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

6 months to
23 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 24 16 15
Rank change year-on-year -8 -1 -3
Permanent jobs citing DevOps 477 735 808
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the West Midlands 6.25% 11.88% 10.86%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 7.62% 12.27% 11.35%
Number of salaries quoted 397 407 541
10th Percentile £38,750 £41,250 £36,875
25th Percentile £45,000 £50,000 £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 £74,000 £75,000
90th Percentile £90,500 £82,500 £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 6,262 5,989 7,119
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the West Midlands 82.02% 96.78% 95.67%
Number of salaries quoted 4,612 3,147 4,750
10th Percentile £26,250 £30,561 £31,237
25th Percentile £35,750 £40,000 £38,750
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 £78,750
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 23 May 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 23 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
Birmingham -8 227 £65,000 +8.33% 59
Warwickshire -4 66 £57,500 +4.55% 26
Staffordshire -5 66 £53,750 +2.38% 10
Coventry +1 24 £65,000 +18.18% 13
Solihull -4 14 £67,500 +17.90% 7
Halesowen - 11 £60,000 - 2
Wolverhampton -6 10 £55,000 - 5
Worcestershire -30 9 £50,000 -13.04% 3
Shropshire -27 8 £50,000 -16.67% 1
Wednesbury - 4 £65,750 -
Walsall -5 2 £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 22 (4.61%) IIS
1 22 (4.61%) SharePoint
2 10 (2.10%) Apache
3 9 (1.89%) Umbraco
4 6 (1.26%) Microsoft Exchange
5 5 (1.05%) nginx
6 4 (0.84%) Apache Airflow
6 4 (0.84%) Apache Spark
6 4 (0.84%) Confluence
7 3 (0.63%) CMS
8 2 (0.42%) Liferay
8 2 (0.42%) Magnolia
8 2 (0.42%) Sitecore CMS
9 1 (0.21%) Drupal
Applications
1 8 (1.68%) Microsoft Office
2 6 (1.26%) Microsoft Excel
2 6 (1.26%) Microsoft Project
3 4 (0.84%) Adobe XD
4 3 (0.63%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 3 (0.63%) 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 18 (3.77%) Dynamics CRM
2 2 (0.42%) Oracle EBS
2 2 (0.42%) SAP S/4HANA
3 1 (0.21%) Dynamics AX
Cloud Services
1 323 (67.71%) Azure
2 185 (38.78%) Azure DevOps
3 105 (22.01%) AWS
4 75 (15.72%) Power Platform
5 58 (12.16%) SaaS
6 54 (11.32%) PaaS
7 48 (10.06%) Microsoft 365
8 45 (9.43%) Dynamics 365
9 44 (9.22%) IaaS
10 35 (7.34%) GCP
11 33 (6.92%) Serverless
12 31 (6.50%) PowerApps
13 29 (6.08%) Azure Data Factory
14 23 (4.82%) GitHub
15 21 (4.40%) Amazon S3
16 19 (3.98%) AWS Lambda
16 19 (3.98%) Azure Logic Apps
17 16 (3.35%) Azure Synapse Analytics
18 15 (3.14%) Entra ID
18 15 (3.14%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 18 (3.77%) Firewall
2 14 (2.94%) VPN
3 9 (1.89%) NGFW
4 7 (1.47%) DNS
5 6 (1.26%) Intranet
6 5 (1.05%) HTTP
7 4 (0.84%) MQTT
7 4 (0.84%) Unified Communications
8 3 (0.63%) HTTPS
9 2 (0.42%) BGP
9 2 (0.42%) EIGRP
9 2 (0.42%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
9 2 (0.42%) OSPF
9 2 (0.42%) Reverse Proxy
10 1 (0.21%) 3GPP
10 1 (0.21%) 5G
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 (19.92%) SQL Server
2 44 (9.22%) Power BI
3 37 (7.76%) Relational Database
4 32 (6.71%) Data Warehouse
5 21 (4.40%) MySQL
5 21 (4.40%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 20 (4.19%) Data Lake
7 17 (3.56%) Elasticsearch
7 17 (3.56%) Metadata
7 17 (3.56%) NoSQL
8 16 (3.35%) SQL Server Analysis Services
9 14 (2.94%) DynamoDB
10 13 (2.73%) BigQuery
11 11 (2.31%) Amazon RDS
11 11 (2.31%) Big Data
11 11 (2.31%) SQLite
12 10 (2.10%) Amazon Redshift
13 9 (1.89%) Looker
13 9 (1.89%) SQL Server Reporting Services
14 8 (1.68%) Microsoft Analysis Services
Development Applications
1 77 (16.14%) Git
2 31 (6.50%) Visual Studio
3 20 (4.19%) GitLab
4 17 (3.56%) Postman
5 15 (3.14%) JIRA
6 11 (2.31%) Jenkins
6 11 (2.31%) SonarQube
7 10 (2.10%) MSTest
7 10 (2.10%) Team Foundation Server
8 9 (1.89%) Jasmine
8 9 (1.89%) Octopus Deploy
8 9 (1.89%) SoapUI
8 9 (1.89%) TeamCity
9 7 (1.47%) NUnit
10 5 (1.05%) Karma Test Runner
10 5 (1.05%) webpack
11 4 (0.84%) Bitbucket
12 3 (0.63%) Burp Suite
12 3 (0.63%) Metasploit
12 3 (0.63%) Moq
General
1 83 (17.40%) Social Skills
2 62 (13.00%) Finance
3 25 (5.24%) Analytical Skills
3 25 (5.24%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 20 (4.19%) Manufacturing
5 17 (3.56%) Law
6 14 (2.94%) Automotive
6 14 (2.94%) Public Sector
7 9 (1.89%) Retail
8 8 (1.68%) Pharmaceutical
9 6 (1.26%) Legal
9 6 (1.26%) Marketing
10 5 (1.05%) Electronics
10 5 (1.05%) Organisational Skills
10 5 (1.05%) Police
11 4 (0.84%) Publishing
12 3 (0.63%) Banking
12 3 (0.63%) Digital Healthcare
12 3 (0.63%) Telecoms
13 2 (0.42%) Influencing Skills
Job Titles
1 127 (26.62%) Developer
2 87 (18.24%) Senior
3 43 (9.01%) Software Engineer
4 39 (8.18%) Lead
5 33 (6.92%) Data Engineer
6 31 (6.50%) Architect
7 30 (6.29%) Azure Engineer
8 29 (6.08%) DevOps Engineer
8 29 (6.08%) Software Developer
9 26 (5.45%) Senior Developer
10 25 (5.24%) Cloud Engineer
11 24 (5.03%) Analyst
12 23 (4.82%) Full Stack Developer
13 21 (4.40%) Senior Software Engineer
14 18 (3.77%) Consultant
15 17 (3.56%) .NET Developer
15 17 (3.56%) Junior
16 15 (3.14%) C# Developer
17 14 (2.94%) Business Analyst
17 14 (2.94%) Project Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 133 (27.88%) .NET
2 58 (12.16%) React
3 56 (11.74%) .NET Framework
4 55 (11.53%) HTML
5 44 (9.22%) ASP.NET
6 42 (8.81%) Entity Framework
6 42 (8.81%) JSON
7 41 (8.60%) .NET Core
8 40 (8.39%) CSS
9 39 (8.18%) XML
10 37 (7.76%) RESTful
11 34 (7.13%) AngularJS
12 32 (6.71%) REST
13 30 (6.29%) ARM Templates
14 28 (5.87%) Web Services
14 28 (5.87%) YAML
15 27 (5.66%) Node.js
16 25 (5.24%) ASP.NET MVC
17 24 (5.03%) SOAP
18 23 (4.82%) Blazor
Miscellaneous
1 36 (7.55%) Management Information System
2 33 (6.92%) Cloud Native
3 27 (5.66%) Product Ownership
4 23 (4.82%) Self-Motivation
5 21 (4.40%) Private Cloud
6 17 (3.56%) Public Cloud
7 16 (3.35%) Data Structures
8 15 (3.14%) Low-Code
9 12 (2.52%) Mobile App
9 12 (2.52%) NHS
9 12 (2.52%) Onboarding
10 11 (2.31%) Enterprise Software
11 10 (2.10%) Data Centre
11 10 (2.10%) Virtual Team
12 9 (1.89%) Data Protection Act
13 8 (1.68%) Algorithms
14 7 (1.47%) PKI
15 6 (1.26%) FMCG
15 6 (1.26%) Hybrid Cloud
16 5 (1.05%) Legacy Systems
Operating Systems
1 44 (9.22%) Windows
2 21 (4.40%) Windows Server
3 18 (3.77%) Linux
4 7 (1.47%) Android
4 7 (1.47%) VMS
5 5 (1.05%) Apple iOS
6 2 (0.42%) Mac OS
6 2 (0.42%) Unix
7 1 (0.21%) CentOS
7 1 (0.21%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 1 (0.21%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 218 (45.70%) Agile
2 153 (32.08%) CI/CD
3 101 (21.17%) Software Engineering
4 81 (16.98%) Infrastructure as Code
5 80 (16.77%) Mentoring
6 66 (13.84%) Continuous Improvement
6 66 (13.84%) Scrum
7 65 (13.63%) Test Automation
8 59 (12.37%) Problem-Solving
9 54 (11.32%) Containerisation
10 53 (11.11%) Continuous Integration
11 52 (10.90%) Business Intelligence
12 46 (9.64%) SDLC
13 42 (8.81%) MVC
14 40 (8.39%) Full Stack Development
14 40 (8.39%) Project Management
15 38 (7.97%) Data Engineering
16 35 (7.34%) Microservices
17 34 (7.13%) Roadmaps
18 31 (6.50%) Project Delivery
Programming Languages
1 143 (29.98%) C#
2 122 (25.58%) SQL
3 96 (20.13%) JavaScript
4 77 (16.14%) Python
5 53 (11.11%) PowerShell
6 51 (10.69%) T-SQL
7 47 (9.85%) TypeScript
8 32 (6.71%) Java
9 17 (3.56%) Bash
9 17 (3.56%) VB
10 16 (3.35%) Bicep
11 13 (2.73%) PHP
11 13 (2.73%) XAML
12 12 (2.52%) VB.NET
13 9 (1.89%) C++
14 8 (1.68%) C
15 6 (1.26%) Go
16 5 (1.05%) Kotlin
16 5 (1.05%) VB6
17 2 (0.42%) Swift
Qualifications
1 44 (9.22%) Degree
2 42 (8.81%) Security Cleared
3 28 (5.87%) SC Cleared
4 16 (3.35%) Azure Certification
5 10 (2.10%) BPSS Clearance
5 10 (2.10%) Computer Science Degree
6 7 (1.47%) AWS Certification
7 5 (1.05%) ISTQB
7 5 (1.05%) Microsoft Certification
8 4 (0.84%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
8 4 (0.84%) HNC
9 3 (0.63%) DBS Check
10 2 (0.42%) Chartered Engineer
10 2 (0.42%) DV Cleared
10 2 (0.42%) HND
10 2 (0.42%) ITIL Certification
10 2 (0.42%) Master's Degree
10 2 (0.42%) SnowPro
11 1 (0.21%) CBAP
11 1 (0.21%) IIBA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 59 (12.37%) QA
2 20 (4.19%) GDPR
3 18 (3.77%) Data Quality
4 14 (2.94%) Accessibility
5 10 (2.10%) NCSC
6 5 (1.05%) NIST
6 5 (1.05%) PMO
7 4 (0.84%) SLA
8 3 (0.63%) ISO/IEC 27001
9 2 (0.42%) Cyber Essentials
10 1 (0.21%) AUTOSAR
10 1 (0.21%) IFRS
10 1 (0.21%) IFRS 17
10 1 (0.21%) Solvency II
System Software
1 53 (11.11%) Docker
2 19 (3.98%) Virtual Machines
3 16 (3.35%) Active Directory
3 16 (3.35%) VMware Infrastructure
4 9 (1.89%) Virtual Desktop
4 9 (1.89%) VMware ESXi
4 9 (1.89%) vSphere
5 7 (1.47%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 102 (21.38%) Terraform
2 55 (11.53%) Kubernetes
3 21 (4.40%) Ansible
4 7 (1.47%) Single Sign-On
5 6 (1.26%) Grafana
6 2 (0.42%) Kibana
6 2 (0.42%) Microsoft Intune
6 2 (0.42%) MIIS
6 2 (0.42%) Progress Chef
6 2 (0.42%) Puppet
7 1 (0.21%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 161 (33.75%) Microsoft
2 24 (5.03%) Databricks
3 18 (3.77%) VMware
4 15 (3.14%) Google
5 13 (2.73%) Oracle
6 11 (2.31%) Citrix
6 11 (2.31%) OpenAI
6 11 (2.31%) YouTube
7 8 (1.68%) Adobe
7 8 (1.68%) iManage
8 7 (1.47%) DevExpress
8 7 (1.47%) SAP
8 7 (1.47%) ServiceNow
9 5 (1.05%) Informatica
10 4 (0.84%) Apple
10 4 (0.84%) Atlassian
10 4 (0.84%) Cisco
10 4 (0.84%) InterSystems
10 4 (0.84%) Jaspersoft
10 4 (0.84%) PagerDuty