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 5 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
5 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 51 21 21
Rank change year-on-year -30 0 -1
Permanent jobs citing DevOps 418 848 649
As % of all permanent jobs in the South East 4.28% 8.00% 8.83%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 5.16% 9.48% 9.52%
Number of salaries quoted 264 489 456
10th Percentile £33,750 £42,500 £46,750
25th Percentile £47,500 £50,750 £53,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £65,500 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -0.76% +0.77% -
75th Percentile £83,750 £82,500 £77,500
90th Percentile £92,500 £85,000 £90,000
England median annual salary £70,000 £70,000 £70,000

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 8,093 8,944 6,820
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 82.84% 84.38% 92.81%
Number of salaries quoted 4,943 4,660 4,782
10th Percentile £27,500 £32,750 £30,500
25th Percentile £33,750 £43,725 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £57,000 £54,500
Median % change year-on-year -12.28% +4.59% -0.91%
75th Percentile £65,000 £73,000 £67,500
90th Percentile £80,000 £85,000 £82,500
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% - -4.00%

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 5 December 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 5 December 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 -27 152 £65,000 - 106
Hampshire -27 90 £75,000 +15.38% 55
Berkshire -29 82 £67,500 -10.00% 47
Buckinghamshire +2 55 £60,000 +15.38% 25
Surrey -37 53 £70,000 - 18
Kent +5 41 £37,500 -43.18% 13
West Sussex -1 30 £60,000 - 14
Middlesex +10 24 £37,500 - 5
East Sussex +9 17 £60,000 -13.36% 5
Oxfordshire -17 15 £67,500 +3.85% 38
Isle of Wight -9 8 £45,000 - 2
Sussex +10 4 £45,000 -32.33% 4
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 (4.78%) IIS
2 7 (1.67%) Apache
2 7 (1.67%) Apache Airflow
3 6 (1.44%) Appian
3 6 (1.44%) Confluence
4 4 (0.96%) nginx
4 4 (0.96%) SharePoint
5 2 (0.48%) Apache Spark
5 2 (0.48%) OpenStack
6 1 (0.24%) Anypoint
6 1 (0.24%) ArcGIS
6 1 (0.24%) Camunda
6 1 (0.24%) JBoss
6 1 (0.24%) Red Hat Fuse
Applications
1 14 (3.35%) Microsoft Office
2 4 (0.96%) Microsoft Excel
2 4 (0.96%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 4 (0.96%) Microsoft Project
3 3 (0.72%) S-PLUS
4 2 (0.48%) MS Visio
5 1 (0.24%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 6 (1.44%) Dynamics CRM
2 3 (0.72%) Oracle ERP
2 3 (0.72%) Teamcenter
3 2 (0.48%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 249 (59.57%) Azure
2 163 (39.00%) Azure DevOps
3 115 (27.51%) AWS
4 50 (11.96%) GitHub
5 34 (8.13%) GCP
6 30 (7.18%) Power Platform
7 23 (5.50%) Serverless
8 21 (5.02%) GitHub Actions
8 21 (5.02%) SaaS
9 18 (4.31%) Amazon S3
9 18 (4.31%) Entra ID
9 18 (4.31%) PaaS
10 17 (4.07%) Azure Service Bus
11 16 (3.83%) Microsoft 365
11 16 (3.83%) Vertex AI
12 15 (3.59%) Azure Cosmos DB
13 11 (2.63%) AWS Lambda
14 10 (2.39%) AWS CloudFormation
14 10 (2.39%) Azure Logic Apps
14 10 (2.39%) Dynamics 365
Communications & Networking
1 29 (6.94%) DNS
2 15 (3.59%) DHCP
3 12 (2.87%) VPN
4 10 (2.39%) LAN
4 10 (2.39%) SAN
4 10 (2.39%) WAN
5 7 (1.67%) SD-WAN
5 7 (1.67%) Unified Communications
5 7 (1.67%) VoIP
5 7 (1.67%) Wi-Fi
6 6 (1.44%) TCP/IP
7 5 (1.20%) Firewall
8 4 (0.96%) HTTP
9 2 (0.48%) FTP
9 2 (0.48%) Intrusion Detection
9 2 (0.48%) SMTP
9 2 (0.48%) SSH
10 1 (0.24%) HTTPS
