DevOps Jobs in the North of England

DevOps
England > North of England

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the North of England with a requirement for DevOps skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited DevOps over the 6 months to 8 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
8 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 24 13 9
Rank change year-on-year -11 -4 0
Permanent jobs citing DevOps 1,377 2,512 2,730
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 7.88% 14.56% 15.14%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 9.44% 15.03% 16.13%
Number of salaries quoted 924 1,208 1,759
10th Percentile £38,750 £41,750 £38,750
25th Percentile £48,250 £51,750 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £61,340 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -2.18% +2.23% +11.11%
75th Percentile £77,500 £77,715 £75,000
90th Percentile £90,000 £90,000 £87,500
England median annual salary £65,000 £70,000 £70,000
% change year-on-year -7.14% - +7.69%

All Process and Methodology Skills
North of England

DevOps is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies advertised in the North of England with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 14,594 16,713 16,929
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 83.47% 96.90% 93.88%
Number of salaries quoted 11,200 7,953 10,696
10th Percentile £27,500 £31,250 £29,000
25th Percentile £37,000 £40,000 £38,386
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £50,086
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +9.81% +5.44%
75th Percentile £65,000 £70,000 £66,250
90th Percentile £80,000 £82,500 £80,000
England median annual salary £55,000 £62,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.00% +4.17% +9.09%

DevOps
Job Vacancy Trend in the North of England

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

Job vacancy trend for DevOps in the North of England

DevOps
Salary Trend in the North of England

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing DevOps in the North of England.

Salary trend for DevOps in the North of England

DevOps
Salary Histogram in the North of England

Salary distribution for jobs citing DevOps in the North of England over the 6 months to 8 May 2024.

Salary histogram for DevOps in the North of England

DevOps
Job Locations in the North of England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing DevOps within the North of England region over the 6 months to 8 May 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
North West -6 853 £62,500 - 174
Yorkshire -7 430 £60,000 -2.44% 85
North East -6 96 £57,750 +5.00% 20
DevOps
England

DevOps
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North of 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 85 (6.17%) ArcGIS
1 85 (6.17%) GeoServer
2 47 (3.41%) Confluence
3 25 (1.82%) SharePoint
4 22 (1.60%) IIS
5 13 (0.94%) CMS
6 12 (0.87%) Captiva
6 12 (0.87%) FileNet
6 12 (0.87%) WebSphere
7 10 (0.73%) Umbraco
8 8 (0.58%) Apache Solr
8 8 (0.58%) Microsoft Exchange
9 7 (0.51%) Apache Spark
10 5 (0.36%) Adobe Experience Manager
11 4 (0.29%) Apache Airflow
11 4 (0.29%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
12 3 (0.22%) Apache
13 2 (0.15%) BizTalk Server
13 2 (0.15%) nginx
14 1 (0.073%) IBM Notes
Applications
1 20 (1.45%) Microsoft Project
2 10 (0.73%) Microsoft Excel
3 8 (0.58%) MS Visio
3 8 (0.58%) Photoshop
4 5 (0.36%) Trello
5 4 (0.29%) Microsoft Office
6 2 (0.15%) Adobe Illustrator
6 2 (0.15%) Adobe XD
6 2 (0.15%) Sketch
7 1 (0.073%) GNU Octave
7 1 (0.073%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 38 (2.76%) Dynamics CRM
2 13 (0.94%) Dynamics AX
3 7 (0.51%) Magento
3 7 (0.51%) Shopify
4 6 (0.44%) Dynamics NAV
5 2 (0.15%) SystmOne
6 1 (0.073%) Dynamics GP
6 1 (0.073%) NEC Housing
6 1 (0.073%) Primavera
Cloud Services
1 832 (60.42%) Azure
2 490 (35.58%) AWS
3 405 (29.41%) Azure DevOps
4 175 (12.71%) GCP
5 100 (7.26%) Serverless
6 92 (6.68%) GitHub
7 87 (6.32%) Power Platform
8 78 (5.66%) IBM Cloud
9 69 (5.01%) Azure Service Bus
10 65 (4.72%) Amazon S3
11 60 (4.36%) Dynamics 365
12 52 (3.78%) SaaS
13 50 (3.63%) Amazon EKS
14 49 (3.56%) Azure Functions
15 48 (3.49%) Cloud Computing
16 47 (3.41%) Azure API Management
17 46 (3.34%) Azure Logic Apps
18 44 (3.20%) AWS CloudFormation
19 43 (3.12%) Microsoft 365
20 41 (2.98%) OCI
Communications & Networking
1 33 (2.40%) Firewall
2 31 (2.25%) DNS
3 22 (1.60%) Network Security
4 20 (1.45%) WAN
5 16 (1.16%) LAN
6 13 (0.94%) TCP/IP
7 9 (0.65%) HTTP
7 9 (0.65%) Internet
7 9 (0.65%) VPN
8 6 (0.44%) MQTT
8 6 (0.44%) VoIP
8 6 (0.44%) Wireshark
9 5 (0.36%) DHCP
9 5 (0.36%) Multicast
9 5 (0.36%) Wi-Fi
9 5 (0.36%) WLAN
10 4 (0.29%) SSL
10 4 (0.29%) Unified Communications
11 3 (0.22%) HTTPS
12 2 (0.15%) MPLS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 168 (12.20%) PostgreSQL
2 150 (10.89%) SQL Server
3 89 (6.46%) Relational Database
4 85 (6.17%) GIS
4 85 (6.17%) QGIS
5 78 (5.66%) NoSQL
6 67 (4.87%) BigQuery
7 64 (4.65%) MongoDB
7 64 (4.65%) MySQL
8 62 (4.50%) Data Warehouse
9 61 (4.43%) Looker
10 60 (4.36%) Amazon RDS
11 47 (3.41%) DB2
12 39 (2.83%) Power BI
13 33 (2.40%) RDBMS
14 27 (1.96%) Azure SQL Database
15 23 (1.67%) DynamoDB
16 22 (1.60%) Data Vault
17 21 (1.53%) Elasticsearch
18 20 (1.45%) Amazon Redshift
Development Applications
1 175 (12.71%) Git
2 134 (9.73%) JIRA
3 95 (6.90%) Jenkins
4 70 (5.08%) GitLab
5 32 (2.32%) Postman
6 31 (2.25%) Selenium
7 30 (2.18%) Team Foundation Server
8 25 (1.82%) Jasmine
8 25 (1.82%) Visual Studio
9 24 (1.74%) Cypress.io
10 21 (1.53%) CircleCI
11 16 (1.16%) Cucumber
11 16 (1.16%) Karma Test Runner
12 15 (1.09%) IBM UrbanCode
13 13 (0.94%) Oracle Forms
14 11 (0.80%) Appium
14 11 (0.80%) Bitbucket
14 11 (0.80%) Octopus Deploy
14 11 (0.80%) SonarQube
