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 vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 18 September 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 32 20 18
Rank change year-on-year -12 -2 -3
Permanent jobs citing DevOps 515 996 860
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 5.74% 7.69% 9.77%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 6.52% 9.50% 10.41%
Number of salaries quoted 253 579 652
10th Percentile £38,800 £42,500 £46,025
25th Percentile £52,500 £48,125 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £65,000 £65,000
75th Percentile £83,750 £80,000 £77,500
90th Percentile £90,000 £85,000 £90,000
England median annual salary £71,000 £68,000 £70,000
% change year-on-year +4.41% -2.86% -

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 7,893 10,489 8,264
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 88.01% 80.96% 93.93%
Number of salaries quoted 4,221 5,907 5,741
10th Percentile £27,000 £31,250 £31,250
25th Percentile £33,750 £41,151 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% - -
75th Percentile £67,500 £68,750 £70,000
90th Percentile £82,500 £82,500 £82,500
England median annual salary £55,000 £57,500 £62,400
% change year-on-year -4.35% -7.85% +4.00%

DevOps
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

Job postings citing DevOps as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the South East.

Job vacancy trend for DevOps 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 18 September 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 18 September 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 -11 230 £67,500 +10.83% 131
Berkshire -8 139 £75,000 +7.14% 83
Hampshire -14 116 £62,500 -3.85% 75
Surrey -16 61 £71,250 +9.62% 41
Buckinghamshire -18 61 £71,250 +38.35% 30
Kent +8 39 £37,500 -46.43% 12
Oxfordshire -6 30 £57,500 -5.35% 20
West Sussex -9 25 £60,000 -6.98% 8
Middlesex +15 20 £37,500 - 6
East Sussex +2 14 £60,000 -30.43% 14
Isle of Wight -21 9 £73,000 - 1
Sussex +16 4 £45,000 -25.00% 11
DevOps
England

DevOps
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South East by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 20 (3.88%) Apache
2 15 (2.91%) Confluence
3 11 (2.14%) Apache Spark
4 10 (1.94%) IIS
5 8 (1.55%) JBoss
6 7 (1.36%) Apache Airflow
6 7 (1.36%) Appian
6 7 (1.36%) Red Hat Fuse
6 7 (1.36%) SharePoint
7 4 (0.78%) nginx
8 3 (0.58%) Microsoft Exchange
9 1 (0.19%) Anypoint
9 1 (0.19%) ArcGIS
9 1 (0.19%) CMS
9 1 (0.19%) Umbraco
Applications
1 14 (2.72%) Microsoft Office
2 5 (0.97%) Microsoft Excel
3 4 (0.78%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 4 (0.78%) Microsoft Project
4 3 (0.58%) S-PLUS
5 2 (0.39%) Trello
6 1 (0.19%) Mozilla Thunderbird
6 1 (0.19%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 11 (2.14%) Dynamics CRM
2 2 (0.39%) SAP GRC
3 1 (0.19%) Payment Gateway
3 1 (0.19%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 278 (53.98%) Azure
2 176 (34.17%) Azure DevOps
3 132 (25.63%) AWS
4 49 (9.51%) GCP
5 36 (6.99%) Power Platform
6 32 (6.21%) Azure Service Bus
7 29 (5.63%) GitHub
8 26 (5.05%) Dynamics 365
9 25 (4.85%) Azure Cosmos DB
10 24 (4.66%) Vertex AI
11 23 (4.47%) PaaS
11 23 (4.47%) Serverless
12 22 (4.27%) SaaS
13 16 (3.11%) GitHub Actions
13 16 (3.11%) SonarCloud
14 15 (2.91%) Entra ID
15 14 (2.72%) Amazon S3
15 14 (2.72%) Azure Monitor
16 12 (2.33%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
17 11 (2.14%) Amazon EKS
Communications & Networking
1 46 (8.93%) VPN
2 39 (7.57%) TCP/IP
3 21 (4.08%) DNS
4 15 (2.91%) WAN
5 12 (2.33%) DHCP
6 11 (2.14%) LAN
7 10 (1.94%) Firewall
7 10 (1.94%) SD-WAN
8 9 (1.75%) Intrusion Detection
9 7 (1.36%) SAN
10 6 (1.17%) Unified Communications
10 6 (1.17%) VoIP
10 6 (1.17%) Wi-Fi
11 5 (0.97%) SMTP
12 2 (0.39%) FTP
12 2 (0.39%) HTTP
12 2 (0.39%) SSH
13 1 (0.19%) ADSL2
13 1 (0.19%) Network Security
13 1 (0.19%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 59 (11.46%) SQL Server
2 26 (5.05%) Data Mining
3 24 (4.66%) PostgreSQL
4 21 (4.08%) Power BI
5 19 (3.69%) NoSQL
6 18 (3.50%) Relational Database
7 17 (3.30%) Elasticsearch
8 15 (2.91%) MySQL
9 13 (2.52%) Data Lake
9 13 (2.52%) Data Warehouse
9 13 (2.52%) MongoDB
10 9 (1.75%) Azure SQL Database
11 7 (1.36%) Big Data
11 7 (1.36%) Hadoop
12 5 (0.97%) Amazon RDS
12 5 (0.97%) SQL Server Integration Services
13 4 (0.78%) Airbyte
13 4 (0.78%) DynamoDB
13 4 (0.78%) SQL Server Reporting Services
14 3 (0.58%) RDBMS
Development Applications
1 81 (15.73%) Git
2 43 (8.35%) Cucumber
3 41 (7.96%) Robot Framework
4 33 (6.41%) Jenkins
5 24 (4.66%) JIRA
6 22 (4.27%) Octopus Deploy
7 19 (3.69%) Visual Studio
8 18 (3.50%) GitLab
8 18 (3.50%) Selenium
9 17 (3.30%) MSBuild
10 16 (3.11%) Team Foundation Server
11 13 (2.52%) JUnit
12 11 (2.14%) Maven
12 11 (2.14%) SonarQube
13 10 (1.94%) Sonatype Nexus
14 8 (1.55%) Bitbucket
15 7 (1.36%) Snyk
16 6 (1.17%) Storybook
17 5 (0.97%) Mockito
18 3 (0.58%) Artifactory
General
1 184 (35.73%) Social Skills
2 88 (17.09%) Law
3 85 (16.50%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 81 (15.73%) Finance
5 60 (11.65%) Analytical Skills
6 55 (10.68%) Retail
7 45 (8.74%) Telecoms
8 35 (6.80%) Marketing
9 30 (5.83%) Public Sector
10 21 (4.08%) Manufacturing
11 11 (2.14%) Banking
12 8 (1.55%) Games
12 8 (1.55%) Presentation Skills
13 7 (1.36%) Automotive
13 7 (1.36%) Legal
14 3 (0.58%) Advertising
14 3 (0.58%) Military
15 2 (0.39%) General Ledger
15 2 (0.39%) Pharmaceutical
15 2 (0.39%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 93 (18.06%) Senior
2 82 (15.92%) Lead
3 81 (15.73%) Developer
4 79 (15.34%) DevOps Engineer
5 63 (12.23%) Architect
6 42 (8.16%) Software Engineer
7 34 (6.60%) Test Automation Engineer
7 34 (6.60%) Test Engineer
8 29 (5.63%) Analyst
9 27 (5.24%) Senior Developer
10 26 (5.05%) Azure DevOps Engineer
10 26 (5.05%) Azure Engineer
11 21 (4.08%) Full-Stack Developer
11 21 (4.08%) Java Developer
12 18 (3.50%) Technical Architect
13 17 (3.30%) Platform Engineer
14 16 (3.11%) Cloud Engineer
14 16 (3.11%) Infrastructure Engineer
15 15 (2.91%) Senior Full-Stack Developer
16 14 (2.72%) Full-Stack Web Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 87 (16.89%) .NET
2 53 (10.29%) React
2 53 (10.29%) REST
3 44 (8.54%) HTML
4 43 (8.35%) CSS
5 34 (6.60%) Kafka
5 34 (6.60%) RESTful
6 30 (5.83%) Spring Boot
7 25 (4.85%) Middleware
8 24 (4.66%) Node.js
8 24 (4.66%) Spring
9 23 (4.47%) SOAP
10 22 (4.27%) ASP.NET
10 22 (4.27%) JSON
