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

6 months to
18 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 17 13 16
Rank change year-on-year -4 +3 -4
Contract jobs citing DevOps 233 231 236
As % of all contract jobs in Central London 11.53% 10.74% 9.01%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 12.90% 11.63% 10.08%
Number of daily rates quoted 189 148 189
10th Percentile £371 £452 £435
25th Percentile £463 £506 £513
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £585 £625
Median % change year-on-year -1.71% -6.40% +0.81%
75th Percentile £650 £700 £688
90th Percentile £775 £754 £788
London median daily rate £540 £600 £600
% change year-on-year -10.00% - -4.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £26.25 - -
Median hourly rate £27.50 - -
75th Percentile £28.75 - -
90th Percentile - - -
London median hourly rate £56.25 £80.50 £63.75
% change year-on-year -30.12% +26.27% -15.00%

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 1,806 1,986 2,341
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Central London 89.41% 92.37% 89.42%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,257 1,240 1,671
10th Percentile £350 £363 £363
25th Percentile £433 £463 £460
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £540 £575 £570
Median % change year-on-year -6.09% +0.88% -1.72%
75th Percentile £668 £675 £688
90th Percentile £753 £781 £800
London median daily rate £525 £550 £563
% change year-on-year -4.55% -2.22% -6.25%
Number of hourly rates quoted 23 22 21
10th Percentile £19.86 £18.41 £17.00
25th Percentile £23.15 £22.85 £22.50
Median hourly rate £26.11 £35.00 £27.81
Median % change year-on-year -25.40% +25.85% -20.54%
75th Percentile £38.63 £38.94 £38.00
90th Percentile £42.65 £105.18 £65.00
London median hourly rate £32.50 £35.00 £32.00
% change year-on-year -7.14% +9.38% -14.35%

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 18 January 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 18 January 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 -5 202 £557 -4.87% 120
West End of London +14 7 £575 +27.78% 2
City of Westminster +4 5 £450 -7.69%
Kensington and Chelsea - 2 £600 -
Camden +7 1 £400 -27.27% 2
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 8 (3.43%) Confluence
2 6 (2.58%) Apache Spark
3 4 (1.72%) SharePoint
4 3 (1.29%) Apache
5 2 (0.86%) Microsoft Exchange
6 1 (0.43%) Apache Airflow
6 1 (0.43%) CMS
6 1 (0.43%) Mattermost
6 1 (0.43%) Sitecore CMS
Applications
1 3 (1.29%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (0.86%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (0.86%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (0.43%) MS Visio
3 1 (0.43%) Trello
Business Applications
1 3 (1.29%) Dynamics CRM
2 2 (0.86%) Aladdin
3 1 (0.43%) NetSuite
3 1 (0.43%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 109 (46.78%) Azure
2 69 (29.61%) Azure DevOps
3 68 (29.18%) AWS
4 49 (21.03%) GitHub
5 42 (18.03%) GCP
6 27 (11.59%) GitHub Actions
6 27 (11.59%) Serverless
7 24 (10.30%) Power Platform
8 19 (8.15%) AWS Lambda
9 18 (7.73%) Amazon S3
10 13 (5.58%) Amazon CloudWatch
10 13 (5.58%) Amazon ECS
11 12 (5.15%) Google Kubernetes Engine
12 10 (4.29%) Azure Data Factory
12 10 (4.29%) Dynamics 365
13 9 (3.86%) Power Automate
14 8 (3.43%) AWS CloudFormation
15 7 (3.00%) Apigee
15 7 (3.00%) Azure Functions
15 7 (3.00%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 10 (4.29%) Firewall
2 7 (3.00%) Network Security
