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 14 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 17 14 11
Rank change year-on-year -3 -3 +1
Contract jobs citing DevOps 229 234 283
As % of all contract jobs in Central London 11.56% 9.91% 10.21%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 12.72% 10.77% 11.44%
Number of daily rates quoted 185 152 227
10th Percentile £363 £453 £433
25th Percentile £463 £509 £509
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £580 £585 £600
Median % change year-on-year -0.85% -2.50% -2.04%
75th Percentile £669 £700 £700
90th Percentile £772 £775 £800
London median daily rate £550 £588 £587
% change year-on-year -6.38% +0.01% -6.01%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £26.25 - -
Median hourly rate £27.50 - -
75th Percentile £28.75 - -
90th Percentile - - -
London median hourly rate £54.25 £80.50 £63.75
% change year-on-year -32.61% +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 1,800 2,172 2,474
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Central London 90.86% 91.96% 89.22%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,265 1,358 1,774
10th Percentile £340 £363 £358
25th Percentile £425 £469 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £575 £575
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% - -
75th Percentile £675 £680 £688
90th Percentile £750 £784 £813
London median daily rate £530 £550 £565
% change year-on-year -3.64% -2.65% -4.24%
Number of hourly rates quoted 23 27 16
10th Percentile £19.86 £20.60 £17.00
25th Percentile £25.47 £29.13 £18.93
Median hourly rate £27.50 £35.00 £25.50
Median % change year-on-year -21.43% +37.25% -40.70%
75th Percentile £38.88 £52.50 £51.31
90th Percentile £52.50 £112.00 £69.38
London median hourly rate £29.50 £36.80 £34.00
% change year-on-year -19.84% +8.24% -13.38%

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 14 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
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 14 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 -3 206 £600 +2.56% 92
City of Westminster +6 6 £463 - 1
West End of London - 5 £450 - 5
Camden +7 1 £400 -27.27% 4
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 (4.80%) 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
3 1 (0.44%) Microsoft Project
3 1 (0.44%) MS Visio
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%) Fidessa
4 1 (0.44%) NetSuite
4 1 (0.44%) Oracle BPM
4 1 (0.44%) Orchestrade
4 1 (0.44%) thinkFolio
Cloud Services
1 98 (42.79%) Azure
2 63 (27.51%) Azure DevOps
3 59 (25.76%) AWS
4 46 (20.09%) GitHub
5 39 (17.03%) GCP
6 27 (11.79%) GitHub Actions
7 25 (10.92%) Power Platform
8 21 (9.17%) Serverless
9 17 (7.42%) Amazon S3
9 17 (7.42%) AWS Lambda
10 14 (6.11%) Google Kubernetes Engine
11 13 (5.68%) Amazon CloudWatch
11 13 (5.68%) Amazon ECS
12 11 (4.80%) Azure Data Factory
13 10 (4.37%) Power Automate
14 9 (3.93%) Dynamics 365
14 9 (3.93%) PowerApps
15 7 (3.06%) AWS CloudFormation
15 7 (3.06%) Virtual Private Cloud
16 6 (2.62%) Apigee
Communications & Networking
1 12 (5.24%) Firewall
2 9 (3.93%) 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%) 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%) Cisco IOS
