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

6 months to
10 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 21 13 13
Rank change year-on-year -8 0 -1
Contract jobs citing DevOps 239 247 251
As % of all contract jobs in Central London 10.09% 12.44% 10.03%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 11.57% 13.46% 11.16%
Number of daily rates quoted 190 171 163
10th Percentile £363 £425 £420
25th Percentile £463 £500 £503
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £555 £575 £625
Median % change year-on-year -3.43% -8.00% +4.17%
75th Percentile £650 £676 £688
90th Percentile £775 £750 £778
London median daily rate £541 £575 £575
% change year-on-year -5.93% - -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 £68.00 £80.50 £56.25
% change year-on-year -15.53% +43.11% -27.42%

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 2,065 1,835 2,250
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Central London 87.17% 92.40% 89.89%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,412 1,199 1,589
10th Percentile £363 £363 £350
25th Percentile £450 £463 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £570 £550
Median % change year-on-year -3.51% +3.64% -7.17%
75th Percentile £669 £675 £680
90th Percentile £775 £763 £800
London median daily rate £525 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -4.55% - -6.38%
Number of hourly rates quoted 34 19 25
10th Percentile £18.75 £21.85 £19.33
25th Percentile £21.37 £24.66 £22.50
Median hourly rate £26.56 £31.00 £27.81
Median % change year-on-year -14.34% +11.47% -20.54%
75th Percentile £46.29 £46.68 £40.00
90th Percentile £59.48 £53.35 £59.10
London median hourly rate £35.50 £35.00 £30.00
% change year-on-year +1.43% +16.67% -23.08%

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 10 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 10 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 -9 211 £550 -4.35% 146
West End of London +12 9 £575 +27.78% 2
City of Westminster +1 4 £531 -3.41% 1
Kensington and Chelsea - 2 £600 -
Camden +6 1 £400 -27.27% 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 6 (2.51%) Apache Spark
1 6 (2.51%) SharePoint
2 5 (2.09%) Apache Airflow
3 3 (1.26%) Apache
3 3 (1.26%) Confluence
3 3 (1.26%) Palantir Foundry
3 3 (1.26%) WebSphere
4 2 (0.84%) Microsoft Exchange
5 1 (0.42%) CMS
5 1 (0.42%) IBM HTTP Server
5 1 (0.42%) nginx
5 1 (0.42%) Sitecore CMS
5 1 (0.42%) WebSphere Application Server
Applications
1 2 (0.84%) Microsoft Project
2 1 (0.42%) Maya
2 1 (0.42%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (0.42%) MS Visio
2 1 (0.42%) Trello
Business Applications
1 3 (1.26%) Dynamics AX
1 3 (1.26%) Dynamics CRM
2 2 (0.84%) Aladdin
3 1 (0.42%) Magento
3 1 (0.42%) NetSuite
3 1 (0.42%) Oracle ERP
3 1 (0.42%) Payment Gateway
3 1 (0.42%) SAP MM
3 1 (0.42%) SAP Oil and Gas
Cloud Services
1 137 (57.32%) Azure
2 76 (31.80%) AWS
3 75 (31.38%) Azure DevOps
4 55 (23.01%) GitHub
5 36 (15.06%) GCP
6 34 (14.23%) Serverless
7 28 (11.72%) GitHub Actions
8 27 (11.30%) Power Platform
9 21 (8.79%) Amazon S3
10 19 (7.95%) AWS Lambda
11 14 (5.86%) Azure Data Factory
12 12 (5.02%) Azure AKS
12 12 (5.02%) Dynamics 365
13 11 (4.60%) Amazon CloudWatch
13 11 (4.60%) Entra ID
14 10 (4.18%) Amazon ECS
14 10 (4.18%) Azure Functions
15 9 (3.77%) AWS CloudFormation
15 9 (3.77%) Azure Monitor
