DevOps Jobs in the North West

DevOps
England > North West

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the North West 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 26 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
26 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 17 10 8
Rank change year-on-year -7 -2 +1
Permanent jobs citing DevOps 840 1,387 1,542
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North West 8.65% 17.39% 16.39%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 10.40% 18.16% 17.19%
Number of salaries quoted 545 608 871
10th Percentile £38,750 £42,500 £38,750
25th Percentile £50,000 £51,250 £46,513
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £62,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year - +4.17% +11.63%
75th Percentile £80,000 £78,750 £76,520
90th Percentile £93,750 £90,000 £90,000
England median annual salary £65,000 £70,000 £70,000
% change year-on-year -7.14% - +7.69%

All Process and Methodology Skills
North West

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 West with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 8,075 7,639 8,970
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North West 83.17% 95.75% 95.34%
Number of salaries quoted 6,151 3,950 5,365
10th Percentile £27,750 £30,500 £30,000
25th Percentile £37,500 £41,250 £39,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% +10.53%
75th Percentile £65,396 £70,000 £67,500
90th Percentile £80,000 £82,500 £82,500
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 West

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

Job vacancy trend for DevOps in the North West

DevOps
Salary Trend in the North West

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

Salary trend for DevOps in the North West

DevOps
Salary Histogram in the North West

Salary distribution for jobs citing DevOps in the North West over the 6 months to 26 April 2024.

Salary histogram for DevOps in the North West

DevOps
Job Locations in the North West

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing DevOps within the North West region over the 6 months to 26 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Manchester -7 573 £65,000 - 140
Merseyside -9 89 £57,500 -4.17% 21
Cheshire -17 77 £52,500 -4.55% 23
Lancashire -18 64 £62,783 +14.15% 9
Cumbria +9 33 £60,000 +9.09% 2
DevOps
England

DevOps
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North West 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 57 (6.79%) ArcGIS
1 57 (6.79%) GeoServer
2 18 (2.14%) SharePoint
3 15 (1.79%) Confluence
3 15 (1.79%) IIS
4 12 (1.43%) CMS
5 8 (0.95%) Microsoft Exchange
6 7 (0.83%) Apache Solr
7 6 (0.71%) Apache Spark
7 6 (0.71%) Umbraco
8 4 (0.48%) Adobe Experience Manager
8 4 (0.48%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
8 4 (0.48%) Captiva
8 4 (0.48%) FileNet
8 4 (0.48%) WebSphere
9 2 (0.24%) BizTalk Server
10 1 (0.12%) Drupal
10 1 (0.12%) Jetty
10 1 (0.12%) Kentico
10 1 (0.12%) WordPress
Applications
1 6 (0.71%) Photoshop
2 4 (0.48%) Microsoft Excel
3 3 (0.36%) Trello
4 2 (0.24%) Adobe XD
4 2 (0.24%) Sketch
5 1 (0.12%) GNU Octave
5 1 (0.12%) Microsoft Office
5 1 (0.12%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 30 (3.57%) Dynamics CRM
2 10 (1.19%) Dynamics AX
3 7 (0.83%) Magento
3 7 (0.83%) Shopify
4 6 (0.71%) Dynamics NAV
5 1 (0.12%) NEC Housing
Cloud Services
1 476 (56.67%) Azure
2 304 (36.19%) AWS
3 251 (29.88%) Azure DevOps
4 80 (9.52%) Serverless
5 78 (9.29%) IBM Cloud
6 69 (8.21%) Power Platform
7 65 (7.74%) GCP
8 57 (6.79%) GitHub
9 56 (6.67%) Amazon S3
10 53 (6.31%) Azure Service Bus
11 48 (5.71%) Azure Functions
12 47 (5.60%) Amazon EKS
12 47 (5.60%) Azure API Management
13 45 (5.36%) Azure Logic Apps
14 41 (4.88%) Dynamics 365
14 41 (4.88%) OCI
15 36 (4.29%) Amazon ECR
15 36 (4.29%) Route 53
16 25 (2.98%) SaaS
17 22 (2.62%) AWS CloudFormation
Communications & Networking
1 19 (2.26%) DNS
2 14 (1.67%) Firewall
3 8 (0.95%) HTTP
4 7 (0.83%) WAN
5 6 (0.71%) LAN
5 6 (0.71%) VoIP
6 5 (0.60%) WLAN
7 4 (0.48%) MQTT
7 4 (0.48%) Network Security
7 4 (0.48%) Unified Communications
7 4 (0.48%) Wi-Fi
8 2 (0.24%) SSL
9 1 (0.12%) HTTPS
9 1 (0.12%) Internet
9 1 (0.12%) IPsec
9 1 (0.12%) Kerberos
9 1 (0.12%) MPLS
9 1 (0.12%) SMTP
9 1 (0.12%) TCP/IP
9 1 (0.12%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 124 (14.76%) PostgreSQL
2 94 (11.19%) SQL Server
3 68 (8.10%) Relational Database
4 57 (6.79%) GIS
4 57 (6.79%) QGIS
5 54 (6.43%) MongoDB
5 54 (6.43%) NoSQL
6 50 (5.95%) Amazon RDS
7 47 (5.60%) MySQL
8 43 (5.12%) Data Warehouse
9 41 (4.88%) DB2
10 31 (3.69%) BigQuery
10 31 (3.69%) Power BI
11 27 (3.21%) Looker
12 20 (2.38%) Data Vault
12 20 (2.38%) DynamoDB
12 20 (2.38%) RDBMS
13 16 (1.90%) Metadata
14 13 (1.55%) Amazon Redshift
15 11 (1.31%) Azure SQL Database
Development Applications
1 98 (11.67%) Git
2 69 (8.21%) JIRA
3 61 (7.26%) Jenkins
4 35 (4.17%) GitLab
5 20 (2.38%) Postman
6 19 (2.26%) Jasmine
7 18 (2.14%) Team Foundation Server
8 17 (2.02%) Visual Studio
9 14 (1.67%) Cypress.io
10 12 (1.43%) Selenium
11 11 (1.31%) Karma Test Runner
12 8 (0.95%) Bitbucket
13 7 (0.83%) SonarQube
14 6 (0.71%) JDeveloper
15 5 (0.60%) Android Studio
15 5 (0.60%) Appium
15 5 (0.60%) Clang
15 5 (0.60%) Cucumber
15 5 (0.60%) Spinnaker
15 5 (0.60%) TeamCity
General
1 151 (17.98%) Social Skills
2 103 (12.26%) Public Sector
3 97 (11.55%) Finance
4 73 (8.69%) Analytical Skills
5 62 (7.38%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 58 (6.90%) Retail
7 27 (3.21%) Legal
8 25 (2.98%) Banking
9 24 (2.86%) Law
10 17 (2.02%) Aerospace
11 16 (1.90%) Marketing
12 14 (1.67%) Presentation Skills
13 13 (1.55%) Automotive
14 12 (1.43%) Games
15 10 (1.19%) Influencing Skills
16 9 (1.07%) Manufacturing
17 5 (0.60%) Back Office
17 5 (0.60%) Organisational Skills
17 5 (0.60%) Retail Finance
17 5 (0.60%) Tech for Good
Job Titles
1 220 (26.19%) Developer
2 213 (25.36%) Senior
3 128 (15.24%) Software Engineer
4 114 (13.57%) DevOps Engineer
5 97 (11.55%) Lead
6 70 (8.33%) Data Engineer
7 59 (7.02%) Full Stack Developer
8 56 (6.67%) Architect
8 56 (6.67%) Senior Software Engineer
9 52 (6.19%) Senior DevOps
9 52 (6.19%) Senior DevOps Engineer
10 47 (5.60%) Azure Developer
11 46 (5.48%) Platform Engineer
12 45 (5.36%) Senior Developer
13 41 (4.88%) Azure Engineer
14 39 (4.64%) .NET Developer
15 34 (4.05%) Principal Engineer
15 34 (4.05%) Technical Leader
16 29 (3.45%) Principal Data Engineer
17 24 (2.86%) C# Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 219 (26.07%) .NET
2 192 (22.86%) React
3 148 (17.62%) CSS
4 128 (15.24%) Node.js
5 108 (12.86%) AngularJS
6 106 (12.62%) HTML
7 80 (9.52%) .NET Core
8 71 (8.45%) ASP.NET
9 67 (7.98%) REST
10 63 (7.50%) Vue
11 61 (7.26%) Web Services
12 57 (6.79%) jQuery
12 57 (6.79%) Leaflet
12 57 (6.79%) OpenLayers
12 57 (6.79%) PostGIS
13 54 (6.43%) Twitter Bootstrap
14 45 (5.36%) JSON
15 43 (5.12%) ASP.NET Core
16 41 (4.88%) Backbone.js
16 41 (4.88%) Ember.js
Miscellaneous
1 92 (10.95%) Hybrid Cloud
2 78 (9.29%) Blockchain
3 58 (6.90%) Data Structures
4 55 (6.55%) Public Cloud
5 49 (5.83%) Cloud Native
6 42 (5.00%) Algorithms
7 41 (4.88%) Self-Motivation
8 37 (4.40%) e-Learning
9 33 (3.93%) Product Ownership
10 23 (2.74%) Management Information System
11 16 (1.90%) Greenfield Project
11 16 (1.90%) Reinsurance
12 14 (1.67%) Private Cloud
13 13 (1.55%) Data Centre
13 13 (1.55%) IoT
14 12 (1.43%) Enterprise Software
15 10 (1.19%) Device Driver
16 9 (1.07%) FMCG
17 8 (0.95%) Blog
17 8 (0.95%) PKI
Operating Systems
1 126 (15.00%) Linux
2 93 (11.07%) Windows
3 49 (5.83%) Android
4 47 (5.60%) Apple iOS
5 17 (2.02%) Windows Server
6 11 (1.31%) VMS
7 9 (1.07%) Ubuntu
8 7 (0.83%) Unix
9 4 (0.48%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 3 (0.36%) Embedded Linux
10 3 (0.36%) Mac OS
11 1 (0.12%) Amazon Linux
11 1 (0.12%) CentOS
11 1 (0.12%) CoreOS
11 1 (0.12%) HPUX
11 1 (0.12%) Solaris
11 1 (0.12%) Windows Server 2008
11 1 (0.12%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 471 (56.07%) Agile
2 233 (27.74%) Software Engineering
3 199 (23.69%) CI/CD
4 165 (19.64%) Mentoring
5 142 (16.90%) Problem-Solving
6 136 (16.19%) Web Development
7 109 (12.98%) Infrastructure as Code
8 108 (12.86%) Coaching
9 103 (12.26%) Actionable Insight
9 103 (12.26%) Artificial Intelligence
10 98 (11.67%) Full Stack Development
10 98 (11.67%) Scrum
11 93 (11.07%) Roadmaps
12 90 (10.71%) Design Patterns
13 79 (9.40%) Test Automation
14 78 (9.29%) User Experience
15 77 (9.17%) Containerisation
16 72 (8.57%) Continuous Integration
17 66 (7.86%) Analytics
18 62 (7.38%) SOLID
Programming Languages
1 231 (27.50%) JavaScript
2 222 (26.43%) C#
3 193 (22.98%) Python
4 158 (18.81%) SQL
5 125 (14.88%) Java
6 87 (10.36%) TypeScript
7 37 (4.40%) PHP
7 37 (4.40%) PowerShell
8 33 (3.93%) Bash
9 27 (3.21%) Go
10 23 (2.74%) C
11 22 (2.62%) VB.NET
12 19 (2.26%) T-SQL
13 12 (1.43%) Ruby
14 11 (1.31%) VB
14 11 (1.31%) VB6
15 9 (1.07%) C++
15 9 (1.07%) Kotlin
16 8 (0.95%) Data Analysis Expressions
17 7 (0.83%) Rust
Qualifications
1 124 (14.76%) Security Cleared
2 97 (11.55%) SC Cleared
3 71 (8.45%) Degree
4 21 (2.50%) Microsoft Certification
5 18 (2.14%) Computer Science Degree
6 17 (2.02%) DV Cleared
7 10 (1.19%) AWS Certification
7 10 (1.19%) Azure Certification
8 9 (1.07%) Master's Degree
9 7 (0.83%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
10 6 (0.71%) HND
11 4 (0.48%) PMI Certification
12 3 (0.36%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
12 3 (0.36%) CISSP
13 2 (0.24%) DBS Check
13 2 (0.24%) ISTQB
14 1 (0.12%) AWS Certified Developer
14 1 (0.12%) BPSS Clearance
14 1 (0.12%) ITIL Certification
14 1 (0.12%) MCSE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 49 (5.83%) QA
2 46 (5.48%) GDPR
3 37 (4.40%) Data Quality
4 11 (1.31%) Accessibility
5 10 (1.19%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 8 (0.95%) SLA
7 7 (0.83%) NIST
8 6 (0.71%) PCI DSS
9 3 (0.36%) PMO
System Software
1 101 (12.02%) Docker
2 23 (2.74%) Active Directory
3 14 (1.67%) Virtual Machines
4 8 (0.95%) Firmware
5 7 (0.83%) Hyper-V
6 4 (0.48%) Embedded Firmware
7 2 (0.24%) IAG
8 1 (0.12%) Dovecot
8 1 (0.12%) Postfix
8 1 (0.12%) RACF
8 1 (0.12%) VMware ESXi
8 1 (0.12%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 170 (20.24%) Terraform
2 144 (17.14%) Kubernetes
3 50 (5.95%) Ansible
4 44 (5.24%) Prometheus
5 23 (2.74%) Progress Chef
6 8 (0.95%) Grafana
6 8 (0.95%) Single Sign-On
7 7 (0.83%) CA Single Sign-On
8 6 (0.71%) Puppet
9 5 (0.60%) Microsoft Intune
10 3 (0.36%) Podman
11 2 (0.24%) Rundeck
12 1 (0.12%) CA Endevor
12 1 (0.12%) Packer
12 1 (0.12%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 144 (17.14%) Microsoft
2 89 (10.60%) IBM
3 82 (9.76%) Red Hat
4 57 (6.79%) ESRI
5 49 (5.83%) Google
6 36 (4.29%) Dynatrace
7 34 (4.05%) Oracle
8 28 (3.33%) Databricks
9 20 (2.38%) Informatica
10 18 (2.14%) ServiceNow
11 16 (1.90%) Adobe
12 10 (1.19%) YouTube
13 8 (0.95%) SAP
14 7 (0.83%) Atlassian
14 7 (0.83%) CA
14 7 (0.83%) CyberArk
15 6 (0.71%) Actuate
15 6 (0.71%) Splunk
16 5 (0.60%) PagerDuty
16 5 (0.60%) VMware