DevOps Contracts in Berkshire

DevOps
South East > Berkshire

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Berkshire requiring DevOps skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited DevOps over the 6 months leading up to 12 June 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 6 9 19
Rank change year-on-year +3 +10 -13
Contract jobs citing DevOps 281 211 187
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Berkshire 14.35% 11.86% 7.98%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 16.39% 13.24% 8.90%
Number of daily rates quoted 179 153 137
10th Percentile £480 £463 £420
25th Percentile £501 £510 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £575 £525
Median % change year-on-year +4.35% +9.52% +2.94%
75th Percentile £650 £650 £625
90th Percentile £688 £723 £675
South East median daily rate £550 £588 £538
% change year-on-year -6.38% +9.30% +7.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 28 6 0
10th Percentile £56.65 £73.21 -
25th Percentile £61.60 £75.17 -
Median hourly rate £83.77 £77.43 -
Median % change year-on-year +8.18% - -
75th Percentile £87.46 £79.19 -
90th Percentile £87.53 - -
South East median hourly rate £83.77 £77.43 £35.00
% change year-on-year +8.18% +121.23% -33.33%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Berkshire

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

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,714 1,594 2,101
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Berkshire 87.54% 89.60% 89.67%
Number of daily rates quoted 864 995 1,321
10th Percentile £258 £339 £275
25th Percentile £400 £425 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £509 £525 £500
Median % change year-on-year -3.14% +5.00% +6.95%
75th Percentile £608 £638 £588
90th Percentile £675 £710 £650
South East median daily rate £501 £505 £500
% change year-on-year -0.79% +1.00% +8.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 110 51 39
10th Percentile £17.45 £18.50 £13.00
25th Percentile £41.31 £25.31 £17.00
Median hourly rate £60.53 £63.00 £21.00
Median % change year-on-year -3.92% +200.00% -2.33%
75th Percentile £71.75 £74.90 £34.95
90th Percentile £87.46 £79.19 £70.68
South East median hourly rate £49.50 £52.50 £22.50
% change year-on-year -5.71% +133.33% -10.00%

DevOps
Job Vacancy Trend in Berkshire

Job postings citing DevOps as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Berkshire.

Job vacancy trend for DevOps in Berkshire

DevOps
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Berkshire

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing DevOps in Berkshire.

Daily rate trend for DevOps in Berkshire

DevOps
Daily Rate Histogram in Berkshire

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing DevOps in Berkshire over the 6 months to 12 June 2024.

Daily rate histogram for DevOps in Berkshire

DevOps
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Berkshire

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing DevOps in Berkshire.

Hourly rate trend for DevOps in Berkshire

DevOps
Hourly Rate Histogram in Berkshire

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing DevOps in Berkshire over the 6 months to 12 June 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for DevOps in Berkshire

DevOps
Contract Job Locations in Berkshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing DevOps within the Berkshire region over the 6 months to 12 June 2024. 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
Reading +2 214 £605 +1.47% 18
Wokingham -1 25 £500 -4.76% 2
Windsor +1 14 £675 - 1
Bracknell -6 5 £500 -31.03%
Maidenhead -5 3 £550 +15.79% 2
Newbury 0 1 £575 +35.29% 2
DevOps
South East

