DevOps Contracts in Berkshire

DevOps
South East > Berkshire

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Berkshire requiring DevOps skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited DevOps over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 12 7 10
Rank change year-on-year -5 +3 +8
Contract jobs citing DevOps 137 269 192
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Berkshire 11.68% 13.56% 10.61%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 12.50% 15.25% 11.71%
Number of daily rates quoted 87 170 142
10th Percentile £400 £487 £452
25th Percentile £450 £506 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £600 £550
Median % change year-on-year -16.67% +9.09% +4.76%
75th Percentile £638 £675 £630
90th Percentile £663 £688 £688
South East median daily rate £550 £575 £583
% change year-on-year -4.35% -1.37% +9.64%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 28 3
10th Percentile £35.98 £56.65 -
25th Percentile £44.56 £61.60 -
Median hourly rate £60.75 £83.77 £79.19
Median % change year-on-year -27.48% +5.78% +14.77%
75th Percentile £77.56 £87.46 -
90th Percentile £86.53 £87.53 -
South East median hourly rate £60.75 £83.77 £67.35
% change year-on-year -27.48% +24.38% +92.41%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Berkshire

DevOps 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 Berkshire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,096 1,764 1,640
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Berkshire 93.44% 88.91% 90.66%
Number of daily rates quoted 641 918 1,053
10th Percentile £313 £213 £341
25th Percentile £413 £375 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £511 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.10% -2.71% +5.00%
75th Percentile £615 £608 £626
90th Percentile £675 £675 £711
South East median daily rate £500 £500 £508
% change year-on-year - -1.53% +1.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 26 101 48
10th Percentile £22.29 £20.17 £19.20
25th Percentile £32.05 £41.50 £25.72
Median hourly rate £61.50 £61.60 £57.82
Median % change year-on-year -0.17% +6.54% +174.67%
75th Percentile £76.77 £71.75 £73.69
90th Percentile £88.19 £87.46 £79.51
South East median hourly rate £28.00 £47.50 £50.00
% change year-on-year -41.05% -5.00% +122.22%

DevOps
Job Vacancy Trend in Berkshire

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

Job vacancy trend for DevOps in Berkshire

DevOps
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Berkshire

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

Daily rate trend for DevOps in Berkshire

DevOps
Daily Rate Histogram in Berkshire

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing DevOps in Berkshire over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for DevOps in Berkshire

DevOps
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Berkshire

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

Hourly rate trend for DevOps in Berkshire

DevOps
Hourly Rate Histogram in Berkshire

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing DevOps in Berkshire over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for DevOps in Berkshire

DevOps
Contract Job Locations in Berkshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing DevOps within the Berkshire region over the 6 months to 1 May 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
Reading -4 82 £600 -0.83% 91
Windsor -1 21 £500 -25.93% 3
Wokingham -11 16 £425 -15.00% 3
Bracknell +14 3 £550 +10.00% 3
Thatcham -1 1 £600 -4.00%
DevOps
South East

