DevOps Contracts in the Thames Valley

DevOps
South East > Thames Valley

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the Thames Valley 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 15 September 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 Sep 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 12 12 21
Rank change year-on-year 0 +9 -9
Contract jobs citing DevOps 244 318 327
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 11.05% 11.35% 8.11%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 12.95% 12.56% 8.97%
Number of daily rates quoted 179 251 249
10th Percentile £458 £413 £425
25th Percentile £513 £500 £480
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £605 £600 £550
Median % change year-on-year +0.83% +9.09% +10.00%
75th Percentile £650 £681 £625
90th Percentile £675 £738 £675
South East median daily rate £588 £600 £550
% change year-on-year -2.08% +9.09% +7.84%
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 8 3
10th Percentile £81.83 £73.48 £33.42
25th Percentile £84.67 £74.84 £49.30
Median hourly rate £87.46 £75.67 £75.75
Median % change year-on-year +15.58% -0.11% +2.36%
75th Percentile - £80.17 £86.63
90th Percentile - £83.86 £93.15
South East median hourly rate £87.46 £75.67 £67.88
% change year-on-year +15.58% +11.48% +9.34%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Thames Valley

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 the Thames Valley.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,884 2,532 3,645
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 85.29% 90.40% 90.38%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,052 1,692 2,553
10th Percentile £300 £275 £300
25th Percentile £413 £409 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £520 £500
Median % change year-on-year -1.44% +4.00% +11.11%
75th Percentile £625 £625 £612
90th Percentile £688 £700 £675
South East median daily rate £513 £518 £509
% change year-on-year -1.14% +1.90% +7.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 86 92 81
10th Percentile £17.25 £16.40 £10.77
25th Percentile £30.81 £24.88 £13.00
Median hourly rate £60.53 £50.00 £19.00
Median % change year-on-year +21.06% +163.16% +1.50%
75th Percentile £70.39 £66.00 £34.89
90th Percentile £86.77 £74.98 £75.75
South East median hourly rate £57.35 £52.50 £32.50
% change year-on-year +9.24% +61.54% +20.37%

DevOps
Job Vacancy Trend in the Thames Valley

Job postings citing DevOps as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the Thames Valley.

Job vacancy trend for DevOps in the Thames Valley

DevOps
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the Thames Valley

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing DevOps in the Thames Valley.

Daily rate trend for DevOps in the Thames Valley

DevOps
Daily Rate Histogram in the Thames Valley

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing DevOps in the Thames Valley over the 6 months to 15 September 2024.

Daily rate histogram for DevOps in the Thames Valley

DevOps
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the Thames Valley

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing DevOps in the Thames Valley.

Hourly rate trend for DevOps in the Thames Valley

DevOps
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 within the Thames Valley region over the 6 months to 15 September 2024. 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 +1 224 £605 +0.83% 52
Buckinghamshire -14 16 £550 - 24
Oxfordshire +7 4 £450 -10.00% 25
DevOps
South East

DevOps
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Thames Valley 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 15 (6.15%) Microsoft Exchange
2 9 (3.69%) Confluence
3 4 (1.64%) Apache Spark
3 4 (1.64%) Oracle Workflow
4 3 (1.23%) Apache
5 1 (0.41%) Appian
5 1 (0.41%) CMS
5 1 (0.41%) Headless CMS
5 1 (0.41%) IIS
5 1 (0.41%) JBoss
5 1 (0.41%) nginx
5 1 (0.41%) OpenStack
5 1 (0.41%) Red Hat Fuse
5 1 (0.41%) SharePoint
5 1 (0.41%) Tomcat
Applications
1 5 (2.05%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (0.82%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 4 (1.64%) Oracle EBS
1 4 (1.64%) Oracle EBS R12
1 4 (1.64%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
2 1 (0.41%) Maximo
2 1 (0.41%) SAP MDG
2 1 (0.41%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 149 (61.07%) Azure
2 71 (29.10%) Azure DevOps
3 51 (20.90%) Azure Monitor
4 50 (20.49%) AWS
5 43 (17.62%) Entra ID
6 40 (16.39%) Serverless
7 35 (14.34%) Azure Data Factory
8 34 (13.93%) Azure Cosmos DB
8 34 (13.93%) Azure Functions
9 25 (10.25%) Microsoft 365
10 22 (9.02%) Power Platform
11 20 (8.20%) Azure Storage
12 16 (6.56%) Azure Key Vault
13 15 (6.15%) Azure API Management
13 15 (6.15%) OpenShift
14 14 (5.74%) PaaS
14 14 (5.74%) PowerApps
15 11 (4.51%) Azure Service Bus
15 11 (4.51%) IaaS
16 10 (4.10%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 24 (9.84%) Firewall
2 17 (6.97%) DNS
3 16 (6.56%) DHCP
4 6 (2.46%) Intrusion Detection
4 6 (2.46%) VPN
5 4 (1.64%) Network Security
6 3 (1.23%) TCP/IP
7 2 (0.82%) 2G
7 2 (0.82%) 3G
7 2 (0.82%) 4G
7 2 (0.82%) Ethernet
7 2 (0.82%) SDH
8 1 (0.41%) BGP
8 1 (0.41%) FCAPS
8 1 (0.41%) FTP
8 1 (0.41%) IPsec
8 1 (0.41%) MPLS
8 1 (0.41%) Radio Access Network
8 1 (0.41%) SMTP
8 1 (0.41%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 34 (13.93%) PostgreSQL
2 23 (9.43%) NoSQL
3 20 (8.20%) Oracle Database
3 20 (8.20%) Oracle Database 11g
4 10 (4.10%) Elasticsearch
5 9 (3.69%) Power BI
6 8 (3.28%) Data Warehouse
7 7 (2.87%) Azure SQL Database
7 7 (2.87%) Big Data
8 6 (2.46%) Relational Database
9 5 (2.05%) Data Lake
9 5 (2.05%) MySQL
10 4 (1.64%) Delta Lake
10 4 (1.64%) Oracle BI Publisher
10 4 (1.64%) Oracle Discoverer
10 4 (1.64%) Oracle Reports
10 4 (1.64%) SQLPlus
10 4 (1.64%) SSDT
11 3 (1.23%) SQL Server
12 2 (0.82%) RDBMS
Development Applications
1 43 (17.62%) Git
2 31 (12.70%) Selenium
3 27 (11.07%) JIRA
4 15 (6.15%) GitLab
4 15 (6.15%) Jenkins
5 11 (4.51%) Visual Studio
6 8 (3.28%) Cucumber
7 6 (2.46%) REST Assured
7 6 (2.46%) SonarQube
8 4 (1.64%) Maven
8 4 (1.64%) Oracle Forms
8 4 (1.64%) Postman
9 3 (1.23%) SoapUI
10 2 (0.82%) Cypress.io
10 2 (0.82%) JUnit
10 2 (0.82%) LoadRunner
10 2 (0.82%) Octopus Deploy
10 2 (0.82%) SpecFlow
11 1 (0.41%) Bitbucket
11 1 (0.41%) Gradle
General
1 49 (20.08%) Social Skills
2 45 (18.44%) Analytical Skills
3 17 (6.97%) Finance
4 12 (4.92%) Public Sector
5 6 (2.46%) Law
5 6 (2.46%) Police
5 6 (2.46%) Telecoms
6 5 (2.05%) Legal
7 3 (1.23%) Banking
7 3 (1.23%) Influencing Skills
7 3 (1.23%) Marketing
7 3 (1.23%) Presentation Skills
7 3 (1.23%) Retail
8 2 (0.82%) Billing
8 2 (0.82%) Corporate Banking
8 2 (0.82%) Manufacturing
9 1 (0.41%) Back Office
9 1 (0.41%) Electronics
9 1 (0.41%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 57 (23.36%) Developer
2 26 (10.66%) DevOps Engineer
3 24 (9.84%) Azure Engineer
3 24 (9.84%) Full-Stack Developer
4 23 (9.43%) Architect
4 23 (9.43%) Azure Developer
5 21 (8.61%) Lead
6 20 (8.20%) Senior
7 15 (6.15%) Active Directory Support
8 13 (5.33%) Analyst
8 13 (5.33%) Full-Stack Python Developer
8 13 (5.33%) Product Owner
8 13 (5.33%) Python Developer
9 12 (4.92%) Site Engineer
9 12 (4.92%) Site Reliability Engineer
9 12 (4.92%) Support Engineer
10 11 (4.51%) Active Directory Engineer
10 11 (4.51%) Active Directory Support Engineer
11 10 (4.10%) Azure DevOps Engineer
11 10 (4.10%) Security Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 25 (10.25%) .NET
1 25 (10.25%) ARM Templates
2 24 (9.84%) React
