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

6 months to
26 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 16 12 13
Rank change year-on-year -4 +1 0
Contract jobs citing DevOps 235 247 286
As % of all contract jobs in Central London 11.82% 10.31% 9.96%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 12.77% 11.23% 11.12%
Number of daily rates quoted 192 163 223
10th Percentile £364 £463 £450
25th Percentile £463 £513 £513
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £600 £613
Median % change year-on-year -4.09% -2.12% +2.08%
75th Percentile £668 £701 £713
90th Percentile £737 £775 £847
London median daily rate £550 £585 £590
% change year-on-year -5.98% -0.85% -5.60%
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 1,840 2,199 2,571
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Central London 92.56% 91.78% 89.55%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,283 1,370 1,821
10th Percentile £339 £370 £363
25th Percentile £422 £474 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £575 £575
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% - -
75th Percentile £668 £688 £690
90th Percentile £750 £775 £825
London median daily rate £530 £550 £568
% change year-on-year -3.64% -3.08% -3.81%
Number of hourly rates quoted 27 28 18
10th Percentile £18.15 £19.90 £17.00
25th Percentile £22.82 £30.19 £18.93
Median hourly rate £27.50 £35.00 £26.75
Median % change year-on-year -21.43% +30.84% -48.06%
75th Percentile £41.85 £65.63 £62.00
90th Percentile £59.55 £119.65 £70.25
London median hourly rate £29.50 £37.50 £35.96
% change year-on-year -21.33% +4.30% -7.81%

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 26 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 26 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 26 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 -2 217 £575 -1.71% 92
City of Westminster +4 4 £475 - 6
West End of London - 3 £438 - 5
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 (5.53%) Confluence
2 5 (2.13%) 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 5 (2.13%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (1.28%) Microsoft Office
3 2 (0.85%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 2 (0.85%) MS Visio
4 1 (0.43%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 4 (1.70%) Dynamics CRM
2 2 (0.85%) Aladdin
2 2 (0.85%) Endur
2 2 (0.85%) Remedy ITSM
3 1 (0.43%) Fidessa
3 1 (0.43%) Maximo
3 1 (0.43%) Oracle BPM
3 1 (0.43%) Orchestrade
3 1 (0.43%) thinkFolio
Cloud Services
1 104 (44.26%) Azure
2 70 (29.79%) Azure DevOps
3 60 (25.53%) AWS
4 45 (19.15%) GitHub
5 35 (14.89%) GCP
6 27 (11.49%) GitHub Actions
7 24 (10.21%) Power Platform
8 20 (8.51%) Serverless
9 16 (6.81%) Amazon S3
9 16 (6.81%) AWS Lambda
10 14 (5.96%) Amazon CloudWatch
11 13 (5.53%) Google Kubernetes Engine
12 11 (4.68%) Azure Data Factory
13 10 (4.26%) Amazon ECS
13 10 (4.26%) Power Automate
14 9 (3.83%) PowerApps
15 7 (2.98%) Apigee
15 7 (2.98%) Azure AKS
15 7 (2.98%) Dynamics 365
15 7 (2.98%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 13 (5.53%) Firewall
2 11 (4.68%) DNS
3 7 (2.98%) Network Security
3 7 (2.98%) SSL
4 4 (1.70%) BGP
4 4 (1.70%) Ethernet VPN
4 4 (1.70%) TCP/IP
