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

6 months to
14 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 36 25 24
Rank change year-on-year -11 -1 -7
Permanent jobs citing DevOps 689 597 994
As % of all permanent jobs in the South East 4.04% 6.78% 7.19%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 5.65% 7.70% 8.89%
Number of salaries quoted 526 269 642
10th Percentile £44,375 £36,250 £42,500
25th Percentile £52,500 £48,750 £48,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £63,500 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year +2.36% -2.31% -
75th Percentile £77,500 £82,500 £77,500
90th Percentile £90,000 £85,140 £85,000
England median annual salary £70,400 £70,000 £67,500
% change year-on-year +0.57% +3.70% -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 12,195 7,755 11,183
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 71.43% 88.04% 80.86%
Number of salaries quoted 8,693 4,161 7,287
10th Percentile £30,000 £26,750 £30,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £33,750 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £50,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +10.00% -4.76% -4.55%
75th Percentile £70,000 £67,500 £67,500
90th Percentile £85,000 £80,000 £81,250
England median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £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 14 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 14 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 -6 264 £65,000 +0.78% 121
Hampshire -10 187 £65,000 +7.44% 60
Surrey +6 110 £65,000 -7.14% 40
Buckinghamshire +18 102 £60,000 -7.69% 20
Berkshire -16 100 £72,750 -6.13% 71
West Sussex +14 81 £70,000 +16.67% 13
Oxfordshire +2 62 £62,500 +25.00% 32
Kent -28 27 £33,500 -10.67% 17
Isle of Wight +5 7 £50,000 -31.51% 5
East Sussex -22 6 £85,000 +30.77% 7
Sussex -2 5 £60,000 +33.33% 1
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 20 (2.90%) Confluence
2 10 (1.45%) IIS
2 10 (1.45%) SharePoint
3 8 (1.16%) OpenStack
4 5 (0.73%) nginx
5 3 (0.44%) Adobe Experience Manager
5 3 (0.44%) Anypoint
5 3 (0.44%) CMS
5 3 (0.44%) Sitecore CMS
6 2 (0.29%) Apache
6 2 (0.29%) Apache Spark
6 2 (0.29%) JBoss
7 1 (0.15%) Microsoft Exchange
7 1 (0.15%) Red Hat Fuse
7 1 (0.15%) Tomcat
7 1 (0.15%) WebLogic
Applications
1 9 (1.31%) Microsoft Excel
2 6 (0.87%) Simulink
3 4 (0.58%) Microsoft Project
4 3 (0.44%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 3 (0.44%) MS Visio
5 2 (0.29%) Chatbot
5 2 (0.29%) Lightworks
6 1 (0.15%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 6 (0.87%) SAP IBP
1 6 (0.87%) SAP S/4HANA
2 5 (0.73%) Dynamics CRM
3 3 (0.44%) Infor SunSystems
3 3 (0.44%) Payment Gateway
4 2 (0.29%) JDE EnterpriseOne
4 2 (0.29%) Oracle Applications
5 1 (0.15%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 420 (60.96%) Azure
2 221 (32.08%) Azure DevOps
3 186 (27.00%) AWS
4 72 (10.45%) SaaS
5 55 (7.98%) GitHub
6 40 (5.81%) Serverless
7 37 (5.37%) GitHub Actions
8 36 (5.22%) Power Platform
9 33 (4.79%) GCP
10 32 (4.64%) Azure Cosmos DB
11 30 (4.35%) Azure AKS
12 29 (4.21%) PaaS
13 25 (3.63%) Azure AI
13 25 (3.63%) Azure Key Vault
13 25 (3.63%) Azure Monitor
14 24 (3.48%) Datadog
14 24 (3.48%) Microsoft 365
15 22 (3.19%) Amazon EKS
16 21 (3.05%) Amazon ECS
16 21 (3.05%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 23 (3.34%) Firewall
2 21 (3.05%) VPN
3 13 (1.89%) DNS
4 7 (1.02%) MQTT
5 6 (0.87%) Internet
6 5 (0.73%) HTTP
6 5 (0.73%) TCP/IP
7 4 (0.58%) Cisco ASA
7 4 (0.58%) Network Security
7 4 (0.58%) WAN
8 3 (0.44%) BGP
