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 1 February 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 18 12 17
Rank change year-on-year -6 +5 -5
Contract jobs citing DevOps 217 235 227
As % of all contract jobs in Central London 10.57% 11.05% 8.60%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 11.88% 11.97% 9.60%
Number of daily rates quoted 176 153 177
10th Percentile £371 £453 £433
25th Percentile £459 £506 £513
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £585 £613
Median % change year-on-year -5.98% -4.49% -0.81%
75th Percentile £650 £688 £688
90th Percentile £775 £750 £776
London median daily rate £538 £600 £588
% change year-on-year -10.42% +2.13% -5.22%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £46.75
Median hourly rate - - £48.50
75th Percentile - - £50.25
90th Percentile - - -
London median hourly rate £56.25 £80.50 £57.50
% change year-on-year -30.12% +40.00% -23.33%

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 1,827 1,964 2,365
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Central London 88.99% 92.34% 89.58%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,266 1,217 1,691
10th Percentile £356 £363 £350
25th Percentile £437 £463 £453
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £540 £575 £563
Median % change year-on-year -6.09% +2.22% -3.46%
75th Percentile £663 £675 £688
90th Percentile £775 £775 £800
London median daily rate £525 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -4.55% - -8.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 23 20 27
10th Percentile £19.86 £20.93 £18.16
25th Percentile £23.15 £24.55 £21.36
Median hourly rate £26.11 £35.00 £27.81
Median % change year-on-year -25.40% +25.85% -20.54%
75th Percentile £41.85 £36.31 £40.00
90th Percentile £46.53 £50.58 £65.00
London median hourly rate £34.27 £35.50 £30.50
% change year-on-year -3.46% +16.39% -18.67%

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 1 February 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 1 February 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 -6 187 £550 -5.98% 138
West End of London +17 7 £563 +25.00% 3
City of Westminster +4 3 £340 -30.26% 1
Kensington and Chelsea - 2 £600 -
Camden +9 1 £400 -27.27% 2
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 6 (2.76%) Apache Spark
1 6 (2.76%) Confluence
2 4 (1.84%) SharePoint
3 3 (1.38%) Apache
4 2 (0.92%) Apache Airflow
4 2 (0.92%) Microsoft Exchange
4 2 (0.92%) Palantir Foundry
5 1 (0.46%) CMS
5 1 (0.46%) Sitecore CMS
Applications
1 3 (1.38%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (0.92%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (0.92%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 2 (0.92%) Microsoft Project
2 2 (0.92%) MS Visio
3 1 (0.46%) Trello
Business Applications
1 3 (1.38%) Dynamics CRM
2 2 (0.92%) Aladdin
3 1 (0.46%) NetSuite
Cloud Services
1 105 (48.39%) Azure
2 70 (32.26%) Azure DevOps
3 59 (27.19%) AWS
4 45 (20.74%) GitHub
5 35 (16.13%) GCP
6 28 (12.90%) Serverless
7 25 (11.52%) GitHub Actions
8 24 (11.06%) Power Platform
9 19 (8.76%) AWS Lambda
10 17 (7.83%) Amazon S3
11 13 (5.99%) Amazon ECS
12 11 (5.07%) Amazon CloudWatch
12 11 (5.07%) Dynamics 365
13 10 (4.61%) Azure Data Factory
14 8 (3.69%) Azure Functions
14 8 (3.69%) Google Kubernetes Engine
14 8 (3.69%) Power Automate
15 7 (3.23%) AWS CloudFormation
16 6 (2.76%) Apigee
16 6 (2.76%) Azure AKS
Communications & Networking
1 7 (3.23%) Firewall
1 7 (3.23%) Network Security
2 4 (1.84%) DNS
3 3 (1.38%) HTTPS
3 3 (1.38%) SSL
4 2 (0.92%) DHCP
4 2 (0.92%) Internet
4 2 (0.92%) TCP/IP
5 1 (0.46%) BGP
5 1 (0.46%) Cisco IOS
5 1 (0.46%) DKIM
5 1 (0.46%) Ethernet VPN
5 1 (0.46%) MPLS
5 1 (0.46%) NX-OS
5 1 (0.46%) OSPF
5 1 (0.46%) SSH
5 1 (0.46%) VXLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 16 (7.37%) Power BI
2 8 (3.69%) DynamoDB
2 8 (3.69%) SQL Server
3 7 (3.23%) Data Warehouse
3 7 (3.23%) PostgreSQL
4 6 (2.76%) Azure SQL Database
4 6 (2.76%) MySQL
5 5 (2.30%) BigQuery
6 4 (1.84%) Amazon RDS
6 4 (1.84%) Tableau
7 3 (1.38%) Amazon Aurora
7 3 (1.38%) Delta Lake
7 3 (1.38%) Elasticsearch
7 3 (1.38%) Redis
7 3 (1.38%) Relational Database
8 2 (0.92%) Couchbase
8 2 (0.92%) Data Lake
8 2 (0.92%) Data Vault
8 2 (0.92%) Metadata
8 2 (0.92%) Oracle Database
Development Applications
1 32 (14.75%) Git
2 28 (12.90%) JIRA
3 27 (12.44%) Jenkins
4 15 (6.91%) GitLab
5 7 (3.23%) Postman
5 7 (3.23%) Selenium
6 6 (2.76%) SonarQube
7 5 (2.30%) Bitbucket
7 5 (2.30%) Cypress.io
7 5 (2.30%) JUnit
8 4 (1.84%) Cucumber
9 3 (1.38%) Gradle
9 3 (1.38%) Maven
9 3 (1.38%) Mockito
9 3 (1.38%) TeamCity
10 2 (0.92%) git-flow
10 2 (0.92%) REST Assured
10 2 (0.92%) Sonatype Nexus
10 2 (0.92%) Team Foundation Server
10 2 (0.92%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 63 (29.03%) Finance
2 56 (25.81%) Social Skills
3 31 (14.29%) Banking
4 17 (7.83%) Analytical Skills
5 12 (5.53%) Public Sector
6 7 (3.23%) Front Office
6 7 (3.23%) Influencing Skills
7 6 (2.76%) Documentation Skills
7 6 (2.76%) Investment Banking
8 5 (2.30%) Financial Institution
8 5 (2.30%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 5 (2.30%) Presentation Skills
9 4 (1.84%) Pharmaceutical
9 4 (1.84%) Retail Banking
10 3 (1.38%) Law
10 3 (1.38%) Legal
11 2 (0.92%) Back Office
11 2 (0.92%) Publishing
11 2 (0.92%) Retail
11 2 (0.92%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 57 (26.27%) DevOps Engineer
2 36 (16.59%) Developer
3 25 (11.52%) Senior
4 19 (8.76%) Lead
5 15 (6.91%) Architect
6 13 (5.99%) AWS Engineer
7 11 (5.07%) AWS DevOps
8 10 (4.61%) AWS DevOps Engineer
9 9 (4.15%) Senior Developer
10 8 (3.69%) Analyst
10 8 (3.69%) Cloud Architect
10 8 (3.69%) Data Engineer
11 7 (3.23%) Azure Engineer
12 6 (2.76%) Consultant
12 6 (2.76%) GCP Engineer
13 5 (2.30%) Business Analyst
13 5 (2.30%) Cloud Engineer
13 5 (2.30%) Full-Stack Developer
13 5 (2.30%) Java Developer
13 5 (2.30%) Test Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 18 (8.29%) .NET
2 16 (7.37%) Node.js
3 15 (6.91%) React
4 14 (6.45%) REST
5 11 (5.07%) HTML
6 10 (4.61%) CSS
6 10 (4.61%) OAuth
7 8 (3.69%) JSON
7 8 (3.69%) PySpark
7 8 (3.69%) XML
8 7 (3.23%) FastAPI
8 7 (3.23%) JWT
8 7 (3.23%) Kafka
8 7 (3.23%) RESTful
9 6 (2.76%) AngularJS
9 6 (2.76%) SOAP
9 6 (2.76%) Spring
10 5 (2.30%) Spring Boot
11 4 (1.84%) ADO
11 4 (1.84%) OAuth2
Miscellaneous
1 31 (14.29%) Cloud Native
2 11 (5.07%) Product Ownership
3 7 (3.23%) Distributed Systems
4 6 (2.76%) AI Agents
4 6 (2.76%) Derivative
4 6 (2.76%) Legacy Systems
4 6 (2.76%) Onboarding
5 4 (1.84%) Enterprise Software
5 4 (1.84%) Equities
5 4 (1.84%) Fixed Income
5 4 (1.84%) Life Science
5 4 (1.84%) Public Cloud
6 3 (1.38%) CMDB
6 3 (1.38%) Data Centre
6 3 (1.38%) Equity Derivative
6 3 (1.38%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
6 3 (1.38%) Hybrid Cloud
6 3 (1.38%) Management Information System
