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

6 months to
29 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 40 19 10
Rank change year-on-year -21 -9 +4
Permanent jobs citing DevOps 204 383 603
As % of all permanent jobs in the South West 4.06% 8.81% 13.69%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 5.60% 10.47% 14.98%
Number of salaries quoted 163 209 465
10th Percentile £41,925 £42,000 £43,300
25th Percentile £49,375 £51,500 £50,000
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 £76,250 £77,500
90th Percentile £89,750 £90,000 £90,750
England median annual salary £70,039 £70,000 £70,000
% change year-on-year +0.06% - -1.04%

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 3,642 3,658 4,025
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South West 72.49% 84.13% 91.37%
Number of salaries quoted 2,469 1,880 3,049
10th Percentile £27,750 £30,000 £30,750
25th Percentile £33,750 £40,236 £41,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £53,351
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +3.09% +6.20%
75th Percentile £65,000 £68,750 £68,750
90th Percentile £80,000 £82,500 £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 29 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 29 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 -17 58 £60,000 -14.29% 115
Gloucestershire -16 40 £67,500 +3.85% 166
Devon +12 26 £50,000 +14.97% 126
Dorset +3 24 £65,000 +19.40% 60
Somerset +1 24 £45,000 - 73
Wiltshire -24 13 £60,000 -9.43% 68
Cornwall -13 7 £55,000 -8.33%
Avon - 1 £52,500 - 26
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 (2.94%) Apache
2 2 (0.98%) Confluence
3 1 (0.49%) Apache Airflow
3 1 (0.49%) CMS
Applications
1 4 (1.96%) Microsoft Project
2 3 (1.47%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (0.98%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 2 (0.98%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (0.49%) Dynamics NAV
2 1 (0.49%) Primavera
2 1 (0.49%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 112 (54.90%) Azure
2 74 (36.27%) AWS
3 60 (29.41%) Azure DevOps
4 33 (16.18%) GitHub
5 22 (10.78%) Serverless
6 21 (10.29%) GitHub Actions
7 18 (8.82%) Amazon S3
7 18 (8.82%) SaaS
8 13 (6.37%) AWS Lambda
9 11 (5.39%) Power Platform
10 9 (4.41%) GCP
10 9 (4.41%) OpenShift
11 8 (3.92%) Amazon EC2
11 8 (3.92%) Amazon ECS
12 7 (3.43%) Entra ID
13 6 (2.94%) Amazon CloudWatch
14 4 (1.96%) Amazon EKS
14 4 (1.96%) AWS CloudFormation
14 4 (1.96%) PaaS
14 4 (1.96%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 5 (2.45%) AMQP
2 4 (1.96%) Firewall
2 4 (1.96%) Internet
3 2 (0.98%) Network Security
3 2 (0.98%) VPN
4 1 (0.49%) Broadband
4 1 (0.49%) DNS
4 1 (0.49%) Intranet
4 1 (0.49%) VLAN
4 1 (0.49%) VSAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 12 (5.88%) Relational Database
2 10 (4.90%) Power BI
3 8 (3.92%) Amazon RDS
3 8 (3.92%) PostgreSQL
4 7 (3.43%) SQL Server
5 4 (1.96%) CockroachDB
5 4 (1.96%) Data Lake
5 4 (1.96%) InfluxDB
5 4 (1.96%) Metadata
5 4 (1.96%) NoSQL
6 3 (1.47%) Big Data
6 3 (1.47%) MongoDB
6 3 (1.47%) MySQL
7 2 (0.98%) Azure SQL Database
7 2 (0.98%) Data Warehouse
7 2 (0.98%) Delta Lake
