DevOps Contract Job Trends in Cambridgeshire

DevOps
East of England > Cambridgeshire

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Cambridgeshire requiring DevOps skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 22 October 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

	6 months to 22 Oct 2026	Same period 2025	Same period 2024
Rank	10	12	28
Rank change year-on-year	+2	+16	+3
Contract jobs citing DevOps	37	38	16
As % of all contract jobs in Cambridgeshire	9.64%	10.58%	4.03%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category	11.46%	11.66%	4.86%
Number of daily rates quoted	20	27	6
10^th Percentile	£435	£406	£454
25^th Percentile	£505	£443	£464
Median daily rate (50^th Percentile)	£519	£550	£498
Median % change year-on-year	-5.68%	+10.55%	-13.48%
75^th Percentile	£538	£641	£500
90^th Percentile	£576	£710	£550
East of England median daily rate	£505	£550	£525
% change year-on-year	-8.18%	+4.76%	-3.23%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Cambridgeshire

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 Cambridgeshire.

	6 months to 22 Oct 2026	Same period 2025	Same period 2024
Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills	323	326	329
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Cambridgeshire	84.11%	90.81%	82.87%
Number of daily rates quoted	115	118	115
10^th Percentile	£188	£258	£266
25^th Percentile	£413	£400	£340
Median daily rate (50^th Percentile)	£525	£508	£485
Median % change year-on-year	+3.45%	+4.64%	+2.11%
75^th Percentile	£594	£625	£579
90^th Percentile	£671	£700	£638
East of England median daily rate	£500	£500	£450
% change year-on-year	-	+11.11%	-10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted	86	97	100
10^th Percentile	£13.45	£13.80	£15.00
25^th Percentile	£14.22	£14.38	£15.62
Median hourly rate	£15.41	£16.00	£16.23
Median % change year-on-year	-3.72%	-1.42%	+11.93%
75^th Percentile	£31.94	£21.50	£18.06
90^th Percentile	£48.13	£43.75	£49.13
East of England median hourly rate	£47.50	£21.14	£27.67
% change year-on-year	+124.69%	-23.60%	+39.68%

DevOps Job Vacancy Trend in Cambridgeshire

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing DevOps relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Cambridgeshire.

DevOps Daily Rate Trend in Cambridgeshire

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

DevOps Daily Rate Histogram in Cambridgeshire

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing DevOps in Cambridgeshire over the 6 months to 22 October 2026.

Daily rate histogram for DevOps in Cambridgeshire

DevOps Hourly Rate Trend in Cambridgeshire

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

DevOps Contract Job Locations in Cambridgeshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing DevOps within the Cambridgeshire region over the 6 months to 22 October 2026. 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
Cambridge	0	21	£513	-6.82%	74
Peterborough	-	11	£525	-	5
DevOps East of England

DevOps Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Cambridgeshire

For the 6 months to 22 October 2026, contractor job vacancies citing DevOps also mentioned 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 Cambridgeshire region with a requirement for DevOps.

Rank	Skill	Share	Job Ads
1	Azure	48.6%	18
2	Azure DevOps	43.2%	16
3	CI/CD	40.5%	15
4	Software Delivery	35.1%	13
5	Continuous Improvement	32.4%	12
5	Degree	32.4%	12
5	Platform Engineering	32.4%	12
8	Software Engineering	27.0%	10
9	C#	24.3%	9
9	Computer Science	24.3%	9
9	Integration Testing	24.3%	9
12	Code Quality	21.6%	8
12	Python	21.6%	8
14	.NET	18.9%	7
14	Git	18.9%	7
14	Infrastructure as Code	18.9%	7
14	Master's Degree	18.9%	7
14	Migration	18.9%	7
14	Problem-Solving	18.9%	7
14	Scrum	18.9%	7
14	Validation	18.9%	7
14	Visual Studio	18.9%	7
23	Configuration Management	16.2%	6
23	Infrastructure Engineering	16.2%	6
23	RESTful	16.2%	6
23	SQL	16.2%	6
23	Stakeholder Management	16.2%	6
28	Agile	13.5%	5
28	Bash	13.5%	5
28	Change Control	13.5%	5

DevOps Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Cambridgeshire by Category

The table below expands on the one above by listing co-occurrences one category at a time. It covers the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences in each category.

Processes & Methodologies

Rank	Skill	Share	Job Ads
1	CI/CD	40.5%	15
2	Software Delivery	35.1%	13
3	Continuous Improvement	32.4%	12
3	Platform Engineering	32.4%	12
5	Software Engineering	27.0%	10
6	Computer Science	24.3%	9
6	Integration Testing	24.3%	9
8	Code Quality	21.6%	8
9	Infrastructure as Code	18.9%	7
9	Migration	18.9%	7
9	Problem-Solving	18.9%	7
9	Scrum	18.9%	7
9	Validation	18.9%	7
14	Configuration Management	16.2%	6
14	Infrastructure Engineering	16.2%	6
14	Stakeholder Management	16.2%	6
17	Agile	13.5%	5
17	Change Control	13.5%	5
17	Design Patterns	13.5%	5
17	Mentoring	13.5%	5