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

6 months to
2 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 17 13 16
Rank change year-on-year -4 +3 -3
Contract jobs citing DevOps 184 219 214
As % of all contract jobs in the City of London 9.88% 11.81% 8.81%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 11.10% 12.85% 9.84%
Number of daily rates quoted 151 138 166
10th Percentile £371 £455 £425
25th Percentile £457 £506 £513
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £585 £613
Median % change year-on-year -5.98% -4.49% -2.00%
75th Percentile £675 £683 £682
90th Percentile £788 £750 £741
Central London median daily rate £550 £585 £613
% change year-on-year -5.98% -4.49% -0.81%
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 1,658 1,704 2,175
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the City of London 89.00% 91.86% 89.58%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,157 1,026 1,561
10th Percentile £356 £363 £350
25th Percentile £429 £463 £460
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £538 £575 £568
Median % change year-on-year -6.52% +1.32% -4.62%
75th Percentile £675 £679 £688
90th Percentile £775 £778 £800
Central London median daily rate £543 £575 £563
% change year-on-year -5.65% +2.22% -3.46%
Number of hourly rates quoted 16 8 14
10th Percentile £19.98 £19.60 £17.00
25th Percentile £20.66 £22.00 £19.18
Median hourly rate £31.00 £35.50 £31.50
Median % change year-on-year -12.68% +12.70% -10.00%
75th Percentile £42.65 £60.81 £45.06
90th Percentile £49.83 £112.00 £66.70
Central London median hourly rate £26.11 £35.00 £27.81
% change year-on-year -25.40% +25.85% -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 2 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
4 2 (1.09%) Apache Airflow
4 2 (1.09%) Palantir Foundry
Applications
1 3 (1.63%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (1.09%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 2 (1.09%) MS Visio
3 1 (0.54%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (0.54%) Microsoft Project
3 1 (0.54%) Trello
Business Applications
1 2 (1.09%) Aladdin
2 1 (0.54%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (0.54%) NetSuite
Cloud Services
1 88 (47.83%) Azure
2 56 (30.43%) Azure DevOps
3 51 (27.72%) AWS
4 42 (22.83%) GitHub
5 34 (18.48%) GCP
6 24 (13.04%) GitHub Actions
7 23 (12.50%) Serverless
8 15 (8.15%) AWS Lambda
8 15 (8.15%) Power Platform
9 14 (7.61%) Amazon S3
10 10 (5.43%) Amazon CloudWatch
10 10 (5.43%) Amazon ECS
11 7 (3.80%) Google Kubernetes Engine
12 6 (3.26%) Apigee
12 6 (3.26%) AWS CloudFormation
12 6 (3.26%) AWS Fargate
12 6 (3.26%) Azure AKS
12 6 (3.26%) Azure Functions
12 6 (3.26%) Cloud Run
12 6 (3.26%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 5 (2.72%) Firewall
1 5 (2.72%) Network Security
2 4 (2.17%) DNS
3 3 (1.63%) HTTPS
3 3 (1.63%) SSL
4 2 (1.09%) DHCP
4 2 (1.09%) TCP/IP
5 1 (0.54%) BGP
5 1 (0.54%) Cisco IOS
5 1 (0.54%) DKIM
5 1 (0.54%) Ethernet VPN
5 1 (0.54%) Internet
5 1 (0.54%) MPLS
5 1 (0.54%) NX-OS
5 1 (0.54%) OSPF
5 1 (0.54%) SSH
5 1 (0.54%) VXLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (5.43%) Power BI
2 8 (4.35%) SQL Server
3 7 (3.80%) DynamoDB
3 7 (3.80%) PostgreSQL
4 5 (2.72%) BigQuery
5 4 (2.17%) Amazon RDS
6 3 (1.63%) Amazon Aurora
6 3 (1.63%) Data Warehouse
6 3 (1.63%) Elasticsearch
6 3 (1.63%) MySQL
6 3 (1.63%) Redis
6 3 (1.63%) Relational Database
7 2 (1.09%) Apache Cassandra
7 2 (1.09%) Big Data
7 2 (1.09%) Couchbase
7 2 (1.09%) Data Lake
7 2 (1.09%) Delta Lake
7 2 (1.09%) Metadata
7 2 (1.09%) Oracle Database
7 2 (1.09%) Snowflake Schema
Development Applications
1 26 (14.13%) Git
2 23 (12.50%) JIRA
3 21 (11.41%) Jenkins
4 14 (7.61%) GitLab
5 7 (3.80%) Selenium
6 6 (3.26%) SonarQube
7 5 (2.72%) Bitbucket
7 5 (2.72%) JUnit
7 5 (2.72%) Postman
8 4 (2.17%) Cucumber
9 3 (1.63%) Cypress.io
9 3 (1.63%) Gradle
9 3 (1.63%) Maven
9 3 (1.63%) Mockito
9 3 (1.63%) TeamCity
10 2 (1.09%) REST Assured
10 2 (1.09%) Sonatype Nexus
10 2 (1.09%) Team Foundation Server
10 2 (1.09%) Visual Studio Code
11 1 (0.54%) Hamcrest
General
1 55 (29.89%) Finance
2 52 (28.26%) Social Skills
3 25 (13.59%) Banking
4 13 (7.07%) Analytical Skills
5 10 (5.43%) Public Sector
6 7 (3.80%) Influencing Skills
7 6 (3.26%) Documentation Skills
7 6 (3.26%) Investment Banking
8 5 (2.72%) Financial Institution
8 5 (2.72%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 5 (2.72%) Presentation Skills
9 4 (2.17%) Front Office
9 4 (2.17%) Pharmaceutical
9 4 (2.17%) Retail Banking
10 3 (1.63%) Law
11 2 (1.09%) Back Office
11 2 (1.09%) Legal
11 2 (1.09%) Organisational Skills
11 2 (1.09%) Retail
12 1 (0.54%) Billing
Job Titles
1 50 (27.17%) DevOps Engineer
2 31 (16.85%) Developer
3 24 (13.04%) Senior
4 14 (7.61%) Architect
4 14 (7.61%) Lead
5 9 (4.89%) AWS Engineer
6 8 (4.35%) AWS DevOps
6 8 (4.35%) Senior Developer
7 7 (3.80%) Analyst
7 7 (3.80%) AWS DevOps Engineer
7 7 (3.80%) Azure Engineer
7 7 (3.80%) Cloud Architect
8 6 (3.26%) Data Engineer
8 6 (3.26%) GCP Engineer
9 5 (2.72%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
9 5 (2.72%) Azure DevOps Engineer
9 5 (2.72%) Full-Stack Developer
9 5 (2.72%) Python Engineer
9 5 (2.72%) Senior DevOps
9 5 (2.72%) Test Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 16 (8.70%) .NET
2 15 (8.15%) Node.js
3 14 (7.61%) React
3 14 (7.61%) REST
4 10 (5.43%) OAuth
5 9 (4.89%) HTML
6 8 (4.35%) CSS
7 7 (3.80%) FastAPI
7 7 (3.80%) JSON
7 7 (3.80%) JWT
7 7 (3.80%) XML
8 6 (3.26%) SOAP
8 6 (3.26%) Spring
9 5 (2.72%) AngularJS
9 5 (2.72%) RESTful
9 5 (2.72%) Spring Boot
10 4 (2.17%) LangChain
10 4 (2.17%) LangGraph
10 4 (2.17%) OAuth2
10 4 (2.17%) Playwright
Miscellaneous
1 28 (15.22%) Cloud Native
2 11 (5.98%) Product Ownership
3 7 (3.80%) Distributed Systems
4 6 (3.26%) AI Agents
4 6 (3.26%) Onboarding
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%) CMDB
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%) Replication
7 3 (1.63%) Self-Motivation
8 2 (1.09%) Data Centre
8 2 (1.09%) Private Cloud
