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 2 February 2026.

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

6 months to
2 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 64 68 86
Rank change year-on-year +4 +18 +14
Permanent jobs requiring a DevOps Engineer 12 12 23
As % of all permanent jobs in Wales 1.11% 1.46% 1.78%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.24% 1.52% 1.84%
Number of salaries quoted 12 3 17
10th Percentile - £43,509 £54,799
25th Percentile £52,500 £43,600 £57,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £47,500 £70,576
Median % change year-on-year +15.79% -32.70% +8.58%
75th Percentile £60,000 £56,875 £72,433
90th Percentile £60,900 £60,250 £72,460
UK median annual salary £70,000 £77,500 £72,500
% change year-on-year -9.68% +6.90% -3.33%

All Permanent IT Job Roles
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 964 788 1,250
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 89.34% 95.63% 96.53%
Number of salaries quoted 676 374 973
10th Percentile £27,000 £31,250 £26,550
25th Percentile £35,000 £35,000 £32,816
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £48,122 £49,104 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -2.00% +9.12% -0.09%
75th Percentile £60,000 £65,000 £60,000
90th Percentile £80,000 £75,000 £70,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% +9.09% -8.33%

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 2 February 2026.

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 2 February 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
South Wales +13 12 £55,000 +15.79%
DevOps Engineer
UK

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

For the 6 months to 2 February 2026, 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 12 (100.00%) DevOps
2 11 (91.67%) Azure
2 11 (91.67%) Azure DevOps
2 11 (91.67%) CI/CD
3 9 (75.00%) Problem-Solving
3 9 (75.00%) Terraform
4 8 (66.67%) PowerShell
4 8 (66.67%) Software Delivery
4 8 (66.67%) SQL
5 7 (58.33%) .NET
5 7 (58.33%) AI
5 7 (58.33%) Octopus Deploy
5 7 (58.33%) SQL Server
5 7 (58.33%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 7 (58.33%) TeamCity
6 4 (33.33%) Infrastructure as Code
7 2 (16.67%) Agile
7 2 (16.67%) Azure Functions
7 2 (16.67%) Cloud Security
7 2 (16.67%) Data Strategy
7 2 (16.67%) Deployment Automation
7 2 (16.67%) Docker
7 2 (16.67%) Event-Driven
7 2 (16.67%) FinOps
7 2 (16.67%) Kubernetes
7 2 (16.67%) Microsoft
7 2 (16.67%) Serverless
8 1 (8.33%) AWS
8 1 (8.33%) AWS Lambda
8 1 (8.33%) Azure API Management

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:

Cloud Services
1 11 (91.67%) Azure
1 11 (91.67%) Azure DevOps
2 2 (16.67%) Azure Functions
2 2 (16.67%) Serverless
3 1 (8.33%) AWS
3 1 (8.33%) AWS Lambda
3 1 (8.33%) Azure API Management
3 1 (8.33%) GitHub
3 1 (8.33%) GitHub Actions
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (58.33%) SQL Server
1 7 (58.33%) SQL Server Integration Services
2 1 (8.33%) Data Lake
Development Applications
1 7 (58.33%) Octopus Deploy
1 7 (58.33%) TeamCity
2 1 (8.33%) Git
2 1 (8.33%) git-flow
2 1 (8.33%) JIRA
General
1 8 (66.67%) Finance
2 2 (16.67%) Public Sector
2 2 (16.67%) Social Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (58.33%) .NET
2 1 (8.33%) GraphQL
Miscellaneous
1 7 (58.33%) Hybrid Cloud
1 7 (58.33%) Legacy Systems
1 7 (58.33%) Virtual Team
2 1 (8.33%) Greenfield Project
Processes & Methodologies
1 12 (100.00%) DevOps
2 11 (91.67%) CI/CD
3 9 (75.00%) Problem-Solving
4 8 (66.67%) Software Delivery
5 7 (58.33%) AI
6 4 (33.33%) Infrastructure as Code
7 2 (16.67%) Agile
7 2 (16.67%) Cloud Security
7 2 (16.67%) Data Strategy
7 2 (16.67%) Deployment Automation
7 2 (16.67%) Event-Driven
7 2 (16.67%) FinOps
8 1 (8.33%) Change Management
8 1 (8.33%) Containerisation
8 1 (8.33%) Continuous Improvement
8 1 (8.33%) Kanban
8 1 (8.33%) Mentoring
8 1 (8.33%) Microservices
8 1 (8.33%) Scrum
8 1 (8.33%) Stakeholder Engagement
Programming Languages
1 8 (66.67%) PowerShell
1 8 (66.67%) SQL
2 1 (8.33%) Python
System Software
1 2 (16.67%) Docker
Systems Management
1 9 (75.00%) Terraform
2 2 (16.67%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 2 (16.67%) Microsoft