Senior DevOps Engineer Job Trends
Senior Development Operations Engineer
UK
The median Senior Development Operations Engineer salary in the UK is £75,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 31 October 2026.
The table below compares current salary benchmarking and summary statistics with the previous two years.
| 6 months to 31 Oct 2026 |
Same period 2025 | Same period 2024 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 471 | 596 | 491 |
| Rank change year-on-year | +125 | -105 | -95 |
| Permanent Senior DevOps Engineer jobs | 394 | 80 | 264 |
| As % of all permanent jobs in the UK | 0.32% | 0.16% | 0.39% |
| As % of the Job Titles category | 0.35% | 0.18% | 0.41% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 300 | 56 | 155 |
| 10th Percentile | £52,112 | £56,875 | £48,250 |
| 25th Percentile | £63,626 | £63,750 | £60,719 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £75,000 | £80,000 | £75,000 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -6.25% | +6.67% | -6.25% |
| 75th Percentile | £85,000 | £87,500 | £102,500 |
| 90th Percentile | £95,125 | £100,000 | £117,250 |
| UK excluding London median annual salary | £75,000 | £70,000 | £67,500 |
| % change year-on-year | +7.14% | +3.70% | -10.00% |
All Permanent IT Job Roles
UK
For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job adverts matching a recognised job title. The table also shows what proportion of all permanent IT job adverts they make up.
| 6 months to 31 Oct 2026 |
Same period 2025 | Same period 2024 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Permanent job adverts in the UK matching a recognised job title | 111,963 | 45,468 | 64,622 |
| % of permanent job adverts matching a recognised job title | 91.95% | 90.21% | 95.06% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 74,787 | 27,366 | 36,680 |
| 10th Percentile | £30,750 | £28,250 | £31,250 |
| 25th Percentile | £41,250 | £35,000 | £42,000 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £59,000 | £52,500 | £57,000 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +12.38% | -7.89% | -5.00% |
| 75th Percentile | £76,250 | £73,750 | £75,000 |
| 90th Percentile | £97,500 | £92,500 | £95,000 |
| UK excluding London median annual salary | £55,000 | £46,000 | £50,000 |
| % change year-on-year | +19.57% | -8.00% | -4.76% |
Senior DevOps Engineer Job Vacancy Trend
Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent Senior DevOps Engineer job postings relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised.
Senior DevOps Engineer Salary Trend
Salary distribution trend for Senior DevOps Engineer job vacancies in the UK.
Senior DevOps Engineer Salary Histogram
Salary distribution for Senior DevOps Engineer jobs over the 6 months to 31 October 2026.
Senior DevOps Engineer Top 16 Job Locations
The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in Senior DevOps Engineer jobs within the UK over the 6 months to 31 October 2026. 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 |
Job Ads Past 6 Months |
Median Salary Past 6 Months |
Median Salary % Change on Same Period Last Year |
Live Jobs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| England | +110 | 349 | £80,000 | +6.67% | 43 |
| UK excluding London | +130 | 331 | £75,000 | +7.14% | 41 |
| North of England | +49 | 131 | £75,000 | +7.14% | 9 |
| Work from Home | +36 | 124 | £80,000 | +6.67% | 26 |
| North West | +17 | 72 | £75,000 | +11.11% | 6 |
| South East | -18 | 56 | £95,000 | +33.33% | 8 |
| Midlands | -18 | 56 | £70,000 | -6.67% | 7 |
| South West | -30 | 49 | £75,000 | +38.89% | 9 |
| London | -63 | 40 | £90,000 | +9.09% | 9 |
| West Midlands | -25 | 32 | £69,306 | -18.46% | 3 |
| Yorkshire | -16 | 31 | £70,000 | - | 2 |
| North East | -46 | 28 | £80,000 | - | 1 |
| East Midlands | -19 | 24 | £70,000 | -3.45% | 4 |
| Wales | - | 18 | £70,000 | - | 3 |
| Scotland | +17 | 13 | £52,222 | -47.78% | 3 |
| East of England | -40 | 8 | £52,222 | -36.70% | 2 |
Senior DevOps Engineer Skill Set Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities
For the 6 months to 31 October 2026, Senior DevOps Engineer job ads cited 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 Senior DevOps Engineer job ads.
| Rank | Skill | Share | Job Ads |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | DevOps | 100.0% | 394 |
| 2 | CI/CD | 45.4% | 179 |
| 3 | Azure | 37.6% | 148 |
| 4 | Infrastructure as Code | 34.0% | 134 |
| 5 | Platform Engineering | 29.2% | 115 |
| 6 | Microsoft | 21.6% | 85 |
| 7 | AWS | 21.3% | 84 |
| 8 | Kubernetes | 20.8% | 82 |
| 9 | Terraform | 18.5% | 73 |
| 10 | Security Cleared | 16.8% | 66 |
| 11 | Agile | 14.2% | 56 |
| 12 | Cloud Operations | 13.2% | 52 |
| 13 | Azure DevOps | 12.7% | 50 |
| 14 | Mentoring | 11.9% | 47 |
| 15 | Containerisation | 11.4% | 45 |
| 16 | AI | 9.6% | 38 |
| 16 | Docker | 9.6% | 38 |
| 18 | Linux | 8.9% | 35 |
| 18 | Python | 8.9% | 35 |
| 20 | Continuous Improvement | 8.4% | 33 |
| 21 | Technical Leadership | 7.9% | 31 |
| 22 | Coaching | 7.6% | 30 |
| 22 | Pega | 7.6% | 30 |
| 22 | Test Automation | 7.6% | 30 |
| 25 | Site Reliability Engineering | 7.1% | 28 |
| 26 | Ansible | 6.9% | 27 |
| 26 | Continuous Integration | 6.9% | 27 |
| 26 | DevSecOps | 6.9% | 27 |
| 29 | GCP | 6.3% | 25 |
| 29 | SaaS | 6.3% | 25 |
Senior DevOps Engineer Skill Set Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities by Category
The table below expands on the one above by listing co-occurrences one category at a time. It covers the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences in each category.
Job Titles
| Rank | Job Title | Share | Job Ads |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Senior Platform Engineer | 9.1% | 36 |
| 2 | DevOps Platform Engineer | 8.9% | 35 |
| 3 | Azure DevOps Engineer | 7.9% | 31 |
| 4 | Senior AWS DevOps Engineer | 4.3% | 17 |
| 5 | DevOps Automation Engineer | 3.8% | 15 |
| 5 | Senior Automation Engineer | 3.8% | 15 |
| 7 | Senior Infrastructure Engineer | 2.3% | 9 |
| 8 | DevOps Systems Engineer | 1.8% | 7 |
| 8 | Lead DevOps Engineer | 1.8% | 7 |
| 8 | Senior Systems Engineer | 1.8% | 7 |
| 11 | AWS Infrastructure Engineer | 1.5% | 6 |
| 11 | AWS Infrastructure Lead | 1.5% | 6 |
| 11 | Lead Infrastructure Engineer | 1.5% | 6 |
| 14 | GCP DevOps Engineer | 1.0% | 4 |
| 15 | Artificial Intelligence Engineer | 0.5% | 2 |
| 15 | DevSecOps Engineer | 0.5% | 2 |
| 15 | Principal DevOps Engineer | 0.5% | 2 |
| 15 | Senior Server Engineer | 0.5% | 2 |
| 15 | SEO Engineer | 0.5% | 2 |
| 15 | Serverless Engineer | 0.5% | 2 |