DevOps Manager Job Trends in the North West

Development Operations Manager
England > North West

The median Development Operations Manager salary in the North West is £82,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 20 September 2025.

The table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
20 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 235 - 221
Rank change year-on-year - - +110
Permanent jobs requiring a DevOps Manager 1 0 3
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North West 0.019% - 0.066%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.022% - 0.071%
Number of salaries quoted 1 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £77,000 - £105,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £82,000 - £110,000
Median % change year-on-year - - +109.52%
75th Percentile £87,000 - £115,000
90th Percentile - - -
England median annual salary £80,000 £90,000 £90,000
% change year-on-year -11.11% - +2.86%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
North West

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in the North West. 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 the North West with a recognized job title 4,523 7,390 4,235
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 88.17% 95.29% 93.61%
Number of salaries quoted 2,283 4,540 3,242
10th Percentile £27,000 £30,000 £31,250
25th Percentile £35,000 £40,000 £41,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £50,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year - -9.09% +4.76%
75th Percentile £66,250 £65,000 £70,000
90th Percentile £80,000 £77,500 £82,500
England median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year - -8.33% -

DevOps Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in the North West

Job postings that featured DevOps Manager in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the North West.

Job vacancy trend for DevOps Manager in the North West

DevOps Manager
Salary Trend in the North West

Salary distribution trend for DevOps Manager job vacancies in the North West.

Salary distribution trend for DevOps Manager job vacancies in the North West

DevOps Manager
Job Locations in the North West

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing DevOps Manager within the North West region over the 6 months to 20 September 2025. 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
Manchester - 1 £82,000 -
DevOps Manager
England

DevOps Manager Skill Set
Top 24 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North West

For the 6 months to 20 September 2025, DevOps Manager job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads across the North West region featuring DevOps Manager in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) ITIL
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (100.00%) Active Directory
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft Certification
1 1 (100.00%) Service Management
1 1 (100.00%) Service Delivery
1 1 (100.00%) Change Management
1 1 (100.00%) ITSM
1 1 (100.00%) Agile
1 1 (100.00%) Incident Management
1 1 (100.00%) PowerShell
1 1 (100.00%) Azure
1 1 (100.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 1 (100.00%) DevOps
1 1 (100.00%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
1 1 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
1 1 (100.00%) Performance Metrics
1 1 (100.00%) Entra ID
1 1 (100.00%) Azure DevOps
1 1 (100.00%) Service Delivery Management
1 1 (100.00%) Collaborative Working
1 1 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (100.00%) Azure Stack
1 1 (100.00%) Azure Certification

DevOps Manager Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North West by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Cloud Services
1 1 (100.00%) Azure
1 1 (100.00%) Azure DevOps
1 1 (100.00%) Azure Stack
1 1 (100.00%) Entra ID
General
1 1 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Agile
1 1 (100.00%) Change Management
1 1 (100.00%) Collaborative Working
1 1 (100.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 1 (100.00%) DevOps
1 1 (100.00%) Incident Management
1 1 (100.00%) ITIL
1 1 (100.00%) ITSM
1 1 (100.00%) Performance Metrics
1 1 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (100.00%) Service Delivery
1 1 (100.00%) Service Delivery Management
1 1 (100.00%) Service Management
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) Azure Certification
1 1 (100.00%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft Certification
System Software
1 1 (100.00%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft