DevOps Job Trends in the Midlands

DevOps
England > Midlands

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the Midlands requiring DevOps skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 14 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 39 42 14
Rank change year-on-year +3 -28 +3
Permanent jobs citing DevOps 296 427 541
As % of all permanent jobs in the Midlands 5.03% 4.78% 10.69%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 6.01% 5.84% 11.49%
Number of salaries quoted 242 281 478
10th Percentile £42,500 £40,000 £37,500
25th Percentile £52,500 £47,500 £49,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £62,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.00% +4.17% -4.00%
75th Percentile £73,750 £74,144 £70,000
90th Percentile £86,195 £83,750 £87,500
England median annual salary £70,000 £70,000 £70,000

All Process and Methodology Skills
Midlands

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 the Midlands.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 4,924 7,306 4,710
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 83.64% 81.71% 93.06%
Number of salaries quoted 3,158 3,242 3,612
10th Percentile £27,000 £30,000 £26,768
25th Percentile £32,500 £38,750 £36,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £52,398 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.35% +4.80% -0.10%
75th Percentile £65,000 £66,613 £63,750
90th Percentile £80,000 £80,000 £77,500
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% - -0.83%

DevOps
Job Vacancy Trend in the Midlands

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing DevOps relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in the Midlands.

DevOps job vacancy trend in the Midlands

DevOps
Salary Trend in the Midlands

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the Midlands citing DevOps.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the Midlands citing DevOps

DevOps
Salary Histogram in the Midlands

Salary distribution for jobs citing DevOps in the Midlands over the 6 months to 14 November 2025.

Salary histogram for DevOps in the Midlands

DevOps
Job Locations in the Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing DevOps within the Midlands region over the 6 months to 14 November 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
West Midlands +8 231 £65,000 - 141
East Midlands -13 63 £57,500 -4.17% 55
DevOps
England

DevOps
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the 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 38 (12.84%) Confluence
2 9 (3.04%) nginx
3 6 (2.03%) CMS
4 3 (1.01%) SharePoint
5 2 (0.68%) Apache Spark
6 1 (0.34%) Apache Solr
6 1 (0.34%) SAS
6 1 (0.34%) WebLogic
Applications
1 8 (2.70%) Mozilla Thunderbird
2 3 (1.01%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (1.01%) Microsoft Office
3 2 (0.68%) Microsoft Project
3 2 (0.68%) Spreadsheet
4 1 (0.34%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.34%) Trello
Business Applications
1 29 (9.80%) Dynamics CRM
2 5 (1.69%) Shopify
3 1 (0.34%) Dynamics NAV
3 1 (0.34%) Integrated Workplace Management System
3 1 (0.34%) NEC Housing
3 1 (0.34%) Salesforce CRM
Cloud Services
1 173 (58.45%) Azure
2 118 (39.86%) AWS
3 84 (28.38%) Azure DevOps
4 51 (17.23%) Power Platform
5 45 (15.20%) Amazon CloudWatch
6 43 (14.53%) Amazon S3
7 41 (13.85%) Amazon EC2
8 39 (13.18%) AWS KMS
8 39 (13.18%) Virtual Private Cloud
9 38 (12.84%) Amazon ELB
10 37 (12.50%) SaaS
11 34 (11.49%) Dynamics 365
11 34 (11.49%) GCP
12 30 (10.14%) Amazon Glacier
12 30 (10.14%) GitHub
13 25 (8.45%) Power Automate
14 24 (8.11%) PowerApps
15 22 (7.43%) Serverless
16 20 (6.76%) Azure Logic Apps
17 17 (5.74%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 43 (14.53%) Firewall
2 29 (9.80%) DNS
3 25 (8.45%) FTP
3 25 (8.45%) HTTP
3 25 (8.45%) SMTP
3 25 (8.45%) SSH
4 8 (2.70%) IMAP
4 8 (2.70%) OpenLDAP
5 7 (2.36%) VPN
6 6 (2.03%) TCP/IP
7 4 (1.35%) IPsec
8 3 (1.01%) BGP
8 3 (1.01%) DHCP
8 3 (1.01%) Network Security
8 3 (1.01%) OSPF
8 3 (1.01%) SD-WAN
8 3 (1.01%) VLAN
8 3 (1.01%) WAN
8 3 (1.01%) Wi-Fi
8 3 (1.01%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 47 (15.88%) SQL Server
2 42 (14.19%) Amazon RDS
3 20 (6.76%) PostgreSQL
3 20 (6.76%) Power BI
4 15 (5.07%) NoSQL
5 12 (4.05%) Azure SQL Database
6 11 (3.72%) Data Lake
7 9 (3.04%) Amazon Aurora
7 9 (3.04%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 8 (2.70%) BigQuery
9 6 (2.03%) Data Warehouse
10 5 (1.69%) Big Data
10 5 (1.69%) Relational Database
11 4 (1.35%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
11 4 (1.35%) MySQL
11 4 (1.35%) Oracle Database
11 4 (1.35%) Power Query
12 3 (1.01%) Metadata
12 3 (1.01%) Redis
12 3 (1.01%) SAP HANA
Development Applications
1 56 (18.92%) Git
2 53 (17.91%) Jenkins
3 49 (16.55%) JIRA
4 38 (12.84%) Vagrant
5 14 (4.73%) Selenium
6 10 (3.38%) GitLab
6 10 (3.38%) JUnit
7 8 (2.70%) Cucumber
8 5 (1.69%) Katalon Studio
8 5 (1.69%) NUnit
8 5 (1.69%) Sonatype Nexus
9 4 (1.35%) JMeter
9 4 (1.35%) MSTest
9 4 (1.35%) Postman
10 3 (1.01%) git-flow
10 3 (1.01%) Mockito
10 3 (1.01%) REST Assured
10 3 (1.01%) SonarQube
11 2 (0.68%) Appium
11 2 (0.68%) NSubstitute
General
1 66 (22.30%) Social Skills
2 42 (14.19%) Public Sector
3 35 (11.82%) Finance
4 20 (6.76%) Law
5 18 (6.08%) Analytical Skills
6 17 (5.74%) Retail
7 16 (5.41%) Presentation Skills
8 13 (4.39%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 6 (2.03%) Marketing
10 5 (1.69%) Financial Institution
11 4 (1.35%) Advertising
11 4 (1.35%) Documentation Skills
11 4 (1.35%) Organisational Skills
12 3 (1.01%) Banking
12 3 (1.01%) Corporate Banking
12 3 (1.01%) Investment Banking
12 3 (1.01%) Private Banking
13 2 (0.68%) Aerospace
13 2 (0.68%) Automotive
14 1 (0.34%) Legal
Job Titles
1 77 (26.01%) Developer
2 55 (18.58%) DevOps Engineer
3 53 (17.91%) Lead
4 51 (17.23%) Senior
5 23 (7.77%) Infrastructure Support
6 22 (7.43%) AWS Engineer
7 21 (7.09%) Architect
7 21 (7.09%) Infrastructure Engineer
7 21 (7.09%) Support Engineer
8 19 (6.42%) Infrastructure Support Engineer
9 18 (6.08%) Senior Developer
10 17 (5.74%) Dynamics 365 Developer
11 14 (4.73%) AWS DevOps
11 14 (4.73%) AWS DevOps Engineer
11 14 (4.73%) Platform Engineer
12 13 (4.39%) Lead DevOps
13 12 (4.05%) Azure Engineer
13 12 (4.05%) Technical Leader
14 11 (3.72%) CRM Developer
15 10 (3.38%) Cloud Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 57 (19.26%) .NET
2 20 (6.76%) .NET Framework
3 19 (6.42%) React
3 19 (6.42%) REST
4 16 (5.41%) Spring
5 14 (4.73%) AngularJS
6 13 (4.39%) HTML
7 12 (4.05%) Entity Framework
7 12 (4.05%) RESTful
8 11 (3.72%) CSS
8 11 (3.72%) Spring Boot
9 10 (3.38%) ARM Templates
9 10 (3.38%) Django
10 8 (2.70%) Flask
10 8 (2.70%) LDAP
11 7 (2.36%) SOAP
12 6 (2.03%) ASP.NET
12 6 (2.03%) Middleware
12 6 (2.03%) Node.js
12 6 (2.03%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 28 (9.46%) Cloud Native
2 26 (8.78%) Replication
3 18 (6.08%) Product Ownership
4 10 (3.38%) Enterprise Software
4 10 (3.38%) Legacy Systems
5 7 (2.36%) Greenfield Project
5 7 (2.36%) Onboarding
6 5 (1.69%) Data Centre
6 5 (1.69%) IoT
7 4 (1.35%) Low-Code
7 4 (1.35%) Self-Motivation
8 3 (1.01%) Algorithms
8 3 (1.01%) Analytical Mindset
8 3 (1.01%) Data Protection Act
8 3 (1.01%) Distributed Systems
8 3 (1.01%) Embedded Systems
8 3 (1.01%) Management Information System
8 3 (1.01%) Operational Technology
9 2 (0.68%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
9 2 (0.68%) Life Science
Operating Systems
1 58 (19.59%) Linux
2 40 (13.51%) VMS
3 37 (12.50%) Windows
4 23 (7.77%) Amazon Linux
5 8 (2.70%) Ubuntu
6 6 (2.03%) Windows Server
7 3 (1.01%) Unix
8 2 (0.68%) AIX
8 2 (0.68%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 2 (0.68%) SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 126 (42.57%) CI/CD
2 120 (40.54%) Agile
3 49 (16.55%) Cloud Security
4 44 (14.86%) Configuration Management
4 44 (14.86%) Infrastructure as Code
5 43 (14.53%) Continuous Improvement
6 39 (13.18%) Mentoring
7 38 (12.84%) CRM
8 37 (12.50%) Change Management
8 37 (12.50%) Problem-Solving
9 33 (11.15%) Containerisation
10 32 (10.81%) Infrastructure Engineering
10 32 (10.81%) Test Automation
11 31 (10.47%) TDD
12 29 (9.80%) AI
13 27 (9.12%) Microservices
13 27 (9.12%) Migration
14 26 (8.78%) Patch Management
14 26 (8.78%) SDLC
15 25 (8.45%) User Experience
Programming Languages
1 79 (26.69%) SQL
2 78 (26.35%) Python
3 63 (21.28%) C#
4 52 (17.57%) PowerShell
5 48 (16.22%) Java
6 43 (14.53%) Groovy
7 40 (13.51%) JavaScript
8 21 (7.09%) TypeScript
9 17 (5.74%) Perl
10 16 (5.41%) Bicep
11 11 (3.72%) T-SQL
12 10 (3.38%) Bash
13 7 (2.36%) Go
14 5 (1.69%) PHP
15 4 (1.35%) VB
16 3 (1.01%) Delphi
16 3 (1.01%) Scala
17 2 (0.68%) Apex Code
17 2 (0.68%) C++
17 2 (0.68%) Data Analysis Expressions
Qualifications
1 75 (25.34%) Security Cleared
2 66 (22.30%) SC Cleared
3 36 (12.16%) Azure Certification
4 30 (10.14%) Degree
5 22 (7.43%) AWS Certification
6 12 (4.05%) Microsoft Certification
7 8 (2.70%) BPSS Clearance
7 8 (2.70%) Computer Science Degree
8 7 (2.36%) Cisco Certification
8 7 (2.36%) DV Cleared
9 5 (1.69%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
10 4 (1.35%) Chartered Engineer
10 4 (1.35%) TOGAF Certification
11 3 (1.01%) CCNP
11 3 (1.01%) PMI Certification
12 2 (0.68%) CCNA
12 2 (0.68%) CCSP
12 2 (0.68%) CISSP
12 2 (0.68%) HND
12 2 (0.68%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 24 (8.11%) QA
2 4 (1.35%) ISO/IEC 12207
2 4 (1.35%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 3 (1.01%) Data Quality
3 3 (1.01%) GDPR
4 2 (0.68%) Accessibility
4 2 (0.68%) Cyber Essentials
4 2 (0.68%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
4 2 (0.68%) PCI DSS
5 1 (0.34%) COBIT
5 1 (0.34%) ISO 9001
5 1 (0.34%) PMO
5 1 (0.34%) SLA
5 1 (0.34%) WCAG
System Software
1 68 (22.97%) Docker
2 28 (9.46%) Active Directory
3 25 (8.45%) DFS Replication
4 9 (3.04%) Postfix
5 8 (2.70%) Dovecot
5 8 (2.70%) Squid
5 8 (2.70%) VMware Infrastructure
6 3 (1.01%) Firmware
7 2 (0.68%) Virtual Machines
7 2 (0.68%) VMware ESXi
8 1 (0.34%) Hyper-V
8 1 (0.34%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 103 (34.80%) Terraform
2 49 (16.55%) Kubernetes
3 45 (15.20%) Grafana
4 37 (12.50%) Prometheus
5 28 (9.46%) Ansible
6 8 (2.70%) Nessus
6 8 (2.70%) Proxmox
7 3 (1.01%) Argo
7 3 (1.01%) Dell DRAC
8 2 (0.68%) Nagios
8 2 (0.68%) Red Hat Satellite
8 2 (0.68%) ZABBIX
9 1 (0.34%) AWS Copilot
9 1 (0.34%) CA Service Virtualization
9 1 (0.34%) Kustomize
9 1 (0.34%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 52 (17.57%) Microsoft
2 38 (12.84%) ServiceNow
3 15 (5.07%) Databricks
4 13 (4.39%) Juniper
5 12 (4.05%) Oracle
6 10 (3.38%) SolarWinds
7 9 (3.04%) Guidewire
7 9 (3.04%) Jaspersoft
7 9 (3.04%) Salesforce
7 9 (3.04%) VMware
8 6 (2.03%) Cisco
8 6 (2.03%) Google
9 5 (1.69%) LogicMonitor
9 5 (1.69%) Meraki
9 5 (1.69%) SAP
10 4 (1.35%) OpenAI
11 3 (1.01%) Adobe
11 3 (1.01%) Palo Alto
11 3 (1.01%) RedGate
11 3 (1.01%) Zscaler