Senior DevOps Contract Job Trends in England

Senior Development Operations
UK > England

The median Senior Development Operations daily rate in England is £575, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 16 February 2026.

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

6 months to
16 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 445 373 473
Rank change year-on-year -72 +100 +9
Contract jobs requiring a Senior DevOps 107 120 80
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.31% 0.47% 0.21%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.34% 0.50% 0.23%
Number of daily rates quoted 61 86 61
10th Percentile £425 £517 £463
25th Percentile £492 £575 £513
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £650 £563
Median % change year-on-year -11.54% +15.56% -13.46%
75th Percentile £713 £750 £650
90th Percentile £744 £788 £750
UK median daily rate £550 £650 £600
% change year-on-year -15.38% +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 31,201 23,999 35,365
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 91.73% 93.03% 93.05%
Number of daily rates quoted 19,793 14,993 23,712
10th Percentile £300 £296 £275
25th Percentile £409 £409 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £503 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.29% - -4.55%
75th Percentile £625 £638 £643
90th Percentile £725 £750 £748
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,009 697 2,128
10th Percentile £15.00 £16.23 £13.16
25th Percentile £18.87 £21.46 £16.53
Median hourly rate £31.50 £35.00 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year -10.00% - -9.68%
75th Percentile £63.75 £65.00 £60.00
90th Percentile £73.46 £75.00 £72.50
UK median hourly rate £30.00 £33.54 £35.00
% change year-on-year -10.55% -4.17% -5.74%

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 16 February 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 16 February 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 -51 54 £625 -3.85% 14
North of England -67 22 £538 -12.60% 15
Yorkshire -55 16 £892 +45.04% 2
Midlands -38 15 £892 +137.87% 1
West Midlands -33 14 £892 +137.87% 1
South East -22 11 £425 -39.29% 15
North West -33 6 £509 -23.25% 6
East of England -17 5 £581 +32.86% 3
South West -33 5 £650 -3.70% 8
East Midlands -21 1 £525 -
Senior DevOps
UK

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

For the 6 months to 16 February 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.

