DevOps Contract Job Trends in the South West

DevOps
England > South West

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the South West requiring DevOps skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 6 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
6 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 12 23 13
Rank change year-on-year +11 -10 -1
Contract jobs citing DevOps 322 119 272
As % of all contract jobs in the South West 8.99% 6.27% 9.65%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 11.24% 6.99% 11.50%
Number of daily rates quoted 212 93 164
10th Percentile £389 £315 £450
25th Percentile £425 £438 £511
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £520 £563
Median % change year-on-year +0.96% -7.56% -6.25%
75th Percentile £588 £625 £641
90th Percentile £650 £664 £689
England median daily rate £525 £525 £550
% change year-on-year - -4.55% -8.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 2 42
10th Percentile £64.15 £83.16 -
25th Percentile £76.00 £83.47 -
Median hourly rate £92.50 £86.48 £70.00
Median % change year-on-year +6.96% +23.54% +6.70%
75th Percentile £102.50 £91.99 £74.33
90th Percentile £102.95 £93.80 £85.00
England median hourly rate £67.00 £67.00 £70.00
% change year-on-year - -4.29% +6.87%

All Process & Methodology Skills
South West

DevOps falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in the South West.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 2,864 1,702 2,366
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South West 79.96% 89.67% 83.90%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,596 1,001 1,503
10th Percentile £325 £220 £263
25th Percentile £425 £363 £424
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £500 £525
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% -4.76% -2.33%
75th Percentile £613 £613 £630
90th Percentile £705 £688 £700
England median daily rate £525 £513 £525
% change year-on-year +2.44% -2.38% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 433 201 293
10th Percentile £14.85 £15.16 £15.52
25th Percentile £31.25 £18.51 £40.00
Median hourly rate £57.50 £25.15 £65.00
Median % change year-on-year +128.63% -61.31% -
75th Percentile £68.00 £65.00 £72.50
90th Percentile £80.00 £70.00 £77.00
England median hourly rate £44.23 £25.15 £42.50
% change year-on-year +75.86% -40.82% -

DevOps
Job Vacancy Trend in the South West

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing DevOps relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in the South West.

DevOps job vacancy trend in the South West

DevOps
Daily Rate Trend in the South West

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the South West citing DevOps.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the South West citing DevOps

DevOps
Daily Rate Histogram in the South West

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing DevOps in the South West over the 6 months to 6 August 2026.

Daily rate histogram for DevOps in the South West

DevOps
Hourly Rate Trend in the South West

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the South West citing DevOps.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the South West citing DevOps

DevOps
Hourly Rate Histogram in the South West

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing DevOps in the South West over the 6 months to 6 August 2026.

Hourly rate histogram for DevOps in the South West

DevOps
Contract Job Locations in the South West

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing DevOps within the South West region over the 6 months to 6 August 2026. 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
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Bristol +9 113 £543 +10.26% 51
Somerset +15 66 £475 -9.05% 12
Wiltshire +15 63 £513 -14.58% 9
Gloucestershire +10 49 £575 -6.12% 57
Devon -14 16 £560 +7.69% 7
Dorset -13 5 £350 -6.67% 6
Cornwall -3 1 £505 -12.17%
DevOps
England

DevOps
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the South West by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 27 (8.39%) Confluence
2 9 (2.80%) Apache Spark
3 8 (2.48%) IIS
4 6 (1.86%) Mattermost
4 6 (1.86%) SharePoint
5 4 (1.24%) Apache Airflow
6 3 (0.93%) Apache
7 1 (0.31%) JBoss
7 1 (0.31%) Oracle Coherence
7 1 (0.31%) Oracle Workflow
7 1 (0.31%) Tomcat
Applications
1 6 (1.86%) Spreadsheet
2 4 (1.24%) MS Visio
2 4 (1.24%) Trello
3 2 (0.62%) Microsoft Excel
4 1 (0.31%) InDesign
4 1 (0.31%) Microsoft Office
4 1 (0.31%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.31%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 6 (1.86%) Remedy ITSM
2 4 (1.24%) Payment Gateway
3 2 (0.62%) Maximo
4 1 (0.31%) Oracle Payroll
4 1 (0.31%) ResourceLink
4 1 (0.31%) SAP Hybris
4 1 (0.31%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
4 1 (0.31%) Unit4 Business World
Cloud Services
1 136 (42.24%) Azure
2 103 (31.99%) AWS
3 73 (22.67%) Azure DevOps
4 51 (15.84%) GCP
5 30 (9.32%) GitHub
6 20 (6.21%) Serverless
7 16 (4.97%) GitHub Actions
8 12 (3.73%) AWS CloudFormation
9 11 (3.42%) Amazon S3
9 11 (3.42%) AWS Lambda
9 11 (3.42%) Azure Key Vault
9 11 (3.42%) dbt
9 11 (3.42%) SaaS
10 10 (3.11%) Google Kubernetes Engine
11 9 (2.80%) Datadog
11 9 (2.80%) OCI
11 9 (2.80%) Power Platform
12 8 (2.48%) Amazon EKS
13 7 (2.17%) Azure Monitor
13 7 (2.17%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 10 (3.11%) DNS
2 9 (2.80%) Firewall
3 5 (1.55%) VPN
4 3 (0.93%) 3GPP
4 3 (0.93%) TETRA
5 2 (0.62%) CTI
6 1 (0.31%) AMQP
6 1 (0.31%) DHCP
6 1 (0.31%) HTTP
6 1 (0.31%) Network Security
6 1 (0.31%) SMTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 13 (4.04%) SQL Server
2 11 (3.42%) Geospatial Data
3 9 (2.80%) Relational Database
4 8 (2.48%) MongoDB
4 8 (2.48%) PostgreSQL
4 8 (2.48%) Power BI
5 7 (2.17%) NoSQL
5 7 (2.17%) SAP HANA
6 6 (1.86%) Data Warehouse
7 4 (1.24%) Amazon RDS
7 4 (1.24%) Flink
8 3 (0.93%) Big Data
8 3 (0.93%) Data Lake
8 3 (0.93%) DynamoDB
8 3 (0.93%) Metadata
8 3 (0.93%) Redis
8 3 (0.93%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 3 (0.93%) SQLite
9 2 (0.62%) Elasticsearch
9 2 (0.62%) Hadoop
Development Applications
1 44 (13.66%) JIRA
2 41 (12.73%) Git
3 28 (8.70%) Jenkins
4 26 (8.07%) GitLab
5 12 (3.73%) Gatling
5 12 (3.73%) LoadRunner
5 12 (3.73%) MSI
6 11 (3.42%) JMeter
7 7 (2.17%) Cucumber
7 7 (2.17%) REST Assured
8 6 (1.86%) Postman
9 4 (1.24%) IntelliJ
10 3 (0.93%) SonarQube
10 3 (0.93%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
11 2 (0.62%) AdminStudio
11 2 (0.62%) InstallShield
11 2 (0.62%) JUnit
11 2 (0.62%) Selenium
11 2 (0.62%) Sonatype Nexus
12 1 (0.31%) Snyk
General
1 70 (21.74%) Social Skills
2 38 (11.80%) Public Sector
3 19 (5.90%) Analytical Skills
4 18 (5.59%) Finance
5 8 (2.48%) Legal
6 6 (1.86%) Military
7 5 (1.55%) Aerospace
7 5 (1.55%) Banking
7 5 (1.55%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 4 (1.24%) Organisational Skills
8 4 (1.24%) Police
9 3 (0.93%) Documentation Skills
9 3 (0.93%) Local Government
9 3 (0.93%) Retail
10 1 (0.31%) Aviation
10 1 (0.31%) Manufacturing
10 1 (0.31%) Marketing
10 1 (0.31%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 82 (25.47%) DevOps Engineer
2 51 (15.84%) Developer
3 29 (9.01%) Senior
4 25 (7.76%) Architect
5 21 (6.52%) Data Engineer
6 20 (6.21%) Lead
7 19 (5.90%) GCP Engineer
8 18 (5.59%) Site Reliability Engineer
9 17 (5.28%) Site Engineer
10 16 (4.97%) Analyst
11 14 (4.35%) Platform Engineer
12 13 (4.04%) GCP DevOps
12 13 (4.04%) GCP DevOps Engineer
13 12 (3.73%) Infrastructure Engineer
13 12 (3.73%) Software Developer
14 11 (3.42%) Performance Engineer
15 10 (3.11%) AWS Engineer
15 10 (3.11%) Delivery Manager
16 9 (2.80%) Azure Engineer
16 9 (2.80%) Senior DevOps Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 37 (11.49%) .NET
2 31 (9.63%) REST
3 23 (7.14%) .NET Framework
4 22 (6.83%) RESTful
5 16 (4.97%) Kafka
5 16 (4.97%) React
5 16 (4.97%) Spring Boot
6 15 (4.66%) .NET Core
7 14 (4.35%) Playwright
7 14 (4.35%) Spring
8 12 (3.73%) ATL
8 12 (3.73%) COM
8 12 (3.73%) CSS
8 12 (3.73%) GeoJSON
8 12 (3.73%) HTML
8 12 (3.73%) MFC
9 11 (3.42%) CSS3
9 11 (3.42%) HTML5
9 11 (3.42%) WPF
10 9 (2.80%) RabbitMQ
Miscellaneous
1 54 (16.77%) Cloud Native
2 23 (7.14%) Legacy Systems
3 19 (5.90%) Enterprise Software
3 19 (5.90%) Onboarding
4 11 (3.42%) Product Ownership
5 8 (2.48%) Hybrid Cloud
6 7 (2.17%) Distributed Systems
6 7 (2.17%) Public Cloud
7 6 (1.86%) Self-Motivation
8 5 (1.55%) Data Protection Act
8 5 (1.55%) Legacy Code
8 5 (1.55%) Wiki
9 4 (1.24%) Management Information System
10 3 (0.93%) EPoS
10 3 (0.93%) Legacy Applications
10 3 (0.93%) Linux Command Line
10 3 (0.93%) Replication
11 2 (0.62%) Clustering
11 2 (0.62%) IVR
11 2 (0.62%) PKI
Operating Systems
1 49 (15.22%) Linux
2 41 (12.73%) Windows
3 14 (4.35%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 12 (3.73%) Windows Server
5 4 (1.24%) Unix
6 3 (0.93%) CentOS
7 2 (0.62%) Windows 10
8 1 (0.31%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 153 (47.52%) CI/CD
2 107 (33.23%) Agile
3 90 (27.95%) Infrastructure as Code
4 66 (20.50%) Continuous Improvement
5 65 (20.19%) Containerisation
6 46 (14.29%) Test Automation
7 43 (13.35%) Site Reliability Engineering
8 42 (13.04%) Microservices
9 39 (12.11%) Stakeholder Management
10 38 (11.80%) Problem-Solving
11 34 (10.56%) Platform Engineering
12 30 (9.32%) Deployment Automation
13 28 (8.70%) DevSecOps
13 28 (8.70%) Software Engineering
14 26 (8.07%) ITIL
14 26 (8.07%) Observability
14 26 (8.07%) Root Cause Analysis
15 25 (7.76%) Data Modelling
15 25 (7.76%) Migration
16 23 (7.14%) Technical Leadership
Programming Languages
1 85 (26.40%) Python
2 50 (15.53%) SQL
3 37 (11.49%) Java
4 36 (11.18%) Bash
5 35 (10.87%) JavaScript
6 29 (9.01%) C#
7 18 (5.59%) PowerShell
7 18 (5.59%) TypeScript
8 16 (4.97%) Bicep
9 12 (3.73%) PL/SQL
10 11 (3.42%) Go
11 4 (1.24%) Apex Code
11 4 (1.24%) T-SQL
12 3 (0.93%) Groovy
13 2 (0.62%) Shell Script
14 1 (0.31%) C++
14 1 (0.31%) Data Analysis Expressions
14 1 (0.31%) Kotlin
14 1 (0.31%) PHP
Qualifications
1 151 (46.89%) Security Cleared
2 115 (35.71%) SC Cleared
3 41 (12.73%) DV Cleared
4 13 (4.04%) Degree
5 10 (3.11%) AWS Certification
6 7 (2.17%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
6 7 (2.17%) ISTQB
7 6 (1.86%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
7 6 (1.86%) TOGAF Certification
8 4 (1.24%) Azure Certification
8 4 (1.24%) Master's Degree
9 3 (0.93%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
9 3 (0.93%) AWS Certified Developer
9 3 (0.93%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
9 3 (0.93%) Computer Science Degree
10 2 (0.62%) Microsoft Certification
10 2 (0.62%) PMI Certification
11 1 (0.31%) CISSP
11 1 (0.31%) ITIL Certification
11 1 (0.31%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 18 (5.59%) QA
2 17 (5.28%) Accessibility
3 16 (4.97%) WCAG
4 14 (4.35%) NCSC
5 10 (3.11%) Data Quality
6 6 (1.86%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 6 (1.86%) SLA
7 3 (0.93%) GDPR
7 3 (0.93%) PCI DSS
7 3 (0.93%) PMO
8 2 (0.62%) GRC
9 1 (0.31%) NIST
System Software
1 70 (21.74%) Docker
2 11 (3.42%) Active Directory
3 6 (1.86%) Corosync
4 2 (0.62%) Hyper-V
4 2 (0.62%) VMware Infrastructure
5 1 (0.31%) Virtual Machines
5 1 (0.31%) VMware NSX
5 1 (0.31%) zsh
Systems Management
1 108 (33.54%) Kubernetes
2 96 (29.81%) Terraform
3 44 (13.66%) Ansible
4 17 (5.28%) Prometheus
5 15 (4.66%) Grafana
6 10 (3.11%) Argo
7 7 (2.17%) Failover Clustering
7 7 (2.17%) Pacemaker
8 3 (0.93%) Istio
8 3 (0.93%) Single Sign-On
9 2 (0.62%) Docker Swarm
9 2 (0.62%) Microsoft Intune
9 2 (0.62%) Progress Chef
9 2 (0.62%) Puppet
9 2 (0.62%) SCCM
10 1 (0.31%) Active Directory Federation Services
10 1 (0.31%) CA Single Sign-On
10 1 (0.31%) CASB
10 1 (0.31%) Nagios
10 1 (0.31%) Nessus
Vendors
1 50 (15.53%) Microsoft
2 28 (8.70%) Google
3 15 (4.66%) Dynatrace
4 14 (4.35%) Red Hat
5 13 (4.04%) Splunk
6 11 (3.42%) AppDynamics
6 11 (3.42%) New Relic
6 11 (3.42%) Oracle
7 9 (2.80%) Databricks
7 9 (2.80%) SAP
8 7 (2.17%) Salesforce
9 6 (1.86%) Atlassian
9 6 (1.86%) Remedy
9 6 (1.86%) VMware
10 5 (1.55%) InterSystems
11 4 (1.24%) Conga
11 4 (1.24%) GoCardless
11 4 (1.24%) IBM
12 3 (0.93%) Dell
12 3 (0.93%) Informatica