OpenShift Contract Job Trends in London

Red Hat OpenShift
England > London

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in London requiring OpenShift skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 28 July 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
28 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 317 284 305
Rank change year-on-year -33 +21 +24
Contract jobs citing OpenShift 117 84 74
As % of all contract jobs in London 0.59% 0.62% 0.45%
As % of the Cloud Services category 1.41% 1.44% 1.10%
Number of daily rates quoted 79 61 57
10th Percentile £404 £500 £413
25th Percentile £474 £525 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £650 £625
Median % change year-on-year -15.38% +4.00% -13.79%
75th Percentile £675 £788 £750
90th Percentile £775 £838 £825
England median daily rate £514 £550 £533
% change year-on-year -6.55% +3.19% -21.04%

All Cloud Computing Skills
London

OpenShift falls under the Cloud Services category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring cloud computing skills in London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for cloud computing skills 8,287 5,828 6,702
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 41.59% 42.96% 40.60%
Number of daily rates quoted 5,657 3,987 4,889
10th Percentile £363 £342 £350
25th Percentile £443 £425 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £535 £538 £550
Median % change year-on-year -0.47% -2.27% -4.35%
75th Percentile £638 £663 £675
90th Percentile £749 £775 £800
England median daily rate £525 £513 £525
% change year-on-year +2.44% -2.38% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 103 84 56
10th Percentile £19.30 £22.65 £20.00
25th Percentile £25.25 £24.77 £23.37
Median hourly rate £35.50 £29.07 £27.75
Median % change year-on-year +22.12% +4.76% -45.85%
75th Percentile £55.38 £47.81 £41.19
90th Percentile £74.75 £71.88 £66.50
England median hourly rate £37.50 £25.58 £22.00
% change year-on-year +46.63% +16.25% -33.33%

OpenShift
Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

OpenShift job vacancy trend in London

OpenShift
Daily Rate Trend in London

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in London citing OpenShift

OpenShift
Daily Rate Histogram in London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing OpenShift in London over the 6 months to 28 July 2026.

Daily rate histogram for OpenShift in London

OpenShift
Hourly Rate Trend in London

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in London citing OpenShift.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in London citing OpenShift

OpenShift
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 OpenShift within the London region over the 6 months to 28 July 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
Central London +2 17 £625 -7.41% 7
South London -14 3 £825 - 2
East London +1 1 £432 - 2
OpenShift
England

