DevOps Engineer Job Trends in Kent

Development Operations Engineer
South East > Kent

The median Development Operations Engineer salary in Kent is £90,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 22 December 2025.

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

6 months to
22 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 81 75 57
Rank change year-on-year -6 -18 +40
Permanent jobs requiring a DevOps Engineer 2 1 3
As % of all permanent jobs in Kent 0.19% 0.14% 0.59%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.22% 0.15% 0.66%
Number of salaries quoted 2 1 1
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £90,000 £87,500 £80,000
Median % change year-on-year +2.86% +9.38% +60.00%
South East median annual salary £68,750 £67,500 £65,000
% change year-on-year +1.85% +3.85% -7.47%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Kent

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Kent. 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 Kent with a recognized job title 924 676 456
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 89.28% 91.35% 89.41%
Number of salaries quoted 518 272 366
10th Percentile £26,250 £30,500 £23,108
25th Percentile £29,000 £39,688 £32,938
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £52,500 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year -23.81% +10.53% -5.00%
75th Percentile £55,000 £68,375 £60,000
90th Percentile £67,375 £77,250 £72,500
South East median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% -4.55%

DevOps Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Kent

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 Kent.

DevOps Engineer job vacancy trend in Kent

DevOps Engineer
Salary Trend in Kent

Salary distribution trend for DevOps Engineer job vacancies in Kent.

Salary distribution trend for DevOps Engineer job vacancies in Kent

DevOps Engineer Skill Set
Top 2 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Kent

For the 6 months to 22 December 2025, 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 Kent region featuring DevOps Engineer in the job title.

1 2 (100.00%) DevOps
1 2 (100.00%) E-Commerce

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

General
1 2 (100.00%) Finance
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) DevOps
1 2 (100.00%) E-Commerce