DevOps Contracts in the Midlands

DevOps
England > Midlands

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the Midlands with a requirement for DevOps skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited DevOps over the 6 months to 14 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
14 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 32 16 17
Rank change year-on-year -16 +1 +4
Contract jobs citing DevOps 128 302 438
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the Midlands 4.76% 9.06% 8.77%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 5.79% 10.26% 9.97%
Number of daily rates quoted 94 206 321
10th Percentile £302 £353 £375
25th Percentile £381 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £518 £537 £513
Median % change year-on-year -3.59% +4.73% +17.14%
75th Percentile £608 £630 £625
90th Percentile £688 £700 £700
England median daily rate £550 £600 £600
% change year-on-year -8.33% - +14.29%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 0 3
10th Percentile - - £38.93
25th Percentile - - £41.84
Median hourly rate £56.25 - £46.67
75th Percentile - - -
90th Percentile - - -
England median hourly rate £65.00 £65.50 £57.50
% change year-on-year -0.76% +13.91% +9.52%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Midlands

DevOps is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in the Midlands with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 2,209 2,944 4,394
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the Midlands 82.09% 88.33% 88.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,479 2,062 3,238
10th Percentile £235 £250 £250
25th Percentile £356 £363 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £490 £475
Median % change year-on-year -3.06% +3.16% +15.15%
75th Percentile £600 £593 £575
90th Percentile £700 £688 £663
England median daily rate £525 £550 £538
% change year-on-year -4.55% +2.33% +7.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 170 105 145
10th Percentile £11.06 £11.88 £10.50
25th Percentile £13.60 £14.52 £13.73
Median hourly rate £18.50 £20.00 £17.50
Median % change year-on-year -7.50% +14.29% +14.75%
75th Percentile £34.56 £32.00 £22.75
90th Percentile £55.00 £56.50 £35.00
England median hourly rate £36.50 £37.50 £25.00
% change year-on-year -2.67% +50.00% +6.61%

DevOps
Job Vacancy Trend in the Midlands

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

Job vacancy trend for DevOps in the Midlands

DevOps
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the Midlands

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing DevOps in the Midlands.

Daily rate trend for DevOps in the Midlands

DevOps
Daily Rate Histogram in the Midlands

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing DevOps in the Midlands over the 6 months to 14 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for DevOps in the Midlands

DevOps
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the Midlands

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing DevOps in the Midlands.

Hourly rate trend for DevOps in the Midlands

DevOps
Contract Job Locations in the Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing DevOps within the Midlands region over the 6 months to 14 May 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
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
West Midlands -16 91 £513 -10.87% 119
East Midlands -17 31 £463 +8.82% 63
DevOps
England

DevOps
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Midlands 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 5 (3.91%) JBoss
2 3 (2.34%) CMS
2 3 (2.34%) Drupal
2 3 (2.34%) SharePoint
3 1 (0.78%) Apache
3 1 (0.78%) Apache Spark
3 1 (0.78%) Confluence
Applications
1 1 (0.78%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 5 (3.91%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (0.78%) NetSuite
2 1 (0.78%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 78 (60.94%) Azure
2 49 (38.28%) Azure DevOps
3 23 (17.97%) AWS
4 14 (10.94%) Serverless
5 11 (8.59%) Power Platform
6 8 (6.25%) Azure Functions
7 7 (5.47%) Azure App Service
7 7 (5.47%) Dynamics 365
7 7 (5.47%) Microsoft 365
7 7 (5.47%) OpenShift
7 7 (5.47%) PaaS
8 6 (4.69%) Azure AKS
9 5 (3.91%) Azure Data Factory
9 5 (3.91%) GCP
9 5 (3.91%) Power Automate
9 5 (3.91%) PowerApps
10 4 (3.13%) AWS CloudFormation
10 4 (3.13%) AWS Lambda
10 4 (3.13%) GitHub
10 4 (3.13%) IaaS
Communications & Networking
1 6 (4.69%) DNS
2 5 (3.91%) SSL
3 4 (3.13%) Firewall
4 2 (1.56%) SAN
4 2 (1.56%) VPN
5 1 (0.78%) DSL
5 1 (0.78%) Extranet
5 1 (0.78%) Fibre Channel
5 1 (0.78%) Internet
5 1 (0.78%) Intranet
5 1 (0.78%) IPsec
5 1 (0.78%) Kerberos
5 1 (0.78%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 15 (11.72%) SQL Server
2 10 (7.81%) Relational Database
3 9 (7.03%) Power BI
4 6 (4.69%) Elasticsearch
5 5 (3.91%) Azure SQL Database
5 5 (3.91%) MySQL
5 5 (3.91%) RDBMS
6 4 (3.13%) Big Data
6 4 (3.13%) BusinessObjects
6 4 (3.13%) Data Lake
7 3 (2.34%) Amazon RDS
7 3 (2.34%) NoSQL
8 2 (1.56%) Data Warehouse
8 2 (1.56%) MongoDB
8 2 (1.56%) PostgreSQL
8 2 (1.56%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 2 (1.56%) Tableau
9 1 (0.78%) Microsoft Analysis Services
9 1 (0.78%) Oracle OLAP
9 1 (0.78%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 17 (13.28%) Git
2 16 (12.50%) Jenkins
3 14 (10.94%) JIRA
4 8 (6.25%) Visual Studio
5 7 (5.47%) TeamCity
6 6 (4.69%) CA Release Automation
7 5 (3.91%) Artifactory
7 5 (3.91%) Bitbucket Server
7 5 (3.91%) Selenium
7 5 (3.91%) SonarQube
7 5 (3.91%) Sonatype Nexus
8 3 (2.34%) GitLab
8 3 (2.34%) JMeter
8 3 (2.34%) NUnit
8 3 (2.34%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
8 3 (2.34%) Subversion
9 2 (1.56%) Moq
9 2 (1.56%) Travis CI
10 1 (0.78%) Bitbucket
10 1 (0.78%) Hudson
General
1 31 (24.22%) Social Skills
2 22 (17.19%) Finance
3 11 (8.59%) Analytical Skills
4 10 (7.81%) Public Sector
5 7 (5.47%) Banking
6 3 (2.34%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 3 (2.34%) Presentation Skills
7 2 (1.56%) Manufacturing
8 1 (0.78%) Documentation Skills
8 1 (0.78%) Financial Institution
8 1 (0.78%) Games
8 1 (0.78%) Influencing Skills
Job Titles
1 26 (20.31%) Developer
2 18 (14.06%) Analyst
2 18 (14.06%) DevOps Engineer
3 11 (8.59%) Senior
4 10 (7.81%) Architect
4 10 (7.81%) Test Analyst
5 8 (6.25%) Azure Engineer
5 8 (6.25%) Data Engineer
6 7 (5.47%) Cloud Engineer
6 7 (5.47%) Support Engineer
7 6 (4.69%) Lead
8 5 (3.91%) Angular Developer
8 5 (3.91%) Azure Architect
8 5 (3.91%) Business Analyst
8 5 (3.91%) Test Manager
9 4 (3.13%) Azure Platform Engineer
9 4 (3.13%) Cloud Platform Engineer
9 4 (3.13%) Consultant
9 4 (3.13%) Platform Engineer
9 4 (3.13%) Power Platform Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 18 (14.06%) .NET
2 8 (6.25%) AngularJS
3 7 (5.47%) RESTful
4 5 (3.91%) .NET Framework
4 5 (3.91%) Elastic Stack
4 5 (3.91%) JSON
4 5 (3.91%) React
4 5 (3.91%) REST
4 5 (3.91%) SAML
4 5 (3.91%) Spring Boot
5 4 (3.13%) Kafka
5 4 (3.13%) OAuth
5 4 (3.13%) OpenID
5 4 (3.13%) Web Services
6 3 (2.34%) Entity Framework
6 3 (2.34%) Node.js
6 3 (2.34%) OAuth2
6 3 (2.34%) Spring
6 3 (2.34%) XML
6 3 (2.34%) XSLT
Miscellaneous
1 9 (7.03%) Product Ownership
2 6 (4.69%) Self-Motivation
