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

6 months to
21 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 20 12 14
Rank change year-on-year -8 +2 -1
Contract jobs citing DevOps 209 229 225
As % of all contract jobs in the City of London 9.91% 12.92% 9.63%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 11.21% 14.05% 10.73%
Number of daily rates quoted 169 151 149
10th Percentile £363 £425 £418
25th Percentile £459 £496 £506
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £575 £625
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% -8.00% -
75th Percentile £675 £675 £683
90th Percentile £778 £750 £755
Central London median daily rate £550 £575 £625
% change year-on-year -4.30% -8.00% +0.81%
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 1,865 1,630 2,097
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the City of London 88.39% 91.99% 89.77%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,291 1,040 1,488
10th Percentile £363 £365 £350
25th Percentile £446 £463 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £575 £570
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% +0.88% -5.00%
75th Percentile £669 £679 £688
90th Percentile £775 £775 £800
Central London median daily rate £550 £575 £550
% change year-on-year -4.35% +4.55% -6.78%
Number of hourly rates quoted 22 8 12
10th Percentile £18.75 £22.00 £19.03
25th Percentile £19.11 £24.00 £20.15
Median hourly rate £27.75 £31.75 £32.50
Median % change year-on-year -12.60% -2.31% -13.91%
75th Percentile £46.29 £36.94 £43.07
90th Percentile £59.13 £45.25 £49.90
Central London median hourly rate £26.11 £31.00 £27.81
% change year-on-year -15.77% +11.47% -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 21 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%) SharePoint
2 4 (1.91%) Apache Airflow
2 4 (1.91%) Confluence
3 3 (1.44%) Apache Spark
3 3 (1.44%) Palantir Foundry
3 3 (1.44%) WebSphere
4 2 (0.96%) Apache
5 1 (0.48%) IBM HTTP Server
5 1 (0.48%) WebSphere Application Server
Applications
1 3 (1.44%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (0.96%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 2 (0.96%) MS Visio
3 1 (0.48%) Maya
3 1 (0.48%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (0.48%) Microsoft Project
3 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
Cloud Services
1 115 (55.02%) Azure
2 63 (30.14%) AWS
2 63 (30.14%) Azure DevOps
3 49 (23.44%) GitHub
4 38 (18.18%) GCP
5 27 (12.92%) Serverless
6 25 (11.96%) GitHub Actions
7 20 (9.57%) Power Platform
8 15 (7.18%) Amazon S3
9 13 (6.22%) AWS Lambda
10 10 (4.78%) Azure AKS
11 9 (4.31%) Amazon CloudWatch
12 8 (3.83%) AWS CloudFormation
12 8 (3.83%) Azure Data Factory
12 8 (3.83%) Azure Functions
13 7 (3.35%) Amazon ECS
13 7 (3.35%) Entra ID
13 7 (3.35%) Google Kubernetes Engine
14 6 (2.87%) Apigee
14 6 (2.87%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 6 (2.87%) Network Security
2 5 (2.39%) Firewall
3 3 (1.44%) DNS
4 2 (0.96%) DHCP
4 2 (0.96%) HTTPS
4 2 (0.96%) SSL
4 2 (0.96%) TCP/IP
5 1 (0.48%) Internet
5 1 (0.48%) Multicast
Database & Business Intelligence
1 15 (7.18%) SQL Server
2 13 (6.22%) PostgreSQL
3 12 (5.74%) Power BI
4 7 (3.35%) Data Warehouse
5 6 (2.87%) DynamoDB
5 6 (2.87%) Relational Database
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%) Tableau
8 3 (1.44%) Amazon Aurora
8 3 (1.44%) Azure SQL Database
8 3 (1.44%) Data Lake
8 3 (1.44%) Metadata
8 3 (1.44%) MongoDB
8 3 (1.44%) MySQL
8 3 (1.44%) Redis
8 3 (1.44%) Star Schema
Development Applications
1 32 (15.31%) Git
2 23 (11.00%) Jenkins
3 20 (9.57%) JIRA
4 16 (7.66%) 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%) Gradle
7 3 (1.44%) Maven
7 3 (1.44%) REST Assured
8 2 (0.96%) Ant
8 2 (0.96%) Liquibase
8 2 (0.96%) Sonatype Nexus
8 2 (0.96%) Team Foundation Server
8 2 (0.96%) TeamCity
9 1 (0.48%) SoapUI
General
1 61 (29.19%) Finance
2 47 (22.49%) Social Skills
3 25 (11.96%) Banking
4 12 (5.74%) Analytical Skills
4 12 (5.74%) Public Sector
5 8 (3.83%) Documentation Skills
6 7 (3.35%) Influencing Skills
6 7 (3.35%) Presentation Skills
7 6 (2.87%) Front Office
8 5 (2.39%) Financial Institution
8 5 (2.39%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 5 (2.39%) Investment Banking
9 4 (1.91%) Pharmaceutical
10 2 (0.96%) Back Office
10 2 (0.96%) Law
10 2 (0.96%) Organisational Skills
10 2 (0.96%) Retail
10 2 (0.96%) Retail Banking
11 1 (0.48%) Legal
11 1 (0.48%) Military
Job Titles
1 52 (24.88%) DevOps Engineer
2 28 (13.40%) Developer
2 28 (13.40%) Senior
3 20 (9.57%) Architect
4 15 (7.18%) Lead
5 12 (5.74%) Senior Developer
6 11 (5.26%) Azure Engineer
7 10 (4.78%) Cloud Architect
7 10 (4.78%) Data Engineer
8 9 (4.31%) AWS Engineer
9 8 (3.83%) AWS DevOps
9 8 (3.83%) Python Engineer
10 7 (3.35%) Analyst
10 7 (3.35%) AWS DevOps Engineer
11 6 (2.87%) Azure Architect
11 6 (2.87%) Cloud Engineer
11 6 (2.87%) Consultant
11 6 (2.87%) Platform Engineer
11 6 (2.87%) Senior DevOps
11 6 (2.87%) Test Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 18 (8.61%) .NET
1 18 (8.61%) 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
9 5 (2.39%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 41 (19.62%) Cloud Native
2 13 (6.22%) Distributed Systems
3 11 (5.26%) Product Ownership
4 8 (3.83%) Legacy Systems
5 6 (2.87%) Fixed Income
5 6 (2.87%) Onboarding
6 5 (2.39%) Public Cloud
7 4 (1.91%) AI Agents
7 4 (1.91%) Enterprise Software
7 4 (1.91%) Life Science
7 4 (1.91%) Replication
8 3 (1.44%) Clustering
8 3 (1.44%) Derivative
8 3 (1.44%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
8 3 (1.44%) Hybrid Cloud
8 3 (1.44%) Mobile App
8 3 (1.44%) Private Cloud
9 2 (0.96%) Algorithms
9 2 (0.96%) Data Structures
9 2 (0.96%) NHS
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
1 108 (51.67%) CI/CD
2 63 (30.14%) Infrastructure as Code
3 59 (28.23%) Agile
4 33 (15.79%) Containerisation
4 33 (15.79%) Test Automation
5 31 (14.83%) AI
6 30 (14.35%) Continuous Improvement
7 27 (12.92%) Migration
7 27 (12.92%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 22 (10.53%) Analytics
8 22 (10.53%) Problem-Solving
8 22 (10.53%) Software Engineering
9 21 (10.05%) Stakeholder Management
10 20 (9.57%) Microservices
10 20 (9.57%) Observability
10 20 (9.57%) Roadmaps
11 19 (9.09%) Data Engineering
11 19 (9.09%) Performance Tuning
12 17 (8.13%) Scrum
13 13 (6.22%) Machine Learning
Programming Languages
1 66 (31.58%) Python
2 49 (23.44%) SQL
3 34 (16.27%) Java
4 22 (10.53%) JavaScript
5 19 (9.09%) C#
6 17 (8.13%) TypeScript
7 10 (4.78%) PowerShell
8 9 (4.31%) Bash
9 3 (1.44%) Bicep
10 2 (0.96%) Apex Code
10 2 (0.96%) C++
10 2 (0.96%) Go
10 2 (0.96%) Korn
10 2 (0.96%) Kotlin
10 2 (0.96%) Perl
10 2 (0.96%) PL/SQL
10 2 (0.96%) Rust
10 2 (0.96%) Shell Script
10 2 (0.96%) VB.NET
11 1 (0.48%) XPath
Qualifications
1 69 (33.01%) Security Cleared
2 66 (31.58%) SC Cleared
3 18 (8.61%) Degree
4 12 (5.74%) 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%) Cisco Certification
9 1 (0.48%) DBS Check
9 1 (0.48%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
9 1 (0.48%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (5.26%) QA
2 9 (4.31%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 7 (3.35%) 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 4 (1.91%) Active Directory
4 2 (0.96%) VMware Infrastructure
5 1 (0.48%) GridGain
Systems Management
1 64 (30.62%) Terraform
2 48 (22.97%) Kubernetes
3 23 (11.00%) Ansible
4 6 (2.87%) 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 34 (16.27%) Microsoft
2 25 (11.96%) Google
3 15 (7.18%) Databricks
4 13 (6.22%) Oracle
5 9 (4.31%) Salesforce
6 6 (2.87%) ServiceNow
7 4 (1.91%) CyberArk
7 4 (1.91%) Splunk
7 4 (1.91%) VMware
8 3 (1.44%) Dynatrace
8 3 (1.44%) Foundry
8 3 (1.44%) Palantir
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%) New Relic
9 2 (0.96%) Planview
9 2 (0.96%) Tradeweb