DevOps Engineer Job Trends in London

Development Operations Engineer
England > London

The median Development Operations Engineer salary in London is £80,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 13 March 2026.

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

6 months to
13 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 206 159 149
Rank change year-on-year -47 -10 -59
Permanent jobs requiring a DevOps Engineer 195 294 433
As % of all permanent jobs in London 1.16% 2.16% 1.98%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.27% 2.38% 2.10%
Number of salaries quoted 166 240 387
10th Percentile £56,250 £73,625 £56,250
25th Percentile £65,000 £85,000 £65,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £80,000 £110,000 £85,000
Median % change year-on-year -27.27% +29.41% +6.25%
75th Percentile £100,000 £130,000 £105,000
90th Percentile £122,500 £138,750 £117,500
England median annual salary £70,000 £85,000 £72,500
% change year-on-year -17.65% +17.24% -6.45%

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 15,396 12,348 20,596
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 91.54% 90.90% 94.14%
Number of salaries quoted 10,271 7,584 16,402
10th Percentile £36,750 £42,000 £40,000
25th Percentile £51,250 £56,250 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £74,000 £75,000 £72,500
Median % change year-on-year -1.33% +3.45% -0.97%
75th Percentile £95,000 £97,500 £95,000
90th Percentile £108,750 £121,250 £115,000
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% +9.09% -9.69%

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 13 March 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 13 March 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 +36 66 £70,000 -26.32% 12
South London +33 2 £70,000 - 4
DevOps Engineer
England

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

For the 6 months to 13 March 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.

1 195 (100.00%) DevOps
2 111 (56.92%) CI/CD
3 102 (52.31%) Terraform
4 99 (50.77%) Azure
5 85 (43.59%) Kubernetes
6 84 (43.08%) Infrastructure as Code
7 69 (35.38%) AWS
8 67 (34.36%) Python
9 60 (30.77%) Azure DevOps
10 48 (24.62%) Docker
11 45 (23.08%) GitHub
12 42 (21.54%) Ansible
12 42 (21.54%) Bash
13 40 (20.51%) Linux
14 38 (19.49%) GitHub Actions
15 37 (18.97%) PowerShell
16 36 (18.46%) Problem-Solving
16 36 (18.46%) SQL
17 34 (17.44%) AI
18 32 (16.41%) Containerisation
18 32 (16.41%) Prometheus
19 31 (15.90%) Jenkins
20 29 (14.87%) GCP
21 27 (13.85%) High Availability
22 24 (12.31%) Agile
22 24 (12.31%) AWS CloudFormation
22 24 (12.31%) Platform Engineering
22 24 (12.31%) Security Cleared
23 23 (11.79%) Infrastructure Engineering
23 23 (11.79%) Microsoft

