AWS DevOps Engineer Job Trends
DevOps Engineer - Amazon Web Services
UK
The median DevOps Engineer - Amazon Web Services salary in the UK is £72,500 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 | 738 | 583 | 640 |
| Rank change year-on-year | -155 | +57 | -164 |
| Permanent AWS DevOps Engineer jobs | 92 | 67 | 109 |
| As % of all permanent jobs in the UK | 0.075% | 0.13% | 0.16% |
| As % of the Job Titles category | 0.081% | 0.15% | 0.17% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 70 | 36 | 84 |
| 10th Percentile | £56,875 | £50,750 | £52,225 |
| 25th Percentile | £65,000 | £56,250 | £65,000 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £72,500 | £81,250 | £90,000 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -10.77% | -9.72% | +9.09% |
| 75th Percentile | £80,000 | £100,000 | £118,750 |
| 90th Percentile | £90,000 | £123,750 | £130,000 |
| UK excluding London median annual salary | £72,500 | £55,000 | £67,500 |
| % change year-on-year | +31.82% | -18.52% | -3.57% |
All Permanent IT Job Roles
UK
For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job adverts 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 matching a recognised job title | 112,986 | 46,196 | 64,146 |
| % of permanent job adverts matching a recognised job title | 91.82% | 90.02% | 94.92% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 74,779 | 28,601 | 36,116 |
| 10th Percentile | £31,000 | £28,250 | £31,250 |
| 25th Percentile | £41,250 | £35,000 | £42,500 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £59,813 | £52,500 | £57,500 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +13.93% | -8.70% | -4.17% |
| 75th Percentile | £76,250 | £73,750 | £75,000 |
| 90th Percentile | £97,500 | £92,500 | £95,000 |
| UK excluding London median annual salary | £55,000 | £46,000 | £50,000 |
| % change year-on-year | +19.57% | -8.00% | -4.76% |
AWS DevOps Engineer Job Vacancy Trend
Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent AWS DevOps Engineer job postings relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised.
AWS DevOps Engineer Salary Trend
Salary distribution trend for AWS DevOps Engineer job vacancies in the UK.
AWS DevOps Engineer Salary Histogram
Salary distribution for AWS DevOps Engineer jobs over the 6 months to 9 November 2026.
AWS DevOps Engineer Top 11 Job Locations
The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in AWS DevOps Engineer jobs within the UK 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| England | -135 | 78 | £70,000 | -13.85% | 97 |
| UK excluding London | -149 | 50 | £72,500 | +31.82% | 44 |
| London | -74 | 35 | £72,500 | -12.12% | 57 |
| North of England | -56 | 26 | £75,000 | -25.00% | 17 |
| North West | -36 | 22 | £75,000 | -25.00% | 9 |
| Work from Home | -86 | 20 | £76,250 | -4.69% | 47 |
| South West | - | 14 | £60,000 | - | |
| Scotland | 0 | 7 | £100,000 | - | 3 |
| South East | -72 | 3 | £90,000 | +38.46% | 8 |
| Yorkshire | - | 3 | £70,000 | - | 4 |
| North East | - | 1 | £72,500 | - | 4 |
AWS DevOps Engineer Skill Set Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities
For the 6 months to 9 November 2026, AWS DevOps Engineer 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 AWS DevOps Engineer job ads.
| Rank | Skill | Share | Job Ads |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | AWS | 100.0% | 92 |
| 1 | DevOps | 100.0% | 92 |
| 3 | CI/CD | 46.7% | 43 |
| 3 | Security Cleared | 46.7% | 43 |
| 5 | Terraform | 43.5% | 40 |
| 6 | Infrastructure as Code | 40.2% | 37 |
| 6 | SC Cleared | 40.2% | 37 |
| 8 | Agile | 34.8% | 32 |
| 9 | Kubernetes | 32.6% | 30 |
| 10 | Observability | 31.5% | 29 |
| 11 | Docker | 27.2% | 25 |
| 12 | Python | 23.9% | 22 |
| 13 | Bash | 22.8% | 21 |
| 13 | Grafana | 22.8% | 21 |
| 15 | Jenkins | 20.7% | 19 |
| 15 | Prometheus | 20.7% | 19 |
| 15 | Test Automation | 20.7% | 19 |
| 18 | AWS CloudFormation | 19.6% | 18 |
| 18 | Problem-Solving | 19.6% | 18 |
| 20 | Containerisation | 18.5% | 17 |
| 21 | GitLab | 16.3% | 15 |
| 22 | Continuous Improvement | 15.2% | 14 |
| 22 | Git | 15.2% | 14 |
| 22 | Platform Engineering | 15.2% | 14 |
| 25 | Amazon EKS | 14.1% | 13 |
| 25 | Amazon RDS | 14.1% | 13 |
| 25 | Cloud Security | 14.1% | 13 |
| 25 | Elastic Stack | 14.1% | 13 |
| 29 | Amazon CloudWatch | 13.0% | 12 |
| 29 | Secrets Management | 13.0% | 12 |
AWS DevOps Engineer Skill Set Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities 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 | Senior AWS DevOps Engineer | 16.3% | 15 |
| 2 | Cloud Native Engineer | 14.1% | 13 |
| 3 | Lead DevOps Engineer | 12.0% | 11 |
| 4 | AWS Infrastructure Engineer | 6.5% | 6 |
| 4 | AWS Infrastructure Lead | 6.5% | 6 |
| 4 | Lead Infrastructure Engineer | 6.5% | 6 |
| 4 | Senior Infrastructure Engineer | 6.5% | 6 |
| 8 | Azure DevOps Engineer | 4.3% | 4 |
| 8 | DevOps Engineer - Fintech | 4.3% | 4 |
| 10 | Associate Engineer | 2.2% | 2 |
| 10 | Kubernetes Engineer | 2.2% | 2 |
| 12 | AWS Software Engineer | 1.1% | 1 |
| 12 | DevOps Automation Engineer | 1.1% | 1 |
| 12 | Python Engineer | 1.1% | 1 |