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

6 months to
20 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 16 15 10
Rank change year-on-year -1 -5 0
Contract jobs citing DevOps 291 226 282
As % of all contract jobs in Central London 11.78% 11.66% 12.09%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 13.14% 12.43% 13.13%
Number of daily rates quoted 219 169 198
10th Percentile £424 £381 £425
25th Percentile £488 £475 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £600 £575
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +4.35% -6.12%
75th Percentile £638 £675 £709
90th Percentile £728 £731 £805
London median daily rate £550 £550 £557
% change year-on-year - -1.17% -7.25%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 2 0
10th Percentile £38.00 £32.25 -
25th Percentile £42.50 £41.25 -
Median hourly rate £52.50 £57.50 -
Median % change year-on-year -8.70% - -
75th Percentile £65.00 £73.75 -
90th Percentile £71.00 £82.75 -
London median hourly rate £55.00 £54.25 £55.00
% change year-on-year +1.38% -1.36% -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 2,215 1,818 2,147
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Central London 89.68% 93.76% 92.03%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,530 1,217 1,384
10th Percentile £363 £316 £363
25th Percentile £456 £419 £463
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 £775 £788
London median daily rate £550 £540 £550
% change year-on-year +1.85% -1.82% -4.35%
Number of hourly rates quoted 33 30 26
10th Percentile £17.60 £18.69 £17.25
25th Percentile £18.75 £23.00 £23.69
Median hourly rate £25.00 £28.33 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year -11.74% -19.07% +34.62%
75th Percentile £43.00 £50.75 £42.13
90th Percentile £64.15 £63.75 £115.00
London median hourly rate £35.00 £31.50 £35.00
% change year-on-year +11.13% -10.01% -7.28%

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 20 September 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 20 September 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 20 September 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 -3 253 £550 -8.33% 190
West End of London -3 10 £528 +8.21% 14
City of Westminster -5 10 £600 +26.32% 30
Southwark +1 4 £650 - 3
Lambeth - 1 - - 1
Kensington and Chelsea - 1 £750 -
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 14 (4.81%) SharePoint
2 12 (4.12%) Apache Airflow
2 12 (4.12%) Apache Spark
2 12 (4.12%) Confluence
3 11 (3.78%) Apache
4 3 (1.03%) Microsoft Exchange
5 2 (0.69%) IIS
5 2 (0.69%) nginx
6 1 (0.34%) Anypoint
6 1 (0.34%) CMS
6 1 (0.34%) Ethereum
6 1 (0.34%) Hyperledger
6 1 (0.34%) Jupyter
6 1 (0.34%) MQSeries
6 1 (0.34%) SAS
Applications
1 6 (2.06%) Microsoft Excel
2 4 (1.37%) MS Visio
3 3 (1.03%) Microsoft Office
4 2 (0.69%) Microsoft Project
5 1 (0.34%) Windchill
Business Applications
1 7 (2.41%) Dynamics CRM
2 4 (1.37%) Dynamics AX
3 2 (0.69%) Remedy ITSM
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 MDG
4 1 (0.34%) SAP MM
4 1 (0.34%) SAP Oil and Gas
4 1 (0.34%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 166 (57.04%) Azure
2 99 (34.02%) Azure DevOps
3 82 (28.18%) AWS
4 56 (19.24%) GitHub
5 45 (15.46%) Power Platform
6 34 (11.68%) GitHub Actions
7 31 (10.65%) Azure Data Factory
8 29 (9.97%) GCP
9 28 (9.62%) Serverless
10 20 (6.87%) Power Automate
11 15 (5.15%) Azure Functions
11 15 (5.15%) Azure Synapse Analytics
11 15 (5.15%) PowerApps
12 14 (4.81%) Azure Logic Apps
12 14 (4.81%) Dynamics 365
13 13 (4.47%) Azure AKS
14 12 (4.12%) Amazon S3
14 12 (4.12%) Azure Databricks
