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Most DevOps Engineer Jobs Pay Upwards of $140K, Require Less In-Office Presence and Prefer Senior-Level Experience

The DevOps market is projected to reach $25.5 billion by 2028. Salaries for DevOps roles can reach up to $230,000 per year.

LBy Laura MitchellJun 05, 20251 min read

The DevOps market is projected to reach $25.5 billion by 2028. Salaries for DevOps roles can reach up to $230,000 per year.

Insights from the Kube Careers report for Q1 2025 outline the state of the Kubernetes job market. The report analyzed 436 job postings, focusing on roles that require Kubernetes experience and offer clear salary ranges.

Software Engineer : 47.02% (205 jobs) Platform Engineer (PE) : 11.47% (50 jobs) DevOps : 9.56% (43 jobs) Site Reliability Engineer (SRE) : 4.82% (21 jobs) Machine Learning (ML) Engineer : 4.59% (20 jobs) Data Engineer : 3.44% (15 jobs) DevSecOps Engineer : 3.21% (14 jobs)

The average salary for DevOps positions in Q1 2025 ranges from $118,756 to $169,824, with a mean salary of $144,290.

Insights from the Kube Careers report for Q1 2025 outline the state of the Kubernetes job market.
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The highest average minimum salary is for PE roles at $143,001, followed by SRE positions at $142,623. DevOps roles have the lowest average minimum salary among popular titles. Average salaries rank as follows: PE > SRE > Software Engineer > DevOps Engineer > Machine Learning Engineer. The average DevOps salary is 20% lower than PE roles and approximately 5% less than Software Engineer positions.

85% of PE roles require senior-level experience, compared to 74.42% for DevOps and 71.71% for Software Engineer roles. DevOps roles have the highest percentage of lead-level positions at 9.30%. Junior PE positions are more prevalent than DevOps and Software Engineer roles.

Analysis of DevOps positions by working mode reveals:

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46.5% are remote within a specific geography. 26.6% require in-office presence five days a week. 23.3% are hybrid roles. 4.7% are remote within a certain time zone.

The average DevOps salary for Q1 2025 is $144,290. Only 20% of DevOps roles require full-time in-office presence. 80% of DevOps positions require senior-level experience.

Based on reporting by devops.com.

AI transparency. This article was produced with the assistance of artificial intelligence and published under human editorial oversight. AI systems can make mistakes. Read how we use AI (EU AI Act, Art. 50).
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