Head of Development Operations
UK

The median Head of Development Operations salary in the UK is £106,250 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 30 November 2023.

The first table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
30 Nov 2023
Same period 2022 Same period 2021
Rank 717 1055 1017
Rank change year-on-year +338 -38 -283
Permanent jobs requiring a Head of DevOps 10 35 87
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.019% 0.028% 0.067%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.019% 0.029% 0.071%
Number of salaries quoted 8 33 44
10th Percentile £90,125 £58,750 £89,125
25th Percentile £95,938 £71,275 £92,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £106,250 £78,000 £100,000
Median % change year-on-year +36.22% -22.00% -
75th Percentile £118,750 £130,000 £130,000
90th Percentile £130,000 £152,500 £135,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £91,250 £99,000 £95,000
% change year-on-year -7.83% +4.21% -2.56%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
UK

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes 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 51,419 120,484 123,121
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 95.48% 95.34% 95.10%
Number of salaries quoted 37,696 75,234 84,392
10th Percentile £31,250 £32,750 £32,000
25th Percentile £42,500 £45,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year - +4.35% +4.55%
75th Percentile £80,000 £81,250 £77,500
90th Percentile £97,500 £97,750 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £52,500 £52,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year - +5.00% +5.26%

Head of DevOps
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings that featured Head of DevOps in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Head of DevOps in the UK

Head of DevOps
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Head of DevOps.

Salary trend for Head of DevOps in the UK

Head of DevOps
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Head of DevOps over the 6 months to 30 November 2023.

Salary histogram for Head of DevOps in the UK

Head of DevOps
Top 5 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Head of DevOps within the UK over the 6 months to 30 November 2023. 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 +299 6 £111,250 +20.27% 5
London +268 4 £101,250 +39.18% 4
Work from Home +253 4 £111,250 -7.29% 3
UK excluding London +234 2 £91,250 -7.83% 3
Wales +15 2 £91,250 +48.37% 2

Head of DevOps Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities

For the 6 months to 30 November 2023, Head of DevOps 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 Head of DevOps in the job title.

1 10 (100.00%) DevOps
2 7 (70.00%) Kubernetes
2 7 (70.00%) Azure
3 6 (60.00%) CI/CD
4 5 (50.00%) AWS
4 5 (50.00%) Infrastructure as Code
4 5 (50.00%) Python
5 4 (40.00%) Stakeholder Management
5 4 (40.00%) Mentoring
5 4 (40.00%) Containerisation
6 3 (30.00%) Docker
6 3 (30.00%) Social Skills
6 3 (30.00%) Problem-Solving
6 3 (30.00%) Fintech
6 3 (30.00%) Terraform
6 3 (30.00%) Microsoft
6 3 (30.00%) PowerShell
7 2 (20.00%) Incident Management
7 2 (20.00%) Linux
7 2 (20.00%) Migration
7 2 (20.00%) Software Engineering
7 2 (20.00%) Degree
7 2 (20.00%) Computer Science
7 2 (20.00%) Release Management
7 2 (20.00%) Disaster Recovery
7 2 (20.00%) Azure DevOps
7 2 (20.00%) Cloud Native
7 2 (20.00%) Computer Science Degree
7 2 (20.00%) Strategic Roadmap
7 2 (20.00%) Amazon EKS

Head of DevOps 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:

Cloud Services
1 7 (70.00%) Azure
2 5 (50.00%) AWS
3 2 (20.00%) Amazon ECS
3 2 (20.00%) Amazon EKS
3 2 (20.00%) Azure DevOps
3 2 (20.00%) IaaS
4 1 (10.00%) GCP
4 1 (10.00%) GitHub
4 1 (10.00%) GitHub Actions
4 1 (10.00%) SaaS
Development Applications
1 1 (10.00%) TeamCity
General
1 3 (30.00%) Social Skills
2 2 (20.00%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (10.00%) Finance
3 1 (10.00%) Presentation Skills
3 1 (10.00%) Tech for Good
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (10.00%) .NET
Miscellaneous
1 2 (20.00%) Cloud Native
2 1 (10.00%) Distributed Applications
2 1 (10.00%) Distributed Systems
2 1 (10.00%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 2 (20.00%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (100.00%) DevOps
2 6 (60.00%) CI/CD
3 5 (50.00%) Infrastructure as Code
4 4 (40.00%) Containerisation
4 4 (40.00%) Mentoring
4 4 (40.00%) Stakeholder Management
5 3 (30.00%) Fintech
5 3 (30.00%) Problem-Solving
6 2 (20.00%) Commercial Awareness
6 2 (20.00%) Computer Science
6 2 (20.00%) Continuous Improvement
6 2 (20.00%) Disaster Recovery
6 2 (20.00%) Incident Management
6 2 (20.00%) Migration
6 2 (20.00%) MLOps
6 2 (20.00%) People Management
6 2 (20.00%) Release Management
6 2 (20.00%) Roadmaps
6 2 (20.00%) Software Engineering
6 2 (20.00%) Strategic Roadmap
Programming Languages
1 5 (50.00%) Python
2 3 (30.00%) PowerShell
3 1 (10.00%) Bash
3 1 (10.00%) C#
3 1 (10.00%) SQL
3 1 (10.00%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 2 (20.00%) Computer Science Degree
1 2 (20.00%) Degree
2 1 (10.00%) Azure Certification
2 1 (10.00%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (10.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 3 (30.00%) Docker
Systems Management
1 7 (70.00%) Kubernetes
2 3 (30.00%) Terraform
Vendors
1 3 (30.00%) Microsoft
2 1 (10.00%) Google
2 1 (10.00%) New Relic