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

 6 months to
15 Apr 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 13 19 34
Rank change year-on-year +6 +15 -13
Contract jobs citing DevOps 322 104 90
As % of all contract jobs in the West Midlands 10.63% 7.58% 4.70%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 12.68% 8.57% 5.62%
Number of daily rates quoted 243 75 66
10th Percentile £400 £378 £303
25th Percentile £439 £424 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £475
Median % change year-on-year - +5.26% -17.39%
75th Percentile £550 £588 £597
90th Percentile £615 £623 £688
England median daily rate £525 £550 £553
% change year-on-year -4.55% -0.50% -7.88%
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 £70.00 £65.00
% change year-on-year -8.96% +7.69% -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 2,539 1,214 1,601
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the West Midlands 83.80% 88.48% 83.69%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,679 816 1,057
10th Percentile £305 £200 £275
25th Percentile £402 £389 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £482 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -3.60% - -2.44%
75th Percentile £575 £588 £611
90th Percentile £650 £688 £725
England median daily rate £505 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -3.81% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 96 56 118
10th Percentile £14.00 £12.62 £11.11
25th Percentile £17.13 £14.32 £14.03
Median hourly rate £26.92 £18.00 £22.50
Median % change year-on-year +49.57% -20.00% +26.98%
75th Percentile £59.56 £28.18 £40.38
90th Percentile £71.56 £36.13 £57.00
England median hourly rate £41.56 £31.76 £34.00
% change year-on-year +30.84% -6.59% -9.33%

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 15 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 15 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 15 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 -3 122 £496 +0.25% 8
Birmingham +10 92 £519 +9.21% 35
Warwickshire +12 42 £510 +2.00% 7
Worcestershire +5 21 £550 -6.38% 1
Coventry - 21 £407 - 3
Herefordshire -2 14 £550 -21.43% 2
Solihull -6 14 £481 -19.70% 1
Staffordshire +2 2 £388 -26.19% 6
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 87 (27.02%) SAS
2 40 (12.42%) Confluence
3 10 (3.11%) OpenStack
4 9 (2.80%) Apache Airflow
5 6 (1.86%) Apache
6 5 (1.55%) WebLogic
7 4 (1.24%) JBoss
8 3 (0.93%) Oracle Workflow
8 3 (0.93%) SharePoint
9 1 (0.31%) LiveCycle
9 1 (0.31%) Tuxedo
Applications
1 9 (2.80%) Microsoft Project
2 6 (1.86%) MS Visio
3 5 (1.55%) Microsoft Office
4 4 (1.24%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 4 (1.24%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (0.31%) Maximo
2 1 (0.31%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 135 (41.93%) Azure
2 89 (27.64%) AWS
3 65 (20.19%) Azure DevOps
4 43 (13.35%) GitHub
5 28 (8.70%) OpenShift
5 28 (8.70%) Serverless
6 27 (8.39%) Azure Data Factory
7 26 (8.07%) GCP
7 26 (8.07%) GitHub Actions
8 22 (6.83%) Amazon S3
9 17 (5.28%) Amazon CloudWatch
9 17 (5.28%) Amazon EC2
9 17 (5.28%) Power Platform
10 15 (4.66%) Amazon SQS
11 14 (4.35%) AWS Lambda
12 13 (4.04%) AWS KMS
12 13 (4.04%) Route 53
13 11 (3.42%) Entra ID
14 10 (3.11%) Azure Key Vault
14 10 (3.11%) Azure Synapse Analytics
Communications & Networking
1 12 (3.73%) Firewall
