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 June 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
20 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 17 13 11
Rank change year-on-year -4 -2 +2
Contract jobs citing DevOps 263 174 298
As % of all contract jobs in the Thames Valley 8.54% 11.62% 11.08%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 10.54% 12.47% 13.05%
Number of daily rates quoted 200 107 188
10th Percentile £354 £325 £457
25th Percentile £417 £413 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £594
Median % change year-on-year - -15.82% -0.38%
75th Percentile £609 £588 £650
90th Percentile £688 £675 £688
South East median daily rate £511 £500 £550
% change year-on-year +2.25% -9.09% -6.58%
Number of hourly rates quoted 15 2 28
10th Percentile £80.15 £35.98 £56.65
25th Percentile £80.75 £44.56 £61.60
Median hourly rate £82.50 £60.75 £83.77
Median % change year-on-year +35.80% -27.48% +10.70%
75th Percentile £103.25 £77.56 £87.46
90th Percentile £104.00 £86.53 £87.53
South East median hourly rate £63.73 £60.75 £83.77
% change year-on-year +4.91% -27.48% +10.70%

All Process & 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 2,495 1,395 2,284
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 81.03% 93.12% 84.91%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,611 851 1,234
10th Percentile £306 £300 £225
25th Percentile £408 £401 £383
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year +2.50% - -1.96%
75th Percentile £600 £600 £600
90th Percentile £690 £688 £675
South East median daily rate £520 £500 £510
% change year-on-year +4.00% -1.96% +0.25%
Number of hourly rates quoted 228 79 173
10th Percentile £16.35 £14.20 £14.50
25th Percentile £31.25 £14.75 £19.25
Median hourly rate £81.50 £24.66 £47.50
Median % change year-on-year +230.49% -48.08% -8.83%
75th Percentile £88.00 £62.24 £65.00
90th Percentile £104.50 £81.41 £85.65
South East median hourly rate £53.95 £24.66 £50.00
% change year-on-year +118.78% -50.68% -4.76%

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 June 2026.

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 June 2026.

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 June 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 -4 184 £500 - 29
Buckinghamshire 0 70 £492 +51.38% 13
Oxfordshire -23 9 £650 +57.58% 14
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 (4.18%) Confluence
2 9 (3.42%) SharePoint
3 7 (2.66%) OpenStack
4 4 (1.52%) Apache Spark
4 4 (1.52%) IIS
4 4 (1.52%) WebSphere
4 4 (1.52%) WebSphere Application Server
5 3 (1.14%) ArcGIS
6 2 (0.76%) Adobe Experience Manager
6 2 (0.76%) GeoServer
6 2 (0.76%) IBM HTTP Server
6 2 (0.76%) JBoss
6 2 (0.76%) Oracle HTTP Server
6 2 (0.76%) Smallworld
6 2 (0.76%) WebSphere Portal
7 1 (0.38%) CMS
7 1 (0.38%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 8 (3.04%) CPLEX
2 7 (2.66%) Microsoft Excel
3 4 (1.52%) Microsoft Project
4 2 (0.76%) MS Visio
5 1 (0.38%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 4 (1.52%) SAP S/4HANA
2 3 (1.14%) Oracle EBS
3 1 (0.38%) Payment Gateway
3 1 (0.38%) Remedy ITSM
3 1 (0.38%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 202 (76.81%) Azure
2 121 (46.01%) Azure DevOps
3 70 (26.62%) AWS
4 36 (13.69%) Power Platform
5 35 (13.31%) GCP
6 24 (9.13%) Entra ID
6 24 (9.13%) GitHub
7 17 (6.46%) Azure Monitor
7 17 (6.46%) GitHub Actions
8 12 (4.56%) Microsoft 365
8 12 (4.56%) SaaS
9 11 (4.18%) OCI
10 10 (3.80%) Azure Key Vault
11 9 (3.42%) OpenShift
11 9 (3.42%) Serverless
12 8 (3.04%) Azure AKS
12 8 (3.04%) IaaS
12 8 (3.04%) PaaS
13 7 (2.66%) PowerApps
14 6 (2.28%) Azure Functions
Communications & Networking
1 19 (7.22%) Firewall
2 13 (4.94%) LAN
2 13 (4.94%) WAN
3 11 (4.18%) BGP
4 10 (3.80%) MPLS
5 9 (3.42%) SD-WAN
6 7 (2.66%) DNS
7 6 (2.28%) Network Security
8 5 (1.90%) TCP/IP
8 5 (1.90%) VPN
9 4 (1.52%) OSPF
10 3 (1.14%) DHCP
10 3 (1.14%) IPsec
10 3 (1.14%) MQTT
10 3 (1.14%) SSL
11 2 (0.76%) HTTP
11 2 (0.76%) Internet
11 2 (0.76%) VXLAN
12 1 (0.38%) 5G
12 1 (0.38%) NGFW
Database & Business Intelligence
1 25 (9.51%) Power BI
2 15 (5.70%) NoSQL
3 11 (4.18%) PostgreSQL
4 10 (3.80%) SQL Server
5 8 (3.04%) Data Warehouse
5 8 (3.04%) MongoDB
6 6 (2.28%) Azure SQL Database
6 6 (2.28%) Tableau
7 5 (1.90%) Metadata
7 5 (1.90%) Relational Database
8 3 (1.14%) Big Data
8 3 (1.14%) Data Lake
8 3 (1.14%) DocumentDB
8 3 (1.14%) GIS
8 3 (1.14%) Oracle BI Publisher
8 3 (1.14%) Parquet
9 2 (0.76%) Hadoop
9 2 (0.76%) Oracle Reports
9 2 (0.76%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 2 (0.76%) Star Schema
Development Applications
1 30 (11.41%) Git
2 22 (8.37%) JIRA
3 21 (7.98%) Jenkins
4 13 (4.94%) GitLab
5 7 (2.66%) Bitbucket
6 5 (1.90%) HP UFT
7 4 (1.52%) Jaeger
7 4 (1.52%) NUnit
7 4 (1.52%) Visual Studio
8 3 (1.14%) JUnit
8 3 (1.14%) Postman
8 3 (1.14%) Selenium
8 3 (1.14%) SpecFlow
8 3 (1.14%) TeamCity
8 3 (1.14%) WebDriver
9 2 (0.76%) Balsamiq
9 2 (0.76%) Introscope
9 2 (0.76%) Mockito
9 2 (0.76%) MSTest
9 2 (0.76%) ScriptRunner
General
1 75 (28.52%) Social Skills
2 31 (11.79%) Analytical Skills
3 24 (9.13%) Public Sector
4 20 (7.60%) Finance
5 17 (6.46%) Documentation Skills
6 13 (4.94%) Aerospace
7 8 (3.04%) Influencing Skills
7 8 (3.04%) Organisational Skills
8 6 (2.28%) Billing
9 3 (1.14%) Telecoms
10 2 (0.76%) Legal
10 2 (0.76%) Marketing
10 2 (0.76%) Military
10 2 (0.76%) Pharmaceutical
11 1 (0.38%) Advertising
11 1 (0.38%) Health Technology
11 1 (0.38%) Law
11 1 (0.38%) Retail
Job Titles
1 45 (17.11%) DevOps Engineer
2 40 (15.21%) Developer
3 38 (14.45%) Architect
4 37 (14.07%) Azure Engineer
5 29 (11.03%) Senior
6 27 (10.27%) Analyst
7 25 (9.51%) Azure DevOps Engineer
8 22 (8.37%) Cloud Engineer
9 17 (6.46%) Lead
10 14 (5.32%) Platform Engineer
11 11 (4.18%) Data Engineer
11 11 (4.18%) Technical Architect
11 11 (4.18%) Test Engineer
12 10 (3.80%) Business Analyst
12 10 (3.80%) Test Analyst
13 9 (3.42%) Oracle Analyst
13 9 (3.42%) Project Manager
14 8 (3.04%) .NET Developer
14 8 (3.04%) Infrastructure Engineer
14 8 (3.04%) Python Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 25 (9.51%) .NET
2 23 (8.75%) REST
3 15 (5.70%) React
4 14 (5.32%) LDAP
5 13 (4.94%) RESTful
6 12 (4.56%) ADO
6 12 (4.56%) OAuth
7 11 (4.18%) Kafka
8 10 (3.80%) RabbitMQ
8 10 (3.80%) Swagger
9 9 (3.42%) FastAPI
9 9 (3.42%) Flask
9 9 (3.42%) Pandas
9 9 (3.42%) pytest
10 8 (3.04%) .NET Framework
10 8 (3.04%) Django
10 8 (3.04%) Middleware
10 8 (3.04%) NumPy
10 8 (3.04%) OpenAPI
10 8 (3.04%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 33 (12.55%) Cloud Native
2 13 (4.94%) Distributed Systems
2 13 (4.94%) Hybrid Cloud
3 12 (4.56%) Enterprise Software
4 8 (3.04%) Algorithms
4 8 (3.04%) Data Structures
5 7 (2.66%) Product Ownership
5 7 (2.66%) Public Cloud
5 7 (2.66%) Security Posture
6 6 (2.28%) Data Centre
6 6 (2.28%) Operational Technology
7 5 (1.90%) Analytical Mindset
7 5 (1.90%) Data Protection Act
7 5 (1.90%) Virtual Team
8 4 (1.52%) Onboarding
9 3 (1.14%) Greenfield Project
9 3 (1.14%) PKI
10 2 (0.76%) Clustering
10 2 (0.76%) CMDB
10 2 (0.76%) IoT
Operating Systems
1 21 (7.98%) Linux
2 15 (5.70%) Windows
3 10 (3.80%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 2 (0.76%) Oracle Linux
4 2 (0.76%) SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
4 2 (0.76%) Unix
4 2 (0.76%) Windows Server
5 1 (0.38%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 119 (45.25%) CI/CD
2 84 (31.94%) Agile
3 57 (21.67%) Problem-Solving
4 52 (19.77%) Infrastructure as Code
5 38 (14.45%) Cybersecurity
6 36 (13.69%) Analytics
7 30 (11.41%) Microservices
7 30 (11.41%) Stakeholder Management
8 29 (11.03%) Data Modelling
9 28 (10.65%) Root Cause Analysis
10 26 (9.89%) Containerisation
11 25 (9.51%) Business Intelligence
11 25 (9.51%) ITIL
11 25 (9.51%) Test Automation
12 22 (8.37%) DevSecOps
12 22 (8.37%) Platform Engineering
12 22 (8.37%) Roadmaps
13 21 (7.98%) Mentoring
13 21 (7.98%) Migration
14 20 (7.60%) Scrum
Programming Languages
1 69 (26.24%) Python
2 43 (16.35%) SQL
3 41 (15.59%) PowerShell
4 24 (9.13%) JavaScript
5 21 (7.98%) Bash
6 20 (7.60%) C#
7 16 (6.08%) Java
8 14 (5.32%) Bicep
9 13 (4.94%) TypeScript
10 7 (2.66%) Go
11 5 (1.90%) VBScript
11 5 (1.90%) X++
12 4 (1.52%) Perl
13 2 (0.76%) Apex Code
13 2 (0.76%) BeanShell
13 2 (0.76%) C++
13 2 (0.76%) Jython
13 2 (0.76%) Shell Script
13 2 (0.76%) T-SQL
14 1 (0.38%) SOQL
Qualifications
1 120 (45.63%) Security Cleared
2 101 (38.40%) SC Cleared
3 16 (6.08%) CISSP
4 15 (5.70%) CISM
5 14 (5.32%) Cisco Certification
5 14 (5.32%) DV Cleared
6 11 (4.18%) Azure Certification
7 10 (3.80%) Degree
8 9 (3.42%) CCIE
9 7 (2.66%) CCNP
9 7 (2.66%) JNCIE
9 7 (2.66%) RHCE
10 5 (1.90%) BPSS Clearance
10 5 (1.90%) MCSE
10 5 (1.90%) Microsoft Certification
11 4 (1.52%) AWS Certification
12 3 (1.14%) GIAC
12 3 (1.14%) PMP
13 2 (0.76%) PMI Certification
14 1 (0.38%) OCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 24 (9.13%) NIST
2 19 (7.22%) GDPR
3 18 (6.84%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 18 (6.84%) QA
4 17 (6.46%) NCSC
5 10 (3.80%) Data Quality
6 6 (2.28%) GRC
7 5 (1.90%) PCI DSS
8 4 (1.52%) Accessibility
9 3 (1.14%) NIST 800
10 1 (0.38%) Actionable Recommendations
10 1 (0.38%) OpenSCAP
10 1 (0.38%) SLA
System Software
1 28 (10.65%) Active Directory
2 24 (9.13%) Docker
3 7 (2.66%) Virtual Machines
4 2 (0.76%) VMware ESXi
4 2 (0.76%) VMware Infrastructure
4 2 (0.76%) VMware NSX
5 1 (0.38%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 42 (15.97%) Terraform
2 35 (13.31%) Kubernetes
3 17 (6.46%) Ansible
4 11 (4.18%) Grafana
4 11 (4.18%) Prometheus
5 5 (1.90%) Single Sign-On
6 4 (1.52%) Istio
6 4 (1.52%) Rancher
7 2 (0.76%) Active Directory Federation Services
7 2 (0.76%) CA Wily
7 2 (0.76%) Tivoli
8 1 (0.38%) Fluentd
8 1 (0.38%) Microsoft Intune
8 1 (0.38%) Packer
8 1 (0.38%) Red Hat Satellite
8 1 (0.38%) SCOM
Vendors
1 52 (19.77%) Microsoft
2 24 (9.13%) Oracle
3 16 (6.08%) ServiceNow
4 12 (4.56%) BeyondTrust
4 12 (4.56%) CyberArk
4 12 (4.56%) Red Hat
5 10 (3.80%) Databricks
5 10 (3.80%) VMware
6 5 (1.90%) AppDynamics
6 5 (1.90%) Splunk
7 4 (1.52%) BiZZdesign
7 4 (1.52%) Cisco
7 4 (1.52%) IBM
7 4 (1.52%) SAP
8 3 (1.14%) Dynatrace
8 3 (1.14%) ESRI
8 3 (1.14%) Fortinet
8 3 (1.14%) Google
8 3 (1.14%) OpenAI
9 2 (0.76%) Palo Alto