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

6 months to
21 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 33 16 15
Rank change year-on-year -17 -1 -1
Permanent jobs citing DevOps 247 384 637
As % of all permanent jobs in the South West 4.73% 9.45% 11.61%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 6.65% 10.98% 13.05%
Number of salaries quoted 188 210 494
10th Percentile £41,925 £42,500 £42,500
25th Percentile £48,438 £51,698 £48,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £64,627 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -7.16% +7.71% +0.80%
75th Percentile £77,500 £76,250 £75,000
90th Percentile £88,750 £87,500 £87,500
England median annual salary £70,000 £70,000 £67,500
% change year-on-year - +3.70% -6.90%

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 3,713 3,497 4,883
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South West 71.16% 86.07% 89.01%
Number of salaries quoted 2,527 1,722 3,740
10th Percentile £28,000 £30,638 £30,000
25th Percentile £35,000 £41,250 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% +2.94%
75th Percentile £67,500 £68,750 £67,500
90th Percentile £80,000 £81,250 £80,000
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year -8.33% +4.35% -8.00%

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 January 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 21 January 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
Bristol -11 69 £66,250 -1.85% 55
Gloucestershire -14 57 £66,250 +1.92% 53
Devon +21 32 £47,500 -11.63% 21
Dorset +1 25 £70,000 +28.58% 24
Somerset -5 24 £45,000 - 32
Wiltshire -20 18 £60,000 -7.16% 32
Cornwall -14 7 £55,000 -8.33%
Avon - 1 £52,500 - 24
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 8 (3.24%) Apache
2 3 (1.21%) Confluence
3 2 (0.81%) CMS
4 1 (0.40%) Apache Airflow
4 1 (0.40%) OpenStack
Applications
1 4 (1.62%) Microsoft Project
2 3 (1.21%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (0.81%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 2 (0.81%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (0.40%) Primavera
2 1 (0.40%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 132 (53.44%) Azure
2 91 (36.84%) AWS
3 68 (27.53%) Azure DevOps
4 39 (15.79%) GitHub
5 30 (12.15%) Serverless
6 27 (10.93%) GitHub Actions
7 20 (8.10%) Amazon S3
7 20 (8.10%) GCP
8 17 (6.88%) AWS Lambda
9 16 (6.48%) SaaS
10 11 (4.45%) Power Platform
11 10 (4.05%) Amazon EC2
11 10 (4.05%) Amazon ECS
11 10 (4.05%) Entra ID
11 10 (4.05%) OpenShift
12 8 (3.24%) Amazon CloudWatch
13 6 (2.43%) AWS CloudFormation
13 6 (2.43%) Virtual Private Cloud
14 5 (2.02%) Amazon EKS
14 5 (2.02%) Azure App Service
Communications & Networking
1 5 (2.02%) Firewall
1 5 (2.02%) Internet
2 4 (1.62%) AMQP
3 3 (1.21%) Network Security
4 2 (0.81%) VPN
5 1 (0.40%) Broadband
5 1 (0.40%) DNS
5 1 (0.40%) Intranet
5 1 (0.40%) VLAN
5 1 (0.40%) VSAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 13 (5.26%) Relational Database
2 10 (4.05%) Amazon RDS
2 10 (4.05%) Power BI
3 8 (3.24%) NoSQL
3 8 (3.24%) PostgreSQL
3 8 (3.24%) SQL Server
4 5 (2.02%) CockroachDB
5 4 (1.62%) Big Data
5 4 (1.62%) Data Lake
5 4 (1.62%) InfluxDB
5 4 (1.62%) Metadata
5 4 (1.62%) MongoDB
6 3 (1.21%) Elasticsearch
6 3 (1.21%) MySQL
6 3 (1.21%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 2 (0.81%) Azure SQL Database
7 2 (0.81%) Data Warehouse
7 2 (0.81%) Delta Lake
8 1 (0.40%) Geospatial Data
8 1 (0.40%) Power Query
Development Applications
1 38 (15.38%) Jenkins
2 18 (7.29%) Cypress.io
3 17 (6.88%) Git
4 16 (6.48%) GitLab
5 13 (5.26%) Selenium
6 8 (3.24%) JIRA
7 6 (2.43%) Cucumber
7 6 (2.43%) JUnit
7 6 (2.43%) REST Assured
8 5 (2.02%) CircleCI
8 5 (2.02%) Gradle
8 5 (2.02%) Maven
8 5 (2.02%) SonarQube
8 5 (2.02%) Subversion
8 5 (2.02%) TestNG
9 4 (1.62%) Postman
10 3 (1.21%) Bitbucket
10 3 (1.21%) Gatling
10 3 (1.21%) LoadRunner
10 3 (1.21%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 40 (16.19%) Social Skills
2 35 (14.17%) Finance
3 16 (6.48%) Public Sector
4 15 (6.07%) Analytical Skills
5 7 (2.83%) Aerospace
6 4 (1.62%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 3 (1.21%) Billing
7 3 (1.21%) Influencing Skills
7 3 (1.21%) Law
7 3 (1.21%) Manufacturing
7 3 (1.21%) Military
8 2 (0.81%) Games
8 2 (0.81%) Organisational Skills
8 2 (0.81%) Retail
9 1 (0.40%) Documentation Skills
9 1 (0.40%) Health Technology
9 1 (0.40%) Legal
9 1 (0.40%) Pharmaceutical
9 1 (0.40%) Tech for Good
9 1 (0.40%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 51 (20.65%) DevOps Engineer
2 37 (14.98%) Senior
3 32 (12.96%) Developer
4 26 (10.53%) Lead
5 22 (8.91%) Software Engineer
6 18 (7.29%) Platform Engineer
7 17 (6.88%) Architect
8 16 (6.48%) Consultant
9 15 (6.07%) Senior DevOps
9 15 (6.07%) Senior DevOps Engineer
9 15 (6.07%) Software Developer
10 13 (5.26%) Technical Consultant
11 12 (4.86%) Tester
12 9 (3.64%) Data Engineer
12 9 (3.64%) Full-Stack Developer
13 7 (2.83%) Azure Engineer
13 7 (2.83%) Lead DevOps
13 7 (2.83%) Lead DevOps Engineer
13 7 (2.83%) Senior Developer
13 7 (2.83%) Solutions Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 24 (9.72%) React
1 24 (9.72%) Spring
2 23 (9.31%) .NET
3 21 (8.50%) Spring Boot
4 14 (5.67%) Playwright
5 13 (5.26%) RESTful
6 12 (4.86%) AngularJS
7 11 (4.45%) YAML
8 10 (4.05%) .NET Framework
8 10 (4.05%) Elastic Stack
9 9 (3.64%) .NET Core
9 9 (3.64%) Vue
10 8 (3.24%) Blazor
10 8 (3.24%) Node.js
10 8 (3.24%) REST
11 6 (2.43%) CSS
11 6 (2.43%) HTML
11 6 (2.43%) PySpark
11 6 (2.43%) RabbitMQ
12 5 (2.02%) Universal Windows Platform
Miscellaneous
1 35 (14.17%) Cloud Native
2 7 (2.83%) Legacy Systems
3 6 (2.43%) Linux Command Line
4 5 (2.02%) Enterprise Software
4 5 (2.02%) Self-Motivation
5 4 (1.62%) Product Ownership
5 4 (1.62%) Public Cloud
5 4 (1.62%) Security Posture
6 3 (1.21%) IoT
6 3 (1.21%) Management Information System
6 3 (1.21%) Private Cloud
7 2 (0.81%) Blockchain
7 2 (0.81%) Legacy Applications
7 2 (0.81%) Mobile App
7 2 (0.81%) Renewable Energy
8 1 (0.40%) Analytical Mindset
8 1 (0.40%) Culture of Ownership
8 1 (0.40%) Data Centre
8 1 (0.40%) Distributed Systems
8 1 (0.40%) Hybrid Cloud
Operating Systems
1 28 (11.34%) Linux
2 12 (4.86%) Windows
3 6 (2.43%) Ubuntu
4 5 (2.02%) Debian
5 4 (1.62%) Windows Server
6 3 (1.21%) Unix
7 2 (0.81%) CentOS
7 2 (0.81%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 1 (0.40%) Android
8 1 (0.40%) Apple iOS
8 1 (0.40%) CoreOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 119 (48.18%) CI/CD
