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

6 months to
22 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 54 24 22
Rank change year-on-year -30 -2 -3
Permanent jobs citing DevOps 406 665 944
As % of all permanent jobs in the South East 3.51% 8.33% 7.52%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.50% 9.29% 8.74%
Number of salaries quoted 302 393 637
10th Percentile £40,750 £42,500 £45,000
25th Percentile £47,500 £51,500 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £63,750 £67,500 £61,500
Median % change year-on-year -5.56% +9.76% -5.38%
75th Percentile £77,875 £80,000 £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% -4.93%

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 9,022 7,158 10,797
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 77.91% 89.62% 86.03%
Number of salaries quoted 5,584 3,298 7,979
10th Percentile £28,000 £31,785 £27,750
25th Percentile £35,000 £43,750 £36,750
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 £80,875 £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 22 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 22 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 -26 150 £55,000 -15.38% 91
Hampshire -34 88 £75,000 +11.11% 46
Berkshire -35 70 £50,000 -33.33% 46
Buckinghamshire +2 67 £57,500 -4.17% 30
Surrey -39 53 £62,500 -10.71% 36
West Sussex +1 38 £70,000 +16.67% 10
Kent -15 28 £80,000 +42.22% 6
Middlesex +11 19 - - 1
East Sussex -8 15 £82,500 +69.23% 6
Oxfordshire -18 13 £73,750 +13.46% 17
Isle of Wight - 8 £41,500 - 3
Sussex -7 4 £60,000 -20.00% 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 18 (4.43%) IIS
2 6 (1.48%) Apache Airflow
3 4 (0.99%) Apache
3 4 (0.99%) Confluence
3 4 (0.99%) SharePoint
4 3 (0.74%) Appian
5 2 (0.49%) CMS
5 2 (0.49%) OpenStack
6 1 (0.25%) ArcGIS
6 1 (0.25%) Camunda
6 1 (0.25%) Microsoft Exchange
6 1 (0.25%) Sitecore CMS
Applications
1 7 (1.72%) Microsoft Excel
2 4 (0.99%) Microsoft Office
2 4 (0.99%) MS Visio
3 2 (0.49%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 2 (0.49%) Microsoft Project
4 1 (0.25%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 8 (1.97%) Dynamics CRM
2 3 (0.74%) Oracle ERP
2 3 (0.74%) SAP S/4HANA
2 3 (0.74%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 238 (58.62%) Azure
2 180 (44.33%) Azure DevOps
3 96 (23.65%) AWS
4 59 (14.53%) GitHub
5 44 (10.84%) Power Platform
6 30 (7.39%) SaaS
7 29 (7.14%) PaaS
8 25 (6.16%) Azure Logic Apps
9 24 (5.91%) Entra ID
9 24 (5.91%) GCP
10 23 (5.67%) GitHub Actions
10 23 (5.67%) Serverless
11 17 (4.19%) IaaS
12 15 (3.69%) Microsoft 365
13 14 (3.45%) Amazon S3
13 14 (3.45%) AWS CloudFormation
14 13 (3.20%) Azure AKS
14 13 (3.20%) Dynamics 365
15 11 (2.71%) Amazon EKS
16 10 (2.46%) Azure Monitor
Communications & Networking
1 24 (5.91%) DNS
2 23 (5.67%) Firewall
3 16 (3.94%) VPN
4 9 (2.22%) DHCP
4 9 (2.22%) SAN
5 3 (0.74%) LAN
5 3 (0.74%) SD-WAN
5 3 (0.74%) Unified Communications
5 3 (0.74%) VoIP
5 3 (0.74%) WAN
5 3 (0.74%) Wi-Fi
6 2 (0.49%) BGP
6 2 (0.49%) Cisco ASA
6 2 (0.49%) HTTP
6 2 (0.49%) Software-Defined Radio
7 1 (0.25%) Broadband
7 1 (0.25%) HTTPS
7 1 (0.25%) IP Telephony
7 1 (0.25%) MPLS
7 1 (0.25%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 41 (10.10%) SQL Server
2 20 (4.93%) Power BI
3 15 (3.69%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 9 (2.22%) MySQL
4 9 (2.22%) NoSQL
5 8 (1.97%) Data Warehouse
6 7 (1.72%) PostgreSQL
7 6 (1.48%) DynamoDB
7 6 (1.48%) Relational Database
8 4 (0.99%) Azure SQL Database
8 4 (0.99%) MongoDB
8 4 (0.99%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 3 (0.74%) Airbyte
9 3 (0.74%) SAP Data Services
10 2 (0.49%) Apache Cassandra
10 2 (0.49%) Data Hub
10 2 (0.49%) Elasticsearch
10 2 (0.49%) GIS
10 2 (0.49%) Metadata
10 2 (0.49%) Redis
Development Applications
1 53 (13.05%) Git
2 31 (7.64%) GitLab
2 31 (7.64%) Jenkins
3 27 (6.65%) Selenium
4 20 (4.93%) Robot Framework
5 19 (4.68%) Snyk
6 15 (3.69%) JIRA
7 6 (1.48%) Atlassian Bamboo
7 6 (1.48%) MLflow
8 5 (1.23%) git-flow
8 5 (1.23%) Visual Studio
9 4 (0.99%) Cypress.io
10 3 (0.74%) Artifactory
10 3 (0.74%) Cucumber
10 3 (0.74%) JUnit
10 3 (0.74%) Storybook
11 2 (0.49%) Mockito
11 2 (0.49%) SonarQube
11 2 (0.49%) TestRail
11 2 (0.49%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 117 (28.82%) Social Skills
2 87 (21.43%) Finance
3 79 (19.46%) Analytical Skills
4 20 (4.93%) Public Sector
5 15 (3.69%) Law
6 13 (3.20%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 10 (2.46%) Billing
7 10 (2.46%) Manufacturing
7 10 (2.46%) Retail
8 7 (1.72%) Aerospace
8 7 (1.72%) Games
9 6 (1.48%) Banking
10 5 (1.23%) Telecoms
11 3 (0.74%) General Ledger
11 3 (0.74%) Health Technology
11 3 (0.74%) Legal
11 3 (0.74%) Marketing
12 2 (0.49%) Organisational Skills
12 2 (0.49%) Presentation Skills
12 2 (0.49%) Tech for Good
Job Titles
1 90 (22.17%) Developer
2 65 (16.01%) Lead
3 63 (15.52%) DevOps Engineer
4 59 (14.53%) Senior
5 37 (9.11%) Software Engineer
6 28 (6.90%) Architect
6 28 (6.90%) Azure Engineer
7 26 (6.40%) Cloud Engineer
8 21 (5.17%) Senior DevOps
9 20 (4.93%) Analyst
10 18 (4.43%) Full-Stack Developer
11 16 (3.94%) Power Platform Developer
12 14 (3.45%) IT Engineer
13 13 (3.20%) IT Support
13 13 (3.20%) IT Support Engineer
13 13 (3.20%) Support Engineer
14 12 (2.96%) Infrastructure Engineer
14 12 (2.96%) Senior DevOps Engineer
14 12 (2.96%) Software Support Engineer
15 11 (2.71%) DevOps Administrator
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 102 (25.12%) .NET
2 49 (12.07%) React
3 34 (8.37%) REST
4 31 (7.64%) CSS
5 29 (7.14%) HTML
6 27 (6.65%) .NET Framework
7 26 (6.40%) ASP.NET
8 24 (5.91%) Middleware
9 19 (4.68%) WinForms
10 17 (4.19%) ARM Templates
10 17 (4.19%) React Native
11 15 (3.69%) Bootstrap
11 15 (3.69%) Kafka
12 14 (3.45%) RESTful
13 13 (3.20%) AngularJS
13 13 (3.20%) Entity Framework
13 13 (3.20%) Lightning Web Components
13 13 (3.20%) SOAP
13 13 (3.20%) Visualforce
14 12 (2.96%) .NET Core
Miscellaneous
1 39 (9.61%) Cloud Native
2 24 (5.91%) Low-Code
3 21 (5.17%) Product Ownership
4 18 (4.43%) Mobile App
5 11 (2.71%) Enterprise Software
6 9 (2.22%) Distributed Systems
6 9 (2.22%) Security Posture
7 8 (1.97%) Onboarding
8 7 (1.72%) Hybrid Cloud
8 7 (1.72%) Private Cloud
9 6 (1.48%) Life Science
10 5 (1.23%) Algorithms
10 5 (1.23%) Legacy Systems
10 5 (1.23%) Linux Command Line
11 4 (0.99%) Analytical Mindset
11 4 (0.99%) Self-Motivation
12 3 (0.74%) Animation
12 3 (0.74%) Manufacturing Execution System
12 3 (0.74%) Operational Technology
12 3 (0.74%) Renewable Energy
Operating Systems
1 52 (12.81%) Linux
2 47 (11.58%) Windows
3 14 (3.45%) Windows Server
4 13 (3.20%) Ubuntu
5 10 (2.46%) Windows Server 2019
6 9 (2.22%) Windows Server 2012
7 6 (1.48%) VMS
8 5 (1.23%) Android
8 5 (1.23%) Apple iOS
9 3 (0.74%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 3 (0.74%) Unix
10 2 (0.49%) CentOS
11 1 (0.25%) Windows 10
11 1 (0.25%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 215 (52.96%) CI/CD
2 178 (43.84%) Agile
3 118 (29.06%) Problem-Solving
4 96 (23.65%) Infrastructure as Code
5 81 (19.95%) Continuous Improvement
6 59 (14.53%) Computer Science
7 58 (14.29%) Software Engineering
8 54 (13.30%) Scrum
9 52 (12.81%) Mentoring
10 50 (12.32%) Test Automation
11 48 (11.82%) AI
12 41 (10.10%) Containerisation
12 41 (10.10%) Microservices
13 38 (9.36%) Cybersecurity
14 35 (8.62%) SDLC
15 34 (8.37%) Waterfall
16 33 (8.13%) Continuous Integration
16 33 (8.13%) Full-Stack Development
17 30 (7.39%) DevSecOps
18 28 (6.90%) Observability
Programming Languages
1 90 (22.17%) Python
2 78 (19.21%) C#
3 71 (17.49%) SQL
4 46 (11.33%) JavaScript
5 33 (8.13%) Java
6 31 (7.64%) Bash
7 30 (7.39%) PowerShell
8 21 (5.17%) TypeScript
9 13 (3.20%) Apex Code
9 13 (3.20%) T-SQL
10 12 (2.96%) C++
11 11 (2.71%) Go
12 10 (2.46%) Bicep
13 4 (0.99%) C
14 3 (0.74%) ABAP
14 3 (0.74%) PHP
14 3 (0.74%) R
15 2 (0.49%) MATLAB
15 2 (0.49%) VB
15 2 (0.49%) VB6
Qualifications
1 80 (19.70%) Degree
2 71 (17.49%) Security Cleared
3 44 (10.84%) Computer Science Degree
4 38 (9.36%) DV Cleared
5 30 (7.39%) SC Cleared
6 18 (4.43%) Master's Degree
7 15 (3.69%) Azure Certification
8 14 (3.45%) AWS Certification
9 10 (2.46%) BPSS Clearance
10 7 (1.72%) Chartered Engineer
11 6 (1.48%) PMI Certification
12 5 (1.23%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
12 5 (1.23%) PMP
13 4 (0.99%) ISTQB
13 4 (0.99%) TOGAF Certification
14 3 (0.74%) CCNP
14 3 (0.74%) Cisco Certification
14 3 (0.74%) CISSP
14 3 (0.74%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
14 3 (0.74%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 34 (8.37%) QA
2 15 (3.69%) NIST
3 10 (2.46%) PMO
4 9 (2.22%) Data Quality
5 8 (1.97%) Accessibility
6 7 (1.72%) ISO/IEC 12207
6 7 (1.72%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 7 (1.72%) NCSC
7 5 (1.23%) PCI DSS
8 3 (0.74%) ITGC
9 2 (0.49%) GDPR
9 2 (0.49%) SLA
10 1 (0.25%) HIPAA
10 1 (0.25%) NIST 800
10 1 (0.25%) Sarbanes-Oxley
10 1 (0.25%) WCAG
System Software
1 57 (14.04%) Docker
2 24 (5.91%) Active Directory
3 9 (2.22%) VMware ESXi
4 3 (0.74%) VMware Infrastructure
5 1 (0.25%) Apache ZooKeeper
5 1 (0.25%) Firmware
5 1 (0.25%) Virtual Machines
5 1 (0.25%) VMware NSX
5 1 (0.25%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 97 (23.89%) Terraform
2 68 (16.75%) Kubernetes
3 52 (12.81%) Ansible
4 18 (4.43%) Grafana
5 16 (3.94%) Prometheus
6 10 (2.46%) Microsoft Intune
6 10 (2.46%) vCenter Server
7 9 (2.22%) SCCM
8 7 (1.72%) Proxmox
9 3 (0.74%) Kubeflow
9 3 (0.74%) Nagios
10 2 (0.49%) Argo
10 2 (0.49%) Nessus
10 2 (0.49%) Puppet
10 2 (0.49%) Sysdig
11 1 (0.25%) CASB
11 1 (0.25%) Docker Swarm
11 1 (0.25%) Kibana
11 1 (0.25%) Podman
Vendors
1 105 (25.86%) Microsoft
2 22 (5.42%) Salesforce
3 21 (5.17%) VMware
4 18 (4.43%) Black Duck
4 18 (4.43%) Coverity
5 17 (4.19%) MuleSoft
6 16 (3.94%) Red Hat
7 12 (2.96%) Sage
7 12 (2.96%) Xamarin
8 10 (2.46%) Veeam
9 9 (2.22%) 3PAR
9 9 (2.22%) NetApp
9 9 (2.22%) SolarWinds
10 8 (1.97%) Cisco
11 7 (1.72%) Databricks
12 6 (1.48%) Google
12 6 (1.48%) Oracle
13 5 (1.23%) Splunk
13 5 (1.23%) Zoho
14 4 (0.99%) Telerik