DevOps
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Berkshire 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 22 (7.83%) Microsoft Exchange
2 4 (1.42%) Oracle Workflow
2 4 (1.42%) SharePoint
3 3 (1.07%) Confluence
4 2 (0.71%) Apache
5 1 (0.36%) Appian
5 1 (0.36%) Jadu
5 1 (0.36%) JBoss
5 1 (0.36%) OpenStack
5 1 (0.36%) Red Hat Fuse
Applications
1 11 (3.91%) Microsoft Excel
2 6 (2.14%) Microsoft Office
3 2 (0.71%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 21 (7.47%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
2 12 (4.27%) Oracle EBS
2 12 (4.27%) Oracle EBS R12
3 8 (2.85%) Teamcenter
4 1 (0.36%) Maximo
4 1 (0.36%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 167 (59.43%) Azure
2 73 (25.98%) Azure DevOps
3 54 (19.22%) Azure Monitor
4 48 (17.08%) Entra ID
5 41 (14.59%) AWS
6 27 (9.61%) OpenShift
7 26 (9.25%) Azure Cosmos DB
8 23 (8.19%) Azure Data Factory
8 23 (8.19%) Azure Storage
8 23 (8.19%) Serverless
9 22 (7.83%) Microsoft 365
10 20 (7.12%) Azure Functions
11 12 (4.27%) Azure API Management
12 11 (3.91%) GCP
13 10 (3.56%) PaaS
13 10 (3.56%) Power Platform
14 8 (2.85%) Azure Key Vault
15 7 (2.49%) IaaS
16 6 (2.14%) Azure Logic Apps
16 6 (2.14%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 56 (19.93%) Firewall
2 30 (10.68%) Intrusion Detection
3 23 (8.19%) DNS
4 21 (7.47%) DHCP
5 7 (2.49%) VSAN
6 5 (1.78%) Network Security
7 4 (1.42%) VPN
8 2 (0.71%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 26 (9.25%) PostgreSQL
2 21 (7.47%) NoSQL
3 12 (4.27%) Elasticsearch
4 11 (3.91%) Oracle Database
4 11 (3.91%) Oracle Database 11g
5 6 (2.14%) Power BI
6 5 (1.78%) Relational Database
7 4 (1.42%) Azure SQL Database
7 4 (1.42%) Data Warehouse
7 4 (1.42%) MySQL
7 4 (1.42%) Oracle BI Publisher
7 4 (1.42%) Oracle Discoverer
7 4 (1.42%) Oracle Reports
7 4 (1.42%) SQLPlus
7 4 (1.42%) SSDT
8 3 (1.07%) SQL Server
9 2 (0.71%) Big Data
9 2 (0.71%) RDBMS
9 2 (0.71%) Tableau
10 1 (0.36%) Hadoop
Development Applications
1 43 (15.30%) Selenium
2 35 (12.46%) Git
3 27 (9.61%) Jenkins
4 26 (9.25%) Cucumber
5 24 (8.54%) REST Assured
5 24 (8.54%) SonarQube
6 23 (8.19%) JIRA
7 15 (5.34%) GitLab
8 11 (3.91%) Oracle Forms
9 7 (2.49%) Visual Studio
10 5 (1.78%) SpecFlow
11 4 (1.42%) Postman
12 3 (1.07%) Robot Framework
13 1 (0.36%) Android Studio
13 1 (0.36%) Appium
13 1 (0.36%) MSTest
13 1 (0.36%) SoapUI
13 1 (0.36%) TeamCity
13 1 (0.36%) Visual Studio Code
13 1 (0.36%) WebDriver
General
1 92 (32.74%) Social Skills
2 64 (22.78%) Analytical Skills
3 23 (8.19%) Public Sector
4 20 (7.12%) Law
5 15 (5.34%) Finance
6 13 (4.63%) Police
7 6 (2.14%) Organisational Skills
8 5 (1.78%) Presentation Skills
8 5 (1.78%) Telecoms
9 4 (1.42%) Pharmaceutical
10 2 (0.71%) Influencing Skills
11 1 (0.36%) Billing
11 1 (0.36%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 1 (0.36%) Manufacturing
11 1 (0.36%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 75 (26.69%) Developer
2 45 (16.01%) Architect
3 36 (12.81%) Security Architect
4 30 (10.68%) Senior
5 27 (9.61%) Cybersecurity Architect
6 23 (8.19%) Full Stack Developer
7 21 (7.47%) Active Directory Support
7 21 (7.47%) Analyst
8 19 (6.76%) Azure Developer
9 18 (6.41%) Site Engineer
9 18 (6.41%) Site Reliability Engineer
10 17 (6.05%) Java Engineer
11 14 (4.98%) Active Directory Specialist
11 14 (4.98%) Azure Specialist
11 14 (4.98%) Support Specialist
12 13 (4.63%) Administrator
12 13 (4.63%) Systems Administrator
13 12 (4.27%) Lead
13 12 (4.27%) Test Analyst
14 11 (3.91%) PostgreSQL Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 38 (13.52%) ARM Templates
2 30 (10.68%) REST
3 25 (8.90%) Java EE
4 23 (8.19%) React
5 15 (5.34%) .NET
6 13 (4.63%) Itk
6 13 (4.63%) Kafka
7 8 (2.85%) XML
8 7 (2.49%) YAML
9 6 (2.14%) AngularJS
9 6 (2.14%) Node.js
