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 29 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
29 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 21 14 9
Rank change year-on-year -7 -5 +4
Contract jobs citing DevOps 238 230 292
As % of all contract jobs in Central London 9.53% 12.19% 12.18%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 11.13% 13.06% 13.38%
Number of daily rates quoted 188 157 198
10th Percentile £393 £422 £413
25th Percentile £474 £480 £490
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £575 £600
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% -4.17% -4.00%
75th Percentile £638 £688 £681
90th Percentile £714 £794 £784
London median daily rate £550 £556 £573
% change year-on-year -1.08% -2.88% -4.58%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 0 1
10th Percentile £65.73 - -
25th Percentile £66.81 - £46.75
Median hourly rate £72.25 - £48.50
75th Percentile £76.31 - £50.25
90th Percentile £76.58 - -
London median hourly rate £68.50 £52.50 £55.00
% change year-on-year +30.48% -4.55% -38.89%

All Process & 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 2,139 1,761 2,182
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Central London 85.66% 93.32% 90.99%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,464 1,138 1,545
10th Percentile £355 £355 £350
25th Percentile £450 £450 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year - - -8.33%
75th Percentile £675 £678 £675
90th Percentile £775 £775 £800
London median daily rate £525 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -4.55% - -6.78%
Number of hourly rates quoted 30 25 22
10th Percentile £18.60 £19.36 £20.22
25th Percentile £18.88 £22.75 £22.63
Median hourly rate £26.56 £28.15 £27.81
Median % change year-on-year -5.67% +1.22% -20.54%
75th Percentile £52.41 £43.75 £28.98
90th Percentile £60.25 £50.75 £40.00
London median hourly rate £37.25 £31.17 £28.00
% change year-on-year +19.50% +11.33% -29.34%

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 29 May 2026.

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
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 29 May 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
City of London -6 214 £550 -5.98% 72
West End of London +5 10 £588 +23.68% 1
City of Westminster -1 6 £600 +9.09% 4
Kensington and Chelsea - 2 £600 -
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 11 (4.62%) Apache Airflow
2 9 (3.78%) SharePoint
3 8 (3.36%) Apache Spark
4 4 (1.68%) Apache
4 4 (1.68%) Confluence
5 3 (1.26%) Palantir Foundry
5 3 (1.26%) WebSphere
6 2 (0.84%) Microsoft Exchange
7 1 (0.42%) IBM HTTP Server
7 1 (0.42%) nginx
7 1 (0.42%) WebSphere Application Server
Applications
1 3 (1.26%) Microsoft Project
2 2 (0.84%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (0.42%) Maya
3 1 (0.42%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (0.42%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 6 (2.52%) Dynamics AX
2 1 (0.42%) Aladdin
2 1 (0.42%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (0.42%) Magento
2 1 (0.42%) NetSuite
2 1 (0.42%) Oracle ERP
2 1 (0.42%) Payment Gateway
2 1 (0.42%) SAP ERP
2 1 (0.42%) SAP MM
2 1 (0.42%) SAP Oil and Gas
Cloud Services
1 133 (55.88%) Azure
2 76 (31.93%) AWS
3 72 (30.25%) Azure DevOps
4 47 (19.75%) GitHub
5 31 (13.03%) Power Platform
6 28 (11.76%) GCP
6 28 (11.76%) GitHub Actions
7 27 (11.34%) Serverless
8 16 (6.72%) Azure Data Factory
9 15 (6.30%) Azure AKS
10 14 (5.88%) Amazon S3
11 13 (5.46%) Dynamics 365
12 11 (4.62%) AWS Lambda
12 11 (4.62%) Entra ID
13 10 (4.20%) AWS CloudFormation
13 10 (4.20%) Azure Functions
13 10 (4.20%) Power Automate
14 9 (3.78%) Azure Monitor
14 9 (3.78%) Snowflake
15 8 (3.36%) dbt
Communications & Networking
1 6 (2.52%) Firewall
2 4 (1.68%) Network Security
3 3 (1.26%) DNS
3 3 (1.26%) Internet
4 2 (0.84%) FTP
5 1 (0.42%) DHCP
5 1 (0.42%) HTTPS
5 1 (0.42%) Multicast
5 1 (0.42%) Reverse Proxy
5 1 (0.42%) SSH
5 1 (0.42%) TCP/IP
5 1 (0.42%) VPN
5 1 (0.42%) VSAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 21 (8.82%) Power BI
2 20 (8.40%) SQL Server
3 12 (5.04%) PostgreSQL
4 9 (3.78%) Data Warehouse
4 9 (3.78%) NoSQL
5 7 (2.94%) Relational Database
6 6 (2.52%) Azure SQL Database
6 6 (2.52%) Metadata
6 6 (2.52%) Tableau
7 5 (2.10%) Apache Cassandra
7 5 (2.10%) DynamoDB
7 5 (2.10%) MongoDB
7 5 (2.10%) Snowflake Schema
8 4 (1.68%) Amazon RDS
8 4 (1.68%) Amazon Redshift
8 4 (1.68%) Data Lake
9 3 (1.26%) Delta Lake
9 3 (1.26%) Elasticsearch
9 3 (1.26%) Oracle Database
9 3 (1.26%) Star Schema
Development Applications
1 31 (13.03%) Git
2 24 (10.08%) Jenkins
3 23 (9.66%) GitLab
4 18 (7.56%) JIRA
5 8 (3.36%) Postman
6 4 (1.68%) Gradle
6 4 (1.68%) JMeter
6 4 (1.68%) JUnit
6 4 (1.68%) Maven
6 4 (1.68%) Mockito
7 3 (1.26%) git-flow
7 3 (1.26%) Liquibase
7 3 (1.26%) Selenium
8 2 (0.84%) Ant
8 2 (0.84%) Artifactory
8 2 (0.84%) Cucumber
8 2 (0.84%) Cypress.io
8 2 (0.84%) REST Assured
8 2 (0.84%) Visual Studio Code
9 1 (0.42%) TestRail
General
1 60 (25.21%) Finance
2 31 (13.03%) Social Skills
3 20 (8.40%) Public Sector
4 18 (7.56%) Banking
5 5 (2.10%) Analytical Skills
5 5 (2.10%) Documentation Skills
5 5 (2.10%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 4 (1.68%) Law
6 4 (1.68%) Presentation Skills
7 3 (1.26%) Front Office
7 3 (1.26%) Investment Banking
7 3 (1.26%) Legal
7 3 (1.26%) Police
8 2 (0.84%) Influencing Skills
8 2 (0.84%) Military
8 2 (0.84%) Pharmaceutical
8 2 (0.84%) Publishing
9 1 (0.42%) Advertising
9 1 (0.42%) Financial Institution
9 1 (0.42%) Retail
Job Titles
1 52 (21.85%) DevOps Engineer
2 24 (10.08%) Architect
3 21 (8.82%) Azure Engineer
3 21 (8.82%) Developer
4 20 (8.40%) Senior
5 18 (7.56%) Lead
6 15 (6.30%) Data Engineer
7 13 (5.46%) Cloud Engineer
8 11 (4.62%) Senior Developer
8 11 (4.62%) Tester
9 10 (4.20%) Consultant
10 9 (3.78%) Azure DevOps Engineer
10 9 (3.78%) Full-Stack Engineer
10 9 (3.78%) Software Engineer
11 8 (3.36%) Cloud Architect
11 8 (3.36%) Platform Engineer
11 8 (3.36%) Python Engineer
11 8 (3.36%) Solutions Architect
12 7 (2.94%) Java Developer
13 6 (2.52%) Functional Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 24 (10.08%) Kafka
2 21 (8.82%) REST
2 21 (8.82%) Spring
3 18 (7.56%) React
4 17 (7.14%) Spring Boot
5 14 (5.88%) .NET
6 12 (5.04%) RESTful
7 11 (4.62%) PySpark
8 10 (4.20%) Node.js
9 9 (3.78%) Playwright
10 6 (2.52%) Next.js
10 6 (2.52%) OpenTelemetry
11 5 (2.10%) AngularJS
11 5 (2.10%) JSON
11 5 (2.10%) pytest
11 5 (2.10%) SOAP
11 5 (2.10%) Swagger
11 5 (2.10%) XML
12 4 (1.68%) Django
12 4 (1.68%) RabbitMQ
Miscellaneous
1 54 (22.69%) Cloud Native
2 15 (6.30%) Distributed Systems
3 9 (3.78%) Legacy Systems
4 8 (3.36%) AI Agents
5 6 (2.52%) Private Cloud
6 5 (2.10%) Mobile App
7 4 (1.68%) Hybrid Cloud
7 4 (1.68%) Onboarding
7 4 (1.68%) Product Ownership
8 3 (1.26%) Clustering
8 3 (1.26%) Equities
8 3 (1.26%) Management Information System
8 3 (1.26%) NHS
8 3 (1.26%) Public Cloud
9 2 (0.84%) Fixed Income
9 2 (0.84%) Greenfield Project
9 2 (0.84%) IoT
9 2 (0.84%) Life Science
9 2 (0.84%) Virtual Team
10 1 (0.42%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 10 (4.20%) Linux
2 8 (3.36%) Windows
3 2 (0.84%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
3 2 (0.84%) Unix
3 2 (0.84%) Windows Server
4 1 (0.42%) AIX
4 1 (0.42%) VMS
4 1 (0.42%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 131 (55.04%) CI/CD
2 74 (31.09%) Infrastructure as Code
3 47 (19.75%) Containerisation
4 46 (19.33%) Agile
5 40 (16.81%) AI
6 36 (15.13%) Analytics
6 36 (15.13%) Platform Engineering
7 35 (14.71%) Observability
8 33 (13.87%) Test Automation
9 32 (13.45%) Data Engineering
9 32 (13.45%) Migration
10 28 (11.76%) Software Engineering
11 27 (11.34%) Microservices
12 25 (10.50%) Roadmaps
13 24 (10.08%) Continuous Improvement
13 24 (10.08%) Event-Driven
14 21 (8.82%) Business Intelligence
15 20 (8.40%) Data Pipeline
15 20 (8.40%) Validation
16 19 (7.98%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 66 (27.73%) Python
2 51 (21.43%) SQL
3 35 (14.71%) Java
4 20 (8.40%) TypeScript
5 18 (7.56%) C#
5 18 (7.56%) JavaScript
6 15 (6.30%) PowerShell
7 12 (5.04%) Bash
7 12 (5.04%) Bicep
8 3 (1.26%) Apex Code
8 3 (1.26%) Data Analysis Expressions
8 3 (1.26%) Korn
8 3 (1.26%) Scala
9 2 (0.84%) C++
9 2 (0.84%) PL/SQL
9 2 (0.84%) Shell Script
10 1 (0.42%) C
10 1 (0.42%) PHP
10 1 (0.42%) ProC
10 1 (0.42%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 91 (38.24%) SC Cleared
1 91 (38.24%) Security Cleared
2 11 (4.62%) Azure Certification
3 10 (4.20%) Degree
4 6 (2.52%) Computer Science Degree
4 6 (2.52%) DBS Check
5 5 (2.10%) AWS Certification
5 5 (2.10%) BPSS Clearance
6 4 (1.68%) Microsoft Certification
7 3 (1.26%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
7 3 (1.26%) PMI Certification
7 3 (1.26%) PMP
8 2 (0.84%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
8 2 (0.84%) DV Cleared
8 2 (0.84%) Master's Degree
8 2 (0.84%) SnowPro
9 1 (0.42%) (ISC)2 CCSP
9 1 (0.42%) CESG Certified Professional
9 1 (0.42%) Cisco Certification
9 1 (0.42%) CISSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 14 (5.88%) QA
2 9 (3.78%) Data Quality
3 5 (2.10%) GDPR
3 5 (2.10%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 3 (1.26%) PMO
4 3 (1.26%) SLA
5 2 (0.84%) EMIR
5 2 (0.84%) MiFID
5 2 (0.84%) NIST
5 2 (0.84%) PCI DSS
6 1 (0.42%) Accessibility
6 1 (0.42%) NCSC
6 1 (0.42%) NIST 800
6 1 (0.42%) P3O
6 1 (0.42%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 53 (22.27%) Docker
2 7 (2.94%) Active Directory
3 6 (2.52%) Virtual Machines
4 2 (0.84%) Virtual Desktop
5 1 (0.42%) GridGain
5 1 (0.42%) Varnish
5 1 (0.42%) VMware ESXi
5 1 (0.42%) VMware Infrastructure
5 1 (0.42%) VMware NSX
5 1 (0.42%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 82 (34.45%) Kubernetes
2 62 (26.05%) Terraform
3 17 (7.14%) Ansible
4 15 (6.30%) Grafana
4 15 (6.30%) Prometheus
5 3 (1.26%) Karpenter
6 2 (0.84%) Argo
6 2 (0.84%) FortiGate
6 2 (0.84%) Istio
6 2 (0.84%) Puppet
7 1 (0.42%) CA Wily
7 1 (0.42%) Consul
7 1 (0.42%) Kustomize
7 1 (0.42%) linkerd
7 1 (0.42%) Opsgenie
7 1 (0.42%) Packer
7 1 (0.42%) Salt
7 1 (0.42%) SCCM
7 1 (0.42%) Single Sign-On
7 1 (0.42%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 39 (16.39%) Microsoft
2 27 (11.34%) Databricks
3 13 (5.46%) Oracle
4 11 (4.62%) Google
5 6 (2.52%) Salesforce
6 5 (2.10%) OpenAI
7 4 (1.68%) Dynatrace
7 4 (1.68%) Fortinet
7 4 (1.68%) Foundry
7 4 (1.68%) SAP
8 3 (1.26%) Adobe
8 3 (1.26%) Palantir
8 3 (1.26%) Palo Alto
9 2 (0.84%) IBM
9 2 (0.84%) Informatica
9 2 (0.84%) OutSystems
9 2 (0.84%) ServiceNow
9 2 (0.84%) Splunk
10 1 (0.42%) Aderant
10 1 (0.42%) Workday