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 8 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
8 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 448 353 501
Rank change year-on-year -95 +148 -102
Permanent jobs citing DevSecOps 516 967 1,113
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.52% 0.95% 0.71%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.61% 1.00% 0.74%
Number of salaries quoted 325 466 602
10th Percentile £50,000 £47,500 £48,750
25th Percentile £56,750 £63,750 £63,270
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £81,928 £80,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.46% +2.41% +6.67%
75th Percentile £97,500 £100,000 £97,500
90th Percentile £107,965 £113,125 £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 84,937 97,101 150,579
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 85.64% 95.61% 95.65%
Number of salaries quoted 59,853 57,006 82,680
10th Percentile £29,000 £34,000 £33,515
25th Percentile £40,000 £45,000 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £61,180 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -10.10% +1.97% +9.09%
75th Percentile £72,500 £81,250 £80,000
90th Percentile £92,500 £100,000 £96,750
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 8 May 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 8 May 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 -100 458 £77,500 -5.40% 155
UK excluding London -102 269 £70,000 -6.67% 89
Work from Home -91 224 £82,500 +9.03% 89
London -38 210 £92,500 +4.23% 70
South East +19 91 £67,500 -20.59% 24
South West -5 59 £75,000 +33.33% 20
Midlands +7 49 £72,500 -3.33% 14
West Midlands +20 38 £72,500 -3.33% 8
North of England -90 36 £65,000 -13.33% 14
Scotland -65 21 £60,000 -20.00% 10
Yorkshire +10 14 £55,173 -32.09% 9
North West -66 14 £65,000 +1.96% 3
East Midlands -18 11 £72,500 -3.33% 6
North East +4 8 £70,000 -1.75% 2
Wales 0 8 - - 4
East of England +13 7 £55,173 -21.18% 6

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 13 (2.52%) Confluence
2 9 (1.74%) SharePoint
3 6 (1.16%) Microsoft Exchange
4 5 (0.97%) Apache
5 3 (0.58%) CMS
6 2 (0.39%) Apache Airflow
7 1 (0.19%) ArcGIS
7 1 (0.19%) Ethereum
7 1 (0.19%) nginx
7 1 (0.19%) Tomcat
7 1 (0.19%) WordPress
Applications
1 5 (0.97%) Microsoft Project
2 3 (0.58%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 14 (2.71%) Dynamics CRM
2 4 (0.78%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 227 (43.99%) Azure
2 206 (39.92%) AWS
3 67 (12.98%) Serverless
4 55 (10.66%) GitHub
5 51 (9.88%) SaaS
6 49 (9.50%) AWS CloudFormation
7 47 (9.11%) PaaS
8 44 (8.53%) AWS Lambda
8 44 (8.53%) GCP
9 38 (7.36%) Azure DevOps
10 37 (7.17%) Azure AKS
11 29 (5.62%) IaaS
12 28 (5.43%) Amazon EKS
13 26 (5.04%) Amazon S3
14 24 (4.65%) GitHub Actions
15 23 (4.46%) CloudFront
15 23 (4.46%) Microsoft 365
16 22 (4.26%) Amazon ECS
16 22 (4.26%) Entra ID
17 21 (4.07%) AWS Fargate
Communications & Networking
1 94 (18.22%) Firewall
2 55 (10.66%) DNS
3 49 (9.50%) WAN
4 48 (9.30%) VPN
5 37 (7.17%) Internet
5 37 (7.17%) LAN
6 32 (6.20%) TCP/IP
7 30 (5.81%) HTTP
8 29 (5.62%) DHCP
9 22 (4.26%) Network Security
10 12 (2.33%) SD-WAN
11 5 (0.97%) OSPF
12 4 (0.78%) BGP
12 4 (0.78%) HSRP
12 4 (0.78%) Intrusion Detection
12 4 (0.78%) OpenLDAP
12 4 (0.78%) Unified Communications
12 4 (0.78%) Wi-Fi
13 1 (0.19%) IPv4
13 1 (0.19%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 35 (6.78%) NoSQL
2 15 (2.91%) SQL Server
3 12 (2.33%) Relational Database
4 11 (2.13%) Big Data
4 11 (2.13%) PostgreSQL
5 9 (1.74%) Elasticsearch
5 9 (1.74%) Hadoop
5 9 (1.74%) MongoDB
6 8 (1.55%) CockroachDB
6 8 (1.55%) Redis
7 7 (1.36%) Power BI
8 6 (1.16%) Delta Lake
8 6 (1.16%) Metadata
