Senior DevOps Job Trends in Leeds

Senior Development Operations
West Yorkshire > Leeds

The median Senior Development Operations salary in Leeds is £70,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 11 January 2026.

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

6 months to
11 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 104 75 102
Rank change year-on-year -29 +27 +67
Permanent jobs requiring a Senior DevOps 1 12 8
As % of all permanent jobs in Leeds 0.075% 1.17% 0.58%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.081% 1.22% 0.59%
Number of salaries quoted 1 12 6
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - £48,250 £68,718
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £49,500 £75,104
Median % change year-on-year +41.41% -34.09% +15.54%
75th Percentile - £50,750 £84,056
90th Percentile - - £95,173
West Yorkshire median annual salary £70,000 £49,500 £71,288
% change year-on-year +41.41% -30.56% +9.67%

All Permanent IT Job Roles
Leeds

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Leeds. 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 Leeds with a recognized job title 1,236 984 1,349
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 92.65% 95.91% 97.05%
Number of salaries quoted 802 560 1,006
10th Percentile £28,500 £30,625 £31,250
25th Percentile £40,000 £41,438 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £52,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +14.29% -4.55% -
75th Percentile £75,000 £71,250 £73,750
90th Percentile £90,000 £85,000 £87,500
West Yorkshire median annual salary £57,500 £52,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +10.58% -5.45% -

Senior DevOps
Job Vacancy Trend in Leeds

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

Senior DevOps job vacancy trend in Leeds

Senior DevOps
Salary Trend in Leeds

Salary distribution trend for Senior DevOps job vacancies in Leeds.

Salary distribution trend for Senior DevOps job vacancies in Leeds

Senior DevOps Skill Set
Top 16 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Leeds

For the 6 months to 11 January 2026, Senior DevOps 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 Leeds region featuring Senior DevOps in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) Azure
1 1 (100.00%) CI/CD
1 1 (100.00%) DevOps
1 1 (100.00%) Duck Creek
1 1 (100.00%) F5
1 1 (100.00%) Firewall
1 1 (100.00%) IIS
1 1 (100.00%) Load Balancing
1 1 (100.00%) PowerShell
1 1 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (100.00%) Root Cause Analysis
1 1 (100.00%) Runbook
1 1 (100.00%) SQL Server
1 1 (100.00%) VMware
1 1 (100.00%) Windows
1 1 (100.00%) Windows Server

Senior DevOps Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Leeds 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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (100.00%) IIS
Cloud Services
1 1 (100.00%) Azure
Communications & Networking
1 1 (100.00%) Firewall
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) SQL Server
General
1 1 (100.00%) Finance
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Enterprise Software
Operating Systems
1 1 (100.00%) Windows
1 1 (100.00%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) CI/CD
1 1 (100.00%) DevOps
1 1 (100.00%) Load Balancing
1 1 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (100.00%) Root Cause Analysis
1 1 (100.00%) Runbook
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) PowerShell
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Duck Creek
1 1 (100.00%) F5
1 1 (100.00%) VMware