DevOps Contracts in the Thames Valley

DevOps
South East > Thames Valley

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the Thames Valley 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 4 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
4 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 10 13 21
Rank change year-on-year +3 +8 -11
Contract jobs citing DevOps 294 292 296
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 11.06% 10.07% 8.43%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 12.71% 10.97% 9.45%
Number of daily rates quoted 190 215 225
10th Percentile £459 £465 £413
25th Percentile £500 £502 £444
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £575 £525
Median % change year-on-year +4.35% +9.52% +5.20%
75th Percentile £675 £650 £623
90th Percentile £688 £700 £656
South East median daily rate £560 £582 £532
% change year-on-year -3.78% +9.50% +7.92%
Number of hourly rates quoted 29 3 1
10th Percentile £56.65 - -
25th Percentile £61.60 - -
Median hourly rate £83.77 £79.19 £53.00
Median % change year-on-year +5.78% +49.42% -
75th Percentile £87.46 - -
90th Percentile £87.53 - -
South East median hourly rate £83.77 £79.19 £35.00
% change year-on-year +5.78% +126.26% -33.33%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Thames Valley

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 the Thames Valley with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 2,314 2,662 3,133
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 87.03% 91.76% 89.18%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,304 1,857 2,108
10th Percentile £213 £322 £225
25th Percentile £370 £413 £395
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £488
Median % change year-on-year - +2.56% +8.33%
75th Percentile £600 £601 £580
90th Percentile £675 £688 £650
South East median daily rate £500 £505 £500
% change year-on-year -0.99% +1.00% +11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 168 63 87
10th Percentile £14.25 £18.50 £10.77
25th Percentile £19.25 £23.75 £12.15
Median hourly rate £45.00 £52.50 £17.50
Median % change year-on-year -14.29% +200.00% -16.86%
75th Percentile £65.00 £66.21 £25.36
90th Percentile £85.65 £79.19 £66.75
South East median hourly rate £47.50 £50.00 £21.99
% change year-on-year -5.00% +127.43% -20.05%

DevOps
Job Vacancy Trend in the Thames Valley

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

Job vacancy trend for DevOps in the Thames Valley

DevOps
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the Thames Valley

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing DevOps in the Thames Valley.

Daily rate trend for DevOps in the Thames Valley

DevOps
Daily Rate Histogram in the Thames Valley

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing DevOps in the Thames Valley over the 6 months to 4 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for DevOps in the Thames Valley

DevOps
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the Thames Valley

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing DevOps in the Thames Valley.

Hourly rate trend for DevOps in the Thames Valley

DevOps
Hourly Rate Histogram in the Thames Valley

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing DevOps in the Thames Valley over the 6 months to 4 May 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for DevOps in the Thames Valley

DevOps
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 DevOps within the Thames Valley region over the 6 months to 4 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
Berkshire +4 268 £600 +9.09% 40
Buckinghamshire -15 15 £550 -8.33% 21
Oxfordshire +4 11 £450 -25.00% 10
DevOps
South East

