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 10 October 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
10 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 39 33 22
Rank change year-on-year -6 -11 -5
Permanent jobs citing DevOps 689 492 951
As % of all permanent jobs in the South East 3.63% 5.50% 7.74%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 5.03% 6.23% 9.48%
Number of salaries quoted 501 248 535
10th Percentile £45,000 £33,750 £42,500
25th Percentile £55,000 £51,250 £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £67,500 £65,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year +3.85% - -
75th Percentile £81,250 £83,750 £81,250
90th Percentile £97,500 £90,750 £85,000
England median annual salary £70,000 £70,000 £70,000

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 13,698 7,897 10,033
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 72.26% 88.21% 81.70%
Number of salaries quoted 9,727 4,245 5,277
10th Percentile £30,000 £27,000 £32,500
25th Percentile £39,766 £32,500 £42,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £47,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +15.79% -13.64% -
75th Percentile £70,000 £66,250 £70,000
90th Percentile £90,000 £82,500 £83,750
England median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year +9.09% -8.33% -1.32%

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 10 October 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 10 October 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 +11 256 £67,500 +3.85% 249
Hampshire -16 181 £67,500 +8.00% 115
Surrey +9 127 £62,500 -10.71% 72
Berkshire +11 105 £83,750 +24.07% 121
Oxfordshire +11 77 £62,500 - 65
Buckinghamshire +7 74 £65,000 -7.14% 67
West Sussex +7 70 £70,000 +16.67% 35
Kent -36 25 £33,500 -10.67% 17
East Sussex -9 12 £85,000 +41.67% 27
Isle of Wight +1 6 £50,000 -31.51%
Middlesex -6 4 £38,500 +2.67%
Sussex -12 2 £67,500 +50.00% 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 24 (3.48%) Confluence
2 13 (1.89%) SharePoint
3 10 (1.45%) IIS
4 6 (0.87%) nginx
5 5 (0.73%) OpenStack
6 4 (0.58%) Apache
7 3 (0.44%) Adobe Experience Manager
7 3 (0.44%) Apache Spark
7 3 (0.44%) CMS
7 3 (0.44%) JBoss
7 3 (0.44%) Sitecore CMS
8 2 (0.29%) WebLogic
9 1 (0.15%) Red Hat Fuse
9 1 (0.15%) Tomcat
Applications
1 13 (1.89%) Microsoft Project
2 9 (1.31%) Microsoft Excel
3 6 (0.87%) Simulink
4 4 (0.58%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 4 (0.58%) MS Visio
5 3 (0.44%) Microsoft Office
6 2 (0.29%) Lightworks
7 1 (0.15%) Spreadsheet
7 1 (0.15%) Trello
Business Applications
1 6 (0.87%) SAP IBP
1 6 (0.87%) SAP S/4HANA
2 5 (0.73%) Payment Gateway
3 4 (0.58%) Dynamics CRM
4 2 (0.29%) JDE EnterpriseOne
4 2 (0.29%) Oracle Applications
5 1 (0.15%) Infor SunSystems
Cloud Services
1 409 (59.36%) Azure
2 225 (32.66%) Azure DevOps
3 192 (27.87%) AWS
4 71 (10.30%) SaaS
5 62 (9.00%) GitHub
6 49 (7.11%) Power Platform
7 42 (6.10%) GitHub Actions
8 41 (5.95%) GCP
9 39 (5.66%) Azure Cosmos DB
10 31 (4.50%) Azure AKS
11 30 (4.35%) Azure Key Vault
11 30 (4.35%) Azure Monitor
11 30 (4.35%) Serverless
12 29 (4.21%) PaaS
13 24 (3.48%) Azure AI
14 23 (3.34%) Amazon CloudWatch
15 22 (3.19%) Entra ID
16 21 (3.05%) Amazon EKS
17 20 (2.90%) Azure Service Bus
17 20 (2.90%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 32 (4.64%) VPN
2 29 (4.21%) Firewall
3 15 (2.18%) DNS
4 9 (1.31%) Internet
5 7 (1.02%) MQTT
6 5 (0.73%) HTTP
6 5 (0.73%) TCP/IP
7 4 (0.58%) Network Security
7 4 (0.58%) WAN
8 3 (0.44%) DHCP
8 3 (0.44%) NAS
8 3 (0.44%) SAN
9 2 (0.29%) BGP
9 2 (0.29%) IPv4
9 2 (0.29%) IPv6
9 2 (0.29%) Software-Defined Radio
9 2 (0.29%) Unified Communications
9 2 (0.29%) Wi-Fi
9 2 (0.29%) WireGuard
10 1 (0.15%) Intelligent Network
Database & Business Intelligence
1 99 (14.37%) SQL Server
2 57 (8.27%) MongoDB
3 56 (8.13%) Azure SQL Database
4 38 (5.52%) PostgreSQL
5 35 (5.08%) Power BI
6 22 (3.19%) MySQL
7 21 (3.05%) NoSQL
8 19 (2.76%) Relational Database
9 18 (2.61%) Metadata
10 15 (2.18%) Data Warehouse
10 15 (2.18%) DynamoDB
11 12 (1.74%) Elasticsearch
11 12 (1.74%) Redis
11 12 (1.74%) Star Schema
12 9 (1.31%) Amazon QuickSight
12 9 (1.31%) Data Lake
12 9 (1.31%) Snowflake Schema
13 6 (0.87%) Amazon RDS
13 6 (0.87%) Spatial Data
14 4 (0.58%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 108 (15.67%) Git
2 47 (6.82%) JIRA
3 36 (5.22%) GitLab
4 26 (3.77%) Jenkins
5 12 (1.74%) Visual Studio Code
6 11 (1.60%) Selenium
7 7 (1.02%) JMeter
8 6 (0.87%) Cypress.io
8 6 (0.87%) JUnit
9 5 (0.73%) Octopus Deploy
10 3 (0.44%) Artifactory
10 3 (0.44%) Cucumber
10 3 (0.44%) Mocha
10 3 (0.44%) NUnit
10 3 (0.44%) PHPUnit
10 3 (0.44%) Snyk
10 3 (0.44%) Storybook
10 3 (0.44%) Zephyr
11 2 (0.29%) Maven
11 2 (0.29%) Visual Studio
General
1 194 (28.16%) Social Skills
2 132 (19.16%) Finance
3 61 (8.85%) Analytical Skills
4 38 (5.52%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 19 (2.76%) Retail
6 16 (2.32%) Marketing
7 15 (2.18%) Advertising
7 15 (2.18%) Documentation Skills
8 14 (2.03%) Public Sector
9 13 (1.89%) Manufacturing
10 12 (1.74%) Telecoms
11 11 (1.60%) Aerospace
11 11 (1.60%) Games
12 6 (0.87%) Banking
12 6 (0.87%) Electronics
13 5 (0.73%) Aviation
13 5 (0.73%) Organisational Skills
13 5 (0.73%) Presentation Skills
14 4 (0.58%) Automotive
14 4 (0.58%) Legal
Job Titles
1 156 (22.64%) Senior
2 146 (21.19%) Developer
3 139 (20.17%) DevOps Engineer
4 82 (11.90%) Lead
5 78 (11.32%) .NET Developer
6 68 (9.87%) Software Engineer
7 51 (7.40%) Azure Engineer
8 46 (6.68%) Senior DevOps
9 38 (5.52%) Senior DevOps Engineer
10 35 (5.08%) Architect
11 28 (4.06%) Full-Stack Developer
12 27 (3.92%) Platform Engineer
13 25 (3.63%) Project Manager
14 24 (3.48%) Azure DevOps Engineer
14 24 (3.48%) Cloud Engineer
14 24 (3.48%) Infrastructure Engineer
15 23 (3.34%) Lead Developer
16 20 (2.90%) Analyst
16 20 (2.90%) Senior Developer
17 19 (2.76%) Senior Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 154 (22.35%) Terraform
2 142 (20.61%) .NET
3 91 (13.21%) ASP.NET
4 69 (10.01%) ASP.NET Core
5 63 (9.14%) HTML
6 61 (8.85%) CSS
6 61 (8.85%) React
7 58 (8.42%) .NET Core
8 48 (6.97%) RESTful
9 41 (5.95%) REST
10 36 (5.22%) Blazor
11 34 (4.93%) Node.js
12 32 (4.64%) ARM Templates
13 30 (4.35%) Entity Framework
14 21 (3.05%) Vue
15 20 (2.90%) ML.NET
16 19 (2.76%) HTML5
17 17 (2.47%) jQuery
17 17 (2.47%) Kafka
18 16 (2.32%) Spring Boot
Miscellaneous
1 80 (11.61%) Cloud Native
2 64 (9.29%) Product Ownership
3 35 (5.08%) Hybrid Cloud
4 33 (4.79%) Enterprise Software
5 26 (3.77%) Greenfield Project
6 24 (3.48%) Distributed Systems
7 22 (3.19%) Legacy Systems
8 17 (2.47%) Algorithms
9 16 (2.32%) Private Cloud
9 16 (2.32%) Robotics
10 15 (2.18%) Embedded Systems
11 13 (1.89%) Data Centre
12 12 (1.74%) IoT
13 9 (1.31%) AI Agents
14 8 (1.16%) Data Structures
14 8 (1.16%) Mobile App
14 8 (1.16%) Onboarding
15 7 (1.02%) Life Science
15 7 (1.02%) Social Media
16 6 (0.87%) FPGA
Operating Systems
1 126 (18.29%) Linux
2 54 (7.84%) Windows
3 23 (3.34%) Ubuntu
4 13 (1.89%) Windows Server
5 12 (1.74%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 9 (1.31%) Debian
7 4 (0.58%) Android
7 4 (0.58%) CentOS
7 4 (0.58%) Rocky
7 4 (0.58%) VMS
7 4 (0.58%) Windows Server 2019
8 3 (0.44%) Embedded Linux
9 1 (0.15%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 326 (47.31%) CI/CD
2 270 (39.19%) Agile
3 147 (21.34%) Continuous Improvement
4 133 (19.30%) Software Engineering
5 132 (19.16%) Infrastructure as Code
6 129 (18.72%) Problem-Solving
7 127 (18.43%) AI
8 107 (15.53%) Mentoring
9 104 (15.09%) Full-Stack Development
10 92 (13.35%) Stakeholder Management
11 88 (12.77%) Microservices
12 86 (12.48%) Platform Engineering
13 85 (12.34%) Computer Science
14 79 (11.47%) Test Automation
15 76 (11.03%) Scrum
16 73 (10.60%) Analytics
16 73 (10.60%) Containerisation
17 71 (10.30%) Observability
18 58 (8.42%) SDLC
19 57 (8.27%) Technical Leadership
Programming Languages
1 166 (24.09%) C#
2 156 (22.64%) Python
3 133 (19.30%) SQL
4 96 (13.93%) JavaScript
5 58 (8.42%) Bash
6 53 (7.69%) TypeScript
7 51 (7.40%) PowerShell
8 41 (5.95%) Java
9 34 (4.93%) C++
10 31 (4.50%) Go
11 30 (4.35%) Bicep
12 25 (3.63%) PHP
13 20 (2.90%) C
14 15 (2.18%) T-SQL
15 11 (1.60%) Shell Script
16 7 (1.02%) MATLAB
16 7 (1.02%) Rust
17 5 (0.73%) Embedded C
17 5 (0.73%) Embedded C++
18 4 (0.58%) Apex Code
Qualifications
1 110 (15.97%) Degree
2 109 (15.82%) Security Cleared
3 63 (9.14%) SC Cleared
4 34 (4.93%) Computer Science Degree
5 29 (4.21%) DV Cleared
6 16 (2.32%) Master's Degree
7 14 (2.03%) AWS Certification
7 14 (2.03%) Azure Certification
8 13 (1.89%) PMI Certification
9 10 (1.45%) PMP
10 6 (0.87%) DBS Check
10 6 (0.87%) ICAEW
11 5 (0.73%) ISTQB
12 4 (0.58%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
12 4 (0.58%) Microsoft Certification
12 4 (0.58%) TOGAF Certification
13 3 (0.44%) BPSS Clearance
13 3 (0.44%) ITIL Certification
13 3 (0.44%) Microsoft Certified Professional
13 3 (0.44%) Numerate Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 74 (10.74%) QA
2 20 (2.90%) Data Quality
3 16 (2.32%) PCI DSS
4 10 (1.45%) Accessibility
4 10 (1.45%) GDPR
4 10 (1.45%) NIST
5 9 (1.31%) California Consumer Privacy Act
5 9 (1.31%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 6 (0.87%) WCAG
7 2 (0.29%) GRC
7 2 (0.29%) ISO 9001
7 2 (0.29%) MISRA
7 2 (0.29%) SOC 2
7 2 (0.29%) Software Quality Assurance
8 1 (0.15%) Actionable Recommendations
8 1 (0.15%) Cyber Essentials
8 1 (0.15%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 1 (0.15%) IASME
8 1 (0.15%) NCSC
8 1 (0.15%) SOC 1
System Software
1 140 (20.32%) Docker
2 17 (2.47%) Active Directory
2 17 (2.47%) Virtual Machines
3 9 (1.31%) Firmware
3 9 (1.31%) VMware Infrastructure
4 6 (0.87%) Hyper-V
5 3 (0.44%) KVM
6 2 (0.29%) iptables
6 2 (0.29%) Slurm Workload Manager
6 2 (0.29%) VMware ESXi
6 2 (0.29%) vSphere
6 2 (0.29%) Xen
Systems Management
1 153 (22.21%) Kubernetes
2 71 (10.30%) Ansible
3 44 (6.39%) Grafana
4 37 (5.37%) Prometheus
5 8 (1.16%) Argo
5 8 (1.16%) Kibana
5 8 (1.16%) Proxmox
5 8 (1.16%) Puppet
6 7 (1.02%) Nagios
7 6 (0.87%) ZABBIX
8 5 (0.73%) Istio
8 5 (0.73%) Microsoft Intune
8 5 (0.73%) Podman
9 4 (0.58%) Docker Swarm
10 3 (0.44%) Kustomize
11 2 (0.29%) FlexNet
11 2 (0.29%) HP Fortify
11 2 (0.29%) Packer
11 2 (0.29%) Rancher
12 1 (0.15%) Active Directory Federation Services
Vendors
1 163 (23.66%) Microsoft
2 22 (3.19%) Google
3 17 (2.47%) VMware
4 14 (2.03%) Red Hat
4 14 (2.03%) Salesforce
5 12 (1.74%) Databricks
5 12 (1.74%) Facebook
5 12 (1.74%) Oracle
5 12 (1.74%) YouTube
6 10 (1.45%) ServiceNow
6 10 (1.45%) Splunk
7 9 (1.31%) Informatica
7 9 (1.31%) Pega
7 9 (1.31%) Talend
8 8 (1.16%) New Relic
8 8 (1.16%) SAP
9 7 (1.02%) Dynatrace
9 7 (1.02%) OpenAI
10 5 (0.73%) MuleSoft
11 4 (0.58%) HP