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 8 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
8 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 36 19 24
Rank change year-on-year -17 +5 -12
Permanent jobs citing DevOps 4,066 3,798 7,178
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 4.49% 8.75% 7.46%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 6.03% 9.37% 8.74%
Number of salaries quoted 2,871 2,532 5,330
10th Percentile £45,000 £45,000 £41,250
25th Percentile £55,544 £55,000 £51,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £70,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year - +7.69% -7.14%
75th Percentile £87,500 £90,000 £85,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £115,000 £101,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £65,000 £65,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year - +8.33% -2.79%

All Process & 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 67,484 40,549 82,082
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 74.46% 93.37% 85.36%
Number of salaries quoted 42,329 22,500 59,656
10th Percentile £30,000 £30,500 £29,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £42,000 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year - +9.09% -10.10%
75th Percentile £78,750 £80,000 £72,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £102,500 £92,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £52,500 £52,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year - +5.00% -9.09%

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 8 May 2026.

Salary histogram for DevOps in the UK

DevOps
Top 19 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 8 May 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
England -20 3,537 £72,500 +3.57% 1,358
UK excluding London -29 2,323 £65,000 - 989
Work from Home -7 1,485 £70,000 - 756
London -10 1,387 £82,500 - 547
North of England -11 779 £70,000 +3.70% 290
South East -29 499 £65,000 - 302
North West -1 388 £70,400 +1.02% 149
South West -18 334 £60,000 -7.69% 112
Midlands -34 304 £66,000 +10.00% 108
Yorkshire -9 266 £70,000 +2.94% 78
Scotland -11 184 £55,000 -22.26% 54
West Midlands -40 178 £62,500 +4.17% 56
East of England -17 139 £67,500 +3.85% 89
North East +6 125 £60,000 -7.69% 64
East Midlands -12 122 £70,000 +7.69% 52
Wales -14 75 £53,100 -5.68% 38
Northern Ireland -32 15 £84,401 +53.46% 15
Isle of Man +2 1 £35,000 - 1
Channel Islands - 1 £90,000 -

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 78 (1.92%) SharePoint
2 74 (1.82%) Confluence
3 53 (1.30%) Apache
3 53 (1.30%) Apache Airflow
4 47 (1.16%) Apache Spark
5 38 (0.93%) Microsoft Exchange
6 31 (0.76%) IIS
7 22 (0.54%) CMS
8 15 (0.37%) Palantir Foundry
9 13 (0.32%) OpenStack
9 13 (0.32%) SAS
10 11 (0.27%) Moodle
11 7 (0.17%) Anypoint
11 7 (0.17%) Apache Solr
11 7 (0.17%) nginx
11 7 (0.17%) Oracle SOA Suite
12 6 (0.15%) Sitecore CMS
12 6 (0.15%) Tomcat
12 6 (0.15%) WordPress
13 5 (0.12%) Umbraco
Applications
1 37 (0.91%) Microsoft Excel
2 26 (0.64%) MS Visio
3 23 (0.57%) Microsoft Project
4 13 (0.32%) Microsoft Office
5 11 (0.27%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 9 (0.22%) PlantUML
7 8 (0.20%) Chatbot
8 3 (0.074%) Adobe XD
8 3 (0.074%) Simulink
8 3 (0.074%) Spreadsheet
9 2 (0.049%) Trello
10 1 (0.025%) EngageOne
10 1 (0.025%) Maya
10 1 (0.025%) Sketch
Business Applications
1 60 (1.48%) Dynamics CRM
2 15 (0.37%) SAP ERP
3 14 (0.34%) Oracle ERP
4 12 (0.30%) Endur
5 8 (0.20%) SAP S/4HANA
6 7 (0.17%) Salesforce CRM
7 6 (0.15%) Dynamics AX
8 5 (0.12%) Visualfiles
9 4 (0.098%) Markit EDM
9 4 (0.098%) Shopify
10 3 (0.074%) Elite 3E
10 3 (0.074%) Oracle EBS
11 2 (0.049%) Distributed Ledger
11 2 (0.049%) Infor SunSystems
11 2 (0.049%) Magento
11 2 (0.049%) Workday HCM
12 1 (0.025%) Infor M3
12 1 (0.025%) Sage 200
12 1 (0.025%) SAP MII
12 1 (0.025%) Temenos T24
Cloud Services
1 2,185 (53.74%) Azure
2 1,330 (32.71%) AWS
3 1,051 (25.85%) Azure DevOps
4 499 (12.27%) GitHub
5 475 (11.68%) GCP
6 412 (10.13%) Serverless
7 331 (8.14%) Power Platform
8 275 (6.76%) GitHub Actions
9 249 (6.12%) SaaS
10 223 (5.48%) AWS CloudFormation
11 220 (5.41%) Amazon S3
12 211 (5.19%) AWS Lambda
13 168 (4.13%) Microsoft 365
14 157 (3.86%) Entra ID
15 150 (3.69%) PaaS
16 149 (3.66%) Azure Data Factory
17 135 (3.32%) Amazon EKS
18 131 (3.22%) Azure AKS
19 128 (3.15%) Amazon ECS
20 126 (3.10%) Azure Logic Apps
Communications & Networking
1 136 (3.34%) Firewall
2 89 (2.19%) DNS
3 64 (1.57%) Broadband
4 59 (1.45%) TCP/IP
5 50 (1.23%) VPN
6 44 (1.08%) Network Security
7 35 (0.86%) HTTP
8 34 (0.84%) WAN
9 26 (0.64%) DHCP
10 25 (0.61%) LAN
11 10 (0.25%) SAN
12 9 (0.22%) SSL
13 8 (0.20%) Wireless
14 7 (0.17%) BGP
14 7 (0.17%) HTTPS
15 6 (0.15%) Cisco ASA
15 6 (0.15%) Internet
16 5 (0.12%) SD-WAN
17 4 (0.098%) AMQP
17 4 (0.098%) Multicast
Database & Business Intelligence
1 243 (5.98%) SQL Server
2 204 (5.02%) NoSQL
3 187 (4.60%) Power BI
4 142 (3.49%) PostgreSQL
5 126 (3.10%) MongoDB
6 117 (2.88%) Azure SQL Database
7 111 (2.73%) DynamoDB
8 96 (2.36%) Data Warehouse
9 95 (2.34%) Data Lake
10 88 (2.16%) Amazon RDS
11 82 (2.02%) Relational Database
12 67 (1.65%) Metadata
12 67 (1.65%) MySQL
13 56 (1.38%) Elasticsearch
14 41 (1.01%) BigQuery
15 40 (0.98%) Amazon Athena
16 37 (0.91%) Delta Lake
17 34 (0.84%) Amazon Redshift
18 33 (0.81%) Tableau
19 32 (0.79%) Big Data
Development Applications
1 442 (10.87%) Git
2 392 (9.64%) Jenkins
3 355 (8.73%) GitLab
4 259 (6.37%) JIRA
5 106 (2.61%) SonarQube
6 86 (2.12%) Cypress.io
7 81 (1.99%) Selenium
8 64 (1.57%) Maven
9 45 (1.11%) Bitbucket
10 44 (1.08%) Postman
11 36 (0.89%) CircleCI
12 35 (0.86%) Cucumber
13 31 (0.76%) TeamCity
14 26 (0.64%) Eclipse
15 25 (0.61%) JMeter
16 24 (0.59%) JUnit
17 23 (0.57%) Visual Studio
18 22 (0.54%) Visual Studio Code
19 20 (0.49%) Octopus Deploy
20 19 (0.47%) Jaeger
General
1 908 (22.33%) Finance
2 886 (21.79%) Social Skills
3 371 (9.12%) Analytical Skills
4 241 (5.93%) Public Sector
5 239 (5.88%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 215 (5.29%) Banking
7 128 (3.15%) Law
7 128 (3.15%) Retail
8 107 (2.63%) Marketing
9 77 (1.89%) Legal
10 74 (1.82%) Games
11 63 (1.55%) Telecoms
12 48 (1.18%) Manufacturing
13 42 (1.03%) Advertising
14 39 (0.96%) Presentation Skills
15 38 (0.93%) Influencing Skills
16 34 (0.84%) Billing
17 33 (0.81%) Financial Institution
18 27 (0.66%) Front Office
19 26 (0.64%) Back Office
Job Titles
1 849 (20.88%) DevOps Engineer
2 840 (20.66%) Senior
3 690 (16.97%) Developer
4 599 (14.73%) Lead
5 346 (8.51%) Architect
6 289 (7.11%) Azure Engineer
7 278 (6.84%) Software Engineer
8 255 (6.27%) Cloud Engineer
9 204 (5.02%) Senior DevOps
10 181 (4.45%) Senior Developer
11 173 (4.25%) Senior DevOps Engineer
12 164 (4.03%) Data Engineer
13 150 (3.69%) Solutions Architect
14 148 (3.64%) Azure DevOps Engineer
15 146 (3.59%) AWS Engineer
16 138 (3.39%) Platform Engineer
17 132 (3.25%) Java Developer
17 132 (3.25%) Lead DevOps
18 117 (2.88%) Full-Stack Developer
19 109 (2.68%) Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 458 (11.26%) .NET
2 352 (8.66%) React
3 274 (6.74%) REST
4 236 (5.80%) Node.js
5 235 (5.78%) RESTful
6 174 (4.28%) Spring Boot
7 159 (3.91%) Kafka
8 155 (3.81%) Spring
9 151 (3.71%) CSS
10 143 (3.52%) AngularJS
10 143 (3.52%) HTML
11 129 (3.17%) SOAP
12 124 (3.05%) .NET Core
13 115 (2.83%) ASP.NET
14 109 (2.68%) OAuth
15 108 (2.66%) Middleware
16 96 (2.36%) Elastic Stack
17 91 (2.24%) JSON
17 91 (2.24%) PySpark
18 85 (2.09%) .NET Framework
Miscellaneous
1 552 (13.58%) Cloud Native
2 280 (6.89%) Product Ownership
3 138 (3.39%) Distributed Systems
4 123 (3.03%) Enterprise Software
5 87 (2.14%) Legacy Systems
6 80 (1.97%) Management Information System
7 69 (1.70%) Hybrid Cloud
8 57 (1.40%) Mobile App
9 56 (1.38%) Onboarding
10 55 (1.35%) Public Cloud
11 54 (1.33%) Low-Code
12 53 (1.30%) Self-Motivation
13 49 (1.21%) Algorithms
14 48 (1.18%) Data Centre
15 45 (1.11%) Analytical Mindset
16 44 (1.08%) Data Structures
17 31 (0.76%) Security Posture
18 29 (0.71%) AI Agents
19 28 (0.69%) Greenfield Project
19 28 (0.69%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 406 (9.99%) Linux
2 199 (4.89%) Windows
3 82 (2.02%) Unix
4 74 (1.82%) Windows Server
5 47 (1.16%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 37 (0.91%) Ubuntu
7 31 (0.76%) VMS
8 28 (0.69%) Android
8 28 (0.69%) CentOS
9 23 (0.57%) Apple iOS
10 9 (0.22%) Windows Server 2019
11 7 (0.17%) Debian
11 7 (0.17%) Windows Server 2012
12 5 (0.12%) Windows Server 2016
13 4 (0.098%) Kali Linux
14 3 (0.074%) Rocky
15 2 (0.049%) Amazon Linux
15 2 (0.049%) Embedded Linux
16 1 (0.025%) SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
16 1 (0.025%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 2,068 (50.86%) CI/CD
2 1,447 (35.59%) Agile
3 988 (24.30%) Infrastructure as Code
4 746 (18.35%) Continuous Improvement
5 713 (17.54%) Problem-Solving
6 655 (16.11%) Mentoring
7 647 (15.91%) Software Engineering
8 617 (15.17%) AI
9 583 (14.34%) Test Automation
10 558 (13.72%) Containerisation
11 541 (13.31%) Microservices
12 461 (11.34%) Observability
13 442 (10.87%) Roadmaps
14 425 (10.45%) Analytics
15 387 (9.52%) Scrum
16 378 (9.30%) Full-Stack Development
17 368 (9.05%) Platform Engineering
18 340 (8.36%) Technical Leadership
19 315 (7.75%) Data Modelling
20 298 (7.33%) Coaching
Programming Languages
1 1,036 (25.48%) Python
2 753 (18.52%) SQL
3 562 (13.82%) Java
4 447 (10.99%) C#
5 411 (10.11%) JavaScript
6 350 (8.61%) Bash
7 313 (7.70%) TypeScript
8 256 (6.30%) PowerShell
9 159 (3.91%) Go
10 116 (2.85%) Bicep
11 99 (2.43%) C++
12 86 (2.12%) Apex Code
13 55 (1.35%) Groovy
14 50 (1.23%) PHP
15 42 (1.03%) Scala
15 42 (1.03%) SOQL
15 42 (1.03%) SOSL
16 30 (0.74%) Kotlin
17 29 (0.71%) Rust
18 28 (0.69%) C
Qualifications
1 560 (13.77%) Security Cleared
2 429 (10.55%) Degree
3 334 (8.21%) SC Cleared
4 187 (4.60%) Computer Science Degree
5 146 (3.59%) DV Cleared
6 118 (2.90%) AWS Certification
7 94 (2.31%) Azure Certification
8 82 (2.02%) Master's Degree
9 52 (1.28%) ISTQB
10 43 (1.06%) Microsoft Certification
11 34 (0.84%) DBS Check
11 34 (0.84%) ITIL Certification
12 30 (0.74%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
13 29 (0.71%) PMI Certification
14 28 (0.69%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
15 27 (0.66%) CISSP
16 21 (0.52%) BPSS Clearance
17 20 (0.49%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
17 20 (0.49%) PMP
18 19 (0.47%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 335 (8.24%) QA
2 162 (3.98%) Data Quality
3 118 (2.90%) Accessibility
4 107 (2.63%) GDPR
5 75 (1.84%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 58 (1.43%) NIST
7 46 (1.13%) GRC
8 39 (0.96%) SOC 2
9 34 (0.84%) PCI DSS
10 22 (0.54%) WCAG
11 21 (0.52%) SLA
12 14 (0.34%) NCSC
13 12 (0.30%) Cyber Essentials
13 12 (0.30%) TickIT
14 11 (0.27%) PMO
15 7 (0.17%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
15 7 (0.17%) Sarbanes-Oxley
15 7 (0.17%) Software Quality Assurance
15 7 (0.17%) Solvency II
16 6 (0.15%) ISO/IEC 12207
System Software
1 703 (17.29%) Docker
2 148 (3.64%) Active Directory
3 50 (1.23%) VMware Infrastructure
4 33 (0.81%) Virtual Machines
5 16 (0.39%) Hyper-V
5 16 (0.39%) vSphere
6 12 (0.30%) Firmware
7 7 (0.17%) VMware ESXi
8 4 (0.098%) iptables
8 4 (0.098%) Slurm Workload Manager
8 4 (0.098%) VMware NSX
9 3 (0.074%) Microsoft Virtual Server
9 3 (0.074%) Virtual Servers
10 2 (0.049%) Embedded Firmware
10 2 (0.049%) KVM
10 2 (0.049%) Virtual Desktop
11 1 (0.025%) Citrix Hypervisor
11 1 (0.025%) OpenAM
11 1 (0.025%) OpenIDM
11 1 (0.025%) vCloud
Systems Management
1 1,030 (25.33%) Terraform
2 764 (18.79%) Kubernetes
3 379 (9.32%) Ansible
4 221 (5.44%) Grafana
5 187 (4.60%) Prometheus
6 78 (1.92%) Argo
7 50 (1.23%) Puppet
8 42 (1.03%) HP Fortify
9 36 (0.89%) Microsoft Intune
10 35 (0.86%) Single Sign-On
11 34 (0.84%) Nagios
12 22 (0.54%) Kibana
13 19 (0.47%) Kustomize
14 17 (0.42%) Rancher
15 15 (0.37%) Istio
15 15 (0.37%) Progress Chef
16 14 (0.34%) Packer
17 11 (0.27%) logstash
18 10 (0.25%) Proxmox
19 9 (0.22%) yum
Vendors
1 756 (18.59%) Microsoft
2 160 (3.94%) Databricks
3 155 (3.81%) Salesforce
4 147 (3.62%) Google
5 88 (2.16%) Splunk
6 85 (2.09%) VMware
7 83 (2.04%) Oracle
8 80 (1.97%) Red Hat
9 73 (1.80%) ServiceNow
10 53 (1.30%) SAP
11 47 (1.16%) MuleSoft
12 33 (0.81%) Palo Alto
13 30 (0.74%) Cisco
14 27 (0.66%) OpenAI
15 25 (0.61%) Dynatrace
15 25 (0.61%) Pega
16 24 (0.59%) Adobe
17 20 (0.49%) CrowdStrike
17 20 (0.49%) IBM
17 20 (0.49%) Okta