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

6 months to
22 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 54 19 23
Rank change year-on-year -35 +4 -5
Permanent jobs citing DevOps 471 575 1,229
As % of all permanent jobs in the South East 3.32% 8.33% 7.62%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.53% 9.28% 9.00%
Number of salaries quoted 374 343 784
10th Percentile £41,625 £42,500 £42,500
25th Percentile £47,500 £51,250 £51,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £65,000 £61,500
Median % change year-on-year - +5.69% -5.38%
75th Percentile £75,000 £81,250 £73,750
90th Percentile £87,500 £85,000 £87,500
England median annual salary £70,932 £70,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year +1.33% +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 10,394 6,195 13,654
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 73.18% 89.70% 84.62%
Number of salaries quoted 6,646 3,349 9,822
10th Percentile £30,000 £28,500 £27,500
25th Percentile £37,750 £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 £78,216
England median annual salary £57,500 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -4.17% +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 22 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 22 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 -19 203 £55,000 -14.06% 85
Hampshire -24 104 £72,500 +20.83% 55
Buckinghamshire -4 97 £55,000 -8.33% 23
Berkshire -20 88 £50,000 -33.33% 44
Surrey -21 67 £62,500 -16.67% 18
West Sussex +5 49 £70,000 +12.00% 9
Kent -18 24 £65,000 +13.04% 3
Oxfordshire -24 18 £73,750 +40.48% 20
East Sussex -31 11 £82,500 +73.68% 3
Isle of Wight +4 7 £41,500 -29.66% 1
Sussex -10 5 £60,000 -20.00% 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 7 (1.49%) Confluence
1 7 (1.49%) IIS
2 6 (1.27%) OpenStack
3 5 (1.06%) SharePoint
4 4 (0.85%) CMS
5 3 (0.64%) Anypoint
5 3 (0.64%) Apache Airflow
5 3 (0.64%) 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 (2.12%) Microsoft Excel
2 4 (0.85%) MS Visio
3 2 (0.42%) Chatbot
4 1 (0.21%) Microsoft Office
4 1 (0.21%) Microsoft Project
4 1 (0.21%) Simulink
Business Applications
1 7 (1.49%) Dynamics CRM
2 2 (0.42%) Infor SunSystems
2 2 (0.42%) SAP S/4HANA
3 1 (0.21%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 256 (54.35%) Azure
2 159 (33.76%) Azure DevOps
3 116 (24.63%) AWS
4 54 (11.46%) GitHub
5 37 (7.86%) Power Platform
6 36 (7.64%) SaaS
7 25 (5.31%) Amazon EKS
7 25 (5.31%) GitHub Actions
8 22 (4.67%) PaaS
8 22 (4.67%) Serverless
9 19 (4.03%) Azure Logic Apps
9 19 (4.03%) GCP
9 19 (4.03%) IaaS
9 19 (4.03%) OpenShift
10 17 (3.61%) Microsoft 365
11 16 (3.40%) Entra ID
12 15 (3.18%) AWS Lambda
12 15 (3.18%) Azure AKS
13 14 (2.97%) Amazon S3
13 14 (2.97%) Azure Data Factory
Communications & Networking
1 31 (6.58%) Firewall
2 14 (2.97%) VPN
3 12 (2.55%) DNS
4 5 (1.06%) Cisco ASA
4 5 (1.06%) DHCP
5 4 (0.85%) BGP
5 4 (0.85%) SAN
6 3 (0.64%) 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 46 (9.77%) SQL Server
2 14 (2.97%) Power BI
3 13 (2.76%) Relational Database
4 12 (2.55%) PostgreSQL
5 9 (1.91%) Azure SQL Database
5 9 (1.91%) NoSQL
6 8 (1.70%) Data Lake
7 7 (1.49%) MongoDB
8 6 (1.27%) Data Warehouse
9 5 (1.06%) Metadata
9 5 (1.06%) MySQL
10 3 (0.64%) Amazon RDS
10 3 (0.64%) DynamoDB
10 3 (0.64%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 3 (0.64%) SQL Server Reporting Services
11 2 (0.42%) Elasticsearch
11 2 (0.42%) GIS
11 2 (0.42%) SAP Data Services
12 1 (0.21%) Big Data
12 1 (0.21%) Oracle Database
Development Applications
1 59 (12.53%) Git
2 50 (10.62%) GitLab
3 28 (5.94%) Jenkins
3 28 (5.94%) JIRA
4 16 (3.40%) Selenium
5 11 (2.34%) Visual Studio Code
6 8 (1.70%) SonarQube
7 7 (1.49%) JUnit
8 6 (1.27%) Atlassian Bamboo
8 6 (1.27%) Cucumber
8 6 (1.27%) Robot Framework
8 6 (1.27%) Visual Studio
9 5 (1.06%) Artifactory
9 5 (1.06%) Snyk
10 4 (0.85%) MLflow
10 4 (0.85%) Mockito
10 4 (0.85%) NUnit
10 4 (0.85%) Zephyr
11 3 (0.64%) Cypress.io
11 3 (0.64%) Octopus Deploy
General
1 115 (24.42%) Social Skills
2 93 (19.75%) Analytical Skills
3 78 (16.56%) Finance
4 23 (4.88%) Public Sector
5 20 (4.25%) Retail
6 15 (3.18%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 15 (3.18%) Law
7 14 (2.97%) Games
8 9 (1.91%) Aerospace
8 9 (1.91%) Billing
9 8 (1.70%) Manufacturing
10 6 (1.27%) Legal
11 5 (1.06%) Documentation Skills
11 5 (1.06%) Telecoms
12 4 (0.85%) General Ledger
12 4 (0.85%) Tech for Good
13 3 (0.64%) Marketing
13 3 (0.64%) Presentation Skills
14 2 (0.42%) Banking
14 2 (0.42%) Health Technology
Job Titles
1 104 (22.08%) Developer
2 94 (19.96%) DevOps Engineer
3 73 (15.50%) Senior
4 70 (14.86%) Lead
5 38 (8.07%) Azure Engineer
6 37 (7.86%) Cloud Engineer
7 36 (7.64%) Software Engineer
8 31 (6.58%) Architect
9 28 (5.94%) Senior DevOps
10 23 (4.88%) Full-Stack Developer
11 18 (3.82%) Administrator
11 18 (3.82%) DevOps Administrator
11 18 (3.82%) Systems Administrator
11 18 (3.82%) Team Leader
12 17 (3.61%) Analyst
13 16 (3.40%) Power Platform Developer
14 15 (3.18%) Data Engineer
14 15 (3.18%) Senior Systems Administrator
15 13 (2.76%) Senior DevOps Engineer
16 12 (2.55%) DevOps Systems Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 88 (18.68%) .NET
2 46 (9.77%) REST
3 45 (9.55%) React
4 31 (6.58%) CSS
5 30 (6.37%) ASP.NET
5 30 (6.37%) HTML
6 27 (5.73%) Middleware
7 22 (4.67%) RESTful
8 21 (4.46%) React Native
9 20 (4.25%) RabbitMQ
10 18 (3.82%) .NET Core
10 18 (3.82%) Bootstrap
10 18 (3.82%) JSON
10 18 (3.82%) OAuth
10 18 (3.82%) SOAP
11 16 (3.40%) AngularJS
12 15 (3.18%) Spring
13 14 (2.97%) .NET Framework
13 14 (2.97%) Lightning Web Components
13 14 (2.97%) Visualforce
Miscellaneous
1 39 (8.28%) Cloud Native
2 32 (6.79%) Product Ownership
3 25 (5.31%) Distributed Systems
4 21 (4.46%) Low-Code
5 19 (4.03%) Mobile App
6 13 (2.76%) Algorithms
7 11 (2.34%) Enterprise Software
7 11 (2.34%) Hybrid Cloud
8 10 (2.12%) Private Cloud
9 9 (1.91%) Data Centre
9 9 (1.91%) Self-Motivation
10 8 (1.70%) Analytical Mindset
10 8 (1.70%) Legacy Systems
11 5 (1.06%) Life Science
11 5 (1.06%) Onboarding
12 4 (0.85%) Embedded Systems
12 4 (0.85%) Virtual Team
13 3 (0.64%) Cyber Defence
13 3 (0.64%) Linux Command Line
14 2 (0.42%) Greenfield Project
Operating Systems
1 69 (14.65%) Linux
2 25 (5.31%) Windows
3 18 (3.82%) Ubuntu
4 15 (3.18%) Windows Server
