DevOps Automation Engineer Contract Job Trends
DevOps Automation Engineer
UK
The median DevOps Automation Engineer daily rate in the UK is £550, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 22 October 2026.
The table below compares current contractor rates and summary statistics with the previous two years.
| 6 months to 22 Oct 2026 |
Same period 2025 | Same period 2024 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 681 | 554 | 538 |
| Rank change year-on-year | -127 | -16 | +62 |
| Contract jobs requiring a DevOps Automation Engineer | 21 | 10 | 21 |
| As % of all contract jobs in the UK | 0.038% | 0.030% | 0.056% |
| As % of the Job Titles category | 0.041% | 0.033% | 0.061% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 16 | 8 | 11 |
| 10th Percentile | £473 | £506 | £520 |
| 25th Percentile | £515 | £534 | £563 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £550 | £588 | £622 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -6.38% | -5.55% | +8.17% |
| 75th Percentile | £575 | £600 | £631 |
| 90th Percentile | £602 | £634 | £650 |
| UK excluding London median daily rate | £850 | £569 | £622 |
| % change year-on-year | +49.52% | -8.60% | -4.31% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 10th Percentile | - | - | - |
| 25th Percentile | £66.25 | - | - |
| Median hourly rate | £67.50 | - | - |
| 75th Percentile | £68.75 | - | - |
| 90th Percentile | - | - | - |
| UK excluding London median hourly rate | - | - | - |
All Contract IT Job Roles
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.
| 6 months to 22 Oct 2026 |
Same period 2025 | Same period 2024 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Contract vacancies in the UK with a recognized job title | 50,631 | 30,440 | 34,636 |
| % of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title | 91.82% | 90.88% | 92.94% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 29,785 | 19,249 | 20,905 |
| 10th Percentile | £325 | £280 | £300 |
| 25th Percentile | £425 | £402 | £413 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £525 | £500 | £525 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +5.00% | -4.76% | - |
| 75th Percentile | £638 | £623 | £638 |
| 90th Percentile | £738 | £725 | £738 |
| UK excluding London median daily rate | £500 | £475 | £490 |
| % change year-on-year | +5.26% | -3.06% | -2.00% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 4,176 | 1,674 | 1,381 |
| 10th Percentile | £14.25 | £13.80 | £15.03 |
| 25th Percentile | £19.25 | £17.30 | £20.30 |
| Median hourly rate | £41.06 | £25.15 | £40.00 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +63.25% | -37.13% | -10.11% |
| 75th Percentile | £67.55 | £50.00 | £65.00 |
| 90th Percentile | £80.00 | £68.75 | £73.75 |
| UK excluding London median hourly rate | £40.32 | £24.56 | £40.00 |
| % change year-on-year | +64.17% | -38.60% | -9.60% |
DevOps Automation Engineer Job Vacancy Trend
Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings featuring 'DevOps Automation Engineer' in the job title relative to all contract 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 Daily Rate Histogram
Daily rate distribution for jobs citing DevOps Automation Engineer over the 6 months to 22 October 2026.
DevOps Automation Engineer Top 7 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 22 October 2026. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| England | -103 | 18 | £550 | -1.08% | 5 |
| London | -82 | 14 | £550 | -6.38% | 3 |
| Work from Home | -71 | 9 | £550 | -6.38% | 3 |
| UK excluding London | -107 | 3 | £850 | +49.52% | 2 |
| Yorkshire | -37 | 2 | - | - | 2 |
| North of England | -68 | 2 | - | - | 2 |
| South West | -33 | 1 | £850 | - |
DevOps Automation Engineer Skill Set Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities
For the 6 months to 22 October 2026, DevOps Automation Engineer contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads featuring DevOps Automation Engineer in the job title.
| Rank | Skill | Share | Job Ads |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | DevOps | 100.0% | 21 |
| 2 | Python | 81.0% | 17 |
| 3 | CI/CD | 76.2% | 16 |
| 4 | Jenkins | 66.7% | 14 |
| 5 | Ansible | 57.1% | 12 |
| 5 | Observability | 57.1% | 12 |
| 7 | GitHub | 47.6% | 10 |
| 7 | Infrastructure as Code | 47.6% | 10 |
| 7 | Test Automation | 47.6% | 10 |
| 10 | Git | 42.9% | 9 |
| 11 | Agile | 33.3% | 7 |
| 11 | Grafana | 33.3% | 7 |
| 11 | Groovy | 33.3% | 7 |
| 11 | PostgreSQL | 33.3% | 7 |
| 11 | Secrets Management | 33.3% | 7 |
| 11 | Terraform | 33.3% | 7 |
| 11 | YAML | 33.3% | 7 |
| 18 | Bash | 28.6% | 6 |
| 18 | GitLab | 28.6% | 6 |
| 18 | IBM | 28.6% | 6 |
| 18 | Kubernetes | 28.6% | 6 |
| 18 | Platform Engineering | 28.6% | 6 |
| 18 | Sonatype Nexus | 28.6% | 6 |
| 18 | zOS | 28.6% | 6 |
| 25 | API Integration | 23.8% | 5 |
| 25 | Artefact Management | 23.8% | 5 |
| 25 | AWS | 23.8% | 5 |
| 25 | Containerisation | 23.8% | 5 |
| 25 | DV Cleared | 23.8% | 5 |
| 25 | Event-Driven | 23.8% | 5 |
DevOps Automation Engineer Skill Set Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities by Category
The table below expands on the one above by listing co-occurrences one category at a time. It covers the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences in each category.
Job Titles
| Rank | Job Title | Share | Job Ads |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Automation Engineer | 76.2% | 16 |
| 2 | Senior DevOps Engineer | 42.9% | 9 |
| 3 | Senior Automation Engineer | 38.1% | 8 |
| 4 | Test Automation Engineer | 19.0% | 4 |
| 5 | Linux DevOps Engineer | 14.3% | 3 |
| 5 | Linux Infrastructure Engineer | 14.3% | 3 |
| 5 | Linux/Unix DevOps | 14.3% | 3 |
| 5 | Senior Infrastructure Engineer | 14.3% | 3 |
| 5 | Senior Linux Engineer | 14.3% | 3 |
| 10 | Lead DevOps Engineer | 4.8% | 1 |
| 10 | Salesforce Engineer | 4.8% | 1 |
| 10 | Senior Automation Tester | 4.8% | 1 |
| 10 | Senior AWS DevOps Engineer | 4.8% | 1 |