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 25 October 2026.
The table below compares current salary benchmarking and summary statistics with the previous two years.
| 6 months to 25 Oct 2026 |
Same period 2025 | Same period 2024 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 359 | 382 | 353 |
| Rank change year-on-year | +23 | -29 | -69 |
| Permanent Senior DevOps Engineer jobs | 123 | 33 | 124 |
| As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options | 0.48% | 0.20% | 0.62% |
| As % of the Job Titles category | 0.51% | 0.22% | 0.64% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 117 | 32 | 65 |
| 10th Percentile | £60,000 | £57,875 | £57,500 |
| 25th Percentile | £63,627 | £63,750 | £71,250 |
| 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 | - | £117,250 |
| UK median annual salary | £75,000 | £77,500 | £75,000 |
| % change year-on-year | -3.23% | +3.33% | -6.25% |
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 25 Oct 2026 |
Same period 2025 | Same period 2024 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Permanent remote/hybrid job adverts matching a recognised job title | 23,953 | 15,295 | 19,458 |
| % of permanent job adverts matching a recognised job title | 94.00% | 94.64% | 96.59% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 16,235 | 8,695 | 12,256 |
| 10th Percentile | £35,000 | £29,100 | £35,000 |
| 25th Percentile | £45,000 | £39,965 | £45,000 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £60,000 | £56,500 | £60,000 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +6.19% | -5.83% | -4.00% |
| 75th Percentile | £80,000 | £77,500 | £80,000 |
| 90th Percentile | £100,000 | £97,500 | £100,000 |
| UK median annual salary | £59,250 | £52,500 | £56,509 |
| % change year-on-year | +12.86% | -7.09% | -5.82% |
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 25 October 2026.
Senior DevOps Engineer Skill Set Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Remote/Hybrid Jobs
For the 6 months to 25 October 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% | 123 |
| 2 | CI/CD | 42.3% | 52 |
| 3 | Agile | 32.5% | 40 |
| 4 | AWS | 31.7% | 39 |
| 4 | Azure | 31.7% | 39 |
| 6 | Infrastructure as Code | 30.9% | 38 |
| 7 | Terraform | 29.3% | 36 |
| 8 | Mentoring | 24.4% | 30 |
| 9 | Pega | 22.0% | 27 |
| 10 | Kubernetes | 21.1% | 26 |
| 11 | Security Cleared | 19.5% | 24 |
| 11 | Test Automation | 19.5% | 24 |
| 13 | Azure DevOps | 18.7% | 23 |
| 13 | Coaching | 18.7% | 23 |
| 13 | Linux | 18.7% | 23 |
| 13 | Platform Engineering | 18.7% | 23 |
| 17 | Continuous Integration | 17.9% | 22 |
| 17 | Unix | 17.9% | 22 |
| 19 | Scrum | 17.1% | 21 |
| 20 | PowerShell | 14.6% | 18 |
| 21 | Microsoft | 13.8% | 17 |
| 21 | Windows | 13.8% | 17 |
| 23 | Observability | 13.0% | 16 |
| 24 | SaaS | 12.2% | 15 |
| 24 | SC Cleared | 12.2% | 15 |
| 26 | Technical Leadership | 11.4% | 14 |
| 27 | Case Management | 9.8% | 12 |
| 27 | Problem-Solving | 9.8% | 12 |
| 29 | ADO | 8.9% | 11 |
| 29 | AI | 8.9% | 11 |
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 | 8.1% | 10 |
| 2 | DevOps Platform Engineer | 4.1% | 5 |
| 2 | Senior Platform Engineer | 4.1% | 5 |
| 4 | DevOps Automation Engineer | 0.8% | 1 |
| 4 | Senior Automation Engineer | 0.8% | 1 |
| 4 | Senior AWS DevOps Engineer | 0.8% | 1 |
| 4 | Senior Infrastructure Engineer | 0.8% | 1 |