5 10 (2.12%) VMS
6 7 (1.49%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 6 (1.27%) CentOS
7 6 (1.27%) Unix
8 5 (1.06%) Windows Server 2019
9 4 (0.85%) Windows Server 2012
10 3 (0.64%) Debian
11 2 (0.42%) Android
11 2 (0.42%) Apple iOS
12 1 (0.21%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 238 (50.53%) CI/CD
2 190 (40.34%) Agile
3 135 (28.66%) Problem-Solving
4 113 (23.99%) Infrastructure as Code
5 97 (20.59%) Continuous Improvement
6 64 (13.59%) Scrum
7 63 (13.38%) Containerisation
8 59 (12.53%) AI
9 58 (12.31%) Software Engineering
10 53 (11.25%) Test Automation
11 51 (10.83%) Computer Science
12 50 (10.62%) Microservices
13 43 (9.13%) Observability
14 42 (8.92%) Data Modelling
15 40 (8.49%) Full-Stack Development
15 40 (8.49%) Mentoring
16 37 (7.86%) Kanban
17 36 (7.64%) Deployment Automation
18 35 (7.43%) Analytics
18 35 (7.43%) ITIL
Programming Languages
1 117 (24.84%) Python
2 84 (17.83%) SQL
3 76 (16.14%) C#
4 46 (9.77%) JavaScript
5 42 (8.92%) Bash
5 42 (8.92%) Java
6 34 (7.22%) PowerShell
7 22 (4.67%) C++
8 16 (3.40%) TypeScript
9 14 (2.97%) Apex Code
10 13 (2.76%) Go
11 12 (2.55%) Bicep
12 10 (2.12%) C
13 7 (1.49%) Groovy
14 5 (1.06%) Perl
14 5 (1.06%) PHP
14 5 (1.06%) PL/SQL
15 4 (0.85%) Ruby
16 3 (0.64%) MATLAB
16 3 (0.64%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 81 (17.20%) Security Cleared
2 71 (15.07%) Degree
3 46 (9.77%) SC Cleared
4 25 (5.31%) Computer Science Degree
4 25 (5.31%) DV Cleared
5 14 (2.97%) Master's Degree
6 12 (2.55%) AWS Certification
7 8 (1.70%) Azure Certification
8 6 (1.27%) BPSS Clearance
8 6 (1.27%) Chartered Engineer
8 6 (1.27%) ISTQB
9 3 (0.64%) Microsoft Certification
9 3 (0.64%) TOGAF 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
11 1 (0.21%) CCA
11 1 (0.21%) ITIL Certification
11 1 (0.21%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 37 (7.86%) QA
2 16 (3.40%) Data Quality
3 11 (2.34%) Accessibility
4 8 (1.70%) NIST
5 7 (1.49%) PCI DSS
6 6 (1.27%) ISO/IEC 12207
7 5 (1.06%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 5 (1.06%) WCAG
8 4 (0.85%) ITGC
9 3 (0.64%) 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 82 (17.41%) Docker
2 10 (2.12%) Active Directory
3 4 (0.85%) VMware ESXi
4 3 (0.64%) Hyper-V
4 3 (0.64%) 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
1 107 (22.72%) Terraform
2 87 (18.47%) Kubernetes
3 62 (13.16%) Ansible
4 26 (5.52%) Grafana
5 23 (4.88%) Prometheus
6 8 (1.70%) Nagios
6 8 (1.70%) Proxmox
7 5 (1.06%) Packer
7 5 (1.06%) Puppet
8 4 (0.85%) Kibana
8 4 (0.85%) Microsoft Intune
8 4 (0.85%) SCCM
8 4 (0.85%) vCenter Server
9 3 (0.64%) Scalr
9 3 (0.64%) ZABBIX
10 2 (0.42%) MIIS
10 2 (0.42%) Nessus
11 1 (0.21%) Argo
11 1 (0.21%) Kubeflow
11 1 (0.21%) Podman
Vendors
1 102 (21.66%) Microsoft
2 27 (5.73%) Red Hat
3 24 (5.10%) Salesforce
4 22 (4.67%) MuleSoft
5 14 (2.97%) VMware
6 12 (2.55%) Databricks
7 10 (2.12%) AppDynamics
7 10 (2.12%) Dynatrace
8 9 (1.91%) Splunk
9 8 (1.70%) Cisco
9 8 (1.70%) IBM
9 8 (1.70%) Oracle
9 8 (1.70%) Palo Alto
10 5 (1.06%) Black Duck
10 5 (1.06%) Coverity
10 5 (1.06%) F5
10 5 (1.06%) Juniper
10 5 (1.06%) Veeam
11 4 (0.85%) 3PAR
11 4 (0.85%) SolarWinds