DevOps Job Trends in the UK excluding London

DevOps
UK > UK excluding London

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the UK excluding London requiring DevOps skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 17 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
17 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 29 25 29
Rank change year-on-year -4 +4 -15
Permanent jobs citing DevOps 3,496 2,409 3,609
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 4.48% 6.90% 6.08%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 6.36% 7.91% 7.76%
Number of salaries quoted 2,570 1,180 2,409
10th Percentile £42,500 £41,250 £41,250
25th Percentile £51,250 £51,250 £48,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £65,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year - +4.00% -
75th Percentile £80,000 £77,500 £77,500
90th Percentile £95,000 £88,075 £88,750
UK median annual salary £70,000 £70,000 £67,500
% change year-on-year - +3.70% -3.57%

All Process & Methodology Skills
UK excluding London

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 UK excluding London.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 54,931 30,454 46,534
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 70.45% 87.29% 78.40%
Number of salaries quoted 38,625 16,580 29,151
10th Percentile £30,000 £26,500 £29,750
25th Percentile £40,000 £32,500 £38,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £47,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +15.79% -5.00% -9.09%
75th Percentile £70,000 £65,000 £65,000
90th Percentile £86,250 £80,000 £80,000
UK median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +9.09% - -8.71%

DevOps
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

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

DevOps job vacancy trend in the UK excluding London

DevOps
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing DevOps.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing DevOps

DevOps
Salary Histogram in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution for jobs citing DevOps in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 17 August 2026.

Salary histogram for DevOps in the UK excluding London

DevOps
Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing DevOps within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 17 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
North of England +2 1,241 £67,500 +3.85% 414
South East -11 699 £65,000 +2.36% 395
North West +2 675 £70,000 +7.69% 225
South West +10 508 £70,000 +7.69% 191
Midlands -18 414 £67,500 +3.85% 183
Yorkshire +21 301 £70,000 +12.00% 104
North East +21 265 £60,000 -7.69% 91
West Midlands -17 248 £70,000 +7.69% 117
East of England +16 211 £59,450 -8.54% 115
Wales +6 188 £55,000 - 34
East Midlands +4 165 £64,000 +11.30% 65
Scotland -5 136 £60,000 -12.73% 112
Northern Ireland -2 112 £72,246 -44.43% 45
Isle of Man 0 3 £35,000 -33.33% 1
DevOps
UK

DevOps
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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 83 (2.37%) Confluence
2 68 (1.95%) SharePoint
3 53 (1.52%) Apache
4 38 (1.09%) Apache Spark
5 31 (0.89%) Microsoft Exchange
6 28 (0.80%) Apache Airflow
7 27 (0.77%) IIS
8 23 (0.66%) OpenStack
9 18 (0.51%) CMS
10 13 (0.37%) Jupyter
11 11 (0.31%) nginx
12 9 (0.26%) SAS
12 9 (0.26%) Sitecore CMS
13 7 (0.20%) Adobe Experience Manager
13 7 (0.20%) SharePoint Server
13 7 (0.20%) WordPress
14 6 (0.17%) Anypoint
14 6 (0.17%) CICS
15 5 (0.14%) Umbraco
16 4 (0.11%) Moodle
Applications
1 39 (1.12%) Microsoft Project
2 35 (1.00%) Microsoft Excel
3 14 (0.40%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 12 (0.34%) MS Visio
5 11 (0.31%) Trello
6 10 (0.29%) Chatbot
6 10 (0.29%) Microsoft Office
7 7 (0.20%) Simulink
8 2 (0.057%) Lightworks
9 1 (0.029%) Adobe XD
9 1 (0.029%) Sketch
9 1 (0.029%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 43 (1.23%) Dynamics CRM
2 12 (0.34%) SAP S/4HANA
3 6 (0.17%) SAP IBP
4 5 (0.14%) Teamcenter
4 5 (0.14%) Visualfiles
5 4 (0.11%) Dynamics NAV
5 4 (0.11%) NEC Housing
5 4 (0.11%) Payment Gateway
5 4 (0.11%) Shopify
6 3 (0.086%) Dynamics AX
6 3 (0.086%) Infor SunSystems
6 3 (0.086%) Magento
6 3 (0.086%) Sage 200
7 2 (0.057%) JDE EnterpriseOne
7 2 (0.057%) Oracle Applications
8 1 (0.029%) Remedy ITSM
8 1 (0.029%) SAP CO
8 1 (0.029%) SAP ERP
8 1 (0.029%) SAP FI
8 1 (0.029%) SAP FI/CO
Cloud Services
1 1,728 (49.43%) Azure
2 990 (28.32%) AWS
3 951 (27.20%) Azure DevOps
4 323 (9.24%) GitHub
5 282 (8.07%) SaaS
6 266 (7.61%) Serverless
7 261 (7.47%) GCP
8 214 (6.12%) Power Platform
9 176 (5.03%) GitHub Actions
10 148 (4.23%) AWS CloudFormation
11 134 (3.83%) Amazon S3
12 119 (3.40%) AWS Lambda
13 114 (3.26%) Amazon ECS
13 114 (3.26%) Microsoft 365
14 107 (3.06%) PaaS
15 97 (2.77%) Dynamics 365
16 95 (2.72%) Amazon CloudWatch
17 94 (2.69%) Azure AI
18 87 (2.49%) Entra ID
19 85 (2.43%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 73 (2.09%) Firewall
2 44 (1.26%) VPN
3 37 (1.06%) TCP/IP
4 36 (1.03%) DNS
5 31 (0.89%) Network Security
6 21 (0.60%) Broadband
7 18 (0.51%) HTTP
8 15 (0.43%) MQTT
9 12 (0.34%) Internet
10 11 (0.31%) Wi-Fi
11 9 (0.26%) Wireless
12 8 (0.23%) SAN
12 8 (0.23%) ZigBee
13 7 (0.20%) BGP
13 7 (0.20%) Bluetooth
13 7 (0.20%) WAN
14 6 (0.17%) DHCP
14 6 (0.17%) HTTPS
15 5 (0.14%) SSL
16 4 (0.11%) OSPF
Database & Business Intelligence
1 228 (6.52%) MongoDB
2 216 (6.18%) Azure SQL Database
2 216 (6.18%) SQL Server
3 132 (3.78%) PostgreSQL
4 109 (3.12%) Power BI
5 107 (3.06%) NoSQL
6 80 (2.29%) Relational Database
7 70 (2.00%) DynamoDB
8 65 (1.86%) MySQL
9 61 (1.74%) Elasticsearch
10 49 (1.40%) Data Warehouse
11 43 (1.23%) Amazon RDS
12 41 (1.17%) Data Lake
13 35 (1.00%) Amazon Athena
14 32 (0.92%) Big Data
15 27 (0.77%) Redis
16 26 (0.74%) Metadata
17 22 (0.63%) SQL Server Integration Services
17 22 (0.63%) SQL Server Reporting Services
18 18 (0.51%) Spark SQL
Development Applications
1 397 (11.36%) Git
2 261 (7.47%) GitLab
3 250 (7.15%) JIRA
4 244 (6.98%) Jenkins
5 68 (1.95%) SonarQube
6 61 (1.74%) Selenium
7 59 (1.69%) Cypress.io
8 41 (1.17%) Postman
9 37 (1.06%) JUnit
10 34 (0.97%) Maven
11 33 (0.94%) Cucumber
12 28 (0.80%) JMeter
13 26 (0.74%) Visual Studio Code
14 23 (0.66%) Atlassian Bamboo
15 19 (0.54%) Bitbucket
15 19 (0.54%) Visual Studio
16 18 (0.51%) NUnit
17 17 (0.49%) REST Assured
18 16 (0.46%) Zephyr
19 14 (0.40%) fastlane
General
1 756 (21.62%) Social Skills
2 462 (13.22%) Finance
3 280 (8.01%) Public Sector
4 258 (7.38%) Analytical Skills
5 231 (6.61%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 104 (2.97%) Law
6 104 (2.97%) Legal
7 84 (2.40%) Retail
8 78 (2.23%) Marketing
9 60 (1.72%) Banking
10 52 (1.49%) Games
11 38 (1.09%) Manufacturing
12 37 (1.06%) Aerospace
12 37 (1.06%) Documentation Skills
13 36 (1.03%) Advertising
14 29 (0.83%) Influencing Skills
15 20 (0.57%) Organisational Skills
15 20 (0.57%) Presentation Skills
16 17 (0.49%) Automotive
17 15 (0.43%) Electronics
Job Titles
1 957 (27.37%) DevOps Engineer
2 744 (21.28%) Senior
3 679 (19.42%) Developer
4 413 (11.81%) Lead
5 238 (6.81%) Software Engineer
6 215 (6.15%) Senior DevOps
7 211 (6.04%) .NET Developer
8 207 (5.92%) Azure Engineer
9 204 (5.84%) Senior DevOps Engineer
10 187 (5.35%) Cloud Engineer
11 177 (5.06%) Architect
12 150 (4.29%) Senior Developer
13 134 (3.83%) Platform Engineer
14 113 (3.23%) Azure DevOps Engineer
15 108 (3.09%) Data Engineer
15 108 (3.09%) Lead DevOps
16 103 (2.95%) Java Developer
17 93 (2.66%) Full-Stack Developer
18 92 (2.63%) Software Developer
19 90 (2.57%) Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 516 (14.76%) .NET
2 305 (8.72%) React
3 249 (7.12%) ASP.NET
4 240 (6.86%) .NET Core
5 225 (6.44%) RESTful
6 213 (6.09%) Node.js
7 212 (6.06%) ASP.NET Core
8 208 (5.95%) REST
9 201 (5.75%) HTML
10 198 (5.66%) CSS
11 159 (4.55%) Spring Boot
12 157 (4.49%) Spring
13 137 (3.92%) AngularJS
14 122 (3.49%) Entity Framework
15 114 (3.26%) Blazor
16 92 (2.63%) Middleware
17 90 (2.57%) Kafka
18 81 (2.32%) ML.NET
19 70 (2.00%) .NET Framework
20 68 (1.95%) Vue
Miscellaneous
1 488 (13.96%) Cloud Native
2 211 (6.04%) Product Ownership
3 131 (3.75%) Enterprise Software
4 128 (3.66%) Distributed Systems
5 72 (2.06%) Virtual Team
6 66 (1.89%) Onboarding
7 65 (1.86%) Legacy Systems
7 65 (1.86%) Mobile App
8 62 (1.77%) Hybrid Cloud
9 55 (1.57%) Greenfield Project
10 52 (1.49%) Cyber Threat
11 46 (1.32%) Self-Motivation
12 39 (1.12%) Data Centre
13 34 (0.97%) Management Information System
13 34 (0.97%) Social Media
14 32 (0.92%) Public Cloud
15 31 (0.89%) Legacy Applications
16 30 (0.86%) Private Cloud
17 29 (0.83%) Data Structures
18 28 (0.80%) Embedded Systems
Operating Systems
1 372 (10.64%) Linux
2 167 (4.78%) Windows
3 73 (2.09%) Unix
4 43 (1.23%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 39 (1.12%) Windows Server
6 34 (0.97%) Ubuntu
7 28 (0.80%) VMS
8 27 (0.77%) Android
8 27 (0.77%) CentOS
9 17 (0.49%) Debian
10 15 (0.43%) Apple iOS
11 8 (0.23%) Embedded Linux
12 4 (0.11%) Kali Linux
12 4 (0.11%) Mac OS
12 4 (0.11%) Solaris
12 4 (0.11%) Windows Server 2019
13 3 (0.086%) AIX
13 3 (0.086%) Rocky
13 3 (0.086%) VxWorks
14 2 (0.057%) FreeRTOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 1,637 (46.82%) CI/CD
2 1,347 (38.53%) Agile
3 754 (21.57%) Infrastructure as Code
4 699 (19.99%) Continuous Improvement
5 633 (18.11%) Software Engineering
6 568 (16.25%) Mentoring
6 568 (16.25%) Problem-Solving
7 550 (15.73%) AI
8 534 (15.27%) Test Automation
9 422 (12.07%) Containerisation
9 422 (12.07%) Full-Stack Development
10 407 (11.64%) Scrum
11 402 (11.50%) Platform Engineering
12 391 (11.18%) Microservices
13 361 (10.33%) Observability
14 308 (8.81%) Stakeholder Management
15 306 (8.75%) Technical Leadership
16 290 (8.30%) Site Reliability Engineering
17 267 (7.64%) Roadmaps
18 256 (7.32%) Stakeholder Engagement
Programming Languages
1 717 (20.51%) Python
2 632 (18.08%) SQL
3 572 (16.36%) C#
4 472 (13.50%) JavaScript
5 405 (11.58%) Java
6 280 (8.01%) TypeScript
7 250 (7.15%) Bash
8 247 (7.07%) PowerShell
9 106 (3.03%) C++
10 102 (2.92%) Bicep
11 65 (1.86%) Go
12 49 (1.40%) C
13 44 (1.26%) PHP
14 42 (1.20%) Groovy
14 42 (1.20%) T-SQL
15 34 (0.97%) Apex Code
16 32 (0.92%) Kotlin
17 26 (0.74%) Ruby
18 23 (0.66%) SOQL
18 23 (0.66%) SOSL
Qualifications
1 624 (17.85%) Security Cleared
2 415 (11.87%) SC Cleared
3 313 (8.95%) Degree
4 217 (6.21%) DV Cleared
5 110 (3.15%) Computer Science Degree
6 79 (2.26%) Azure Certification
7 70 (2.00%) ITIL Certification
8 60 (1.72%) Master's Degree
9 57 (1.63%) AWS Certification
10 56 (1.60%) CISSP
11 53 (1.52%) CISM
12 45 (1.29%) BPSS Clearance
13 39 (1.12%) ISTQB
14 28 (0.80%) DBS Check
15 27 (0.77%) PMI Certification
16 26 (0.74%) Microsoft Certification
17 19 (0.54%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
18 16 (0.46%) PMP
19 13 (0.37%) ISEB
20 12 (0.34%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 348 (9.95%) QA
2 114 (3.26%) Accessibility
3 96 (2.75%) Data Quality
4 74 (2.12%) NIST
5 55 (1.57%) WCAG
6 48 (1.37%) ISO 22301
7 45 (1.29%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 38 (1.09%) GDPR
9 25 (0.72%) PCI DSS
10 19 (0.54%) NCSC
11 13 (0.37%) SOC 2
12 12 (0.34%) PMO
12 12 (0.34%) TickIT
13 11 (0.31%) SLA
14 10 (0.29%) Software Quality Assurance
15 9 (0.26%) Cyber Essentials
15 9 (0.26%) HMG Security Policy Framework
16 7 (0.20%) GRC
17 6 (0.17%) JTAG
18 4 (0.11%) ISO 9001
System Software
1 577 (16.50%) Docker
2 87 (2.49%) Active Directory
3 35 (1.00%) VMware Infrastructure
4 21 (0.60%) Virtual Machines
5 20 (0.57%) Firmware
6 18 (0.51%) vSphere
7 16 (0.46%) Hyper-V
8 13 (0.37%) Virtual Desktop
9 7 (0.20%) Ceph
10 6 (0.17%) Slurm Workload Manager
11 5 (0.14%) iptables
11 5 (0.14%) KVM
12 4 (0.11%) NDS
13 3 (0.086%) Embedded Firmware
13 3 (0.086%) Xen
14 2 (0.057%) VMware ESXi
15 1 (0.029%) Citrix Hypervisor
15 1 (0.029%) Oracle RAC
15 1 (0.029%) QEMU
15 1 (0.029%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 752 (21.51%) Terraform
2 569 (16.28%) Kubernetes
3 266 (7.61%) Ansible
4 121 (3.46%) Grafana
5 94 (2.69%) Prometheus
6 49 (1.40%) Argo
7 43 (1.23%) Puppet
8 22 (0.63%) Istio
9 21 (0.60%) HP Fortify
9 21 (0.60%) Kibana
10 19 (0.54%) Microsoft Intune
11 12 (0.34%) Nagios
11 12 (0.34%) Podman
11 12 (0.34%) ZABBIX
12 11 (0.31%) Progress Chef
13 9 (0.26%) Rancher
14 8 (0.23%) logstash
14 8 (0.23%) Packer
15 7 (0.20%) Check_MK
15 7 (0.20%) Nessus
Vendors
1 667 (19.08%) Microsoft
2 128 (3.66%) Google
3 74 (2.12%) Databricks
4 61 (1.74%) Salesforce
5 59 (1.69%) Splunk
6 58 (1.66%) Oracle
7 57 (1.63%) Red Hat
8 51 (1.46%) ServiceNow
8 51 (1.46%) VMware
9 42 (1.20%) Pega
10 40 (1.14%) Facebook
11 39 (1.12%) SAP
12 32 (0.92%) Dynatrace
13 28 (0.80%) Apple
14 23 (0.66%) AppDynamics
14 23 (0.66%) YouTube
15 22 (0.63%) MuleSoft
16 17 (0.49%) Cisco
16 17 (0.49%) Sony
16 17 (0.49%) Yahoo!