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 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 73 17 10
Rank change year-on-year -56 -7 -2
Permanent jobs citing DevOps 303 849 1,334
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North West 4.00% 8.74% 16.89%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.20% 10.50% 17.64%
Number of salaries quoted 212 548 596
10th Percentile £42,500 £38,750 £42,500
25th Percentile £51,250 £50,000 £51,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £69,692 £62,500 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year +11.51% - +4.17%
75th Percentile £87,500 £80,000 £78,750
90th Percentile £96,125 £93,750 £90,000
England median annual salary £70,000 £65,000 £70,000
% change year-on-year +7.69% -7.14% -

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 7,217 8,082 7,562
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North West 95.29% 83.16% 95.75%
Number of salaries quoted 4,047 6,150 3,924
10th Percentile £27,123 £27,750 £30,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £37,500 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,055 £50,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +0.11% -9.09% +4.76%
75th Percentile £61,250 £65,000 £70,000
90th Percentile £77,500 £80,000 £82,500
England median annual salary £57,500 £55,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year +4.55% -12.00% +4.17%

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 1 May 2025.

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 1 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
Manchester 0 237 £72,500 +11.54% 292
Lancashire -63 39 £43,567 -30.61% 126
Cheshire -15 16 £60,000 +14.29% 57
Merseyside -22 9 £57,500 - 27
Cumbria -101 2 £72,500 +20.83% 2
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 15 (4.95%) Oracle Application Server
2 13 (4.29%) Confluence
3 5 (1.65%) SharePoint
4 4 (1.32%) IIS
4 4 (1.32%) Microsoft Exchange
5 3 (0.99%) nginx
6 2 (0.66%) Apache
6 2 (0.66%) CMS
7 1 (0.33%) Apache Solr
7 1 (0.33%) Apache Spark
7 1 (0.33%) Headless CMS
7 1 (0.33%) Oracle SOA Suite
Applications
1 10 (3.30%) Microsoft Excel
2 4 (1.32%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 4 (1.32%) MS Visio
3 2 (0.66%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 2 (0.66%) SAP Oil and Gas
2 1 (0.33%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (0.33%) Oracle EBS
Cloud Services
1 140 (46.20%) Azure
2 121 (39.93%) AWS
3 51 (16.83%) GCP
4 48 (15.84%) Azure DevOps
5 24 (7.92%) SaaS
6 17 (5.61%) Power Platform
7 16 (5.28%) GitHub
8 15 (4.95%) Cloud Computing
9 11 (3.63%) Amazon EKS
10 10 (3.30%) Microsoft 365
10 10 (3.30%) Serverless
11 9 (2.97%) AWS CloudFormation
11 9 (2.97%) Dynamics 365
12 8 (2.64%) Entra ID
13 7 (2.31%) PaaS
14 6 (1.98%) Azure Monitor
14 6 (1.98%) IBM Cloud
14 6 (1.98%) Power Automate
15 5 (1.65%) Amazon ECS
15 5 (1.65%) GitHub Actions
Communications & Networking
1 12 (3.96%) TCP/IP
2 10 (3.30%) Firewall
3 6 (1.98%) VPN
4 5 (1.65%) DNS
5 4 (1.32%) Network Security
6 3 (0.99%) FTP
6 3 (0.99%) HTTPS
6 3 (0.99%) Internet
6 3 (0.99%) Reverse Proxy
7 2 (0.66%) HTTP
7 2 (0.66%) SSH
7 2 (0.66%) SSL
8 1 (0.33%) Intrusion Detection
8 1 (0.33%) IPsec
8 1 (0.33%) MPLS
8 1 (0.33%) OSPF
8 1 (0.33%) VLAN
8 1 (0.33%) VoIP
8 1 (0.33%) WAN
8 1 (0.33%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 24 (7.92%) SQL Server
