DevOps Contract Job Trends in the Thames Valley

DevOps
South East > Thames Valley

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the Thames Valley requiring DevOps skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 20 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
20 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 14 10 13
Rank change year-on-year -4 +3 +3
Contract jobs citing DevOps 234 232 246
As % of all contract jobs in the Thames Valley 11.15% 11.73% 9.98%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 12.77% 13.14% 10.90%
Number of daily rates quoted 155 174 203
10th Percentile £400 £409 £425
25th Percentile £414 £513 £478
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £603 £600
Median % change year-on-year -17.01% +0.42% +9.09%
75th Percentile £575 £656 £663
90th Percentile £625 £688 £724
South East median daily rate £516 £600 £575
% change year-on-year -14.00% +4.35% +2.22%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 0 4
10th Percentile £77.10 - £71.31
25th Percentile £80.25 - £73.28
Median hourly rate £86.00 - £77.21
75th Percentile £97.63 - £83.74
90th Percentile £102.35 - £84.86
South East median hourly rate £53.00 - £76.10
% change year-on-year - - +37.12%

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 1,833 1,766 2,257
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 87.37% 89.33% 91.60%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,202 1,040 1,463
10th Percentile £263 £265 £213
25th Percentile £400 £409 £391
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £500
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% -
75th Percentile £588 £638 £613
90th Percentile £650 £676 £688
South East median daily rate £500 £513 £520
% change year-on-year -2.44% -1.44% +1.46%
Number of hourly rates quoted 132 51 101
10th Percentile £15.29 £19.30 £19.25
25th Percentile £17.88 £30.50 £25.25
Median hourly rate £25.15 £56.75 £50.00
Median % change year-on-year -55.68% +13.49% +138.10%
75th Percentile £58.00 £63.00 £64.50
90th Percentile £89.63 £67.00 £72.33
South East median hourly rate £22.27 £47.51 £54.39
% change year-on-year -53.14% -12.64% +45.03%

DevOps
Job Vacancy Trend in the Thames Valley

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

DevOps job vacancy trend in the Thames Valley

DevOps
Daily Rate Trend in the Thames Valley

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the Thames Valley citing DevOps.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the Thames Valley citing DevOps

DevOps
Daily Rate Histogram in the Thames Valley

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing DevOps in the Thames Valley over the 6 months to 20 December 2025.

Daily rate histogram for DevOps in the Thames Valley

DevOps
Hourly Rate Trend in the Thames Valley

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the Thames Valley citing DevOps.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the Thames Valley citing DevOps

DevOps
Hourly Rate Histogram in the Thames Valley

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing DevOps in the Thames Valley over the 6 months to 20 December 2025.

Hourly rate histogram 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 20 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
Berkshire 0 196 £492 -18.34% 30
Buckinghamshire +13 27 £550 -15.38% 21
Oxfordshire -6 11 £550 +111.54% 13
DevOps
South East

