DevOps Platform Engineer Contract Job Trends in West Yorkshire

Platform Engineer - DevOps
Yorkshire > West Yorkshire

The median Platform Engineer - DevOps daily rate in West Yorkshire is £550, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 23 April 2026.

The table below compares current contractor rates and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
23 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 82 - 74
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs requiring a DevOps Platform Engineer 4 0 1
As % of all contract jobs in West Yorkshire 0.36% - 0.099%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.38% - 0.11%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 0 1
10th Percentile £454 - -
25th Percentile £500 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 - £500
75th Percentile £575 - -
90th Percentile - - -
Yorkshire median daily rate £550 - £500

All Contract IT Job Roles
West Yorkshire

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in West Yorkshire. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of contract jobs in our overall sample.

Contract vacancies in West Yorkshire with a recognized job title 1,043 528 934
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 94.13% 95.83% 92.66%
Number of daily rates quoted 663 349 567
10th Percentile £283 £256 £275
25th Percentile £400 £356 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £488 £475 £490
Median % change year-on-year +2.63% -3.06% -6.67%
75th Percentile £569 £550 £581
90th Percentile £630 £639 £668
Yorkshire median daily rate £476 £469 £475
% change year-on-year +1.49% -1.26% -9.52%
Number of hourly rates quoted 22 16 25
10th Percentile £13.58 £19.61 £11.75
25th Percentile £14.25 £22.14 £12.25
Median hourly rate £21.65 £24.82 £15.17
Median % change year-on-year -12.77% +63.61% -53.32%
75th Percentile £41.69 £55.29 £22.75
90th Percentile £71.23 £100.28 £53.75
Yorkshire median hourly rate £29.93 £21.24 £14.25
% change year-on-year +40.91% +49.05% -35.23%

DevOps Platform Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in West Yorkshire

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings featuring 'DevOps Platform Engineer' in the job title relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in West Yorkshire.

DevOps Platform Engineer job vacancy trend in West Yorkshire

DevOps Platform Engineer
Daily Rate Trend in West Yorkshire

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for DevOps Platform Engineer job vacancies in West Yorkshire.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for DevOps Platform Engineer job vacancies in West Yorkshire

DevOps Platform Engineer
Daily Rate Histogram in West Yorkshire

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing DevOps Platform Engineer in West Yorkshire over the 6 months to 23 April 2026.

Daily rate histogram for DevOps Platform Engineer in West Yorkshire

DevOps Platform Engineer
Contract Job Locations in West Yorkshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing DevOps Platform Engineer within the West Yorkshire region over the 6 months to 23 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
Leeds - 4 £550 -
DevOps Platform Engineer
Yorkshire

DevOps Platform Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in West Yorkshire

For the 6 months to 23 April 2026, DevOps Platform Engineer contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the West Yorkshire region featuring DevOps Platform Engineer in the job title.

1 4 (100.00%) DevOps
1 4 (100.00%) Platform Engineering
2 3 (75.00%) CI/CD
3 2 (50.00%) AWS
3 2 (50.00%) GitHub
3 2 (50.00%) GitHub Actions
3 2 (50.00%) Python
3 2 (50.00%) Terraform
4 1 (25.00%) Artifactory
4 1 (25.00%) Azure
4 1 (25.00%) Degree
4 1 (25.00%) Docker
4 1 (25.00%) DV Cleared
4 1 (25.00%) Gatling
4 1 (25.00%) HAProxy
4 1 (25.00%) Identity Access Management
4 1 (25.00%) Infrastructure as Code
4 1 (25.00%) Java
4 1 (25.00%) Jenkins
4 1 (25.00%) Kubernetes
4 1 (25.00%) Maven
4 1 (25.00%) Microsoft
4 1 (25.00%) Observability
4 1 (25.00%) Playwright
4 1 (25.00%) PostgreSQL
4 1 (25.00%) Product Roadmap
4 1 (25.00%) Roadmaps
4 1 (25.00%) SC Cleared
4 1 (25.00%) Scala
4 1 (25.00%) SDLC

DevOps Platform Engineer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in West Yorkshire 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:

Cloud Services
1 2 (50.00%) AWS
1 2 (50.00%) GitHub
1 2 (50.00%) GitHub Actions
2 1 (25.00%) Azure
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (25.00%) PostgreSQL
1 1 (25.00%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 1 (25.00%) Artifactory
1 1 (25.00%) Gatling
1 1 (25.00%) Jenkins
1 1 (25.00%) Maven
General
1 3 (75.00%) Public Sector
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (25.00%) Playwright
Miscellaneous
1 3 (75.00%) Cloud Native
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (100.00%) DevOps
1 4 (100.00%) Platform Engineering
2 3 (75.00%) CI/CD
3 1 (25.00%) Identity Access Management
3 1 (25.00%) Infrastructure as Code
3 1 (25.00%) Observability
3 1 (25.00%) Product Roadmap
3 1 (25.00%) Roadmaps
3 1 (25.00%) SDLC
3 1 (25.00%) Technical Debt
Programming Languages
1 2 (50.00%) Python
2 1 (25.00%) Java
2 1 (25.00%) Scala
Qualifications
1 1 (25.00%) Degree
1 1 (25.00%) DV Cleared
1 1 (25.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (25.00%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 1 (25.00%) Docker
Systems Management
1 2 (50.00%) Terraform
2 1 (25.00%) HAProxy
2 1 (25.00%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 1 (25.00%) Microsoft