DevOps Jobs in Manchester

DevOps
North West > Manchester

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Manchester requiring DevOps skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited DevOps over the 6 months leading up to 17 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
17 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 16 12 8
Rank change year-on-year -4 -4 -1
Permanent jobs citing DevOps 296 602 980
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Manchester 12.94% 11.51% 20.40%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 13.57% 13.35% 21.13%
Number of salaries quoted 165 403 451
10th Percentile £47,231 £39,025 £42,500
25th Percentile £55,500 £50,000 £51,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £72,500 £65,000 £65,351
Median % change year-on-year +11.54% -0.54% +8.92%
75th Percentile £87,500 £82,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £99,089 £95,600 £90,000
North West median annual salary £69,384 £62,783 £65,000
% change year-on-year +10.51% -3.41% +8.33%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Manchester

DevOps falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in Manchester.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 2,181 4,509 4,639
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Manchester 95.37% 86.18% 96.55%
Number of salaries quoted 1,290 3,436 2,499
10th Percentile £30,750 £30,000 £32,888
25th Percentile £40,000 £41,250 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £54,500 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +5.50% -5.22% +4.55%
75th Percentile £76,250 £68,857 £72,500
90th Percentile £92,000 £82,500 £83,750
North West median annual salary £50,055 £50,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +0.11% -9.09% +4.76%

DevOps
Job Vacancy Trend in Manchester

Job postings citing DevOps as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Manchester.

Job vacancy trend for DevOps in Manchester

DevOps
Salary Trend in Manchester

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing DevOps in Manchester.

Salary trend for DevOps in Manchester

DevOps
Salary Histogram in Manchester

Salary distribution for jobs citing DevOps in Manchester over the 6 months to 17 May 2025.

Salary histogram for DevOps in Manchester

DevOps
Job Locations in Manchester

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing DevOps within the Manchester region over the 6 months to 17 May 2025. 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Altrincham -1 11 £60,000 +9.09% 27
Salford +5 8 £69,384 -7.98% 4
Stockport +3 8 £75,000 +11.11% 16
Oldham 0 6 - - 2
Sale - 6 - -
Bolton -26 5 - - 23
Ashton-under-Lyne - 5 - - 21
Wigan - 5 - -
Bury +2 4 £60,000 +33.33% 24
Cheadle +3 3 - - 1
Dukinfield - 2 - -
Heywood - 2 - -
Stalybridge - 2 - -
Rochdale -3 1 - -
Littleborough - 1 - -
DevOps
North West

DevOps
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Manchester by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 23 (7.77%) Confluence
2 4 (1.35%) Microsoft Exchange
2 4 (1.35%) SharePoint
3 3 (1.01%) IIS
3 3 (1.01%) nginx
4 2 (0.68%) CMS
5 1 (0.34%) Apache Solr
5 1 (0.34%) Apache Spark
5 1 (0.34%) Headless CMS
5 1 (0.34%) Oracle SOA Suite
Applications
1 5 (1.69%) Microsoft Excel
2 4 (1.35%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 4 (1.35%) MS Visio
3 2 (0.68%) Chatbot
3 2 (0.68%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 1 (0.34%) Oracle EBS
Cloud Services
1 141 (47.64%) AWS
2 136 (45.95%) Azure
3 55 (18.58%) GCP
4 34 (11.49%) Azure DevOps
5 21 (7.09%) SaaS
6 13 (4.39%) Cloud Computing
7 12 (4.05%) Amazon EKS
7 12 (4.05%) GitHub
7 12 (4.05%) Serverless
8 10 (3.38%) AWS CloudFormation
9 9 (3.04%) Power Platform
10 8 (2.70%) Entra ID
11 7 (2.36%) AWS Lambda
11 7 (2.36%) Dynamics 365
11 7 (2.36%) Microsoft 365
12 6 (2.03%) Azure Monitor
12 6 (2.03%) PaaS
13 5 (1.69%) AWS CodeBuild
13 5 (1.69%) GitHub Actions
13 5 (1.69%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 46 (15.54%) VPN
2 43 (14.53%) Cisco IOS
3 5 (1.69%) Firewall
4 4 (1.35%) TCP/IP
5 3 (1.01%) DNS
5 3 (1.01%) Internet
6 2 (0.68%) Network Security
6 2 (0.68%) Reverse Proxy
7 1 (0.34%) FTP
7 1 (0.34%) HTTPS
7 1 (0.34%) IPsec
7 1 (0.34%) RTP
7 1 (0.34%) SD-WAN
7 1 (0.34%) VLAN
7 1 (0.34%) VoIP
7 1 (0.34%) WAN
7 1 (0.34%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 38 (12.84%) SQL Server
2 25 (8.45%) NoSQL
3 14 (4.73%) PostgreSQL
4 11 (3.72%) MySQL
5 9 (3.04%) MongoDB
6 6 (2.03%) BigQuery
6 6 (2.03%) Relational Database
7 5 (1.69%) Amazon RDS
7 5 (1.69%) Data Lake
7 5 (1.69%) DynamoDB
7 5 (1.69%) Power BI
8 4 (1.35%) Azure SQL Database
8 4 (1.35%) Redis
9 3 (1.01%) Cloud Spanner
9 3 (1.01%) Elasticsearch
10 2 (0.68%) Amazon Aurora
10 2 (0.68%) Big Data
10 2 (0.68%) Data Warehouse
11 1 (0.34%) SQL Server Integration Services
11 1 (0.34%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 47 (15.88%) JIRA
2 44 (14.86%) GitLab
3 40 (13.51%) SonarQube
4 33 (11.15%) Git
5 31 (10.47%) Jenkins
5 31 (10.47%) Maven
6 30 (10.14%) Selenium
6 30 (10.14%) Sonatype Nexus
7 29 (9.80%) Bitbucket
8 28 (9.46%) Cucumber
9 5 (1.69%) JMeter
10 4 (1.35%) Balsamiq
11 3 (1.01%) CircleCI
11 3 (1.01%) JUnit
12 2 (0.68%) Atlassian Bamboo
12 2 (0.68%) LoadRunner
12 2 (0.68%) NeoLoad
12 2 (0.68%) NUnit
12 2 (0.68%) REST Assured
12 2 (0.68%) WebDriver
General
1 96 (32.43%) Finance
2 77 (26.01%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 66 (22.30%) Analytical Skills
4 62 (20.95%) Social Skills
5 59 (19.93%) Banking
6 25 (8.45%) Retail
7 18 (6.08%) Corporate Banking
7 18 (6.08%) Investment Banking
8 8 (2.70%) Law
9 6 (2.03%) Games
9 6 (2.03%) Manufacturing
9 6 (2.03%) Marketing
10 5 (1.69%) Financial Institution
11 4 (1.35%) Influencing Skills
12 3 (1.01%) Automotive
12 3 (1.01%) Cantonese Language
12 3 (1.01%) Documentation Skills
12 3 (1.01%) Mandarin Language
12 3 (1.01%) Tech for Good
12 3 (1.01%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 61 (20.61%) Software Engineer
2 52 (17.57%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 52 (17.57%) Lead
3 40 (13.51%) Developer
4 37 (12.50%) Senior
5 33 (11.15%) DevOps Engineer
6 21 (7.09%) Cloud Engineer
7 17 (5.74%) .NET Developer
8 16 (5.41%) Senior Developer
9 14 (4.73%) Azure Engineer
10 13 (4.39%) Technical Leader
11 12 (4.05%) Architect
12 11 (3.72%) AWS Engineer
12 11 (3.72%) Security Engineer
13 10 (3.38%) Cloud Security Engineer
13 10 (3.38%) Lead Developer
14 9 (3.04%) Analyst
14 9 (3.04%) Team Leader
15 8 (2.70%) AWS DevOps
15 8 (2.70%) Solutions Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 56 (18.92%) React
2 50 (16.89%) Spring
3 48 (16.22%) .NET
3 48 (16.22%) Kafka
4 47 (15.88%) Elastic Stack
5 41 (13.85%) Spring Boot
6 38 (12.84%) CSS
7 37 (12.50%) HTML
8 32 (10.81%) RESTful
9 28 (9.46%) Redux
10 27 (9.12%) JPA
11 26 (8.78%) REST
12 25 (8.45%) .NET Core
13 24 (8.11%) Node.js
14 23 (7.77%) Sass
15 21 (7.09%) Jest
16 18 (6.08%) CSS3
16 18 (6.08%) HTML5
17 15 (5.07%) Hibernate
18 11 (3.72%) ARM Templates
Miscellaneous
1 53 (17.91%) Product Ownership
2 43 (14.53%) Cyberattack
3 33 (11.15%) Cloud Native
4 28 (9.46%) Enterprise Software
5 12 (4.05%) Hybrid Cloud
6 11 (3.72%) Distributed Systems
7 9 (3.04%) Greenfield Project
7 9 (3.04%) Mobile App
7 9 (3.04%) Public Cloud
7 9 (3.04%) Security Posture
8 5 (1.69%) Management Information System
9 4 (1.35%) Life Science
9 4 (1.35%) Wiki
10 3 (1.01%) Data Centre
10 3 (1.01%) e-Learning
10 3 (1.01%) Low-Code
11 2 (0.68%) Data Protection Act
11 2 (0.68%) IoT
11 2 (0.68%) Private Cloud
11 2 (0.68%) Sports Betting
Operating Systems
1 72 (24.32%) Linux
2 52 (17.57%) Windows
3 43 (14.53%) Android
4 7 (2.36%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 7 (2.36%) Unix
5 6 (2.03%) Ubuntu
6 4 (1.35%) CentOS
7 3 (1.01%) Debian
8 1 (0.34%) VMS
8 1 (0.34%) Windows 10
8 1 (0.34%) Windows Server
8 1 (0.34%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 137 (46.28%) Agile
2 134 (45.27%) CI/CD
3 100 (33.78%) Software Engineering
4 90 (30.41%) Microservices
5 82 (27.70%) Problem-Solving
6 66 (22.30%) Containerisation
7 61 (20.61%) Infrastructure Engineering
8 60 (20.27%) Mentoring
9 57 (19.26%) Infrastructure as Code
10 56 (18.92%) Full-Stack Development
10 56 (18.92%) TDD
11 53 (17.91%) Line Management
11 53 (17.91%) Platform Engineering
12 52 (17.57%) SDLC
13 48 (16.22%) Roadmaps
14 47 (15.88%) Risk Management
15 43 (14.53%) Mathematics
15 43 (14.53%) Storage Management
15 43 (14.53%) Task Automation
15 43 (14.53%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 100 (33.78%) Python
2 87 (29.39%) Java
3 67 (22.64%) SQL
4 57 (19.26%) PowerShell
5 56 (18.92%) Bash
6 54 (18.24%) JavaScript
7 46 (15.54%) TypeScript
8 41 (13.85%) C#
9 11 (3.72%) Go
10 4 (1.35%) Bicep
10 4 (1.35%) PHP
11 2 (0.68%) Shell Script
12 1 (0.34%) C++
12 1 (0.34%) Dart
12 1 (0.34%) Perl
12 1 (0.34%) Ruby
12 1 (0.34%) Rust
12 1 (0.34%) T-SQL
12 1 (0.34%) VBA
12 1 (0.34%) X++
Qualifications
1 25 (8.45%) Degree
2 20 (6.76%) Azure Certification
3 14 (4.73%) Security Cleared
4 13 (4.39%) Computer Science Degree
5 12 (4.05%) AWS Certification
6 11 (3.72%) SC Cleared
7 8 (2.70%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
8 3 (1.01%) DV Cleared
8 3 (1.01%) Linux+ Certification
8 3 (1.01%) RHCE
9 2 (0.68%) Microsoft Certification
10 1 (0.34%) DBS Check
10 1 (0.34%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 48 (16.22%) QA
2 21 (7.09%) Accessibility
3 13 (4.39%) GDPR
4 12 (4.05%) HIPAA
5 6 (2.03%) NIST
6 5 (1.69%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 4 (1.35%) SOC 2
8 1 (0.34%) ISO 20022
8 1 (0.34%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 148 (50.00%) Docker
2 46 (15.54%) Hyper-V
3 43 (14.53%) VMware NSX
3 43 (14.53%) vSphere
4 12 (4.05%) Virtual Machines
5 6 (2.03%) Active Directory
6 3 (1.01%) Dovecot
6 3 (1.01%) Postfix
6 3 (1.01%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 125 (42.23%) Terraform
2 115 (38.85%) Kubernetes
3 63 (21.28%) Ansible
4 13 (4.39%) Grafana
5 7 (2.36%) Prometheus
6 5 (1.69%) Istio
6 5 (1.69%) Puppet
7 4 (1.35%) Kibana
8 3 (1.01%) AWS Copilot
9 2 (0.68%) Salt
10 1 (0.34%) Argo
10 1 (0.34%) Automic
10 1 (0.34%) Consul
10 1 (0.34%) Karpenter
10 1 (0.34%) Microsoft Intune
10 1 (0.34%) Proxmox
10 1 (0.34%) Rancher
10 1 (0.34%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 49 (16.55%) Splunk
2 43 (14.53%) 3PAR
2 43 (14.53%) Cisco
2 43 (14.53%) Juniper
3 32 (10.81%) Microsoft
4 27 (9.12%) Google
4 27 (9.12%) Solace
5 6 (2.03%) Oracle
6 5 (1.69%) IBM
7 4 (1.35%) Hitachi
7 4 (1.35%) SAP
7 4 (1.35%) ServiceNow
8 3 (1.01%) Okta
8 3 (1.01%) Ping Identity
8 3 (1.01%) Red Hat
8 3 (1.01%) VMware
8 3 (1.01%) Workday
9 2 (0.68%) Databricks
9 2 (0.68%) Planview
9 2 (0.68%) Sage