6 3 (1.38%) Private Cloud
6 3 (1.38%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 16 (7.37%) Linux
2 11 (5.07%) Windows
3 4 (1.84%) Windows Server
4 3 (1.38%) Android
4 3 (1.38%) Unix
5 2 (0.92%) Apple iOS
5 2 (0.92%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 1 (0.46%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 111 (51.15%) CI/CD
2 76 (35.02%) Agile
3 54 (24.88%) Infrastructure as Code
4 33 (15.21%) Test Automation
5 29 (13.36%) Containerisation
6 28 (12.90%) Problem-Solving
6 28 (12.90%) Stakeholder Engagement
7 26 (11.98%) AI
7 26 (11.98%) Migration
8 23 (10.60%) Continuous Improvement
9 20 (9.22%) Stakeholder Management
10 19 (8.76%) Analytics
11 18 (8.29%) Observability
11 18 (8.29%) Roadmaps
11 18 (8.29%) Scrum
12 17 (7.83%) Performance Tuning
12 17 (7.83%) Software Engineering
13 14 (6.45%) Business Intelligence
13 14 (6.45%) Data Engineering
14 13 (5.99%) DevSecOps
Programming Languages
1 64 (29.49%) Python
2 41 (18.89%) SQL
3 30 (13.82%) Java
4 24 (11.06%) JavaScript
5 18 (8.29%) C#
6 15 (6.91%) PowerShell
7 14 (6.45%) TypeScript
8 7 (3.23%) Bash
9 5 (2.30%) C++
10 4 (1.84%) Bicep
10 4 (1.84%) Scala
11 2 (0.92%) Apex Code
11 2 (0.92%) Korn
11 2 (0.92%) Kotlin
11 2 (0.92%) Perl
11 2 (0.92%) PL/SQL
11 2 (0.92%) Rust
11 2 (0.92%) VB.NET
12 1 (0.46%) T-SQL
12 1 (0.46%) XPath
Qualifications
1 68 (31.34%) Security Cleared
2 63 (29.03%) SC Cleared
3 19 (8.76%) Degree
4 11 (5.07%) Azure Certification
5 9 (4.15%) Computer Science Degree
6 6 (2.76%) Master's Degree
7 5 (2.30%) BPSS Clearance
7 5 (2.30%) DV Cleared
8 4 (1.84%) Microsoft Certification
9 3 (1.38%) AWS Certification
9 3 (1.38%) ISTQB
9 3 (1.38%) PhD
10 2 (0.92%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
10 2 (0.92%) CBAP
10 2 (0.92%) CESG Certified Professional
10 2 (0.92%) Cisco Certification
10 2 (0.92%) ISEB
10 2 (0.92%) PMI Certification
10 2 (0.92%) PMP
11 1 (0.46%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (5.07%) QA
2 8 (3.69%) GDPR
3 7 (3.23%) Data Quality
3 7 (3.23%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 4 (1.84%) Accessibility
4 4 (1.84%) NIST
4 4 (1.84%) Sarbanes-Oxley
5 3 (1.38%) NCSC
5 3 (1.38%) PCI DSS
5 3 (1.38%) PMO
6 2 (0.92%) NIST 800
6 2 (0.92%) SLA
6 2 (0.92%) WCAG
7 1 (0.46%) EU AI Act
7 1 (0.46%) HIPAA
7 1 (0.46%) HMG Security Policy Framework
7 1 (0.46%) ISO/IEC 42001
7 1 (0.46%) MiFID
System Software
1 42 (19.35%) Docker
2 5 (2.30%) Virtual Machines
3 2 (0.92%) Active Directory
3 2 (0.92%) Virtual Desktop
3 2 (0.92%) VMware Infrastructure
4 1 (0.46%) GridGain
4 1 (0.46%) HDFS
4 1 (0.46%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 64 (29.49%) Terraform
2 46 (21.20%) Kubernetes
3 23 (10.60%) Ansible
4 3 (1.38%) Argo
4 3 (1.38%) Grafana
4 3 (1.38%) ITRS Geneos
4 3 (1.38%) Karpenter
4 3 (1.38%) Prometheus
5 2 (0.92%) FortiGate
5 2 (0.92%) Istio
5 2 (0.92%) Kibana
6 1 (0.46%) CASB
6 1 (0.46%) Icinga
6 1 (0.46%) logstash
6 1 (0.46%) Opsgenie
6 1 (0.46%) Packer
6 1 (0.46%) Progress Chef
6 1 (0.46%) SCCM
Vendors
1 30 (13.82%) Microsoft
2 26 (11.98%) Google
3 20 (9.22%) Databricks
4 11 (5.07%) Oracle
4 11 (5.07%) Salesforce
5 8 (3.69%) ServiceNow
6 5 (2.30%) Splunk
6 5 (2.30%) VMware
7 4 (1.84%) CyberArk
7 4 (1.84%) OpenAI
8 3 (1.38%) DocuSign
8 3 (1.38%) Dynatrace
8 3 (1.38%) Fortinet
8 3 (1.38%) Palo Alto
9 2 (0.92%) Adobe
9 2 (0.92%) Axway
9 2 (0.92%) Bloomberg
9 2 (0.92%) New Relic
9 2 (0.92%) Palantir
9 2 (0.92%) Planview