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

6 months to
15 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 29 48 29
Rank change year-on-year +19 -19 -15
Permanent jobs citing DevOps 289 144 256
As % of all permanent jobs in Yorkshire 3.84% 4.29% 5.77%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 5.68% 4.89% 7.22%
Number of salaries quoted 198 120 171
10th Percentile £43,225 £40,000 £42,500
25th Percentile £52,813 £50,438 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £69,655 £63,750 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year +9.26% +2.00% -
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 5,086 2,942 3,546
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Yorkshire 67.65% 87.69% 79.92%
Number of salaries quoted 3,792 1,403 1,559
10th Percentile £30,000 £26,250 £30,200
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 £66,367 £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 15 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 15 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 +13 199 £75,000 +15.38% 33
South Yorkshire +10 60 £69,305 -55.29% 15
East Yorkshire -2 10 £47,000 +14.63% 3
North Yorkshire -3 7 £55,000 -21.43% 8
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 52 (17.99%) AWS CloudFormation
4 52 (17.99%) Serverless
5 48 (16.61%) GitHub
6 44 (15.22%) Amazon ECS
7 43 (14.88%) Amazon S3
8 42 (14.53%) AWS Lambda
9 33 (11.42%) GitHub Actions
10 32 (11.07%) AWS Step Functions
11 27 (9.34%) Amazon CloudWatch
12 23 (7.96%) Amazon OpenSearch
12 23 (7.96%) GCP
13 21 (7.27%) Power Platform
14 19 (6.57%) Datadog
14 19 (6.57%) Microsoft 365
15 16 (5.54%) Azure Data Factory
16 14 (4.84%) Amazon EC2
17 12 (4.15%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 9 (3.11%) Internet
2 8 (2.77%) 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 13 (4.50%) Azure SQL Database
5 13 (4.50%) Data Warehouse
6 12 (4.15%) SQL Server
7 11 (3.81%) Power BI
8 10 (3.46%) Spark SQL
9 7 (2.42%) Amazon RDS
9 7 (2.42%) PostgreSQL
9 7 (2.42%) Relational Database
10 6 (2.08%) Data Lake
10 6 (2.08%) Metadata
11 4 (1.38%) Star Schema
12 3 (1.04%) Redis
12 3 (1.04%) SQL Server Integration Services
12 3 (1.04%) SQL Server Reporting Services
13 2 (0.69%) BigQuery
13 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 57 (19.72%) Social Skills
2 56 (19.38%) Public Sector
3 29 (10.03%) Analytical Skills
4 25 (8.65%) Finance
5 9 (3.11%) Legal
6 7 (2.42%) Banking
6 7 (2.42%) Law
7 6 (2.08%) Local Government
8 4 (1.38%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 4 (1.38%) Tech for Good
9 3 (1.04%) Presentation Skills
9 3 (1.04%) Retail
10 2 (0.69%) Advertising
11 1 (0.35%) Aerospace
11 1 (0.35%) Electronics
11 1 (0.35%) Games
11 1 (0.35%) Organisational Skills
11 1 (0.35%) Publishing
11 1 (0.35%) Welsh Language
Job Titles
1 80 (27.68%) DevOps Engineer
2 75 (25.95%) Senior
3 70 (24.22%) Developer
4 45 (15.57%) 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 19 (6.57%) AWS Developer
8 19 (6.57%) Data Engineer
9 17 (5.88%) Platform Engineer
10 15 (5.19%) .NET Developer
10 15 (5.19%) AWS Engineer
10 15 (5.19%) Full-Stack Developer
11 13 (4.50%) Lead Cloud Engineer
11 13 (4.50%) Software Engineer
12 12 (4.15%) Analyst
12 12 (4.15%) Azure Engineer
12 12 (4.15%) Lead DevOps
12 12 (4.15%) Senior Cloud Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 58 (20.07%) Terraform
2 39 (13.49%) .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%) RESTful
8 18 (6.23%) ASP.NET
9 16 (5.54%) ASP.NET Core
9 16 (5.54%) Spring
10 13 (4.50%) .NET Core
10 13 (4.50%) REST
11 12 (4.15%) Blazor
11 12 (4.15%) ML.NET
12 10 (3.46%) CSS
12 10 (3.46%) Jest
13 9 (3.11%) PySpark
14 8 (2.77%) Gherkin
15 7 (2.42%) HTML
16 6 (2.08%) ARM Templates
Miscellaneous
1 38 (13.15%) Cloud Native
2 12 (4.15%) Linux Command Line
3 11 (3.81%) 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%) Learning Management System
8 3 (1.04%) Legacy Systems
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
1 159 (55.02%) CI/CD
2 109 (37.72%) Agile
3 71 (24.57%) Infrastructure as Code
4 52 (17.99%) Mentoring
5 49 (16.96%) Test Automation
6 45 (15.57%) Continuous Improvement
7 44 (15.22%) Platform Engineering
8 43 (14.88%) Problem-Solving
9 40 (13.84%) Coaching
10 39 (13.49%) Continuous Integration
10 39 (13.49%) Infrastructure Engineering
11 37 (12.80%) Microservices
11 37 (12.80%) Scrum
12 36 (12.46%) Technical Leadership
13 35 (12.11%) Full-Stack Development
14 34 (11.76%) AI
15 32 (11.07%) Software Engineering
16 29 (10.03%) Containerisation
17 26 (9.00%) SDLC
17 26 (9.00%) Workflow
Programming Languages
1 75 (25.95%) SQL
2 48 (16.61%) Java
3 45 (15.57%) Python
4 43 (14.88%) C#
5 37 (12.80%) TypeScript
6 31 (10.73%) 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 14 (4.84%) Degree
4 11 (3.81%) 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 4 (1.38%) GDPR
4 4 (1.38%) GRC
5 1 (0.35%) Cyber Essentials
5 1 (0.35%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
5 1 (0.35%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 1 (0.35%) WCAG
System Software
1 67 (23.18%) Docker
2 11 (3.81%) 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 10 (3.46%) 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%) Google
3 16 (5.54%) Databricks
4 10 (3.46%) Cisco
4 10 (3.46%) Pega
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