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 1 April 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 Apr 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 23 50 40
Rank change year-on-year +27 -10 +24
Contract jobs citing CI/CD 114 102 152
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 7.56% 3.63% 5.09%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 8.13% 4.09% 5.54%
Number of daily rates quoted 80 58 107
10th Percentile £349 £484 £425
25th Percentile £409 £506 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £600 £600
Median % change year-on-year -16.67% - +14.29%
75th Percentile £630 £625 £675
90th Percentile £675 £679 £750
South East median daily rate £513 £578 £569
% change year-on-year -11.26% +1.58% +1.52%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
Median hourly rate - - £70.00
South East median hourly rate £56.75 - £71.25
% change year-on-year - - +50.00%

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 1,402 2,492 2,744
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 93.03% 88.71% 91.83%
Number of daily rates quoted 855 1,427 1,902
10th Percentile £300 £213 £313
25th Percentile £409 £363 £410
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £504 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year +0.80% - +5.26%
75th Percentile £613 £600 £600
90th Percentile £675 £675 £685
South East median daily rate £505 £500 £505
% change year-on-year +1.00% -0.99% +3.59%
Number of hourly rates quoted 51 180 51
10th Percentile £14.20 £15.30 £18.50
25th Percentile £18.00 £19.81 £22.75
Median hourly rate £46.30 £42.50 £48.40
Median % change year-on-year +8.94% -12.19% +176.57%
75th Percentile £62.24 £63.00 £68.11
90th Percentile £75.50 £85.65 £80.25
South East median hourly rate £32.50 £42.50 £45.00
% change year-on-year -23.53% -5.56% +91.49%

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 1 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 1 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 +19 82 £500 -17.36% 77
Buckinghamshire +27 30 £595 +0.85% 24
Oxfordshire +4 4 £493 -17.92% 26
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 (2.63%) Apache Spark
1 3 (2.63%) Confluence
2 2 (1.75%) Anypoint
2 2 (1.75%) Apache
2 2 (1.75%) Appian
2 2 (1.75%) Camunda
2 2 (1.75%) CMS
2 2 (1.75%) Umbraco
3 1 (0.88%) Headless CMS
3 1 (0.88%) Microsoft Exchange
3 1 (0.88%) Oracle Service Bus
3 1 (0.88%) Oracle SOA Suite
Business Applications
1 1 (0.88%) Oracle EBS
1 1 (0.88%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 66 (57.89%) Azure
2 38 (33.33%) AWS
3 31 (27.19%) Serverless
4 19 (16.67%) Azure Functions
5 18 (15.79%) Azure AKS
6 17 (14.91%) Azure Monitor
7 16 (14.04%) PaaS
8 15 (13.16%) SaaS
9 14 (12.28%) GitHub
10 13 (11.40%) Azure DevOps
11 12 (10.53%) Entra ID
12 11 (9.65%) IaaS
13 10 (8.77%) AWS Lambda
13 10 (8.77%) GCP
14 8 (7.02%) Azure API Management
14 8 (7.02%) Azure Data Factory
15 6 (5.26%) Azure Cosmos DB
15 6 (5.26%) Snowflake
16 4 (3.51%) Microsoft 365
17 3 (2.63%) Amazon EC2
Communications & Networking
1 12 (10.53%) VSAN
2 9 (7.89%) VPN
3 6 (5.26%) MPLS
4 5 (4.39%) 5G
4 5 (4.39%) BGP
4 5 (4.39%) LTE
5 4 (3.51%) DNS
5 4 (3.51%) Firewall
5 4 (3.51%) SD-WAN
