DevSecOps Contracts in England

DevSecOps
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in England requiring DevSecOps skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited DevSecOps over the 6 months leading up to 11 June 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
11 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 252 312 380
Rank change year-on-year +60 +68 +66
Contract jobs citing DevSecOps 327 374 469
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.87% 0.79% 0.67%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.02% 0.88% 0.74%
Number of daily rates quoted 221 287 364
10th Percentile £406 £475 £538
25th Percentile £490 £533 £600
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £625 £650 £691
Median % change year-on-year -3.85% -5.90% +15.13%
75th Percentile £700 £749 £775
90th Percentile £793 £837 £850
UK median daily rate £625 £650 £675
% change year-on-year -3.85% -3.70% +12.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 13 1 0
10th Percentile £45.88 - -
25th Percentile £48.43 - -
Median hourly rate £80.00 £80.00 -
75th Percentile - - -
90th Percentile - - -
UK median hourly rate £80.00 £80.00 -

All Process and Methodology Skills
England

DevSecOps 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 England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 32,009 42,303 63,788
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 85.42% 89.91% 90.86%
Number of daily rates quoted 20,803 29,700 45,505
10th Percentile £300 £325 £338
25th Percentile £413 £440 £435
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% - +10.00%
75th Percentile £650 £675 £650
90th Percentile £750 £775 £750
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £538
% change year-on-year -4.55% +2.33% +7.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,367 1,525 1,690
10th Percentile £12.80 £10.63 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.00 £15.50 £15.63
Median hourly rate £37.50 £35.25 £25.68
Median % change year-on-year +6.38% +37.27% +14.13%
75th Percentile £61.30 £64.50 £50.00
90th Percentile £72.50 £75.50 £65.00
UK median hourly rate £36.50 £35.02 £25.68
% change year-on-year +4.24% +36.35% +11.65%

DevSecOps
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Job postings citing DevSecOps as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.

Job vacancy trend for DevSecOps in England

DevSecOps
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing DevSecOps in England.

Daily rate trend for DevSecOps in England

DevSecOps
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing DevSecOps in England over the 6 months to 11 June 2024.

Daily rate histogram for DevSecOps in England

DevSecOps
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing DevSecOps in England.

Hourly rate trend for DevSecOps in England

DevSecOps
Hourly Rate Histogram in England

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing DevSecOps in England over the 6 months to 11 June 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for DevSecOps in England

DevSecOps
Contract Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing DevSecOps within the England region over the 6 months to 11 June 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
London +15 178 £625 -8.09% 52
South East +8 37 £625 -10.71% 19
North of England +46 33 £622 -2.43% 13
South West -1 31 £575 -4.56% 13
East of England +18 20 £80 -86.09% 5
Yorkshire +18 20 £622 -4.31% 7
North West +20 13 £524 -5.84% 5
Midlands +7 13 £638 +8.51% 8
West Midlands -1 9 £650 +10.64% 7
East Midlands - 4 £450 - 1
DevSecOps
UK

