DevOps Jobs in the West Midlands

DevOps
England > West Midlands

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the West 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 6 December 2023 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
6 Dec 2023
Same period 2022 Same period 2021
Rank 18 13 10
Rank change year-on-year -5 -3 -2
Permanent jobs citing DevOps 305 1,151 960
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the West Midlands 9.28% 14.05% 13.35%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 10.03% 14.50% 14.06%
Number of salaries quoted 273 507 770
10th Percentile £35,050 £40,000 £38,250
25th Percentile £47,500 £48,750 £48,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £62,500 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -4.00% - +13.64%
75th Percentile £70,000 £80,000 £77,500
90th Percentile £87,500 £87,500 £95,250
England median annual salary £70,000 £70,000 £70,000
% change year-on-year - - +12.00%

All Process and Methodology Skills
West 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 West Midlands with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 3,041 7,936 6,828
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the West Midlands 92.49% 96.86% 94.93%
Number of salaries quoted 2,447 4,367 5,164
10th Percentile £26,500 £31,250 £30,317
25th Percentile £36,250 £40,750 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £52,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% +5.26%
75th Percentile £63,750 £67,500 £66,250
90th Percentile £77,500 £81,250 £82,500
England median annual salary £60,000 £62,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year -4.00% +4.17% +9.09%

DevOps
Job Vacancy Trend in the West Midlands

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

Job vacancy trend for DevOps in the West Midlands

DevOps
Salary Trend in the West Midlands

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

Salary trend for DevOps in the West Midlands

DevOps
Salary Histogram in the West Midlands

Salary distribution for jobs citing DevOps in the West Midlands over the 6 months to 6 December 2023.

Salary histogram for DevOps in the West Midlands

DevOps
Job Locations in the West Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing DevOps within the West Midlands region over the 6 months to 6 December 2023. 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
Birmingham -4 137 £62,500 -7.41% 70
Warwickshire +23 50 £55,000 - 16
Staffordshire -12 26 £38,750 -32.61% 5
Coventry -18 19 £58,500 +1.74% 13
Solihull +9 18 £54,250 -26.19% 5
Shropshire +8 11 £70,000 +27.27% 1
Wolverhampton -10 5 £86,000 +56.36% 3
Worcestershire -2 4 £37,500 -33.33% 5
Walsall -10 3 £42,500 -2.30% 1
Herefordshire - 2 £50,000 - 1
Bilston - 2 £45,000 -
DevOps
England