10 5 (1.78%) .NET Framework
11 4 (1.42%) Elastic Stack
11 4 (1.42%) HTML
11 4 (1.42%) PyTorch
11 4 (1.42%) TensorFlow
11 4 (1.42%) Web Services
12 3 (1.07%) CSS
12 3 (1.07%) Google JAX
12 3 (1.07%) scikit-learn
Miscellaneous
1 28 (9.96%) Cloud Native
2 21 (7.47%) PKI
2 21 (7.47%) Self-Motivation
3 19 (6.76%) Product Ownership
4 12 (4.27%) Robotics
5 8 (2.85%) Client/Server
6 4 (1.42%) Data Protection Act
7 3 (1.07%) Algorithms
7 3 (1.07%) Public Cloud
7 3 (1.07%) Security Posture
8 2 (0.71%) CSOC
8 2 (0.71%) IoT
8 2 (0.71%) Legacy Applications
8 2 (0.71%) Management Information System
8 2 (0.71%) Onboarding
9 1 (0.36%) Cyber Threat
9 1 (0.36%) Distributed Systems
9 1 (0.36%) Greenfield Project
9 1 (0.36%) Legacy Systems
9 1 (0.36%) Low-Code
Operating Systems
1 37 (13.17%) Linux
2 36 (12.81%) Windows
2 36 (12.81%) Windows Server
3 27 (9.61%) Windows Server 2016
3 27 (9.61%) Windows Server 2019
4 8 (2.85%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 1 (0.36%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 126 (44.84%) Agile
2 80 (28.47%) CI/CD
3 60 (21.35%) Infrastructure as Code
3 60 (21.35%) Software Engineering
4 55 (19.57%) Test Automation
5 46 (16.37%) Problem-Solving
6 44 (15.66%) Microservices
7 41 (14.59%) Containerisation
8 39 (13.88%) Technical Leadership
9 35 (12.46%) Cybersecurity
10 33 (11.74%) Change Management
10 33 (11.74%) Release Management
11 32 (11.39%) Continuous Improvement
11 32 (11.39%) Continuous Integration
11 32 (11.39%) Unit Testing
12 29 (10.32%) Security Architecture
13 28 (9.96%) Analytics
14 27 (9.61%) Software Architecture
15 26 (9.25%) Decision-Making
15 26 (9.25%) SDLC
Programming Languages
1 46 (16.37%) Java
2 45 (16.01%) Python
3 38 (13.52%) C#
4 37 (13.17%) PowerShell
5 29 (10.32%) VBScript
6 22 (7.83%) Bicep
6 22 (7.83%) SQL
7 21 (7.47%) VB
8 19 (6.76%) C
9 15 (5.34%) PL/SQL
10 11 (3.91%) C++
11 10 (3.56%) JavaScript
12 6 (2.14%) PHP
13 3 (1.07%) Kusto Query Language
13 3 (1.07%) R
13 3 (1.07%) Ruby
14 2 (0.71%) Bash
14 2 (0.71%) Go
15 1 (0.36%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 133 (47.33%) Security Cleared
2 81 (28.83%) SC Cleared
3 71 (25.27%) DV Cleared
4 29 (10.32%) Degree
5 21 (7.47%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
6 3 (1.07%) Azure Certification
7 2 (0.71%) AWS Certification
7 2 (0.71%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
7 2 (0.71%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
7 2 (0.71%) Computer Science Degree
7 2 (0.71%) PMP
8 1 (0.36%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (4.27%) QA
2 5 (1.78%) PMO
3 3 (1.07%) GDPR
3 3 (1.07%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 3 (1.07%) NIST
4 1 (0.36%) Accessibility
4 1 (0.36%) NCSC
4 1 (0.36%) SLA
System Software
1 46 (16.37%) Active Directory
2 26 (9.25%) Docker
3 24 (8.54%) Virtual Machines
4 21 (7.47%) Virtual Desktop
5 20 (7.12%) VMware Infrastructure
6 7 (2.49%) vCloud
6 7 (2.49%) VMware NSX
7 3 (1.07%) Hyper-V
8 1 (0.36%) Microsoft App-V
Systems Management
1 79 (28.11%) Kubernetes
2 33 (11.74%) Terraform
3 30 (10.68%) Ansible
4 22 (7.83%) Active Directory Federation Services
4 22 (7.83%) SCOM
4 22 (7.83%) WSUS
5 21 (7.47%) Microsoft Intune
5 21 (7.47%) SCCM
6 19 (6.76%) Istio
7 13 (4.63%) Prometheus
8 12 (4.27%) Argo
8 12 (4.27%) Docker Swarm
8 12 (4.27%) Grafana
8 12 (4.27%) Kibana
8 12 (4.27%) Podman
9 9 (3.20%) Rancher
10 7 (2.49%) vCenter Server
11 5 (1.78%) Single Sign-On
12 1 (0.36%) Progress Chef
12 1 (0.36%) Puppet
Vendors
1 55 (19.57%) Microsoft
2 36 (12.81%) Oracle
3 20 (7.12%) VMware
4 10 (3.56%) Google
5 4 (1.42%) ServiceNow
6 2 (0.71%) Atmel
6 2 (0.71%) Red Hat
7 1 (0.36%) ArcSight
7 1 (0.36%) BMC
7 1 (0.36%) Citrix
7 1 (0.36%) Databricks
7 1 (0.36%) IBM
7 1 (0.36%) Remedy
7 1 (0.36%) SAP
7 1 (0.36%) TIBCO