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

6 months to
14 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 22 13 12
Rank change year-on-year -9 -1 +1
Contract jobs citing DevOps 234 245 254
As % of all contract jobs in Central London 9.98% 12.34% 10.33%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 11.49% 13.35% 11.48%
Number of daily rates quoted 185 169 166
10th Percentile £363 £430 £418
25th Percentile £463 £500 £501
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £575 £625
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% -8.00% +2.46%
75th Percentile £650 £678 £688
90th Percentile £764 £750 £788
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 £68.00 £80.50 £56.25
% change year-on-year -15.53% +43.11% -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 2,037 1,835 2,212
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Central London 86.90% 92.40% 89.99%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,390 1,197 1,567
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% -7.56%
75th Percentile £667 £675 £688
90th Percentile £775 £763 £800
London median daily rate £525 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -4.55% - -6.78%
Number of hourly rates quoted 34 20 27
10th Percentile £18.75 £21.93 £18.93
25th Percentile £21.37 £24.66 £21.11
Median hourly rate £26.56 £32.83 £27.81
Median % change year-on-year -19.10% +18.03% -20.54%
75th Percentile £46.29 £45.65 £36.50
90th Percentile £59.48 £52.05 £56.15
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 14 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 14 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 -8 207 £550 -4.35% 177
West End of London +13 8 £575 +27.78% 2
City of Westminster +1 4 £531 -3.41% 1
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 6 (2.56%) Apache Spark
2 5 (2.14%) Apache Airflow
2 5 (2.14%) SharePoint
3 3 (1.28%) Apache
3 3 (1.28%) Confluence
3 3 (1.28%) Palantir Foundry
3 3 (1.28%) WebSphere
4 2 (0.85%) Microsoft Exchange
5 1 (0.43%) CMS
5 1 (0.43%) IBM HTTP Server
5 1 (0.43%) nginx
5 1 (0.43%) Sitecore CMS
5 1 (0.43%) WebSphere Application Server
Applications
1 2 (0.85%) Microsoft Project
2 1 (0.43%) Maya
2 1 (0.43%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (0.43%) MS Visio
2 1 (0.43%) Trello
Business Applications
1 3 (1.28%) 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 MM
3 1 (0.43%) SAP Oil and Gas
Cloud Services
1 134 (57.26%) Azure
2 77 (32.91%) AWS
3 73 (31.20%) Azure DevOps
4 53 (22.65%) GitHub
5 33 (14.10%) GCP
5 33 (14.10%) Serverless
6 27 (11.54%) GitHub Actions
7 26 (11.11%) Power Platform
8 21 (8.97%) Amazon S3
9 19 (8.12%) AWS Lambda
10 14 (5.98%) Azure Data Factory
11 12 (5.13%) Azure AKS
12 11 (4.70%) Amazon CloudWatch
12 11 (4.70%) Dynamics 365
12 11 (4.70%) Entra ID
13 10 (4.27%) Amazon ECS
14 9 (3.85%) AWS CloudFormation
14 9 (3.85%) Azure Functions
14 9 (3.85%) Azure Monitor
15 8 (3.42%) Amazon Kinesis
Communications & Networking
1 9 (3.85%) Firewall
2 7 (2.99%) Network Security
3 1 (0.43%) DHCP
3 1 (0.43%) DNS
3 1 (0.43%) Internet
3 1 (0.43%) Multicast
3 1 (0.43%) Reverse Proxy
3 1 (0.43%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 17 (7.26%) Power BI
1 17 (7.26%) SQL Server
2 14 (5.98%) PostgreSQL
3 10 (4.27%) Data Warehouse
4 9 (3.85%) DynamoDB
5 8 (3.42%) NoSQL
5 8 (3.42%) Relational Database
6 7 (2.99%) Azure SQL Database
7 6 (2.56%) Apache Cassandra
7 6 (2.56%) MongoDB
7 6 (2.56%) MySQL
7 6 (2.56%) Tableau
8 5 (2.14%) Metadata
8 5 (2.14%) Snowflake Schema
9 4 (1.71%) Amazon RDS
9 4 (1.71%) Amazon Redshift
9 4 (1.71%) Data Lake
10 3 (1.28%) Big Data
10 3 (1.28%) Elasticsearch
10 3 (1.28%) Star Schema
Development Applications
1 38 (16.24%) Git
2 27 (11.54%) Jenkins
3 18 (7.69%) JIRA
4 15 (6.41%) GitLab
5 7 (2.99%) JUnit
6 6 (2.56%) Mockito
7 5 (2.14%) Maven
7 5 (2.14%) Postman
8 4 (1.71%) Gradle
8 4 (1.71%) Selenium
9 3 (1.28%) Bitbucket
9 3 (1.28%) Cucumber
9 3 (1.28%) git-flow
9 3 (1.28%) Liquibase
9 3 (1.28%) REST Assured
10 2 (0.85%) Ant
10 2 (0.85%) Artifactory
11 1 (0.43%) Introscope
11 1 (0.43%) Oracle Forms
11 1 (0.43%) PowerBuilder
General
1 60 (25.64%) Finance
2 42 (17.95%) Social Skills
3 24 (10.26%) Banking
4 17 (7.26%) Public Sector
5 12 (5.13%) Analytical Skills
6 8 (3.42%) Documentation Skills
6 8 (3.42%) Front Office
7 6 (2.56%) Presentation Skills
8 5 (2.14%) Financial Institution
9 4 (1.71%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 4 (1.71%) Influencing Skills
9 4 (1.71%) Investment Banking
9 4 (1.71%) Law
10 3 (1.28%) Pharmaceutical
11 2 (0.85%) Legal
11 2 (0.85%) Military
11 2 (0.85%) Police
11 2 (0.85%) Publishing
11 2 (0.85%) Retail
12 1 (0.43%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 58 (24.79%) DevOps Engineer
2 29 (12.39%) Developer
3 26 (11.11%) Senior
4 21 (8.97%) Architect
5 19 (8.12%) Azure Engineer
6 18 (7.69%) Lead
7 13 (5.56%) Cloud Engineer
8 12 (5.13%) Senior Developer
9 11 (4.70%) Data Engineer
10 10 (4.27%) AWS DevOps
10 10 (4.27%) AWS Engineer
10 10 (4.27%) Cloud Architect
11 9 (3.85%) AWS DevOps Engineer
11 9 (3.85%) Platform Engineer
12 8 (3.42%) Azure DevOps Engineer
12 8 (3.42%) Consultant
12 8 (3.42%) Java Developer
13 7 (2.99%) Python Engineer
13 7 (2.99%) Software Engineer
14 6 (2.56%) Azure Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 18 (7.69%) Kafka
1 18 (7.69%) Spring
2 17 (7.26%) REST
3 16 (6.84%) React
4 15 (6.41%) Node.js
5 14 (5.98%) Spring Boot
6 10 (4.27%) .NET
6 10 (4.27%) RESTful
7 9 (3.85%) PySpark
8 8 (3.42%) OAuth
8 8 (3.42%) Playwright
9 7 (2.99%) HTML
10 6 (2.56%) AngularJS
10 6 (2.56%) CSS
10 6 (2.56%) JWT
10 6 (2.56%) Next.js
10 6 (2.56%) OpenTelemetry
10 6 (2.56%) XML
11 5 (2.14%) FastAPI
11 5 (2.14%) JSON
Miscellaneous
1 50 (21.37%) Cloud Native
2 17 (7.26%) Distributed Systems
3 9 (3.85%) Product Ownership
4 7 (2.99%) Legacy Systems
5 6 (2.56%) Derivative
5 6 (2.56%) Fixed Income
5 6 (2.56%) Mobile App
6 5 (2.14%) Enterprise Software
6 5 (2.14%) Equities
6 5 (2.14%) Private Cloud
6 5 (2.14%) Public Cloud
7 4 (1.71%) AI Agents
7 4 (1.71%) Onboarding
8 3 (1.28%) Clustering
8 3 (1.28%) Equity Derivative
8 3 (1.28%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
8 3 (1.28%) Hybrid Cloud
8 3 (1.28%) Life Science
8 3 (1.28%) NHS
8 3 (1.28%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 13 (5.56%) Linux
2 12 (5.13%) Windows
3 4 (1.71%) Unix
4 3 (1.28%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 3 (1.28%) Windows Server
5 2 (0.85%) Android
6 1 (0.43%) AIX
6 1 (0.43%) Apple iOS
6 1 (0.43%) VMS
6 1 (0.43%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 134 (57.26%) CI/CD
2 78 (33.33%) Infrastructure as Code
3 61 (26.07%) Agile
4 41 (17.52%) Containerisation
5 34 (14.53%) AI
6 31 (13.25%) Test Automation
7 30 (12.82%) Migration
8 29 (12.39%) Analytics
9 28 (11.97%) Continuous Improvement
10 27 (11.54%) Microservices
11 26 (11.11%) Data Engineering
11 26 (11.11%) Observability
12 25 (10.68%) Software Engineering
13 22 (9.40%) Performance Tuning
13 22 (9.40%) Stakeholder Engagement
14 21 (8.97%) Platform Engineering
14 21 (8.97%) Roadmaps
14 21 (8.97%) Stakeholder Management
15 20 (8.55%) Problem-Solving
16 19 (8.12%) Data Pipeline
Programming Languages
1 62 (26.50%) Python
2 52 (22.22%) SQL
3 35 (14.96%) Java
4 19 (8.12%) JavaScript
5 18 (7.69%) C#
6 16 (6.84%) TypeScript
7 13 (5.56%) PowerShell
8 12 (5.13%) Bash
9 8 (3.42%) Bicep
10 5 (2.14%) C++
11 4 (1.71%) Scala
12 3 (1.28%) Apex Code
13 2 (0.85%) Korn
13 2 (0.85%) Kotlin
13 2 (0.85%) Perl
13 2 (0.85%) PL/SQL
13 2 (0.85%) Shell Script
14 1 (0.43%) Jython
14 1 (0.43%) ProC
14 1 (0.43%) XPath
Qualifications
1 81 (34.62%) Security Cleared
2 79 (33.76%) SC Cleared
3 16 (6.84%) Azure Certification
3 16 (6.84%) Degree
4 9 (3.85%) Computer Science Degree
5 6 (2.56%) Master's Degree
6 5 (2.14%) BPSS Clearance
6 5 (2.14%) Microsoft Certification
7 4 (1.71%) AWS Certification
7 4 (1.71%) DV Cleared
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%) CISM
10 1 (0.43%) CISSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 13 (5.56%) QA
2 11 (4.70%) Data Quality
3 7 (2.99%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 5 (2.14%) GDPR
4 5 (2.14%) Sarbanes-Oxley
5 4 (1.71%) PCI DSS
6 3 (1.28%) NIST
6 3 (1.28%) SLA
7 2 (0.85%) NCSC
7 2 (0.85%) NIST 800
7 2 (0.85%) PMO
8 1 (0.43%) Accessibility
System Software
1 55 (23.50%) Docker
2 8 (3.42%) Virtual Machines
3 7 (2.99%) Active Directory
4 2 (0.85%) Virtual Desktop
4 2 (0.85%) VMware Infrastructure
5 1 (0.43%) GridGain
5 1 (0.43%) Varnish
5 1 (0.43%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 76 (32.48%) Terraform
2 70 (29.91%) Kubernetes
3 19 (8.12%) Ansible
4 10 (4.27%) Grafana
4 10 (4.27%) 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%) CASB
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
Vendors
1 39 (16.67%) Microsoft
2 21 (8.97%) Databricks
3 20 (8.55%) Google
4 13 (5.56%) Oracle
5 9 (3.85%) Salesforce
6 7 (2.99%) ServiceNow
7 5 (2.14%) Dynatrace
8 4 (1.71%) Fortinet
8 4 (1.71%) Splunk
8 4 (1.71%) VMware
9 3 (1.28%) Adobe
9 3 (1.28%) CyberArk
9 3 (1.28%) Foundry
9 3 (1.28%) OpenAI
9 3 (1.28%) Palantir
9 3 (1.28%) Palo Alto
9 3 (1.28%) SAP
10 2 (0.85%) AppDynamics
10 2 (0.85%) OutSystems
10 2 (0.85%) Tradeweb