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 25 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
25 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 361 315 298
Rank change year-on-year -46 -17 +49
Permanent jobs citing Site Reliability Engineering 474 399 656
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.49% 0.91% 0.90%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.67% 1.03% 1.11%
Number of salaries quoted 385 145 293
10th Percentile £53,750 £57,500 £57,500
25th Percentile £62,500 £64,509 £66,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £77,500 £80,000 £85,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.13% -5.88% +3.03%
75th Percentile £96,250 £96,250 £103,750
90th Percentile £101,250 £120,000 £120,000
UK median annual salary £77,500 £77,500 £80,000
% change year-on-year - -3.13% -

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 70,697 38,871 59,141
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 73.46% 88.96% 81.02%
Number of salaries quoted 50,125 22,487 37,620
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 £56,000
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% -1.79% -10.40%
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% - -8.33%

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 25 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 25 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 -20 147 £90,000 -2.70% 64
North of England -83 140 £80,000 +7.38% 29
North West -60 98 £75,000 +11.88% 14
South West -6 75 £75,000 -14.29% 39
South East +10 56 £80,000 +4.92% 25
East of England -1 29 £90,000 +30.91% 6
Midlands -24 23 £68,496 +1.47% 7
North East -32 23 £80,000 +15.30% 4
Yorkshire -50 19 £97,500 +25.81% 11
West Midlands -34 18 £71,991 +6.65% 5
East Midlands - 5 £62,500 - 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 9 (1.90%) 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
1 195 (41.14%) AWS
2 163 (34.39%) Azure
3 90 (18.99%) GCP
4 58 (12.24%) GitHub
5 45 (9.49%) AWS CloudFormation
6 44 (9.28%) Datadog
7 38 (8.02%) Azure DevOps
8 34 (7.17%) Serverless
9 29 (6.12%) Azure AKS
10 28 (5.91%) SaaS
11 27 (5.70%) Amazon EKS
12 26 (5.49%) GitHub Actions
13 24 (5.06%) OpenShift
14 11 (2.32%) Virtual Private Cloud
15 10 (2.11%) Amazon ECS
15 10 (2.11%) Azure Monitor
15 10 (2.11%) Entra ID
16 8 (1.69%) Amazon CloudWatch
16 8 (1.69%) Amazon MSK
16 8 (1.69%) Amazon S3
Communications & Networking
1 14 (2.95%) TCP/IP
2 12 (2.53%) Firewall
3 10 (2.11%) DNS
3 10 (2.11%) VPN
4 4 (0.84%) ATM
4 4 (0.84%) BGP
4 4 (0.84%) MQTT
4 4 (0.84%) Network Security
5 3 (0.63%) WAN
6 2 (0.42%) HTTP
6 2 (0.42%) IPv4
6 2 (0.42%) IPv6
6 2 (0.42%) VLAN
6 2 (0.42%) Wi-Fi
6 2 (0.42%) WireGuard
7 1 (0.21%) Ethernet VPN
7 1 (0.21%) Internet
7 1 (0.21%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 13 (2.74%) MongoDB
1 13 (2.74%) PostgreSQL
2 10 (2.11%) NoSQL
3 8 (1.69%) SQL Server
4 7 (1.48%) Azure SQL Database
5 6 (1.27%) MySQL
6 5 (1.05%) Amazon RDS
6 5 (1.05%) Elasticsearch
6 5 (1.05%) KDB
7 4 (0.84%) Data Lake
8 3 (0.63%) NonStop SQL
8 3 (0.63%) Power BI
8 3 (0.63%) Redis
9 2 (0.42%) Big Data
10 1 (0.21%) Amazon Redshift
10 1 (0.21%) Apache Cassandra
10 1 (0.21%) Couchbase
10 1 (0.21%) Hadoop
10 1 (0.21%) Relational Database
10 1 (0.21%) ZAP BI
Development Applications
1 59 (12.45%) GitLab
2 47 (9.92%) Git
3 46 (9.70%) Jenkins
4 27 (5.70%) Atlassian Bamboo
5 9 (1.90%) JIRA
6 6 (1.27%) Bitbucket
7 5 (1.05%) 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%) LoadRunner
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
General
1 105 (22.15%) Social Skills
2 88 (18.57%) Finance
3 42 (8.86%) Analytical Skills
4 31 (6.54%) Public Sector
5 29 (6.12%) Banking
6 15 (3.16%) Law
7 14 (2.95%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 10 (2.11%) Influencing Skills
9 7 (1.48%) Financial Institution
9 7 (1.48%) Front Office
9 7 (1.48%) Manufacturing
9 7 (1.48%) Retail
10 6 (1.27%) Digital Economy
11 5 (1.05%) Documentation Skills
11 5 (1.05%) Legal
12 3 (0.63%) Aerospace
12 3 (0.63%) Automotive
12 3 (0.63%) Electronics
12 3 (0.63%) Marketing
12 3 (0.63%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 130 (27.43%) Site Reliability Engineer
2 118 (24.89%) Site Engineer
3 105 (22.15%) DevOps Engineer
4 97 (20.46%) Senior
5 71 (14.98%) Lead
6 43 (9.07%) Cloud Engineer
6 43 (9.07%) Software Engineer
7 41 (8.65%) Principal Engineer
7 41 (8.65%) Python Engineer
8 40 (8.44%) Azure Engineer
8 40 (8.44%) Platform Engineer
9 34 (7.17%) Principal DevOps Engineer
10 28 (5.91%) AWS Engineer
11 26 (5.49%) Cloud Platform Engineer
12 22 (4.64%) Senior DevOps
13 21 (4.43%) Senior DevOps Engineer
14 18 (3.80%) Infrastructure Engineer
15 15 (3.16%) Cloud Native Engineer
15 15 (3.16%) Lead DevOps
15 15 (3.16%) Lead DevOps Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 240 (50.63%) Terraform
2 38 (8.02%) Spring
2 38 (8.02%) Spring Boot
3 26 (5.49%) Kafka
4 16 (3.38%) .NET
5 14 (2.95%) Elastic Stack
6 10 (2.11%) ARM Templates
6 10 (2.11%) Loki
7 9 (1.90%) Node.js
8 8 (1.69%) Apache NiFi
8 8 (1.69%) React
9 7 (1.48%) REST
10 6 (1.27%) YAML
11 5 (1.05%) FIX Protocol
11 5 (1.05%) gRPC
11 5 (1.05%) OpenTelemetry
12 4 (0.84%) Backbone.js
12 4 (0.84%) Middleware
12 4 (0.84%) OpenTofu
13 3 (0.63%) AngularJS
Miscellaneous
1 128 (27.00%) Cloud Native
2 35 (7.38%) Distributed Systems
3 16 (3.38%) Hybrid Cloud
4 12 (2.53%) Onboarding
4 12 (2.53%) Product Ownership
5 9 (1.90%) Management Information System
6 7 (1.48%) Enterprise Software
7 6 (1.27%) Legacy Applications
7 6 (1.27%) Virtual Team
8 5 (1.05%) Data Centre
8 5 (1.05%) Fixed Income
8 5 (1.05%) Public Cloud
9 4 (0.84%) AI Agents
9 4 (0.84%) Analytical Mindset
9 4 (0.84%) Renewable Energy
10 3 (0.63%) Blog
10 3 (0.63%) Cyber Threat
10 3 (0.63%) Distributed Computing
10 3 (0.63%) Hackathon
10 3 (0.63%) Team-Oriented Environment
Operating Systems
1 98 (20.68%) Linux
2 33 (6.96%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
3 27 (5.70%) Windows
4 25 (5.27%) CentOS
5 20 (4.22%) Unix
6 12 (2.53%) Windows Server
7 6 (1.27%) Ubuntu
8 4 (0.84%) VMS
8 4 (0.84%) 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
1 291 (61.39%) DevOps
2 239 (50.42%) CI/CD
3 235 (49.58%) Infrastructure as Code
4 198 (41.77%) Observability
5 177 (37.34%) Platform Engineering
6 125 (26.37%) Software Engineering
7 112 (23.63%) Containerisation
8 95 (20.04%) Continuous Improvement
9 92 (19.41%) Agile
10 85 (17.93%) AI
11 67 (14.14%) Incident Response
12 59 (12.45%) Microservices
12 59 (12.45%) Root Cause Analysis
13 58 (12.24%) Mentoring
14 53 (11.18%) Roadmaps
15 52 (10.97%) Incident Management
15 52 (10.97%) Technical Leadership
16 51 (10.76%) Problem-Solving
17 47 (9.92%) ITIL
18 46 (9.70%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 218 (45.99%) Python
2 69 (14.56%) Java
3 66 (13.92%) Bash
4 64 (13.50%) PowerShell
5 30 (6.33%) Go
6 29 (6.12%) SQL
7 15 (3.16%) Bicep
8 13 (2.74%) C#
9 10 (2.11%) Shell Script
10 9 (1.90%) C
10 9 (1.90%) C++
11 8 (1.69%) Groovy
11 8 (1.69%) JavaScript
11 8 (1.69%) PHP
12 7 (1.48%) Rust
13 3 (0.63%) COBOL
13 3 (0.63%) Kotlin
13 3 (0.63%) Kusto Query Language
14 2 (0.42%) TypeScript
15 1 (0.21%) PromQL
Qualifications
1 168 (35.44%) Security Cleared
2 115 (24.26%) DV Cleared
3 102 (21.52%) SC Cleared
4 21 (4.43%) Degree
5 12 (2.53%) AWS Certification
6 10 (2.11%) Azure Certification
7 8 (1.69%) Computer Science Degree
8 6 (1.27%) DBS Check
8 6 (1.27%) ITIL Certification
9 5 (1.05%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
10 3 (0.63%) AWS Certified Developer
10 3 (0.63%) 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%) PMI Certification
12 1 (0.21%) PMP
12 1 (0.21%) RHCE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 17 (3.59%) SLA
2 10 (2.11%) QA
3 7 (1.48%) Data Quality
4 6 (1.27%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 4 (0.84%) SOC 2
6 3 (0.63%) Accessibility
6 3 (0.63%) GDPR
6 3 (0.63%) ISO 20022
6 3 (0.63%) ISO 8583
6 3 (0.63%) 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
1 121 (25.53%) Docker
2 13 (2.74%) Virtual Machines
3 6 (1.27%) Active Directory
4 3 (0.63%) VMware Infrastructure
5 2 (0.42%) Hyper-V
5 2 (0.42%) iptables
5 2 (0.42%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 196 (41.35%) Kubernetes
2 148 (31.22%) Ansible
3 79 (16.67%) Grafana
4 54 (11.39%) Prometheus
5 19 (4.01%) Argo
6 18 (3.80%) Puppet
7 17 (3.59%) Istio
8 8 (1.69%) Kustomize
9 7 (1.48%) Podman
10 6 (1.27%) Nagios
11 4 (0.84%) Docker Swarm
11 4 (0.84%) Progress Chef
12 3 (0.63%) linkerd
13 2 (0.42%) Kibana
13 2 (0.42%) Packer
14 1 (0.21%) HP Fortify
14 1 (0.21%) ITRS Geneos
14 1 (0.21%) Kubeflow
14 1 (0.21%) Red Hat Satellite
14 1 (0.21%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 38 (8.02%) Microsoft
2 25 (5.27%) Dynatrace
3 20 (4.22%) Google
4 16 (3.38%) Red Hat
5 15 (3.16%) Splunk
6 13 (2.74%) Oracle
7 8 (1.69%) Confluent
8 7 (1.48%) ServiceNow
9 5 (1.05%) AppDynamics
9 5 (1.05%) Databricks
10 4 (0.84%) Tenable
10 4 (0.84%) VocaLink
11 3 (0.63%) HP
11 3 (0.63%) NVIDIA
11 3 (0.63%) VMware
12 2 (0.42%) Informatica
12 2 (0.42%) Sage
13 1 (0.21%) Atlassian
13 1 (0.21%) IBM
13 1 (0.21%) SGI