DevOps Architect Contract Job Trends in Surrey

Development Operations Architect
South East > Surrey

As of 13 December 2025, there is not enough information available from job vacancies posted within the last 6 months to determine the median Development Operations Architect daily rate in Surrey.

6 months to
13 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 52 - 75
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs requiring a DevOps Architect 1 0 1
As % of all contract jobs in Surrey 0.25% - 0.15%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.27% - 0.15%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 1
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - - £595
South East median daily rate - £625 £610
% change year-on-year - +2.46% -2.40%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Surrey

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Surrey. 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 Surrey with a recognized job title 371 430 653
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.29% 93.89% 95.89%
Number of daily rates quoted 232 287 519
10th Percentile £204 £203 £182
25th Percentile £255 £263 £297
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £475 £500
Median % change year-on-year +5.26% -5.00% -0.74%
75th Percentile £575 £550 £600
90th Percentile £688 £653 £675
South East median daily rate £500 £510 £513
% change year-on-year -1.96% -0.49% +2.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 44 20 35
10th Percentile £25.15 £15.69 £19.20
25th Percentile £48.68 £20.22 £45.42
Median hourly rate £55.00 £24.18 £61.63
Median % change year-on-year +127.46% -60.77% +36.96%
75th Percentile £75.00 £56.75 £76.53
90th Percentile £90.09 £75.00 £78.02
South East median hourly rate £25.00 £52.50 £51.42
% change year-on-year -52.38% +2.10% +38.49%

DevOps Architect
Job Vacancy Trend in Surrey

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

DevOps Architect job vacancy trend in Surrey

DevOps Architect
Daily Rate Trend in Surrey

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for DevOps Architect job vacancies in Surrey.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for DevOps Architect job vacancies in Surrey

DevOps Architect
Contract Job Locations in Surrey

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing DevOps Architect within the Surrey region over the 6 months to 13 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
Horley - 1 - -
DevOps Architect
South East

DevOps Architect Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Surrey

For the 6 months to 13 December 2025, DevOps Architect 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 Surrey region featuring DevOps Architect in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) Active Directory
1 1 (100.00%) Analytics
1 1 (100.00%) Architectural Patterns
1 1 (100.00%) Azure
1 1 (100.00%) Azure AKS
1 1 (100.00%) Azure Blueprints
1 1 (100.00%) Azure Certification
1 1 (100.00%) Azure DevOps
1 1 (100.00%) Azure ExpressRoute
1 1 (100.00%) Azure Key Vault
1 1 (100.00%) Azure Monitor
1 1 (100.00%) Azure Sentinel
1 1 (100.00%) Bicep
1 1 (100.00%) Cost Management
1 1 (100.00%) Cost Optimisation
1 1 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 1 (100.00%) Deployment Automation
1 1 (100.00%) DevOps
1 1 (100.00%) Entra ID
1 1 (100.00%) GitHub
1 1 (100.00%) GitHub Actions
1 1 (100.00%) Government Security Classifications
1 1 (100.00%) Infrastructure as Code
1 1 (100.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 1 (100.00%) JSP 440
1 1 (100.00%) Kubernetes
1 1 (100.00%) Log Analytics
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft Certification
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft Purview

DevOps Architect Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Surrey 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 AKS
1 1 (100.00%) Azure DevOps
1 1 (100.00%) Azure ExpressRoute
1 1 (100.00%) Azure Key Vault
1 1 (100.00%) Azure Monitor
1 1 (100.00%) Azure Sentinel
1 1 (100.00%) Entra ID
1 1 (100.00%) GitHub
1 1 (100.00%) GitHub Actions
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft Purview
Communications & Networking
1 1 (100.00%) VPN
General
1 1 (100.00%) Aerospace
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (100.00%) Azure Blueprints
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Cloud Native
1 1 (100.00%) Hybrid Cloud
1 1 (100.00%) Legacy Systems
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Analytics
1 1 (100.00%) Architectural Patterns
1 1 (100.00%) Cost Management
1 1 (100.00%) Cost Optimisation
1 1 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 1 (100.00%) Deployment Automation
1 1 (100.00%) DevOps
1 1 (100.00%) Infrastructure as Code
1 1 (100.00%) Log Analytics
1 1 (100.00%) Migration
1 1 (100.00%) Network Virtualisation
1 1 (100.00%) Performance Tuning
1 1 (100.00%) SABSA
1 1 (100.00%) Security Architecture
1 1 (100.00%) Software Engineering
1 1 (100.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
1 1 (100.00%) Stakeholder Management
1 1 (100.00%) Technical Leadership
1 1 (100.00%) TOGAF
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) Bicep
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) Azure Certification
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft Certification
1 1 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) Government Security Classifications
1 1 (100.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 1 (100.00%) JSP 440
1 1 (100.00%) NCSC
System Software
1 1 (100.00%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (100.00%) Kubernetes
1 1 (100.00%) Terraform
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft