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

6 months to
6 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 51 23 20
Rank change year-on-year -28 -3 -2
Permanent jobs citing DevOps 493 571 1,237
As % of all permanent jobs in the South East 3.35% 7.53% 7.59%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.61% 8.37% 8.99%
Number of salaries quoted 383 328 801
10th Percentile £41,050 £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 £85,000 £85,000 £85,000
England median annual salary £70,932 £70,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year +1.33% +7.69% -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 10,700 6,822 13,760
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 72.75% 90.00% 84.38%
Number of salaries quoted 6,927 3,392 9,861
10th Percentile £30,000 £28,250 £27,500
25th Percentile £39,000 £37,000 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £53,750 £55,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -2.27% +10.00% -9.09%
75th Percentile £70,000 £68,813 £65,000
90th Percentile £85,000 £83,750 £77,500
England median annual salary £60,000 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year - +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 6 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 6 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 -8 217 £60,000 -6.25% 119
Hampshire -18 111 £70,000 +16.67% 65
Buckinghamshire +7 102 £55,000 -8.33% 22
Berkshire -18 92 £50,000 -33.33% 71
Surrey -12 67 £62,500 -16.67% 24
West Sussex +4 50 £70,000 +12.00% 12
Kent -21 26 £29,000 -49.57% 13
Oxfordshire -8 23 £75,000 +42.86% 28
East Sussex -30 10 £82,500 +73.68% 8
Isle of Wight -2 5 £41,500 -43.15% 1
Sussex -10 5 £60,000 -20.00%
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 10 (2.03%) Confluence
2 6 (1.22%) OpenStack
2 6 (1.22%) SharePoint
3 5 (1.01%) CMS
3 5 (1.01%) IIS
4 4 (0.81%) Sitecore CMS
5 3 (0.61%) Adobe Experience Manager
5 3 (0.61%) Anypoint
5 3 (0.61%) Apache Airflow
6 2 (0.41%) Microsoft Exchange
7 1 (0.20%) Apache
7 1 (0.20%) Camunda
7 1 (0.20%) JBoss
7 1 (0.20%) Red Hat Fuse
Applications
1 10 (2.03%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (0.61%) MS Visio
2 3 (0.61%) Simulink
3 2 (0.41%) Chatbot
4 1 (0.20%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 7 (1.42%) Dynamics CRM
2 2 (0.41%) Infor SunSystems
3 1 (0.20%) SAP S/4HANA
3 1 (0.20%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 274 (55.58%) Azure
2 162 (32.86%) Azure DevOps
3 125 (25.35%) AWS
4 53 (10.75%) GitHub
5 41 (8.32%) Power Platform
6 38 (7.71%) SaaS
7 26 (5.27%) Amazon EKS
7 26 (5.27%) GitHub Actions
8 22 (4.46%) PaaS
9 20 (4.06%) Microsoft 365
9 20 (4.06%) Serverless
10 19 (3.85%) Azure Logic Apps
10 19 (3.85%) GCP
10 19 (3.85%) IaaS
10 19 (3.85%) OpenShift
11 16 (3.25%) Azure AKS
11 16 (3.25%) Entra ID
12 13 (2.64%) AWS Lambda
12 13 (2.64%) Azure Data Factory
12 13 (2.64%) Datadog
Communications & Networking
1 33 (6.69%) Firewall
2 14 (2.84%) VPN
3 12 (2.43%) DNS
4 6 (1.22%) DHCP
5 5 (1.01%) Cisco ASA
6 4 (0.81%) BGP
6 4 (0.81%) SAN
7 3 (0.61%) Software-Defined Radio
8 1 (0.20%) Broadband
8 1 (0.20%) HTTPS
8 1 (0.20%) Internet
8 1 (0.20%) IP Telephony
8 1 (0.20%) Modbus
8 1 (0.20%) MPLS
8 1 (0.20%) Network Security
8 1 (0.20%) S/MIME
8 1 (0.20%) SSL
8 1 (0.20%) TCP/IP
8 1 (0.20%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 46 (9.33%) SQL Server
2 17 (3.45%) Power BI
3 14 (2.84%) PostgreSQL
4 13 (2.64%) Relational Database
5 11 (2.23%) MongoDB
6 8 (1.62%) Azure SQL Database
6 8 (1.62%) Data Lake
6 8 (1.62%) NoSQL
7 6 (1.22%) Metadata
8 5 (1.01%) Data Warehouse
9 4 (0.81%) MySQL
10 3 (0.61%) Amazon RDS
10 3 (0.61%) SQL Server Integration Services
11 2 (0.41%) DynamoDB
11 2 (0.41%) GIS
11 2 (0.41%) Spatial Data
12 1 (0.20%) Elasticsearch
12 1 (0.20%) Oracle Reports
12 1 (0.20%) Spark SQL
12 1 (0.20%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 62 (12.58%) Git
2 54 (10.95%) GitLab
3 32 (6.49%) JIRA
4 27 (5.48%) Jenkins
5 14 (2.84%) Selenium
5 14 (2.84%) Visual Studio Code
6 8 (1.62%) SonarQube
7 7 (1.42%) JUnit
8 6 (1.22%) Atlassian Bamboo
8 6 (1.22%) Cucumber
9 5 (1.01%) Artifactory
9 5 (1.01%) Zephyr
10 4 (0.81%) Mockito
10 4 (0.81%) NUnit
10 4 (0.81%) Robot Framework
10 4 (0.81%) Visual Studio
11 3 (0.61%) Cypress.io
11 3 (0.61%) Octopus Deploy
11 3 (0.61%) Snyk
11 3 (0.61%) TeamCity
General
1 116 (23.53%) Social Skills
2 92 (18.66%) Analytical Skills
3 89 (18.05%) Finance
4 22 (4.46%) Public Sector
5 20 (4.06%) Retail
6 15 (3.04%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 14 (2.84%) Games
8 13 (2.64%) Law
9 9 (1.83%) Billing
10 8 (1.62%) Aerospace
11 7 (1.42%) Manufacturing
12 6 (1.22%) Documentation Skills
13 5 (1.01%) Legal
13 5 (1.01%) Telecoms
14 4 (0.81%) General Ledger
14 4 (0.81%) Marketing
14 4 (0.81%) Tech for Good
15 3 (0.61%) Presentation Skills
16 2 (0.41%) Aviation
16 2 (0.41%) Health Technology
Job Titles
1 112 (22.72%) DevOps Engineer
2 106 (21.50%) Developer
3 76 (15.42%) Senior
4 71 (14.40%) Lead
5 47 (9.53%) Azure Engineer
6 36 (7.30%) Cloud Engineer
6 36 (7.30%) Software Engineer
7 30 (6.09%) Architect
8 29 (5.88%) Senior DevOps
9 25 (5.07%) Full-Stack Developer
10 18 (3.65%) Administrator
10 18 (3.65%) Analyst
10 18 (3.65%) Azure DevOps Engineer
10 18 (3.65%) DevOps Administrator
10 18 (3.65%) Systems Administrator
10 18 (3.65%) Team Leader
11 16 (3.25%) Power Platform Developer
12 15 (3.04%) DevOps Systems Engineer
12 15 (3.04%) Senior Systems Administrator
12 15 (3.04%) Systems Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 84 (17.04%) .NET
2 46 (9.33%) React
3 45 (9.13%) REST
4 32 (6.49%) CSS
5 31 (6.29%) HTML
6 28 (5.68%) ASP.NET
6 28 (5.68%) RESTful
7 25 (5.07%) Middleware
8 22 (4.46%) RabbitMQ
9 21 (4.26%) OAuth
10 20 (4.06%) JSON
10 20 (4.06%) React Native
10 20 (4.06%) SOAP
11 19 (3.85%) .NET Core
12 17 (3.45%) Bootstrap
13 15 (3.04%) AngularJS
13 15 (3.04%) Spring
14 13 (2.64%) Spring Boot
14 13 (2.64%) Visualforce
14 13 (2.64%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 41 (8.32%) Cloud Native
2 38 (7.71%) Product Ownership
3 26 (5.27%) Distributed Systems
4 21 (4.26%) Low-Code
5 18 (3.65%) Algorithms
5 18 (3.65%) Mobile App
6 11 (2.23%) Hybrid Cloud
6 11 (2.23%) Private Cloud
7 10 (2.03%) Self-Motivation
8 9 (1.83%) Data Centre
8 9 (1.83%) Enterprise Software
9 8 (1.62%) Analytical Mindset
9 8 (1.62%) Legacy Systems
10 7 (1.42%) Embedded Systems
10 7 (1.42%) Onboarding
11 6 (1.22%) Life Science
12 5 (1.01%) Virtual Team
13 4 (0.81%) Cyber Defence
13 4 (0.81%) FPGA
14 3 (0.61%) Linux Command Line
Operating Systems
1 77 (15.62%) Linux
2 23 (4.67%) Ubuntu
3 21 (4.26%) Windows
4 16 (3.25%) Windows Server
5 11 (2.23%) VMS
6 7 (1.42%) CentOS
6 7 (1.42%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 6 (1.22%) Unix
