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 25 June 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
25 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 36 24 23
Rank change year-on-year -12 -1 -7
Permanent jobs citing DevOps 611 590 1,251
As % of all permanent jobs in the South East 4.07% 7.44% 6.86%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 5.67% 8.26% 8.42%
Number of salaries quoted 468 281 840
10th Percentile £41,000 £42,500 £42,500
25th Percentile £48,750 £50,000 £48,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £65,000 £61,500
Median % change year-on-year - +5.69% -5.38%
75th Percentile £75,000 £82,500 £73,750
90th Percentile £87,500 £85,000 £86,000
England median annual salary £70,000 £71,500 £65,000
% change year-on-year -2.10% +10.00% -7.14%

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 10,774 7,146 14,859
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 71.77% 90.10% 81.51%
Number of salaries quoted 7,649 3,521 10,345
10th Percentile £30,000 £26,750 £27,750
25th Percentile £39,280 £35,000 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £50,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +8.91% +1.00% -9.09%
75th Percentile £70,000 £67,500 £65,000
90th Percentile £85,000 £81,250 £78,750
England median annual salary £60,000 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year +4.35% +4.55% -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 25 June 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 25 June 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 -7 250 £60,000 -7.69% 50
Hampshire -13 158 £67,500 +12.50% 41
Buckinghamshire +16 111 £55,000 -12.00% 14
Berkshire -17 100 £65,000 -13.33% 26
Surrey +4 85 £65,000 -13.33% 20
West Sussex +16 68 £70,000 +16.67% 18
Oxfordshire -4 39 £65,000 +30.00% 11
Kent -13 27 £29,000 -63.75% 7
East Sussex -19 8 £82,500 +48.65% 1
Sussex -7 7 £65,000 -14.75% 3
Isle of Wight -1 4 £50,000 -31.51% 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 18 (2.95%) Confluence
2 7 (1.15%) IIS
2 7 (1.15%) SharePoint
3 4 (0.65%) CMS
3 4 (0.65%) OpenStack
3 4 (0.65%) Sitecore CMS
4 3 (0.49%) Adobe Experience Manager
4 3 (0.49%) Anypoint
5 2 (0.33%) nginx
6 1 (0.16%) JBoss
6 1 (0.16%) Microsoft Exchange
6 1 (0.16%) Red Hat Fuse
6 1 (0.16%) Tomcat
Applications
1 12 (1.96%) Microsoft Excel
2 6 (0.98%) Simulink
3 3 (0.49%) MS Visio
4 2 (0.33%) Chatbot
4 2 (0.33%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 1 (0.16%) Lightworks
5 1 (0.16%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 10 (1.64%) Dynamics CRM
2 3 (0.49%) Infor SunSystems
2 3 (0.49%) SAP S/4HANA
3 2 (0.33%) SAP IBP
4 1 (0.16%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 352 (57.61%) Azure
2 212 (34.70%) Azure DevOps
3 151 (24.71%) AWS
4 62 (10.15%) SaaS
5 56 (9.17%) GitHub
6 43 (7.04%) Power Platform
7 37 (6.06%) Serverless
8 35 (5.73%) GitHub Actions
9 33 (5.40%) PaaS
10 28 (4.58%) Azure AKS
11 26 (4.26%) Amazon EKS
11 26 (4.26%) IaaS
12 22 (3.60%) Entra ID
13 21 (3.44%) Microsoft 365
14 20 (3.27%) Azure AI
14 20 (3.27%) GCP
15 19 (3.11%) Amazon CloudWatch
16 18 (2.95%) OpenShift
17 17 (2.78%) Amazon ECS
17 17 (2.78%) Azure Monitor
Communications & Networking
1 29 (4.75%) Firewall
2 17 (2.78%) VPN
3 11 (1.80%) DNS
4 6 (0.98%) DHCP
5 5 (0.82%) Cisco ASA
5 5 (0.82%) MQTT
6 4 (0.65%) BGP
6 4 (0.65%) Internet
6 4 (0.65%) Software-Defined Radio
7 3 (0.49%) SAN
7 3 (0.49%) TCP/IP
8 2 (0.33%) HTTP
9 1 (0.16%) Broadband
9 1 (0.16%) IP Telephony
9 1 (0.16%) Modbus
9 1 (0.16%) Network Security
9 1 (0.16%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 64 (10.47%) SQL Server
2 39 (6.38%) MongoDB
3 36 (5.89%) Azure SQL Database
4 25 (4.09%) PostgreSQL
5 23 (3.76%) Power BI
6 16 (2.62%) Relational Database
7 13 (2.13%) NoSQL
8 11 (1.80%) Data Lake
9 8 (1.31%) Metadata
10 6 (0.98%) Redis
11 5 (0.82%) MySQL
12 4 (0.65%) Data Warehouse
13 3 (0.49%) Amazon RDS
13 3 (0.49%) DynamoDB
13 3 (0.49%) Elasticsearch
13 3 (0.49%) Spatial Data
13 3 (0.49%) SQL Server Reporting Services
14 2 (0.33%) Apache Cassandra
14 2 (0.33%) Couchbase
14 2 (0.33%) Delta Lake
Development Applications
1 81 (13.26%) Git
2 59 (9.66%) GitLab
3 37 (6.06%) JIRA
4 29 (4.75%) Jenkins
5 17 (2.78%) Visual Studio Code
6 14 (2.29%) Selenium
7 10 (1.64%) JUnit
8 9 (1.47%) SonarQube
9 8 (1.31%) Cucumber
10 7 (1.15%) Zephyr
11 6 (0.98%) Cypress.io
11 6 (0.98%) JMeter
12 5 (0.82%) Artifactory
12 5 (0.82%) Mockito
12 5 (0.82%) NUnit
12 5 (0.82%) Octopus Deploy
12 5 (0.82%) Visual Studio
13 4 (0.65%) Atlassian Bamboo
14 2 (0.33%) MSTest
14 2 (0.33%) TeamCity
General
1 141 (23.08%) Social Skills
2 112 (18.33%) Finance
3 82 (13.42%) Analytical Skills
4 27 (4.42%) Retail
5 18 (2.95%) Games
5 18 (2.95%) Public Sector
6 16 (2.62%) Manufacturing
7 14 (2.29%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 13 (2.13%) Advertising
9 10 (1.64%) Documentation Skills
9 10 (1.64%) Marketing
10 7 (1.15%) Billing
10 7 (1.15%) Electronics
10 7 (1.15%) Law
11 6 (0.98%) Aerospace
12 5 (0.82%) Automotive
12 5 (0.82%) Aviation
12 5 (0.82%) Telecoms
13 4 (0.65%) General Ledger
13 4 (0.65%) Tech for Good
Job Titles
1 142 (23.24%) DevOps Engineer
2 137 (22.42%) Developer
3 88 (14.40%) Senior
4 72 (11.78%) Software Engineer
5 71 (11.62%) Lead
6 56 (9.17%) Azure Engineer
7 47 (7.69%) .NET Developer
8 39 (6.38%) Cloud Engineer
9 37 (6.06%) Architect
10 35 (5.73%) Senior DevOps
11 28 (4.58%) Analyst
12 26 (4.26%) Azure DevOps Engineer
12 26 (4.26%) Full-Stack Developer
13 20 (3.27%) Senior DevOps Engineer
14 18 (2.95%) Administrator
14 18 (2.95%) Senior Software Engineer
14 18 (2.95%) Systems Administrator
14 18 (2.95%) Systems Engineer
15 17 (2.78%) DevOps Administrator
15 17 (2.78%) Java Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 127 (20.79%) .NET
2 67 (10.97%) ASP.NET
3 58 (9.49%) React
4 55 (9.00%) HTML
5 52 (8.51%) CSS
6 51 (8.35%) .NET Core
7 47 (7.69%) ASP.NET Core
8 45 (7.36%) RESTful
9 43 (7.04%) REST
10 26 (4.26%) YAML
11 24 (3.93%) ARM Templates
11 24 (3.93%) Blazor
12 23 (3.76%) Entity Framework
13 22 (3.60%) JSON
13 22 (3.60%) RabbitMQ
14 21 (3.44%) Spring
15 19 (3.11%) OAuth
15 19 (3.11%) Spring Boot
16 17 (2.78%) jQuery
16 17 (2.78%) ML.NET
Miscellaneous
1 59 (9.66%) Cloud Native
2 45 (7.36%) Product Ownership
3 27 (4.42%) Distributed Systems
4 22 (3.60%) Algorithms
5 20 (3.27%) Hybrid Cloud
6 18 (2.95%) Mobile App
7 17 (2.78%) Enterprise Software
8 15 (2.45%) Greenfield Project
9 13 (2.13%) Low-Code
10 12 (1.96%) Legacy Systems
10 12 (1.96%) Private Cloud
11 10 (1.64%) Data Centre
11 10 (1.64%) Self-Motivation
12 8 (1.31%) Analytical Mindset
12 8 (1.31%) Embedded Systems
13 7 (1.15%) FPGA
13 7 (1.15%) Life Science
13 7 (1.15%) Virtual Team
14 6 (0.98%) Data Structures
14 6 (0.98%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 97 (15.88%) Linux
2 31 (5.07%) Ubuntu
3 28 (4.58%) Windows
4 17 (2.78%) Windows Server
5 10 (1.64%) CentOS
5 10 (1.64%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 10 (1.64%) VMS
6 8 (1.31%) Windows Server 2019
7 5 (0.82%) Android
7 5 (0.82%) Unix
8 3 (0.49%) Debian
8 3 (0.49%) Windows Server 2012
9 2 (0.33%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 295 (48.28%) CI/CD
2 241 (39.44%) Agile
3 147 (24.06%) Infrastructure as Code
4 140 (22.91%) Problem-Solving
5 105 (17.18%) Software Engineering
6 104 (17.02%) Continuous Improvement
7 97 (15.88%) AI
8 88 (14.40%) Full-Stack Development
9 80 (13.09%) Containerisation
10 77 (12.60%) Microservices
11 75 (12.27%) Scrum
12 72 (11.78%) Computer Science
13 71 (11.62%) Test Automation
14 57 (9.33%) Mentoring
15 56 (9.17%) Observability
16 55 (9.00%) Kanban
17 53 (8.67%) SDLC
18 51 (8.35%) Analytics
18 51 (8.35%) Machine Learning
19 45 (7.36%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 153 (25.04%) Python
2 131 (21.44%) C#
3 120 (19.64%) SQL
4 90 (14.73%) JavaScript
5 63 (10.31%) Bash
6 60 (9.82%) Java
7 55 (9.00%) PowerShell
8 40 (6.55%) C++
9 31 (5.07%) TypeScript
10 25 (4.09%) Bicep
11 23 (3.76%) C
12 17 (2.78%) Go
13 10 (1.64%) Apex Code
14 9 (1.47%) MATLAB
15 8 (1.31%) Groovy
15 8 (1.31%) PHP
16 6 (0.98%) Ruby
16 6 (0.98%) Shell Script
16 6 (0.98%) T-SQL
17 5 (0.82%) Embedded C
Qualifications
1 100 (16.37%) Security Cleared
2 92 (15.06%) Degree
3 58 (9.49%) SC Cleared
4 26 (4.26%) Computer Science Degree
5 22 (3.60%) DV Cleared
6 20 (3.27%) Master's Degree
7 12 (1.96%) AWS Certification
8 11 (1.80%) Azure Certification
9 9 (1.47%) ISTQB
10 6 (0.98%) ICAEW
11 4 (0.65%) DBS Check
12 2 (0.33%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
13 1 (0.16%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
13 1 (0.16%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
13 1 (0.16%) CCA
13 1 (0.16%) ITIL Certification
13 1 (0.16%) Microsoft Certified Professional
13 1 (0.16%) PMI Certification
13 1 (0.16%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 49 (8.02%) QA
2 17 (2.78%) Data Quality
3 14 (2.29%) Accessibility
4 9 (1.47%) WCAG
5 8 (1.31%) PCI DSS
6 6 (0.98%) NIST
7 5 (0.82%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 4 (0.65%) ITGC
9 3 (0.49%) SOC 2
10 1 (0.16%) GDPR
10 1 (0.16%) NCSC
10 1 (0.16%) SLA
System Software
1 118 (19.31%) Docker
2 18 (2.95%) Active Directory
3 7 (1.15%) Firmware
4 5 (0.82%) Hyper-V
5 4 (0.65%) Virtual Machines
6 3 (0.49%) Slurm Workload Manager
6 3 (0.49%) VMware ESXi
6 3 (0.49%) VMware Infrastructure
7 1 (0.16%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 146 (23.90%) Terraform
2 109 (17.84%) Kubernetes
3 75 (12.27%) Ansible
4 34 (5.56%) Grafana
5 29 (4.75%) Prometheus
6 13 (2.13%) Nagios
7 10 (1.64%) Kibana
8 8 (1.31%) Proxmox
9 6 (0.98%) Podman
10 5 (0.82%) Docker Swarm
10 5 (0.82%) Packer
10 5 (0.82%) Puppet
11 4 (0.65%) Microsoft Intune
12 3 (0.49%) Argo
12 3 (0.49%) Scalr
12 3 (0.49%) SCCM
12 3 (0.49%) vCenter Server
12 3 (0.49%) ZABBIX
13 2 (0.33%) MIIS
14 1 (0.16%) Nessus
Vendors
1 144 (23.57%) Microsoft
2 34 (5.56%) Red Hat
3 28 (4.58%) Salesforce
4 19 (3.11%) MuleSoft
5 17 (2.78%) Splunk
6 14 (2.29%) VMware
7 12 (1.96%) Databricks
7 12 (1.96%) Oracle
8 11 (1.80%) Dynatrace
9 9 (1.47%) AppDynamics
9 9 (1.47%) Facebook
9 9 (1.47%) YouTube
10 8 (1.31%) Cisco
10 8 (1.31%) IBM
10 8 (1.31%) Palo Alto
11 7 (1.15%) ServiceNow
12 5 (0.82%) F5
12 5 (0.82%) Juniper
12 5 (0.82%) SAP
13 4 (0.65%) Sitecore