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

6 months to
26 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 26 13 16
Rank change year-on-year -13 +3 -2
Permanent jobs citing DevOps 345 294 784
As % of all permanent jobs in the South West 4.60% 10.97% 8.88%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 6.67% 12.19% 10.60%
Number of salaries quoted 249 204 609
10th Percentile £42,500 £46,000 £36,365
25th Percentile £51,250 £52,500 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £67,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -11.11% +12.50% -4.00%
75th Percentile £77,500 £82,500 £77,500
90th Percentile £83,140 £97,500 £87,500
England median annual salary £71,750 £70,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year +2.50% +7.69% -7.14%

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 5,176 2,411 7,393
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South West 68.94% 89.96% 83.74%
Number of salaries quoted 3,418 1,540 5,555
10th Percentile £30,000 £28,144 £28,500
25th Percentile £36,250 £36,250 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £54,000 £52,600 £50,500
Median % change year-on-year +2.66% +4.16% -3.81%
75th Percentile £70,000 £68,525 £65,000
90th Percentile £81,250 £81,250 £80,000
England median annual salary £59,000 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -1.67% +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 April 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 April 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
Gloucestershire -11 103 £60,000 -7.69% 30
Bristol -15 102 £65,000 -9.71% 52
Devon +17 45 £50,000 - 3
Wiltshire -19 29 £65,000 +0.58% 13
Dorset -5 27 £70,000 -3.45% 5
Somerset -22 19 £55,000 -4.35% 15
Cornwall -10 7 £49,623 -35.97%
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 14 (4.06%) Apache
2 6 (1.74%) Confluence
3 4 (1.16%) CMS
4 2 (0.58%) Apache Spark
4 2 (0.58%) IIS
4 2 (0.58%) nginx
4 2 (0.58%) OpenStack
4 2 (0.58%) SharePoint
5 1 (0.29%) Apache Airflow
5 1 (0.29%) Drupal
5 1 (0.29%) Headless CMS
5 1 (0.29%) Microsoft Exchange
5 1 (0.29%) Palantir Foundry
5 1 (0.29%) WordPress
Applications
1 4 (1.16%) Microsoft Project
2 2 (0.58%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (0.58%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (0.29%) Adobe XD
3 1 (0.29%) Sketch
Business Applications
1 5 (1.45%) Visualfiles
2 1 (0.29%) Magento
Cloud Services
1 139 (40.29%) Azure
2 84 (24.35%) AWS
3 81 (23.48%) Azure DevOps
4 36 (10.43%) GCP
4 36 (10.43%) GitHub
5 27 (7.83%) GitHub Actions
6 25 (7.25%) Serverless
7 20 (5.80%) Amazon S3
8 17 (4.93%) AWS Lambda
9 15 (4.35%) SaaS
10 14 (4.06%) Amazon EC2
11 12 (3.48%) Entra ID
12 10 (2.90%) Virtual Private Cloud
13 9 (2.61%) Amazon CloudWatch
13 9 (2.61%) Amazon ECS
13 9 (2.61%) Microsoft 365
14 7 (2.03%) AWS CloudFormation
14 7 (2.03%) Datadog
14 7 (2.03%) OpenShift
15 6 (1.74%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 12 (3.48%) Network Security
2 2 (0.58%) Firewall
2 2 (0.58%) Internet
2 2 (0.58%) LAN
2 2 (0.58%) TCP/IP
2 2 (0.58%) WAN
3 1 (0.29%) Broadband
3 1 (0.29%) DHCP
3 1 (0.29%) DNS
3 1 (0.29%) Intranet
3 1 (0.29%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 14 (4.06%) Amazon RDS
2 13 (3.77%) NoSQL
3 12 (3.48%) MongoDB
4 10 (2.90%) PostgreSQL
5 9 (2.61%) SQL Server
6 8 (2.32%) Elasticsearch
6 8 (2.32%) MySQL
7 7 (2.03%) Relational Database
8 6 (1.74%) Power BI
9 5 (1.45%) Big Data
9 5 (1.45%) CockroachDB
10 4 (1.16%) SQL Server Integration Services
11 3 (0.87%) Metadata
12 2 (0.58%) Data Lake
12 2 (0.58%) Data Warehouse
12 2 (0.58%) Delta Lake
12 2 (0.58%) InfluxDB
12 2 (0.58%) Redis
13 1 (0.29%) Parquet
13 1 (0.29%) Spark SQL
Development Applications
1 40 (11.59%) Jenkins
2 27 (7.83%) Git
2 27 (7.83%) JIRA
3 26 (7.54%) Cypress.io
3 26 (7.54%) GitLab
4 18 (5.22%) Selenium
5 9 (2.61%) Cucumber
6 8 (2.32%) SonarQube
7 7 (2.03%) Bitbucket
7 7 (2.03%) CircleCI
7 7 (2.03%) JUnit
7 7 (2.03%) Subversion
8 6 (1.74%) Maven
9 5 (1.45%) Gradle
9 5 (1.45%) TestNG
10 4 (1.16%) REST Assured
11 3 (0.87%) Balsamiq
11 3 (0.87%) Mockito
11 3 (0.87%) Postman
11 3 (0.87%) TestRail
General
1 66 (19.13%) Social Skills
2 44 (12.75%) Finance
3 16 (4.64%) Analytical Skills
4 12 (3.48%) Public Sector
5 11 (3.19%) Aerospace
5 11 (3.19%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 9 (2.61%) Automotive
7 3 (0.87%) Billing
7 3 (0.87%) Law
8 2 (0.58%) Influencing Skills
8 2 (0.58%) Military
8 2 (0.58%) Organisational Skills
9 1 (0.29%) Banking
9 1 (0.29%) Tech for Good
Job Titles
1 89 (25.80%) DevOps Engineer
2 53 (15.36%) Senior
3 50 (14.49%) Lead
4 41 (11.88%) Software Engineer
5 37 (10.72%) Developer
6 26 (7.54%) Azure Engineer
7 23 (6.67%) Architect
8 20 (5.80%) Solutions Architect
9 19 (5.51%) Infrastructure Engineer
9 19 (5.51%) Senior DevOps
10 17 (4.93%) Full-Stack Engineer
11 16 (4.64%) Azure DevOps Engineer
11 16 (4.64%) Consultant
11 16 (4.64%) Full-Stack Software Engineer
11 16 (4.64%) Senior DevOps Engineer
12 14 (4.06%) AWS Engineer
12 14 (4.06%) Cloud Engineer
13 13 (3.77%) QA Leader
13 13 (3.77%) Technical Consultant
14 12 (3.48%) Tester
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 25 (7.25%) Playwright
1 25 (7.25%) React
1 25 (7.25%) Spring
2 21 (6.09%) .NET
2 21 (6.09%) Spring Boot
3 18 (5.22%) Vue
4 15 (4.35%) AngularJS
4 15 (4.35%) Elastic Stack
4 15 (4.35%) RESTful
5 13 (3.77%) Apache NiFi
5 13 (3.77%) REST
6 10 (2.90%) Node.js
7 7 (2.03%) .NET Core
7 7 (2.03%) .NET Framework
7 7 (2.03%) ASP.NET
7 7 (2.03%) CSS
8 6 (1.74%) Blazor
8 6 (1.74%) HTML
8 6 (1.74%) Kafka
8 6 (1.74%) PySpark
Miscellaneous
1 26 (7.54%) Cloud Native
2 10 (2.90%) Cyberattack
3 5 (1.45%) Self-Motivation
4 4 (1.16%) Legacy Systems
5 3 (0.87%) IoT
5 3 (0.87%) Management Information System
5 3 (0.87%) Private Cloud
5 3 (0.87%) Product Ownership
5 3 (0.87%) Public Cloud
5 3 (0.87%) Security Posture
6 2 (0.58%) Blockchain
6 2 (0.58%) Hybrid Cloud
7 1 (0.29%) Culture of Ownership
7 1 (0.29%) Data Centre
7 1 (0.29%) Data Protection Act
7 1 (0.29%) Distributed Computing
7 1 (0.29%) Distributed Systems
7 1 (0.29%) Enterprise Software
7 1 (0.29%) Mobile App
7 1 (0.29%) PKI
Operating Systems
1 48 (13.91%) Linux
2 18 (5.22%) Windows
3 5 (1.45%) Unix
4 4 (1.16%) Windows Server
5 3 (0.87%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 2 (0.58%) Apple iOS
6 2 (0.58%) VMS
7 1 (0.29%) Android
7 1 (0.29%) CentOS
7 1 (0.29%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 140 (40.58%) CI/CD
2 101 (29.28%) Agile
2 101 (29.28%) Software Engineering