10 1 (0.24%) S/MIME
10 1 (0.24%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 44 (10.53%) SQL Server
2 19 (4.55%) Power BI
3 15 (3.59%) Data Mining
3 15 (3.59%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 13 (3.11%) MySQL
4 13 (3.11%) NoSQL
5 12 (2.87%) Azure SQL Database
6 11 (2.63%) PostgreSQL
7 9 (2.15%) DynamoDB
8 8 (1.91%) Data Warehouse
9 6 (1.44%) Elasticsearch
9 6 (1.44%) MongoDB
9 6 (1.44%) Relational Database
10 5 (1.20%) Airbyte
11 3 (0.72%) Amazon RDS
11 3 (0.72%) BigQuery
11 3 (0.72%) SQL Server Integration Services
11 3 (0.72%) Tableau
12 2 (0.48%) Amazon Redshift
12 2 (0.48%) Redis
Development Applications
1 72 (17.22%) Git
2 33 (7.89%) Jenkins
3 25 (5.98%) Selenium
4 22 (5.26%) Robot Framework
5 21 (5.02%) Snyk
6 15 (3.59%) GitLab
7 14 (3.35%) JIRA
8 9 (2.15%) Octopus Deploy
9 8 (1.91%) Storybook
10 7 (1.67%) Visual Studio
11 5 (1.20%) Artifactory
11 5 (1.20%) git-flow
12 4 (0.96%) Cucumber
12 4 (0.96%) MLflow
12 4 (0.96%) MSBuild
12 4 (0.96%) Team Foundation Server
13 3 (0.72%) JUnit
14 2 (0.48%) Atlassian Bamboo
14 2 (0.48%) Cypress.io
14 2 (0.48%) Gradle
General
1 135 (32.30%) Social Skills
2 75 (17.94%) Finance
3 67 (16.03%) Analytical Skills
4 45 (10.77%) Law
5 29 (6.94%) Retail
6 24 (5.74%) Marketing
7 20 (4.78%) Manufacturing
8 16 (3.83%) Public Sector
9 8 (1.91%) Games
10 7 (1.67%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 7 (1.67%) Legal
10 7 (1.67%) Telecoms
11 5 (1.20%) Aerospace
11 5 (1.20%) Banking
12 3 (0.72%) Advertising
12 3 (0.72%) Automotive
12 3 (0.72%) Military
13 2 (0.48%) Organisational Skills
13 2 (0.48%) Pharmaceutical
13 2 (0.48%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 87 (20.81%) Lead
2 80 (19.14%) Developer
3 79 (18.90%) Senior
4 47 (11.24%) Software Engineer
5 46 (11.00%) DevOps Engineer
6 37 (8.85%) Architect
7 33 (7.89%) Full-Stack Developer
8 28 (6.70%) Analyst
9 23 (5.50%) Senior Developer
10 20 (4.78%) Senior Full-Stack Developer
11 18 (4.31%) Support Engineer
12 15 (3.59%) Platform Engineer
13 14 (3.35%) Azure Engineer
13 14 (3.35%) Full-Stack Web Developer
13 14 (3.35%) Infrastructure Engineer
13 14 (3.35%) IT Engineer
13 14 (3.35%) Senior Web Developer
13 14 (3.35%) Software Architect
13 14 (3.35%) Web Developer
14 13 (3.11%) IT Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 105 (25.12%) .NET
2 60 (14.35%) React
3 36 (8.61%) CSS
4 35 (8.37%) HTML
5 31 (7.42%) .NET Framework
5 31 (7.42%) REST
6 28 (6.70%) RESTful
7 24 (5.74%) ASP.NET
8 23 (5.50%) Middleware
9 21 (5.02%) Node.js
10 19 (4.55%) Kafka
10 19 (4.55%) WinForms
11 17 (4.07%) .NET Core
11 17 (4.07%) ARM Templates
12 15 (3.59%) Next.js
13 12 (2.87%) AngularJS
13 12 (2.87%) Entity Framework
14 10 (2.39%) RabbitMQ
14 10 (2.39%) SOAP
14 10 (2.39%) WPF
Miscellaneous
1 44 (10.53%) Cloud Native
2 38 (9.09%) Product Ownership
3 16 (3.83%) Algorithms
4 15 (3.59%) Manufacturing Execution System
5 14 (3.35%) Onboarding
6 9 (2.15%) Low-Code
6 9 (2.15%) Mobile App
6 9 (2.15%) Security Posture
7 8 (1.91%) Distributed Systems
8 7 (1.67%) Analytical Mindset
8 7 (1.67%) Enterprise Software
8 7 (1.67%) Operational Technology
9 6 (1.44%) Linux Command Line
10 5 (1.20%) Marketing Technology
10 5 (1.20%) Renewable Energy
11 4 (0.96%) Hybrid Cloud
11 4 (0.96%) Legacy Systems
11 4 (0.96%) Life Science
12 3 (0.72%) Animation
12 3 (0.72%) Sports Betting
Operating Systems
1 67 (16.03%) Windows
2 39 (9.33%) Linux
3 13 (3.11%) Windows Server
4 10 (2.39%) VMS
4 10 (2.39%) Windows Server 2012
