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

6 months to
4 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 38 25 23
Rank change year-on-year -13 -2 -7
Permanent jobs citing DevOps 563 569 1,253
As % of all permanent jobs in the South East 3.90% 7.32% 7.17%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 5.41% 8.08% 8.69%
Number of salaries quoted 432 288 822
10th Percentile £40,750 £42,125 £42,500
25th Percentile £47,500 £49,688 £49,438
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £65,000 £61,500
Median % change year-on-year - +5.69% -5.38%
75th Percentile £75,000 £82,500 £73,750
90th Percentile £86,250 £85,000 £86,000
England median annual salary £70,000 £71,500 £65,000
% change year-on-year -2.10% +10.00% -7.14%

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 10,399 7,043 14,420
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 71.96% 90.56% 82.53%
Number of salaries quoted 7,155 3,300 10,091
10th Percentile £30,000 £27,000 £27,750
25th Percentile £39,280 £35,335 £36,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £52,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.76% +5.00% -9.09%
75th Percentile £70,000 £67,500 £65,000
90th Percentile £85,000 £81,325 £78,750
England median annual salary £60,000 £58,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +3.45% +5.45% -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 4 June 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 4 June 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 -1 243 £60,000 -6.25% 94
Hampshire -18 137 £70,000 +16.67% 59
Buckinghamshire +19 107 £55,000 -8.33% 22
Berkshire -11 99 £62,500 -21.88% 48
Surrey -2 77 £62,500 -15.25% 22
West Sussex +15 57 £70,000 +12.00% 16
Oxfordshire -2 37 £67,500 +35.00% 28
Kent -15 27 £29,000 -63.75% 10
East Sussex -24 8 £82,500 +34.69% 2
Sussex -10 6 £62,500 -18.03% 2
Isle of Wight 0 4 £41,500 -43.15% 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 15 (2.66%) Confluence
2 7 (1.24%) SharePoint
3 5 (0.89%) CMS
4 4 (0.71%) IIS
4 4 (0.71%) OpenStack
4 4 (0.71%) Sitecore CMS
5 3 (0.53%) Adobe Experience Manager
5 3 (0.53%) Anypoint
6 2 (0.36%) Apache Airflow
6 2 (0.36%) Microsoft Exchange
7 1 (0.18%) Apache
7 1 (0.18%) JBoss
7 1 (0.18%) Red Hat Fuse
Applications
1 10 (1.78%) Microsoft Excel
2 6 (1.07%) Simulink
3 2 (0.36%) Chatbot
3 2 (0.36%) MS Visio
4 1 (0.18%) Lightworks
4 1 (0.18%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 10 (1.78%) Dynamics CRM
2 2 (0.36%) Infor SunSystems
3 1 (0.18%) SAP S/4HANA
3 1 (0.18%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 320 (56.84%) Azure
2 187 (33.21%) Azure DevOps
3 142 (25.22%) AWS
4 54 (9.59%) GitHub
4 54 (9.59%) SaaS
5 47 (8.35%) Power Platform
6 32 (5.68%) PaaS
7 30 (5.33%) Serverless
8 28 (4.97%) GitHub Actions
9 25 (4.44%) Amazon EKS
9 25 (4.44%) IaaS
10 23 (4.09%) Azure AKS
11 21 (3.73%) Entra ID
11 21 (3.73%) Microsoft 365
12 20 (3.55%) GCP
13 17 (3.02%) OpenShift
14 16 (2.84%) Dynamics 365
15 15 (2.66%) Amazon CloudWatch
15 15 (2.66%) Azure Logic Apps
15 15 (2.66%) Datadog
Communications & Networking
1 33 (5.86%) Firewall
2 15 (2.66%) VPN
3 14 (2.49%) DNS
4 7 (1.24%) DHCP
5 5 (0.89%) Cisco ASA
6 4 (0.71%) BGP
6 4 (0.71%) MQTT
6 4 (0.71%) SAN
6 4 (0.71%) Software-Defined Radio
7 3 (0.53%) TCP/IP
8 2 (0.36%) Internet
9 1 (0.18%) Broadband
9 1 (0.18%) HTTP
9 1 (0.18%) IP Telephony
9 1 (0.18%) Modbus
9 1 (0.18%) MPLS
9 1 (0.18%) Network Security
9 1 (0.18%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 57 (10.12%) SQL Server
2 23 (4.09%) MongoDB
2 23 (4.09%) Power BI
3 21 (3.73%) PostgreSQL
4 20 (3.55%) Azure SQL Database
5 12 (2.13%) NoSQL
5 12 (2.13%) Relational Database
6 10 (1.78%) Data Lake
7 6 (1.07%) Metadata
8 4 (0.71%) Data Warehouse
8 4 (0.71%) Redis
9 3 (0.53%) Amazon RDS
9 3 (0.53%) MySQL
9 3 (0.53%) Spatial Data
10 2 (0.36%) Apache Cassandra
10 2 (0.36%) Couchbase
10 2 (0.36%) SQL Server Integration Services
11 1 (0.18%) BusinessObjects
11 1 (0.18%) Oracle Reports
11 1 (0.18%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 73 (12.97%) Git
2 58 (10.30%) GitLab
3 36 (6.39%) JIRA
4 24 (4.26%) Jenkins
5 16 (2.84%) Visual Studio Code
6 15 (2.66%) Selenium
7 9 (1.60%) JUnit
8 8 (1.42%) Cucumber
8 8 (1.42%) SonarQube
9 7 (1.24%) Zephyr
10 5 (0.89%) Artifactory
10 5 (0.89%) JMeter
10 5 (0.89%) Mockito
11 4 (0.71%) Atlassian Bamboo
11 4 (0.71%) Cypress.io
11 4 (0.71%) NUnit
11 4 (0.71%) Visual Studio
12 3 (0.53%) Octopus Deploy
13 2 (0.36%) Jasmine
13 2 (0.36%) TeamCity
General
1 129 (22.91%) Social Skills
2 108 (19.18%) Finance
3 87 (15.45%) Analytical Skills
4 26 (4.62%) Retail
5 19 (3.37%) Public Sector
6 14 (2.49%) Games
7 13 (2.31%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 13 (2.31%) Manufacturing
8 10 (1.78%) Documentation Skills
8 10 (1.78%) Law
9 9 (1.60%) Billing
10 8 (1.42%) Advertising
10 8 (1.42%) Marketing
11 6 (1.07%) Aerospace
11 6 (1.07%) Electronics
12 5 (0.89%) Automotive
12 5 (0.89%) Telecoms
13 4 (0.71%) Aviation
13 4 (0.71%) General Ledger
13 4 (0.71%) Legal
Job Titles
1 132 (23.45%) DevOps Engineer
2 122 (21.67%) Developer
3 84 (14.92%) Senior
4 64 (11.37%) Lead
5 62 (11.01%) Software Engineer
6 53 (9.41%) Azure Engineer
7 39 (6.93%) Cloud Engineer
8 36 (6.39%) Architect
9 33 (5.86%) Senior DevOps
10 26 (4.62%) .NET Developer
10 26 (4.62%) Full-Stack Developer
11 22 (3.91%) Analyst
11 22 (3.91%) Azure DevOps Engineer
12 18 (3.20%) Administrator
12 18 (3.20%) DevOps Administrator
12 18 (3.20%) Senior DevOps Engineer
12 18 (3.20%) Systems Administrator
13 17 (3.02%) Systems Engineer
14 16 (2.84%) DevOps Systems Engineer
14 16 (2.84%) Team Leader
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 107 (19.01%) .NET
2 50 (8.88%) React
3 46 (8.17%) HTML
4 44 (7.82%) ASP.NET
5 43 (7.64%) CSS
6 40 (7.10%) REST
7 39 (6.93%) RESTful
8 32 (5.68%) .NET Core
9 25 (4.44%) ASP.NET Core
10 24 (4.26%) YAML
11 21 (3.73%) JSON
11 21 (3.73%) RabbitMQ
12 19 (3.37%) Spring
13 18 (3.20%) ARM Templates
13 18 (3.20%) OAuth
14 17 (3.02%) Middleware
15 16 (2.84%) React Native
15 16 (2.84%) SOAP
16 15 (2.66%) Node.js
16 15 (2.66%) Spring Boot
Miscellaneous
1 50 (8.88%) Cloud Native
2 42 (7.46%) Product Ownership
3 29 (5.15%) Distributed Systems
4 21 (3.73%) Algorithms
5 18 (3.20%) Low-Code
6 17 (3.02%) Mobile App
7 16 (2.84%) Hybrid Cloud
8 14 (2.49%) Enterprise Software
9 12 (2.13%) Private Cloud
10 10 (1.78%) Data Centre
10 10 (1.78%) Legacy Systems
10 10 (1.78%) Self-Motivation
11 8 (1.42%) Analytical Mindset
11 8 (1.42%) Embedded Systems
11 8 (1.42%) Greenfield Project
12 7 (1.24%) FPGA
12 7 (1.24%) Life Science
12 7 (1.24%) Onboarding
13 6 (1.07%) Virtual Team
14 5 (0.89%) Data Structures
Operating Systems
1 93 (16.52%) Linux
2 31 (5.51%) Ubuntu
3 26 (4.62%) Windows
4 19 (3.37%) Windows Server
5 10 (1.78%) CentOS
5 10 (1.78%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 10 (1.78%) VMS
