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 8 April 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

 6 months to
8 Apr 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 14 20 32
Rank change year-on-year +6 +12 -10
Contract jobs citing DevOps 330 106 94
As % of all contract jobs in the West Midlands 10.99% 7.85% 4.90%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 13.09% 8.87% 5.85%
Number of daily rates quoted 249 77 69
10th Percentile £400 £363 £305
25th Percentile £447 £419 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £475
Median % change year-on-year - +5.26% -17.39%
75th Percentile £550 £588 £588
90th Percentile £604 £631 £688
England median daily rate £525 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -4.55% - -8.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 1 3
10th Percentile £54.40 - £55.25
25th Percentile £59.13 £56.25 £55.63
Median hourly rate £69.25 £57.50 £56.25
Median % change year-on-year +20.43% +2.22% -
75th Percentile £78.63 £58.75 -
90th Percentile £80.65 - -
England median hourly rate £63.73 £68.75 £65.00
% change year-on-year -7.30% +5.77% -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 2,521 1,195 1,606
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the West Midlands 83.98% 88.45% 83.69%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,663 804 1,064
10th Percentile £305 £200 £275
25th Percentile £402 £387 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £483 £500 £495
Median % change year-on-year -3.40% +1.01% -1.98%
75th Percentile £575 £589 £601
90th Percentile £650 £688 £718
England median daily rate £505 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -3.81% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 98 55 117
10th Percentile £14.00 £12.40 £11.10
25th Percentile £17.09 £14.60 £14.00
Median hourly rate £25.15 £18.00 £22.50
Median % change year-on-year +39.72% -20.00% +26.98%
75th Percentile £53.75 £26.20 £40.00
90th Percentile £71.17 £34.50 £57.25
England median hourly rate £39.00 £32.50 £33.07
% change year-on-year +20.00% -1.71% -11.83%

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 8 April 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 8 April 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 8 April 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 -4 122 £495 - 20
Birmingham +8 97 £505 +6.37% 45
Warwickshire +11 43 £510 +2.00% 7
Worcestershire +5 24 £568 -3.40% 2
Coventry - 21 £407 - 6
Herefordshire -3 17 £550 -21.43% 1
Solihull -6 13 £481 -19.70% 3
Staffordshire 0 2 £388 -26.19% 11
Wolverhampton - 1 - -
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 85 (25.76%) SAS
2 40 (12.12%) Confluence
3 10 (3.03%) OpenStack
4 9 (2.73%) Apache Airflow
5 6 (1.82%) Apache
6 5 (1.52%) WebLogic
7 4 (1.21%) JBoss
8 3 (0.91%) Oracle Workflow
9 2 (0.61%) SharePoint
10 1 (0.30%) LiveCycle
10 1 (0.30%) Tuxedo
Applications
1 8 (2.42%) Microsoft Project
2 6 (1.82%) MS Visio
3 5 (1.52%) Microsoft Office
4 4 (1.21%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 2 (0.61%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (0.30%) Maximo
2 1 (0.30%) Shopify
2 1 (0.30%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 139 (42.12%) Azure
2 91 (27.58%) AWS
3 68 (20.61%) Azure DevOps
4 48 (14.55%) GitHub
5 33 (10.00%) Serverless
6 31 (9.39%) GCP
7 29 (8.79%) GitHub Actions
8 28 (8.48%) Azure Data Factory
8 28 (8.48%) OpenShift
9 20 (6.06%) Amazon S3
10 15 (4.55%) Amazon CloudWatch
10 15 (4.55%) Amazon EC2
10 15 (4.55%) Power Platform
11 14 (4.24%) AWS KMS
11 14 (4.24%) AWS Lambda
12 13 (3.94%) Amazon SQS
13 12 (3.64%) Azure Key Vault
13 12 (3.64%) Entra ID
14 11 (3.33%) Route 53
15 10 (3.03%) Azure Synapse Analytics
Communications & Networking
1 13 (3.94%) Firewall
2 6 (1.82%) DNS
2 6 (1.82%) Network Security
2 6 (1.82%) VPN
3 3 (0.91%) DHCP
3 3 (0.91%) Internet
3 3 (0.91%) LAN
3 3 (0.91%) SD-WAN
3 3 (0.91%) SSL
3 3 (0.91%) TCP/IP
3 3 (0.91%) WAN
4 1 (0.30%) 5G
4 1 (0.30%) BGP
4 1 (0.30%) Kerberos
4 1 (0.30%) MPLS
4 1 (0.30%) OSPF
4 1 (0.30%) SMS
4 1 (0.30%) VLAN
4 1 (0.30%) Wi-Fi
4 1 (0.30%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 41 (12.42%) PostgreSQL
2 38 (11.52%) Pentaho
3 25 (7.58%) Elasticsearch
4 20 (6.06%) Oracle Database
4 20 (6.06%) SAS Enterprise Guide
5 13 (3.94%) Amazon RDS
5 13 (3.94%) DynamoDB
5 13 (3.94%) NoSQL
6 12 (3.64%) SAS Visual Analytics
7 10 (3.03%) Amazon Aurora
7 10 (3.03%) Relational Database
8 9 (2.73%) Power BI
9 6 (1.82%) Data Warehouse
10 5 (1.52%) Metadata
10 5 (1.52%) MongoDB
10 5 (1.52%) Redis
11 4 (1.21%) Apache Hive
11 4 (1.21%) Azure SQL Database
11 4 (1.21%) Hadoop
11 4 (1.21%) Impala
Development Applications
1 102 (30.91%) Jenkins
2 94 (28.48%) Git
3 82 (24.85%) JIRA
4 48 (14.55%) GitLab
5 35 (10.61%) JUnit
6 33 (10.00%) Selenium
7 15 (4.55%) SonarQube
8 14 (4.24%) Maven
9 12 (3.64%) Bitbucket
10 10 (3.03%) Mockito
11 8 (2.42%) DbUnit
11 8 (2.42%) jMock
12 6 (1.82%) Bitbucket Server
13 5 (1.52%) CircleCI
13 5 (1.52%) Postman
14 4 (1.21%) Atlassian Bamboo
14 4 (1.21%) Cypress.io
14 4 (1.21%) Eclipse
14 4 (1.21%) IntelliJ
14 4 (1.21%) REST Assured
General
1 111 (33.64%) Social Skills
2 56 (16.97%) Public Sector
3 47 (14.24%) Analytical Skills
4 36 (10.91%) Finance
5 13 (3.94%) Documentation Skills
6 9 (2.73%) Banking
7 5 (1.52%) Influencing Skills
7 5 (1.52%) Presentation Skills
8 4 (1.21%) Retail
8 4 (1.21%) Telecoms
9 3 (0.91%) Financial Institution
10 2 (0.61%) Advertising
10 2 (0.61%) Military
10 2 (0.61%) Organisational Skills
11 1 (0.30%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 1 (0.30%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 52 (15.76%) Data Engineer
2 42 (12.73%) Developer
3 34 (10.30%) Senior
4 30 (9.09%) Architect
5 27 (8.18%) DevOps Engineer
6 21 (6.36%) Analyst
7 20 (6.06%) Test Specialist
8 18 (5.45%) Full-Stack Developer
9 16 (4.85%) Business Analyst
10 14 (4.24%) Lead
10 14 (4.24%) Project Manager
11 13 (3.94%) SAS Engineer
12 11 (3.33%) Java Developer
12 11 (3.33%) Senior Data Engineer
12 11 (3.33%) Test Automation Specialist
13 10 (3.03%) Software Engineer
14 9 (2.73%) Engagement Manager
14 9 (2.73%) Release Manager
14 9 (2.73%) Site Engineer
14 9 (2.73%) Solutions Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 60 (18.18%) REST
2 27 (8.18%) Node.js
3 25 (7.58%) Elastic Stack
4 20 (6.06%) Flask
4 20 (6.06%) pytest
4 20 (6.06%) YAML
5 18 (5.45%) Kafka
6 17 (5.15%) SOAP
7 16 (4.85%) .NET
7 16 (4.85%) Spring
8 15 (4.55%) RESTful
9 14 (4.24%) AngularJS
9 14 (4.24%) Hibernate
10 13 (3.94%) Middleware
11 12 (3.64%) Django
11 12 (3.64%) Spring Boot
12 11 (3.33%) JSON
12 11 (3.33%) React
12 11 (3.33%) Spring Cloud
12 11 (3.33%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 36 (10.91%) Cloud Native
2 23 (6.97%) Product Ownership
3 18 (5.45%) Distributed Systems
4 14 (4.24%) Enterprise Software
5 12 (3.64%) Hybrid Cloud
6 10 (3.03%) Management Information System
7 7 (2.12%) Onboarding
8 6 (1.82%) Public Cloud
9 5 (1.52%) Cyber Threat
10 3 (0.91%) Educational Technology
10 3 (0.91%) IoT
10 3 (0.91%) Legacy Systems
10 3 (0.91%) SCADA
10 3 (0.91%) Security Posture
10 3 (0.91%) Self-Motivation
11 2 (0.61%) Data Centre
12 1 (0.30%) CMDB
12 1 (0.30%) Data Protection Act
12 1 (0.30%) Mobile App
12 1 (0.30%) Private Cloud
Operating Systems
1 35 (10.61%) Linux
2 18 (5.45%) Unix
3 14 (4.24%) Windows
4 2 (0.61%) Mac OS
4 2 (0.61%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 2 (0.61%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 206 (62.42%) CI/CD
2 180 (54.55%) Agile
3 102 (30.91%) Containerisation
4 101 (30.61%) Analytics
5 96 (29.09%) Scrum
6 89 (26.97%) Problem-Solving
7 83 (25.15%) Test Automation
8 74 (22.42%) Data Pipeline
8 74 (22.42%) Stakeholder Management
9 65 (19.70%) Continuous Improvement
10 64 (19.39%) Data Integration
10 64 (19.39%) Data Modelling
11 62 (18.79%) ETL
12 57 (17.27%) Migration
13 50 (15.15%) Infrastructure as Code
14 46 (13.94%) Change Management
14 46 (13.94%) Microservices
15 45 (13.64%) Business Intelligence
16 43 (13.03%) Deployment Automation
17 40 (12.12%) Data Virtualisation
Programming Languages
1 105 (31.82%) SQL
2 93 (28.18%) Python
3 29 (8.79%) Java
4 26 (7.88%) Go
5 23 (6.97%) Bash
6 22 (6.67%) JavaScript
7 18 (5.45%) PowerShell
8 13 (3.94%) C#
9 10 (3.03%) Bicep
10 8 (2.42%) Scala
11 5 (1.52%) PL/SQL
11 5 (1.52%) TypeScript
12 4 (1.21%) Groovy
13 3 (0.91%) HiveQL
13 3 (0.91%) VB
14 2 (0.61%) Shell Script
15 1 (0.30%) Kotlin
15 1 (0.30%) Ruby
15 1 (0.30%) VB6
Qualifications
1 159 (48.18%) Security Cleared
2 136 (41.21%) SC Cleared
3 27 (8.18%) Degree
4 22 (6.67%) Azure Certification
5 20 (6.06%) Computer Science Degree
6 11 (3.33%) DV Cleared
7 9 (2.73%) IIBA
8 8 (2.42%) BPSS Clearance
8 8 (2.42%) Master's Degree
9 7 (2.12%) AWS Certification
10 6 (1.82%) ISTQB
11 4 (1.21%) Microsoft Certification
11 4 (1.21%) SAFe Agilist
12 3 (0.91%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
12 3 (0.91%) CISSP
12 3 (0.91%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
13 2 (0.61%) ITIL Certification
13 2 (0.61%) PMI Certification
13 2 (0.61%) PMP
13 2 (0.61%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 41 (12.42%) Data Quality
2 37 (11.21%) QA
3 12 (3.64%) GDPR
4 11 (3.33%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 8 (2.42%) Accessibility
6 6 (1.82%) NIST
7 3 (0.91%) NCSC
7 3 (0.91%) SLA
8 1 (0.30%) FATCA
8 1 (0.30%) ISO/IEC 27005
8 1 (0.30%) PMO
8 1 (0.30%) WCAG
System Software
1 139 (42.12%) Docker
2 8 (2.42%) Postfix
3 7 (2.12%) Active Directory
4 5 (1.52%) VMware Infrastructure
5 4 (1.21%) HDFS
6 3 (0.91%) VMware NSX
6 3 (0.91%) vSphere
7 1 (0.30%) Hyper-V
7 1 (0.30%) KVM
7 1 (0.30%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 135 (40.91%) Kubernetes
2 64 (19.39%) Terraform
3 44 (13.33%) Grafana
4 41 (12.42%) Ansible
5 27 (8.18%) Prometheus
6 14 (4.24%) Kibana
6 14 (4.24%) Puppet
7 7 (2.12%) Argo
8 5 (1.52%) logstash
9 3 (0.91%) HP ALM
9 3 (0.91%) vCenter Server
10 2 (0.61%) HP Quality Center
10 2 (0.61%) Single Sign-On
11 1 (0.30%) Packer
11 1 (0.30%) Podman
11 1 (0.30%) Progress Chef
Vendors
1 52 (15.76%) Microsoft
2 50 (15.15%) Oracle
3 38 (11.52%) Talend
4 37 (11.21%) Denodo
5 30 (9.09%) Splunk
6 20 (6.06%) Atlassian
7 11 (3.33%) SAP
8 10 (3.03%) Jaspersoft
9 9 (2.73%) CyberArk
9 9 (2.73%) ServiceNow
10 8 (2.42%) Red Hat
11 7 (2.12%) AppDynamics
11 7 (2.12%) Dynatrace
12 6 (1.82%) Informatica
12 6 (1.82%) VMware
13 5 (1.52%) Databricks
13 5 (1.52%) Google
14 4 (1.21%) HP
14 4 (1.21%) Pega
14 4 (1.21%) webMethods
98 DevOps jobs in the West Midlands