1.63%) Maven
15 16 (1.63%) SonarQube
16 15 (1.53%) TeamCity
17 13 (1.33%) Mockito
General
1 207 (21.12%) Social Skills
2 154 (15.71%) Finance
3 133 (13.57%) Public Sector
4 106 (10.82%) Analytical Skills
5 80 (8.16%) Banking
6 46 (4.69%) Front Office
7 35 (3.57%) Investment Banking
8 23 (2.35%) Organisational Skills
9 22 (2.24%) Presentation Skills
10 21 (2.14%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 15 (1.53%) Financial Institution
12 12 (1.22%) Retail
13 9 (0.92%) Marketing
13 9 (0.92%) Telecoms
14 8 (0.82%) Back Office
14 8 (0.82%) Military
15 7 (0.71%) Documentation Skills
15 7 (0.71%) Manufacturing
16 5 (0.51%) Influencing Skills
17 4 (0.41%) Law
Job Titles
1 248 (25.31%) Developer
2 199 (20.31%) DevOps Engineer
3 168 (17.14%) Senior
4 109 (11.12%) AWS Engineer
5 94 (9.59%) Architect
6 81 (8.27%) Data Engineer
7 78 (7.96%) Lead
8 70 (7.14%) AWS DevOps
9 68 (6.94%) AWS DevOps Engineer
10 55 (5.61%) Python Engineer
10 55 (5.61%) Software Engineer
11 52 (5.31%) Senior DevOps
12 48 (4.90%) Senior DevOps Engineer
13 45 (4.59%) Azure Engineer
14 44 (4.49%) Python Developer
15 38 (3.88%) Java Developer
16 35 (3.57%) Senior Developer
17 31 (3.16%) Azure DevOps Engineer
17 31 (3.16%) Cloud Engineer
18 30 (3.06%) Test Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 129 (13.16%) React
2 99 (10.10%) .NET
3 97 (9.90%) Kafka
4 76 (7.76%) REST
5 75 (7.65%) Node.js
5 75 (7.65%) RESTful
6 60 (6.12%) Spring
7 59 (6.02%) Spring Boot
8 53 (5.41%) CSS
9 45 (4.59%) HTML
9 45 (4.59%) PySpark
10 34 (3.47%) GraphQL
11 33 (3.37%) Django
12 32 (3.27%) AngularJS
12 32 (3.27%) FastAPI
13 31 (3.16%) J2EE
13 31 (3.16%) OAuth
14 30 (3.06%) Elastic Stack
15 29 (2.96%) AWS CDK
16 26 (2.65%) .NET Core
Miscellaneous
1 60 (6.12%) Cloud Native
2 41 (4.18%) Product Ownership
3 25 (2.55%) Distributed Systems
4 21 (2.14%) Enterprise Software
5 19 (1.94%) Algorithms
6 18 (1.84%) Hybrid Cloud
6 18 (1.84%) Mobile App
6 18 (1.84%) PKI
7 17 (1.73%) Greenfield Project
8 16 (1.63%) Public Cloud
9 15 (1.53%) Data Structures
10 14 (1.43%) Data Protection Act
11 12 (1.22%) Legacy Systems
12 9 (0.92%) Data Centre
12 9 (0.92%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
12 9 (0.92%) Mainframe
12 9 (0.92%) Management Information System
13 8 (0.82%) Derivative
14 7 (0.71%) Analytical Mindset
14 7 (0.71%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 142 (14.49%) Linux
2 46 (4.69%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
3 38 (3.88%) Windows
4 31 (3.16%) Unix
5 12 (1.22%) Android
6 11 (1.12%) CentOS
7 9 (0.92%) Apple iOS
8 7 (0.71%) Windows Server
9 6 (0.61%) VMS
10 4 (0.41%) SUSE
11 3 (0.31%) Ubuntu
12 2 (0.20%) AIX
12 2 (0.20%) Solaris
13 1 (0.10%) Amazon Linux
13 1 (0.10%) Mac OS
13 1 (0.10%) VyOS
13 1 (0.10%) Windows Server 2016
13 1 (0.10%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 551 (56.22%) DevOps
2 433 (44.18%) Agile
3 215 (21.94%) Containerisation
4 207 (21.12%) Infrastructure as Code
5 184 (18.78%) Test Automation
6 177 (18.06%) Problem-Solving
7 175 (17.86%) Software Engineering
8 173 (17.65%) Microservices
9 154 (15.71%) Continuous Integration
10 111 (11.33%) Scrum
11 87 (8.88%) Analytics
12 86 (8.78%) TDD
13 84 (8.57%) Migration
14 82 (8.37%) Mentoring
15 81 (8.27%) Full-Stack Development
16 79 (8.06%) SDLC
17 78 (7.96%) Artificial Intelligence
18 75 (7.65%) Continuous Improvement
19 70 (7.14%) Machine Learning
20 67 (6.84%) Site Reliability Engineering
Programming Languages
1 429 (43.78%) Python
2 217 (22.14%) Java
3 193 (19.69%) SQL
4 161 (16.43%) JavaScript
5 139 (14.18%) TypeScript
6 123 (12.55%) Bash
7 106 (10.82%) C#
8 79 (8.06%) PowerShell
9 67 (6.84%) Go
10 23 (2.35%) C++
10 23 (2.35%) Shell Script
11 22 (2.24%) Scala
12 21 (2.14%) Bicep
13 17 (1.73%) PHP
14 15 (1.53%) Groovy
14 15 (1.53%) Kotlin
14 15 (1.53%) Ruby
15 12 (1.22%) PL/SQL
16 10 (1.02%) Perl
17 9 (0.92%) Rust
Qualifications
1 228 (23.27%) Security Cleared
2 210 (21.43%) SC Cleared
3 72 (7.35%) Degree
4 46 (4.69%) AWS Certification
5 41 (4.18%) Computer Science Degree
6 18 (1.84%) Azure Certification
6 18 (1.84%) Microsoft Certification
7 14 (1.43%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
7 14 (1.43%) DV Cleared
8 11 (1.12%) BPSS Clearance
8 11 (1.12%) Master's Degree
9 9 (0.92%) ISTQB
10 8 (0.82%) TOGAF Certification
10 8 (0.82%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
11 7 (0.71%) MCSE
12 6 (0.61%) CISSP
13 4 (0.41%) CEH
13 4 (0.41%) Cisco Certification
13 4 (0.41%) OCP
13 4 (0.41%) Oracle Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 66 (6.73%) QA
2 34 (3.47%) Accessibility
3 17 (1.73%) Data Quality
3 17 (1.73%) NCSC
4 15 (1.53%) GDPR
4 15 (1.53%) NIST
5 7 (0.71%) Cyber Essentials
6 6 (0.61%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 5 (0.51%) PCI DSS
7 5 (0.51%) WCAG
8 3 (0.31%) Disclosure Scotland
8 3 (0.31%) HIPAA
8 3 (0.31%) Sarbanes-Oxley
9 2 (0.20%) EMIR
9 2 (0.20%) Government Security Classifications
9 2 (0.20%) MiFID
9 2 (0.20%) SLA
9 2 (0.20%) Software Quality Assurance
10 1 (0.10%) California Consumer Privacy Act
10 1 (0.10%) PMO
System Software
1 343 (35.00%) Docker
2 15 (1.53%) VMware Infrastructure
3 12 (1.22%) Virtual Machines
4 10 (1.02%) Active Directory
4 10 (1.02%) VMware NSX
5 4 (0.41%) vSphere
6 3 (0.31%) Apache ZooKeeper
6 3 (0.31%) RACF
6 3 (0.31%) Veritas Cluster Server
7 2 (0.20%) Ceph
7 2 (0.20%) NFS
7 2 (0.20%) Virtual Desktop
8 1 (0.10%) HDFS
8 1 (0.10%) OpenAM
8 1 (0.10%) OpenDJ
8 1 (0.10%) OpenIDM
8 1 (0.10%) Samba
8 1 (0.10%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 371 (37.86%) Kubernetes
2 325 (33.16%) Terraform
3 147 (15.00%) Ansible
4 76 (7.76%) Grafana
5 49 (5.00%) Prometheus
6 29 (2.96%) Progress Chef
7 26 (2.65%) Puppet
8 24 (2.45%) Argo
9 18 (1.84%) Kibana
10 15 (1.53%) Packer
11 11 (1.12%) Rancher
12 10 (1.02%) Consul
12 10 (1.02%) Istio
12 10 (1.02%) Single Sign-On
12 10 (1.02%) ZABBIX
13 8 (0.82%) linkerd
14 7 (0.71%) Jamf Pro
14 7 (0.71%) logstash
15 5 (0.51%) HAProxy
15 5 (0.51%) Nagios
Vendors
1 85 (8.67%) Microsoft
2 44 (4.49%) Oracle
2 44 (4.49%) Splunk
3 42 (4.29%) Google
4 35 (3.57%) Databricks
5 22 (2.24%) SAP
6 20 (2.04%) VMware
7 15 (1.53%) Cisco
8 14 (1.43%) Salesforce
9 13 (1.33%) Dynatrace
10 12 (1.22%) Palo Alto
10 12 (1.22%) Red Hat
11 11 (1.12%) ServiceNow
12 9 (0.92%) AppDynamics
12 9 (0.92%) Okta
13 8 (0.82%) Atlassian
13 8 (0.82%) MuleSoft
14 7 (0.71%) Apple
15 6 (0.61%) Talend
16 5 (0.51%) ESET