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 28 March 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
28 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 19 13 13
Rank change year-on-year -6 0 0
Contract jobs citing DevOps 209 226 231
As % of all contract jobs in the City of London 9.75% 13.06% 10.00%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 11.09% 14.17% 11.13%
Number of daily rates quoted 167 150 150
10th Percentile £363 £425 £419
25th Percentile £463 £494 £505
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £575 £625
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% -8.00% -
75th Percentile £675 £675 £683
90th Percentile £780 £750 £753
Central London median daily rate £569 £575 £625
% change year-on-year -1.09% -8.00% +2.46%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £72.25 - £46.75
Median hourly rate £74.50 - £48.50
75th Percentile £76.75 - £50.25
90th Percentile - - -
Central London median hourly rate £74.50 - £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 1,884 1,595 2,076
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the City of London 87.87% 92.20% 89.87%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,298 1,028 1,472
10th Percentile £363 £363 £350
25th Percentile £450 £463 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £575 £570
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% +0.88% -5.00%
75th Percentile £669 £680 £688
90th Percentile £775 £775 £800
Central London median daily rate £550 £570 £550
% change year-on-year -3.51% +3.64% -7.17%
Number of hourly rates quoted 23 9 11
10th Percentile £18.75 £22.00 £18.93
25th Percentile £19.46 £24.66 £20.07
Median hourly rate £28.00 £31.00 £25.00
Median % change year-on-year -9.68% +24.00% -45.65%
75th Percentile £45.08 £34.68 £40.92
90th Percentile £58.53 £51.75 £50.25
Central London median hourly rate £26.11 £29.07 £27.81
% change year-on-year -10.18% +4.53% -20.54%

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 28 March 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 (2.39%) Apache Airflow
1 5 (2.39%) SharePoint
2 3 (1.44%) Apache
2 3 (1.44%) Apache Spark
2 3 (1.44%) Confluence
2 3 (1.44%) Palantir Foundry
2 3 (1.44%) WebSphere
3 1 (0.48%) IBM HTTP Server
3 1 (0.48%) WebSphere Application Server
Applications
1 2 (0.96%) Microsoft Excel
1 2 (0.96%) MS Visio
2 1 (0.48%) Maya
2 1 (0.48%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.48%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 1 (0.48%) Microsoft Project
2 1 (0.48%) Trello
Business Applications
1 2 (0.96%) Aladdin
1 2 (0.96%) Dynamics AX
2 1 (0.48%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (0.48%) NetSuite
2 1 (0.48%) Oracle ERP
2 1 (0.48%) SAP MM
2 1 (0.48%) SAP Oil and Gas
Cloud Services
1 119 (56.94%) Azure
2 67 (32.06%) Azure DevOps
3 63 (30.14%) AWS
4 50 (23.92%) GitHub
5 36 (17.22%) GCP
6 27 (12.92%) Serverless
7 26 (12.44%) GitHub Actions
8 20 (9.57%) Power Platform
9 16 (7.66%) Amazon S3
10 12 (5.74%) AWS Lambda
11 11 (5.26%) Azure AKS
12 10 (4.78%) Azure Data Factory
13 9 (4.31%) Amazon CloudWatch
13 9 (4.31%) Azure Functions
14 8 (3.83%) Entra ID
15 7 (3.35%) Amazon ECS
15 7 (3.35%) AWS CloudFormation
15 7 (3.35%) Google Kubernetes Engine
16 6 (2.87%) Azure Cosmos DB
16 6 (2.87%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 6 (2.87%) Network Security
2 4 (1.91%) Firewall
3 2 (0.96%) DNS
4 1 (0.48%) DHCP
4 1 (0.48%) HTTPS
4 1 (0.48%) Multicast
4 1 (0.48%) SSL
4 1 (0.48%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 16 (7.66%) SQL Server
2 13 (6.22%) PostgreSQL
3 12 (5.74%) Power BI
4 7 (3.35%) Data Warehouse
4 7 (3.35%) Relational Database
5 6 (2.87%) DynamoDB
6 5 (2.39%) NoSQL
6 5 (2.39%) Snowflake Schema
7 4 (1.91%) Amazon RDS
7 4 (1.91%) Apache Cassandra
7 4 (1.91%) BigQuery
7 4 (1.91%) Metadata
7 4 (1.91%) Tableau
8 3 (1.44%) Amazon Aurora
8 3 (1.44%) Azure SQL Database
8 3 (1.44%) Data Lake
8 3 (1.44%) MongoDB
8 3 (1.44%) MySQL
8 3 (1.44%) Star Schema
9 2 (0.96%) Big Data
Development Applications
1 32 (15.31%) Git
2 21 (10.05%) Jenkins
3 18 (8.61%) JIRA
4 14 (6.70%) GitLab
5 5 (2.39%) Bitbucket
5 5 (2.39%) JUnit
5 5 (2.39%) Postman
5 5 (2.39%) Selenium
6 4 (1.91%) Cucumber
6 4 (1.91%) Mockito
7 3 (1.44%) Cypress.io
7 3 (1.44%) Maven
7 3 (1.44%) REST Assured
8 2 (0.96%) Ant
8 2 (0.96%) Gradle
8 2 (0.96%) Liquibase
8 2 (0.96%) Team Foundation Server
9 1 (0.48%) git-flow
9 1 (0.48%) Visual Studio Code
9 1 (0.48%) Zephyr
General
1 60 (28.71%) Finance
2 43 (20.57%) Social Skills
3 24 (11.48%) Banking
4 12 (5.74%) Analytical Skills
4 12 (5.74%) Public Sector
5 8 (3.83%) Documentation Skills
6 6 (2.87%) Front Office
6 6 (2.87%) Influencing Skills
6 6 (2.87%) Presentation Skills
7 5 (2.39%) Financial Institution
7 5 (2.39%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 5 (2.39%) Investment Banking
8 4 (1.91%) Pharmaceutical
9 2 (0.96%) Back Office
9 2 (0.96%) Law
9 2 (0.96%) Organisational Skills
9 2 (0.96%) Retail
10 1 (0.48%) Legal
10 1 (0.48%) Military
10 1 (0.48%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 53 (25.36%) DevOps Engineer
2 27 (12.92%) Developer
3 26 (12.44%) Senior
4 20 (9.57%) Architect
5 15 (7.18%) Lead
6 14 (6.70%) Azure Engineer
7 12 (5.74%) Senior Developer
8 11 (5.26%) Data Engineer
9 10 (4.78%) Cloud Architect
10 9 (4.31%) AWS Engineer
11 8 (3.83%) AWS DevOps
11 8 (3.83%) Azure DevOps Engineer
11 8 (3.83%) Python Engineer
12 7 (3.35%) AWS DevOps Engineer
13 6 (2.87%) Azure Architect
13 6 (2.87%) Cloud Engineer
13 6 (2.87%) GCP Engineer
13 6 (2.87%) Platform Engineer
13 6 (2.87%) Snowflake Data Engineer
13 6 (2.87%) Snowflake Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 17 (8.13%) .NET
1 17 (8.13%) REST
2 15 (7.18%) React
3 14 (6.70%) Node.js
4 11 (5.26%) Kafka
4 11 (5.26%) Playwright
4 11 (5.26%) Spring
5 9 (4.31%) OAuth
6 8 (3.83%) HTML
7 7 (3.35%) AngularJS
7 7 (3.35%) Spring Boot
8 6 (2.87%) CSS
8 6 (2.87%) FastAPI
8 6 (2.87%) JWT
8 6 (2.87%) PySpark
8 6 (2.87%) RESTful
8 6 (2.87%) XML
9 5 (2.39%) JSON
9 5 (2.39%) Next.js
10 4 (1.91%) Django
Miscellaneous
1 41 (19.62%) Cloud Native
2 14 (6.70%) Distributed Systems
3 11 (5.26%) Product Ownership
4 6 (2.87%) Fixed Income
4 6 (2.87%) Legacy Systems
5 5 (2.39%) Onboarding
5 5 (2.39%) Public Cloud
6 4 (1.91%) AI Agents
6 4 (1.91%) Enterprise Software
6 4 (1.91%) Life Science
6 4 (1.91%) Replication
7 3 (1.44%) Clustering
7 3 (1.44%) Derivative
7 3 (1.44%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
7 3 (1.44%) Hybrid Cloud
7 3 (1.44%) Mobile App
7 3 (1.44%) Private Cloud
8 2 (0.96%) Algorithms
8 2 (0.96%) Data Structures
8 2 (0.96%) Equities
Operating Systems
1 14 (6.70%) Linux
2 11 (5.26%) Windows
3 4 (1.91%) Unix
4 3 (1.44%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 3 (1.44%) Windows Server
5 2 (0.96%) Android
6 1 (0.48%) AIX
6 1 (0.48%) Apple iOS
6 1 (0.48%) VMS
6 1 (0.48%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 111 (53.11%) CI/CD
2 64 (30.62%) Infrastructure as Code
3 57 (27.27%) Agile
4 34 (16.27%) AI
5 33 (15.79%) Containerisation
5 33 (15.79%) Test Automation
6 30 (14.35%) Continuous Improvement
7 27 (12.92%) Migration
8 26 (12.44%) Stakeholder Engagement
9 25 (11.96%) Analytics
10 23 (11.00%) Software Engineering
11 21 (10.05%) Microservices
12 20 (9.57%) Data Engineering
12 20 (9.57%) Problem-Solving
12 20 (9.57%) Stakeholder Management
13 19 (9.09%) Observability
13 19 (9.09%) Performance Tuning
14 18 (8.61%) Roadmaps
15 16 (7.66%) Platform Engineering
15 16 (7.66%) Scrum
Programming Languages
1 65 (31.10%) Python
2 51 (24.40%) SQL
3 33 (15.79%) Java
4 21 (10.05%) JavaScript
5 20 (9.57%) C#
6 16 (7.66%) TypeScript
7 11 (5.26%) PowerShell
8 10 (4.78%) Bash
9 4 (1.91%) Bicep
10 3 (1.44%) Apex Code
11 2 (0.96%) C++
11 2 (0.96%) Go
11 2 (0.96%) Korn
11 2 (0.96%) Kotlin
11 2 (0.96%) Perl
11 2 (0.96%) PL/SQL
11 2 (0.96%) Shell Script
11 2 (0.96%) VB.NET
12 1 (0.48%) Jython
12 1 (0.48%) XPath
Qualifications
1 70 (33.49%) Security Cleared
2 67 (32.06%) SC Cleared
3 17 (8.13%) Degree
4 11 (5.26%) Computer Science Degree
5 6 (2.87%) Azure Certification
6 4 (1.91%) BPSS Clearance
6 4 (1.91%) DV Cleared
7 3 (1.44%) Master's Degree
7 3 (1.44%) Microsoft Certification
7 3 (1.44%) PMI Certification
8 2 (0.96%) AWS Certification
8 2 (0.96%) CBAP
8 2 (0.96%) CESG Certified Professional
8 2 (0.96%) ISEB
8 2 (0.96%) ISTQB
8 2 (0.96%) SnowPro
9 1 (0.48%) CCNA
9 1 (0.48%) Cisco Certification
9 1 (0.48%) DBS Check
9 1 (0.48%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (5.26%) QA
2 9 (4.31%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 8 (3.83%) Data Quality
4 6 (2.87%) GDPR
5 5 (2.39%) PCI DSS
5 5 (2.39%) Sarbanes-Oxley
6 3 (1.44%) Accessibility
6 3 (1.44%) NIST
6 3 (1.44%) PMO
6 3 (1.44%) SLA
7 2 (0.96%) NCSC
7 2 (0.96%) NIST 800
8 1 (0.48%) MiFID
8 1 (0.48%) WCAG
System Software
1 44 (21.05%) Docker
2 6 (2.87%) Virtual Machines
3 5 (2.39%) Active Directory
4 2 (0.96%) VMware Infrastructure
5 1 (0.48%) GridGain
Systems Management
1 64 (30.62%) Terraform
2 49 (23.44%) Kubernetes
3 20 (9.57%) Ansible
4 7 (3.35%) Grafana
5 5 (2.39%) Prometheus
6 3 (1.44%) Istio
6 3 (1.44%) Karpenter
7 2 (0.96%) Argo
7 2 (0.96%) ITRS Geneos
8 1 (0.48%) CA Wily
8 1 (0.48%) CASB
8 1 (0.48%) Icinga
8 1 (0.48%) Kustomize
8 1 (0.48%) linkerd
8 1 (0.48%) Opsgenie
8 1 (0.48%) Packer
8 1 (0.48%) Puppet
8 1 (0.48%) SCCM
Vendors
1 35 (16.75%) Microsoft
2 23 (11.00%) Google
3 17 (8.13%) Databricks
4 13 (6.22%) Oracle
5 10 (4.78%) Salesforce
6 5 (2.39%) ServiceNow
7 4 (1.91%) CyberArk
7 4 (1.91%) Splunk
8 3 (1.44%) Dynatrace
8 3 (1.44%) Foundry
8 3 (1.44%) Palantir
8 3 (1.44%) SAP
8 3 (1.44%) VMware
9 2 (0.96%) AppDynamics
9 2 (0.96%) Bloomberg
9 2 (0.96%) IBM
9 2 (0.96%) Informatica
9 2 (0.96%) MarketAxess
9 2 (0.96%) Planview
9 2 (0.96%) Tradeweb