16 8 (3.35%) Google Kubernetes Engine
Communications & Networking
1 9 (3.77%) Firewall
2 8 (3.35%) Network Security
3 1 (0.42%) DHCP
3 1 (0.42%) DNS
3 1 (0.42%) Internet
3 1 (0.42%) Multicast
3 1 (0.42%) Reverse Proxy
3 1 (0.42%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 17 (7.11%) Power BI
1 17 (7.11%) SQL Server
2 14 (5.86%) PostgreSQL
3 10 (4.18%) Data Warehouse
4 9 (3.77%) DynamoDB
5 8 (3.35%) NoSQL
5 8 (3.35%) Relational Database
6 7 (2.93%) Azure SQL Database
7 6 (2.51%) Apache Cassandra
7 6 (2.51%) MongoDB
7 6 (2.51%) MySQL
7 6 (2.51%) Tableau
8 5 (2.09%) Metadata
8 5 (2.09%) Snowflake Schema
9 4 (1.67%) Amazon RDS
9 4 (1.67%) Amazon Redshift
9 4 (1.67%) BigQuery
9 4 (1.67%) Data Lake
10 3 (1.26%) Elasticsearch
10 3 (1.26%) Star Schema
Development Applications
1 40 (16.74%) Git
2 27 (11.30%) Jenkins
3 18 (7.53%) JIRA
4 15 (6.28%) GitLab
5 7 (2.93%) JUnit
6 6 (2.51%) Mockito
7 5 (2.09%) Maven
7 5 (2.09%) Postman
8 4 (1.67%) Gradle
8 4 (1.67%) Selenium
9 3 (1.26%) Bitbucket
9 3 (1.26%) Cucumber
9 3 (1.26%) git-flow
9 3 (1.26%) Liquibase
9 3 (1.26%) REST Assured
10 2 (0.84%) Ant
10 2 (0.84%) Artifactory
10 2 (0.84%) Cypress.io
11 1 (0.42%) Oracle Forms
11 1 (0.42%) PowerBuilder
General
1 63 (26.36%) Finance
2 43 (17.99%) Social Skills
3 26 (10.88%) Banking
4 17 (7.11%) Public Sector
5 12 (5.02%) Analytical Skills
6 8 (3.35%) Documentation Skills
6 8 (3.35%) Front Office
7 6 (2.51%) Presentation Skills
8 5 (2.09%) Financial Institution
8 5 (2.09%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 4 (1.67%) Influencing Skills
9 4 (1.67%) Investment Banking
9 4 (1.67%) Law
10 3 (1.26%) Pharmaceutical
11 2 (0.84%) Legal
11 2 (0.84%) Marketing
11 2 (0.84%) Military
11 2 (0.84%) Police
11 2 (0.84%) Publishing
11 2 (0.84%) Retail
Job Titles
1 58 (24.27%) DevOps Engineer
2 31 (12.97%) Developer
3 28 (11.72%) Senior
4 24 (10.04%) Architect
5 19 (7.95%) Azure Engineer
6 18 (7.53%) Lead
7 13 (5.44%) Cloud Engineer
7 13 (5.44%) Senior Developer
8 11 (4.60%) Cloud Architect
8 11 (4.60%) Data Engineer
9 10 (4.18%) AWS DevOps
9 10 (4.18%) AWS Engineer
10 9 (3.77%) AWS DevOps Engineer
10 9 (3.77%) Platform Engineer
11 8 (3.35%) Azure DevOps Engineer
11 8 (3.35%) Consultant
11 8 (3.35%) Java Developer
11 8 (3.35%) Python Engineer
12 7 (2.93%) Azure Architect
12 7 (2.93%) Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 18 (7.53%) Kafka
1 18 (7.53%) REST
1 18 (7.53%) Spring
2 17 (7.11%) React
3 16 (6.69%) Node.js
4 14 (5.86%) Spring Boot
5 11 (4.60%) .NET
6 10 (4.18%) RESTful
7 9 (3.77%) Playwright
7 9 (3.77%) PySpark
8 8 (3.35%) HTML
8 8 (3.35%) OAuth
9 7 (2.93%) CSS
10 6 (2.51%) AngularJS
10 6 (2.51%) JWT
10 6 (2.51%) Next.js
10 6 (2.51%) OpenTelemetry
10 6 (2.51%) XML
11 5 (2.09%) FastAPI
11 5 (2.09%) JSON
Miscellaneous
1 50 (20.92%) Cloud Native
2 17 (7.11%) Distributed Systems
3 9 (3.77%) Product Ownership
4 7 (2.93%) Legacy Systems
5 6 (2.51%) Derivative
5 6 (2.51%) Fixed Income
5 6 (2.51%) Mobile App
6 5 (2.09%) Enterprise Software
6 5 (2.09%) Equities
6 5 (2.09%) Private Cloud
6 5 (2.09%) Public Cloud
7 4 (1.67%) AI Agents
7 4 (1.67%) Onboarding
8 3 (1.26%) Clustering
8 3 (1.26%) Equity Derivative
8 3 (1.26%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
8 3 (1.26%) Hybrid Cloud
8 3 (1.26%) Life Science
8 3 (1.26%) NHS
8 3 (1.26%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 13 (5.44%) Linux
