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 14 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 42 23 19
Rank change year-on-year -19 -4 -1
Permanent jobs citing DevOps 455 857 728
As % of all permanent jobs in the South East 4.90% 7.59% 9.47%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 5.69% 9.32% 10.16%
Number of salaries quoted 271 491 508
10th Percentile £33,750 £42,500 £46,250
25th Percentile £47,500 £50,375 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £63,500 £66,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.79% +1.54% -
75th Percentile £83,750 £82,500 £77,500
90th Percentile £90,000 £87,500 £90,000
England median annual salary £70,000 £70,000 £70,000

All Process and 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 7,990 9,200 7,166
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 85.97% 81.50% 93.20%
Number of salaries quoted 4,706 4,807 4,997
10th Percentile £27,250 £32,750 £31,250
25th Percentile £33,250 £42,500 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -13.64% - -
75th Percentile £65,000 £71,250 £68,750
90th Percentile £80,000 £85,000 £82,500
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% - -0.83%

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 14 November 2025.

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 14 November 2025. 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 -20 158 £63,500 -2.31% 137
Hampshire -15 118 £73,250 +12.69% 58
Berkshire -26 87 £65,000 -13.33% 49
Buckinghamshire -5 53 £60,000 +16.50% 49
Surrey -30 53 £70,000 - 33
Kent +10 42 £37,500 -46.43% 16
Middlesex +7 29 £37,500 - 8
West Sussex -2 28 £60,000 -2.04% 12
Oxfordshire -4 18 £67,500 +2.44% 44
East Sussex -1 14 £58,250 -37.03% 17
Isle of Wight -12 10 £59,000 - 2
Sussex +9 4 £45,000 -25.00% 3
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 22 (4.84%) IIS
2 18 (3.96%) Apache
3 11 (2.42%) Apache Spark
4 10 (2.20%) Apache Airflow
5 9 (1.98%) Appian
6 6 (1.32%) Confluence
7 4 (0.88%) JBoss
7 4 (0.88%) nginx
7 4 (0.88%) Red Hat Fuse
7 4 (0.88%) SharePoint
8 3 (0.66%) Microsoft Exchange
9 1 (0.22%) Anypoint
9 1 (0.22%) ArcGIS
Applications
1 16 (3.52%) Microsoft Office
2 4 (0.88%) Microsoft Excel
2 4 (0.88%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 4 (0.88%) Microsoft Project
3 3 (0.66%) S-PLUS
4 2 (0.44%) MS Visio
5 1 (0.22%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 6 (1.32%) Dynamics CRM
2 3 (0.66%) Oracle ERP
2 3 (0.66%) Teamcenter
3 2 (0.44%) SAP S/4HANA
4 1 (0.22%) Payment Gateway
Cloud Services
1 270 (59.34%) Azure
2 173 (38.02%) Azure DevOps
3 126 (27.69%) AWS
4 46 (10.11%) GitHub
5 41 (9.01%) GCP
6 33 (7.25%) Power Platform
7 28 (6.15%) Serverless
8 21 (4.62%) Amazon S3
9 20 (4.40%) Azure Service Bus
9 20 (4.40%) PaaS
10 19 (4.18%) GitHub Actions
11 18 (3.96%) Azure Cosmos DB
12 17 (3.74%) Entra ID
12 17 (3.74%) SaaS
13 16 (3.52%) Vertex AI
14 15 (3.30%) Microsoft 365
15 14 (3.08%) Dynamics 365
16 12 (2.64%) AWS Lambda
17 10 (2.20%) Azure Monitor
18 9 (1.98%) MinIO
Communications & Networking
1 31 (6.81%) DNS
2 15 (3.30%) DHCP
3 12 (2.64%) LAN
3 12 (2.64%) VPN
3 12 (2.64%) WAN
4 10 (2.20%) SAN
5 7 (1.54%) Intrusion Detection
5 7 (1.54%) SD-WAN
5 7 (1.54%) Unified Communications
5 7 (1.54%) VoIP
5 7 (1.54%) Wi-Fi
6 6 (1.32%) TCP/IP
7 5 (1.10%) Firewall
7 5 (1.10%) SMTP
8 4 (0.88%) HTTP
9 2 (0.44%) FTP
9 2 (0.44%) SSH
10 1 (0.22%) HTTPS
10 1 (0.22%) S/MIME
10 1 (0.22%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 51 (11.21%) SQL Server
