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 22 March 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
22 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 49 20 22
Rank change year-on-year -29 +2 -3
Permanent jobs citing DevOps 446 573 1,107
As % of all permanent jobs in the South East 3.55% 8.23% 7.51%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.70% 9.14% 8.81%
Number of salaries quoted 342 364 728
10th Percentile £40,775 £42,500 £43,226
25th Percentile £47,500 £51,250 £51,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £67,500 £61,500
Median % change year-on-year -7.41% +9.76% -5.38%
75th Percentile £75,000 £81,563 £73,750
90th Percentile £87,500 £85,000 £87,500
England median annual salary £70,000 £70,000 £66,500
% change year-on-year - +5.26% -5.00%

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 9,495 6,269 12,571
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 75.57% 90.05% 85.27%
Number of salaries quoted 6,022 3,270 9,254
10th Percentile £28,500 £31,000 £27,500
25th Percentile £35,063 £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 £65,000 £72,500 £65,000
90th Percentile £81,250 £85,000 £77,750
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% +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 22 March 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 22 March 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 -22 165 £50,000 -23.08% 92
Hampshire -23 102 £71,250 +9.62% 49
Buckinghamshire +3 78 £50,000 -16.67% 32
Berkshire -31 70 £50,000 -34.43% 36
Surrey -26 59 £62,500 -16.67% 22
West Sussex +6 43 £70,000 +16.67% 12
Kent -14 29 £80,000 +39.13% 6
Middlesex +5 19 - - 1
Oxfordshire -14 17 £71,250 +33.18% 24
East Sussex -17 14 £82,500 +65.00% 4
Isle of Wight - 8 £42,000 - 2
Sussex -12 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 13 (2.91%) IIS
2 6 (1.35%) Confluence
3 5 (1.12%) Apache Airflow
4 3 (0.67%) Apache
4 3 (0.67%) OpenStack
5 2 (0.45%) Anypoint
5 2 (0.45%) Appian
5 2 (0.45%) CMS
5 2 (0.45%) SharePoint
6 1 (0.22%) Camunda
6 1 (0.22%) Microsoft Exchange
6 1 (0.22%) Sitecore CMS
Applications
1 5 (1.12%) Microsoft Excel
2 4 (0.90%) MS Visio
3 2 (0.45%) Chatbot
3 2 (0.45%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 6 (1.35%) Dynamics CRM
2 3 (0.67%) Oracle ERP
2 3 (0.67%) SAP S/4HANA
2 3 (0.67%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 265 (59.42%) Azure
2 182 (40.81%) Azure DevOps
3 103 (23.09%) AWS
4 62 (13.90%) GitHub
5 42 (9.42%) Power Platform
6 32 (7.17%) SaaS
7 31 (6.95%) PaaS
8 26 (5.83%) GitHub Actions
9 25 (5.61%) Azure Logic Apps
9 25 (5.61%) GCP
10 22 (4.93%) Serverless
11 20 (4.48%) Entra ID
12 19 (4.26%) OpenShift
13 18 (4.04%) IaaS
14 17 (3.81%) Microsoft 365
15 14 (3.14%) Amazon S3
15 14 (3.14%) AWS CloudFormation
15 14 (3.14%) Azure AKS
16 13 (2.91%) Azure Data Factory
17 12 (2.69%) Dynamics 365
Communications & Networking
1 27 (6.05%) Firewall
2 21 (4.71%) DNS
3 14 (3.14%) VPN
4 6 (1.35%) DHCP
4 6 (1.35%) SAN
5 5 (1.12%) Cisco ASA
6 3 (0.67%) BGP
7 2 (0.45%) HTTP
7 2 (0.45%) Software-Defined Radio
7 2 (0.45%) TCP/IP
8 1 (0.22%) AMQP
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
Database & Business Intelligence
1 40 (8.97%) SQL Server
2 19 (4.26%) Power BI
3 12 (2.69%) NoSQL
3 12 (2.69%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 9 (2.02%) Azure SQL Database
4 9 (2.02%) PostgreSQL
5 8 (1.79%) MySQL
6 7 (1.57%) Data Lake
6 7 (1.57%) Data Warehouse
6 7 (1.57%) MongoDB
6 7 (1.57%) Relational Database
7 6 (1.35%) DynamoDB
8 3 (0.67%) Elasticsearch
8 3 (0.67%) SAP Data Services
8 3 (0.67%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 2 (0.45%) Airbyte
9 2 (0.45%) Amazon RDS
9 2 (0.45%) Apache Cassandra
9 2 (0.45%) GIS
9 2 (0.45%) Redis
Development Applications
1 54 (12.11%) Git
2 39 (8.74%) GitLab
3 28 (6.28%) Selenium
4 25 (5.61%) Jenkins
5 19 (4.26%) Robot Framework
6 18 (4.04%) JIRA
6 18 (4.04%) Snyk
7 7 (1.57%) Visual Studio
8 6 (1.35%) Atlassian Bamboo
8 6 (1.35%) JUnit
8 6 (1.35%) MLflow
9 5 (1.12%) git-flow
10 4 (0.90%) Cypress.io
10 4 (0.90%) Mockito
10 4 (0.90%) NUnit
10 4 (0.90%) Visual Studio Code
11 3 (0.67%) Cucumber
11 3 (0.67%) TeamCity
12 2 (0.45%) Octopus Deploy
12 2 (0.45%) Zephyr
General
1 122 (27.35%) Social Skills
2 102 (22.87%) Analytical Skills
3 91 (20.40%) Finance
4 21 (4.71%) Public Sector
5 15 (3.36%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 15 (3.36%) Retail
6 14 (3.14%) Law
7 12 (2.69%) Manufacturing
8 11 (2.47%) Games
9 9 (2.02%) Billing
10 7 (1.57%) Aerospace
11 6 (1.35%) Banking
12 5 (1.12%) Legal
12 5 (1.12%) Telecoms
13 4 (0.90%) General Ledger
13 4 (0.90%) Tech for Good
14 3 (0.67%) Documentation Skills
14 3 (0.67%) Health Technology
14 3 (0.67%) Marketing
14 3 (0.67%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 103 (23.09%) Developer
2 73 (16.37%) DevOps Engineer
3 65 (14.57%) Lead
4 62 (13.90%) Senior
5 36 (8.07%) Azure Engineer
6 35 (7.85%) Software Engineer
7 30 (6.73%) Cloud Engineer
8 26 (5.83%) Architect
9 24 (5.38%) Full-Stack Developer
10 23 (5.16%) Senior DevOps
11 22 (4.93%) Analyst
12 16 (3.59%) Power Platform Developer
13 15 (3.36%) Administrator
13 15 (3.36%) DevOps Administrator
13 15 (3.36%) Systems Administrator
14 14 (3.14%) IT Engineer
15 12 (2.69%) .NET Developer
15 12 (2.69%) Data Engineer
15 12 (2.69%) Senior Systems Administrator
16 11 (2.47%) IT Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 103 (23.09%) .NET
2 51 (11.43%) React
3 39 (8.74%) REST
4 38 (8.52%) CSS
5 36 (8.07%) HTML
6 33 (7.40%) ASP.NET
7 28 (6.28%) .NET Framework
8 23 (5.16%) Middleware
9 21 (4.71%) React Native
10 18 (4.04%) Bootstrap
11 17 (3.81%) .NET Core
12 16 (3.59%) ARM Templates
12 16 (3.59%) Entity Framework
12 16 (3.59%) RESTful
13 15 (3.36%) Lightning Web Components
13 15 (3.36%) OAuth
13 15 (3.36%) SOAP
13 15 (3.36%) Visualforce
14 14 (3.14%) RabbitMQ
14 14 (3.14%) WinForms
Miscellaneous
1 38 (8.52%) Cloud Native
2 26 (5.83%) Product Ownership
3 23 (5.16%) Low-Code
4 20 (4.48%) Mobile App
5 10 (2.24%) Distributed Systems
6 9 (2.02%) Enterprise Software
7 8 (1.79%) Analytical Mindset
7 8 (1.79%) Hybrid Cloud
7 8 (1.79%) Private Cloud
7 8 (1.79%) Security Posture
8 7 (1.57%) Self-Motivation
9 6 (1.35%) Life Science
10 5 (1.12%) Algorithms
10 5 (1.12%) Legacy Systems
11 3 (0.67%) Animation
11 3 (0.67%) Linux Command Line
11 3 (0.67%) Manufacturing Execution System
11 3 (0.67%) Renewable Energy
12 2 (0.45%) Cyber Defence
12 2 (0.45%) N-Tier
Operating Systems
1 60 (13.45%) Linux
2 43 (9.64%) Windows
3 16 (3.59%) Ubuntu
4 14 (3.14%) Windows Server
5 7 (1.57%) Windows Server 2019
6 6 (1.35%) Unix
6 6 (1.35%) Windows Server 2012
7 5 (1.12%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 4 (0.90%) CentOS
8 4 (0.90%) VMS
9 3 (0.67%) Android
9 3 (0.67%) Apple iOS
10 1 (0.22%) Debian
10 1 (0.22%) Windows 10
10 1 (0.22%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 228 (51.12%) CI/CD
2 188 (42.15%) Agile
3 132 (29.60%) Problem-Solving
4 111 (24.89%) Infrastructure as Code
5 89 (19.96%) Continuous Improvement
6 58 (13.00%) Test Automation
7 57 (12.78%) Containerisation
7 57 (12.78%) Mentoring
8 55 (12.33%) AI
8 55 (12.33%) Computer Science
8 55 (12.33%) Scrum
9 54 (12.11%) Software Engineering
10 43 (9.64%) Full-Stack Development
11 41 (9.19%) Microservices
12 38 (8.52%) Observability
13 36 (8.07%) Cybersecurity
14 34 (7.62%) Continuous Integration
14 34 (7.62%) SDLC
15 33 (7.40%) Data Modelling
16 32 (7.17%) Unit Testing
Programming Languages
1 104 (23.32%) Python
2 84 (18.83%) SQL
3 81 (18.16%) C#
4 51 (11.43%) JavaScript
5 39 (8.74%) Bash
6 37 (8.30%) PowerShell
7 36 (8.07%) Java
8 19 (4.26%) TypeScript
9 15 (3.36%) Apex Code
10 14 (3.14%) C++
11 13 (2.91%) Bicep
11 13 (2.91%) Go
12 11 (2.47%) T-SQL
13 7 (1.57%) C
14 4 (0.90%) Ruby
15 3 (0.67%) ABAP
15 3 (0.67%) PHP
15 3 (0.67%) R
16 2 (0.45%) Delphi
16 2 (0.45%) VB
Qualifications
1 75 (16.82%) Degree
2 68 (15.25%) Security Cleared
3 39 (8.74%) Computer Science Degree
4 36 (8.07%) DV Cleared
5 27 (6.05%) SC Cleared
6 18 (4.04%) Master's Degree
7 11 (2.47%) AWS Certification
8 10 (2.24%) Azure Certification
9 9 (2.02%) BPSS Clearance
10 6 (1.35%) Chartered Engineer
11 5 (1.12%) ISTQB
12 4 (0.90%) TOGAF Certification
13 3 (0.67%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
13 3 (0.67%) Microsoft Certification
14 2 (0.45%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
14 2 (0.45%) 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 (7.62%) QA
2 12 (2.69%) NIST
3 11 (2.47%) Data Quality
4 8 (1.79%) PMO
5 7 (1.57%) Accessibility
5 7 (1.57%) NCSC
6 6 (1.35%) ISO/IEC 12207
6 6 (1.35%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 5 (1.12%) PCI DSS
8 4 (0.90%) ITGC
9 2 (0.45%) SLA
10 1 (0.22%) GDPR
10 1 (0.22%) HIPAA
10 1 (0.22%) NIST 800
10 1 (0.22%) Sarbanes-Oxley
10 1 (0.22%) WCAG
System Software
1 66 (14.80%) Docker
2 17 (3.81%) Active Directory
3 6 (1.35%) VMware ESXi
4 3 (0.67%) VMware Infrastructure
5 2 (0.45%) Hyper-V
6 1 (0.22%) Apache ZooKeeper
6 1 (0.22%) Firmware
6 1 (0.22%) Slurm Workload Manager
6 1 (0.22%) Virtual Machines
6 1 (0.22%) VMware NSX
6 1 (0.22%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 104 (23.32%) Terraform
2 77 (17.26%) Kubernetes
3 56 (12.56%) Ansible
4 26 (5.83%) Grafana
5 24 (5.38%) Prometheus
6 8 (1.79%) Proxmox
7 7 (1.57%) Microsoft Intune
7 7 (1.57%) vCenter Server
8 6 (1.35%) Nagios
8 6 (1.35%) SCCM
9 3 (0.67%) Kubeflow
9 3 (0.67%) Puppet
10 2 (0.45%) Argo
10 2 (0.45%) MIIS
10 2 (0.45%) Nessus
10 2 (0.45%) Scalr
10 2 (0.45%) Sysdig
11 1 (0.22%) Docker Swarm
11 1 (0.22%) Kibana
11 1 (0.22%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 106 (23.77%) Microsoft
2 26 (5.83%) Salesforce
3 25 (5.61%) Red Hat
4 19 (4.26%) MuleSoft
5 18 (4.04%) VMware
6 17 (3.81%) Black Duck
6 17 (3.81%) Coverity
7 10 (2.24%) Dynatrace
7 10 (2.24%) Sage
7 10 (2.24%) Xamarin
8 9 (2.02%) Cisco
9 8 (1.79%) Palo Alto
9 8 (1.79%) Splunk
10 7 (1.57%) Databricks
10 7 (1.57%) Veeam
11 6 (1.35%) 3PAR
11 6 (1.35%) NetApp
11 6 (1.35%) Oracle
11 6 (1.35%) SolarWinds
12 5 (1.12%) Juniper