DevSecOps
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England 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 18 (5.50%) Confluence
2 3 (0.92%) Apache Spark
3 2 (0.61%) CMS
3 2 (0.61%) Jupyter
Applications
1 1 (0.31%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 2 (0.61%) SAP EWM
Cloud Services
1 116 (35.47%) Azure
2 103 (31.50%) AWS
3 67 (20.49%) GCP
4 33 (10.09%) SaaS
5 29 (8.87%) PaaS
6 24 (7.34%) IaaS
6 24 (7.34%) Serverless
7 23 (7.03%) AWS CloudFormation
8 21 (6.42%) Azure DevOps
8 21 (6.42%) Entra ID
9 19 (5.81%) GitHub
10 12 (3.67%) AWS Lambda
11 9 (2.75%) Kong
11 9 (2.75%) Virtual Private Cloud
12 6 (1.83%) Amazon EventBridge
12 6 (1.83%) Apigee
12 6 (1.83%) AWS Step Functions
12 6 (1.83%) Azure API Management
12 6 (1.83%) Azure Key Vault
12 6 (1.83%) OpenShift
Communications & Networking
1 41 (12.54%) Firewall
2 24 (7.34%) VPN
3 19 (5.81%) DNS
4 14 (4.28%) Network Security
5 13 (3.98%) HTTP
6 12 (3.67%) HTTPS
7 10 (3.06%) TCP/IP
8 7 (2.14%) BIG-IP
9 6 (1.83%) Intrusion Detection
9 6 (1.83%) SD-WAN
9 6 (1.83%) SSL
9 6 (1.83%) WAN
10 5 (1.53%) Internet
11 4 (1.22%) LAN
12 3 (0.92%) ADSL
12 3 (0.92%) F5 BIG-IP GTM
12 3 (0.92%) PSTN
12 3 (0.92%) Reverse Proxy
12 3 (0.92%) Wireless
12 3 (0.92%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (3.06%) Elasticsearch
2 8 (2.45%) Amazon RDS
3 7 (2.14%) Big Data
4 6 (1.83%) BigQuery
5 5 (1.53%) SQL Server
6 4 (1.22%) Hadoop
6 4 (1.22%) Tableau
7 2 (0.61%) Amazon Athena
8 1 (0.31%) Azure SQL Database
8 1 (0.31%) BusinessObjects
8 1 (0.31%) Microsoft Analysis Services
8 1 (0.31%) NoSQL
8 1 (0.31%) OLAP
8 1 (0.31%) Power BI
8 1 (0.31%) SAP HANA
Development Applications
1 36 (11.01%) Jenkins
2 32 (9.79%) GitLab
3 22 (6.73%) JIRA
4 21 (6.42%) Git
5 11 (3.36%) CircleCI
6 9 (2.75%) Atlassian Bamboo
6 9 (2.75%) Travis CI
7 7 (2.14%) Bitbucket
8 4 (1.22%) Visual Studio
9 3 (0.92%) Sonatype Nexus
10 2 (0.61%) Artifactory
10 2 (0.61%) Jaeger
10 2 (0.61%) Octopus Deploy
10 2 (0.61%) RStudio
10 2 (0.61%) Selenium
10 2 (0.61%) TeamCity
11 1 (0.31%) JUnit
11 1 (0.31%) Katalon Studio
11 1 (0.31%) Maven
11 1 (0.31%) Terragrunt
General
1 55 (16.82%) Finance
1 55 (16.82%) Social Skills
2 32 (9.79%) Analytical Skills
3 24 (7.34%) Banking
4 13 (3.98%) Telecoms
5 9 (2.75%) Public Sector
5 9 (2.75%) Retail
6 5 (1.53%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 5 (1.53%) Investment Banking
7 4 (1.22%) Presentation Skills
8 3 (0.92%) Influencing Skills
8 3 (0.92%) Retail Banking
9 2 (0.61%) Billing
9 2 (0.61%) Military
10 1 (0.31%) Aviation
10 1 (0.31%) Documentation Skills
10 1 (0.31%) Manufacturing
10 1 (0.31%) Marketing
10 1 (0.31%) Organisational Skills
10 1 (0.31%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 71 (21.71%) Architect
2 59 (18.04%) DevSecOps Engineer
3 38 (11.62%) Security Architect
4 35 (10.70%) Cloud Engineer
5 34 (10.40%) Security Engineer
6 32 (9.79%) DevOps Engineer
7 30 (9.17%) Consultant
8 26 (7.95%) Data Engineer
9 25 (7.65%) Data Migration Engineer
9 25 (7.65%) Migration Engineer
10 24 (7.34%) Senior
11 22 (6.73%) Security Consultant
12 19 (5.81%) Solutions Architect
13 17 (5.20%) Lead
14 16 (4.89%) AWS Engineer
14 16 (4.89%) DevSecOps Architect
15 13 (3.98%) GCP Engineer
16 12 (3.67%) AWS DevOps
16 12 (3.67%) Cloud Architect
17 10 (3.06%) Applications Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 16 (4.89%) YAML
2 13 (3.98%) Elastic Stack
3 11 (3.36%) .NET
3 11 (3.36%) JSON
4 10 (3.06%) XML
5 9 (2.75%) SAML
6 7 (2.14%) Node.js
6 7 (2.14%) OAuth
7 6 (1.83%) Kafka
7 6 (1.83%) OAuth2
8 5 (1.53%) Spring
9 4 (1.22%) .NET Framework
9 4 (1.22%) ModSecurity
9 4 (1.22%) Web Services
9 4 (1.22%) WebSockets
10 3 (0.92%) JDBC
10 3 (0.92%) JWT
10 3 (0.92%) OpenID
10 3 (0.92%) REST
10 3 (0.92%) SailPoint
Miscellaneous
1 18 (5.50%) Security Posture
2 17 (5.20%) Product Ownership
3 16 (4.89%) IoT
4 13 (3.98%) Mobile App
