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

6 months to
11 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 54 26 23
Rank change year-on-year -28 -3 -5
Permanent jobs citing DevOps 428 569 1,042
As % of all permanent jobs in the South East 3.55% 7.92% 7.36%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.66% 8.77% 8.59%
Number of salaries quoted 320 363 706
10th Percentile £39,200 £42,500 £43,644
25th Percentile £47,500 £51,500 £51,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £67,500 £61,500
Median % change year-on-year -7.41% +9.76% -5.38%
75th Percentile £75,000 £81,250 £73,750
90th Percentile £90,000 £85,000 £87,500
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 9,186 6,485 12,126
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 76.16% 90.27% 85.67%
Number of salaries quoted 5,777 3,264 8,996
10th Percentile £28,150 £31,250 £27,500
25th Percentile £35,000 £42,500 £36,250
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 £72,500 £65,000
90th Percentile £80,000 £85,000 £78,750
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% +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 11 March 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 11 March 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 -21 160 £50,000 -21.88% 92
Hampshire -22 94 £73,750 +9.26% 48
Buckinghamshire +6 72 £50,000 -16.67% 34
Berkshire -29 72 £50,000 -33.33% 36
Surrey -31 55 £62,500 -16.67% 42
West Sussex +5 41 £70,000 +16.67% 17
Kent -7 30 £80,000 +39.13% 11
Middlesex +3 19 - -
Oxfordshire -12 16 £72,500 +31.82% 24
East Sussex -14 15 £82,500 +73.68% 4
Isle of Wight - 9 £42,000 - 5
Sussex -14 2 £75,000 - 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 16 (3.74%) IIS
2 6 (1.40%) Apache Airflow
3 5 (1.17%) Confluence
4 4 (0.93%) Apache
5 3 (0.70%) Appian
6 2 (0.47%) CMS
6 2 (0.47%) OpenStack
6 2 (0.47%) SharePoint
7 1 (0.23%) Camunda
7 1 (0.23%) Microsoft Exchange
7 1 (0.23%) Sitecore CMS
Applications
1 5 (1.17%) Microsoft Excel
2 4 (0.93%) MS Visio
3 2 (0.47%) Chatbot
3 2 (0.47%) Microsoft Office
4 1 (0.23%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 6 (1.40%) Dynamics CRM
2 3 (0.70%) Oracle ERP
2 3 (0.70%) SAP S/4HANA
2 3 (0.70%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 253 (59.11%) Azure
2 179 (41.82%) Azure DevOps
3 103 (24.07%) AWS
4 62 (14.49%) GitHub
5 43 (10.05%) Power Platform
6 30 (7.01%) PaaS
6 30 (7.01%) SaaS
7 26 (6.07%) GCP
7 26 (6.07%) GitHub Actions
8 25 (5.84%) Azure Logic Apps
9 23 (5.37%) Serverless
10 21 (4.91%) Entra ID
11 17 (3.97%) IaaS
12 16 (3.74%) Microsoft 365
12 16 (3.74%) OpenShift
13 14 (3.27%) Amazon S3
13 14 (3.27%) AWS CloudFormation
13 14 (3.27%) Azure AKS
14 12 (2.80%) Amazon EKS
14 12 (2.80%) Dynamics 365
Communications & Networking
1 25 (5.84%) Firewall
2 22 (5.14%) DNS
3 15 (3.50%) VPN
4 7 (1.64%) DHCP
4 7 (1.64%) SAN
5 3 (0.70%) Cisco ASA
6 2 (0.47%) BGP
6 2 (0.47%) HTTP
6 2 (0.47%) Software-Defined Radio
6 2 (0.47%) TCP/IP
7 1 (0.23%) Broadband
7 1 (0.23%) HTTPS
7 1 (0.23%) IP Telephony
7 1 (0.23%) LAN
7 1 (0.23%) MPLS
7 1 (0.23%) S/MIME
7 1 (0.23%) SSL
7 1 (0.23%) VoIP
7 1 (0.23%) WAN
7 1 (0.23%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 41 (9.58%) SQL Server
2 19 (4.44%) Power BI
3 15 (3.50%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 12 (2.80%) NoSQL
5 9 (2.10%) MySQL
