DevOps Contract Job Trends in Central London

DevOps
London > Central London

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Central London requiring DevOps skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 4 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
4 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 15 13 12
Rank change year-on-year -2 -1 +1
Contract jobs citing DevOps 229 244 288
As % of all contract jobs in Central London 11.52% 10.14% 10.34%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 12.55% 11.07% 11.58%
Number of daily rates quoted 183 161 228
10th Percentile £366 £453 £434
25th Percentile £463 £510 £510
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £580 £585 £612
Median % change year-on-year -0.85% -4.45% +2.04%
75th Percentile £668 £700 £713
90th Percentile £762 £775 £828
London median daily rate £550 £585 £586
% change year-on-year -5.98% -0.21% -6.20%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 0 0
10th Percentile £32.25 - -
25th Percentile £41.25 - -
Median hourly rate £57.50 - -
75th Percentile £73.75 - -
90th Percentile £82.75 - -
London median hourly rate £58.00 £80.50 £63.75
% change year-on-year -27.95% +26.27% -15.00%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Central London

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 Central London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,825 2,205 2,487
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Central London 91.80% 91.65% 89.33%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,270 1,386 1,770
10th Percentile £340 £363 £363
25th Percentile £425 £472 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £575 £575
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% - -
75th Percentile £669 £688 £690
90th Percentile £750 £778 £825
London median daily rate £526 £550 £567
% change year-on-year -4.45% -3.04% -3.86%
Number of hourly rates quoted 26 28 16
10th Percentile £19.98 £19.90 £17.00
25th Percentile £25.47 £26.60 £18.93
Median hourly rate £31.00 £35.00 £25.50
Median % change year-on-year -11.43% +37.25% -49.50%
75th Percentile £46.11 £48.13 £51.31
90th Percentile £60.25 £112.00 £69.38
London median hourly rate £29.75 £37.25 £36.28
% change year-on-year -20.13% +2.67% -7.57%

DevOps
Job Vacancy Trend in Central London

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

DevOps job vacancy trend in Central London

DevOps
Daily Rate Trend in Central London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Central London citing DevOps.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Central London citing DevOps

DevOps
Daily Rate Histogram in Central London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing DevOps in Central London over the 6 months to 4 December 2025.

Daily rate histogram for DevOps in Central London

DevOps
Hourly Rate Trend in Central London

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Central London citing DevOps.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Central London citing DevOps

DevOps
Hourly Rate Histogram in Central London

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing DevOps in Central London over the 6 months to 4 December 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for DevOps in Central London

DevOps
Contract Job Locations in Central London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing DevOps within the Central London region over the 6 months to 4 December 2025. 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
City of London -3 208 £600 +2.56% 97
City of Westminster +5 5 £475 - 6
West End of London - 4 £438 - 4
Camden +6 1 £400 -27.27% 1
Southwark - 1 - - 1
DevOps
London

DevOps
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Central London 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:

Application Platforms
1 13 (5.68%) Confluence
2 5 (2.18%) SharePoint
3 4 (1.75%) Apache Spark
4 3 (1.31%) Apache
5 1 (0.44%) Apache Airflow
5 1 (0.44%) CMS
5 1 (0.44%) Mattermost
5 1 (0.44%) Microsoft Exchange
5 1 (0.44%) Oracle SOA Suite
5 1 (0.44%) Sitecore CMS
Applications
1 3 (1.31%) Microsoft Excel
1 3 (1.31%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (0.87%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 2 (0.87%) MS Visio
3 1 (0.44%) Microsoft Project
3 1 (0.44%) Trello
Business Applications
1 4 (1.75%) Dynamics CRM
2 3 (1.31%) Aladdin
3 2 (0.87%) Remedy ITSM
4 1 (0.44%) Endur
4 1 (0.44%) Fidessa
4 1 (0.44%) Maximo
4 1 (0.44%) Oracle BPM
4 1 (0.44%) Orchestrade
4 1 (0.44%) thinkFolio
Cloud Services
1 100 (43.67%) Azure
2 66 (28.82%) Azure DevOps
3 58 (25.33%) AWS
4 43 (18.78%) GitHub
5 36 (15.72%) GCP
6 26 (11.35%) GitHub Actions
7 24 (10.48%) Power Platform
8 20 (8.73%) Serverless
9 16 (6.99%) Amazon S3
9 16 (6.99%) AWS Lambda
10 13 (5.68%) Amazon CloudWatch
10 13 (5.68%) Google Kubernetes Engine
11 11 (4.80%) Amazon ECS
11 11 (4.80%) Azure Data Factory
12 9 (3.93%) Power Automate
12 9 (3.93%) PowerApps
13 7 (3.06%) Dynamics 365
13 7 (3.06%) Virtual Private Cloud
14 6 (2.62%) Apigee
14 6 (2.62%) AWS CloudFormation
Communications & Networking
1 13 (5.68%) Firewall
2 10 (4.37%) DNS
3 7 (3.06%) SSL
4 6 (2.62%) Network Security
5 4 (1.75%) VPN
6 3 (1.31%) BGP
6 3 (1.31%) Cisco IOS
6 3 (1.31%) Ethernet VPN
6 3 (1.31%) HTTPS
6 3 (1.31%) OSPF
6 3 (1.31%) TCP/IP
6 3 (1.31%) VXLAN
7 2 (0.87%) DHCP
7 2 (0.87%) Internet
7 2 (0.87%) MPLS
7 2 (0.87%) Multicast
7 2 (0.87%) NX-OS
7 2 (0.87%) SSH
8 1 (0.44%) IGMP
8 1 (0.44%) STUN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 15 (6.55%) Power BI
2 10 (4.37%) SQL Server
3 7 (3.06%) BigQuery
3 7 (3.06%) Data Warehouse
3 7 (3.06%) DynamoDB
4 6 (2.62%) Azure SQL Database
4 6 (2.62%) Elasticsearch
4 6 (2.62%) MySQL
5 5 (2.18%) MongoDB
5 5 (2.18%) PostgreSQL
5 5 (2.18%) Redis
6 4 (1.75%) Amazon RDS
6 4 (1.75%) Data Lake
6 4 (1.75%) Delta Lake
6 4 (1.75%) NoSQL
6 4 (1.75%) Tableau
7 3 (1.31%) Big Data
8 2 (0.87%) Couchbase
8 2 (0.87%) Oracle Database
8 2 (0.87%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 36 (15.72%) Jenkins
2 33 (14.41%) Git
3 31 (13.54%) JIRA
4 17 (7.42%) GitLab
5 10 (4.37%) Selenium
6 9 (3.93%) Cypress.io
6 9 (3.93%) Gradle
6 9 (3.93%) SonarQube
7 8 (3.49%) Bitbucket
8 7 (3.06%) Maven
9 6 (2.62%) Postman
10 5 (2.18%) JUnit
11 4 (1.75%) Cucumber
12 3 (1.31%) Mockito
12 3 (1.31%) Sonatype Nexus
12 3 (1.31%) Storybook
12 3 (1.31%) TeamCity
13 2 (0.87%) Snyk
13 2 (0.87%) Team Foundation Server
13 2 (0.87%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 80 (34.93%) Finance
2 66 (28.82%) Social Skills
3 39 (17.03%) Banking
4 26 (11.35%) Analytical Skills
5 11 (4.80%) Investment Banking
6 7 (3.06%) Front Office
7 6 (2.62%) Financial Institution
7 6 (2.62%) Influencing Skills
8 5 (2.18%) Back Office
8 5 (2.18%) Documentation Skills
8 5 (2.18%) Public Sector
8 5 (2.18%) Telecoms
9 4 (1.75%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 4 (1.75%) Retail Banking
10 3 (1.31%) Organisational Skills
10 3 (1.31%) Pharmaceutical
10 3 (1.31%) Presentation Skills
11 2 (0.87%) Law
11 2 (0.87%) Legal
11 2 (0.87%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 44 (19.21%) Developer
2 37 (16.16%) DevOps Engineer
3 31 (13.54%) Senior
4 17 (7.42%) Architect
5 15 (6.55%) Lead
6 13 (5.68%) Analyst
7 12 (5.24%) GCP Engineer
8 10 (4.37%) AWS Engineer
8 10 (4.37%) Business Analyst
8 10 (4.37%) Data Engineer
9 9 (3.93%) Senior Developer
10 8 (3.49%) Azure Engineer
11 7 (3.06%) AWS DevOps
11 7 (3.06%) Java Developer
11 7 (3.06%) Site Reliability Engineer
11 7 (3.06%) Test Engineer
12 6 (2.62%) .NET Developer
12 6 (2.62%) AWS DevOps Engineer
12 6 (2.62%) Cloud Architect
13 5 (2.18%) Lead DevOps
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 23 (10.04%) .NET
2 17 (7.42%) REST
3 16 (6.99%) Node.js
4 15 (6.55%) HTML
5 13 (5.68%) AngularJS
5 13 (5.68%) React
6 12 (5.24%) CSS
6 12 (5.24%) OAuth
6 12 (5.24%) RESTful
7 8 (3.49%) GraphQL
7 8 (3.49%) SOAP
8 7 (3.06%) Elastic Stack
8 7 (3.06%) JSON
8 7 (3.06%) JWT
9 6 (2.62%) FIX Protocol
9 6 (2.62%) HTML5
9 6 (2.62%) Spring
9 6 (2.62%) XML
10 5 (2.18%) ADO
10 5 (2.18%) OAuth2
Miscellaneous
1 32 (13.97%) Cloud Native
2 13 (5.68%) Distributed Systems
3 11 (4.80%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
3 11 (4.80%) Product Ownership
4 10 (4.37%) Derivative
5 9 (3.93%) Fixed Income
6 8 (3.49%) Data Centre
7 7 (3.06%) Onboarding
8 6 (2.62%) Mobile App
9 5 (2.18%) Enterprise Software
10 4 (1.75%) Legacy Systems
10 4 (1.75%) Self-Motivation
11 3 (1.31%) CMDB
11 3 (1.31%) Equities
11 3 (1.31%) Greenfield Project
11 3 (1.31%) Life Science
11 3 (1.31%) Public Cloud
11 3 (1.31%) Replication
12 2 (0.87%) Equity Derivative
12 2 (0.87%) PKI
Operating Systems
1 20 (8.73%) Linux
2 7 (3.06%) Windows
3 6 (2.62%) Android
3 6 (2.62%) Unix
4 5 (2.18%) Apple iOS
5 2 (0.87%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 2 (0.87%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 123 (53.71%) CI/CD
2 94 (41.05%) Agile
3 52 (22.71%) Infrastructure as Code
4 38 (16.59%) Problem-Solving
5 32 (13.97%) Containerisation
6 27 (11.79%) Test Automation
7 26 (11.35%) Scrum
8 25 (10.92%) Analytics
8 25 (10.92%) Continuous Improvement
9 24 (10.48%) Stakeholder Engagement
10 23 (10.04%) Migration
10 23 (10.04%) Stakeholder Management
11 21 (9.17%) Software Engineering
12 20 (8.73%) AI
12 20 (8.73%) Observability
13 17 (7.42%) Cloud Security
13 17 (7.42%) Data Pipeline
13 17 (7.42%) Machine Learning
13 17 (7.42%) SDLC
14 16 (6.99%) High Availability
Programming Languages
1 74 (32.31%) Python
2 42 (18.34%) SQL
3 30 (13.10%) Java
3 30 (13.10%) JavaScript
4 26 (11.35%) C#
5 17 (7.42%) PowerShell
6 15 (6.55%) TypeScript
7 12 (5.24%) Bash
8 5 (2.18%) C++
9 4 (1.75%) Go
10 3 (1.31%) Kotlin
10 3 (1.31%) VB.NET
11 2 (0.87%) Bicep
11 2 (0.87%) Perl
11 2 (0.87%) PromQL
11 2 (0.87%) Rust
11 2 (0.87%) Scala
12 1 (0.44%) Apex Code
12 1 (0.44%) PHP
12 1 (0.44%) R
Qualifications
1 48 (20.96%) Security Cleared
2 43 (18.78%) SC Cleared
3 21 (9.17%) Degree
4 10 (4.37%) Computer Science Degree
5 8 (3.49%) Azure Certification
6 6 (2.62%) DV Cleared
7 5 (2.18%) Cisco Certification
7 5 (2.18%) Master's Degree
8 3 (1.31%) CCIE
8 3 (1.31%) CCNP
8 3 (1.31%) CISSP
8 3 (1.31%) Microsoft Certification
9 2 (0.87%) BPSS Clearance
9 2 (0.87%) CBAP
9 2 (0.87%) CCNA
9 2 (0.87%) ISEB
9 2 (0.87%) ISTQB
9 2 (0.87%) PhD
10 1 (0.44%) CESG Certified Professional
10 1 (0.44%) DBS Check
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 16 (6.99%) QA
2 9 (3.93%) GDPR
2 9 (3.93%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 7 (3.06%) Data Quality
4 6 (2.62%) Accessibility
5 5 (2.18%) NIST
5 5 (2.18%) PCI DSS
6 4 (1.75%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 3 (1.31%) NCSC
7 3 (1.31%) WCAG
8 2 (0.87%) MiFID
8 2 (0.87%) PMO
9 1 (0.44%) EU AI Act
9 1 (0.44%) HIPAA
9 1 (0.44%) HMG Security Policy Framework
9 1 (0.44%) ISO 20022
9 1 (0.44%) ISO/IEC 42001
9 1 (0.44%) NIST 800
9 1 (0.44%) SEPA
9 1 (0.44%) SOC 2
System Software
1 43 (18.78%) Docker
2 3 (1.31%) Virtual Machines
3 2 (0.87%) Active Directory
3 2 (0.87%) VMware Infrastructure
4 1 (0.44%) GridGain
4 1 (0.44%) HDFS
4 1 (0.44%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 66 (28.82%) Terraform
2 47 (20.52%) Kubernetes
3 31 (13.54%) Ansible
4 9 (3.93%) ITRS Geneos
5 7 (3.06%) Grafana
5 7 (3.06%) Prometheus
6 6 (2.62%) Kibana
7 5 (2.18%) Argo
7 5 (2.18%) logstash
7 5 (2.18%) Puppet
8 3 (1.31%) Istio
8 3 (1.31%) Progress Chef
8 3 (1.31%) Single Sign-On
9 2 (0.87%) ZABBIX
10 1 (0.44%) Ambari
10 1 (0.44%) CASB
10 1 (0.44%) HP ALM
10 1 (0.44%) Icinga
10 1 (0.44%) Microsoft Intune
10 1 (0.44%) Packer
Vendors
1 37 (16.16%) Microsoft
2 33 (14.41%) Google
3 16 (6.99%) Databricks
4 10 (4.37%) ServiceNow
5 9 (3.93%) Salesforce
5 9 (3.93%) Splunk
6 8 (3.49%) Oracle
7 6 (2.62%) Solace
8 5 (2.18%) F5
8 5 (2.18%) Palo Alto
8 5 (2.18%) VMware
9 4 (1.75%) CheckPoint
9 4 (1.75%) Cisco
10 3 (1.31%) Arista
10 3 (1.31%) CyberArk
10 3 (1.31%) DocuSign
10 3 (1.31%) Dynatrace
10 3 (1.31%) HP
10 3 (1.31%) UiPath
11 2 (0.87%) Rollbar