Site Reliability Engineer Job Trends in the East Midlands
Site Reliability Engineer (SRE)
England > East Midlands
The median Site Reliability Engineer (SRE) salary in the East Midlands is £75,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 9 November 2026.
The table below compares current salary benchmarking and summary statistics with the previous two years.
| 6 months to 9 Nov 2026 |
Same period 2025 | Same period 2024 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 184 | - | 152 |
| Rank change year-on-year | - | - | - |
| Permanent Site Reliability Engineer jobs | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| As % of all permanent jobs in the East Midlands | 0.029% | - | 0.058% |
| As % of the Job Titles category | 0.032% | - | 0.061% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £75,000 | - | £55,000 |
| England median annual salary | £77,500 | £75,000 | £80,000 |
| % change year-on-year | +3.33% | -6.25% | - |
All Permanent IT Job Roles
East Midlands
For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job adverts in the East Midlands matching a recognised job title. The table also shows what proportion of all permanent IT job adverts they make up.
| 6 months to 9 Nov 2026 |
Same period 2025 | Same period 2024 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Permanent job adverts in the East Midlands matching a recognised job title | 6,300 | 2,029 | 3,254 |
| % of permanent job adverts matching a recognised job title | 90.23% | 92.78% | 94.98% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 4,196 | 1,321 | 1,549 |
| 10th Percentile | £28,000 | £26,000 | £28,000 |
| 25th Percentile | £35,000 | £30,000 | £35,000 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £49,500 | £40,000 | £47,500 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +23.75% | -15.79% | -9.52% |
| 75th Percentile | £60,000 | £57,500 | £60,000 |
| 90th Percentile | £75,000 | £72,500 | £73,350 |
| England median annual salary | £59,999 | £52,500 | £57,500 |
| % change year-on-year | +14.28% | -8.70% | -4.17% |
Site Reliability Engineer Job Vacancy Trend in the East Midlands
Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent Site Reliability Engineer job postings relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in the East Midlands.
Site Reliability Engineer Salary Trend in the East Midlands
Salary distribution trend for Site Reliability Engineer job vacancies in the East Midlands.
Site Reliability Engineer Job Locations in the East Midlands
The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in Site Reliability Engineer jobs within the East Midlands region over the 6 months to 9 November 2026. 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 |
Job Ads Past 6 Months |
Median Salary Past 6 Months |
Median Salary % Change on Same Period Last Year |
Live Jobs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nottinghamshire | - | 2 | £75,000 | - | 1 |
| Site Reliability Engineer England |
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Site Reliability Engineer Skill Set Top 20 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the East Midlands
For the 6 months to 9 November 2026, Site Reliability Engineer job ads cited the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent Site Reliability Engineer job ads across the East Midlands region.
| Rank | Skill | Share | Job Ads |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Analytics | 100.0% | 2 |
| 1 | Azure | 100.0% | 2 |
| 1 | Azure AKS | 100.0% | 2 |
| 1 | Azure Monitor | 100.0% | 2 |
| 1 | Bicep | 100.0% | 2 |
| 1 | CI/CD | 100.0% | 2 |
| 1 | Containerisation | 100.0% | 2 |
| 1 | Disaster Recovery | 100.0% | 2 |
| 1 | GitHub | 100.0% | 2 |
| 1 | GitHub Actions | 100.0% | 2 |
| 1 | High Availability | 100.0% | 2 |
| 1 | Infrastructure as Code | 100.0% | 2 |
| 1 | Infrastructure Engineering | 100.0% | 2 |
| 1 | Kubernetes | 100.0% | 2 |
| 1 | Log Analytics | 100.0% | 2 |
| 1 | Microsoft | 100.0% | 2 |
| 1 | Observability | 100.0% | 2 |
| 1 | Platform Engineering | 100.0% | 2 |
| 1 | Site Reliability Engineering | 100.0% | 2 |
| 1 | Terraform | 100.0% | 2 |
Site Reliability Engineer Skill Set Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the East Midlands by Category
The table below expands on the one above by listing co-occurrences one category at a time. It covers the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences in each category.
Job Titles
| Rank | Job Title | Share | Job Ads |
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