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

6 months to
19 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 16 15 9
Rank change year-on-year -1 -6 +2
Contract jobs citing DevOps 292 252 294
As % of all contract jobs in Central London 11.50% 12.35% 12.76%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 13.02% 13.16% 13.89%
Number of daily rates quoted 219 181 206
10th Percentile £418 £383 £425
25th Percentile £488 £475 £491
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £585 £575
Median % change year-on-year -5.98% +1.74% -6.12%
75th Percentile £650 £675 £708
90th Percentile £725 £738 £828
London median daily rate £550 £550 £550
% change year-on-year - - -8.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 2 0
10th Percentile £41.00 £32.25 -
25th Percentile £50.00 £41.25 -
Median hourly rate £70.00 £57.50 -
Median % change year-on-year +21.74% - -
75th Percentile £75.88 £73.75 -
90th Percentile £76.40 £82.75 -
London median hourly rate £62.75 £52.50 £55.00
% change year-on-year +19.52% -4.55% -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 2,243 1,915 2,117
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Central London 88.31% 93.83% 91.88%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,542 1,262 1,433
10th Percentile £363 £325 £375
25th Percentile £456 £423 £470
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 £772 £788
London median daily rate £550 £540 £550
% change year-on-year +1.85% -1.82% -4.35%
Number of hourly rates quoted 32 35 20
10th Percentile £17.60 £19.24 £15.80
25th Percentile £18.75 £24.21 £20.43
Median hourly rate £24.65 £29.07 £26.78
Median % change year-on-year -15.22% +8.55% -23.49%
75th Percentile £45.37 £47.68 £65.63
90th Percentile £64.88 £63.75 £137.50
London median hourly rate £35.50 £29.29 £35.00
% change year-on-year +21.22% -16.33% -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 19 August 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 19 August 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 19 August 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 -3 257 £550 -8.33% 58
City of Westminster -5 9 £606 +18.29% 3
West End of London -3 8 £538 +10.26% 3
Southwark -1 4 £650 -
Lambeth - 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 15 (5.14%) SharePoint
2 13 (4.45%) Apache Airflow
3 11 (3.77%) Apache Spark
4 9 (3.08%) Apache
5 8 (2.74%) Confluence
6 3 (1.03%) Microsoft Exchange
7 2 (0.68%) IIS
7 2 (0.68%) nginx
8 1 (0.34%) Anypoint
8 1 (0.34%) CMS
8 1 (0.34%) Ethereum
8 1 (0.34%) Hyperledger
8 1 (0.34%) IBM HTTP Server
8 1 (0.34%) Jupyter
8 1 (0.34%) WebSphere
8 1 (0.34%) WebSphere Application Server
Applications
1 5 (1.71%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (0.34%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.34%) Microsoft Project
2 1 (0.34%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 6 (2.05%) Dynamics AX
2 5 (1.71%) Dynamics CRM
3 2 (0.68%) Remedy ITSM
4 1 (0.34%) Aladdin
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
1 165 (56.51%) Azure
2 91 (31.16%) Azure DevOps
3 81 (27.74%) AWS
4 56 (19.18%) GitHub
5 41 (14.04%) Power Platform
6 36 (12.33%) GitHub Actions
7 30 (10.27%) GCP
8 29 (9.93%) Azure Data Factory
9 27 (9.25%) Serverless
10 20 (6.85%) Power Automate
11 17 (5.82%) Azure AKS
12 14 (4.79%) Azure Synapse Analytics
12 14 (4.79%) PowerApps
13 13 (4.45%) Amazon S3
13 13 (4.45%) Dynamics 365
14 12 (4.11%) Azure Functions
14 12 (4.11%) Azure Logic Apps
15 11 (3.77%) dbt
15 11 (3.77%) GitHub Copilot