8 2 (1.09%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 16 (8.70%) Linux
2 9 (4.89%) Windows
3 4 (2.17%) Windows Server
4 3 (1.63%) Android
4 3 (1.63%) Unix
5 2 (1.09%) Apple iOS
5 2 (1.09%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 1 (0.54%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 88 (47.83%) CI/CD
2 64 (34.78%) Agile
3 48 (26.09%) Infrastructure as Code
4 30 (16.30%) Test Automation
5 28 (15.22%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 27 (14.67%) Containerisation
7 24 (13.04%) AI
8 23 (12.50%) Continuous Improvement
9 21 (11.41%) Migration
9 21 (11.41%) Problem-Solving
10 17 (9.24%) Performance Tuning
10 17 (9.24%) Roadmaps
10 17 (9.24%) Stakeholder Management
11 16 (8.70%) Software Engineering
12 15 (8.15%) Analytics
12 15 (8.15%) Observability
12 15 (8.15%) Scrum
13 13 (7.07%) SDLC
14 12 (6.52%) Machine Learning
15 11 (5.98%) Microservices
Programming Languages
1 58 (31.52%) Python
2 33 (17.93%) SQL
3 30 (16.30%) Java
4 20 (10.87%) JavaScript
5 13 (7.07%) C#
5 13 (7.07%) PowerShell
6 12 (6.52%) TypeScript
7 7 (3.80%) Bash
8 3 (1.63%) Bicep
9 2 (1.09%) Apex Code
9 2 (1.09%) C++
9 2 (1.09%) Korn
9 2 (1.09%) Kotlin
9 2 (1.09%) Perl
9 2 (1.09%) PL/SQL
9 2 (1.09%) Rust
9 2 (1.09%) VB.NET
10 1 (0.54%) PHP
10 1 (0.54%) T-SQL
10 1 (0.54%) VB
Qualifications
1 60 (32.61%) Security Cleared
2 55 (29.89%) SC Cleared
3 15 (8.15%) Degree
4 8 (4.35%) Computer Science Degree
5 4 (2.17%) BPSS Clearance
5 4 (2.17%) DV Cleared
6 3 (1.63%) Azure Certification
6 3 (1.63%) Master's Degree
7 2 (1.09%) CBAP
7 2 (1.09%) CESG Certified Professional
7 2 (1.09%) Cisco Certification
7 2 (1.09%) ISEB
7 2 (1.09%) ISTQB
7 2 (1.09%) PMI Certification
8 1 (0.54%) CCIE
8 1 (0.54%) CCNA
8 1 (0.54%) CCNP
8 1 (0.54%) MBA
8 1 (0.54%) Microsoft Certification
8 1 (0.54%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (4.89%) QA
2 8 (4.35%) GDPR
3 7 (3.80%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 4 (2.17%) Data Quality
4 4 (2.17%) NIST
4 4 (2.17%) Sarbanes-Oxley
5 3 (1.63%) Accessibility
5 3 (1.63%) PCI DSS
5 3 (1.63%) PMO
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 4 (2.17%) Virtual Machines
3 2 (1.09%) Active Directory
3 2 (1.09%) VMware Infrastructure
4 1 (0.54%) GridGain
4 1 (0.54%) HDFS
Systems Management
1 57 (30.98%) Terraform
2 37 (20.11%) Kubernetes
3 23 (12.50%) Ansible
4 3 (1.63%) Argo
4 3 (1.63%) Grafana
4 3 (1.63%) ITRS Geneos
4 3 (1.63%) Karpenter
5 2 (1.09%) Istio
5 2 (1.09%) Kibana
5 2 (1.09%) Prometheus
6 1 (0.54%) CASB
6 1 (0.54%) Icinga
6 1 (0.54%) logstash
6 1 (0.54%) Opsgenie
6 1 (0.54%) Packer
6 1 (0.54%) Progress Chef
6 1 (0.54%) SCCM
Vendors
1 25 (13.59%) Google
2 23 (12.50%) Microsoft
3 13 (7.07%) Databricks
4 11 (5.98%) Oracle
4 11 (5.98%) Salesforce
5 6 (3.26%) ServiceNow
6 5 (2.72%) Splunk
7 4 (2.17%) CyberArk
7 4 (2.17%) OpenAI
7 4 (2.17%) VMware
8 3 (1.63%) DocuSign
9 2 (1.09%) AppDynamics
9 2 (1.09%) Axway
9 2 (1.09%) Bloomberg
9 2 (1.09%) MarketAxess
9 2 (1.09%) New Relic
9 2 (1.09%) Planview
9 2 (1.09%) Rollbar
9 2 (1.09%) Tradeweb
9 2 (1.09%) UiPath