DevOps Engineer Job Trends in Cambridge

Development Operations Engineer
Cambridgeshire > Cambridge

The median Development Operations Engineer salary in Cambridge is £80,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 28 December 2025.

The table below compares current salary benchmarking and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
28 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 46 58 46
Rank change year-on-year +12 -12 +15
Permanent jobs requiring a DevOps Engineer 10 3 12
As % of all permanent jobs in Cambridge 1.93% 0.62% 2.86%
As % of the Job Titles category 2.12% 0.66% 3.06%
Number of salaries quoted 10 2 11
10th Percentile - £44,250 £39,500
25th Percentile £41,250 £46,875 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £80,000 £55,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year +45.45% -15.38% -18.75%
75th Percentile - £64,375 £75,000
90th Percentile £90,000 £67,750 £81,250
Cambridgeshire median annual salary £80,000 £52,500 £65,000
% change year-on-year +52.38% -19.23% -18.75%

All Permanent IT Job Roles
Cambridge

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Cambridge. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of permanent jobs in our overall sample.

Permanent vacancies in Cambridge with a recognized job title 471 458 392
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.93% 94.43% 93.33%
Number of salaries quoted 333 255 256
10th Percentile £30,000 £30,000 £29,734
25th Percentile £39,438 £47,500 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +9.09% -1.61%
75th Percentile £75,000 £78,125 £77,813
90th Percentile £90,000 £85,000 £92,500
Cambridgeshire median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £54,000
% change year-on-year - +1.85% -1.82%

DevOps Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Cambridge

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings featuring 'DevOps Engineer' in the job title relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Cambridge.

DevOps Engineer job vacancy trend in Cambridge

DevOps Engineer
Salary Trend in Cambridge

Salary distribution trend for DevOps Engineer job vacancies in Cambridge.

Salary distribution trend for DevOps Engineer job vacancies in Cambridge

DevOps Engineer
Salary Histogram in Cambridge

Salary distribution for jobs citing DevOps Engineer in Cambridge over the 6 months to 28 December 2025.

Salary histogram for DevOps Engineer in Cambridge

DevOps Engineer Skill Set
Top 5 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Cambridge

For the 6 months to 28 December 2025, DevOps Engineer job roles required 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 job ads across the Cambridge region featuring DevOps Engineer in the job title.

1 10 (100.00%) DevOps
2 4 (40.00%) AWS
2 4 (40.00%) SaaS
2 4 (40.00%) SC Cleared
2 4 (40.00%) Security Cleared

DevOps Engineer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Cambridge 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:

Cloud Services
1 4 (40.00%) AWS
1 4 (40.00%) SaaS
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (100.00%) DevOps
Qualifications
1 4 (40.00%) SC Cleared
1 4 (40.00%) Security Cleared