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 26 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
26 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 10 11 14
Rank change year-on-year +1 +3 +5
Contract jobs citing DevOps 237 256 255
As % of all contract jobs in the Thames Valley 12.08% 11.95% 9.98%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 13.57% 13.71% 10.93%
Number of daily rates quoted 150 190 202
10th Percentile £400 £409 £425
25th Percentile £413 £507 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £600 £600
Median % change year-on-year -16.67% - +9.09%
75th Percentile £575 £653 £663
90th Percentile £625 £676 £738
South East median daily rate £513 £600 £575
% change year-on-year -14.58% +4.35% +4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 0 8
10th Percentile £77.00 - £70.99
25th Percentile £80.00 - £73.63
Median hourly rate £90.00 - £75.67
75th Percentile £100.25 - £77.53
90th Percentile £103.40 - £83.86
South East median hourly rate £82.50 - £75.67
% change year-on-year - - +36.34%

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 1,746 1,867 2,334
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 88.99% 87.12% 91.31%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,111 1,085 1,506
10th Percentile £267 £300 £213
25th Percentile £403 £413 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £500
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% -
75th Percentile £588 £638 £619
90th Percentile £650 £687 £700
South East median daily rate £500 £513 £523
% change year-on-year -2.44% -1.91% +1.95%
Number of hourly rates quoted 143 61 104
10th Percentile £14.82 £19.38 £17.47
25th Percentile £17.40 £32.00 £24.88
Median hourly rate £25.15 £57.50 £52.72
Median % change year-on-year -56.26% +9.07% +151.05%
75th Percentile £58.00 £63.41 £65.89
90th Percentile £88.55 £74.87 £75.54
South East median hourly rate £22.00 £56.75 £53.50
% change year-on-year -61.23% +6.07% +22.99%

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 26 November 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 26 November 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 26 November 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 -1 194 £495 -18.18% 33
Buckinghamshire +11 32 £463 -22.92% 32
Oxfordshire -6 11 £550 +54.93% 32
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 8 (3.38%) OpenStack
1 8 (3.38%) SharePoint
2 7 (2.95%) Smallworld
3 6 (2.53%) Confluence
3 6 (2.53%) GeoServer
4 4 (1.69%) Anypoint
5 3 (1.27%) nginx
6 2 (0.84%) Apache Spark
6 2 (0.84%) CMS
6 2 (0.84%) Microsoft Exchange
7 1 (0.42%) Adobe Experience Manager
7 1 (0.42%) Apache Airflow
7 1 (0.42%) ArcGIS
7 1 (0.42%) Camunda
7 1 (0.42%) Drupal
7 1 (0.42%) Gunicorn
7 1 (0.42%) Mule
7 1 (0.42%) Oracle Spatial
7 1 (0.42%) WordPress
Applications
1 5 (2.11%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (0.84%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (0.42%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 1 (0.42%) Maximo
1 1 (0.42%) NetSuite
1 1 (0.42%) Oracle EBS
Cloud Services
1 170 (71.73%) Azure
2 95 (40.08%) Azure DevOps
3 83 (35.02%) AWS
4 39 (16.46%) GCP
5 37 (15.61%) GitHub
6 20 (8.44%) SaaS
7 18 (7.59%) GitHub Actions
7 18 (7.59%) IaaS
8 17 (7.17%) Serverless
