DevOps Contracts in Central London

DevOps
London > Central London

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Central London 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 31 October 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
31 Oct 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 12 12 13
Rank change year-on-year 0 +1 -5
Contract jobs citing DevOps 254 312 607
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Central London 10.87% 10.33% 12.51%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 11.84% 11.55% 13.56%
Number of daily rates quoted 167 235 419
10th Percentile £463 £450 £463
25th Percentile £513 £513 £524
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £615 £613 £600
Median % change year-on-year +0.41% +2.08% -
75th Percentile £712 £718 £713
90th Percentile £800 £825 £775
London median daily rate £575 £600 £625
% change year-on-year -4.17% -4.00% +8.70%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Central London

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 Central London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 2,145 2,702 4,475
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Central London 91.78% 89.44% 92.21%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,347 1,892 3,044
10th Percentile £363 £359 £358
25th Percentile £466 £463 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £575 £575
Median % change year-on-year - - +4.55%
75th Percentile £688 £695 £700
90th Percentile £775 £800 £788
London median daily rate £550 £575 £588
% change year-on-year -4.35% -2.13% +6.82%
Number of hourly rates quoted 26 20 56
10th Percentile £19.50 £14.25 £18.25
25th Percentile £28.06 £17.00 £20.81
Median hourly rate £35.00 £31.25 £43.12
Median % change year-on-year +12.00% -27.53% +32.68%
75th Percentile £74.38 £52.63 £57.50
90th Percentile £124.75 £69.25 £78.75
London median hourly rate £38.75 £39.09 £37.50
% change year-on-year -0.86% +4.23% +8.70%

DevOps
Job Vacancy Trend in Central London

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

Job vacancy trend for DevOps in Central London

DevOps
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Central London

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

Daily rate trend for DevOps in Central London

DevOps
Daily Rate Histogram in Central London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing DevOps in Central London over the 6 months to 31 October 2024.

Daily rate histogram for DevOps in Central London

DevOps
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Central London

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

Hourly rate trend for DevOps in Central London

DevOps
Contract Job Locations in Central London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing DevOps within the Central London region over the 6 months to 31 October 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
City of London 0 237 £613 +0.04% 48
City of Westminster +2 2 £725 -9.38% 1
DevOps
London

DevOps
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Central London 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 20 (7.87%) Confluence
2 4 (1.57%) SharePoint
3 2 (0.79%) Apache
3 2 (0.79%) IIS
3 2 (0.79%) nginx
4 1 (0.39%) Apache Airflow
4 1 (0.39%) Apache Spark
4 1 (0.39%) BizTalk Server
4 1 (0.39%) CMS
4 1 (0.39%) JBoss
4 1 (0.39%) Oracle Self-Service HR
4 1 (0.39%) Site Server
4 1 (0.39%) Tomcat
4 1 (0.39%) Umbraco
Applications
1 4 (1.57%) MS Visio
2 3 (1.18%) Microsoft Office
3 2 (0.79%) Chatbot
3 2 (0.79%) Microsoft Project
4 1 (0.39%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 3 (1.18%) Aladdin
1 3 (1.18%) Distributed Ledger
2 2 (0.79%) Dynamics CRM
3 1 (0.39%) Dynamics AX
3 1 (0.39%) Endur
3 1 (0.39%) IBM Planning Analytics
3 1 (0.39%) R3 Corda
3 1 (0.39%) SAP BPC
3 1 (0.39%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 133 (52.36%) Azure
2 94 (37.01%) Azure DevOps
3 63 (24.80%) AWS
4 22 (8.66%) GitHub
5 18 (7.09%) GCP
6 14 (5.51%) Amazon S3
6 14 (5.51%) Serverless
7 13 (5.12%) Dynamics 365
7 13 (5.12%) Power Platform
8 9 (3.54%) Amazon EC2
8 9 (3.54%) Azure Key Vault
9 8 (3.15%) Azure Monitor
9 8 (3.15%) Azure Service Bus
9 8 (3.15%) GitHub Actions
9 8 (3.15%) OpenShift
10 7 (2.76%) AWS CloudFormation
10 7 (2.76%) AWS Lambda
11 6 (2.36%) Amazon CloudWatch
11 6 (2.36%) Entra ID
11 6 (2.36%) IaaS
Communications & Networking
1 8 (3.15%) DNS
2 6 (2.36%) Firewall
3 5 (1.97%) TCP/IP
4 4 (1.57%) HTTP
4 4 (1.57%) Kerberos
5 3 (1.18%) AMQP
5 3 (1.18%) Internet
5 3 (1.18%) SSL
6 2 (0.79%) BGP
6 2 (0.79%) CTI
6 2 (0.79%) DHCP
6 2 (0.79%) HTTPS
6 2 (0.79%) Network Security
6 2 (0.79%) OSPF
6 2 (0.79%) SAN
6 2 (0.79%) VoIP
7 1 (0.39%) IPsec
7 1 (0.39%) SSH
7 1 (0.39%) VPN
7 1 (0.39%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 32 (12.60%) SQL Server
2 15 (5.91%) MongoDB
3 12 (4.72%) NoSQL
4 11 (4.33%) Power BI
5 9 (3.54%) Amazon RDS
5 9 (3.54%) PostgreSQL
6 7 (2.76%) Data Warehouse
7 6 (2.36%) Elasticsearch
8 5 (1.97%) Azure SQL Database
8 5 (1.97%) Data Lake
8 5 (1.97%) Relational Database
8 5 (1.97%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 4 (1.57%) Amazon Athena
9 4 (1.57%) SQL Server Reporting Services
10 3 (1.18%) Big Data
10 3 (1.18%) Couchbase
10 3 (1.18%) DynamoDB
10 3 (1.18%) MySQL
10 3 (1.18%) OLAP
10 3 (1.18%) Redis
Development Applications
1 39 (15.35%) Jenkins
2 25 (9.84%) Git
3 24 (9.45%) GitLab
3 24 (9.45%) JIRA
4 15 (5.91%) Selenium
5 13 (5.12%) SpecFlow
6 9 (3.54%) Visual Studio
7 7 (2.76%) SonarQube
8 6 (2.36%) Cypress.io
8 6 (2.36%) Postman
9 5 (1.97%) Cucumber
9 5 (1.97%) Octopus Deploy
9 5 (1.97%) TeamCity
10 4 (1.57%) Gatling
10 4 (1.57%) Hamcrest
10 4 (1.57%) JUnit
10 4 (1.57%) Serenity BDD
10 4 (1.57%) TestRail
11 3 (1.18%) JMeter
11 3 (1.18%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 64 (25.20%) Social Skills
2 63 (24.80%) Finance
3 33 (12.99%) Public Sector
4 30 (11.81%) Banking
5 25 (9.84%) Analytical Skills
6 15 (5.91%) Presentation Skills
7 12 (4.72%) Investment Banking
8 9 (3.54%) Back Office
8 9 (3.54%) Telecoms
9 5 (1.97%) Retail
10 4 (1.57%) Front Office
11 3 (1.18%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 2 (0.79%) Documentation Skills
12 2 (0.79%) Influencing Skills
12 2 (0.79%) Marketing
13 1 (0.39%) Games
13 1 (0.39%) General Ledger
13 1 (0.39%) International Banking
13 1 (0.39%) Law
13 1 (0.39%) Legal
Job Titles
1 51 (20.08%) Developer
2 43 (16.93%) DevOps Engineer
3 34 (13.39%) Senior
4 23 (9.06%) Architect
5 19 (7.48%) Azure Engineer
6 18 (7.09%) Lead
7 13 (5.12%) Site Reliability Engineer
8 12 (4.72%) Analyst
9 11 (4.33%) Java Developer
9 11 (4.33%) Senior Developer
9 11 (4.33%) Senior DevOps
10 10 (3.94%) AWS Engineer
10 10 (3.94%) Azure DevOps Engineer
10 10 (3.94%) Senior DevOps Engineer
10 10 (3.94%) Site Engineer
10 10 (3.94%) Solutions Architect
11 9 (3.54%) AWS DevOps
11 9 (3.54%) AWS DevOps Engineer
11 9 (3.54%) Data Engineer
12 7 (2.76%) Azure Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 38 (14.96%) .NET
2 29 (11.42%) Kafka
3 19 (7.48%) React
4 15 (5.91%) Spring Boot
5 14 (5.51%) .NET Framework
6 13 (5.12%) REST
6 13 (5.12%) Spring
7 11 (4.33%) .NET Core
7 11 (4.33%) HTML
8 10 (3.94%) Node.js
9 9 (3.54%) AngularJS
9 9 (3.54%) CSS
9 9 (3.54%) RabbitMQ
9 9 (3.54%) YAML
10 8 (3.15%) RESTful
11 7 (2.76%) FIX Protocol
