Side-by-side distribution
Azure
$142,011
median · per year, annualized USD
- Disclosing
- 20.3%
- Live roles
- 315
DevOps
$175,000
median · per year, annualized USD
- Disclosing
- 36.2%
- Live roles
- 5,962
Highest-paying jobs
Senior AVD (Azure Virtual Desktop) Engineer
Lead Azure Cloud & DevOps Platform Engineer
Principal Cloud Engineer Azure
Senior Software Engineer - (C#/Microservices/Azure)
Lead Software Engineer - .Net/Azure
Senior Cloud Engineer (AWS / Azure / GCP) - VP
AVD (Azure Virtual Desktop) Engineer
Azure IaaS Engineer
Azure IaaS Engineer
Staff Partner Engineer, Azure
Highest-paying jobs
Platform Engineer
Staff+ Research Engineer, RL Data Platform
Staff Software Engineer, Kubernetes Platform
Data Platform Engineer
Software Engineer, Platform Systems
Product Engineer, Studio Platform
Senior Software Engineer, Enterprise AI Platform
Software Engineer, Systems & Platform Applied AI
Web Platform Lead Engineer
Fullstack Software Engineer, Agent Platform
Top companies hiring
| Company | Median | Roles |
|---|---|---|
|
CACI
|
$152,650 | 5 |
Applied Information Sciences
|
$143,000 | 3 |
|
BMO
|
$135,250 | 3 |
SMX
|
$112,500 | 3 |
Accenture
|
$57,950 | 3 |
MetroStar
|
$175,000 | 2 |
| EE Eversource Energy | $160,998 | 2 |
LIGHTFEATHER IO LLC
|
$150,000 | 2 |
Top companies hiring
| Company | Median | Roles |
|---|---|---|
Booz Allen Hamilton
|
$126,800 | 81 |
Accenture Federal Services
|
$151,800 | 43 |
Anduril Industries
|
$222,000 | 32 |
|
CACI
|
$160,325 | 30 |
Leidos
|
$151,475 | 28 |
Elastic
|
$113,946 | 25 |
Coinbase
|
$202,483 | 22 |
Air Apps
|
$62,614 | 22 |
DevOps salary by location
| Location | Median | Roles |
|---|---|---|
| San Francisco | $228,700 | 301 |
| New York | $209,000 | 279 |
| Seattle | $201,500 | 125 |
| Boston | $185,000 | 63 |
| Los Angeles | $183,500 | 33 |
| Denver | $175,250 | 48 |
| Austin | $163,275 | 62 |
| Chicago | $160,000 | 82 |
| Atlanta | $153,300 | 34 |
| London | $150,839 | 31 |
Azure vs DevOps: which pays more?
The median for Azure is $142,011 per year (typically $123,025–$156,693), versus $175,000 for DevOps ($140,000–$213,250). That puts DevOps about 23% ahead at the median.
Both figures are computed live from active listings on JobsRadar and normalized to annualized USD, so Azure and DevOps are compared on equal terms regardless of the currency each role was originally posted in. Only roles that publish a salary range feed the medians; numbers refresh every few hours as new roles post and older ones close, so this comparison reflects the market right now rather than a fixed survey. Use it as a directional benchmark when weighing one path against the other.