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

6 months to
16 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 36 24 26
Rank change year-on-year -12 +2 -9
Permanent jobs citing DevOps 651 615 1,170
As % of all permanent jobs in the South East 4.14% 7.16% 6.91%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 5.77% 8.09% 8.48%
Number of salaries quoted 503 286 794
10th Percentile £42,500 £41,875 £42,500
25th Percentile £49,584 £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 £85,000
England median annual salary £70,000 £71,500 £65,620
% change year-on-year -2.10% +8.96% -6.26%

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 11,280 7,606 13,790
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 71.74% 88.51% 81.45%
Number of salaries quoted 8,030 3,982 9,606
10th Percentile £30,000 £26,875 £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 16 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 16 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 -8 252 £65,000 +2.36% 77
Hampshire -12 173 £67,500 +11.57% 45
Buckinghamshire +9 105 £60,000 - 15
Surrey +12 100 £65,000 -10.34% 21
Berkshire -16 100 £65,000 -7.14% 34
West Sussex +14 80 £70,000 +16.67% 17
Oxfordshire +1 47 £65,000 +30.00% 28
Kent -20 26 £29,000 -55.38% 9
East Sussex -22 8 £85,000 +53.15%
Isle of Wight +2 5 £50,000 -31.51% 7
Sussex -7 5 £60,000 -21.31% 2
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 (1.54%) IIS
3 7 (1.08%) 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 2 (0.31%) Apache
8 2 (0.31%) Apache Spark
9 1 (0.15%) JBoss
9 1 (0.15%) Microsoft Exchange
9 1 (0.15%) Red Hat Fuse
9 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
1 383 (58.83%) Azure
2 225 (34.56%) Azure DevOps
3 159 (24.42%) AWS
4 62 (9.52%) SaaS
5 58 (8.91%) GitHub
6 40 (6.14%) GitHub Actions
6 40 (6.14%) Power Platform
7 37 (5.68%) Serverless
8 32 (4.92%) PaaS
9 28 (4.30%) Azure AKS
10 26 (3.99%) Amazon EKS
11 25 (3.84%) IaaS
12 24 (3.69%) Azure AI
12 24 (3.69%) Microsoft 365
13 23 (3.53%) Azure Cosmos DB
13 23 (3.53%) GCP
14 21 (3.23%) Entra ID
15 20 (3.07%) Amazon CloudWatch
15 20 (3.07%) Azure Monitor
15 20 (3.07%) OpenShift
Communications & Networking
1 30 (4.61%) Firewall
2 21 (3.23%) VPN
3 10 (1.54%) DNS
4 7 (1.08%) 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 73 (11.21%) SQL Server
2 50 (7.68%) MongoDB
3 48 (7.37%) Azure SQL Database
4 27 (4.15%) PostgreSQL
5 23 (3.53%) Power BI
6 18 (2.76%) Relational Database
7 13 (2.00%) NoSQL
8 11 (1.69%) Data Lake
9 7 (1.08%) Metadata
9 7 (1.08%) MySQL
10 6 (0.92%) Elasticsearch
10 6 (0.92%) Redis
11 5 (0.77%) Data Warehouse
12 4 (0.61%) DynamoDB
12 4 (0.61%) SQL Server Integration Services
13 3 (0.46%) Amazon RDS
13 3 (0.46%) Spatial Data
13 3 (0.46%) SQL Server Reporting Services
14 2 (0.31%) Delta Lake
14 2 (0.31%) Geospatial Data
Development Applications
1 89 (13.67%) Git
2 62 (9.52%) GitLab
3 43 (6.61%) JIRA
4 35 (5.38%) Jenkins
5 18 (2.76%) Visual Studio Code
6 13 (2.00%) Selenium
7 10 (1.54%) JUnit
7 10 (1.54%) SonarQube
8 8 (1.23%) Cucumber
8 8 (1.23%) Octopus Deploy
9 7 (1.08%) Artifactory
9 7 (1.08%) Cypress.io
9 7 (1.08%) 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%) Postman
General
1 160 (24.58%) Social Skills
2 124 (19.05%) Finance
3 81 (12.44%) Analytical Skills
4 27 (4.15%) Retail
5 20 (3.07%) Games
6 18 (2.76%) Manufacturing
7 17 (2.61%) Public Sector
8 16 (2.46%) Advertising
9 15 (2.30%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 13 (2.00%) Marketing
11 10 (1.54%) Documentation Skills
12 7 (1.08%) Aerospace
12 7 (1.08%) 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 (22.27%) Developer
2 143 (21.97%) DevOps Engineer
3 98 (15.05%) Senior
4 78 (11.98%) Lead
5 75 (11.52%) Software Engineer
6 61 (9.37%) .NET Developer
7 55 (8.45%) Azure Engineer
8 36 (5.53%) Architect
9 35 (5.38%) Senior DevOps
10 34 (5.22%) Cloud Engineer
11 28 (4.30%) Azure DevOps Engineer
