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

6 months to
15 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 36 24 25
Rank change year-on-year -12 +1 -8
Permanent jobs citing DevOps 652 615 1,177
As % of all permanent jobs in the South East 4.15% 7.14% 6.93%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 5.78% 8.06% 8.50%
Number of salaries quoted 504 287 797
10th Percentile £42,500 £42,000 £42,500
25th Percentile £49,792 £50,000 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £65,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year - +4.00% -3.85%
75th Percentile £77,500 £83,750 £73,750
90th Percentile £90,000 £85,000 £86,000
England median annual salary £70,000 £71,991 £66,000
% change year-on-year -2.77% +9.08% -5.71%

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 11,284 7,630 13,845
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 71.75% 88.59% 81.51%
Number of salaries quoted 8,037 3,972 9,658
10th Percentile £30,000 £27,000 £28,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £35,000 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £50,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +10.00% - -9.09%
75th Percentile £70,000 £67,500 £65,000
90th Percentile £85,000 £81,250 £80,000
England median annual salary £60,000 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year +4.35% +4.55% -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 15 July 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 15 July 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 -7 253 £64,250 +0.78% 125
Hampshire -13 171 £67,500 +11.57% 65
Buckinghamshire +12 105 £60,000 - 33
Berkshire -14 101 £65,000 -7.80% 57
Surrey +12 100 £65,000 -10.34% 52
West Sussex +14 81 £70,000 +16.67% 38
Oxfordshire -2 47 £65,000 +30.00% 36
Kent -22 26 £29,000 -55.38% 28
East Sussex -24 8 £85,000 +53.15% 14
Isle of Wight +2 5 £50,000 -31.51% 7
Sussex -7 5 £60,000 -21.31% 17
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 18 (2.76%) Confluence
2 10 (1.53%) IIS
3 7 (1.07%) SharePoint
4 6 (0.92%) OpenStack
5 5 (0.77%) nginx
6 4 (0.61%) CMS
6 4 (0.61%) Sitecore CMS
7 3 (0.46%) Adobe Experience Manager
7 3 (0.46%) Anypoint
8 1 (0.15%) Apache
8 1 (0.15%) Apache Spark
8 1 (0.15%) JBoss
8 1 (0.15%) Microsoft Exchange
8 1 (0.15%) Red Hat Fuse
8 1 (0.15%) Tomcat
Applications
1 12 (1.84%) Microsoft Excel
2 6 (0.92%) Simulink
3 3 (0.46%) Microsoft Project
3 3 (0.46%) MS Visio
4 2 (0.31%) Chatbot
4 2 (0.31%) Lightworks
4 2 (0.31%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 1 (0.15%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 6 (0.92%) Dynamics CRM
1 6 (0.92%) SAP S/4HANA
2 5 (0.77%) SAP IBP
3 3 (0.46%) Infor SunSystems
4 2 (0.31%) Payment Gateway
5 1 (0.15%) JDE EnterpriseOne
5 1 (0.15%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 384 (58.90%) Azure
2 226 (34.66%) Azure DevOps
3 160 (24.54%) AWS
4 63 (9.66%) SaaS
5 58 (8.90%) GitHub
6 40 (6.13%) GitHub Actions
6 40 (6.13%) Power Platform
7 37 (5.67%) Serverless
8 33 (5.06%) PaaS
9 28 (4.29%) Azure AKS
10 26 (3.99%) Amazon EKS
10 26 (3.99%) IaaS
11 24 (3.68%) Azure AI
11 24 (3.68%) Microsoft 365
12 23 (3.53%) Azure Cosmos DB
12 23 (3.53%) GCP
13 21 (3.22%) Entra ID
14 20 (3.07%) Amazon CloudWatch
14 20 (3.07%) Azure Monitor
14 20 (3.07%) OpenShift
Communications & Networking
1 30 (4.60%) Firewall
2 21 (3.22%) VPN
3 10 (1.53%) DNS
4 7 (1.07%) MQTT
5 6 (0.92%) Internet
6 5 (0.77%) Cisco ASA
6 5 (0.77%) TCP/IP
7 4 (0.61%) BGP
7 4 (0.61%) Software-Defined Radio
8 3 (0.46%) DHCP
8 3 (0.46%) HTTP
9 1 (0.15%) Broadband
9 1 (0.15%) Modbus
9 1 (0.15%) Network Security
9 1 (0.15%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 72 (11.04%) SQL Server
2 50 (7.67%) MongoDB
3 48 (7.36%) Azure SQL Database
4 27 (4.14%) PostgreSQL
5 23 (3.53%) Power BI
6 18 (2.76%) Relational Database
7 13 (1.99%) NoSQL
8 11 (1.69%) Data Lake
9 7 (1.07%) Metadata
9 7 (1.07%) MySQL
10 6 (0.92%) Elasticsearch
10 6 (0.92%) Redis
11 4 (0.61%) Data Warehouse
11 4 (0.61%) DynamoDB
12 3 (0.46%) Amazon RDS
12 3 (0.46%) Spatial Data
12 3 (0.46%) SQL Server Integration Services
12 3 (0.46%) SQL Server Reporting Services
13 2 (0.31%) Delta Lake
13 2 (0.31%) Geospatial Data
Development Applications
1 88 (13.50%) Git
2 62 (9.51%) GitLab
3 43 (6.60%) JIRA
4 35 (5.37%) Jenkins
5 18 (2.76%) Visual Studio Code
6 13 (1.99%) Selenium
7 10 (1.53%) JUnit
7 10 (1.53%) SonarQube
8 8 (1.23%) Cucumber
8 8 (1.23%) Octopus Deploy
9 7 (1.07%) Artifactory
9 7 (1.07%) Cypress.io
9 7 (1.07%) Zephyr
10 6 (0.92%) JMeter
11 5 (0.77%) Mockito
11 5 (0.77%) NUnit
12 4 (0.61%) Atlassian Bamboo
12 4 (0.61%) Visual Studio
13 3 (0.46%) Snyk
14 2 (0.31%) TeamCity
General
1 159 (24.39%) Social Skills
2 125 (19.17%) Finance
3 82 (12.58%) Analytical Skills
4 27 (4.14%) Retail
5 20 (3.07%) Games
6 18 (2.76%) Manufacturing
7 17 (2.61%) Public Sector
8 16 (2.45%) Advertising
9 15 (2.30%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 12 (1.84%) Marketing
11 10 (1.53%) Documentation Skills
12 7 (1.07%) Aerospace
12 7 (1.07%) Electronics
13 5 (0.77%) Automotive
13 5 (0.77%) Aviation
13 5 (0.77%) Law
13 5 (0.77%) Telecoms
14 4 (0.61%) Billing
14 4 (0.61%) General Ledger
15 3 (0.46%) Legal
Job Titles
1 145 (22.24%) Developer
1 145 (22.24%) DevOps Engineer
2 97 (14.88%) Senior
3 78 (11.96%) Lead
4 75 (11.50%) Software Engineer
5 61 (9.36%) .NET Developer
6 56 (8.59%) Azure Engineer
7 36 (5.52%) Architect
7 36 (5.52%) Cloud Engineer
8 35 (5.37%) Senior DevOps
9 29 (4.45%) Azure DevOps Engineer
10 26 (3.99%) Full-Stack Developer
11 23 (3.53%) Analyst
12 20 (3.07%) Senior DevOps Engineer
12 20 (3.07%) Senior Software Engineer
13 19 (2.91%) Administrator
13 19 (2.91%) Systems Administrator
13 19 (2.91%) Systems Engineer
14 17 (2.61%) Junior
14 17 (2.61%) Team Leader
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 138 (21.17%) .NET
2 80 (12.27%) ASP.NET
3 61 (9.36%) .NET Core
3 61 (9.36%) HTML
4 58 (8.90%) ASP.NET Core
4 58 (8.90%) CSS
4 58 (8.90%) React
5 50 (7.67%) RESTful
6 45 (6.90%) REST
7 33 (5.06%) ARM Templates
8 30 (4.60%) Blazor
8 30 (4.60%) Entity Framework
9 26 (3.99%) YAML
10 24 (3.68%) RabbitMQ
11 23 (3.53%) JSON
12 21 (3.22%) ML.NET
13 20 (3.07%) Spring
14 19 (2.91%) OAuth
14 19 (2.91%) Spring Boot
15 18 (2.76%) Node.js
Miscellaneous
1 71 (10.89%) Cloud Native
2 48 (7.36%) Product Ownership
3 32 (4.91%) Distributed Systems
4 24 (3.68%) Hybrid Cloud
5 23 (3.53%) Algorithms
6 21 (3.22%) Greenfield Project
7 20 (3.07%) Enterprise Software
8 14 (2.15%) Data Centre
8 14 (2.15%) Mobile App
9 12 (1.84%) Private Cloud
10 11 (1.69%) Legacy Systems
11 10 (1.53%) Embedded Systems
11 10 (1.53%) Self-Motivation
12 9 (1.38%) Low-Code
13 8 (1.23%) Analytical Mindset
13 8 (1.23%) Life Science
14 7 (1.07%) Data Structures
14 7 (1.07%) FPGA
14 7 (1.07%) Virtual Team
15 6 (0.92%) Robotics
Operating Systems
1 108 (16.56%) Linux
2 33 (5.06%) Windows
3 30 (4.60%) Ubuntu
4 15 (2.30%) Windows Server
5 14 (2.15%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 10 (1.53%) CentOS
6 10 (1.53%) VMS
7 9 (1.38%) Debian
8 5 (0.77%) Unix
8 5 (0.77%) Windows Server 2019
9 4 (0.61%) Android
10 2 (0.31%) Rocky
11 1 (0.15%) Embedded Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 314 (48.16%) CI/CD
2 264 (40.49%) Agile
3 154 (23.62%) Infrastructure as Code
4 149 (22.85%) Problem-Solving
5 118 (18.10%) Continuous Improvement
5 118 (18.10%) Software Engineering
6 104 (15.95%) AI
7 95 (14.57%) Full-Stack Development
8 89 (13.65%) Containerisation
9 87 (13.34%) Microservices
10 77 (11.81%) Computer Science
10 77 (11.81%) Scrum
11 71 (10.89%) Test Automation
12 67 (10.28%) Mentoring
13 65 (9.97%) Observability
14 62 (9.51%) Analytics
15 58 (8.90%) Machine Learning
16 57 (8.74%) Kanban
17 56 (8.59%) SDLC
18 53 (8.13%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 168 (25.77%) Python
2 147 (22.55%) C#
3 133 (20.40%) SQL
4 92 (14.11%) JavaScript
5 69 (10.58%) Bash
6 65 (9.97%) PowerShell
7 58 (8.90%) Java
8 42 (6.44%) C++
9 33 (5.06%) Bicep
10 31 (4.75%) TypeScript
11 23 (3.53%) C
12 17 (2.61%) Go
13 15 (2.30%) PHP
14 11 (1.69%) Apex Code
15 9 (1.38%) Groovy
15 9 (1.38%) MATLAB
16 8 (1.23%) T-SQL
17 6 (0.92%) Ruby
17 6 (0.92%) Rust
17 6 (0.92%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 102 (15.64%) Security Cleared
2 97 (14.88%) Degree
3 58 (8.90%) SC Cleared
4 29 (4.45%) Computer Science Degree
5 23 (3.53%) DV Cleared
6 22 (3.37%) Master's Degree
7 12 (1.84%) AWS Certification
8 10 (1.53%) Azure Certification
9 9 (1.38%) ISTQB
10 6 (0.92%) DBS Check
10 6 (0.92%) ICAEW
11 3 (0.46%) PMI Certification
12 2 (0.31%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
12 2 (0.31%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
12 2 (0.31%) ITIL Certification
12 2 (0.31%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
13 1 (0.15%) CCA
13 1 (0.15%) Microsoft Certified Professional
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 55 (8.44%) QA
2 15 (2.30%) PCI DSS
3 14 (2.15%) Accessibility
4 13 (1.99%) Data Quality
5 9 (1.38%) NIST
5 9 (1.38%) WCAG
6 6 (0.92%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 4 (0.61%) ITGC
8 3 (0.46%) SOC 2
9 1 (0.15%) GDPR
9 1 (0.15%) NCSC
9 1 (0.15%) SLA
System Software
1 139 (21.32%) Docker
2 17 (2.61%) Active Directory
3 8 (1.23%) Firmware
4 7 (1.07%) Virtual Machines
5 5 (0.77%) Hyper-V
5 5 (0.77%) Slurm Workload Manager
6 3 (0.46%) VMware Infrastructure
7 2 (0.31%) Xen
8 1 (0.15%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 159 (24.39%) Terraform
2 132 (20.25%) Kubernetes
3 80 (12.27%) Ansible
4 42 (6.44%) Grafana
5 37 (5.67%) Prometheus
6 12 (1.84%) Kibana
6 12 (1.84%) Nagios
7 9 (1.38%) Puppet
8 8 (1.23%) Proxmox
9 7 (1.07%) ZABBIX
10 6 (0.92%) Argo
10 6 (0.92%) Podman
11 5 (0.77%) Docker Swarm
11 5 (0.77%) Packer
12 3 (0.46%) Scalr
13 2 (0.31%) FlexNet
13 2 (0.31%) HP Fortify
13 2 (0.31%) Istio
13 2 (0.31%) Kustomize
13 2 (0.31%) Rancher
Vendors
1 156 (23.93%) Microsoft
2 34 (5.21%) Red Hat
3 24 (3.68%) Salesforce
4 16 (2.45%) Splunk
5 14 (2.15%) Oracle
6 13 (1.99%) Databricks
6 13 (1.99%) Dynatrace
6 13 (1.99%) MuleSoft
7 12 (1.84%) Facebook
7 12 (1.84%) YouTube
8 11 (1.69%) VMware
9 10 (1.53%) Google
9 10 (1.53%) ServiceNow
10 9 (1.38%) AppDynamics
10 9 (1.38%) SAP
11 8 (1.23%) Cisco
11 8 (1.23%) IBM
11 8 (1.23%) Palo Alto
12 5 (0.77%) F5
12 5 (0.77%) Juniper