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 13 July 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 33 24 25
Rank change year-on-year -9 +1 -8
Permanent jobs citing DevOps 658 615 1,183
As % of all permanent jobs in the South East 4.19% 7.15% 6.97%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 5.82% 8.08% 8.54%
Number of salaries quoted 507 290 798
10th Percentile £42,500 £42,500 £42,500
25th Percentile £49,584 £50,000 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £65,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year - +4.00% -3.85%
75th Percentile £77,500 £83,438 £73,750
90th Percentile £90,000 £85,000 £86,000
England median annual salary £70,000 £71,991 £66,000
% change year-on-year -2.77% +9.08% -5.71%

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 11,298 7,614 13,851
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 71.87% 88.57% 81.55%
Number of salaries quoted 8,040 3,982 9,658
10th Percentile £30,000 £26,888 £28,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £35,000 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £50,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +10.00% - -9.09%
75th Percentile £70,000 £67,500 £65,000
90th Percentile £85,000 £81,250 £80,000
England median annual salary £60,000 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year +4.35% +4.55% -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 13 July 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 13 July 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 -9 254 £64,250 - 83
Hampshire -11 172 £67,500 +11.57% 56
Buckinghamshire +11 106 £60,000 -2.04% 16
Surrey +16 103 £65,000 -10.34% 22
Berkshire -19 101 £65,000 -7.80% 43
West Sussex +12 80 £70,000 +16.67% 21
Oxfordshire +1 47 £65,000 +30.00% 25
Kent -17 26 £29,000 -57.04% 6
East Sussex -26 9 £85,000 +53.15%
Isle of Wight +2 5 £50,000 -31.51% 5
Sussex -7 5 £60,000 -21.31% 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 18 (2.74%) Confluence
2 10 (1.52%) IIS
3 7 (1.06%) SharePoint
4 6 (0.91%) OpenStack
5 5 (0.76%) nginx
6 4 (0.61%) CMS
6 4 (0.61%) Sitecore CMS
7 3 (0.46%) Adobe Experience Manager
7 3 (0.46%) Anypoint
8 1 (0.15%) Apache
8 1 (0.15%) Apache Spark
8 1 (0.15%) JBoss
8 1 (0.15%) Microsoft Exchange
8 1 (0.15%) Red Hat Fuse
8 1 (0.15%) Tomcat
Applications
1 12 (1.82%) Microsoft Excel
2 6 (0.91%) Simulink
3 3 (0.46%) Microsoft Project
3 3 (0.46%) MS Visio
4 2 (0.30%) Chatbot
4 2 (0.30%) Lightworks
4 2 (0.30%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 1 (0.15%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 6 (0.91%) Dynamics CRM
1 6 (0.91%) SAP S/4HANA
2 5 (0.76%) SAP IBP
3 3 (0.46%) Infor SunSystems
4 2 (0.30%) Payment Gateway
5 1 (0.15%) JDE EnterpriseOne
5 1 (0.15%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 390 (59.27%) Azure
2 229 (34.80%) Azure DevOps
3 162 (24.62%) AWS
4 63 (9.57%) SaaS
5 59 (8.97%) GitHub
6 41 (6.23%) Power Platform
7 40 (6.08%) GitHub Actions
8 37 (5.62%) Serverless
9 33 (5.02%) PaaS
10 29 (4.41%) Azure AKS
11 27 (4.10%) Amazon EKS
12 26 (3.95%) GCP
12 26 (3.95%) IaaS
13 24 (3.65%) Azure AI
13 24 (3.65%) Microsoft 365
14 22 (3.34%) Azure Cosmos DB
15 21 (3.19%) Entra ID
15 21 (3.19%) OpenShift
16 20 (3.04%) Amazon CloudWatch
17 19 (2.89%) Azure Monitor
Communications & Networking
1 31 (4.71%) Firewall
2 21 (3.19%) VPN
3 11 (1.67%) DNS
4 7 (1.06%) MQTT
5 6 (0.91%) Internet
6 5 (0.76%) Cisco ASA
6 5 (0.76%) TCP/IP
7 4 (0.61%) BGP
7 4 (0.61%) Software-Defined Radio
8 3 (0.46%) DHCP
8 3 (0.46%) HTTP
9 1 (0.15%) Broadband
9 1 (0.15%) IP Telephony
9 1 (0.15%) Modbus
9 1 (0.15%) Network Security
9 1 (0.15%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 72 (10.94%) SQL Server
2 50 (7.60%) MongoDB
3 48 (7.29%) Azure SQL Database
4 27 (4.10%) PostgreSQL
5 23 (3.50%) Power BI
6 18 (2.74%) Relational Database
7 13 (1.98%) NoSQL
8 11 (1.67%) Data Lake
9 7 (1.06%) Metadata
9 7 (1.06%) MySQL
10 6 (0.91%) Redis
11 5 (0.76%) Elasticsearch
12 4 (0.61%) Data Warehouse
12 4 (0.61%) DynamoDB
13 3 (0.46%) Amazon RDS
13 3 (0.46%) Spatial Data
13 3 (0.46%) SQL Server Integration Services
13 3 (0.46%) SQL Server Reporting Services
14 2 (0.30%) Delta Lake
14 2 (0.30%) Geospatial Data
Development Applications
1 87 (13.22%) Git
2 64 (9.73%) GitLab
3 43 (6.53%) JIRA
4 36 (5.47%) Jenkins
5 17 (2.58%) Visual Studio Code
6 13 (1.98%) Selenium
7 10 (1.52%) JUnit
7 10 (1.52%) SonarQube
8 8 (1.22%) Cucumber
8 8 (1.22%) Octopus Deploy
9 7 (1.06%) Artifactory
9 7 (1.06%) Cypress.io
9 7 (1.06%) Zephyr
10 6 (0.91%) JMeter
11 5 (0.76%) Mockito
11 5 (0.76%) NUnit
12 4 (0.61%) Atlassian Bamboo
12 4 (0.61%) Visual Studio
13 3 (0.46%) Snyk
14 2 (0.30%) Mocha
General
1 159 (24.16%) Social Skills
2 128 (19.45%) Finance
3 83 (12.61%) Analytical Skills
4 27 (4.10%) Retail
5 20 (3.04%) Games
6 18 (2.74%) Manufacturing
6 18 (2.74%) Public Sector
7 16 (2.43%) Advertising
8 15 (2.28%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 12 (1.82%) Marketing
10 10 (1.52%) Documentation Skills
11 8 (1.22%) Aerospace
12 7 (1.06%) Electronics
13 6 (0.91%) Law
14 5 (0.76%) Automotive
14 5 (0.76%) Aviation
14 5 (0.76%) Telecoms
15 4 (0.61%) Billing
15 4 (0.61%) General Ledger
16 3 (0.46%) Influencing Skills
Job Titles
1 147 (22.34%) DevOps Engineer
2 145 (22.04%) Developer
3 97 (14.74%) Senior
4 78 (11.85%) Lead
5 76 (11.55%) Software Engineer
6 60 (9.12%) .NET Developer
7 58 (8.81%) Azure Engineer
8 38 (5.78%) Architect
9 37 (5.62%) Cloud Engineer
10 34 (5.17%) Senior DevOps
11 30 (4.56%) Azure DevOps Engineer
12 26 (3.95%) Full-Stack Developer
13 23 (3.50%) Analyst
14 20 (3.04%) Senior Software Engineer
15 19 (2.89%) Administrator
15 19 (2.89%) Senior DevOps Engineer
15 19 (2.89%) Systems Administrator
15 19 (2.89%) Systems Engineer
16 17 (2.58%) Data Engineer
16 17 (2.58%) DevOps Administrator
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 140 (21.28%) .NET
2 79 (12.01%) ASP.NET
3 62 (9.42%) HTML
4 61 (9.27%) .NET Core
5 60 (9.12%) React
6 59 (8.97%) CSS
7 58 (8.81%) ASP.NET Core
8 51 (7.75%) RESTful
9 46 (6.99%) REST
10 33 (5.02%) ARM Templates
11 30 (4.56%) Entity Framework
12 29 (4.41%) Blazor
13 26 (3.95%) YAML
14 24 (3.65%) RabbitMQ
15 23 (3.50%) JSON
16 21 (3.19%) ML.NET
16 21 (3.19%) Spring
17 20 (3.04%) Spring Boot
18 19 (2.89%) OAuth
19 18 (2.74%) Node.js
Miscellaneous
1 72 (10.94%) Cloud Native
2 47 (7.14%) Product Ownership
3 33 (5.02%) Distributed Systems
4 23 (3.50%) Hybrid Cloud
5 22 (3.34%) Algorithms
6 21 (3.19%) Enterprise Software
6 21 (3.19%) Greenfield Project
7 15 (2.28%) Mobile App
8 13 (1.98%) Data Centre
9 12 (1.82%) Private Cloud
10 11 (1.67%) Legacy Systems
11 10 (1.52%) Low-Code
11 10 (1.52%) Self-Motivation
12 9 (1.37%) Embedded Systems
13 8 (1.22%) Analytical Mindset
13 8 (1.22%) Life Science
14 7 (1.06%) Data Structures
14 7 (1.06%) FPGA
14 7 (1.06%) Virtual Team
15 6 (0.91%) Robotics
Operating Systems
1 110 (16.72%) Linux
2 34 (5.17%) Windows
3 31 (4.71%) Ubuntu
4 16 (2.43%) Windows Server
5 14 (2.13%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 10 (1.52%) CentOS
6 10 (1.52%) VMS
7 9 (1.37%) Debian
8 5 (0.76%) Unix
8 5 (0.76%) Windows Server 2019
9 4 (0.61%) Android
10 2 (0.30%) Rocky
11 1 (0.15%) Embedded Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 320 (48.63%) CI/CD
2 269 (40.88%) Agile
3 155 (23.56%) Infrastructure as Code
4 151 (22.95%) Problem-Solving
5 120 (18.24%) Software Engineering
6 119 (18.09%) Continuous Improvement
7 106 (16.11%) AI
8 97 (14.74%) Full-Stack Development
9 92 (13.98%) Containerisation
10 87 (13.22%) Microservices
11 77 (11.70%) Computer Science
11 77 (11.70%) Scrum
12 71 (10.79%) Test Automation
13 68 (10.33%) Mentoring
14 67 (10.18%) Observability
15 62 (9.42%) Analytics
16 59 (8.97%) Machine Learning
17 57 (8.66%) Kanban
18 55 (8.36%) SDLC
19 53 (8.05%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 169 (25.68%) Python
2 146 (22.19%) C#
3 135 (20.52%) SQL
4 92 (13.98%) JavaScript
5 70 (10.64%) Bash
6 66 (10.03%) PowerShell
7 60 (9.12%) Java
8 41 (6.23%) C++
9 33 (5.02%) Bicep
10 31 (4.71%) TypeScript
11 23 (3.50%) C
12 17 (2.58%) Go
13 15 (2.28%) PHP
14 11 (1.67%) Apex Code
15 9 (1.37%) Groovy
15 9 (1.37%) MATLAB
16 8 (1.22%) T-SQL
17 6 (0.91%) Ruby
17 6 (0.91%) Rust
17 6 (0.91%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 106 (16.11%) Security Cleared
2 97 (14.74%) Degree
3 58 (8.81%) SC Cleared
4 29 (4.41%) Computer Science Degree
5 25 (3.80%) DV Cleared
6 22 (3.34%) Master's Degree
7 13 (1.98%) AWS Certification
8 11 (1.67%) Azure Certification
9 9 (1.37%) ISTQB
10 6 (0.91%) DBS Check
10 6 (0.91%) ICAEW
11 3 (0.46%) PMI Certification
12 2 (0.30%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
12 2 (0.30%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
12 2 (0.30%) ITIL Certification
12 2 (0.30%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
13 1 (0.15%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
13 1 (0.15%) CCA
13 1 (0.15%) Microsoft Certified Professional
13 1 (0.15%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 55 (8.36%) QA
2 15 (2.28%) PCI DSS
3 14 (2.13%) Accessibility
4 13 (1.98%) Data Quality
5 9 (1.37%) NIST
5 9 (1.37%) WCAG
6 6 (0.91%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 4 (0.61%) ITGC
8 3 (0.46%) SOC 2
9 1 (0.15%) GDPR
9 1 (0.15%) NCSC
9 1 (0.15%) SLA
System Software
1 139 (21.12%) Docker
2 17 (2.58%) Active Directory
3 8 (1.22%) Firmware
4 7 (1.06%) Virtual Machines
5 5 (0.76%) Hyper-V
5 5 (0.76%) Slurm Workload Manager
6 3 (0.46%) VMware Infrastructure
7 2 (0.30%) Xen
8 1 (0.15%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 162 (24.62%) Terraform
2 136 (20.67%) Kubernetes
3 82 (12.46%) Ansible
4 42 (6.38%) Grafana
5 37 (5.62%) Prometheus
6 13 (1.98%) Nagios
7 12 (1.82%) Kibana
8 9 (1.37%) Puppet
9 8 (1.22%) Proxmox
10 7 (1.06%) ZABBIX
11 6 (0.91%) Argo
11 6 (0.91%) Podman
12 5 (0.76%) Docker Swarm
12 5 (0.76%) Packer
13 3 (0.46%) Scalr
14 2 (0.30%) FlexNet
14 2 (0.30%) HP Fortify
14 2 (0.30%) Istio
14 2 (0.30%) Kustomize
14 2 (0.30%) MIIS
Vendors
1 156 (23.71%) Microsoft
2 34 (5.17%) Red Hat
3 24 (3.65%) Salesforce
4 17 (2.58%) Splunk
5 14 (2.13%) Oracle
6 13 (1.98%) Databricks
6 13 (1.98%) Dynatrace
6 13 (1.98%) MuleSoft
7 12 (1.82%) Facebook
7 12 (1.82%) YouTube
8 11 (1.67%) VMware
9 10 (1.52%) Google
9 10 (1.52%) ServiceNow
10 9 (1.37%) AppDynamics
10 9 (1.37%) SAP
11 8 (1.22%) Cisco
11 8 (1.22%) IBM
11 8 (1.22%) Palo Alto
12 5 (0.76%) F5
12 5 (0.76%) Juniper