Lead DevOps Contracts in Cheshire

Lead Development Operations
North West > Cheshire

As of 29 August 2025, there is not enough information available from job vacancies posted within the last 6 months to determine the median Lead Development Operations daily rate in Cheshire.

6 months to
29 Aug 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 73 - 47
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs requiring a Lead DevOps 1 0 1
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Cheshire 0.16% - 0.25%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.18% - 0.28%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - - £425
75th Percentile - - £438
90th Percentile - - -
North West median daily rate £450 - £425
% change year-on-year - - -34.62%

All DemandTrendContract IT Job Vacancies
Cheshire

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Cheshire. 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 Cheshire with a recognized job title 563 478 352
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 89.37% 94.65% 86.27%
Number of daily rates quoted 428 312 215
10th Percentile £274 £311 £275
25th Percentile £358 £382 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £430 £463 £500
Median % change year-on-year -7.03% -7.50% +11.11%
75th Percentile £519 £567 £588
90th Percentile £638 £640 £639
North West median daily rate £450 £493 £500
% change year-on-year -8.72% -1.40% +3.09%
Number of hourly rates quoted 26 22 28
10th Percentile £12.82 £13.49 £14.70
25th Percentile £17.75 £13.96 £22.31
Median hourly rate £30.99 £35.00 £30.65
Median % change year-on-year -11.46% +14.20% +40.71%
75th Percentile £37.08 £43.75 £35.00
90th Percentile £58.63 £47.13 £40.00
North West median hourly rate £25.15 £35.00 £30.65
% change year-on-year -28.14% +14.20% +34.71%

Lead DevOps
Job Vacancy Trend in Cheshire

Job postings that featured Lead DevOps in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Cheshire.

Job vacancy trend for Lead DevOps in Cheshire

Lead DevOps
Daily Rate Trend in Cheshire

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Lead DevOps job vacancies in Cheshire.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Lead DevOps job vacancies in Cheshire

Lead DevOps
Contract Job Locations in Cheshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Lead DevOps within the Cheshire region over the 6 months to 29 August 2025. 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
Neston - 1 - -
Lead DevOps
North West

Lead DevOps Skill Set
Top 19 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Cheshire

For the 6 months to 29 August 2025, Lead DevOps contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the Cheshire region featuring Lead DevOps in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) .NET
1 1 (100.00%) ITIL
1 1 (100.00%) ITIL Certification
1 1 (100.00%) Service Management
1 1 (100.00%) InterSystems
1 1 (100.00%) Agile
1 1 (100.00%) JIRA
1 1 (100.00%) Problem Management
1 1 (100.00%) Data Integration
1 1 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Azure
1 1 (100.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 1 (100.00%) Ansible
1 1 (100.00%) DevOps
1 1 (100.00%) Terraform
1 1 (100.00%) Azure DevOps
1 1 (100.00%) Infrastructure Automation
1 1 (100.00%) Azure Certification

Lead DevOps Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Cheshire 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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (100.00%) Azure
1 1 (100.00%) Azure DevOps
Development Applications
1 1 (100.00%) JIRA
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (100.00%) .NET
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Agile
1 1 (100.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 1 (100.00%) Data Integration
1 1 (100.00%) DevOps
1 1 (100.00%) Infrastructure Automation
1 1 (100.00%) ITIL
1 1 (100.00%) Problem Management
1 1 (100.00%) Service Management
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) Azure Certification
1 1 (100.00%) ITIL Certification
1 1 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared
Systems Management
1 1 (100.00%) Ansible
1 1 (100.00%) Terraform
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) InterSystems