DevOps Jobs in the South West

DevOps
England > South West

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the South West with a requirement for DevOps skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited DevOps over the 6 months to 19 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
19 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 16 12 11
Rank change year-on-year -4 -1 -2
Permanent jobs citing DevOps 874 967 1,265
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South West 9.69% 13.49% 16.00%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 11.47% 14.27% 16.83%
Number of salaries quoted 611 613 910
10th Percentile £36,365 £40,000 £37,500
25th Percentile £46,250 £50,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £62,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.00% +13.64% +4.76%
75th Percentile £77,500 £77,715 £75,000
90th Percentile £87,500 £91,250 £90,000
England median annual salary £65,000 £70,000 £70,000
% change year-on-year -7.14% - +7.69%

All Process and Methodology Skills
South West

DevOps is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies advertised in the South West with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 7,620 6,776 7,515
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South West 84.44% 94.56% 95.03%
Number of salaries quoted 5,536 3,777 5,000
10th Percentile £28,500 £30,000 £30,750
25th Percentile £37,500 £38,750 £38,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,500 £52,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.81% +5.00% +7.72%
75th Percentile £65,000 £68,750 £65,000
90th Percentile £80,000 £81,250 £77,500
England median annual salary £55,000 £62,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.00% +4.17% +9.09%

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 19 April 2024.

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 19 April 2024. 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 -4 377 £70,576 +12.02% 77
Gloucestershire -1 276 £55,000 -12.00% 29
Wiltshire -1 111 £55,000 -18.52% 14
Devon -5 45 £36,984 -15.95% 14
Somerset -19 23 £52,500 -4.55% 11
Dorset -44 23 £57,500 +4.55% 6
Cornwall - 3 £55,000 -
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 67 (7.67%) Confluence
2 27 (3.09%) Apache
2 27 (3.09%) ArcGIS
2 27 (3.09%) GeoServer
3 25 (2.86%) CMS
4 23 (2.63%) nginx
4 23 (2.63%) Umbraco
5 19 (2.17%) Apache Spark
5 19 (2.17%) IIS
6 17 (1.95%) Headless CMS
6 17 (1.95%) Jupyter
7 16 (1.83%) Kentico
7 16 (1.83%) SharePoint
7 16 (1.83%) Sitecore CMS
8 12 (1.37%) Microsoft Exchange
9 6 (0.69%) NServiceBus
10 3 (0.34%) Captiva
10 3 (0.34%) FileNet
10 3 (0.34%) WebSphere
10 3 (0.34%) WordPress
Applications
1 13 (1.49%) Microsoft Office
2 6 (0.69%) Trello
3 2 (0.23%) S-PLUS
Business Applications
1 26 (2.97%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
2 11 (1.26%) Maximo
3 4 (0.46%) Dynamics CRM
3 4 (0.46%) Elite 3E
4 2 (0.23%) SAP FI-GL
Cloud Services
1 490 (56.06%) Azure
2 371 (42.45%) AWS
3 248 (28.38%) Azure DevOps
4 116 (13.27%) GCP
5 83 (9.50%) Microsoft 365
6 76 (8.70%) OpenShift
7 67 (7.67%) SaaS
8 57 (6.52%) Power Platform
9 36 (4.12%) PaaS
10 35 (4.00%) Serverless
11 34 (3.89%) GitHub
12 32 (3.66%) PowerApps
13 29 (3.32%) Amazon S3
14 27 (3.09%) IaaS
15 22 (2.52%) Power Automate
16 17 (1.95%) MinIO
17 16 (1.83%) Dynamics 365
17 16 (1.83%) Kontent
18 15 (1.72%) Amazon EC2
19 13 (1.49%) AWS Lambda
Communications & Networking
1 47 (5.38%) TCP/IP
2 46 (5.26%) DNS
3 41 (4.69%) HTTP
4 38 (4.35%) DHCP
5 14 (1.60%) Firewall
6 9 (1.03%) Network Security
7 8 (0.92%) VPN
8 5 (0.57%) AMQP
8 5 (0.57%) LAN
8 5 (0.57%) WAN
9 4 (0.46%) SAN
10 3 (0.34%) Cisco ASA
10 3 (0.34%) IP Telephony
10 3 (0.34%) IPv4
10 3 (0.34%) OSPF
10 3 (0.34%) RS-485
10 3 (0.34%) VLAN
11 2 (0.23%) Fibre Channel
11 2 (0.23%) HTTPS
11 2 (0.23%) Unified Communications
Database & Business Intelligence
1 114 (13.04%) SQL Server
2 61 (6.98%) Data Warehouse
3 56 (6.41%) BigQuery
4 53 (6.06%) Looker
5 38 (4.35%) Big Data
5 38 (4.35%) GIS
6 36 (4.12%) NoSQL
7 35 (4.00%) PostgreSQL
8 31 (3.55%) Relational Database
9 30 (3.43%) Power BI
10 27 (3.09%) QGIS
11 23 (2.63%) MySQL
12 20 (2.29%) Hadoop
12 20 (2.29%) MongoDB
13 17 (1.95%) Presto
14 16 (1.83%) Elasticsearch
15 14 (1.60%) Amazon RDS
16 11 (1.26%) SQL Server Reporting Services
17 9 (1.03%) Star Schema
18 8 (0.92%) Azure SQL Database
Development Applications
1 175 (20.02%) Git
2 118 (13.50%) JIRA
3 86 (9.84%) Visual Studio
4 71 (8.12%) Jenkins
5 61 (6.98%) Bitbucket
6 59 (6.75%) Sourcetree
7 23 (2.63%) GitLab
8 21 (2.40%) Team Foundation Server
9 18 (2.06%) Selenium
10 17 (1.95%) Atlassian Bamboo
11 11 (1.26%) Oracle Forms
12 9 (1.03%) Cucumber
12 9 (1.03%) Maven
13 8 (0.92%) Cypress.io
14 7 (0.80%) Artifactory
14 7 (0.80%) Vagrant
15 6 (0.69%) SonarQube
16 5 (0.57%) IBM UrbanCode
17 4 (0.46%) Visual Studio Code
17 4 (0.46%) Zephyr
General
1 160 (18.31%) Social Skills
2 82 (9.38%) Presentation Skills
3 81 (9.27%) Analytical Skills
3 81 (9.27%) Finance
4 65 (7.44%) Games
5 60 (6.86%) Aerospace
6 33 (3.78%) Billing
7 31 (3.55%) Banking
8 25 (2.86%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 23 (2.63%) Public Sector
10 22 (2.52%) Fire and Rescue
11 20 (2.29%) Influencing Skills
12 18 (2.06%) Tech for Good
13 17 (1.95%) Retail
14 15 (1.72%) Legal
15 13 (1.49%) Law
15 13 (1.49%) Publishing
15 13 (1.49%) Telecoms
16 5 (0.57%) Marketing
16 5 (0.57%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 277 (31.69%) Developer
2 245 (28.03%) Senior
3 152 (17.39%) DevOps Engineer
4 102 (11.67%) Senior Developer
5 94 (10.76%) Software Engineer
6 81 (9.27%) Architect
7 76 (8.70%) .NET Developer
8 59 (6.75%) 3D Developer
8 59 (6.75%) Games Developer
8 59 (6.75%) Unity 3D Developer
9 57 (6.52%) Software Developer
10 54 (6.18%) Data Engineer
10 54 (6.18%) Solutions Architect
11 48 (5.49%) Applications Developer
12 46 (5.26%) Lead
12 46 (5.26%) Senior .NET Developer
13 42 (4.81%) Infrastructure Engineer
14 37 (4.23%) Senior Software Engineer
15 36 (4.12%) C# Developer
16 35 (4.00%) Engineering Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 212 (24.26%) .NET
2 144 (16.48%) React
3 110 (12.59%) CSS
4 99 (11.33%) .NET Core
5 94 (10.76%) HTML
6 89 (10.18%) AngularJS
7 81 (9.27%) ASP.NET
8 78 (8.92%) .NET Framework
9 61 (6.98%) Unity (Game Engine)
10 46 (5.26%) Entity Framework
11 45 (5.15%) RESTful
12 39 (4.46%) Spring
13 34 (3.89%) ASP.NET MVC
13 34 (3.89%) Vue
14 30 (3.43%) YAML
15 29 (3.32%) PostGIS
16 28 (3.20%) RabbitMQ
16 28 (3.20%) REST
17 27 (3.09%) LESS
17 27 (3.09%) Node.js
Miscellaneous
1 60 (6.86%) Product Ownership
2 59 (6.75%) Virtual Reality
3 48 (5.49%) Public Cloud
4 44 (5.03%) Self-Motivation
5 42 (4.81%) Cloud Native
6 27 (3.09%) Onboarding
7 23 (2.63%) Private Cloud
7 23 (2.63%) Virtual Team
8 21 (2.40%) Hybrid Cloud
9 19 (2.17%) Enterprise Cloud
10 16 (1.83%) Mobile App
11 14 (1.60%) Linux Command Line
12 12 (1.37%) Enterprise Software
12 12 (1.37%) Management Information System
13 7 (0.80%) Distributed Systems
14 6 (0.69%) Hedge funds
14 6 (0.69%) IoT
14 6 (0.69%) Low-Code
15 5 (0.57%) Algorithms
15 5 (0.57%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 206 (23.57%) Linux
2 82 (9.38%) Windows
3 49 (5.61%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 17 (1.95%) Unix
5 16 (1.83%) Ubuntu
6 10 (1.14%) CentOS
7 9 (1.03%) CoreOS
8 8 (0.92%) Debian
8 8 (0.92%) Windows 10
9 7 (0.80%) Android
9 7 (0.80%) Apple iOS
10 6 (0.69%) Windows Server
10 6 (0.69%) Windows Server 2016
11 4 (0.46%) AIX
12 3 (0.34%) Windows 7
12 3 (0.34%) Windows Server 2008
13 1 (0.11%) VMS
13 1 (0.11%) Windows Server 2012
13 1 (0.11%) Windows Server 2019
13 1 (0.11%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 421 (48.17%) Agile
2 288 (32.95%) CI/CD
3 230 (26.32%) Software Engineering
4 203 (23.23%) Scrum
5 178 (20.37%) Problem-Solving
6 145 (16.59%) Actionable Insight
7 124 (14.19%) Infrastructure as Code
8 107 (12.24%) Continuous Integration
9 105 (12.01%) Full Stack Development
10 100 (11.44%) Design Patterns
11 96 (10.98%) Containerisation
12 92 (10.53%) Microservices
13 88 (10.07%) Mentoring
13 88 (10.07%) UML
14 87 (9.95%) MVC
15 83 (9.50%) Data Engineering
16 81 (9.27%) SDLC
17 77 (8.81%) Project Management
18 70 (8.01%) Collaborative Working
19 68 (7.78%) Use Case
Programming Languages
1 245 (28.03%) Python
2 222 (25.40%) C#
3 217 (24.83%) JavaScript
4 170 (19.45%) Java
5 124 (14.19%) SQL
6 108 (12.36%) Bash
7 88 (10.07%) PowerShell
8 60 (6.86%) TypeScript
9 28 (3.20%) Go
10 26 (2.97%) Shell Script
10 26 (2.97%) T-SQL
11 23 (2.63%) PHP
11 23 (2.63%) Ruby
12 17 (1.95%) Bicep
13 13 (1.49%) C++
14 12 (1.37%) C
14 12 (1.37%) R
15 7 (0.80%) Perl
15 7 (0.80%) Scala
16 4 (0.46%) Lua
Qualifications
1 358 (40.96%) Security Cleared
2 219 (25.06%) SC Cleared
3 157 (17.96%) Degree
4 130 (14.87%) DV Cleared
5 103 (11.78%) BPSS Clearance
6 45 (5.15%) TOGAF Certification
7 27 (3.09%) Computer Science Degree
8 11 (1.26%) AWS Certification
9 9 (1.03%) Master's Degree
10 6 (0.69%) IIBA
11 5 (0.57%) ISEB
11 5 (0.57%) ISTQB
11 5 (0.57%) PCI QSA
12 3 (0.34%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
13 2 (0.23%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
13 2 (0.23%) DBS Check
13 2 (0.23%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
13 2 (0.23%) Microsoft Certification
14 1 (0.11%) Numerate Degree
14 1 (0.11%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 92 (10.53%) QA
2 25 (2.86%) GDPR
3 15 (1.72%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 12 (1.37%) Cyber Essentials
5 9 (1.03%) PMO
6 6 (0.69%) PCI DSS
7 5 (0.57%) GRC
8 4 (0.46%) Accessibility
9 3 (0.34%) Data Quality
10 2 (0.23%) IEC 61508
10 2 (0.23%) ISO/IEC 12207
10 2 (0.23%) SEPA
10 2 (0.23%) SLA
System Software
1 196 (22.43%) Docker
2 50 (5.72%) VMware Infrastructure
3 36 (4.12%) Hyper-V
4 22 (2.52%) Active Directory
5 12 (1.37%) Virtual Machines
6 8 (0.92%) VMware ESXi
7 5 (0.57%) Firmware
7 5 (0.57%) Virtual Desktop
8 3 (0.34%) XenApp
9 2 (0.23%) Apache Flume
Systems Management
1 218 (24.94%) Kubernetes
2 167 (19.11%) Ansible
2 167 (19.11%) Terraform
3 81 (9.27%) Puppet
4 38 (4.35%) Prometheus
5 33 (3.78%) Grafana
6 23 (2.63%) Progress Chef
7 17 (1.95%) HAProxy
8 8 (0.92%) Kibana
8 8 (0.92%) Packer
9 5 (0.57%) Argo
9 5 (0.57%) Docker Swarm
10 4 (0.46%) Istio
10 4 (0.46%) Nagios
10 4 (0.46%) vRealize
11 3 (0.34%) EMC VPLEX
11 3 (0.34%) vCenter Server
12 1 (0.11%) CA Endevor
12 1 (0.11%) Consul
12 1 (0.11%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 225 (25.74%) Microsoft
2 83 (9.50%) Google
3 62 (7.09%) VMware
4 54 (6.18%) Red Hat
5 34 (3.89%) Oracle
6 27 (3.09%) ESRI
7 26 (2.97%) Sparx
8 16 (1.83%) IBM
8 16 (1.83%) Optimizely
8 16 (1.83%) Sitecore
9 15 (1.72%) Citrix
10 12 (1.37%) SolarWinds
11 11 (1.26%) Salesforce
12 10 (1.14%) Cisco
12 10 (1.14%) Xamarin
13 8 (0.92%) SAP
14 7 (0.80%) ServiceNow
15 6 (0.69%) Databricks
15 6 (0.69%) Twitter
16 5 (0.57%) Apple