15 11 (3.77%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 17 (5.82%) Internet
2 12 (4.11%) DNS
3 11 (3.77%) Firewall
4 9 (3.08%) VPN
5 4 (1.37%) DHCP
6 3 (1.03%) FTP
6 3 (1.03%) SMTP
6 3 (1.03%) TCP/IP
7 2 (0.68%) HTTPS
7 2 (0.68%) Intranet
7 2 (0.68%) Network Security
7 2 (0.68%) Reverse Proxy
7 2 (0.68%) SSH
7 2 (0.68%) VLAN
8 1 (0.34%) Multicast
8 1 (0.34%) OpenVPN
8 1 (0.34%) VSAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 30 (10.27%) Power BI
1 30 (10.27%) SQL Server
2 20 (6.85%) Data Warehouse
3 11 (3.77%) Data Lake
3 11 (3.77%) NoSQL
4 10 (3.42%) MongoDB
5 9 (3.08%) Azure SQL Database
5 9 (3.08%) Metadata
5 9 (3.08%) Star Schema
6 7 (2.40%) Amazon RDS
6 7 (2.40%) Amazon Redshift
6 7 (2.40%) PostgreSQL
6 7 (2.40%) Relational Database
7 5 (1.71%) Big Data
7 5 (1.71%) Delta Lake
7 5 (1.71%) Elasticsearch
8 4 (1.37%) Oracle Database
8 4 (1.37%) Power Query
8 4 (1.37%) Redis
8 4 (1.37%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 32 (10.96%) Jenkins
2 28 (9.59%) GitLab
3 27 (9.25%) Git
4 18 (6.16%) JIRA
5 10 (3.42%) JUnit
6 8 (2.74%) JMeter
7 6 (2.05%) Artifactory
7 6 (2.05%) Bitbucket
7 6 (2.05%) Mockito
7 6 (2.05%) Postman
7 6 (2.05%) Selenium
8 5 (1.71%) Cypress.io
8 5 (1.71%) Gradle
8 5 (1.71%) Maven
9 4 (1.37%) Cucumber
9 4 (1.37%) Gatling
9 4 (1.37%) REST Assured
9 4 (1.37%) TeamCity
9 4 (1.37%) Visual Studio Code
10 3 (1.03%) NeoLoad
General
1 87 (29.79%) Finance
2 60 (20.55%) Social Skills
3 33 (11.30%) Banking
4 25 (8.56%) Analytical Skills
5 21 (7.19%) Public Sector
6 7 (2.40%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 7 (2.40%) Investment Banking
6 7 (2.40%) Law
6 7 (2.40%) Retail
7 5 (1.71%) Influencing Skills
8 4 (1.37%) Front Office
8 4 (1.37%) Marketing
8 4 (1.37%) Police
8 4 (1.37%) Presentation Skills
9 3 (1.03%) Documentation Skills
9 3 (1.03%) Military
10 2 (0.68%) Financial Institution
10 2 (0.68%) Pharmaceutical
11 1 (0.34%) Advertising
11 1 (0.34%) Legal
Job Titles
1 44 (15.07%) Senior
2 43 (14.73%) Developer
3 38 (13.01%) Architect
4 34 (11.64%) DevOps Engineer
5 28 (9.59%) Lead
6 23 (7.88%) Azure Engineer
6 23 (7.88%) Data Engineer
7 17 (5.82%) Machine Learning Engineer
8 16 (5.48%) Platform Engineer
8 16 (5.48%) Senior Developer
9 14 (4.79%) Tester
10 13 (4.45%) Data Architect
10 13 (4.45%) Java Developer
11 11 (3.77%) Cloud Engineer
11 11 (3.77%) Solutions Architect
12 10 (3.42%) Azure DevOps Engineer
12 10 (3.42%) Consultant
12 10 (3.42%) Infrastructure Engineer
12 10 (3.42%) Software Engineer
13 8 (2.74%) Azure Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 34 (11.64%) REST
2 28 (9.59%) Spring
3 27 (9.25%) Kafka
4 26 (8.90%) Spring Boot
5 24 (8.22%) .NET
6 19 (6.51%) PySpark
6 19 (6.51%) RESTful
7 17 (5.82%) pytest
8 13 (4.45%) React
9 12 (4.11%) Playwright
9 12 (4.11%) SOAP
10 11 (3.77%) AngularJS
11 8 (2.74%) XML
12 6 (2.05%) GraphQL
12 6 (2.05%) HTML
12 6 (2.05%) JSON
12 6 (2.05%) Middleware
12 6 (2.05%) Node.js
12 6 (2.05%) OpenTelemetry
12 6 (2.05%) RabbitMQ
Miscellaneous
1 62 (21.23%) Cloud Native
2 23 (7.88%) Distributed Systems
3 16 (5.48%) Legacy Systems
4 11 (3.77%) Onboarding
5 10 (3.42%) AI Agents
5 10 (3.42%) Product Ownership
6 9 (3.08%) Enterprise Software
7 7 (2.40%) Data Structures
8 6 (2.05%) Clustering
8 6 (2.05%) Data Centre
8 6 (2.05%) Hybrid Cloud
9 5 (1.71%) Management Information System
9 5 (1.71%) Mobile App
9 5 (1.71%) Self-Motivation
10 3 (1.03%) Enterprise Cloud
10 3 (1.03%) Equities
10 3 (1.03%) IoT
10 3 (1.03%) Low-Code
10 3 (1.03%) PKI
10 3 (1.03%) Private Cloud
