I think what you're explaining is actually reality (not shown on the salary graph). There's a large donut hole in ops. The truly high demand people make way mo

I think what you're explaining is actually reality (not shown on the salary graph). There's a large donut hole in ops. The truly high demand people make way more than the salary listed there. However, developers are within the normal range. I.E. - Developers make more on average, top end Devops pays more.