DevOps
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Berkshire 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 5 (3.65%) Apache Spark
2 2 (1.46%) BizTalk Server
3 1 (0.73%) Anypoint
3 1 (0.73%) Apache
3 1 (0.73%) CMS
3 1 (0.73%) Confluence
3 1 (0.73%) Headless CMS
3 1 (0.73%) Microsoft Exchange
3 1 (0.73%) Umbraco
Applications
1 4 (2.92%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (1.46%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 1 (0.73%) Oracle Applications
Cloud Services
1 109 (79.56%) Azure
2 68 (49.64%) Azure DevOps
3 41 (29.93%) AWS
4 22 (16.06%) Azure Data Factory
5 21 (15.33%) Serverless
6 19 (13.87%) Azure AKS
6 19 (13.87%) Azure Monitor
7 17 (12.41%) GitHub
8 15 (10.95%) Azure API Management
9 14 (10.22%) Entra ID
10 12 (8.76%) Azure Cosmos DB
11 11 (8.03%) Azure Functions
11 11 (8.03%) Power Platform
12 10 (7.30%) IaaS
13 9 (6.57%) Azure Service Bus
13 9 (6.57%) PaaS
14 8 (5.84%) Azure Storage
15 6 (4.38%) AWS Lambda
15 6 (4.38%) GCP
16 5 (3.65%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 9 (6.57%) Firewall
2 6 (4.38%) Intrusion Detection
3 3 (2.19%) DNS
3 3 (2.19%) Network Security
4 2 (1.46%) BGP
4 2 (1.46%) Ethernet VPN
4 2 (1.46%) Fibre Channel
4 2 (1.46%) IPv6
4 2 (1.46%) OSPF
4 2 (1.46%) Radio Access Network
4 2 (1.46%) SAN
4 2 (1.46%) Spanning Tree
4 2 (1.46%) SSL
4 2 (1.46%) TACACS
4 2 (1.46%) VSAN
5 1 (0.73%) 3G
5 1 (0.73%) 4G
5 1 (0.73%) 5G
5 1 (0.73%) DHCP
5 1 (0.73%) IPFIX
Database & Business Intelligence
1 14 (10.22%) Azure SQL Database
2 11 (8.03%) PostgreSQL
3 10 (7.30%) Big Data
4 7 (5.11%) NoSQL
4 7 (5.11%) Power BI
4 7 (5.11%) SQL Server
5 6 (4.38%) Data Warehouse
5 6 (4.38%) Oracle Database
5 6 (4.38%) Oracle Database 11g
6 4 (2.92%) Redis
7 3 (2.19%) SSDT
8 1 (0.73%) Amazon Aurora
8 1 (0.73%) Amazon RDS
8 1 (0.73%) Data Lake
8 1 (0.73%) DynamoDB
8 1 (0.73%) HDInsight
8 1 (0.73%) Impala
8 1 (0.73%) Metadata
8 1 (0.73%) MySQL
8 1 (0.73%) Parquet
Development Applications
1 27 (19.71%) Git
1 27 (19.71%) Selenium
2 23 (16.79%) Jenkins
3 20 (14.60%) JIRA
4 17 (12.41%) GitLab
5 15 (10.95%) Cucumber
6 13 (9.49%) REST Assured
7 10 (7.30%) SonarQube
8 4 (2.92%) SpecFlow
9 3 (2.19%) Snyk
10 1 (0.73%) Bitbucket Server
10 1 (0.73%) Cypress.io
10 1 (0.73%) DbUnit
10 1 (0.73%) jMock
10 1 (0.73%) Maven
10 1 (0.73%) Mockito
10 1 (0.73%) NUnit
10 1 (0.73%) Postman
10 1 (0.73%) Team Foundation Server
10 1 (0.73%) Visual Studio
General
1 38 (27.74%) Social Skills
2 29 (21.17%) Analytical Skills
3 15 (10.95%) Finance
4 13 (9.49%) Telecoms
5 11 (8.03%) Public Sector
6 8 (5.84%) Law
7 6 (4.38%) Electronics
7 6 (4.38%) Manufacturing
7 6 (4.38%) Marketing
8 4 (2.92%) Police
9 3 (2.19%) Billing
9 3 (2.19%) Organisational Skills
10 1 (0.73%) Games
10 1 (0.73%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 1 (0.73%) Military
10 1 (0.73%) Retail
Job Titles
1 35 (25.55%) Developer
2 23 (16.79%) DevOps Engineer
3 21 (15.33%) Azure Engineer
4 15 (10.95%) Azure Developer
4 15 (10.95%) Azure DevOps Engineer
4 15 (10.95%) Full-Stack Developer
5 14 (10.22%) Software Engineer
6 11 (8.03%) AWS Engineer
6 11 (8.03%) Senior
7 9 (6.57%) Java Engineer
7 9 (6.57%) Java Software Engineer
7 9 (6.57%) Lead
8 7 (5.11%) React Developer
9 5 (3.65%) Architect
9 5 (3.65%) Java Developer
9 5 (3.65%) Platform Engineer
9 5 (3.65%) Python Developer
9 5 (3.65%) SC Cleared Software Engineer
9 5 (3.65%) Site Engineer
9 5 (3.65%) Site Reliability Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 17 (12.41%) .NET
1 17 (12.41%) ADO
1 17 (12.41%) REST
2 15 (10.95%) ARM Templates
3 13 (9.49%) Java EE
4 12 (8.76%) React
5 11 (8.03%) CSS
5 11 (8.03%) HTML
6 8 (5.84%) JSON
6 8 (5.84%) OAuth
6 8 (5.84%) RESTful
7 7 (5.11%) YAML
8 6 (4.38%) .NET Core
8 6 (4.38%) Elastic Stack
8 6 (4.38%) PySpark
9 5 (3.65%) GraphQL
9 5 (3.65%) JBoss Seam
9 5 (3.65%) Node.js
10 4 (2.92%) AngularJS
10 4 (2.92%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 7 (5.11%) Management Information System
1 7 (5.11%) Product Ownership
2 6 (4.38%) Cloud Native
2 6 (4.38%) Renewable Energy
3 5 (3.65%) Self-Motivation
4 4 (2.92%) Distributed Systems
4 4 (2.92%) Onboarding
5 3 (2.19%) Legacy Systems
6 2 (1.46%) Hybrid Cloud
6 2 (1.46%) IoT
6 2 (1.46%) Public Cloud
6 2 (1.46%) Replication
6 2 (1.46%) Security Posture
7 1 (0.73%) CESG
7 1 (0.73%) Learning Management System
7 1 (0.73%) N-Tier
7 1 (0.73%) Operational Technology
7 1 (0.73%) PKI
7 1 (0.73%) Team-Oriented Environment
7 1 (0.73%) Wiki
Operating Systems
1 13 (9.49%) Windows
2 9 (6.57%) Linux
3 6 (4.38%) Windows Server
4 5 (3.65%) Ubuntu
5 1 (0.73%) Unix
5 1 (0.73%) VMS
5 1 (0.73%) Windows Server 2016
5 1 (0.73%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 48 (35.04%) CI/CD
2 41 (29.93%) Agile
3 34 (24.82%) Problem-Solving
4 32 (23.36%) Test Automation
5 25 (18.25%) Configuration Management
5 25 (18.25%) Infrastructure as Code
6 24 (17.52%) Containerisation
7 23 (16.79%) Software Engineering
8 21 (15.33%) Continuous Integration
9 19 (13.87%) Full-Stack Development
10 16 (11.68%) Unit Testing
11 15 (10.95%) Decision-Making
11 15 (10.95%) Migration
12 14 (10.22%) Scrum
12 14 (10.22%) SDLC
13 13 (9.49%) Analytics
13 13 (9.49%) Continuous Improvement
13 13 (9.49%) Microservices
13 13 (9.49%) Site Reliability Engineering
13 13 (9.49%) Software Architecture
Programming Languages
1 50 (36.50%) Python
2 37 (27.01%) SQL
3 27 (19.71%) Java
3 27 (19.71%) PowerShell
4 22 (16.06%) C#
5 15 (10.95%) JavaScript
6 12 (8.76%) Bicep
7 9 (6.57%) Bash
8 7 (5.11%) TypeScript
9 6 (4.38%) PL/SQL
10 3 (2.19%) T-SQL
11 1 (0.73%) DataWeave
11 1 (0.73%) Perl
11 1 (0.73%) R
11 1 (0.73%) VB
11 1 (0.73%) VBScript
11 1 (0.73%) X++
Qualifications
1 33 (24.09%) Security Cleared
2 27 (19.71%) SC Cleared
3 12 (8.76%) Azure Certification
4 7 (5.11%) DV Cleared
5 4 (2.92%) Degree
6 2 (1.46%) Microsoft Certification
7 1 (0.73%) AWS Certification
7 1 (0.73%) CCNP
7 1 (0.73%) Cisco Certification
7 1 (0.73%) CISM
7 1 (0.73%) CISSP
7 1 (0.73%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
7 1 (0.73%) JNCIP
7 1 (0.73%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (8.03%) QA
2 4 (2.92%) PMO
3 3 (2.19%) Data Quality
3 3 (2.19%) NIST
4 1 (0.73%) Accessibility
4 1 (0.73%) EU AI Act
4 1 (0.73%) GDPR
4 1 (0.73%) NCSC
System Software
1 24 (17.52%) Docker
2 12 (8.76%) Active Directory
3 5 (3.65%) Virtual Machines
4 2 (1.46%) Ceph
4 2 (1.46%) Virtual Desktop
5 1 (0.73%) Apache Flume
5 1 (0.73%) Postfix
5 1 (0.73%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 33 (24.09%) Terraform
2 26 (18.98%) Kubernetes
3 20 (14.60%) Ansible
4 9 (6.57%) Docker Swarm
4 9 (6.57%) Podman
5 5 (3.65%) Prometheus
6 4 (2.92%) Grafana
6 4 (2.92%) Puppet
7 3 (2.19%) Single Sign-On
8 2 (1.46%) Active Directory Federation Services
8 2 (1.46%) Argo
8 2 (1.46%) Microsoft Intune
9 1 (0.73%) Amdocs OSS
9 1 (0.73%) CloudHub
9 1 (0.73%) Progress Chef
9 1 (0.73%) QRadar
9 1 (0.73%) SCCM
9 1 (0.73%) SCOM
9 1 (0.73%) WSUS
Vendors
1 30 (21.90%) Microsoft
2 11 (8.03%) Databricks
3 8 (5.84%) Oracle
4 6 (4.38%) Darktrace
4 6 (4.38%) SAP
5 5 (3.65%) OpenAI
6 3 (2.19%) Cisco
6 3 (2.19%) UiPath
7 2 (1.46%) Dell
7 2 (1.46%) Google
7 2 (1.46%) Red Hat
8 1 (0.73%) Atlassian
8 1 (0.73%) Cramer
8 1 (0.73%) Fortinet
8 1 (0.73%) Genesys
8 1 (0.73%) Jaspersoft
8 1 (0.73%) Snow
8 1 (0.73%) Splunk
8 1 (0.73%) StreamSets
8 1 (0.73%) VMware