DevOps Manager Contract Job Trends in Wales

Development Operations Manager
UK > Wales

The median Development Operations Manager daily rate in Wales is £325, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 29 May 2026.

The table below compares current contractor rates and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
29 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 51 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs requiring a DevOps Manager 1 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Wales 0.18% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.19% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £325 - -
UK median daily rate £550 £478 £650
% change year-on-year +15.18% -26.54% -

All Contract IT Job Roles
Wales

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Wales. 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 Wales with a recognized job title 515 275 340
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.63% 95.16% 89.47%
Number of daily rates quoted 306 196 231
10th Percentile £268 £160 £160
25th Percentile £363 £255 £313
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £381 £450
Median % change year-on-year +11.48% -15.28% -5.26%
75th Percentile £525 £480 £550
90th Percentile £650 £613 £625
UK median daily rate £513 £505 £525
% change year-on-year +1.49% -3.81% -2.78%
Number of hourly rates quoted 69 23 34
10th Percentile £12.21 £13.66 £11.75
25th Percentile £15.00 £17.04 £14.57
Median hourly rate £21.25 £22.50 £19.09
Median % change year-on-year -5.56% +17.89% +5.21%
75th Percentile £35.78 £41.25 £43.19
90th Percentile £50.75 £45.00 £85.70
UK median hourly rate £42.50 £27.99 £37.18
% change year-on-year +51.84% -24.72% -17.38%

DevOps Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in Wales

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings featuring 'DevOps Manager' in the job title relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Wales.

DevOps Manager job vacancy trend in Wales

DevOps Manager
Contract Job Locations in Wales

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing DevOps Manager within the Wales region over the 6 months to 29 May 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
South Wales - 1 £325 - 1
DevOps Manager
UK

DevOps Manager Skill Set
Top 17 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Wales

For the 6 months to 29 May 2026, DevOps Manager contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the Wales region featuring DevOps Manager in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) Azure
1 1 (100.00%) Azure DevOps
1 1 (100.00%) CI/CD
1 1 (100.00%) Coaching
1 1 (100.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 1 (100.00%) DevOps
1 1 (100.00%) Incident Response
1 1 (100.00%) Infrastructure as Code
1 1 (100.00%) Line Management
1 1 (100.00%) Mentoring
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (100.00%) Platform Engineering
1 1 (100.00%) Power Platform
1 1 (100.00%) PowerApps
1 1 (100.00%) Technical Leadership
1 1 (100.00%) Terraform
1 1 (100.00%) Test Automation

DevOps Manager Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Wales 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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (100.00%) Azure
1 1 (100.00%) Azure DevOps
1 1 (100.00%) Power Platform
1 1 (100.00%) PowerApps
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) NHS
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) CI/CD
1 1 (100.00%) Coaching
1 1 (100.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 1 (100.00%) DevOps
1 1 (100.00%) Incident Response
1 1 (100.00%) Infrastructure as Code
1 1 (100.00%) Line Management
1 1 (100.00%) Mentoring
1 1 (100.00%) Platform Engineering
1 1 (100.00%) Technical Leadership
1 1 (100.00%) Test Automation
Systems Management
1 1 (100.00%) Terraform
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft