Salary report · 2026 to date
DevOps & SRE jobs in Canada advertised a median of CA$148K a year in 2026 (middle half CA$131K–CA$176K), from 41 job postings on JobRipe. Figures come only from pay ranges employers published; estimates are never counted.
Number of postings by yearly midpoint. The first and last bands also hold the lowest and highest 5%.
Every row rests on at least 5 postings; groups with fewer are left out.
| Level | Middle half (yearly) | Median | ≈ hourly | Postings |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mid level | CA$120K – CA$141K | CA$140K | CA$67.31 | 5 |
| Senior | CA$120K – CA$166K | CA$145K | CA$69.93 | 19 |
| Staff/Principal | CA$149K – CA$236K | CA$172K | CA$82.69 | 11 |
| Manager | CA$141K – CA$177K | CA$161K | CA$77.36 | 6 |
| Workplace | Middle half (yearly) | Median | ≈ hourly | Postings |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Remote | CA$134K – CA$166K | CA$148K | CA$70.91 | 23 |
| On-site | CA$115K – CA$208K |
JobRipe, "What DevOps & SRE jobs pay in Canada, 2026", https://jobripe.com/salary-reports/2026/ca/devops_sre (23 October 2026).
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The median advertised pay is CA$148K a year (about CA$70.91 an hour), from 41 job postings on JobRipe that published a pay range between 8 April 2026 and 20 October 2026. Half of them fall between CA$131K and CA$176K.
One in ten postings advertised CA$218K a year or more; one in ten advertised CA$110K or less.
Median advertised pay is CA$148K for remote postings (23) and CA$143K for on-site ones (16). Remote and on-site roles also differ in seniority and employer, so this is not a like-for-like comparison.
| CA$143K |
| CA$68.86 |
| 16 |
| City | Middle half (yearly) | Median | ≈ hourly | Postings |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Toronto | CA$145K – CA$227K | CA$189K | CA$90.62 | 8 |
| Company size | Middle half (yearly) | Median | ≈ hourly | Postings |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mid-size | CA$133K – CA$228K | CA$141K | CA$67.55 | 6 |
| Large | CA$131K – CA$180K | CA$157K | CA$75.24 | 22 |
| Industry | Middle half (yearly) | Median | ≈ hourly | Postings |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fintech | CA$151K – CA$227K | CA$197K | CA$94.71 | 8 |
| Finance | CA$110K – CA$135K | CA$117K | CA$56.37 | 7 |