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

6 months to
2 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 29 49 31
Rank change year-on-year +20 -18 -17
Permanent jobs citing DevOps 284 147 276
As % of all permanent jobs in Yorkshire 3.71% 4.35% 5.84%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 5.49% 4.97% 7.31%
Number of salaries quoted 197 124 191
10th Percentile £45,700 £40,000 £42,500
25th Percentile £53,750 £51,250 £48,250
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 £70,400 £70,000 £70,000
% change year-on-year +0.57% - -

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 5,173 2,958 3,774
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Yorkshire 67.56% 87.49% 79.91%
Number of salaries quoted 3,834 1,379 1,760
10th Percentile £30,000 £26,202 £30,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £31,250 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £47,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +10.53% -9.52% -
75th Percentile £70,000 £66,367 £67,500
90th Percentile £87,500 £80,000 £80,000
England median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year +9.09% -8.33% -2.44%

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 2 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 2 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 +9 191 £75,000 +15.38% 135
South Yorkshire +5 63 £69,306 +4.61% 66
East Yorkshire -1 10 £47,000 +14.63% 4
North Yorkshire -3 8 £55,000 -21.43% 21
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 (2.11%) Confluence
2 5 (1.76%) Apache Spark
2 5 (1.76%) SharePoint
3 3 (1.06%) Apache
3 3 (1.06%) CMS
3 3 (1.06%) IIS
3 3 (1.06%) nginx
4 2 (0.70%) Microsoft Exchange
4 2 (0.70%) SharePoint Server
5 1 (0.35%) CICS
Applications
1 4 (1.41%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (1.06%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (1.06%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (0.35%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 3 (1.06%) SAP S/4HANA
1 3 (1.06%) Shopify
2 2 (0.70%) Sage 200
Cloud Services
1 114 (40.14%) Azure
2 113 (39.79%) AWS
3 66 (23.24%) Azure DevOps
4 50 (17.61%) Serverless
5 49 (17.25%) AWS CloudFormation
6 45 (15.85%) GitHub
7 42 (14.79%) Amazon ECS
8 41 (14.44%) Amazon S3
9 40 (14.08%) AWS Lambda
10 31 (10.92%) GitHub Actions
11 30 (10.56%) AWS Step Functions
12 25 (8.80%) Amazon CloudWatch
13 24 (8.45%) GCP
14 21 (7.39%) Amazon OpenSearch
15 20 (7.04%) Power Platform
16 17 (5.99%) Azure Data Factory
16 17 (5.99%) Datadog
16 17 (5.99%) Microsoft 365
17 14 (4.93%) Amazon EC2
18 12 (4.23%) Azure AI
Communications & Networking
1 9 (3.17%) Internet
2 6 (2.11%) TCP/IP
3 4 (1.41%) Firewall
4 3 (1.06%) DNS
4 3 (1.06%) Reverse Proxy
5 2 (0.70%) BGP
5 2 (0.70%) Ethernet VPN
5 2 (0.70%) HTTP
5 2 (0.70%) NGFW
5 2 (0.70%) OSPF
5 2 (0.70%) 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 30 (10.56%) DynamoDB
2 20 (7.04%) MongoDB
2 20 (7.04%) NoSQL
3 17 (5.99%) Amazon Athena
4 15 (5.28%) Data Warehouse
5 12 (4.23%) SQL Server
6 11 (3.87%) Azure SQL Database
6 11 (3.87%) Spark SQL
7 10 (3.52%) Power BI
8 9 (3.17%) PostgreSQL
9 7 (2.46%) Amazon RDS
9 7 (2.46%) Relational Database
10 6 (2.11%) Metadata
11 5 (1.76%) Data Lake
12 4 (1.41%) SQL Server Integration Services
13 3 (1.06%) Redis
14 2 (0.70%) BigQuery
14 2 (0.70%) Hadoop
14 2 (0.70%) SQL Server Reporting Services
14 2 (0.70%) Star Schema
Development Applications
1 45 (15.85%) Git
2 35 (12.32%) Jenkins
3 34 (11.97%) GitLab
4 15 (5.28%) JIRA
5 12 (4.23%) Cypress.io
6 9 (3.17%) Maven
7 8 (2.82%) SonarQube
8 7 (2.46%) Atlassian Bamboo
9 6 (2.11%) Visual Studio
10 1 (0.35%) Bitbucket
10 1 (0.35%) Selenium
10 1 (0.35%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 53 (18.66%) Public Sector
1 53 (18.66%) Social Skills
2 29 (10.21%) Analytical Skills
3 24 (8.45%) Finance
4 9 (3.17%) Legal
5 7 (2.46%) Law
6 6 (2.11%) Banking
6 6 (2.11%) Local Government
7 4 (1.41%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 3 (1.06%) Presentation Skills
8 3 (1.06%) Retail
8 3 (1.06%) Tech for Good
9 2 (0.70%) Advertising
9 2 (0.70%) Billing
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 79 (27.82%) DevOps Engineer
2 73 (25.70%) Senior
3 68 (23.94%) Developer
4 46 (16.20%) Lead
5 35 (12.32%) Cloud Engineer
6 30 (10.56%) Java Developer
7 29 (10.21%) Senior DevOps
7 29 (10.21%) Senior DevOps Engineer
8 21 (7.39%) Data Engineer
9 19 (6.69%) Platform Engineer
10 18 (6.34%) AWS Developer
11 15 (5.28%) .NET Developer
11 15 (5.28%) AWS Engineer
12 14 (4.93%) Azure Engineer
12 14 (4.93%) Full-Stack Developer
13 13 (4.58%) Cloud Platform Engineer
13 13 (4.58%) Lead Cloud Engineer
14 12 (4.23%) Lead Data Engineer
14 12 (4.23%) Lead DevOps
14 12 (4.23%) Lead DevOps Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 60 (21.13%) Terraform
2 38 (13.38%) .NET
3 34 (11.97%) AngularJS
4 33 (11.62%) Node.js
5 27 (9.51%) React
6 22 (7.75%) Spring Boot
7 19 (6.69%) ASP.NET
8 18 (6.34%) RESTful
9 16 (5.63%) ASP.NET Core
9 16 (5.63%) Spring
10 15 (5.28%) REST
11 13 (4.58%) .NET Core
12 12 (4.23%) Blazor
12 12 (4.23%) CSS
12 12 (4.23%) ML.NET
12 12 (4.23%) PySpark
13 10 (3.52%) Jest
14 9 (3.17%) HTML
15 8 (2.82%) ARM Templates
15 8 (2.82%) Gherkin
Miscellaneous
1 37 (13.03%) Cloud Native
2 12 (4.23%) Linux Command Line
3 10 (3.52%) Product Ownership
4 7 (2.46%) Mobile App
5 6 (2.11%) Greenfield Project
5 6 (2.11%) Hybrid Cloud
5 6 (2.11%) Legacy Applications
6 5 (1.76%) Blog
6 5 (1.76%) NHS
6 5 (1.76%) Social Media
7 4 (1.41%) AI Agents
7 4 (1.41%) BBC
7 4 (1.41%) iPhone
7 4 (1.41%) Low-Code
7 4 (1.41%) Public Cloud
7 4 (1.41%) Self-Motivation
8 3 (1.06%) Data Centre
8 3 (1.06%) Learning Management System
8 3 (1.06%) Legacy Systems
9 2 (0.70%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 33 (11.62%) Linux
2 15 (5.28%) Windows
3 14 (4.93%) Unix
4 8 (2.82%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 7 (2.46%) CentOS
6 4 (1.41%) Android
7 3 (1.06%) Windows Server
8 1 (0.35%) VMS
8 1 (0.35%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 157 (55.28%) CI/CD
2 111 (39.08%) Agile
3 70 (24.65%) Infrastructure as Code
4 56 (19.72%) Mentoring
5 49 (17.25%) Test Automation
6 44 (15.49%) Continuous Improvement
7 43 (15.14%) Platform Engineering
8 42 (14.79%) Coaching
9 41 (14.44%) Problem-Solving
9 41 (14.44%) Scrum
10 40 (14.08%) Microservices
11 39 (13.73%) Continuous Integration
12 36 (12.68%) Infrastructure Engineering
13 34 (11.97%) Full-Stack Development
14 33 (11.62%) Technical Leadership
15 30 (10.56%) AI
16 29 (10.21%) Containerisation
16 29 (10.21%) Software Engineering
17 26 (9.15%) SDLC
18 24 (8.45%) Observability
Programming Languages
1 72 (25.35%) SQL
2 47 (16.55%) Java
2 47 (16.55%) Python
3 41 (14.44%) C#
4 35 (12.32%) TypeScript
5 30 (10.56%) JavaScript
6 22 (7.75%) Kotlin
7 20 (7.04%) Bash
8 12 (4.23%) Groovy
9 5 (1.76%) Bicep
9 5 (1.76%) Shell Script
9 5 (1.76%) VB.NET
10 4 (1.41%) T-SQL
11 3 (1.06%) C
11 3 (1.06%) C++
11 3 (1.06%) PowerShell
11 3 (1.06%) Ruby
12 2 (0.70%) Dart
12 2 (0.70%) Data Analysis Expressions
12 2 (0.70%) Go
Qualifications
1 32 (11.27%) Security Cleared
2 28 (9.86%) SC Cleared
3 18 (6.34%) Degree
4 13 (4.58%) Computer Science Degree
5 11 (3.87%) AWS Certification
6 7 (2.46%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
6 7 (2.46%) DV Cleared
6 7 (2.46%) ITIL Certification
7 2 (0.70%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
7 2 (0.70%) DBS Check
7 2 (0.70%) Master's Degree
7 2 (0.70%) Microsoft Certified Professional
8 1 (0.35%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
8 1 (0.35%) Azure Certification
8 1 (0.35%) CSPO
8 1 (0.35%) PMI Certification
8 1 (0.35%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 13 (4.58%) QA
2 10 (3.52%) Data Quality
3 6 (2.11%) GDPR
4 4 (1.41%) Accessibility
4 4 (1.41%) 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 62 (21.83%) Docker
2 9 (3.17%) Active Directory
3 2 (0.70%) 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 23 (8.10%) Kubernetes
2 12 (4.23%) Ansible
3 9 (3.17%) Microsoft Intune
4 8 (2.82%) HP Fortify
5 7 (2.46%) Argo
6 3 (1.06%) Grafana
6 3 (1.06%) Progress Chef
6 3 (1.06%) Prometheus
7 1 (0.35%) Istio
7 1 (0.35%) Red Hat Satellite
7 1 (0.35%) VxRail
Vendors
1 50 (17.61%) Microsoft
2 18 (6.34%) Databricks
3 16 (5.63%) Google
4 10 (3.52%) Pega
5 8 (2.82%) Cisco
6 4 (1.41%) Apple
6 4 (1.41%) Facebook
6 4 (1.41%) ServiceNow
6 4 (1.41%) Sony
6 4 (1.41%) Yahoo!
7 3 (1.06%) SAP
7 3 (1.06%) VMware
8 2 (0.70%) Arista
8 2 (0.70%) F5
8 2 (0.70%) Informatica
8 2 (0.70%) Palo Alto
8 2 (0.70%) Sage
8 2 (0.70%) Sophos
9 1 (0.35%) Meraki
9 1 (0.35%) Thales