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 23 October 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
23 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 8 11 14
Rank change year-on-year +3 +3 +6
Contract jobs citing DevOps 239 250 278
As % of all contract jobs in the Thames Valley 13.57% 11.54% 10.55%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 15.05% 13.28% 11.71%
Number of daily rates quoted 147 188 222
10th Percentile £400 £413 £425
25th Percentile £413 £500 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £600 £600
Median % change year-on-year -16.67% - +9.09%
75th Percentile £575 £650 £675
90th Percentile £638 £671 £738
South East median daily rate £500 £585 £575
% change year-on-year -14.53% +1.74% +4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 7
10th Percentile - - £73.19
25th Percentile - - £74.69
Median hourly rate £75.00 - £75.67
75th Percentile - - £79.39
90th Percentile - - £84.11
South East median hourly rate £66.75 - £75.67
% change year-on-year - - +11.48%

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 1,588 1,882 2,374
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 90.18% 86.89% 90.06%
Number of daily rates quoted 992 1,076 1,573
10th Percentile £270 £300 £248
25th Percentile £403 £412 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £510 £513
Median % change year-on-year -1.96% -0.49% +2.50%
75th Percentile £588 £625 £625
90th Percentile £650 £675 £700
South East median daily rate £500 £512 £525
% change year-on-year -2.31% -2.51% +2.44%
Number of hourly rates quoted 113 71 94
10th Percentile £14.75 £18.50 £16.40
25th Percentile £15.91 £27.00 £24.09
Median hourly rate £25.15 £57.50 £50.53
Median % change year-on-year -56.26% +13.80% +165.93%
75th Percentile £40.65 £62.85 £66.33
90th Percentile £71.90 £74.87 £75.67
South East median hourly rate £20.71 £58.17 £52.50
% change year-on-year -64.40% +10.80% +47.89%

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 23 October 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
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 23 October 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 0 202 £500 -17.01% 204
Buckinghamshire +8 28 £425 -22.73% 36
Oxfordshire -7 9 £550 +22.22% 26
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 11 (4.60%) OpenStack
2 9 (3.77%) Smallworld
3 7 (2.93%) SharePoint
4 6 (2.51%) Confluence
4 6 (2.51%) GeoServer
5 4 (1.67%) Anypoint
6 3 (1.26%) ArcGIS
6 3 (1.26%) Camunda
6 3 (1.26%) nginx
6 3 (1.26%) Oracle Spatial
7 2 (0.84%) Apache Spark
8 1 (0.42%) Apache Airflow
8 1 (0.42%) CMS
8 1 (0.42%) Drupal
8 1 (0.42%) Gunicorn
8 1 (0.42%) Mule
8 1 (0.42%) Oracle Service Bus
8 1 (0.42%) Oracle SOA Suite
8 1 (0.42%) WordPress
Applications
1 4 (1.67%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (0.42%) Chatbot
2 1 (0.42%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.42%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 3 (1.26%) Oracle EBS
2 1 (0.42%) Maximo
2 1 (0.42%) NetSuite
Cloud Services
1 159 (66.53%) Azure
2 97 (40.59%) Azure DevOps
3 73 (30.54%) AWS
4 31 (12.97%) GitHub
5 26 (10.88%) GCP
6 20 (8.37%) IaaS
7 19 (7.95%) Azure AKS
8 15 (6.28%) SaaS
9 13 (5.44%) PaaS
9 13 (5.44%) Serverless
10 12 (5.02%) GitHub Actions
10 12 (5.02%) Power Platform
11 11 (4.60%) Azure Storage
11 11 (4.60%) OCI
12 10 (4.18%) Azure Data Factory
13 9 (3.77%) Amazon S3
13 9 (3.77%) AWS Lambda
14 8 (3.35%) Microsoft 365
14 8 (3.35%) OpenShift
15 7 (2.93%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 9 (3.77%) DNS
1 9 (3.77%) MPLS
2 6 (2.51%) BGP
2 6 (2.51%) LAN
2 6 (2.51%) Network Security
2 6 (2.51%) WAN
3 5 (2.09%) 5G
3 5 (2.09%) Firewall
4 4 (1.67%) LTE
4 4 (1.67%) VoIP
5 3 (1.26%) 4G
5 3 (1.26%) DOCSIS
5 3 (1.26%) GPON
5 3 (1.26%) Intrusion Detection
5 3 (1.26%) Radio Access Network
5 3 (1.26%) xDSL
6 2 (0.84%) Converged Networks
6 2 (0.84%) HTTP
6 2 (0.84%) SD-WAN
6 2 (0.84%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 13 (5.44%) Azure SQL Database
2 11 (4.60%) NoSQL
3 10 (4.18%) GIS
3 10 (4.18%) Power BI
4 9 (3.77%) SQL Server
5 6 (2.51%) Geospatial Data
5 6 (2.51%) Metadata
5 6 (2.51%) PostgreSQL
5 6 (2.51%) QGIS
6 5 (2.09%) Amazon Athena
6 5 (2.09%) Big Data
6 5 (2.09%) Relational Database
7 4 (1.67%) Amazon RDS
7 4 (1.67%) Data Lake
8 3 (1.26%) MySQL
8 3 (1.26%) Redis
8 3 (1.26%) Spatial Data
9 2 (0.84%) DynamoDB
9 2 (0.84%) Elasticsearch
9 2 (0.84%) MongoDB
Development Applications
1 33 (13.81%) JIRA
2 23 (9.62%) Git
3 14 (5.86%) Jenkins
4 8 (3.35%) GitLab
4 8 (3.35%) Selenium
5 5 (2.09%) Cypress.io
6 4 (1.67%) Bitbucket
6 4 (1.67%) Cucumber
7 3 (1.26%) NUnit
7 3 (1.26%) SpecFlow
7 3 (1.26%) Visual Studio Code
8 1 (0.42%) DbUnit
8 1 (0.42%) jMock
8 1 (0.42%) JUnit
8 1 (0.42%) Maven
8 1 (0.42%) Mocha
8 1 (0.42%) Mockito
8 1 (0.42%) MSTest
8 1 (0.42%) SonarQube
8 1 (0.42%) WebDriver
General
1 87 (36.40%) Social Skills
2 29 (12.13%) Analytical Skills
3 11 (4.60%) Public Sector
3 11 (4.60%) Telecoms
4 10 (4.18%) Finance
5 9 (3.77%) Billing
6 7 (2.93%) Retail
7 5 (2.09%) Documentation Skills
8 4 (1.67%) Influencing Skills
9 3 (1.26%) Law
9 3 (1.26%) Legal
9 3 (1.26%) Organisational Skills
10 1 (0.42%) Aerospace
10 1 (0.42%) Automotive
10 1 (0.42%) Banking
10 1 (0.42%) Digital Healthcare
10 1 (0.42%) Financial Institution
10 1 (0.42%) Health Technology
10 1 (0.42%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 36 (15.06%) Architect
2 34 (14.23%) Developer
3 29 (12.13%) DevOps Engineer
4 28 (11.72%) Analyst
5 21 (8.79%) Cloud Engineer
5 21 (8.79%) Senior
6 20 (8.37%) Azure Engineer
7 18 (7.53%) Lead
8 14 (5.86%) Test Analyst
9 12 (5.02%) AWS Engineer
9 12 (5.02%) Azure DevOps Engineer
10 11 (4.60%) Site Engineer
10 11 (4.60%) Site Reliability Engineer
11 8 (3.35%) Business Analyst
11 8 (3.35%) Release Manager
12 7 (2.93%) AWS DevOps
12 7 (2.93%) Cloud Developer
12 7 (2.93%) Data Scientist
13 6 (2.51%) IP Architect
13 6 (2.51%) IP Specialist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 28 (11.72%) ADO
2 20 (8.37%) REST
3 13 (5.44%) .NET
3 13 (5.44%) RESTful
4 11 (4.60%) SOAP
5 8 (3.35%) JSON
5 8 (3.35%) PyTorch
5 8 (3.35%) scikit-learn
6 7 (2.93%) HTML
6 7 (2.93%) Middleware
6 7 (2.93%) Playwright
6 7 (2.93%) React
6 7 (2.93%) Web Services
7 6 (2.51%) NETCONF
7 6 (2.51%) SailPoint
7 6 (2.51%) XML
7 6 (2.51%) YANG
8 5 (2.09%) CSS
8 5 (2.09%) FastAPI
8 5 (2.09%) LDAP
Miscellaneous
1 20 (8.37%) Cloud Native
2 15 (6.28%) Security Posture
3 11 (4.60%) Algorithms
4 8 (3.35%) Hybrid Cloud
4 8 (3.35%) Legacy Systems
4 8 (3.35%) Product Ownership
5 6 (2.51%) Onboarding
6 5 (2.09%) Management Information System
6 5 (2.09%) Self-Motivation
7 4 (1.67%) Data Centre
7 4 (1.67%) Smart Meter
