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

6 months to
29 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 13 13 12
Rank change year-on-year 0 -1 +1
Contract jobs citing DevOps 234 252 292
As % of all contract jobs in Central London 11.94% 10.42% 10.10%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 12.89% 11.38% 11.31%
Number of daily rates quoted 188 166 228
10th Percentile £363 £455 £446
25th Percentile £463 £511 £512
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £578 £585 £612
Median % change year-on-year -1.28% -4.45% +2.04%
75th Percentile £669 £700 £713
90th Percentile £766 £775 £839
London median daily rate £550 £585 £588
% change year-on-year -5.98% -0.43% -6.00%
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 £80.50 £63.75
% change year-on-year -25.47% +26.27% -3.10%

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 1,815 2,215 2,582
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Central London 92.60% 91.57% 89.31%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,262 1,383 1,832
10th Percentile £340 £363 £363
25th Percentile £425 £474 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £575 £575
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% - -
75th Percentile £668 £688 £694
90th Percentile £750 £775 £825
London median daily rate £529 £550 £568
% change year-on-year -3.91% -3.08% -3.81%
Number of hourly rates quoted 25 28 18
10th Percentile £19.94 £19.90 £17.00
25th Percentile £25.47 £30.19 £18.93
Median hourly rate £28.00 £35.00 £26.75
Median % change year-on-year -20.00% +30.84% -47.55%
75th Percentile £41.94 £65.63 £62.00
90th Percentile £60.95 £119.65 £70.25
London median hourly rate £29.50 £37.50 £35.44
% change year-on-year -21.33% +5.81% -9.13%

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 29 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 29 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 29 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 -1 214 £590 +0.85% 88
City of Westminster +5 5 £475 - 6
West End of London - 4 £438 - 6
Camden +6 1 £400 -27.27% 1
Southwark - 1 - - 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 (5.56%) Confluence
2 5 (2.14%) SharePoint
3 3 (1.28%) Apache
3 3 (1.28%) Apache Spark
4 1 (0.43%) Apache Airflow
4 1 (0.43%) CMS
4 1 (0.43%) Mattermost
4 1 (0.43%) Microsoft Exchange
4 1 (0.43%) Oracle SOA Suite
4 1 (0.43%) Sitecore CMS
Applications
1 3 (1.28%) Microsoft Excel
1 3 (1.28%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (0.85%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 2 (0.85%) MS Visio
3 1 (0.43%) Microsoft Project
3 1 (0.43%) Trello
Business Applications
1 4 (1.71%) Dynamics CRM
2 3 (1.28%) Aladdin
3 2 (0.85%) Endur
3 2 (0.85%) Remedy ITSM
4 1 (0.43%) Fidessa
4 1 (0.43%) Maximo
4 1 (0.43%) Oracle BPM
4 1 (0.43%) Orchestrade
4 1 (0.43%) thinkFolio
Cloud Services
1 104 (44.44%) Azure
2 70 (29.91%) Azure DevOps
3 60 (25.64%) AWS
4 44 (18.80%) GitHub
5 37 (15.81%) GCP
6 26 (11.11%) GitHub Actions
7 23 (9.83%) Power Platform
8 21 (8.97%) Serverless
9 17 (7.26%) Amazon S3
9 17 (7.26%) AWS Lambda
10 14 (5.98%) Amazon CloudWatch
10 14 (5.98%) Google Kubernetes Engine
11 11 (4.70%) Amazon ECS
12 10 (4.27%) Azure Data Factory
13 9 (3.85%) Power Automate
13 9 (3.85%) PowerApps
14 7 (2.99%) Apigee
14 7 (2.99%) Dynamics 365
14 7 (2.99%) Virtual Private Cloud
15 6 (2.56%) AWS CloudFormation
Communications & Networking
1 13 (5.56%) Firewall
2 10 (4.27%) DNS
3 7 (2.99%) Network Security
3 7 (2.99%) SSL
4 4 (1.71%) VPN
5 3 (1.28%) BGP
5 3 (1.28%) Cisco IOS
5 3 (1.28%) Ethernet VPN
5 3 (1.28%) HTTPS
5 3 (1.28%) OSPF
5 3 (1.28%) TCP/IP
5 3 (1.28%) VXLAN
6 2 (0.85%) DHCP
6 2 (0.85%) Internet
6 2 (0.85%) MPLS
6 2 (0.85%) Multicast
6 2 (0.85%) NX-OS
6 2 (0.85%) SSH
7 1 (0.43%) IPsec
7 1 (0.43%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 14 (5.98%) Power BI
2 12 (5.13%) SQL Server
3 8 (3.42%) DynamoDB
4 7 (2.99%) BigQuery
5 6 (2.56%) Data Warehouse
5 6 (2.56%) Elasticsearch
6 5 (2.14%) Azure SQL Database
6 5 (2.14%) MongoDB
6 5 (2.14%) MySQL
6 5 (2.14%) PostgreSQL
6 5 (2.14%) Redis
7 4 (1.71%) Amazon RDS
7 4 (1.71%) Data Lake
7 4 (1.71%) Delta Lake
7 4 (1.71%) NoSQL
8 3 (1.28%) Big Data
8 3 (1.28%) Tableau
9 2 (0.85%) Couchbase
9 2 (0.85%) Oracle Database
9 2 (0.85%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 35 (14.96%) Jenkins
2 33 (14.10%) Git
3 31 (13.25%) JIRA
4 19 (8.12%) GitLab
5 10 (4.27%) Gradle
5 10 (4.27%) Selenium
6 9 (3.85%) Cypress.io
6 9 (3.85%) SonarQube
7 8 (3.42%) Bitbucket
7 8 (3.42%) Maven
8 6 (2.56%) Postman
9 5 (2.14%) JUnit
10 4 (1.71%) Cucumber
11 3 (1.28%) Mockito
11 3 (1.28%) Sonatype Nexus
11 3 (1.28%) Storybook
11 3 (1.28%) TeamCity
12 2 (0.85%) Snyk
12 2 (0.85%) Team Foundation Server
12 2 (0.85%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 79 (33.76%) Finance
2 67 (28.63%) Social Skills
3 39 (16.67%) Banking
4 26 (11.11%) Analytical Skills
5 11 (4.70%) Investment Banking
6 7 (2.99%) Front Office
7 6 (2.56%) Financial Institution
7 6 (2.56%) Influencing Skills
7 6 (2.56%) Public Sector
7 6 (2.56%) Telecoms
8 5 (2.14%) Back Office
8 5 (2.14%) Documentation Skills
9 4 (1.71%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 4 (1.71%) Retail Banking
10 3 (1.28%) Organisational Skills
10 3 (1.28%) Pharmaceutical
10 3 (1.28%) Presentation Skills
11 2 (0.85%) Billing
11 2 (0.85%) Law
11 2 (0.85%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 47 (20.09%) Developer
2 37 (15.81%) DevOps Engineer
3 31 (13.25%) Senior
4 17 (7.26%) Architect
5 15 (6.41%) Lead
6 13 (5.56%) Analyst
7 12 (5.13%) GCP Engineer
8 10 (4.27%) AWS Engineer
8 10 (4.27%) Business Analyst
8 10 (4.27%) Data Engineer
9 9 (3.85%) Azure Engineer
9 9 (3.85%) Senior Developer
10 7 (2.99%) AWS DevOps
10 7 (2.99%) Java Developer
10 7 (2.99%) Site Reliability Engineer
10 7 (2.99%) Test Engineer
11 6 (2.56%) .NET Developer
11 6 (2.56%) Cloud Architect
11 6 (2.56%) Python Developer
11 6 (2.56%) Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 23 (9.83%) .NET
2 17 (7.26%) HTML
2 17 (7.26%) Node.js
3 16 (6.84%) REST
4 14 (5.98%) AngularJS
4 14 (5.98%) CSS
5 13 (5.56%) React
6 12 (5.13%) OAuth
6 12 (5.13%) RESTful
7 10 (4.27%) GraphQL
8 7 (2.99%) Elastic Stack
8 7 (2.99%) JSON
8 7 (2.99%) JWT
8 7 (2.99%) SOAP
9 6 (2.56%) FIX Protocol
9 6 (2.56%) HTML5
9 6 (2.56%) Spring
9 6 (2.56%) XML
10 5 (2.14%) ADO
10 5 (2.14%) Spring Boot
Miscellaneous
1 32 (13.68%) Cloud Native
2 13 (5.56%) Distributed Systems
3 11 (4.70%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
3 11 (4.70%) Product Ownership
4 10 (4.27%) Derivative
5 9 (3.85%) Fixed Income
6 8 (3.42%) Data Centre
7 7 (2.99%) Onboarding
8 6 (2.56%) Mobile App
9 5 (2.14%) Enterprise Software
10 4 (1.71%) Legacy Systems
10 4 (1.71%) Self-Motivation
11 3 (1.28%) Equities
11 3 (1.28%) Greenfield Project
11 3 (1.28%) Life Science
11 3 (1.28%) Public Cloud
11 3 (1.28%) Replication
12 2 (0.85%) CMDB
12 2 (0.85%) Credit Risk
12 2 (0.85%) Market Risk
Operating Systems
1 20 (8.55%) Linux
2 7 (2.99%) Windows
3 6 (2.56%) Android
3 6 (2.56%) Unix
4 5 (2.14%) Apple iOS
5 2 (0.85%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 2 (0.85%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 127 (54.27%) CI/CD
2 96 (41.03%) Agile
3 54 (23.08%) Infrastructure as Code
4 37 (15.81%) Problem-Solving
5 34 (14.53%) Containerisation
6 27 (11.54%) Scrum
6 27 (11.54%) Test Automation
7 26 (11.11%) Analytics
7 26 (11.11%) Continuous Improvement
8 24 (10.26%) Stakeholder Engagement
9 23 (9.83%) Migration
9 23 (9.83%) Stakeholder Management
10 22 (9.40%) Software Engineering
11 21 (8.97%) AI
11 21 (8.97%) Observability
12 18 (7.69%) Machine Learning
13 17 (7.26%) Cloud Security
13 17 (7.26%) SDLC
14 16 (6.84%) Data Pipeline
14 16 (6.84%) DevSecOps
Programming Languages
1 78 (33.33%) Python
2 43 (18.38%) SQL
3 31 (13.25%) JavaScript
4 30 (12.82%) Java
5 26 (11.11%) C#
6 17 (7.26%) PowerShell
7 15 (6.41%) TypeScript
8 12 (5.13%) Bash
9 5 (2.14%) C++
10 4 (1.71%) Go
11 3 (1.28%) Bicep
11 3 (1.28%) Kotlin
11 3 (1.28%) VB.NET
12 2 (0.85%) Perl
12 2 (0.85%) PromQL
12 2 (0.85%) Rust
13 1 (0.43%) Fortran
13 1 (0.43%) PHP
13 1 (0.43%) Shell Script
13 1 (0.43%) VBA
Qualifications
1 47 (20.09%) Security Cleared
2 42 (17.95%) SC Cleared
3 21 (8.97%) Degree
4 10 (4.27%) Computer Science Degree
5 7 (2.99%) Azure Certification
6 6 (2.56%) DV Cleared
7 5 (2.14%) Cisco Certification
7 5 (2.14%) Master's Degree
8 3 (1.28%) CCIE
8 3 (1.28%) CCNP
8 3 (1.28%) CISSP
8 3 (1.28%) Microsoft Certification
9 2 (0.85%) BPSS Clearance
9 2 (0.85%) CBAP
9 2 (0.85%) CCNA
9 2 (0.85%) ISEB
9 2 (0.85%) ISTQB
9 2 (0.85%) PhD
10 1 (0.43%) CESG Certified Professional
10 1 (0.43%) Six Sigma Green Belt
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 17 (7.26%) QA
2 9 (3.85%) GDPR
2 9 (3.85%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 8 (3.42%) Accessibility
4 5 (2.14%) Data Quality
4 5 (2.14%) NIST
4 5 (2.14%) PCI DSS
5 4 (1.71%) Sarbanes-Oxley
6 3 (1.28%) NCSC
6 3 (1.28%) WCAG
7 2 (0.85%) MiFID
7 2 (0.85%) PMO
8 1 (0.43%) EU AI Act
8 1 (0.43%) HIPAA
8 1 (0.43%) HMG Security Policy Framework
8 1 (0.43%) ISO 20022
8 1 (0.43%) ISO/IEC 42001
8 1 (0.43%) NIST 800
8 1 (0.43%) SEPA
8 1 (0.43%) SOC 2
System Software
1 45 (19.23%) Docker
2 3 (1.28%) Virtual Machines
3 2 (0.85%) Active Directory
3 2 (0.85%) VMware Infrastructure
4 1 (0.43%) GridGain
4 1 (0.43%) HDFS
4 1 (0.43%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 68 (29.06%) Terraform
2 49 (20.94%) Kubernetes
3 32 (13.68%) Ansible
4 10 (4.27%) ITRS Geneos
5 8 (3.42%) Prometheus
6 7 (2.99%) Grafana
7 6 (2.56%) Argo
7 6 (2.56%) Kibana
7 6 (2.56%) Puppet
8 5 (2.14%) Istio
8 5 (2.14%) logstash
9 3 (1.28%) Progress Chef
9 3 (1.28%) Single Sign-On
10 2 (0.85%) ZABBIX
11 1 (0.43%) Ambari
11 1 (0.43%) CASB
11 1 (0.43%) HP ALM
11 1 (0.43%) Icinga
11 1 (0.43%) Microsoft Intune
11 1 (0.43%) Packer
Vendors
1 38 (16.24%) Microsoft
2 34 (14.53%) Google
3 16 (6.84%) Databricks
4 10 (4.27%) Splunk
5 9 (3.85%) Salesforce
5 9 (3.85%) ServiceNow
6 8 (3.42%) Oracle
7 6 (2.56%) Solace
8 5 (2.14%) F5
8 5 (2.14%) Palo Alto
8 5 (2.14%) VMware
9 4 (1.71%) CheckPoint
9 4 (1.71%) Cisco
9 4 (1.71%) Dynatrace
10 3 (1.28%) Arista
10 3 (1.28%) CyberArk
10 3 (1.28%) DocuSign
10 3 (1.28%) HP
10 3 (1.28%) OpenAI
10 3 (1.28%) UiPath