Salary for Senior-level / Expert DevOps Engineer during 2025

💰 The median Salary for Senior-level / Expert DevOps Engineer during 2025 is USD 148,700

✏️ This salary info is based on 138 individual salaries reported during 2025

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Salary details

The average senior-level / expert DevOps Engineer salary lies between USD 124,771 and USD 180,000 globally. It represents the overall compensation/gross salary amount for the working year (before deductions like social security, taxes and other contributions), not including equity/stock options or similar benefits.

Job title
DevOps Engineer
Experience
Senior-level / Expert
Region
global/worldwide
Salary year
2025
Sample size
138
Top 10%
$ 215,000
Top 25%
$ 180,000
Median
$ 148,700
Bottom 25%
$ 124,771
Bottom 10%
$ 100,300

All data shown are full-time equivalent (FTE) salaries. Part-time salary information has been extrapolated to its FTE value.

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Salary trend

Top 20 Job Tags for Senior-level / Expert DevOps Engineer roles

The three most common job tag items assiciated with senior-level / expert DevOps Engineer job listings are DevOps, Cloud and Python. Below you find a list of the 20 most occuring job tags in 2025 and the number of open jobs that where associated with them during that period:

DevOps | 165 jobs Cloud | 150 jobs Python | 137 jobs Kubernetes | 135 jobs Automation | 132 jobs CI/CD | 129 jobs AWS | 122 jobs Terraform | 120 jobs Scripting | 106 jobs Ansible | 105 jobs Bash | 96 jobs Linux | 91 jobs Agile | 90 jobs Monitoring | 89 jobs Docker | 76 jobs Jenkins | 75 jobs Compliance | 70 jobs Azure | 66 jobs Clearance | 61 jobs GitLab | 59 jobs

Top 20 Job Perks/Benefits for Senior-level / Expert DevOps Engineer roles

The three most common job benefits and perks assiciated with senior-level / expert DevOps Engineer job listings are Career development, Health care and Insurance. Below you find a list of the 20 most occuring job perks or benefits in 2025 and the number of open jobs that where offering them during that period:

Career development | 96 jobs Health care | 59 jobs Insurance | 41 jobs Equity / stock options | 40 jobs Startup environment | 39 jobs Salary bonus | 37 jobs Wellness | 29 jobs Competitive pay | 28 jobs Team events | 28 jobs Medical leave | 25 jobs Flex vacation | 24 jobs Flex hours | 23 jobs 401(k) matching | 22 jobs Relocation support | 19 jobs Transparency | 12 jobs Gear | 11 jobs Parental leave | 9 jobs Signing bonus | 8 jobs Fitness / gym | 7 jobs Home office stipend | 7 jobs

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