DevOps Contracts in Central London

DevOps
London > Central London

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Central London requiring DevOps skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited DevOps over the 6 months leading up to 6 July 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
6 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 13 9 11
Rank change year-on-year -4 +2 -3
Contract jobs citing DevOps 252 316 443
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Central London 12.53% 13.33% 11.71%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 13.39% 14.58% 12.87%
Number of daily rates quoted 175 217 304
10th Percentile £413 £415 £452
25th Percentile £480 £490 £525
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £600 £625
Median % change year-on-year -4.09% -4.08% +4.17%
75th Percentile £679 £704 £730
90th Percentile £769 £830 £825
London median daily rate £550 £560 £600
% change year-on-year -1.79% -6.67% -0.41%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 1 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £86.25 £46.75 -
Median hourly rate £87.50 £48.50 -
Median % change year-on-year +80.41% - -
75th Percentile £88.75 £50.25 -
90th Percentile - - -
London median hourly rate £52.50 £55.00 £90.00
% change year-on-year -4.55% -38.89% +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 1,882 2,167 3,442
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Central London 93.59% 91.43% 90.99%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,220 1,510 2,322
10th Percentile £350 £356 £325
25th Percentile £450 £455 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £551 £554 £600
Median % change year-on-year -0.45% -7.75% +5.26%
75th Percentile £676 £688 £725
90th Percentile £775 £800 £825
London median daily rate £550 £550 £585
% change year-on-year - -5.98% +1.74%
Number of hourly rates quoted 32 23 27
10th Percentile £22.08 £19.98 £14.25
25th Percentile £24.66 £21.25 £17.56
Median hourly rate £32.50 £27.00 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year +20.37% -22.86% -18.13%
75th Percentile £50.75 £36.50 £53.38
90th Percentile £63.75 £48.57 £88.30
London median hourly rate £32.00 £30.00 £40.77
% change year-on-year +6.67% -26.42% +13.25%

DevOps
Job Vacancy Trend in Central London

Job postings citing DevOps as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Central London.

Job vacancy trend for DevOps in Central London

DevOps
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Central London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing DevOps in Central London.

Daily rate trend for DevOps in Central London

DevOps
Daily Rate Histogram in Central London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing DevOps in Central London over the 6 months to 6 July 2025.

Daily rate histogram for DevOps in Central London

DevOps
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Central London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing DevOps in Central London.

Hourly rate trend 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 6 July 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 -3 243 £575 -4.13% 631
City of Westminster +1 3 £550 -13.73% 15
West End of London - 2 £463 - 37
Southwark - 1 - -
DevOps
London