DevOps
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 14 (5.98%) SharePoint
2 6 (2.56%) GeoServer
2 6 (2.56%) OpenStack
2 6 (2.56%) Smallworld
3 5 (2.14%) Confluence
4 3 (1.28%) Anypoint
5 2 (0.85%) Apache Spark
5 2 (0.85%) CMS
5 2 (0.85%) Microsoft Exchange
5 2 (0.85%) nginx
6 1 (0.43%) Adobe Experience Manager
6 1 (0.43%) Apache
6 1 (0.43%) Apache Airflow
6 1 (0.43%) Camunda
6 1 (0.43%) Drupal
6 1 (0.43%) Gunicorn
6 1 (0.43%) WordPress
Applications
1 6 (2.56%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (1.28%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (0.43%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 4 (1.71%) Oracle EBS
2 1 (0.43%) Maximo
2 1 (0.43%) NetSuite
Cloud Services
1 173 (73.93%) Azure
2 101 (43.16%) Azure DevOps
3 83 (35.47%) AWS
4 45 (19.23%) GCP
5 31 (13.25%) GitHub
6 25 (10.68%) SaaS
7 19 (8.12%) Power Platform
8 17 (7.26%) IaaS
9 16 (6.84%) GitHub Actions
10 15 (6.41%) Azure AKS
11 14 (5.98%) Serverless
12 13 (5.56%) Microsoft 365
13 12 (5.13%) Entra ID
13 12 (5.13%) OpenShift
14 11 (4.70%) OCI
14 11 (4.70%) PaaS
15 10 (4.27%) Amazon S3
15 10 (4.27%) Azure Monitor
16 7 (2.99%) AWS Lambda
16 7 (2.99%) Azure Storage
Communications & Networking
1 9 (3.85%) DNS
2 7 (2.99%) Network Security
3 6 (2.56%) BGP
3 6 (2.56%) LAN
3 6 (2.56%) MPLS
3 6 (2.56%) WAN
4 3 (1.28%) 5G
4 3 (1.28%) Firewall
4 3 (1.28%) SD-WAN
5 2 (0.85%) 2G
5 2 (0.85%) LTE
5 2 (0.85%) Mobile Backhaul
5 2 (0.85%) SSL
5 2 (0.85%) VoIP
5 2 (0.85%) VPN
6 1 (0.43%) 3GPP
6 1 (0.43%) IPsec
6 1 (0.43%) MQTT
Database & Business Intelligence
1 16 (6.84%) Power BI
2 7 (2.99%) NoSQL
2 7 (2.99%) Oracle Reports
2 7 (2.99%) PostgreSQL
3 6 (2.56%) Azure SQL Database
3 6 (2.56%) Geospatial Data
3 6 (2.56%) GIS
3 6 (2.56%) QGIS
4 5 (2.14%) Amazon Athena
4 5 (2.14%) Amazon RDS
4 5 (2.14%) Big Data
4 5 (2.14%) Metadata
4 5 (2.14%) MySQL
4 5 (2.14%) Oracle BI Publisher
5 4 (1.71%) SQL Server
6 3 (1.28%) Delta Lake
6 3 (1.28%) Oracle Database
7 2 (0.85%) Elasticsearch
7 2 (0.85%) Relational Database
7 2 (0.85%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 35 (14.96%) JIRA
2 25 (10.68%) Git
3 24 (10.26%) Jenkins
4 7 (2.99%) Selenium
5 6 (2.56%) GitLab
6 4 (1.71%) Bitbucket
7 3 (1.28%) Cucumber
7 3 (1.28%) Cypress.io
7 3 (1.28%) JUnit
7 3 (1.28%) NUnit
7 3 (1.28%) Storybook
8 1 (0.43%) Artifactory
8 1 (0.43%) JMeter
8 1 (0.43%) Mocha
8 1 (0.43%) MSTest
8 1 (0.43%) SpecFlow
8 1 (0.43%) TeamCity
8 1 (0.43%) WebDriver
General
1 93 (39.74%) Social Skills
2 33 (14.10%) Analytical Skills
3 21 (8.97%) Documentation Skills
4 14 (5.98%) Public Sector
5 11 (4.70%) Finance
6 10 (4.27%) Billing
7 8 (3.42%) Retail
7 8 (3.42%) Telecoms
8 6 (2.56%) Influencing Skills
8 6 (2.56%) Organisational Skills
9 5 (2.14%) Marketing
10 4 (1.71%) Manufacturing
11 3 (1.28%) Electronics
11 3 (1.28%) Law
12 2 (0.85%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 2 (0.85%) Legal
13 1 (0.43%) Aerospace
13 1 (0.43%) Banking
13 1 (0.43%) Digital Healthcare
13 1 (0.43%) Health Technology
Job Titles
1 38 (16.24%) Architect
2 29 (12.39%) Analyst
3 26 (11.11%) DevOps Engineer
4 25 (10.68%) Senior
5 19 (8.12%) Azure Engineer
6 17 (7.26%) Developer
7 14 (5.98%) Test Analyst
8 13 (5.56%) Lead
9 11 (4.70%) Azure DevOps Engineer
9 11 (4.70%) Cloud Engineer
9 11 (4.70%) Solutions Architect
10 9 (3.85%) Project Manager
11 8 (3.42%) Delivery Manager
12 7 (2.99%) AWS Engineer
12 7 (2.99%) Business Analyst
12 7 (2.99%) Data Scientist
12 7 (2.99%) Release Manager
13 6 (2.56%) Senior DevOps Engineer
13 6 (2.56%) Site Engineer
13 6 (2.56%) Tester
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 27 (11.54%) ADO
2 21 (8.97%) REST
3 18 (7.69%) LDAP
4 14 (5.98%) .NET
5 12 (5.13%) RESTful
6 8 (3.42%) PyTorch
6 8 (3.42%) scikit-learn
7 7 (2.99%) SOAP
8 6 (2.56%) GraphQL
8 6 (2.56%) HTML
8 6 (2.56%) NETCONF
8 6 (2.56%) React
8 6 (2.56%) SailPoint
8 6 (2.56%) YANG
