Senior DevOps Engineer Job Trends in South Wales

Senior Development Operations Engineer
Wales > South Wales

The median Senior Development Operations Engineer salary in South Wales is £53,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 6 May 2026.

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

6 months to
6 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 77 - 83
Rank change year-on-year - - -4
Permanent jobs requiring a Senior DevOps Engineer 4 0 4
As % of all permanent jobs in South Wales 0.35% - 0.32%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.37% - 0.36%
Number of salaries quoted 4 0 4
10th Percentile £50,140 - £64,365
25th Percentile £50,351 - £67,164
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £53,000 - £70,576
Median % change year-on-year - - -16.97%
75th Percentile £53,718 - £72,433
90th Percentile £55,011 - -
Wales median annual salary £53,000 - £70,576
% change year-on-year - - -16.97%

All Permanent IT Job Roles
South Wales

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in South Wales. 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 South Wales with a recognized job title 1,072 341 1,109
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.04% 92.92% 89.51%
Number of salaries quoted 709 217 872
10th Percentile £28,500 £28,600 £27,157
25th Percentile £36,750 £37,170 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £52,500 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.52% +16.67% -
75th Percentile £60,000 £66,750 £60,000
90th Percentile £75,000 £75,086 £70,000
Wales median annual salary £45,000 £50,000 £45,000
% change year-on-year -10.00% +11.11% -

Senior DevOps Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in South Wales

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings featuring 'Senior DevOps Engineer' in the job title relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in South Wales.

Senior DevOps Engineer job vacancy trend in South Wales

Senior DevOps Engineer
Salary Trend in South Wales

Salary distribution trend for Senior DevOps Engineer job vacancies in South Wales.

Salary distribution trend for Senior DevOps Engineer job vacancies in South Wales

Senior DevOps Engineer
Job Locations in South Wales

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Senior DevOps Engineer within the South Wales region over the 6 months to 6 May 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
Newport - 4 £53,000 - 1
Senior DevOps Engineer
Wales

Senior DevOps Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in South Wales

For the 6 months to 6 May 2026, Senior 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 South Wales region featuring Senior DevOps Engineer in the job title.

1 4 (100.00%) DevOps
2 3 (75.00%) Azure
2 3 (75.00%) Azure DevOps
2 3 (75.00%) Bash
2 3 (75.00%) CI/CD
2 3 (75.00%) Containerisation
2 3 (75.00%) Docker
2 3 (75.00%) Git
2 3 (75.00%) Infrastructure as Code
2 3 (75.00%) Platform Engineering
2 3 (75.00%) PowerShell
2 3 (75.00%) Python
2 3 (75.00%) SC Cleared
2 3 (75.00%) SDLC
2 3 (75.00%) Security Cleared
2 3 (75.00%) Terraform
2 3 (75.00%) Test Automation
3 2 (50.00%) .NET
4 1 (25.00%) Agile
4 1 (25.00%) Azure Functions
4 1 (25.00%) Azure Logic Apps
4 1 (25.00%) Azure Machine Learning
4 1 (25.00%) C#
4 1 (25.00%) Collaborative Working
4 1 (25.00%) Continuous Deployment
4 1 (25.00%) Continuous Improvement
4 1 (25.00%) Continuous Integration
4 1 (25.00%) Machine Learning
4 1 (25.00%) Mentoring
4 1 (25.00%) Microsoft

Senior DevOps Engineer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in South Wales 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 3 (75.00%) Azure
1 3 (75.00%) Azure DevOps
2 1 (25.00%) Azure Functions
2 1 (25.00%) Azure Logic Apps
2 1 (25.00%) Azure Machine Learning
2 1 (25.00%) Serverless
Development Applications
1 3 (75.00%) Git
General
1 2 (50.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
1 2 (50.00%) Public Sector
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (50.00%) .NET
2 1 (25.00%) Next.js
2 1 (25.00%) YAML
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (100.00%) DevOps
2 3 (75.00%) CI/CD
2 3 (75.00%) Containerisation
2 3 (75.00%) Infrastructure as Code
2 3 (75.00%) Platform Engineering
2 3 (75.00%) SDLC
2 3 (75.00%) Test Automation
3 1 (25.00%) Agile
3 1 (25.00%) Collaborative Working
3 1 (25.00%) Continuous Deployment
3 1 (25.00%) Continuous Improvement
3 1 (25.00%) Continuous Integration
3 1 (25.00%) Machine Learning
3 1 (25.00%) Mentoring
3 1 (25.00%) Problem-Solving
3 1 (25.00%) Product Planning
3 1 (25.00%) Scrum
3 1 (25.00%) SEO
3 1 (25.00%) User Stories
Programming Languages
1 3 (75.00%) Bash
1 3 (75.00%) PowerShell
1 3 (75.00%) Python
2 1 (25.00%) C#
Qualifications
1 3 (75.00%) SC Cleared
1 3 (75.00%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 3 (75.00%) Docker
Systems Management
1 3 (75.00%) Terraform
Vendors
1 1 (25.00%) Microsoft