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 26 February 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
26 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 54 25 22
Rank change year-on-year -29 -3 -3
Permanent jobs citing DevOps 411 622 945
As % of all permanent jobs in the South East 3.53% 7.98% 7.56%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.54% 8.88% 8.78%
Number of salaries quoted 307 388 634
10th Percentile £40,150 £42,500 £45,000
25th Percentile £47,500 £52,000 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £67,500 £61,600
Median % change year-on-year -3.70% +9.58% -5.23%
75th Percentile £77,500 £81,563 £74,688
90th Percentile £90,000 £85,000 £89,000
England median annual salary £70,000 £70,000 £67,500
% change year-on-year - +3.70% -3.57%

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 9,043 7,002 10,764
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 77.66% 89.82% 86.17%
Number of salaries quoted 5,606 3,265 7,964
10th Percentile £28,000 £31,500 £27,500
25th Percentile £35,000 £43,650 £36,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £57,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -13.04% +15.00% -9.09%
75th Percentile £65,000 £74,000 £65,000
90th Percentile £81,250 £85,000 £78,750
England median annual salary £55,000 £62,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year -12.00% +13.64% -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 26 February 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 26 February 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 -25 153 £55,000 -15.38% 74
Hampshire -24 90 £75,000 +11.11% 45
Berkshire -29 71 £50,000 -33.33% 34
Buckinghamshire +2 69 £57,500 -4.17% 26
Surrey -39 53 £61,250 -12.50% 32
West Sussex +4 38 £70,000 +16.67% 9
Kent -14 29 £80,000 +42.22% 7
Middlesex +8 19 - - 2
East Sussex -13 15 £82,500 +73.68% 3
Oxfordshire -19 13 £73,750 +13.46% 16
Isle of Wight - 8 £41,500 - 2
Sussex -7 3 £75,000 - 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 (4.14%) IIS
2 6 (1.46%) Apache Airflow
3 5 (1.22%) Confluence
4 4 (0.97%) Apache
5 3 (0.73%) Appian
5 3 (0.73%) SharePoint
6 2 (0.49%) CMS
6 2 (0.49%) OpenStack
7 1 (0.24%) ArcGIS
7 1 (0.24%) Camunda
7 1 (0.24%) Microsoft Exchange
7 1 (0.24%) Sitecore CMS
Applications
1 6 (1.46%) Microsoft Excel
2 4 (0.97%) MS Visio
3 3 (0.73%) Microsoft Office
4 1 (0.24%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.24%) Microsoft Project
4 1 (0.24%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 7 (1.70%) Dynamics CRM
2 3 (0.73%) Oracle ERP
2 3 (0.73%) SAP S/4HANA
2 3 (0.73%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 240 (58.39%) Azure
2 178 (43.31%) Azure DevOps
3 95 (23.11%) AWS
4 61 (14.84%) GitHub
5 44 (10.71%) Power Platform
6 30 (7.30%) PaaS
6 30 (7.30%) SaaS
7 25 (6.08%) Azure Logic Apps
7 25 (6.08%) GitHub Actions
8 24 (5.84%) Entra ID
8 24 (5.84%) GCP
9 23 (5.60%) Serverless
10 17 (4.14%) IaaS
11 15 (3.65%) Microsoft 365
12 14 (3.41%) Amazon S3
12 14 (3.41%) AWS CloudFormation
12 14 (3.41%) Azure AKS
13 13 (3.16%) Dynamics 365
14 12 (2.92%) OpenShift
15 11 (2.68%) Amazon EKS
Communications & Networking
1 24 (5.84%) DNS
2 23 (5.60%) Firewall
3 15 (3.65%) VPN
4 9 (2.19%) DHCP
4 9 (2.19%) SAN
5 2 (0.49%) BGP
5 2 (0.49%) Cisco ASA
5 2 (0.49%) HTTP
5 2 (0.49%) LAN
5 2 (0.49%) SD-WAN
5 2 (0.49%) Software-Defined Radio
5 2 (0.49%) Unified Communications
5 2 (0.49%) VoIP
5 2 (0.49%) WAN
5 2 (0.49%) Wi-Fi
6 1 (0.24%) AMQP
