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 21 February 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
21 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 21 12 16
Rank change year-on-year -9 +4 -4
Contract jobs citing DevOps 215 239 221
As % of all contract jobs in Central London 10.04% 11.50% 8.48%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 11.27% 12.49% 9.48%
Number of daily rates quoted 176 160 161
10th Percentile £371 £437 £438
25th Percentile £459 £500 £525
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £575 £625
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% -8.00% +0.81%
75th Percentile £650 £688 £689
90th Percentile £781 £750 £788
London median daily rate £538 £588 £594
% change year-on-year -8.51% -1.09% -3.41%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £46.75
Median hourly rate - - £48.50
75th Percentile - - £50.25
90th Percentile - - -
London median hourly rate £56.25 £80.50 £57.50
% change year-on-year -30.12% +40.00% -23.33%

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 1,907 1,913 2,331
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Central London 89.07% 92.02% 89.41%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,310 1,208 1,649
10th Percentile £356 £363 £350
25th Percentile £440 £463 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £575 £563
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% +2.22% -4.26%
75th Percentile £659 £675 £688
90th Percentile £765 £775 £800
London median daily rate £525 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -4.55% - -8.10%
Number of hourly rates quoted 27 20 27
10th Percentile £19.61 £21.93 £18.16
25th Percentile £24.24 £31.19 £21.36
Median hourly rate £26.11 £35.00 £27.81
Median % change year-on-year -25.40% +25.85% -20.54%
75th Percentile £42.65 £40.63 £40.92
90th Percentile £55.82 £55.08 £65.00
London median hourly rate £35.00 £37.25 £30.00
% change year-on-year -6.04% +24.17% -16.67%

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 21 February 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 21 February 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 -9 183 £550 -4.35% 115
West End of London +14 8 £575 +27.78% 4
City of Westminster +5 3 £340 -30.26% 1
Kensington and Chelsea - 2 £600 -
Camden +10 1 £400 -27.27% 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 6 (2.79%) Apache Spark
1 6 (2.79%) Confluence
2 3 (1.40%) Palantir Foundry
3 2 (0.93%) Apache
3 2 (0.93%) Microsoft Exchange
3 2 (0.93%) SharePoint
3 2 (0.93%) WebSphere
4 1 (0.47%) Apache Airflow
4 1 (0.47%) CMS
4 1 (0.47%) Sitecore CMS
Applications
1 3 (1.40%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (0.93%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 2 (0.93%) Microsoft Project
2 2 (0.93%) MS Visio
3 1 (0.47%) Maya
3 1 (0.47%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (0.47%) Trello
Business Applications
1 3 (1.40%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (0.47%) Aladdin
2 1 (0.47%) NetSuite
2 1 (0.47%) Oracle ERP
Cloud Services
1 108 (50.23%) Azure
2 66 (30.70%) Azure DevOps
3 59 (27.44%) AWS
4 48 (22.33%) GitHub
5 36 (16.74%) GCP
6 26 (12.09%) Serverless
7 24 (11.16%) GitHub Actions
8 23 (10.70%) Power Platform
9 16 (7.44%) AWS Lambda
10 15 (6.98%) Amazon S3
11 11 (5.12%) Azure Data Factory
12 10 (4.65%) Amazon CloudWatch
12 10 (4.65%) Amazon ECS
13 8 (3.72%) Azure Functions
