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

6 months to
1 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 34 15 14
Rank change year-on-year -19 -1 -2
Permanent jobs citing DevOps 253 383 725
As % of all permanent jobs in the South West 4.65% 9.94% 11.58%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 6.55% 11.41% 13.02%
Number of salaries quoted 190 211 577
10th Percentile £42,443 £42,500 £36,365
25th Percentile £48,750 £51,698 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £65,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -7.69% +8.33% +0.80%
75th Percentile £77,500 £76,250 £74,500
90th Percentile £85,880 £90,000 £85,000
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 3,864 3,356 5,567
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South West 70.99% 87.08% 88.92%
Number of salaries quoted 2,611 1,625 4,342
10th Percentile £28,250 £30,925 £29,000
25th Percentile £35,000 £41,250 £38,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £50,702
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +8.48% -0.67%
75th Percentile £67,500 £68,750 £66,137
90th Percentile £80,000 £81,250 £80,000
England median annual salary £55,000 £61,425 £57,500
% change year-on-year -10.46% +6.83% -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 1 February 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 1 February 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 -14 69 £62,500 -7.41% 41
Gloucestershire -12 60 £65,000 - 39
Devon +23 33 £47,500 -20.83% 3
Dorset -1 26 £70,000 +28.58% 11
Somerset 0 24 £45,000 -5.26% 11
Wiltshire -30 18 £60,000 -7.16% 18
Cornwall -11 7 £55,000 -8.33% 1
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 8 (3.16%) Apache
2 4 (1.58%) CMS
3 3 (1.19%) Confluence
4 1 (0.40%) Apache Airflow
4 1 (0.40%) Headless CMS
4 1 (0.40%) nginx
4 1 (0.40%) OpenStack
4 1 (0.40%) Palantir Foundry
Applications
1 5 (1.98%) Microsoft Project
2 3 (1.19%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (0.79%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 1 (0.40%) Dynamics CRM
1 1 (0.40%) Primavera
1 1 (0.40%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 131 (51.78%) Azure
2 89 (35.18%) AWS
3 67 (26.48%) Azure DevOps
4 37 (14.62%) GitHub
5 26 (10.28%) GitHub Actions
5 26 (10.28%) Serverless
6 21 (8.30%) GCP
7 18 (7.11%) Amazon S3
8 15 (5.93%) AWS Lambda
8 15 (5.93%) SaaS
9 10 (3.95%) Amazon ECS
9 10 (3.95%) Power Platform
10 9 (3.56%) Entra ID
11 8 (3.16%) Amazon CloudWatch
11 8 (3.16%) Amazon EC2
11 8 (3.16%) OpenShift
12 6 (2.37%) AWS CloudFormation
12 6 (2.37%) Virtual Private Cloud
13 5 (1.98%) Amazon EKS
13 5 (1.98%) Datadog
Communications & Networking
1 5 (1.98%) Firewall
1 5 (1.98%) Internet
2 3 (1.19%) Network Security
3 2 (0.79%) AMQP
3 2 (0.79%) VPN
4 1 (0.40%) Broadband
4 1 (0.40%) DNS
4 1 (0.40%) Intranet
4 1 (0.40%) VLAN
4 1 (0.40%) VSAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 11 (4.35%) Relational Database
2 9 (3.56%) Power BI
3 8 (3.16%) Amazon RDS
3 8 (3.16%) NoSQL
4 7 (2.77%) PostgreSQL
5 6 (2.37%) SQL Server
6 5 (1.98%) CockroachDB
6 5 (1.98%) MongoDB
7 4 (1.58%) Big Data
7 4 (1.58%) Data Lake
7 4 (1.58%) Metadata
