DevOps Jobs in the West Midlands

DevOps
England > West Midlands

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the West Midlands 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 49 27 17
Rank change year-on-year -22 -10 -3
Permanent jobs citing DevOps 207 470 785
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the West Midlands 4.63% 6.49% 11.81%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 5.08% 7.81% 12.19%
Number of salaries quoted 170 391 419
10th Percentile £41,250 £38,750 £41,250
25th Percentile £52,500 £43,750 £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £60,000
75th Percentile £74,688 £75,000 £74,625
90th Percentile £86,375 £91,250 £82,750
England median annual salary £70,000 £65,000 £70,000
% change year-on-year +7.69% -7.14% -

All Process and Methodology Skills
West Midlands

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 West Midlands.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 4,072 6,020 6,438
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the West Midlands 91.16% 83.15% 96.84%
Number of salaries quoted 1,682 4,530 3,268
10th Percentile £29,250 £26,250 £30,500
25th Percentile £38,750 £35,700 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £50,000 £53,000
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% -5.66% +6.00%
75th Percentile £67,500 £63,750 £67,500
90th Percentile £80,000 £77,500 £80,000
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 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 1 May 2025.

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 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
Birmingham -18 96 £58,750 -9.62% 97
Warwickshire -43 36 £67,500 +17.39% 25
Staffordshire -7 19 £70,000 +33.33% 54
Shropshire +25 11 £60,000 +20.00% 12
Solihull +4 9 £55,000 -18.52% 10
Worcestershire +23 8 £65,000 +28.08% 12
Walsall 0 3 £60,000 +41.18% 3
Coventry -22 3 £65,000 - 18
Herefordshire - 2 £82,500 - 4
Wolverhampton +5 1 £60,000 -7.69% 8
Dudley - 1 £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 11 (5.31%) Confluence
2 4 (1.93%) CMS
3 3 (1.45%) IIS
3 3 (1.45%) SharePoint
4 2 (0.97%) Headless CMS
4 2 (0.97%) Jupyter
5 1 (0.48%) Apache
5 1 (0.48%) Apache Spark
5 1 (0.48%) ColdFusion
5 1 (0.48%) OpenStack
5 1 (0.48%) Oracle SOA Suite
5 1 (0.48%) Sitefinity
5 1 (0.48%) Umbraco
Applications
1 4 (1.93%) Mozilla Thunderbird
2 2 (0.97%) Microsoft Project
3 1 (0.48%) Adobe Illustrator
3 1 (0.48%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (0.48%) Photoshop
3 1 (0.48%) Trello
Business Applications
1 11 (5.31%) Oracle EBS
2 9 (4.35%) Dynamics CRM
3 4 (1.93%) Oracle ERP
3 4 (1.93%) PeopleSoft HCM
4 1 (0.48%) Infor M3
Cloud Services
1 148 (71.50%) Azure
2 72 (34.78%) Azure DevOps
3 67 (32.37%) AWS
4 28 (13.53%) Power Platform
4 28 (13.53%) Serverless
5 27 (13.04%) Dynamics 365
6 24 (11.59%) SaaS
7 18 (8.70%) GCP
7 18 (8.70%) GitHub
7 18 (8.70%) IaaS
8 17 (8.21%) Amazon ECS
8 17 (8.21%) PaaS
9 15 (7.25%) GitHub Actions
10 14 (6.76%) PowerApps
11 12 (5.80%) Azure Logic Apps
12 11 (5.31%) Azure Functions
13 9 (4.35%) AWS Lambda
14 8 (3.86%) Amazon S3
14 8 (3.86%) Power Automate
15 7 (3.38%) Azure Data Factory
Communications & Networking
1 8 (3.86%) Firewall
2 5 (2.42%) HTTP
2 5 (2.42%) SSL
2 5 (2.42%) VPN
3 4 (1.93%) DNS
4 3 (1.45%) Network Security
4 3 (1.45%) TCP/IP
5 2 (0.97%) IPsec
6 1 (0.48%) DHCP
6 1 (0.48%) HTTPS
6 1 (0.48%) MQTT
6 1 (0.48%) OpenLDAP
6 1 (0.48%) SAN
6 1 (0.48%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 27 (13.04%) SQL Server
2 12 (5.80%) Data Lake
2 12 (5.80%) SQL Server Integration Services
3 11 (5.31%) Power BI
4 10 (4.83%) Azure SQL Database
5 9 (4.35%) Data Warehouse
5 9 (4.35%) NoSQL
5 9 (4.35%) PostgreSQL
6 7 (3.38%) Redis
7 5 (2.42%) Amazon RDS
8 4 (1.93%) BigQuery
8 4 (1.93%) Cloud Spanner
8 4 (1.93%) MySQL
8 4 (1.93%) Oracle Database
8 4 (1.93%) Power Query
9 3 (1.45%) Amazon Redshift
9 3 (1.45%) Data Mining
9 3 (1.45%) MongoDB
10 2 (0.97%) Big Data
10 2 (0.97%) DynamoDB
Development Applications
1 27 (13.04%) JIRA
2 24 (11.59%) Git
3 16 (7.73%) Visual Studio
4 14 (6.76%) SonarQube
5 9 (4.35%) Jenkins
6 6 (2.90%) NUnit
6 6 (2.90%) Visual Studio Code
7 5 (2.42%) Selenium
8 4 (1.93%) Bitbucket Server
8 4 (1.93%) JUnit
9 3 (1.45%) Postman
9 3 (1.45%) SpecFlow
9 3 (1.45%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
9 3 (1.45%) Team Foundation Server
9 3 (1.45%) Vagrant
9 3 (1.45%) WebDriver
10 2 (0.97%) Cucumber
10 2 (0.97%) Mocha
10 2 (0.97%) Robot Framework
10 2 (0.97%) Storybook
General
1 59 (28.50%) Social Skills
2 24 (11.59%) Analytical Skills
3 20 (9.66%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 17 (8.21%) Manufacturing
5 16 (7.73%) Finance
5 16 (7.73%) Public Sector
6 10 (4.83%) Retail
7 8 (3.86%) Law
8 6 (2.90%) Advertising
8 6 (2.90%) Presentation Skills
9 3 (1.45%) Marketing
9 3 (1.45%) Organisational Skills
10 2 (0.97%) Automotive
10 2 (0.97%) Influencing Skills
10 2 (0.97%) Telecoms
11 1 (0.48%) Documentation Skills
11 1 (0.48%) Games
11 1 (0.48%) Health Technology
11 1 (0.48%) iGaming
11 1 (0.48%) Legal
Job Titles
1 47 (22.71%) Developer
2 41 (19.81%) Senior
3 24 (11.59%) Senior Developer
4 20 (9.66%) Architect
5 18 (8.70%) DevOps Engineer
5 18 (8.70%) Lead
6 15 (7.25%) Analyst
7 14 (6.76%) Software Engineer
7 14 (6.76%) Solutions Architect
8 13 (6.28%) Site Engineer
8 13 (6.28%) Site Reliability Engineer
9 11 (5.31%) Test Analyst
10 10 (4.83%) Backend Developer
10 10 (4.83%) Senior Xamarin Developer
10 10 (4.83%) Xamarin Developer
11 9 (4.35%) C# Developer
11 9 (4.35%) IT Manager
11 9 (4.35%) Senior Backend Developer
12 8 (3.86%) Azure Engineer
12 8 (3.86%) Data Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 50 (24.15%) .NET
2 25 (12.08%) React
3 18 (8.70%) Node.js
4 15 (7.25%) CSS
5 13 (6.28%) .NET Core
6 12 (5.80%) Loki
6 12 (5.80%) RESTful
7 11 (5.31%) AngularJS
8 9 (4.35%) ARM Templates
8 9 (4.35%) HTML
8 9 (4.35%) MvvmCross
9 8 (3.86%) Azure Blueprints
9 8 (3.86%) GraphQL
10 7 (3.38%) Django
11 6 (2.90%) Express.js
11 6 (2.90%) JSON
11 6 (2.90%) OAuth
11 6 (2.90%) Oracle Fusion
11 6 (2.90%) SQLAlchemy
11 6 (2.90%) WebSockets
Miscellaneous
1 19 (9.18%) Mobile App
1 19 (9.18%) Onboarding
2 10 (4.83%) Management Information System
3 9 (4.35%) Cloud Native
4 7 (3.38%) Enterprise Software
5 6 (2.90%) Distributed Architecture
6 5 (2.42%) Linux Command Line
7 4 (1.93%) Analytical Mindset
7 4 (1.93%) Hybrid Cloud
7 4 (1.93%) Product Ownership
8 3 (1.45%) Algorithms
8 3 (1.45%) Distributed Systems
8 3 (1.45%) EPoS
8 3 (1.45%) IoT
8 3 (1.45%) PropTech
8 3 (1.45%) Security Posture
8 3 (1.45%) Virtual Team
9 2 (0.97%) Data Protection Act
9 2 (0.97%) Public Cloud
9 2 (0.97%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 18 (8.70%) Linux
2 16 (7.73%) Windows
3 14 (6.76%) Android
3 14 (6.76%) Apple iOS
4 6 (2.90%) Ubuntu
5 4 (1.93%) Windows Server
6 3 (1.45%) VMS
7 2 (0.97%) CentOS
7 2 (0.97%) Debian
7 2 (0.97%) Oracle Linux
8 1 (0.48%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 1 (0.48%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 83 (40.10%) CI/CD
2 72 (34.78%) Agile
3 42 (20.29%) Problem-Solving
4 41 (19.81%) Mentoring
5 38 (18.36%) Software Engineering
6 29 (14.01%) Containerisation
7 24 (11.59%) Continuous Delivery
7 24 (11.59%) Continuous Improvement
7 24 (11.59%) Infrastructure as Code
7 24 (11.59%) Test Automation
8 23 (11.11%) Project Management
8 23 (11.11%) SDLC
9 22 (10.63%) Microservices
10 21 (10.14%) Continuous Integration
11 20 (9.66%) Computer Science
12 19 (9.18%) Business Intelligence
13 17 (8.21%) Artificial Intelligence
13 17 (8.21%) Deployment Automation
13 17 (8.21%) Stakeholder Management
14 16 (7.73%) Analytics
Programming Languages
1 67 (32.37%) C#
2 52 (25.12%) SQL
3 39 (18.84%) JavaScript
4 29 (14.01%) Python
5 25 (12.08%) TypeScript
6 20 (9.66%) Java
7 15 (7.25%) PowerShell
8 7 (3.38%) X++
9 6 (2.90%) PHP
10 5 (2.42%) Bash
10 5 (2.42%) C
10 5 (2.42%) Shell Script
11 3 (1.45%) Delphi
11 3 (1.45%) Go
11 3 (1.45%) Groovy
11 3 (1.45%) Perl
11 3 (1.45%) Ruby
12 1 (0.48%) C++
12 1 (0.48%) Data Analysis Expressions
12 1 (0.48%) Kotlin
Qualifications
1 32 (15.46%) Security Cleared
2 31 (14.98%) Degree
3 19 (9.18%) Computer Science Degree
4 14 (6.76%) BPSS Clearance
5 11 (5.31%) SC Cleared
6 9 (4.35%) Azure Certification
7 8 (3.86%) ISTQB
8 7 (3.38%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
9 6 (2.90%) AWS Certification
10 4 (1.93%) DV Cleared
11 2 (0.97%) Microsoft Certification
11 2 (0.97%) Oracle Certification
12 1 (0.48%) APMP
12 1 (0.48%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
12 1 (0.48%) CITP
12 1 (0.48%) MCP
12 1 (0.48%) Microsoft Certified Master
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 15 (7.25%) QA
2 9 (4.35%) NCSC
3 7 (3.38%) GDPR
3 7 (3.38%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 3 (1.45%) Data Quality
5 2 (0.97%) Cyber Essentials
5 2 (0.97%) NIST
6 1 (0.48%) Accessibility
6 1 (0.48%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
6 1 (0.48%) PMO
System Software
1 38 (18.36%) Docker
2 10 (4.83%) Active Directory
3 4 (1.93%) Virtual Desktop
3 4 (1.93%) Virtual Machines
4 1 (0.48%) Firmware
4 1 (0.48%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 46 (22.22%) Kubernetes
2 45 (21.74%) Terraform
3 19 (9.18%) Grafana
3 19 (9.18%) Prometheus
4 16 (7.73%) Ansible
5 6 (2.90%) Nessus
6 4 (1.93%) Proxmox
6 4 (1.93%) Single Sign-On
7 3 (1.45%) Nagios
8 2 (0.97%) Puppet
9 1 (0.48%) Active Directory Federation Services
9 1 (0.48%) AWS Copilot
9 1 (0.48%) Microsoft Intune
9 1 (0.48%) Progress Chef
9 1 (0.48%) WSUS
Vendors
1 66 (31.88%) Microsoft
2 16 (7.73%) Oracle
3 10 (4.83%) OpenAI
3 10 (4.83%) Xamarin
4 8 (3.86%) Google
5 7 (3.38%) SAP
6 6 (2.90%) Databricks
6 6 (2.90%) VMware
7 4 (1.93%) Hyperion
7 4 (1.93%) JD Edwards
7 4 (1.93%) Juniper
7 4 (1.93%) Okta
7 4 (1.93%) PeopleSoft
7 4 (1.93%) ServiceNow
8 3 (1.45%) Borland
8 3 (1.45%) IBM
9 2 (0.97%) Cisco
10 1 (0.48%) Adobe
10 1 (0.48%) Palo Alto
10 1 (0.48%) Red Hat