Senior Development Operations
UK
The median Senior Development Operations salary in the UK is £82,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 28 May 2025.
The table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 28 May 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
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| Rank | 585 | 631 | 436 |
| Rank change year-on-year | +46 | -195 | -16 |
| Permanent jobs requiring a Senior DevOps | 127 | 290 | 708 |
| As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK | 0.23% | 0.28% | 0.72% |
| As % of the Job Titles category | 0.26% | 0.30% | 0.79% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 75 | 229 | 503 |
| 10th Percentile | £60,574 | £57,250 | £65,000 |
| 25th Percentile | £65,000 | £67,500 | £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 | £100,001 | £91,250 | £95,000 |
| 90th Percentile | £116,500 | £105,000 | £107,250 |
| UK excluding London median annual salary | £70,000 | £72,500 | £77,500 |
| % change year-on-year | -3.45% | -6.45% | +3.33% |
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 | 49,435 | 96,820 | 89,564 |
| % of permanent jobs with a recognized job title | 90.41% | 94.78% | 91.46% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 25,727 | 69,155 | 56,824 |
| 10th Percentile | £28,822 | £28,500 | £32,500 |
| 25th Percentile | £41,000 | £38,500 | £45,000 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £55,000 | £52,500 | £60,000 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +4.76% | -12.50% | - |
| 75th Percentile | £73,750 | £70,000 | £80,000 |
| 90th Percentile | £96,250 | £90,000 | £100,000 |
| UK excluding London median annual salary | £51,399 | £50,000 | £53,500 |
| % change year-on-year | +2.80% | -6.54% | +6.63% |
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 28 May 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 28 May 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 | +36 | 119 | £82,500 | +6.45% | 446 |
| London | +67 | 64 | £100,000 | +21.21% | 73 |
| UK excluding London | +114 | 59 | £70,000 | -3.45% | 426 |
| Work from Home | +68 | 59 | £82,500 | +11.86% | 431 |
| North of England | -17 | 16 | £72,435 | +2.63% | 83 |
| South West | +108 | 14 | £64,627 | -19.22% | 53 |
| South East | +93 | 10 | £82,500 | +3.13% | 126 |
| Yorkshire | +55 | 10 | £72,435 | +10.65% | 35 |
| East of England | +45 | 10 | £65,000 | -10.34% | 71 |
| North West | -49 | 6 | - | - | 38 |
| Midlands | +57 | 5 | £70,000 | +3.70% | 74 |
| Scotland | +114 | 4 | £97,500 | +25.81% | 15 |
| West Midlands | +62 | 3 | £70,000 | -9.95% | 42 |
| East Midlands | +38 | 2 | - | - | 27 |
Senior DevOps Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities
For the 6 months to 28 May 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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