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

6 months to
26 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 52 19 22
Rank change year-on-year -33 +3 -4
Permanent jobs citing DevOps 478 573 1,239
As % of all permanent jobs in the South East 3.32% 8.23% 7.62%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.55% 9.18% 9.02%
Number of salaries quoted 378 341 795
10th Percentile £42,125 £42,500 £42,500
25th Percentile £47,500 £51,250 £50,000
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 £86,900
England median annual salary £71,750 £70,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year +2.50% +7.69% -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 10,500 6,243 13,743
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 72.98% 89.66% 84.55%
Number of salaries quoted 6,733 3,359 9,881
10th Percentile £30,000 £28,500 £27,500
25th Percentile £38,000 £37,500 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £55,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +10.00% -9.09%
75th Percentile £70,000 £70,000 £65,000
90th Percentile £85,000 £83,750 £78,410
England median annual salary £59,000 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -1.67% +9.09% -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 April 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 April 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 -19 210 £60,000 -6.25% 83
Hampshire -23 104 £72,500 +20.83% 58
Buckinghamshire +2 100 £60,000 - 21
Berkshire -21 90 £50,000 -33.33% 42
Surrey -25 68 £62,500 -16.67% 15
West Sussex +5 49 £70,000 +12.00% 9
Kent -22 25 £60,000 +4.35% 3
Oxfordshire -21 20 £75,000 +42.86% 22
East Sussex -29 11 £82,500 +73.68% 4
Isle of Wight +1 5 £41,500 -29.66% 1
Sussex -10 5 £60,000 -20.00% 2
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 7 (1.46%) Confluence
2 6 (1.26%) IIS
2 6 (1.26%) OpenStack
3 5 (1.05%) SharePoint
4 4 (0.84%) CMS
5 3 (0.63%) Anypoint
5 3 (0.63%) Apache Airflow
5 3 (0.63%) Sitecore CMS
6 2 (0.42%) Adobe Experience Manager
6 2 (0.42%) Microsoft Exchange
7 1 (0.21%) Apache
7 1 (0.21%) Camunda
7 1 (0.21%) JBoss
7 1 (0.21%) Red Hat Fuse
Applications
1 10 (2.09%) Microsoft Excel
2 4 (0.84%) MS Visio
3 2 (0.42%) Chatbot
4 1 (0.21%) Microsoft Project
4 1 (0.21%) Simulink
Business Applications
1 7 (1.46%) Dynamics CRM
2 2 (0.42%) Infor SunSystems
2 2 (0.42%) SAP S/4HANA
3 1 (0.21%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 262 (54.81%) Azure
2 158 (33.05%) Azure DevOps
3 118 (24.69%) AWS
4 51 (10.67%) GitHub
5 38 (7.95%) Power Platform
6 36 (7.53%) SaaS
7 25 (5.23%) Amazon EKS
7 25 (5.23%) GitHub Actions
8 22 (4.60%) PaaS
9 21 (4.39%) Serverless
10 19 (3.97%) Azure Logic Apps
10 19 (3.97%) GCP
10 19 (3.97%) IaaS
10 19 (3.97%) OpenShift
11 17 (3.56%) Microsoft 365
12 16 (3.35%) Entra ID
13 15 (3.14%) Azure AKS
14 14 (2.93%) AWS Lambda
14 14 (2.93%) Azure Data Factory
15 13 (2.72%) Datadog
Communications & Networking
1 32 (6.69%) Firewall
2 14 (2.93%) VPN
3 12 (2.51%) DNS
4 5 (1.05%) Cisco ASA
4 5 (1.05%) DHCP
5 4 (0.84%) BGP
5 4 (0.84%) SAN
6 3 (0.63%) Software-Defined Radio
7 1 (0.21%) Broadband
7 1 (0.21%) HTTPS
7 1 (0.21%) IP Telephony
7 1 (0.21%) Modbus
7 1 (0.21%) MPLS
7 1 (0.21%) Network Security
7 1 (0.21%) S/MIME
7 1 (0.21%) SSL
7 1 (0.21%) TCP/IP
7 1 (0.21%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 45 (9.41%) SQL Server
2 15 (3.14%) Power BI
3 13 (2.72%) Relational Database
4 12 (2.51%) PostgreSQL
5 9 (1.88%) Azure SQL Database
6 8 (1.67%) Data Lake
6 8 (1.67%) NoSQL
7 7 (1.46%) MongoDB
8 5 (1.05%) Data Warehouse
8 5 (1.05%) Metadata
9 4 (0.84%) MySQL
10 3 (0.63%) Amazon RDS
10 3 (0.63%) SQL Server Integration Services
11 2 (0.42%) DynamoDB
11 2 (0.42%) Elasticsearch
11 2 (0.42%) GIS
11 2 (0.42%) SAP Data Services
11 2 (0.42%) SQL Server Reporting Services
12 1 (0.21%) Oracle Database
12 1 (0.21%) Oracle Reports
Development Applications
1 60 (12.55%) Git
2 52 (10.88%) GitLab
3 28 (5.86%) Jenkins
3 28 (5.86%) JIRA
4 14 (2.93%) Selenium
5 13 (2.72%) Visual Studio Code
6 8 (1.67%) SonarQube
7 7 (1.46%) JUnit
8 6 (1.26%) Atlassian Bamboo
8 6 (1.26%) Cucumber
9 5 (1.05%) Artifactory
9 5 (1.05%) Robot Framework
10 4 (0.84%) MLflow
10 4 (0.84%) Mockito
10 4 (0.84%) NUnit
10 4 (0.84%) Snyk
10 4 (0.84%) Visual Studio
10 4 (0.84%) Zephyr
11 3 (0.63%) Cypress.io
11 3 (0.63%) TeamCity
General
1 113 (23.64%) Social Skills
2 93 (19.46%) Analytical Skills
3 83 (17.36%) Finance
4 24 (5.02%) Public Sector
5 20 (4.18%) Retail
6 16 (3.35%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 15 (3.14%) Law
8 14 (2.93%) Games
9 9 (1.88%) Aerospace
9 9 (1.88%) Billing
10 8 (1.67%) Manufacturing
11 6 (1.26%) Legal
12 5 (1.05%) Documentation Skills
12 5 (1.05%) Telecoms
13 4 (0.84%) General Ledger
13 4 (0.84%) Tech for Good
14 3 (0.63%) Marketing
14 3 (0.63%) Presentation Skills
15 2 (0.42%) Aviation
15 2 (0.42%) Health Technology
Job Titles
1 102 (21.34%) Developer
1 102 (21.34%) DevOps Engineer
2 74 (15.48%) Senior
3 69 (14.44%) Lead
4 43 (9.00%) Azure Engineer
5 37 (7.74%) Cloud Engineer
5 37 (7.74%) Software Engineer
6 32 (6.69%) Architect
7 29 (6.07%) Senior DevOps
8 22 (4.60%) Full-Stack Developer
9 18 (3.77%) Administrator
9 18 (3.77%) DevOps Administrator
9 18 (3.77%) Systems Administrator
9 18 (3.77%) Team Leader
10 17 (3.56%) Analyst
11 16 (3.35%) Power Platform Developer
12 15 (3.14%) Azure DevOps Engineer
12 15 (3.14%) Data Engineer
12 15 (3.14%) Senior Systems Administrator
13 14 (2.93%) Senior DevOps Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 84 (17.57%) .NET
2 47 (9.83%) REST
3 44 (9.21%) React
4 31 (6.49%) CSS
5 30 (6.28%) HTML
6 28 (5.86%) Middleware
7 27 (5.65%) ASP.NET
8 23 (4.81%) RESTful
9 21 (4.39%) RabbitMQ
9 21 (4.39%) React Native
10 20 (4.18%) OAuth
10 20 (4.18%) SOAP
11 19 (3.97%) JSON
12 18 (3.77%) .NET Core
12 18 (3.77%) Bootstrap
13 16 (3.35%) AngularJS
14 15 (3.14%) Spring
15 14 (2.93%) Lightning Web Components
15 14 (2.93%) Visualforce
16 13 (2.72%) Spring Boot
Miscellaneous
1 40 (8.37%) Cloud Native
2 34 (7.11%) Product Ownership
3 27 (5.65%) Distributed Systems
4 21 (4.39%) Low-Code
5 19 (3.97%) Mobile App
6 15 (3.14%) Algorithms
7 11 (2.30%) Enterprise Software
7 11 (2.30%) Hybrid Cloud
8 10 (2.09%) Private Cloud
9 9 (1.88%) Data Centre
9 9 (1.88%) Self-Motivation
10 8 (1.67%) Analytical Mindset
10 8 (1.67%) Legacy Systems
11 6 (1.26%) Onboarding
12 5 (1.05%) Embedded Systems
12 5 (1.05%) Life Science
13 4 (0.84%) Cyber Defence
13 4 (0.84%) Virtual Team
14 3 (0.63%) Linux Command Line
15 2 (0.42%) Enterprise Cloud
Operating Systems
1 72 (15.06%) Linux
2 22 (4.60%) Windows
3 19 (3.97%) Ubuntu
4 15 (3.14%) Windows Server
5 10 (2.09%) VMS
6 7 (1.46%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 6 (1.26%) CentOS
7 6 (1.26%) Unix
8 5 (1.05%) Windows Server 2019
9 4 (0.84%) Windows Server 2012
10 3 (0.63%) Debian
11 2 (0.42%) Android
11 2 (0.42%) Apple iOS
12 1 (0.21%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 242 (50.63%) CI/CD
2 192 (40.17%) Agile
3 136 (28.45%) Problem-Solving
4 112 (23.43%) Infrastructure as Code
5 98 (20.50%) Continuous Improvement
6 66 (13.81%) Containerisation
7 63 (13.18%) Scrum
8 59 (12.34%) AI
8 59 (12.34%) Software Engineering
9 51 (10.67%) Microservices
9 51 (10.67%) Test Automation
10 50 (10.46%) Computer Science
11 44 (9.21%) Data Modelling
11 44 (9.21%) Observability
12 40 (8.37%) Mentoring
13 39 (8.16%) Full-Stack Development
14 38 (7.95%) Kanban
15 36 (7.53%) Deployment Automation
16 35 (7.32%) Analytics
16 35 (7.32%) ITIL
Programming Languages
1 120 (25.10%) Python
2 83 (17.36%) SQL
3 75 (15.69%) C#
4 47 (9.83%) JavaScript
5 43 (9.00%) Bash
5 43 (9.00%) Java
6 34 (7.11%) PowerShell
7 23 (4.81%) C++
8 14 (2.93%) Apex Code
8 14 (2.93%) TypeScript
9 13 (2.72%) Go
10 12 (2.51%) Bicep
11 10 (2.09%) C
12 7 (1.46%) Groovy
13 5 (1.05%) Perl
13 5 (1.05%) PHP
13 5 (1.05%) PL/SQL
14 4 (0.84%) Ruby
15 3 (0.63%) MATLAB
15 3 (0.63%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 83 (17.36%) Security Cleared
2 70 (14.64%) Degree
3 48 (10.04%) SC Cleared
4 24 (5.02%) Computer Science Degree
4 24 (5.02%) DV Cleared
5 14 (2.93%) Master's Degree
6 12 (2.51%) AWS Certification
7 8 (1.67%) Azure Certification
8 6 (1.26%) BPSS Clearance
8 6 (1.26%) Chartered Engineer
8 6 (1.26%) ISTQB
9 3 (0.63%) Microsoft Certification
10 2 (0.42%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
10 2 (0.42%) CISSP
10 2 (0.42%) ICAEW
10 2 (0.42%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
10 2 (0.42%) TOGAF Certification
11 1 (0.21%) CEH
11 1 (0.21%) GIAC
11 1 (0.21%) LPIC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 35 (7.32%) QA
2 16 (3.35%) Data Quality
3 10 (2.09%) Accessibility
4 8 (1.67%) NIST
5 7 (1.46%) PCI DSS
6 6 (1.26%) ISO/IEC 12207
7 5 (1.05%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 5 (1.05%) WCAG
8 4 (0.84%) ITGC
9 3 (0.63%) NCSC
10 2 (0.42%) GDPR
10 2 (0.42%) SLA
11 1 (0.21%) HIPAA
11 1 (0.21%) NIST 800
11 1 (0.21%) Sarbanes-Oxley
11 1 (0.21%) SOC 2
System Software
1 87 (18.20%) Docker
2 10 (2.09%) Active Directory
3 4 (0.84%) VMware ESXi
4 3 (0.63%) Hyper-V
4 3 (0.63%) Slurm Workload Manager
5 2 (0.42%) VMware Infrastructure
6 1 (0.21%) Apache ZooKeeper
6 1 (0.21%) Firmware
6 1 (0.21%) Virtual Desktop
6 1 (0.21%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 112 (23.43%) Terraform
2 91 (19.04%) Kubernetes
3 62 (12.97%) Ansible
4 26 (5.44%) Grafana
5 23 (4.81%) Prometheus
6 8 (1.67%) Nagios
6 8 (1.67%) Proxmox
7 5 (1.05%) Packer
7 5 (1.05%) Puppet
8 4 (0.84%) Kibana
8 4 (0.84%) Microsoft Intune
8 4 (0.84%) SCCM
8 4 (0.84%) vCenter Server
9 3 (0.63%) Scalr
9 3 (0.63%) ZABBIX
10 2 (0.42%) MIIS
10 2 (0.42%) Nessus
11 1 (0.21%) Argo
11 1 (0.21%) CASB
11 1 (0.21%) Docker Swarm
Vendors
1 102 (21.34%) Microsoft
2 28 (5.86%) Red Hat
3 24 (5.02%) Salesforce
4 22 (4.60%) MuleSoft
5 14 (2.93%) VMware
6 12 (2.51%) Databricks
7 10 (2.09%) AppDynamics
7 10 (2.09%) Dynatrace
8 9 (1.88%) Splunk
9 8 (1.67%) Cisco
9 8 (1.67%) IBM
9 8 (1.67%) Oracle
9 8 (1.67%) Palo Alto
10 5 (1.05%) F5
10 5 (1.05%) Juniper
10 5 (1.05%) Veeam
11 4 (0.84%) 3PAR
11 4 (0.84%) Coverity
11 4 (0.84%) ServiceNow
11 4 (0.84%) SolarWinds