OpenShift
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 10 (8.55%) Confluence
2 4 (3.42%) Apache
2 4 (3.42%) Apache Spark
2 4 (3.42%) Camunda
3 3 (2.56%) Microsoft Exchange
4 2 (1.71%) Apache Airflow
5 1 (0.85%) OpenStack
5 1 (0.85%) Red Hat Fuse
Cloud Services
1 45 (38.46%) AWS
2 24 (20.51%) Azure
3 18 (15.38%) GCP
4 16 (13.68%) GitHub
5 10 (8.55%) Amazon EKS
6 6 (5.13%) GitHub Actions
7 5 (4.27%) Azure DevOps
8 4 (3.42%) Amazon ECS
8 4 (3.42%) AWS CloudFormation
8 4 (3.42%) IaaS
8 4 (3.42%) PaaS
8 4 (3.42%) Serverless
9 3 (2.56%) Amazon S3
9 3 (2.56%) AWS Lambda
9 3 (2.56%) Azure AKS
9 3 (2.56%) Google Kubernetes Engine
9 3 (2.56%) Power Platform
10 2 (1.71%) Amazon CloudWatch
10 2 (1.71%) AWS CodePipeline
10 2 (1.71%) Datadog
Communications & Networking
1 10 (8.55%) DNS
2 5 (4.27%) DHCP
2 5 (4.27%) Firewall
2 5 (4.27%) VPN
3 3 (2.56%) SMTP
4 2 (1.71%) BGP
4 2 (1.71%) Multicast
4 2 (1.71%) OSPF
4 2 (1.71%) VLAN
4 2 (1.71%) VXLAN
5 1 (0.85%) 5G
5 1 (0.85%) DAB
5 1 (0.85%) Network Security
5 1 (0.85%) Radio Access Network
5 1 (0.85%) SSL
5 1 (0.85%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (5.98%) Oracle Database
2 6 (5.13%) Big Data
3 5 (4.27%) PostgreSQL
4 4 (3.42%) Elasticsearch
4 4 (3.42%) MongoDB
4 4 (3.42%) SQL Server
5 3 (2.56%) Amazon RDS
5 3 (2.56%) Power BI
6 2 (1.71%) Apache Cassandra
6 2 (1.71%) Metadata
7 1 (0.85%) Amazon Redshift
7 1 (0.85%) Data Vault
7 1 (0.85%) Data Warehouse
7 1 (0.85%) Hazelcast
7 1 (0.85%) NoSQL
7 1 (0.85%) Redis
7 1 (0.85%) Relational Database
7 1 (0.85%) Snowflake Schema
7 1 (0.85%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 1 (0.85%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 30 (25.64%) Jenkins
2 17 (14.53%) GitLab
3 12 (10.26%) JIRA
4 11 (9.40%) Git
5 9 (7.69%) Gradle
6 4 (3.42%) Bitbucket
6 4 (3.42%) REST Assured
7 3 (2.56%) JUnit
7 3 (2.56%) Mockito
7 3 (2.56%) SonarQube
7 3 (2.56%) Sonatype Nexus
8 2 (1.71%) Artifactory
8 2 (1.71%) Bitbucket Server
8 2 (1.71%) Maven
8 2 (1.71%) Selenium
9 1 (0.85%) Atlassian Bamboo
9 1 (0.85%) Cucumber
9 1 (0.85%) Liquibase
9 1 (0.85%) SpecFlow
9 1 (0.85%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 42 (35.90%) Finance
2 27 (23.08%) Social Skills
3 18 (15.38%) Banking
4 15 (12.82%) Public Sector
5 13 (11.11%) Analytical Skills
6 5 (4.27%) Documentation Skills
7 4 (3.42%) Financial Institution
7 4 (3.42%) Organisational Skills
8 2 (1.71%) Investment Banking
9 1 (0.85%) Aerospace
9 1 (0.85%) Back Office
9 1 (0.85%) Front Office
9 1 (0.85%) Games
9 1 (0.85%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 28 (23.93%) Senior
2 22 (18.80%) Developer
3 16 (13.68%) Java Developer
3 16 (13.68%) Lead
4 15 (12.82%) Architect
5 14 (11.97%) DevOps Engineer
6 8 (6.84%) Senior DevOps
6 8 (6.84%) Senior DevOps Engineer
7 7 (5.98%) Splunk Engineer
8 6 (5.13%) Data Engineer
8 6 (5.13%) Kubernetes Engineer
8 6 (5.13%) SC Cleared Java Developer
8 6 (5.13%) Software Engineer
8 6 (5.13%) Technical Architect
9 5 (4.27%) Infrastructure Engineer
9 5 (4.27%) Senior Developer
9 5 (4.27%) Senior Java Developer
10 4 (3.42%) Database Engineer
10 4 (3.42%) Oracle Database Engineer
10 4 (3.42%) Platform Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 22 (18.80%) Kafka
2 18 (15.38%) Spring
3 16 (13.68%) Spring Boot
4 13 (11.11%) React
4 13 (11.11%) REST
5 10 (8.55%) Elastic Stack
5 10 (8.55%) Hibernate
5 10 (8.55%) Redux
6 7 (5.98%) OpenTelemetry
7 5 (4.27%) PySpark
8 4 (3.42%) .NET
8 4 (3.42%) Jakarta EE
8 4 (3.42%) JMS
8 4 (3.42%) YAML
9 3 (2.56%) CSS
9 3 (2.56%) FastAPI
9 3 (2.56%) JDBC
9 3 (2.56%) JPA
9 3 (2.56%) Node.js
9 3 (2.56%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 22 (18.80%) Cloud Native
2 10 (8.55%) Onboarding
