Lead DevOps Engineer Contract Job Trends in South Yorkshire

Lead Development Operations Engineer
Yorkshire > South Yorkshire

The median Lead Development Operations Engineer daily rate in South Yorkshire is £663, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 12 July 2026.

The table below compares current contractor rates and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 98 67 -
Rank change year-on-year -31 - -
Contract jobs requiring a Lead DevOps Engineer 7 2 0
As % of all contract jobs in South Yorkshire 0.58% 0.37% -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.64% 0.41% -
Number of daily rates quoted 6 2 0
10th Percentile £582 - -
25th Percentile £652 £563 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £663 £575 -
Median % change year-on-year +15.22% - -
75th Percentile £688 £588 -
90th Percentile £694 - -
Yorkshire median daily rate £675 £575 -
% change year-on-year +17.39% - -

All Contract IT Job Roles
South Yorkshire

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in South Yorkshire. 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 South Yorkshire with a recognized job title 1,094 491 432
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 90.56% 90.26% 88.16%
Number of daily rates quoted 690 340 266
10th Percentile £358 £285 £243
25th Percentile £425 £385 £411
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £475 £500
Median % change year-on-year +5.26% -5.00% -9.09%
75th Percentile £571 £550 £578
90th Percentile £675 £625 £614
Yorkshire median daily rate £500 £475 £495
% change year-on-year +5.26% -4.04% -5.71%
Number of hourly rates quoted 31 4 6
10th Percentile £22.20 - £13.73
25th Percentile - £18.10 £15.60
Median hourly rate £25.77 £18.35 £21.00
Median % change year-on-year +40.42% -12.61% +10.53%
75th Percentile £34.77 £18.50 £21.88
90th Percentile £36.61 £18.51 £22.00
Yorkshire median hourly rate £25.77 £22.14 £18.27
% change year-on-year +16.40% +21.18% -10.88%

Lead DevOps Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in South Yorkshire

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

Lead DevOps Engineer job vacancy trend in South Yorkshire

Lead DevOps Engineer
Daily Rate Trend in South Yorkshire

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Lead DevOps Engineer job vacancies in South Yorkshire.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Lead DevOps Engineer job vacancies in South Yorkshire

Lead DevOps Engineer
Daily Rate Histogram in South Yorkshire

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Lead DevOps Engineer in South Yorkshire over the 6 months to 12 July 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Lead DevOps Engineer in South Yorkshire

Lead 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 IT jobs citing Lead DevOps Engineer within the South Yorkshire region over the 6 months to 12 July 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
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Sheffield - 7 £663 - 2
Lead DevOps Engineer
Yorkshire

Lead DevOps Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in South Yorkshire

For the 6 months to 12 July 2026, Lead 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 South Yorkshire region featuring Lead DevOps Engineer in the job title.

1 7 (100.00%) DevOps
2 6 (85.71%) AWS
2 6 (85.71%) Azure
2 6 (85.71%) CI/CD
2 6 (85.71%) DevSecOps
2 6 (85.71%) GCP
2 6 (85.71%) Key Management
2 6 (85.71%) Secrets Management
3 5 (71.43%) Security Architecture
3 5 (71.43%) Stakeholder Management
4 4 (57.14%) AWS Certification
4 4 (57.14%) Cybersecurity
4 4 (57.14%) Mentoring
5 2 (28.57%) Python
5 2 (28.57%) Software Engineering
6 1 (14.29%) Agile
6 1 (14.29%) Analytical Thinking
6 1 (14.29%) Business Case
6 1 (14.29%) Community of Practice
6 1 (14.29%) Continuous Improvement
6 1 (14.29%) Degree
6 1 (14.29%) Identity Access Management
6 1 (14.29%) Infrastructure Engineering
6 1 (14.29%) Knowledge Transfer
6 1 (14.29%) Matrix Organization
6 1 (14.29%) People Management
6 1 (14.29%) Product Management
6 1 (14.29%) Requirements Management
6 1 (14.29%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 1 (14.29%) Systems Engineering

Lead DevOps Engineer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in South Yorkshire 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 6 (85.71%) AWS
1 6 (85.71%) Azure
1 6 (85.71%) GCP
General
1 6 (85.71%) Finance
1 6 (85.71%) Social Skills
2 1 (14.29%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (14.29%) Documentation Skills
2 1 (14.29%) Influencing Skills
Miscellaneous
1 5 (71.43%) Cloud Native
2 2 (28.57%) Public Cloud
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (100.00%) DevOps
2 6 (85.71%) CI/CD
2 6 (85.71%) DevSecOps
2 6 (85.71%) Key Management
2 6 (85.71%) Secrets Management
3 5 (71.43%) Security Architecture
3 5 (71.43%) Stakeholder Management
4 4 (57.14%) Cybersecurity
4 4 (57.14%) Mentoring
5 2 (28.57%) Software Engineering
6 1 (14.29%) Analytical Thinking
6 1 (14.29%) Business Case
6 1 (14.29%) Continuous Improvement
6 1 (14.29%) Identity Access Management
6 1 (14.29%) Knowledge Transfer
6 1 (14.29%) Matrix Organization
6 1 (14.29%) People Management
6 1 (14.29%) Product Management
6 1 (14.29%) Requirements Management
6 1 (14.29%) Stakeholder Engagement
Programming Languages
1 2 (28.57%) Python
Qualifications
1 4 (57.14%) AWS Certification
2 1 (14.29%) Degree