6 1 (0.24%) HTTPS
6 1 (0.24%) IP Telephony
6 1 (0.24%) SSL
6 1 (0.24%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 42 (10.22%) SQL Server
2 20 (4.87%) Power BI
3 15 (3.65%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 9 (2.19%) MySQL
4 9 (2.19%) NoSQL
5 8 (1.95%) Data Warehouse
6 7 (1.70%) PostgreSQL
6 7 (1.70%) Relational Database
7 6 (1.46%) DynamoDB
8 4 (0.97%) Azure SQL Database
8 4 (0.97%) MongoDB
8 4 (0.97%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 3 (0.73%) Airbyte
9 3 (0.73%) SAP Data Services
10 2 (0.49%) Apache Cassandra
10 2 (0.49%) Elasticsearch
10 2 (0.49%) GIS
10 2 (0.49%) Metadata
10 2 (0.49%) Redis
11 1 (0.24%) RDBMS
Development Applications
1 57 (13.87%) Git
2 34 (8.27%) GitLab
3 31 (7.54%) Jenkins
4 27 (6.57%) Selenium
5 20 (4.87%) Robot Framework
6 19 (4.62%) Snyk
7 17 (4.14%) JIRA
8 6 (1.46%) Atlassian Bamboo
8 6 (1.46%) MLflow
9 5 (1.22%) git-flow
9 5 (1.22%) Visual Studio
10 4 (0.97%) Cypress.io
10 4 (0.97%) JUnit
11 3 (0.73%) Artifactory
11 3 (0.73%) Cucumber
11 3 (0.73%) Storybook
12 2 (0.49%) REST Assured
12 2 (0.49%) SonarQube
12 2 (0.49%) TestRail
12 2 (0.49%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 118 (28.71%) Social Skills
2 88 (21.41%) Finance
3 83 (20.19%) Analytical Skills
4 20 (4.87%) Public Sector
5 15 (3.65%) Law
6 13 (3.16%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 12 (2.92%) Retail
8 10 (2.43%) Billing
8 10 (2.43%) Manufacturing
9 7 (1.70%) Aerospace
9 7 (1.70%) Games
10 6 (1.46%) Banking
11 4 (0.97%) General Ledger
11 4 (0.97%) Telecoms
12 3 (0.73%) Advertising
12 3 (0.73%) Documentation Skills
12 3 (0.73%) Health Technology
12 3 (0.73%) Legal
12 3 (0.73%) Marketing
12 3 (0.73%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 94 (22.87%) Developer
2 64 (15.57%) DevOps Engineer
2 64 (15.57%) Lead
3 59 (14.36%) Senior
4 37 (9.00%) Software Engineer
5 29 (7.06%) Azure Engineer
6 28 (6.81%) Architect
7 27 (6.57%) Cloud Engineer
8 21 (5.11%) Full-Stack Developer
8 21 (5.11%) Senior DevOps
9 20 (4.87%) Analyst
10 16 (3.89%) Power Platform Developer
11 14 (3.41%) IT Engineer
12 13 (3.16%) IT Support
12 13 (3.16%) IT Support Engineer
12 13 (3.16%) Support Engineer
13 12 (2.92%) Infrastructure Engineer
13 12 (2.92%) Senior DevOps Engineer
13 12 (2.92%) Software Support Engineer
14 11 (2.68%) Administrator
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 104 (25.30%) .NET
2 50 (12.17%) React
3 34 (8.27%) REST
4 31 (7.54%) CSS
5 29 (7.06%) .NET Framework
5 29 (7.06%) HTML
6 28 (6.81%) ASP.NET
7 24 (5.84%) Middleware
8 19 (4.62%) WinForms
9 18 (4.38%) ARM Templates
9 18 (4.38%) React Native
10 15 (3.65%) Bootstrap
10 15 (3.65%) Entity Framework
10 15 (3.65%) Kafka
11 14 (3.41%) .NET Core
11 14 (3.41%) RESTful
12 13 (3.16%) AngularJS
12 13 (3.16%) Lightning Web Components
12 13 (3.16%) SOAP
12 13 (3.16%) Visualforce
Miscellaneous
1 39 (9.49%) Cloud Native
2 24 (5.84%) Low-Code
3 21 (5.11%) Product Ownership
4 18 (4.38%) Mobile App
5 11 (2.68%) Enterprise Software
6 9 (2.19%) Distributed Systems
6 9 (2.19%) Security Posture
7 7 (1.70%) Hybrid Cloud
7 7 (1.70%) Onboarding
7 7 (1.70%) Private Cloud
8 6 (1.46%) Analytical Mindset
8 6 (1.46%) Life Science
9 5 (1.22%) Algorithms
9 5 (1.22%) Legacy Systems
9 5 (1.22%) Linux Command Line
10 4 (0.97%) Self-Motivation
11 3 (0.73%) Animation
11 3 (0.73%) Manufacturing Execution System
11 3 (0.73%) Renewable Energy
12 2 (0.49%) N-Tier
Operating Systems
1 53 (12.90%) Linux
2 48 (11.68%) Windows