DevOps
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the West 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 27 (8.85%) SharePoint
2 11 (3.61%) Confluence
3 6 (1.97%) MS Exchange
4 4 (1.31%) Apache Spark
4 4 (1.31%) Appian
4 4 (1.31%) IIS
5 1 (0.33%) Apache Airflow
5 1 (0.33%) Apache Solr
5 1 (0.33%) Jupyter
5 1 (0.33%) nginx
Applications
1 7 (2.30%) Microsoft Excel
2 4 (1.31%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (0.33%) CANalyzer
3 1 (0.33%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (0.33%) MS Visio
3 1 (0.33%) Simulink
Business Applications
1 7 (2.30%) Dynamics CRM
2 4 (1.31%) Dynamics GP
3 2 (0.66%) Unit4 Business World
4 1 (0.33%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 189 (61.97%) Azure
2 91 (29.84%) Azure DevOps
3 60 (19.67%) AWS
4 46 (15.08%) Power Platform
5 38 (12.46%) Microsoft 365
6 36 (11.80%) GCP
7 29 (9.51%) Dynamics 365
8 27 (8.85%) SaaS
9 24 (7.87%) Serverless
10 21 (6.89%) Azure Logic Apps
11 20 (6.56%) Azure Functions
11 20 (6.56%) PowerApps
12 14 (4.59%) Power Automate
13 13 (4.26%) PaaS
14 11 (3.61%) Azure Data Factory
14 11 (3.61%) Azure Synapse Analytics
15 10 (3.28%) Amazon S3
15 10 (3.28%) Entra ID
16 9 (2.95%) Azure Cosmos DB
17 8 (2.62%) Cloud Computing
Communications & Networking
1 9 (2.95%) Firewall
2 7 (2.30%) VPN
3 6 (1.97%) HTTP
4 5 (1.64%) F5 BIG-IP GTM
4 5 (1.64%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
5 4 (1.31%) Network Security
6 3 (0.98%) LAN
6 3 (0.98%) NGFW
6 3 (0.98%) WAN
7 2 (0.66%) DHCP
7 2 (0.66%) DNS
7 2 (0.66%) IPv4
7 2 (0.66%) IPv6
7 2 (0.66%) MQTT
7 2 (0.66%) TCP/IP
8 1 (0.33%) BIG-IP
8 1 (0.33%) Intrusion Detection
8 1 (0.33%) J1939
8 1 (0.33%) SAN
8 1 (0.33%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 49 (16.07%) SQL Server
2 32 (10.49%) Power BI
3 15 (4.92%) Relational Database
4 13 (4.26%) Data Warehouse
4 13 (4.26%) NoSQL
4 13 (4.26%) PostgreSQL
5 12 (3.93%) Azure SQL Database
5 12 (3.93%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 11 (3.61%) MySQL
7 10 (3.28%) Delta Lake
8 9 (2.95%) Neo4j
8 9 (2.95%) Parquet
9 8 (2.62%) Big Data
9 8 (2.62%) MongoDB
9 8 (2.62%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 7 (2.30%) Elasticsearch
11 5 (1.64%) Apache Cassandra
12 3 (0.98%) Amazon RDS
12 3 (0.98%) Amazon Redshift
12 3 (0.98%) Hadoop
Development Applications
1 39 (12.79%) Git
2 23 (7.54%) JIRA
3 14 (4.59%) Visual Studio
4 13 (4.26%) Jenkins
5 11 (3.61%) GitLab
6 8 (2.62%) Team Foundation Server
7 4 (1.31%) Bitbucket
8 3 (0.98%) Postman
8 3 (0.98%) SoapUI
9 2 (0.66%) CANoe
9 2 (0.66%) Jasmine
9 2 (0.66%) JMeter
9 2 (0.66%) Maven
9 2 (0.66%) MSBuild
9 2 (0.66%) Selenium
9 2 (0.66%) Subversion
9 2 (0.66%) TeamCity
10 1 (0.33%) JUnit
10 1 (0.33%) LoadRunner
10 1 (0.33%) SpecFlow
General
1 96 (31.48%) Social Skills
2 61 (20.00%) Finance
3 40 (13.11%) Analytical Skills
4 24 (7.87%) Presentation Skills
5 23 (7.54%) Law
6 19 (6.23%) Retail
7 14 (4.59%) Influencing Skills
8 10 (3.28%) Public Sector
9 8 (2.62%) Automotive
9 8 (2.62%) Banking
10 7 (2.30%) Legal
10 7 (2.30%) Telecoms
11 6 (1.97%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 6 (1.97%) Marketing
12 5 (1.64%) Billing
13 4 (1.31%) Back Office
13 4 (1.31%) Games
14 3 (0.98%) Manufacturing
15 2 (0.66%) Electronics
15 2 (0.66%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 83 (27.21%) Developer
2 65 (21.31%) Senior
3 26 (8.52%) .NET Developer
4 22 (7.21%) Software Engineer
5 21 (6.89%) Lead
6 20 (6.56%) DevOps Engineer
7 19 (6.23%) Data Engineer
7 19 (6.23%) Senior DevOps
8 15 (4.92%) Senior Developer
9 14 (4.59%) Architect
10 13 (4.26%) Analyst
10 13 (4.26%) Consultant
11 12 (3.93%) Software Developer
12 10 (3.28%) Project Manager
13 9 (2.95%) Chief Technology Officer
13 9 (2.95%) Linux/Unix DevOps
14 8 (2.62%) Azure Engineer
14 8 (2.62%) Graduate
14 8 (2.62%) IT Graduate
14 8 (2.62%) Senior Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 75 (24.59%) .NET
2 41 (13.44%) HTML
3 40 (13.11%) CSS
4 30 (9.84%) .NET Framework
5 26 (8.52%) ASP.NET
