DevOps Jobs in the UK excluding London

DevOps
UK > UK excluding London

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London with a requirement for DevOps skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited DevOps over the 6 months to 6 December 2023 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
6 Dec 2023
Same period 2022 Same period 2021
Rank 14 12 11
Rank change year-on-year -2 -1 +1
Permanent jobs citing DevOps 3,811 9,152 9,414
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 12.01% 13.77% 14.51%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 12.73% 14.42% 15.29%
Number of salaries quoted 2,621 4,855 6,415
10th Percentile £42,500 £41,227 £37,500
25th Percentile £50,000 £47,500 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £62,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year - +4.17% +9.09%
75th Percentile £77,500 £78,750 £75,000
90th Percentile £90,000 £88,750 £86,250
UK median annual salary £70,000 £70,000 £67,500
% change year-on-year - +3.70% +11.57%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK excluding London

DevOps is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 29,926 63,487 61,556
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 94.31% 95.55% 94.90%
Number of salaries quoted 20,430 36,275 41,959
10th Percentile £28,500 £30,822 £29,750
25th Percentile £38,750 £40,000 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £53,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -1.87% +7.00% +4.17%
75th Percentile £67,500 £69,313 £65,000
90th Percentile £81,250 £83,744 £78,750
UK median annual salary £60,000 £60,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year -0.83% +0.83% +9.09%

DevOps
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings citing DevOps as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for DevOps in the UK excluding London

DevOps
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing DevOps in the UK excluding London.

Salary trend for DevOps in the UK excluding London

DevOps
Salary Histogram in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution for jobs citing DevOps in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 6 December 2023.

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 6 December 2023. 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 1,049 £65,000 - 335
South West +6 728 £62,500 +8.70% 174
South East -1 720 £65,000 - 440
Midlands -1 563 £60,000 -4.00% 183
North West -4 550 £65,351 +8.92% 198
Yorkshire -4 437 £65,000 -3.70% 106
Scotland -8 357 £67,500 +10.33% 91
West Midlands -5 305 £60,000 -4.00% 126
East Midlands +7 260 £62,500 - 55
Wales +2 172 £58,500 -2.50% 67
East of England +2 171 £65,000 -3.70% 91
Northern Ireland +3 74 £70,000 +16.67% 12
North East +6 62 £57,500 -14.81% 34
Channel Islands +6 1 £110,000 +46.67% 1
DevOps
UK