2 23 (5.05%) NoSQL
3 22 (4.84%) Power BI
4 17 (3.74%) Data Mining
4 17 (3.74%) Data Warehouse
5 16 (3.52%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 12 (2.64%) Azure SQL Database
6 12 (2.64%) MySQL
6 12 (2.64%) PostgreSQL
7 10 (2.20%) Elasticsearch
8 9 (1.98%) Relational Database
9 8 (1.76%) Big Data
9 8 (1.76%) Data Lake
9 8 (1.76%) DynamoDB
10 7 (1.54%) Hadoop
10 7 (1.54%) MongoDB
11 6 (1.32%) Airbyte
12 5 (1.10%) SQL Server Integration Services
13 3 (0.66%) Redis
13 3 (0.66%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 76 (16.70%) Git
2 33 (7.25%) Jenkins
3 26 (5.71%) Selenium
4 23 (5.05%) Robot Framework
5 22 (4.84%) Snyk
6 16 (3.52%) JIRA
7 13 (2.86%) Octopus Deploy
8 12 (2.64%) Visual Studio
9 11 (2.42%) GitLab
10 8 (1.76%) MSBuild
10 8 (1.76%) Storybook
11 7 (1.54%) Team Foundation Server
12 5 (1.10%) Artifactory
12 5 (1.10%) git-flow
13 4 (0.88%) JUnit
13 4 (0.88%) Postman
14 3 (0.66%) Cucumber
14 3 (0.66%) MLflow
15 2 (0.44%) Appium
15 2 (0.44%) REST Assured
General
1 148 (32.53%) Social Skills
2 79 (17.36%) Finance
3 67 (14.73%) Analytical Skills
4 55 (12.09%) Law
5 33 (7.25%) Retail
6 31 (6.81%) Public Sector
7 24 (5.27%) Marketing
8 23 (5.05%) Manufacturing
9 20 (4.40%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 9 (1.98%) Legal
11 8 (1.76%) Games
11 8 (1.76%) Telecoms
12 7 (1.54%) Banking
13 5 (1.10%) Automotive
13 5 (1.10%) Presentation Skills
14 4 (0.88%) Advertising
15 3 (0.66%) Aerospace
15 3 (0.66%) Military
16 2 (0.44%) Pharmaceutical
16 2 (0.44%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 82 (18.02%) Developer
1 82 (18.02%) Senior
2 80 (17.58%) Lead
3 56 (12.31%) DevOps Engineer
4 47 (10.33%) Architect
5 46 (10.11%) Software Engineer
6 33 (7.25%) Analyst
7 31 (6.81%) Full-Stack Developer
8 26 (5.71%) Senior Developer
9 20 (4.40%) Senior Full-Stack Developer
10 18 (3.96%) Infrastructure Engineer
10 18 (3.96%) Support Engineer
11 16 (3.52%) Cloud Engineer
11 16 (3.52%) IT Engineer
11 16 (3.52%) Platform Engineer
12 15 (3.30%) Software Architect
13 14 (3.08%) .NET Developer
13 14 (3.08%) Full-Stack Web Developer
13 14 (3.08%) Senior Web Developer
13 14 (3.08%) Web Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 110 (24.18%) .NET
2 56 (12.31%) React
3 36 (7.91%) CSS
4 35 (7.69%) .NET Framework
4 35 (7.69%) HTML
4 35 (7.69%) REST
5 30 (6.59%) Kafka
6 29 (6.37%) RESTful
7 27 (5.93%) ASP.NET
8 24 (5.27%) Node.js
9 22 (4.84%) Middleware
10 19 (4.18%) WinForms
11 17 (3.74%) ARM Templates
12 15 (3.30%) .NET Core
12 15 (3.30%) Next.js
12 15 (3.30%) YAML
13 14 (3.08%) JSON
14 12 (2.64%) AngularJS
14 12 (2.64%) Entity Framework
14 12 (2.64%) WPF
Miscellaneous
1 53 (11.65%) Cloud Native
2 39 (8.57%) Product Ownership
3 18 (3.96%) Hybrid Cloud
4 16 (3.52%) Algorithms
4 16 (3.52%) e-Learning
5 15 (3.30%) Manufacturing Execution System
5 15 (3.30%) Onboarding
6 12 (2.64%) Security Posture
7 10 (2.20%) Analytical Mindset
7 10 (2.20%) Distributed Systems
7 10 (2.20%) Operational Technology
8 9 (1.98%) Low-Code
9 8 (1.76%) Management Information System
10 7 (1.54%) Enterprise Software
10 7 (1.54%) Mobile App
11 6 (1.32%) Life Science
11 6 (1.32%) Linux Command Line
12 5 (1.10%) Marketing Technology
12 5 (1.10%) Renewable Energy
13 4 (0.88%) PKI
Operating Systems
1 69 (15.16%) Windows
2 42 (9.23%) Linux
3 12 (2.64%) Windows Server
4 10 (2.20%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 10 (2.20%) Windows Server 2012
4 10 (2.20%) Windows Server 2019
