DevOps Job Trends in the North of England

DevOps
England > North of England

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the North of England requiring DevOps skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 11 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
11 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 36 29 24
Rank change year-on-year -7 -5 -10
Permanent jobs citing DevOps 805 721 1,244
As % of all permanent jobs in the North of England 4.38% 9.51% 7.38%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 6.15% 10.01% 8.90%
Number of salaries quoted 621 402 928
10th Percentile £42,500 £41,250 £38,750
25th Percentile £53,750 £48,750 £48,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £67,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +3.70% +12.50% -2.44%
75th Percentile £81,250 £86,875 £77,500
90th Percentile £95,000 £98,474 £90,000
England median annual salary £70,400 £70,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year +0.57% +7.69% -7.14%

All Process & Methodology Skills
North of England

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 North of England.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 13,086 7,206 13,972
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 71.22% 95.00% 82.85%
Number of salaries quoted 8,541 3,813 11,125
10th Percentile £30,000 £27,500 £27,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £36,250 £36,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £51,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +2.94% +2.00% -9.09%
75th Percentile £70,000 £70,000 £65,000
90th Percentile £87,500 £85,000 £80,000
England median annual salary £60,000 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year - +9.09% -12.00%

DevOps
Job Vacancy Trend in the North of England

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

DevOps job vacancy trend in the North of England

DevOps
Salary Trend in the North of England

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the North of England citing DevOps.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the North of England citing DevOps

DevOps
Salary Histogram in the North of England

Salary distribution for jobs citing DevOps in the North of England over the 6 months to 11 May 2026.

Salary histogram for DevOps in the North of England

DevOps
Job Locations in the North of England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing DevOps within the North of England region over the 6 months to 11 May 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
North West -10 399 £70,000 +0.44% 144
Yorkshire -6 270 £70,000 +2.94% 78
North East +6 136 £60,000 -7.69% 63
DevOps
England

DevOps
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the North of England 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 23 (2.86%) Confluence
2 19 (2.36%) Microsoft Exchange
3 18 (2.24%) SharePoint
4 7 (0.87%) Moodle
5 6 (0.75%) IIS
6 5 (0.62%) Apache Airflow
6 5 (0.62%) Apache Spark
7 4 (0.50%) Apache Solr
7 4 (0.50%) CMS
7 4 (0.50%) OpenStack
8 3 (0.37%) Umbraco
8 3 (0.37%) WordPress
9 2 (0.25%) Apache
9 2 (0.25%) CICS
10 1 (0.12%) Headless CMS
10 1 (0.12%) nginx
10 1 (0.12%) PegaRULES
Applications
1 10 (1.24%) Microsoft Excel
1 10 (1.24%) Microsoft Project
2 5 (0.62%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 3 (0.37%) Microsoft Office
4 2 (0.25%) MS Visio
4 2 (0.25%) Trello
5 1 (0.12%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 13 (1.61%) SAP ERP
2 9 (1.12%) Dynamics CRM
3 3 (0.37%) Oracle EBS
3 3 (0.37%) SAP S/4HANA
4 1 (0.12%) Dynamics NAV
4 1 (0.12%) Magento
4 1 (0.12%) Shopify
4 1 (0.12%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 363 (45.09%) Azure
2 310 (38.51%) AWS
3 174 (21.61%) Azure DevOps
4 142 (17.64%) Serverless
5 115 (14.29%) GitHub
6 97 (12.05%) GCP
7 91 (11.30%) Amazon S3
8 88 (10.93%) AWS Lambda
9 80 (9.94%) AWS CloudFormation
10 78 (9.69%) Amazon ECS
11 74 (9.19%) GitHub Actions
12 69 (8.57%) AWS Step Functions
13 52 (6.46%) Power Platform
14 41 (5.09%) Apigee
15 38 (4.72%) Amazon ECR
16 37 (4.60%) Microsoft 365
17 36 (4.47%) Amazon CloudWatch
17 36 (4.47%) Amazon SQS
18 31 (3.85%) Amazon EKS
19 30 (3.73%) Azure AKS
Communications & Networking
1 25 (3.11%) Firewall
2 22 (2.73%) TCP/IP
3 21 (2.61%) HTTP
4 20 (2.48%) DNS
5 6 (0.75%) Network Security
6 5 (0.62%) SAN
7 2 (0.25%) Broadband
7 2 (0.25%) HTTPS
8 1 (0.12%) BIG-IP
8 1 (0.12%) DHCP
8 1 (0.12%) LTE
8 1 (0.12%) SD-WAN
8 1 (0.12%) VLAN
8 1 (0.12%) VPN
8 1 (0.12%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 80 (9.94%) DynamoDB
2 65 (8.07%) NoSQL
3 49 (6.09%) PostgreSQL
4 40 (4.97%) MongoDB
5 38 (4.72%) SQL Server
6 34 (4.22%) Power BI
7 22 (2.73%) Amazon Athena
8 18 (2.24%) Azure SQL Database
9 17 (2.11%) Data Warehouse
9 17 (2.11%) Relational Database
10 16 (1.99%) Spark SQL
11 15 (1.86%) SQL Server Reporting Services
12 13 (1.61%) Metadata
13 10 (1.24%) Elasticsearch
14 7 (0.87%) MySQL
15 6 (0.75%) Data Lake
16 5 (0.62%) BigQuery
16 5 (0.62%) Data Vault
16 5 (0.62%) SQL Server Integration Services
17 4 (0.50%) Big Data
Development Applications
1 109 (13.54%) Jenkins
2 88 (10.93%) GitLab
3 76 (9.44%) Git
4 71 (8.82%) JIRA
5 45 (5.59%) SonarQube
6 39 (4.84%) Maven
7 38 (4.72%) Cypress.io
8 15 (1.86%) Postman
9 9 (1.12%) Bitbucket
10 6 (0.75%) Artifactory
10 6 (0.75%) Selenium
11 5 (0.62%) Cucumber
11 5 (0.62%) JUnit
11 5 (0.62%) Octopus Deploy
12 4 (0.50%) fastlane
12 4 (0.50%) NUnit
12 4 (0.50%) REST Assured
12 4 (0.50%) TeamCity
12 4 (0.50%) Visual Studio
13 3 (0.37%) JMeter
General
1 151 (18.76%) Social Skills
2 79 (9.81%) Finance
3 58 (7.20%) Analytical Skills
4 51 (6.34%) Public Sector
5 33 (4.10%) Retail
6 28 (3.48%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 24 (2.98%) Telecoms
8 21 (2.61%) Banking
9 18 (2.24%) Law
10 17 (2.11%) Marketing
11 13 (1.61%) Influencing Skills
12 12 (1.49%) Games
13 9 (1.12%) Retail Banking
14 4 (0.50%) Advertising
14 4 (0.50%) Documentation Skills
14 4 (0.50%) Financial Institution
14 4 (0.50%) Legal
15 3 (0.37%) Aerospace
16 2 (0.25%) Billing
16 2 (0.25%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 206 (25.59%) DevOps Engineer
2 201 (24.97%) Developer
3 198 (24.60%) Senior
4 92 (11.43%) Lead
5 81 (10.06%) Java Developer
6 77 (9.57%) Software Engineer
7 65 (8.07%) Senior Developer
8 44 (5.47%) Cloud Engineer
9 40 (4.97%) Senior DevOps
9 40 (4.97%) Senior DevOps Engineer
10 35 (4.35%) Architect
10 35 (4.35%) AWS Engineer
10 35 (4.35%) Platform Engineer
11 34 (4.22%) Senior Software Engineer
12 31 (3.85%) Full-Stack Developer
13 30 (3.73%) AWS Developer
14 28 (3.48%) .NET Developer
15 26 (3.23%) Data Engineer
15 26 (3.23%) Lead DevOps
16 25 (3.11%) AWS DevOps
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 88 (10.93%) .NET
2 84 (10.43%) AngularJS
3 79 (9.81%) React
4 77 (9.57%) Node.js
5 75 (9.32%) Spring Boot
6 61 (7.58%) RESTful
7 55 (6.83%) REST
8 50 (6.21%) Spring
9 39 (4.84%) ASP.NET
10 38 (4.72%) Gherkin
11 37 (4.60%) Jest
12 36 (4.47%) .NET Core
13 33 (4.10%) Elastic Stack
14 29 (3.60%) CSS
14 29 (3.60%) HTML
15 28 (3.48%) ASP.NET Core
16 25 (3.11%) PySpark
17 22 (2.73%) Vue
18 21 (2.61%) JSON
19 20 (2.48%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 110 (13.66%) Cloud Native
2 30 (3.73%) Distributed Systems
3 29 (3.60%) Product Ownership
4 25 (3.11%) Enterprise Software
5 15 (1.86%) Enterprise Cloud
6 13 (1.61%) Public Cloud
7 11 (1.37%) Analytical Mindset
8 10 (1.24%) Mobile App
9 9 (1.12%) NHS
10 8 (0.99%) Driving Licence
10 8 (0.99%) Legacy Systems
10 8 (0.99%) Onboarding
11 7 (0.87%) e-Learning
11 7 (0.87%) Hybrid Cloud
12 6 (0.75%) Low-Code
12 6 (0.75%) Management Information System
13 5 (0.62%) Greenfield Project
13 5 (0.62%) PMI
14 4 (0.50%) SCADA
14 4 (0.50%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 45 (5.59%) Linux
2 35 (4.35%) Windows
3 15 (1.86%) Unix
4 7 (0.87%) Windows Server
5 4 (0.50%) Android
5 4 (0.50%) Apple iOS
6 2 (0.25%) Debian
6 2 (0.25%) Ubuntu
6 2 (0.25%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 413 (51.30%) CI/CD
2 291 (36.15%) Agile
3 166 (20.62%) Infrastructure as Code
4 130 (16.15%) Mentoring
5 123 (15.28%) Software Engineering
6 111 (13.79%) Containerisation
6 111 (13.79%) Continuous Improvement
7 108 (13.42%) Platform Engineering
8 106 (13.17%) Problem-Solving
9 102 (12.67%) Microservices
10 101 (12.55%) AI
11 94 (11.68%) Scrum
12 90 (11.18%) Test Automation
13 82 (10.19%) Observability
14 80 (9.94%) Continuous Integration
15 78 (9.69%) Full-Stack Development
16 69 (8.57%) Roadmaps
17 64 (7.95%) Site Reliability Engineering
18 63 (7.83%) Stakeholder Management
19 58 (7.20%) SDLC
Programming Languages
1 154 (19.13%) Python
2 146 (18.14%) SQL
3 143 (17.76%) Java
4 96 (11.93%) TypeScript
5 79 (9.81%) Bash
6 70 (8.70%) C#
7 61 (7.58%) JavaScript
8 42 (5.22%) Groovy
9 34 (4.22%) PowerShell
10 25 (3.11%) Go
11 23 (2.86%) Kotlin
12 17 (2.11%) Bicep
13 10 (1.24%) C++
14 8 (0.99%) T-SQL
15 6 (0.75%) Data Analysis Expressions
15 6 (0.75%) PHP
16 5 (0.62%) C
16 5 (0.62%) PL/SQL
17 4 (0.50%) Apex Code
18 3 (0.37%) Scala
Qualifications
1 78 (9.69%) Security Cleared
2 58 (7.20%) SC Cleared
3 53 (6.58%) Degree
4 42 (5.22%) AWS Certification
5 25 (3.11%) Computer Science Degree
6 23 (2.86%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
6 23 (2.86%) ITIL Certification
7 16 (1.99%) Azure Certification
8 14 (1.74%) AWS Certified Developer
8 14 (1.74%) DV Cleared
9 10 (1.24%) PMI Certification
10 5 (0.62%) Microsoft Certification
10 5 (0.62%) PMP
11 3 (0.37%) (ISC)2 CCSP
11 3 (0.37%) CCSP
11 3 (0.37%) Cisco Certification
11 3 (0.37%) CISM
11 3 (0.37%) CISSP
11 3 (0.37%) ISTQB
11 3 (0.37%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 45 (5.59%) QA
2 16 (1.99%) GDPR
3 12 (1.49%) TickIT
4 11 (1.37%) Data Quality
4 11 (1.37%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 9 (1.12%) Accessibility
6 8 (0.99%) PCI DSS
7 7 (0.87%) GRC
8 6 (0.75%) WCAG
9 4 (0.50%) NIST
9 4 (0.50%) SOC 2
10 1 (0.12%) Cyber Essentials
10 1 (0.12%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
System Software
1 148 (18.39%) Docker
2 12 (1.49%) Active Directory
3 6 (0.75%) vSphere
4 4 (0.50%) Virtual Machines
4 4 (0.50%) VMware Infrastructure
5 3 (0.37%) Microsoft Virtual Server
5 3 (0.37%) Virtual Servers
5 3 (0.37%) VMware NSX
6 1 (0.12%) Firmware
6 1 (0.12%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 176 (21.86%) Terraform
2 109 (13.54%) Kubernetes
3 59 (7.33%) Ansible
4 37 (4.60%) Grafana
4 37 (4.60%) HP Fortify
5 32 (3.98%) Prometheus
6 17 (2.11%) Argo
7 13 (1.61%) Microsoft Intune
8 8 (0.99%) Single Sign-On
9 5 (0.62%) Packer
10 4 (0.50%) Docker Swarm
11 3 (0.37%) Control-M
11 3 (0.37%) Progress Chef
11 3 (0.37%) Rancher
12 2 (0.25%) AWS Copilot
12 2 (0.25%) Istio
12 2 (0.25%) Kibana
13 1 (0.12%) FortiGate
13 1 (0.12%) Nagios
Vendors
1 122 (15.16%) Microsoft
2 34 (4.22%) Databricks
3 28 (3.48%) Google
4 21 (2.61%) SAP
5 14 (1.74%) Oracle
5 14 (1.74%) ServiceNow
6 13 (1.61%) Salesforce
6 13 (1.61%) Splunk
7 10 (1.24%) VMware
8 9 (1.12%) New Relic
9 7 (0.87%) AppDynamics
10 6 (0.75%) IBM
11 5 (0.62%) Dynatrace
11 5 (0.62%) Pega
12 4 (0.50%) Apple
12 4 (0.50%) DevExpress
13 3 (0.37%) Adobe
13 3 (0.37%) Atlassian
13 3 (0.37%) IFS
13 3 (0.37%) LogicMonitor