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 9 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
9 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 19 14 14
Rank change year-on-year -5 0 -4
Permanent jobs citing DevOps 867 848 1,294
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South West 8.36% 13.06% 14.95%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 10.43% 13.80% 15.71%
Number of salaries quoted 583 534 867
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% +12.75%
75th Percentile £76,875 £77,715 £76,510
90th Percentile £87,500 £92,500 £91,000
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 8,314 6,144 8,237
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South West 80.15% 94.60% 95.18%
Number of salaries quoted 5,890 3,499 5,021
10th Percentile £28,500 £30,500 £30,250
25th Percentile £37,500 £40,000 £37,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £51,186 £54,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -5.21% +8.00% +8.70%
75th Percentile £65,000 £69,700 £66,250
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 9 June 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 9 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Bristol -4 371 £70,000 +7.69% 48
Gloucestershire +1 281 £55,000 -15.38% 33
Wiltshire -6 101 £62,500 -7.41% 10
Devon -6 47 £36,984 -17.90% 18
Somerset -19 24 £55,000 - 10
Dorset -49 24 £67,500 +22.73% 7
Cornwall - 1 £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 68 (7.84%) Confluence
2 28 (3.23%) Apache
3 26 (3.00%) ArcGIS
3 26 (3.00%) GeoServer
4 25 (2.88%) CMS
5 24 (2.77%) Umbraco
6 22 (2.54%) nginx
7 20 (2.31%) IIS
8 18 (2.08%) Headless CMS
9 17 (1.96%) Apache Spark
9 17 (1.96%) Kentico
9 17 (1.96%) Sitecore CMS
10 16 (1.85%) Jupyter
11 7 (0.81%) SharePoint
12 6 (0.69%) NServiceBus
13 5 (0.58%) Microsoft Exchange
14 3 (0.35%) JBoss
15 2 (0.23%) Apache Airflow
15 2 (0.23%) WordPress
16 1 (0.12%) Luigi
Applications
1 10 (1.15%) Microsoft Office
2 6 (0.69%) Trello
3 3 (0.35%) S-PLUS
Business Applications
1 25 (2.88%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
2 4 (0.46%) Elite 3E
3 3 (0.35%) Dynamics CRM
4 2 (0.23%) Maximo
Cloud Services
1 489 (56.40%) Azure
2 384 (44.29%) AWS
3 235 (27.10%) Azure DevOps
4 98 (11.30%) GCP
5 78 (9.00%) OpenShift
6 69 (7.96%) SaaS
7 61 (7.04%) Microsoft 365
8 55 (6.34%) Power Platform
9 34 (3.92%) Serverless
10 32 (3.69%) GitHub
10 32 (3.69%) PowerApps
11 28 (3.23%) Amazon S3
12 27 (3.11%) PaaS
13 25 (2.88%) Power Automate
14 21 (2.42%) Dynamics 365
15 19 (2.19%) IaaS
16 17 (1.96%) Kontent
17 16 (1.85%) GitHub Actions
17 16 (1.85%) MinIO
18 15 (1.73%) AWS Lambda
Communications & Networking
1 46 (5.31%) TCP/IP
2 45 (5.19%) DNS
3 42 (4.84%) HTTP
4 39 (4.50%) DHCP
5 13 (1.50%) Firewall
6 10 (1.15%) Network Security
7 5 (0.58%) AMQP
7 5 (0.58%) LAN
7 5 (0.58%) VPN
7 5 (0.58%) WAN
8 4 (0.46%) SSL
9 3 (0.35%) Cisco ASA
9 3 (0.35%) RS-485
9 3 (0.35%) SAN
10 2 (0.23%) Fibre Channel
10 2 (0.23%) IP Telephony
10 2 (0.23%) IPv4
10 2 (0.23%) OSPF
10 2 (0.23%) VLAN
11 1 (0.12%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 104 (12.00%) SQL Server
2 53 (6.11%) BigQuery
2 53 (6.11%) Data Warehouse
2 53 (6.11%) Looker
3 37 (4.27%) Big Data
4 33 (3.81%) Power BI
5 32 (3.69%) PostgreSQL
