DevOps Contract Job Trends in Hampshire

DevOps
South East > Hampshire

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Hampshire requiring DevOps skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 9 June 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
9 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 30 24 35
Rank change year-on-year -6 +11 -8
Contract jobs citing DevOps 84 54 84
As % of all contract jobs in Hampshire 4.98% 6.99% 4.77%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 6.23% 7.89% 5.83%
Number of daily rates quoted 66 48 70
10th Percentile £464 £413 £388
25th Percentile £500 £484 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £555 £538
Median % change year-on-year +8.11% +3.26% -1.01%
75th Percentile £725 £600 £608
90th Percentile £732 £625 £672
South East median daily rate £523 £500 £555
% change year-on-year +4.50% -9.91% -5.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 0 1
10th Percentile £42.25 - -
25th Percentile £46.25 - £72.50
Median hourly rate £47.50 - £75.00
75th Percentile £48.75 - £77.50
90th Percentile £71.56 - -
South East median hourly rate £63.73 £60.75 £83.77
% change year-on-year +4.91% -27.48% +8.18%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Hampshire

DevOps 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 Hampshire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,348 684 1,440
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Hampshire 79.91% 88.60% 81.73%
Number of daily rates quoted 855 485 786
10th Percentile £363 £314 £388
25th Percentile £475 £436 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £545 £592
Median % change year-on-year +0.92% -7.90% +12.71%
75th Percentile £638 £613 £675
90th Percentile £729 £675 £738
South East median daily rate £520 £500 £510
% change year-on-year +4.00% -1.96% +0.99%
Number of hourly rates quoted 121 40 176
10th Percentile £12.70 £24.77 £13.05
25th Percentile £15.62 £33.05 £26.25
Median hourly rate £37.00 £55.00 £57.35
Median % change year-on-year -32.73% -4.10% +4.27%
75th Percentile £56.21 £71.88 £70.00
90th Percentile £65.00 £75.00 £78.75
South East median hourly rate £52.50 £25.15 £47.50
% change year-on-year +108.75% -47.05% -9.52%

DevOps
Job Vacancy Trend in Hampshire

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing DevOps relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Hampshire.

DevOps job vacancy trend in Hampshire

DevOps
Daily Rate Trend in Hampshire

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Hampshire citing DevOps.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Hampshire citing DevOps

DevOps
Daily Rate Histogram in Hampshire

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing DevOps in Hampshire over the 6 months to 9 June 2026.

Daily rate histogram for DevOps in Hampshire

DevOps
Hourly Rate Trend in Hampshire

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Hampshire citing DevOps.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Hampshire citing DevOps

DevOps
Hourly Rate Histogram in Hampshire

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing DevOps in Hampshire over the 6 months to 9 June 2026.

Hourly rate histogram for DevOps in Hampshire

DevOps
Contract Job Locations in Hampshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing DevOps within the Hampshire region over the 6 months to 9 June 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
Basingstoke -10 20 £675 +12.50% 8
Portsmouth +3 17 £496 +4.47% 2
Havant +1 13 £588 -6.00%
Farnborough -9 9 £550 +7.32% 18
Andover - 9 £738 - 2
Hook 0 5 £850 +165.63%
Southampton -3 4 £679 -4.74% 10
Eastleigh -5 1 £500 -
Romsey - 1 - -
DevOps
South East

DevOps
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Hampshire 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 6 (7.14%) Confluence
2 2 (2.38%) CMS
2 2 (2.38%) Documentum
2 2 (2.38%) Umbraco
3 1 (1.19%) IIS
3 1 (1.19%) SharePoint
Applications
1 4 (4.76%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (1.19%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 2 (2.38%) Oracle EBS
2 1 (1.19%) SAP MDG
2 1 (1.19%) SAP S/4HANA
2 1 (1.19%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 47 (55.95%) Azure
2 27 (32.14%) AWS
3 24 (28.57%) Azure DevOps
4 11 (13.10%) OpenShift
5 9 (10.71%) GitHub
6 8 (9.52%) GitHub Actions
7 7 (8.33%) OCI
8 4 (4.76%) Cloud Computing
8 4 (4.76%) GCP
9 3 (3.57%) Amazon EKS
10 2 (2.38%) Power Platform
11 1 (1.19%) Azure Functions
11 1 (1.19%) Azure Logic Apps
11 1 (1.19%) Azure Monitor
11 1 (1.19%) Azure Synapse Analytics
11 1 (1.19%) Dynamics 365
11 1 (1.19%) Power Automate
11 1 (1.19%) PowerApps
11 1 (1.19%) Serverless
11 1 (1.19%) Smartsheet
Communications & Networking
1 3 (3.57%) S/MIME
1 3 (3.57%) Software-Defined Radio
1 3 (3.57%) VPN
2 2 (2.38%) Firewall
3 1 (1.19%) DHCP
3 1 (1.19%) DNS
3 1 (1.19%) SONET
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (8.33%) PostgreSQL
1 7 (8.33%) Redis
2 4 (4.76%) Relational Database
3 3 (3.57%) SQL Server
4 2 (2.38%) Power BI
5 1 (1.19%) Data Warehouse
5 1 (1.19%) Oracle BI Publisher
Development Applications
1 13 (15.48%) GitLab
2 8 (9.52%) JIRA
3 7 (8.33%) Git
4 5 (5.95%) Jenkins
5 4 (4.76%) Sonatype Nexus
6 3 (3.57%) SonarQube
7 2 (2.38%) Robot Framework
7 2 (2.38%) Team Foundation Server
7 2 (2.38%) Visual Studio
8 1 (1.19%) Postman
General
1 20 (23.81%) Social Skills
2 7 (8.33%) Analytical Skills
3 6 (7.14%) Organisational Skills
3 6 (7.14%) Public Sector
4 3 (3.57%) Aerospace
5 2 (2.38%) Finance
6 1 (1.19%) Automotive
6 1 (1.19%) Back Office
6 1 (1.19%) Influencing Skills
6 1 (1.19%) Military
Job Titles
1 18 (21.43%) DevOps Engineer
2 14 (16.67%) Software Engineer
3 12 (14.29%) Architect
4 8 (9.52%) Analyst
5 6 (7.14%) Developer
6 5 (5.95%) DevSecOps Engineer
6 5 (5.95%) Lead
6 5 (5.95%) Platform Engineer
6 5 (5.95%) Senior
7 4 (4.76%) Business Analyst
7 4 (4.76%) Oracle Analyst
7 4 (4.76%) SC Cleared Software Engineer
7 4 (4.76%) Technical Architect
7 4 (4.76%) Test Analyst
8 3 (3.57%) C# Software Engineer
8 3 (3.57%) Infrastructure Engineer
8 3 (3.57%) Test Leader
8 3 (3.57%) Windows DevOps Engineer
8 3 (3.57%) Windows Engineer
9 2 (2.38%) GUI Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (10.71%) REST
2 8 (9.52%) .NET
2 8 (9.52%) SailPoint
3 7 (8.33%) JSON
3 7 (8.33%) Kafka
3 7 (8.33%) Keycloak
4 6 (7.14%) React
5 5 (5.95%) Elastic Stack
5 5 (5.95%) OAuth
5 5 (5.95%) YAML
6 4 (4.76%) SAML
6 4 (4.76%) XML
7 3 (3.57%) ADO
7 3 (3.57%) LDAP
7 3 (3.57%) OpenID
7 3 (3.57%) SOAP
7 3 (3.57%) WPF
8 2 (2.38%) OAuth2
8 2 (2.38%) Unity (Game Engine)
8 2 (2.38%) Unreal Engine
Miscellaneous
1 5 (5.95%) Algorithms
1 5 (5.95%) PKI
2 4 (4.76%) Onboarding
3 3 (3.57%) Smartcard
4 2 (2.38%) Analytical Mindset
4 2 (2.38%) Data Structures
4 2 (2.38%) Distributed Systems
4 2 (2.38%) Embedded Systems
4 2 (2.38%) Mixed Reality
4 2 (2.38%) Mobile App
4 2 (2.38%) Product Ownership
4 2 (2.38%) Virtual Reality
5 1 (1.19%) Data Protection Act
5 1 (1.19%) FPGA
5 1 (1.19%) IoT
5 1 (1.19%) Legacy Systems
5 1 (1.19%) PMI
5 1 (1.19%) Self-Motivation
5 1 (1.19%) VHDL
Operating Systems
1 19 (22.62%) Windows
2 12 (14.29%) Linux
3 3 (3.57%) Windows 10
3 3 (3.57%) Windows Server
4 2 (2.38%) CentOS
4 2 (2.38%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 1 (1.19%) Embedded Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 42 (50.00%) CI/CD
2 39 (46.43%) Agile
3 19 (22.62%) Software Engineering
4 14 (16.67%) Containerisation
4 14 (16.67%) Infrastructure as Code
5 13 (15.48%) DevSecOps
5 13 (15.48%) Platform Engineering
6 12 (14.29%) Continuous Improvement
6 12 (14.29%) Test Automation
7 11 (13.10%) Observability
8 9 (10.71%) Scrum
8 9 (10.71%) Sprint Planning
9 8 (9.52%) Identity Access Management
9 8 (9.52%) RBAC
9 8 (9.52%) Software Delivery
10 7 (8.33%) Microservices
10 7 (8.33%) Problem-Solving
10 7 (8.33%) Root Cause Analysis
10 7 (8.33%) Technical Leadership
11 6 (7.14%) Infrastructure Engineering
Programming Languages
1 20 (23.81%) Python
2 16 (19.05%) PowerShell
3 12 (14.29%) Java
4 9 (10.71%) Bash
5 8 (9.52%) C#
6 7 (8.33%) JavaScript
6 7 (8.33%) SQL
7 6 (7.14%) C++
8 1 (1.19%) C
8 1 (1.19%) Go
8 1 (1.19%) MATLAB
8 1 (1.19%) TypeScript
8 1 (1.19%) X++
Qualifications
1 63 (75.00%) Security Cleared
2 41 (48.81%) SC Cleared
3 21 (25.00%) DV Cleared
4 7 (8.33%) Degree
5 5 (5.95%) Computer Science Degree
6 4 (4.76%) AWS Certification
6 4 (4.76%) CISM
6 4 (4.76%) CISSP
7 3 (3.57%) GIAC
8 2 (2.38%) Azure Certification
9 1 (1.19%) CEH
9 1 (1.19%) ISTQB
9 1 (1.19%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
9 1 (1.19%) Microsoft Certification
9 1 (1.19%) PMI Certification
9 1 (1.19%) SAFe Agilist
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (8.33%) NCSC
2 5 (5.95%) GDPR
3 3 (3.57%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 3 (3.57%) NIST
3 3 (3.57%) QA
4 1 (1.19%) Data Quality
System Software
1 8 (9.52%) Docker
2 6 (7.14%) Active Directory
3 5 (5.95%) VMware Infrastructure
4 3 (3.57%) Firmware
5 2 (2.38%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 23 (27.38%) Kubernetes
2 18 (21.43%) Terraform
3 16 (19.05%) Ansible
4 12 (14.29%) Grafana
5 11 (13.10%) Prometheus
6 8 (9.52%) Forefront Identity Manager
6 8 (9.52%) NetIQ Identity Manager
7 7 (8.33%) Argo
8 4 (4.76%) Istio
8 4 (4.76%) linkerd
9 3 (3.57%) Active Directory Federation Services
10 2 (2.38%) Rancher
11 1 (1.19%) HP ALM
11 1 (1.19%) Nessus
11 1 (1.19%) Packer
11 1 (1.19%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 12 (14.29%) Microsoft
2 11 (13.10%) Red Hat
3 10 (11.90%) Oracle
4 9 (10.71%) VMware
5 8 (9.52%) NetIQ
5 8 (9.52%) Splunk
6 3 (3.57%) Databricks
6 3 (3.57%) Thales
7 1 (1.19%) Atlassian
7 1 (1.19%) Dell
7 1 (1.19%) HP
7 1 (1.19%) MuleSoft
7 1 (1.19%) SAP
7 1 (1.19%) ServiceNow
7 1 (1.19%) Sparx