DevOps Engineer Job Trends in Newport

Development Operations Engineer
South Wales > Newport

The median Development Operations Engineer salary in Newport is £45,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 29 April 2026.

The table below compares current salary benchmarking and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
29 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 30 - 29
Rank change year-on-year - - +3
Permanent jobs requiring a DevOps Engineer 12 0 1
As % of all permanent jobs in Newport 3.64% - 0.61%
As % of the Job Titles category 3.86% - 0.64%
Number of salaries quoted 12 0 1
10th Percentile £40,000 - -
25th Percentile £43,750 - £62,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 - £65,000
Median % change year-on-year - - -5.11%
75th Percentile £53,000 - £67,500
90th Percentile £55,585 - -
South Wales median annual salary £53,000 - £60,000
% change year-on-year - - -20.00%

All Permanent IT Job Roles
Newport

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Newport. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of permanent jobs in our overall sample.

Permanent vacancies in Newport with a recognized job title 311 55 157
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.24% 100.00% 95.73%
Number of salaries quoted 172 34 129
10th Percentile £35,375 £37,375 £26,500
25th Percentile £41,250 £46,813 £41,200
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,250 £62,250 £52,101
Median % change year-on-year -16.06% +19.48% +15.78%
75th Percentile £55,873 £70,513 £60,000
90th Percentile £80,000 £72,250 £69,600
South Wales median annual salary £50,000 £52,000 £46,604
% change year-on-year -3.85% +11.58% +2.53%

DevOps Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Newport

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings featuring 'DevOps Engineer' in the job title relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Newport.

DevOps Engineer job vacancy trend in Newport

DevOps Engineer
Salary Trend in Newport

Salary distribution trend for DevOps Engineer job vacancies in Newport.

Salary distribution trend for DevOps Engineer job vacancies in Newport

DevOps Engineer
Salary Histogram in Newport

Salary distribution for jobs citing DevOps Engineer in Newport over the 6 months to 29 April 2026.

Salary histogram for DevOps Engineer in Newport

DevOps Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Newport

For the 6 months to 29 April 2026, DevOps Engineer job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads across the Newport region featuring DevOps Engineer in the job title.

1 12 (100.00%) DevOps
2 6 (50.00%) SC Cleared
2 6 (50.00%) Security Cleared
3 5 (41.67%) Collaborative Working
3 5 (41.67%) Problem-Solving
4 4 (33.33%) Azure
4 4 (33.33%) Azure DevOps
4 4 (33.33%) Bash
4 4 (33.33%) CI/CD
4 4 (33.33%) Containerisation
4 4 (33.33%) Docker
4 4 (33.33%) Git
4 4 (33.33%) Infrastructure as Code
4 4 (33.33%) PowerShell
4 4 (33.33%) Python
4 4 (33.33%) Terraform
4 4 (33.33%) Test Automation
5 3 (25.00%) .NET
5 3 (25.00%) Platform Engineering
5 3 (25.00%) SDLC
6 2 (16.67%) Continuous Improvement
6 2 (16.67%) Mentoring
7 1 (8.33%) Agile
7 1 (8.33%) Azure Functions
7 1 (8.33%) Azure Logic Apps
7 1 (8.33%) Azure Machine Learning
7 1 (8.33%) C#
7 1 (8.33%) Coaching
7 1 (8.33%) Continuous Deployment
7 1 (8.33%) Continuous Integration

DevOps Engineer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Newport 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:

Cloud Services
1 4 (33.33%) Azure
1 4 (33.33%) Azure DevOps
2 1 (8.33%) Azure Functions
2 1 (8.33%) Azure Logic Apps
2 1 (8.33%) Azure Machine Learning
2 1 (8.33%) GitHub
2 1 (8.33%) GitHub Actions
2 1 (8.33%) Serverless
Development Applications
1 4 (33.33%) Git
General
1 3 (25.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
1 3 (25.00%) Public Sector
2 1 (8.33%) Social Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (25.00%) .NET
2 1 (8.33%) Next.js
2 1 (8.33%) Node.js
2 1 (8.33%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 1 (8.33%) Cloud Native
1 1 (8.33%) Product Ownership
Processes & Methodologies
1 12 (100.00%) DevOps
2 5 (41.67%) Collaborative Working
2 5 (41.67%) Problem-Solving
3 4 (33.33%) CI/CD
3 4 (33.33%) Containerisation
3 4 (33.33%) Infrastructure as Code
3 4 (33.33%) Test Automation
4 3 (25.00%) Platform Engineering
4 3 (25.00%) SDLC
5 2 (16.67%) Continuous Improvement
5 2 (16.67%) Mentoring
6 1 (8.33%) Agile
6 1 (8.33%) Coaching
6 1 (8.33%) Continuous Integration
6 1 (8.33%) Line Management
6 1 (8.33%) Machine Learning
6 1 (8.33%) Scrum
6 1 (8.33%) SEO
6 1 (8.33%) Software Delivery
6 1 (8.33%) User Stories
Programming Languages
1 4 (33.33%) Bash
1 4 (33.33%) PowerShell
1 4 (33.33%) Python
2 1 (8.33%) C#
Qualifications
1 6 (50.00%) SC Cleared
1 6 (50.00%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 4 (33.33%) Docker
Systems Management
1 4 (33.33%) Terraform
2 1 (8.33%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 1 (8.33%) Microsoft