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 23 September 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
23 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 17 15 11
Rank change year-on-year -2 -4 0
Contract jobs citing DevOps 293 225 270
As % of all contract jobs in Central London 11.87% 11.67% 11.76%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 13.20% 12.45% 12.78%
Number of daily rates quoted 220 168 190
10th Percentile £424 £384 £425
25th Percentile £488 £475 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £600 £600
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +0.04% -3.07%
75th Percentile £638 £675 £710
90th Percentile £738 £732 £820
London median daily rate £550 £550 £560
% change year-on-year - -1.79% -6.67%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 2 0
10th Percentile £38.00 £32.25 -
25th Percentile £42.50 £41.25 -
Median hourly rate £52.50 £57.50 -
Median % change year-on-year -8.70% - -
75th Percentile £65.00 £73.75 -
90th Percentile £71.00 £82.75 -
London median hourly rate £55.00 £56.00 £55.00
% change year-on-year -1.79% +1.82% -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 2,219 1,807 2,112
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Central London 89.87% 93.72% 92.03%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,531 1,207 1,363
10th Percentile £359 £318 £363
25th Percentile £455 £421 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £575
Median % change year-on-year - -4.35% -2.54%
75th Percentile £675 £675 £688
90th Percentile £775 £775 £788
London median daily rate £550 £540 £550
% change year-on-year +1.85% -1.82% -4.35%
Number of hourly rates quoted 33 30 28
10th Percentile £17.60 £18.69 £17.75
25th Percentile £18.75 £23.00 £24.83
Median hourly rate £25.00 £28.33 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year -11.74% -19.07% +30.84%
75th Percentile £43.00 £50.75 £65.63
90th Percentile £64.15 £63.75 £119.65
London median hourly rate £35.00 £31.49 £35.00
% change year-on-year +11.15% -10.03% -6.67%

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 23 September 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
Hourly Rate Histogram in Central London

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing DevOps in Central London over the 6 months to 23 September 2026.

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 23 September 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 -1 254 £550 -8.33% 187
West End of London -3 10 £528 +8.21% 12
City of Westminster -5 10 £600 +26.32% 24
Southwark +1 4 £650 - 3
Lambeth - 1 - - 1
Kensington and Chelsea - 1 £750 -
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 14 (4.78%) SharePoint
2 12 (4.10%) Apache Airflow
2 12 (4.10%) Apache Spark
2 12 (4.10%) Confluence
3 11 (3.75%) Apache
4 3 (1.02%) Microsoft Exchange
