DevOps Automation Engineer Contract Job Trends in Newcastle upon Tyne

DevOps Automation Engineer
Tyne and Wear > Newcastle upon Tyne

The median DevOps Automation Engineer daily rate in Newcastle upon Tyne is £406, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 2 November 2025.

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

6 months to
2 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 42 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs requiring a DevOps Automation Engineer 2 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Newcastle upon Tyne 0.76% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.79% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 0
10th Percentile £401 - -
25th Percentile £402 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £406 - -
75th Percentile £414 - -
90th Percentile £417 - -
Tyne and Wear median daily rate £406 - -

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Newcastle upon Tyne

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Newcastle upon Tyne. 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 Newcastle upon Tyne with a recognized job title 254 146 140
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 96.21% 84.39% 92.72%
Number of daily rates quoted 162 73 103
10th Percentile £170 £183 £201
25th Percentile £338 £340 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £441 £425 £485
Median % change year-on-year +3.76% -12.37% -11.82%
75th Percentile £537 £500 £600
90th Percentile £600 £629 £720
Tyne and Wear median daily rate £450 £425 £474
% change year-on-year +5.88% -10.29% -10.61%
Number of hourly rates quoted 15 8 5
10th Percentile £14.05 £17.01 £14.00
25th Percentile £17.88 £42.00 £15.50
Median hourly rate £19.97 £60.00 £17.00
Median % change year-on-year -66.72% +252.94% +38.78%
75th Percentile £51.50 £70.00 £32.00
90th Percentile £53.75 - £33.05
Tyne and Wear median hourly rate £19.97 £60.00 £17.00
% change year-on-year -66.72% +252.94% +36.00%

DevOps Automation Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Newcastle upon Tyne

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

DevOps Automation Engineer job vacancy trend in Newcastle upon Tyne

DevOps Automation Engineer
Daily Rate Trend in Newcastle upon Tyne

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for DevOps Automation Engineer job vacancies in Newcastle upon Tyne.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for DevOps Automation Engineer job vacancies in Newcastle upon Tyne

DevOps Automation Engineer Skill Set
Top 16 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Newcastle upon Tyne

For the 6 months to 2 November 2025, DevOps Automation 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 Newcastle upon Tyne region featuring DevOps Automation Engineer in the job title.

1 2 (100.00%) BDD
1 2 (100.00%) CI/CD
1 2 (100.00%) Containerisation
1 2 (100.00%) Cucumber
1 2 (100.00%) DevOps
1 2 (100.00%) Docker
1 2 (100.00%) Functional Testing
1 2 (100.00%) Java
1 2 (100.00%) JavaScript
1 2 (100.00%) Non-Functional Testing
1 2 (100.00%) REST
1 2 (100.00%) REST Assured
1 2 (100.00%) TDD
1 2 (100.00%) Test Automation
1 2 (100.00%) WireMock
2 1 (50.00%) AWS

DevOps Automation Engineer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Newcastle upon Tyne 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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (50.00%) AWS
Development Applications
1 2 (100.00%) Cucumber
1 2 (100.00%) REST Assured
General
1 2 (100.00%) Public Sector
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (100.00%) REST
1 2 (100.00%) WireMock
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) BDD
1 2 (100.00%) CI/CD
1 2 (100.00%) Containerisation
1 2 (100.00%) DevOps
1 2 (100.00%) Functional Testing
1 2 (100.00%) Non-Functional Testing
1 2 (100.00%) TDD
1 2 (100.00%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 2 (100.00%) Java
1 2 (100.00%) JavaScript
System Software
1 2 (100.00%) Docker