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

6 months to
2 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 55 18 23
Rank change year-on-year -37 +5 -4
Permanent jobs citing DevOps 459 559 1,149
As % of all permanent jobs in the South East 3.51% 8.33% 7.53%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.71% 9.28% 8.87%
Number of salaries quoted 357 356 754
10th Percentile £41,000 £42,500 £42,811
25th Percentile £47,500 £51,250 £51,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £67,000 £61,500
Median % change year-on-year -2.99% +8.94% -5.38%
75th Percentile £75,000 £82,500 £73,750
90th Percentile £87,500 £85,000 £87,500
England median annual salary £70,000 £70,000 £65,900
% change year-on-year - +6.22% -5.86%

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 9,739 6,024 12,959
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 74.43% 89.82% 84.94%
Number of salaries quoted 6,255 3,242 9,508
10th Percentile £28,750 £30,000 £27,500
25th Percentile £36,250 £41,250 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +10.00% -9.09%
75th Percentile £66,250 £70,600 £65,000
90th Percentile £83,750 £84,875 £77,750
England median annual salary £56,875 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -5.21% +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 2 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 2 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 -20 187 £55,000 -15.38% 99
Hampshire -25 104 £71,250 +14.00% 41
Buckinghamshire +7 86 £50,000 -16.67% 31
Berkshire -27 82 £50,000 -33.33% 43
Surrey -26 62 £62,500 -16.67% 20
West Sussex 0 44 £70,000 +12.00% 12
Kent -12 27 £65,000 +13.04% 6
Oxfordshire -13 19 £70,000 +30.84% 25
East Sussex -24 12 £82,500 +65.00% 1
Middlesex +5 10 - - 1
Isle of Wight - 8 £42,000 - 2
Sussex -13 4 £67,500 -10.00% 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 11 (2.40%) IIS
2 7 (1.53%) Confluence
3 4 (0.87%) Apache Airflow
3 4 (0.87%) OpenStack
4 3 (0.65%) Anypoint
5 2 (0.44%) Apache
5 2 (0.44%) CMS
5 2 (0.44%) SharePoint
6 1 (0.22%) Appian
6 1 (0.22%) Camunda
6 1 (0.22%) Microsoft Exchange
6 1 (0.22%) Sitecore CMS
Applications
1 5 (1.09%) Microsoft Excel
2 4 (0.87%) MS Visio
3 2 (0.44%) Chatbot
4 1 (0.22%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 6 (1.31%) Dynamics CRM
2 3 (0.65%) Oracle ERP
2 3 (0.65%) SAP S/4HANA
2 3 (0.65%) Teamcenter
3 1 (0.22%) Infor SunSystems
3 1 (0.22%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 261 (56.86%) Azure
2 169 (36.82%) Azure DevOps
3 118 (25.71%) AWS
4 56 (12.20%) GitHub
5 36 (7.84%) Power Platform
6 34 (7.41%) SaaS
7 30 (6.54%) PaaS
8 29 (6.32%) Serverless
9 24 (5.23%) GitHub Actions
10 23 (5.01%) Amazon EKS
10 23 (5.01%) Azure Logic Apps
11 22 (4.79%) GCP
12 20 (4.36%) IaaS
13 19 (4.14%) OpenShift
14 18 (3.92%) Amazon S3
14 18 (3.92%) AWS Lambda
15 17 (3.70%) Entra ID
16 14 (3.05%) Azure Data Factory
17 13 (2.83%) AWS CloudFormation
17 13 (2.83%) Azure AKS
Communications & Networking
1 29 (6.32%) Firewall
2 21 (4.58%) DNS
3 13 (2.83%) VPN
4 6 (1.31%) DHCP
5 5 (1.09%) Cisco ASA
5 5 (1.09%) SAN
6 3 (0.65%) BGP
7 2 (0.44%) Software-Defined Radio
8 1 (0.22%) Broadband
8 1 (0.22%) HTTPS
8 1 (0.22%) IP Telephony
8 1 (0.22%) Modbus
8 1 (0.22%) MPLS
8 1 (0.22%) S/MIME
8 1 (0.22%) SSL
8 1 (0.22%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 41 (8.93%) SQL Server
2 14 (3.05%) Power BI
3 12 (2.61%) NoSQL
4 11 (2.40%) Relational Database
5 10 (2.18%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 9 (1.96%) PostgreSQL
7 8 (1.74%) Azure SQL Database
8 7 (1.53%) Data Lake
8 7 (1.53%) Data Warehouse
8 7 (1.53%) MongoDB
8 7 (1.53%) MySQL
9 5 (1.09%) DynamoDB
10 3 (0.65%) SAP Data Services
10 3 (0.65%) SQL Server Integration Services
11 2 (0.44%) Amazon RDS
11 2 (0.44%) Elasticsearch
11 2 (0.44%) GIS
11 2 (0.44%) Metadata
12 1 (0.22%) Airbyte
12 1 (0.22%) Spark SQL
Development Applications
1 62 (13.51%) Git
2 45 (9.80%) GitLab
3 32 (6.97%) Jenkins
4 27 (5.88%) Selenium
5 26 (5.66%) JIRA
6 18 (3.92%) Robot Framework
7 16 (3.49%) Snyk
8 8 (1.74%) SonarQube
9 7 (1.53%) Cucumber
9 7 (1.53%) Visual Studio
10 6 (1.31%) Artifactory
10 6 (1.31%) Atlassian Bamboo
10 6 (1.31%) JUnit
10 6 (1.31%) MLflow
11 4 (0.87%) git-flow
11 4 (0.87%) Mockito
11 4 (0.87%) NUnit
11 4 (0.87%) Visual Studio Code
11 4 (0.87%) Zephyr
12 3 (0.65%) Cypress.io
General
1 128 (27.89%) Social Skills
2 100 (21.79%) Analytical Skills
3 83 (18.08%) Finance
4 25 (5.45%) Public Sector
5 17 (3.70%) Retail
6 16 (3.49%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 16 (3.49%) Law
7 13 (2.83%) Games
7 13 (2.83%) Manufacturing
8 9 (1.96%) Billing
9 8 (1.74%) Aerospace
10 5 (1.09%) Legal
10 5 (1.09%) Telecoms
11 4 (0.87%) Banking
11 4 (0.87%) General Ledger
11 4 (0.87%) Tech for Good
12 3 (0.65%) Documentation Skills
12 3 (0.65%) Marketing
12 3 (0.65%) Presentation Skills
13 2 (0.44%) Health Technology
Job Titles
1 105 (22.88%) Developer
2 86 (18.74%) DevOps Engineer
3 69 (15.03%) Lead
4 64 (13.94%) Senior
5 37 (8.06%) Azure Engineer
6 35 (7.63%) Software Engineer
7 30 (6.54%) Cloud Engineer
8 28 (6.10%) Architect
9 25 (5.45%) Senior DevOps
10 24 (5.23%) Full-Stack Developer
11 16 (3.49%) Administrator
11 16 (3.49%) Analyst
11 16 (3.49%) DevOps Administrator
11 16 (3.49%) Power Platform Developer
11 16 (3.49%) Systems Administrator
12 15 (3.27%) Data Engineer
13 13 (2.83%) Senior Systems Administrator
14 12 (2.61%) Senior DevOps Engineer
14 12 (2.61%) Team Leader
15 11 (2.40%) .NET Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 96 (20.92%) .NET
2 50 (10.89%) React
3 46 (10.02%) REST
4 36 (7.84%) CSS
5 35 (7.63%) HTML
6 33 (7.19%) ASP.NET
7 25 (5.45%) .NET Framework
8 23 (5.01%) Middleware
9 21 (4.58%) React Native
10 20 (4.36%) RabbitMQ
11 19 (4.14%) RESTful
12 18 (3.92%) Bootstrap
13 17 (3.70%) .NET Core
13 17 (3.70%) AngularJS
13 17 (3.70%) JSON
14 16 (3.49%) OAuth
14 16 (3.49%) SOAP
15 15 (3.27%) Entity Framework
15 15 (3.27%) Visualforce
15 15 (3.27%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 36 (7.84%) Cloud Native
2 26 (5.66%) Product Ownership
3 22 (4.79%) Low-Code
4 21 (4.58%) Distributed Systems
5 19 (4.14%) Mobile App
6 10 (2.18%) Enterprise Software
6 10 (2.18%) Private Cloud
7 9 (1.96%) Hybrid Cloud
7 9 (1.96%) Self-Motivation
8 8 (1.74%) Analytical Mindset
9 7 (1.53%) Life Science
10 5 (1.09%) Algorithms
10 5 (1.09%) Legacy Systems
10 5 (1.09%) Security Posture
11 4 (0.87%) Data Centre
12 3 (0.65%) Animation
12 3 (0.65%) Manufacturing Execution System
12 3 (0.65%) Renewable Energy
12 3 (0.65%) Virtual Team
13 2 (0.44%) N-Tier
Operating Systems
1 69 (15.03%) Linux
2 39 (8.50%) Windows
3 17 (3.70%) Ubuntu
4 13 (2.83%) Windows Server
5 6 (1.31%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 6 (1.31%) Unix
5 6 (1.31%) Windows Server 2019
6 5 (1.09%) CentOS
6 5 (1.09%) VMS
6 5 (1.09%) Windows Server 2012
7 2 (0.44%) Android
7 2 (0.44%) Apple iOS
7 2 (0.44%) Debian
8 1 (0.22%) Windows 10
8 1 (0.22%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 235 (51.20%) CI/CD
2 197 (42.92%) Agile
3 142 (30.94%) Problem-Solving
4 119 (25.93%) Infrastructure as Code
5 95 (20.70%) Continuous Improvement
6 65 (14.16%) Test Automation
7 63 (13.73%) Scrum
8 60 (13.07%) Containerisation
9 55 (11.98%) AI
9 55 (11.98%) Computer Science
10 53 (11.55%) Software Engineering
11 52 (11.33%) Microservices
12 50 (10.89%) Mentoring
13 42 (9.15%) Full-Stack Development
13 42 (9.15%) Observability
14 37 (8.06%) Cybersecurity
15 35 (7.63%) Continuous Integration
15 35 (7.63%) Data Modelling
15 35 (7.63%) Deployment Automation
16 33 (7.19%) SDLC
Programming Languages
1 112 (24.40%) Python
2 85 (18.52%) SQL
3 78 (16.99%) C#
4 49 (10.68%) JavaScript
5 42 (9.15%) Bash
5 42 (9.15%) Java
6 36 (7.84%) PowerShell
7 15 (3.27%) Apex Code
7 15 (3.27%) C++
7 15 (3.27%) TypeScript
8 14 (3.05%) Go
9 13 (2.83%) Bicep
10 9 (1.96%) T-SQL
11 8 (1.74%) C
12 7 (1.53%) Groovy
13 5 (1.09%) Perl
13 5 (1.09%) PL/SQL
14 4 (0.87%) Ruby
15 3 (0.65%) ABAP
15 3 (0.65%) PHP
Qualifications
1 79 (17.21%) Security Cleared
2 76 (16.56%) Degree
3 37 (8.06%) SC Cleared
4 36 (7.84%) Computer Science Degree
5 35 (7.63%) DV Cleared
6 18 (3.92%) Master's Degree
7 12 (2.61%) AWS Certification
8 10 (2.18%) Azure Certification
9 9 (1.96%) BPSS Clearance
10 7 (1.53%) ISTQB
11 6 (1.31%) Chartered Engineer
12 4 (0.87%) TOGAF Certification
13 3 (0.65%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
13 3 (0.65%) Microsoft Certification
14 2 (0.44%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
14 2 (0.44%) CISSP
15 1 (0.22%) CISM
15 1 (0.22%) ITIL Certification
15 1 (0.22%) LPIC
15 1 (0.22%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 34 (7.41%) QA
2 14 (3.05%) Data Quality
3 11 (2.40%) NIST
4 7 (1.53%) Accessibility
4 7 (1.53%) NCSC
5 6 (1.31%) ISO/IEC 12207
5 6 (1.31%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 5 (1.09%) PCI DSS
7 4 (0.87%) ITGC
8 2 (0.44%) PMO
8 2 (0.44%) SLA
8 2 (0.44%) WCAG
9 1 (0.22%) GDPR
9 1 (0.22%) HIPAA
9 1 (0.22%) NIST 800
9 1 (0.22%) Sarbanes-Oxley
9 1 (0.22%) SOC 2
System Software
1 72 (15.69%) Docker
2 14 (3.05%) Active Directory
3 5 (1.09%) VMware ESXi
4 3 (0.65%) Hyper-V
4 3 (0.65%) VMware Infrastructure
5 2 (0.44%) Slurm Workload Manager
6 1 (0.22%) Apache ZooKeeper
6 1 (0.22%) Firmware
6 1 (0.22%) Virtual Machines
6 1 (0.22%) VMware NSX
6 1 (0.22%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 114 (24.84%) Terraform
2 86 (18.74%) Kubernetes
3 70 (15.25%) Ansible
4 28 (6.10%) Grafana
5 25 (5.45%) Prometheus
6 8 (1.74%) Proxmox
7 6 (1.31%) Nagios
7 6 (1.31%) vCenter Server
8 5 (1.09%) Kibana
8 5 (1.09%) Microsoft Intune
8 5 (1.09%) SCCM
9 4 (0.87%) Packer
9 4 (0.87%) Puppet
10 3 (0.65%) Kubeflow
11 2 (0.44%) Argo
11 2 (0.44%) MIIS
11 2 (0.44%) Nessus
11 2 (0.44%) Scalr
11 2 (0.44%) Sysdig
11 2 (0.44%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 99 (21.57%) Microsoft
2 27 (5.88%) Red Hat
3 25 (5.45%) Salesforce
4 20 (4.36%) MuleSoft
5 17 (3.70%) VMware
6 16 (3.49%) Black Duck
6 16 (3.49%) Coverity
7 10 (2.18%) AppDynamics
7 10 (2.18%) Databricks
7 10 (2.18%) Dynatrace
7 10 (2.18%) Oracle
8 9 (1.96%) Cisco
8 9 (1.96%) Splunk
9 8 (1.74%) IBM
9 8 (1.74%) Palo Alto
9 8 (1.74%) Sage
9 8 (1.74%) Xamarin
10 6 (1.31%) Veeam
11 5 (1.09%) 3PAR
11 5 (1.09%) SolarWinds