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

6 months to
6 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 21 13 15
Rank change year-on-year -8 +2 -2
Contract jobs citing DevOps 179 215 211
As % of all contract jobs in the City of London 9.49% 11.55% 8.83%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 10.66% 12.60% 9.87%
Number of daily rates quoted 146 136 162
10th Percentile £367 £454 £426
25th Percentile £457 £506 £513
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £585 £625
Median % change year-on-year -5.98% -6.40% -
75th Percentile £670 £684 £687
90th Percentile £788 £750 £750
Central London median daily rate £550 £585 £625
% change year-on-year -5.98% -6.40% +1.83%
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 1,679 1,706 2,137
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the City of London 88.98% 91.67% 89.41%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,164 1,021 1,526
10th Percentile £351 £363 £350
25th Percentile £426 £463 £460
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £533 £575 £569
Median % change year-on-year -7.39% +1.05% -4.77%
75th Percentile £675 £679 £688
90th Percentile £775 £780 £800
Central London median daily rate £540 £575 £563
% change year-on-year -6.09% +2.22% -3.85%
Number of hourly rates quoted 17 8 14
10th Percentile £20.02 £22.00 £17.00
25th Percentile £20.82 £28.94 £19.18
Median hourly rate £28.00 £40.50 £31.50
Median % change year-on-year -30.86% +28.57% -6.67%
75th Percentile £42.65 £64.56 £45.06
90th Percentile £49.36 £112.00 £66.70
Central London median hourly rate £26.11 £35.00 £27.81
% change year-on-year -25.40% +25.85% -14.43%

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 6 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 (2.79%) Confluence
2 4 (2.23%) SharePoint
3 3 (1.68%) Apache
3 3 (1.68%) Apache Spark
4 2 (1.12%) Apache Airflow
4 2 (1.12%) Palantir Foundry
Applications
1 3 (1.68%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (1.12%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 2 (1.12%) MS Visio
3 1 (0.56%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (0.56%) Microsoft Project
3 1 (0.56%) Trello
Business Applications
1 1 (0.56%) Aladdin
1 1 (0.56%) Dynamics CRM
1 1 (0.56%) NetSuite
Cloud Services
1 88 (49.16%) Azure
2 56 (31.28%) Azure DevOps
3 49 (27.37%) AWS
4 41 (22.91%) GitHub
5 33 (18.44%) GCP
6 23 (12.85%) GitHub Actions
7 21 (11.73%) Serverless
8 16 (8.94%) Power Platform
9 13 (7.26%) AWS Lambda
10 12 (6.70%) Amazon S3
11 9 (5.03%) Amazon CloudWatch
12 8 (4.47%) Amazon ECS
13 7 (3.91%) Power Automate
14 6 (3.35%) Apigee
14 6 (3.35%) Azure AKS
14 6 (3.35%) Azure Functions
14 6 (3.35%) Cloud Run
14 6 (3.35%) Google Kubernetes Engine
14 6 (3.35%) PowerApps
15 5 (2.79%) AWS CloudFormation
Communications & Networking
1 5 (2.79%) Firewall
1 5 (2.79%) Network Security
2 4 (2.23%) DNS
3 3 (1.68%) HTTPS
3 3 (1.68%) SSL
4 2 (1.12%) DHCP
4 2 (1.12%) TCP/IP
5 1 (0.56%) DKIM
5 1 (0.56%) Internet
5 1 (0.56%) SSH
Database & Business Intelligence
1 11 (6.15%) Power BI
2 8 (4.47%) SQL Server
3 7 (3.91%) PostgreSQL
4 5 (2.79%) BigQuery
4 5 (2.79%) DynamoDB
5 4 (2.23%) Amazon RDS
6 3 (1.68%) Amazon Aurora
6 3 (1.68%) Elasticsearch
6 3 (1.68%) MySQL
6 3 (1.68%) Redis
7 2 (1.12%) Apache Cassandra
7 2 (1.12%) Big Data
7 2 (1.12%) Couchbase
7 2 (1.12%) Data Lake
7 2 (1.12%) Data Warehouse
7 2 (1.12%) Delta Lake
7 2 (1.12%) Metadata
7 2 (1.12%) NoSQL
7 2 (1.12%) Oracle Database
7 2 (1.12%) Snowflake Schema
Development Applications
1 24 (13.41%) Git
2 22 (12.29%) JIRA
3 21 (11.73%) Jenkins
4 13 (7.26%) GitLab
5 6 (3.35%) Selenium
6 5 (2.79%) Bitbucket
6 5 (2.79%) JUnit
6 5 (2.79%) Postman
6 5 (2.79%) SonarQube
7 4 (2.23%) Cucumber
8 3 (1.68%) Cypress.io
8 3 (1.68%) Mockito
8 3 (1.68%) TeamCity
9 2 (1.12%) Gradle
9 2 (1.12%) Maven
9 2 (1.12%) REST Assured
9 2 (1.12%) Sonatype Nexus
9 2 (1.12%) Team Foundation Server
9 2 (1.12%) Visual Studio Code
10 1 (0.56%) Snyk
General
1 56 (31.28%) Finance
2 50 (27.93%) Social Skills
3 24 (13.41%) Banking
4 13 (7.26%) Analytical Skills
5 10 (5.59%) Public Sector
6 7 (3.91%) Influencing Skills
7 6 (3.35%) Documentation Skills
8 5 (2.79%) Financial Institution
8 5 (2.79%) Investment Banking
8 5 (2.79%) Presentation Skills
9 4 (2.23%) Front Office
9 4 (2.23%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 4 (2.23%) Pharmaceutical
9 4 (2.23%) Retail Banking
10 3 (1.68%) Law
11 2 (1.12%) Back Office
11 2 (1.12%) Legal
11 2 (1.12%) Organisational Skills
11 2 (1.12%) Retail
12 1 (0.56%) Billing
Job Titles
1 50 (27.93%) DevOps Engineer
2 31 (17.32%) Developer
3 23 (12.85%) Senior
4 15 (8.38%) Lead
5 14 (7.82%) Architect
6 9 (5.03%) AWS Engineer
7 8 (4.47%) AWS DevOps
7 8 (4.47%) Senior Developer
8 7 (3.91%) Analyst
8 7 (3.91%) AWS DevOps Engineer
8 7 (3.91%) Azure Engineer
8 7 (3.91%) Cloud Architect
9 5 (2.79%) Azure DevOps Engineer
9 5 (2.79%) Data Engineer
9 5 (2.79%) Full-Stack Developer
9 5 (2.79%) GCP Engineer
9 5 (2.79%) Java Developer
9 5 (2.79%) Python Engineer
9 5 (2.79%) Senior DevOps
10 4 (2.23%) Backend Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 16 (8.94%) .NET
2 14 (7.82%) Node.js
2 14 (7.82%) REST
3 13 (7.26%) React
4 10 (5.59%) OAuth
5 9 (5.03%) HTML
6 8 (4.47%) CSS
7 7 (3.91%) JWT
8 6 (3.35%) FastAPI
8 6 (3.35%) JSON
8 6 (3.35%) SOAP
8 6 (3.35%) Spring
8 6 (3.35%) XML
9 5 (2.79%) AngularJS
9 5 (2.79%) Spring Boot
10 4 (2.23%) Kafka
10 4 (2.23%) OAuth2
10 4 (2.23%) Playwright
10 4 (2.23%) PySpark
10 4 (2.23%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 26 (14.53%) Cloud Native
2 11 (6.15%) Product Ownership
3 7 (3.91%) Distributed Systems
4 6 (3.35%) Onboarding
5 5 (2.79%) AI Agents
5 5 (2.79%) Legacy Systems
6 4 (2.23%) Enterprise Software
6 4 (2.23%) Fixed Income
6 4 (2.23%) Life Science
6 4 (2.23%) Public Cloud
7 3 (1.68%) CMDB
7 3 (1.68%) Derivative
7 3 (1.68%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
7 3 (1.68%) Hybrid Cloud
7 3 (1.68%) Management Information System
7 3 (1.68%) Replication
7 3 (1.68%) Self-Motivation
8 2 (1.12%) Market Risk
8 2 (1.12%) Private Cloud
8 2 (1.12%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 16 (8.94%) Linux
2 9 (5.03%) Windows
3 4 (2.23%) Windows Server
