Development Operations Engineer
UK
The median Development Operations Engineer salary in the UK is £82,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 1 May 2025.
The table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 1 May 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
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| Rank | 288 | 248 | 137 |
| Rank change year-on-year | -40 | -111 | -29 |
| Permanent jobs requiring a DevOps Engineer | 520 | 1,139 | 2,674 |
| As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK | 1.00% | 1.16% | 2.57% |
| As % of the Job Titles category | 1.11% | 1.22% | 2.81% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 409 | 871 | 1,874 |
| 10th Percentile | £51,250 | £46,250 | £51,401 |
| 25th Percentile | £65,000 | £55,000 | £61,250 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £82,500 | £70,576 | £75,000 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +16.90% | -5.90% | +3.45% |
| 75th Percentile | £115,000 | £87,500 | £92,500 |
| 90th Percentile | £138,750 | £105,000 | £106,250 |
| UK excluding London median annual salary | £67,500 | £65,000 | £68,497 |
| % change year-on-year | +3.85% | -5.11% | -2.15% |
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 | 46,902 | 93,183 | 95,132 |
| % of permanent jobs with a recognized job title | 90.12% | 94.62% | 91.53% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 27,275 | 66,883 | 59,840 |
| 10th Percentile | £30,000 | £28,500 | £32,500 |
| 25th Percentile | £42,000 | £38,500 | £45,000 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £57,500 | £52,777 | £60,000 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +8.95% | -12.04% | - |
| 75th Percentile | £75,000 | £71,250 | £81,250 |
| 90th Percentile | £97,500 | £90,000 | £100,000 |
| UK excluding London median annual salary | £52,000 | £50,000 | £52,500 |
| % change year-on-year | +4.00% | -4.76% | +5.00% |
DevOps Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend
Job postings that featured DevOps Engineer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.
DevOps Engineer
Salary Trend
3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing DevOps Engineer.
DevOps Engineer
Salary Histogram
Salary distribution for jobs citing DevOps Engineer over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.
DevOps Engineer
Top 17 Job Locations
The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing DevOps Engineer within the UK over the 6 months to 1 May 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 |
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| England | -38 | 485 | £82,500 | +16.90% | 333 |
| London | +22 | 264 | £110,000 | +30.95% | 141 |
| Work from Home | +35 | 263 | £87,500 | +25.00% | 218 |
| UK excluding London | -60 | 236 | £67,500 | +3.85% | 248 |
| South East | +16 | 74 | £60,000 | -14.29% | 72 |
| North of England | -42 | 58 | £68,000 | +4.62% | 67 |
| South West | +6 | 42 | £70,996 | +0.60% | 33 |
| North West | -48 | 34 | £72,500 | +20.83% | 40 |
| East of England | +41 | 24 | £66,200 | +1.85% | 23 |
| Midlands | +48 | 22 | £75,000 | +36.36% | 25 |
| West Midlands | +39 | 18 | £75,000 | +50.00% | 15 |
| Yorkshire | +35 | 18 | £68,000 | - | 22 |
| Scotland | +118 | 15 | £80,000 | +13.35% | 14 |
| North East | +34 | 6 | £56,500 | -1.74% | 7 |
| East Midlands | +27 | 4 | £62,500 | +11.11% | 10 |
| Wales | +30 | 3 | - | - | 14 |
| Northern Ireland | +30 | 3 | £85,000 | +61.90% | 7 |
DevOps Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities
For the 6 months to 1 May 2025, DevOps Engineer job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads featuring DevOps Engineer in the job title.
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DevOps Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities by Category
The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:
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