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

6 months to
8 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 8 11 16
Rank change year-on-year +3 +5 +3
Contract jobs citing DevOps 240 261 267
As % of all contract jobs in the Thames Valley 12.79% 12.18% 10.06%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 14.34% 14.00% 11.08%
Number of daily rates quoted 149 197 214
10th Percentile £400 £408 £413
25th Percentile £413 £500 £475
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 £672 £738
South East median daily rate £513 £575 £575
% change year-on-year -10.87% - +4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 8
10th Percentile - - £70.99
25th Percentile - - £73.63
Median hourly rate £75.00 - £75.67
75th Percentile - - £77.53
90th Percentile - - £83.86
South East median hourly rate £66.75 - £75.67
% change year-on-year - - +26.12%

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 1,674 1,864 2,410
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 89.18% 87.02% 90.84%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,056 1,077 1,566
10th Percentile £268 £308 £239
25th Percentile £406 £412 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £510 £500
Median % change year-on-year -1.96% +2.00% -
75th Percentile £588 £626 £623
90th Percentile £650 £675 £700
South East median daily rate £500 £513 £520
% change year-on-year -2.44% -1.44% +1.96%
Number of hourly rates quoted 130 69 102
10th Percentile £14.75 £18.74 £16.44
25th Percentile £15.91 £30.00 £24.63
Median hourly rate £23.13 £57.50 £50.00
Median % change year-on-year -59.77% +15.00% +159.74%
75th Percentile £31.80 £62.69 £67.05
90th Percentile £72.30 £70.72 £75.67
South East median hourly rate £20.71 £57.52 £52.50
% change year-on-year -64.00% +9.56% +31.83%

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 8 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
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 8 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 0 198 £500 -16.67% 419
Buckinghamshire +13 32 £463 -15.91% 61
Oxfordshire -8 10 £550 +22.22% 38
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 (4.58%) OpenStack
2 9 (3.75%) Smallworld
3 7 (2.92%) SharePoint
4 6 (2.50%) Confluence
4 6 (2.50%) GeoServer
5 4 (1.67%) Anypoint
6 3 (1.25%) ArcGIS
6 3 (1.25%) Camunda
6 3 (1.25%) nginx
6 3 (1.25%) Oracle Spatial
7 2 (0.83%) 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%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.42%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 3 (1.25%) Oracle EBS
2 1 (0.42%) Maximo
2 1 (0.42%) NetSuite
Cloud Services
1 162 (67.50%) Azure
2 94 (39.17%) Azure DevOps
3 77 (32.08%) AWS
4 37 (15.42%) GitHub
5 33 (13.75%) GCP
6 19 (7.92%) IaaS
7 18 (7.50%) GitHub Actions
8 17 (7.08%) SaaS
9 16 (6.67%) Serverless
10 15 (6.25%) Azure AKS
11 12 (5.00%) PaaS
11 12 (5.00%) Power Platform
12 11 (4.58%) Entra ID
12 11 (4.58%) OCI
13 9 (3.75%) AWS Lambda
13 9 (3.75%) Azure Data Factory
13 9 (3.75%) Azure Monitor
14 8 (3.33%) Amazon S3
14 8 (3.33%) Azure Storage
15 7 (2.92%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 9 (3.75%) DNS
1 9 (3.75%) MPLS
