DevOps Manager Contract Job Trends in South Wales

Development Operations Manager
Wales > South Wales

The median Development Operations Manager daily rate in South Wales is £325, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 29 May 2026.

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

6 months to
29 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 46 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs requiring a DevOps Manager 1 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in South Wales 0.24% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.26% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £325 - -
Wales median daily rate £325 - -

All Contract IT Job Roles
South Wales

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in South Wales. 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 Wales with a recognized job title 389 228 285
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 91.75% 96.61% 89.34%
Number of daily rates quoted 224 165 201
10th Percentile £289 £163 £143
25th Percentile £363 £257 £313
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £388 £450
Median % change year-on-year +9.68% -13.89% -7.69%
75th Percentile £550 £475 £550
90th Percentile £675 £620 £625
Wales median daily rate £425 £381 £450
% change year-on-year +11.48% -15.28% -5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 55 18 26
10th Percentile £12.21 £12.82 £12.00
25th Percentile £15.00 £16.00 £15.48
Median hourly rate £21.25 £25.00 £20.35
Median % change year-on-year -15.00% +22.84% +12.20%
75th Percentile £33.50 £44.06 £53.44
90th Percentile £54.50 £47.63 £86.90
Wales median hourly rate £21.25 £22.50 £19.09
% change year-on-year -5.56% +17.89% +5.21%

DevOps Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in South Wales

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

DevOps Manager job vacancy trend in South Wales

DevOps Manager
Contract Job Locations in South Wales

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing DevOps Manager within the South Wales region over the 6 months to 29 May 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
Cardiff - 1 £325 - 1
DevOps Manager
Wales

DevOps Manager Skill Set
Top 17 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in South Wales

For the 6 months to 29 May 2026, DevOps Manager 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 Wales region featuring DevOps Manager in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) Azure
1 1 (100.00%) Azure DevOps
1 1 (100.00%) CI/CD
1 1 (100.00%) Coaching
1 1 (100.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 1 (100.00%) DevOps
1 1 (100.00%) Incident Response
1 1 (100.00%) Infrastructure as Code
1 1 (100.00%) Line Management
1 1 (100.00%) Mentoring
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (100.00%) Platform Engineering
1 1 (100.00%) Power Platform
1 1 (100.00%) PowerApps
1 1 (100.00%) Technical Leadership
1 1 (100.00%) Terraform
1 1 (100.00%) Test Automation

DevOps Manager Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in South Wales 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 (100.00%) Azure
1 1 (100.00%) Azure DevOps
1 1 (100.00%) Power Platform
1 1 (100.00%) PowerApps
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) NHS
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) CI/CD
1 1 (100.00%) Coaching
1 1 (100.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 1 (100.00%) DevOps
1 1 (100.00%) Incident Response
1 1 (100.00%) Infrastructure as Code
1 1 (100.00%) Line Management
1 1 (100.00%) Mentoring
1 1 (100.00%) Platform Engineering
1 1 (100.00%) Technical Leadership
1 1 (100.00%) Test Automation
Systems Management
1 1 (100.00%) Terraform
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft