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 21 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
21 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 39 20 9
Rank change year-on-year -19 -11 +5
Permanent jobs citing DevOps 198 385 612
As % of all permanent jobs in the South West 3.98% 8.67% 14.83%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 5.45% 10.37% 15.77%
Number of salaries quoted 160 212 470
10th Percentile £41,925 £42,500 £42,500
25th Percentile £49,688 £52,500 £48,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £65,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -7.69% +4.00% +8.70%
75th Percentile £77,500 £76,500 £77,500
90th Percentile £90,000 £90,000 £91,934
England median annual salary £70,079 £70,000 £70,000
% change year-on-year +0.11% - -

All Process and 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 3,633 3,713 3,882
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South West 72.94% 83.64% 94.04%
Number of salaries quoted 2,458 1,936 2,965
10th Percentile £28,000 £30,000 £31,000
25th Percentile £33,750 £40,000 £41,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £54,439 £54,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.15% +0.81% +7.49%
75th Percentile £65,000 £68,750 £68,750
90th Percentile £80,000 £81,375 £82,500
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% - -4.00%

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 21 December 2025.

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 21 December 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 -11 58 £60,000 -14.29% 39
Gloucestershire -16 41 £68,750 +5.77% 24
Devon +4 25 £50,000 +14.97% 7
Somerset +1 24 £45,000 - 15
Dorset +2 20 £70,000 +28.58% 12
Wiltshire -19 13 £60,000 -12.73% 15
Cornwall -16 6 £55,000 -8.33%
Avon - 1 £52,500 - 30
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 6 (3.03%) Apache
2 2 (1.01%) Confluence
3 1 (0.51%) Apache Airflow
3 1 (0.51%) CMS
Applications
1 4 (2.02%) Microsoft Project
2 3 (1.52%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (1.01%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 2 (1.01%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (0.51%) Dynamics NAV
2 1 (0.51%) Primavera
2 1 (0.51%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 108 (54.55%) Azure
2 73 (36.87%) AWS
3 57 (28.79%) Azure DevOps
4 32 (16.16%) GitHub
5 22 (11.11%) Serverless
6 21 (10.61%) GitHub Actions
7 17 (8.59%) Amazon S3
8 16 (8.08%) SaaS
9 12 (6.06%) AWS Lambda
10 11 (5.56%) Power Platform
11 9 (4.55%) OpenShift
12 8 (4.04%) Amazon ECS
12 8 (4.04%) GCP
13 7 (3.54%) Amazon EC2
13 7 (3.54%) Entra ID
14 5 (2.53%) Amazon CloudWatch
15 4 (2.02%) Amazon EKS
15 4 (2.02%) Azure App Service
15 4 (2.02%) Azure Data Factory
15 4 (2.02%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 5 (2.53%) AMQP
1 5 (2.53%) Firewall
2 4 (2.02%) Internet
3 2 (1.01%) Network Security
3 2 (1.01%) VPN
4 1 (0.51%) DNS
4 1 (0.51%) Intranet
4 1 (0.51%) VLAN
4 1 (0.51%) VSAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 11 (5.56%) Relational Database
2 10 (5.05%) Power BI
3 8 (4.04%) PostgreSQL
4 7 (3.54%) Amazon RDS
4 7 (3.54%) SQL Server
5 4 (2.02%) Data Lake
5 4 (2.02%) InfluxDB
