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 28 April 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
28 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 22 13 11
Rank change year-on-year -9 -2 +1
Contract jobs citing DevOps 234 241 269
As % of all contract jobs in Central London 9.58% 11.96% 10.98%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 11.18% 12.88% 12.13%
Number of daily rates quoted 180 166 183
10th Percentile £363 £425 £417
25th Percentile £462 £500 £490
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £555 £575 £600
Median % change year-on-year -3.43% -4.17% -1.84%
75th Percentile £650 £680 £683
90th Percentile £763 £750 £785
London median daily rate £540 £575 £575
% change year-on-year -6.09% - -4.17%
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 £67.50 £66.50 £56.25
% change year-on-year +1.50% +18.22% -25.00%

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 2,093 1,871 2,217
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Central London 85.71% 92.85% 90.53%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,424 1,215 1,570
10th Percentile £356 £363 £350
25th Percentile £450 £456 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £575 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% +4.55% -8.33%
75th Percentile £675 £675 £688
90th Percentile £775 £771 £800
London median daily rate £525 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -4.55% - -6.78%
Number of hourly rates quoted 35 24 27
10th Percentile £18.75 £22.00 £19.52
25th Percentile £19.71 £22.75 £22.25
Median hourly rate £26.11 £29.07 £27.81
Median % change year-on-year -10.18% +4.53% -20.54%
75th Percentile £42.65 £43.97 £36.50
90th Percentile £59.40 £50.75 £56.15
London median hourly rate £35.50 £34.50 £28.50
% change year-on-year +2.90% +21.05% -26.92%

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 28 April 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 28 April 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 -9 213 £550 -4.35% 152
West End of London +10 8 £575 +27.78% 1
City of Westminster +1 4 £531 -3.41% 2
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 7 (2.99%) Apache Airflow
1 7 (2.99%) Apache Spark
1 7 (2.99%) SharePoint
2 3 (1.28%) Apache
2 3 (1.28%) Confluence
2 3 (1.28%) Palantir Foundry
2 3 (1.28%) WebSphere
3 2 (0.85%) Microsoft Exchange
4 1 (0.43%) CMS
4 1 (0.43%) IBM HTTP Server
4 1 (0.43%) nginx
4 1 (0.43%) Sitecore CMS
4 1 (0.43%) WebSphere Application Server
Applications
1 3 (1.28%) Microsoft Project
2 2 (0.85%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (0.43%) Maya
3 1 (0.43%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (0.43%) MS Visio
3 1 (0.43%) Trello
Business Applications
1 5 (2.14%) Dynamics AX
2 2 (0.85%) Aladdin
2 2 (0.85%) Dynamics CRM
3 1 (0.43%) Magento
3 1 (0.43%) NetSuite
3 1 (0.43%) Oracle ERP
3 1 (0.43%) Payment Gateway
3 1 (0.43%) SAP ERP
3 1 (0.43%) SAP MM
3 1 (0.43%) SAP Oil and Gas
Cloud Services
1 139 (59.40%) Azure
2 80 (34.19%) AWS
3 75 (32.05%) Azure DevOps
4 54 (23.08%) GitHub
5 35 (14.96%) Serverless
6 34 (14.53%) GCP
7 29 (12.39%) GitHub Actions
8 25 (10.68%) Power Platform
9 22 (9.40%) Amazon S3
10 20 (8.55%) AWS Lambda
11 14 (5.98%) Azure AKS
11 14 (5.98%) Azure Data Factory
12 13 (5.56%) Dynamics 365
13 11 (4.70%) Amazon CloudWatch
13 11 (4.70%) Entra ID
13 11 (4.70%) Power Automate
14 10 (4.27%) Amazon ECS
15 9 (3.85%) Amazon Kinesis