4 4 (1.70%) VPN
4 4 (1.70%) VXLAN
5 3 (1.28%) Cisco IOS
5 3 (1.28%) HTTPS
5 3 (1.28%) Multicast
5 3 (1.28%) OSPF
5 3 (1.28%) SSH
6 2 (0.85%) DHCP
6 2 (0.85%) IGMP
6 2 (0.85%) Internet
6 2 (0.85%) MPLS
6 2 (0.85%) NX-OS
7 1 (0.43%) IOS XR
Database & Business Intelligence
1 15 (6.38%) Power BI
2 14 (5.96%) SQL Server
3 8 (3.40%) DynamoDB
4 7 (2.98%) BigQuery
4 7 (2.98%) Data Warehouse
5 6 (2.55%) Azure SQL Database
5 6 (2.55%) Elasticsearch
6 5 (2.13%) MongoDB
6 5 (2.13%) MySQL
6 5 (2.13%) PostgreSQL
6 5 (2.13%) Redis
7 4 (1.70%) Amazon RDS
7 4 (1.70%) Data Lake
7 4 (1.70%) Delta Lake
7 4 (1.70%) NoSQL
7 4 (1.70%) Oracle Database
8 3 (1.28%) Big Data
8 3 (1.28%) Relational Database
8 3 (1.28%) Tableau
9 2 (0.85%) Couchbase
Development Applications
1 32 (13.62%) Jenkins
2 31 (13.19%) Git
3 30 (12.77%) JIRA
4 18 (7.66%) GitLab
5 10 (4.26%) Gradle
5 10 (4.26%) Selenium
6 9 (3.83%) Cypress.io
6 9 (3.83%) SonarQube
7 8 (3.40%) Bitbucket
7 8 (3.40%) Maven
8 6 (2.55%) Postman
9 5 (2.13%) JUnit
10 4 (1.70%) 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 76 (32.34%) Finance
2 64 (27.23%) Social Skills
3 36 (15.32%) Banking
4 28 (11.91%) Analytical Skills
5 11 (4.68%) Investment Banking
6 8 (3.40%) Documentation Skills
7 6 (2.55%) Public Sector
7 6 (2.55%) Telecoms
8 5 (2.13%) Back Office
8 5 (2.13%) Front Office
8 5 (2.13%) Influencing Skills
9 4 (1.70%) Financial Institution
9 4 (1.70%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 4 (1.70%) Law
9 4 (1.70%) Retail Banking
10 3 (1.28%) Pharmaceutical
10 3 (1.28%) Presentation Skills
11 2 (0.85%) Billing
11 2 (0.85%) Marketing
11 2 (0.85%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 48 (20.43%) Developer
2 40 (17.02%) DevOps Engineer
3 34 (14.47%) Senior
4 16 (6.81%) Analyst
5 15 (6.38%) Architect
6 13 (5.53%) Business Analyst
7 12 (5.11%) GCP Engineer
7 12 (5.11%) Lead
8 11 (4.68%) AWS Engineer
9 10 (4.26%) Azure Engineer
9 10 (4.26%) Data Engineer
10 9 (3.83%) Senior Developer
11 8 (3.40%) AWS DevOps
11 8 (3.40%) Site Reliability Engineer
12 7 (2.98%) AWS DevOps Engineer
12 7 (2.98%) Java Developer
12 7 (2.98%) Test Engineer
13 6 (2.55%) .NET Developer
13 6 (2.55%) Network Engineer
13 6 (2.55%) Python Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 26 (11.06%) .NET
2 17 (7.23%) Node.js
3 16 (6.81%) HTML
3 16 (6.81%) REST
4 13 (5.53%) AngularJS
4 13 (5.53%) CSS
5 12 (5.11%) OAuth
5 12 (5.11%) React
5 12 (5.11%) RESTful
6 10 (4.26%) GraphQL
7 7 (2.98%) Elastic Stack
7 7 (2.98%) JSON
7 7 (2.98%) JWT
7 7 (2.98%) SOAP
8 6 (2.55%) ADO
8 6 (2.55%) FIX Protocol
8 6 (2.55%) HTML5
8 6 (2.55%) Spring
8 6 (2.55%) XML
9 5 (2.13%) OAuth2
Miscellaneous
1 32 (13.62%) Cloud Native
2 13 (5.53%) Distributed Systems
3 10 (4.26%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
3 10 (4.26%) Product Ownership
4 8 (3.40%) Data Centre
4 8 (3.40%) Derivative
5 7 (2.98%) Fixed Income
5 7 (2.98%) Onboarding
6 6 (2.55%) Mobile App
7 5 (2.13%) Enterprise Software
8 4 (1.70%) Legacy Systems
8 4 (1.70%) Self-Motivation
9 3 (1.28%) Greenfield Project
9 3 (1.28%) Life Science
9 3 (1.28%) Replication
10 2 (0.85%) CMDB
10 2 (0.85%) Equities
10 2 (0.85%) IVR
10 2 (0.85%) Management Information System
10 2 (0.85%) PKI
