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 30 April 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 12 27 22
Rank change year-on-year +15 -5 -13
Contract jobs citing DevOps 297 109 219
As % of all contract jobs in the South West 9.04% 6.47% 6.85%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 11.53% 7.16% 8.26%
Number of daily rates quoted 189 83 146
10th Percentile £375 £378 £400
25th Percentile £425 £461 £486
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £570 £550
Median % change year-on-year -12.28% +3.64% -8.33%
75th Percentile £588 £638 £660
90th Percentile £665 £700 £703
England median daily rate £525 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -4.55% - -8.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 8 3 19
10th Percentile £70.08 - -
25th Percentile £81.25 £66.25 £70.00
Median hourly rate £90.75 £67.50 £74.44
Median % change year-on-year +34.44% -9.32% +13.65%
75th Percentile £99.69 £75.86 £85.00
90th Percentile £102.73 £80.12 -
England median hourly rate £63.73 £67.50 £65.00
% change year-on-year -5.59% +3.85% -0.76%

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 2,577 1,522 2,651
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South West 78.45% 90.38% 82.90%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,408 969 1,695
10th Percentile £313 £235 £217
25th Percentile £412 £400 £405
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £510 £515 £525
Median % change year-on-year -0.97% -1.90% -4.37%
75th Percentile £613 £623 £625
90th Percentile £725 £688 £700
England median daily rate £508 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -3.33% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 451 145 332
10th Percentile £16.62 £18.33 £13.86
25th Percentile £25.46 £20.48 £27.44
Median hourly rate £60.00 £63.00 £50.00
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +26.00% -18.70%
75th Percentile £65.00 £68.00 £70.00
90th Percentile £70.00 £70.00 £77.50
England median hourly rate £45.00 £30.00 £35.68
% change year-on-year +50.00% -15.92% -4.85%

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 30 April 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 30 April 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 30 April 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 +6 83 £550 - 38
Wiltshire +18 77 £500 -16.67% 12
Gloucestershire +16 73 £488 -20.41% 35
Somerset +6 36 £463 -26.00% 9
Dorset +9 16 £388 +18.32% 6
Devon -18 7 £668 +27.14% 4
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 16 (5.39%) Confluence
2 11 (3.70%) Apache Spark
3 8 (2.69%) IIS
3 8 (2.69%) SharePoint
4 6 (2.02%) Apache
4 6 (2.02%) Mattermost
5 4 (1.35%) Apache Airflow
6 1 (0.34%) Oracle Workflow
Applications
1 3 (1.01%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (0.34%) InDesign
2 1 (0.34%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.34%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 1 (0.34%) Microsoft Project
2 1 (0.34%) MS Visio
2 1 (0.34%) Spreadsheet
2 1 (0.34%) Trello
Business Applications
1 7 (2.36%) Maximo
2 6 (2.02%) NEC Housing
2 6 (2.02%) Remedy ITSM
3 1 (0.34%) Primavera
3 1 (0.34%) Unit4 Business World
Cloud Services
1 142 (47.81%) Azure
2 87 (29.29%) Azure DevOps
3 82 (27.61%) AWS
4 41 (13.80%) GCP
5 32 (10.77%) GitHub
6 19 (6.40%) Serverless
7 14 (4.71%) GitHub Actions
8 13 (4.38%) Azure Monitor
8 13 (4.38%) Entra ID
9 12 (4.04%) AWS CloudFormation
9 12 (4.04%) Azure AKS
10 11 (3.70%) Amazon EKS
10 11 (3.70%) Azure Data Factory
10 11 (3.70%) SaaS
11 10 (3.37%) Azure Key Vault
11 10 (3.37%) IaaS
12 9 (3.03%) OpenShift
13 8 (2.69%) Amazon S3
13 8 (2.69%) AWS Lambda
13 8 (2.69%) Datadog
Communications & Networking
1 10 (3.37%) VPN
2 9 (3.03%) DNS
3 6 (2.02%) Firewall
4 3 (1.01%) 3GPP
4 3 (1.01%) HTTP
4 3 (1.01%) TETRA
5 2 (0.67%) DHCP
5 2 (0.67%) LAN
5 2 (0.67%) Network Security
5 2 (0.67%) WAN
6 1 (0.34%) AMQP
6 1 (0.34%) NAS
6 1 (0.34%) NGFW
6 1 (0.34%) SAN
6 1 (0.34%) SMTP
6 1 (0.34%) VXLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 12 (4.04%) PostgreSQL
2 10 (3.37%) Elasticsearch
2 10 (3.37%) NoSQL
3 8 (2.69%) Relational Database
3 8 (2.69%) SQL Server
4 6 (2.02%) Flink
4 6 (2.02%) MongoDB
5 5 (1.68%) Power BI
5 5 (1.68%) SAP HANA
6 4 (1.35%) Amazon RDS
6 4 (1.35%) Data Warehouse
6 4 (1.35%) Redis
7 3 (1.01%) Azure SQL Database
7 3 (1.01%) Big Data
7 3 (1.01%) Power Query
8 2 (0.67%) Amazon Redshift
8 2 (0.67%) Data Lake
8 2 (0.67%) Hadoop
8 2 (0.67%) Oracle Database
9 1 (0.34%) DynamoDB
Development Applications
1 30 (10.10%) JIRA
2 29 (9.76%) GitLab
3 26 (8.75%) Git
4 23 (7.74%) Jenkins
5 18 (6.06%) Oracle APEX
6 11 (3.70%) Gatling
6 11 (3.70%) JMeter
6 11 (3.70%) LoadRunner
7 4 (1.35%) Artifactory
7 4 (1.35%) IntelliJ
8 2 (0.67%) AdminStudio
8 2 (0.67%) InstallShield
8 2 (0.67%) REST Assured
8 2 (0.67%) SonarQube
8 2 (0.67%) Sonatype Nexus
9 1 (0.34%) Bitbucket
9 1 (0.34%) eggPlant
9 1 (0.34%) Postman
9 1 (0.34%) TestNG
9 1 (0.34%) webpack
General
1 71 (23.91%) Social Skills
2 18 (6.06%) Public Sector
3 17 (5.72%) Analytical Skills
3 17 (5.72%) Finance
4 8 (2.69%) Legal
5 6 (2.02%) Military
6 5 (1.68%) Aerospace
6 5 (1.68%) Documentation Skills
7 4 (1.35%) Back Office
7 4 (1.35%) Organisational Skills
8 3 (1.01%) Banking
9 2 (0.67%) Local Government
9 2 (0.67%) Telecoms
10 1 (0.34%) Marketing
10 1 (0.34%) Publishing
10 1 (0.34%) Retail
Job Titles
1 88 (29.63%) DevOps Engineer
2 48 (16.16%) Senior
3 44 (14.81%) Developer
4 20 (6.73%) GCP Engineer
5 19 (6.40%) Infrastructure Engineer
6 18 (6.06%) Senior Developer
7 17 (5.72%) Analyst
7 17 (5.72%) Data Engineer
7 17 (5.72%) Site Reliability Engineer
8 16 (5.39%) Architect
8 16 (5.39%) Site Engineer
9 15 (5.05%) Azure Engineer
9 15 (5.05%) Lead
10 12 (4.04%) Performance Engineer
11 11 (3.70%) Azure DevOps Engineer
11 11 (3.70%) Cloud Engineer
11 11 (3.70%) GCP DevOps
11 11 (3.70%) GCP DevOps Engineer
11 11 (3.70%) Java Developer
12 9 (3.03%) Backend Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 24 (8.08%) Kafka
2 19 (6.40%) .NET
3 17 (5.72%) REST
4 12 (4.04%) Spring Boot
5 11 (3.70%) .NET Framework
5 11 (3.70%) RESTful
5 11 (3.70%) Spring
6 9 (3.03%) ARM Templates
7 8 (2.69%) Keycloak
7 8 (2.69%) RabbitMQ
8 7 (2.36%) Apache NiFi
8 7 (2.36%) Playwright
8 7 (2.36%) React
9 6 (2.02%) Node.js
10 5 (1.68%) Elastic Stack
10 5 (1.68%) Flask
10 5 (1.68%) Java Concurrency
11 4 (1.35%) FastAPI
11 4 (1.35%) GraphQL
11 4 (1.35%) WebSockets
Miscellaneous
1 38 (12.79%) Cloud Native
2 15 (5.05%) Enterprise Software
2 15 (5.05%) Hybrid Cloud
2 15 (5.05%) Legacy Systems
2 15 (5.05%) Product Ownership
3 7 (2.36%) Distributed Systems
3 7 (2.36%) Public Cloud
4 5 (1.68%) Legacy Code
4 5 (1.68%) Management Information System
5 4 (1.35%) Mobile App
5 4 (1.35%) Wiki
6 3 (1.01%) EPoS
6 3 (1.01%) Legacy Applications
6 3 (1.01%) Private Cloud
6 3 (1.01%) Self-Motivation
7 2 (0.67%) Clustering
7 2 (0.67%) Distributed Computing
7 2 (0.67%) Replication
8 1 (0.34%) Data Protection Act
8 1 (0.34%) PKI
Operating Systems
1 39 (13.13%) Linux
2 30 (10.10%) Windows
3 10 (3.37%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
3 10 (3.37%) Windows Server
4 4 (1.35%) Ubuntu
5 3 (1.01%) Unix
6 2 (0.67%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 120 (40.40%) CI/CD
2 105 (35.35%) Agile
3 58 (19.53%) Containerisation
4 57 (19.19%) Infrastructure as Code
5 44 (14.81%) Continuous Improvement
6 38 (12.79%) Problem-Solving
7 33 (11.11%) Microservices
8 31 (10.44%) Scrum
9 30 (10.10%) Infrastructure Engineering
9 30 (10.10%) ITIL
10 29 (9.76%) Site Reliability Engineering
11 27 (9.09%) Analytics
12 26 (8.75%) Data Engineering
12 26 (8.75%) Service Management
13 25 (8.42%) Collaborative Working
14 22 (7.41%) Test Automation
15 21 (7.07%) Cloud Security
15 21 (7.07%) Data Pipeline
15 21 (7.07%) High Availability
15 21 (7.07%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 77 (25.93%) Python
2 67 (22.56%) SQL
3 30 (10.10%) JavaScript
4 29 (9.76%) PowerShell
5 27 (9.09%) Bash
6 25 (8.42%) Java
6 25 (8.42%) PL/SQL
7 21 (7.07%) Go
8 13 (4.38%) C#
9 12 (4.04%) Bicep
10 7 (2.36%) TypeScript
11 4 (1.35%) T-SQL
12 3 (1.01%) Data Analysis Expressions
13 2 (0.67%) Groovy
14 1 (0.34%) Apex Code
14 1 (0.34%) C
14 1 (0.34%) C++
14 1 (0.34%) PHP
14 1 (0.34%) Scala
14 1 (0.34%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 153 (51.52%) Security Cleared
2 122 (41.08%) SC Cleared
3 41 (13.80%) DV Cleared
4 18 (6.06%) Azure Certification
5 12 (4.04%) Degree
6 8 (2.69%) Microsoft Certification
7 7 (2.36%) AWS Certification
7 7 (2.36%) Computer Science Degree
8 5 (1.68%) CISM
8 5 (1.68%) CISSP
8 5 (1.68%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
8 5 (1.68%) TOGAF Certification
9 3 (1.01%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
9 3 (1.01%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
9 3 (1.01%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
9 3 (1.01%) Master's Degree
10 2 (0.67%) BPSS Clearance
10 2 (0.67%) ISTQB
10 2 (0.67%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
11 1 (0.34%) IIBA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 24 (8.08%) QA
2 11 (3.70%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 8 (2.69%) Data Quality
4 7 (2.36%) NIST
5 5 (1.68%) GDPR
5 5 (1.68%) NIST 800
6 4 (1.35%) Accessibility
6 4 (1.35%) NCSC
6 4 (1.35%) PCI DSS
6 4 (1.35%) SLA
7 2 (0.67%) PMO
7 2 (0.67%) WCAG
8 1 (0.34%) Cyber Essentials
8 1 (0.34%) JSP 440
System Software
1 63 (21.21%) Docker
2 16 (5.39%) Active Directory
3 6 (2.02%) VMware Infrastructure
4 5 (1.68%) Corosync
5 2 (0.67%) Hyper-V
6 1 (0.34%) Virtual Machines
6 1 (0.34%) VMware ESXi
6 1 (0.34%) VMware NSX
6 1 (0.34%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 108 (36.36%) Kubernetes
2 78 (26.26%) Terraform
3 40 (13.47%) Ansible
4 22 (7.41%) Prometheus
5 18 (6.06%) Grafana
6 11 (3.70%) Argo
7 5 (1.68%) Failover Clustering
7 5 (1.68%) Pacemaker
7 5 (1.68%) Packer
8 4 (1.35%) Nagios
8 4 (1.35%) Nessus
9 3 (1.01%) Single Sign-On
10 2 (0.67%) Active Directory Federation Services
10 2 (0.67%) Istio
10 2 (0.67%) Microsoft Intune
10 2 (0.67%) Progress Chef
10 2 (0.67%) SCCM
11 1 (0.34%) FortiGate
11 1 (0.34%) Kibana
11 1 (0.34%) Puppet
Vendors
1 39 (13.13%) Microsoft
2 27 (9.09%) Oracle
3 23 (7.74%) Google
4 20 (6.73%) Red Hat
5 14 (4.71%) Dynatrace
6 13 (4.38%) Splunk
6 13 (4.38%) VMware
7 12 (4.04%) Databricks
8 11 (3.70%) AppDynamics
8 11 (3.70%) New Relic
9 9 (3.03%) Atlassian
10 7 (2.36%) IBM
11 6 (2.02%) NEC
11 6 (2.02%) Remedy
11 6 (2.02%) SAP
12 4 (1.35%) Cisco
12 4 (1.35%) InterSystems
13 3 (1.01%) Salesforce
14 2 (0.67%) Dell
15 1 (0.34%) EMC