13 8 (3.72%) Dynamics 365
14 7 (3.26%) AWS CloudFormation
14 7 (3.26%) Google Kubernetes Engine
15 6 (2.79%) Apigee
15 6 (2.79%) Azure AKS
15 6 (2.79%) Cloud Run
Communications & Networking
1 8 (3.72%) Network Security
2 7 (3.26%) Firewall
3 4 (1.86%) DNS
4 3 (1.40%) HTTPS
4 3 (1.40%) SSL
5 2 (0.93%) DHCP
5 2 (0.93%) Internet
5 2 (0.93%) TCP/IP
6 1 (0.47%) DKIM
Database & Business Intelligence
1 15 (6.98%) Power BI
2 9 (4.19%) PostgreSQL
3 8 (3.72%) SQL Server
4 7 (3.26%) Azure SQL Database
5 6 (2.79%) Data Warehouse
5 6 (2.79%) DynamoDB
5 6 (2.79%) MySQL
6 5 (2.33%) BigQuery
7 4 (1.86%) Amazon RDS
7 4 (1.86%) Tableau
8 3 (1.40%) Amazon Aurora
8 3 (1.40%) Data Lake
8 3 (1.40%) Elasticsearch
8 3 (1.40%) Redis
8 3 (1.40%) Relational Database
9 2 (0.93%) Amazon Athena
9 2 (0.93%) Data Vault
9 2 (0.93%) Delta Lake
9 2 (0.93%) Metadata
9 2 (0.93%) Oracle Database
Development Applications
1 35 (16.28%) Git
2 29 (13.49%) Jenkins
3 28 (13.02%) JIRA
4 16 (7.44%) GitLab
5 8 (3.72%) Postman
6 7 (3.26%) Selenium
7 5 (2.33%) Bitbucket
7 5 (2.33%) Cypress.io
7 5 (2.33%) JUnit
8 4 (1.86%) Cucumber
9 3 (1.40%) Ant
9 3 (1.40%) Mockito
9 3 (1.40%) REST Assured
10 2 (0.93%) git-flow
10 2 (0.93%) Gradle
10 2 (0.93%) Maven
10 2 (0.93%) Sonatype Nexus
10 2 (0.93%) Team Foundation Server
10 2 (0.93%) TeamCity
10 2 (0.93%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 59 (27.44%) Finance
2 51 (23.72%) Social Skills
3 29 (13.49%) Banking
4 17 (7.91%) Analytical Skills
5 13 (6.05%) Public Sector
6 7 (3.26%) Documentation Skills
6 7 (3.26%) Front Office
6 7 (3.26%) Influencing Skills
7 5 (2.33%) Financial Institution
7 5 (2.33%) Investment Banking
7 5 (2.33%) Presentation Skills
8 4 (1.86%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 4 (1.86%) Pharmaceutical
9 3 (1.40%) Law
9 3 (1.40%) Legal
10 2 (0.93%) Back Office
10 2 (0.93%) Publishing
10 2 (0.93%) Retail
10 2 (0.93%) Retail Banking
10 2 (0.93%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 59 (27.44%) DevOps Engineer
2 34 (15.81%) Developer
3 25 (11.63%) Senior
4 17 (7.91%) Architect
4 17 (7.91%) Lead
5 12 (5.58%) AWS Engineer
6 11 (5.12%) AWS DevOps
7 10 (4.65%) AWS DevOps Engineer
8 9 (4.19%) Analyst
8 9 (4.19%) Senior Developer
9 8 (3.72%) Cloud Architect
10 7 (3.26%) Azure Engineer
10 7 (3.26%) Data Engineer
11 6 (2.79%) Cloud Engineer
11 6 (2.79%) Consultant
11 6 (2.79%) GCP Engineer
11 6 (2.79%) Senior DevOps
12 5 (2.33%) Business Analyst
12 5 (2.33%) Java Developer
12 5 (2.33%) Test Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 17 (7.91%) .NET
2 15 (6.98%) Node.js
2 15 (6.98%) REST
3 14 (6.51%) React
4 10 (4.65%) HTML
4 10 (4.65%) OAuth
5 9 (4.19%) CSS
6 8 (3.72%) PySpark
6 8 (3.72%) Spring
6 8 (3.72%) XML
7 7 (3.26%) JSON
7 7 (3.26%) JWT
7 7 (3.26%) Kafka
7 7 (3.26%) Playwright
8 6 (2.79%) FastAPI
8 6 (2.79%) SOAP
9 5 (2.33%) AngularJS
9 5 (2.33%) Next.js
9 5 (2.33%) RESTful
9 5 (2.33%) Spring Boot
Miscellaneous
1 34 (15.81%) Cloud Native
2 11 (5.12%) Product Ownership
3 8 (3.72%) Distributed Systems
4 7 (3.26%) Onboarding
5 6 (2.79%) Derivative
5 6 (2.79%) Legacy Systems
6 5 (2.33%) Private Cloud
6 5 (2.33%) Public Cloud
7 4 (1.86%) AI Agents
7 4 (1.86%) Enterprise Software
7 4 (1.86%) Equities
7 4 (1.86%) Fixed Income
7 4 (1.86%) Life Science
7 4 (1.86%) Management Information System
8 3 (1.40%) Equity Derivative
8 3 (1.40%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
