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

6 months to
14 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 16 14 10
Rank change year-on-year -2 -4 +1
Contract jobs citing DevOps 294 227 281
As % of all contract jobs in Central London 11.89% 11.64% 12.19%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 13.29% 12.39% 13.21%
Number of daily rates quoted 221 168 202
10th Percentile £419 £380 £425
25th Percentile £488 £475 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £600 £587
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +2.17% -6.04%
75th Percentile £645 £675 £710
90th Percentile £725 £732 £816
London median daily rate £550 £550 £550
% change year-on-year - - -8.33%
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 £54.25 £55.00
% change year-on-year +1.38% -1.36% -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 2,212 1,832 2,127
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Central London 89.48% 93.90% 92.24%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,523 1,225 1,388
10th Percentile £360 £321 £375
25th Percentile £456 £419 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £575
Median % change year-on-year - -4.35% -4.17%
75th Percentile £675 £675 £688
90th Percentile £775 £770 £787
London median daily rate £550 £538 £550
% change year-on-year +2.33% -2.27% -4.35%
Number of hourly rates quoted 30 32 26
10th Percentile £17.60 £18.96 £17.25
25th Percentile £18.75 £23.50 £22.28
Median hourly rate £25.57 £31.25 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year -18.19% -10.71% +27.27%
75th Percentile £42.56 £50.75 £41.75
90th Percentile £63.88 £63.75 £115.00
London median hourly rate £35.00 £32.00 £35.00
% change year-on-year +9.38% -8.57% -12.50%

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 14 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 14 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 14 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 -2 258 £550 -8.33% 130
City of Westminster -5 9 £606 +27.63% 38
West End of London -4 8 £538 +10.26% 14
Southwark +1 4 £650 -
Lambeth - 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 (4.76%) SharePoint
2 13 (4.42%) Apache Airflow
3 12 (4.08%) Apache Spark
3 12 (4.08%) Confluence
4 11 (3.74%) Apache
5 3 (1.02%) Microsoft Exchange
6 2 (0.68%) IIS
6 2 (0.68%) nginx
7 1 (0.34%) Anypoint
7 1 (0.34%) CMS
7 1 (0.34%) Ethereum
7 1 (0.34%) Hyperledger
7 1 (0.34%) Jupyter
7 1 (0.34%) MQSeries
7 1 (0.34%) SAS
Applications
1 6 (2.04%) Microsoft Excel
2 4 (1.36%) MS Visio
3 3 (1.02%) Microsoft Office
4 2 (0.68%) Microsoft Project
5 1 (0.34%) Windchill
Business Applications
1 7 (2.38%) Dynamics CRM
2 4 (1.36%) 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 MM
4 1 (0.34%) SAP Oil and Gas
Cloud Services
1 170 (57.82%) Azure
2 97 (32.99%) Azure DevOps
3 83 (28.23%) AWS
4 53 (18.03%) GitHub
5 46 (15.65%) Power Platform
6 33 (11.22%) GitHub Actions
7 32 (10.88%) Azure Data Factory
8 30 (10.20%) GCP
9 27 (9.18%) Serverless
10 20 (6.80%) Power Automate
11 15 (5.10%) Azure Synapse Analytics
11 15 (5.10%) PowerApps
12 14 (4.76%) Azure AKS
12 14 (4.76%) Azure Functions
12 14 (4.76%) Dynamics 365
13 13 (4.42%) Amazon S3
13 13 (4.42%) Azure Logic Apps
14 12 (4.08%) GitHub Copilot
15 11 (3.74%) Azure Databricks
16 10 (3.40%) Azure Service Bus
Communications & Networking
1 17 (5.78%) Internet
2 13 (4.42%) DNS
3 12 (4.08%) Firewall
4 9 (3.06%) VPN
5 5 (1.70%) 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%) INAP
8 1 (0.34%) Multicast
8 1 (0.34%) RTCP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 33 (11.22%) Power BI
2 27 (9.18%) SQL Server
3 22 (7.48%) Data Warehouse
4 14 (4.76%) Data Lake
5 13 (4.42%) Metadata
6 10 (3.40%) Azure SQL Database
6 10 (3.40%) NoSQL
6 10 (3.40%) Star Schema
7 9 (3.06%) MongoDB
8 7 (2.38%) Amazon RDS
8 7 (2.38%) Delta Lake
8 7 (2.38%) Relational Database
9 6 (2.04%) Amazon Redshift
9 6 (2.04%) Big Data
9 6 (2.04%) PostgreSQL
10 5 (1.70%) Elasticsearch
11 4 (1.36%) Data Mart
11 4 (1.36%) Oracle Database
11 4 (1.36%) Redis
11 4 (1.36%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 32 (10.88%) Jenkins
2 27 (9.18%) GitLab
3 26 (8.84%) Git
4 25 (8.50%) JIRA
5 9 (3.06%) JMeter
5 9 (3.06%) JUnit
6 6 (2.04%) Bitbucket
6 6 (2.04%) Postman
6 6 (2.04%) Selenium
7 5 (1.70%) Artifactory
7 5 (1.70%) Cypress.io
7 5 (1.70%) Gradle
7 5 (1.70%) Maven
7 5 (1.70%) Mockito
7 5 (1.70%) Visual Studio Code
8 4 (1.36%) Gatling
8 4 (1.36%) REST Assured
8 4 (1.36%) TeamCity
9 3 (1.02%) Cucumber
9 3 (1.02%) NeoLoad
General
1 90 (30.61%) Finance
2 65 (22.11%) Social Skills
3 39 (13.27%) Banking
4 28 (9.52%) Analytical Skills
5 24 (8.16%) Public Sector
6 7 (2.38%) Investment Banking
6 7 (2.38%) Law
6 7 (2.38%) Retail
7 6 (2.04%) Front Office
7 6 (2.04%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 6 (2.04%) Influencing Skills
8 5 (1.70%) Marketing
9 4 (1.36%) 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 52 (17.69%) Senior
2 50 (17.01%) Developer
3 41 (13.95%) Architect
4 35 (11.90%) DevOps Engineer
5 26 (8.84%) Lead
6 24 (8.16%) Data Engineer
7 20 (6.80%) Azure Engineer
8 19 (6.46%) Senior Developer
9 16 (5.44%) Machine Learning Engineer
10 15 (5.10%) Platform Engineer
11 14 (4.76%) Data Architect
11 14 (4.76%) Tester
12 13 (4.42%) Java Developer
12 13 (4.42%) Solutions Architect
13 10 (3.40%) Azure DevOps Engineer
13 10 (3.40%) Consultant
14 9 (3.06%) Cloud Engineer
15 8 (2.72%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
15 8 (2.72%) Cloud Platform Engineer
15 8 (2.72%) Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 67 (22.79%) Terraform
2 38 (12.93%) REST
3 29 (9.86%) .NET
3 29 (9.86%) Spring
4 28 (9.52%) Spring Boot
5 26 (8.84%) Kafka
6 23 (7.82%) PySpark
7 18 (6.12%) RESTful
8 17 (5.78%) pytest
9 15 (5.10%) SOAP
10 12 (4.08%) React
11 10 (3.40%) Playwright
12 9 (3.06%) AngularJS
13 8 (2.72%) XML
14 6 (2.04%) HTML
14 6 (2.04%) JSON
14 6 (2.04%) Middleware
14 6 (2.04%) Node.js
15 5 (1.70%) .NET Framework
15 5 (1.70%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 63 (21.43%) Cloud Native
2 22 (7.48%) Distributed Systems
3 15 (5.10%) Legacy Systems
3 15 (5.10%) Product Ownership
4 13 (4.42%) AI Agents
4 13 (4.42%) Onboarding
5 10 (3.40%) Enterprise Software
6 7 (2.38%) Data Structures
7 6 (2.04%) Hybrid Cloud
8 5 (1.70%) Data Centre
