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 12 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 18 32 20
Rank change year-on-year +14 -12 -2
Contract jobs citing CI/CD 976 896 2,043
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 9.90% 5.96% 8.16%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 10.84% 6.77% 9.10%
Number of daily rates quoted 727 683 1,534
10th Percentile £391 £405 £450
25th Percentile £440 £467 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £600
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% -8.33% +4.35%
75th Percentile £625 £638 £684
90th Percentile £799 £725 £750
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £600
% change year-on-year -4.55% -8.33% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 19 6 29
10th Percentile £26.75 £50.88 £52.94
25th Percentile £46.75 £55.31 £65.00
Median hourly rate £64.00 £61.25 £70.00
Median % change year-on-year +4.49% -12.50% +6.87%
75th Percentile £80.50 £70.63 £75.00
90th Percentile £99.24 £73.50 £76.50
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 9,006 13,243 22,460
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 91.34% 88.02% 89.72%
Number of daily rates quoted 6,171 8,878 15,870
10th Percentile £338 £325 £363
25th Percentile £415 £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 £774 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £519 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -1.19% -4.55% +3.77%
Number of hourly rates quoted 214 571 519
10th Percentile £13.80 £15.00 £18.63
25th Percentile £18.66 £25.50 £29.31
Median hourly rate £38.02 £43.00 £53.35
Median % change year-on-year -11.58% -19.40% +52.43%
75th Percentile £65.75 £60.00 £68.75
90th Percentile £75.00 £75.25 £80.00
UK median hourly rate £28.60 £36.50 £36.40
% change year-on-year -21.64% +0.29% +41.73%

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 12 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 12 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 52 (5.33%) Apache Spark
2 43 (4.41%) Apache
3 33 (3.38%) Apache Airflow
4 32 (3.28%) Confluence
5 12 (1.23%) nginx
6 10 (1.02%) OpenStack
7 9 (0.92%) CMS
8 7 (0.72%) SharePoint
9 6 (0.61%) Headless CMS
10 4 (0.41%) Anypoint
10 4 (0.41%) Umbraco
10 4 (0.41%) WordPress
11 3 (0.31%) Camunda
11 3 (0.31%) JBoss
11 3 (0.31%) Jupyter
11 3 (0.31%) Microsoft Exchange
12 2 (0.20%) GeoServer
12 2 (0.20%) IBM Domino
12 2 (0.20%) IIS
12 2 (0.20%) Tomcat
Applications
1 4 (0.41%) Trello
2 1 (0.10%) Chatbot
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 4 (0.41%) Dynamics CRM
2 2 (0.20%) Aladdin
2 2 (0.20%) Oracle EBS
2 2 (0.20%) Payment Gateway
2 2 (0.20%) Salesforce CRM
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 Hybris
3 1 (0.10%) SAP PM
3 1 (0.10%) SAP S/4HANA
3 1 (0.10%) Summit
Cloud Services
1 470 (48.16%) AWS
2 324 (33.20%) Azure
3 171 (17.52%) Serverless
4 158 (16.19%) GitHub
5 141 (14.45%) Azure DevOps
6 135 (13.83%) AWS Lambda
7 123 (12.60%) GCP
8 89 (9.12%) Amazon S3
9 87 (8.91%) GitHub Actions
10 82 (8.40%) AWS CloudFormation
11 61 (6.25%) Amazon ECS
12 54 (5.53%) OpenShift
13 48 (4.92%) Amazon EC2
14 44 (4.51%) Amazon CloudWatch
15 43 (4.41%) dbt
16 39 (4.00%) Power Platform
17 38 (3.89%) Azure AKS
18 36 (3.69%) Amazon EKS
19 32 (3.28%) SaaS
20 28 (2.87%) Amazon SQS
Communications & Networking
1 38 (3.89%) Firewall
1 38 (3.89%) HTTP
2 35 (3.59%) DNS
3 28 (2.87%) TCP/IP
4 21 (2.15%) VPN
5 15 (1.54%) Network Security
6 13 (1.33%) SSL
7 7 (0.72%) DHCP
8 6 (0.61%) BGP
8 6 (0.61%) WAN
9 5 (0.51%) HTTPS
9 5 (0.51%) SMTP
10 4 (0.41%) Ethernet
10 4 (0.41%) FTP
10 4 (0.41%) IPsec
