DevOps Jobs in the South East

DevOps
England > South East

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the South East with a requirement for DevOps skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited DevOps over the 6 months to 1 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
1 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 22 16 15
Rank change year-on-year -6 -1 -1
Permanent jobs citing DevOps 1,348 1,482 2,804
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 7.57% 10.78% 13.58%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 9.11% 11.42% 14.34%
Number of salaries quoted 830 958 1,657
10th Percentile £42,500 £42,500 £41,250
25th Percentile £50,000 £51,250 £51,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £61,500 £65,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -5.38% - +8.33%
75th Percentile £73,750 £78,750 £80,000
90th Percentile £86,000 £95,000 £90,000
England median annual salary £65,000 £70,000 £70,000
% change year-on-year -7.14% - +7.69%

All Process and Methodology Skills
South East

DevOps is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies advertised in the South East with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 14,794 12,976 19,550
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 83.07% 94.36% 94.66%
Number of salaries quoted 10,162 7,675 11,832
10th Percentile £27,750 £30,500 £31,250
25th Percentile £37,000 £41,250 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% - +10.00%
75th Percentile £65,000 £72,500 £70,000
90th Percentile £78,396 £85,000 £82,500
England median annual salary £55,000 £62,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.00% +4.17% +9.09%

DevOps
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

Job postings citing DevOps as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the South East.

Job vacancy trend for DevOps in the South East

DevOps
Salary Trend in the South East

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing DevOps in the South East.

Salary trend for DevOps in the South East

DevOps
Salary Histogram in the South East

Salary distribution for jobs citing DevOps in the South East over the 6 months to 1 June 2024.

Salary histogram for DevOps in the South East

DevOps
Job Locations in the South East

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing DevOps within the South East region over the 6 months to 1 June 2024. 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
Thames Valley -14 470 £59,000 -12.59% 68
Hampshire +6 426 £66,500 +2.31% 47
Berkshire -11 235 £60,000 -19.46% 29
Surrey -5 215 £60,000 -7.69% 36
Oxfordshire -4 122 £59,500 +3.48% 14
Buckinghamshire -23 113 £55,000 -10.20% 25
West Sussex +22 86 £65,000 +18.18% 10
East Sussex -11 72 £70,000 +18.64% 12
Kent -28 60 £65,000 +23.81% 12
Middlesex -15 12 £43,000 -44.52% 3
Sussex - 8 £60,000 - 1
DevOps
England

DevOps
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South East 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 56 (4.15%) SharePoint
2 40 (2.97%) OpenStack
3 38 (2.82%) IIS
4 29 (2.15%) ArcGIS
4 29 (2.15%) GeoServer
5 28 (2.08%) CMS
6 25 (1.85%) Microsoft Exchange
7 24 (1.78%) Headless CMS
7 24 (1.78%) Kentico
8 20 (1.48%) Umbraco
9 19 (1.41%) Sitecore CMS
10 11 (0.82%) JBoss
11 10 (0.74%) nginx
11 10 (0.74%) Red Hat Fuse
12 6 (0.45%) Apache
12 6 (0.45%) Confluence
13 5 (0.37%) Apache Spark
14 2 (0.15%) WordPress
15 1 (0.074%) Oracle SOA Suite
15 1 (0.074%) Tomcat
Applications
1 24 (1.78%) Microsoft Office
1 24 (1.78%) MS Visio
2 19 (1.41%) Microsoft Excel
3 18 (1.34%) Simulink
4 17 (1.26%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 7 (0.52%) Spreadsheet
6 1 (0.074%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 31 (2.30%) Dynamics CRM
2 10 (0.74%) Dynamics AX
3 7 (0.52%) NetSuite
4 4 (0.30%) Dynamics NAV
4 4 (0.30%) Visualfiles
5 3 (0.22%) Oracle Applications
6 1 (0.074%) SAP S/4HANA
6 1 (0.074%) SDL Web 8
Cloud Services
1 786 (58.31%) Azure
2 432 (32.05%) Azure DevOps
3 414 (30.71%) AWS
4 156 (11.57%) Serverless
5 134 (9.94%) IBM Cloud
6 113 (8.38%) SaaS
7 92 (6.82%) Azure Service Bus
8 90 (6.68%) Azure Functions
9 81 (6.01%) GCP
10 78 (5.79%) Azure Logic Apps
11 74 (5.49%) Azure API Management
12 72 (5.34%) Power Platform
13 66 (4.90%) Dynamics 365
14 55 (4.08%) Microsoft 365
15 53 (3.93%) Power Automate
16 51 (3.78%) Amazon ECS
17 47 (3.49%) PaaS
18 45 (3.34%) Amazon EKS
19 43 (3.19%) GitHub
20 37 (2.74%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 58 (4.30%) DNS
1 58 (4.30%) Firewall
2 29 (2.15%) DHCP
3 22 (1.63%) Network Security
4 21 (1.56%) VPN
5 17 (1.26%) HTTP
6 10 (0.74%) 5G
7 9 (0.67%) Unified Communications
8 8 (0.59%) TCP/IP
8 8 (0.59%) WAN
9 7 (0.52%) SSL
10 6 (0.45%) LAN
11 5 (0.37%) NAS
11 5 (0.37%) SAN
12 4 (0.30%) MQTT
12 4 (0.30%) Reverse Proxy
13 3 (0.22%) BGP
13 3 (0.22%) Internet
14 2 (0.15%) Intranet
14 2 (0.15%) SNMP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 204 (15.13%) PostgreSQL
2 136 (10.09%) Relational Database
3 124 (9.20%) NoSQL
4 118 (8.75%) MongoDB
5 110 (8.16%) SQL Server
6 74 (5.49%) DB2
7 50 (3.71%) BigQuery
8 49 (3.64%) Looker
9 43 (3.19%) Hadoop
10 39 (2.89%) Power BI
11 34 (2.52%) Data Warehouse
12 33 (2.45%) GIS
13 29 (2.15%) QGIS
14 28 (2.08%) Amazon RDS
15 27 (2.00%) MySQL
16 23 (1.71%) Azure SQL Database
17 22 (1.63%) Big Data
18 11 (0.82%) Elasticsearch
18 11 (0.82%) Geospatial Data
19 8 (0.59%) DynamoDB
Development Applications
1 222 (16.47%) Git
2 182 (13.50%) Jenkins
3 95 (7.05%) JIRA
4 59 (4.38%) Visual Studio
5 58 (4.30%) GitLab
6 39 (2.89%) Selenium
7 34 (2.52%) Subversion
8 32 (2.37%) NUnit
9 28 (2.08%) JUnit
10 26 (1.93%) TeamCity
11 21 (1.56%) Team Foundation Server
12 16 (1.19%) Postman
13 15 (1.11%) MSBuild
13 15 (1.11%) Visual Studio Code
14 14 (1.04%) Jasmine
15 13 (0.96%) Robot Framework
16 12 (0.89%) Bitbucket
17 11 (0.82%) Cucumber
18 10 (0.74%) Octopus Deploy
18 10 (0.74%) Trac
General
1 315 (23.37%) Social Skills
2 173 (12.83%) Public Sector
3 138 (10.24%) Finance
