Development Operations Architect
UK
The median Development Operations Architect daily rate in the UK is £600, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 20 June 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 20 Jun 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 517 | 550 | 631 |
| Rank change year-on-year | +33 | +81 | +151 |
| Contract jobs requiring a DevOps Architect | 15 | 38 | 53 |
| As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK | 0.050% | 0.087% | 0.095% |
| As % of the Job Titles category | 0.054% | 0.093% | 0.10% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 7 | 32 | 47 |
| 10th Percentile | £473 | £539 | £485 |
| 25th Percentile | £500 | £550 | - |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £600 | £650 | £500 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -7.69% | +30.00% | -28.57% |
| 75th Percentile | £647 | £688 | £631 |
| 90th Percentile | £696 | £709 | £725 |
| UK excluding London median daily rate | £619 | £600 | £650 |
| % change year-on-year | +3.13% | -7.69% | +5.05% |
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 | 27,579 | 40,770 | 52,426 |
| % of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title | 92.19% | 92.90% | 94.46% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 17,714 | 26,114 | 36,541 |
| 10th Percentile | £288 | £281 | £313 |
| 25th Percentile | £402 | £408 | £425 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £500 | £525 | £538 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -4.76% | -2.33% | +2.38% |
| 75th Percentile | £625 | £638 | £650 |
| 90th Percentile | £738 | £750 | £750 |
| UK excluding London median daily rate | £475 | £490 | £500 |
| % change year-on-year | -3.06% | -2.00% | +5.26% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 1,186 | 2,993 | 1,489 |
| 10th Percentile | £13.85 | £12.86 | £14.25 |
| 25th Percentile | £17.46 | £16.37 | £19.06 |
| Median hourly rate | £27.45 | £37.50 | £45.00 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -26.80% | -16.67% | +76.47% |
| 75th Percentile | £57.50 | £62.50 | £65.75 |
| 90th Percentile | £75.00 | £73.95 | £77.00 |
| UK excluding London median hourly rate | £25.15 | £40.00 | £41.50 |
| % change year-on-year | -37.13% | -3.61% | +107.50% |
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 20 June 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 20 June 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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| England | +38 | 11 | £600 | -7.69% | 88 |
| London | +32 | 9 | £563 | -13.46% | 20 |
| Work from Home | +25 | 8 | £563 | -13.46% | 77 |
| UK excluding London | +48 | 2 | £619 | +3.13% | 75 |
| Midlands | +7 | 2 | £619 | +12.50% | 13 |
| West Midlands | +10 | 1 | £600 | - | 7 |
| East Midlands | +6 | 1 | £638 | +15.91% | 6 |
DevOps Architect Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities
For the 6 months to 20 June 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: