DevSecOps Contract Job Trends in London

DevSecOps
England > London

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in London requiring DevSecOps skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 17 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
17 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 182 244 255
Rank change year-on-year +62 +11 +53
Contract jobs citing DevSecOps 215 131 149
As % of all contract jobs in London 1.49% 0.86% 0.79%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.63% 0.96% 0.89%
Number of daily rates quoted 162 82 111
10th Percentile £435 £451 £450
25th Percentile £481 £550 £508
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £594 £633 £638
Median % change year-on-year -6.13% -0.78% -1.92%
75th Percentile £688 £713 £754
90th Percentile £806 £788 £850
England median daily rate £550 £625 £600
% change year-on-year -12.00% +4.17% -7.69%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £54.55 - -
Median hourly rate £58.94 - -
75th Percentile £63.32 - -
90th Percentile - - -
England median hourly rate £87.00 £60.00 £60.44
% change year-on-year +45.00% -0.73% +59.89%

All Process and Methodology Skills
London

DevSecOps 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 London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 13,166 13,695 16,816
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 91.50% 90.05% 89.42%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,682 8,808 12,056
10th Percentile £343 £350 £350
25th Percentile £425 £450 £456
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £527 £550 £565
Median % change year-on-year -4.18% -2.65% -4.24%
75th Percentile £650 £675 £688
90th Percentile £760 £800 £792
England median daily rate £505 £525 £545
% change year-on-year -3.81% -3.67% -0.91%
Number of hourly rates quoted 236 165 236
10th Percentile £17.98 £17.70 £18.50
25th Percentile £24.50 £23.80 £21.25
Median hourly rate £30.25 £36.50 £34.50
Median % change year-on-year -17.12% +5.80% -11.25%
75th Percentile £48.44 £53.75 £60.00
90th Percentile £67.00 £80.75 £74.38
England median hourly rate £25.15 £35.00 £44.50
% change year-on-year -28.14% -21.35% +19.30%

DevSecOps
Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

DevSecOps job vacancy trend in London

DevSecOps
Daily Rate Trend in London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in London citing DevSecOps.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in London citing DevSecOps

DevSecOps
Daily Rate Histogram in London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing DevSecOps in London over the 6 months to 17 December 2025.

Daily rate histogram for DevSecOps in London

DevSecOps
Contract Job Locations in London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing DevSecOps within the London region over the 6 months to 17 December 2025. 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
Central London +13 30 £625 -7.41% 3
South London - 6 £519 - 2
West London - 5 £399 - 3
DevSecOps
England

