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Release / DevOps Engineer jobs in Leeds, United Kingdom

Mid-level Release / DevOps Engineers in Leeds earn about £63k gross a year ($80k), with most offers between £52k and £77k. Leeds has about 536,000 residents and is the 6th largest of the 20 United Kingdom cities we list. No Release / DevOps Engineer listing is based here today; United Kingdom has 1, and remote roles can be done from Leeds.

£63kmedian · mid-level · gross / year · $80k
p10 £52kp90 £77k
City factor 0.94×Rank 7 of 20
0Open Release / DevOps Engineer roles in Leeds
1Open in United Kingdom
£48k–£99kJunior to lead median / yr
3 hDaily overlap with US East
Openings

Release / DevOps Engineer roles near Leeds

No Release / DevOps Engineer listing is based in Leeds today, so these are the nearest in United Kingdom, then the levels we place here. Placement pay starts at the higher of the city and national median.

All Release / DevOps Engineer jobs in United Kingdom

"Talent pipeline" cards are the levels we place, not an employer's vacancy. Real postings are labelled "Market listing". How pay is set.

Pay by level

Release / DevOps Engineer pay by level in Leeds

Gross annual pay in GBP. Leeds is 0.94× the United Kingdom median (-6%), which is £67k at mid-level.

Levelp10Medianp90RangeMedian (USD)
Junior£39k£48k£59k$61k
Mid-level£52k£63k£77k$80k
Senior£66k£81k£99k$100k
Lead£81k£99k£120k$120k

Estimates from posted pay ranges, base pay only. Full Release / DevOps Engineer salary page for Leeds.

The role

What a Release / DevOps Engineer does in Leeds

Owns pipelines, environments and release trains that ship quality on schedule.

  • Build and maintain CI/CD pipelines
  • Run release trains, branching and rollbacks
  • Manage test environments and ephemeral stacks
  • Instrument deployments with quality signals
  • Cut pipeline run time and flake rate

Skills and stack employers ask for

CI/CDDocker and KubernetesScriptingObservabilityRelease management

Tools named most often

JenkinsGitHub ActionsGitLab CIDocker

Time zone

Leeds is on Europe/London. A 09:00-17:00 day shares 3 h with US East, 8 h with London and 7 h with Central Europe.

FAQ

Release / DevOps Engineer jobs in Leeds: FAQ

How much does a Release / DevOps Engineer earn in Leeds?

A mid-level Release / DevOps Engineer in Leeds earns a median of £63k a year ($80k), with a p10 to p90 range of £52k to £77k. Junior pay starts near £48k, senior pay is £81k and leads reach £99k.

Are there Release / DevOps Engineer jobs in Leeds?

No Release / DevOps Engineer listing is based in Leeds today, but United Kingdom has 1 and Release / DevOps Engineer roles open to remote candidates in the same time zone are common. Tell us your city and we alert you when a local role opens.

How does Leeds pay compare with the rest of United Kingdom?

Leeds ranks 7th of 20 United Kingdom cities we track for Release / DevOps Engineer pay, at 0.94x the national median (-6%). The national mid-level median is £67k, so Leeds is below it. Against the US it is 43% below the US median of $140k.

What skills do Release / DevOps Engineer jobs in Leeds ask for?

Owns pipelines, environments and release trains that ship quality on schedule. Typical requirements: CI/CD, Docker and Kubernetes, Scripting, Observability, Release management. The tools named most often are Jenkins, GitHub Actions, GitLab CI, Docker.

Can a Release / DevOps Engineer work with US or European teams from Leeds?

Leeds is on Europe/London. A 09:00-17:00 day shares about 3 h with US East, 8 h with London and 7 h with Central Europe. 80% of Release / DevOps Engineer roles are remote-friendly.

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