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 13 June 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 34 31 28
Rank change year-on-year -3 -3 -9
Permanent jobs citing DevOps 268 178 394
As % of all permanent jobs in Yorkshire 4.01% 6.54% 6.19%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 5.98% 7.07% 7.80%
Number of salaries quoted 181 137 309
10th Percentile £45,000 £37,950 £37,500
25th Percentile £56,250 £50,000 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £70,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year - +21.74% -5.74%
75th Percentile £82,500 £87,500 £73,886
90th Percentile £92,500 £98,474 £88,000
England median annual salary £70,000 £71,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year -1.41% +9.23% -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 4,484 2,517 5,053
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Yorkshire 67.10% 92.47% 79.35%
Number of salaries quoted 3,149 1,259 3,844
10th Percentile £30,000 £25,750 £27,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £30,813 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £47,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +5.26% -5.00% -8.90%
75th Percentile £70,000 £67,500 £65,000
90th Percentile £85,184 £85,000 £80,000
England median annual salary £60,000 £58,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +3.45% +5.45% -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 13 June 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 13 June 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 +4 206 £70,000 -6.67% 37
South Yorkshire -25 42 £70,932 +45.50% 26
North Yorkshire 0 10 £72,500 +3.57% 6
East Yorkshire -25 4 £45,000 +5.88% 1
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 (2.24%) Confluence
1 6 (2.24%) SharePoint
2 4 (1.49%) Microsoft Exchange
2 4 (1.49%) Moodle
3 3 (1.12%) Apache Spark
4 2 (0.75%) SharePoint Server
5 1 (0.37%) Apache
5 1 (0.37%) IIS
Applications
1 7 (2.61%) Microsoft Excel
2 5 (1.87%) Microsoft Project
3 2 (0.75%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 8 (2.99%) SAP ERP
2 3 (1.12%) Oracle EBS
2 3 (1.12%) SAP S/4HANA
3 1 (0.37%) Magento
3 1 (0.37%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 122 (45.52%) AWS
2 112 (41.79%) Azure
3 80 (29.85%) Serverless
4 68 (25.37%) AWS Lambda
5 67 (25.00%) Amazon S3
6 61 (22.76%) Amazon ECS
7 58 (21.64%) AWS CloudFormation
8 52 (19.40%) AWS Step Functions
9 51 (19.03%) Azure DevOps
10 48 (17.91%) GitHub
11 31 (11.57%) GitHub Actions
12 30 (11.19%) Amazon CloudWatch
13 28 (10.45%) GCP
14 26 (9.70%) Amazon ECR
14 26 (9.70%) Amazon OpenSearch
14 26 (9.70%) Apigee
15 25 (9.33%) Amazon SQS
16 19 (7.09%) Azure Data Factory
17 15 (5.60%) Power Platform
18 14 (5.22%) Amazon EKS
Communications & Networking
1 7 (2.61%) Firewall
1 7 (2.61%) HTTP
2 5 (1.87%) DNS
3 3 (1.12%) TCP/IP
4 2 (0.75%) BGP
4 2 (0.75%) Ethernet VPN
4 2 (0.75%) NGFW
4 2 (0.75%) OSPF
4 2 (0.75%) VXLAN
5 1 (0.37%) Broadband
5 1 (0.37%) Internet
