DigitalOcean Job Trends in the South West

DigitalOcean, Inc
England > South West

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the South West requiring DigitalOcean skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 30 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 177 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs citing DigitalOcean 3 0 0
As % of all permanent jobs in the South West 0.056% - -
As % of the Cloud Services category 0.24% - -
Number of salaries quoted 3 0 0
10th Percentile £44,500 - -
25th Percentile £45,625 - -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £48,000 - -
75th Percentile £51,875 - -
90th Percentile £52,250 - -
England median annual salary £49,000 £55,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -10.91% -8.33% -31.43%

All Cloud Computing Skills
South West

DigitalOcean falls under the Cloud Services category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring cloud computing skills in the South West.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for cloud computing skills 1,238 1,302 2,200
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South West 22.93% 33.41% 36.05%
Number of salaries quoted 833 696 1,815
10th Percentile £28,250 £30,625 £30,000
25th Percentile £32,500 £42,500 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £48,000 £57,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -16.52% +9.52% -
75th Percentile £68,750 £73,784 £70,000
90th Percentile £82,500 £86,000 £82,500
England median annual salary £60,000 £65,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -7.69% +8.33% -7.69%

DigitalOcean
Job Vacancy Trend in the South West

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing DigitalOcean relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in the South West.

DigitalOcean job vacancy trend in the South West

DigitalOcean
Salary Trend in the South West

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the South West citing DigitalOcean.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the South West citing DigitalOcean

DigitalOcean
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 DigitalOcean within the South West region over the 6 months to 30 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
Gloucestershire - 3 £48,000 - 5
DigitalOcean
England

DigitalOcean
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 3 (100.00%) CMS
2 2 (66.67%) Headless CMS
2 2 (66.67%) nginx
Cloud Services
1 3 (100.00%) AWS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (100.00%) MongoDB
1 3 (100.00%) MySQL
2 2 (66.67%) NoSQL
2 2 (66.67%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 3 (100.00%) Git
Job Titles
1 3 (100.00%) Developer
1 3 (100.00%) Full-Stack Developer
2 2 (66.67%) Full-Stack Web Developer
2 2 (66.67%) Web Developer
3 1 (33.33%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
3 1 (33.33%) Front-End Web Developer (Client-Side Web Developer)
3 1 (33.33%) Full-Stack PHP Developer
3 1 (33.33%) Linux Developer
3 1 (33.33%) PHP Developer
3 1 (33.33%) PHP Laravel Developer
3 1 (33.33%) PHP Web Developer
3 1 (33.33%) Software Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (100.00%) Laravel
1 3 (100.00%) Node.js
1 3 (100.00%) Vue
2 2 (66.67%) LEMP Stack
2 2 (66.67%) LoopBack
2 2 (66.67%) Nuxt
Operating Systems
1 3 (100.00%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) API Development
1 3 (100.00%) Full-Stack Development
1 3 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
2 2 (66.67%) API Design
2 2 (66.67%) API Integration
2 2 (66.67%) CI/CD
2 2 (66.67%) Containerisation
2 2 (66.67%) CRM
2 2 (66.67%) E-Commerce
3 1 (33.33%) Code Quality
3 1 (33.33%) DevOps
3 1 (33.33%) Front End Development
3 1 (33.33%) Migration
3 1 (33.33%) Performance Optimisation
3 1 (33.33%) Software Engineering
3 1 (33.33%) Test Automation
3 1 (33.33%) Web Development
Programming Languages
1 3 (100.00%) PHP
System Software
1 3 (100.00%) Docker