DevOps Contracts in the City of London

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the City of London with a requirement for DevOps skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited DevOps over the 3 months to 29 June 2017 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

Note that daily and hourly rates are treated separately in these statistics. When calculating contractor rate percentiles, daily rates are never derived from quoted hourly rates or vice versa.

DevOps London > City of London
Location	3 months to 29 Jun 2017	Same period 2016	Same period 2015
Rank	23	34	70
Rank change year-on-year	+11	+36
Contract jobs citing DevOps	257	199	161
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the City of London	7.86%	5.95%	2.76%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category	8.92%	6.93%	3.40%
Number of daily rates quoted	205	173	136
City of London median daily rate	£525	£525	£500
Median daily rate % change year-on-year	-	+5.00%
10th Percentile	£413	£419	£363
90th Percentile	£638	£685	£638
London median daily rate	£525	£513	£475
% change year-on-year	+2.43%	+7.89%
Number of hourly rates quoted	0	0	2
City of London median hourly rate	-	-	£45.00
London median hourly rate	£37.50	£47.25	£45.00
% change year-on-year	-20.63%	+5.00%

DevOps is in the process and methodology skills category. The next table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in the City of London with a requirement for process and methodology skills.

Contract Process & Methodology Skills City of London
Contract job vacancies with a requirement for process and methodology skills	2881	2873	4730
As % of all contract IT job vacancies advertised in the City of London	88.16%	85.97%	81.09%
Number of daily rates quoted	8890	9138	13095
City of London median daily rate	£500	£475	£465
Median daily rate % change year-on-year	+5.26%	+2.15%
10th Percentile	£340	£319	£313
90th Percentile	£675	£656	£649
London median daily rate	£500	£475	£450
% change year-on-year	+5.26%	+5.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted	53	90	126
City of London median hourly rate	£20.00	£19.00	£24.50
Median hourly rate % change year-on-year	+5.26%	-22.44%
10th Percentile	£14.00	£11.25	£14.71
90th Percentile	£43.00	£34.53	£55.75
London median hourly rate	£26.50	£21.00	£21.69
% change year-on-year	+26.19%	-3.18%

DevOps
Job Vacancy Trend in the City of London

Job postings citing DevOps as a percentage of all IT jobs advertised in the City of London.

Job vacancy trend for DevOps in the City of London

DevOps
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the City of London

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in contract jobs citing DevOps in the City of London.

Contractor daily rate trend for DevOps in the City of London

DevOps
Contractor Daily Rate Histogram in the City of London

The daily rate distribution of IT jobs citing DevOps in the City of London over the 3 months to 29 June 2017.

Contractor daily rate histogram for DevOps in the City of London

DevOps
Top 30 Co-occurring IT Skills in the City of London

For the 6 months to 29 June 2017, IT contractor jobs citing DevOps also mentioned the following skills in order of popularity. The figures indicate the number co-occurrences and its proportion to all contract ads across the City of London region with a requirement for DevOps.

1	246 (48.81%)	Agile Software Development
2	215 (42.66%)	Linux
3	192 (38.10%)	Java
4	173 (34.33%)	Amazon AWS
5	152 (30.16%)	Docker
6	150 (29.76%)	Ansible
7	143 (28.37%)	Python
8	135 (26.79%)	Jenkins
9	133 (26.39%)	Continuous Integration
10	125 (24.80%)	Puppet
11	107 (21.23%)	TDD
12	90 (17.86%)	Finance
13	85 (16.87%)	Git (software)
14	82 (16.27%)	Banking
14	82 (16.27%)	Microservices

15	79 (15.67%)	Open Source
16	74 (14.68%)	Continuous Delivery
16	74 (14.68%)	Opscode Chef
17	71 (14.09%)	Scrum
18	69 (13.69%)	Bash Shell
19	67 (13.29%)	E-Commerce
20	65 (12.90%)	Kubernetes
21	64 (12.70%)	Test Automation
22	63 (12.50%)	Big Data
23	60 (11.90%)	Unix
24	59 (11.71%)	Microsoft Azure
25	58 (11.51%)	Spring
26	57 (11.31%)	BDD
27	56 (11.11%)	JavaScript
28	55 (10.91%)	Terraform

DevOps
Co-occurring IT Skills in the City of London by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same job type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
Applications
Business Applications
Cloud Services
Communications & Networking
Database & Business Intelligence
Development Applications
General
Job Titles
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
Miscellaneous
Operating Systems
Processes & Methodologies
Programming Languages
Qualifications
Quality Assurance & Compliance
System Software
Systems Management
Vendors