DevOps
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 17 (5.78%) Microsoft Exchange
2 4 (1.36%) Confluence
2 4 (1.36%) OpenStack
2 4 (1.36%) SharePoint
3 3 (1.02%) CMS
4 2 (0.68%) Apache
4 2 (0.68%) Headless CMS
4 2 (0.68%) Kentico
5 1 (0.34%) Appian
5 1 (0.34%) Jadu
5 1 (0.34%) JBoss
5 1 (0.34%) Red Hat Fuse
Applications
1 11 (3.74%) Microsoft Excel
2 6 (2.04%) Microsoft Office
3 2 (0.68%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 17 (5.78%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
2 8 (2.72%) Oracle EBS
2 8 (2.72%) Oracle EBS R12
2 8 (2.72%) Teamcenter
3 2 (0.68%) SAP S/4HANA
4 1 (0.34%) Dynamics AX
4 1 (0.34%) Maximo
4 1 (0.34%) Remedy ITSM
4 1 (0.34%) SAP HR
Cloud Services
1 178 (60.54%) Azure
2 88 (29.93%) Azure DevOps
3 56 (19.05%) AWS
4 49 (16.67%) Azure Monitor
5 36 (12.24%) Entra ID
6 27 (9.18%) Serverless
7 25 (8.50%) Azure Data Factory
8 24 (8.16%) Azure Cosmos DB
9 21 (7.14%) Azure Functions
10 20 (6.80%) OpenShift
11 17 (5.78%) Microsoft 365
11 17 (5.78%) PaaS
12 16 (5.44%) Azure Storage
13 13 (4.42%) Azure Key Vault
14 12 (4.08%) Azure API Management
15 11 (3.74%) Azure Logic Apps
16 9 (3.06%) GCP
16 9 (3.06%) Power Platform
17 7 (2.38%) IaaS
17 7 (2.38%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 51 (17.35%) Firewall
2 30 (10.20%) Intrusion Detection
3 18 (6.12%) DNS
4 16 (5.44%) DHCP
5 7 (2.38%) VSAN
6 5 (1.70%) Network Security
7 4 (1.36%) VPN
8 2 (0.68%) TCP/IP
9 1 (0.34%) BGP
9 1 (0.34%) Cisco IOS
9 1 (0.34%) IOS XR
9 1 (0.34%) MPLS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 28 (9.52%) PostgreSQL
2 20 (6.80%) NoSQL
3 17 (5.78%) Oracle Database
3 17 (5.78%) Oracle Database 11g
4 9 (3.06%) Power BI
5 8 (2.72%) Relational Database
5 8 (2.72%) SQL Server
6 7 (2.38%) Azure SQL Database
6 7 (2.38%) Elasticsearch
7 4 (1.36%) Big Data
8 3 (1.02%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 2 (0.68%) MySQL
9 2 (0.68%) Tableau
10 1 (0.34%) Data Lake
10 1 (0.34%) DynamoDB
10 1 (0.34%) Hadoop
10 1 (0.34%) MongoDB
10 1 (0.34%) Redis
Development Applications
1 38 (12.93%) Git
2 35 (11.90%) Selenium
3 34 (11.56%) Jenkins
4 26 (8.84%) JIRA
5 25 (8.50%) Cucumber
5 25 (8.50%) SonarQube
6 24 (8.16%) REST Assured
7 14 (4.76%) GitLab
8 11 (3.74%) Visual Studio
9 7 (2.38%) Oracle Forms
10 6 (2.04%) Postman
11 5 (1.70%) SpecFlow
12 4 (1.36%) JUnit
12 4 (1.36%) Visual Studio Code
13 3 (1.02%) Robot Framework
14 1 (0.34%) Android Studio
14 1 (0.34%) Appium
14 1 (0.34%) Bitbucket
14 1 (0.34%) SoapUI
14 1 (0.34%) WebDriver
General
1 82 (27.89%) Social Skills
2 63 (21.43%) Analytical Skills
3 28 (9.52%) Public Sector
4 21 (7.14%) Law
5 18 (6.12%) Finance
6 13 (4.42%) Police
7 6 (2.04%) Organisational Skills
7 6 (2.04%) Presentation Skills
8 5 (1.70%) Pharmaceutical
9 2 (0.68%) Influencing Skills
9 2 (0.68%) Telecoms
10 1 (0.34%) Automotive
10 1 (0.34%) Back Office
10 1 (0.34%) Billing
10 1 (0.34%) General Ledger
10 1 (0.34%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 1 (0.34%) Manufacturing
10 1 (0.34%) Marketing
10 1 (0.34%) Retail
Job Titles
1 85 (28.91%) Developer
2 47 (15.99%) Architect
3 33 (11.22%) Security Architect
4 27 (9.18%) Cybersecurity Architect
4 27 (9.18%) Senior
5 23 (7.82%) Full Stack Developer
6 22 (7.48%) Analyst
7 21 (7.14%) Azure Developer
8 18 (6.12%) Lead
9 17 (5.78%) Java Engineer
10 16 (5.44%) Active Directory Support
11 15 (5.10%) PostgreSQL Developer
12 14 (4.76%) Active Directory Specialist
12 14 (4.76%) Azure Specialist
12 14 (4.76%) Support Specialist
13 13 (4.42%) Administrator
13 13 (4.42%) Consultant
13 13 (4.42%) Systems Administrator
14 12 (4.08%) DevOps Engineer
15 11 (3.74%) Senior Systems Administrator
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 36 (12.24%) ARM Templates
2 33 (11.22%) REST
3 25 (8.50%) Java EE
4 23 (7.82%) React
5 19 (6.46%) .NET
6 15 (5.10%) AngularJS
7 13 (4.42%) Itk
7 13 (4.42%) Node.js
8 11 (3.74%) CSS
8 11 (3.74%) HTML
9 8 (2.72%) SOAP