DevSecOps
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in London 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 7 (3.26%) SharePoint
2 5 (2.33%) Confluence
3 3 (1.40%) Ethereum
3 3 (1.40%) Hyperledger
3 3 (1.40%) Traefik
4 2 (0.93%) Microsoft Exchange
5 1 (0.47%) Apache Airflow
Applications
1 3 (1.40%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.47%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (0.47%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 2 (0.93%) SAP S/4HANA
2 1 (0.47%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (0.47%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 114 (53.02%) Azure
2 102 (47.44%) AWS
3 44 (20.47%) GCP
3 44 (20.47%) GitHub
4 30 (13.95%) GitHub Actions
5 26 (12.09%) Azure DevOps
6 25 (11.63%) Entra ID
7 19 (8.84%) Amazon S3
8 17 (7.91%) AWS CloudFormation
9 16 (7.44%) Azure AKS
10 15 (6.98%) SaaS
11 13 (6.05%) Azure Key Vault
12 12 (5.58%) Google Kubernetes Engine
12 12 (5.58%) Power Platform
12 12 (5.58%) Serverless
13 11 (5.12%) Amazon EKS
14 10 (4.65%) Amazon CloudWatch
14 10 (4.65%) Virtual Private Cloud
15 9 (4.19%) Microsoft 365
16 8 (3.72%) AWS Lambda
Communications & Networking
1 20 (9.30%) Firewall
2 16 (7.44%) Network Security
3 10 (4.65%) VPN
4 9 (4.19%) DNS
5 8 (3.72%) SSL
6 6 (2.79%) TCP/IP
7 4 (1.86%) Cisco IPT
8 3 (1.40%) HTTPS
9 2 (0.93%) Calico
9 2 (0.93%) S/MIME
9 2 (0.93%) Wireshark
10 1 (0.47%) Internet
10 1 (0.47%) Kerberos
10 1 (0.47%) Modbus
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (3.72%) Data Warehouse
2 7 (3.26%) Power BI
2 7 (3.26%) Relational Database
3 6 (2.79%) PostgreSQL
4 5 (2.33%) Amazon QuickSight
4 5 (2.33%) Amazon Redshift
4 5 (2.33%) Azure SQL Database
4 5 (2.33%) DataStage
5 4 (1.86%) Amazon RDS
5 4 (1.86%) MongoDB
6 3 (1.40%) Amazon Athena
6 3 (1.40%) BigQuery
6 3 (1.40%) Metadata
7 2 (0.93%) Big Data
7 2 (0.93%) DB2
7 2 (0.93%) Neo4j
7 2 (0.93%) NoSQL
7 2 (0.93%) SAP Data Services
7 2 (0.93%) SAP HANA
7 2 (0.93%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 27 (12.56%) Jenkins
2 26 (12.09%) GitLab
3 17 (7.91%) JIRA
4 12 (5.58%) Git
5 10 (4.65%) Snyk
6 9 (4.19%) SonarQube
7 6 (2.79%) CircleCI
8 5 (2.33%) Burp Suite
8 5 (2.33%) Metasploit
9 4 (1.86%) Artifactory
10 3 (1.40%) Cypress.io
10 3 (1.40%) Storybook
10 3 (1.40%) Team Foundation Server
11 2 (0.93%) Atlassian Bamboo
11 2 (0.93%) Postman
12 1 (0.47%) git-flow
12 1 (0.47%) Oracle Forms
12 1 (0.47%) PowerBuilder
12 1 (0.47%) Selenium
12 1 (0.47%) Zephyr
General
1 72 (33.49%) Social Skills
2 47 (21.86%) Public Sector
3 40 (18.60%) Finance
4 19 (8.84%) Banking
5 17 (7.91%) Analytical Skills
6 6 (2.79%) Documentation Skills
6 6 (2.79%) Influencing Skills
6 6 (2.79%) Legal
7 5 (2.33%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 5 (2.33%) Investment Banking
7 5 (2.33%) Military
8 4 (1.86%) Electronics
8 4 (1.86%) Marketing
9 3 (1.40%) Corporate Banking
10 2 (0.93%) Financial Institution
10 2 (0.93%) Front Office
10 2 (0.93%) Law
10 2 (0.93%) Manufacturing
11 1 (0.47%) Presentation Skills
11 1 (0.47%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 34 (15.81%) Architect
2 30 (13.95%) DevOps Engineer
3 26 (12.09%) DevSecOps Engineer
3 26 (12.09%) Senior
4 23 (10.70%) Security Engineer
5 19 (8.84%) Lead
6 18 (8.37%) Consultant
6 18 (8.37%) Security Architect
7 13 (6.05%) Developer
8 9 (4.19%) DevSecOps Consultant
8 9 (4.19%) GCP Engineer
9 8 (3.72%) AWS Engineer
9 8 (3.72%) Cloud Engineer
9 8 (3.72%) Cybersecurity Engineer
10 7 (3.26%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
10 7 (3.26%) Platform Engineer
10 7 (3.26%) Technical Leader
11 6 (2.79%) Enterprise Architect
11 6 (2.79%) Senior DevOps Engineer
11 6 (2.79%) Technical Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 14 (6.51%) OpenID
1 14 (6.51%) Spring
2 13 (6.05%) Spring Boot
3 12 (5.58%) Kafka
3 12 (5.58%) OAuth
3 12 (5.58%) React
4 11 (5.12%) AngularJS
5 10 (4.65%) .NET
5 10 (4.65%) OAuth2
