Development Operations Engineer
West Midlands > Birmingham
The median Development Operations Engineer daily rate in Birmingham is £463, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025.
The table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.
|
|
6 months to
1 May 2025 |
Same period 2024 |
Same period 2023 |
| Rank |
45 |
64 |
52 |
| Rank change year-on-year |
+19 |
-12 |
+10 |
| Contract jobs requiring a DevOps Engineer |
5 |
3 |
23 |
| As % of all contract jobs advertised in Birmingham |
0.96% |
0.39% |
2.54% |
| As % of the Job Titles category |
1.07% |
0.42% |
2.64% |
| Number of daily rates quoted |
4 |
2 |
15 |
| 10th Percentile |
- |
£337 |
£563 |
| 25th Percentile |
£425 |
£339 |
£660 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) |
£463 |
£350 |
£700 |
| Median % change year-on-year |
+32.14% |
-50.00% |
+33.33% |
| 75th Percentile |
£501 |
£361 |
- |
| 90th Percentile |
£525 |
£364 |
- |
| West Midlands median daily rate |
£575 |
£500 |
£625 |
| % change year-on-year |
+15.00% |
-20.00% |
+13.64% |
For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Birmingham. 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.
| Contract vacancies in Birmingham with a recognized job title |
468 |
715 |
870 |
| % of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title |
89.66% |
92.50% |
96.24% |
| Number of daily rates quoted |
327 |
502 |
583 |
| 10th Percentile |
£160 |
£250 |
£263 |
| 25th Percentile |
£363 |
£325 |
£375 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) |
£483 |
£450 |
£500 |
| Median % change year-on-year |
+7.33% |
-10.00% |
+5.26% |
| 75th Percentile |
£575 |
£575 |
£600 |
| 90th Percentile |
£675 |
£675 |
£700 |
| West Midlands median daily rate |
£485 |
£489 |
£500 |
| % change year-on-year |
-0.77% |
-2.25% |
+5.26% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted |
31 |
40 |
35 |
| 10th Percentile |
£12.62 |
£13.10 |
£11.40 |
| 25th Percentile |
£13.31 |
£17.75 |
£12.50 |
| Median hourly rate |
£14.00 |
£28.50 |
£20.00 |
| Median % change year-on-year |
-50.88% |
+42.50% |
+14.35% |
| 75th Percentile |
£22.91 |
£48.75 |
£24.94 |
| 90th Percentile |
£30.68 |
£57.91 |
£60.50 |
| West Midlands median hourly rate |
£18.07 |
£22.25 |
£19.50 |
| % change year-on-year |
-18.81% |
+14.10% |
+12.85% |