14 12 (4.12%) GitHub Copilot
15 11 (3.78%) AWS Lambda
Communications & Networking
1 17 (5.84%) Internet
2 13 (4.47%) DNS
3 12 (4.12%) Firewall
4 9 (3.09%) VPN
5 5 (1.72%) DHCP
6 3 (1.03%) FTP
6 3 (1.03%) Network Security
6 3 (1.03%) SMTP
6 3 (1.03%) TCP/IP
7 2 (0.69%) HTTPS
7 2 (0.69%) Intranet
7 2 (0.69%) Reverse Proxy
7 2 (0.69%) RTP
7 2 (0.69%) SSH
7 2 (0.69%) VLAN
7 2 (0.69%) VoIP
7 2 (0.69%) Wireshark
8 1 (0.34%) INAP
8 1 (0.34%) OpenVPN
8 1 (0.34%) RTCP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 33 (11.34%) Power BI
2 25 (8.59%) SQL Server
3 19 (6.53%) Data Warehouse
4 15 (5.15%) Data Lake
5 13 (4.47%) Metadata
6 10 (3.44%) NoSQL
7 9 (3.09%) Azure SQL Database
7 9 (3.09%) MongoDB
7 9 (3.09%) Star Schema
8 8 (2.75%) Delta Lake
9 7 (2.41%) Amazon RDS
10 6 (2.06%) Amazon Redshift
10 6 (2.06%) Big Data
11 5 (1.72%) Elasticsearch
11 5 (1.72%) Semantic Layer
12 4 (1.37%) Data Hub
12 4 (1.37%) Enterprise Data Warehouse
12 4 (1.37%) Oracle Database
12 4 (1.37%) Power Query
12 4 (1.37%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 32 (11.00%) Jenkins
2 29 (9.97%) Git
3 27 (9.28%) GitLab
4 25 (8.59%) JIRA
5 9 (3.09%) JMeter
5 9 (3.09%) JUnit
6 7 (2.41%) Bitbucket
6 7 (2.41%) Postman
7 6 (2.06%) Artifactory
7 6 (2.06%) Selenium
8 5 (1.72%) Cypress.io
8 5 (1.72%) Gradle
8 5 (1.72%) Mockito
8 5 (1.72%) Visual Studio Code
9 4 (1.37%) Gatling
9 4 (1.37%) Maven
9 4 (1.37%) REST Assured
9 4 (1.37%) TeamCity
10 3 (1.03%) LoadRunner
10 3 (1.03%) Visual Studio
General
1 85 (29.21%) Finance
2 66 (22.68%) Social Skills
3 39 (13.40%) Banking
4 29 (9.97%) Analytical Skills
5 24 (8.25%) Public Sector
6 7 (2.41%) Investment Banking
6 7 (2.41%) Law
6 7 (2.41%) Retail
7 6 (2.06%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 6 (2.06%) Influencing Skills
8 5 (1.72%) Front Office
8 5 (1.72%) Marketing
9 4 (1.37%) Police
10 3 (1.03%) Military
11 2 (0.69%) Documentation Skills
11 2 (0.69%) Financial Institution
11 2 (0.69%) Pharmaceutical
11 2 (0.69%) Presentation Skills
11 2 (0.69%) Retail Banking
11 2 (0.69%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 50 (17.18%) Senior
2 48 (16.49%) Developer
3 41 (14.09%) Architect
4 34 (11.68%) DevOps Engineer
5 27 (9.28%) Lead
6 25 (8.59%) Data Engineer
7 19 (6.53%) Azure Engineer
8 16 (5.50%) Machine Learning Engineer
8 16 (5.50%) Senior Developer
9 14 (4.81%) Data Architect
9 14 (4.81%) Platform Engineer
9 14 (4.81%) Tester
10 13 (4.47%) Solutions Architect
11 12 (4.12%) Java Developer
12 10 (3.44%) Azure DevOps Engineer
12 10 (3.44%) Consultant
13 9 (3.09%) Cloud Engineer
14 8 (2.75%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
15 7 (2.41%) AWS Engineer
15 7 (2.41%) Senior Data Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 66 (22.68%) Terraform
2 38 (13.06%) REST
3 29 (9.97%) .NET
4 28 (9.62%) Spring
5 27 (9.28%) Spring Boot
6 24 (8.25%) Kafka
6 24 (8.25%) PySpark
7 18 (6.19%) RESTful
8 17 (5.84%) pytest
9 15 (5.15%) SOAP
10 12 (4.12%) React
11 9 (3.09%) AngularJS
11 9 (3.09%) Middleware
12 8 (2.75%) Playwright
12 8 (2.75%) XML
13 7 (2.41%) JSON
14 6 (2.06%) GraphQL
14 6 (2.06%) HTML
14 6 (2.06%) Node.js
14 6 (2.06%) Swagger
Miscellaneous
1 62 (21.31%) Cloud Native
2 20 (6.87%) Distributed Systems
3 15 (5.15%) Legacy Systems
3 15 (5.15%) Product Ownership
4 14 (4.81%) AI Agents
4 14 (4.81%) Onboarding
5 11 (3.78%) Enterprise Software
6 8 (2.75%) Data Structures
7 6 (2.06%) Hybrid Cloud
7 6 (2.06%) Self-Motivation
8 5 (1.72%) Data Centre
8 5 (1.72%) Management Information System
9 4 (1.37%) Low-Code
10 3 (1.03%) Clustering
10 3 (1.03%) Enterprise Cloud
10 3 (1.03%) IoT
