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

6 months to
2 Apr 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 24 51 41
Rank change year-on-year +27 -10 +25
Contract jobs citing CI/CD 113 102 152
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 7.47% 3.62% 5.09%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 8.03% 4.08% 5.54%
Number of daily rates quoted 79 58 107
10th Percentile £348 £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 £580 £569
% change year-on-year -11.64% +2.02% +1.29%
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 1,408 2,498 2,745
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 93.12% 88.74% 91.84%
Number of daily rates quoted 856 1,429 1,902
10th Percentile £300 £213 £313
25th Percentile £409 £363 £410
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £501 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year +0.10% - +5.26%
75th Percentile £613 £600 £600
90th Percentile £675 £675 £685
South East median daily rate £504 £500 £505
% change year-on-year +0.80% -0.99% +3.59%
Number of hourly rates quoted 51 182 51
10th Percentile £14.20 £15.52 £18.50
25th Percentile £18.00 £20.04 £22.75
Median hourly rate £46.30 £43.75 £48.40
Median % change year-on-year +5.83% -9.61% +176.57%
75th Percentile £62.24 £63.22 £68.11
90th Percentile £75.50 £85.61 £80.25
South East median hourly rate £32.50 £45.00 £45.00
% change year-on-year -27.78% - +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 2 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 2 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 +20 81 £500 -17.36% 75
Buckinghamshire +26 30 £595 +0.85% 26
Oxfordshire +4 4 £493 -17.92% 25
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 (2.65%) Apache Spark
1 3 (2.65%) Confluence
2 2 (1.77%) Anypoint
2 2 (1.77%) Apache
2 2 (1.77%) Appian
2 2 (1.77%) Camunda
2 2 (1.77%) CMS
2 2 (1.77%) Microsoft Exchange
2 2 (1.77%) Umbraco
3 1 (0.88%) Headless CMS
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 67 (59.29%) Azure
2 38 (33.63%) AWS
3 31 (27.43%) Serverless
4 19 (16.81%) Azure Functions
5 18 (15.93%) Azure AKS
5 18 (15.93%) Azure Monitor
6 16 (14.16%) PaaS
7 15 (13.27%) SaaS
8 14 (12.39%) GitHub
9 13 (11.50%) Azure DevOps
9 13 (11.50%) Entra ID
10 11 (9.73%) IaaS
11 10 (8.85%) AWS Lambda
11 10 (8.85%) GCP
12 8 (7.08%) Azure API Management
12 8 (7.08%) Azure Data Factory
13 6 (5.31%) Azure Cosmos DB
13 6 (5.31%) Snowflake
14 5 (4.42%) Microsoft 365
15 4 (3.54%) Azure Storage
Communications & Networking
1 12 (10.62%) VSAN
2 9 (7.96%) VPN
3 6 (5.31%) MPLS
4 5 (4.42%) BGP
4 5 (4.42%) DNS
4 5 (4.42%) Firewall
5 4 (3.54%) SD-WAN
5 4 (3.54%) TCP/IP
5 4 (3.54%) WAN
6 3 (2.65%) 5G
6 3 (2.65%) Cisco Nexus
6 3 (2.65%) iSCSI
6 3 (2.65%) LTE
6 3 (2.65%) NGFW
6 3 (2.65%) OSPF
7 2 (1.77%) Cisco ASA
7 2 (1.77%) SMTP
7 2 (1.77%) VLAN
7 2 (1.77%) VoIP
7 2 (1.77%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 16 (14.16%) PostgreSQL