8 3 (1.40%) Hybrid Cloud
8 3 (1.40%) Replication
8 3 (1.40%) Security Posture
9 2 (0.93%) Data Structures
Operating Systems
1 16 (7.44%) Linux
2 11 (5.12%) Windows
3 3 (1.40%) Unix
3 3 (1.40%) Windows Server
4 2 (0.93%) Android
4 2 (0.93%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 1 (0.47%) Apple iOS
5 1 (0.47%) VMS
5 1 (0.47%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 112 (52.09%) CI/CD
2 69 (32.09%) Agile
3 59 (27.44%) Infrastructure as Code
4 35 (16.28%) Test Automation
5 29 (13.49%) Containerisation
5 29 (13.49%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 28 (13.02%) AI
7 27 (12.56%) Problem-Solving
8 26 (12.09%) Migration
9 25 (11.63%) Continuous Improvement
10 21 (9.77%) Scrum
11 20 (9.30%) Analytics
11 20 (9.30%) Stakeholder Management
12 18 (8.37%) Data Engineering
13 17 (7.91%) Observability
13 17 (7.91%) Performance Tuning
14 15 (6.98%) Software Engineering
15 14 (6.51%) Roadmaps
15 14 (6.51%) SDLC
16 13 (6.05%) Cloud Security
Programming Languages
1 63 (29.30%) Python
2 42 (19.53%) SQL
3 31 (14.42%) Java
4 24 (11.16%) JavaScript
5 21 (9.77%) C#
6 13 (6.05%) TypeScript
7 12 (5.58%) PowerShell
8 8 (3.72%) Bash
9 5 (2.33%) C++
10 4 (1.86%) Scala
11 3 (1.40%) Bicep
12 2 (0.93%) Apex Code
12 2 (0.93%) Go
12 2 (0.93%) Korn
12 2 (0.93%) Kotlin
12 2 (0.93%) Perl
12 2 (0.93%) PL/SQL
12 2 (0.93%) Rust
12 2 (0.93%) VB.NET
13 1 (0.47%) XPath
Qualifications
1 73 (33.95%) Security Cleared
2 69 (32.09%) SC Cleared
3 21 (9.77%) Degree
4 12 (5.58%) Azure Certification
5 11 (5.12%) Computer Science Degree
6 6 (2.79%) Master's Degree
7 5 (2.33%) BPSS Clearance
7 5 (2.33%) DV Cleared
8 4 (1.86%) AWS Certification
8 4 (1.86%) Microsoft Certification
9 3 (1.40%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
9 3 (1.40%) ISTQB
9 3 (1.40%) PhD
10 2 (0.93%) CBAP
10 2 (0.93%) CESG Certified Professional
10 2 (0.93%) Cisco Certification
10 2 (0.93%) ISEB
10 2 (0.93%) PMI Certification
10 2 (0.93%) PMP
11 1 (0.47%) IIBA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (5.12%) QA
2 8 (3.72%) Data Quality
2 8 (3.72%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 6 (2.79%) GDPR
4 4 (1.86%) Accessibility
4 4 (1.86%) NIST
4 4 (1.86%) Sarbanes-Oxley
5 3 (1.40%) NCSC
5 3 (1.40%) PCI DSS
5 3 (1.40%) PMO
6 2 (0.93%) NIST 800
6 2 (0.93%) SLA
6 2 (0.93%) WCAG
7 1 (0.47%) HIPAA
7 1 (0.47%) HMG Security Policy Framework
7 1 (0.47%) MiFID
System Software
1 44 (20.47%) Docker
2 8 (3.72%) Virtual Machines
3 2 (0.93%) Active Directory
3 2 (0.93%) Virtual Desktop
3 2 (0.93%) VMware Infrastructure
4 1 (0.47%) GridGain
4 1 (0.47%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 68 (31.63%) Terraform
2 49 (22.79%) Kubernetes
3 22 (10.23%) Ansible
4 4 (1.86%) Grafana
4 4 (1.86%) Prometheus
5 3 (1.40%) ITRS Geneos
5 3 (1.40%) Karpenter
6 2 (0.93%) Argo
6 2 (0.93%) FortiGate
6 2 (0.93%) Istio
7 1 (0.47%) CASB
7 1 (0.47%) Icinga
7 1 (0.47%) Kibana
7 1 (0.47%) logstash
7 1 (0.47%) Opsgenie
7 1 (0.47%) Packer
7 1 (0.47%) SCCM
Vendors
1 30 (13.95%) Microsoft
2 26 (12.09%) Google
3 21 (9.77%) Databricks
4 12 (5.58%) Oracle
5 10 (4.65%) Salesforce
6 8 (3.72%) ServiceNow
7 5 (2.33%) Splunk
7 5 (2.33%) VMware
8 4 (1.86%) CyberArk
8 4 (1.86%) Dynatrace
9 3 (1.40%) Fortinet
9 3 (1.40%) Foundry
9 3 (1.40%) OpenAI
9 3 (1.40%) Palantir
9 3 (1.40%) Palo Alto
10 2 (0.93%) Adobe
10 2 (0.93%) Axway
10 2 (0.93%) Bloomberg
10 2 (0.93%) IBM
10 2 (0.93%) Planview