DevSecOps
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with a requirement for DevSecOps skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited DevSecOps over the 6 months to 28 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
28 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 468 346 478
Rank change year-on-year -122 +132 -85
Permanent jobs citing DevSecOps 497 1,011 1,115
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.51% 0.97% 0.72%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.59% 1.02% 0.76%
Number of salaries quoted 310 479 623
10th Percentile £51,250 £47,500 £52,500
25th Percentile £57,500 £63,750 £63,270
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £85,000 £80,000
Median % change year-on-year -11.76% +6.25% +6.67%
75th Percentile £97,500 £101,842 £97,500
90th Percentile £108,448 £113,750 £122,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £70,000 £75,000 £70,000
% change year-on-year -6.67% +7.14% +7.69%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

DevSecOps is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 84,360 99,485 147,504
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 85.99% 95.62% 95.58%
Number of salaries quoted 59,619 58,411 83,272
10th Percentile £29,000 £34,000 £33,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £45,000 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £61,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -10.57% +2.50% +9.09%
75th Percentile £72,500 £82,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £92,500 £100,000 £96,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% +9.38%

DevSecOps
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing DevSecOps as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for DevSecOps in the UK

DevSecOps
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing DevSecOps.

Salary trend for DevSecOps in the UK

DevSecOps
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing DevSecOps over the 6 months to 28 April 2024.

Salary histogram for DevSecOps in the UK

DevSecOps
Top 16 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing DevSecOps within the UK over the 6 months to 28 April 2024. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
England -99 442 £77,500 -8.82% 149
UK excluding London -113 255 £70,000 -6.67% 79
Work from Home -79 220 £82,500 +3.13% 88
London -41 204 £90,000 - 75
South East +11 82 £77,500 -8.82% 21
South West +1 59 £75,000 +7.14% 15
Midlands -4 47 £72,500 -3.33% 11
West Midlands +28 36 £72,500 -3.33% 5
North of England -92 36 £65,000 -13.33% 18
Scotland -70 18 £60,000 -20.00% 7
Yorkshire +26 15 £55,173 -34.12% 8
North West -59 14 £65,000 -3.70% 6
East Midlands -17 11 £68,750 -8.33% 6
East of England +12 8 £65,087 -7.02% 6
Wales +5 8 - - 4
North East 0 7 £70,000 -6.67% 4

DevSecOps
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 14 (2.82%) Confluence
2 11 (2.21%) SharePoint
3 6 (1.21%) Microsoft Exchange
4 5 (1.01%) Apache
5 3 (0.60%) CMS
6 2 (0.40%) Apache Airflow
7 1 (0.20%) ArcGIS
7 1 (0.20%) Ethereum
7 1 (0.20%) nginx
7 1 (0.20%) Tomcat
7 1 (0.20%) WordPress
Applications
1 5 (1.01%) Microsoft Project
2 3 (0.60%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 14 (2.82%) Dynamics CRM
2 3 (0.60%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 224 (45.07%) Azure
2 200 (40.24%) AWS
3 67 (13.48%) Serverless
4 54 (10.87%) GitHub
5 47 (9.46%) AWS CloudFormation
5 47 (9.46%) SaaS
6 46 (9.26%) PaaS
7 44 (8.85%) Azure DevOps
7 44 (8.85%) GCP
8 43 (8.65%) AWS Lambda
9 34 (6.84%) Azure AKS
10 28 (5.63%) IaaS
11 27 (5.43%) Amazon EKS
12 24 (4.83%) GitHub Actions
12 24 (4.83%) Microsoft 365
13 23 (4.63%) Amazon S3
14 21 (4.23%) CloudFront
15 20 (4.02%) Amazon ECS
15 20 (4.02%) Azure Functions
15 20 (4.02%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 90 (18.11%) Firewall
2 54 (10.87%) DNS
3 45 (9.05%) VPN
4 44 (8.85%) WAN
5 36 (7.24%) Internet
5 36 (7.24%) LAN
6 32 (6.44%) TCP/IP
7 30 (6.04%) HTTP
8 29 (5.84%) DHCP
9 22 (4.43%) Network Security
10 8 (1.61%) SD-WAN
11 4 (0.80%) Intrusion Detection
11 4 (0.80%) OpenLDAP
12 3 (0.60%) OSPF
13 2 (0.40%) BGP
13 2 (0.40%) HSRP
13 2 (0.40%) Unified Communications
13 2 (0.40%) Wi-Fi
14 1 (0.20%) AMQP
14 1 (0.20%) Software-Defined Networking
Database & Business Intelligence
1 24 (4.83%) NoSQL
2 15 (3.02%) SQL Server
3 10 (2.01%) Elasticsearch
4 9 (1.81%) Big Data
4 9 (1.81%) PostgreSQL
4 9 (1.81%) Relational Database
5 8 (1.61%) CockroachDB
5 8 (1.61%) Redis
6 7 (1.41%) Hadoop
6 7 (1.41%) Power BI
7 6 (1.21%) Delta Lake
7 6 (1.21%) Metadata
7 6 (1.21%) MongoDB
8 4 (0.80%) Amazon RDS
8 4 (0.80%) Data Warehouse
8 4 (0.80%) Parquet
9 3 (0.60%) SAP BW
10 2 (0.40%) BigQuery
10 2 (0.40%) MySQL
10 2 (0.40%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 56 (11.27%) Git
2 38 (7.65%) Jenkins
3 31 (6.24%) GitLab
4 17 (3.42%) JIRA
5 12 (2.41%) CircleCI
5 12 (2.41%) SonarQube
6 11 (2.21%) Burp Suite
7 10 (2.01%) Sonatype Nexus
8 9 (1.81%) git-flow
9 8 (1.61%) Jaeger
10 6 (1.21%) Metasploit
11 5 (1.01%) Katalon Studio
11 5 (1.01%) Postman
12 4 (0.80%) TeamCity
13 3 (0.60%) Atlassian Bamboo
13 3 (0.60%) Bitbucket
13 3 (0.60%) Octopus Deploy
14 2 (0.40%) Spinnaker
15 1 (0.20%) Snyk
15 1 (0.20%) Vagrant
General
1 174 (35.01%) Social Skills
2 160 (32.19%) Finance
3 60 (12.07%) Retail
4 42 (8.45%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 30 (6.04%) Public Sector
6 25 (5.03%) Banking
7 23 (4.63%) Analytical Skills
8 15 (3.02%) Presentation Skills
8 15 (3.02%) Telecoms
9 14 (2.82%) Automotive
10 13 (2.62%) Influencing Skills
11 12 (2.41%) Law
12 11 (2.21%) Health Technology
13 10 (2.01%) Tech for Good
14 8 (1.61%) Financial Institution
14 8 (1.61%) Organisational Skills
15 6 (1.21%) Documentation Skills
15 6 (1.21%) Games
16 5 (1.01%) Police
17 2 (0.40%) Advertising
Job Titles
1 138 (27.77%) Architect
2 104 (20.93%) Senior
3 88 (17.71%) Lead
4 49 (9.86%) Developer
5 48 (9.66%) DevOps Engineer
6 33 (6.64%) Security Engineer
7 31 (6.24%) Cloud Architect
8 27 (5.43%) Security Manager
9 26 (5.23%) Consultant
9 26 (5.23%) Lead Developer
9 26 (5.23%) Solutions Architect
10 25 (5.03%) Infrastructure Architect
11 24 (4.83%) Cloud Engineer
12 23 (4.63%) DevSecOps Engineer
13 22 (4.43%) Technical Architect
14 20 (4.02%) Azure Engineer
14 20 (4.02%) Senior Architect
15 19 (3.82%) Security Architect
16 18 (3.62%) Senior DevOps
17 16 (3.22%) AWS DevOps
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 71 (14.29%) OpenID
2 70 (14.08%) REST
3 53 (10.66%) SAML
4 52 (10.46%) .NET
5 46 (9.26%) OAuth
6 44 (8.85%) HTML
7 24 (4.83%) Middleware
7 24 (4.83%) Node.js
7 24 (4.83%) Web Services
8 22 (4.43%) Kafka
9 17 (3.42%) Spring Boot
10 14 (2.82%) React
11 13 (2.62%) CSS
12 12 (2.41%) ADO
13 11 (2.21%) GraphQL
13 11 (2.21%) YAML
14 9 (1.81%) ARM Templates
15 8 (1.61%) Azure Blueprints
15 8 (1.61%) Elastic Stack
15 8 (1.61%) OpenTelemetry
Miscellaneous
1 59 (11.87%) Cloud Native
1 59 (11.87%) Management Information System
