DevOps Engineer Contract Job Trends in Watford
Development Operations Engineer
Hertfordshire > Watford
The median Development Operations Engineer daily rate in Watford is £525, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 5 November 2026.
The table below compares current contractor rates and summary statistics with the previous two years.
| 6 months to 5 Nov 2026 |
Same period 2025 | Same period 2024 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 15 | - | - |
| Rank change year-on-year | - | - | - |
| Contract DevOps Engineer jobs | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| As % of all contract jobs in Watford | 3.37% | - | - |
| As % of the Job Titles category | 3.80% | - | - |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 10th Percentile | £445 | - | - |
| 25th Percentile | £475 | - | - |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £525 | - | - |
| 75th Percentile | - | - | - |
| 90th Percentile | - | - | - |
| Hertfordshire median daily rate | £525 | - | £625 |
| % change year-on-year | - | - | -3.85% |
All Contract IT Job Roles
Watford
For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job adverts in Watford matching a recognised job title. The table also shows what proportion of all contract IT job adverts they make up.
| 6 months to 5 Nov 2026 |
Same period 2025 | Same period 2024 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Contract job adverts in Watford matching a recognised job title | 79 | 60 | 69 |
| % of contract job adverts matching a recognised job title | 88.76% | 93.75% | 94.52% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 46 | 43 | 51 |
| 10th Percentile | £238 | £244 | £260 |
| 25th Percentile | £334 | £400 | £306 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £525 | £500 | £350 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +5.00% | +42.86% | -17.65% |
| 75th Percentile | £597 | £575 | £475 |
| 90th Percentile | £638 | £612 | £575 |
| Hertfordshire median daily rate | £550 | £528 | £463 |
| % change year-on-year | +4.17% | +14.16% | -7.50% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 9 | 4 | 6 |
| 10th Percentile | £14.45 | £17.53 | £13.28 |
| 25th Percentile | - | £23.96 | £13.69 |
| Median hourly rate | £14.96 | £29.51 | £14.31 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -49.31% | +106.18% | -33.35% |
| 75th Percentile | - | £33.82 | £17.75 |
| 90th Percentile | £31.30 | £34.44 | £27.00 |
| Hertfordshire median hourly rate | £65.00 | £48.29 | £60.00 |
| % change year-on-year | +34.60% | -19.52% | -7.69% |
DevOps Engineer Job Vacancy Trend in Watford
Historical trend showing the proportion of contract DevOps Engineer job postings relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Watford.
DevOps Engineer Daily Rate Trend in Watford
Contractor daily rate distribution trend for DevOps Engineer job vacancies in Watford.
DevOps Engineer Skill Set Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Watford
For the 6 months to 5 November 2026, DevOps Engineer contract job ads cited 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 DevOps Engineer job ads across the Watford region.
| Rank | Skill | Share | Job Ads |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Azure | 100.0% | 3 |
| 1 | Azure AKS | 100.0% | 3 |
| 1 | Bicep | 100.0% | 3 |
| 1 | CI/CD | 100.0% | 3 |
| 1 | DevOps | 100.0% | 3 |
| 1 | Kubernetes | 100.0% | 3 |
| 7 | Azure DevOps | 66.7% | 2 |
| 7 | Azure Key Vault | 66.7% | 2 |
| 7 | Azure Monitor | 66.7% | 2 |
| 7 | Azure Service Bus | 66.7% | 2 |
| 7 | Containerisation | 66.7% | 2 |
| 7 | DNS | 66.7% | 2 |
| 7 | Docker | 66.7% | 2 |
| 7 | GitHub | 66.7% | 2 |
| 7 | GitHub Actions | 66.7% | 2 |
| 7 | High Availability | 66.7% | 2 |
| 7 | Kafka | 66.7% | 2 |
| 7 | PostgreSQL | 66.7% | 2 |
| 7 | Test Automation | 66.7% | 2 |
| 7 | User Acceptance Testing | 66.7% | 2 |
| 21 | .NET | 33.3% | 1 |
| 21 | Cloud Security | 33.3% | 1 |
| 21 | Datadog | 33.3% | 1 |
| 21 | Deployment Automation | 33.3% | 1 |
| 21 | Entra ID | 33.3% | 1 |
| 21 | Event-Driven | 33.3% | 1 |
| 21 | Event-Driven Architecture | 33.3% | 1 |
| 21 | Grafana | 33.3% | 1 |
| 21 | Infrastructure as Code | 33.3% | 1 |
| 21 | Microservices | 33.3% | 1 |
DevOps Engineer Skill Set Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Watford by Category
The table below expands on the one above by listing co-occurrences one category at a time. It covers the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences in each category.
Job Titles
| Rank | Job Title | Share | Job Ads |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Azure DevOps Engineer | 33.3% | 1 |