DevOps Engineer · Yorkshire · 2026
DevOps Engineer salary in Yorkshire
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 Yorkshire, hiring concentrates in Leeds, Sheffield, York, Bradford and Hull. 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 | £27,000 | £32,000 | £48,000 | |
| Mid | £44,000 | £52,000 | £78,000 | |
| Senior | £58,000 | £68,500 | £103,000 | |
| Lead | £76,000 | £89,500 | £134,500 |
About these figures: the medians are ONS ASHE 2025 figures for Yorkshire, 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% |
Yorkshire's mid-level median of £52,000 sits 10% below the UK-wide £58,000. The senior median is 2.1× the junior one, and the top of the ladder reaches £134,500 — a level about one in ten lead roles passes.
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