6 9 (4.19%) REST
6 9 (4.19%) SOAP
7 8 (3.72%) SAML
8 7 (3.26%) LangChain
8 7 (3.26%) Loki
8 7 (3.26%) SailPoint
9 5 (2.33%) RESTful
9 5 (2.33%) XML
10 4 (1.86%) CSS
10 4 (1.86%) HTML
10 4 (1.86%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 36 (16.74%) Cloud Native
2 19 (8.84%) Security Posture
3 12 (5.58%) Management Information System
4 10 (4.65%) Product Ownership
5 9 (4.19%) AI Agents
5 9 (4.19%) PKI
6 8 (3.72%) Onboarding
7 5 (2.33%) Cloud Security Posture
7 5 (2.33%) Distributed Systems
7 5 (2.33%) Hybrid Cloud
7 5 (2.33%) Virtual Team
8 4 (1.86%) Client/Server
8 4 (1.86%) Greenfield Project
8 4 (1.86%) Low-Code
8 4 (1.86%) Public Cloud
9 3 (1.40%) Blockchain
9 3 (1.40%) Private Cloud
9 3 (1.40%) Taxonomies
10 2 (0.93%) Cyber Kill Chain
10 2 (0.93%) Derivative
Operating Systems
1 6 (2.79%) Linux
2 5 (2.33%) VMS
3 4 (1.86%) Unix
3 4 (1.86%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 142 (66.05%) CI/CD
2 114 (53.02%) DevOps
3 92 (42.79%) Infrastructure as Code
4 57 (26.51%) Agile
5 54 (25.12%) Cloud Security
6 39 (18.14%) SDLC
7 38 (17.67%) Incident Response
8 37 (17.21%) Containerisation
9 36 (16.74%) Threat Modelling
10 33 (15.35%) Cybersecurity
11 31 (14.42%) Problem-Solving
12 28 (13.02%) AI
13 27 (12.56%) Test Automation
14 25 (11.63%) Secure Coding
15 24 (11.16%) Analytics
15 24 (11.16%) Microservices
15 24 (11.16%) Observability
15 24 (11.16%) OWASP
16 23 (10.70%) Event-Driven
17 22 (10.23%) Continuous Improvement
Programming Languages
1 76 (35.35%) Python
2 41 (19.07%) Java
3 30 (13.95%) Bash
3 30 (13.95%) SQL
4 17 (7.91%) PowerShell
5 15 (6.98%) JavaScript
6 14 (6.51%) TypeScript
7 9 (4.19%) C#
7 9 (4.19%) Go
8 8 (3.72%) Bicep
9 4 (1.86%) Kusto Query Language
10 2 (0.93%) C
11 1 (0.47%) BeanShell
11 1 (0.47%) C++
11 1 (0.47%) PL/SQL
11 1 (0.47%) ProC
11 1 (0.47%) Shell Script
11 1 (0.47%) VB
Qualifications
1 85 (39.53%) Security Cleared
2 68 (31.63%) SC Cleared
3 19 (8.84%) CISSP
4 16 (7.44%) Degree
5 13 (6.05%) AWS Certification
5 13 (6.05%) OSCP
6 8 (3.72%) CREST Certified
7 7 (3.26%) (ISC)2 CCSP
7 7 (3.26%) Cisco Certification
7 7 (3.26%) Computer Science Degree
8 6 (2.79%) CCSP
8 6 (2.79%) CISM
8 6 (2.79%) DV Cleared
9 5 (2.33%) Azure Certification
9 5 (2.33%) CEH
9 5 (2.33%) Tigerscheme
10 4 (1.86%) CHECK Team Member
10 4 (1.86%) GPEN
10 4 (1.86%) Master's Degree
10 4 (1.86%) SANS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 29 (13.49%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 23 (10.70%) NIST
3 20 (9.30%) GDPR
4 14 (6.51%) QA
5 13 (6.05%) NCSC
6 7 (3.26%) Data Quality
7 6 (2.79%) Cyber Essentials
7 6 (2.79%) PCI DSS
8 5 (2.33%) HIPAA
9 4 (1.86%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 4 (1.86%) EU AI Act
9 4 (1.86%) ISO/IEC 42001
9 4 (1.86%) PERC
9 4 (1.86%) SOC 2
10 3 (1.40%) NIST 800
11 2 (0.93%) MiFID
12 1 (0.47%) Basel III
12 1 (0.47%) FISMA
12 1 (0.47%) PSD2
12 1 (0.47%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 60 (27.91%) Docker
2 12 (5.58%) Active Directory
3 3 (1.40%) Virtual Machines
4 1 (0.47%) etcd
4 1 (0.47%) Virtual Desktop
4 1 (0.47%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 88 (40.93%) Terraform
2 59 (27.44%) Kubernetes
3 28 (13.02%) Ansible
4 12 (5.58%) Prometheus
5 11 (5.12%) Grafana
5 11 (5.12%) Single Sign-On
6 5 (2.33%) Argo
6 5 (2.33%) Nmap
7 4 (1.86%) Istio
8 3 (1.40%) Active Directory Federation Services
8 3 (1.40%) CASB
8 3 (1.40%) Progress Chef
9 2 (0.93%) Nessus
10 1 (0.47%) CSIRT
10 1 (0.47%) linkerd
10 1 (0.47%) Opsgenie
10 1 (0.47%) Puppet
Vendors
1 40 (18.60%) Microsoft
2 14 (6.51%) ServiceNow
3 12 (5.58%) Google
4 8 (3.72%) F5
5 7 (3.26%) CheckPoint
5 7 (3.26%) ForgeRock
5 7 (3.26%) Okta
5 7 (3.26%) OpenAI
5 7 (3.26%) Palo Alto
5 7 (3.26%) Salesforce
6 6 (2.79%) Oracle
6 6 (2.79%) Splunk
6 6 (2.79%) Veracode
7 4 (1.86%) Databricks
7 4 (1.86%) SAP
7 4 (1.86%) Tenable
8 3 (1.40%) Cisco
8 3 (1.40%) CrowdStrike
8 3 (1.40%) Remedy
8 3 (1.40%) Zscaler