DevOps Job Trends in the South West

DevOps
England > South West

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the South West requiring DevOps skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 26 March 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
26 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 28 9 14
Rank change year-on-year -19 +5 0
Permanent jobs citing DevOps 297 409 785
As % of all permanent jobs in the South West 4.50% 15.11% 9.89%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 6.40% 16.73% 11.59%
Number of salaries quoted 217 218 610
10th Percentile £42,500 £45,700 £36,365
25th Percentile £50,000 £52,500 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £67,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -11.11% +12.50% -
75th Percentile £77,500 £81,250 £75,000
90th Percentile £88,000 £95,000 £87,500
England median annual salary £70,000 £70,000 £66,500
% change year-on-year - +5.26% -5.00%

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 permanent job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in the South West.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 4,640 2,444 6,772
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South West 70.30% 90.32% 85.29%
Number of salaries quoted 3,125 1,497 5,284
10th Percentile £28,500 £29,750 £29,000
25th Percentile £35,000 £38,750 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £50,500
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +8.91% -3.81%
75th Percentile £70,000 £68,750 £65,000
90th Percentile £80,000 £82,500 £80,000
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% +9.09% -12.00%

DevOps
Job Vacancy Trend in the South West

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing DevOps relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in the South West.

DevOps job vacancy trend in the South West

DevOps
Salary Trend in the South West

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the South West citing DevOps.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the South West citing DevOps

DevOps
Salary Histogram in the South West

Salary distribution for jobs citing DevOps in the South West over the 6 months to 26 March 2026.

