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

 6 months to
1 May 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 17 21 33
Rank change year-on-year +4 +12 -14
Contract jobs citing DevOps 307 99 92
As % of all contract jobs in the West Midlands 9.76% 7.37% 4.73%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 11.72% 8.33% 5.62%
Number of daily rates quoted 228 70 65
10th Percentile £400 £400 £275
25th Percentile £425 £432 £350
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £523 £475
Median % change year-on-year -4.31% +10.00% -13.64%
75th Percentile £550 £588 £600
90th Percentile £618 £615 £688
England median daily rate £525 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -4.55% - -8.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 2 3
10th Percentile £55.45 £58.83 £55.25
25th Percentile £61.75 £62.69 £55.63
Median hourly rate £70.00 £69.75 £56.25
Median % change year-on-year +0.36% +24.00% -
75th Percentile £77.50 £76.19 -
90th Percentile £80.20 £79.68 -
England median hourly rate £63.73 £67.50 £65.00
% change year-on-year -5.59% +3.85% -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 2,620 1,188 1,637
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the West Midlands 83.28% 88.39% 84.08%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,710 787 1,083
10th Percentile £306 £195 £275
25th Percentile £402 £381 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% - -2.34%
75th Percentile £575 £588 £625
90th Percentile £663 £675 £750
England median daily rate £510 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -2.95% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 109 58 115
10th Percentile £14.00 £12.62 £11.09
25th Percentile £20.44 £14.55 £14.00
Median hourly rate £30.50 £18.07 £22.50
Median % change year-on-year +68.83% -19.71% +26.98%
75th Percentile £65.25 £24.10 £41.13
90th Percentile £72.54 £38.67 £57.75
England median hourly rate £45.46 £30.00 £36.00
% change year-on-year +51.53% -16.67% -4.00%

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 1 May 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 1 May 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 1 May 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 99 £492 -6.11% 7
Birmingham +7 94 £519 +9.21% 30
Warwickshire +5 44 £500 - 4
Coventry - 21 £407 - 6
Worcestershire +5 20 £568 -3.40% 4
Solihull -4 20 £484 -18.51%
Herefordshire -2 12 £550 -21.43% 1
Staffordshire +1 3 £388 -26.19% 3
Wolverhampton - 1 - - 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 62 (20.20%) SAS
2 50 (16.29%) Confluence
3 10 (3.26%) OpenStack
4 9 (2.93%) Apache Airflow
5 6 (1.95%) SharePoint
6 4 (1.30%) Apache
7 3 (0.98%) Oracle Workflow
8 1 (0.33%) Apache Spark
8 1 (0.33%) LiveCycle
8 1 (0.33%) Tuxedo
8 1 (0.33%) WebLogic
Applications
1 12 (3.91%) Microsoft Project
2 6 (1.95%) MS Visio
3 5 (1.63%) Microsoft Office
4 4 (1.30%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 4 (1.30%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (0.33%) Maximo
2 1 (0.33%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 145 (47.23%) Azure
2 96 (31.27%) AWS
3 72 (23.45%) Azure DevOps
4 45 (14.66%) GitHub
5 33 (10.75%) Serverless
6 31 (10.10%) GitHub Actions
7 30 (9.77%) Amazon S3
8 26 (8.47%) Azure Data Factory
9 25 (8.14%) Amazon CloudWatch
9 25 (8.14%) GCP
10 22 (7.17%) Amazon EC2
10 22 (7.17%) Power Platform
11 20 (6.51%) AWS Lambda
12 16 (5.21%) Amazon SQS
13 14 (4.56%) AWS KMS
13 14 (4.56%) OpenShift
