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 29 October 2026.
The table below compares current salary benchmarking and summary statistics with the previous two years.
| 6 months to 29 Oct 2026 |
Same period 2025 | Same period 2024 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 432 | 556 | 447 |
| Rank change year-on-year | +124 | -109 | -84 |
| Permanent Senior DevOps jobs | 387 | 76 | 285 |
| As % of all permanent jobs in England | 0.36% | 0.18% | 0.47% |
| As % of the Job Titles category | 0.39% | 0.19% | 0.49% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 297 | 39 | 160 |
| 10th Percentile | £52,222 | £54,400 | £48,250 |
| 25th Percentile | £63,627 | £63,125 | £65,000 |
| 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 | £98,500 | £100,000 | £115,250 |
| 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 29 Oct 2026 |
Same period 2025 | Same period 2024 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Permanent job adverts in England matching a recognised job title | 98,862 | 39,200 | 58,139 |
| % of permanent job adverts matching a recognised job title | 92.06% | 90.92% | 95.15% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 68,147 | 24,154 | 33,083 |
| 10th Percentile | £30,750 | £28,250 | £31,250 |
| 25th Percentile | £41,250 | £35,750 | £42,500 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £59,813 | £53,725 | £57,500 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +11.33% | -6.57% | -4.17% |
| 75th Percentile | £77,500 | £75,000 | £75,772 |
| 90th Percentile | £100,000 | £95,000 | £95,000 |
| UK median annual salary | £59,000 | £52,500 | £57,000 |
| % change year-on-year | +12.38% | -7.89% | -5.00% |
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 Salary Trend 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 29 October 2026.
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 29 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 | +56 | 147 | £75,000 | +7.14% | 14 |
| North West | +39 | 88 | £75,000 | +11.11% | 8 |
| South East | 0 | 65 | £95,000 | +33.33% | 10 |
| Midlands | -17 | 59 | £70,000 | -9.68% | 7 |
| South West | -18 | 55 | £80,000 | +48.15% | 10 |
| London | -55 | 44 | £90,000 | +9.09% | 10 |
| West Midlands | -29 | 32 | £69,306 | -18.46% | 3 |
| Yorkshire | -7 | 31 | £70,000 | - | 2 |
| North East | -47 | 28 | £80,000 | +3.23% | 4 |
| East Midlands | -9 | 27 | £70,000 | - | 4 |
| East of England | -40 | 8 | £52,222 | -36.70% | 2 |
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Senior DevOps Skill Set Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in England
For the 6 months to 29 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.
| Rank | Skill | Share | Job Ads |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | DevOps | 100.0% | 387 |
| 2 | CI/CD | 41.3% | 160 |
| 3 | Azure | 33.6% | 130 |
| 4 | Infrastructure as Code | 29.2% | 113 |
| 5 | Platform Engineering | 23.3% | 90 |
| 6 | AWS | 22.0% | 85 |
| 7 | Kubernetes | 20.9% | 81 |
| 8 | Terraform | 19.1% | 74 |
| 9 | Microsoft | 18.1% | 70 |
| 10 | Security Cleared | 15.5% | 60 |
| 11 | Agile | 14.0% | 54 |
| 12 | Azure DevOps | 12.1% | 47 |
| 13 | Containerisation | 11.4% | 44 |
| 13 | Linux | 11.4% | 44 |
| 15 | Python | 11.1% | 43 |
| 16 | AI | 10.9% | 42 |
| 16 | Mentoring | 10.9% | 42 |
| 18 | Cloud Operations | 9.8% | 38 |
| 18 | Docker | 9.8% | 38 |
| 20 | Ansible | 9.3% | 36 |
| 21 | Continuous Improvement | 8.0% | 31 |
| 22 | Pega | 7.8% | 30 |
| 23 | Test Automation | 7.5% | 29 |
| 24 | Coaching | 7.2% | 28 |
| 24 | DevSecOps | 7.2% | 28 |
| 24 | Technical Leadership | 7.2% | 28 |
| 27 | SaaS | 6.5% | 25 |
| 27 | SC Cleared | 6.5% | 25 |
| 29 | Continuous Integration | 6.2% | 24 |
| 29 | Observability | 6.2% | 24 |
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
| Rank | Job Title | Share | Job Ads |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Senior DevOps Engineer | 89.9% | 348 |
| 2 | Azure DevOps Engineer | 7.8% | 30 |
| 3 | Senior Platform Engineer | 6.5% | 25 |
| 4 | DevOps Platform Engineer | 6.2% | 24 |
| 5 | DevOps Automation Engineer | 3.9% | 15 |
| 5 | Senior Automation Engineer | 3.9% | 15 |
| 7 | Senior AWS DevOps Engineer | 2.8% | 11 |
| 8 | DevOps Administrator | 2.1% | 8 |
| 8 | Senior Systems Administrator | 2.1% | 8 |
| 10 | DevOps Systems Engineer | 1.8% | 7 |
| 10 | Senior Systems Engineer | 1.8% | 7 |
| 12 | GCP DevOps Engineer | 1.0% | 4 |
| 13 | Azure Developer | 0.8% | 3 |
| 13 | DevOps Developer | 0.8% | 3 |
| 13 | Senior .NET Developer | 0.8% | 3 |
| 13 | Senior SQL Developer | 0.8% | 3 |
| 13 | Senior VB.NET Developer | 0.8% | 3 |
| 13 | XML Developer | 0.8% | 3 |
| 19 | Artificial Intelligence Engineer | 0.5% | 2 |
| 19 | DevSecOps Engineer | 0.5% | 2 |