DevSecOps Contracts with Hybrid/Remote/WFH Options

DevSecOps
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics for remote or hybrid contract work requiring DevSecOps skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited DevSecOps over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 186 247 280
Rank change year-on-year +61 +33 +90
Contract jobs citing DevSecOps 118 98 203
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 1.19% 0.64% 0.79%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.31% 0.73% 0.87%
Number of daily rates quoted 84 69 161
10th Percentile £421 £463 £450
25th Percentile £473 £550 £519
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £625 £609
Median % change year-on-year -12.00% +2.63% -2.56%
75th Percentile £638 £675 £700
90th Percentile £688 £740 £798
UK median daily rate £613 £625 £650
% change year-on-year -1.88% -3.85% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 0 0
10th Percentile £30.41 - -
25th Percentile £35.34 - -
Median hourly rate £43.63 - -
75th Percentile £51.84 - -
90th Percentile £56.74 - -
UK median hourly rate £43.63 £80.00 £80.00
% change year-on-year -45.47% - -

All Process and Methodology Skills
Work from Home

DevSecOps falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies with remote or hybrid options requiring process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 9,021 13,483 23,229
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 91.08% 87.87% 89.84%
Number of daily rates quoted 6,191 8,996 16,418
10th Percentile £340 £325 £363
25th Percentile £419 £425 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £540
Median % change year-on-year - -2.78% +2.86%
75th Percentile £638 £638 £650
90th Percentile £763 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £520 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -0.95% -4.55% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 224 579 532
10th Percentile £14.20 £15.17 £19.00
25th Percentile £19.56 £25.25 £30.54
Median hourly rate £39.52 £43.00 £55.00
Median % change year-on-year -8.09% -21.82% +57.14%
75th Percentile £66.13 £60.00 £68.75
90th Percentile £75.00 £75.25 £80.23
UK median hourly rate £29.00 £35.65 £37.30
% change year-on-year -18.65% -4.42% +49.20%

DevSecOps
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with remote working options citing DevSecOps as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

DevSecOps trend for jobs with Hybrid/Remote/WFH options

DevSecOps
Daily Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in job vacancies with remote working options citing DevSecOps.

DevSecOps daily rate for jobs with a WFH option

DevSecOps
Daily Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Daily rate distribution for jobs with remote working options citing DevSecOps over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

DevSecOps daily rate histogram for jobs with a WFH option

DevSecOps
Hourly Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Hourly rate distribution for jobs with remote working options citing DevSecOps over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

DevSecOps hourly rate histogram for jobs with a WFH option

DevSecOps
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities with WFH Options 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 4 (3.39%) Confluence
2 2 (1.69%) Camunda
3 1 (0.85%) CMS
3 1 (0.85%) Headless CMS
Applications
1 1 (0.85%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 1 (0.85%) Oracle EBS
Cloud Services
1 48 (40.68%) Azure
2 39 (33.05%) AWS
3 20 (16.95%) GCP
4 17 (14.41%) GitHub
5 13 (11.02%) Azure Sentinel
5 13 (11.02%) SaaS
6 12 (10.17%) Microsoft 365
7 11 (9.32%) PaaS
8 10 (8.47%) Azure AKS
8 10 (8.47%) IaaS
9 7 (5.93%) Entra ID
10 6 (5.08%) AWS CloudFormation
11 5 (4.24%) GitHub Actions
11 5 (4.24%) Microsoft Purview
11 5 (4.24%) Power Platform
11 5 (4.24%) Serverless
12 4 (3.39%) Amazon CloudWatch
12 4 (3.39%) Amazon ECS
12 4 (3.39%) AWS Lambda
12 4 (3.39%) Datadog
Communications & Networking
1 14 (11.86%) Network Security
2 12 (10.17%) DNS
3 10 (8.47%) TCP/IP
4 8 (6.78%) HTTP
4 8 (6.78%) VSAN
5 5 (4.24%) BGP
5 5 (4.24%) DHCP
5 5 (4.24%) Firewall
5 5 (4.24%) VPN
6 4 (3.39%) HTTPS
6 4 (3.39%) SD-WAN
6 4 (3.39%) WAN
7 3 (2.54%) Cisco Nexus
7 3 (2.54%) MPLS
7 3 (2.54%) NGFW
7 3 (2.54%) OSPF
8 2 (1.69%) FTP
8 2 (1.69%) SMTP
8 2 (1.69%) SSL
8 2 (1.69%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (3.39%) Power BI
2 3 (2.54%) Amazon Aurora
2 3 (2.54%) Amazon RDS
3 2 (1.69%) PostgreSQL
4 1 (0.85%) Data Warehouse
4 1 (0.85%) MongoDB
4 1 (0.85%) NoSQL
Development Applications
1 21 (17.80%) GitLab
2 15 (12.71%) Jenkins
3 9 (7.63%) JIRA
4 6 (5.08%) TeamCity
5 3 (2.54%) SonarQube
5 3 (2.54%) Storybook
6 2 (1.69%) Bitbucket
6 2 (1.69%) CircleCI
6 2 (1.69%) Cypress.io
6 2 (1.69%) Git
6 2 (1.69%) Terragrunt
7 1 (0.85%) Artifactory
7 1 (0.85%) Atlassian Bamboo
7 1 (0.85%) Snyk
7 1 (0.85%) Subversion
7 1 (0.85%) Visual Studio
General
1 26 (22.03%) Social Skills
2 22 (18.64%) Finance
3 17 (14.41%) Public Sector
4 6 (5.08%) Analytical Skills
5 3 (2.54%) Banking
6 2 (1.69%) Digital Health
6 2 (1.69%) Documentation Skills
6 2 (1.69%) Influencing Skills
6 2 (1.69%) Presentation Skills
7 1 (0.85%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 1 (0.85%) Investment Banking
7 1 (0.85%) Law
7 1 (0.85%) Legal
7 1 (0.85%) Marketing
7 1 (0.85%) Military
7 1 (0.85%) Retail
Job Titles
1 37 (31.36%) Architect
2 27 (22.88%) DevSecOps Engineer
3 23 (19.49%) Senior
4 12 (10.17%) Technical Architect
5 10 (8.47%) Cloud Architect
5 10 (8.47%) Security Architect
5 10 (8.47%) Security Engineer
6 8 (6.78%) Azure Engineer
6 8 (6.78%) Consultant
6 8 (6.78%) Senior Architect
6 8 (6.78%) Senior Technical Architect
7 7 (5.93%) Cloud Engineer
7 7 (5.93%) Developer
7 7 (5.93%) Information Security Consultant
7 7 (5.93%) Lead
7 7 (5.93%) Security Consultant
8 5 (4.24%) ForgeRock Engineer
8 5 (4.24%) Senior Cloud Engineer
9 4 (3.39%) AWS Architect
9 4 (3.39%) AWS Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (7.63%) OAuth
2 7 (5.93%) OAuth2
3 5 (4.24%) React
4 4 (3.39%) CSS
4 4 (3.39%) JDBC
4 4 (3.39%) OpenAPI
4 4 (3.39%) OpenID
4 4 (3.39%) REST
4 4 (3.39%) SOAP
4 4 (3.39%) Swagger
5 3 (2.54%) Jest
5 3 (2.54%) Kafka
5 3 (2.54%) RESTful
5 3 (2.54%) Tailwind CSS
6 2 (1.69%) AWS CDK
6 2 (1.69%) GraphQL
6 2 (1.69%) Keycloak
6 2 (1.69%) Next.js
6 2 (1.69%) OpenJDK
6 2 (1.69%) Spring Boot
Miscellaneous
1 16 (13.56%) Cloud Native
2 14 (11.86%) PKI
2 14 (11.86%) Security Posture
3 10 (8.47%) Hybrid Cloud
4 5 (4.24%) Data Centre
4 5 (4.24%) Management Information System
5 4 (3.39%) Cyber Threat
5 4 (3.39%) Distributed Systems
5 4 (3.39%) Enterprise Storage
5 4 (3.39%) Onboarding
5 4 (3.39%) Public Cloud
5 4 (3.39%) Taxonomies
6 3 (2.54%) Product Ownership
7 2 (1.69%) BYOD
7 2 (1.69%) Enterprise Software
7 2 (1.69%) NHS
7 2 (1.69%) Security Operations Centre
8 1 (0.85%) Cyber Defence
8 1 (0.85%) Distributed Architecture
8 1 (0.85%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 8 (6.78%) Linux
2 5 (4.24%) Windows
3 4 (3.39%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
3 4 (3.39%) Windows Server
3 4 (3.39%) Windows Server 2019
4 1 (0.85%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 59 (50.00%) CI/CD
2 32 (27.12%) Agile
3 29 (24.58%) DevOps
4 26 (22.03%) Cloud Security
5 24 (20.34%) Infrastructure as Code
6 22 (18.64%) Microservices
7 20 (16.95%) TOGAF
8 19 (16.10%) Application Security
8 19 (16.10%) Containerisation
9 16 (13.56%) Static Application Security Testing
9 16 (13.56%) Threat Modelling
10 15 (12.71%) ITIL
11 14 (11.86%) Continuous Integration
11 14 (11.86%) Information Security
12 13 (11.02%) Identity Access Management
12 13 (11.02%) Problem-Solving
13 12 (10.17%) Security Operations
13 12 (10.17%) Vulnerability Management
14 11 (9.32%) Penetration Testing
14 11 (9.32%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 22 (18.64%) Python
2 16 (13.56%) Java
3 12 (10.17%) Bash
4 11 (9.32%) JavaScript
5 9 (7.63%) PowerShell
6 5 (4.24%) TypeScript
7 4 (3.39%) Go
8 3 (2.54%) Bicep
9 2 (1.69%) C#
9 2 (1.69%) Shell Script
10 1 (0.85%) C++
10 1 (0.85%) Perl
10 1 (0.85%) Ruby
10 1 (0.85%) SQL
Qualifications
1 29 (24.58%) Security Cleared
2 27 (22.88%) SC Cleared
3 14 (11.86%) CISSP
4 13 (11.02%) Degree
5 11 (9.32%) Azure Certification
6 9 (7.63%) AWS Certification
6 9 (7.63%) Computer Science Degree
7 8 (6.78%) CISM
8 7 (5.93%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
8 7 (5.93%) MCSE
8 7 (5.93%) Microsoft Certification
8 7 (5.93%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
9 6 (5.08%) Cisco Certification
9 6 (5.08%) DV Cleared
10 4 (3.39%) (ISC)2 CCSP
10 4 (3.39%) CEH
11 3 (2.54%) CCNP
11 3 (2.54%) CITP
11 3 (2.54%) Master's Degree
12 2 (1.69%) CCSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 15 (12.71%) NIST
2 11 (9.32%) NCSC
3 10 (8.47%) Cyber Essentials
4 3 (2.54%) GRC
4 3 (2.54%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 3 (2.54%) ISO/IEC 27005
5 1 (0.85%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
5 1 (0.85%) FedRAMP
5 1 (0.85%) GDPR
5 1 (0.85%) HIPAA
5 1 (0.85%) PCI DSS
5 1 (0.85%) QA
System Software
1 15 (12.71%) Docker
2 10 (8.47%) VMware Infrastructure
2 10 (8.47%) VMware NSX
3 2 (1.69%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 22 (18.64%) Kubernetes
2 21 (17.80%) Terraform
3 6 (5.08%) Ansible
4 5 (4.24%) Progress Chef
5 4 (3.39%) NetBackup
5 4 (3.39%) Single Sign-On
6 2 (1.69%) Argo
6 2 (1.69%) Grafana
6 2 (1.69%) Nessus
6 2 (1.69%) Opsgenie
6 2 (1.69%) Prometheus
6 2 (1.69%) Puppet
7 1 (0.85%) CASB
7 1 (0.85%) HP Fortify
7 1 (0.85%) QRadar
Vendors
1 16 (13.56%) Microsoft
2 14 (11.86%) Qualys
2 14 (11.86%) VMware
3 12 (10.17%) Palo Alto
4 11 (9.32%) Cisco
5 9 (7.63%) Google
6 8 (6.78%) Splunk
7 7 (5.93%) ForgeRock
8 5 (4.24%) ServiceNow
9 4 (3.39%) 3PAR
9 4 (3.39%) Dell
9 4 (3.39%) HP
9 4 (3.39%) LogRhythm
9 4 (3.39%) Ping Identity
9 4 (3.39%) Red Hat
9 4 (3.39%) Veritas
10 3 (2.54%) PagerDuty
11 2 (1.69%) Dynatrace
11 2 (1.69%) IBM
11 2 (1.69%) Salesforce