Senior DevOps Job Trends in England

Senior Development Operations
UK > England

The median Senior Development Operations salary in England is £80,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 24 October 2026.

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

6 months to
24 Oct 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 440 546 450
Rank change year-on-year +106 -96 -71
Permanent Senior DevOps jobs 376 75 286
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.35% 0.17% 0.46%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.38% 0.19% 0.49%
Number of salaries quoted 290 38 161
10th Percentile £52,222 £54,100 £48,250
25th Percentile £63,627 £62,813 £63,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £80,000 £70,000 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year +14.29% -6.67% -6.25%
75th Percentile £85,000 £83,750 £102,500
90th Percentile £97,750 £100,000 £115,000
UK median annual salary £75,000 £75,000 £75,000
% change year-on-year - - -6.25%

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
24 Oct 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Permanent job adverts in England matching a recognised job title 98,146 38,982 58,749
% of permanent job adverts matching a recognised job title 92.22% 90.62% 95.16%
Number of salaries quoted 68,067 23,606 33,541
10th Percentile £30,500 £28,250 £31,250
25th Percentile £41,250 £35,750 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £53,750 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +11.63% -6.52% -4.17%
75th Percentile £77,500 £75,000 £75,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £95,000 £95,000
UK median annual salary £59,300 £52,500 £56,500
% change year-on-year +12.95% -7.08% -5.83%

Senior DevOps Job Vacancy Trend in England

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent Senior DevOps job postings relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in England.

Senior DevOps job vacancy trend in England

Senior DevOps Salary Trend in England

Salary distribution trend for Senior DevOps job vacancies in England.

Salary distribution trend for Senior DevOps job vacancies in England

Senior DevOps Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for Senior DevOps jobs in England over the 6 months to 24 October 2026.

Salary histogram for Senior DevOps in England

Senior DevOps Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in Senior DevOps jobs within the England region over the 6 months to 24 October 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
North of England +55 142 £75,000 +7.14% 65
North West +35 85 £75,000 +11.11% 33
Midlands -11 60 £70,000 -9.68% 14
South East -15 59 £95,000 +33.33% 30
South West -32 51 £80,000 +48.15% 9
London -67 45 £90,000 +9.09% 131
West Midlands -21 31 £69,306 -10.57% 9
Yorkshire -9 29 £70,000 - 14
East Midlands - 29 £70,000 - 5
North East -46 28 £80,000 +3.23% 18
East of England -43 8 £52,222 -39.45% 8
Senior DevOps
UK

Senior DevOps Skill Set Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in England

For the 6 months to 24 October 2026, Senior DevOps 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 Senior DevOps job ads across the England region.

RankSkillShareJob Ads
1DevOps100.0%376
2CI/CD42.8%161
3Azure35.1%132
4Infrastructure as Code29.5%111
5Kubernetes22.6%85
6AWS22.1%83
6Platform Engineering22.1%83
8Terraform21.8%82
9Microsoft17.0%64
10Security Cleared15.7%59
11Agile15.2%57
12Azure DevOps14.4%54
13Linux12.8%48
14Mentoring12.5%47
15Containerisation12.0%45
16AI11.7%44
17Python11.4%43
18Docker10.9%41
19Ansible9.6%36
20Test Automation8.8%33
21Cloud Operations8.5%32
22Coaching8.2%31
22Continuous Improvement8.2%31
24Pega8.0%30
25DevSecOps7.7%29
26Technical Leadership7.4%28
27Continuous Integration7.2%27
28Observability6.6%25
28SaaS6.6%25
28Scrum6.6%25

Senior DevOps 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

RankJob TitleShareJob Ads
1Senior DevOps Engineer91.0%342
2Azure DevOps Engineer8.5%32
3Senior Platform Engineer6.6%25
4DevOps Platform Engineer6.4%24
5DevOps Automation Engineer3.5%13
5Senior Automation Engineer3.5%13
7Senior AWS DevOps Engineer2.4%9
8DevOps Administrator2.1%8
8Senior Systems Administrator2.1%8
10DevOps Systems Engineer1.9%7
10Senior Systems Engineer1.9%7
12GCP DevOps Engineer1.1%4
13Azure Developer0.8%3
13DevOps Developer0.8%3
13Senior .NET Developer0.8%3
13Senior SQL Developer0.8%3
13Senior VB.NET Developer0.8%3
13XML Developer0.8%3
19Artificial Intelligence Engineer0.5%2
19DevSecOps Engineer0.5%2
268 Senior DevOps jobs in England