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

6 months to
11 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 20 13 10
Rank change year-on-year -7 -3 +2
Contract jobs citing DevOps 267 195 286
As % of all contract jobs in the Thames Valley 8.26% 11.87% 10.80%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 10.16% 12.83% 12.71%
Number of daily rates quoted 195 120 176
10th Percentile £356 £325 £450
25th Percentile £421 £412 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £600
Median % change year-on-year - -16.67% -
75th Percentile £600 £578 £650
90th Percentile £675 £639 £688
South East median daily rate £525 £500 £575
% change year-on-year +5.00% -13.04% -4.17%
Number of hourly rates quoted 17 2 28
10th Percentile £80.35 £35.98 £56.65
25th Percentile £80.75 £44.56 £61.60
Median hourly rate £85.00 £60.75 £83.77
Median % change year-on-year +39.92% -27.48% +10.70%
75th Percentile £102.50 £77.56 £87.46
90th Percentile £104.00 £86.53 £87.53
South East median hourly rate £67.50 £60.75 £83.77
% change year-on-year +11.11% -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 2,629 1,520 2,251
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 81.29% 92.51% 85.01%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,693 916 1,218
10th Percentile £307 £298 £235
25th Percentile £412 £400 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £515 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year +3.00% - -2.44%
75th Percentile £600 £600 £608
90th Percentile £695 £675 £688
South East median daily rate £525 £500 £513
% change year-on-year +5.00% -2.44% -0.49%
Number of hourly rates quoted 241 100 168
10th Percentile £16.35 £14.20 £14.50
25th Percentile £31.25 £15.03 £19.25
Median hourly rate £81.50 £24.91 £48.25
Median % change year-on-year +227.24% -48.38% -3.50%
75th Percentile £88.00 £55.94 £65.00
90th Percentile £104.00 £80.00 £85.65
South East median hourly rate £55.00 £24.00 £50.00
% change year-on-year +129.17% -52.00% -

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 11 July 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 11 July 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 11 July 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 -8 190 £500 - 39
Buckinghamshire 0 70 £492 +40.57% 16
Oxfordshire -22 7 £775 +87.88% 18
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 7 (2.62%) Confluence
1 7 (2.62%) OpenStack
2 6 (2.25%) Apache Spark
2 6 (2.25%) SharePoint
3 4 (1.50%) IIS
3 4 (1.50%) WebSphere
3 4 (1.50%) WebSphere Application Server
4 2 (0.75%) Adobe Experience Manager
4 2 (0.75%) IBM HTTP Server
4 2 (0.75%) JBoss
4 2 (0.75%) Oracle HTTP Server
4 2 (0.75%) WebSphere Portal
5 1 (0.37%) ArcGIS
5 1 (0.37%) CIMPLICITY
5 1 (0.37%) CMS
5 1 (0.37%) Microsoft Exchange
5 1 (0.37%) Predix
Applications
1 8 (3.00%) CPLEX
1 8 (3.00%) Microsoft Excel
2 6 (2.25%) Microsoft Project
3 2 (0.75%) MS Visio
4 1 (0.37%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 4 (1.50%) SAP S/4HANA
2 2 (0.75%) Oracle EBS
3 1 (0.37%) Payment Gateway
3 1 (0.37%) Remedy ITSM
3 1 (0.37%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 205 (76.78%) Azure
2 122 (45.69%) Azure DevOps
3 75 (28.09%) AWS
4 40 (14.98%) GCP
5 31 (11.61%) Power Platform
6 20 (7.49%) Entra ID
6 20 (7.49%) GitHub
7 17 (6.37%) Azure Monitor
7 17 (6.37%) GitHub Actions
8 12 (4.49%) SaaS
9 11 (4.12%) OCI
10 10 (3.75%) Azure Key Vault
10 10 (3.75%) OpenShift
11 8 (3.00%) Azure AKS
11 8 (3.00%) Serverless
12 7 (2.62%) Microsoft 365
13 6 (2.25%) Azure Logic Apps
13 6 (2.25%) Google App Engine
13 6 (2.25%) IaaS
13 6 (2.25%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 18 (6.74%) Firewall
2 13 (4.87%) LAN
2 13 (4.87%) WAN
3 11 (4.12%) BGP
3 11 (4.12%) DNS
4 10 (3.75%) MPLS
4 10 (3.75%) Network Security
5 9 (3.37%) SD-WAN
6 6 (2.25%) TCP/IP
6 6 (2.25%) VPN
7 4 (1.50%) OSPF
8 3 (1.12%) DHCP
8 3 (1.12%) HTTP
8 3 (1.12%) IPsec
8 3 (1.12%) MQTT
8 3 (1.12%) SSL
9 2 (0.75%) Internet
9 2 (0.75%) SNMP
9 2 (0.75%) VXLAN
10 1 (0.37%) 5G
Database & Business Intelligence
1 20 (7.49%) Power BI
2 15 (5.62%) NoSQL
3 11 (4.12%) PostgreSQL
4 10 (3.75%) Data Warehouse
5 9 (3.37%) SQL Server
6 8 (3.00%) MongoDB
7 6 (2.25%) Tableau
8 5 (1.87%) Azure SQL Database
8 5 (1.87%) Big Data
8 5 (1.87%) Relational Database
9 3 (1.12%) DocumentDB
9 3 (1.12%) Metadata
9 3 (1.12%) Parquet
9 3 (1.12%) Spark SQL
10 2 (0.75%) Hadoop
10 2 (0.75%) Star Schema
11 1 (0.37%) BigQuery
11 1 (0.37%) DynamoDB
11 1 (0.37%) GIS
11 1 (0.37%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 33 (12.36%) Git
2 22 (8.24%) JIRA
3 21 (7.87%) Jenkins
4 13 (4.87%) GitLab
5 5 (1.87%) Bitbucket
6 4 (1.50%) Jaeger
6 4 (1.50%) NUnit
7 3 (1.12%) JUnit
7 3 (1.12%) Postman
7 3 (1.12%) Selenium
7 3 (1.12%) SpecFlow
7 3 (1.12%) TeamCity
7 3 (1.12%) Visual Studio
7 3 (1.12%) WebDriver
8 2 (0.75%) Balsamiq
8 2 (0.75%) Introscope
8 2 (0.75%) JMeter
8 2 (0.75%) Mockito
8 2 (0.75%) MSTest
8 2 (0.75%) NeoLoad
General
1 76 (28.46%) Social Skills
2 28 (10.49%) Analytical Skills
3 23 (8.61%) Finance
4 22 (8.24%) Public Sector
5 19 (7.12%) Documentation Skills
6 14 (5.24%) Aerospace
7 9 (3.37%) Billing
8 8 (3.00%) Organisational Skills
9 7 (2.62%) Influencing Skills
10 5 (1.87%) Telecoms
11 2 (0.75%) Legal
11 2 (0.75%) Marketing
11 2 (0.75%) Military
11 2 (0.75%) Pharmaceutical
11 2 (0.75%) Publishing
12 1 (0.37%) Advertising
12 1 (0.37%) Health Technology
12 1 (0.37%) Law
12 1 (0.37%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 46 (17.23%) DevOps Engineer
2 41 (15.36%) Developer
3 37 (13.86%) Architect
3 37 (13.86%) Azure Engineer
4 28 (10.49%) Azure DevOps Engineer
5 27 (10.11%) Senior
6 26 (9.74%) Analyst
7 20 (7.49%) Lead
8 19 (7.12%) Cloud Engineer
9 13 (4.87%) Platform Engineer
10 11 (4.12%) Technical Architect
11 10 (3.75%) Business Analyst
11 10 (3.75%) Infrastructure Engineer
11 10 (3.75%) Project Manager
11 10 (3.75%) Test Analyst
12 9 (3.37%) Data Engineer
12 9 (3.37%) Oracle Analyst
13 8 (3.00%) .NET Developer
13 8 (3.00%) Python Developer
13 8 (3.00%) Test Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 28 (10.49%) REST
2 24 (8.99%) .NET
3 16 (5.99%) RESTful
4 15 (5.62%) React
5 14 (5.24%) LDAP
5 14 (5.24%) OAuth
6 12 (4.49%) Swagger
7 11 (4.12%) Kafka
8 10 (3.75%) ADO
8 10 (3.75%) OpenAPI
8 10 (3.75%) RabbitMQ
8 10 (3.75%) SOAP
9 9 (3.37%) FastAPI
9 9 (3.37%) Flask
9 9 (3.37%) Pandas
9 9 (3.37%) pytest
10 8 (3.00%) .NET Framework
10 8 (3.00%) Django
10 8 (3.00%) NumPy
10 8 (3.00%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 34 (12.73%) Cloud Native
2 16 (5.99%) Hybrid Cloud
3 13 (4.87%) Distributed Systems
4 12 (4.49%) Enterprise Software
5 8 (3.00%) Algorithms
5 8 (3.00%) Data Structures
6 7 (2.62%) Data Protection Act
6 7 (2.62%) Onboarding
6 7 (2.62%) Operational Technology
6 7 (2.62%) Public Cloud
6 7 (2.62%) Security Posture
7 6 (2.25%) Product Ownership
8 5 (1.87%) Analytical Mindset
