Site Reliability Engineering Job Trends in England

Site Reliability Engineering (SRE)
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in England requiring Site Reliability Engineering skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 22 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
22 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 364 305 291
Rank change year-on-year -59 -14 +56
Permanent jobs citing Site Reliability Engineering 472 398 656
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.49% 0.91% 0.90%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.67% 1.02% 1.12%
Number of salaries quoted 382 147 298
10th Percentile £53,750 £57,500 £57,500
25th Percentile £62,500 £64,509 £66,563
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,823 £80,000 £84,115
Median % change year-on-year -5.22% -4.89% +1.96%
75th Percentile £96,250 £98,750 £102,500
90th Percentile £101,250 £120,000 £120,000
UK median annual salary £75,000 £78,750 £80,000
% change year-on-year -4.76% -1.56% -

All Process & Methodology Skills
England

Site Reliability Engineering falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in England.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 70,254 38,904 58,804
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 73.55% 89.11% 81.08%
Number of salaries quoted 49,709 22,440 37,836
10th Percentile £31,250 £28,500 £31,250
25th Percentile £42,000 £37,500 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £55,000 £55,500
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% -0.90% -11.20%
75th Percentile £80,000 £76,250 £75,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £97,500 £95,000
UK median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +9.09% - -8.71%

Site Reliability Engineering
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Site Reliability Engineering relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in England.

Site Reliability Engineering job vacancy trend in England

Site Reliability Engineering
Salary Trend in England

Salary distribution trend for jobs in England citing Site Reliability Engineering.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in England citing Site Reliability Engineering

Site Reliability Engineering
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Site Reliability Engineering in England over the 6 months to 22 August 2026.

Salary histogram for Site Reliability Engineering in England

Site Reliability Engineering
Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Site Reliability Engineering within the England region over the 6 months to 22 August 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
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
London -15 148 £90,000 -2.70% 216
North of England -89 138 £75,000 +0.67% 45
North West -57 97 £75,000 +11.88% 26
South West -9 75 £75,000 -14.29% 33
South East +22 56 £77,500 +1.64% 39
East of England -4 29 £90,000 +30.91% 17
North East -30 22 £80,000 +15.30% 5
Midlands -33 22 £65,000 -3.70% 20
Yorkshire -43 19 £97,500 +25.81% 14
West Midlands -25 17 £71,991 +6.65% 10
East Midlands - 5 £62,500 - 10
Site Reliability Engineering
UK

Site Reliability Engineering
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in England by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 9 (1.91%) Apache
2 7 (1.48%) Confluence
3 1 (0.21%) Apache Airflow
3 1 (0.21%) Apache Spark
3 1 (0.21%) OpenStack
3 1 (0.21%) WebSphere
Applications
1 7 (1.48%) Microsoft Excel
2 6 (1.27%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (0.21%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 1 (0.21%) Oracle EBS
Cloud Services
1 196 (41.53%) AWS
2 163 (34.53%) Azure
3 91 (19.28%) GCP
4 58 (12.29%) GitHub
5 45 (9.53%) AWS CloudFormation
6 44 (9.32%) Datadog
7 37 (7.84%) Azure DevOps
8 34 (7.20%) Serverless
9 28 (5.93%) Azure AKS
9 28 (5.93%) SaaS
10 27 (5.72%) Amazon EKS
11 26 (5.51%) GitHub Actions
12 24 (5.08%) OpenShift
13 11 (2.33%) Virtual Private Cloud
14 10 (2.12%) Amazon ECS
14 10 (2.12%) Azure Monitor
14 10 (2.12%) Entra ID
15 8 (1.69%) Amazon CloudWatch
15 8 (1.69%) Amazon MSK
15 8 (1.69%) Amazon S3
Communications & Networking
1 14 (2.97%) TCP/IP
2 12 (2.54%) Firewall
3 11 (2.33%) DNS
4 10 (2.12%) VPN
5 4 (0.85%) ATM
5 4 (0.85%) BGP
5 4 (0.85%) MQTT
5 4 (0.85%) Network Security
6 3 (0.64%) WAN
7 2 (0.42%) HTTP
7 2 (0.42%) IPv4
7 2 (0.42%) IPv6
7 2 (0.42%) VLAN
7 2 (0.42%) Wi-Fi
7 2 (0.42%) WireGuard
8 1 (0.21%) DHCP
8 1 (0.21%) Ethernet VPN
8 1 (0.21%) Internet
8 1 (0.21%) Kerberos
8 1 (0.21%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 14 (2.97%) MongoDB
2 13 (2.75%) PostgreSQL
3 10 (2.12%) NoSQL
4 8 (1.69%) SQL Server
5 6 (1.27%) Azure SQL Database
5 6 (1.27%) MySQL
6 5 (1.06%) Amazon RDS
6 5 (1.06%) Elasticsearch
6 5 (1.06%) KDB
7 4 (0.85%) Data Lake
8 3 (0.64%) NonStop SQL
8 3 (0.64%) Power BI
8 3 (0.64%) Redis
9 2 (0.42%) Big Data
10 1 (0.21%) Amazon Athena
10 1 (0.21%) Apache Cassandra
10 1 (0.21%) Couchbase
10 1 (0.21%) Hadoop
10 1 (0.21%) Scylla
10 1 (0.21%) Sybase ASE
Development Applications
1 61 (12.92%) GitLab
2 49 (10.38%) Git
3 47 (9.96%) Jenkins
4 27 (5.72%) Atlassian Bamboo
5 10 (2.12%) JIRA
6 6 (1.27%) Bitbucket
7 5 (1.06%) SonarQube
8 2 (0.42%) Artifactory
8 2 (0.42%) MSI
8 2 (0.42%) Snyk
9 1 (0.21%) Burp Suite
9 1 (0.21%) Cucumber
9 1 (0.21%) Cypress.io
9 1 (0.21%) JMeter
9 1 (0.21%) Octopus Deploy
9 1 (0.21%) Postman
9 1 (0.21%) REST Assured
9 1 (0.21%) Selenium
9 1 (0.21%) Sonatype Nexus
9 1 (0.21%) TeamCity
General
1 106 (22.46%) Social Skills
2 89 (18.86%) Finance
3 43 (9.11%) Analytical Skills
4 31 (6.57%) Banking
4 31 (6.57%) Public Sector
5 15 (3.18%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 15 (3.18%) Law
6 10 (2.12%) Influencing Skills
7 8 (1.69%) Retail
8 7 (1.48%) Financial Institution
8 7 (1.48%) Front Office
8 7 (1.48%) Manufacturing
9 6 (1.27%) Digital Economy
9 6 (1.27%) Documentation Skills
10 5 (1.06%) Legal
11 3 (0.64%) Aerospace
11 3 (0.64%) Automotive
11 3 (0.64%) Electronics
11 3 (0.64%) Marketing
11 3 (0.64%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 129 (27.33%) Site Reliability Engineer
2 117 (24.79%) Site Engineer
3 105 (22.25%) DevOps Engineer
4 94 (19.92%) Senior
5 70 (14.83%) Lead
6 43 (9.11%) Cloud Engineer
6 43 (9.11%) Software Engineer
7 41 (8.69%) Principal Engineer
8 39 (8.26%) Azure Engineer
8 39 (8.26%) Platform Engineer
9 38 (8.05%) Python Engineer
10 34 (7.20%) Principal DevOps Engineer
11 28 (5.93%) AWS Engineer
12 25 (5.30%) Cloud Platform Engineer
13 22 (4.66%) Senior DevOps
14 21 (4.45%) Senior DevOps Engineer
15 18 (3.81%) Infrastructure Engineer
16 15 (3.18%) Cloud Native Engineer
16 15 (3.18%) Lead DevOps
16 15 (3.18%) Lead DevOps Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 241 (51.06%) Terraform
2 38 (8.05%) Spring
2 38 (8.05%) Spring Boot
3 26 (5.51%) Kafka
4 16 (3.39%) .NET
5 14 (2.97%) Elastic Stack
6 11 (2.33%) ARM Templates
7 10 (2.12%) Loki
8 9 (1.91%) Node.js
9 8 (1.69%) Apache NiFi
9 8 (1.69%) React
10 7 (1.48%) REST
11 6 (1.27%) YAML
12 5 (1.06%) FIX Protocol
12 5 (1.06%) gRPC
12 5 (1.06%) OpenTelemetry
13 4 (0.85%) Backbone.js
13 4 (0.85%) Middleware
13 4 (0.85%) OpenTofu
14 3 (0.64%) AngularJS
Miscellaneous
1 128 (27.12%) Cloud Native
2 35 (7.42%) Distributed Systems
3 16 (3.39%) Hybrid Cloud
4 13 (2.75%) Onboarding
5 12 (2.54%) Product Ownership
6 9 (1.91%) Management Information System
7 7 (1.48%) Enterprise Software
8 6 (1.27%) Legacy Applications
8 6 (1.27%) Virtual Team
9 5 (1.06%) Fixed Income
10 4 (0.85%) AI Agents
10 4 (0.85%) Analytical Mindset
10 4 (0.85%) Clustering
10 4 (0.85%) Data Centre
10 4 (0.85%) Public Cloud
10 4 (0.85%) Renewable Energy
11 3 (0.64%) Blog
11 3 (0.64%) Cyber Threat
11 3 (0.64%) Hackathon
11 3 (0.64%) Team-Oriented Environment
Operating Systems
1 99 (20.97%) Linux
2 34 (7.20%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
3 29 (6.14%) Windows
4 26 (5.51%) CentOS
5 20 (4.24%) Unix
6 14 (2.97%) Windows Server
7 7 (1.48%) Ubuntu
8 4 (0.85%) VMS
8 4 (0.85%) Windows Server 2019
9 2 (0.42%) Embedded Linux
10 1 (0.21%) Android
10 1 (0.21%) Apple iOS
10 1 (0.21%) Kali Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 294 (62.29%) DevOps
2 242 (51.27%) CI/CD
3 238 (50.42%) Infrastructure as Code
4 199 (42.16%) Observability
5 177 (37.50%) Platform Engineering
6 121 (25.64%) Software Engineering
7 113 (23.94%) Containerisation
8 96 (20.34%) Continuous Improvement
9 94 (19.92%) Agile
10 84 (17.80%) AI
11 68 (14.41%) Incident Response
12 61 (12.92%) Mentoring
13 60 (12.71%) Microservices
13 60 (12.71%) Root Cause Analysis
14 52 (11.02%) Incident Management
14 52 (11.02%) Problem-Solving
14 52 (11.02%) Roadmaps
14 52 (11.02%) Technical Leadership
15 47 (9.96%) GitOps
16 46 (9.75%) Infrastructure Engineering
Programming Languages
1 219 (46.40%) Python
2 69 (14.62%) Java
3 67 (14.19%) Bash
4 65 (13.77%) PowerShell
5 30 (6.36%) Go
6 28 (5.93%) SQL
7 15 (3.18%) Bicep
7 15 (3.18%) C#
8 10 (2.12%) Shell Script
9 9 (1.91%) C
9 9 (1.91%) C++
10 8 (1.69%) Groovy
10 8 (1.69%) JavaScript
10 8 (1.69%) PHP
11 7 (1.48%) Rust
12 3 (0.64%) COBOL
12 3 (0.64%) Kotlin
12 3 (0.64%) Kusto Query Language
13 2 (0.42%) TypeScript
14 1 (0.21%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 169 (35.81%) Security Cleared
2 115 (24.36%) DV Cleared
3 102 (21.61%) SC Cleared
4 21 (4.45%) Degree
5 12 (2.54%) AWS Certification
6 10 (2.12%) Azure Certification
7 8 (1.69%) Computer Science Degree
8 6 (1.27%) DBS Check
8 6 (1.27%) ITIL Certification
9 5 (1.06%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
10 3 (0.64%) AWS Certified Developer
10 3 (0.64%) CISSP
11 2 (0.42%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
11 2 (0.42%) CompTIA Security+
11 2 (0.42%) Master's Degree
12 1 (0.21%) CISM
12 1 (0.21%) Microsoft Certification
12 1 (0.21%) PhD
12 1 (0.21%) RHCE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 16 (3.39%) SLA
2 10 (2.12%) QA
3 7 (1.48%) Data Quality
4 6 (1.27%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 4 (0.85%) SOC 2
6 3 (0.64%) Accessibility
6 3 (0.64%) GDPR
6 3 (0.64%) ISO 20022
6 3 (0.64%) ISO 8583
6 3 (0.64%) NCSC
7 2 (0.42%) Cyber Essentials
7 2 (0.42%) ISO 22301
7 2 (0.42%) NIST
8 1 (0.21%) GxP
8 1 (0.21%) ISO/IEC 20000
8 1 (0.21%) PMO
System Software
1 122 (25.85%) Docker
2 13 (2.75%) Virtual Machines
3 7 (1.48%) Active Directory
4 2 (0.42%) Hyper-V
4 2 (0.42%) iptables
4 2 (0.42%) Virtual Servers
4 2 (0.42%) VMware Infrastructure
5 1 (0.21%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 199 (42.16%) Kubernetes
2 150 (31.78%) Ansible
3 80 (16.95%) Grafana
4 54 (11.44%) Prometheus
5 20 (4.24%) Argo
6 18 (3.81%) Puppet
7 17 (3.60%) Istio
8 8 (1.69%) Kustomize
9 7 (1.48%) Nagios
9 7 (1.48%) Podman
10 4 (0.85%) Docker Swarm
10 4 (0.85%) Progress Chef
11 3 (0.64%) linkerd
12 2 (0.42%) Kibana
12 2 (0.42%) Packer
13 1 (0.21%) HP Fortify
13 1 (0.21%) ITRS Geneos
13 1 (0.21%) Netcool
13 1 (0.21%) Red Hat Satellite
13 1 (0.21%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 38 (8.05%) Microsoft
2 25 (5.30%) Dynatrace
3 20 (4.24%) Google
4 17 (3.60%) Splunk
5 16 (3.39%) Red Hat
6 14 (2.97%) Oracle
7 8 (1.69%) Confluent
8 7 (1.48%) ServiceNow
9 5 (1.06%) AppDynamics
9 5 (1.06%) Databricks
10 4 (0.85%) Tenable
10 4 (0.85%) VocaLink
11 3 (0.64%) HP
11 3 (0.64%) NVIDIA
11 3 (0.64%) VMware
12 2 (0.42%) Informatica
12 2 (0.42%) Sage
13 1 (0.21%) IBM
13 1 (0.21%) SGI
13 1 (0.21%) Sybase