Lead DevOps Engineer Contract Job Trends in Exeter

Lead Development Operations Engineer
Devon > Exeter

As of 14 October 2026, there is not enough information available from job vacancies posted within the last 6 months to determine the median Lead Development Operations Engineer daily rate in Exeter.

6 months to
14 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 34 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs requiring a Lead DevOps Engineer 1 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Exeter 0.53% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.56% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - - -
Devon median daily rate - - -

All Contract IT Job Roles
Exeter

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Exeter. 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 Exeter with a recognized job title 180 74 107
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 96.26% 91.36% 98.17%
Number of daily rates quoted 117 33 76
10th Percentile £375 £173 £193
25th Percentile £431 £225 £381
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £560 £400 £487
Median % change year-on-year +40.00% -17.95% -15.22%
75th Percentile £675 £475 £650
90th Percentile £800 £549 £685
Devon median daily rate £560 £400 £450
% change year-on-year +40.00% -11.11% -18.18%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 5 2
10th Percentile £13.63 - -
25th Percentile £15.00 £22.76 -
Median hourly rate £19.78 £22.84 £12.50
Median % change year-on-year -13.40% +82.72% -
75th Percentile - £22.92 -
90th Percentile - - -
Devon median hourly rate £17.72 £22.84 £65.00
% change year-on-year -22.42% -64.86% +146.73%

Lead DevOps Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Exeter

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

Lead DevOps Engineer job vacancy trend in Exeter

Lead DevOps Engineer Skill Set
Top 17 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Exeter

For the 6 months to 14 October 2026, Lead DevOps Engineer 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 Exeter region featuring Lead DevOps Engineer in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) Azure
1 1 (100.00%) Azure Machine Learning
1 1 (100.00%) CI/CD
1 1 (100.00%) Containerisation
1 1 (100.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 1 (100.00%) DevOps
1 1 (100.00%) Docker
1 1 (100.00%) Infrastructure as Code
1 1 (100.00%) Kubernetes
1 1 (100.00%) Machine Learning
1 1 (100.00%) MLflow
1 1 (100.00%) MLOps
1 1 (100.00%) Python
1 1 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Technical Debt
1 1 (100.00%) Technical Leadership

Lead DevOps Engineer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Exeter 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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (100.00%) Azure
1 1 (100.00%) Azure Machine Learning
Development Applications
1 1 (100.00%) MLflow
General
1 1 (100.00%) Public Sector
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Cloud Native
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) CI/CD
1 1 (100.00%) Containerisation
1 1 (100.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 1 (100.00%) DevOps
1 1 (100.00%) Infrastructure as Code
1 1 (100.00%) Machine Learning
1 1 (100.00%) MLOps
1 1 (100.00%) Technical Debt
1 1 (100.00%) Technical Leadership
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) Python
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 1 (100.00%) Docker
Systems Management
1 1 (100.00%) Kubernetes