Salary guide · 2026
DevOps Engineer salary guide
Benchmark devops engineer pay across the UK, Germany and the US. Updated from live Haystack market data.
- UK£70k–£95k
- Germany€75k–€100k
- United States$135k–$175k
Mid-level base salary
Salary benchmark
Pay across the band - at a glance
Base benchmarks across the UK, Germany and US. Drill into a country below for localised ranges.
GBP · base salary
Junior
£50k–£70k
Mid
£70k–£95k
Senior
£100k–£140k
EUR · base salary
Junior
€55k–€70k
Mid
€75k–€100k
Senior
€105k–€145k
USD · base salary
Junior
$95k–$125k
Mid
$135k–$175k
Senior
$185k–$260k
Side-by-side
DevOps Engineer salary by country
Base salary in local currency. US runs materially higher, especially in the Bay Area and NYC, where TC > base.
| Metric | United Kingdom | Germany | United States |
|---|---|---|---|
| Junior (0–3 yrs) | £50k–£70k | €55k–€70k | $95k–$125k |
| Mid (3–6 yrs) | £70k–£95k | €75k–€100k | $135k–$175k |
| Senior (6+ yrs) | £100k–£140k | €105k–€145k | $185k–$260k |
| Typical notice | 1–2 months | 3 months | 2 weeks |
| Cities live | 8 | 8 | 8 |
10–20%
Specialist skill premium
Candidates with specialist skills like AWS, GCP, Azure, Kubernetes reliably command 10–20% above generalists at the same seniority - and offers close faster.
Where the talent lives
DevOps Engineer pay by city
Hotter colours mean higher local pay vs the country average. Click any city for a localised benchmark.
UK
8 cities · GBPDE
8 cities · EURKeep exploring
Drill in further
Per-country guides and other tools for hiring this role.
Context
What drives devops engineer pay?
DevOps engineers are the multiplier across your engineering org - building the pipelines, infrastructure and tooling that let product teams move quickly with confidence.
Pay varies primarily with seniority, location, and sector. The UK and Germany cluster within ~10% of each other on base salary; the US runs materially higher - particularly in the Bay Area and New York, where total compensation (base, bonus, equity) is the more meaningful benchmark.
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