DevOps Contracts in Central London

DevOps
London > Central London

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Central London with a requirement for DevOps skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited DevOps over the 6 months to 8 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
8 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 10 13 7
Rank change year-on-year +3 -6 +1
Contract jobs citing DevOps 279 459 716
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Central London 11.51% 12.17% 15.87%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 12.70% 13.32% 17.28%
Number of daily rates quoted 189 317 575
10th Percentile £413 £438 £463
25th Percentile £488 £519 £523
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £613 £600
Median % change year-on-year -2.04% +2.08% +9.09%
75th Percentile £688 £738 £725
90th Percentile £788 £800 £800
London median daily rate £575 £600 £600
% change year-on-year -4.17% - +9.09%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £46.75 - -
Median hourly rate £48.50 - -
75th Percentile £50.25 - -
90th Percentile - - -
London median hourly rate £55.00 £80.00 £78.75
% change year-on-year -31.25% +1.59% +43.18%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Central London

DevOps is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in Central London with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 2,197 3,446 4,144
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Central London 90.60% 91.36% 91.82%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,565 2,330 3,170
10th Percentile £350 £325 £375
25th Percentile £450 £463 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £600 £575
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +4.39% +9.48%
75th Percentile £688 £725 £675
90th Percentile £800 £820 £775
London median daily rate £550 £590 £575
% change year-on-year -6.78% +2.61% +9.52%
Number of hourly rates quoted 23 29 43
10th Percentile £20.22 £15.20 £18.50
25th Percentile £22.75 £18.50 £22.63
Median hourly rate £27.81 £35.00 £40.50
Median % change year-on-year -20.54% -13.58% +102.50%
75th Percentile £30.41 £53.75 £53.50
90th Percentile £41.47 £88.30 £65.10
London median hourly rate £28.00 £39.00 £36.50
% change year-on-year -28.21% +6.85% +11.11%

DevOps
Job Vacancy Trend in Central London

Job postings citing DevOps as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Central London.

Job vacancy trend for DevOps in Central London

DevOps
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Central London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing DevOps in Central London.

Daily rate trend for DevOps in Central London

DevOps
Daily Rate Histogram in Central London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing DevOps in Central London over the 6 months to 8 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for DevOps in Central London

DevOps
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Central London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing DevOps in Central London.

Hourly rate trend for DevOps in Central London

DevOps
Contract Job Locations in Central London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing DevOps within the Central London region over the 6 months to 8 May 2024. 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
City of London +2 262 £600 -3.23% 76
City of Westminster -1 5 £725 -9.38% 3
DevOps
London

