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 vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 15 September 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 18 14 16
Rank change year-on-year -4 +2 -5
Contract jobs citing DevOps 134 254 307
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South West 6.89% 9.61% 9.38%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 7.63% 11.49% 10.76%
Number of daily rates quoted 105 153 235
10th Percentile £341 £456 £409
25th Percentile £447 £513 £503
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £575 £600
Median % change year-on-year -8.70% -4.17% +8.21%
75th Percentile £638 £664 £701
90th Percentile £698 £701 £749
England median daily rate £525 £550 £580
% change year-on-year -4.55% -5.17% -3.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 40 31
10th Percentile - - £35.00
25th Percentile £85.00 - £65.00
Median hourly rate £90.00 £70.00 £78.00
Median % change year-on-year +28.57% -10.26% +19.08%
75th Percentile £95.00 £74.11 -
90th Percentile - £85.00 £81.25
England median hourly rate £67.00 £70.00 £65.00
% change year-on-year -4.29% +7.69% -0.92%

All Process and 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 1,757 2,211 2,852
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South West 90.33% 83.62% 87.16%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,011 1,333 1,971
10th Percentile £220 £276 £312
25th Percentile £372 £425 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% -4.55% +4.76%
75th Percentile £624 £638 £650
90th Percentile £706 £701 £725
England median daily rate £508 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -3.33% -4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 235 216 259
10th Percentile £14.90 £16.56 £20.20
25th Percentile £18.51 £49.50 £44.25
Median hourly rate £25.15 £68.75 £64.15
Median % change year-on-year -63.42% +7.18% +11.56%
75th Percentile £61.88 £72.50 £75.25
90th Percentile £69.50 £75.00 £83.40
England median hourly rate £25.15 £43.00 £43.54
% change year-on-year -41.51% -1.24% +50.14%

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
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 15 September 2025.

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
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 15 September 2025. 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 -7 58 £505 -4.54% 57
Gloucestershire -12 27 £644 +7.29% 59
Wiltshire +5 22 £594 +0.64% 11
Dorset +4 10 £463 -25.40% 10
Devon -9 10 £520 -19.07% 14
Somerset - 5 £450 - 16
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 7 (5.22%) Apache
2 6 (4.48%) Confluence
3 3 (2.24%) Microsoft Exchange
3 3 (2.24%) SharePoint
4 1 (0.75%) Apache Airflow
4 1 (0.75%) Apache Spark
4 1 (0.75%) nginx
4 1 (0.75%) Tomcat
Applications
1 1 (0.75%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 2 (1.49%) Maximo
2 1 (0.75%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 68 (50.75%) Azure
2 49 (36.57%) AWS
3 33 (24.63%) Azure DevOps
4 21 (15.67%) GitHub
5 12 (8.96%) GCP
6 9 (6.72%) Serverless
7 8 (5.97%) Amazon EC2
8 6 (4.48%) Amazon S3
8 6 (4.48%) OpenShift
9 5 (3.73%) Entra ID
9 5 (3.73%) GitHub Actions
10 4 (2.99%) Amazon CloudWatch
10 4 (2.99%) AWS CloudFormation
10 4 (2.99%) AWS Lambda
10 4 (2.99%) Azure Cosmos DB
10 4 (2.99%) Azure Logic Apps
10 4 (2.99%) Azure Service Bus
10 4 (2.99%) Microsoft 365
11 3 (2.24%) Azure AKS
11 3 (2.24%) Cloud Computing
Communications & Networking
1 6 (4.48%) Firewall
2 5 (3.73%) DNS
3 4 (2.99%) Network Security
4 3 (2.24%) SSL
4 3 (2.24%) TCP/IP
4 3 (2.24%) VPN
5 2 (1.49%) WAAS
6 1 (0.75%) Cisco Nexus
6 1 (0.75%) SAN
6 1 (0.75%) Software-Defined Networking
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (3.73%) SQL Server
2 4 (2.99%) NoSQL
3 3 (2.24%) Amazon RDS
3 3 (2.24%) Oracle Database
4 2 (1.49%) Azure SQL Database
4 2 (1.49%) DynamoDB
4 2 (1.49%) Elasticsearch
4 2 (1.49%) MySQL
4 2 (1.49%) Oracle Database 12c
4 2 (1.49%) PostgreSQL
4 2 (1.49%) Redis
4 2 (1.49%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 1 (0.75%) Big Data
5 1 (0.75%) Data Warehouse
5 1 (0.75%) Hadoop
5 1 (0.75%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 23 (17.16%) GitLab
2 20 (14.93%) Jenkins
3 19 (14.18%) Git
4 16 (11.94%) JIRA
5 9 (6.72%) SonarQube
6 7 (5.22%) Cypress.io
7 5 (3.73%) Cucumber
8 4 (2.99%) MSI
9 3 (2.24%) Artifactory
9 3 (2.24%) Bitbucket
9 3 (2.24%) Oracle APEX
10 2 (1.49%) AdminStudio
10 2 (1.49%) InstallShield
10 2 (1.49%) Visual Studio
11 1 (0.75%) Atlassian Bamboo
11 1 (0.75%) JMeter
11 1 (0.75%) JUnit
11 1 (0.75%) LoadRunner
11 1 (0.75%) Oracle Forms
11 1 (0.75%) Selenium
General
1 35 (26.12%) Social Skills
2 22 (16.42%) Public Sector
3 18 (13.43%) Finance
4 7 (5.22%) Telecoms
5 6 (4.48%) Analytical Skills
6 5 (3.73%) Aerospace
6 5 (3.73%) Electronics
6 5 (3.73%) Manufacturing
6 5 (3.73%) Marketing
7 4 (2.99%) Financial Institution
8 3 (2.24%) Documentation Skills
9 2 (1.49%) Law
9 2 (1.49%) Military
10 1 (0.75%) Banking
10 1 (0.75%) Inclusion and Diversity
Job Titles
1 31 (23.13%) Developer
2 22 (16.42%) DevOps Engineer
3 13 (9.70%) Lead
3 13 (9.70%) Senior
4 12 (8.96%) Architect
5 9 (6.72%) Senior Developer
6 8 (5.97%) AWS Engineer
7 7 (5.22%) Analyst
7 7 (5.22%) DevSecOps Engineer
8 6 (4.48%) Test Leader
9 5 (3.73%) Azure Developer
9 5 (3.73%) C# Developer
9 5 (3.73%) Cloud Architect
9 5 (3.73%) Test Analyst
10 4 (2.99%) Administrator
10 4 (2.99%) DBA
10 4 (2.99%) Junior
10 4 (2.99%) Python Developer
10 4 (2.99%) Software Developer
10 4 (2.99%) Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 10 (7.46%) .NET
2 9 (6.72%) FastAPI
2 9 (6.72%) React
2 9 (6.72%) REST
3 8 (5.97%) ARM Templates
3 8 (5.97%) Elastic Stack
3 8 (5.97%) Node.js
4 7 (5.22%) OpenID
4 7 (5.22%) YAML
5 6 (4.48%) RESTful
6 5 (3.73%) XML
7 4 (2.99%) JSON
7 4 (2.99%) Spring Boot
8 3 (2.24%) .NET Core
8 3 (2.24%) Apache NiFi
8 3 (2.24%) AWS CDK
8 3 (2.24%) GraphQL
8 3 (2.24%) HTML
8 3 (2.24%) Next.js
8 3 (2.24%) Spring
Miscellaneous
1 13 (9.70%) Cloud Native
2 11 (8.21%) Onboarding
3 7 (5.22%) Product Ownership
4 6 (4.48%) Data Centre
5 3 (2.24%) Distributed Systems
5 3 (2.24%) Hybrid Cloud
5 3 (2.24%) Legacy Systems
5 3 (2.24%) Management Information System
6 2 (1.49%) Analytical Mindset
6 2 (1.49%) Enterprise Software
6 2 (1.49%) FPGA
6 2 (1.49%) Legacy Applications
6 2 (1.49%) Linux Command Line
6 2 (1.49%) Operational Technology
6 2 (1.49%) Replication
6 2 (1.49%) Self-Motivation
6 2 (1.49%) Verilog
6 2 (1.49%) VHDL
7 1 (0.75%) CUDA
7 1 (0.75%) Raspberry Pi
Operating Systems
1 26 (19.40%) Linux
2 24 (17.91%) Windows
3 6 (4.48%) Unix
3 6 (4.48%) Windows 10
4 2 (1.49%) Android
4 2 (1.49%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 1 (0.75%) Apple iOS
5 1 (0.75%) CentOS
5 1 (0.75%) Mac OS
5 1 (0.75%) Robot Operating System
5 1 (0.75%) Ubuntu
5 1 (0.75%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 72 (53.73%) CI/CD
2 55 (41.04%) Agile
3 40 (29.85%) Infrastructure as Code
4 28 (20.90%) Containerisation
5 25 (18.66%) Migration
6 22 (16.42%) Problem-Solving
7 18 (13.43%) Test Automation
8 15 (11.19%) Mentoring
9 14 (10.45%) DevSecOps
10 12 (8.96%) Validation
11 11 (8.21%) Software Engineering
12 10 (7.46%) Continuous Improvement
12 10 (7.46%) Microservices
12 10 (7.46%) Scrum
12 10 (7.46%) Software Testing
12 10 (7.46%) Technical Leadership
12 10 (7.46%) User Acceptance Testing
13 9 (6.72%) Disaster Recovery
13 9 (6.72%) High Availability
13 9 (6.72%) SDLC
Programming Languages
1 40 (29.85%) Python
2 23 (17.16%) PowerShell
3 20 (14.93%) C#
4 16 (11.94%) Bash
4 16 (11.94%) SQL
5 15 (11.19%) JavaScript
6 12 (8.96%) Java
7 10 (7.46%) TypeScript
8 5 (3.73%) PL/SQL
9 4 (2.99%) Bicep
10 3 (2.24%) C++
10 3 (2.24%) VBScript
11 2 (1.49%) C
11 2 (1.49%) Go
11 2 (1.49%) Perl
11 2 (1.49%) PHP
11 2 (1.49%) T-SQL
12 1 (0.75%) Apex Code
12 1 (0.75%) Shell Script
12 1 (0.75%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 76 (56.72%) Security Cleared
2 55 (41.04%) SC Cleared
3 29 (21.64%) DV Cleared
4 8 (5.97%) AWS Certification
4 8 (5.97%) Azure Certification
5 7 (5.22%) Microsoft Certification
6 6 (4.48%) Degree
7 5 (3.73%) BPSS Clearance
8 4 (2.99%) MCSA
9 3 (2.24%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
9 3 (2.24%) Computer Science Degree
9 3 (2.24%) MCSE
10 2 (1.49%) CISSP
10 2 (1.49%) ISTQB
10 2 (1.49%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
10 2 (1.49%) OCA
10 2 (1.49%) OCP
10 2 (1.49%) Oracle Certification
11 1 (0.75%) MCITP
11 1 (0.75%) MCTS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (7.46%) QA
2 6 (4.48%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 6 (4.48%) NCSC
3 5 (3.73%) GDPR
3 5 (3.73%) NIST
4 1 (0.75%) Cyber Essentials
4 1 (0.75%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
4 1 (0.75%) ISO 20022
4 1 (0.75%) PMO
System Software
1 33 (24.63%) Docker
2 10 (7.46%) Active Directory
3 6 (4.48%) VMware Infrastructure
4 5 (3.73%) Virtual Machines
5 4 (2.99%) Virtual Desktop
6 3 (2.24%) Microsoft App-V
7 2 (1.49%) Oracle RAC
8 1 (0.75%) Hyper-V
8 1 (0.75%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 48 (35.82%) Terraform
2 37 (27.61%) Kubernetes
3 20 (14.93%) Ansible
4 13 (9.70%) Grafana
5 12 (8.96%) Prometheus
5 12 (8.96%) Puppet
6 7 (5.22%) MIIS
7 6 (4.48%) SCCM
8 3 (2.24%) Single Sign-On
9 2 (1.49%) Data Guard
9 2 (1.49%) Kibana
9 2 (1.49%) Microsoft Intune
9 2 (1.49%) Oracle RMAN
10 1 (0.75%) Active Directory Federation Services
10 1 (0.75%) Dell DRAC
10 1 (0.75%) HAProxy
10 1 (0.75%) HP ALM
10 1 (0.75%) Nessus
10 1 (0.75%) Packer
10 1 (0.75%) Rancher
Vendors
1 25 (18.66%) Microsoft
2 9 (6.72%) VMware
3 7 (5.22%) Oracle
3 7 (5.22%) Splunk
4 5 (3.73%) Red Hat
4 5 (3.73%) SAP
5 4 (2.99%) NetApp
6 3 (2.24%) Cisco
6 3 (2.24%) HP
6 3 (2.24%) Salesforce
7 2 (1.49%) CheckPoint
7 2 (1.49%) F5
7 2 (1.49%) IBM
7 2 (1.49%) Palo Alto
7 2 (1.49%) ServiceNow
8 1 (0.75%) Dynatrace
8 1 (0.75%) New Relic
8 1 (0.75%) NVIDIA
8 1 (0.75%) Okta
8 1 (0.75%) Rapid7