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

6 months to
30 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 38 31 20
Rank change year-on-year -7 -11 -3
Permanent jobs citing DevOps 704 493 973
As % of all permanent jobs in the South East 3.72% 5.53% 7.74%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 5.16% 6.27% 9.51%
Number of salaries quoted 522 250 537
10th Percentile £45,000 £33,750 £42,500
25th Percentile £52,625 £51,250 £48,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £65,000 £65,000
75th Percentile £82,000 £82,500 £81,250
90th Percentile £95,000 £90,000 £85,000
England median annual salary £71,500 £70,000 £69,154
% change year-on-year +2.14% +1.22% -1.21%

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 13,648 7,866 10,227
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 72.04% 88.26% 81.38%
Number of salaries quoted 9,710 4,202 5,445
10th Percentile £30,000 £27,000 £32,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £32,750 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £49,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +12.24% -10.91% -
75th Percentile £70,000 £66,750 £70,000
90th Percentile £90,000 £82,500 £83,750
England median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year +9.09% -8.33% -2.44%

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 30 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 30 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 +15 266 £67,500 +3.85% 198
Hampshire -11 186 £65,000 +4.00% 88
Surrey +13 130 £64,000 -8.57% 54
Berkshire +10 111 £82,500 +26.92% 106
Buckinghamshire +9 80 £65,000 -7.14% 53
Oxfordshire +13 75 £62,500 +6.38% 42
West Sussex +9 72 £70,000 +16.67% 30
Kent -35 24 £33,500 -10.67% 14
East Sussex -12 11 £97,500 +62.50% 17
Isle of Wight 0 6 £50,000 -31.51% 2
Sussex -11 3 £65,000 +44.44% 1
Middlesex -4 2 £38,500 +2.67%
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 20 (2.84%) Confluence
2 14 (1.99%) SharePoint
3 11 (1.56%) IIS
4 6 (0.85%) 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%) Microsoft Exchange
8 1 (0.14%) Red Hat Fuse
8 1 (0.14%) Tomcat
Applications
1 10 (1.42%) Microsoft Project
2 9 (1.28%) Microsoft Excel
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
7 1 (0.14%) Trello
Business Applications
1 6 (0.85%) SAP IBP
1 6 (0.85%) SAP S/4HANA
2 5 (0.71%) Dynamics CRM
2 5 (0.71%) Payment Gateway
3 2 (0.28%) Infor SunSystems
3 2 (0.28%) JDE EnterpriseOne
3 2 (0.28%) Oracle Applications
Cloud Services
1 417 (59.23%) Azure
2 228 (32.39%) Azure DevOps
3 198 (28.13%) AWS
4 70 (9.94%) SaaS
5 61 (8.66%) GitHub
6 49 (6.96%) Power Platform
7 42 (5.97%) GitHub Actions
8 41 (5.82%) Serverless
9 39 (5.54%) GCP
10 38 (5.40%) Azure Cosmos DB
11 31 (4.40%) Amazon EKS
12 30 (4.26%) Azure AKS
12 30 (4.26%) Azure Key Vault
13 27 (3.84%) Azure Monitor
13 27 (3.84%) PaaS
14 24 (3.41%) Azure AI
15 23 (3.27%) Amazon CloudWatch
15 23 (3.27%) Entra ID
16 21 (2.98%) Microsoft 365
17 20 (2.84%) Amazon ECS
Communications & Networking
1 30 (4.26%) VPN
2 29 (4.12%) Firewall
3 14 (1.99%) DNS
4 9 (1.28%) Internet
5 7 (0.99%) MQTT
6 5 (0.71%) HTTP
7 4 (0.57%) Network Security
7 4 (0.57%) TCP/IP
7 4 (0.57%) WAN
8 3 (0.43%) NAS
8 3 (0.43%) SAN
9 2 (0.28%) BGP
9 2 (0.28%) DHCP
9 2 (0.28%) IPv4
9 2 (0.28%) IPv6
9 2 (0.28%) Software-Defined Radio