3 64 (18.55%) Test Automation
4 61 (17.68%) Infrastructure as Code
5 56 (16.23%) Problem-Solving
6 52 (15.07%) Continuous Improvement
6 52 (15.07%) Mentoring
7 47 (13.62%) Containerisation
8 44 (12.75%) SDLC
9 42 (12.17%) Full-Stack Development
10 40 (11.59%) Infrastructure Engineering
11 37 (10.72%) Platform Engineering
12 31 (8.99%) AI
13 30 (8.70%) Site Reliability Engineering
14 28 (8.12%) API Testing
14 28 (8.12%) Collaborative Culture
15 25 (7.25%) Manual Testing
16 23 (6.67%) Scrum
17 22 (6.38%) ITIL
Programming Languages
1 87 (25.22%) Python
2 69 (20.00%) Java
3 43 (12.46%) Bash
4 36 (10.43%) JavaScript
5 34 (9.86%) SQL
6 31 (8.99%) TypeScript
7 30 (8.70%) C#
8 27 (7.83%) PowerShell
9 18 (5.22%) Go
10 14 (4.06%) C++
11 8 (2.32%) Bicep
12 6 (1.74%) PHP
13 4 (1.16%) Rust
14 3 (0.87%) C
14 3 (0.87%) Elixir
14 3 (0.87%) Erlang
14 3 (0.87%) Groovy
14 3 (0.87%) Kotlin
14 3 (0.87%) VB
15 2 (0.58%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 102 (29.57%) Security Cleared
2 54 (15.65%) DV Cleared
3 34 (9.86%) Degree
4 28 (8.12%) SC Cleared
5 16 (4.64%) ISTQB
6 13 (3.77%) Computer Science Degree
7 6 (1.74%) AWS Certification
7 6 (1.74%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
8 5 (1.45%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
9 4 (1.16%) BC Cleared
10 3 (0.87%) Azure Certification
10 3 (0.87%) TOGAF Certification
11 2 (0.58%) CITP
11 2 (0.58%) CREST Certified
11 2 (0.58%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
11 2 (0.58%) ITIL Certification
11 2 (0.58%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
11 2 (0.58%) Microsoft Certification
12 1 (0.29%) BPSS Clearance
12 1 (0.29%) RHCE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 54 (15.65%) QA
2 21 (6.09%) Accessibility
3 10 (2.90%) NIST
4 9 (2.61%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 7 (2.03%) Data Quality
6 3 (0.87%) ISO 9001
7 2 (0.58%) Cyber Essentials
7 2 (0.58%) GDPR
7 2 (0.58%) PMO
8 1 (0.29%) IFRS
8 1 (0.29%) IFRS 17
8 1 (0.29%) ISO/IEC 12207
8 1 (0.29%) NCSC
8 1 (0.29%) Software Quality Assurance
8 1 (0.29%) Solvency II
System Software
1 64 (18.55%) Docker
2 12 (3.48%) Active Directory
3 4 (1.16%) Firmware
3 4 (1.16%) Hyper-V
3 4 (1.16%) iptables
3 4 (1.16%) VMware Infrastructure
4 1 (0.29%) Citrix Hypervisor
4 1 (0.29%) KVM
4 1 (0.29%) QEMU
4 1 (0.29%) Slurm Workload Manager
4 1 (0.29%) Virtual Machines
4 1 (0.29%) Xen
Systems Management
1 71 (20.58%) Kubernetes
2 63 (18.26%) Terraform
3 34 (9.86%) Ansible
4 31 (8.99%) Grafana
5 18 (5.22%) Prometheus
6 13 (3.77%) Puppet
7 8 (2.32%) Argo
7 8 (2.32%) Rancher
8 7 (2.03%) Kibana
8 7 (2.03%) yum
9 6 (1.74%) logstash
9 6 (1.74%) Progress Chef
10 3 (0.87%) VxRail
11 2 (0.58%) Packer
12 1 (0.29%) Consul
12 1 (0.29%) Control-M
12 1 (0.29%) Istio
12 1 (0.29%) Kustomize
12 1 (0.29%) Microsoft Intune
12 1 (0.29%) Podman
Vendors
1 39 (11.30%) Microsoft
2 12 (3.48%) Google
3 9 (2.61%) Oracle
4 7 (2.03%) Databricks
4 7 (2.03%) Red Hat
5 5 (1.45%) Salesforce
5 5 (1.45%) Splunk
5 5 (1.45%) VMware
6 4 (1.16%) Cisco
7 3 (0.87%) BeyondTrust
7 3 (0.87%) Dell
8 2 (0.58%) arcserve
8 2 (0.58%) Guidewire
8 2 (0.58%) Syncfusion
8 2 (0.58%) Telerik
8 2 (0.58%) Thales
8 2 (0.58%) Veeam
9 1 (0.29%) Foundry
9 1 (0.29%) Palantir
9 1 (0.29%) ServiceNow