13 14 (4.56%) Route 53
14 12 (3.91%) Entra ID
15 10 (3.26%) AWS CloudFormation
15 10 (3.26%) Azure Key Vault
Communications & Networking
1 14 (4.56%) Firewall
2 6 (1.95%) DNS
2 6 (1.95%) Network Security
3 5 (1.63%) VPN
4 4 (1.30%) SD-WAN
4 4 (1.30%) WAN
5 3 (0.98%) DHCP
5 3 (0.98%) Internet
5 3 (0.98%) LAN
5 3 (0.98%) SSL
5 3 (0.98%) TCP/IP
6 2 (0.65%) BGP
6 2 (0.65%) OSPF
6 2 (0.65%) Wi-Fi
7 1 (0.33%) Kerberos
7 1 (0.33%) MPLS
7 1 (0.33%) SMS
7 1 (0.33%) VLAN
7 1 (0.33%) WLAN
7 1 (0.33%) WPA2
Database & Business Intelligence
1 34 (11.07%) PostgreSQL
2 31 (10.10%) Pentaho
3 21 (6.84%) Elasticsearch
4 19 (6.19%) Amazon RDS
4 19 (6.19%) DynamoDB
5 16 (5.21%) Power BI
6 13 (4.23%) Amazon Aurora
7 11 (3.58%) Oracle Database
8 10 (3.26%) NoSQL
8 10 (3.26%) Relational Database
8 10 (3.26%) SAS Enterprise Guide
9 9 (2.93%) Data Warehouse
9 9 (2.93%) SAS Visual Analytics
10 8 (2.61%) Data Lake
11 7 (2.28%) Metadata
12 6 (1.95%) Amazon Redshift
12 6 (1.95%) BusinessObjects
13 4 (1.30%) Azure SQL Database
13 4 (1.30%) Impala
13 4 (1.30%) SAS Data Integration Studio
Development Applications
1 84 (27.36%) JIRA
2 76 (24.76%) Jenkins
3 69 (22.48%) Git
4 37 (12.05%) GitLab
5 20 (6.51%) JUnit
6 17 (5.54%) Maven
6 17 (5.54%) SonarQube
7 15 (4.89%) Bitbucket
8 14 (4.56%) Selenium
9 13 (4.23%) Mockito
10 10 (3.26%) DbUnit
10 10 (3.26%) jMock
11 8 (2.61%) Bitbucket Server
12 5 (1.63%) Artifactory
12 5 (1.63%) Postman
13 4 (1.30%) Atlassian Bamboo
13 4 (1.30%) CircleCI
13 4 (1.30%) Cypress.io
13 4 (1.30%) REST Assured
14 3 (0.98%) TestRail
General
1 91 (29.64%) Social Skills
2 52 (16.94%) Public Sector
3 51 (16.61%) Analytical Skills
4 31 (10.10%) Finance
5 13 (4.23%) Documentation Skills
6 5 (1.63%) Presentation Skills
7 4 (1.30%) Banking
7 4 (1.30%) Retail
7 4 (1.30%) Telecoms
8 3 (0.98%) Influencing Skills
9 2 (0.65%) Advertising
9 2 (0.65%) Organisational Skills
10 1 (0.33%) Legal
10 1 (0.33%) Military
10 1 (0.33%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 51 (16.61%) Data Engineer
2 43 (14.01%) Developer
3 38 (12.38%) Senior
4 34 (11.07%) Architect
5 26 (8.47%) DevOps Engineer
6 24 (7.82%) Analyst
7 18 (5.86%) Business Analyst
7 18 (5.86%) Full-Stack Developer
8 14 (4.56%) Lead
9 13 (4.23%) Java Developer
9 13 (4.23%) Senior Data Engineer
10 12 (3.91%) Project Manager
11 11 (3.58%) SAS Engineer
12 10 (3.26%) Solutions Architect
13 9 (2.93%) Data Architect
13 9 (2.93%) Engagement Manager
13 9 (2.93%) Scrum Master
13 9 (2.93%) Senior Developer
13 9 (2.93%) Site Engineer
13 9 (2.93%) Site Reliability Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 40 (13.03%) REST
2 29 (9.45%) Node.js
3 20 (6.51%) Elastic Stack
4 19 (6.19%) Flask
4 19 (6.19%) YAML
5 17 (5.54%) AngularJS
5 17 (5.54%) SOAP
6 16 (5.21%) .NET
7 15 (4.89%) Kafka
7 15 (4.89%) Spring
7 15 (4.89%) Spring Boot
7 15 (4.89%) Web Services
8 14 (4.56%) Spring Cloud
9 13 (4.23%) ActiveMQ
9 13 (4.23%) Hibernate
9 13 (4.23%) JPA
9 13 (4.23%) Spring Batch
9 13 (4.23%) Spring Integration
10 12 (3.91%) Django
10 12 (3.91%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 45 (14.66%) Cloud Native
2 27 (8.79%) Product Ownership
3 14 (4.56%) Distributed Systems
3 14 (4.56%) Enterprise Software
4 9 (2.93%) Hybrid Cloud
4 9 (2.93%) Management Information System
5 7 (2.28%) Onboarding
6 5 (1.63%) SCADA
7 4 (1.30%) Security Posture
8 3 (0.98%) Educational Technology
8 3 (0.98%) IoT
8 3 (0.98%) Legacy Systems
8 3 (0.98%) Mobile App
8 3 (0.98%) Self-Motivation
9 2 (0.65%) Autonomous Agent
9 2 (0.65%) Cyber Threat
9 2 (0.65%) Data Centre
9 2 (0.65%) Data Protection Act
9 2 (0.65%) Private Cloud
10 1 (0.33%) Operational Technology
Operating Systems
1 33 (10.75%) Linux
2 15 (4.89%) Windows
3 13 (4.23%) Unix
4 3 (0.98%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 2 (0.65%) Mac OS
5 2 (0.65%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 182 (59.28%) CI/CD
2 163 (53.09%) Agile
3 88 (28.66%) Scrum
4 81 (26.38%) Containerisation
5 78 (25.41%) Analytics
6 68 (22.15%) Test Automation
7 65 (21.17%) Migration
7 65 (21.17%) Stakeholder Management
8 64 (20.85%) Problem-Solving
9 60 (19.54%) Continuous Improvement
10 59 (19.22%) Data Modelling
11 55 (17.92%) ETL
12 54 (17.59%) Data Pipeline
13 53 (17.26%) Data Integration
14 46 (14.98%) Infrastructure as Code
15 43 (14.01%) Business Intelligence
16 42 (13.68%) Change Management
17 39 (12.70%) Microservices
18 37 (12.05%) Observability
19 36 (11.73%) Data Analytics
Programming Languages
1 98 (31.92%) SQL
2 73 (23.78%) Python
3 30 (9.77%) Java
4 22 (7.17%) Bash
5 21 (6.84%) JavaScript
6 19 (6.19%) PowerShell
7 16 (5.21%) Go
8 13 (4.23%) C#
9 11 (3.58%) Bicep
10 5 (1.63%) PL/SQL
10 5 (1.63%) TypeScript
11 4 (1.30%) Groovy
12 3 (0.98%) HiveQL
12 3 (0.98%) VB
13 1 (0.33%) Kotlin
13 1 (0.33%) Scala
13 1 (0.33%) Shell Script
13 1 (0.33%) VB6
Qualifications
1 150 (48.86%) Security Cleared
2 126 (41.04%) SC Cleared
3 22 (7.17%) Degree
4 17 (5.54%) Azure Certification
5 14 (4.56%) Computer Science Degree
6 11 (3.58%) DV Cleared
7 9 (2.93%) BPSS Clearance
7 9 (2.93%) IIBA
8 8 (2.61%) SAFe Agilist
9 7 (2.28%) ISTQB
10 6 (1.95%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
11 5 (1.63%) AWS Certification
12 3 (0.98%) CISSP
12 3 (0.98%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
12 3 (0.98%) Master's Degree
13 2 (0.65%) ITIL Certification
13 2 (0.65%) Microsoft Certification
13 2 (0.65%) PMI Certification
13 2 (0.65%) PMP
13 2 (0.65%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 40 (13.03%) Data Quality
2 30 (9.77%) QA
3 12 (3.91%) GDPR
4 11 (3.58%) Accessibility
4 11 (3.58%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 7 (2.28%) NIST
6 3 (0.98%) SLA
7 2 (0.65%) ISO 19650
7 2 (0.65%) WCAG
8 1 (0.33%) FATCA
8 1 (0.33%) Government Security Classifications
8 1 (0.33%) ISO/IEC 27005
8 1 (0.33%) NCSC
8 1 (0.33%) PMO
System Software
1 107 (34.85%) Docker
2 10 (3.26%) Postfix
3 6 (1.95%) Active Directory
4 5 (1.63%) VMware Infrastructure
5 4 (1.30%) HDFS
6 3 (0.98%) VMware NSX
6 3 (0.98%) vSphere
7 1 (0.33%) Hyper-V
7 1 (0.33%) KVM
7 1 (0.33%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 101 (32.90%) Kubernetes
2 67 (21.82%) Terraform
3 47 (15.31%) Grafana
4 40 (13.03%) Ansible
5 25 (8.14%) Prometheus
6 13 (4.23%) Kibana
7 10 (3.26%) Puppet
8 8 (2.61%) Argo
9 5 (1.63%) logstash
10 3 (0.98%) vCenter Server
11 2 (0.65%) HP ALM
11 2 (0.65%) HP Quality Center
11 2 (0.65%) Progress Chef
11 2 (0.65%) Single Sign-On
12 1 (0.33%) Packer
12 1 (0.33%) Podman
Vendors
1 51 (16.61%) Microsoft
2 38 (12.38%) Oracle
3 31 (10.10%) Denodo
4 26 (8.47%) Talend
5 25 (8.14%) Splunk
6 22 (7.17%) Atlassian
7 13 (4.23%) Jaspersoft
8 11 (3.58%) SAP
8 11 (3.58%) ServiceNow
9 10 (3.26%) Dynatrace
10 9 (2.93%) Informatica
10 9 (2.93%) Red Hat
11 7 (2.28%) AppDynamics
12 6 (1.95%) CyberArk
12 6 (1.95%) Databricks
12 6 (1.95%) VMware
13 5 (1.63%) Pega
14 3 (0.98%) Google
14 3 (0.98%) HP
14 3 (0.98%) NEC
58 DevOps jobs in the West Midlands