DevOps Jobs in the South West

DevOps
England > South West

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the South West requiring DevOps skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited DevOps over the 6 months leading up to 11 October 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
11 Oct 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 20 11 17
Rank change year-on-year -9 +6 -9
Permanent jobs citing DevOps 525 754 1,072
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South West 7.04% 14.78% 13.16%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 8.96% 15.58% 13.76%
Number of salaries quoted 252 480 608
10th Percentile £42,608 £42,412 £37,500
25th Percentile £54,267 £48,750 £43,563
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £60,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +8.33% +4.35% +15.00%
75th Percentile £81,750 £77,500 £76,250
90th Percentile £87,500 £95,000 £87,500
England median annual salary £70,000 £70,000 £70,000
% change year-on-year - - +3.70%

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 5,859 4,841 7,792
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South West 78.59% 94.88% 95.64%
Number of salaries quoted 2,948 3,341 4,623
10th Percentile £30,000 £30,000 £29,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £41,000 £37,341
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £55,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year - +10.00% +5.26%
75th Percentile £67,500 £70,000 £66,250
90th Percentile £81,250 £82,500 £80,000
England median annual salary £60,000 £60,800 £60,000
% change year-on-year -1.32% +1.33% +4.35%

DevOps
Job Vacancy Trend in the South West

Job postings citing DevOps as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the South West.

Job vacancy trend for DevOps in the South West

DevOps
Salary Trend in the South West

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

Salary trend for DevOps in the South West

DevOps
Salary Histogram in the South West

Salary distribution for jobs citing DevOps in the South West over the 6 months to 11 October 2024.

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 11 October 2024. 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 +5 221 £62,500 - 26
Bristol -15 158 £72,500 +16.00% 48
Wiltshire -34 52 £70,000 +12.00% 14
Devon -8 41 £43,491 -17.16% 7
Dorset -35 27 £54,439 -5.32% 11
Somerset -21 15 £51,250 -4.65% 9
Cornwall +5 5 £60,000 +26.32% 1
DevOps
England

DevOps
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:

