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

6 months to
7 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 28 42 29
Rank change year-on-year +14 -13 -16
Permanent jobs citing DevOps 297 170 327
As % of all permanent jobs in Yorkshire 4.09% 4.80% 6.32%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 6.10% 5.38% 8.04%
Number of salaries quoted 214 137 254
10th Percentile £47,500 £37,200 £41,250
25th Percentile £55,000 £48,250 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £65,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +7.69% +8.33% -
75th Percentile £83,438 £76,840 £73,852
90th Percentile £100,000 £82,600 £87,500
England median annual salary £70,000 £70,000 £67,500
% change year-on-year - +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 4,871 3,159 4,067
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Yorkshire 67.08% 89.19% 78.60%
Number of salaries quoted 3,520 1,531 2,600
10th Percentile £30,000 £25,750 £29,731
25th Percentile £40,000 £31,000 £38,890
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £51,000 £47,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +7.37% -5.00% -8.90%
75th Percentile £70,000 £66,250 £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% - -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 7 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 7 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 +10 213 £72,500 +9.43% 68
South Yorkshire -8 62 £69,310 +38.62% 34
North Yorkshire +5 12 £62,500 -10.71% 10
East Yorkshire -15 5 £47,000 +12.57% 5
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 (2.02%) Confluence
2 5 (1.68%) Apache Spark
3 4 (1.35%) Moodle
3 4 (1.35%) SharePoint
4 3 (1.01%) Apache
4 3 (1.01%) CMS
4 3 (1.01%) IIS
5 2 (0.67%) SharePoint Server
6 1 (0.34%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 7 (2.36%) Microsoft Excel
2 5 (1.68%) Microsoft Project
3 2 (0.67%) Microsoft Office
3 2 (0.67%) 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
1 117 (39.39%) AWS
2 114 (38.38%) Azure
3 70 (23.57%) Serverless
4 63 (21.21%) Azure DevOps
5 55 (18.52%) AWS Lambda
6 52 (17.51%) Amazon S3
7 51 (17.17%) Amazon ECS
7 51 (17.17%) AWS CloudFormation
8 46 (15.49%) GitHub
9 38 (12.79%) AWS Step Functions
10 30 (10.10%) GitHub Actions
11 27 (9.09%) Amazon CloudWatch
12 23 (7.74%) Amazon OpenSearch
13 22 (7.41%) GCP
14 20 (6.73%) Azure Data Factory
14 20 (6.73%) Power Platform
15 17 (5.72%) Amazon ECR
15 17 (5.72%) Apigee
16 16 (5.39%) Amazon SQS
17 14 (4.71%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 4 (1.35%) HTTP
1 4 (1.35%) Internet
2 3 (1.01%) Firewall
3 2 (0.67%) BGP
3 2 (0.67%) DNS
3 2 (0.67%) Ethernet VPN
3 2 (0.67%) NGFW
3 2 (0.67%) OSPF
3 2 (0.67%) VXLAN
4 1 (0.34%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 42 (14.14%) DynamoDB
2 22 (7.41%) Amazon Athena
2 22 (7.41%) NoSQL
3 21 (7.07%) MongoDB
4 19 (6.40%) Data Warehouse
5 17 (5.72%) Spark SQL
6 12 (4.04%) Power BI
7 11 (3.70%) Azure SQL Database
7 11 (3.70%) SQL Server
8 9 (3.03%) PostgreSQL
9 6 (2.02%) Relational Database
10 5 (1.68%) SQL Server Integration Services
11 4 (1.35%) Amazon RDS
11 4 (1.35%) Metadata
12 3 (1.01%) BigQuery
12 3 (1.01%) Data Lake
12 3 (1.01%) Power Query
12 3 (1.01%) Redis
12 3 (1.01%) Star Schema
13 2 (0.67%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 52 (17.51%) Jenkins
2 44 (14.81%) Git
3 41 (13.80%) GitLab
4 24 (8.08%) JIRA
5 20 (6.73%) Cypress.io
5 20 (6.73%) SonarQube
6 18 (6.06%) Maven
7 6 (2.02%) Visual Studio
8 5 (1.68%) Atlassian Bamboo
9 3 (1.01%) Artifactory
9 3 (1.01%) Cucumber
10 2 (0.67%) JUnit
10 2 (0.67%) Postman
10 2 (0.67%) Selenium
11 1 (0.34%) PHPUnit
11 1 (0.34%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 63 (21.21%) Social Skills
2 37 (12.46%) Public Sector
3 28 (9.43%) Finance
4 14 (4.71%) Analytical Skills
5 6 (2.02%) Legal
5 6 (2.02%) Retail
6 5 (1.68%) Local Government
7 4 (1.35%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 4 (1.35%) Law
8 3 (1.01%) Banking
8 3 (1.01%) Influencing Skills
8 3 (1.01%) Tech for Good
9 2 (0.67%) Advertising
9 2 (0.67%) Billing
9 2 (0.67%) Health Technology
9 2 (0.67%) Presentation Skills
10 1 (0.34%) Electronics
10 1 (0.34%) Games
10 1 (0.34%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 88 (29.63%) Developer
2 70 (23.57%) Senior
3 62 (20.88%) DevOps Engineer
4 46 (15.49%) Lead
5 45 (15.15%) Java Developer
6 29 (9.76%) Cloud Engineer
7 27 (9.09%) Data Engineer
8 26 (8.75%) Senior DevOps
8 26 (8.75%) Senior DevOps Engineer
9 25 (8.42%) Platform Engineer
10 19 (6.40%) AWS Developer
11 18 (6.06%) Lead Data Engineer
12 17 (5.72%) Cloud Platform Engineer
13 16 (5.39%) Azure Engineer
13 16 (5.39%) Full-Stack Developer
14 15 (5.05%) .NET Developer
15 13 (4.38%) Software Engineer
16 12 (4.04%) Lead Cloud Engineer
17 11 (3.70%) Azure Platform Engineer
17 11 (3.70%) Senior Cloud Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 44 (14.81%) AngularJS
2 36 (12.12%) React
3 35 (11.78%) .NET
3 35 (11.78%) Node.js
4 33 (11.11%) Spring Boot
5 22 (7.41%) REST
6 21 (7.07%) RESTful
7 20 (6.73%) Jest
8 19 (6.40%) ASP.NET
9 18 (6.06%) PySpark
9 18 (6.06%) Spring
10 17 (5.72%) ASP.NET Core
10 17 (5.72%) Gherkin
11 13 (4.38%) .NET Core
11 13 (4.38%) Blazor
11 13 (4.38%) CSS
11 13 (4.38%) ML.NET
12 11 (3.70%) ARM Templates
12 11 (3.70%) HTML
13 8 (2.69%) Elastic Stack
Miscellaneous
1 25 (8.42%) Cloud Native
2 10 (3.37%) NHS
3 8 (2.69%) Product Ownership
4 7 (2.36%) Distributed Systems
5 6 (2.02%) Greenfield Project
6 5 (1.68%) BBC
6 5 (1.68%) Legacy Applications
6 5 (1.68%) Legacy Systems
6 5 (1.68%) Mobile App
6 5 (1.68%) Public Cloud
6 5 (1.68%) Social Media
7 4 (1.35%) Blog
7 4 (1.35%) e-Learning
7 4 (1.35%) Enterprise Software
7 4 (1.35%) iPhone
7 4 (1.35%) Linux Command Line
8 3 (1.01%) Data Structures
8 3 (1.01%) Hybrid Cloud
8 3 (1.01%) Learning Management System
8 3 (1.01%) Low-Code
Operating Systems
1 26 (8.75%) Linux
2 16 (5.39%) Windows
3 12 (4.04%) Unix
4 5 (1.68%) CentOS
4 5 (1.68%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 4 (1.35%) Android
5 4 (1.35%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 162 (54.55%) CI/CD
2 110 (37.04%) Agile
3 59 (19.87%) Infrastructure as Code
4 48 (16.16%) Mentoring
5 45 (15.15%) Test Automation
6 43 (14.48%) Scrum
7 41 (13.80%) Continuous Improvement
8 38 (12.79%) Full-Stack Development
9 37 (12.46%) Microservices
10 36 (12.12%) Platform Engineering
11 33 (11.11%) Problem-Solving
12 31 (10.44%) Continuous Integration
13 30 (10.10%) Coaching
14 28 (9.43%) ITIL
15 27 (9.09%) Containerisation
15 27 (9.09%) SDLC
15 27 (9.09%) Stakeholder Management
16 26 (8.75%) AI
16 26 (8.75%) Data Engineering
16 26 (8.75%) Software Engineering
Programming Languages
1 73 (24.58%) SQL
2 62 (20.88%) Java
3 49 (16.50%) Python
4 41 (13.80%) TypeScript
5 38 (12.79%) C#
6 34 (11.45%) JavaScript
7 28 (9.43%) Bash
8 23 (7.74%) Groovy
9 22 (7.41%) Kotlin
10 6 (2.02%) PowerShell
11 5 (1.68%) 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
14 2 (0.67%) C
14 2 (0.67%) Go
14 2 (0.67%) PL/SQL
14 2 (0.67%) Ruby
15 1 (0.34%) Scala
Qualifications
1 29 (9.76%) Degree
2 27 (9.09%) Security Cleared
3 24 (8.08%) SC Cleared
4 19 (6.40%) AWS Certification
5 18 (6.06%) Computer Science Degree
6 15 (5.05%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
6 15 (5.05%) ITIL Certification
7 5 (1.68%) DV Cleared
7 5 (1.68%) PMI Certification
7 5 (1.68%) PMP
8 2 (0.67%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
8 2 (0.67%) ISTQB
8 2 (0.67%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
8 2 (0.67%) Master's Degree
8 2 (0.67%) Microsoft Certified Professional
9 1 (0.34%) CBAP
9 1 (0.34%) CSPO
9 1 (0.34%) DBS Check
9 1 (0.34%) IIBA
9 1 (0.34%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 17 (5.72%) QA
2 12 (4.04%) GDPR
3 9 (3.03%) Data Quality
4 5 (1.68%) GRC
4 5 (1.68%) 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 65 (21.89%) Docker
2 2 (0.67%) Active Directory
3 1 (0.34%) Embedded Firmware
3 1 (0.34%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 56 (18.86%) Terraform
2 27 (9.09%) Kubernetes
3 17 (5.72%) HP Fortify
4 11 (3.70%) Ansible
5 10 (3.37%) Argo
6 3 (1.01%) Packer
7 2 (0.67%) Kibana
7 2 (0.67%) Microsoft Intune
7 2 (0.67%) Progress Chef
8 1 (0.34%) Istio
Vendors
1 49 (16.50%) Microsoft
2 23 (7.74%) Databricks
3 11 (3.70%) Google
4 10 (3.37%) Pega
5 9 (3.03%) ServiceNow
6 5 (1.68%) AppDynamics
6 5 (1.68%) Apple
6 5 (1.68%) Facebook
6 5 (1.68%) IBM
6 5 (1.68%) Sony
6 5 (1.68%) Yahoo!
7 3 (1.01%) SAP
8 2 (0.67%) Arista
8 2 (0.67%) F5
8 2 (0.67%) Informatica
8 2 (0.67%) Oracle
8 2 (0.67%) Palo Alto
8 2 (0.67%) Sophos
9 1 (0.34%) Blue Prism
9 1 (0.34%) WooCommerce