12 26 (3.99%) Full-Stack Developer
13 23 (3.53%) Analyst
14 20 (3.07%) Senior DevOps Engineer
14 20 (3.07%) Senior Software Engineer
15 19 (2.92%) Administrator
15 19 (2.92%) Systems Administrator
16 18 (2.76%) Data Engineer
16 18 (2.76%) Systems Engineer
17 17 (2.61%) DevOps Administrator
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 139 (21.35%) .NET
2 81 (12.44%) ASP.NET
3 61 (9.37%) .NET Core
3 61 (9.37%) HTML
4 59 (9.06%) ASP.NET Core
4 59 (9.06%) React
5 58 (8.91%) CSS
6 51 (7.83%) RESTful
7 46 (7.07%) REST
8 33 (5.07%) ARM Templates
9 30 (4.61%) Blazor
9 30 (4.61%) Entity Framework
10 26 (3.99%) YAML
11 24 (3.69%) RabbitMQ
12 23 (3.53%) JSON
13 21 (3.23%) ML.NET
14 20 (3.07%) Spring
15 19 (2.92%) OAuth
15 19 (2.92%) Spring Boot
16 18 (2.76%) Node.js
Miscellaneous
1 71 (10.91%) Cloud Native
2 48 (7.37%) Product Ownership
3 33 (5.07%) Distributed Systems
4 24 (3.69%) Hybrid Cloud
5 23 (3.53%) Algorithms
6 21 (3.23%) Enterprise Software
6 21 (3.23%) Greenfield Project
7 14 (2.15%) Data Centre
7 14 (2.15%) Mobile App
8 12 (1.84%) Private Cloud
9 11 (1.69%) Legacy Systems
10 10 (1.54%) Embedded Systems
10 10 (1.54%) Self-Motivation
11 9 (1.38%) Low-Code
12 8 (1.23%) Analytical Mindset
12 8 (1.23%) Life Science
13 7 (1.08%) Data Structures
13 7 (1.08%) FPGA
13 7 (1.08%) Virtual Team
14 6 (0.92%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 106 (16.28%) Linux
2 32 (4.92%) Windows
3 29 (4.45%) Ubuntu
4 15 (2.30%) Windows Server
5 14 (2.15%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 10 (1.54%) CentOS
6 10 (1.54%) 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 (48.23%) CI/CD
2 264 (40.55%) Agile
3 153 (23.50%) Infrastructure as Code
4 149 (22.89%) Problem-Solving
5 118 (18.13%) Continuous Improvement
5 118 (18.13%) Software Engineering
6 106 (16.28%) AI
7 96 (14.75%) Full-Stack Development
8 88 (13.52%) Containerisation
8 88 (13.52%) Microservices
9 77 (11.83%) Computer Science
9 77 (11.83%) Scrum
10 71 (10.91%) Test Automation
11 68 (10.45%) Mentoring
12 66 (10.14%) Observability
13 63 (9.68%) Analytics
14 59 (9.06%) Machine Learning
15 57 (8.76%) Kanban
16 56 (8.60%) SDLC
17 53 (8.14%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 168 (25.81%) Python
2 148 (22.73%) C#
3 134 (20.58%) SQL
4 92 (14.13%) JavaScript
5 68 (10.45%) Bash
6 64 (9.83%) PowerShell
7 58 (8.91%) Java
8 42 (6.45%) C++
9 32 (4.92%) Bicep
10 31 (4.76%) 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
1 101 (15.51%) Security Cleared
2 98 (15.05%) Degree
3 58 (8.91%) SC Cleared
4 29 (4.45%) Computer Science Degree
5 23 (3.53%) Master's Degree
6 22 (3.38%) DV Cleared
7 12 (1.84%) AWS Certification
8 11 (1.69%) Azure Certification
9 8 (1.23%) 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%) ITIL Certification
12 2 (0.31%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
13 1 (0.15%) CCA
13 1 (0.15%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
13 1 (0.15%) MBA
13 1 (0.15%) Microsoft Certified Professional
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 55 (8.45%) QA
2 15 (2.30%) PCI DSS
3 14 (2.15%) Accessibility
4 13 (2.00%) 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
1 138 (21.20%) Docker
2 17 (2.61%) Active Directory
3 8 (1.23%) Firmware
4 7 (1.08%) 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
1 157 (24.12%) Terraform
2 131 (20.12%) Kubernetes
3 79 (12.14%) Ansible
4 42 (6.45%) Grafana
5 37 (5.68%) Prometheus
6 12 (1.84%) Kibana
6 12 (1.84%) Nagios
7 9 (1.38%) Puppet
8 8 (1.23%) Proxmox
9 7 (1.08%) 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 (23.96%) Microsoft
2 33 (5.07%) Red Hat
3 24 (3.69%) Salesforce
4 16 (2.46%) Splunk
5 14 (2.15%) Databricks
5 14 (2.15%) Dynatrace
5 14 (2.15%) Oracle
6 13 (2.00%) MuleSoft
7 12 (1.84%) Facebook
7 12 (1.84%) YouTube
8 11 (1.69%) VMware
9 10 (1.54%) AppDynamics
9 10 (1.54%) Google
9 10 (1.54%) ServiceNow
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