7 2 (0.98%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 1 (0.49%) IBM InfoSphere
8 1 (0.49%) Power Query
8 1 (0.49%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 27 (13.24%) Jenkins
2 16 (7.84%) Git
3 14 (6.86%) Cypress.io
4 11 (5.39%) GitLab
5 9 (4.41%) Selenium
6 7 (3.43%) JIRA
7 5 (2.45%) JUnit
7 5 (2.45%) Postman
7 5 (2.45%) REST Assured
8 4 (1.96%) CircleCI
8 4 (1.96%) Cucumber
8 4 (1.96%) TestNG
9 3 (1.47%) Balsamiq
9 3 (1.47%) Gatling
9 3 (1.47%) LoadRunner
9 3 (1.47%) Subversion
9 3 (1.47%) Team Foundation Server
10 2 (0.98%) Maven
10 2 (0.98%) SonarQube
10 2 (0.98%) TestRail
General
1 32 (15.69%) Social Skills
2 30 (14.71%) Finance
3 13 (6.37%) Public Sector
4 12 (5.88%) Analytical Skills
5 4 (1.96%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 3 (1.47%) Aerospace
6 3 (1.47%) Influencing Skills
6 3 (1.47%) Manufacturing
6 3 (1.47%) Military
7 2 (0.98%) Billing
7 2 (0.98%) Documentation Skills
7 2 (0.98%) Games
7 2 (0.98%) Law
7 2 (0.98%) Retail
8 1 (0.49%) Advertising
8 1 (0.49%) Health Technology
8 1 (0.49%) Legal
8 1 (0.49%) Organisational Skills
8 1 (0.49%) Tech for Good
8 1 (0.49%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 40 (19.61%) DevOps Engineer
2 29 (14.22%) Developer
3 26 (12.75%) Senior
4 17 (8.33%) Platform Engineer
5 16 (7.84%) Architect
5 16 (7.84%) Consultant
5 16 (7.84%) Lead
6 15 (7.35%) Software Engineer
7 14 (6.86%) Software Developer
8 13 (6.37%) Technical Consultant
9 11 (5.39%) Senior DevOps
9 11 (5.39%) Senior DevOps Engineer
9 11 (5.39%) Tester
10 8 (3.92%) Full-Stack Developer
11 7 (3.43%) Data Engineer
11 7 (3.43%) Lead DevOps
11 7 (3.43%) Lead DevOps Engineer
12 6 (2.94%) 3rd Line Engineer
12 6 (2.94%) Analyst
12 6 (2.94%) Solutions Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 20 (9.80%) .NET
2 19 (9.31%) React
3 18 (8.82%) Spring
4 15 (7.35%) Spring Boot
5 11 (5.39%) YAML
6 10 (4.90%) Playwright
7 9 (4.41%) .NET Framework
7 9 (4.41%) AngularJS
8 8 (3.92%) RESTful
9 7 (3.43%) .NET Core
9 7 (3.43%) Blazor
9 7 (3.43%) REST
10 6 (2.94%) Elastic Stack
11 5 (2.45%) CSS
11 5 (2.45%) HTML
11 5 (2.45%) Kafka
11 5 (2.45%) Node.js
11 5 (2.45%) PySpark
11 5 (2.45%) RabbitMQ
11 5 (2.45%) WPF
Miscellaneous
1 32 (15.69%) Cloud Native
2 7 (3.43%) Legacy Systems
3 6 (2.94%) Linux Command Line
4 5 (2.45%) Enterprise Software
5 4 (1.96%) Self-Motivation
6 3 (1.47%) IoT
6 3 (1.47%) Mobile App
6 3 (1.47%) Product Ownership
6 3 (1.47%) Public Cloud
6 3 (1.47%) Security Posture
7 2 (0.98%) Legacy Applications
7 2 (0.98%) Management Information System
7 2 (0.98%) Private Cloud
7 2 (0.98%) Renewable Energy
8 1 (0.49%) Analytical Mindset
8 1 (0.49%) Distributed Systems
8 1 (0.49%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
8 1 (0.49%) Hybrid Cloud
8 1 (0.49%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 21 (10.29%) Linux
2 11 (5.39%) Windows
3 6 (2.94%) Ubuntu
4 5 (2.45%) Debian
5 4 (1.96%) Windows Server
6 2 (0.98%) CentOS
6 2 (0.98%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 2 (0.98%) Unix
7 1 (0.49%) Android
7 1 (0.49%) Apple iOS
7 1 (0.49%) CoreOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 91 (44.61%) CI/CD
2 73 (35.78%) Agile
3 49 (24.02%) Infrastructure as Code
4 38 (18.63%) Containerisation
4 38 (18.63%) Software Engineering
5 34 (16.67%) Problem-Solving
6 30 (14.71%) Test Automation
7 24 (11.76%) Platform Engineering
7 24 (11.76%) SDLC
8 23 (11.27%) Microservices
9 22 (10.78%) Continuous Improvement
10 21 (10.29%) Computer Science
10 21 (10.29%) Full-Stack Development
10 21 (10.29%) Scrum
11 20 (9.80%) API Testing
11 20 (9.80%) Infrastructure Engineering
12 18 (8.82%) Collaborative Culture
12 18 (8.82%) Software Testing
13 17 (8.33%) Coaching
13 17 (8.33%) Mentoring
Programming Languages
1 59 (28.92%) Python
2 41 (20.10%) Java
3 39 (19.12%) SQL
4 27 (13.24%) C#
5 24 (11.76%) PowerShell
6 22 (10.78%) Bash
6 22 (10.78%) JavaScript
7 20 (9.80%) Bicep
7 20 (9.80%) TypeScript
8 13 (6.37%) Go
9 6 (2.94%) C++
10 3 (1.47%) C
10 3 (1.47%) Data Analysis Expressions
10 3 (1.47%) Shell Script
10 3 (1.47%) VBScript
11 2 (0.98%) Scala
11 2 (0.98%) VB.NET
12 1 (0.49%) Delphi
12 1 (0.49%) Perl
12 1 (0.49%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 47 (23.04%) Security Cleared
2 31 (15.20%) Degree
3 26 (12.75%) DV Cleared
4 23 (11.27%) SC Cleared
5 17 (8.33%) Computer Science Degree
6 16 (7.84%) ISTQB
7 10 (4.90%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
8 6 (2.94%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
9 3 (1.47%) AWS Certification
9 3 (1.47%) Azure Certification
9 3 (1.47%) CITP
9 3 (1.47%) CREST Certified
10 2 (0.98%) BC Cleared
10 2 (0.98%) BPSS Clearance
11 1 (0.49%) CCNA
11 1 (0.49%) Chartered Engineer
11 1 (0.49%) Cisco Certification
11 1 (0.49%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
11 1 (0.49%) PMP
11 1 (0.49%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 25 (12.25%) QA
2 6 (2.94%) Accessibility
3 5 (2.45%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 4 (1.96%) Data Quality
5 3 (1.47%) PMO
6 2 (0.98%) Def Stans
6 2 (0.98%) SLA
7 1 (0.49%) GDPR
7 1 (0.49%) ISO 9001
7 1 (0.49%) ISO/IEC 12207
7 1 (0.49%) NCSC
7 1 (0.49%) P3O
7 1 (0.49%) PCI DSS
7 1 (0.49%) WCAG
System Software
1 46 (22.55%) Docker
2 3 (1.47%) Virtual Machines
2 3 (1.47%) VMware ESXi
3 1 (0.49%) Active Directory
3 1 (0.49%) Firmware
3 1 (0.49%) iptables
3 1 (0.49%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (0.49%) VMware NSX
3 1 (0.49%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 57 (27.94%) Kubernetes
2 39 (19.12%) Terraform
3 19 (9.31%) Ansible
4 11 (5.39%) Grafana
5 8 (3.92%) Prometheus
6 5 (2.45%) Progress Chef
7 4 (1.96%) Argo
7 4 (1.96%) Puppet
8 3 (1.47%) Docker Swarm
8 3 (1.47%) Kibana
8 3 (1.47%) Rancher
8 3 (1.47%) yum
9 1 (0.49%) Control-M
9 1 (0.49%) Kustomize
9 1 (0.49%) logstash
9 1 (0.49%) Single Sign-On
9 1 (0.49%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 22 (10.78%) Microsoft
2 7 (3.43%) Cisco
2 7 (3.43%) Red Hat
3 6 (2.94%) arcserve
3 6 (2.94%) Oracle
3 6 (2.94%) Veeam
4 5 (2.45%) Databricks
4 5 (2.45%) Google
4 5 (2.45%) Splunk
4 5 (2.45%) Syncfusion
4 5 (2.45%) Telerik
5 4 (1.96%) Fortinet
5 4 (1.96%) Palo Alto
6 3 (1.47%) CrowdStrike
7 2 (0.98%) Talend
8 1 (0.49%) Alteryx
8 1 (0.49%) Guidewire
8 1 (0.49%) HubSpot
8 1 (0.49%) Palantir
8 1 (0.49%) ServiceNow