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 18 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 13 16 19
Rank change year-on-year +3 +3 -8
Contract jobs citing DevOps 216 217 247
As % of all contract jobs in the South West 9.81% 9.13% 7.89%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 11.24% 10.73% 9.04%
Number of daily rates quoted 179 131 186
10th Percentile £396 £450 £456
25th Percentile £450 £500 £510
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £538 £600 £600
Median % change year-on-year -10.42% - +4.44%
75th Percentile £644 £685 £700
90th Percentile £700 £734 £746
England median daily rate £525 £575 £575
% change year-on-year -8.70% - -4.17%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 17 17
10th Percentile - - £35.00
25th Percentile £85.00 - £65.00
Median hourly rate £91.25 £70.00 £78.00
Median % change year-on-year +30.36% -10.26% +18.89%
75th Percentile £95.00 - -
90th Percentile - £74.00 £82.75
England median hourly rate £58.50 £70.00 £65.00
% change year-on-year -16.43% +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 1,921 2,023 2,732
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South West 87.28% 85.14% 87.23%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,129 1,205 1,837
10th Percentile £230 £313 £300
25th Percentile £400 £425 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year - -4.55% +4.76%
75th Percentile £630 £649 £650
90th Percentile £725 £738 £719
England median daily rate £505 £525 £545
% change year-on-year -3.81% -3.67% -0.91%
Number of hourly rates quoted 286 145 282
10th Percentile £15.25 £14.84 £20.03
25th Percentile £18.87 £33.00 £45.00
Median hourly rate £25.15 £65.00 £60.00
Median % change year-on-year -61.31% +8.33% -7.69%
75th Percentile £64.31 £70.25 £70.00
90th Percentile £67.25 £74.26 £83.40
England median hourly rate £25.15 £37.50 £45.00
% change year-on-year -32.93% -16.67% +28.57%

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 18 November 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 18 November 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
Gloucestershire -1 84 £475 -22.45% 57
Bristol -3 55 £531 +1.19% 80
Wiltshire +3 43 £588 -0.42% 32
Dorset - 14 £538 - 17
Somerset +5 11 £488 -15.22% 20
Devon -14 7 £520 -23.53% 10
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 19 (8.80%) Confluence
2 7 (3.24%) Apache
3 6 (2.78%) SharePoint
4 3 (1.39%) Microsoft Exchange
5 1 (0.46%) Apache Airflow
5 1 (0.46%) Apache Spark
Applications
1 2 (0.93%) Microsoft Project
2 1 (0.46%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (0.46%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 2 (0.93%) Maximo
1 2 (0.93%) Primavera
2 1 (0.46%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 124 (57.41%) Azure
2 74 (34.26%) Azure DevOps
3 63 (29.17%) AWS
4 48 (22.22%) GitHub
5 16 (7.41%) GCP
5 16 (7.41%) Serverless
6 13 (6.02%) GitHub Actions
7 11 (5.09%) Entra ID
8 10 (4.63%) Azure Data Factory
8 10 (4.63%) Azure Key Vault
9 9 (4.17%) Amazon EC2
9 9 (4.17%) AWS CloudFormation
10 7 (3.24%) OpenShift
11 6 (2.78%) Amazon S3
11 6 (2.78%) Azure Monitor
11 6 (2.78%) Microsoft 365
12 5 (2.31%) Azure AKS
12 5 (2.31%) Azure Logic Apps
12 5 (2.31%) Cloud Computing
12 5 (2.31%) IaaS
Communications & Networking
1 6 (2.78%) Network Security
2 5 (2.31%) Firewall
3 4 (1.85%) TCP/IP
4 3 (1.39%) DNS
4 3 (1.39%) SSL
4 3 (1.39%) VPN
5 2 (0.93%) SAN
5 2 (0.93%) WAAS
6 1 (0.46%) Cisco Nexus
6 1 (0.46%) DHCP
6 1 (0.46%) NAS
6 1 (0.46%) NGFW
6 1 (0.46%) SD-WAN
6 1 (0.46%) Software-Defined Networking
6 1 (0.46%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 19 (8.80%) PostgreSQL
2 10 (4.63%) Elasticsearch
3 7 (3.24%) Redis
4 6 (2.78%) SQL Server
5 4 (1.85%) Amazon RDS
5 4 (1.85%) Metadata
5 4 (1.85%) NoSQL
6 3 (1.39%) DynamoDB
6 3 (1.39%) Oracle Database
7 2 (0.93%) Azure SQL Database
7 2 (0.93%) Big Data
7 2 (0.93%) Data Warehouse
7 2 (0.93%) Hadoop
7 2 (0.93%) Oracle Database 12c
7 2 (0.93%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 1 (0.46%) Apache Hive
8 1 (0.46%) MongoDB
8 1 (0.46%) MySQL
8 1 (0.46%) Power BI
8 1 (0.46%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 33 (15.28%) GitLab
2 32 (14.81%) JIRA
3 30 (13.89%) Oracle APEX
4 26 (12.04%) Git
5 23 (10.65%) Jenkins
6 17 (7.87%) SonarQube
7 8 (3.70%) Artifactory
8 5 (2.31%) MSI
9 3 (1.39%) Bitbucket
9 3 (1.39%) Cypress.io
9 3 (1.39%) Maven
9 3 (1.39%) Sonatype Nexus
10 2 (0.93%) AdminStudio
10 2 (0.93%) InstallShield
10 2 (0.93%) Visual Studio
11 1 (0.46%) Appium
11 1 (0.46%) JUnit
11 1 (0.46%) Oracle Forms
11 1 (0.46%) Selenium
11 1 (0.46%) webpack
General
1 75 (34.72%) Social Skills
2 23 (10.65%) Public Sector
3 16 (7.41%) Finance
4 9 (4.17%) Analytical Skills
5 7 (3.24%) Telecoms
6 6 (2.78%) Aerospace
7 4 (1.85%) Financial Institution
8 3 (1.39%) Documentation Skills
9 2 (0.93%) Electronics
9 2 (0.93%) Law
9 2 (0.93%) Manufacturing
9 2 (0.93%) Marketing
10 1 (0.46%) Banking
10 1 (0.46%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 1 (0.46%) Military
Job Titles
1 64 (29.63%) Developer
2 56 (25.93%) Senior
3 38 (17.59%) Senior Developer
4 25 (11.57%) DevOps Engineer
5 16 (7.41%) Architect
6 12 (5.56%) DevSecOps Engineer
7 10 (4.63%) Analyst
7 10 (4.63%) Consultant
8 9 (4.17%) Backend Developer
8 9 (4.17%) Data Engineer
8 9 (4.17%) Python Developer
9 8 (3.70%) AWS Engineer
9 8 (3.70%) Lead
9 8 (3.70%) Senior Data Engineer
10 7 (3.24%) Platform Engineer
10 7 (3.24%) Software Developer
11 6 (2.78%) Solutions Architect
12 5 (2.31%) Cloud Architect
12 5 (2.31%) Infrastructure Engineer
12 5 (2.31%) Test Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 34 (15.74%) REST
2 14 (6.48%) Node.js
2 14 (6.48%) YAML
3 13 (6.02%) React
4 12 (5.56%) ARM Templates
5 9 (4.17%) .NET
5 9 (4.17%) HTML
5 9 (4.17%) Kafka
6 8 (3.70%) CSS
6 8 (3.70%) GraphQL
6 8 (3.70%) Keycloak
6 8 (3.70%) RESTful
7 7 (3.24%) AngularJS
7 7 (3.24%) FastAPI
7 7 (3.24%) Flask
7 7 (3.24%) gRPC
7 7 (3.24%) JSON
7 7 (3.24%) Spring
7 7 (3.24%) WebSockets
7 7 (3.24%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 28 (12.96%) Cloud Native
2 12 (5.56%) Hybrid Cloud
3 9 (4.17%) Product Ownership
4 7 (3.24%) Legacy Systems
5 6 (2.78%) Onboarding
6 5 (2.31%) Data Centre
7 4 (1.85%) Public Cloud
8 3 (1.39%) CMDB
8 3 (1.39%) Operational Technology
8 3 (1.39%) Replication
8 3 (1.39%) Security Posture
9 2 (0.93%) Analytical Mindset
9 2 (0.93%) Distributed Systems
9 2 (0.93%) FPGA
9 2 (0.93%) Legacy Applications
9 2 (0.93%) Management Information System
9 2 (0.93%) Self-Motivation
9 2 (0.93%) Verilog
9 2 (0.93%) VHDL
9 2 (0.93%) Wiki
Operating Systems
1 35 (16.20%) Windows
2 22 (10.19%) Linux
3 7 (3.24%) Windows 10
4 6 (2.78%) Unix
5 2 (0.93%) Android
5 2 (0.93%) Ubuntu
5 2 (0.93%) Windows Server
5 2 (0.93%) Windows Server 2016
6 1 (0.46%) Apple iOS
6 1 (0.46%) Mac OS
6 1 (0.46%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 1 (0.46%) Robot Operating System
Processes & Methodologies
1 114 (52.78%) Agile
2 101 (46.76%) CI/CD
3 59 (27.31%) Infrastructure as Code
4 50 (23.15%) Containerisation
5 48 (22.22%) Scrum
6 38 (17.59%) Problem-Solving
6 38 (17.59%) Validation
7 31 (14.35%) Collaborative Working
8 30 (13.89%) Software Delivery
9 27 (12.50%) Migration
9 27 (12.50%) Requirements Analysis
9 27 (12.50%) Web Application Development
10 25 (11.57%) Microservices
11 24 (11.11%) ITIL
12 23 (10.65%) DevSecOps
12 23 (10.65%) Test Automation
13 18 (8.33%) Continuous Improvement
13 18 (8.33%) ITSM
13 18 (8.33%) Platform Engineering
13 18 (8.33%) User Experience
Programming Languages
1 69 (31.94%) Python
2 49 (22.69%) PowerShell
3 48 (22.22%) JavaScript
4 46 (21.30%) SQL
5 32 (14.81%) PL/SQL
6 20 (9.26%) Bash
7 19 (8.80%) TypeScript
8 17 (7.87%) Go
9 15 (6.94%) Java
10 11 (5.09%) C#
11 9 (4.17%) Bicep
12 4 (1.85%) VBScript
13 3 (1.39%) C
13 3 (1.39%) C++
13 3 (1.39%) Ruby
14 2 (0.93%) Apex Code
14 2 (0.93%) T-SQL
15 1 (0.46%) SOQL
Qualifications
1 162 (75.00%) Security Cleared
2 143 (66.20%) SC Cleared
3 44 (20.37%) DV Cleared
4 20 (9.26%) Azure Certification
5 12 (5.56%) Degree
6 11 (5.09%) Microsoft Certification
7 9 (4.17%) AWS Certification
8 7 (3.24%) Computer Science Degree
9 5 (2.31%) MCSA
10 4 (1.85%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
11 3 (1.39%) MCSE
12 2 (0.93%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
12 2 (0.93%) BPSS Clearance
12 2 (0.93%) CISSP
12 2 (0.93%) ISTQB
12 2 (0.93%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
12 2 (0.93%) Master's Degree
12 2 (0.93%) OCA
12 2 (0.93%) OCP
12 2 (0.93%) Oracle Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 17 (7.87%) QA
2 16 (7.41%) NCSC
3 9 (4.17%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 8 (3.70%) NIST
5 4 (1.85%) GDPR
6 2 (0.93%) Accessibility
6 2 (0.93%) Government Security Classifications
7 1 (0.46%) Cyber Essentials
7 1 (0.46%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 1 (0.46%) JSP 440
7 1 (0.46%) PMO
7 1 (0.46%) WCAG
System Software
1 63 (29.17%) Docker
2 18 (8.33%) Active Directory
3 10 (4.63%) VMware Infrastructure
4 7 (3.24%) Virtual Machines
5 6 (2.78%) Virtual Desktop
6 4 (1.85%) Microsoft App-V
7 2 (0.93%) Hyper-V
7 2 (0.93%) Oracle RAC
7 2 (0.93%) vSphere
8 1 (0.46%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 71 (32.87%) Terraform
2 66 (30.56%) Kubernetes
3 33 (15.28%) Ansible
4 19 (8.80%) Grafana
5 18 (8.33%) Prometheus
6 9 (4.17%) Puppet
7 7 (3.24%) SCCM
8 6 (2.78%) Packer
8 6 (2.78%) Single Sign-On
9 4 (1.85%) Argo
10 3 (1.39%) Active Directory Federation Services
10 3 (1.39%) Podman
10 3 (1.39%) Proxmox
11 2 (0.93%) Data Guard
11 2 (0.93%) Kibana
11 2 (0.93%) Microsoft Intune
11 2 (0.93%) Nessus
11 2 (0.93%) Oracle RMAN
11 2 (0.93%) Rancher
12 1 (0.46%) Nagios
Vendors
1 37 (17.13%) Microsoft
2 34 (15.74%) Oracle
3 14 (6.48%) Atlassian
3 14 (6.48%) VMware
4 10 (4.63%) Red Hat
5 6 (2.78%) NetApp
6 5 (2.31%) Cisco
6 5 (2.31%) Google
6 5 (2.31%) ServiceNow
7 4 (1.85%) Salesforce
7 4 (1.85%) Splunk
8 3 (1.39%) HP
9 2 (0.93%) CheckPoint
9 2 (0.93%) F5
9 2 (0.93%) IBM
9 2 (0.93%) Palo Alto
9 2 (0.93%) SAP
10 1 (0.46%) MuleSoft
10 1 (0.46%) Remedy
10 1 (0.46%) Talend