Lead DevOps Job Trends in the UK excluding London
Lead Development Operations
UK > UK excluding London
The median Lead Development Operations salary in the UK excluding London is £92,522 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 9 November 2026.
The table below compares current salary benchmarking and summary statistics with the previous two years.
| 6 months to 9 Nov 2026 |
Same period 2025 | Same period 2024 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 536 | 477 | 517 |
| Rank change year-on-year | -59 | +40 | -21 |
| Permanent Lead DevOps jobs | 160 | 44 | 77 |
| As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London | 0.18% | 0.12% | 0.16% |
| As % of the Job Titles category | 0.19% | 0.14% | 0.17% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 129 | 34 | 54 |
| 10th Percentile | £69,800 | £63,700 | £65,450 |
| 25th Percentile | £79,400 | £75,000 | £66,500 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £92,522 | £81,250 | £70,000 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +13.87% | +16.07% | -15.15% |
| 75th Percentile | £100,000 | £85,938 | £84,125 |
| 90th Percentile | £102,500 | £96,250 | £89,625 |
| UK median annual salary | £92,522 | £83,000 | £72,500 |
| % change year-on-year | +11.47% | +14.48% | -14.71% |
All Permanent IT Job Roles
UK excluding London
For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job adverts in the UK excluding London matching a recognised job title. The table also shows what proportion of all permanent IT job adverts they make up.
| 6 months to 9 Nov 2026 |
Same period 2025 | Same period 2024 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Permanent job adverts in the UK excluding London matching a recognised job title | 83,767 | 32,018 | 45,206 |
| % of permanent job adverts matching a recognised job title | 91.62% | 89.86% | 94.86% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 56,419 | 19,699 | 24,349 |
| 10th Percentile | £30,000 | £27,000 | £30,000 |
| 25th Percentile | £40,000 | £32,200 | £40,000 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £55,000 | £46,000 | £50,000 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +19.57% | -8.00% | -4.76% |
| 75th Percentile | £70,000 | £64,750 | £66,067 |
| 90th Percentile | £88,000 | £80,000 | £80,000 |
| UK median annual salary | £59,813 | £52,500 | £57,500 |
| % change year-on-year | +13.93% | -8.70% | -4.17% |
Lead DevOps Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London
Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent Lead DevOps job postings relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.
Lead DevOps Salary Trend in the UK excluding London
Salary distribution trend for Lead DevOps job vacancies in the UK excluding London.
Lead DevOps Salary Histogram in the UK excluding London
Salary distribution for Lead DevOps jobs in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 9 November 2026.
Lead DevOps Job Locations in the UK excluding London
The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in Lead DevOps jobs within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 9 November 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 |
Job Ads Past 6 Months |
Median Salary Past 6 Months |
Median Salary % Change on Same Period Last Year |
Live Jobs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| North of England | -33 | 63 | £90,000 | +12.50% | 25 |
| South West | -40 | 45 | £100,000 | +8.11% | 8 |
| North West | -13 | 41 | £90,000 | - | 15 |
| Midlands | -62 | 21 | £75,000 | -11.76% | 7 |
| Yorkshire | -35 | 16 | £92,522 | +15.65% | 4 |
| South East | -70 | 15 | £130,000 | +54.30% | 7 |
| West Midlands | -55 | 14 | £75,000 | -11.76% | 3 |
| Scotland | +7 | 11 | £100,000 | - | 4 |
| East Midlands | - | 7 | - | - | 4 |
| North East | -67 | 6 | £92,522 | -2.61% | 6 |
| Wales | - | 5 | £74,857 | - | 2 |
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Lead DevOps Skill Set Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the UK excluding London
For the 6 months to 9 November 2026, Lead DevOps job ads cited 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 Lead DevOps job ads across the UK excluding London region.
| Rank | Skill | Share | Job Ads |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | DevOps | 100.0% | 160 |
| 2 | Security Cleared | 30.0% | 48 |
| 3 | CI/CD | 26.3% | 42 |
| 3 | Infrastructure as Code | 26.3% | 42 |
| 5 | Kubernetes | 21.9% | 35 |
| 5 | Terraform | 21.9% | 35 |
| 7 | Containerisation | 18.1% | 29 |
| 8 | Ansible | 16.9% | 27 |
| 8 | Python | 16.9% | 27 |
| 8 | Site Reliability Engineering | 16.9% | 27 |
| 11 | Docker | 15.0% | 24 |
| 12 | DV Cleared | 14.4% | 23 |
| 13 | Stakeholder Management | 13.8% | 22 |
| 14 | Java | 11.9% | 19 |
| 15 | AWS | 11.3% | 18 |
| 15 | Spring | 11.3% | 18 |
| 15 | Spring Boot | 11.3% | 18 |
| 18 | Azure | 10.0% | 16 |
| 18 | SC Cleared | 10.0% | 16 |
| 20 | Mentoring | 9.4% | 15 |
| 21 | GitLab | 8.8% | 14 |
| 21 | Technical Leadership | 8.8% | 14 |
| 23 | Test Automation | 7.5% | 12 |
| 24 | Agile | 6.9% | 11 |
| 25 | Azure DevOps | 6.3% | 10 |
| 26 | Azure AKS | 5.6% | 9 |
| 26 | Coaching | 5.6% | 9 |
| 26 | Continuous Improvement | 5.6% | 9 |
| 26 | Infrastructure Engineering | 5.6% | 9 |
| 30 | Bash | 5.0% | 8 |
Lead DevOps Skill Set Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the UK excluding London by Category
The table below expands on the one above by listing co-occurrences one category at a time. It covers the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences in each category.
Job Titles
| Rank | Job Title | Share | Job Ads |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lead DevOps Engineer | 90.6% | 145 |
| 2 | Principal DevOps Engineer | 10.6% | 17 |
| 3 | AWS DevOps Engineer | 5.6% | 9 |
| 3 | Senior DevOps Engineer | 5.6% | 9 |
| 5 | AWS Infrastructure Engineer | 3.8% | 6 |
| 5 | AWS Infrastructure Lead | 3.8% | 6 |
| 5 | Lead Infrastructure Engineer | 3.8% | 6 |
| 5 | Senior AWS DevOps Engineer | 3.8% | 6 |
| 5 | Senior Infrastructure Engineer | 3.8% | 6 |
| 10 | Azure DevOps Engineer | 1.9% | 3 |
| 10 | DevOps Automation Engineer | 1.9% | 3 |
| 10 | Site Reliability Engineer | 1.9% | 3 |
| 10 | Team Leader | 1.9% | 3 |
| 14 | Technical Leader | 1.3% | 2 |
| 15 | Development Engineer | 0.6% | 1 |
| 15 | Lead Java Engineer | 0.6% | 1 |
| 15 | Operations Engineer | 0.6% | 1 |
| 15 | Technical Engineer | 0.6% | 1 |