OpenStack Contract Job Trends in Central London

OpenStack
London > Central London

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Central London requiring OpenStack skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 24 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
24 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 133 128 132
Rank change year-on-year -5 +4 +65
Contract jobs citing OpenStack 1 3 13
As % of all contract jobs in Central London 0.050% 0.13% 0.49%
As % of the Application Platforms category 0.48% 1.18% 3.66%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 3 12
10th Percentile - - £281
25th Percentile - £625 £295
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - £650 £382
Median % change year-on-year - +70.38% -43.48%
75th Percentile - £675 £456
90th Percentile - - £563
London median daily rate £600 £615 £425
% change year-on-year -2.44% +44.71% -15.00%

All Application Platform Skills
Central London

OpenStack falls under the Application Platforms category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring application platform skills in Central London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for application platform skills 207 255 355
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Central London 10.26% 10.90% 13.25%
Number of daily rates quoted 159 137 227
10th Percentile £312 £298 £260
25th Percentile £413 £363 £376
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £520
Median % change year-on-year - +0.96% -3.84%
75th Percentile £588 £631 £604
90th Percentile £675 £725 £694
London median daily rate £525 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 4 4
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £18.50 £35.00 £17.00
Median hourly rate £19.00 £80.00 £19.00
Median % change year-on-year -76.25% +321.05% +12.19%
75th Percentile £19.50 £137.50 £22.25
90th Percentile - - £24.50
London median hourly rate £25.15 £23.80 £29.00
% change year-on-year +5.67% -17.93% +20.83%

OpenStack
Job Vacancy Trend in Central London

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing OpenStack relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Central London.

OpenStack job vacancy trend in Central London

OpenStack
Daily Rate Trend in Central London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Central London citing OpenStack.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Central London citing OpenStack

OpenStack
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 OpenStack within the Central London region over the 6 months to 24 December 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 -5 1 - - 2
OpenStack
London

OpenStack
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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (100.00%) AWS
Communications & Networking
1 1 (100.00%) 3GPP
1 1 (100.00%) 4G
1 1 (100.00%) 5G
1 1 (100.00%) BGP
1 1 (100.00%) DHCP
1 1 (100.00%) DNS
1 1 (100.00%) Firewall
1 1 (100.00%) IPsec
1 1 (100.00%) MPLS
1 1 (100.00%) OSPF
1 1 (100.00%) Radio Access Network
1 1 (100.00%) VLAN
1 1 (100.00%) Wireshark
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Architect
1 1 (100.00%) Consultant
1 1 (100.00%) Solutions Architect
1 1 (100.00%) Solutions Consultant
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Operational Technology
System Software
1 1 (100.00%) Docker
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Dell