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

6 months to
18 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 37 25 22
Rank change year-on-year -12 -3 -5
Permanent jobs citing DevOps 533 572 1,236
As % of all permanent jobs in the South East 3.68% 7.25% 7.50%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 5.13% 8.01% 8.94%
Number of salaries quoted 413 317 811
10th Percentile £40,800 £42,500 £42,500
25th Percentile £47,500 £50,000 £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 £85,000 £85,000 £85,000
England median annual salary £70,196 £70,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year +0.28% +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 10,383 7,140 13,832
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 71.78% 90.52% 83.97%
Number of salaries quoted 7,058 3,392 9,807
10th Percentile £30,000 £27,500 £27,500
25th Percentile £39,656 £36,250 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £53,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +2.80% +7.00% -9.09%
75th Percentile £70,000 £67,813 £65,000
90th Percentile £85,000 £82,500 £77,500
England median annual salary £60,000 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year - +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 18 May 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 18 May 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 -3 234 £60,000 -7.69% 110
Hampshire -18 123 £70,000 +16.67% 55
Berkshire -18 102 £51,250 -35.94% 66
Buckinghamshire +11 101 £55,000 -8.33% 16
Surrey -6 72 £62,500 -13.79% 16
West Sussex +8 52 £70,000 +12.00% 12
Oxfordshire -8 31 £67,500 +27.36% 32
Kent -21 28 £29,000 -55.38% 4
East Sussex -17 12 £82,500 +73.68% 3
Sussex -11 5 £60,000 -20.00%
Isle of Wight 0 4 £41,500 -43.15% 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 11 (2.06%) Confluence
2 6 (1.13%) OpenStack
2 6 (1.13%) SharePoint
3 5 (0.94%) CMS
3 5 (0.94%) IIS
4 4 (0.75%) Sitecore CMS
5 3 (0.56%) Adobe Experience Manager
5 3 (0.56%) Anypoint
6 2 (0.38%) Apache Airflow
6 2 (0.38%) Microsoft Exchange
7 1 (0.19%) Apache
7 1 (0.19%) Camunda
7 1 (0.19%) JBoss
7 1 (0.19%) Red Hat Fuse
Applications
1 10 (1.88%) Microsoft Excel
2 5 (0.94%) Simulink
3 2 (0.38%) Chatbot
3 2 (0.38%) MS Visio
4 1 (0.19%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 9 (1.69%) Dynamics CRM
2 2 (0.38%) Infor SunSystems
3 1 (0.19%) SAP S/4HANA
3 1 (0.19%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 302 (56.66%) Azure
2 181 (33.96%) Azure DevOps
3 137 (25.70%) AWS
4 55 (10.32%) GitHub
5 48 (9.01%) Power Platform
6 45 (8.44%) SaaS
7 28 (5.25%) Amazon EKS
7 28 (5.25%) GitHub Actions
8 26 (4.88%) PaaS
9 23 (4.32%) Serverless
10 21 (3.94%) Microsoft 365
11 20 (3.75%) GCP
11 20 (3.75%) IaaS
11 20 (3.75%) OpenShift
12 18 (3.38%) Azure AKS
12 18 (3.38%) Azure Logic Apps
13 17 (3.19%) Entra ID
14 14 (2.63%) Amazon CloudWatch
14 14 (2.63%) Datadog
14 14 (2.63%) Dynamics 365
Communications & Networking
1 34 (6.38%) Firewall
2 14 (2.63%) DNS
3 13 (2.44%) VPN
4 7 (1.31%) DHCP
5 5 (0.94%) Cisco ASA
6 4 (0.75%) BGP
6 4 (0.75%) SAN
6 4 (0.75%) Software-Defined Radio
7 2 (0.38%) Internet
7 2 (0.38%) MQTT
7 2 (0.38%) TCP/IP
8 1 (0.19%) Broadband
8 1 (0.19%) IP Telephony
8 1 (0.19%) Modbus
8 1 (0.19%) MPLS
8 1 (0.19%) Network Security
8 1 (0.19%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 54 (10.13%) SQL Server
2 22 (4.13%) Power BI
3 19 (3.56%) PostgreSQL
4 18 (3.38%) MongoDB
5 15 (2.81%) Azure SQL Database
5 15 (2.81%) Relational Database
6 8 (1.50%) Data Lake
7 7 (1.31%) NoSQL
8 6 (1.13%) Metadata
9 4 (0.75%) Data Warehouse
10 3 (0.56%) Amazon RDS
10 3 (0.56%) MySQL
10 3 (0.56%) Spatial Data
11 2 (0.38%) GIS
11 2 (0.38%) SQL Server Integration Services
12 1 (0.19%) BusinessObjects
12 1 (0.19%) Oracle Reports
12 1 (0.19%) Redis
12 1 (0.19%) SAP Data Services
12 1 (0.19%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 68 (12.76%) Git
2 58 (10.88%) GitLab
3 31 (5.82%) JIRA
4 28 (5.25%) Jenkins
5 15 (2.81%) Visual Studio Code
6 14 (2.63%) Selenium
7 9 (1.69%) JUnit
8 8 (1.50%) SonarQube
9 7 (1.31%) Cucumber
10 6 (1.13%) Atlassian Bamboo
10 6 (1.13%) Mockito
11 5 (0.94%) Artifactory
11 5 (0.94%) Zephyr
12 4 (0.75%) Cypress.io
12 4 (0.75%) NUnit
12 4 (0.75%) Snyk
12 4 (0.75%) Visual Studio
13 3 (0.56%) JMeter
13 3 (0.56%) MLflow
13 3 (0.56%) Robot Framework
General
1 122 (22.89%) Social Skills
2 98 (18.39%) Finance
3 92 (17.26%) Analytical Skills
4 22 (4.13%) Retail
5 20 (3.75%) Public Sector
6 16 (3.00%) Games
7 14 (2.63%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 11 (2.06%) Law
8 11 (2.06%) Manufacturing
9 9 (1.69%) Billing
10 8 (1.50%) Aerospace
11 7 (1.31%) Documentation Skills
12 5 (0.94%) Marketing
12 5 (0.94%) Telecoms
13 4 (0.75%) Advertising
13 4 (0.75%) Electronics
13 4 (0.75%) General Ledger
13 4 (0.75%) Legal
13 4 (0.75%) Tech for Good
14 3 (0.56%) Aviation
Job Titles
1 120 (22.51%) Developer
2 119 (22.33%) DevOps Engineer
3 79 (14.82%) Senior
4 75 (14.07%) Lead
5 52 (9.76%) Azure Engineer
6 51 (9.57%) Software Engineer
7 37 (6.94%) Cloud Engineer
8 31 (5.82%) Architect
9 30 (5.63%) Senior DevOps
10 28 (5.25%) Full-Stack Developer
11 21 (3.94%) Azure DevOps Engineer
12 19 (3.56%) Analyst
13 18 (3.38%) .NET Developer
13 18 (3.38%) Administrator
13 18 (3.38%) DevOps Administrator
13 18 (3.38%) Systems Administrator
13 18 (3.38%) Team Leader
14 16 (3.00%) DevOps Systems Engineer
14 16 (3.00%) Power Platform Developer
14 16 (3.00%) Systems Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 102 (19.14%) .NET
2 50 (9.38%) React
3 43 (8.07%) HTML
4 42 (7.88%) REST
5 41 (7.69%) CSS
6 38 (7.13%) ASP.NET
7 37 (6.94%) RESTful
8 30 (5.63%) .NET Core
9 21 (3.94%) RabbitMQ
10 20 (3.75%) ASP.NET Core
10 20 (3.75%) JSON
10 20 (3.75%) Middleware
10 20 (3.75%) OAuth
11 19 (3.56%) React Native
11 19 (3.56%) YAML
12 18 (3.38%) SOAP
12 18 (3.38%) Spring
13 16 (3.00%) AngularJS
13 16 (3.00%) Bootstrap
14 15 (2.81%) Spring Boot
Miscellaneous
1 46 (8.63%) Cloud Native
2 39 (7.32%) Product Ownership
3 28 (5.25%) Distributed Systems
4 21 (3.94%) Low-Code
5 20 (3.75%) Algorithms
6 18 (3.38%) Mobile App
7 12 (2.25%) Enterprise Software
7 12 (2.25%) Hybrid Cloud
7 12 (2.25%) Private Cloud
8 11 (2.06%) Self-Motivation
9 10 (1.88%) Data Centre
9 10 (1.88%) Legacy Systems
10 8 (1.50%) Analytical Mindset
11 7 (1.31%) Embedded Systems
11 7 (1.31%) Greenfield Project
11 7 (1.31%) Life Science
11 7 (1.31%) Onboarding
12 6 (1.13%) FPGA
12 6 (1.13%) Virtual Team
13 4 (0.75%) Cyber Defence
Operating Systems
1 88 (16.51%) Linux
2 27 (5.07%) Ubuntu
3 25 (4.69%) Windows
4 18 (3.38%) Windows Server
5 11 (2.06%) VMS
6 8 (1.50%) CentOS
