DevOps Platform Engineer Jobs in the South West

Platform Engineer - DevOps
England > South West

The median Platform Engineer - DevOps salary in the South West is £75,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 3 May 2025.

The table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
3 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 177 294 247
Rank change year-on-year +117 -47 +64
Permanent jobs requiring a DevOps Platform Engineer 4 2 23
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South West 0.11% 0.022% 0.33%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.12% 0.023% 0.37%
Number of salaries quoted 4 2 23
10th Percentile - £60,250 £53,750
25th Percentile £68,750 £64,375 £59,375
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £75,000 £72,500
Median % change year-on-year - +3.45% -14.71%
75th Percentile £81,250 £86,875 £102,500
90th Percentile - £91,750 -
England median annual salary £112,500 £92,500 £72,500
% change year-on-year +21.62% +27.59% +3.57%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
South West

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in the South West. 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 the South West with a recognized job title 3,270 8,876 6,164
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.59% 96.22% 89.20%
Number of salaries quoted 2,027 6,478 3,834
10th Percentile £27,650 £28,000 £29,750
25th Percentile £37,574 £36,250 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,600 £50,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +5.20% -4.76% +5.00%
75th Percentile £63,750 £63,750 £68,750
90th Percentile £77,500 £77,500 £80,000
England median annual salary £57,500 £53,500 £60,800
% change year-on-year +7.48% -12.01% +1.33%

DevOps Platform Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in the South West

Job postings that featured DevOps Platform Engineer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the South West.

Job vacancy trend for DevOps Platform Engineer in the South West

DevOps Platform Engineer
Salary Trend in the South West

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing DevOps Platform Engineer in the South West.

Salary trend for DevOps Platform Engineer in the South West

DevOps Platform Engineer
Job Locations in the South West

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing DevOps Platform Engineer within the South West region over the 6 months to 3 May 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Bristol +67 4 £75,000 +25.00%
DevOps Platform Engineer
England

DevOps Platform Engineer Skill Set
Top 18 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South West

For the 6 months to 3 May 2025, DevOps Platform Engineer job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads across the South West region featuring DevOps Platform Engineer in the job title.

1 4 (100.00%) Python
1 4 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 4 (100.00%) Migration
1 4 (100.00%) PowerShell
1 4 (100.00%) Azure
1 4 (100.00%) Docker
1 4 (100.00%) DevOps
1 4 (100.00%) Kubernetes
1 4 (100.00%) Azure DevOps
1 4 (100.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
1 4 (100.00%) Infrastructure as Code
1 4 (100.00%) Bicep
1 4 (100.00%) CI/CD
1 4 (100.00%) Platform Engineering
1 4 (100.00%) Azure AKS
1 4 (100.00%) Containerisation
1 4 (100.00%) Azure Certification
1 4 (100.00%) Cloud Security

DevOps Platform Engineer Skill Set
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:

Cloud Services
1 4 (100.00%) Azure
1 4 (100.00%) Azure AKS
1 4 (100.00%) Azure DevOps
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (100.00%) CI/CD
1 4 (100.00%) Cloud Security
1 4 (100.00%) Containerisation
1 4 (100.00%) DevOps
1 4 (100.00%) Infrastructure as Code
1 4 (100.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
1 4 (100.00%) Migration
1 4 (100.00%) Platform Engineering
Programming Languages
1 4 (100.00%) Bicep
1 4 (100.00%) PowerShell
1 4 (100.00%) Python
Qualifications
1 4 (100.00%) Azure Certification
System Software
1 4 (100.00%) Docker
Systems Management
1 4 (100.00%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 4 (100.00%) Microsoft