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

6 months to
11 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 30 37 29
Rank change year-on-year +7 -8 -14
Permanent jobs citing DevOps 296 177 359
As % of all permanent jobs in Yorkshire 4.30% 5.17% 5.94%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 6.31% 5.72% 7.46%
Number of salaries quoted 212 137 285
10th Percentile £46,375 £37,200 £39,234
25th Percentile £55,000 £51,250 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £70,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year - +16.67% -
75th Percentile £82,500 £80,000 £76,250
90th Percentile £99,750 £98,474 £87,500
England median annual salary £70,000 £71,996 £65,465
% change year-on-year -2.77% +9.98% -6.48%

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 4,688 3,095 4,812
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Yorkshire 68.17% 90.47% 79.67%
Number of salaries quoted 3,352 1,479 3,530
10th Percentile £30,000 £25,750 £27,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £31,250 £37,000
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 £68,250 £65,000
90th Percentile £85,000 £82,500 £79,025
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 11 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 11 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 +8 214 £70,466 -5.88% 47
South Yorkshire -13 61 £70,000 +40.00% 14
North Yorkshire +6 12 £62,500 -10.71% 4
East Yorkshire -22 4 £45,000 +11.11% 3
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 (2.36%) Confluence
2 5 (1.69%) SharePoint
3 4 (1.35%) Moodle
4 3 (1.01%) Apache Spark
4 3 (1.01%) Microsoft Exchange
5 2 (0.68%) SharePoint Server
6 1 (0.34%) Apache
6 1 (0.34%) CMS
6 1 (0.34%) IIS
Applications
1 7 (2.36%) Microsoft Excel
2 5 (1.69%) Microsoft Project
3 2 (0.68%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 3 (1.01%) SAP S/4HANA
2 2 (0.68%) Oracle EBS
2 2 (0.68%) Shopify
3 1 (0.34%) Magento
3 1 (0.34%) SAP ERP
Cloud Services
1 124 (41.89%) AWS
2 118 (39.86%) Azure
3 76 (25.68%) Serverless
4 64 (21.62%) Azure DevOps
5 61 (20.61%) AWS Lambda
6 60 (20.27%) Amazon S3
7 58 (19.59%) Amazon ECS
8 52 (17.57%) AWS CloudFormation
9 49 (16.55%) GitHub
10 46 (15.54%) AWS Step Functions
11 30 (10.14%) GitHub Actions
12 29 (9.80%) GCP
13 26 (8.78%) Amazon CloudWatch
14 24 (8.11%) Amazon ECR
14 24 (8.11%) Amazon OpenSearch
14 24 (8.11%) Apigee
15 23 (7.77%) Amazon SQS
16 19 (6.42%) Azure Data Factory
17 18 (6.08%) Power Platform
18 13 (4.39%) Amazon EKS
Communications & Networking
1 7 (2.36%) HTTP
2 6 (2.03%) Firewall
3 5 (1.69%) DNS
4 4 (1.35%) Internet
5 3 (1.01%) TCP/IP
6 2 (0.68%) BGP
6 2 (0.68%) Ethernet VPN
6 2 (0.68%) NGFW
6 2 (0.68%) OSPF
6 2 (0.68%) VXLAN
7 1 (0.34%) Broadband
7 1 (0.34%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 53 (17.91%) DynamoDB
2 25 (8.45%) NoSQL
3 24 (8.11%) Amazon Athena
4 21 (7.09%) MongoDB
5 17 (5.74%) Spark SQL
6 16 (5.41%) Data Warehouse
7 12 (4.05%) Power BI
8 11 (3.72%) Azure SQL Database
9 10 (3.38%) SQL Server
10 9 (3.04%) PostgreSQL
11 7 (2.36%) Metadata
11 7 (2.36%) SQL Server Integration Services
12 4 (1.35%) Relational Database
13 3 (1.01%) Power Query
13 3 (1.01%) Star Schema
14 2 (0.68%) BigQuery
14 2 (0.68%) MySQL
14 2 (0.68%) SQL Server Reporting Services
15 1 (0.34%) Amazon RDS
15 1 (0.34%) Enterprise Data Warehouse
Development Applications
1 63 (21.28%) Jenkins
2 48 (16.22%) GitLab
3 41 (13.85%) Git
4 27 (9.12%) Cypress.io
4 27 (9.12%) SonarQube
5 26 (8.78%) JIRA
6 25 (8.45%) Maven
7 4 (1.35%) Atlassian Bamboo
7 4 (1.35%) Visual Studio
8 3 (1.01%) Artifactory
8 3 (1.01%) Cucumber
9 2 (0.68%) JUnit
9 2 (0.68%) Postman
9 2 (0.68%) Selenium
10 1 (0.34%) PHPUnit
10 1 (0.34%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 59 (19.93%) Social Skills
2 32 (10.81%) Public Sector
3 24 (8.11%) Finance
4 15 (5.07%) Analytical Skills
5 7 (2.36%) Retail
6 4 (1.35%) Influencing Skills
7 3 (1.01%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 3 (1.01%) Law
7 3 (1.01%) Tech for Good
7 3 (1.01%) Telecoms
8 2 (0.68%) Banking
8 2 (0.68%) Billing
8 2 (0.68%) Games
8 2 (0.68%) Health Technology
9 1 (0.34%) Electronics
9 1 (0.34%) Local Government
9 1 (0.34%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 93 (31.42%) Developer
2 67 (22.64%) Senior
3 63 (21.28%) DevOps Engineer
4 53 (17.91%) Java Developer
5 41 (13.85%) Lead
6 26 (8.78%) Data Engineer
7 24 (8.11%) Senior DevOps
7 24 (8.11%) Senior DevOps Engineer
8 22 (7.43%) Platform Engineer
9 21 (7.09%) AWS Developer
10 19 (6.42%) Cloud Engineer
11 16 (5.41%) Lead Data Engineer
12 15 (5.07%) Azure Engineer
12 15 (5.07%) Full-Stack Developer
13 14 (4.73%) .NET Developer
13 14 (4.73%) Software Engineer
14 13 (4.39%) Cloud Platform Engineer
15 11 (3.72%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
15 11 (3.72%) Lead Cloud Engineer
15 11 (3.72%) Senior Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 51 (17.23%) AngularJS
2 39 (13.18%) Spring Boot
3 36 (12.16%) Node.js
4 34 (11.49%) React
5 29 (9.80%) .NET
6 26 (8.78%) Jest
7 24 (8.11%) Gherkin
7 24 (8.11%) RESTful
8 20 (6.76%) PySpark
8 20 (6.76%) REST
9 17 (5.74%) Spring
10 16 (5.41%) ASP.NET
11 15 (5.07%) ASP.NET Core
12 13 (4.39%) Blazor
12 13 (4.39%) ML.NET
13 11 (3.72%) ARM Templates
13 11 (3.72%) Elastic Stack
14 10 (3.38%) .NET Core
15 7 (2.36%) CSS
15 7 (2.36%) HTML
Miscellaneous
1 21 (7.09%) Cloud Native
2 9 (3.04%) Distributed Systems
3 7 (2.36%) Product Ownership
4 6 (2.03%) NHS
4 6 (2.03%) Public Cloud
4 6 (2.03%) Social Media
5 5 (1.69%) BBC
5 5 (1.69%) Greenfield Project
5 5 (1.69%) Legacy Systems
5 5 (1.69%) Mobile App
6 4 (1.35%) Analytical Mindset
6 4 (1.35%) e-Learning
6 4 (1.35%) Enterprise Software
6 4 (1.35%) iPhone
7 3 (1.01%) AI Agents
7 3 (1.01%) Data Structures
7 3 (1.01%) Management Information System
7 3 (1.01%) Onboarding
8 2 (0.68%) Distributed Architecture
8 2 (0.68%) Low-Code
Operating Systems
1 23 (7.77%) Linux
2 16 (5.41%) Windows
3 11 (3.72%) Unix
4 4 (1.35%) Android
4 4 (1.35%) CentOS
4 4 (1.35%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 3 (1.01%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 168 (56.76%) CI/CD
2 108 (36.49%) Agile
3 54 (18.24%) Infrastructure as Code
4 46 (15.54%) Mentoring
5 44 (14.86%) Test Automation
6 42 (14.19%) Continuous Improvement
7 39 (13.18%) Full-Stack Development
8 38 (12.84%) Continuous Integration
9 37 (12.50%) ITIL
10 36 (12.16%) Microservices
10 36 (12.16%) Platform Engineering
10 36 (12.16%) Problem-Solving
11 34 (11.49%) Containerisation
11 34 (11.49%) Scrum
12 33 (11.15%) SDLC
13 28 (9.46%) Coaching
13 28 (9.46%) Stakeholder Management
14 27 (9.12%) Data Engineering
15 26 (8.78%) AI
15 26 (8.78%) DevSecOps
Programming Languages
1 75 (25.34%) SQL
2 66 (22.30%) Java
3 52 (17.57%) Python
4 51 (17.23%) TypeScript
5 36 (12.16%) Bash
6 35 (11.82%) JavaScript
7 32 (10.81%) C#
8 30 (10.14%) Groovy
9 23 (7.77%) Kotlin
10 7 (2.36%) Go
10 7 (2.36%) PowerShell
11 5 (1.69%) T-SQL
12 4 (1.35%) Bicep
13 3 (1.01%) C++
13 3 (1.01%) Data Analysis Expressions
13 3 (1.01%) VB.NET
14 2 (0.68%) PL/SQL
15 1 (0.34%) C
15 1 (0.34%) Perl
15 1 (0.34%) PHP
Qualifications
1 32 (10.81%) Degree
2 26 (8.78%) AWS Certification
3 25 (8.45%) Security Cleared
4 22 (7.43%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
4 22 (7.43%) ITIL Certification
5 19 (6.42%) SC Cleared
6 18 (6.08%) Computer Science Degree
7 5 (1.69%) PMI Certification
7 5 (1.69%) PMP
8 4 (1.35%) DV Cleared
9 2 (0.68%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
9 2 (0.68%) ISTQB
9 2 (0.68%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
9 2 (0.68%) Master's Degree
9 2 (0.68%) Microsoft Certified Professional
10 1 (0.34%) AWS Certified Developer
10 1 (0.34%) Azure Certification
10 1 (0.34%) CSPO
10 1 (0.34%) DBS Check
10 1 (0.34%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 17 (5.74%) QA
2 12 (4.05%) GDPR
3 9 (3.04%) Data Quality
4 5 (1.69%) GRC
4 5 (1.69%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 4 (1.35%) PCI DSS
6 3 (1.01%) SOC 2
System Software
1 64 (21.62%) Docker
2 2 (0.68%) Active Directory
2 2 (0.68%) Microsoft Virtual Server
2 2 (0.68%) Virtual Servers
3 1 (0.34%) Embedded Firmware
3 1 (0.34%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 55 (18.58%) Terraform
2 26 (8.78%) Kubernetes
3 24 (8.11%) HP Fortify
4 13 (4.39%) Ansible
5 10 (3.38%) Argo
6 3 (1.01%) Grafana
6 3 (1.01%) Packer
6 3 (1.01%) Prometheus
7 2 (0.68%) Kibana
7 2 (0.68%) Microsoft Intune
7 2 (0.68%) Progress Chef
8 1 (0.34%) Istio
Vendors
1 48 (16.22%) Microsoft
2 23 (7.77%) Databricks
3 15 (5.07%) Google
4 10 (3.38%) Pega
4 10 (3.38%) ServiceNow
5 5 (1.69%) AppDynamics
5 5 (1.69%) Apple
5 5 (1.69%) Facebook
5 5 (1.69%) IBM
5 5 (1.69%) Sony
5 5 (1.69%) Yahoo!
6 4 (1.35%) Oracle
6 4 (1.35%) SAP
7 2 (0.68%) Arista
7 2 (0.68%) F5
7 2 (0.68%) IFS
7 2 (0.68%) Informatica
7 2 (0.68%) Palo Alto
7 2 (0.68%) Qualys
8 1 (0.34%) WooCommerce