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

6 months to
6 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 23 14 14
Rank change year-on-year -9 0 -1
Contract jobs citing DevOps 195 225 220
As % of all contract jobs in the City of London 9.56% 12.31% 9.37%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 10.77% 13.40% 10.47%
Number of daily rates quoted 160 145 148
10th Percentile £363 £426 £425
25th Percentile £457 £500 £525
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £575 £625
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% -8.00% -
75th Percentile £675 £680 £688
90th Percentile £788 £750 £776
Central London median daily rate £550 £575 £625
% change year-on-year -4.35% -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 1,810 1,679 2,102
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the City of London 88.77% 91.85% 89.52%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,248 1,045 1,497
10th Percentile £356 £363 £350
25th Percentile £436 £463 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £575 £567
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% +1.41% -5.50%
75th Percentile £675 £688 £688
90th Percentile £775 £775 £800
Central London median daily rate £550 £575 £550
% change year-on-year -4.35% +4.55% -6.38%
Number of hourly rates quoted 21 10 13
10th Percentile £18.75 £22.00 £17.00
25th Percentile £20.18 £26.25 £18.93
Median hourly rate £28.00 £35.50 £25.00
Median % change year-on-year -21.13% +42.00% -28.57%
75th Percentile £47.50 £47.50 £41.84
90th Percentile £59.72 £112.00 £49.55
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 6 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 (2.56%) Confluence
1 5 (2.56%) SharePoint
2 3 (1.54%) Apache Spark
2 3 (1.54%) Palantir Foundry
3 2 (1.03%) Apache
3 2 (1.03%) Apache Airflow
3 2 (1.03%) WebSphere
Applications
1 3 (1.54%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (1.03%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 2 (1.03%) MS Visio
3 1 (0.51%) Maya
3 1 (0.51%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (0.51%) Microsoft Project
3 1 (0.51%) Trello
Business Applications
1 2 (1.03%) Dynamics AX
2 1 (0.51%) Aladdin
2 1 (0.51%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (0.51%) NetSuite
2 1 (0.51%) Oracle ERP
Cloud Services
1 97 (49.74%) Azure
2 57 (29.23%) AWS
2 57 (29.23%) Azure DevOps
3 46 (23.59%) GitHub
4 36 (18.46%) GCP
5 26 (13.33%) Serverless
6 24 (12.31%) GitHub Actions
7 17 (8.72%) Power Platform
8 14 (7.18%) AWS Lambda
9 13 (6.67%) Amazon S3
10 9 (4.62%) Amazon CloudWatch
11 7 (3.59%) Amazon ECS
11 7 (3.59%) AWS CloudFormation
11 7 (3.59%) Azure AKS
11 7 (3.59%) Azure Functions
11 7 (3.59%) Google Kubernetes Engine
12 6 (3.08%) Apigee
12 6 (3.08%) Azure Data Factory
13 5 (2.56%) AWS Fargate
13 5 (2.56%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 6 (3.08%) Network Security
2 5 (2.56%) Firewall
3 4 (2.05%) DNS
4 2 (1.03%) DHCP
4 2 (1.03%) HTTPS
4 2 (1.03%) SSL
4 2 (1.03%) TCP/IP
5 1 (0.51%) DKIM
5 1 (0.51%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 12 (6.15%) SQL Server
2 10 (5.13%) PostgreSQL
