DevOps Jobs in the Midlands

DevOps
England > Midlands

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the Midlands with a requirement for DevOps skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited DevOps over the 6 months to 8 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
8 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 28 18 14
Rank change year-on-year -10 -4 +5
Permanent jobs citing DevOps 723 1,035 1,236
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 6.10% 11.17% 11.35%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 7.43% 11.57% 12.03%
Number of salaries quoted 560 534 832
10th Percentile £37,500 £41,250 £37,500
25th Percentile £45,000 £50,000 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £57,500 £57,500
75th Percentile £71,250 £72,375 £75,000
90th Percentile £88,750 £81,250 £85,000
England median annual salary £65,000 £70,000 £70,000
% change year-on-year -7.14% - +7.69%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Midlands

DevOps is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies advertised in the Midlands with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 9,725 8,947 10,273
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 82.01% 96.53% 94.37%
Number of salaries quoted 7,160 4,518 6,934
10th Percentile £26,250 £30,000 £29,000
25th Percentile £35,000 £38,357 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £52,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.52% +5.00% +7.87%
75th Percentile £62,200 £67,500 £63,750
90th Percentile £75,000 £77,500 £77,500
England median annual salary £55,000 £62,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.00% +4.17% +9.09%

DevOps
Job Vacancy Trend in the Midlands

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

Job vacancy trend for DevOps in the Midlands

DevOps
Salary Trend in the Midlands

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

Salary trend for DevOps in the Midlands

DevOps
Salary Histogram in the Midlands

Salary distribution for jobs citing DevOps in the Midlands over the 6 months to 8 May 2024.

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 8 May 2024. 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 -8 471 £60,000 +4.35% 125
East Midlands -8 252 £57,500 +4.55% 60
DevOps
England