6 31 (3.58%) Relational Database
7 28 (3.23%) GIS
8 26 (3.00%) QGIS
9 24 (2.77%) MySQL
10 23 (2.65%) NoSQL
11 22 (2.54%) MongoDB
12 16 (1.85%) Hadoop
12 16 (1.85%) Presto
13 14 (1.61%) Amazon RDS
14 10 (1.15%) Elasticsearch
14 10 (1.15%) Tableau
15 8 (0.92%) Geospatial Data
15 8 (0.92%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 170 (19.61%) Git
2 126 (14.53%) JIRA
3 85 (9.80%) Visual Studio
4 66 (7.61%) Bitbucket
5 65 (7.50%) Jenkins
6 59 (6.81%) Sourcetree
7 21 (2.42%) GitLab
8 16 (1.85%) Atlassian Bamboo
8 16 (1.85%) Selenium
9 12 (1.38%) Team Foundation Server
10 7 (0.81%) Artifactory
10 7 (0.81%) Eclipse
10 7 (0.81%) SonarQube
10 7 (0.81%) Vagrant
11 6 (0.69%) JMeter
11 6 (0.69%) Maven
11 6 (0.69%) TeamCity
12 5 (0.58%) Cypress.io
13 4 (0.46%) Cucumber
13 4 (0.46%) SpecFlow
General
1 173 (19.95%) Social Skills
2 85 (9.80%) Presentation Skills
3 80 (9.23%) Aerospace
4 79 (9.11%) Analytical Skills
5 67 (7.73%) Games
6 53 (6.11%) Finance
7 33 (3.81%) Billing
7 33 (3.81%) Public Sector
8 22 (2.54%) Fire and Rescue
9 20 (2.31%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 20 (2.31%) Tech for Good
10 17 (1.96%) Retail
11 16 (1.85%) Influencing Skills
11 16 (1.85%) Legal
12 14 (1.61%) Banking
12 14 (1.61%) Telecoms
13 13 (1.50%) Publishing
14 10 (1.15%) Law
15 8 (0.92%) Manufacturing
16 5 (0.58%) Advertising
Job Titles
1 279 (32.18%) Developer
2 254 (29.30%) Senior
3 161 (18.57%) DevOps Engineer
4 112 (12.92%) Senior Developer
5 93 (10.73%) Architect
6 89 (10.27%) Software Engineer
7 84 (9.69%) .NET Developer
8 59 (6.81%) 3D Developer
8 59 (6.81%) Games Developer
8 59 (6.81%) Unity 3D Developer
9 58 (6.69%) Software Developer
10 53 (6.11%) Senior .NET Developer
11 50 (5.77%) Solutions Architect
12 45 (5.19%) C# Developer
12 45 (5.19%) Data Engineer
13 43 (4.96%) Senior Software Engineer
14 41 (4.73%) C# .NET Developer
14 41 (4.73%) Infrastructure Engineer
15 39 (4.50%) Lead
16 38 (4.38%) Applications Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 217 (25.03%) .NET
2 147 (16.96%) React
3 113 (13.03%) CSS
4 110 (12.69%) .NET Core
5 94 (10.84%) HTML
6 90 (10.38%) .NET Framework
7 88 (10.15%) ASP.NET
8 76 (8.77%) AngularJS
9 61 (7.04%) Unity (Game Engine)
10 54 (6.23%) Entity Framework
11 47 (5.42%) RESTful
12 36 (4.15%) Spring
13 34 (3.92%) Vue
14 33 (3.81%) ASP.NET MVC
14 33 (3.81%) LESS
15 29 (3.34%) YAML
16 26 (3.00%) Apache NiFi
16 26 (3.00%) Leaflet
16 26 (3.00%) OpenLayers
16 26 (3.00%) PostGIS
Miscellaneous
1 61 (7.04%) Product Ownership
2 59 (6.81%) Virtual Reality
3 41 (4.73%) Self-Motivation
4 37 (4.27%) Cloud Native
5 35 (4.04%) Public Cloud
6 29 (3.34%) Onboarding
7 24 (2.77%) Hybrid Cloud
8 21 (2.42%) Virtual Team
9 19 (2.19%) Enterprise Cloud
9 19 (2.19%) Private Cloud
10 16 (1.85%) 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 7 (0.81%) Legacy Systems
14 5 (0.58%) e-Learning
15 4 (0.46%) BBC
15 4 (0.46%) Verilog
15 4 (0.46%) VHDL
Operating Systems
1 201 (23.18%) Linux
2 78 (9.00%) Windows
3 51 (5.88%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 15 (1.73%) Ubuntu
5 12 (1.38%) Unix
6 10 (1.15%) Debian
7 8 (0.92%) CentOS
8 7 (0.81%) Android
8 7 (0.81%) Apple iOS
8 7 (0.81%) CoreOS
8 7 (0.81%) Windows 10
9 6 (0.69%) Windows Server 2016
10 4 (0.46%) AIX
10 4 (0.46%) Windows Server
11 3 (0.35%) Windows 7
11 3 (0.35%) Windows Server 2008
12 2 (0.23%) Alpine Linux
13 1 (0.12%) VMS
13 1 (0.12%) Windows Server 2012
13 1 (0.12%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 431 (49.71%) Agile
2 309 (35.64%) CI/CD
3 215 (24.80%) Software Engineering
4 212 (24.45%) Scrum
5 181 (20.88%) Problem-Solving
6 127 (14.65%) Actionable Insight
7 122 (14.07%) Infrastructure as Code
8 112 (12.92%) Continuous Integration
9 98 (11.30%) Containerisation
9 98 (11.30%) Full Stack Development
10 95 (10.96%) Design Patterns
11 94 (10.84%) Microservices
11 94 (10.84%) MVC
12 89 (10.27%) Collaborative Working
13 88 (10.15%) UML
14 83 (9.57%) Mentoring
15 80 (9.23%) SDLC
16 77 (8.88%) Kanban
17 74 (8.54%) Data Engineering
18 67 (7.73%) Artificial Intelligence
Programming Languages
1 242 (27.91%) C#
2 230 (26.53%) Python
3 203 (23.41%) JavaScript
4 146 (16.84%) Java
5 108 (12.46%) SQL
6 102 (11.76%) Bash
7 83 (9.57%) PowerShell
8 60 (6.92%) TypeScript
9 27 (3.11%) T-SQL
10 26 (3.00%) Shell Script
11 23 (2.65%) Go
12 21 (2.42%) PHP
13 20 (2.31%) Ruby
14 14 (1.61%) C++
15 13 (1.50%) Bicep
15 13 (1.50%) C
16 8 (0.92%) R
17 4 (0.46%) Lua
17 4 (0.46%) Perl
17 4 (0.46%) Scala
Qualifications
1 355 (40.95%) Security Cleared
2 220 (25.37%) SC Cleared
3 157 (18.11%) Degree
4 137 (15.80%) DV Cleared
5 93 (10.73%) BPSS Clearance
6 41 (4.73%) TOGAF Certification
7 26 (3.00%) Computer Science Degree
8 11 (1.27%) AWS Certification
9 9 (1.04%) Master's Degree
10 6 (0.69%) IIBA
11 5 (0.58%) ISTQB
11 5 (0.58%) PCI QSA
12 4 (0.46%) Microsoft Certification
13 3 (0.35%) ISEB
14 2 (0.23%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
14 2 (0.23%) Azure Certification
14 2 (0.23%) DBS Check
14 2 (0.23%) PMI Certification
15 1 (0.12%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
15 1 (0.12%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 79 (9.11%) QA
2 21 (2.42%) GDPR
3 14 (1.61%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 12 (1.38%) Cyber Essentials
5 9 (1.04%) PMO
6 7 (0.81%) 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
System Software
1 198 (22.84%) Docker
2 48 (5.54%) VMware Infrastructure
3 38 (4.38%) Hyper-V
4 12 (1.38%) Active Directory
4 12 (1.38%) Virtual Machines
5 6 (0.69%) VMware ESXi
6 5 (0.58%) Firmware
7 4 (0.46%) Virtual Desktop
8 3 (0.35%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 230 (26.53%) Kubernetes
2 180 (20.76%) Ansible
3 179 (20.65%) Terraform
4 77 (8.88%) Puppet
5 44 (5.07%) Prometheus
6 38 (4.38%) Grafana
7 24 (2.77%) Progress Chef
8 16 (1.85%) HAProxy
9 8 (0.92%) Packer
10 7 (0.81%) Kibana
11 6 (0.69%) Nagios
12 5 (0.58%) Docker Swarm
13 4 (0.46%) Istio
13 4 (0.46%) Single Sign-On
13 4 (0.46%) vRealize
14 3 (0.35%) Active Directory Federation Services
14 3 (0.35%) Argo
14 3 (0.35%) EMC VPLEX
15 1 (0.12%) Consul
15 1 (0.12%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 210 (24.22%) Microsoft
2 66 (7.61%) Google
3 60 (6.92%) Red Hat
4 56 (6.46%) VMware
5 26 (3.00%) ESRI
5 26 (3.00%) Oracle
6 25 (2.88%) Sparx
7 17 (1.96%) Optimizely
7 17 (1.96%) Sitecore
8 11 (1.27%) Salesforce
9 10 (1.15%) Xamarin
10 9 (1.04%) Cisco
11 7 (0.81%) Citrix
11 7 (0.81%) IBM
12 6 (0.69%) Atlassian
12 6 (0.69%) Databricks
12 6 (0.69%) ServiceNow
12 6 (0.69%) Splunk
12 6 (0.69%) Twitter
13 5 (0.58%) SolarWinds