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 27 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
27 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 11 11 18
Rank change year-on-year 0 +7 -3
Contract jobs citing DevOps 243 227 236
As % of all contract jobs in the Thames Valley 11.43% 11.82% 9.55%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 13.18% 13.20% 10.51%
Number of daily rates quoted 163 170 194
10th Percentile £400 £409 £425
25th Percentile £413 £511 £500
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 £713
South East median daily rate £524 £600 £575
% change year-on-year -12.71% +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 £47.50 - £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 1,844 1,720 2,245
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 86.74% 89.54% 90.89%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,212 1,021 1,448
10th Percentile £268 £278 £213
25th Percentile £400 £409 £381
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £500
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% -
75th Percentile £588 £638 £602
90th Percentile £650 £675 £688
South East median daily rate £500 £510 £518
% change year-on-year -1.96% -1.62% +1.15%
Number of hourly rates quoted 127 47 99
10th Percentile £15.47 £23.31 £19.19
25th Percentile £17.75 £39.50 £25.98
Median hourly rate £25.15 £56.75 £54.39
Median % change year-on-year -55.68% +4.34% +141.71%
75th Percentile £58.00 £63.22 £65.13
90th Percentile £91.28 £67.20 £72.91
South East median hourly rate £22.50 £48.62 £55.00
% change year-on-year -53.73% -11.60% +41.94%

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 27 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 27 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 27 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 -1 204 £492 -18.68% 198
Buckinghamshire +12 27 £550 -6.38% 93
Oxfordshire -4 12 £550 - 53
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 13 (5.35%) SharePoint
2 7 (2.88%) Confluence
2 7 (2.88%) GeoServer
2 7 (2.88%) Smallworld
3 6 (2.47%) OpenStack
4 3 (1.23%) Anypoint
5 2 (0.82%) Apache Spark
5 2 (0.82%) CMS
5 2 (0.82%) Microsoft Exchange
5 2 (0.82%) nginx
6 1 (0.41%) Adobe Experience Manager
6 1 (0.41%) Apache
6 1 (0.41%) Apache Airflow
6 1 (0.41%) ArcGIS
6 1 (0.41%) Camunda
6 1 (0.41%) Drupal
6 1 (0.41%) Gunicorn
6 1 (0.41%) WordPress
Applications
1 6 (2.47%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (1.23%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (0.41%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 4 (1.65%) Oracle EBS
2 1 (0.41%) Maximo
2 1 (0.41%) NetSuite
Cloud Services
1 181 (74.49%) Azure
2 104 (42.80%) Azure DevOps
3 84 (34.57%) AWS
4 46 (18.93%) GCP
5 33 (13.58%) GitHub
6 23 (9.47%) SaaS
7 19 (7.82%) Power Platform
8 18 (7.41%) IaaS
9 16 (6.58%) Azure AKS
9 16 (6.58%) GitHub Actions
9 16 (6.58%) Serverless
10 15 (6.17%) Entra ID
11 12 (4.94%) Azure Monitor
11 12 (4.94%) Microsoft 365
11 12 (4.94%) OpenShift
11 12 (4.94%) PaaS
12 11 (4.53%) OCI
13 10 (4.12%) Amazon S3
14 7 (2.88%) Azure Key Vault
14 7 (2.88%) Azure Storage
Communications & Networking
1 9 (3.70%) DNS
2 7 (2.88%) Network Security
3 6 (2.47%) BGP
3 6 (2.47%) LAN
3 6 (2.47%) MPLS
3 6 (2.47%) WAN