6 8 (1.87%) Data Warehouse
6 8 (1.87%) PostgreSQL
7 7 (1.64%) MongoDB
7 7 (1.64%) Relational Database
8 6 (1.40%) DynamoDB
9 5 (1.17%) Azure SQL Database
10 4 (0.93%) Data Lake
10 4 (0.93%) SQL Server Integration Services
11 3 (0.70%) Airbyte
11 3 (0.70%) SAP Data Services
12 2 (0.47%) Apache Cassandra
12 2 (0.47%) Elasticsearch
12 2 (0.47%) GIS
12 2 (0.47%) Metadata
12 2 (0.47%) Redis
Development Applications
1 57 (13.32%) Git
2 37 (8.64%) GitLab
3 28 (6.54%) Selenium
4 27 (6.31%) Jenkins
5 20 (4.67%) Robot Framework
6 19 (4.44%) Snyk
7 17 (3.97%) JIRA
8 6 (1.40%) Atlassian Bamboo
8 6 (1.40%) JUnit
8 6 (1.40%) MLflow
9 5 (1.17%) git-flow
9 5 (1.17%) Visual Studio
10 4 (0.93%) Cypress.io
10 4 (0.93%) Mockito
11 3 (0.70%) Artifactory
11 3 (0.70%) Cucumber
12 2 (0.47%) Appium
12 2 (0.47%) NUnit
12 2 (0.47%) SonarQube
12 2 (0.47%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 119 (27.80%) Social Skills
2 92 (21.50%) Analytical Skills
3 87 (20.33%) Finance
4 20 (4.67%) Public Sector
5 15 (3.50%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 15 (3.50%) Law
6 13 (3.04%) Retail
7 11 (2.57%) Manufacturing
8 10 (2.34%) Billing
9 9 (2.10%) Games
10 7 (1.64%) Aerospace
11 6 (1.40%) Banking
12 4 (0.93%) General Ledger
12 4 (0.93%) Telecoms
13 3 (0.70%) Advertising
13 3 (0.70%) Documentation Skills
13 3 (0.70%) Health Technology
13 3 (0.70%) Legal
13 3 (0.70%) Marketing
13 3 (0.70%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 97 (22.66%) Developer
2 70 (16.36%) DevOps Engineer
3 63 (14.72%) Lead
4 61 (14.25%) Senior
5 39 (9.11%) Software Engineer
6 32 (7.48%) Azure Engineer
7 28 (6.54%) Architect
8 27 (6.31%) Cloud Engineer
9 23 (5.37%) Full-Stack Developer
9 23 (5.37%) Senior DevOps
10 21 (4.91%) Analyst
11 16 (3.74%) Power Platform Developer
12 15 (3.50%) IT Engineer
13 13 (3.04%) Administrator
13 13 (3.04%) DevOps Administrator
13 13 (3.04%) IT Support
13 13 (3.04%) IT Support Engineer
13 13 (3.04%) Support Engineer
13 13 (3.04%) Systems Administrator
14 12 (2.80%) Senior DevOps Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 103 (24.07%) .NET
2 51 (11.92%) React
3 36 (8.41%) CSS
4 34 (7.94%) HTML
5 33 (7.71%) REST
6 29 (6.78%) .NET Framework
6 29 (6.78%) ASP.NET
7 24 (5.61%) Middleware
8 20 (4.67%) React Native
9 17 (3.97%) Bootstrap
10 16 (3.74%) .NET Core
10 16 (3.74%) Entity Framework
10 16 (3.74%) WinForms
11 15 (3.50%) ARM Templates
11 15 (3.50%) Kafka
11 15 (3.50%) RESTful
12 14 (3.27%) Lightning Web Components
12 14 (3.27%) Visualforce
13 13 (3.04%) AngularJS
13 13 (3.04%) RabbitMQ
Miscellaneous
1 42 (9.81%) Cloud Native
2 24 (5.61%) Low-Code
2 24 (5.61%) Product Ownership
3 19 (4.44%) Mobile App
4 10 (2.34%) Distributed Systems
4 10 (2.34%) Security Posture
5 9 (2.10%) Enterprise Software
6 8 (1.87%) Analytical Mindset
6 8 (1.87%) Hybrid Cloud
6 8 (1.87%) Private Cloud
7 6 (1.40%) Life Science
8 5 (1.17%) Algorithms
8 5 (1.17%) Legacy Systems
8 5 (1.17%) Self-Motivation
9 3 (0.70%) Animation
9 3 (0.70%) Manufacturing Execution System
9 3 (0.70%) Onboarding
9 3 (0.70%) Renewable Energy
10 2 (0.47%) Enterprise Cloud
10 2 (0.47%) N-Tier
Operating Systems
1 57 (13.32%) Linux
2 47 (10.98%) Windows
3 16 (3.74%) Ubuntu
4 15 (3.50%) Windows Server
5 8 (1.87%) Windows Server 2019
6 7 (1.64%) Windows Server 2012
7 4 (0.93%) Android
7 4 (0.93%) Apple iOS
