DevOps Jobs in the North of England

DevOps
England > North of England

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the North of England with a requirement for DevOps skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited DevOps over the 6 months to 18 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
18 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 23 12 9
Rank change year-on-year -11 -3 0
Permanent jobs citing DevOps 1,411 2,483 2,726
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 7.98% 14.74% 15.06%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 9.61% 15.22% 16.02%
Number of salaries quoted 940 1,186 1,723
10th Percentile £38,750 £41,375 £38,750
25th Percentile £48,063 £51,250 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £61,625 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -2.64% +2.71% +11.11%
75th Percentile £77,813 £77,715 £75,000
90th Percentile £91,934 £89,926 £86,250
England median annual salary £65,000 £70,000 £70,000
% change year-on-year -7.14% - +7.69%

All Process and Methodology Skills
North of England

DevOps is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies advertised in the North of England with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 14,688 16,312 17,014
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 83.05% 96.83% 94.01%
Number of salaries quoted 11,269 7,885 10,594
10th Percentile £27,500 £31,250 £29,250
25th Percentile £37,000 £40,000 £38,386
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +10.00% +5.26%
75th Percentile £65,000 £70,000 £66,250
90th Percentile £80,000 £81,500 £80,000
England median annual salary £55,000 £62,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.00% +4.17% +9.09%

DevOps
Job Vacancy Trend in the North of England

Job postings citing DevOps as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the North of England.

Job vacancy trend for DevOps in the North of England

DevOps
Salary Trend in the North of England

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing DevOps in the North of England.

Salary trend for DevOps in the North of England

DevOps
Salary Histogram in the North of England

Salary distribution for jobs citing DevOps in the North of England over the 6 months to 18 May 2024.

Salary histogram for DevOps in the North of England

DevOps
Job Locations in the North of England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing DevOps within the North of England region over the 6 months to 18 May 2024. 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
North West -7 879 £62,783 -3.41% 172
Yorkshire -7 438 £59,526 -3.21% 96
North East -3 96 £57,750 +5.00% 28
DevOps
England

DevOps
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North of England by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 85 (6.02%) ArcGIS
1 85 (6.02%) GeoServer
2 50 (3.54%) Confluence
3 25 (1.77%) SharePoint
4 21 (1.49%) IIS
5 14 (0.99%) CMS
6 10 (0.71%) Umbraco
7 9 (0.64%) Captiva
7 9 (0.64%) FileNet
7 9 (0.64%) WebSphere
8 8 (0.57%) Apache Solr
8 8 (0.57%) Microsoft Exchange
9 7 (0.50%) Apache Spark
10 4 (0.28%) Apache
10 4 (0.28%) Apache Airflow
10 4 (0.28%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
11 3 (0.21%) Adobe Experience Manager
12 2 (0.14%) BizTalk Server
12 2 (0.14%) nginx
13 1 (0.071%) Jetty
Applications
1 20 (1.42%) Microsoft Project
2 10 (0.71%) Microsoft Excel
3 9 (0.64%) MS Visio
4 8 (0.57%) Photoshop
5 5 (0.35%) Trello
6 4 (0.28%) Microsoft Office
7 2 (0.14%) Adobe Illustrator
7 2 (0.14%) Adobe XD
7 2 (0.14%) Sketch
8 1 (0.071%) GNU Octave
8 1 (0.071%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 38 (2.69%) Dynamics CRM
2 13 (0.92%) Dynamics AX
3 7 (0.50%) Magento
3 7 (0.50%) Shopify
4 6 (0.43%) Dynamics NAV
5 2 (0.14%) SystmOne
6 1 (0.071%) Dynamics GP
6 1 (0.071%) NEC Housing
6 1 (0.071%) Primavera
6 1 (0.071%) Temenos T24
Cloud Services
1 843 (59.74%) Azure
2 512 (36.29%) AWS
3 403 (28.56%) Azure DevOps
4 174 (12.33%) GCP
5 100 (7.09%) Serverless
6 92 (6.52%) GitHub
7 88 (6.24%) Power Platform
8 78 (5.53%) IBM Cloud
9 69 (4.89%) Azure Service Bus
10 65 (4.61%) Amazon S3
11 60 (4.25%) Dynamics 365
12 55 (3.90%) SaaS
13 50 (3.54%) Amazon EKS
13 50 (3.54%) Cloud Computing
14 49 (3.47%) Azure Functions
15 47 (3.33%) Azure Logic Apps
16 46 (3.26%) Azure API Management
17 43 (3.05%) AWS CloudFormation
17 43 (3.05%) Microsoft 365
18 41 (2.91%) OCI
Communications & Networking
1 33 (2.34%) Firewall
2 31 (2.20%) DNS
3 22 (1.56%) Network Security
4 20 (1.42%) WAN
5 16 (1.13%) LAN
6 13 (0.92%) TCP/IP
7 9 (0.64%) HTTP
7 9 (0.64%) VPN
8 8 (0.57%) Internet
9 6 (0.43%) MQTT
9 6 (0.43%) VoIP
9 6 (0.43%) Wireshark
10 5 (0.35%) DHCP
10 5 (0.35%) Multicast
10 5 (0.35%) Wi-Fi
10 5 (0.35%) WLAN
11 4 (0.28%) SSL
11 4 (0.28%) Unified Communications
12 3 (0.21%) HTTPS
13 2 (0.14%) MPLS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 176 (12.47%) PostgreSQL
2 156 (11.06%) SQL Server
3 89 (6.31%) Relational Database
4 88 (6.24%) NoSQL
5 85 (6.02%) GIS
5 85 (6.02%) QGIS
6 67 (4.75%) BigQuery
7 66 (4.68%) MongoDB
8 65 (4.61%) Data Warehouse
8 65 (4.61%) MySQL
9 61 (4.32%) Looker
10 60 (4.25%) Amazon RDS
11 47 (3.33%) DB2
12 39 (2.76%) Power BI
13 33 (2.34%) RDBMS
14 32 (2.27%) DynamoDB
15 27 (1.91%) Azure SQL Database
16 23 (1.63%) Data Vault
17 21 (1.49%) Elasticsearch
17 21 (1.49%) Redis
Development Applications
1 173 (12.26%) Git
2 133 (9.43%) JIRA
3 97 (6.87%) Jenkins
4 68 (4.82%) GitLab
5 32 (2.27%) Postman
6 31 (2.20%) Selenium
6 31 (2.20%) Team Foundation Server
7 25 (1.77%) Visual Studio
8 24 (1.70%) Jasmine
9 23 (1.63%) CircleCI
9 23 (1.63%) Cypress.io
10 17 (1.20%) Cucumber
11 16 (1.13%) Karma Test Runner
12 15 (1.06%) IBM UrbanCode
13 12 (0.85%) Oracle Forms
14 11 (0.78%) Appium
14 11 (0.78%) Octopus Deploy
14 11 (0.78%) SonarQube
15 9 (0.64%) Bitbucket
15 9 (0.64%) JUnit
General
1 315 (22.32%) Social Skills
2 188 (13.32%) Finance
3 163 (11.55%) Analytical Skills
4 152 (10.77%) Public Sector
5 83 (5.88%) Retail
6 80 (5.67%) Banking
7 74 (5.24%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 63 (4.46%) Law
9 35 (2.48%) Legal
10 28 (1.98%) Organisational Skills
11 26 (1.84%) Marketing
12 25 (1.77%) Presentation Skills
13 22 (1.56%) Games
14 18 (1.28%) Aerospace
14 18 (1.28%) Influencing Skills
15 17 (1.20%) Pharmaceutical
16 14 (0.99%) Automotive
17 9 (0.64%) Manufacturing
18 8 (0.57%) Billing
19 7 (0.50%) Front Office
Job Titles
1 351 (24.88%) Developer
2 318 (22.54%) Senior
3 197 (13.96%) Software Engineer
4 195 (13.82%) DevOps Engineer
5 173 (12.26%) Lead
6 115 (8.15%) Data Engineer
7 103 (7.30%) Architect
8 93 (6.59%) Platform Engineer
9 80 (5.67%) Senior Software Engineer
10 74 (5.24%) Full Stack Developer
11 73 (5.17%) .NET Developer
12 72 (5.10%) Senior Developer
12 72 (5.10%) Senior DevOps
12 72 (5.10%) Senior DevOps Engineer
13 65 (4.61%) Software Developer
14 64 (4.54%) Principal Engineer
15 59 (4.18%) Principal Data Engineer
16 57 (4.04%) Azure Developer
17 54 (3.83%) Azure Engineer
18 52 (3.69%) Cloud Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 376 (26.65%) .NET
2 261 (18.50%) React
3 211 (14.95%) CSS
4 165 (11.69%) .NET Core
5 161 (11.41%) Node.js
6 149 (10.56%) AngularJS
7 141 (9.99%) HTML
8 110 (7.80%) ASP.NET
9 100 (7.09%) REST
10 86 (6.09%) PostGIS
11 85 (6.02%) Leaflet
11 85 (6.02%) OpenLayers
12 84 (5.95%) Web Services
13 76 (5.39%) Vue
14 74 (5.24%) .NET Framework
15 71 (5.03%) JSON
16 67 (4.75%) Twitter Bootstrap
17 66 (4.68%) jQuery
18 65 (4.61%) RESTful
19 54 (3.83%) ASP.NET Core
Miscellaneous
1 99 (7.02%) Hybrid Cloud
2 91 (6.45%) Public Cloud
3 81 (5.74%) Cloud Native
4 78 (5.53%) Blockchain
5 76 (5.39%) Self-Motivation
6 64 (4.54%) Data Structures
6 64 (4.54%) Product Ownership
7 49 (3.47%) Management Information System
8 45 (3.19%) Algorithms
9 41 (2.91%) Private Cloud
10 37 (2.62%) e-Learning
11 26 (1.84%) Greenfield Project
12 25 (1.77%) Mobile App
13 24 (1.70%) NHS
14 22 (1.56%) Data Centre
14 22 (1.56%) Distributed Systems
15 20 (1.42%) Blog
16 18 (1.28%) Enterprise Software
17 17 (1.20%) Legacy Systems
17 17 (1.20%) Reinsurance
Operating Systems
1 183 (12.97%) Linux
2 142 (10.06%) Windows
3 61 (4.32%) Android
4 58 (4.11%) Apple iOS
5 31 (2.20%) Windows Server
6 17 (1.20%) Unix
7 16 (1.13%) VMS
8 13 (0.92%) Ubuntu
9 8 (0.57%) Windows Server 2012
10 7 (0.50%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
11 6 (0.43%) Windows 10
11 6 (0.43%) Windows Server 2016
11 6 (0.43%) Windows Server 2019
12 3 (0.21%) Amazon Linux
12 3 (0.21%) Embedded Linux
12 3 (0.21%) Mac OS
12 3 (0.21%) Windows Server 2008
13 2 (0.14%) Windows 7
14 1 (0.071%) CentOS
14 1 (0.071%) HPUX
Processes & Methodologies
1 806 (57.12%) Agile
2 375 (26.58%) CI/CD
3 354 (25.09%) Software Engineering
4 275 (19.49%) Mentoring
5 253 (17.93%) Problem-Solving
6 225 (15.95%) Infrastructure as Code
7 190 (13.47%) Web Development
8 162 (11.48%) Scrum
9 160 (11.34%) Coaching
9 160 (11.34%) Roadmaps
10 156 (11.06%) Containerisation
11 143 (10.13%) Actionable Insight
12 141 (9.99%) Continuous Integration
13 139 (9.85%) Full Stack Development
14 131 (9.28%) Test Automation
15 130 (9.21%) Microservices
16 125 (8.86%) Design Patterns
17 121 (8.58%) Artificial Intelligence
18 111 (7.87%) Data Engineering
18 111 (7.87%) Platform Engineering
Programming Languages
1 385 (27.29%) C#
2 355 (25.16%) JavaScript
3 295 (20.91%) Python
4 290 (20.55%) SQL
5 192 (13.61%) Java
6 130 (9.21%) TypeScript
7 83 (5.88%) PowerShell
8 60 (4.25%) PHP
9 58 (4.11%) Bash
10 42 (2.98%) T-SQL
11 40 (2.83%) Go
12 34 (2.41%) VB.NET
13 23 (1.63%) C
14 22 (1.56%) Ruby
15 20 (1.42%) Groovy
16 16 (1.13%) VB
16 16 (1.13%) VB6
17 15 (1.06%) Scala
18 14 (0.99%) C++
18 14 (0.99%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 184 (13.04%) Security Cleared
2 172 (12.19%) Degree
3 152 (10.77%) SC Cleared
4 61 (4.32%) Computer Science Degree
5 34 (2.41%) Azure Certification
6 31 (2.20%) Microsoft Certification
7 20 (1.42%) DV Cleared
8 18 (1.28%) AWS Certification
8 18 (1.28%) DBS Check
9 15 (1.06%) PMI Certification
10 14 (0.99%) CISSP
11 13 (0.92%) CIPD
12 11 (0.78%) PMP
12 11 (0.78%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
13 9 (0.64%) Master's Degree
14 8 (0.57%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
15 6 (0.43%) (ISC)2 CCSP
15 6 (0.43%) CEH
15 6 (0.43%) SANS
15 6 (0.43%) SSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 93 (6.59%) GDPR
2 88 (6.24%) QA
3 48 (3.40%) Data Quality
4 24 (1.70%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 21 (1.49%) Accessibility
6 19 (1.35%) NIST
7 18 (1.28%) PMO
8 12 (0.85%) PCI DSS
9 11 (0.78%) SLA
10 8 (0.57%) PSD2
11 1 (0.071%) Actionable Recommendations
11 1 (0.071%) Cyber Essentials
11 1 (0.071%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
11 1 (0.071%) P3O
System Software
1 183 (12.97%) Docker
2 37 (2.62%) Active Directory
3 24 (1.70%) Virtual Machines
4 22 (1.56%) Hyper-V
5 9 (0.64%) VMware Infrastructure
6 8 (0.57%) Firmware
7 7 (0.50%) IAG
7 7 (0.50%) Virtual Desktop
8 4 (0.28%) Embedded Firmware
8 4 (0.28%) VMware Server
9 3 (0.21%) VMware ESXi
10 1 (0.071%) Dovecot
10 1 (0.071%) Postfix
10 1 (0.071%) RACF
Systems Management
1 279 (19.77%) Terraform
2 255 (18.07%) Kubernetes
3 79 (5.60%) Ansible
4 64 (4.54%) Prometheus
5 39 (2.76%) Progress Chef
6 33 (2.34%) Grafana
7 15 (1.06%) Single Sign-On
8 13 (0.92%) Puppet
9 12 (0.85%) CA Single Sign-On
10 11 (0.78%) Microsoft Intune
11 6 (0.43%) Nmap
12 5 (0.35%) SCOM
13 4 (0.28%) Kibana
13 4 (0.28%) Podman
14 3 (0.21%) Istio
14 3 (0.21%) Packer
15 2 (0.14%) logstash
15 2 (0.14%) Rundeck
16 1 (0.071%) vCenter Server
16 1 (0.071%) yum
Vendors
1 286 (20.27%) Microsoft
2 122 (8.65%) Google
3 106 (7.51%) IBM
4 85 (6.02%) ESRI
5 84 (5.95%) Red Hat
6 67 (4.75%) Oracle
7 42 (2.98%) Databricks
8 36 (2.55%) Dynatrace
9 31 (2.20%) ServiceNow
10 23 (1.63%) Informatica
11 20 (1.42%) Splunk
12 17 (1.20%) Adobe
13 14 (0.99%) CyberArk
14 13 (0.92%) SAP
14 13 (0.92%) VMware
15 12 (0.85%) CA
16 10 (0.71%) New Relic
16 10 (0.71%) YouTube
17 9 (0.64%) Kofax
17 9 (0.64%) Pega