OpenShift Contract Job Trends in the East of England

Red Hat OpenShift
England > East of England

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the East of England requiring OpenShift skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 24 October 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
24 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank - 91 109
Rank change year-on-year - +18 +25
Contract jobs citing OpenShift 0 2 2
As % of all contract jobs in the East of England - 0.14% 0.11%
As % of the Cloud Services category - 0.70% 0.46%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 2 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - £600 -
England median daily rate £500 £619 £650
% change year-on-year -19.19% -4.81% +4.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 2
10th Percentile - - £56.50
25th Percentile - - £58.75
Median hourly rate - - £65.00
75th Percentile - - £68.75
90th Percentile - - £69.50
England median hourly rate £48.00 £85.00 £78.00
% change year-on-year -43.53% +8.97% -

All Cloud Skills
East of England

OpenShift falls under the Cloud Services category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring cloud computing skills in the East of England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for cloud computing skills 396 284 438
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the East of England 28.21% 20.46% 23.41%
Number of daily rates quoted 220 168 292
10th Percentile £213 £213 £186
25th Percentile £395 £300 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £420 £473
Median % change year-on-year +19.05% -11.11% -7.58%
75th Percentile £580 £563 £588
90th Percentile £675 £638 £675
England median daily rate £500 £530 £538
% change year-on-year -5.66% -1.40% -2.27%
Number of hourly rates quoted 28 10 28
10th Percentile £14.99 £14.16 £14.25
25th Percentile £16.00 £16.06 £15.06
Median hourly rate £31.25 £20.69 £20.00
Median % change year-on-year +51.08% +3.43% +29.03%
75th Percentile £65.56 £27.87 £65.64
90th Percentile £67.00 £55.00 £77.50
England median hourly rate £25.15 £35.00 £27.50
% change year-on-year -28.14% +27.27% +22.22%

OpenShift
Job Vacancy Trend in the East of England

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing OpenShift relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in the East of England.

OpenShift job vacancy trend in the East of England

OpenShift
Daily Rate Trend in the East of England

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the East of England citing OpenShift.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the East of England citing OpenShift