8 3 (1.26%) Data Protection Act
8 3 (1.26%) PKI
8 3 (1.26%) Replication
8 3 (1.26%) TM Forum
9 2 (0.84%) CMDB
9 2 (0.84%) Cyber Threat
9 2 (0.84%) Operational Technology
9 2 (0.84%) Renewable Energy
9 2 (0.84%) Security Operations Centre
Operating Systems
1 28 (11.72%) Linux
2 9 (3.77%) Windows
3 4 (1.67%) Unix
4 1 (0.42%) VMS
4 1 (0.42%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 113 (47.28%) CI/CD
2 82 (34.31%) Agile
3 54 (22.59%) Problem-Solving
4 32 (13.39%) Containerisation
5 31 (12.97%) Analytics
5 31 (12.97%) Infrastructure as Code
6 30 (12.55%) AI
6 30 (12.55%) Machine Learning
6 30 (12.55%) Test Automation
7 26 (10.88%) Scrum
7 26 (10.88%) Validation
8 25 (10.46%) Migration
9 24 (10.04%) Cybersecurity
10 23 (9.62%) Microservices
11 20 (8.37%) Test Scripting
12 19 (7.95%) Data Science
12 19 (7.95%) End-to-End Testing
12 19 (7.95%) High Availability
12 19 (7.95%) Stakeholder Engagement
13 17 (7.11%) LLM
Programming Languages
1 75 (31.38%) Python
2 48 (20.08%) SQL
3 27 (11.30%) PowerShell
4 23 (9.62%) Java
5 21 (8.79%) Bash
6 20 (8.37%) C#
7 18 (7.53%) JavaScript
8 8 (3.35%) Bicep
9 7 (2.93%) TypeScript
10 6 (2.51%) BeanShell
11 5 (2.09%) R
12 4 (1.67%) C++
12 4 (1.67%) Search Processing Language
12 4 (1.67%) VB
13 3 (1.26%) Apex Code
13 3 (1.26%) C
13 3 (1.26%) DataWeave
13 3 (1.26%) Magik
13 3 (1.26%) SOQL
13 3 (1.26%) X++
Qualifications
1 37 (15.48%) Security Cleared
2 20 (8.37%) SC Cleared
3 18 (7.53%) Degree
4 11 (4.60%) Computer Science Degree
5 10 (4.18%) AWS Certification
6 9 (3.77%) DV Cleared
7 8 (3.35%) CISSP
8 7 (2.93%) Cisco Certification
9 6 (2.51%) CCIE
9 6 (2.51%) JNCIE
9 6 (2.51%) Master's Degree
10 5 (2.09%) CISM
11 3 (1.26%) Azure Certification
11 3 (1.26%) CFCE
11 3 (1.26%) GCFA
11 3 (1.26%) GCIA
11 3 (1.26%) GCIH
12 2 (0.84%) GIAC
12 2 (0.84%) Microsoft Certification
12 2 (0.84%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 22 (9.21%) GDPR
2 20 (8.37%) QA
3 13 (5.44%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 12 (5.02%) NIST
5 7 (2.93%) Data Quality
5 7 (2.93%) HIPAA
6 4 (1.67%) EU AI Act
6 4 (1.67%) SOC 2
7 3 (1.26%) Accessibility
8 2 (0.84%) GRC
8 2 (0.84%) OASIS TOSCA
8 2 (0.84%) PCI DSS
8 2 (0.84%) SLA
8 2 (0.84%) WCAG
9 1 (0.42%) HL7
9 1 (0.42%) ISO/IEC 17025
9 1 (0.42%) PMO
System Software
1 29 (12.13%) Docker
2 14 (5.86%) Active Directory
3 11 (4.60%) vSphere
4 6 (2.51%) VMware NSX
5 5 (2.09%) VMware Infrastructure
6 2 (0.84%) Virtual Machines
7 1 (0.42%) Postfix
Systems Management
1 49 (20.50%) Kubernetes
2 48 (20.08%) Terraform
3 34 (14.23%) Ansible
4 6 (2.51%) Argo
4 6 (2.51%) vCenter Server
5 5 (2.09%) Grafana
6 4 (1.67%) Prometheus
7 3 (1.26%) CloudHub
7 3 (1.26%) Podman
7 3 (1.26%) Proxmox
8 2 (0.84%) Amdocs OSS
8 2 (0.84%) logstash
8 2 (0.84%) Single Sign-On
9 1 (0.42%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
9 1 (0.42%) HP ALM
9 1 (0.42%) Puppet
9 1 (0.42%) QRadar
Vendors
1 24 (10.04%) Microsoft
2 22 (9.21%) Oracle
3 15 (6.28%) Salesforce
4 10 (4.18%) Databricks
4 10 (4.18%) Splunk
5 9 (3.77%) ESRI
5 9 (3.77%) MuleSoft
6 6 (2.51%) Intergraph
6 6 (2.51%) Pure Storage
6 6 (2.51%) Red Hat
6 6 (2.51%) ServiceNow
6 6 (2.51%) Virgin Media
6 6 (2.51%) VMware
7 5 (2.09%) BeyondTrust
7 5 (2.09%) CyberArk
7 5 (2.09%) Google
8 4 (1.67%) Foundry
8 4 (1.67%) Palantir
9 3 (1.26%) Ericsson
9 3 (1.26%) Sage