2 23 (7.59%) NoSQL
3 18 (5.94%) Data Warehouse
4 17 (5.61%) Oracle Reports
5 15 (4.95%) Enterprise Data Warehouse
6 14 (4.62%) MySQL
7 12 (3.96%) PostgreSQL
8 11 (3.63%) Power BI
9 9 (2.97%) MongoDB
10 7 (2.31%) Azure SQL Database
10 7 (2.31%) Relational Database
11 6 (1.98%) BigQuery
12 5 (1.65%) Amazon RDS
12 5 (1.65%) Data Lake
12 5 (1.65%) Redis
13 4 (1.32%) SQL Server Reporting Services
14 3 (0.99%) Cloud Spanner
14 3 (0.99%) DynamoDB
14 3 (0.99%) Elasticsearch
15 2 (0.66%) Amazon Aurora
Development Applications
1 47 (15.51%) Git
2 32 (10.56%) Jenkins
3 21 (6.93%) JIRA
4 16 (5.28%) GitLab
5 13 (4.29%) SonarQube
6 10 (3.30%) Maven
7 5 (1.65%) JMeter
8 4 (1.32%) Balsamiq
8 4 (1.32%) Cucumber
8 4 (1.32%) JUnit
8 4 (1.32%) Robot Framework
9 3 (0.99%) Bitbucket
9 3 (0.99%) CircleCI
9 3 (0.99%) Selenium
9 3 (0.99%) Sonatype Nexus
10 2 (0.66%) Atlassian Bamboo
10 2 (0.66%) Jasmine
10 2 (0.66%) LoadRunner
10 2 (0.66%) NUnit
10 2 (0.66%) WebDriver
General
1 97 (32.01%) Finance
2 93 (30.69%) Social Skills
3 48 (15.84%) Analytical Skills
4 39 (12.87%) Banking
5 17 (5.61%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 17 (5.61%) Organisational Skills
6 15 (4.95%) Military
7 12 (3.96%) Retail
8 11 (3.63%) Law
8 11 (3.63%) Manufacturing
9 9 (2.97%) Public Sector
10 7 (2.31%) Legal
11 6 (1.98%) Marketing
11 6 (1.98%) Telecoms
12 5 (1.65%) Financial Institution
13 4 (1.32%) Automotive
13 4 (1.32%) Games
13 4 (1.32%) Influencing Skills
13 4 (1.32%) Tech for Good
14 3 (0.99%) Documentation Skills
Job Titles
1 60 (19.80%) Developer
2 54 (17.82%) Lead
3 51 (16.83%) Senior
4 37 (12.21%) Software Engineer
5 34 (11.22%) DevOps Engineer
6 24 (7.92%) Cloud Engineer
7 21 (6.93%) Senior Developer
8 19 (6.27%) .NET Developer
9 16 (5.28%) Azure Engineer
9 16 (5.28%) Security Engineer
10 13 (4.29%) AWS Engineer
10 13 (4.29%) Technical Leader
11 12 (3.96%) Analyst
11 12 (3.96%) Cloud Security Engineer
11 12 (3.96%) Infrastructure Engineer
12 11 (3.63%) Architect
12 11 (3.63%) Java Engineer
13 10 (3.30%) Lead Developer
14 9 (2.97%) Lead DevOps
15 8 (2.64%) Solutions Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 70 (23.10%) .NET
2 34 (11.22%) .NET Core
3 30 (9.90%) React
4 27 (8.91%) Node.js
5 23 (7.59%) Kafka
6 21 (6.93%) Spring
7 19 (6.27%) AngularJS
8 16 (5.28%) CSS
8 16 (5.28%) RESTful
9 15 (4.95%) HTML
10 13 (4.29%) .NET Framework
11 12 (3.96%) REST
11 12 (3.96%) Spring Boot
12 11 (3.63%) ASP.NET
13 10 (3.30%) ARM Templates
14 9 (2.97%) GraphQL
15 8 (2.64%) Entity Framework
15 8 (2.64%) Web Services
15 8 (2.64%) XML
16 6 (1.98%) Hibernate
Miscellaneous
1 33 (10.89%) Cloud Native
2 28 (9.24%) Product Ownership
3 17 (5.61%) Hybrid Cloud
4 14 (4.62%) Security Posture
5 12 (3.96%) Distributed Systems
6 11 (3.63%) Mobile App
7 9 (2.97%) Greenfield Project
7 9 (2.97%) Public Cloud
8 7 (2.31%) e-Learning
8 7 (2.31%) Life Science
9 6 (1.98%) Blockchain
9 6 (1.98%) Linux Command Line
9 6 (1.98%) Management Information System
10 4 (1.32%) Cyber Security Posture
10 4 (1.32%) Enterprise Software
11 3 (0.99%) Data Structures
11 3 (0.99%) IoT
11 3 (0.99%) Private Cloud
11 3 (0.99%) Replication
11 3 (0.99%) Wiki
Operating Systems
1 40 (13.20%) Linux
2 17 (5.61%) Windows
3 12 (3.96%) Unix
4 7 (2.31%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 6 (1.98%) CentOS
6 5 (1.65%) Ubuntu
7 3 (0.99%) zOS
8 2 (0.66%) AIX
8 2 (0.66%) CoreOS
8 2 (0.66%) Debian
8 2 (0.66%) Oracle Linux
8 2 (0.66%) VMS
8 2 (0.66%) Windows Server
9 1 (0.33%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 150 (49.50%) Agile
2 132 (43.56%) CI/CD
3 85 (28.05%) Software Engineering
4 70 (23.10%) Microservices
5 69 (22.77%) Mentoring
6 66 (21.78%) Infrastructure as Code
7 59 (19.47%) Problem-Solving
8 56 (18.48%) Roadmaps
9 52 (17.16%) Containerisation
9 52 (17.16%) TDD
10 42 (13.86%) SDLC
11 40 (13.20%) Coaching
12 38 (12.54%) Continuous Improvement
12 38 (12.54%) Full-Stack Development
13 33 (10.89%) Analytics
14 30 (9.90%) Continuous Integration
15 28 (9.24%) Customer Experience
15 28 (9.24%) Data Management
16 25 (8.25%) ITIL
17 23 (7.59%) Business Intelligence
Programming Languages
1 68 (22.44%) Python
2 63 (20.79%) Java
3 61 (20.13%) C#
4 49 (16.17%) SQL
5 39 (12.87%) JavaScript
6 36 (11.88%) TypeScript
7 22 (7.26%) PowerShell
8 20 (6.60%) Bash
9 12 (3.96%) Go
10 8 (2.64%) T-SQL
11 7 (2.31%) Bicep
11 7 (2.31%) PHP
12 3 (0.99%) C++
13 2 (0.66%) AWK
13 2 (0.66%) C
13 2 (0.66%) Korn
13 2 (0.66%) Kotlin
13 2 (0.66%) Perl
13 2 (0.66%) PL/SQL
13 2 (0.66%) VB
Qualifications
1 37 (12.21%) Degree
2 21 (6.93%) Security Cleared
3 19 (6.27%) Azure Certification
4 16 (5.28%) DBS Check
5 14 (4.62%) AWS Certification
6 12 (3.96%) Computer Science Degree
6 12 (3.96%) SC Cleared
7 8 (2.64%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
8 5 (1.65%) Master's Degree
9 3 (0.99%) DV Cleared
9 3 (0.99%) Linux+ Certification
9 3 (0.99%) Microsoft Certification
9 3 (0.99%) PhD
9 3 (0.99%) RHCE
10 2 (0.66%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
10 2 (0.66%) Cisco Certification
11 1 (0.33%) (ISC)2 CCSP
11 1 (0.33%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
11 1 (0.33%) JNCIE
11 1 (0.33%) Numerate Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 31 (10.23%) QA
2 15 (4.95%) GDPR
3 10 (3.30%) HIPAA
4 9 (2.97%) NIST
5 8 (2.64%) Sarbanes-Oxley
6 6 (1.98%) Accessibility
6 6 (1.98%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 5 (1.65%) SOC 2
8 4 (1.32%) Data Quality
9 2 (0.66%) ISO 20022
10 1 (0.33%) NCSC
10 1 (0.33%) PCI DSS
10 1 (0.33%) SEPA
10 1 (0.33%) TARGET2
System Software
1 83 (27.39%) Docker
2 11 (3.63%) Virtual Machines
3 6 (1.98%) Active Directory
4 5 (1.65%) Postfix
5 4 (1.32%) Hyper-V
5 4 (1.32%) VMware Infrastructure
6 3 (0.99%) Dovecot
7 2 (0.66%) KVM
7 2 (0.66%) Sendmail
8 1 (0.33%) Firmware
8 1 (0.33%) NFS
Systems Management
1 93 (30.69%) Kubernetes
2 84 (27.72%) Terraform
3 20 (6.60%) Ansible
4 15 (4.95%) Grafana
5 7 (2.31%) Puppet
6 6 (1.98%) Prometheus
7 5 (1.65%) Istio
8 4 (1.32%) Kibana
9 3 (0.99%) AWS Copilot
10 2 (0.66%) CA Endevor
10 2 (0.66%) Nagios
10 2 (0.66%) Nessus
10 2 (0.66%) Progress Chef
10 2 (0.66%) Salt
11 1 (0.33%) Automic
11 1 (0.33%) Consul
11 1 (0.33%) HP ALM
11 1 (0.33%) Microsoft Intune
11 1 (0.33%) Proxmox
11 1 (0.33%) Rancher
Vendors
1 53 (17.49%) Microsoft
2 28 (9.24%) Google
3 23 (7.59%) Oracle
4 12 (3.96%) IBM
5 11 (3.63%) Red Hat
6 7 (2.31%) ServiceNow
7 6 (1.98%) SAP
8 5 (1.65%) Hitachi
9 4 (1.32%) Splunk
9 4 (1.32%) VMware
10 3 (0.99%) Okta
10 3 (0.99%) Ping Identity
10 3 (0.99%) Workday
11 2 (0.66%) Databricks
11 2 (0.66%) Dynatrace
11 2 (0.66%) Planview
11 2 (0.66%) Sage
11 2 (0.66%) Tenable
12 1 (0.33%) Facebook
12 1 (0.33%) Fortinet