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 8 October 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
8 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 40 33 21
Rank change year-on-year -7 -12 -4
Permanent jobs citing DevOps 686 491 973
As % of all permanent jobs in the South East 3.63% 5.46% 7.85%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 5.02% 6.19% 9.63%
Number of salaries quoted 506 251 542
10th Percentile £45,000 £33,750 £42,500
25th Percentile £53,188 £51,250 £48,875
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £66,250 £65,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year +1.92% - -
75th Percentile £81,250 £83,750 £81,250
90th Percentile £95,625 £90,000 £85,000
England median annual salary £70,000 £70,000 £70,000

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 13,654 7,934 10,109
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 72.34% 88.24% 81.56%
Number of salaries quoted 9,743 4,226 5,338
10th Percentile £30,000 £27,000 £32,500
25th Percentile £39,783 £32,500 £41,322
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £47,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +15.79% -13.64% -
75th Percentile £70,000 £66,250 £70,000
90th Percentile £90,000 £82,500 £83,750
England median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year +9.09% -8.33% -1.64%

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 8 October 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 8 October 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 +16 254 £67,500 +3.85% 224
Hampshire -14 182 £65,000 +4.00% 115
Surrey +13 129 £64,000 -8.57% 61
Berkshire +15 102 £85,000 +28.30% 119
Oxfordshire +11 77 £62,500 +4.17% 51
Buckinghamshire +6 75 £65,000 - 58
West Sussex +8 68 £70,000 +16.67% 42
Kent -37 25 £33,500 -10.67% 14
East Sussex -11 12 £85,000 +41.67% 22
Isle of Wight +1 6 £50,000 -31.51% 1
Middlesex -8 3 £38,500 +2.67%
Sussex -11 2 £67,500 +50.00% 2
Home Counties - 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 23 (3.35%) Confluence
2 13 (1.90%) SharePoint
3 10 (1.46%) IIS
4 5 (0.73%) nginx
4 5 (0.73%) OpenStack
5 3 (0.44%) Adobe Experience Manager
5 3 (0.44%) Apache
5 3 (0.44%) Apache Spark
5 3 (0.44%) CMS
5 3 (0.44%) JBoss
5 3 (0.44%) Sitecore CMS
6 2 (0.29%) WebLogic
7 1 (0.15%) Microsoft Exchange
7 1 (0.15%) Red Hat Fuse
7 1 (0.15%) Tomcat
Applications
1 11 (1.60%) Microsoft Project
2 9 (1.31%) Microsoft Excel
3 6 (0.87%) Simulink
4 4 (0.58%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 4 (0.58%) MS Visio
5 3 (0.44%) Microsoft Office
6 2 (0.29%) Lightworks
7 1 (0.15%) Spreadsheet
7 1 (0.15%) Trello
Business Applications
1 6 (0.87%) SAP IBP
1 6 (0.87%) SAP S/4HANA
2 5 (0.73%) Payment Gateway
