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

6 months to
25 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 32 29 25
Rank change year-on-year -3 -4 -7
Permanent jobs citing DevOps 278 180 396
As % of all permanent jobs in Yorkshire 4.26% 6.93% 6.87%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 6.19% 7.38% 8.41%
Number of salaries quoted 188 134 319
10th Percentile £44,625 £38,792 £37,500
25th Percentile £57,188 £48,467 £44,869
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £70,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year - +16.67% -1.93%
75th Percentile £82,500 £87,500 £72,466
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 4,490 2,440 4,708
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Yorkshire 68.84% 93.95% 81.69%
Number of salaries quoted 2,997 1,205 3,749
10th Percentile £30,000 £25,750 £27,500
25th Percentile £39,050 £31,000 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £47,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +5.26% -5.00% -9.09%
75th Percentile £70,000 £70,000 £65,000
90th Percentile £87,500 £87,000 £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 25 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 25 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 +8 223 £70,000 -8.20% 48
South Yorkshire -34 36 £80,000 +60.00% 24
North Yorkshire -5 8 £72,500 +3.57% 5
East Yorkshire -21 4 £45,000 - 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 (2.16%) Moodle
2 5 (1.80%) SharePoint
3 3 (1.08%) Apache Spark
3 3 (1.08%) Confluence
3 3 (1.08%) Microsoft Exchange
4 2 (0.72%) OpenStack
4 2 (0.72%) SharePoint Server
5 1 (0.36%) Apache
5 1 (0.36%) IIS
Applications
1 7 (2.52%) Microsoft Excel
2 5 (1.80%) Microsoft Project
3 2 (0.72%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 12 (4.32%) SAP ERP
2 3 (1.08%) Dynamics CRM
2 3 (1.08%) Oracle EBS
2 3 (1.08%) SAP S/4HANA
3 1 (0.36%) Magento
3 1 (0.36%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 138 (49.64%) AWS
2 111 (39.93%) Azure
3 96 (34.53%) Serverless
4 82 (29.50%) Amazon S3
4 82 (29.50%) AWS Lambda
5 70 (25.18%) Amazon ECS
5 70 (25.18%) AWS CloudFormation
6 65 (23.38%) AWS Step Functions
7 49 (17.63%) GitHub
8 47 (16.91%) Azure DevOps
9 35 (12.59%) Amazon ECR
9 35 (12.59%) Apigee
10 34 (12.23%) GitHub Actions
11 33 (11.87%) Amazon CloudWatch
12 32 (11.51%) Amazon SQS
13 29 (10.43%) GCP
14 24 (8.63%) Amazon OpenSearch
15 18 (6.47%) Amazon EKS
16 17 (6.12%) Azure Data Factory
17 16 (5.76%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 6 (2.16%) Firewall
2 5 (1.80%) DNS
2 5 (1.80%) HTTP
3 3 (1.08%) TCP/IP
4 2 (0.72%) BGP
4 2 (0.72%) Ethernet VPN
4 2 (0.72%) NGFW
4 2 (0.72%) OSPF
4 2 (0.72%) VXLAN
5 1 (0.36%) Broadband
Database & Business Intelligence
1 75 (26.98%) DynamoDB
2 35 (12.59%) NoSQL
3 24 (8.63%) Amazon Athena
4 20 (7.19%) PostgreSQL
5 17 (6.12%) Spark SQL
6 15 (5.40%) Data Warehouse
6 15 (5.40%) SQL Server
7 10 (3.60%) MongoDB
7 10 (3.60%) Power BI
8 6 (2.16%) Metadata
8 6 (2.16%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 5 (1.80%) Relational Database
10 4 (1.44%) Azure SQL Database
11 3 (1.08%) Power Query
12 2 (0.72%) BigQuery
12 2 (0.72%) MySQL
12 2 (0.72%) SQL Server Reporting Services
12 2 (0.72%) Star Schema
13 1 (0.36%) Apache Cassandra
13 1 (0.36%) Enterprise Data Warehouse
Development Applications
1 69 (24.82%) Jenkins
2 58 (20.86%) GitLab
3 40 (14.39%) Git
4 39 (14.03%) SonarQube
5 36 (12.95%) Cypress.io
5 36 (12.95%) Maven
6 21 (7.55%) JIRA
7 4 (1.44%) Selenium
8 3 (1.08%) Artifactory
8 3 (1.08%) Cucumber
8 3 (1.08%) JUnit
8 3 (1.08%) Visual Studio
9 2 (0.72%) Postman
10 1 (0.36%) JMeter
10 1 (0.36%) LoadRunner
10 1 (0.36%) PHPUnit
General
1 72 (25.90%) Social Skills
2 25 (8.99%) Public Sector
3 23 (8.27%) Finance
4 18 (6.47%) Analytical Skills
5 13 (4.68%) Retail
6 7 (2.52%) Influencing Skills
7 3 (1.08%) Documentation Skills
7 3 (1.08%) Law
7 3 (1.08%) Telecoms
8 2 (0.72%) Billing
8 2 (0.72%) Games
8 2 (0.72%) Health Technology
8 2 (0.72%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 2 (0.72%) Marketing
9 1 (0.36%) Advertising
9 1 (0.36%) Electronics
9 1 (0.36%) Financial Institution
9 1 (0.36%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 90 (32.37%) Developer
2 56 (20.14%) Java Developer
2 56 (20.14%) Senior
3 50 (17.99%) Lead
4 46 (16.55%) DevOps Engineer
5 25 (8.99%) Data Engineer
6 22 (7.91%) AWS Developer
7 18 (6.47%) Platform Engineer
8 17 (6.12%) Lead Data Engineer
8 17 (6.12%) Software Engineer
9 14 (5.04%) Senior Developer
9 14 (5.04%) Senior DevOps
9 14 (5.04%) Senior DevOps Engineer
10 13 (4.68%) Cloud Engineer
11 12 (4.32%) Azure Engineer
11 12 (4.32%) Full-Stack Developer
11 12 (4.32%) Lead DevOps
11 12 (4.32%) Lead DevOps Engineer
12 11 (3.96%) .NET Developer
12 11 (3.96%) Cloud Platform Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 63 (22.66%) AngularJS
2 48 (17.27%) Spring Boot
3 39 (14.03%) Node.js
4 37 (13.31%) Jest
5 35 (12.59%) Gherkin
6 31 (11.15%) React
7 22 (7.91%) .NET
7 22 (7.91%) RESTful
8 21 (7.55%) PySpark
8 21 (7.55%) Spring
9 20 (7.19%) REST
10 14 (5.04%) ASP.NET
11 13 (4.68%) Elastic Stack
12 11 (3.96%) .NET Core
12 11 (3.96%) ASP.NET Core
13 10 (3.60%) Blazor
14 9 (3.24%) ARM Templates
15 8 (2.88%) AWS CDK
15 8 (2.88%) CSS
15 8 (2.88%) HTML
Miscellaneous
1 25 (8.99%) Cloud Native
2 14 (5.04%) Distributed Systems
3 8 (2.88%) NHS
4 7 (2.52%) Management Information System
5 6 (2.16%) e-Learning
6 4 (1.44%) Enterprise Software
6 4 (1.44%) Legacy Systems
6 4 (1.44%) Product Ownership
6 4 (1.44%) Public Cloud
6 4 (1.44%) SCADA
6 4 (1.44%) Social Media
7 3 (1.08%) Analytical Mindset
7 3 (1.08%) CMDB
7 3 (1.08%) Data Structures
7 3 (1.08%) Driving Licence
7 3 (1.08%) Onboarding
8 2 (0.72%) BBC
8 2 (0.72%) Data Centre
8 2 (0.72%) Distributed Architecture
8 2 (0.72%) Legacy Applications
Operating Systems
1 16 (5.76%) Linux
2 15 (5.40%) Windows
3 7 (2.52%) Unix
4 5 (1.80%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 178 (64.03%) CI/CD
2 109 (39.21%) Agile
3 55 (19.78%) Infrastructure as Code
4 45 (16.19%) Mentoring
4 45 (16.19%) Microservices
5 40 (14.39%) Problem-Solving
6 39 (14.03%) Continuous Improvement
6 39 (14.03%) ITIL
7 36 (12.95%) Containerisation
7 36 (12.95%) Stakeholder Management
8 35 (12.59%) Continuous Integration
9 34 (12.23%) Test Automation
10 31 (11.15%) Platform Engineering
11 30 (10.79%) SDLC
12 29 (10.43%) Data Engineering
12 29 (10.43%) Full-Stack Development
12 29 (10.43%) Observability
12 29 (10.43%) Scrum
13 28 (10.07%) Secure Coding
14 27 (9.71%) Software Engineering
Programming Languages
1 81 (29.14%) Java
2 76 (27.34%) SQL
3 63 (22.66%) TypeScript
4 49 (17.63%) Python
5 47 (16.91%) Bash
6 40 (14.39%) Groovy
7 25 (8.99%) JavaScript
8 23 (8.27%) Kotlin
9 14 (5.04%) C#
10 7 (2.52%) PowerShell
11 6 (2.16%) Go
12 4 (1.44%) T-SQL
13 3 (1.08%) C++
13 3 (1.08%) Data Analysis Expressions
14 2 (0.72%) PL/SQL
15 1 (0.36%) Bicep
15 1 (0.36%) C
15 1 (0.36%) Perl
15 1 (0.36%) PHP
15 1 (0.36%) Scala
Qualifications
1 37 (13.31%) AWS Certification
2 30 (10.79%) Degree
3 23 (8.27%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
3 23 (8.27%) ITIL Certification
4 20 (7.19%) Security Cleared
5 15 (5.40%) Computer Science Degree
6 14 (5.04%) SC Cleared
7 11 (3.96%) AWS Certified Developer
8 5 (1.80%) PMI Certification
8 5 (1.80%) PMP
9 2 (0.72%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
9 2 (0.72%) ISTQB
9 2 (0.72%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
9 2 (0.72%) Master's Degree
9 2 (0.72%) Microsoft Certified Professional
10 1 (0.36%) Azure Certification
10 1 (0.36%) CBAP
10 1 (0.36%) DBS Check
10 1 (0.36%) IIBA
10 1 (0.36%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 24 (8.63%) QA
2 13 (4.68%) GDPR
3 7 (2.52%) Data Quality
3 7 (2.52%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 7 (2.52%) PCI DSS
4 5 (1.80%) GRC
5 3 (1.08%) SOC 2
6 2 (0.72%) Accessibility
System Software
1 86 (30.94%) Docker
2 3 (1.08%) Microsoft Virtual Server
2 3 (1.08%) Virtual Servers
3 1 (0.36%) Embedded Firmware
3 1 (0.36%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 59 (21.22%) Terraform
2 36 (12.95%) HP Fortify
3 25 (8.99%) Kubernetes
4 13 (4.68%) Ansible
5 10 (3.60%) Argo
6 7 (2.52%) Grafana
6 7 (2.52%) Prometheus
7 3 (1.08%) Packer
8 2 (0.72%) Kibana
9 1 (0.36%) Istio
9 1 (0.36%) Microsoft Intune
9 1 (0.36%) Progress Chef
Vendors
1 34 (12.23%) Microsoft
2 23 (8.27%) Databricks
3 15 (5.40%) SAP
4 9 (3.24%) ServiceNow
5 8 (2.88%) Google
6 6 (2.16%) IBM
7 5 (1.80%) AppDynamics
7 5 (1.80%) Oracle
8 3 (1.08%) F5
8 3 (1.08%) IFS
8 3 (1.08%) Sparx
9 2 (0.72%) Adobe
9 2 (0.72%) Apple
9 2 (0.72%) Arista
9 2 (0.72%) Facebook
9 2 (0.72%) Informatica
9 2 (0.72%) Palo Alto
9 2 (0.72%) Qualys
9 2 (0.72%) Sony
9 2 (0.72%) Yahoo!