11 7 (2.76%) XML
12 6 (2.36%) Elastic Stack
12 6 (2.36%) JMS
12 6 (2.36%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 11 (4.33%) Product Ownership
2 10 (3.94%) Algorithms
2 10 (3.94%) Public Cloud
3 9 (3.54%) Data Structures
3 9 (3.54%) Derivative
3 9 (3.54%) Distributed Systems
4 6 (2.36%) Cloud Native
5 5 (1.97%) Credit Derivative
5 5 (1.97%) Enterprise Software
5 5 (1.97%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
6 4 (1.57%) Fixed Income
6 4 (1.57%) Linux Command Line
7 3 (1.18%) Clustering
7 3 (1.18%) Management Information System
7 3 (1.18%) Mobile App
7 3 (1.18%) Replication
7 3 (1.18%) Self-Motivation
7 3 (1.18%) Sports Betting
8 2 (0.79%) Hedge funds
8 2 (0.79%) Hybrid Cloud
Operating Systems
1 31 (12.20%) Linux
2 18 (7.09%) Windows
3 6 (2.36%) Unix
4 5 (1.97%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 4 (1.57%) Android
6 3 (1.18%) Windows Server
7 1 (0.39%) Apple iOS
7 1 (0.39%) Oracle Linux
7 1 (0.39%) Solaris
7 1 (0.39%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 111 (43.70%) CI/CD
2 100 (39.37%) Agile
3 44 (17.32%) Problem-Solving
4 42 (16.54%) Scrum
5 34 (13.39%) Test Automation
6 32 (12.60%) Infrastructure as Code
7 25 (9.84%) SDLC
8 23 (9.06%) Microservices
8 23 (9.06%) Site Reliability Engineering
9 22 (8.66%) Analytics
10 20 (7.87%) Containerisation
10 20 (7.87%) Project Management
11 18 (7.09%) Continuous Integration
11 18 (7.09%) Scaled Agile Framework
12 17 (6.69%) Decision-Making
12 17 (6.69%) TDD
13 16 (6.30%) BDD
14 15 (5.91%) Continuous Improvement
14 15 (5.91%) Migration
14 15 (5.91%) Software Engineering
Programming Languages
1 66 (25.98%) Python
2 48 (18.90%) C#
3 42 (16.54%) SQL
4 40 (15.75%) Java
5 25 (9.84%) PowerShell
6 22 (8.66%) JavaScript
7 16 (6.30%) TypeScript
8 13 (5.12%) T-SQL
9 12 (4.72%) Bash
9 12 (4.72%) Shell Script
10 11 (4.33%) Go
11 8 (3.15%) C++
12 5 (1.97%) PL/SQL
12 5 (1.97%) Ruby
13 4 (1.57%) Bicep
13 4 (1.57%) Kotlin
14 3 (1.18%) VB.NET
15 2 (0.79%) Perl
16 1 (0.39%) Korn
16 1 (0.39%) VB
Qualifications
1 35 (13.78%) Security Cleared
2 30 (11.81%) SC Cleared
3 21 (8.27%) Degree
4 10 (3.94%) AWS Certification
5 9 (3.54%) Computer Science Degree
6 7 (2.76%) Azure Certification
7 6 (2.36%) Microsoft Certification
8 5 (1.97%) AWS Certified Developer
9 3 (1.18%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
9 3 (1.18%) BPSS Clearance
9 3 (1.18%) Master's Degree
9 3 (1.18%) PMI Certification
9 3 (1.18%) PMP
10 2 (0.79%) ITIL Certification
10 2 (0.79%) OCP
10 2 (0.79%) Oracle Certification
11 1 (0.39%) CCIE
11 1 (0.39%) CISM
11 1 (0.39%) DV Cleared
11 1 (0.39%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 15 (5.91%) QA
2 7 (2.76%) GDPR
3 5 (1.97%) MiFID
3 5 (1.97%) PCI DSS
4 4 (1.57%) Accessibility
4 4 (1.57%) EMIR
4 4 (1.57%) WCAG
5 3 (1.18%) Data Quality
6 2 (0.79%) HIPAA
6 2 (0.79%) SOC 2
7 1 (0.39%) COBIT
7 1 (0.39%) IFRS
7 1 (0.39%) IFRS 17
7 1 (0.39%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 1 (0.39%) NIST
7 1 (0.39%) PMO
7 1 (0.39%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 1 (0.39%) SLA
7 1 (0.39%) Software Quality Assurance
System Software
1 61 (24.02%) Docker
2 12 (4.72%) Active Directory
3 6 (2.36%) Apache ZooKeeper
4 2 (0.79%) Ceph
5 1 (0.39%) HDFS
5 1 (0.39%) Lustre
5 1 (0.39%) Microsoft Virtual Server
5 1 (0.39%) SRDF
5 1 (0.39%) Virtual Machines
5 1 (0.39%) Virtual Servers
5 1 (0.39%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 73 (28.74%) Kubernetes
2 55 (21.65%) Terraform
3 25 (9.84%) Prometheus
4 24 (9.45%) Ansible
4 24 (9.45%) Grafana
5 8 (3.15%) Consul
5 8 (3.15%) Puppet
6 7 (2.76%) Progress Chef
7 4 (1.57%) Packer
8 2 (0.79%) Argo
8 2 (0.79%) EMC NetWorker
8 2 (0.79%) Kibana
8 2 (0.79%) SCOM
8 2 (0.79%) SCOrch
8 2 (0.79%) Tivoli
8 2 (0.79%) Tivoli Storage Manager
9 1 (0.39%) Nagios
9 1 (0.39%) NetBackup
9 1 (0.39%) Netcool
9 1 (0.39%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 60 (23.62%) Microsoft
2 13 (5.12%) Oracle
3 12 (4.72%) Splunk
4 9 (3.54%) Google
5 7 (2.76%) Red Hat
6 6 (2.36%) SaltStack
6 6 (2.36%) ServiceNow
7 4 (1.57%) Cisco
7 4 (1.57%) Confluent
7 4 (1.57%) Databricks
7 4 (1.57%) IBM
7 4 (1.57%) Murex
8 3 (1.18%) Guidewire
8 3 (1.18%) Salesforce
9 2 (0.79%) CyberArk
9 2 (0.79%) EMC
9 2 (0.79%) New Relic
9 2 (0.79%) OpenLink
9 2 (0.79%) Qualys
9 2 (0.79%) VMware