DevOps Job Trends in Hampshire

DevOps
South East > Hampshire

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Hampshire requiring DevOps skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 8 July 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
8 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 31 20 12
Rank change year-on-year -11 -8 +9
Permanent jobs citing DevOps 169 132 452
As % of all permanent jobs in Hampshire 4.10% 7.49% 10.19%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 5.81% 8.48% 12.83%
Number of salaries quoted 127 60 270
10th Percentile £48,750 £35,875 £42,500
25th Percentile £56,250 £47,500 £47,813
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £67,500 £60,500 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year +11.57% -6.92% -
75th Percentile £78,125 £72,688 £73,750
90th Percentile £90,000 £85,000 £85,000
South East median annual salary £65,000 £65,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year - +4.00% -3.85%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Hampshire

DevOps 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 Hampshire.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 2,907 1,556 3,522
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Hampshire 70.56% 88.31% 79.41%
Number of salaries quoted 2,120 956 2,677
10th Percentile £29,500 £27,000 £29,000
25th Percentile £36,250 £35,188 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £54,000 £52,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +2.86% +5.00% -9.09%
75th Percentile £72,500 £67,500 £65,000
90th Percentile £85,000 £78,750 £77,500
South East median annual salary £55,000 £50,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +10.00% - -9.09%

DevOps
Job Vacancy Trend in Hampshire

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing DevOps relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Hampshire.

DevOps job vacancy trend in Hampshire

DevOps
Salary Trend in Hampshire

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Hampshire citing DevOps.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Hampshire citing DevOps

DevOps
Salary Histogram in Hampshire

Salary distribution for jobs citing DevOps in Hampshire over the 6 months to 8 July 2026.

Salary histogram for DevOps in Hampshire

DevOps
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 within the Hampshire region over the 6 months to 8 July 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
Southampton -4 40 £67,500 +12.50% 11
Basingstoke +21 29 £67,500 +11.11% 5
Farnborough -19 25 £72,500 +7.41% 5
Romsey -1 15 £62,500 +66.67% 2
Fareham - 11 £60,000 - 5
Andover - 7 £100,000 - 4
Portsmouth -3 6 £65,000 +4.00% 8
Fleet -5 2 - -
Eastleigh -11 2 £60,000 -29.41%
Yateley - 2 - -
Hook - 2 £67,500 -
Winchester -25 1 £67,500 -
DevOps
South East

DevOps
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:

Application Platforms
1 7 (4.14%) Confluence
2 2 (1.18%) IIS
3 1 (0.59%) Tomcat
Applications
1 6 (3.55%) Simulink
Business Applications
1 3 (1.78%) Infor SunSystems
2 1 (0.59%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 84 (49.70%) Azure
2 42 (24.85%) AWS
3 34 (20.12%) Azure DevOps
4 19 (11.24%) GitHub
5 16 (9.47%) GitHub Actions
6 13 (7.69%) Serverless
7 9 (5.33%) GCP
8 8 (4.73%) Amazon ECS
9 7 (4.14%) Azure AI
9 7 (4.14%) Azure Stack
10 6 (3.55%) Amazon CloudWatch
10 6 (3.55%) AWS Lambda
10 6 (3.55%) SaaS
11 5 (2.96%) Datadog
11 5 (2.96%) Entra ID
12 4 (2.37%) Amazon S3
12 4 (2.37%) Azure ExpressRoute
12 4 (2.37%) Microsoft 365
12 4 (2.37%) Microsoft Purview
13 3 (1.78%) Amazon EC2
Communications & Networking
1 5 (2.96%) MQTT
2 4 (2.37%) BGP
2 4 (2.37%) Firewall
2 4 (2.37%) Software-Defined Radio
2 4 (2.37%) VPN
3 2 (1.18%) DNS
3 2 (1.18%) TCP/IP
4 1 (0.59%) Broadband
4 1 (0.59%) HTTP
4 1 (0.59%) Network Security
4 1 (0.59%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 14 (8.28%) SQL Server
2 10 (5.92%) Azure SQL Database
3 8 (4.73%) MongoDB
4 4 (2.37%) PostgreSQL
5 3 (1.78%) Amazon RDS
6 2 (1.18%) DynamoDB
6 2 (1.18%) Metadata
6 2 (1.18%) Relational Database
7 1 (0.59%) Data Lake
7 1 (0.59%) Data Warehouse
7 1 (0.59%) Geospatial Data
7 1 (0.59%) NoSQL
7 1 (0.59%) Oracle Reports
7 1 (0.59%) Power BI
7 1 (0.59%) RDBMS
7 1 (0.59%) Spark SQL
7 1 (0.59%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 42 (24.85%) Git
2 27 (15.98%) GitLab
3 15 (8.88%) Visual Studio Code
4 12 (7.10%) JIRA
5 10 (5.92%) Jenkins
6 4 (2.37%) Atlassian Bamboo
6 4 (2.37%) Selenium
7 3 (1.78%) NUnit
7 3 (1.78%) Octopus Deploy
7 3 (1.78%) Snyk
7 3 (1.78%) Visual Studio
8 2 (1.18%) Artifactory
8 2 (1.18%) Jasmine
8 2 (1.18%) JMeter
8 2 (1.18%) SonarQube
8 2 (1.18%) TeamCity
9 1 (0.59%) Bitbucket
9 1 (0.59%) Cucumber
9 1 (0.59%) Cypress.io
9 1 (0.59%) JUnit
General
1 30 (17.75%) Social Skills
2 27 (15.98%) Finance
3 17 (10.06%) Analytical Skills
4 8 (4.73%) Marketing
5 7 (4.14%) Documentation Skills
6 4 (2.37%) Automotive
7 3 (1.78%) Legal
8 2 (1.18%) Electronics
8 2 (1.18%) Public Sector
9 1 (0.59%) Advertising
9 1 (0.59%) Games
9 1 (0.59%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 1 (0.59%) Influencing Skills
9 1 (0.59%) Manufacturing
9 1 (0.59%) Military
Job Titles
1 47 (27.81%) Software Engineer
2 32 (18.93%) Senior
3 24 (14.20%) Developer
3 24 (14.20%) DevOps Engineer
4 16 (9.47%) Lead
5 14 (8.28%) Embedded Engineer
5 14 (8.28%) Embedded Software Engineer
6 12 (7.10%) .NET Developer
6 12 (7.10%) Security Engineer
7 11 (6.51%) Senior Software Engineer
8 10 (5.92%) Site Engineer
8 10 (5.92%) Site Reliability Engineer
9 8 (4.73%) Azure Engineer
9 8 (4.73%) Cloud Engineer
9 8 (4.73%) Infrastructure Engineer
9 8 (4.73%) Software Developer
10 7 (4.14%) Architect
10 7 (4.14%) Senior DevOps
10 7 (4.14%) Senior DevOps Engineer
11 5 (2.96%) Lead DevOps
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 18 (10.65%) .NET
2 17 (10.06%) ASP.NET
3 16 (9.47%) React
4 13 (7.69%) RESTful
5 12 (7.10%) ASP.NET Core
6 11 (6.51%) ARM Templates
7 8 (4.73%) .NET Core
7 8 (4.73%) Blazor
8 7 (4.14%) ML.NET
8 7 (4.14%) REST
9 6 (3.55%) YAML
10 5 (2.96%) JSON
10 5 (2.96%) Kafka
10 5 (2.96%) Loki
10 5 (2.96%) OpenTelemetry
11 4 (2.37%) ASP.NET Web API
11 4 (2.37%) CSS
11 4 (2.37%) HTML
11 4 (2.37%) Vue
12 3 (1.78%) Node.js
Miscellaneous
1 22 (13.02%) Algorithms
2 19 (11.24%) Product Ownership