7 2 (0.87%) Internet
7 2 (0.87%) MPLS
7 2 (0.87%) Multicast
7 2 (0.87%) NX-OS
8 1 (0.44%) Cisco Nexus
8 1 (0.44%) DHCP
8 1 (0.44%) IGMP
8 1 (0.44%) SSH
Database & Business Intelligence
1 16 (6.99%) Power BI
2 9 (3.93%) SQL Server
3 7 (3.06%) BigQuery
3 7 (3.06%) Data Warehouse
3 7 (3.06%) DynamoDB
3 7 (3.06%) PostgreSQL
4 6 (2.62%) Elasticsearch
4 6 (2.62%) MySQL
5 5 (2.18%) Azure SQL Database
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%) MongoDB
6 4 (1.75%) Tableau
7 3 (1.31%) Big Data
7 3 (1.31%) NoSQL
7 3 (1.31%) Oracle Database
8 2 (0.87%) Couchbase
8 2 (0.87%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 38 (16.59%) Jenkins
2 35 (15.28%) Git
3 30 (13.10%) JIRA
4 18 (7.86%) GitLab
5 11 (4.80%) Selenium
6 10 (4.37%) SonarQube
7 9 (3.93%) Bitbucket
7 9 (3.93%) Cypress.io
7 9 (3.93%) Gradle
8 8 (3.49%) Postman
9 7 (3.06%) Maven
10 5 (2.18%) Cucumber
10 5 (2.18%) JUnit
11 3 (1.31%) Mockito
11 3 (1.31%) Sonatype Nexus
11 3 (1.31%) Storybook
11 3 (1.31%) TeamCity
12 2 (0.87%) Snyk
12 2 (0.87%) Team Foundation Server
12 2 (0.87%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 79 (34.50%) Finance
2 65 (28.38%) Social Skills
3 43 (18.78%) Banking
4 26 (11.35%) Analytical Skills
5 12 (5.24%) Investment Banking
6 8 (3.49%) Front Office
7 7 (3.06%) Public Sector
8 6 (2.62%) Financial Institution
8 6 (2.62%) Influencing Skills
9 5 (2.18%) Documentation Skills
9 5 (2.18%) Telecoms
10 4 (1.75%) Back Office
10 4 (1.75%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 4 (1.75%) Pharmaceutical
10 4 (1.75%) Retail Banking
11 3 (1.31%) Organisational Skills
11 3 (1.31%) Presentation Skills
12 2 (0.87%) Law
12 2 (0.87%) Legal
12 2 (0.87%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 43 (18.78%) Developer
2 40 (17.47%) DevOps Engineer
3 31 (13.54%) Senior
4 18 (7.86%) Architect
5 16 (6.99%) Lead
6 12 (5.24%) GCP Engineer
7 11 (4.80%) Data Engineer
8 10 (4.37%) AWS Engineer
9 9 (3.93%) Analyst
9 9 (3.93%) Azure Engineer
9 9 (3.93%) Senior Developer
10 7 (3.06%) AWS DevOps
10 7 (3.06%) Site Reliability Engineer
10 7 (3.06%) Test Engineer
11 6 (2.62%) AWS DevOps Engineer
11 6 (2.62%) Business Analyst
11 6 (2.62%) Cloud Architect
11 6 (2.62%) Java Developer
12 5 (2.18%) Platform Engineer
12 5 (2.18%) Test Automation Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 21 (9.17%) .NET
2 17 (7.42%) Node.js
3 16 (6.99%) REST
4 15 (6.55%) HTML
5 13 (5.68%) OAuth
6 12 (5.24%) CSS
6 12 (5.24%) React
6 12 (5.24%) RESTful
7 10 (4.37%) AngularJS
8 9 (3.93%) JSON
9 8 (3.49%) JWT
9 8 (3.49%) SOAP
9 8 (3.49%) XML
10 7 (3.06%) Elastic Stack
10 7 (3.06%) GraphQL
11 6 (2.62%) FIX Protocol
11 6 (2.62%) HTML5
11 6 (2.62%) OAuth2
11 6 (2.62%) PySpark
11 6 (2.62%) Spring
Miscellaneous
1 33 (14.41%) Cloud Native
2 12 (5.24%) Distributed Systems
3 11 (4.80%) Product Ownership
4 9 (3.93%) Derivative
4 9 (3.93%) Fixed Income
4 9 (3.93%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
5 8 (3.49%) Data Centre
5 8 (3.49%) Onboarding
6 5 (2.18%) Legacy Systems
6 5 (2.18%) Mobile App
7 4 (1.75%) Enterprise Software
7 4 (1.75%) Equities
7 4 (1.75%) Life Science
