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 18 March 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 33 25 22
Rank change year-on-year -8 -3 -7
Permanent jobs citing DevOps 235 194 402
As % of all permanent jobs in Yorkshire 5.05% 8.60% 7.85%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 6.77% 8.97% 9.19%
Number of salaries quoted 160 144 328
10th Percentile £42,500 £41,975 £35,976
25th Percentile £50,739 £46,250 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £67,363 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.51% +12.27% -4.00%
75th Percentile £82,500 £93,757 £76,250
90th Percentile £100,000 £98,474 £89,705
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 3,472 2,162 4,373
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Yorkshire 74.65% 95.79% 85.38%
Number of salaries quoted 2,114 1,171 3,477
10th Percentile £28,250 £25,750 £27,500
25th Percentile £33,750 £35,000 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £50,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year - - -9.09%
75th Percentile £67,500 £72,500 £65,603
90th Percentile £83,675 £90,000 £82,500
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% +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 18 March 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 18 March 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 +4 202 £65,000 -14.75% 55
South Yorkshire -41 16 £70,932 +49.33% 38
East Yorkshire -26 9 £46,250 +2.78% 6
North Yorkshire +1 2 £72,500 +11.54% 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 (2.98%) Confluence
2 6 (2.55%) Moodle
3 5 (2.13%) OpenStack
4 4 (1.70%) Microsoft Exchange
4 4 (1.70%) SharePoint
5 2 (0.85%) IIS
6 1 (0.43%) Apache
6 1 (0.43%) Apache Spark
Applications
1 3 (1.28%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (0.85%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 14 (5.96%) SAP ERP
2 4 (1.70%) Oracle EBS
3 3 (1.28%) Dynamics CRM
4 2 (0.85%) Markit EDM
4 2 (0.85%) Oracle ERP
5 1 (0.43%) Magento
5 1 (0.43%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 132 (56.17%) AWS
2 102 (43.40%) Azure
3 85 (36.17%) Serverless
4 74 (31.49%) Amazon S3
5 73 (31.06%) AWS Lambda
6 61 (25.96%) AWS CloudFormation
7 57 (24.26%) AWS Step Functions
8 56 (23.83%) Amazon ECS
9 52 (22.13%) GitHub
10 40 (17.02%) Azure DevOps
11 36 (15.32%) GitHub Actions
12 32 (13.62%) Amazon SQS
13 30 (12.77%) Amazon CloudWatch
13 30 (12.77%) Amazon ECR
13 30 (12.77%) Apigee
14 25 (10.64%) GCP
15 17 (7.23%) Amazon EKS
16 16 (6.81%) Amazon OpenSearch
17 14 (5.96%) Amazon EventBridge
18 13 (5.53%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 8 (3.40%) Firewall
2 6 (2.55%) HTTP
3 5 (2.13%) DNS
3 5 (2.13%) Network Security
4 4 (1.70%) TCP/IP
5 1 (0.43%) Broadband
Database & Business Intelligence
1 70 (29.79%) DynamoDB
2 29 (12.34%) NoSQL
3 23 (9.79%) PostgreSQL
4 22 (9.36%) SQL Server
5 16 (6.81%) Amazon Athena
6 10 (4.26%) Relational Database
7 6 (2.55%) Data Warehouse
7 6 (2.55%) Metadata
8 5 (2.13%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 3 (1.28%) Power BI
9 3 (1.28%) Spark SQL
9 3 (1.28%) SQL Server Analysis Services
10 2 (0.85%) Azure SQL Database
10 2 (0.85%) Data Lake
10 2 (0.85%) SQL Server Reporting Services
10 2 (0.85%) Tableau
11 1 (0.43%) MySQL
11 1 (0.43%) OLAP
11 1 (0.43%) RDBMS
11 1 (0.43%) Star Schema
Development Applications
1 57 (24.26%) Jenkins
2 43 (18.30%) GitLab
3 38 (16.17%) Git
4 33 (14.04%) SonarQube
5 30 (12.77%) Cypress.io
5 30 (12.77%) Maven
6 14 (5.96%) JIRA
7 6 (2.55%) Selenium
8 3 (1.28%) JMeter
8 3 (1.28%) JUnit
8 3 (1.28%) LoadRunner
9 2 (0.85%) Postman
10 1 (0.43%) PHPUnit
General
1 84 (35.74%) Social Skills
2 36 (15.32%) Finance
3 21 (8.94%) Analytical Skills
4 16 (6.81%) Retail
5 12 (5.11%) Public Sector
6 8 (3.40%) Financial Institution
7 7 (2.98%) Influencing Skills
8 5 (2.13%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 4 (1.70%) Law
9 4 (1.70%) Marketing
9 4 (1.70%) Telecoms
10 3 (1.28%) Documentation Skills
11 2 (0.85%) Advertising
11 2 (0.85%) Games
11 2 (0.85%) Health Technology
12 1 (0.43%) Back Office
Job Titles
1 78 (33.19%) Developer
2 47 (20.00%) Java Developer
3 41 (17.45%) Senior
4 35 (14.89%) Lead
5 22 (9.36%) DevOps Engineer
5 22 (9.36%) Software Engineer
6 19 (8.09%) AWS Developer
7 17 (7.23%) Cloud Engineer
8 14 (5.96%) .NET Developer
9 13 (5.53%) Senior Developer
10 10 (4.26%) Data Engineer
11 9 (3.83%) Full-Stack Developer
11 9 (3.83%) QA Manager
12 8 (3.40%) Analyst
12 8 (3.40%) Senior Java Developer
12 8 (3.40%) Senior Software Engineer
13 7 (2.98%) Architect
13 7 (2.98%) Lead DevOps
13 7 (2.98%) Lead DevOps Engineer
13 7 (2.98%) Platform Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 53 (22.55%) AngularJS
2 47 (20.00%) Spring Boot
3 36 (15.32%) Node.js
4 35 (14.89%) React
5 31 (13.19%) Jest
6 30 (12.77%) Gherkin
7 29 (12.34%) Spring
8 28 (11.91%) .NET
9 25 (10.64%) RESTful
10 18 (7.66%) .NET Core
10 18 (7.66%) ASP.NET
11 13 (5.53%) ASP.NET Core
11 13 (5.53%) AWS CDK
11 13 (5.53%) Blazor
12 11 (4.68%) Elastic Stack
12 11 (4.68%) REST
13 10 (4.26%) CSS
13 10 (4.26%) HTML
14 8 (3.40%) Micronaut
14 8 (3.40%) PySpark
Miscellaneous
1 44 (18.72%) Cloud Native
2 12 (5.11%) Distributed Systems
3 8 (3.40%) NHS
4 6 (2.55%) e-Learning
5 5 (2.13%) Analytical Mindset
5 5 (2.13%) Management Information System
5 5 (2.13%) Product Ownership
6 4 (1.70%) CMDB
6 4 (1.70%) Data Structures
6 4 (1.70%) SCADA
6 4 (1.70%) Security Posture
7 3 (1.28%) Driving Licence
7 3 (1.28%) Enterprise Cloud
7 3 (1.28%) Enterprise Software
7 3 (1.28%) IoT
7 3 (1.28%) Legacy Systems
7 3 (1.28%) Public Cloud
8 2 (0.85%) Cloud Security Posture
8 2 (0.85%) Legacy Applications
8 2 (0.85%) Operational Technology
Operating Systems
1 9 (3.83%) Windows
2 5 (2.13%) Windows Server
3 4 (1.70%) Linux
4 1 (0.43%) Android
4 1 (0.43%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 151 (64.26%) CI/CD
2 102 (43.40%) Agile
3 56 (23.83%) Infrastructure as Code
4 46 (19.57%) Continuous Improvement
5 45 (19.15%) Problem-Solving
6 43 (18.30%) Mentoring
7 39 (16.60%) Microservices
8 37 (15.74%) Containerisation
8 37 (15.74%) Software Engineering
9 31 (13.19%) Stakeholder Management
10 30 (12.77%) ITIL
10 30 (12.77%) SDLC
11 27 (11.49%) Full-Stack Development
12 25 (10.64%) Observability
13 24 (10.21%) Continuous Integration
14 23 (9.79%) Secure Coding
15 20 (8.51%) DevSecOps
15 20 (8.51%) Platform Engineering
16 19 (8.09%) ERP
16 19 (8.09%) Waterfall
Programming Languages
1 70 (29.79%) Java
2 64 (27.23%) SQL
3 51 (21.70%) TypeScript
4 40 (17.02%) Bash
5 34 (14.47%) Python
6 30 (12.77%) Groovy
7 26 (11.06%) JavaScript
8 15 (6.38%) Kotlin
9 13 (5.53%) C#
10 11 (4.68%) PowerShell
11 7 (2.98%) Go
12 5 (2.13%) T-SQL
13 4 (1.70%) Bicep
14 2 (0.85%) R
15 1 (0.43%) Data Analysis Expressions
15 1 (0.43%) PHP
15 1 (0.43%) Scala
Qualifications
1 34 (14.47%) AWS Certification
2 17 (7.23%) AWS Certified Developer
2 17 (7.23%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
2 17 (7.23%) ITIL Certification
3 15 (6.38%) Degree
4 8 (3.40%) Security Cleared
5 5 (2.13%) Computer Science Degree
5 5 (2.13%) SC Cleared
6 2 (0.85%) ISTQB
6 2 (0.85%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
6 2 (0.85%) Microsoft Certification
6 2 (0.85%) PMI Certification
6 2 (0.85%) PMP
7 1 (0.43%) Azure Certification
7 1 (0.43%) CBAP
7 1 (0.43%) IIBA
7 1 (0.43%) MCITP
7 1 (0.43%) MCSE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 22 (9.36%) QA
2 10 (4.26%) GDPR
2 10 (4.26%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 10 (4.26%) PCI DSS
3 4 (1.70%) Data Quality
3 4 (1.70%) GRC
3 4 (1.70%) SOC 2
4 2 (0.85%) Accessibility
4 2 (0.85%) Cyber Essentials
4 2 (0.85%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
4 2 (0.85%) NIST
5 1 (0.43%) NCSC
System Software
1 87 (37.02%) Docker
2 3 (1.28%) Microsoft Virtual Server
2 3 (1.28%) Virtual Servers
3 1 (0.43%) Squid
Systems Management
1 53 (22.55%) Terraform
2 33 (14.04%) HP Fortify
3 29 (12.34%) Kubernetes
4 14 (5.96%) Ansible
5 11 (4.68%) Grafana
5 11 (4.68%) Prometheus
6 2 (0.85%) Argo
6 2 (0.85%) Control-M
7 1 (0.43%) Kibana
Vendors
1 32 (13.62%) Microsoft
2 14 (5.96%) SAP
3 9 (3.83%) Databricks
4 6 (2.55%) Google
4 6 (2.55%) Oracle
4 6 (2.55%) ServiceNow
5 4 (1.70%) IFS
6 3 (1.28%) IBM
6 3 (1.28%) Pega
6 3 (1.28%) Sparx
6 3 (1.28%) WSO2
7 2 (0.85%) Adobe
7 2 (0.85%) New Relic
7 2 (0.85%) Qualys
8 1 (0.43%) Automation Anywhere
8 1 (0.43%) Blue Prism
8 1 (0.43%) F5
8 1 (0.43%) Foundry
8 1 (0.43%) Salesforce
8 1 (0.43%) WooCommerce