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 24 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

 6 months to
24 Aug 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 15 14 19
Rank change year-on-year -1 +5 -1
Contract jobs citing DevOps 360 188 134
As % of all contract jobs in the West Midlands 10.46% 10.84% 7.03%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 12.36% 12.27% 8.63%
Number of daily rates quoted 252 128 97
10th Percentile £381 £401 £341
25th Percentile £413 £463 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £490 £519 £550
Median % change year-on-year -5.50% -5.73% -
75th Percentile £576 £589 £613
90th Percentile £671 £641 £688
England median daily rate £525 £525 £550
% change year-on-year - -4.55% -6.78%
Number of hourly rates quoted 13 1 3
10th Percentile £21.25 - -
25th Percentile £51.25 - -
Median hourly rate £70.00 £82.00 £56.25
Median % change year-on-year -14.63% +45.78% -
75th Percentile £75.00 - £65.63
90th Percentile - - £71.25
England median hourly rate £67.00 £67.00 £70.00
% change year-on-year - -4.29% +6.87%

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 2,913 1,532 1,552
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the West Midlands 84.63% 88.30% 81.38%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,803 977 1,036
10th Percentile £313 £235 £250
25th Percentile £406 £387 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £495 £500
Median % change year-on-year -4.04% -1.00% -
75th Percentile £575 £584 £625
90th Percentile £671 £650 £731
England median daily rate £525 £510 £525
% change year-on-year +2.94% -2.86% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 190 104 55
10th Percentile £13.44 £12.62 £13.07
25th Percentile £17.74 £15.02 £14.85
Median hourly rate £30.50 £24.34 £21.00
Median % change year-on-year +25.31% +15.90% -23.64%
75th Percentile £53.75 £35.14 £36.25
90th Percentile £70.26 £50.00 £54.00
England median hourly rate £43.96 £25.15 £43.00
% change year-on-year +74.79% -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 24 August 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 24 August 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 24 August 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 -15 107 £496 -5.42% 18
Birmingham 0 85 £463 -2.63% 34
Coventry +10 49 £425 -15.42% 7
Warwickshire +6 47 £500 - 5
Solihull -5 29 £481 -16.35% 3
Herefordshire +3 11 £700 - 1
Worcestershire -7 7 £606 +5.43% 2
Staffordshire -5 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 54 (15.00%) Confluence
2 47 (13.06%) SAS
3 20 (5.56%) Apache Airflow
4 9 (2.50%) SharePoint
5 6 (1.67%) Apache
6 3 (0.83%) Oracle Workflow
7 2 (0.56%) Apache Spark
7 2 (0.56%) CloudStack
7 2 (0.56%) OpenROAD
8 1 (0.28%) IIS
8 1 (0.28%) Jupyter
8 1 (0.28%) OpenStack
Applications
1 7 (1.94%) Microsoft Excel
1 7 (1.94%) Microsoft Project
2 6 (1.67%) MS Visio
3 4 (1.11%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 3 (0.83%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 11 (3.06%) Dynamics CRM
2 2 (0.56%) SAP S/4HANA
3 1 (0.28%) Aladdin
3 1 (0.28%) MIS ActiveH
3 1 (0.28%) Remedy ITSM
3 1 (0.28%) SAP IS-U
3 1 (0.28%) SAP MDG
3 1 (0.28%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 196 (54.44%) Azure
2 124 (34.44%) Azure DevOps
3 123 (34.17%) AWS
4 58 (16.11%) GitHub
5 49 (13.61%) GitHub Actions
6 48 (13.33%) Serverless
7 42 (11.67%) Amazon S3
7 42 (11.67%) Power Platform
8 35 (9.72%) Amazon CloudWatch
8 35 (9.72%) AWS Lambda
9 34 (9.44%) Amazon EC2
10 26 (7.22%) Dynamics 365
11 23 (6.39%) Amazon EKS
12 22 (6.11%) Power Automate
13 20 (5.56%) Amazon ECS
13 20 (5.56%) Azure Data Factory
14 17 (4.72%) AWS CloudFormation
14 17 (4.72%) Virtual Private Cloud
15 13 (3.61%) Amazon SQS
16 12 (3.33%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 20 (5.56%) Firewall
2 8 (2.22%) SD-WAN
2 8 (2.22%) WAN
3 5 (1.39%) DNS
3 5 (1.39%) LAN
3 5 (1.39%) Network Security
4 4 (1.11%) BGP
4 4 (1.11%) DHCP
4 4 (1.11%) Internet
4 4 (1.11%) NetScaler
4 4 (1.11%) OSPF
4 4 (1.11%) TCP/IP
4 4 (1.11%) VPN
4 4 (1.11%) Wi-Fi
5 3 (0.83%) BIG-IP
5 3 (0.83%) Ethernet VPN
5 3 (0.83%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
5 3 (0.83%) SSL
5 3 (0.83%) VXLAN
5 3 (0.83%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 28 (7.78%) Power BI
2 25 (6.94%) Pentaho
3 19 (5.28%) Amazon RDS
3 19 (5.28%) Data Warehouse
3 19 (5.28%) NoSQL
3 19 (5.28%) SAS Enterprise Guide
3 19 (5.28%) SAS Visual Analytics
4 18 (5.00%) Oracle Database
5 17 (4.72%) PostgreSQL
5 17 (4.72%) SQL Server
6 14 (3.89%) Data Lake
6 14 (3.89%) DynamoDB
6 14 (3.89%) Metadata
7 10 (2.78%) Azure SQL Database
8 8 (2.22%) Amazon Aurora
9 6 (1.67%) Delta Lake
9 6 (1.67%) MongoDB
10 5 (1.39%) Amazon Redshift
10 5 (1.39%) BusinessObjects
11 4 (1.11%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 86 (23.89%) JIRA
2 68 (18.89%) Jenkins
3 44 (12.22%) Git
4 43 (11.94%) GitLab
5 26 (7.22%) Bitbucket
6 18 (5.00%) Selenium
7 14 (3.89%) Postman
8 13 (3.61%) Cypress.io
8 13 (3.61%) SonarQube
9 12 (3.33%) Atlassian Bamboo
9 12 (3.33%) Maven
10 10 (2.78%) WebDriver
11 9 (2.50%) JUnit
12 8 (2.22%) Mockito
13 6 (1.67%) Bitbucket Server
13 6 (1.67%) Cucumber
13 6 (1.67%) DbUnit
13 6 (1.67%) jMock
13 6 (1.67%) LoadRunner
13 6 (1.67%) REST Assured
General
1 128 (35.56%) Social Skills
2 104 (28.89%) Public Sector
3 50 (13.89%) Analytical Skills
4 43 (11.94%) Finance
5 30 (8.33%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 11 (3.06%) Influencing Skills
7 8 (2.22%) Presentation Skills
8 7 (1.94%) Legal
9 6 (1.67%) Banking
10 5 (1.39%) Organisational Skills
11 4 (1.11%) Documentation Skills
12 3 (0.83%) Local Government
12 3 (0.83%) Retail
12 3 (0.83%) Telecoms
13 2 (0.56%) Advertising
13 2 (0.56%) Billing
13 2 (0.56%) Military
13 2 (0.56%) Publishing
14 1 (0.28%) Front Office
14 1 (0.28%) Police
Job Titles
1 53 (14.72%) Architect
2 50 (13.89%) Senior
3 42 (11.67%) DevOps Engineer
4 40 (11.11%) Developer
5 38 (10.56%) Data Engineer
6 32 (8.89%) Lead
7 29 (8.06%) Analyst
8 28 (7.78%) Scrum Master
9 19 (5.28%) Azure Engineer
10 15 (4.17%) Data Architect
10 15 (4.17%) Test Analyst
11 13 (3.61%) Business Analyst
12 12 (3.33%) JIRA Engineer
12 12 (3.33%) Senior Developer
13 11 (3.06%) Dynamics 365 Developer
13 11 (3.06%) Release Manager
13 11 (3.06%) Senior DevOps
13 11 (3.06%) Senior DevOps Engineer
14 10 (2.78%) AWS DevOps
14 10 (2.78%) AWS Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 67 (18.61%) Terraform
2 34 (9.44%) REST
3 22 (6.11%) JSON
4 21 (5.83%) RESTful
5 20 (5.56%) Spring
5 20 (5.56%) Spring Boot
6 19 (5.28%) Node.js
7 16 (4.44%) .NET
8 15 (4.17%) YAML
9 14 (3.89%) Web Services
10 13 (3.61%) SOAP
11 11 (3.06%) Kafka
12 10 (2.78%) AWS CDK
12 10 (2.78%) Elastic Stack
12 10 (2.78%) Spring Cloud
13 9 (2.50%) Flask
13 9 (2.50%) Gherkin
13 9 (2.50%) Playwright
14 8 (2.22%) Spring Batch
14 8 (2.22%) Spring Integration
Miscellaneous
1 73 (20.28%) Cloud Native
2 44 (12.22%) Product Ownership
3 18 (5.00%) Distributed Systems
4 9 (2.50%) Hybrid Cloud
5 8 (2.22%) Analytical Mindset
5 8 (2.22%) Enterprise Software
5 8 (2.22%) Legacy Systems
5 8 (2.22%) SCADA
5 8 (2.22%) Self-Motivation
6 7 (1.94%) Mobile App
6 7 (1.94%) Private Cloud
6 7 (1.94%) Virtual Team
7 6 (1.67%) Autonomous Agent
7 6 (1.67%) Data Centre
7 6 (1.67%) Data Protection Act
