Site Reliability Engineer Job Trends
Site Reliability Engineer (SRE)
UK
The median Site Reliability Engineer (SRE) salary in the UK is £80,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 15 November 2026.
The table below compares current salary benchmarking and summary statistics with the previous two years.
| 6 months to 15 Nov 2026 |
Same period 2025 | Same period 2024 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 655 | 594 | 618 |
| Rank change year-on-year | -61 | +24 | -49 |
| Permanent Site Reliability Engineer jobs | 171 | 75 | 135 |
| As % of all permanent jobs in the UK | 0.14% | 0.14% | 0.20% |
| As % of the Job Titles category | 0.15% | 0.16% | 0.21% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 124 | 46 | 118 |
| 10th Percentile | £61,325 | £46,875 | £64,250 |
| 25th Percentile | £67,500 | £65,313 | £70,625 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £80,000 | £73,801 | £77,500 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +8.40% | -4.77% | +3.33% |
| 75th Percentile | - | £85,000 | £105,000 |
| 90th Percentile | £94,700 | £106,250 | £117,000 |
| UK excluding London median annual salary | £80,000 | £73,151 | £75,000 |
| % change year-on-year | +9.36% | -2.47% | +15.38% |
All Permanent IT Job Roles
UK
For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job adverts matching a recognised job title. The table also shows what proportion of all permanent IT job adverts they make up.
| 6 months to 15 Nov 2026 |
Same period 2025 | Same period 2024 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Permanent job adverts in the UK matching a recognised job title | 112,497 | 47,406 | 64,244 |
| % of permanent job adverts matching a recognised job title | 91.76% | 89.97% | 94.75% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 74,124 | 29,520 | 36,140 |
| 10th Percentile | £31,250 | £28,250 | £31,492 |
| 25th Percentile | £41,788 | £35,000 | £42,500 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £60,000 | £52,500 | £57,500 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +14.29% | -8.70% | -4.17% |
| 75th Percentile | £76,832 | £73,750 | £75,000 |
| 90th Percentile | £98,750 | £92,500 | £95,000 |
| UK excluding London median annual salary | £55,000 | £47,000 | £50,500 |
| % change year-on-year | +17.02% | -6.93% | -3.81% |
Site Reliability Engineer Job Vacancy Trend
Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent Site Reliability Engineer job postings relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised.
Site Reliability Engineer Salary Trend
Salary distribution trend for Site Reliability Engineer job vacancies in the UK.
Site Reliability Engineer Salary Histogram
Salary distribution for Site Reliability Engineer jobs over the 6 months to 15 November 2026.
Site Reliability Engineer Top 17 Job Locations
The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in Site Reliability Engineer jobs within the UK over the 6 months to 15 November 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 |
Job Ads Past 6 Months |
Median Salary Past 6 Months |
Median Salary % Change on Same Period Last Year |
Live Jobs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| England | -107 | 127 | £76,661 | +3.88% | 205 |
| UK excluding London | -111 | 114 | £80,000 | +9.36% | 95 |
| London | -53 | 49 | £80,000 | -5.88% | 109 |
| Work from Home | -84 | 47 | £71,991 | -2.45% | 96 |
| North of England | -67 | 40 | £80,000 | +14.29% | 31 |
| North West | -60 | 25 | £71,991 | +79.98% | 18 |
| Scotland | +9 | 22 | £80,000 | +8.40% | 6 |
| South East | -59 | 14 | £70,000 | -3.45% | 18 |
| Midlands | -61 | 12 | £80,000 | +11.26% | 17 |
| West Midlands | -48 | 10 | £80,000 | +11.26% | 12 |
| North East | -61 | 9 | £80,000 | +8.40% | |
| South West | -72 | 8 | £75,000 | -16.67% | 15 |
| Wales | -73 | 8 | £80,000 | +15.27% | |
| Yorkshire | -42 | 6 | £62,500 | -10.71% | 13 |
| Northern Ireland | -71 | 6 | £80,000 | +8.40% | 4 |
| East of England | -58 | 5 | £90,000 | +33.33% | 7 |
| East Midlands | - | 2 | £75,000 | - | 5 |
Site Reliability Engineer Skill Set Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities
For the 6 months to 15 November 2026, Site Reliability Engineer job ads cited the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent Site Reliability Engineer job ads.
| Rank | Skill | Share | Job Ads |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Site Reliability Engineering | 93.6% | 160 |
| 2 | Python | 59.6% | 102 |
| 3 | Observability | 49.7% | 85 |
| 4 | Software Engineering | 42.7% | 73 |
| 5 | Azure | 38.6% | 66 |
| 6 | Infrastructure as Code | 38.0% | 65 |
| 7 | Terraform | 36.3% | 62 |
| 8 | AWS | 35.7% | 61 |
| 9 | DevOps | 32.7% | 56 |
| 10 | CI/CD | 29.8% | 51 |
| 11 | GCP | 26.9% | 46 |
| 12 | Continuous Improvement | 25.7% | 44 |
| 13 | Datadog | 22.8% | 39 |
| 14 | Grafana | 20.5% | 35 |
| 15 | Ansible | 19.3% | 33 |
| 16 | Root Cause Analysis | 18.1% | 31 |
| 16 | Security Cleared | 18.1% | 31 |
| 18 | Linux | 17.5% | 30 |
| 19 | Incident Response | 17.0% | 29 |
| 20 | SC Cleared | 16.4% | 28 |
| 21 | Kubernetes | 15.2% | 26 |
| 22 | ITIL | 14.6% | 25 |
| 22 | Platform Engineering | 14.6% | 25 |
| 24 | Mentoring | 13.5% | 23 |
| 25 | Dynatrace | 12.9% | 22 |
| 25 | GitOps | 12.9% | 22 |
| 25 | PowerShell | 12.9% | 22 |
| 25 | Service-Level Objective | 12.9% | 22 |
| 29 | 11.7% | 20 | |
| 29 | Incident Management | 11.7% | 20 |
Site Reliability Engineer Skill Set Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities by Category
The table below expands on the one above by listing co-occurrences one category at a time. It covers the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences in each category.
Job Titles
| Rank | Job Title | Share | Job Ads |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Site Engineer | 81.9% | 140 |
| 2 | Python Engineer | 38.0% | 65 |
| 3 | Azure Engineer | 12.3% | 21 |
| 4 | Infrastructure Engineer | 7.0% | 12 |
| 5 | Automation Engineer | 6.4% | 11 |
| 5 | AWS Engineer | 6.4% | 11 |
| 7 | Cloud Automation Engineer | 4.7% | 8 |
| 8 | AWS Infrastructure Engineer | 4.1% | 7 |
| 9 | Software Engineer | 3.5% | 6 |
| 10 | DevOps Engineer | 2.9% | 5 |
| 10 | Systems Engineer | 2.9% | 5 |
| 12 | PowerShell Engineer | 2.3% | 4 |
| 13 | Artificial Intelligence Engineer | 1.8% | 3 |
| 13 | GCP Engineer | 1.8% | 3 |
| 13 | Java Engineer | 1.8% | 3 |
| 13 | Lead DevOps Engineer | 1.8% | 3 |
| 13 | Platform Engineer | 1.8% | 3 |
| 13 | Senior DevOps Engineer | 1.8% | 3 |
| 19 | Lead Software Engineer | 1.2% | 2 |
| 19 | Senior Software Engineer | 1.2% | 2 |