Senior DevOps Engineer Contract Job Trends in Croydon

Senior Development Operations Engineer
South London > Croydon

The median Senior Development Operations Engineer daily rate in Croydon is £566, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 14 December 2025.

The table below compares current contractor rates and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 31 19 35
Rank change year-on-year -12 +16 +18
Contract jobs requiring a Senior DevOps Engineer 1 10 1
As % of all contract jobs in Croydon 1.19% 8.77% 0.61%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.23% 9.01% 0.61%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 5 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £565 - £531
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £566 £538 £563
Median % change year-on-year +5.11% -4.36% -2.17%
75th Percentile £566 £561 £594
90th Percentile - £564 -
South London median daily rate £566 £538 £556
% change year-on-year +5.11% -3.28% -3.26%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Croydon

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Croydon. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of contract jobs in our overall sample.

Contract vacancies in Croydon with a recognized job title 81 111 163
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 96.43% 97.37% 100.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 66 75 114
10th Percentile £291 £380 £231
25th Percentile £463 £463 £416
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £538 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.74% -2.18% -1.43%
75th Percentile £562 £600 £638
90th Percentile £635 £650 £675
South London median daily rate £500 £530 £525
% change year-on-year -5.66% +0.95% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 3 4
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - £17.25 £21.75
Median hourly rate - £19.50 £23.50
Median % change year-on-year - -17.02% -
75th Percentile - £21.75 £25.25
90th Percentile - - -
South London median hourly rate £66.00 £19.50 £35.00
% change year-on-year +238.46% -44.29% -20.65%

Senior DevOps Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Croydon

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings featuring 'Senior DevOps Engineer' in the job title relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Croydon.

Senior DevOps Engineer job vacancy trend in Croydon

Senior DevOps Engineer
Daily Rate Trend in Croydon

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Senior DevOps Engineer job vacancies in Croydon.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Senior DevOps Engineer job vacancies in Croydon

Senior DevOps Engineer Skill Set
Top 8 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Croydon

For the 6 months to 14 December 2025, Senior DevOps Engineer contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the Croydon region featuring Senior DevOps Engineer in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) Ansible
1 1 (100.00%) AWS
1 1 (100.00%) DevOps
1 1 (100.00%) Linux
1 1 (100.00%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
1 1 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Terraform

Senior DevOps Engineer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Croydon 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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (100.00%) AWS
Operating Systems
1 1 (100.00%) Linux
1 1 (100.00%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) DevOps
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared
Systems Management
1 1 (100.00%) Ansible
1 1 (100.00%) Terraform