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

6 months to
27 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 18 14 10
Rank change year-on-year -4 -4 +3
Contract jobs citing DevOps 259 173 295
As % of all contract jobs in the Thames Valley 8.29% 11.45% 11.10%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 10.23% 12.30% 13.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 191 105 185
10th Percentile £358 £325 £456
25th Percentile £421 £413 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £600
Median % change year-on-year - -16.67% +1.48%
75th Percentile £603 £588 £650
90th Percentile £673 £645 £688
South East median daily rate £513 £500 £558
% change year-on-year +2.50% -10.31% -5.51%
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 2,533 1,406 2,269
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 81.03% 93.05% 85.36%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,633 843 1,227
10th Percentile £306 £291 £225
25th Percentile £410 £400 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year +2.50% - -2.20%
75th Percentile £600 £600 £608
90th Percentile £695 £688 £675
South East median daily rate £525 £500 £513
% change year-on-year +5.00% -2.44% +0.49%
Number of hourly rates quoted 230 86 175
10th Percentile £16.35 £14.20 £14.50
25th Percentile £31.25 £14.84 £19.25
Median hourly rate £81.50 £25.15 £47.50
Median % change year-on-year +224.06% -47.05% -5.00%
75th Percentile £88.00 £62.24 £65.00
90th Percentile £104.50 £80.00 £85.65
South East median hourly rate £53.90 £24.66 £47.50
% change year-on-year +118.57% -48.08% -6.95%

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 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 27 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 27 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 -6 182 £500 - 34
Buckinghamshire -2 69 £492 +51.38% 15
Oxfordshire -23 8 £750 +81.82% 15
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 9 (3.47%) Confluence
2 8 (3.09%) SharePoint
3 7 (2.70%) OpenStack
4 4 (1.54%) Apache Spark
4 4 (1.54%) IIS
4 4 (1.54%) WebSphere
4 4 (1.54%) WebSphere Application Server
5 2 (0.77%) Adobe Experience Manager
5 2 (0.77%) ArcGIS
5 2 (0.77%) IBM HTTP Server
5 2 (0.77%) JBoss
5 2 (0.77%) Oracle HTTP Server
5 2 (0.77%) WebSphere Portal
6 1 (0.39%) CMS
6 1 (0.39%) GeoServer
6 1 (0.39%) Microsoft Exchange
6 1 (0.39%) Smallworld
Applications
1 8 (3.09%) CPLEX
2 7 (2.70%) Microsoft Excel
3 5 (1.93%) Microsoft Project
4 2 (0.77%) MS Visio
5 1 (0.39%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 4 (1.54%) SAP S/4HANA
2 3 (1.16%) Oracle EBS
3 1 (0.39%) Payment Gateway
3 1 (0.39%) Remedy ITSM
3 1 (0.39%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 198 (76.45%) Azure
2 118 (45.56%) Azure DevOps
3 69 (26.64%) AWS
4 35 (13.51%) GCP
5 34 (13.13%) Power Platform
6 22 (8.49%) GitHub
7 21 (8.11%) Entra ID
8 17 (6.56%) Azure Monitor
8 17 (6.56%) GitHub Actions
9 14 (5.41%) SaaS
10 11 (4.25%) Microsoft 365
10 11 (4.25%) OCI
11 10 (3.86%) OpenShift
12 9 (3.47%) Azure Key Vault
13 8 (3.09%) Serverless
14 7 (2.70%) Azure AKS
14 7 (2.70%) IaaS
14 7 (2.70%) PaaS
15 6 (2.32%) Google App Engine
15 6 (2.32%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 18 (6.95%) Firewall
2 13 (5.02%) LAN
2 13 (5.02%) WAN
3 11 (4.25%) BGP
4 10 (3.86%) MPLS
5 9 (3.47%) SD-WAN
6 7 (2.70%) DNS
6 7 (2.70%) Network Security
7 5 (1.93%) TCP/IP
7 5 (1.93%) VPN
8 4 (1.54%) OSPF
9 3 (1.16%) DHCP
9 3 (1.16%) IPsec
9 3 (1.16%) MQTT
9 3 (1.16%) SSL
10 2 (0.77%) HTTP
10 2 (0.77%) Internet
10 2 (0.77%) VXLAN
11 1 (0.39%) SAN
11 1 (0.39%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 23 (8.88%) Power BI
2 15 (5.79%) NoSQL
3 11 (4.25%) PostgreSQL
4 9 (3.47%) SQL Server
5 8 (3.09%) Data Warehouse
5 8 (3.09%) MongoDB
6 6 (2.32%) Tableau
7 5 (1.93%) Azure SQL Database
7 5 (1.93%) Relational Database
8 4 (1.54%) Metadata
9 3 (1.16%) Big Data
9 3 (1.16%) DocumentDB
9 3 (1.16%) Oracle BI Publisher
9 3 (1.16%) Parquet
10 2 (0.77%) GIS
10 2 (0.77%) Hadoop
10 2 (0.77%) Oracle Reports
10 2 (0.77%) Star Schema
11 1 (0.39%) DynamoDB
11 1 (0.39%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 29 (11.20%) Git
2 21 (8.11%) Jenkins
2 21 (8.11%) JIRA
3 13 (5.02%) GitLab
4 6 (2.32%) Bitbucket
5 4 (1.54%) Jaeger
5 4 (1.54%) NUnit
6 3 (1.16%) HP UFT
6 3 (1.16%) JUnit
6 3 (1.16%) Postman
6 3 (1.16%) Selenium
6 3 (1.16%) SpecFlow
6 3 (1.16%) TeamCity
6 3 (1.16%) Visual Studio
6 3 (1.16%) WebDriver
7 2 (0.77%) Introscope
7 2 (0.77%) JMeter
7 2 (0.77%) LoadRunner
7 2 (0.77%) MSTest
7 2 (0.77%) NeoLoad
General
1 70 (27.03%) Social Skills
2 27 (10.42%) Analytical Skills
3 22 (8.49%) Public Sector
4 21 (8.11%) Finance
5 17 (6.56%) Documentation Skills
6 13 (5.02%) Aerospace
7 9 (3.47%) Influencing Skills
8 8 (3.09%) Billing
8 8 (3.09%) Organisational Skills
9 4 (1.54%) Telecoms
10 2 (0.77%) Legal
10 2 (0.77%) Marketing
10 2 (0.77%) Military
10 2 (0.77%) Pharmaceutical
11 1 (0.39%) Advertising
11 1 (0.39%) Health Technology
11 1 (0.39%) Law
11 1 (0.39%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 45 (17.37%) DevOps Engineer
2 40 (15.44%) Developer
3 37 (14.29%) Architect
4 36 (13.90%) Azure Engineer
5 28 (10.81%) Senior
6 26 (10.04%) Analyst
6 26 (10.04%) Azure DevOps Engineer
7 20 (7.72%) Cloud Engineer
8 18 (6.95%) Lead
9 14 (5.41%) Platform Engineer
10 11 (4.25%) Project Manager
10 11 (4.25%) Technical Architect
11 10 (3.86%) Business Analyst
11 10 (3.86%) Test Analyst
12 9 (3.47%) Data Engineer
12 9 (3.47%) Oracle Analyst
12 9 (3.47%) Test Engineer
13 8 (3.09%) .NET Developer
13 8 (3.09%) Consultant
13 8 (3.09%) Python Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 24 (9.27%) .NET
1 24 (9.27%) REST
2 15 (5.79%) React
3 14 (5.41%) LDAP
3 14 (5.41%) RESTful
4 13 (5.02%) OAuth
5 11 (4.25%) ADO
5 11 (4.25%) Kafka
5 11 (4.25%) Swagger
6 10 (3.86%) RabbitMQ
7 9 (3.47%) FastAPI
7 9 (3.47%) Flask
7 9 (3.47%) OpenAPI
7 9 (3.47%) Pandas
7 9 (3.47%) pytest
7 9 (3.47%) SOAP
8 8 (3.09%) .NET Framework
8 8 (3.09%) Django
8 8 (3.09%) NumPy
9 7 (2.70%) Entity Framework
Miscellaneous
1 31 (11.97%) Cloud Native
2 14 (5.41%) Hybrid Cloud
3 13 (5.02%) Distributed Systems
4 11 (4.25%) Enterprise Software
5 8 (3.09%) Algorithms
5 8 (3.09%) Data Structures
6 7 (2.70%) Product Ownership
6 7 (2.70%) Public Cloud
6 7 (2.70%) Security Posture
7 6 (2.32%) Operational Technology
8 5 (1.93%) Analytical Mindset
8 5 (1.93%) Data Centre
8 5 (1.93%) Data Protection Act
8 5 (1.93%) Virtual Team
9 4 (1.54%) Onboarding
10 3 (1.16%) Greenfield Project
10 3 (1.16%) PKI
11 2 (0.77%) Clustering
11 2 (0.77%) CMDB
11 2 (0.77%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 22 (8.49%) Linux
2 15 (5.79%) Windows
3 11 (4.25%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 2 (0.77%) Oracle Linux
4 2 (0.77%) SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
4 2 (0.77%) Unix
4 2 (0.77%) Windows Server
5 1 (0.39%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 116 (44.79%) CI/CD
2 86 (33.20%) Agile
3 53 (20.46%) Problem-Solving
4 50 (19.31%) Infrastructure as Code
5 38 (14.67%) Cybersecurity
6 34 (13.13%) Analytics
7 31 (11.97%) Stakeholder Management
8 30 (11.58%) Microservices
9 28 (10.81%) Containerisation
9 28 (10.81%) Data Modelling
10 27 (10.42%) Root Cause Analysis
11 23 (8.88%) Business Intelligence
11 23 (8.88%) Roadmaps
12 22 (8.49%) DevSecOps
12 22 (8.49%) ITIL
12 22 (8.49%) Platform Engineering
12 22 (8.49%) Test Automation
13 21 (8.11%) Enterprise Architecture
14 20 (7.72%) Migration
14 20 (7.72%) TOGAF
Programming Languages
1 68 (26.25%) Python
2 40 (15.44%) PowerShell
2 40 (15.44%) SQL
3 24 (9.27%) JavaScript
4 21 (8.11%) Bash
5 19 (7.34%) C#
6 16 (6.18%) Java
7 13 (5.02%) Bicep
8 12 (4.63%) TypeScript
9 7 (2.70%) Go
10 5 (1.93%) X++
11 4 (1.54%) Perl
12 3 (1.16%) VBScript
13 2 (0.77%) Apex Code
13 2 (0.77%) BeanShell
13 2 (0.77%) Jython
13 2 (0.77%) Shell Script
13 2 (0.77%) T-SQL
14 1 (0.39%) Kusto Query Language
14 1 (0.39%) SOQL
Qualifications
1 117 (45.17%) Security Cleared
2 98 (37.84%) SC Cleared
3 17 (6.56%) CISSP
4 15 (5.79%) Cisco Certification
4 15 (5.79%) CISM
5 14 (5.41%) DV Cleared
6 12 (4.63%) Degree
7 10 (3.86%) Azure Certification
8 9 (3.47%) CCIE
9 8 (3.09%) RHCE
10 7 (2.70%) CCNP
10 7 (2.70%) JNCIE
11 5 (1.93%) BPSS Clearance
11 5 (1.93%) MCSE
11 5 (1.93%) Microsoft Certification
12 4 (1.54%) AWS Certification
12 4 (1.54%) PMP
13 3 (1.16%) GIAC
13 3 (1.16%) PMI Certification
14 1 (0.39%) RHCA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 25 (9.65%) NIST
2 19 (7.34%) GDPR
3 18 (6.95%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 16 (6.18%) QA
5 15 (5.79%) NCSC
6 8 (3.09%) Data Quality
7 6 (2.32%) GRC
8 5 (1.93%) PCI DSS
9 4 (1.54%) Accessibility
10 3 (1.16%) NIST 800
11 1 (0.39%) Actionable Recommendations
11 1 (0.39%) OpenSCAP
11 1 (0.39%) SLA
System Software
1 27 (10.42%) Active Directory
2 24 (9.27%) Docker
3 7 (2.70%) Virtual Machines
4 2 (0.77%) VMware ESXi
4 2 (0.77%) VMware Infrastructure
4 2 (0.77%) VMware NSX
5 1 (0.39%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 42 (16.22%) Terraform
2 35 (13.51%) Kubernetes
3 17 (6.56%) Ansible
4 9 (3.47%) Grafana
4 9 (3.47%) Prometheus
5 5 (1.93%) Single Sign-On
6 4 (1.54%) Istio
6 4 (1.54%) Rancher
7 2 (0.77%) Active Directory Federation Services
7 2 (0.77%) CA Wily
7 2 (0.77%) Tivoli
8 1 (0.39%) CASB
8 1 (0.39%) Fluentd
8 1 (0.39%) Microsoft Intune
8 1 (0.39%) Packer
8 1 (0.39%) Red Hat Satellite
8 1 (0.39%) SCOM
Vendors
1 51 (19.69%) Microsoft
2 24 (9.27%) Oracle
3 16 (6.18%) ServiceNow
4 13 (5.02%) Red Hat
5 12 (4.63%) BeyondTrust
5 12 (4.63%) CyberArk
6 10 (3.86%) VMware
7 8 (3.09%) Databricks
8 5 (1.93%) AppDynamics
8 5 (1.93%) Google
9 4 (1.54%) BiZZdesign
9 4 (1.54%) Cisco
9 4 (1.54%) IBM
9 4 (1.54%) SAP
10 3 (1.16%) Dynatrace
10 3 (1.16%) Fortinet
10 3 (1.16%) Splunk
11 2 (0.77%) CheckPoint
11 2 (0.77%) ESRI
11 2 (0.77%) Palo Alto