5 4 (3.51%) TCP/IP
5 4 (3.51%) WAN
6 3 (2.63%) 4G
6 3 (2.63%) 5G NR
6 3 (2.63%) Cisco Nexus
6 3 (2.63%) iSCSI
6 3 (2.63%) NGFW
6 3 (2.63%) OSPF
6 3 (2.63%) Radio Access Network
7 2 (1.75%) Cisco ASA
7 2 (1.75%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 16 (14.04%) PostgreSQL
2 12 (10.53%) Data Warehouse
3 11 (9.65%) Redis
4 8 (7.02%) NoSQL
5 6 (5.26%) SQL Server
6 5 (4.39%) Data Lake
6 5 (4.39%) Enterprise Data Warehouse
7 3 (2.63%) Amazon RDS
7 3 (2.63%) Azure SQL Database
7 3 (2.63%) Big Data
7 3 (2.63%) SSDT
8 2 (1.75%) DocumentDB
8 2 (1.75%) MongoDB
8 2 (1.75%) MySQL
9 1 (0.88%) DynamoDB
9 1 (0.88%) Impala
9 1 (0.88%) Metadata
9 1 (0.88%) Parquet
9 1 (0.88%) Power BI
9 1 (0.88%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 18 (15.79%) Git
2 11 (9.65%) Jenkins
3 9 (7.89%) Selenium
4 7 (6.14%) GitLab
4 7 (6.14%) JIRA
5 3 (2.63%) Maven
6 2 (1.75%) Bitbucket
6 2 (1.75%) Gradle
6 2 (1.75%) IntelliJ
6 2 (1.75%) Robot Framework
6 2 (1.75%) Terragrunt
7 1 (0.88%) Artifactory
7 1 (0.88%) Atlassian Bamboo
7 1 (0.88%) Octopus Deploy
7 1 (0.88%) Postman
7 1 (0.88%) Snyk
7 1 (0.88%) SonarQube
7 1 (0.88%) Team Foundation Server
7 1 (0.88%) Toad
7 1 (0.88%) Visual Studio
General
1 25 (21.93%) Telecoms
2 22 (19.30%) Social Skills
3 17 (14.91%) Public Sector
4 11 (9.65%) Analytical Skills
5 7 (6.14%) Finance
6 6 (5.26%) Electronics
6 6 (5.26%) Manufacturing
6 6 (5.26%) Marketing
7 2 (1.75%) Retail
Job Titles
1 30 (26.32%) Developer
2 28 (24.56%) Architect
3 16 (14.04%) Senior
4 14 (12.28%) Technical Architect
5 13 (11.40%) DevOps Engineer
6 11 (9.65%) Full-Stack Developer
7 10 (8.77%) Azure Developer
7 10 (8.77%) Backend Developer
7 10 (8.77%) Senior Architect
7 10 (8.77%) Senior Technical Architect
8 9 (7.89%) Azure Engineer
9 8 (7.02%) .NET Developer
9 8 (7.02%) AWS Engineer
10 6 (5.26%) Full-Stack Python Developer
10 6 (5.26%) Python Developer
10 6 (5.26%) React Developer
11 5 (4.39%) Principal Architect
11 5 (4.39%) Software Engineer
12 4 (3.51%) Infrastructure Technical Architect
12 4 (3.51%) Senior Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 15 (13.16%) RESTful
2 13 (11.40%) GraphQL
3 12 (10.53%) .NET
4 11 (9.65%) JSON
4 11 (9.65%) Prisma
5 10 (8.77%) Node.js
5 10 (8.77%) React
6 8 (7.02%) .NET Framework
6 8 (7.02%) OAuth
7 7 (6.14%) .NET Core
7 7 (6.14%) REST
8 6 (5.26%) CSS
8 6 (5.26%) Entity Framework
8 6 (5.26%) HTML
9 5 (4.39%) AngularJS
9 5 (4.39%) YAML
10 4 (3.51%) ARM Templates
10 4 (3.51%) ASP.NET Web API
10 4 (3.51%) SOAP
10 4 (3.51%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 11 (9.65%) Hybrid Cloud
1 11 (9.65%) PKI
2 9 (7.89%) Public Cloud
3 7 (6.14%) Cloud Native
3 7 (6.14%) Product Ownership
4 5 (4.39%) Legacy Systems
5 3 (2.63%) Team-Oriented Environment
5 3 (2.63%) Wiki
6 2 (1.75%) Distributed Systems
6 2 (1.75%) IoT
6 2 (1.75%) Onboarding
6 2 (1.75%) TM Forum
7 1 (0.88%) Cyber Defence
7 1 (0.88%) Data Centre
7 1 (0.88%) Legacy Applications
7 1 (0.88%) N-Tier
7 1 (0.88%) Security Posture
7 1 (0.88%) Self-Motivation
7 1 (0.88%) Smart Meter
7 1 (0.88%) Tandem
Operating Systems
1 8 (7.02%) Windows
2 3 (2.63%) Linux
2 3 (2.63%) Unix
3 1 (0.88%) CentOS
3 1 (0.88%) Windows Server
