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 27 August 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
27 Aug 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 7 9 8
Rank change year-on-year +2 -1 +11
DemandTrendContract jobs citing DevOps 173 227 235
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Berkshire 14.71% 13.31% 13.30%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 16.03% 15.42% 14.85%
Number of daily rates quoted 100 164 188
10th Percentile £400 £477 £461
25th Percentile £413 £513 £511
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £605 £600
Median % change year-on-year -17.36% +0.83% +13.74%
75th Percentile £575 £650 £675
90th Percentile £638 £688 £741
South East median daily rate £500 £580 £600
% change year-on-year -13.79% -3.33% +9.09%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 8 7
10th Percentile - £75.71 £73.57
25th Percentile £30.25 £81.85 £75.34
Median hourly rate £31.50 £87.46 £75.67
Median % change year-on-year -63.98% +15.58% -20.35%
75th Percentile £32.75 - £77.43
90th Percentile - - £81.76
South East median hourly rate £31.50 £87.46 £75.67
% change year-on-year -63.98% +15.58% +59.31%

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.

DemandTrendContract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,079 1,472 1,582
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Berkshire 91.75% 86.28% 89.53%
Number of daily rates quoted 664 778 1,001
10th Percentile £350 £323 £311
25th Percentile £418 £450 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £518 £550 £525
Median % change year-on-year -5.91% +4.76% +5.00%
75th Percentile £600 £638 £638
90th Percentile £688 £700 £700
South East median daily rate £500 £517 £518
% change year-on-year -3.34% -0.22% +3.58%
Number of hourly rates quoted 41 75 59
10th Percentile £14.75 £16.10 £18.30
25th Percentile £17.30 £41.50 £44.10
Median hourly rate £32.05 £61.60 £60.00
Median % change year-on-year -47.97% +2.67% +130.77%
75th Percentile £62.24 £72.04 £71.25
90th Percentile £87.25 £87.46 £75.67
South East median hourly rate £24.00 £57.35 £50.00
% change year-on-year -58.15% +14.70% +80.31%

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
Daily Rate Trend in Berkshire

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Berkshire citing DevOps.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Berkshire citing DevOps

DevOps
Daily Rate Histogram in Berkshire

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing DevOps in Berkshire over the 6 months to 27 August 2025.

Daily rate histogram for DevOps in Berkshire

DevOps
Hourly Rate Trend in Berkshire

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Berkshire citing DevOps.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Berkshire citing DevOps

DevOps
DemandTrendContract 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 27 August 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
DemandTrendContract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Reading +1 91 £500 -17.86% 20
Wokingham -3 36 £425 -15.00% 4
Windsor -2 15 £550 -18.52% 3
Bracknell +4 6 £513 -18.00% 2
Maidenhead +2 1 - - 4
Thatcham - 1 - - 1
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 9 (5.20%) OpenStack
2 7 (4.05%) SharePoint
3 3 (1.73%) ArcGIS
3 3 (1.73%) Camunda
3 3 (1.73%) Oracle Spatial
3 3 (1.73%) Smallworld
4 2 (1.16%) Apache Spark
4 2 (1.16%) CMS
4 2 (1.16%) nginx
5 1 (0.58%) Anypoint
5 1 (0.58%) Drupal
5 1 (0.58%) Gunicorn
5 1 (0.58%) Headless CMS
5 1 (0.58%) Microsoft Exchange
5 1 (0.58%) Mule
5 1 (0.58%) Oracle Service Bus
5 1 (0.58%) Oracle SOA Suite
5 1 (0.58%) Umbraco
5 1 (0.58%) WordPress
Applications
1 5 (2.89%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (0.58%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 3 (1.73%) Oracle EBS
2 1 (0.58%) Oracle Applications
Cloud Services
1 119 (68.79%) Azure
2 73 (42.20%) Azure DevOps
3 51 (29.48%) AWS
4 23 (13.29%) GitHub
5 16 (9.25%) Azure AKS
6 13 (7.51%) Azure Storage
6 13 (7.51%) IaaS
6 13 (7.51%) PaaS
7 12 (6.94%) Power Platform
8 11 (6.36%) Azure Data Factory
9 10 (5.78%) GCP
10 9 (5.20%) GitHub Actions
10 9 (5.20%) Microsoft 365
11 8 (4.62%) Azure Monitor
11 8 (4.62%) OCI
11 8 (4.62%) SaaS
11 8 (4.62%) Serverless
12 5 (2.89%) AWS Lambda
12 5 (2.89%) Miro
13 4 (2.31%) OpenShift
Communications & Networking
1 8 (4.62%) Firewall
2 7 (4.05%) Intrusion Detection
2 7 (4.05%) MPLS
3 6 (3.47%) BGP
4 4 (2.31%) 5G
4 4 (2.31%) LAN
4 4 (2.31%) Network Security
4 4 (2.31%) WAN
5 3 (1.73%) 4G
5 3 (1.73%) DNS
5 3 (1.73%) DOCSIS
5 3 (1.73%) GPON
5 3 (1.73%) LTE
5 3 (1.73%) Radio Access Network
5 3 (1.73%) VoIP
5 3 (1.73%) xDSL
6 2 (1.16%) IPv6
6 2 (1.16%) SAN
6 2 (1.16%) SSL
6 2 (1.16%) TACACS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 15 (8.67%) Azure SQL Database
2 10 (5.78%) Power BI
3 8 (4.62%) NoSQL
4 6 (3.47%) SQL Server
5 5 (2.89%) PostgreSQL
5 5 (2.89%) Relational Database
6 4 (2.31%) Data Lake
6 4 (2.31%) MySQL
7 3 (1.73%) GIS
7 3 (1.73%) Spatial Data
8 2 (1.16%) Amazon Aurora
8 2 (1.16%) Amazon RDS
8 2 (1.16%) DynamoDB
8 2 (1.16%) MongoDB
8 2 (1.16%) Redis
9 1 (0.58%) Amazon Athena
9 1 (0.58%) Big Data
9 1 (0.58%) Data Vault
9 1 (0.58%) Delta Lake
9 1 (0.58%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 25 (14.45%) JIRA
2 19 (10.98%) GitLab
3 18 (10.40%) Jenkins
4 17 (9.83%) Git
4 17 (9.83%) Selenium
5 15 (8.67%) Cucumber
6 13 (7.51%) REST Assured
7 10 (5.78%) SonarQube
8 5 (2.89%) Cypress.io
9 3 (1.73%) Visual Studio Code
10 2 (1.16%) NUnit
10 2 (1.16%) SpecFlow
11 1 (0.58%) DbUnit
11 1 (0.58%) jMock
11 1 (0.58%) JUnit
11 1 (0.58%) Maven
11 1 (0.58%) Mocha
11 1 (0.58%) Mockito
11 1 (0.58%) Team Foundation Server
11 1 (0.58%) Visual Studio
General
1 65 (37.57%) Social Skills
2 28 (16.18%) Analytical Skills
3 13 (7.51%) Telecoms
4 8 (4.62%) Finance
4 8 (4.62%) Law
5 6 (3.47%) Public Sector
6 5 (2.89%) Billing
7 4 (2.31%) Organisational Skills
7 4 (2.31%) Police
8 3 (1.73%) Retail
9 2 (1.16%) Legal
10 1 (0.58%) Aerospace
10 1 (0.58%) Automotive
10 1 (0.58%) Digital Healthcare
10 1 (0.58%) Games
10 1 (0.58%) Influencing Skills
10 1 (0.58%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 38 (21.97%) Developer
2 23 (13.29%) DevOps Engineer
3 18 (10.40%) Senior
4 17 (9.83%) Architect
4 17 (9.83%) Azure Engineer
5 16 (9.25%) Lead
6 14 (8.09%) Azure DevOps Engineer
7 12 (6.94%) Cloud Engineer
7 12 (6.94%) Site Engineer
7 12 (6.94%) Site Reliability Engineer
8 11 (6.36%) Software Engineer
9 10 (5.78%) Analyst
10 9 (5.20%) AWS Engineer
10 9 (5.20%) Java Engineer
10 9 (5.20%) Java Software Engineer
11 7 (4.05%) Cloud Developer
12 6 (3.47%) AWS DevOps
12 6 (3.47%) Project Manager
12 6 (3.47%) Support Engineer
12 6 (3.47%) Test Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 23 (13.29%) REST
2 22 (12.72%) ADO
3 15 (8.67%) .NET
3 15 (8.67%) ARM Templates
3 15 (8.67%) RESTful
4 13 (7.51%) Java EE
5 9 (5.20%) HTML
6 8 (4.62%) React
7 7 (4.05%) CSS
