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 21 September 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
21 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 349 314 275
Rank change year-on-year -35 -39 +89
Permanent jobs citing Site Reliability Engineering 489 372 691
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.48% 0.87% 1.01%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.65% 0.98% 1.23%
Number of salaries quoted 378 118 294
10th Percentile £53,750 £57,750 £57,500
25th Percentile £62,500 £65,313 £67,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £80,000 £80,000 £85,000
Median % change year-on-year - -5.88% +6.25%
75th Percentile £96,250 £95,000 £105,000
90th Percentile £101,250 £115,000 £118,750
UK median annual salary £80,000 £80,000 £81,250
% change year-on-year - -1.54% +4.84%

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 75,111 38,102 56,218
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 73.37% 88.73% 81.79%
Number of salaries quoted 53,062 21,909 31,807
10th Percentile £31,250 £28,500 £32,000
25th Percentile £42,250 £37,500 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £55,000 £57,560
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% -4.45% -7.90%
75th Percentile £80,000 £76,250 £77,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £97,500 £96,250
UK median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year +9.09% -4.35% -4.17%

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 21 September 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 21 September 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 -15 156 £88,750 -4.05% 613
North of England -97 144 £80,000 +6.67% 146
North West -75 98 £75,000 +25.52% 89
South West -3 77 £75,000 -18.92% 84
South East -5 57 £77,500 - 83
Midlands -36 28 £68,496 +1.47% 75
North East - 25 £80,000 - 19
East of England -21 23 £90,000 +30.91% 39
Yorkshire -43 21 £97,500 +27.87% 38
West Midlands -40 19 £71,991 +6.65% 49
East Midlands - 9 £62,500 - 26
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 7 (1.43%) Apache
2 6 (1.23%) Confluence
3 1 (0.20%) Apache Spark
3 1 (0.20%) OpenStack
3 1 (0.20%) SharePoint
3 1 (0.20%) WebSphere
Applications
1 7 (1.43%) Microsoft Excel
2 6 (1.23%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (0.20%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 1 (0.20%) NetSuite
1 1 (0.20%) Oracle EBS
Cloud Services
1 206 (42.13%) AWS
2 168 (34.36%) Azure
3 105 (21.47%) GCP
4 64 (13.09%) GitHub
5 50 (10.22%) AWS CloudFormation
6 47 (9.61%) Datadog
7 39 (7.98%) Azure DevOps
8 35 (7.16%) Serverless
9 31 (6.34%) Azure AKS
10 27 (5.52%) GitHub Actions
10 27 (5.52%) SaaS
11 23 (4.70%) Cloud Computing
12 18 (3.68%) OpenShift
13 15 (3.07%) Amazon EKS
14 10 (2.04%) Amazon ECS
14 10 (2.04%) Entra ID
15 9 (1.84%) Amazon CloudWatch
15 9 (1.84%) Azure Monitor
15 9 (1.84%) Virtual Private Cloud
16 7 (1.43%) dbt
Communications & Networking
1 20 (4.09%) Internet
2 12 (2.45%) TCP/IP
3 10 (2.04%) VPN
4 9 (1.84%) Firewall
5 7 (1.43%) DNS
6 4 (0.82%) ATM
6 4 (0.82%) BGP
6 4 (0.82%) Network Security
7 3 (0.61%) MQTT
7 3 (0.61%) WAN
8 2 (0.41%) IPv4
8 2 (0.41%) IPv6
8 2 (0.41%) VLAN
8 2 (0.41%) Wi-Fi
8 2 (0.41%) WireGuard
9 1 (0.20%) Ethernet VPN
9 1 (0.20%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 14 (2.86%) PostgreSQL
2 12 (2.45%) MongoDB
3 11 (2.25%) NoSQL
4 7 (1.43%) Elasticsearch
4 7 (1.43%) SQL Server
5 6 (1.23%) Amazon RDS
5 6 (1.23%) Azure SQL Database
5 6 (1.23%) Redis
6 5 (1.02%) KDB
6 5 (1.02%) MySQL
7 4 (0.82%) Data Lake
8 3 (0.61%) NonStop SQL
9 2 (0.41%) Apache Cassandra
9 2 (0.41%) Big Data
9 2 (0.41%) Couchbase
9 2 (0.41%) Scylla
10 1 (0.20%) Hadoop
10 1 (0.20%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 66 (13.50%) Git
2 61 (12.47%) GitLab
3 48 (9.82%) Jenkins
4 31 (6.34%) Atlassian Bamboo
5 8 (1.64%) JIRA
6 6 (1.23%) Bitbucket
7 4 (0.82%) SonarQube
8 2 (0.41%) Artifactory
8 2 (0.41%) MSI
8 2 (0.41%) Snyk
9 1 (0.20%) Octopus Deploy
9 1 (0.20%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 112 (22.90%) Social Skills
2 84 (17.18%) Finance
3 58 (11.86%) Analytical Skills
4 37 (7.57%) Public Sector
5 25 (5.11%) Banking
6 16 (3.27%) Law
7 14 (2.86%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 10 (2.04%) Influencing Skills
9 7 (1.43%) Financial Institution
9 7 (1.43%) Retail
10 6 (1.23%) Digital Economy
10 6 (1.23%) Front Office
10 6 (1.23%) Legal
11 5 (1.02%) Documentation Skills
11 5 (1.02%) Manufacturing
12 3 (0.61%) Marketing
13 2 (0.41%) Local Government
14 1 (0.20%) Advertising
14 1 (0.20%) French Language
14 1 (0.20%) Games
Job Titles
1 130 (26.58%) Site Reliability Engineer
2 127 (25.97%) DevOps Engineer
3 117 (23.93%) Site Engineer
4 97 (19.84%) Senior
5 68 (13.91%) Lead
6 48 (9.82%) Principal Engineer
7 47 (9.61%) Cloud Engineer
8 46 (9.41%) Platform Engineer
9 41 (8.38%) Python Engineer
10 40 (8.18%) Principal DevOps Engineer
10 40 (8.18%) Software Engineer
11 37 (7.57%) Azure Engineer
12 26 (5.32%) Cloud Platform Engineer
13 19 (3.89%) Infrastructure Engineer
13 19 (3.89%) Senior DevOps
13 19 (3.89%) Trainee
14 18 (3.68%) AWS Engineer
14 18 (3.68%) Cloud Native Engineer
14 18 (3.68%) Senior DevOps Engineer
15 17 (3.48%) Senior Platform Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 247 (50.51%) Terraform
2 43 (8.79%) Spring
2 43 (8.79%) Spring Boot
3 18 (3.68%) Kafka
4 12 (2.45%) Elastic Stack
5 11 (2.25%) .NET
5 11 (2.25%) Loki
6 10 (2.04%) ARM Templates
7 9 (1.84%) Node.js
8 8 (1.64%) OpenTelemetry
9 7 (1.43%) Apache NiFi
9 7 (1.43%) REST
10 6 (1.23%) React
11 5 (1.02%) FIX Protocol
11 5 (1.02%) gRPC
11 5 (1.02%) YAML
12 4 (0.82%) Middleware
12 4 (0.82%) OpenTofu
13 3 (0.61%) Keycloak
13 3 (0.61%) Vue
Miscellaneous
1 133 (27.20%) Cloud Native
2 33 (6.75%) Distributed Systems
3 21 (4.29%) Linux Command Line
4 15 (3.07%) Hybrid Cloud
5 11 (2.25%) Onboarding
6 9 (1.84%) Management Information System
7 8 (1.64%) Product Ownership
7 8 (1.64%) Virtual Team
8 7 (1.43%) AI Agents
9 6 (1.23%) Enterprise Software
9 6 (1.23%) Public Cloud
10 5 (1.02%) Clustering
10 5 (1.02%) Fixed Income
10 5 (1.02%) Legacy Applications
11 4 (0.82%) Analytical Mindset
11 4 (0.82%) Data Centre
12 3 (0.61%) Blog
12 3 (0.61%) Cyber Threat
12 3 (0.61%) EMV
12 3 (0.61%) Robotics
Operating Systems
1 117 (23.93%) Linux
2 37 (7.57%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
3 29 (5.93%) CentOS
4 22 (4.50%) Unix
5 21 (4.29%) Windows
6 10 (2.04%) Windows Server
7 4 (0.82%) Ubuntu
7 4 (0.82%) Windows Server 2019
8 2 (0.41%) Embedded Linux
9 1 (0.20%) Android
9 1 (0.20%) Apple iOS
9 1 (0.20%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 306 (62.58%) DevOps
2 267 (54.60%) Infrastructure as Code
3 266 (54.40%) CI/CD
4 200 (40.90%) Platform Engineering
5 198 (40.49%) Observability
6 132 (26.99%) Software Engineering
7 124 (25.36%) Containerisation
8 92 (18.81%) Continuous Improvement
9 87 (17.79%) Agile
10 83 (16.97%) AI
11 78 (15.95%) Mentoring
12 70 (14.31%) Infrastructure Engineering
13 68 (13.91%) Incident Management
14 64 (13.09%) Incident Response
15 57 (11.66%) Microservices
15 57 (11.66%) Technical Leadership
16 56 (11.45%) Root Cause Analysis
17 53 (10.84%) Roadmaps
18 51 (10.43%) Stakeholder Management
19 50 (10.22%) ITIL
Programming Languages
1 207 (42.33%) Python
2 74 (15.13%) Java
3 65 (13.29%) PowerShell
4 62 (12.68%) Bash
5 29 (5.93%) Shell Script
6 27 (5.52%) SQL
7 24 (4.91%) Go
8 13 (2.66%) Bicep
9 10 (2.04%) C#
10 8 (1.64%) Groovy
10 8 (1.64%) JavaScript
11 7 (1.43%) C++
11 7 (1.43%) PHP
12 6 (1.23%) C
12 6 (1.23%) Rust
13 5 (1.02%) Kotlin
14 3 (0.61%) COBOL
15 2 (0.41%) TypeScript
16 1 (0.20%) PL/SQL
16 1 (0.20%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 181 (37.01%) Security Cleared
2 123 (25.15%) DV Cleared
3 113 (23.11%) SC Cleared
4 23 (4.70%) Degree
5 12 (2.45%) AWS Certification
6 10 (2.04%) Azure Certification
6 10 (2.04%) Computer Science Degree
7 6 (1.23%) ITIL Certification
8 5 (1.02%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
8 5 (1.02%) DBS Check
9 4 (0.82%) AWS Certified Developer
9 4 (0.82%) PhD
10 3 (0.61%) CISSP
11 2 (0.41%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
11 2 (0.41%) CompTIA Security+
11 2 (0.41%) Master's Degree
12 1 (0.20%) Cisco Certification
12 1 (0.20%) Microsoft Certification
12 1 (0.20%) PMP
12 1 (0.20%) RHCE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 16 (3.27%) SLA
2 8 (1.64%) QA
3 6 (1.23%) Data Quality
4 5 (1.02%) GDPR
4 5 (1.02%) ISO 20022
4 5 (1.02%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 3 (0.61%) Accessibility
5 3 (0.61%) ISO 8583
5 3 (0.61%) NCSC
5 3 (0.61%) SOC 2
6 2 (0.41%) Cyber Essentials
6 2 (0.41%) ISO 22301
6 2 (0.41%) NIST
7 1 (0.20%) GxP
7 1 (0.20%) ISO/IEC 20000
7 1 (0.20%) PMO
System Software
1 138 (28.22%) Docker
2 6 (1.23%) Active Directory
2 6 (1.23%) Virtual Machines
3 4 (0.82%) VMware Infrastructure
4 2 (0.41%) Hyper-V
4 2 (0.41%) iptables
4 2 (0.41%) Virtual Servers
5 1 (0.20%) KVM
Systems Management
1 198 (40.49%) Kubernetes
2 156 (31.90%) Ansible
3 78 (15.95%) Grafana
4 54 (11.04%) Prometheus
5 20 (4.09%) Argo
5 20 (4.09%) Puppet
6 10 (2.04%) Istio
7 9 (1.84%) Kustomize
8 7 (1.43%) Podman
9 5 (1.02%) Progress Chef
10 4 (0.82%) Docker Swarm
10 4 (0.82%) Nagios
11 3 (0.61%) linkerd
12 2 (0.41%) Kibana
12 2 (0.41%) Packer
13 1 (0.20%) ITRS Geneos
13 1 (0.20%) Kubeflow
13 1 (0.20%) logstash
13 1 (0.20%) Red Hat Satellite
13 1 (0.20%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 61 (12.47%) Microsoft
2 44 (9.00%) Google
3 22 (4.50%) Dynatrace
4 17 (3.48%) Red Hat
5 14 (2.86%) Oracle
6 13 (2.66%) Splunk
7 8 (1.64%) ServiceNow
8 6 (1.23%) AppDynamics
9 5 (1.02%) Databricks
10 4 (0.82%) Tenable
10 4 (0.82%) VMware
10 4 (0.82%) VocaLink
11 3 (0.61%) HP
11 3 (0.61%) NVIDIA
12 2 (0.41%) Informatica
12 2 (0.41%) Sage
12 2 (0.41%) SGI
13 1 (0.20%) Atlassian
13 1 (0.20%) Cisco
13 1 (0.20%) IBM