Development Operations Architect
UK
The median Development Operations Architect daily rate in the UK is £638, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025.
The table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 1 May 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 507 | 540 | 657 |
| Rank change year-on-year | +33 | +117 | +134 |
| Contract jobs requiring a DevOps Architect | 13 | 42 | 61 |
| As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK | 0.044% | 0.096% | 0.10% |
| As % of the Job Titles category | 0.048% | 0.10% | 0.11% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 11 | 32 | 52 |
| 10th Percentile | £450 | £501 | - |
| 25th Percentile | £531 | £550 | £500 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £638 | £638 | £525 |
| Median % change year-on-year | - | +21.43% | -25.00% |
| 75th Percentile | £725 | £678 | £641 |
| 90th Percentile | - | £709 | £725 |
| UK excluding London median daily rate | £669 | £600 | £595 |
| % change year-on-year | +11.46% | +0.84% | -7.57% |
All Contract IT Job Vacancies
UK
For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of contract jobs in our overall sample.
| Contract vacancies in the UK with a recognized job title | 27,084 | 40,415 | 56,464 |
| % of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title | 92.52% | 92.78% | 94.61% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 17,692 | 26,309 | 39,470 |
| 10th Percentile | £300 | £275 | £313 |
| 25th Percentile | £406 | £410 | £425 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £515 | £525 | £540 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -1.90% | -2.78% | +2.86% |
| 75th Percentile | £625 | £638 | £650 |
| 90th Percentile | £738 | £750 | £750 |
| UK excluding London median daily rate | £475 | £492 | £500 |
| % change year-on-year | -3.46% | -1.60% | +5.26% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 1,035 | 2,664 | 1,570 |
| 10th Percentile | £14.07 | £12.86 | £14.29 |
| 25th Percentile | £18.50 | £16.30 | £19.50 |
| Median hourly rate | £29.00 | £36.42 | £45.00 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -20.37% | -19.07% | +91.49% |
| 75th Percentile | £62.50 | £60.75 | £65.75 |
| 90th Percentile | £75.00 | £72.50 | £75.75 |
| UK excluding London median hourly rate | £28.00 | £39.55 | £42.50 |
| % change year-on-year | -29.20% | -6.94% | +117.95% |
DevOps Architect
Job Vacancy Trend
Job postings that featured DevOps Architect in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.
DevOps Architect
Contractor Daily Rate Trend
3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing DevOps Architect.
DevOps Architect
Daily Rate Histogram
Daily rate distribution for jobs citing DevOps Architect over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.
DevOps Architect
Top 7 Contract Locations
The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing DevOps Architect within the UK over the 6 months to 1 May 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 |
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| Work from Home | +36 | 12 | £669 | +2.88% | 4 |
| England | +29 | 9 | £700 | +12.00% | 13 |
| London | +20 | 5 | £700 | +7.69% | 6 |
| UK excluding London | +53 | 4 | £669 | +11.46% | 7 |
| Midlands | +23 | 4 | £669 | +21.59% | 1 |
| East Midlands | +12 | 3 | £700 | +27.27% | |
| West Midlands | +13 | 1 | £600 | - | 1 |
DevOps Architect Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities
For the 6 months to 1 May 2025, DevOps Architect contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads featuring DevOps Architect in the job title.
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DevOps Architect Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities by Category
The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories: