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 29 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
29 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 36 29 25
Rank change year-on-year -7 -4 -7
Permanent jobs citing DevOps 272 176 401
As % of all permanent jobs in Yorkshire 4.12% 6.66% 6.86%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 5.98% 7.10% 8.46%
Number of salaries quoted 183 131 321
10th Percentile £44,000 £38,750 £37,500
25th Percentile £56,250 £48,684 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £70,000 £59,526
Median % change year-on-year - +17.60% -2.70%
75th Percentile £82,500 £87,500 £72,433
90th Percentile £92,500 £98,474 £87,500
England median annual salary £70,000 £72,500 £65,000
% change year-on-year -3.45% +11.54% -7.14%

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 4,546 2,478 4,742
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Yorkshire 68.83% 93.76% 81.12%
Number of salaries quoted 3,044 1,196 3,762
10th Percentile £30,000 £25,750 £27,500
25th Percentile £39,000 £31,000 £36,250
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 £68,875 £65,000
90th Percentile £87,500 £86,250 £80,000
England median annual salary £60,000 £60,000 £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 29 May 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 29 May 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 +5 217 £70,000 -8.20% 36
South Yorkshire -30 36 £80,000 +64.10% 21
North Yorkshire -8 8 £72,500 +3.57% 6
East Yorkshire -27 4 £45,000 +2.86% 2
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 (2.21%) Moodle
2 5 (1.84%) Confluence
2 5 (1.84%) SharePoint
3 3 (1.10%) Apache Spark
3 3 (1.10%) Microsoft Exchange
4 2 (0.74%) SharePoint Server
5 1 (0.37%) Apache
5 1 (0.37%) IIS
5 1 (0.37%) OpenStack
Applications
1 7 (2.57%) Microsoft Excel
2 5 (1.84%) Microsoft Project
3 2 (0.74%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 11 (4.04%) SAP ERP
2 3 (1.10%) Dynamics CRM
2 3 (1.10%) Oracle EBS
2 3 (1.10%) SAP S/4HANA
3 1 (0.37%) Magento
3 1 (0.37%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 131 (48.16%) AWS
2 113 (41.54%) Azure
3 90 (33.09%) Serverless
4 77 (28.31%) AWS Lambda
5 76 (27.94%) Amazon S3
6 66 (24.26%) Amazon ECS
7 65 (23.90%) AWS CloudFormation
8 60 (22.06%) AWS Step Functions
9 51 (18.75%) Azure DevOps
10 49 (18.01%) GitHub
11 33 (12.13%) GitHub Actions
12 32 (11.76%) Amazon CloudWatch
13 31 (11.40%) Amazon ECR
13 31 (11.40%) Apigee
14 30 (11.03%) Amazon SQS
15 28 (10.29%) GCP
16 25 (9.19%) Amazon OpenSearch
17 18 (6.62%) Azure Data Factory
18 17 (6.25%) Amazon EKS
18 17 (6.25%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 7 (2.57%) HTTP
2 6 (2.21%) Firewall
3 5 (1.84%) DNS
4 3 (1.10%) TCP/IP
5 2 (0.74%) BGP
5 2 (0.74%) Ethernet VPN
5 2 (0.74%) NGFW
5 2 (0.74%) OSPF
5 2 (0.74%) VXLAN
6 1 (0.37%) Broadband
Database & Business Intelligence
1 70 (25.74%) DynamoDB
2 34 (12.50%) NoSQL
3 25 (9.19%) Amazon Athena
4 17 (6.25%) Spark SQL
5 16 (5.88%) PostgreSQL
6 15 (5.51%) Data Warehouse
7 14 (5.15%) SQL Server
8 11 (4.04%) MongoDB
8 11 (4.04%) Power BI
9 7 (2.57%) Metadata
9 7 (2.57%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 5 (1.84%) Azure SQL Database
11 4 (1.47%) Relational Database
12 3 (1.10%) Power Query
13 2 (0.74%) BigQuery
13 2 (0.74%) MySQL
13 2 (0.74%) SQL Server Reporting Services
13 2 (0.74%) Star Schema
14 1 (0.37%) Apache Cassandra
14 1 (0.37%) Enterprise Data Warehouse
Development Applications
1 66 (24.26%) Jenkins
2 55 (20.22%) GitLab
3 41 (15.07%) Git
4 34 (12.50%) Cypress.io
4 34 (12.50%) SonarQube
5 32 (11.76%) Maven
6 23 (8.46%) JIRA
7 3 (1.10%) Artifactory
7 3 (1.10%) Cucumber
7 3 (1.10%) Visual Studio
8 2 (0.74%) JUnit
8 2 (0.74%) Postman
8 2 (0.74%) Selenium
9 1 (0.37%) Atlassian Bamboo
9 1 (0.37%) PHPUnit
General
1 71 (26.10%) Social Skills
2 25 (9.19%) Public Sector
3 23 (8.46%) Finance
4 17 (6.25%) Analytical Skills
5 12 (4.41%) Retail
6 7 (2.57%) Influencing Skills
7 3 (1.10%) Documentation Skills
7 3 (1.10%) Law
7 3 (1.10%) Telecoms
8 2 (0.74%) Billing
8 2 (0.74%) Games
8 2 (0.74%) Health Technology
8 2 (0.74%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 1 (0.37%) Electronics
9 1 (0.37%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 90 (33.09%) Developer
2 57 (20.96%) Java Developer
3 55 (20.22%) Senior
4 46 (16.91%) DevOps Engineer
5 43 (15.81%) Lead
6 26 (9.56%) Data Engineer
7 23 (8.46%) AWS Developer
8 18 (6.62%) Platform Engineer
9 17 (6.25%) Lead Data Engineer
10 14 (5.15%) Senior Developer
10 14 (5.15%) Senior DevOps
10 14 (5.15%) Senior DevOps Engineer
10 14 (5.15%) Software Engineer
11 13 (4.78%) Azure Engineer
11 13 (4.78%) Cloud Engineer
12 11 (4.04%) Cloud Platform Engineer
12 11 (4.04%) Full-Stack Developer
12 11 (4.04%) Lead DevOps
12 11 (4.04%) Lead DevOps Engineer
13 10 (3.68%) .NET Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 58 (21.32%) AngularJS
2 43 (15.81%) Spring Boot
3 40 (14.71%) Node.js
4 33 (12.13%) Jest
5 31 (11.40%) Gherkin
6 30 (11.03%) React
7 22 (8.09%) RESTful
8 21 (7.72%) PySpark
8 21 (7.72%) REST
9 19 (6.99%) .NET
10 18 (6.62%) Spring
11 12 (4.41%) Elastic Stack
12 11 (4.04%) ASP.NET
13 10 (3.68%) .NET Core
13 10 (3.68%) ARM Templates
13 10 (3.68%) ASP.NET Core
14 9 (3.31%) Blazor
15 7 (2.57%) RabbitMQ
16 6 (2.21%) CSS
16 6 (2.21%) HTML
Miscellaneous
1 22 (8.09%) Cloud Native
2 11 (4.04%) Distributed Systems
3 8 (2.94%) NHS
4 7 (2.57%) Management Information System
5 6 (2.21%) e-Learning
6 5 (1.84%) Product Ownership
7 4 (1.47%) Enterprise Software
7 4 (1.47%) Legacy Systems
7 4 (1.47%) Public Cloud
7 4 (1.47%) SCADA
8 3 (1.10%) Analytical Mindset
8 3 (1.10%) CMDB
8 3 (1.10%) Data Structures
8 3 (1.10%) Driving Licence
8 3 (1.10%) Onboarding
8 3 (1.10%) Social Media
9 2 (0.74%) BBC
9 2 (0.74%) Distributed Architecture
9 2 (0.74%) Legacy Applications
9 2 (0.74%) Low-Code
Operating Systems
1 17 (6.25%) Linux
2 15 (5.51%) Windows
3 7 (2.57%) Unix
4 5 (1.84%) Windows Server
5 1 (0.37%) Android
5 1 (0.37%) CentOS
5 1 (0.37%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 173 (63.60%) CI/CD
2 103 (37.87%) Agile
3 54 (19.85%) Infrastructure as Code
4 45 (16.54%) Mentoring
5 42 (15.44%) Microservices
6 39 (14.34%) Continuous Improvement
7 38 (13.97%) ITIL
7 38 (13.97%) Problem-Solving
8 36 (13.24%) Continuous Integration
8 36 (13.24%) Test Automation
9 34 (12.50%) Containerisation
10 33 (12.13%) Stakeholder Management
11 32 (11.76%) Platform Engineering
11 32 (11.76%) SDLC
12 30 (11.03%) Scrum
13 29 (10.66%) Data Engineering
14 28 (10.29%) Observability
15 27 (9.93%) Full-Stack Development
16 26 (9.56%) DevSecOps
16 26 (9.56%) Secure Coding
Programming Languages
1 76 (27.94%) SQL
2 75 (27.57%) Java
3 62 (22.79%) TypeScript
4 49 (18.01%) Python
5 43 (15.81%) Bash
6 36 (13.24%) Groovy
7 24 (8.82%) JavaScript
7 24 (8.82%) Kotlin
8 14 (5.15%) C#
9 7 (2.57%) PowerShell
10 6 (2.21%) Go
11 5 (1.84%) T-SQL
12 3 (1.10%) C++
12 3 (1.10%) Data Analysis Expressions
13 2 (0.74%) Bicep
13 2 (0.74%) PL/SQL
14 1 (0.37%) C
14 1 (0.37%) Perl
14 1 (0.37%) PHP
14 1 (0.37%) Scala
Qualifications
1 33 (12.13%) AWS Certification
1 33 (12.13%) Degree
2 23 (8.46%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
2 23 (8.46%) ITIL Certification
3 21 (7.72%) Security Cleared
4 18 (6.62%) Computer Science Degree
5 15 (5.51%) SC Cleared
6 7 (2.57%) AWS Certified Developer
7 5 (1.84%) PMI Certification
7 5 (1.84%) PMP
8 2 (0.74%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
8 2 (0.74%) ISTQB
8 2 (0.74%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
8 2 (0.74%) Master's Degree
8 2 (0.74%) Microsoft Certified Professional
9 1 (0.37%) Azure Certification
9 1 (0.37%) CBAP
9 1 (0.37%) DBS Check
9 1 (0.37%) DV Cleared
9 1 (0.37%) IIBA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 23 (8.46%) QA
2 12 (4.41%) GDPR
3 8 (2.94%) Data Quality
4 7 (2.57%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 6 (2.21%) PCI DSS
6 5 (1.84%) GRC
7 3 (1.10%) SOC 2
System Software
1 79 (29.04%) Docker
2 3 (1.10%) Microsoft Virtual Server
2 3 (1.10%) Virtual Servers
3 1 (0.37%) Embedded Firmware
3 1 (0.37%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 58 (21.32%) Terraform
2 31 (11.40%) HP Fortify
3 23 (8.46%) Kubernetes
4 13 (4.78%) Ansible
5 10 (3.68%) Argo
6 6 (2.21%) Grafana
6 6 (2.21%) Prometheus
7 3 (1.10%) Packer
8 2 (0.74%) Kibana
9 1 (0.37%) Istio
9 1 (0.37%) Microsoft Intune
9 1 (0.37%) Progress Chef
Vendors
1 37 (13.60%) Microsoft
2 23 (8.46%) Databricks
3 14 (5.15%) SAP
4 10 (3.68%) ServiceNow
5 8 (2.94%) Google
6 5 (1.84%) AppDynamics
6 5 (1.84%) IBM
6 5 (1.84%) Oracle
7 3 (1.10%) F5
7 3 (1.10%) IFS
7 3 (1.10%) Sparx
8 2 (0.74%) Apple
8 2 (0.74%) Arista
8 2 (0.74%) Facebook
8 2 (0.74%) Informatica
8 2 (0.74%) Palo Alto
8 2 (0.74%) Qualys
8 2 (0.74%) Sony
8 2 (0.74%) Yahoo!
9 1 (0.37%) VMware