10 4 (0.41%) Kerberos
10 4 (0.41%) OSPF
10 4 (0.41%) Reverse Proxy
10 4 (0.41%) VSAN
11 3 (0.31%) SD-WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 90 (9.22%) PostgreSQL
2 54 (5.53%) Relational Database
3 48 (4.92%) SQL Server
4 43 (4.41%) Data Warehouse
5 42 (4.30%) MongoDB
6 39 (4.00%) Amazon Athena
7 37 (3.79%) Amazon RDS
8 33 (3.38%) Apache Iceberg
8 33 (3.38%) DynamoDB
9 32 (3.28%) NoSQL
10 30 (3.07%) MySQL
11 27 (2.77%) Data Lake
11 27 (2.77%) Elasticsearch
12 26 (2.66%) Apache Arrow
12 26 (2.66%) Apache Ignite
12 26 (2.66%) Dremio
13 23 (2.36%) Amazon Redshift
13 23 (2.36%) Big Data
13 23 (2.36%) Hadoop
14 20 (2.05%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 231 (23.67%) Jenkins
2 158 (16.19%) GitLab
3 155 (15.88%) Git
4 82 (8.40%) JIRA
5 42 (4.30%) Cypress.io
6 34 (3.48%) Artifactory
7 31 (3.18%) Selenium
8 30 (3.07%) JUnit
9 26 (2.66%) Bitbucket
9 26 (2.66%) Postman
10 24 (2.46%) Cucumber
11 22 (2.25%) Gradle
12 21 (2.15%) JMeter
13 20 (2.05%) REST Assured
14 19 (1.95%) SonarQube
15 18 (1.84%) CircleCI
16 17 (1.74%) Maven
17 16 (1.64%) Visual Studio
18 15 (1.54%) Mockito
19 14 (1.43%) TeamCity
General
1 215 (22.03%) Social Skills
2 150 (15.37%) Finance
3 126 (12.91%) Public Sector
4 103 (10.55%) Analytical Skills
5 75 (7.68%) Banking
6 41 (4.20%) Front Office
7 34 (3.48%) Investment Banking
8 23 (2.36%) Organisational Skills
9 22 (2.25%) Presentation Skills
10 18 (1.84%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 15 (1.54%) Financial Institution
12 12 (1.23%) Retail
13 9 (0.92%) Marketing
14 8 (0.82%) Back Office
14 8 (0.82%) Military
14 8 (0.82%) Telecoms
15 7 (0.72%) Documentation Skills
15 7 (0.72%) Manufacturing
16 5 (0.51%) Influencing Skills
17 4 (0.41%) Law
Job Titles
1 261 (26.74%) Developer
2 189 (19.36%) DevOps Engineer
3 159 (16.29%) Senior
4 107 (10.96%) AWS Engineer
5 93 (9.53%) Architect
6 77 (7.89%) Lead
7 76 (7.79%) Data Engineer
8 65 (6.66%) AWS DevOps
9 63 (6.45%) AWS DevOps Engineer
10 54 (5.53%) Software Engineer
11 49 (5.02%) Python Engineer
12 45 (4.61%) Senior DevOps
13 43 (4.41%) Azure Engineer
13 43 (4.41%) Senior DevOps Engineer
14 42 (4.30%) Python Developer
15 40 (4.10%) Java Developer
16 37 (3.79%) Senior Developer
17 35 (3.59%) Cloud Engineer
18 32 (3.28%) Full-Stack Developer
19 30 (3.07%) React Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 139 (14.24%) React
2 102 (10.45%) .NET
3 90 (9.22%) Kafka
4 81 (8.30%) REST
5 79 (8.09%) RESTful
6 78 (7.99%) Node.js
7 65 (6.66%) Spring
8 63 (6.45%) Spring Boot
9 59 (6.05%) CSS
10 49 (5.02%) HTML
11 43 (4.41%) PySpark
12 39 (4.00%) GraphQL
13 35 (3.59%) OAuth
14 33 (3.38%) AngularJS
14 33 (3.38%) Django
14 33 (3.38%) FastAPI
15 32 (3.28%) AWS CDK
16 31 (3.18%) .NET Core
17 30 (3.07%) Elastic Stack
18 29 (2.97%) J2EE
Miscellaneous
1 67 (6.86%) Cloud Native
2 43 (4.41%) Product Ownership
3 27 (2.77%) Distributed Systems
4 23 (2.36%) Enterprise Software
5 19 (1.95%) Mobile App
6 18 (1.84%) Algorithms
7 16 (1.64%) Greenfield Project
7 16 (1.64%) Public Cloud
8 15 (1.54%) Data Protection Act
9 14 (1.43%) Data Structures
9 14 (1.43%) Hybrid Cloud
10 13 (1.33%) Legacy Systems
11 9 (0.92%) Data Centre
11 9 (0.92%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
11 9 (0.92%) Mainframe
12 8 (0.82%) Analytical Mindset
12 8 (0.82%) Management Information System
12 8 (0.82%) PKI
13 7 (0.72%) Onboarding
13 7 (0.72%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 137 (14.04%) Linux
2 39 (4.00%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
3 38 (3.89%) Windows
4 24 (2.46%) Unix
5 14 (1.43%) Android
6 10 (1.02%) Apple iOS
7 7 (0.72%) Windows Server
8 6 (0.61%) VMS
9 5 (0.51%) CentOS
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%) VyOS
13 1 (0.10%) Windows Server 2016
13 1 (0.10%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 553 (56.66%) DevOps
2 432 (44.26%) Agile
3 226 (23.16%) Containerisation
4 209 (21.41%) Infrastructure as Code
5 188 (19.26%) Test Automation
6 173 (17.73%) Problem-Solving
7 172 (17.62%) Microservices
8 167 (17.11%) Software Engineering
9 143 (14.65%) Continuous Integration
10 112 (11.48%) Scrum
11 88 (9.02%) Mentoring
11 88 (9.02%) Migration
12 87 (8.91%) Analytics
13 86 (8.81%) TDD
14 83 (8.50%) Full-Stack Development
15 82 (8.40%) Artificial Intelligence
16 80 (8.20%) SDLC
17 75 (7.68%) Continuous Improvement
18 73 (7.48%) Machine Learning
19 63 (6.45%) Deployment Automation
Programming Languages
1 429 (43.95%) Python
2 219 (22.44%) Java
3 194 (19.88%) SQL
4 167 (17.11%) JavaScript
5 147 (15.06%) TypeScript
6 127 (13.01%) Bash
7 109 (11.17%) C#
8 85 (8.71%) PowerShell
9 64 (6.56%) Go
10 27 (2.77%) Bicep
11 23 (2.36%) Shell Script
12 22 (2.25%) C++
13 20 (2.05%) Scala
14 19 (1.95%) PHP
15 16 (1.64%) Groovy
16 15 (1.54%) Kotlin
16 15 (1.54%) Ruby
17 11 (1.13%) PL/SQL
18 10 (1.02%) Perl
19 9 (0.92%) Rust
Qualifications
1 216 (22.13%) Security Cleared
2 200 (20.49%) SC Cleared
3 67 (6.86%) Degree
4 45 (4.61%) AWS Certification
5 42 (4.30%) Computer Science Degree
6 18 (1.84%) Azure Certification
7 16 (1.64%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
8 13 (1.33%) Microsoft Certification
9 12 (1.23%) BPSS Clearance
10 10 (1.02%) DV Cleared
10 10 (1.02%) Master's Degree
11 8 (0.82%) ISTQB
12 7 (0.72%) TOGAF Certification
13 6 (0.61%) CISSP
14 4 (0.41%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
14 4 (0.41%) CEH
14 4 (0.41%) Cisco Certification
14 4 (0.41%) OCP
14 4 (0.41%) Oracle Certification
15 3 (0.31%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 65 (6.66%) QA
2 35 (3.59%) Accessibility
3 23 (2.36%) GDPR
4 18 (1.84%) Data Quality
5 11 (1.13%) NIST
6 7 (0.72%) HIPAA
6 7 (0.72%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 7 (0.72%) NCSC
6 7 (0.72%) PCI DSS
7 5 (0.51%) WCAG
8 3 (0.31%) Disclosure Scotland
9 2 (0.20%) Cyber Essentials
9 2 (0.20%) EMIR
9 2 (0.20%) Government Security Classifications
9 2 (0.20%) HL7
9 2 (0.20%) MiFID
9 2 (0.20%) Sarbanes-Oxley
9 2 (0.20%) SLA
9 2 (0.20%) Software Quality Assurance
10 1 (0.10%) PMO
System Software
1 351 (35.96%) Docker
2 12 (1.23%) Active Directory
2 12 (1.23%) Virtual Machines
3 10 (1.02%) VMware Infrastructure
4 5 (0.51%) vSphere
5 4 (0.41%) VMware NSX
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%) Virtual Desktop
8 1 (0.10%) NFS
8 1 (0.10%) OpenAM
8 1 (0.10%) OpenDJ
8 1 (0.10%) OpenIDM
8 1 (0.10%) Samba
Systems Management
1 371 (38.01%) Kubernetes
2 323 (33.09%) Terraform
3 151 (15.47%) Ansible
4 74 (7.58%) Grafana
5 49 (5.02%) Prometheus
6 29 (2.97%) Progress Chef
7 26 (2.66%) Puppet
8 24 (2.46%) Argo
9 20 (2.05%) Kibana
10 9 (0.92%) Packer
10 9 (0.92%) Single Sign-On
11 7 (0.72%) logstash
12 6 (0.61%) Rancher
13 5 (0.51%) Consul
13 5 (0.51%) Microsoft Intune
13 5 (0.51%) Nagios
13 5 (0.51%) ZABBIX
14 4 (0.41%) CloudHub
14 4 (0.41%) Istio
14 4 (0.41%) Nessus
Vendors
1 90 (9.22%) Microsoft
2 45 (4.61%) Google
3 43 (4.41%) Oracle
4 38 (3.89%) Splunk
5 33 (3.38%) Databricks
6 20 (2.05%) SAP
7 14 (1.43%) Salesforce
7 14 (1.43%) VMware
8 13 (1.33%) Dynatrace
8 13 (1.33%) Red Hat
9 11 (1.13%) ServiceNow
10 10 (1.02%) Cisco
11 9 (0.92%) AppDynamics
12 8 (0.82%) Atlassian
12 8 (0.82%) MuleSoft
13 7 (0.72%) Palo Alto
14 6 (0.61%) IBM
15 4 (0.41%) ForgeRock
15 4 (0.41%) New Relic
15 4 (0.41%) Qualys