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

6 months to
31 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 22 11 12
Rank change year-on-year -11 +1 0
Contract jobs citing DevOps 206 228 232
As % of all contract jobs in the City of London 9.60% 13.16% 10.08%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 10.98% 14.29% 11.23%
Number of daily rates quoted 164 153 151
10th Percentile £363 £425 £419
25th Percentile £463 £493 £506
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £555 £575 £625
Median % change year-on-year -3.43% -8.00% -
75th Percentile £677 £675 £683
90th Percentile £784 £750 £750
Central London median daily rate £575 £575 £625
% change year-on-year - -8.00% +4.17%
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 1,876 1,596 2,066
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the City of London 87.46% 92.15% 89.79%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,294 1,030 1,465
10th Percentile £363 £365 £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 £766 £800
Central London median daily rate £550 £573 £550
% change year-on-year -3.93% +4.09% -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 31 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 (2.43%) Apache Airflow
1 5 (2.43%) SharePoint
2 3 (1.46%) Apache
2 3 (1.46%) Apache Spark
2 3 (1.46%) Palantir Foundry
2 3 (1.46%) WebSphere
3 2 (0.97%) Confluence
4 1 (0.49%) IBM HTTP Server
4 1 (0.49%) WebSphere Application Server
Applications
1 2 (0.97%) Microsoft Excel
1 2 (0.97%) MS Visio
2 1 (0.49%) Maya
2 1 (0.49%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.49%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 1 (0.49%) Microsoft Project
2 1 (0.49%) Trello
Business Applications
1 2 (0.97%) Aladdin
1 2 (0.97%) Dynamics AX
2 1 (0.49%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (0.49%) NetSuite
2 1 (0.49%) Oracle ERP
2 1 (0.49%) SAP MM
2 1 (0.49%) SAP Oil and Gas
Cloud Services
1 119 (57.77%) Azure
2 67 (32.52%) Azure DevOps
3 61 (29.61%) AWS
4 49 (23.79%) GitHub
5 36 (17.48%) GCP
6 27 (13.11%) Serverless
7 25 (12.14%) GitHub Actions
8 20 (9.71%) Power Platform
9 15 (7.28%) Amazon S3
10 12 (5.83%) AWS Lambda
11 11 (5.34%) Azure AKS
12 10 (4.85%) Azure Data Factory
13 9 (4.37%) Azure Functions
14 8 (3.88%) Amazon CloudWatch
14 8 (3.88%) Entra ID
15 7 (3.40%) AWS CloudFormation
15 7 (3.40%) Google Kubernetes Engine
16 6 (2.91%) Amazon ECS
16 6 (2.91%) Apigee
16 6 (2.91%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 6 (2.91%) Network Security
2 4 (1.94%) Firewall
3 1 (0.49%) DHCP
3 1 (0.49%) DNS
3 1 (0.49%) HTTPS
3 1 (0.49%) Multicast
3 1 (0.49%) SSL
3 1 (0.49%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 16 (7.77%) SQL Server
2 13 (6.31%) PostgreSQL
3 12 (5.83%) Power BI
4 7 (3.40%) Data Warehouse
4 7 (3.40%) Relational Database
5 6 (2.91%) DynamoDB
6 5 (2.43%) NoSQL
6 5 (2.43%) Snowflake Schema
7 4 (1.94%) Apache Cassandra
7 4 (1.94%) BigQuery
7 4 (1.94%) Metadata
7 4 (1.94%) Tableau
8 3 (1.46%) Amazon RDS
8 3 (1.46%) Azure SQL Database
8 3 (1.46%) Data Lake
8 3 (1.46%) MongoDB
8 3 (1.46%) Star Schema
9 2 (0.97%) Big Data
9 2 (0.97%) Elasticsearch
9 2 (0.97%) Oracle Database
Development Applications
1 32 (15.53%) Git
2 19 (9.22%) Jenkins
3 16 (7.77%) JIRA
4 13 (6.31%) GitLab
5 5 (2.43%) JUnit
5 5 (2.43%) Postman
5 5 (2.43%) Selenium
6 4 (1.94%) Bitbucket
6 4 (1.94%) Cucumber
6 4 (1.94%) Mockito
7 3 (1.46%) Cypress.io
7 3 (1.46%) Maven
7 3 (1.46%) REST Assured
8 2 (0.97%) Ant
8 2 (0.97%) Liquibase
9 1 (0.49%) Gradle
9 1 (0.49%) jMock
9 1 (0.49%) SoapUI
9 1 (0.49%) SpecFlow
9 1 (0.49%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 59 (28.64%) Finance
2 41 (19.90%) Social Skills
3 22 (10.68%) Banking
4 11 (5.34%) Public Sector
5 10 (4.85%) Analytical Skills
6 8 (3.88%) Documentation Skills
7 6 (2.91%) Front Office
7 6 (2.91%) Presentation Skills
8 5 (2.43%) Financial Institution
8 5 (2.43%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 5 (2.43%) Influencing Skills
8 5 (2.43%) Investment Banking
9 4 (1.94%) Pharmaceutical
10 2 (0.97%) Back Office
10 2 (0.97%) Law
10 2 (0.97%) Organisational Skills
10 2 (0.97%) Retail
11 1 (0.49%) Legal
11 1 (0.49%) Military
Job Titles
1 51 (24.76%) DevOps Engineer
2 25 (12.14%) Developer
3 24 (11.65%) Senior
4 20 (9.71%) Architect
5 16 (7.77%) Azure Engineer
6 15 (7.28%) Lead
7 11 (5.34%) Data Engineer
7 11 (5.34%) Senior Developer
8 10 (4.85%) Cloud Architect
9 8 (3.88%) AWS DevOps
9 8 (3.88%) AWS Engineer
9 8 (3.88%) Azure DevOps Engineer
9 8 (3.88%) Python Engineer
10 7 (3.40%) AWS DevOps Engineer
10 7 (3.40%) Cloud Engineer
10 7 (3.40%) Platform Engineer
11 6 (2.91%) Azure Architect
11 6 (2.91%) Consultant
11 6 (2.91%) Software Engineer
11 6 (2.91%) Test Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 17 (8.25%) REST
2 14 (6.80%) Node.js
2 14 (6.80%) React
3 13 (6.31%) .NET
4 11 (5.34%) Kafka
4 11 (5.34%) Spring
5 10 (4.85%) Playwright
6 9 (4.37%) OAuth
7 7 (3.40%) Spring Boot
8 6 (2.91%) AngularJS
8 6 (2.91%) FastAPI
8 6 (2.91%) HTML
8 6 (2.91%) JWT
8 6 (2.91%) PySpark
8 6 (2.91%) RESTful
8 6 (2.91%) XML
9 5 (2.43%) CSS
9 5 (2.43%) JSON
9 5 (2.43%) Next.js
10 4 (1.94%) Django
Miscellaneous
1 41 (19.90%) Cloud Native
2 14 (6.80%) Distributed Systems
3 10 (4.85%) Product Ownership
4 6 (2.91%) Fixed Income
4 6 (2.91%) Legacy Systems
5 5 (2.43%) Mobile App
5 5 (2.43%) Public Cloud
6 4 (1.94%) AI Agents
6 4 (1.94%) Enterprise Software
6 4 (1.94%) Life Science
6 4 (1.94%) Onboarding
7 3 (1.46%) Clustering
7 3 (1.46%) Derivative
7 3 (1.46%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
7 3 (1.46%) Hybrid Cloud
7 3 (1.46%) Private Cloud
7 3 (1.46%) Replication
8 2 (0.97%) Management Information System
8 2 (0.97%) NHS
8 2 (0.97%) PMI
Operating Systems
1 14 (6.80%) Linux
2 10 (4.85%) Windows
3 4 (1.94%) Unix
4 3 (1.46%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 3 (1.46%) Windows Server
5 2 (0.97%) Android
6 1 (0.49%) AIX
6 1 (0.49%) Apple iOS
6 1 (0.49%) VMS
6 1 (0.49%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 108 (52.43%) CI/CD
2 63 (30.58%) Infrastructure as Code
3 55 (26.70%) Agile
4 34 (16.50%) AI
5 31 (15.05%) Test Automation
6 30 (14.56%) Containerisation
7 28 (13.59%) Continuous Improvement
8 27 (13.11%) Migration
9 25 (12.14%) Analytics
9 25 (12.14%) Stakeholder Engagement
10 22 (10.68%) Software Engineering
11 21 (10.19%) Microservices
12 20 (9.71%) Data Engineering
12 20 (9.71%) Stakeholder Management
13 19 (9.22%) Observability
13 19 (9.22%) Performance Tuning
14 18 (8.74%) Problem-Solving
14 18 (8.74%) Roadmaps
15 17 (8.25%) Platform Engineering
16 15 (7.28%) Data Pipeline
Programming Languages
1 62 (30.10%) Python
2 49 (23.79%) SQL
3 31 (15.05%) Java
4 19 (9.22%) JavaScript
5 18 (8.74%) C#
6 14 (6.80%) TypeScript
7 10 (4.85%) PowerShell
8 9 (4.37%) Bash
9 4 (1.94%) Bicep
10 3 (1.46%) Apex Code
11 2 (0.97%) C++
11 2 (0.97%) Go
11 2 (0.97%) Korn
11 2 (0.97%) Kotlin
11 2 (0.97%) Perl
11 2 (0.97%) PL/SQL
11 2 (0.97%) Shell Script
11 2 (0.97%) VB.NET
12 1 (0.49%) C
12 1 (0.49%) ProC
Qualifications
1 71 (34.47%) Security Cleared
2 68 (33.01%) SC Cleared
3 16 (7.77%) Degree
4 10 (4.85%) Computer Science Degree
5 6 (2.91%) Azure Certification
6 4 (1.94%) BPSS Clearance
6 4 (1.94%) DV Cleared
7 3 (1.46%) Master's Degree
7 3 (1.46%) Microsoft Certification
7 3 (1.46%) PMI Certification
8 2 (0.97%) AWS Certification
8 2 (0.97%) CESG Certified Professional
8 2 (0.97%) ISTQB
8 2 (0.97%) SnowPro
9 1 (0.49%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
9 1 (0.49%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
9 1 (0.49%) CBAP
9 1 (0.49%) DBS Check
9 1 (0.49%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
9 1 (0.49%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (5.34%) QA
2 9 (4.37%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 8 (3.88%) Data Quality
4 6 (2.91%) GDPR
5 5 (2.43%) PCI DSS
5 5 (2.43%) Sarbanes-Oxley
6 3 (1.46%) NIST
6 3 (1.46%) PMO
6 3 (1.46%) SLA
7 2 (0.97%) Accessibility
7 2 (0.97%) NCSC
7 2 (0.97%) NIST 800
8 1 (0.49%) MiFID
8 1 (0.49%) WCAG
System Software
1 42 (20.39%) Docker
2 6 (2.91%) Virtual Machines
3 5 (2.43%) Active Directory
4 2 (0.97%) VMware Infrastructure
5 1 (0.49%) GridGain
Systems Management
1 64 (31.07%) Terraform
2 50 (24.27%) Kubernetes
3 17 (8.25%) Ansible
4 7 (3.40%) Grafana
5 5 (2.43%) Prometheus
6 3 (1.46%) Istio
6 3 (1.46%) Karpenter
7 2 (0.97%) Argo
7 2 (0.97%) ITRS Geneos
8 1 (0.49%) CA Wily
8 1 (0.49%) CASB
8 1 (0.49%) Icinga
8 1 (0.49%) Kustomize
8 1 (0.49%) linkerd
8 1 (0.49%) Opsgenie
8 1 (0.49%) Packer
8 1 (0.49%) Puppet
8 1 (0.49%) SCCM
Vendors
1 34 (16.50%) Microsoft
2 23 (11.17%) Google
3 17 (8.25%) Databricks
4 13 (6.31%) Oracle
5 10 (4.85%) Salesforce
6 5 (2.43%) ServiceNow
7 4 (1.94%) Splunk
8 3 (1.46%) CyberArk
8 3 (1.46%) Dynatrace
8 3 (1.46%) Foundry
8 3 (1.46%) Palantir
8 3 (1.46%) SAP
8 3 (1.46%) VMware
9 2 (0.97%) AppDynamics
9 2 (0.97%) Bloomberg
9 2 (0.97%) IBM
9 2 (0.97%) Informatica
9 2 (0.97%) MarketAxess
9 2 (0.97%) Planview
9 2 (0.97%) Tradeweb