5 4 (2.02%) Metadata
6 3 (1.52%) Big Data
6 3 (1.52%) CockroachDB
6 3 (1.52%) MongoDB
6 3 (1.52%) MySQL
6 3 (1.52%) NoSQL
7 2 (1.01%) Azure SQL Database
7 2 (1.01%) Data Warehouse
7 2 (1.01%) Delta Lake
7 2 (1.01%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 1 (0.51%) BigQuery
8 1 (0.51%) Power Query
8 1 (0.51%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 26 (13.13%) Jenkins
2 16 (8.08%) Git
3 12 (6.06%) Cypress.io
4 9 (4.55%) GitLab
5 7 (3.54%) JIRA
5 7 (3.54%) Selenium
6 5 (2.53%) Postman
7 4 (2.02%) CircleCI
7 4 (2.02%) Cucumber
7 4 (2.02%) JUnit
7 4 (2.02%) REST Assured
8 3 (1.52%) Balsamiq
8 3 (1.52%) Gatling
8 3 (1.52%) LoadRunner
8 3 (1.52%) Subversion
8 3 (1.52%) Team Foundation Server
8 3 (1.52%) TestNG
9 2 (1.01%) SoapUI
9 2 (1.01%) TestRail
9 2 (1.01%) Zephyr
General
1 32 (16.16%) Social Skills
2 30 (15.15%) Finance
3 13 (6.57%) Public Sector
4 12 (6.06%) Analytical Skills
5 3 (1.52%) Aerospace
5 3 (1.52%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 3 (1.52%) Influencing Skills
5 3 (1.52%) Law
5 3 (1.52%) Manufacturing
5 3 (1.52%) Military
6 2 (1.01%) Documentation Skills
6 2 (1.01%) Games
6 2 (1.01%) Retail
7 1 (0.51%) Advertising
7 1 (0.51%) Back Office
7 1 (0.51%) Banking
7 1 (0.51%) Billing
7 1 (0.51%) Legal
7 1 (0.51%) Marketing
7 1 (0.51%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 40 (20.20%) DevOps Engineer
2 29 (14.65%) Developer
3 26 (13.13%) Senior
4 16 (8.08%) Architect
4 16 (8.08%) Consultant
4 16 (8.08%) Platform Engineer
5 15 (7.58%) Software Developer
5 15 (7.58%) Software Engineer
6 13 (6.57%) Technical Consultant
7 12 (6.06%) Lead
8 11 (5.56%) Tester
9 10 (5.05%) Senior DevOps
9 10 (5.05%) Senior DevOps Engineer
10 7 (3.54%) Data Engineer
11 6 (3.03%) 3rd Line Engineer
11 6 (3.03%) Analyst
11 6 (3.03%) Azure Engineer
11 6 (3.03%) Full-Stack Developer
11 6 (3.03%) Lead DevOps
11 6 (3.03%) Lead DevOps Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 23 (11.62%) .NET
2 20 (10.10%) React
3 17 (8.59%) Spring
4 14 (7.07%) Spring Boot
5 11 (5.56%) YAML
6 9 (4.55%) .NET Framework
6 9 (4.55%) AngularJS
7 8 (4.04%) .NET Core
7 8 (4.04%) Playwright
8 7 (3.54%) Blazor
8 7 (3.54%) RESTful
9 6 (3.03%) Node.js
9 6 (3.03%) REST
10 5 (2.53%) CSS
10 5 (2.53%) HTML
10 5 (2.53%) Kafka
10 5 (2.53%) PySpark
10 5 (2.53%) RabbitMQ
10 5 (2.53%) Universal Windows Platform
10 5 (2.53%) WPF
Miscellaneous
1 33 (16.67%) Cloud Native
2 8 (4.04%) Legacy Systems
3 6 (3.03%) Linux Command Line
4 5 (2.53%) Enterprise Software
4 5 (2.53%) Self-Motivation
5 4 (2.02%) Public Cloud
6 3 (1.52%) IoT
6 3 (1.52%) Mobile App
6 3 (1.52%) Product Ownership
7 2 (1.01%) Legacy Applications
7 2 (1.01%) Management Information System
7 2 (1.01%) Renewable Energy
7 2 (1.01%) Security Posture
8 1 (0.51%) Analytical Mindset
8 1 (0.51%) Distributed Systems
8 1 (0.51%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
8 1 (0.51%) Hybrid Cloud
8 1 (0.51%) NHS
8 1 (0.51%) Private Cloud
Operating Systems
1 20 (10.10%) Linux
2 11 (5.56%) Windows
3 6 (3.03%) Ubuntu
4 5 (2.53%) Debian
5 4 (2.02%) Windows Server
6 2 (1.01%) CentOS
6 2 (1.01%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 1 (0.51%) Android
7 1 (0.51%) Apple iOS
7 1 (0.51%) CoreOS
