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 2 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
2 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 14 12 12
Rank change year-on-year -2 0 +1
Contract jobs citing DevOps 223 252 308
As % of all contract jobs in Central London 11.99% 10.77% 10.26%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 12.77% 11.74% 11.47%
Number of daily rates quoted 177 166 233
10th Percentile £370 £463 £450
25th Percentile £463 £513 £513
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £619 £613
Median % change year-on-year -7.07% +1.02% +2.08%
75th Percentile £669 £712 £713
90th Percentile £733 £800 £825
London median daily rate £550 £575 £600
% change year-on-year -4.35% -4.17% -4.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 0 0
10th Percentile £32.25 - -
25th Percentile £41.25 - -
Median hourly rate £57.50 - -
75th Percentile £73.75 - -
90th Percentile £82.75 - -
London median hourly rate £60.00 £68.75 £90.00
% change year-on-year -12.73% -23.61% +36.80%

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 1,746 2,147 2,685
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Central London 93.87% 91.79% 89.47%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,203 1,346 1,881
10th Percentile £331 £367 £360
25th Percentile £425 £469 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £575 £575
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% - -
75th Percentile £675 £688 £695
90th Percentile £750 £775 £813
London median daily rate £538 £550 £575
% change year-on-year -2.27% -4.35% -2.13%
Number of hourly rates quoted 24 26 19
10th Percentile £17.61 £19.50 £14.25
25th Percentile £22.86 £28.06 £17.00
Median hourly rate £27.75 £35.00 £27.50
Median % change year-on-year -20.71% +27.27% -36.05%
75th Percentile £38.88 £74.38 £52.75
90th Percentile £61.65 £124.75 £69.75
London median hourly rate £30.50 £38.75 £39.09
% change year-on-year -21.29% -0.86% +4.23%

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 2 November 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
Hourly Rate Histogram in Central London

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing DevOps in Central London over the 6 months to 2 November 2025.

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 2 November 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 £580 -5.31% 276
City of Westminster +3 4 £475 -34.48% 2
West End of London - 3 £438 - 3
Camden - 1 £400 - 1
Southwark - 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 13 (5.83%) Confluence
2 6 (2.69%) SharePoint
3 3 (1.35%) Apache
3 3 (1.35%) Apache Spark
4 1 (0.45%) Apache Airflow
4 1 (0.45%) Mattermost
4 1 (0.45%) Microsoft Exchange
4 1 (0.45%) Oracle SOA Suite
Applications
1 7 (3.14%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (1.35%) Microsoft Office
3 2 (0.90%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 2 (0.90%) Microsoft Project
3 2 (0.90%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 6 (2.69%) Endur
2 4 (1.79%) Dynamics CRM
3 2 (0.90%) Aladdin
3 2 (0.90%) Remedy ITSM
4 1 (0.45%) Fidessa
4 1 (0.45%) Maximo
4 1 (0.45%) Oracle BPM
4 1 (0.45%) Orchestrade
4 1 (0.45%) thinkFolio
Cloud Services
1 100 (44.84%) Azure
2 66 (29.60%) Azure DevOps
3 58 (26.01%) AWS
4 38 (17.04%) GitHub
5 31 (13.90%) GCP
6 23 (10.31%) Power Platform
7 22 (9.87%) GitHub Actions
8 15 (6.73%) Serverless
9 12 (5.38%) Amazon CloudWatch
10 11 (4.93%) Amazon S3
10 11 (4.93%) AWS Lambda
10 11 (4.93%) Google Kubernetes Engine
11 10 (4.48%) Azure Data Factory
12 8 (3.59%) Dynamics 365
12 8 (3.59%) Power Automate
12 8 (3.59%) PowerApps
13 7 (3.14%) AWS CloudFormation
13 7 (3.14%) Microsoft 365
13 7 (3.14%) Virtual Private Cloud
14 6 (2.69%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 13 (5.83%) DNS
2 10 (4.48%) Firewall
3 8 (3.59%) SSL
4 6 (2.69%) Network Security
5 5 (2.24%) VPN
6 4 (1.79%) BGP
6 4 (1.79%) Ethernet VPN
6 4 (1.79%) TCP/IP
6 4 (1.79%) VXLAN
7 3 (1.35%) Cisco IOS
7 3 (1.35%) HTTPS
7 3 (1.35%) Multicast
7 3 (1.35%) OSPF
7 3 (1.35%) SSH
8 2 (0.90%) DHCP
8 2 (0.90%) IGMP
8 2 (0.90%) Internet
8 2 (0.90%) MPLS
8 2 (0.90%) NX-OS
9 1 (0.45%) IOS XR
Database & Business Intelligence
1 15 (6.73%) Power BI
2 13 (5.83%) SQL Server
3 7 (3.14%) BigQuery
3 7 (3.14%) DynamoDB
3 7 (3.14%) Elasticsearch
4 6 (2.69%) Azure SQL Database
4 6 (2.69%) Data Warehouse
5 5 (2.24%) Redis
6 4 (1.79%) Data Lake
6 4 (1.79%) Delta Lake
6 4 (1.79%) MongoDB
6 4 (1.79%) NoSQL
7 3 (1.35%) Amazon RDS
7 3 (1.35%) Big Data
7 3 (1.35%) MySQL
7 3 (1.35%) Oracle Database
7 3 (1.35%) PostgreSQL
7 3 (1.35%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 3 (1.35%) Tableau
8 2 (0.90%) Couchbase
Development Applications
1 30 (13.45%) Jenkins
1 30 (13.45%) JIRA
2 26 (11.66%) Git
3 20 (8.97%) GitLab
4 11 (4.93%) Gradle
5 10 (4.48%) Cypress.io
5 10 (4.48%) Selenium
6 9 (4.04%) Maven
6 9 (4.04%) SonarQube
7 6 (2.69%) Bitbucket
7 6 (2.69%) Postman
8 3 (1.35%) Cucumber
8 3 (1.35%) JUnit
8 3 (1.35%) Sonatype Nexus
8 3 (1.35%) Storybook
8 3 (1.35%) TeamCity
9 2 (0.90%) CircleCI
9 2 (0.90%) Snyk
9 2 (0.90%) TestNG
9 2 (0.90%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 70 (31.39%) Finance
2 63 (28.25%) Social Skills
3 33 (14.80%) Banking
4 25 (11.21%) Analytical Skills
5 11 (4.93%) Investment Banking
6 8 (3.59%) Documentation Skills
7 7 (3.14%) Telecoms
8 6 (2.69%) Public Sector
9 5 (2.24%) Influencing Skills
10 4 (1.79%) Back Office
10 4 (1.79%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 4 (1.79%) Retail Banking
11 3 (1.35%) Front Office
11 3 (1.35%) Law
11 3 (1.35%) Marketing
12 2 (0.90%) Billing
12 2 (0.90%) Financial Institution
12 2 (0.90%) Legal
12 2 (0.90%) Organisational Skills
12 2 (0.90%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 45 (20.18%) Developer
2 31 (13.90%) DevOps Engineer
3 29 (13.00%) Senior
4 18 (8.07%) Architect
5 17 (7.62%) Analyst
6 14 (6.28%) Lead
7 13 (5.83%) Business Analyst
8 9 (4.04%) Azure Engineer
8 9 (4.04%) GCP Engineer
9 8 (3.59%) Data Engineer
9 8 (3.59%) Senior Developer
10 7 (3.14%) AWS Engineer
11 6 (2.69%) AWS DevOps
11 6 (2.69%) Endur Support
11 6 (2.69%) Java Developer
11 6 (2.69%) Lead DevOps
11 6 (2.69%) Network Engineer
11 6 (2.69%) OpenLink Support
11 6 (2.69%) Software Engineer
11 6 (2.69%) Test Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 24 (10.76%) .NET
2 14 (6.28%) HTML
2 14 (6.28%) Node.js
2 14 (6.28%) REST
3 13 (5.83%) AngularJS
4 12 (5.38%) GraphQL
5 11 (4.93%) CSS
6 10 (4.48%) React
6 10 (4.48%) RESTful
7 9 (4.04%) OAuth
8 7 (3.14%) Elastic Stack
8 7 (3.14%) FIX Protocol
8 7 (3.14%) JSON
8 7 (3.14%) SOAP
9 6 (2.69%) ADO
9 6 (2.69%) HTML5
10 5 (2.24%) JWT
10 5 (2.24%) Spring
10 5 (2.24%) XML
11 4 (1.79%) Playwright
Miscellaneous
1 29 (13.00%) Cloud Native
2 13 (5.83%) Distributed Systems
3 10 (4.48%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
4 8 (3.59%) Data Centre
5 7 (3.14%) Fixed Income
6 6 (2.69%) Derivative
6 6 (2.69%) Onboarding
7 5 (2.24%) Mobile App
7 5 (2.24%) Product Ownership
8 4 (1.79%) Legacy Systems
8 4 (1.79%) Self-Motivation
9 3 (1.35%) Enterprise Software
9 3 (1.35%) Greenfield Project
9 3 (1.35%) IVR
9 3 (1.35%) Management Information System
10 2 (0.90%) Analytical Mindset
10 2 (0.90%) CMDB
10 2 (0.90%) Life Science
10 2 (0.90%) PKI
10 2 (0.90%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 19 (8.52%) Linux
2 6 (2.69%) Unix
3 4 (1.79%) Android
3 4 (1.79%) Apple iOS
3 4 (1.79%) Windows
4 2 (0.90%) Windows Server
5 1 (0.45%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 109 (48.88%) CI/CD
2 87 (39.01%) Agile
3 49 (21.97%) Infrastructure as Code
4 39 (17.49%) Problem-Solving
5 31 (13.90%) Containerisation
6 25 (11.21%) Continuous Improvement
6 25 (11.21%) Test Automation
7 24 (10.76%) Observability
8 23 (10.31%) Scrum
9 21 (9.42%) Analytics
10 20 (8.97%) Stakeholder Engagement
11 19 (8.52%) Migration
12 18 (8.07%) AI
12 18 (8.07%) Machine Learning
12 18 (8.07%) Software Engineering
13 17 (7.62%) Business Intelligence
13 17 (7.62%) High Availability
13 17 (7.62%) Stakeholder Management
14 16 (7.17%) Data Pipeline
14 16 (7.17%) DevSecOps
Programming Languages
1 73 (32.74%) Python
2 42 (18.83%) SQL
3 29 (13.00%) Java
4 27 (12.11%) JavaScript
5 25 (11.21%) C#
6 16 (7.17%) PowerShell
7 15 (6.73%) TypeScript
8 11 (4.93%) Bash
9 5 (2.24%) Go
10 4 (1.79%) Bicep
11 3 (1.35%) C++
12 2 (0.90%) Kotlin
12 2 (0.90%) PromQL
12 2 (0.90%) Rust
12 2 (0.90%) Shell Script
12 2 (0.90%) VB.NET
13 1 (0.45%) MATLAB
13 1 (0.45%) SOQL
13 1 (0.45%) Swift
13 1 (0.45%) VBA
Qualifications
1 33 (14.80%) Security Cleared
2 30 (13.45%) SC Cleared
3 17 (7.62%) Degree
4 8 (3.59%) Computer Science Degree
5 7 (3.14%) Azure Certification
6 4 (1.79%) Cisco Certification
6 4 (1.79%) DV Cleared
6 4 (1.79%) Microsoft Certification
7 3 (1.35%) CCIE
7 3 (1.35%) CCNP
7 3 (1.35%) CISSP
7 3 (1.35%) Master's Degree
8 2 (0.90%) AWS Certification
8 2 (0.90%) BPSS Clearance
8 2 (0.90%) CBAP
8 2 (0.90%) ISEB
8 2 (0.90%) PMI Certification
9 1 (0.45%) IIBA
9 1 (0.45%) PMP
9 1 (0.45%) Six Sigma Green Belt
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 19 (8.52%) QA
2 8 (3.59%) Accessibility
2 8 (3.59%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 7 (3.14%) GDPR
4 6 (2.69%) Data Quality
5 5 (2.24%) NIST
6 3 (1.35%) PCI DSS
6 3 (1.35%) WCAG
7 2 (0.90%) HIPAA
7 2 (0.90%) MiFID
7 2 (0.90%) NCSC
7 2 (0.90%) PMO
7 2 (0.90%) Sarbanes-Oxley
8 1 (0.45%) Cyber Essentials
8 1 (0.45%) EU AI Act
8 1 (0.45%) HMG Security Policy Framework
8 1 (0.45%) ISO 20022
8 1 (0.45%) ISO/IEC 42001
8 1 (0.45%) SEPA
8 1 (0.45%) SOC 2
System Software
1 40 (17.94%) Docker
2 3 (1.35%) Active Directory
3 2 (0.90%) VMware Infrastructure
4 1 (0.45%) GridGain
4 1 (0.45%) HDFS
4 1 (0.45%) Virtual Machines
4 1 (0.45%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 62 (27.80%) Terraform
2 45 (20.18%) Kubernetes
3 28 (12.56%) Ansible
4 13 (5.83%) ITRS Geneos
5 11 (4.93%) Prometheus
6 9 (4.04%) Grafana
7 8 (3.59%) Puppet
8 7 (3.14%) Argo
8 7 (3.14%) Kibana
9 6 (2.69%) Istio
9 6 (2.69%) logstash
10 4 (1.79%) Progress Chef
11 3 (1.35%) Single Sign-On
12 2 (0.90%) ZABBIX
13 1 (0.45%) Ambari
13 1 (0.45%) CASB
13 1 (0.45%) HP ALM
13 1 (0.45%) Microsoft Intune
13 1 (0.45%) Packer
13 1 (0.45%) yum
Vendors
1 44 (19.73%) Microsoft
2 27 (12.11%) Google
3 16 (7.17%) Databricks
4 10 (4.48%) Salesforce
5 8 (3.59%) Splunk
6 7 (3.14%) Oracle
6 7 (3.14%) Solace
7 6 (2.69%) ServiceNow
8 5 (2.24%) F5
8 5 (2.24%) Palo Alto
9 4 (1.79%) Arista
9 4 (1.79%) CheckPoint
9 4 (1.79%) Cisco
9 4 (1.79%) UiPath
9 4 (1.79%) VMware
10 3 (1.35%) Dynatrace
10 3 (1.35%) HP
10 3 (1.35%) MuleSoft
10 3 (1.35%) OpenAI
11 2 (0.90%) DocuSign