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 3 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
3 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 12 27 19
Rank change year-on-year +15 -8 -10
Contract jobs citing DevOps 296 107 224
As % of all contract jobs in the South West 8.95% 6.35% 7.01%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 11.42% 7.03% 8.44%
Number of daily rates quoted 185 83 152
10th Percentile £375 £378 £400
25th Percentile £425 £461 £480
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £570 £550
Median % change year-on-year -12.28% +3.64% -8.33%
75th Percentile £588 £638 £641
90th Percentile £663 £700 £699
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 2,592 1,523 2,654
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South West 78.33% 90.39% 83.02%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,424 968 1,694
10th Percentile £315 £235 £220
25th Percentile £413 £400 £405
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £512 £518 £525
Median % change year-on-year -1.20% -1.34% -4.55%
75th Percentile £611 £623 £625
90th Percentile £715 £688 £700
England median daily rate £510 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -2.95% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 453 148 336
10th Percentile £16.62 £18.42 £13.86
25th Percentile £25.15 £20.08 £27.50
Median hourly rate £60.00 £62.75 £54.00
Median % change year-on-year -4.38% +16.20% -12.20%
75th Percentile £65.00 £68.00 £70.00
90th Percentile £70.00 £70.00 £77.50
England median hourly rate £45.00 £30.00 £36.00
% change year-on-year +50.00% -16.67% -3.59%

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 3 May 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 3 May 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 3 May 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 +2 85 £550 - 41
Wiltshire +23 77 £500 -16.67% 14
Gloucestershire +12 68 £500 -18.37% 37
Somerset +7 37 £463 -26.00% 11
Dorset +9 15 £369 +12.60% 7
Devon -13 8 £650 +23.81% 3
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 15 (5.07%) Confluence
2 10 (3.38%) Apache Spark
3 8 (2.70%) IIS
3 8 (2.70%) SharePoint
4 6 (2.03%) Apache
4 6 (2.03%) Mattermost
5 4 (1.35%) Apache Airflow
6 1 (0.34%) Oracle Workflow
6 1 (0.34%) Tomcat
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 (2.03%) NEC Housing
2 6 (2.03%) Remedy ITSM
3 1 (0.34%) Primavera
3 1 (0.34%) Unit4 Business World
Cloud Services
1 139 (46.96%) Azure
2 85 (28.72%) Azure DevOps
3 82 (27.70%) AWS
4 42 (14.19%) GCP
5 31 (10.47%) GitHub
6 19 (6.42%) Serverless
7 14 (4.73%) GitHub Actions
8 13 (4.39%) AWS CloudFormation
8 13 (4.39%) Azure Monitor
8 13 (4.39%) Entra ID
9 12 (4.05%) Azure AKS
10 11 (3.72%) Amazon EKS
10 11 (3.72%) SaaS
11 10 (3.38%) Azure Data Factory
11 10 (3.38%) Azure Key Vault
11 10 (3.38%) IaaS
12 9 (3.04%) Google Kubernetes Engine
12 9 (3.04%) OpenShift
13 8 (2.70%) Amazon S3
13 8 (2.70%) Datadog
Communications & Networking
1 11 (3.72%) DNS
2 10 (3.38%) VPN
3 7 (2.36%) Firewall
4 3 (1.01%) 3GPP
4 3 (1.01%) HTTP
4 3 (1.01%) TETRA
5 2 (0.68%) DHCP
5 2 (0.68%) LAN
5 2 (0.68%) Network Security
5 2 (0.68%) 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 11 (3.72%) PostgreSQL
2 9 (3.04%) Elasticsearch
2 9 (3.04%) NoSQL
3 8 (2.70%) Relational Database
3 8 (2.70%) SQL Server
4 6 (2.03%) Flink
4 6 (2.03%) MongoDB
4 6 (2.03%) SAP HANA
5 5 (1.69%) Power BI
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%) Power Query
8 2 (0.68%) Amazon Redshift
8 2 (0.68%) Big Data
8 2 (0.68%) Data Lake
8 2 (0.68%) Oracle Database
9 1 (0.34%) BigQuery
9 1 (0.34%) Enterprise Data Warehouse
Development Applications
1 30 (10.14%) JIRA
2 27 (9.12%) Git
2 27 (9.12%) GitLab
3 23 (7.77%) Jenkins
4 14 (4.73%) Oracle APEX
5 11 (3.72%) Gatling
5 11 (3.72%) JMeter
5 11 (3.72%) LoadRunner
6 4 (1.35%) Artifactory
6 4 (1.35%) IntelliJ
7 2 (0.68%) AdminStudio
7 2 (0.68%) InstallShield
7 2 (0.68%) REST Assured
7 2 (0.68%) SonarQube
7 2 (0.68%) Sonatype Nexus
8 1 (0.34%) JUnit
8 1 (0.34%) MSI
8 1 (0.34%) Postman
8 1 (0.34%) Visual Studio
8 1 (0.34%) webpack
General
1 68 (22.97%) Social Skills
2 18 (6.08%) Analytical Skills
2 18 (6.08%) Finance
2 18 (6.08%) Public Sector
3 9 (3.04%) Legal
4 6 (2.03%) Military
5 5 (1.69%) Aerospace
5 5 (1.69%) Documentation Skills
6 4 (1.35%) Back Office
6 4 (1.35%) Organisational Skills
7 3 (1.01%) Banking
8 2 (0.68%) Local Government
8 2 (0.68%) Telecoms
9 1 (0.34%) Marketing
9 1 (0.34%) Publishing
9 1 (0.34%) Retail
Job Titles
1 90 (30.41%) DevOps Engineer
2 42 (14.19%) Senior
3 40 (13.51%) Developer
4 21 (7.09%) GCP Engineer
5 19 (6.42%) Infrastructure Engineer
6 17 (5.74%) Analyst
6 17 (5.74%) Site Reliability Engineer
7 16 (5.41%) Architect
7 16 (5.41%) Data Engineer
7 16 (5.41%) Site Engineer
8 15 (5.07%) Azure Engineer
8 15 (5.07%) Lead
9 14 (4.73%) Senior Developer
10 12 (4.05%) Cloud Engineer
10 12 (4.05%) Performance Engineer
11 11 (3.72%) Azure DevOps Engineer
11 11 (3.72%) GCP DevOps
11 11 (3.72%) GCP DevOps Engineer
11 11 (3.72%) Java Developer
12 9 (3.04%) Backend Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 23 (7.77%) Kafka
2 19 (6.42%) .NET
3 16 (5.41%) REST
4 12 (4.05%) Spring Boot
5 11 (3.72%) .NET Framework
5 11 (3.72%) RESTful
5 11 (3.72%) Spring
6 9 (3.04%) ARM Templates
7 8 (2.70%) Playwright
7 8 (2.70%) RabbitMQ
8 7 (2.36%) Apache NiFi
8 7 (2.36%) Keycloak
8 7 (2.36%) React
9 6 (2.03%) Node.js
10 5 (1.69%) Elastic Stack
10 5 (1.69%) Flask
10 5 (1.69%) Java Concurrency
11 4 (1.35%) GraphQL
11 4 (1.35%) gRPC
11 4 (1.35%) WebSockets
Miscellaneous
1 40 (13.51%) Cloud Native
2 15 (5.07%) Enterprise Software
2 15 (5.07%) Legacy Systems
2 15 (5.07%) Product Ownership
3 14 (4.73%) Hybrid Cloud
4 7 (2.36%) Distributed Systems
4 7 (2.36%) Public Cloud
5 5 (1.69%) Legacy Code
5 5 (1.69%) Management Information System
6 4 (1.35%) Mobile App
6 4 (1.35%) Wiki
7 3 (1.01%) EPoS
7 3 (1.01%) Legacy Applications
7 3 (1.01%) Private Cloud
7 3 (1.01%) Self-Motivation
8 2 (0.68%) Clustering
8 2 (0.68%) Distributed Computing
8 2 (0.68%) Replication
9 1 (0.34%) Data Protection Act
9 1 (0.34%) PKI
Operating Systems
1 40 (13.51%) Linux
2 30 (10.14%) Windows
3 11 (3.72%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 10 (3.38%) Windows Server