DevOps
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Central London 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 13 (4.66%) Confluence
2 8 (2.87%) SharePoint
3 7 (2.51%) IIS
4 5 (1.79%) Apache Spark
4 5 (1.79%) Site Server
5 3 (1.08%) Apache Airflow
5 3 (1.08%) CMS
6 2 (0.72%) WebLogic
6 2 (0.72%) WebSphere
7 1 (0.36%) Apache
7 1 (0.36%) Apache Solr
7 1 (0.36%) Microsoft Exchange
7 1 (0.36%) nginx
7 1 (0.36%) Oracle Self-Service HR
7 1 (0.36%) Oracle SOA Suite
7 1 (0.36%) Tornado
Applications
1 2 (0.72%) Chatbot
1 2 (0.72%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.36%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 8 (2.87%) Dynamics AX
2 2 (0.72%) Dynamics CRM
3 1 (0.36%) Advent Geneva
3 1 (0.36%) BusinessWorks
3 1 (0.36%) Endur
3 1 (0.36%) Front Arena
3 1 (0.36%) Infor SunSystems
3 1 (0.36%) R3 Corda
3 1 (0.36%) SAP Hybris
3 1 (0.36%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 156 (55.91%) Azure
2 112 (40.14%) Azure DevOps
3 70 (25.09%) AWS
4 24 (8.60%) Power Platform
5 22 (7.89%) GitHub
6 20 (7.17%) Amazon S3
6 20 (7.17%) Serverless
7 17 (6.09%) Dynamics 365
8 15 (5.38%) Entra ID
9 14 (5.02%) Azure Service Bus
9 14 (5.02%) Microsoft 365
10 12 (4.30%) PowerApps
11 11 (3.94%) Azure Monitor
11 11 (3.94%) GCP
12 10 (3.58%) Amazon EC2
12 10 (3.58%) AWS CloudFormation
12 10 (3.58%) Azure Cosmos DB
12 10 (3.58%) Power Automate
13 9 (3.23%) AWS Lambda
13 9 (3.23%) IaaS
Communications & Networking
1 10 (3.58%) Firewall
2 7 (2.51%) Internet
3 5 (1.79%) DNS
4 3 (1.08%) Network Security
4 3 (1.08%) WAN
5 2 (0.72%) Multicast
5 2 (0.72%) SD-WAN
5 2 (0.72%) SSL
5 2 (0.72%) VPN
6 1 (0.36%) CTI
6 1 (0.36%) DHCP
6 1 (0.36%) Kerberos
6 1 (0.36%) LAN
6 1 (0.36%) MPLS
6 1 (0.36%) SSH
6 1 (0.36%) VoIP
6 1 (0.36%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 65 (23.30%) SQL Server
2 16 (5.73%) Power BI
3 15 (5.38%) MySQL
4 14 (5.02%) MongoDB
5 12 (4.30%) PostgreSQL
6 10 (3.58%) Data Lake
6 10 (3.58%) Relational Database
7 8 (2.87%) Amazon RDS
8 7 (2.51%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 7 (2.51%) SQL Server Reporting Services
9 6 (2.15%) GIS
10 5 (1.79%) NoSQL
11 4 (1.43%) Amazon Athena
11 4 (1.43%) Hadoop
11 4 (1.43%) Redis
11 4 (1.43%) Tableau
12 3 (1.08%) Data Warehouse
12 3 (1.08%) DynamoDB
13 2 (0.72%) KDB
13 2 (0.72%) RDBMS
Development Applications
1 25 (8.96%) Git
2 20 (7.17%) GitLab
2 20 (7.17%) Jenkins
3 14 (5.02%) JIRA
4 12 (4.30%) Selenium
4 12 (4.30%) TeamCity
5 10 (3.58%) SpecFlow
6 8 (2.87%) Bitbucket
7 6 (2.15%) Visual Studio
8 5 (1.79%) Postman
8 5 (1.79%) SonarQube
9 4 (1.43%) JMeter
10 3 (1.08%) Cypress.io
10 3 (1.08%) Katalon Studio
10 3 (1.08%) Maven
10 3 (1.08%) WebDriver
11 2 (0.72%) Artifactory
11 2 (0.72%) HP UFT
11 2 (0.72%) Subversion
11 2 (0.72%) Terragrunt
General
1 75 (26.88%) Social Skills
2 66 (23.66%) Finance
3 36 (12.90%) Analytical Skills
4 29 (10.39%) Public Sector
5 24 (8.60%) Banking
6 11 (3.94%) Investment Banking
6 11 (3.94%) Retail
7 10 (3.58%) Presentation Skills
8 8 (2.87%) Documentation Skills
8 8 (2.87%) General Ledger
9 7 (2.51%) Legal
10 6 (2.15%) Back Office
10 6 (2.15%) Front Office
11 4 (1.43%) Retail Banking
11 4 (1.43%) Telecoms
12 2 (0.72%) Financial Institution
12 2 (0.72%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 2 (0.72%) Pharmaceutical
13 1 (0.36%) Multimedia
13 1 (0.36%) Tech for Good
Job Titles
1 62 (22.22%) Developer
2 53 (19.00%) Senior
3 39 (13.98%) DevOps Engineer
4 22 (7.89%) Architect
5 20 (7.17%) Senior Developer
6 19 (6.81%) Analyst
7 18 (6.45%) Lead
8 17 (6.09%) AWS Engineer
9 14 (5.02%) Site Reliability Engineer
10 13 (4.66%) Senior DevOps
10 13 (4.66%) Site Engineer
11 12 (4.30%) Consultant
12 11 (3.94%) Python Engineer
13 10 (3.58%) Azure Developer
13 10 (3.58%) Senior Analyst
13 10 (3.58%) Senior DevOps Engineer
13 10 (3.58%) Software Engineer
14 9 (3.23%) AWS DevOps
14 9 (3.23%) Data Engineer
14 9 (3.23%) Full Stack Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 46 (16.49%) .NET
2 28 (10.04%) Kafka
3 19 (6.81%) XML
4 18 (6.45%) React
5 17 (6.09%) .NET Framework
6 16 (5.73%) RabbitMQ
7 15 (5.38%) .NET Core
7 15 (5.38%) RESTful
8 14 (5.02%) AngularJS
8 14 (5.02%) ASP.NET
9 12 (4.30%) REST
9 12 (4.30%) Web Services
10 11 (3.94%) HTML
11 8 (2.87%) CSS
12 6 (2.15%) ARM Templates
12 6 (2.15%) ASP.NET Core
12 6 (2.15%) Node.js
13 5 (1.79%) Elastic Stack
13 5 (1.79%) SOAP
13 5 (1.79%) WCF
Miscellaneous
1 21 (7.53%) Product Ownership
2 18 (6.45%) Data Structures
3 15 (5.38%) Distributed Systems
4 9 (3.23%) Algorithms
5 8 (2.87%) Cloud Native
6 6 (2.15%) Mobile App
7 4 (1.43%) Contactless
7 4 (1.43%) Derivative
7 4 (1.43%) Public Cloud
7 4 (1.43%) Wiki
8 3 (1.08%) Greenfield Project
8 3 (1.08%) Hedge funds
8 3 (1.08%) Legacy Systems
8 3 (1.08%) Management Information System
8 3 (1.08%) Market Risk
9 2 (0.72%) Clustering
9 2 (0.72%) Enterprise Cloud
9 2 (0.72%) Enterprise Software
9 2 (0.72%) IVR
9 2 (0.72%) Life Science
Operating Systems
1 33 (11.83%) Linux
2 27 (9.68%) Windows
3 11 (3.94%) Windows Server
4 4 (1.43%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 4 (1.43%) Unix
5 1 (0.36%) Android
5 1 (0.36%) Apple iOS
5 1 (0.36%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 117 (41.94%) Agile
2 98 (35.13%) CI/CD
3 55 (19.71%) Problem-Solving
4 39 (13.98%) Scrum
5 35 (12.54%) SDLC
6 29 (10.39%) Infrastructure as Code
7 28 (10.04%) Microservices
7 28 (10.04%) Software Engineering
8 22 (7.89%) Test Automation
9 21 (7.53%) Continuous Improvement
9 21 (7.53%) Migration
10 19 (6.81%) Site Reliability Engineering
11 18 (6.45%) Infrastructure Engineering
12 16 (5.73%) Business Intelligence
12 16 (5.73%) ETL
13 15 (5.38%) User Acceptance Testing
14 14 (5.02%) Full Stack Development
15 13 (4.66%) Mentoring
15 13 (4.66%) Requirements Gathering
15 13 (4.66%) Scaled Agile Framework
Programming Languages
1 84 (30.11%) Python
2 69 (24.73%) C#
3 59 (21.15%) PowerShell
4 48 (17.20%) SQL
5 40 (14.34%) Java
6 17 (6.09%) Bicep
7 14 (5.02%) JavaScript
7 14 (5.02%) Shell Script
8 11 (3.94%) C++
9 10 (3.58%) Bash
9 10 (3.58%) TypeScript
10 9 (3.23%) Go
11 7 (2.51%) T-SQL
12 5 (1.79%) Korn
13 3 (1.08%) Perl
13 3 (1.08%) Ruby
14 2 (0.72%) Kotlin
14 2 (0.72%) Rust
14 2 (0.72%) Scala
15 1 (0.36%) Search Processing Language
Qualifications
1 25 (8.96%) Degree
2 22 (7.89%) Security Cleared
3 20 (7.17%) SC Cleared
4 9 (3.23%) AWS Certification
5 7 (2.51%) Computer Science Degree
6 6 (2.15%) Azure Certification
7 5 (1.79%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
8 4 (1.43%) Master's Degree
9 3 (1.08%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
10 1 (0.36%) AWS Certified SysOps Administrator
10 1 (0.36%) BPSS Clearance
10 1 (0.36%) ITIL Certification
10 1 (0.36%) Microsoft Certification
10 1 (0.36%) SANS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 14 (5.02%) QA
2 6 (2.15%) SLA
3 5 (1.79%) Accessibility
4 4 (1.43%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 4 (1.43%) WCAG
5 3 (1.08%) NIST
5 3 (1.08%) PCI DSS
6 2 (0.72%) HIPAA
7 1 (0.36%) Data Quality
7 1 (0.36%) GDPR
7 1 (0.36%) SOC 2
System Software
1 30 (10.75%) Docker
2 25 (8.96%) Active Directory
3 11 (3.94%) Apache ZooKeeper
4 3 (1.08%) Virtual Machines
5 1 (0.36%) Ceph
5 1 (0.36%) NFS
5 1 (0.36%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 55 (19.71%) Kubernetes
2 52 (18.64%) Terraform
3 18 (6.45%) Prometheus
4 16 (5.73%) Ansible
4 16 (5.73%) Grafana
5 14 (5.02%) Consul
6 6 (2.15%) Puppet
7 5 (1.79%) Single Sign-On
8 4 (1.43%) Progress Chef
9 3 (1.08%) Argo
9 3 (1.08%) Nagios
10 2 (0.72%) Graylog
10 2 (0.72%) Opsgenie
10 2 (0.72%) Packer
10 2 (0.72%) SCCM
11 1 (0.36%) Active Directory Federation Services
11 1 (0.36%) Hadoop YARN
11 1 (0.36%) HP Fortify
11 1 (0.36%) Mesos
11 1 (0.36%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 79 (28.32%) Microsoft
2 21 (7.53%) Oracle
3 11 (3.94%) SaltStack
4 7 (2.51%) Splunk
5 6 (2.15%) Cadence
5 6 (2.15%) ESRI
5 6 (2.15%) iManage
5 6 (2.15%) Salesforce
5 6 (2.15%) ServiceNow
6 5 (1.79%) Red Hat
7 4 (1.43%) Freshdesk
8 3 (1.08%) Adobe
8 3 (1.08%) Cisco
8 3 (1.08%) Databricks
8 3 (1.08%) Dynatrace
8 3 (1.08%) Google
8 3 (1.08%) IBM
8 3 (1.08%) New Relic
8 3 (1.08%) PagerDuty
8 3 (1.08%) SAP