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 15 October 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 305 297 293
Rank change year-on-year -8 -4 +13
Contract jobs citing OpenShift 146 70 89
As % of all contract jobs in London 0.71% 0.52% 0.55%
As % of the Cloud Services category 1.74% 1.20% 1.35%
Number of daily rates quoted 94 50 70
10th Percentile £427 £396 £424
25th Percentile £500 £482 £513
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £625 £573 £733
Median % change year-on-year +9.17% -21.84% +1.03%
75th Percentile £750 £684 £810
90th Percentile £839 £860 £830
England median daily rate £600 £525 £600
% change year-on-year +14.29% -12.50% -11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
Median hourly rate £10.00 - -
England median hourly rate £70.00 £48.00 £85.00
% change year-on-year +45.83% -43.53% +8.97%

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 8,411 5,856 6,597
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 41.01% 43.77% 41.03%
Number of daily rates quoted 5,804 3,979 4,535
10th Percentile £363 £350 £350
25th Percentile £450 £425 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £529 £550
Median % change year-on-year +3.97% -3.82% -2.22%
75th Percentile £650 £650 £675
90th Percentile £750 £775 £800
England median daily rate £525 £503 £525
% change year-on-year +4.48% -4.29% -2.78%
Number of hourly rates quoted 91 102 41
10th Percentile £17.60 £21.10 £23.80
25th Percentile £22.79 £24.77 £24.15
Median hourly rate £30.00 £26.40 £31.50
Median % change year-on-year +13.64% -16.19% -28.41%
75th Percentile £57.50 £47.31 £48.75
90th Percentile £78.75 £79.88 £66.00
England median hourly rate £32.50 £25.15 £35.00
% change year-on-year +29.22% -28.14% +8.36%

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 15 October 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 15 October 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 -14 21 £625 - 4
South London - 5 £800 - 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 15 (10.27%) Confluence
2 6 (4.11%) Camunda
3 4 (2.74%) Apache
3 4 (2.74%) Apache Spark
4 3 (2.05%) Microsoft Exchange
5 1 (0.68%) Apache Airflow
5 1 (0.68%) MQSeries
5 1 (0.68%) OpenStack
5 1 (0.68%) Red Hat Fuse
Applications
1 3 (2.05%) MS Visio
2 1 (0.68%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 54 (36.99%) AWS
2 48 (32.88%) Azure
3 29 (19.86%) GCP
4 21 (14.38%) GitHub
5 10 (6.85%) Azure DevOps
5 10 (6.85%) GitHub Actions
6 7 (4.79%) Amazon EKS
7 6 (4.11%) Entra ID
8 5 (3.42%) Amazon ECS
8 5 (3.42%) IaaS
8 5 (3.42%) PaaS
9 3 (2.05%) Azure Key Vault
9 3 (2.05%) Datadog
10 2 (1.37%) Amazon SageMaker
10 2 (1.37%) Anthropic Claude
10 2 (1.37%) Azure AKS
10 2 (1.37%) GitHub Copilot
10 2 (1.37%) Power Platform
11 1 (0.68%) npm
11 1 (0.68%) Yarn
Communications & Networking
1 9 (6.16%) DNS
2 6 (4.11%) Firewall
3 5 (3.42%) DHCP
3 5 (3.42%) VPN
4 3 (2.05%) SMTP
5 2 (1.37%) BGP
5 2 (1.37%) Internet
5 2 (1.37%) Multicast
5 2 (1.37%) OSPF
5 2 (1.37%) VLAN
5 2 (1.37%) VXLAN
6 1 (0.68%) 5G
6 1 (0.68%) DAB
6 1 (0.68%) Network Security
6 1 (0.68%) Radio Access Network
6 1 (0.68%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (4.79%) Big Data
1 7 (4.79%) SQL Server
2 6 (4.11%) Oracle Database
3 5 (3.42%) MongoDB
4 4 (2.74%) Elasticsearch
4 4 (2.74%) PostgreSQL
5 3 (2.05%) Amazon RDS
5 3 (2.05%) Relational Database
6 2 (1.37%) Apache Cassandra
6 2 (1.37%) Apache Iceberg
6 2 (1.37%) Data Warehouse
6 2 (1.37%) Parquet
6 2 (1.37%) Power BI
6 2 (1.37%) Trino
7 1 (0.68%) Amazon Athena
7 1 (0.68%) Data Lake
7 1 (0.68%) Hazelcast
7 1 (0.68%) NonStop SQL
7 1 (0.68%) NoSQL
7 1 (0.68%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 43 (29.45%) Jenkins
2 23 (15.75%) GitLab
3 17 (11.64%) Git
3 17 (11.64%) JIRA
4 13 (8.90%) Gradle
5 10 (6.85%) Selenium
6 8 (5.48%) REST Assured
7 7 (4.79%) HP UFT
7 7 (4.79%) SonarQube
8 6 (4.11%) Bitbucket
8 6 (4.11%) JUnit
8 6 (4.11%) Mockito
8 6 (4.11%) Sonatype Nexus
9 5 (3.42%) Bitbucket Server
9 5 (3.42%) Cucumber
9 5 (3.42%) Maven
10 3 (2.05%) Robot Framework
10 3 (2.05%) TestRail
11 1 (0.68%) Claude Code
11 1 (0.68%) MLflow
General
1 60 (41.10%) Finance
2 34 (23.29%) Social Skills
3 28 (19.18%) Banking
4 13 (8.90%) Analytical Skills
5 4 (2.74%) Documentation Skills
5 4 (2.74%) Financial Institution
5 4 (2.74%) Organisational Skills
5 4 (2.74%) Public Sector
6 3 (2.05%) Military
7 1 (0.68%) Aerospace
7 1 (0.68%) Back Office
7 1 (0.68%) Corporate Banking
7 1 (0.68%) Front Office
7 1 (0.68%) German Language
7 1 (0.68%) Influencing Skills
7 1 (0.68%) Investment Banking
7 1 (0.68%) Legal
7 1 (0.68%) Presentation Skills
7 1 (0.68%) Retail Banking
7 1 (0.68%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 35 (23.97%) Senior
2 27 (18.49%) Developer
3 22 (15.07%) DevOps Engineer
3 22 (15.07%) Lead
4 18 (12.33%) Java Developer
5 16 (10.96%) Architect
6 9 (6.16%) Senior DevOps
6 9 (6.16%) Senior DevOps Engineer
6 9 (6.16%) Test Engineer
7 8 (5.48%) Kubernetes Engineer
8 7 (4.79%) Senior Developer
8 7 (4.79%) Splunk Engineer
9 6 (4.11%) Consultant
9 6 (4.11%) Full-Stack Developer
9 6 (4.11%) SC Cleared Java Developer
9 6 (4.11%) Senior Java Developer
10 5 (3.42%) Data Engineer
10 5 (3.42%) Linux Engineer
10 5 (3.42%) Platform Engineer
10 5 (3.42%) Test Automation Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 52 (35.62%) Terraform
2 34 (23.29%) Kafka
3 23 (15.75%) Spring
4 20 (13.70%) Spring Boot
5 19 (13.01%) React
6 14 (9.59%) Hibernate
6 14 (9.59%) Redux
7 11 (7.53%) Elastic Stack
7 11 (7.53%) REST
8 6 (4.11%) CSS
8 6 (4.11%) Jakarta EE
8 6 (4.11%) JMS
8 6 (4.11%) JPA
9 5 (3.42%) FastAPI
9 5 (3.42%) HTML
9 5 (3.42%) JDBC
10 4 (2.74%) .NET
10 4 (2.74%) AngularJS
10 4 (2.74%) Playwright
10 4 (2.74%) PySpark
Miscellaneous
1 26 (17.81%) Cloud Native
2 15 (10.27%) Onboarding
3 11 (7.53%) Hybrid Cloud
4 10 (6.85%) Self-Motivation
5 8 (5.48%) Data Centre
6 7 (4.79%) PKI
6 7 (4.79%) Product Ownership
6 7 (4.79%) Public Cloud
7 6 (4.11%) Distributed Systems
7 6 (4.11%) Legacy Systems
8 5 (3.42%) AI Agents
8 5 (3.42%) Data Structures
8 5 (3.42%) Legacy Applications
8 5 (3.42%) Spread Betting
9 4 (2.74%) Clustering
9 4 (2.74%) Enterprise Cloud
9 4 (2.74%) Enterprise Software
10 3 (2.05%) Private Cloud
10 3 (2.05%) SWIFT Messaging Network
10 3 (2.05%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 39 (26.71%) Linux
2 10 (6.85%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
2 10 (6.85%) Windows
3 7 (4.79%) Unix
4 6 (4.11%) Windows Server
5 1 (0.68%) AIX
5 1 (0.68%) Android
5 1 (0.68%) Apple iOS
5 1 (0.68%) VMS
5 1 (0.68%) Windows Server 2003
Processes & Methodologies
1 75 (51.37%) CI/CD
2 69 (47.26%) DevOps
3 52 (35.62%) Agile
4 44 (30.14%) Infrastructure as Code
5 40 (27.40%) Observability
6 39 (26.71%) Containerisation
7 35 (23.97%) Microservices
8 33 (22.60%) Migration
9 26 (17.81%) Platform Engineering
10 25 (17.12%) Roadmaps
11 24 (16.44%) AI
11 24 (16.44%) Stakeholder Management
12 23 (15.75%) Mentoring
12 23 (15.75%) Problem-Solving
13 21 (14.38%) Infrastructure Engineering
14 20 (13.70%) Technical Leadership
14 20 (13.70%) Test Automation
15 16 (10.96%) Continuous Improvement
15 16 (10.96%) Incident Management
16 14 (9.59%) Computer Science
Programming Languages
1 42 (28.77%) Java
2 31 (21.23%) SQL
3 28 (19.18%) Python
4 14 (9.59%) PL/SQL
5 8 (5.48%) PowerShell
6 6 (4.11%) Bash
6 6 (4.11%) JavaScript
6 6 (4.11%) TypeScript
7 5 (3.42%) C#
8 4 (2.74%) Scala
9 3 (2.05%) Go
9 3 (2.05%) Shell Script
10 2 (1.37%) Korn
10 2 (1.37%) VBA
11 1 (0.68%) COBOL
11 1 (0.68%) PromQL
11 1 (0.68%) Rust
11 1 (0.68%) VB
11 1 (0.68%) VB6
Qualifications
1 44 (30.14%) Security Cleared
2 40 (27.40%) SC Cleared
3 17 (11.64%) Degree
4 14 (9.59%) Computer Science Degree
5 7 (4.79%) Azure Certification
5 7 (4.79%) DV Cleared
6 6 (4.11%) AWS Certification
7 4 (2.74%) Oracle Certification
8 3 (2.05%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
8 3 (2.05%) ISTQB
8 3 (2.05%) OCP
9 2 (1.37%) ISEB
9 2 (1.37%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
10 1 (0.68%) BPSS Clearance
10 1 (0.68%) CCIE
10 1 (0.68%) CCNP
10 1 (0.68%) Cisco Certification
10 1 (0.68%) Microsoft Certification
10 1 (0.68%) Microsoft Certified Professional
10 1 (0.68%) RHCE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (4.11%) QA
2 5 (3.42%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 4 (2.74%) NIST
4 1 (0.68%) Data Quality
4 1 (0.68%) GRC
4 1 (0.68%) ISO 15022
4 1 (0.68%) ISO 20022
4 1 (0.68%) PSD2
4 1 (0.68%) SEPA
System Software
1 34 (23.29%) Docker
2 12 (8.22%) VMware Infrastructure
3 6 (4.11%) Active Directory
4 4 (2.74%) vSphere
5 3 (2.05%) BitLocker
5 3 (2.05%) Hyper-V
5 3 (2.05%) Microsoft App-V
5 3 (2.05%) Terminal Services
5 3 (2.05%) VMware ESXi
6 2 (1.37%) Virtual Machines
7 1 (0.68%) etcd
7 1 (0.68%) oVirt
7 1 (0.68%) RHEV
Systems Management
1 94 (64.38%) Kubernetes
2 40 (27.40%) Ansible
3 21 (14.38%) Grafana
4 17 (11.64%) Prometheus
5 14 (9.59%) Control-M
6 9 (6.16%) Argo
7 4 (2.74%) Nagios
8 3 (2.05%) Puppet
8 3 (2.05%) Single Sign-On
8 3 (2.05%) vCenter Server
8 3 (2.05%) vMotion
9 2 (1.37%) Istio
9 2 (1.37%) Kibana
9 2 (1.37%) systemd
10 1 (0.68%) Data Guard
10 1 (0.68%) ITRS Geneos
10 1 (0.68%) Microsoft Intune
10 1 (0.68%) Oracle RMAN
10 1 (0.68%) SCCM
10 1 (0.68%) SCOM
Vendors
1 31 (21.23%) Splunk
2 25 (17.12%) Red Hat
3 20 (13.70%) Oracle
4 18 (12.33%) Microsoft
5 14 (9.59%) VMware
6 13 (8.90%) Google
7 7 (4.79%) HP
7 7 (4.79%) IBM
7 7 (4.79%) xMatters
8 5 (3.42%) Veracode
9 3 (2.05%) Arista
9 3 (2.05%) BeyondTrust
9 3 (2.05%) Cisco
9 3 (2.05%) Citrix
9 3 (2.05%) CyberArk
9 3 (2.05%) Dynatrace
9 3 (2.05%) ServiceNow
9 3 (2.05%) Symantec
10 2 (1.37%) Fortinet
10 2 (1.37%) Temenos