DevSecOps Contracts

DevSecOps
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies with a requirement for DevSecOps skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited DevSecOps over the 6 months to 10 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
10 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 291 328 370
Rank change year-on-year +37 +42 +87
Contract jobs citing DevSecOps 322 445 608
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.75% 0.77% 0.70%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.87% 0.86% 0.77%
Number of daily rates quoted 222 342 440
10th Percentile £425 £482 £525
25th Percentile £500 £538 £591
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £625 £650 £675
Median % change year-on-year -3.85% -3.70% +15.38%
75th Percentile £714 £738 £775
90th Percentile £799 £800 £838
UK excluding London median daily rate £622 £625 £650
% change year-on-year -0.48% -3.85% +30.25%
Number of hourly rates quoted 13 1 0
10th Percentile £45.88 - -
25th Percentile £48.43 - -
Median hourly rate £80.00 £80.00 -
75th Percentile - - -
90th Percentile - - -
UK excluding London median hourly rate £80.00 - -

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

DevSecOps is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 37,090 51,996 79,100
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 86.26% 89.82% 90.61%
Number of daily rates quoted 23,884 36,030 55,497
10th Percentile £300 £325 £343
25th Percentile £413 £438 £427
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £530
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +3.77% +8.72%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £638
90th Percentile £750 £750 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £500 £475
% change year-on-year - +5.26% +8.57%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,438 1,721 1,893
10th Percentile £12.75 £11.00 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.00 £16.13 £15.50
Median hourly rate £36.50 £36.25 £25.68
Median % change year-on-year +0.69% +41.16% +4.82%
75th Percentile £60.00 £65.00 £49.50
90th Percentile £72.50 £75.00 £65.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £38.06 £35.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year +8.74% +75.00% -6.98%

DevSecOps
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing DevSecOps as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for DevSecOps in the UK

DevSecOps
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing DevSecOps.

Daily rate trend for DevSecOps in the UK

DevSecOps
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing DevSecOps over the 6 months to 10 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for DevSecOps in the UK

DevSecOps
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing DevSecOps.

Hourly rate trend for DevSecOps in the UK

DevSecOps
Hourly Rate Histogram

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing DevSecOps over the 6 months to 10 May 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for DevSecOps in the UK

DevSecOps
Top 14 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing DevSecOps within the UK over the 6 months to 10 May 2024. 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
England +25 291 £625 -3.85% 137
London +25 158 £650 -3.99% 63
UK excluding London +33 122 £622 -0.48% 77
Work from Home +28 101 £622 +1.97% 83
South East +6 34 £638 -8.93% 20
North of England +44 29 £612 -2.08% 10
East of England +30 22 £80 -87.70% 5
South West +4 22 £500 -9.09% 19
Yorkshire +26 16 £622 -4.31% 7
North West +28 13 £523 -11.06% 2
Midlands +8 11 £644 +7.29% 13
West Midlands -3 7 £650 +8.33% 9
Scotland +37 4 £600 -2.04% 8
East Midlands +23 4 £450 -35.71% 4

DevSecOps
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:

Application Platforms
1 16 (4.97%) Confluence
2 2 (0.62%) Jupyter
3 1 (0.31%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (0.31%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (0.31%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 2 (0.62%) SAP EWM
Cloud Services
1 119 (36.96%) AWS
2 118 (36.65%) Azure
3 59 (18.32%) GCP
4 43 (13.35%) SaaS
5 38 (11.80%) PaaS
6 35 (10.87%) IaaS
7 31 (9.63%) Azure DevOps
8 28 (8.70%) GitHub
9 26 (8.07%) Serverless
10 21 (6.52%) AWS CloudFormation
11 15 (4.66%) Entra ID
12 12 (3.73%) AWS Lambda
13 11 (3.42%) GitHub Actions
14 10 (3.11%) Virtual Private Cloud
15 8 (2.48%) Kong
16 6 (1.86%) Amazon EventBridge
16 6 (1.86%) Apigee
16 6 (1.86%) AWS CloudTrail
16 6 (1.86%) OpenShift
17 5 (1.55%) CloudFront
Communications & Networking
1 35 (10.87%) Firewall
2 19 (5.90%) VPN
3 18 (5.59%) DNS
4 12 (3.73%) HTTP
5 10 (3.11%) HTTPS
5 10 (3.11%) Network Security
5 10 (3.11%) TCP/IP
6 6 (1.86%) Intrusion Detection
6 6 (1.86%) SD-WAN
6 6 (1.86%) WAN
7 5 (1.55%) BIG-IP
7 5 (1.55%) LAN
7 5 (1.55%) SSL
8 4 (1.24%) ADSL
8 4 (1.24%) PSTN
8 4 (1.24%) Wireless
8 4 (1.24%) WLAN
9 3 (0.93%) Internet
10 2 (0.62%) Reverse Proxy
10 2 (0.62%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (2.80%) Elasticsearch
2 8 (2.48%) SQL Server
3 7 (2.17%) Amazon RDS
3 7 (2.17%) Big Data
4 6 (1.86%) BigQuery
5 4 (1.24%) Power BI
6 2 (0.62%) Amazon Athena
7 1 (0.31%) Amazon Aurora
7 1 (0.31%) Azure SQL Database
7 1 (0.31%) BusinessObjects
7 1 (0.31%) Hadoop
7 1 (0.31%) Microsoft Analysis Services
7 1 (0.31%) NoSQL
7 1 (0.31%) OLAP
7 1 (0.31%) PostgreSQL
7 1 (0.31%) RDBMS
7 1 (0.31%) Relational Database
7 1 (0.31%) SAP HANA
7 1 (0.31%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 37 (11.49%) Jenkins
2 31 (9.63%) GitLab
3 22 (6.83%) JIRA
4 20 (6.21%) Git
5 12 (3.73%) SonarQube
6 11 (3.42%) CircleCI
7 8 (2.48%) Atlassian Bamboo
7 8 (2.48%) Travis CI
8 6 (1.86%) Bitbucket
9 5 (1.55%) Visual Studio
10 4 (1.24%) Sonatype Nexus
11 2 (0.62%) Artifactory
11 2 (0.62%) Gatling
11 2 (0.62%) Maven
11 2 (0.62%) Octopus Deploy
11 2 (0.62%) RStudio
11 2 (0.62%) Selenium
11 2 (0.62%) TeamCity
12 1 (0.31%) Cypress.io
12 1 (0.31%) Gradle
General
1 54 (16.77%) Social Skills
2 52 (16.15%) Finance
3 26 (8.07%) Analytical Skills
4 17 (5.28%) Banking
5 8 (2.48%) Public Sector
5 8 (2.48%) Telecoms
6 6 (1.86%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 6 (1.86%) Retail
7 5 (1.55%) Presentation Skills
8 4 (1.24%) Influencing Skills
9 3 (0.93%) Investment Banking
9 3 (0.93%) Retail Banking
10 2 (0.62%) Billing
10 2 (0.62%) Manufacturing
10 2 (0.62%) Marketing
10 2 (0.62%) Military
10 2 (0.62%) Organisational Skills
11 1 (0.31%) Aviation
11 1 (0.31%) Documentation Skills
11 1 (0.31%) Legal
Job Titles
1 56 (17.39%) Architect
2 54 (16.77%) DevSecOps Engineer
3 36 (11.18%) Consultant
3 36 (11.18%) Security Architect
4 30 (9.32%) Cloud Engineer
5 28 (8.70%) DevOps Engineer
6 27 (8.39%) Security Engineer
6 27 (8.39%) Senior
7 26 (8.07%) Data Engineer
8 25 (7.76%) Data Migration Engineer
8 25 (7.76%) Migration Engineer
8 25 (7.76%) Security Consultant
9 23 (7.14%) Lead
10 18 (5.59%) AWS Engineer
11 13 (4.04%) AWS DevOps
12 12 (3.73%) GCP Engineer
12 12 (3.73%) Lead DevOps
13 11 (3.42%) Cloud Architect
13 11 (3.42%) DevSecOps Consultant
14 10 (3.11%) AWS DevOps Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 15 (4.66%) YAML
2 12 (3.73%) Elastic Stack
2 12 (3.73%) JSON
3 10 (3.11%) .NET
3 10 (3.11%) ARM Templates
3 10 (3.11%) Azure Blueprints
4 9 (2.80%) XML
5 7 (2.17%) Node.js
6 6 (1.86%) OAuth
6 6 (1.86%) OAuth2
6 6 (1.86%) SAML
7 5 (1.55%) Kafka
7 5 (1.55%) Spring
8 4 (1.24%) REST
8 4 (1.24%) Web Services
8 4 (1.24%) WebSockets
9 3 (0.93%) JDBC
9 3 (0.93%) JPA
9 3 (0.93%) JWT
10 2 (0.62%) Jest
Miscellaneous
1 18 (5.59%) Management Information System
2 17 (5.28%) IoT
2 17 (5.28%) Onboarding
3 16 (4.97%) Security Posture
4 15 (4.66%) Mobile App
5 14 (4.35%) PKI
6 13 (4.04%) Cloud Native
7 10 (3.11%) Public Cloud
8 9 (2.80%) Data Structures
9 8 (2.48%) Product Ownership
10 5 (1.55%) Algorithms
10 5 (1.55%) Data Protection Act
10 5 (1.55%) Hybrid Cloud
11 4 (1.24%) Greenfield Project
12 3 (0.93%) Cyber Threat
12 3 (0.93%) Data Centre
13 2 (0.62%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
13 2 (0.62%) Enterprise Software
13 2 (0.62%) IVR
13 2 (0.62%) Private Cloud
Operating Systems
1 23 (7.14%) Linux
2 21 (6.52%) Windows
3 8 (2.48%) Windows Server
4 5 (1.55%) Unix
5 2 (0.62%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 1 (0.31%) Mac OS
6 1 (0.31%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 150 (46.58%) DevOps
2 104 (32.30%) CI/CD
3 89 (27.64%) Infrastructure as Code
4 87 (27.02%) Agile
5 65 (20.19%) Cloud Security
6 61 (18.94%) Containerisation
6 61 (18.94%) Cybersecurity
7 52 (16.15%) Application Security
8 47 (14.60%) SDLC
9 42 (13.04%) Test Automation
10 40 (12.42%) Security Testing
11 37 (11.49%) Information Security
12 36 (11.18%) Migration
12 36 (11.18%) Security Architecture
13 35 (10.87%) Identity Access Management
14 34 (10.56%) Penetration Testing
15 33 (10.25%) Microservices
15 33 (10.25%) Problem-Solving
16 30 (9.32%) Static Application Security Testing
17 29 (9.01%) Dynamic Application Security Testing
Programming Languages
1 47 (14.60%) Python
2 29 (9.01%) PowerShell
3 21 (6.52%) Bash
4 16 (4.97%) Java
5 12 (3.73%) SQL
6 11 (3.42%) C#
7 8 (2.48%) TypeScript
8 6 (1.86%) JavaScript
9 5 (1.55%) Bicep
9 5 (1.55%) C++
9 5 (1.55%) Kusto Query Language
10 4 (1.24%) Ruby
11 3 (0.93%) PHP
12 2 (0.62%) ActionScript
12 2 (0.62%) R
13 1 (0.31%) C
13 1 (0.31%) Go
13 1 (0.31%) Kotlin
Qualifications
1 64 (19.88%) Security Cleared
2 59 (18.32%) SC Cleared
3 22 (6.83%) Degree
4 13 (4.04%) BPSS Clearance
4 13 (4.04%) CISSP
4 13 (4.04%) Computer Science Degree
5 11 (3.42%) Azure Certification
6 8 (2.48%) DV Cleared
7 7 (2.17%) AWS Certification
8 5 (1.55%) CISM
9 3 (0.93%) Master's Degree
10 2 (0.62%) CEH
10 2 (0.62%) Cisco Certification
10 2 (0.62%) CompTIA Security+
10 2 (0.62%) Microsoft Certification
10 2 (0.62%) Network+ Certification
11 1 (0.31%) CCIP
11 1 (0.31%) CCNA
11 1 (0.31%) CCNP
11 1 (0.31%) MCSE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 41 (12.73%) NIST
2 24 (7.45%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 13 (4.04%) QA
4 12 (3.73%) NCSC
5 11 (3.42%) PCI DSS
6 7 (2.17%) GDPR
7 4 (1.24%) Disclosure Scotland
7 4 (1.24%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
7 4 (1.24%) SLA
8 3 (0.93%) COBIT
8 3 (0.93%) HIPAA
9 2 (0.62%) COSO
10 1 (0.31%) Cyber Essentials
10 1 (0.31%) ISO 9001
10 1 (0.31%) NIST 800
System Software
1 67 (20.81%) Docker
2 14 (4.35%) Active Directory
3 11 (3.42%) Hyper-V
4 9 (2.80%) VMware Infrastructure
5 5 (1.55%) Virtual Machines
6 4 (1.24%) VMware NSX
7 1 (0.31%) NFS
Systems Management
1 104 (32.30%) Terraform
2 67 (20.81%) Kubernetes
3 43 (13.35%) Ansible
4 16 (4.97%) Progress Chef
5 15 (4.66%) Puppet
6 11 (3.42%) Prometheus
7 9 (2.80%) Docker Swarm
7 9 (2.80%) Grafana
8 8 (2.48%) Kibana
8 8 (2.48%) logstash
8 8 (2.48%) Single Sign-On
9 2 (0.62%) OPNET
9 2 (0.62%) PowerCLI
9 2 (0.62%) Rancher
10 1 (0.31%) CASB
10 1 (0.31%) HP Fortify
10 1 (0.31%) Istio
10 1 (0.31%) Microsoft Intune
10 1 (0.31%) SCOM
10 1 (0.31%) Trend Micro Deep Security
Vendors
1 45 (13.98%) Microsoft
2 28 (8.70%) VMware
3 25 (7.76%) Micro Focus
4 21 (6.52%) Google
5 13 (4.04%) Splunk
6 8 (2.48%) ServiceNow
7 7 (2.17%) F5
8 6 (1.86%) Oracle
8 6 (1.86%) SAP
9 5 (1.55%) Cisco
9 5 (1.55%) Palo Alto
9 5 (1.55%) Red Hat
10 4 (1.24%) Aruba
10 4 (1.24%) Blue Coat
10 4 (1.24%) CheckPoint
10 4 (1.24%) Fortinet
10 4 (1.24%) Infoblox
10 4 (1.24%) Teradata
11 3 (0.93%) Atlassian
12 2 (0.62%) Qualys