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

6 months to
17 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 326 303 308
Rank change year-on-year -23 +5 +4
Contract jobs citing OpenShift 130 59 80
As % of all contract jobs in London 0.64% 0.44% 0.50%
As % of the Cloud Services category 1.56% 1.01% 1.20%
Number of daily rates quoted 83 41 62
10th Percentile £403 £408 £413
25th Percentile £474 £510 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £625 £595 £638
Median % change year-on-year +5.04% -6.67% -12.07%
75th Percentile £733 £713 £810
90th Percentile £835 £950 £825
England median daily rate £550 £515 £550
% change year-on-year +6.80% -6.36% -18.52%

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 8,355 5,820 6,661
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 41.07% 43.33% 41.25%
Number of daily rates quoted 5,722 3,960 4,663
10th Percentile £360 £340 £350
25th Percentile £450 £425 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £545 £535 £550
Median % change year-on-year +1.82% -2.73% -4.35%
75th Percentile £650 £650 £675
90th Percentile £750 £775 £800
England median daily rate £525 £501 £525
% change year-on-year +4.90% -4.67% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 94 94 48
10th Percentile £18.02 £23.00 £22.00
25th Percentile £23.08 £25.15 £24.06
Median hourly rate £31.25 £31.00 £30.80
Median % change year-on-year +0.81% +0.67% -23.01%
75th Percentile £57.50 £47.50 £50.00
90th Percentile £78.75 £78.75 £69.08
England median hourly rate £33.99 £26.30 £33.00
% change year-on-year +29.24% -20.30% -

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 17 September 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 17 September 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 -16 18 £625 - 13
South London - 5 £800 - 1
East London 0 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 14 (10.77%) Confluence
2 7 (5.38%) Camunda
3 4 (3.08%) Apache
3 4 (3.08%) Apache Spark
4 3 (2.31%) Microsoft Exchange
5 1 (0.77%) Apache Airflow
5 1 (0.77%) MQSeries
5 1 (0.77%) OpenStack
5 1 (0.77%) Red Hat Fuse
Cloud Services
1 52 (40.00%) AWS
2 38 (29.23%) Azure
3 26 (20.00%) GCP
4 15 (11.54%) GitHub
5 10 (7.69%) Azure DevOps
6 7 (5.38%) Amazon EKS
7 5 (3.85%) GitHub Actions
7 5 (3.85%) PaaS
8 4 (3.08%) Amazon ECS
8 4 (3.08%) IaaS
9 2 (1.54%) AWS CloudFormation
9 2 (1.54%) Power Platform
10 1 (0.77%) Amazon CloudWatch
10 1 (0.77%) Amazon EC2
10 1 (0.77%) Amazon S3
10 1 (0.77%) Apigee
10 1 (0.77%) AWS CloudTrail
10 1 (0.77%) AWS Lambda
10 1 (0.77%) Boomi
10 1 (0.77%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 10 (7.69%) DNS
2 7 (5.38%) Firewall
3 5 (3.85%) DHCP
3 5 (3.85%) VPN
4 3 (2.31%) SMTP
5 2 (1.54%) BGP
5 2 (1.54%) Multicast
5 2 (1.54%) OSPF
5 2 (1.54%) VLAN
5 2 (1.54%) VXLAN
6 1 (0.77%) 5G
6 1 (0.77%) DAB
6 1 (0.77%) Internet
6 1 (0.77%) Network Security
6 1 (0.77%) Radio Access Network
6 1 (0.77%) SSL
6 1 (0.77%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (6.92%) Oracle Database
2 7 (5.38%) Big Data
2 7 (5.38%) SQL Server
3 6 (4.62%) PostgreSQL
4 5 (3.85%) MongoDB
5 4 (3.08%) Elasticsearch
6 3 (2.31%) Amazon RDS
7 2 (1.54%) Data Warehouse
7 2 (1.54%) Power BI
7 2 (1.54%) Relational Database
8 1 (0.77%) Apache Cassandra
8 1 (0.77%) Apache Iceberg
8 1 (0.77%) Data Lake
8 1 (0.77%) Flink
8 1 (0.77%) Hazelcast
8 1 (0.77%) Metadata
8 1 (0.77%) NoSQL
8 1 (0.77%) Parquet
8 1 (0.77%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 1 (0.77%) Trino
Development Applications
1 44 (33.85%) Jenkins
2 21 (16.15%) GitLab
3 16 (12.31%) JIRA
4 14 (10.77%) Git
5 13 (10.00%) Gradle
6 8 (6.15%) REST Assured
7 6 (4.62%) Bitbucket
7 6 (4.62%) JUnit
7 6 (4.62%) Mockito
7 6 (4.62%) SonarQube
8 5 (3.85%) Bitbucket Server
8 5 (3.85%) Maven
8 5 (3.85%) Selenium
8 5 (3.85%) Sonatype Nexus
9 3 (2.31%) HP UFT
10 2 (1.54%) Robot Framework
10 2 (1.54%) TestRail
11 1 (0.77%) Cucumber
11 1 (0.77%) SpecFlow
11 1 (0.77%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 52 (40.00%) Finance
2 28 (21.54%) Social Skills
3 24 (18.46%) Banking
4 13 (10.00%) Analytical Skills
5 5 (3.85%) Public Sector
6 4 (3.08%) Documentation Skills
6 4 (3.08%) Financial Institution
6 4 (3.08%) Organisational Skills
7 3 (2.31%) Military
8 1 (0.77%) Aerospace
8 1 (0.77%) Back Office
8 1 (0.77%) Corporate Banking
8 1 (0.77%) Front Office
8 1 (0.77%) Games
8 1 (0.77%) Influencing Skills
8 1 (0.77%) Investment Banking
8 1 (0.77%) Retail Banking
8 1 (0.77%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 36 (27.69%) Senior
2 27 (20.77%) Developer
3 21 (16.15%) DevOps Engineer
4 20 (15.38%) Java Developer
5 18 (13.85%) Lead
6 11 (8.46%) Architect
7 10 (7.69%) Senior DevOps
7 10 (7.69%) Senior DevOps Engineer
8 8 (6.15%) Kubernetes Engineer
8 8 (6.15%) Senior Developer
9 7 (5.38%) Senior Java Developer
9 7 (5.38%) Splunk Engineer
10 6 (4.62%) Full-Stack Developer
10 6 (4.62%) SC Cleared Java Developer
11 5 (3.85%) Data Engineer
11 5 (3.85%) Infrastructure Engineer
11 5 (3.85%) Linux Engineer
11 5 (3.85%) Senior Systems Engineer
11 5 (3.85%) Software Engineer
11 5 (3.85%) Test Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 41 (31.54%) Terraform
2 30 (23.08%) Kafka
3 23 (17.69%) Spring
4 21 (16.15%) Spring Boot
5 18 (13.85%) React
6 14 (10.77%) Elastic Stack
6 14 (10.77%) Hibernate
6 14 (10.77%) Redux
7 11 (8.46%) REST
8 6 (4.62%) Jakarta EE
8 6 (4.62%) JMS
8 6 (4.62%) JPA
9 5 (3.85%) CSS
9 5 (3.85%) HTML
9 5 (3.85%) JDBC
10 4 (3.08%) OpenTelemetry
10 4 (3.08%) PySpark
10 4 (3.08%) YAML
11 3 (2.31%) Keycloak
11 3 (2.31%) Playwright
Miscellaneous
1 20 (15.38%) Cloud Native
2 11 (8.46%) Onboarding
3 7 (5.38%) Hybrid Cloud
3 7 (5.38%) Product Ownership
3 7 (5.38%) Self-Motivation
4 5 (3.85%) Data Structures
4 5 (3.85%) PKI
4 5 (3.85%) Spread Betting
5 4 (3.08%) AI Agents
5 4 (3.08%) Clustering
5 4 (3.08%) Distributed Systems
5 4 (3.08%) Enterprise Software
5 4 (3.08%) Public Cloud
6 3 (2.31%) Data Centre
6 3 (2.31%) SWIFT Messaging Network
6 3 (2.31%) Virtual Team
7 2 (1.54%) Legacy Systems
7 2 (1.54%) Management Information System
7 2 (1.54%) Private Cloud
8 1 (0.77%) Legacy Applications
Operating Systems
1 35 (26.92%) Linux
2 11 (8.46%) Windows
3 10 (7.69%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 6 (4.62%) Windows Server
5 5 (3.85%) Unix
6 1 (0.77%) AIX
6 1 (0.77%) Android
6 1 (0.77%) Apple iOS
6 1 (0.77%) Windows Server 2003
Processes & Methodologies
1 65 (50.00%) CI/CD
2 60 (46.15%) DevOps
3 50 (38.46%) Agile
4 40 (30.77%) Containerisation
5 37 (28.46%) Observability
6 34 (26.15%) Infrastructure as Code
7 28 (21.54%) Mentoring
7 28 (21.54%) Microservices
8 23 (17.69%) Roadmaps
9 20 (15.38%) AI
10 19 (14.62%) Incident Management
10 19 (14.62%) Migration
10 19 (14.62%) Technical Leadership
11 18 (13.85%) Continuous Improvement
11 18 (13.85%) Stakeholder Management
12 17 (13.08%) Problem-Solving
13 16 (12.31%) Configuration Management
14 15 (11.54%) Computer Science
15 14 (10.77%) Platform Engineering
15 14 (10.77%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 39 (30.00%) Java
2 30 (23.08%) SQL
3 26 (20.00%) Python
4 17 (13.08%) PL/SQL
5 7 (5.38%) PowerShell
6 6 (4.62%) JavaScript
7 5 (3.85%) Bash
8 4 (3.08%) Scala
8 4 (3.08%) Shell Script
8 4 (3.08%) TypeScript
9 3 (2.31%) C#
10 2 (1.54%) Go
10 2 (1.54%) Search Processing Language
11 1 (0.77%) COBOL
11 1 (0.77%) Korn
11 1 (0.77%) PromQL
11 1 (0.77%) Ruby
11 1 (0.77%) Rust
11 1 (0.77%) VBA
Qualifications
1 45 (34.62%) Security Cleared
2 41 (31.54%) SC Cleared
3 18 (13.85%) Degree
4 15 (11.54%) Computer Science Degree
5 6 (4.62%) DV Cleared
6 5 (3.85%) Oracle Certification
7 4 (3.08%) Azure Certification
8 3 (2.31%) ISTQB
9 2 (1.54%) AWS Certification
9 2 (1.54%) ISEB
9 2 (1.54%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
10 1 (0.77%) CCIE
10 1 (0.77%) CCNP
10 1 (0.77%) Cisco Certification
10 1 (0.77%) Master's Degree
10 1 (0.77%) Microsoft Certification
10 1 (0.77%) Microsoft Certified Professional
10 1 (0.77%) OCP
10 1 (0.77%) RHCE
10 1 (0.77%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (3.85%) QA
2 3 (2.31%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 3 (2.31%) NIST
3 2 (1.54%) Data Quality
4 1 (0.77%) GRC
4 1 (0.77%) ISO 15022
4 1 (0.77%) ISO 20022
4 1 (0.77%) PSD2
4 1 (0.77%) SEPA
System Software
1 33 (25.38%) Docker
2 8 (6.15%) VMware Infrastructure
3 3 (2.31%) Active Directory
3 3 (2.31%) BitLocker
3 3 (2.31%) Hyper-V
3 3 (2.31%) Microsoft App-V
3 3 (2.31%) Terminal Services
3 3 (2.31%) VMware ESXi
4 2 (1.54%) etcd
4 2 (1.54%) Virtual Machines
4 2 (1.54%) vSphere
5 1 (0.77%) oVirt
5 1 (0.77%) RHEV
Systems Management
1 84 (64.62%) Kubernetes
2 38 (29.23%) Ansible
3 21 (16.15%) Grafana
4 19 (14.62%) Prometheus
5 14 (10.77%) Control-M
6 5 (3.85%) Argo
7 4 (3.08%) Data Guard
7 4 (3.08%) Nagios
7 4 (3.08%) Oracle RMAN
7 4 (3.08%) Puppet
8 3 (2.31%) Single Sign-On
8 3 (2.31%) vCenter Server
8 3 (2.31%) vMotion
9 2 (1.54%) Fluentd
9 2 (1.54%) Kibana
10 1 (0.77%) ITRS Geneos
10 1 (0.77%) Progress Chef
10 1 (0.77%) SCCM
10 1 (0.77%) SCOM
10 1 (0.77%) systemd
Vendors
1 31 (23.85%) Splunk
2 24 (18.46%) Oracle
3 20 (15.38%) Red Hat
4 16 (12.31%) Microsoft
5 10 (7.69%) VMware
6 9 (6.92%) Google
7 7 (5.38%) IBM
7 7 (5.38%) xMatters
8 5 (3.85%) Veracode
9 3 (2.31%) Arista
9 3 (2.31%) Cisco
9 3 (2.31%) Citrix
9 3 (2.31%) Dynatrace
9 3 (2.31%) HP
9 3 (2.31%) ServiceNow
9 3 (2.31%) Symantec
10 2 (1.54%) F5
10 2 (1.54%) Fortinet
10 2 (1.54%) Palo Alto
10 2 (1.54%) Temenos