DevOps Jobs in the North West

DevOps
England > North West

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the North West 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 26 July 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
26 Jul 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 14 9 7
Rank change year-on-year -5 -2 +1
Permanent jobs citing DevOps 893 1,041 1,725
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North West 9.64% 16.09% 17.08%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 12.19% 16.80% 17.67%
Number of salaries quoted 496 602 898
10th Percentile £40,869 £42,500 £38,750
25th Percentile £50,500 £52,500 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £65,351 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -0.54% +13.65% +4.55%
75th Percentile £82,500 £80,000 £75,000
90th Percentile £97,500 £90,000 £86,250
England median annual salary £67,500 £70,000 £70,000
% change year-on-year -3.57% - +7.69%

All Process and Methodology Skills
North West

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 West.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 7,325 6,198 9,762
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North West 79.10% 95.78% 96.63%
Number of salaries quoted 4,981 3,646 5,792
10th Percentile £29,500 £31,000 £30,000
25th Percentile £39,500 £41,250 £39,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £51,364 £55,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -6.61% +4.76% +5.00%
75th Percentile £65,603 £70,000 £67,500
90th Percentile £80,000 £82,500 £82,500
England median annual salary £55,000 £62,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -11.29% +3.33% +4.35%

DevOps
Job Vacancy Trend in the North West

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

Job vacancy trend for DevOps in the North West

DevOps
Salary Trend in the North West

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

Salary trend for DevOps in the North West

DevOps
Salary Histogram in the North West

Salary distribution for jobs citing DevOps in the North West over the 6 months to 26 July 2024.

Salary histogram for DevOps in the North West

DevOps
Job Locations in the North West

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing DevOps within the North West region over the 6 months to 26 July 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
Manchester -3 661 £65,000 -7.14% 75
Cheshire -14 72 £57,500 -14.81% 12
Merseyside -12 70 £90,000 +71.43% 4
Lancashire -22 53 £67,500 +22.73% 6
Cumbria +15 34 £60,000 +9.09% 3
DevOps
England

DevOps
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North West 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 37 (4.14%) ArcGIS
1 37 (4.14%) GeoServer
2 29 (3.25%) Confluence
3 22 (2.46%) SharePoint
4 18 (2.02%) Apache Spark
5 15 (1.68%) IIS
6 14 (1.57%) CMS
7 10 (1.12%) Apache Solr
8 8 (0.90%) Apache
8 8 (0.90%) Umbraco
9 7 (0.78%) Drupal
9 7 (0.78%) WordPress
10 5 (0.56%) Microsoft Exchange
11 2 (0.22%) BizTalk Server
11 2 (0.22%) Oracle SOA Suite
12 1 (0.11%) Kentico
12 1 (0.11%) Sitecore CMS
Applications
1 6 (0.67%) Photoshop
2 5 (0.56%) Microsoft Excel
3 3 (0.34%) Trello
4 2 (0.22%) MS Visio
5 1 (0.11%) Microsoft Office
5 1 (0.11%) Microsoft Project
5 1 (0.11%) Simulink
Business Applications
1 22 (2.46%) Dynamics CRM
2 10 (1.12%) Magento
3 5 (0.56%) Dynamics AX
4 3 (0.34%) Dynamics NAV
4 3 (0.34%) Shopify
5 2 (0.22%) BambooHR
5 2 (0.22%) iTrent
5 2 (0.22%) SAP Business One
5 2 (0.22%) Temenos T24
6 1 (0.11%) NEC Housing
6 1 (0.11%) Primavera
Cloud Services
1 469 (52.52%) Azure
2 397 (44.46%) AWS
3 250 (28.00%) Azure DevOps
4 105 (11.76%) IBM Cloud
5 85 (9.52%) Amazon S3
6 82 (9.18%) Power Platform
6 82 (9.18%) Serverless
7 76 (8.51%) Amazon Kinesis
8 75 (8.40%) OCI
9 73 (8.17%) Amazon EKS
10 65 (7.28%) Amazon ECR
10 65 (7.28%) Route 53
11 59 (6.61%) GCP
12 52 (5.82%) Azure Logic Apps
13 51 (5.71%) Azure Functions
14 46 (5.15%) GitHub
15 43 (4.82%) Azure Service Bus
16 41 (4.59%) Azure API Management
17 38 (4.26%) Dynamics 365
18 35 (3.92%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 18 (2.02%) DNS
2 16 (1.79%) Firewall
3 9 (1.01%) WAN
4 8 (0.90%) LAN
4 8 (0.90%) MQTT
5 6 (0.67%) VoIP
6 5 (0.56%) WLAN
7 4 (0.45%) HTTP
7 4 (0.45%) Skype
8 3 (0.34%) DHCP
9 2 (0.22%) Network Security
9 2 (0.22%) TCP/IP
10 1 (0.11%) HTTPS
10 1 (0.11%) IMAP
10 1 (0.11%) Intrusion Detection
10 1 (0.11%) SD-WAN
10 1 (0.11%) SMTP
10 1 (0.11%) SSL
10 1 (0.11%) VSAN
10 1 (0.11%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 159 (17.81%) PostgreSQL
2 129 (14.45%) NoSQL
3 87 (9.74%) Amazon RDS
4 81 (9.07%) SQL Server
5 77 (8.62%) DynamoDB
6 66 (7.39%) Data Warehouse
7 64 (7.17%) Relational Database
8 62 (6.94%) Amazon Aurora
9 54 (6.05%) MongoDB
10 49 (5.49%) Power BI
11 44 (4.93%) Redis
12 43 (4.82%) MySQL
13 41 (4.59%) DB2
14 37 (4.14%) GIS
14 37 (4.14%) QGIS
15 30 (3.36%) BigQuery
16 28 (3.14%) Looker
17 26 (2.91%) Azure SQL Database
17 26 (2.91%) Data Lake
18 24 (2.69%) Metadata
Development Applications
1 80 (8.96%) Git
2 77 (8.62%) JIRA
3 43 (4.82%) Gatling
4 32 (3.58%) GitLab
5 26 (2.91%) Jenkins
6 19 (2.13%) Jasmine
7 18 (2.02%) Postman
8 15 (1.68%) Visual Studio
9 14 (1.57%) Bitbucket
10 13 (1.46%) Team Foundation Server
11 11 (1.23%) Karma Test Runner
12 8 (0.90%) Appium
12 8 (0.90%) SonarQube
12 8 (0.90%) TeamCity
13 6 (0.67%) JMeter
13 6 (0.67%) Octopus Deploy
13 6 (0.67%) Selenium
14 5 (0.56%) CMake
14 5 (0.56%) SpecFlow
14 5 (0.56%) WebDriver
General
1 196 (21.95%) Social Skills
2 130 (14.56%) Public Sector
3 88 (9.85%) Finance
4 77 (8.62%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 61 (6.83%) Analytical Skills
6 44 (4.93%) Retail
7 34 (3.81%) Law
8 30 (3.36%) Billing
8 30 (3.36%) Electronics
9 24 (2.69%) Legal
10 18 (2.02%) Aerospace
11 14 (1.57%) Games
11 14 (1.57%) Marketing
11 14 (1.57%) Presentation Skills
12 12 (1.34%) Automotive
13 7 (0.78%) Banking
13 7 (0.78%) Influencing Skills
13 7 (0.78%) Manufacturing
14 5 (0.56%) Retail Finance
14 5 (0.56%) Tech for Good
Job Titles
1 233 (26.09%) Developer
2 229 (25.64%) Senior
3 140 (15.68%) Software Engineer
4 133 (14.89%) DevOps Engineer
5 124 (13.89%) Lead
6 84 (9.41%) Architect
7 79 (8.85%) Senior DevOps
7 79 (8.85%) Senior DevOps Engineer
8 72 (8.06%) Data Engineer
9 59 (6.61%) Full Stack Developer
10 53 (5.94%) Platform Engineer
11 52 (5.82%) .NET Developer
12 50 (5.60%) Azure Developer
13 42 (4.70%) Senior Software Engineer
14 39 (4.37%) Technical Leader
15 37 (4.14%) Senior Developer
16 35 (3.92%) Azure Engineer
17 31 (3.47%) Lead Software Engineer
18 29 (3.25%) Principal Engineer
19 28 (3.14%) C# Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 206 (23.07%) .NET
2 161 (18.03%) React
3 144 (16.13%) CSS
4 138 (15.45%) REST
5 122 (13.66%) Web Services
6 113 (12.65%) HTML
7 112 (12.54%) Node.js
8 92 (10.30%) AngularJS
9 80 (8.96%) GraphQL
10 67 (7.50%) .NET Core
10 67 (7.50%) Vue
11 64 (7.17%) ASP.NET
11 64 (7.17%) jQuery
12 57 (6.38%) http4s
12 57 (6.38%) Scalaz
12 57 (6.38%) Twitter Bootstrap
13 50 (5.60%) JSON
14 42 (4.70%) ASP.NET Core
15 41 (4.59%) Backbone.js
15 41 (4.59%) Ember.js
Miscellaneous
1 114 (12.77%) Hybrid Cloud
2 105 (11.76%) Blockchain
3 76 (8.51%) Media Streaming
4 67 (7.50%) Blog
5 66 (7.39%) Self-Motivation
6 65 (7.28%) e-Learning
7 64 (7.17%) Data Structures
8 62 (6.94%) Distributed Systems
9 57 (6.38%) Cloud Native
10 41 (4.59%) Algorithms
11 36 (4.03%) Management Information System
12 31 (3.47%) Public Cloud
13 23 (2.58%) Product Ownership
14 17 (1.90%) Mobile App
15 16 (1.79%) Greenfield Project
15 16 (1.79%) Legacy Systems
16 14 (1.57%) Data Centre
16 14 (1.57%) Enterprise Software
17 11 (1.23%) IoT
17 11 (1.23%) Reinsurance
Operating Systems
1 97 (10.86%) Linux
2 90 (10.08%) Windows
3 53 (5.94%) Apple iOS
4 49 (5.49%) Android
5 17 (1.90%) Windows Server
6 7 (0.78%) VMS
7 6 (0.67%) Mac OS
8 4 (0.45%) Windows 10
9 2 (0.22%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 1 (0.11%) Amazon Linux
10 1 (0.11%) CentOS
10 1 (0.11%) Embedded Linux
10 1 (0.11%) HPUX
10 1 (0.11%) Solaris
10 1 (0.11%) Ubuntu
10 1 (0.11%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 547 (61.25%) Agile
2 234 (26.20%) Software Engineering
3 207 (23.18%) CI/CD
3 207 (23.18%) Mentoring
4 145 (16.24%) Coaching
5 138 (15.45%) Continuous Integration
6 135 (15.12%) Artificial Intelligence
7 121 (13.55%) Problem-Solving
8 115 (12.88%) Test Automation
9 110 (12.32%) Analytics
10 109 (12.21%) Infrastructure as Code
10 109 (12.21%) Scrum
10 109 (12.21%) Web Development
11 105 (11.76%) Roadmaps
12 103 (11.53%) Unit Testing
13 95 (10.64%) Containerisation
13 95 (10.64%) Full Stack Development
14 94 (10.53%) Design Patterns
15 84 (9.41%) User Experience
16 79 (8.85%) Open Source
Programming Languages
1 210 (23.52%) C#
2 207 (23.18%) JavaScript
3 185 (20.72%) SQL
4 176 (19.71%) Python
5 134 (15.01%) Java
6 82 (9.18%) TypeScript
7 79 (8.85%) Scala
8 35 (3.92%) PowerShell
9 32 (3.58%) PHP
10 29 (3.25%) Bash
11 26 (2.91%) Go
12 24 (2.69%) Kotlin
13 17 (1.90%) T-SQL
13 17 (1.90%) VB.NET
14 11 (1.23%) VB
14 11 (1.23%) VB6
15 9 (1.01%) C++
15 9 (1.01%) Data Analysis Expressions
16 5 (0.56%) Ruby
17 4 (0.45%) Bicep
Qualifications
1 102 (11.42%) Security Cleared
2 91 (10.19%) Degree
3 66 (7.39%) SC Cleared
4 57 (6.38%) Computer Science Degree
5 20 (2.24%) Microsoft Certification
6 18 (2.02%) DV Cleared
7 13 (1.46%) Azure Certification
8 12 (1.34%) AWS Certification
9 8 (0.90%) BC Cleared
10 6 (0.67%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
10 6 (0.67%) HND
10 6 (0.67%) ISTQB
10 6 (0.67%) Master's Degree
11 5 (0.56%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
12 2 (0.22%) DBS Check
12 2 (0.22%) PMI Certification
13 1 (0.11%) APMP
13 1 (0.11%) BPSS Clearance
13 1 (0.11%) PMP
13 1 (0.11%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 51 (5.71%) Data Quality
1 51 (5.71%) QA
2 44 (4.93%) GDPR
3 9 (1.01%) Accessibility
4 6 (0.67%) PCI DSS
5 5 (0.56%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 4 (0.45%) NIST
7 3 (0.34%) Cyber Essentials
7 3 (0.34%) PMO
8 2 (0.22%) SLA
9 1 (0.11%) COBIT
9 1 (0.11%) NCSC
9 1 (0.11%) P3O
9 1 (0.11%) SOC 2
System Software
1 79 (8.85%) Docker
2 24 (2.69%) Virtual Machines
3 19 (2.13%) Active Directory
4 5 (0.56%) Firmware
5 3 (0.34%) Hyper-V
6 2 (0.22%) IAG
7 1 (0.11%) Dovecot
7 1 (0.11%) Embedded Firmware
7 1 (0.11%) NFS
7 1 (0.11%) Postfix
7 1 (0.11%) Shibboleth
Systems Management
1 202 (22.62%) Terraform
2 151 (16.91%) Kubernetes
3 70 (7.84%) Prometheus
4 46 (5.15%) Ansible
5 7 (0.78%) Grafana
5 7 (0.78%) Microsoft Intune
5 7 (0.78%) Progress Chef
5 7 (0.78%) Single Sign-On
6 3 (0.34%) Active Directory Federation Services
6 3 (0.34%) CA Single Sign-On
6 3 (0.34%) WSUS
7 2 (0.22%) Packer
7 2 (0.22%) Puppet
7 2 (0.22%) Rundeck
8 1 (0.11%) cPanel
8 1 (0.11%) Podman
Vendors
1 138 (15.45%) Microsoft
2 109 (12.21%) IBM
2 109 (12.21%) Red Hat
3 65 (7.28%) Dynatrace
4 53 (5.94%) Google
5 44 (4.93%) Databricks
6 37 (4.14%) ESRI
7 30 (3.36%) Informatica
8 27 (3.02%) Oracle
9 15 (1.68%) Atlassian
10 9 (1.01%) ServiceNow
11 7 (0.78%) BT
12 6 (0.67%) Adobe
12 6 (0.67%) SAP
13 5 (0.56%) LogicMonitor
13 5 (0.56%) MuleSoft
13 5 (0.56%) PagerDuty
14 3 (0.34%) Actuate
14 3 (0.34%) CA
14 3 (0.34%) CyberArk