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

6 months to
27 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 16 14 19
Rank change year-on-year -2 +5 0
Contract jobs citing DevOps 370 154 134
As % of all contract jobs in the West Midlands 10.74% 9.38% 6.98%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 12.51% 10.64% 8.55%
Number of daily rates quoted 261 102 100
10th Percentile £388 £346 £344
25th Percentile £413 £450 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £498 £500 £550
Median % change year-on-year -0.50% -9.09% -
75th Percentile £575 £588 £613
90th Percentile £671 £636 £688
England median daily rate £525 £525 £550
% change year-on-year - -4.55% -8.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 12 1 3
10th Percentile £24.25 - -
25th Percentile £59.13 - -
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 £67.50 £67.00 £70.00
% change year-on-year +0.75% -4.29% +6.87%

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 2,957 1,448 1,568
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the West Midlands 85.83% 88.19% 81.71%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,913 911 1,065
10th Percentile £313 £220 £275
25th Percentile £405 £363 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £475 £500
Median % change year-on-year - -5.00% -
75th Percentile £575 £575 £625
90th Percentile £671 £663 £738
England median daily rate £525 £513 £525
% change year-on-year +2.44% -2.38% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 158 104 71
10th Percentile £14.82 £12.62 £11.44
25th Percentile £21.25 £13.76 £14.06
Median hourly rate £33.99 £22.28 £18.50
Median % change year-on-year +52.59% +20.41% -31.48%
75th Percentile £58.06 £34.16 £39.38
90th Percentile £72.54 £50.00 £58.75
England median hourly rate £47.00 £25.15 £40.33
% change year-on-year +86.88% -37.63% -5.12%

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 27 July 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 27 July 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 27 July 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 -10 108 £502 -4.29% 24
Birmingham +8 100 £475 - 44
Warwickshire +2 48 £500 - 8
Coventry +9 44 £407 -19.00% 11
Solihull -8 29 £488 -2.50% 2
Herefordshire +5 12 £700 - 5
Worcestershire -5 9 £638 +10.87% 4
Staffordshire -6 3 £388 -26.19% 4
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 56 (15.14%) SAS
2 54 (14.59%) Confluence
3 19 (5.14%) Apache Airflow
4 9 (2.43%) SharePoint
5 6 (1.62%) Apache
6 4 (1.08%) OpenStack
7 3 (0.81%) Oracle Workflow
8 2 (0.54%) Apache Spark
8 2 (0.54%) CloudStack
8 2 (0.54%) OpenROAD
9 1 (0.27%) Jupyter
9 1 (0.27%) LiveCycle
Applications
1 9 (2.43%) Microsoft Project
2 8 (2.16%) MS Visio
3 7 (1.89%) Microsoft Excel
4 3 (0.81%) Microsoft Office
4 3 (0.81%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 11 (2.97%) Dynamics CRM
2 2 (0.54%) SAP S/4HANA
3 1 (0.27%) Aladdin
3 1 (0.27%) MIS ActiveH
3 1 (0.27%) Remedy ITSM
3 1 (0.27%) SAP IS-U
3 1 (0.27%) SAP MDG
3 1 (0.27%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 195 (52.70%) Azure
2 128 (34.59%) AWS
3 120 (32.43%) Azure DevOps
4 56 (15.14%) GitHub
5 47 (12.70%) Amazon S3
6 43 (11.62%) GitHub Actions
7 42 (11.35%) Serverless
8 39 (10.54%) Amazon CloudWatch
9 38 (10.27%) Amazon EC2
10 36 (9.73%) Power Platform
11 32 (8.65%) AWS Lambda
12 22 (5.95%) Dynamics 365
13 20 (5.41%) Amazon EKS
13 20 (5.41%) Amazon SQS
14 19 (5.14%) Azure Data Factory
15 17 (4.59%) Amazon ECS
15 17 (4.59%) AWS CloudFormation
15 17 (4.59%) Virtual Private Cloud
16 16 (4.32%) AWS KMS
16 16 (4.32%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 20 (5.41%) Firewall
2 7 (1.89%) DNS
2 7 (1.89%) Network Security
2 7 (1.89%) SD-WAN
2 7 (1.89%) WAN
3 5 (1.35%) VPN
4 4 (1.08%) BGP
4 4 (1.08%) DHCP
4 4 (1.08%) Internet
4 4 (1.08%) LAN
4 4 (1.08%) NetScaler
4 4 (1.08%) OSPF
4 4 (1.08%) TCP/IP
4 4 (1.08%) Wi-Fi
5 3 (0.81%) BIG-IP
5 3 (0.81%) Ethernet VPN
5 3 (0.81%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
5 3 (0.81%) SSL
5 3 (0.81%) VXLAN
5 3 (0.81%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 26 (7.03%) Amazon RDS
1 26 (7.03%) Pentaho
1 26 (7.03%) Power BI
2 24 (6.49%) PostgreSQL
3 21 (5.68%) DynamoDB
4 19 (5.14%) SAS Enterprise Guide
5 18 (4.86%) Oracle Database
5 18 (4.86%) SAS Visual Analytics
6 15 (4.05%) Amazon Aurora
6 15 (4.05%) SQL Server
7 14 (3.78%) Data Warehouse
7 14 (3.78%) NoSQL
8 10 (2.70%) Data Lake
9 9 (2.43%) Azure SQL Database
10 8 (2.16%) Metadata
11 7 (1.89%) Relational Database
12 6 (1.62%) Amazon Redshift
12 6 (1.62%) BusinessObjects
13 5 (1.35%) Big Data
13 5 (1.35%) MongoDB
Development Applications
1 88 (23.78%) JIRA
2 87 (23.51%) Jenkins
3 57 (15.41%) Git
4 53 (14.32%) GitLab
5 25 (6.76%) Bitbucket
5 25 (6.76%) Selenium
6 22 (5.95%) JUnit
7 19 (5.14%) SonarQube
8 18 (4.86%) Maven
9 15 (4.05%) Mockito
10 14 (3.78%) Postman
11 12 (3.24%) Cypress.io
12 11 (2.97%) DbUnit
12 11 (2.97%) jMock
13 10 (2.70%) Atlassian Bamboo
14 9 (2.43%) Bitbucket Server
14 9 (2.43%) REST Assured
14 9 (2.43%) WebDriver
15 7 (1.89%) Cucumber
15 7 (1.89%) LoadRunner
General
1 113 (30.54%) Social Skills
2 93 (25.14%) Public Sector
3 50 (13.51%) Analytical Skills
4 44 (11.89%) Finance
5 25 (6.76%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 9 (2.43%) Influencing Skills
6 9 (2.43%) Presentation Skills
7 7 (1.89%) Banking
7 7 (1.89%) Legal
8 5 (1.35%) Retail
9 4 (1.08%) Documentation Skills
10 3 (0.81%) Advertising
10 3 (0.81%) Local Government
11 2 (0.54%) Billing
11 2 (0.54%) Organisational Skills
11 2 (0.54%) Telecoms
12 1 (0.27%) Front Office
12 1 (0.27%) Military
12 1 (0.27%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 50 (13.51%) Senior
2 48 (12.97%) Architect
3 45 (12.16%) Developer
4 43 (11.62%) Data Engineer
5 40 (10.81%) DevOps Engineer
6 32 (8.65%) Lead
7 30 (8.11%) Analyst
8 25 (6.76%) Scrum Master
9 16 (4.32%) Azure Engineer
10 15 (4.05%) Business Analyst
10 15 (4.05%) Java Developer
11 14 (3.78%) Test Analyst
12 13 (3.51%) Data Architect
13 12 (3.24%) Full-Stack Developer
13 12 (3.24%) Senior Developer
14 11 (2.97%) AWS Engineer
14 11 (2.97%) Senior DevOps
14 11 (2.97%) Senior DevOps Engineer
15 10 (2.70%) AWS DevOps
15 10 (2.70%) JIRA Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 42 (11.35%) REST
2 30 (8.11%) Node.js
3 25 (6.76%) Spring
3 25 (6.76%) Spring Boot
4 21 (5.68%) Web Services
5 20 (5.41%) SOAP
6 19 (5.14%) RESTful
7 18 (4.86%) .NET
7 18 (4.86%) Spring Cloud
7 18 (4.86%) YAML
8 17 (4.59%) JSON
9 16 (4.32%) AngularJS
10 15 (4.05%) ActiveMQ
10 15 (4.05%) Hibernate
10 15 (4.05%) JPA
10 15 (4.05%) Spring Batch
10 15 (4.05%) Spring Integration
11 14 (3.78%) Elastic Stack
11 14 (3.78%) Flask
12 11 (2.97%) Playwright
Miscellaneous
1 63 (17.03%) Cloud Native
2 40 (10.81%) Product Ownership
3 22 (5.95%) Distributed Systems
4 11 (2.97%) Hybrid Cloud
5 8 (2.16%) Analytical Mindset
5 8 (2.16%) Mobile App
6 7 (1.89%) Legacy Systems
6 7 (1.89%) Private Cloud
6 7 (1.89%) SCADA
6 7 (1.89%) Security Posture
6 7 (1.89%) Self-Motivation
7 6 (1.62%) Data Centre
7 6 (1.62%) Onboarding
7 6 (1.62%) Virtual Team
8 5 (1.35%) Data Protection Act
8 5 (1.35%) Enterprise Software
8 5 (1.35%) Management Information System
8 5 (1.35%) Public Cloud
9 4 (1.08%) Enterprise Cloud
9 4 (1.08%) IoT
Operating Systems
1 31 (8.38%) Linux
2 14 (3.78%) Windows
3 4 (1.08%) AIX
3 4 (1.08%) Unix
4 3 (0.81%) Mac OS
4 3 (0.81%) Windows Server
5 2 (0.54%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 2 (0.54%) Ubuntu
6 1 (0.27%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 227 (61.35%) CI/CD
2 200 (54.05%) Agile
3 112 (30.27%) Scrum
4 96 (25.95%) Continuous Improvement
5 94 (25.41%) Test Automation
6 81 (21.89%) Stakeholder Management
7 77 (20.81%) Analytics
8 73 (19.73%) Containerisation
8 73 (19.73%) Problem-Solving
9 71 (19.19%) Infrastructure as Code
9 71 (19.19%) Migration
10 55 (14.86%) Technical Leadership
11 53 (14.32%) Data Modelling
12 52 (14.05%) Data Integration
13 50 (13.51%) ETL
13 50 (13.51%) Stakeholder Engagement
14 47 (12.70%) Business Intelligence
15 44 (11.89%) Microservices
15 44 (11.89%) Test Strategy
16 43 (11.62%) Data Pipeline
Programming Languages
1 88 (23.78%) SQL
2 55 (14.86%) Java
3 52 (14.05%) Python
4 28 (7.57%) C#
5 27 (7.30%) JavaScript
6 16 (4.32%) PowerShell
7 14 (3.78%) Bash
8 12 (3.24%) Bicep
9 11 (2.97%) Go
10 5 (1.35%) TypeScript
11 4 (1.08%) PL/SQL
11 4 (1.08%) VB
12 3 (0.81%) HiveQL
12 3 (0.81%) VB6
13 2 (0.54%) Data Analysis Expressions
13 2 (0.54%) Groovy
13 2 (0.54%) T-SQL
14 1 (0.27%) R
14 1 (0.27%) Scala
14 1 (0.27%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 166 (44.86%) Security Cleared
2 132 (35.68%) SC Cleared
3 17 (4.59%) BPSS Clearance
3 17 (4.59%) Degree
3 17 (4.59%) ISTQB
4 14 (3.78%) DV Cleared
5 13 (3.51%) AWS Certification
6 12 (3.24%) Microsoft Certification
7 11 (2.97%) Azure Certification
7 11 (2.97%) SAFe Agilist
8 9 (2.43%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
9 6 (1.62%) Computer Science Degree
10 5 (1.35%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
11 4 (1.08%) SAS Certification
12 3 (0.81%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
12 3 (0.81%) CISSP
13 2 (0.54%) CCNP
13 2 (0.54%) Cisco Certification
13 2 (0.54%) ITIL Certification
13 2 (0.54%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 36 (9.73%) Data Quality
1 36 (9.73%) QA
2 26 (7.03%) Accessibility
3 14 (3.78%) GDPR
4 10 (2.70%) WCAG
5 9 (2.43%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 4 (1.08%) ISO 19650
6 4 (1.08%) NIST
7 2 (0.54%) SLA
8 1 (0.27%) FATCA
8 1 (0.27%) Government Security Classifications
8 1 (0.27%) ISO/IEC 27005
8 1 (0.27%) NCSC
8 1 (0.27%) PCI DSS
8 1 (0.27%) PMO
System Software
1 93 (25.14%) Docker
2 11 (2.97%) Postfix
3 6 (1.62%) VMware Infrastructure
4 5 (1.35%) vSphere
5 4 (1.08%) Active Directory
6 3 (0.81%) HDFS
6 3 (0.81%) VMware NSX
7 1 (0.27%) KVM
Systems Management
1 79 (21.35%) Kubernetes
2 71 (19.19%) Terraform
3 50 (13.51%) Grafana
4 32 (8.65%) Ansible
5 28 (7.57%) Prometheus
6 8 (2.16%) Progress Chef
6 8 (2.16%) Puppet
7 6 (1.62%) Argo
8 4 (1.08%) HP ALM
8 4 (1.08%) HP Quality Center
8 4 (1.08%) Single Sign-On
9 3 (0.81%) vCenter Server
10 2 (0.54%) Check_MK
10 2 (0.54%) Kibana
10 2 (0.54%) logstash
11 1 (0.27%) Istio
11 1 (0.27%) Kustomize
11 1 (0.27%) Microsoft Intune
11 1 (0.27%) Packer
11 1 (0.27%) SCCM
Vendors
1 68 (18.38%) Microsoft
2 41 (11.08%) Oracle
3 26 (7.03%) Atlassian
4 25 (6.76%) Denodo
5 20 (5.41%) Splunk
6 18 (4.86%) Talend
7 15 (4.05%) Jaspersoft
8 13 (3.51%) Databricks
9 10 (2.70%) Informatica
9 10 (2.70%) SAP
9 10 (2.70%) VMware
10 9 (2.43%) Cisco
10 9 (2.43%) ServiceNow
11 8 (2.16%) Google
12 6 (1.62%) Red Hat
13 5 (1.35%) Fortinet
13 5 (1.35%) HP
13 5 (1.35%) Pega
14 4 (1.08%) Aruba
14 4 (1.08%) F5