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 12 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 42 23 16
Rank change year-on-year -19 -7 -2
Permanent jobs citing DevOps 1,753 2,696 3,292
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 4.18% 7.50% 9.49%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 5.32% 8.43% 10.71%
Number of salaries quoted 1,165 1,513 2,568
10th Percentile £41,250 £41,250 £41,250
25th Percentile £50,000 £48,250 £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £63,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -0.79% +0.80% -
75th Percentile £78,750 £76,250 £75,000
90th Percentile £88,750 £87,500 £90,000
UK median annual salary £70,000 £70,000 £70,000

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 32,958 31,987 30,742
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 78.54% 88.93% 88.63%
Number of salaries quoted 18,919 14,386 22,914
10th Percentile £27,750 £31,250 £28,000
25th Percentile £33,500 £41,250 £38,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £52,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +5.77% -5.45%
75th Percentile £65,000 £70,000 £66,250
90th Percentile £80,000 £83,750 £80,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% - -4.00%

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 12 January 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 12 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
North of England -12 471 £65,000 +4.00% 337
South East -35 374 £65,000 -3.70% 442
Scotland +3 275 £67,500 +12.50% 59
Midlands -30 246 £63,500 +1.60% 178
South West -17 216 £60,000 -7.16% 178
North West -18 212 £65,000 - 147
Yorkshire -7 194 £60,000 +9.09% 145
West Midlands -28 179 £62,500 - 88
East of England -29 98 £67,500 +27.96% 159
North East +5 67 £52,500 -21.69% 46
East Midlands -20 62 £63,750 +8.51% 86
Wales -9 58 £57,500 -4.17% 60
Northern Ireland -6 22 £73,801 +6.48% 24
Channel Islands - 1 £90,000 -
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 45 (2.57%) Confluence
2 32 (1.83%) SharePoint
3 23 (1.31%) IIS
4 17 (0.97%) Oracle SOA Suite
5 16 (0.91%) Apache
5 16 (0.91%) Microsoft Exchange
6 12 (0.68%) CMS
7 11 (0.63%) Apache Airflow
7 11 (0.63%) Apache Spark
8 9 (0.51%) OpenStack
9 6 (0.34%) nginx
10 5 (0.29%) Camunda
11 4 (0.23%) Appian
12 3 (0.17%) Moodle
12 3 (0.17%) Oracle Workflow
12 3 (0.17%) WebSphere
13 2 (0.11%) Apache Solr
13 2 (0.11%) CICS
14 1 (0.057%) Apache Synapse
14 1 (0.057%) Headless CMS
Applications
1 33 (1.88%) Microsoft Excel
2 20 (1.14%) Microsoft Office
3 15 (0.86%) MS Visio
4 11 (0.63%) Microsoft Project
5 8 (0.46%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 4 (0.23%) Mozilla Thunderbird
7 3 (0.17%) Siemens NX
7 3 (0.17%) Trello
8 2 (0.11%) S-PLUS
8 2 (0.11%) Spreadsheet
9 1 (0.057%) Chatbot
9 1 (0.057%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 44 (2.51%) Dynamics CRM
2 42 (2.40%) Oracle ERP
3 13 (0.74%) SAP ERP
4 6 (0.34%) Markit EDM
4 6 (0.34%) Teamcenter
5 3 (0.17%) Shopify
6 2 (0.11%) Oracle EBS
6 2 (0.11%) Payment Gateway
6 2 (0.11%) SAP S/4HANA
7 1 (0.057%) Cognos Business Intelligence
7 1 (0.057%) Integrated Workplace Management System
7 1 (0.057%) Loan IQ
7 1 (0.057%) NEC Housing
7 1 (0.057%) NetSuite
7 1 (0.057%) Primavera
7 1 (0.057%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 1,076 (61.38%) Azure
2 604 (34.46%) Azure DevOps
3 579 (33.03%) AWS
4 304 (17.34%) GitHub
5 162 (9.24%) Power Platform
6 159 (9.07%) Serverless
7 154 (8.78%) SaaS
8 153 (8.73%) GCP
9 125 (7.13%) GitHub Actions
10 115 (6.56%) AWS CloudFormation
11 102 (5.82%) Entra ID
12 97 (5.53%) Amazon S3
13 93 (5.31%) AWS Lambda
14 89 (5.08%) Microsoft 365
15 82 (4.68%) Amazon ECS
16 79 (4.51%) dbt
17 78 (4.45%) PaaS
18 74 (4.22%) Snowflake
19 72 (4.11%) GitHub Copilot
20 67 (3.82%) Amazon CloudWatch
Communications & Networking
1 61 (3.48%) DNS
2 60 (3.42%) Firewall
3 32 (1.83%) VPN
4 31 (1.77%) TCP/IP
5 24 (1.37%) DHCP
6 20 (1.14%) SAN
6 20 (1.14%) WAN
7 19 (1.08%) HTTP
8 17 (0.97%) Broadband
9 16 (0.91%) Network Security
10 14 (0.80%) LAN
11 11 (0.63%) SD-WAN
11 11 (0.63%) VoIP
12 10 (0.57%) SSH
12 10 (0.57%) VLAN
12 10 (0.57%) Wi-Fi
13 9 (0.51%) FTP
13 9 (0.51%) SMTP
14 8 (0.46%) AMQP
14 8 (0.46%) BGP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 145 (8.27%) SQL Server
2 92 (5.25%) Power BI
3 87 (4.96%) PostgreSQL
4 76 (4.34%) Data Warehouse
5 65 (3.71%) NoSQL
6 52 (2.97%) DynamoDB
7 48 (2.74%) Amazon RDS
8 42 (2.40%) Azure SQL Database
9 40 (2.28%) Relational Database
10 35 (2.00%) Tableau
11 30 (1.71%) SQL Server Integration Services
12 28 (1.60%) Metadata
12 28 (1.60%) MySQL
13 27 (1.54%) Data Lake
14 26 (1.48%) Redis
15 24 (1.37%) Elasticsearch
15 24 (1.37%) MongoDB
16 19 (1.08%) SQL Server Reporting Services
17 15 (0.86%) Snowflake Schema
18 13 (0.74%) Amazon Redshift
Development Applications
1 212 (12.09%) Jenkins
2 187 (10.67%) Git
3 124 (7.07%) JIRA
4 117 (6.67%) GitLab
5 64 (3.65%) Selenium
6 48 (2.74%) SonarQube
7 41 (2.34%) Cypress.io
8 37 (2.11%) Oracle Forms
9 23 (1.31%) Cucumber
9 23 (1.31%) Maven
10 21 (1.20%) Robot Framework
10 21 (1.20%) Snyk
11 18 (1.03%) JUnit
12 15 (0.86%) JMeter
12 15 (0.86%) Octopus Deploy
12 15 (0.86%) TeamCity
13 13 (0.74%) Bitbucket
14 12 (0.68%) Postman
14 12 (0.68%) REST Assured
15 11 (0.63%) git-flow
General
1 467 (26.64%) Social Skills
2 426 (24.30%) Finance
3 182 (10.38%) Analytical Skills
4 79 (4.51%) Public Sector
5 73 (4.16%) Marketing
6 60 (3.42%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 54 (3.08%) Law
8 39 (2.22%) Retail
9 30 (1.71%) Manufacturing
10 29 (1.65%) Games
11 21 (1.20%) Financial Institution
12 20 (1.14%) Telecoms
13 19 (1.08%) Advertising
13 19 (1.08%) Legal
14 17 (0.97%) Banking
15 16 (0.91%) Billing
15 16 (0.91%) Organisational Skills
16 13 (0.74%) Documentation Skills
17 10 (0.57%) Presentation Skills
18 9 (0.51%) Aerospace
Job Titles
1 348 (19.85%) Senior
2 325 (18.54%) Developer
3 243 (13.86%) DevOps Engineer
4 212 (12.09%) Lead
5 136 (7.76%) Software Engineer
6 121 (6.90%) Cloud Engineer
7 117 (6.67%) Architect
8 88 (5.02%) Analyst
9 80 (4.56%) Azure Engineer
10 73 (4.16%) Platform Engineer
11 63 (3.59%) Full-Stack Developer
11 63 (3.59%) Senior Developer
12 62 (3.54%) Applications Engineer
13 56 (3.19%) .NET Developer
13 56 (3.19%) Support Engineer
14 54 (3.08%) Senior DevOps
15 51 (2.91%) Infrastructure Engineer
15 51 (2.91%) Senior DevOps Engineer
16 47 (2.68%) Senior Software Engineer
17 45 (2.57%) Lead DevOps
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 313 (17.86%) .NET
2 178 (10.15%) React
3 142 (8.10%) RESTful
4 109 (6.22%) REST
5 90 (5.13%) AngularJS
6 85 (4.85%) Node.js
7 81 (4.62%) Spring Boot
8 78 (4.45%) Spring
9 77 (4.39%) HTML
10 76 (4.34%) CSS
11 75 (4.28%) .NET Framework
12 72 (4.11%) SOAP
13 63 (3.59%) .NET Core
14 62 (3.54%) ASP.NET
15 55 (3.14%) OAuth
16 47 (2.68%) JSON
16 47 (2.68%) Lightning Web Components
17 41 (2.34%) Blazor
17 41 (2.34%) OAuth2
18 40 (2.28%) Vue
Miscellaneous
1 277 (15.80%) Cloud Native
2 165 (9.41%) Product Ownership
3 86 (4.91%) Enterprise Software
4 49 (2.80%) Distributed Systems
5 41 (2.34%) Legacy Systems
5 41 (2.34%) Onboarding
6 33 (1.88%) Mobile App
7 32 (1.83%) Management Information System
8 30 (1.71%) Low-Code
9 29 (1.65%) Analytical Mindset
10 23 (1.31%) Linux Command Line
11 22 (1.25%) IoT
12 21 (1.20%) Hybrid Cloud
13 19 (1.08%) Security Posture
14 18 (1.03%) Self-Motivation
15 16 (0.91%) Public Cloud
16 15 (0.86%) Data Centre
16 15 (0.86%) Manufacturing Execution System
17 14 (0.80%) Virtual Team
18 12 (0.68%) Data Protection Act
Operating Systems
1 147 (8.39%) Linux
2 139 (7.93%) Windows
3 43 (2.45%) Windows Server
4 30 (1.71%) VMS
5 23 (1.31%) Unix
6 19 (1.08%) Ubuntu
7 17 (0.97%) Android
8 16 (0.91%) Apple iOS
9 13 (0.74%) Windows Server 2012
9 13 (0.74%) Windows Server 2019
10 12 (0.68%) Debian
11 7 (0.40%) Amazon Linux
12 4 (0.23%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
13 3 (0.17%) CentOS
13 3 (0.17%) Mac OS
14 1 (0.057%) CoreOS
14 1 (0.057%) Windows 10
14 1 (0.057%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 957 (54.59%) CI/CD
2 850 (48.49%) Agile
3 405 (23.10%) Infrastructure as Code
4 371 (21.16%) Continuous Improvement
5 368 (20.99%) Problem-Solving
6 317 (18.08%) Mentoring
7 282 (16.09%) Coaching
8 281 (16.03%) Test Automation
9 275 (15.69%) Software Engineering
10 268 (15.29%) AI
11 223 (12.72%) Containerisation
12 214 (12.21%) Microservices
13 204 (11.64%) Observability
14 198 (11.29%) Asset Management
15 183 (10.44%) Scrum
16 175 (9.98%) Roadmaps
17 153 (8.73%) Clean Code
18 148 (8.44%) Analytics
19 146 (8.33%) Full-Stack Development
20 142 (8.10%) SDLC
Programming Languages
1 424 (24.19%) Python
2 417 (23.79%) SQL
3 271 (15.46%) C#
4 237 (13.52%) Java
5 195 (11.12%) JavaScript
6 189 (10.78%) PowerShell
7 142 (8.10%) TypeScript
8 128 (7.30%) Bash
9 80 (4.56%) Bicep
10 50 (2.85%) Apex Code
11 46 (2.62%) Go
12 41 (2.34%) Shell Script
13 38 (2.17%) PL/SQL
14 34 (1.94%) T-SQL
15 28 (1.60%) Groovy
16 24 (1.37%) C++
17 16 (0.91%) PHP
18 15 (0.86%) SOQL
18 15 (0.86%) SOSL
19 13 (0.74%) Data Analysis Expressions
Qualifications
1 193 (11.01%) Security Cleared
2 176 (10.04%) Degree
3 127 (7.24%) SC Cleared
4 94 (5.36%) Computer Science Degree
5 66 (3.76%) AWS Certification
6 65 (3.71%) DV Cleared
7 60 (3.42%) Azure Certification
8 28 (1.60%) ISTQB
8 28 (1.60%) Microsoft Certification
9 26 (1.48%) BPSS Clearance
10 20 (1.14%) Chartered Engineer
11 19 (1.08%) Master's Degree
12 18 (1.03%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
12 18 (1.03%) PMI Certification
13 17 (0.97%) PMP
14 16 (0.91%) AWS Certified Developer
14 16 (0.91%) Cisco Certification
15 13 (0.74%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
16 11 (0.63%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
17 10 (0.57%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 181 (10.33%) QA
2 59 (3.37%) Accessibility
3 37 (2.11%) GDPR
4 31 (1.77%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 28 (1.60%) Data Quality
6 24 (1.37%) NIST
7 20 (1.14%) ISO/IEC 12207
7 20 (1.14%) PMO
8 14 (0.80%) PCI DSS
9 12 (0.68%) NCSC
9 12 (0.68%) SLA
10 7 (0.40%) Cyber Essentials
10 7 (0.40%) WCAG
11 6 (0.34%) Software Quality Assurance
12 4 (0.23%) ISO 9001
13 3 (0.17%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
13 3 (0.17%) SOC 2
14 2 (0.11%) Def Stans
14 2 (0.11%) GRC
14 2 (0.11%) HIPAA
System Software
1 333 (19.00%) Docker
2 97 (5.53%) Active Directory
3 22 (1.25%) Virtual Machines
4 16 (0.91%) VMware ESXi
5 15 (0.86%) Virtual Desktop
5 15 (0.86%) VMware Infrastructure
6 8 (0.46%) vSphere
7 6 (0.34%) Firmware
8 5 (0.29%) Squid
8 5 (0.29%) VMware NSX
9 4 (0.23%) DFS Replication
9 4 (0.23%) Dovecot
9 4 (0.23%) Hyper-V
9 4 (0.23%) Kamailio
9 4 (0.23%) Postfix
9 4 (0.23%) Virtual Servers
10 2 (0.11%) RACF
11 1 (0.057%) Apache ZooKeeper
11 1 (0.057%) KVM
11 1 (0.057%) QEMU
Systems Management
1 473 (26.98%) Terraform
2 326 (18.60%) Kubernetes
3 135 (7.70%) Ansible
4 104 (5.93%) Grafana
5 85 (4.85%) Prometheus
6 46 (2.62%) Single Sign-On
7 39 (2.22%) Microsoft Intune
8 20 (1.14%) Argo
9 19 (1.08%) HP Fortify
9 19 (1.08%) SCCM
10 15 (0.86%) vCenter Server
11 10 (0.57%) AWS Copilot
12 8 (0.46%) Progress Chef
12 8 (0.46%) Puppet
13 6 (0.34%) Control-M
13 6 (0.34%) Docker Swarm
13 6 (0.34%) Nessus
14 5 (0.29%) Kibana
14 5 (0.29%) Proxmox
14 5 (0.29%) Rancher
Vendors
1 348 (19.85%) Microsoft
2 84 (4.79%) Salesforce
3 76 (4.34%) Oracle
4 47 (2.68%) Google
5 43 (2.45%) Splunk
6 42 (2.40%) VMware
7 33 (1.88%) Databricks
8 26 (1.48%) SAP
9 25 (1.43%) SolarWinds
10 23 (1.31%) Cisco
11 22 (1.25%) Okta
12 21 (1.20%) ServiceNow
13 19 (1.08%) Black Duck
13 19 (1.08%) Coverity
13 19 (1.08%) Veeam
14 18 (1.03%) Ab Initio
15 16 (0.91%) Red Hat
16 15 (0.86%) Xamarin
17 14 (0.80%) Fortinet
17 14 (0.80%) IBM