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Devops Engineer Salary & Career Guide

What 265 live Devops Engineer postings ask for and pay: salary by years of experience, skills, education and the employers hiring.

Open roles
265
Employers
154
Remote
11%
Typical pay
$94k–232k
Verified live (7d)
234

Pay is advertised by 65% of these postings (171 of 265 in USD), so read it as what is offered rather than what is paid.

Pay by experience

Median advertised base, from postings that disclosed a range in USD · pick a band to read the rest of this page for it

ExperienceMedianPostings
0–2 years$82k17
3–5 years$124k75
6–9 years$130k46
10+ years$154k17

What skills do devops engineer jobs ask for?

Across 259 devops engineer postings that named at least one skill

Kubernetes is named by 76% of the 259 devops engineer postings that name any skill. Amazon Web Services follows at 75%.

  • Kubernetes76%
  • Amazon Web Services75%
  • Docker52%
  • Terraform50%
  • Ansible47%
  • Python46%
  • Linux44%
  • Microsoft Azure35%
  • GitLab34%
  • GitHub29%

How much experience do devops engineer jobs ask for?

Minimum years named in the posting · 224 postings stated one

3–5 years is the most common minimum, named by 51% of the 224 devops engineer postings that state one.

0–2 years
12%
3–5 years
51%
6–9 years
27%
10+ years
10%

Are devops engineer jobs remote?

Where the work is done · 155 postings stated one

19% of the 155 devops engineer postings that say where the work happens are remote, against 35% hybrid and 46% on-site.

Remote
19%
Hybrid
35%
On-site
46%

Education

The floor the posting sets · 103 postings stated one

High school
14%
Associate
1.9%
Bachelor's
79%
Master's
4.9%
Doctorate
1.0%

Employers hiring for this

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