DevOps Contract Job Trends in Southampton

DevOps
Hampshire > Southampton

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Southampton requiring DevOps skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 1 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 12 14 15
Rank change year-on-year +2 +1 -9
Contract jobs citing DevOps 8 7 10
As % of all contract jobs in Southampton 4.97% 5.38% 6.37%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 5.88% 7.14% 7.94%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 4 10
10th Percentile £430 £552 £459
25th Percentile £438 £555 £481
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £569 £500
Median % change year-on-year -20.88% +13.75% -21.57%
75th Percentile £555 £632 £517
90th Percentile £618 £712 £518
Hampshire median daily rate £550 £575 £525
% change year-on-year -4.35% +9.52% -4.59%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £56.75 - -
Median hourly rate £58.50 - -
75th Percentile £60.25 - -
90th Percentile - - -
Hampshire median hourly rate £47.50 - £56.25
% change year-on-year - - +3.21%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Southampton

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 Southampton.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 136 98 126
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Southampton 84.47% 75.38% 80.25%
Number of daily rates quoted 86 59 100
10th Percentile £170 £223 £269
25th Percentile £236 £356 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £450 £533
Median % change year-on-year - -15.49% +5.45%
75th Percentile £543 £572 £640
90th Percentile £655 £638 £688
Hampshire median daily rate £525 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -4.55% - +2.80%
Number of hourly rates quoted 12 0 2
10th Percentile £22.50 - £31.48
25th Percentile £24.38 - £31.81
Median hourly rate £44.25 - £33.25
Median % change year-on-year - - +81.05%
75th Percentile £73.42 - £34.31
90th Percentile £74.97 - £34.43
Hampshire median hourly rate £20.71 £35.00 £55.70
% change year-on-year -40.83% -37.16% +29.26%

DevOps
Job Vacancy Trend in Southampton

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

DevOps job vacancy trend in Southampton

DevOps
Daily Rate Trend in Southampton

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Southampton citing DevOps.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Southampton citing DevOps

DevOps
Daily Rate Histogram in Southampton

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing DevOps in Southampton over the 6 months to 1 January 2026.

Daily rate histogram for DevOps in Southampton

DevOps
Hourly Rate Trend in Southampton

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Southampton citing DevOps.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Southampton citing DevOps

DevOps
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Southampton 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 (12.50%) IIS
Cloud Services
1 2 (25.00%) Amazon ECS
1 2 (25.00%) Amazon EKS
1 2 (25.00%) AWS
2 1 (12.50%) Amazon ECR
2 1 (12.50%) Azure
2 1 (12.50%) Azure DevOps
2 1 (12.50%) GitHub
2 1 (12.50%) OpenShift
Communications & Networking
1 1 (12.50%) Firewall
1 1 (12.50%) HTTPS
1 1 (12.50%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (12.50%) Relational Database
1 1 (12.50%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 3 (37.50%) JIRA
2 2 (25.00%) Git
2 2 (25.00%) Jenkins
General
1 2 (25.00%) Public Sector
2 1 (12.50%) Aerospace
2 1 (12.50%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 5 (62.50%) DevOps Engineer
2 3 (37.50%) Software Engineer
3 1 (12.50%) AWS DevOps Engineer
3 1 (12.50%) AWS Engineer
3 1 (12.50%) C++ Software Engineer
3 1 (12.50%) Embedded C++ Engineer
3 1 (12.50%) Embedded C++ Software Engineer
3 1 (12.50%) Embedded Engineer
3 1 (12.50%) Embedded Software Engineer
3 1 (12.50%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 1 (12.50%) Linux/Unix DevOps
3 1 (12.50%) Principal Engineer
3 1 (12.50%) Principal Software Engineer
3 1 (12.50%) Product Owner
3 1 (12.50%) Senior
3 1 (12.50%) Senior C++ Software Engineer
3 1 (12.50%) Senior Embedded Engineer
3 1 (12.50%) Senior Embedded Software Engineer
3 1 (12.50%) Senior Software Engineer
3 1 (12.50%) Ubuntu Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (12.50%) AngularJS
1 1 (12.50%) React
1 1 (12.50%) REST
1 1 (12.50%) Vue
Miscellaneous
1 2 (25.00%) CAN bus
2 1 (12.50%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 3 (37.50%) Linux
2 2 (25.00%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
2 2 (25.00%) Windows
3 1 (12.50%) Ubuntu
3 1 (12.50%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (50.00%) Agile
1 4 (50.00%) CI/CD
1 4 (50.00%) Configuration Management
1 4 (50.00%) Containerisation
2 3 (37.50%) Software Engineering
3 2 (25.00%) Continuous Integration
3 2 (25.00%) Infrastructure as Code
3 2 (25.00%) Infrastructure Automation
3 2 (25.00%) Secure Coding
3 2 (25.00%) SysML
3 2 (25.00%) UML
4 1 (12.50%) Acceptance Criteria
4 1 (12.50%) Backlog Management
4 1 (12.50%) Backlog Prioritisation
4 1 (12.50%) Proactive Monitoring
4 1 (12.50%) Product Backlog
4 1 (12.50%) Product Requirements
4 1 (12.50%) Product Roadmap
4 1 (12.50%) Prototyping
4 1 (12.50%) Task Automation
Programming Languages
1 3 (37.50%) C#
2 2 (25.00%) Bash
2 2 (25.00%) C++
2 2 (25.00%) Embedded C++
2 2 (25.00%) Python
3 1 (12.50%) Java
3 1 (12.50%) JavaScript
3 1 (12.50%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 6 (75.00%) Security Cleared
2 5 (62.50%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (12.50%) QA
System Software
1 6 (75.00%) Docker
2 2 (25.00%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 4 (50.00%) Ansible
1 4 (50.00%) Terraform
2 3 (37.50%) Kubernetes
3 2 (25.00%) Puppet
4 1 (12.50%) Podman
4 1 (12.50%) Progress Chef
4 1 (12.50%) Rsyslog
4 1 (12.50%) SCOM
Vendors
1 2 (25.00%) Red Hat