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

6 months to
8 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 15 15 28
Rank change year-on-year 0 +13 -12
Contract jobs citing DevOps 330 117 110
As % of all contract jobs in the West Midlands 10.27% 8.12% 5.50%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 12.16% 9.18% 6.66%
Number of daily rates quoted 239 78 81
10th Percentile £400 £413 £300
25th Percentile £425 £453 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £523 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.31% -0.48% -10.64%
75th Percentile £568 £588 £611
90th Percentile £656 £629 £688
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 £77.95 - £71.25
England median hourly rate £67.50 £68.75 £65.50
% change year-on-year -1.82% +4.96% -

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 2,714 1,275 1,652
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the West Midlands 84.44% 88.48% 82.64%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,772 811 1,097
10th Percentile £313 £200 £263
25th Percentile £405 £375 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £477 £483 £500
Median % change year-on-year -1.19% -3.40% -4.76%
75th Percentile £575 £585 £625
90th Percentile £675 £663 £734
England median daily rate £515 £520 £525
% change year-on-year -0.96% -0.95% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 135 69 118
10th Percentile £14.82 £12.62 £11.11
25th Percentile £22.50 £13.78 £14.31
Median hourly rate £33.99 £22.05 £22.50
Median % change year-on-year +54.15% -2.00% +0.20%
75th Percentile £66.54 £31.76 £40.38
90th Percentile £72.54 £50.00 £58.75
England median hourly rate £47.50 £28.55 £37.50
% change year-on-year +66.37% -23.87% +4.17%

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 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 8 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 8 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 +13 104 £505 +1.05% 43
Shropshire -8 96 £492 -6.09% 7
Warwickshire +13 51 £477 -4.60% 14
Solihull -6 24 £488 -2.50% 1
Coventry 0 23 £407 -25.66% 7
Worcestershire 0 12 £638 +10.87% 5
Herefordshire -3 7 £700 - 4
Staffordshire 0 4 £425 -19.05% 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 66 (20.00%) SAS
2 52 (15.76%) Confluence
3 19 (5.76%) Apache Airflow
4 7 (2.12%) Apache
5 6 (1.82%) OpenStack
5 6 (1.82%) SharePoint
6 3 (0.91%) Oracle Workflow
7 2 (0.61%) Apache Spark
7 2 (0.61%) CloudStack
8 1 (0.30%) Jupyter
8 1 (0.30%) LiveCycle
Applications
1 9 (2.73%) Microsoft Project
2 6 (1.82%) MS Visio
3 4 (1.21%) Microsoft Excel
3 4 (1.21%) Microsoft Office
4 1 (0.30%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 4 (1.21%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (0.30%) SAP MDG
2 1 (0.30%) SAP S/4HANA
2 1 (0.30%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 161 (48.79%) Azure
2 120 (36.36%) AWS
3 86 (26.06%) Azure DevOps
4 48 (14.55%) GitHub
5 37 (11.21%) Amazon S3
6 35 (10.61%) GitHub Actions
7 32 (9.70%) Amazon CloudWatch
8 31 (9.39%) Serverless
9 29 (8.79%) Amazon EC2
10 25 (7.58%) AWS Lambda
11 22 (6.67%) GCP
11 22 (6.67%) Power Platform
12 20 (6.06%) Azure Data Factory
13 18 (5.45%) Amazon SQS
14 17 (5.15%) Route 53
15 16 (4.85%) AWS KMS
16 14 (4.24%) Amazon EKS
16 14 (4.24%) AWS CloudFormation
16 14 (4.24%) Virtual Private Cloud
17 13 (3.94%) OpenShift
Communications & Networking
1 17 (5.15%) Firewall
2 6 (1.82%) DNS
2 6 (1.82%) Network Security
2 6 (1.82%) SD-WAN
2 6 (1.82%) WAN
3 5 (1.52%) VPN
4 4 (1.21%) BGP
4 4 (1.21%) OSPF
4 4 (1.21%) Wi-Fi
5 3 (0.91%) BIG-IP
5 3 (0.91%) DHCP
5 3 (0.91%) Ethernet VPN
5 3 (0.91%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
5 3 (0.91%) Internet
5 3 (0.91%) LAN
5 3 (0.91%) TCP/IP
5 3 (0.91%) VXLAN
5 3 (0.91%) WLAN
6 2 (0.61%) NAS
6 2 (0.61%) Structured Cabling
Database & Business Intelligence
1 30 (9.09%) PostgreSQL
2 26 (7.88%) Pentaho
3 22 (6.67%) Amazon RDS
4 21 (6.36%) DynamoDB
5 19 (5.76%) SAS Enterprise Guide
6 18 (5.45%) Power BI
6 18 (5.45%) SAS Visual Analytics
7 16 (4.85%) Oracle Database
8 15 (4.55%) Amazon Aurora
9 12 (3.64%) Elasticsearch
9 12 (3.64%) Relational Database
10 10 (3.03%) NoSQL
11 9 (2.73%) Data Warehouse
12 8 (2.42%) Azure SQL Database
12 8 (2.42%) Data Lake
13 7 (2.12%) Metadata
14 6 (1.82%) Amazon Redshift
14 6 (1.82%) BusinessObjects
15 5 (1.52%) MongoDB
15 5 (1.52%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 82 (24.85%) Jenkins
2 78 (23.64%) JIRA
3 64 (19.39%) Git
4 49 (14.85%) GitLab
5 22 (6.67%) JUnit
6 20 (6.06%) SonarQube
7 19 (5.76%) Bitbucket
7 19 (5.76%) Maven
8 17 (5.15%) Selenium
9 15 (4.55%) Mockito
10 11 (3.33%) DbUnit
10 11 (3.33%) jMock
11 9 (2.73%) Bitbucket Server
11 9 (2.73%) REST Assured
12 7 (2.12%) LoadRunner
13 6 (1.82%) Artifactory
13 6 (1.82%) Serenity BDD
14 5 (1.52%) Postman
15 4 (1.21%) Cypress.io
15 4 (1.21%) Gatling
General
1 100 (30.30%) Social Skills
2 71 (21.52%) Public Sector
3 55 (16.67%) Analytical Skills
4 32 (9.70%) Finance
5 11 (3.33%) Documentation Skills
6 8 (2.42%) Influencing Skills
7 6 (1.82%) Banking
7 6 (1.82%) Presentation Skills
8 5 (1.52%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 5 (1.52%) Retail
9 3 (0.91%) Legal
10 2 (0.61%) Advertising
10 2 (0.61%) Organisational Skills
11 1 (0.30%) Military
11 1 (0.30%) Publishing
11 1 (0.30%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 44 (13.33%) Data Engineer
2 43 (13.03%) Developer
3 42 (12.73%) Senior
4 41 (12.42%) Architect
5 35 (10.61%) DevOps Engineer
6 24 (7.27%) Analyst
7 20 (6.06%) Lead
8 18 (5.45%) Business Analyst
8 18 (5.45%) Full-Stack Developer
9 15 (4.55%) Java Developer
10 13 (3.94%) Scrum Master
11 12 (3.64%) Release Manager
11 12 (3.64%) Senior Developer
12 10 (3.03%) Security Architect
12 10 (3.03%) Senior DevOps
12 10 (3.03%) Senior DevOps Engineer
13 9 (2.73%) AWS Engineer
13 9 (2.73%) Azure Engineer
13 9 (2.73%) SAS Engineer
13 9 (2.73%) Site Reliability Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 41 (12.42%) REST
2 31 (9.39%) Node.js
3 21 (6.36%) Web Services
4 20 (6.06%) YAML
5 19 (5.76%) AngularJS
5 19 (5.76%) Elastic Stack
5 19 (5.76%) SOAP
5 19 (5.76%) Spring
5 19 (5.76%) Spring Boot
6 18 (5.45%) Spring Cloud
7 16 (4.85%) .NET
7 16 (4.85%) Flask
8 15 (4.55%) ActiveMQ
8 15 (4.55%) Hibernate
8 15 (4.55%) JPA
8 15 (4.55%) Spring Batch
8 15 (4.55%) Spring Integration
9 13 (3.94%) RESTful
10 12 (3.64%) Django
10 12 (3.64%) React
Miscellaneous
1 54 (16.36%) Cloud Native
2 26 (7.88%) Product Ownership
3 17 (5.15%) Distributed Systems
4 13 (3.94%) Enterprise Software
5 10 (3.03%) Hybrid Cloud
6 8 (2.42%) Mobile App
7 7 (2.12%) Security Posture
8 6 (1.82%) Management Information System
8 6 (1.82%) SCADA
9 5 (1.52%) Analytical Mindset
9 5 (1.52%) Data Centre
10 4 (1.21%) Enterprise Cloud
10 4 (1.21%) Onboarding
10 4 (1.21%) Private Cloud
10 4 (1.21%) Public Cloud
11 3 (0.91%) Blog
11 3 (0.91%) Educational Technology
11 3 (0.91%) IoT
11 3 (0.91%) Legacy Systems
