DevOps Job Trends

DevOps
UK

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs requiring DevOps skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 19 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
19 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 30 21 13
Rank change year-on-year -9 -8 -1
Permanent jobs citing DevOps 3,340 5,045 6,246
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 6.31% 7.52% 11.98%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 7.36% 9.01% 12.78%
Number of salaries quoted 2,278 3,016 5,097
10th Percentile £45,000 £43,454 £45,000
25th Percentile £55,000 £53,750 £55,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £70,000 £70,000
75th Percentile £85,700 £87,500 £88,750
90th Percentile £105,000 £110,000 £110,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £62,500 £62,783 £62,500
% change year-on-year -0.45% +0.45% +1.79%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

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.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 45,394 56,021 48,891
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 85.81% 83.52% 93.81%
Number of salaries quoted 27,423 29,005 37,472
10th Percentile £28,250 £34,404 £32,500
25th Percentile £36,128 £45,000 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% - -
75th Percentile £75,000 £80,000 £80,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £97,500 £98,475
UK excluding London median annual salary £47,500 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -13.64% +4.76% -

DevOps
Job Vacancy Trend

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

DevOps job vacancy trend in the UK

DevOps
Salary Trend

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing DevOps.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing DevOps

DevOps
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing DevOps over the 6 months to 19 November 2025.

Salary histogram for DevOps in the UK

DevOps
Top 18 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing DevOps within the UK over the 6 months to 19 November 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
England -13 2,869 £70,000 - 2,706
UK excluding London -15 1,787 £62,500 -0.45% 1,583
Work from Home -7 1,312 £69,750 +3.33% 1,584
London -3 1,311 £80,500 -2.42% 1,380
North of England -26 472 £65,000 +4.00% 417
South East -22 436 £65,000 -3.70% 475
Midlands -3 291 £63,000 +0.75% 189
North West -23 245 £65,000 +4.00% 257
Scotland -8 244 £67,500 +12.50% 121
West Midlands +6 227 £65,000 - 131
South West -24 172 £60,000 -7.69% 208
Yorkshire -16 163 £60,000 -4.00% 110
East of England -28 99 £65,000 +30.00% 113
North East -1 66 £51,250 -11.58% 51
Wales -6 63 £55,200 +0.36% 58
East Midlands -8 62 £57,500 -4.17% 57
Northern Ireland +8 20 £77,217 +11.41% 32
Isle of Man +8 1 £52,500 +45.83%

DevOps
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities 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
1 114 (3.41%) Confluence
2 81 (2.43%) Apache Spark
3 66 (1.98%) Apache
4 59 (1.77%) SharePoint
5 58 (1.74%) Apache Airflow
6 42 (1.26%) IIS
7 34 (1.02%) Microsoft Exchange
8 32 (0.96%) nginx
9 24 (0.72%) CMS
10 15 (0.45%) Appian
11 13 (0.39%) Oracle SOA Suite
12 6 (0.18%) JBoss
12 6 (0.18%) OpenStack
12 6 (0.18%) Tomcat
13 5 (0.15%) Adobe Experience Manager
13 5 (0.15%) WebSphere
14 4 (0.12%) BizTalk Server
14 4 (0.12%) Camunda
14 4 (0.12%) Oracle Workflow
14 4 (0.12%) Traefik
Applications
1 51 (1.53%) Microsoft Excel
2 42 (1.26%) Microsoft Office
3 17 (0.51%) Microsoft Project
4 13 (0.39%) MS Visio
5 9 (0.27%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 7 (0.21%) Mozilla Thunderbird
7 6 (0.18%) Trello
8 4 (0.12%) PlantUML
8 4 (0.12%) Spreadsheet
9 3 (0.090%) Siemens NX
9 3 (0.090%) S-PLUS
10 2 (0.060%) Adobe XD
10 2 (0.060%) Chatbot
10 2 (0.060%) Sketch
11 1 (0.030%) Adobe Illustrator
11 1 (0.030%) Maya
11 1 (0.030%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 71 (2.13%) Dynamics CRM
2 30 (0.90%) Oracle ERP
3 25 (0.75%) SAP S/4HANA
4 13 (0.39%) Dynamics NAV
5 11 (0.33%) Shopify
6 8 (0.24%) SAP FS
7 7 (0.21%) Endur
8 6 (0.18%) Teamcenter
9 5 (0.15%) Payment Gateway
10 4 (0.12%) SAP IBP
10 4 (0.12%) SAP MII
10 4 (0.12%) SAP MM
10 4 (0.12%) SAP PP
11 3 (0.090%) Dynamics AX
11 3 (0.090%) SAP CX
12 2 (0.060%) Elite 3E
12 2 (0.060%) Markit EDM
12 2 (0.060%) Oracle BPM
12 2 (0.060%) Salesforce CRM
12 2 (0.060%) SAP ERP
Cloud Services
1 1,944 (58.20%) Azure
2 1,179 (35.30%) AWS
3 993 (29.73%) Azure DevOps
4 491 (14.70%) GitHub
5 393 (11.77%) GCP
6 341 (10.21%) Power Platform
7 305 (9.13%) SaaS
8 294 (8.80%) Serverless
9 228 (6.83%) GitHub Actions
10 190 (5.69%) PaaS
11 155 (4.64%) AWS CloudFormation
12 150 (4.49%) Amazon S3
12 150 (4.49%) Dynamics 365
13 134 (4.01%) Amazon CloudWatch
14 133 (3.98%) AWS Lambda
15 132 (3.95%) Microsoft 365
16 126 (3.77%) Entra ID
17 114 (3.41%) Amazon EKS
18 105 (3.14%) Amazon ECS
18 105 (3.14%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 136 (4.07%) Firewall
2 106 (3.17%) DNS
3 70 (2.10%) TCP/IP
4 63 (1.89%) VPN
4 63 (1.89%) WAN
5 55 (1.65%) Network Security
6 47 (1.41%) LAN
7 44 (1.32%) HTTP
8 29 (0.87%) DHCP
9 26 (0.78%) SSH
10 25 (0.75%) SMTP
11 23 (0.69%) SAN
12 22 (0.66%) Broadband
12 22 (0.66%) FTP
12 22 (0.66%) Wi-Fi
13 20 (0.60%) BGP
14 14 (0.42%) SD-WAN
14 14 (0.42%) SSL
14 14 (0.42%) Wireless
15 13 (0.39%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 326 (9.76%) SQL Server
2 194 (5.81%) Power BI
3 161 (4.82%) Data Warehouse
4 159 (4.76%) NoSQL
5 144 (4.31%) PostgreSQL
6 103 (3.08%) Amazon RDS
7 102 (3.05%) Relational Database
8 85 (2.54%) Azure SQL Database
9 76 (2.28%) Data Lake
10 67 (2.01%) Big Data
11 66 (1.98%) SQL Server Integration Services
12 57 (1.71%) Amazon Redshift
13 56 (1.68%) MongoDB
14 55 (1.65%) Tableau
15 53 (1.59%) DynamoDB
15 53 (1.59%) MySQL
16 51 (1.53%) Elasticsearch
17 48 (1.44%) Metadata
18 40 (1.20%) Redis
19 38 (1.14%) BigQuery
Development Applications
1 426 (12.75%) Git
2 346 (10.36%) Jenkins
3 293 (8.77%) JIRA
4 185 (5.54%) GitLab
5 98 (2.93%) Selenium
6 50 (1.50%) SonarQube
6 50 (1.50%) TeamCity
7 49 (1.47%) Octopus Deploy
8 45 (1.35%) Bitbucket
8 45 (1.35%) Cypress.io
9 38 (1.14%) Cucumber
10 35 (1.05%) Postman