3 15 (6.15%) REST
3 15 (6.15%) XML
4 13 (5.33%) ADO
5 11 (4.51%) Kafka
6 10 (4.10%) AngularJS
7 8 (3.28%) HTML
7 8 (3.28%) Node.js
7 8 (3.28%) Web Services
8 7 (2.87%) .NET Framework
9 6 (2.46%) CSS
9 6 (2.46%) Java EE
9 6 (2.46%) JSON
9 6 (2.46%) PySpark
9 6 (2.46%) YAML
10 5 (2.05%) Entity Framework
10 5 (2.05%) GraphQL
10 5 (2.05%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 38 (15.57%) Product Ownership
2 15 (6.15%) PKI
2 15 (6.15%) Self-Motivation
3 12 (4.92%) Cloud Native
4 7 (2.87%) Public Cloud
5 6 (2.46%) Robotics
6 5 (2.05%) Data Protection Act
7 4 (1.64%) Greenfield Project
7 4 (1.64%) Onboarding
7 4 (1.64%) Wiki
8 3 (1.23%) Algorithms
8 3 (1.23%) Security Posture
8 3 (1.23%) Virtual Team
9 2 (0.82%) Cyberattack
9 2 (0.82%) IoT
9 2 (0.82%) Legacy Applications
9 2 (0.82%) Management Information System
9 2 (0.82%) Mobile Computing
9 2 (0.82%) Operational Technology
10 1 (0.41%) Cyber Threat
Operating Systems
1 35 (14.34%) Linux
2 21 (8.61%) Windows
3 17 (6.97%) Windows Server
4 15 (6.15%) Windows Server 2016
4 15 (6.15%) Windows Server 2019
5 3 (1.23%) Unix
6 1 (0.41%) Android
6 1 (0.41%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 1 (0.41%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 129 (52.87%) Agile
2 83 (34.02%) CI/CD
3 49 (20.08%) Microservices
3 49 (20.08%) Scrum
4 44 (18.03%) Unit Testing
5 39 (15.98%) Test Automation
6 38 (15.57%) Infrastructure as Code
7 36 (14.75%) Migration
8 32 (13.11%) Analytics
8 32 (13.11%) SDLC
9 31 (12.70%) Problem-Solving
9 31 (12.70%) Software Engineering
10 29 (11.89%) Change Management
10 29 (11.89%) Performance Tuning
11 27 (11.07%) Continuous Improvement
12 26 (10.66%) Clean Code
12 26 (10.66%) Containerisation
13 24 (9.84%) Full-Stack Development
13 24 (9.84%) ITIL
13 24 (9.84%) Secure Coding
Programming Languages
1 61 (25.00%) SQL
2 54 (22.13%) Python
3 39 (15.98%) Java
4 32 (13.11%) C#
5 27 (11.07%) PowerShell
6 24 (9.84%) PL/SQL
7 17 (6.97%) Bicep
8 16 (6.56%) VBScript
9 15 (6.15%) JavaScript
9 15 (6.15%) VB
10 9 (3.69%) PHP
11 8 (3.28%) C
12 7 (2.87%) T-SQL
13 6 (2.46%) Kusto Query Language
14 4 (1.64%) C++
15 3 (1.23%) Bash
15 3 (1.23%) Go
15 3 (1.23%) R
15 3 (1.23%) Ruby
16 2 (0.82%) Groovy
Qualifications
1 79 (32.38%) Security Cleared
2 64 (26.23%) SC Cleared
3 26 (10.66%) DV Cleared
4 22 (9.02%) Degree
5 15 (6.15%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
6 4 (1.64%) Azure Certification
6 4 (1.64%) PMP
7 2 (0.82%) AWS Certification
8 1 (0.41%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
8 1 (0.41%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
8 1 (0.41%) Computer Science Degree
8 1 (0.41%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (3.28%) QA
2 5 (2.05%) GDPR
3 4 (1.64%) Data Quality
3 4 (1.64%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 4 (1.64%) NIST
4 3 (1.23%) GRC
5 2 (0.82%) Accessibility
6 1 (0.41%) MiFID
6 1 (0.41%) PCI DSS
6 1 (0.41%) SLA
System Software
1 42 (17.21%) Active Directory
2 21 (8.61%) Virtual Desktop
3 18 (7.38%) Virtual Machines
4 17 (6.97%) Docker
5 7 (2.87%) VMware Infrastructure
6 3 (1.23%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 59 (24.18%) Kubernetes
2 26 (10.66%) Terraform
3 21 (8.61%) Ansible
4 20 (8.20%) Microsoft Intune
5 16 (6.56%) Active Directory Federation Services
5 16 (6.56%) SCOM
5 16 (6.56%) WSUS
6 15 (6.15%) SCCM
7 13 (5.33%) Prometheus
8 12 (4.92%) Grafana
9 11 (4.51%) Argo
10 9 (3.69%) Istio
10 9 (3.69%) Kibana
11 5 (2.05%) Single Sign-On
12 4 (1.64%) Docker Swarm
12 4 (1.64%) Podman
12 4 (1.64%) Rancher
13 2 (0.82%) Control-M
13 2 (0.82%) Kustomize
14 1 (0.41%) Progress Chef
Vendors
1 59 (24.18%) Microsoft
2 32 (13.11%) Oracle
3 7 (2.87%) ServiceNow
3 7 (2.87%) VMware
4 6 (2.46%) Databricks
5 5 (2.05%) Genesys
6 4 (1.64%) Google
7 3 (1.23%) SAP
8 2 (0.82%) Atmel
8 2 (0.82%) Cadence
8 2 (0.82%) Ciena
8 2 (0.82%) Cisco
8 2 (0.82%) Ericsson
8 2 (0.82%) Nokia
9 1 (0.41%) ArcSight
9 1 (0.41%) Cognizant
9 1 (0.41%) IBM
9 1 (0.41%) TIBCO
9 1 (0.41%) Virgin Media