Senior Development Operations Engineer
UK
The median Senior Development Operations Engineer salary in the UK is £85,000 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 | 589 | 630 | 445 |
| Rank change year-on-year | +41 | -185 | +19 |
| Permanent jobs requiring a Senior DevOps Engineer | 103 | 273 | 697 |
| As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK | 0.20% | 0.28% | 0.67% |
| As % of the Job Titles category | 0.22% | 0.29% | 0.73% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 85 | 210 | 481 |
| 10th Percentile | £60,686 | £57,500 | £67,500 |
| 25th Percentile | £70,000 | £67,500 | £75,000 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £85,000 | £80,000 | £85,000 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +6.25% | -5.88% | +6.25% |
| 75th Percentile | £106,250 | £95,000 | £93,750 |
| 90th Percentile | £121,000 | £105,000 | £102,500 |
| UK excluding London median annual salary | £73,685 | £70,576 | £80,000 |
| % change year-on-year | +4.41% | -11.78% | +6.67% |
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% |
Senior DevOps Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend
Job postings that featured Senior DevOps Engineer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.
Senior DevOps Engineer
Salary Trend
3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Senior DevOps Engineer.
Senior DevOps Engineer
Salary Histogram
Salary distribution for jobs citing Senior DevOps Engineer over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.
Senior DevOps Engineer
Top 14 Job Locations
The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Senior 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 | +39 | 94 | £85,000 | +6.25% | 65 |
| UK excluding London | +145 | 54 | £73,685 | +4.41% | 51 |
| Work from Home | +131 | 52 | £85,000 | +13.33% | 44 |
| London | +32 | 44 | £102,500 | +13.89% | 31 |
| South West | +100 | 15 | £64,627 | -19.22% | 4 |
| South East | +114 | 10 | £82,500 | -5.71% | 18 |
| East of England | +61 | 10 | £65,000 | +12.07% | 5 |
| North of England | +28 | 9 | £72,435 | +2.63% | 9 |
| Yorkshire | +71 | 8 | £72,435 | +2.63% | 3 |
| Scotland | +130 | 6 | £71,991 | +0.63% | |
| Midlands | +80 | 4 | £82,500 | +22.22% | 5 |
| East Midlands | +49 | 2 | - | - | 1 |
| West Midlands | +49 | 2 | £82,500 | +17.86% | 4 |
| North West | -19 | 1 | - | - | 6 |
Senior DevOps Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities
For the 6 months to 1 May 2025, Senior 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 Senior DevOps Engineer in the job title.
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Senior 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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