Lead DevOps Engineer Job Trends in Plymouth

Lead Development Operations Engineer
Devon > Plymouth

The median Lead Development Operations Engineer salary in Plymouth is £66,975 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 28 November 2025.

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

6 months to
28 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 19 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs requiring a Lead DevOps Engineer 2 0 0
As % of all permanent jobs in Plymouth 1.33% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 1.36% - -
Number of salaries quoted 2 0 0
10th Percentile £61,428 - -
25th Percentile £62,856 - -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £66,975 - -
75th Percentile £69,356 - -
90th Percentile £69,743 - -
Devon median annual salary £66,975 - £80,000

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Plymouth

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Plymouth. 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 Plymouth with a recognized job title 147 101 108
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 98.00% 99.02% 96.43%
Number of salaries quoted 92 56 106
10th Percentile £27,000 £28,000 £32,500
25th Percentile £30,000 £35,000 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £45,000 £49,000
Median % change year-on-year +33.33% -8.16% -3.25%
75th Percentile £70,313 £55,000 £54,794
90th Percentile £80,000 £63,750 £57,500
Devon median annual salary £40,000 £45,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year -11.11% -5.26% +18.75%

Lead DevOps Engineer Skill Set
Top 11 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Plymouth

For the 6 months to 28 November 2025, Lead 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 Plymouth region featuring Lead DevOps Engineer in the job title.

1 2 (100.00%) DevOps
1 2 (100.00%) Digital Transformation Programme
2 1 (50.00%) AWS
2 1 (50.00%) Business Strategy
2 1 (50.00%) Coaching
2 1 (50.00%) Infrastructure as Code
2 1 (50.00%) Kubernetes
2 1 (50.00%) Roadmaps
2 1 (50.00%) Technical Leadership
2 1 (50.00%) Technology Strategy
2 1 (50.00%) Terraform

Lead DevOps Engineer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Plymouth 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 (50.00%) AWS
General
1 1 (50.00%) Social Skills
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) DevOps
1 2 (100.00%) Digital Transformation Programme
2 1 (50.00%) Business Strategy
2 1 (50.00%) Coaching
2 1 (50.00%) Infrastructure as Code
2 1 (50.00%) Roadmaps
2 1 (50.00%) Technical Leadership
2 1 (50.00%) Technology Strategy
Systems Management
1 1 (50.00%) Kubernetes
1 1 (50.00%) Terraform