DevOps Job Trends in Sheffield

DevOps
South Yorkshire > Sheffield

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Sheffield requiring DevOps skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 31 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
31 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 32 15 35
Rank change year-on-year -17 +20 -8
Permanent jobs citing DevOps 31 29 56
As % of all permanent jobs in Sheffield 3.87% 10.21% 4.77%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 5.79% 11.28% 5.85%
Number of salaries quoted 30 23 41
10th Percentile £46,225 £29,050 £35,000
25th Percentile £63,627 £31,250 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £80,000 £47,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +68.42% -9.52% -12.50%
75th Percentile £83,750 £65,000 £58,750
90th Percentile £84,190 £69,750 £72,500
South Yorkshire median annual salary £80,000 £48,750 £52,500
% change year-on-year +64.10% -7.14% -4.55%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Sheffield

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 Sheffield.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 535 257 957
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Sheffield 66.71% 90.49% 81.59%
Number of salaries quoted 430 170 768
10th Percentile £29,500 £26,250 £27,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £31,250 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £50,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year - - +5.26%
75th Percentile £70,000 £70,000 £64,999
90th Percentile £82,500 £82,500 £78,750
South Yorkshire median annual salary £49,130 £47,500 £47,500
% change year-on-year +3.43% - +5.56%

DevOps
Job Vacancy Trend in Sheffield

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

DevOps job vacancy trend in Sheffield

DevOps
Salary Trend in Sheffield

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Sheffield citing DevOps.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Sheffield citing DevOps

DevOps
Salary Histogram in Sheffield

Salary distribution for jobs citing DevOps in Sheffield over the 6 months to 31 May 2026.

Salary histogram for DevOps in Sheffield

DevOps
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Sheffield 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 2 (6.45%) SharePoint
2 1 (3.23%) SharePoint Server
Cloud Services
1 26 (83.87%) Azure
2 18 (58.06%) Azure DevOps
3 12 (38.71%) Azure Data Factory
4 10 (32.26%) Azure Functions
4 10 (32.26%) Serverless
5 9 (29.03%) Azure Logic Apps
5 9 (29.03%) Azure Monitor
6 7 (22.58%) AWS
7 4 (12.90%) Azure AKS
7 4 (12.90%) Azure Service Bus
8 3 (9.68%) Dynamics 365
8 3 (9.68%) Power Automate
8 3 (9.68%) Power Platform
8 3 (9.68%) PowerApps
9 2 (6.45%) GCP
10 1 (3.23%) Azure AI
10 1 (3.23%) Azure Cosmos DB
10 1 (3.23%) Google Play
Database & Business Intelligence
1 12 (38.71%) Data Warehouse
1 12 (38.71%) Spark SQL
2 5 (16.13%) MongoDB
3 4 (12.90%) PostgreSQL
4 3 (9.68%) Power BI
4 3 (9.68%) Power Query
5 2 (6.45%) Azure SQL Database
5 2 (6.45%) Metadata
5 2 (6.45%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 5 (16.13%) GitLab
2 3 (9.68%) JIRA
3 2 (6.45%) Git
3 2 (6.45%) Visual Studio
4 1 (3.23%) Jenkins
General
1 8 (25.81%) Public Sector
2 2 (6.45%) Social Skills
3 1 (3.23%) Banking
3 1 (3.23%) Electronics
Job Titles
1 16 (51.61%) Lead
2 12 (38.71%) Data Engineer
2 12 (38.71%) Lead Data Engineer
2 12 (38.71%) Platform Engineer
3 10 (32.26%) Azure Engineer
4 9 (29.03%) Azure Platform Engineer
4 9 (29.03%) Cloud Platform Engineer
4 9 (29.03%) DevOps Engineer
5 8 (25.81%) Senior
6 5 (16.13%) Senior DevOps
6 5 (16.13%) Senior DevOps Engineer
7 4 (12.90%) Developer
7 4 (12.90%) Lead DevOps
7 4 (12.90%) Lead DevOps Engineer
8 2 (6.45%) .NET Developer
8 2 (6.45%) Architect
8 2 (6.45%) Data Architect
8 2 (6.45%) Power Platform Developer
8 2 (6.45%) Senior Architect
8 2 (6.45%) Senior Data Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 12 (38.71%) PySpark
2 9 (29.03%) ARM Templates
2 9 (29.03%) REST
3 5 (16.13%) .NET
4 4 (12.90%) Node.js
5 2 (6.45%) ASP.NET
5 2 (6.45%) ASP.NET Core
5 2 (6.45%) CSS
5 2 (6.45%) HTML
5 2 (6.45%) HTML5 Canvas
5 2 (6.45%) JSON
5 2 (6.45%) RESTful
6 1 (3.23%) .NET Core
6 1 (3.23%) Blazor
6 1 (3.23%) ML.NET
6 1 (3.23%) React
Miscellaneous
1 2 (6.45%) Public Cloud
2 1 (3.23%) Data Structures
2 1 (3.23%) FPGA
2 1 (3.23%) iPhone
2 1 (3.23%) Legacy Applications
2 1 (3.23%) Legacy Systems
2 1 (3.23%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 4 (12.90%) Linux
1 4 (12.90%) Unix
1 4 (12.90%) Windows
2 1 (3.23%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 22 (70.97%) CI/CD
2 17 (54.84%) Test Automation
3 12 (38.71%) Data Engineering
3 12 (38.71%) Platform Engineering
4 11 (35.48%) Agile
4 11 (35.48%) Data Governance
4 11 (35.48%) Data Modelling
4 11 (35.48%) Infrastructure as Code
5 10 (32.26%) ETL
6 9 (29.03%) Coaching
6 9 (29.03%) Computer Science
6 9 (29.03%) Cost Optimisation
6 9 (29.03%) Dashboard Development
6 9 (29.03%) Data Integration
6 9 (29.03%) Deployment Automation
6 9 (29.03%) Mentoring
6 9 (29.03%) Observability
6 9 (29.03%) Regulatory Compliance
6 9 (29.03%) Release Management
7 6 (19.35%) Continuous Integration
Programming Languages
1 17 (54.84%) SQL
2 10 (32.26%) Python
3 5 (16.13%) C#
3 5 (16.13%) Java
4 4 (12.90%) JavaScript
5 3 (9.68%) Data Analysis Expressions
6 2 (6.45%) C++
6 2 (6.45%) T-SQL
7 1 (3.23%) Bash
7 1 (3.23%) Bicep
7 1 (3.23%) C
Qualifications
1 9 (29.03%) Computer Science Degree
1 9 (29.03%) Degree
2 1 (3.23%) Azure Certification
2 1 (3.23%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (32.26%) GDPR
System Software
1 1 (3.23%) Embedded Firmware
1 1 (3.23%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 14 (45.16%) Terraform
2 4 (12.90%) Argo
Vendors
1 12 (38.71%) Databricks
2 7 (22.58%) Microsoft
3 3 (9.68%) Google