Lead DevOps Contract Job Trends in Cardiff

Lead Development Operations
South Wales > Cardiff

The median Lead Development Operations daily rate in Cardiff is £325, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 20 May 2026.

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

6 months to
20 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 30 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs requiring a Lead DevOps 3 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Cardiff 1.15% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 1.21% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 3 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £325 - -
South Wales median daily rate £325 - -

All Contract IT Job Roles
Cardiff

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Cardiff. 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 Cardiff with a recognized job title 248 157 185
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 94.66% 96.91% 92.96%
Number of daily rates quoted 177 126 150
10th Percentile £279 £174 £198
25th Percentile £356 £264 £380
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £400 £489
Median % change year-on-year +6.25% -18.16% +8.61%
75th Percentile £525 £486 £548
90th Percentile £715 £625 £615
South Wales median daily rate £425 £390 £450
% change year-on-year +8.97% -13.33% -5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 18 6 4
10th Percentile - £12.21 £11.25
25th Percentile £12.21 £13.79 £11.57
Median hourly rate £12.71 £20.51 £13.00
Median % change year-on-year -38.02% +57.73% -24.65%
75th Percentile £18.65 £23.75 £16.85
90th Percentile £21.00 £38.75 £19.74
South Wales median hourly rate £21.25 £22.50 £22.50
% change year-on-year -5.56% - +24.04%

Lead DevOps
Job Vacancy Trend in Cardiff

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 Cardiff.

Lead DevOps job vacancy trend in Cardiff

Lead DevOps
Daily Rate Trend in Cardiff

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

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

Lead DevOps Skill Set
Top 14 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Cardiff

For the 6 months to 20 May 2026, 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 Cardiff region featuring Lead DevOps in the job title.

1 3 (100.00%) Azure
1 3 (100.00%) CI/CD
1 3 (100.00%) DevOps
1 3 (100.00%) Technical Leadership
2 1 (33.33%) ADO
2 1 (33.33%) Azure DevOps
2 1 (33.33%) Incident Response
2 1 (33.33%) Infrastructure as Code
2 1 (33.33%) Microsoft
2 1 (33.33%) Platform Engineering
2 1 (33.33%) Power Platform
2 1 (33.33%) PowerApps
2 1 (33.33%) Terraform
2 1 (33.33%) Test Automation

Lead DevOps Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Cardiff 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 3 (100.00%) Azure
2 1 (33.33%) Azure DevOps
2 1 (33.33%) Power Platform
2 1 (33.33%) PowerApps
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (33.33%) ADO
Miscellaneous
1 3 (100.00%) NHS
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) CI/CD
1 3 (100.00%) DevOps
1 3 (100.00%) Technical Leadership
2 1 (33.33%) Incident Response
2 1 (33.33%) Infrastructure as Code
2 1 (33.33%) Platform Engineering
2 1 (33.33%) Test Automation
Systems Management
1 1 (33.33%) Terraform
Vendors
1 1 (33.33%) Microsoft