1 107 (100.00%) DevOps
2 71 (66.36%) CI/CD
3 65 (60.75%) Terraform
4 60 (56.07%) AWS
5 50 (46.73%) Infrastructure as Code
6 49 (45.79%) Python
7 45 (42.06%) Jenkins
8 44 (41.12%) Kubernetes
9 43 (40.19%) Azure
10 40 (37.38%) Docker
11 37 (34.58%) Ansible
12 36 (33.64%) GitLab
13 34 (31.78%) Security Cleared
14 27 (25.23%) Agile
14 27 (25.23%) GitHub
15 25 (23.36%) Linux
16 22 (20.56%) Containerisation
16 22 (20.56%) SC Cleared
17 21 (19.63%) Azure DevOps
18 20 (18.69%) Git
19 19 (17.76%) GCP
19 19 (17.76%) GitHub Actions
20 18 (16.82%) Amazon S3
20 18 (16.82%) Bash
20 18 (16.82%) High Availability
20 18 (16.82%) Infrastructure Automation
21 16 (14.95%) Amazon EC2
21 16 (14.95%) Mentoring
22 15 (14.02%) Amazon CloudWatch
22 15 (14.02%) 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 (4.67%) Apache
2 4 (3.74%) IIS
3 3 (2.80%) iPlanet
3 3 (2.80%) JBoss
3 3 (2.80%) WebSphere
3 3 (2.80%) WebSphere Application Server
4 2 (1.87%) CMS
5 1 (0.93%) Confluence
5 1 (0.93%) Headless CMS
5 1 (0.93%) OpenStack
5 1 (0.93%) Sitecore CMS
Applications
1 1 (0.93%) Microsoft Project
Cloud Services
1 60 (56.07%) AWS
2 43 (40.19%) Azure
3 27 (25.23%) GitHub
4 21 (19.63%) Azure DevOps
5 19 (17.76%) GCP
5 19 (17.76%) GitHub Actions
6 18 (16.82%) Amazon S3
7 16 (14.95%) Amazon EC2
8 15 (14.02%) Amazon CloudWatch
8 15 (14.02%) Virtual Private Cloud
9 13 (12.15%) Serverless
10 12 (11.21%) Amazon ELB
11 10 (9.35%) Azure Monitor
12 6 (5.61%) Azure AKS
13 5 (4.67%) AWS Lambda
13 5 (4.67%) Azure Key Vault
14 4 (3.74%) Amazon EKS
14 4 (3.74%) Azure API Management
14 4 (3.74%) Azure Functions
14 4 (3.74%) OpenShift
Communications & Networking
1 14 (13.08%) Firewall
2 13 (12.15%) TCP/IP
3 12 (11.21%) DNS
3 12 (11.21%) SSL
3 12 (11.21%) VPN
4 9 (8.41%) Network Security
5 3 (2.80%) Kerberos
6 2 (1.87%) Multicast
7 1 (0.93%) HTTP
7 1 (0.93%) Internet
7 1 (0.93%) VLAN
7 1 (0.93%) VoIP
7 1 (0.93%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (6.54%) Amazon RDS
2 5 (4.67%) PostgreSQL
3 4 (3.74%) MongoDB
3 4 (3.74%) NoSQL
4 3 (2.80%) Amazon Athena
4 3 (2.80%) Oracle Database
5 2 (1.87%) Amazon Redshift
5 2 (1.87%) KDB
5 2 (1.87%) MySQL
5 2 (1.87%) SQL Server
6 1 (0.93%) Amazon Aurora
6 1 (0.93%) Delta Lake
6 1 (0.93%) DynamoDB
6 1 (0.93%) Relational Database
6 1 (0.93%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 45 (42.06%) Jenkins
2 36 (33.64%) GitLab
3 20 (18.69%) Git
4 8 (7.48%) TeamCity
5 7 (6.54%) Sonatype Nexus
6 5 (4.67%) Liquibase
7 3 (2.80%) Artifactory
7 3 (2.80%) Bitbucket Server
7 3 (2.80%) CA Release Automation
7 3 (2.80%) RStudio
7 3 (2.80%) SonarQube
8 2 (1.87%) CircleCI
8 2 (1.87%) Gradle
8 2 (1.87%) JIRA
9 1 (0.93%) Bitbucket
9 1 (0.93%) Maven
General
1 20 (18.69%) Social Skills
2 18 (16.82%) Banking
3 14 (13.08%) Public Sector
4 12 (11.21%) Finance
5 5 (4.67%) Military
6 4 (3.74%) Financial Institution
6 4 (3.74%) Social Science
7 3 (2.80%) Analytical Skills
7 3 (2.80%) Billing
7 3 (2.80%) Documentation Skills
7 3 (2.80%) Telecoms
8 2 (1.87%) Front Office
8 2 (1.87%) Influencing Skills
8 2 (1.87%) Investment Banking
8 2 (1.87%) Retail
8 2 (1.87%) Retail Banking
9 1 (0.93%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 1 (0.93%) Legal
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 11 (10.28%) .NET
1 11 (10.28%) Elastic Stack
1 11 (10.28%) REST
2 7 (6.54%) .NET Core
3 6 (5.61%) OAuth
4 5 (4.67%) OpenID
4 5 (4.67%) RESTful
4 5 (4.67%) SAML
5 4 (3.74%) GraphQL
5 4 (3.74%) React
6 3 (2.80%) AngularJS
6 3 (2.80%) Kafka
6 3 (2.80%) LDAP
6 3 (2.80%) OAuth2
7 2 (1.87%) Apache NiFi
7 2 (1.87%) ARM Templates
7 2 (1.87%) FIX Protocol
7 2 (1.87%) Lambda Expressions
7 2 (1.87%) OpenTelemetry
7 2 (1.87%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 13 (12.15%) Cloud Native
2 11 (10.28%) Public Cloud
3 6 (5.61%) Distributed Systems
4 4 (3.74%) Legacy Applications
4 4 (3.74%) Private Cloud
5 3 (2.80%) Legacy Systems
5 3 (2.80%) Onboarding
5 3 (2.80%) Self-Motivation
6 2 (1.87%) Derivative
6 2 (1.87%) Linux Command Line
6 2 (1.87%) Replication
7 1 (0.93%) Algorithms
7 1 (0.93%) Analytical Mindset
7 1 (0.93%) Clustering
7 1 (0.93%) Data Structures
7 1 (0.93%) Distributed Applications
7 1 (0.93%) Enterprise Storage
7 1 (0.93%) Freedom of Information
7 1 (0.93%) IBM XIV
7 1 (0.93%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 25 (23.36%) Linux
2 9 (8.41%) Windows
3 5 (4.67%) Unix
4 3 (2.80%) Windows Server
5 1 (0.93%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 107 (100.00%) DevOps
2 71 (66.36%) CI/CD
3 50 (46.73%) Infrastructure as Code
4 27 (25.23%) Agile
5 22 (20.56%) Containerisation
6 18 (16.82%) High Availability
6 18 (16.82%) Infrastructure Automation
7 16 (14.95%) Mentoring
8 15 (14.02%) DevSecOps
8 15 (14.02%) Root Cause Analysis
9 14 (13.08%) Incident Response
9 14 (13.08%) Observability
10 13 (12.15%) Software Engineering
11 12 (11.21%) Continuous Delivery
12 11 (10.28%) Continuous Integration
13 10 (9.35%) Microservices
13 10 (9.35%) Migration
14 9 (8.41%) Platform Engineering
15 8 (7.48%) Problem-Solving
16 7 (6.54%) Decision-Making
Programming Languages
1 49 (45.79%) Python
2 18 (16.82%) Bash
3 12 (11.21%) PowerShell
4 11 (10.28%) Go
5 9 (8.41%) SQL
6 8 (7.48%) C#
6 8 (7.48%) JavaScript
7 7 (6.54%) Java
8 6 (5.61%) Shell Script
9 4 (3.74%) PHP
10 3 (2.80%) Bicep
10 3 (2.80%) Groovy
10 3 (2.80%) Rust
10 3 (2.80%) TypeScript
11 1 (0.93%) Kusto Query Language
Qualifications
1 34 (31.78%) Security Cleared
2 22 (20.56%) SC Cleared
3 6 (5.61%) Azure Certification
4 5 (4.67%) Computer Science Degree
4 5 (4.67%) Degree
5 4 (3.74%) AWS Certification
5 4 (3.74%) Master's Degree
6 3 (2.80%) BPSS Clearance
7 2 (1.87%) AWS Certified Developer
7 2 (1.87%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
7 2 (1.87%) DV Cleared
7 2 (1.87%) Microsoft Certification
8 1 (0.93%) IIBA
8 1 (0.93%) ISEB
8 1 (0.93%) OCP
8 1 (0.93%) Oracle Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (1.87%) Data Quality
1 2 (1.87%) EMIR
1 2 (1.87%) MiFID
1 2 (1.87%) QA
2 1 (0.93%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 40 (37.38%) Docker
2 6 (5.61%) Virtual Machines
3 5 (4.67%) Active Directory
4 4 (3.74%) VMware Infrastructure
5 3 (2.80%) Tivoli Directory Server
6 1 (0.93%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 65 (60.75%) Terraform
2 44 (41.12%) Kubernetes
3 37 (34.58%) Ansible
4 12 (11.21%) Grafana
5 11 (10.28%) Prometheus
6 4 (3.74%) Argo
6 4 (3.74%) Istio
6 4 (3.74%) Progress Chef
7 3 (2.80%) CA Single Sign-On
7 3 (2.80%) CA Wily
7 3 (2.80%) Rancher
7 3 (2.80%) Single Sign-On
7 3 (2.80%) Tivoli
8 2 (1.87%) Kibana
8 2 (1.87%) Puppet
8 2 (1.87%) Thomson Reuters DACS
9 1 (0.93%) CASB
9 1 (0.93%) Packer
9 1 (0.93%) SCCM
Vendors
1 14 (13.08%) Microsoft
2 12 (11.21%) CheckPoint
2 12 (11.21%) F5
2 12 (11.21%) Palo Alto
3 10 (9.35%) Splunk
3 10 (9.35%) VMware
4 5 (4.67%) Google
5 4 (3.74%) Databricks
5 4 (3.74%) IBM
5 4 (3.74%) Oracle
6 3 (2.80%) AppDynamics
6 3 (2.80%) Broadcom
6 3 (2.80%) Red Hat
6 3 (2.80%) Zscaler
7 2 (1.87%) Bloomberg
7 2 (1.87%) Dynatrace
7 2 (1.87%) NYFIX
7 2 (1.87%) Refinitiv
8 1 (0.93%) Citrix
8 1 (0.93%) ServiceNow