5 9 (1.98%) CentOS
5 9 (1.98%) VMS
6 6 (1.32%) Android
6 6 (1.32%) Apple iOS
7 2 (0.44%) Amazon Linux
7 2 (0.44%) Ubuntu
8 1 (0.22%) Unix
8 1 (0.22%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 253 (55.60%) Agile
2 193 (42.42%) CI/CD
3 128 (28.13%) Problem-Solving
4 120 (26.37%) Mentoring
5 85 (18.68%) Infrastructure as Code
6 80 (17.58%) Test Automation
7 77 (16.92%) AI
8 76 (16.70%) Software Engineering
9 74 (16.26%) Continuous Improvement
10 71 (15.60%) Microservices
11 67 (14.73%) Computer Science
12 57 (12.53%) Coaching
13 54 (11.87%) Scrum
14 53 (11.65%) Machine Learning
15 49 (10.77%) Roadmaps
16 48 (10.55%) Containerisation
17 45 (9.89%) Technical Leadership
18 42 (9.23%) Design Patterns
19 41 (9.01%) Full-Stack Development
20 40 (8.79%) SDLC
Programming Languages
1 98 (21.54%) SQL
2 94 (20.66%) C#
3 59 (12.97%) Python
4 49 (10.77%) JavaScript
5 45 (9.89%) PowerShell
6 31 (6.81%) TypeScript
7 25 (5.49%) Java
8 17 (3.74%) Bash
9 14 (3.08%) T-SQL
10 12 (2.64%) Bicep
11 11 (2.42%) PHP
12 6 (1.32%) C++
12 6 (1.32%) Go
13 5 (1.10%) Apex Code
14 3 (0.66%) Kusto Query Language
14 3 (0.66%) Perl
15 2 (0.44%) ABAP
15 2 (0.44%) C
15 2 (0.44%) Groovy
15 2 (0.44%) SOQL
Qualifications
1 95 (20.88%) Degree
2 61 (13.41%) Security Cleared
3 52 (11.43%) Computer Science Degree
4 35 (7.69%) DV Cleared
5 32 (7.03%) Master's Degree
6 31 (6.81%) Azure Certification
7 30 (6.59%) SC Cleared
8 18 (3.96%) AWS Certification
9 17 (3.74%) BPSS Clearance
10 16 (3.52%) ISTQB
11 14 (3.08%) Chartered Engineer
12 13 (2.86%) ISEB
13 11 (2.42%) PMI Certification
13 11 (2.42%) PMP
14 8 (1.76%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
15 7 (1.54%) CCNP
15 7 (1.54%) Cisco Certification
15 7 (1.54%) Microsoft Certification
16 5 (1.10%) A+ Certification
17 3 (0.66%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 61 (13.41%) QA
2 21 (4.62%) GDPR
3 17 (3.74%) NIST
4 14 (3.08%) ISO/IEC 12207
5 12 (2.64%) PMO
6 10 (2.20%) Software Quality Assurance
7 9 (1.98%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 8 (1.76%) Accessibility
8 8 (1.76%) NCSC
9 7 (1.54%) California Consumer Privacy Act
10 5 (1.10%) SLA
11 2 (0.44%) Data Quality
11 2 (0.44%) HIPAA
11 2 (0.44%) PCI DSS
11 2 (0.44%) Sarbanes-Oxley
12 1 (0.22%) NIST 800
System Software
1 77 (16.92%) Docker
2 34 (7.47%) Active Directory
3 10 (2.20%) VMware ESXi
4 8 (1.76%) Virtual Machines
5 6 (1.32%) VMware Infrastructure
6 2 (0.44%) DFS Replication
7 1 (0.22%) Apache ZooKeeper
7 1 (0.22%) Hyper-V
7 1 (0.22%) vCloud
7 1 (0.22%) Virtual Desktop
7 1 (0.22%) VMware NSX
7 1 (0.22%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 86 (18.90%) Kubernetes
2 79 (17.36%) Terraform
3 47 (10.33%) Ansible
4 18 (3.96%) Microsoft Intune
5 17 (3.74%) Grafana
6 16 (3.52%) Prometheus
7 15 (3.30%) SCCM
8 11 (2.42%) vCenter Server
9 5 (1.10%) MaaS360
10 3 (0.66%) Kubeflow
11 2 (0.44%) Nessus
11 2 (0.44%) Sysdig
12 1 (0.22%) Argo
12 1 (0.22%) Docker Swarm
12 1 (0.22%) Kibana
12 1 (0.22%) Nagios
12 1 (0.22%) Proxmox
12 1 (0.22%) Rundeck
12 1 (0.22%) WMI
Vendors
1 140 (30.77%) Microsoft
2 37 (8.13%) Google
3 26 (5.71%) VMware
4 21 (4.62%) Black Duck
5 18 (3.96%) Coverity
6 17 (3.74%) OpenAI
6 17 (3.74%) Red Hat
7 16 (3.52%) IBM
8 12 (2.64%) Sage
8 12 (2.64%) Xamarin
9 11 (2.42%) Oracle
9 11 (2.42%) Veeam
10 10 (2.20%) 3PAR
10 10 (2.20%) NetApp
10 10 (2.20%) Rackspace
10 10 (2.20%) Salesforce
10 10 (2.20%) SolarWinds
11 9 (1.98%) BiZZdesign
11 9 (1.98%) UiPath
12 8 (1.76%) Databricks