Senior Development Operations
UK
The median Senior Development Operations salary in the UK is £85,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 30 April 2025.
The table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 30 Apr 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
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| Rank | 548 | 609 | 434 |
| Rank change year-on-year | +61 | -175 | +2 |
| Permanent jobs requiring a Senior DevOps | 136 | 288 | 749 |
| As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK | 0.26% | 0.29% | 0.72% |
| As % of the Job Titles category | 0.29% | 0.31% | 0.79% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 90 | 224 | 515 |
| 10th Percentile | £60,686 | £59,131 | £65,000 |
| 25th Percentile | £66,563 | £68,718 | £73,750 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £85,000 | £80,000 | £85,000 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +6.25% | -5.88% | +6.25% |
| 75th Percentile | £105,313 | £95,000 | £93,125 |
| 90th Percentile | £119,125 | £105,000 | £102,500 |
| UK excluding London median annual salary | £71,991 | £72,500 | £80,000 |
| % change year-on-year | -0.70% | -9.38% | +10.34% |
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 | 46,971 | 93,051 | 95,196 |
| % of permanent jobs with a recognized job title | 90.06% | 94.62% | 91.53% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 27,308 | 66,827 | 59,871 |
| 10th Percentile | £30,000 | £28,500 | £32,500 |
| 25th Percentile | £42,500 | £38,500 | £45,000 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £57,500 | £52,750 | £60,000 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +9.00% | -12.08% | - |
| 75th Percentile | £75,000 | £71,250 | £81,250 |
| 90th Percentile | £97,500 | £90,000 | £100,000 |
| UK excluding London median annual salary | £52,344 | £50,000 | £52,500 |
| % change year-on-year | +4.69% | -4.76% | +5.00% |
Senior DevOps
Job Vacancy Trend
Job postings that featured Senior DevOps in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.
Senior DevOps
Salary Trend
3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Senior DevOps.
Senior DevOps
Salary Histogram
Salary distribution for jobs citing Senior DevOps over the 6 months to 30 April 2025.
Senior DevOps
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 within the UK over the 6 months to 30 April 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 | +72 | 127 | £85,000 | +6.25% | 65 |
| Work from Home | +135 | 71 | £85,000 | +13.33% | 44 |
| UK excluding London | +150 | 68 | £71,991 | -0.70% | 47 |
| London | +36 | 63 | £102,500 | +15.49% | 26 |
| South East | +121 | 17 | £80,000 | +10.34% | 10 |
| South West | +109 | 16 | £64,627 | -19.22% | 4 |
| North of England | +32 | 14 | £72,435 | +2.63% | 9 |
| Yorkshire | +67 | 10 | £72,435 | +2.63% | 3 |
| East of England | +62 | 10 | £65,000 | +12.07% | 7 |
| Scotland | +123 | 6 | £71,991 | -7.11% | |
| Midlands | +60 | 5 | £80,000 | +18.52% | 7 |
| North West | -15 | 4 | - | - | 6 |
| West Midlands | +51 | 3 | £80,000 | +14.29% | 6 |
| East Midlands | +48 | 2 | - | - | 1 |
Senior DevOps Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities
For the 6 months to 30 April 2025, Senior DevOps 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 in the job title.
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Senior DevOps 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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