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

6 months to
21 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 35 25 22
Rank change year-on-year -10 -3 -6
Permanent jobs citing DevOps 702 588 1,011
As % of all permanent jobs in the South East 4.06% 6.59% 7.31%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 5.69% 7.49% 9.05%
Number of salaries quoted 540 268 631
10th Percentile £45,000 £36,250 £42,500
25th Percentile £52,500 £48,563 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £64,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year +1.56% -1.54% -
75th Percentile £77,500 £82,813 £77,500
90th Percentile £90,000 £85,700 £86,000
England median annual salary £70,450 £70,000 £67,500
% change year-on-year +0.64% +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 12,337 7,850 11,167
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 71.42% 87.96% 80.74%
Number of salaries quoted 8,845 4,206 7,133
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 £87,200 £81,250 £81,250
England median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £55,500
% change year-on-year +9.09% -0.90% -11.20%

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 21 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 21 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 -5 266 £67,500 +3.85% 76
Hampshire -4 193 £67,500 +11.57% 33
Surrey +9 117 £65,000 -7.14% 25
Buckinghamshire +16 101 £60,000 -7.69% 14
Berkshire -13 101 £75,000 -3.23% 46
West Sussex +14 79 £70,000 +12.00% 9
Oxfordshire -2 64 £62,500 +25.00% 17
Kent -29 27 £33,500 -10.67% 9
Isle of Wight +5 7 £50,000 -31.51% 4
East Sussex -22 6 £85,000 +17.24% 4
Sussex -3 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 21 (2.99%) Confluence
2 11 (1.57%) SharePoint
3 10 (1.42%) IIS
4 8 (1.14%) OpenStack
5 5 (0.71%) nginx
6 3 (0.43%) Adobe Experience Manager
6 3 (0.43%) Anypoint
6 3 (0.43%) CMS
6 3 (0.43%) Sitecore CMS
7 2 (0.28%) Apache
7 2 (0.28%) Apache Spark
7 2 (0.28%) JBoss
8 1 (0.14%) Microsoft Exchange
8 1 (0.14%) Red Hat Fuse
8 1 (0.14%) Tomcat
8 1 (0.14%) WebLogic
Applications
1 8 (1.14%) Microsoft Excel
2 6 (0.85%) Simulink
3 5 (0.71%) Microsoft Project
4 3 (0.43%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 3 (0.43%) MS Visio
5 2 (0.28%) Chatbot
5 2 (0.28%) Lightworks
6 1 (0.14%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 6 (0.85%) SAP IBP
1 6 (0.85%) SAP S/4HANA
2 5 (0.71%) Dynamics CRM
3 3 (0.43%) Infor SunSystems
3 3 (0.43%) Payment Gateway
4 2 (0.28%) JDE EnterpriseOne
4 2 (0.28%) Oracle Applications
5 1 (0.14%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 430 (61.25%) Azure
2 225 (32.05%) Azure DevOps
3 192 (27.35%) AWS
4 74 (10.54%) SaaS
5 58 (8.26%) GitHub
6 40 (5.70%) Serverless
7 38 (5.41%) GitHub Actions
7 38 (5.41%) Power Platform
8 34 (4.84%) GCP
9 33 (4.70%) Azure Cosmos DB
10 30 (4.27%) Azure AKS
11 29 (4.13%) PaaS
12 27 (3.85%) Azure Key Vault
13 26 (3.70%) Azure AI
13 26 (3.70%) Azure Monitor
14 23 (3.28%) Amazon EKS
14 23 (3.28%) Datadog
14 23 (3.28%) Microsoft 365
15 22 (3.13%) Entra ID
16 21 (2.99%) Amazon ECS
Communications & Networking
1 23 (3.28%) Firewall
2 22 (3.13%) VPN
3 13 (1.85%) DNS
4 7 (1.00%) MQTT
5 6 (0.85%) Internet
6 5 (0.71%) HTTP
6 5 (0.71%) TCP/IP
7 4 (0.57%) Network Security
7 4 (0.57%) WAN
8 3 (0.43%) BGP
8 3 (0.43%) Cisco ASA
8 3 (0.43%) DHCP
8 3 (0.43%) NAS
8 3 (0.43%) SAN
9 2 (0.28%) IPv4
9 2 (0.28%) IPv6
9 2 (0.28%) Software-Defined Radio
9 2 (0.28%) Wi-Fi
9 2 (0.28%) WireGuard
10 1 (0.14%) SD-WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 91 (12.96%) SQL Server
2 55 (7.83%) Azure SQL Database
3 53 (7.55%) MongoDB
4 35 (4.99%) PostgreSQL
5 24 (3.42%) Power BI
6 23 (3.28%) Relational Database
7 15 (2.14%) NoSQL
8 14 (1.99%) MySQL
9 13 (1.85%) Elasticsearch
10 12 (1.71%) Data Lake
11 11 (1.57%) Metadata
12 10 (1.42%) Data Warehouse
13 9 (1.28%) DynamoDB
14 8 (1.14%) Redis
15 7 (1.00%) Amazon RDS
16 5 (0.71%) Star Schema
17 3 (0.43%) MariaDB
17 3 (0.43%) RDBMS
17 3 (0.43%) Snowflake Schema
17 3 (0.43%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 107 (15.24%) Git
2 51 (7.26%) GitLab
3 45 (6.41%) JIRA
4 33 (4.70%) Jenkins
5 16 (2.28%) Visual Studio Code
6 15 (2.14%) Selenium
7 9 (1.28%) JUnit
8 8 (1.14%) Cucumber
8 8 (1.14%) Octopus Deploy
8 8 (1.14%) SonarQube
9 7 (1.00%) Artifactory
9 7 (1.00%) NUnit
10 6 (0.85%) JMeter
10 6 (0.85%) Zephyr
11 5 (0.71%) Cypress.io
12 4 (0.57%) Mockito
12 4 (0.57%) Visual Studio
13 3 (0.43%) PHPUnit
13 3 (0.43%) Snyk
14 2 (0.28%) Postman
General
1 198 (28.21%) Social Skills
2 128 (18.23%) Finance
3 77 (10.97%) Analytical Skills
4 29 (4.13%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 21 (2.99%) Retail
6 19 (2.71%) Public Sector
7 18 (2.56%) Games
8 17 (2.42%) Manufacturing
9 16 (2.28%) Advertising
10 13 (1.85%) Documentation Skills
10 13 (1.85%) Marketing
11 12 (1.71%) Aerospace
12 7 (1.00%) Aviation
12 7 (1.00%) Legal
13 6 (0.85%) Electronics
13 6 (0.85%) Presentation Skills
14 5 (0.71%) Automotive
15 4 (0.57%) Telecoms
16 3 (0.43%) Influencing Skills
16 3 (0.43%) Law
Job Titles
1 154 (21.94%) Developer
2 142 (20.23%) DevOps Engineer
3 124 (17.66%) Senior
4 94 (13.39%) Lead
5 76 (10.83%) .NET Developer
6 73 (10.40%) Software Engineer
7 53 (7.55%) Azure Engineer
8 40 (5.70%) Architect
9 31 (4.42%) Senior DevOps
10 29 (4.13%) Cloud Engineer
10 29 (4.13%) Full-Stack Developer
11 26 (3.70%) Azure DevOps Engineer
12 24 (3.42%) Senior DevOps Engineer
13 23 (3.28%) Lead Developer
14 20 (2.85%) Platform Engineer
15 19 (2.71%) Analyst
15 19 (2.71%) Senior Software Engineer
16 18 (2.56%) Project Manager
16 18 (2.56%) Senior Developer
16 18 (2.56%) Team Leader
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 173 (24.64%) Terraform
2 153 (21.79%) .NET
3 91 (12.96%) ASP.NET
4 67 (9.54%) .NET Core
5 66 (9.40%) ASP.NET Core
5 66 (9.40%) React
6 65 (9.26%) HTML
7 61 (8.69%) CSS
8 55 (7.83%) REST
9 52 (7.41%) RESTful
10 41 (5.84%) Blazor
11 33 (4.70%) Entity Framework
12 32 (4.56%) ARM Templates
13 26 (3.70%) YAML
14 25 (3.56%) Node.js
15 24 (3.42%) RabbitMQ
16 21 (2.99%) JSON
16 21 (2.99%) ML.NET
16 21 (2.99%) Spring
16 21 (2.99%) Spring Boot
Miscellaneous
1 76 (10.83%) Cloud Native
2 60 (8.55%) Product Ownership
3 36 (5.13%) Distributed Systems
4 29 (4.13%) Enterprise Software
5 25 (3.56%) Hybrid Cloud
6 24 (3.42%) Greenfield Project
7 19 (2.71%) Algorithms
7 19 (2.71%) Data Centre
8 17 (2.42%) Legacy Systems
9 13 (1.85%) Embedded Systems
10 12 (1.71%) Robotics
11 11 (1.57%) IoT
11 11 (1.57%) Mobile App
12 9 (1.28%) AI Agents
12 9 (1.28%) Onboarding
12 9 (1.28%) Private Cloud
13 8 (1.14%) Data Structures
13 8 (1.14%) Life Science
13 8 (1.14%) Self-Motivation
14 7 (1.00%) Analytical Mindset
Operating Systems
1 117 (16.67%) Linux
2 41 (5.84%) Windows
3 26 (3.70%) Ubuntu
4 15 (2.14%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 15 (2.14%) Windows Server
5 12 (1.71%) Debian
6 10 (1.42%) VMS
7 8 (1.14%) CentOS
8 4 (0.57%) Android
8 4 (0.57%) Windows Server 2019
9 3 (0.43%) Embedded Linux
9 3 (0.43%) Rocky
9 3 (0.43%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 334 (47.58%) CI/CD
2 286 (40.74%) Agile
3 153 (21.79%) Problem-Solving
4 152 (21.65%) Infrastructure as Code
5 144 (20.51%) Continuous Improvement
6 135 (19.23%) Software Engineering
7 116 (16.52%) AI
8 106 (15.10%) Microservices
9 103 (14.67%) Full-Stack Development
10 101 (14.39%) Mentoring
11 88 (12.54%) Containerisation
12 84 (11.97%) Computer Science
13 82 (11.68%) Test Automation
14 77 (10.97%) Observability
15 73 (10.40%) Scrum
15 73 (10.40%) Stakeholder Management
16 71 (10.11%) Platform Engineering
17 67 (9.54%) Analytics
18 63 (8.97%) Roadmaps
19 59 (8.40%) SDLC
Programming Languages
1 166 (23.65%) C#
2 162 (23.08%) Python
3 142 (20.23%) SQL
4 91 (12.96%) JavaScript
5 63 (8.97%) PowerShell
6 61 (8.69%) Bash
7 53 (7.55%) Java
8 44 (6.27%) TypeScript
9 38 (5.41%) C++
10 31 (4.42%) Bicep
11 22 (3.13%) C
12 20 (2.85%) Go
12 20 (2.85%) PHP
13 13 (1.85%) T-SQL
14 9 (1.28%) Groovy
15 8 (1.14%) Shell Script
16 7 (1.00%) MATLAB
17 6 (0.85%) Apex Code
18 5 (0.71%) Embedded C
18 5 (0.71%) Rust
Qualifications
1 113 (16.10%) Security Cleared
2 101 (14.39%) Degree
3 75 (10.68%) SC Cleared
4 34 (4.84%) Computer Science Degree
5 26 (3.70%) DV Cleared
6 22 (3.13%) Master's Degree
7 14 (1.99%) Azure Certification
8 8 (1.14%) AWS Certification
9 7 (1.00%) ISTQB
10 6 (0.85%) DBS Check
10 6 (0.85%) ICAEW
11 4 (0.57%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
11 4 (0.57%) PMI Certification
11 4 (0.57%) TOGAF Certification
12 3 (0.43%) BPSS Clearance
12 3 (0.43%) Microsoft Certified Professional
13 2 (0.28%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
13 2 (0.28%) ITIL Certification
13 2 (0.28%) Numerate Degree
14 1 (0.14%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 81 (11.54%) QA
2 17 (2.42%) Data Quality
3 16 (2.28%) PCI DSS
4 12 (1.71%) Accessibility
5 8 (1.14%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 8 (1.14%) NIST
5 8 (1.14%) WCAG
6 4 (0.57%) GDPR
7 3 (0.43%) California Consumer Privacy Act
7 3 (0.43%) SOC 2
8 1 (0.14%) ISO 9001
8 1 (0.14%) ISO/IEC 20000
8 1 (0.14%) ITGC
8 1 (0.14%) NCSC
8 1 (0.14%) SLA
8 1 (0.14%) Software Quality Assurance
System Software
1 157 (22.36%) Docker
2 16 (2.28%) Active Directory
3 12 (1.71%) Virtual Machines
4 9 (1.28%) Hyper-V
5 7 (1.00%) Firmware
5 7 (1.00%) VMware Infrastructure
6 5 (0.71%) Slurm Workload Manager
7 3 (0.43%) KVM
8 2 (0.28%) iptables
8 2 (0.28%) Xen
9 1 (0.14%) Virtual Desktop
9 1 (0.14%) VMware ESXi
9 1 (0.14%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 151 (21.51%) Kubernetes
2 77 (10.97%) Ansible
3 44 (6.27%) Grafana
4 36 (5.13%) Prometheus
5 12 (1.71%) Kibana
6 11 (1.57%) Nagios
6 11 (1.57%) Puppet
7 9 (1.28%) ZABBIX
8 8 (1.14%) Argo
9 6 (0.85%) Packer
10 5 (0.71%) Istio
10 5 (0.71%) Podman
11 4 (0.57%) Docker Swarm
12 3 (0.43%) Kustomize
12 3 (0.43%) Microsoft Intune
12 3 (0.43%) Proxmox
12 3 (0.43%) Scalr
13 2 (0.28%) FlexNet
13 2 (0.28%) HP Fortify
13 2 (0.28%) Rancher
Vendors
1 163 (23.22%) Microsoft
2 26 (3.70%) Red Hat
3 18 (2.56%) Oracle
4 17 (2.42%) Salesforce
5 15 (2.14%) Google
6 13 (1.85%) Databricks
6 13 (1.85%) Splunk
7 12 (1.71%) Dynatrace
7 12 (1.71%) Facebook
7 12 (1.71%) YouTube
8 11 (1.57%) ServiceNow
8 11 (1.57%) VMware
9 10 (1.42%) AppDynamics
10 9 (1.28%) SAP
11 8 (1.14%) IBM
11 8 (1.14%) MuleSoft
12 7 (1.00%) OpenAI
13 6 (0.85%) New Relic
14 5 (0.71%) Cisco
15 4 (0.57%) Palo Alto