Operating Systems
1 19 (6.51%) Linux
2 13 (4.45%) Windows
3 9 (3.08%) Unix
4 8 (2.74%) Windows Server
5 1 (0.34%) AIX
5 1 (0.34%) Android
5 1 (0.34%) Apple iOS
5 1 (0.34%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 1 (0.34%) Windows Server 2003
Processes & Methodologies
1 185 (63.36%) CI/CD
2 76 (26.03%) Infrastructure as Code
3 75 (25.68%) Agile
4 66 (22.60%) AI
5 55 (18.84%) Analytics
6 51 (17.47%) Software Engineering
7 49 (16.78%) Containerisation
7 49 (16.78%) Test Automation
8 47 (16.10%) Microservices
9 46 (15.75%) Platform Engineering
10 44 (15.07%) Observability
11 41 (14.04%) Data Modelling
12 39 (13.36%) Event-Driven
12 39 (13.36%) Machine Learning
13 37 (12.67%) Business Intelligence
13 37 (12.67%) Problem-Solving
14 36 (12.33%) Data Engineering
15 35 (11.99%) Migration
15 35 (11.99%) Stakeholder Management
15 35 (11.99%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 102 (34.93%) Python
2 73 (25.00%) SQL
3 51 (17.47%) Java
4 31 (10.62%) C#
5 30 (10.27%) PowerShell
6 26 (8.90%) TypeScript
7 23 (7.88%) JavaScript
8 16 (5.48%) Bash
8 16 (5.48%) Bicep
9 9 (3.08%) Data Analysis Expressions
10 5 (1.71%) Apex Code
11 4 (1.37%) Shell Script
11 4 (1.37%) T-SQL
12 3 (1.03%) Korn
12 3 (1.03%) PL/SQL
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 91 (31.16%) Security Cleared
2 82 (28.08%) SC Cleared
3 14 (4.79%) Degree
4 9 (3.08%) DBS Check
5 8 (2.74%) DV Cleared
5 8 (2.74%) Microsoft Certification
6 7 (2.40%) Azure Certification
7 6 (2.05%) Computer Science Degree
8 3 (1.03%) PMI Certification
9 2 (0.68%) BPSS Clearance
9 2 (0.68%) CISM
9 2 (0.68%) CISSP
9 2 (0.68%) PMP
9 2 (0.68%) SnowPro
10 1 (0.34%) (ISC)2 CCSP
10 1 (0.34%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
10 1 (0.34%) Cisco Certification
10 1 (0.34%) ITIL Certification
10 1 (0.34%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
10 1 (0.34%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 33 (11.30%) QA
2 21 (7.19%) Data Quality
3 8 (2.74%) GDPR
4 6 (2.05%) Accessibility
5 5 (1.71%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 3 (1.03%) NCSC
6 3 (1.03%) PCI DSS
6 3 (1.03%) SLA
7 2 (0.68%) EMIR
7 2 (0.68%) MiFID
7 2 (0.68%) Sarbanes-Oxley
8 1 (0.34%) Cyber Essentials
8 1 (0.34%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 1 (0.34%) Government Security Classifications
8 1 (0.34%) P3O
8 1 (0.34%) PMO
System Software
1 62 (21.23%) Docker
2 11 (3.77%) Active Directory
3 4 (1.37%) Hyper-V
3 4 (1.37%) VMware ESXi
3 4 (1.37%) VMware Infrastructure
4 3 (1.03%) BitLocker
4 3 (1.03%) Microsoft App-V
4 3 (1.03%) Terminal Services
4 3 (1.03%) 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
1 101 (34.59%) Kubernetes
2 67 (22.95%) Terraform
3 24 (8.22%) Ansible
4 21 (7.19%) Grafana
5 19 (6.51%) Prometheus
6 5 (1.71%) Puppet
7 4 (1.37%) vCenter Server
8 3 (1.03%) Nagios
8 3 (1.03%) vMotion
9 2 (0.68%) ITRS Geneos
9 2 (0.68%) Packer
9 2 (0.68%) Single Sign-On
10 1 (0.34%) Argo
10 1 (0.34%) Bosun
10 1 (0.34%) Consul
10 1 (0.34%) Istio
10 1 (0.34%) Kubeflow
10 1 (0.34%) Kustomize
10 1 (0.34%) linkerd
10 1 (0.34%) PowerCLI
Vendors
1 81 (27.74%) Microsoft
2 33 (11.30%) Databricks
3 15 (5.14%) Google
4 14 (4.79%) Oracle
5 10 (3.42%) Dynatrace
6 7 (2.40%) ServiceNow
6 7 (2.40%) Splunk
7 6 (2.05%) Salesforce
8 5 (1.71%) VMware
9 4 (1.37%) AppDynamics
9 4 (1.37%) OpenAI
9 4 (1.37%) SAP
10 3 (1.03%) Citrix
10 3 (1.03%) HP
10 3 (1.03%) IBM
10 3 (1.03%) MuleSoft
10 3 (1.03%) Symantec
11 2 (0.68%) BMC
11 2 (0.68%) Informatica
11 2 (0.68%) Software AG