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

6 months to
20 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 16 13 13
Rank change year-on-year -3 0 -3
Permanent jobs citing DevOps 871 899 1,262
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South West 9.28% 13.37% 15.27%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 11.20% 14.15% 16.05%
Number of salaries quoted 606 551 889
10th Percentile £36,365 £41,250 £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% +12.20%
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 7,778 6,353 7,863
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South West 82.84% 94.50% 95.12%
Number of salaries quoted 5,600 3,517 5,034
10th Percentile £28,500 £30,500 £30,538
25th Percentile £37,500 £39,250 £38,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £51,000 £53,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.77% +6.00% +8.70%
75th Percentile £65,000 £69,750 £66,188
90th Percentile £80,000 £81,250 £80,000
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 20 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 20 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 -5 384 £70,000 +7.69% 86
Gloucestershire 0 272 £55,000 -15.38% 30
Wiltshire -4 102 £58,750 -12.96% 11
Devon -5 45 £36,984 -11.18% 23
Dorset -47 26 £57,500 - 8
Somerset -12 23 £65,000 +18.18% 14
Cornwall - 2 £55,000 - 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 66 (7.58%) Confluence
2 29 (3.33%) Apache
3 27 (3.10%) ArcGIS
3 27 (3.10%) GeoServer
4 25 (2.87%) CMS
4 25 (2.87%) nginx
5 24 (2.76%) Umbraco
6 20 (2.30%) Apache Spark
6 20 (2.30%) IIS
7 18 (2.07%) Headless CMS
7 18 (2.07%) Jupyter
8 17 (1.95%) Kentico
8 17 (1.95%) Sitecore CMS
9 10 (1.15%) SharePoint
10 8 (0.92%) Microsoft Exchange
11 6 (0.69%) NServiceBus
12 2 (0.23%) Apache Solr
12 2 (0.23%) Captiva
12 2 (0.23%) WebSphere
12 2 (0.23%) WordPress
Applications
1 11 (1.26%) Microsoft Office
2 6 (0.69%) Trello
3 3 (0.34%) S-PLUS
Business Applications
1 27 (3.10%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
2 5 (0.57%) Maximo
3 4 (0.46%) Elite 3E
4 3 (0.34%) Dynamics CRM
5 2 (0.23%) SAP FI-GL
Cloud Services
1 491 (56.37%) Azure
2 382 (43.86%) AWS
3 247 (28.36%) Azure DevOps
4 115 (13.20%) GCP
5 79 (9.07%) OpenShift
6 72 (8.27%) Microsoft 365
7 69 (7.92%) SaaS
8 56 (6.43%) Power Platform
9 35 (4.02%) GitHub
9 35 (4.02%) PaaS
9 35 (4.02%) Serverless
10 33 (3.79%) PowerApps
11 31 (3.56%) Amazon S3
12 26 (2.99%) IaaS
13 25 (2.87%) Power Automate
14 18 (2.07%) Dynamics 365
14 18 (2.07%) MinIO
15 17 (1.95%) Kontent
16 16 (1.84%) GitHub Actions
17 14 (1.61%) Datadog
Communications & Networking
1 46 (5.28%) TCP/IP
2 45 (5.17%) DNS
3 40 (4.59%) HTTP
4 37 (4.25%) DHCP
5 14 (1.61%) Firewall
6 10 (1.15%) Network Security
7 7 (0.80%) 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%) SSL
10 3 (0.34%) VLAN
11 2 (0.23%) Fibre Channel
11 2 (0.23%) Unified Communications
Database & Business Intelligence
1 111 (12.74%) SQL Server
2 57 (6.54%) Data Warehouse
3 55 (6.31%) BigQuery
4 53 (6.08%) Looker
5 38 (4.36%) Big Data
6 33 (3.79%) Relational Database
7 32 (3.67%) GIS
7 32 (3.67%) PostgreSQL
7 32 (3.67%) Power BI
8 30 (3.44%) NoSQL
9 27 (3.10%) QGIS
10 23 (2.64%) MongoDB
10 23 (2.64%) MySQL
11 19 (2.18%) Hadoop
12 18 (2.07%) Presto
