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 17 October 2026.
The table below compares current salary benchmarking and summary statistics with the previous two years.
| 6 months to 17 Oct 2026 |
Same period 2025 | Same period 2024 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 483 | 600 | 498 |
| Rank change year-on-year | +117 | -102 | -98 |
| Permanent jobs requiring a Senior DevOps Engineer | 359 | 77 | 274 |
| As % of all permanent jobs in the UK | 0.30% | 0.16% | 0.39% |
| As % of the Job Titles category | 0.32% | 0.18% | 0.41% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 275 | 49 | 151 |
| 10th Percentile | £51,050 | £55,000 | £48,250 |
| 25th Percentile | £63,627 | £63,750 | £58,938 |
| 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 | £95,000 | £106,500 | £112,500 |
| 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 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.
| 6 months to 17 Oct 2026 |
Same period 2025 | Same period 2024 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Permanent vacancies in the UK with a recognized job title | 110,560 | 43,931 | 66,554 |
| % of permanent jobs with a recognized job title | 92.36% | 89.93% | 95.34% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 74,960 | 25,802 | 38,157 |
| 10th Percentile | £30,000 | £28,000 | £31,250 |
| 25th Percentile | £41,188 | £35,000 | £41,250 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £58,500 | £53,000 | £56,000 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +10.38% | -5.36% | -6.67% |
| 75th Percentile | £76,250 | £73,750 | £75,000 |
| 90th Percentile | £98,750 | £95,000 | £95,000 |
| UK excluding London median annual salary | £55,000 | £45,750 | £50,000 |
| % change year-on-year | +20.22% | -8.50% | -4.76% |
Senior DevOps Engineer Job Vacancy Trend
Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings featuring 'Senior DevOps Engineer' in the job title 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 jobs citing Senior DevOps Engineer over the 6 months to 17 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 IT jobs citing Senior DevOps Engineer within the UK over the 6 months to 17 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 |
Matching Permanent IT Job Ads |
Median Salary Past 6 Months |
Median Salary % Change on Same Period Last Year |
Live Jobs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| England | +92 | 322 | £78,750 | +12.50% | 209 |
| UK excluding London | +96 | 295 | £75,000 | +7.14% | 131 |
| North of England | +49 | 126 | £75,000 | +7.14% | 50 |
| Work from Home | +18 | 116 | £80,000 | +6.67% | 105 |
| North West | +28 | 70 | £75,000 | +11.11% | 25 |
| Midlands | -11 | 54 | £70,000 | - | 9 |
| South West | -35 | 44 | £75,000 | +38.89% | 13 |
| South East | -25 | 40 | £95,000 | +26.67% | 29 |
| London | -63 | 39 | £90,000 | +9.09% | 93 |
| Yorkshire | -14 | 28 | £70,000 | - | 16 |
| North East | -38 | 28 | £80,000 | +6.67% | 9 |
| West Midlands | -24 | 27 | £72,500 | +3.57% | 5 |
| East Midlands | - | 27 | £70,000 | - | 4 |
| Wales | - | 15 | £70,000 | - | 7 |
| Scotland | +17 | 10 | £50,326 | -49.67% | 7 |
| East of England | -25 | 6 | £51,611 | -40.16% | 6 |
Senior DevOps Engineer Skill Set Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities
For the 6 months to 17 October 2026, Senior DevOps Engineer job roles required 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 job ads featuring Senior DevOps Engineer in the job title.
| Rank | Skill | Share | Job Ads |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | DevOps | 100.0% | 359 |
| 2 | CI/CD | 46.8% | 168 |
| 3 | Azure | 39.6% | 142 |
| 4 | Infrastructure as Code | 30.6% | 110 |
| 5 | Platform Engineering | 24.8% | 89 |
| 6 | Terraform | 23.4% | 84 |
| 7 | Kubernetes | 22.8% | 82 |
| 8 | AWS | 22.6% | 81 |
| 9 | Agile | 18.1% | 65 |
| 9 | Azure DevOps | 18.1% | 65 |
| 11 | Security Cleared | 17.0% | 61 |
| 12 | Microsoft | 16.7% | 60 |
| 13 | Mentoring | 15.9% | 57 |
| 14 | Containerisation | 12.8% | 46 |
| 15 | Linux | 12.3% | 44 |
| 16 | Test Automation | 11.4% | 41 |
| 17 | Docker | 10.9% | 39 |
| 18 | Coaching | 10.6% | 38 |
| 19 | AI | 10.3% | 37 |
| 20 | Continuous Integration | 10.0% | 36 |
| 21 | Python | 9.7% | 35 |
| 22 | GitLab | 9.2% | 33 |
| 23 | Continuous Improvement | 8.9% | 32 |
| 24 | Pega | 8.4% | 30 |
| 25 | Java | 8.1% | 29 |
| 25 | Scrum | 8.1% | 29 |
| 25 | Technical Leadership | 8.1% | 29 |
| 25 | Unix | 8.1% | 29 |
| 29 | GCP | 7.8% | 28 |
| 30 | Cloud Operations | 7.5% | 27 |
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 | 9.5% | 34 |
| 2 | Azure DevOps Engineer | 9.2% | 33 |
| 2 | DevOps Platform Engineer | 9.2% | 33 |
| 4 | Senior AWS DevOps Engineer | 3.9% | 14 |
| 5 | DevOps Automation Engineer | 3.1% | 11 |
| 5 | Senior Automation Engineer | 3.1% | 11 |
| 7 | Senior Infrastructure Engineer | 2.5% | 9 |
| 8 | AWS Infrastructure Engineer | 1.7% | 6 |
| 8 | AWS Infrastructure Lead | 1.7% | 6 |
| 8 | DevOps Systems Engineer | 1.7% | 6 |
| 8 | Lead DevOps Engineer | 1.7% | 6 |
| 8 | Lead Infrastructure Engineer | 1.7% | 6 |
| 8 | Senior Systems Engineer | 1.7% | 6 |
| 14 | GCP DevOps Engineer | 1.1% | 4 |
| 15 | Artificial Intelligence Engineer | 0.6% | 2 |
| 15 | DevSecOps Engineer | 0.6% | 2 |
| 15 | Principal DevOps Engineer | 0.6% | 2 |
| 15 | Senior Server Engineer | 0.6% | 2 |
| 15 | SEO Engineer | 0.6% | 2 |
| 15 | Serverless Engineer | 0.6% | 2 |