Senior DevOps Job Trends in Southampton

Senior Development Operations
Hampshire > Southampton

The median Senior Development Operations salary in Southampton is £100,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 16 September 2026.

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

6 months to
16 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 61 - 64
Rank change year-on-year - - -14
Permanent jobs requiring a Senior DevOps 7 0 7
As % of all permanent jobs in Southampton 0.75% - 0.82%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.78% - 0.83%
Number of salaries quoted 7 0 0
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £100,000 - -
Hampshire median annual salary £100,000 - £75,000
% change year-on-year - - -16.67%

All Permanent IT Job Roles
Southampton

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Southampton. 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 Southampton with a recognized job title 898 399 841
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 95.94% 98.28% 98.59%
Number of salaries quoted 701 270 641
10th Percentile £33,750 £32,300 £31,750
25th Percentile £45,000 £41,438 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £50,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +20.00% - -9.09%
75th Percentile £80,000 £62,988 £60,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £75,000 £72,500
Hampshire median annual salary £56,233 £52,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year +7.11% - -1.87%

Senior DevOps
Job Vacancy Trend in Southampton

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 Southampton.

Senior DevOps job vacancy trend in Southampton

Senior DevOps
Salary Trend in Southampton

Salary distribution trend for Senior DevOps job vacancies in Southampton.

Salary distribution trend for Senior DevOps job vacancies in Southampton

Senior DevOps Skill Set
Top 2 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Southampton

For the 6 months to 16 September 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 Southampton region featuring Senior DevOps in the job title.

1 7 (100.00%) DevOps
1 7 (100.00%) Platform Engineering

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

Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (100.00%) DevOps
1 7 (100.00%) Platform Engineering