8 5 (1.70%) Management Information System
8 5 (1.70%) Self-Motivation
9 4 (1.36%) Clustering
9 4 (1.36%) Mobile App
10 3 (1.02%) Enterprise Cloud
10 3 (1.02%) IoT
10 3 (1.02%) Low-Code
10 3 (1.02%) PKI
10 3 (1.02%) Private Cloud
10 3 (1.02%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 20 (6.80%) Linux
2 13 (4.42%) Windows
3 9 (3.06%) Windows Server
4 8 (2.72%) 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
1 191 (64.97%) CI/CD
2 83 (28.23%) Agile
3 74 (25.17%) Infrastructure as Code
4 68 (23.13%) AI
5 56 (19.05%) Analytics
6 51 (17.35%) Software Engineering
6 51 (17.35%) Test Automation
7 50 (17.01%) Microservices
8 46 (15.65%) Containerisation
9 45 (15.31%) Platform Engineering
10 44 (14.97%) Stakeholder Management
11 43 (14.63%) Problem-Solving
12 41 (13.95%) Event-Driven
13 40 (13.61%) Business Intelligence
13 40 (13.61%) Data Modelling
13 40 (13.61%) Machine Learning
13 40 (13.61%) Observability
14 37 (12.59%) Data Engineering
14 37 (12.59%) Migration
15 36 (12.24%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 103 (35.03%) Python
2 74 (25.17%) SQL
3 50 (17.01%) Java
4 36 (12.24%) C#
5 28 (9.52%) PowerShell
6 23 (7.82%) TypeScript
7 22 (7.48%) JavaScript
8 16 (5.44%) Bicep
9 14 (4.76%) Bash
10 11 (3.74%) Data Analysis Expressions
11 4 (1.36%) Apex Code
11 4 (1.36%) T-SQL
12 3 (1.02%) Korn
12 3 (1.02%) PL/SQL
12 3 (1.02%) Shell Script
13 2 (0.68%) ActionScript
13 2 (0.68%) ActionScript 2.0
13 2 (0.68%) R
14 1 (0.34%) Go
14 1 (0.34%) SOQL
Qualifications
1 86 (29.25%) Security Cleared
2 76 (25.85%) SC Cleared
3 15 (5.10%) Degree
4 10 (3.40%) DBS Check
5 8 (2.72%) DV Cleared
5 8 (2.72%) Microsoft Certification
6 6 (2.04%) Azure Certification
7 5 (1.70%) Computer Science Degree
7 5 (1.70%) PMI Certification
7 5 (1.70%) PMP
8 2 (0.68%) AWS Certification
8 2 (0.68%) BPSS Clearance
8 2 (0.68%) CISM
8 2 (0.68%) CISSP
8 2 (0.68%) Master's Degree
8 2 (0.68%) TOGAF Certification
9 1 (0.34%) (ISC)2 CCSP
9 1 (0.34%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
9 1 (0.34%) SAFe Agilist
9 1 (0.34%) SnowPro
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 34 (11.56%) QA
2 26 (8.84%) Data Quality
3 7 (2.38%) Accessibility
3 7 (2.38%) 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 59 (20.07%) Docker
2 9 (3.06%) Active Directory
3 4 (1.36%) Hyper-V
3 4 (1.36%) VMware ESXi
3 4 (1.36%) VMware Infrastructure
4 3 (1.02%) BitLocker
4 3 (1.02%) Microsoft App-V
4 3 (1.02%) Terminal Services
4 3 (1.02%) Virtual Machines
5 1 (0.34%) GridGain
5 1 (0.34%) Varnish
5 1 (0.34%) VMware NSX
5 1 (0.34%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 99 (33.67%) Kubernetes
2 23 (7.82%) Ansible
3 20 (6.80%) Grafana
4 18 (6.12%) Prometheus
5 4 (1.36%) Puppet
5 4 (1.36%) 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 (28.57%) Microsoft
2 38 (12.93%) Databricks
3 17 (5.78%) Oracle
4 16 (5.44%) Google
5 10 (3.40%) Dynatrace
6 7 (2.38%) ServiceNow
6 7 (2.38%) Splunk
7 5 (1.70%) Salesforce
7 5 (1.70%) SAP
7 5 (1.70%) VMware
8 4 (1.36%) AppDynamics
8 4 (1.36%) OpenAI
9 3 (1.02%) Citrix
9 3 (1.02%) Foundry
9 3 (1.02%) HP
9 3 (1.02%) IBM
9 3 (1.02%) MuleSoft
9 3 (1.02%) Symantec
10 2 (0.68%) Axway
10 2 (0.68%) Fortinet