15 9 (0.65%) JDeveloper
General
1 292 (21.21%) Social Skills
2 191 (13.87%) Finance
3 166 (12.06%) Analytical Skills
4 146 (10.60%) Public Sector
5 84 (6.10%) Banking
6 79 (5.74%) Retail
7 74 (5.37%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 63 (4.58%) Law
9 35 (2.54%) Legal
10 28 (2.03%) Organisational Skills
11 25 (1.82%) Presentation Skills
12 23 (1.67%) Marketing
13 22 (1.60%) Games
14 18 (1.31%) Aerospace
14 18 (1.31%) Influencing Skills
15 16 (1.16%) Pharmaceutical
16 13 (0.94%) Automotive
17 9 (0.65%) Manufacturing
18 7 (0.51%) Back Office
18 7 (0.51%) Front Office
Job Titles
1 338 (24.55%) Developer
2 309 (22.44%) Senior
3 198 (14.38%) DevOps Engineer
4 187 (13.58%) Software Engineer
5 170 (12.35%) Lead
6 112 (8.13%) Data Engineer
7 95 (6.90%) Platform Engineer
8 93 (6.75%) Architect
9 78 (5.66%) Senior Software Engineer
10 73 (5.30%) Full Stack Developer
11 70 (5.08%) Senior Developer
12 69 (5.01%) .NET Developer
13 68 (4.94%) Senior DevOps
13 68 (4.94%) Senior DevOps Engineer
14 64 (4.65%) Principal Engineer
15 62 (4.50%) Azure Engineer
16 60 (4.36%) Software Developer
17 59 (4.28%) Principal Data Engineer
18 52 (3.78%) Azure Developer
19 50 (3.63%) Cloud Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 372 (27.02%) .NET
2 256 (18.59%) React
3 206 (14.96%) CSS
4 166 (12.06%) .NET Core
5 160 (11.62%) Node.js
6 147 (10.68%) AngularJS
7 138 (10.02%) HTML
8 110 (7.99%) ASP.NET
9 88 (6.39%) REST
10 86 (6.25%) PostGIS
11 85 (6.17%) Leaflet
11 85 (6.17%) OpenLayers
12 74 (5.37%) Web Services
13 73 (5.30%) .NET Framework
13 73 (5.30%) Vue
14 72 (5.23%) JSON
15 66 (4.79%) Twitter Bootstrap
16 65 (4.72%) RESTful
17 64 (4.65%) jQuery
18 54 (3.92%) ASP.NET Core
Miscellaneous
1 99 (7.19%) Hybrid Cloud
2 92 (6.68%) Public Cloud
3 79 (5.74%) Cloud Native
4 78 (5.66%) Blockchain
5 73 (5.30%) Self-Motivation
6 63 (4.58%) Data Structures
7 60 (4.36%) Product Ownership
8 47 (3.41%) Management Information System
9 45 (3.27%) Algorithms
10 44 (3.20%) Private Cloud
11 37 (2.69%) e-Learning
12 26 (1.89%) Greenfield Project
13 23 (1.67%) Mobile App
14 22 (1.60%) Data Centre
14 22 (1.60%) NHS
15 20 (1.45%) Distributed Systems
16 17 (1.23%) Enterprise Software
17 15 (1.09%) Reinsurance
18 13 (0.94%) IoT
18 13 (0.94%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 191 (13.87%) Linux
2 150 (10.89%) Windows
3 60 (4.36%) Android
4 58 (4.21%) Apple iOS
5 32 (2.32%) Windows Server
6 23 (1.67%) Unix
7 16 (1.16%) VMS
8 13 (0.94%) Ubuntu
9 8 (0.58%) Windows Server 2012
10 7 (0.51%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 7 (0.51%) Windows Server 2016
11 6 (0.44%) Windows 10
11 6 (0.44%) Windows Server 2019
12 3 (0.22%) Amazon Linux
12 3 (0.22%) CoreOS
12 3 (0.22%) Embedded Linux
12 3 (0.22%) Mac OS
12 3 (0.22%) Windows Server 2008
12 3 (0.22%) zOS
13 2 (0.15%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 788 (57.23%) Agile
2 370 (26.87%) CI/CD
3 345 (25.05%) Software Engineering
4 273 (19.83%) Mentoring
5 257 (18.66%) Problem-Solving
6 226 (16.41%) Infrastructure as Code
7 190 (13.80%) Web Development
8 166 (12.06%) Scrum
9 162 (11.76%) Coaching
10 157 (11.40%) Containerisation
11 155 (11.26%) Roadmaps
12 146 (10.60%) Actionable Insight
13 134 (9.73%) Full Stack Development
14 132 (9.59%) Continuous Integration
15 127 (9.22%) Test Automation
16 123 (8.93%) Design Patterns
17 122 (8.86%) Microservices
18 116 (8.42%) Artificial Intelligence
19 113 (8.21%) Platform Engineering
20 109 (7.92%) Data Engineering
Programming Languages
1 378 (27.45%) C#
2 346 (25.13%) JavaScript
3 290 (21.06%) Python
4 288 (20.92%) SQL
5 183 (13.29%) Java
6 127 (9.22%) TypeScript
7 88 (6.39%) PowerShell
8 62 (4.50%) Bash
9 60 (4.36%) PHP
10 41 (2.98%) T-SQL
11 39 (2.83%) Go
12 33 (2.40%) VB.NET
13 23 (1.67%) C
13 23 (1.67%) Ruby
14 20 (1.45%) Groovy
15 16 (1.16%) VB
15 16 (1.16%) VB6
16 13 (0.94%) C++
16 13 (0.94%) Kotlin
17 12 (0.87%) Bicep
Qualifications
1 184 (13.36%) Security Cleared
2 162 (11.76%) Degree
3 151 (10.97%) SC Cleared
4 52 (3.78%) Computer Science Degree
5 33 (2.40%) Azure Certification
6 29 (2.11%) Microsoft Certification
7 18 (1.31%) DV Cleared
8 17 (1.23%) AWS Certification
9 16 (1.16%) DBS Check
10 15 (1.09%) PMI Certification
11 14 (1.02%) CISSP
12 11 (0.80%) CIPD
12 11 (0.80%) PMP
12 11 (0.80%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
13 9 (0.65%) Master's Degree
14 8 (0.58%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
15 6 (0.44%) (ISC)2 CCSP
15 6 (0.44%) CEH
15 6 (0.44%) SANS
15 6 (0.44%) SSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 96 (6.97%) GDPR
2 83 (6.03%) QA
3 44 (3.20%) Data Quality
4 24 (1.74%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 22 (1.60%) Accessibility
6 19 (1.38%) NIST
6 19 (1.38%) PMO
7 12 (0.87%) PCI DSS
8 11 (0.80%) SLA
9 8 (0.58%) PSD2
10 1 (0.073%) Actionable Recommendations
10 1 (0.073%) Cyber Essentials
10 1 (0.073%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
10 1 (0.073%) P3O
System Software
1 187 (13.58%) Docker
2 37 (2.69%) Active Directory
3 24 (1.74%) Virtual Machines
4 22 (1.60%) Hyper-V
5 9 (0.65%) VMware Infrastructure
6 8 (0.58%) Firmware
7 7 (0.51%) IAG
7 7 (0.51%) Virtual Desktop
8 4 (0.29%) Embedded Firmware
8 4 (0.29%) VMware Server
9 3 (0.22%) VMware ESXi
10 1 (0.073%) Dovecot
10 1 (0.073%) Postfix
10 1 (0.073%) RACF
Systems Management
1 277 (20.12%) Terraform
2 256 (18.59%) Kubernetes
3 77 (5.59%) Ansible
4 67 (4.87%) Prometheus
5 38 (2.76%) Progress Chef
6 36 (2.61%) Grafana
7 13 (0.94%) Puppet
7 13 (0.94%) Single Sign-On
8 12 (0.87%) CA Single Sign-On
9 11 (0.80%) Microsoft Intune
10 6 (0.44%) Nmap
11 5 (0.36%) Istio
11 5 (0.36%) SCOM
12 4 (0.29%) Kibana
12 4 (0.29%) Podman
13 3 (0.22%) CA Endevor
13 3 (0.22%) Packer
14 2 (0.15%) logstash
14 2 (0.15%) Rundeck
15 1 (0.073%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 279 (20.26%) Microsoft
2 122 (8.86%) Google
3 108 (7.84%) IBM
4 85 (6.17%) ESRI
5 84 (6.10%) Red Hat
6 66 (4.79%) Oracle
7 41 (2.98%) Databricks
8 36 (2.61%) Dynatrace
9 34 (2.47%) ServiceNow
10 21 (1.53%) Splunk
11 20 (1.45%) Informatica
12 19 (1.38%) Adobe
13 16 (1.16%) SAP
14 14 (1.02%) CyberArk
15 13 (0.94%) VMware
16 12 (0.87%) CA
16 12 (0.87%) Kofax
16 12 (0.87%) Pega
17 10 (0.73%) New Relic
17 10 (0.73%) YouTube