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 4 June 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
4 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 369 284 357
Rank change year-on-year -85 +73 +18
Permanent jobs citing Site Reliability Engineering 363 435 621
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.44% 1.12% 0.69%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.60% 1.20% 0.83%
Number of salaries quoted 291 205 339
10th Percentile £48,750 £57,500 £55,400
25th Percentile £60,000 £64,509 £61,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £85,000 £80,000
Median % change year-on-year -11.76% +6.25% -5.88%
75th Percentile £93,125 £115,000 £112,500
90th Percentile £107,500 £138,750 £130,000
UK median annual salary £75,000 £81,250 £80,000
% change year-on-year -7.69% +1.56% -3.40%

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 60,861 36,283 74,487
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 73.62% 93.20% 83.13%
Number of salaries quoted 41,095 19,492 54,995
10th Percentile £30,250 £29,500 £29,000
25th Percentile £41,250 £40,750 £39,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £58,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +3.45% +5.45% -12.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 £78,750 £72,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £102,491 £92,500
UK median annual salary £60,000 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year +4.35% +4.55% -9.69%

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 4 June 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 4 June 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 -50 120 £92,500 -15.91% 151
North of England -121 90 £65,576 -5.49% 60
North West -82 60 £73,750 +10.01% 40
South West -13 54 £70,000 +21.86% 31
South East +8 44 £72,500 -6.45% 49
East of England -7 31 £85,000 +30.77% 10
Yorkshire -39 16 £65,000 -7.14% 15
Midlands -47 15 £47,500 -29.63% 16
North East -26 14 £47,500 -31.54% 5
West Midlands -45 10 £47,500 -29.63% 14
East Midlands -21 5 £130,000 +188.89% 2
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 6 (1.65%) Confluence
2 5 (1.38%) Apache
3 1 (0.28%) Apache Airflow
3 1 (0.28%) Microsoft Exchange
3 1 (0.28%) Palantir Foundry
3 1 (0.28%) SharePoint
Applications
1 6 (1.65%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (0.83%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (0.28%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 1 (0.28%) Oracle EBS
Cloud Services
1 150 (41.32%) Azure
2 149 (41.05%) AWS
3 69 (19.01%) GCP
4 48 (13.22%) GitHub
5 43 (11.85%) Azure DevOps
6 38 (10.47%) GitHub Actions
7 34 (9.37%) Amazon EKS
8 30 (8.26%) Serverless
9 24 (6.61%) Azure AKS
10 22 (6.06%) SaaS
11 20 (5.51%) OpenShift
12 18 (4.96%) Azure Monitor
13 16 (4.41%) Datadog
14 14 (3.86%) AWS CloudFormation
14 14 (3.86%) Power Platform
15 13 (3.58%) Azure Functions
16 12 (3.31%) Azure Logic Apps
17 11 (3.03%) Virtual Private Cloud
18 10 (2.75%) Amazon ECS
19 9 (2.48%) Amazon EC2
Communications & Networking
1 23 (6.34%) DNS
2 19 (5.23%) Firewall
3 18 (4.96%) HTTP
3 18 (4.96%) TCP/IP
4 14 (3.86%) BGP
5 12 (3.31%) Broadband
5 12 (3.31%) Ethernet VPN
6 11 (3.03%) 4G
6 11 (3.03%) Cisco IOS
6 11 (3.03%) IOS XR
6 11 (3.03%) MPLS
7 7 (1.93%) MQTT
8 4 (1.10%) Network Security
8 4 (1.10%) SSL
9 2 (0.55%) VPN
9 2 (0.55%) WAN
10 1 (0.28%) DHCP
10 1 (0.28%) Kerberos
Database & Business Intelligence
1 15 (4.13%) SQL Server
2 14 (3.86%) Power BI
3 10 (2.75%) PostgreSQL
4 9 (2.48%) Amazon RDS
4 9 (2.48%) MongoDB
5 7 (1.93%) NoSQL
6 6 (1.65%) Azure SQL Database
7 5 (1.38%) KDB
8 4 (1.10%) Amazon Aurora
8 4 (1.10%) Data Lake
8 4 (1.10%) Elasticsearch
8 4 (1.10%) Flink
9 2 (0.55%) InfluxDB
9 2 (0.55%) MySQL
9 2 (0.55%) SQLPlus
10 1 (0.28%) Amazon Redshift
10 1 (0.28%) Big Data
10 1 (0.28%) Sybase ASE
10 1 (0.28%) Tableau
10 1 (0.28%) ZAP BI
Development Applications
1 46 (12.67%) GitLab
2 41 (11.29%) Jenkins
3 40 (11.02%) Git
4 9 (2.48%) JIRA
5 6 (1.65%) Atlassian Bamboo
5 6 (1.65%) SonarQube
5 6 (1.65%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
6 4 (1.10%) Bitbucket
7 2 (0.55%) Gradle
7 2 (0.55%) Maven
7 2 (0.55%) MSI
8 1 (0.28%) Artifactory
8 1 (0.28%) Burp Suite
8 1 (0.28%) Cucumber
8 1 (0.28%) Cypress.io
8 1 (0.28%) Gatling
8 1 (0.28%) JMeter
8 1 (0.28%) LoadRunner
8 1 (0.28%) Selenium
8 1 (0.28%) TeamCity
General
1 66 (18.18%) Social Skills
2 54 (14.88%) Finance
3 27 (7.44%) Telecoms
4 19 (5.23%) Banking
5 18 (4.96%) Analytical Skills
5 18 (4.96%) Law
6 16 (4.41%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 10 (2.75%) Front Office
7 10 (2.75%) Public Sector
8 8 (2.20%) Documentation Skills
9 5 (1.38%) Manufacturing
10 4 (1.10%) Advertising
10 4 (1.10%) Influencing Skills
10 4 (1.10%) Retail
11 3 (0.83%) Aerospace
11 3 (0.83%) Automotive
11 3 (0.83%) Electronics
12 1 (0.28%) Games
12 1 (0.28%) Investment Banking
12 1 (0.28%) Legal
Job Titles
1 80 (22.04%) Site Reliability Engineer
2 62 (17.08%) Site Engineer
3 59 (16.25%) Lead
4 56 (15.43%) DevOps Engineer
5 51 (14.05%) Software Engineer
6 44 (12.12%) Senior
7 39 (10.74%) Azure Engineer
8 33 (9.09%) Platform Engineer
9 26 (7.16%) Cloud Platform Engineer
10 21 (5.79%) Cloud Engineer
11 19 (5.23%) AWS Engineer
12 16 (4.41%) Full-Stack Engineer
12 16 (4.41%) Full-Stack Software Engineer
13 15 (4.13%) Developer
13 15 (4.13%) Lead DevOps
14 14 (3.86%) DevSecOps Engineer
14 14 (3.86%) Java Engineer
15 13 (3.58%) Java Software Engineer
15 13 (3.58%) Lead DevOps Engineer
15 13 (3.58%) Team Leader
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 27 (7.44%) Kafka
2 24 (6.61%) .NET
3 23 (6.34%) Elastic Stack
4 22 (6.06%) Spring
5 21 (5.79%) Spring Boot
6 18 (4.96%) React
7 16 (4.41%) ARM Templates
8 12 (3.31%) .NET Core
9 11 (3.03%) Jinja
9 11 (3.03%) Loki
9 11 (3.03%) NETCONF
9 11 (3.03%) REST
9 11 (3.03%) YANG
10 9 (2.48%) Node.js
11 8 (2.20%) AngularJS
11 8 (2.20%) Vue
12 6 (1.65%) FIX Protocol
12 6 (1.65%) YAML
13 4 (1.10%) Apache NiFi
13 4 (1.10%) gRPC
Miscellaneous
1 79 (21.76%) Cloud Native
2 22 (6.06%) Distributed Systems
3 17 (4.68%) Product Ownership
4 11 (3.03%) Social Media
5 10 (2.75%) Hybrid Cloud
6 9 (2.48%) Enterprise Software
6 9 (2.48%) Legacy Applications
6 9 (2.48%) Public Cloud
7 6 (1.65%) Onboarding
8 5 (1.38%) Fixed Income
9 4 (1.10%) Data Centre
10 3 (0.83%) Hackathon
10 3 (0.83%) Legacy Systems
10 3 (0.83%) Management Information System
10 3 (0.83%) Renewable Energy
10 3 (0.83%) Team-Oriented Environment
11 2 (0.55%) Distributed Architecture
11 2 (0.55%) NHS
11 2 (0.55%) Virtual Team
12 1 (0.28%) Blockchain
Operating Systems
1 67 (18.46%) Linux
2 30 (8.26%) Windows
3 16 (4.41%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 14 (3.86%) Windows Server
5 13 (3.58%) VMS
6 10 (2.75%) Ubuntu
6 10 (2.75%) Unix
7 9 (2.48%) CentOS
8 5 (1.38%) Windows Server 2019
9 1 (0.28%) Kali Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 226 (62.26%) DevOps
2 183 (50.41%) CI/CD
3 163 (44.90%) Infrastructure as Code
4 148 (40.77%) Observability
5 139 (38.29%) Platform Engineering
6 104 (28.65%) Agile
7 83 (22.87%) AI
8 81 (22.31%) Containerisation
9 71 (19.56%) Software Engineering
10 66 (18.18%) Continuous Improvement
11 60 (16.53%) Incident Response
12 50 (13.77%) Mentoring
13 44 (12.12%) Microservices
13 44 (12.12%) Problem-Solving
14 41 (11.29%) Analytics
15 40 (11.02%) DevSecOps
15 40 (11.02%) Root Cause Analysis
16 38 (10.47%) High Availability
17 37 (10.19%) Incident Management
18 35 (9.64%) Deployment Automation
Programming Languages
1 157 (43.25%) Python
2 71 (19.56%) Bash
3 53 (14.60%) Java
4 48 (13.22%) PowerShell
5 36 (9.92%) Go
6 31 (8.54%) SQL
7 26 (7.16%) C#
8 16 (4.41%) Bicep
9 12 (3.31%) Kusto Query Language
10 11 (3.03%) Rust
11 9 (2.48%) C
11 9 (2.48%) C++
12 8 (2.20%) Shell Script
13 6 (1.65%) PHP
14 5 (1.38%) JavaScript
14 5 (1.38%) TypeScript
15 4 (1.10%) Groovy
16 2 (0.55%) VB
17 1 (0.28%) JCL
17 1 (0.28%) VBA
Qualifications
1 88 (24.24%) Security Cleared
2 49 (13.50%) DV Cleared
3 43 (11.85%) SC Cleared
4 26 (7.16%) Degree
5 10 (2.75%) DBS Check
6 7 (1.93%) Azure Certification
7 4 (1.10%) AWS Certification
8 3 (0.83%) Computer Science Degree
9 2 (0.55%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
9 2 (0.55%) ITIL Certification
9 2 (0.55%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
10 1 (0.28%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
10 1 (0.28%) Master's Degree
10 1 (0.28%) Microsoft Certification
10 1 (0.28%) RHCE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (3.31%) QA
2 6 (1.65%) Data Quality
2 6 (1.65%) SLA
3 4 (1.10%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 4 (1.10%) SOC 2
4 1 (0.28%) Accessibility
4 1 (0.28%) GRC
4 1 (0.28%) MiFID
4 1 (0.28%) NIST
System Software
1 83 (22.87%) Docker
2 11 (3.03%) Virtual Machines
3 2 (0.55%) Active Directory
3 2 (0.55%) Virtual Servers
4 1 (0.28%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 157 (43.25%) Terraform
2 132 (36.36%) Kubernetes
3 77 (21.21%) Ansible
3 77 (21.21%) Grafana
4 68 (18.73%) Prometheus
5 18 (4.96%) Argo
6 17 (4.68%) Istio
7 16 (4.41%) Puppet
8 10 (2.75%) Nagios
9 8 (2.20%) Podman
10 6 (1.65%) Kustomize
11 5 (1.38%) Docker Swarm
12 1 (0.28%) HP Fortify
12 1 (0.28%) ITRS Geneos
12 1 (0.28%) linkerd
12 1 (0.28%) Microsoft Intune
12 1 (0.28%) Packer
12 1 (0.28%) Progress Chef
12 1 (0.28%) Red Hat Satellite
12 1 (0.28%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 27 (7.44%) Microsoft
2 22 (6.06%) Splunk
3 14 (3.86%) Red Hat
4 12 (3.31%) Oracle
5 11 (3.03%) Cisco
6 8 (2.20%) Confluent
7 7 (1.93%) Dynatrace
8 6 (1.65%) Databricks
9 5 (1.38%) Google
9 5 (1.38%) ServiceNow
9 5 (1.38%) Tenable
10 3 (0.83%) NVIDIA
10 3 (0.83%) SolarWinds
11 2 (0.55%) AppDynamics
11 2 (0.55%) Atlassian
11 2 (0.55%) Foundry
11 2 (0.55%) Informatica
11 2 (0.55%) New Relic
11 2 (0.55%) PagerDuty
12 1 (0.28%) Sybase