2 10 (5.13%) Power BI
3 5 (2.56%) BigQuery
3 5 (2.56%) DynamoDB
4 4 (2.05%) Amazon RDS
5 3 (1.54%) Amazon Aurora
5 3 (1.54%) Apache Cassandra
5 3 (1.54%) Data Lake
5 3 (1.54%) Data Warehouse
5 3 (1.54%) Elasticsearch
5 3 (1.54%) Metadata
5 3 (1.54%) MySQL
5 3 (1.54%) NoSQL
5 3 (1.54%) Redis
5 3 (1.54%) Relational Database
5 3 (1.54%) Snowflake Schema
6 2 (1.03%) Amazon Athena
6 2 (1.03%) Delta Lake
6 2 (1.03%) Oracle Database
Development Applications
1 29 (14.87%) Git
2 24 (12.31%) Jenkins
3 22 (11.28%) JIRA
4 17 (8.72%) GitLab
5 7 (3.59%) Selenium
6 6 (3.08%) JUnit
6 6 (3.08%) Postman
7 5 (2.56%) Bitbucket
7 5 (2.56%) Cucumber
8 4 (2.05%) Cypress.io
8 4 (2.05%) Mockito
9 3 (1.54%) REST Assured
10 2 (1.03%) Ant
10 2 (1.03%) Gradle
10 2 (1.03%) Liquibase
10 2 (1.03%) SonarQube
10 2 (1.03%) Sonatype Nexus
10 2 (1.03%) Team Foundation Server
10 2 (1.03%) TeamCity
10 2 (1.03%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 56 (28.72%) Finance
2 46 (23.59%) Social Skills
3 25 (12.82%) Banking
4 13 (6.67%) Analytical Skills
5 12 (6.15%) Public Sector
6 8 (4.10%) Documentation Skills
7 7 (3.59%) Influencing Skills
8 6 (3.08%) Presentation Skills
9 5 (2.56%) Financial Institution
9 5 (2.56%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 5 (2.56%) Investment Banking
10 4 (2.05%) Front Office
10 4 (2.05%) Pharmaceutical
11 3 (1.54%) Law
12 2 (1.03%) Back Office
12 2 (1.03%) Legal
12 2 (1.03%) Organisational Skills
12 2 (1.03%) Retail
12 2 (1.03%) Retail Banking
13 1 (0.51%) Military
Job Titles
1 51 (26.15%) DevOps Engineer
2 28 (14.36%) Developer
3 23 (11.79%) Senior
4 18 (9.23%) Architect
5 13 (6.67%) Lead
6 9 (4.62%) AWS Engineer
6 9 (4.62%) Cloud Architect
7 8 (4.10%) AWS DevOps
7 8 (4.10%) Azure Engineer
7 8 (4.10%) Senior Developer
8 7 (3.59%) Analyst
8 7 (3.59%) AWS DevOps Engineer
8 7 (3.59%) Data Engineer
9 6 (3.08%) Consultant
9 6 (3.08%) GCP Engineer
9 6 (3.08%) Senior DevOps
9 6 (3.08%) Test Engineer
10 5 (2.56%) Cloud Engineer
10 5 (2.56%) Full-Stack Developer
10 5 (2.56%) Python Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 17 (8.72%) .NET
2 15 (7.69%) Node.js
2 15 (7.69%) React
2 15 (7.69%) REST
3 9 (4.62%) HTML
3 9 (4.62%) OAuth
3 9 (4.62%) Playwright
4 8 (4.10%) Spring
5 7 (3.59%) AngularJS
5 7 (3.59%) CSS
6 6 (3.08%) FastAPI
6 6 (3.08%) JWT
6 6 (3.08%) Kafka
6 6 (3.08%) PySpark
6 6 (3.08%) XML
7 5 (2.56%) JSON
7 5 (2.56%) Next.js
7 5 (2.56%) RESTful
7 5 (2.56%) SOAP
7 5 (2.56%) Spring Boot
Miscellaneous
1 36 (18.46%) Cloud Native
2 11 (5.64%) Product Ownership
3 8 (4.10%) Distributed Systems
4 7 (3.59%) Legacy Systems
4 7 (3.59%) Onboarding
5 5 (2.56%) Public Cloud
6 4 (2.05%) AI Agents
6 4 (2.05%) Enterprise Software
6 4 (2.05%) Fixed Income
6 4 (2.05%) Life Science
7 3 (1.54%) Derivative
7 3 (1.54%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
7 3 (1.54%) Hybrid Cloud
7 3 (1.54%) Management Information System
7 3 (1.54%) Private Cloud
7 3 (1.54%) Replication
8 2 (1.03%) Algorithms
8 2 (1.03%) Data Structures
8 2 (1.03%) Mobile App
8 2 (1.03%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 15 (7.69%) Linux
2 11 (5.64%) Windows