10 3 (1.03%) Mobile App
10 3 (1.03%) PKI
11 2 (0.69%) CMDB
11 2 (0.69%) SWIFT Messaging Network
Operating Systems
1 20 (6.87%) Linux
2 14 (4.81%) Windows
3 9 (3.09%) Windows Server
4 7 (2.41%) Unix
5 1 (0.34%) Android
5 1 (0.34%) Apple iOS
5 1 (0.34%) CentOS
5 1 (0.34%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 1 (0.34%) Windows Server 2003
Processes & Methodologies
1 188 (64.60%) CI/CD
2 83 (28.52%) Agile
3 71 (24.40%) Infrastructure as Code
4 67 (23.02%) AI
5 54 (18.56%) Analytics
6 52 (17.87%) Test Automation
7 48 (16.49%) Microservices
7 48 (16.49%) Software Engineering
8 46 (15.81%) Stakeholder Management
9 44 (15.12%) Observability
9 44 (15.12%) Platform Engineering
10 43 (14.78%) Containerisation
11 42 (14.43%) Problem-Solving
12 41 (14.09%) Data Modelling
13 40 (13.75%) Business Intelligence
14 39 (13.40%) Event-Driven
14 39 (13.40%) Machine Learning
14 39 (13.40%) Migration
15 36 (12.37%) Validation
16 35 (12.03%) Data Engineering
Programming Languages
1 103 (35.40%) Python
2 70 (24.05%) SQL
3 49 (16.84%) Java
4 34 (11.68%) C#
5 29 (9.97%) PowerShell
6 22 (7.56%) JavaScript
7 20 (6.87%) TypeScript
8 16 (5.50%) Bicep
9 15 (5.15%) Bash
10 12 (4.12%) Data Analysis Expressions
11 4 (1.37%) Apex Code
11 4 (1.37%) Korn
11 4 (1.37%) T-SQL
12 3 (1.03%) PL/SQL
13 2 (0.69%) ActionScript
13 2 (0.69%) ActionScript 2.0
13 2 (0.69%) R
13 2 (0.69%) Shell Script
14 1 (0.34%) Go
14 1 (0.34%) SOQL
Qualifications
1 87 (29.90%) Security Cleared
2 76 (26.12%) SC Cleared
3 14 (4.81%) Degree
4 10 (3.44%) DBS Check
5 8 (2.75%) DV Cleared
5 8 (2.75%) Microsoft Certification
6 6 (2.06%) Azure Certification
7 5 (1.72%) PMI Certification
7 5 (1.72%) PMP
8 4 (1.37%) Computer Science Degree
9 2 (0.69%) AWS Certification
9 2 (0.69%) BPSS Clearance
9 2 (0.69%) CISM
9 2 (0.69%) CISSP
9 2 (0.69%) Master's Degree
9 2 (0.69%) TOGAF Certification
10 1 (0.34%) Cisco Certification
10 1 (0.34%) MOS
10 1 (0.34%) PRINCE2 Certification
10 1 (0.34%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 34 (11.68%) QA
2 26 (8.93%) Data Quality
3 7 (2.41%) Accessibility
3 7 (2.41%) GDPR
4 3 (1.03%) NCSC
5 2 (0.69%) EMIR
5 2 (0.69%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 2 (0.69%) MiFID
5 2 (0.69%) SLA
6 1 (0.34%) Cyber Essentials
6 1 (0.34%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
6 1 (0.34%) Government Security Classifications
6 1 (0.34%) ISO 20022
6 1 (0.34%) P3O
6 1 (0.34%) PCI DSS
6 1 (0.34%) PMO
6 1 (0.34%) PSD2
6 1 (0.34%) Sarbanes-Oxley
6 1 (0.34%) SEPA
6 1 (0.34%) WCAG
System Software
1 56 (19.24%) Docker
2 9 (3.09%) 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
5 2 (0.69%) Virtual Machines
6 1 (0.34%) Varnish
6 1 (0.34%) VMware NSX
6 1 (0.34%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 95 (32.65%) Kubernetes
2 25 (8.59%) Ansible
3 20 (6.87%) Grafana
4 18 (6.19%) Prometheus
5 4 (1.37%) Puppet
5 4 (1.37%) vCenter Server
6 3 (1.03%) Nagios
6 3 (1.03%) vMotion
7 2 (0.69%) ITRS Geneos
7 2 (0.69%) Packer
7 2 (0.69%) Single Sign-On
8 1 (0.34%) Argo
8 1 (0.34%) Bosun
8 1 (0.34%) Consul
8 1 (0.34%) Kubeflow
8 1 (0.34%) Microsoft Intune
8 1 (0.34%) PowerCLI
8 1 (0.34%) Salt
8 1 (0.34%) SCCM
8 1 (0.34%) SELinux
Vendors
1 84 (28.87%) Microsoft
2 41 (14.09%) Databricks
3 16 (5.50%) Google
3 16 (5.50%) Oracle
4 10 (3.44%) Dynatrace
5 8 (2.75%) ServiceNow
5 8 (2.75%) Splunk
6 6 (2.06%) Salesforce
6 6 (2.06%) SAP
7 5 (1.72%) IBM
7 5 (1.72%) OpenAI
7 5 (1.72%) VMware
8 4 (1.37%) AppDynamics
8 4 (1.37%) Foundry
8 4 (1.37%) MuleSoft
9 3 (1.03%) Citrix
9 3 (1.03%) HP
9 3 (1.03%) Symantec
10 2 (0.69%) Remedy
10 2 (0.69%) Software AG