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

6 months to
19 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 51 20 22
Rank change year-on-year -31 +2 -3
Permanent jobs citing DevOps 438 575 1,090
As % of all permanent jobs in the South East 3.55% 8.17% 7.55%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.69% 9.07% 8.85%
Number of salaries quoted 332 364 717
10th Percentile £40,750 £42,500 £43,750
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 £80,313 £73,750
90th Percentile £87,500 £85,000 £87,500
England median annual salary £70,000 £70,000 £67,500
% change year-on-year - +3.70% -3.57%

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 9,340 6,338 12,319
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 75.62% 90.03% 85.36%
Number of salaries quoted 5,911 3,261 9,125
10th Percentile £28,250 £31,250 £27,500
25th Percentile £35,000 £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 £80,000 £85,000 £78,750
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 19 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 19 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 -21 162 £50,000 -21.88% 83
Hampshire -21 98 £72,500 +11.54% 45
Buckinghamshire +4 75 £50,000 -16.67% 31
Berkshire -34 71 £50,000 -33.33% 30
Surrey -27 58 £61,250 -18.33% 33
West Sussex +8 43 £70,000 +16.67% 11
Kent -7 29 £80,000 +39.13% 6
Middlesex +5 19 - - 1
Oxfordshire -13 16 £72,500 +33.64% 22
East Sussex -16 14 £82,500 +65.00% 4
Isle of Wight - 9 £42,000 - 2
Sussex -12 3 £75,000 - 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 (2.97%) IIS
2 6 (1.37%) Confluence
3 5 (1.14%) Apache Airflow
4 3 (0.68%) Apache
4 3 (0.68%) OpenStack
5 2 (0.46%) Anypoint
5 2 (0.46%) Appian
5 2 (0.46%) CMS
5 2 (0.46%) SharePoint
6 1 (0.23%) Camunda
6 1 (0.23%) Microsoft Exchange
6 1 (0.23%) Sitecore CMS
Applications
1 5 (1.14%) Microsoft Excel
2 4 (0.91%) MS Visio
3 2 (0.46%) Chatbot
3 2 (0.46%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 6 (1.37%) Dynamics CRM
2 3 (0.68%) Oracle ERP
2 3 (0.68%) SAP S/4HANA
2 3 (0.68%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 259 (59.13%) Azure
2 179 (40.87%) Azure DevOps
3 101 (23.06%) AWS
4 63 (14.38%) GitHub
5 42 (9.59%) Power Platform
6 31 (7.08%) PaaS
6 31 (7.08%) SaaS
7 26 (5.94%) GitHub Actions
8 25 (5.71%) Azure Logic Apps
8 25 (5.71%) GCP
9 21 (4.79%) Serverless
10 19 (4.34%) Entra ID
10 19 (4.34%) OpenShift
11 18 (4.11%) IaaS
12 16 (3.65%) Microsoft 365
13 14 (3.20%) AWS CloudFormation
13 14 (3.20%) Azure AKS
14 13 (2.97%) Amazon S3
15 12 (2.74%) Amazon EKS
15 12 (2.74%) Dynamics 365
Communications & Networking
1 27 (6.16%) Firewall
2 21 (4.79%) DNS
3 14 (3.20%) VPN
4 6 (1.37%) DHCP
4 6 (1.37%) SAN
5 5 (1.14%) Cisco ASA
6 3 (0.68%) BGP
7 2 (0.46%) HTTP
7 2 (0.46%) Software-Defined Radio
7 2 (0.46%) TCP/IP
8 1 (0.23%) AMQP
8 1 (0.23%) Broadband
8 1 (0.23%) HTTPS
8 1 (0.23%) IP Telephony
8 1 (0.23%) Modbus
8 1 (0.23%) MPLS
8 1 (0.23%) S/MIME
8 1 (0.23%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 38 (8.68%) SQL Server
2 19 (4.34%) Power BI
3 12 (2.74%) NoSQL
3 12 (2.74%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 9 (2.05%) PostgreSQL
5 8 (1.83%) MySQL
6 7 (1.60%) Azure SQL Database
6 7 (1.60%) Data Warehouse
6 7 (1.60%) MongoDB
6 7 (1.60%) Relational Database
7 6 (1.37%) DynamoDB