6 8 (1.50%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 7 (1.31%) Windows Server 2019
8 6 (1.13%) Unix
9 4 (0.75%) Windows Server 2012
10 3 (0.56%) Android
10 3 (0.56%) Debian
11 2 (0.38%) Apple iOS
12 1 (0.19%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 267 (50.09%) CI/CD
2 210 (39.40%) Agile
3 139 (26.08%) Problem-Solving
4 126 (23.64%) Infrastructure as Code
5 96 (18.01%) Continuous Improvement
6 81 (15.20%) AI
7 79 (14.82%) Containerisation
8 78 (14.63%) Software Engineering
9 67 (12.57%) Scrum
10 62 (11.63%) Full-Stack Development
10 62 (11.63%) Test Automation
11 59 (11.07%) Computer Science
12 56 (10.51%) Microservices
13 47 (8.82%) Data Modelling
13 47 (8.82%) Mentoring
13 47 (8.82%) Observability
14 45 (8.44%) Kanban
15 41 (7.69%) Deployment Automation
15 41 (7.69%) Machine Learning
16 38 (7.13%) Analytics
Programming Languages
1 143 (26.83%) Python
2 96 (18.01%) C#
3 85 (15.95%) SQL
4 68 (12.76%) JavaScript
5 54 (10.13%) Bash
6 48 (9.01%) Java
7 40 (7.50%) PowerShell
8 31 (5.82%) C++
9 19 (3.56%) TypeScript
10 16 (3.00%) C
11 13 (2.44%) Go
12 12 (2.25%) Apex Code
12 12 (2.25%) Bicep
13 8 (1.50%) MATLAB
14 7 (1.31%) Groovy
15 6 (1.13%) PHP
15 6 (1.13%) Shell Script
16 5 (0.94%) Perl
16 5 (0.94%) PL/SQL
17 4 (0.75%) Embedded C
Qualifications
1 100 (18.76%) Security Cleared
2 78 (14.63%) Degree
3 56 (10.51%) SC Cleared
4 28 (5.25%) DV Cleared
5 24 (4.50%) Computer Science Degree
6 15 (2.81%) Master's Degree
7 13 (2.44%) AWS Certification
8 9 (1.69%) Azure Certification
9 7 (1.31%) ISTQB
10 5 (0.94%) ICAEW
11 3 (0.56%) DBS Check
12 2 (0.38%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
12 2 (0.38%) BPSS Clearance
12 2 (0.38%) Chartered Engineer
12 2 (0.38%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
12 2 (0.38%) PMI Certification
12 2 (0.38%) TOGAF Certification
13 1 (0.19%) CCA
13 1 (0.19%) CISSP
13 1 (0.19%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 35 (6.57%) QA
2 17 (3.19%) Data Quality
3 10 (1.88%) Accessibility
4 7 (1.31%) NIST
4 7 (1.31%) PCI DSS
4 7 (1.31%) WCAG
5 6 (1.13%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 4 (0.75%) ITGC
7 3 (0.56%) NCSC
7 3 (0.56%) SLA
7 3 (0.56%) SOC 2
8 2 (0.38%) ISO/IEC 12207
9 1 (0.19%) GDPR
System Software
1 102 (19.14%) Docker
2 12 (2.25%) Active Directory
3 5 (0.94%) Firmware
3 5 (0.94%) Hyper-V
4 4 (0.75%) VMware ESXi
4 4 (0.75%) VMware Infrastructure
5 3 (0.56%) Slurm Workload Manager
6 2 (0.38%) Virtual Machines
7 1 (0.19%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 130 (24.39%) Terraform
2 104 (19.51%) Kubernetes
3 76 (14.26%) Ansible
4 28 (5.25%) Grafana
5 25 (4.69%) Prometheus
6 11 (2.06%) Nagios
7 8 (1.50%) Proxmox
8 7 (1.31%) Kibana
9 6 (1.13%) Puppet
10 5 (0.94%) Packer
11 4 (0.75%) Microsoft Intune
11 4 (0.75%) Podman
11 4 (0.75%) SCCM
11 4 (0.75%) vCenter Server
12 3 (0.56%) Docker Swarm
12 3 (0.56%) Scalr
12 3 (0.56%) ZABBIX
13 2 (0.38%) Argo
13 2 (0.38%) MIIS
14 1 (0.19%) Nessus
Vendors
1 114 (21.39%) Microsoft
2 34 (6.38%) Red Hat
3 28 (5.25%) Salesforce
4 20 (3.75%) MuleSoft
5 16 (3.00%) VMware
6 13 (2.44%) Splunk
7 12 (2.25%) Dynatrace
8 11 (2.06%) Databricks
9 10 (1.88%) AppDynamics
10 8 (1.50%) Cisco
10 8 (1.50%) IBM
10 8 (1.50%) Oracle
10 8 (1.50%) Palo Alto
11 5 (0.94%) F5
11 5 (0.94%) Juniper
11 5 (0.94%) ServiceNow
11 5 (0.94%) Veeam
12 4 (0.75%) 3PAR
12 4 (0.75%) Sitecore
12 4 (0.75%) SolarWinds