Lead DevOps Contract Job Trends in Bristol

Lead Development Operations
South West > Bristol

The median Lead Development Operations daily rate in Bristol is £625, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 6 November 2025.

The table below compares current contractor rates and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
6 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 72 71 -
Rank change year-on-year -1 - -
Contract jobs requiring a Lead DevOps 1 1 0
As % of all contract jobs in Bristol 0.13% 0.13% -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.14% 0.13% -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 1 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £613 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £625 £550 -
Median % change year-on-year +13.64% - -
75th Percentile £638 - -
90th Percentile - - -
South West median daily rate £625 £550 -
% change year-on-year +13.64% - -

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Bristol

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Bristol. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of contract jobs in our overall sample.

Contract vacancies in Bristol with a recognized job title 730 761 988
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.64% 95.60% 95.74%
Number of daily rates quoted 366 421 634
10th Percentile £233 £213 £283
25th Percentile £381 £388 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £475 £515
Median % change year-on-year +5.26% -7.77% +3.00%
75th Percentile £600 £588 £638
90th Percentile £748 £713 £700
South West median daily rate £525 £520 £525
% change year-on-year +0.96% -0.95% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 155 107 125
10th Percentile £13.08 £15.81 £33.00
25th Percentile £18.87 £35.50 £52.50
Median hourly rate £37.50 £65.50 £65.00
Median % change year-on-year -42.75% +0.77% -
75th Percentile £65.00 £70.13 £76.25
90th Percentile £67.94 £74.18 £83.40
South West median hourly rate £30.13 £65.00 £56.49
% change year-on-year -53.65% +15.06% -8.15%

Lead DevOps
Job Vacancy Trend in Bristol

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings featuring 'Lead DevOps' in the job title relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Bristol.

Lead DevOps job vacancy trend in Bristol

Lead DevOps
Daily Rate Trend in Bristol

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Lead DevOps job vacancies in Bristol.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Lead DevOps job vacancies in Bristol

Lead DevOps Skill Set
Top 11 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Bristol

For the 6 months to 6 November 2025, Lead DevOps contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the Bristol region featuring Lead DevOps in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) AWS
1 1 (100.00%) AWS Certification
1 1 (100.00%) DevOps
1 1 (100.00%) GitHub
1 1 (100.00%) GitLab
1 1 (100.00%) Infrastructure as Code
1 1 (100.00%) Mentoring
1 1 (100.00%) Migration
1 1 (100.00%) Puppet
1 1 (100.00%) Technical Leadership
1 1 (100.00%) Terraform

Lead DevOps Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Bristol by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Cloud Services
1 1 (100.00%) AWS
1 1 (100.00%) GitHub
Development Applications
1 1 (100.00%) GitLab
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) DevOps
1 1 (100.00%) Infrastructure as Code
1 1 (100.00%) Mentoring
1 1 (100.00%) Migration
1 1 (100.00%) Technical Leadership
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) AWS Certification
Systems Management
1 1 (100.00%) Puppet
1 1 (100.00%) Terraform