Junior DevOps Engineer Contract Job Trends in South Yorkshire
Junior Development Operations Engineer
Yorkshire > South Yorkshire
The median Junior Development Operations Engineer daily rate in South Yorkshire is £375, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 24 October 2026.
The table below compares current contractor rates and summary statistics with the previous two years.
| 6 months to 24 Oct 2026 |
Same period 2025 | Same period 2024 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 108 | - | - |
| Rank change year-on-year | - | - | - |
| Contract Junior DevOps Engineer jobs | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| As % of all contract jobs in South Yorkshire | 0.087% | - | - |
| As % of the Job Titles category | 0.095% | - | - |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 10th Percentile | - | - | - |
| 25th Percentile | £363 | - | - |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £375 | - | - |
| 75th Percentile | £388 | - | - |
| 90th Percentile | - | - | - |
| Yorkshire median daily rate | £375 | - | £300 |
All Contract IT Job Roles
South Yorkshire
For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job adverts in South Yorkshire matching a recognised job title. The table also shows what proportion of all contract IT job adverts they make up.
| 6 months to 24 Oct 2026 |
Same period 2025 | Same period 2024 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Contract job adverts in South Yorkshire matching a recognised job title | 1,056 | 611 | 388 |
| % of contract job adverts matching a recognised job title | 91.91% | 90.12% | 85.65% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 687 | 417 | 209 |
| 10th Percentile | £366 | £306 | £220 |
| 25th Percentile | £425 | £388 | £425 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £501 | £480 | £525 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +4.27% | -8.57% | -8.70% |
| 75th Percentile | £588 | £538 | £581 |
| 90th Percentile | £675 | £618 | £650 |
| Yorkshire median daily rate | £500 | £488 | £500 |
| % change year-on-year | +2.56% | -2.50% | -1.96% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 55 | 2 | 5 |
| 10th Percentile | £17.00 | £14.98 | £13.14 |
| 25th Percentile | £22.20 | £16.68 | £15.22 |
| Median hourly rate | £25.77 | £19.50 | £20.00 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +32.15% | -2.50% | -1.23% |
| 75th Percentile | £36.61 | £22.33 | £21.50 |
| 90th Percentile | - | £24.02 | - |
| Yorkshire median hourly rate | £24.86 | £25.04 | £24.18 |
| % change year-on-year | -0.73% | +3.55% | +13.47% |
Junior DevOps Engineer Job Vacancy Trend in South Yorkshire
Historical trend showing the proportion of contract Junior DevOps Engineer job postings relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in South Yorkshire.
Junior DevOps Engineer Contract Job Locations in South Yorkshire
The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in Junior DevOps Engineer jobs within the South Yorkshire region over the 6 months to 24 October 2026. 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 |
Job Ads Past 6 Months |
Median Daily Rate Past 6 Months |
Median Daily Rate % Change on Same Period Last Year |
Live Jobs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sheffield | - | 1 | £375 | - | |
| Junior DevOps Engineer Yorkshire |
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Junior DevOps Engineer Skill Set Top 16 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in South Yorkshire
For the 6 months to 24 October 2026, Junior DevOps Engineer contract job ads cited 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 Junior DevOps Engineer job ads across the South Yorkshire region.
| Rank | Skill | Share | Job Ads |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | CI/CD | 100.0% | 1 |
| 1 | Data Pipeline | 100.0% | 1 |
| 1 | Data Protection | 100.0% | 1 |
| 1 | dbt | 100.0% | 1 |
| 1 | DevOps | 100.0% | 1 |
| 1 | GCP | 100.0% | 1 |
| 1 | 100.0% | 1 | |
| 1 | Google Kubernetes Engine | 100.0% | 1 |
| 1 | Infrastructure Automation | 100.0% | 1 |
| 1 | Kubernetes | 100.0% | 1 |
| 1 | Platform Engineering | 100.0% | 1 |
| 1 | Problem-Solving | 100.0% | 1 |
| 1 | Python | 100.0% | 1 |
| 1 | Site Reliability Engineering | 100.0% | 1 |
| 1 | Stakeholder Management | 100.0% | 1 |
| 1 | Terraform | 100.0% | 1 |
Junior DevOps Engineer Skill Set Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in South Yorkshire 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.
Job Titles
| Rank | Job Title | Share | Job Ads |
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