5 1 (0.37%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 60 (22.39%) DynamoDB
2 30 (11.19%) NoSQL
3 26 (9.70%) Amazon Athena
4 17 (6.34%) Spark SQL
5 16 (5.97%) Data Warehouse
6 14 (5.22%) MongoDB
7 12 (4.48%) Power BI
8 11 (4.10%) PostgreSQL
8 11 (4.10%) SQL Server
9 7 (2.61%) Azure SQL Database
9 7 (2.61%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 6 (2.24%) Metadata
11 4 (1.49%) Relational Database
12 3 (1.12%) Power Query
12 3 (1.12%) Star Schema
13 2 (0.75%) BigQuery
13 2 (0.75%) MySQL
13 2 (0.75%) SQL Server Reporting Services
14 1 (0.37%) Amazon RDS
14 1 (0.37%) Enterprise Data Warehouse
Development Applications
1 61 (22.76%) Jenkins
2 50 (18.66%) GitLab
3 40 (14.93%) Git
4 29 (10.82%) Cypress.io
4 29 (10.82%) SonarQube
5 27 (10.07%) Maven
6 24 (8.96%) JIRA
7 3 (1.12%) Artifactory
7 3 (1.12%) Cucumber
7 3 (1.12%) Visual Studio
8 2 (0.75%) JUnit
8 2 (0.75%) Postman
8 2 (0.75%) Selenium
9 1 (0.37%) Atlassian Bamboo
9 1 (0.37%) PHPUnit
General
1 62 (23.13%) Social Skills
2 22 (8.21%) Finance
2 22 (8.21%) Public Sector
3 15 (5.60%) Analytical Skills
4 8 (2.99%) Retail
5 4 (1.49%) Influencing Skills
6 3 (1.12%) Law
6 3 (1.12%) Telecoms
7 2 (0.75%) Banking
7 2 (0.75%) Billing
7 2 (0.75%) Games
7 2 (0.75%) Health Technology
7 2 (0.75%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 2 (0.75%) Tech for Good
8 1 (0.37%) Electronics
8 1 (0.37%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 91 (33.96%) Developer
2 57 (21.27%) Java Developer
3 55 (20.52%) Senior
4 50 (18.66%) DevOps Engineer
5 40 (14.93%) Lead
6 26 (9.70%) Data Engineer
7 22 (8.21%) AWS Developer
8 20 (7.46%) Platform Engineer
9 16 (5.97%) Lead Data Engineer
10 15 (5.60%) Senior DevOps
10 15 (5.60%) Senior DevOps Engineer
11 14 (5.22%) Azure Engineer
11 14 (5.22%) Cloud Engineer
11 14 (5.22%) Senior Developer
11 14 (5.22%) Software Engineer
12 13 (4.85%) Full-Stack Developer
12 13 (4.85%) Lead DevOps
12 13 (4.85%) Lead DevOps Engineer
13 12 (4.48%) Cloud Platform Engineer
14 11 (4.10%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 55 (20.52%) AngularJS
2 39 (14.55%) Spring Boot
3 38 (14.18%) Node.js
4 28 (10.45%) Jest
4 28 (10.45%) React
5 26 (9.70%) Gherkin
6 20 (7.46%) .NET
6 20 (7.46%) PySpark
6 20 (7.46%) REST
6 20 (7.46%) RESTful
7 16 (5.97%) Spring
8 11 (4.10%) ARM Templates
8 11 (4.10%) Elastic Stack
9 10 (3.73%) ASP.NET
10 9 (3.36%) ASP.NET Core
11 8 (2.99%) .NET Core
11 8 (2.99%) Blazor
12 7 (2.61%) RabbitMQ
13 6 (2.24%) CSS
13 6 (2.24%) HTML
Miscellaneous
1 18 (6.72%) Cloud Native
2 8 (2.99%) Distributed Systems
3 6 (2.24%) NHS
4 5 (1.87%) Enterprise Software
4 5 (1.87%) Legacy Systems
4 5 (1.87%) Product Ownership
4 5 (1.87%) Public Cloud
5 4 (1.49%) e-Learning
5 4 (1.49%) Social Media
6 3 (1.12%) Analytical Mindset
6 3 (1.12%) BBC
6 3 (1.12%) CMDB
6 3 (1.12%) Data Structures
6 3 (1.12%) Driving Licence
6 3 (1.12%) Management Information System
6 3 (1.12%) Mobile App
6 3 (1.12%) Onboarding
7 2 (0.75%) Distributed Architecture
7 2 (0.75%) Legacy Applications
