DevOps Contracts with Work from Home Options

DevOps
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies with an option to work from home (WFH) and a requirement for DevOps skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited DevOps over the 6 months to 8 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
8 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 14 10 7
Rank change year-on-year -4 -3 0
Contract jobs citing DevOps 1,562 2,884 6,195
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 10.66% 12.05% 13.97%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 12.20% 13.44% 15.33%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,123 2,198 4,588
10th Percentile £400 £415 £413
25th Percentile £463 £494 £481
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £575 £575
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% - +10.58%
75th Percentile £650 £675 £675
90th Percentile £725 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £550 £586 £575
% change year-on-year -6.14% +1.91% +9.52%
Number of hourly rates quoted 16 28 32
10th Percentile £65.00 £39.60 -
25th Percentile £75.94 £58.44 £35.00
Median hourly rate £87.46 £65.00 £56.50
Median % change year-on-year +34.55% +15.04% +25.56%
75th Percentile £87.53 £65.75 £75.00
90th Percentile - £67.20 £77.50
UK median hourly rate £65.50 £65.50 £63.60
% change year-on-year - +2.99% +28.48%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Work from Home

DevOps is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies with a WFH option and a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 12,808 21,452 40,398
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 87.38% 89.66% 91.07%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,620 15,212 29,410
10th Percentile £325 £363 £363
25th Percentile £425 £450 £438
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £540 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.78% +2.86% +6.06%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £638
90th Percentile £750 £750 £734
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £538
% change year-on-year -4.55% +2.33% +7.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 573 498 524
10th Percentile £14.90 £17.50 £14.50
25th Percentile £23.75 £25.75 £20.75
Median hourly rate £43.00 £52.50 £40.00
Median % change year-on-year -18.10% +31.25% +66.67%
75th Percentile £60.00 £67.50 £58.81
90th Percentile £74.40 £78.00 £72.50
UK median hourly rate £36.50 £35.65 £25.68
% change year-on-year +2.38% +38.82% +11.65%

DevOps
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with a work from home option citing DevOps as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

DevOps trend for jobs with a WFH option

DevOps
Daily Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option citing DevOps.

DevOps daily rate for jobs with a WFH option

DevOps
Daily Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Daily rate distribution for jobs with a work from home option citing DevOps over the 6 months to 8 June 2024.

DevOps daily rate histogram for jobs with a WFH option

DevOps
Hourly Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average hourly rate quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option citing DevOps.

DevOps hourly rate for jobs with a WFH option

DevOps
Hourly Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Hourly rate distribution for jobs with a work from home option citing DevOps over the 6 months to 8 June 2024.

DevOps hourly rate histogram for jobs with a WFH option

DevOps
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 77 (4.93%) Confluence
2 43 (2.75%) Apache Airflow
3 28 (1.79%) Microsoft Exchange
4 23 (1.47%) SharePoint
5 21 (1.34%) Apache Spark
6 20 (1.28%) CMS
7 17 (1.09%) Apache
8 14 (0.90%) nginx
9 8 (0.51%) Adobe Experience Manager
10 6 (0.38%) Kentico
10 6 (0.38%) Oracle SOA Suite
11 5 (0.32%) Apache Solr
11 5 (0.32%) Headless CMS
11 5 (0.32%) IIS
11 5 (0.32%) JBoss
11 5 (0.32%) WebLogic
12 4 (0.26%) ArcGIS
12 4 (0.26%) Umbraco
13 3 (0.19%) Mule
13 3 (0.19%) WebSphere
Applications
1 11 (0.70%) MS Visio
2 10 (0.64%) Microsoft Excel
3 8 (0.51%) Microsoft Office
4 7 (0.45%) Trello
5 6 (0.38%) Chatbot
6 3 (0.19%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 3 (0.19%) Microsoft Project
7 2 (0.13%) Gliffy
8 1 (0.064%) CPLEX
8 1 (0.064%) Sketch
8 1 (0.064%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 30 (1.92%) Dynamics CRM
2 22 (1.41%) Dynamics AX
3 12 (0.77%) NetSuite
4 10 (0.64%) Maximo
5 9 (0.58%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
5 9 (0.58%) SAP S/4HANA
6 7 (0.45%) Oracle EBS R12
7 6 (0.38%) SAP Hybris
8 5 (0.32%) Endur
8 5 (0.32%) Oracle EBS
9 4 (0.26%) Shopify
9 4 (0.26%) Temenos T24
10 3 (0.19%) Remedy ITSM
10 3 (0.19%) Salesforce CRM
10 3 (0.19%) Teamcenter
11 2 (0.13%) BusinessWorks
11 2 (0.13%) Payment Gateway
12 1 (0.064%) NEC Housing
12 1 (0.064%) Oracle Payroll
12 1 (0.064%) SAP PM
Cloud Services
1 831 (53.20%) Azure
2 506 (32.39%) Azure DevOps
3 484 (30.99%) AWS
4 142 (9.09%) GitHub
5 135 (8.64%) GCP
6 114 (7.30%) Power Platform
7 112 (7.17%) Serverless
8 90 (5.76%) Dynamics 365
9 70 (4.48%) Entra ID
10 63 (4.03%) PaaS
11 61 (3.91%) Microsoft 365
12 58 (3.71%) Azure Logic Apps
12 58 (3.71%) PowerApps
13 57 (3.65%) SaaS
14 55 (3.52%) Amazon S3
14 55 (3.52%) AWS CloudFormation
15 54 (3.46%) Azure Monitor
15 54 (3.46%) Power Automate
16 53 (3.39%) Azure Service Bus
16 53 (3.39%) GitHub Actions
Communications & Networking
1 110 (7.04%) Firewall
2 50 (3.20%) DNS
3 30 (1.92%) VPN
4 28 (1.79%) DHCP
5 24 (1.54%) Network Security
6 21 (1.34%) TCP/IP
7 19 (1.22%) HTTP
8 11 (0.70%) Intrusion Detection
9 10 (0.64%) IPsec
9 10 (0.64%) SNMP
10 9 (0.58%) SAN
11 8 (0.51%) BGP
11 8 (0.51%) Kerberos
11 8 (0.51%) OSPF
12 7 (0.45%) Cisco Nexus
12 7 (0.45%) SSL
12 7 (0.45%) Wi-Fi
13 6 (0.38%) Cisco ASA
13 6 (0.38%) Cisco ISE
13 6 (0.38%) HSRP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 159 (10.18%) SQL Server
2 84 (5.38%) Power BI
3 81 (5.19%) Data Lake
4 70 (4.48%) PostgreSQL
5 50 (3.20%) NoSQL
6 45 (2.88%) Data Warehouse
6 45 (2.88%) MongoDB
6 45 (2.88%) Relational Database
7 43 (2.75%) Big Data
8 38 (2.43%) Azure SQL Database
9 35 (2.24%) Amazon RDS
10 34 (2.18%) Elasticsearch
11 33 (2.11%) MySQL
12 31 (1.98%) Oracle Database
13 27 (1.73%) Amazon Athena
14 20 (1.28%) BigQuery
15 18 (1.15%) Apache Arrow
15 18 (1.15%) Dremio
16 17 (1.09%) RDBMS
17 16 (1.02%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 192 (12.29%) Git
2 188 (12.04%) Jenkins
3 158 (10.12%) JIRA
4 112 (7.17%) GitLab
5 50 (3.20%) Selenium
6 34 (2.18%) SonarQube
7 31 (1.98%) TeamCity
7 31 (1.98%) Visual Studio
8 27 (1.73%) Cucumber
9 25 (1.60%) Artifactory
9 25 (1.60%) Bitbucket
10 23 (1.47%) SpecFlow
