DevOps Architect Job Trends

Development Operations Architect
UK

The median Development Operations Architect salary in the UK is £65,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 18 October 2025.

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

6 months to
18 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 653 687 727
Rank change year-on-year +34 +40 +364
Permanent jobs requiring a DevOps Architect 18 61 27
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.037% 0.088% 0.048%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.041% 0.092% 0.050%
Number of salaries quoted 6 36 21
10th Percentile £63,125 - -
25th Percentile - £55,000 £82,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £65,000 £85,000
Median % change year-on-year - -23.53% -15.00%
75th Percentile £66,688 £81,250 £100,000
90th Percentile £79,500 £92,500 £110,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £65,000 £80,000 £87,500
% change year-on-year -18.75% -8.57% +4.17%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
UK

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies. 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 the UK with a recognized job title 43,999 66,430 54,180
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 89.87% 95.35% 95.61%
Number of salaries quoted 25,900 38,038 41,924
10th Percentile £28,000 £31,250 £32,000
25th Percentile £35,000 £41,250 £43,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £56,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -6.25% -6.67% -
75th Percentile £73,750 £75,000 £80,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £95,000 £97,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £45,390 £50,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -9.22% -4.76% -

DevOps Architect
Job Vacancy Trend

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

DevOps Architect job vacancy trend in the UK

DevOps Architect
Salary Trend

Salary distribution trend for DevOps Architect job vacancies in the UK.

Salary distribution trend for DevOps Architect job vacancies in the UK

DevOps Architect
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing DevOps Architect over the 6 months to 18 October 2025.

Salary histogram for DevOps Architect in the UK

DevOps Architect
Top 8 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing DevOps Architect within the UK over the 6 months to 18 October 2025. 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
England +75 18 £65,000 +8.33% 2
Work from Home +59 15 £65,000 -16.13%
UK excluding London +60 13 £65,000 -18.75% 1
North of England +30 10 - -
North West +27 10 - -
London +30 5 £65,750 +9.58% 1
West Midlands +56 3 £65,000 -43.48%
Midlands +39 3 £65,000 -43.48%

DevOps Architect Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities

For the 6 months to 18 October 2025, DevOps Architect 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 featuring DevOps Architect in the job title.

1 18 (100.00%) DevOps
2 17 (94.44%) Azure
3 14 (77.78%) Python
3 14 (77.78%) Roadmaps
4 13 (72.22%) Agile
4 13 (72.22%) Azure Certification
4 13 (72.22%) Technology Roadmap
5 12 (66.67%) AWS
5 12 (66.67%) CI/CD
6 11 (61.11%) Containerisation
6 11 (61.11%) Docker
6 11 (61.11%) GCP
6 11 (61.11%) Java
6 11 (61.11%) Kubernetes
6 11 (61.11%) Microservices
6 11 (61.11%) SQL
7 10 (55.56%) Architectural Design
7 10 (55.56%) AWS Certification
7 10 (55.56%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
7 10 (55.56%) C#
7 10 (55.56%) Data Management
7 10 (55.56%) Data Privacy
7 10 (55.56%) Disaster Recovery
7 10 (55.56%) Enterprise Architecture
7 10 (55.56%) GDPR
7 10 (55.56%) Google
7 10 (55.56%) HIPAA
7 10 (55.56%) NIST
7 10 (55.56%) NoSQL
7 10 (55.56%) TOGAF

DevOps Architect Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities 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:

Business Applications
1 5 (27.78%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 17 (94.44%) Azure
2 12 (66.67%) AWS
3 11 (61.11%) GCP
4 6 (33.33%) Azure DevOps
5 5 (27.78%) Power Platform
5 5 (27.78%) SaaS
6 3 (16.67%) Azure Storage
6 3 (16.67%) Dynamics 365
6 3 (16.67%) IaaS
6 3 (16.67%) Microsoft Purview
6 3 (16.67%) PaaS
7 1 (5.56%) Azure AKS
7 1 (5.56%) Azure ExpressRoute
7 1 (5.56%) Azure Logic Apps
7 1 (5.56%) GitHub
7 1 (5.56%) GitHub Actions
Communications & Networking
1 1 (5.56%) Firewall
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (55.56%) NoSQL
2 1 (5.56%) Azure SQL Database
General
1 3 (16.67%) Local Government
1 3 (16.67%) Public Sector
2 1 (5.56%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (5.56%) Social Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (5.56%) Node.js
Miscellaneous
1 10 (55.56%) Cloud Native
1 10 (55.56%) Management Information System
2 3 (16.67%) Legacy Systems
3 1 (5.56%) Clustering
Operating Systems
1 1 (5.56%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 18 (100.00%) DevOps
2 14 (77.78%) Roadmaps
3 13 (72.22%) Agile
3 13 (72.22%) Technology Roadmap
4 12 (66.67%) CI/CD
5 11 (61.11%) Containerisation
5 11 (61.11%) Microservices
6 10 (55.56%) Architectural Design
6 10 (55.56%) Data Management
6 10 (55.56%) Data Privacy
6 10 (55.56%) Disaster Recovery
6 10 (55.56%) Enterprise Architecture
6 10 (55.56%) TOGAF
7 5 (27.78%) E-Commerce
8 4 (22.22%) Data Governance
8 4 (22.22%) Data Modelling
9 3 (16.67%) Data Science
9 3 (16.67%) Product Management
9 3 (16.67%) Stakeholder Engagement
9 3 (16.67%) Technical Architecture
Programming Languages
1 14 (77.78%) Python
2 11 (61.11%) Java
2 11 (61.11%) SQL
3 10 (55.56%) C#
Qualifications
1 13 (72.22%) Azure Certification
2 10 (55.56%) AWS Certification
2 10 (55.56%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (55.56%) GDPR
1 10 (55.56%) HIPAA
1 10 (55.56%) NIST
System Software
1 11 (61.11%) Docker
2 1 (5.56%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 11 (61.11%) Kubernetes
2 2 (11.11%) Terraform
3 1 (5.56%) Grafana
3 1 (5.56%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 10 (55.56%) Google
2 4 (22.22%) Microsoft