9 2 (0.28%) Wi-Fi
9 2 (0.28%) WireGuard
10 1 (0.14%) 5G
10 1 (0.14%) Intelligent Network
Database & Business Intelligence
1 95 (13.49%) SQL Server
2 56 (7.95%) Azure SQL Database
3 54 (7.67%) MongoDB
4 37 (5.26%) PostgreSQL
5 35 (4.97%) Power BI
6 24 (3.41%) Relational Database
7 21 (2.98%) MySQL
7 21 (2.98%) NoSQL
8 18 (2.56%) Metadata
9 15 (2.13%) Data Warehouse
9 15 (2.13%) DynamoDB
10 12 (1.70%) Elasticsearch
10 12 (1.70%) Star Schema
11 9 (1.28%) Amazon QuickSight
11 9 (1.28%) Data Lake
11 9 (1.28%) Redis
11 9 (1.28%) Snowflake Schema
12 7 (0.99%) Amazon RDS
13 4 (0.57%) DocumentDB
13 4 (0.57%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 120 (17.05%) Git
2 49 (6.96%) JIRA
3 44 (6.25%) GitLab
4 36 (5.11%) 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 (0.99%) Artifactory
8 7 (0.99%) 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%) ESLint
General
1 198 (28.13%) Social Skills
2 128 (18.18%) Finance
3 63 (8.95%) Analytical Skills
4 35 (4.97%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 21 (2.98%) Retail
6 18 (2.56%) Public Sector
7 16 (2.27%) Marketing
8 15 (2.13%) Advertising
8 15 (2.13%) Documentation Skills
9 14 (1.99%) Manufacturing
10 13 (1.85%) Aerospace
11 12 (1.70%) Games
12 8 (1.14%) Telecoms
13 7 (0.99%) Aviation
14 6 (0.85%) Banking
14 6 (0.85%) Electronics
15 5 (0.71%) Legal
15 5 (0.71%) Presentation Skills
16 4 (0.57%) Automotive
16 4 (0.57%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 156 (22.16%) Senior
2 150 (21.31%) Developer
3 149 (21.16%) DevOps Engineer
4 86 (12.22%) Lead
5 77 (10.94%) .NET Developer
6 66 (9.38%) Software Engineer
7 51 (7.24%) Azure Engineer
8 49 (6.96%) Senior DevOps
9 39 (5.54%) Senior DevOps Engineer
10 37 (5.26%) Architect
11 27 (3.84%) Cloud Engineer
12 26 (3.69%) Full-Stack Developer
12 26 (3.69%) Platform Engineer
13 25 (3.55%) Azure DevOps Engineer
14 24 (3.41%) Project Manager
15 23 (3.27%) Lead Developer
16 22 (3.13%) Infrastructure Engineer
17 21 (2.98%) Analyst
18 20 (2.84%) Senior Developer
19 19 (2.70%) Senior Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 165 (23.44%) Terraform
2 142 (20.17%) .NET
3 87 (12.36%) ASP.NET
4 68 (9.66%) ASP.NET Core
5 64 (9.09%) HTML
5 64 (9.09%) React
6 62 (8.81%) CSS
7 59 (8.38%) .NET Core
8 50 (7.10%) REST
8 50 (7.10%) RESTful
9 36 (5.11%) Blazor
10 30 (4.26%) ARM Templates
10 30 (4.26%) Entity Framework
11 28 (3.98%) Node.js
12 21 (2.98%) YAML
13 20 (2.84%) HTML5
13 20 (2.84%) ML.NET
13 20 (2.84%) Spring
13 20 (2.84%) Spring Boot
14 19 (2.70%) Kafka
Miscellaneous
1 76 (10.80%) Cloud Native
2 66 (9.38%) Product Ownership
3 35 (4.97%) Enterprise Software
3 35 (4.97%) Hybrid Cloud
4 34 (4.83%) Distributed Systems
5 26 (3.69%) Greenfield Project
6 25 (3.55%) Legacy Systems
7 19 (2.70%) Algorithms
8 16 (2.27%) Private Cloud
9 15 (2.13%) Data Centre
9 15 (2.13%) Embedded Systems
9 15 (2.13%) Robotics
10 12 (1.70%) IoT
11 9 (1.28%) AI Agents
11 9 (1.28%) Onboarding
12 8 (1.14%) Data Structures
12 8 (1.14%) Mobile App
13 7 (0.99%) Life Science
13 7 (0.99%) Social Media
14 6 (0.85%) Linux Command Line
Operating Systems
1 132 (18.75%) Linux
2 53 (7.53%) Windows
3 24 (3.41%) Ubuntu
4 14 (1.99%) Windows Server
5 13 (1.85%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 10 (1.42%) Debian
7 6 (0.85%) VMS
8 5 (0.71%) CentOS
9 4 (0.57%) Android
9 4 (0.57%) Rocky
9 4 (0.57%) Windows Server 2019
10 3 (0.43%) Embedded Linux
11 1 (0.14%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 338 (48.01%) CI/CD
2 282 (40.06%) Agile
3 142 (20.17%) Continuous Improvement
4 138 (19.60%) Infrastructure as Code
5 134 (19.03%) Problem-Solving
6 132 (18.75%) Software Engineering
7 124 (17.61%) AI
8 103 (14.63%) Mentoring
9 99 (14.06%) Full-Stack Development
9 99 (14.06%) Microservices
10 88 (12.50%) Stakeholder Management
11 86 (12.22%) Computer Science
12 84 (11.93%) Test Automation
13 82 (11.65%) Platform Engineering
13 82 (11.65%) Scrum
14 74 (10.51%) Containerisation
15 72 (10.23%) Observability
16 70 (9.94%) Analytics
17 60 (8.52%) Roadmaps
18 58 (8.24%) SDLC
Programming Languages
1 167 (23.72%) C#
2 163 (23.15%) Python
3 135 (19.18%) SQL
4 94 (13.35%) JavaScript
5 59 (8.38%) Bash
6 51 (7.24%) Java
7 50 (7.10%) PowerShell
8 48 (6.82%) TypeScript
9 36 (5.11%) C++
10 31 (4.40%) Go
11 28 (3.98%) Bicep
12 27 (3.84%) PHP
13 20 (2.84%) C
14 13 (1.85%) Shell Script
14 13 (1.85%) T-SQL
15 8 (1.14%) Groovy
16 7 (0.99%) MATLAB
16 7 (0.99%) Rust
17 5 (0.71%) Embedded C
17 5 (0.71%) Embedded C++
Qualifications
1 124 (17.61%) Security Cleared
2 107 (15.20%) Degree
3 79 (11.22%) SC Cleared
4 33 (4.69%) Computer Science Degree
5 28 (3.98%) DV Cleared
6 18 (2.56%) Master's Degree
7 14 (1.99%) Azure Certification
8 13 (1.85%) AWS Certification
9 9 (1.28%) PMI Certification
10 6 (0.85%) DBS Check
10 6 (0.85%) ICAEW
10 6 (0.85%) PMP
11 5 (0.71%) ISTQB
12 4 (0.57%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
12 4 (0.57%) Microsoft Certification
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 83 (11.79%) QA
2 21 (2.98%) Data Quality
3 16 (2.27%) PCI DSS
4 12 (1.70%) 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 2 (0.28%) GRC
8 2 (0.28%) ISO 9001
8 2 (0.28%) MISRA
8 2 (0.28%) SOC 2
8 2 (0.28%) Software Quality Assurance
9 1 (0.14%) Cyber Essentials
9 1 (0.14%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 1 (0.14%) IASME
9 1 (0.14%) ISO/IEC 20000
9 1 (0.14%) SLA
System Software
1 152 (21.59%) Docker
2 15 (2.13%) Active Directory
2 15 (2.13%) Virtual Machines
3 9 (1.28%) Firmware
4 8 (1.14%) VMware Infrastructure
5 6 (0.85%) Hyper-V
6 3 (0.43%) KVM
6 3 (0.43%) Slurm Workload Manager
7 2 (0.28%) iptables
7 2 (0.28%) VMware ESXi
7 2 (0.28%) vSphere
7 2 (0.28%) Xen
8 1 (0.14%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 160 (22.73%) Kubernetes
2 83 (11.79%) Ansible
3 43 (6.11%) Grafana
4 36 (5.11%) Prometheus
5 12 (1.70%) Kibana
6 9 (1.28%) Puppet
7 8 (1.14%) Argo
7 8 (1.14%) Nagios
7 8 (1.14%) Proxmox
8 7 (0.99%) ZABBIX
9 6 (0.85%) Packer
10 5 (0.71%) Istio
10 5 (0.71%) Podman
11 4 (0.57%) Docker Swarm
11 4 (0.57%) Microsoft Intune
12 3 (0.43%) Kustomize
13 2 (0.28%) FlexNet
13 2 (0.28%) HP Fortify
13 2 (0.28%) Rancher
14 1 (0.14%) Scalr
Vendors
1 167 (23.72%) Microsoft
2 20 (2.84%) Google
3 17 (2.41%) Oracle
3 17 (2.41%) VMware
4 15 (2.13%) Red Hat
5 14 (1.99%) Salesforce
6 12 (1.70%) Databricks
6 12 (1.70%) Facebook
6 12 (1.70%) YouTube
7 11 (1.56%) ServiceNow
7 11 (1.56%) Splunk
8 10 (1.42%) AppDynamics
9 9 (1.28%) Informatica
9 9 (1.28%) SAP
9 9 (1.28%) Talend
10 8 (1.14%) IBM
11 7 (0.99%) Dynatrace
11 7 (0.99%) New Relic
11 7 (0.99%) OpenAI
12 6 (0.85%) MuleSoft