DevOps Automation Engineer
UK
The median DevOps Automation Engineer daily rate in the UK is £500, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 16 September 2025.
The table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 16 Sep 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 542 | 548 | 638 |
| Rank change year-on-year | +6 | +90 | +194 |
| Contract jobs requiring a DevOps Automation Engineer | 5 | 21 | 24 |
| As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK | 0.015% | 0.055% | 0.048% |
| As % of the Job Titles category | 0.017% | 0.059% | 0.051% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 3 | 11 | 13 |
| 10th Percentile | £470 | £520 | £503 |
| 25th Percentile | £482 | £563 | £525 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £500 | £622 | £575 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -19.61% | +8.17% | -4.17% |
| 75th Percentile | £519 | £631 | £650 |
| 90th Percentile | £530 | £650 | - |
| UK excluding London median daily rate | £500 | £622 | £650 |
| % change year-on-year | -19.61% | -4.31% | +33.33% |
All Contract IT Job Vacancies
UK
For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies. 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 the UK with a recognized job title | 29,740 | 35,350 | 47,152 |
| % of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title | 91.05% | 92.95% | 94.22% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 18,772 | 21,777 | 32,303 |
| 10th Percentile | £278 | £300 | £300 |
| 25th Percentile | £400 | £413 | £425 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £500 | £525 | £530 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -4.76% | -0.94% | -3.64% |
| 75th Percentile | £620 | £638 | £650 |
| 90th Percentile | £725 | £750 | £750 |
| UK excluding London median daily rate | £475 | £500 | £500 |
| % change year-on-year | -5.00% | - | +0.50% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 1,564 | 1,687 | 1,507 |
| 10th Percentile | £13.75 | £14.73 | £14.77 |
| 25th Percentile | £17.30 | £20.30 | £19.06 |
| Median hourly rate | £25.15 | £43.00 | £43.86 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -41.51% | -1.96% | +68.69% |
| 75th Percentile | £52.25 | £65.00 | £65.00 |
| 90th Percentile | £70.00 | £75.00 | £77.50 |
| UK excluding London median hourly rate | £25.15 | £45.00 | £42.08 |
| % change year-on-year | -44.11% | +6.95% | +91.26% |
DevOps Automation Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend
Job postings that featured DevOps Automation Engineer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.
DevOps Automation Engineer
Daily Rate Trend
Contractor daily rate distribution trend for DevOps Automation Engineer job vacancies in the UK.
DevOps Automation Engineer
Top 5 Contract Job Locations
The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing DevOps Automation Engineer within the UK over the 6 months to 16 September 2025. 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 |
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| Work from Home | +32 | 3 | £537 | -13.67% | |
| England | +1 | 3 | £500 | -19.61% | |
| UK excluding London | -2 | 3 | £500 | -19.61% | |
| North of England | -17 | 3 | £500 | -19.81% | |
| Yorkshire | -18 | 3 | £500 | -19.81% |
DevOps Automation Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities
For the 6 months to 16 September 2025, DevOps Automation 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 featuring DevOps Automation Engineer in the job title.
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DevOps Automation Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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: