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 30 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 36 23 22
Rank change year-on-year -13 -1 -6
Permanent jobs citing DevOps 569 578 1,253
As % of all permanent jobs in the South East 3.94% 7.44% 7.31%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 5.46% 8.20% 8.79%
Number of salaries quoted 438 297 823
10th Percentile £40,750 £42,500 £42,500
25th Percentile £47,500 £50,000 £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £65,000 £61,500
Median % change year-on-year - +5.69% -5.38%
75th Percentile £75,000 £82,500 £73,750
90th Percentile £86,250 £85,000 £85,000
England median annual salary £70,000 £71,991 £65,000
% change year-on-year -2.77% +10.76% -7.14%

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 10,425 7,051 14,249
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 72.12% 90.70% 83.15%
Number of salaries quoted 7,167 3,288 10,009
10th Percentile £30,000 £27,375 £27,725
25th Percentile £39,000 £36,000 £36,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £52,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.76% +5.00% -9.09%
75th Percentile £70,000 £67,500 £65,000
90th Percentile £85,000 £82,500 £78,268
England median annual salary £60,000 £59,400 £55,000
% change year-on-year +1.01% +8.00% -12.00%

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 30 May 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 30 May 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 -3 250 £60,000 -5.51% 66
Hampshire -21 134 £70,000 +15.70% 45
Buckinghamshire +18 107 £55,000 -2.22% 14
Berkshire -13 105 £62,500 -20.63% 37
Surrey -5 78 £62,500 -13.79% 10
West Sussex +14 56 £70,000 +12.00% 11
Oxfordshire -1 38 £67,500 +35.00% 18
Kent -15 27 £29,000 -63.75% 9
East Sussex -23 10 £82,500 +57.14% 3
Sussex -10 6 £62,500 -18.03%
Isle of Wight -2 4 £41,500 -43.15% 1
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 12 (2.11%) Confluence
2 7 (1.23%) SharePoint
3 5 (0.88%) CMS
4 4 (0.70%) IIS
4 4 (0.70%) OpenStack
4 4 (0.70%) Sitecore CMS
5 3 (0.53%) Adobe Experience Manager
5 3 (0.53%) Anypoint
6 2 (0.35%) Apache Airflow
6 2 (0.35%) Microsoft Exchange
7 1 (0.18%) Apache
7 1 (0.18%) JBoss
7 1 (0.18%) Red Hat Fuse
Applications
1 10 (1.76%) Microsoft Excel
2 6 (1.05%) Simulink
3 2 (0.35%) Chatbot
3 2 (0.35%) MS Visio
4 1 (0.18%) Lightworks
4 1 (0.18%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 10 (1.76%) Dynamics CRM
2 2 (0.35%) Infor SunSystems
3 1 (0.18%) SAP S/4HANA
3 1 (0.18%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 326 (57.29%) Azure
2 194 (34.09%) Azure DevOps
3 141 (24.78%) AWS
4 56 (9.84%) GitHub
5 54 (9.49%) SaaS
6 49 (8.61%) Power Platform
7 31 (5.45%) PaaS
8 28 (4.92%) GitHub Actions
9 27 (4.75%) Serverless
10 26 (4.57%) Amazon EKS
11 24 (4.22%) IaaS
12 22 (3.87%) Azure AKS
12 22 (3.87%) Microsoft 365
13 20 (3.51%) Entra ID
13 20 (3.51%) GCP
14 17 (2.99%) Azure Logic Apps
14 17 (2.99%) OpenShift
15 16 (2.81%) Dynamics 365
16 15 (2.64%) Amazon CloudWatch
16 15 (2.64%) Datadog
Communications & Networking
1 33 (5.80%) Firewall
2 15 (2.64%) DNS
2 15 (2.64%) VPN
3 7 (1.23%) DHCP
4 5 (0.88%) Cisco ASA
5 4 (0.70%) BGP
5 4 (0.70%) MQTT
5 4 (0.70%) SAN
5 4 (0.70%) Software-Defined Radio
6 3 (0.53%) TCP/IP
7 2 (0.35%) Internet
8 1 (0.18%) Broadband
8 1 (0.18%) HTTP
8 1 (0.18%) IP Telephony
8 1 (0.18%) Modbus
8 1 (0.18%) MPLS
