DevOps Engineer Contract Job Trends in Luton

Development Operations Engineer
Bedfordshire > Luton

The median Development Operations Engineer daily rate in Luton is £650, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 15 January 2026.

The table below compares current contractor rates and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
15 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 25 - 31
Rank change year-on-year - - -8
Contract jobs requiring a DevOps Engineer 3 0 7
As % of all contract jobs in Luton 2.42% - 3.87%
As % of the Job Titles category 2.63% - 4.19%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 0 4
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £625 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £650 - £550
Median % change year-on-year - - -1.79%
75th Percentile £675 - £563
90th Percentile - - £585
Bedfordshire median daily rate £650 - £550
% change year-on-year - - -1.79%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £61.00
Median hourly rate - - £62.00
75th Percentile - - £63.00
90th Percentile - - -
Bedfordshire median hourly rate - - £62.00

All Contract IT Job Roles
Luton

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Luton. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of contract jobs in our overall sample.

Contract vacancies in Luton with a recognized job title 114 62 167
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 91.94% 80.52% 92.27%
Number of daily rates quoted 72 30 122
10th Percentile £313 £121 £364
25th Percentile £411 £500 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £588 £525
Median % change year-on-year -14.89% +11.90% +0.48%
75th Percentile £580 £700 £550
90th Percentile £650 - £600
Bedfordshire median daily rate £505 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -3.81% - +7.69%
Number of hourly rates quoted 16 10 4
10th Percentile £56.88 £20.26 £18.60
25th Percentile £68.88 £43.06 £19.50
Median hourly rate £80.00 £57.20 £37.50
Median % change year-on-year +39.86% +52.53% -48.28%
75th Percentile £82.19 £67.03 £58.88
90th Percentile £90.75 £81.25 £61.35
Bedfordshire median hourly rate £77.50 £52.50 £42.15
% change year-on-year +47.62% +24.56% -26.05%

DevOps Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Luton

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings featuring 'DevOps Engineer' in the job title relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Luton.

DevOps Engineer job vacancy trend in Luton

DevOps Engineer
Daily Rate Trend in Luton

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for DevOps Engineer job vacancies in Luton.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for DevOps Engineer job vacancies in Luton

DevOps Engineer Skill Set
Top 7 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Luton

For the 6 months to 15 January 2026, DevOps Engineer contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the Luton region featuring DevOps Engineer in the job title.

1 3 (100.00%) DevOps
2 2 (66.67%) Aruba
2 2 (66.67%) Cisco
2 2 (66.67%) Infrastructure Automation
2 2 (66.67%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 1 (33.33%) Infrastructure as Code
3 1 (33.33%) Kubernetes

DevOps Engineer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Luton 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:

General
1 1 (33.33%) Social Science
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) DevOps
2 2 (66.67%) Infrastructure Automation
2 2 (66.67%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 1 (33.33%) Infrastructure as Code
Systems Management
1 1 (33.33%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 2 (66.67%) Aruba
1 2 (66.67%) Cisco