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

6 months to
3 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 34 25 23
Rank change year-on-year -9 -2 -6
Permanent jobs citing DevOps 696 617 1,001
As % of all permanent jobs in the South East 4.20% 7.09% 7.24%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 5.85% 8.05% 8.96%
Number of salaries quoted 529 279 648
10th Percentile £43,000 £38,500 £42,500
25th Percentile £51,250 £48,750 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £63,500 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year +2.36% +1.60% -3.85%
75th Percentile £77,500 £83,750 £77,500
90th Percentile £90,000 £86,250 £85,000
England median annual salary £70,000 £71,000 £67,500
% change year-on-year -1.41% +5.19% -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 11,889 7,665 11,178
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 71.68% 88.07% 80.83%
Number of salaries quoted 8,476 4,140 7,386
10th Percentile £30,000 £26,748 £30,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £33,982 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £50,000 £51,500
Median % change year-on-year +10.00% -2.91% -6.36%
75th Percentile £70,000 £67,500 £66,250
90th Percentile £85,000 £81,250 £80,000
England median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +9.09% - -11.29%

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 3 August 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 3 August 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 -5 265 £65,000 +2.36% 110
Hampshire -11 186 £67,500 +11.57% 56
Surrey +8 111 £65,000 -10.34% 37
Buckinghamshire +11 104 £60,000 +14.29% 24
Berkshire -19 102 £70,000 -9.68% 56
West Sussex +11 86 £70,000 +16.67% 15
Oxfordshire 0 59 £65,000 +30.00% 31
Kent -20 27 £31,250 -45.65% 17
East Sussex -20 8 £85,000 +53.15% 4
Isle of Wight +7 6 £50,000 -31.51% 5
Sussex -3 5 £60,000 -22.58% 2
Home Counties - 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 21 (3.02%) Confluence
2 10 (1.44%) IIS
2 10 (1.44%) SharePoint
3 8 (1.15%) OpenStack
4 5 (0.72%) nginx
5 3 (0.43%) Adobe Experience Manager
5 3 (0.43%) Anypoint
5 3 (0.43%) CMS
5 3 (0.43%) Sitecore CMS
6 2 (0.29%) Apache
6 2 (0.29%) Apache Spark
6 2 (0.29%) JBoss
7 1 (0.14%) Microsoft Exchange
7 1 (0.14%) Red Hat Fuse
7 1 (0.14%) Tomcat
7 1 (0.14%) WebLogic
Applications
1 10 (1.44%) Microsoft Excel
2 6 (0.86%) Simulink
3 3 (0.43%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 3 (0.43%) Microsoft Project
3 3 (0.43%) MS Visio
4 2 (0.29%) Chatbot
4 2 (0.29%) Lightworks
5 1 (0.14%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 6 (0.86%) Dynamics CRM
1 6 (0.86%) SAP IBP
1 6 (0.86%) SAP S/4HANA
2 3 (0.43%) Infor SunSystems
2 3 (0.43%) Payment Gateway
3 2 (0.29%) JDE EnterpriseOne
4 1 (0.14%) Oracle Applications
4 1 (0.14%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 416 (59.77%) Azure
2 221 (31.75%) Azure DevOps
3 190 (27.30%) AWS
4 72 (10.34%) SaaS
5 55 (7.90%) GitHub
6 42 (6.03%) Serverless
7 39 (5.60%) GitHub Actions
8 36 (5.17%) Power Platform
9 31 (4.45%) GCP
10 30 (4.31%) PaaS
11 29 (4.17%) Azure AKS
12 27 (3.88%) Azure Cosmos DB
13 25 (3.59%) Microsoft 365
14 24 (3.45%) Amazon EKS
14 24 (3.45%) Azure AI
15 23 (3.30%) Datadog
16 22 (3.16%) Amazon ECS
17 21 (3.02%) Azure Key Vault
17 21 (3.02%) Azure Monitor
17 21 (3.02%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 25 (3.59%) Firewall
2 22 (3.16%) VPN
3 12 (1.72%) DNS
4 7 (1.01%) MQTT
5 6 (0.86%) Internet
6 5 (0.72%) Cisco ASA
6 5 (0.72%) HTTP
6 5 (0.72%) TCP/IP
7 4 (0.57%) Network Security
8 3 (0.43%) BGP
8 3 (0.43%) DHCP
8 3 (0.43%) NAS
8 3 (0.43%) SAN
8 3 (0.43%) Software-Defined Radio
8 3 (0.43%) WAN
9 1 (0.14%) Broadband
9 1 (0.14%) IPv4
9 1 (0.14%) IPv6
9 1 (0.14%) SD-WAN
9 1 (0.14%) WireGuard
Database & Business Intelligence
1 81 (11.64%) SQL Server
2 50 (7.18%) Azure SQL Database
2 50 (7.18%) MongoDB
3 33 (4.74%) PostgreSQL
4 21 (3.02%) Power BI
4 21 (3.02%) Relational Database
5 13 (1.87%) MySQL
5 13 (1.87%) NoSQL
6 11 (1.58%) Data Lake
7 9 (1.29%) Elasticsearch
8 8 (1.15%) Metadata
8 8 (1.15%) Redis
9 7 (1.01%) Amazon RDS
9 7 (1.01%) Data Warehouse
10 6 (0.86%) DynamoDB
11 4 (0.57%) SQL Server Integration Services
12 3 (0.43%) Geospatial Data
12 3 (0.43%) MariaDB
12 3 (0.43%) Spatial Data
12 3 (0.43%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 99 (14.22%) Git
2 60 (8.62%) GitLab
3 46 (6.61%) JIRA
4 35 (5.03%) Jenkins
5 16 (2.30%) Visual Studio Code
6 15 (2.16%) Selenium
7 10 (1.44%) JUnit
7 10 (1.44%) SonarQube
8 8 (1.15%) Cucumber
8 8 (1.15%) Octopus Deploy
9 7 (1.01%) Artifactory
9 7 (1.01%) NUnit
10 6 (0.86%) JMeter
10 6 (0.86%) Zephyr
11 5 (0.72%) Cypress.io
11 5 (0.72%) Mockito
12 4 (0.57%) Visual Studio
13 3 (0.43%) PHPUnit
13 3 (0.43%) Snyk
14 2 (0.29%) Terragrunt
General
1 191 (27.44%) Social Skills
2 133 (19.11%) Finance
3 88 (12.64%) Analytical Skills
4 25 (3.59%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 21 (3.02%) Retail
6 19 (2.73%) Games
6 19 (2.73%) Public Sector
7 18 (2.59%) Manufacturing
8 16 (2.30%) Advertising
9 14 (2.01%) Documentation Skills
10 13 (1.87%) Marketing
11 11 (1.58%) Aerospace
12 7 (1.01%) Aviation
13 6 (0.86%) Electronics
13 6 (0.86%) Legal
14 5 (0.72%) Automotive
14 5 (0.72%) Presentation Skills
14 5 (0.72%) Telecoms
15 4 (0.57%) Law
16 3 (0.43%) General Ledger
Job Titles
1 147 (21.12%) DevOps Engineer
2 146 (20.98%) Developer
3 109 (15.66%) Senior
4 91 (13.07%) Lead
5 76 (10.92%) Software Engineer
6 68 (9.77%) .NET Developer
7 52 (7.47%) Azure Engineer
8 42 (6.03%) Architect
9 35 (5.03%) Cloud Engineer
10 29 (4.17%) Senior DevOps
11 27 (3.88%) Azure DevOps Engineer
11 27 (3.88%) Full-Stack Developer
12 21 (3.02%) Analyst
13 20 (2.87%) Senior DevOps Engineer
14 19 (2.73%) Lead Developer
14 19 (2.73%) Senior Software Engineer
15 18 (2.59%) Junior
15 18 (2.59%) Team Leader
16 17 (2.44%) Data Engineer
16 17 (2.44%) Senior Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 147 (21.12%) .NET
2 84 (12.07%) ASP.NET
3 64 (9.20%) .NET Core
4 63 (9.05%) React
5 62 (8.91%) ASP.NET Core
5 62 (8.91%) HTML
6 59 (8.48%) CSS
7 53 (7.61%) REST
7 53 (7.61%) RESTful
8 37 (5.32%) Blazor
9 34 (4.89%) ARM Templates
10 32 (4.60%) Entity Framework
11 27 (3.88%) YAML
12 25 (3.59%) RabbitMQ
13 24 (3.45%) JSON
14 23 (3.30%) Node.js
15 21 (3.02%) ML.NET
15 21 (3.02%) Spring
16 20 (2.87%) OAuth
16 20 (2.87%) Spring Boot
Miscellaneous
1 76 (10.92%) Cloud Native
2 57 (8.19%) Product Ownership
3 35 (5.03%) Distributed Systems
4 26 (3.74%) Enterprise Software
5 24 (3.45%) Greenfield Project
6 23 (3.30%) Hybrid Cloud
7 20 (2.87%) Algorithms
8 18 (2.59%) Data Centre
9 14 (2.01%) Legacy Systems
10 12 (1.72%) Embedded Systems
11 11 (1.58%) Mobile App
12 10 (1.44%) Private Cloud
12 10 (1.44%) Robotics
12 10 (1.44%) Self-Motivation
13 9 (1.29%) Analytical Mindset
13 9 (1.29%) IoT
13 9 (1.29%) Onboarding
14 8 (1.15%) Data Structures
14 8 (1.15%) Life Science
15 7 (1.01%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 118 (16.95%) Linux
2 37 (5.32%) Windows
3 29 (4.17%) Ubuntu
4 16 (2.30%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 16 (2.30%) Windows Server
5 12 (1.72%) Debian
6 10 (1.44%) CentOS
6 10 (1.44%) VMS
7 5 (0.72%) Unix
7 5 (0.72%) Windows Server 2019
8 4 (0.57%) Android
9 2 (0.29%) Embedded Linux
9 2 (0.29%) Rocky
Processes & Methodologies
1 336 (48.28%) CI/CD
2 285 (40.95%) Agile
3 163 (23.42%) Infrastructure as Code
4 158 (22.70%) Problem-Solving
5 146 (20.98%) Continuous Improvement
6 134 (19.25%) Software Engineering
7 113 (16.24%) AI
8 106 (15.23%) Microservices
9 100 (14.37%) Full-Stack Development
10 96 (13.79%) Containerisation
11 95 (13.65%) Mentoring
12 83 (11.93%) Computer Science
13 81 (11.64%) Test Automation
14 77 (11.06%) Observability
14 77 (11.06%) Scrum
15 64 (9.20%) Analytics
16 63 (9.05%) Platform Engineering
16 63 (9.05%) Roadmaps
17 60 (8.62%) SDLC
17 60 (8.62%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 169 (24.28%) Python
2 155 (22.27%) C#
3 138 (19.83%) SQL
4 96 (13.79%) JavaScript
5 67 (9.63%) PowerShell
6 65 (9.34%) Bash
7 57 (8.19%) Java
8 41 (5.89%) TypeScript
9 40 (5.75%) C++
10 33 (4.74%) Bicep
11 23 (3.30%) C
12 21 (3.02%) PHP
13 19 (2.73%) Go
14 11 (1.58%) Apex Code
15 10 (1.44%) T-SQL
16 9 (1.29%) Groovy
17 8 (1.15%) MATLAB
18 7 (1.01%) Shell Script
19 6 (0.86%) Ruby
19 6 (0.86%) Rust
Qualifications
1 113 (16.24%) Security Cleared
2 103 (14.80%) Degree
3 71 (10.20%) SC Cleared
4 35 (5.03%) Computer Science Degree
5 25 (3.59%) DV Cleared
6 23 (3.30%) Master's Degree
7 11 (1.58%) Azure Certification
8 9 (1.29%) AWS Certification
9 7 (1.01%) ISTQB
10 6 (0.86%) DBS Check
10 6 (0.86%) ICAEW
11 4 (0.57%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
11 4 (0.57%) TOGAF Certification
12 3 (0.43%) BPSS Clearance
12 3 (0.43%) PMI Certification
13 2 (0.29%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
13 2 (0.29%) ITIL Certification
13 2 (0.29%) Numerate Degree
14 1 (0.14%) CCA
14 1 (0.14%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 76 (10.92%) QA
2 17 (2.44%) PCI DSS
3 14 (2.01%) Data Quality
4 13 (1.87%) Accessibility
5 9 (1.29%) NIST
6 8 (1.15%) WCAG
7 7 (1.01%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 3 (0.43%) ITGC
8 3 (0.43%) SOC 2
9 1 (0.14%) GDPR
9 1 (0.14%) ISO 9001
9 1 (0.14%) ISO/IEC 20000
9 1 (0.14%) NCSC
9 1 (0.14%) SLA
9 1 (0.14%) Software Quality Assurance
System Software
1 161 (23.13%) Docker
2 18 (2.59%) Active Directory
3 9 (1.29%) Hyper-V
3 9 (1.29%) Virtual Machines
4 7 (1.01%) Firmware
5 6 (0.86%) VMware Infrastructure
6 5 (0.72%) Slurm Workload Manager
7 3 (0.43%) KVM
8 2 (0.29%) Xen
9 1 (0.14%) iptables
9 1 (0.14%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 175 (25.14%) Terraform
2 149 (21.41%) Kubernetes
3 79 (11.35%) Ansible
4 46 (6.61%) Grafana
5 38 (5.46%) Prometheus
6 13 (1.87%) Nagios
7 12 (1.72%) Kibana
7 12 (1.72%) Puppet
8 9 (1.29%) ZABBIX
9 8 (1.15%) Argo
10 6 (0.86%) Podman
11 5 (0.72%) Docker Swarm
11 5 (0.72%) Istio
11 5 (0.72%) Packer
12 4 (0.57%) Proxmox
13 3 (0.43%) Kustomize
13 3 (0.43%) Microsoft Intune
13 3 (0.43%) Scalr
14 2 (0.29%) HP Fortify
14 2 (0.29%) MIIS
Vendors
1 161 (23.13%) Microsoft
2 31 (4.45%) Red Hat
3 24 (3.45%) Salesforce
4 17 (2.44%) Oracle
5 16 (2.30%) Splunk
6 14 (2.01%) Dynatrace
7 13 (1.87%) Databricks
7 13 (1.87%) Google
8 12 (1.72%) Facebook
8 12 (1.72%) YouTube
9 11 (1.58%) MuleSoft
9 11 (1.58%) VMware
10 10 (1.44%) AppDynamics
10 10 (1.44%) ServiceNow
11 9 (1.29%) SAP
12 8 (1.15%) Cisco
12 8 (1.15%) IBM
13 7 (1.01%) Palo Alto
14 6 (0.86%) New Relic
15 5 (0.72%) Juniper