CI/CD Contracts in the Thames Valley

CI/CD
South East > Thames Valley

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the Thames Valley 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 25 April 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
25 Apr 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 27 45 40
Rank change year-on-year +18 -5 +22
Contract jobs citing CI/CD 102 108 155
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 6.77% 3.98% 5.28%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 7.30% 4.55% 5.74%
Number of daily rates quoted 72 62 107
10th Percentile £339 £488 £450
25th Percentile £413 £506 £505
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £509 £600 £600
Median % change year-on-year -15.25% - +14.29%
75th Percentile £630 £625 £688
90th Percentile £675 £675 £750
South East median daily rate £513 £600 £575
% change year-on-year -14.58% +4.35% +3.60%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
Median hourly rate - - £70.00
South East median hourly rate £55.88 - £75.00
% change year-on-year - - +42.86%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Thames Valley

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 Thames Valley.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,397 2,372 2,700
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 92.70% 87.46% 91.96%
Number of daily rates quoted 847 1,331 1,870
10th Percentile £300 £213 £320
25th Percentile £413 £363 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year - - +5.26%
75th Percentile £600 £600 £600
90th Percentile £675 £675 £688
South East median daily rate £500 £500 £508
% change year-on-year - -1.48% +1.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 59 171 63
10th Percentile £14.20 £15.48 £18.70
25th Percentile £14.78 £19.71 £25.23
Median hourly rate £32.05 £45.00 £52.50
Median % change year-on-year -28.78% -14.29% +200.00%
75th Percentile £62.37 £65.00 £68.11
90th Percentile £77.75 £85.65 £79.19
South East median hourly rate £28.00 £47.50 £50.00
% change year-on-year -41.05% -5.00% +122.22%

CI/CD
Job Vacancy Trend in the Thames Valley

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

Job vacancy trend for CI/CD in the Thames Valley

CI/CD
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the Thames Valley

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

Daily rate trend for CI/CD in the Thames Valley

CI/CD
Daily Rate Histogram in the Thames Valley

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing CI/CD in the Thames Valley over the 6 months to 25 April 2025.

Daily rate histogram for CI/CD in the Thames Valley

CI/CD
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the Thames Valley

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

Hourly rate trend for CI/CD in the Thames Valley

CI/CD
Contract Job Locations in the Thames Valley

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 Thames Valley region over the 6 months to 25 April 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
Berkshire +7 75 £500 -17.36% 69
Buckinghamshire +23 25 £595 +0.85% 21
Oxfordshire +4 4 £493 -17.92% 40
CI/CD
South East

CI/CD
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Thames Valley 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 3 (2.94%) Apache Spark
1 3 (2.94%) Confluence
2 2 (1.96%) Apache
2 2 (1.96%) Appian
2 2 (1.96%) Camunda
2 2 (1.96%) Microsoft Exchange
3 1 (0.98%) Anypoint
3 1 (0.98%) CMS
3 1 (0.98%) Headless CMS
3 1 (0.98%) Oracle Service Bus
3 1 (0.98%) Oracle SOA Suite
3 1 (0.98%) Umbraco
Business Applications
1 1 (0.98%) Oracle EBS
1 1 (0.98%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 60 (58.82%) Azure
2 36 (35.29%) AWS
3 23 (22.55%) Serverless
4 19 (18.63%) PaaS
5 18 (17.65%) Azure Monitor
6 16 (15.69%) Azure DevOps
7 15 (14.71%) GitHub
7 15 (14.71%) SaaS
8 14 (13.73%) Azure AKS
8 14 (13.73%) IaaS
9 13 (12.75%) Entra ID
10 11 (10.78%) Azure Data Factory
10 11 (10.78%) Azure Functions
10 11 (10.78%) GCP
11 8 (7.84%) AWS Lambda
12 7 (6.86%) Azure API Management
12 7 (6.86%) Azure Storage
13 6 (5.88%) Azure Cosmos DB
13 6 (5.88%) Snowflake
14 5 (4.90%) Amazon EKS
Communications & Networking
1 14 (13.73%) VSAN
2 7 (6.86%) BGP
2 7 (6.86%) DNS
3 5 (4.90%) Firewall
3 5 (4.90%) OSPF
3 5 (4.90%) VPN
4 4 (3.92%) MPLS
4 4 (3.92%) SD-WAN
4 4 (3.92%) TCP/IP
4 4 (3.92%) WAN
5 3 (2.94%) Cisco Nexus
5 3 (2.94%) Ethernet VPN
5 3 (2.94%) iSCSI
5 3 (2.94%) NGFW
6 2 (1.96%) Cisco ASA
6 2 (1.96%) Fibre Channel
6 2 (1.96%) IPv6
6 2 (1.96%) Spanning Tree
6 2 (1.96%) TACACS
6 2 (1.96%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 12 (11.76%) Data Warehouse
2 11 (10.78%) PostgreSQL
3 8 (7.84%) NoSQL
4 6 (5.88%) Azure SQL Database
4 6 (5.88%) SQL Server
5 5 (4.90%) Data Lake
5 5 (4.90%) Enterprise Data Warehouse
6 4 (3.92%) Redis
7 3 (2.94%) Amazon RDS
7 3 (2.94%) Big Data
7 3 (2.94%) Relational Database
7 3 (2.94%) SSDT
8 2 (1.96%) DocumentDB
8 2 (1.96%) MongoDB
8 2 (1.96%) MySQL
8 2 (1.96%) RDBMS
9 1 (0.98%) Apache Cassandra
9 1 (0.98%) Hadoop
9 1 (0.98%) HBase
9 1 (0.98%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 18 (17.65%) Git
2 9 (8.82%) Jenkins
2 9 (8.82%) Selenium
3 7 (6.86%) JIRA
4 5 (4.90%) GitLab
5 2 (1.96%) JMeter
5 2 (1.96%) JUnit
5 2 (1.96%) Mockito
5 2 (1.96%) Terragrunt
6 1 (0.98%) Artifactory
6 1 (0.98%) Atlassian Bamboo
6 1 (0.98%) Maven
6 1 (0.98%) Postman
6 1 (0.98%) Team Foundation Server
6 1 (0.98%) Toad
6 1 (0.98%) Visual Studio
General
1 22 (21.57%) Social Skills
2 20 (19.61%) Telecoms
3 18 (17.65%) Public Sector
4 11 (10.78%) Analytical Skills
5 7 (6.86%) Finance
6 6 (5.88%) Electronics
6 6 (5.88%) Manufacturing
6 6 (5.88%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 25 (24.51%) Architect
2 23 (22.55%) Developer
3 15 (14.71%) DevOps Engineer
4 14 (13.73%) Senior
4 14 (13.73%) Technical Architect
5 13 (12.75%) Azure Engineer
6 10 (9.80%) Full-Stack Developer
6 10 (9.80%) Senior Architect
6 10 (9.80%) Senior Technical Architect
7 9 (8.82%) Azure Developer
8 8 (7.84%) AWS Engineer
9 7 (6.86%) .NET Developer
9 7 (6.86%) Azure DevOps Engineer
10 6 (5.88%) Full-Stack Python Developer
10 6 (5.88%) Python Developer
10 6 (5.88%) React Developer
11 5 (4.90%) Principal Architect
12 4 (3.92%) Infrastructure Technical Architect
12 4 (3.92%) Snowflake Engineer
12 4 (3.92%) Technical Infrastructure Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 11 (10.78%) .NET
1 11 (10.78%) JSON
2 10 (9.80%) React
3 9 (8.82%) REST
4 8 (7.84%) OAuth
5 7 (6.86%) .NET Core
5 7 (6.86%) .NET Framework
5 7 (6.86%) HTML
6 6 (5.88%) RESTful
6 6 (5.88%) YAML
7 5 (4.90%) ADO
7 5 (4.90%) AngularJS
7 5 (4.90%) ARM Templates
7 5 (4.90%) CSS
7 5 (4.90%) Entity Framework
7 5 (4.90%) GraphQL
7 5 (4.90%) Spring Boot
8 4 (3.92%) ASP.NET Web API
8 4 (3.92%) Prisma
9 3 (2.94%) Kafka
Miscellaneous
1 12 (11.76%) PKI
2 11 (10.78%) Hybrid Cloud
3 9 (8.82%) Public Cloud
