DevOps Contracts in South Wales

DevOps
Wales > South Wales

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in South Wales requiring DevOps skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited DevOps over the 6 months leading up to 1 August 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 Aug 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 7 21 8
Rank change year-on-year +14 -13 +1
Contract jobs citing DevOps 36 21 60
As % of all contract jobs advertised in South Wales 13.90% 5.90% 14.02%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 15.58% 7.50% 15.96%
Number of daily rates quoted 26 15 35
10th Percentile £246 £162 £438
25th Percentile £256 £293 £481
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £321 £488 £550
Median % change year-on-year -34.24% -11.36% -4.35%
75th Percentile £473 £569 £600
90th Percentile £516 £672 £638
Wales median daily rate £321 £488 £550
% change year-on-year -34.24% -11.36% -4.35%

All Process and Methodology Skills
South Wales

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 Wales.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 231 280 376
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in South Wales 89.19% 78.65% 87.85%
Number of daily rates quoted 161 170 286
10th Percentile £190 £143 £188
25th Percentile £285 £209 £353
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £400 £425 £500
Median % change year-on-year -5.88% -15.00% -2.91%
75th Percentile £488 £544 £600
90th Percentile £649 £602 £650
Wales median daily rate £400 £431 £475
% change year-on-year -7.25% -9.21% -5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 24 40 22
10th Percentile £13.08 £15.48 -
25th Percentile £13.94 £19.81 £16.98
Median hourly rate £15.50 £25.27 £19.49
Median % change year-on-year -38.66% +29.66% -2.11%
75th Percentile £20.75 £48.19 £26.38
90th Percentile £22.21 £53.88 £49.88
Wales median hourly rate £20.50 £23.66 £19.49
% change year-on-year -13.36% +21.40% +2.82%

DevOps
Job Vacancy Trend in South Wales

Job postings citing DevOps as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in South Wales.

Job vacancy trend for DevOps in South Wales

DevOps
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in South Wales

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing DevOps in South Wales.

Daily rate trend for DevOps in South Wales

DevOps
Daily Rate Histogram in South Wales

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing DevOps in South Wales over the 6 months to 1 August 2025.

Daily rate histogram for DevOps in South Wales

DevOps
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in South Wales

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing DevOps in South Wales.

Hourly rate trend for DevOps in South Wales

DevOps
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 within the South Wales region over the 6 months to 1 August 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
Cardiff +10 28 £375 -23.08% 41
Glamorgan - 5 £263 - 38
Newport - 2 £465 - 13
Gwent - 1 £465 - 8
DevOps
Wales

DevOps
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in South Wales by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 12 (33.33%) WebLogic
2 11 (30.56%) Oracle Service Bus
2 11 (30.56%) Oracle SOA Suite
3 1 (2.78%) Apache
3 1 (2.78%) Confluence
3 1 (2.78%) JBoss
3 1 (2.78%) nginx
3 1 (2.78%) SharePoint
3 1 (2.78%) Tomcat
3 1 (2.78%) WebLogic Portal
3 1 (2.78%) WebSphere
3 1 (2.78%) WebSphere Application Server
Applications
1 1 (2.78%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 11 (30.56%) Oracle BPM
2 3 (8.33%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 16 (44.44%) Azure
2 10 (27.78%) Azure DevOps
3 6 (16.67%) AWS
4 4 (11.11%) GitHub
4 4 (11.11%) OCI
5 3 (8.33%) GCP
5 3 (8.33%) Power Platform
6 2 (5.56%) Azure Service Bus
6 2 (5.56%) Dynamics 365
6 2 (5.56%) PowerApps
7 1 (2.78%) Asana
7 1 (2.78%) Azure Functions
7 1 (2.78%) OpenShift
7 1 (2.78%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 1 (2.78%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (16.67%) Oracle Database
2 3 (8.33%) Metadata
3 2 (5.56%) SQL Server
4 1 (2.78%) Metadata Repository
4 1 (2.78%) Power BI
4 1 (2.78%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 8 (22.22%) Jenkins
2 7 (19.44%) Git
3 5 (13.89%) Sonatype Nexus
4 3 (8.33%) Cypress.io
4 3 (8.33%) Subversion
5 1 (2.78%) JIRA
5 1 (2.78%) Postman
5 1 (2.78%) SoapUI
5 1 (2.78%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
5 1 (2.78%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 11 (30.56%) Social Skills
2 9 (25.00%) Analytical Skills
3 7 (19.44%) Public Sector
4 3 (8.33%) Finance
4 3 (8.33%) Pharmaceutical
5 1 (2.78%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 1 (2.78%) Welsh Language
Job Titles
1 9 (25.00%) Lead
2 7 (19.44%) Consultant
2 7 (19.44%) Oracle Consultant
3 5 (13.89%) Designer
3 5 (13.89%) DevOps Engineer
3 5 (13.89%) Oracle SOA Consultant
3 5 (13.89%) SOA Consultant
3 5 (13.89%) Support Engineer
4 4 (11.11%) Developer
4 4 (11.11%) Interaction Designer
4 4 (11.11%) Lead Designer
5 3 (8.33%) Analyst
5 3 (8.33%) Architect
5 3 (8.33%) BPM Consultant
5 3 (8.33%) Senior
6 2 (5.56%) Cloud Architect
6 2 (5.56%) Lead Consultant
6 2 (5.56%) Middleware Consultant
6 2 (5.56%) Oracle Middleware Consultant
6 2 (5.56%) Senior Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (25.00%) JSON
1 9 (25.00%) OAuth
1 9 (25.00%) REST
1 9 (25.00%) SOAP
1 9 (25.00%) XML
2 8 (22.22%) OAuth2
2 8 (22.22%) OpenAPI
2 8 (22.22%) Swagger
2 8 (22.22%) XSD
3 7 (19.44%) .NET
4 6 (16.67%) Middleware
4 6 (16.67%) Oracle Fusion
5 3 (8.33%) .NET Core
5 3 (8.33%) .NET Framework
5 3 (8.33%) Entity Framework
5 3 (8.33%) Jest
5 3 (8.33%) Next.js
5 3 (8.33%) React
6 2 (5.56%) ASP.NET Web API
6 2 (5.56%) Microsoft Graph
Miscellaneous
1 8 (22.22%) Virtual Team
2 4 (11.11%) NHS
3 3 (8.33%) Public Cloud
4 2 (5.56%) Client/Server
4 2 (5.56%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
4 2 (5.56%) Onboarding
5 1 (2.78%) Clustering
5 1 (2.78%) Data Structures
5 1 (2.78%) Legacy Systems
5 1 (2.78%) Mobile App
5 1 (2.78%) Product Ownership
5 1 (2.78%) Reference Data
5 1 (2.78%) Replication
5 1 (2.78%) Taxonomies
Operating Systems
1 1 (2.78%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 18 (50.00%) Agile
2 15 (41.67%) CI/CD
3 11 (30.56%) SDLC
3 11 (30.56%) SOA
4 10 (27.78%) Problem-Solving
5 9 (25.00%) API Management
6 8 (22.22%) API Design
6 8 (22.22%) BPEL
6 8 (22.22%) Thought Leadership
6 8 (22.22%) Validation
7 7 (19.44%) Mentoring
8 5 (13.89%) Business Case
8 5 (13.89%) Task Automation
9 4 (11.11%) Coaching
9 4 (11.11%) Interaction Design
9 4 (11.11%) Performance Tuning
9 4 (11.11%) Roadmaps
9 4 (11.11%) User Experience
10 3 (8.33%) Case Management
10 3 (8.33%) Performance Optimisation
Programming Languages
1 14 (38.89%) SQL
2 8 (22.22%) PL/SQL
2 8 (22.22%) Python
3 5 (13.89%) Bash
3 5 (13.89%) JavaScript
3 5 (13.89%) PowerShell
4 4 (11.11%) C#
5 3 (8.33%) TypeScript
5 3 (8.33%) WebLogic Scripting Tool
6 1 (2.78%) Java
6 1 (2.78%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 6 (16.67%) Degree
2 5 (13.89%) Master's Degree
3 3 (8.33%) Azure Certification
3 3 (8.33%) Microsoft Certification
4 2 (5.56%) AWS Certification
5 1 (2.78%) BPSS Clearance
5 1 (2.78%) Computer Science Degree
5 1 (2.78%) SC Cleared
5 1 (2.78%) Security Cleared
5 1 (2.78%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (8.33%) Accessibility
1 3 (8.33%) QA
1 3 (8.33%) WCAG
2 1 (2.78%) Data Quality
2 1 (2.78%) GDPR
2 1 (2.78%) HL7
2 1 (2.78%) PMO
2 1 (2.78%) SLA
System Software
1 5 (13.89%) Firmware
2 3 (8.33%) Docker
3 1 (2.78%) LXC
Systems Management
1 5 (13.89%) Terraform
2 4 (11.11%) Ansible
3 1 (2.78%) Kubernetes
3 1 (2.78%) Oracle Identity Management
Vendors
1 12 (33.33%) Oracle
2 8 (22.22%) Microsoft
3 3 (8.33%) ServiceNow
4 2 (5.56%) Databricks
4 2 (5.56%) Google
5 1 (2.78%) Cloudera
5 1 (2.78%) IBM
5 1 (2.78%) Red Hat
5 1 (2.78%) RedGate