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 19 October 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 19 Oct 2026 |
Same period 2025 | Same period 2024 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 362 | 298 | 245 |
| Rank change year-on-year | -64 | -53 | +101 |
| Permanent jobs citing Site Reliability Engineering | 489 | 378 | 677 |
| As % of all permanent jobs in England | 0.46% | 0.89% | 1.09% |
| As % of the Processes & Methodologies category | 0.63% | 1.00% | 1.32% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 365 | 117 | 258 |
| 10th Percentile | £53,750 | £61,500 | £58,375 |
| 25th Percentile | £65,000 | £67,500 | £67,500 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £80,000 | £80,000 | £85,000 |
| Median % change year-on-year | - | -5.88% | +3.03% |
| 75th Percentile | £97,500 | £93,750 | £102,500 |
| 90th Percentile | £105,000 | £115,000 | £118,750 |
| UK median annual salary | £80,000 | £78,750 | £80,000 |
| % change year-on-year | +1.59% | -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.
| 6 months to 19 Oct 2026 |
Same period 2025 | Same period 2024 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills | 77,987 | 37,671 | 51,419 |
| As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England | 73.99% | 88.59% | 82.66% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 54,289 | 21,923 | 27,487 |
| 10th Percentile | £31,250 | £28,250 | £33,750 |
| 25th Percentile | £41,500 | £36,250 | £45,000 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £60,000 | £55,000 | £60,000 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +9.09% | -8.33% | -0.83% |
| 75th Percentile | £80,000 | £75,000 | £80,000 |
| 90th Percentile | £100,000 | £96,750 | £98,750 |
| UK median annual salary | £60,000 | £54,500 | £60,000 |
| % change year-on-year | +10.09% | -9.17% | - |
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 Salary Trend in England
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 19 October 2026.
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 19 October 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 | -30 | 158 | £90,000 | +2.86% | 439 |
| North of England | -104 | 138 | £80,000 | +6.67% | 93 |
| North West | -94 | 92 | £75,000 | +8.07% | 55 |
| South West | -19 | 75 | £75,000 | -16.67% | 45 |
| South East | +12 | 71 | £82,500 | +3.13% | 82 |
| Midlands | -28 | 34 | £65,000 | -7.14% | 41 |
| North East | -40 | 25 | £80,000 | +8.40% | 11 |
| West Midlands | -28 | 22 | £71,991 | +2.84% | 24 |
| Yorkshire | -37 | 21 | £97,500 | +25.81% | 27 |
| East of England | -38 | 12 | £80,000 | +14.29% | 30 |
| East Midlands | - | 12 | £62,500 | - | 17 |
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Site Reliability Engineering Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in England 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.
Processes & Methodologies
| Rank | Skill | Share | Job Ads |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | DevOps | 62.8% | 307 |
| 2 | Infrastructure as Code | 57.7% | 282 |
| 3 | CI/CD | 56.4% | 276 |
| 4 | Platform Engineering | 40.3% | 197 |
| 5 | Observability | 39.3% | 192 |
| 6 | Containerisation | 28.4% | 139 |
| 7 | Software Engineering | 24.3% | 119 |
| 8 | Continuous Improvement | 18.6% | 91 |
| 9 | Mentoring | 17.4% | 85 |
| 10 | Incident Management | 17.0% | 83 |
| 10 | Infrastructure Engineering | 17.0% | 83 |
| 12 | AI | 16.6% | 81 |
| 13 | Agile | 15.7% | 77 |
| 14 | Incident Response | 14.1% | 69 |
| 14 | Technical Leadership | 14.1% | 69 |
| 16 | DevSecOps | 12.1% | 59 |
| 16 | Microservices | 12.1% | 59 |
| 18 | Stakeholder Management | 11.9% | 58 |
| 19 | Cloud Security | 11.7% | 57 |
| 20 | Configuration Management | 11.2% | 55 |