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

6 months to
1 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 33 25 23
Rank change year-on-year -8 -2 -6
Permanent jobs citing DevOps 702 616 1,016
As % of all permanent jobs in the South East 4.25% 7.11% 7.08%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 5.92% 8.07% 8.77%
Number of salaries quoted 536 278 661
10th Percentile £42,813 £38,750 £42,500
25th Percentile £51,250 £48,750 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £63,500 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year +2.36% +1.60% -3.85%
75th Percentile £77,500 £83,750 £76,250
90th Percentile £90,000 £86,250 £85,000
England median annual salary £70,000 £71,500 £67,500
% change year-on-year -2.10% +5.93% -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 11,860 7,634 11,587
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 71.78% 88.12% 80.80%
Number of salaries quoted 8,456 4,104 7,725
10th Percentile £30,000 £26,750 £29,750
25th Percentile £40,000 £34,000 £38,750
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 £65,250
90th Percentile £85,000 £81,250 £80,000
England median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +9.09% - -11.41%

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 1 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 1 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 £65,000 +2.36% 112
Hampshire -9 187 £67,500 +11.57% 50
Surrey +7 114 £65,000 -10.34% 29
Buckinghamshire +13 105 £60,000 +14.29% 25
Berkshire -16 102 £70,000 -9.68% 58
West Sussex +12 87 £70,000 +16.67% 14
Oxfordshire -3 59 £65,000 +30.00% 30
Kent -23 27 £31,250 -47.92% 17
East Sussex -18 8 £85,000 +53.15% 4
Isle of Wight +5 6 £50,000 -31.51% 5
Sussex -4 5 £60,000 -22.58% 2
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 10 (1.42%) IIS
2 10 (1.42%) SharePoint
3 8 (1.14%) OpenStack
4 5 (0.71%) nginx
5 3 (0.43%) Adobe Experience Manager
5 3 (0.43%) Anypoint
5 3 (0.43%) CMS
5 3 (0.43%) Sitecore CMS
6 2 (0.28%) Apache
6 2 (0.28%) Apache Spark
6 2 (0.28%) JBoss
7 1 (0.14%) Microsoft Exchange
7 1 (0.14%) Red Hat Fuse
7 1 (0.14%) Tomcat
7 1 (0.14%) WebLogic
Applications
1 11 (1.57%) Microsoft Excel
2 6 (0.85%) Simulink
3 4 (0.57%) MS Visio
4 3 (0.43%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 3 (0.43%) Microsoft Project
5 2 (0.28%) Chatbot
5 2 (0.28%) Lightworks
6 1 (0.14%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 6 (0.85%) Dynamics CRM
1 6 (0.85%) SAP IBP
1 6 (0.85%) SAP S/4HANA
2 3 (0.43%) Infor SunSystems
2 3 (0.43%) Payment Gateway
3 2 (0.28%) JDE EnterpriseOne
4 1 (0.14%) Oracle Applications
4 1 (0.14%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 421 (59.97%) Azure
2 226 (32.19%) Azure DevOps
3 187 (26.64%) AWS
4 72 (10.26%) SaaS
5 57 (8.12%) GitHub
6 41 (5.84%) Serverless
7 40 (5.70%) GitHub Actions
8 37 (5.27%) Power Platform
9 32 (4.56%) PaaS
10 30 (4.27%) Azure AKS
10 30 (4.27%) GCP
11 27 (3.85%) Azure Cosmos DB
12 25 (3.56%) Microsoft 365
13 24 (3.42%) Azure AI
14 23 (3.28%) Amazon EKS
14 23 (3.28%) Azure Monitor
14 23 (3.28%) Datadog
14 23 (3.28%) IaaS
15 22 (3.13%) Amazon ECS
15 22 (3.13%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 27 (3.85%) Firewall
2 22 (3.13%) VPN
3 12 (1.71%) DNS
4 7 (1.00%) MQTT
5 6 (0.85%) Internet
6 5 (0.71%) Cisco ASA
6 5 (0.71%) TCP/IP
7 4 (0.57%) BGP
7 4 (0.57%) HTTP
8 3 (0.43%) DHCP
8 3 (0.43%) Network Security
8 3 (0.43%) Software-Defined Radio
8 3 (0.43%) WAN
9 2 (0.28%) NAS
9 2 (0.28%) SAN
10 1 (0.14%) Broadband
10 1 (0.14%) IPv4
10 1 (0.14%) IPv6
10 1 (0.14%) LAN
10 1 (0.14%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 81 (11.54%) SQL Server
2 50 (7.12%) Azure SQL Database
2 50 (7.12%) MongoDB
3 32 (4.56%) PostgreSQL
4 23 (3.28%) Power BI
5 21 (2.99%) Relational Database
6 13 (1.85%) NoSQL
7 12 (1.71%) MySQL
8 11 (1.57%) Data Lake
9 9 (1.28%) Elasticsearch
10 8 (1.14%) Metadata
10 8 (1.14%) Redis
11 7 (1.00%) Data Warehouse
12 6 (0.85%) Amazon RDS
12 6 (0.85%) DynamoDB
13 5 (0.71%) SQL Server Integration Services
14 3 (0.43%) Geospatial Data
14 3 (0.43%) MariaDB
14 3 (0.43%) Spatial Data
14 3 (0.43%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 99 (14.10%) Git
2 61 (8.69%) GitLab
3 47 (6.70%) JIRA
4 36 (5.13%) Jenkins
5 16 (2.28%) Visual Studio Code
6 15 (2.14%) Selenium
7 10 (1.42%) JUnit
7 10 (1.42%) SonarQube
8 8 (1.14%) Cucumber
8 8 (1.14%) Octopus Deploy
9 7 (1.00%) Artifactory
10 6 (0.85%) JMeter
10 6 (0.85%) NUnit
10 6 (0.85%) Zephyr
11 5 (0.71%) Cypress.io
11 5 (0.71%) Mockito
12 4 (0.57%) Visual Studio
13 3 (0.43%) Atlassian Bamboo
13 3 (0.43%) PHPUnit
13 3 (0.43%) Snyk
General
1 191 (27.21%) Social Skills
2 134 (19.09%) Finance
3 90 (12.82%) Analytical Skills
4 25 (3.56%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 21 (2.99%) Retail
6 19 (2.71%) Games
6 19 (2.71%) Public Sector
7 18 (2.56%) Manufacturing
8 16 (2.28%) Advertising
9 14 (1.99%) Documentation Skills
10 13 (1.85%) Marketing
11 10 (1.42%) Aerospace
12 6 (0.85%) Aviation
12 6 (0.85%) Electronics
12 6 (0.85%) Legal
13 5 (0.71%) Automotive
13 5 (0.71%) Telecoms
14 4 (0.57%) Billing
14 4 (0.57%) General Ledger
14 4 (0.57%) Law
Job Titles
1 147 (20.94%) Developer
1 147 (20.94%) DevOps Engineer
2 110 (15.67%) Senior
3 92 (13.11%) Lead
4 75 (10.68%) Software Engineer
5 68 (9.69%) .NET Developer
6 55 (7.83%) Azure Engineer
7 41 (5.84%) Architect
8 37 (5.27%) Cloud Engineer
9 30 (4.27%) Senior DevOps
10 28 (3.99%) Azure DevOps Engineer
11 27 (3.85%) Full-Stack Developer
12 22 (3.13%) Analyst
13 20 (2.85%) Senior DevOps Engineer
14 19 (2.71%) Lead Developer
14 19 (2.71%) Senior Software Engineer
15 18 (2.56%) Data Engineer
15 18 (2.56%) Junior
15 18 (2.56%) Team Leader
16 17 (2.42%) Senior Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 147 (20.94%) .NET
2 83 (11.82%) ASP.NET
3 64 (9.12%) .NET Core
3 64 (9.12%) React
4 63 (8.97%) HTML
5 61 (8.69%) ASP.NET Core
6 60 (8.55%) CSS
7 53 (7.55%) RESTful
8 52 (7.41%) REST
9 37 (5.27%) Blazor
10 34 (4.84%) ARM Templates
11 31 (4.42%) Entity Framework
12 27 (3.85%) YAML
13 25 (3.56%) JSON
13 25 (3.56%) RabbitMQ
14 23 (3.28%) Node.js
15 21 (2.99%) ML.NET
15 21 (2.99%) Spring
16 20 (2.85%) Spring Boot
17 19 (2.71%) OAuth
Miscellaneous
1 77 (10.97%) Cloud Native
2 57 (8.12%) Product Ownership
3 35 (4.99%) Distributed Systems
4 26 (3.70%) Enterprise Software
5 24 (3.42%) Greenfield Project
6 23 (3.28%) Hybrid Cloud
7 20 (2.85%) Algorithms
8 18 (2.56%) Data Centre
9 13 (1.85%) Legacy Systems
10 12 (1.71%) Embedded Systems
10 12 (1.71%) Mobile App
11 10 (1.42%) Robotics
11 10 (1.42%) Self-Motivation
12 9 (1.28%) Analytical Mindset
12 9 (1.28%) IoT
12 9 (1.28%) Private Cloud
13 8 (1.14%) Data Structures
13 8 (1.14%) Life Science
13 8 (1.14%) Onboarding
14 7 (1.00%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 117 (16.67%) Linux
2 37 (5.27%) Windows
3 29 (4.13%) Ubuntu
4 16 (2.28%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 16 (2.28%) Windows Server
5 12 (1.71%) Debian
6 10 (1.42%) CentOS
6 10 (1.42%) VMS
7 5 (0.71%) Unix
7 5 (0.71%) Windows Server 2019
8 4 (0.57%) Android
9 2 (0.28%) Embedded Linux
9 2 (0.28%) Rocky
Processes & Methodologies
1 338 (48.15%) CI/CD
2 289 (41.17%) Agile
3 164 (23.36%) Infrastructure as Code
4 159 (22.65%) Problem-Solving
5 149 (21.23%) Continuous Improvement
6 133 (18.95%) Software Engineering
7 114 (16.24%) AI
8 105 (14.96%) Microservices
9 100 (14.25%) Full-Stack Development
10 95 (13.53%) Containerisation
11 93 (13.25%) Mentoring
12 82 (11.68%) Computer Science
13 81 (11.54%) Test Automation
14 79 (11.25%) Scrum
15 76 (10.83%) Observability
16 65 (9.26%) Analytics
17 63 (8.97%) Platform Engineering
18 62 (8.83%) Roadmaps
19 60 (8.55%) SDLC
19 60 (8.55%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 168 (23.93%) Python
2 154 (21.94%) C#
3 140 (19.94%) SQL
4 96 (13.68%) JavaScript
5 68 (9.69%) PowerShell
6 64 (9.12%) Bash
7 57 (8.12%) Java
8 41 (5.84%) TypeScript
9 40 (5.70%) C++
10 34 (4.84%) Bicep
11 23 (3.28%) C
12 21 (2.99%) PHP
13 18 (2.56%) Go
14 11 (1.57%) Apex Code
15 10 (1.42%) T-SQL
16 9 (1.28%) Groovy
17 8 (1.14%) MATLAB
18 7 (1.00%) Shell Script
19 6 (0.85%) Ruby
19 6 (0.85%) Rust
Qualifications
1 113 (16.10%) Security Cleared
2 102 (14.53%) Degree
3 70 (9.97%) SC Cleared
4 34 (4.84%) Computer Science Degree
5 25 (3.56%) DV Cleared
6 23 (3.28%) Master's Degree
7 11 (1.57%) Azure Certification
8 9 (1.28%) 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
12 3 (0.43%) PMI Certification
12 3 (0.43%) TOGAF Certification
13 2 (0.28%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
13 2 (0.28%) BPSS Clearance
13 2 (0.28%) ITIL Certification
14 1 (0.14%) CCA
14 1 (0.14%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
14 1 (0.14%) Numerate Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 76 (10.83%) QA
2 17 (2.42%) PCI DSS
3 14 (1.99%) Data Quality
4 13 (1.85%) Accessibility
5 9 (1.28%) NIST
6 8 (1.14%) WCAG
7 7 (1.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 4 (0.57%) ITGC
9 3 (0.43%) SOC 2
10 1 (0.14%) GDPR
10 1 (0.14%) ISO 9001
10 1 (0.14%) ISO/IEC 20000
10 1 (0.14%) NCSC
10 1 (0.14%) SLA
10 1 (0.14%) Software Quality Assurance
System Software
1 160 (22.79%) Docker
2 18 (2.56%) Active Directory
3 9 (1.28%) Virtual Machines
4 8 (1.14%) Hyper-V
5 7 (1.00%) Firmware
6 5 (0.71%) Slurm Workload Manager
6 5 (0.71%) VMware Infrastructure
7 2 (0.28%) KVM
7 2 (0.28%) Xen
8 1 (0.14%) iptables
8 1 (0.14%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 176 (25.07%) Terraform
2 147 (20.94%) Kubernetes
3 79 (11.25%) Ansible
4 45 (6.41%) Grafana
5 38 (5.41%) Prometheus
6 13 (1.85%) Nagios
7 12 (1.71%) Kibana
7 12 (1.71%) Puppet
8 9 (1.28%) ZABBIX
9 8 (1.14%) Argo
10 6 (0.85%) Podman
11 5 (0.71%) Docker Swarm
11 5 (0.71%) Packer
12 4 (0.57%) Istio
12 4 (0.57%) Proxmox
13 3 (0.43%) Kustomize
13 3 (0.43%) Microsoft Intune
13 3 (0.43%) Scalr
14 2 (0.28%) HP Fortify
14 2 (0.28%) MIIS
Vendors
1 162 (23.08%) Microsoft
2 31 (4.42%) Red Hat
3 24 (3.42%) Salesforce
4 17 (2.42%) Oracle
5 16 (2.28%) Splunk
6 14 (1.99%) Databricks
6 14 (1.99%) Dynatrace
7 13 (1.85%) Google
8 12 (1.71%) Facebook
8 12 (1.71%) YouTube
9 11 (1.57%) MuleSoft
10 10 (1.42%) AppDynamics
10 10 (1.42%) ServiceNow
10 10 (1.42%) VMware
11 9 (1.28%) Cisco
11 9 (1.28%) SAP
12 8 (1.14%) IBM
12 8 (1.14%) Palo Alto
13 6 (0.85%) New Relic
14 5 (0.71%) Juniper