DevOps Job Trends in Southampton

DevOps
Hampshire > Southampton

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Southampton requiring DevOps skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 14 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 36 14 28
Rank change year-on-year -22 +14 -8
Permanent jobs citing DevOps 13 63 32
As % of all permanent jobs in Southampton 2.40% 11.54% 6.90%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.08% 13.67% 7.69%
Number of salaries quoted 7 45 24
10th Percentile £57,000 £42,500 £47,500
25th Percentile £57,500 £51,250 £51,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,500 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +0.83% - -
75th Percentile £69,125 £72,500 £86,000
90th Percentile £77,500 £73,750 £90,000
Hampshire median annual salary £75,000 £67,500 £65,000
% change year-on-year +11.11% +3.85% +4.00%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Southampton

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 Southampton.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 422 461 416
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Southampton 77.86% 84.43% 89.66%
Number of salaries quoted 298 331 351
10th Percentile £30,875 £32,750 £28,250
25th Percentile £40,000 £42,500 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £55,000 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year - +15.79% -13.64%
75th Percentile £62,500 £65,000 £62,500
90th Percentile £85,375 £75,000 £75,000
Hampshire median annual salary £50,000 £57,500 £52,000
% change year-on-year -13.04% +10.58% -5.45%

DevOps
Job Vacancy Trend in Southampton

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing DevOps relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Southampton.

DevOps job vacancy trend in Southampton

DevOps
Salary Trend in Southampton

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Southampton citing DevOps.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Southampton citing DevOps

DevOps
Salary Histogram in Southampton

Salary distribution for jobs citing DevOps in Southampton over the 6 months to 14 January 2026.

Salary histogram for DevOps in Southampton

DevOps
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Southampton 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:

Cloud Services
1 12 (92.31%) Azure
2 7 (53.85%) Azure DevOps
2 7 (53.85%) GitHub
3 1 (7.69%) AWS
3 1 (7.69%) Cloud Computing
3 1 (7.69%) Entra ID
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (7.69%) Elasticsearch
1 1 (7.69%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 7 (53.85%) Storybook
General
1 9 (69.23%) Finance
2 1 (7.69%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 8 (61.54%) Developer
2 5 (38.46%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
2 5 (38.46%) Senior
3 4 (30.77%) Software Engineer
4 3 (23.08%) Senior Software Engineer
5 2 (15.38%) Senior Developer
6 1 (7.69%) .NET Developer
6 1 (7.69%) .NET Software Engineer
6 1 (7.69%) Architect
6 1 (7.69%) C# Software Engineer
6 1 (7.69%) Development Team Leader
6 1 (7.69%) Lead
6 1 (7.69%) Mobile Developer
6 1 (7.69%) React Developer
6 1 (7.69%) Senior Architect
6 1 (7.69%) Senior Front-End Developer
6 1 (7.69%) Senior React Developer
6 1 (7.69%) Senior Software Architect
6 1 (7.69%) Software Architect
6 1 (7.69%) Team Leader
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 11 (84.62%) .NET
2 10 (76.92%) Next.js
3 8 (61.54%) React
4 7 (53.85%) Jest
5 3 (23.08%) RESTful
5 3 (23.08%) YAML
6 2 (15.38%) .NET Core
6 2 (15.38%) REST
7 1 (7.69%) AngularJS
7 1 (7.69%) ASP.NET
7 1 (7.69%) Ionic Framework
7 1 (7.69%) React Native
Miscellaneous
1 5 (38.46%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 5 (38.46%) Android
1 5 (38.46%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (84.62%) CI/CD
2 8 (61.54%) Agile
3 7 (53.85%) Front End Development
4 6 (46.15%) Software Engineering
4 6 (46.15%) Wealth Management
5 5 (38.46%) Clean Code
5 5 (38.46%) Mobile Development
5 5 (38.46%) User Experience
5 5 (38.46%) UX Design
5 5 (38.46%) Wireframes
6 4 (30.77%) Continuous Improvement
6 4 (30.77%) Microservices
7 3 (23.08%) Scrum
8 2 (15.38%) Business Strategy
8 2 (15.38%) Data Modelling
8 2 (15.38%) Design Patterns
8 2 (15.38%) Mentoring
9 1 (7.69%) Architectural Patterns
9 1 (7.69%) Cross-Platform Development
9 1 (7.69%) Fintech
Programming Languages
1 7 (53.85%) TypeScript
2 5 (38.46%) C#
3 2 (15.38%) JavaScript
4 1 (7.69%) PHP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (30.77%) Accessibility
System Software
1 1 (7.69%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (7.69%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 4 (30.77%) Microsoft
2 1 (7.69%) Okta
2 1 (7.69%) Progress