4 10 (2.39%) Windows Server 2019
5 6 (1.44%) Android
5 6 (1.44%) Apple iOS
6 3 (0.72%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 3 (0.72%) Ubuntu
7 2 (0.48%) Amazon Linux
7 2 (0.48%) CentOS
8 1 (0.24%) Unix
8 1 (0.24%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 229 (54.78%) Agile
2 195 (46.65%) CI/CD
3 122 (29.19%) Problem-Solving
4 96 (22.97%) Mentoring
5 81 (19.38%) Infrastructure as Code
6 77 (18.42%) Software Engineering
7 75 (17.94%) Continuous Improvement
8 63 (15.07%) Test Automation
9 62 (14.83%) Microservices
10 58 (13.88%) AI
11 54 (12.92%) Computer Science
12 52 (12.44%) Scrum
13 48 (11.48%) Roadmaps
14 47 (11.24%) Machine Learning
15 46 (11.00%) Full-Stack Development
16 40 (9.57%) Coaching
16 40 (9.57%) Containerisation
16 40 (9.57%) Waterfall
17 37 (8.85%) Design Patterns
17 37 (8.85%) SDLC
Programming Languages
1 81 (19.38%) C#
2 77 (18.42%) SQL
3 57 (13.64%) Python
4 47 (11.24%) JavaScript
5 38 (9.09%) PowerShell
6 31 (7.42%) TypeScript
7 22 (5.26%) Java
8 18 (4.31%) Bash
9 13 (3.11%) Bicep
9 13 (3.11%) T-SQL
10 7 (1.67%) C++
10 7 (1.67%) Go
11 5 (1.20%) Apex Code
12 4 (0.96%) Perl
12 4 (0.96%) PHP
13 2 (0.48%) ABAP
13 2 (0.48%) C
13 2 (0.48%) Data Analysis Expressions
13 2 (0.48%) Groovy
13 2 (0.48%) Kusto Query Language
Qualifications
1 83 (19.86%) Degree
2 58 (13.88%) Security Cleared
3 44 (10.53%) Computer Science Degree
4 31 (7.42%) DV Cleared
5 30 (7.18%) SC Cleared
6 24 (5.74%) Azure Certification
7 23 (5.50%) Master's Degree
8 16 (3.83%) BPSS Clearance
9 14 (3.35%) ISTQB
10 13 (3.11%) Chartered Engineer
11 11 (2.63%) AWS Certification
11 11 (2.63%) ISEB
11 11 (2.63%) PMI Certification
11 11 (2.63%) PMP
12 7 (1.67%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
12 7 (1.67%) CCNP
12 7 (1.67%) Cisco Certification
13 5 (1.20%) Microsoft Certification
14 3 (0.72%) A+ Certification
14 3 (0.72%) CISSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 57 (13.64%) QA
2 15 (3.59%) NIST
3 13 (3.11%) ISO/IEC 12207
4 12 (2.87%) PMO
5 10 (2.39%) GDPR
6 8 (1.91%) Accessibility
6 8 (1.91%) Software Quality Assurance
7 7 (1.67%) NCSC
8 6 (1.44%) ISO/IEC 27001
9 4 (0.96%) SLA
10 2 (0.48%) PCI DSS
10 2 (0.48%) Sarbanes-Oxley
11 1 (0.24%) Data Quality
11 1 (0.24%) HIPAA
11 1 (0.24%) NIST 800
System Software
1 73 (17.46%) Docker
2 31 (7.42%) Active Directory
3 10 (2.39%) VMware ESXi
4 5 (1.20%) Virtual Machines
5 3 (0.72%) VMware Infrastructure
6 2 (0.48%) DFS Replication
7 1 (0.24%) Apache ZooKeeper
7 1 (0.24%) Hyper-V
7 1 (0.24%) vCloud
7 1 (0.24%) Virtual Desktop
7 1 (0.24%) VMware NSX
7 1 (0.24%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 84 (20.10%) Kubernetes
2 78 (18.66%) Terraform
3 37 (8.85%) Ansible
4 18 (4.31%) Microsoft Intune
5 17 (4.07%) Grafana
6 16 (3.83%) Prometheus
7 15 (3.59%) SCCM
8 11 (2.63%) vCenter Server
9 5 (1.20%) MaaS360
10 3 (0.72%) Kubeflow
11 2 (0.48%) Nessus
11 2 (0.48%) Sysdig
12 1 (0.24%) Argo
12 1 (0.24%) Docker Swarm
12 1 (0.24%) Kibana
12 1 (0.24%) Nagios
12 1 (0.24%) Proxmox
12 1 (0.24%) Puppet
12 1 (0.24%) Rundeck
Vendors
1 131 (31.34%) Microsoft
2 30 (7.18%) Google
3 20 (4.78%) Black Duck
3 20 (4.78%) VMware
4 19 (4.55%) Coverity
5 17 (4.07%) OpenAI
6 12 (2.87%) Sage
6 12 (2.87%) Xamarin
7 11 (2.63%) Veeam
8 10 (2.39%) 3PAR
8 10 (2.39%) NetApp
8 10 (2.39%) Oracle
8 10 (2.39%) Salesforce
8 10 (2.39%) SolarWinds
9 9 (2.15%) Rackspace
10 8 (1.91%) Cisco
11 7 (1.67%) Databricks
11 7 (1.67%) Zoho
12 6 (1.44%) Blue Prism
12 6 (1.44%) UiPath