4 7 (6.86%) Product Ownership
5 5 (4.90%) Legacy Systems
6 4 (3.92%) Cloud Native
6 4 (3.92%) Distributed Systems
6 4 (3.92%) Onboarding
7 2 (1.96%) IoT
7 2 (1.96%) Self-Motivation
8 1 (0.98%) Cyber Defence
8 1 (0.98%) Data Centre
8 1 (0.98%) Legacy Applications
8 1 (0.98%) Management Information System
8 1 (0.98%) N-Tier
8 1 (0.98%) Security Posture
8 1 (0.98%) Tandem
8 1 (0.98%) Team-Oriented Environment
8 1 (0.98%) Wiki
Operating Systems
1 9 (8.82%) Windows
2 4 (3.92%) Linux
3 3 (2.94%) Unix
4 2 (1.96%) Windows Server
4 2 (1.96%) Windows Server 2016
4 2 (1.96%) Windows Server 2019
5 1 (0.98%) CentOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 53 (51.96%) DevOps
2 32 (31.37%) Containerisation
3 30 (29.41%) Microservices
4 29 (28.43%) Continuous Integration
4 29 (28.43%) Infrastructure as Code
5 22 (21.57%) Agile
6 20 (19.61%) DevSecOps
7 19 (18.63%) Problem-Solving
8 18 (17.65%) TOGAF
9 17 (16.67%) ITIL
10 15 (14.71%) Continuous Delivery
10 15 (14.71%) Full-Stack Development
11 14 (13.73%) RBAC
11 14 (13.73%) Zachman Framework
12 13 (12.75%) Scrum
13 12 (11.76%) ETL
14 11 (10.78%) IT Strategy
14 11 (10.78%) Requirements Management
14 11 (10.78%) Technology Strategy
15 10 (9.80%) Design Patterns
Programming Languages
1 40 (39.22%) Python
2 24 (23.53%) SQL
3 17 (16.67%) PowerShell
4 14 (13.73%) C#
5 12 (11.76%) Bash
6 10 (9.80%) Java
7 7 (6.86%) JavaScript
8 6 (5.88%) Bicep
9 4 (3.92%) Shell Script
9 4 (3.92%) TypeScript
10 2 (1.96%) R
10 2 (1.96%) VB
10 2 (1.96%) VBScript
11 1 (0.98%) DataWeave
11 1 (0.98%) Kotlin
11 1 (0.98%) Perl
11 1 (0.98%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 27 (26.47%) Security Cleared
2 24 (23.53%) SC Cleared
3 15 (14.71%) MCSE
3 15 (14.71%) Microsoft Certification
4 11 (10.78%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
5 8 (7.84%) Azure Certification
6 7 (6.86%) CCNP
6 7 (6.86%) Cisco Certification
7 6 (5.88%) Degree
7 6 (5.88%) DV Cleared
8 4 (3.92%) AWS Certification
9 3 (2.94%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
10 2 (1.96%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
11 1 (0.98%) (ISC)2 CCSP
11 1 (0.98%) Computer Science Degree
11 1 (0.98%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
11 1 (0.98%) JNCIP
11 1 (0.98%) Master's Degree
11 1 (0.98%) SnowPro
11 1 (0.98%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 16 (15.69%) NCSC
1 16 (15.69%) NIST
2 12 (11.76%) Cyber Essentials
3 8 (7.84%) GDPR
4 7 (6.86%) QA
5 6 (5.88%) HIPAA
6 2 (1.96%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
6 2 (1.96%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 1 (0.98%) Accessibility
7 1 (0.98%) Data Quality
System Software
1 22 (21.57%) Docker
2 15 (14.71%) VMware NSX
3 14 (13.73%) VMware Infrastructure
4 10 (9.80%) Active Directory
5 4 (3.92%) Virtual Machines
6 3 (2.94%) NFS
6 3 (2.94%) VMware ESXi
7 2 (1.96%) Ceph
7 2 (1.96%) Virtual Desktop
8 1 (0.98%) Apache Flume
Systems Management
1 22 (21.57%) Kubernetes
2 18 (17.65%) Terraform
3 5 (4.90%) Ansible
4 3 (2.94%) Single Sign-On
4 3 (2.94%) vRealize
4 3 (2.94%) vRealize Orchestrator
5 2 (1.96%) Active Directory Federation Services
5 2 (1.96%) Argo
5 2 (1.96%) Kibana
5 2 (1.96%) Microsoft Intune
5 2 (1.96%) Prometheus
5 2 (1.96%) SCCM
5 2 (1.96%) SCOM
5 2 (1.96%) WSUS
6 1 (0.98%) CloudHub
6 1 (0.98%) Grafana
Vendors
1 19 (18.63%) VMware
2 18 (17.65%) Cisco
3 15 (14.71%) Microsoft
4 12 (11.76%) Palo Alto
5 6 (5.88%) SAP
6 5 (4.90%) Splunk
7 4 (3.92%) Databricks
7 4 (3.92%) Virgin Media
8 3 (2.94%) Dynatrace
8 3 (2.94%) UiPath
9 2 (1.96%) Blue Prism
9 2 (1.96%) Dell
9 2 (1.96%) Google
9 2 (1.96%) Nokia
9 2 (1.96%) Rakuten
9 2 (1.96%) Red Hat
10 1 (0.98%) BT
10 1 (0.98%) Remedy
10 1 (0.98%) Snow
10 1 (0.98%) StreamSets