DevOps Contract Job Trends in the West Midlands

DevOps
England > West Midlands

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the West Midlands requiring DevOps skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 13 March 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

 6 months to
13 Mar 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 13 26 29
Rank change year-on-year +13 +3 -5
Contract jobs citing DevOps 330 82 107
As % of all contract jobs in the West Midlands 11.68% 6.22% 5.52%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 13.81% 6.90% 6.53%
Number of daily rates quoted 250 58 83
10th Percentile £404 £363 £308
25th Percentile £451 £413 £394
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £493 £463
Median % change year-on-year +1.52% +6.49% -17.78%
75th Percentile £575 £538 £581
90th Percentile £646 £624 £685
England median daily rate £525 £560 £551
% change year-on-year -6.25% +1.73% -8.25%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 1 3
10th Percentile £63.90 - £55.25
25th Percentile £67.13 £56.25 £55.63
Median hourly rate £75.00 £57.50 £56.25
Median % change year-on-year +30.43% +2.22% -
75th Percentile £79.75 £58.75 -
90th Percentile £81.10 - -
England median hourly rate £65.00 £74.72 £65.00
% change year-on-year -13.01% +14.95% -0.76%

All Process & Methodology Skills
West Midlands

DevOps 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 2,389 1,189 1,639
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the West Midlands 84.57% 90.21% 84.48%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,577 781 1,080
10th Percentile £305 £200 £274
25th Percentile £402 £397 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £492 £500 £475
Median % change year-on-year -1.60% +5.26% -5.00%
75th Percentile £575 £600 £600
90th Percentile £673 £700 £700
England median daily rate £505 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -3.81% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 83 52 122
10th Percentile £14.00 £12.29 £11.43
25th Percentile £16.18 £14.70 £15.54
Median hourly rate £22.01 £18.13 £23.00
Median % change year-on-year +21.40% -21.17% +29.80%
75th Percentile £28.13 £24.19 £41.44
90th Percentile £57.10 £34.88 £58.75
England median hourly rate £30.00 £35.00 £32.50
% change year-on-year -14.29% +7.69% -9.72%

DevOps
Job Vacancy Trend in the West Midlands

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing DevOps relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in the West Midlands.

DevOps job vacancy trend in the West Midlands

DevOps
Daily Rate Trend in the West Midlands

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the West Midlands citing DevOps.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the West Midlands citing DevOps

DevOps
Daily Rate Histogram in the West Midlands

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing DevOps in the West Midlands over the 6 months to 13 March 2026.

Daily rate histogram for DevOps in the West Midlands

DevOps
Hourly Rate Trend in the West Midlands

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the West Midlands citing DevOps.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the West Midlands citing DevOps

DevOps
Hourly Rate Histogram in the West Midlands

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing DevOps in the West Midlands over the 6 months to 13 March 2026.

Hourly rate histogram for DevOps in the West Midlands

DevOps
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 within the West Midlands region over the 6 months to 13 March 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
Shropshire +4 116 £492 -0.10% 14
Birmingham +7 99 £525 +10.53% 47
Warwickshire +13 41 £500 - 8
Worcestershire +10 38 £644 +7.29% 2
Herefordshire +4 30 £650 -7.14%
Coventry - 19 £407 - 5
Solihull -4 8 £492 - 6
Wolverhampton - 2 - - 1
Staffordshire -5 1 £463 -11.90% 9
DevOps
England

DevOps
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the West Midlands 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:

Application Platforms
1 72 (21.82%) SAS
2 34 (10.30%) Confluence
3 12 (3.64%) OpenStack
4 9 (2.73%) Apache
4 9 (2.73%) WebLogic
5 8 (2.42%) JBoss
6 3 (0.91%) SharePoint
7 1 (0.30%) Apache Airflow
7 1 (0.30%) IIS
7 1 (0.30%) LiveCycle
7 1 (0.30%) Tuxedo
Applications
1 12 (3.64%) Microsoft Project
2 7 (2.12%) Microsoft Excel
3 4 (1.21%) Microsoft Office
3 4 (1.21%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 3 (0.91%) Dynamics CRM
2 2 (0.61%) Workday HCM
3 1 (0.30%) Maximo
3 1 (0.30%) SAP S/4HANA
3 1 (0.30%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 139 (42.12%) Azure
2 89 (26.97%) AWS
3 72 (21.82%) Azure DevOps
4 52 (15.76%) GitHub
5 48 (14.55%) GCP
6 36 (10.91%) Serverless
7 30 (9.09%) Azure Data Factory
7 30 (9.09%) GitHub Actions
7 30 (9.09%) OpenShift
8 16 (4.85%) Azure Key Vault
9 15 (4.55%) Power Platform
10 14 (4.24%) AWS KMS
11 12 (3.64%) Amazon S3
11 12 (3.64%) Azure Synapse Analytics
12 10 (3.03%) Amazon EC2
12 10 (3.03%) Azure AKS
12 10 (3.03%) Datadog
12 10 (3.03%) Entra ID
13 9 (2.73%) Azure Logic Apps
13 9 (2.73%) Azure Monitor
Communications & Networking
1 11 (3.33%) Firewall
2 5 (1.52%) VPN
3 4 (1.21%) DNS
3 4 (1.21%) Network Security
4 2 (0.61%) LAN
4 2 (0.61%) SD-WAN
4 2 (0.61%) SSL
4 2 (0.61%) TCP/IP
4 2 (0.61%) WAN
5 1 (0.30%) 5G
5 1 (0.30%) BGP
5 1 (0.30%) DHCP
5 1 (0.30%) Internet
5 1 (0.30%) Kerberos
5 1 (0.30%) MPLS
5 1 (0.30%) OSPF
5 1 (0.30%) SMS
5 1 (0.30%) Wi-Fi
5 1 (0.30%) Wireshark
5 1 (0.30%) WPA2
Database & Business Intelligence
1 54 (16.36%) PostgreSQL
2 35 (10.61%) Pentaho
3 29 (8.79%) Elasticsearch
4 16 (4.85%) NoSQL
5 15 (4.55%) Oracle Database
6 13 (3.94%) Relational Database
6 13 (3.94%) SAS Enterprise Guide
7 9 (2.73%) Amazon RDS
7 9 (2.73%) DynamoDB
7 9 (2.73%) MongoDB
7 9 (2.73%) Power BI
7 9 (2.73%) Redis
8 8 (2.42%) Amazon Aurora
8 8 (2.42%) MySQL
9 7 (2.12%) Data Warehouse
10 5 (1.52%) SAS Visual Analytics
11 4 (1.21%) Apache Hive
11 4 (1.21%) Hadoop
11 4 (1.21%) Impala
11 4 (1.21%) Metadata
Development Applications
1 104 (31.52%) Jenkins
2 94 (28.48%) Git
3 70 (21.21%) JIRA
4 50 (15.15%) GitLab
5 39 (11.82%) JUnit
6 38 (11.52%) Selenium
7 18 (5.45%) SonarQube
8 13 (3.94%) Maven
9 11 (3.33%) Bitbucket
10 8 (2.42%) Eclipse
10 8 (2.42%) IntelliJ
10 8 (2.42%) Mockito
11 7 (2.12%) CircleCI
11 7 (2.12%) Liquibase
12 6 (1.82%) Cypress.io
12 6 (1.82%) DbUnit
12 6 (1.82%) jMock
12 6 (1.82%) Postman
13 5 (1.52%) Artifactory
14 4 (1.21%) Atlassian Bamboo
General
1 112 (33.94%) Social Skills
2 49 (14.85%) Finance
3 47 (14.24%) Analytical Skills
3 47 (14.24%) Public Sector
4 15 (4.55%) Banking
5 10 (3.03%) Documentation Skills
6 9 (2.73%) Influencing Skills
7 8 (2.42%) Financial Institution
8 5 (1.52%) Presentation Skills
8 5 (1.52%) Telecoms
9 4 (1.21%) Retail
10 2 (0.61%) Advertising
10 2 (0.61%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 2 (0.61%) Military
10 2 (0.61%) Organisational Skills
11 1 (0.30%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 52 (15.76%) Data Engineer
2 50 (15.15%) Developer
3 41 (12.42%) Senior
4 27 (8.18%) DevOps Engineer
5 24 (7.27%) Architect
6 20 (6.06%) Test Specialist
7 16 (4.85%) Analyst
7 16 (4.85%) Cloud Engineer
7 16 (4.85%) Engagement Manager
7 16 (4.85%) Full-Stack Developer
8 15 (4.55%) Project Manager
9 14 (4.24%) GCP Engineer
9 14 (4.24%) Software Engineer
10 13 (3.94%) Business Analyst
10 13 (3.94%) Senior Data Engineer
11 12 (3.64%) Lead
12 11 (3.33%) Site Engineer
12 11 (3.33%) Site Reliability Engineer
12 11 (3.33%) Splunk Engineer
12 11 (3.33%) Test Automation Specialist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 68 (20.61%) REST
2 34 (10.30%) Elastic Stack
3 30 (9.09%) Node.js
4 25 (7.58%) YAML
5 24 (7.27%) Flask
6 20 (6.06%) pytest
7 19 (5.76%) Kafka
8 18 (5.45%) Spring
9 17 (5.15%) SOAP
10 16 (4.85%) Hibernate
10 16 (4.85%) JSON
10 16 (4.85%) RESTful
11 13 (3.94%) .NET
11 13 (3.94%) HTML
11 13 (3.94%) Middleware
12 12 (3.64%) AngularJS
12 12 (3.64%) Django
12 12 (3.64%) FastAPI
12 12 (3.64%) Keycloak
12 12 (3.64%) React
Miscellaneous
1 35 (10.61%) Cloud Native
2 20 (6.06%) Distributed Systems
3 16 (4.85%) Product Ownership
4 13 (3.94%) Hybrid Cloud
4 13 (3.94%) Onboarding
5 12 (3.64%) Management Information System
6 11 (3.33%) Public Cloud
7 10 (3.03%) Enterprise Software
8 5 (1.52%) Cyber Threat
9 3 (0.91%) Private Cloud
9 3 (0.91%) Security Posture
10 2 (0.61%) CMDB
10 2 (0.61%) Data Centre
10 2 (0.61%) Data Protection Act
10 2 (0.61%) Educational Technology
10 2 (0.61%) Greenfield Project
10 2 (0.61%) IoT
10 2 (0.61%) Legacy Applications
10 2 (0.61%) Legacy Systems
10 2 (0.61%) SCADA
Operating Systems
1 41 (12.42%) Linux
2 24 (7.27%) Unix
3 12 (3.64%) Windows
4 3 (0.91%) Windows Server
5 1 (0.30%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 216 (65.45%) CI/CD
2 178 (53.94%) Agile
3 109 (33.03%) Containerisation
4 94 (28.48%) Problem-Solving
5 88 (26.67%) Analytics
6 87 (26.36%) Scrum
7 78 (23.64%) Test Automation
8 74 (22.42%) Data Pipeline
9 73 (22.12%) Stakeholder Management
10 63 (19.09%) ETL
11 61 (18.48%) Data Modelling
12 59 (17.88%) Continuous Improvement
13 56 (16.97%) Infrastructure as Code
14 54 (16.36%) Data Integration
15 53 (16.06%) Change Management
15 53 (16.06%) Microservices
15 53 (16.06%) Migration
16 42 (12.73%) Business Intelligence
17 40 (12.12%) Deployment Automation
18 37 (11.21%) Data Virtualisation
Programming Languages
1 111 (33.64%) SQL
2 106 (32.12%) Python
3 38 (11.52%) Go
4 29 (8.79%) Java
5 25 (7.58%) JavaScript
6 24 (7.27%) Bash
7 17 (5.15%) PowerShell
8 12 (3.64%) Scala
9 11 (3.33%) C#
10 9 (2.73%) Bicep
11 7 (2.12%) TypeScript
12 5 (1.52%) PL/SQL
13 4 (1.21%) VBA
14 3 (0.91%) Groovy
14 3 (0.91%) HiveQL
14 3 (0.91%) VB
15 2 (0.61%) Shell Script
16 1 (0.30%) Kotlin
16 1 (0.30%) Ruby
16 1 (0.30%) VB6
Qualifications
1 160 (48.48%) Security Cleared
2 136 (41.21%) SC Cleared
3 36 (10.91%) Degree
4 28 (8.48%) Computer Science Degree
5 25 (7.58%) Azure Certification
6 21 (6.36%) DV Cleared
7 14 (4.24%) Master's Degree
8 9 (2.73%) IIBA
9 8 (2.42%) AWS Certification
9 8 (2.42%) BPSS Clearance
10 5 (1.52%) ISTQB
10 5 (1.52%) Microsoft Certification
11 3 (0.91%) CISSP
11 3 (0.91%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
12 2 (0.61%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
12 2 (0.61%) ITIL Certification
12 2 (0.61%) PMI Certification
12 2 (0.61%) PMP
12 2 (0.61%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
13 1 (0.30%) AWS Certified Developer
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 37 (11.21%) Data Quality
2 35 (10.61%) QA
3 11 (3.33%) GDPR
4 9 (2.73%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 7 (2.12%) NCSC
6 6 (1.82%) Accessibility
7 4 (1.21%) NIST
7 4 (1.21%) SLA
8 1 (0.30%) Cyber Essentials
8 1 (0.30%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 1 (0.30%) FATCA
8 1 (0.30%) PMO
System Software
1 145 (43.94%) Docker
2 6 (1.82%) Postfix
3 5 (1.52%) Active Directory
4 4 (1.21%) HDFS
4 4 (1.21%) VMware Infrastructure
5 2 (0.61%) VMware NSX
5 2 (0.61%) vSphere
6 1 (0.30%) Hyper-V
6 1 (0.30%) KVM
6 1 (0.30%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 144 (43.64%) Kubernetes
2 68 (20.61%) Terraform
3 51 (15.45%) Grafana
4 49 (14.85%) Ansible
5 36 (10.91%) Prometheus
6 22 (6.67%) Puppet
7 16 (4.85%) Kibana
8 6 (1.82%) Argo
9 5 (1.52%) logstash
10 4 (1.21%) HP ALM
11 3 (0.91%) Podman
11 3 (0.91%) Progress Chef
12 2 (0.61%) HP Quality Center
12 2 (0.61%) vCenter Server
13 1 (0.30%) Docker Swarm
13 1 (0.30%) Microsoft Intune
13 1 (0.30%) Packer
13 1 (0.30%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 55 (16.67%) Microsoft
2 38 (11.52%) Oracle
3 37 (11.21%) Splunk
4 35 (10.61%) Talend
5 34 (10.30%) Denodo
6 18 (5.45%) Atlassian
7 16 (4.85%) SAP
8 15 (4.55%) ServiceNow
9 13 (3.94%) Google
10 9 (2.73%) CyberArk
11 8 (2.42%) Jaspersoft
11 8 (2.42%) webMethods
12 7 (2.12%) AppDynamics
12 7 (2.12%) Dynatrace
13 6 (1.82%) Databricks
13 6 (1.82%) Red Hat
14 5 (1.52%) HP
14 5 (1.52%) Informatica
14 5 (1.52%) VMware
15 3 (0.91%) NEC
97 DevOps jobs in the West Midlands