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

6 months to
23 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 37 25 22
Rank change year-on-year -12 -3 -6
Permanent jobs citing DevOps 555 558 1,234
As % of all permanent jobs in the South East 3.82% 7.30% 7.47%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 5.31% 8.05% 8.91%
Number of salaries quoted 421 287 811
10th Percentile £40,750 £42,500 £42,500
25th Percentile £47,500 £50,000 £49,625
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 £70,000 £72,500 £65,000
% change year-on-year -3.45% +11.54% -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 10,456 6,931 13,851
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 71.98% 90.72% 83.83%
Number of salaries quoted 7,116 3,191 9,801
10th Percentile £30,000 £27,500 £27,500
25th Percentile £39,280 £36,250 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £52,713 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.34% +5.43% -9.09%
75th Percentile £70,000 £67,500 £65,000
90th Percentile £85,000 £82,500 £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 23 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 23 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 -2 245 £60,000 -6.98% 83
Hampshire -23 128 £70,000 +15.70% 43
Berkshire -13 106 £58,750 -26.56% 50
Buckinghamshire +17 105 £55,000 -8.33% 17
Surrey -11 77 £62,500 -15.25% 13
West Sussex +9 53 £70,000 +12.00% 12
Oxfordshire -6 34 £67,500 +35.00% 20
Kent -23 27 £29,000 -63.75% 5
East Sussex -28 12 £82,500 +65.00% 2
Sussex -12 5 £60,000 -21.31%
Isle of Wight -3 4 £41,500 -43.15% 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 11 (1.98%) Confluence
2 7 (1.26%) SharePoint
3 6 (1.08%) OpenStack
4 5 (0.90%) CMS
5 4 (0.72%) IIS
5 4 (0.72%) Sitecore CMS
6 3 (0.54%) Adobe Experience Manager
6 3 (0.54%) Anypoint
7 2 (0.36%) Apache Airflow
7 2 (0.36%) Microsoft Exchange
8 1 (0.18%) Apache
8 1 (0.18%) Camunda
8 1 (0.18%) JBoss
8 1 (0.18%) Red Hat Fuse
Applications
1 10 (1.80%) Microsoft Excel
2 5 (0.90%) Simulink
3 2 (0.36%) Chatbot
3 2 (0.36%) MS Visio
4 1 (0.18%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 9 (1.62%) Dynamics CRM
2 2 (0.36%) Infor SunSystems
3 1 (0.18%) SAP S/4HANA
3 1 (0.18%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 313 (56.40%) Azure
2 185 (33.33%) Azure DevOps
3 142 (25.59%) AWS
4 55 (9.91%) GitHub
5 51 (9.19%) SaaS
6 48 (8.65%) Power Platform
7 28 (5.05%) Amazon EKS
8 27 (4.86%) GitHub Actions
8 27 (4.86%) PaaS
9 26 (4.68%) Serverless
10 22 (3.96%) Microsoft 365
11 21 (3.78%) IaaS
12 20 (3.60%) Azure AKS
12 20 (3.60%) GCP
13 19 (3.42%) OpenShift
14 18 (3.24%) Entra ID
15 17 (3.06%) Azure Logic Apps
16 16 (2.88%) Datadog
17 15 (2.70%) Amazon CloudWatch
17 15 (2.70%) Amazon ECS
Communications & Networking
1 34 (6.13%) Firewall
2 15 (2.70%) DNS
2 15 (2.70%) VPN
3 7 (1.26%) DHCP
4 5 (0.90%) Cisco ASA
5 4 (0.72%) BGP
5 4 (0.72%) SAN
5 4 (0.72%) Software-Defined Radio
6 3 (0.54%) MQTT
7 2 (0.36%) Internet
7 2 (0.36%) TCP/IP
8 1 (0.18%) Broadband
8 1 (0.18%) IP Telephony
8 1 (0.18%) Modbus
8 1 (0.18%) MPLS
8 1 (0.18%) Network Security
8 1 (0.18%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 56 (10.09%) SQL Server
2 23 (4.14%) Power BI
3 19 (3.42%) PostgreSQL
4 18 (3.24%) MongoDB
5 16 (2.88%) Azure SQL Database
6 14 (2.52%) Relational Database
7 9 (1.62%) Data Lake
8 8 (1.44%) NoSQL
9 6 (1.08%) Metadata
10 4 (0.72%) Data Warehouse
11 3 (0.54%) Amazon RDS
11 3 (0.54%) MySQL
11 3 (0.54%) Spatial Data
12 2 (0.36%) DynamoDB
12 2 (0.36%) SQL Server Integration Services
13 1 (0.18%) Apache Cassandra
13 1 (0.18%) Couchbase
13 1 (0.18%) Elasticsearch
13 1 (0.18%) Redis
13 1 (0.18%) SAP Data Services
Development Applications
1 73 (13.15%) Git
2 57 (10.27%) GitLab
3 32 (5.77%) JIRA
4 26 (4.68%) Jenkins
5 16 (2.88%) Visual Studio Code
6 15 (2.70%) Selenium
7 10 (1.80%) JUnit
8 8 (1.44%) Cucumber
8 8 (1.44%) SonarQube
9 6 (1.08%) Mockito
9 6 (1.08%) Zephyr
10 5 (0.90%) Artifactory
10 5 (0.90%) Cypress.io
11 4 (0.72%) Atlassian Bamboo
11 4 (0.72%) JMeter
11 4 (0.72%) NUnit
11 4 (0.72%) Snyk
11 4 (0.72%) Visual Studio
12 3 (0.54%) MLflow
12 3 (0.54%) Octopus Deploy
General
1 126 (22.70%) Social Skills
2 102 (18.38%) Finance
3 93 (16.76%) Analytical Skills
4 24 (4.32%) Retail
5 20 (3.60%) Public Sector
6 16 (2.88%) Games
7 13 (2.34%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 11 (1.98%) Manufacturing
9 10 (1.80%) Law
10 9 (1.62%) Billing
11 8 (1.44%) Aerospace
11 8 (1.44%) Documentation Skills
12 5 (0.90%) Advertising
12 5 (0.90%) Electronics
12 5 (0.90%) Marketing
12 5 (0.90%) Telecoms
13 4 (0.72%) Automotive
13 4 (0.72%) General Ledger
13 4 (0.72%) Legal
13 4 (0.72%) Tech for Good
Job Titles
1 129 (23.24%) DevOps Engineer
2 119 (21.44%) Developer
3 83 (14.95%) Senior
4 74 (13.33%) Lead
5 56 (10.09%) Software Engineer
6 55 (9.91%) Azure Engineer
7 38 (6.85%) Cloud Engineer
8 33 (5.95%) Architect
9 32 (5.77%) Senior DevOps
10 28 (5.05%) Full-Stack Developer
11 22 (3.96%) Azure DevOps Engineer
12 21 (3.78%) Analyst
13 19 (3.42%) .NET Developer
14 18 (3.24%) Administrator
14 18 (3.24%) DevOps Administrator
14 18 (3.24%) Systems Administrator
14 18 (3.24%) Team Leader
15 17 (3.06%) Senior DevOps Engineer
16 16 (2.88%) DevOps Systems Engineer
16 16 (2.88%) Systems Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 101 (18.20%) .NET
2 49 (8.83%) React
3 45 (8.11%) HTML
4 42 (7.57%) CSS
5 39 (7.03%) REST
6 38 (6.85%) ASP.NET
7 36 (6.49%) RESTful
8 28 (5.05%) .NET Core
9 23 (4.14%) YAML
10 21 (3.78%) ASP.NET Core
10 21 (3.78%) RabbitMQ
11 20 (3.60%) JSON
12 19 (3.42%) Spring
13 18 (3.24%) Middleware
13 18 (3.24%) OAuth
13 18 (3.24%) React Native
14 17 (3.06%) AngularJS
15 16 (2.88%) Bootstrap
15 16 (2.88%) Spring Boot
16 15 (2.70%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 49 (8.83%) Cloud Native
2 43 (7.75%) Product Ownership
3 29 (5.23%) Distributed Systems
4 20 (3.60%) Algorithms
4 20 (3.60%) Low-Code
5 18 (3.24%) Mobile App
6 13 (2.34%) Enterprise Software
6 13 (2.34%) Hybrid Cloud
7 12 (2.16%) Private Cloud
8 11 (1.98%) Self-Motivation
9 10 (1.80%) Data Centre
9 10 (1.80%) Legacy Systems
10 8 (1.44%) Analytical Mindset
10 8 (1.44%) Embedded Systems
11 7 (1.26%) Greenfield Project
11 7 (1.26%) Life Science
11 7 (1.26%) Onboarding
12 6 (1.08%) FPGA
12 6 (1.08%) Virtual Team
13 4 (0.72%) Cyber Defence
Operating Systems
1 92 (16.58%) Linux
2 29 (5.23%) Ubuntu
3 26 (4.68%) Windows
4 19 (3.42%) Windows Server
5 11 (1.98%) VMS
6 9 (1.62%) CentOS
6 9 (1.62%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 8 (1.44%) Windows Server 2019
8 6 (1.08%) Unix
9 4 (0.72%) Windows Server 2012
10 3 (0.54%) Android
10 3 (0.54%) Debian
11 2 (0.36%) Apple iOS
12 1 (0.18%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 274 (49.37%) CI/CD
2 216 (38.92%) Agile
3 142 (25.59%) Problem-Solving
4 130 (23.42%) Infrastructure as Code
5 98 (17.66%) Continuous Improvement
6 84 (15.14%) AI
6 84 (15.14%) Software Engineering
7 81 (14.59%) Containerisation
8 68 (12.25%) Scrum
9 65 (11.71%) Test Automation
10 64 (11.53%) Computer Science
11 62 (11.17%) Full-Stack Development
12 59 (10.63%) Microservices
13 49 (8.83%) Observability
14 48 (8.65%) Mentoring
15 47 (8.47%) Data Modelling
16 45 (8.11%) Kanban
17 43 (7.75%) Machine Learning
18 39 (7.03%) Analytics
19 37 (6.67%) SDLC
Programming Languages
1 147 (26.49%) Python
2 99 (17.84%) C#
3 91 (16.40%) SQL
4 71 (12.79%) JavaScript
5 58 (10.45%) Bash
6 50 (9.01%) Java
7 43 (7.75%) PowerShell
8 33 (5.95%) C++
9 21 (3.78%) TypeScript
10 17 (3.06%) C
11 15 (2.70%) Go
12 14 (2.52%) Bicep
13 10 (1.80%) Apex Code
14 8 (1.44%) MATLAB
15 7 (1.26%) Groovy
15 7 (1.26%) PHP
16 6 (1.08%) Shell Script
17 5 (0.90%) Perl
17 5 (0.90%) PL/SQL
17 5 (0.90%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 99 (17.84%) Security Cleared
2 82 (14.77%) Degree
3 55 (9.91%) SC Cleared
4 25 (4.50%) Computer Science Degree
4 25 (4.50%) DV Cleared
5 16 (2.88%) Master's Degree
6 12 (2.16%) AWS Certification
7 10 (1.80%) Azure Certification
8 8 (1.44%) ISTQB
9 5 (0.90%) ICAEW
10 4 (0.72%) DBS Check
11 2 (0.36%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
11 2 (0.36%) BPSS Clearance
11 2 (0.36%) Chartered Engineer
11 2 (0.36%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
11 2 (0.36%) PMI Certification
11 2 (0.36%) TOGAF Certification
12 1 (0.18%) CCA
12 1 (0.18%) ITIL Certification
12 1 (0.18%) LPIC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 36 (6.49%) QA
2 17 (3.06%) Data Quality
3 12 (2.16%) Accessibility
4 9 (1.62%) WCAG
5 7 (1.26%) PCI DSS
6 6 (1.08%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 6 (1.08%) NIST
7 4 (0.72%) ITGC
8 3 (0.54%) SOC 2
9 2 (0.36%) ISO/IEC 12207
9 2 (0.36%) NCSC
9 2 (0.36%) SLA
10 1 (0.18%) GDPR
System Software
1 108 (19.46%) Docker
2 13 (2.34%) Active Directory
3 6 (1.08%) Firmware
4 5 (0.90%) Hyper-V
5 4 (0.72%) VMware ESXi
5 4 (0.72%) VMware Infrastructure
6 3 (0.54%) Slurm Workload Manager
7 2 (0.36%) Virtual Machines
8 1 (0.18%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 137 (24.68%) Terraform
2 106 (19.10%) Kubernetes
3 79 (14.23%) Ansible
4 31 (5.59%) Grafana
5 27 (4.86%) Prometheus
6 12 (2.16%) Nagios
7 8 (1.44%) Kibana
7 8 (1.44%) Proxmox
8 6 (1.08%) Puppet
9 5 (0.90%) Microsoft Intune
9 5 (0.90%) Packer
9 5 (0.90%) Podman
10 4 (0.72%) Docker Swarm
10 4 (0.72%) SCCM
10 4 (0.72%) vCenter Server
11 3 (0.54%) Argo
11 3 (0.54%) Scalr
11 3 (0.54%) ZABBIX
12 2 (0.36%) MIIS
13 1 (0.18%) Nessus
Vendors
1 117 (21.08%) Microsoft
2 35 (6.31%) Red Hat
3 27 (4.86%) Salesforce
4 19 (3.42%) MuleSoft
5 16 (2.88%) VMware
6 15 (2.70%) Splunk
7 12 (2.16%) Databricks
7 12 (2.16%) Dynatrace
8 10 (1.80%) AppDynamics
9 9 (1.62%) Oracle
10 8 (1.44%) Cisco
10 8 (1.44%) IBM
10 8 (1.44%) Palo Alto
11 6 (1.08%) ServiceNow
12 5 (0.90%) F5
12 5 (0.90%) Juniper
12 5 (0.90%) Veeam
13 4 (0.72%) 3PAR
13 4 (0.72%) NetApp
13 4 (0.72%) SolarWinds