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 13 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
13 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 16 12 12
Rank change year-on-year -4 0 -3
Permanent jobs citing DevOps 869 890 1,250
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South West 9.39% 13.13% 15.40%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 11.25% 13.90% 16.20%
Number of salaries quoted 609 564 890
10th Percentile £36,365 £40,875 £37,500
25th Percentile £47,500 £50,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £61,500 £62,500 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -1.60% +8.70% +10.58%
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 7,724 6,402 7,718
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South West 83.50% 94.42% 95.07%
Number of salaries quoted 5,557 3,594 5,014
10th Percentile £28,500 £30,500 £30,500
25th Percentile £37,500 £38,750 £38,037
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £51,000 £52,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -2.86% +5.00% +8.70%
75th Percentile £65,000 £68,750 £65,000
90th Percentile £80,000 £80,627 £78,750
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 13 May 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 13 May 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 -2 383 £70,576 +8.58% 83
Gloucestershire 0 269 £55,000 -15.38% 25
Wiltshire -3 107 £55,000 -18.52% 9
Devon -8 44 £36,984 -15.95% 22
Somerset -15 24 £55,000 - 10
Dorset -45 24 £57,500 - 5
Cornwall - 2 £55,000 - 1
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 66 (7.59%) Confluence
2 28 (3.22%) Apache
3 27 (3.11%) ArcGIS
3 27 (3.11%) GeoServer
4 25 (2.88%) CMS
5 24 (2.76%) nginx
5 24 (2.76%) Umbraco
6 21 (2.42%) Apache Spark
7 20 (2.30%) IIS
8 18 (2.07%) Headless CMS
8 18 (2.07%) Jupyter
9 17 (1.96%) Kentico
9 17 (1.96%) Sitecore CMS
10 12 (1.38%) SharePoint
11 9 (1.04%) Microsoft Exchange
12 6 (0.69%) NServiceBus
13 3 (0.35%) Captiva
13 3 (0.35%) FileNet
13 3 (0.35%) WebSphere
14 2 (0.23%) WordPress
Applications
1 11 (1.27%) Microsoft Office
2 6 (0.69%) Trello
3 2 (0.23%) S-PLUS
Business Applications
1 29 (3.34%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
2 7 (0.81%) Maximo
3 4 (0.46%) Elite 3E
4 3 (0.35%) Dynamics CRM
5 2 (0.23%) SAP FI-GL
Cloud Services
1 488 (56.16%) Azure
2 375 (43.15%) AWS
3 252 (29.00%) Azure DevOps
4 117 (13.46%) GCP
5 77 (8.86%) Microsoft 365
6 76 (8.75%) OpenShift
7 67 (7.71%) SaaS
8 55 (6.33%) Power Platform
9 36 (4.14%) PaaS
10 35 (4.03%) Serverless
11 34 (3.91%) GitHub
12 33 (3.80%) PowerApps
13 31 (3.57%) Amazon S3
14 27 (3.11%) IaaS
15 23 (2.65%) Power Automate
16 18 (2.07%) Dynamics 365
16 18 (2.07%) MinIO
17 17 (1.96%) Kontent
18 15 (1.73%) GitHub Actions
19 13 (1.50%) Datadog
Communications & Networking
1 45 (5.18%) TCP/IP
2 44 (5.06%) DNS
3 39 (4.49%) HTTP
4 36 (4.14%) DHCP
5 14 (1.61%) Firewall
6 10 (1.15%) Network Security
7 7 (0.81%) VPN
8 5 (0.58%) AMQP
8 5 (0.58%) LAN
8 5 (0.58%) WAN
9 4 (0.46%) SAN
10 3 (0.35%) Cisco ASA
10 3 (0.35%) IP Telephony
10 3 (0.35%) IPv4
10 3 (0.35%) OSPF
10 3 (0.35%) RS-485
10 3 (0.35%) VLAN
11 2 (0.23%) Fibre Channel
11 2 (0.23%) IPsec
11 2 (0.23%) Unified Communications
Database & Business Intelligence
1 111 (12.77%) SQL Server
2 60 (6.90%) Data Warehouse
3 56 (6.44%) BigQuery
4 53 (6.10%) Looker
5 38 (4.37%) Big Data
6 34 (3.91%) GIS
7 33 (3.80%) PostgreSQL
8 32 (3.68%) Relational Database
9 30 (3.45%) NoSQL
10 29 (3.34%) Power BI
11 27 (3.11%) QGIS
12 23 (2.65%) MySQL
13 22 (2.53%) MongoDB
14 21 (2.42%) Hadoop
15 18 (2.07%) Presto
16 15 (1.73%) Elasticsearch
17 14 (1.61%) Amazon RDS
18 10 (1.15%) Star Schema
19 9 (1.04%) SQL Server Reporting Services
20 8 (0.92%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 177 (20.37%) Git
2 120 (13.81%) JIRA
3 86 (9.90%) Visual Studio
4 75 (8.63%) Jenkins
5 62 (7.13%) Bitbucket
6 59 (6.79%) Sourcetree
7 20 (2.30%) GitLab
8 19 (2.19%) Selenium
9 18 (2.07%) Atlassian Bamboo
10 17 (1.96%) Team Foundation Server
11 11 (1.27%) Oracle Forms
12 9 (1.04%) Cucumber
13 8 (0.92%) Cypress.io
13 8 (0.92%) Maven
14 7 (0.81%) Artifactory
14 7 (0.81%) Vagrant
15 6 (0.69%) SonarQube
16 5 (0.58%) Eclipse
17 4 (0.46%) IntelliJ
17 4 (0.46%) JMeter
General
1 162 (18.64%) Social Skills
2 82 (9.44%) Presentation Skills
3 81 (9.32%) Analytical Skills
4 73 (8.40%) Finance
5 67 (7.71%) Aerospace
6 66 (7.59%) Games
7 33 (3.80%) Billing
8 28 (3.22%) Banking
9 24 (2.76%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 24 (2.76%) Public Sector
10 22 (2.53%) Fire and Rescue
11 19 (2.19%) Tech for Good
12 18 (2.07%) Influencing Skills
13 16 (1.84%) Legal
13 16 (1.84%) Retail
14 14 (1.61%) Telecoms
15 13 (1.50%) Publishing
16 11 (1.27%) Law
17 5 (0.58%) Marketing
18 4 (0.46%) Automotive
Job Titles
1 277 (31.88%) Developer
2 250 (28.77%) Senior
3 152 (17.49%) DevOps Engineer
4 106 (12.20%) Senior Developer
5 93 (10.70%) Software Engineer
6 92 (10.59%) Architect
7 80 (9.21%) .NET Developer
8 59 (6.79%) 3D Developer
8 59 (6.79%) Games Developer
8 59 (6.79%) Software Developer
8 59 (6.79%) Unity 3D Developer
9 55 (6.33%) Solutions Architect
10 51 (5.87%) Data Engineer
11 50 (5.75%) Senior .NET Developer
12 45 (5.18%) Lead
13 44 (5.06%) Applications Developer
14 41 (4.72%) Senior Software Engineer
15 40 (4.60%) C# Developer
16 39 (4.49%) Infrastructure Engineer
17 38 (4.37%) C# .NET Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 225 (25.89%) .NET
2 143 (16.46%) React
3 111 (12.77%) CSS
4 106 (12.20%) .NET Core
5 91 (10.47%) HTML
6 87 (10.01%) ASP.NET
7 85 (9.78%) .NET Framework
8 83 (9.55%) AngularJS
9 61 (7.02%) Unity (Game Engine)
10 51 (5.87%) Entity Framework
11 45 (5.18%) RESTful
12 37 (4.26%) Spring
13 35 (4.03%) ASP.NET MVC
14 34 (3.91%) Vue
15 31 (3.57%) YAML
16 30 (3.45%) LESS
17 29 (3.34%) PostGIS
18 28 (3.22%) Node.js
18 28 (3.22%) RabbitMQ
19 27 (3.11%) Leaflet
Miscellaneous
1 63 (7.25%) Product Ownership
2 59 (6.79%) Virtual Reality
3 49 (5.64%) Public Cloud
4 44 (5.06%) Cloud Native
4 44 (5.06%) Self-Motivation
5 29 (3.34%) Onboarding
6 25 (2.88%) Hybrid Cloud
7 23 (2.65%) Private Cloud
7 23 (2.65%) Virtual Team
8 20 (2.30%) Enterprise Cloud
9 16 (1.84%) Mobile App
10 13 (1.50%) Linux Command Line
11 12 (1.38%) Enterprise Software
11 12 (1.38%) Management Information System
12 7 (0.81%) Hedge funds
13 6 (0.69%) Distributed Systems
13 6 (0.69%) Low-Code
14 4 (0.46%) BBC
14 4 (0.46%) IoT
14 4 (0.46%) VHDL
Operating Systems
1 199 (22.90%) Linux
2 77 (8.86%) Windows
3 45 (5.18%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 16 (1.84%) Ubuntu
4 16 (1.84%) Unix
5 9 (1.04%) CentOS
6 8 (0.92%) CoreOS
6 8 (0.92%) Debian
6 8 (0.92%) Windows 10
7 7 (0.81%) Android
7 7 (0.81%) Apple iOS
8 6 (0.69%) Windows Server 2016
9 5 (0.58%) Windows Server
10 4 (0.46%) AIX
11 3 (0.35%) Windows 7
11 3 (0.35%) Windows Server 2008
12 1 (0.12%) Windows Server 2012
12 1 (0.12%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 427 (49.14%) Agile
2 300 (34.52%) CI/CD
3 221 (25.43%) Software Engineering
4 205 (23.59%) Scrum
5 176 (20.25%) Problem-Solving
6 133 (15.30%) Actionable Insight
7 128 (14.73%) Infrastructure as Code
8 112 (12.89%) Continuous Integration
9 100 (11.51%) Design Patterns
10 99 (11.39%) Containerisation
10 99 (11.39%) Full Stack Development
11 94 (10.82%) Microservices
12 93 (10.70%) MVC
13 91 (10.47%) UML
14 86 (9.90%) Mentoring
15 82 (9.44%) Data Engineering
16 79 (9.09%) SDLC
17 78 (8.98%) Collaborative Working
18 71 (8.17%) Project Management
19 68 (7.83%) Kanban
Programming Languages
1 236 (27.16%) C#
1 236 (27.16%) Python
2 209 (24.05%) JavaScript
3 158 (18.18%) Java
4 120 (13.81%) SQL
5 103 (11.85%) Bash
6 82 (9.44%) PowerShell
7 56 (6.44%) TypeScript
8 28 (3.22%) Go
8 28 (3.22%) Shell Script
9 25 (2.88%) T-SQL
10 23 (2.65%) Ruby
11 21 (2.42%) PHP
12 15 (1.73%) Bicep
13 13 (1.50%) C
14 12 (1.38%) C++
15 9 (1.04%) R
16 7 (0.81%) Perl
16 7 (0.81%) Scala
17 4 (0.46%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 348 (40.05%) Security Cleared
2 218 (25.09%) SC Cleared
3 161 (18.53%) Degree
4 126 (14.50%) DV Cleared
5 102 (11.74%) BPSS Clearance
6 46 (5.29%) TOGAF Certification
7 26 (2.99%) Computer Science Degree
8 11 (1.27%) AWS Certification
9 9 (1.04%) Master's Degree
10 6 (0.69%) IIBA
10 6 (0.69%) ISTQB
11 5 (0.58%) ISEB
11 5 (0.58%) PCI QSA
12 2 (0.23%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
12 2 (0.23%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
12 2 (0.23%) DBS Check
12 2 (0.23%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
12 2 (0.23%) Microsoft Certification
13 1 (0.12%) AWS Certified Developer
13 1 (0.12%) AWS Certified SysOps Administrator
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 87 (10.01%) QA
2 25 (2.88%) GDPR
3 14 (1.61%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 12 (1.38%) Cyber Essentials
5 9 (1.04%) PMO
6 6 (0.69%) PCI DSS
7 5 (0.58%) GRC
8 3 (0.35%) Data Quality
9 2 (0.23%) IEC 61508
9 2 (0.23%) ISO/IEC 12207
9 2 (0.23%) SEPA
9 2 (0.23%) SLA
10 1 (0.12%) Accessibility
System Software
1 194 (22.32%) Docker
2 47 (5.41%) VMware Infrastructure
3 34 (3.91%) Hyper-V
4 17 (1.96%) Active Directory
5 12 (1.38%) Virtual Machines
6 8 (0.92%) VMware ESXi
7 5 (0.58%) Firmware
8 4 (0.46%) Virtual Desktop
9 3 (0.35%) XenApp
10 2 (0.23%) Apache Flume
Systems Management
1 220 (25.32%) Kubernetes
2 175 (20.14%) Terraform
3 167 (19.22%) Ansible
4 79 (9.09%) Puppet
5 43 (4.95%) Prometheus
6 35 (4.03%) Grafana
7 23 (2.65%) Progress Chef
8 18 (2.07%) HAProxy
9 8 (0.92%) Kibana
9 8 (0.92%) Packer
10 5 (0.58%) Argo
10 5 (0.58%) Docker Swarm
11 4 (0.46%) Istio
11 4 (0.46%) Nagios
11 4 (0.46%) vRealize
12 3 (0.35%) EMC VPLEX
12 3 (0.35%) vCenter Server
13 1 (0.12%) Active Directory Federation Services
13 1 (0.12%) Anchore
13 1 (0.12%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 221 (25.43%) Microsoft
2 80 (9.21%) Google
3 58 (6.67%) VMware
4 54 (6.21%) Red Hat
5 35 (4.03%) Oracle
6 29 (3.34%) Sparx
7 27 (3.11%) ESRI
8 17 (1.96%) Optimizely
8 17 (1.96%) Sitecore
9 15 (1.73%) IBM
10 12 (1.38%) Citrix
11 11 (1.27%) Salesforce
12 10 (1.15%) Cisco
12 10 (1.15%) Xamarin
13 9 (1.04%) SolarWinds
14 8 (0.92%) SAP
15 7 (0.81%) Databricks
15 7 (0.81%) ServiceNow
16 6 (0.69%) Twitter
17 5 (0.58%) Sybase