11 18 (1.15%) Postman
12 16 (1.02%) Maven
13 15 (0.96%) Cypress.io
13 15 (0.96%) Sonatype Nexus
14 14 (0.90%) Team Foundation Server
15 13 (0.83%) Atlassian Bamboo
15 13 (0.83%) JMeter
16 12 (0.77%) JUnit
General
1 347 (22.22%) Finance
2 331 (21.19%) Social Skills
3 195 (12.48%) Public Sector
4 117 (7.49%) Analytical Skills
5 108 (6.91%) Banking
6 65 (4.16%) Retail
7 32 (2.05%) Marketing
8 30 (1.92%) Telecoms
9 29 (1.86%) Law
10 24 (1.54%) Manufacturing
11 22 (1.41%) General Ledger
12 20 (1.28%) Presentation Skills
13 18 (1.15%) Documentation Skills
14 17 (1.09%) Inclusion and Diversity
15 16 (1.02%) Front Office
16 15 (0.96%) Back Office
17 13 (0.83%) Electronics
18 12 (0.77%) Legal
19 9 (0.58%) Financial Institution
19 9 (0.58%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 320 (20.49%) Developer
2 301 (19.27%) DevOps Engineer
3 217 (13.89%) Senior
4 182 (11.65%) Architect
5 131 (8.39%) AWS Engineer
6 120 (7.68%) Lead
7 97 (6.21%) Consultant
8 88 (5.63%) AWS DevOps
8 88 (5.63%) Azure Engineer
9 83 (5.31%) AWS DevOps Engineer
10 81 (5.19%) Senior Developer
11 78 (4.99%) Analyst
12 69 (4.42%) Solutions Architect
13 59 (3.78%) Data Engineer
14 56 (3.59%) Senior DevOps
15 53 (3.39%) Azure Developer
16 52 (3.33%) .NET Developer
17 46 (2.94%) Cloud Engineer
18 45 (2.88%) Full Stack Developer
19 44 (2.82%) Business Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 190 (12.16%) .NET
2 97 (6.21%) React
3 93 (5.95%) XML
4 82 (5.25%) REST
5 77 (4.93%) ARM Templates
6 74 (4.74%) Kafka
7 73 (4.67%) CSS
7 73 (4.67%) HTML
8 58 (3.71%) .NET Framework
9 56 (3.59%) .NET Core
9 56 (3.59%) Node.js
9 56 (3.59%) Spring Boot
10 52 (3.33%) JSON
11 49 (3.14%) RESTful
12 40 (2.56%) AngularJS
12 40 (2.56%) Web Services
12 40 (2.56%) YAML
13 35 (2.24%) ASP.NET
14 34 (2.18%) GraphQL
15 31 (1.98%) RabbitMQ
Miscellaneous
1 81 (5.19%) Product Ownership
2 42 (2.69%) Data Structures
3 38 (2.43%) Greenfield Project
4 36 (2.30%) Distributed Systems
4 36 (2.30%) Public Cloud
5 31 (1.98%) Self-Motivation
6 27 (1.73%) Clustering
6 27 (1.73%) Management Information System
6 27 (1.73%) Mobile App
6 27 (1.73%) Onboarding
7 25 (1.60%) PKI
8 24 (1.54%) Hedge funds
9 21 (1.34%) Cloud Native
10 16 (1.02%) Data Centre
11 15 (0.96%) Algorithms
12 13 (0.83%) Legacy Systems
13 11 (0.70%) Contactless
13 11 (0.70%) Credit Derivative
13 11 (0.70%) Hybrid Cloud
13 11 (0.70%) Private Cloud
Operating Systems
1 175 (11.20%) Linux
2 130 (8.32%) Windows
3 61 (3.91%) Windows Server
4 39 (2.50%) Unix
5 23 (1.47%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 21 (1.34%) Android
6 21 (1.34%) Windows Server 2016
6 21 (1.34%) Windows Server 2019
7 19 (1.22%) Apple iOS
8 8 (0.51%) AIX
8 8 (0.51%) Ubuntu
9 7 (0.45%) Solaris
10 6 (0.38%) CentOS
11 5 (0.32%) Oracle Linux
11 5 (0.32%) Windows 10
12 2 (0.13%) Alpine Linux
12 2 (0.13%) Amazon Linux
12 2 (0.13%) VMS
13 1 (0.064%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 595 (38.09%) Agile
2 551 (35.28%) CI/CD
3 249 (15.94%) Infrastructure as Code
4 204 (13.06%) Test Automation
5 187 (11.97%) Problem-Solving
6 152 (9.73%) Containerisation
7 139 (8.90%) Microservices
8 137 (8.77%) Scrum
9 135 (8.64%) Software Engineering
10 132 (8.45%) Migration
11 112 (7.17%) Business Intelligence
