Live job postings
1,470
as of 29 Jun 2026
Demand index
0.18%
% of all job postings
Median salary
$70k
$70,000
Salary range
$60k – $70k
$60,000 – $70,000
Salary distribution
Core skills employers ask for
Cloud Computing (AWS, Azure, GCP)Infrastructure as Code (Terraform, Pulumi, CloudFormation)Container Orchestration (Kubernetes)CI/CD Pipeline Management (Jenkins, GitLab CI, GitHub Actions)Scripting and Automation (Python, Bash, Go)Monitoring and Observability (Prometheus, Grafana, ELK Stack)Configuration Management (Ansible, Chef, Puppet)Version Control and Git-based WorkflowsSecurity and Compliance (DevSecOps, IAM, Vault)Networking Fundamentals (DNS, Load Balancers, Firewalls)Containers (Docker, Podman)Site Reliability Engineering (SRE) Practices
AI impact on this career
AI tools like GitHub Copilot and Cursor are automating routine scripting and YAML generation, reducing the time spent on writing basic CI/CD configurations. In the UK market, DevOps engineers are increasingly expected to integrate AI-powered monitoring (e.g., anomaly detection via Datadog or New Relic AI) into existing pipelines, rather than just maintaining them. AI is not eliminating DevOps roles but is shifting the focus from manual operations to higher-level architectural decisions, prompt engineering for automation, and AI model deployment pipelines (MLOps). Engineers who fail to adopt AI-augmented workflows may find themselves less competitive, especially in London's saturated senior-level market. However, the core need for deep infrastructure and Kubernetes expertise remains strong, as AI tools still struggle with complex multi-cloud troubleshooting and rare failure scenarios.
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