DevOps Job Trends in Yorkshire

DevOps
England > Yorkshire

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Yorkshire requiring DevOps skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 24 September 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
24 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 31 50 30
Rank change year-on-year +19 -20 -16
Permanent jobs citing DevOps 295 147 292
As % of all permanent jobs in Yorkshire 3.83% 4.43% 6.02%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 5.68% 5.11% 7.57%
Number of salaries quoted 202 123 203
10th Percentile £45,325 £40,000 £42,500
25th Percentile £53,750 £50,875 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £62,500 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year +12.00% - -3.85%
75th Percentile £83,438 £75,000 £76,250
90th Percentile £92,250 £79,750 £87,500
England median annual salary £71,991 £70,000 £68,825
% change year-on-year +2.84% +1.71% -1.68%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Yorkshire

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 Yorkshire.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 5,192 2,879 3,857
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Yorkshire 67.46% 86.74% 79.56%
Number of salaries quoted 3,816 1,403 1,862
10th Percentile £30,000 £26,250 £30,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £31,250 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £47,500 £52,000
Median % change year-on-year +10.53% -8.65% -0.95%
75th Percentile £70,000 £66,483 £65,906
90th Percentile £87,500 £80,000 £80,000
England median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £58,298
% change year-on-year +9.09% -5.66% -6.72%

DevOps
Job Vacancy Trend in Yorkshire

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

DevOps job vacancy trend in Yorkshire

DevOps
Salary Trend in Yorkshire

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Yorkshire citing DevOps.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Yorkshire citing DevOps

DevOps
Salary Histogram in Yorkshire

Salary distribution for jobs citing DevOps in Yorkshire over the 6 months to 24 September 2026.

Salary histogram for DevOps in Yorkshire

DevOps
Job Locations in Yorkshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing DevOps within the Yorkshire region over the 6 months to 24 September 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
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
West Yorkshire +11 203 £75,000 +15.38% 135
South Yorkshire -1 62 £69,308 +20.54% 62
North Yorkshire -5 9 £55,000 -21.43% 20
East Yorkshire -6 9 £47,000 +14.63% 5
DevOps
England

