Development Operations Engineer
South Yorkshire > Sheffield
The median Development Operations Engineer daily rate in Sheffield is £475, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 5 August 2025.
The table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.
|
|
6 months to
5 Aug 2025 |
Same period 2024 |
Same period 2023 |
| Rank |
44 |
38 |
24 |
| Rank change year-on-year |
-6 |
-14 |
+2 |
| Contract jobs requiring a DevOps Engineer |
25 |
19 |
24 |
| As % of all contract jobs advertised in Sheffield |
4.50% |
4.49% |
5.97% |
| As % of the Job Titles category |
4.94% |
5.16% |
6.20% |
| Number of daily rates quoted |
23 |
14 |
21 |
| 10th Percentile |
£384 |
£474 |
£500 |
| 25th Percentile |
£423 |
£511 |
£575 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) |
£475 |
£622 |
£600 |
| Median % change year-on-year |
-23.63% |
+3.67% |
+11.89% |
| 75th Percentile |
£536 |
£647 |
£700 |
| 90th Percentile |
£555 |
£650 |
- |
| South Yorkshire median daily rate |
£475 |
£622 |
£600 |
| % change year-on-year |
-23.63% |
+3.67% |
+11.63% |
For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Sheffield. 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 Sheffield with a recognized job title |
506 |
368 |
387 |
| % of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title |
91.01% |
87.00% |
96.27% |
| Number of daily rates quoted |
342 |
215 |
263 |
| 10th Percentile |
£300 |
£379 |
£390 |
| 25th Percentile |
£376 |
£425 |
£471 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) |
£465 |
£520 |
£600 |
| Median % change year-on-year |
-10.58% |
-13.33% |
+14.83% |
| 75th Percentile |
£538 |
£588 |
£694 |
| 90th Percentile |
£624 |
£638 |
£745 |
| South Yorkshire median daily rate |
£463 |
£507 |
£552 |
| % change year-on-year |
-8.78% |
-8.14% |
+10.39% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted |
4 |
5 |
6 |
| 10th Percentile |
- |
£20.20 |
£11.64 |
| 25th Percentile |
£18.10 |
£20.50 |
£13.64 |
| Median hourly rate |
£18.35 |
£21.00 |
£18.36 |
| Median % change year-on-year |
-12.61% |
+14.38% |
+4.91% |
| 75th Percentile |
£18.50 |
£22.00 |
£19.88 |
| 90th Percentile |
£18.51 |
- |
£21.38 |
| South Yorkshire median hourly rate |
£18.35 |
£21.00 |
£19.00 |
| % change year-on-year |
-12.61% |
+10.53% |
+8.57% |
