Senior Development Operations Engineer
UK
The median Senior Development Operations Engineer salary in the UK is £82,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 3 July 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 Jul 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 628 | 655 | 433 |
| Rank change year-on-year | +27 | -222 | +21 |
| Permanent jobs requiring a Senior DevOps Engineer | 98 | 267 | 636 |
| As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK | 0.17% | 0.25% | 0.71% |
| As % of the Job Titles category | 0.19% | 0.26% | 0.78% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 62 | 200 | 469 |
| 10th Percentile | £60,992 | £48,250 | £65,000 |
| 25th Percentile | £66,563 | £62,500 | £72,500 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £82,500 | £77,500 | £85,000 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +6.45% | -8.82% | +3.03% |
| 75th Percentile | £101,875 | £91,563 | £95,000 |
| 90th Percentile | £117,250 | £105,000 | £110,000 |
| UK excluding London median annual salary | £74,870 | £75,000 | £75,669 |
| % change year-on-year | -0.17% | -0.88% | -5.41% |
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 | 52,841 | 102,275 | 81,164 |
| % of permanent jobs with a recognized job title | 89.80% | 94.83% | 91.21% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 28,673 | 72,139 | 54,039 |
| 10th Percentile | £27,000 | £28,500 | £32,500 |
| 25th Percentile | £37,770 | £38,750 | £44,192 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £55,000 | £52,500 | £60,000 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +4.76% | -12.50% | - |
| 75th Percentile | £73,708 | £70,000 | £80,000 |
| 90th Percentile | £95,000 | £90,000 | £100,000 |
| UK excluding London median annual salary | £50,000 | £50,000 | £53,000 |
| % change year-on-year | - | -5.66% | +4.95% |
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 3 July 2025.
Senior DevOps Engineer
Top 15 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 3 July 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 | +28 | 89 | £82,500 | +3.13% | 87 |
| London | +51 | 48 | £101,251 | +15.71% | 35 |
| UK excluding London | +84 | 42 | £74,870 | -0.17% | 59 |
| Work from Home | +62 | 36 | £80,000 | +6.67% | 70 |
| South West | +110 | 12 | £64,627 | -19.22% | 5 |
| North of England | -5 | 9 | £74,870 | +14.37% | 22 |
| South East | +74 | 7 | £85,000 | +4.62% | 8 |
| Yorkshire | +47 | 7 | £70,000 | +41.41% | 3 |
| East of England | +37 | 7 | £68,750 | -5.17% | 8 |
| Midlands | +70 | 4 | £80,000 | +23.08% | 9 |
| Scotland | +92 | 3 | £100,000 | +33.33% | 1 |
| West Midlands | +70 | 2 | £80,000 | +22.20% | 7 |
| East Midlands | +42 | 2 | - | - | 2 |
| North East | +46 | 1 | £75,000 | +14.57% | |
| North West | -51 | 1 | £75,000 | -11.76% | 19 |
Senior DevOps Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities
For the 6 months to 3 July 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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