3 1 (0.88%) Windows Server 2016
3 1 (0.88%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 60 (52.63%) DevOps
2 42 (36.84%) Containerisation
3 37 (32.46%) Microservices
4 30 (26.32%) Continuous Integration
5 29 (25.44%) Infrastructure as Code
6 25 (21.93%) Agile
6 25 (21.93%) Problem-Solving
7 23 (20.18%) Full-Stack Development
8 20 (17.54%) DevSecOps
9 18 (15.79%) TOGAF
10 16 (14.04%) Design Patterns
10 16 (14.04%) ITIL
10 16 (14.04%) Performance Optimisation
11 15 (13.16%) Continuous Delivery
12 14 (12.28%) Continuous Improvement
12 14 (12.28%) Scrum
12 14 (12.28%) Zachman Framework
13 13 (11.40%) Cost Management
13 13 (11.40%) Event-Driven
13 13 (11.40%) Front End Development
Programming Languages
1 46 (40.35%) Python
2 23 (20.18%) SQL
3 17 (14.91%) PowerShell
4 15 (13.16%) C#
5 12 (10.53%) Bash
6 11 (9.65%) Java
6 11 (9.65%) TypeScript
7 7 (6.14%) JavaScript
8 6 (5.26%) Bicep
9 4 (3.51%) R
10 2 (1.75%) Groovy
10 2 (1.75%) Shell Script
11 1 (0.88%) DataWeave
11 1 (0.88%) Kotlin
11 1 (0.88%) Perl
11 1 (0.88%) PL/SQL
11 1 (0.88%) VB
11 1 (0.88%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 26 (22.81%) Security Cleared
2 23 (20.18%) SC Cleared
3 15 (13.16%) MCSE
3 15 (13.16%) Microsoft Certification
4 11 (9.65%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
5 8 (7.02%) Azure Certification
6 7 (6.14%) CCNP
6 7 (6.14%) Cisco Certification
6 7 (6.14%) Degree
7 5 (4.39%) AWS Certification
7 5 (4.39%) DV Cleared
8 4 (3.51%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
9 1 (0.88%) (ISC)2 CCSP
9 1 (0.88%) Computer Science Degree
9 1 (0.88%) ISTQB
9 1 (0.88%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
9 1 (0.88%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
9 1 (0.88%) JNCIP
9 1 (0.88%) Master's Degree
9 1 (0.88%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 16 (14.04%) NCSC
1 16 (14.04%) NIST
2 12 (10.53%) Cyber Essentials
3 9 (7.89%) QA
4 8 (7.02%) GDPR
5 6 (5.26%) HIPAA
6 2 (1.75%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
6 2 (1.75%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 1 (0.88%) Accessibility
7 1 (0.88%) Data Quality
System Software
1 30 (26.32%) Docker
2 15 (13.16%) VMware NSX
3 14 (12.28%) VMware Infrastructure
4 9 (7.89%) Active Directory
5 3 (2.63%) NFS
5 3 (2.63%) Virtual Machines
5 3 (2.63%) VMware ESXi
6 1 (0.88%) Apache Flume
6 1 (0.88%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 26 (22.81%) Kubernetes
2 21 (18.42%) Terraform
3 10 (8.77%) Ansible
4 3 (2.63%) Single Sign-On
4 3 (2.63%) vRealize
4 3 (2.63%) vRealize Orchestrator
5 2 (1.75%) CloudHub
5 2 (1.75%) Prometheus
6 1 (0.88%) Active Directory Federation Services
6 1 (0.88%) Grafana
6 1 (0.88%) Microsoft Intune
6 1 (0.88%) NSN NetAct
6 1 (0.88%) SCCM
6 1 (0.88%) SCOM
6 1 (0.88%) WSUS
Vendors
1 19 (16.67%) VMware
2 16 (14.04%) Cisco
3 15 (13.16%) Microsoft
4 12 (10.53%) Palo Alto
5 6 (5.26%) SAP
6 4 (3.51%) Databricks
6 4 (3.51%) Nokia
6 4 (3.51%) Virgin Media
7 3 (2.63%) Splunk
7 3 (2.63%) UiPath
8 2 (1.75%) Blue Prism
8 2 (1.75%) Ericsson
8 2 (1.75%) Google
8 2 (1.75%) MuleSoft
8 2 (1.75%) Rakuten
9 1 (0.88%) CA Agile Central
9 1 (0.88%) Dynatrace
9 1 (0.88%) New Relic
9 1 (0.88%) Openreach
9 1 (0.88%) ServiceNow