DevOps Engineer Contract Job Trends in South Croydon

Development Operations Engineer
Croydon > South Croydon

The median Development Operations Engineer daily rate in South Croydon is £529, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 27 February 2026.

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

6 months to
27 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 6 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs requiring a DevOps Engineer 4 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in South Croydon 12.90% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 13.79% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 0
10th Percentile £513 - -
25th Percentile £513 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £529 - -
75th Percentile £546 - -
90th Percentile £548 - -
Croydon median daily rate £541 £565 £510
% change year-on-year -4.27% +10.78% -15.00%

All Contract IT Job Roles
South Croydon

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in South Croydon. 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 South Croydon with a recognized job title 29 0 0
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.55% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 25 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £500 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £521 - -
75th Percentile £549 - -
90th Percentile £558 - -
Croydon median daily rate £508 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -3.29% - -4.55%

DevOps Engineer Skill Set
Top 6 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in South Croydon

For the 6 months to 27 February 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 South Croydon region featuring DevOps Engineer in the job title.

1 4 (100.00%) DevOps
1 4 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 4 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 2 (50.00%) Java
2 2 (50.00%) Spring
3 1 (25.00%) Identity Access Management

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

Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (50.00%) Spring
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (100.00%) DevOps
2 1 (25.00%) Identity Access Management
Programming Languages
1 2 (50.00%) Java
Qualifications
1 4 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 4 (100.00%) Security Cleared