Junior DevOps Contract Job Trends in the South East

Junior Development Operations
England > South East

The median Junior Development Operations daily rate in the South East is £387, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 16 December 2025.

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

6 months to
16 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 189 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs requiring a Junior DevOps 1 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in the South East 0.023% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.025% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £375 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £387 - -
75th Percentile £398 - -
90th Percentile - - -
England median daily rate £387 £425 £300
% change year-on-year -9.06% +41.67% -33.33%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
South East

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in the South East. 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 the South East with a recognized job title 3,928 3,498 4,741
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 90.22% 92.98% 93.99%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,549 2,180 3,091
10th Percentile £221 £237 £206
25th Percentile £400 £400 £381
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £513 £510
Median % change year-on-year -2.44% +0.49% +2.00%
75th Percentile £600 £625 £610
90th Percentile £675 £686 £680
England median daily rate £510 £525 £533
% change year-on-year -2.86% -1.50% -3.09%
Number of hourly rates quoted 371 139 236
10th Percentile £13.75 £18.33 £16.25
25th Percentile £16.50 £24.18 £24.46
Median hourly rate £25.08 £45.00 £53.50
Median % change year-on-year -44.28% -15.89% +52.86%
75th Percentile £57.50 £63.59 £66.25
90th Percentile £81.00 £75.00 £76.53
England median hourly rate £26.30 £36.00 £45.00
% change year-on-year -26.94% -20.00% +38.46%

Junior DevOps
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

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

Junior DevOps job vacancy trend in the South East

Junior DevOps
Daily Rate Trend in the South East

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Junior DevOps job vacancies in the South East.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Junior DevOps job vacancies in the South East

Junior DevOps
Contract Job Locations in the South East

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Junior DevOps within the South East region over the 6 months to 16 December 2025. 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
Berkshire - 1 £387 -
Thames Valley - 1 £387 -
Junior DevOps
England

Junior DevOps Skill Set
Top 17 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the South East

For the 6 months to 16 December 2025, Junior DevOps 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 East region featuring Junior DevOps in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) Acceptance Criteria
1 1 (100.00%) ADO
1 1 (100.00%) Agile
1 1 (100.00%) Azure
1 1 (100.00%) Azure DevOps
1 1 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 1 (100.00%) DevOps
1 1 (100.00%) PMI Certification
1 1 (100.00%) PMO
1 1 (100.00%) PMP
1 1 (100.00%) PRINCE2
1 1 (100.00%) Project Delivery
1 1 (100.00%) Scrum
1 1 (100.00%) SharePoint
1 1 (100.00%) Sprint Backlog
1 1 (100.00%) Technology Transformation
1 1 (100.00%) Waterfall

Junior DevOps Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the South East 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 1 (100.00%) SharePoint
Cloud Services
1 1 (100.00%) Azure
1 1 (100.00%) Azure DevOps
General
1 1 (100.00%) Documentation Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (100.00%) ADO
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Acceptance Criteria
1 1 (100.00%) Agile
1 1 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 1 (100.00%) DevOps
1 1 (100.00%) PRINCE2
1 1 (100.00%) Project Delivery
1 1 (100.00%) Scrum
1 1 (100.00%) Sprint Backlog
1 1 (100.00%) Technology Transformation
1 1 (100.00%) Waterfall
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) PMI Certification
1 1 (100.00%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) PMO