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 24 July 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
24 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 21 15 9
Rank change year-on-year -6 -6 +2
Contract jobs citing DevOps 265 247 302
As % of all contract jobs in Central London 10.16% 12.03% 13.00%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 11.62% 12.83% 14.20%
Number of daily rates quoted 199 174 209
10th Percentile £423 £406 £416
25th Percentile £494 £475 £481
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £575 £575
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% - -8.00%
75th Percentile £650 £679 £710
90th Percentile £709 £757 £838
London median daily rate £550 £550 £550
% change year-on-year - - -8.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 1 0
10th Percentile £41.00 - -
25th Percentile £50.00 £86.25 -
Median hourly rate £70.00 £87.50 -
Median % change year-on-year -20.00% - -
75th Percentile £75.88 £88.75 -
90th Percentile £76.40 - -
London median hourly rate £67.00 £52.50 £55.00
% change year-on-year +27.62% -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 2,281 1,925 2,127
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Central London 87.46% 93.77% 91.56%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,544 1,251 1,468
10th Percentile £363 £331 £363
25th Percentile £456 £425 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £575
Median % change year-on-year - -4.35% -4.17%
75th Percentile £675 £675 £682
90th Percentile £775 £775 £788
London median daily rate £545 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -0.91% - -4.35%
Number of hourly rates quoted 37 32 21
10th Percentile £17.60 £22.08 £20.22
25th Percentile £18.75 £24.66 £22.00
Median hourly rate £23.16 £32.50 £33.00
Median % change year-on-year -28.74% -1.52% -5.71%
75th Percentile £54.50 £50.75 £61.25
90th Percentile £64.25 £63.75 £137.50
London median hourly rate £35.71 £30.00 £34.00
% change year-on-year +19.03% -11.76% -20.93%

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 24 July 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 24 July 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 24 July 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 -5 232 £550 -5.98% 87
City of Westminster -4 9 £606 +18.29% 10
West End of London -1 7 £600 +23.08% 2
Southwark 0 4 £650 -
Lambeth - 1 - -
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 (4.15%) Apache Airflow
2 9 (3.40%) Confluence
2 9 (3.40%) SharePoint
3 8 (3.02%) Apache Spark
4 7 (2.64%) Apache
5 3 (1.13%) Microsoft Exchange
5 3 (1.13%) WebSphere
6 2 (0.75%) IIS
6 2 (0.75%) nginx
7 1 (0.38%) CMS
7 1 (0.38%) Ethereum
7 1 (0.38%) Hyperledger
7 1 (0.38%) IBM HTTP Server
7 1 (0.38%) Jupyter
7 1 (0.38%) Palantir Foundry
7 1 (0.38%) WebSphere Application Server
Applications
1 1 (0.38%) Maya
1 1 (0.38%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (0.38%) Microsoft Office
1 1 (0.38%) Microsoft Project
1 1 (0.38%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 6 (2.26%) Dynamics AX
2 3 (1.13%) Dynamics CRM
3 1 (0.38%) Aladdin
3 1 (0.38%) Distributed Ledger
3 1 (0.38%) Magento
3 1 (0.38%) NetSuite
3 1 (0.38%) Oracle ERP
3 1 (0.38%) Payment Gateway
3 1 (0.38%) R3 Corda
3 1 (0.38%) Remedy ITSM
3 1 (0.38%) SAP ERP
3 1 (0.38%) SAP MM
3 1 (0.38%) SAP Oil and Gas
Cloud Services
1 142 (53.58%) Azure
2 74 (27.92%) AWS
2 74 (27.92%) Azure DevOps
3 51 (19.25%) GitHub
4 33 (12.45%) GitHub Actions
4 33 (12.45%) Power Platform
5 25 (9.43%) GCP
6 22 (8.30%) Serverless
7 16 (6.04%) Azure Data Factory
8 14 (5.28%) Azure AKS
9 13 (4.91%) Power Automate
10 12 (4.53%) Amazon S3
11 11 (4.15%) Entra ID
12 10 (3.77%) Dynamics 365
12 10 (3.77%) Snowflake
13 9 (3.40%) Amazon Kinesis
13 9 (3.40%) AWS Lambda
13 9 (3.40%) Azure Monitor
13 9 (3.40%) dbt
13 9 (3.40%) GitHub Copilot
Communications & Networking
1 15 (5.66%) Internet
2 9 (3.40%) DNS
2 9 (3.40%) Firewall
3 8 (3.02%) VPN
4 4 (1.51%) DHCP
5 3 (1.13%) FTP
5 3 (1.13%) Network Security
5 3 (1.13%) SMTP
6 2 (0.75%) HTTPS
6 2 (0.75%) Intranet
6 2 (0.75%) Reverse Proxy
6 2 (0.75%) SSH
6 2 (0.75%) TCP/IP
7 1 (0.38%) Multicast
7 1 (0.38%) OpenVPN
7 1 (0.38%) VLAN
7 1 (0.38%) VSAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 24 (9.06%) SQL Server
2 23 (8.68%) Power BI
3 12 (4.53%) NoSQL
4 11 (4.15%) Data Warehouse
5 10 (3.77%) MongoDB
6 9 (3.40%) PostgreSQL
7 8 (3.02%) Relational Database
8 7 (2.64%) Amazon RDS
9 6 (2.26%) Amazon Redshift
9 6 (2.26%) Data Lake
9 6 (2.26%) Elasticsearch
9 6 (2.26%) Metadata
10 4 (1.51%) Apache Cassandra
10 4 (1.51%) Azure SQL Database
10 4 (1.51%) Big Data
10 4 (1.51%) Data Mart
10 4 (1.51%) Oracle Database
10 4 (1.51%) Redis
10 4 (1.51%) Snowflake Schema
10 4 (1.51%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 28 (10.57%) Jenkins
2 26 (9.81%) Git
3 24 (9.06%) GitLab
4 19 (7.17%) JIRA
5 9 (3.40%) JUnit
6 7 (2.64%) JMeter
7 6 (2.26%) Mockito
7 6 (2.26%) Postman
7 6 (2.26%) Selenium
8 5 (1.89%) Artifactory
8 5 (1.89%) Cypress.io
8 5 (1.89%) Gradle
8 5 (1.89%) Maven
8 5 (1.89%) REST Assured
9 4 (1.51%) Bitbucket
9 4 (1.51%) Cucumber
10 3 (1.13%) Gatling
10 3 (1.13%) Liquibase
10 3 (1.13%) TeamCity
11 2 (0.75%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 74 (27.92%) Finance
2 48 (18.11%) Social Skills
3 29 (10.94%) Banking
4 19 (7.17%) Analytical Skills
4 19 (7.17%) Public Sector
5 8 (3.02%) Law
6 4 (1.51%) Documentation Skills
6 4 (1.51%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 4 (1.51%) Influencing Skills
6 4 (1.51%) Investment Banking
6 4 (1.51%) Police
6 4 (1.51%) Presentation Skills
7 3 (1.13%) Front Office
7 3 (1.13%) Military
8 2 (0.75%) Financial Institution
8 2 (0.75%) Legal
8 2 (0.75%) Marketing
8 2 (0.75%) Retail
9 1 (0.38%) Advertising
9 1 (0.38%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 37 (13.96%) DevOps Engineer
1 37 (13.96%) Senior
2 31 (11.70%) Architect
2 31 (11.70%) Developer
3 25 (9.43%) Lead
4 21 (7.92%) Azure Engineer
5 19 (7.17%) Data Engineer
6 15 (5.66%) Machine Learning Engineer
7 14 (5.28%) Platform Engineer
8 13 (4.91%) Senior Developer
8 13 (4.91%) Tester
9 12 (4.53%) Cloud Engineer
9 12 (4.53%) Java Developer
10 10 (3.77%) Data Architect
10 10 (3.77%) Infrastructure Engineer
10 10 (3.77%) Software Engineer
10 10 (3.77%) Solutions Architect
11 8 (3.02%) Azure Architect
11 8 (3.02%) Azure DevOps Engineer
11 8 (3.02%) Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 31 (11.70%) REST
2 29 (10.94%) Spring
3 26 (9.81%) Kafka
4 25 (9.43%) Spring Boot
5 21 (7.92%) .NET
6 16 (6.04%) RESTful
7 15 (5.66%) pytest
8 14 (5.28%) Playwright
9 13 (4.91%) PySpark
9 13 (4.91%) React
10 12 (4.53%) SOAP
11 10 (3.77%) AngularJS
12 8 (3.02%) XML
13 7 (2.64%) Node.js
14 6 (2.26%) GraphQL
14 6 (2.26%) JSON
14 6 (2.26%) RabbitMQ
15 5 (1.89%) HTML
15 5 (1.89%) Next.js
15 5 (1.89%) Swagger
Miscellaneous
1 60 (22.64%) Cloud Native
2 24 (9.06%) Distributed Systems
3 15 (5.66%) Legacy Systems
4 9 (3.40%) Product Ownership
5 8 (3.02%) Onboarding
6 7 (2.64%) Data Structures
6 7 (2.64%) Enterprise Software
7 6 (2.26%) AI Agents
7 6 (2.26%) Clustering
7 6 (2.26%) Data Centre
8 5 (1.89%) Management Information System
8 5 (1.89%) Mobile App
8 5 (1.89%) Private Cloud
9 4 (1.51%) Hybrid Cloud
9 4 (1.51%) Self-Motivation
10 3 (1.13%) Equities
10 3 (1.13%) IoT
10 3 (1.13%) PKI
11 2 (0.75%) Fixed Income