5 2 (0.68%) IIS
5 2 (0.68%) nginx
6 1 (0.34%) Anypoint
6 1 (0.34%) CMS
6 1 (0.34%) Ethereum
6 1 (0.34%) Hyperledger
6 1 (0.34%) Jupyter
6 1 (0.34%) MQSeries
6 1 (0.34%) SAS
Applications
1 6 (2.05%) Microsoft Excel
2 4 (1.37%) MS Visio
3 3 (1.02%) Microsoft Office
4 2 (0.68%) Microsoft Project
5 1 (0.34%) Windchill
Business Applications
1 7 (2.39%) Dynamics CRM
2 4 (1.37%) Dynamics AX
3 2 (0.68%) Remedy ITSM
4 1 (0.34%) Distributed Ledger
4 1 (0.34%) Magento
4 1 (0.34%) NetSuite
4 1 (0.34%) Payment Gateway
4 1 (0.34%) R3 Corda
4 1 (0.34%) SAP ERP
4 1 (0.34%) SAP MDG
4 1 (0.34%) SAP MM
4 1 (0.34%) SAP Oil and Gas
4 1 (0.34%) SAP S/4HANA
4 1 (0.34%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 166 (56.66%) Azure
2 100 (34.13%) Azure DevOps
3 82 (27.99%) AWS
4 55 (18.77%) GitHub
5 45 (15.36%) Power Platform
6 34 (11.60%) GitHub Actions
7 31 (10.58%) Azure Data Factory
8 29 (9.90%) GCP
8 29 (9.90%) Serverless
9 20 (6.83%) Power Automate
10 15 (5.12%) Azure Functions
10 15 (5.12%) Azure Synapse Analytics
10 15 (5.12%) PowerApps
11 14 (4.78%) Azure Logic Apps
11 14 (4.78%) Dynamics 365
12 13 (4.44%) Azure AKS
13 12 (4.10%) Amazon S3
13 12 (4.10%) AWS Lambda
13 12 (4.10%) Azure Databricks
14 11 (3.75%) GitHub Copilot
Communications & Networking
1 17 (5.80%) Internet
2 13 (4.44%) DNS
3 12 (4.10%) Firewall
4 9 (3.07%) VPN
5 5 (1.71%) DHCP
6 3 (1.02%) FTP
6 3 (1.02%) Network Security
6 3 (1.02%) SMTP
6 3 (1.02%) TCP/IP
7 2 (0.68%) HTTPS
7 2 (0.68%) Intranet
7 2 (0.68%) Reverse Proxy
7 2 (0.68%) RTP
7 2 (0.68%) SSH
7 2 (0.68%) VLAN
7 2 (0.68%) VoIP
7 2 (0.68%) Wireshark
8 1 (0.34%) Asterisk PBX
8 1 (0.34%) INAP
8 1 (0.34%) RTCP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 33 (11.26%) Power BI
2 25 (8.53%) SQL Server
3 19 (6.48%) Data Warehouse
4 15 (5.12%) Data Lake
5 13 (4.44%) Metadata
6 9 (3.07%) Azure SQL Database
6 9 (3.07%) NoSQL
6 9 (3.07%) Star Schema
7 8 (2.73%) Delta Lake
7 8 (2.73%) MongoDB
8 7 (2.39%) Amazon RDS
9 6 (2.05%) Amazon Redshift
9 6 (2.05%) Big Data
10 5 (1.71%) Elasticsearch
10 5 (1.71%) Semantic Layer
11 4 (1.37%) Data Hub
11 4 (1.37%) Oracle Database
11 4 (1.37%) Power Query
11 4 (1.37%) Redis
11 4 (1.37%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 32 (10.92%) Jenkins
2 28 (9.56%) Git
3 27 (9.22%) GitLab
4 26 (8.87%) JIRA
5 9 (3.07%) JMeter
5 9 (3.07%) JUnit
6 7 (2.39%) Bitbucket
6 7 (2.39%) Postman
7 6 (2.05%) Artifactory
7 6 (2.05%) Selenium
8 5 (1.71%) Cypress.io
8 5 (1.71%) Mockito
8 5 (1.71%) Visual Studio Code
9 4 (1.37%) Gatling
9 4 (1.37%) Gradle
9 4 (1.37%) REST Assured
9 4 (1.37%) TeamCity
10 3 (1.02%) LoadRunner
10 3 (1.02%) Maven
10 3 (1.02%) Visual Studio
General
1 86 (29.35%) Finance
2 65 (22.18%) Social Skills
3 39 (13.31%) Banking
4 29 (9.90%) Analytical Skills
5 24 (8.19%) Public Sector
6 7 (2.39%) Investment Banking
6 7 (2.39%) Law
6 7 (2.39%) Retail
7 6 (2.05%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 6 (2.05%) Influencing Skills
8 5 (1.71%) Front Office
8 5 (1.71%) Marketing
9 4 (1.37%) Police
10 3 (1.02%) Military
11 2 (0.68%) Documentation Skills
11 2 (0.68%) Financial Institution
11 2 (0.68%) Pharmaceutical
11 2 (0.68%) Presentation Skills
11 2 (0.68%) Retail Banking
11 2 (0.68%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 50 (17.06%) Senior
2 47 (16.04%) Developer
3 42 (14.33%) Architect
4 34 (11.60%) DevOps Engineer
5 28 (9.56%) Lead
6 25 (8.53%) Data Engineer
7 19 (6.48%) Azure Engineer
8 16 (5.46%) Machine Learning Engineer
9 15 (5.12%) Senior Developer
10 14 (4.78%) Data Architect
10 14 (4.78%) Platform Engineer
10 14 (4.78%) Tester
11 13 (4.44%) Solutions Architect
12 11 (3.75%) Java Developer
13 10 (3.41%) Azure DevOps Engineer
13 10 (3.41%) Consultant
14 9 (3.07%) Cloud Engineer
15 8 (2.73%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
16 7 (2.39%) AWS Engineer
16 7 (2.39%) Senior Data Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 66 (22.53%) Terraform
2 38 (12.97%) REST
3 29 (9.90%) .NET
4 27 (9.22%) Spring
5 26 (8.87%) Spring Boot
6 24 (8.19%) PySpark
7 23 (7.85%) Kafka
8 17 (5.80%) pytest
8 17 (5.80%) RESTful
9 15 (5.12%) SOAP
10 13 (4.44%) React
11 9 (3.07%) AngularJS
11 9 (3.07%) Middleware
12 8 (2.73%) Playwright
12 8 (2.73%) XML
13 7 (2.39%) GraphQL
13 7 (2.39%) JSON
13 7 (2.39%) Node.js
14 6 (2.05%) HTML
14 6 (2.05%) Swagger
Miscellaneous
1 61 (20.82%) Cloud Native
2 19 (6.48%) Distributed Systems
3 16 (5.46%) Product Ownership
4 15 (5.12%) Legacy Systems
5 14 (4.78%) AI Agents
5 14 (4.78%) Onboarding
6 11 (3.75%) Enterprise Software
7 8 (2.73%) Data Structures
8 6 (2.05%) Hybrid Cloud
8 6 (2.05%) Self-Motivation
9 5 (1.71%) Data Centre
9 5 (1.71%) Management Information System
10 4 (1.37%) Low-Code
10 4 (1.37%) Mobile App
11 3 (1.02%) Clustering
11 3 (1.02%) Enterprise Cloud
11 3 (1.02%) IoT
11 3 (1.02%) PKI
12 2 (0.68%) Equities
12 2 (0.68%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
Operating Systems
1 20 (6.83%) Linux
2 14 (4.78%) Windows
3 9 (3.07%) Windows Server
4 7 (2.39%) Unix
5 1 (0.34%) Android
5 1 (0.34%) Apple iOS
5 1 (0.34%) CentOS
5 1 (0.34%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 1 (0.34%) Windows Server 2003
Processes & Methodologies
1 189 (64.51%) CI/CD
2 84 (28.67%) Agile
3 71 (24.23%) Infrastructure as Code
4 68 (23.21%) AI
5 54 (18.43%) Analytics
6 52 (17.75%) Test Automation
7 48 (16.38%) Microservices
7 48 (16.38%) Software Engineering
8 46 (15.70%) Stakeholder Management
9 44 (15.02%) Platform Engineering
10 43 (14.68%) Observability
11 42 (14.33%) Containerisation
11 42 (14.33%) Problem-Solving
12 41 (13.99%) Data Modelling
13 40 (13.65%) Business Intelligence
14 39 (13.31%) Machine Learning
14 39 (13.31%) Migration