Salary histogram for DevOps in the South West

DevOps
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 within the South West region over the 6 months to 26 March 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Bristol -19 83 £65,000 -10.34% 64
Gloucestershire -16 74 £68,750 +5.77% 49
Devon +22 43 £50,000 -16.67% 8
Dorset -1 29 £70,000 -3.45% 7
Wiltshire -28 26 £65,000 +0.58% 10
Somerset -21 18 £45,000 -21.74% 19
Cornwall -11 9 £52,500 -32.26% 1
Avon - 1 £52,500 - 35
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 11 (3.70%) Apache
2 5 (1.68%) Confluence
3 4 (1.35%) CMS
4 2 (0.67%) nginx
4 2 (0.67%) OpenStack
5 1 (0.34%) Apache Airflow
5 1 (0.34%) Apache Spark
5 1 (0.34%) Drupal
5 1 (0.34%) Headless CMS
5 1 (0.34%) IIS
5 1 (0.34%) Palantir Foundry
5 1 (0.34%) WordPress
Applications
1 6 (2.02%) Microsoft Project
2 3 (1.01%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (0.67%) Microsoft Office
4 1 (0.34%) Adobe XD
4 1 (0.34%) Sketch
Business Applications
1 1 (0.34%) Magento
1 1 (0.34%) Primavera
Cloud Services
1 133 (44.78%) Azure
2 87 (29.29%) AWS
3 73 (24.58%) Azure DevOps
4 34 (11.45%) GitHub
5 32 (10.77%) GCP
6 27 (9.09%) GitHub Actions
7 25 (8.42%) Serverless
8 20 (6.73%) Amazon S3
9 16 (5.39%) AWS Lambda
10 15 (5.05%) SaaS
11 14 (4.71%) Amazon EC2
12 10 (3.37%) Virtual Private Cloud
13 9 (3.03%) Amazon CloudWatch
13 9 (3.03%) Amazon ECS
14 7 (2.36%) AWS CloudFormation
14 7 (2.36%) Datadog
14 7 (2.36%) Entra ID
14 7 (2.36%) OpenShift
15 6 (2.02%) Power Platform
16 5 (1.68%) Amazon EKS
Communications & Networking
1 8 (2.69%) Network Security
2 3 (1.01%) Firewall
3 2 (0.67%) Internet
4 1 (0.34%) Broadband
4 1 (0.34%) DNS
4 1 (0.34%) Intranet
4 1 (0.34%) LAN
4 1 (0.34%) TCP/IP
4 1 (0.34%) VLAN
4 1 (0.34%) VPN
4 1 (0.34%) VSAN
4 1 (0.34%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 14 (4.71%) Amazon RDS
2 11 (3.70%) NoSQL
3 10 (3.37%) PostgreSQL
4 9 (3.03%) MongoDB
5 8 (2.69%) Relational Database
6 7 (2.36%) SQL Server
7 6 (2.02%) MySQL
7 6 (2.02%) Power BI
8 5 (1.68%) Big Data
8 5 (1.68%) CockroachDB
9 4 (1.35%) Elasticsearch
10 3 (1.01%) SQL Server Integration Services
11 2 (0.67%) Data Lake
11 2 (0.67%) Delta Lake
11 2 (0.67%) InfluxDB
11 2 (0.67%) Metadata
12 1 (0.34%) Geospatial Data
12 1 (0.34%) Parquet
12 1 (0.34%) Power Query
12 1 (0.34%) Spark SQL
Development Applications
1 35 (11.78%) Jenkins
2 27 (9.09%) Cypress.io
3 20 (6.73%) GitLab
4 19 (6.40%) Git
5 18 (6.06%) Selenium
6 14 (4.71%) JIRA
7 7 (2.36%) CircleCI
7 7 (2.36%) JUnit
8 6 (2.02%) Bitbucket
8 6 (2.02%) Cucumber
8 6 (2.02%) Maven
8 6 (2.02%) Subversion
9 5 (1.68%) Gradle
9 5 (1.68%) SonarQube
9 5 (1.68%) TestNG
10 4 (1.35%) REST Assured
11 3 (1.01%) Gatling
11 3 (1.01%) Postman
11 3 (1.01%) SoapUI
11 3 (1.01%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 53 (17.85%) Social Skills
2 36 (12.12%) Finance
3 14 (4.71%) Public Sector
4 11 (3.70%) Analytical Skills
5 9 (3.03%) Aerospace
6 5 (1.68%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 4 (1.35%) Automotive
8 3 (1.01%) Billing
8 3 (1.01%) Law
8 3 (1.01%) Manufacturing
8 3 (1.01%) Military
9 2 (0.67%) Organisational Skills
10 1 (0.34%) Banking
10 1 (0.34%) Health Technology
10 1 (0.34%) Influencing Skills
10 1 (0.34%) Pharmaceutical
10 1 (0.34%) Tech for Good
10 1 (0.34%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 79 (26.60%) DevOps Engineer
2 52 (17.51%) Senior
3 39 (13.13%) Lead
4 34 (11.45%) Developer
5 29 (9.76%) Software Engineer
6 20 (6.73%) Architect
7 19 (6.40%) Senior DevOps
8 16 (5.39%) Azure Engineer
8 16 (5.39%) Consultant
8 16 (5.39%) Senior DevOps Engineer
9 15 (5.05%) Infrastructure Engineer
10 13 (4.38%) AWS Engineer
10 13 (4.38%) Technical Consultant
11 12 (4.04%) Azure DevOps Engineer
11 12 (4.04%) Data Engineer
11 12 (4.04%) Platform Engineer
11 12 (4.04%) QA Leader
11 12 (4.04%) Solutions Architect
12 11 (3.70%) Senior Developer
13 10 (3.37%) Test Leader
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 24 (8.08%) Spring
2 23 (7.74%) Playwright
3 21 (7.07%) React
3 21 (7.07%) Spring Boot
4 17 (5.72%) .NET
5 14 (4.71%) RESTful
6 12 (4.04%) AngularJS
7 11 (3.70%) Elastic Stack
7 11 (3.70%) Vue
8 10 (3.37%) Apache NiFi
8 10 (3.37%) Node.js
9 8 (2.69%) REST
9 8 (2.69%) YAML