15 9 (3.85%) Azure Functions
15 9 (3.85%) Azure Monitor
Communications & Networking
1 10 (4.27%) Firewall
2 6 (2.56%) Network Security
3 2 (0.85%) DNS
3 2 (0.85%) FTP
4 1 (0.43%) DHCP
4 1 (0.43%) HTTPS
4 1 (0.43%) Internet
4 1 (0.43%) Multicast
4 1 (0.43%) Reverse Proxy
4 1 (0.43%) TCP/IP
4 1 (0.43%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 18 (7.69%) SQL Server
2 15 (6.41%) Power BI
3 14 (5.98%) PostgreSQL
4 9 (3.85%) Data Warehouse
4 9 (3.85%) DynamoDB
5 8 (3.42%) NoSQL
5 8 (3.42%) Relational Database
6 6 (2.56%) Apache Cassandra
6 6 (2.56%) Azure SQL Database
6 6 (2.56%) Metadata
6 6 (2.56%) MongoDB
6 6 (2.56%) Tableau
7 5 (2.14%) Amazon Redshift
7 5 (2.14%) Data Lake
7 5 (2.14%) MySQL
7 5 (2.14%) Snowflake Schema
8 4 (1.71%) Amazon RDS
9 3 (1.28%) Amazon Athena
9 3 (1.28%) Elasticsearch
9 3 (1.28%) Star Schema
Development Applications
1 35 (14.96%) Git
2 27 (11.54%) Jenkins
3 17 (7.26%) JIRA
4 15 (6.41%) GitLab
5 6 (2.56%) JUnit
5 6 (2.56%) Postman
6 5 (2.14%) Mockito
7 4 (1.71%) Gradle
7 4 (1.71%) Maven
7 4 (1.71%) Selenium
8 3 (1.28%) Bitbucket
8 3 (1.28%) Cucumber
8 3 (1.28%) git-flow
8 3 (1.28%) Liquibase
8 3 (1.28%) REST Assured
9 2 (0.85%) Ant
9 2 (0.85%) Artifactory
9 2 (0.85%) Cypress.io
10 1 (0.43%) Oracle Forms
10 1 (0.43%) PowerBuilder
General
1 62 (26.50%) Finance
2 42 (17.95%) Social Skills
3 23 (9.83%) Banking
4 18 (7.69%) Public Sector
5 9 (3.85%) Analytical Skills
6 8 (3.42%) Documentation Skills
7 7 (2.99%) Front Office
8 6 (2.56%) Presentation Skills
9 4 (1.71%) Financial Institution
9 4 (1.71%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 4 (1.71%) Investment Banking
9 4 (1.71%) Law
10 3 (1.28%) Influencing Skills
10 3 (1.28%) Legal
10 3 (1.28%) Pharmaceutical
11 2 (0.85%) Military
11 2 (0.85%) Police
11 2 (0.85%) Publishing
11 2 (0.85%) Retail
12 1 (0.43%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 55 (23.50%) DevOps Engineer
2 26 (11.11%) Developer
3 25 (10.68%) Architect
4 23 (9.83%) Senior
5 20 (8.55%) Azure Engineer
6 13 (5.56%) Data Engineer
6 13 (5.56%) Lead
7 12 (5.13%) Cloud Engineer
8 10 (4.27%) AWS Engineer
8 10 (4.27%) Cloud Architect
8 10 (4.27%) Senior Developer
9 9 (3.85%) AWS DevOps
9 9 (3.85%) AWS DevOps Engineer
9 9 (3.85%) Consultant
9 9 (3.85%) Platform Engineer
10 8 (3.42%) Azure DevOps Engineer
10 8 (3.42%) Software Engineer
11 7 (2.99%) Azure Architect
11 7 (2.99%) Java Developer
11 7 (2.99%) Python Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 19 (8.12%) Kafka
1 19 (8.12%) Spring
2 18 (7.69%) REST
3 17 (7.26%) React
4 15 (6.41%) Node.js
4 15 (6.41%) Spring Boot
5 11 (4.70%) .NET
6 10 (4.27%) RESTful
7 9 (3.85%) Playwright
8 8 (3.42%) OAuth
8 8 (3.42%) PySpark
9 6 (2.56%) AngularJS
9 6 (2.56%) HTML
9 6 (2.56%) JWT
9 6 (2.56%) Next.js
9 6 (2.56%) OpenTelemetry
9 6 (2.56%) XML
10 5 (2.14%) CSS
10 5 (2.14%) FastAPI
10 5 (2.14%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 53 (22.65%) Cloud Native
2 16 (6.84%) Distributed Systems
3 9 (3.85%) Product Ownership
4 7 (2.99%) AI Agents
4 7 (2.99%) Legacy Systems
5 6 (2.56%) Mobile App
6 5 (2.14%) Derivative
6 5 (2.14%) Enterprise Software
6 5 (2.14%) Fixed Income
6 5 (2.14%) Private Cloud
6 5 (2.14%) Public Cloud
7 4 (1.71%) Equities
7 4 (1.71%) Onboarding
8 3 (1.28%) Clustering
8 3 (1.28%) Equity Derivative
8 3 (1.28%) Life Science
8 3 (1.28%) NHS
8 3 (1.28%) Replication
9 2 (0.85%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
9 2 (0.85%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 12 (5.13%) Linux
1 12 (5.13%) Windows
2 4 (1.71%) Unix
3 3 (1.28%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
3 3 (1.28%) Windows Server
4 2 (0.85%) Android
5 1 (0.43%) AIX
5 1 (0.43%) Apple iOS
5 1 (0.43%) VMS
5 1 (0.43%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 139 (59.40%) CI/CD
2 79 (33.76%) Infrastructure as Code
3 60 (25.64%) Agile
4 45 (19.23%) Containerisation
5 37 (15.81%) AI
6 33 (14.10%) Test Automation
7 32 (13.68%) Analytics
8 30 (12.82%) Migration
9 29 (12.39%) Observability
10 28 (11.97%) Microservices
11 27 (11.54%) Data Engineering
11 27 (11.54%) Software Engineering
12 25 (10.68%) Continuous Improvement
13 24 (10.26%) Performance Tuning
13 24 (10.26%) Roadmaps
14 23 (9.83%) Stakeholder Management
15 21 (8.97%) Platform Engineering
15 21 (8.97%) Stakeholder Engagement
16 18 (7.69%) Data Pipeline
17 17 (7.26%) Problem-Solving
Programming Languages
1 63 (26.92%) Python
2 53 (22.65%) SQL
3 35 (14.96%) Java
4 19 (8.12%) C#
4 19 (8.12%) JavaScript
5 17 (7.26%) TypeScript
6 12 (5.13%) Bash
6 12 (5.13%) PowerShell
7 11 (4.70%) Bicep
8 4 (1.71%) C++
9 3 (1.28%) Apex Code
9 3 (1.28%) Scala
10 2 (0.85%) Korn
10 2 (0.85%) Kotlin
10 2 (0.85%) Perl
10 2 (0.85%) PL/SQL
10 2 (0.85%) Shell Script
11 1 (0.43%) Jython
11 1 (0.43%) ProC
11 1 (0.43%) XPath
Qualifications
1 84 (35.90%) Security Cleared
2 82 (35.04%) SC Cleared
3 16 (6.84%) Degree
4 13 (5.56%) Azure Certification
5 8 (3.42%) Computer Science Degree
6 5 (2.14%) BPSS Clearance
6 5 (2.14%) Master's Degree
7 4 (1.71%) AWS Certification
7 4 (1.71%) DV Cleared
7 4 (1.71%) Microsoft Certification
8 3 (1.28%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
8 3 (1.28%) PhD
9 2 (0.85%) CESG Certified Professional
9 2 (0.85%) Cisco Certification
9 2 (0.85%) ISTQB
9 2 (0.85%) PMI Certification
9 2 (0.85%) PMP
9 2 (0.85%) SnowPro
10 1 (0.43%) CISSP
10 1 (0.43%) MBA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 13 (5.56%) QA
2 10 (4.27%) Data Quality
3 8 (3.42%) GDPR
4 7 (2.99%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 4 (1.71%) PCI DSS
5 4 (1.71%) Sarbanes-Oxley
6 3 (1.28%) NIST
6 3 (1.28%) PMO
6 3 (1.28%) SLA
7 2 (0.85%) EMIR
7 2 (0.85%) MiFID
7 2 (0.85%) NCSC
7 2 (0.85%) NIST 800
8 1 (0.43%) Accessibility
8 1 (0.43%) P3O
System Software
1 56 (23.93%) Docker
2 8 (3.42%) Virtual Machines
3 7 (2.99%) Active Directory
4 2 (0.85%) Virtual Desktop
5 1 (0.43%) GridGain
5 1 (0.43%) Varnish
5 1 (0.43%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 77 (32.91%) Terraform
2 74 (31.62%) Kubernetes
3 19 (8.12%) Ansible
4 12 (5.13%) Grafana
4 12 (5.13%) Prometheus
5 3 (1.28%) Istio
5 3 (1.28%) Karpenter
6 2 (0.85%) Argo
6 2 (0.85%) FortiGate
6 2 (0.85%) ITRS Geneos
6 2 (0.85%) Puppet
7 1 (0.43%) CA Wily
7 1 (0.43%) Icinga
7 1 (0.43%) Kustomize
7 1 (0.43%) linkerd
7 1 (0.43%) Opsgenie
7 1 (0.43%) Packer
7 1 (0.43%) Salt
7 1 (0.43%) SCCM
7 1 (0.43%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 40 (17.09%) Microsoft
2 20 (8.55%) Databricks
2 20 (8.55%) Google
3 14 (5.98%) Oracle
4 7 (2.99%) Salesforce
5 5 (2.14%) Dynatrace
5 5 (2.14%) OpenAI
5 5 (2.14%) ServiceNow
5 5 (2.14%) Splunk
6 4 (1.71%) Fortinet
6 4 (1.71%) Foundry
6 4 (1.71%) SAP
7 3 (1.28%) Adobe
7 3 (1.28%) AppDynamics
7 3 (1.28%) CyberArk
7 3 (1.28%) Palantir
7 3 (1.28%) Palo Alto
8 2 (0.85%) MarketAxess
8 2 (0.85%) OutSystems
8 2 (0.85%) Tradeweb