3 15 (3.65%) Windows Server
4 14 (3.41%) Ubuntu
5 10 (2.43%) Windows Server 2019
6 9 (2.19%) Windows Server 2012
7 6 (1.46%) VMS
8 5 (1.22%) Android
8 5 (1.22%) Apple iOS
9 4 (0.97%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 3 (0.73%) CentOS
10 3 (0.73%) Unix
11 1 (0.24%) Windows 10
11 1 (0.24%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 219 (53.28%) CI/CD
2 182 (44.28%) Agile
3 123 (29.93%) Problem-Solving
4 99 (24.09%) Infrastructure as Code
5 84 (20.44%) Continuous Improvement
6 59 (14.36%) Computer Science
7 58 (14.11%) Software Engineering
8 55 (13.38%) Scrum
9 53 (12.90%) Mentoring
10 50 (12.17%) Test Automation
11 48 (11.68%) AI
12 44 (10.71%) Containerisation
13 41 (9.98%) Microservices
14 37 (9.00%) Cybersecurity
15 36 (8.76%) Full-Stack Development
16 35 (8.52%) SDLC
17 33 (8.03%) Continuous Integration
17 33 (8.03%) Waterfall
18 32 (7.79%) Observability
19 30 (7.30%) DevSecOps
Programming Languages
1 90 (21.90%) Python
2 81 (19.71%) C#
3 72 (17.52%) SQL
4 47 (11.44%) JavaScript
5 34 (8.27%) Bash
5 34 (8.27%) Java
6 32 (7.79%) PowerShell
7 22 (5.35%) TypeScript
8 13 (3.16%) Apex Code
8 13 (3.16%) T-SQL
9 12 (2.92%) C++
9 12 (2.92%) Go
10 10 (2.43%) Bicep
11 4 (0.97%) C
12 3 (0.73%) ABAP
12 3 (0.73%) PHP
12 3 (0.73%) R
13 2 (0.49%) Delphi
13 2 (0.49%) Perl
13 2 (0.49%) VB
Qualifications
1 79 (19.22%) Degree
2 72 (17.52%) Security Cleared
3 45 (10.95%) Computer Science Degree
4 38 (9.25%) DV Cleared
5 30 (7.30%) SC Cleared
6 17 (4.14%) Master's Degree
7 14 (3.41%) Azure Certification
8 13 (3.16%) AWS Certification
9 10 (2.43%) BPSS Clearance
10 7 (1.70%) Chartered Engineer
11 4 (0.97%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
11 4 (0.97%) ISTQB
11 4 (0.97%) PMI Certification
11 4 (0.97%) TOGAF Certification
12 3 (0.73%) CISSP
12 3 (0.73%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
12 3 (0.73%) Microsoft Certification
12 3 (0.73%) PMP
13 2 (0.49%) CCNP
13 2 (0.49%) Cisco Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 33 (8.03%) QA
2 14 (3.41%) NIST
3 9 (2.19%) Data Quality
3 9 (2.19%) PMO
4 8 (1.95%) Accessibility
5 7 (1.70%) ISO/IEC 12207
5 7 (1.70%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 7 (1.70%) NCSC
6 5 (1.22%) PCI DSS
7 4 (0.97%) ITGC
8 2 (0.49%) GDPR
8 2 (0.49%) SLA
9 1 (0.24%) HIPAA
9 1 (0.24%) NIST 800
9 1 (0.24%) Sarbanes-Oxley
9 1 (0.24%) WCAG
System Software
1 62 (15.09%) Docker
2 25 (6.08%) Active Directory
3 9 (2.19%) VMware ESXi
4 3 (0.73%) VMware Infrastructure
5 1 (0.24%) Apache ZooKeeper
5 1 (0.24%) Firmware
5 1 (0.24%) Virtual Machines
5 1 (0.24%) VMware NSX
5 1 (0.24%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 102 (24.82%) Terraform
2 71 (17.27%) Kubernetes
3 53 (12.90%) Ansible
4 20 (4.87%) Grafana
5 18 (4.38%) Prometheus
6 10 (2.43%) Microsoft Intune
6 10 (2.43%) vCenter Server
7 9 (2.19%) SCCM
8 7 (1.70%) Proxmox
9 4 (0.97%) Nagios
10 3 (0.73%) Kubeflow
11 2 (0.49%) Argo
11 2 (0.49%) Nessus
11 2 (0.49%) Puppet
11 2 (0.49%) Sysdig
12 1 (0.24%) CASB
12 1 (0.24%) Docker Swarm
12 1 (0.24%) Kibana
12 1 (0.24%) Podman
Vendors
1 105 (25.55%) Microsoft
2 22 (5.35%) Salesforce
3 21 (5.11%) VMware
4 18 (4.38%) Black Duck
4 18 (4.38%) Coverity
4 18 (4.38%) Red Hat
5 17 (4.14%) MuleSoft
6 12 (2.92%) Sage
6 12 (2.92%) Xamarin
7 10 (2.43%) Veeam
8 9 (2.19%) 3PAR
8 9 (2.19%) NetApp
8 9 (2.19%) SolarWinds
9 7 (1.70%) Cisco
10 6 (1.46%) Databricks
10 6 (1.46%) Google
10 6 (1.46%) Oracle
10 6 (1.46%) Splunk
11 5 (1.22%) Dynatrace
11 5 (1.22%) Zoho