10 22 (4.27%) XML
11 19 (3.69%) .NET Framework
12 18 (3.50%) Bootstrap
13 16 (3.11%) gRPC
14 15 (2.91%) AngularJS
15 14 (2.72%) .NET Core
Miscellaneous
1 48 (9.32%) Product Ownership
2 45 (8.74%) Cloud Native
3 39 (7.57%) Linux Command Line
4 37 (7.18%) Hybrid Cloud
5 35 (6.80%) e-Learning
6 24 (4.66%) Algorithms
6 24 (4.66%) Enterprise Software
7 14 (2.72%) Onboarding
8 13 (2.52%) Operational Technology
9 12 (2.33%) Manufacturing Execution System
10 11 (2.14%) Distributed Systems
11 10 (1.94%) Analytical Mindset
11 10 (1.94%) Security Posture
12 8 (1.55%) FMCG
12 8 (1.55%) Life Science
12 8 (1.55%) Management Information System
13 7 (1.36%) Low-Code
13 7 (1.36%) SCADA
14 6 (1.17%) PMI
14 6 (1.17%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 74 (14.37%) Windows
2 64 (12.43%) Linux
3 11 (2.14%) CentOS
3 11 (2.14%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 9 (1.75%) VMS
4 9 (1.75%) Windows Server
5 7 (1.36%) Windows Server 2012
5 7 (1.36%) Windows Server 2019
6 5 (0.97%) Android
6 5 (0.97%) Apple iOS
7 2 (0.39%) Amazon Linux
8 1 (0.19%) Ubuntu
8 1 (0.19%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 278 (53.98%) Agile
2 182 (35.34%) CI/CD
3 162 (31.46%) Mentoring
4 156 (30.29%) Problem-Solving
5 124 (24.08%) Test Automation
6 109 (21.17%) Coaching
7 101 (19.61%) Artificial Intelligence
8 95 (18.45%) Microservices
9 85 (16.50%) Continuous Improvement
10 77 (14.95%) Containerisation
11 66 (12.82%) Software Engineering
12 64 (12.43%) Computer Science
12 64 (12.43%) Infrastructure as Code
13 62 (12.04%) Machine Learning
14 61 (11.84%) Analytics
14 61 (11.84%) Design Patterns
15 60 (11.65%) Roadmaps
15 60 (11.65%) Technical Leadership
16 48 (9.32%) Data Science
17 47 (9.13%) Data Engineering
Programming Languages
1 106 (20.58%) SQL
2 93 (18.06%) JavaScript
3 88 (17.09%) Python
4 83 (16.12%) C#
5 82 (15.92%) PowerShell
6 46 (8.93%) Bash
7 37 (7.18%) Java
8 21 (4.08%) TypeScript
9 16 (3.11%) Bicep
10 15 (2.91%) PHP
11 14 (2.72%) Apex Code
12 9 (1.75%) X++
13 5 (0.97%) Perl
14 3 (0.58%) C
14 3 (0.58%) Data Analysis Expressions
14 3 (0.58%) Go
14 3 (0.58%) Kusto Query Language
14 3 (0.58%) T-SQL
15 2 (0.39%) Groovy
15 2 (0.39%) SOQL
Qualifications
1 119 (23.11%) Degree
2 51 (9.90%) Security Cleared
3 43 (8.35%) Computer Science Degree
4 39 (7.57%) Master's Degree
5 33 (6.41%) SC Cleared
6 31 (6.02%) Azure Certification
7 20 (3.88%) DV Cleared
8 17 (3.30%) AWS Certification
9 16 (3.11%) PMI Certification
10 14 (2.72%) ISTQB
11 13 (2.52%) ISEB
12 12 (2.33%) BPSS Clearance
12 12 (2.33%) Chartered Engineer
12 12 (2.33%) Microsoft Certification
13 10 (1.94%) PMP
14 7 (1.36%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
15 6 (1.17%) CCNP
15 6 (1.17%) Cisco Certification
16 5 (0.97%) A+ Certification
16 5 (0.97%) CISSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 85 (16.50%) QA
2 29 (5.63%) GDPR
3 17 (3.30%) Data Quality
4 13 (2.52%) NIST
5 12 (2.33%) ISO/IEC 12207
6 10 (1.94%) Software Quality Assurance
7 8 (1.55%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 8 (1.55%) SLA
8 7 (1.36%) California Consumer Privacy Act
8 7 (1.36%) NCSC
9 5 (0.97%) PMO
10 4 (0.78%) Accessibility
11 3 (0.58%) Sarbanes-Oxley
12 2 (0.39%) GRC
13 1 (0.19%) HIPAA
13 1 (0.19%) ISO 9001
System Software
1 99 (19.22%) Docker
2 26 (5.05%) Active Directory
3 16 (3.11%) Virtual Machines
4 7 (1.36%) VMware ESXi
5 4 (0.78%) VMware Infrastructure
6 2 (0.39%) DFS Replication
6 2 (0.39%) Virtual Desktop
7 1 (0.19%) Hyper-V
7 1 (0.19%) Postfix
7 1 (0.19%) vCloud
Systems Management
1 97 (18.83%) Kubernetes
2 60 (11.65%) Terraform
3 38 (7.38%) Ansible
4 15 (2.91%) Microsoft Intune
5 13 (2.52%) Grafana
5 13 (2.52%) Prometheus
6 12 (2.33%) SCCM
7 7 (1.36%) vCenter Server
8 5 (0.97%) MaaS360
9 4 (0.78%) Single Sign-On
10 3 (0.58%) Puppet
11 1 (0.19%) Docker Swarm
11 1 (0.19%) Nagios
11 1 (0.19%) Nessus
11 1 (0.19%) Proxmox
11 1 (0.19%) Rundeck
11 1 (0.19%) WMI
Vendors
1 138 (26.80%) Microsoft
2 40 (7.77%) Google
3 35 (6.80%) IBM
3 35 (6.80%) Red Hat
4 26 (5.05%) OpenAI
5 19 (3.69%) VMware
6 17 (3.30%) Salesforce
7 15 (2.91%) Databricks
8 12 (2.33%) Rackspace
8 12 (2.33%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
9 9 (1.75%) Oracle
10 8 (1.55%) Solace
10 8 (1.55%) UiPath
11 7 (1.36%) 3PAR
11 7 (1.36%) BiZZdesign
11 7 (1.36%) Black Duck
11 7 (1.36%) NetApp
11 7 (1.36%) Rockwell
11 7 (1.36%) Siemens
11 7 (1.36%) SolarWinds