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 1 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
1 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 14 10 7
Rank change year-on-year -4 -3 0
Contract jobs citing DevOps 1,558 2,914 6,206
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 10.64% 12.09% 14.06%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 12.15% 13.49% 15.45%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,120 2,225 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 £587 £575
% change year-on-year -6.30% +2.09% +9.52%
Number of hourly rates quoted 16 29 34
10th Percentile £65.00 £39.60 £35.00
25th Percentile £75.94 £60.00 £37.92
Median hourly rate £87.46 £65.00 £57.50
Median % change year-on-year +34.55% +13.04% +27.78%
75th Percentile £87.53 £65.75 £75.00
90th Percentile - £66.80 £77.50
UK median hourly rate £65.50 £65.50 £63.60
% change year-on-year - +2.99% +38.26%

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 12,820 21,608 40,174
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 87.57% 89.66% 91.02%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,645 15,332 29,227
10th Percentile £325 £363 £363
25th Percentile £425 £450 £438
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £543 £525
Median % change year-on-year -3.23% +3.33% +6.06%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £638
90th Percentile £750 £750 £725
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £538
% change year-on-year -4.55% +2.33% +7.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 572 503 516
10th Percentile £14.89 £18.49 £14.50
25th Percentile £24.19 £25.85 £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 £57.72
90th Percentile £75.00 £78.60 £71.25
UK median hourly rate £36.50 £36.25 £25.68
% change year-on-year +0.69% +41.16% +9.74%

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 1 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 1 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 75 (4.81%) Confluence
2 43 (2.76%) Apache Airflow
3 28 (1.80%) Microsoft Exchange
4 23 (1.48%) SharePoint
5 20 (1.28%) Apache Spark
5 20 (1.28%) CMS
6 16 (1.03%) Apache
7 14 (0.90%) nginx
8 8 (0.51%) Adobe Experience Manager
9 6 (0.39%) Kentico
9 6 (0.39%) Oracle SOA Suite
10 5 (0.32%) Apache Solr
10 5 (0.32%) Headless CMS
10 5 (0.32%) IIS
10 5 (0.32%) JBoss
10 5 (0.32%) WebLogic
11 4 (0.26%) ArcGIS
11 4 (0.26%) Umbraco
12 3 (0.19%) Mule
12 3 (0.19%) OpenStack
Applications
1 11 (0.71%) MS Visio
2 10 (0.64%) Microsoft Excel
3 8 (0.51%) Microsoft Office
4 7 (0.45%) Chatbot
4 7 (0.45%) Trello
5 3 (0.19%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 3 (0.19%) Microsoft Project
6 2 (0.13%) Gliffy
7 1 (0.064%) CPLEX
7 1 (0.064%) Sketch
7 1 (0.064%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 26 (1.67%) 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 (0.39%) 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%) Dynamics NAV
12 1 (0.064%) Oracle Payroll
12 1 (0.064%) SAP PM
Cloud Services
1 831 (53.34%) Azure
2 506 (32.48%) Azure DevOps
3 484 (31.07%) AWS
4 143 (9.18%) GitHub
5 133 (8.54%) GCP
6 113 (7.25%) Serverless
7 112 (7.19%) Power Platform
8 87 (5.58%) Dynamics 365
9 70 (4.49%) Entra ID
10 67 (4.30%) PaaS
11 62 (3.98%) Microsoft 365
12 59 (3.79%) Azure Logic Apps
13 58 (3.72%) PowerApps
13 58 (3.72%) SaaS
14 56 (3.59%) Azure Monitor
15 55 (3.53%) Amazon S3
15 55 (3.53%) Azure Service Bus
16 54 (3.47%) AWS CloudFormation
16 54 (3.47%) Power Automate
17 53 (3.40%) AWS Lambda
Communications & Networking
1 112 (7.19%) Firewall
2 50 (3.21%) DNS
3 30 (1.93%) VPN
4 28 (1.80%) DHCP
5 26 (1.67%) Network Security
6 22 (1.41%) TCP/IP
7 19 (1.22%) HTTP
8 11 (0.71%) 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
11 8 (0.51%) Wi-Fi
12 7 (0.45%) Cisco Nexus
12 7 (0.45%) SSL
13 6 (0.39%) Cisco ISE
13 6 (0.39%) HSRP
13 6 (0.39%) NetScaler
Database & Business Intelligence
1 153 (9.82%) SQL Server
2 82 (5.26%) Power BI
3 81 (5.20%) Data Lake
4 73 (4.69%) PostgreSQL
5 51 (3.27%) NoSQL
6 45 (2.89%) Data Warehouse
6 45 (2.89%) MongoDB
6 45 (2.89%) Relational Database
7 43 (2.76%) Big Data
8 39 (2.50%) Azure SQL Database
9 36 (2.31%) Amazon RDS
10 34 (2.18%) Elasticsearch
10 34 (2.18%) MySQL
11 32 (2.05%) Oracle Database
12 27 (1.73%) Amazon Athena
13 20 (1.28%) BigQuery
14 18 (1.16%) Apache Arrow
14 18 (1.16%) Dremio
14 18 (1.16%) RDBMS
15 17 (1.09%) Amazon Redshift
Development Applications
1 194 (12.45%) Git
2 190 (12.20%) Jenkins
3 154 (9.88%) JIRA
4 114 (7.32%) GitLab
5 50 (3.21%) Selenium
6 34 (2.18%) SonarQube
7 31 (1.99%) TeamCity
8 29 (1.86%) Visual Studio
9 28 (1.80%) Cucumber
10 25 (1.60%) Artifactory
10 25 (1.60%) SpecFlow
11 24 (1.54%) Bitbucket
12 18 (1.16%) Postman
13 16 (1.03%) Maven
14 15 (0.96%) Cypress.io
14 15 (0.96%) Sonatype Nexus
15 14 (0.90%) Team Foundation Server
16 13 (0.83%) Atlassian Bamboo
16 13 (0.83%) JMeter
16 13 (0.83%) JUnit
General
1 345 (22.14%) Finance
2 331 (21.25%) Social Skills
3 195 (12.52%) Public Sector
4 115 (7.38%) Analytical Skills
5 107 (6.87%) Banking
6 63 (4.04%) Retail
7 32 (2.05%) Marketing
8 31 (1.99%) Telecoms
9 29 (1.86%) Law
10 24 (1.54%) Manufacturing
11 22 (1.41%) General Ledger
12 20 (1.28%) Presentation Skills
13 17 (1.09%) Documentation Skills
13 17 (1.09%) Front Office
13 17 (1.09%) Inclusion and Diversity
14 15 (0.96%) Back Office
15 13 (0.83%) Electronics
16 12 (0.77%) Legal
17 9 (0.58%) Influencing Skills
17 9 (0.58%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 321 (20.60%) Developer
2 302 (19.38%) DevOps Engineer
3 215 (13.80%) Senior
4 185 (11.87%) Architect
5 130 (8.34%) AWS Engineer
6 117 (7.51%) Lead
7 97 (6.23%) Consultant
8 90 (5.78%) Azure Engineer
9 86 (5.52%) AWS DevOps
10 80 (5.13%) AWS DevOps Engineer
11 78 (5.01%) Senior Developer
12 76 (4.88%) Analyst
13 70 (4.49%) Solutions Architect
14 58 (3.72%) Data Engineer
15 56 (3.59%) Senior DevOps
16 55 (3.53%) Azure Developer
17 52 (3.34%) .NET Developer
18 47 (3.02%) Cloud Engineer
19 44 (2.82%) Full Stack Developer
20 43 (2.76%) C# Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 191 (12.26%) .NET
2 98 (6.29%) React
3 92 (5.91%) XML
4 83 (5.33%) REST
5 77 (4.94%) ARM Templates
6 73 (4.69%) CSS
6 73 (4.69%) Kafka
7 68 (4.36%) HTML
8 59 (3.79%) .NET Framework
9 58 (3.72%) .NET Core
10 55 (3.53%) Node.js
10 55 (3.53%) Spring Boot
11 52 (3.34%) JSON
12 49 (3.15%) RESTful
13 43 (2.76%) AngularJS
14 40 (2.57%) Web Services
14 40 (2.57%) YAML
15 34 (2.18%) GraphQL
16 32 (2.05%) ASP.NET
17 31 (1.99%) RabbitMQ
Miscellaneous
1 85 (5.46%) Product Ownership
2 41 (2.63%) Data Structures
3 38 (2.44%) Greenfield Project
4 36 (2.31%) Public Cloud
5 35 (2.25%) Distributed Systems
6 30 (1.93%) Self-Motivation
7 27 (1.73%) Clustering
7 27 (1.73%) Mobile App
8 26 (1.67%) Management Information System
8 26 (1.67%) Onboarding
8 26 (1.67%) PKI
9 24 (1.54%) Hedge funds
10 21 (1.35%) Cloud Native
11 16 (1.03%) Data Centre
12 15 (0.96%) Algorithms
13 13 (0.83%) Legacy Systems
14 12 (0.77%) Credit Derivative
14 12 (0.77%) Hybrid Cloud
15 11 (0.71%) Contactless
15 11 (0.71%) Private Cloud
Operating Systems
1 183 (11.75%) Linux
2 128 (8.22%) Windows
3 60 (3.85%) Windows Server
4 38 (2.44%) Unix
5 23 (1.48%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 21 (1.35%) Windows Server 2016
6 21 (1.35%) Windows Server 2019
7 20 (1.28%) Android
8 19 (1.22%) Apple iOS
9 9 (0.58%) Ubuntu
10 8 (0.51%) AIX
11 7 (0.45%) CentOS
11 7 (0.45%) Solaris
12 5 (0.32%) Oracle Linux
12 5 (0.32%) Windows 10
13 2 (0.13%) Alpine Linux
13 2 (0.13%) Amazon Linux
13 2 (0.13%) VMS
14 1 (0.064%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 596 (38.25%) Agile
2 550 (35.30%) CI/CD
3 250 (16.05%) Infrastructure as Code
4 202 (12.97%) Test Automation
5 188 (12.07%) Problem-Solving
6 152 (9.76%) Containerisation
7 143 (9.18%) Microservices
8 139 (8.92%) Scrum
9 133 (8.54%) Software Engineering
10 130 (8.34%) Migration
11 111 (7.12%) Business Intelligence
12 107 (6.87%) Continuous Integration
13 106 (6.80%) Analytics
14 104 (6.68%) SDLC
15 95 (6.10%) Site Reliability Engineering
16 83 (5.33%) Full Stack Development
17 80 (5.13%) Mentoring
17 80 (5.13%) TDD
18 79 (5.07%) Computer Science
19 78 (5.01%) Continuous Improvement
Programming Languages
1 376 (24.13%) Python
2 249 (15.98%) SQL
3 240 (15.40%) C#
4 224 (14.38%) Java
5 170 (10.91%) PowerShell
6 160 (10.27%) JavaScript
7 93 (5.97%) Bash
8 82 (5.26%) Bicep
9 80 (5.13%) Go
9 80 (5.13%) TypeScript
10 42 (2.70%) Shell Script
11 35 (2.25%) C++
12 33 (2.12%) Perl
13 23 (1.48%) Ruby
13 23 (1.48%) VB
14 21 (1.35%) VBScript
15 20 (1.28%) C
16 18 (1.16%) Scala
17 17 (1.09%) PHP
17 17 (1.09%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 295 (18.93%) Security Cleared
2 234 (15.02%) SC Cleared
3 131 (8.41%) Degree
4 61 (3.92%) DV Cleared
5 58 (3.72%) Computer Science Degree
6 32 (2.05%) Azure Certification
7 31 (1.99%) BPSS Clearance
8 26 (1.67%) AWS Certification
9 20 (1.28%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
10 18 (1.16%) Master's Degree
11 16 (1.03%) Microsoft Certification
12 14 (0.90%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
13 13 (0.83%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
14 11 (0.71%) CISSP
15 10 (0.64%) Cisco Certification
16 9 (0.58%) PMP
17 8 (0.51%) CCNP
17 8 (0.51%) ISTQB
18 7 (0.45%) CISM
18 7 (0.45%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 74 (4.75%) QA
2 31 (1.99%) Accessibility
3 26 (1.67%) GDPR
4 23 (1.48%) PCI DSS
5 20 (1.28%) NCSC
6 18 (1.16%) NIST
7 17 (1.09%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 15 (0.96%) Data Quality
9 12 (0.77%) SLA
9 12 (0.77%) WCAG
10 10 (0.64%) HIPAA
11 8 (0.51%) PMO
12 6 (0.39%) ISO 9001
12 6 (0.39%) 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
1 248 (15.92%) Docker
2 104 (6.68%) Active Directory
3 38 (2.44%) 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 (0.39%) Firmware
8 6 (0.39%) Oracle RAC
8 6 (0.39%) 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
1 393 (25.22%) Terraform
2 352 (22.59%) Kubernetes
3 168 (10.78%) Ansible
4 85 (5.46%) Prometheus
5 79 (5.07%) Grafana
6 38 (2.44%) Puppet
7 32 (2.05%) Progress Chef
8 25 (1.60%) Microsoft Intune
9 23 (1.48%) SCCM
9 23 (1.48%) SCOM
10 21 (1.35%) Active Directory Federation Services
11 20 (1.28%) WSUS
12 18 (1.16%) Consul
12 18 (1.16%) Kibana
13 16 (1.03%) Docker Swarm
14 13 (0.83%) Single Sign-On
15 10 (0.64%) Argo
15 10 (0.64%) Packer
16 8 (0.51%) Istio
16 8 (0.51%) Podman
Vendors
1 305 (19.58%) Microsoft
2 123 (7.89%) Oracle
3 51 (3.27%) Splunk
4 50 (3.21%) Google
5 43 (2.76%) Databricks
6 41 (2.63%) SAP
7 30 (1.93%) ServiceNow
7 30 (1.93%) VMware
8 27 (1.73%) Cisco
9 26 (1.67%) IBM
10 25 (1.60%) Salesforce
11 24 (1.54%) CyberArk
12 22 (1.41%) Dynatrace
13 19 (1.22%) Informatica
14 16 (1.03%) Palo Alto
15 14 (0.90%) Citrix
16 13 (0.83%) Atlassian
16 13 (0.83%) Red Hat
16 13 (0.83%) SaltStack
17 12 (0.77%) Adobe