12 107 (6.85%) Continuous Integration
13 104 (6.66%) Analytics
14 103 (6.59%) SDLC
15 96 (6.15%) Site Reliability Engineering
16 83 (5.31%) Full Stack Development
17 82 (5.25%) Mentoring
18 79 (5.06%) TDD
19 78 (4.99%) Computer Science
20 77 (4.93%) Continuous Improvement
Programming Languages
1 379 (24.26%) Python
2 248 (15.88%) SQL
3 236 (15.11%) C#
4 229 (14.66%) Java
5 171 (10.95%) PowerShell
6 162 (10.37%) JavaScript
7 91 (5.83%) Bash
8 82 (5.25%) Bicep
9 80 (5.12%) Go
9 80 (5.12%) TypeScript
10 43 (2.75%) Shell Script
11 35 (2.24%) C++
12 31 (1.98%) Perl
13 23 (1.47%) Ruby
13 23 (1.47%) VB
14 21 (1.34%) VBScript
15 20 (1.28%) C
16 18 (1.15%) Scala
17 17 (1.09%) PHP
17 17 (1.09%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 288 (18.44%) Security Cleared
2 227 (14.53%) SC Cleared
3 130 (8.32%) Degree
4 61 (3.91%) DV Cleared
5 57 (3.65%) Computer Science Degree
6 32 (2.05%) Azure Certification
7 29 (1.86%) BPSS Clearance
8 26 (1.66%) AWS Certification
9 20 (1.28%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
10 18 (1.15%) Master's Degree
11 15 (0.96%) Microsoft Certification
12 14 (0.90%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
13 13 (0.83%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
14 10 (0.64%) CISSP
15 9 (0.58%) PMP
16 8 (0.51%) Cisco Certification
16 8 (0.51%) ISTQB
17 7 (0.45%) CCNP
17 7 (0.45%) CISM
17 7 (0.45%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 74 (4.74%) QA
2 32 (2.05%) Accessibility
3 26 (1.66%) GDPR
4 23 (1.47%) PCI DSS
5 19 (1.22%) NCSC
6 17 (1.09%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 17 (1.09%) NIST
7 16 (1.02%) Data Quality
8 13 (0.83%) WCAG
9 12 (0.77%) SLA
10 10 (0.64%) HIPAA
11 8 (0.51%) PMO
12 6 (0.38%) ISO 9001
12 6 (0.38%) SOC 2
13 5 (0.32%) Sarbanes-Oxley
14 4 (0.26%) PSD2
15 2 (0.13%) COBIT
15 2 (0.13%) Disclosure Scotland
15 2 (0.13%) ISO 22301
15 2 (0.13%) RMADS
System Software
1 251 (16.07%) Docker
2 104 (6.66%) Active Directory
3 37 (2.37%) Virtual Machines
4 22 (1.41%) Virtual Desktop
5 19 (1.22%) VMware Infrastructure
6 12 (0.77%) Apache ZooKeeper
7 7 (0.45%) vSphere
8 6 (0.38%) Firmware
8 6 (0.38%) Oracle RAC
8 6 (0.38%) VMware NSX
9 4 (0.26%) VMware ESXi
10 3 (0.19%) Hyper-V
11 2 (0.13%) Postfix
11 2 (0.13%) Squid
11 2 (0.13%) vCloud
12 1 (0.064%) OpenAM
12 1 (0.064%) OpenIDM
Systems Management
1 396 (25.35%) Terraform
2 352 (22.54%) Kubernetes
3 170 (10.88%) Ansible
4 85 (5.44%) Prometheus
5 79 (5.06%) Grafana
6 39 (2.50%) Puppet
7 34 (2.18%) Progress Chef
8 25 (1.60%) Microsoft Intune
9 23 (1.47%) SCCM
9 23 (1.47%) SCOM
10 21 (1.34%) Active Directory Federation Services
11 20 (1.28%) WSUS
12 18 (1.15%) Consul
12 18 (1.15%) Kibana
13 16 (1.02%) Docker Swarm
14 14 (0.90%) Single Sign-On
15 10 (0.64%) Argo
15 10 (0.64%) Packer
16 9 (0.58%) Podman
17 8 (0.51%) Data Guard
Vendors
1 306 (19.59%) Microsoft
2 123 (7.87%) Oracle
3 52 (3.33%) Splunk
4 50 (3.20%) Google
5 43 (2.75%) Databricks
6 41 (2.62%) SAP
7 31 (1.98%) ServiceNow
8 29 (1.86%) VMware
9 26 (1.66%) Salesforce
10 25 (1.60%) Cisco
10 25 (1.60%) IBM
11 24 (1.54%) CyberArk
12 22 (1.41%) Dynatrace
13 20 (1.28%) Informatica
14 16 (1.02%) Palo Alto
15 14 (0.90%) Atlassian
15 14 (0.90%) Citrix
16 13 (0.83%) Red Hat
16 13 (0.83%) SaltStack
17 12 (0.77%) BeyondTrust