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

6 months to
20 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 28 45 27
Rank change year-on-year +17 -18 -14
Permanent jobs citing DevOps 296 164 302
As % of all permanent jobs in Yorkshire 4.01% 4.72% 5.70%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 6.03% 5.34% 7.23%
Number of salaries quoted 211 132 239
10th Percentile £46,000 £38,875 £42,500
25th Percentile £53,750 £49,563 £47,231
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £62,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +12.00% +4.17% -1.38%
75th Percentile £83,125 £75,000 £76,250
90th Percentile £97,500 £82,250 £87,500
England median annual salary £70,400 £70,000 £67,500
% change year-on-year +0.57% +3.70% -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 4,912 3,069 4,179
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Yorkshire 66.57% 88.24% 78.91%
Number of salaries quoted 3,560 1,524 2,498
10th Percentile £30,000 £25,825 £29,694
25th Percentile £40,000 £30,625 £38,890
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £51,932 £47,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +9.33% -5.00% -7.98%
75th Percentile £70,000 £65,000 £65,000
90th Percentile £85,955 £80,000 £77,500
England median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £55,465
% change year-on-year +9.09% -0.84% -11.26%

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 20 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 20 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 +6 207 £72,500 +11.54% 39
South Yorkshire -2 61 £69,310 +26.02% 14
North Yorkshire +3 12 £62,500 -10.71% 9
East Yorkshire -14 8 £47,000 +12.57% 4
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 5 (1.69%) Apache Spark
2 5 (1.69%) SharePoint
3 4 (1.35%) Moodle
4 3 (1.01%) Apache
4 3 (1.01%) CMS
4 3 (1.01%) IIS
5 2 (0.68%) Microsoft Exchange
5 2 (0.68%) SharePoint Server
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 2 (0.68%) Sage 200
4 1 (0.34%) Magento
Cloud Services
1 116 (39.19%) Azure
2 114 (38.51%) AWS
3 68 (22.97%) Serverless
4 66 (22.30%) Azure DevOps
5 55 (18.58%) AWS Lambda
6 53 (17.91%) AWS CloudFormation
7 51 (17.23%) Amazon S3
8 50 (16.89%) Amazon ECS
9 49 (16.55%) GitHub
10 37 (12.50%) AWS Step Functions
11 33 (11.15%) GitHub Actions
12 29 (9.80%) Amazon CloudWatch
13 25 (8.45%) Amazon OpenSearch
14 21 (7.09%) Azure Data Factory
14 21 (7.09%) Power Platform
15 20 (6.76%) GCP
16 17 (5.74%) Datadog
17 16 (5.41%) Microsoft 365
18 15 (5.07%) Amazon EC2
19 14 (4.73%) Amazon EKS
Communications & Networking
1 4 (1.35%) Firewall
1 4 (1.35%) HTTP
1 4 (1.35%) Internet
2 3 (1.01%) DNS
3 2 (0.68%) BGP
3 2 (0.68%) Ethernet VPN
3 2 (0.68%) NGFW
3 2 (0.68%) OSPF
3 2 (0.68%) TCP/IP
3 2 (0.68%) VXLAN
4 1 (0.34%) LAN
4 1 (0.34%) Network Security
4 1 (0.34%) SD-WAN
4 1 (0.34%) VPN
4 1 (0.34%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 40 (13.51%) DynamoDB
2 23 (7.77%) NoSQL
3 22 (7.43%) Amazon Athena
4 21 (7.09%) MongoDB
5 19 (6.42%) Data Warehouse
6 17 (5.74%) Spark SQL
7 14 (4.73%) SQL Server
8 12 (4.05%) Azure SQL Database
8 12 (4.05%) Power BI
9 8 (2.70%) PostgreSQL
9 8 (2.70%) Relational Database
10 6 (2.03%) Amazon RDS
11 5 (1.69%) SQL Server Integration Services
12 4 (1.35%) Metadata
13 3 (1.01%) BigQuery
13 3 (1.01%) Data Lake
13 3 (1.01%) Power Query
13 3 (1.01%) Redis
13 3 (1.01%) Star Schema
14 2 (0.68%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 48 (16.22%) Jenkins
2 47 (15.88%) Git
3 37 (12.50%) GitLab
4 24 (8.11%) JIRA
5 16 (5.41%) Cypress.io
5 16 (5.41%) SonarQube
6 14 (4.73%) Maven
7 6 (2.03%) Atlassian Bamboo
7 6 (2.03%) 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%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 62 (20.95%) Social Skills
2 39 (13.18%) Public Sector
3 32 (10.81%) Finance
4 16 (5.41%) Analytical Skills
5 7 (2.36%) Legal
6 6 (2.03%) Law
6 6 (2.03%) Local Government
7 5 (1.69%) Banking
7 5 (1.69%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 5 (1.69%) Retail
8 3 (1.01%) Influencing Skills
8 3 (1.01%) Presentation Skills
8 3 (1.01%) Tech for Good
9 2 (0.68%) Advertising
9 2 (0.68%) Billing
10 1 (0.34%) Electronics
10 1 (0.34%) Games
10 1 (0.34%) Health Technology
10 1 (0.34%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 85 (28.72%) Developer
2 68 (22.97%) Senior
3 63 (21.28%) DevOps Engineer
4 46 (15.54%) Lead
5 43 (14.53%) Java Developer
6 31 (10.47%) Cloud Engineer
7 28 (9.46%) Data Engineer
8 26 (8.78%) Senior DevOps
8 26 (8.78%) Senior DevOps Engineer
9 25 (8.45%) Platform Engineer
10 20 (6.76%) AWS Developer
11 18 (6.08%) Lead Data Engineer
12 17 (5.74%) Azure Engineer
12 17 (5.74%) Cloud Platform Engineer
13 16 (5.41%) .NET Developer
13 16 (5.41%) Full-Stack Developer
14 13 (4.39%) Software Engineer
15 12 (4.05%) Lead Cloud Engineer
16 11 (3.72%) Azure Platform Engineer
16 11 (3.72%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 62 (20.95%) Terraform
2 43 (14.53%) AngularJS
3 38 (12.84%) .NET
4 36 (12.16%) Node.js
5 33 (11.15%) React
6 29 (9.80%) Spring Boot
7 22 (7.43%) REST
8 21 (7.09%) RESTful
9 20 (6.76%) ASP.NET
10 18 (6.08%) PySpark
10 18 (6.08%) Spring
11 17 (5.74%) ASP.NET Core
12 15 (5.07%) .NET Core
12 15 (5.07%) Jest
13 14 (4.73%) CSS
14 13 (4.39%) Blazor
14 13 (4.39%) Gherkin
14 13 (4.39%) ML.NET
15 11 (3.72%) ARM Templates
15 11 (3.72%) HTML
Miscellaneous
1 28 (9.46%) Cloud Native
2 10 (3.38%) NHS
3 9 (3.04%) Product Ownership
4 7 (2.36%) Distributed Systems
4 7 (2.36%) Mobile App
5 6 (2.03%) Greenfield Project
5 6 (2.03%) Legacy Applications
5 6 (2.03%) Linux Command Line
5 6 (2.03%) Social Media
6 5 (1.69%) BBC
6 5 (1.69%) Blog
6 5 (1.69%) Hybrid Cloud
6 5 (1.69%) Public Cloud
7 4 (1.35%) e-Learning
7 4 (1.35%) Enterprise Software
7 4 (1.35%) iPhone
7 4 (1.35%) Legacy Systems
7 4 (1.35%) Low-Code
8 3 (1.01%) Data Structures
8 3 (1.01%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 27 (9.12%) Linux
2 15 (5.07%) Windows
3 12 (4.05%) Unix
4 6 (2.03%) CentOS
4 6 (2.03%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 4 (1.35%) Android
6 3 (1.01%) Windows Server
7 1 (0.34%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 164 (55.41%) CI/CD
2 108 (36.49%) Agile
3 65 (21.96%) Infrastructure as Code
4 49 (16.55%) Mentoring
5 44 (14.86%) Scrum
5 44 (14.86%) Test Automation
6 42 (14.19%) Continuous Improvement
7 39 (13.18%) Microservices
8 37 (12.50%) Platform Engineering
9 35 (11.82%) Full-Stack Development
10 34 (11.49%) Problem-Solving
11 33 (11.15%) Continuous Integration
12 32 (10.81%) Coaching
13 28 (9.46%) Software Engineering
14 26 (8.78%) Containerisation
14 26 (8.78%) Data Engineering
15 25 (8.45%) AI
15 25 (8.45%) ITIL
15 25 (8.45%) SDLC
15 25 (8.45%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 81 (27.36%) SQL
2 60 (20.27%) Java
3 52 (17.57%) Python
4 41 (13.85%) C#
5 39 (13.18%) TypeScript
6 31 (10.47%) JavaScript
7 25 (8.45%) Bash
7 25 (8.45%) Kotlin
8 20 (6.76%) Groovy
9 6 (2.03%) PowerShell
9 6 (2.03%) T-SQL
10 5 (1.69%) Bicep
10 5 (1.69%) VB.NET
11 3 (1.01%) C
11 3 (1.01%) C++
11 3 (1.01%) Data Analysis Expressions
11 3 (1.01%) Ruby
12 2 (0.68%) Dart
12 2 (0.68%) Go
12 2 (0.68%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 30 (10.14%) Security Cleared
2 29 (9.80%) Degree
3 27 (9.12%) SC Cleared
4 18 (6.08%) Computer Science Degree
5 15 (5.07%) AWS Certification
6 12 (4.05%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
6 12 (4.05%) ITIL Certification
7 6 (2.03%) DV Cleared
8 5 (1.69%) PMI Certification
8 5 (1.69%) PMP
9 2 (0.68%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
9 2 (0.68%) DBS Check
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%) Azure Certification
10 1 (0.34%) CBAP
10 1 (0.34%) CSPO
10 1 (0.34%) IIBA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 16 (5.41%) QA
2 12 (4.05%) GDPR
3 9 (3.04%) Data Quality
4 5 (1.69%) GRC
5 3 (1.01%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 2 (0.68%) PCI DSS
6 2 (0.68%) SOC 2
7 1 (0.34%) Accessibility
7 1 (0.34%) Cyber Essentials
7 1 (0.34%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 1 (0.34%) WCAG
System Software
1 66 (22.30%) Docker
2 5 (1.69%) Active Directory
3 1 (0.34%) Embedded Firmware
3 1 (0.34%) Firmware
3 1 (0.34%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 28 (9.46%) Kubernetes
2 13 (4.39%) HP Fortify
3 12 (4.05%) Ansible
4 9 (3.04%) Argo
5 5 (1.69%) Microsoft Intune
6 3 (1.01%) Packer
6 3 (1.01%) Progress Chef
7 2 (0.68%) Kibana
8 1 (0.34%) Istio
8 1 (0.34%) VxRail
Vendors
1 50 (16.89%) Microsoft
2 23 (7.77%) Databricks
3 11 (3.72%) Google
4 10 (3.38%) Pega
5 7 (2.36%) 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 4 (1.35%) Cisco
8 3 (1.01%) SAP
9 2 (0.68%) Arista
9 2 (0.68%) F5
9 2 (0.68%) Informatica
9 2 (0.68%) Oracle
9 2 (0.68%) Sage
9 2 (0.68%) Sophos
9 2 (0.68%) VMware