DevOps Engineer Jobs in Watford

Development Operations Engineer
Hertfordshire > Watford

The median Development Operations Engineer salary in Watford is £41,551 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 11 August 2025.

The table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
11 Aug 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 33 28 40
Rank change year-on-year -5 +12 +9
Permanent jobs requiring a DevOps Engineer 1 4 1
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Watford 0.64% 1.72% 0.40%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.69% 1.80% 0.47%
Number of salaries quoted 1 3 1
10th Percentile - £62,250 -
25th Percentile - £63,750 £122,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £41,551 £67,500 £125,000
Median % change year-on-year -38.44% -46.00% +13.64%
75th Percentile - £68,750 £127,500
90th Percentile - - -
Hertfordshire median annual salary £77,500 £68,750 £75,000
% change year-on-year +12.73% -8.33% +15.38%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Watford

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Watford. 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 Watford with a recognized job title 145 222 213
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 92.36% 95.28% 85.89%
Number of salaries quoted 111 161 181
10th Percentile £32,500 £25,000 £33,000
25th Percentile £38,750 £30,250 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £43,000 £48,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -11.34% -19.17% +14.29%
75th Percentile £56,375 £68,750 £70,000
90th Percentile £83,750 £80,000 £75,000
Hertfordshire median annual salary £50,000 £50,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year - -9.09% -

DevOps Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Watford

Job postings that featured DevOps Engineer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Watford.

Job vacancy trend for DevOps Engineer in Watford

DevOps Engineer
Salary Trend in Watford

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing DevOps Engineer in Watford.

Salary trend for DevOps Engineer in Watford

DevOps Engineer Skill Set
Top 18 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Watford

For the 6 months to 11 August 2025, DevOps Engineer 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 across the Watford region featuring DevOps Engineer in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) Windows
1 1 (100.00%) Cisco
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (100.00%) CCNA
1 1 (100.00%) Active Directory
1 1 (100.00%) Cisco Certification
1 1 (100.00%) Firewall
1 1 (100.00%) IP Telephony
1 1 (100.00%) SCCM
1 1 (100.00%) PowerShell
1 1 (100.00%) Azure
1 1 (100.00%) SaaS
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft 365
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft Intune
1 1 (100.00%) DevOps
1 1 (100.00%) Windows Server
1 1 (100.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
1 1 (100.00%) Storage Management

DevOps Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Watford 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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (100.00%) Azure
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft 365
1 1 (100.00%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 1 (100.00%) Firewall
1 1 (100.00%) IP Telephony
Operating Systems
1 1 (100.00%) Windows
1 1 (100.00%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) DevOps
1 1 (100.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
1 1 (100.00%) Storage Management
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) CCNA
1 1 (100.00%) Cisco Certification
System Software
1 1 (100.00%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft Intune
1 1 (100.00%) SCCM
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Cisco
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft