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 29 June 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

 6 months to
29 Jun 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 16 15 23
Rank change year-on-year -1 +8 -7
Contract jobs citing DevOps 343 132 123
As % of all contract jobs in the West Midlands 10.28% 8.91% 5.97%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 12.05% 10.04% 7.36%
Number of daily rates quoted 248 88 92
10th Percentile £400 £413 £328
25th Percentile £425 £452 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £512 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.39% -2.43% -11.02%
75th Percentile £575 £588 £611
90th Percentile £671 £629 £672
England median daily rate £525 £525 £550
% change year-on-year - -4.55% -8.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 10 1 3
10th Percentile £60.70 - -
25th Percentile £65.00 - -
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 £68.75 £70.00 £70.00
% change year-on-year -1.79% - +6.70%

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 2,846 1,315 1,672
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the West Midlands 85.29% 88.79% 81.20%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,870 828 1,111
10th Percentile £313 £203 £263
25th Percentile £405 £373 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £481 £475 £500
Median % change year-on-year +1.26% -5.00% -
75th Percentile £575 £575 £625
90th Percentile £675 £664 £731
England median daily rate £520 £515 £525
% change year-on-year +0.97% -1.90% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 138 87 117
10th Percentile £14.82 £12.62 £11.24
25th Percentile £22.42 £14.14 £14.25
Median hourly rate £33.99 £24.34 £22.50
Median % change year-on-year +39.65% +8.18% -10.00%
75th Percentile £60.69 £34.43 £38.75
90th Percentile £72.54 £50.00 £57.25
England median hourly rate £47.00 £25.50 £38.12
% change year-on-year +84.31% -33.11% +1.65%

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 29 June 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 29 June 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 29 June 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
Birmingham +10 104 £500 +5.26% 27
Shropshire -10 97 £500 -4.67% 8
Warwickshire +4 50 £500 - 7
Coventry +5 32 £407 -25.66% 4
Solihull -7 25 £488 +2.63% 3
Herefordshire +3 11 £700 - 3
Worcestershire -5 9 £669 +16.30% 6
Staffordshire 0 3 £388 -26.19% 3
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 62 (18.08%) SAS
2 49 (14.29%) Confluence
3 19 (5.54%) Apache Airflow
4 8 (2.33%) SharePoint
5 6 (1.75%) Apache
6 5 (1.46%) OpenStack
7 3 (0.87%) Oracle Workflow
8 2 (0.58%) Apache Spark
8 2 (0.58%) CloudStack
9 1 (0.29%) Jupyter
9 1 (0.29%) LiveCycle
Applications
1 9 (2.62%) Microsoft Project
2 8 (2.33%) MS Visio
3 6 (1.75%) Microsoft Excel
4 4 (1.17%) Microsoft Office
5 1 (0.29%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 7 (2.04%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (0.29%) Remedy ITSM
2 1 (0.29%) SAP MDG
2 1 (0.29%) SAP S/4HANA
2 1 (0.29%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 174 (50.73%) Azure
2 120 (34.99%) AWS
3 98 (28.57%) Azure DevOps
4 50 (14.58%) GitHub
5 38 (11.08%) Amazon S3
6 37 (10.79%) GitHub Actions
7 33 (9.62%) Amazon CloudWatch
7 33 (9.62%) Serverless
8 30 (8.75%) Amazon EC2
9 25 (7.29%) AWS Lambda
10 24 (7.00%) Power Platform
11 20 (5.83%) Azure Data Factory
12 18 (5.25%) Amazon SQS
13 16 (4.66%) AWS KMS
13 16 (4.66%) GCP
13 16 (4.66%) Route 53
14 14 (4.08%) Virtual Private Cloud
15 13 (3.79%) Amazon EKS
15 13 (3.79%) AWS CloudFormation
15 13 (3.79%) OpenShift
Communications & Networking
1 17 (4.96%) Firewall
2 6 (1.75%) DNS
2 6 (1.75%) Network Security
2 6 (1.75%) SD-WAN
2 6 (1.75%) WAN
3 4 (1.17%) BGP
3 4 (1.17%) OSPF
3 4 (1.17%) VPN
3 4 (1.17%) Wi-Fi
4 3 (0.87%) BIG-IP
4 3 (0.87%) DHCP
4 3 (0.87%) Ethernet VPN
4 3 (0.87%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
4 3 (0.87%) Internet
4 3 (0.87%) LAN
4 3 (0.87%) TCP/IP
4 3 (0.87%) VXLAN
4 3 (0.87%) WLAN
5 2 (0.58%) NAS
5 2 (0.58%) Structured Cabling
Database & Business Intelligence
1 27 (7.87%) Pentaho
1 27 (7.87%) PostgreSQL
2 22 (6.41%) Amazon RDS
3 21 (6.12%) DynamoDB
4 19 (5.54%) Power BI
4 19 (5.54%) SAS Enterprise Guide
5 18 (5.25%) SAS Visual Analytics
6 17 (4.96%) Oracle Database
7 15 (4.37%) Amazon Aurora
8 11 (3.21%) SQL Server
9 10 (2.92%) NoSQL
9 10 (2.92%) Relational Database
10 8 (2.33%) Azure SQL Database
10 8 (2.33%) Data Warehouse
10 8 (2.33%) Elasticsearch
11 7 (2.04%) Metadata
12 6 (1.75%) Amazon Redshift
12 6 (1.75%) BusinessObjects
12 6 (1.75%) Data Lake
13 5 (1.46%) MongoDB
Development Applications
1 84 (24.49%) Jenkins
2 75 (21.87%) JIRA
3 62 (18.08%) Git
4 49 (14.29%) GitLab
5 21 (6.12%) JUnit
6 20 (5.83%) Selenium
7 19 (5.54%) SonarQube
8 18 (5.25%) Bitbucket
8 18 (5.25%) Maven
9 15 (4.37%) Mockito
10 11 (3.21%) DbUnit
10 11 (3.21%) jMock
11 9 (2.62%) Bitbucket Server
11 9 (2.62%) REST Assured
12 8 (2.33%) Postman
13 7 (2.04%) Cypress.io
13 7 (2.04%) LoadRunner
14 6 (1.75%) Serenity BDD
15 5 (1.46%) WebDriver
16 4 (1.17%) Cucumber
General
1 100 (29.15%) Social Skills
2 78 (22.74%) Public Sector
3 50 (14.58%) Analytical Skills
4 41 (11.95%) Finance
5 14 (4.08%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 8 (2.33%) Documentation Skills
6 8 (2.33%) Influencing Skills
7 7 (2.04%) Banking
7 7 (2.04%) Presentation Skills
8 5 (1.46%) Retail
9 4 (1.17%) Legal
10 2 (0.58%) Advertising
10 2 (0.58%) Billing
11 1 (0.29%) Local Government
11 1 (0.29%) Military
11 1 (0.29%) Organisational Skills
11 1 (0.29%) Publishing
11 1 (0.29%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 45 (13.12%) Architect
1 45 (13.12%) Developer
2 44 (12.83%) Senior
3 43 (12.54%) Data Engineer
4 39 (11.37%) DevOps Engineer
5 28 (8.16%) Lead
6 27 (7.87%) Analyst
7 17 (4.96%) Business Analyst
8 16 (4.66%) Full-Stack Developer
9 15 (4.37%) Java Developer
9 15 (4.37%) Scrum Master
10 12 (3.50%) Senior Developer
11 11 (3.21%) AWS Engineer
11 11 (3.21%) Azure Engineer
11 11 (3.21%) Release Manager
11 11 (3.21%) Senior DevOps
11 11 (3.21%) Senior DevOps Engineer
12 10 (2.92%) AWS DevOps
12 10 (2.92%) Security Architect
13 9 (2.62%) Data Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 40 (11.66%) REST
2 31 (9.04%) Node.js
3 21 (6.12%) Web Services
4 20 (5.83%) .NET
4 20 (5.83%) Spring
4 20 (5.83%) Spring Boot
5 19 (5.54%) SOAP
6 18 (5.25%) Spring Cloud
6 18 (5.25%) YAML
7 17 (4.96%) AngularJS
8 16 (4.66%) Elastic Stack
8 16 (4.66%) Flask
9 15 (4.37%) ActiveMQ
9 15 (4.37%) Hibernate
9 15 (4.37%) JPA
9 15 (4.37%) Spring Batch
9 15 (4.37%) Spring Integration
10 14 (4.08%) RESTful
11 12 (3.50%) Django
11 12 (3.50%) Playwright
Miscellaneous
1 54 (15.74%) Cloud Native
2 29 (8.45%) Product Ownership
3 19 (5.54%) Distributed Systems
4 11 (3.21%) Hybrid Cloud
5 8 (2.33%) Mobile App
6 7 (2.04%) Analytical Mindset
6 7 (2.04%) Security Posture
7 6 (1.75%) Enterprise Software
7 6 (1.75%) SCADA
8 5 (1.46%) Data Centre
8 5 (1.46%) Management Information System
8 5 (1.46%) Onboarding
8 5 (1.46%) Public Cloud
9 4 (1.17%) Blog
9 4 (1.17%) Enterprise Cloud
9 4 (1.17%) Private Cloud
10 3 (0.87%) Cyber Threat
10 3 (0.87%) Educational Technology
10 3 (0.87%) IoT
10 3 (0.87%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 30 (8.75%) Linux
2 11 (3.21%) Windows
3 7 (2.04%) Unix
4 3 (0.87%) Windows Server
5 2 (0.58%) Mac OS
5 2 (0.58%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 2 (0.58%) Ubuntu
6 1 (0.29%) AIX
6 1 (0.29%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 208 (60.64%) CI/CD
2 176 (51.31%) Agile
3 95 (27.70%) Scrum
4 85 (24.78%) Test Automation
5 79 (23.03%) Continuous Improvement
6 77 (22.45%) Analytics
6 77 (22.45%) Containerisation
7 76 (22.16%) Stakeholder Management
8 68 (19.83%) Migration
9 66 (19.24%) Problem-Solving
10 64 (18.66%) Infrastructure as Code
11 58 (16.91%) Data Integration
12 51 (14.87%) Data Modelling
13 45 (13.12%) ETL
14 44 (12.83%) Data Pipeline
15 43 (12.54%) Microservices
16 41 (11.95%) Business Intelligence
16 41 (11.95%) Technical Leadership
17 40 (11.66%) Observability
18 39 (11.37%) Stakeholder Engagement
Programming Languages
1 96 (27.99%) SQL
2 56 (16.33%) Python
3 40 (11.66%) Java
4 23 (6.71%) JavaScript
5 21 (6.12%) C#
6 14 (4.08%) Bash
6 14 (4.08%) Bicep
6 14 (4.08%) PowerShell
7 10 (2.92%) Go
8 5 (1.46%) PL/SQL
8 5 (1.46%) TypeScript
9 4 (1.17%) Groovy
10 3 (0.87%) HiveQL
10 3 (0.87%) VB
11 2 (0.58%) Data Analysis Expressions
12 1 (0.29%) Kotlin
12 1 (0.29%) Scala
12 1 (0.29%) Shell Script
12 1 (0.29%) VB6
Qualifications
1 156 (45.48%) Security Cleared
2 125 (36.44%) SC Cleared
3 18 (5.25%) Degree
4 12 (3.50%) Azure Certification
5 11 (3.21%) ISTQB
5 11 (3.21%) SAFe Agilist
6 10 (2.92%) DV Cleared
7 9 (2.62%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
7 9 (2.62%) Computer Science Degree
8 8 (2.33%) AWS Certification
9 7 (2.04%) BPSS Clearance
9 7 (2.04%) Microsoft Certification
10 5 (1.46%) IIBA
10 5 (1.46%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
11 4 (1.17%) SAS Certification
12 3 (0.87%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
12 3 (0.87%) CISSP
13 2 (0.58%) Cisco Certification
13 2 (0.58%) ITIL Certification
13 2 (0.58%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 38 (11.08%) Data Quality
2 31 (9.04%) QA
3 18 (5.25%) Accessibility
4 13 (3.79%) GDPR
5 10 (2.92%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 6 (1.75%) NIST
6 6 (1.75%) WCAG
7 4 (1.17%) ISO 19650
8 3 (0.87%) SLA
9 2 (0.58%) NCSC
10 1 (0.29%) FATCA
10 1 (0.29%) Government Security Classifications
10 1 (0.29%) ISO/IEC 27005
10 1 (0.29%) PCI DSS
10 1 (0.29%) PMO
System Software
1 99 (28.86%) Docker
2 11 (3.21%) Postfix
3 6 (1.75%) Active Directory
3 6 (1.75%) VMware Infrastructure
4 5 (1.46%) vSphere
5 3 (0.87%) HDFS
5 3 (0.87%) VMware NSX
6 1 (0.29%) KVM
6 1 (0.29%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 85 (24.78%) Kubernetes
2 72 (20.99%) Terraform
3 51 (14.87%) Grafana
4 33 (9.62%) Ansible
5 30 (8.75%) Prometheus
6 8 (2.33%) Puppet
7 7 (2.04%) Kibana
8 6 (1.75%) Argo
9 5 (1.46%) HP ALM
9 5 (1.46%) Progress Chef
10 4 (1.17%) HP Quality Center
10 4 (1.17%) logstash
11 3 (0.87%) Single Sign-On
11 3 (0.87%) vCenter Server
12 2 (0.58%) Check_MK
13 1 (0.29%) Istio
13 1 (0.29%) Kustomize
13 1 (0.29%) Packer
13 1 (0.29%) SCCM
Vendors
1 58 (16.91%) Microsoft
2 42 (12.24%) Oracle
3 26 (7.58%) Denodo
4 22 (6.41%) Talend
5 21 (6.12%) Atlassian
6 18 (5.25%) Splunk
7 15 (4.37%) Jaspersoft
8 12 (3.50%) Databricks
9 9 (2.62%) Informatica
9 9 (2.62%) SAP
9 9 (2.62%) ServiceNow
10 7 (2.04%) VMware
11 6 (1.75%) Cisco
11 6 (1.75%) HP
11 6 (1.75%) Red Hat
12 5 (1.46%) Fortinet
12 5 (1.46%) Pega
13 4 (1.17%) Aruba
13 4 (1.17%) F5
13 4 (1.17%) Google
67 DevOps jobs in the West Midlands