DevOps Contracts in Central London

DevOps
London > Central London

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Central London requiring DevOps skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited DevOps over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 14 11 11
Rank change year-on-year -3 0 -4
Contract jobs citing DevOps 235 272 470
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Central London 11.77% 11.12% 12.19%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 12.66% 12.28% 13.30%
Number of daily rates quoted 161 187 330
10th Percentile £425 £418 £438
25th Percentile £500 £495 £516
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £600 £620
Median % change year-on-year -4.17% -3.23% +3.25%
75th Percentile £680 £683 £738
90th Percentile £750 £780 £800
London median daily rate £575 £575 £600
% change year-on-year - -4.17% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 0
Median hourly rate - £48.50 -
London median hourly rate £52.50 £55.00 £75.00
% change year-on-year -4.55% -26.67% -4.76%

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 1,856 2,215 3,533
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Central London 92.94% 90.56% 91.65%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,197 1,573 2,397
10th Percentile £363 £350 £325
25th Percentile £456 £450 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £565 £550 £600
Median % change year-on-year +2.73% -8.33% +5.26%
75th Percentile £675 £688 £725
90th Percentile £774 £800 £825
London median daily rate £550 £550 £590
% change year-on-year - -6.78% +2.61%
Number of hourly rates quoted 24 25 28
10th Percentile £22.00 £20.04 £15.43
25th Percentile £22.75 £22.50 £18.50
Median hourly rate £29.07 £27.81 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year +4.53% -20.54% -14.63%
75th Percentile £43.97 £33.00 £58.75
90th Percentile £50.75 £46.89 £88.30
London median hourly rate £31.67 £29.50 £38.13
% change year-on-year +7.36% -22.62% +5.90%

DevOps
Job Vacancy Trend in Central London

Job postings citing DevOps as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Central London.

Job vacancy trend for DevOps in Central London

DevOps
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Central London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing DevOps in Central London.

Daily rate trend for DevOps in Central London

DevOps
Daily Rate Histogram in Central London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing DevOps in Central London over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for DevOps in Central London

DevOps
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Central London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing DevOps in Central London.

Hourly rate trend 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 1 May 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 -1 220 £585 -2.50% 105
City of Westminster +1 4 £550 -15.38%
West End of London -1 2 £450 - 20
Camden - 2 £550 - 2
DevOps
London

DevOps
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Central London 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:

Application Platforms
1 11 (4.68%) Apache Spark
1 11 (4.68%) Confluence
2 7 (2.98%) Apache
3 6 (2.55%) SharePoint
4 3 (1.28%) Apache Airflow
5 1 (0.43%) Alfresco
5 1 (0.43%) BizTalk Server
5 1 (0.43%) Camunda
5 1 (0.43%) Microsoft Exchange
5 1 (0.43%) nginx
Applications
1 4 (1.70%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (1.28%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (1.28%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 2 (0.85%) Microsoft Project
3 2 (0.85%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 4 (1.70%) Dynamics CRM
2 2 (0.85%) Aladdin
2 2 (0.85%) Endur
2 2 (0.85%) Unit4 Business World
3 1 (0.43%) Fidessa
3 1 (0.43%) SAP BPC
3 1 (0.43%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 119 (50.64%) Azure
2 91 (38.72%) AWS
3 60 (25.53%) Azure DevOps
4 24 (10.21%) GCP
4 24 (10.21%) Serverless
5 22 (9.36%) GitHub
6 16 (6.81%) Power Platform
7 13 (5.53%) Amazon S3
8 12 (5.11%) Azure Monitor
9 10 (4.26%) AWS Lambda
9 10 (4.26%) Azure AKS
9 10 (4.26%) Dynamics 365
9 10 (4.26%) GitHub Actions
9 10 (4.26%) PaaS
10 8 (3.40%) Azure Sentinel
11 7 (2.98%) Amazon CloudWatch
11 7 (2.98%) Azure Data Factory
11 7 (2.98%) OpenShift
11 7 (2.98%) Power Automate
12 6 (2.55%) IaaS
Communications & Networking
1 13 (5.53%) Firewall
2 7 (2.98%) DNS
3 6 (2.55%) VPN
4 5 (2.13%) HTTP
4 5 (2.13%) TCP/IP
5 4 (1.70%) Network Security
6 3 (1.28%) DHCP
6 3 (1.28%) SMTP
6 3 (1.28%) SSL
7 2 (0.85%) FTP
7 2 (0.85%) Software-Defined Networking
8 1 (0.43%) 4G
8 1 (0.43%) BGP
8 1 (0.43%) HTTPS
8 1 (0.43%) Kerberos
8 1 (0.43%) LAN
8 1 (0.43%) LTE
8 1 (0.43%) Radio Access Network
8 1 (0.43%) VLAN
8 1 (0.43%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 29 (12.34%) PostgreSQL
2 21 (8.94%) MongoDB
2 21 (8.94%) NoSQL
3 17 (7.23%) SQL Server
4 10 (4.26%) Power BI
5 9 (3.83%) Relational Database
6 7 (2.98%) Big Data
7 6 (2.55%) Azure SQL Database
7 6 (2.55%) Data Lake
7 6 (2.55%) Tableau
8 5 (2.13%) Amazon Athena
8 5 (2.13%) Amazon RDS
8 5 (2.13%) DynamoDB
9 4 (1.70%) Data Warehouse
9 4 (1.70%) Hadoop
10 3 (1.28%) DB2
10 3 (1.28%) Elasticsearch
10 3 (1.28%) MySQL
11 2 (0.85%) Amazon Redshift
11 2 (0.85%) Apache Hive
Development Applications
1 25 (10.64%) Jenkins
2 24 (10.21%) JIRA
3 22 (9.36%) Git
3 22 (9.36%) GitLab
4 9 (3.83%) SonarQube
5 7 (2.98%) Bitbucket
6 6 (2.55%) Atlassian Bamboo
6 6 (2.55%) JUnit
7 5 (2.13%) Postman
8 4 (1.70%) Bitbucket Server
8 4 (1.70%) Gradle
8 4 (1.70%) IntelliJ
8 4 (1.70%) Maven
8 4 (1.70%) Selenium
9 3 (1.28%) TeamCity
10 2 (0.85%) JMeter
10 2 (0.85%) LoadRunner
10 2 (0.85%) REST Assured
10 2 (0.85%) Terragrunt
10 2 (0.85%) Visual Studio Team System
General
1 62 (26.38%) Social Skills
2 61 (25.96%) Finance
3 38 (16.17%) Public Sector
4 26 (11.06%) Analytical Skills
4 26 (11.06%) Banking
5 6 (2.55%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 6 (2.55%) Investment Banking
6 5 (2.13%) Marketing
7 4 (1.70%) Back Office
7 4 (1.70%) Financial Institution
7 4 (1.70%) Presentation Skills
8 3 (1.28%) Front Office
8 3 (1.28%) Retail
9 2 (0.85%) Billing
9 2 (0.85%) Documentation Skills
9 2 (0.85%) Organisational Skills
10 1 (0.43%) Legal
10 1 (0.43%) Local Government
10 1 (0.43%) Tech for Good
10 1 (0.43%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 69 (29.36%) Developer
2 44 (18.72%) DevOps Engineer
3 30 (12.77%) Architect
3 30 (12.77%) Senior
4 27 (11.49%) Java Developer
5 17 (7.23%) SC Cleared Java Developer
6 14 (5.96%) Analyst
7 13 (5.53%) Lead
7 13 (5.53%) Solutions Architect
8 12 (5.11%) Data Engineer
9 10 (4.26%) Azure Architect
9 10 (4.26%) Senior Developer
10 9 (3.83%) Azure Engineer
11 8 (3.40%) .NET Developer
11 8 (3.40%) AWS Engineer
11 8 (3.40%) Security Architect
12 7 (2.98%) Angular Developer
12 7 (2.98%) Cloud Architect
13 6 (2.55%) Full-Stack Developer
13 6 (2.55%) Senior DevOps
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 40 (17.02%) .NET
2 38 (16.17%) Kafka
3 27 (11.49%) Spring
4 25 (10.64%) React
5 18 (7.66%) Spring Boot
6 17 (7.23%) REST
7 13 (5.53%) AngularJS
8 10 (4.26%) HTML
8 10 (4.26%) RESTful
9 9 (3.83%) CSS
9 9 (3.83%) OAuth
9 9 (3.83%) Web Services
10 6 (2.55%) Elastic Stack
11 5 (2.13%) .NET Core
11 5 (2.13%) ASP.NET
11 5 (2.13%) GraphQL
11 5 (2.13%) SOAP
12 4 (1.70%) ADO
12 4 (1.70%) JMS
12 4 (1.70%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 19 (8.09%) Cloud Native
