Senior DevOps Contract Job Trends in England

Senior Development Operations
UK > England

The median Senior Development Operations daily rate in England is £600, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 31 January 2026.

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

6 months to
31 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 451 359 470
Rank change year-on-year -92 +111 +18
Contract jobs requiring a Senior DevOps 101 134 81
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.31% 0.51% 0.21%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.33% 0.54% 0.23%
Number of daily rates quoted 55 97 59
10th Percentile £418 £510 £463
25th Percentile £477 £563 £513
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £650 £563
Median % change year-on-year -7.69% +15.56% -13.46%
75th Percentile £719 £750 £650
90th Percentile £741 £788 £750
UK median daily rate £558 £650 £600
% change year-on-year -14.19% +8.33% -4.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 1 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £72.50 - -
Median hourly rate £75.00 £74.44 -
Median % change year-on-year +0.75% - -
75th Percentile £77.50 - -
90th Percentile - - -
UK median hourly rate £75.00 £74.44 -
% change year-on-year +0.75% - -

All Contract IT Job Roles
England

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in England. 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 England with a recognized job title 30,294 24,680 35,343
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 91.61% 93.03% 93.02%
Number of daily rates quoted 19,296 15,229 23,868
10th Percentile £300 £300 £274
25th Percentile £406 £413 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
75th Percentile £625 £638 £645
90th Percentile £725 £750 £745
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,883 736 2,011
10th Percentile £14.82 £15.91 £13.29
25th Percentile £18.50 £21.25 £17.24
Median hourly rate £30.00 £35.00 £36.50
Median % change year-on-year -14.29% -4.11% +4.29%
75th Percentile £63.75 £64.50 £62.48
90th Percentile £70.94 £75.00 £73.75
UK median hourly rate £29.60 £32.50 £36.50
% change year-on-year -8.92% -10.96% +4.29%

Senior DevOps
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Senior DevOps job vacancy trend in England

Senior DevOps
Daily Rate Trend in England

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Senior DevOps job vacancies in England

Senior DevOps
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Senior DevOps in England over the 6 months to 31 January 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Senior DevOps in England

Senior DevOps
Hourly Rate Trend in England

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Senior DevOps job vacancies in England.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Senior DevOps job vacancies in England

Senior DevOps
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 Senior DevOps within the England region over the 6 months to 31 January 2026. 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 -66 50 £644 -0.96% 10
North of England -60 21 £538 -12.60% 5
Midlands -31 14 £892 +137.87% 2
Yorkshire -47 14 £892 +45.04% 2
West Midlands -30 13 £892 +137.87% 1
South East -16 11 £425 -39.29% 10
North West -31 7 £509 -23.25% 3
East of England -10 5 £581 +32.86% 2
South West -31 5 £650 -3.70% 7
East Midlands -22 1 £525 - 1
Senior DevOps
UK

Senior DevOps Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in England

For the 6 months to 31 January 2026, Senior DevOps 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 England region featuring Senior DevOps in the job title.

1 101 (100.00%) DevOps
2 69 (68.32%) CI/CD
3 61 (60.40%) Terraform
4 57 (56.44%) AWS
5 45 (44.55%) Infrastructure as Code
5 45 (44.55%) Python
6 44 (43.56%) Jenkins
7 40 (39.60%) Azure
8 39 (38.61%) Kubernetes
9 37 (36.63%) Ansible
10 36 (35.64%) Docker
10 36 (35.64%) GitLab
10 36 (35.64%) Security Cleared
11 28 (27.72%) Agile
12 25 (24.75%) GitHub
13 23 (22.77%) SC Cleared
14 22 (21.78%) Containerisation
14 22 (21.78%) Linux
15 20 (19.80%) Git
16 19 (18.81%) Azure DevOps
17 18 (17.82%) Amazon EC2
17 18 (17.82%) Amazon S3
17 18 (17.82%) Bash
17 18 (17.82%) GitHub Actions
17 18 (17.82%) High Availability
18 17 (16.83%) GCP
18 17 (16.83%) Infrastructure Automation
19 16 (15.84%) Mentoring
20 15 (14.85%) Amazon CloudWatch
20 15 (14.85%) DevSecOps

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

Application Platforms
1 5 (4.95%) Apache
2 4 (3.96%) IIS
3 3 (2.97%) Confluence
3 3 (2.97%) iPlanet
3 3 (2.97%) JBoss
3 3 (2.97%) WebSphere
3 3 (2.97%) WebSphere Application Server
4 2 (1.98%) CMS
5 1 (0.99%) Headless CMS
5 1 (0.99%) OpenStack
5 1 (0.99%) Sitecore CMS
Applications
1 1 (0.99%) Microsoft Project
Cloud Services
1 57 (56.44%) AWS
2 40 (39.60%) Azure
3 25 (24.75%) GitHub
4 19 (18.81%) Azure DevOps
5 18 (17.82%) Amazon EC2
5 18 (17.82%) Amazon S3
5 18 (17.82%) GitHub Actions
6 17 (16.83%) GCP
7 15 (14.85%) Amazon CloudWatch
7 15 (14.85%) Virtual Private Cloud
8 13 (12.87%) Serverless
9 12 (11.88%) Amazon ELB
10 9 (8.91%) Azure Monitor
11 5 (4.95%) AWS Lambda
11 5 (4.95%) Azure AKS
12 4 (3.96%) Amazon EKS
12 4 (3.96%) Azure API Management
12 4 (3.96%) Azure Functions
12 4 (3.96%) Azure Key Vault
12 4 (3.96%) OpenShift
Communications & Networking
1 14 (13.86%) Firewall
2 13 (12.87%) TCP/IP
3 12 (11.88%) DNS
3 12 (11.88%) SSL
3 12 (11.88%) VPN
4 9 (8.91%) Network Security
5 3 (2.97%) Kerberos
6 2 (1.98%) Multicast
7 1 (0.99%) HTTP
7 1 (0.99%) Internet
7 1 (0.99%) VLAN
7 1 (0.99%) VoIP
7 1 (0.99%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (5.94%) Amazon RDS
2 4 (3.96%) MongoDB
2 4 (3.96%) NoSQL
3 3 (2.97%) Oracle Database
3 3 (2.97%) PostgreSQL
4 2 (1.98%) Amazon Athena
4 2 (1.98%) Amazon Redshift
4 2 (1.98%) KDB
4 2 (1.98%) MySQL
5 1 (0.99%) Amazon Aurora
5 1 (0.99%) Delta Lake
5 1 (0.99%) DynamoDB
5 1 (0.99%) SQL Server
5 1 (0.99%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 44 (43.56%) Jenkins
2 36 (35.64%) GitLab
3 20 (19.80%) Git
4 7 (6.93%) Sonatype Nexus
4 7 (6.93%) TeamCity
5 4 (3.96%) JIRA
5 4 (3.96%) Liquibase
5 4 (3.96%) SonarQube
6 3 (2.97%) Artifactory
6 3 (2.97%) Bitbucket Server
6 3 (2.97%) CA Release Automation
6 3 (2.97%) RStudio
7 2 (1.98%) Bitbucket
7 2 (1.98%) CircleCI
7 2 (1.98%) Gradle
8 1 (0.99%) Maven
General
1 19 (18.81%) Social Skills
2 16 (15.84%) Banking
3 14 (13.86%) Public Sector
4 11 (10.89%) Finance
5 6 (5.94%) Military
6 4 (3.96%) Financial Institution
6 4 (3.96%) Social Science
7 3 (2.97%) Analytical Skills
7 3 (2.97%) Billing
7 3 (2.97%) Telecoms
8 2 (1.98%) Documentation Skills
8 2 (1.98%) Front Office
8 2 (1.98%) Influencing Skills
8 2 (1.98%) Investment Banking
8 2 (1.98%) Retail
8 2 (1.98%) Retail Banking
9 1 (0.99%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 1 (0.99%) Legal
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 10 (9.90%) .NET
1 10 (9.90%) Elastic Stack
1 10 (9.90%) REST
2 7 (6.93%) .NET Core
3 5 (4.95%) OAuth
3 5 (4.95%) OpenID
3 5 (4.95%) RESTful
3 5 (4.95%) SAML
4 4 (3.96%) GraphQL
4 4 (3.96%) React
5 3 (2.97%) AngularJS
5 3 (2.97%) Kafka
5 3 (2.97%) LDAP
6 2 (1.98%) Apache NiFi
6 2 (1.98%) ARM Templates
6 2 (1.98%) AWS CDK
6 2 (1.98%) FIX Protocol
6 2 (1.98%) Lambda Expressions
6 2 (1.98%) OAuth2
6 2 (1.98%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 9 (8.91%) Cloud Native
1 9 (8.91%) Public Cloud
2 4 (3.96%) Distributed Systems
2 4 (3.96%) Legacy Applications
2 4 (3.96%) Private Cloud
3 3 (2.97%) Legacy Systems
3 3 (2.97%) Onboarding
3 3 (2.97%) Self-Motivation
4 2 (1.98%) Derivative
4 2 (1.98%) Linux Command Line
4 2 (1.98%) Replication
5 1 (0.99%) Analytical Mindset
5 1 (0.99%) Cloud Security Posture
5 1 (0.99%) Clustering
5 1 (0.99%) Distributed Applications
5 1 (0.99%) Enterprise Storage
5 1 (0.99%) Freedom of Information
5 1 (0.99%) IBM XIV
5 1 (0.99%) Product Ownership
5 1 (0.99%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 22 (21.78%) Linux
2 9 (8.91%) Windows
3 5 (4.95%) Unix
4 3 (2.97%) Windows Server
5 1 (0.99%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 101 (100.00%) DevOps
2 69 (68.32%) CI/CD
3 45 (44.55%) Infrastructure as Code
4 28 (27.72%) Agile
5 22 (21.78%) Containerisation
6 18 (17.82%) High Availability
7 17 (16.83%) Infrastructure Automation
8 16 (15.84%) Mentoring
9 15 (14.85%) DevSecOps
9 15 (14.85%) Root Cause Analysis
10 14 (13.86%) Observability
11 13 (12.87%) Incident Response
12 12 (11.88%) Migration
12 12 (11.88%) Software Engineering
13 11 (10.89%) Continuous Delivery
13 11 (10.89%) Continuous Integration
13 11 (10.89%) Platform Engineering
14 9 (8.91%) Microservices
15 7 (6.93%) Continuous Improvement
15 7 (6.93%) RBAC
Programming Languages
1 45 (44.55%) Python
2 18 (17.82%) Bash
3 12 (11.88%) PowerShell
4 8 (7.92%) Java
4 8 (7.92%) JavaScript
4 8 (7.92%) SQL
5 7 (6.93%) C#
5 7 (6.93%) Go
6 6 (5.94%) Shell Script
7 4 (3.96%) PHP
8 3 (2.97%) Groovy
8 3 (2.97%) Rust
8 3 (2.97%) TypeScript
9 2 (1.98%) Bicep
Qualifications
1 36 (35.64%) Security Cleared
2 23 (22.77%) SC Cleared
3 6 (5.94%) Azure Certification
4 5 (4.95%) Computer Science Degree
4 5 (4.95%) Degree
5 4 (3.96%) AWS Certification
5 4 (3.96%) Master's Degree
6 3 (2.97%) BPSS Clearance
7 2 (1.98%) AWS Certified Developer
7 2 (1.98%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
7 2 (1.98%) DV Cleared
7 2 (1.98%) Microsoft Certification
8 1 (0.99%) IIBA
8 1 (0.99%) ISEB
8 1 (0.99%) OCP
8 1 (0.99%) Oracle Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (1.98%) Data Quality
1 2 (1.98%) EMIR
1 2 (1.98%) MiFID
1 2 (1.98%) QA
2 1 (0.99%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 36 (35.64%) Docker
2 6 (5.94%) Virtual Machines
3 5 (4.95%) Active Directory
4 4 (3.96%) VMware Infrastructure
5 3 (2.97%) Tivoli Directory Server
6 1 (0.99%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 61 (60.40%) Terraform
2 39 (38.61%) Kubernetes
3 37 (36.63%) Ansible
4 10 (9.90%) Grafana
5 9 (8.91%) Prometheus
6 4 (3.96%) Istio
6 4 (3.96%) Progress Chef
7 3 (2.97%) Argo
7 3 (2.97%) CA Single Sign-On
7 3 (2.97%) CA Wily
7 3 (2.97%) Rancher
7 3 (2.97%) Single Sign-On
7 3 (2.97%) Tivoli
8 2 (1.98%) Kibana
8 2 (1.98%) Puppet
8 2 (1.98%) Thomson Reuters DACS
9 1 (0.99%) CASB
9 1 (0.99%) Packer
9 1 (0.99%) SCCM
Vendors
1 13 (12.87%) Microsoft
2 12 (11.88%) CheckPoint
2 12 (11.88%) F5
2 12 (11.88%) Palo Alto
3 10 (9.90%) Splunk
3 10 (9.90%) VMware
4 4 (3.96%) Databricks
4 4 (3.96%) Google
4 4 (3.96%) IBM
4 4 (3.96%) Oracle
5 3 (2.97%) AppDynamics
5 3 (2.97%) Broadcom
5 3 (2.97%) Dynatrace
5 3 (2.97%) Red Hat
5 3 (2.97%) Zscaler
6 2 (1.98%) Bloomberg
6 2 (1.98%) NYFIX
6 2 (1.98%) Refinitiv
7 1 (0.99%) Citrix
7 1 (0.99%) Sitecore