DevOps
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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
1 123 (3.23%) Confluence
2 80 (2.10%) SharePoint
3 52 (1.36%) Apache
4 46 (1.21%) WebSphere
5 44 (1.15%) CMS
6 39 (1.02%) Apache Spark
7 31 (0.81%) Tomcat
8 30 (0.79%) IIS
8 30 (0.79%) nginx
9 29 (0.76%) MS Exchange
10 24 (0.63%) Jupyter
11 18 (0.47%) Captiva
11 18 (0.47%) FileNet
12 17 (0.45%) WebSphere Application Server
13 16 (0.42%) OpenStack
14 12 (0.31%) JBoss
14 12 (0.31%) Jetty
14 12 (0.31%) Red Hat Fuse
15 10 (0.26%) Drupal
15 10 (0.26%) Umbraco
Applications
1 35 (0.92%) Microsoft Office
2 31 (0.81%) Microsoft Excel
3 10 (0.26%) Microsoft Project
4 9 (0.24%) AutoCAD
4 9 (0.24%) MS Visio
4 9 (0.24%) PTC Creo
4 9 (0.24%) SOLIDWORKS
5 7 (0.18%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 5 (0.13%) Trello
7 3 (0.079%) Simulink
7 3 (0.079%) UserZoom
8 2 (0.052%) Chatbot
9 1 (0.026%) CANalyzer
Business Applications
1 85 (2.23%) Dynamics CRM
2 24 (0.63%) Unit4 Business World
3 17 (0.45%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
4 11 (0.29%) Maximo
5 6 (0.16%) Dynamics GP
6 3 (0.079%) Dynamics AX
6 3 (0.079%) Dynamics NAV
6 3 (0.079%) Infor M3
6 3 (0.079%) NetSuite
6 3 (0.079%) Salesforce CRM
7 2 (0.052%) iTrent
7 2 (0.052%) Oracle Cash Management
7 2 (0.052%) SAP FI-GL
7 2 (0.052%) SAP S/4HANA
7 2 (0.052%) Visualfiles
8 1 (0.026%) Magento
8 1 (0.026%) Oracle EBS
8 1 (0.026%) ReMetrica
8 1 (0.026%) SAP SRM
8 1 (0.026%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 2,272 (59.62%) Azure
2 1,197 (31.41%) AWS
3 1,171 (30.73%) Azure DevOps
4 510 (13.38%) GCP
5 419 (10.99%) Power Platform
6 337 (8.84%) Serverless
7 289 (7.58%) Dynamics 365
8 283 (7.43%) SaaS
9 264 (6.93%) PaaS
10 233 (6.11%) GitHub
11 192 (5.04%) IaaS
12 168 (4.41%) Microsoft 365
13 146 (3.83%) OpenShift
14 113 (2.97%) AWS CloudFormation
15 108 (2.83%) Cloud Computing
16 85 (2.23%) Amazon S3
17 82 (2.15%) Amazon ECS
18 78 (2.05%) AWS Lambda
19 77 (2.02%) Amazon EKS
19 77 (2.02%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 113 (2.97%) DNS
2 105 (2.76%) Firewall
3 96 (2.52%) TCP/IP
4 66 (1.73%) HTTP
5 48 (1.26%) DHCP
6 47 (1.23%) Internet
7 44 (1.15%) VPN
8 38 (1.00%) Network Security
9 27 (0.71%) SSL
10 26 (0.68%) F5 BIG-IP GTM
10 26 (0.68%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
11 18 (0.47%) WAN
12 14 (0.37%) LAN
13 12 (0.31%) IPv4
14 10 (0.26%) Intrusion Detection
14 10 (0.26%) OSPF
14 10 (0.26%) SMTP
15 9 (0.24%) FTP
15 9 (0.24%) VLAN
16 7 (0.18%) Reverse Proxy
Database & Business Intelligence
1 410 (10.76%) SQL Server
2 213 (5.59%) Power BI
3 165 (4.33%) Relational Database
4 142 (3.73%) NoSQL
5 133 (3.49%) Big Data
6 126 (3.31%) PostgreSQL
7 123 (3.23%) MongoDB
8 98 (2.57%) Data Warehouse
9 96 (2.52%) MySQL
10 92 (2.41%) Oracle Database
10 92 (2.41%) RDBMS
11 88 (2.31%) Elasticsearch
12 60 (1.57%) Amazon RDS
13 59 (1.55%) Azure SQL Database
14 54 (1.42%) Data Lake
14 54 (1.42%) SQL Server Integration Services
15 52 (1.36%) SQL Server Reporting Services
16 51 (1.34%) BigQuery
17 41 (1.08%) Hadoop
18 37 (0.97%) Star Schema
Development Applications
1 589 (15.46%) Git
2 584 (15.32%) Jenkins
3 343 (9.00%) JIRA
4 162 (4.25%) GitLab
5 147 (3.86%) Selenium
6 93 (2.44%) Cucumber
7 87 (2.28%) SonarQube
8 79 (2.07%) Team Foundation Server
9 68 (1.78%) Maven
10 66 (1.73%) Cypress.io
11 65 (1.71%) Sonatype Nexus
12 51 (1.34%) Artifactory
13 50 (1.31%) IBM UrbanCode
14 48 (1.26%) Visual Studio
15 44 (1.15%) Postman
15 44 (1.15%) TeamCity
16 35 (0.92%) Bitbucket
17 30 (0.79%) JDeveloper
17 30 (0.79%) SoapUI
17 30 (0.79%) Spinnaker
General
1 943 (24.74%) Finance
2 752 (19.73%) Social Skills
3 398 (10.44%) Banking
4 280 (7.35%) Analytical Skills
5 196 (5.14%) Retail
6 185 (4.85%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 128 (3.36%) Public Sector
8 119 (3.12%) Telecoms
9 90 (2.36%) Law
10 82 (2.15%) Presentation Skills
11 79 (2.07%) Influencing Skills
12 73 (1.92%) Manufacturing
13 70 (1.84%) Marketing
14 55 (1.44%) Legal
15 53 (1.39%) Aerospace
16 49 (1.29%) Electronics
16 49 (1.29%) Retail Banking
17 43 (1.13%) Police
18 29 (0.76%) Organisational Skills
19 27 (0.71%) Tech for Good
Job Titles
1 800 (20.99%) Developer
2 735 (19.29%) DevOps Engineer
3 633 (16.61%) Senior
4 443 (11.62%) Architect
5 419 (10.99%) Software Engineer
6 355 (9.32%) Lead
7 295 (7.74%) Solutions Architect
8 197 (5.17%) Azure Engineer
9 185 (4.85%) Analyst
10 182 (4.78%) .NET Developer
10 182 (4.78%) Cloud Engineer
11 168 (4.41%) Senior Developer
12 153 (4.01%) Dynamics 365 Architect
12 153 (4.01%) Senior DevOps
13 137 (3.59%) Data Engineer
14 129 (3.38%) Senior DevOps Engineer
15 120 (3.15%) Dynamics 365 Solution Architect
16 113 (2.97%) Software Developer
17 109 (2.86%) Azure DevOps Engineer
18 108 (2.83%) AWS Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 723 (18.97%) .NET
2 358 (9.39%) HTML
2 358 (9.39%) React
3 329 (8.63%) AngularJS
4 319 (8.37%) CSS
5 288 (7.56%) Node.js
6 200 (5.25%) .NET Core
7 182 (4.78%) ASP.NET
8 179 (4.70%) .NET Framework
9 178 (4.67%) REST
10 169 (4.43%) JSON
11 157 (4.12%) RESTful
12 133 (3.49%) Spring
13 127 (3.33%) Web Services
14 115 (3.02%) jQuery
15 109 (2.86%) Spring Boot
16 105 (2.76%) Elastic Stack
17 89 (2.34%) Entity Framework
18 86 (2.26%) SOAP
19 85 (2.23%) Kafka
Miscellaneous
1 272 (7.14%) Public Cloud
2 209 (5.48%) Product Ownership
3 194 (5.09%) Cloud Native
4 125 (3.28%) Private Cloud
5 98 (2.57%) Greenfield Project
6 92 (2.41%) Data Centre
7 78 (2.05%) Distributed Systems
8 67 (1.76%) Self-Motivation
9 62 (1.63%) Enterprise Software
10 60 (1.57%) Management Information System
11 54 (1.42%) Virtual Team
12 52 (1.36%) Hybrid Cloud
13 49 (1.29%) Onboarding
14 46 (1.21%) Algorithms
15 43 (1.13%) Low-Code
16 36 (0.94%) Mainframe
17 32 (0.84%) Mobile App
18 31 (0.81%) Legacy Systems
18 31 (0.81%) Linux Command Line
19 29 (0.76%) Online Banking
Operating Systems
1 611 (16.03%) Linux
2 330 (8.66%) Windows
3 149 (3.91%) Unix
4 112 (2.94%) Windows Server
5 73 (1.92%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 33 (0.87%) Ubuntu
7 27 (0.71%) Android
8 22 (0.58%) Windows Server 2016
9 21 (0.55%) Apple iOS
10 20 (0.52%) Windows Server 2019
11 17 (0.45%) Debian
12 15 (0.39%) Windows Server 2012
13 12 (0.31%) CentOS
14 11 (0.29%) Solaris
15 9 (0.24%) Mac OS
16 8 (0.21%) Windows 10
16 8 (0.21%) zOS
17 6 (0.16%) CoreOS
17 6 (0.16%) HPUX
18 5 (0.13%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 2,055 (53.92%) Agile
2 1,233 (32.35%) CI/CD
3 766 (20.10%) Software Engineering
4 704 (18.47%) Problem-Solving
5 689 (18.08%) Infrastructure as Code
6 674 (17.69%) Actionable Insight
7 629 (16.50%) Mentoring
8 537 (14.09%) Microservices
9 455 (11.94%) Containerisation
10 430 (11.28%) Scrum
11 395 (10.36%) Test Automation
12 385 (10.10%) Continuous Integration
13 318 (8.34%) Roadmaps
14 288 (7.56%) Full Stack Development
15 279 (7.32%) TDD
16 275 (7.22%) SDLC
17 261 (6.85%) Computer Science
18 252 (6.61%) Design Patterns
19 251 (6.59%) Analytics
20 243 (6.38%) Coaching
Programming Languages
1 1,029 (27.00%) Python
2 824 (21.62%) SQL
3 814 (21.36%) JavaScript
4 708 (18.58%) Java
5 675 (17.71%) C#
6 476 (12.49%) PowerShell
7 466 (12.23%) Bash
8 219 (5.75%) TypeScript
9 160 (4.20%) Go
10 151 (3.96%) Ruby
11 132 (3.46%) Perl
12 128 (3.36%) C++
13 124 (3.25%) T-SQL
14 87 (2.28%) PHP
15 78 (2.05%) Bicep
16 66 (1.73%) Shell Script
17 61 (1.60%) Groovy
18 43 (1.13%) C
19 41 (1.08%) Data Analysis Expressions
20 38 (1.00%) R
Qualifications
1 713 (18.71%) Security Cleared
2 548 (14.38%) Degree
3 455 (11.94%) SC Cleared
4 209 (5.48%) Computer Science Degree
5 125 (3.28%) DV Cleared
6 113 (2.97%) Azure Certification
7 110 (2.89%) TOGAF Certification
8 85 (2.23%) AWS Certification
9 58 (1.52%) Microsoft Certification
10 35 (0.92%) BPSS Clearance
11 27 (0.71%) ISTQB
12 26 (0.68%) Cisco Certification
13 25 (0.66%) Master's Degree
14 20 (0.52%) ITIL Certification
15 18 (0.47%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
15 18 (0.47%) CCNA
15 18 (0.47%) DBS Check
16 17 (0.45%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
17 14 (0.37%) MCSE
18 13 (0.34%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 244 (6.40%) QA
2 52 (1.36%) Data Quality
3 51 (1.34%) GDPR
4 39 (1.02%) SLA
5 33 (0.87%) PMO
6 28 (0.73%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 27 (0.71%) Accessibility
8 13 (0.34%) NCSC
9 6 (0.16%) ISO 9001
10 5 (0.13%) Cyber Essentials
10 5 (0.13%) DO-178B
10 5 (0.13%) IEC 61508
11 4 (0.10%) Actionable Recommendations
11 4 (0.10%) COBIT
11 4 (0.10%) NIST
11 4 (0.10%) PCI DSS
11 4 (0.10%) WCAG
12 3 (0.079%) AUTOSAR
12 3 (0.079%) Disclosure Scotland
12 3 (0.079%) HIPAA
System Software
1 883 (23.17%) Docker
2 200 (5.25%) Active Directory
3 106 (2.78%) VMware Infrastructure
4 63 (1.65%) Virtual Machines
5 54 (1.42%) Hyper-V
6 19 (0.50%) Virtual Desktop
7 12 (0.31%) Firmware
8 11 (0.29%) vSphere
9 8 (0.21%) VMware ESXi
10 6 (0.16%) KVM
11 5 (0.13%) Virtual Servers
12 4 (0.10%) FreeRADIUS
13 3 (0.079%) Ceph
14 2 (0.052%) Apache Flume
14 2 (0.052%) NFS
14 2 (0.052%) Oracle RAC
15 1 (0.026%) Gluster
15 1 (0.026%) Kamailio
15 1 (0.026%) Microsoft Virtual Server
15 1 (0.026%) RACF
Systems Management
1 1,029 (27.00%) Kubernetes
2 899 (23.59%) Terraform
3 468 (12.28%) Ansible
4 145 (3.80%) Puppet
5 85 (2.23%) Grafana
6 81 (2.13%) Prometheus
7 60 (1.57%) Progress Chef
8 43 (1.13%) Istio
9 34 (0.89%) SCCM
10 31 (0.81%) Nagios
11 30 (0.79%) Packer
12 25 (0.66%) Kibana
13 24 (0.63%) SCOM
14 21 (0.55%) Active Directory Federation Services
14 21 (0.55%) Microsoft Intune
15 17 (0.45%) WSUS
16 15 (0.39%) Kustomize
17 13 (0.34%) HAProxy
17 13 (0.34%) Rancher
18 12 (0.31%) Argo
Vendors
1 917 (24.06%) Microsoft
2 233 (6.11%) Oracle
3 190 (4.99%) Google
4 135 (3.54%) VMware
5 115 (3.02%) ServiceNow
6 110 (2.89%) IBM
7 68 (1.78%) Splunk
8 64 (1.68%) SAP
9 59 (1.55%) Red Hat
10 57 (1.50%) Databricks
11 55 (1.44%) Cisco
12 43 (1.13%) Atlassian
13 36 (0.94%) Salesforce
14 33 (0.87%) Fortinet
15 32 (0.84%) F5
15 32 (0.84%) Remedy
16 31 (0.81%) New Relic
17 29 (0.76%) Veracode
18 27 (0.71%) AppDynamics
18 27 (0.71%) Dynatrace