DataOps Contracts in the West Midlands

DataOps
England > West Midlands

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the West Midlands requiring DataOps skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited DataOps over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 95 99 137
Rank change year-on-year +4 +38 +12
Contract jobs citing DataOps 2 12 2
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the West Midlands 0.15% 0.62% 0.084%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.17% 0.73% 0.095%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 8 1
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - £550 £500
Median % change year-on-year - +10.00% -13.04%
England median daily rate £650 £550 £550
% change year-on-year +18.18% - -4.35%

All Process and Methodology Skills
West Midlands

DataOps 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 West Midlands.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,188 1,636 2,114
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the West Midlands 88.33% 84.03% 88.67%
Number of daily rates quoted 786 1,083 1,452
10th Percentile £195 £275 £263
25th Percentile £381 £375 £401
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £512
Median % change year-on-year - -2.34% +5.03%
75th Percentile £588 £625 £600
90th Percentile £675 £750 £694
England median daily rate £525 £525 £550
% change year-on-year - -4.55% +2.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 59 115 45
10th Percentile £12.62 £11.09 £12.20
25th Percentile £14.14 £14.00 £13.31
Median hourly rate £18.00 £22.50 £17.72
Median % change year-on-year -20.00% +26.98% +4.24%
75th Percentile £23.99 £41.13 £23.75
90th Percentile £38.19 £57.75 £51.25
England median hourly rate £29.07 £36.00 £37.50
% change year-on-year -19.25% -4.00% +53.06%

DataOps
Job Vacancy Trend in the West Midlands

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

Job vacancy trend for DataOps in the West Midlands

DataOps
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the West Midlands

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

Daily rate trend for DataOps in the West Midlands

DataOps
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the West 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 2 (100.00%) Apache
1 2 (100.00%) Apache Airflow
Cloud Services
1 2 (100.00%) Azure
Job Titles
1 2 (100.00%) Data Engineer
1 2 (100.00%) Python Data Engineer
1 2 (100.00%) Python Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (100.00%) Apache NiFi
1 2 (100.00%) PySpark
Miscellaneous
1 2 (100.00%) Hybrid Cloud
1 2 (100.00%) Onboarding
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Analytics
1 2 (100.00%) Containerisation
1 2 (100.00%) Data Integration
1 2 (100.00%) Data Pipeline
1 2 (100.00%) Data-Driven Decision Making
1 2 (100.00%) Decision-Making
1 2 (100.00%) Storage Management
1 2 (100.00%) Workflow
Programming Languages
1 2 (100.00%) Python
Qualifications
1 2 (100.00%) BPSS Clearance
1 2 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 2 (100.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (100.00%) Accessibility
System Software
1 2 (100.00%) Docker
Systems Management
1 2 (100.00%) Kubernetes