11 2 (0.75%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 15 (5.66%) Linux
2 9 (3.40%) Windows
3 7 (2.64%) Unix
4 5 (1.89%) Windows Server
5 1 (0.38%) AIX
5 1 (0.38%) Android
5 1 (0.38%) Apple iOS
5 1 (0.38%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 1 (0.38%) VMS
5 1 (0.38%) Windows Server 2003
Processes & Methodologies
1 164 (61.89%) CI/CD
2 71 (26.79%) Infrastructure as Code
3 66 (24.91%) Agile
4 56 (21.13%) AI
5 48 (18.11%) Containerisation
6 44 (16.60%) Platform Engineering
6 44 (16.60%) Software Engineering
7 43 (16.23%) Analytics
7 43 (16.23%) Microservices
8 42 (15.85%) Observability
9 39 (14.72%) Test Automation
10 35 (13.21%) Event-Driven
11 34 (12.83%) Migration
12 33 (12.45%) Machine Learning
13 32 (12.08%) Validation
14 31 (11.70%) Data Engineering
14 31 (11.70%) Stakeholder Management
15 29 (10.94%) Business Intelligence
15 29 (10.94%) Data Modelling
15 29 (10.94%) Problem-Solving
Programming Languages
1 84 (31.70%) Python
2 56 (21.13%) SQL
3 45 (16.98%) Java
4 26 (9.81%) C#
5 22 (8.30%) TypeScript
6 20 (7.55%) PowerShell
7 18 (6.79%) JavaScript
8 15 (5.66%) Bash
9 12 (4.53%) Bicep
10 5 (1.89%) Apex Code
11 4 (1.51%) Data Analysis Expressions
11 4 (1.51%) Shell Script
12 2 (0.75%) ActionScript
12 2 (0.75%) ActionScript 2.0
12 2 (0.75%) Go
12 2 (0.75%) Korn
12 2 (0.75%) PL/SQL
12 2 (0.75%) T-SQL
13 1 (0.38%) R
13 1 (0.38%) SOQL
Qualifications
1 86 (32.45%) Security Cleared
2 80 (30.19%) SC Cleared
3 15 (5.66%) Degree
4 9 (3.40%) DBS Check
5 8 (3.02%) DV Cleared
6 7 (2.64%) Azure Certification
6 7 (2.64%) Computer Science Degree
7 6 (2.26%) Microsoft Certification
8 3 (1.13%) PMI Certification
9 2 (0.75%) (ISC)2 CCSP
9 2 (0.75%) AWS Certification
9 2 (0.75%) BPSS Clearance
9 2 (0.75%) Cisco Certification
9 2 (0.75%) CISM
9 2 (0.75%) CISSP
9 2 (0.75%) PMP
9 2 (0.75%) SnowPro
10 1 (0.38%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
10 1 (0.38%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
10 1 (0.38%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 30 (11.32%) QA
2 12 (4.53%) Data Quality
3 6 (2.26%) GDPR
4 4 (1.51%) Accessibility
4 4 (1.51%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 3 (1.13%) NCSC
6 2 (0.75%) EMIR
6 2 (0.75%) MiFID
6 2 (0.75%) PCI DSS
6 2 (0.75%) PMO
6 2 (0.75%) SLA
7 1 (0.38%) Cyber Essentials
7 1 (0.38%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 1 (0.38%) Government Security Classifications
7 1 (0.38%) NIST
7 1 (0.38%) P3O
7 1 (0.38%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 58 (21.89%) Docker
2 12 (4.53%) Active Directory
3 5 (1.89%) Virtual Machines
4 4 (1.51%) Hyper-V
4 4 (1.51%) VMware ESXi
4 4 (1.51%) VMware Infrastructure
5 3 (1.13%) BitLocker
5 3 (1.13%) Microsoft App-V
5 3 (1.13%) Terminal Services
6 1 (0.38%) GridGain
6 1 (0.38%) Varnish
6 1 (0.38%) VMware NSX
6 1 (0.38%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 95 (35.85%) Kubernetes
2 60 (22.64%) Terraform
3 24 (9.06%) Ansible
4 20 (7.55%) Grafana
5 19 (7.17%) Prometheus
6 5 (1.89%) Puppet
7 4 (1.51%) vCenter Server
8 3 (1.13%) Nagios
8 3 (1.13%) vMotion
9 2 (0.75%) Single Sign-On
10 1 (0.38%) Argo
10 1 (0.38%) Bosun
10 1 (0.38%) Consul
10 1 (0.38%) Istio
10 1 (0.38%) Kubeflow
10 1 (0.38%) Kustomize
10 1 (0.38%) linkerd
10 1 (0.38%) Packer
10 1 (0.38%) PowerCLI
10 1 (0.38%) SELinux
Vendors
1 63 (23.77%) Microsoft
2 24 (9.06%) Databricks
3 13 (4.91%) Oracle
4 11 (4.15%) Google
5 8 (3.02%) Dynatrace
6 6 (2.26%) Salesforce
6 6 (2.26%) Splunk
7 5 (1.89%) VMware
8 4 (1.51%) AppDynamics
8 4 (1.51%) IBM
8 4 (1.51%) SAP
9 3 (1.13%) Citrix
9 3 (1.13%) HP
9 3 (1.13%) OpenAI
9 3 (1.13%) ServiceNow
9 3 (1.13%) Symantec
10 2 (0.75%) MuleSoft
10 2 (0.75%) Software AG
10 2 (0.75%) Solace
10 2 (0.75%) webMethods