DevOps
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Midlands 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 31 (4.29%) IIS
2 28 (3.87%) ArcGIS
2 28 (3.87%) GeoServer
3 27 (3.73%) SharePoint
4 12 (1.66%) Apache
4 12 (1.66%) Microsoft Exchange
5 8 (1.11%) Umbraco
6 5 (0.69%) Confluence
6 5 (0.69%) nginx
7 4 (0.55%) Apache Airflow
7 4 (0.55%) Apache Spark
7 4 (0.55%) CMS
8 2 (0.28%) Liferay
8 2 (0.28%) Magnolia
8 2 (0.28%) Sitecore CMS
8 2 (0.28%) Tomcat
9 1 (0.14%) Drupal
9 1 (0.14%) PrestaShop
9 1 (0.14%) WordPress
Applications
1 15 (2.07%) Microsoft Office
2 8 (1.11%) Microsoft Project
3 6 (0.83%) Microsoft Excel
4 3 (0.41%) Adobe XD
4 3 (0.41%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 3 (0.41%) MS Visio
5 2 (0.28%) Trello
6 1 (0.14%) Adobe Illustrator
6 1 (0.14%) InVision
6 1 (0.14%) Photoshop
6 1 (0.14%) Sketch
Business Applications
1 22 (3.04%) Dynamics CRM
2 10 (1.38%) Dynamics AX
3 3 (0.41%) SAP ERP
4 2 (0.28%) Oracle EBS
4 2 (0.28%) SAP S/4HANA
5 1 (0.14%) Dynamics NAV
5 1 (0.14%) Magento
5 1 (0.14%) Payment Gateway
5 1 (0.14%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 499 (69.02%) Azure
2 260 (35.96%) Azure DevOps
3 238 (32.92%) AWS
4 88 (12.17%) Power Platform
5 80 (11.07%) SaaS
6 66 (9.13%) Dynamics 365
7 63 (8.71%) GCP
8 62 (8.58%) Microsoft 365
9 55 (7.61%) PaaS
10 44 (6.09%) IaaS
11 37 (5.12%) Serverless
12 36 (4.98%) PowerApps
13 30 (4.15%) GitHub
14 29 (4.01%) Amazon S3
14 29 (4.01%) Azure Data Factory
15 24 (3.32%) Entra ID
16 20 (2.77%) Azure Logic Apps
17 18 (2.49%) AWS Lambda
18 17 (2.35%) AWS CloudFormation
18 17 (2.35%) Azure Synapse Analytics
Communications & Networking
1 38 (5.26%) Firewall
2 18 (2.49%) VPN
3 14 (1.94%) DNS
4 10 (1.38%) HTTP
4 10 (1.38%) NGFW
5 8 (1.11%) Intranet
5 8 (1.11%) Network Security
6 6 (0.83%) DHCP
7 5 (0.69%) LAN
7 5 (0.69%) TCP/IP
7 5 (0.69%) WAN
8 4 (0.55%) MQTT
8 4 (0.55%) Unified Communications
9 3 (0.41%) HTTPS
10 2 (0.28%) Extranet
10 2 (0.28%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
10 2 (0.28%) Internet
10 2 (0.28%) Intrusion Detection
10 2 (0.28%) IPv6
10 2 (0.28%) Reverse Proxy
Database & Business Intelligence
1 133 (18.40%) SQL Server
2 51 (7.05%) Power BI
3 41 (5.67%) PostgreSQL
3 41 (5.67%) Relational Database
4 40 (5.53%) Data Warehouse
5 30 (4.15%) BigQuery
6 28 (3.87%) GIS
6 28 (3.87%) QGIS
7 27 (3.73%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 26 (3.60%) Looker
9 22 (3.04%) Data Lake
9 22 (3.04%) MySQL
10 18 (2.49%) Amazon RDS
10 18 (2.49%) Elasticsearch
11 17 (2.35%) NoSQL
11 17 (2.35%) SQL Server Analysis Services
12 14 (1.94%) DynamoDB
12 14 (1.94%) Metadata
13 12 (1.66%) Big Data
13 12 (1.66%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 104 (14.38%) Git
2 33 (4.56%) Visual Studio
3 30 (4.15%) Team Foundation Server
4 27 (3.73%) GitLab
5 22 (3.04%) JIRA
6 19 (2.63%) Jenkins
7 18 (2.49%) Postman
8 15 (2.07%) Jasmine
9 11 (1.52%) Karma Test Runner
9 11 (1.52%) SonarQube
10 10 (1.38%) MSTest
10 10 (1.38%) SoapUI
10 10 (1.38%) TeamCity
11 9 (1.24%) Octopus Deploy
12 7 (0.97%) NUnit
13 5 (0.69%) Bitbucket
13 5 (0.69%) webpack
14 4 (0.55%) Cucumber
14 4 (0.55%) JUnit
15 3 (0.41%) JDeveloper
General
1 115 (15.91%) Social Skills
2 67 (9.27%) Finance
3 52 (7.19%) Analytical Skills
4 37 (5.12%) Law
5 34 (4.70%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 24 (3.32%) Public Sector
7 21 (2.90%) Manufacturing
8 18 (2.49%) Retail
9 14 (1.94%) Automotive
10 12 (1.66%) Games
10 12 (1.66%) Marketing
11 10 (1.38%) Billing
12 9 (1.24%) Legal
13 7 (0.97%) Banking
13 7 (0.97%) Pharmaceutical
14 6 (0.83%) Electronics
14 6 (0.83%) Presentation Skills
15 5 (0.69%) Influencing Skills
15 5 (0.69%) Police
15 5 (0.69%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 171 (23.65%) Developer
2 128 (17.70%) Senior
3 84 (11.62%) Software Engineer
4 64 (8.85%) Lead
5 54 (7.47%) DevOps Engineer
6 49 (6.78%) Architect
7 45 (6.22%) Data Engineer
8 44 (6.09%) Cloud Engineer
9 42 (5.81%) Senior Software Engineer
9 42 (5.81%) Software Developer
10 40 (5.53%) Azure Engineer
11 36 (4.98%) Senior Developer
12 31 (4.29%) Platform Engineer
13 28 (3.87%) AWS Engineer
13 28 (3.87%) Full Stack Developer
14 26 (3.60%) Analyst
14 26 (3.60%) Infrastructure Engineer
15 23 (3.18%) C# Developer
16 21 (2.90%) Project Manager
17 20 (2.77%) Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 194 (26.83%) .NET
2 112 (15.49%) React
3 75 (10.37%) .NET Core
4 70 (9.68%) .NET Framework
5 67 (9.27%) CSS
6 59 (8.16%) HTML
7 55 (7.61%) ASP.NET
8 54 (7.47%) AngularJS
9 50 (6.92%) JSON
10 49 (6.78%) REST
10 49 (6.78%) RESTful
11 45 (6.22%) Node.js
12 43 (5.95%) XML
13 41 (5.67%) Entity Framework
14 37 (5.12%) Web Services
15 32 (4.43%) ARM Templates
15 32 (4.43%) SOAP
15 32 (4.43%) YAML
16 28 (3.87%) OpenLayers
16 28 (3.87%) PostGIS
Miscellaneous
1 44 (6.09%) Product Ownership
2 39 (5.39%) Cloud Native
3 38 (5.26%) Self-Motivation
4 37 (5.12%) Management Information System
5 27 (3.73%) Public Cloud
6 22 (3.04%) Private Cloud
7 18 (2.49%) Data Centre
8 17 (2.35%) Enterprise Software
9 16 (2.21%) Low-Code
10 15 (2.07%) Data Structures
11 14 (1.94%) Hybrid Cloud
11 14 (1.94%) Mobile App
12 12 (1.66%) Onboarding
13 11 (1.52%) NHS
14 10 (1.38%) IoT
14 10 (1.38%) Virtual Team
15 9 (1.24%) Blockchain
15 9 (1.24%) PKI
16 8 (1.11%) Algorithms
16 8 (1.11%) e-Learning
Operating Systems
1 65 (8.99%) Linux
2 62 (8.58%) Windows
3 23 (3.18%) Windows Server
4 15 (2.07%) VMS
5 8 (1.11%) CentOS
5 8 (1.11%) Debian
6 7 (0.97%) Android
6 7 (0.97%) SUSE
6 7 (0.97%) Ubuntu
7 5 (0.69%) Apple iOS
8 4 (0.55%) Unix
9 2 (0.28%) Mac OS
9 2 (0.28%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 362 (50.07%) Agile
2 224 (30.98%) CI/CD
3 162 (22.41%) Software Engineering
4 122 (16.87%) Problem-Solving
5 116 (16.04%) Infrastructure as Code
6 106 (14.66%) Mentoring
7 101 (13.97%) Scrum
8 92 (12.72%) Containerisation
9 85 (11.76%) Test Automation
10 80 (11.07%) Continuous Improvement
11 71 (9.82%) SDLC
12 67 (9.27%) Continuous Integration
12 67 (9.27%) Project Management
13 62 (8.58%) Microservices
14 57 (7.88%) Business Intelligence
15 55 (7.61%) Full Stack Development
16 53 (7.33%) Data Engineering
17 52 (7.19%) Web Development
18 48 (6.64%) Coaching
19 47 (6.50%) Analytics
Programming Languages
1 199 (27.52%) C#
2 168 (23.24%) SQL
3 160 (22.13%) JavaScript
4 138 (19.09%) Python
5 74 (10.24%) PowerShell
6 67 (9.27%) TypeScript
7 57 (7.88%) T-SQL
8 42 (5.81%) Java
9 40 (5.53%) Bash
10 30 (4.15%) PHP
11 23 (3.18%) Bicep
11 23 (3.18%) VB
12 17 (2.35%) VB.NET
13 13 (1.80%) XAML
14 11 (1.52%) VB6
15 10 (1.38%) Go
15 10 (1.38%) Ruby
16 9 (1.24%) C
17 8 (1.11%) C++
17 8 (1.11%) Rust
Qualifications
1 79 (10.93%) Security Cleared
2 68 (9.41%) SC Cleared
3 64 (8.85%) Degree
4 33 (4.56%) Azure Certification
5 24 (3.32%) Microsoft Certification
6 17 (2.35%) Computer Science Degree
7 12 (1.66%) AWS Certification
7 12 (1.66%) ISTQB
8 9 (1.24%) BPSS Clearance
9 8 (1.11%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
10 7 (0.97%) ISEB
10 7 (0.97%) Master's Degree
11 6 (0.83%) OCP
11 6 (0.83%) Oracle Certification
12 5 (0.69%) HNC
13 4 (0.55%) MCSE
13 4 (0.55%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
14 3 (0.41%) DBS Check
15 2 (0.28%) DV Cleared
15 2 (0.28%) SANS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 100 (13.83%) QA
2 29 (4.01%) GDPR
3 15 (2.07%) Data Quality
4 13 (1.80%) Accessibility
5 11 (1.52%) NCSC
6 8 (1.11%) PMO
7 7 (0.97%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 4 (0.55%) NIST
8 4 (0.55%) SLA
9 2 (0.28%) Cyber Essentials
9 2 (0.28%) PCI DSS
10 1 (0.14%) AUTOSAR
10 1 (0.14%) IFRS
10 1 (0.14%) IFRS 17
10 1 (0.14%) Solvency II
System Software
1 109 (15.08%) Docker
2 22 (3.04%) Active Directory
2 22 (3.04%) Virtual Machines
3 19 (2.63%) VMware Infrastructure
4 15 (2.07%) vSphere
5 11 (1.52%) Hyper-V
6 10 (1.38%) Virtual Desktop
6 10 (1.38%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 139 (19.23%) Terraform
2 102 (14.11%) Kubernetes
3 40 (5.53%) Ansible
4 14 (1.94%) Docker Swarm
5 13 (1.80%) Prometheus
6 10 (1.38%) Grafana
7 7 (0.97%) Single Sign-On
8 4 (0.55%) Microsoft Intune
8 4 (0.55%) Progress Chef
9 3 (0.41%) Puppet
10 2 (0.28%) FortiGate
10 2 (0.28%) Kibana
10 2 (0.28%) MIIS
11 1 (0.14%) Argo
Vendors
1 208 (28.77%) Microsoft
2 43 (5.95%) Google
3 30 (4.15%) VMware
4 28 (3.87%) ESRI
5 26 (3.60%) Databricks
6 18 (2.49%) Oracle
7 16 (2.21%) OpenAI
8 13 (1.80%) Citrix
9 12 (1.66%) Dynatrace
10 11 (1.52%) SAP
10 11 (1.52%) YouTube
11 9 (1.24%) Red Hat
12 8 (1.11%) IBM
12 8 (1.11%) iManage
13 7 (0.97%) Adobe
13 7 (0.97%) DevExpress
13 7 (0.97%) ServiceNow
14 6 (0.83%) Cisco
14 6 (0.83%) MuleSoft
15 5 (0.69%) Salesforce