9 5 (2.14%) .NET Core
9 5 (2.14%) ARM Templates
9 5 (2.14%) CSS
9 5 (2.14%) OAuth
9 5 (2.14%) OAuth2
10 4 (1.71%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 25 (10.68%) Cloud Native
2 10 (4.27%) Security Posture
3 9 (3.85%) Hybrid Cloud
3 9 (3.85%) Onboarding
4 8 (3.42%) Legacy Systems
5 6 (2.56%) Algorithms
5 6 (2.56%) Product Ownership
5 6 (2.56%) Self-Motivation
6 5 (2.14%) PKI
7 4 (1.71%) Data Protection Act
7 4 (1.71%) Linux Command Line
7 4 (1.71%) Smart Meter
8 3 (1.28%) Data Centre
8 3 (1.28%) Enterprise Software
8 3 (1.28%) Operational Technology
8 3 (1.28%) Replication
9 2 (0.85%) Cyber Threat
9 2 (0.85%) IoT
9 2 (0.85%) Mainframe
9 2 (0.85%) Security Operations Centre
Operating Systems
1 32 (13.68%) Linux
2 11 (4.70%) Windows
3 4 (1.71%) Unix
4 3 (1.28%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 1 (0.43%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 111 (47.44%) CI/CD
2 81 (34.62%) Agile
3 62 (26.50%) Problem-Solving
4 37 (15.81%) Cybersecurity
5 31 (13.25%) Containerisation
6 28 (11.97%) Scrum
7 27 (11.54%) AI
7 27 (11.54%) Analytics
7 27 (11.54%) DevSecOps
8 26 (11.11%) SIEM
9 24 (10.26%) Infrastructure as Code
9 24 (10.26%) Microservices
10 23 (9.83%) Test Automation
11 22 (9.40%) Stakeholder Management
12 21 (8.97%) Machine Learning
12 21 (8.97%) Validation
13 19 (8.12%) Migration
14 18 (7.69%) Continuous Improvement
14 18 (7.69%) Stakeholder Engagement
15 17 (7.26%) High Availability
Programming Languages
1 83 (35.47%) Python
2 45 (19.23%) PowerShell
3 40 (17.09%) SQL
4 25 (10.68%) Java
5 22 (9.40%) Bash
6 19 (8.12%) JavaScript
7 18 (7.69%) C#
8 6 (2.56%) BeanShell
8 6 (2.56%) Bicep
8 6 (2.56%) R
8 6 (2.56%) TypeScript
9 5 (2.14%) PHP
9 5 (2.14%) Shell Script
10 4 (1.71%) C++
10 4 (1.71%) Search Processing Language
11 3 (1.28%) C
11 3 (1.28%) DataWeave
12 2 (0.85%) Groovy
12 2 (0.85%) T-SQL
13 1 (0.43%) Scala
Qualifications
1 48 (20.51%) Security Cleared
2 34 (14.53%) SC Cleared
3 20 (8.55%) CISSP
4 17 (7.26%) CISM
4 17 (7.26%) Degree
5 12 (5.13%) Computer Science Degree
6 7 (2.99%) AWS Certification
6 7 (2.99%) Cisco Certification
7 6 (2.56%) CCIE
7 6 (2.56%) DV Cleared
7 6 (2.56%) JNCIE
8 5 (2.14%) RHCE
9 4 (1.71%) Azure Certification
9 4 (1.71%) Master's Degree
10 3 (1.28%) CFCE
10 3 (1.28%) GCIA
10 3 (1.28%) ISTQB
10 3 (1.28%) OCP
10 3 (1.28%) Oracle Certification
10 3 (1.28%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 37 (15.81%) GDPR
2 26 (11.11%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 26 (11.11%) NIST
3 18 (7.69%) QA
4 10 (4.27%) Data Quality
5 6 (2.56%) HIPAA
6 5 (2.14%) PMO
7 4 (1.71%) EU AI Act
7 4 (1.71%) SOC 2
8 2 (0.85%) GRC
9 1 (0.43%) ISO/IEC 17025
9 1 (0.43%) NCSC
9 1 (0.43%) NIST 800
9 1 (0.43%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 32 (13.68%) Active Directory
2 29 (12.39%) Docker
3 6 (2.56%) VMware NSX
3 6 (2.56%) vSphere
4 5 (2.14%) Virtual Machines
4 5 (2.14%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 52 (22.22%) Terraform
2 43 (18.38%) Kubernetes
3 33 (14.10%) Ansible
4 6 (2.56%) Argo
4 6 (2.56%) vCenter Server
5 4 (1.71%) Grafana
6 3 (1.28%) CloudHub
6 3 (1.28%) Data Guard
6 3 (1.28%) HP ALM
6 3 (1.28%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
6 3 (1.28%) Oracle RMAN
6 3 (1.28%) Podman
6 3 (1.28%) Prometheus
6 3 (1.28%) Proxmox
7 2 (0.85%) logstash
7 2 (0.85%) Single Sign-On
7 2 (0.85%) systemd
8 1 (0.43%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
8 1 (0.43%) Puppet
Vendors
1 26 (11.11%) Oracle
2 18 (7.69%) BeyondTrust
2 18 (7.69%) CyberArk
3 15 (6.41%) Microsoft
4 14 (5.98%) Red Hat
5 13 (5.56%) Salesforce
6 12 (5.13%) Databricks
7 10 (4.27%) Splunk
8 8 (3.42%) MuleSoft
9 7 (2.99%) ServiceNow
9 7 (2.99%) VMware
10 6 (2.56%) ESRI
10 6 (2.56%) Intergraph
10 6 (2.56%) Pure Storage
11 4 (1.71%) Foundry
11 4 (1.71%) Google
11 4 (1.71%) Palantir
12 3 (1.28%) Sage
12 3 (1.28%) Virgin Media
12 3 (1.28%) Zscaler