3 5 (3.91%) Enterprise Software
3 5 (3.91%) Virtual Team
4 4 (3.13%) Cloud Native
4 4 (3.13%) Mobile App
5 3 (2.34%) Data Structures
5 3 (2.34%) Private Cloud
6 2 (1.56%) Data Protection Act
6 2 (1.56%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
6 2 (1.56%) Hybrid Cloud
6 2 (1.56%) IoT
6 2 (1.56%) Public Cloud
7 1 (0.78%) Clustering
7 1 (0.78%) e-Health
7 1 (0.78%) FMCG
7 1 (0.78%) Management Information System
7 1 (0.78%) Online Banking
7 1 (0.78%) PACS
7 1 (0.78%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 15 (11.72%) Windows
2 11 (8.59%) Linux
3 5 (3.91%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 4 (3.13%) Windows Server
5 2 (1.56%) Android
5 2 (1.56%) Apple iOS
5 2 (1.56%) Mac OS
6 1 (0.78%) AIX
6 1 (0.78%) Solaris
6 1 (0.78%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 48 (37.50%) Agile
2 40 (31.25%) CI/CD
3 19 (14.84%) Problem-Solving
4 18 (14.06%) Computer Science
4 18 (14.06%) Microservices
5 17 (13.28%) Scrum
6 15 (11.72%) Infrastructure as Code
7 14 (10.94%) Software Engineering
7 14 (10.94%) Test Automation
8 13 (10.16%) Continuous Integration
8 13 (10.16%) Software Testing
9 12 (9.38%) User Acceptance Testing
10 11 (8.59%) Decision-Making
10 11 (8.59%) Roadmaps
10 11 (8.59%) SDLC
10 11 (8.59%) User Experience
11 10 (7.81%) Analytics
11 10 (7.81%) Stakeholder Management
12 9 (7.03%) Migration
13 8 (6.25%) Business Intelligence
Programming Languages
1 25 (19.53%) SQL
2 20 (15.63%) Python
3 18 (14.06%) C#
4 12 (9.38%) PowerShell
5 8 (6.25%) Java
6 6 (4.69%) Bicep
6 6 (4.69%) JavaScript
6 6 (4.69%) Perl
6 6 (4.69%) TypeScript
7 3 (2.34%) Bash
7 3 (2.34%) BeanShell
7 3 (2.34%) T-SQL
8 1 (0.78%) Go
8 1 (0.78%) Ruby
8 1 (0.78%) Search Processing Language
8 1 (0.78%) Shell Script
8 1 (0.78%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 20 (15.63%) Degree
2 17 (13.28%) Computer Science Degree
3 13 (10.16%) Security Cleared
4 10 (7.81%) ISTQB
5 8 (6.25%) ISEB
6 6 (4.69%) DV Cleared
7 4 (3.13%) Master's Degree
8 3 (2.34%) AWS Certification
8 3 (2.34%) BPSS Clearance
9 2 (1.56%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
9 2 (1.56%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
10 1 (0.78%) (ISC)2 CCSP
10 1 (0.78%) APMG
10 1 (0.78%) AWS Certified Developer
10 1 (0.78%) Azure Certification
10 1 (0.78%) CBAP
10 1 (0.78%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
10 1 (0.78%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
10 1 (0.78%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
10 1 (0.78%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 22 (17.19%) QA
2 2 (1.56%) GDPR
2 2 (1.56%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 1 (0.78%) HL7
System Software
1 16 (12.50%) Docker
2 7 (5.47%) Active Directory
3 4 (3.13%) Virtual Desktop
3 4 (3.13%) Virtual Machines
4 3 (2.34%) OpenAM
4 3 (2.34%) OpenIDM
5 1 (0.78%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 17 (13.28%) Terraform
2 15 (11.72%) Kubernetes
3 7 (5.47%) Ansible
3 7 (5.47%) Progress Chef
4 5 (3.91%) Kibana
5 3 (2.34%) Single Sign-On
5 3 (2.34%) SysTrack
6 2 (1.56%) Microsoft Intune
6 2 (1.56%) SCCM
7 1 (0.78%) EMC NetWorker
7 1 (0.78%) HP ALM
7 1 (0.78%) HP Data Protector
7 1 (0.78%) Istio
7 1 (0.78%) linkerd
7 1 (0.78%) NetBackup
7 1 (0.78%) Packer
7 1 (0.78%) PowerCLI
7 1 (0.78%) Puppet
7 1 (0.78%) Rancher
7 1 (0.78%) SELinux
Vendors
1 28 (21.88%) Microsoft
2 7 (5.47%) Oracle
2 7 (5.47%) Red Hat
2 7 (5.47%) Salesforce
3 6 (4.69%) Databricks
3 6 (4.69%) SAP
3 6 (4.69%) Splunk
4 5 (3.91%) AppDynamics
4 5 (3.91%) Citrix
5 4 (3.13%) ForgeRock
5 4 (3.13%) ServiceNow
6 3 (2.34%) MuleSoft
6 3 (2.34%) New Relic
6 3 (2.34%) OpenAI
7 2 (1.56%) Atlassian
7 2 (1.56%) Confluent
7 2 (1.56%) HP
7 2 (1.56%) VMware
8 1 (0.78%) Brocade
8 1 (0.78%) Google