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

6 months to
29 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 30 13 16
Rank change year-on-year -17 +3 -2
Permanent jobs citing DevOps 345 293 783
As % of all permanent jobs in the South West 4.56% 10.92% 8.86%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 6.64% 12.14% 10.59%
Number of salaries quoted 247 203 608
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 £60,500
Median % change year-on-year -11.11% +11.57% -3.20%
75th Percentile £77,500 £82,500 £77,500
90th Percentile £83,780 £97,500 £87,500
England median annual salary £70,966 £70,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year +1.38% +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 5,197 2,414 7,391
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South West 68.67% 89.97% 83.61%
Number of salaries quoted 3,431 1,538 5,535
10th Percentile £30,000 £28,000 £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 £59,773 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -0.38% +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 29 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 29 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 -10 105 £60,000 -7.69% 29
Bristol -17 101 £65,000 -9.71% 46
Devon +15 43 £50,000 - 4
Wiltshire -19 30 £65,000 +4.31% 12
Dorset -5 27 £70,000 -3.45% 5
Somerset -19 21 £55,000 -4.35% 11
Cornwall -7 7 £49,623 -35.97% 5
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 15 (4.35%) Apache
2 6 (1.74%) Confluence
3 4 (1.16%) CMS
4 3 (0.87%) Apache Spark
4 3 (0.87%) OpenStack
5 2 (0.58%) IIS
5 2 (0.58%) nginx
5 2 (0.58%) SharePoint
6 1 (0.29%) Apache Airflow
6 1 (0.29%) Drupal
6 1 (0.29%) Headless CMS
6 1 (0.29%) Microsoft Exchange
6 1 (0.29%) Palantir Foundry
6 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
3 1 (0.29%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 5 (1.45%) Visualfiles
2 1 (0.29%) Magento
Cloud Services
1 140 (40.58%) Azure
2 83 (24.06%) AWS
2 83 (24.06%) Azure DevOps
3 37 (10.72%) GCP
3 37 (10.72%) GitHub
4 28 (8.12%) GitHub Actions
5 25 (7.25%) Serverless
6 19 (5.51%) Amazon S3
7 16 (4.64%) AWS Lambda
8 15 (4.35%) SaaS
9 14 (4.06%) Amazon EC2
10 13 (3.77%) Entra ID
11 10 (2.90%) Microsoft 365
11 10 (2.90%) Virtual Private Cloud
12 9 (2.61%) Amazon CloudWatch
13 8 (2.32%) Amazon ECS
13 8 (2.32%) OpenShift
14 7 (2.03%) AWS CloudFormation
14 7 (2.03%) Datadog
14 7 (2.03%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 13 (3.77%) 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 11 (3.19%) MongoDB
4 10 (2.90%) PostgreSQL
4 10 (2.90%) SQL Server
5 8 (2.32%) Elasticsearch
5 8 (2.32%) MySQL
6 7 (2.03%) Power BI
6 7 (2.03%) Relational Database
7 6 (1.74%) Big Data
8 5 (1.45%) CockroachDB
9 4 (1.16%) Data Lake
9 4 (1.16%) Metadata
9 4 (1.16%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 3 (0.87%) Data Warehouse
10 3 (0.87%) Delta Lake
11 2 (0.58%) InfluxDB
11 2 (0.58%) Redis
12 1 (0.29%) Parquet
12 1 (0.29%) Spark SQL
Development Applications
1 41 (11.88%) Jenkins
2 28 (8.12%) GitLab
2 28 (8.12%) JIRA
3 26 (7.54%) Git
4 25 (7.25%) Cypress.io
5 18 (5.22%) Selenium
6 9 (2.61%) Cucumber
7 8 (2.32%) SonarQube
8 7 (2.03%) Bitbucket
8 7 (2.03%) CircleCI
8 7 (2.03%) JUnit
8 7 (2.03%) Subversion
9 6 (1.74%) Maven
10 5 (1.45%) Gradle
10 5 (1.45%) TestNG
11 4 (1.16%) REST Assured
12 3 (0.87%) Balsamiq
12 3 (0.87%) Mockito
12 3 (0.87%) Postman
12 3 (0.87%) TestRail
General
1 66 (19.13%) Social Skills
2 45 (13.04%) Finance
3 16 (4.64%) Analytical Skills
4 12 (3.48%) Public Sector
5 11 (3.19%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 10 (2.90%) Aerospace
6 10 (2.90%) 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 52 (15.07%) Senior
3 50 (14.49%) Lead
4 40 (11.59%) Software Engineer
5 37 (10.72%) Developer
6 27 (7.83%) Azure Engineer
7 22 (6.38%) Architect
7 22 (6.38%) Infrastructure Engineer
8 19 (5.51%) Senior DevOps
8 19 (5.51%) Solutions Architect
9 17 (4.93%) Full-Stack Engineer
10 16 (4.64%) Azure DevOps Engineer
10 16 (4.64%) Consultant
10 16 (4.64%) Full-Stack Software Engineer
10 16 (4.64%) Senior DevOps Engineer
11 15 (4.35%) Cloud Engineer
12 14 (4.06%) AWS Engineer
13 13 (3.77%) QA Leader