2 6 (2.50%) 5G
2 6 (2.50%) BGP
2 6 (2.50%) LAN
2 6 (2.50%) WAN
3 5 (2.08%) Firewall
3 5 (2.08%) LTE
3 5 (2.08%) Network Security
3 5 (2.08%) VoIP
4 3 (1.25%) 4G
4 3 (1.25%) DOCSIS
4 3 (1.25%) GPON
4 3 (1.25%) Intrusion Detection
4 3 (1.25%) Radio Access Network
4 3 (1.25%) SSL
4 3 (1.25%) xDSL
5 2 (0.83%) 2G
5 2 (0.83%) Converged Networks
5 2 (0.83%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (4.17%) Azure SQL Database
1 10 (4.17%) GIS
1 10 (4.17%) Power BI
2 9 (3.75%) NoSQL
2 9 (3.75%) SQL Server
3 8 (3.33%) PostgreSQL
4 6 (2.50%) Geospatial Data
4 6 (2.50%) Metadata
4 6 (2.50%) MySQL
4 6 (2.50%) QGIS
5 5 (2.08%) Amazon Athena
5 5 (2.08%) Big Data
5 5 (2.08%) Relational Database
6 4 (1.67%) Data Lake
7 3 (1.25%) Amazon RDS
7 3 (1.25%) Redis
7 3 (1.25%) Spatial Data
8 2 (0.83%) Elasticsearch
8 2 (0.83%) MongoDB
8 2 (0.83%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 31 (12.92%) JIRA
2 20 (8.33%) Git
3 18 (7.50%) Jenkins
4 8 (3.33%) GitLab
5 7 (2.92%) Selenium
6 4 (1.67%) Bitbucket
7 3 (1.25%) Cucumber
7 3 (1.25%) Cypress.io
7 3 (1.25%) JUnit
7 3 (1.25%) NUnit
7 3 (1.25%) Storybook
7 3 (1.25%) Visual Studio Code
8 1 (0.42%) JMeter
8 1 (0.42%) MLflow
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 89 (37.08%) Social Skills
2 27 (11.25%) Analytical Skills
3 15 (6.25%) Telecoms
4 13 (5.42%) Finance
4 13 (5.42%) Public Sector
5 10 (4.17%) Billing
5 10 (4.17%) Retail
6 8 (3.33%) Documentation Skills
7 4 (1.67%) Influencing Skills
7 4 (1.67%) Manufacturing
8 3 (1.25%) Electronics
8 3 (1.25%) Law
8 3 (1.25%) Legal
8 3 (1.25%) Marketing
8 3 (1.25%) Organisational Skills
9 1 (0.42%) Aerospace
9 1 (0.42%) Banking
9 1 (0.42%) Digital Healthcare
9 1 (0.42%) Financial Institution
9 1 (0.42%) Health Technology
Job Titles
1 37 (15.42%) Architect
2 33 (13.75%) Developer
3 28 (11.67%) Analyst
3 28 (11.67%) DevOps Engineer
4 24 (10.00%) Senior
5 21 (8.75%) Azure Engineer
6 19 (7.92%) Cloud Engineer
7 17 (7.08%) Lead
8 14 (5.83%) Test Analyst
9 13 (5.42%) Azure DevOps Engineer
10 11 (4.58%) AWS Engineer
11 8 (3.33%) Business Analyst
11 8 (3.33%) Release Manager
11 8 (3.33%) Site Engineer
11 8 (3.33%) Site Reliability Engineer
12 7 (2.92%) Cloud Developer
12 7 (2.92%) Data Scientist
13 6 (2.50%) GIS Architect
13 6 (2.50%) Senior Developer
13 6 (2.50%) Solutions Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 25 (10.42%) ADO
2 21 (8.75%) REST
3 15 (6.25%) .NET
4 13 (5.42%) RESTful
5 10 (4.17%) SOAP
6 8 (3.33%) HTML
6 8 (3.33%) JSON
6 8 (3.33%) LDAP
6 8 (3.33%) PyTorch
6 8 (3.33%) React
6 8 (3.33%) scikit-learn
7 7 (2.92%) Middleware
8 6 (2.50%) ARM Templates
8 6 (2.50%) CSS
8 6 (2.50%) NETCONF
8 6 (2.50%) OAuth
8 6 (2.50%) OAuth2
8 6 (2.50%) SailPoint
8 6 (2.50%) Web Services
8 6 (2.50%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 20 (8.33%) Cloud Native
2 15 (6.25%) Security Posture
3 12 (5.00%) Algorithms
4 9 (3.75%) Hybrid Cloud
4 9 (3.75%) Product Ownership
5 8 (3.33%) Legacy Systems
6 6 (2.50%) Onboarding
7 5 (2.08%) Management Information System
7 5 (2.08%) Self-Motivation
8 4 (1.67%) Linux Command Line
8 4 (1.67%) Smart Meter
9 3 (1.25%) Data Centre
9 3 (1.25%) Data Protection Act
9 3 (1.25%) IoT
9 3 (1.25%) PKI
9 3 (1.25%) Replication
9 3 (1.25%) TM Forum
10 2 (0.83%) CMDB
10 2 (0.83%) Cyber Threat
10 2 (0.83%) Mainframe
Operating Systems
1 27 (11.25%) Linux
2 9 (3.75%) Windows
3 4 (1.67%) Unix
4 1 (0.42%) VMS
4 1 (0.42%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 117 (48.75%) CI/CD
2 81 (33.75%) Agile
3 55 (22.92%) Problem-Solving
4 35 (14.58%) AI
5 34 (14.17%) Analytics
6 33 (13.75%) Infrastructure as Code
7 31 (12.92%) Machine Learning
8 30 (12.50%) Containerisation
9 28 (11.67%) Cybersecurity
9 28 (11.67%) Test Automation
10 26 (10.83%) Validation
11 25 (10.42%) Migration
12 24 (10.00%) Microservices
13 23 (9.58%) Scrum
14 21 (8.75%) DevSecOps
15 19 (7.92%) Data Science
15 19 (7.92%) Stakeholder Engagement
16 18 (7.50%) Data Modelling
16 18 (7.50%) End-to-End Testing
17 17 (7.08%) Test Scripting
Programming Languages
1 80 (33.33%) Python
2 46 (19.17%) SQL
3 32 (13.33%) PowerShell
4 26 (10.83%) Java
5 24 (10.00%) Bash
6 23 (9.58%) JavaScript
7 20 (8.33%) C#
8 9 (3.75%) TypeScript
9 6 (2.50%) BeanShell
9 6 (2.50%) Bicep
9 6 (2.50%) R
10 4 (1.67%) C++
10 4 (1.67%) Search Processing Language
10 4 (1.67%) VB
11 3 (1.25%) Apex Code
11 3 (1.25%) C
11 3 (1.25%) Magik
11 3 (1.25%) PHP
11 3 (1.25%) SOQL
11 3 (1.25%) X++
Qualifications
1 39 (16.25%) Security Cleared
2 23 (9.58%) SC Cleared
3 18 (7.50%) Degree
4 11 (4.58%) CISSP
4 11 (4.58%) Computer Science Degree
5 8 (3.33%) AWS Certification
5 8 (3.33%) CISM
5 8 (3.33%) DV Cleared
6 7 (2.92%) Cisco Certification
7 6 (2.50%) CCIE
7 6 (2.50%) JNCIE
7 6 (2.50%) Master's Degree
8 3 (1.25%) CFCE
8 3 (1.25%) GCFA
8 3 (1.25%) GCIA
8 3 (1.25%) GCIH
9 2 (0.83%) Azure Certification
9 2 (0.83%) GIAC
9 2 (0.83%) PMP
9 2 (0.83%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 25 (10.42%) GDPR
2 18 (7.50%) QA
3 16 (6.67%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 15 (6.25%) NIST
5 10 (4.17%) Data Quality
6 7 (2.92%) HIPAA
7 4 (1.67%) EU AI Act
7 4 (1.67%) SOC 2
8 2 (0.83%) GRC
8 2 (0.83%) OASIS TOSCA
8 2 (0.83%) PCI DSS
9 1 (0.42%) Accessibility
9 1 (0.42%) ISO/IEC 17025
9 1 (0.42%) PMO
9 1 (0.42%) SLA
System Software
1 27 (11.25%) Docker
2 19 (7.92%) Active Directory
3 11 (4.58%) vSphere
4 6 (2.50%) VMware NSX
5 5 (2.08%) VMware Infrastructure
6 2 (0.83%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 50 (20.83%) Terraform
2 45 (18.75%) Kubernetes
3 33 (13.75%) Ansible
4 6 (2.50%) Argo
4 6 (2.50%) vCenter Server
5 3 (1.25%) CloudHub
5 3 (1.25%) Grafana
5 3 (1.25%) Podman
5 3 (1.25%) Proxmox
6 2 (0.83%) Amdocs OSS
6 2 (0.83%) logstash
6 2 (0.83%) Prometheus
6 2 (0.83%) Single Sign-On
7 1 (0.42%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
7 1 (0.42%) HP ALM
7 1 (0.42%) Puppet
Vendors
1 27 (11.25%) Microsoft
2 22 (9.17%) Oracle
3 15 (6.25%) Salesforce
4 11 (4.58%) Databricks
5 9 (3.75%) ESRI
5 9 (3.75%) MuleSoft
5 9 (3.75%) Splunk
6 8 (3.33%) BeyondTrust
6 8 (3.33%) CyberArk
7 6 (2.50%) Intergraph
7 6 (2.50%) Pure Storage
7 6 (2.50%) ServiceNow
7 6 (2.50%) Virgin Media
7 6 (2.50%) VMware
8 5 (2.08%) Google
8 5 (2.08%) Red Hat
9 4 (1.67%) Foundry
9 4 (1.67%) Palantir
9 4 (1.67%) SAP
10 3 (1.25%) Sage