5 12 (3.67%) Cloud Native
5 12 (3.67%) Public Cloud
6 9 (2.75%) Data Structures
6 9 (2.75%) PKI
7 7 (2.14%) Hybrid Cloud
7 7 (2.14%) Management Information System
8 5 (1.53%) Data Protection Act
8 5 (1.53%) Onboarding
9 4 (1.22%) Greenfield Project
10 3 (0.92%) Algorithms
10 3 (0.92%) Cyber Threat
10 3 (0.92%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
11 2 (0.61%) Blockchain
11 2 (0.61%) Enterprise Software
11 2 (0.61%) iSeries
11 2 (0.61%) IVR
Operating Systems
1 27 (8.26%) Linux
2 15 (4.59%) Windows
3 7 (2.14%) Windows Server
4 5 (1.53%) Unix
5 2 (0.61%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 1 (0.31%) Android
6 1 (0.31%) CentOS
6 1 (0.31%) Mac OS
6 1 (0.31%) Ubuntu
6 1 (0.31%) VMS
6 1 (0.31%) Windows 10
6 1 (0.31%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 146 (44.65%) DevOps
2 115 (35.17%) CI/CD
3 101 (30.89%) Agile
4 93 (28.44%) Infrastructure as Code
5 74 (22.63%) Cloud Security
6 67 (20.49%) Application Security
7 55 (16.82%) Cybersecurity
8 53 (16.21%) Containerisation
9 50 (15.29%) SDLC
10 41 (12.54%) Migration
11 40 (12.23%) Information Security
12 38 (11.62%) Microservices
12 38 (11.62%) Security Architecture
13 35 (10.70%) Identity Access Management
13 35 (10.70%) Penetration Testing
14 33 (10.09%) Problem-Solving
15 31 (9.48%) Security Testing
16 27 (8.26%) Data Migration
17 26 (7.95%) Test Automation
18 25 (7.65%) Vulnerability Scanning
Programming Languages
1 40 (12.23%) Python
2 34 (10.40%) PowerShell
3 24 (7.34%) Bash
4 18 (5.50%) Java
5 15 (4.59%) SQL
6 10 (3.06%) C#
7 7 (2.14%) C++
7 7 (2.14%) JavaScript
7 7 (2.14%) Kusto Query Language
7 7 (2.14%) TypeScript
8 6 (1.83%) Kotlin
9 5 (1.53%) Bicep
10 3 (0.92%) ActionScript
10 3 (0.92%) PHP
10 3 (0.92%) PL/SQL
10 3 (0.92%) Ruby
11 2 (0.61%) R
12 1 (0.31%) Groovy
Qualifications
1 59 (18.04%) Security Cleared
2 53 (16.21%) SC Cleared
3 24 (7.34%) Degree
4 14 (4.28%) Computer Science Degree
5 11 (3.36%) CISSP
6 10 (3.06%) DV Cleared
7 9 (2.75%) Azure Certification
8 8 (2.45%) AWS Certification
9 5 (1.53%) CISM
10 4 (1.22%) Master's Degree
11 3 (0.92%) BPSS Clearance
12 2 (0.61%) Cisco Certification
12 2 (0.61%) CompTIA Security+
12 2 (0.61%) GIAC
12 2 (0.61%) Network+ Certification
13 1 (0.31%) CCIP
13 1 (0.31%) CCNA
13 1 (0.31%) CCNP
13 1 (0.31%) CEH
13 1 (0.31%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 37 (11.31%) NIST
2 21 (6.42%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 13 (3.98%) QA
4 11 (3.36%) PCI DSS
5 8 (2.45%) GDPR
6 4 (1.22%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
7 3 (0.92%) COBIT
7 3 (0.92%) HIPAA
7 3 (0.92%) SLA
8 2 (0.61%) COSO
8 2 (0.61%) NCSC
9 1 (0.31%) Accessibility
9 1 (0.31%) Cyber Essentials
9 1 (0.31%) GRC
System Software
1 55 (16.82%) Docker
2 18 (5.50%) Active Directory
3 11 (3.36%) VMware Infrastructure
4 9 (2.75%) Hyper-V
5 5 (1.53%) VMware NSX
6 4 (1.22%) Virtual Machines
7 1 (0.31%) Virtual Servers
7 1 (0.31%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 98 (29.97%) Terraform
2 62 (18.96%) Kubernetes
3 29 (8.87%) Ansible
4 17 (5.20%) Progress Chef
4 17 (5.20%) Puppet
5 14 (4.28%) Prometheus
6 10 (3.06%) Grafana
7 9 (2.75%) Docker Swarm
7 9 (2.75%) Kibana
7 9 (2.75%) logstash
7 9 (2.75%) Single Sign-On
8 4 (1.22%) OPNET
8 4 (1.22%) PowerCLI
9 2 (0.61%) Kiali
9 2 (0.61%) Rancher
10 1 (0.31%) Argo
10 1 (0.31%) CSIRT
10 1 (0.31%) Istio
10 1 (0.31%) Microsoft Intune
10 1 (0.31%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 44 (13.46%) Microsoft
2 25 (7.65%) Google
2 25 (7.65%) Micro Focus
3 22 (6.73%) VMware
4 15 (4.59%) Splunk
5 9 (2.75%) F5
6 7 (2.14%) Cisco
7 6 (1.83%) Oracle
8 5 (1.53%) SAP
9 4 (1.22%) Atlassian
9 4 (1.22%) Palo Alto
9 4 (1.22%) Red Hat
10 3 (0.92%) Aruba
10 3 (0.92%) Blue Coat
10 3 (0.92%) CheckPoint
10 3 (0.92%) Fortinet
10 3 (0.92%) Infoblox
10 3 (0.92%) Qualys
10 3 (0.92%) SolarWinds
11 2 (0.61%) Salesforce