5 4 (1.35%) Ubuntu
6 3 (1.01%) Unix
7 2 (0.68%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 122 (41.22%) CI/CD
2 100 (33.78%) Agile
3 58 (19.59%) Infrastructure as Code
4 57 (19.26%) Containerisation
5 46 (15.54%) Continuous Improvement
6 39 (13.18%) Problem-Solving
7 33 (11.15%) Microservices
8 30 (10.14%) Infrastructure Engineering
9 29 (9.80%) ITIL
9 29 (9.80%) Site Reliability Engineering
10 27 (9.12%) Analytics
10 27 (9.12%) Scrum
11 25 (8.45%) Data Engineering
11 25 (8.45%) Service Management
12 23 (7.77%) Test Automation
13 22 (7.43%) High Availability
14 21 (7.09%) Cloud Security
14 21 (7.09%) Collaborative Working
14 21 (7.09%) Decision-Making
14 21 (7.09%) Observability
Programming Languages
1 74 (25.00%) Python
2 64 (21.62%) SQL
3 28 (9.46%) PowerShell
4 27 (9.12%) JavaScript
5 25 (8.45%) Bash
5 25 (8.45%) Java
6 21 (7.09%) PL/SQL
7 20 (6.76%) Go
8 13 (4.39%) C#
9 12 (4.05%) Bicep
10 7 (2.36%) TypeScript
11 4 (1.35%) T-SQL
12 3 (1.01%) Data Analysis Expressions
13 2 (0.68%) 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
1 149 (50.34%) Security Cleared
2 119 (40.20%) SC Cleared
3 39 (13.18%) DV Cleared
4 17 (5.74%) Azure Certification
5 13 (4.39%) Degree
6 8 (2.70%) Microsoft Certification
7 7 (2.36%) AWS Certification
7 7 (2.36%) Computer Science Degree
8 5 (1.69%) CISM
8 5 (1.69%) CISSP
8 5 (1.69%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
8 5 (1.69%) 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 (0.68%) BPSS Clearance
10 2 (0.68%) ISTQB
10 2 (0.68%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
11 1 (0.34%) IIBA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 24 (8.11%) QA
2 11 (3.72%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 8 (2.70%) Data Quality
4 7 (2.36%) NIST
5 5 (1.69%) GDPR
5 5 (1.69%) 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 (0.68%) PMO
7 2 (0.68%) WCAG
8 1 (0.34%) Cyber Essentials
8 1 (0.34%) JSP 440
System Software
1 62 (20.95%) Docker
2 16 (5.41%) Active Directory
3 6 (2.03%) Corosync
3 6 (2.03%) VMware Infrastructure
4 2 (0.68%) Hyper-V
5 1 (0.34%) Virtual Machines
5 1 (0.34%) VMware ESXi
5 1 (0.34%) VMware NSX
5 1 (0.34%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 105 (35.47%) Kubernetes
2 79 (26.69%) Terraform
3 38 (12.84%) Ansible
4 21 (7.09%) Prometheus
5 17 (5.74%) Grafana
6 10 (3.38%) Argo
7 6 (2.03%) Failover Clustering
7 6 (2.03%) Pacemaker
8 5 (1.69%) Packer
9 4 (1.35%) Nessus
10 3 (1.01%) Nagios
10 3 (1.01%) Single Sign-On
11 2 (0.68%) Active Directory Federation Services
11 2 (0.68%) Istio
11 2 (0.68%) Microsoft Intune
11 2 (0.68%) Progress Chef
11 2 (0.68%) SCCM
12 1 (0.34%) FortiGate
12 1 (0.34%) Kibana
12 1 (0.34%) Puppet
Vendors
1 39 (13.18%) Microsoft
2 24 (8.11%) Google
3 23 (7.77%) Oracle
4 21 (7.09%) Red Hat
5 14 (4.73%) Dynatrace
6 13 (4.39%) Splunk
6 13 (4.39%) VMware
7 12 (4.05%) Databricks
8 11 (3.72%) AppDynamics
8 11 (3.72%) New Relic
9 8 (2.70%) Atlassian
10 7 (2.36%) IBM
10 7 (2.36%) SAP
11 6 (2.03%) NEC
11 6 (2.03%) Remedy
12 4 (1.35%) Cisco
12 4 (1.35%) InterSystems
13 3 (1.01%) Salesforce
14 2 (0.68%) Dell
15 1 (0.34%) EMC