DevOps Jobs in the South East

DevOps
England > South East

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the South East 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 29 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
29 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 22 17 15
Rank change year-on-year -5 -2 -1
Permanent jobs citing DevOps 1,342 1,511 2,798
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 7.65% 10.75% 13.66%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 9.16% 11.38% 14.43%
Number of salaries quoted 823 951 1,675
10th Percentile £42,500 £42,500 £41,250
25th Percentile £50,000 £51,250 £51,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £61,500 £65,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -5.38% - +8.33%
75th Percentile £73,750 £78,750 £78,750
90th Percentile £85,000 £95,000 £88,250
England median annual salary £65,000 £70,000 £70,000
% change year-on-year -7.14% - +7.69%

All Process and Methodology Skills
South East

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 East with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 14,647 13,277 19,384
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 83.51% 94.48% 94.64%
Number of salaries quoted 10,075 7,723 11,821
10th Percentile £27,750 £30,500 £31,250
25th Percentile £36,875 £41,250 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% - +10.00%
75th Percentile £65,000 £72,500 £70,000
90th Percentile £77,500 £85,000 £82,500
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 East

Job postings citing DevOps as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the South East.

Job vacancy trend for DevOps in the South East

DevOps
Salary Trend in the South East

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing DevOps in the South East.

Salary trend for DevOps in the South East

DevOps
Salary Histogram in the South East

Salary distribution for jobs citing DevOps in the South East over the 6 months to 29 May 2024.

Salary histogram for DevOps in the South East

DevOps
Job Locations in the South East

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing DevOps within the South East region over the 6 months to 29 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
Thames Valley -13 470 £59,000 -12.59% 74
Hampshire +4 421 £67,500 +3.85% 48
Berkshire -9 236 £60,000 -17.24% 30
Surrey -2 216 £60,000 -7.69% 29
Oxfordshire +1 122 £59,000 +2.61% 15
Buckinghamshire -24 112 £55,000 -10.20% 29
West Sussex +25 86 £65,000 +18.18% 8
East Sussex -6 71 £70,000 +18.64% 11
Kent -28 60 £65,000 +23.81% 10
Middlesex -15 12 £43,000 -44.52%
Sussex - 7 £60,000 - 1
DevOps
England

DevOps
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South East 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 55 (4.10%) SharePoint
2 41 (3.06%) OpenStack
3 38 (2.83%) IIS
4 29 (2.16%) ArcGIS
4 29 (2.16%) GeoServer
5 28 (2.09%) CMS
6 26 (1.94%) Microsoft Exchange
7 24 (1.79%) Headless CMS
7 24 (1.79%) Kentico
8 20 (1.49%) Umbraco
9 19 (1.42%) Sitecore CMS
10 11 (0.82%) JBoss
11 10 (0.75%) nginx
11 10 (0.75%) Red Hat Fuse
12 7 (0.52%) Apache
13 6 (0.45%) Confluence
14 5 (0.37%) Apache Spark
15 2 (0.15%) WordPress
16 1 (0.075%) Oracle SOA Suite
16 1 (0.075%) Tomcat
Applications
1 24 (1.79%) Microsoft Office
1 24 (1.79%) MS Visio
2 19 (1.42%) Microsoft Excel
3 18 (1.34%) Simulink
4 17 (1.27%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 7 (0.52%) Spreadsheet
6 1 (0.075%) AutoCAD
6 1 (0.075%) Microsoft Project
6 1 (0.075%) Photoshop
6 1 (0.075%) PTC Creo
6 1 (0.075%) SOLIDWORKS
Business Applications
1 30 (2.24%) Dynamics CRM
2 10 (0.75%) Dynamics AX
3 7 (0.52%) NetSuite
4 4 (0.30%) Dynamics NAV
4 4 (0.30%) Visualfiles
5 3 (0.22%) Oracle Applications
6 1 (0.075%) SAP S/4HANA
6 1 (0.075%) SDL Web 8
Cloud Services
1 786 (58.57%) Azure
2 431 (32.12%) Azure DevOps
3 410 (30.55%) AWS
4 159 (11.85%) Serverless
5 134 (9.99%) IBM Cloud
6 112 (8.35%) SaaS
7 92 (6.86%) Azure Service Bus
8 90 (6.71%) Azure Functions
9 81 (6.04%) GCP
10 78 (5.81%) Azure Logic Apps
11 74 (5.51%) Azure API Management
12 72 (5.37%) Power Platform
13 65 (4.84%) Dynamics 365
14 55 (4.10%) Microsoft 365
15 53 (3.95%) Amazon ECS
15 53 (3.95%) Power Automate
16 49 (3.65%) PaaS
17 47 (3.50%) Amazon EKS
18 43 (3.20%) GitHub
19 38 (2.83%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 58 (4.32%) Firewall
2 57 (4.25%) DNS
3 29 (2.16%) DHCP
4 22 (1.64%) Network Security
5 20 (1.49%) VPN
6 16 (1.19%) HTTP
7 10 (0.75%) 5G
8 9 (0.67%) Unified Communications
9 8 (0.60%) TCP/IP
10 7 (0.52%) SSL
10 7 (0.52%) WAN
11 6 (0.45%) LAN
12 5 (0.37%) NAS
12 5 (0.37%) SAN
13 4 (0.30%) MQTT
13 4 (0.30%) Reverse Proxy
14 3 (0.22%) BGP
14 3 (0.22%) Internet
15 2 (0.15%) Intranet
15 2 (0.15%) SNMP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 204 (15.20%) PostgreSQL
2 139 (10.36%) Relational Database
3 126 (9.39%) NoSQL
4 118 (8.79%) MongoDB
5 112 (8.35%) SQL Server
6 74 (5.51%) DB2
7 50 (3.73%) BigQuery
8 49 (3.65%) Looker
9 43 (3.20%) Hadoop
10 40 (2.98%) Power BI
11 34 (2.53%) Data Warehouse
12 33 (2.46%) GIS
13 29 (2.16%) QGIS
14 26 (1.94%) Amazon RDS
14 26 (1.94%) MySQL
15 23 (1.71%) Azure SQL Database
16 22 (1.64%) Big Data
17 11 (0.82%) Elasticsearch
18 10 (0.75%) Geospatial Data
19 8 (0.60%) DynamoDB
Development Applications
1 225 (16.77%) Git
2 186 (13.86%) Jenkins
3 95 (7.08%) JIRA
4 58 (4.32%) GitLab
4 58 (4.32%) Visual Studio
5 39 (2.91%) Selenium
6 33 (2.46%) Subversion
7 32 (2.38%) NUnit
8 28 (2.09%) JUnit
9 26 (1.94%) TeamCity
10 20 (1.49%) Team Foundation Server
11 16 (1.19%) Postman
12 15 (1.12%) Visual Studio Code
13 14 (1.04%) Jasmine
13 14 (1.04%) MSBuild
14 13 (0.97%) Robot Framework
15 11 (0.82%) Bitbucket
15 11 (0.82%) Cucumber
16 10 (0.75%) Octopus Deploy
16 10 (0.75%) Trac
General
1 313 (23.32%) Social Skills
2 175 (13.04%) Public Sector
3 136 (10.13%) Finance
4 113 (8.42%) Analytical Skills
5 60 (4.47%) Aerospace
6 45 (3.35%) Retail
7 44 (3.28%) Legal
8 43 (3.20%) Law
9 40 (2.98%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 24 (1.79%) Billing
11 23 (1.71%) Marketing
12 21 (1.56%) Telecoms
13 17 (1.27%) Electronics
14 15 (1.12%) Influencing Skills
14 15 (1.12%) Presentation Skills
15 13 (0.97%) Games
15 13 (0.97%) Manufacturing
15 13 (0.97%) Pharmaceutical
16 11 (0.82%) Banking
17 9 (0.67%) Back Office
Job Titles
1 412 (30.70%) Developer
2 199 (14.83%) Senior
3 191 (14.23%) DevOps Engineer
4 130 (9.69%) Full Stack Developer
5 110 (8.20%) Software Engineer
6 108 (8.05%) Azure Developer
7 107 (7.97%) Lead
8 101 (7.53%) Senior Developer
9 98 (7.30%) .NET Developer
10 74 (5.51%) Architect
11 65 (4.84%) Java Developer
11 65 (4.84%) Software Developer
12 53 (3.95%) Infrastructure Engineer
13 51 (3.80%) Senior .NET Developer
14 48 (3.58%) C# Developer
15 47 (3.50%) Azure Engineer
16 46 (3.43%) Consultant
16 46 (3.43%) Engineering Manager
17 44 (3.28%) C# .NET Developer
18 39 (2.91%) Lead DevOps
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 387 (28.84%) .NET
2 204 (15.20%) React
3 188 (14.01%) CSS
4 175 (13.04%) HTML
5 173 (12.89%) ASP.NET
6 172 (12.82%) AngularJS
7 170 (12.67%) Node.js
8 144 (10.73%) Web Services
9 138 (10.28%) REST
10 131 (9.76%) .NET Core
11 110 (8.20%) Vue
12 107 (7.97%) jQuery
13 92 (6.86%) .NET Framework
14 90 (6.71%) Twitter Bootstrap
15 85 (6.33%) RESTful
16 81 (6.04%) ASP.NET Core
17 75 (5.59%) Ember.js
18 74 (5.51%) Backbone.js
19 68 (5.07%) XML
20 62 (4.62%) Spring
Miscellaneous
1 146 (10.88%) Hybrid Cloud
2 134 (9.99%) Blockchain
3 107 (7.97%) Algorithms
4 101 (7.53%) Product Ownership
5 96 (7.15%) Distributed Systems
6 95 (7.08%) Data Structures
7 74 (5.51%) Self-Motivation
8 62 (4.62%) Data Centre
9 48 (3.58%) IoT
10 47 (3.50%) Greenfield Project
11 37 (2.76%) Cloud Native
12 36 (2.68%) Management Information System
13 30 (2.24%) Enterprise Software
14 23 (1.71%) Mobile App
15 22 (1.64%) Private Cloud
16 19 (1.42%) Linux Command Line
16 19 (1.42%) Low-Code
17 18 (1.34%) PMI
18 17 (1.27%) PKI
19 16 (1.19%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 313 (23.32%) Linux
2 223 (16.62%) Windows
3 82 (6.11%) Android
3 82 (6.11%) Apple iOS
4 58 (4.32%) Windows Server
5 43 (3.20%) CentOS
6 42 (3.13%) Debian
7 40 (2.98%) Alpine Linux
8 22 (1.64%) Embedded Linux
9 20 (1.49%) Windows Server 2019
10 19 (1.42%) Ubuntu
10 19 (1.42%) Windows Server 2016
11 12 (0.89%) Windows 10
12 10 (0.75%) VMS
13 8 (0.60%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
14 5 (0.37%) Windows Server 2008
15 3 (0.22%) Unix
16 1 (0.075%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 610 (45.45%) Agile
2 433 (32.27%) CI/CD
3 356 (26.53%) Problem-Solving
4 240 (17.88%) Software Engineering
5 196 (14.61%) Artificial Intelligence
6 185 (13.79%) Test Automation
7 178 (13.26%) Full Stack Development
8 174 (12.97%) Computer Science
9 170 (12.67%) Web Development
10 166 (12.37%) Scrum
11 159 (11.85%) Microservices
12 153 (11.40%) MVC
13 147 (10.95%) User Experience
14 146 (10.88%) Design Patterns
15 130 (9.69%) Mentoring
16 129 (9.61%) Continuous Integration
17 127 (9.46%) Infrastructure as Code
18 123 (9.17%) Project Management
19 122 (9.09%) Containerisation
20 118 (8.79%) SDLC
Programming Languages
1 373 (27.79%) Python
2 367 (27.35%) C#
3 327 (24.37%) JavaScript
4 277 (20.64%) SQL
5 266 (19.82%) Java
6 92 (6.86%) PowerShell
7 65 (4.84%) Bash
8 56 (4.17%) C++
9 51 (3.80%) C
10 41 (3.06%) TypeScript
11 40 (2.98%) Bicep
12 29 (2.16%) Go
13 23 (1.71%) PHP
14 18 (1.34%) VB
15 17 (1.27%) VBScript
16 16 (1.19%) Groovy
16 16 (1.19%) Perl
17 14 (1.04%) Kotlin
17 14 (1.04%) VB.NET
18 8 (0.60%) R
Qualifications
1 299 (22.28%) Security Cleared
2 284 (21.16%) Degree
3 237 (17.66%) SC Cleared
4 141 (10.51%) Computer Science Degree
5 72 (5.37%) Azure Certification
6 64 (4.77%) Master's Degree
7 61 (4.55%) AWS Certification
8 52 (3.87%) DV Cleared
9 47 (3.50%) Microsoft Certification
10 41 (3.06%) MCSA
10 41 (3.06%) MCSE
11 27 (2.01%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
12 24 (1.79%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
13 22 (1.64%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
14 19 (1.42%) PMI Certification
15 16 (1.19%) CTC Cleared
16 13 (0.97%) DBS Check
17 11 (0.82%) ITIL Certification
18 8 (0.60%) MBA
19 7 (0.52%) Numerate Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 125 (9.31%) QA
2 36 (2.68%) GDPR
3 18 (1.34%) Data Quality
4 13 (0.97%) HIPAA
5 12 (0.89%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 7 (0.52%) ISO 13485
7 6 (0.45%) SLA
8 2 (0.15%) ISO 22301
8 2 (0.15%) ISO 31000
8 2 (0.15%) NCSC
9 1 (0.075%) Accessibility
9 1 (0.075%) ISO 9001
9 1 (0.075%) PCI DSS
9 1 (0.075%) PMO
9 1 (0.075%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 282 (21.01%) Docker
2 76 (5.66%) Active Directory
3 57 (4.25%) Virtual Machines
4 35 (2.61%) Hyper-V
5 25 (1.86%) Virtual Desktop
6 24 (1.79%) VMware Infrastructure
7 10 (0.75%) Firmware
7 10 (0.75%) NFS
7 10 (0.75%) pfSense
8 4 (0.30%) VMware ESXi
9 3 (0.22%) VirtualBox
10 2 (0.15%) HDFS
10 2 (0.15%) KVM
10 2 (0.15%) QEMU
10 2 (0.15%) Xen
11 1 (0.075%) Embedded Firmware
11 1 (0.075%) Microsoft Virtual Server
11 1 (0.075%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 313 (23.32%) Kubernetes
2 200 (14.90%) Terraform
3 143 (10.66%) Ansible
4 41 (3.06%) Puppet
5 25 (1.86%) ZABBIX
6 22 (1.64%) Active Directory Federation Services
7 20 (1.49%) Grafana
8 19 (1.42%) Microsoft Intune
8 19 (1.42%) SCCM
9 18 (1.34%) SCOM
10 17 (1.27%) WSUS
11 10 (0.75%) Consul
11 10 (0.75%) Microsoft Data Protection Manager
11 10 (0.75%) SCDPM
12 9 (0.67%) MIIS
12 9 (0.67%) Rancher
13 8 (0.60%) Prometheus
14 7 (0.52%) Docker Swarm
14 7 (0.52%) Kibana
15 5 (0.37%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 302 (22.50%) Microsoft
2 136 (10.13%) IBM
3 127 (9.46%) Red Hat
4 58 (4.32%) Google
5 50 (3.73%) VMware
6 31 (2.31%) WSO2
7 30 (2.24%) ESRI
8 28 (2.09%) Oracle
9 25 (1.86%) Sitecore
10 19 (1.42%) Optimizely
10 19 (1.42%) ServiceNow
11 18 (1.34%) Xilinx
12 17 (1.27%) Juniper
12 17 (1.27%) SAP
13 16 (1.19%) Veeam
14 15 (1.12%) Fortinet
15 12 (0.89%) Atlassian
16 11 (0.82%) Nintex
17 10 (0.75%) McAfee
18 9 (0.67%) Cisco