7 2 (0.75%) Low-Code
Operating Systems
1 16 (5.97%) Linux
2 14 (5.22%) Windows
3 7 (2.61%) Unix
4 4 (1.49%) Windows Server
5 2 (0.75%) Android
6 1 (0.37%) CentOS
6 1 (0.37%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 167 (62.31%) CI/CD
2 99 (36.94%) Agile
3 51 (19.03%) Infrastructure as Code
4 42 (15.67%) Mentoring
5 41 (15.30%) Continuous Improvement
6 38 (14.18%) ITIL
6 38 (14.18%) Test Automation
7 37 (13.81%) Continuous Integration
8 36 (13.43%) Microservices
9 35 (13.06%) Problem-Solving
10 33 (12.31%) SDLC
10 33 (12.31%) Stakeholder Management
11 32 (11.94%) Platform Engineering
12 31 (11.57%) Containerisation
12 31 (11.57%) Full-Stack Development
13 28 (10.45%) Scrum
14 27 (10.07%) Data Engineering
14 27 (10.07%) DevSecOps
14 27 (10.07%) Observability
15 25 (9.33%) Software Engineering
Programming Languages
1 76 (28.36%) SQL
2 71 (26.49%) Java
3 56 (20.90%) TypeScript
4 51 (19.03%) Python
5 38 (14.18%) Bash
6 32 (11.94%) Groovy
7 26 (9.70%) JavaScript
8 25 (9.33%) Kotlin
9 19 (7.09%) C#
10 8 (2.99%) PowerShell
11 6 (2.24%) Go
12 5 (1.87%) T-SQL
13 3 (1.12%) Bicep
13 3 (1.12%) C++
13 3 (1.12%) Data Analysis Expressions
14 2 (0.75%) PL/SQL
14 2 (0.75%) VB.NET
15 1 (0.37%) C
15 1 (0.37%) Perl
15 1 (0.37%) PHP
Qualifications
1 33 (12.31%) Degree
2 28 (10.45%) AWS Certification
3 24 (8.96%) Security Cleared
4 22 (8.21%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
4 22 (8.21%) ITIL Certification
5 18 (6.72%) Computer Science Degree
5 18 (6.72%) SC Cleared
6 5 (1.87%) PMI Certification
6 5 (1.87%) PMP
7 3 (1.12%) AWS Certified Developer
8 2 (0.75%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
8 2 (0.75%) ISTQB
8 2 (0.75%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
8 2 (0.75%) Master's Degree
8 2 (0.75%) Microsoft Certified Professional
9 1 (0.37%) CBAP
9 1 (0.37%) DBS Check
9 1 (0.37%) DV Cleared
9 1 (0.37%) IIBA
9 1 (0.37%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 21 (7.84%) QA
2 12 (4.48%) GDPR
3 9 (3.36%) Data Quality
4 5 (1.87%) GRC
4 5 (1.87%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 4 (1.49%) PCI DSS
6 3 (1.12%) SOC 2
System Software
1 71 (26.49%) Docker
2 3 (1.12%) Microsoft Virtual Server
2 3 (1.12%) Virtual Servers
3 1 (0.37%) Active Directory
3 1 (0.37%) Embedded Firmware
3 1 (0.37%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 55 (20.52%) Terraform
2 26 (9.70%) HP Fortify
3 23 (8.58%) Kubernetes
4 12 (4.48%) Ansible
5 10 (3.73%) Argo
6 6 (2.24%) Grafana
6 6 (2.24%) Prometheus
7 3 (1.12%) Packer
8 2 (0.75%) Kibana
8 2 (0.75%) Microsoft Intune
8 2 (0.75%) Progress Chef
9 1 (0.37%) Istio
Vendors
1 39 (14.55%) Microsoft
2 23 (8.58%) Databricks
3 11 (4.10%) SAP
4 10 (3.73%) Google
4 10 (3.73%) ServiceNow
5 5 (1.87%) AppDynamics
5 5 (1.87%) IBM
5 5 (1.87%) Oracle
6 3 (1.12%) Apple
6 3 (1.12%) F5
6 3 (1.12%) Facebook
6 3 (1.12%) IFS
6 3 (1.12%) Sony
6 3 (1.12%) Yahoo!
7 2 (0.75%) Arista
7 2 (0.75%) Informatica
7 2 (0.75%) Palo Alto
7 2 (0.75%) Qualys
7 2 (0.75%) VMware
8 1 (0.37%) Progress