2 12 (5.02%) Windows
3 4 (1.67%) Unix
4 3 (1.26%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 3 (1.26%) Windows Server
5 2 (0.84%) Android
6 1 (0.42%) AIX
6 1 (0.42%) Apple iOS
6 1 (0.42%) VMS
6 1 (0.42%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 138 (57.74%) CI/CD
2 78 (32.64%) Infrastructure as Code
3 61 (25.52%) Agile
4 41 (17.15%) Containerisation
5 35 (14.64%) AI
6 32 (13.39%) Migration
6 32 (13.39%) Test Automation
7 29 (12.13%) Analytics
8 28 (11.72%) Continuous Improvement
9 27 (11.30%) Microservices
10 26 (10.88%) Data Engineering
10 26 (10.88%) Observability
11 25 (10.46%) Software Engineering
12 23 (9.62%) Stakeholder Engagement
13 22 (9.21%) Performance Tuning
14 21 (8.79%) Platform Engineering
14 21 (8.79%) Roadmaps
14 21 (8.79%) Stakeholder Management
15 20 (8.37%) Problem-Solving
16 19 (7.95%) Data Pipeline
Programming Languages
1 63 (26.36%) Python
2 53 (22.18%) SQL
3 35 (14.64%) Java
4 21 (8.79%) JavaScript
5 19 (7.95%) C#
6 17 (7.11%) TypeScript
7 13 (5.44%) PowerShell
8 12 (5.02%) Bash
9 8 (3.35%) Bicep
10 5 (2.09%) C++
11 4 (1.67%) Scala
12 3 (1.26%) Apex Code
13 2 (0.84%) Korn
13 2 (0.84%) Kotlin
13 2 (0.84%) Perl
13 2 (0.84%) PL/SQL
13 2 (0.84%) Shell Script
14 1 (0.42%) PHP
14 1 (0.42%) T-SQL
14 1 (0.42%) VB
Qualifications
1 81 (33.89%) Security Cleared
2 79 (33.05%) SC Cleared
3 17 (7.11%) Degree
4 16 (6.69%) Azure Certification
5 10 (4.18%) Computer Science Degree
6 6 (2.51%) Master's Degree
6 6 (2.51%) Microsoft Certification
7 5 (2.09%) BPSS Clearance
8 4 (1.67%) AWS Certification
8 4 (1.67%) DV Cleared
9 3 (1.26%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
9 3 (1.26%) PhD
10 2 (0.84%) CESG Certified Professional
10 2 (0.84%) Cisco Certification
10 2 (0.84%) ISTQB
10 2 (0.84%) PMI Certification
10 2 (0.84%) PMP
10 2 (0.84%) SnowPro
11 1 (0.42%) (ISC)2 CCSP
11 1 (0.42%) DBS Check
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 13 (5.44%) QA
2 11 (4.60%) Data Quality
3 10 (4.18%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 6 (2.51%) GDPR
5 5 (2.09%) PCI DSS
5 5 (2.09%) Sarbanes-Oxley
6 4 (1.67%) NCSC
6 4 (1.67%) NIST
7 3 (1.26%) SLA
8 2 (0.84%) Accessibility
8 2 (0.84%) NIST 800
8 2 (0.84%) PMO
9 1 (0.42%) WCAG
System Software
1 55 (23.01%) Docker
2 8 (3.35%) Virtual Machines
3 7 (2.93%) Active Directory
4 2 (0.84%) Virtual Desktop
4 2 (0.84%) VMware Infrastructure
5 1 (0.42%) GridGain
5 1 (0.42%) Varnish
5 1 (0.42%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 76 (31.80%) Terraform
2 70 (29.29%) Kubernetes
3 19 (7.95%) Ansible
4 10 (4.18%) Grafana
4 10 (4.18%) Prometheus
5 3 (1.26%) Istio
5 3 (1.26%) Karpenter
6 2 (0.84%) Argo
6 2 (0.84%) FortiGate
6 2 (0.84%) ITRS Geneos
6 2 (0.84%) Puppet
7 1 (0.42%) CASB
7 1 (0.42%) Consul
7 1 (0.42%) Icinga
7 1 (0.42%) Kustomize
7 1 (0.42%) linkerd
7 1 (0.42%) Opsgenie
7 1 (0.42%) Packer
7 1 (0.42%) Salt
7 1 (0.42%) SCCM
Vendors
1 42 (17.57%) Microsoft
2 23 (9.62%) Google
3 21 (8.79%) Databricks
4 13 (5.44%) Oracle
5 9 (3.77%) Salesforce
6 7 (2.93%) ServiceNow
7 5 (2.09%) Dynatrace
8 4 (1.67%) Fortinet
8 4 (1.67%) Splunk
8 4 (1.67%) VMware
9 3 (1.26%) Adobe
9 3 (1.26%) CyberArk
9 3 (1.26%) Foundry
9 3 (1.26%) OpenAI
9 3 (1.26%) Palantir
9 3 (1.26%) Palo Alto
9 3 (1.26%) SAP
10 2 (0.84%) AppDynamics
10 2 (0.84%) IBM
10 2 (0.84%) OutSystems