DevOps Contract Job Trends in South Lanarkshire

DevOps
Scotland > South Lanarkshire

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in South Lanarkshire requiring DevOps skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 11 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
11 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 7 3 29
Rank change year-on-year -4 +26 -
Contract jobs citing DevOps 2 3 6
As % of all contract jobs in South Lanarkshire 14.29% 42.86% 3.70%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 14.29% 50.00% 4.23%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 1 2
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £500 £700
Median % change year-on-year +10.00% -28.57% -
Scotland median daily rate £475 £450 £525
% change year-on-year +5.56% -14.29% +5.00%

All Process & Methodology Skills
South Lanarkshire

DevOps falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in South Lanarkshire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 14 6 142
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in South Lanarkshire 100.00% 85.71% 87.65%
Number of daily rates quoted 6 3 88
10th Percentile £538 £445 £259
25th Percentile £550 £466 £401
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £580 £500 £600
Median % change year-on-year +16.00% -16.67% +50.00%
75th Percentile £610 £585 £700
90th Percentile £632 £636 -
Scotland median daily rate £465 £450 £500
% change year-on-year +3.33% -10.00% +5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 1
Median hourly rate £18.87 - £16.71
Scotland median hourly rate £20.00 £23.59 £19.50
% change year-on-year -15.22% +20.97% +4.00%

DevOps
Job Vacancy Trend in South Lanarkshire

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing DevOps relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in South Lanarkshire.

DevOps job vacancy trend in South Lanarkshire

DevOps
Daily Rate Trend in South Lanarkshire

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in South Lanarkshire citing DevOps.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in South Lanarkshire citing DevOps

DevOps
Contract Job Locations in South Lanarkshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing DevOps within the South Lanarkshire region over the 6 months to 11 January 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
East Kilbride -4 2 £550 +10.00% 1
DevOps
Scotland

DevOps
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in South Lanarkshire 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 2 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (50.00%) Military
2 1 (50.00%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 2 (100.00%) OAT Tester
1 2 (100.00%) Tester
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Disaster Recovery
1 2 (100.00%) ITIL
1 2 (100.00%) Operational Acceptance Testing
1 2 (100.00%) Problem Management
1 2 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
Programming Languages
1 2 (100.00%) Bash
1 2 (100.00%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 2 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 2 (100.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (100.00%) QA