DevSecOps Jobs in the South East

DevSecOps
England > South East

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the South East requiring DevSecOps skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited DevSecOps over the 6 months leading up to 18 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 272 306 308
Rank change year-on-year +34 +2 +96
Permanent jobs citing DevSecOps 37 93 91
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 0.38% 0.55% 0.64%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.42% 0.65% 0.67%
Number of salaries quoted 14 71 28
10th Percentile £47,150 £47,500 -
25th Percentile - £52,500 £62,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £58,000 £63,500 £85,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.66% -25.29% +8.97%
75th Percentile £77,188 £93,750 £94,063
90th Percentile £112,500 £97,500 £110,250
England median annual salary £75,000 £75,000 £81,928
% change year-on-year - -8.46% +2.41%

All Process and Methodology Skills
South East

DevSecOps 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 8,847 14,228 13,530
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 91.82% 84.33% 94.56%
Number of salaries quoted 4,328 9,873 7,877
10th Percentile £29,750 £27,500 £30,500
25th Percentile £40,748 £36,250 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £50,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +10.00% -9.09% -
75th Percentile £70,000 £65,000 £72,500
90th Percentile £80,000 £77,500 £86,250
England median annual salary £57,500 £55,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year +4.55% -12.00% +4.17%

DevSecOps
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

Job postings citing DevSecOps as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the South East.

Job vacancy trend for DevSecOps in the South East

DevSecOps
Salary Trend in the South East

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing DevSecOps in the South East.

Salary trend for DevSecOps in the South East

DevSecOps
Salary Histogram in the South East

Salary distribution for jobs citing DevSecOps in the South East over the 6 months to 18 May 2025.

Salary histogram for DevSecOps in the South East

DevSecOps
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 DevSecOps within the South East region over the 6 months to 18 May 2025. 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
Middlesex - 18 - - 2
Hampshire +19 8 £61,500 -5.38% 12
Thames Valley +55 5 £87,500 +37.80% 15
Isle of Wight - 4 £58,000 -
Berkshire +17 2 £105,000 +65.35% 9
Kent - 2 £58,000 - 10
Buckinghamshire - 2 £70,000 - 3
Oxfordshire - 1 £45,000 - 6
DevSecOps
England

DevSecOps
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South East by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 5 (13.51%) SharePoint
Cloud Services
1 25 (67.57%) Azure
2 19 (51.35%) PaaS
3 14 (37.84%) Azure DevOps
4 5 (13.51%) Azure App Service
4 5 (13.51%) Azure Cosmos DB
4 5 (13.51%) Azure Functions
4 5 (13.51%) Azure Logic Apps
4 5 (13.51%) Azure Service Bus
4 5 (13.51%) Serverless
5 3 (8.11%) Entra ID
5 3 (8.11%) SaaS
6 2 (5.41%) AWS
6 2 (5.41%) Azure AKS
6 2 (5.41%) GCP
6 2 (5.41%) GitHub
6 2 (5.41%) GitHub Actions
7 1 (2.70%) AWS CloudFormation
7 1 (2.70%) IaaS
7 1 (2.70%) Microsoft 365
7 1 (2.70%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 2 (5.41%) Firewall
2 1 (2.70%) VSAN
Development Applications
1 2 (5.41%) Jenkins
2 1 (2.70%) CircleCI
2 1 (2.70%) GitLab
General
1 18 (48.65%) Finance
2 3 (8.11%) Analytical Skills
3 2 (5.41%) Public Sector
3 2 (5.41%) Social Skills
4 1 (2.70%) Influencing Skills
4 1 (2.70%) Military
Job Titles
1 16 (43.24%) Senior
2 14 (37.84%) Lead
3 13 (35.14%) Security Engineer
4 10 (27.03%) Senior Software Engineer
4 10 (27.03%) Software Engineer
5 5 (13.51%) Developer
5 5 (13.51%) Senior Developer
6 3 (8.11%) Architect
7 2 (5.41%) Azure Architect
7 2 (5.41%) DevSecOps Engineer
7 2 (5.41%) Solutions Architect
8 1 (2.70%) Azure DevOps Engineer
8 1 (2.70%) Azure Engineer
8 1 (2.70%) DevOps Engineer
8 1 (2.70%) Infrastructure Technical Architect
8 1 (2.70%) Lead DevOps
8 1 (2.70%) Operational Security Manager
8 1 (2.70%) Security Operations Manager
8 1 (2.70%) Senior Architect
8 1 (2.70%) Technical Infrastructure Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 14 (37.84%) YAML
2 6 (16.22%) React
3 5 (13.51%) .NET
3 5 (13.51%) .NET Framework
3 5 (13.51%) CSS
3 5 (13.51%) HTML
4 2 (5.41%) Elastic Stack
Miscellaneous
1 14 (37.84%) Security Posture
2 2 (5.41%) Hybrid Cloud
3 1 (2.70%) Cloud Native
3 1 (2.70%) Cyber Security Posture
3 1 (2.70%) Management Information System
3 1 (2.70%) Operational Technology
3 1 (2.70%) PKI
3 1 (2.70%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 1 (2.70%) CentOS
1 1 (2.70%) Linux
1 1 (2.70%) Ubuntu
1 1 (2.70%) Windows
1 1 (2.70%) Windows Server
1 1 (2.70%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 30 (81.08%) Agile
1 30 (81.08%) Test Automation
2 28 (75.68%) CI/CD
3 23 (62.16%) Computer Science
4 21 (56.76%) DevOps
5 18 (48.65%) Coaching
5 18 (48.65%) Creative Thinking
5 18 (48.65%) Mentoring
6 15 (40.54%) Cybersecurity
7 14 (37.84%) Application Security
7 14 (37.84%) OWASP
7 14 (37.84%) SDLC
8 13 (35.14%) Backlog Management
8 13 (35.14%) Product Management
8 13 (35.14%) Product Strategy
8 13 (35.14%) Security Testing
8 13 (35.14%) Threat Modelling
8 13 (35.14%) Vulnerability Management
8 13 (35.14%) Vulnerability Remediation
9 11 (29.73%) Software Engineering
Programming Languages
1 17 (45.95%) PowerShell
2 14 (37.84%) Python
3 10 (27.03%) Java
3 10 (27.03%) Rust
4 6 (16.22%) C#
5 5 (13.51%) Bicep
5 5 (13.51%) JavaScript
6 4 (10.81%) C++
7 2 (5.41%) Bash
8 1 (2.70%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 24 (64.86%) Degree
2 13 (35.14%) Computer Science Degree
2 13 (35.14%) Master's Degree
3 4 (10.81%) SC Cleared
3 4 (10.81%) Security Cleared
4 2 (5.41%) Azure Certification
4 2 (5.41%) Microsoft Certification
5 1 (2.70%) CEH
5 1 (2.70%) CISMP
5 1 (2.70%) DV Cleared
5 1 (2.70%) MCSE
5 1 (2.70%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 14 (37.84%) NCSC
1 14 (37.84%) NIST
2 13 (35.14%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 1 (2.70%) Cyber Essentials
3 1 (2.70%) GDPR
System Software
1 4 (10.81%) Docker
2 2 (5.41%) Active Directory
2 2 (5.41%) Virtual Machines
2 2 (5.41%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (2.70%) VMware NSX
3 1 (2.70%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 6 (16.22%) Terraform
2 4 (10.81%) Kubernetes
3 2 (5.41%) Ansible
3 2 (5.41%) Grafana
3 2 (5.41%) Prometheus
4 1 (2.70%) Argo
4 1 (2.70%) Nessus
4 1 (2.70%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 16 (43.24%) Microsoft
2 2 (5.41%) VMware
3 1 (2.70%) Cisco
3 1 (2.70%) Foundry
3 1 (2.70%) Palantir
3 1 (2.70%) Palo Alto
3 1 (2.70%) Red Hat