7 4 (0.93%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 4 (0.93%) Unix
8 3 (0.70%) CentOS
8 3 (0.70%) VMS
9 1 (0.23%) Windows 10
9 1 (0.23%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 224 (52.34%) CI/CD
2 185 (43.22%) Agile
3 127 (29.67%) Problem-Solving
4 107 (25.00%) Infrastructure as Code
5 85 (19.86%) Continuous Improvement
6 59 (13.79%) Mentoring
6 59 (13.79%) Software Engineering
7 58 (13.55%) Computer Science
8 55 (12.85%) Test Automation
9 54 (12.62%) Scrum
10 53 (12.38%) AI
10 53 (12.38%) Containerisation
11 41 (9.58%) Full-Stack Development
11 41 (9.58%) Microservices
12 36 (8.41%) Cybersecurity
12 36 (8.41%) Observability
12 36 (8.41%) SDLC
13 34 (7.94%) Continuous Integration
14 31 (7.24%) Unit Testing
15 30 (7.01%) Waterfall
Programming Languages
1 98 (22.90%) Python
2 82 (19.16%) C#
3 79 (18.46%) SQL
4 50 (11.68%) JavaScript
5 37 (8.64%) Bash
5 37 (8.64%) Java
6 34 (7.94%) PowerShell
7 21 (4.91%) TypeScript
8 15 (3.50%) C++
9 14 (3.27%) Apex Code
10 13 (3.04%) Go
10 13 (3.04%) T-SQL
11 10 (2.34%) Bicep
12 7 (1.64%) C
13 3 (0.70%) ABAP
13 3 (0.70%) PHP
13 3 (0.70%) R
13 3 (0.70%) Ruby
14 2 (0.47%) VB
14 2 (0.47%) VB6
Qualifications
1 78 (18.22%) Degree
2 71 (16.59%) Security Cleared
3 42 (9.81%) Computer Science Degree
4 36 (8.41%) DV Cleared
5 30 (7.01%) SC Cleared
6 19 (4.44%) Master's Degree
7 13 (3.04%) AWS Certification
8 12 (2.80%) Azure Certification
9 10 (2.34%) BPSS Clearance
10 7 (1.64%) Chartered Engineer
11 4 (0.93%) ISTQB
11 4 (0.93%) TOGAF Certification
12 3 (0.70%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
12 3 (0.70%) CISSP
12 3 (0.70%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
12 3 (0.70%) Microsoft Certification
13 2 (0.47%) PMI Certification
14 1 (0.23%) Cisco Certification
14 1 (0.23%) ITIL Certification
14 1 (0.23%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 33 (7.71%) QA
2 13 (3.04%) NIST
3 9 (2.10%) Data Quality
4 8 (1.87%) PMO
5 7 (1.64%) Accessibility
5 7 (1.64%) ISO/IEC 12207
5 7 (1.64%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 7 (1.64%) NCSC
6 5 (1.17%) PCI DSS
7 4 (0.93%) ITGC
8 2 (0.47%) GDPR
8 2 (0.47%) SLA
9 1 (0.23%) HIPAA
9 1 (0.23%) NIST 800
9 1 (0.23%) Sarbanes-Oxley
9 1 (0.23%) WCAG
System Software
1 63 (14.72%) Docker
2 20 (4.67%) Active Directory
3 7 (1.64%) VMware ESXi
4 3 (0.70%) VMware Infrastructure
5 1 (0.23%) Apache ZooKeeper
5 1 (0.23%) Firmware
5 1 (0.23%) Hyper-V
5 1 (0.23%) Virtual Machines
5 1 (0.23%) VMware NSX
5 1 (0.23%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 102 (23.83%) Terraform
2 77 (17.99%) Kubernetes
3 56 (13.08%) Ansible
4 23 (5.37%) Grafana
5 21 (4.91%) Prometheus
6 8 (1.87%) Microsoft Intune
6 8 (1.87%) Proxmox
6 8 (1.87%) vCenter Server
7 7 (1.64%) SCCM
8 6 (1.40%) Nagios
9 3 (0.70%) Kubeflow
10 2 (0.47%) Argo
10 2 (0.47%) Nessus
10 2 (0.47%) Puppet
10 2 (0.47%) Sysdig
11 1 (0.23%) CASB
11 1 (0.23%) Docker Swarm
11 1 (0.23%) Kibana
11 1 (0.23%) Podman
Vendors
1 104 (24.30%) Microsoft
2 25 (5.84%) Salesforce
3 22 (5.14%) Red Hat
4 20 (4.67%) VMware
5 18 (4.21%) Black Duck
5 18 (4.21%) Coverity
6 17 (3.97%) MuleSoft
7 12 (2.80%) Sage
7 12 (2.80%) Xamarin
8 9 (2.10%) Dynatrace
9 8 (1.87%) Splunk
9 8 (1.87%) Veeam
10 7 (1.64%) 3PAR
10 7 (1.64%) Cisco
10 7 (1.64%) NetApp
10 7 (1.64%) SolarWinds
11 6 (1.40%) Google
12 5 (1.17%) Oracle
12 5 (1.17%) Palo Alto
12 5 (1.17%) Zoho