4 3 (1.68%) Android
4 3 (1.68%) Unix
5 2 (1.12%) Apple iOS
5 2 (1.12%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 1 (0.56%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 84 (46.93%) CI/CD
2 62 (34.64%) Agile
3 46 (25.70%) Infrastructure as Code
4 28 (15.64%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 28 (15.64%) Test Automation
5 25 (13.97%) Containerisation
6 23 (12.85%) AI
6 23 (12.85%) Continuous Improvement
7 21 (11.73%) Problem-Solving
8 20 (11.17%) Migration
9 17 (9.50%) Performance Tuning
9 17 (9.50%) Roadmaps
9 17 (9.50%) Stakeholder Management
10 15 (8.38%) Analytics
10 15 (8.38%) Scrum
11 14 (7.82%) Observability
11 14 (7.82%) Software Engineering
12 13 (7.26%) SDLC
13 11 (6.15%) Machine Learning
13 11 (6.15%) Microservices
Programming Languages
1 55 (30.73%) Python
2 32 (17.88%) SQL
3 29 (16.20%) Java
4 20 (11.17%) JavaScript
5 13 (7.26%) C#
5 13 (7.26%) PowerShell
6 11 (6.15%) TypeScript
7 7 (3.91%) Bash
8 3 (1.68%) Bicep
9 2 (1.12%) Apex Code
9 2 (1.12%) C++
9 2 (1.12%) Korn
9 2 (1.12%) Kotlin
9 2 (1.12%) Perl
9 2 (1.12%) PL/SQL
9 2 (1.12%) Rust
9 2 (1.12%) VB.NET
10 1 (0.56%) PHP
10 1 (0.56%) T-SQL
10 1 (0.56%) VB
Qualifications
1 61 (34.08%) Security Cleared
2 56 (31.28%) SC Cleared
3 15 (8.38%) Degree
4 8 (4.47%) Computer Science Degree
5 4 (2.23%) BPSS Clearance
5 4 (2.23%) DV Cleared
6 3 (1.68%) Azure Certification
6 3 (1.68%) Master's Degree
7 2 (1.12%) CBAP
7 2 (1.12%) CESG Certified Professional
7 2 (1.12%) ISEB
7 2 (1.12%) ISTQB
7 2 (1.12%) PMI Certification
8 1 (0.56%) CCNA
8 1 (0.56%) Cisco Certification
8 1 (0.56%) IIBA
8 1 (0.56%) MBA
8 1 (0.56%) Microsoft Certification
8 1 (0.56%) PMP
8 1 (0.56%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (5.03%) QA
2 8 (4.47%) GDPR
3 7 (3.91%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 4 (2.23%) NIST
4 4 (2.23%) Sarbanes-Oxley
5 3 (1.68%) Accessibility
5 3 (1.68%) Data Quality
5 3 (1.68%) PCI DSS
5 3 (1.68%) PMO
6 2 (1.12%) NCSC
6 2 (1.12%) NIST 800
6 2 (1.12%) SLA
7 1 (0.56%) EU AI Act
7 1 (0.56%) HIPAA
7 1 (0.56%) HMG Security Policy Framework
7 1 (0.56%) ISO/IEC 42001
7 1 (0.56%) MiFID
7 1 (0.56%) WCAG
System Software
1 33 (18.44%) Docker
2 4 (2.23%) Virtual Machines
3 2 (1.12%) Active Directory
3 2 (1.12%) VMware Infrastructure
4 1 (0.56%) GridGain
4 1 (0.56%) HDFS
Systems Management
1 54 (30.17%) Terraform
2 36 (20.11%) Kubernetes
3 22 (12.29%) Ansible
4 3 (1.68%) Grafana
4 3 (1.68%) ITRS Geneos
4 3 (1.68%) Karpenter
5 2 (1.12%) Argo
5 2 (1.12%) Istio
5 2 (1.12%) Kibana
5 2 (1.12%) Prometheus
6 1 (0.56%) CASB
6 1 (0.56%) Icinga
6 1 (0.56%) logstash
6 1 (0.56%) Opsgenie
6 1 (0.56%) Packer
6 1 (0.56%) Progress Chef
6 1 (0.56%) SCCM
Vendors
1 24 (13.41%) Google
1 24 (13.41%) Microsoft
2 13 (7.26%) Databricks
3 11 (6.15%) Oracle
4 10 (5.59%) Salesforce
5 6 (3.35%) ServiceNow
6 5 (2.79%) Splunk
7 4 (2.23%) CyberArk
7 4 (2.23%) OpenAI
7 4 (2.23%) VMware
8 3 (1.68%) DocuSign
9 2 (1.12%) AppDynamics
9 2 (1.12%) Axway
9 2 (1.12%) Bloomberg
9 2 (1.12%) MarketAxess
9 2 (1.12%) New Relic
9 2 (1.12%) Planview
9 2 (1.12%) Rollbar
9 2 (1.12%) Tradeweb
9 2 (1.12%) UiPath