4 4 (1.65%) Firewall
5 3 (1.23%) 5G
5 3 (1.23%) SD-WAN
6 2 (0.82%) 2G
6 2 (0.82%) LTE
6 2 (0.82%) Mobile Backhaul
6 2 (0.82%) SSL
6 2 (0.82%) VoIP
6 2 (0.82%) VPN
7 1 (0.41%) 3GPP
7 1 (0.41%) IPsec
7 1 (0.41%) MQTT
Database & Business Intelligence
1 16 (6.58%) Power BI
2 7 (2.88%) Azure SQL Database
2 7 (2.88%) Geospatial Data
2 7 (2.88%) GIS
2 7 (2.88%) Oracle Reports
2 7 (2.88%) PostgreSQL
2 7 (2.88%) QGIS
3 6 (2.47%) Metadata
3 6 (2.47%) NoSQL
4 5 (2.06%) Amazon Athena
4 5 (2.06%) Amazon RDS
4 5 (2.06%) Big Data
4 5 (2.06%) MySQL
4 5 (2.06%) Oracle BI Publisher
5 4 (1.65%) SQL Server
6 3 (1.23%) Data Lake
6 3 (1.23%) Delta Lake
6 3 (1.23%) Oracle Database
7 2 (0.82%) Elasticsearch
7 2 (0.82%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 35 (14.40%) JIRA
2 26 (10.70%) Git
2 26 (10.70%) Jenkins
3 7 (2.88%) Selenium
4 6 (2.47%) GitLab
5 5 (2.06%) Bitbucket
6 3 (1.23%) Cucumber
6 3 (1.23%) Cypress.io
6 3 (1.23%) JUnit
6 3 (1.23%) NUnit
6 3 (1.23%) Storybook
7 2 (0.82%) HP UFT
8 1 (0.41%) JMeter
8 1 (0.41%) Mocha
8 1 (0.41%) MSTest
8 1 (0.41%) ScriptRunner
8 1 (0.41%) SpecFlow
8 1 (0.41%) TeamCity
8 1 (0.41%) Visual Studio
8 1 (0.41%) WebDriver
General
1 96 (39.51%) Social Skills
2 37 (15.23%) Analytical Skills
3 21 (8.64%) Documentation Skills
4 16 (6.58%) Public Sector
5 12 (4.94%) Finance
6 10 (4.12%) Billing
7 9 (3.70%) Retail
8 8 (3.29%) Telecoms
9 6 (2.47%) Influencing Skills
9 6 (2.47%) Organisational Skills
10 5 (2.06%) Marketing
11 4 (1.65%) Manufacturing
12 3 (1.23%) Electronics
12 3 (1.23%) Law
13 2 (0.82%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 2 (0.82%) Legal
14 1 (0.41%) Aerospace
14 1 (0.41%) Banking
14 1 (0.41%) Digital Healthcare
14 1 (0.41%) Health Technology
Job Titles
1 40 (16.46%) Architect
2 29 (11.93%) Analyst
3 26 (10.70%) DevOps Engineer
3 26 (10.70%) Senior
4 22 (9.05%) Azure Engineer
5 17 (7.00%) Developer
6 13 (5.35%) Lead
6 13 (5.35%) Test Analyst
7 12 (4.94%) Cloud Engineer
8 11 (4.53%) Azure DevOps Engineer
8 11 (4.53%) Solutions Architect
9 9 (3.70%) Project Manager
10 7 (2.88%) AWS Engineer
10 7 (2.88%) Business Analyst
10 7 (2.88%) Data Scientist
10 7 (2.88%) Release Manager
10 7 (2.88%) Senior DevOps
10 7 (2.88%) Senior DevOps Engineer
11 6 (2.47%) IP Architect
11 6 (2.47%) IP Specialist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 28 (11.52%) ADO
2 21 (8.64%) REST
3 18 (7.41%) LDAP
4 15 (6.17%) .NET
5 11 (4.53%) RESTful
6 8 (3.29%) PyTorch
6 8 (3.29%) scikit-learn
7 7 (2.88%) SOAP
8 6 (2.47%) ARM Templates
8 6 (2.47%) GraphQL
8 6 (2.47%) HTML
8 6 (2.47%) Middleware
8 6 (2.47%) NETCONF
8 6 (2.47%) React
8 6 (2.47%) SailPoint
8 6 (2.47%) YANG
9 5 (2.06%) .NET Core
9 5 (2.06%) CSS
9 5 (2.06%) OAuth
9 5 (2.06%) OAuth2
Miscellaneous
1 27 (11.11%) Cloud Native
2 10 (4.12%) Security Posture
3 9 (3.70%) Hybrid Cloud
3 9 (3.70%) Onboarding
4 8 (3.29%) Legacy Systems
5 7 (2.88%) Product Ownership
6 6 (2.47%) Algorithms
6 6 (2.47%) Self-Motivation
7 5 (2.06%) Enterprise Software
7 5 (2.06%) PKI
8 4 (1.65%) Data Centre
8 4 (1.65%) Data Protection Act
8 4 (1.65%) Linux Command Line
8 4 (1.65%) Smart Meter
9 3 (1.23%) Management Information System
9 3 (1.23%) Operational Technology
9 3 (1.23%) Replication
10 2 (0.82%) Cyber Threat
10 2 (0.82%) IoT
10 2 (0.82%) Security Operations Centre
Operating Systems
1 32 (13.17%) Linux
2 10 (4.12%) Windows
3 4 (1.65%) Unix
4 3 (1.23%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 1 (0.41%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 117 (48.15%) CI/CD
2 84 (34.57%) Agile
3 65 (26.75%) Problem-Solving
4 37 (15.23%) Cybersecurity
5 31 (12.76%) Analytics
5 31 (12.76%) Containerisation
6 28 (11.52%) AI
6 28 (11.52%) DevSecOps
6 28 (11.52%) Infrastructure as Code
7 27 (11.11%) Microservices
7 27 (11.11%) Scrum
8 26 (10.70%) SIEM
9 24 (9.88%) Stakeholder Management
9 24 (9.88%) Test Automation
10 23 (9.47%) Machine Learning
11 19 (7.82%) Continuous Improvement
11 19 (7.82%) Migration
11 19 (7.82%) Validation
12 18 (7.41%) Roadmaps
12 18 (7.41%) Stakeholder Engagement
Programming Languages
1 85 (34.98%) Python
2 48 (19.75%) PowerShell
3 42 (17.28%) SQL
4 25 (10.29%) Java
5 24 (9.88%) Bash
6 20 (8.23%) JavaScript
7 18 (7.41%) C#
8 8 (3.29%) Bicep
9 7 (2.88%) TypeScript
10 6 (2.47%) BeanShell
10 6 (2.47%) R
11 5 (2.06%) C++
11 5 (2.06%) PHP
11 5 (2.06%) Shell Script
12 4 (1.65%) Search Processing Language
13 3 (1.23%) C
13 3 (1.23%) DataWeave
14 2 (0.82%) Groovy
14 2 (0.82%) T-SQL
14 2 (0.82%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 53 (21.81%) Security Cleared
2 37 (15.23%) SC Cleared
3 20 (8.23%) CISSP
4 17 (7.00%) CISM
4 17 (7.00%) Degree
5 12 (4.94%) Computer Science Degree
6 7 (2.88%) Cisco Certification
7 6 (2.47%) AWS Certification
7 6 (2.47%) CCIE
7 6 (2.47%) DV Cleared
7 6 (2.47%) JNCIE
8 5 (2.06%) Azure Certification
8 5 (2.06%) RHCE
9 4 (1.65%) Master's Degree
10 3 (1.23%) CFCE
10 3 (1.23%) GCFA
10 3 (1.23%) GCIA
10 3 (1.23%) GCIH
10 3 (1.23%) ISTQB
10 3 (1.23%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 37 (15.23%) GDPR
2 26 (10.70%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 26 (10.70%) NIST
3 20 (8.23%) QA
4 12 (4.94%) Data Quality
5 6 (2.47%) HIPAA
6 5 (2.06%) PMO
7 4 (1.65%) EU AI Act
7 4 (1.65%) SOC 2
8 3 (1.23%) NCSC
9 2 (0.82%) GRC
10 1 (0.41%) ISO/IEC 17025
10 1 (0.41%) NIST 800
10 1 (0.41%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 33 (13.58%) Active Directory
2 31 (12.76%) Docker
3 6 (2.47%) VMware NSX
3 6 (2.47%) vSphere
4 5 (2.06%) Virtual Machines
4 5 (2.06%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 54 (22.22%) Terraform
2 46 (18.93%) Kubernetes
3 33 (13.58%) Ansible
4 6 (2.47%) Argo
4 6 (2.47%) Grafana
4 6 (2.47%) vCenter Server
5 5 (2.06%) Prometheus
6 3 (1.23%) CloudHub
6 3 (1.23%) Data Guard
6 3 (1.23%) HP ALM
6 3 (1.23%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
6 3 (1.23%) Oracle RMAN
6 3 (1.23%) Podman
6 3 (1.23%) Proxmox
7 2 (0.82%) logstash
7 2 (0.82%) Single Sign-On
7 2 (0.82%) systemd
8 1 (0.41%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
8 1 (0.41%) Puppet
Vendors
1 24 (9.88%) Oracle
2 18 (7.41%) BeyondTrust
2 18 (7.41%) CyberArk
3 16 (6.58%) Microsoft
4 14 (5.76%) Red Hat
5 13 (5.35%) Databricks
5 13 (5.35%) Salesforce
6 12 (4.94%) Splunk
7 8 (3.29%) MuleSoft
8 7 (2.88%) ESRI
8 7 (2.88%) Intergraph
8 7 (2.88%) ServiceNow
8 7 (2.88%) VMware
9 6 (2.47%) Pure Storage
10 4 (1.65%) Foundry
10 4 (1.65%) Google
10 4 (1.65%) Palantir
11 3 (1.23%) AppDynamics
11 3 (1.23%) Dynatrace
11 3 (1.23%) Zscaler