2 6 (1.86%) DNS
2 6 (1.86%) Network Security
3 5 (1.55%) VPN
4 3 (0.93%) DHCP
4 3 (0.93%) Internet
4 3 (0.93%) LAN
4 3 (0.93%) SD-WAN
4 3 (0.93%) SSL
4 3 (0.93%) TCP/IP
4 3 (0.93%) WAN
5 1 (0.31%) 5G
5 1 (0.31%) BGP
5 1 (0.31%) Kerberos
5 1 (0.31%) MPLS
5 1 (0.31%) OSPF
5 1 (0.31%) SMS
5 1 (0.31%) VLAN
5 1 (0.31%) Wi-Fi
5 1 (0.31%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 40 (12.42%) Pentaho
2 35 (10.87%) PostgreSQL
3 23 (7.14%) Elasticsearch
4 20 (6.21%) Oracle Database
4 20 (6.21%) SAS Enterprise Guide
5 15 (4.66%) Amazon RDS
5 15 (4.66%) DynamoDB
6 12 (3.73%) Amazon Aurora
6 12 (3.73%) SAS Visual Analytics
7 11 (3.42%) NoSQL
7 11 (3.42%) Power BI
8 10 (3.11%) Relational Database
9 8 (2.48%) Data Warehouse
10 7 (2.17%) Metadata
11 5 (1.55%) Data Lake
11 5 (1.55%) MongoDB
12 4 (1.24%) Apache Hive
12 4 (1.24%) Azure SQL Database
12 4 (1.24%) Hadoop
12 4 (1.24%) Redis
Development Applications
1 96 (29.81%) Git
1 96 (29.81%) Jenkins
2 83 (25.78%) JIRA
3 42 (13.04%) GitLab
4 37 (11.49%) JUnit
5 33 (10.25%) Selenium
6 16 (4.97%) Maven
6 16 (4.97%) SonarQube
7 12 (3.73%) Bitbucket
7 12 (3.73%) Mockito
8 9 (2.80%) DbUnit
8 9 (2.80%) jMock
9 7 (2.17%) Bitbucket Server
10 5 (1.55%) Postman
11 4 (1.24%) Atlassian Bamboo
11 4 (1.24%) CircleCI
11 4 (1.24%) Cypress.io
11 4 (1.24%) Eclipse
11 4 (1.24%) IntelliJ
11 4 (1.24%) REST Assured
General
1 105 (32.61%) Social Skills
2 54 (16.77%) Public Sector
3 47 (14.60%) Analytical Skills
4 30 (9.32%) Finance
5 13 (4.04%) Documentation Skills
6 7 (2.17%) Influencing Skills
7 5 (1.55%) Banking
8 4 (1.24%) Presentation Skills
8 4 (1.24%) Retail
8 4 (1.24%) Telecoms
9 2 (0.62%) Advertising
9 2 (0.62%) Organisational Skills
10 1 (0.31%) Financial Institution
10 1 (0.31%) Military
10 1 (0.31%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 51 (15.84%) Data Engineer
2 43 (13.35%) Developer
3 36 (11.18%) Senior
4 33 (10.25%) Architect
5 25 (7.76%) DevOps Engineer
6 22 (6.83%) Analyst
7 20 (6.21%) Test Specialist
8 18 (5.59%) Business Analyst
8 18 (5.59%) Full-Stack Developer
9 14 (4.35%) Project Manager
10 13 (4.04%) Java Developer
10 13 (4.04%) Lead
10 13 (4.04%) SAS Engineer
11 11 (3.42%) Test Automation Specialist
12 10 (3.11%) Senior Data Engineer
13 9 (2.80%) Data Architect
13 9 (2.80%) Engagement Manager
13 9 (2.80%) Release Manager
13 9 (2.80%) Software Engineer
13 9 (2.80%) Solutions Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 56 (17.39%) REST
2 28 (8.70%) Node.js
3 20 (6.21%) Elastic Stack
3 20 (6.21%) pytest
4 19 (5.90%) Flask
4 19 (5.90%) SOAP
4 19 (5.90%) YAML
5 18 (5.59%) Spring
6 17 (5.28%) Kafka
7 16 (4.97%) .NET
7 16 (4.97%) AngularJS
7 16 (4.97%) Hibernate
8 14 (4.35%) Spring Boot
9 13 (4.04%) Spring Cloud
10 12 (3.73%) JPA
10 12 (3.73%) Middleware
10 12 (3.73%) RESTful
10 12 (3.73%) Spring Batch
10 12 (3.73%) Spring Integration
10 12 (3.73%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 36 (11.18%) Cloud Native
2 23 (7.14%) Product Ownership
3 14 (4.35%) Enterprise Software
4 13 (4.04%) Distributed Systems
5 11 (3.42%) Hybrid Cloud
6 9 (2.80%) Management Information System
7 7 (2.17%) Onboarding
8 4 (1.24%) Cyber Threat
8 4 (1.24%) Security Posture
9 3 (0.93%) Educational Technology
9 3 (0.93%) IoT
9 3 (0.93%) Legacy Systems
9 3 (0.93%) SCADA
9 3 (0.93%) Self-Motivation
10 2 (0.62%) Autonomous Agent
10 2 (0.62%) Public Cloud
11 1 (0.31%) Analytical Mindset
11 1 (0.31%) Greenfield Project
11 1 (0.31%) Low-Code
11 1 (0.31%) Operational Technology
Operating Systems
1 31 (9.63%) Linux
2 17 (5.28%) Unix
3 14 (4.35%) Windows
4 2 (0.62%) Mac OS
4 2 (0.62%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 2 (0.62%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 199 (61.80%) CI/CD
2 181 (56.21%) Agile
3 102 (31.68%) Analytics
4 100 (31.06%) Scrum
5 92 (28.57%) Containerisation
6 86 (26.71%) Problem-Solving
7 85 (26.40%) Test Automation
8 75 (23.29%) Data Pipeline
9 71 (22.05%) Stakeholder Management
10 65 (20.19%) Data Modelling
11 64 (19.88%) Data Integration
12 63 (19.57%) Continuous Improvement
12 63 (19.57%) ETL
13 60 (18.63%) Migration
14 47 (14.60%) Business Intelligence
15 43 (13.35%) Deployment Automation
15 43 (13.35%) Infrastructure as Code
15 43 (13.35%) Microservices
16 42 (13.04%) Change Management
16 42 (13.04%) Data Virtualisation
Programming Languages
1 106 (32.92%) SQL
2 83 (25.78%) Python
3 33 (10.25%) Java
4 21 (6.52%) Bash
4 21 (6.52%) JavaScript
5 18 (5.59%) Go
6 17 (5.28%) PowerShell
7 13 (4.04%) C#
8 10 (3.11%) Bicep
9 6 (1.86%) Scala
10 5 (1.55%) PL/SQL
10 5 (1.55%) TypeScript
11 4 (1.24%) Groovy
12 3 (0.93%) HiveQL
12 3 (0.93%) VB
13 2 (0.62%) Shell Script
14 1 (0.31%) Kotlin
14 1 (0.31%) VB6
Qualifications
1 158 (49.07%) Security Cleared
2 136 (42.24%) SC Cleared
3 22 (6.83%) Degree
4 19 (5.90%) Azure Certification
5 15 (4.66%) Computer Science Degree
6 10 (3.11%) BPSS Clearance
7 9 (2.80%) DV Cleared
7 9 (2.80%) IIBA
8 6 (1.86%) AWS Certification
8 6 (1.86%) ISTQB
9 4 (1.24%) Master's Degree
9 4 (1.24%) SAFe Agilist
10 3 (0.93%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
10 3 (0.93%) CISSP
10 3 (0.93%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
11 2 (0.62%) ITIL Certification
11 2 (0.62%) Microsoft Certification
11 2 (0.62%) PMI Certification
11 2 (0.62%) PMP
11 2 (0.62%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 43 (13.35%) Data Quality
2 34 (10.56%) QA
3 12 (3.73%) GDPR
4 10 (3.11%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 8 (2.48%) Accessibility
6 6 (1.86%) NIST
7 3 (0.93%) SLA
8 1 (0.31%) FATCA
8 1 (0.31%) ISO 19650
8 1 (0.31%) ISO/IEC 27005
8 1 (0.31%) NCSC
8 1 (0.31%) WCAG
System Software
1 130 (40.37%) Docker
2 9 (2.80%) Postfix
3 6 (1.86%) Active Directory
4 5 (1.55%) VMware Infrastructure
5 4 (1.24%) HDFS
6 3 (0.93%) VMware NSX
6 3 (0.93%) vSphere
7 1 (0.31%) Hyper-V
7 1 (0.31%) KVM
7 1 (0.31%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 125 (38.82%) Kubernetes
2 57 (17.70%) Terraform
3 41 (12.73%) Grafana
4 37 (11.49%) Ansible
5 23 (7.14%) Prometheus
6 13 (4.04%) Kibana
6 13 (4.04%) Puppet
7 7 (2.17%) Argo
8 5 (1.55%) logstash
9 3 (0.93%) vCenter Server
10 2 (0.62%) HP ALM
10 2 (0.62%) HP Quality Center
10 2 (0.62%) Single Sign-On
11 1 (0.31%) Packer
11 1 (0.31%) Podman
11 1 (0.31%) Progress Chef
Vendors
1 50 (15.53%) Oracle
2 48 (14.91%) Microsoft
3 39 (12.11%) Denodo
4 38 (11.80%) Talend
5 25 (7.76%) Splunk
6 21 (6.52%) Atlassian
7 12 (3.73%) Jaspersoft
8 11 (3.42%) SAP
8 11 (3.42%) ServiceNow
9 8 (2.48%) CyberArk
9 8 (2.48%) Red Hat
10 7 (2.17%) AppDynamics
10 7 (2.17%) Dynatrace
11 6 (1.86%) Informatica
11 6 (1.86%) VMware
12 5 (1.55%) Databricks
13 4 (1.24%) Pega
13 4 (1.24%) webMethods
14 3 (0.93%) HP
14 3 (0.93%) NEC
66 DevOps jobs in the West Midlands