9 15 (6.33%) Azure AKS
10 14 (5.91%) Power Platform
11 12 (5.06%) PaaS
12 11 (4.64%) Entra ID
13 9 (3.80%) OCI
14 8 (3.38%) Amazon S3
14 8 (3.38%) AWS Lambda
14 8 (3.38%) Azure Data Factory
14 8 (3.38%) Azure Monitor
14 8 (3.38%) Microsoft 365
15 7 (2.95%) OpenShift
Communications & Networking
1 9 (3.80%) DNS
2 6 (2.53%) BGP
2 6 (2.53%) Firewall
2 6 (2.53%) LAN
2 6 (2.53%) MPLS
2 6 (2.53%) Network Security
2 6 (2.53%) WAN
3 3 (1.27%) 5G
3 3 (1.27%) Intrusion Detection
4 2 (0.84%) 2G
4 2 (0.84%) LTE
4 2 (0.84%) Mobile Backhaul
4 2 (0.84%) SD-WAN
4 2 (0.84%) SSL
4 2 (0.84%) VoIP
4 2 (0.84%) VPN
5 1 (0.42%) 3GPP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (4.22%) Power BI
2 9 (3.80%) SQL Server
3 8 (3.38%) Azure SQL Database
3 8 (3.38%) GIS
3 8 (3.38%) NoSQL
3 8 (3.38%) PostgreSQL
4 6 (2.53%) Geospatial Data
4 6 (2.53%) Metadata
4 6 (2.53%) QGIS
5 5 (2.11%) Amazon Athena
5 5 (2.11%) Big Data
5 5 (2.11%) MySQL
5 5 (2.11%) Relational Database
6 3 (1.27%) Amazon RDS
6 3 (1.27%) Redis
7 2 (0.84%) Data Lake
7 2 (0.84%) Elasticsearch
7 2 (0.84%) MongoDB
7 2 (0.84%) Tableau
8 1 (0.42%) Spatial Data
Development Applications
1 32 (13.50%) JIRA
2 22 (9.28%) Git
3 19 (8.02%) Jenkins
4 7 (2.95%) Selenium
5 6 (2.53%) GitLab
6 4 (1.69%) Bitbucket
7 3 (1.27%) Cucumber
7 3 (1.27%) Cypress.io
7 3 (1.27%) JUnit
7 3 (1.27%) NUnit
7 3 (1.27%) Storybook
7 3 (1.27%) Visual Studio Code
8 1 (0.42%) JMeter
8 1 (0.42%) Mocha
8 1 (0.42%) MSTest
8 1 (0.42%) SpecFlow
8 1 (0.42%) TeamCity
8 1 (0.42%) WebDriver
General
1 98 (41.35%) Social Skills
2 30 (12.66%) Analytical Skills
3 18 (7.59%) Documentation Skills
4 15 (6.33%) Public Sector
5 14 (5.91%) Finance
6 10 (4.22%) Billing
6 10 (4.22%) Telecoms
7 8 (3.38%) Retail
8 5 (2.11%) Marketing
8 5 (2.11%) Organisational Skills
9 4 (1.69%) Influencing Skills
9 4 (1.69%) Manufacturing
10 3 (1.27%) Electronics
10 3 (1.27%) Law
10 3 (1.27%) Legal
11 1 (0.42%) Aerospace
11 1 (0.42%) Automotive
11 1 (0.42%) Banking
11 1 (0.42%) Financial Institution
11 1 (0.42%) Inclusion and Diversity
Job Titles
1 34 (14.35%) Architect
2 31 (13.08%) Developer
3 29 (12.24%) Analyst
4 27 (11.39%) DevOps Engineer
4 27 (11.39%) Senior
5 18 (7.59%) Azure Engineer
6 15 (6.33%) Cloud Engineer
7 14 (5.91%) Lead
7 14 (5.91%) Test Analyst
8 11 (4.64%) Azure DevOps Engineer
9 9 (3.80%) AWS Engineer
10 8 (3.38%) Business Analyst
10 8 (3.38%) Release Manager
11 7 (2.95%) Cloud Developer
11 7 (2.95%) Data Scientist
12 6 (2.53%) Delivery Manager
12 6 (2.53%) IP Architect
12 6 (2.53%) IP Specialist
12 6 (2.53%) Senior DevOps Engineer
12 6 (2.53%) Site Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 24 (10.13%) ADO
2 22 (9.28%) REST
3 17 (7.17%) LDAP
4 16 (6.75%) .NET
5 14 (5.91%) RESTful
6 9 (3.80%) HTML
6 9 (3.80%) React
6 9 (3.80%) SOAP
7 8 (3.38%) JSON
7 8 (3.38%) PyTorch
7 8 (3.38%) scikit-learn
8 7 (2.95%) CSS
9 6 (2.53%) GraphQL
9 6 (2.53%) NETCONF
9 6 (2.53%) SailPoint
9 6 (2.53%) XML
9 6 (2.53%) YANG
10 5 (2.11%) .NET Core
10 5 (2.11%) ARM Templates
10 5 (2.11%) WebdriverIO
Miscellaneous
1 17 (7.17%) Cloud Native
2 14 (5.91%) Security Posture
3 12 (5.06%) Algorithms
4 9 (3.80%) Hybrid Cloud
4 9 (3.80%) Onboarding
5 8 (3.38%) Legacy Systems
6 7 (2.95%) Product Ownership
7 5 (2.11%) Management Information System
7 5 (2.11%) PKI
7 5 (2.11%) Self-Motivation
8 4 (1.69%) Linux Command Line
8 4 (1.69%) Smart Meter
9 3 (1.27%) Data Centre
9 3 (1.27%) Data Protection Act
9 3 (1.27%) IoT
9 3 (1.27%) Replication
10 2 (0.84%) Cyber Threat
10 2 (0.84%) Enterprise Software
10 2 (0.84%) Mainframe
10 2 (0.84%) Security Operations Centre
Operating Systems
1 24 (10.13%) Linux
2 9 (3.80%) Windows
3 4 (1.69%) Unix
4 1 (0.42%) VMS
4 1 (0.42%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 118 (49.79%) CI/CD
2 85 (35.86%) Agile
3 66 (27.85%) Problem-Solving
4 36 (15.19%) Cybersecurity
5 34 (14.35%) AI
6 32 (13.50%) Analytics
7 31 (13.08%) Containerisation
8 30 (12.66%) DevSecOps
9 29 (12.24%) Infrastructure as Code
10 28 (11.81%) Test Automation
11 27 (11.39%) Machine Learning
12 24 (10.13%) SIEM
12 24 (10.13%) Validation
13 22 (9.28%) Migration
13 22 (9.28%) Scrum
14 20 (8.44%) Microservices
14 20 (8.44%) Stakeholder Engagement
15 18 (7.59%) Continuous Improvement
15 18 (7.59%) Data Science
15 18 (7.59%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 82 (34.60%) Python
2 42 (17.72%) PowerShell
3 41 (17.30%) SQL
4 25 (10.55%) Java
5 24 (10.13%) JavaScript
6 22 (9.28%) Bash
7 21 (8.86%) C#
8 9 (3.80%) TypeScript
9 6 (2.53%) BeanShell
9 6 (2.53%) R
10 5 (2.11%) Bicep
10 5 (2.11%) PHP
11 4 (1.69%) C++
11 4 (1.69%) Search Processing Language
11 4 (1.69%) VB
12 3 (1.27%) Apex Code
12 3 (1.27%) C
12 3 (1.27%) DataWeave
12 3 (1.27%) SOQL
12 3 (1.27%) X++
Qualifications
1 46 (19.41%) Security Cleared
2 29 (12.24%) SC Cleared
3 19 (8.02%) CISSP
4 17 (7.17%) Degree
5 16 (6.75%) CISM
6 12 (5.06%) Computer Science Degree
7 8 (3.38%) DV Cleared
8 7 (2.95%) AWS Certification
8 7 (2.95%) Cisco Certification
9 6 (2.53%) CCIE
9 6 (2.53%) JNCIE
10 4 (1.69%) Master's Degree
11 3 (1.27%) CFCE
11 3 (1.27%) GCFA
11 3 (1.27%) GCIA
11 3 (1.27%) GCIH
12 2 (0.84%) GIAC
12 2 (0.84%) ISTQB
12 2 (0.84%) PMP
13 1 (0.42%) Network+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 34 (14.35%) GDPR
2 25 (10.55%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 24 (10.13%) NIST
4 17 (7.17%) QA
5 10 (4.22%) Data Quality
6 7 (2.95%) HIPAA
7 4 (1.69%) EU AI Act
7 4 (1.69%) SOC 2
8 2 (0.84%) GRC
8 2 (0.84%) PCI DSS
8 2 (0.84%) PMO
9 1 (0.42%) ISO/IEC 17025
9 1 (0.42%) SLA
System Software
1 30 (12.66%) Active Directory
2 27 (11.39%) Docker
3 8 (3.38%) vSphere
4 6 (2.53%) VMware NSX
5 5 (2.11%) VMware Infrastructure
6 2 (0.84%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 46 (19.41%) Terraform
2 37 (15.61%) Kubernetes
3 29 (12.24%) Ansible
4 6 (2.53%) Argo
4 6 (2.53%) vCenter Server
5 3 (1.27%) CloudHub
5 3 (1.27%) Podman
5 3 (1.27%) Proxmox
6 2 (0.84%) Grafana
6 2 (0.84%) logstash
6 2 (0.84%) Single Sign-On
7 1 (0.42%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
7 1 (0.42%) HP ALM
7 1 (0.42%) Prometheus
7 1 (0.42%) Puppet
Vendors
1 27 (11.39%) Microsoft
2 17 (7.17%) BeyondTrust
2 17 (7.17%) CyberArk
2 17 (7.17%) Oracle
3 16 (6.75%) Salesforce
4 11 (4.64%) Databricks
5 9 (3.80%) MuleSoft
5 9 (3.80%) Splunk
6 7 (2.95%) ESRI
6 7 (2.95%) ServiceNow
6 7 (2.95%) VMware
7 6 (2.53%) Intergraph
7 6 (2.53%) Pure Storage
7 6 (2.53%) Virgin Media
8 5 (2.11%) Red Hat
9 4 (1.69%) Foundry
9 4 (1.69%) Google
9 4 (1.69%) Palantir
9 4 (1.69%) SAP
10 3 (1.27%) Sage