Application Platforms
1	28 (5.56%)	Tomcat
2	27 (5.36%)	Confluence
3	21 (4.17%)	Apache Spark
3	21 (4.17%)	Elasticsearch
4	20 (3.97%)	Apache
5	19 (3.77%)	nginx
6	12 (2.38%)	IIS
6	12 (2.38%)	OpenStack
7	10 (1.98%)	JBoss
8	9 (1.79%)	Apache Solr
8	9 (1.79%)	Mule
9	8 (1.59%)	Cloud Foundry
10	7 (1.39%)	WebSphere
11	6 (1.19%)	Apache Pig
12	5 (0.99%)	Jetty
13	4 (0.79%)	WebLogic
14	3 (0.60%)	Oracle SOA Suite
15	2 (0.40%)	Anypoint
15	2 (0.40%)	CloudStack
15	2 (0.40%)	Mule ESB

Applications
1	5 (0.99%)	Microsoft Office
2	4 (0.79%)	Microsoft Excel
3	3 (0.60%)	MS Visio
4	1 (0.20%)	HipChat

Business Applications
1	2 (0.40%)	Dynamics CRM
1	2 (0.40%)	SAP S/4HANA
2	1 (0.20%)	SAP Hybris

Cloud Services
1	173 (34.33%)	Amazon AWS
2	59 (11.71%)	Microsoft Azure
3	27 (5.36%)	GitHub
4	22 (4.37%)	IaaS
5	21 (4.17%)	Amazon EC2
6	19 (3.77%)	AWS CloudFormation
6	19 (3.77%)	PaaS
7	17 (3.37%)	AWS Lambda
8	15 (2.98%)	OpenShift
9	14 (2.78%)	SaaS
9	14 (2.78%)	Virtual Private Cloud
10	12 (2.38%)	Cloud Computing
11	9 (1.79%)	Amazon EMR
11	9 (1.79%)	Amazon S3
12	8 (1.59%)	Amazon CloudWatch
13	6 (1.19%)	Akamai
13	6 (1.19%)	Bluemix
13	6 (1.19%)	IBM Cloud
14	5 (0.99%)	Google Cloud Platform
14	5 (0.99%)	Slack

Communications & Networking
1	19 (3.77%)	HTTP
2	15 (2.98%)	TCP/IP
3	14 (2.78%)	Firewall
4	13 (2.58%)	DNS
5	11 (2.18%)	SSL
6	7 (1.39%)	Internet
6	7 (1.39%)	SAN
7	4 (0.79%)	Kerberos
7	4 (0.79%)	LDAP
8	3 (0.60%)	Fibre Channel
8	3 (0.60%)	NAS
8	3 (0.60%)	Network Security
9	2 (0.40%)	DMZ
9	2 (0.40%)	DSL
9	2 (0.40%)	HTTPS
9	2 (0.40%)	LAN
9	2 (0.40%)	WAN
9	2 (0.40%)	Wi-Fi
10	1 (0.20%)	Intranet
10	1 (0.20%)	IPsec

Database & Business Intelligence
1	63 (12.50%)	Big Data
2	44 (8.73%)	NoSQL
3	42 (8.33%)	SQL Server
4	37 (7.34%)	Hadoop
5	31 (6.15%)	Apache Cassandra
6	29 (5.75%)	MySQL
7	23 (4.56%)	PostgreSQL
8	21 (4.17%)	MongoDB
9	19 (3.77%)	Apache Hive
10	17 (3.37%)	Relational Database
11	11 (2.18%)	Redis
12	10 (1.98%)	HBase
13	9 (1.79%)	Amazon RDS
13	9 (1.79%)	QlikView
14	8 (1.59%)	RDBMS
15	7 (1.39%)	Hazelcast
16	6 (1.19%)	SQL Server Integration Services
17	5 (0.99%)	Data Warehouse
18	4 (0.79%)	Amazon DynamoDB
18	4 (0.79%)	BusinessObjects

Development Applications
1	135 (26.79%)	Jenkins
2	85 (16.87%)	Git (software)
3	48 (9.52%)	JIRA
4	26 (5.16%)	TeamCity
5	24 (4.76%)	Maven
6	20 (3.97%)	Team Foundation Server
7	18 (3.57%)	Cucumber
7	18 (3.57%)	Subversion
8	16 (3.17%)	JUnit
9	13 (2.58%)	Octopus Deploy
9	13 (2.58%)	Selenium
10	10 (1.98%)	Atlassian Bamboo
10	10 (1.98%)	Sonatype Nexus
11	8 (1.59%)	Bitbucket
12	7 (1.39%)	Gradle
13	6 (1.19%)	Artifactory
13	6 (1.19%)	Vagrant
14	5 (0.99%)	Appium
14	5 (0.99%)	Calabash
14	5 (0.99%)	Jasmine

General
1	90 (17.86%)	Finance
2	82 (16.27%)	Banking
3	24 (4.76%)	Retail
4	19 (3.77%)	Investment Banking
5	12 (2.38%)	Financial Institution
6	9 (1.79%)	Retail Banking
6	9 (1.79%)	Telecoms
7	8 (1.59%)	Front Office
8	4 (0.79%)	Marketing
8	4 (0.79%)	Publishing
9	3 (0.60%)	Wholesale Banking
10	2 (0.40%)	Billing
10	2 (0.40%)	International Banking
10	2 (0.40%)	Private Banking
11	1 (0.20%)	Back Office
11	1 (0.20%)	Corporate Banking
11	1 (0.20%)	Digital Economy
11	1 (0.20%)	Games
11	1 (0.20%)	Legal

Job Titles
1	216 (42.86%)	DevOps Engineer
2	141 (27.98%)	Developer
3	77 (15.28%)	Java Developer
4	70 (13.89%)	AWS DevOps
5	58 (11.51%)	AWS Engineer
6	49 (9.72%)	AWS DevOps Engineer
7	36 (7.14%)	DevOps Developer
8	33 (6.55%)	Senior DevOps
9	32 (6.35%)	Senior Developer
10	28 (5.56%)	Linux/Unix DevOps
11	27 (5.36%)	AWS Developer
12	25 (4.96%)	Architect
13	23 (4.56%)	Senior Java Developer
14	21 (4.17%)	Senior DevOps Engineer
15	20 (3.97%)	Java Engineer
16	19 (3.77%)	Azure Engineer
17	18 (3.57%)	Automation Engineer
17	18 (3.57%)	Full Stack Developer
17	18 (3.57%)	Linux Engineer
18	16 (3.17%)	Linux DevOps Engineer

Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1	58 (11.51%)	Spring
2	53 (10.52%)	.NET
3	49 (9.72%)	AngularJS
4	46 (9.13%)	REST
5	41 (8.13%)	Web Services
6	40 (7.94%)	Node.js
7	32 (6.35%)	HTML
8	25 (4.96%)	HTML5
9	24 (4.76%)	React
10	22 (4.37%)	ASP.NET
11	21 (4.17%)	ASP.NET Web API
11	21 (4.17%)	CSS
11	21 (4.17%)	XML
12	20 (3.97%)	Kafka
13	19 (3.77%)	SOAP
14	18 (3.57%)	RESTful
15	17 (3.37%)	ASP.NET MVC
16	16 (3.17%)	Middleware
17	15 (2.98%)	Angular 2
17	15 (2.98%)	Spring Boot

Miscellaneous
1	41 (8.13%)	Greenfield Project
2	18 (3.57%)	User Experience
3	15 (2.98%)	Analytical Skills
3	15 (2.98%)	Client/Server
4	14 (2.78%)	Public Cloud
5	13 (2.58%)	Fintech
5	13 (2.58%)	Virtual Team
6	12 (2.38%)	Computer Science
7	10 (1.98%)	Fixed Income
7	10 (1.98%)	Mobile App
8	8 (1.59%)	Credit Risk
9	7 (1.39%)	Data Centre
9	7 (1.39%)	Derivative
9	7 (1.39%)	PKI
10	6 (1.19%)	Clustering
10	6 (1.19%)	Hedge funds
11	5 (0.99%)	Enterprise Software
11	5 (0.99%)	Grid Computing
12	4 (0.79%)	Hybrid Cloud
12	4 (0.79%)	Mobile Banking

Operating Systems
1	215 (42.66%)	Linux
2	60 (11.90%)	Unix
3	44 (8.73%)	Windows
4	41 (8.13%)	Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5	20 (3.97%)	CentOS
6	15 (2.98%)	Ubuntu
7	13 (2.58%)	Solaris
8	12 (2.38%)	Windows Server
9	9 (1.79%)	Android
10	8 (1.59%)	AIX
10	8 (1.59%)	Apple iOS
11	5 (0.99%)	Windows Server 2012
12	4 (0.79%)	Windows Server 2008
13	3 (0.60%)	CoreOS
13	3 (0.60%)	Mac OS X
14	2 (0.40%)	Data ONTAP
15	1 (0.20%)	RancherOS

Processes & Methodologies
1	246 (48.81%)	Agile Software Development
2	133 (26.39%)	Continuous Integration
3	107 (21.23%)	TDD
4	82 (16.27%)	Microservices
5	79 (15.67%)	Open Source
6	74 (14.68%)	Continuous Delivery
7	71 (14.09%)	Scrum
8	67 (13.29%)	E-Commerce
9	64 (12.70%)	Test Automation
10	57 (11.31%)	BDD
11	51 (10.12%)	Configuration Management
11	51 (10.12%)	Software Engineering
12	36 (7.14%)	Mentoring
13	32 (6.35%)	Kanban
14	24 (4.76%)	MVC
14	24 (4.76%)	OO
15	23 (4.56%)	Load Balancing
16	22 (4.37%)	Migration
17	21 (4.17%)	Release Management
18	20 (3.97%)	High Availability

