The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the City of London requiring Octopus Deploy skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Octopus Deploy over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.
6 months to 1 May 2025
Same period 2024
Same period 2023
Rank
118
123
173
Rank change year-on-year
+5
+50
+10
Contract jobs citing Octopus Deploy
1
4
5
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the 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
259
273
555
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the City of London
14.75%
12.43%
15.23%
Number of daily rates quoted
151
185
360
10th Percentile
£413
£406
£425
25th Percentile
£449
£463
£505
Median daily rate (50th Percentile)
£550
£550
£605
Median % change year-on-year
-
-9.05%
+3.38%
75th Percentile
£638
£675
£750
90th Percentile
£725
£750
£800
Central London median daily rate
£550
£550
£600
% change year-on-year
-
-8.33%
+4.35%
Number of hourly rates quoted
0
1
6
10th Percentile
-
-
£35.00
25th Percentile
-
£46.75
£39.06
Median hourly rate
-
£48.50
£55.00
Median % change year-on-year
-
-11.82%
-10.57%
75th Percentile
-
£50.25
£58.75
90th Percentile
-
-
-
Central London median hourly rate
-
£40.75
£55.00
% change year-on-year
-
-25.91%
-10.57%
Octopus Deploy Job Vacancy Trend in the City of London
Job postings citing Octopus Deploy as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the City of London.
Octopus Deploy Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the City of London
3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Octopus Deploy in the City of London.
Octopus Deploy Top 9 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the City of London
For the 6 months to 1 May 2025, contractor job vacancies citing Octopus Deploy also mentioned the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity.
The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the City of London region with a requirement for Octopus Deploy.
Octopus Deploy Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the City of London by Category
The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category.
The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:
