DevOps Engineer Job Trends in Yorkshire
Development Operations Engineer
England > Yorkshire
The median Development Operations Engineer salary in Yorkshire is £70,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 24 October 2026.
The table below compares current salary benchmarking and summary statistics with the previous two years.
| 6 months to 24 Oct 2026 |
Same period 2025 | Same period 2024 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 114 | 140 | 116 |
| Rank change year-on-year | +26 | -24 | -23 |
| Permanent DevOps Engineer jobs | 79 | 17 | 59 |
| As % of all permanent jobs in Yorkshire | 1.05% | 0.50% | 1.36% |
| As % of the Job Titles category | 1.14% | 0.58% | 1.44% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 60 | 16 | 50 |
| 10th Percentile | £49,938 | £50,375 | - |
| 25th Percentile | £56,250 | £55,000 | £48,250 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £70,000 | £65,000 | £68,000 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +7.69% | -4.41% | -3.65% |
| 75th Percentile | £82,037 | £76,875 | £69,500 |
| 90th Percentile | £101,250 | £82,500 | £87,500 |
| England median annual salary | £72,500 | £70,000 | £70,000 |
| % change year-on-year | +3.57% | - | -6.67% |
All Permanent IT Job Roles
Yorkshire
For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job adverts in Yorkshire matching a recognised job title. The table also shows what proportion of all permanent IT job adverts they make up.
| 6 months to 24 Oct 2026 |
Same period 2025 | Same period 2024 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Permanent job adverts in Yorkshire matching a recognised job title | 6,938 | 2,915 | 4,103 |
| % of permanent job adverts matching a recognised job title | 92.05% | 86.27% | 94.80% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 4,998 | 1,578 | 2,020 |
| 10th Percentile | £30,000 | £26,000 | £28,750 |
| 25th Percentile | £40,000 | £30,500 | £40,000 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £53,076 | £45,000 | £50,000 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +17.95% | -10.00% | -4.76% |
| 75th Percentile | £70,000 | £65,000 | £65,625 |
| 90th Percentile | £85,000 | £80,000 | £80,000 |
| England median annual salary | £60,000 | £53,750 | £57,500 |
| % change year-on-year | +11.63% | -6.52% | -4.17% |
DevOps Engineer Job Vacancy Trend in Yorkshire
Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent DevOps Engineer job postings relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Yorkshire.
DevOps Engineer Salary Trend in Yorkshire
Salary distribution trend for DevOps Engineer job vacancies in Yorkshire.
DevOps Engineer Salary Histogram in Yorkshire
Salary distribution for DevOps Engineer jobs in Yorkshire over the 6 months to 24 October 2026.
DevOps Engineer Job Locations in Yorkshire
The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in DevOps Engineer jobs within the Yorkshire region over the 6 months to 24 October 2026. 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 |
Job Ads Past 6 Months |
Median Salary Past 6 Months |
Median Salary % Change on Same Period Last Year |
Live Jobs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| West Yorkshire | +13 | 56 | £70,000 | +2.94% | 27 |
| South Yorkshire | -13 | 22 | £80,000 | +45.45% | 8 |
| East Yorkshire | -1 | 1 | - | - | 1 |
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DevOps Engineer Skill Set Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Yorkshire
For the 6 months to 24 October 2026, DevOps Engineer job ads cited the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent DevOps Engineer job ads across the Yorkshire region.
| Rank | Skill | Share | Job Ads |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | DevOps | 100.0% | 79 |
| 2 | CI/CD | 50.6% | 40 |
| 3 | AWS | 43.0% | 34 |
| 4 | Infrastructure as Code | 41.8% | 33 |
| 5 | Platform Engineering | 39.2% | 31 |
| 6 | Linux | 27.8% | 22 |
| 7 | Agile | 25.3% | 20 |
| 7 | Mentoring | 25.3% | 20 |
| 9 | Azure | 24.1% | 19 |
| 9 | Terraform | 24.1% | 19 |
| 11 | Test Automation | 22.8% | 18 |
| 12 | GitLab | 21.5% | 17 |
| 12 | Security Cleared | 21.5% | 17 |
| 14 | Git | 20.3% | 16 |
| 15 | Coaching | 19.0% | 15 |
| 15 | SC Cleared | 19.0% | 15 |
| 17 | Docker | 17.7% | 14 |
| 17 | Site Reliability Engineering | 17.7% | 14 |
| 19 | Continuous Integration | 16.5% | 13 |
| 19 | Technical Leadership | 16.5% | 13 |
| 21 | Ansible | 15.2% | 12 |
| 21 | Jenkins | 15.2% | 12 |
| 21 | Kubernetes | 15.2% | 12 |
| 24 | Cloud Operations | 13.9% | 11 |
| 24 | Infrastructure Engineering | 13.9% | 11 |
| 24 | Microsoft | 13.9% | 11 |
| 27 | Containerisation | 12.7% | 10 |
| 27 | Deployment Automation | 12.7% | 10 |
| 27 | GitHub | 12.7% | 10 |
| 27 | Pega | 12.7% | 10 |
DevOps Engineer Skill Set Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Yorkshire by Category
The table below expands on the one above by listing co-occurrences one category at a time. It covers the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences in each category.
Job Titles
| Rank | Job Title | Share | Job Ads |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Senior DevOps Engineer | 36.7% | 29 |
| 2 | Lead DevOps Engineer | 15.2% | 12 |
| 3 | Principal DevOps Engineer | 10.1% | 8 |
| 4 | AWS DevOps Engineer | 3.8% | 3 |
| 5 | DevOps Automation Engineer | 1.3% | 1 |
| 5 | DevOps Platform Engineer | 1.3% | 1 |
| 5 | Junior DevOps Engineer | 1.3% | 1 |
| 5 | Senior Automation Engineer | 1.3% | 1 |