Senior DevOps Contract Job Trends in England
Senior Development Operations
UK > England
The median Senior Development Operations daily rate in England is £550, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 23 October 2026.
The table below compares current contractor rates and summary statistics with the previous two years.
| 6 months to 23 Oct 2026 |
Same period 2025 | Same period 2024 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 459 | 450 | 389 |
| Rank change year-on-year | -9 | -61 | +77 |
| Contract Senior DevOps jobs | 183 | 81 | 123 |
| As % of all contract jobs in England | 0.39% | 0.28% | 0.39% |
| As % of the Job Titles category | 0.43% | 0.31% | 0.42% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 126 | 52 | 83 |
| 10th Percentile | £444 | £427 | £513 |
| 25th Percentile | £481 | £500 | £538 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £550 | £570 | £650 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -3.55% | -12.27% | - |
| 75th Percentile | £703 | £684 | £750 |
| 90th Percentile | £762 | £738 | £788 |
| UK median daily rate | £550 | £566 | £650 |
| % change year-on-year | -2.74% | -13.00% | +4.00% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 5 | 0 | 4 |
| 10th Percentile | - | - | - |
| 25th Percentile | - | - | - |
| Median hourly rate | £62.50 | - | £74.00 |
| 75th Percentile | - | - | £74.11 |
| 90th Percentile | £66.25 | - | £74.31 |
| UK median hourly rate | £62.50 | - | £73.75 |
All Contract IT Job Roles
England
For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job adverts in England matching a recognised job title. The table also shows what proportion of all contract IT job adverts they make up.
| 6 months to 23 Oct 2026 |
Same period 2025 | Same period 2024 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Contract job adverts in England matching a recognised job title | 42,882 | 25,893 | 29,455 |
| % of contract job adverts matching a recognised job title | 91.79% | 91.10% | 93.06% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 25,266 | 16,657 | 17,977 |
| 10th Percentile | £325 | £280 | £300 |
| 25th Percentile | £425 | £403 | £413 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £525 | £510 | £525 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +2.94% | -2.86% | -2.78% |
| 75th Percentile | £638 | £625 | £638 |
| 90th Percentile | £738 | £725 | £750 |
| UK median daily rate | £525 | £500 | £525 |
| % change year-on-year | +5.00% | -4.76% | - |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 3,836 | 1,478 | 1,188 |
| 10th Percentile | £14.36 | £13.80 | £15.10 |
| 25th Percentile | £20.00 | £17.30 | £21.25 |
| Median hourly rate | £41.71 | £25.15 | £42.50 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +65.84% | -40.82% | -7.49% |
| 75th Percentile | £68.00 | £50.00 | £67.50 |
| 90th Percentile | £80.00 | £70.00 | £75.00 |
| UK median hourly rate | £41.00 | £25.15 | £40.00 |
| % change year-on-year | +63.02% | -37.13% | -10.11% |
Senior DevOps Job Vacancy Trend in England
Historical trend showing the proportion of contract Senior DevOps job postings relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in England.
Senior DevOps Daily Rate Trend 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 Senior DevOps jobs in England over the 6 months to 23 October 2026.
Senior DevOps Hourly Rate Trend 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 Senior DevOps jobs within the England region over the 6 months to 23 October 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 |
Job Ads Past 6 Months |
Median Daily Rate Past 6 Months |
Median Daily Rate % Change on Same Period Last Year |
Live Jobs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| London | -38 | 100 | £600 | -1.23% | 118 |
| North of England | -56 | 36 | £552 | +5.14% | 62 |
| North West | -34 | 25 | £700 | +42.28% | 30 |
| South West | - | 18 | £550 | - | 9 |
| Midlands | -35 | 14 | £638 | -28.53% | 11 |
| West Midlands | -44 | 10 | £695 | -22.09% | 8 |
| Yorkshire | -45 | 7 | £471 | -18.17% | 14 |
| South East | -52 | 7 | £400 | - | 29 |
| North East | -36 | 4 | £453 | -19.56% | 18 |
| East Midlands | - | 4 | £488 | - | 3 |
| East of England | -28 | 2 | £850 | - | 8 |
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Senior DevOps Skill Set Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in England
For the 6 months to 23 October 2026, Senior DevOps contract job ads cited 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 Senior DevOps job ads across the England region.
| Rank | Skill | Share | Job Ads |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | DevOps | 100.0% | 183 |
| 2 | Terraform | 62.8% | 115 |
| 3 | CI/CD | 61.2% | 112 |
| 4 | Infrastructure as Code | 51.4% | 94 |
| 5 | Kubernetes | 45.9% | 84 |
| 6 | Python | 42.1% | 77 |
| 7 | Azure | 38.3% | 70 |
| 8 | AWS | 37.7% | 69 |
| 9 | Security Cleared | 33.3% | 61 |
| 10 | GitHub | 32.8% | 60 |
| 11 | SC Cleared | 30.6% | 56 |
| 12 | Docker | 29.0% | 53 |
| 13 | Containerisation | 25.7% | 47 |
| 14 | Azure DevOps | 24.6% | 45 |
| 14 | Observability | 24.6% | 45 |
| 16 | Jenkins | 23.5% | 43 |
| 17 | Linux | 21.9% | 40 |
| 18 | Platform Engineering | 21.3% | 39 |
| 19 | Ansible | 20.2% | 37 |
| 20 | GitHub Actions | 19.7% | 36 |
| 21 | Bash | 19.1% | 35 |
| 22 | GitLab | 18.6% | 34 |
| 23 | Agile | 17.5% | 32 |
| 24 | Git | 16.4% | 30 |
| 25 | AI | 15.8% | 29 |
| 26 | Software Engineering | 14.8% | 27 |
| 27 | Continuous Improvement | 14.2% | 26 |
| 28 | Grafana | 13.7% | 25 |
| 29 | Deployment Automation | 13.1% | 24 |
| 29 | Secrets Management | 13.1% | 24 |
Senior DevOps Skill Set Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in England by Category
The table below expands on the one above by listing co-occurrences one category at a time. It covers the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences in each category.
Job Titles
| Rank | Job Title | Share | Job Ads |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Senior DevOps Engineer | 92.3% | 169 |
| 2 | Azure DevOps Engineer | 16.9% | 31 |
| 3 | Senior AWS DevOps Engineer | 12.6% | 23 |
| 4 | Artificial Intelligence Engineer | 6.0% | 11 |
| 4 | Senior Cloud Engineer | 6.0% | 11 |
| 6 | DevOps Automation Engineer | 5.5% | 10 |
| 7 | Senior Automation Engineer | 4.9% | 9 |
| 8 | Senior Infrastructure Engineer | 4.4% | 8 |
| 8 | Senior Platform Engineer | 4.4% | 8 |
| 10 | Python Engineer | 3.8% | 7 |
| 11 | DevOps Platform Engineer | 3.3% | 6 |
| 11 | GCP DevOps | 3.3% | 6 |
| 11 | Principal DevOps Engineer | 3.3% | 6 |
| 11 | Senior DevOps Consultant | 3.3% | 6 |
| 15 | DevOps Architect | 2.7% | 5 |
| 15 | Lead DevOps Engineer | 2.7% | 5 |
| 15 | Senior Architect | 2.7% | 5 |
| 18 | DevOps Manager | 2.2% | 4 |
| 18 | GCP DevOps Engineer | 2.2% | 4 |
| 18 | Linux DevOps Engineer | 2.2% | 4 |