DevOps
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Central London by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 12 (4.76%) Confluence
2 10 (3.97%) SharePoint
3 9 (3.57%) Apache Spark
4 7 (2.78%) Apache
5 2 (0.79%) Apache Airflow
5 2 (0.79%) Microsoft Exchange
6 1 (0.40%) Alfresco
6 1 (0.40%) Camunda
6 1 (0.40%) nginx
Applications
1 7 (2.78%) Microsoft Excel
2 5 (1.98%) Microsoft Project
3 4 (1.59%) Microsoft Office
4 2 (0.79%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 2 (0.79%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 10 (3.97%) Endur
2 5 (1.98%) Dynamics CRM
3 2 (0.79%) Fidessa
3 2 (0.79%) Unit4 Business World
4 1 (0.40%) Aladdin
4 1 (0.40%) Maximo
4 1 (0.40%) Orchestrade
4 1 (0.40%) SAP BPC
4 1 (0.40%) thinkFolio
Cloud Services
1 133 (52.78%) Azure
2 92 (36.51%) AWS
3 71 (28.17%) Azure DevOps
4 31 (12.30%) GitHub
5 26 (10.32%) GCP
6 25 (9.92%) Serverless
7 20 (7.94%) Power Platform
8 15 (5.95%) Amazon S3
9 14 (5.56%) PaaS
10 13 (5.16%) GitHub Actions
11 12 (4.76%) AWS Lambda
11 12 (4.76%) Azure Monitor
12 11 (4.37%) Azure Data Factory
13 10 (3.97%) Amazon CloudWatch
13 10 (3.97%) Dynamics 365
13 10 (3.97%) Microsoft 365
14 9 (3.57%) Azure AKS
14 9 (3.57%) Azure Sentinel
15 8 (3.17%) Datadog
15 8 (3.17%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 12 (4.76%) Firewall
2 11 (4.37%) DNS
3 7 (2.78%) VPN
4 6 (2.38%) TCP/IP
5 5 (1.98%) HTTP
5 5 (1.98%) Network Security
6 4 (1.59%) SSL
7 3 (1.19%) DHCP
7 3 (1.19%) SMTP
8 2 (0.79%) BGP
8 2 (0.79%) Ethernet VPN
8 2 (0.79%) FTP
8 2 (0.79%) IGMP
8 2 (0.79%) Multicast
8 2 (0.79%) Software-Defined Networking
8 2 (0.79%) SSH
8 2 (0.79%) VXLAN
8 2 (0.79%) Wi-Fi
9 1 (0.40%) IOS XR
9 1 (0.40%) Remote Desktop
Database & Business Intelligence
1 16 (6.35%) MongoDB
2 15 (5.95%) NoSQL
2 15 (5.95%) SQL Server
3 14 (5.56%) PostgreSQL
4 12 (4.76%) Power BI
5 9 (3.57%) Relational Database
6 8 (3.17%) Azure SQL Database
6 8 (3.17%) DynamoDB
7 7 (2.78%) Big Data
7 7 (2.78%) Data Lake
8 6 (2.38%) Elasticsearch
9 5 (1.98%) Amazon RDS
9 5 (1.98%) BigQuery
9 5 (1.98%) Data Warehouse
10 4 (1.59%) Amazon Athena
10 4 (1.59%) DB2
10 4 (1.59%) Hadoop
10 4 (1.59%) SQL Server Reporting Services
10 4 (1.59%) Tableau
11 3 (1.19%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 26 (10.32%) JIRA
2 24 (9.52%) GitLab
2 24 (9.52%) Jenkins
3 22 (8.73%) Git
4 8 (3.17%) Gradle
4 8 (3.17%) SonarQube
5 7 (2.78%) Atlassian Bamboo
5 7 (2.78%) JUnit
5 7 (2.78%) Maven
5 7 (2.78%) Selenium
6 6 (2.38%) Postman
7 5 (1.98%) Bitbucket
8 4 (1.59%) Bitbucket Server
8 4 (1.59%) IntelliJ
9 3 (1.19%) REST Assured
9 3 (1.19%) TeamCity
10 2 (0.79%) Cucumber
10 2 (0.79%) Cypress.io
10 2 (0.79%) LoadRunner
10 2 (0.79%) Visual Studio Team System
General
1 79 (31.35%) Social Skills
2 77 (30.56%) Finance
3 34 (13.49%) Analytical Skills
4 31 (12.30%) Banking
5 26 (10.32%) Public Sector
6 11 (4.37%) Investment Banking
7 8 (3.17%) Documentation Skills
8 5 (1.98%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 5 (1.98%) Marketing
9 4 (1.59%) Financial Institution
9 4 (1.59%) Presentation Skills
10 3 (1.19%) Back Office
10 3 (1.19%) Billing
10 3 (1.19%) Front Office
10 3 (1.19%) Retail
11 2 (0.79%) Law
11 2 (0.79%) Military
11 2 (0.79%) Organisational Skills
11 2 (0.79%) Telecoms
12 1 (0.40%) Tech for Good
Job Titles
1 62 (24.60%) Developer
2 35 (13.89%) DevOps Engineer
3 30 (11.90%) Senior
4 26 (10.32%) Architect
5 22 (8.73%) Analyst
5 22 (8.73%) Java Developer
6 14 (5.56%) Business Analyst
7 13 (5.16%) Lead
8 11 (4.37%) Data Engineer
9 10 (3.97%) SC Cleared Java Developer
9 10 (3.97%) Senior Developer
10 9 (3.57%) AWS Engineer
10 9 (3.57%) Azure Engineer
10 9 (3.57%) Solutions Architect
11 8 (3.17%) Angular Developer
11 8 (3.17%) Azure Architect
12 7 (2.78%) .NET Developer
12 7 (2.78%) AWS DevOps
12 7 (2.78%) Security Architect
12 7 (2.78%) Site Reliability Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 31 (12.30%) .NET
2 24 (9.52%) Kafka
3 21 (8.33%) Spring
4 20 (7.94%) AngularJS
4 20 (7.94%) REST
5 17 (6.75%) React
6 12 (4.76%) Spring Boot
7 9 (3.57%) Elastic Stack
8 8 (3.17%) OAuth
9 7 (2.78%) GraphQL
9 7 (2.78%) HTML
9 7 (2.78%) OpenTelemetry
9 7 (2.78%) RESTful
10 6 (2.38%) CSS
10 6 (2.38%) FIX Protocol
10 6 (2.38%) Node.js
10 6 (2.38%) WebSockets
11 5 (1.98%) ADO
11 5 (1.98%) Django
11 5 (1.98%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 27 (10.71%) Cloud Native
2 13 (5.16%) Distributed Systems
3 10 (3.97%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
4 8 (3.17%) Fixed Income
4 8 (3.17%) Product Ownership
5 7 (2.78%) Derivative
5 7 (2.78%) Legacy Systems
5 7 (2.78%) Public Cloud
6 5 (1.98%) Data Centre
7 4 (1.59%) Equities
7 4 (1.59%) Hedge funds
7 4 (1.59%) Management Information System
7 4 (1.59%) Onboarding
7 4 (1.59%) Reinsurance
8 3 (1.19%) Data Structures
8 3 (1.19%) Distributed Architecture
8 3 (1.19%) Linux Command Line
8 3 (1.19%) Mobile App
8 3 (1.19%) PKI
8 3 (1.19%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 33 (13.10%) Linux
2 13 (5.16%) Unix
3 10 (3.97%) Windows
4 4 (1.59%) Windows Server
5 3 (1.19%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 3 (1.19%) Rocky
6 1 (0.40%) Android
6 1 (0.40%) Apple iOS
6 1 (0.40%) Solaris
6 1 (0.40%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 127 (50.40%) CI/CD
2 86 (34.13%) Agile
3 54 (21.43%) Infrastructure as Code
4 52 (20.63%) Problem-Solving
5 44 (17.46%) Microservices
6 36 (14.29%) Containerisation
7 26 (10.32%) Software Engineering
8 25 (9.92%) Test Automation
9 22 (8.73%) Continuous Integration
10 21 (8.33%) Migration
10 21 (8.33%) Site Reliability Engineering
11 20 (7.94%) Analytics
11 20 (7.94%) Observability
11 20 (7.94%) Project Management
11 20 (7.94%) SDLC
12 19 (7.54%) Cloud Security
12 19 (7.54%) Scrum
12 19 (7.54%) Stakeholder Management