7 6 (1.22%) Windows Server 2019
8 4 (0.81%) Windows Server 2012
9 3 (0.61%) Debian
10 2 (0.41%) Android
10 2 (0.41%) Apple iOS
11 1 (0.20%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 251 (50.91%) CI/CD
2 194 (39.35%) Agile
3 135 (27.38%) Problem-Solving
4 118 (23.94%) Infrastructure as Code
5 97 (19.68%) Continuous Improvement
6 71 (14.40%) Containerisation
7 65 (13.18%) AI
8 62 (12.58%) Scrum
9 60 (12.17%) Software Engineering
10 57 (11.56%) Test Automation
11 51 (10.34%) Computer Science
12 49 (9.94%) Microservices
13 46 (9.33%) Data Modelling
14 45 (9.13%) Observability
15 43 (8.72%) Full-Stack Development
16 41 (8.32%) Mentoring
17 39 (7.91%) Kanban
18 37 (7.51%) Deployment Automation
19 36 (7.30%) Analytics
19 36 (7.30%) ITIL
Programming Languages
1 126 (25.56%) Python
2 78 (15.82%) SQL
3 76 (15.42%) C#
4 54 (10.95%) JavaScript
5 48 (9.74%) Bash
6 42 (8.52%) Java
7 36 (7.30%) PowerShell
8 26 (5.27%) C++
9 17 (3.45%) TypeScript
10 14 (2.84%) Go
11 13 (2.64%) Apex Code
12 12 (2.43%) Bicep
12 12 (2.43%) C
13 7 (1.42%) Groovy
14 6 (1.22%) PHP
15 5 (1.01%) MATLAB
15 5 (1.01%) Perl
15 5 (1.01%) PL/SQL
16 4 (0.81%) Ruby
17 3 (0.61%) DataWeave
Qualifications
1 87 (17.65%) Security Cleared
2 69 (14.00%) Degree
3 50 (10.14%) SC Cleared
4 25 (5.07%) DV Cleared
5 23 (4.67%) Computer Science Degree
6 13 (2.64%) Master's Degree
7 12 (2.43%) AWS Certification
8 8 (1.62%) Azure Certification
9 7 (1.42%) ISTQB
10 4 (0.81%) BPSS Clearance
10 4 (0.81%) Chartered Engineer
11 3 (0.61%) ICAEW
12 2 (0.41%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
12 2 (0.41%) CISSP
12 2 (0.41%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
12 2 (0.41%) TOGAF Certification
13 1 (0.20%) CISM
13 1 (0.20%) ITIL Certification
13 1 (0.20%) Microsoft Certification
13 1 (0.20%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 36 (7.30%) QA
2 16 (3.25%) Data Quality
3 10 (2.03%) Accessibility
4 8 (1.62%) NIST
5 7 (1.42%) PCI DSS
6 6 (1.22%) WCAG
7 5 (1.01%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 4 (0.81%) ISO/IEC 12207
8 4 (0.81%) ITGC
9 3 (0.61%) NCSC
9 3 (0.61%) SLA
10 2 (0.41%) GDPR
10 2 (0.41%) SOC 2
11 1 (0.20%) HIPAA
11 1 (0.20%) NIST 800
11 1 (0.20%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 93 (18.86%) Docker
2 11 (2.23%) Active Directory
3 4 (0.81%) Hyper-V
3 4 (0.81%) VMware ESXi
4 3 (0.61%) Firmware
4 3 (0.61%) Slurm Workload Manager
4 3 (0.61%) VMware Infrastructure
5 1 (0.20%) Virtual Desktop
5 1 (0.20%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 120 (24.34%) Terraform
2 94 (19.07%) Kubernetes
3 66 (13.39%) Ansible
4 27 (5.48%) Grafana
5 24 (4.87%) Prometheus
6 9 (1.83%) Nagios
7 8 (1.62%) Proxmox
8 5 (1.01%) Packer
8 5 (1.01%) Puppet
9 4 (0.81%) Kibana
9 4 (0.81%) Microsoft Intune
9 4 (0.81%) SCCM
9 4 (0.81%) vCenter Server
10 3 (0.61%) Scalr
10 3 (0.61%) ZABBIX
11 2 (0.41%) Docker Swarm
11 2 (0.41%) MIIS
11 2 (0.41%) Nessus
11 2 (0.41%) Podman
12 1 (0.20%) Argo
Vendors
1 102 (20.69%) Microsoft
2 31 (6.29%) Red Hat
3 24 (4.87%) Salesforce
4 21 (4.26%) MuleSoft
5 15 (3.04%) VMware
6 12 (2.43%) Databricks
7 10 (2.03%) AppDynamics
7 10 (2.03%) Dynatrace
7 10 (2.03%) Splunk
8 8 (1.62%) Cisco
8 8 (1.62%) IBM
8 8 (1.62%) Oracle
8 8 (1.62%) Palo Alto
9 5 (1.01%) F5
9 5 (1.01%) Juniper
9 5 (1.01%) ServiceNow
9 5 (1.01%) Veeam
10 4 (0.81%) 3PAR
10 4 (0.81%) Sitecore
10 4 (0.81%) SolarWinds