Octopus Deploy Contract Job Trends in the City of London

Octopus Deploy
Central London > City of London

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the City of London requiring Octopus Deploy 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 125 116 124
Rank change year-on-year -9 +8 +37
Contract jobs citing Octopus Deploy 3 1 4
As % of all contract jobs in the City of London 0.14% 0.058% 0.17%
As % of the Development Applications category 1.20% 0.38% 1.54%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 2
10th Percentile - - £633
25th Percentile £885 - £663
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £890 - £750
Median % change year-on-year - - +22.45%
75th Percentile £895 - £863
90th Percentile - - £908
Central London median daily rate £890 - £750
% change year-on-year - - +50.00%

All Development Application Skills
City of London

Octopus Deploy falls under the Development Applications category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring development application skills in the City of London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for development application skills 249 265 260
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the City of London 11.61% 15.30% 11.30%
Number of daily rates quoted 163 158 170
10th Percentile £364 £411 £420
25th Percentile £455 £463 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £541 £566
Median % change year-on-year +1.62% -4.42% -5.63%
75th Percentile £644 £634 £685
90th Percentile £760 £725 £750
Central London median daily rate £550 £540 £565
% change year-on-year +1.85% -4.42% -5.83%
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 0 2
10th Percentile - - £49.20
25th Percentile £18.75 - £52.88
Median hourly rate £19.50 - £60.50
Median % change year-on-year - - +5.22%
75th Percentile £20.25 - £67.88
90th Percentile £48.50 - £71.40
Central London median hourly rate £19.50 - £48.50
% change year-on-year - - -15.65%

Octopus Deploy
Job Vacancy Trend in the City of London

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Octopus Deploy relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in the City of London.

Octopus Deploy job vacancy trend in the City of London

Octopus Deploy
Daily Rate Trend in the City of London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the City of London citing Octopus Deploy.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the City of London citing Octopus Deploy

Octopus Deploy
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:

Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (100.00%) Redis
1 3 (100.00%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 1 (33.33%) TeamCity
General
1 3 (100.00%) Social Skills
2 2 (66.67%) Banking
2 2 (66.67%) Finance
2 2 (66.67%) Investment Banking
3 1 (33.33%) Front Office
Job Titles
1 3 (100.00%) C# Developer
1 3 (100.00%) Developer
2 1 (33.33%) C# Developer - Commodities
2 1 (33.33%) C# Quant Developer
2 1 (33.33%) Quantitative Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (33.33%) AngularJS
1 1 (33.33%) React
Miscellaneous
1 3 (100.00%) Derivative
2 1 (33.33%) Algorithms
2 1 (33.33%) Data Structures
2 1 (33.33%) Market Risk
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) Microservices
2 1 (33.33%) Analytics
2 1 (33.33%) Concurrent Programming
2 1 (33.33%) Electronic Trading
2 1 (33.33%) Low Latency
2 1 (33.33%) Multithreading
2 1 (33.33%) Quantitative Research
2 1 (33.33%) Workflow
Programming Languages
1 3 (100.00%) C#
2 1 (33.33%) SQL