AWS DevOps Engineer Job Trends in England
DevOps Engineer - Amazon Web Services
UK > England
The median DevOps Engineer - Amazon Web Services salary in England is £70,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 5 November 2026.
The table below compares current salary benchmarking and summary statistics with the previous two years.
| 6 months to 5 Nov 2026 |
Same period 2025 | Same period 2024 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 704 | 568 | 625 |
| Rank change year-on-year | -136 | +57 | -184 |
| Permanent AWS DevOps Engineer jobs | 79 | 61 | 96 |
| As % of all permanent jobs in England | 0.074% | 0.14% | 0.16% |
| As % of the Job Titles category | 0.080% | 0.15% | 0.17% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 64 | 30 | 71 |
| 10th Percentile | £57,500 | £49,300 | £60,000 |
| 25th Percentile | £65,000 | £52,750 | £65,000 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £70,000 | £80,000 | £90,000 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -12.50% | -11.11% | +9.09% |
| 75th Percentile | £80,000 | £100,000 | £118,750 |
| 90th Percentile | £90,000 | £129,750 | £130,000 |
| UK median annual salary | £71,250 | £80,000 | £85,000 |
| % change year-on-year | -10.94% | -5.88% | +3.03% |
All Permanent IT Job Roles
England
For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job adverts in England matching a recognised job title. The table also shows what proportion of all permanent IT job adverts they make up.
| 6 months to 5 Nov 2026 |
Same period 2025 | Same period 2024 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Permanent job adverts in England matching a recognised job title | 98,208 | 39,507 | 57,610 |
| % of permanent job adverts matching a recognised job title | 91.84% | 90.94% | 94.93% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 67,273 | 25,241 | 32,618 |
| 10th Percentile | £31,000 | £28,250 | £31,250 |
| 25th Percentile | £41,250 | £35,500 | £42,500 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £59,300 | £53,000 | £57,500 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +11.89% | -7.83% | -4.17% |
| 75th Percentile | £77,500 | £75,000 | £76,000 |
| 90th Percentile | £100,000 | £95,000 | £95,000 |
| UK median annual salary | £59,000 | £52,500 | £57,500 |
| % change year-on-year | +12.38% | -8.70% | -4.17% |
AWS DevOps Engineer Job Vacancy Trend in England
Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent AWS DevOps Engineer job postings relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in England.
AWS DevOps Engineer Salary Trend in England
Salary distribution trend for AWS DevOps Engineer job vacancies in England.
AWS DevOps Engineer Salary Histogram in England
Salary distribution for AWS DevOps Engineer jobs in England over the 6 months to 5 November 2026.
AWS DevOps Engineer Job Locations in England
The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in AWS DevOps Engineer jobs within the England region over the 6 months to 5 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| London | -65 | 37 | £72,500 | -12.12% | 4 |
| North of England | -59 | 25 | £75,000 | -25.00% | 2 |
| North West | -50 | 22 | £75,000 | -25.00% | 2 |
| South West | - | 14 | £60,000 | - | 1 |
| South East | -79 | 3 | £90,000 | +140.00% | 2 |
| Yorkshire | - | 3 | £70,000 | - | |
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AWS DevOps Engineer Skill Set Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in England
For the 6 months to 5 November 2026, AWS DevOps 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 AWS DevOps Engineer job ads across the England region.
| Rank | Skill | Share | Job Ads |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | AWS | 100.0% | 79 |
| 1 | DevOps | 100.0% | 79 |
| 3 | Security Cleared | 49.4% | 39 |
| 4 | CI/CD | 46.8% | 37 |
| 5 | Terraform | 45.6% | 36 |
| 6 | Infrastructure as Code | 41.8% | 33 |
| 6 | SC Cleared | 41.8% | 33 |
| 8 | Kubernetes | 34.2% | 27 |
| 9 | Agile | 32.9% | 26 |
| 9 | Observability | 32.9% | 26 |
| 11 | Docker | 30.4% | 24 |
| 12 | Python | 29.1% | 23 |
| 13 | Bash | 26.6% | 21 |
| 14 | Grafana | 25.3% | 20 |
| 15 | Jenkins | 24.1% | 19 |
| 16 | Prometheus | 22.8% | 18 |
| 17 | Test Automation | 21.5% | 17 |
| 18 | GitLab | 19.0% | 15 |
| 19 | Git | 17.7% | 14 |
| 19 | Problem-Solving | 17.7% | 14 |
| 21 | Amazon RDS | 16.5% | 13 |
| 21 | AWS CloudFormation | 16.5% | 13 |
| 21 | Containerisation | 16.5% | 13 |
| 21 | Elastic Stack | 16.5% | 13 |
| 25 | Amazon EKS | 15.2% | 12 |
| 25 | Secrets Management | 15.2% | 12 |
| 27 | Amazon CloudWatch | 13.9% | 11 |
| 27 | Change Management | 13.9% | 11 |
| 27 | Identity Management | 13.9% | 11 |
| 27 | ITIL | 13.9% | 11 |
AWS DevOps Engineer Skill Set Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in England 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 | Cloud Native Engineer | 16.5% | 13 |
| 2 | Senior AWS DevOps Engineer | 12.7% | 10 |
| 3 | Lead DevOps Engineer | 6.3% | 5 |
| 4 | Azure DevOps Engineer | 5.1% | 4 |
| 4 | DevOps Engineer - Fintech | 5.1% | 4 |
| 6 | Kubernetes Engineer | 2.5% | 2 |
| 7 | DevOps Automation Engineer | 1.3% | 1 |
| 7 | Python Engineer | 1.3% | 1 |
| 7 | Senior Server Engineer | 1.3% | 1 |
| 7 | Serverless Engineer | 1.3% | 1 |