DevOps Job Trends in the South East

DevOps
England > South East

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the South East requiring DevOps skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 14 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 57 23 26
Rank change year-on-year -34 +3 -7
Permanent jobs citing DevOps 377 768 697
As % of all permanent jobs in the South East 3.63% 8.55% 7.92%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.53% 9.70% 8.97%
Number of salaries quoted 263 424 472
10th Percentile £34,500 £42,500 £45,000
25th Percentile £45,625 £51,500 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £67,500 £62,004
Median % change year-on-year -3.70% +8.86% -4.61%
75th Percentile £82,500 £81,250 £77,500
90th Percentile £93,500 £85,000 £90,000
England median annual salary £70,000 £70,000 £70,000
% change year-on-year - - -3.45%

All Process & Methodology Skills
South East

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 the South East.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 8,324 7,915 7,772
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 80.21% 88.16% 88.29%
Number of salaries quoted 4,975 3,773 5,421
10th Percentile £27,750 £33,000 £30,000
25th Percentile £34,250 £45,000 £38,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £58,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -14.53% +11.43% -4.55%
75th Percentile £65,000 £75,000 £67,500
90th Percentile £80,000 £85,000 £80,000
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% - -4.00%

DevOps
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

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

DevOps job vacancy trend in the South East

DevOps
Salary Trend in the South East

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing DevOps.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing DevOps

DevOps
Salary Histogram in the South East

Salary distribution for jobs citing DevOps in the South East over the 6 months to 14 January 2026.

Salary histogram for DevOps in the South East

DevOps
Job Locations in the South East

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing DevOps within the South East region over the 6 months to 14 January 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
Thames Valley -39 127 £60,000 -7.69% 157
Hampshire -34 77 £75,000 +11.11% 56
Buckinghamshire +4 60 £60,000 +10.09% 25
Surrey -33 53 £65,000 -7.14% 43
Berkshire -49 52 £50,000 -33.33% 105
Kent -5 39 £55,000 -2.22% 34
West Sussex 0 31 £67,500 +12.50% 29
Middlesex +4 22 £37,500 - 8
Oxfordshire -14 15 £70,000 +4.81% 27
East Sussex -8 13 £75,000 +50.00% 22
Isle of Wight - 8 £41,500 - 19
Sussex +8 6 £45,000 -32.33% 2
DevOps
England

DevOps
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the South East 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 17 (4.51%) IIS
2 7 (1.86%) Apache Airflow
3 6 (1.59%) SharePoint
4 5 (1.33%) Apache
5 4 (1.06%) Appian
6 3 (0.80%) Confluence
7 2 (0.53%) OpenStack
8 1 (0.27%) Apache Spark
8 1 (0.27%) ArcGIS
8 1 (0.27%) Camunda
8 1 (0.27%) CMS
8 1 (0.27%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 12 (3.18%) Microsoft Office
2 4 (1.06%) Microsoft Excel
2 4 (1.06%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 4 (1.06%) Microsoft Project
3 3 (0.80%) MS Visio
4 2 (0.53%) S-PLUS
5 1 (0.27%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 11 (2.92%) Dynamics CRM
2 3 (0.80%) Oracle ERP
2 3 (0.80%) Teamcenter
3 2 (0.53%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 226 (59.95%) Azure
2 162 (42.97%) Azure DevOps
3 93 (24.67%) AWS
4 53 (14.06%) GitHub
5 36 (9.55%) Power Platform
6 25 (6.63%) GCP
6 25 (6.63%) SaaS
7 23 (6.10%) PaaS
7 23 (6.10%) Serverless
8 22 (5.84%) Entra ID
9 17 (4.51%) Azure Logic Apps
10 16 (4.24%) GitHub Actions
11 15 (3.98%) Microsoft 365
12 14 (3.71%) Amazon S3
12 14 (3.71%) Dynamics 365
13 11 (2.92%) AWS CloudFormation
13 11 (2.92%) IaaS
14 10 (2.65%) AWS Lambda
15 9 (2.39%) Azure AKS
15 9 (2.39%) Azure Functions
Communications & Networking
1 32 (8.49%) DNS
2 17 (4.51%) DHCP
3 13 (3.45%) SAN
4 12 (3.18%) VPN
5 11 (2.92%) Firewall
6 7 (1.86%) LAN
6 7 (1.86%) SD-WAN
6 7 (1.86%) Unified Communications
6 7 (1.86%) VoIP
6 7 (1.86%) WAN
6 7 (1.86%) Wi-Fi
7 5 (1.33%) TCP/IP
8 2 (0.53%) HTTP
9 1 (0.27%) AMQP
9 1 (0.27%) HTTPS
9 1 (0.27%) IP Telephony
9 1 (0.27%) MPLS
9 1 (0.27%) S/MIME
9 1 (0.27%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 38 (10.08%) SQL Server
2 19 (5.04%) Power BI
3 15 (3.98%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 11 (2.92%) MySQL
5 9 (2.39%) NoSQL
6 8 (2.12%) Data Warehouse
6 8 (2.12%) DynamoDB
6 8 (2.12%) PostgreSQL
7 7 (1.86%) Azure SQL Database
8 6 (1.59%) MongoDB
9 4 (1.06%) Airbyte
9 4 (1.06%) Relational Database
10 3 (0.80%) BigQuery
11 2 (0.53%) Amazon Redshift
11 2 (0.53%) Apache Cassandra
11 2 (0.53%) Elasticsearch
11 2 (0.53%) GIS
11 2 (0.53%) Redis
11 2 (0.53%) SAP Data Services
11 2 (0.53%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 49 (13.00%) Git
2 27 (7.16%) Jenkins
3 26 (6.90%) Selenium
4 21 (5.57%) Robot Framework
5 20 (5.31%) Snyk
6 18 (4.77%) GitLab
7 10 (2.65%) JIRA
8 7 (1.86%) Storybook
9 6 (1.59%) MLflow
10 5 (1.33%) Artifactory
10 5 (1.33%) git-flow
10 5 (1.33%) Visual Studio
11 4 (1.06%) Cucumber
12 2 (0.53%) Appium
12 2 (0.53%) Atlassian Bamboo
12 2 (0.53%) Cypress.io
12 2 (0.53%) Gradle
12 2 (0.53%) JUnit
12 2 (0.53%) REST Assured
12 2 (0.53%) TestRail
General
1 115 (30.50%) Social Skills
2 76 (20.16%) Finance
3 55 (14.59%) Analytical Skills
4 20 (5.31%) Manufacturing
5 16 (4.24%) Public Sector
6 13 (3.45%) Law
7 10 (2.65%) Marketing
8 9 (2.39%) Games
8 9 (2.39%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 7 (1.86%) Telecoms
10 6 (1.59%) Aerospace
10 6 (1.59%) Billing
11 5 (1.33%) Banking
11 5 (1.33%) Legal
12 3 (0.80%) Health Technology
13 2 (0.53%) Advertising
13 2 (0.53%) Organisational Skills
13 2 (0.53%) Presentation Skills
13 2 (0.53%) Retail
13 2 (0.53%) Tech for Good
Job Titles
1 80 (21.22%) Developer
2 59 (15.65%) Lead
3 48 (12.73%) Senior
4 41 (10.88%) DevOps Engineer
4 41 (10.88%) Software Engineer
5 28 (7.43%) Architect
6 24 (6.37%) Analyst
7 20 (5.31%) Full-Stack Developer
8 17 (4.51%) Azure Engineer
8 17 (4.51%) Support Engineer
9 15 (3.98%) Infrastructure Engineer
10 14 (3.71%) IT Engineer
11 13 (3.45%) Cloud Engineer
11 13 (3.45%) IT Support
11 13 (3.45%) IT Support Engineer
12 12 (3.18%) Manufacturing Engineer
12 12 (3.18%) Senior DevOps
12 12 (3.18%) Software Support Engineer
13 11 (2.92%) .NET Developer
14 10 (2.65%) Software Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 99 (26.26%) .NET
2 51 (13.53%) React
3 30 (7.96%) .NET Framework
4 26 (6.90%) REST
5 25 (6.63%) CSS
6 24 (6.37%) HTML
7 23 (6.10%) ASP.NET
8 20 (5.31%) Middleware
9 19 (5.04%) WinForms
10 16 (4.24%) Kafka
11 15 (3.98%) React Native
12 14 (3.71%) ARM Templates
13 13 (3.45%) .NET Core
13 13 (3.45%) Entity Framework
13 13 (3.45%) RESTful
14 12 (3.18%) AngularJS
14 12 (3.18%) Bootstrap
14 12 (3.18%) Next.js
15 11 (2.92%) Blazor
16 9 (2.39%) Vue
Miscellaneous
1 36 (9.55%) Cloud Native
2 25 (6.63%) Product Ownership
3 18 (4.77%) Mobile App
4 15 (3.98%) Low-Code
4 15 (3.98%) Manufacturing Execution System
5 11 (2.92%) Onboarding
6 9 (2.39%) Enterprise Software
6 9 (2.39%) Security Posture
7 8 (2.12%) Distributed Systems
8 7 (1.86%) Operational Technology
9 6 (1.59%) Life Science
9 6 (1.59%) Linux Command Line
10 5 (1.33%) Legacy Systems
11 3 (0.80%) Analytical Mindset
11 3 (0.80%) Animation
11 3 (0.80%) Marketing Technology
11 3 (0.80%) Renewable Energy
11 3 (0.80%) Sports Betting
12 2 (0.53%) N-Tier
12 2 (0.53%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 54 (14.32%) Windows
2 34 (9.02%) Linux
3 16 (4.24%) Windows Server
4 13 (3.45%) Windows Server 2012
4 13 (3.45%) Windows Server 2019
5 8 (2.12%) Android
5 8 (2.12%) Apple iOS
6 7 (1.86%) Ubuntu
6 7 (1.86%) VMS
7 1 (0.27%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 1 (0.27%) Unix
7 1 (0.27%) Windows 10
7 1 (0.27%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 187 (49.60%) CI/CD
2 184 (48.81%) Agile
3 101 (26.79%) Problem-Solving
4 80 (21.22%) Infrastructure as Code
5 78 (20.69%) Mentoring
6 72 (19.10%) Continuous Improvement
7 66 (17.51%) Software Engineering
8 58 (15.38%) Computer Science
9 50 (13.26%) Test Automation
10 48 (12.73%) Scrum
11 42 (11.14%) AI
12 41 (10.88%) Microservices
13 39 (10.34%) Coaching
14 37 (9.81%) Waterfall
15 34 (9.02%) Full-Stack Development
16 33 (8.75%) Cybersecurity
16 33 (8.75%) SDLC
17 29 (7.69%) DevSecOps
18 28 (7.43%) Containerisation
18 28 (7.43%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 72 (19.10%) C#
2 71 (18.83%) SQL
3 61 (16.18%) Python
4 37 (9.81%) JavaScript
5 30 (7.96%) TypeScript
6 27 (7.16%) PowerShell
7 24 (6.37%) Java
8 18 (4.77%) Bash
9 13 (3.45%) T-SQL
10 10 (2.65%) Bicep
11 7 (1.86%) Apex Code
11 7 (1.86%) C++
12 5 (1.33%) Go
13 2 (0.53%) ABAP
13 2 (0.53%) C
13 2 (0.53%) Data Analysis Expressions
13 2 (0.53%) Perl
13 2 (0.53%) PHP
14 1 (0.27%) VB
14 1 (0.27%) VBA
Qualifications
1 77 (20.42%) Degree
2 52 (13.79%) Security Cleared
3 43 (11.41%) Computer Science Degree
4 29 (7.69%) DV Cleared
5 24 (6.37%) Azure Certification
6 23 (6.10%) SC Cleared
7 18 (4.77%) Master's Degree
8 12 (3.18%) BPSS Clearance
8 12 (3.18%) PMI Certification
9 11 (2.92%) AWS Certification
9 11 (2.92%) PMP
10 9 (2.39%) Chartered Engineer
10 9 (2.39%) ISTQB
11 8 (2.12%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
12 7 (1.86%) CCNP
12 7 (1.86%) Cisco Certification
13 6 (1.59%) ISEB
14 5 (1.33%) Microsoft Certification
15 4 (1.06%) TOGAF Certification
16 3 (0.80%) CISSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 40 (10.61%) QA
2 17 (4.51%) NIST
3 12 (3.18%) PMO
4 9 (2.39%) ISO/IEC 12207
5 8 (2.12%) Accessibility
5 8 (2.12%) Data Quality
6 7 (1.86%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 7 (1.86%) NCSC
7 6 (1.59%) Software Quality Assurance
8 3 (0.80%) GDPR
8 3 (0.80%) PCI DSS
8 3 (0.80%) SLA
9 1 (0.27%) HIPAA
9 1 (0.27%) NIST 800
9 1 (0.27%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 46 (12.20%) Docker
2 31 (8.22%) Active Directory
3 13 (3.45%) VMware ESXi
4 3 (0.80%) VMware Infrastructure
5 1 (0.27%) Apache ZooKeeper
5 1 (0.27%) Hyper-V
5 1 (0.27%) Virtual Machines
5 1 (0.27%) VMware NSX
5 1 (0.27%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 79 (20.95%) Terraform
2 54 (14.32%) Kubernetes
3 39 (10.34%) Ansible
4 18 (4.77%) Microsoft Intune
5 17 (4.51%) SCCM
6 14 (3.71%) vCenter Server
7 10 (2.65%) Grafana
8 9 (2.39%) Prometheus
9 4 (1.06%) MaaS360
10 3 (0.80%) Kubeflow
11 2 (0.53%) Argo
11 2 (0.53%) Nessus
11 2 (0.53%) Sysdig
12 1 (0.27%) CASB
12 1 (0.27%) Kibana
12 1 (0.27%) Nagios
12 1 (0.27%) Proxmox
12 1 (0.27%) Puppet
Vendors
1 113 (29.97%) Microsoft
2 21 (5.57%) VMware
3 19 (5.04%) Black Duck
3 19 (5.04%) Coverity
4 16 (4.24%) Salesforce
5 14 (3.71%) Veeam
6 13 (3.45%) 3PAR
6 13 (3.45%) NetApp
6 13 (3.45%) SolarWinds
7 12 (3.18%) Sage
7 12 (3.18%) Xamarin
8 11 (2.92%) MuleSoft
9 8 (2.12%) Cisco
9 8 (2.12%) Google
9 8 (2.12%) Red Hat
10 7 (1.86%) Databricks
10 7 (1.86%) Oracle
10 7 (1.86%) Zoho
11 5 (1.33%) Rackspace
12 4 (1.06%) McAfee