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

6 months to
16 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 37 22 23
Rank change year-on-year -15 +1 -7
Permanent jobs citing DevOps 582 585 1,271
As % of all permanent jobs in the South East 3.96% 7.48% 6.90%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 5.55% 8.29% 8.49%
Number of salaries quoted 448 283 838
10th Percentile £40,750 £41,500 £42,500
25th Percentile £47,500 £48,750 £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 £85,300
England median annual salary £70,000 £70,750 £65,000
% change year-on-year -1.06% +8.85% -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 10,490 7,060 14,970
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 71.40% 90.28% 81.23%
Number of salaries quoted 7,421 3,414 10,381
10th Percentile £30,000 £27,000 £27,750
25th Percentile £39,969 £35,000 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £52,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +5.77% +4.00% -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 16 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 16 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 -7 244 £60,000 -6.61% 69
Hampshire -16 145 £70,000 +16.67% 63
Buckinghamshire +17 109 £55,000 -2.22% 19
Berkshire -15 99 £62,500 -18.03% 37
Surrey +5 81 £65,000 -13.33% 27
West Sussex +14 61 £70,000 +14.29% 19
Oxfordshire -5 36 £65,000 +30.00% 14
Kent -11 28 £29,000 -63.75% 10
East Sussex -22 8 £82,500 +34.69% 3
Sussex -6 7 £65,000 -14.75% 2
Isle of Wight +2 4 £45,750 -37.33% 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 17 (2.92%) Confluence
2 7 (1.20%) SharePoint
3 5 (0.86%) IIS
4 4 (0.69%) CMS
4 4 (0.69%) OpenStack
4 4 (0.69%) Sitecore CMS
5 3 (0.52%) Adobe Experience Manager
5 3 (0.52%) Anypoint
6 2 (0.34%) Microsoft Exchange
7 1 (0.17%) Apache
7 1 (0.17%) JBoss
7 1 (0.17%) nginx
7 1 (0.17%) Red Hat Fuse
Applications
1 11 (1.89%) Microsoft Excel
2 6 (1.03%) Simulink
3 2 (0.34%) Chatbot
3 2 (0.34%) MS Visio
4 1 (0.17%) Lightworks
4 1 (0.17%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.17%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 10 (1.72%) Dynamics CRM
2 2 (0.34%) Infor SunSystems
2 2 (0.34%) SAP S/4HANA
3 1 (0.17%) SAP IBP
3 1 (0.17%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 330 (56.70%) Azure
2 196 (33.68%) Azure DevOps
3 146 (25.09%) AWS
4 60 (10.31%) SaaS
5 56 (9.62%) GitHub
6 42 (7.22%) Power Platform
7 33 (5.67%) PaaS
7 33 (5.67%) Serverless
8 32 (5.50%) GitHub Actions
9 26 (4.47%) Amazon EKS
9 26 (4.47%) Azure AKS
9 26 (4.47%) IaaS
10 22 (3.78%) Entra ID
11 21 (3.61%) Microsoft 365
12 19 (3.26%) GCP
13 18 (3.09%) OpenShift
14 17 (2.92%) Amazon CloudWatch
15 16 (2.75%) Azure AI
15 16 (2.75%) Datadog
16 15 (2.58%) Amazon ECS
Communications & Networking
1 31 (5.33%) Firewall
2 16 (2.75%) VPN
3 12 (2.06%) DNS
4 7 (1.20%) DHCP
5 5 (0.86%) Cisco ASA
6 4 (0.69%) BGP
6 4 (0.69%) MQTT
6 4 (0.69%) SAN
6 4 (0.69%) Software-Defined Radio
7 3 (0.52%) Internet
7 3 (0.52%) TCP/IP
8 1 (0.17%) Broadband
8 1 (0.17%) HTTP
8 1 (0.17%) IP Telephony
8 1 (0.17%) Modbus
8 1 (0.17%) MPLS
8 1 (0.17%) Network Security
8 1 (0.17%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 60 (10.31%) SQL Server
2 30 (5.15%) MongoDB
3 28 (4.81%) Azure SQL Database
4 23 (3.95%) PostgreSQL
4 23 (3.95%) Power BI
5 13 (2.23%) Relational Database
6 12 (2.06%) NoSQL
7 11 (1.89%) Data Lake
8 7 (1.20%) Metadata
9 6 (1.03%) Redis
10 4 (0.69%) Data Warehouse
10 4 (0.69%) MySQL
11 3 (0.52%) Amazon RDS
11 3 (0.52%) Spatial Data
12 2 (0.34%) Apache Cassandra
12 2 (0.34%) Couchbase
12 2 (0.34%) DynamoDB
12 2 (0.34%) Elasticsearch
12 2 (0.34%) SQL Server Integration Services
13 1 (0.17%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 74 (12.71%) Git
2 57 (9.79%) GitLab
3 36 (6.19%) JIRA
4 25 (4.30%) Jenkins
5 16 (2.75%) Visual Studio Code
6 14 (2.41%) Selenium
7 10 (1.72%) JUnit
8 8 (1.37%) Cucumber
8 8 (1.37%) SonarQube
9 7 (1.20%) Zephyr
10 5 (0.86%) Artifactory
10 5 (0.86%) JMeter
10 5 (0.86%) Mockito
11 4 (0.69%) Atlassian Bamboo
11 4 (0.69%) Cypress.io
11 4 (0.69%) NUnit
11 4 (0.69%) Octopus Deploy
11 4 (0.69%) Visual Studio
12 2 (0.34%) Jasmine
12 2 (0.34%) MSTest
General
1 136 (23.37%) Social Skills
2 107 (18.38%) Finance
3 83 (14.26%) Analytical Skills
4 26 (4.47%) Retail
5 18 (3.09%) Public Sector
6 16 (2.75%) Games
7 14 (2.41%) Manufacturing
8 11 (1.89%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 10 (1.72%) Advertising
9 10 (1.72%) Documentation Skills
10 9 (1.55%) Marketing
11 8 (1.37%) Billing
12 7 (1.20%) Law
13 6 (1.03%) Aerospace
13 6 (1.03%) Electronics
14 5 (0.86%) Automotive
14 5 (0.86%) Aviation
14 5 (0.86%) Telecoms
15 4 (0.69%) General Ledger
15 4 (0.69%) Tech for Good
Job Titles
1 136 (23.37%) DevOps Engineer
2 124 (21.31%) Developer
3 82 (14.09%) Senior
4 67 (11.51%) Software Engineer
5 66 (11.34%) Lead
6 54 (9.28%) Azure Engineer
7 38 (6.53%) Cloud Engineer
8 36 (6.19%) Architect
9 35 (6.01%) .NET Developer
10 32 (5.50%) Senior DevOps
11 26 (4.47%) Full-Stack Developer
12 25 (4.30%) Analyst
13 24 (4.12%) Azure DevOps Engineer
14 19 (3.26%) Administrator
14 19 (3.26%) Systems Administrator
15 18 (3.09%) DevOps Administrator
15 18 (3.09%) Systems Engineer
16 17 (2.92%) DevOps Systems Engineer
16 17 (2.92%) Senior DevOps Engineer
17 16 (2.75%) Linux/Unix DevOps
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 115 (19.76%) .NET
2 55 (9.45%) React
3 54 (9.28%) ASP.NET
4 49 (8.42%) HTML
5 46 (7.90%) CSS
6 42 (7.22%) RESTful
7 40 (6.87%) .NET Core
7 40 (6.87%) REST
8 34 (5.84%) ASP.NET Core
9 26 (4.47%) YAML
10 21 (3.61%) ARM Templates
10 21 (3.61%) JSON
10 21 (3.61%) RabbitMQ
11 19 (3.26%) Blazor
11 19 (3.26%) Spring
12 18 (3.09%) Entity Framework
12 18 (3.09%) OAuth
13 17 (2.92%) Node.js
14 16 (2.75%) Spring Boot
15 15 (2.58%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 52 (8.93%) Cloud Native
2 42 (7.22%) Product Ownership
3 28 (4.81%) Distributed Systems
4 22 (3.78%) Algorithms
5 19 (3.26%) Hybrid Cloud
6 18 (3.09%) Mobile App
7 16 (2.75%) Enterprise Software
8 13 (2.23%) Low-Code
9 12 (2.06%) Private Cloud
10 11 (1.89%) Greenfield Project
11 10 (1.72%) Data Centre
11 10 (1.72%) Legacy Systems
11 10 (1.72%) Self-Motivation
12 8 (1.37%) Analytical Mindset
12 8 (1.37%) Embedded Systems
13 7 (1.20%) FPGA
13 7 (1.20%) Life Science
13 7 (1.20%) Onboarding
14 6 (1.03%) Data Structures
14 6 (1.03%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 96 (16.49%) Linux
2 32 (5.50%) Ubuntu
3 27 (4.64%) Windows
4 19 (3.26%) Windows Server
5 10 (1.72%) CentOS
5 10 (1.72%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 10 (1.72%) VMS
6 9 (1.55%) Windows Server 2019
7 5 (0.86%) Unix
8 4 (0.69%) Android
8 4 (0.69%) Windows Server 2012
9 3 (0.52%) Debian
10 2 (0.34%) Apple iOS
11 1 (0.17%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 278 (47.77%) CI/CD
2 226 (38.83%) Agile
3 139 (23.88%) Infrastructure as Code
4 135 (23.20%) Problem-Solving
5 99 (17.01%) Continuous Improvement
5 99 (17.01%) Software Engineering
6 89 (15.29%) AI
7 79 (13.57%) Containerisation
7 79 (13.57%) Full-Stack Development
8 71 (12.20%) Scrum
9 69 (11.86%) Computer Science
9 69 (11.86%) Microservices
10 68 (11.68%) Test Automation
11 53 (9.11%) Observability
12 51 (8.76%) Kanban
13 49 (8.42%) Mentoring
14 47 (8.08%) Machine Learning
15 46 (7.90%) Analytics
16 45 (7.73%) Data Modelling
16 45 (7.73%) SDLC
Programming Languages
1 149 (25.60%) Python
2 115 (19.76%) C#
3 107 (18.38%) SQL
4 79 (13.57%) JavaScript
5 63 (10.82%) Bash
6 54 (9.28%) Java
7 49 (8.42%) PowerShell
8 37 (6.36%) C++
9 28 (4.81%) TypeScript
10 22 (3.78%) C
11 20 (3.44%) Bicep
12 17 (2.92%) Go
13 10 (1.72%) Apex Code
14 9 (1.55%) MATLAB
15 8 (1.37%) PHP
16 7 (1.20%) Groovy
17 6 (1.03%) Ruby
17 6 (1.03%) Shell Script
18 5 (0.86%) Embedded C
18 5 (0.86%) Embedded C++
Qualifications
1 96 (16.49%) Security Cleared
2 88 (15.12%) Degree
3 54 (9.28%) SC Cleared
4 26 (4.47%) Computer Science Degree
5 22 (3.78%) DV Cleared
6 20 (3.44%) Master's Degree
7 12 (2.06%) AWS Certification
7 12 (2.06%) Azure Certification
8 9 (1.55%) ISTQB
9 6 (1.03%) ICAEW
10 4 (0.69%) DBS Check
11 2 (0.34%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
12 1 (0.17%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
12 1 (0.17%) CCA
12 1 (0.17%) Microsoft Certified Professional
12 1 (0.17%) PMI Certification
12 1 (0.17%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 43 (7.39%) QA
2 17 (2.92%) Data Quality
3 14 (2.41%) Accessibility
4 9 (1.55%) WCAG
5 7 (1.20%) PCI DSS
6 6 (1.03%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 6 (1.03%) NIST
7 4 (0.69%) ITGC
8 3 (0.52%) SOC 2
9 1 (0.17%) GDPR
9 1 (0.17%) NCSC
9 1 (0.17%) SLA
System Software
1 112 (19.24%) Docker
2 18 (3.09%) Active Directory
3 7 (1.20%) Firmware
4 5 (0.86%) Hyper-V
5 4 (0.69%) VMware ESXi
5 4 (0.69%) VMware Infrastructure
6 3 (0.52%) Slurm Workload Manager
6 3 (0.52%) Virtual Machines
7 1 (0.17%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 141 (24.23%) Terraform
2 105 (18.04%) Kubernetes
3 75 (12.89%) Ansible
4 33 (5.67%) Grafana
5 28 (4.81%) Prometheus
6 13 (2.23%) Nagios
7 10 (1.72%) Kibana
8 8 (1.37%) Proxmox
9 6 (1.03%) Podman
10 5 (0.86%) Docker Swarm
10 5 (0.86%) Microsoft Intune
10 5 (0.86%) Packer
10 5 (0.86%) Puppet
11 4 (0.69%) Argo
11 4 (0.69%) SCCM
11 4 (0.69%) vCenter Server
12 3 (0.52%) Scalr
12 3 (0.52%) ZABBIX
13 2 (0.34%) MIIS
14 1 (0.17%) Nessus
Vendors
1 130 (22.34%) Microsoft
2 35 (6.01%) Red Hat
3 28 (4.81%) Salesforce
4 19 (3.26%) MuleSoft
5 17 (2.92%) Splunk
6 16 (2.75%) VMware
7 12 (2.06%) Oracle
8 11 (1.89%) Databricks
8 11 (1.89%) Dynatrace
9 9 (1.55%) AppDynamics
10 8 (1.37%) Cisco
10 8 (1.37%) IBM
10 8 (1.37%) Palo Alto
11 7 (1.20%) Facebook
11 7 (1.20%) ServiceNow
11 7 (1.20%) YouTube
12 5 (0.86%) F5
12 5 (0.86%) Juniper
12 5 (0.86%) Veeam
13 4 (0.69%) NetApp