Lead Development Operations Engineer
UK
The median Lead Development Operations Engineer salary in the UK is £87,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 3 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 3 May 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
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| Rank | 681 | 788 | 815 |
| Rank change year-on-year | +107 | +27 | +127 |
| Permanent jobs requiring a Lead DevOps Engineer | 18 | 90 | 163 |
| As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK | 0.034% | 0.091% | 0.16% |
| As % of the Job Titles category | 0.038% | 0.097% | 0.17% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 15 | 80 | 138 |
| 10th Percentile | £66,500 | £66,500 | £70,000 |
| 25th Percentile | £73,750 | £71,438 | £76,750 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £87,500 | £80,000 | £92,500 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +9.38% | -13.51% | +8.82% |
| 75th Percentile | £95,625 | £93,125 | £107,500 |
| 90th Percentile | £104,500 | £115,000 | £112,000 |
| UK excluding London median annual salary | £87,500 | £80,000 | £82,500 |
| % change year-on-year | +9.38% | -3.03% | +6.45% |
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 | 47,358 | 93,248 | 95,013 |
| % of permanent jobs with a recognized job title | 90.32% | 94.63% | 91.53% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 27,451 | 66,908 | 59,769 |
| 10th Percentile | £30,000 | £28,500 | £32,500 |
| 25th Percentile | £42,000 | £38,500 | £45,000 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £57,500 | £52,550 | £60,000 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +9.42% | -12.42% | - |
| 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 | £52,750 |
| % change year-on-year | +4.00% | -5.21% | +5.50% |
Lead DevOps Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend
Job postings that featured Lead DevOps Engineer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.
Lead DevOps Engineer
Salary Trend
3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Lead DevOps Engineer.
Lead DevOps Engineer
Salary Histogram
Salary distribution for jobs citing Lead DevOps Engineer over the 6 months to 3 May 2025.
Lead DevOps Engineer
Top 11 Job Locations
The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Lead DevOps Engineer within the UK over the 6 months to 3 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 | +119 | 15 | £87,500 | +9.38% | 15 |
| UK excluding London | +169 | 13 | £87,500 | +9.38% | 8 |
| North of England | +66 | 9 | £87,500 | +28.68% | 3 |
| Work from Home | +130 | 8 | £87,500 | +2.94% | 10 |
| North West | +29 | 5 | £88,750 | -19.32% | 2 |
| London | +79 | 4 | £86,250 | +1.47% | 8 |
| Yorkshire | +68 | 4 | £68,000 | - | 1 |
| Scotland | - | 2 | £85,000 | - | |
| South East | +80 | 1 | £85,000 | +6.25% | 2 |
| Midlands | +61 | 1 | £110,000 | +33.33% | |
| West Midlands | +47 | 1 | £110,000 | +33.33% |
Lead DevOps Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities
For the 6 months to 3 May 2025, Lead 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 Lead DevOps Engineer in the job title.
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Lead 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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