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 27 February 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
27 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 52 25 22
Rank change year-on-year -27 -3 -3
Permanent jobs citing DevOps 409 613 953
As % of all permanent jobs in the South East 3.52% 7.93% 7.60%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.55% 8.83% 8.82%
Number of salaries quoted 305 382 639
10th Percentile £39,850 £42,500 £44,988
25th Percentile £47,500 £52,000 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £67,500 £61,500
Median % change year-on-year -7.41% +9.76% -5.38%
75th Percentile £77,500 £81,250 £73,750
90th Percentile £90,000 £85,000 £89,000
England median annual salary £70,000 £70,000 £67,500
% change year-on-year - +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 8,998 6,945 10,809
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 77.49% 89.81% 86.15%
Number of salaries quoted 5,573 3,242 8,010
10th Percentile £28,000 £31,500 £27,500
25th Percentile £35,000 £43,750 £36,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £57,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -13.04% +15.00% -9.09%
75th Percentile £65,000 £73,833 £65,000
90th Percentile £81,250 £85,000 £78,750
England median annual salary £55,000 £62,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year -12.00% +13.64% -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 27 February 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 27 February 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 -24 153 £52,500 -19.23% 69
Hampshire -26 89 £75,000 +11.11% 43
Berkshire -29 71 £50,000 -33.33% 29
Buckinghamshire +5 69 £55,000 -8.33% 26
Surrey -38 53 £61,250 -15.52% 31
West Sussex +5 38 £70,000 +16.67% 9
Kent -12 29 £80,000 +42.22% 6
Middlesex +9 19 - - 2
East Sussex -12 15 £82,500 +73.68% 1
Oxfordshire -17 13 £73,750 +13.46% 16
Isle of Wight - 8 £41,500 - 2
Sussex -11 2 £75,000 -
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 17 (4.16%) IIS
2 6 (1.47%) Apache Airflow
3 5 (1.22%) Confluence
4 4 (0.98%) Apache
5 3 (0.73%) Appian
6 2 (0.49%) CMS
6 2 (0.49%) OpenStack
6 2 (0.49%) SharePoint
7 1 (0.24%) ArcGIS
7 1 (0.24%) Camunda
7 1 (0.24%) Microsoft Exchange
7 1 (0.24%) Sitecore CMS
Applications
1 5 (1.22%) Microsoft Excel
2 4 (0.98%) MS Visio
3 2 (0.49%) Microsoft Office
4 1 (0.24%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 6 (1.47%) Dynamics CRM
2 3 (0.73%) Oracle ERP
2 3 (0.73%) SAP S/4HANA
2 3 (0.73%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 238 (58.19%) Azure
2 176 (43.03%) Azure DevOps
3 94 (22.98%) AWS
4 60 (14.67%) GitHub
5 43 (10.51%) Power Platform
6 30 (7.33%) PaaS
6 30 (7.33%) SaaS
7 25 (6.11%) Azure Logic Apps
8 24 (5.87%) GitHub Actions
9 23 (5.62%) Entra ID
9 23 (5.62%) GCP
9 23 (5.62%) Serverless
10 17 (4.16%) IaaS
11 15 (3.67%) Microsoft 365
12 14 (3.42%) Amazon S3
12 14 (3.42%) AWS CloudFormation
12 14 (3.42%) Azure AKS
13 12 (2.93%) Dynamics 365
13 12 (2.93%) OpenShift
14 11 (2.69%) Amazon EKS
Communications & Networking
1 24 (5.87%) DNS
2 23 (5.62%) Firewall
3 15 (3.67%) VPN
4 9 (2.20%) DHCP
4 9 (2.20%) SAN
5 2 (0.49%) BGP
5 2 (0.49%) Cisco ASA
5 2 (0.49%) HTTP
5 2 (0.49%) LAN
5 2 (0.49%) SD-WAN
5 2 (0.49%) Software-Defined Radio
5 2 (0.49%) Unified Communications
5 2 (0.49%) VoIP
5 2 (0.49%) WAN
5 2 (0.49%) Wi-Fi
6 1 (0.24%) AMQP
6 1 (0.24%) HTTPS
6 1 (0.24%) IP Telephony
6 1 (0.24%) S/MIME
6 1 (0.24%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 42 (10.27%) SQL Server
2 19 (4.65%) Power BI
3 15 (3.67%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 9 (2.20%) MySQL
4 9 (2.20%) NoSQL
5 8 (1.96%) Data Warehouse
6 7 (1.71%) PostgreSQL
6 7 (1.71%) Relational Database
7 6 (1.47%) DynamoDB
8 4 (0.98%) Azure SQL Database
8 4 (0.98%) MongoDB
8 4 (0.98%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 3 (0.73%) Airbyte
9 3 (0.73%) SAP Data Services
10 2 (0.49%) Apache Cassandra
10 2 (0.49%) Elasticsearch
10 2 (0.49%) GIS
10 2 (0.49%) Metadata
10 2 (0.49%) Redis
11 1 (0.24%) RDBMS
Development Applications
1 55 (13.45%) Git
2 33 (8.07%) GitLab
3 29 (7.09%) Jenkins
4 27 (6.60%) Selenium
5 20 (4.89%) Robot Framework
6 19 (4.65%) Snyk
7 17 (4.16%) JIRA
8 6 (1.47%) Atlassian Bamboo
8 6 (1.47%) MLflow
9 5 (1.22%) git-flow
9 5 (1.22%) Visual Studio
10 4 (0.98%) Cypress.io
10 4 (0.98%) JUnit
11 3 (0.73%) Artifactory
11 3 (0.73%) Cucumber
11 3 (0.73%) Storybook
12 2 (0.49%) REST Assured
12 2 (0.49%) SonarQube
12 2 (0.49%) TestRail
12 2 (0.49%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 117 (28.61%) Social Skills
2 87 (21.27%) Finance
3 83 (20.29%) Analytical Skills
4 20 (4.89%) Public Sector
5 15 (3.67%) Law
6 13 (3.18%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 12 (2.93%) Retail
8 10 (2.44%) Billing
8 10 (2.44%) Manufacturing
9 7 (1.71%) Aerospace
9 7 (1.71%) Games
10 6 (1.47%) Banking
11 4 (0.98%) General Ledger
11 4 (0.98%) Telecoms
12 3 (0.73%) Advertising
12 3 (0.73%) Documentation Skills
12 3 (0.73%) Health Technology
12 3 (0.73%) Legal
12 3 (0.73%) Marketing
12 3 (0.73%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 94 (22.98%) Developer
2 64 (15.65%) DevOps Engineer
3 63 (15.40%) Lead
4 58 (14.18%) Senior
5 37 (9.05%) Software Engineer
6 30 (7.33%) Azure Engineer
7 28 (6.85%) Architect
8 27 (6.60%) Cloud Engineer
9 21 (5.13%) Full-Stack Developer
9 21 (5.13%) Senior DevOps
10 20 (4.89%) Analyst
11 16 (3.91%) Power Platform Developer
12 14 (3.42%) IT Engineer
13 13 (3.18%) IT Support
13 13 (3.18%) IT Support Engineer
13 13 (3.18%) Support Engineer
14 12 (2.93%) Infrastructure Engineer
14 12 (2.93%) Senior DevOps Engineer
14 12 (2.93%) Software Support Engineer
15 11 (2.69%) Administrator
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 104 (25.43%) .NET
2 50 (12.22%) React
3 34 (8.31%) REST
4 31 (7.58%) CSS
5 29 (7.09%) .NET Framework
5 29 (7.09%) HTML
6 28 (6.85%) ASP.NET
7 24 (5.87%) Middleware
8 19 (4.65%) WinForms
9 18 (4.40%) React Native
10 17 (4.16%) ARM Templates
11 15 (3.67%) Bootstrap
11 15 (3.67%) Entity Framework
11 15 (3.67%) Kafka
12 14 (3.42%) .NET Core
12 14 (3.42%) RESTful
13 13 (3.18%) AngularJS
13 13 (3.18%) Lightning Web Components
13 13 (3.18%) SOAP
13 13 (3.18%) Visualforce
Miscellaneous
1 39 (9.54%) Cloud Native
2 24 (5.87%) Low-Code
3 21 (5.13%) Product Ownership
4 18 (4.40%) Mobile App
5 11 (2.69%) Enterprise Software
6 9 (2.20%) Distributed Systems
6 9 (2.20%) Security Posture
7 7 (1.71%) Hybrid Cloud
7 7 (1.71%) Private Cloud
8 6 (1.47%) Analytical Mindset
8 6 (1.47%) Life Science
9 5 (1.22%) Algorithms
9 5 (1.22%) Legacy Systems
9 5 (1.22%) Onboarding
10 4 (0.98%) Linux Command Line
10 4 (0.98%) Self-Motivation
11 3 (0.73%) Animation
11 3 (0.73%) Manufacturing Execution System
11 3 (0.73%) Renewable Energy
12 2 (0.49%) N-Tier
Operating Systems
1 53 (12.96%) Linux
2 48 (11.74%) Windows
3 15 (3.67%) Windows Server
4 14 (3.42%) Ubuntu
5 10 (2.44%) Windows Server 2019
6 9 (2.20%) Windows Server 2012
7 5 (1.22%) Android
7 5 (1.22%) Apple iOS
7 5 (1.22%) VMS
8 4 (0.98%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 3 (0.73%) CentOS
9 3 (0.73%) Unix
10 1 (0.24%) Windows 10
10 1 (0.24%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 218 (53.30%) CI/CD
2 180 (44.01%) Agile
3 123 (30.07%) Problem-Solving
4 99 (24.21%) Infrastructure as Code
5 83 (20.29%) Continuous Improvement
6 59 (14.43%) Computer Science
7 58 (14.18%) Software Engineering
8 55 (13.45%) Scrum
9 53 (12.96%) Mentoring
10 50 (12.22%) Test Automation
11 48 (11.74%) AI
12 43 (10.51%) Containerisation
13 41 (10.02%) Microservices
14 37 (9.05%) Cybersecurity
15 36 (8.80%) Full-Stack Development
16 35 (8.56%) SDLC
17 33 (8.07%) Continuous Integration
18 32 (7.82%) Waterfall
19 31 (7.58%) Observability
20 30 (7.33%) DevSecOps
Programming Languages
1 90 (22.00%) Python
2 81 (19.80%) C#
3 73 (17.85%) SQL
4 47 (11.49%) JavaScript
5 34 (8.31%) Java
6 33 (8.07%) Bash
7 31 (7.58%) PowerShell
8 22 (5.38%) TypeScript
9 13 (3.18%) Apex Code
9 13 (3.18%) T-SQL
10 12 (2.93%) C++
10 12 (2.93%) Go
11 10 (2.44%) Bicep
12 4 (0.98%) C
13 3 (0.73%) ABAP
13 3 (0.73%) PHP
13 3 (0.73%) R
14 2 (0.49%) Delphi
14 2 (0.49%) Perl
14 2 (0.49%) VB
Qualifications
1 78 (19.07%) Degree
2 71 (17.36%) Security Cleared
3 45 (11.00%) Computer Science Degree
4 37 (9.05%) DV Cleared
5 29 (7.09%) SC Cleared
6 17 (4.16%) Master's Degree
7 14 (3.42%) Azure Certification
8 13 (3.18%) AWS Certification
9 10 (2.44%) BPSS Clearance
10 7 (1.71%) Chartered Engineer
11 4 (0.98%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
11 4 (0.98%) ISTQB
11 4 (0.98%) TOGAF Certification
12 3 (0.73%) CISSP
12 3 (0.73%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
12 3 (0.73%) Microsoft Certification
12 3 (0.73%) PMI Certification
13 2 (0.49%) CCNP
13 2 (0.49%) Cisco Certification
13 2 (0.49%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 32 (7.82%) QA
2 14 (3.42%) NIST
3 9 (2.20%) Data Quality
4 8 (1.96%) Accessibility
4 8 (1.96%) PMO
5 7 (1.71%) ISO/IEC 12207
5 7 (1.71%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 7 (1.71%) NCSC
6 5 (1.22%) PCI DSS
7 4 (0.98%) ITGC
8 2 (0.49%) GDPR
8 2 (0.49%) SLA
9 1 (0.24%) HIPAA
9 1 (0.24%) NIST 800
9 1 (0.24%) Sarbanes-Oxley
9 1 (0.24%) WCAG
System Software
1 61 (14.91%) Docker
2 24 (5.87%) Active Directory
3 9 (2.20%) VMware ESXi
4 3 (0.73%) VMware Infrastructure
5 1 (0.24%) Apache ZooKeeper
5 1 (0.24%) Firmware
5 1 (0.24%) Virtual Machines
5 1 (0.24%) VMware NSX
5 1 (0.24%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 100 (24.45%) Terraform
2 69 (16.87%) Kubernetes
3 52 (12.71%) Ansible
4 19 (4.65%) Grafana
5 17 (4.16%) Prometheus
6 10 (2.44%) Microsoft Intune
6 10 (2.44%) vCenter Server
7 9 (2.20%) SCCM
8 7 (1.71%) Proxmox
9 4 (0.98%) Nagios
10 3 (0.73%) Kubeflow
11 2 (0.49%) Argo
11 2 (0.49%) Nessus
11 2 (0.49%) Puppet
11 2 (0.49%) Sysdig
12 1 (0.24%) CASB
12 1 (0.24%) Docker Swarm
12 1 (0.24%) Kibana
12 1 (0.24%) Podman
Vendors
1 104 (25.43%) Microsoft
2 22 (5.38%) Salesforce
3 21 (5.13%) VMware
4 18 (4.40%) Black Duck
4 18 (4.40%) Coverity
4 18 (4.40%) Red Hat
5 17 (4.16%) MuleSoft
6 12 (2.93%) Sage
6 12 (2.93%) Xamarin
7 10 (2.44%) Veeam
8 9 (2.20%) 3PAR
8 9 (2.20%) NetApp
8 9 (2.20%) SolarWinds
9 7 (1.71%) Cisco
10 6 (1.47%) Databricks
10 6 (1.47%) Google
10 6 (1.47%) Oracle
10 6 (1.47%) Splunk
11 5 (1.22%) Dynatrace
11 5 (1.22%) Zoho