7 6 (1.67%) Management Information System
8 5 (1.39%) IoT
8 5 (1.39%) Low-Code
8 5 (1.39%) Onboarding
8 5 (1.39%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 23 (6.39%) Linux
2 14 (3.89%) Windows
3 4 (1.11%) AIX
4 3 (0.83%) Mac OS
4 3 (0.83%) Windows Server
5 2 (0.56%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 2 (0.56%) Ubuntu
5 2 (0.56%) Unix
6 1 (0.28%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 222 (61.67%) CI/CD
2 194 (53.89%) Agile
3 110 (30.56%) Scrum
4 101 (28.06%) Continuous Improvement
5 89 (24.72%) Test Automation
6 79 (21.94%) Stakeholder Management
7 76 (21.11%) Infrastructure as Code
8 75 (20.83%) Analytics
9 73 (20.28%) Migration
9 73 (20.28%) Problem-Solving
10 70 (19.44%) Technical Leadership
11 63 (17.50%) Containerisation
12 56 (15.56%) Stakeholder Engagement
13 54 (15.00%) Data Modelling
14 50 (13.89%) ETL
15 48 (13.33%) Microservices
16 47 (13.06%) Data Integration
16 47 (13.06%) Platform Engineering
17 45 (12.50%) Business Intelligence
18 44 (12.22%) Observability
Programming Languages
1 68 (18.89%) SQL
2 49 (13.61%) Java
3 46 (12.78%) Python
4 32 (8.89%) C#
5 28 (7.78%) JavaScript
6 16 (4.44%) PowerShell
7 13 (3.61%) Bash
7 13 (3.61%) Bicep
8 9 (2.50%) Go
9 6 (1.67%) Scala
9 6 (1.67%) TypeScript
10 3 (0.83%) Groovy
10 3 (0.83%) T-SQL
11 2 (0.56%) Data Analysis Expressions
11 2 (0.56%) HiveQL
11 2 (0.56%) PL/SQL
11 2 (0.56%) VB
11 2 (0.56%) VB6
12 1 (0.28%) Apex Code
12 1 (0.28%) R
Qualifications
1 157 (43.61%) Security Cleared
2 125 (34.72%) SC Cleared
3 24 (6.67%) BPSS Clearance
4 17 (4.72%) ISTQB
4 17 (4.72%) Microsoft Certification
5 16 (4.44%) Degree
6 13 (3.61%) AWS Certification
6 13 (3.61%) DV Cleared
7 11 (3.06%) SAFe Agilist
8 10 (2.78%) Azure Certification
9 9 (2.50%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
10 6 (1.67%) Computer Science Degree
11 4 (1.11%) SAS Certification
12 3 (0.83%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
12 3 (0.83%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
13 2 (0.56%) CCNP
13 2 (0.56%) Cisco Certification
13 2 (0.56%) CISSP
13 2 (0.56%) ITIL Certification
13 2 (0.56%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 37 (10.28%) QA
2 34 (9.44%) Data Quality
3 29 (8.06%) Accessibility
4 15 (4.17%) GDPR
5 11 (3.06%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 11 (3.06%) WCAG
6 4 (1.11%) ISO 19650
6 4 (1.11%) NIST
6 4 (1.11%) PMO
7 1 (0.28%) Government Security Classifications
7 1 (0.28%) ISO/IEC 27005
7 1 (0.28%) NCSC
7 1 (0.28%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 84 (23.33%) Docker
2 6 (1.67%) Postfix
3 4 (1.11%) VMware Infrastructure
4 3 (0.83%) Active Directory
4 3 (0.83%) vSphere
5 2 (0.56%) HDFS
6 1 (0.28%) KVM
6 1 (0.28%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 71 (19.72%) Kubernetes
2 36 (10.00%) Grafana
3 25 (6.94%) Prometheus
4 24 (6.67%) Ansible
5 8 (2.22%) Progress Chef
5 8 (2.22%) Puppet
6 6 (1.67%) Single Sign-On
7 4 (1.11%) Argo
8 3 (0.83%) HP ALM
8 3 (0.83%) HP Quality Center
9 2 (0.56%) Check_MK
9 2 (0.56%) Microsoft Intune
10 1 (0.28%) Istio
10 1 (0.28%) Kustomize
10 1 (0.28%) Podman
10 1 (0.28%) SCCM
10 1 (0.28%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 71 (19.72%) Microsoft
2 36 (10.00%) Oracle
3 24 (6.67%) Denodo
4 23 (6.39%) Atlassian
5 15 (4.17%) Splunk
5 15 (4.17%) Talend
6 13 (3.61%) Databricks
7 10 (2.78%) Informatica
8 9 (2.50%) Cisco
9 8 (2.22%) Jaspersoft
9 8 (2.22%) SAP
9 8 (2.22%) VMware
10 5 (1.39%) Fortinet
10 5 (1.39%) Google
10 5 (1.39%) Pega
10 5 (1.39%) ServiceNow
11 4 (1.11%) Aruba
11 4 (1.11%) Citrix
11 4 (1.11%) HP
11 4 (1.11%) Red Hat
78 DevOps jobs in the West Midlands