DevOps Engineer · North West England · 2026
DevOps Engineer salary in North West England
DevOps engineers automate how software gets built, tested and released, owning CI/CD pipelines and cloud infrastructure. The title commands a premium over general development because it blends coding with operations. Across North West England, hiring concentrates in Manchester, Liverpool, Chester and Preston. This guide also covers Site Reliability Engineer, Platform Engineer and Cloud Engineer roles — titles UK official statistics class within the same occupation.
The ladder
| Level | Range | Lower end | Median | Upper end |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Junior | £29,500 | £34,500 | £52,000 | |
| Mid | £47,500 | £56,000 | £84,000 | |
| Senior | £63,000 | £74,000 | £111,000 | |
| Lead | £82,000 | £96,500 | £145,000 |
About these figures: the medians are ONS ASHE 2025 figures for North West England, aligned to the “Programmers and software development professionals” occupation (SOC 2134). The lower and upper ends, and the junior-to-lead steps, are modelled from those medians with fixed ratios rather than measured separately. Inside Morganson, the salary check also blends in live salaries from employers' own job ads.
By region vs the UK median
| London | £75,000 | +29% |
|---|---|---|
| South East England | £63,000 | +9% |
| North West England | £56,000 | −3% |
| Yorkshire | £52,000 | −10% |
| Scotland | £56,000 | −3% |
North West England's mid-level median of £56,000 sits 3% below the UK-wide £58,000. The senior median is 2.1× the junior one, and the top of the ladder reaches £145,000 — a level about one in ten lead roles passes.
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