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 24 September 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
24 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 39 31 21
Rank change year-on-year -8 -10 -4
Permanent jobs citing DevOps 703 503 981
As % of all permanent jobs in the South East 3.74% 5.66% 7.66%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 5.20% 6.43% 9.43%
Number of salaries quoted 527 253 556
10th Percentile £45,000 £38,750 £42,500
25th Percentile £52,500 £52,500 £48,438
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £65,000 £65,000
75th Percentile £80,000 £83,750 £81,250
90th Percentile £95,000 £90,000 £85,000
England median annual salary £71,991 £70,000 £68,825
% change year-on-year +2.84% +1.71% -1.68%

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 13,519 7,819 10,402
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 71.84% 87.94% 81.25%
Number of salaries quoted 9,618 4,221 5,640
10th Percentile £30,000 £27,000 £31,250
25th Percentile £40,000 £33,500 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £50,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +10.00% -9.09% -
75th Percentile £70,000 £67,500 £70,000
90th Percentile £90,000 £82,500 £82,500
England median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £58,298
% change year-on-year +9.09% -5.66% -6.72%

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 24 September 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 24 September 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 +15 267 £67,500 +3.85% 211
Hampshire -13 186 £66,250 +6.00% 103
Surrey +6 128 £64,000 -11.72% 82
Berkshire +3 108 £82,500 +24.53% 118
Buckinghamshire +10 83 £63,500 -9.29% 46
Oxfordshire +13 76 £62,500 +6.38% 47
West Sussex +4 74 £70,000 +16.67% 36
Kent -38 25 £31,250 -16.67% 12
East Sussex -14 9 £97,500 +62.50% 17
Isle of Wight +1 6 £50,000 -31.51% 3
Sussex -10 3 £65,000 +44.44% 2
Middlesex -1 1 £38,500 +2.67% 2
Home Counties - 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 21 (2.99%) Confluence
2 14 (1.99%) SharePoint
3 11 (1.56%) IIS
4 7 (1.00%) OpenStack
5 5 (0.71%) nginx
6 3 (0.43%) Adobe Experience Manager
6 3 (0.43%) Apache
6 3 (0.43%) Apache Spark
6 3 (0.43%) CMS
6 3 (0.43%) JBoss
6 3 (0.43%) Sitecore CMS
7 2 (0.28%) WebLogic
8 1 (0.14%) Anypoint
8 1 (0.14%) Microsoft Exchange
8 1 (0.14%) Red Hat Fuse
8 1 (0.14%) Tomcat
Applications
1 9 (1.28%) Microsoft Excel
2 8 (1.14%) Microsoft Project
3 6 (0.85%) Simulink
4 4 (0.57%) MS Visio
5 3 (0.43%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 2 (0.28%) Lightworks
6 2 (0.28%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 6 (0.85%) SAP IBP
1 6 (0.85%) SAP S/4HANA
2 5 (0.71%) Dynamics CRM
3 4 (0.57%) Payment Gateway
4 2 (0.28%) Infor SunSystems
4 2 (0.28%) JDE EnterpriseOne
4 2 (0.28%) Oracle Applications
5 1 (0.14%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 420 (59.74%) Azure
2 224 (31.86%) Azure DevOps
3 198 (28.17%) AWS
4 72 (10.24%) SaaS
5 59 (8.39%) GitHub
6 50 (7.11%) Power Platform
7 41 (5.83%) GitHub Actions
8 39 (5.55%) Serverless
9 38 (5.41%) Azure Cosmos DB
9 38 (5.41%) GCP
10 30 (4.27%) Azure AKS
10 30 (4.27%) Azure Key Vault
11 29 (4.13%) Amazon EKS
12 27 (3.84%) Azure Monitor
12 27 (3.84%) PaaS
13 24 (3.41%) Azure AI
14 23 (3.27%) Amazon CloudWatch
14 23 (3.27%) Entra ID
15 21 (2.99%) Microsoft 365
16 20 (2.84%) Azure Service Bus
Communications & Networking
1 29 (4.13%) Firewall
1 29 (4.13%) VPN
2 15 (2.13%) DNS
3 8 (1.14%) Internet
4 7 (1.00%) MQTT
5 5 (0.71%) HTTP
6 4 (0.57%) Network Security
6 4 (0.57%) TCP/IP
6 4 (0.57%) WAN
7 3 (0.43%) DHCP
7 3 (0.43%) NAS
7 3 (0.43%) SAN
8 2 (0.28%) BGP
8 2 (0.28%) IPv4
8 2 (0.28%) IPv6
8 2 (0.28%) Software-Defined Radio
8 2 (0.28%) Wi-Fi
8 2 (0.28%) WireGuard
9 1 (0.14%) 5G
9 1 (0.14%) Intelligent Network
Database & Business Intelligence
1 97 (13.80%) SQL Server
2 56 (7.97%) Azure SQL Database
3 54 (7.68%) MongoDB
4 36 (5.12%) Power BI
5 35 (4.98%) PostgreSQL
6 23 (3.27%) Relational Database
7 21 (2.99%) MySQL
8 20 (2.84%) NoSQL
9 18 (2.56%) Metadata
10 16 (2.28%) Data Warehouse
11 15 (2.13%) DynamoDB
12 12 (1.71%) Elasticsearch
12 12 (1.71%) Star Schema
13 9 (1.28%) Amazon QuickSight
13 9 (1.28%) Data Lake
13 9 (1.28%) Redis
13 9 (1.28%) Snowflake Schema
14 6 (0.85%) Amazon RDS
15 4 (0.57%) SQL Server Integration Services
16 3 (0.43%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 117 (16.64%) Git
2 47 (6.69%) JIRA
3 44 (6.26%) GitLab
4 35 (4.98%) Jenkins
5 14 (1.99%) Visual Studio Code
6 13 (1.85%) Selenium
7 8 (1.14%) Cucumber
7 8 (1.14%) SonarQube
8 7 (1.00%) Artifactory
8 7 (1.00%) JMeter
9 6 (0.85%) Cypress.io
9 6 (0.85%) JUnit
9 6 (0.85%) Octopus Deploy
10 3 (0.43%) Mocha
10 3 (0.43%) NUnit
10 3 (0.43%) PHPUnit
10 3 (0.43%) Snyk
10 3 (0.43%) Storybook
10 3 (0.43%) Zephyr
11 2 (0.28%) Terragrunt
General
1 197 (28.02%) Social Skills
2 130 (18.49%) Finance
3 61 (8.68%) Analytical Skills
4 35 (4.98%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 22 (3.13%) Retail
6 18 (2.56%) Public Sector
7 16 (2.28%) Marketing
8 15 (2.13%) Advertising
8 15 (2.13%) Documentation Skills
8 15 (2.13%) Manufacturing
9 14 (1.99%) Games
10 13 (1.85%) Aerospace
11 7 (1.00%) Aviation
12 6 (0.85%) Electronics
12 6 (0.85%) Telecoms
13 5 (0.71%) Automotive
13 5 (0.71%) Banking
13 5 (0.71%) Legal
13 5 (0.71%) Presentation Skills
14 4 (0.57%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 153 (21.76%) Senior
2 151 (21.48%) Developer
3 147 (20.91%) DevOps Engineer
4 91 (12.94%) Lead
5 76 (10.81%) .NET Developer
6 68 (9.67%) Software Engineer
7 50 (7.11%) Azure Engineer
8 46 (6.54%) Senior DevOps
9 39 (5.55%) Architect
10 36 (5.12%) Senior DevOps Engineer
11 27 (3.84%) Full-Stack Developer
12 26 (3.70%) Cloud Engineer
13 24 (3.41%) Azure DevOps Engineer
13 24 (3.41%) Platform Engineer
14 23 (3.27%) Lead Developer
14 23 (3.27%) Project Manager
15 22 (3.13%) Infrastructure Engineer
16 21 (2.99%) Analyst
17 20 (2.84%) Senior Developer
18 19 (2.70%) Senior Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 168 (23.90%) Terraform
2 143 (20.34%) .NET
3 87 (12.38%) ASP.NET
4 67 (9.53%) ASP.NET Core
5 65 (9.25%) HTML
6 64 (9.10%) React
7 63 (8.96%) CSS
8 60 (8.53%) .NET Core
9 51 (7.25%) REST
10 49 (6.97%) RESTful
11 37 (5.26%) Blazor
12 31 (4.41%) Entity Framework
13 30 (4.27%) ARM Templates
14 27 (3.84%) Node.js
15 21 (2.99%) HTML5
15 21 (2.99%) YAML
16 20 (2.84%) ML.NET
16 20 (2.84%) Vue
17 19 (2.70%) jQuery
17 19 (2.70%) Spring Boot
Miscellaneous
1 77 (10.95%) Cloud Native
2 64 (9.10%) Product Ownership
3 35 (4.98%) Distributed Systems
3 35 (4.98%) Enterprise Software
4 34 (4.84%) Hybrid Cloud
5 26 (3.70%) Greenfield Project
6 25 (3.56%) Legacy Systems
7 19 (2.70%) Algorithms
8 17 (2.42%) Data Centre
9 16 (2.28%) Private Cloud
10 14 (1.99%) Embedded Systems
10 14 (1.99%) Robotics
11 12 (1.71%) IoT
12 9 (1.28%) AI Agents
12 9 (1.28%) Onboarding
13 8 (1.14%) Life Science
13 8 (1.14%) Mobile App
14 7 (1.00%) Data Structures
14 7 (1.00%) Social Media
14 7 (1.00%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 131 (18.63%) Linux
2 51 (7.25%) Windows
3 26 (3.70%) Ubuntu
4 13 (1.85%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 13 (1.85%) Windows Server
5 11 (1.56%) Debian
6 8 (1.14%) VMS
7 6 (0.85%) CentOS
8 4 (0.57%) Android
8 4 (0.57%) Windows Server 2019
9 3 (0.43%) Embedded Linux
9 3 (0.43%) Rocky
10 1 (0.14%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 337 (47.94%) CI/CD
2 287 (40.83%) Agile
3 140 (19.91%) Continuous Improvement
3 140 (19.91%) Infrastructure as Code
4 136 (19.35%) Problem-Solving
5 134 (19.06%) Software Engineering
6 127 (18.07%) AI
7 102 (14.51%) Mentoring
8 101 (14.37%) Microservices
9 99 (14.08%) Full-Stack Development
10 87 (12.38%) Computer Science
11 86 (12.23%) Stakeholder Management
12 84 (11.95%) Test Automation
13 81 (11.52%) Scrum
14 79 (11.24%) Platform Engineering
15 74 (10.53%) Containerisation
16 72 (10.24%) Analytics
17 71 (10.10%) Observability
18 62 (8.82%) Roadmaps
19 58 (8.25%) SDLC
Programming Languages
1 168 (23.90%) C#
2 162 (23.04%) Python
3 134 (19.06%) SQL
4 95 (13.51%) JavaScript
5 60 (8.53%) Bash
6 51 (7.25%) PowerShell
7 50 (7.11%) Java
8 48 (6.83%) TypeScript
9 36 (5.12%) C++
10 30 (4.27%) Go
11 28 (3.98%) Bicep
12 27 (3.84%) PHP
13 20 (2.84%) C
14 13 (1.85%) T-SQL
15 11 (1.56%) Shell Script
16 9 (1.28%) Groovy
17 7 (1.00%) MATLAB
18 6 (0.85%) Rust
19 5 (0.71%) Embedded C
19 5 (0.71%) Embedded C++
Qualifications
1 121 (17.21%) Security Cleared
2 105 (14.94%) Degree
3 79 (11.24%) SC Cleared
4 34 (4.84%) Computer Science Degree
5 27 (3.84%) DV Cleared
6 19 (2.70%) Master's Degree
7 14 (1.99%) Azure Certification
8 13 (1.85%) AWS Certification
9 7 (1.00%) PMI Certification
10 6 (0.85%) DBS Check
10 6 (0.85%) ICAEW
11 5 (0.71%) ISTQB
12 4 (0.57%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
12 4 (0.57%) Microsoft Certification
12 4 (0.57%) PMP
12 4 (0.57%) TOGAF Certification
13 3 (0.43%) BPSS Clearance
13 3 (0.43%) Microsoft Certified Professional
14 2 (0.28%) CBAP
14 2 (0.28%) Numerate Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 84 (11.95%) QA
2 22 (3.13%) Data Quality
3 16 (2.28%) PCI DSS
4 12 (1.71%) Accessibility
5 10 (1.42%) GDPR
5 10 (1.42%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 9 (1.28%) California Consumer Privacy Act
7 8 (1.14%) NIST
7 8 (1.14%) WCAG
8 3 (0.43%) SOC 2
9 2 (0.28%) GRC
9 2 (0.28%) ISO 9001
9 2 (0.28%) Software Quality Assurance
10 1 (0.14%) Cyber Essentials
10 1 (0.14%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
10 1 (0.14%) IASME
10 1 (0.14%) ISO/IEC 20000
10 1 (0.14%) MISRA
10 1 (0.14%) NCSC
10 1 (0.14%) SLA
System Software
1 151 (21.48%) Docker
2 16 (2.28%) Active Directory
3 14 (1.99%) Virtual Machines
4 8 (1.14%) Firmware
4 8 (1.14%) VMware Infrastructure
5 7 (1.00%) Hyper-V
6 4 (0.57%) Slurm Workload Manager
7 3 (0.43%) KVM
8 2 (0.28%) iptables
8 2 (0.28%) Xen
9 1 (0.14%) Virtual Desktop
9 1 (0.14%) VMware ESXi
9 1 (0.14%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 158 (22.48%) Kubernetes
2 83 (11.81%) Ansible
3 43 (6.12%) Grafana
4 36 (5.12%) Prometheus
5 12 (1.71%) Kibana
6 10 (1.42%) Puppet
7 8 (1.14%) Argo
7 8 (1.14%) Nagios
7 8 (1.14%) Proxmox
7 8 (1.14%) ZABBIX
8 6 (0.85%) Packer
9 5 (0.71%) Istio
9 5 (0.71%) Podman
10 4 (0.57%) Docker Swarm
10 4 (0.57%) Microsoft Intune
11 3 (0.43%) Kustomize
12 2 (0.28%) FlexNet
12 2 (0.28%) HP Fortify
12 2 (0.28%) Rancher
13 1 (0.14%) Nessus
Vendors
1 166 (23.61%) Microsoft
2 19 (2.70%) Google
3 17 (2.42%) Oracle
3 17 (2.42%) Red Hat
3 17 (2.42%) VMware
4 15 (2.13%) Salesforce
5 13 (1.85%) Databricks
6 12 (1.71%) Facebook
6 12 (1.71%) YouTube
7 11 (1.56%) Splunk
8 10 (1.42%) AppDynamics
8 10 (1.42%) SAP
8 10 (1.42%) ServiceNow
9 9 (1.28%) Informatica
9 9 (1.28%) Talend
10 8 (1.14%) IBM
11 7 (1.00%) MuleSoft
11 7 (1.00%) New Relic
11 7 (1.00%) OpenAI
12 5 (0.71%) Dynatrace