Development Operations Engineer England> West Midlands
The median Development Operations Engineer daily rate in the West Midlands is £575, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 1 May 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 1 May 2025
Same period 2024
Same period 2023
Rank
80
100
93
Rank change year-on-year
+20
-7
-2
Contract jobs requiring a DevOps Engineer
17
11
46
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the West Midlands
For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in the West Midlands. 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 the West Midlands with a recognized job title
1,221
1,776
2,262
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title
90.78%
91.22%
94.88%
Number of daily rates quoted
811
1,198
1,556
10th Percentile
£200
£259
£250
25th Percentile
£369
£363
£388
Median daily rate (50th Percentile)
£485
£489
£500
Median % change year-on-year
-0.77%
-2.25%
+5.26%
75th Percentile
£575
£600
£600
90th Percentile
£650
£702
£688
England median daily rate
£525
£525
£550
% change year-on-year
-
-4.55%
+4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted
76
134
66
10th Percentile
£12.62
£12.01
£12.50
25th Percentile
£14.00
£15.00
£15.02
Median hourly rate
£18.07
£22.25
£19.50
Median % change year-on-year
-18.81%
+14.10%
+12.85%
75th Percentile
£28.18
£42.31
£26.82
90th Percentile
£35.58
£55.88
£55.63
England median hourly rate
£30.62
£36.31
£45.00
% change year-on-year
-15.67%
-19.32%
+100.00%
DevOps Engineer Job Vacancy Trend in the West Midlands
Job postings that featured DevOps Engineer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the West Midlands.
DevOps Engineer Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the West Midlands
3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing DevOps Engineer in the West Midlands.
DevOps Engineer Daily Rate Histogram in the West Midlands
Daily rate distribution for jobs citing DevOps Engineer in the West Midlands over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.
DevOps Engineer Contract Job Locations in the West Midlands
The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing DevOps Engineer within the West Midlands region over the 6 months to 1 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
DevOps Engineer Skill Set Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the West Midlands
For the 6 months to 1 May 2025, DevOps Engineer contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity.
The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the West Midlands region featuring DevOps Engineer in the job title.
DevOps Engineer Skill Set 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:
