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 18 April 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 51 18 23
Rank change year-on-year -33 +5 -5
Permanent jobs citing DevOps 470 582 1,212
As % of all permanent jobs in the South East 3.34% 8.52% 7.52%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.57% 9.48% 8.87%
Number of salaries quoted 372 349 783
10th Percentile £42,500 £42,500 £42,500
25th Percentile £47,500 £51,250 £51,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £65,000 £61,500
Median % change year-on-year - +5.69% -5.38%
75th Percentile £75,000 £81,250 £73,750
90th Percentile £87,500 £85,000 £87,500
England median annual salary £70,932 £70,000 £65,620
% change year-on-year +1.33% +6.68% -6.26%

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 10,286 6,138 13,667
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 73.15% 89.84% 84.76%
Number of salaries quoted 6,587 3,311 9,856
10th Percentile £29,750 £29,000 £27,500
25th Percentile £37,500 £38,750 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £55,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +10.00% -9.09%
75th Percentile £70,000 £70,000 £65,000
90th Percentile £85,000 £83,750 £78,339
England median annual salary £57,500 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -4.17% +9.09% -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 18 April 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 18 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
Thames Valley -19 200 £56,250 -12.79% 95
Hampshire -24 102 £72,500 +20.83% 56
Buckinghamshire -5 94 £55,000 -8.33% 29
Berkshire -22 88 £50,000 -33.33% 46
Surrey -30 67 £62,500 -16.67% 21
West Sussex +4 49 £70,000 +12.00% 11
Kent -20 26 £65,000 +13.04% 5
Oxfordshire -28 18 £71,250 +34.43% 22
East Sussex -27 11 £82,500 +73.68% 3
Isle of Wight +7 7 £41,500 -29.66% 2
Sussex -10 5 £60,000 -20.00% 2
Middlesex +8 2 - - 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 7 (1.49%) Confluence
2 6 (1.28%) IIS
2 6 (1.28%) OpenStack
3 5 (1.06%) SharePoint
4 3 (0.64%) Anypoint
4 3 (0.64%) Apache Airflow
4 3 (0.64%) CMS
5 2 (0.43%) Microsoft Exchange
5 2 (0.43%) Sitecore CMS
6 1 (0.21%) Adobe Experience Manager
6 1 (0.21%) Apache
6 1 (0.21%) Camunda
6 1 (0.21%) JBoss
6 1 (0.21%) Red Hat Fuse
Applications
1 9 (1.91%) Microsoft Excel
2 4 (0.85%) MS Visio
3 2 (0.43%) Chatbot
4 1 (0.21%) Microsoft Office
4 1 (0.21%) Microsoft Project
4 1 (0.21%) Simulink
Business Applications
1 7 (1.49%) Dynamics CRM
2 2 (0.43%) Infor SunSystems
2 2 (0.43%) Oracle ERP
2 2 (0.43%) SAP S/4HANA
2 2 (0.43%) Teamcenter
3 1 (0.21%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 256 (54.47%) Azure
2 162 (34.47%) Azure DevOps
3 117 (24.89%) AWS
4 55 (11.70%) GitHub
5 37 (7.87%) Power Platform
6 36 (7.66%) SaaS
7 25 (5.32%) Amazon EKS
7 25 (5.32%) PaaS
8 24 (5.11%) GitHub Actions
8 24 (5.11%) Serverless
9 21 (4.47%) IaaS
10 20 (4.26%) Azure Logic Apps
10 20 (4.26%) OpenShift
11 19 (4.04%) GCP
12 16 (3.40%) AWS Lambda
12 16 (3.40%) Entra ID
12 16 (3.40%) Microsoft 365
13 15 (3.19%) Amazon S3
14 14 (2.98%) Azure AKS
14 14 (2.98%) Azure Data Factory
Communications & Networking
1 30 (6.38%) Firewall
2 15 (3.19%) DNS
3 14 (2.98%) VPN
4 5 (1.06%) Cisco ASA
4 5 (1.06%) DHCP
5 4 (0.85%) SAN
6 3 (0.64%) BGP
6 3 (0.64%) Software-Defined Radio
7 1 (0.21%) Broadband
7 1 (0.21%) HTTPS
7 1 (0.21%) IP Telephony
7 1 (0.21%) Modbus
7 1 (0.21%) MPLS
7 1 (0.21%) Network Security
7 1 (0.21%) S/MIME
7 1 (0.21%) SSL
7 1 (0.21%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 44 (9.36%) SQL Server
2 14 (2.98%) Power BI
3 13 (2.77%) PostgreSQL
3 13 (2.77%) Relational Database
4 9 (1.91%) Azure SQL Database
4 9 (1.91%) NoSQL
5 7 (1.49%) Data Lake
5 7 (1.49%) MongoDB
6 5 (1.06%) Data Warehouse
6 5 (1.06%) MySQL
7 4 (0.85%) Metadata
8 3 (0.64%) Amazon RDS
8 3 (0.64%) DynamoDB
8 3 (0.64%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 3 (0.64%) SQL Server Reporting Services
9 2 (0.43%) Elasticsearch
9 2 (0.43%) GIS
9 2 (0.43%) SAP Data Services
10 1 (0.21%) Apache Cassandra
10 1 (0.21%) Oracle Reports
Development Applications
1 58 (12.34%) Git
2 50 (10.64%) GitLab
3 32 (6.81%) Jenkins
4 29 (6.17%) JIRA
5 19 (4.04%) Selenium
6 9 (1.91%) Robot Framework
6 9 (1.91%) Visual Studio Code
7 8 (1.70%) SonarQube
8 7 (1.49%) Cucumber
8 7 (1.49%) JUnit
8 7 (1.49%) Snyk
9 6 (1.28%) Atlassian Bamboo
9 6 (1.28%) Visual Studio
10 5 (1.06%) Artifactory
10 5 (1.06%) MLflow
11 4 (0.85%) Mockito
11 4 (0.85%) NUnit
11 4 (0.85%) Zephyr
12 3 (0.64%) Cypress.io
12 3 (0.64%) TeamCity
General
1 121 (25.74%) Social Skills
2 95 (20.21%) Analytical Skills
3 79 (16.81%) Finance
4 24 (5.11%) Public Sector
5 19 (4.04%) Retail
6 16 (3.40%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 16 (3.40%) Law
7 14 (2.98%) Games
8 11 (2.34%) Manufacturing
9 10 (2.13%) Aerospace
10 9 (1.91%) Billing
11 6 (1.28%) Legal
12 5 (1.06%) Documentation Skills
12 5 (1.06%) Telecoms
13 4 (0.85%) General Ledger
13 4 (0.85%) Tech for Good
14 3 (0.64%) Marketing
14 3 (0.64%) Presentation Skills
15 2 (0.43%) Aviation
15 2 (0.43%) Health Technology
Job Titles
1 105 (22.34%) Developer
2 93 (19.79%) DevOps Engineer
3 71 (15.11%) Senior
4 70 (14.89%) Lead
5 37 (7.87%) Azure Engineer
6 34 (7.23%) Cloud Engineer
6 34 (7.23%) Software Engineer
7 31 (6.60%) Architect
8 28 (5.96%) Senior DevOps
9 23 (4.89%) Full-Stack Developer
10 18 (3.83%) Administrator
10 18 (3.83%) DevOps Administrator
10 18 (3.83%) Systems Administrator
11 16 (3.40%) Analyst
11 16 (3.40%) Power Platform Developer
11 16 (3.40%) Team Leader
12 15 (3.19%) Data Engineer
12 15 (3.19%) Senior Systems Administrator
13 13 (2.77%) Senior DevOps Engineer
14 12 (2.55%) Systems Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 90 (19.15%) .NET
2 47 (10.00%) REST
3 46 (9.79%) React
4 32 (6.81%) CSS
5 31 (6.60%) HTML
6 30 (6.38%) ASP.NET
7 27 (5.74%) Middleware
8 22 (4.68%) RESTful
9 21 (4.47%) React Native
10 20 (4.26%) RabbitMQ
11 19 (4.04%) SOAP
12 18 (3.83%) .NET Core
12 18 (3.83%) Bootstrap
12 18 (3.83%) JSON
12 18 (3.83%) OAuth
13 16 (3.40%) AngularJS
13 16 (3.40%) Spring
14 15 (3.19%) .NET Framework
14 15 (3.19%) Lightning Web Components
14 15 (3.19%) Visualforce
Miscellaneous
1 39 (8.30%) Cloud Native
2 31 (6.60%) Product Ownership
3 26 (5.53%) Distributed Systems
4 21 (4.47%) Low-Code
5 19 (4.04%) Mobile App
6 12 (2.55%) Enterprise Software
7 11 (2.34%) Algorithms
8 10 (2.13%) Hybrid Cloud
8 10 (2.13%) Private Cloud
9 9 (1.91%) Self-Motivation
10 8 (1.70%) Analytical Mindset
10 8 (1.70%) Legacy Systems
11 7 (1.49%) Data Centre
12 6 (1.28%) Life Science
13 5 (1.06%) Onboarding
14 4 (0.85%) Virtual Team
15 3 (0.64%) Cyber Defence
15 3 (0.64%) Linux Command Line
16 2 (0.43%) Enterprise Cloud
16 2 (0.43%) Greenfield Project
Operating Systems
1 71 (15.11%) Linux
2 26 (5.53%) Windows
3 18 (3.83%) Ubuntu
4 14 (2.98%) Windows Server
5 8 (1.70%) VMS
6 7 (1.49%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 6 (1.28%) CentOS
7 6 (1.28%) Unix
8 5 (1.06%) Windows Server 2019
9 4 (0.85%) Windows Server 2012
10 3 (0.64%) Debian
11 2 (0.43%) Android
11 2 (0.43%) Apple iOS
12 1 (0.21%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 240 (51.06%) CI/CD
2 196 (41.70%) Agile
3 137 (29.15%) Problem-Solving
4 113 (24.04%) Infrastructure as Code
5 99 (21.06%) Continuous Improvement
6 65 (13.83%) Containerisation
6 65 (13.83%) Scrum
7 59 (12.55%) AI
8 57 (12.13%) Test Automation
9 55 (11.70%) Software Engineering
10 52 (11.06%) Computer Science
11 51 (10.85%) Microservices
12 43 (9.15%) Mentoring
12 43 (9.15%) Observability
13 42 (8.94%) Data Modelling
14 40 (8.51%) Full-Stack Development
15 36 (7.66%) Cybersecurity
15 36 (7.66%) Deployment Automation
15 36 (7.66%) Kanban
16 35 (7.45%) Analytics
Programming Languages
1 119 (25.32%) Python
2 83 (17.66%) SQL
3 75 (15.96%) C#
4 48 (10.21%) JavaScript
5 44 (9.36%) Bash
5 44 (9.36%) Java
6 36 (7.66%) PowerShell
7 20 (4.26%) C++
8 16 (3.40%) TypeScript
9 15 (3.19%) Apex Code
10 13 (2.77%) Bicep
10 13 (2.77%) Go
11 9 (1.91%) C
12 7 (1.49%) Groovy
13 5 (1.06%) Perl
13 5 (1.06%) PHP
13 5 (1.06%) PL/SQL
14 4 (0.85%) Ruby
15 3 (0.64%) Shell Script
15 3 (0.64%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 83 (17.66%) Security Cleared
2 74 (15.74%) Degree
3 45 (9.57%) SC Cleared
4 28 (5.96%) Computer Science Degree
4 28 (5.96%) DV Cleared
5 16 (3.40%) Master's Degree
6 12 (2.55%) AWS Certification
7 9 (1.91%) Azure Certification
8 8 (1.70%) BPSS Clearance
9 7 (1.49%) ISTQB
10 6 (1.28%) Chartered Engineer
11 4 (0.85%) TOGAF Certification
12 3 (0.64%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
12 3 (0.64%) Microsoft Certification
13 2 (0.43%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
13 2 (0.43%) CISSP
14 1 (0.21%) CISM
14 1 (0.21%) ITIL Certification
14 1 (0.21%) LPIC
14 1 (0.21%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 37 (7.87%) QA
2 16 (3.40%) Data Quality
3 9 (1.91%) Accessibility
3 9 (1.91%) NIST
4 7 (1.49%) PCI DSS
5 6 (1.28%) ISO/IEC 12207
6 5 (1.06%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 4 (0.85%) ITGC
7 4 (0.85%) NCSC
7 4 (0.85%) WCAG
8 2 (0.43%) SLA
9 1 (0.21%) GDPR
9 1 (0.21%) HIPAA
9 1 (0.21%) NIST 800
9 1 (0.21%) Sarbanes-Oxley
9 1 (0.21%) SOC 2
System Software
1 82 (17.45%) Docker
2 10 (2.13%) Active Directory
3 4 (0.85%) VMware ESXi
4 3 (0.64%) Hyper-V
4 3 (0.64%) Slurm Workload Manager
4 3 (0.64%) VMware Infrastructure
5 1 (0.21%) Apache ZooKeeper
5 1 (0.21%) Firmware
5 1 (0.21%) Virtual Desktop
5 1 (0.21%) VMware NSX
5 1 (0.21%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 108 (22.98%) Terraform
2 90 (19.15%) Kubernetes
3 65 (13.83%) Ansible
4 29 (6.17%) Grafana
5 25 (5.32%) Prometheus
6 8 (1.70%) Proxmox
7 7 (1.49%) Nagios
8 5 (1.06%) Kibana
8 5 (1.06%) Puppet
8 5 (1.06%) vCenter Server
9 4 (0.85%) Microsoft Intune
9 4 (0.85%) Packer
9 4 (0.85%) SCCM
10 3 (0.64%) Scalr
10 3 (0.64%) ZABBIX
11 2 (0.43%) Argo
11 2 (0.43%) Kubeflow
11 2 (0.43%) MIIS
11 2 (0.43%) Nessus
12 1 (0.21%) Docker Swarm
Vendors
1 100 (21.28%) Microsoft
2 28 (5.96%) Red Hat
3 25 (5.32%) Salesforce
4 22 (4.68%) MuleSoft
5 15 (3.19%) VMware
6 12 (2.55%) Databricks
7 10 (2.13%) AppDynamics
7 10 (2.13%) Dynatrace
7 10 (2.13%) Oracle
8 9 (1.91%) Splunk
9 8 (1.70%) Cisco
9 8 (1.70%) IBM
9 8 (1.70%) Palo Alto
10 7 (1.49%) Black Duck
10 7 (1.49%) Coverity
11 5 (1.06%) F5
11 5 (1.06%) Juniper
11 5 (1.06%) Veeam
12 4 (0.85%) NetApp
12 4 (0.85%) SAP