8 3 (0.44%) DHCP
8 3 (0.44%) NAS
8 3 (0.44%) SAN
8 3 (0.44%) Software-Defined Radio
9 2 (0.29%) IPv4
9 2 (0.29%) IPv6
9 2 (0.29%) Wi-Fi
9 2 (0.29%) WireGuard
10 1 (0.15%) LAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 87 (12.63%) SQL Server
2 53 (7.69%) Azure SQL Database
3 52 (7.55%) MongoDB
4 34 (4.93%) PostgreSQL
5 23 (3.34%) Power BI
6 22 (3.19%) Relational Database
7 15 (2.18%) NoSQL
8 12 (1.74%) Elasticsearch
8 12 (1.74%) MySQL
9 11 (1.60%) Data Lake
10 10 (1.45%) Metadata
11 9 (1.31%) Data Warehouse
12 8 (1.16%) DynamoDB
12 8 (1.16%) Redis
13 7 (1.02%) Amazon RDS
14 4 (0.58%) SQL Server Integration Services
14 4 (0.58%) Star Schema
15 3 (0.44%) MariaDB
15 3 (0.44%) RDBMS
15 3 (0.44%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 104 (15.09%) Git
2 54 (7.84%) GitLab
3 45 (6.53%) JIRA
4 32 (4.64%) Jenkins
5 16 (2.32%) Visual Studio Code
6 15 (2.18%) Selenium
7 10 (1.45%) JUnit
8 8 (1.16%) Cucumber
8 8 (1.16%) Octopus Deploy
8 8 (1.16%) SonarQube
9 7 (1.02%) Artifactory
9 7 (1.02%) NUnit
10 6 (0.87%) JMeter
10 6 (0.87%) Zephyr
11 5 (0.73%) Cypress.io
11 5 (0.73%) Mockito
12 4 (0.58%) Visual Studio
13 3 (0.44%) PHPUnit
13 3 (0.44%) Snyk
14 2 (0.29%) Terragrunt
General
1 194 (28.16%) Social Skills
2 127 (18.43%) Finance
3 81 (11.76%) Analytical Skills
4 26 (3.77%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 20 (2.90%) Retail
6 19 (2.76%) Public Sector
7 18 (2.61%) Games
8 17 (2.47%) Manufacturing
9 16 (2.32%) Advertising
10 13 (1.89%) Documentation Skills
10 13 (1.89%) Marketing
11 12 (1.74%) Aerospace
12 7 (1.02%) Aviation
12 7 (1.02%) Legal
13 6 (0.87%) Electronics
13 6 (0.87%) Presentation Skills
14 5 (0.73%) Automotive
14 5 (0.73%) Telecoms
15 4 (0.58%) Law
16 3 (0.44%) Influencing Skills
Job Titles
1 148 (21.48%) Developer
2 139 (20.17%) DevOps Engineer
3 115 (16.69%) Senior
4 94 (13.64%) Lead
5 74 (10.74%) Software Engineer
6 73 (10.60%) .NET Developer
7 52 (7.55%) Azure Engineer
8 40 (5.81%) Architect
9 30 (4.35%) Cloud Engineer
10 28 (4.06%) Full-Stack Developer
11 27 (3.92%) Senior DevOps
12 26 (3.77%) Azure DevOps Engineer
13 22 (3.19%) Lead Developer
14 21 (3.05%) Senior DevOps Engineer
15 19 (2.76%) Analyst
15 19 (2.76%) Senior Software Engineer
16 18 (2.61%) Team Leader
17 17 (2.47%) Data Engineer
17 17 (2.47%) Platform Engineer
17 17 (2.47%) Senior Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 150 (21.77%) .NET
2 88 (12.77%) ASP.NET
3 66 (9.58%) .NET Core
4 64 (9.29%) ASP.NET Core
4 64 (9.29%) React
5 63 (9.14%) HTML
6 59 (8.56%) CSS
7 54 (7.84%) REST
8 52 (7.55%) RESTful
9 40 (5.81%) Blazor
10 32 (4.64%) ARM Templates
10 32 (4.64%) Entity Framework
11 27 (3.92%) YAML
12 24 (3.48%) Node.js
12 24 (3.48%) RabbitMQ
13 22 (3.19%) JSON
14 21 (3.05%) ML.NET
15 20 (2.90%) Spring
15 20 (2.90%) Spring Boot
16 19 (2.76%) OAuth
Miscellaneous
1 77 (11.18%) Cloud Native
2 58 (8.42%) Product Ownership
3 35 (5.08%) Distributed Systems
4 27 (3.92%) Enterprise Software
5 24 (3.48%) Greenfield Project
5 24 (3.48%) Hybrid Cloud
6 20 (2.90%) Algorithms
7 19 (2.76%) Data Centre
8 16 (2.32%) Legacy Systems
9 13 (1.89%) Embedded Systems
10 12 (1.74%) Robotics
11 11 (1.60%) IoT
11 11 (1.60%) Mobile App
12 9 (1.31%) Onboarding
12 9 (1.31%) Self-Motivation
13 8 (1.16%) Analytical Mindset
13 8 (1.16%) Data Structures
13 8 (1.16%) Life Science
13 8 (1.16%) Private Cloud
14 7 (1.02%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 116 (16.84%) Linux
2 40 (5.81%) Windows
3 27 (3.92%) Ubuntu
4 16 (2.32%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 16 (2.32%) Windows Server
5 12 (1.74%) Debian
6 10 (1.45%) VMS
7 9 (1.31%) CentOS
8 4 (0.58%) Android
8 4 (0.58%) Unix
8 4 (0.58%) Windows Server 2019
9 3 (0.44%) Embedded Linux
9 3 (0.44%) Rocky
Processes & Methodologies
1 330 (47.90%) CI/CD
2 283 (41.07%) Agile
3 156 (22.64%) Infrastructure as Code
4 153 (22.21%) Problem-Solving
5 143 (20.75%) Continuous Improvement
6 134 (19.45%) Software Engineering
7 114 (16.55%) AI
8 106 (15.38%) Microservices
9 101 (14.66%) Full-Stack Development
10 98 (14.22%) Mentoring
11 92 (13.35%) Containerisation
12 84 (12.19%) Computer Science
13 81 (11.76%) Test Automation
14 78 (11.32%) Observability
15 74 (10.74%) Scrum
16 68 (9.87%) Platform Engineering
17 67 (9.72%) Stakeholder Management
18 66 (9.58%) Analytics
19 63 (9.14%) Roadmaps
20 60 (8.71%) SDLC
Programming Languages
1 163 (23.66%) Python
2 159 (23.08%) C#
3 140 (20.32%) SQL
4 91 (13.21%) JavaScript
5 64 (9.29%) PowerShell
6 61 (8.85%) Bash
7 54 (7.84%) Java
8 43 (6.24%) TypeScript
9 39 (5.66%) C++
10 31 (4.50%) Bicep
11 23 (3.34%) C
12 19 (2.76%) Go
12 19 (2.76%) PHP
13 12 (1.74%) T-SQL
14 9 (1.31%) Groovy
15 8 (1.16%) Apex Code
15 8 (1.16%) MATLAB
15 8 (1.16%) Shell Script
16 5 (0.73%) Embedded C
16 5 (0.73%) Embedded C++
Qualifications
1 111 (16.11%) Security Cleared
2 102 (14.80%) Degree
3 72 (10.45%) SC Cleared
4 34 (4.93%) Computer Science Degree
5 26 (3.77%) DV Cleared
6 23 (3.34%) Master's Degree
7 13 (1.89%) Azure Certification
8 7 (1.02%) AWS Certification
8 7 (1.02%) ISTQB
9 6 (0.87%) DBS Check
9 6 (0.87%) ICAEW
10 4 (0.58%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
10 4 (0.58%) TOGAF Certification
11 3 (0.44%) BPSS Clearance
11 3 (0.44%) PMI Certification
12 2 (0.29%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
12 2 (0.29%) ITIL Certification
12 2 (0.29%) Microsoft Certified Professional
12 2 (0.29%) Numerate Degree
13 1 (0.15%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 78 (11.32%) QA
2 16 (2.32%) PCI DSS
3 15 (2.18%) Data Quality
4 12 (1.74%) Accessibility
5 8 (1.16%) NIST
5 8 (1.16%) WCAG
6 7 (1.02%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 3 (0.44%) GDPR
7 3 (0.44%) SOC 2
8 2 (0.29%) California Consumer Privacy Act
8 2 (0.29%) ITGC
9 1 (0.15%) ISO 9001
9 1 (0.15%) ISO/IEC 20000
9 1 (0.15%) NCSC
9 1 (0.15%) SLA
9 1 (0.15%) Software Quality Assurance
System Software
1 157 (22.79%) Docker
2 17 (2.47%) Active Directory
3 12 (1.74%) Virtual Machines
4 9 (1.31%) Hyper-V
5 7 (1.02%) Firmware
5 7 (1.02%) VMware Infrastructure
6 5 (0.73%) Slurm Workload Manager
7 3 (0.44%) KVM
8 2 (0.29%) iptables
8 2 (0.29%) Xen
9 1 (0.15%) Virtual Desktop
9 1 (0.15%) VMware ESXi
9 1 (0.15%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 172 (24.96%) Terraform
2 147 (21.34%) Kubernetes
3 76 (11.03%) Ansible
4 44 (6.39%) Grafana
5 36 (5.22%) Prometheus
6 12 (1.74%) Kibana
6 12 (1.74%) Nagios
7 11 (1.60%) Puppet
8 9 (1.31%) ZABBIX
9 8 (1.16%) Argo
10 6 (0.87%) Packer
11 5 (0.73%) Istio
11 5 (0.73%) Podman
12 4 (0.58%) Docker Swarm
13 3 (0.44%) Kustomize
13 3 (0.44%) Microsoft Intune
13 3 (0.44%) Scalr
14 2 (0.29%) FlexNet
14 2 (0.29%) HP Fortify
14 2 (0.29%) MIIS
Vendors
1 159 (23.08%) Microsoft
2 28 (4.06%) Red Hat
3 20 (2.90%) Salesforce
4 18 (2.61%) Oracle
5 14 (2.03%) Databricks
5 14 (2.03%) Google
5 14 (2.03%) Splunk
6 13 (1.89%) Dynatrace
7 12 (1.74%) Facebook
7 12 (1.74%) YouTube
8 11 (1.60%) ServiceNow
9 10 (1.45%) AppDynamics
9 10 (1.45%) MuleSoft
9 10 (1.45%) VMware
10 9 (1.31%) SAP
11 8 (1.16%) IBM
12 6 (0.87%) Cisco
12 6 (0.87%) New Relic
13 5 (0.73%) OpenAI
13 5 (0.73%) Palo Alto