Head of DevOps Jobs in England

Head of Development Operations
UK > England

The median Head of Development Operations salary in England is £135,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 9 May 2025.

The table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
9 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 669 816 926
Rank change year-on-year +147 +110 +172
Permanent jobs requiring a Head of DevOps 2 15 5
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 0.004% 0.017% 0.006%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.005% 0.019% 0.006%
Number of salaries quoted 1 5 5
10th Percentile - £91,000 -
25th Percentile £132,500 £92,500 £92,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £135,000 £95,000 £100,000
Median % change year-on-year +42.11% -5.00% -11.11%
75th Percentile £137,500 £97,500 £115,000
90th Percentile - £141,000 -
UK median annual salary £115,000 £95,000 £100,000
% change year-on-year +21.05% -5.00% -16.67%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
England

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in England. 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 England with a recognized job title 43,417 81,048 82,564
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.53% 94.49% 91.47%
Number of salaries quoted 24,595 60,528 52,373
10th Percentile £30,000 £28,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £42,000 £38,250 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £53,500 £60,800
Median % change year-on-year +7.48% -12.01% +1.33%
75th Percentile £75,000 £71,500 £82,500
90th Percentile £97,500 £91,000 £100,000
UK median annual salary £57,500 £52,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year +9.52% -12.50% -

Head of DevOps
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Job postings that featured Head of DevOps in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.

Job vacancy trend for Head of DevOps in England

Head of DevOps
Salary Trend in England

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Head of DevOps in England.

Salary trend for Head of DevOps in England

Head of DevOps
Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Head of DevOps within the England region over the 6 months to 9 May 2025. 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
London +112 2 £135,000 -15.63% 1
Head of DevOps
UK

Head of DevOps Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England

For the 6 months to 9 May 2025, Head of DevOps job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads across the England region featuring Head of DevOps in the job title.

1 2 (100.00%) DevOps
1 2 (100.00%) Azure
1 2 (100.00%) GitHub
1 2 (100.00%) CI/CD
2 1 (50.00%) Roadmaps
2 1 (50.00%) Collaborative Culture
2 1 (50.00%) Infrastructure Management
2 1 (50.00%) Ansible
2 1 (50.00%) AWS
2 1 (50.00%) Network Architecture
2 1 (50.00%) Waterfall
2 1 (50.00%) Continuous Improvement
2 1 (50.00%) Mentoring
2 1 (50.00%) GCP
2 1 (50.00%) Software Delivery
2 1 (50.00%) Terraform
2 1 (50.00%) Virtual Machines
2 1 (50.00%) Azure DevOps
2 1 (50.00%) Release Automation
2 1 (50.00%) Cloud Operations
2 1 (50.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 1 (50.00%) Infrastructure as Code
2 1 (50.00%) Strategic Roadmap
2 1 (50.00%) Product Vision
2 1 (50.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (50.00%) Business Intelligence
2 1 (50.00%) Disaster Recovery
2 1 (50.00%) Management Information System
2 1 (50.00%) Workflow
2 1 (50.00%) Finance

Head of DevOps Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England 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:

Cloud Services
1 2 (100.00%) Azure
1 2 (100.00%) GitHub
2 1 (50.00%) AWS
2 1 (50.00%) Azure DevOps
2 1 (50.00%) GCP
Development Applications
1 1 (50.00%) JIRA
General
1 1 (50.00%) Banking
1 1 (50.00%) Finance
1 1 (50.00%) Social Skills
Miscellaneous
1 1 (50.00%) Management Information System
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) CI/CD
1 2 (100.00%) DevOps
2 1 (50.00%) Agile
2 1 (50.00%) Artificial Intelligence
2 1 (50.00%) Business Continuity
2 1 (50.00%) Business Intelligence
2 1 (50.00%) Cloud Operations
2 1 (50.00%) Collaborative Culture
2 1 (50.00%) Disaster Recovery
2 1 (50.00%) Infrastructure as Code
2 1 (50.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 1 (50.00%) Mentoring
2 1 (50.00%) Network Architecture
2 1 (50.00%) Product Vision
2 1 (50.00%) Release Automation
2 1 (50.00%) Roadmaps
2 1 (50.00%) Software Delivery
2 1 (50.00%) Strategic Roadmap
2 1 (50.00%) Waterfall
2 1 (50.00%) Workflow
System Software
1 1 (50.00%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 1 (50.00%) Ansible
1 1 (50.00%) Terraform