7 4 (1.75%) Self-Motivation
8 3 (1.31%) AI Agents
8 3 (1.31%) CMDB
8 3 (1.31%) Equity Derivative
8 3 (1.31%) Greenfield Project
8 3 (1.31%) Public Cloud
8 3 (1.31%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 20 (8.73%) Linux
2 8 (3.49%) Windows
3 6 (2.62%) Android
4 5 (2.18%) Apple iOS
4 5 (2.18%) Unix
5 3 (1.31%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 3 (1.31%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 126 (55.02%) CI/CD
2 89 (38.86%) Agile
3 53 (23.14%) Infrastructure as Code
4 37 (16.16%) Problem-Solving
5 34 (14.85%) Containerisation
6 30 (13.10%) Test Automation
7 27 (11.79%) Analytics
8 26 (11.35%) Migration
9 25 (10.92%) Stakeholder Engagement
10 23 (10.04%) Continuous Improvement
10 23 (10.04%) Scrum
10 23 (10.04%) Stakeholder Management
11 22 (9.61%) AI
12 20 (8.73%) Observability
12 20 (8.73%) Software Engineering
13 18 (7.86%) Cloud Security
14 17 (7.42%) Business Intelligence
14 17 (7.42%) Data Pipeline
14 17 (7.42%) DevSecOps
14 17 (7.42%) Microservices
Programming Languages
1 79 (34.50%) Python
2 41 (17.90%) SQL
3 33 (14.41%) Java
4 29 (12.66%) JavaScript
5 26 (11.35%) C#
6 18 (7.86%) PowerShell
7 16 (6.99%) TypeScript
8 12 (5.24%) Bash
9 7 (3.06%) C++
10 4 (1.75%) Go
11 3 (1.31%) Kotlin
11 3 (1.31%) VB.NET
12 2 (0.87%) Bicep
12 2 (0.87%) C
12 2 (0.87%) Perl
12 2 (0.87%) PromQL
12 2 (0.87%) Rust
12 2 (0.87%) Scala
13 1 (0.44%) Apex Code
13 1 (0.44%) Data Analysis Expressions
Qualifications
1 50 (21.83%) Security Cleared
2 45 (19.65%) SC Cleared
3 21 (9.17%) Degree
4 10 (4.37%) Computer Science Degree
5 8 (3.49%) Azure Certification
6 6 (2.62%) Master's Degree
7 5 (2.18%) DV Cleared
8 4 (1.75%) Cisco Certification
9 3 (1.31%) BPSS Clearance
9 3 (1.31%) CCIE
9 3 (1.31%) CCNP
9 3 (1.31%) CISSP
9 3 (1.31%) ISTQB
9 3 (1.31%) Microsoft Certification
9 3 (1.31%) PhD
10 2 (0.87%) AWS Certification
10 2 (0.87%) CBAP
10 2 (0.87%) CESG Certified Professional
10 2 (0.87%) ISEB
11 1 (0.44%) IIBA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 15 (6.55%) QA
2 10 (4.37%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 9 (3.93%) GDPR
4 8 (3.49%) Data Quality
5 6 (2.62%) Accessibility
5 6 (2.62%) NIST
6 5 (2.18%) PCI DSS
7 4 (1.75%) Sarbanes-Oxley
8 3 (1.31%) NCSC
8 3 (1.31%) WCAG
9 2 (0.87%) MiFID
9 2 (0.87%) NIST 800
9 2 (0.87%) PMO
10 1 (0.44%) EU AI Act
10 1 (0.44%) HIPAA
10 1 (0.44%) HMG Security Policy Framework
10 1 (0.44%) ISO/IEC 42001
10 1 (0.44%) SOC 2
System Software
1 49 (21.40%) 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 68 (29.69%) Terraform
2 51 (22.27%) Kubernetes
3 30 (13.10%) Ansible
4 8 (3.49%) ITRS Geneos
5 6 (2.62%) Grafana
5 6 (2.62%) Kibana
6 5 (2.18%) Argo
6 5 (2.18%) logstash
6 5 (2.18%) Puppet
7 4 (1.75%) Prometheus
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 39 (17.03%) Microsoft
2 34 (14.85%) Google
3 16 (6.99%) Databricks
4 11 (4.80%) Oracle
5 10 (4.37%) Salesforce
5 10 (4.37%) ServiceNow
6 9 (3.93%) Splunk
7 6 (2.62%) Solace
8 5 (2.18%) Palo Alto
8 5 (2.18%) VMware
9 4 (1.75%) CheckPoint
9 4 (1.75%) CyberArk
9 4 (1.75%) F5
10 3 (1.31%) Arista
10 3 (1.31%) Cisco
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