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 (2.56%) IIS
2 2 (1.03%) BizTalk Server
3 1 (0.51%) Tomcat
Applications
1 3 (1.54%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 2 (1.03%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 99 (50.77%) Azure
2 69 (35.38%) AWS
3 60 (30.77%) Azure DevOps
4 45 (23.08%) GitHub
5 38 (19.49%) GitHub Actions
6 29 (14.87%) GCP
7 24 (12.31%) AWS CloudFormation
8 21 (10.77%) Amazon EKS
8 21 (10.77%) Datadog
9 19 (9.74%) Azure AKS
10 14 (7.18%) Serverless
11 11 (5.64%) Cloud Functions
11 11 (5.64%) Cloud Run
11 11 (5.64%) Google Compute Engine
12 10 (5.13%) Amazon Kinesis
12 10 (5.13%) Azure Monitor
13 8 (4.10%) Azure ExpressRoute
13 8 (4.10%) Azure Key Vault
13 8 (4.10%) Entra ID
14 7 (3.59%) Amazon CloudWatch
Communications & Networking
1 11 (5.64%) Firewall
2 8 (4.10%) VPN
2 8 (4.10%) WAN
3 4 (2.05%) DHCP
3 4 (2.05%) DNS
4 2 (1.03%) Network Security
5 1 (0.51%) SSL
5 1 (0.51%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 22 (11.28%) SQL Server
2 12 (6.15%) SQL Server Integration Services
3 11 (5.64%) BigQuery
4 10 (5.13%) Flink
5 8 (4.10%) NoSQL
6 7 (3.59%) MySQL
7 4 (2.05%) MongoDB
8 3 (1.54%) Azure SQL Database
8 3 (1.54%) DynamoDB
8 3 (1.54%) Elasticsearch
8 3 (1.54%) GIS
8 3 (1.54%) Power BI
9 2 (1.03%) Amazon RDS
9 2 (1.03%) Redis
10 1 (0.51%) Amazon Aurora
10 1 (0.51%) Data Warehouse
10 1 (0.51%) Metadata
10 1 (0.51%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 31 (15.90%) Jenkins
2 19 (9.74%) GitLab
3 17 (8.72%) Octopus Deploy
4 16 (8.21%) TeamCity
5 14 (7.18%) Git
6 12 (6.15%) Bitbucket
7 10 (5.13%) CircleCI
8 5 (2.56%) Artifactory
9 4 (2.05%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
10 3 (1.54%) Eclipse
10 3 (1.54%) JMeter
10 3 (1.54%) Robot Framework
10 3 (1.54%) SonarQube
11 2 (1.03%) Gradle
11 2 (1.03%) Jaeger
11 2 (1.03%) JIRA
11 2 (1.03%) JUnit
11 2 (1.03%) Maven
11 2 (1.03%) Sonatype Nexus
11 2 (1.03%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 72 (36.92%) Finance
2 27 (13.85%) Social Skills
3 23 (11.79%) Banking
4 10 (5.13%) Front Office
5 9 (4.62%) Public Sector
6 4 (2.05%) Electronics
6 4 (2.05%) Manufacturing
6 4 (2.05%) Marketing
6 4 (2.05%) Telecoms
7 3 (1.54%) Analytical Skills
8 2 (1.03%) Advertising
8 2 (1.03%) Investment Banking
9 1 (0.51%) Presentation Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 22 (11.28%) Kafka
2 18 (9.23%) .NET
3 17 (8.72%) Elastic Stack
4 15 (7.69%) YAML
5 10 (5.13%) OAuth
6 9 (4.62%) ADO
7 8 (4.10%) SAML
8 4 (2.05%) OpenTelemetry
8 4 (2.05%) React
9 3 (1.54%) Node.js
10 2 (1.03%) AWS SAM
10 2 (1.03%) JWT
10 2 (1.03%) LAMP
10 2 (1.03%) OpenID
10 2 (1.03%) pytest
10 2 (1.03%) Semantic Kernel
11 1 (0.51%) ARM Templates
11 1 (0.51%) JSON
11 1 (0.51%) Keycloak
11 1 (0.51%) Next.js
Miscellaneous
1 20 (10.26%) Hybrid Cloud
2 15 (7.69%) Cloud Native
3 12 (6.15%) Legacy Systems
3 12 (6.15%) Virtual Team
4 6 (3.08%) Fixed Income
4 6 (3.08%) Hedge funds
5 4 (2.05%) Distributed Systems
5 4 (2.05%) Self-Motivation
6 3 (1.54%) Web3
7 2 (1.03%) PKI
7 2 (1.03%) Private Cloud
7 2 (1.03%) Public Cloud
8 1 (0.51%) Data Centre
8 1 (0.51%) Data Protection Act
8 1 (0.51%) Linux Command Line
8 1 (0.51%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 40 (20.51%) Linux
2 18 (9.23%) Windows
3 11 (5.64%) Windows Server
4 8 (4.10%) VMS
5 3 (1.54%) CentOS
6 2 (1.03%) Unix
6 2 (1.03%) Windows Server 2019
7 1 (0.51%) Debian
7 1 (0.51%) Ubuntu
7 1 (0.51%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 195 (100.00%) DevOps
2 111 (56.92%) CI/CD
3 84 (43.08%) Infrastructure as Code
4 36 (18.46%) Problem-Solving
5 34 (17.44%) AI
6 32 (16.41%) Containerisation
7 27 (13.85%) High Availability
8 24 (12.31%) Agile
8 24 (12.31%) Platform Engineering
9 23 (11.79%) Infrastructure Engineering
9 23 (11.79%) Observability
10 22 (11.28%) Continuous Improvement
11 19 (9.74%) Software Delivery
12 18 (9.23%) Identity Management
13 17 (8.72%) Analytics
13 17 (8.72%) Disaster Recovery
14 16 (8.21%) Infrastructure Management
14 16 (8.21%) Investment Management
14 16 (8.21%) Site Reliability Engineering
15 15 (7.69%) Software Engineering
Programming Languages
1 67 (34.36%) Python
2 42 (21.54%) Bash
3 37 (18.97%) PowerShell
4 36 (18.46%) SQL
5 17 (8.72%) Go
5 17 (8.72%) Java
6 9 (4.62%) Bicep
7 8 (4.10%) Kusto Query Language
8 6 (3.08%) C#
8 6 (3.08%) T-SQL
9 2 (1.03%) Groovy
9 2 (1.03%) JavaScript
10 1 (0.51%) Apex Code
10 1 (0.51%) Ruby
10 1 (0.51%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 24 (12.31%) Security Cleared
2 13 (6.67%) DV Cleared
3 9 (4.62%) Azure Certification
4 7 (3.59%) SC Cleared
5 3 (1.54%) Degree
6 2 (1.03%) Computer Science Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 20 (10.26%) GDPR
2 16 (8.21%) SOC 2
3 12 (6.15%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 10 (5.13%) QA
5 8 (4.10%) PCI DSS
6 4 (2.05%) Cyber Essentials
6 4 (2.05%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
System Software
1 48 (24.62%) Docker
2 16 (8.21%) Active Directory
3 10 (5.13%) Virtual Machines
4 2 (1.03%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 102 (52.31%) Terraform
2 85 (43.59%) Kubernetes
3 42 (21.54%) Ansible
4 32 (16.41%) Prometheus
5 22 (11.28%) Grafana
6 16 (8.21%) Argo
7 5 (2.56%) Active Directory Federation Services
8 4 (2.05%) logstash
8 4 (2.05%) Nagios
9 3 (1.54%) Istio
9 3 (1.54%) Microsoft Intune
9 3 (1.54%) SCCM
10 1 (0.51%) Cilium
10 1 (0.51%) Docker Swarm
10 1 (0.51%) Karpenter
10 1 (0.51%) Kibana
10 1 (0.51%) Puppet
10 1 (0.51%) Rancher
Vendors
1 23 (11.79%) Microsoft
2 11 (5.64%) Google
2 11 (5.64%) Zscaler
3 8 (4.10%) Palo Alto
3 8 (4.10%) VMware
4 7 (3.59%) Splunk
5 4 (2.05%) Okta
5 4 (2.05%) OneLogin
5 4 (2.05%) Oracle
5 4 (2.05%) Red Hat
5 4 (2.05%) SAP
6 3 (1.54%) Atlassian
6 3 (1.54%) Rapid7
7 2 (1.03%) Confluent
7 2 (1.03%) Pega
8 1 (0.51%) Commvault
8 1 (0.51%) Dynatrace
8 1 (0.51%) Salesforce