Senior DevOps Contracts in Bristol

Senior Development Operations
South West > Bristol

The median Senior Development Operations daily rate in Bristol is £570, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025.

The table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 54 70 98
Rank change year-on-year +16 +28 +1
Contract jobs requiring a Senior DevOps 1 4 3
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Bristol 0.19% 0.38% 0.24%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.20% 0.40% 0.27%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 1 3
10th Percentile - - £628
25th Percentile £535 - £631
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £570 £630 £675
Median % change year-on-year -9.52% -6.67% +3.85%
75th Percentile £605 - £700
90th Percentile - - £708
South West median daily rate £675 £565 £663
% change year-on-year +19.47% -14.72% -6.31%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 2 0
Median hourly rate - £74.44 -
South West median hourly rate - £74.44 -

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 512 1,004 1,131
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 95.34% 94.99% 90.12%
Number of daily rates quoted 302 541 805
10th Percentile £213 £250 £300
25th Percentile £355 £363 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £500 £510
Median % change year-on-year -10.00% -1.96% +2.00%
75th Percentile £564 £613 £630
90th Percentile £650 £688 £713
South West median daily rate £500 £520 £525
% change year-on-year -3.85% -0.95% +5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 90 218 142
10th Percentile £18.51 £36.25 £30.97
25th Percentile £43.75 £45.00 £57.25
Median hourly rate £65.00 £65.00 £65.50
Median % change year-on-year - -0.76% +55.95%
75th Percentile £68.00 £73.75 £75.00
90th Percentile £75.00 £85.00 £86.23
South West median hourly rate £63.50 £55.00 £65.00
% change year-on-year +15.45% -15.38% +38.30%

Senior DevOps
Job Vacancy Trend in Bristol

Job postings that featured Senior DevOps in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Bristol.

Job vacancy trend for Senior DevOps in Bristol

Senior DevOps
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Bristol

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

Daily rate trend for Senior DevOps in Bristol

Senior DevOps
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Bristol

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

Hourly rate trend for Senior DevOps in Bristol

Senior DevOps Skill Set
Top 28 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Bristol

For the 6 months to 1 May 2025, Senior DevOps contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the Bristol region featuring Senior DevOps in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) SAP
1 1 (100.00%) Windows
1 1 (100.00%) Linux
1 1 (100.00%) Business Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) Electronics
1 1 (100.00%) Telecoms
1 1 (100.00%) Finance
1 1 (100.00%) Manufacturing
1 1 (100.00%) Programme Management
1 1 (100.00%) Marketing
1 1 (100.00%) Digital Marketing
1 1 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) PowerShell
1 1 (100.00%) Test Automation
1 1 (100.00%) Azure
1 1 (100.00%) AWS
1 1 (100.00%) Bash
1 1 (100.00%) Puppet
1 1 (100.00%) Jenkins
1 1 (100.00%) Ansible
1 1 (100.00%) Docker
1 1 (100.00%) DevOps
1 1 (100.00%) GCP
1 1 (100.00%) Kubernetes
1 1 (100.00%) Virtual Machines
1 1 (100.00%) Public Sector
1 1 (100.00%) Containerisation

Senior DevOps Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Bristol 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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (100.00%) AWS
1 1 (100.00%) Azure
1 1 (100.00%) GCP
Development Applications
1 1 (100.00%) Jenkins
General
1 1 (100.00%) Electronics
1 1 (100.00%) Finance
1 1 (100.00%) Manufacturing
1 1 (100.00%) Marketing
1 1 (100.00%) Public Sector
1 1 (100.00%) Telecoms
Operating Systems
1 1 (100.00%) Linux
1 1 (100.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Business Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) Containerisation
1 1 (100.00%) DevOps
1 1 (100.00%) Digital Marketing
1 1 (100.00%) Programme Management
1 1 (100.00%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) Bash
1 1 (100.00%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 1 (100.00%) Docker
1 1 (100.00%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 1 (100.00%) Ansible
1 1 (100.00%) Kubernetes
1 1 (100.00%) Puppet
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) SAP