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

 6 months to
10 Mar 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 12 25 29
Rank change year-on-year +13 +4 -4
Contract jobs citing DevOps 332 85 108
As % of all contract jobs in the West Midlands 11.85% 6.40% 5.57%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 14.02% 7.08% 6.60%
Number of daily rates quoted 252 59 82
10th Percentile £405 £363 £308
25th Percentile £456 £413 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £506 £490 £465
Median % change year-on-year +3.27% +5.43% -19.17%
75th Percentile £575 £538 £584
90th Percentile £645 £623 £686
England median daily rate £525 £565 £560
% change year-on-year -7.08% +0.84% -6.62%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 1 3
10th Percentile £63.90 - £55.25
25th Percentile £67.13 £56.25 £55.63
Median hourly rate £75.00 £57.50 £56.25
Median % change year-on-year +30.43% +2.22% -
75th Percentile £79.75 £58.75 -
90th Percentile £81.10 - -
England median hourly rate £64.25 £74.44 £65.00
% change year-on-year -13.69% +14.52% -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 2,368 1,201 1,637
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the West Midlands 84.54% 90.37% 84.42%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,567 791 1,071
10th Percentile £303 £204 £263
25th Percentile £402 £394 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £492 £500 £475
Median % change year-on-year -1.60% +5.26% -5.00%
75th Percentile £575 £594 £600
90th Percentile £670 £700 £690
England median daily rate £505 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -3.81% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 81 54 122
10th Percentile £14.00 £12.36 £11.43
25th Percentile £16.25 £14.70 £15.54
Median hourly rate £22.01 £18.32 £23.00
Median % change year-on-year +20.14% -20.35% +29.80%
75th Percentile £27.50 £27.81 £42.31
90th Percentile £59.50 £35.00 £58.75
England median hourly rate £30.00 £34.50 £32.50
% change year-on-year -13.04% +6.15% -8.84%

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 10 March 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 10 March 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 10 March 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 +8 119 £492 -0.10% 17
Birmingham +10 98 £525 +10.53% 43
Warwickshire +11 40 £510 +2.00% 9
Worcestershire +9 39 £638 -1.92% 1
Herefordshire +4 31 £650 -7.14%
Coventry - 19 £407 - 7
Solihull -4 8 £492 - 7
Wolverhampton - 2 - - 1
Staffordshire -3 1 £463 -11.90% 7
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 77 (23.19%) SAS
2 34 (10.24%) Confluence
3 12 (3.61%) OpenStack
4 9 (2.71%) Apache
4 9 (2.71%) WebLogic
5 8 (2.41%) JBoss
6 3 (0.90%) SharePoint
7 1 (0.30%) Apache Airflow
7 1 (0.30%) IIS
7 1 (0.30%) LiveCycle
7 1 (0.30%) Tuxedo
Applications
1 12 (3.61%) Microsoft Project
2 7 (2.11%) Microsoft Excel
3 4 (1.20%) Microsoft Office
3 4 (1.20%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 3 (0.90%) Dynamics CRM
2 2 (0.60%) Workday HCM
3 1 (0.30%) Maximo
3 1 (0.30%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 137 (41.27%) Azure
2 87 (26.20%) AWS
3 70 (21.08%) Azure DevOps
4 52 (15.66%) GitHub
5 48 (14.46%) GCP
6 35 (10.54%) Serverless
7 30 (9.04%) Azure Data Factory
7 30 (9.04%) GitHub Actions
8 29 (8.73%) OpenShift
9 16 (4.82%) Azure Key Vault
10 15 (4.52%) Power Platform
11 14 (4.22%) AWS KMS
12 12 (3.61%) Azure Synapse Analytics
13 11 (3.31%) Amazon S3
14 10 (3.01%) Amazon EC2
14 10 (3.01%) Azure AKS
