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 10 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
10 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 24 13 9
Rank change year-on-year -11 -4 0
Permanent jobs citing DevOps 1,383 2,503 2,709
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 7.91% 14.55% 15.09%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 9.48% 15.02% 16.07%
Number of salaries quoted 928 1,210 1,731
10th Percentile £38,750 £41,750 £38,750
25th Percentile £48,250 £51,750 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £61,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -2.44% +2.50% +11.11%
75th Percentile £77,500 £77,715 £75,000
90th Percentile £90,000 £90,000 £87,500
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 14,596 16,661 16,858
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 83.43% 96.88% 93.91%
Number of salaries quoted 11,211 7,954 10,621
10th Percentile £27,500 £31,250 £29,000
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 £82,500 £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 10 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 10 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 -6 860 £62,500 -3.85% 165
Yorkshire -8 430 £60,000 -2.44% 79
North East -4 95 £58,000 +5.45% 22
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 (6.15%) ArcGIS
1 85 (6.15%) GeoServer
2 46 (3.33%) Confluence
3 25 (1.81%) SharePoint
4 22 (1.59%) IIS
5 13 (0.94%) CMS
6 12 (0.87%) Captiva
6 12 (0.87%) FileNet
6 12 (0.87%) WebSphere
7 10 (0.72%) Umbraco
8 8 (0.58%) Apache Solr
8 8 (0.58%) Microsoft Exchange
9 7 (0.51%) Apache Spark
10 4 (0.29%) Adobe Experience Manager
10 4 (0.29%) Apache Airflow
10 4 (0.29%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
11 3 (0.22%) Apache
12 2 (0.14%) BizTalk Server
12 2 (0.14%) nginx
13 1 (0.072%) Sitecore CMS
Applications
1 20 (1.45%) Microsoft Project
2 10 (0.72%) Microsoft Excel
3 8 (0.58%) MS Visio
3 8 (0.58%) Photoshop
4 5 (0.36%) Trello
5 4 (0.29%) Microsoft Office
6 2 (0.14%) Adobe Illustrator
6 2 (0.14%) Adobe XD
6 2 (0.14%) Sketch
7 1 (0.072%) GNU Octave
7 1 (0.072%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 38 (2.75%) Dynamics CRM
2 13 (0.94%) Dynamics AX
3 7 (0.51%) Magento
3 7 (0.51%) Shopify
4 6 (0.43%) Dynamics NAV
5 2 (0.14%) SystmOne
6 1 (0.072%) Dynamics GP
6 1 (0.072%) NEC Housing
6 1 (0.072%) Primavera
Cloud Services
1 835 (60.38%) Azure
2 493 (35.65%) AWS
3 402 (29.07%) Azure DevOps
4 176 (12.73%) GCP
5 100 (7.23%) Serverless
6 94 (6.80%) GitHub
7 87 (6.29%) Power Platform
8 78 (5.64%) IBM Cloud
9 69 (4.99%) Azure Service Bus
10 65 (4.70%) Amazon S3
11 60 (4.34%) Dynamics 365
12 55 (3.98%) SaaS
13 50 (3.62%) Amazon EKS
14 49 (3.54%) Azure Functions
15 48 (3.47%) Cloud Computing
16 47 (3.40%) Azure API Management
17 46 (3.33%) Azure Logic Apps
18 43 (3.11%) Microsoft 365
19 42 (3.04%) AWS CloudFormation
20 41 (2.96%) OCI
Communications & Networking
1 33 (2.39%) Firewall
2 31 (2.24%) DNS
3 22 (1.59%) Network Security
4 20 (1.45%) WAN
5 16 (1.16%) LAN
6 13 (0.94%) TCP/IP
7 9 (0.65%) HTTP
7 9 (0.65%) Internet
7 9 (0.65%) VPN
8 6 (0.43%) MQTT
8 6 (0.43%) VoIP
8 6 (0.43%) Wireshark
9 5 (0.36%) DHCP
9 5 (0.36%) Multicast
9 5 (0.36%) Wi-Fi
9 5 (0.36%) WLAN
10 4 (0.29%) SSL
10 4 (0.29%) Unified Communications
11 3 (0.22%) HTTPS
12 2 (0.14%) FTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 169 (12.22%) PostgreSQL
2 151 (10.92%) SQL Server
3 89 (6.44%) Relational Database
4 85 (6.15%) GIS
4 85 (6.15%) QGIS
5 79 (5.71%) NoSQL
6 67 (4.84%) BigQuery
7 65 (4.70%) MongoDB
8 64 (4.63%) MySQL
9 62 (4.48%) Data Warehouse
10 61 (4.41%) Looker
11 60 (4.34%) Amazon RDS
12 47 (3.40%) DB2
13 39 (2.82%) Power BI
14 33 (2.39%) RDBMS
15 27 (1.95%) Azure SQL Database
16 24 (1.74%) DynamoDB
17 22 (1.59%) Data Vault
18 21 (1.52%) Elasticsearch
19 20 (1.45%) Amazon Redshift
Development Applications
1 174 (12.58%) Git
2 133 (9.62%) JIRA
3 93 (6.72%) Jenkins
4 67 (4.84%) GitLab
5 32 (2.31%) Postman
6 31 (2.24%) Selenium
6 31 (2.24%) Team Foundation Server
7 25 (1.81%) Jasmine
7 25 (1.81%) Visual Studio
8 24 (1.74%) Cypress.io
9 22 (1.59%) CircleCI
10 16 (1.16%) Cucumber
10 16 (1.16%) Karma Test Runner
11 13 (0.94%) IBM UrbanCode
11 13 (0.94%) Oracle Forms
12 11 (0.80%) Appium
12 11 (0.80%) Bitbucket
12 11 (0.80%) Octopus Deploy
13 9 (0.65%) JUnit
13 9 (0.65%) SonarQube
General
1 298 (21.55%) Social Skills
2 188 (13.59%) Finance
3 166 (12.00%) Analytical Skills
4 147 (10.63%) Public Sector
5 82 (5.93%) Retail
6 81 (5.86%) Banking
7 74 (5.35%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 64 (4.63%) Law
9 35 (2.53%) Legal
10 29 (2.10%) Organisational Skills
11 25 (1.81%) Presentation Skills
12 23 (1.66%) Marketing
13 21 (1.52%) Games
14 18 (1.30%) Aerospace
14 18 (1.30%) Influencing Skills
15 15 (1.08%) Pharmaceutical
16 13 (0.94%) Automotive
17 9 (0.65%) Manufacturing
18 7 (0.51%) Back Office
18 7 (0.51%) Front Office
Job Titles
1 341 (24.66%) Developer
2 311 (22.49%) Senior
3 194 (14.03%) DevOps Engineer
4 189 (13.67%) Software Engineer
5 171 (12.36%) Lead
6 112 (8.10%) Data Engineer
7 95 (6.87%) Architect
7 95 (6.87%) Platform Engineer
8 79 (5.71%) Senior Software Engineer
9 73 (5.28%) Full Stack Developer
10 70 (5.06%) Senior Developer
11 69 (4.99%) .NET Developer
11 69 (4.99%) Senior DevOps
11 69 (4.99%) Senior DevOps Engineer
12 64 (4.63%) Principal Engineer
13 60 (4.34%) Software Developer
14 59 (4.27%) Azure Engineer
14 59 (4.27%) Principal Data Engineer
15 55 (3.98%) Azure Developer
16 50 (3.62%) Cloud Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 372 (26.90%) .NET
2 256 (18.51%) React
3 207 (14.97%) CSS
4 166 (12.00%) .NET Core
5 161 (11.64%) Node.js
6 147 (10.63%) AngularJS
7 139 (10.05%) HTML
8 110 (7.95%) ASP.NET
9 89 (6.44%) REST
10 86 (6.22%) PostGIS
11 85 (6.15%) Leaflet
11 85 (6.15%) OpenLayers
12 75 (5.42%) Web Services
13 73 (5.28%) .NET Framework
13 73 (5.28%) Vue
14 72 (5.21%) JSON
15 66 (4.77%) Twitter Bootstrap
16 65 (4.70%) RESTful
17 64 (4.63%) jQuery
18 54 (3.90%) ASP.NET Core
Miscellaneous
1 99 (7.16%) Hybrid Cloud
2 90 (6.51%) Public Cloud
3 79 (5.71%) Cloud Native
4 78 (5.64%) Blockchain
5 73 (5.28%) Self-Motivation
6 63 (4.56%) Data Structures
7 61 (4.41%) Product Ownership
8 47 (3.40%) Management Information System
9 45 (3.25%) Algorithms
10 44 (3.18%) Private Cloud
11 37 (2.68%) e-Learning
12 25 (1.81%) Greenfield Project
13 23 (1.66%) Mobile App
14 22 (1.59%) Data Centre
14 22 (1.59%) NHS
15 18 (1.30%) Distributed Systems
16 17 (1.23%) Enterprise Software
17 15 (1.08%) Reinsurance
18 13 (0.94%) IoT
18 13 (0.94%) PKI
Operating Systems
1 185 (13.38%) Linux
2 144 (10.41%) Windows
3 61 (4.41%) Android
4 58 (4.19%) Apple iOS
5 32 (2.31%) Windows Server
6 20 (1.45%) Unix
7 16 (1.16%) VMS
8 13 (0.94%) Ubuntu
9 8 (0.58%) Windows Server 2012
10 7 (0.51%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 7 (0.51%) Windows Server 2016
11 6 (0.43%) Windows 10
11 6 (0.43%) Windows Server 2019
12 3 (0.22%) Amazon Linux
12 3 (0.22%) Embedded Linux
12 3 (0.22%) Mac OS
12 3 (0.22%) Windows Server 2008
13 2 (0.14%) Windows 7
14 1 (0.072%) CentOS
14 1 (0.072%) HPUX
Processes & Methodologies
1 792 (57.27%) Agile
2 373 (26.97%) CI/CD
3 344 (24.87%) Software Engineering
4 270 (19.52%) Mentoring
5 256 (18.51%) Problem-Solving
6 225 (16.27%) Infrastructure as Code
7 189 (13.67%) Web Development
8 163 (11.79%) Scrum
9 161 (11.64%) Coaching
10 159 (11.50%) Roadmaps
11 153 (11.06%) Containerisation
12 143 (10.34%) Actionable Insight
13 135 (9.76%) Full Stack Development
14 133 (9.62%) Continuous Integration
15 129 (9.33%) Test Automation
16 123 (8.89%) Design Patterns
17 120 (8.68%) Artificial Intelligence
17 120 (8.68%) Microservices
18 113 (8.17%) Platform Engineering
19 110 (7.95%) Continuous Improvement
Programming Languages
1 379 (27.40%) C#
2 348 (25.16%) JavaScript
3 292 (21.11%) Python
4 288 (20.82%) SQL
5 187 (13.52%) Java
6 127 (9.18%) TypeScript
7 85 (6.15%) PowerShell
8 60 (4.34%) PHP
9 59 (4.27%) Bash
10 41 (2.96%) T-SQL
11 40 (2.89%) Go
12 33 (2.39%) VB.NET
13 23 (1.66%) C
13 23 (1.66%) Ruby
14 20 (1.45%) Groovy
15 16 (1.16%) VB
15 16 (1.16%) VB6
16 13 (0.94%) C++
16 13 (0.94%) Kotlin
17 12 (0.87%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 186 (13.45%) Security Cleared
2 163 (11.79%) Degree
3 152 (10.99%) SC Cleared
4 53 (3.83%) Computer Science Degree
5 33 (2.39%) Azure Certification
6 29 (2.10%) Microsoft Certification
7 19 (1.37%) DV Cleared
8 17 (1.23%) AWS Certification
9 16 (1.16%) DBS Check
10 15 (1.08%) PMI Certification
11 14 (1.01%) CISSP
12 11 (0.80%) CIPD
12 11 (0.80%) PMP
12 11 (0.80%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
13 9 (0.65%) Master's Degree
14 8 (0.58%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
15 6 (0.43%) (ISC)2 CCSP
15 6 (0.43%) BC Cleared
15 6 (0.43%) CEH
15 6 (0.43%) SANS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 96 (6.94%) GDPR
2 86 (6.22%) QA
3 44 (3.18%) Data Quality
4 24 (1.74%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 21 (1.52%) Accessibility
6 19 (1.37%) NIST
6 19 (1.37%) PMO
7 12 (0.87%) PCI DSS
8 11 (0.80%) SLA
9 8 (0.58%) PSD2
10 1 (0.072%) Actionable Recommendations
10 1 (0.072%) Cyber Essentials
10 1 (0.072%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
10 1 (0.072%) P3O
System Software
1 182 (13.16%) Docker
2 37 (2.68%) Active Directory
3 24 (1.74%) Virtual Machines
4 22 (1.59%) Hyper-V
5 9 (0.65%) VMware Infrastructure
6 8 (0.58%) Firmware
7 7 (0.51%) IAG
7 7 (0.51%) Virtual Desktop
8 4 (0.29%) Embedded Firmware
8 4 (0.29%) VMware Server
9 3 (0.22%) VMware ESXi
10 1 (0.072%) Dovecot
10 1 (0.072%) Postfix
10 1 (0.072%) RACF
Systems Management
1 279 (20.17%) Terraform
2 256 (18.51%) Kubernetes
3 77 (5.57%) Ansible
4 64 (4.63%) Prometheus
5 38 (2.75%) Progress Chef
6 33 (2.39%) Grafana
7 14 (1.01%) Single Sign-On
8 13 (0.94%) Puppet
9 12 (0.87%) CA Single Sign-On
10 11 (0.80%) Microsoft Intune
11 6 (0.43%) Nmap
12 5 (0.36%) Istio
12 5 (0.36%) SCOM
13 4 (0.29%) Kibana
13 4 (0.29%) Podman
14 3 (0.22%) Packer
15 2 (0.14%) logstash
15 2 (0.14%) Rundeck
16 1 (0.072%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 278 (20.10%) Microsoft
2 121 (8.75%) Google
3 108 (7.81%) IBM
4 85 (6.15%) ESRI
5 84 (6.07%) Red Hat
6 66 (4.77%) Oracle
7 41 (2.96%) Databricks
8 36 (2.60%) Dynatrace
9 34 (2.46%) ServiceNow
10 21 (1.52%) Splunk
11 20 (1.45%) Informatica
12 18 (1.30%) Adobe
13 16 (1.16%) SAP
14 14 (1.01%) CyberArk
15 13 (0.94%) VMware
16 12 (0.87%) CA
16 12 (0.87%) Kofax
16 12 (0.87%) Pega
17 10 (0.72%) New Relic
17 10 (0.72%) YouTube