4 114 (8.46%) Analytical Skills
5 59 (4.38%) Aerospace
6 45 (3.34%) Retail
7 44 (3.26%) Legal
8 43 (3.19%) Law
9 41 (3.04%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 25 (1.85%) Marketing
11 24 (1.78%) Billing
12 21 (1.56%) Telecoms
13 18 (1.34%) Electronics
14 14 (1.04%) Influencing Skills
14 14 (1.04%) Presentation Skills
15 13 (0.96%) Games
15 13 (0.96%) Manufacturing
15 13 (0.96%) Pharmaceutical
16 11 (0.82%) Banking
17 9 (0.67%) Back Office
Job Titles
1 410 (30.42%) Developer
2 198 (14.69%) Senior
3 195 (14.47%) DevOps Engineer
4 129 (9.57%) Full Stack Developer
5 114 (8.46%) Software Engineer
6 109 (8.09%) Lead
7 108 (8.01%) Azure Developer
8 101 (7.49%) Senior Developer
9 99 (7.34%) .NET Developer
10 75 (5.56%) Architect
11 64 (4.75%) Software Developer
12 63 (4.67%) Java Developer
13 54 (4.01%) Infrastructure Engineer
14 52 (3.86%) Senior .NET Developer
15 49 (3.64%) C# Developer
16 47 (3.49%) Azure Engineer
16 47 (3.49%) Consultant
17 46 (3.41%) Engineering Manager
18 45 (3.34%) C# .NET Developer
19 41 (3.04%) AWS Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 388 (28.78%) .NET
2 204 (15.13%) React
3 187 (13.87%) CSS
4 174 (12.91%) HTML
5 172 (12.76%) ASP.NET
6 169 (12.54%) AngularJS
7 168 (12.46%) Node.js
8 143 (10.61%) Web Services
9 136 (10.09%) REST
10 131 (9.72%) .NET Core
11 110 (8.16%) Vue
12 106 (7.86%) jQuery
13 94 (6.97%) .NET Framework
14 89 (6.60%) Twitter Bootstrap
15 86 (6.38%) RESTful
16 81 (6.01%) ASP.NET Core
17 75 (5.56%) Ember.js
18 74 (5.49%) Backbone.js
19 65 (4.82%) XML
20 61 (4.53%) Spring
Miscellaneous
1 146 (10.83%) Hybrid Cloud
2 134 (9.94%) Blockchain
3 107 (7.94%) Algorithms
4 100 (7.42%) Product Ownership
5 96 (7.12%) Distributed Systems
6 95 (7.05%) Data Structures
7 73 (5.42%) Self-Motivation
8 63 (4.67%) Data Centre
9 49 (3.64%) IoT
10 47 (3.49%) Greenfield Project
11 38 (2.82%) Cloud Native
12 37 (2.74%) Management Information System
13 29 (2.15%) Enterprise Software
14 23 (1.71%) Mobile App
15 22 (1.63%) Private Cloud
16 19 (1.41%) Linux Command Line
16 19 (1.41%) Low-Code
17 18 (1.34%) PMI
18 17 (1.26%) PKI
19 15 (1.11%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 315 (23.37%) Linux
2 224 (16.62%) Windows
3 82 (6.08%) Android
3 82 (6.08%) Apple iOS
4 58 (4.30%) Windows Server
5 43 (3.19%) CentOS
6 42 (3.12%) Debian
7 40 (2.97%) Alpine Linux
8 22 (1.63%) Embedded Linux
9 20 (1.48%) Ubuntu
9 20 (1.48%) Windows Server 2019
10 19 (1.41%) Windows Server 2016
11 13 (0.96%) Windows 10
12 10 (0.74%) VMS
13 9 (0.67%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
14 5 (0.37%) Windows Server 2008
15 3 (0.22%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 609 (45.18%) Agile
2 434 (32.20%) CI/CD
3 354 (26.26%) Problem-Solving
4 244 (18.10%) Software Engineering
5 197 (14.61%) Artificial Intelligence
6 183 (13.58%) Test Automation
7 176 (13.06%) Full Stack Development
8 174 (12.91%) Computer Science
9 170 (12.61%) Web Development
10 163 (12.09%) Scrum
11 156 (11.57%) Microservices
12 153 (11.35%) MVC
13 148 (10.98%) User Experience
14 145 (10.76%) Design Patterns
15 130 (9.64%) Continuous Integration
16 128 (9.50%) Mentoring
17 127 (9.42%) Infrastructure as Code
18 123 (9.12%) Containerisation
19 121 (8.98%) Project Management
20 117 (8.68%) SDLC
Programming Languages
1 374 (27.74%) Python
2 366 (27.15%) C#
3 324 (24.04%) JavaScript
4 272 (20.18%) SQL
5 266 (19.73%) Java
6 92 (6.82%) PowerShell
7 64 (4.75%) Bash
8 58 (4.30%) C++
9 52 (3.86%) C
10 41 (3.04%) TypeScript
11 40 (2.97%) Bicep
12 28 (2.08%) Go
13 24 (1.78%) PHP
14 18 (1.34%) VB
15 17 (1.26%) VBScript
16 16 (1.19%) Groovy
17 15 (1.11%) Perl
17 15 (1.11%) VB.NET
18 14 (1.04%) Kotlin
19 8 (0.59%) R
Qualifications
1 298 (22.11%) Security Cleared
2 285 (21.14%) Degree
3 237 (17.58%) SC Cleared
4 141 (10.46%) Computer Science Degree
5 69 (5.12%) Azure Certification
6 64 (4.75%) Master's Degree
7 58 (4.30%) AWS Certification
8 54 (4.01%) DV Cleared
9 46 (3.41%) Microsoft Certification
10 40 (2.97%) MCSA
10 40 (2.97%) MCSE
11 27 (2.00%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
12 23 (1.71%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
13 22 (1.63%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
14 19 (1.41%) PMI Certification
15 16 (1.19%) CTC Cleared
16 13 (0.96%) DBS Check
17 11 (0.82%) ITIL Certification
18 8 (0.59%) MBA
19 7 (0.52%) Numerate Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 124 (9.20%) QA
2 36 (2.67%) GDPR
3 18 (1.34%) Data Quality
4 13 (0.96%) HIPAA
5 12 (0.89%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 7 (0.52%) ISO 13485
7 6 (0.45%) SLA
8 2 (0.15%) ISO 22301
8 2 (0.15%) ISO 31000
8 2 (0.15%) NCSC
9 1 (0.074%) Accessibility
9 1 (0.074%) ISO 9001
9 1 (0.074%) PCI DSS
9 1 (0.074%) PMO
9 1 (0.074%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 283 (20.99%) Docker
2 76 (5.64%) Active Directory
3 57 (4.23%) Virtual Machines
4 33 (2.45%) Hyper-V
5 25 (1.85%) Virtual Desktop
6 24 (1.78%) VMware Infrastructure
7 10 (0.74%) Firmware
7 10 (0.74%) NFS
7 10 (0.74%) pfSense
8 4 (0.30%) VMware ESXi
9 3 (0.22%) VirtualBox
10 2 (0.15%) HDFS
10 2 (0.15%) KVM
10 2 (0.15%) QEMU
10 2 (0.15%) Xen
11 1 (0.074%) Embedded Firmware
11 1 (0.074%) Microsoft Virtual Server
11 1 (0.074%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 316 (23.44%) Kubernetes
2 200 (14.84%) Terraform
3 140 (10.39%) Ansible
4 43 (3.19%) Puppet
5 25 (1.85%) ZABBIX
6 21 (1.56%) Active Directory Federation Services
7 20 (1.48%) Grafana
8 19 (1.41%) Microsoft Intune
9 18 (1.34%) SCCM
10 17 (1.26%) SCOM
10 17 (1.26%) WSUS
11 10 (0.74%) Consul
11 10 (0.74%) Microsoft Data Protection Manager
11 10 (0.74%) SCDPM
12 9 (0.67%) MIIS
12 9 (0.67%) Rancher
13 8 (0.59%) Prometheus
14 7 (0.52%) Docker Swarm
14 7 (0.52%) Kibana
15 5 (0.37%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 304 (22.55%) Microsoft
2 135 (10.01%) IBM
3 126 (9.35%) Red Hat
4 58 (4.30%) Google
5 50 (3.71%) VMware
6 30 (2.23%) ESRI
6 30 (2.23%) WSO2
7 26 (1.93%) Oracle
8 25 (1.85%) Sitecore
9 19 (1.41%) Optimizely
9 19 (1.41%) ServiceNow
10 18 (1.34%) Xilinx
11 17 (1.26%) Juniper
11 17 (1.26%) SAP
12 16 (1.19%) Veeam
13 15 (1.11%) Fortinet
14 12 (0.89%) Atlassian
15 11 (0.82%) Nintex
16 10 (0.74%) McAfee
17 9 (0.67%) Cisco