14 10 (3.01%) Datadog
14 10 (3.01%) Entra ID
15 9 (2.71%) Azure Logic Apps
15 9 (2.71%) Azure Monitor
Communications & Networking
1 11 (3.31%) Firewall
2 5 (1.51%) VPN
3 4 (1.20%) DNS
3 4 (1.20%) Network Security
4 2 (0.60%) LAN
4 2 (0.60%) SD-WAN
4 2 (0.60%) SSL
4 2 (0.60%) TCP/IP
4 2 (0.60%) WAN
5 1 (0.30%) 5G
5 1 (0.30%) BGP
5 1 (0.30%) DHCP
5 1 (0.30%) Internet
5 1 (0.30%) Kerberos
5 1 (0.30%) MPLS
5 1 (0.30%) OSPF
5 1 (0.30%) SMS
5 1 (0.30%) VLAN
5 1 (0.30%) Wi-Fi
5 1 (0.30%) WPA2
Database & Business Intelligence
1 54 (16.27%) PostgreSQL
2 40 (12.05%) Pentaho
3 30 (9.04%) Elasticsearch
4 18 (5.42%) Oracle Database
5 16 (4.82%) SAS Enterprise Guide
6 15 (4.52%) NoSQL
7 13 (3.92%) Relational Database
8 9 (2.71%) Amazon RDS
8 9 (2.71%) MongoDB
8 9 (2.71%) Power BI
8 9 (2.71%) Redis
9 8 (2.41%) Amazon Aurora
9 8 (2.41%) DynamoDB
9 8 (2.41%) MySQL
10 7 (2.11%) Data Warehouse
11 5 (1.51%) SAS Visual Analytics
12 4 (1.20%) Apache Hive
12 4 (1.20%) Hadoop
12 4 (1.20%) Impala
12 4 (1.20%) Metadata
Development Applications
1 109 (32.83%) Jenkins
2 98 (29.52%) Git
3 73 (21.99%) JIRA
4 50 (15.06%) GitLab
5 39 (11.75%) JUnit
6 37 (11.14%) Selenium
7 18 (5.42%) SonarQube
8 13 (3.92%) Maven
9 11 (3.31%) Bitbucket
10 8 (2.41%) Eclipse
10 8 (2.41%) IntelliJ
10 8 (2.41%) Mockito
11 7 (2.11%) CircleCI
11 7 (2.11%) Liquibase
12 6 (1.81%) DbUnit
12 6 (1.81%) jMock
13 5 (1.51%) Artifactory
13 5 (1.51%) Cypress.io
13 5 (1.51%) Postman
14 4 (1.20%) Bitbucket Server
General
1 112 (33.73%) Social Skills
2 48 (14.46%) Finance
3 47 (14.16%) Analytical Skills
3 47 (14.16%) Public Sector
4 15 (4.52%) Banking
5 10 (3.01%) Documentation Skills
6 9 (2.71%) Influencing Skills
7 8 (2.41%) Financial Institution
8 5 (1.51%) Presentation Skills
8 5 (1.51%) Telecoms
9 3 (0.90%) Retail
10 2 (0.60%) Advertising
10 2 (0.60%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 2 (0.60%) Organisational Skills
11 1 (0.30%) Military
11 1 (0.30%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 52 (15.66%) Data Engineer
2 51 (15.36%) Developer
3 41 (12.35%) Senior
4 26 (7.83%) DevOps Engineer
5 24 (7.23%) Architect
6 20 (6.02%) Test Specialist
7 16 (4.82%) Cloud Engineer
7 16 (4.82%) Engagement Manager
7 16 (4.82%) Full-Stack Developer
8 15 (4.52%) Analyst
8 15 (4.52%) Project Manager
9 14 (4.22%) GCP Engineer
9 14 (4.22%) Software Engineer
10 13 (3.92%) Senior Data Engineer
11 12 (3.61%) Business Analyst
11 12 (3.61%) Lead
11 12 (3.61%) Site Engineer
11 12 (3.61%) Site Reliability Engineer
11 12 (3.61%) Splunk Engineer
12 11 (3.31%) Test Automation Specialist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 67 (20.18%) REST
2 35 (10.54%) Elastic Stack
3 30 (9.04%) Node.js
4 25 (7.53%) YAML
5 24 (7.23%) Flask
6 20 (6.02%) pytest
7 19 (5.72%) Kafka
8 18 (5.42%) Spring
9 17 (5.12%) SOAP
10 16 (4.82%) Hibernate
10 16 (4.82%) RESTful
11 15 (4.52%) JSON
12 13 (3.92%) .NET
12 13 (3.92%) HTML
12 13 (3.92%) React
13 12 (3.61%) AngularJS
13 12 (3.61%) Django
13 12 (3.61%) FastAPI
13 12 (3.61%) Keycloak
13 12 (3.61%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 35 (10.54%) Cloud Native
2 20 (6.02%) Distributed Systems
3 16 (4.82%) Product Ownership
4 13 (3.92%) Hybrid Cloud
4 13 (3.92%) Management Information System
4 13 (3.92%) Onboarding
5 11 (3.31%) Public Cloud
6 10 (3.01%) Enterprise Software
7 5 (1.51%) Cyber Threat
8 3 (0.90%) Private Cloud
8 3 (0.90%) Security Posture
9 2 (0.60%) CMDB
9 2 (0.60%) Data Centre
9 2 (0.60%) Educational Technology
9 2 (0.60%) Greenfield Project
9 2 (0.60%) IoT
9 2 (0.60%) Legacy Applications
9 2 (0.60%) SCADA
10 1 (0.30%) Data Protection Act
10 1 (0.30%) PDA
Operating Systems
1 41 (12.35%) Linux
2 25 (7.53%) Unix
3 12 (3.61%) Windows
4 3 (0.90%) Windows Server
5 1 (0.30%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 220 (66.27%) CI/CD
2 181 (54.52%) Agile
3 107 (32.23%) Containerisation
4 101 (30.42%) Problem-Solving
5 93 (28.01%) Analytics
6 92 (27.71%) Scrum
7 82 (24.70%) Test Automation
8 79 (23.80%) Data Pipeline
9 72 (21.69%) Stakeholder Management
10 68 (20.48%) ETL
11 67 (20.18%) Data Modelling
12 64 (19.28%) Continuous Improvement
13 59 (17.77%) Data Integration
14 54 (16.27%) Change Management
14 54 (16.27%) Infrastructure as Code
14 54 (16.27%) Migration
15 53 (15.96%) Microservices
16 47 (14.16%) Business Intelligence
17 45 (13.55%) Deployment Automation
18 42 (12.65%) Data Virtualisation
Programming Languages
1 115 (34.64%) SQL
2 107 (32.23%) Python
3 38 (11.45%) Go
4 29 (8.73%) Java
5 25 (7.53%) Bash
5 25 (7.53%) JavaScript
6 17 (5.12%) PowerShell
7 12 (3.61%) Scala
8 11 (3.31%) C#
9 9 (2.71%) Bicep
10 8 (2.41%) TypeScript
11 5 (1.51%) PL/SQL
12 4 (1.20%) VBA
13 3 (0.90%) Groovy
13 3 (0.90%) HiveQL
13 3 (0.90%) VB
14 2 (0.60%) Shell Script
15 1 (0.30%) Kotlin
15 1 (0.30%) Ruby
15 1 (0.30%) VB6
Qualifications
1 165 (49.70%) Security Cleared
2 142 (42.77%) SC Cleared
3 37 (11.14%) Degree
4 29 (8.73%) Computer Science Degree
5 25 (7.53%) Azure Certification
6 21 (6.33%) DV Cleared
7 14 (4.22%) Master's Degree
8 9 (2.71%) IIBA
9 8 (2.41%) AWS Certification
9 8 (2.41%) BPSS Clearance
10 5 (1.51%) ISTQB
10 5 (1.51%) Microsoft Certification
11 3 (0.90%) CISSP
11 3 (0.90%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
12 2 (0.60%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
12 2 (0.60%) ITIL Certification
12 2 (0.60%) PMI Certification
12 2 (0.60%) PMP
12 2 (0.60%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
13 1 (0.30%) AWS Certified Developer
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 42 (12.65%) Data Quality
2 34 (10.24%) QA
3 11 (3.31%) GDPR
4 9 (2.71%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 7 (2.11%) NCSC
6 6 (1.81%) Accessibility
7 4 (1.20%) NIST
7 4 (1.20%) SLA
8 1 (0.30%) Cyber Essentials
8 1 (0.30%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 1 (0.30%) FATCA
8 1 (0.30%) PMO
System Software
1 149 (44.88%) Docker
2 6 (1.81%) Postfix
3 5 (1.51%) Active Directory
4 4 (1.20%) HDFS
5 3 (0.90%) VMware Infrastructure
6 2 (0.60%) VMware NSX
6 2 (0.60%) vSphere
7 1 (0.30%) Hyper-V
7 1 (0.30%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 148 (44.58%) Kubernetes
2 67 (20.18%) Terraform
3 51 (15.36%) Grafana
4 49 (14.76%) Ansible
5 36 (10.84%) Prometheus
6 23 (6.93%) Puppet
7 17 (5.12%) Kibana
8 6 (1.81%) Argo
9 5 (1.51%) logstash
10 4 (1.20%) HP ALM
11 3 (0.90%) Podman
11 3 (0.90%) Progress Chef
12 2 (0.60%) HP Quality Center
12 2 (0.60%) vCenter Server
13 1 (0.30%) Docker Swarm
13 1 (0.30%) Microsoft Intune
13 1 (0.30%) Packer
13 1 (0.30%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 55 (16.57%) Microsoft
2 43 (12.95%) Oracle
3 40 (12.05%) Talend
4 39 (11.75%) Denodo
5 38 (11.45%) Splunk
6 18 (5.42%) Atlassian
7 16 (4.82%) SAP
8 15 (4.52%) ServiceNow
9 13 (3.92%) Google
10 9 (2.71%) CyberArk
11 8 (2.41%) Jaspersoft
11 8 (2.41%) webMethods
12 7 (2.11%) AppDynamics
12 7 (2.11%) Dynatrace
13 6 (1.81%) Databricks
14 5 (1.51%) HP
14 5 (1.51%) Informatica
14 5 (1.51%) Red Hat
15 4 (1.20%) VMware
16 3 (0.90%) NEC
98 DevOps jobs in the West Midlands