DevOps Engineer Job Trends in Hampshire

Development Operations Engineer
South East > Hampshire

The median Development Operations Engineer salary in Hampshire is £77,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 3 April 2026.

The table below compares current salary benchmarking and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
3 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 114 77 141
Rank change year-on-year -37 +64 -34
Permanent jobs requiring a DevOps Engineer 13 28 33
As % of all permanent jobs in Hampshire 0.41% 1.76% 0.90%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.43% 1.89% 0.95%
Number of salaries quoted 6 28 24
10th Percentile £70,000 £51,250 £41,250
25th Percentile £75,000 £57,500 £48,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £77,500 £65,000 £63,750
Median % change year-on-year +19.23% +1.96% -1.92%
75th Percentile £80,000 £75,625 £82,500
90th Percentile £85,000 £80,000 £95,250
South East median annual salary £62,500 £60,000 £70,000
% change year-on-year +4.17% -14.29% -3.45%

All Permanent IT Job Roles
Hampshire

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Hampshire. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of permanent jobs in our overall sample.

Permanent vacancies in Hampshire with a recognized job title 3,018 1,484 3,471
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 95.45% 93.45% 94.81%
Number of salaries quoted 2,140 1,124 2,700
10th Percentile £29,000 £30,000 £26,613
25th Percentile £37,406 £42,500 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £55,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +10.00% -4.57%
75th Percentile £70,000 £67,500 £63,750
90th Percentile £85,000 £80,000 £73,750
South East median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -9.09% +10.00% -9.09%

DevOps Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Hampshire

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings featuring 'DevOps Engineer' in the job title relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Hampshire.

DevOps Engineer job vacancy trend in Hampshire

DevOps Engineer
Salary Trend in Hampshire

Salary distribution trend for DevOps Engineer job vacancies in Hampshire.

Salary distribution trend for DevOps Engineer job vacancies in Hampshire

DevOps Engineer
Salary Histogram in Hampshire

Salary distribution for jobs citing DevOps Engineer in Hampshire over the 6 months to 3 April 2026.

Salary histogram for DevOps Engineer in Hampshire

DevOps Engineer
Job Locations in Hampshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing DevOps Engineer within the Hampshire region over the 6 months to 3 April 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
Andover - 6 - -
Basingstoke +7 3 £80,000 +6.67%
Winchester - 2 £70,000 -
Hook - 1 - -
DevOps Engineer
South East

DevOps Engineer Skill Set
Top 24 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Hampshire

For the 6 months to 3 April 2026, DevOps Engineer job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads across the Hampshire region featuring DevOps Engineer in the job title.

1 13 (100.00%) DevOps
2 6 (46.15%) Continuous Integration
2 6 (46.15%) Integration Testing
3 4 (30.77%) Azure
4 3 (23.08%) Security Cleared
5 2 (15.38%) AWS
5 2 (15.38%) Azure DevOps
5 2 (15.38%) Azure ExpressRoute
5 2 (15.38%) BGP
5 2 (15.38%) Bicep
5 2 (15.38%) Cisco
5 2 (15.38%) DV Cleared
5 2 (15.38%) Fortinet
5 2 (15.38%) Infrastructure as Code
5 2 (15.38%) JSON
5 2 (15.38%) Microsoft
5 2 (15.38%) Palo Alto
5 2 (15.38%) PowerShell
6 1 (7.69%) Agile
6 1 (7.69%) DevSecOps
6 1 (7.69%) Project Management
6 1 (7.69%) SC Cleared
6 1 (7.69%) Windows
6 1 (7.69%) Windows 10

DevOps Engineer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Hampshire 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:

Cloud Services
1 4 (30.77%) Azure
2 2 (15.38%) AWS
2 2 (15.38%) Azure DevOps
2 2 (15.38%) Azure ExpressRoute
Communications & Networking
1 2 (15.38%) BGP
General
1 2 (15.38%) Public Sector
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (15.38%) JSON
Operating Systems
1 1 (7.69%) Windows
1 1 (7.69%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 13 (100.00%) DevOps
2 6 (46.15%) Continuous Integration
2 6 (46.15%) Integration Testing
3 2 (15.38%) Infrastructure as Code
4 1 (7.69%) Agile
4 1 (7.69%) DevSecOps
4 1 (7.69%) Project Management
Programming Languages
1 2 (15.38%) Bicep
1 2 (15.38%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 3 (23.08%) Security Cleared
2 2 (15.38%) DV Cleared
3 1 (7.69%) SC Cleared
Vendors
1 2 (15.38%) Cisco
1 2 (15.38%) Fortinet
1 2 (15.38%) Microsoft
1 2 (15.38%) Palo Alto