6 25 (8.20%) RESTful
7 24 (7.87%) Entity Framework
8 23 (7.54%) AngularJS
8 23 (7.54%) React
9 20 (6.56%) .NET Core
9 20 (6.56%) jQuery
10 18 (5.90%) Web Services
11 15 (4.92%) Node.js
12 14 (4.59%) REST
13 13 (4.26%) JSON
14 12 (3.93%) SOAP
14 12 (3.93%) Twitter Bootstrap
15 11 (3.61%) ASP.NET MVC
15 11 (3.61%) ASP.NET Web API
15 11 (3.61%) HTML5
Miscellaneous
1 17 (5.57%) Management Information System
2 15 (4.92%) Data Centre
3 14 (4.59%) Cloud Native
4 13 (4.26%) Product Ownership
5 12 (3.93%) Virtual Team
6 10 (3.28%) Hybrid Cloud
6 10 (3.28%) Low-Code
7 9 (2.95%) Educational Technology
7 9 (2.95%) EPoS
7 9 (2.95%) Greenfield Project
7 9 (2.95%) Public Cloud
8 8 (2.62%) Enterprise Software
8 8 (2.62%) Mobile App
9 5 (1.64%) Enterprise Cloud
9 5 (1.64%) Private Cloud
10 4 (1.31%) Clustering
10 4 (1.31%) Onboarding
11 3 (0.98%) Legacy Code
11 3 (0.98%) Replication
11 3 (0.98%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 20 (6.56%) Linux
2 15 (4.92%) Unix
3 9 (2.95%) Android
4 6 (1.97%) Windows
5 5 (1.64%) Apple iOS
6 3 (0.98%) Windows Server
6 3 (0.98%) Windows Server 2019
7 2 (0.66%) QNX Neutrino
8 1 (0.33%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 129 (42.30%) Agile
2 86 (28.20%) CI/CD
3 53 (17.38%) Software Engineering
4 51 (16.72%) Problem-Solving
5 40 (13.11%) Scrum
6 34 (11.15%) User Stories
7 32 (10.49%) MVC
7 32 (10.49%) Test Automation
8 31 (10.16%) Business Intelligence
9 29 (9.51%) Analytics
9 29 (9.51%) Design Patterns
9 29 (9.51%) Microservices
10 28 (9.18%) Mentoring
11 27 (8.85%) Infrastructure as Code
12 26 (8.52%) Project Management
12 26 (8.52%) SDLC
13 25 (8.20%) Data Engineering
14 24 (7.87%) Continuous Improvement
14 24 (7.87%) Project Delivery
14 24 (7.87%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 96 (31.48%) SQL
2 73 (23.93%) C#
3 66 (21.64%) JavaScript
4 53 (17.38%) Python
5 29 (9.51%) PowerShell
5 29 (9.51%) TypeScript
6 23 (7.54%) Java
7 16 (5.25%) T-SQL
8 11 (3.61%) Bash
9 7 (2.30%) PHP
9 7 (2.30%) VB.NET
10 6 (1.97%) Perl
11 4 (1.31%) C++
11 4 (1.31%) Go
11 4 (1.31%) XAML
12 3 (0.98%) C
12 3 (0.98%) Kusto Query Language
12 3 (0.98%) Ruby
13 1 (0.33%) Bicep
13 1 (0.33%) MATLAB
Qualifications
1 35 (11.48%) Degree
2 34 (11.15%) Security Cleared
3 31 (10.16%) SC Cleared
4 10 (3.28%) Azure Certification
4 10 (3.28%) Microsoft Certification
5 9 (2.95%) Master's Degree
6 4 (1.31%) Cisco Certification
7 3 (0.98%) IIBA
7 3 (0.98%) ISTQB
7 3 (0.98%) MCSE
8 2 (0.66%) AWS Certification
8 2 (0.66%) Computer Science Degree
8 2 (0.66%) ITIL Certification
9 1 (0.33%) (ISC)2 CCSP
9 1 (0.33%) CCSP
9 1 (0.33%) CISM
9 1 (0.33%) CISSP
9 1 (0.33%) Citrix Certification
9 1 (0.33%) HNC
9 1 (0.33%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (2.30%) PMO
2 6 (1.97%) QA
3 3 (0.98%) AUTOSAR
3 3 (0.98%) PCI DSS
4 2 (0.66%) California Consumer Privacy Act
4 2 (0.66%) GDPR
4 2 (0.66%) HIPAA
4 2 (0.66%) IFRS
4 2 (0.66%) IFRS 17
4 2 (0.66%) Sarbanes-Oxley
4 2 (0.66%) SLA
4 2 (0.66%) Solvency II
5 1 (0.33%) Automotive SPICE
5 1 (0.33%) ISO 26262
5 1 (0.33%) NIST
System Software
1 33 (10.82%) Docker
2 21 (6.89%) Active Directory
3 4 (1.31%) FreeRADIUS
3 4 (1.31%) Virtual Machines
3 4 (1.31%) VMware Infrastructure
4 3 (0.98%) Virtual Desktop
4 3 (0.98%) VMware ESXi
4 3 (0.98%) vSphere
5 2 (0.66%) Ceph
5 2 (0.66%) NFS
Systems Management
1 39 (12.79%) Terraform
2 37 (12.13%) Kubernetes
3 12 (3.93%) Ansible
3 12 (3.93%) Puppet
4 3 (0.98%) Microsoft Intune
4 3 (0.98%) Single Sign-On
5 2 (0.66%) Hadoop YARN
5 2 (0.66%) Mesos
5 2 (0.66%) SCCM
6 1 (0.33%) Progress Chef
6 1 (0.33%) Rancher
6 1 (0.33%) SCOrch
Vendors
1 92 (30.16%) Microsoft
2 16 (5.25%) Databricks
3 15 (4.92%) ServiceNow
4 10 (3.28%) Google
4 10 (3.28%) VMware
5 8 (2.62%) Cisco
5 8 (2.62%) Citrix
6 6 (1.97%) F5
7 5 (1.64%) CheckPoint
7 5 (1.64%) Fortinet
7 5 (1.64%) Xamarin
8 4 (1.31%) Guidewire
9 3 (0.98%) Aruba
9 3 (0.98%) iManage
9 3 (0.98%) OpenAI
9 3 (0.98%) Oracle
9 3 (0.98%) Red Hat
10 2 (0.66%) Cognizant
10 2 (0.66%) Informatica
10 2 (0.66%) SAP