3 8 (6.84%) Distributed Systems
4 6 (5.13%) Hybrid Cloud
4 6 (5.13%) Self-Motivation
5 5 (4.27%) PKI
6 4 (3.42%) Clustering
6 4 (3.42%) Legacy Systems
6 4 (3.42%) Product Ownership
6 4 (3.42%) Public Cloud
7 3 (2.56%) Data Centre
7 3 (2.56%) Enterprise Software
7 3 (2.56%) Spread Betting
8 2 (1.71%) Data Protection Act
8 2 (1.71%) Data Structures
8 2 (1.71%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
9 1 (0.85%) Derivative
9 1 (0.85%) FPGA
9 1 (0.85%) Mainframe
9 1 (0.85%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 24 (20.51%) Linux
2 9 (7.69%) Windows
3 7 (5.98%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 4 (3.42%) Windows Server
5 3 (2.56%) Unix
6 1 (0.85%) AIX
6 1 (0.85%) Android
6 1 (0.85%) Apple iOS
6 1 (0.85%) Windows Server 2003
Processes & Methodologies
1 51 (43.59%) CI/CD
1 51 (43.59%) DevOps
2 43 (36.75%) Containerisation
3 38 (32.48%) Agile
4 32 (27.35%) Observability
5 26 (22.22%) Infrastructure as Code
6 24 (20.51%) Microservices
7 23 (19.66%) Migration
8 22 (18.80%) Mentoring
9 17 (14.53%) Continuous Improvement
9 17 (14.53%) Incident Management
10 16 (13.68%) Configuration Management
10 16 (13.68%) Problem-Solving
10 16 (13.68%) Roadmaps
11 15 (12.82%) AI
12 14 (11.97%) Technical Leadership
13 13 (11.11%) Platform Engineering
14 12 (10.26%) Stakeholder Management
15 11 (9.40%) ITSM
15 11 (9.40%) Software Engineering
Programming Languages
1 32 (27.35%) Java
2 29 (24.79%) Python
3 22 (18.80%) SQL
4 14 (11.97%) PL/SQL
5 6 (5.13%) PowerShell
6 4 (3.42%) Bash
6 4 (3.42%) JavaScript
6 4 (3.42%) Scala
6 4 (3.42%) Shell Script
6 4 (3.42%) TypeScript
7 3 (2.56%) Go
8 2 (1.71%) C#
8 2 (1.71%) Search Processing Language
9 1 (0.85%) Bicep
9 1 (0.85%) COBOL
9 1 (0.85%) Korn
9 1 (0.85%) PromQL
9 1 (0.85%) Ruby
9 1 (0.85%) Rust
9 1 (0.85%) VBA
Qualifications
1 40 (34.19%) Security Cleared
2 31 (26.50%) SC Cleared
3 11 (9.40%) Degree
4 8 (6.84%) Computer Science Degree
5 5 (4.27%) DV Cleared
5 5 (4.27%) Oracle Certification
6 2 (1.71%) AWS Certification
7 1 (0.85%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
7 1 (0.85%) Azure Certification
7 1 (0.85%) CCIE
7 1 (0.85%) CCNP
7 1 (0.85%) Cisco Certification
7 1 (0.85%) Microsoft Certification
7 1 (0.85%) Microsoft Certified Professional
7 1 (0.85%) OCP
7 1 (0.85%) PMI Certification
7 1 (0.85%) PMP
7 1 (0.85%) RHCE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (1.71%) Data Quality
1 2 (1.71%) QA
2 1 (0.85%) GRC
2 1 (0.85%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 1 (0.85%) NIST
System Software
1 28 (23.93%) Docker
2 7 (5.98%) VMware Infrastructure
3 3 (2.56%) Active Directory
3 3 (2.56%) BitLocker
3 3 (2.56%) Hyper-V
3 3 (2.56%) Microsoft App-V
3 3 (2.56%) Terminal Services
3 3 (2.56%) Virtual Machines
3 3 (2.56%) VMware ESXi
3 3 (2.56%) vSphere
4 2 (1.71%) VMware NSX
5 1 (0.85%) etcd
Systems Management
1 72 (61.54%) Kubernetes
2 32 (27.35%) Terraform
3 30 (25.64%) Ansible
4 17 (14.53%) Prometheus
5 16 (13.68%) Grafana
6 14 (11.97%) Control-M
7 5 (4.27%) vCenter Server
8 4 (3.42%) Argo
8 4 (3.42%) Data Guard
8 4 (3.42%) Nagios
8 4 (3.42%) Oracle RMAN
8 4 (3.42%) Puppet
9 3 (2.56%) vMotion
10 2 (1.71%) Fluentd
10 2 (1.71%) Istio
10 2 (1.71%) Kibana
10 2 (1.71%) Single Sign-On
11 1 (0.85%) ITRS Geneos
11 1 (0.85%) linkerd
11 1 (0.85%) Progress Chef
Vendors
1 27 (23.08%) Splunk
2 18 (15.38%) Oracle
3 15 (12.82%) Red Hat
4 12 (10.26%) Microsoft
5 8 (6.84%) VMware
6 7 (5.98%) xMatters
7 4 (3.42%) Google
8 3 (2.56%) Arista
8 3 (2.56%) Cisco
8 3 (2.56%) Citrix
8 3 (2.56%) Dynatrace
8 3 (2.56%) HP
8 3 (2.56%) IBM
8 3 (2.56%) ServiceNow
8 3 (2.56%) Symantec
9 2 (1.71%) F5
9 2 (1.71%) PagerDuty
9 2 (1.71%) Palo Alto
9 2 (1.71%) Pure Storage
9 2 (1.71%) Veracode