2 10 (4.26%) Product Ownership
3 7 (2.98%) Public Cloud
4 6 (2.55%) Fixed Income
5 5 (2.13%) Distributed Systems
5 5 (2.13%) Low-Code
6 4 (1.70%) Equities
6 4 (1.70%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
6 4 (1.70%) Hedge funds
6 4 (1.70%) Hybrid Cloud
6 4 (1.70%) Legacy Systems
6 4 (1.70%) Management Information System
7 3 (1.28%) Algorithms
7 3 (1.28%) Linux Command Line
7 3 (1.28%) Onboarding
7 3 (1.28%) Operational Technology
7 3 (1.28%) Reinsurance
7 3 (1.28%) Security Posture
7 3 (1.28%) Self-Motivation
8 2 (0.85%) Multi-touch
Operating Systems
1 30 (12.77%) Linux
2 13 (5.53%) Windows
3 10 (4.26%) Unix
4 3 (1.28%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 3 (1.28%) Rocky
4 3 (1.28%) Windows Server
5 1 (0.43%) Android
5 1 (0.43%) CentOS
5 1 (0.43%) Solaris
5 1 (0.43%) SUSE
5 1 (0.43%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 123 (52.34%) CI/CD
2 84 (35.74%) Agile
3 49 (20.85%) Microservices
4 48 (20.43%) Problem-Solving
5 42 (17.87%) Infrastructure as Code
6 36 (15.32%) Containerisation
7 25 (10.64%) Test Automation
8 24 (10.21%) Software Engineering
8 24 (10.21%) SOLID
9 23 (9.79%) Clean Code
10 22 (9.36%) API Development
10 22 (9.36%) Migration
11 21 (8.94%) Continuous Integration
12 18 (7.66%) Configuration Management
12 18 (7.66%) Scrum
13 17 (7.23%) Site Reliability Engineering
14 16 (6.81%) Analytics
14 16 (6.81%) Computer Science
14 16 (6.81%) High Availability
14 16 (6.81%) SDLC
Programming Languages
1 70 (29.79%) Python
2 52 (22.13%) Java
3 50 (21.28%) SQL
4 47 (20.00%) JavaScript
5 40 (17.02%) C#
6 22 (9.36%) PowerShell
7 14 (5.96%) Bash
8 13 (5.53%) Shell Script
9 12 (5.11%) Bicep
10 6 (2.55%) Perl
10 6 (2.55%) Scala
11 5 (2.13%) TypeScript
12 4 (1.70%) C++
12 4 (1.70%) Go
12 4 (1.70%) T-SQL
13 3 (1.28%) Apex Code
14 2 (0.85%) DAML
14 2 (0.85%) Groovy
14 2 (0.85%) Kusto Query Language
14 2 (0.85%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 55 (23.40%) Security Cleared
2 50 (21.28%) SC Cleared
3 22 (9.36%) Degree
4 18 (7.66%) AWS Certified Developer
5 13 (5.53%) Computer Science Degree
6 9 (3.83%) AWS Certification
7 8 (3.40%) Azure Certification
8 7 (2.98%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
9 4 (1.70%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
10 3 (1.28%) AWS Certified SysOps Administrator
10 3 (1.28%) BPSS Clearance
11 2 (0.85%) CISA
11 2 (0.85%) Cisco Certification
11 2 (0.85%) CISM
11 2 (0.85%) CISSP
11 2 (0.85%) DV Cleared
11 2 (0.85%) Master's Degree
11 2 (0.85%) OCP
11 2 (0.85%) Oracle Certification
11 2 (0.85%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 14 (5.96%) QA
2 8 (3.40%) Data Quality
3 7 (2.98%) GDPR
4 5 (2.13%) NIST
5 4 (1.70%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 4 (1.70%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
5 4 (1.70%) PMO
5 4 (1.70%) SOC 2
6 3 (1.28%) EMIR
6 3 (1.28%) MiFID
7 2 (0.85%) Government Security Classifications
7 2 (0.85%) NIST 800
7 2 (0.85%) PCI DSS
7 2 (0.85%) Sarbanes-Oxley
8 1 (0.43%) Accessibility
8 1 (0.43%) HIPAA
System Software
1 42 (17.87%) Docker
2 6 (2.55%) Active Directory
3 3 (1.28%) Virtual Machines
4 2 (0.85%) Lustre
5 1 (0.43%) Apache ZooKeeper
5 1 (0.43%) NFS
5 1 (0.43%) OpenAM
5 1 (0.43%) OpenDJ
5 1 (0.43%) OpenIDM
5 1 (0.43%) Veritas File System
5 1 (0.43%) Veritas Volume Manager
5 1 (0.43%) VMware ESXi
5 1 (0.43%) VMware Infrastructure
5 1 (0.43%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 81 (34.47%) Kubernetes
2 68 (28.94%) Terraform
3 32 (13.62%) Ansible
4 9 (3.83%) Prometheus
5 8 (3.40%) Grafana
6 4 (1.70%) Podman
6 4 (1.70%) Puppet
7 3 (1.28%) Consul
7 3 (1.28%) Progress Chef
8 2 (0.85%) HP ALM
8 2 (0.85%) Istio
8 2 (0.85%) Karpenter
8 2 (0.85%) Microsoft Intune
8 2 (0.85%) MOM
8 2 (0.85%) Nagios
8 2 (0.85%) QRadar
8 2 (0.85%) SCCM
9 1 (0.43%) Control-M
9 1 (0.43%) Netcool
9 1 (0.43%) Tivoli
Vendors
1 45 (19.15%) Microsoft
2 12 (5.11%) Databricks
3 11 (4.68%) Oracle
4 10 (4.26%) Google
5 9 (3.83%) Splunk
6 8 (3.40%) ServiceNow
7 6 (2.55%) Red Hat
8 5 (2.13%) SAP
9 3 (1.28%) Cisco
9 3 (1.28%) MuleSoft
9 3 (1.28%) Murex
9 3 (1.28%) Qualys
9 3 (1.28%) Salesforce
9 3 (1.28%) Sybase
10 2 (0.85%) CheckPoint
10 2 (0.85%) Confluent
10 2 (0.85%) Fortinet
10 2 (0.85%) Palo Alto
10 2 (0.85%) Snow
10 2 (0.85%) Workday