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

6 months to
15 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 322 308 311
Rank change year-on-year -14 +3 +22
Contract jobs citing OpenShift 120 65 75
As % of all contract jobs in London 0.59% 0.48% 0.46%
As % of the Cloud Services category 1.43% 1.12% 1.14%
Number of daily rates quoted 79 48 58
10th Percentile £404 £422 £413
25th Percentile £488 £513 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £625 £619
Median % change year-on-year -8.00% +1.01% -11.61%
75th Percentile £688 £738 £775
90th Percentile £805 £841 £825
England median daily rate £525 £534 £550
% change year-on-year -1.59% -3.00% -16.35%

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 8,364 5,823 6,594
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 41.42% 43.08% 40.73%
Number of daily rates quoted 5,695 3,988 4,779
10th Percentile £363 £337 £350
25th Percentile £450 £425 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £540 £531 £550
Median % change year-on-year +1.77% -3.52% -4.35%
75th Percentile £645 £656 £675
90th Percentile £750 £775 £800
England median daily rate £525 £512 £525
% change year-on-year +2.54% -2.48% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 100 90 50
10th Percentile £18.90 £22.95 £20.45
25th Percentile £23.14 £24.83 £23.80
Median hourly rate £35.50 £29.07 £27.75
Median % change year-on-year +22.12% +4.76% -49.55%
75th Percentile £57.50 £46.00 £40.25
90th Percentile £76.93 £72.68 £58.35
England median hourly rate £35.50 £26.15 £24.15
% change year-on-year +35.76% +8.28% -25.23%

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 August 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 August 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 -6 19 £625 - 9
South London - 4 £825 - 1
East London -2 1 £432 - 1
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 11 (9.17%) Confluence
2 4 (3.33%) Apache
2 4 (3.33%) Apache Spark
2 4 (3.33%) Camunda
3 3 (2.50%) Microsoft Exchange
4 2 (1.67%) Apache Airflow
5 1 (0.83%) OpenStack
5 1 (0.83%) Red Hat Fuse
Cloud Services
1 49 (40.83%) AWS
2 31 (25.83%) Azure
3 23 (19.17%) GCP
4 14 (11.67%) GitHub
5 10 (8.33%) Azure DevOps
6 9 (7.50%) Amazon EKS
7 6 (5.00%) GitHub Actions
8 4 (3.33%) Amazon ECS
8 4 (3.33%) AWS CloudFormation
8 4 (3.33%) IaaS
8 4 (3.33%) PaaS
8 4 (3.33%) Serverless
9 3 (2.50%) Amazon S3
9 3 (2.50%) AWS Lambda
9 3 (2.50%) Azure AKS
9 3 (2.50%) Google Kubernetes Engine
9 3 (2.50%) Power Platform
10 2 (1.67%) Amazon CloudWatch
10 2 (1.67%) AWS CodePipeline
10 2 (1.67%) Datadog
Communications & Networking
1 10 (8.33%) DNS
2 7 (5.83%) Firewall
3 5 (4.17%) DHCP
3 5 (4.17%) VPN
4 3 (2.50%) SMTP
5 2 (1.67%) BGP
5 2 (1.67%) Multicast
5 2 (1.67%) OSPF
5 2 (1.67%) VLAN
5 2 (1.67%) VXLAN
6 1 (0.83%) 5G
6 1 (0.83%) DAB
6 1 (0.83%) Network Security
6 1 (0.83%) Radio Access Network
6 1 (0.83%) SSL
6 1 (0.83%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (6.67%) Oracle Database
2 6 (5.00%) Big Data
3 5 (4.17%) MongoDB
3 5 (4.17%) PostgreSQL
4 4 (3.33%) Elasticsearch
4 4 (3.33%) SQL Server
5 3 (2.50%) Amazon RDS
5 3 (2.50%) Power BI
6 2 (1.67%) Apache Cassandra
6 2 (1.67%) Metadata
7 1 (0.83%) Amazon Redshift
7 1 (0.83%) Data Vault
7 1 (0.83%) Data Warehouse
7 1 (0.83%) Flink
7 1 (0.83%) Hazelcast
7 1 (0.83%) NoSQL
7 1 (0.83%) Redis
7 1 (0.83%) Snowflake Schema
7 1 (0.83%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 1 (0.83%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 32 (26.67%) Jenkins
2 18 (15.00%) GitLab
3 13 (10.83%) Git
3 13 (10.83%) JIRA
4 9 (7.50%) Gradle
5 5 (4.17%) Bitbucket
6 4 (3.33%) REST Assured
6 4 (3.33%) Selenium
7 3 (2.50%) HP UFT
7 3 (2.50%) JUnit
7 3 (2.50%) Mockito
7 3 (2.50%) SonarQube
7 3 (2.50%) Sonatype Nexus
8 2 (1.67%) Artifactory
8 2 (1.67%) Bitbucket Server
8 2 (1.67%) Maven
9 1 (0.83%) Atlassian Bamboo
9 1 (0.83%) Cucumber
9 1 (0.83%) Team Foundation Server
9 1 (0.83%) TestRail
General
1 45 (37.50%) Finance
2 28 (23.33%) Social Skills
3 18 (15.00%) Banking
4 13 (10.83%) Analytical Skills
5 10 (8.33%) Public Sector
6 4 (3.33%) Documentation Skills
6 4 (3.33%) Financial Institution
6 4 (3.33%) Organisational Skills
7 2 (1.67%) Investment Banking
8 1 (0.83%) Aerospace
8 1 (0.83%) Back Office
8 1 (0.83%) Front Office
8 1 (0.83%) Games
8 1 (0.83%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 33 (27.50%) Senior
2 23 (19.17%) Developer
3 17 (14.17%) Java Developer
4 16 (13.33%) Lead
5 15 (12.50%) DevOps Engineer
6 13 (10.83%) Architect
7 8 (6.67%) Senior DevOps
7 8 (6.67%) Senior DevOps Engineer
8 7 (5.83%) Kubernetes Engineer
8 7 (5.83%) Senior Developer
8 7 (5.83%) Splunk Engineer
9 6 (5.00%) Data Engineer
9 6 (5.00%) SC Cleared Java Developer
9 6 (5.00%) Senior Java Developer
9 6 (5.00%) Software Engineer
9 6 (5.00%) Technical Architect
10 5 (4.17%) Infrastructure Engineer
10 5 (4.17%) Senior Systems Engineer
11 4 (3.33%) Systems Engineer
11 4 (3.33%) Test Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 24 (20.00%) Kafka
2 19 (15.83%) Spring
3 16 (13.33%) Spring Boot
4 13 (10.83%) React
4 13 (10.83%) REST
5 11 (9.17%) Elastic Stack
6 10 (8.33%) Hibernate
6 10 (8.33%) Redux
7 6 (5.00%) OpenTelemetry
8 5 (4.17%) .NET
8 5 (4.17%) Jakarta EE
8 5 (4.17%) JMS
8 5 (4.17%) PySpark
9 4 (3.33%) JDBC
9 4 (3.33%) YAML
10 3 (2.50%) CSS
10 3 (2.50%) J2SE
10 3 (2.50%) JPA
10 3 (2.50%) Node.js
10 3 (2.50%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 21 (17.50%) Cloud Native
2 12 (10.00%) Onboarding
3 7 (5.83%) Distributed Systems
4 6 (5.00%) Self-Motivation
5 5 (4.17%) Hybrid Cloud
5 5 (4.17%) PKI
5 5 (4.17%) Product Ownership
6 4 (3.33%) Clustering
6 4 (3.33%) Enterprise Software
6 4 (3.33%) Legacy Systems
6 4 (3.33%) Public Cloud
6 4 (3.33%) Spread Betting
7 3 (2.50%) AI Agents
7 3 (2.50%) Data Centre
8 2 (1.67%) Data Protection Act
8 2 (1.67%) Data Structures
8 2 (1.67%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
8 2 (1.67%) Private Cloud
8 2 (1.67%) SWIFT Messaging Network
8 2 (1.67%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 28 (23.33%) Linux
2 12 (10.00%) Windows
3 9 (7.50%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 6 (5.00%) Windows Server
5 5 (4.17%) Unix
6 1 (0.83%) AIX
6 1 (0.83%) Android
6 1 (0.83%) Apple iOS
6 1 (0.83%) Windows Server 2003
Processes & Methodologies
1 54 (45.00%) CI/CD
1 54 (45.00%) DevOps
2 42 (35.00%) Agile
3 41 (34.17%) Containerisation
4 33 (27.50%) Observability
5 26 (21.67%) Infrastructure as Code
5 26 (21.67%) Mentoring
5 26 (21.67%) Microservices
6 20 (16.67%) Migration
7 19 (15.83%) Continuous Improvement
8 18 (15.00%) Incident Management
9 17 (14.17%) AI
9 17 (14.17%) Roadmaps
10 16 (13.33%) Stakeholder Management
10 16 (13.33%) Technical Leadership
11 15 (12.50%) Configuration Management
12 14 (11.67%) Platform Engineering
13 13 (10.83%) ITSM
13 13 (10.83%) Problem-Solving
14 12 (10.00%) Software Engineering
Programming Languages
1 35 (29.17%) Java
2 28 (23.33%) Python
3 25 (20.83%) SQL
4 15 (12.50%) PL/SQL
5 8 (6.67%) PowerShell
6 5 (4.17%) Bash
7 4 (3.33%) JavaScript
7 4 (3.33%) Scala
7 4 (3.33%) Shell Script
7 4 (3.33%) TypeScript
8 3 (2.50%) C#
9 2 (1.67%) Go
9 2 (1.67%) Search Processing Language
10 1 (0.83%) Bicep
10 1 (0.83%) COBOL
10 1 (0.83%) Korn
10 1 (0.83%) PromQL
10 1 (0.83%) R
10 1 (0.83%) Rust
10 1 (0.83%) VBA
Qualifications
1 39 (32.50%) Security Cleared
2 34 (28.33%) SC Cleared
3 12 (10.00%) Degree
4 9 (7.50%) Computer Science Degree
5 5 (4.17%) DV Cleared
6 4 (3.33%) Oracle Certification
7 2 (1.67%) AWS Certification
7 2 (1.67%) ISEB
7 2 (1.67%) ISTQB
7 2 (1.67%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
8 1 (0.83%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
8 1 (0.83%) Azure Certification
8 1 (0.83%) CCIE
8 1 (0.83%) CCNP
8 1 (0.83%) Cisco Certification
8 1 (0.83%) Microsoft Certification
8 1 (0.83%) Microsoft Certified Professional
8 1 (0.83%) RHCE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (3.33%) QA
2 2 (1.67%) Data Quality
2 2 (1.67%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 2 (1.67%) NIST
3 1 (0.83%) GRC
3 1 (0.83%) ISO 15022
3 1 (0.83%) ISO 20022
System Software
1 30 (25.00%) Docker
2 7 (5.83%) VMware Infrastructure
3 3 (2.50%) Active Directory
3 3 (2.50%) BitLocker
3 3 (2.50%) Hyper-V
3 3 (2.50%) Microsoft App-V
3 3 (2.50%) Terminal Services
3 3 (2.50%) VMware ESXi
4 2 (1.67%) Virtual Machines
4 2 (1.67%) vSphere
5 1 (0.83%) etcd
5 1 (0.83%) oVirt
5 1 (0.83%) RHEV
Systems Management
1 75 (62.50%) Kubernetes
2 34 (28.33%) Terraform
3 33 (27.50%) Ansible
4 16 (13.33%) Prometheus
5 15 (12.50%) Grafana
6 14 (11.67%) Control-M
7 4 (3.33%) Data Guard
7 4 (3.33%) Nagios
7 4 (3.33%) Oracle RMAN
7 4 (3.33%) Puppet
8 3 (2.50%) Argo
8 3 (2.50%) vCenter Server
8 3 (2.50%) vMotion
9 2 (1.67%) Fluentd
9 2 (1.67%) Istio
9 2 (1.67%) Kibana
9 2 (1.67%) Single Sign-On
10 1 (0.83%) ITRS Geneos
10 1 (0.83%) linkerd
10 1 (0.83%) Progress Chef
Vendors
1 26 (21.67%) Splunk
2 20 (16.67%) Oracle
3 16 (13.33%) Red Hat
4 15 (12.50%) Microsoft
5 8 (6.67%) Google
6 7 (5.83%) VMware
6 7 (5.83%) xMatters
7 5 (4.17%) Dynatrace
7 5 (4.17%) ServiceNow
8 4 (3.33%) IBM
9 3 (2.50%) Arista
9 3 (2.50%) Cisco
9 3 (2.50%) Citrix
9 3 (2.50%) HP
9 3 (2.50%) Symantec
10 2 (1.67%) F5
10 2 (1.67%) Fortinet
10 2 (1.67%) PagerDuty
10 2 (1.67%) Palo Alto
10 2 (1.67%) Veracode