Lead DevOps Job Trends in Newport

Lead Development Operations
South Wales > Newport

The median Lead Development Operations salary in Newport is £74,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 26 April 2026.

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

6 months to
26 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 41 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs requiring a Lead DevOps 1 0 0
As % of all permanent jobs in Newport 0.31% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.32% - -
Number of salaries quoted 1 0 0
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £74,000 - -
South Wales median annual salary £74,000 - -

All Permanent IT Job Roles
Newport

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Newport. 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 Newport with a recognized job title 308 56 158
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.19% 100.00% 95.76%
Number of salaries quoted 169 35 130
10th Percentile £35,000 £37,750 £26,500
25th Percentile £41,250 £46,875 £40,300
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,000 £62,500 £52,101
Median % change year-on-year -16.80% +19.96% +15.78%
75th Percentile £55,873 £70,600 £60,000
90th Percentile £80,000 £82,900 £69,550
South Wales median annual salary £50,000 £52,500 £46,604
% change year-on-year -4.76% +12.65% +2.48%

Lead DevOps
Job Vacancy Trend in Newport

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

Lead DevOps job vacancy trend in Newport

Lead DevOps
Salary Trend in Newport

Salary distribution trend for Lead DevOps job vacancies in Newport.

Salary distribution trend for Lead DevOps job vacancies in Newport

Lead DevOps Skill Set
Top 29 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Newport

For the 6 months to 26 April 2026, Lead 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 Newport region featuring Lead DevOps in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) .NET
1 1 (100.00%) Azure
1 1 (100.00%) Azure DevOps
1 1 (100.00%) Bash
1 1 (100.00%) CI/CD
1 1 (100.00%) Coaching
1 1 (100.00%) Containerisation
1 1 (100.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 1 (100.00%) Decision-Making
1 1 (100.00%) DevOps
1 1 (100.00%) Docker
1 1 (100.00%) Git
1 1 (100.00%) GitHub
1 1 (100.00%) GitHub Actions
1 1 (100.00%) Infrastructure as Code
1 1 (100.00%) IT Strategy
1 1 (100.00%) Kubernetes
1 1 (100.00%) Line Management
1 1 (100.00%) Mentoring
1 1 (100.00%) Node.js
1 1 (100.00%) PowerShell
1 1 (100.00%) Python
1 1 (100.00%) Roadmaps
1 1 (100.00%) Software Delivery
1 1 (100.00%) Strategic Roadmap
1 1 (100.00%) Technical Leadership
1 1 (100.00%) Technology Strategy
1 1 (100.00%) Terraform
1 1 (100.00%) Test Automation

Lead DevOps Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Newport 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 1 (100.00%) Azure
1 1 (100.00%) Azure DevOps
1 1 (100.00%) GitHub
1 1 (100.00%) GitHub Actions
Development Applications
1 1 (100.00%) Git
General
1 1 (100.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
1 1 (100.00%) Public Sector
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (100.00%) .NET
1 1 (100.00%) Node.js
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Cloud Native
1 1 (100.00%) Product Ownership
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) CI/CD
1 1 (100.00%) Coaching
1 1 (100.00%) Containerisation
1 1 (100.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 1 (100.00%) Decision-Making
1 1 (100.00%) DevOps
1 1 (100.00%) Infrastructure as Code
1 1 (100.00%) IT Strategy
1 1 (100.00%) Line Management
1 1 (100.00%) Mentoring
1 1 (100.00%) Roadmaps
1 1 (100.00%) Software Delivery
1 1 (100.00%) Strategic Roadmap
1 1 (100.00%) Technical Leadership
1 1 (100.00%) Technology Strategy
1 1 (100.00%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) Bash
1 1 (100.00%) PowerShell
1 1 (100.00%) Python
System Software
1 1 (100.00%) Docker
Systems Management
1 1 (100.00%) Kubernetes
1 1 (100.00%) Terraform