DevOps Contract Job Trends in the City of London

DevOps
Central London > City of London

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the City of London requiring DevOps skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 13 February 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 22 12 13
Rank change year-on-year -10 +1 -1
Contract jobs citing DevOps 184 219 215
As % of all contract jobs in the City of London 9.56% 11.99% 9.00%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 10.72% 13.07% 10.09%
Number of daily rates quoted 149 138 165
10th Percentile £371 £443 £430
25th Percentile £457 £505 £519
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £578 £625
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% -7.60% -
75th Percentile £653 £683 £688
90th Percentile £788 £750 £784
Central London median daily rate £550 £575 £625
% change year-on-year -4.35% -8.00% +1.21%
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 - - -
Central London median hourly rate - - £48.50

All Process & Methodology Skills
City of 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 the City of London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,716 1,675 2,131
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the City of London 89.19% 91.68% 89.24%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,186 1,006 1,523
10th Percentile £351 £363 £350
25th Percentile £429 £463 £456
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £538 £575 £569
Median % change year-on-year -6.52% +1.05% -5.17%
75th Percentile £675 £681 £688
90th Percentile £775 £783 £800
Central London median daily rate £550 £575 £563
% change year-on-year -4.35% +2.22% -4.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 18 8 13
10th Percentile £20.18 £22.00 £17.00
25th Percentile £25.95 £28.94 £18.93
Median hourly rate £37.25 £40.50 £25.00
Median % change year-on-year -8.02% +62.00% -28.57%
75th Percentile £46.29 £64.56 £46.75
90th Percentile £55.54 £112.00 £69.05
Central London median hourly rate £26.57 £35.00 £27.81
% change year-on-year -24.09% +25.85% -17.60%

DevOps
Job Vacancy Trend in the City of London

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

DevOps job vacancy trend in the City of London

DevOps
Daily Rate Trend in the City of London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the City of London citing DevOps.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the City of London citing DevOps

DevOps
Daily Rate Histogram in the City of London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing DevOps in the City of London over the 6 months to 13 February 2026.

Daily rate histogram for DevOps in the City of London

DevOps
Hourly Rate Trend in the City of London

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the City of London citing DevOps.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the City of London citing DevOps

DevOps
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the City of 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 5 (2.72%) Confluence
2 4 (2.17%) SharePoint
3 3 (1.63%) Apache
3 3 (1.63%) Apache Spark
3 3 (1.63%) Palantir Foundry
4 2 (1.09%) Apache Airflow
Applications
1 3 (1.63%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (1.09%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 2 (1.09%) MS Visio
3 1 (0.54%) Maya
3 1 (0.54%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (0.54%) Microsoft Project
3 1 (0.54%) Trello
Business Applications
1 1 (0.54%) Aladdin
1 1 (0.54%) Dynamics CRM
1 1 (0.54%) NetSuite
Cloud Services
1 92 (50.00%) Azure
2 57 (30.98%) Azure DevOps
3 51 (27.72%) AWS
4 45 (24.46%) GitHub
5 35 (19.02%) GCP
6 25 (13.59%) GitHub Actions
7 22 (11.96%) Serverless
8 17 (9.24%) Power Platform
9 13 (7.07%) AWS Lambda
10 12 (6.52%) Amazon S3
11 9 (4.89%) Amazon CloudWatch
12 8 (4.35%) Amazon ECS
13 7 (3.80%) Azure AKS
13 7 (3.80%) Power Automate
14 6 (3.26%) Apigee
14 6 (3.26%) AWS CloudFormation
14 6 (3.26%) Azure Functions
14 6 (3.26%) Cloud Run
14 6 (3.26%) Google Kubernetes Engine
14 6 (3.26%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 6 (3.26%) Network Security
2 5 (2.72%) Firewall
3 4 (2.17%) DNS
4 3 (1.63%) HTTPS
4 3 (1.63%) SSL
5 2 (1.09%) DHCP
5 2 (1.09%) TCP/IP
6 1 (0.54%) DKIM
6 1 (0.54%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 12 (6.52%) Power BI
2 9 (4.89%) PostgreSQL
2 9 (4.89%) SQL Server
3 5 (2.72%) Amazon RDS
3 5 (2.72%) BigQuery
3 5 (2.72%) DynamoDB
4 3 (1.63%) Amazon Aurora
4 3 (1.63%) Elasticsearch
4 3 (1.63%) MySQL
4 3 (1.63%) NoSQL
4 3 (1.63%) Redis
4 3 (1.63%) Relational Database
5 2 (1.09%) Amazon Athena
5 2 (1.09%) Apache Cassandra
5 2 (1.09%) Big Data
5 2 (1.09%) Couchbase
5 2 (1.09%) Data Lake
5 2 (1.09%) Delta Lake
5 2 (1.09%) Metadata
5 2 (1.09%) Oracle Database
Development Applications
1 27 (14.67%) Git
2 23 (12.50%) JIRA
3 21 (11.41%) Jenkins
4 13 (7.07%) GitLab
5 7 (3.80%) Selenium
6 5 (2.72%) Bitbucket
6 5 (2.72%) JUnit
6 5 (2.72%) Postman
7 4 (2.17%) Cucumber
7 4 (2.17%) Cypress.io
7 4 (2.17%) SonarQube
8 3 (1.63%) Mockito
8 3 (1.63%) REST Assured
9 2 (1.09%) Gradle
9 2 (1.09%) Maven
9 2 (1.09%) Sonatype Nexus
9 2 (1.09%) Team Foundation Server
9 2 (1.09%) TeamCity
9 2 (1.09%) Visual Studio Code
10 1 (0.54%) Ant
General
1 54 (29.35%) Finance
2 51 (27.72%) Social Skills
3 25 (13.59%) Banking
4 13 (7.07%) Analytical Skills
5 11 (5.98%) Public Sector
6 7 (3.80%) Documentation Skills
6 7 (3.80%) Influencing Skills
7 5 (2.72%) Financial Institution
7 5 (2.72%) Investment Banking
7 5 (2.72%) Presentation Skills
8 4 (2.17%) Front Office
8 4 (2.17%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 4 (2.17%) Pharmaceutical
8 4 (2.17%) Retail Banking
9 3 (1.63%) Law
10 2 (1.09%) Back Office
10 2 (1.09%) Legal
10 2 (1.09%) Organisational Skills
10 2 (1.09%) Retail
11 1 (0.54%) Billing
Job Titles
1 51 (27.72%) DevOps Engineer
2 30 (16.30%) Developer
3 23 (12.50%) Senior
4 17 (9.24%) Architect
5 14 (7.61%) Lead
6 9 (4.89%) AWS Engineer
7 8 (4.35%) AWS DevOps
7 8 (4.35%) Senior Developer
8 7 (3.80%) Analyst
8 7 (3.80%) AWS DevOps Engineer
8 7 (3.80%) Cloud Architect
9 6 (3.26%) Azure Engineer
9 6 (3.26%) GCP Engineer
9 6 (3.26%) Senior DevOps
10 5 (2.72%) Data Engineer
10 5 (2.72%) Full-Stack Developer
10 5 (2.72%) Java Developer
10 5 (2.72%) Python Engineer
10 5 (2.72%) Senior DevOps Engineer
10 5 (2.72%) Test Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 17 (9.24%) .NET
2 15 (8.15%) Node.js
2 15 (8.15%) REST
3 14 (7.61%) React
4 10 (5.43%) OAuth
5 9 (4.89%) HTML
6 8 (4.35%) CSS
6 8 (4.35%) Spring
7 7 (3.80%) JWT
8 6 (3.26%) FastAPI
8 6 (3.26%) JSON
8 6 (3.26%) Playwright
8 6 (3.26%) XML
9 5 (2.72%) AngularJS
9 5 (2.72%) Kafka
9 5 (2.72%) PySpark
9 5 (2.72%) SOAP
9 5 (2.72%) Spring Boot
10 4 (2.17%) OAuth2
