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

6 months to
20 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 34 36 28
Rank change year-on-year +2 -8 -9
Permanent jobs citing DevOps 274 177 394
As % of all permanent jobs in Yorkshire 4.07% 6.10% 6.02%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 6.02% 6.59% 7.66%
Number of salaries quoted 188 137 304
10th Percentile £45,000 £37,950 £37,500
25th Percentile £56,250 £51,250 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £70,000 £58,750
Median % change year-on-year - +19.15% -2.08%
75th Percentile £82,500 £87,500 £75,000
90th Percentile £90,750 £98,474 £90,000
England median annual salary £70,000 £71,250 £65,000
% change year-on-year -1.75% +9.62% -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 4,550 2,685 5,146
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Yorkshire 67.53% 92.49% 78.65%
Number of salaries quoted 3,203 1,289 3,889
10th Percentile £30,000 £25,750 £27,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £31,000 £36,625
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £47,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +5.26% -5.00% -8.41%
75th Percentile £70,000 £68,750 £65,000
90th Percentile £85,000 £85,000 £80,000
England median annual salary £60,000 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year +4.35% +4.55% -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 20 June 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 June 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 +5 204 £70,000 -6.67% 35
South Yorkshire -25 49 £70,932 +45.50% 26
North Yorkshire 0 11 £67,500 -3.57% 5
East Yorkshire -27 4 £45,000 +11.11% 1
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 (2.19%) Confluence
1 6 (2.19%) SharePoint
2 4 (1.46%) Microsoft Exchange
2 4 (1.46%) Moodle
3 3 (1.09%) Apache Spark
4 2 (0.73%) SharePoint Server
5 1 (0.36%) Apache
Applications
1 7 (2.55%) Microsoft Excel
2 5 (1.82%) Microsoft Project
3 2 (0.73%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 6 (2.19%) SAP ERP
2 3 (1.09%) Oracle EBS
2 3 (1.09%) SAP S/4HANA
3 1 (0.36%) Magento
3 1 (0.36%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 120 (43.80%) AWS
2 111 (40.51%) Azure
3 77 (28.10%) Serverless
4 64 (23.36%) AWS Lambda
5 63 (22.99%) Amazon S3
6 58 (21.17%) Amazon ECS
7 54 (19.71%) AWS CloudFormation
8 52 (18.98%) Azure DevOps
9 48 (17.52%) AWS Step Functions
10 46 (16.79%) GitHub
11 29 (10.58%) Amazon CloudWatch
12 28 (10.22%) GCP
12 28 (10.22%) GitHub Actions
13 27 (9.85%) Amazon OpenSearch
14 23 (8.39%) Amazon ECR
14 23 (8.39%) Apigee
15 22 (8.03%) Amazon SQS
16 19 (6.93%) Azure Data Factory
17 16 (5.84%) Power Platform
18 14 (5.11%) Amazon EKS
Communications & Networking
1 7 (2.55%) HTTP
2 6 (2.19%) Firewall
3 5 (1.82%) DNS
4 3 (1.09%) TCP/IP
5 2 (0.73%) BGP
5 2 (0.73%) Ethernet VPN
5 2 (0.73%) Internet
5 2 (0.73%) NGFW
5 2 (0.73%) OSPF
5 2 (0.73%) VXLAN
6 1 (0.36%) Broadband
6 1 (0.36%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 56 (20.44%) DynamoDB
2 29 (10.58%) NoSQL
3 27 (9.85%) Amazon Athena
4 17 (6.20%) MongoDB
4 17 (6.20%) Spark SQL
5 16 (5.84%) Data Warehouse
6 12 (4.38%) Power BI
7 9 (3.28%) Azure SQL Database
7 9 (3.28%) PostgreSQL
7 9 (3.28%) SQL Server
8 7 (2.55%) Metadata
8 7 (2.55%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 4 (1.46%) Relational Database
10 3 (1.09%) Power Query
10 3 (1.09%) Star Schema
11 2 (0.73%) BigQuery
11 2 (0.73%) MySQL
11 2 (0.73%) SQL Server Reporting Services
12 1 (0.36%) Amazon RDS
12 1 (0.36%) Enterprise Data Warehouse
Development Applications
1 58 (21.17%) Jenkins
2 46 (16.79%) GitLab
3 38 (13.87%) Git
4 26 (9.49%) Cypress.io
4 26 (9.49%) SonarQube
5 24 (8.76%) JIRA
5 24 (8.76%) Maven
6 3 (1.09%) Artifactory
6 3 (1.09%) Cucumber
6 3 (1.09%) Visual Studio
7 2 (0.73%) JUnit
7 2 (0.73%) Postman
7 2 (0.73%) Selenium
8 1 (0.36%) Atlassian Bamboo
8 1 (0.36%) PHPUnit
General
1 59 (21.53%) Social Skills
2 25 (9.12%) Public Sector
3 22 (8.03%) Finance
4 14 (5.11%) Analytical Skills
5 8 (2.92%) Retail
6 4 (1.46%) Influencing Skills
7 3 (1.09%) Games
7 3 (1.09%) Law
7 3 (1.09%) Telecoms
8 2 (0.73%) Banking
8 2 (0.73%) Billing
8 2 (0.73%) Health Technology
8 2 (0.73%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 2 (0.73%) Tech for Good
9 1 (0.36%) Electronics
9 1 (0.36%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 91 (33.21%) Developer
2 60 (21.90%) Senior
3 55 (20.07%) Java Developer
4 54 (19.71%) DevOps Engineer
5 38 (13.87%) Lead
6 26 (9.49%) Data Engineer
7 22 (8.03%) AWS Developer
8 20 (7.30%) Platform Engineer
9 19 (6.93%) Senior DevOps
9 19 (6.93%) Senior DevOps Engineer
10 16 (5.84%) Lead Data Engineer
11 14 (5.11%) Azure Engineer
11 14 (5.11%) Senior Developer
11 14 (5.11%) Software Engineer
12 13 (4.74%) Cloud Engineer
12 13 (4.74%) Full-Stack Developer
13 12 (4.38%) Cloud Platform Engineer
13 12 (4.38%) Lead DevOps
13 12 (4.38%) Lead DevOps Engineer
14 11 (4.01%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 53 (19.34%) AngularJS
2 39 (14.23%) Node.js
3 37 (13.50%) Spring Boot
4 30 (10.95%) React
5 25 (9.12%) Jest
6 23 (8.39%) Gherkin
7 22 (8.03%) .NET
8 21 (7.66%) RESTful
9 20 (7.30%) PySpark
9 20 (7.30%) REST
10 16 (5.84%) Spring
11 11 (4.01%) ARM Templates
11 11 (4.01%) ASP.NET
11 11 (4.01%) Elastic Stack
12 10 (3.65%) ASP.NET Core
13 9 (3.28%) Blazor
13 9 (3.28%) ML.NET
14 8 (2.92%) .NET Core
15 7 (2.55%) RabbitMQ
16 6 (2.19%) CSS
Miscellaneous
1 17 (6.20%) Cloud Native
2 7 (2.55%) Distributed Systems
3 6 (2.19%) NHS
3 6 (2.19%) Public Cloud
4 5 (1.82%) Legacy Systems
4 5 (1.82%) Product Ownership
4 5 (1.82%) Social Media
5 4 (1.46%) BBC
5 4 (1.46%) e-Learning
5 4 (1.46%) Enterprise Software
5 4 (1.46%) Mobile App
6 3 (1.09%) CMDB
6 3 (1.09%) Data Structures
6 3 (1.09%) Driving Licence
6 3 (1.09%) iPhone
6 3 (1.09%) Management Information System
6 3 (1.09%) Onboarding
7 2 (0.73%) Distributed Architecture
7 2 (0.73%) Legacy Applications
7 2 (0.73%) Low-Code
Operating Systems
1 18 (6.57%) Linux
2 15 (5.47%) Windows
3 9 (3.28%) Unix
4 3 (1.09%) Android
4 3 (1.09%) Windows Server
5 1 (0.36%) CentOS
5 1 (0.36%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 164 (59.85%) CI/CD
2 100 (36.50%) Agile
3 48 (17.52%) Infrastructure as Code
4 43 (15.69%) Mentoring
5 41 (14.96%) Continuous Improvement
6 40 (14.60%) Test Automation
7 39 (14.23%) Continuous Integration
8 37 (13.50%) ITIL
9 34 (12.41%) Microservices
10 32 (11.68%) Full-Stack Development
10 32 (11.68%) Platform Engineering
10 32 (11.68%) Problem-Solving
10 32 (11.68%) SDLC
11 31 (11.31%) Stakeholder Management
12 30 (10.95%) Containerisation
12 30 (10.95%) Scrum
13 28 (10.22%) DevSecOps
14 27 (9.85%) Data Engineering
15 26 (9.49%) Observability
15 26 (9.49%) Software Engineering
Programming Languages
1 77 (28.10%) SQL
2 69 (25.18%) Java
3 53 (19.34%) TypeScript
4 50 (18.25%) Python
5 35 (12.77%) Bash
6 29 (10.58%) Groovy
7 28 (10.22%) JavaScript
8 26 (9.49%) Kotlin
9 24 (8.76%) C#
10 7 (2.55%) PowerShell
11 5 (1.82%) Go
11 5 (1.82%) T-SQL
12 3 (1.09%) Bicep
12 3 (1.09%) C++
12 3 (1.09%) Data Analysis Expressions
13 2 (0.73%) PL/SQL
13 2 (0.73%) VB.NET
14 1 (0.36%) C
14 1 (0.36%) Perl
14 1 (0.36%) PHP
Qualifications
1 33 (12.04%) Degree
2 25 (9.12%) AWS Certification
3 24 (8.76%) Security Cleared
4 21 (7.66%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
4 21 (7.66%) ITIL Certification
5 18 (6.57%) Computer Science Degree
5 18 (6.57%) SC Cleared
6 5 (1.82%) PMI Certification
6 5 (1.82%) PMP
7 2 (0.73%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
7 2 (0.73%) ISTQB
7 2 (0.73%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
7 2 (0.73%) Master's Degree
7 2 (0.73%) Microsoft Certified Professional
8 1 (0.36%) AWS Certified Developer
8 1 (0.36%) Azure Certification
8 1 (0.36%) CBAP
8 1 (0.36%) DBS Check
8 1 (0.36%) DV Cleared
8 1 (0.36%) IIBA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 20 (7.30%) QA
2 12 (4.38%) GDPR
3 9 (3.28%) Data Quality
4 5 (1.82%) GRC
4 5 (1.82%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 4 (1.46%) PCI DSS
6 3 (1.09%) SOC 2
System Software
1 66 (24.09%) Docker
2 3 (1.09%) Microsoft Virtual Server
2 3 (1.09%) Virtual Servers
3 1 (0.36%) Active Directory
3 1 (0.36%) Embedded Firmware
3 1 (0.36%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 51 (18.61%) Terraform
2 23 (8.39%) HP Fortify
3 21 (7.66%) Kubernetes
4 11 (4.01%) Ansible
5 10 (3.65%) Argo
6 5 (1.82%) Grafana
6 5 (1.82%) Prometheus
7 3 (1.09%) Packer
8 2 (0.73%) Kibana
8 2 (0.73%) Microsoft Intune
8 2 (0.73%) Progress Chef
9 1 (0.36%) Istio
Vendors
1 43 (15.69%) Microsoft
2 23 (8.39%) Databricks
3 13 (4.74%) Google
4 10 (3.65%) ServiceNow
5 9 (3.28%) SAP
6 5 (1.82%) AppDynamics
6 5 (1.82%) IBM
6 5 (1.82%) Oracle
6 5 (1.82%) Pega
7 4 (1.46%) Apple
7 4 (1.46%) Facebook
7 4 (1.46%) Sony
7 4 (1.46%) Yahoo!
8 3 (1.09%) IFS
9 2 (0.73%) Arista
9 2 (0.73%) F5
9 2 (0.73%) Informatica
9 2 (0.73%) Palo Alto
9 2 (0.73%) Qualys
10 1 (0.36%) Progress