Operating Systems
1 20 (8.51%) Linux
2 6 (2.55%) Android
2 6 (2.55%) Unix
3 5 (2.13%) Apple iOS
3 5 (2.13%) Windows
4 2 (0.85%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 2 (0.85%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 123 (52.34%) CI/CD
2 95 (40.43%) Agile
3 55 (23.40%) Infrastructure as Code
4 39 (16.60%) Problem-Solving
5 32 (13.62%) Containerisation
6 28 (11.91%) Test Automation
7 27 (11.49%) Scrum
8 26 (11.06%) Analytics
9 23 (9.79%) Continuous Improvement
9 23 (9.79%) Migration
10 22 (9.36%) Observability
10 22 (9.36%) Software Engineering
10 22 (9.36%) Stakeholder Engagement
11 19 (8.09%) AI
11 19 (8.09%) Stakeholder Management
12 18 (7.66%) Cloud Security
12 18 (7.66%) Machine Learning
13 17 (7.23%) Business Intelligence
13 17 (7.23%) SDLC
13 17 (7.23%) Site Reliability Engineering
Programming Languages
1 79 (33.62%) Python
2 46 (19.57%) SQL
3 30 (12.77%) Java
3 30 (12.77%) JavaScript
4 28 (11.91%) C#
5 17 (7.23%) PowerShell
6 15 (6.38%) TypeScript
7 14 (5.96%) Bash
8 4 (1.70%) Bicep
8 4 (1.70%) C++
8 4 (1.70%) Go
9 3 (1.28%) Kotlin
9 3 (1.28%) VB.NET
10 2 (0.85%) PromQL
10 2 (0.85%) Rust
11 1 (0.43%) Perl
11 1 (0.43%) PHP
11 1 (0.43%) SOQL
11 1 (0.43%) Swift
11 1 (0.43%) VBA
Qualifications
1 46 (19.57%) Security Cleared
2 41 (17.45%) SC Cleared
3 18 (7.66%) Degree
4 9 (3.83%) Computer Science Degree
5 8 (3.40%) Azure Certification
6 5 (2.13%) DV Cleared
7 4 (1.70%) Cisco Certification
7 4 (1.70%) Master's Degree
7 4 (1.70%) Microsoft Certification
8 3 (1.28%) CCIE
8 3 (1.28%) CCNP
8 3 (1.28%) CISSP
9 2 (0.85%) BPSS Clearance
9 2 (0.85%) CBAP
9 2 (0.85%) ISEB
9 2 (0.85%) ISTQB
10 1 (0.43%) AWS Certification
10 1 (0.43%) CESG Certified Professional
10 1 (0.43%) DBS Check
10 1 (0.43%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 18 (7.66%) QA
2 8 (3.40%) Accessibility
2 8 (3.40%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 6 (2.55%) Data Quality
3 6 (2.55%) GDPR
4 5 (2.13%) NIST
5 3 (1.28%) PCI DSS
5 3 (1.28%) WCAG
6 2 (0.85%) MiFID
6 2 (0.85%) NCSC
6 2 (0.85%) PMO
6 2 (0.85%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 1 (0.43%) EU AI Act
7 1 (0.43%) HIPAA
7 1 (0.43%) HMG Security Policy Framework
7 1 (0.43%) ISO 20022
7 1 (0.43%) ISO/IEC 42001
7 1 (0.43%) NIST 800
7 1 (0.43%) SEPA
7 1 (0.43%) SOC 2
System Software
1 44 (18.72%) 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 (28.94%) Terraform
2 47 (20.00%) Kubernetes
3 31 (13.19%) Ansible
4 9 (3.83%) ITRS Geneos
4 9 (3.83%) Prometheus
5 8 (3.40%) Grafana
6 6 (2.55%) Argo
6 6 (2.55%) Istio
6 6 (2.55%) Kibana
6 6 (2.55%) Puppet
7 5 (2.13%) logstash
8 3 (1.28%) Progress Chef
8 3 (1.28%) Single Sign-On
9 2 (0.85%) ZABBIX
10 1 (0.43%) Ambari
10 1 (0.43%) CASB
10 1 (0.43%) HP ALM
10 1 (0.43%) Icinga
10 1 (0.43%) Microsoft Intune
10 1 (0.43%) yum
Vendors
1 40 (17.02%) Microsoft
2 32 (13.62%) Google
3 16 (6.81%) Databricks
4 10 (4.26%) Oracle
5 9 (3.83%) Salesforce
6 8 (3.40%) Splunk
7 7 (2.98%) ServiceNow
8 6 (2.55%) Solace
9 5 (2.13%) F5
9 5 (2.13%) Palo Alto
9 5 (2.13%) UiPath
10 4 (1.70%) Arista
10 4 (1.70%) CheckPoint
10 4 (1.70%) Cisco
10 4 (1.70%) VMware
11 3 (1.28%) CyberArk
11 3 (1.28%) DocuSign
11 3 (1.28%) Dynatrace
11 3 (1.28%) HP
11 3 (1.28%) OpenAI