3 3 (1.54%) Unix
3 3 (1.54%) Windows Server
4 2 (1.03%) Android
4 2 (1.03%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 1 (0.51%) Apple iOS
5 1 (0.51%) VMS
5 1 (0.51%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 93 (47.69%) CI/CD
2 59 (30.26%) Agile
3 58 (29.74%) Infrastructure as Code
4 32 (16.41%) Test Automation
5 29 (14.87%) Containerisation
6 28 (14.36%) Continuous Improvement
6 28 (14.36%) Stakeholder Engagement
7 25 (12.82%) AI
7 25 (12.82%) Migration
8 21 (10.77%) Problem-Solving
9 18 (9.23%) Observability
9 18 (9.23%) Roadmaps
9 18 (9.23%) Stakeholder Management
10 17 (8.72%) Analytics
10 17 (8.72%) Scrum
10 17 (8.72%) Software Engineering
11 16 (8.21%) Performance Tuning
12 14 (7.18%) Microservices
13 13 (6.67%) Data Engineering
13 13 (6.67%) SDLC
Programming Languages
1 60 (30.77%) Python
2 39 (20.00%) SQL
3 32 (16.41%) Java
4 22 (11.28%) JavaScript
5 18 (9.23%) C#
6 14 (7.18%) TypeScript
7 10 (5.13%) PowerShell
8 8 (4.10%) Bash
9 2 (1.03%) Apex Code
9 2 (1.03%) Bicep
9 2 (1.03%) C++
9 2 (1.03%) Go
9 2 (1.03%) Korn
9 2 (1.03%) Kotlin
9 2 (1.03%) Perl
9 2 (1.03%) PL/SQL
9 2 (1.03%) Rust
9 2 (1.03%) VB.NET
10 1 (0.51%) T-SQL
10 1 (0.51%) XPath
Qualifications
1 71 (36.41%) Security Cleared
2 67 (34.36%) SC Cleared
3 16 (8.21%) Degree
4 9 (4.62%) Computer Science Degree
5 4 (2.05%) Azure Certification
5 4 (2.05%) BPSS Clearance
5 4 (2.05%) DV Cleared
6 3 (1.54%) Master's Degree
7 2 (1.03%) AWS Certification
7 2 (1.03%) CBAP
7 2 (1.03%) CESG Certified Professional
7 2 (1.03%) ISEB
7 2 (1.03%) ISTQB
7 2 (1.03%) PMI Certification
8 1 (0.51%) CCNA
8 1 (0.51%) Cisco Certification
8 1 (0.51%) MBA
8 1 (0.51%) Microsoft Certification
8 1 (0.51%) PMP
8 1 (0.51%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (5.64%) QA
2 9 (4.62%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 6 (3.08%) GDPR
4 5 (2.56%) Data Quality
4 5 (2.56%) PCI DSS
5 4 (2.05%) Sarbanes-Oxley
6 3 (1.54%) Accessibility
6 3 (1.54%) NIST
6 3 (1.54%) PMO
6 3 (1.54%) SLA
7 2 (1.03%) NCSC
7 2 (1.03%) NIST 800
8 1 (0.51%) HIPAA
8 1 (0.51%) HMG Security Policy Framework
8 1 (0.51%) MiFID
8 1 (0.51%) WCAG
System Software
1 40 (20.51%) Docker
2 6 (3.08%) Virtual Machines
3 2 (1.03%) Active Directory
3 2 (1.03%) VMware Infrastructure
4 1 (0.51%) GridGain
Systems Management
1 60 (30.77%) Terraform
2 42 (21.54%) Kubernetes
3 23 (11.79%) Ansible
4 5 (2.56%) Grafana
5 4 (2.05%) Prometheus
6 3 (1.54%) Istio
6 3 (1.54%) ITRS Geneos
6 3 (1.54%) Karpenter
7 2 (1.03%) Argo
8 1 (0.51%) CASB
8 1 (0.51%) Icinga
8 1 (0.51%) Kibana
8 1 (0.51%) Kustomize
8 1 (0.51%) linkerd
8 1 (0.51%) logstash
8 1 (0.51%) Opsgenie
8 1 (0.51%) Packer
8 1 (0.51%) SCCM
Vendors
1 26 (13.33%) Microsoft
2 24 (12.31%) Google
3 15 (7.69%) Databricks
4 12 (6.15%) Oracle
5 10 (5.13%) Salesforce
6 6 (3.08%) ServiceNow
7 5 (2.56%) Splunk
8 4 (2.05%) CyberArk
8 4 (2.05%) VMware
9 3 (1.54%) Dynatrace
9 3 (1.54%) Foundry
9 3 (1.54%) Palantir
10 2 (1.03%) AppDynamics
10 2 (1.03%) Bloomberg
10 2 (1.03%) IBM
10 2 (1.03%) MarketAxess
10 2 (1.03%) New Relic
10 2 (1.03%) Planview
10 2 (1.03%) Solace
10 2 (1.03%) Tradeweb