3 6 (2.58%) SSL
4 5 (2.15%) DNS
5 3 (1.29%) HTTPS
5 3 (1.29%) TCP/IP
6 2 (0.86%) BGP
6 2 (0.86%) Cisco IOS
6 2 (0.86%) Ethernet VPN
6 2 (0.86%) Internet
6 2 (0.86%) MPLS
6 2 (0.86%) NX-OS
6 2 (0.86%) OSPF
6 2 (0.86%) VPN
6 2 (0.86%) VXLAN
7 1 (0.43%) DHCP
7 1 (0.43%) DKIM
7 1 (0.43%) SSH
7 1 (0.43%) STUN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 17 (7.30%) Power BI
2 9 (3.86%) PostgreSQL
2 9 (3.86%) SQL Server
3 8 (3.43%) Azure SQL Database
3 8 (3.43%) Data Warehouse
3 8 (3.43%) DynamoDB
4 7 (3.00%) MySQL
5 5 (2.15%) BigQuery
5 5 (2.15%) Redis
6 4 (1.72%) Amazon RDS
6 4 (1.72%) Tableau
7 3 (1.29%) Amazon Aurora
7 3 (1.29%) Data Lake
7 3 (1.29%) Delta Lake
7 3 (1.29%) Elasticsearch
7 3 (1.29%) MongoDB
7 3 (1.29%) NoSQL
7 3 (1.29%) Relational Database
8 2 (0.86%) Apache Cassandra
8 2 (0.86%) Data Vault
Development Applications
1 33 (14.16%) Git
2 32 (13.73%) Jenkins
3 27 (11.59%) JIRA
4 18 (7.73%) GitLab
5 8 (3.43%) Cypress.io
5 8 (3.43%) Selenium
5 8 (3.43%) SonarQube
6 6 (2.58%) Bitbucket
6 6 (2.58%) Gradle
6 6 (2.58%) Postman
7 5 (2.15%) JUnit
7 5 (2.15%) Maven
8 4 (1.72%) Cucumber
9 3 (1.29%) Mockito
9 3 (1.29%) Storybook
9 3 (1.29%) TeamCity
10 2 (0.86%) git-flow
10 2 (0.86%) Snyk
10 2 (0.86%) Sonatype Nexus
10 2 (0.86%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 68 (29.18%) Finance
2 57 (24.46%) Social Skills
3 36 (15.45%) Banking
4 19 (8.15%) Analytical Skills
5 12 (5.15%) Public Sector
6 7 (3.00%) Front Office
7 6 (2.58%) Documentation Skills
7 6 (2.58%) Influencing Skills
7 6 (2.58%) Investment Banking
8 5 (2.15%) Financial Institution
8 5 (2.15%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 5 (2.15%) Presentation Skills
9 4 (1.72%) Pharmaceutical
9 4 (1.72%) Retail Banking
9 4 (1.72%) Telecoms
10 3 (1.29%) Back Office
10 3 (1.29%) Organisational Skills
11 2 (0.86%) Law
11 2 (0.86%) Legal
11 2 (0.86%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 60 (25.75%) DevOps Engineer
2 42 (18.03%) Developer
3 30 (12.88%) Senior
4 19 (8.15%) Lead
5 15 (6.44%) Architect
6 13 (5.58%) AWS Engineer
7 11 (4.72%) AWS DevOps
8 10 (4.29%) AWS DevOps Engineer
8 10 (4.29%) Data Engineer
8 10 (4.29%) Senior Developer
9 9 (3.86%) GCP Engineer
10 8 (3.43%) Analyst
10 8 (3.43%) Azure Engineer
10 8 (3.43%) Cloud Architect
11 7 (3.00%) Consultant
12 6 (2.58%) Python Engineer
12 6 (2.58%) Senior DevOps
13 5 (2.15%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
13 5 (2.15%) Azure DevOps Engineer
13 5 (2.15%) Lead DevOps
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 19 (8.15%) .NET
1 19 (8.15%) Node.js
2 16 (6.87%) React
3 15 (6.44%) REST
4 14 (6.01%) HTML
5 12 (5.15%) CSS
5 12 (5.15%) OAuth
6 9 (3.86%) JSON
6 9 (3.86%) RESTful
7 8 (3.43%) AngularJS
7 8 (3.43%) XML
8 7 (3.00%) FastAPI
8 7 (3.00%) JWT
8 7 (3.00%) Kafka
8 7 (3.00%) PySpark
8 7 (3.00%) SOAP
9 6 (2.58%) GraphQL
9 6 (2.58%) Spring
10 5 (2.15%) HTML5
10 5 (2.15%) OAuth2
Miscellaneous
1 35 (15.02%) Cloud Native
2 10 (4.29%) Product Ownership
3 8 (3.43%) Distributed Systems
4 6 (2.58%) AI Agents
4 6 (2.58%) Derivative
4 6 (2.58%) Legacy Systems
4 6 (2.58%) Onboarding
5 5 (2.15%) Data Centre
6 4 (1.72%) Enterprise Software
6 4 (1.72%) Equities
6 4 (1.72%) Fixed Income
6 4 (1.72%) Life Science
6 4 (1.72%) Public Cloud
7 3 (1.29%) CMDB
7 3 (1.29%) Equity Derivative
7 3 (1.29%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
7 3 (1.29%) Hybrid Cloud
7 3 (1.29%) Management Information System
7 3 (1.29%) Private Cloud
