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 3 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
3 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 30 42 28
Rank change year-on-year +12 -14 -14
Permanent jobs citing DevOps 296 173 322
As % of all permanent jobs in Yorkshire 4.13% 4.89% 6.30%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 6.14% 5.47% 8.03%
Number of salaries quoted 215 140 254
10th Percentile £47,500 £37,425 £41,250
25th Percentile £55,000 £50,000 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £65,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +7.69% +8.33% -
75th Percentile £82,500 £77,500 £74,721
90th Percentile £100,000 £92,588 £87,500
England median annual salary £70,000 £71,000 £67,500
% change year-on-year -1.41% +5.19% -3.57%

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 4,821 3,161 4,009
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Yorkshire 67.19% 89.32% 78.47%
Number of salaries quoted 3,471 1,531 2,624
10th Percentile £30,000 £25,750 £29,619
25th Percentile £40,000 £31,000 £38,890
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £47,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +5.26% -5.00% -8.33%
75th Percentile £70,000 £66,875 £65,000
90th Percentile £85,922 £80,000 £78,750
England median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +9.09% - -11.29%

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 3 August 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 3 August 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 +8 215 £70,000 - 77
South Yorkshire -6 62 £69,310 +38.62% 25
North Yorkshire +9 12 £62,500 -10.71% 9
East Yorkshire -16 4 £47,000 +14.63% 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 6 (2.03%) Confluence
2 4 (1.35%) Apache Spark
2 4 (1.35%) Moodle
2 4 (1.35%) SharePoint
3 3 (1.01%) CMS
3 3 (1.01%) IIS
4 2 (0.68%) Apache
4 2 (0.68%) SharePoint Server
5 1 (0.34%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 7 (2.36%) Microsoft Excel
2 5 (1.69%) Microsoft Project
3 2 (0.68%) Microsoft Office
3 2 (0.68%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 4 (1.35%) Shopify
2 3 (1.01%) SAP S/4HANA
3 1 (0.34%) Magento
3 1 (0.34%) Sage 200
Cloud Services
1 115 (38.85%) AWS
2 114 (38.51%) Azure
3 69 (23.31%) Serverless
4 64 (21.62%) Azure DevOps
5 54 (18.24%) AWS Lambda
6 52 (17.57%) Amazon S3
7 51 (17.23%) Amazon ECS
8 48 (16.22%) AWS CloudFormation
9 45 (15.20%) GitHub
10 38 (12.84%) AWS Step Functions
11 28 (9.46%) GitHub Actions
12 26 (8.78%) Amazon CloudWatch
13 22 (7.43%) Amazon OpenSearch
13 22 (7.43%) GCP
14 20 (6.76%) Azure Data Factory
14 20 (6.76%) Power Platform
15 18 (6.08%) Amazon ECR
15 18 (6.08%) Apigee
16 17 (5.74%) Amazon SQS
17 14 (4.73%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 4 (1.35%) HTTP
1 4 (1.35%) Internet
2 3 (1.01%) Firewall
3 2 (0.68%) BGP
3 2 (0.68%) DNS
3 2 (0.68%) Ethernet VPN
3 2 (0.68%) NGFW
3 2 (0.68%) OSPF
3 2 (0.68%) VXLAN
4 1 (0.34%) Broadband
4 1 (0.34%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 43 (14.53%) DynamoDB
2 22 (7.43%) Amazon Athena
2 22 (7.43%) NoSQL
3 21 (7.09%) MongoDB
4 18 (6.08%) Data Warehouse
5 17 (5.74%) Spark SQL
6 12 (4.05%) Power BI
7 11 (3.72%) Azure SQL Database
7 11 (3.72%) SQL Server
8 9 (3.04%) PostgreSQL
9 5 (1.69%) Relational Database
9 5 (1.69%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 4 (1.35%) Metadata
11 3 (1.01%) Amazon RDS
11 3 (1.01%) BigQuery
11 3 (1.01%) Power Query
11 3 (1.01%) Redis
11 3 (1.01%) Star Schema
12 2 (0.68%) MySQL
12 2 (0.68%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 53 (17.91%) Jenkins
2 43 (14.53%) Git
3 42 (14.19%) GitLab
4 25 (8.45%) JIRA
5 21 (7.09%) Cypress.io
5 21 (7.09%) SonarQube
6 19 (6.42%) Maven
7 6 (2.03%) Visual Studio
8 5 (1.69%) Atlassian Bamboo
9 3 (1.01%) Artifactory
9 3 (1.01%) Cucumber
10 2 (0.68%) JUnit
10 2 (0.68%) Postman
10 2 (0.68%) Selenium
11 1 (0.34%) PHPUnit
11 1 (0.34%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 62 (20.95%) Social Skills
2 35 (11.82%) Public Sector
3 25 (8.45%) Finance
4 14 (4.73%) Analytical Skills
5 6 (2.03%) Retail
6 5 (1.69%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 4 (1.35%) Legal
8 3 (1.01%) Influencing Skills
8 3 (1.01%) Law
8 3 (1.01%) Local Government
8 3 (1.01%) Tech for Good
9 2 (0.68%) Advertising
9 2 (0.68%) Banking
9 2 (0.68%) Billing
9 2 (0.68%) Games
9 2 (0.68%) Health Technology
10 1 (0.34%) Electronics
10 1 (0.34%) Organisational Skills
10 1 (0.34%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 89 (30.07%) Developer
2 70 (23.65%) Senior
3 63 (21.28%) DevOps Engineer
4 45 (15.20%) Java Developer
4 45 (15.20%) Lead
5 28 (9.46%) Cloud Engineer
6 26 (8.78%) Data Engineer
6 26 (8.78%) Senior DevOps
6 26 (8.78%) Senior DevOps Engineer
7 24 (8.11%) Platform Engineer
8 18 (6.08%) AWS Developer
9 17 (5.74%) Full-Stack Developer
9 17 (5.74%) Lead Data Engineer
10 16 (5.41%) Azure Engineer
10 16 (5.41%) Cloud Platform Engineer
11 15 (5.07%) .NET Developer
12 13 (4.39%) Lead Cloud Engineer
13 12 (4.05%) Software Engineer
14 11 (3.72%) Azure Platform Engineer
14 11 (3.72%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 43 (14.53%) AngularJS
2 36 (12.16%) React
3 35 (11.82%) Node.js
4 34 (11.49%) .NET
5 33 (11.15%) Spring Boot
6 22 (7.43%) REST
6 22 (7.43%) RESTful
7 21 (7.09%) Jest
8 19 (6.42%) ASP.NET
9 18 (6.08%) Gherkin
9 18 (6.08%) PySpark
10 17 (5.74%) ASP.NET Core
10 17 (5.74%) Spring
11 13 (4.39%) Blazor
11 13 (4.39%) ML.NET
12 12 (4.05%) .NET Core
12 12 (4.05%) CSS
13 11 (3.72%) ARM Templates
13 11 (3.72%) HTML
14 8 (2.70%) Elastic Stack
Miscellaneous
1 24 (8.11%) Cloud Native
2 8 (2.70%) Distributed Systems
2 8 (2.70%) NHS
2 8 (2.70%) Product Ownership
3 6 (2.03%) Greenfield Project
3 6 (2.03%) Mobile App
3 6 (2.03%) Social Media
4 5 (1.69%) BBC
4 5 (1.69%) Legacy Applications
4 5 (1.69%) Legacy Systems
5 4 (1.35%) e-Learning
5 4 (1.35%) Enterprise Software
5 4 (1.35%) iPhone
5 4 (1.35%) Public Cloud
6 3 (1.01%) Analytical Mindset
6 3 (1.01%) Data Structures
6 3 (1.01%) Learning Management System
6 3 (1.01%) Linux Command Line
6 3 (1.01%) Low-Code
6 3 (1.01%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 26 (8.78%) Linux
2 16 (5.41%) Windows
3 12 (4.05%) Unix
4 5 (1.69%) CentOS
4 5 (1.69%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 4 (1.35%) Android
5 4 (1.35%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 161 (54.39%) CI/CD
2 108 (36.49%) Agile
3 57 (19.26%) Infrastructure as Code
4 47 (15.88%) Mentoring
5 45 (15.20%) Test Automation
6 41 (13.85%) Scrum
7 40 (13.51%) Continuous Improvement
7 40 (13.51%) Full-Stack Development
8 36 (12.16%) Microservices
8 36 (12.16%) Platform Engineering
9 34 (11.49%) Problem-Solving
10 31 (10.47%) Continuous Integration
11 29 (9.80%) ITIL
12 28 (9.46%) Coaching
12 28 (9.46%) SDLC
13 27 (9.12%) AI
13 27 (9.12%) Containerisation
13 27 (9.12%) Stakeholder Management
14 26 (8.78%) Data Engineering
14 26 (8.78%) Software Engineering
Programming Languages
1 73 (24.66%) SQL
2 60 (20.27%) Java
3 48 (16.22%) Python
4 42 (14.19%) TypeScript
5 37 (12.50%) C#
6 36 (12.16%) JavaScript
7 28 (9.46%) Bash
8 24 (8.11%) Groovy
9 21 (7.09%) Kotlin
10 6 (2.03%) PowerShell
11 5 (1.69%) T-SQL
12 4 (1.35%) Bicep
12 4 (1.35%) VB.NET
13 3 (1.01%) C++
13 3 (1.01%) Data Analysis Expressions
13 3 (1.01%) Go
14 2 (0.68%) C
14 2 (0.68%) PL/SQL
15 1 (0.34%) Perl
15 1 (0.34%) PHP
Qualifications
1 30 (10.14%) Degree
2 26 (8.78%) Security Cleared
3 23 (7.77%) SC Cleared
4 20 (6.76%) AWS Certification
5 18 (6.08%) Computer Science Degree
6 16 (5.41%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
6 16 (5.41%) ITIL Certification
7 5 (1.69%) DV Cleared
7 5 (1.69%) PMI Certification
7 5 (1.69%) PMP
8 2 (0.68%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
8 2 (0.68%) ISTQB
8 2 (0.68%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
8 2 (0.68%) Master's Degree
8 2 (0.68%) Microsoft Certified Professional
9 1 (0.34%) AWS Certified Developer
9 1 (0.34%) Azure Certification
9 1 (0.34%) CBAP
9 1 (0.34%) CSPO
9 1 (0.34%) IIBA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 17 (5.74%) QA
2 12 (4.05%) GDPR
3 8 (2.70%) Data Quality
4 5 (1.69%) GRC
4 5 (1.69%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 3 (1.01%) PCI DSS
5 3 (1.01%) SOC 2
6 1 (0.34%) Accessibility
6 1 (0.34%) Cyber Essentials
6 1 (0.34%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
6 1 (0.34%) WCAG
System Software
1 62 (20.95%) Docker
2 2 (0.68%) Active Directory
3 1 (0.34%) Embedded Firmware
3 1 (0.34%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 55 (18.58%) Terraform
2 28 (9.46%) Kubernetes
3 18 (6.08%) HP Fortify
4 11 (3.72%) Ansible
5 10 (3.38%) Argo
6 3 (1.01%) Packer
7 2 (0.68%) Kibana
7 2 (0.68%) Microsoft Intune
7 2 (0.68%) Progress Chef
8 1 (0.34%) Istio
Vendors
1 49 (16.55%) Microsoft
2 22 (7.43%) Databricks
3 11 (3.72%) Google
4 10 (3.38%) Pega
5 9 (3.04%) ServiceNow
6 5 (1.69%) AppDynamics
6 5 (1.69%) Apple
6 5 (1.69%) Facebook
6 5 (1.69%) IBM
6 5 (1.69%) Sony
6 5 (1.69%) Yahoo!
7 3 (1.01%) SAP
8 2 (0.68%) Arista
8 2 (0.68%) F5
8 2 (0.68%) Informatica
8 2 (0.68%) Oracle
8 2 (0.68%) Palo Alto
8 2 (0.68%) Sophos
9 1 (0.34%) Automation Anywhere
9 1 (0.34%) WooCommerce