10 4 (2.17%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 30 (16.30%) Cloud Native
2 11 (5.98%) Product Ownership
3 8 (4.35%) Distributed Systems
4 6 (3.26%) Onboarding
5 5 (2.72%) AI Agents
5 5 (2.72%) Legacy Systems
6 4 (2.17%) Enterprise Software
6 4 (2.17%) Fixed Income
6 4 (2.17%) Life Science
6 4 (2.17%) Public Cloud
7 3 (1.63%) Derivative
7 3 (1.63%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
7 3 (1.63%) Hybrid Cloud
7 3 (1.63%) Management Information System
7 3 (1.63%) Private Cloud
7 3 (1.63%) Replication
7 3 (1.63%) Self-Motivation
8 2 (1.09%) Algorithms
8 2 (1.09%) Data Structures
8 2 (1.09%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 16 (8.70%) Linux
2 9 (4.89%) Windows
3 3 (1.63%) Android
3 3 (1.63%) Unix
3 3 (1.63%) Windows Server
4 2 (1.09%) Apple iOS
4 2 (1.09%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 1 (0.54%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 89 (48.37%) CI/CD
2 62 (33.70%) Agile
3 50 (27.17%) Infrastructure as Code
4 30 (16.30%) Test Automation
5 28 (15.22%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 26 (14.13%) AI
6 26 (14.13%) Containerisation
7 24 (13.04%) Continuous Improvement
8 22 (11.96%) Migration
8 22 (11.96%) Problem-Solving
9 18 (9.78%) Performance Tuning
10 17 (9.24%) Observability
10 17 (9.24%) Stakeholder Management
11 16 (8.70%) Analytics
11 16 (8.70%) Roadmaps
11 16 (8.70%) Scrum
11 16 (8.70%) Software Engineering
12 14 (7.61%) SDLC
13 13 (7.07%) Microservices
14 12 (6.52%) Cloud Security
Programming Languages
1 56 (30.43%) Python
2 34 (18.48%) SQL
3 31 (16.85%) Java
4 21 (11.41%) JavaScript
5 17 (9.24%) C#
6 12 (6.52%) TypeScript
7 11 (5.98%) PowerShell
8 7 (3.80%) Bash
9 3 (1.63%) Bicep
10 2 (1.09%) Apex Code
10 2 (1.09%) C++
10 2 (1.09%) Go
10 2 (1.09%) Korn
10 2 (1.09%) Kotlin
10 2 (1.09%) Perl
10 2 (1.09%) PL/SQL
10 2 (1.09%) Rust
10 2 (1.09%) VB.NET
11 1 (0.54%) PHP
11 1 (0.54%) XPath
Qualifications
1 64 (34.78%) Security Cleared
2 59 (32.07%) SC Cleared
3 16 (8.70%) Degree
4 9 (4.89%) Computer Science Degree
5 4 (2.17%) Azure Certification
5 4 (2.17%) DV Cleared
6 3 (1.63%) BPSS Clearance
6 3 (1.63%) Master's Degree
7 2 (1.09%) AWS Certification
7 2 (1.09%) CBAP
7 2 (1.09%) CESG Certified Professional
7 2 (1.09%) ISEB
7 2 (1.09%) ISTQB
7 2 (1.09%) PMI Certification
8 1 (0.54%) CCNA
8 1 (0.54%) Cisco Certification
8 1 (0.54%) MBA
8 1 (0.54%) Microsoft Certification
8 1 (0.54%) PMP
8 1 (0.54%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (4.89%) QA
2 8 (4.35%) GDPR
3 7 (3.80%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 4 (2.17%) NIST
4 4 (2.17%) Sarbanes-Oxley
5 3 (1.63%) Data Quality
5 3 (1.63%) PCI DSS
5 3 (1.63%) PMO
6 2 (1.09%) Accessibility
6 2 (1.09%) NCSC
6 2 (1.09%) NIST 800
6 2 (1.09%) SLA
7 1 (0.54%) EU AI Act
7 1 (0.54%) HIPAA
7 1 (0.54%) HMG Security Policy Framework
7 1 (0.54%) ISO/IEC 42001
7 1 (0.54%) MiFID
7 1 (0.54%) WCAG
System Software
1 35 (19.02%) Docker
2 6 (3.26%) Virtual Machines
3 3 (1.63%) Active Directory
4 2 (1.09%) VMware Infrastructure
5 1 (0.54%) GridGain
Systems Management
1 57 (30.98%) Terraform
2 41 (22.28%) Kubernetes
3 20 (10.87%) Ansible
4 4 (2.17%) Grafana
5 3 (1.63%) ITRS Geneos
5 3 (1.63%) Karpenter
5 3 (1.63%) Prometheus
6 2 (1.09%) Argo
6 2 (1.09%) Istio
7 1 (0.54%) CASB
7 1 (0.54%) Icinga
7 1 (0.54%) Kibana
7 1 (0.54%) logstash
7 1 (0.54%) Opsgenie
7 1 (0.54%) Packer
7 1 (0.54%) SCCM
Vendors
1 25 (13.59%) Google
2 24 (13.04%) Microsoft
3 14 (7.61%) Databricks
4 11 (5.98%) Oracle
5 10 (5.43%) Salesforce
6 6 (3.26%) ServiceNow
7 5 (2.72%) Splunk
8 4 (2.17%) CyberArk
8 4 (2.17%) OpenAI
8 4 (2.17%) VMware
9 3 (1.63%) DocuSign
9 3 (1.63%) Dynatrace
9 3 (1.63%) Foundry
9 3 (1.63%) Palantir
10 2 (1.09%) AppDynamics
10 2 (1.09%) Axway
10 2 (1.09%) MarketAxess
10 2 (1.09%) Planview
10 2 (1.09%) Solace
10 2 (1.09%) Tradeweb