10 7 (2.36%) .NET Core
10 7 (2.36%) .NET Framework
10 7 (2.36%) CSS
10 7 (2.36%) HTML
10 7 (2.36%) PySpark
11 6 (2.02%) Kafka
12 5 (1.68%) Swagger
Miscellaneous
1 31 (10.44%) Cloud Native
2 6 (2.02%) IoT
2 6 (2.02%) Legacy Systems
2 6 (2.02%) Self-Motivation
3 4 (1.35%) Product Ownership
3 4 (1.35%) Security Posture
4 3 (1.01%) Cyberattack
4 3 (1.01%) Hybrid Cloud
4 3 (1.01%) Management Information System
4 3 (1.01%) Private Cloud
5 2 (0.67%) Blockchain
5 2 (0.67%) Enterprise Software
5 2 (0.67%) Legacy Applications
5 2 (0.67%) Mobile App
6 1 (0.34%) Culture of Ownership
6 1 (0.34%) Data Centre
6 1 (0.34%) Distributed Systems
6 1 (0.34%) PKI
6 1 (0.34%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 36 (12.12%) Linux
2 15 (5.05%) Windows
3 6 (2.02%) Windows Server
4 2 (0.67%) Apple iOS
4 2 (0.67%) CentOS
4 2 (0.67%) Unix
5 1 (0.34%) Android
5 1 (0.34%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 1 (0.34%) Ubuntu
5 1 (0.34%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 120 (40.40%) CI/CD
2 91 (30.64%) Agile
3 73 (24.58%) Software Engineering
4 59 (19.87%) Infrastructure as Code
5 55 (18.52%) Problem-Solving
6 52 (17.51%) Test Automation
7 51 (17.17%) Containerisation
8 43 (14.48%) Continuous Improvement
9 37 (12.46%) Mentoring
10 35 (11.78%) Full-Stack Development
10 35 (11.78%) SDLC
11 33 (11.11%) Infrastructure Engineering
12 31 (10.44%) Platform Engineering
13 29 (9.76%) API Testing
14 26 (8.75%) Manual Testing
15 24 (8.08%) Collaborative Culture
15 24 (8.08%) Microservices
16 22 (7.41%) AI
17 21 (7.07%) Analytics
17 21 (7.07%) Regression Testing
Programming Languages
1 81 (27.27%) Python
2 60 (20.20%) Java
3 40 (13.47%) Bash
4 33 (11.11%) SQL
5 32 (10.77%) JavaScript
6 30 (10.10%) PowerShell
7 28 (9.43%) TypeScript
8 26 (8.75%) C#
9 15 (5.05%) Go
10 12 (4.04%) Bicep
11 10 (3.37%) C++
12 5 (1.68%) PHP
13 3 (1.01%) C
13 3 (1.01%) Elixir
13 3 (1.01%) Erlang
13 3 (1.01%) Groovy
13 3 (1.01%) Kotlin
13 3 (1.01%) VBScript
14 2 (0.67%) Scala
14 2 (0.67%) Swift
Qualifications
1 83 (27.95%) Security Cleared
2 43 (14.48%) DV Cleared
3 33 (11.11%) Degree
4 21 (7.07%) SC Cleared
5 15 (5.05%) Computer Science Degree
5 15 (5.05%) ISTQB
6 7 (2.36%) AWS Certification
6 7 (2.36%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
7 5 (1.68%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
7 5 (1.68%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
8 4 (1.35%) BC Cleared
9 3 (1.01%) Azure Certification
9 3 (1.01%) CITP
9 3 (1.01%) CREST Certified
10 2 (0.67%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
10 2 (0.67%) ITIL Certification
10 2 (0.67%) TOGAF Certification
11 1 (0.34%) CCNA
11 1 (0.34%) PMI Certification
11 1 (0.34%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 51 (17.17%) QA
2 19 (6.40%) Accessibility
3 8 (2.69%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 7 (2.36%) Data Quality
5 3 (1.01%) ISO 9001
5 3 (1.01%) NIST
5 3 (1.01%) PMO
6 2 (0.67%) NCSC
6 2 (0.67%) SLA
7 1 (0.34%) GDPR
7 1 (0.34%) ISO/IEC 12207
7 1 (0.34%) P3O
7 1 (0.34%) WCAG
System Software
1 61 (20.54%) Docker
2 8 (2.69%) Active Directory
3 4 (1.35%) Firmware
3 4 (1.35%) Hyper-V
3 4 (1.35%) iptables
3 4 (1.35%) VMware Infrastructure
4 1 (0.34%) Citrix Hypervisor
4 1 (0.34%) Slurm Workload Manager
4 1 (0.34%) VMware ESXi
4 1 (0.34%) VMware NSX
4 1 (0.34%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 72 (24.24%) Kubernetes
2 50 (16.84%) Terraform
3 27 (9.09%) Ansible
4 26 (8.75%) Grafana
5 17 (5.72%) Prometheus
6 8 (2.69%) Puppet
7 7 (2.36%) Argo
8 6 (2.02%) Progress Chef
8 6 (2.02%) Rancher
8 6 (2.02%) yum
9 5 (1.68%) Kibana
10 3 (1.01%) logstash
10 3 (1.01%) VxRail
11 1 (0.34%) Consul
11 1 (0.34%) Istio
11 1 (0.34%) Kustomize
11 1 (0.34%) Packer
11 1 (0.34%) Podman
11 1 (0.34%) Single Sign-On
11 1 (0.34%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 30 (10.10%) Microsoft
2 12 (4.04%) Google
3 9 (3.03%) Oracle
4 8 (2.69%) Cisco
5 7 (2.36%) Splunk
6 6 (2.02%) Databricks
7 5 (1.68%) arcserve
7 5 (1.68%) Veeam
7 5 (1.68%) VMware
8 4 (1.35%) Salesforce
9 3 (1.01%) BeyondTrust
9 3 (1.01%) Dell
9 3 (1.01%) Red Hat
10 2 (0.67%) Fortinet
10 2 (0.67%) Guidewire
10 2 (0.67%) Syncfusion
10 2 (0.67%) Telerik
10 2 (0.67%) Thales
11 1 (0.34%) Palantir
11 1 (0.34%) Talend