DevOps Jobs in the South West

DevOps
England > South West

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the South West 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 29 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
29 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 18 14 14
Rank change year-on-year -4 0 -4
Permanent jobs citing DevOps 866 875 1,269
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South West 8.87% 13.02% 15.08%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 10.89% 13.76% 15.84%
Number of salaries quoted 588 540 885
10th Percentile £36,365 £40,875 £37,500
25th Percentile £47,500 £50,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,750 £62,500 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -2.80% +8.70% +12.75%
75th Percentile £76,563 £77,715 £76,250
90th Percentile £87,500 £91,375 £90,000
England median annual salary £65,000 £70,000 £70,000
% change year-on-year -7.14% - +7.69%

All Process and Methodology Skills
South West

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 South West with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 7,953 6,358 8,011
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South West 81.43% 94.64% 95.22%
Number of salaries quoted 5,709 3,497 5,044
10th Percentile £28,500 £30,500 £30,538
25th Percentile £37,500 £39,750 £37,908
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,500 £54,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -6.48% +8.00% +11.11%
75th Percentile £65,000 £70,000 £66,250
90th Percentile £80,000 £81,250 £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 South West

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

Job vacancy trend for DevOps in the South West

DevOps
Salary Trend in the South West

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

Salary trend for DevOps in the South West

DevOps
Salary Histogram in the South West

Salary distribution for jobs citing DevOps in the South West over the 6 months to 29 May 2024.

Salary histogram for DevOps in the South West

DevOps
Job Locations in the South West

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing DevOps within the South West region over the 6 months to 29 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
Bristol -5 371 £70,000 +7.40% 61
Gloucestershire +3 280 £55,000 -15.38% 24
Wiltshire -6 101 £61,250 -9.26% 11
Devon -1 46 £36,984 -3.38% 17
Somerset -14 24 £55,000 - 15
Dorset -47 24 £57,500 +2.22% 10
Cornwall - 1 £55,000 - 1
DevOps
England

DevOps
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South West 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 68 (7.85%) Confluence
2 28 (3.23%) Apache
3 27 (3.12%) ArcGIS
3 27 (3.12%) GeoServer
4 25 (2.89%) CMS
5 24 (2.77%) Umbraco
6 23 (2.66%) nginx
7 20 (2.31%) IIS
8 18 (2.08%) Headless CMS
9 17 (1.96%) Apache Spark
9 17 (1.96%) Kentico
9 17 (1.96%) Sitecore CMS
10 16 (1.85%) Jupyter
11 8 (0.92%) SharePoint
12 6 (0.69%) NServiceBus
13 5 (0.58%) Microsoft Exchange
14 3 (0.35%) JBoss
15 2 (0.23%) Apache Airflow
15 2 (0.23%) WordPress
16 1 (0.12%) Luigi
Applications
1 10 (1.15%) Microsoft Office
2 6 (0.69%) Trello
3 3 (0.35%) S-PLUS
Business Applications
1 26 (3.00%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
2 4 (0.46%) Elite 3E
3 3 (0.35%) Dynamics CRM
3 3 (0.35%) Maximo
Cloud Services
1 491 (56.70%) Azure
2 388 (44.80%) AWS
3 241 (27.83%) Azure DevOps
4 103 (11.89%) GCP
5 79 (9.12%) OpenShift
6 68 (7.85%) SaaS
7 64 (7.39%) Microsoft 365
8 54 (6.24%) Power Platform
9 35 (4.04%) Serverless
10 33 (3.81%) GitHub
11 32 (3.70%) PowerApps
12 30 (3.46%) PaaS
13 28 (3.23%) Amazon S3
14 24 (2.77%) Power Automate
15 20 (2.31%) IaaS
16 18 (2.08%) Dynamics 365
17 17 (1.96%) Kontent
18 16 (1.85%) GitHub Actions
18 16 (1.85%) MinIO
19 15 (1.73%) Datadog
Communications & Networking
1 48 (5.54%) TCP/IP
2 47 (5.43%) DNS
3 43 (4.97%) HTTP
4 40 (4.62%) DHCP
5 14 (1.62%) Firewall
6 10 (1.15%) Network Security
7 5 (0.58%) AMQP
7 5 (0.58%) LAN
7 5 (0.58%) VPN
7 5 (0.58%) WAN
8 4 (0.46%) SAN
8 4 (0.46%) SSL
9 3 (0.35%) Cisco ASA
9 3 (0.35%) RS-485
10 2 (0.23%) Fibre Channel
10 2 (0.23%) IP Telephony
10 2 (0.23%) IPv4
10 2 (0.23%) OSPF
10 2 (0.23%) VLAN
11 1 (0.12%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 105 (12.12%) SQL Server
2 54 (6.24%) Data Warehouse
3 53 (6.12%) BigQuery
3 53 (6.12%) Looker
4 37 (4.27%) Big Data
5 33 (3.81%) PostgreSQL
6 32 (3.70%) Power BI
6 32 (3.70%) Relational Database
7 30 (3.46%) GIS
8 27 (3.12%) QGIS
9 26 (3.00%) NoSQL
10 25 (2.89%) MySQL
11 22 (2.54%) MongoDB
12 16 (1.85%) Hadoop
12 16 (1.85%) Presto
13 14 (1.62%) Amazon RDS
14 10 (1.15%) Elasticsearch
14 10 (1.15%) Tableau
15 8 (0.92%) SQL Server Reporting Services
16 7 (0.81%) Snowflake Schema
Development Applications
1 172 (19.86%) Git
2 126 (14.55%) JIRA
3 86 (9.93%) Visual Studio
4 66 (7.62%) Bitbucket
4 66 (7.62%) Jenkins
5 59 (6.81%) Sourcetree
6 21 (2.42%) GitLab
7 16 (1.85%) Atlassian Bamboo
7 16 (1.85%) Selenium
8 13 (1.50%) Team Foundation Server
9 7 (0.81%) Artifactory
9 7 (0.81%) Eclipse
9 7 (0.81%) SonarQube
9 7 (0.81%) Vagrant
10 6 (0.69%) Cucumber
10 6 (0.69%) Cypress.io
10 6 (0.69%) JMeter
10 6 (0.69%) Maven
10 6 (0.69%) TeamCity
11 4 (0.46%) Zephyr
General
1 173 (19.98%) Social Skills
2 86 (9.93%) Presentation Skills
3 80 (9.24%) Aerospace
4 79 (9.12%) Analytical Skills
5 67 (7.74%) Games
6 56 (6.47%) Finance
7 33 (3.81%) Billing
8 27 (3.12%) Public Sector
9 22 (2.54%) Fire and Rescue
10 20 (2.31%) Tech for Good
11 19 (2.19%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 18 (2.08%) Influencing Skills
13 16 (1.85%) Legal
13 16 (1.85%) Retail
14 14 (1.62%) Banking
14 14 (1.62%) Telecoms
15 13 (1.50%) Publishing
16 10 (1.15%) Law
17 5 (0.58%) Manufacturing
17 5 (0.58%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 280 (32.33%) Developer
2 253 (29.21%) Senior
3 158 (18.24%) DevOps Engineer
4 111 (12.82%) Senior Developer
5 93 (10.74%) Architect
6 91 (10.51%) Software Engineer
7 84 (9.70%) .NET Developer
8 59 (6.81%) 3D Developer
8 59 (6.81%) Games Developer
8 59 (6.81%) Software Developer
8 59 (6.81%) Unity 3D Developer
9 53 (6.12%) Senior .NET Developer
10 51 (5.89%) Solutions Architect
11 45 (5.20%) Data Engineer
12 44 (5.08%) C# Developer
13 42 (4.85%) Lead
13 42 (4.85%) Senior Software Engineer
14 41 (4.73%) C# .NET Developer
14 41 (4.73%) Infrastructure Engineer
15 39 (4.50%) Applications Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 222 (25.64%) .NET
2 148 (17.09%) React
3 115 (13.28%) CSS
4 110 (12.70%) .NET Core
5 95 (10.97%) HTML
6 90 (10.39%) .NET Framework
7 89 (10.28%) ASP.NET
8 79 (9.12%) AngularJS
9 61 (7.04%) Unity (Game Engine)
10 54 (6.24%) Entity Framework
11 48 (5.54%) RESTful
12 36 (4.16%) Vue
13 35 (4.04%) Spring
14 34 (3.93%) ASP.NET MVC
15 33 (3.81%) LESS
16 29 (3.35%) YAML
17 28 (3.23%) PostGIS
18 27 (3.12%) Leaflet
18 27 (3.12%) Node.js
18 27 (3.12%) OpenLayers
Miscellaneous
1 62 (7.16%) Product Ownership
2 59 (6.81%) Virtual Reality
3 42 (4.85%) Self-Motivation
4 37 (4.27%) Cloud Native
4 37 (4.27%) Public Cloud
5 29 (3.35%) Onboarding
6 23 (2.66%) Hybrid Cloud
7 21 (2.42%) Virtual Team
8 19 (2.19%) Enterprise Cloud
8 19 (2.19%) Private Cloud
9 16 (1.85%) Mobile App
10 12 (1.39%) Enterprise Software
10 12 (1.39%) Linux Command Line
10 12 (1.39%) Management Information System
11 8 (0.92%) Hedge funds
12 6 (0.69%) Distributed Systems
12 6 (0.69%) Legacy Systems
13 5 (0.58%) e-Learning
13 5 (0.58%) Low-Code
14 4 (0.46%) VHDL
Operating Systems
1 203 (23.44%) Linux
2 79 (9.12%) Windows
3 52 (6.00%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 16 (1.85%) Ubuntu
5 12 (1.39%) Unix
6 10 (1.15%) Debian
7 8 (0.92%) CentOS
8 7 (0.81%) Android
8 7 (0.81%) Apple iOS
8 7 (0.81%) CoreOS
8 7 (0.81%) Windows 10
9 6 (0.69%) Windows Server 2016
10 4 (0.46%) AIX
10 4 (0.46%) Windows Server
11 3 (0.35%) Windows 7
11 3 (0.35%) Windows Server 2008
12 2 (0.23%) Alpine Linux
13 1 (0.12%) VMS
13 1 (0.12%) Windows Server 2012
13 1 (0.12%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 432 (49.88%) Agile
2 311 (35.91%) CI/CD
3 215 (24.83%) Software Engineering
4 212 (24.48%) Scrum
5 180 (20.79%) Problem-Solving
6 131 (15.13%) Actionable Insight
7 122 (14.09%) Infrastructure as Code
8 112 (12.93%) Continuous Integration
9 99 (11.43%) Design Patterns
9 99 (11.43%) Full Stack Development
10 95 (10.97%) Containerisation
10 95 (10.97%) MVC
11 93 (10.74%) Microservices
12 89 (10.28%) Collaborative Working
13 88 (10.16%) UML
14 84 (9.70%) Mentoring
15 80 (9.24%) SDLC
16 76 (8.78%) Kanban
17 74 (8.55%) Data Engineering
18 67 (7.74%) Use Case
Programming Languages
1 242 (27.94%) C#
2 231 (26.67%) Python
3 207 (23.90%) JavaScript
4 150 (17.32%) Java
5 108 (12.47%) SQL
6 104 (12.01%) Bash
7 83 (9.58%) PowerShell
8 57 (6.58%) TypeScript
9 26 (3.00%) Shell Script
9 26 (3.00%) T-SQL
10 24 (2.77%) Go
11 22 (2.54%) PHP
12 21 (2.42%) Ruby
13 15 (1.73%) Bicep
14 13 (1.50%) C
14 13 (1.50%) C++
15 8 (0.92%) R
16 5 (0.58%) Perl
17 4 (0.46%) Data Analysis Expressions
17 4 (0.46%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 354 (40.88%) Security Cleared
2 221 (25.52%) SC Cleared
3 159 (18.36%) Degree
4 132 (15.24%) DV Cleared
5 95 (10.97%) BPSS Clearance
6 43 (4.97%) TOGAF Certification
7 27 (3.12%) Computer Science Degree
8 11 (1.27%) AWS Certification
9 9 (1.04%) Master's Degree
10 6 (0.69%) IIBA
11 5 (0.58%) ISTQB
11 5 (0.58%) PCI QSA
12 3 (0.35%) ISEB
12 3 (0.35%) Microsoft Certification
13 2 (0.23%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
13 2 (0.23%) Azure Certification
13 2 (0.23%) DBS Check
14 1 (0.12%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
14 1 (0.12%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
14 1 (0.12%) Numerate Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 82 (9.47%) QA
2 22 (2.54%) GDPR
3 14 (1.62%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 12 (1.39%) Cyber Essentials
5 9 (1.04%) PMO
6 7 (0.81%) PCI DSS
7 5 (0.58%) GRC
8 3 (0.35%) Data Quality
9 2 (0.23%) IEC 61508
9 2 (0.23%) ISO/IEC 12207
9 2 (0.23%) SEPA
10 1 (0.12%) SLA
System Software
1 201 (23.21%) Docker
2 49 (5.66%) VMware Infrastructure
3 39 (4.50%) Hyper-V
4 12 (1.39%) Virtual Machines
5 11 (1.27%) Active Directory
6 6 (0.69%) VMware ESXi
7 5 (0.58%) Firmware
7 5 (0.58%) Virtual Desktop
8 3 (0.35%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 229 (26.44%) Kubernetes
2 179 (20.67%) Terraform
3 177 (20.44%) Ansible
4 79 (9.12%) Puppet
5 42 (4.85%) Prometheus
6 36 (4.16%) Grafana
7 24 (2.77%) Progress Chef
8 16 (1.85%) HAProxy
9 8 (0.92%) Packer
10 7 (0.81%) Kibana
11 6 (0.69%) Nagios
12 5 (0.58%) Docker Swarm
13 4 (0.46%) Istio
13 4 (0.46%) vRealize
14 3 (0.35%) Active Directory Federation Services
14 3 (0.35%) Argo
14 3 (0.35%) EMC VPLEX
14 3 (0.35%) Single Sign-On
15 1 (0.12%) Anchore
15 1 (0.12%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 213 (24.60%) Microsoft
2 70 (8.08%) Google
3 61 (7.04%) Red Hat
4 57 (6.58%) VMware
5 27 (3.12%) ESRI
5 27 (3.12%) Oracle
6 26 (3.00%) Sparx
7 17 (1.96%) Optimizely
7 17 (1.96%) Sitecore
8 13 (1.50%) Salesforce
9 10 (1.15%) Cisco
9 10 (1.15%) Xamarin
10 8 (0.92%) Citrix
10 8 (0.92%) IBM
11 6 (0.69%) Atlassian
11 6 (0.69%) Databricks
11 6 (0.69%) ServiceNow
11 6 (0.69%) Splunk
11 6 (0.69%) Twitter
12 5 (0.58%) SolarWinds