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 7 September 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

 6 months to
7 Sep 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 16 11 22
Rank change year-on-year -5 +11 -1
Contract jobs citing DevOps 349 203 130
As % of all contract jobs in the West Midlands 10.09% 11.40% 6.83%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 11.91% 12.95% 8.40%
Number of daily rates quoted 236 138 92
10th Percentile £378 £400 £345
25th Percentile £413 £463 £488
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £492 £520 £575
Median % change year-on-year -5.33% -9.61% +4.55%
75th Percentile £588 £594 £616
90th Percentile £671 £663 £687
England median daily rate £525 £525 £550
% change year-on-year - -4.55% -6.30%
Number of hourly rates quoted 12 1 1
10th Percentile £21.25 - -
25th Percentile £43.75 - £65.00
Median hourly rate £70.00 £82.00 £70.00
Median % change year-on-year -14.63% +17.14% -
75th Percentile £75.00 - £75.00
90th Percentile - - -
England median hourly rate £67.50 £67.00 £70.00
% change year-on-year +0.75% -4.29% +7.69%

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 2,930 1,567 1,547
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the West Midlands 84.73% 87.98% 81.34%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,797 995 1,013
10th Percentile £313 £250 £251
25th Percentile £413 £400 £388
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £500 £513
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% -2.44% +2.50%
75th Percentile £579 £588 £625
90th Percentile £675 £663 £725
England median daily rate £525 £510 £525
% change year-on-year +2.94% -2.86% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 199 103 43
10th Percentile £13.45 £12.62 £12.83
25th Percentile £17.64 £15.56 £15.07
Median hourly rate £30.22 £24.34 £21.59
Median % change year-on-year +24.16% +12.74% -21.49%
75th Percentile £53.75 £35.30 £36.25
90th Percentile £70.05 £50.00 £54.50
England median hourly rate £43.56 £25.15 £43.00
% change year-on-year +73.20% -41.51% +1.18%

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 7 September 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 7 September 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 7 September 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 -12 95 £513 -2.29% 12
Birmingham -1 90 £475 - 86
Coventry +11 52 £425 -15.42% 10
Warwickshire +6 45 £500 - 11
Solihull -8 27 £463 -18.68% 3
Herefordshire 0 10 £563 -19.64%
Worcestershire -8 6 £575 -1.08% 3
Staffordshire -6 3 £388 - 4
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 43 (12.32%) Confluence
2 41 (11.75%) SAS
3 19 (5.44%) Apache Airflow
4 13 (3.72%) SharePoint
5 7 (2.01%) Apache
6 3 (0.86%) Oracle Workflow
7 2 (0.57%) Apache Spark
7 2 (0.57%) CloudStack
7 2 (0.57%) OpenROAD
8 1 (0.29%) IIS
8 1 (0.29%) Jupyter
8 1 (0.29%) OpenStack
Applications
1 7 (2.01%) Microsoft Excel
2 6 (1.72%) Microsoft Project
3 5 (1.43%) MS Visio
4 4 (1.15%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 3 (0.86%) Microsoft Office
6 1 (0.29%) Trello
Business Applications
1 15 (4.30%) Dynamics CRM
2 2 (0.57%) SAP S/4HANA
3 1 (0.29%) Aladdin
3 1 (0.29%) MIS ActiveH
3 1 (0.29%) Remedy ITSM
3 1 (0.29%) SAP IS-U
3 1 (0.29%) SAP MDG
3 1 (0.29%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 194 (55.59%) Azure
2 124 (35.53%) AWS
3 123 (35.24%) Azure DevOps
4 56 (16.05%) GitHub
5 52 (14.90%) Serverless
6 48 (13.75%) GitHub Actions
7 44 (12.61%) Power Platform
8 42 (12.03%) Amazon S3
9 35 (10.03%) Amazon CloudWatch
9 35 (10.03%) AWS Lambda
10 34 (9.74%) Amazon EC2
11 30 (8.60%) Dynamics 365
12 26 (7.45%) Power Automate
13 24 (6.88%) Amazon EKS
14 21 (6.02%) Amazon ECS
15 19 (5.44%) Azure Data Factory
16 17 (4.87%) AWS CloudFormation
16 17 (4.87%) Virtual Private Cloud
17 12 (3.44%) Amazon SQS
17 12 (3.44%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 19 (5.44%) Firewall
2 7 (2.01%) SD-WAN
2 7 (2.01%) WAN
3 4 (1.15%) DNS
3 4 (1.15%) LAN
3 4 (1.15%) NetScaler
3 4 (1.15%) Network Security
4 3 (0.86%) BGP
4 3 (0.86%) BIG-IP
4 3 (0.86%) DHCP
4 3 (0.86%) Ethernet VPN
4 3 (0.86%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
4 3 (0.86%) Internet
4 3 (0.86%) OSPF
4 3 (0.86%) SSL
4 3 (0.86%) TCP/IP
4 3 (0.86%) VPN
4 3 (0.86%) VXLAN
4 3 (0.86%) Wi-Fi
4 3 (0.86%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 26 (7.45%) Power BI
2 21 (6.02%) Pentaho
3 20 (5.73%) NoSQL
4 19 (5.44%) Data Warehouse
4 19 (5.44%) SQL Server
5 18 (5.16%) Amazon RDS
5 18 (5.16%) SAS Enterprise Guide
5 18 (5.16%) SAS Visual Analytics
6 17 (4.87%) Oracle Database
7 15 (4.30%) Data Lake
8 14 (4.01%) Metadata
9 13 (3.72%) DynamoDB
10 11 (3.15%) PostgreSQL
11 10 (2.87%) Azure SQL Database
12 9 (2.58%) MongoDB
13 7 (2.01%) Amazon Aurora
14 6 (1.72%) Delta Lake
15 4 (1.15%) Data Vault
15 4 (1.15%) SAS Data Integration Studio
15 4 (1.15%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 76 (21.78%) JIRA
2 63 (18.05%) Jenkins
3 45 (12.89%) Git
4 42 (12.03%) GitLab
5 20 (5.73%) Bitbucket
6 18 (5.16%) Selenium
7 14 (4.01%) Postman
8 13 (3.72%) Cypress.io
9 12 (3.44%) SonarQube
10 11 (3.15%) Maven
11 10 (2.87%) WebDriver
12 8 (2.29%) Atlassian Bamboo
12 8 (2.29%) JUnit
13 7 (2.01%) Mockito
14 6 (1.72%) Cucumber
14 6 (1.72%) LoadRunner
14 6 (1.72%) REST Assured
15 5 (1.43%) Bitbucket Server
15 5 (1.43%) DbUnit
15 5 (1.43%) jMock
General
1 125 (35.82%) Social Skills
2 110 (31.52%) Public Sector
3 48 (13.75%) Analytical Skills
4 39 (11.17%) Finance
5 34 (9.74%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 11 (3.15%) Influencing Skills
7 8 (2.29%) Banking
8 7 (2.01%) Legal
9 5 (1.43%) Organisational Skills
9 5 (1.43%) Presentation Skills
10 4 (1.15%) Documentation Skills
11 3 (0.86%) Local Government
11 3 (0.86%) Military
12 2 (0.57%) Billing
12 2 (0.57%) Publishing
12 2 (0.57%) Retail
12 2 (0.57%) Telecoms
13 1 (0.29%) Advertising
13 1 (0.29%) Front Office
13 1 (0.29%) Police
Job Titles
1 54 (15.47%) Architect
1 54 (15.47%) Senior
2 42 (12.03%) Developer
2 42 (12.03%) DevOps Engineer
3 33 (9.46%) Lead
4 32 (9.17%) Data Engineer
5 29 (8.31%) Analyst
5 29 (8.31%) Scrum Master
6 19 (5.44%) Azure Engineer
7 15 (4.30%) Data Architect
7 15 (4.30%) Dynamics 365 Developer
7 15 (4.30%) Test Analyst
8 14 (4.01%) Senior Developer
9 13 (3.72%) Business Analyst
10 11 (3.15%) Senior DevOps
10 11 (3.15%) Senior DevOps Engineer
10 11 (3.15%) Solutions Architect
11 10 (2.87%) AWS DevOps
11 10 (2.87%) AWS Engineer
11 10 (2.87%) Azure DevOps Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 66 (18.91%) Terraform
2 38 (10.89%) REST
3 26 (7.45%) JSON
4 23 (6.59%) Spring
4 23 (6.59%) Spring Boot
5 21 (6.02%) RESTful
6 15 (4.30%) .NET
6 15 (4.30%) Kafka
7 14 (4.01%) Node.js
7 14 (4.01%) SOAP
7 14 (4.01%) Web Services
8 11 (3.15%) YAML
9 10 (2.87%) AWS CDK
9 10 (2.87%) Elastic Stack
10 9 (2.58%) Gherkin
10 9 (2.58%) Playwright
10 9 (2.58%) Spring Cloud
11 7 (2.01%) AngularJS
11 7 (2.01%) Spring Batch
11 7 (2.01%) Spring Integration
Miscellaneous
1 76 (21.78%) Cloud Native
2 45 (12.89%) Product Ownership
3 18 (5.16%) Distributed Systems
4 10 (2.87%) Enterprise Software
4 10 (2.87%) Hybrid Cloud
4 10 (2.87%) Management Information System
5 9 (2.58%) Virtual Team
6 8 (2.29%) Legacy Systems
6 8 (2.29%) SCADA
7 7 (2.01%) Analytical Mindset
7 7 (2.01%) IoT
7 7 (2.01%) Mobile App
7 7 (2.01%) Private Cloud
7 7 (2.01%) Self-Motivation
7 7 (2.01%) Taxonomies
8 6 (1.72%) Autonomous Agent
8 6 (1.72%) Data Centre
8 6 (1.72%) Data Protection Act
8 6 (1.72%) Onboarding
9 5 (1.43%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 23 (6.59%) Linux
2 14 (4.01%) Windows
3 4 (1.15%) AIX
4 3 (0.86%) Mac OS
4 3 (0.86%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 3 (0.86%) Windows Server
5 2 (0.57%) Ubuntu
6 1 (0.29%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 213 (61.03%) CI/CD
2 189 (54.15%) Agile
3 103 (29.51%) Scrum
4 102 (29.23%) Continuous Improvement
5 86 (24.64%) Test Automation
6 78 (22.35%) Infrastructure as Code
7 77 (22.06%) Stakeholder Management
8 73 (20.92%) Technical Leadership
9 72 (20.63%) Analytics
10 69 (19.77%) Problem-Solving
11 67 (19.20%) Migration
12 64 (18.34%) Containerisation
13 55 (15.76%) Data Modelling
13 55 (15.76%) Stakeholder Engagement
14 51 (14.61%) Microservices
14 51 (14.61%) Platform Engineering
15 48 (13.75%) AI
16 45 (12.89%) ETL
17 44 (12.61%) Observability
18 42 (12.03%) Backlog Refinement
Programming Languages
1 56 (16.05%) SQL
2 51 (14.61%) Java
3 44 (12.61%) Python
4 37 (10.60%) C#
5 30 (8.60%) JavaScript
6 17 (4.87%) PowerShell
7 13 (3.72%) Bash
7 13 (3.72%) Bicep
8 8 (2.29%) Go
9 6 (1.72%) Scala
10 5 (1.43%) TypeScript
11 3 (0.86%) Groovy
11 3 (0.86%) T-SQL
12 2 (0.57%) Data Analysis Expressions
12 2 (0.57%) VB
12 2 (0.57%) VB6
13 1 (0.29%) Apex Code
13 1 (0.29%) R
Qualifications
1 145 (41.55%) Security Cleared
2 112 (32.09%) SC Cleared
3 24 (6.88%) BPSS Clearance
4 21 (6.02%) Microsoft Certification
5 17 (4.87%) ISTQB
6 16 (4.58%) Degree
7 14 (4.01%) AWS Certification
8 13 (3.72%) DV Cleared
9 12 (3.44%) Azure Certification
10 11 (3.15%) SAFe Agilist
11 9 (2.58%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
12 6 (1.72%) Computer Science Degree
13 4 (1.15%) SAS Certification
14 3 (0.86%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
14 3 (0.86%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
15 2 (0.57%) CCNP
15 2 (0.57%) Cisco Certification
15 2 (0.57%) CISSP
15 2 (0.57%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
16 1 (0.29%) CISM
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 39 (11.17%) QA
2 35 (10.03%) Accessibility
3 32 (9.17%) Data Quality
4 19 (5.44%) GDPR
5 15 (4.30%) WCAG
6 11 (3.15%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 4 (1.15%) ISO 19650
7 4 (1.15%) NIST
7 4 (1.15%) PMO
8 1 (0.29%) Government Security Classifications
8 1 (0.29%) ISO/IEC 27005
8 1 (0.29%) NCSC
8 1 (0.29%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 79 (22.64%) Docker
2 5 (1.43%) Postfix
3 4 (1.15%) VMware Infrastructure
4 3 (0.86%) Active Directory
4 3 (0.86%) vSphere
5 1 (0.29%) KVM
5 1 (0.29%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 65 (18.62%) Kubernetes
2 32 (9.17%) Grafana
3 23 (6.59%) Prometheus
4 22 (6.30%) Ansible
5 8 (2.29%) Progress Chef
5 8 (2.29%) Puppet
6 6 (1.72%) Single Sign-On
7 4 (1.15%) Argo
8 3 (0.86%) HP ALM
8 3 (0.86%) HP Quality Center
9 2 (0.57%) Check_MK
9 2 (0.57%) Microsoft Intune
10 1 (0.29%) Istio
10 1 (0.29%) Kustomize
10 1 (0.29%) Podman
10 1 (0.29%) SCCM
10 1 (0.29%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 72 (20.63%) Microsoft
2 33 (9.46%) Oracle
3 20 (5.73%) Denodo
4 15 (4.30%) Splunk
5 13 (3.72%) Atlassian
5 13 (3.72%) Databricks
6 11 (3.15%) Talend
7 8 (2.29%) Cisco
7 8 (2.29%) Informatica
7 8 (2.29%) SAP
7 8 (2.29%) VMware
8 7 (2.01%) Jaspersoft
8 7 (2.01%) Pega
8 7 (2.01%) ServiceNow
9 5 (1.43%) Google
9 5 (1.43%) Red Hat
10 4 (1.15%) Citrix
10 4 (1.15%) F5
10 4 (1.15%) Fortinet
11 3 (0.86%) Aruba
138 DevOps jobs in the West Midlands