DevOps Engineer Job Trends in Wales

Development Operations Engineer
UK > Wales

The median Development Operations Engineer salary in Wales is £55,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 25 November 2025.

The table below compares current salary benchmarking and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
25 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 51 71 68
Rank change year-on-year +20 -3 +41
Permanent jobs requiring a DevOps Engineer 21 15 24
As % of all permanent jobs in Wales 2.03% 1.24% 2.78%
As % of the Job Titles category 2.30% 1.28% 2.92%
Number of salaries quoted 21 7 21
10th Percentile - £38,750 £55,000
25th Percentile £52,500 £41,100 £57,165
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £47,500 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year +15.79% -26.92% -
75th Percentile £58,750 £55,000 £72,433
90th Percentile £60,000 £58,000 -
UK median annual salary £70,000 £70,000 £75,000
% change year-on-year - -6.67% -

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Wales

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Wales. 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 Wales with a recognized job title 913 1,169 821
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 88.38% 96.29% 95.24%
Number of salaries quoted 682 736 647
10th Percentile £27,000 £30,000 £29,250
25th Percentile £33,500 £35,000 £35,625
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £47,307 £46,500
Median % change year-on-year +5.69% +1.74% -7.00%
75th Percentile £60,000 £60,000 £61,445
90th Percentile £75,000 £73,722 £72,500
UK median annual salary £54,500 £57,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year -5.22% -4.17% -

DevOps Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Wales

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings featuring 'DevOps Engineer' in the job title relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Wales.

DevOps Engineer job vacancy trend in Wales

DevOps Engineer
Salary Trend in Wales

Salary distribution trend for DevOps Engineer job vacancies in Wales.

Salary distribution trend for DevOps Engineer job vacancies in Wales

DevOps Engineer
Salary Histogram in Wales

Salary distribution for jobs citing DevOps Engineer in Wales over the 6 months to 25 November 2025.

Salary histogram for DevOps Engineer in Wales

DevOps Engineer
Job Locations in Wales

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing DevOps Engineer within the Wales region over the 6 months to 25 November 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
South Wales +21 21 £55,000 +16.26% 5
DevOps Engineer
UK

DevOps Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Wales

For the 6 months to 25 November 2025, 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 across the Wales region featuring DevOps Engineer in the job title.

1 21 (100.00%) DevOps
2 20 (95.24%) CI/CD
3 18 (85.71%) Azure
3 18 (85.71%) Azure DevOps
4 17 (80.95%) Terraform
5 16 (76.19%) Problem-Solving
6 15 (71.43%) .NET
6 15 (71.43%) Octopus Deploy
6 15 (71.43%) PowerShell
6 15 (71.43%) Software Delivery
6 15 (71.43%) SQL Server
6 15 (71.43%) TeamCity
7 14 (66.67%) SQL
8 12 (57.14%) AI
8 12 (57.14%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 5 (23.81%) Docker
9 5 (23.81%) Infrastructure as Code
9 5 (23.81%) Kubernetes
10 4 (19.05%) AWS
10 4 (19.05%) Deployment Automation
10 4 (19.05%) GitHub
10 4 (19.05%) GitHub Actions
10 4 (19.05%) Microsoft
10 4 (19.05%) Salesforce
11 3 (14.29%) BizTalk Server
11 3 (14.29%) Continuous Improvement
11 3 (14.29%) Git
11 3 (14.29%) IIS
11 3 (14.29%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
11 3 (14.29%) Windows

DevOps Engineer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Wales by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 3 (14.29%) BizTalk Server
1 3 (14.29%) IIS
2 2 (9.52%) Tomcat
Business Applications
1 1 (4.76%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 18 (85.71%) Azure
1 18 (85.71%) Azure DevOps
2 4 (19.05%) AWS
2 4 (19.05%) GitHub
2 4 (19.05%) GitHub Actions
3 1 (4.76%) AWS Lambda
3 1 (4.76%) Azure API Management
3 1 (4.76%) Azure Functions
3 1 (4.76%) Power Platform
3 1 (4.76%) PowerApps
3 1 (4.76%) Serverless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 15 (71.43%) SQL Server
2 12 (57.14%) SQL Server Integration Services
3 1 (4.76%) Data Lake
Development Applications
1 15 (71.43%) Octopus Deploy
1 15 (71.43%) TeamCity
2 3 (14.29%) Git
2 3 (14.29%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
3 1 (4.76%) Artifactory
3 1 (4.76%) git-flow
3 1 (4.76%) JIRA
General
1 14 (66.67%) Finance
2 4 (19.05%) Social Skills
3 2 (9.52%) Public Sector
3 2 (9.52%) Retail
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 15 (71.43%) .NET
2 1 (4.76%) GraphQL
2 1 (4.76%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 12 (57.14%) Hybrid Cloud
1 12 (57.14%) Legacy Systems
1 12 (57.14%) Virtual Team
2 1 (4.76%) Enterprise Software
2 1 (4.76%) Greenfield Project
Operating Systems
1 3 (14.29%) Windows
1 3 (14.29%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 21 (100.00%) DevOps
2 20 (95.24%) CI/CD
3 16 (76.19%) Problem-Solving
4 15 (71.43%) Software Delivery
5 12 (57.14%) AI
6 5 (23.81%) Infrastructure as Code
7 4 (19.05%) Deployment Automation
8 3 (14.29%) Continuous Improvement
9 2 (9.52%) Change Management
9 2 (9.52%) Cloud Security
9 2 (9.52%) Collaborative Culture
9 2 (9.52%) Configuration Management
9 2 (9.52%) Containerisation
9 2 (9.52%) CRM
9 2 (9.52%) Data Strategy
9 2 (9.52%) Digital Transformation Programme
9 2 (9.52%) FinOps
9 2 (9.52%) Software Architecture
9 2 (9.52%) Software Engineering
9 2 (9.52%) Software Testing
Programming Languages
1 15 (71.43%) PowerShell
2 14 (66.67%) SQL
3 1 (4.76%) Python
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (4.76%) QA
System Software
1 5 (23.81%) Docker
2 2 (9.52%) Active Directory
2 2 (9.52%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (4.76%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 17 (80.95%) Terraform
2 5 (23.81%) Kubernetes
3 2 (9.52%) Ansible
Vendors
1 4 (19.05%) Microsoft
1 4 (19.05%) Salesforce
2 2 (9.52%) Guidewire
2 2 (9.52%) Pega
2 2 (9.52%) VMware