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 1 July 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 19 14 9
Rank change year-on-year -5 -5 +3
Contract jobs citing DevOps 253 243 306
As % of all contract jobs in Central London 9.61% 12.42% 13.04%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 11.12% 13.28% 14.29%
Number of daily rates quoted 194 168 211
10th Percentile £410 £413 £416
25th Percentile £475 £479 £492
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £575 £600
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% -4.17% -4.00%
75th Percentile £638 £676 £689
90th Percentile £688 £765 £818
London median daily rate £550 £550 £565
% change year-on-year - -2.57% -5.92%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 1 1
10th Percentile £65.73 - -
25th Percentile £66.81 £86.25 £46.75
Median hourly rate £72.25 £87.50 £48.50
Median % change year-on-year -17.43% +80.41% -
75th Percentile £76.31 £88.75 £50.25
90th Percentile £76.58 - -
London median hourly rate £68.50 £52.50 £55.00
% change year-on-year +30.48% -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 2,275 1,830 2,141
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Central London 86.44% 93.51% 91.26%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,538 1,186 1,498
10th Percentile £356 £350 £356
25th Percentile £453 £450 £454
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year - - -8.33%
75th Percentile £672 £675 £687
90th Percentile £775 £775 £800
London median daily rate £536 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -2.64% - -6.14%
Number of hourly rates quoted 39 31 23
10th Percentile £17.60 £22.00 £20.22
25th Percentile £18.75 £24.66 £22.50
Median hourly rate £25.77 £31.00 £27.81
Median % change year-on-year -16.87% +11.47% -20.54%
75th Percentile £53.50 £49.75 £36.50
90th Percentile £64.00 £63.75 £48.57
London median hourly rate £37.50 £32.50 £30.00
% change year-on-year +15.38% +8.33% -26.42%

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 1 July 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 1 July 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 -5 225 £550 -4.35% 156
West End of London +3 9 £600 +29.73% 9
City of Westminster 0 8 £606 +10.23% 8
Lambeth - 1 - -
Kensington and Chelsea - 1 £600 -
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 12 (4.74%) Apache Airflow
2 9 (3.56%) SharePoint
3 8 (3.16%) Confluence
4 5 (1.98%) Apache Spark
5 4 (1.58%) Apache
5 4 (1.58%) Microsoft Exchange
6 3 (1.19%) Palantir Foundry
6 3 (1.19%) WebSphere
7 2 (0.79%) IIS
8 1 (0.40%) CMS
8 1 (0.40%) IBM HTTP Server
8 1 (0.40%) nginx
8 1 (0.40%) WebSphere Application Server
Applications
1 3 (1.19%) Microsoft Project
2 2 (0.79%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (0.79%) MS Visio
3 1 (0.40%) Maya
3 1 (0.40%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 6 (2.37%) Dynamics AX
2 2 (0.79%) Dynamics CRM
3 1 (0.40%) Aladdin
3 1 (0.40%) Magento
3 1 (0.40%) Oracle ERP
3 1 (0.40%) Payment Gateway
3 1 (0.40%) Remedy ITSM
3 1 (0.40%) SAP ERP
3 1 (0.40%) SAP MM
3 1 (0.40%) SAP Oil and Gas
Cloud Services
1 135 (53.36%) Azure
2 76 (30.04%) AWS
3 70 (27.67%) Azure DevOps
4 47 (18.58%) GitHub
5 35 (13.83%) Power Platform
6 32 (12.65%) GitHub Actions
7 27 (10.67%) Serverless
8 25 (9.88%) GCP
9 14 (5.53%) Azure AKS
10 13 (5.14%) Amazon S3
10 13 (5.14%) Power Automate
11 12 (4.74%) Azure Data Factory
12 11 (4.35%) Azure Functions
12 11 (4.35%) Dynamics 365
12 11 (4.35%) Entra ID
13 10 (3.95%) AWS Lambda
13 10 (3.95%) Snowflake
14 9 (3.56%) Amazon Kinesis
14 9 (3.56%) Azure Monitor
14 9 (3.56%) dbt
Communications & Networking
1 12 (4.74%) Internet
2 10 (3.95%) Firewall
3 8 (3.16%) DNS
4 7 (2.77%) VPN
5 4 (1.58%) DHCP
5 4 (1.58%) Network Security
6 3 (1.19%) FTP
6 3 (1.19%) SMTP
7 2 (0.79%) HTTPS
7 2 (0.79%) Intranet
8 1 (0.40%) Multicast
8 1 (0.40%) Reverse Proxy
8 1 (0.40%) SSH
8 1 (0.40%) TCP/IP
8 1 (0.40%) VSAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 25 (9.88%) Power BI
2 21 (8.30%) SQL Server
3 12 (4.74%) NoSQL
4 9 (3.56%) Data Warehouse
4 9 (3.56%) MongoDB
5 8 (3.16%) PostgreSQL
5 8 (3.16%) Relational Database
6 7 (2.77%) Amazon RDS
7 6 (2.37%) Amazon Redshift
7 6 (2.37%) Elasticsearch
8 5 (1.98%) Metadata
9 4 (1.58%) Apache Cassandra
9 4 (1.58%) Azure SQL Database
9 4 (1.58%) Big Data
9 4 (1.58%) Data Lake
9 4 (1.58%) Data Mart
9 4 (1.58%) DynamoDB
9 4 (1.58%) Oracle Database
9 4 (1.58%) Snowflake Schema
9 4 (1.58%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 28 (11.07%) Git
2 27 (10.67%) GitLab
3 24 (9.49%) Jenkins
4 22 (8.70%) JIRA
5 9 (3.56%) JUnit
6 6 (2.37%) Mockito
6 6 (2.37%) Postman
7 5 (1.98%) Gradle
7 5 (1.98%) Maven
7 5 (1.98%) REST Assured
8 4 (1.58%) Artifactory
8 4 (1.58%) JMeter
8 4 (1.58%) Selenium
9 3 (1.19%) Bitbucket
9 3 (1.19%) Cucumber
9 3 (1.19%) Cypress.io
9 3 (1.19%) Liquibase
9 3 (1.19%) TeamCity
10 2 (0.79%) Ant
10 2 (0.79%) git-flow
General
1 70 (27.67%) Finance
2 39 (15.42%) Social Skills
3 23 (9.09%) Banking
4 19 (7.51%) Public Sector
5 12 (4.74%) Analytical Skills
6 6 (2.37%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 6 (2.37%) Law
7 4 (1.58%) Documentation Skills
7 4 (1.58%) Police
7 4 (1.58%) Presentation Skills
8 3 (1.19%) Influencing Skills
8 3 (1.19%) Investment Banking
9 2 (0.79%) Financial Institution
9 2 (0.79%) Front Office
9 2 (0.79%) Legal
9 2 (0.79%) Marketing
9 2 (0.79%) Military
10 1 (0.40%) Advertising
10 1 (0.40%) Pharmaceutical
10 1 (0.40%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 46 (18.18%) DevOps Engineer
2 27 (10.67%) Developer
2 27 (10.67%) Senior
3 25 (9.88%) Architect
4 22 (8.70%) Lead
5 21 (8.30%) Azure Engineer
6 18 (7.11%) Data Engineer
7 12 (4.74%) Cloud Engineer
7 12 (4.74%) Machine Learning Engineer
7 12 (4.74%) Tester
8 11 (4.35%) Java Developer
8 11 (4.35%) Senior Developer
9 10 (3.95%) Azure DevOps Engineer
9 10 (3.95%) Software Engineer
10 9 (3.56%) Consultant
10 9 (3.56%) Infrastructure Engineer
10 9 (3.56%) Platform Engineer
11 8 (3.16%) Full-Stack Engineer
12 7 (2.77%) Cloud Architect
12 7 (2.77%) Solutions Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 27 (10.67%) REST
1 27 (10.67%) Spring
2 23 (9.09%) Kafka
2 23 (9.09%) Spring Boot
3 15 (5.93%) .NET
3 15 (5.93%) RESTful
4 14 (5.53%) React
5 12 (4.74%) Playwright
5 12 (4.74%) pytest
6 9 (3.56%) PySpark
6 9 (3.56%) SOAP
7 8 (3.16%) AngularJS
8 7 (2.77%) Node.js
8 7 (2.77%) XML
9 6 (2.37%) Next.js
9 6 (2.37%) RabbitMQ
10 5 (1.98%) GraphQL
10 5 (1.98%) HTML
10 5 (1.98%) JSON
10 5 (1.98%) Swagger
Miscellaneous
1 55 (21.74%) Cloud Native
2 18 (7.11%) Distributed Systems
3 12 (4.74%) Legacy Systems
4 7 (2.77%) Product Ownership
5 6 (2.37%) AI Agents
5 6 (2.37%) Clustering
5 6 (2.37%) Private Cloud
6 5 (1.98%) Hybrid Cloud
6 5 (1.98%) Mobile App
7 4 (1.58%) Data Centre
7 4 (1.58%) Onboarding
8 3 (1.19%) Data Structures
8 3 (1.19%) Equities
8 3 (1.19%) Management Information System
8 3 (1.19%) PKI
8 3 (1.19%) Public Cloud
8 3 (1.19%) Self-Motivation
9 2 (0.79%) Enterprise Software
9 2 (0.79%) Fixed Income
9 2 (0.79%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 13 (5.14%) Linux
2 10 (3.95%) Windows
3 7 (2.77%) Unix
4 4 (1.58%) Windows Server
5 1 (0.40%) AIX
5 1 (0.40%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 1 (0.40%) VMS
5 1 (0.40%) Windows 10
5 1 (0.40%) Windows Server 2003
Processes & Methodologies
1 152 (60.08%) CI/CD
2 73 (28.85%) Infrastructure as Code
3 57 (22.53%) Agile
4 47 (18.58%) Containerisation
5 46 (18.18%) AI
6 40 (15.81%) Analytics
7 39 (15.42%) Platform Engineering
8 36 (14.23%) Observability
8 36 (14.23%) Software Engineering
8 36 (14.23%) Test Automation
9 33 (13.04%) Data Engineering
10 32 (12.65%) Migration
11 31 (12.25%) Microservices
12 28 (11.07%) Stakeholder Management
12 28 (11.07%) Validation
13 27 (10.67%) Event-Driven
13 27 (10.67%) Machine Learning
14 26 (10.28%) Business Intelligence
15 25 (9.88%) Continuous Improvement
16 24 (9.49%) Problem-Solving
Programming Languages
1 75 (29.64%) Python
2 50 (19.76%) SQL
3 35 (13.83%) Java
4 22 (8.70%) TypeScript
5 21 (8.30%) C#
6 19 (7.51%) PowerShell
7 16 (6.32%) JavaScript
8 14 (5.53%) Bash
9 12 (4.74%) Bicep
10 4 (1.58%) Apex Code
10 4 (1.58%) Shell Script
11 3 (1.19%) Data Analysis Expressions
12 2 (0.79%) ActionScript
12 2 (0.79%) ActionScript 2.0
12 2 (0.79%) Korn
12 2 (0.79%) PL/SQL
12 2 (0.79%) T-SQL
13 1 (0.40%) Jython
13 1 (0.40%) PHP
13 1 (0.40%) RPG
Qualifications
1 90 (35.57%) Security Cleared
2 86 (33.99%) SC Cleared
3 16 (6.32%) Degree
4 9 (3.56%) DBS Check
5 7 (2.77%) Azure Certification
5 7 (2.77%) Computer Science Degree
6 4 (1.58%) DV Cleared
6 4 (1.58%) Microsoft Certification
6 4 (1.58%) PMI Certification
6 4 (1.58%) PMP
7 3 (1.19%) AWS Certification
8 2 (0.79%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
8 2 (0.79%) BPSS Clearance
8 2 (0.79%) SnowPro
9 1 (0.40%) (ISC)2 CCSP
9 1 (0.40%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
9 1 (0.40%) CCSP
9 1 (0.40%) CISSP
9 1 (0.40%) IIBA
9 1 (0.40%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 24 (9.49%) QA
2 6 (2.37%) Data Quality
3 5 (1.98%) GDPR
4 4 (1.58%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 3 (1.19%) PMO
5 3 (1.19%) SLA
6 2 (0.79%) Accessibility
6 2 (0.79%) EMIR
6 2 (0.79%) MiFID
6 2 (0.79%) PCI DSS
7 1 (0.40%) NCSC
7 1 (0.40%) NIST
7 1 (0.40%) P3O
7 1 (0.40%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 55 (21.74%) Docker
2 11 (4.35%) Active Directory
3 6 (2.37%) Virtual Machines
4 4 (1.58%) VMware ESXi
4 4 (1.58%) VMware Infrastructure
5 3 (1.19%) BitLocker
5 3 (1.19%) Hyper-V
5 3 (1.19%) Microsoft App-V
5 3 (1.19%) Terminal Services
6 1 (0.40%) GridGain
6 1 (0.40%) Varnish
6 1 (0.40%) Virtual Desktop
6 1 (0.40%) VMware NSX
6 1 (0.40%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 91 (35.97%) Kubernetes
2 62 (24.51%) Terraform
3 24 (9.49%) Ansible
4 16 (6.32%) Prometheus
5 15 (5.93%) Grafana
6 5 (1.98%) Puppet
7 4 (1.58%) vCenter Server
8 3 (1.19%) Nagios
8 3 (1.19%) vMotion
9 1 (0.40%) Argo
9 1 (0.40%) CA Wily
9 1 (0.40%) Consul
9 1 (0.40%) FortiGate
9 1 (0.40%) Istio
9 1 (0.40%) linkerd
9 1 (0.40%) Packer
9 1 (0.40%) PowerCLI
9 1 (0.40%) Salt
9 1 (0.40%) SCCM
9 1 (0.40%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 46 (18.18%) Microsoft
2 26 (10.28%) Databricks
3 11 (4.35%) Oracle
4 10 (3.95%) Google
5 6 (2.37%) Dynatrace
5 6 (2.37%) Salesforce
6 4 (1.58%) Foundry
6 4 (1.58%) IBM
6 4 (1.58%) OpenAI
6 4 (1.58%) VMware
7 3 (1.19%) AppDynamics
7 3 (1.19%) Citrix
7 3 (1.19%) Fortinet
7 3 (1.19%) HP
7 3 (1.19%) Palantir
7 3 (1.19%) SAP
7 3 (1.19%) Splunk
7 3 (1.19%) Symantec
8 2 (0.79%) Palo Alto
8 2 (0.79%) Solace