DevOps Job Trends in Surrey

DevOps
South East > Surrey

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Surrey 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 50 17 21
Rank change year-on-year -33 +4 +5
Permanent jobs citing DevOps 53 126 97
As % of all permanent jobs in Surrey 3.24% 10.46% 8.86%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.00% 11.39% 9.86%
Number of salaries quoted 39 102 58
10th Percentile £46,500 £47,500 £41,250
25th Percentile £47,500 £62,500 £50,625
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £70,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -7.14% +16.67% -11.11%
75th Percentile £91,250 £82,500 £66,563
90th Percentile £105,000 £85,000 £73,750
South East median annual salary £65,000 £67,500 £62,004
% change year-on-year -3.70% +8.86% -4.61%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Surrey

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 Surrey.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,325 1,106 984
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Surrey 80.89% 91.78% 89.86%
Number of salaries quoted 755 486 673
10th Percentile £28,000 £35,000 £28,821
25th Percentile £34,000 £43,750 £39,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £60,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -16.67% +14.29% -8.70%
75th Percentile £65,000 £75,000 £65,000
90th Percentile £85,000 £86,875 £73,750
South East median annual salary £50,000 £58,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year -14.53% +11.43% -4.55%

DevOps
Job Vacancy Trend in Surrey

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

DevOps job vacancy trend in Surrey

DevOps
Salary Trend in Surrey

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Surrey citing DevOps.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Surrey citing DevOps

DevOps
Salary Histogram in Surrey

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

Salary histogram for DevOps in Surrey

DevOps
Job Locations in Surrey

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing DevOps within the Surrey region over the 6 months to 14 January 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
Weybridge +3 14 £50,000 +11.11% 4
Guildford +6 11 £77,500 +6.90% 18
Woking 0 7 £100,000 +25.00% 9
Staines +3 5 £67,500 -
Cobham - 3 - -
Epsom -6 2 £42,500 -34.62% 2
Leatherhead - 2 - -
Reigate -1 1 £65,000 -18.75% 1
Redhill - 1 £55,000 - 1
DevOps
South East

