DataOps Contract Job Trends in Leeds

DataOps
West Yorkshire > Leeds

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Leeds citing DataOps skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 14 November 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

	6 months to 14 Nov 2026	Same period 2025	Same period 2024
Rank	88	77	62
Rank change year-on-year	-11	-15	+14
Contract jobs citing DataOps	7	1	3
As % of all contract jobs in Leeds	0.68%	0.14%	0.45%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category	0.77%	0.16%	0.53%
Number of daily rates quoted	7	0	2
10^th Percentile	£361	-	-
25^th Percentile	-	-	£468
Median daily rate (50^th Percentile)	£400	-	£485
Median % change year-on-year	-	-	-3.00%
75^th Percentile	£408	-	£503
90^th Percentile	£579	-	-
West Yorkshire median daily rate	£400	-	£485
% change year-on-year	-	-	-3.00%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Leeds

DataOps falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies citing process or methodology skills in Leeds.

	6 months to 14 Nov 2026	Same period 2025	Same period 2024
Contract vacancies citing process or methodology skills	905	641	568
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Leeds	88.47%	89.40%	85.67%
Number of daily rates quoted	540	430	361
10^th Percentile	£390	£300	£325
25^th Percentile	£425	£400	£406
Median daily rate (50^th Percentile)	£500	£500	£495
Median % change year-on-year	-	+1.01%	-5.71%
75^th Percentile	£588	£575	£575
90^th Percentile	£640	£650	£655
West Yorkshire median daily rate	£500	£500	£478
% change year-on-year	-	+4.71%	-7.37%
Number of hourly rates quoted	18	3	17
10^th Percentile	£19.69	£25.10	£15.54
25^th Percentile	£35.00	£25.25	£25.00
Median hourly rate	£43.96	£26.00	£32.50
Median % change year-on-year	+69.08%	-20.00%	+52.51%
75^th Percentile	-	£27.63	£41.50
90^th Percentile	-	£28.30	£61.75
West Yorkshire median hourly rate	£24.25	£22.14	£32.50
% change year-on-year	+9.53%	-31.88%	+56.97%

DataOps Job Vacancy Trend in Leeds

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing DataOps relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Leeds.

DataOps Daily Rate Trend in Leeds

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Leeds citing DataOps.

DataOps Daily Rate Histogram in Leeds

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing DataOps in Leeds over the 6 months to 14 November 2026.

Daily rate histogram for DataOps in Leeds

DataOps Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Leeds

For the 6 months to 14 November 2026, contractor job vacancies citing DataOps also mentioned the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the Leeds region citing DataOps.

Rank	Skill	Share	Job Ads
1	Data Quality	85.7%	6
2	Root Cause Analysis	71.4%	5
2	SQL	71.4%	5
4	Client Onboarding	57.1%	4
4	Data Migration	57.1%	4
4	Data Reconciliation	57.1%	4
4	Data Validation	57.1%	4
4	Digital Transformation Programme	57.1%	4
4	Microsoft Excel	57.1%	4
4	Migration	57.1%	4
4	Problem-Solving	57.1%	4
4	Process Improvement	57.1%	4
4	Quality Management	57.1%	4
4	SaaS	57.1%	4
4	User Acceptance Testing	57.1%	4
4	Validation	57.1%	4
17	AI	28.6%	2
17	Analytics	28.6%	2
17	CI/CD	28.6%	2
17	Data Engineering	28.6%	2
17	Machine Learning	28.6%	2
17	Technical Debt	28.6%	2
23	Agile	14.3%	1
23	Azure	14.3%	1
23	Azure Databricks	14.3%	1
23	BigQuery	14.3%	1
23	BPSS Clearance	14.3%	1
23	Business Intelligence	14.3%	1
23	Cloud Run	14.3%	1
23	Data Architecture	14.3%	1

DataOps Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Leeds by Category

The table below expands on the one above by listing co-occurrences one category at a time. It covers the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences in each category.

Processes & Methodologies

Rank	Skill	Share	Job Ads
1	Root Cause Analysis	71.4%	5
2	Client Onboarding	57.1%	4
2	Data Migration	57.1%	4
2	Data Reconciliation	57.1%	4
2	Data Validation	57.1%	4
2	Digital Transformation Programme	57.1%	4
2	Migration	57.1%	4
2	Problem-Solving	57.1%	4
2	Process Improvement	57.1%	4
2	Quality Management	57.1%	4
2	User Acceptance Testing	57.1%	4
2	Validation	57.1%	4
13	AI	28.6%	2
13	Analytics	28.6%	2
13	CI/CD	28.6%	2
13	Data Engineering	28.6%	2
13	Machine Learning	28.6%	2
13	Technical Debt	28.6%	2
19	Agile	14.3%	1
19	Business Intelligence	14.3%	1