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 12 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 20 16 13
Rank change year-on-year -4 -3 -1
Permanent jobs citing DevOps 290 871 883
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South West 8.06% 9.38% 13.11%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 8.63% 11.23% 13.88%
Number of salaries quoted 195 609 564
10th Percentile £45,400 £36,365 £40,988
25th Percentile £52,500 £47,500 £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £61,500 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year +5.69% -1.60% +8.70%
75th Percentile £82,500 £77,500 £77,715
90th Percentile £98,084 £87,500 £91,250
England median annual salary £71,991 £65,000 £70,000
% change year-on-year +10.76% -7.14% -

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 3,360 7,755 6,362
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South West 93.44% 83.54% 94.45%
Number of salaries quoted 1,930 5,571 3,573
10th Percentile £27,250 £28,500 £30,500
25th Percentile £37,063 £37,500 £39,200
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,600 £51,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +3.14% -2.86% +5.00%
75th Percentile £63,750 £65,000 £68,750
90th Percentile £77,500 £80,000 £81,250
England median annual salary £57,500 £55,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year +4.55% -12.00% +4.17%

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 12 May 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 12 May 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 -7 121 £72,500 +2.73% 110
Gloucestershire +2 86 £65,000 +18.18% 97
Wiltshire +7 48 £64,627 +17.50% 19
Somerset -3 11 £57,500 +4.55% 16
Devon -7 10 £47,500 +28.43% 23
Dorset +25 7 £70,000 +21.74% 13
Cornwall +14 3 £77,500 +40.91% 2
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 30 (10.34%) Oracle Application Server
2 20 (6.90%) Jupyter
3 11 (3.79%) Confluence
4 5 (1.72%) nginx
4 5 (1.72%) SharePoint
5 2 (0.69%) Apache Airflow
5 2 (0.69%) CMS
6 1 (0.34%) Apache
6 1 (0.34%) Apache Solr
6 1 (0.34%) IIS
6 1 (0.34%) Umbraco
Applications
1 1 (0.34%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 6 (2.07%) Dynamics CRM
2 4 (1.38%) Oracle BPM
3 2 (0.69%) Magento
3 2 (0.69%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
4 1 (0.34%) Oracle Financials
4 1 (0.34%) ResourceLink
Cloud Services
1 127 (43.79%) Azure
2 98 (33.79%) AWS
3 58 (20.00%) Azure DevOps
4 32 (11.03%) GCP
5 28 (9.66%) Power Platform
6 20 (6.90%) Serverless
7 18 (6.21%) SaaS
8 16 (5.52%) GitHub
9 13 (4.48%) GitHub Actions
10 11 (3.79%) OCI
11 10 (3.45%) AWS Lambda
11 10 (3.45%) Cloud Computing
11 10 (3.45%) Power Automate
12 9 (3.10%) Dynamics 365
13 7 (2.41%) Amazon S3
13 7 (2.41%) Azure Functions
13 7 (2.41%) PaaS
13 7 (2.41%) Pulumi
14 6 (2.07%) Amazon EC2
14 6 (2.07%) Azure Service Bus
Communications & Networking
1 9 (3.10%) Network Security
2 8 (2.76%) VPN
3 6 (2.07%) Broadband
3 6 (2.07%) Firewall
4 4 (1.38%) DNS
4 4 (1.38%) IPv4
5 2 (0.69%) Intrusion Detection
5 2 (0.69%) OSPF
5 2 (0.69%) TCP/IP
5 2 (0.69%) VLAN
6 1 (0.34%) FTP
6 1 (0.34%) HTTP
6 1 (0.34%) HTTPS
6 1 (0.34%) IPsec
6 1 (0.34%) SD-WAN
6 1 (0.34%) SMTP
6 1 (0.34%) Software-Defined Networking
6 1 (0.34%) SSL