11 3 (0.91%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 33 (10.00%) Linux
2 12 (3.64%) Windows
3 10 (3.03%) Unix
4 3 (0.91%) Windows Server
5 2 (0.61%) Mac OS
5 2 (0.61%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 2 (0.61%) Ubuntu
6 1 (0.30%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 200 (60.61%) CI/CD
2 164 (49.70%) Agile
3 87 (26.36%) Scrum
4 80 (24.24%) Containerisation
5 79 (23.94%) Analytics
6 77 (23.33%) Stakeholder Management
6 77 (23.33%) Test Automation
7 70 (21.21%) Migration
8 68 (20.61%) Continuous Improvement
9 60 (18.18%) Problem-Solving
10 58 (17.58%) Data Integration
11 57 (17.27%) Infrastructure as Code
12 54 (16.36%) Data Modelling
13 46 (13.94%) Data Pipeline
13 46 (13.94%) ETL
14 44 (13.33%) Microservices
15 42 (12.73%) Observability
16 41 (12.42%) Business Intelligence
17 37 (11.21%) Validation
18 36 (10.91%) Stakeholder Engagement
Programming Languages
1 96 (29.09%) SQL
2 68 (20.61%) Python
3 37 (11.21%) Java
4 22 (6.67%) Bash
5 20 (6.06%) JavaScript
5 20 (6.06%) PowerShell
6 12 (3.64%) Bicep
6 12 (3.64%) C#
7 10 (3.03%) Go
8 6 (1.82%) TypeScript
9 5 (1.52%) PL/SQL
10 4 (1.21%) Groovy
11 3 (0.91%) HiveQL
11 3 (0.91%) VB
12 2 (0.61%) Data Analysis Expressions
13 1 (0.30%) Kotlin
13 1 (0.30%) Scala
13 1 (0.30%) Shell Script
13 1 (0.30%) VB6
Qualifications
1 162 (49.09%) Security Cleared
2 129 (39.09%) SC Cleared
3 22 (6.67%) Degree
4 13 (3.94%) Azure Certification
4 13 (3.94%) Computer Science Degree
5 12 (3.64%) DV Cleared
6 11 (3.33%) SAFe Agilist
7 9 (2.73%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
7 9 (2.73%) IIBA
8 8 (2.42%) AWS Certification
8 8 (2.42%) BPSS Clearance
9 7 (2.12%) ISTQB
10 4 (1.21%) SAS Certification
11 3 (0.91%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
11 3 (0.91%) CISSP
11 3 (0.91%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
11 3 (0.91%) Microsoft Certification
12 2 (0.61%) Cisco Certification
12 2 (0.61%) Master's Degree
12 2 (0.61%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 37 (11.21%) Data Quality
2 27 (8.18%) QA
3 12 (3.64%) Accessibility
3 12 (3.64%) GDPR
4 11 (3.33%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 7 (2.12%) NIST
6 4 (1.21%) ISO 19650
7 3 (0.91%) SLA
8 2 (0.61%) NCSC
8 2 (0.61%) WCAG
9 1 (0.30%) FATCA
9 1 (0.30%) Government Security Classifications
9 1 (0.30%) ISO/IEC 27005
9 1 (0.30%) PCI DSS
9 1 (0.30%) PMO
System Software
1 106 (32.12%) Docker
2 11 (3.33%) Postfix
3 6 (1.82%) Active Directory
3 6 (1.82%) VMware Infrastructure
4 5 (1.52%) vSphere
5 4 (1.21%) HDFS
6 3 (0.91%) VMware NSX
7 1 (0.30%) KVM
7 1 (0.30%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 91 (27.58%) Kubernetes
2 68 (20.61%) Terraform
3 55 (16.67%) Grafana
4 35 (10.61%) Ansible
5 34 (10.30%) Prometheus
6 11 (3.33%) Puppet
7 10 (3.03%) Kibana
8 6 (1.82%) Argo
9 5 (1.52%) Progress Chef
10 4 (1.21%) HP ALM
10 4 (1.21%) HP Quality Center
10 4 (1.21%) logstash
11 3 (0.91%) Single Sign-On
11 3 (0.91%) vCenter Server
12 2 (0.61%) Check_MK
13 1 (0.30%) Istio
13 1 (0.30%) Kustomize
13 1 (0.30%) Packer
13 1 (0.30%) Podman
Vendors
1 50 (15.15%) Microsoft
2 41 (12.42%) Oracle
3 27 (8.18%) Splunk
4 26 (7.88%) Denodo
5 22 (6.67%) Atlassian
6 21 (6.36%) Talend
7 15 (4.55%) Jaspersoft
8 11 (3.33%) Databricks
9 10 (3.03%) Dynatrace
10 9 (2.73%) Informatica
10 9 (2.73%) SAP
11 8 (2.42%) ServiceNow
12 7 (2.12%) AppDynamics
12 7 (2.12%) Red Hat
13 6 (1.82%) VMware
14 5 (1.52%) Cisco
14 5 (1.52%) Fortinet
14 5 (1.52%) HP
14 5 (1.52%) Pega
15 4 (1.21%) F5