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 14 October 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 29 48 27
Rank change year-on-year +19 -21 -13
Permanent jobs citing DevOps 289 144 257
As % of all permanent jobs in Yorkshire 3.83% 4.30% 5.79%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 5.66% 4.90% 7.25%
Number of salaries quoted 199 119 172
10th Percentile £44,950 £40,000 £42,500
25th Percentile £53,125 £50,375 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £65,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year +7.69% +4.00% -
75th Percentile £80,000 £75,000 £76,250
90th Percentile £92,500 £80,000 £90,000
England median annual salary £70,000 £70,000 £70,000

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 5,104 2,937 3,546
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Yorkshire 67.59% 87.65% 79.94%
Number of salaries quoted 3,792 1,397 1,557
10th Percentile £30,000 £26,250 £30,150
25th Percentile £40,000 £31,250 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £47,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +10.53% -9.52% -0.47%
75th Percentile £70,000 £66,250 £68,750
90th Percentile £85,000 £80,000 £80,000
England median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year +9.09% -8.33% -1.32%

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 14 October 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 14 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
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
West Yorkshire +12 199 £75,000 +15.38% 129
South Yorkshire +5 61 £69,305 -55.29% 63
East Yorkshire -1 10 £47,000 +14.63% 4
North Yorkshire 0 7 £55,000 -21.43% 23
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 (2.42%) SharePoint
2 5 (1.73%) Apache Spark
2 5 (1.73%) Confluence
3 3 (1.04%) Apache
3 3 (1.04%) CMS
3 3 (1.04%) IIS
3 3 (1.04%) nginx
4 2 (0.69%) Microsoft Exchange
4 2 (0.69%) SharePoint Server
5 1 (0.35%) CICS
Applications
1 3 (1.04%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.35%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (0.35%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 3 (1.04%) SAP S/4HANA
1 3 (1.04%) Shopify
2 2 (0.69%) Sage 200
Cloud Services
1 118 (40.83%) Azure
2 110 (38.06%) AWS
3 69 (23.88%) Azure DevOps
4 53 (18.34%) Serverless
5 52 (17.99%) AWS CloudFormation
6 48 (16.61%) GitHub
7 44 (15.22%) Amazon ECS
8 43 (14.88%) Amazon S3
9 42 (14.53%) AWS Lambda
10 33 (11.42%) GitHub Actions
11 32 (11.07%) AWS Step Functions
12 27 (9.34%) Amazon CloudWatch
13 23 (7.96%) Amazon OpenSearch
13 23 (7.96%) GCP
14 21 (7.27%) Power Platform
15 19 (6.57%) Datadog
16 18 (6.23%) Microsoft 365
17 17 (5.88%) Azure Data Factory
18 14 (4.84%) Amazon EC2
19 12 (4.15%) Azure AI
Communications & Networking
1 9 (3.11%) Internet
2 7 (2.42%) TCP/IP
3 4 (1.38%) Firewall
4 3 (1.04%) DNS
4 3 (1.04%) Reverse Proxy
5 2 (0.69%) BGP
5 2 (0.69%) Ethernet VPN
5 2 (0.69%) HTTP
5 2 (0.69%) NGFW
5 2 (0.69%) OSPF
5 2 (0.69%) VXLAN
6 1 (0.35%) LAN
6 1 (0.35%) Network Security
6 1 (0.35%) SD-WAN
6 1 (0.35%) VPN
6 1 (0.35%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 32 (11.07%) DynamoDB
2 21 (7.27%) NoSQL
3 19 (6.57%) Amazon Athena
4 18 (6.23%) MongoDB
5 14 (4.84%) Data Warehouse
6 13 (4.50%) Azure SQL Database
6 13 (4.50%) SQL Server
7 11 (3.81%) Power BI
7 11 (3.81%) Spark SQL
8 7 (2.42%) Amazon RDS
8 7 (2.42%) PostgreSQL
8 7 (2.42%) Relational Database
9 6 (2.08%) Data Lake
9 6 (2.08%) Metadata
10 4 (1.38%) Star Schema
11 3 (1.04%) Redis
11 3 (1.04%) SQL Server Integration Services
11 3 (1.04%) SQL Server Reporting Services
12 2 (0.69%) BigQuery
12 2 (0.69%) Hadoop
Development Applications
1 48 (16.61%) Git
2 35 (12.11%) Jenkins
3 33 (11.42%) GitLab
4 13 (4.50%) JIRA
5 12 (4.15%) Cypress.io
6 9 (3.11%) Maven
7 8 (2.77%) Atlassian Bamboo
7 8 (2.77%) SonarQube
8 5 (1.73%) Visual Studio
9 1 (0.35%) Bitbucket
9 1 (0.35%) Selenium
9 1 (0.35%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 56 (19.38%) Public Sector
1 56 (19.38%) Social Skills
2 29 (10.03%) Analytical Skills
3 24 (8.30%) Finance
4 9 (3.11%) Legal
5 7 (2.42%) Banking
5 7 (2.42%) Law
6 6 (2.08%) Local Government
7 4 (1.38%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 4 (1.38%) Tech for Good
8 3 (1.04%) Presentation Skills
8 3 (1.04%) Retail
9 2 (0.69%) Advertising
10 1 (0.35%) Aerospace
10 1 (0.35%) Electronics
10 1 (0.35%) Games
10 1 (0.35%) Organisational Skills
10 1 (0.35%) Publishing
10 1 (0.35%) Welsh Language
Job Titles
1 80 (27.68%) DevOps Engineer
2 75 (25.95%) Senior
3 71 (24.57%) Developer
4 46 (15.92%) Lead
5 37 (12.80%) Cloud Engineer
6 32 (11.07%) Java Developer
7 29 (10.03%) Senior DevOps
7 29 (10.03%) Senior DevOps Engineer
8 20 (6.92%) Data Engineer
9 19 (6.57%) AWS Developer
10 18 (6.23%) Platform Engineer
11 15 (5.19%) .NET Developer
11 15 (5.19%) AWS Engineer
11 15 (5.19%) Full-Stack Developer
12 13 (4.50%) Azure Engineer
12 13 (4.50%) Lead Cloud Engineer
12 13 (4.50%) Software Engineer
13 12 (4.15%) Cloud Platform Engineer
13 12 (4.15%) Lead DevOps
13 12 (4.15%) Lead DevOps Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 59 (20.42%) Terraform
2 40 (13.84%) .NET
3 36 (12.46%) AngularJS
4 34 (11.76%) Node.js
5 27 (9.34%) React
6 22 (7.61%) Spring Boot
7 19 (6.57%) ASP.NET
7 19 (6.57%) RESTful
8 16 (5.54%) ASP.NET Core
8 16 (5.54%) Spring
9 14 (4.84%) REST
10 13 (4.50%) .NET Core
11 12 (4.15%) Blazor
11 12 (4.15%) ML.NET
12 11 (3.81%) CSS
13 10 (3.46%) Jest
13 10 (3.46%) PySpark
14 8 (2.77%) Gherkin
14 8 (2.77%) HTML
15 7 (2.42%) ARM Templates
Miscellaneous
1 38 (13.15%) Cloud Native
2 12 (4.15%) Linux Command Line
3 10 (3.46%) Product Ownership
4 7 (2.42%) Mobile App
5 6 (2.08%) Greenfield Project
5 6 (2.08%) Hybrid Cloud
5 6 (2.08%) Legacy Applications
6 5 (1.73%) AI Agents
6 5 (1.73%) Blog
6 5 (1.73%) Low-Code
6 5 (1.73%) NHS
6 5 (1.73%) Social Media
7 4 (1.38%) BBC
7 4 (1.38%) iPhone
7 4 (1.38%) Public Cloud
7 4 (1.38%) Self-Motivation
8 3 (1.04%) Data Centre
8 3 (1.04%) Distributed Systems
8 3 (1.04%) Enterprise Software
8 3 (1.04%) Learning Management System
Operating Systems
1 32 (11.07%) Linux
2 13 (4.50%) Windows
3 12 (4.15%) Unix
4 9 (3.11%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 8 (2.77%) CentOS
6 4 (1.38%) Android
7 3 (1.04%) Windows Server
8 1 (0.35%) VMS
8 1 (0.35%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 160 (55.36%) CI/CD
2 110 (38.06%) Agile
3 72 (24.91%) Infrastructure as Code
4 53 (18.34%) Mentoring
5 50 (17.30%) Test Automation
6 45 (15.57%) Platform Engineering
7 44 (15.22%) Continuous Improvement
8 43 (14.88%) Problem-Solving
9 40 (13.84%) Coaching
10 39 (13.49%) Continuous Integration
11 38 (13.15%) Infrastructure Engineering
12 37 (12.80%) Microservices
12 37 (12.80%) Scrum
13 36 (12.46%) Technical Leadership
14 35 (12.11%) Full-Stack Development
15 34 (11.76%) AI
16 32 (11.07%) Software Engineering
17 29 (10.03%) Containerisation
18 27 (9.34%) SDLC
19 26 (9.00%) Workflow
Programming Languages
1 75 (25.95%) SQL
2 48 (16.61%) Java
3 46 (15.92%) Python
4 44 (15.22%) C#
5 37 (12.80%) TypeScript
6 32 (11.07%) JavaScript
7 24 (8.30%) Kotlin
8 20 (6.92%) Bash
9 12 (4.15%) Groovy
10 6 (2.08%) Bicep
11 5 (1.73%) Shell Script
11 5 (1.73%) VB.NET
12 4 (1.38%) T-SQL
13 3 (1.04%) C
13 3 (1.04%) C++
13 3 (1.04%) Data Analysis Expressions
13 3 (1.04%) PowerShell
13 3 (1.04%) Ruby
14 2 (0.69%) Dart
14 2 (0.69%) Go
Qualifications
1 34 (11.76%) Security Cleared
2 31 (10.73%) SC Cleared
3 15 (5.19%) Degree
4 12 (4.15%) Computer Science Degree
5 9 (3.11%) AWS Certification
6 8 (2.77%) DV Cleared
7 7 (2.42%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
7 7 (2.42%) ITIL Certification
8 2 (0.69%) DBS Check
8 2 (0.69%) Master's Degree
9 1 (0.35%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
9 1 (0.35%) Azure Certification
9 1 (0.35%) CSPO
9 1 (0.35%) ISTQB
9 1 (0.35%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
9 1 (0.35%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (4.15%) QA
2 11 (3.81%) Data Quality
3 6 (2.08%) Accessibility
4 5 (1.73%) GDPR
5 4 (1.38%) GRC
6 1 (0.35%) Cyber Essentials
6 1 (0.35%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
6 1 (0.35%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 1 (0.35%) WCAG
System Software
1 67 (23.18%) Docker
2 10 (3.46%) Active Directory
3 2 (0.69%) VMware Infrastructure
4 1 (0.35%) Embedded Firmware
4 1 (0.35%) Firmware
4 1 (0.35%) VMware NSX
4 1 (0.35%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 26 (9.00%) Kubernetes
2 13 (4.50%) Ansible
3 9 (3.11%) Microsoft Intune
4 8 (2.77%) HP Fortify
5 5 (1.73%) Argo
6 3 (1.04%) Grafana
6 3 (1.04%) Progress Chef
6 3 (1.04%) Prometheus
7 1 (0.35%) Red Hat Satellite
7 1 (0.35%) VxRail
Vendors
1 53 (18.34%) Microsoft
2 17 (5.88%) Databricks
2 17 (5.88%) Google
3 10 (3.46%) Pega
4 9 (3.11%) Cisco
5 4 (1.38%) Apple
5 4 (1.38%) Facebook
5 4 (1.38%) ServiceNow
5 4 (1.38%) Sony
5 4 (1.38%) Yahoo!
6 3 (1.04%) Informatica
6 3 (1.04%) SAP
6 3 (1.04%) VMware
7 2 (0.69%) Arista
7 2 (0.69%) F5
7 2 (0.69%) Palo Alto
7 2 (0.69%) Sage
7 2 (0.69%) Sophos
8 1 (0.35%) Meraki
8 1 (0.35%) Thales