10 7 (2.38%) Kafka
10 7 (2.38%) Web Services
11 6 (2.04%) Elastic Stack
11 6 (2.04%) JSON
11 6 (2.04%) RESTful
11 6 (2.04%) XML
12 4 (1.36%) Spring
12 4 (1.36%) Spring Boot
13 3 (1.02%) GraphQL
Miscellaneous
1 23 (7.82%) Cloud Native
2 21 (7.14%) Product Ownership
3 16 (5.44%) PKI
3 16 (5.44%) Self-Motivation
4 12 (4.08%) Robotics
5 7 (2.38%) Client/Server
6 6 (2.04%) Public Cloud
7 5 (1.70%) Data Protection Act
7 5 (1.70%) IoT
8 4 (1.36%) Distributed Systems
9 2 (0.68%) CSOC
9 2 (0.68%) Management Information System
9 2 (0.68%) Onboarding
10 1 (0.34%) Cyber Threat
10 1 (0.34%) Data Structures
10 1 (0.34%) Greenfield Project
10 1 (0.34%) iPad
10 1 (0.34%) Mobile App
10 1 (0.34%) Renewable Energy
10 1 (0.34%) W3C
Operating Systems
1 30 (10.20%) Linux
1 30 (10.20%) Windows
1 30 (10.20%) Windows Server
2 22 (7.48%) Windows Server 2016
2 22 (7.48%) Windows Server 2019
3 7 (2.38%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 1 (0.34%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 119 (40.48%) Agile
2 80 (27.21%) CI/CD
3 59 (20.07%) Software Engineering
4 58 (19.73%) Infrastructure as Code
5 53 (18.03%) Test Automation
6 44 (14.97%) Problem-Solving
7 41 (13.95%) Technical Leadership
8 37 (12.59%) Cybersecurity
9 35 (11.90%) Microservices
10 34 (11.56%) Continuous Integration
11 33 (11.22%) Unit Testing
12 30 (10.20%) Containerisation
12 30 (10.20%) Continuous Improvement
13 27 (9.18%) Decision-Making
13 27 (9.18%) Stakeholder Management
14 26 (8.84%) Full Stack Development
14 26 (8.84%) Migration
14 26 (8.84%) Release Management
15 25 (8.50%) Change Management
15 25 (8.50%) Software Testing
Programming Languages
1 41 (13.95%) C#
2 37 (12.59%) Java
3 36 (12.24%) Python
4 34 (11.56%) PowerShell
5 31 (10.54%) SQL
6 23 (7.82%) VBScript
7 18 (6.12%) Bicep
8 17 (5.78%) JavaScript
8 17 (5.78%) PL/SQL
9 16 (5.44%) C
9 16 (5.44%) VB
10 10 (3.40%) PHP
11 9 (3.06%) C++
12 3 (1.02%) Ruby
12 3 (1.02%) T-SQL
13 2 (0.68%) Bash
13 2 (0.68%) Go
14 1 (0.34%) Kusto Query Language
14 1 (0.34%) Rust
Qualifications
1 130 (44.22%) Security Cleared
2 79 (26.87%) SC Cleared
3 68 (23.13%) DV Cleared
4 29 (9.86%) Degree
5 16 (5.44%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
6 4 (1.36%) CCNP
6 4 (1.36%) Cisco Certification
7 3 (1.02%) Azure Certification
7 3 (1.02%) Computer Science Degree
7 3 (1.02%) MCSE
7 3 (1.02%) Microsoft Certification
8 2 (0.68%) AWS Certification
8 2 (0.68%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
8 2 (0.68%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
8 2 (0.68%) BPSS Clearance
8 2 (0.68%) CBAP
8 2 (0.68%) PMP
9 1 (0.34%) CSPO
9 1 (0.34%) IIBA
9 1 (0.34%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 14 (4.76%) QA
2 6 (2.04%) PMO
3 4 (1.36%) NCSC
4 3 (1.02%) NIST
5 2 (0.68%) Accessibility
6 1 (0.34%) SLA
System Software
1 37 (12.59%) Active Directory
2 31 (10.54%) Docker
3 20 (6.80%) Virtual Machines
4 18 (6.12%) VMware Infrastructure
5 16 (5.44%) Virtual Desktop
6 7 (2.38%) vCloud
6 7 (2.38%) VMware NSX
7 3 (1.02%) Hyper-V
8 1 (0.34%) Microsoft App-V
Systems Management
1 65 (22.11%) Kubernetes
2 37 (12.59%) Ansible
3 30 (10.20%) Terraform
4 17 (5.78%) Active Directory Federation Services
4 17 (5.78%) SCOM
4 17 (5.78%) WSUS
5 16 (5.44%) Microsoft Intune
5 16 (5.44%) SCCM
6 13 (4.42%) Istio
7 12 (4.08%) Docker Swarm
7 12 (4.08%) Podman
8 8 (2.72%) Rancher
9 7 (2.38%) Prometheus
9 7 (2.38%) vCenter Server
10 6 (2.04%) Argo
10 6 (2.04%) Grafana
10 6 (2.04%) Kibana
11 4 (1.36%) Single Sign-On
12 1 (0.34%) Progress Chef
12 1 (0.34%) Puppet
Vendors
1 57 (19.39%) Microsoft
2 37 (12.59%) Oracle
3 21 (7.14%) VMware
4 8 (2.72%) Google
5 4 (1.36%) SAP
6 3 (1.02%) Red Hat
6 3 (1.02%) ServiceNow
7 2 (0.68%) Atmel
8 1 (0.34%) Adobe
8 1 (0.34%) Blue Prism
8 1 (0.34%) BMC
8 1 (0.34%) Checkmarx
8 1 (0.34%) Cisco
8 1 (0.34%) Citrix
8 1 (0.34%) Databricks
8 1 (0.34%) IBM
8 1 (0.34%) Nokia
8 1 (0.34%) Remedy
8 1 (0.34%) TIBCO
8 1 (0.34%) Workday