DevOps Automation Engineer Contract Job Trends in Cambridge

DevOps Automation Engineer
Cambridgeshire > Cambridge

The median DevOps Automation Engineer daily rate in Cambridge is £475, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 27 November 2025.

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

 6 months to
27 Nov 2025		 Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 35 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs requiring a DevOps Automation Engineer 1 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Cambridge 0.49% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.55% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £463 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 - -
75th Percentile £488 - -
90th Percentile - - -
Cambridgeshire median daily rate £475 - -

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Cambridge

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Cambridge. 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 Cambridge with a recognized job title 181 170 180
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 87.86% 89.95% 92.78%
Number of daily rates quoted 89 83 93
10th Percentile £223 £263 £145
25th Percentile £400 £336 £300
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £438 £475
Median % change year-on-year +14.29% -7.89% -
75th Percentile £620 £538 £550
90th Percentile £690 £623 £590
Cambridgeshire median daily rate £477 £450 £475
% change year-on-year +5.89% -5.26% +5.56%
Number of hourly rates quoted 8 7 28
10th Percentile £26.53 £20.72 £17.37
25th Percentile £38.75 £22.77 £17.72
Median hourly rate £49.10 £27.50 £20.00
Median % change year-on-year +78.55% +37.50% -50.00%
75th Percentile £69.38 £60.63 £63.56
90th Percentile £78.75 £63.75 £77.50
Cambridgeshire median hourly rate £16.00 £22.90 £17.72
% change year-on-year -30.12% +29.20% +14.32%

DevOps Automation Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Cambridge

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

DevOps Automation Engineer job vacancy trend in Cambridge

DevOps Automation Engineer Skill Set
Top 7 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Cambridge

For the 6 months to 27 November 2025, DevOps Automation Engineer 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 Cambridge region featuring DevOps Automation Engineer in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) Ansible
1 1 (100.00%) CCIE
1 1 (100.00%) Cisco Certification
1 1 (100.00%) DevOps
1 1 (100.00%) Knowledge Transfer
1 1 (100.00%) Python
1 1 (100.00%) Terraform

DevOps Automation Engineer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Cambridge 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:

Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) DevOps
1 1 (100.00%) Knowledge Transfer
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) Python
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) CCIE
1 1 (100.00%) Cisco Certification
Systems Management
1 1 (100.00%) Ansible
1 1 (100.00%) Terraform
4 DevOps Automation Engineer jobs Nationwide