7 3 (1.29%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 18 (7.73%) Linux
2 10 (4.29%) Windows
3 4 (1.72%) Android
4 3 (1.29%) Apple iOS
4 3 (1.29%) Unix
4 3 (1.29%) Windows Server
5 2 (0.86%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 123 (52.79%) CI/CD
2 83 (35.62%) Agile
3 59 (25.32%) Infrastructure as Code
4 34 (14.59%) Containerisation
5 32 (13.73%) Test Automation
6 31 (13.30%) Problem-Solving
7 27 (11.59%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 26 (11.16%) AI
8 26 (11.16%) Migration
9 22 (9.44%) Continuous Improvement
10 21 (9.01%) Stakeholder Management
11 20 (8.58%) Analytics
11 20 (8.58%) Observability
12 19 (8.15%) Roadmaps
12 19 (8.15%) Scrum
12 19 (8.15%) Software Engineering
13 16 (6.87%) Business Intelligence
13 16 (6.87%) Performance Tuning
14 15 (6.44%) DevSecOps
14 15 (6.44%) Microservices
Programming Languages
1 74 (31.76%) Python
2 42 (18.03%) SQL
3 34 (14.59%) Java
4 29 (12.45%) JavaScript
5 20 (8.58%) C#
6 16 (6.87%) TypeScript
7 14 (6.01%) PowerShell
8 9 (3.86%) Bash
9 7 (3.00%) C++
10 4 (1.72%) Bicep
11 3 (1.29%) Scala
12 2 (0.86%) C
12 2 (0.86%) Go
12 2 (0.86%) Korn
12 2 (0.86%) Kotlin
12 2 (0.86%) Perl
12 2 (0.86%) PL/SQL
12 2 (0.86%) Rust
12 2 (0.86%) VB.NET
13 1 (0.43%) XPath
Qualifications
1 71 (30.47%) Security Cleared
2 66 (28.33%) SC Cleared
3 18 (7.73%) Degree
4 11 (4.72%) Azure Certification
5 9 (3.86%) Computer Science Degree
6 6 (2.58%) DV Cleared
6 6 (2.58%) Master's Degree
7 5 (2.15%) BPSS Clearance
8 4 (1.72%) Microsoft Certification
9 3 (1.29%) AWS Certification
9 3 (1.29%) Cisco Certification
9 3 (1.29%) ISTQB
9 3 (1.29%) PhD
10 2 (0.86%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
10 2 (0.86%) CBAP
10 2 (0.86%) CCIE
10 2 (0.86%) CCNP
10 2 (0.86%) CESG Certified Professional
10 2 (0.86%) ISEB
11 1 (0.43%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 13 (5.58%) QA
2 9 (3.86%) GDPR
3 8 (3.43%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 7 (3.00%) Data Quality
5 5 (2.15%) Accessibility
6 4 (1.72%) NIST
6 4 (1.72%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 3 (1.29%) NCSC
7 3 (1.29%) PCI DSS
8 2 (0.86%) NIST 800
8 2 (0.86%) SLA
8 2 (0.86%) WCAG
9 1 (0.43%) EU AI Act
9 1 (0.43%) HIPAA
9 1 (0.43%) HMG Security Policy Framework
9 1 (0.43%) ISO/IEC 42001
9 1 (0.43%) MiFID
9 1 (0.43%) PMO
9 1 (0.43%) SOC 2
System Software
1 51 (21.89%) Docker
2 4 (1.72%) Virtual Machines
3 2 (0.86%) Virtual Desktop
3 2 (0.86%) VMware Infrastructure
4 1 (0.43%) Active Directory
4 1 (0.43%) GridGain
4 1 (0.43%) HDFS
4 1 (0.43%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 74 (31.76%) Terraform
2 55 (23.61%) Kubernetes
3 29 (12.45%) Ansible
4 6 (2.58%) Grafana
5 5 (2.15%) Argo
5 5 (2.15%) Prometheus
6 4 (1.72%) Istio
7 3 (1.29%) ITRS Geneos
7 3 (1.29%) Karpenter
7 3 (1.29%) Puppet
8 2 (0.86%) FortiGate
8 2 (0.86%) Kibana
9 1 (0.43%) CASB
9 1 (0.43%) Icinga
9 1 (0.43%) logstash
9 1 (0.43%) Opsgenie
9 1 (0.43%) Packer
9 1 (0.43%) Progress Chef
9 1 (0.43%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 34 (14.59%) Microsoft
2 31 (13.30%) Google
3 19 (8.15%) Databricks
4 11 (4.72%) Oracle
5 9 (3.86%) Salesforce
5 9 (3.86%) ServiceNow
6 8 (3.43%) Splunk
7 5 (2.15%) Palo Alto
7 5 (2.15%) VMware
8 4 (1.72%) CyberArk
8 4 (1.72%) Dynatrace
8 4 (1.72%) OpenAI
9 3 (1.29%) CheckPoint
9 3 (1.29%) DocuSign
9 3 (1.29%) F5
9 3 (1.29%) Fortinet
10 2 (0.86%) Arista
10 2 (0.86%) Rollbar
10 2 (0.86%) Solace
10 2 (0.86%) UiPath