DevOps Contracts in the Midlands

DevOps
England > Midlands

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the Midlands with 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 27 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
27 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 34 19 20
Rank change year-on-year -15 +1 +2
Contract jobs citing DevOps 128 303 425
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the Midlands 4.69% 8.81% 8.39%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 5.71% 9.97% 9.51%
Number of daily rates quoted 94 206 314
10th Percentile £307 £363 £369
25th Percentile £400 £450 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £524 £536 £513
Median % change year-on-year -2.19% +4.49% +20.59%
75th Percentile £611 £625 £625
90th Percentile £688 £700 £700
England median daily rate £550 £600 £600
% change year-on-year -8.33% - +15.94%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 0 6
10th Percentile £55.25 - -
25th Percentile £55.63 - £20.00
Median hourly rate £56.25 - £30.00
75th Percentile - - £45.25
90th Percentile - - £46.67
England median hourly rate £65.00 £65.50 £54.00
% change year-on-year -0.76% +21.30% +16.13%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Midlands

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 advertised in the Midlands with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 2,242 3,040 4,470
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the Midlands 82.18% 88.37% 88.25%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,493 2,119 3,305
10th Percentile £238 £250 £246
25th Percentile £356 £370 £366
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £495 £475
Median % change year-on-year -4.04% +4.21% +17.28%
75th Percentile £600 £588 £566
90th Percentile £700 £675 £653
England median daily rate £525 £550 £538
% change year-on-year -4.55% +2.33% +9.69%
Number of hourly rates quoted 172 119 154
10th Percentile £11.07 £11.96 £10.15
25th Percentile £13.81 £15.05 £13.51
Median hourly rate £19.00 £17.72 £17.49
Median % change year-on-year +7.22% +1.32% +9.31%
75th Percentile £35.00 £26.81 £22.08
90th Percentile £55.00 £55.50 £33.60
England median hourly rate £35.50 £37.50 £24.35
% change year-on-year -5.33% +54.00% +1.46%

DevOps
Job Vacancy Trend in the Midlands

Job postings citing DevOps as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the Midlands.

Job vacancy trend for DevOps in the Midlands

DevOps
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the Midlands

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing DevOps in the Midlands.

Daily rate trend for DevOps in the Midlands

DevOps
Daily Rate Histogram in the Midlands

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing DevOps in the Midlands over the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for DevOps in the Midlands

DevOps
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the Midlands

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing DevOps in the Midlands.

Hourly rate trend for DevOps in the Midlands

DevOps
Contract Job Locations in the Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing DevOps within the Midlands region over the 6 months to 27 April 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
West Midlands -13 89 £475 -14.61% 107
East Midlands -12 32 £450 -2.17% 64
DevOps
England

DevOps
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Midlands 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 5 (3.91%) JBoss
2 3 (2.34%) CMS
2 3 (2.34%) Drupal
2 3 (2.34%) SharePoint
3 2 (1.56%) Confluence
4 1 (0.78%) Apache
4 1 (0.78%) Apache Spark
Applications
1 1 (0.78%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 5 (3.91%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (0.78%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 79 (61.72%) Azure
2 52 (40.63%) Azure DevOps
3 21 (16.41%) AWS
4 15 (11.72%) Serverless
5 9 (7.03%) Azure Functions
6 8 (6.25%) Azure App Service
6 8 (6.25%) Microsoft 365
6 8 (6.25%) Power Platform
7 7 (5.47%) Dynamics 365
7 7 (5.47%) OpenShift
7 7 (5.47%) PaaS
8 6 (4.69%) Azure AKS
9 5 (3.91%) Azure Data Factory
10 4 (3.13%) AWS CloudFormation
10 4 (3.13%) AWS Lambda
10 4 (3.13%) GCP
10 4 (3.13%) IaaS
10 4 (3.13%) SaaS
11 3 (2.34%) Azure Monitor
11 3 (2.34%) GitHub
Communications & Networking
1 6 (4.69%) DNS
2 5 (3.91%) Firewall
2 5 (3.91%) SSL
3 3 (2.34%) VPN
4 1 (0.78%) Extranet
4 1 (0.78%) Fibre Channel
4 1 (0.78%) FTP
4 1 (0.78%) HTTPS
4 1 (0.78%) Internet
4 1 (0.78%) Intranet
4 1 (0.78%) IPsec
4 1 (0.78%) Kerberos
4 1 (0.78%) Network Security
4 1 (0.78%) SAN
4 1 (0.78%) TCP/IP
4 1 (0.78%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 11 (8.59%) SQL Server
2 10 (7.81%) Relational Database
3 7 (5.47%) Power BI
4 6 (4.69%) Elasticsearch
5 5 (3.91%) Azure SQL Database
5 5 (3.91%) RDBMS
6 3 (2.34%) Amazon RDS
6 3 (2.34%) Big Data
6 3 (2.34%) Data Lake
7 2 (1.56%) MongoDB
7 2 (1.56%) MySQL
7 2 (1.56%) NoSQL
7 2 (1.56%) PostgreSQL
7 2 (1.56%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 2 (1.56%) Tableau
8 1 (0.78%) Data Warehouse
8 1 (0.78%) Microsoft Analysis Services
8 1 (0.78%) SAP BW
8 1 (0.78%) SQL Server Analysis Services
8 1 (0.78%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 19 (14.84%) Git
2 16 (12.50%) JIRA
3 14 (10.94%) Jenkins
4 6 (4.69%) CA Release Automation
4 6 (4.69%) Selenium
4 6 (4.69%) TeamCity
5 5 (3.91%) Bitbucket Server
5 5 (3.91%) SonarQube
5 5 (3.91%) Sonatype Nexus
5 5 (3.91%) Visual Studio
6 4 (3.13%) Artifactory
6 4 (3.13%) NUnit
7 3 (2.34%) GitLab
7 3 (2.34%) JMeter
7 3 (2.34%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
7 3 (2.34%) Subversion
8 2 (1.56%) Moq
9 1 (0.78%) Bitbucket
9 1 (0.78%) Hudson
9 1 (0.78%) SpecFlow
General
1 34 (26.56%) Social Skills
2 22 (17.19%) Finance
3 11 (8.59%) Public Sector
4 10 (7.81%) Analytical Skills
5 6 (4.69%) Banking
6 4 (3.13%) Manufacturing
7 3 (2.34%) Games
7 3 (2.34%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 3 (2.34%) Presentation Skills
8 1 (0.78%) Electronics
8 1 (0.78%) Financial Institution
8 1 (0.78%) Influencing Skills
8 1 (0.78%) Law
8 1 (0.78%) Marketing
8 1 (0.78%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 22 (17.19%) Developer
2 18 (14.06%) Analyst
3 17 (13.28%) DevOps Engineer
4 14 (10.94%) Senior
5 10 (7.81%) Architect
5 10 (7.81%) Test Analyst
6 7 (5.47%) Azure Engineer
6 7 (5.47%) Cloud Engineer
6 7 (5.47%) Data Engineer
6 7 (5.47%) Lead
6 7 (5.47%) Support Engineer
7 6 (4.69%) Test Manager
8 5 (3.91%) Angular Developer
8 5 (3.91%) Azure Architect
8 5 (3.91%) Business Analyst
8 5 (3.91%) Consultant
9 4 (3.13%) Cloud Architect
9 4 (3.13%) Java Developer
9 4 (3.13%) Platform Engineer
9 4 (3.13%) Senior Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 17 (13.28%) .NET
2 9 (7.03%) AngularJS
3 7 (5.47%) React
4 6 (4.69%) RESTful
5 5 (3.91%) Elastic Stack
5 5 (3.91%) JSON
5 5 (3.91%) REST
5 5 (3.91%) SAML
5 5 (3.91%) Spring Boot
6 4 (3.13%) .NET Framework
6 4 (3.13%) OAuth
6 4 (3.13%) OpenID
7 3 (2.34%) ADO
7 3 (2.34%) GraphQL
7 3 (2.34%) Kafka
7 3 (2.34%) Node.js
7 3 (2.34%) OAuth2
7 3 (2.34%) Spring
7 3 (2.34%) YAML
8 2 (1.56%) Entity Framework
Miscellaneous
1 10 (7.81%) Product Ownership
2 6 (4.69%) Self-Motivation
3 5 (3.91%) Enterprise Software
3 5 (3.91%) Virtual Team
4 4 (3.13%) Cloud Native
4 4 (3.13%) Mobile App
5 3 (2.34%) Private Cloud
6 2 (1.56%) Data Protection Act
6 2 (1.56%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
6 2 (1.56%) Hybrid Cloud
6 2 (1.56%) IoT
6 2 (1.56%) Public Cloud
7 1 (0.78%) Clustering
7 1 (0.78%) e-Health
7 1 (0.78%) LIMS
7 1 (0.78%) Management Information System
7 1 (0.78%) NHS
7 1 (0.78%) Online Banking
7 1 (0.78%) PACS
7 1 (0.78%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 13 (10.16%) Windows
2 11 (8.59%) Linux
3 5 (3.91%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 2 (1.56%) Android
4 2 (1.56%) Apple iOS
4 2 (1.56%) Mac OS
4 2 (1.56%) Windows Server
5 1 (0.78%) AIX
5 1 (0.78%) Solaris
5 1 (0.78%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 49 (38.28%) Agile
2 39 (30.47%) CI/CD
3 18 (14.06%) Infrastructure as Code
3 18 (14.06%) Microservices
3 18 (14.06%) Problem-Solving
4 17 (13.28%) Scrum
4 17 (13.28%) Test Automation
5 14 (10.94%) Computer Science
5 14 (10.94%) Continuous Integration
5 14 (10.94%) Software Engineering
5 14 (10.94%) Software Testing
6 13 (10.16%) Stakeholder Management
7 12 (9.38%) SDLC
8 11 (8.59%) Decision-Making
8 11 (8.59%) User Acceptance Testing
9 10 (7.81%) Migration
9 10 (7.81%) Project Management
9 10 (7.81%) Roadmaps
9 10 (7.81%) User Experience
10 9 (7.03%) Continuous Delivery
Programming Languages
1 23 (17.97%) SQL
2 19 (14.84%) Python
3 17 (13.28%) C#
4 11 (8.59%) PowerShell
5 8 (6.25%) Java
6 7 (5.47%) Bicep
7 6 (4.69%) JavaScript
7 6 (4.69%) Perl
7 6 (4.69%) TypeScript
8 3 (2.34%) Bash
8 3 (2.34%) BeanShell
8 3 (2.34%) T-SQL
9 1 (0.78%) Go
9 1 (0.78%) Search Processing Language
9 1 (0.78%) Shell Script
9 1 (0.78%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 16 (12.50%) Degree
2 13 (10.16%) Computer Science Degree
3 12 (9.38%) ISTQB
3 12 (9.38%) Security Cleared
4 8 (6.25%) ISEB
5 5 (3.91%) DV Cleared
6 4 (3.13%) Master's Degree
7 3 (2.34%) AWS Certification
7 3 (2.34%) BPSS Clearance
7 3 (2.34%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
7 3 (2.34%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
8 2 (1.56%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
8 2 (1.56%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
8 2 (1.56%) SC Cleared
9 1 (0.78%) AWS Certified Developer
9 1 (0.78%) Azure Certification
9 1 (0.78%) CCSP
9 1 (0.78%) Cisco Certification
9 1 (0.78%) CISSP
9 1 (0.78%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 22 (17.19%) QA
2 2 (1.56%) GDPR
2 2 (1.56%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 1 (0.78%) HL7
System Software
1 16 (12.50%) Docker
2 6 (4.69%) Active Directory
3 4 (3.13%) Virtual Desktop
3 4 (3.13%) Virtual Machines
4 3 (2.34%) OpenAM
4 3 (2.34%) OpenIDM
5 1 (0.78%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 18 (14.06%) Terraform
2 16 (12.50%) Kubernetes
3 6 (4.69%) Ansible
4 5 (3.91%) Kibana
4 5 (3.91%) Progress Chef
5 3 (2.34%) HP ALM
5 3 (2.34%) Single Sign-On
5 3 (2.34%) SysTrack
6 2 (1.56%) Microsoft Intune
6 2 (1.56%) SCCM
7 1 (0.78%) Argo
7 1 (0.78%) EMC NetWorker
7 1 (0.78%) HP Data Protector
7 1 (0.78%) Istio
7 1 (0.78%) linkerd
7 1 (0.78%) NetBackup
7 1 (0.78%) Packer
7 1 (0.78%) PowerCLI
7 1 (0.78%) SELinux
Vendors
1 24 (18.75%) Microsoft
2 7 (5.47%) Red Hat
2 7 (5.47%) Salesforce
2 7 (5.47%) SAP
3 6 (4.69%) Databricks
3 6 (4.69%) ServiceNow
3 6 (4.69%) Splunk
4 5 (3.91%) AppDynamics
4 5 (3.91%) Citrix
5 4 (3.13%) ForgeRock
5 4 (3.13%) HP
6 3 (2.34%) MuleSoft
6 3 (2.34%) New Relic
6 3 (2.34%) OpenAI
7 2 (1.56%) Oracle
8 1 (0.78%) Ariba
8 1 (0.78%) Cisco
8 1 (0.78%) EMC
8 1 (0.78%) Sage
8 1 (0.78%) Symantec