Programming Languages
1	192 (38.10%)	Java
2	143 (28.37%)	Python
3	69 (13.69%)	Bash Shell
4	56 (11.11%)	JavaScript
5	52 (10.32%)	Ruby
6	50 (9.92%)	Perl
7	48 (9.52%)	SQL
8	43 (8.53%)	C#
9	31 (6.15%)	PowerShell
10	30 (5.95%)	Shell Script
11	21 (4.17%)	Scala
12	13 (2.58%)	Go
13	10 (1.98%)	Groovy
14	9 (1.79%)	C++
15	7 (1.39%)	Apex Code
15	7 (1.39%)	T-SQL
16	6 (1.19%)	PHP
16	6 (1.19%)	TypeScript
17	4 (0.79%)	ES6
18	3 (0.60%)	SOQL

Qualifications
1	24 (4.76%)	Security Cleared
2	20 (3.97%)	SC Cleared
3	15 (2.98%)	Degree
4	9 (1.79%)	AWS Certification
5	5 (0.99%)	Computer Science Degree
6	4 (0.79%)	Microsoft Certification
7	2 (0.40%)	CISSP
7	2 (0.40%)	MCITP
7	2 (0.40%)	SANS
8	1 (0.20%)	BPSS Clearance
8	1 (0.20%)	CEH
8	1 (0.20%)	CFA
8	1 (0.20%)	CREST Certified
8	1 (0.20%)	GIAC
8	1 (0.20%)	ITIL Certification
8	1 (0.20%)	PMI Certification
8	1 (0.20%)	PMP

Quality Assurance & Compliance
1	22 (4.37%)	QA
2	3 (0.60%)	COBIT
3	2 (0.40%)	Dodd-Frank
3	2 (0.40%)	ISO/IEC 27001
3	2 (0.40%)	PCI DSS
3	2 (0.40%)	SLA
4	1 (0.20%)	Data Quality
4	1 (0.20%)	Disclosure Scotland
4	1 (0.20%)	HL7
4	1 (0.20%)	IFRS
4	1 (0.20%)	IFRS 9
4	1 (0.20%)	PA-DSS
4	1 (0.20%)	Sarbanes-Oxley
4	1 (0.20%)	SAS 70

System Software
1	152 (30.16%)	Docker
2	13 (2.58%)	VMware Infrastructure
3	9 (1.79%)	HDFS
4	7 (1.39%)	Active Directory
4	7 (1.39%)	vCloud
5	4 (0.79%)	Virtual Machines
5	4 (0.79%)	vSphere
6	3 (0.60%)	Apache ZooKeeper
7	2 (0.40%)	Corosync
7	2 (0.40%)	LXC
8	1 (0.20%)	etcd
8	1 (0.20%)	flannel
8	1 (0.20%)	GFS2
8	1 (0.20%)	GlusterFS
8	1 (0.20%)	GridGain
8	1 (0.20%)	Hyper-V
8	1 (0.20%)	OCFS2
8	1 (0.20%)	Varnish
8	1 (0.20%)	Virtual Servers
8	1 (0.20%)	VMware ESXi

Systems Management
1	150 (29.76%)	Ansible
2	125 (24.80%)	Puppet
3	74 (14.68%)	Opscode Chef
4	65 (12.90%)	Kubernetes
5	55 (10.91%)	Terraform
6	13 (2.58%)	Docker Swarm
6	13 (2.58%)	Rancher
7	12 (2.38%)	Grafana
7	12 (2.38%)	Kibana
7	12 (2.38%)	Nagios
8	9 (1.79%)	Prometheus
9	8 (1.59%)	Mesos
10	7 (1.39%)	logstash
11	6 (1.19%)	HAProxy
11	6 (1.19%)	Packer
12	5 (0.99%)	Graphite
13	4 (0.79%)	Cobbler
13	4 (0.79%)	Marathon
13	4 (0.79%)	Red Hat Spacewalk
13	4 (0.79%)	Rundeck

Vendors
1	35 (6.94%)	VMware
2	31 (6.15%)	Oracle
3	28 (5.56%)	Microsoft
4	26 (5.16%)	Red Hat
5	23 (4.56%)	Splunk
6	15 (2.98%)	Atlassian
7	14 (2.78%)	New Relic
8	13 (2.58%)	TIBCO
9	10 (1.98%)	IBM
10	8 (1.59%)	Tableau
11	7 (1.39%)	Google
11	7 (1.39%)	Salesforce.com
12	6 (1.19%)	Cisco
12	6 (1.19%)	Cloudera
12	6 (1.19%)	SaltStack
13	5 (0.99%)	AppDynamics
13	5 (0.99%)	Facebook
13	5 (0.99%)	Perforce
14	4 (0.79%)	Informatica
14	4 (0.79%)	SAP