2 30 (6.04%) Cyberattack
3 26 (5.23%) Onboarding
4 25 (5.03%) Mobile App
4 25 (5.03%) Virtual Team
5 17 (3.42%) Security Posture
6 14 (2.82%) PKI
7 12 (2.41%) Self-Motivation
8 11 (2.21%) Distributed Systems
8 11 (2.21%) Greenfield Project
9 10 (2.01%) Blockchain
10 9 (1.81%) Hybrid Cloud
10 9 (1.81%) Public Cloud
11 8 (1.61%) Cloud Security Posture
12 7 (1.41%) Reinsurance
13 6 (1.21%) Enterprise Cloud
14 5 (1.01%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
15 4 (0.80%) Legacy Systems
15 4 (0.80%) Linux Command Line
Operating Systems
1 111 (22.33%) Linux
2 64 (12.88%) Windows
3 48 (9.66%) Ubuntu
4 39 (7.85%) VMS
5 10 (2.01%) Windows Server
6 9 (1.81%) Unix
7 8 (1.61%) Solaris
8 5 (1.01%) CentOS
9 4 (0.80%) Windows Server 2016
10 2 (0.40%) Android
10 2 (0.40%) Apple iOS
10 2 (0.40%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
11 1 (0.20%) HPUX
Processes & Methodologies
1 278 (55.94%) Agile
2 171 (34.41%) DevOps
3 138 (27.77%) CI/CD
4 104 (20.93%) Cloud Security
5 103 (20.72%) Cybersecurity
6 99 (19.92%) Application Security
7 94 (18.91%) Infrastructure as Code
8 88 (17.71%) Software Engineering
9 87 (17.51%) Microservices
10 82 (16.50%) Scrum
11 80 (16.10%) Containerisation
12 79 (15.90%) Identity Access Management
13 72 (14.49%) Roadmaps
14 70 (14.08%) Mentoring
15 67 (13.48%) Information Security
16 63 (12.68%) TDD
17 58 (11.67%) Kanban
17 58 (11.67%) Problem-Solving
18 55 (11.07%) Collaborative Culture
19 53 (10.66%) SDLC
Programming Languages
1 81 (16.30%) Java
2 73 (14.69%) Python
3 50 (10.06%) SQL
4 47 (9.46%) PowerShell
5 38 (7.65%) JavaScript
6 30 (6.04%) C#
7 17 (3.42%) Bash
8 15 (3.02%) TypeScript
9 14 (2.82%) Kusto Query Language
10 10 (2.01%) Shell Script
11 9 (1.81%) Kotlin
12 7 (1.41%) Go
12 7 (1.41%) Ruby
13 6 (1.21%) Bicep
14 5 (1.01%) VB
15 4 (0.80%) PHP
15 4 (0.80%) Scala
16 2 (0.40%) C++
17 1 (0.20%) R
Qualifications
1 151 (30.38%) Security Cleared
2 76 (15.29%) DV Cleared
3 59 (11.87%) AWS Certification
4 57 (11.47%) Degree
5 50 (10.06%) SC Cleared
6 42 (8.45%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
7 34 (6.84%) Azure Certification
8 31 (6.24%) CISSP
9 24 (4.83%) BPSS Clearance
10 22 (4.43%) CISM
11 18 (3.62%) Microsoft Certification
12 13 (2.62%) CEH
13 12 (2.41%) (ISC)2 CCSP
13 12 (2.41%) Cisco Certification
13 12 (2.41%) Computer Science Degree
14 9 (1.81%) GIAC
15 8 (1.61%) CCSP
15 8 (1.61%) GPEN
16 7 (1.41%) OSCP
17 6 (1.21%) MCSE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 36 (7.24%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 32 (6.44%) NIST
3 31 (6.24%) QA
4 19 (3.82%) PCI DSS
5 13 (2.62%) GRC
5 13 (2.62%) NCSC
6 12 (2.41%) Cyber Essentials
6 12 (2.41%) GDPR
7 6 (1.21%) NIST 800
8 5 (1.01%) SOC 2
9 4 (0.80%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 4 (0.80%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
10 3 (0.60%) ISO 9000
11 2 (0.40%) COBIT
11 2 (0.40%) Data Quality
11 2 (0.40%) ISO 20022
12 1 (0.20%) PMO
System Software
1 87 (17.51%) Docker
2 56 (11.27%) Active Directory
3 24 (4.83%) Virtual Machines
4 19 (3.82%) Virtual Servers
5 5 (1.01%) VMware Infrastructure
6 4 (0.80%) vSphere
7 1 (0.20%) Hyper-V
7 1 (0.20%) LXC
Systems Management
1 147 (29.58%) Terraform
2 129 (25.96%) Kubernetes
3 85 (17.10%) Ansible
4 12 (2.41%) Nessus
5 9 (1.81%) Puppet
5 9 (1.81%) Single Sign-On
6 8 (1.61%) Kiali
7 7 (1.41%) Grafana
7 7 (1.41%) Nmap
8 6 (1.21%) CASB
8 6 (1.21%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
9 5 (1.01%) Kibana
10 4 (0.80%) Prometheus
10 4 (0.80%) vCenter Server
11 2 (0.40%) FortiGate
11 2 (0.40%) Istio
11 2 (0.40%) Progress Chef
12 1 (0.20%) HAProxy
12 1 (0.20%) Icinga
12 1 (0.20%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 127 (25.55%) Microsoft
2 18 (3.62%) Splunk
3 14 (2.82%) ForgeRock
3 14 (2.82%) Sitecore
4 13 (2.62%) Google
5 12 (2.41%) Qualys
5 12 (2.41%) Red Hat
6 10 (2.01%) VMware
7 9 (1.81%) ServiceNow
8 8 (1.61%) AppDynamics
8 8 (1.61%) McAfee
8 8 (1.61%) Oracle
9 7 (1.41%) Databricks
10 6 (1.21%) Confluent
10 6 (1.21%) Informatica
11 4 (0.80%) Dataiku
11 4 (0.80%) IBM
12 3 (0.60%) Netskope
12 3 (0.60%) Symantec
12 3 (0.60%) Zscaler