2 90 (36.44%) Agile
3 62 (25.10%) Infrastructure as Code
4 53 (21.46%) Software Engineering
5 49 (19.84%) Containerisation
6 46 (18.62%) Problem-Solving
7 41 (16.60%) Test Automation
8 33 (13.36%) Continuous Improvement
9 31 (12.55%) SDLC
10 30 (12.15%) Platform Engineering
11 29 (11.74%) Full-Stack Development
12 27 (10.93%) Microservices
13 26 (10.53%) Infrastructure Engineering
14 25 (10.12%) Collaborative Culture
15 24 (9.72%) Mentoring
16 23 (9.31%) API Testing
16 23 (9.31%) Scrum
17 21 (8.50%) AI
18 20 (8.10%) Computer Science
19 19 (7.69%) Manual Testing
Programming Languages
1 80 (32.39%) Python
2 57 (23.08%) Java
3 42 (17.00%) SQL
4 35 (14.17%) Bash
5 29 (11.74%) C#
6 28 (11.34%) PowerShell
7 27 (10.93%) JavaScript
7 27 (10.93%) TypeScript
8 20 (8.10%) Bicep
9 16 (6.48%) Go
10 8 (3.24%) C++
11 4 (1.62%) Shell Script
12 3 (1.21%) Data Analysis Expressions
12 3 (1.21%) Elixir
12 3 (1.21%) Erlang
12 3 (1.21%) Kotlin
12 3 (1.21%) VBScript
13 2 (0.81%) Scala
13 2 (0.81%) VB
13 2 (0.81%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 68 (27.53%) Security Cleared
2 37 (14.98%) DV Cleared
3 30 (12.15%) Degree
4 25 (10.12%) SC Cleared
5 16 (6.48%) Computer Science Degree
5 16 (6.48%) ISTQB
6 11 (4.45%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
7 6 (2.43%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
8 4 (1.62%) AWS Certification
9 3 (1.21%) Azure Certification
9 3 (1.21%) CITP
9 3 (1.21%) CREST Certified
10 2 (0.81%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
10 2 (0.81%) BC Cleared
10 2 (0.81%) BPSS Clearance
10 2 (0.81%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
11 1 (0.40%) Chartered Engineer
11 1 (0.40%) Cisco Certification
11 1 (0.40%) PMP
11 1 (0.40%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 34 (13.77%) QA
2 11 (4.45%) Accessibility
3 5 (2.02%) Data Quality
4 4 (1.62%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 3 (1.21%) PMO
6 2 (0.81%) Def Stans
6 2 (0.81%) SLA
7 1 (0.40%) GDPR
7 1 (0.40%) ISO/IEC 12207
7 1 (0.40%) NCSC
7 1 (0.40%) P3O
7 1 (0.40%) PCI DSS
7 1 (0.40%) WCAG
System Software
1 57 (23.08%) Docker
2 3 (1.21%) Active Directory
2 3 (1.21%) Virtual Machines
2 3 (1.21%) VMware ESXi
3 2 (0.81%) iptables
4 1 (0.40%) Firmware
4 1 (0.40%) VMware Infrastructure
4 1 (0.40%) VMware NSX
4 1 (0.40%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 74 (29.96%) Kubernetes
2 54 (21.86%) Terraform
3 29 (11.74%) Ansible
4 20 (8.10%) Grafana
5 14 (5.67%) Prometheus
6 7 (2.83%) Puppet
7 6 (2.43%) Argo
7 6 (2.43%) Progress Chef
8 5 (2.02%) Kibana
8 5 (2.02%) Rancher
8 5 (2.02%) yum
9 3 (1.21%) Docker Swarm
9 3 (1.21%) logstash
10 1 (0.40%) Control-M
10 1 (0.40%) Istio
10 1 (0.40%) Kustomize
10 1 (0.40%) Single Sign-On
10 1 (0.40%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 23 (9.31%) Microsoft
2 8 (3.24%) Red Hat
3 7 (2.83%) Cisco
3 7 (2.83%) Google
3 7 (2.83%) Oracle
3 7 (2.83%) Splunk
4 6 (2.43%) arcserve
4 6 (2.43%) Veeam
5 5 (2.02%) Databricks
5 5 (2.02%) Syncfusion
5 5 (2.02%) Telerik
6 4 (1.62%) Fortinet
6 4 (1.62%) Palo Alto
7 3 (1.21%) CrowdStrike
7 3 (1.21%) Salesforce
8 2 (0.81%) Guidewire
8 2 (0.81%) Talend
9 1 (0.40%) Alteryx
9 1 (0.40%) HubSpot
9 1 (0.40%) ServiceNow