DevOps Developer Contract Job Trends in the Thames Valley

Development Operations Developer
South East > Thames Valley

The median Development Operations Developer daily rate in the Thames Valley is £475, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 2 April 2026.

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

6 months to
2 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 150 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs requiring a DevOps Developer 1 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in the Thames Valley 0.035% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.039% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £463 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 - -
75th Percentile £488 - -
90th Percentile - - -
South East median daily rate £475 - £550
% change year-on-year - - +0.55%

All Contract IT Job Roles
Thames Valley

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in the Thames Valley. 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 the Thames Valley with a recognized job title 2,574 1,417 2,634
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 91.21% 93.72% 93.57%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,683 877 1,530
10th Percentile £300 £267 £213
25th Percentile £406 £406 £365
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £501 £500
Median % change year-on-year -0.10% +0.10% -
75th Percentile £600 £613 £600
90th Percentile £650 £675 £675
South East median daily rate £513 £500 £500
% change year-on-year +2.50% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 201 52 200
10th Percentile £16.35 £14.20 £15.87
25th Percentile £20.79 £20.26 £20.12
Median hourly rate £75.00 £47.15 £45.00
Median % change year-on-year +59.07% +4.78% +5.88%
75th Percentile £86.00 £65.62 £63.07
90th Percentile £95.00 £74.95 £84.48
South East median hourly rate £47.50 £40.59 £46.04
% change year-on-year +17.02% -11.84% +2.31%

DevOps Developer
Job Vacancy Trend in the Thames Valley

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

DevOps Developer job vacancy trend in the Thames Valley

DevOps Developer
Daily Rate Trend in the Thames Valley

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for DevOps Developer job vacancies in the Thames Valley.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for DevOps Developer job vacancies in the Thames Valley

DevOps Developer
Contract Job Locations in the Thames Valley

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing DevOps Developer within the Thames Valley region over the 6 months to 2 April 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
Berkshire - 1 £475 -
DevOps Developer
South East

DevOps Developer Skill Set
Top 18 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the Thames Valley

For the 6 months to 2 April 2026, DevOps Developer 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 Thames Valley region featuring DevOps Developer in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) Active Directory
1 1 (100.00%) Analytics
1 1 (100.00%) Azure
1 1 (100.00%) Customer Service
1 1 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 1 (100.00%) DevOps
1 1 (100.00%) Entra ID
1 1 (100.00%) IIS
1 1 (100.00%) ITIL
1 1 (100.00%) ITSM
1 1 (100.00%) Operations Management
1 1 (100.00%) Performance Monitoring
1 1 (100.00%) Proactive Management
1 1 (100.00%) Server Management
1 1 (100.00%) Service Management
1 1 (100.00%) ServiceNow
1 1 (100.00%) Workflow
1 1 (100.00%) Workflow Management

DevOps Developer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the Thames Valley 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 (100.00%) IIS
Cloud Services
1 1 (100.00%) Azure
1 1 (100.00%) Entra ID
General
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Analytics
1 1 (100.00%) Customer Service
1 1 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 1 (100.00%) DevOps
1 1 (100.00%) ITIL
1 1 (100.00%) ITSM
1 1 (100.00%) Operations Management
1 1 (100.00%) Performance Monitoring
1 1 (100.00%) Proactive Management
1 1 (100.00%) Server Management
1 1 (100.00%) Service Management
1 1 (100.00%) Workflow
1 1 (100.00%) Workflow Management
System Software
1 1 (100.00%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) ServiceNow