DevOps Contracts in the South West

DevOps
England > South West

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the South West with a requirement for DevOps skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited DevOps over the 6 months to 27 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
27 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 22 9 11
Rank change year-on-year -13 +2 +3
Contract jobs citing DevOps 215 525 403
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South West 6.79% 14.42% 10.81%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 8.20% 16.10% 12.22%
Number of daily rates quoted 144 396 278
10th Percentile £397 £413 £412
25th Percentile £481 £513 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £600 £530
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +13.21% +6.00%
75th Percentile £666 £675 £625
90th Percentile £704 £725 £666
England median daily rate £550 £600 £600
% change year-on-year -8.33% - +15.94%
Number of hourly rates quoted 17 59 24
10th Percentile - £58.75 £42.00
25th Percentile £70.00 £60.91 £48.88
Median hourly rate £75.00 £65.50 £63.60
Median % change year-on-year +14.50% +2.99% +41.33%
75th Percentile £85.00 £70.30 £65.00
90th Percentile - £76.00 -
England median hourly rate £65.00 £65.50 £54.00
% change year-on-year -0.76% +21.30% +16.13%

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 contract job vacancies advertised in the South West with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 2,623 3,261 3,299
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South West 82.82% 89.56% 88.49%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,685 2,401 2,333
10th Percentile £220 £313 £300
25th Percentile £405 £425 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £549 £500
Median % change year-on-year -4.37% +9.80% +7.53%
75th Percentile £625 £644 £589
90th Percentile £700 £719 £670
England median daily rate £525 £550 £538
% change year-on-year -4.55% +2.33% +9.69%
Number of hourly rates quoted 325 341 196
10th Percentile £13.86 £9.80 £15.90
25th Percentile £26.75 £17.50 £20.00
Median hourly rate £48.00 £61.50 £48.75
Median % change year-on-year -21.95% +26.16% +8.33%
75th Percentile £70.00 £70.30 £65.00
90th Percentile £77.50 £83.40 £70.54
England median hourly rate £35.50 £37.50 £24.35
% change year-on-year -5.33% +54.00% +1.46%

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
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the South West

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

Daily rate trend for DevOps in the South West

DevOps
Daily Rate Histogram in the South West

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing DevOps in the South West over the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for DevOps in the South West

DevOps
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the South West

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

Hourly rate trend for DevOps in the South West

DevOps
Hourly Rate Histogram in the South West

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing DevOps in the South West over the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

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 27 April 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
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Bristol -9 76 £525 -4.55% 82
Gloucestershire -1 64 £600 - 28
Wiltshire -50 34 £550 -10.20% 14
Dorset +14 13 £550 +7.32% 6
Somerset -12 10 £413 -34.00% 13
Devon -22 9 £556 +1.13% 17
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 10 (4.65%) SharePoint
2 6 (2.79%) Confluence
3 5 (2.33%) Microsoft Exchange
3 5 (2.33%) nginx
4 4 (1.86%) Apache
4 4 (1.86%) Apache Solr
5 2 (0.93%) ArcGIS
6 1 (0.47%) CMS
6 1 (0.47%) Drupal
6 1 (0.47%) IIS
6 1 (0.47%) OpenStack
6 1 (0.47%) SharePoint Server
6 1 (0.47%) Umbraco
6 1 (0.47%) WordPress
Applications
1 1 (0.47%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (0.47%) Microsoft Office
1 1 (0.47%) PlantUML
Business Applications
1 4 (1.86%) Dynamics CRM
1 4 (1.86%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
2 2 (0.93%) Teamcenter
3 1 (0.47%) Dynamics AX
Cloud Services
1 85 (39.53%) Azure
2 67 (31.16%) AWS
3 55 (25.58%) Azure DevOps
4 20 (9.30%) GCP
5 13 (6.05%) Serverless
6 12 (5.58%) GitHub
6 12 (5.58%) OpenShift
7 10 (4.65%) Microsoft 365
8 9 (4.19%) Amazon S3
8 9 (4.19%) AWS Lambda
8 9 (4.19%) Power Platform
9 7 (3.26%) Amazon EC2
9 7 (3.26%) AWS CloudFormation
10 5 (2.33%) Dynamics 365
11 4 (1.86%) Azure AKS
11 4 (1.86%) GitHub Actions
11 4 (1.86%) PaaS
12 3 (1.40%) AWS CodeCommit
12 3 (1.40%) AWS Step Functions
12 3 (1.40%) Azure Service Bus
Communications & Networking
1 9 (4.19%) VPN
2 8 (3.72%) Firewall
3 5 (2.33%) DNS
3 5 (2.33%) HTTP
4 4 (1.86%) AMQP
4 4 (1.86%) HTTPS
4 4 (1.86%) IPsec
4 4 (1.86%) Network Security
4 4 (1.86%) SAN
4 4 (1.86%) TCP/IP
4 4 (1.86%) WAN
5 2 (0.93%) IPv4
5 2 (0.93%) OSPF
5 2 (0.93%) VLAN
6 1 (0.47%) Internet
6 1 (0.47%) Intranet
6 1 (0.47%) Software-Defined Networking
6 1 (0.47%) VSAN
6 1 (0.47%) WAAS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 22 (10.23%) SQL Server
2 11 (5.12%) PostgreSQL
3 8 (3.72%) NoSQL
3 8 (3.72%) Power BI
4 7 (3.26%) Amazon RDS
5 5 (2.33%) MySQL
5 5 (2.33%) SQLite
6 4 (1.86%) Amazon Aurora
6 4 (1.86%) Biml
6 4 (1.86%) Couchbase
6 4 (1.86%) InfluxDB
6 4 (1.86%) Relational Database
6 4 (1.86%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 4 (1.86%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 3 (1.40%) Amazon Athena
7 3 (1.40%) Data Warehouse
7 3 (1.40%) GIS
8 2 (0.93%) Azure SQL Database
8 2 (0.93%) Data Lake
8 2 (0.93%) Elasticsearch
Development Applications
1 31 (14.42%) Jenkins
2 18 (8.37%) Git
3 17 (7.91%) JIRA
4 13 (6.05%) SonarQube
5 11 (5.12%) GitLab
6 9 (4.19%) Artifactory
7 6 (2.79%) GoogleTest
8 5 (2.33%) Checkstyle
8 5 (2.33%) Postman
8 5 (2.33%) Spinnaker
8 5 (2.33%) Visual Studio
9 4 (1.86%) Bitbucket
9 4 (1.86%) Cypress.io
9 4 (1.86%) NUnit
10 2 (0.93%) Octopus Deploy
10 2 (0.93%) Snyk
10 2 (0.93%) Team Foundation Server
10 2 (0.93%) TeamCity
11 1 (0.47%) Atlassian Bamboo
11 1 (0.47%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 20 (9.30%) Social Skills
2 19 (8.84%) Finance
3 14 (6.51%) Public Sector
4 11 (5.12%) Telecoms
5 10 (4.65%) Legal
6 6 (2.79%) Analytical Skills
6 6 (2.79%) Manufacturing
7 4 (1.86%) Electronics
7 4 (1.86%) German Language
7 4 (1.86%) Marketing
8 3 (1.40%) Retail
9 2 (0.93%) Influencing Skills
9 2 (0.93%) Tech for Good
10 1 (0.47%) Banking
10 1 (0.47%) General Ledger
10 1 (0.47%) Health Technology
10 1 (0.47%) Law
10 1 (0.47%) Organisational Skills
10 1 (0.47%) Presentation Skills
10 1 (0.47%) Public Speaking
Job Titles
1 54 (25.12%) DevOps Engineer
2 43 (20.00%) Architect
3 37 (17.21%) Developer
4 25 (11.63%) Senior
5 18 (8.37%) Software Engineer
6 15 (6.98%) Full Stack Developer
7 11 (5.12%) Solutions Architect
8 10 (4.65%) AWS Engineer
9 8 (3.72%) Azure Engineer
10 7 (3.26%) Consultant
10 7 (3.26%) SharePoint Architect
11 6 (2.79%) Administrator
11 6 (2.79%) Database Engineer
11 6 (2.79%) Java Engineer
11 6 (2.79%) Java Software Engineer
11 6 (2.79%) Lead
11 6 (2.79%) Senior Database Engineer
11 6 (2.79%) Site Reliability Engineer
12 5 (2.33%) Data Engineer
12 5 (2.33%) Senior DevOps
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 30 (13.95%) .NET
2 18 (8.37%) AngularJS
3 16 (7.44%) React
3 16 (7.44%) REST
4 13 (6.05%) Spring
4 13 (6.05%) YAML
5 11 (5.12%) XML
6 10 (4.65%) JSON
6 10 (4.65%) RabbitMQ
7 9 (4.19%) .NET Core
8 7 (3.26%) RESTful
9 6 (2.79%) Qt
10 5 (2.33%) .NET Framework
10 5 (2.33%) Apache NiFi
10 5 (2.33%) Blazor
11 4 (1.86%) jQuery
11 4 (1.86%) LEMP Stack
11 4 (1.86%) PySpark
12 3 (1.40%) ASP.NET
12 3 (1.40%) CSS
Miscellaneous
1 16 (7.44%) Cloud Native
2 11 (5.12%) Product Ownership
3 10 (4.65%) Public Cloud
4 8 (3.72%) Linux Command Line
5 6 (2.79%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
6 5 (2.33%) Management Information System
6 5 (2.33%) Verilog
6 5 (2.33%) VHDL
7 3 (1.40%) Security Posture
8 2 (0.93%) Data Structures
8 2 (0.93%) Distributed Systems
8 2 (0.93%) Hybrid Cloud
8 2 (0.93%) IoT
8 2 (0.93%) Self-Motivation
9 1 (0.47%) Algorithms
9 1 (0.47%) Data Centre
9 1 (0.47%) Enterprise Cloud
9 1 (0.47%) Greenfield Project
9 1 (0.47%) Private Cloud
9 1 (0.47%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 43 (20.00%) Linux
2 22 (10.23%) Windows
3 5 (2.33%) CentOS
4 4 (1.86%) Windows Server
5 2 (0.93%) Unix
6 1 (0.47%) Apple iOS
6 1 (0.47%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 1 (0.47%) Solaris
6 1 (0.47%) Ubuntu
6 1 (0.47%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 95 (44.19%) Agile
2 62 (28.84%) CI/CD
3 30 (13.95%) Infrastructure as Code
3 30 (13.95%) Software Engineering
4 28 (13.02%) Migration
5 24 (11.16%) Problem-Solving
6 22 (10.23%) Project Management
7 21 (9.77%) OO
7 21 (9.77%) Software Architecture
8 20 (9.30%) Programme Management
9 17 (7.91%) Full Stack Development
9 17 (7.91%) SDLC
9 17 (7.91%) Software Delivery
10 16 (7.44%) Test Automation
11 15 (6.98%) Configuration Management
11 15 (6.98%) Customer Requirements
11 15 (6.98%) Microservices
11 15 (6.98%) OOP
11 15 (6.98%) Project Delivery
11 15 (6.98%) Unit Testing
Programming Languages
1 62 (28.84%) Python
2 39 (18.14%) Java
3 37 (17.21%) C
4 33 (15.35%) SQL
5 31 (14.42%) C#
6 27 (12.56%) PowerShell
7 17 (7.91%) JavaScript
8 15 (6.98%) Go
9 14 (6.51%) C++
10 12 (5.58%) Bash
11 10 (4.65%) TypeScript
12 5 (2.33%) Bicep
12 5 (2.33%) PHP
12 5 (2.33%) Shell Script
13 1 (0.47%) Objective-C
13 1 (0.47%) Perl
13 1 (0.47%) Ruby
13 1 (0.47%) Swift
Qualifications
1 120 (55.81%) Security Cleared
2 71 (33.02%) DV Cleared
3 50 (23.26%) SC Cleared
4 15 (6.98%) Degree
5 5 (2.33%) AWS Certification
6 2 (0.93%) Azure Certification
6 2 (0.93%) BPSS Clearance
6 2 (0.93%) HND
7 1 (0.47%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
7 1 (0.47%) Computer Science Degree
7 1 (0.47%) CREST Certified
7 1 (0.47%) GIAC
7 1 (0.47%) Master's Degree
7 1 (0.47%) Microsoft Certification
7 1 (0.47%) OSCP
7 1 (0.47%) PhD
7 1 (0.47%) RHCE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 27 (12.56%) QA
2 6 (2.79%) MISRA
2 6 (2.79%) NCSC
2 6 (2.79%) NIST
3 5 (2.33%) Data Quality
3 5 (2.33%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 4 (1.86%) Accessibility
4 4 (1.86%) GDPR
4 4 (1.86%) HIPAA
5 2 (0.93%) RMADS
6 1 (0.47%) Government Security Classifications
6 1 (0.47%) PCI DSS
6 1 (0.47%) WCAG
System Software
1 46 (21.40%) Docker
2 9 (4.19%) VMware Infrastructure
3 8 (3.72%) VMware NSX
4 7 (3.26%) Active Directory
5 4 (1.86%) VMware ESXi
6 3 (1.40%) Hyper-V
7 1 (0.47%) NFS
Systems Management
1 67 (31.16%) Terraform
2 52 (24.19%) Ansible
3 51 (23.72%) Kubernetes
4 15 (6.98%) Grafana
4 15 (6.98%) Prometheus
5 8 (3.72%) Docker Swarm
6 7 (3.26%) Puppet
7 6 (2.79%) Istio
8 5 (2.33%) Progress Chef
9 2 (0.93%) Argo
9 2 (0.93%) OPNET
9 2 (0.93%) vRealize
10 1 (0.47%) Active Directory Federation Services
10 1 (0.47%) Dell DRAC
10 1 (0.47%) Packer
10 1 (0.47%) PowerCLI
10 1 (0.47%) SCCM
10 1 (0.47%) SCOM
10 1 (0.47%) SELinux
10 1 (0.47%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 39 (18.14%) Microsoft
2 16 (7.44%) VMware
3 12 (5.58%) Google
4 7 (3.26%) Red Hat
5 5 (2.33%) Salesforce
5 5 (2.33%) SAP
6 4 (1.86%) Atlassian
6 4 (1.86%) CyberArk
6 4 (1.86%) Sparx
7 3 (1.40%) Oracle
8 2 (0.93%) Mapbox
9 1 (0.47%) AppDynamics
9 1 (0.47%) Citrix
9 1 (0.47%) Databricks
9 1 (0.47%) Dell
9 1 (0.47%) Dynatrace
9 1 (0.47%) HP
9 1 (0.47%) IBM
9 1 (0.47%) Xamarin