DevOps
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Surrey 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 1 (1.89%) ArcGIS
1 1 (1.89%) SharePoint
Applications
1 2 (3.77%) S-PLUS
Cloud Services
1 31 (58.49%) Azure
2 18 (33.96%) Azure DevOps
3 15 (28.30%) GitHub
4 11 (20.75%) AWS
5 3 (5.66%) Azure Data Factory
5 3 (5.66%) GitHub Actions
6 2 (3.77%) Amazon EKS
6 2 (3.77%) AWS CloudFormation
6 2 (3.77%) Azure AKS
6 2 (3.77%) OpenShift
6 2 (3.77%) Power Platform
7 1 (1.89%) Azure App Service
7 1 (1.89%) Azure Functions
7 1 (1.89%) Azure Logic Apps
7 1 (1.89%) GCP
7 1 (1.89%) Microsoft 365
7 1 (1.89%) Power Automate
7 1 (1.89%) PowerApps
7 1 (1.89%) SaaS
7 1 (1.89%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 7 (13.21%) LAN
1 7 (13.21%) SD-WAN
1 7 (13.21%) Unified Communications
1 7 (13.21%) VoIP
1 7 (13.21%) VPN
1 7 (13.21%) WAN
1 7 (13.21%) Wi-Fi
2 1 (1.89%) HTTPS
2 1 (1.89%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (7.55%) SQL Server
2 2 (3.77%) Azure SQL Database
2 2 (3.77%) Power BI
3 1 (1.89%) Data Lake
3 1 (1.89%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 3 (5.66%) GitLab
2 2 (3.77%) Jenkins
General
1 12 (22.64%) Analytical Skills
1 12 (22.64%) Manufacturing
2 7 (13.21%) Social Skills
2 7 (13.21%) Telecoms
3 6 (11.32%) Finance
4 3 (5.66%) Banking
5 2 (3.77%) Aerospace
5 2 (3.77%) Legal
6 1 (1.89%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 19 (35.85%) Developer
2 16 (30.19%) Software Engineer
3 12 (22.64%) Manufacturing Engineer
4 10 (18.87%) Applications Developer
5 7 (13.21%) Head of IT
5 7 (13.21%) Head of IT Operations
5 7 (13.21%) Head of Operations
6 4 (7.55%) .NET Developer
6 4 (7.55%) Blazor Developer
7 3 (5.66%) C# Developer
7 3 (5.66%) DevOps Engineer
7 3 (5.66%) Lead
8 2 (3.77%) Automation Test Lead
8 2 (3.77%) C# .NET Developer
8 2 (3.77%) Full-Stack .NET Developer
8 2 (3.77%) Full-Stack Developer
8 2 (3.77%) Test Leader
9 1 (1.89%) C# Software Developer
9 1 (1.89%) Cloud Developer
9 1 (1.89%) Cloud Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 24 (45.28%) .NET
2 15 (28.30%) React
3 11 (20.75%) Bootstrap
3 11 (20.75%) CSS
3 11 (20.75%) HTML
3 11 (20.75%) React Native
4 9 (16.98%) Blazor
4 9 (16.98%) WPF
5 8 (15.09%) REST
6 7 (13.21%) WinForms
7 4 (7.55%) .NET Framework
7 4 (7.55%) AngularJS
7 4 (7.55%) Vue
8 2 (3.77%) .NET Core
9 1 (1.89%) JSON
9 1 (1.89%) OAuth
9 1 (1.89%) SOAP
9 1 (1.89%) XML
9 1 (1.89%) XSLT
Miscellaneous
1 12 (22.64%) Manufacturing Execution System
2 11 (20.75%) Mobile App
3 7 (13.21%) Operational Technology
4 3 (5.66%) Renewable Energy
5 2 (3.77%) Product Ownership
6 1 (1.89%) Analytical Mindset
6 1 (1.89%) Cloud Native
6 1 (1.89%) Legacy Systems
6 1 (1.89%) Low-Code
Operating Systems
1 2 (3.77%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 34 (64.15%) Agile
2 22 (41.51%) Software Engineering
3 18 (33.96%) CI/CD
4 17 (32.08%) Mentoring
5 14 (26.42%) Computer Science
6 13 (24.53%) Clean Code
7 12 (22.64%) Coaching
7 12 (22.64%) Front End Development
8 11 (20.75%) API Integration
8 11 (20.75%) B2B
8 11 (20.75%) B2C
8 11 (20.75%) Mobile Application Development
8 11 (20.75%) Unit Testing
8 11 (20.75%) Wireframes
9 9 (16.98%) AI
9 9 (16.98%) Infrastructure Management
9 9 (16.98%) Machine Learning
9 9 (16.98%) Service Delivery
10 8 (15.09%) Data Protection
10 8 (15.09%) Microservices
Programming Languages
1 16 (30.19%) SQL
2 11 (20.75%) C#
3 1 (1.89%) Kusto Query Language
3 1 (1.89%) PowerShell
3 1 (1.89%) Python
Qualifications
1 17 (32.08%) Degree
2 11 (20.75%) Azure Certification
3 8 (15.09%) AWS Certification
4 7 (13.21%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
4 7 (13.21%) CCNP
4 7 (13.21%) Cisco Certification
4 7 (13.21%) Computer Science Degree
4 7 (13.21%) Master's Degree
4 7 (13.21%) PMI Certification
4 7 (13.21%) PMP
5 2 (3.77%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (15.09%) NIST
2 2 (3.77%) QA
3 1 (1.89%) GDPR
System Software
1 9 (16.98%) Docker
Systems Management
1 10 (18.87%) Terraform
2 3 (5.66%) Kubernetes
3 2 (3.77%) Ansible
4 1 (1.89%) Argo
Vendors
1 14 (26.42%) Microsoft
2 7 (13.21%) Cisco
3 2 (3.77%) Databricks
4 1 (1.89%) Oracle