11 33 (0.99%) Vagrant
12 32 (0.96%) JMeter
12 32 (0.96%) JUnit
13 28 (0.84%) Snyk
13 28 (0.84%) Sonatype Nexus
14 27 (0.81%) Artifactory
14 27 (0.81%) Robot Framework
14 27 (0.81%) Visual Studio
General
1 982 (29.40%) Social Skills
2 893 (26.74%) Finance
3 362 (10.84%) Analytical Skills
4 261 (7.81%) Law
5 205 (6.14%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 172 (5.15%) Banking
7 159 (4.76%) Public Sector
8 154 (4.61%) Retail
9 152 (4.55%) Marketing
10 72 (2.16%) Presentation Skills
11 69 (2.07%) Games
12 61 (1.83%) Manufacturing
13 60 (1.80%) Financial Institution
14 58 (1.74%) Legal
14 58 (1.74%) Telecoms
15 46 (1.38%) Back Office
16 42 (1.26%) Documentation Skills
17 32 (0.96%) Front Office
17 32 (0.96%) Influencing Skills
18 26 (0.78%) Advertising
Job Titles
1 637 (19.07%) Senior
2 599 (17.93%) Developer
3 471 (14.10%) Lead
4 438 (13.11%) DevOps Engineer
5 316 (9.46%) Architect
6 243 (7.28%) Software Engineer
7 195 (5.84%) Cloud Engineer
8 172 (5.15%) Senior Developer
9 150 (4.49%) Analyst
10 145 (4.34%) Data Engineer
11 134 (4.01%) Solutions Architect
12 130 (3.89%) Azure Engineer
13 127 (3.80%) Platform Engineer
14 106 (3.17%) Full-Stack Developer
15 102 (3.05%) AWS Engineer
16 95 (2.84%) Infrastructure Engineer
17 91 (2.72%) .NET Developer
17 91 (2.72%) Senior DevOps
18 80 (2.40%) Support Engineer
19 78 (2.34%) Senior DevOps Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 545 (16.32%) .NET
2 339 (10.15%) React
3 227 (6.80%) RESTful
4 222 (6.65%) REST
5 174 (5.21%) CSS
6 172 (5.15%) HTML
7 171 (5.12%) Kafka
8 141 (4.22%) .NET Framework
9 136 (4.07%) Node.js
10 130 (3.89%) AngularJS
10 130 (3.89%) Spring
11 114 (3.41%) Spring Boot
12 106 (3.17%) .NET Core
13 101 (3.02%) Middleware
14 96 (2.87%) YAML
15 86 (2.57%) ASP.NET
16 82 (2.46%) JSON
17 79 (2.37%) SOAP
18 70 (2.10%) Elastic Stack
19 66 (1.98%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 492 (14.73%) Cloud Native
2 264 (7.90%) Product Ownership
3 124 (3.71%) Management Information System
4 121 (3.62%) Distributed Systems
5 101 (3.02%) Enterprise Software
6 91 (2.72%) Onboarding
7 90 (2.69%) Legacy Systems
8 81 (2.43%) Hybrid Cloud
9 62 (1.86%) Data Centre
10 59 (1.77%) Public Cloud
11 57 (1.71%) Algorithms
12 50 (1.50%) Security Posture
13 48 (1.44%) Analytical Mindset
13 48 (1.44%) Low-Code
14 46 (1.38%) Mobile App
15 45 (1.35%) Virtual Team
16 44 (1.32%) Greenfield Project
17 38 (1.14%) Self-Motivation
18 34 (1.02%) IoT
19 31 (0.93%) Linux Command Line
Operating Systems
1 366 (10.96%) Linux
2 278 (8.32%) Windows
3 82 (2.46%) Windows Server
4 63 (1.89%) Unix
5 62 (1.86%) VMS
6 51 (1.53%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 30 (0.90%) Android
8 28 (0.84%) Ubuntu
9 24 (0.72%) Apple iOS
9 24 (0.72%) Windows Server 2019
10 20 (0.60%) Amazon Linux
11 17 (0.51%) CentOS
11 17 (0.51%) Debian
12 14 (0.42%) Windows Server 2012
13 8 (0.24%) Windows Server 2016
14 5 (0.15%) Mac OS
15 2 (0.060%) AIX
15 2 (0.060%) Solaris
15 2 (0.060%) SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
15 2 (0.060%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 1,745 (52.25%) CI/CD
2 1,515 (45.36%) Agile
3 762 (22.81%) Infrastructure as Code
4 727 (21.77%) Problem-Solving
5 614 (18.38%) Continuous Improvement
6 588 (17.60%) Mentoring
7 551 (16.50%) AI
8 533 (15.96%) Software Engineering
9 509 (15.24%) Test Automation
10 505 (15.12%) Microservices
11 480 (14.37%) Containerisation
12 384 (11.50%) Roadmaps
13 377 (11.29%) Analytics
14 341 (10.21%) Computer Science
14 341 (10.21%) Scrum
15 323 (9.67%) Observability
16 320 (9.58%) Coaching
17 311 (9.31%) SDLC
18 285 (8.53%) Machine Learning
19 282 (8.44%) Migration
Programming Languages
1 984 (29.46%) Python
2 772 (23.11%) SQL
3 542 (16.23%) C#
4 422 (12.63%) Java
5 412 (12.34%) PowerShell
6 369 (11.05%) JavaScript
7 262 (7.84%) Bash
8 260 (7.78%) TypeScript
9 131 (3.92%) Bicep
10 115 (3.44%) Go
11 68 (2.04%) T-SQL
12 55 (1.65%) Groovy
13 54 (1.62%) Apex Code
14 45 (1.35%) Shell Script
15 44 (1.32%) C++
16 43 (1.29%) PHP
17 35 (1.05%) PL/SQL
18 34 (1.02%) Scala
19 29 (0.87%) Perl
20 23 (0.69%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 492 (14.73%) Degree
2 364 (10.90%) Security Cleared
3 266 (7.96%) Computer Science Degree
4 259 (7.75%) SC Cleared
5 170 (5.09%) Azure Certification
6 121 (3.62%) Master's Degree
7 119 (3.56%) AWS Certification
8 96 (2.87%) DV Cleared
9 68 (2.04%) Microsoft Certification
10 52 (1.56%) ISTQB
11 49 (1.47%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
12 40 (1.20%) BPSS Clearance
12 40 (1.20%) Cisco Certification
13 32 (0.96%) PhD
14 29 (0.87%) CISSP
15 27 (0.81%) CCNP
16 26 (0.78%) TOGAF Certification
17 25 (0.75%) Chartered Engineer
18 23 (0.69%) ISEB
19 21 (0.63%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 362 (10.84%) QA
2 135 (4.04%) GDPR
2 135 (4.04%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 101 (3.02%) Accessibility
4 91 (2.72%) Data Quality
5 83 (2.49%) NIST
6 41 (1.23%) NCSC
7 31 (0.93%) SLA
8 28 (0.84%) PMO
9 27 (0.81%) PCI DSS
9 27 (0.81%) Sarbanes-Oxley
10 25 (0.75%) ISO/IEC 12207
11 19 (0.57%) Cyber Essentials
12 18 (0.54%) ISO 9001
13 17 (0.51%) SOC 2
14 16 (0.48%) HIPAA
15 15 (0.45%) WCAG
16 13 (0.39%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
17 11 (0.33%) Software Quality Assurance
18 8 (0.24%) Solvency II
System Software
1 662 (19.82%) Docker
2 149 (4.46%) Active Directory
3 85 (2.54%) VMware Infrastructure
4 59 (1.77%) Virtual Machines
5 28 (0.84%) vSphere
6 22 (0.66%) DFS Replication
7 19 (0.57%) NFS
7 19 (0.57%) VMware ESXi
8 18 (0.54%) Virtual Desktop
9 13 (0.39%) Postfix
10 9 (0.27%) HDFS
10 9 (0.27%) Hyper-V
10 9 (0.27%) Squid
11 8 (0.24%) Dovecot
12 7 (0.21%) Firmware
13 5 (0.15%) Kamailio
14 4 (0.12%) Virtual Servers
14 4 (0.12%) VMware NSX
15 3 (0.090%) RACF
15 3 (0.090%) vCloud
Systems Management
1 860 (25.75%) Terraform
2 757 (22.66%) Kubernetes
3 346 (10.36%) Ansible
4 223 (6.68%) Grafana
5 193 (5.78%) Prometheus
6 45 (1.35%) Microsoft Intune
7 40 (1.20%) Single Sign-On
8 34 (1.02%) Argo
9 21 (0.63%) Puppet
10 18 (0.54%) SCCM
11 17 (0.51%) Kibana
12 16 (0.48%) Progress Chef
13 13 (0.39%) Red Hat Satellite
14 12 (0.36%) AWS Copilot
14 12 (0.36%) vCenter Server
15 11 (0.33%) Docker Swarm
16 9 (0.27%) Nessus
17 8 (0.24%) Kubeflow
17 8 (0.24%) Proxmox
18 7 (0.21%) Rancher
Vendors
1 720 (21.56%) Microsoft
2 147 (4.40%) Databricks
3 130 (3.89%) Google
4 122 (3.65%) VMware
5 121 (3.62%) Salesforce
6 119 (3.56%) Oracle
7 93 (2.78%) ServiceNow
8 79 (2.37%) Splunk
9 75 (2.25%) Red Hat
10 70 (2.10%) Cisco
11 63 (1.89%) SAP
12 43 (1.29%) Guidewire
13 39 (1.17%) OpenAI
14 34 (1.02%) SolarWinds
15 33 (0.99%) IBM
16 29 (0.87%) Palo Alto
17 25 (0.75%) Commvault
17 25 (0.75%) Fortinet
18 24 (0.72%) MuleSoft
19 23 (0.69%) Black Duck