8 3 (1.19%) Elasticsearch
8 3 (1.19%) MySQL
8 3 (1.19%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 2 (0.79%) Azure SQL Database
9 2 (0.79%) Delta Lake
9 2 (0.79%) InfluxDB
10 1 (0.40%) Geospatial Data
10 1 (0.40%) Parquet
10 1 (0.40%) Power Query
Development Applications
1 36 (14.23%) Jenkins
2 19 (7.51%) Cypress.io
3 16 (6.32%) Git
3 16 (6.32%) GitLab
4 14 (5.53%) Selenium
5 9 (3.56%) JIRA
6 6 (2.37%) CircleCI
6 6 (2.37%) Cucumber
6 6 (2.37%) JUnit
6 6 (2.37%) REST Assured
7 5 (1.98%) Gradle
7 5 (1.98%) Maven
7 5 (1.98%) SonarQube
7 5 (1.98%) Subversion
7 5 (1.98%) TestNG
8 4 (1.58%) Postman
9 3 (1.19%) Balsamiq
9 3 (1.19%) Bitbucket
9 3 (1.19%) Team Foundation Server
10 2 (0.79%) Mockito
General
1 42 (16.60%) Social Skills
2 35 (13.83%) Finance
3 16 (6.32%) Public Sector
4 13 (5.14%) Analytical Skills
5 7 (2.77%) Aerospace
6 4 (1.58%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 3 (1.19%) Billing
7 3 (1.19%) Influencing Skills
7 3 (1.19%) Law
7 3 (1.19%) Manufacturing
7 3 (1.19%) Military
8 2 (0.79%) Games
8 2 (0.79%) Organisational Skills
9 1 (0.40%) Banking
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 53 (20.95%) DevOps Engineer
2 41 (16.21%) Senior
3 31 (12.25%) Developer
4 27 (10.67%) Lead
5 25 (9.88%) Software Engineer
6 18 (7.11%) Architect
7 17 (6.72%) Platform Engineer
8 16 (6.32%) Consultant
9 15 (5.93%) Senior DevOps
9 15 (5.93%) Senior DevOps Engineer
10 13 (5.14%) Software Developer
10 13 (5.14%) Technical Consultant
11 12 (4.74%) Tester
12 9 (3.56%) Data Engineer
12 9 (3.56%) Full-Stack Developer
12 9 (3.56%) Full-Stack Engineer
12 9 (3.56%) Full-Stack Software Engineer
13 8 (3.16%) DevSecOps Engineer
13 8 (3.16%) Solutions Architect
14 7 (2.77%) Senior Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 25 (9.88%) React
1 25 (9.88%) Spring
2 22 (8.70%) Spring Boot
3 21 (8.30%) .NET
4 16 (6.32%) Playwright
5 14 (5.53%) RESTful
6 11 (4.35%) AngularJS
6 11 (4.35%) YAML
7 10 (3.95%) .NET Framework
7 10 (3.95%) Elastic Stack
7 10 (3.95%) Node.js
7 10 (3.95%) Vue
8 8 (3.16%) .NET Core
8 8 (3.16%) REST
9 7 (2.77%) Blazor
10 6 (2.37%) Apache NiFi
10 6 (2.37%) PySpark
11 5 (1.98%) Kafka
11 5 (1.98%) Universal Windows Platform
11 5 (1.98%) WinUI
Miscellaneous
1 35 (13.83%) Cloud Native
2 6 (2.37%) Legacy Systems
2 6 (2.37%) Self-Motivation
3 5 (1.98%) Enterprise Software
4 4 (1.58%) Product Ownership
4 4 (1.58%) Public Cloud
4 4 (1.58%) Security Posture
5 3 (1.19%) IoT
5 3 (1.19%) Linux Command Line
5 3 (1.19%) Management Information System
5 3 (1.19%) Private Cloud
6 2 (0.79%) Blockchain
6 2 (0.79%) Legacy Applications
6 2 (0.79%) Mobile App
6 2 (0.79%) Renewable Energy
7 1 (0.40%) Analytical Mindset
7 1 (0.40%) Culture of Ownership
7 1 (0.40%) Data Centre
7 1 (0.40%) Distributed Systems
7 1 (0.40%) Hybrid Cloud
Operating Systems
1 28 (11.07%) Linux
2 12 (4.74%) Windows
3 5 (1.98%) Ubuntu
4 4 (1.58%) Debian
4 4 (1.58%) Windows Server
5 3 (1.19%) Unix
6 2 (0.79%) CentOS
6 2 (0.79%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 1 (0.40%) Android
7 1 (0.40%) Apple iOS
7 1 (0.40%) CoreOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 117 (46.25%) CI/CD
2 92 (36.36%) Agile
