DevOps Jobs in the UK excluding London

DevOps
UK > UK excluding London

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London requiring DevOps skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited DevOps over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 37 27 14
Rank change year-on-year -10 -13 -3
Permanent jobs citing DevOps 2,068 5,261 7,651
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 5.62% 7.48% 12.46%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 6.08% 8.86% 13.03%
Number of salaries quoted 1,423 3,415 4,093
10th Percentile £42,500 £38,750 £41,250
25th Percentile £50,343 £47,500 £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £60,000 £62,000
Median % change year-on-year +8.33% -3.23% +3.33%
75th Percentile £82,500 £75,000 £77,715
90th Percentile £93,778 £87,500 £90,000
UK median annual salary £70,000 £65,000 £70,000
% change year-on-year +7.69% -7.14% -

All Process and 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 33,997 59,372 58,706
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 92.31% 84.44% 95.62%
Number of salaries quoted 17,723 41,125 30,120
10th Percentile £27,500 £27,250 £30,500
25th Percentile £38,750 £36,250 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £50,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% -9.09% +4.76%
75th Percentile £66,000 £65,000 £70,000
90th Percentile £78,750 £77,500 £82,500
UK median annual salary £57,500 £55,000 £61,500
% change year-on-year +4.55% -10.57% +2.50%

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 1 May 2025.

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 1 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
South East -7 587 £67,000 +8.94% 770
North of England -24 551 £67,500 +12.50% 633
North West -56 303 £69,692 +11.51% 400
South West -5 294 £67,500 +9.76% 244
Midlands -36 261 £60,000 - 323
West Midlands -22 207 £60,000 - 202
Yorkshire -1 203 £68,000 +13.33% 170
Scotland +17 191 £70,000 +1.45% 137
East of England -1 153 £62,500 +8.70% 214
East Midlands -62 54 £65,000 +13.04% 99
Wales -13 49 £63,250 +20.48% 51
North East +5 45 £65,000 +13.04% 69
Northern Ireland -6 13 £55,000 -13.73% 40
Isle of Man +13 1 - - 2
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 75 (3.63%) Confluence
1 75 (3.63%) Oracle Application Server
2 47 (2.27%) SharePoint
3 25 (1.21%) Jupyter
4 18 (0.87%) nginx
5 16 (0.77%) CMS
6 14 (0.68%) Apache
6 14 (0.68%) IIS
7 13 (0.63%) JBoss
8 12 (0.58%) Red Hat Fuse
9 11 (0.53%) Apache Spark
10 10 (0.48%) Apache Solr
11 8 (0.39%) Microsoft Exchange
12 7 (0.34%) SAS
13 5 (0.24%) Adobe Experience Manager
13 5 (0.24%) Apache Airflow
13 5 (0.24%) CICS
13 5 (0.24%) Headless CMS
13 5 (0.24%) Umbraco
14 4 (0.19%) Tomcat
Applications
1 20 (0.97%) Microsoft Excel
2 16 (0.77%) Microsoft Office
3 9 (0.44%) Chatbot
4 8 (0.39%) Microsoft Project
5 7 (0.34%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 7 (0.34%) Mozilla Thunderbird
5 7 (0.34%) MS Visio
5 7 (0.34%) Trello
6 3 (0.15%) Productboard
7 2 (0.097%) Adobe XD
7 2 (0.097%) Moqups
7 2 (0.097%) Sketch
8 1 (0.048%) Adobe Illustrator
8 1 (0.048%) OrCAD
8 1 (0.048%) Photoshop
8 1 (0.048%) S-PLUS
Business Applications
1 26 (1.26%) Dynamics CRM
2 12 (0.58%) Oracle EBS
3 6 (0.29%) Oracle BPM
4 4 (0.19%) Dynamics NAV
4 4 (0.19%) Magento
4 4 (0.19%) Oracle ERP
4 4 (0.19%) PeopleSoft HCM
5 3 (0.15%) Payment Gateway
6 2 (0.097%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
6 2 (0.097%) SAP GRC
6 2 (0.097%) SAP Oil and Gas
6 2 (0.097%) Shopify
6 2 (0.097%) Sprinklr
7 1 (0.048%) Dynamics AX
7 1 (0.048%) Infor M3
7 1 (0.048%) JDE EnterpriseOne
7 1 (0.048%) LabWindows
7 1 (0.048%) Oracle Financials
7 1 (0.048%) ResourceLink
7 1 (0.048%) Visualfiles
Cloud Services
1 1,045 (50.53%) Azure
2 604 (29.21%) AWS
3 490 (23.69%) Azure DevOps
4 253 (12.23%) GCP
5 191 (9.24%) SaaS
6 168 (8.12%) Serverless
7 142 (6.87%) Power Platform
8 141 (6.82%) GitHub
9 92 (4.45%) PaaS
10 78 (3.77%) Dynamics 365
11 72 (3.48%) AWS Lambda
12 65 (3.14%) Azure Service Bus
13 61 (2.95%) Microsoft 365
14 58 (2.80%) Azure Cosmos DB
14 58 (2.80%) IaaS
15 54 (2.61%) GitHub Actions
16 51 (2.47%) Azure Data Factory
17 48 (2.32%) Amazon S3
18 46 (2.22%) Amazon ECS
19 45 (2.18%) Azure Functions
Communications & Networking
1 97 (4.69%) VPN
2 88 (4.26%) TCP/IP
3 79 (3.82%) Firewall
4 36 (1.74%) DNS
5 31 (1.50%) Network Security
6 18 (0.87%) HTTP
7 17 (0.82%) SSL
8 16 (0.77%) IPsec
9 15 (0.73%) Internet
10 13 (0.63%) HTTPS
10 13 (0.63%) WAN
11 11 (0.53%) SAN
12 8 (0.39%) Multicast
12 8 (0.39%) SD-WAN
13 7 (0.34%) LAN
14 6 (0.29%) Wireless
15 5 (0.24%) FTP
15 5 (0.24%) Intrusion Detection
15 5 (0.24%) Reverse Proxy
15 5 (0.24%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 218 (10.54%) SQL Server
2 120 (5.80%) Data Warehouse
3 115 (5.56%) NoSQL
4 99 (4.79%) PostgreSQL
5 77 (3.72%) Oracle Reports
6 75 (3.63%) Enterprise Data Warehouse
6 75 (3.63%) Power BI
7 67 (3.24%) Relational Database
8 62 (3.00%) MySQL
9 57 (2.76%) Azure SQL Database
9 57 (2.76%) Big Data
10 56 (2.71%) Elasticsearch
10 56 (2.71%) MongoDB
11 40 (1.93%) Data Lake
12 33 (1.60%) Amazon RDS
13 27 (1.31%) Data Mining
14 23 (1.11%) SQL Server Reporting Services
15 22 (1.06%) SQL Server Integration Services
16 21 (1.02%) Redis
17 20 (0.97%) BigQuery
Development Applications
1 316 (15.28%) Git
2 184 (8.90%) Jenkins
3 164 (7.93%) JIRA
4 89 (4.30%) Visual Studio
5 84 (4.06%) Cucumber
6 80 (3.87%) GitLab
7 62 (3.00%) Robot Framework
8 50 (2.42%) SonarQube
9 46 (2.22%) Selenium
10 42 (2.03%) Octopus Deploy
10 42 (2.03%) Team Foundation Server
11 40 (1.93%) Maven
12 38 (1.84%) JUnit
13 36 (1.74%) MSBuild
14 33 (1.60%) Postman
15 26 (1.26%) Cypress.io
15 26 (1.26%) Sonatype Nexus
16 17 (0.82%) webpack
17 16 (0.77%) Bitbucket
18 15 (0.73%) JMeter
General
1 649 (31.38%) Social Skills
2 542 (26.21%) Finance
3 277 (13.39%) Analytical Skills
4 203 (9.82%) Banking
5 173 (8.37%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 160 (7.74%) Law
7 131 (6.33%) Retail
8 121 (5.85%) Public Sector
9 93 (4.50%) Organisational Skills
10 87 (4.21%) Telecoms
11 78 (3.77%) Military
12 46 (2.22%) Manufacturing
12 46 (2.22%) Marketing
13 43 (2.08%) Legal
14 23 (1.11%) Influencing Skills
15 22 (1.06%) Games
15 22 (1.06%) Tech for Good
16 21 (1.02%) Automotive
17 18 (0.87%) Advertising
18 12 (0.58%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 448 (21.66%) Senior
2 372 (17.99%) Developer
3 287 (13.88%) Lead
4 236 (11.41%) DevOps Engineer
5 214 (10.35%) Software Engineer
6 196 (9.48%) Architect
7 129 (6.24%) Senior Developer
8 122 (5.90%) Cloud Engineer
9 90 (4.35%) .NET Developer
10 77 (3.72%) Analyst
11 76 (3.68%) Test Engineer
12 74 (3.58%) Senior Software Engineer
13 71 (3.43%) Azure Engineer
14 68 (3.29%) Senior DevOps
15 66 (3.19%) Test Automation Engineer
16 63 (3.05%) Solutions Architect
17 58 (2.80%) AWS Engineer
18 55 (2.66%) Infrastructure Engineer
19 54 (2.61%) Senior DevOps Engineer
20 53 (2.56%) Data Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 414 (20.02%) .NET
2 230 (11.12%) React
3 162 (7.83%) REST
4 153 (7.40%) HTML
5 148 (7.16%) CSS
6 140 (6.77%) AngularJS
7 137 (6.62%) ASP.NET
8 129 (6.24%) .NET Framework
9 125 (6.04%) RESTful
10 121 (5.85%) Node.js
11 117 (5.66%) .NET Core
12 98 (4.74%) Spring
13 97 (4.69%) Spring Boot
14 80 (3.87%) JSON
14 80 (3.87%) XML
15 70 (3.38%) SOAP
16 63 (3.05%) Kafka
17 61 (2.95%) Web Services
18 60 (2.90%) Middleware
19 53 (2.56%) Entity Framework
Miscellaneous
1 149 (7.21%) Product Ownership
2 94 (4.55%) Cloud Native
3 75 (3.63%) Algorithms
4 74 (3.58%) Mobile App
5 69 (3.34%) Linux Command Line
6 66 (3.19%) Public Cloud
7 62 (3.00%) Hybrid Cloud
8 56 (2.71%) Distributed Systems
9 49 (2.37%) Security Posture
10 43 (2.08%) Enterprise Software
11 42 (2.03%) Management Information System
12 35 (1.69%) Virtual Team
13 31 (1.50%) Greenfield Project
14 30 (1.45%) Private Cloud
15 29 (1.40%) Onboarding
16 27 (1.31%) e-Learning
17 24 (1.16%) Data Centre
18 23 (1.11%) Cyberattack
19 20 (0.97%) Blockchain
19 20 (0.97%) Data Structures
Operating Systems
1 271 (13.10%) Linux
2 194 (9.38%) Windows
3 48 (2.32%) Unix
4 38 (1.84%) Android
5 27 (1.31%) Windows Server
6 25 (1.21%) Apple iOS
7 22 (1.06%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 18 (0.87%) Ubuntu
9 14 (0.68%) VMS
10 12 (0.58%) zOS
11 11 (0.53%) CentOS
12 10 (0.48%) Windows Server 2019
13 7 (0.34%) Windows 10
13 7 (0.34%) Windows Server 2012
14 6 (0.29%) Debian
14 6 (0.29%) Windows Server 2016
15 4 (0.19%) Mac OS
15 4 (0.19%) Oracle Linux
15 4 (0.19%) Solaris
16 3 (0.15%) Embedded Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 985 (47.63%) Agile
2 818 (39.56%) CI/CD
3 506 (24.47%) Problem-Solving
4 478 (23.11%) Software Engineering
5 425 (20.55%) Mentoring
6 388 (18.76%) Microservices
7 309 (14.94%) Test Automation
8 299 (14.46%) Containerisation
9 291 (14.07%) Continuous Improvement
10 270 (13.06%) Coaching
11 257 (12.43%) Analytics
12 255 (12.33%) Infrastructure as Code
13 232 (11.22%) Roadmaps
14 207 (10.01%) Scrum
15 204 (9.86%) Artificial Intelligence
16 192 (9.28%) Computer Science
17 190 (9.19%) ITIL
18 186 (8.99%) Full-Stack Development
19 181 (8.75%) SDLC
20 166 (8.03%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 471 (22.78%) Python
2 465 (22.49%) JavaScript
3 452 (21.86%) C#
4 425 (20.55%) SQL
5 351 (16.97%) Java
6 215 (10.40%) PowerShell
7 171 (8.27%) TypeScript
8 147 (7.11%) Bash
9 58 (2.80%) Go
10 52 (2.51%) PHP
11 31 (1.50%) Kotlin
12 30 (1.45%) C++
13 27 (1.31%) Apex Code
13 27 (1.31%) Bicep
13 27 (1.31%) C
14 26 (1.26%) T-SQL
15 22 (1.06%) Groovy
16 18 (0.87%) Shell Script
17 15 (0.73%) Scala
17 15 (0.73%) X++
Qualifications
1 361 (17.46%) Degree
2 222 (10.74%) Security Cleared
3 151 (7.30%) Computer Science Degree
4 112 (5.42%) SC Cleared
5 79 (3.82%) DBS Check
6 72 (3.48%) Azure Certification
7 70 (3.38%) DV Cleared
8 65 (3.14%) AWS Certification
9 63 (3.05%) Master's Degree
10 30 (1.45%) BPSS Clearance
11 25 (1.21%) Microsoft Certification
12 21 (1.02%) PMI Certification
13 18 (0.87%) PhD
14 17 (0.82%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
15 15 (0.73%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
15 15 (0.73%) ISTQB
15 15 (0.73%) TOGAF Certification
16 14 (0.68%) Chartered Engineer
17 10 (0.48%) CISSP
18 9 (0.44%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 212 (10.25%) QA
2 82 (3.97%) GDPR
3 50 (2.42%) Data Quality
4 39 (1.89%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 35 (1.69%) NIST
6 33 (1.60%) Accessibility
7 30 (1.45%) Sarbanes-Oxley
8 24 (1.16%) NCSC
9 20 (0.97%) SLA
10 15 (0.73%) PCI DSS
11 14 (0.68%) ISO/IEC 12207
12 13 (0.63%) HIPAA
13 9 (0.44%) SOC 2
14 8 (0.39%) Basel III
14 8 (0.39%) IFRS
14 8 (0.39%) IFRS 9
15 7 (0.34%) Basel II
15 7 (0.34%) Dodd-Frank
16 6 (0.29%) Cyber Essentials
17 4 (0.19%) JSP 440
System Software
1 454 (21.95%) Docker
2 44 (2.13%) Active Directory
3 34 (1.64%) Virtual Machines
4 19 (0.92%) VMware Infrastructure
5 14 (0.68%) Hyper-V
6 9 (0.44%) Virtual Desktop
7 6 (0.29%) vSphere
8 5 (0.24%) Postfix
9 3 (0.15%) Dovecot
9 3 (0.15%) Firmware
10 2 (0.097%) KVM
10 2 (0.097%) NFS
10 2 (0.097%) Sendmail
10 2 (0.097%) VMware ESXi
11 1 (0.048%) HDFS
11 1 (0.048%) NDS
11 1 (0.048%) Oracle RAC
11 1 (0.048%) RACF
11 1 (0.048%) Slurm Workload Manager
11 1 (0.048%) Squid
Systems Management
1 471 (22.78%) Kubernetes
2 344 (16.63%) Terraform
3 145 (7.01%) Ansible
4 54 (2.61%) Grafana
5 44 (2.13%) Prometheus
6 24 (1.16%) Puppet
7 17 (0.82%) Progress Chef
8 16 (0.77%) Istio
9 14 (0.68%) Argo
10 11 (0.53%) Microsoft Intune
10 11 (0.53%) Nessus
11 9 (0.44%) Proxmox
12 8 (0.39%) AWS Copilot
13 7 (0.34%) Kibana
14 5 (0.24%) Nagios
14 5 (0.24%) Single Sign-On
15 4 (0.19%) CA Endevor
15 4 (0.19%) Control-M
15 4 (0.19%) Packer
15 4 (0.19%) Rancher
Vendors
1 428 (20.70%) Microsoft
2 146 (7.06%) Oracle
3 98 (4.74%) Google
4 79 (3.82%) IBM
5 64 (3.09%) ServiceNow
6 60 (2.90%) Databricks
7 51 (2.47%) Salesforce
8 46 (2.22%) VMware
9 43 (2.08%) Red Hat
10 27 (1.31%) OpenAI
11 23 (1.11%) SAP
12 21 (1.02%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
13 20 (0.97%) Atlassian
13 20 (0.97%) Informatica
14 18 (0.87%) Dynatrace
14 18 (0.87%) MuleSoft
14 18 (0.87%) Xamarin
15 16 (0.77%) Cisco
16 15 (0.73%) Adobe
17 13 (0.63%) Splunk