8 5 (1.87%) Virtual Team
9 4 (1.50%) Data Centre
10 3 (1.12%) Cyber Threat
10 3 (1.12%) Greenfield Project
10 3 (1.12%) IoT
10 3 (1.12%) PKI
11 2 (0.75%) Linux Command Line
Operating Systems
1 22 (8.24%) Linux
2 16 (5.99%) Windows
3 11 (4.12%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 2 (0.75%) Oracle Linux
4 2 (0.75%) SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
4 2 (0.75%) Unix
4 2 (0.75%) Windows Server
5 1 (0.37%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 125 (46.82%) CI/CD
2 90 (33.71%) Agile
3 53 (19.85%) Infrastructure as Code
3 53 (19.85%) Problem-Solving
4 38 (14.23%) Cybersecurity
5 37 (13.86%) Analytics
6 34 (12.73%) Stakeholder Management
7 33 (12.36%) Containerisation
8 32 (11.99%) Microservices
9 28 (10.49%) Data Modelling
10 26 (9.74%) DevSecOps
10 26 (9.74%) Root Cause Analysis
11 25 (9.36%) ITIL
12 24 (8.99%) Platform Engineering
12 24 (8.99%) Validation
13 23 (8.61%) Migration
13 23 (8.61%) Test Automation
14 22 (8.24%) Enterprise Architecture
14 22 (8.24%) Roadmaps
15 21 (7.87%) TOGAF
Programming Languages
1 74 (27.72%) Python
2 44 (16.48%) SQL
3 42 (15.73%) PowerShell
4 24 (8.99%) JavaScript
5 23 (8.61%) Bash
6 19 (7.12%) C#
7 16 (5.99%) Java
8 13 (4.87%) Bicep
9 11 (4.12%) TypeScript
10 7 (2.62%) Go
11 5 (1.87%) X++
12 4 (1.50%) Kusto Query Language
12 4 (1.50%) Perl
13 2 (0.75%) Apex Code
13 2 (0.75%) BeanShell
13 2 (0.75%) Jython
13 2 (0.75%) Shell Script
13 2 (0.75%) T-SQL
13 2 (0.75%) VBScript
14 1 (0.37%) SOQL
Qualifications
1 123 (46.07%) Security Cleared
2 105 (39.33%) SC Cleared
3 18 (6.74%) CISSP
4 17 (6.37%) Cisco Certification
5 15 (5.62%) CISM
5 15 (5.62%) DV Cleared
6 14 (5.24%) Degree
7 12 (4.49%) Azure Certification
8 9 (3.37%) CCIE
9 8 (3.00%) CCNP
9 8 (3.00%) RHCE
10 7 (2.62%) AWS Certification
10 7 (2.62%) JNCIE
11 6 (2.25%) Microsoft Certification
12 5 (1.87%) BPSS Clearance
12 5 (1.87%) MCSE
12 5 (1.87%) PMP
13 4 (1.50%) PMI Certification
14 3 (1.12%) GIAC
15 2 (0.75%) CCSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 26 (9.74%) NIST
2 19 (7.12%) GDPR
3 18 (6.74%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 17 (6.37%) QA
5 13 (4.87%) NCSC
6 8 (3.00%) Data Quality
7 6 (2.25%) GRC
8 5 (1.87%) PCI DSS
9 4 (1.50%) Accessibility
10 3 (1.12%) NIST 800
11 1 (0.37%) Actionable Recommendations
11 1 (0.37%) OpenSCAP
11 1 (0.37%) PMO
11 1 (0.37%) SLA
System Software
1 28 (10.49%) Docker
2 26 (9.74%) Active Directory
3 7 (2.62%) Virtual Machines
4 3 (1.12%) VMware Infrastructure
5 2 (0.75%) VMware ESXi
5 2 (0.75%) VMware NSX
6 1 (0.37%) Hyper-V
6 1 (0.37%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 47 (17.60%) Terraform
2 41 (15.36%) Kubernetes
3 18 (6.74%) Ansible
4 8 (3.00%) Grafana
4 8 (3.00%) Prometheus
5 5 (1.87%) Single Sign-On
6 4 (1.50%) Istio
6 4 (1.50%) Rancher
7 2 (0.75%) Active Directory Federation Services
7 2 (0.75%) CA Wily
7 2 (0.75%) CASB
7 2 (0.75%) Tivoli
8 1 (0.37%) Fluentd
8 1 (0.37%) Microsoft Intune
8 1 (0.37%) Packer
8 1 (0.37%) Red Hat Satellite
8 1 (0.37%) SCOM
Vendors
1 58 (21.72%) Microsoft
2 21 (7.87%) Oracle
3 17 (6.37%) ServiceNow
4 13 (4.87%) Red Hat
5 12 (4.49%) BeyondTrust
5 12 (4.49%) CyberArk
6 11 (4.12%) VMware
7 10 (3.75%) Databricks
8 7 (2.62%) Google
9 5 (1.87%) Cisco
10 4 (1.50%) AppDynamics
10 4 (1.50%) BiZZdesign
10 4 (1.50%) IBM
10 4 (1.50%) SAP
11 3 (1.12%) Fortinet
12 2 (0.75%) Adobe
12 2 (0.75%) CheckPoint
12 2 (0.75%) Citrix
12 2 (0.75%) MuleSoft
12 2 (0.75%) Salesforce