3 10 (5.92%) Cloud Native
4 7 (4.14%) Embedded Systems
4 7 (4.14%) FPGA
5 6 (3.55%) Data Structures
6 5 (2.96%) Legacy Systems
6 5 (2.96%) Linux Command Line
6 5 (2.96%) PCIe
6 5 (2.96%) Robotics
6 5 (2.96%) Verilog
6 5 (2.96%) VHDL
7 3 (1.78%) Acoustics
7 3 (1.78%) Enterprise Software
7 3 (1.78%) Hybrid Cloud
7 3 (1.78%) Security Posture
7 3 (1.78%) Virtual Team
8 2 (1.18%) AI Agents
8 2 (1.18%) Distributed Systems
8 2 (1.18%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 42 (24.85%) Linux
2 21 (12.43%) Windows
3 14 (8.28%) Windows Server
4 11 (6.51%) Ubuntu
5 8 (4.73%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 7 (4.14%) CentOS
7 5 (2.96%) Windows Server 2019
8 1 (0.59%) Debian
8 1 (0.59%) Rocky
8 1 (0.59%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 86 (50.89%) CI/CD
2 77 (45.56%) Agile
3 60 (35.50%) Software Engineering
4 40 (23.67%) Infrastructure as Code
5 33 (19.53%) Computer Science
6 30 (17.75%) AI
6 30 (17.75%) Observability
7 28 (16.57%) Problem-Solving
8 27 (15.98%) Containerisation
9 25 (14.79%) Platform Engineering
10 24 (14.20%) Scrum
11 23 (13.61%) Continuous Improvement
12 21 (12.43%) Kanban
13 19 (11.24%) Site Reliability Engineering
14 18 (10.65%) Collaborative Culture
14 18 (10.65%) Mentoring
14 18 (10.65%) Test Automation
15 17 (10.06%) Machine Learning
15 17 (10.06%) SDLC
16 16 (9.47%) Microservices
Programming Languages
1 57 (33.73%) Python
2 39 (23.08%) C++
3 31 (18.34%) C#
4 27 (15.98%) JavaScript
5 23 (13.61%) C
5 23 (13.61%) PowerShell
5 23 (13.61%) SQL
6 19 (11.24%) Bash
7 16 (9.47%) Java
8 11 (6.51%) TypeScript
9 10 (5.92%) PHP
10 9 (5.33%) Bicep
10 9 (5.33%) MATLAB
11 6 (3.55%) Go
11 6 (3.55%) Rust
12 5 (2.96%) Embedded C
12 5 (2.96%) Embedded C++
13 2 (1.18%) Ruby
13 2 (1.18%) Shell Script
14 1 (0.59%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 60 (35.50%) Security Cleared
2 39 (23.08%) Degree
3 28 (16.57%) SC Cleared
4 20 (11.83%) DV Cleared
5 17 (10.06%) Master's Degree
6 6 (3.55%) Computer Science Degree
7 2 (1.18%) DBS Check
7 2 (1.18%) ISTQB
7 2 (1.18%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
8 1 (0.59%) Azure Certification
8 1 (0.59%) CCA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (2.96%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 4 (2.37%) Data Quality
2 4 (2.37%) PCI DSS
2 4 (2.37%) QA
3 2 (1.18%) Accessibility
4 1 (0.59%) GDPR
4 1 (0.59%) NCSC
4 1 (0.59%) NIST
4 1 (0.59%) SLA
System Software
1 55 (32.54%) Docker
2 6 (3.55%) Firmware
3 2 (1.18%) Active Directory
3 2 (1.18%) Hyper-V
3 2 (1.18%) Virtual Machines
4 1 (0.59%) Slurm Workload Manager
4 1 (0.59%) Xen
Systems Management
1 46 (27.22%) Terraform
2 38 (22.49%) Kubernetes
3 23 (13.61%) Ansible
4 13 (7.69%) Nagios
5 8 (4.73%) Grafana
5 8 (4.73%) Prometheus
6 6 (3.55%) Podman
7 5 (2.96%) Docker Swarm
8 3 (1.78%) Argo
8 3 (1.78%) Scalr
9 2 (1.18%) MIIS
9 2 (1.18%) Puppet
10 1 (0.59%) FlexNet
10 1 (0.59%) Istio
10 1 (0.59%) Kustomize
10 1 (0.59%) Nessus
10 1 (0.59%) Packer
10 1 (0.59%) Rancher
10 1 (0.59%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 24 (14.20%) Microsoft
2 12 (7.10%) Splunk
3 4 (2.37%) Databricks
3 4 (2.37%) Oracle
4 3 (1.78%) Cisco
4 3 (1.78%) Fortinet
4 3 (1.78%) Infor
4 3 (1.78%) Palo Alto
5 1 (0.59%) BiZZdesign
5 1 (0.59%) Google
5 1 (0.59%) NetApp
5 1 (0.59%) NVIDIA
5 1 (0.59%) Red Hat
5 1 (0.59%) Salesforce
5 1 (0.59%) Sparx
5 1 (0.59%) Tenable
5 1 (0.59%) Veracode