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 2 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
2 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 185 251 277
Rank change year-on-year +66 +26 +88
Contract jobs citing DevSecOps 117 98 203
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 1.18% 0.64% 0.79%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.30% 0.73% 0.88%
Number of daily rates quoted 83 69 161
10th Percentile £417 £463 £450
25th Percentile £463 £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 £600 £625 £650
% change year-on-year -4.00% -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 9,017 13,465 23,106
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 91.06% 87.90% 89.81%
Number of daily rates quoted 6,189 8,984 16,334
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 221 579 532
10th Percentile £14.20 £15.17 £19.00
25th Percentile £19.75 £25.25 £30.54
Median hourly rate £39.00 £43.00 £55.00
Median % change year-on-year -9.30% -21.82% +57.14%
75th Percentile £66.50 £60.00 £68.75
90th Percentile £75.00 £75.25 £80.00
UK median hourly rate £29.00 £35.50 £36.42
% change year-on-year -18.31% -2.53% +45.69%

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 2 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 2 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 (3.42%) Confluence
2 2 (1.71%) 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 (41.03%) Azure
2 42 (35.90%) AWS
3 22 (18.80%) GCP
4 18 (15.38%) GitHub
5 13 (11.11%) Azure Sentinel
6 12 (10.26%) Microsoft 365
7 10 (8.55%) Azure AKS
8 9 (7.69%) SaaS
9 7 (5.98%) AWS CloudFormation
9 7 (5.98%) Entra ID
9 7 (5.98%) PaaS
10 6 (5.13%) GitHub Actions
10 6 (5.13%) IaaS
10 6 (5.13%) Serverless
11 5 (4.27%) AWS Lambda
11 5 (4.27%) Microsoft Purview
11 5 (4.27%) Power Platform
12 4 (3.42%) Amazon ECS
12 4 (3.42%) AWS CodePipeline
12 4 (3.42%) Azure DevOps
Communications & Networking
1 14 (11.97%) Network Security
2 12 (10.26%) DNS
3 10 (8.55%) TCP/IP
4 8 (6.84%) HTTP
5 5 (4.27%) BGP
5 5 (4.27%) DHCP
5 5 (4.27%) Firewall
5 5 (4.27%) VPN
6 4 (3.42%) HTTPS
6 4 (3.42%) SD-WAN
6 4 (3.42%) VSAN
6 4 (3.42%) WAN
7 3 (2.56%) Cisco Nexus
7 3 (2.56%) MPLS
7 3 (2.56%) NGFW
7 3 (2.56%) OSPF
8 2 (1.71%) FTP
8 2 (1.71%) SMTP
8 2 (1.71%) SSL
8 2 (1.71%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (3.42%) Amazon Aurora
1 4 (3.42%) Power BI
2 3 (2.56%) Amazon RDS
3 2 (1.71%) PostgreSQL
4 1 (0.85%) Data Warehouse
4 1 (0.85%) MongoDB
4 1 (0.85%) NoSQL
4 1 (0.85%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 21 (17.95%) GitLab
2 16 (13.68%) Jenkins
3 9 (7.69%) JIRA
4 6 (5.13%) TeamCity
5 4 (3.42%) Storybook
6 3 (2.56%) Cypress.io
6 3 (2.56%) SonarQube
7 2 (1.71%) Bitbucket
7 2 (1.71%) CircleCI
7 2 (1.71%) Git
7 2 (1.71%) Terragrunt
8 1 (0.85%) Artifactory
8 1 (0.85%) Atlassian Bamboo
8 1 (0.85%) Snyk
8 1 (0.85%) Subversion
8 1 (0.85%) Visual Studio
General
1 29 (24.79%) Social Skills
2 22 (18.80%) Finance
3 16 (13.68%) Public Sector
4 6 (5.13%) Analytical Skills
5 3 (2.56%) Banking
6 2 (1.71%) Digital Health
6 2 (1.71%) Documentation Skills
6 2 (1.71%) Influencing Skills
6 2 (1.71%) 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 34 (29.06%) Architect
2 27 (23.08%) DevSecOps Engineer
3 19 (16.24%) Senior
4 10 (8.55%) Cloud Architect
4 10 (8.55%) Security Architect
4 10 (8.55%) Security Engineer
5 8 (6.84%) Azure Engineer
5 8 (6.84%) Consultant
5 8 (6.84%) Developer
5 8 (6.84%) Technical Architect
6 7 (5.98%) Cloud Engineer
6 7 (5.98%) Information Security Consultant
6 7 (5.98%) Lead
6 7 (5.98%) Security Consultant
7 5 (4.27%) ForgeRock Engineer
7 5 (4.27%) Senior Cloud Engineer
8 4 (3.42%) AWS Architect
8 4 (3.42%) AWS Engineer
8 4 (3.42%) DevOps Engineer
8 4 (3.42%) Microsoft 365 Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 11 (9.40%) OAuth
2 7 (5.98%) OAuth2
3 6 (5.13%) OpenID
3 6 (5.13%) React
4 5 (4.27%) CSS
5 4 (3.42%) JDBC
5 4 (3.42%) Jest
5 4 (3.42%) OpenAPI
5 4 (3.42%) REST
5 4 (3.42%) RESTful
5 4 (3.42%) SOAP
5 4 (3.42%) Swagger
5 4 (3.42%) Tailwind CSS
6 3 (2.56%) AWS CDK
6 3 (2.56%) GraphQL
6 3 (2.56%) Kafka
7 2 (1.71%) .NET
7 2 (1.71%) AngularJS
7 2 (1.71%) Node.js
7 2 (1.71%) SailPoint
Miscellaneous
1 17 (14.53%) Cloud Native
2 14 (11.97%) Security Posture
3 10 (8.55%) PKI
4 6 (5.13%) Hybrid Cloud
5 5 (4.27%) Data Centre
5 5 (4.27%) Management Information System
6 4 (3.42%) Cyber Threat
6 4 (3.42%) Distributed Systems
6 4 (3.42%) Enterprise Software
6 4 (3.42%) Enterprise Storage
6 4 (3.42%) Onboarding
6 4 (3.42%) Public Cloud
6 4 (3.42%) Taxonomies
7 3 (2.56%) Product Ownership
8 2 (1.71%) BYOD
8 2 (1.71%) NHS
8 2 (1.71%) Security Operations Centre
9 1 (0.85%) Cyber Defence
9 1 (0.85%) Distributed Architecture
9 1 (0.85%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 8 (6.84%) Linux
2 5 (4.27%) Windows
3 4 (3.42%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
3 4 (3.42%) Windows Server
3 4 (3.42%) Windows Server 2019
4 1 (0.85%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 58 (49.57%) CI/CD
2 32 (27.35%) Agile
3 30 (25.64%) DevOps
4 26 (22.22%) Cloud Security
5 21 (17.95%) Infrastructure as Code
6 19 (16.24%) Application Security
6 19 (16.24%) Microservices
7 17 (14.53%) Containerisation
8 16 (13.68%) Static Application Security Testing
8 16 (13.68%) Threat Modelling
8 16 (13.68%) TOGAF
9 15 (12.82%) Identity Access Management
9 15 (12.82%) Problem-Solving
10 14 (11.97%) Information Security
11 12 (10.26%) Security Operations
11 12 (10.26%) Vulnerability Management
12 11 (9.40%) ITIL
12 11 (9.40%) Penetration Testing
12 11 (9.40%) Risk Management
12 11 (9.40%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 22 (18.80%) Python
2 18 (15.38%) Java
3 12 (10.26%) Bash
3 12 (10.26%) JavaScript
4 9 (7.69%) PowerShell
5 6 (5.13%) TypeScript
6 4 (3.42%) Go
7 3 (2.56%) Bicep
8 2 (1.71%) C#
8 2 (1.71%) Shell Script
9 1 (0.85%) C++
9 1 (0.85%) Perl
9 1 (0.85%) Ruby
9 1 (0.85%) SQL
Qualifications
1 25 (21.37%) Security Cleared
2 23 (19.66%) SC Cleared
3 14 (11.97%) CISSP
4 13 (11.11%) Degree
5 11 (9.40%) Azure Certification
6 9 (7.69%) AWS Certification
6 9 (7.69%) Computer Science Degree
7 8 (6.84%) CISM
8 7 (5.98%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
9 6 (5.13%) Cisco Certification
10 4 (3.42%) (ISC)2 CCSP
10 4 (3.42%) CEH
11 3 (2.56%) CCNP
11 3 (2.56%) CITP
11 3 (2.56%) DV Cleared
11 3 (2.56%) Master's Degree
11 3 (2.56%) MCSE
11 3 (2.56%) Microsoft Certification
11 3 (2.56%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
12 2 (1.71%) CCSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (9.40%) NIST
2 7 (5.98%) NCSC
3 6 (5.13%) Cyber Essentials
4 3 (2.56%) GDPR
4 3 (2.56%) GRC
4 3 (2.56%) HIPAA
4 3 (2.56%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 3 (2.56%) ISO/IEC 27005
5 1 (0.85%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
5 1 (0.85%) FedRAMP
5 1 (0.85%) PCI DSS
5 1 (0.85%) QA
System Software
1 17 (14.53%) Docker
2 6 (5.13%) VMware Infrastructure
2 6 (5.13%) VMware NSX
3 2 (1.71%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 24 (20.51%) Kubernetes
2 21 (17.95%) Terraform
3 6 (5.13%) Ansible
4 5 (4.27%) Progress Chef
5 4 (3.42%) NetBackup
5 4 (3.42%) Single Sign-On
6 2 (1.71%) Argo
6 2 (1.71%) Grafana
6 2 (1.71%) Nessus
6 2 (1.71%) Opsgenie
6 2 (1.71%) Prometheus
6 2 (1.71%) Puppet
6 2 (1.71%) Tivoli Identity Manager
7 1 (0.85%) CASB
7 1 (0.85%) HP Fortify
7 1 (0.85%) QRadar
Vendors
1 18 (15.38%) Microsoft
2 14 (11.97%) Qualys
3 10 (8.55%) VMware
4 9 (7.69%) Google
5 8 (6.84%) Palo Alto
5 8 (6.84%) Splunk
6 7 (5.98%) Cisco
6 7 (5.98%) ForgeRock
7 6 (5.13%) Ping Identity
8 5 (4.27%) ServiceNow
9 4 (3.42%) 3PAR
9 4 (3.42%) Dell
9 4 (3.42%) HP
9 4 (3.42%) IBM
9 4 (3.42%) LogRhythm
9 4 (3.42%) Red Hat
9 4 (3.42%) Veritas
10 3 (2.56%) PagerDuty
11 2 (1.71%) Oracle
11 2 (1.71%) SAP