Become a DevOps Engineer in London
DevOps engineers bridge the gap between software development and IT operations — automating deployments, managing cloud infrastructure and keeping systems reliable at scale.
What does a DevOps Engineer do?
DevOps engineers automate the delivery of software — writing pipelines that test, build and deploy code dozens of times a day without manual intervention.
CI/CD Pipelines
Build automated pipelines with Jenkins, GitHub Actions or GitLab that test and deploy code on every commit.
Infrastructure as Code
Provision cloud infrastructure with Terraform and CloudFormation — repeatable, version-controlled environments.
Monitoring & Reliability
Set up Prometheus, Grafana and ELK stacks to detect and alert on problems before users notice them.
Containers
Package applications in Docker and orchestrate them with Kubernetes for consistent, scalable deployments.
Certification path
DevOps draws on cloud and programming skills — most students spend 8–14 months getting job-ready.
Python Programming
DevOps engineers write Python daily — for automation scripts, API calls, and tooling. Start here if you have no programming background.
AWS Cloud Practitioner
Understand the cloud platform that most DevOps pipelines run on. Foundation-level, no experience needed.
DevOps & Cloud Automation
The core course. Covers Git, Docker, Kubernetes, Terraform, Jenkins CI/CD and AWS automation. This is the cert that gets you hired as a DevOps engineer.
UK salary by level
DevOps is one of the highest-paid disciplines in UK tech, with strong demand from startups to FTSE 100 companies.
| Level | Role | Typical UK salary |
|---|---|---|
| Entry | Junior DevOps / Site Reliability Engineer | £35k – £48k |
| Mid | DevOps Engineer / Platform Engineer | £50k – £65k |
| Senior | Senior DevOps / Senior SRE | £65k – £85k |
| Lead | Principal Engineer / Head of DevOps | £85k – £110k |
Ready to automate everything?
Start with Python or AWS Practitioner and work up to DevOps & Cloud Automation. Pay monthly from £49.
Enrol in DevOps & Cloud Automation →