2 12 (10.62%) Data Warehouse
3 11 (9.73%) Redis
4 8 (7.08%) NoSQL
5 6 (5.31%) SQL Server
6 5 (4.42%) Data Lake
6 5 (4.42%) Enterprise Data Warehouse
7 3 (2.65%) Amazon RDS
7 3 (2.65%) Azure SQL Database
7 3 (2.65%) Big Data
7 3 (2.65%) SSDT
8 2 (1.77%) DocumentDB
8 2 (1.77%) MongoDB
8 2 (1.77%) 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 (15.93%) Git
2 11 (9.73%) Jenkins
3 9 (7.96%) Selenium
4 7 (6.19%) GitLab
4 7 (6.19%) JIRA
5 3 (2.65%) Maven
6 2 (1.77%) Bitbucket
6 2 (1.77%) Gradle
6 2 (1.77%) IntelliJ
6 2 (1.77%) Robot Framework
6 2 (1.77%) 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 23 (20.35%) Social Skills
1 23 (20.35%) Telecoms
2 17 (15.04%) Public Sector
3 11 (9.73%) Analytical Skills
4 7 (6.19%) Finance
5 6 (5.31%) Electronics
5 6 (5.31%) Manufacturing
5 6 (5.31%) Marketing
6 2 (1.77%) Retail
Job Titles
1 30 (26.55%) Developer
2 28 (24.78%) Architect
3 16 (14.16%) Senior
4 14 (12.39%) Technical Architect
5 13 (11.50%) DevOps Engineer
6 11 (9.73%) Full-Stack Developer
7 10 (8.85%) Azure Developer
7 10 (8.85%) Azure Engineer
7 10 (8.85%) Backend Developer
7 10 (8.85%) Senior Architect
7 10 (8.85%) Senior Technical Architect
8 8 (7.08%) .NET Developer
8 8 (7.08%) AWS Engineer
9 6 (5.31%) Full-Stack Python Developer
9 6 (5.31%) Python Developer
9 6 (5.31%) React Developer
10 5 (4.42%) Principal Architect
10 5 (4.42%) Software Engineer
11 4 (3.54%) Senior Developer
11 4 (3.54%) Technical Infrastructure Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 15 (13.27%) RESTful
2 13 (11.50%) GraphQL
3 12 (10.62%) .NET
4 11 (9.73%) JSON
4 11 (9.73%) Prisma
5 10 (8.85%) Node.js
5 10 (8.85%) React
6 8 (7.08%) .NET Framework
6 8 (7.08%) OAuth
7 7 (6.19%) .NET Core
7 7 (6.19%) REST
8 6 (5.31%) CSS
8 6 (5.31%) Entity Framework
8 6 (5.31%) HTML
9 5 (4.42%) AngularJS
9 5 (4.42%) ARM Templates
9 5 (4.42%) YAML
10 4 (3.54%) ASP.NET Web API
10 4 (3.54%) SOAP
10 4 (3.54%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 12 (10.62%) PKI
2 11 (9.73%) Hybrid Cloud
3 9 (7.96%) Public Cloud
4 7 (6.19%) Product Ownership
5 5 (4.42%) Cloud Native
5 5 (4.42%) Legacy Systems
6 3 (2.65%) Wiki
7 2 (1.77%) Distributed Systems
7 2 (1.77%) IoT
7 2 (1.77%) Onboarding
7 2 (1.77%) Self-Motivation
7 2 (1.77%) TM Forum
8 1 (0.88%) Cyber Defence
8 1 (0.88%) Data Centre
8 1 (0.88%) Legacy Applications
8 1 (0.88%) N-Tier
8 1 (0.88%) Security Posture
8 1 (0.88%) Smart Meter
8 1 (0.88%) Tandem
8 1 (0.88%) Team-Oriented Environment
Operating Systems
1 9 (7.96%) Windows
2 4 (3.54%) Linux
3 3 (2.65%) Unix
4 2 (1.77%) Windows Server
4 2 (1.77%) Windows Server 2016
4 2 (1.77%) Windows Server 2019
5 1 (0.88%) CentOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 59 (52.21%) DevOps
2 42 (37.17%) Containerisation
3 37 (32.74%) Microservices
4 30 (26.55%) Continuous Integration
4 30 (26.55%) Infrastructure as Code
5 24 (21.24%) Agile
6 23 (20.35%) Full-Stack Development
6 23 (20.35%) Problem-Solving
7 20 (17.70%) DevSecOps
8 18 (15.93%) TOGAF
9 17 (15.04%) ITIL
10 16 (14.16%) Design Patterns
11 15 (13.27%) Continuous Delivery
12 14 (12.39%) Performance Optimisation
12 14 (12.39%) RBAC
12 14 (12.39%) Scrum
12 14 (12.39%) Zachman Framework
13 13 (11.50%) Cost Management
13 13 (11.50%) Event-Driven
13 13 (11.50%) Front End Development
Programming Languages
1 44 (38.94%) Python
2 23 (20.35%) SQL
3 18 (15.93%) PowerShell
4 16 (14.16%) C#
5 12 (10.62%) Bash
6 11 (9.73%) Java
6 11 (9.73%) TypeScript
7 7 (6.19%) Bicep
7 7 (6.19%) JavaScript
8 4 (3.54%) R
9 2 (1.77%) Groovy
9 2 (1.77%) Shell Script
9 2 (1.77%) VB
9 2 (1.77%) VBScript
10 1 (0.88%) DataWeave
10 1 (0.88%) Kotlin
10 1 (0.88%) Perl
10 1 (0.88%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 27 (23.89%) Security Cleared
2 24 (21.24%) SC Cleared
3 15 (13.27%) MCSE
3 15 (13.27%) Microsoft Certification
4 11 (9.73%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
5 8 (7.08%) Azure Certification
6 7 (6.19%) CCNP
6 7 (6.19%) Cisco Certification
6 7 (6.19%) Degree
7 6 (5.31%) DV Cleared
8 5 (4.42%) AWS Certification
9 4 (3.54%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
10 2 (1.77%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
11 1 (0.88%) (ISC)2 CCSP
11 1 (0.88%) Computer Science Degree
11 1 (0.88%) ISTQB
11 1 (0.88%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
11 1 (0.88%) JNCIP
11 1 (0.88%) Master's Degree
11 1 (0.88%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 16 (14.16%) NCSC
1 16 (14.16%) NIST
2 12 (10.62%) Cyber Essentials
3 9 (7.96%) QA
4 8 (7.08%) GDPR
5 6 (5.31%) HIPAA
6 2 (1.77%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
6 2 (1.77%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 1 (0.88%) Accessibility
7 1 (0.88%) Data Quality
System Software
1 30 (26.55%) Docker
2 15 (13.27%) VMware NSX
3 14 (12.39%) VMware Infrastructure
4 10 (8.85%) Active Directory
5 4 (3.54%) Virtual Machines
6 3 (2.65%) NFS
6 3 (2.65%) VMware ESXi
7 2 (1.77%) Virtual Desktop
8 1 (0.88%) Apache Flume
Systems Management
1 27 (23.89%) Kubernetes
2 21 (18.58%) Terraform
3 8 (7.08%) Ansible
4 3 (2.65%) Single Sign-On
4 3 (2.65%) vRealize
4 3 (2.65%) vRealize Orchestrator
5 2 (1.77%) Active Directory Federation Services
5 2 (1.77%) CloudHub
5 2 (1.77%) Microsoft Intune
5 2 (1.77%) Prometheus
5 2 (1.77%) SCCM
5 2 (1.77%) SCOM
5 2 (1.77%) WSUS
6 1 (0.88%) Grafana
Vendors
1 19 (16.81%) VMware
2 16 (14.16%) Cisco
3 15 (13.27%) Microsoft
4 12 (10.62%) Palo Alto
5 6 (5.31%) SAP
6 4 (3.54%) Databricks
6 4 (3.54%) Virgin Media
7 3 (2.65%) Nokia
7 3 (2.65%) Splunk
7 3 (2.65%) UiPath
8 2 (1.77%) Blue Prism
8 2 (1.77%) Google
8 2 (1.77%) MuleSoft
8 2 (1.77%) Rakuten
9 1 (0.88%) CA Agile Central
9 1 (0.88%) CyberArk
9 1 (0.88%) Dynatrace
9 1 (0.88%) New Relic
9 1 (0.88%) Openreach
9 1 (0.88%) ServiceNow