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 2 July 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
2 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 32 38 29
Rank change year-on-year +6 -9 -10
Permanent jobs citing DevOps 291 179 385
As % of all permanent jobs in Yorkshire 4.26% 5.50% 6.10%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 6.28% 6.02% 7.69%
Number of salaries quoted 208 139 303
10th Percentile £46,175 £37,350 £37,500
25th Percentile £55,000 £51,250 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £70,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year - +16.67% -
75th Percentile £82,500 £81,375 £75,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £98,474 £87,500
England median annual salary £70,000 £72,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year -2.78% +10.77% -7.14%

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 4,633 2,971 5,008
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Yorkshire 67.77% 91.27% 79.30%
Number of salaries quoted 3,296 1,395 3,713
10th Percentile £30,000 £25,750 £27,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £31,000 £36,625
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,500 £47,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +6.32% -5.00% -8.90%
75th Percentile £70,000 £68,750 £65,000
90th Percentile £85,922 £83,750 £80,000
England median annual salary £60,000 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year +4.35% +4.55% -12.00%

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 2 July 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 2 July 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 +5 209 £70,000 -6.50% 48
South Yorkshire -9 60 £70,000 +43.59% 27
North Yorkshire 0 12 £62,500 -10.71% 7
East Yorkshire -21 4 £45,000 +11.11% 6
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 7 (2.41%) Confluence
2 6 (2.06%) SharePoint
3 4 (1.37%) Microsoft Exchange
3 4 (1.37%) Moodle
4 3 (1.03%) Apache Spark
5 2 (0.69%) SharePoint Server
6 1 (0.34%) Apache
6 1 (0.34%) CMS
6 1 (0.34%) IIS
Applications
1 7 (2.41%) Microsoft Excel
2 5 (1.72%) Microsoft Project
3 2 (0.69%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 3 (1.03%) Oracle EBS
1 3 (1.03%) SAP S/4HANA
2 2 (0.69%) SAP ERP
2 2 (0.69%) Shopify
3 1 (0.34%) Magento
Cloud Services
1 122 (41.92%) AWS
2 117 (40.21%) Azure
3 76 (26.12%) Serverless
4 63 (21.65%) Azure DevOps
5 61 (20.96%) AWS Lambda
6 60 (20.62%) Amazon S3
7 57 (19.59%) Amazon ECS
8 51 (17.53%) AWS CloudFormation
9 46 (15.81%) GitHub
10 45 (15.46%) AWS Step Functions
11 29 (9.97%) GCP
11 29 (9.97%) GitHub Actions
12 25 (8.59%) Amazon CloudWatch
13 24 (8.25%) Amazon ECR
13 24 (8.25%) Apigee
14 23 (7.90%) Amazon OpenSearch
14 23 (7.90%) Amazon SQS
15 19 (6.53%) Azure Data Factory
16 18 (6.19%) Power Platform
17 14 (4.81%) Amazon EKS
Communications & Networking
1 7 (2.41%) HTTP
2 6 (2.06%) Firewall
3 5 (1.72%) DNS
4 3 (1.03%) Internet
4 3 (1.03%) TCP/IP
5 2 (0.69%) BGP
5 2 (0.69%) Ethernet VPN
5 2 (0.69%) NGFW
5 2 (0.69%) OSPF
5 2 (0.69%) VXLAN
6 1 (0.34%) Broadband
6 1 (0.34%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 53 (18.21%) DynamoDB
2 24 (8.25%) NoSQL
3 23 (7.90%) Amazon Athena
4 20 (6.87%) MongoDB
5 17 (5.84%) Spark SQL
6 16 (5.50%) Data Warehouse
7 12 (4.12%) Power BI
8 11 (3.78%) Azure SQL Database
8 11 (3.78%) SQL Server
9 9 (3.09%) PostgreSQL
10 7 (2.41%) Metadata
10 7 (2.41%) SQL Server Integration Services
11 4 (1.37%) Relational Database
12 3 (1.03%) Power Query
12 3 (1.03%) Star Schema
13 2 (0.69%) BigQuery
13 2 (0.69%) MySQL
13 2 (0.69%) SQL Server Reporting Services
14 1 (0.34%) Enterprise Data Warehouse
14 1 (0.34%) Redis
Development Applications
1 61 (20.96%) Jenkins
2 46 (15.81%) GitLab
3 37 (12.71%) Git
4 27 (9.28%) Cypress.io
4 27 (9.28%) SonarQube
5 26 (8.93%) JIRA
6 25 (8.59%) Maven
7 4 (1.37%) Visual Studio
8 3 (1.03%) Artifactory
8 3 (1.03%) Cucumber
9 2 (0.69%) Atlassian Bamboo
9 2 (0.69%) JUnit
9 2 (0.69%) Postman
9 2 (0.69%) Selenium
10 1 (0.34%) PHPUnit
10 1 (0.34%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 57 (19.59%) Social Skills
2 30 (10.31%) Public Sector
3 24 (8.25%) Finance
4 16 (5.50%) Analytical Skills
5 7 (2.41%) Retail
6 4 (1.37%) Influencing Skills
7 3 (1.03%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 3 (1.03%) Law
7 3 (1.03%) Telecoms
8 2 (0.69%) Banking
8 2 (0.69%) Billing
8 2 (0.69%) Games
8 2 (0.69%) Health Technology
8 2 (0.69%) Tech for Good
9 1 (0.34%) Electronics
9 1 (0.34%) Local Government
9 1 (0.34%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 91 (31.27%) Developer
2 65 (22.34%) Senior
3 63 (21.65%) DevOps Engineer
4 52 (17.87%) Java Developer
5 40 (13.75%) Lead
6 26 (8.93%) Data Engineer
7 24 (8.25%) Senior DevOps
7 24 (8.25%) Senior DevOps Engineer
8 21 (7.22%) Platform Engineer
9 20 (6.87%) AWS Developer
10 18 (6.19%) Cloud Engineer
11 16 (5.50%) Lead Data Engineer
12 15 (5.15%) Azure Engineer
12 15 (5.15%) Full-Stack Developer
13 14 (4.81%) Software Engineer
14 13 (4.47%) .NET Developer
14 13 (4.47%) Cloud Platform Engineer
15 11 (3.78%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
15 11 (3.78%) Senior Developer
16 10 (3.44%) Lead DevOps
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 50 (17.18%) AngularJS
2 38 (13.06%) Spring Boot
3 36 (12.37%) Node.js
4 34 (11.68%) React
5 27 (9.28%) .NET
6 26 (8.93%) Jest
7 24 (8.25%) Gherkin
7 24 (8.25%) RESTful
8 20 (6.87%) PySpark
8 20 (6.87%) REST
9 16 (5.50%) Spring
10 15 (5.15%) ASP.NET
11 14 (4.81%) ASP.NET Core
12 12 (4.12%) Blazor
12 12 (4.12%) ML.NET
13 11 (3.78%) ARM Templates
13 11 (3.78%) Elastic Stack
14 10 (3.44%) .NET Core
15 7 (2.41%) CSS
15 7 (2.41%) HTML
Miscellaneous
1 19 (6.53%) Cloud Native
2 9 (3.09%) Distributed Systems
3 7 (2.41%) Product Ownership
4 6 (2.06%) NHS
4 6 (2.06%) Public Cloud
4 6 (2.06%) Social Media
5 5 (1.72%) BBC
5 5 (1.72%) Legacy Systems
5 5 (1.72%) Mobile App
6 4 (1.37%) Analytical Mindset
6 4 (1.37%) e-Learning
6 4 (1.37%) Enterprise Software
6 4 (1.37%) Greenfield Project
6 4 (1.37%) iPhone
7 3 (1.03%) AI Agents
7 3 (1.03%) CMDB
7 3 (1.03%) Data Structures
7 3 (1.03%) Driving Licence
7 3 (1.03%) Management Information System
7 3 (1.03%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 21 (7.22%) Linux
2 17 (5.84%) Windows
3 11 (3.78%) Unix
4 4 (1.37%) Android
5 3 (1.03%) Windows Server
6 2 (0.69%) CentOS
6 2 (0.69%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 166 (57.04%) CI/CD
2 107 (36.77%) Agile
3 53 (18.21%) Infrastructure as Code
4 47 (16.15%) Mentoring
5 43 (14.78%) Test Automation
6 42 (14.43%) Continuous Improvement
7 38 (13.06%) ITIL
8 37 (12.71%) Full-Stack Development
9 36 (12.37%) Continuous Integration
9 36 (12.37%) Problem-Solving
10 35 (12.03%) Platform Engineering
11 34 (11.68%) Containerisation
11 34 (11.68%) Microservices
11 34 (11.68%) Scrum
12 33 (11.34%) SDLC
13 29 (9.97%) Stakeholder Management
14 28 (9.62%) Coaching
15 27 (9.28%) Data Engineering
16 26 (8.93%) Observability
16 26 (8.93%) Software Engineering
Programming Languages
1 75 (25.77%) SQL
2 65 (22.34%) Java
3 52 (17.87%) Python
4 51 (17.53%) TypeScript
5 36 (12.37%) Bash
6 34 (11.68%) JavaScript
7 30 (10.31%) C#
7 30 (10.31%) Groovy
8 22 (7.56%) Kotlin
9 8 (2.75%) PowerShell
10 7 (2.41%) Go
11 5 (1.72%) T-SQL
12 4 (1.37%) Bicep
13 3 (1.03%) C++
13 3 (1.03%) Data Analysis Expressions
14 2 (0.69%) PL/SQL
14 2 (0.69%) VB.NET
15 1 (0.34%) C
15 1 (0.34%) Perl
15 1 (0.34%) PHP
Qualifications
1 33 (11.34%) Degree
2 26 (8.93%) AWS Certification
3 23 (7.90%) Security Cleared
4 22 (7.56%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
4 22 (7.56%) ITIL Certification
5 18 (6.19%) Computer Science Degree
6 17 (5.84%) SC Cleared
7 5 (1.72%) PMI Certification
7 5 (1.72%) PMP
8 2 (0.69%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
8 2 (0.69%) DV Cleared
8 2 (0.69%) ISTQB
8 2 (0.69%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
8 2 (0.69%) Master's Degree
8 2 (0.69%) Microsoft Certified Professional
9 1 (0.34%) AWS Certified Developer
9 1 (0.34%) Azure Certification
9 1 (0.34%) CSPO
9 1 (0.34%) DBS Check
9 1 (0.34%) IIBA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 18 (6.19%) QA
2 12 (4.12%) GDPR
3 9 (3.09%) Data Quality
4 5 (1.72%) GRC
4 5 (1.72%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 4 (1.37%) PCI DSS
6 3 (1.03%) SOC 2
System Software
1 61 (20.96%) Docker
2 3 (1.03%) Microsoft Virtual Server
2 3 (1.03%) Virtual Servers
3 2 (0.69%) Active Directory
4 1 (0.34%) Embedded Firmware
4 1 (0.34%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 54 (18.56%) Terraform
2 24 (8.25%) HP Fortify
2 24 (8.25%) Kubernetes
3 11 (3.78%) Ansible
4 10 (3.44%) Argo
5 3 (1.03%) Grafana
5 3 (1.03%) Packer
5 3 (1.03%) Prometheus
6 2 (0.69%) Kibana
6 2 (0.69%) Microsoft Intune
6 2 (0.69%) Progress Chef
7 1 (0.34%) Istio
Vendors
1 47 (16.15%) Microsoft
2 23 (7.90%) Databricks
3 15 (5.15%) Google
4 10 (3.44%) Pega
4 10 (3.44%) ServiceNow
5 5 (1.72%) AppDynamics
5 5 (1.72%) Apple
5 5 (1.72%) Facebook
5 5 (1.72%) IBM
5 5 (1.72%) Oracle
5 5 (1.72%) SAP
5 5 (1.72%) Sony
5 5 (1.72%) Yahoo!
6 3 (1.03%) IFS
7 2 (0.69%) Arista
7 2 (0.69%) F5
7 2 (0.69%) Informatica
7 2 (0.69%) Palo Alto
7 2 (0.69%) Qualys
8 1 (0.34%) VMware