Senior DevOps Job Trends in Manchester

Senior Development Operations
North West > Manchester

The median Senior Development Operations salary in Manchester is £87,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 21 June 2026.

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

6 months to
21 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 168 156 170
Rank change year-on-year -12 +14 +10
Permanent jobs requiring a Senior DevOps 13 8 50
As % of all permanent jobs in Manchester 0.21% 0.35% 0.84%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.22% 0.38% 0.89%
Number of salaries quoted 12 0 13
10th Percentile £70,125 - £57,000
25th Percentile £75,000 - £71,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £87,500 - £85,000
Median % change year-on-year - - +9.68%
75th Percentile £95,000 - £87,500
90th Percentile - - £89,500
North West median annual salary £80,000 - £85,000
% change year-on-year - - +9.68%

All Permanent IT Job Roles
Manchester

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Manchester. 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 Manchester with a recognized job title 5,794 2,079 5,643
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.15% 91.26% 94.98%
Number of salaries quoted 4,572 1,214 4,303
10th Percentile £31,250 £30,500 £30,000
25th Percentile £45,000 £41,000 £40,988
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £57,468 £54,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.41% +6.42% -6.09%
75th Percentile £75,000 £75,000 £67,968
90th Percentile £95,000 £93,750 £80,000
North West median annual salary £55,000 £52,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year +4.76% +5.00% -9.09%

Senior DevOps
Job Vacancy Trend in Manchester

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 Manchester.

Senior DevOps job vacancy trend in Manchester

Senior DevOps
Salary Trend in Manchester

Salary distribution trend for Senior DevOps job vacancies in Manchester.

Salary distribution trend for Senior DevOps job vacancies in Manchester

Senior DevOps
Salary Histogram in Manchester

Salary distribution for jobs citing Senior DevOps in Manchester over the 6 months to 21 June 2026.

Salary histogram for Senior DevOps in Manchester

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

For the 6 months to 21 June 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 Manchester region featuring Senior DevOps in the job title.

1 13 (100.00%) DevOps
2 9 (69.23%) Platform Engineering
3 7 (53.85%) GCP
3 7 (53.85%) Google
4 6 (46.15%) CI/CD
4 6 (46.15%) Infrastructure as Code
4 6 (46.15%) Kubernetes
4 6 (46.15%) Terraform
5 5 (38.46%) Containerisation
6 3 (23.08%) AWS
6 3 (23.08%) Docker
6 3 (23.08%) Problem-Solving
6 3 (23.08%) Virtual Private Cloud
6 3 (23.08%) VMware
6 3 (23.08%) VMware Infrastructure
7 2 (15.38%) Analytics
7 2 (15.38%) Ansible
7 2 (15.38%) Data Architecture
7 2 (15.38%) Infrastructure Automation
7 2 (15.38%) Load Balancing
7 2 (15.38%) Python
7 2 (15.38%) Virtual Machines
8 1 (7.69%) AI
8 1 (7.69%) Amazon EC2
8 1 (7.69%) Amazon S3
8 1 (7.69%) Azure
8 1 (7.69%) Bash
8 1 (7.69%) Coaching
8 1 (7.69%) DV Cleared
8 1 (7.69%) GitHub

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

Cloud Services
1 7 (53.85%) GCP
2 3 (23.08%) AWS
2 3 (23.08%) Virtual Private Cloud
3 1 (7.69%) Amazon EC2
3 1 (7.69%) Amazon S3
3 1 (7.69%) Azure
3 1 (7.69%) GitHub
3 1 (7.69%) Google Kubernetes Engine
3 1 (7.69%) SaaS
Development Applications
1 1 (7.69%) Jenkins
General
1 1 (7.69%) Analytical Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (7.69%) Spring
1 1 (7.69%) Spring Boot
Operating Systems
1 1 (7.69%) Linux
1 1 (7.69%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 13 (100.00%) DevOps
2 9 (69.23%) Platform Engineering
3 6 (46.15%) CI/CD
3 6 (46.15%) Infrastructure as Code
4 5 (38.46%) Containerisation
5 3 (23.08%) Problem-Solving
6 2 (15.38%) Analytics
6 2 (15.38%) Data Architecture
6 2 (15.38%) Infrastructure Automation
6 2 (15.38%) Load Balancing
7 1 (7.69%) AI
7 1 (7.69%) Coaching
7 1 (7.69%) GitOps
7 1 (7.69%) Infrastructure Engineering
7 1 (7.69%) Mentoring
7 1 (7.69%) Observability
7 1 (7.69%) Site Reliability Engineering
7 1 (7.69%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 2 (15.38%) Python
2 1 (7.69%) Bash
2 1 (7.69%) Java
2 1 (7.69%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 1 (7.69%) DV Cleared
1 1 (7.69%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 3 (23.08%) Docker
1 3 (23.08%) VMware Infrastructure
2 2 (15.38%) Virtual Machines
3 1 (7.69%) VMware NSX
3 1 (7.69%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 6 (46.15%) Kubernetes
1 6 (46.15%) Terraform
2 2 (15.38%) Ansible
3 1 (7.69%) Istio
Vendors
1 7 (53.85%) Google
2 3 (23.08%) VMware