DigitalOcean Contract Job Trends

DigitalOcean, Inc
UK

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs requiring DigitalOcean skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 7 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
7 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank - 499 -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing DigitalOcean 0 3 0
As % of all contract jobs in the UK - 0.010% -
As % of the Cloud Services category - 0.027% -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - - -
UK excluding London median daily rate - - -

All Cloud Computing Skills
UK

DigitalOcean falls under the Cloud Services category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring cloud computing skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for cloud computing skills 17,057 10,999 14,040
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 35.76% 37.55% 32.35%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,545 7,616 9,992
10th Percentile £320 £313 £300
25th Percentile £413 £413 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £520 £525
Median % change year-on-year -3.80% -1.00% -4.55%
75th Percentile £600 £625 £631
90th Percentile £700 £738 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £485 £475 £488
% change year-on-year +2.11% -2.56% -2.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 500 252 344
10th Percentile £15.48 £15.25 £14.00
25th Percentile £21.25 £18.51 £15.88
Median hourly rate £40.25 £27.50 £21.00
Median % change year-on-year +46.36% +30.95% -40.00%
75th Percentile £67.58 £48.19 £35.00
90th Percentile £81.13 £73.63 £62.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £47.50 £21.59 £17.69
% change year-on-year +120.01% +22.05% -28.15%

DigitalOcean
Job Vacancy Trend

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing DigitalOcean relative to all contract IT jobs advertised.

DigitalOcean job vacancy trend in the UK

DigitalOcean
Daily Rate Trend

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing DigitalOcean.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing DigitalOcean