Hybrid/Remote Senior DevOps Engineer Job Trends
Senior Development Operations Engineer
UK > Work from Home
The median Senior Development Operations Engineer salary for remote/hybrid work is £80,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 15 November 2026.
The table below compares current salary benchmarking and summary statistics with the previous two years.
| 6 months to 15 Nov 2026 |
Same period 2025 | Same period 2024 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 350 | 349 | 337 |
| Rank change year-on-year | -1 | -12 | -40 |
| Permanent Senior DevOps Engineer jobs | 129 | 30 | 130 |
| As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options | 0.51% | 0.19% | 0.66% |
| As % of the Job Titles category | 0.54% | 0.21% | 0.68% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 116 | 29 | 70 |
| 10th Percentile | £61,250 | £60,500 | £62,000 |
| 25th Percentile | £63,627 | £63,750 | £72,500 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £80,000 | £75,000 | £90,000 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +6.67% | -16.67% | +13.02% |
| 75th Percentile | - | £85,000 | £105,000 |
| 90th Percentile | £95,000 | £87,500 | £118,750 |
| UK median annual salary | £74,000 | £80,000 | £77,500 |
| % change year-on-year | -7.50% | +3.23% | -6.06% |
All Permanent IT Job Roles
Work from Home
For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job adverts with remote/hybrid work options and matching a recognised job title. The table also shows what proportion of all permanent IT job adverts they make up.
| 6 months to 15 Nov 2026 |
Same period 2025 | Same period 2024 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Permanent remote/hybrid job adverts matching a recognised job title | 23,898 | 14,510 | 19,145 |
| % of permanent job adverts matching a recognised job title | 94.30% | 93.98% | 96.65% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 15,870 | 9,074 | 11,974 |
| 10th Percentile | £35,000 | £29,750 | £35,000 |
| 25th Percentile | £45,000 | £40,000 | £45,000 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £61,783 | £56,500 | £60,000 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +9.35% | -5.83% | -3.23% |
| 75th Percentile | £80,000 | £77,500 | £80,000 |
| 90th Percentile | £100,000 | £96,250 | £97,500 |
| UK median annual salary | £60,000 | £52,500 | £57,500 |
| % change year-on-year | +14.29% | -8.70% | -4.17% |
Senior DevOps Engineer Job Vacancy Trend for Remote/Hybrid Roles
Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent Senior DevOps Engineer job postings offering remote/hybrid work options relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised.
Senior DevOps Engineer Salary Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs
Salary distribution trend for remote/hybrid Senior DevOps Engineer job vacancies.
Senior DevOps Engineer Salary Histogram for Remote/Hybrid Jobs
Salary distribution for Senior DevOps Engineer jobs with remote/hybrid work options over the 6 months to 15 November 2026.
Senior DevOps Engineer Skill Set Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Remote/Hybrid Jobs
For the 6 months to 15 November 2026, Senior DevOps Engineer job ads cited 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 Senior DevOps Engineer jobs with remote/hybrid work options.
| Rank | Skill | Share | Job Ads |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | DevOps | 100.0% | 129 |
| 2 | CI/CD | 39.5% | 51 |
| 3 | Agile | 28.7% | 37 |
| 3 | AWS | 28.7% | 37 |
| 5 | Infrastructure as Code | 27.9% | 36 |
| 6 | Azure | 27.1% | 35 |
| 7 | Terraform | 24.8% | 32 |
| 8 | Kubernetes | 21.7% | 28 |
| 8 | Mentoring | 21.7% | 28 |
| 10 | Pega | 20.9% | 27 |
| 11 | Platform Engineering | 19.4% | 25 |
| 11 | Security Cleared | 19.4% | 25 |
| 13 | Azure DevOps | 16.3% | 21 |
| 13 | Linux | 16.3% | 21 |
| 15 | Coaching | 15.5% | 20 |
| 15 | Test Automation | 15.5% | 20 |
| 17 | Continuous Integration | 14.7% | 19 |
| 17 | Unix | 14.7% | 19 |
| 19 | Scrum | 14.0% | 18 |
| 20 | Microsoft | 13.2% | 17 |
| 21 | Observability | 12.4% | 16 |
| 21 | SC Cleared | 12.4% | 16 |
| 23 | PowerShell | 11.6% | 15 |
| 23 | Technical Leadership | 11.6% | 15 |
| 25 | Windows | 10.9% | 14 |
| 26 | SaaS | 10.1% | 13 |
| 27 | Case Management | 9.3% | 12 |
| 28 | Containerisation | 8.5% | 11 |
| 28 | Continuous Improvement | 8.5% | 11 |
| 30 | .NET | 7.8% | 10 |
Senior DevOps Engineer Skill Set Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Remote/Hybrid Jobs by Category
The table below expands on the one above by listing co-occurrences one category at a time. It covers the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences in each category.
Job Titles
| Rank | Job Title | Share | Job Ads |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Azure DevOps Engineer | 8.5% | 11 |
| 2 | DevOps Platform Engineer | 3.9% | 5 |
| 2 | Senior Platform Engineer | 3.9% | 5 |
| 4 | DevOps Automation Engineer | 2.3% | 3 |
| 4 | Senior Automation Engineer | 2.3% | 3 |
| 6 | Senior AWS DevOps Engineer | 0.8% | 1 |
| 6 | Senior Infrastructure Engineer | 0.8% | 1 |