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 10 July 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
10 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 12 28 16
Rank change year-on-year +16 -12 -8
Contract jobs citing DevOps 305 112 277
As % of all contract jobs in the South West 8.48% 5.99% 8.57%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 10.52% 6.67% 10.32%
Number of daily rates quoted 196 89 175
10th Percentile £375 £363 £425
25th Percentile £416 £460 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £523 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% - -8.33%
75th Percentile £591 £625 £645
90th Percentile £650 £668 £688
England median daily rate £525 £525 £550
% change year-on-year - -4.55% -8.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 1 41
10th Percentile £64.15 - -
25th Percentile £76.00 - -
Median hourly rate £92.50 £82.96 £70.00
Median % change year-on-year +11.50% +18.51% +6.70%
75th Percentile £102.50 - £74.44
90th Percentile £102.95 - £85.00
England median hourly rate £68.75 £66.50 £70.00
% change year-on-year +3.38% -5.00% +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 2,900 1,678 2,685
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South West 80.67% 89.68% 83.10%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,582 1,001 1,705
10th Percentile £325 £220 £263
25th Percentile £418 £363 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £500 £525
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% -4.76% -4.55%
75th Percentile £606 £619 £625
90th Percentile £700 £688 £700
England median daily rate £525 £515 £525
% change year-on-year +1.94% -1.90% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 469 194 377
10th Percentile £16.50 £15.25 £13.86
25th Percentile £32.50 £18.51 £30.00
Median hourly rate £57.50 £27.34 £55.50
Median % change year-on-year +110.31% -50.74% -14.62%
75th Percentile £67.25 £65.00 £70.25
90th Percentile £74.54 £70.00 £75.00
England median hourly rate £47.00 £25.15 £38.12
% change year-on-year +86.88% -34.02% -6.09%

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 10 July 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 10 July 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 10 July 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 +14 114 £538 -0.46% 85
Wiltshire +17 63 £500 -16.67% 15
Gloucestershire +14 52 £575 -6.50% 101
Somerset +16 46 £444 -29.00% 19
Devon -16 15 £560 +7.69% 10
Dorset -10 6 £350 -36.36% 6
Cornwall -4 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 20 (6.56%) Confluence
2 10 (3.28%) Apache Spark
3 8 (2.62%) IIS
3 8 (2.62%) SharePoint
4 6 (1.97%) Mattermost
5 4 (1.31%) Apache Airflow
6 3 (0.98%) Apache
7 1 (0.33%) Oracle Coherence
7 1 (0.33%) Oracle Workflow
7 1 (0.33%) Tomcat
Applications
1 6 (1.97%) Spreadsheet
2 3 (0.98%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (0.66%) MS Visio
4 1 (0.33%) InDesign
4 1 (0.33%) Microsoft Office
4 1 (0.33%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.33%) Microsoft Project
4 1 (0.33%) Trello
Business Applications
1 6 (1.97%) Remedy ITSM
2 4 (1.31%) Payment Gateway
3 2 (0.66%) Maximo
4 1 (0.33%) Oracle Payroll
4 1 (0.33%) SAP Hybris
4 1 (0.33%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
4 1 (0.33%) Unit4 Business World
Cloud Services
1 122 (40.00%) Azure
2 102 (33.44%) AWS
3 67 (21.97%) Azure DevOps
4 45 (14.75%) GCP
5 30 (9.84%) GitHub
6 21 (6.89%) Serverless
7 18 (5.90%) GitHub Actions
8 14 (4.59%) AWS CloudFormation
9 12 (3.93%) Amazon S3
9 12 (3.93%) AWS Lambda
9 12 (3.93%) SaaS
10 11 (3.61%) Amazon EKS
10 11 (3.61%) Azure Key Vault
10 11 (3.61%) Datadog
10 11 (3.61%) Google Kubernetes Engine
11 10 (3.28%) dbt
12 9 (2.95%) OCI
12 9 (2.95%) Power Platform
13 8 (2.62%) Entra ID
14 7 (2.30%) Azure Monitor
Communications & Networking
1 11 (3.61%) DNS
2 9 (2.95%) Firewall
3 5 (1.64%) VPN
4 3 (0.98%) 3GPP
4 3 (0.98%) TETRA
5 2 (0.66%) CTI
5 2 (0.66%) DHCP
6 1 (0.33%) AMQP
6 1 (0.33%) HTTP
6 1 (0.33%) LAN
6 1 (0.33%) NAS
6 1 (0.33%) Network Security
6 1 (0.33%) SAN
6 1 (0.33%) SMTP
6 1 (0.33%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 13 (4.26%) SQL Server
2 11 (3.61%) Relational Database
3 10 (3.28%) NoSQL
4 9 (2.95%) PostgreSQL
5 8 (2.62%) MongoDB
5 8 (2.62%) Power BI
6 7 (2.30%) Geospatial Data
6 7 (2.30%) SAP HANA
7 6 (1.97%) Data Warehouse
7 6 (1.97%) Flink
8 4 (1.31%) Redis
9 3 (0.98%) Amazon RDS
9 3 (0.98%) DynamoDB
9 3 (0.98%) Elasticsearch
9 3 (0.98%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 2 (0.66%) Amazon Redshift
10 2 (0.66%) Big Data
10 2 (0.66%) Data Lake
10 2 (0.66%) SQLite
11 1 (0.33%) Amazon QuickSight
Development Applications
1 37 (12.13%) JIRA
2 36 (11.80%) Git
3 26 (8.52%) GitLab
4 25 (8.20%) Jenkins
5 12 (3.93%) Gatling
5 12 (3.93%) LoadRunner
6 11 (3.61%) JMeter
7 8 (2.62%) MSI
8 7 (2.30%) Cucumber
8 7 (2.30%) REST Assured
9 6 (1.97%) Postman
10 4 (1.31%) IntelliJ
11 3 (0.98%) SonarQube
11 3 (0.98%) Sonatype Nexus
11 3 (0.98%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
12 2 (0.66%) AdminStudio
12 2 (0.66%) Bitbucket
12 2 (0.66%) InstallShield
12 2 (0.66%) JUnit
12 2 (0.66%) Selenium
General
1 62 (20.33%) Social Skills
2 29 (9.51%) Public Sector
3 21 (6.89%) Analytical Skills
4 13 (4.26%) Finance
5 10 (3.28%) Legal
6 6 (1.97%) Military
7 5 (1.64%) Aerospace
7 5 (1.64%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 4 (1.31%) Banking
8 4 (1.31%) Documentation Skills
8 4 (1.31%) Organisational Skills
8 4 (1.31%) Police
9 3 (0.98%) Local Government
10 1 (0.33%) Aviation
10 1 (0.33%) Manufacturing
10 1 (0.33%) Marketing
10 1 (0.33%) Publishing
10 1 (0.33%) Retail
Job Titles
1 89 (29.18%) DevOps Engineer
2 46 (15.08%) Developer
3 28 (9.18%) Senior
4 19 (6.23%) Architect
4 19 (6.23%) GCP Engineer
5 18 (5.90%) Analyst
5 18 (5.90%) Data Engineer
6 17 (5.57%) Lead
6 17 (5.57%) Site Reliability Engineer
7 16 (5.25%) Site Engineer
8 14 (4.59%) Infrastructure Engineer
8 14 (4.59%) Platform Engineer
9 13 (4.26%) GCP DevOps
9 13 (4.26%) GCP DevOps Engineer
10 12 (3.93%) Performance Engineer
11 11 (3.61%) Azure Engineer
11 11 (3.61%) Backend Developer
12 10 (3.28%) Java Developer
12 10 (3.28%) Tester
13 9 (2.95%) Technical Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 31 (10.16%) .NET
2 25 (8.20%) REST
3 20 (6.56%) RESTful
4 19 (6.23%) Spring Boot
5 18 (5.90%) .NET Framework
5 18 (5.90%) React
6 17 (5.57%) Spring
7 16 (5.25%) Kafka
8 14 (4.59%) Playwright
9 10 (3.28%) .NET Core
10 8 (2.62%) ATL
10 8 (2.62%) COM
10 8 (2.62%) CSS
10 8 (2.62%) GeoJSON
10 8 (2.62%) HTML
10 8 (2.62%) MFC
10 8 (2.62%) Node.js
10 8 (2.62%) RabbitMQ
11 7 (2.30%) CSS3
11 7 (2.30%) WPF
Miscellaneous
1 48 (15.74%) Cloud Native
2 18 (5.90%) Enterprise Software
2 18 (5.90%) Legacy Systems
3 12 (3.93%) Onboarding
4 8 (2.62%) Product Ownership
5 7 (2.30%) Distributed Systems
5 7 (2.30%) Public Cloud
6 6 (1.97%) Hybrid Cloud
6 6 (1.97%) Self-Motivation
7 5 (1.64%) Legacy Code
7 5 (1.64%) Management Information System
8 4 (1.31%) Data Protection Act
8 4 (1.31%) Wiki
9 3 (0.98%) EPoS
9 3 (0.98%) Legacy Applications
9 3 (0.98%) Mobile App
9 3 (0.98%) Private Cloud
9 3 (0.98%) Replication
10 2 (0.66%) Data Centre
10 2 (0.66%) Linux Command Line
Operating Systems
1 47 (15.41%) Linux
2 40 (13.11%) Windows
3 13 (4.26%) Windows Server
4 12 (3.93%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 3 (0.98%) Unix
6 2 (0.66%) Windows 10
7 1 (0.33%) CentOS
7 1 (0.33%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 141 (46.23%) CI/CD
2 102 (33.44%) Agile
3 76 (24.92%) Infrastructure as Code
4 64 (20.98%) Containerisation
5 59 (19.34%) Continuous Improvement
6 42 (13.77%) Microservices
7 41 (13.44%) Problem-Solving
8 40 (13.11%) Test Automation
9 38 (12.46%) Site Reliability Engineering
10 30 (9.84%) Stakeholder Management
11 28 (9.18%) Platform Engineering
12 27 (8.85%) Observability
13 24 (7.87%) Analytics
13 24 (7.87%) ITIL
13 24 (7.87%) Root Cause Analysis
13 24 (7.87%) Software Engineering
14 23 (7.54%) Data Modelling
14 23 (7.54%) DevSecOps
15 22 (7.21%) Deployment Automation
15 22 (7.21%) Infrastructure Engineering
Programming Languages
1 74 (24.26%) Python
2 54 (17.70%) SQL
3 38 (12.46%) Java
4 32 (10.49%) JavaScript
5 27 (8.85%) Bash
6 20 (6.56%) C#
7 17 (5.57%) PowerShell
8 14 (4.59%) TypeScript
9 13 (4.26%) Go
10 12 (3.93%) PL/SQL
11 11 (3.61%) Bicep
12 4 (1.31%) Apex Code
12 4 (1.31%) T-SQL
13 2 (0.66%) Groovy
14 1 (0.33%) C++
14 1 (0.33%) Data Analysis Expressions
14 1 (0.33%) Kotlin
14 1 (0.33%) PHP
14 1 (0.33%) Scala
14 1 (0.33%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 134 (43.93%) Security Cleared
2 103 (33.77%) SC Cleared
3 38 (12.46%) DV Cleared
4 14 (4.59%) Degree
5 10 (3.28%) AWS Certification
6 7 (2.30%) ISTQB
7 6 (1.97%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
7 6 (1.97%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
7 6 (1.97%) TOGAF Certification
8 5 (1.64%) Azure Certification
9 4 (1.31%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
10 3 (0.98%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
10 3 (0.98%) AWS Certified Developer
10 3 (0.98%) Computer Science Degree
10 3 (0.98%) Master's Degree
11 2 (0.66%) BPSS Clearance
11 2 (0.66%) Microsoft Certification
12 1 (0.33%) ITIL Certification
12 1 (0.33%) PMI Certification
12 1 (0.33%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 20 (6.56%) QA
2 13 (4.26%) Accessibility
3 12 (3.93%) WCAG
4 11 (3.61%) NCSC
5 8 (2.62%) Data Quality
6 7 (2.30%) SLA
7 6 (1.97%) GDPR
7 6 (1.97%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 3 (0.98%) PCI DSS
8 3 (0.98%) PMO
System Software
1 68 (22.30%) Docker
2 13 (4.26%) Active Directory
3 6 (1.97%) Corosync
4 3 (0.98%) Hyper-V
5 2 (0.66%) VMware Infrastructure
6 1 (0.33%) Virtual Machines
6 1 (0.33%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 110 (36.07%) Kubernetes
2 83 (27.21%) Terraform
3 37 (12.13%) Ansible
4 23 (7.54%) Prometheus
5 19 (6.23%) Grafana
6 12 (3.93%) Argo
7 7 (2.30%) Failover Clustering
7 7 (2.30%) Pacemaker
8 5 (1.64%) Single Sign-On
9 3 (0.98%) Istio
9 3 (0.98%) Nagios
10 2 (0.66%) Active Directory Federation Services
10 2 (0.66%) Docker Swarm
10 2 (0.66%) Microsoft Intune
10 2 (0.66%) Progress Chef
10 2 (0.66%) SCCM
10 2 (0.66%) VxRail
11 1 (0.33%) CASB
11 1 (0.33%) logstash
11 1 (0.33%) Puppet
Vendors
1 44 (14.43%) Microsoft
2 24 (7.87%) Google
3 14 (4.59%) Dynatrace
3 14 (4.59%) Red Hat
4 13 (4.26%) Splunk
5 12 (3.93%) Databricks
6 11 (3.61%) AppDynamics
6 11 (3.61%) New Relic
6 11 (3.61%) Oracle
7 9 (2.95%) SAP
8 7 (2.30%) Salesforce
8 7 (2.30%) VMware
9 6 (1.97%) Atlassian
9 6 (1.97%) Remedy
10 5 (1.64%) InterSystems
11 4 (1.31%) Conga
11 4 (1.31%) Dell
11 4 (1.31%) GoCardless
12 3 (0.98%) IBM
13 2 (0.66%) MuleSoft