Application Platforms
1 20 (3.81%) Apache
2 18 (3.43%) Apache Spark
3 16 (3.05%) nginx
4 14 (2.67%) Jupyter
5 13 (2.48%) Confluence
6 7 (1.33%) SharePoint
7 3 (0.57%) BizTalk Server
7 3 (0.57%) Oracle Workflow
8 2 (0.38%) ArcGIS
8 2 (0.38%) GeoServer
8 2 (0.38%) JBoss
8 2 (0.38%) Microsoft Exchange
9 1 (0.19%) CMS
9 1 (0.19%) Headless CMS
9 1 (0.19%) IIS
9 1 (0.19%) Kentico
9 1 (0.19%) Sitecore CMS
9 1 (0.19%) Umbraco
Applications
1 5 (0.95%) Microsoft Office
2 4 (0.76%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (0.38%) S-PLUS
4 1 (0.19%) Trello
Business Applications
1 7 (1.33%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
2 3 (0.57%) Dynamics AX
Cloud Services
1 346 (65.90%) Azure
2 205 (39.05%) Azure DevOps
3 182 (34.67%) AWS
4 135 (25.71%) Power Platform
5 130 (24.76%) IaaS
6 126 (24.00%) Power Automate
6 126 (24.00%) PowerApps
7 125 (23.81%) Serverless
8 124 (23.62%) PaaS
9 118 (22.48%) Azure Functions
10 117 (22.29%) Azure Logic Apps
11 43 (8.19%) GCP
12 38 (7.24%) OpenShift
13 28 (5.33%) GitHub
14 27 (5.14%) SaaS
15 21 (4.00%) Amazon S3
16 20 (3.81%) Dynamics 365
17 18 (3.43%) AWS CloudFormation
18 16 (3.05%) GitHub Actions
19 14 (2.67%) MinIO
Communications & Networking
1 33 (6.29%) Broadband
2 13 (2.48%) HTTP
3 11 (2.10%) DHCP
3 11 (2.10%) DNS
3 11 (2.10%) Network Security
3 11 (2.10%) TCP/IP
4 9 (1.71%) Firewall
5 5 (0.95%) MPLS
6 4 (0.76%) Intranet
7 3 (0.57%) LAN
7 3 (0.57%) WAN
8 2 (0.38%) BGP
8 2 (0.38%) Internet
8 2 (0.38%) OSPF
8 2 (0.38%) RSVP
8 2 (0.38%) SSL
8 2 (0.38%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 145 (27.62%) SQL Server
2 30 (5.71%) MongoDB
3 29 (5.52%) Relational Database
4 23 (4.38%) MySQL
5 22 (4.19%) Big Data
6 14 (2.67%) Hadoop
6 14 (2.67%) PostgreSQL
6 14 (2.67%) Presto
7 12 (2.29%) Data Warehouse
8 10 (1.90%) Amazon RDS
8 10 (1.90%) Redis
9 9 (1.71%) Power BI
10 8 (1.52%) Geospatial Data
11 7 (1.33%) NoSQL
12 4 (0.76%) BigQuery
12 4 (0.76%) Looker
12 4 (0.76%) RDBMS
12 4 (0.76%) Snowflake Schema
12 4 (0.76%) Star Schema
12 4 (0.76%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 57 (10.86%) Git
2 42 (8.00%) Jenkins
3 35 (6.67%) JIRA
4 29 (5.52%) GitLab
5 14 (2.67%) Atlassian Bamboo
6 11 (2.10%) SonarQube
7 10 (1.90%) Visual Studio
8 8 (1.52%) Bitbucket
9 5 (0.95%) Eclipse
10 3 (0.57%) JMeter
10 3 (0.57%) JUnit
10 3 (0.57%) Robot Framework
10 3 (0.57%) Selenium
10 3 (0.57%) Visual Studio Code
11 2 (0.38%) Cypress.io
11 2 (0.38%) IntelliJ
11 2 (0.38%) Octopus Deploy
11 2 (0.38%) Oracle APEX
11 2 (0.38%) TeamCity
11 2 (0.38%) Terragrunt
General
1 126 (24.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
2 106 (20.19%) Social Skills
3 57 (10.86%) Public Sector
4 46 (8.76%) Finance
5 43 (8.19%) Analytical Skills
6 24 (4.57%) Aerospace
7 22 (4.19%) Retail
8 16 (3.05%) Manufacturing
9 11 (2.10%) Automotive
10 7 (1.33%) Influencing Skills
10 7 (1.33%) Presentation Skills
11 6 (1.14%) Advertising
11 6 (1.14%) Tech for Good
12 5 (0.95%) Law
12 5 (0.95%) Organisational Skills
13 4 (0.76%) Banking
13 4 (0.76%) Billing
13 4 (0.76%) Legal
14 3 (0.57%) Games
14 3 (0.57%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 129 (24.57%) Senior
2 118 (22.48%) Lead
3 98 (18.67%) DevOps Engineer
4 90 (17.14%) Analyst
5 77 (14.67%) Developer
6 53 (10.10%) Architect
7 48 (9.14%) Senior Analyst
8 39 (7.43%) Applications Support
9 37 (7.05%) Senior Developer
10 36 (6.86%) Software Engineer
11 25 (4.76%) .NET Developer
12 21 (4.00%) Product Manager
13 20 (3.81%) Cloud Engineer
14 19 (3.62%) Senior .NET Developer
15 18 (3.43%) Consultant
16 17 (3.24%) Infrastructure Engineer
16 17 (3.24%) Software Developer
17 16 (3.05%) Technical Manager
18 15 (2.86%) Cloud Consultant
18 15 (2.86%) Senior Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 68 (12.95%) .NET
2 46 (8.76%) React
3 38 (7.24%) CSS
4 34 (6.48%) .NET Framework
4 34 (6.48%) HTML
5 33 (6.29%) Elastic Stack
6 30 (5.71%) ASP.NET
7 26 (4.95%) .NET Core
7 26 (4.95%) Entity Framework
8 22 (4.19%) Spring
9 21 (4.00%) RESTful
10 20 (3.81%) Apache NiFi
10 20 (3.81%) RabbitMQ
11 17 (3.24%) LESS
11 17 (3.24%) OAuth
12 15 (2.86%) AngularJS
12 15 (2.86%) YAML
13 14 (2.67%) ActiveMQ
14 13 (2.48%) Node.js
15 12 (2.29%) Flask
Miscellaneous
1 114 (21.71%) Data Structures
2 42 (8.00%) Cloud Native
3 33 (6.29%) Hybrid Cloud
3 33 (6.29%) Product Ownership
4 16 (3.05%) Private Cloud
5 12 (2.29%) Enterprise Cloud
5 12 (2.29%) Public Cloud
6 11 (2.10%) Onboarding
7 9 (1.71%) Cyber Threat
7 9 (1.71%) Cyberattack
7 9 (1.71%) e-Learning
7 9 (1.71%) Social Media
8 7 (1.33%) Legacy Systems
8 7 (1.33%) Linux Command Line
9 6 (1.14%) Blockchain
10 5 (0.95%) Algorithms
10 5 (0.95%) Analytical Mindset
10 5 (0.95%) Management Information System
10 5 (0.95%) Self-Motivation
11 4 (0.76%) Hackathon
Operating Systems
1 102 (19.43%) Linux
2 24 (4.57%) Windows
3 13 (2.48%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 4 (0.76%) Debian
5 3 (0.57%) Alpine Linux
5 3 (0.57%) VMS
5 3 (0.57%) Windows 10
6 2 (0.38%) AIX
7 1 (0.19%) Ubuntu
7 1 (0.19%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 282 (53.71%) Agile
2 177 (33.71%) CI/CD
3 95 (18.10%) Infrastructure as Code
4 89 (16.95%) Containerisation
4 89 (16.95%) Problem-Solving
5 81 (15.43%) Software Engineering
6 67 (12.76%) Mentoring
7 58 (11.05%) Continuous Integration
8 53 (10.10%) Microservices
9 52 (9.90%) Scrum
10 46 (8.76%) Full-Stack Development
11 44 (8.38%) SDLC
12 40 (7.62%) Configuration Management
12 40 (7.62%) Continuous Improvement
13 36 (6.86%) Observability
14 35 (6.67%) Artificial Intelligence
14 35 (6.67%) Business Strategy
15 33 (6.29%) Roadmaps
15 33 (6.29%) Site Reliability Engineering
16 32 (6.10%) ITIL
Programming Languages
1 153 (29.14%) SQL
2 129 (24.57%) Python
3 65 (12.38%) JavaScript
4 60 (11.43%) C#
5 56 (10.67%) Java
6 51 (9.71%) Bash
7 26 (4.95%) TypeScript
8 25 (4.76%) Shell Script
9 19 (3.62%) PowerShell
10 10 (1.90%) C++
11 8 (1.52%) T-SQL
12 7 (1.33%) PHP
13 5 (0.95%) Bicep
14 3 (0.57%) Go
14 3 (0.57%) VB.NET
15 2 (0.38%) Kotlin
16 1 (0.19%) C
16 1 (0.19%) R
16 1 (0.19%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 146 (27.81%) Security Cleared
2 118 (22.48%) Azure Certification
3 76 (14.48%) DV Cleared
4 55 (10.48%) SC Cleared
5 38 (7.24%) Degree
6 18 (3.43%) BPSS Clearance
6 18 (3.43%) Computer Science Degree
7 11 (2.10%) Master's Degree
8 10 (1.90%) LPIC
8 10 (1.90%) RHCSA
9 8 (1.52%) Microsoft Certification
10 7 (1.33%) TOGAF Certification
11 4 (0.76%) AWS Certification
12 3 (0.57%) Cisco Certification
13 2 (0.38%) CCNP
13 2 (0.38%) ISTQB
13 2 (0.38%) JNCIP
14 1 (0.19%) CISSP
14 1 (0.19%) ITIL Certification
14 1 (0.19%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 24 (4.57%) QA
2 20 (3.81%) NIST
3 11 (2.10%) SOC 2
4 10 (1.90%) GDPR
4 10 (1.90%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 9 (1.71%) HIPAA
6 5 (0.95%) PMO
7 3 (0.57%) SLA
8 2 (0.38%) Data Quality
9 1 (0.19%) Cyber Essentials
9 1 (0.19%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 140 (26.67%) Docker
2 16 (3.05%) VMware Infrastructure
3 13 (2.48%) Active Directory
4 10 (1.90%) Hyper-V
5 3 (0.57%) Virtual Machines
5 3 (0.57%) VMware ESXi
6 2 (0.38%) Virtual Desktop
7 1 (0.19%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 169 (32.19%) Kubernetes
2 121 (23.05%) Terraform
3 101 (19.24%) Ansible
4 45 (8.57%) Prometheus
5 42 (8.00%) Grafana
6 26 (4.95%) Puppet
7 14 (2.67%) HAProxy
8 8 (1.52%) Single Sign-On
9 3 (0.57%) Nagios
9 3 (0.57%) NetIQ Identity Manager
9 3 (0.57%) Progress Chef
10 2 (0.38%) Active Directory Federation Services
10 2 (0.38%) Kibana
10 2 (0.38%) MIIS
11 1 (0.19%) Argo
11 1 (0.19%) logstash
11 1 (0.19%) Rancher
11 1 (0.19%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 173 (32.95%) Microsoft
2 24 (4.57%) VMware
3 21 (4.00%) Red Hat
4 19 (3.62%) Google
5 17 (3.24%) Oracle
6 8 (1.52%) ServiceNow
7 7 (1.33%) Sparx
8 6 (1.14%) Atlassian
8 6 (1.14%) Dynatrace
8 6 (1.14%) IBM
9 5 (0.95%) Splunk
10 4 (0.76%) Databricks
10 4 (0.76%) F5
11 3 (0.57%) ForgeRock
11 3 (0.57%) HP
11 3 (0.57%) NetIQ
12 2 (0.38%) Dell
12 2 (0.38%) ESRI
12 2 (0.38%) Juniper
12 2 (0.38%) Salesforce