15 38 (12.97%) Event-Driven
16 36 (12.29%) Data Engineering
16 36 (12.29%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 103 (35.15%) Python
2 70 (23.89%) SQL
3 48 (16.38%) Java
4 34 (11.60%) C#
5 29 (9.90%) PowerShell
6 23 (7.85%) JavaScript
7 21 (7.17%) TypeScript
8 16 (5.46%) Bicep
9 15 (5.12%) Bash
10 12 (4.10%) Data Analysis Expressions
11 4 (1.37%) Apex Code
11 4 (1.37%) Korn
11 4 (1.37%) T-SQL
12 3 (1.02%) PL/SQL
13 2 (0.68%) ActionScript
13 2 (0.68%) ActionScript 2.0
13 2 (0.68%) R
13 2 (0.68%) Shell Script
14 1 (0.34%) Go
14 1 (0.34%) SOQL
Qualifications
1 87 (29.69%) Security Cleared
2 76 (25.94%) SC Cleared
3 14 (4.78%) Degree
4 10 (3.41%) DBS Check
5 8 (2.73%) DV Cleared
5 8 (2.73%) Microsoft Certification
6 6 (2.05%) Azure Certification
7 5 (1.71%) PMI Certification
7 5 (1.71%) PMP
8 4 (1.37%) Computer Science Degree
9 2 (0.68%) AWS Certification
9 2 (0.68%) BPSS Clearance
9 2 (0.68%) CISM
9 2 (0.68%) CISSP
9 2 (0.68%) ISTQB
9 2 (0.68%) Master's Degree
9 2 (0.68%) TOGAF Certification
10 1 (0.34%) Cisco Certification
10 1 (0.34%) MOS
10 1 (0.34%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 34 (11.60%) QA
2 26 (8.87%) Data Quality
3 7 (2.39%) Accessibility
3 7 (2.39%) GDPR
4 3 (1.02%) NCSC
5 2 (0.68%) EMIR
5 2 (0.68%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 2 (0.68%) MiFID
5 2 (0.68%) SLA
6 1 (0.34%) Cyber Essentials
6 1 (0.34%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
6 1 (0.34%) Government Security Classifications
6 1 (0.34%) ISO 20022
6 1 (0.34%) P3O
6 1 (0.34%) PCI DSS
6 1 (0.34%) PMO
6 1 (0.34%) PSD2
6 1 (0.34%) Sarbanes-Oxley
6 1 (0.34%) SEPA
6 1 (0.34%) WCAG
System Software
1 56 (19.11%) Docker
2 9 (3.07%) Active Directory
3 4 (1.37%) Hyper-V
3 4 (1.37%) VMware ESXi
3 4 (1.37%) VMware Infrastructure
4 3 (1.02%) BitLocker
4 3 (1.02%) Microsoft App-V
4 3 (1.02%) Terminal Services
5 2 (0.68%) Virtual Machines
6 1 (0.34%) Varnish
6 1 (0.34%) VMware NSX
6 1 (0.34%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 95 (32.42%) Kubernetes
2 25 (8.53%) Ansible
3 19 (6.48%) Grafana
4 17 (5.80%) Prometheus
5 4 (1.37%) Puppet
5 4 (1.37%) vCenter Server
6 3 (1.02%) Nagios
6 3 (1.02%) vMotion
7 2 (0.68%) ITRS Geneos
7 2 (0.68%) Packer
7 2 (0.68%) Single Sign-On
8 1 (0.34%) Argo
8 1 (0.34%) Bosun
8 1 (0.34%) Consul
8 1 (0.34%) Kubeflow
8 1 (0.34%) Microsoft Intune
8 1 (0.34%) PowerCLI
8 1 (0.34%) Salt
8 1 (0.34%) SCCM
8 1 (0.34%) SELinux
Vendors
1 84 (28.67%) Microsoft
2 41 (13.99%) Databricks
3 17 (5.80%) Oracle
4 16 (5.46%) Google
5 10 (3.41%) Dynatrace
6 8 (2.73%) ServiceNow
6 8 (2.73%) Splunk
7 7 (2.39%) Salesforce
7 7 (2.39%) SAP
8 5 (1.71%) IBM
8 5 (1.71%) OpenAI
8 5 (1.71%) VMware
9 4 (1.37%) AppDynamics
9 4 (1.37%) Foundry
9 4 (1.37%) MuleSoft
10 3 (1.02%) Citrix
10 3 (1.02%) HP
10 3 (1.02%) Symantec
10 3 (1.02%) Workday
11 2 (0.68%) Software AG