8 1 (0.18%) Network Security
8 1 (0.18%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 58 (10.19%) SQL Server
2 23 (4.04%) Power BI
3 21 (3.69%) MongoDB
4 20 (3.51%) Azure SQL Database
5 19 (3.34%) PostgreSQL
6 12 (2.11%) Relational Database
7 10 (1.76%) Data Lake
7 10 (1.76%) NoSQL
8 6 (1.05%) Metadata
9 4 (0.70%) Data Warehouse
10 3 (0.53%) Amazon RDS
10 3 (0.53%) Spatial Data
11 2 (0.35%) Apache Cassandra
11 2 (0.35%) Couchbase
11 2 (0.35%) DynamoDB
11 2 (0.35%) MySQL
11 2 (0.35%) Redis
11 2 (0.35%) SQL Server Integration Services
12 1 (0.18%) BusinessObjects
12 1 (0.18%) Oracle Reports
Development Applications
1 73 (12.83%) Git
2 55 (9.67%) GitLab
3 33 (5.80%) JIRA
4 24 (4.22%) Jenkins
5 16 (2.81%) Visual Studio Code
6 15 (2.64%) Selenium
7 9 (1.58%) JUnit
8 8 (1.41%) Cucumber
8 8 (1.41%) SonarQube
9 7 (1.23%) Zephyr
10 5 (0.88%) Artifactory
10 5 (0.88%) JMeter
10 5 (0.88%) Mockito
11 4 (0.70%) Atlassian Bamboo
11 4 (0.70%) Cypress.io
11 4 (0.70%) NUnit
11 4 (0.70%) Snyk
11 4 (0.70%) Visual Studio
12 3 (0.53%) MLflow
12 3 (0.53%) Octopus Deploy
General
1 130 (22.85%) Social Skills
2 110 (19.33%) Finance
3 90 (15.82%) Analytical Skills
4 26 (4.57%) Retail
5 19 (3.34%) Public Sector
6 14 (2.46%) Games
7 13 (2.28%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 13 (2.28%) Manufacturing
8 10 (1.76%) Law
9 9 (1.58%) Billing
9 9 (1.58%) Documentation Skills
10 8 (1.41%) Advertising
10 8 (1.41%) Marketing
11 7 (1.23%) Aerospace
12 6 (1.05%) Electronics
13 5 (0.88%) Automotive
13 5 (0.88%) Telecoms
14 4 (0.70%) Aviation
14 4 (0.70%) General Ledger
14 4 (0.70%) Legal
Job Titles
1 132 (23.20%) DevOps Engineer
2 125 (21.97%) Developer
3 84 (14.76%) Senior
4 70 (12.30%) Lead
5 61 (10.72%) Software Engineer
6 54 (9.49%) Azure Engineer
7 39 (6.85%) Cloud Engineer
8 35 (6.15%) Architect
9 33 (5.80%) Senior DevOps
10 27 (4.75%) Full-Stack Developer
11 25 (4.39%) .NET Developer
12 22 (3.87%) Analyst
12 22 (3.87%) Azure DevOps Engineer
13 18 (3.16%) Administrator
13 18 (3.16%) DevOps Administrator
13 18 (3.16%) Senior DevOps Engineer
13 18 (3.16%) Systems Administrator
14 17 (2.99%) Systems Engineer
15 16 (2.81%) DevOps Systems Engineer
15 16 (2.81%) Team Leader
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 109 (19.16%) .NET
2 51 (8.96%) React
3 46 (8.08%) HTML
4 44 (7.73%) ASP.NET
5 43 (7.56%) CSS
6 40 (7.03%) REST
6 40 (7.03%) RESTful
7 33 (5.80%) .NET Core
8 26 (4.57%) ASP.NET Core
9 24 (4.22%) YAML
10 21 (3.69%) JSON
10 21 (3.69%) RabbitMQ
11 19 (3.34%) Spring
12 18 (3.16%) OAuth
13 17 (2.99%) Middleware
13 17 (2.99%) React Native
14 16 (2.81%) ARM Templates
14 16 (2.81%) SOAP
15 15 (2.64%) AngularJS
15 15 (2.64%) Spring Boot
Miscellaneous
1 49 (8.61%) Cloud Native
2 44 (7.73%) Product Ownership
3 29 (5.10%) Distributed Systems
4 21 (3.69%) Algorithms
5 20 (3.51%) Low-Code
6 18 (3.16%) Mobile App
7 15 (2.64%) Enterprise Software
7 15 (2.64%) Hybrid Cloud
8 12 (2.11%) Private Cloud
9 10 (1.76%) Data Centre
9 10 (1.76%) Legacy Systems
9 10 (1.76%) Self-Motivation
10 8 (1.41%) Analytical Mindset
10 8 (1.41%) Embedded Systems
10 8 (1.41%) Greenfield Project
10 8 (1.41%) Life Science
11 7 (1.23%) FPGA
11 7 (1.23%) Onboarding
11 7 (1.23%) Virtual Team
12 5 (0.88%) PCIe
Operating Systems
1 93 (16.34%) Linux
2 30 (5.27%) Ubuntu
3 27 (4.75%) Windows
4 19 (3.34%) Windows Server
5 10 (1.76%) VMS
6 9 (1.58%) CentOS
6 9 (1.58%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 8 (1.41%) Windows Server 2019
8 5 (0.88%) Unix
9 4 (0.70%) Windows Server 2012
10 3 (0.53%) Android
10 3 (0.53%) Debian
11 2 (0.35%) Apple iOS
12 1 (0.18%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 277 (48.68%) CI/CD
2 224 (39.37%) Agile
3 141 (24.78%) Problem-Solving
4 135 (23.73%) Infrastructure as Code
5 96 (16.87%) Continuous Improvement
6 92 (16.17%) Software Engineering
7 88 (15.47%) AI
8 78 (13.71%) Containerisation
9 71 (12.48%) Scrum
10 70 (12.30%) Full-Stack Development
11 68 (11.95%) Test Automation
12 67 (11.78%) Computer Science
13 62 (10.90%) Microservices
14 48 (8.44%) Data Modelling
14 48 (8.44%) Kanban
14 48 (8.44%) Mentoring
14 48 (8.44%) Observability
15 45 (7.91%) Machine Learning
16 41 (7.21%) Analytics
16 41 (7.21%) SDLC
Programming Languages
1 150 (26.36%) Python
2 109 (19.16%) C#
3 100 (17.57%) SQL
4 74 (13.01%) JavaScript
5 58 (10.19%) Bash
6 51 (8.96%) Java
7 45 (7.91%) PowerShell
8 36 (6.33%) C++
9 23 (4.04%) TypeScript
10 20 (3.51%) C
11 15 (2.64%) Bicep
11 15 (2.64%) Go
12 11 (1.93%) Apex Code
13 9 (1.58%) MATLAB
14 7 (1.23%) Groovy
14 7 (1.23%) PHP
15 6 (1.05%) Shell Script
16 5 (0.88%) Embedded C
16 5 (0.88%) Embedded C++
16 5 (0.88%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 99 (17.40%) Security Cleared
2 85 (14.94%) Degree
3 55 (9.67%) SC Cleared
4 27 (4.75%) DV Cleared
5 24 (4.22%) Computer Science Degree
6 18 (3.16%) Master's Degree
7 13 (2.28%) AWS Certification
7 13 (2.28%) Azure Certification
8 9 (1.58%) ISTQB
9 6 (1.05%) ICAEW
10 4 (0.70%) DBS Check
11 2 (0.35%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
11 2 (0.35%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
11 2 (0.35%) PMI Certification
11 2 (0.35%) TOGAF Certification
12 1 (0.18%) BPSS Clearance
12 1 (0.18%) CCA
12 1 (0.18%) Chartered Engineer
12 1 (0.18%) Microsoft Certified Professional
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 39 (6.85%) QA
2 18 (3.16%) Data Quality
3 12 (2.11%) Accessibility
4 9 (1.58%) WCAG
5 7 (1.23%) PCI DSS
6 6 (1.05%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 6 (1.05%) NIST
7 4 (0.70%) ITGC
8 3 (0.53%) SOC 2
9 1 (0.18%) GDPR
9 1 (0.18%) ISO/IEC 12207
9 1 (0.18%) NCSC
9 1 (0.18%) SLA
System Software
1 105 (18.45%) Docker
2 15 (2.64%) Active Directory
3 7 (1.23%) Firmware
4 5 (0.88%) Hyper-V
5 4 (0.70%) VMware ESXi
5 4 (0.70%) VMware Infrastructure
6 3 (0.53%) Slurm Workload Manager
7 2 (0.35%) Virtual Machines
8 1 (0.18%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 138 (24.25%) Terraform
2 101 (17.75%) Kubernetes
3 76 (13.36%) Ansible
4 31 (5.45%) Grafana
5 26 (4.57%) Prometheus
6 12 (2.11%) Nagios
7 9 (1.58%) Kibana
8 8 (1.41%) Proxmox
9 5 (0.88%) Microsoft Intune
9 5 (0.88%) Packer
9 5 (0.88%) Podman
9 5 (0.88%) Puppet
10 4 (0.70%) Docker Swarm
10 4 (0.70%) SCCM
10 4 (0.70%) vCenter Server
11 3 (0.53%) Argo
11 3 (0.53%) Scalr
11 3 (0.53%) ZABBIX
12 2 (0.35%) MIIS
13 1 (0.18%) Nessus
Vendors
1 126 (22.14%) Microsoft
2 34 (5.98%) Red Hat
3 29 (5.10%) Salesforce
4 20 (3.51%) MuleSoft
5 16 (2.81%) Splunk
5 16 (2.81%) VMware
6 12 (2.11%) Databricks
6 12 (2.11%) Oracle
7 11 (1.93%) Dynatrace
8 9 (1.58%) AppDynamics
9 8 (1.41%) Cisco
9 8 (1.41%) IBM
9 8 (1.41%) Palo Alto
10 7 (1.23%) ServiceNow
11 5 (0.88%) F5
11 5 (0.88%) Facebook
11 5 (0.88%) Juniper
11 5 (0.88%) Veeam
11 5 (0.88%) YouTube
12 4 (0.70%) SolarWinds