DevOps Contracts in the South West

DevOps
England > South West

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

6 months to
2 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 19 10 12
Rank change year-on-year -9 +2 +1
Contract jobs citing DevOps 248 452 371
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South West 7.62% 13.29% 10.10%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 9.28% 14.86% 11.40%
Number of daily rates quoted 164 337 265
10th Percentile £400 £413 £419
25th Percentile £486 £513 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £600 £550
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +9.09% +10.00%
75th Percentile £641 £688 £631
90th Percentile £688 £730 £675
England median daily rate £550 £600 £600
% change year-on-year -8.33% - +14.29%
Number of hourly rates quoted 30 56 25
10th Percentile - £60.00 £42.00
25th Percentile - £60.91 £51.34
Median hourly rate £70.00 £65.61 £65.00
Median % change year-on-year +6.70% +0.93% +18.18%
75th Percentile £83.13 £75.50 -
90th Percentile £85.00 £78.00 £65.45
England median hourly rate £65.50 £65.50 £65.00
% change year-on-year - +0.77% +18.18%

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 contract job vacancies advertised in the South West with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 2,671 3,042 3,253
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South West 82.08% 89.42% 88.59%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,693 2,208 2,335
10th Percentile £226 £313 £300
25th Percentile £405 £425 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £549 £500
Median % change year-on-year -4.37% +9.80% +5.82%
75th Percentile £625 £650 £600
90th Percentile £700 £725 £675
England median daily rate £525 £550 £545
% change year-on-year -4.55% +0.92% +9.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 359 314 204
10th Percentile £13.86 £9.80 £15.90
25th Percentile £29.75 £15.29 £21.13
Median hourly rate £55.00 £59.90 £48.38
Median % change year-on-year -8.18% +23.82% +7.50%
75th Percentile £70.00 £70.30 £63.64
90th Percentile £75.00 £83.07 £68.90
England median hourly rate £37.50 £37.15 £25.00
% change year-on-year +0.94% +48.60% +11.11%

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
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the South West

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing DevOps in the South West.

Daily rate trend for DevOps in the South West

DevOps
Daily Rate Histogram in the South West

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing DevOps in the South West over the 6 months to 2 June 2024.

Daily rate histogram for DevOps in the South West

DevOps
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the South West

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing DevOps in the South West.

Hourly rate trend for DevOps in the South West

DevOps
Hourly Rate Histogram in the South West

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing DevOps in the South West over the 6 months to 2 June 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for DevOps in the South West

DevOps
Contract Job Locations in the South West

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing DevOps within the South West region over the 6 months to 2 June 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
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Bristol -5 100 £525 -4.55% 59
Gloucestershire +1 68 £600 -7.69% 37
Wiltshire -44 38 £550 -10.20% 8
Dorset +14 13 £550 +7.32% 9
Devon -10 12 £550 -18.52% 21
Somerset -15 9 £425 -37.36% 12
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 10 (4.03%) SharePoint
2 9 (3.63%) Apache
3 8 (3.23%) Confluence
4 5 (2.02%) Microsoft Exchange
5 4 (1.61%) Apache Solr
5 4 (1.61%) nginx
6 2 (0.81%) ArcGIS
6 2 (0.81%) Umbraco
7 1 (0.40%) CMS
7 1 (0.40%) OpenStack
7 1 (0.40%) SharePoint Server
7 1 (0.40%) WordPress
Applications
1 1 (0.40%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (0.40%) PlantUML
Business Applications
1 4 (1.61%) Dynamics CRM
1 4 (1.61%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
2 2 (0.81%) Teamcenter
3 1 (0.40%) Dynamics AX
3 1 (0.40%) NetSuite
Cloud Services
1 92 (37.10%) Azure
2 65 (26.21%) AWS
3 55 (22.18%) Azure DevOps
4 30 (12.10%) GitHub
5 21 (8.47%) OpenShift
6 20 (8.06%) GCP
7 11 (4.44%) Microsoft 365
7 11 (4.44%) Power Platform
8 8 (3.23%) PaaS
8 8 (3.23%) Serverless
9 6 (2.42%) Amazon EC2
9 6 (2.42%) Amazon S3
9 6 (2.42%) AWS Lambda
10 5 (2.02%) Amazon Cognito
10 5 (2.02%) Dynamics 365
11 3 (1.21%) Azure AKS
11 3 (1.21%) GitHub Actions
11 3 (1.21%) IaaS
11 3 (1.21%) OCI
11 3 (1.21%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 10 (4.03%) HTTP
2 9 (3.63%) VPN
3 6 (2.42%) Firewall
4 4 (1.61%) AMQP
4 4 (1.61%) DNS
4 4 (1.61%) HTTPS
4 4 (1.61%) IPsec
4 4 (1.61%) Network Security
4 4 (1.61%) SAN
4 4 (1.61%) TCP/IP
4 4 (1.61%) WAN
5 2 (0.81%) IPv4
5 2 (0.81%) OSPF
5 2 (0.81%) VLAN
6 1 (0.40%) Intranet
6 1 (0.40%) Software-Defined Networking
6 1 (0.40%) WAAS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 17 (6.85%) SQL Server
2 10 (4.03%) Power BI
3 7 (2.82%) NoSQL
4 6 (2.42%) Amazon RDS
5 5 (2.02%) MySQL
5 5 (2.02%) PostgreSQL
5 5 (2.02%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 5 (2.02%) SQLite
5 5 (2.02%) Triplestore
6 4 (1.61%) Biml
6 4 (1.61%) Couchbase
6 4 (1.61%) Elasticsearch
6 4 (1.61%) InfluxDB
6 4 (1.61%) Relational Database
6 4 (1.61%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 3 (1.21%) Azure SQL Database
7 3 (1.21%) GIS
8 2 (0.81%) Big Data
8 2 (0.81%) Data Warehouse
8 2 (0.81%) Geospatial Data
Development Applications
1 46 (18.55%) Jenkins
2 35 (14.11%) JIRA
3 21 (8.47%) Git
4 17 (6.85%) GoogleTest
5 15 (6.05%) GitLab
6 13 (5.24%) SonarQube
7 9 (3.63%) Artifactory
7 9 (3.63%) Visual Studio
8 8 (3.23%) Postman
9 6 (2.42%) Bitbucket
9 6 (2.42%) Cypress.io
9 6 (2.42%) NUnit
10 5 (2.02%) Checkstyle
10 5 (2.02%) Spinnaker
11 2 (0.81%) Octopus Deploy
11 2 (0.81%) Selenium
11 2 (0.81%) Snyk
11 2 (0.81%) Team Foundation Server
11 2 (0.81%) TeamCity
11 2 (0.81%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 22 (8.87%) Public Sector
2 18 (7.26%) Social Skills
3 14 (5.65%) Finance
4 11 (4.44%) Telecoms
5 10 (4.03%) Legal
6 5 (2.02%) Manufacturing
7 3 (1.21%) Analytical Skills
7 3 (1.21%) Electronics
7 3 (1.21%) Marketing
7 3 (1.21%) Retail
8 2 (0.81%) Law
8 2 (0.81%) Tech for Good
9 1 (0.40%) Banking
9 1 (0.40%) General Ledger
9 1 (0.40%) Health Technology
9 1 (0.40%) Influencing Skills
9 1 (0.40%) Presentation Skills
9 1 (0.40%) Public Speaking
Job Titles
1 64 (25.81%) DevOps Engineer
2 54 (21.77%) Architect
3 39 (15.73%) Developer
4 29 (11.69%) Software Engineer
5 20 (8.06%) Senior
6 17 (6.85%) Java Engineer
6 17 (6.85%) Java Software Engineer
7 14 (5.65%) Solutions Architect
8 11 (4.44%) C++ Software Engineer
8 11 (4.44%) Full Stack Developer
9 8 (3.23%) Azure Engineer
9 8 (3.23%) SharePoint Architect
10 7 (2.82%) Consultant
10 7 (2.82%) Senior DevOps
10 7 (2.82%) Test Automation Engineer
10 7 (2.82%) Test Engineer
11 6 (2.42%) Azure Architect
11 6 (2.42%) Cloud Architect
11 6 (2.42%) Senior DevOps Engineer
11 6 (2.42%) Site Reliability Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 34 (13.71%) .NET
2 20 (8.06%) REST
3 19 (7.66%) Qt
4 18 (7.26%) AngularJS
5 15 (6.05%) React
6 13 (5.24%) YAML
7 11 (4.44%) Spring
7 11 (4.44%) XML
8 10 (4.03%) Apache NiFi
8 10 (4.03%) GraphQL
8 10 (4.03%) RabbitMQ
9 9 (3.63%) JSON
10 8 (3.23%) .NET Core
11 7 (2.82%) CSS
12 6 (2.42%) HTML
12 6 (2.42%) Kafka
12 6 (2.42%) RESTful
13 5 (2.02%) Apache Jena
13 5 (2.02%) Elastic Stack
13 5 (2.02%) PostGIS
Miscellaneous
1 19 (7.66%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
2 18 (7.26%) Linux Command Line
3 12 (4.84%) Product Ownership
4 11 (4.44%) Cloud Native
4 11 (4.44%) Public Cloud
5 6 (2.42%) SCADA
6 5 (2.02%) Verilog
6 5 (2.02%) VHDL
7 4 (1.61%) Management Information System
8 3 (1.21%) Hybrid Cloud
8 3 (1.21%) Security Posture
9 2 (0.81%) Data Structures
9 2 (0.81%) Distributed Systems
9 2 (0.81%) Greenfield Project
9 2 (0.81%) Hackathon
9 2 (0.81%) Self-Motivation
10 1 (0.40%) Algorithms
10 1 (0.40%) Cyber Threat
10 1 (0.40%) Cyberattack
10 1 (0.40%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 67 (27.02%) Linux
2 20 (8.06%) Windows
3 9 (3.63%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 5 (2.02%) CentOS
5 4 (1.61%) Windows Server
6 2 (0.81%) Unix
7 1 (0.40%) Apple iOS
7 1 (0.40%) Solaris
7 1 (0.40%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 107 (43.15%) Agile
2 90 (36.29%) CI/CD
3 41 (16.53%) Software Engineering
4 35 (14.11%) Infrastructure as Code
5 23 (9.27%) Customer Requirements
5 23 (9.27%) Problem-Solving
6 22 (8.87%) Project Management
7 21 (8.47%) Migration
8 20 (8.06%) Containerisation
9 19 (7.66%) OO
9 19 (7.66%) SDLC
9 19 (7.66%) Software Architecture
10 18 (7.26%) Configuration Management
10 18 (7.26%) Test Automation
11 17 (6.85%) Full Stack Development
11 17 (6.85%) Software Delivery
12 16 (6.45%) Microservices
12 16 (6.45%) Programme Management
13 14 (5.65%) Scrum
14 13 (5.24%) OOP
Programming Languages
1 71 (28.63%) Python
2 52 (20.97%) Java
3 37 (14.92%) C
4 33 (13.31%) C#
5 29 (11.69%) PowerShell
6 28 (11.29%) C++
7 26 (10.48%) SQL
8 20 (8.06%) JavaScript
9 15 (6.05%) Bash
9 15 (6.05%) Go
10 11 (4.44%) TypeScript
11 5 (2.02%) Bicep
11 5 (2.02%) Shell Script
11 5 (2.02%) SPARQL
12 4 (1.61%) PHP
13 3 (1.21%) Ruby
14 1 (0.40%) Objective-C
14 1 (0.40%) Perl
14 1 (0.40%) Swift
Qualifications
1 143 (57.66%) Security Cleared
2 75 (30.24%) DV Cleared
3 66 (26.61%) SC Cleared
4 13 (5.24%) Degree
5 3 (1.21%) ITIL Certification
6 2 (0.81%) AWS Certification
6 2 (0.81%) Azure Certification
6 2 (0.81%) BPSS Clearance
6 2 (0.81%) HND
6 2 (0.81%) Microsoft Certification
7 1 (0.40%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
7 1 (0.40%) Computer Science Degree
7 1 (0.40%) CREST Certified
7 1 (0.40%) GIAC
7 1 (0.40%) OSCP
7 1 (0.40%) PhD
7 1 (0.40%) RHCE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 25 (10.08%) QA
2 19 (7.66%) MISRA
3 6 (2.42%) NCSC
3 6 (2.42%) NIST
4 5 (2.02%) Accessibility
4 5 (2.02%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 4 (1.61%) GDPR
5 4 (1.61%) HIPAA
6 2 (0.81%) Data Quality
6 2 (0.81%) RMADS
7 1 (0.40%) Government Security Classifications
7 1 (0.40%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 61 (24.60%) Docker
2 11 (4.44%) VMware Infrastructure
3 7 (2.82%) VMware NSX
4 6 (2.42%) Active Directory
5 4 (1.61%) VMware ESXi
6 3 (1.21%) Hyper-V
7 2 (0.81%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 65 (26.21%) Terraform
2 61 (24.60%) Kubernetes
3 52 (20.97%) Ansible
4 17 (6.85%) Grafana
4 17 (6.85%) Prometheus
5 8 (3.23%) Docker Swarm
5 8 (3.23%) Puppet
6 7 (2.82%) Progress Chef
7 6 (2.42%) Istio
8 4 (1.61%) Argo
9 2 (0.81%) Kibana
9 2 (0.81%) Kustomize
9 2 (0.81%) logstash
9 2 (0.81%) OPNET
9 2 (0.81%) Rancher
9 2 (0.81%) Salt
9 2 (0.81%) Single Sign-On
9 2 (0.81%) vRealize
10 1 (0.40%) Active Directory Federation Services
10 1 (0.40%) Dell DRAC
Vendors
1 34 (13.71%) Microsoft
2 25 (10.08%) Google
3 16 (6.45%) VMware
4 15 (6.05%) Red Hat
5 6 (2.42%) Oracle
6 5 (2.02%) Atlassian
6 5 (2.02%) Salesforce
7 4 (1.61%) CyberArk
7 4 (1.61%) SAP
7 4 (1.61%) Sparx
8 2 (0.81%) Mapbox
8 2 (0.81%) SaltStack
8 2 (0.81%) Xamarin
9 1 (0.40%) Dell
9 1 (0.40%) ForgeRock
9 1 (0.40%) HP
9 1 (0.40%) IBM
9 1 (0.40%) NetIQ