13 14 (1.61%) Elasticsearch
14 13 (1.49%) Amazon RDS
15 9 (1.03%) SQL Server Reporting Services
15 9 (1.03%) Star Schema
15 9 (1.03%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 177 (20.32%) Git
2 119 (13.66%) JIRA
3 87 (9.99%) Visual Studio
4 76 (8.73%) Jenkins
5 64 (7.35%) Bitbucket
6 59 (6.77%) Sourcetree
7 21 (2.41%) GitLab
8 19 (2.18%) Selenium
9 18 (2.07%) Atlassian Bamboo
10 15 (1.72%) Team Foundation Server
11 10 (1.15%) Oracle Forms
12 9 (1.03%) Cucumber
13 8 (0.92%) Cypress.io
13 8 (0.92%) Maven
14 7 (0.80%) Artifactory
14 7 (0.80%) SonarQube
14 7 (0.80%) Vagrant
15 6 (0.69%) Eclipse
16 5 (0.57%) JMeter
16 5 (0.57%) TeamCity
General
1 165 (18.94%) Social Skills
2 83 (9.53%) Presentation Skills
3 80 (9.18%) Analytical Skills
4 72 (8.27%) Aerospace
5 69 (7.92%) Finance
6 67 (7.69%) Games
7 33 (3.79%) Billing
8 25 (2.87%) Banking
8 25 (2.87%) Public Sector
9 22 (2.53%) Fire and Rescue
9 22 (2.53%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 19 (2.18%) Tech for Good
11 18 (2.07%) Influencing Skills
12 16 (1.84%) Legal
12 16 (1.84%) Retail
13 14 (1.61%) Telecoms
14 13 (1.49%) Publishing
15 12 (1.38%) Law
16 5 (0.57%) Marketing
16 5 (0.57%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 279 (32.03%) Developer
2 255 (29.28%) Senior
3 154 (17.68%) DevOps Engineer
4 110 (12.63%) Senior Developer
5 95 (10.91%) Software Engineer
6 93 (10.68%) Architect
7 83 (9.53%) .NET Developer
8 59 (6.77%) 3D Developer
8 59 (6.77%) Games Developer
8 59 (6.77%) Software Developer
8 59 (6.77%) Unity 3D Developer
9 53 (6.08%) Solutions Architect
10 52 (5.97%) Senior .NET Developer
11 49 (5.63%) Data Engineer
12 44 (5.05%) Lead
13 43 (4.94%) Senior Software Engineer
14 42 (4.82%) C# Developer
15 41 (4.71%) Applications Developer
15 41 (4.71%) Infrastructure Engineer
16 40 (4.59%) C# .NET Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 224 (25.72%) .NET
2 147 (16.88%) React
3 115 (13.20%) CSS
4 108 (12.40%) .NET Core
5 94 (10.79%) HTML
6 88 (10.10%) .NET Framework
6 88 (10.10%) ASP.NET
7 82 (9.41%) AngularJS
8 61 (7.00%) Unity (Game Engine)
9 52 (5.97%) Entity Framework
10 46 (5.28%) RESTful
11 37 (4.25%) Spring
12 35 (4.02%) ASP.NET MVC
12 35 (4.02%) Vue
13 31 (3.56%) LESS
13 31 (3.56%) YAML
14 29 (3.33%) Node.js
15 28 (3.21%) PostGIS
15 28 (3.21%) RabbitMQ
16 27 (3.10%) Leaflet
Miscellaneous
1 62 (7.12%) Product Ownership
2 59 (6.77%) Virtual Reality
3 47 (5.40%) Public Cloud
4 44 (5.05%) Self-Motivation
5 41 (4.71%) Cloud Native
6 29 (3.33%) Onboarding
7 25 (2.87%) Hybrid Cloud
8 23 (2.64%) Private Cloud
8 23 (2.64%) Virtual Team
9 21 (2.41%) Enterprise Cloud
10 16 (1.84%) Mobile App
11 12 (1.38%) Enterprise Software
11 12 (1.38%) Linux Command Line
11 12 (1.38%) Management Information System
12 8 (0.92%) Hedge funds
13 6 (0.69%) Distributed Systems
13 6 (0.69%) Low-Code
14 4 (0.46%) e-Learning
14 4 (0.46%) IoT
14 4 (0.46%) Legacy Systems
Operating Systems
1 202 (23.19%) Linux
2 79 (9.07%) Windows
3 47 (5.40%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 16 (1.84%) Ubuntu
5 14 (1.61%) Unix
6 9 (1.03%) Debian
7 8 (0.92%) CentOS
7 8 (0.92%) Windows 10
8 7 (0.80%) Android
8 7 (0.80%) Apple iOS
8 7 (0.80%) CoreOS
9 6 (0.69%) Windows Server 2016
10 5 (0.57%) Windows Server
11 4 (0.46%) AIX
12 3 (0.34%) Windows 7
12 3 (0.34%) Windows Server 2008
13 1 (0.11%) Alpine Linux
13 1 (0.11%) Windows Server 2012
13 1 (0.11%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 431 (49.48%) Agile
2 308 (35.36%) CI/CD
3 223 (25.60%) Software Engineering
4 207 (23.77%) Scrum
5 177 (20.32%) Problem-Solving
6 133 (15.27%) Actionable Insight
7 130 (14.93%) Infrastructure as Code
8 115 (13.20%) Continuous Integration
9 102 (11.71%) Design Patterns
10 100 (11.48%) Containerisation
10 100 (11.48%) Full Stack Development
11 94 (10.79%) MVC
12 93 (10.68%) Microservices
13 89 (10.22%) UML
14 86 (9.87%) Mentoring
15 83 (9.53%) Collaborative Working
16 79 (9.07%) Data Engineering
17 78 (8.96%) SDLC
18 71 (8.15%) Kanban
19 68 (7.81%) Use Case
Programming Languages
1 239 (27.44%) C#
2 234 (26.87%) Python
3 212 (24.34%) JavaScript
4 157 (18.03%) Java
5 116 (13.32%) SQL
6 106 (12.17%) Bash
7 84 (9.64%) PowerShell
8 56 (6.43%) TypeScript
9 28 (3.21%) Go
9 28 (3.21%) Shell Script
10 26 (2.99%) T-SQL
11 23 (2.64%) Ruby
12 21 (2.41%) PHP
13 15 (1.72%) Bicep
14 13 (1.49%) C
14 13 (1.49%) C++
15 8 (0.92%) R
16 7 (0.80%) Perl
17 5 (0.57%) Scala
18 4 (0.46%) Data Analysis Expressions
Qualifications
1 350 (40.18%) Security Cleared
2 218 (25.03%) SC Cleared
3 160 (18.37%) Degree
4 128 (14.70%) DV Cleared
5 98 (11.25%) BPSS Clearance
6 44 (5.05%) TOGAF Certification
7 27 (3.10%) Computer Science Degree
8 10 (1.15%) AWS Certification
9 9 (1.03%) Master's Degree
10 6 (0.69%) IIBA
11 5 (0.57%) PCI QSA
12 4 (0.46%) ISTQB
13 3 (0.34%) ISEB
13 3 (0.34%) Microsoft Certification
14 2 (0.23%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
14 2 (0.23%) DBS Check
15 1 (0.11%) AWS Certified Developer
15 1 (0.11%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
15 1 (0.11%) AWS Certified SysOps Administrator
15 1 (0.11%) Numerate Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 85 (9.76%) QA
2 24 (2.76%) GDPR
3 14 (1.61%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 12 (1.38%) Cyber Essentials
5 9 (1.03%) PMO
6 6 (0.69%) PCI DSS
7 5 (0.57%) GRC
8 3 (0.34%) 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 (0.11%) Accessibility
System Software
1 201 (23.08%) Docker
2 49 (5.63%) VMware Infrastructure
3 36 (4.13%) Hyper-V
4 16 (1.84%) Active Directory
5 12 (1.38%) 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 1 (0.11%) Apache Flume
Systems Management
1 226 (25.95%) Kubernetes
2 178 (20.44%) Terraform
3 171 (19.63%) Ansible
4 80 (9.18%) Puppet
5 43 (4.94%) Prometheus
6 36 (4.13%) Grafana
7 24 (2.76%) Progress Chef
8 18 (2.07%) HAProxy
9 8 (0.92%) Kibana
9 8 (0.92%) Packer
10 5 (0.57%) Argo
10 5 (0.57%) Docker Swarm
10 5 (0.57%) Nagios
11 4 (0.46%) Istio
11 4 (0.46%) vRealize
12 3 (0.34%) EMC VPLEX
12 3 (0.34%) vCenter Server
13 2 (0.23%) Active Directory Federation Services
13 2 (0.23%) Single Sign-On
14 1 (0.11%) Anchore
Vendors
1 218 (25.03%) Microsoft
2 78 (8.96%) Google
3 59 (6.77%) VMware
4 56 (6.43%) Red Hat
5 34 (3.90%) Oracle
6 27 (3.10%) ESRI
6 27 (3.10%) Sparx
7 17 (1.95%) Optimizely
7 17 (1.95%) Sitecore
8 12 (1.38%) IBM
9 11 (1.26%) Citrix
9 11 (1.26%) Salesforce
10 10 (1.15%) Cisco
10 10 (1.15%) Xamarin
11 8 (0.92%) SolarWinds
12 7 (0.80%) SAP
13 6 (0.69%) Databricks
13 6 (0.69%) ServiceNow
13 6 (0.69%) Twitter
14 5 (0.57%) Sybase