13 18 (7.14%) High Availability
13 18 (7.14%) Mentoring
Programming Languages
1 85 (33.73%) Python
2 56 (22.22%) SQL
3 49 (19.44%) Java
4 37 (14.68%) JavaScript
5 36 (14.29%) C#
6 20 (7.94%) PowerShell
7 15 (5.95%) Bash
8 12 (4.76%) Shell Script
9 9 (3.57%) Bicep
9 9 (3.57%) TypeScript
10 7 (2.78%) Go
11 6 (2.38%) Perl
11 6 (2.38%) Scala
12 2 (0.79%) Apex Code
12 2 (0.79%) C++
12 2 (0.79%) DAML
12 2 (0.79%) Data Analysis Expressions
12 2 (0.79%) Groovy
12 2 (0.79%) Ruby
12 2 (0.79%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 34 (13.49%) Security Cleared
2 31 (12.30%) SC Cleared
3 21 (8.33%) Degree
4 11 (4.37%) AWS Certified Developer
4 11 (4.37%) Computer Science Degree
5 10 (3.97%) Azure Certification
6 8 (3.17%) AWS Certification
7 7 (2.78%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
8 4 (1.59%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
9 3 (1.19%) AWS Certified SysOps Administrator
9 3 (1.19%) Cisco Certification
9 3 (1.19%) DV Cleared
9 3 (1.19%) Master's Degree
9 3 (1.19%) Microsoft Certification
9 3 (1.19%) PMI Certification
9 3 (1.19%) PMP
10 2 (0.79%) CCNA
10 2 (0.79%) CISSP
10 2 (0.79%) OCP
10 2 (0.79%) Oracle Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 20 (7.94%) QA
2 9 (3.57%) Data Quality
3 7 (2.78%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 6 (2.38%) GDPR
4 6 (2.38%) NIST
5 4 (1.59%) Accessibility
5 4 (1.59%) SOC 2
6 3 (1.19%) PCI DSS
6 3 (1.19%) PMO
7 2 (0.79%) HIPAA
7 2 (0.79%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
7 2 (0.79%) MiFID
7 2 (0.79%) Sarbanes-Oxley
8 1 (0.40%) Cyber Essentials
8 1 (0.40%) EMIR
8 1 (0.40%) ISO 20022
8 1 (0.40%) SEPA
System Software
1 39 (15.48%) Docker
2 7 (2.78%) Active Directory
3 3 (1.19%) Virtual Machines
4 1 (0.40%) Apache ZooKeeper
4 1 (0.40%) Lustre
4 1 (0.40%) NFS
4 1 (0.40%) OpenAM
4 1 (0.40%) OpenDJ
4 1 (0.40%) OpenIDM
4 1 (0.40%) Veritas File System
4 1 (0.40%) Veritas Volume Manager
4 1 (0.40%) VMware ESXi
4 1 (0.40%) VMware Infrastructure
4 1 (0.40%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 75 (29.76%) Kubernetes
2 74 (29.37%) Terraform
3 31 (12.30%) Ansible
4 19 (7.54%) Prometheus
5 13 (5.16%) Grafana
6 10 (3.97%) ITRS Geneos
7 7 (2.78%) Puppet
8 6 (2.38%) Istio
9 5 (1.98%) Kibana
9 5 (1.98%) logstash
10 4 (1.59%) Argo
10 4 (1.59%) Progress Chef
11 3 (1.19%) Consul
11 3 (1.19%) HP ALM
11 3 (1.19%) Podman
12 2 (0.79%) Cilium
12 2 (0.79%) QRadar
13 1 (0.40%) Karpenter
13 1 (0.40%) Packer
13 1 (0.40%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 59 (23.41%) Microsoft
2 15 (5.95%) Google
3 14 (5.56%) Databricks
3 14 (5.56%) Oracle
4 12 (4.76%) Splunk
5 5 (1.98%) SAP
6 4 (1.59%) Cisco
6 4 (1.59%) OpenLink
6 4 (1.59%) Red Hat
6 4 (1.59%) Salesforce
6 4 (1.59%) ServiceNow
6 4 (1.59%) Solace
7 3 (1.19%) HP
7 3 (1.19%) Sybase
7 3 (1.19%) UiPath
8 2 (0.79%) Arista
8 2 (0.79%) F5
8 2 (0.79%) Fortinet
8 2 (0.79%) IBM
8 2 (0.79%) VMware