3 60 (23.72%) Infrastructure as Code
4 58 (22.92%) Software Engineering
5 51 (20.16%) Problem-Solving
6 46 (18.18%) Containerisation
7 45 (17.79%) Test Automation
8 36 (14.23%) Continuous Improvement
9 32 (12.65%) Full-Stack Development
9 32 (12.65%) SDLC
10 31 (12.25%) Platform Engineering
11 28 (11.07%) Infrastructure Engineering
12 26 (10.28%) Collaborative Culture
12 26 (10.28%) Microservices
13 25 (9.88%) API Testing
13 25 (9.88%) Mentoring
14 23 (9.09%) Scrum
15 22 (8.70%) AI
16 20 (7.91%) Computer Science
16 20 (7.91%) Manual Testing
Programming Languages
1 75 (29.64%) Python
2 57 (22.53%) Java
3 37 (14.62%) Bash
3 37 (14.62%) SQL
4 28 (11.07%) C#
4 28 (11.07%) PowerShell
5 27 (10.67%) TypeScript
6 25 (9.88%) JavaScript
7 18 (7.11%) Bicep
8 14 (5.53%) Go
9 8 (3.16%) C++
10 3 (1.19%) Elixir
10 3 (1.19%) Erlang
10 3 (1.19%) Kotlin
10 3 (1.19%) VBScript
11 2 (0.79%) C
11 2 (0.79%) Data Analysis Expressions
11 2 (0.79%) Scala
11 2 (0.79%) Shell Script
11 2 (0.79%) VB
Qualifications
1 70 (27.67%) Security Cleared
2 36 (14.23%) DV Cleared
3 31 (12.25%) Degree
4 23 (9.09%) SC Cleared
5 16 (6.32%) Computer Science Degree
6 15 (5.93%) ISTQB
7 10 (3.95%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
8 6 (2.37%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
9 4 (1.58%) AWS Certification
10 3 (1.19%) BC Cleared
10 3 (1.19%) CITP
10 3 (1.19%) CREST Certified
11 2 (0.79%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
11 2 (0.79%) BPSS Clearance
11 2 (0.79%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
12 1 (0.40%) Azure Certification
12 1 (0.40%) Chartered Engineer
12 1 (0.40%) Cisco Certification
12 1 (0.40%) Master's Degree
12 1 (0.40%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 35 (13.83%) QA
2 13 (5.14%) Accessibility
3 5 (1.98%) Data Quality
3 5 (1.98%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 3 (1.19%) PMO
5 2 (0.79%) Def Stans
5 2 (0.79%) SLA
6 1 (0.40%) GDPR
6 1 (0.40%) ISO/IEC 12207
6 1 (0.40%) NCSC
6 1 (0.40%) P3O
6 1 (0.40%) PCI DSS
6 1 (0.40%) WCAG
System Software
1 55 (21.74%) Docker
2 3 (1.19%) Active Directory
2 3 (1.19%) Virtual Machines
3 2 (0.79%) iptables
3 2 (0.79%) VMware ESXi
3 2 (0.79%) VMware Infrastructure
4 1 (0.40%) Firmware
4 1 (0.40%) Hyper-V
4 1 (0.40%) VMware NSX
4 1 (0.40%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 72 (28.46%) Kubernetes
2 51 (20.16%) Terraform
3 29 (11.46%) Ansible
4 20 (7.91%) Grafana
5 12 (4.74%) Prometheus
6 7 (2.77%) Puppet
7 6 (2.37%) Argo
8 5 (1.98%) Kibana
8 5 (1.98%) Rancher
8 5 (1.98%) yum
9 4 (1.58%) Progress Chef
10 3 (1.19%) logstash
11 1 (0.40%) Control-M
11 1 (0.40%) Docker Swarm
11 1 (0.40%) Istio
11 1 (0.40%) Kustomize
11 1 (0.40%) Single Sign-On
11 1 (0.40%) vCenter Server
11 1 (0.40%) VxRail
Vendors
1 25 (9.88%) Microsoft
2 7 (2.77%) Cisco
2 7 (2.77%) Oracle
2 7 (2.77%) Red Hat
2 7 (2.77%) Splunk
3 6 (2.37%) arcserve
3 6 (2.37%) Google
3 6 (2.37%) Veeam
4 5 (1.98%) Databricks
4 5 (1.98%) Syncfusion
4 5 (1.98%) Telerik
5 4 (1.58%) Fortinet
5 4 (1.58%) Palo Alto
6 3 (1.19%) CrowdStrike
7 2 (0.79%) Guidewire
7 2 (0.79%) Salesforce
7 2 (0.79%) VMware
8 1 (0.40%) BMC
8 1 (0.40%) Dell
8 1 (0.40%) IBM