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DevOps, SRE & Cloud salaries, 2026
4 to 7% salary growth across the discipline
Severe shortage of multi-cloud architects, with companies competing hard. Multi-cloud across AWS, Azure and GCP carries a 10 to 15% premium. Kubernetes, Terraform and IaC are essential. Contract rates down 10 to 15% as roles convert to permanent.
14 titles, base salary
AUD per year, before super. The bar shows each range on the same scale as the whole guide ($70k to $450k). The day rate is the guide's own formula, annual × 1.35 ÷ 220, on the midpoint. Treat it as a floor, not a market rate.
Title and rangeMinimum day rate
Head of Cloud / DevOps / SRE$250k+
From $1,530/daySRE Manager$220k–$240k
$1,410/dayCloud / DevOps Manager$210k–$240k
$1,380/dayCloud Lead$187k–$252k
$1,350/daySenior DevOps Engineer$175k–$215k
$1,200/daySenior SRE$175k–$215k
$1,200/dayCloud Architect$170k–$284k
$1,390/daySenior Cloud Engineer$150k–$218k
$1,130/daySenior Automation Engineer$140k–$192k
$1,020/dayChange Manager$140k–$180k
$980/dayDevOps Engineer$133k–$171k
$930/daySite Reliability Engineer$130k–$175k
$940/dayCloud Engineer$130k–$150k
$860/dayAutomation Engineer$109k–$147k
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Figures as tekFinder publishes them (2026 Salary Guide and Market Report), read 23 October 2026.