13 13 (3.77%) Technical Consultant
14 12 (3.48%) Data Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 24 (6.96%) Playwright
1 24 (6.96%) React
1 24 (6.96%) Spring
2 21 (6.09%) Spring Boot
3 20 (5.80%) .NET
4 18 (5.22%) Vue
5 16 (4.64%) Elastic Stack
6 15 (4.35%) AngularJS
6 15 (4.35%) RESTful
7 14 (4.06%) Apache NiFi
8 13 (3.77%) REST
9 9 (2.61%) Node.js
10 7 (2.03%) .NET Core
10 7 (2.03%) .NET Framework
10 7 (2.03%) ASP.NET
10 7 (2.03%) CSS
11 6 (1.74%) Blazor
11 6 (1.74%) HTML
11 6 (1.74%) Kafka
11 6 (1.74%) PySpark
Miscellaneous
1 27 (7.83%) Cloud Native
2 10 (2.90%) Cyberattack
3 4 (1.16%) Legacy Systems
3 4 (1.16%) Self-Motivation
4 3 (0.87%) Hybrid Cloud
4 3 (0.87%) IoT
4 3 (0.87%) Management Information System
4 3 (0.87%) Private Cloud
4 3 (0.87%) Product Ownership
4 3 (0.87%) Public Cloud
4 3 (0.87%) Security Posture
5 2 (0.58%) Blockchain
5 2 (0.58%) Data Protection Act
5 2 (0.58%) Distributed Computing
6 1 (0.29%) Analytical Mindset
6 1 (0.29%) Culture of Ownership
6 1 (0.29%) Data Centre
6 1 (0.29%) Data Structures
6 1 (0.29%) Distributed Systems
6 1 (0.29%) Legacy Applications
Operating Systems
1 50 (14.49%) Linux
2 19 (5.51%) Windows
3 6 (1.74%) Unix
4 5 (1.45%) Windows Server
5 3 (0.87%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 2 (0.58%) VMS
7 1 (0.29%) Apple iOS
7 1 (0.29%) CentOS
7 1 (0.29%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 141 (40.87%) CI/CD
2 99 (28.70%) Software Engineering
3 97 (28.12%) Agile
4 63 (18.26%) Infrastructure as Code
5 62 (17.97%) Test Automation
6 55 (15.94%) Problem-Solving
7 50 (14.49%) Continuous Improvement
7 50 (14.49%) Mentoring
8 48 (13.91%) Containerisation
9 44 (12.75%) SDLC
10 41 (11.88%) Full-Stack Development
10 41 (11.88%) Infrastructure Engineering
11 37 (10.72%) Platform Engineering
12 32 (9.28%) AI
13 31 (8.99%) Site Reliability Engineering
14 28 (8.12%) Collaborative Culture
15 27 (7.83%) API Testing
16 25 (7.25%) Manual Testing
17 24 (6.96%) Analytics
18 23 (6.67%) Scrum
Programming Languages
1 90 (26.09%) Python
2 69 (20.00%) Java
3 45 (13.04%) Bash
4 35 (10.14%) JavaScript
4 35 (10.14%) SQL
5 29 (8.41%) C#
5 29 (8.41%) TypeScript
6 26 (7.54%) PowerShell
7 18 (5.22%) Go
8 15 (4.35%) C++
9 9 (2.61%) Bicep
10 6 (1.74%) PHP
11 4 (1.16%) Rust
12 3 (0.87%) C
12 3 (0.87%) Elixir
12 3 (0.87%) Erlang
12 3 (0.87%) Groovy
12 3 (0.87%) VB
13 2 (0.58%) Shell Script
13 2 (0.58%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 105 (30.43%) Security Cleared
2 53 (15.36%) DV Cleared
3 32 (9.28%) Degree
4 31 (8.99%) SC Cleared
5 15 (4.35%) ISTQB
6 12 (3.48%) 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%) Microsoft 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
12 1 (0.29%) BPSS Clearance
12 1 (0.29%) Chartered Engineer
12 1 (0.29%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 53 (15.36%) QA
2 21 (6.09%) Accessibility
3 10 (2.90%) NIST
4 9 (2.61%) Data Quality
4 9 (2.61%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 3 (0.87%) GDPR
5 3 (0.87%) ISO 9001
6 2 (0.58%) Cyber Essentials
6 2 (0.58%) IFRS
6 2 (0.58%) IFRS 17
6 2 (0.58%) PMO
6 2 (0.58%) Solvency II
7 1 (0.29%) ISO/IEC 12207
7 1 (0.29%) NCSC
7 1 (0.29%) Software Quality Assurance
System Software
1 66 (19.13%) Docker
2 13 (3.77%) Active Directory
3 5 (1.45%) Hyper-V
4 4 (1.16%) Firmware
4 4 (1.16%) iptables
4 4 (1.16%) VMware Infrastructure
5 1 (0.29%) Citrix Hypervisor
5 1 (0.29%) KVM
5 1 (0.29%) QEMU
5 1 (0.29%) Slurm Workload Manager
5 1 (0.29%) Virtual Machines
5 1 (0.29%) Xen
Systems Management
1 73 (21.16%) Kubernetes
2 65 (18.84%) Terraform
3 36 (10.43%) Ansible
4 32 (9.28%) Grafana
5 19 (5.51%) Prometheus
6 15 (4.35%) 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 4 (1.16%) 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 42 (12.17%) Microsoft
2 12 (3.48%) Google
3 9 (2.61%) Oracle
4 8 (2.32%) Databricks
5 7 (2.03%) Red Hat
6 6 (1.74%) VMware
7 5 (1.45%) Salesforce
7 5 (1.45%) Splunk
8 4 (1.16%) BeyondTrust
9 3 (0.87%) Cisco
9 3 (0.87%) Dell
10 2 (0.58%) Guidewire
10 2 (0.58%) Syncfusion
10 2 (0.58%) Telerik
10 2 (0.58%) Thales
11 1 (0.29%) Freshdesk
11 1 (0.29%) OpenAI
11 1 (0.29%) Palantir
11 1 (0.29%) ServiceNow
11 1 (0.29%) Talend