8 5 (1.14%) Data Lake
9 3 (0.68%) SAP Data Services
9 3 (0.68%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 2 (0.46%) Airbyte
10 2 (0.46%) Apache Cassandra
10 2 (0.46%) Elasticsearch
10 2 (0.46%) GIS
10 2 (0.46%) Metadata
10 2 (0.46%) Redis
Development Applications
1 55 (12.56%) Git
2 39 (8.90%) GitLab
3 27 (6.16%) Selenium
4 25 (5.71%) Jenkins
5 19 (4.34%) Robot Framework
6 18 (4.11%) JIRA
6 18 (4.11%) Snyk
7 6 (1.37%) Atlassian Bamboo
7 6 (1.37%) JUnit
7 6 (1.37%) MLflow
7 6 (1.37%) Visual Studio
8 5 (1.14%) git-flow
9 4 (0.91%) Cypress.io
9 4 (0.91%) Mockito
10 3 (0.68%) Cucumber
10 3 (0.68%) NUnit
10 3 (0.68%) Visual Studio Code
11 2 (0.46%) SonarQube
11 2 (0.46%) Storybook
11 2 (0.46%) TestRail
General
1 120 (27.40%) Social Skills
2 101 (23.06%) Analytical Skills
3 90 (20.55%) Finance
4 20 (4.57%) Public Sector
5 15 (3.42%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 15 (3.42%) Retail
6 14 (3.20%) Law
7 12 (2.74%) Manufacturing
8 10 (2.28%) Games
9 9 (2.05%) Billing
10 7 (1.60%) Aerospace
11 6 (1.37%) Banking
12 5 (1.14%) Telecoms
13 4 (0.91%) General Ledger
13 4 (0.91%) Legal
14 3 (0.68%) Advertising
14 3 (0.68%) Documentation Skills
14 3 (0.68%) Marketing
14 3 (0.68%) Presentation Skills
14 3 (0.68%) Tech for Good
Job Titles
1 101 (23.06%) Developer
2 71 (16.21%) DevOps Engineer
3 64 (14.61%) Lead
4 60 (13.70%) Senior
5 35 (7.99%) Software Engineer
6 34 (7.76%) Azure Engineer
7 28 (6.39%) Architect
7 28 (6.39%) Cloud Engineer
8 24 (5.48%) Full-Stack Developer
9 22 (5.02%) Analyst
9 22 (5.02%) Senior DevOps
10 16 (3.65%) Power Platform Developer
11 14 (3.20%) Administrator
11 14 (3.20%) DevOps Administrator
11 14 (3.20%) Systems Administrator
12 13 (2.97%) IT Engineer
13 11 (2.51%) Applications Developer
13 11 (2.51%) IT Support
13 11 (2.51%) Senior DevOps Engineer
13 11 (2.51%) Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 101 (23.06%) .NET
2 51 (11.64%) React
3 38 (8.68%) REST
4 37 (8.45%) CSS
5 35 (7.99%) HTML
6 31 (7.08%) ASP.NET
7 28 (6.39%) .NET Framework
8 24 (5.48%) Middleware
9 21 (4.79%) React Native
10 18 (4.11%) Bootstrap
11 16 (3.65%) .NET Core
12 15 (3.42%) ARM Templates
12 15 (3.42%) Entity Framework
12 15 (3.42%) Lightning Web Components
12 15 (3.42%) OAuth
12 15 (3.42%) RESTful
12 15 (3.42%) SOAP
12 15 (3.42%) Visualforce
13 14 (3.20%) RabbitMQ
13 14 (3.20%) WinForms
Miscellaneous
1 38 (8.68%) Cloud Native
2 26 (5.94%) Product Ownership
3 23 (5.25%) Low-Code
4 20 (4.57%) Mobile App
5 10 (2.28%) Distributed Systems
6 9 (2.05%) Enterprise Software
7 8 (1.83%) Analytical Mindset
7 8 (1.83%) Hybrid Cloud
7 8 (1.83%) Private Cloud
7 8 (1.83%) Security Posture
8 7 (1.60%) Self-Motivation
9 6 (1.37%) Life Science
10 5 (1.14%) Algorithms
10 5 (1.14%) Legacy Systems
11 3 (0.68%) Animation
11 3 (0.68%) Manufacturing Execution System
11 3 (0.68%) Renewable Energy
12 2 (0.46%) Data Centre
12 2 (0.46%) Enterprise Cloud
12 2 (0.46%) N-Tier
Operating Systems
1 60 (13.70%) Linux
2 43 (9.82%) Windows
3 16 (3.65%) Ubuntu
4 14 (3.20%) Windows Server
5 7 (1.60%) Windows Server 2019
6 6 (1.37%) Unix
6 6 (1.37%) Windows Server 2012
7 5 (1.14%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 4 (0.91%) CentOS
8 4 (0.91%) VMS
9 3 (0.68%) Android
9 3 (0.68%) Apple iOS
10 1 (0.23%) Debian
10 1 (0.23%) Windows 10
10 1 (0.23%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 222 (50.68%) CI/CD
2 188 (42.92%) Agile
3 131 (29.91%) Problem-Solving
4 108 (24.66%) Infrastructure as Code
5 89 (20.32%) Continuous Improvement
6 58 (13.24%) Mentoring
7 57 (13.01%) Containerisation
7 57 (13.01%) Test Automation
8 56 (12.79%) Computer Science
9 55 (12.56%) Scrum
10 54 (12.33%) AI
10 54 (12.33%) Software Engineering
11 42 (9.59%) Full-Stack Development
12 40 (9.13%) Microservices
13 37 (8.45%) Observability
14 36 (8.22%) Cybersecurity
15 35 (7.99%) SDLC
16 34 (7.76%) Continuous Integration
17 32 (7.31%) Unit Testing
18 31 (7.08%) Waterfall
Programming Languages
1 101 (23.06%) Python
2 80 (18.26%) SQL
3 79 (18.04%) C#
4 52 (11.87%) JavaScript
5 38 (8.68%) Bash
6 36 (8.22%) Java
7 35 (7.99%) PowerShell
8 19 (4.34%) TypeScript
9 15 (3.42%) Apex Code
10 14 (3.20%) C++
11 13 (2.97%) Go
12 12 (2.74%) Bicep
13 11 (2.51%) T-SQL
14 7 (1.60%) C
15 4 (0.91%) Ruby
16 3 (0.68%) ABAP
16 3 (0.68%) PHP
16 3 (0.68%) R
17 2 (0.46%) Delphi
17 2 (0.46%) VB
Qualifications
1 76 (17.35%) Degree
2 68 (15.53%) Security Cleared
3 40 (9.13%) Computer Science Degree
4 36 (8.22%) DV Cleared
5 27 (6.16%) SC Cleared
6 18 (4.11%) Master's Degree
7 11 (2.51%) AWS Certification
8 10 (2.28%) Azure Certification
8 10 (2.28%) BPSS Clearance
9 7 (1.60%) Chartered Engineer
10 5 (1.14%) ISTQB
11 4 (0.91%) TOGAF Certification
12 3 (0.68%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
12 3 (0.68%) Microsoft Certification
13 2 (0.46%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
13 2 (0.46%) CISSP
14 1 (0.23%) CISM
14 1 (0.23%) ITIL Certification
14 1 (0.23%) LPIC
14 1 (0.23%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 34 (7.76%) QA
2 12 (2.74%) NIST
3 11 (2.51%) Data Quality
4 8 (1.83%) PMO
5 7 (1.60%) Accessibility
5 7 (1.60%) ISO/IEC 12207
5 7 (1.60%) NCSC
6 6 (1.37%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 5 (1.14%) PCI DSS
8 4 (0.91%) ITGC
9 2 (0.46%) SLA
10 1 (0.23%) GDPR
10 1 (0.23%) HIPAA
10 1 (0.23%) NIST 800
10 1 (0.23%) Sarbanes-Oxley
10 1 (0.23%) WCAG
System Software
1 64 (14.61%) Docker
2 17 (3.88%) Active Directory
3 6 (1.37%) VMware ESXi
4 3 (0.68%) VMware Infrastructure
5 1 (0.23%) Apache ZooKeeper
5 1 (0.23%) Firmware
5 1 (0.23%) Hyper-V
5 1 (0.23%) Slurm Workload Manager
5 1 (0.23%) Virtual Machines
5 1 (0.23%) VMware NSX
5 1 (0.23%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 101 (23.06%) Terraform
2 76 (17.35%) Kubernetes
3 56 (12.79%) Ansible
4 25 (5.71%) Grafana
5 23 (5.25%) Prometheus
6 8 (1.83%) Proxmox
7 7 (1.60%) Microsoft Intune
7 7 (1.60%) vCenter Server
8 6 (1.37%) Nagios
8 6 (1.37%) SCCM
9 3 (0.68%) Kubeflow
9 3 (0.68%) Puppet
10 2 (0.46%) Argo
10 2 (0.46%) Nessus
10 2 (0.46%) Sysdig
11 1 (0.23%) Docker Swarm
11 1 (0.23%) Kibana
11 1 (0.23%) MIIS
11 1 (0.23%) Scalr
11 1 (0.23%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 102 (23.29%) Microsoft
2 26 (5.94%) Salesforce
3 25 (5.71%) Red Hat
4 19 (4.34%) MuleSoft
5 18 (4.11%) VMware
6 17 (3.88%) Black Duck
6 17 (3.88%) Coverity
7 10 (2.28%) Dynatrace
7 10 (2.28%) Sage
7 10 (2.28%) Xamarin
8 9 (2.05%) Cisco
9 8 (1.83%) Palo Alto
9 8 (1.83%) Splunk
10 7 (1.60%) Databricks
10 7 (1.60%) Veeam
11 6 (1.37%) 3PAR
11 6 (1.37%) NetApp
11 6 (1.37%) Oracle
11 6 (1.37%) SolarWinds
12 5 (1.14%) Juniper