3 4 (0.58%) Dynamics CRM
4 2 (0.29%) JDE EnterpriseOne
4 2 (0.29%) Oracle Applications
5 1 (0.15%) Infor SunSystems
Cloud Services
1 407 (59.33%) Azure
2 225 (32.80%) Azure DevOps
3 189 (27.55%) AWS
4 70 (10.20%) SaaS
5 62 (9.04%) GitHub
6 48 (7.00%) Power Platform
7 42 (6.12%) GitHub Actions
8 40 (5.83%) GCP
9 38 (5.54%) Azure Cosmos DB
10 31 (4.52%) Azure AKS
11 30 (4.37%) Azure Key Vault
11 30 (4.37%) Serverless
12 29 (4.23%) Azure Monitor
13 28 (4.08%) PaaS
14 24 (3.50%) Azure AI
15 23 (3.35%) Amazon CloudWatch
16 22 (3.21%) Entra ID
17 21 (3.06%) Amazon EKS
18 20 (2.92%) Azure Service Bus
19 19 (2.77%) AWS CloudFormation
Communications & Networking
1 31 (4.52%) VPN
2 29 (4.23%) Firewall
3 14 (2.04%) DNS
4 9 (1.31%) Internet
5 7 (1.02%) MQTT
6 5 (0.73%) HTTP
7 4 (0.58%) Network Security
7 4 (0.58%) TCP/IP
7 4 (0.58%) WAN
8 3 (0.44%) NAS
8 3 (0.44%) SAN
9 2 (0.29%) BGP
9 2 (0.29%) DHCP
9 2 (0.29%) IPv4
9 2 (0.29%) IPv6
9 2 (0.29%) Software-Defined Radio
9 2 (0.29%) Unified Communications
9 2 (0.29%) Wi-Fi
9 2 (0.29%) WireGuard
10 1 (0.15%) Intelligent Network
Database & Business Intelligence
1 98 (14.29%) SQL Server
2 56 (8.16%) Azure SQL Database
2 56 (8.16%) MongoDB
3 36 (5.25%) PostgreSQL
4 35 (5.10%) Power BI
5 21 (3.06%) MySQL
6 20 (2.92%) NoSQL
7 19 (2.77%) Relational Database
8 17 (2.48%) Metadata
9 15 (2.19%) Data Warehouse
9 15 (2.19%) DynamoDB
10 12 (1.75%) Elasticsearch
10 12 (1.75%) Star Schema
11 9 (1.31%) Amazon QuickSight
11 9 (1.31%) Data Lake
11 9 (1.31%) Redis
11 9 (1.31%) Snowflake Schema
12 6 (0.87%) Amazon RDS
13 5 (0.73%) Spatial Data
14 4 (0.58%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 110 (16.03%) Git
2 45 (6.56%) JIRA
3 38 (5.54%) GitLab
4 26 (3.79%) Jenkins
5 14 (2.04%) Visual Studio Code
6 11 (1.60%) Selenium
7 7 (1.02%) JMeter
8 6 (0.87%) Cypress.io
8 6 (0.87%) JUnit
9 5 (0.73%) Octopus Deploy
10 3 (0.44%) Artifactory
10 3 (0.44%) Cucumber
10 3 (0.44%) Mocha
10 3 (0.44%) NUnit
10 3 (0.44%) PHPUnit
10 3 (0.44%) Snyk
10 3 (0.44%) Storybook
10 3 (0.44%) Zephyr
11 2 (0.29%) Maven
11 2 (0.29%) Visual Studio
General
1 193 (28.13%) Social Skills
2 130 (18.95%) Finance
3 61 (8.89%) Analytical Skills
4 37 (5.39%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 19 (2.77%) Retail
6 16 (2.33%) Marketing
7 15 (2.19%) Advertising
7 15 (2.19%) Documentation Skills
8 14 (2.04%) Manufacturing
8 14 (2.04%) Public Sector
9 11 (1.60%) Aerospace
9 11 (1.60%) Games
10 10 (1.46%) Telecoms
11 6 (0.87%) Banking
11 6 (0.87%) Electronics
12 5 (0.73%) Aviation
12 5 (0.73%) Organisational Skills
12 5 (0.73%) Presentation Skills
13 4 (0.58%) Automotive
13 4 (0.58%) Legal
Job Titles
1 156 (22.74%) Senior
2 145 (21.14%) Developer
3 140 (20.41%) DevOps Engineer
4 81 (11.81%) Lead
5 78 (11.37%) .NET Developer
6 68 (9.91%) Software Engineer
7 51 (7.43%) Azure Engineer
8 46 (6.71%) Senior DevOps
9 38 (5.54%) Senior DevOps Engineer
10 36 (5.25%) Architect
11 27 (3.94%) Full-Stack Developer
11 27 (3.94%) Platform Engineer
12 24 (3.50%) Azure DevOps Engineer
12 24 (3.50%) Cloud Engineer
12 24 (3.50%) Project Manager
13 22 (3.21%) Infrastructure Engineer
13 22 (3.21%) Lead Developer
14 20 (2.92%) Analyst
14 20 (2.92%) Senior Developer
14 20 (2.92%) Senior Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 153 (22.30%) Terraform
2 142 (20.70%) .NET
3 89 (12.97%) ASP.NET
4 68 (9.91%) ASP.NET Core
5 63 (9.18%) HTML
6 61 (8.89%) CSS
7 59 (8.60%) .NET Core
7 59 (8.60%) React
8 48 (7.00%) RESTful
9 40 (5.83%) REST
10 36 (5.25%) Blazor
11 31 (4.52%) ARM Templates
12 30 (4.37%) Entity Framework
12 30 (4.37%) Node.js
13 20 (2.92%) ML.NET
14 19 (2.77%) HTML5
14 19 (2.77%) Vue
15 17 (2.48%) jQuery
15 17 (2.48%) Kafka
16 16 (2.33%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 76 (11.08%) Cloud Native
2 63 (9.18%) Product Ownership
3 34 (4.96%) Hybrid Cloud
4 33 (4.81%) Enterprise Software
5 26 (3.79%) Greenfield Project
6 24 (3.50%) Distributed Systems
6 24 (3.50%) Legacy Systems
7 19 (2.77%) Algorithms
8 16 (2.33%) Private Cloud
8 16 (2.33%) Robotics
9 15 (2.19%) Embedded Systems
10 13 (1.90%) Data Centre
11 12 (1.75%) IoT
12 8 (1.17%) AI Agents
12 8 (1.17%) Data Structures
12 8 (1.17%) Mobile App
13 7 (1.02%) Life Science
13 7 (1.02%) Onboarding
13 7 (1.02%) Social Media
14 6 (0.87%) FPGA
Operating Systems
1 126 (18.37%) Linux
2 54 (7.87%) Windows
3 23 (3.35%) Ubuntu
4 13 (1.90%) Windows Server
5 12 (1.75%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 9 (1.31%) Debian
7 4 (0.58%) Android
7 4 (0.58%) CentOS
7 4 (0.58%) Rocky
7 4 (0.58%) VMS
7 4 (0.58%) Windows Server 2019
8 3 (0.44%) Embedded Linux
9 1 (0.15%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 323 (47.08%) CI/CD
2 270 (39.36%) Agile
3 142 (20.70%) Continuous Improvement
4 133 (19.39%) Software Engineering
5 130 (18.95%) Infrastructure as Code
6 128 (18.66%) Problem-Solving
7 125 (18.22%) AI
8 105 (15.31%) Mentoring
9 100 (14.58%) Full-Stack Development
10 90 (13.12%) Stakeholder Management
11 86 (12.54%) Computer Science
11 86 (12.54%) Microservices
12 85 (12.39%) Platform Engineering
13 77 (11.22%) Scrum
13 77 (11.22%) Test Automation
14 73 (10.64%) Containerisation
15 71 (10.35%) Analytics
16 70 (10.20%) Observability
17 58 (8.45%) Roadmaps
18 57 (8.31%) SDLC
Programming Languages
1 167 (24.34%) C#
2 157 (22.89%) Python
3 130 (18.95%) SQL
4 94 (13.70%) JavaScript
5 57 (8.31%) Bash
6 49 (7.14%) PowerShell
6 49 (7.14%) TypeScript
7 41 (5.98%) Java
8 36 (5.25%) C++
9 31 (4.52%) Go
10 29 (4.23%) Bicep
11 26 (3.79%) PHP
12 20 (2.92%) C
13 15 (2.19%) T-SQL
14 11 (1.60%) Shell Script
15 7 (1.02%) MATLAB
15 7 (1.02%) Rust
16 5 (0.73%) Embedded C
16 5 (0.73%) Embedded C++
17 4 (0.58%) Apex Code
Qualifications
1 111 (16.18%) Security Cleared
2 110 (16.03%) Degree
3 66 (9.62%) SC Cleared
4 34 (4.96%) Computer Science Degree
5 28 (4.08%) DV Cleared
6 18 (2.62%) Master's Degree
7 14 (2.04%) AWS Certification
7 14 (2.04%) Azure Certification
8 11 (1.60%) PMI Certification
9 8 (1.17%) PMP
10 6 (0.87%) DBS Check
10 6 (0.87%) ICAEW
11 5 (0.73%) ISTQB
12 4 (0.58%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
12 4 (0.58%) Microsoft Certification
12 4 (0.58%) TOGAF Certification
13 3 (0.44%) BPSS Clearance
13 3 (0.44%) ITIL Certification
13 3 (0.44%) Microsoft Certified Professional
13 3 (0.44%) Numerate Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 75 (10.93%) QA
2 20 (2.92%) Data Quality
3 16 (2.33%) PCI DSS
4 10 (1.46%) Accessibility
4 10 (1.46%) GDPR
4 10 (1.46%) NIST
5 9 (1.31%) California Consumer Privacy Act
6 8 (1.17%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 6 (0.87%) WCAG
8 2 (0.29%) GRC
8 2 (0.29%) ISO 9001
8 2 (0.29%) MISRA
8 2 (0.29%) SOC 2
8 2 (0.29%) Software Quality Assurance
9 1 (0.15%) Actionable Recommendations
9 1 (0.15%) Cyber Essentials
9 1 (0.15%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 1 (0.15%) IASME
9 1 (0.15%) NCSC
9 1 (0.15%) SLA
System Software
1 141 (20.55%) Docker
2 17 (2.48%) Virtual Machines
3 15 (2.19%) Active Directory
4 9 (1.31%) Firmware
4 9 (1.31%) VMware Infrastructure
5 6 (0.87%) Hyper-V
6 3 (0.44%) KVM
7 2 (0.29%) iptables
7 2 (0.29%) Slurm Workload Manager
7 2 (0.29%) VMware ESXi
7 2 (0.29%) vSphere
7 2 (0.29%) Xen
8 1 (0.15%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 152 (22.16%) Kubernetes
2 70 (10.20%) Ansible
3 43 (6.27%) Grafana
4 37 (5.39%) Prometheus
5 8 (1.17%) Argo
5 8 (1.17%) Kibana
5 8 (1.17%) Proxmox
5 8 (1.17%) Puppet
6 7 (1.02%) Nagios
7 6 (0.87%) ZABBIX
8 5 (0.73%) Istio
8 5 (0.73%) Podman
9 4 (0.58%) Docker Swarm
9 4 (0.58%) Microsoft Intune
10 3 (0.44%) Kustomize
11 2 (0.29%) FlexNet
11 2 (0.29%) HP Fortify
11 2 (0.29%) Packer
11 2 (0.29%) Rancher
12 1 (0.15%) Active Directory Federation Services
Vendors
1 164 (23.91%) Microsoft
2 21 (3.06%) Google
3 17 (2.48%) VMware
4 14 (2.04%) Red Hat
4 14 (2.04%) Salesforce
5 12 (1.75%) Databricks
5 12 (1.75%) Facebook
5 12 (1.75%) Oracle
5 12 (1.75%) YouTube
6 10 (1.46%) ServiceNow
6 10 (1.46%) Splunk
7 9 (1.31%) Informatica
7 9 (1.31%) Talend
8 8 (1.17%) New Relic
8 8 (1.17%) SAP
9 7 (1.02%) Dynatrace
9 7 (1.02%) OpenAI
9 7 (1.02%) Pega
10 5 (0.73%) MuleSoft
11 4 (0.58%) HP