DevOps Contracts in the Midlands

DevOps
England > Midlands

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the Midlands requiring DevOps skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited DevOps over the 6 months leading up to 31 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
31 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 18 26 17
Rank change year-on-year +8 -9 -1
Contract jobs citing DevOps 160 147 299
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the Midlands 7.78% 5.28% 9.23%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 8.80% 6.48% 10.52%
Number of daily rates quoted 109 111 204
10th Percentile £344 £313 £352
25th Percentile £425 £400 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £536
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% -1.96% +2.00%
75th Percentile £585 £611 £638
90th Percentile £628 £688 £700
England median daily rate £530 £550 £600
% change year-on-year -3.64% -8.33% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 3 0
Median hourly rate £82.00 £56.25 -
Median % change year-on-year +45.78% - -
England median hourly rate £67.50 £65.50 £65.50
% change year-on-year +3.05% - +0.77%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Midlands

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

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,818 2,267 2,842
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the Midlands 88.42% 81.46% 87.72%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,192 1,531 1,990
10th Percentile £205 £231 £260
25th Percentile £358 £357 £370
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £463 £475 £500
Median % change year-on-year -2.63% -5.00% +5.26%
75th Percentile £550 £600 £600
90th Percentile £643 £688 £694
England median daily rate £525 £525 £550
% change year-on-year - -4.55% +1.85%
Number of hourly rates quoted 108 173 97
10th Percentile £12.62 £11.07 £12.30
25th Percentile £13.81 £14.00 £14.50
Median hourly rate £18.75 £19.00 £22.50
Median % change year-on-year -1.30% -15.56% +28.13%
75th Percentile £26.93 £35.00 £46.25
90th Percentile £50.00 £55.00 £60.50
England median hourly rate £28.53 £37.50 £37.50
% change year-on-year -23.93% - +50.00%

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 31 May 2025.

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 31 May 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
West Midlands +11 115 £523 -0.48% 160
East Midlands +13 45 £463 +2.78% 52
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 11 (6.88%) Confluence
2 2 (1.25%) JBoss
2 2 (1.25%) WebLogic
3 1 (0.63%) Apache
3 1 (0.63%) Apache Spark
3 1 (0.63%) BizTalk Server
3 1 (0.63%) CICS
3 1 (0.63%) SAS
Applications
1 2 (1.25%) Microsoft Project
1 2 (1.25%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 3 (1.88%) SAP PM
2 2 (1.25%) Dynamics CRM
2 2 (1.25%) Payment Gateway
3 1 (0.63%) SAP S/4HANA
3 1 (0.63%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 91 (56.88%) Azure
2 57 (35.63%) Azure DevOps
3 44 (27.50%) AWS
4 28 (17.50%) Power Platform
5 18 (11.25%) PowerApps
6 16 (10.00%) Amazon S3
7 14 (8.75%) Amazon EC2
8 12 (7.50%) Serverless
9 11 (6.88%) Amazon CloudWatch
9 11 (6.88%) GitHub
10 10 (6.25%) GCP
11 9 (5.63%) Amazon SQS
12 8 (5.00%) GitHub Actions
13 7 (4.38%) AWS KMS
13 7 (4.38%) AWS Lambda
13 7 (4.38%) Azure Synapse Analytics
14 6 (3.75%) Dynamics 365
14 6 (3.75%) Microsoft 365
14 6 (3.75%) Route 53
14 6 (3.75%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 8 (5.00%) Firewall
2 3 (1.88%) DNS
2 3 (1.88%) HTTP
2 3 (1.88%) LAN
2 3 (1.88%) WAN
3 2 (1.25%) DHCP
3 2 (1.25%) Network Security
3 2 (1.25%) OpenLDAP
3 2 (1.25%) SAN
3 2 (1.25%) SSL
3 2 (1.25%) VLAN
3 2 (1.25%) VPN
3 2 (1.25%) Wireshark
4 1 (0.63%) FTP
4 1 (0.63%) SMTP
4 1 (0.63%) SSH
Database & Business Intelligence
1 14 (8.75%) SQL Server
2 12 (7.50%) Amazon RDS
2 12 (7.50%) NoSQL
2 12 (7.50%) PostgreSQL
3 9 (5.63%) Amazon Aurora
3 9 (5.63%) Power BI
4 7 (4.38%) Azure SQL Database
4 7 (4.38%) DynamoDB
5 6 (3.75%) Relational Database
6 5 (3.13%) Data Warehouse
6 5 (3.13%) Elasticsearch
7 4 (2.50%) Delta Lake
7 4 (2.50%) GIS
7 4 (2.50%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 3 (1.88%) Big Data
8 3 (1.88%) Oracle Database
9 2 (1.25%) Amazon Redshift
9 2 (1.25%) Data Lake
9 2 (1.25%) Microsoft Analysis Services
10 1 (0.63%) RDBMS
Development Applications
1 40 (25.00%) Git
2 36 (22.50%) Jenkins
3 19 (11.88%) GitLab
3 19 (11.88%) JIRA
4 17 (10.63%) Maven
5 16 (10.00%) SonarQube
6 11 (6.88%) JUnit
6 11 (6.88%) Mockito
7 10 (6.25%) Selenium
8 8 (5.00%) Bitbucket Server
9 6 (3.75%) DbUnit
9 6 (3.75%) jMock
9 6 (3.75%) Sonatype Nexus
10 5 (3.13%) Bitbucket
10 5 (3.13%) JMeter
10 5 (3.13%) Postman
11 4 (2.50%) Cucumber
11 4 (2.50%) REST Assured
11 4 (2.50%) TeamCity
12 3 (1.88%) TestNG
General
1 45 (28.13%) Social Skills
2 23 (14.38%) Analytical Skills
3 22 (13.75%) Finance
4 21 (13.13%) Public Sector
5 5 (3.13%) Presentation Skills
5 5 (3.13%) Retail
6 4 (2.50%) Games
6 4 (2.50%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 3 (1.88%) Banking
7 3 (1.88%) Law
7 3 (1.88%) Telecoms
8 1 (0.63%) Aerospace
8 1 (0.63%) Documentation Skills
8 1 (0.63%) Financial Institution
8 1 (0.63%) Legal
8 1 (0.63%) Manufacturing
8 1 (0.63%) Military
Job Titles
1 39 (24.38%) Developer
2 27 (16.88%) DevOps Engineer
3 23 (14.38%) Architect
4 19 (11.88%) Lead
5 14 (8.75%) Java Developer
6 12 (7.50%) Solutions Architect
7 10 (6.25%) Senior
8 9 (5.63%) Technical Leader
9 8 (5.00%) Cloud Engineer
10 7 (4.38%) Android Developer
10 7 (4.38%) Azure Engineer
10 7 (4.38%) Data Engineer
11 6 (3.75%) Consultant
11 6 (3.75%) Platform Engineer
12 5 (3.13%) Data Architect
12 5 (3.13%) Power Platform Developer
13 4 (2.50%) AWS Engineer
13 4 (2.50%) Cloud Platform Engineer
13 4 (2.50%) Senior Developer
13 4 (2.50%) Tester
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 18 (11.25%) RESTful
2 16 (10.00%) Spring Boot
3 15 (9.38%) Spring
4 14 (8.75%) .NET
5 12 (7.50%) REST
5 12 (7.50%) SOAP
6 11 (6.88%) JPA
6 11 (6.88%) Web Services
7 10 (6.25%) Hibernate
8 9 (5.63%) ActiveMQ
8 9 (5.63%) AngularJS
8 9 (5.63%) Spring Cloud
9 8 (5.00%) Bootstrap
10 7 (4.38%) ADO
10 7 (4.38%) Android Jetpack
10 7 (4.38%) Jetpack Compose
10 7 (4.38%) Kafka
11 6 (3.75%) PowerMock
11 6 (3.75%) Spring Batch
11 6 (3.75%) Spring Integration
Miscellaneous
1 11 (6.88%) Cloud Native
1 11 (6.88%) Product Ownership
2 8 (5.00%) IoT
3 7 (4.38%) Distributed Systems
3 7 (4.38%) Mobile App
4 5 (3.13%) PKI
5 4 (2.50%) Blockchain
5 4 (2.50%) Data Structures
5 4 (2.50%) Hybrid Cloud
6 3 (1.88%) Greenfield Project
6 3 (1.88%) Replication
6 3 (1.88%) SCADA
7 2 (1.25%) Data Centre
7 2 (1.25%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
7 2 (1.25%) Legacy Systems
7 2 (1.25%) Management Information System
7 2 (1.25%) Onboarding
7 2 (1.25%) Security Posture
7 2 (1.25%) Self-Motivation
8 1 (0.63%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 19 (11.88%) Linux
2 7 (4.38%) Android
3 6 (3.75%) Windows
4 5 (3.13%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 4 (2.50%) Ubuntu
6 2 (1.25%) CentOS
6 2 (1.25%) Debian
6 2 (1.25%) VMS
6 2 (1.25%) Windows Server
7 1 (0.63%) Amazon Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 88 (55.00%) Agile
2 70 (43.75%) CI/CD
3 40 (25.00%) Problem-Solving
4 32 (20.00%) Test Automation
5 29 (18.13%) Scrum
6 28 (17.50%) Microservices
7 23 (14.38%) Test Strategy
8 22 (13.75%) Data Modelling
9 19 (11.88%) Analytics
9 19 (11.88%) TDD
10 18 (11.25%) Configuration Management
10 18 (11.25%) Migration
11 16 (10.00%) Containerisation
11 16 (10.00%) Continuous Improvement
11 16 (10.00%) Infrastructure as Code
11 16 (10.00%) Process Improvement
11 16 (10.00%) User Experience
12 15 (9.38%) Mentoring
12 15 (9.38%) Roadmaps
12 15 (9.38%) Software Engineering
Programming Languages
1 43 (26.88%) SQL
2 28 (17.50%) Python
3 24 (15.00%) Java
4 18 (11.25%) C#
5 14 (8.75%) PowerShell
6 9 (5.63%) Bash
7 8 (5.00%) JavaScript
8 7 (4.38%) Kotlin
9 5 (3.13%) Bicep
9 5 (3.13%) TypeScript
10 4 (2.50%) Scala
11 3 (1.88%) Kusto Query Language
11 3 (1.88%) Perl
12 2 (1.25%) Go
12 2 (1.25%) Shell Script
13 1 (0.63%) Apex Code
13 1 (0.63%) C++
13 1 (0.63%) Groovy
13 1 (0.63%) JCL
13 1 (0.63%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 40 (25.00%) Security Cleared
2 29 (18.13%) SC Cleared
3 16 (10.00%) Degree
4 12 (7.50%) Computer Science Degree
5 8 (5.00%) DV Cleared
6 4 (2.50%) Azure Certification
6 4 (2.50%) CEH
6 4 (2.50%) CISSP
7 3 (1.88%) AWS Certification
7 3 (1.88%) BPSS Clearance
7 3 (1.88%) ISTQB
8 2 (1.25%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
8 2 (1.25%) ITIL Certification
8 2 (1.25%) Microsoft Certification
8 2 (1.25%) TOGAF Certification
9 1 (0.63%) AWS Certified Developer
9 1 (0.63%) CITP
9 1 (0.63%) GIAC
9 1 (0.63%) OCP
9 1 (0.63%) Oracle Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 21 (13.13%) QA
2 8 (5.00%) Data Quality
3 4 (2.50%) GDPR
3 4 (2.50%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 2 (1.25%) Accessibility
5 1 (0.63%) IEC 61508
5 1 (0.63%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
5 1 (0.63%) MISRA
5 1 (0.63%) MISRA C
5 1 (0.63%) NCSC
5 1 (0.63%) NIST
5 1 (0.63%) PCI DSS
5 1 (0.63%) PMO
5 1 (0.63%) Sarbanes-Oxley
5 1 (0.63%) SLA
5 1 (0.63%) Software Quality Assurance
5 1 (0.63%) WCAG
System Software
1 36 (22.50%) Docker
2 7 (4.38%) Postfix
3 6 (3.75%) Virtual Machines
4 4 (2.50%) Active Directory
5 1 (0.63%) DFS Replication
Systems Management
1 36 (22.50%) Terraform
2 31 (19.38%) Kubernetes
3 18 (11.25%) Ansible
4 12 (7.50%) Grafana
4 12 (7.50%) Prometheus
5 5 (3.13%) Kibana
6 3 (1.88%) HP ALM
6 3 (1.88%) Opsview
6 3 (1.88%) Puppet
7 2 (1.25%) Microsoft Intune
7 2 (1.25%) Nessus
7 2 (1.25%) Progress Chef
8 1 (0.63%) Argo
8 1 (0.63%) Rancher
8 1 (0.63%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 33 (20.63%) Microsoft
2 10 (6.25%) Databricks
3 8 (5.00%) Atlassian
3 8 (5.00%) Oracle
4 6 (3.75%) Jaspersoft
5 5 (3.13%) Cisco
5 5 (3.13%) SAP
6 4 (2.50%) Micro Focus
6 4 (2.50%) ServiceNow
6 4 (2.50%) Splunk
7 3 (1.88%) Google
7 3 (1.88%) HP
7 3 (1.88%) Informatica
7 3 (1.88%) PagerDuty
7 3 (1.88%) Progress
7 3 (1.88%) Red Hat
7 3 (1.88%) Salesforce
7 3 (1.88%) VMware
8 2 (1.25%) Perforce
8 2 (1.25%) Sophos