Senior Development Operations
UK
The median Senior Development Operations salary in the UK is £87,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 2 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 2 Apr 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
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| Rank | 528 | 584 | 439 |
| Rank change year-on-year | +56 | -145 | +20 |
| Permanent jobs requiring a Senior DevOps | 142 | 276 | 761 |
| As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK | 0.28% | 0.30% | 0.69% |
| As % of the Job Titles category | 0.31% | 0.31% | 0.75% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 104 | 239 | 556 |
| 10th Percentile | £60,686 | £59,752 | £65,000 |
| 25th Percentile | £70,000 | £68,359 | £72,500 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £87,500 | £80,000 | £85,000 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +9.38% | -5.88% | +6.25% |
| 75th Percentile | £113,125 | £95,000 | £92,500 |
| 90th Percentile | £126,000 | £110,349 | £102,500 |
| UK excluding London median annual salary | £72,500 | £70,576 | £80,000 |
| % change year-on-year | +2.73% | -11.78% | +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 | 45,395 | 87,713 | 101,679 |
| % of permanent jobs with a recognized job title | 89.82% | 94.66% | 91.93% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 26,632 | 64,228 | 63,419 |
| 10th Percentile | £31,250 | £28,501 | £32,500 |
| 25th Percentile | £43,750 | £38,750 | £45,000 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £57,500 | £54,650 | £60,000 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +5.22% | -8.92% | - |
| 75th Percentile | £76,250 | £72,433 | £81,250 |
| 90th Percentile | £97,500 | £91,250 | £100,000 |
| UK excluding London median annual salary | £52,500 | £50,000 | £52,500 |
| % change year-on-year | +5.00% | -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 2 April 2025.
Senior DevOps
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 within the UK over the 6 months to 2 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 | +55 | 132 | £90,000 | +12.50% | 78 |
| Work from Home | +112 | 79 | £87,500 | +16.67% | 50 |
| London | +13 | 76 | £102,500 | +13.89% | 58 |
| UK excluding London | +144 | 60 | £72,500 | +2.73% | 30 |
| South East | +108 | 17 | £75,000 | +3.45% | 11 |
| North of England | +64 | 12 | £62,185 | -11.89% | 5 |
| South West | +88 | 10 | £64,627 | -16.61% | 2 |
| Yorkshire | +70 | 10 | £62,185 | -11.89% | 2 |
| East of England | +55 | 10 | £65,000 | +41.30% | 2 |
| Scotland | +117 | 6 | £71,991 | +2.01% | 6 |
| Midlands | +61 | 4 | £82,500 | +22.22% | 3 |
| East Midlands | +50 | 2 | - | - | |
| West Midlands | +30 | 2 | £82,500 | +17.86% | 3 |
| North West | +16 | 2 | - | - | 2 |
| Wales | +40 | 1 | £60,000 | -14.98% | 1 |
Senior DevOps Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities
For the 6 months to 2 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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