DevOps Engineer Contracts in England

Development Operations Engineer
UK > England

The median Development Operations Engineer daily rate in England is £538, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 12 June 2024.

The table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 124 75 68
Rank change year-on-year -49 -7 +14
Contract jobs requiring a DevOps Engineer 692 1,447 2,365
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 1.84% 3.08% 3.37%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.99% 3.26% 3.53%
Number of daily rates quoted 548 1,138 1,790
10th Percentile £411 £463 £463
25th Percentile £463 £513 £513
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £538 £611 £600
Median % change year-on-year -12.07% +1.88% +14.29%
75th Percentile £625 £700 £677
90th Percentile £688 £798 £756
UK median daily rate £538 £600 £600
% change year-on-year -10.42% - +9.09%
Number of hourly rates quoted 9 7 1
10th Percentile £45.88 £53.75 -
25th Percentile £55.00 £62.13 £41.25
Median hourly rate £70.00 £73.00 £47.50
Median % change year-on-year -4.11% +53.68% -9.52%
75th Percentile £74.44 £87.50 £53.75
90th Percentile £75.50 £90.00 -
UK median hourly rate £73.50 £72.00 £41.25
% change year-on-year +2.08% +74.55% -37.97%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
England

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in England. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of contract jobs in our overall sample.

Contract vacancies in England with a recognized job title 34,808 44,443 66,953
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.80% 94.49% 95.39%
Number of daily rates quoted 22,757 31,614 47,944
10th Percentile £288 £313 £313
25th Percentile £413 £425 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £535
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +2.80% +7.00%
75th Percentile £638 £663 £650
90th Percentile £750 £763 £750
UK median daily rate £525 £538 £525
% change year-on-year -2.42% +2.48% +6.06%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,654 1,321 1,753
10th Percentile £12.86 £14.36 £12.80
25th Percentile £16.30 £20.00 £15.90
Median hourly rate £39.50 £45.00 £24.00
Median % change year-on-year -12.22% +87.50% +14.01%
75th Percentile £62.50 £65.00 £49.25
90th Percentile £74.00 £77.50 £65.00
UK median hourly rate £37.50 £45.00 £25.00
% change year-on-year -16.67% +80.00% +16.28%

DevOps Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Job postings that featured DevOps Engineer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.

Job vacancy trend for DevOps Engineer in England

DevOps Engineer
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

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

Daily rate trend for DevOps Engineer in England

DevOps Engineer
Daily Rate Histogram in England

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

Daily rate histogram for DevOps Engineer in England

DevOps Engineer
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

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

Hourly rate trend for DevOps Engineer in England

DevOps Engineer
Hourly Rate Histogram in England

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

Hourly rate histogram for DevOps Engineer in England

DevOps Engineer
Contract Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing DevOps Engineer within the England 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
London -46 393 £550 -12.00% 100
North of England -17 111 £475 -20.83% 42
South West -21 71 £550 -8.33% 34
North West -15 56 £500 -9.09% 26
South East -43 55 £525 -12.50% 24
Yorkshire +15 50 £475 -24.00% 12
Midlands -1 35 £554 -11.44% 23
West Midlands -2 27 £557 -12.97% 16
East Midlands -2 8 £538 -23.21% 7
East of England -19 6 £500 -23.08% 7
North East -9 5 - - 4
DevOps Engineer
UK

DevOps Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England

For the 6 months to 12 June 2024, DevOps Engineer contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the England region featuring DevOps Engineer in the job title.

1 692 (100.00%) DevOps
2 416 (60.12%) Terraform
3 382 (55.20%) AWS
4 349 (50.43%) CI/CD
5 321 (46.39%) Kubernetes
6 310 (44.80%) Security Cleared
7 258 (37.28%) Python
8 251 (36.27%) Docker
9 242 (34.97%) Azure
10 217 (31.36%) SC Cleared
11 200 (28.90%) Ansible
12 183 (26.45%) Linux
13 182 (26.30%) Infrastructure as Code
14 169 (24.42%) Jenkins
15 141 (20.38%) Agile
16 135 (19.51%) GitLab
17 126 (18.21%) Bash
18 122 (17.63%) Azure DevOps
19 120 (17.34%) PowerShell
20 119 (17.20%) Containerisation
21 101 (14.60%) Git
22 87 (12.57%) Prometheus
23 84 (12.14%) Public Sector
24 81 (11.71%) Configuration Management
25 80 (11.56%) GitHub
26 79 (11.42%) DV Cleared
27 78 (11.27%) Problem-Solving
27 78 (11.27%) Social Skills
28 74 (10.69%) Grafana
29 71 (10.26%) Finance

DevOps Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England 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 43 (6.21%) Confluence
2 29 (4.19%) nginx
3 18 (2.60%) Apache
4 11 (1.59%) IIS
5 5 (0.72%) SharePoint
6 4 (0.58%) Apache Solr
6 4 (0.58%) Apache Spark
7 2 (0.29%) Apache Airflow
7 2 (0.29%) Microsoft Exchange
7 2 (0.29%) OpenStack
8 1 (0.14%) Cloud Foundry
8 1 (0.14%) JBoss
8 1 (0.14%) Jupyter
8 1 (0.14%) Oracle Self-Service HR
8 1 (0.14%) Traefik
8 1 (0.14%) WebSphere
Applications
1 1 (0.14%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (0.14%) Microsoft Office
1 1 (0.14%) Trello
Business Applications
1 1 (0.14%) R3 Corda
Cloud Services
1 382 (55.20%) AWS
2 242 (34.97%) Azure
3 122 (17.63%) Azure DevOps
4 80 (11.56%) GitHub
5 68 (9.83%) Serverless
6 64 (9.25%) AWS CloudFormation
6 64 (9.25%) GCP
7 63 (9.10%) Amazon EC2
8 60 (8.67%) Amazon S3
9 50 (7.23%) AWS Lambda
10 41 (5.92%) OpenShift
11 40 (5.78%) Amazon EKS
12 38 (5.49%) GitHub Actions
12 38 (5.49%) Virtual Private Cloud
13 34 (4.91%) Amazon CloudWatch
13 34 (4.91%) Amazon ECS
14 33 (4.77%) Route 53
15 26 (3.76%) Azure AKS
16 25 (3.61%) PaaS
17 19 (2.75%) Cloud Computing
Communications & Networking
1 33 (4.77%) Firewall
2 29 (4.19%) DNS
3 19 (2.75%) HTTP
3 19 (2.75%) VPN
4 16 (2.31%) TCP/IP
5 13 (1.88%) Network Security
6 6 (0.87%) SSL
7 4 (0.58%) AMQP
7 4 (0.58%) HTTPS
7 4 (0.58%) Internet
7 4 (0.58%) IPsec
7 4 (0.58%) IPv4
7 4 (0.58%) Reverse Proxy
7 4 (0.58%) SSH
8 3 (0.43%) DHCP
8 3 (0.43%) LAN
8 3 (0.43%) OpenLDAP
8 3 (0.43%) WLAN
9 2 (0.29%) BIG-IP
9 2 (0.29%) Kerberos
Database & Business Intelligence
1 49 (7.08%) Amazon RDS
2 25 (3.61%) SQL Server
3 15 (2.17%) Elasticsearch
3 15 (2.17%) Relational Database
4 14 (2.02%) Amazon Redshift
4 14 (2.02%) MySQL
5 9 (1.30%) NoSQL
6 7 (1.01%) MongoDB
6 7 (1.01%) Triplestore
7 6 (0.87%) PostgreSQL
8 5 (0.72%) Data Lake
8 5 (0.72%) Power BI
8 5 (0.72%) Redis
9 4 (0.58%) Big Data
9 4 (0.58%) BigQuery
9 4 (0.58%) Couchbase
9 4 (0.58%) InfluxDB
9 4 (0.58%) Oracle Database
10 3 (0.43%) Data Warehouse
10 3 (0.43%) DynamoDB
Development Applications
1 169 (24.42%) Jenkins
2 135 (19.51%) GitLab
3 101 (14.60%) Git
4 49 (7.08%) JIRA
5 35 (5.06%) Artifactory
6 29 (4.19%) TeamCity
7 21 (3.03%) SonarQube
8 19 (2.75%) Bitbucket
9 13 (1.88%) Atlassian Bamboo
10 11 (1.59%) Maven
10 11 (1.59%) Selenium
11 10 (1.45%) CircleCI
12 9 (1.30%) Cucumber
13 8 (1.16%) Sonatype Nexus
14 7 (1.01%) Gradle
14 7 (1.01%) Travis CI
14 7 (1.01%) Visual Studio Code
15 6 (0.87%) Spinnaker
16 5 (0.72%) Jaeger
17 4 (0.58%) Cypress.io
General
1 84 (12.14%) Public Sector
2 78 (11.27%) Social Skills
3 71 (10.26%) Finance
4 42 (6.07%) Banking
5 23 (3.32%) Investment Banking
6 20 (2.89%) Analytical Skills
7 12 (1.73%) Law
8 10 (1.45%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 9 (1.30%) Legal
10 7 (1.01%) Marketing
11 6 (0.87%) Retail
11 6 (0.87%) Telecoms
12 5 (0.72%) Electronics
12 5 (0.72%) Manufacturing
13 2 (0.29%) Documentation Skills
13 2 (0.29%) Financial Institution
14 1 (0.14%) Aerospace
14 1 (0.14%) Billing
14 1 (0.14%) Presentation Skills
14 1 (0.14%) Tech for Good
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 43 (6.21%) YAML
2 38 (5.49%) .NET
2 38 (5.49%) Kafka
3 29 (4.19%) Elastic Stack
4 28 (4.05%) JSON
5 25 (3.61%) REST
6 21 (3.03%) RabbitMQ
7 19 (2.75%) Node.js
7 19 (2.75%) React
7 19 (2.75%) WinForms
8 18 (2.60%) ARM Templates
8 18 (2.60%) WCF
9 17 (2.46%) AWS CDK
10 15 (2.17%) Apache NiFi
11 9 (1.30%) CSS
11 9 (1.30%) HTML
12 8 (1.16%) LDAP
13 7 (1.01%) GraphQL
13 7 (1.01%) Spring
13 7 (1.01%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 20 (2.89%) Public Cloud
2 18 (2.60%) Cloud Native
2 18 (2.60%) Greenfield Project
3 15 (2.17%) Product Ownership
4 14 (2.02%) Linux Command Line
5 11 (1.59%) Data Centre
5 11 (1.59%) Private Cloud
6 9 (1.30%) Distributed Systems
6 9 (1.30%) Legacy Systems
6 9 (1.30%) Self-Motivation
7 7 (1.01%) Data Protection Act
7 7 (1.01%) Data Structures
8 6 (0.87%) Enterprise Software
8 6 (0.87%) Management Information System
8 6 (0.87%) PKI
9 5 (0.72%) Blockchain
9 5 (0.72%) Virtual Team
10 4 (0.58%) Security Posture
10 4 (0.58%) Tandem
11 3 (0.43%) Legacy Applications
Operating Systems
1 183 (26.45%) Linux
2 53 (7.66%) Windows
3 39 (5.64%) Unix
4 25 (3.61%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 12 (1.73%) CentOS
6 7 (1.01%) Windows Server
7 5 (0.72%) Alpine Linux
8 3 (0.43%) Android
8 3 (0.43%) Apple iOS
9 2 (0.29%) VMS
9 2 (0.29%) Windows 10
10 1 (0.14%) AIX
10 1 (0.14%) Debian
10 1 (0.14%) Solaris
10 1 (0.14%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 692 (100.00%) DevOps
2 349 (50.43%) CI/CD
3 182 (26.30%) Infrastructure as Code
4 141 (20.38%) Agile
5 119 (17.20%) Containerisation
6 81 (11.71%) Configuration Management
7 78 (11.27%) Problem-Solving
8 55 (7.95%) Continuous Integration
9 54 (7.80%) Migration
10 51 (7.37%) Test Automation
11 49 (7.08%) Software Engineering
12 48 (6.94%) Computer Science
13 43 (6.21%) Platform Engineering
14 40 (5.78%) Microservices
15 38 (5.49%) Scrum
16 36 (5.20%) Software Delivery
17 35 (5.06%) Continuous Improvement
18 34 (4.91%) Infrastructure Engineering
18 34 (4.91%) Observability
19 33 (4.77%) Site Reliability Engineering
Programming Languages
1 258 (37.28%) Python
2 126 (18.21%) Bash
3 120 (17.34%) PowerShell
4 68 (9.83%) Java
5 66 (9.54%) Go
6 60 (8.67%) SQL
7 50 (7.23%) JavaScript
8 46 (6.65%) C#
9 30 (4.34%) Ruby
10 25 (3.61%) TypeScript
11 21 (3.03%) Shell Script
12 18 (2.60%) Groovy
13 16 (2.31%) C
14 14 (2.02%) C++
15 11 (1.59%) Bicep
16 10 (1.45%) PHP
17 9 (1.30%) Perl
18 7 (1.01%) SPARQL
19 6 (0.87%) Scala
20 5 (0.72%) Rust
Qualifications
1 310 (44.80%) Security Cleared
2 217 (31.36%) SC Cleared
3 79 (11.42%) DV Cleared
4 50 (7.23%) Degree
5 38 (5.49%) Computer Science Degree
6 28 (4.05%) AWS Certification
7 20 (2.89%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
8 13 (1.88%) Azure Certification
9 8 (1.16%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
10 3 (0.43%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
11 2 (0.29%) BPSS Clearance
12 1 (0.14%) GIAC
12 1 (0.14%) Master's Degree
12 1 (0.14%) RHCE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 32 (4.62%) QA
2 9 (1.30%) NIST
3 6 (0.87%) GDPR
3 6 (0.87%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 5 (0.72%) PCI DSS
5 4 (0.58%) HIPAA
6 2 (0.29%) Cyber Essentials
6 2 (0.29%) NCSC
7 1 (0.14%) SOC 2
System Software
1 251 (36.27%) Docker
2 29 (4.19%) Active Directory
3 13 (1.88%) Virtual Machines
4 12 (1.73%) VMware Infrastructure
5 4 (0.58%) Hyper-V
6 3 (0.43%) NFS
6 3 (0.43%) OpenAM
6 3 (0.43%) OpenIDM
7 1 (0.14%) Apache ZooKeeper
7 1 (0.14%) KVM
7 1 (0.14%) LXC
7 1 (0.14%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 416 (60.12%) Terraform
2 321 (46.39%) Kubernetes
3 200 (28.90%) Ansible
4 87 (12.57%) Prometheus
5 74 (10.69%) Grafana
6 49 (7.08%) Puppet
7 37 (5.35%) Progress Chef
8 21 (3.03%) Packer
9 19 (2.75%) Docker Swarm
10 13 (1.88%) Rancher
11 12 (1.73%) Istio
11 12 (1.73%) Kibana
12 11 (1.59%) Consul
12 11 (1.59%) logstash
13 10 (1.45%) Argo
14 6 (0.87%) Nagios
14 6 (0.87%) Single Sign-On
15 5 (0.72%) Salt
16 4 (0.58%) Kiali
17 3 (0.43%) Podman
Vendors
1 44 (6.36%) Microsoft
2 36 (5.20%) Oracle
3 33 (4.77%) Splunk
4 23 (3.32%) VMware
5 21 (3.03%) Red Hat
6 19 (2.75%) Google
7 13 (1.88%) Dynatrace
8 9 (1.30%) Atlassian
9 8 (1.16%) Databricks
9 8 (1.16%) ServiceNow
10 7 (1.01%) PagerDuty
10 7 (1.01%) SAP
11 6 (0.87%) AppDynamics
11 6 (0.87%) F5
12 5 (0.72%) Cisco
13 4 (0.58%) ForgeRock
13 4 (0.58%) Guidewire
13 4 (0.58%) New Relic
13 4 (0.58%) Virgin Media
14 3 (0.43%) Confluent