7 1 (0.51%) Unix
7 1 (0.51%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 87 (43.94%) CI/CD
2 71 (35.86%) Agile
3 48 (24.24%) Infrastructure as Code
4 38 (19.19%) Software Engineering
5 35 (17.68%) Containerisation
6 34 (17.17%) Problem-Solving
7 27 (13.64%) Test Automation
8 23 (11.62%) Continuous Improvement
8 23 (11.62%) Platform Engineering
9 22 (11.11%) Microservices
10 21 (10.61%) Computer Science
10 21 (10.61%) Scrum
10 21 (10.61%) SDLC
11 20 (10.10%) Infrastructure Engineering
12 19 (9.60%) API Testing
13 18 (9.09%) Collaborative Culture
13 18 (9.09%) Full-Stack Development
14 17 (8.59%) Coaching
14 17 (8.59%) Mentoring
14 17 (8.59%) User Experience
Programming Languages
1 56 (28.28%) Python
2 40 (20.20%) SQL
3 38 (19.19%) Java
4 27 (13.64%) C#
5 24 (12.12%) PowerShell
6 21 (10.61%) JavaScript
7 20 (10.10%) Bicep
7 20 (10.10%) TypeScript
8 19 (9.60%) Bash
9 12 (6.06%) Go
10 6 (3.03%) C++
11 3 (1.52%) Data Analysis Expressions
11 3 (1.52%) Shell Script
11 3 (1.52%) VBScript
12 2 (1.01%) C
12 2 (1.01%) Scala
12 2 (1.01%) VB.NET
13 1 (0.51%) Delphi
13 1 (0.51%) Perl
13 1 (0.51%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 46 (23.23%) Security Cleared
2 31 (15.66%) Degree
3 25 (12.63%) DV Cleared
4 22 (11.11%) SC Cleared
5 17 (8.59%) Computer Science Degree
6 15 (7.58%) ISTQB
7 9 (4.55%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
8 6 (3.03%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
9 4 (2.02%) Azure Certification
10 3 (1.52%) CITP
10 3 (1.52%) CREST Certified
11 2 (1.01%) AWS Certification
11 2 (1.01%) BC Cleared
11 2 (1.01%) BPSS Clearance
12 1 (0.51%) CCNA
12 1 (0.51%) Chartered Engineer
12 1 (0.51%) Cisco Certification
12 1 (0.51%) PMI Certification
12 1 (0.51%) PMP
12 1 (0.51%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 23 (11.62%) QA
2 5 (2.53%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 4 (2.02%) Accessibility
3 4 (2.02%) Data Quality
4 3 (1.52%) PMO
5 2 (1.01%) Def Stans
5 2 (1.01%) SLA
6 1 (0.51%) GDPR
6 1 (0.51%) ISO 9001
6 1 (0.51%) ISO/IEC 12207
6 1 (0.51%) NCSC
6 1 (0.51%) P3O
6 1 (0.51%) PCI DSS
6 1 (0.51%) WCAG
System Software
1 43 (21.72%) Docker
2 3 (1.52%) Virtual Machines
2 3 (1.52%) VMware ESXi
3 1 (0.51%) Active Directory
3 1 (0.51%) Firmware
3 1 (0.51%) iptables
3 1 (0.51%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (0.51%) VMware NSX
3 1 (0.51%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 55 (27.78%) Kubernetes
2 36 (18.18%) Terraform
3 17 (8.59%) Ansible
4 9 (4.55%) Grafana
5 5 (2.53%) Progress Chef
5 5 (2.53%) Prometheus
6 4 (2.02%) Puppet
7 3 (1.52%) Argo
7 3 (1.52%) Docker Swarm
7 3 (1.52%) Kibana
7 3 (1.52%) Rancher
7 3 (1.52%) yum
8 1 (0.51%) Control-M
8 1 (0.51%) logstash
8 1 (0.51%) Single Sign-On
8 1 (0.51%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 23 (11.62%) Microsoft
2 7 (3.54%) Cisco
2 7 (3.54%) Red Hat
3 6 (3.03%) arcserve
3 6 (3.03%) Veeam
4 5 (2.53%) Databricks
4 5 (2.53%) Oracle
4 5 (2.53%) Syncfusion
4 5 (2.53%) Telerik
5 4 (2.02%) Fortinet
5 4 (2.02%) Palo Alto
5 4 (2.02%) Splunk
6 3 (1.52%) CrowdStrike
6 3 (1.52%) Google
7 2 (1.01%) Talend
8 1 (0.51%) Alteryx
8 1 (0.51%) Foundry
8 1 (0.51%) Palantir
8 1 (0.51%) ServiceNow
8 1 (0.51%) Zoho