DevOps Jobs in the West Midlands

DevOps
England > West Midlands

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the West Midlands 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 9 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
9 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 30 20 17
Rank change year-on-year -10 -3 -2
Permanent jobs citing DevOps 485 557 824
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the West Midlands 5.74% 9.63% 10.60%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 7.13% 9.96% 11.05%
Number of salaries quoted 395 400 539
10th Percentile £38,750 £40,225 £36,875
25th Percentile £46,250 £49,750 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £57,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.35% -4.17% -
75th Percentile £75,000 £73,751 £75,000
90th Percentile £90,750 £81,275 £82,500
England median annual salary £65,000 £70,000 £70,000
% change year-on-year -7.14% - +7.69%

All Process and Methodology Skills
West Midlands

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 West Midlands with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 6,802 5,593 7,454
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the West Midlands 80.54% 96.68% 95.87%
Number of salaries quoted 4,753 3,137 4,863
10th Percentile £26,750 £30,625 £31,250
25th Percentile £36,000 £39,935 £38,637
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £52,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% +5.26%
75th Percentile £65,000 £67,500 £65,000
90th Percentile £77,500 £78,750 £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 West Midlands

Job postings citing DevOps as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the West Midlands.

Job vacancy trend for DevOps in the West Midlands

DevOps
Salary Trend in the West Midlands

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing DevOps in the West Midlands.

Salary trend for DevOps in the West Midlands

DevOps
Salary Histogram in the West Midlands

Salary distribution for jobs citing DevOps in the West Midlands over the 6 months to 9 June 2024.

Salary histogram for DevOps in the West Midlands

DevOps
Job Locations in the West Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing DevOps within the West Midlands region over the 6 months to 9 June 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
Birmingham -6 227 £65,000 +8.33% 53
Warwickshire +5 70 £57,500 +4.55% 19
Staffordshire -15 65 £55,000 +7.32% 7
Coventry +19 25 £65,000 +18.18% 10
Solihull +1 19 £68,750 +20.61% 7
Halesowen - 11 £60,000 - 1
Wolverhampton -2 10 £55,000 - 6
Worcestershire -30 9 £50,000 -9.09% 2
Shropshire -29 8 £50,000 -16.67% 1
Wednesbury - 4 £65,750 -
Walsall +2 1 £42,500 -
DevOps
England

DevOps
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the West Midlands 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 23 (4.74%) IIS
2 19 (3.92%) SharePoint
3 10 (2.06%) Apache
3 10 (2.06%) Umbraco
4 5 (1.03%) Microsoft Exchange
4 5 (1.03%) nginx
5 4 (0.82%) Apache Airflow
5 4 (0.82%) Apache Spark
5 4 (0.82%) Confluence
6 3 (0.62%) CMS
7 2 (0.41%) Liferay
7 2 (0.41%) Magnolia
7 2 (0.41%) Sitecore CMS
8 1 (0.21%) Drupal
Applications
1 8 (1.65%) Microsoft Office
2 6 (1.24%) Microsoft Excel
2 6 (1.24%) Microsoft Project
3 5 (1.03%) Adobe XD
4 3 (0.62%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 3 (0.62%) MS Visio
5 1 (0.21%) Adobe Illustrator
5 1 (0.21%) InVision
5 1 (0.21%) Photoshop
5 1 (0.21%) Sketch
Business Applications
1 20 (4.12%) Dynamics CRM
2 2 (0.41%) Oracle EBS
2 2 (0.41%) SAP S/4HANA
3 1 (0.21%) Dynamics AX
Cloud Services
1 322 (66.39%) Azure
2 190 (39.18%) Azure DevOps
3 107 (22.06%) AWS
4 75 (15.46%) Power Platform
5 58 (11.96%) PaaS
6 56 (11.55%) SaaS
7 50 (10.31%) Dynamics 365
8 48 (9.90%) IaaS
9 44 (9.07%) Microsoft 365
10 33 (6.80%) PowerApps
10 33 (6.80%) Serverless
11 32 (6.60%) GCP
12 29 (5.98%) Azure Data Factory
13 22 (4.54%) GitHub
14 21 (4.33%) Amazon S3
15 20 (4.12%) Azure Logic Apps
16 19 (3.92%) AWS Lambda
16 19 (3.92%) Power Automate
17 16 (3.30%) Azure Synapse Analytics
18 15 (3.09%) Azure Stack
Communications & Networking
1 21 (4.33%) Firewall
2 15 (3.09%) VPN
3 12 (2.47%) DNS
4 7 (1.44%) NGFW
5 6 (1.24%) Intranet
6 5 (1.03%) HTTP
7 4 (0.82%) Unified Communications
8 3 (0.62%) HTTPS
8 3 (0.62%) MQTT
9 2 (0.41%) BGP
9 2 (0.41%) DHCP
9 2 (0.41%) EIGRP
9 2 (0.41%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
9 2 (0.41%) OSPF
9 2 (0.41%) Reverse Proxy
10 1 (0.21%) 3GPP
10 1 (0.21%) LAN
10 1 (0.21%) Network Security
10 1 (0.21%) TCP/IP
10 1 (0.21%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 95 (19.59%) SQL Server
2 44 (9.07%) Power BI
3 38 (7.84%) Relational Database
4 30 (6.19%) Data Warehouse
5 21 (4.33%) MySQL
5 21 (4.33%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 20 (4.12%) Data Lake
7 17 (3.51%) Elasticsearch
7 17 (3.51%) Metadata
7 17 (3.51%) NoSQL
8 16 (3.30%) SQL Server Analysis Services
9 14 (2.89%) DynamoDB
10 12 (2.47%) BigQuery
11 11 (2.27%) Amazon RDS
11 11 (2.27%) Big Data
11 11 (2.27%) SQLite
12 10 (2.06%) SQL Server Reporting Services
13 9 (1.86%) Amazon Redshift
13 9 (1.86%) Looker
14 8 (1.65%) Microsoft Analysis Services
Development Applications
1 77 (15.88%) Git
2 30 (6.19%) Visual Studio
3 17 (3.51%) GitLab
3 17 (3.51%) Postman
4 14 (2.89%) JIRA
5 12 (2.47%) SonarQube
6 10 (2.06%) MSTest
6 10 (2.06%) Team Foundation Server
7 9 (1.86%) Jenkins
7 9 (1.86%) Octopus Deploy
7 9 (1.86%) SoapUI
8 7 (1.44%) Jasmine
8 7 (1.44%) NUnit
8 7 (1.44%) TeamCity
8 7 (1.44%) Visual Studio Code
9 5 (1.03%) Karma Test Runner
9 5 (1.03%) webpack
10 3 (0.62%) Bitbucket
10 3 (0.62%) Metasploit
10 3 (0.62%) Moq
General
1 84 (17.32%) Social Skills
2 63 (12.99%) Finance
3 29 (5.98%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 25 (5.15%) Analytical Skills
5 20 (4.12%) Manufacturing
6 15 (3.09%) Public Sector
7 14 (2.89%) Law
8 11 (2.27%) Automotive
9 10 (2.06%) Retail
10 8 (1.65%) Pharmaceutical
11 7 (1.44%) Marketing
12 5 (1.03%) Electronics
12 5 (1.03%) Organisational Skills
12 5 (1.03%) Police
13 4 (0.82%) Legal
13 4 (0.82%) Publishing
14 3 (0.62%) Digital Healthcare
14 3 (0.62%) Telecoms
15 2 (0.41%) Games
15 2 (0.41%) Influencing Skills
Job Titles
1 128 (26.39%) Developer
2 94 (19.38%) Senior
3 41 (8.45%) Lead
4 38 (7.84%) Software Engineer
5 35 (7.22%) Architect
6 33 (6.80%) DevOps Engineer
7 32 (6.60%) Azure Engineer
7 32 (6.60%) Data Engineer
8 28 (5.77%) Cloud Engineer
8 28 (5.77%) Senior Developer
9 27 (5.57%) Software Developer
10 25 (5.15%) Analyst
11 23 (4.74%) Full Stack Developer
11 23 (4.74%) Senior Software Engineer
12 19 (3.92%) .NET Developer
13 18 (3.71%) Consultant
14 17 (3.51%) Junior
15 14 (2.89%) Business Analyst
15 14 (2.89%) C# Developer
15 14 (2.89%) Project Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 134 (27.63%) .NET
2 58 (11.96%) React
3 57 (11.75%) .NET Framework
3 57 (11.75%) HTML
4 46 (9.48%) ASP.NET
5 44 (9.07%) Entity Framework
5 44 (9.07%) JSON
6 43 (8.87%) CSS
7 42 (8.66%) .NET Core
8 40 (8.25%) XML
9 37 (7.63%) RESTful
10 35 (7.22%) AngularJS
11 32 (6.60%) REST
12 29 (5.98%) ARM Templates
12 29 (5.98%) YAML
13 28 (5.77%) Web Services
14 26 (5.36%) ASP.NET MVC
14 26 (5.36%) Node.js
15 24 (4.95%) SOAP
16 22 (4.54%) Blazor
Miscellaneous
1 37 (7.63%) Management Information System
2 34 (7.01%) Cloud Native
3 28 (5.77%) Product Ownership
4 24 (4.95%) Self-Motivation
5 17 (3.51%) Private Cloud
6 16 (3.30%) Data Structures
6 16 (3.30%) Public Cloud
7 13 (2.68%) Low-Code
7 13 (2.68%) Onboarding
8 12 (2.47%) Data Centre
8 12 (2.47%) NHS
9 11 (2.27%) Mobile App
10 10 (2.06%) Virtual Team
11 8 (1.65%) Algorithms
11 8 (1.65%) Data Protection Act
11 8 (1.65%) Enterprise Software
12 7 (1.44%) PKI
13 6 (1.24%) FMCG
13 6 (1.24%) Hybrid Cloud
14 5 (1.03%) Legacy Systems
Operating Systems
1 47 (9.69%) Windows
2 23 (4.74%) Windows Server
3 18 (3.71%) Linux
4 8 (1.65%) VMS
5 7 (1.44%) Android
6 5 (1.03%) Apple iOS
7 2 (0.41%) Mac OS
7 2 (0.41%) Unix
8 1 (0.21%) CentOS
8 1 (0.21%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 1 (0.21%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 218 (44.95%) Agile
2 155 (31.96%) CI/CD
3 96 (19.79%) Software Engineering
4 84 (17.32%) Mentoring
5 83 (17.11%) Infrastructure as Code
6 66 (13.61%) Test Automation
7 63 (12.99%) Continuous Improvement
7 63 (12.99%) Scrum
8 61 (12.58%) Problem-Solving
9 57 (11.75%) Continuous Integration
10 53 (10.93%) Containerisation
11 52 (10.72%) Business Intelligence
12 45 (9.28%) MVC
12 45 (9.28%) SDLC
13 40 (8.25%) Project Management
14 37 (7.63%) Data Engineering
14 37 (7.63%) Full Stack Development
15 35 (7.22%) Microservices
16 34 (7.01%) Roadmaps
17 33 (6.80%) Continuous Delivery
Programming Languages
1 143 (29.48%) C#
2 124 (25.57%) SQL
3 101 (20.82%) JavaScript
4 79 (16.29%) Python
5 54 (11.13%) PowerShell
6 51 (10.52%) T-SQL
7 50 (10.31%) TypeScript
8 31 (6.39%) Java
9 17 (3.51%) Bash
9 17 (3.51%) VB
10 16 (3.30%) Bicep
11 13 (2.68%) PHP
11 13 (2.68%) XAML
12 12 (2.47%) VB.NET
13 9 (1.86%) C++
14 8 (1.65%) C
15 6 (1.24%) Go
16 5 (1.03%) VB6
17 4 (0.82%) Kotlin
18 2 (0.41%) Swift
Qualifications
1 45 (9.28%) Security Cleared
2 43 (8.87%) Degree
3 30 (6.19%) SC Cleared
4 16 (3.30%) Azure Certification
5 11 (2.27%) BPSS Clearance
6 10 (2.06%) Computer Science Degree
7 7 (1.44%) AWS Certification
8 5 (1.03%) DV Cleared
8 5 (1.03%) ISTQB
8 5 (1.03%) Microsoft Certification
9 4 (0.82%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
9 4 (0.82%) HNC
10 3 (0.62%) DBS Check
11 2 (0.41%) Chartered Engineer
11 2 (0.41%) HND
11 2 (0.41%) ITIL Certification
11 2 (0.41%) Master's Degree
12 1 (0.21%) CBAP
12 1 (0.21%) IIBA
12 1 (0.21%) SnowPro
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 58 (11.96%) QA
2 20 (4.12%) GDPR
3 18 (3.71%) Data Quality
4 15 (3.09%) Accessibility
5 11 (2.27%) NCSC
6 5 (1.03%) NIST
6 5 (1.03%) PMO
7 4 (0.82%) SLA
8 3 (0.62%) ISO/IEC 27001
9 2 (0.41%) Cyber Essentials
10 1 (0.21%) IFRS
10 1 (0.21%) IFRS 17
10 1 (0.21%) Solvency II
System Software
1 54 (11.13%) Docker
2 19 (3.92%) Virtual Machines
3 15 (3.09%) Active Directory
4 14 (2.89%) VMware Infrastructure
5 7 (1.44%) Hyper-V
5 7 (1.44%) Virtual Desktop
5 7 (1.44%) VMware ESXi
5 7 (1.44%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 106 (21.86%) Terraform
2 61 (12.58%) Kubernetes
3 22 (4.54%) Ansible
4 7 (1.44%) Single Sign-On
5 6 (1.24%) Grafana
6 2 (0.41%) Kibana
6 2 (0.41%) Microsoft Intune
6 2 (0.41%) MIIS
6 2 (0.41%) Progress Chef
6 2 (0.41%) Puppet
7 1 (0.21%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 165 (34.02%) Microsoft
2 23 (4.74%) Databricks
3 15 (3.09%) VMware
4 14 (2.89%) Google
5 13 (2.68%) Oracle
6 11 (2.27%) YouTube
7 9 (1.86%) Adobe
8 8 (1.65%) Citrix
8 8 (1.65%) OpenAI
9 7 (1.44%) DevExpress
9 7 (1.44%) SAP
9 7 (1.44%) ServiceNow
10 5 (1.03%) iManage
10 5 (1.03%) Informatica
11 4 (0.82%) Apple
11 4 (0.82%) Cisco
11 4 (0.82%) Dynatrace
11 4 (0.82%) InterSystems
11 4 (0.82%) Jaspersoft
11 4 (0.82%) PagerDuty