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

6 months to
16 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 54 20 22
Rank change year-on-year -34 +2 -3
Permanent jobs citing DevOps 404 724 912
As % of all permanent jobs in the South East 3.57% 8.78% 7.35%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.55% 9.81% 8.55%
Number of salaries quoted 301 399 633
10th Percentile £40,750 £42,500 £44,942
25th Percentile £47,500 £52,250 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £67,500 £61,500
Median % change year-on-year -3.70% +9.76% -5.38%
75th Percentile £78,000 £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% -6.90%

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 8,879 7,383 10,668
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 78.44% 89.51% 85.99%
Number of salaries quoted 5,464 3,354 7,860
10th Percentile £28,000 £32,145 £27,965
25th Percentile £35,000 £43,750 £37,000
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 £75,000 £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 16 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 16 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 -28 147 £55,000 -15.38% 85
Hampshire -30 89 £75,000 +11.11% 51
Berkshire -36 68 £50,000 -33.77% 41
Buckinghamshire -1 66 £60,000 - 27
Surrey -34 53 £62,500 -10.71% 23
West Sussex -1 37 £70,000 +16.67% 11
Kent -13 28 £80,000 +42.22% 4
Middlesex +8 19 - - 1
East Sussex -16 15 £82,500 +65.00% 7
Oxfordshire -17 13 £73,750 +9.26% 19
Isle of Wight - 8 £41,500 - 3
Sussex +1 5 £45,000 -40.00% 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 (4.46%) IIS
2 6 (1.49%) Apache Airflow
3 5 (1.24%) SharePoint
4 4 (0.99%) Apache
4 4 (0.99%) Confluence
5 3 (0.74%) Appian
6 2 (0.50%) CMS
6 2 (0.50%) OpenStack
7 1 (0.25%) ArcGIS
7 1 (0.25%) Camunda
7 1 (0.25%) Microsoft Exchange
7 1 (0.25%) Sitecore CMS
Applications
1 7 (1.73%) Microsoft Excel
2 6 (1.49%) Microsoft Office
3 4 (0.99%) MS Visio
4 3 (0.74%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 3 (0.74%) Microsoft Project
5 1 (0.25%) Photoshop
5 1 (0.25%) S-PLUS
Business Applications
1 9 (2.23%) Dynamics CRM
2 3 (0.74%) Oracle ERP
2 3 (0.74%) SAP S/4HANA
2 3 (0.74%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 238 (58.91%) Azure
2 181 (44.80%) Azure DevOps
3 97 (24.01%) AWS
4 60 (14.85%) GitHub
5 44 (10.89%) Power Platform
6 30 (7.43%) SaaS
7 29 (7.18%) PaaS
8 25 (6.19%) Azure Logic Apps
9 24 (5.94%) Entra ID
10 23 (5.69%) GCP
10 23 (5.69%) Serverless
11 21 (5.20%) GitHub Actions
12 17 (4.21%) IaaS
13 14 (3.47%) Amazon S3
13 14 (3.47%) AWS CloudFormation
13 14 (3.47%) Microsoft 365
14 13 (3.22%) Azure AKS
14 13 (3.22%) Dynamics 365
15 11 (2.72%) Amazon EKS
16 10 (2.48%) AWS Lambda
Communications & Networking
1 24 (5.94%) DNS
2 22 (5.45%) Firewall
3 16 (3.96%) VPN
4 9 (2.23%) DHCP
4 9 (2.23%) 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 (0.50%) BGP
6 2 (0.50%) HTTP
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%) S/MIME
7 1 (0.25%) SSL
7 1 (0.25%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 41 (10.15%) SQL Server
2 20 (4.95%) Power BI
3 15 (3.71%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 10 (2.48%) MySQL
5 8 (1.98%) NoSQL
6 7 (1.73%) Data Warehouse
7 6 (1.49%) DynamoDB
7 6 (1.49%) PostgreSQL
8 5 (1.24%) Relational Database
9 4 (0.99%) Azure SQL Database
9 4 (0.99%) MongoDB
10 3 (0.74%) Airbyte
10 3 (0.74%) SAP Data Services
10 3 (0.74%) SQL Server Integration Services
11 2 (0.50%) Apache Cassandra
11 2 (0.50%) Data Hub
11 2 (0.50%) Elasticsearch
11 2 (0.50%) GIS
11 2 (0.50%) Metadata
11 2 (0.50%) Redis
Development Applications
1 51 (12.62%) Git
2 30 (7.43%) Jenkins
3 28 (6.93%) GitLab
4 27 (6.68%) Selenium
5 20 (4.95%) Robot Framework
6 19 (4.70%) Snyk
7 14 (3.47%) JIRA
8 6 (1.49%) MLflow
8 6 (1.49%) Storybook
9 5 (1.24%) Atlassian Bamboo
9 5 (1.24%) git-flow
9 5 (1.24%) Visual Studio
10 4 (0.99%) Artifactory
10 4 (0.99%) Cypress.io
11 3 (0.74%) Cucumber
12 2 (0.50%) Appium
12 2 (0.50%) JUnit
12 2 (0.50%) SonarQube
12 2 (0.50%) TestRail
12 2 (0.50%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 114 (28.22%) Social Skills
2 88 (21.78%) Finance
3 73 (18.07%) Analytical Skills
4 19 (4.70%) Public Sector
5 14 (3.47%) Law
6 11 (2.72%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 10 (2.48%) Billing
7 10 (2.48%) Manufacturing
8 9 (2.23%) Retail
9 7 (1.73%) Aerospace
9 7 (1.73%) Games
10 6 (1.49%) Banking
11 4 (0.99%) Marketing
11 4 (0.99%) Telecoms
12 3 (0.74%) Health Technology
12 3 (0.74%) Legal
13 2 (0.50%) Advertising
13 2 (0.50%) Organisational Skills
13 2 (0.50%) Presentation Skills
13 2 (0.50%) Tech for Good
Job Titles
1 93 (23.02%) Developer
2 64 (15.84%) Lead
3 61 (15.10%) DevOps Engineer
3 61 (15.10%) Senior
4 36 (8.91%) Software Engineer
5 28 (6.93%) Architect
5 28 (6.93%) Azure Engineer
6 25 (6.19%) Cloud Engineer
7 22 (5.45%) Senior DevOps
8 20 (4.95%) Analyst
9 19 (4.70%) Full-Stack Developer
10 16 (3.96%) Power Platform Developer
11 14 (3.47%) IT Engineer
12 13 (3.22%) IT Support
12 13 (3.22%) IT Support Engineer
12 13 (3.22%) Support Engineer
13 12 (2.97%) Infrastructure Engineer
13 12 (2.97%) Senior DevOps Engineer
13 12 (2.97%) Software Support Engineer
14 11 (2.72%) Administrator
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 105 (25.99%) .NET
2 53 (13.12%) React
3 33 (8.17%) REST
4 31 (7.67%) CSS
5 29 (7.18%) HTML
6 28 (6.93%) .NET Framework
7 26 (6.44%) ASP.NET
8 22 (5.45%) Middleware
9 19 (4.70%) WinForms
10 18 (4.46%) React Native
11 16 (3.96%) ARM Templates
12 15 (3.71%) Bootstrap
12 15 (3.71%) Kafka
13 14 (3.47%) AngularJS
14 13 (3.22%) .NET Core
14 13 (3.22%) Entity Framework
14 13 (3.22%) RESTful
15 12 (2.97%) Lightning Web Components
15 12 (2.97%) SOAP
15 12 (2.97%) Visualforce
Miscellaneous
1 38 (9.41%) Cloud Native
2 24 (5.94%) Low-Code
3 21 (5.20%) Product Ownership
4 20 (4.95%) Mobile App
5 11 (2.72%) Enterprise Software
6 9 (2.23%) Distributed Systems
6 9 (2.23%) Onboarding
6 9 (2.23%) Security Posture
7 7 (1.73%) Hybrid Cloud
7 7 (1.73%) Private Cloud
8 6 (1.49%) Life Science
9 5 (1.24%) Legacy Systems
9 5 (1.24%) Linux Command Line
10 4 (0.99%) Algorithms
11 3 (0.74%) Analytical Mindset
11 3 (0.74%) Animation
11 3 (0.74%) Manufacturing Execution System
11 3 (0.74%) Operational Technology
11 3 (0.74%) Renewable Energy
11 3 (0.74%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 50 (12.38%) Linux
2 47 (11.63%) Windows
3 13 (3.22%) Windows Server
4 12 (2.97%) Ubuntu
5 10 (2.48%) Windows Server 2019
6 9 (2.23%) Windows Server 2012
7 7 (1.73%) Android
7 7 (1.73%) Apple iOS
8 6 (1.49%) VMS
9 2 (0.50%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 2 (0.50%) Unix
10 1 (0.25%) CentOS
10 1 (0.25%) Windows 10
10 1 (0.25%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 215 (53.22%) CI/CD
2 178 (44.06%) Agile
3 114 (28.22%) Problem-Solving
4 93 (23.02%) Infrastructure as Code
5 78 (19.31%) Continuous Improvement
6 59 (14.60%) Software Engineering
7 58 (14.36%) Computer Science
8 53 (13.12%) Mentoring
8 53 (13.12%) Scrum
9 49 (12.13%) AI
9 49 (12.13%) Test Automation
10 40 (9.90%) Microservices
11 37 (9.16%) Containerisation
11 37 (9.16%) Cybersecurity
12 35 (8.66%) SDLC
12 35 (8.66%) Waterfall
13 34 (8.42%) Full-Stack Development
14 32 (7.92%) Continuous Integration
15 30 (7.43%) DevSecOps
16 29 (7.18%) Clean Code
Programming Languages
1 85 (21.04%) Python
2 79 (19.55%) C#
3 70 (17.33%) SQL
4 46 (11.39%) JavaScript
5 31 (7.67%) Java
6 29 (7.18%) Bash
7 28 (6.93%) PowerShell
8 25 (6.19%) TypeScript
9 13 (3.22%) T-SQL
10 12 (2.97%) Apex Code
11 11 (2.72%) C++
11 11 (2.72%) Go
12 10 (2.48%) Bicep
13 4 (0.99%) PHP
14 3 (0.74%) ABAP
14 3 (0.74%) C
15 2 (0.50%) Delphi
15 2 (0.50%) Perl
15 2 (0.50%) Ruby
15 2 (0.50%) VB
Qualifications
1 80 (19.80%) Degree
2 68 (16.83%) Security Cleared
3 44 (10.89%) Computer Science Degree
4 37 (9.16%) DV Cleared
5 29 (7.18%) SC Cleared
6 17 (4.21%) Master's Degree
7 16 (3.96%) Azure Certification
8 14 (3.47%) AWS Certification
9 10 (2.48%) BPSS Clearance
10 7 (1.73%) Chartered Engineer
10 7 (1.73%) PMI Certification
11 6 (1.49%) PMP
12 5 (1.24%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
12 5 (1.24%) 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 36 (8.91%) QA
2 15 (3.71%) NIST
3 11 (2.72%) PMO
4 9 (2.23%) Accessibility
4 9 (2.23%) Data Quality
5 7 (1.73%) ISO/IEC 12207
5 7 (1.73%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 7 (1.73%) NCSC
6 5 (1.24%) PCI DSS
7 2 (0.50%) GDPR
7 2 (0.50%) ITGC
7 2 (0.50%) SLA
8 1 (0.25%) HIPAA
8 1 (0.25%) NIST 800
8 1 (0.25%) Sarbanes-Oxley
8 1 (0.25%) Software Quality Assurance
8 1 (0.25%) WCAG
System Software
1 55 (13.61%) Docker
2 23 (5.69%) Active Directory
3 9 (2.23%) 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 96 (23.76%) Terraform
2 65 (16.09%) Kubernetes
3 51 (12.62%) Ansible
4 17 (4.21%) Grafana
5 15 (3.71%) Prometheus
6 10 (2.48%) Microsoft Intune
6 10 (2.48%) vCenter Server
7 9 (2.23%) SCCM
8 7 (1.73%) Proxmox
9 3 (0.74%) Kubeflow
10 2 (0.50%) Argo
10 2 (0.50%) Nagios
10 2 (0.50%) Nessus
10 2 (0.50%) Puppet
10 2 (0.50%) Sysdig
11 1 (0.25%) CASB
11 1 (0.25%) Docker Swarm
11 1 (0.25%) Kibana
11 1 (0.25%) Podman
Vendors
1 106 (26.24%) Microsoft
2 21 (5.20%) VMware
3 20 (4.95%) Salesforce
4 18 (4.46%) Black Duck
4 18 (4.46%) Coverity
5 15 (3.71%) MuleSoft
6 14 (3.47%) Red Hat
7 12 (2.97%) Sage
7 12 (2.97%) Xamarin
8 10 (2.48%) Veeam
9 9 (2.23%) 3PAR
9 9 (2.23%) NetApp
9 9 (2.23%) SolarWinds
10 7 (1.73%) Cisco
11 6 (1.49%) Databricks
11 6 (1.49%) Google
11 6 (1.49%) Oracle
12 5 (1.24%) Zoho
13 4 (0.99%) Splunk
13 4 (0.99%) Telerik