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DevOps Engineer Career Market Report 2026

3,153 active jobs. 1,289 companies. Median salary $129K. Data from Greenhouse, Lever, Workday, Ashby, SmartRecruiters, Workable, and 14 additional ATS sources. Last computed: 2026-06-01.

3,153
Active Job Openings
1,289
Companies Hiring
$129K
Median Salary (US)
77%
With Salary Data

About This Report

DevOps continues to command premium salaries with strong demand for cloud and CI/CD expertise.

Greenhouse Lever Workday Ashby SmartRecruiters Workable + 14 more ATS sources

Salary: Extracted via NLP. Only USD $5K-$3M included. Skills: Named entity recognition, noise-filtered (generic soft skills excluded). Experience: Inferred from title + description. Coverage: 77% of positions include salary data.

Key Findings

Median salary: $129K in the US

Middle 50% of salaries range from $89K to $180K.

Remote roles pay 30% above the US national median

Remote-first employers competing nationally for talent. The premium reflects company quality (remote-first firms tend to be well-funded), not a work-mode bonus.

DevOps is the most-demanded skill at 100%

Elasticsearch demand rose +14.6pp — fastest-growing skill

Bluelightconsulting leads hiring with 102 open positions

Biggest salary jump: Junior → Mid-Level (+$36K, +57%)

Salary increase: +$36K · Sample: Junior → Mid-Level

AI automation risk: medium-high (score 70/100)

Score: 70/100 · AI/LLM demand: 0% of postings

Week-over-week changes reflect dataset expansion, not market surge

Recent growth in tracked postings is from adding new data sources, not a one-week hiring boom. Interpret trend data with this in mind.

Salary by Experience Level

LevelJobsP25MedianP90
Senior123$89K$130K$193K
Lead53$121K$160K$175K
Mid-Level41$78K$99K$135K
Junior38$62K$63K$140K
Staff33$149K$170K$200K
Manager8$118K$119K$229K
Director4$142K$171K$199K

What jumps out

Junior → Mid-Level: +$36K (57%) — the biggest single-step increase. The salary curve is back-loaded: the largest raises come at transitions where scope changes from executing tasks to owning outcomes, or from owning outcomes to shaping architecture across teams.

Salary by Country

CountryJobsMedianCurrency
United States199$123KUSD
Remote64$160KUSD
Canada9$120KUSD
India8$12KUSD

Work Mode

ModeShare
On-Site3.2%
Remote18.4%
Hybrid4.1%

~80% of postings do not specify work mode. Figures show only positions where it is explicitly stated.

Top Skills in Demand

DevOps
100%
CI/CD
70%
Kubernetes
56%
AWS
54%
Terraform
53%
Python
50%
Docker
46%
AI/LLM
37%
Linux
34%
Bash
34%
Azure
33%
Jenkins
31%

Skills on the Rise

Elasticsearch ↑+14.6ppR ↑+14.6ppGitLab CI ↑+13.5ppCI/CD ↑+11.5ppTerraform ↑+9.4pp

Declining in Demand

Agile ↓-19.6pp

Top Companies Hiring

CompanyOpeningsShare
Bluelightconsulting1023.2%
Soprasteria401.3%
Bah401.3%
Ngc351.1%
Devoteam341.1%
Lseg280.9%
Leidos280.9%
Jobgether260.8%

Top Countries by Job Volume

CountryJobs
United States714
India296
Remote213
France116
United Kingdom86
Canada77
Poland61
Brazil50

Education Requirements

LevelSharePositions
Associate Degree54.5%1,319
Master's Degree17.9%433
Bachelor's Degree11.3%273
PhD / Doctorate0.5%12
MBA0.0%1

Certifications

Kubernetes Certified (6%)AWS Certified (5%)Azure Certified (3%)ITIL (2%)

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