Salary for Senior-level / Expert DevOps Engineer during 2025

💰 The median Salary for Senior-level / Expert DevOps Engineer during 2025 is USD 167,405

✏️ This salary info is based on 28 individual salaries reported during 2025

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Salary details

The average senior-level / expert DevOps Engineer salary lies between USD 129,620 and USD 185,000 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
28
Top 10%
$ 230,000
Top 25%
$ 185,000
Median
$ 167,405
Bottom 25%
$ 129,620
Bottom 10%
$ 98,124

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, Python and AWS. 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 | 71 jobs Python | 66 jobs AWS | 60 jobs Kubernetes | 57 jobs Security | 55 jobs Terraform | 55 jobs Engineering | 54 jobs CI/CD | 54 jobs Pipelines | 52 jobs Machine Learning | 46 jobs Docker | 43 jobs Architecture | 37 jobs Azure | 37 jobs Jenkins | 34 jobs Ansible | 32 jobs Agile | 28 jobs Computer Science | 28 jobs GCP | 27 jobs Testing | 26 jobs GitLab | 26 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 Flex hours. 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 | 45 jobs Health care | 25 jobs Flex hours | 19 jobs Competitive pay | 19 jobs Startup environment | 17 jobs Equity / stock options | 14 jobs Team events | 10 jobs Flex vacation | 8 jobs Salary bonus | 8 jobs Medical leave | 7 jobs Wellness | 6 jobs Conferences | 6 jobs Parental leave | 5 jobs Fitness / gym | 3 jobs Relocation support | 3 jobs Insurance | 3 jobs Unlimited paid time off | 3 jobs 401(k) matching | 2 jobs Flat hierarchy | 2 jobs Signing bonus | 2 jobs

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