Principal DevOps Engineer Contract Job Trends in Leeds

Principal Development Operations Engineer
West Yorkshire > Leeds

As of 27 May 2026, there is not enough information available from job vacancies posted within the last 6 months to determine the median Principal Development Operations Engineer daily rate in Leeds.

6 months to
27 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 78 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs requiring a Principal DevOps Engineer 2 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Leeds 0.21% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.23% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - - -
West Yorkshire median daily rate - - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 0 0
Median hourly rate £74.00 - -
West Yorkshire median hourly rate £74.00 - -

All Contract IT Job Roles
Leeds

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Leeds. 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 Leeds with a recognized job title 880 452 727
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 94.32% 97.62% 92.61%
Number of daily rates quoted 539 302 457
10th Percentile £331 £263 £313
25th Percentile £413 £375 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £475 £500
Median % change year-on-year +5.26% -5.00% -6.98%
75th Percentile £588 £538 £588
90th Percentile £675 £600 £650
West Yorkshire median daily rate £500 £475 £500
% change year-on-year +5.26% -5.00% -4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 13 3 16
10th Percentile - £31.53 £11.43
25th Percentile £14.25 £31.62 £12.13
Median hourly rate £19.00 £33.11 £13.02
Median % change year-on-year -42.62% +154.40% -42.16%
75th Percentile £35.00 £66.51 £18.27
90th Percentile £74.00 £85.74 £48.75
West Yorkshire median hourly rate £25.02 £22.14 £15.23
% change year-on-year +13.01% +45.37% -29.16%

Principal DevOps Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Leeds

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings featuring 'Principal DevOps Engineer' in the job title relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Leeds.

Principal DevOps Engineer job vacancy trend in Leeds

Principal DevOps Engineer Skill Set
Top 10 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Leeds

For the 6 months to 27 May 2026, Principal DevOps Engineer contract job roles required 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 featuring Principal DevOps Engineer in the job title.

1 2 (100.00%) Amazon ECS
1 2 (100.00%) Amazon EKS
1 2 (100.00%) Amazon RDS
1 2 (100.00%) AWS
1 2 (100.00%) AWS Lambda
1 2 (100.00%) CI/CD
1 2 (100.00%) DevOps
1 2 (100.00%) GitHub
1 2 (100.00%) GitHub Actions
1 2 (100.00%) Serverless

Principal DevOps Engineer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Leeds by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Cloud Services
1 2 (100.00%) Amazon ECS
1 2 (100.00%) Amazon EKS
1 2 (100.00%) AWS
1 2 (100.00%) AWS Lambda
1 2 (100.00%) GitHub
1 2 (100.00%) GitHub Actions
1 2 (100.00%) Serverless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (100.00%) Amazon RDS
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) CI/CD
1 2 (100.00%) DevOps