DevOps Engineer Job Trends in London

Development Operations Engineer
England > London

The median Development Operations Engineer salary in London is £76,250 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 9 February 2026.

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

6 months to
9 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 217 180 134
Rank change year-on-year -37 -46 -35
Permanent jobs requiring a DevOps Engineer 183 297 486
As % of all permanent jobs in London 1.21% 1.97% 2.28%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.32% 2.15% 2.41%
Number of salaries quoted 154 235 443
10th Percentile £53,250 £70,000 £56,250
25th Percentile £62,500 £85,000 £68,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £76,250 £110,000 £85,000
Median % change year-on-year -30.68% +29.41% +6.25%
75th Percentile £100,000 £126,250 £108,750
90th Percentile £120,000 £138,750 £117,500
England median annual salary £70,000 £80,000 £75,000
% change year-on-year -12.50% +6.67% -3.23%

All Permanent IT Job Roles
London

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in London. 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 London with a recognized job title 13,822 13,830 20,137
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 91.29% 91.66% 94.58%
Number of salaries quoted 9,194 7,930 16,243
10th Percentile £36,250 £42,500 £39,500
25th Percentile £50,000 £56,250 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £72,500 £75,000 £72,500
Median % change year-on-year -3.33% +3.45% -0.97%
75th Percentile £95,000 £97,500 £93,750
90th Percentile £112,350 £120,000 £115,000
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% +9.09% -11.29%

DevOps Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

DevOps Engineer job vacancy trend in London

DevOps Engineer
Salary Trend in London

Salary distribution trend for DevOps Engineer job vacancies in London.

Salary distribution trend for DevOps Engineer job vacancies in London

DevOps Engineer
Salary Histogram in London

Salary distribution for jobs citing DevOps Engineer in London over the 6 months to 9 February 2026.

Salary histogram for DevOps Engineer in London

DevOps Engineer
Job Locations in London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing DevOps Engineer within the London region over the 6 months to 9 February 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
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Central London +47 58 £70,000 -30.00% 23
South London +41 2 £70,000 - 1
West London -2 1 £120,000 +118.18% 1
DevOps Engineer
England

DevOps Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in London

For the 6 months to 9 February 2026, DevOps Engineer 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 London region featuring DevOps Engineer in the job title.

1 183 (100.00%) DevOps
2 110 (60.11%) CI/CD
3 101 (55.19%) Terraform
4 93 (50.82%) Azure
5 82 (44.81%) Infrastructure as Code
5 82 (44.81%) Kubernetes
6 67 (36.61%) Azure DevOps
7 64 (34.97%) Python
8 56 (30.60%) AWS
9 52 (28.42%) GitHub
10 50 (27.32%) Docker
11 44 (24.04%) Linux
12 42 (22.95%) Bash
13 41 (22.40%) GitHub Actions
14 40 (21.86%) PowerShell
15 39 (21.31%) Ansible
16 34 (18.58%) Problem-Solving
17 32 (17.49%) Prometheus
18 31 (16.94%) AI
18 31 (16.94%) Jenkins
19 30 (16.39%) SQL
20 28 (15.30%) Containerisation
21 26 (14.21%) Microsoft
22 25 (13.66%) Agile
23 24 (13.11%) Security Cleared
24 23 (12.57%) Disaster Recovery
24 23 (12.57%) High Availability
24 23 (12.57%) Observability
25 22 (12.02%) GCP
26 21 (11.48%) SQL Server

DevOps Engineer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in London 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 5 (2.73%) IIS
2 2 (1.09%) BizTalk Server
3 1 (0.55%) Tomcat
Applications
1 3 (1.64%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 2 (1.09%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 93 (50.82%) Azure
2 67 (36.61%) Azure DevOps
3 56 (30.60%) AWS
4 52 (28.42%) GitHub
5 41 (22.40%) GitHub Actions
6 22 (12.02%) GCP
7 20 (10.93%) Azure AKS
8 19 (10.38%) Amazon EKS
8 19 (10.38%) AWS CloudFormation
8 19 (10.38%) Datadog
9 14 (7.65%) Cloud Functions
9 14 (7.65%) Cloud Run
9 14 (7.65%) Google Compute Engine
10 11 (6.01%) Entra ID
11 10 (5.46%) Amazon Kinesis
11 10 (5.46%) Azure Monitor
12 9 (4.92%) Serverless
13 8 (4.37%) Azure ExpressRoute
13 8 (4.37%) Azure Key Vault
14 7 (3.83%) Amazon CloudWatch
Communications & Networking
1 12 (6.56%) Firewall
2 10 (5.46%) WAN
3 8 (4.37%) VPN
4 3 (1.64%) DHCP
4 3 (1.64%) DNS
5 2 (1.09%) Fibre Channel
5 2 (1.09%) LAN
5 2 (1.09%) Network Security
5 2 (1.09%) SSL
5 2 (1.09%) TCP/IP
6 1 (0.55%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 21 (11.48%) SQL Server
2 14 (7.65%) BigQuery
3 12 (6.56%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 10 (5.46%) Flink
5 5 (2.73%) MySQL
6 3 (1.64%) Azure SQL Database
6 3 (1.64%) DynamoDB
6 3 (1.64%) GIS
6 3 (1.64%) MongoDB
6 3 (1.64%) NoSQL
6 3 (1.64%) Power BI
7 2 (1.09%) Redis
8 1 (0.55%) Amazon Aurora
8 1 (0.55%) Amazon RDS
8 1 (0.55%) Data Warehouse
8 1 (0.55%) Elasticsearch
Development Applications
1 31 (16.94%) Jenkins
2 19 (10.38%) Git
3 17 (9.29%) Octopus Deploy
4 16 (8.74%) TeamCity
5 11 (6.01%) Bitbucket
6 9 (4.92%) GitLab
7 6 (3.28%) Artifactory
8 4 (2.19%) CircleCI
8 4 (2.19%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
9 3 (1.64%) Eclipse
9 3 (1.64%) Gradle
9 3 (1.64%) JMeter
9 3 (1.64%) Maven
9 3 (1.64%) Robot Framework
9 3 (1.64%) SonarQube
10 2 (1.09%) Jaeger
10 2 (1.09%) JIRA
10 2 (1.09%) JUnit
10 2 (1.09%) Sonatype Nexus
10 2 (1.09%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 64 (34.97%) Finance
2 21 (11.48%) Social Skills
3 12 (6.56%) Banking
4 10 (5.46%) Front Office
5 8 (4.37%) Public Sector
6 4 (2.19%) Electronics
6 4 (2.19%) Manufacturing
6 4 (2.19%) Marketing
6 4 (2.19%) Telecoms
7 3 (1.64%) Advertising
7 3 (1.64%) Analytical Skills
8 1 (0.55%) Aviation
8 1 (0.55%) Investment Banking
8 1 (0.55%) Presentation Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 17 (9.29%) .NET
1 17 (9.29%) YAML
2 15 (8.20%) Kafka
3 13 (7.10%) Elastic Stack
4 10 (5.46%) OAuth
5 8 (4.37%) ADO
5 8 (4.37%) SAML
6 4 (2.19%) ARM Templates
6 4 (2.19%) React
7 3 (1.64%) Node.js
7 3 (1.64%) OpenTelemetry
8 2 (1.09%) AWS SAM
8 2 (1.09%) JWT
8 2 (1.09%) LAMP
8 2 (1.09%) OpenID
8 2 (1.09%) pytest
8 2 (1.09%) Semantic Kernel
9 1 (0.55%) JSON
9 1 (0.55%) Keycloak
9 1 (0.55%) Next.js
Miscellaneous
1 19 (10.38%) Hybrid Cloud
2 15 (8.20%) Cloud Native
3 12 (6.56%) Legacy Systems
3 12 (6.56%) Virtual Team
4 6 (3.28%) Fixed Income
4 6 (3.28%) Hedge funds
5 4 (2.19%) Self-Motivation
6 3 (1.64%) Distributed Systems
6 3 (1.64%) Enterprise Software
6 3 (1.64%) Security Posture
6 3 (1.64%) Web3
7 2 (1.09%) Management Information System
7 2 (1.09%) PKI
7 2 (1.09%) Private Cloud
7 2 (1.09%) Public Cloud
8 1 (0.55%) Data Centre
8 1 (0.55%) Linux Command Line
8 1 (0.55%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 44 (24.04%) Linux
2 21 (11.48%) Windows
3 11 (6.01%) VMS
4 10 (5.46%) Windows Server
5 2 (1.09%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 2 (1.09%) Unix
5 2 (1.09%) Windows Server 2019
6 1 (0.55%) CentOS
6 1 (0.55%) Debian
6 1 (0.55%) Ubuntu
6 1 (0.55%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 183 (100.00%) DevOps
2 110 (60.11%) CI/CD
3 82 (44.81%) Infrastructure as Code
4 34 (18.58%) Problem-Solving
5 31 (16.94%) AI
6 28 (15.30%) Containerisation
7 25 (13.66%) Agile
8 23 (12.57%) Disaster Recovery
8 23 (12.57%) High Availability
8 23 (12.57%) Observability
9 20 (10.93%) Infrastructure Engineering
9 20 (10.93%) Platform Engineering
10 19 (10.38%) Continuous Improvement
10 19 (10.38%) Software Delivery
11 18 (9.84%) Identity Management
12 16 (8.74%) Analytics
12 16 (8.74%) Investment Management
13 14 (7.65%) Cloud Security
13 14 (7.65%) Deployment Automation
14 13 (7.10%) Site Reliability Engineering
Programming Languages
1 64 (34.97%) Python
2 42 (22.95%) Bash
3 40 (21.86%) PowerShell
4 30 (16.39%) SQL
5 15 (8.20%) Java
6 11 (6.01%) Go
7 9 (4.92%) Bicep
8 8 (4.37%) Kusto Query Language
9 6 (3.28%) C#
9 6 (3.28%) T-SQL
10 2 (1.09%) Groovy
10 2 (1.09%) JavaScript
10 2 (1.09%) Shell Script
11 1 (0.55%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 24 (13.11%) Security Cleared
2 13 (7.10%) DV Cleared
3 9 (4.92%) Azure Certification
4 6 (3.28%) SC Cleared
5 3 (1.64%) Degree
6 2 (1.09%) Computer Science Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 19 (10.38%) GDPR
2 12 (6.56%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 11 (6.01%) SOC 2
4 8 (4.37%) QA
5 7 (3.83%) Cyber Essentials
5 7 (3.83%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
6 3 (1.64%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 50 (27.32%) Docker
2 18 (9.84%) Active Directory
3 8 (4.37%) Virtual Machines
4 4 (2.19%) VMware Infrastructure
5 2 (1.09%) NFS
5 2 (1.09%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 101 (55.19%) Terraform
2 82 (44.81%) Kubernetes
3 39 (21.31%) Ansible
4 32 (17.49%) Prometheus
5 18 (9.84%) Grafana
6 15 (8.20%) Argo
7 4 (2.19%) Active Directory Federation Services
7 4 (2.19%) logstash
8 3 (1.64%) Microsoft Intune
8 3 (1.64%) SCCM
9 2 (1.09%) Nagios
9 2 (1.09%) Puppet
10 1 (0.55%) Cilium
10 1 (0.55%) Karpenter
10 1 (0.55%) Kibana
10 1 (0.55%) Progress Chef
10 1 (0.55%) Rancher
Vendors
1 26 (14.21%) Microsoft
2 14 (7.65%) Google
3 11 (6.01%) Zscaler
4 10 (5.46%) VMware
5 8 (4.37%) Palo Alto
6 6 (3.28%) Splunk
7 4 (2.19%) Red Hat
7 4 (2.19%) SAP
8 3 (1.64%) Atlassian
8 3 (1.64%) Commvault
8 3 (1.64%) Okta
8 3 (1.64%) OneLogin
8 3 (1.64%) Oracle
9 2 (1.09%) Cisco
9 2 (1.09%) Dynatrace
9 2 (1.09%) Pega
9 2 (1.09%) Pure Storage
10 1 (0.55%) AppDynamics
10 1 (0.55%) Rackspace
10 1 (0.55%) Rapid7