7 7 (4.05%) Elastic Stack
7 7 (4.05%) JBoss Seam
7 7 (4.05%) JSON
8 6 (3.47%) Playwright
9 5 (2.89%) FastAPI
9 5 (2.89%) GraphQL
9 5 (2.89%) Middleware
9 5 (2.89%) NETCONF
9 5 (2.89%) SOAP
9 5 (2.89%) Web Services
9 5 (2.89%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 13 (7.51%) Cloud Native
2 10 (5.78%) Security Posture
3 9 (5.20%) Algorithms
4 8 (4.62%) Management Information System
5 5 (2.89%) Hybrid Cloud
6 4 (2.31%) Product Ownership
7 3 (1.73%) Onboarding
7 3 (1.73%) TM Forum
8 2 (1.16%) CMDB
8 2 (1.16%) Data Protection Act
8 2 (1.16%) Distributed Systems
8 2 (1.16%) Operational Technology
9 1 (0.58%) Cyber Threat
9 1 (0.58%) Data Centre
9 1 (0.58%) Enterprise Software
9 1 (0.58%) Learning Management System
9 1 (0.58%) Legacy Systems
9 1 (0.58%) Robotics
9 1 (0.58%) Security Operations Centre
9 1 (0.58%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 10 (5.78%) Linux
2 3 (1.73%) Windows
3 2 (1.16%) Windows Server
4 1 (0.58%) VMS
4 1 (0.58%) Windows Server 2016
4 1 (0.58%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 71 (41.04%) CI/CD
2 53 (30.64%) Agile
3 41 (23.70%) Problem-Solving
4 33 (19.08%) Test Automation
5 28 (16.18%) Infrastructure as Code
6 24 (13.87%) Containerisation
6 24 (13.87%) Software Engineering
7 18 (10.40%) Artificial Intelligence
7 18 (10.40%) Decision-Making
7 18 (10.40%) Microservices
7 18 (10.40%) Scrum
8 17 (9.83%) Continuous Integration
9 16 (9.25%) Configuration Management
9 16 (9.25%) Technical Leadership
10 15 (8.67%) Test Scripting
11 14 (8.09%) Cybersecurity
11 14 (8.09%) Machine Learning
11 14 (8.09%) Site Reliability Engineering
12 13 (7.51%) Software Architecture
12 13 (7.51%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 40 (23.12%) Python
2 35 (20.23%) SQL
3 25 (14.45%) Java
4 17 (9.83%) C#
5 14 (8.09%) JavaScript
6 10 (5.78%) Bash
7 8 (4.62%) Bicep
7 8 (4.62%) PowerShell
8 6 (3.47%) TypeScript
9 4 (2.31%) C++
9 4 (2.31%) R
10 3 (1.73%) Apex Code
10 3 (1.73%) C
10 3 (1.73%) Magik
10 3 (1.73%) SOQL
10 3 (1.73%) X++
11 2 (1.16%) PL/SQL
12 1 (0.58%) Scala
12 1 (0.58%) VB
12 1 (0.58%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 33 (19.08%) Security Cleared
2 22 (12.72%) SC Cleared
3 11 (6.36%) Degree
4 10 (5.78%) DV Cleared
5 7 (4.05%) AWS Certification
6 6 (3.47%) Azure Certification
6 6 (3.47%) Computer Science Degree
7 5 (2.89%) Cisco Certification
8 4 (2.31%) CCIE
8 4 (2.31%) JNCIE
9 3 (1.73%) Microsoft Certification
10 2 (1.16%) Master's Degree
10 2 (1.16%) PMP
10 2 (1.16%) TOGAF Certification
11 1 (0.58%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
11 1 (0.58%) CFCE
11 1 (0.58%) GCIA
11 1 (0.58%) GCIH
11 1 (0.58%) GIAC
11 1 (0.58%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 18 (10.40%) QA
2 7 (4.05%) GDPR
3 5 (2.89%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 4 (2.31%) Accessibility
4 4 (2.31%) EU AI Act
4 4 (2.31%) NIST
5 2 (1.16%) GRC
5 2 (1.16%) HIPAA
5 2 (1.16%) OASIS TOSCA
5 2 (1.16%) SLA
5 2 (1.16%) WCAG
6 1 (0.58%) Data Quality
6 1 (0.58%) HL7
6 1 (0.58%) ISO/IEC 17025
6 1 (0.58%) PCI DSS
6 1 (0.58%) PMO
System Software
1 22 (12.72%) Docker
2 5 (2.89%) vSphere
3 2 (1.16%) Ceph
4 1 (0.58%) Active Directory
4 1 (0.58%) Postfix
4 1 (0.58%) Virtual Desktop
4 1 (0.58%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 42 (24.28%) Kubernetes
2 29 (16.76%) Terraform
3 26 (15.03%) Ansible
4 9 (5.20%) Docker Swarm
4 9 (5.20%) Podman
5 6 (3.47%) Grafana
6 5 (2.89%) Prometheus
7 2 (1.16%) Amdocs OSS
7 2 (1.16%) Argo
7 2 (1.16%) Puppet
8 1 (0.58%) Active Directory Federation Services
8 1 (0.58%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
8 1 (0.58%) HP ALM
8 1 (0.58%) Microsoft Intune
8 1 (0.58%) QRadar
8 1 (0.58%) SCCM
8 1 (0.58%) SCOM
8 1 (0.58%) WSUS
Vendors
1 21 (12.14%) Oracle
2 19 (10.98%) Microsoft
3 7 (4.05%) Darktrace
4 6 (3.47%) Databricks
4 6 (3.47%) Virgin Media
5 5 (2.89%) ServiceNow
6 3 (1.73%) Cisco
6 3 (1.73%) Ericsson
6 3 (1.73%) ESRI
6 3 (1.73%) Red Hat
6 3 (1.73%) Salesforce
6 3 (1.73%) Splunk
7 2 (1.16%) Amdocs
7 2 (1.16%) Dell
7 2 (1.16%) Huawei
7 2 (1.16%) NetCracker
7 2 (1.16%) Nokia
8 1 (0.58%) Atlassian
8 1 (0.58%) Fortinet
8 1 (0.58%) Qualys