6 9 (1.60%) Windows Server 2019
7 5 (0.89%) Unix
8 4 (0.71%) Windows Server 2012
9 3 (0.53%) Android
9 3 (0.53%) Debian
10 2 (0.36%) Apple iOS
11 1 (0.18%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 272 (48.31%) CI/CD
2 219 (38.90%) Agile
3 141 (25.04%) Problem-Solving
4 135 (23.98%) Infrastructure as Code
5 96 (17.05%) Continuous Improvement
6 91 (16.16%) Software Engineering
7 88 (15.63%) AI
8 79 (14.03%) Containerisation
9 70 (12.43%) Full-Stack Development
10 69 (12.26%) Scrum
11 67 (11.90%) Computer Science
11 67 (11.90%) Test Automation
12 65 (11.55%) Microservices
13 49 (8.70%) Observability
14 48 (8.53%) Data Modelling
14 48 (8.53%) Kanban
15 46 (8.17%) Mentoring
16 44 (7.82%) Machine Learning
17 41 (7.28%) Analytics
17 41 (7.28%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 150 (26.64%) Python
2 107 (19.01%) C#
3 99 (17.58%) SQL
4 74 (13.14%) JavaScript
5 59 (10.48%) Bash
6 53 (9.41%) Java
7 46 (8.17%) PowerShell
8 35 (6.22%) C++
9 23 (4.09%) TypeScript
10 20 (3.55%) C
11 16 (2.84%) Bicep
11 16 (2.84%) Go
12 11 (1.95%) Apex Code
13 9 (1.60%) MATLAB
14 8 (1.42%) PHP
15 7 (1.24%) Groovy
16 6 (1.07%) Shell Script
17 5 (0.89%) Embedded C
17 5 (0.89%) Embedded C++
17 5 (0.89%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 97 (17.23%) Security Cleared
2 87 (15.45%) Degree
3 54 (9.59%) SC Cleared
4 25 (4.44%) Computer Science Degree
5 23 (4.09%) DV Cleared
6 19 (3.37%) Master's Degree
7 13 (2.31%) AWS Certification
7 13 (2.31%) Azure Certification
8 9 (1.60%) ISTQB
9 6 (1.07%) ICAEW
10 4 (0.71%) DBS Check
11 2 (0.36%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
11 2 (0.36%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
11 2 (0.36%) PMI Certification
11 2 (0.36%) TOGAF Certification
12 1 (0.18%) BPSS Clearance
12 1 (0.18%) CCA
12 1 (0.18%) Chartered Engineer
12 1 (0.18%) Microsoft Certified Professional
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 39 (6.93%) QA
2 18 (3.20%) Data Quality
3 14 (2.49%) Accessibility
4 9 (1.60%) WCAG
5 7 (1.24%) PCI DSS
6 6 (1.07%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 6 (1.07%) NIST
7 4 (0.71%) ITGC
8 3 (0.53%) SOC 2
9 1 (0.18%) GDPR
9 1 (0.18%) ISO/IEC 12207
9 1 (0.18%) NCSC
9 1 (0.18%) SLA
System Software
1 107 (19.01%) Docker
2 16 (2.84%) Active Directory
3 7 (1.24%) Firmware
4 5 (0.89%) Hyper-V
5 4 (0.71%) VMware ESXi
5 4 (0.71%) VMware Infrastructure
6 3 (0.53%) Slurm Workload Manager
7 2 (0.36%) Virtual Machines
8 1 (0.18%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 137 (24.33%) Terraform
2 103 (18.29%) Kubernetes
3 75 (13.32%) Ansible
4 31 (5.51%) Grafana
5 26 (4.62%) Prometheus
6 13 (2.31%) Nagios
7 9 (1.60%) Kibana
8 8 (1.42%) Proxmox
9 6 (1.07%) Podman
10 5 (0.89%) Docker Swarm
10 5 (0.89%) Microsoft Intune
10 5 (0.89%) Packer
10 5 (0.89%) Puppet
11 4 (0.71%) SCCM
11 4 (0.71%) vCenter Server
12 3 (0.53%) Argo
12 3 (0.53%) Scalr
12 3 (0.53%) ZABBIX
13 2 (0.36%) MIIS
14 1 (0.18%) Nessus
Vendors
1 122 (21.67%) Microsoft
2 34 (6.04%) Red Hat
3 29 (5.15%) Salesforce
4 20 (3.55%) MuleSoft
5 17 (3.02%) Splunk
6 16 (2.84%) VMware
7 12 (2.13%) Databricks
7 12 (2.13%) Oracle
8 11 (1.95%) Dynatrace
9 9 (1.60%) AppDynamics
10 8 (1.42%) Cisco
10 8 (1.42%) IBM
10 8 (1.42%) Palo Alto
11 7 (1.24%) ServiceNow
12 5 (0.89%) F5
12 5 (0.89%) Facebook
12 5 (0.89%) Juniper
12 5 (0.89%) Veeam
12 5 (0.89%) YouTube
13 4 (0.71%) NetApp