DevOps
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Yorkshire 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 6 (2.03%) Confluence
2 5 (1.69%) Apache Spark
2 5 (1.69%) SharePoint
3 3 (1.02%) Apache
3 3 (1.02%) CMS
3 3 (1.02%) IIS
4 2 (0.68%) Microsoft Exchange
4 2 (0.68%) SharePoint Server
5 1 (0.34%) CICS
5 1 (0.34%) Moodle
5 1 (0.34%) nginx
Applications
1 5 (1.69%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (1.02%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (1.02%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 2 (0.68%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 3 (1.02%) SAP S/4HANA
1 3 (1.02%) Shopify
2 2 (0.68%) Sage 200
Cloud Services
1 121 (41.02%) AWS
2 117 (39.66%) Azure
3 67 (22.71%) Azure DevOps
4 62 (21.02%) Serverless
5 53 (17.97%) AWS CloudFormation
6 51 (17.29%) AWS Lambda
7 50 (16.95%) GitHub
8 49 (16.61%) Amazon S3
9 48 (16.27%) Amazon ECS
10 36 (12.20%) AWS Step Functions
11 34 (11.53%) GitHub Actions
12 28 (9.49%) Amazon CloudWatch
13 25 (8.47%) GCP
14 24 (8.14%) Amazon OpenSearch
15 20 (6.78%) Power Platform
16 19 (6.44%) Datadog
17 17 (5.76%) Azure Data Factory
17 17 (5.76%) Microsoft 365
18 16 (5.42%) Amazon EC2
19 13 (4.41%) Amazon EKS
Communications & Networking
1 8 (2.71%) Internet
2 6 (2.03%) TCP/IP
3 4 (1.36%) Firewall
4 3 (1.02%) DNS
5 2 (0.68%) BGP
5 2 (0.68%) Ethernet VPN
5 2 (0.68%) HTTP
5 2 (0.68%) NGFW
5 2 (0.68%) OSPF
5 2 (0.68%) VXLAN
6 1 (0.34%) LAN
6 1 (0.34%) Network Security
6 1 (0.34%) Reverse Proxy
6 1 (0.34%) SD-WAN
6 1 (0.34%) VPN
6 1 (0.34%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 36 (12.20%) DynamoDB
2 24 (8.14%) NoSQL
3 20 (6.78%) Amazon Athena
3 20 (6.78%) MongoDB
4 16 (5.42%) Data Warehouse
5 13 (4.41%) Spark SQL
6 12 (4.07%) SQL Server
7 11 (3.73%) Azure SQL Database
8 10 (3.39%) Power BI
9 9 (3.05%) PostgreSQL
9 9 (3.05%) Relational Database
10 7 (2.37%) Amazon RDS
11 6 (2.03%) Metadata
12 4 (1.36%) SQL Server Integration Services
13 3 (1.02%) Data Lake
13 3 (1.02%) Redis
14 2 (0.68%) BigQuery
14 2 (0.68%) Hadoop
14 2 (0.68%) Metadata Repository
14 2 (0.68%) Power Query
Development Applications
1 51 (17.29%) Git
2 44 (14.92%) Jenkins
3 36 (12.20%) GitLab
4 19 (6.44%) JIRA
5 15 (5.08%) Cypress.io
6 14 (4.75%) SonarQube
7 12 (4.07%) Maven
8 7 (2.37%) Atlassian Bamboo
9 6 (2.03%) Visual Studio
10 3 (1.02%) Artifactory
10 3 (1.02%) Cucumber
11 1 (0.34%) Bitbucket
11 1 (0.34%) Selenium
11 1 (0.34%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 59 (20.00%) Social Skills
2 50 (16.95%) Public Sector
3 26 (8.81%) Finance
4 24 (8.14%) Analytical Skills
5 9 (3.05%) Legal
6 7 (2.37%) Law
7 6 (2.03%) Banking
7 6 (2.03%) Local Government
8 4 (1.36%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 4 (1.36%) Retail
9 3 (1.02%) Presentation Skills
9 3 (1.02%) Tech for Good
10 2 (0.68%) Advertising
10 2 (0.68%) Billing
11 1 (0.34%) Aerospace
11 1 (0.34%) Electronics
11 1 (0.34%) Games
11 1 (0.34%) Organisational Skills
11 1 (0.34%) Publishing
11 1 (0.34%) Welsh Language
Job Titles
1 80 (27.12%) Developer
2 74 (25.08%) DevOps Engineer
3 71 (24.07%) Senior
4 47 (15.93%) Lead
5 39 (13.22%) Java Developer
6 35 (11.86%) Cloud Engineer
7 26 (8.81%) Senior DevOps
7 26 (8.81%) Senior DevOps Engineer
8 23 (7.80%) Data Engineer
9 22 (7.46%) Platform Engineer
10 20 (6.78%) AWS Developer
11 17 (5.76%) AWS Engineer
11 17 (5.76%) Full-Stack Developer
12 15 (5.08%) .NET Developer
12 15 (5.08%) Azure Engineer
12 15 (5.08%) Cloud Platform Engineer
13 14 (4.75%) Lead Data Engineer
14 13 (4.41%) Lead Cloud Engineer
15 12 (4.07%) Lead DevOps
15 12 (4.07%) Lead DevOps Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 64 (21.69%) Terraform
2 42 (14.24%) AngularJS
3 38 (12.88%) .NET
4 36 (12.20%) Node.js
5 30 (10.17%) React
6 28 (9.49%) Spring Boot
7 21 (7.12%) REST
8 20 (6.78%) RESTful
9 19 (6.44%) ASP.NET
9 19 (6.44%) Spring
10 16 (5.42%) ASP.NET Core
11 14 (4.75%) PySpark
12 13 (4.41%) .NET Core
12 13 (4.41%) Jest
13 12 (4.07%) Blazor
13 12 (4.07%) CSS
13 12 (4.07%) ML.NET
14 11 (3.73%) Gherkin
15 9 (3.05%) ARM Templates
15 9 (3.05%) HTML
Miscellaneous
1 37 (12.54%) Cloud Native
2 11 (3.73%) Linux Command Line
2 11 (3.73%) Product Ownership
3 7 (2.37%) Distributed Systems
3 7 (2.37%) Mobile App
4 6 (2.03%) Greenfield Project
4 6 (2.03%) Hybrid Cloud
4 6 (2.03%) Legacy Applications
4 6 (2.03%) NHS
5 5 (1.69%) Blog
5 5 (1.69%) Public Cloud
5 5 (1.69%) Social Media
6 4 (1.36%) AI Agents
6 4 (1.36%) BBC
6 4 (1.36%) iPhone
6 4 (1.36%) Low-Code
7 3 (1.02%) Data Centre
7 3 (1.02%) Learning Management System
7 3 (1.02%) Legacy Systems
8 2 (0.68%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 33 (11.19%) Linux
2 15 (5.08%) Windows
3 12 (4.07%) Unix
4 8 (2.71%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 7 (2.37%) CentOS
6 4 (1.36%) Android
7 3 (1.02%) Windows Server
8 1 (0.34%) VMS
8 1 (0.34%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 166 (56.27%) CI/CD
2 114 (38.64%) Agile
3 69 (23.39%) Infrastructure as Code
4 54 (18.31%) Mentoring
5 48 (16.27%) Test Automation
6 45 (15.25%) Microservices
7 43 (14.58%) Scrum
8 41 (13.90%) Continuous Improvement
8 41 (13.90%) Platform Engineering
9 40 (13.56%) Continuous Integration
10 39 (13.22%) Coaching
10 39 (13.22%) Problem-Solving
11 37 (12.54%) Full-Stack Development
12 33 (11.19%) Technical Leadership
13 32 (10.85%) Infrastructure Engineering
14 30 (10.17%) AI
14 30 (10.17%) Containerisation
14 30 (10.17%) Software Engineering
15 28 (9.49%) SDLC
16 25 (8.47%) DevSecOps
Programming Languages
1 79 (26.78%) SQL
2 58 (19.66%) Java
3 52 (17.63%) Python
4 41 (13.90%) C#
4 41 (13.90%) TypeScript
5 30 (10.17%) JavaScript
6 25 (8.47%) Kotlin
7 22 (7.46%) Bash
8 18 (6.10%) Groovy
9 5 (1.69%) Bicep
9 5 (1.69%) VB.NET
10 4 (1.36%) PowerShell
10 4 (1.36%) Shell Script
10 4 (1.36%) T-SQL
11 3 (1.02%) C
11 3 (1.02%) C++
11 3 (1.02%) Ruby
12 2 (0.68%) Dart
12 2 (0.68%) Data Analysis Expressions
12 2 (0.68%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 35 (11.86%) Security Cleared
2 30 (10.17%) SC Cleared
3 21 (7.12%) Degree
4 15 (5.08%) Computer Science Degree
5 14 (4.75%) AWS Certification
6 10 (3.39%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
6 10 (3.39%) ITIL Certification
7 7 (2.37%) DV Cleared
8 2 (0.68%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
8 2 (0.68%) DBS Check
8 2 (0.68%) Master's Degree
8 2 (0.68%) Microsoft Certified Professional
8 2 (0.68%) PMI Certification
8 2 (0.68%) PMP
9 1 (0.34%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
9 1 (0.34%) Azure Certification
9 1 (0.34%) CSPO
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 16 (5.42%) QA
2 10 (3.39%) Data Quality
3 7 (2.37%) GDPR
4 5 (1.69%) GRC
5 4 (1.36%) Accessibility
6 2 (0.68%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 1 (0.34%) Cyber Essentials
7 1 (0.34%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 1 (0.34%) SOC 2
7 1 (0.34%) WCAG
System Software
1 71 (24.07%) Docker
2 9 (3.05%) Active Directory
3 2 (0.68%) VMware Infrastructure
4 1 (0.34%) Embedded Firmware
4 1 (0.34%) Firmware
4 1 (0.34%) VMware NSX
4 1 (0.34%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 29 (9.83%) Kubernetes
2 15 (5.08%) Ansible
3 11 (3.73%) HP Fortify
4 9 (3.05%) Microsoft Intune
5 8 (2.71%) Argo
6 3 (1.02%) Packer
6 3 (1.02%) Progress Chef
7 2 (0.68%) Kibana
8 1 (0.34%) Grafana
8 1 (0.34%) Istio
8 1 (0.34%) Prometheus
8 1 (0.34%) Red Hat Satellite
8 1 (0.34%) VxRail
Vendors
1 49 (16.61%) Microsoft
2 18 (6.10%) Databricks
3 15 (5.08%) Google
4 10 (3.39%) Pega
5 8 (2.71%) Cisco
6 6 (2.03%) IBM
7 5 (1.69%) AppDynamics
8 4 (1.36%) Apple
8 4 (1.36%) Facebook
8 4 (1.36%) ServiceNow
8 4 (1.36%) Sony
8 4 (1.36%) Yahoo!
9 3 (1.02%) SAP
9 3 (1.02%) VMware
10 2 (0.68%) F5
10 2 (0.68%) Informatica
10 2 (0.68%) Oracle
10 2 (0.68%) Palo Alto
10 2 (0.68%) Sage
10 2 (0.68%) Sophos