DevSecOps Contracts in England

DevSecOps
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in England requiring DevSecOps skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited DevSecOps over the 6 months leading up to 29 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
29 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 274 277 313
Rank change year-on-year +3 +36 +57
Contract jobs citing DevSecOps 209 297 378
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.87% 0.81% 0.79%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.96% 0.94% 0.88%
Number of daily rates quoted 163 199 292
10th Percentile £432 £418 £476
25th Percentile £492 £496 £533
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £588 £625 £650
Median % change year-on-year -6.00% -3.85% -5.63%
75th Percentile £688 £719 £743
90th Percentile £738 £800 £825
UK median daily rate £588 £625 £650
% change year-on-year -6.00% -3.85% -3.70%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 13 1
Median hourly rate - £80.00 £80.00
UK median hourly rate - £80.00 £80.00

All Process and Methodology Skills
England

DevSecOps 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 England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 21,854 31,539 42,849
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 91.29% 85.92% 90.01%
Number of daily rates quoted 14,225 20,657 30,069
10th Percentile £305 £300 £325
25th Percentile £410 £413 £446
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year - -4.55% +1.85%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £675
90th Percentile £750 £750 £767
UK median daily rate £513 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -2.38% -4.55% +2.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 952 2,292 1,514
10th Percentile £14.20 £12.84 £10.63
25th Percentile £17.87 £16.00 £15.75
Median hourly rate £28.00 £37.18 £37.32
Median % change year-on-year -24.69% -0.38% +49.28%
75th Percentile £60.00 £61.30 £65.00
90th Percentile £75.00 £72.50 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £27.50 £36.50 £36.13
% change year-on-year -24.66% +1.04% +40.67%

DevSecOps
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Job postings citing DevSecOps as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.

Job vacancy trend for DevSecOps in England

DevSecOps
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing DevSecOps in England.

Daily rate trend for DevSecOps in England

DevSecOps
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing DevSecOps in England over the 6 months to 29 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for DevSecOps in England

DevSecOps
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing DevSecOps in England.

Hourly rate trend for DevSecOps in England

DevSecOps
Contract Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing DevSecOps within the England region over the 6 months to 29 May 2025. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
London +13 117 £613 -2.65% 232
South East +41 31 £599 -6.08% 382
North of England 0 22 £500 -18.66% 267
Midlands +18 19 £588 -7.84% 235
West Midlands +20 14 £609 -6.31% 127
North West +4 13 £500 -4.31% 130
South West +29 11 £625 +21.95% 157
Yorkshire +1 8 £550 -11.79% 105
East Midlands +8 5 £435 -3.39% 92
East of England +11 3 £598 +646.88% 181
North East - 1 £550 - 32
DevSecOps
UK

DevSecOps
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England 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:

Application Platforms
1 4 (1.91%) Confluence
2 3 (1.44%) Oracle SOA Suite
3 2 (0.96%) Camunda
3 2 (0.96%) Oracle Workflow
4 1 (0.48%) Apache
4 1 (0.48%) Apache Airflow
4 1 (0.48%) Apache Solr
4 1 (0.48%) Apache Spark
4 1 (0.48%) Cloud Foundry
4 1 (0.48%) nginx
4 1 (0.48%) WebLogic
Applications
1 3 (1.44%) Chatbot
2 1 (0.48%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.48%) Microsoft Project
Cloud Services
1 104 (49.76%) Azure
2 72 (34.45%) AWS
3 44 (21.05%) GCP
4 29 (13.88%) GitHub
5 16 (7.66%) Azure Sentinel
6 15 (7.18%) Azure DevOps
7 14 (6.70%) AWS CloudFormation
8 13 (6.22%) Azure AKS
8 13 (6.22%) Microsoft 365
8 13 (6.22%) SaaS
9 11 (5.26%) Entra ID
9 11 (5.26%) GitHub Actions
9 11 (5.26%) PaaS
10 10 (4.78%) Azure Monitor
10 10 (4.78%) Serverless
11 9 (4.31%) IaaS
12 7 (3.35%) Amazon CloudWatch
12 7 (3.35%) Cloud Computing
13 6 (2.87%) Amazon ECS
13 6 (2.87%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 20 (9.57%) DNS
1 20 (9.57%) Network Security
2 15 (7.18%) Firewall
2 15 (7.18%) TCP/IP
3 12 (5.74%) VPN
4 9 (4.31%) HTTP
5 7 (3.35%) BGP
5 7 (3.35%) HTTPS
6 6 (2.87%) SD-WAN
6 6 (2.87%) WAN
7 5 (2.39%) Cisco Nexus
7 5 (2.39%) DHCP
7 5 (2.39%) MPLS
7 5 (2.39%) NGFW
7 5 (2.39%) OSPF
7 5 (2.39%) SSL
8 4 (1.91%) VLAN
8 4 (1.91%) VSAN
9 3 (1.44%) Cisco ASA
9 3 (1.44%) FTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (2.87%) NoSQL
2 5 (2.39%) Amazon RDS
2 5 (2.39%) Elasticsearch
2 5 (2.39%) Power BI
3 4 (1.91%) PostgreSQL
4 3 (1.44%) DynamoDB
5 2 (0.96%) MongoDB
6 1 (0.48%) Azure SQL Database
6 1 (0.48%) Data Warehouse
6 1 (0.48%) Delta Lake
6 1 (0.48%) Hadoop
6 1 (0.48%) Hazelcast
Development Applications
1 34 (16.27%) Jenkins
2 33 (15.79%) GitLab
3 17 (8.13%) SonarQube
4 15 (7.18%) Git
4 15 (7.18%) JIRA
5 9 (4.31%) Burp Suite
5 9 (4.31%) Metasploit
6 6 (2.87%) Snyk
7 5 (2.39%) Cypress.io
8 4 (1.91%) Atlassian Bamboo
8 4 (1.91%) CircleCI
9 3 (1.44%) Maven
9 3 (1.44%) Subversion
9 3 (1.44%) TeamCity
10 2 (0.96%) Artifactory
10 2 (0.96%) Bitbucket
10 2 (0.96%) Selenium
10 2 (0.96%) Terragrunt
11 1 (0.48%) Gatling
11 1 (0.48%) Octopus Deploy
General
1 58 (27.75%) Social Skills
2 34 (16.27%) Finance
3 23 (11.00%) Public Sector
4 12 (5.74%) Analytical Skills
5 11 (5.26%) Banking
6 5 (2.39%) Legal
7 4 (1.91%) Telecoms
8 3 (1.44%) Law
8 3 (1.44%) Military
9 2 (0.96%) Documentation Skills
9 2 (0.96%) Retail
10 1 (0.48%) Automotive
10 1 (0.48%) Digital Health
10 1 (0.48%) Financial Institution
10 1 (0.48%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 1 (0.48%) Investment Banking
10 1 (0.48%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 55 (26.32%) Architect
2 29 (13.88%) DevSecOps Engineer
3 28 (13.40%) Security Architect
4 27 (12.92%) Senior
5 25 (11.96%) Security Engineer
6 17 (8.13%) Lead
7 16 (7.66%) Azure Engineer
8 15 (7.18%) Cloud Engineer
8 15 (7.18%) Developer
9 13 (6.22%) Consultant
10 12 (5.74%) Solutions Architect
11 11 (5.26%) Cloud Architect
11 11 (5.26%) Cybersecurity Engineer
11 11 (5.26%) DevOps Engineer
12 10 (4.78%) Software Engineer
12 10 (4.78%) Technical Architect
13 8 (3.83%) ForgeRock Engineer
13 8 (3.83%) Senior Cloud Engineer
14 7 (3.35%) Security Consultant
15 6 (2.87%) Security Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 17 (8.13%) OAuth
2 15 (7.18%) React
3 12 (5.74%) OpenID
4 9 (4.31%) Node.js
4 9 (4.31%) OAuth2
5 8 (3.83%) JSON
5 8 (3.83%) REST
5 8 (3.83%) RESTful
5 8 (3.83%) SOAP
6 7 (3.35%) Elastic Stack
6 7 (3.35%) JDBC
6 7 (3.35%) Spring
7 6 (2.87%) ARM Templates
7 6 (2.87%) CSS
7 6 (2.87%) Hibernate
7 6 (2.87%) HTML
7 6 (2.87%) Next.js
7 6 (2.87%) SAML
7 6 (2.87%) YAML
8 5 (2.39%) Playwright
Miscellaneous
1 18 (8.61%) PKI
2 16 (7.66%) Hybrid Cloud
3 15 (7.18%) Security Posture
4 14 (6.70%) Data Centre
5 13 (6.22%) Cloud Native
6 9 (4.31%) Public Cloud
7 7 (3.35%) Distributed Systems
7 7 (3.35%) Enterprise Software
7 7 (3.35%) Management Information System
7 7 (3.35%) Product Ownership
8 6 (2.87%) Taxonomies
9 5 (2.39%) Onboarding
10 4 (1.91%) Cyber Threat
10 4 (1.91%) Enterprise Storage
10 4 (1.91%) Private Cloud
11 3 (1.44%) Algorithms
11 3 (1.44%) BYOD
11 3 (1.44%) Distributed Architecture
11 3 (1.44%) Replication
11 3 (1.44%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 24 (11.48%) Linux
2 11 (5.26%) Windows
3 7 (3.35%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 4 (1.91%) Unix
4 4 (1.91%) Windows Server
4 4 (1.91%) Windows Server 2019
5 3 (1.44%) CentOS
5 3 (1.44%) HPUX
5 3 (1.44%) Solaris
6 1 (0.48%) Mac OS
6 1 (0.48%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 97 (46.41%) CI/CD
2 68 (32.54%) DevOps
3 59 (28.23%) Agile
4 48 (22.97%) Cloud Security
4 48 (22.97%) Infrastructure as Code
5 44 (21.05%) Containerisation
6 40 (19.14%) Cybersecurity
7 35 (16.75%) Problem-Solving
7 35 (16.75%) Threat Modelling
8 29 (13.88%) Microservices
8 29 (13.88%) Static Application Security Testing
9 28 (13.40%) Identity Access Management
10 26 (12.44%) SDLC
10 26 (12.44%) Secure Coding
11 25 (11.96%) Penetration Testing
12 24 (11.48%) Vulnerability Management
13 23 (11.00%) OWASP
13 23 (11.00%) Software Engineering
14 22 (10.53%) Application Security
15 19 (9.09%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 59 (28.23%) Python
2 36 (17.22%) Java
3 33 (15.79%) Bash
4 23 (11.00%) JavaScript
4 23 (11.00%) PowerShell
5 12 (5.74%) SQL
6 9 (4.31%) TypeScript
7 6 (2.87%) Shell Script
8 5 (2.39%) Bicep
8 5 (2.39%) C#
8 5 (2.39%) Go
8 5 (2.39%) Perl
9 3 (1.44%) C++
9 3 (1.44%) Kusto Query Language
10 2 (0.96%) Rust
11 1 (0.48%) Groovy
11 1 (0.48%) Kotlin
11 1 (0.48%) Ruby
11 1 (0.48%) XPath
Qualifications
1 64 (30.62%) Security Cleared
2 52 (24.88%) SC Cleared
3 27 (12.92%) CISSP
4 16 (7.66%) AWS Certification
4 16 (7.66%) CISM
5 14 (6.70%) DV Cleared
6 13 (6.22%) CREST Certified
7 12 (5.74%) Azure Certification
7 12 (5.74%) OSCP
8 9 (4.31%) Cisco Certification
8 9 (4.31%) Degree
8 9 (4.31%) SANS
9 8 (3.83%) Tigerscheme
10 7 (3.35%) (ISC)2 CCSP
10 7 (3.35%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
11 6 (2.87%) CHECK Team Member
12 5 (2.39%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
12 5 (2.39%) CEH
12 5 (2.39%) Computer Science Degree
13 4 (1.91%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 34 (16.27%) NIST
2 27 (12.92%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 22 (10.53%) NCSC
4 20 (9.57%) GDPR
5 13 (6.22%) GRC
6 10 (4.78%) Cyber Essentials
6 10 (4.78%) HIPAA
7 7 (3.35%) SOC 2
8 5 (2.39%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 5 (2.39%) PCI DSS
9 4 (1.91%) ISO/IEC 27005
10 3 (1.44%) California Consumer Privacy Act
10 3 (1.44%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
10 3 (1.44%) QA
11 2 (0.96%) Accessibility
11 2 (0.96%) Actionable Recommendations
11 2 (0.96%) Government Security Classifications
11 2 (0.96%) HMG Security Policy Framework
11 2 (0.96%) Sarbanes-Oxley
12 1 (0.48%) ISO 22301
System Software
1 42 (20.10%) Docker
2 6 (2.87%) Active Directory
2 6 (2.87%) VMware Infrastructure
2 6 (2.87%) VMware NSX
3 2 (0.96%) Virtual Machines
4 1 (0.48%) Apache ZooKeeper
4 1 (0.48%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 60 (28.71%) Kubernetes
2 42 (20.10%) Terraform
3 22 (10.53%) Ansible
4 13 (6.22%) Puppet
5 12 (5.74%) Prometheus
6 10 (4.78%) Grafana
7 9 (4.31%) Nmap
8 7 (3.35%) Progress Chef
8 7 (3.35%) Single Sign-On
9 5 (2.39%) Nessus
9 5 (2.39%) Tivoli Identity Manager
10 4 (1.91%) HP Fortify
10 4 (1.91%) Kibana
10 4 (1.91%) logstash
10 4 (1.91%) NetBackup
10 4 (1.91%) Salt
11 2 (0.96%) CASB
11 2 (0.96%) Jamf Pro
11 2 (0.96%) Opsgenie
11 2 (0.96%) SELinux
Vendors
1 33 (15.79%) Microsoft
2 14 (6.70%) Qualys
3 13 (6.22%) Ping Identity
3 13 (6.22%) Veracode
4 12 (5.74%) Google
4 12 (5.74%) VMware
5 10 (4.78%) ForgeRock
5 10 (4.78%) ServiceNow
6 9 (4.31%) IBM
7 8 (3.83%) Palo Alto
7 8 (3.83%) Red Hat
7 8 (3.83%) Splunk
8 7 (3.35%) Cisco
9 5 (2.39%) PagerDuty
10 4 (1.91%) 3PAR
10 4 (1.91%) Ariba
10 4 (1.91%) Dell
10 4 (1.91%) HP
10 4 (1.91%) Oracle
10 4 (1.91%) Veritas