6 1 (0.34%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 37 (12.76%) Data Warehouse
2 30 (10.34%) Enterprise Data Warehouse
2 30 (10.34%) Oracle Reports
3 25 (8.62%) Big Data
4 24 (8.28%) SQL Server
5 20 (6.90%) Power BI
6 14 (4.83%) NoSQL
7 13 (4.48%) PostgreSQL
8 12 (4.14%) Relational Database
8 12 (4.14%) Tableau
9 9 (3.10%) BigQuery
10 7 (2.41%) RDBMS
11 6 (2.07%) Amazon RDS
11 6 (2.07%) SQL Server Reporting Services
12 5 (1.72%) Data Hub
12 5 (1.72%) Looker
12 5 (1.72%) Redis
13 4 (1.38%) Data Lake
13 4 (1.38%) MariaDB
13 4 (1.38%) MongoDB
Development Applications
1 47 (16.21%) Git
2 26 (8.97%) JIRA
3 22 (7.59%) Jenkins
4 16 (5.52%) GitLab
5 9 (3.10%) Cypress.io
6 8 (2.76%) Postman
6 8 (2.76%) Selenium
7 7 (2.41%) Cucumber
7 7 (2.41%) SonarQube
7 7 (2.41%) Sonatype Nexus
8 6 (2.07%) IBM UrbanCode
8 6 (2.07%) Jaeger
8 6 (2.07%) Visual Studio
9 5 (1.72%) Oracle Forms
9 5 (1.72%) webpack
10 4 (1.38%) Visual Studio Code
11 2 (0.69%) CircleCI
11 2 (0.69%) Gatling
11 2 (0.69%) Locust
11 2 (0.69%) TestRail
General
1 114 (39.31%) Finance
2 79 (27.24%) Social Skills
3 55 (18.97%) Analytical Skills
4 37 (12.76%) Banking
5 34 (11.72%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 33 (11.38%) Organisational Skills
7 31 (10.69%) Military
8 26 (8.97%) Retail
9 25 (8.62%) Public Sector
10 10 (3.45%) Telecoms
11 6 (2.07%) Influencing Skills
12 5 (1.72%) Electronics
12 5 (1.72%) Legal
12 5 (1.72%) Manufacturing
12 5 (1.72%) Marketing
13 2 (0.69%) Aerospace
13 2 (0.69%) Automotive
13 2 (0.69%) Documentation Skills
13 2 (0.69%) General Ledger
14 1 (0.34%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 67 (23.10%) Senior
2 40 (13.79%) Developer
3 39 (13.45%) Software Engineer
4 37 (12.76%) DevOps Engineer
5 36 (12.41%) Lead
6 21 (7.24%) Data Scientist
6 21 (7.24%) Senior Data Scientist
7 20 (6.90%) Cloud Engineer
8 18 (6.21%) Senior Developer
9 16 (5.52%) Architect
10 14 (4.83%) Senior DevOps
11 13 (4.48%) Data Engineer
11 13 (4.48%) Senior DevOps Engineer
12 12 (4.14%) .NET Developer
13 10 (3.45%) Database Engineer
13 10 (3.45%) Infrastructure Engineer
14 9 (3.10%) Release Manager
14 9 (3.10%) Senior Software Engineer
15 8 (2.76%) Change Manager
15 8 (2.76%) IT Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 33 (11.38%) .NET
2 24 (8.28%) React
3 18 (6.21%) .NET Framework
3 18 (6.21%) RESTful
4 17 (5.86%) HTML
5 15 (5.17%) CSS
5 15 (5.17%) Spring Boot
6 14 (4.83%) AngularJS
7 13 (4.48%) ASP.NET
8 12 (4.14%) Node.js
9 9 (3.10%) Entity Framework
9 9 (3.10%) Spring
9 9 (3.10%) Web Services
10 8 (2.76%) .NET Core
10 8 (2.76%) ASP.NET Web API
10 8 (2.76%) Elastic Stack
10 8 (2.76%) GraphQL
10 8 (2.76%) JSON
11 7 (2.41%) Bootstrap
11 7 (2.41%) LESS
Miscellaneous
1 23 (7.93%) Algorithms
2 20 (6.90%) Cyberattack
3 9 (3.10%) Hybrid Cloud
4 7 (2.41%) Product Ownership
4 7 (2.41%) Public Cloud
4 7 (2.41%) Reinsurance
5 6 (2.07%) Cloud Native
5 6 (2.07%) Onboarding
6 5 (1.72%) Client/Server
6 5 (1.72%) Mobile App
6 5 (1.72%) Virtual Team
7 4 (1.38%) CMDB
7 4 (1.38%) e-Learning
7 4 (1.38%) Hackathon
7 4 (1.38%) Learning Management System
7 4 (1.38%) Robotics
8 3 (1.03%) Linux Command Line
8 3 (1.03%) Private Cloud
9 2 (0.69%) Data Structures
9 2 (0.69%) Reference Data
Operating Systems
1 26 (8.97%) Linux
2 11 (3.79%) Windows
3 9 (3.10%) Unix
4 5 (1.72%) Windows Server
5 4 (1.38%) Android
6 3 (1.03%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 2 (0.69%) Apple iOS
8 1 (0.34%) Windows Server 2012
8 1 (0.34%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 143 (49.31%) Agile
2 114 (39.31%) CI/CD
3 87 (30.00%) Software Engineering
4 75 (25.86%) Problem-Solving
5 65 (22.41%) Mentoring
6 58 (20.00%) Containerisation
6 58 (20.00%) ITIL
7 50 (17.24%) Analytics
8 45 (15.52%) Data Modelling
9 44 (15.17%) Customer Experience
9 44 (15.17%) Microservices
9 44 (15.17%) Service Management
10 38 (13.10%) Infrastructure as Code
11 37 (12.76%) Artificial Intelligence
12 35 (12.07%) Data Management
12 35 (12.07%) Test Automation
13 33 (11.38%) Data Integration
13 33 (11.38%) Decision-Making
13 33 (11.38%) Visualisation
14 32 (11.03%) Data Science
Programming Languages
1 89 (30.69%) Python
2 74 (25.52%) JavaScript
3 56 (19.31%) Java
4 44 (15.17%) SQL
5 35 (12.07%) C#
6 26 (8.97%) Bash
7 22 (7.59%) PowerShell
8 19 (6.55%) TypeScript
9 14 (4.83%) Go
10 7 (2.41%) VB.NET
11 6 (2.07%) Kotlin
12 5 (1.72%) Bicep
12 5 (1.72%) R
12 5 (1.72%) VB
13 4 (1.38%) Apex Code
13 4 (1.38%) T-SQL
14 2 (0.69%) Data Analysis Expressions
14 2 (0.69%) PHP
14 2 (0.69%) PL/SQL
14 2 (0.69%) VB6
Qualifications
1 75 (25.86%) Security Cleared
2 49 (16.90%) Degree
3 42 (14.48%) DV Cleared
4 33 (11.38%) DBS Check
5 31 (10.69%) SC Cleared
6 27 (9.31%) Computer Science Degree
7 20 (6.90%) AWS Certification
8 14 (4.83%) Azure Certification
9 8 (2.76%) ITIL Certification
10 7 (2.41%) BPSS Clearance
11 6 (2.07%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
12 4 (1.38%) ISTQB
12 4 (1.38%) Master's Degree
12 4 (1.38%) PhD
12 4 (1.38%) TOGAF Certification
13 3 (1.03%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
13 3 (1.03%) CISSP
14 2 (0.69%) CISM
14 2 (0.69%) Microsoft Certification
14 2 (0.69%) Tableau Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 19 (6.55%) QA
2 6 (2.07%) NIST
3 4 (1.38%) JSP 440
3 4 (1.38%) NIST 800
4 3 (1.03%) GDPR
5 2 (0.69%) Accessibility
5 2 (0.69%) COBIT
5 2 (0.69%) Cyber Essentials
5 2 (0.69%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
5 2 (0.69%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 2 (0.69%) PCI DSS
5 2 (0.69%) SLA
5 2 (0.69%) SOC 2
System Software
1 80 (27.59%) Docker
2 3 (1.03%) Virtual Machines
3 1 (0.34%) Slurm Workload Manager
3 1 (0.34%) Virtual Desktop
3 1 (0.34%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (0.34%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 78 (26.90%) Kubernetes
2 43 (14.83%) Terraform
3 23 (7.93%) Ansible
4 11 (3.79%) Prometheus
5 9 (3.10%) Argo
6 6 (2.07%) Kustomize
7 5 (1.72%) Grafana
8 4 (1.38%) Puppet
9 3 (1.03%) Progress Chef
10 2 (0.69%) Istio
10 2 (0.69%) Microsoft Intune
11 1 (0.34%) Packer
11 1 (0.34%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 45 (15.52%) Oracle
2 38 (13.10%) Microsoft
3 23 (7.93%) Google
4 15 (5.17%) IBM
5 14 (4.83%) Databricks
6 10 (3.45%) Salesforce
7 8 (2.76%) Red Hat
8 5 (1.72%) SAP
9 4 (1.38%) Adobe
9 4 (1.38%) ServiceNow
10 2 (0.69%) Dynatrace
10 2 (0.69%) MuleSoft
10 2 (0.69%) UiPath
10 2 (0.69%) VMware
11 1 (0.34%) Cisco
11 1 (0.34%) Fortinet
11 1 (0.34%) HP
11 1 (0.34%) Meraki
11 1 (0.34%) PayPal
11 1 (0.34%) SnapLogic