9 5 (0.97%) Amazon RDS
10 4 (0.78%) Data Warehouse
10 4 (0.78%) Parquet
10 4 (0.78%) SAP BW
11 2 (0.39%) BigQuery
11 2 (0.39%) Data Vault
11 2 (0.39%) Looker
Development Applications
1 55 (10.66%) Git
2 36 (6.98%) Jenkins
3 33 (6.40%) GitLab
4 17 (3.29%) JIRA
5 13 (2.52%) SonarQube
6 12 (2.33%) Burp Suite
7 10 (1.94%) CircleCI
7 10 (1.94%) Sonatype Nexus
8 8 (1.55%) Jaeger
9 7 (1.36%) git-flow
9 7 (1.36%) Katalon Studio
9 7 (1.36%) Metasploit
10 5 (0.97%) Postman
11 3 (0.58%) TeamCity
12 2 (0.39%) Atlassian Bamboo
12 2 (0.39%) Bitbucket
12 2 (0.39%) Cucumber
12 2 (0.39%) JUnit
12 2 (0.39%) Octopus Deploy
12 2 (0.39%) Spinnaker
General
1 179 (34.69%) Social Skills
2 159 (30.81%) Finance
3 61 (11.82%) Retail
4 44 (8.53%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 30 (5.81%) Public Sector
6 25 (4.84%) Banking
7 23 (4.46%) Analytical Skills
8 16 (3.10%) Automotive
8 16 (3.10%) Presentation Skills
9 15 (2.91%) Telecoms
10 13 (2.52%) Influencing Skills
11 11 (2.13%) Health Technology
11 11 (2.13%) Law
12 10 (1.94%) Tech for Good
13 8 (1.55%) Documentation Skills
13 8 (1.55%) Financial Institution
14 7 (1.36%) Organisational Skills
15 6 (1.16%) Games
16 5 (0.97%) Police
17 2 (0.39%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 144 (27.91%) Architect
2 111 (21.51%) Senior
3 87 (16.86%) Lead
4 48 (9.30%) Developer
4 48 (9.30%) DevOps Engineer
5 35 (6.78%) Security Engineer
6 34 (6.59%) Cloud Architect
7 28 (5.43%) DevSecOps Engineer
8 25 (4.84%) Consultant
8 25 (4.84%) Infrastructure Architect
8 25 (4.84%) Lead Developer
8 25 (4.84%) Security Manager
8 25 (4.84%) Solutions Architect
9 23 (4.46%) Senior DevOps
9 23 (4.46%) Technical Architect
10 22 (4.26%) Azure Engineer
10 22 (4.26%) Cloud Engineer
10 22 (4.26%) Senior Architect
11 20 (3.88%) Security Architect
12 18 (3.49%) AWS DevOps
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 71 (13.76%) OpenID
2 69 (13.37%) REST
3 53 (10.27%) SAML
4 52 (10.08%) .NET
5 46 (8.91%) OAuth
6 42 (8.14%) HTML
7 32 (6.20%) Middleware
8 26 (5.04%) Node.js
9 25 (4.84%) Web Services
10 23 (4.46%) Kafka
11 16 (3.10%) Spring Boot
12 14 (2.71%) React
13 13 (2.52%) YAML
14 12 (2.33%) ADO
15 11 (2.13%) CSS
15 11 (2.13%) GraphQL
16 9 (1.74%) ARM Templates
16 9 (1.74%) RESTful
17 8 (1.55%) HTML5 Canvas
17 8 (1.55%) OpenTelemetry
Miscellaneous
1 62 (12.02%) Cloud Native
2 59 (11.43%) Management Information System
3 30 (5.81%) Cyberattack
4 26 (5.04%) Mobile App
5 25 (4.84%) Onboarding
6 24 (4.65%) Virtual Team
7 21 (4.07%) Security Posture
8 14 (2.71%) PKI
9 12 (2.33%) Self-Motivation
10 11 (2.13%) Cloud Security Posture
10 11 (2.13%) Distributed Systems
10 11 (2.13%) Greenfield Project
11 10 (1.94%) Blockchain
11 10 (1.94%) Public Cloud
12 9 (1.74%) Hybrid Cloud
13 8 (1.55%) Enterprise Cloud
14 7 (1.36%) Reinsurance
15 5 (0.97%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
16 4 (0.78%) Legacy Systems
16 4 (0.78%) Online Banking
Operating Systems
1 115 (22.29%) Linux
2 65 (12.60%) Windows
3 49 (9.50%) Ubuntu
4 39 (7.56%) VMS
5 12 (2.33%) Windows Server
6 9 (1.74%) Unix
7 8 (1.55%) Solaris
8 5 (0.97%) CentOS
9 4 (0.78%) Windows Server 2016
10 2 (0.39%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
11 1 (0.19%) Android
11 1 (0.19%) Apple iOS
11 1 (0.19%) HPUX
Processes & Methodologies
1 284 (55.04%) Agile
2 175 (33.91%) DevOps
3 140 (27.13%) CI/CD
4 112 (21.71%) Cloud Security
5 103 (19.96%) Cybersecurity
6 102 (19.77%) Application Security
7 101 (19.57%) Infrastructure as Code
8 92 (17.83%) Software Engineering
9 90 (17.44%) Microservices
10 89 (17.25%) Scrum
11 85 (16.47%) Containerisation
12 79 (15.31%) Identity Access Management
13 71 (13.76%) Roadmaps
14 68 (13.18%) Mentoring
15 67 (12.98%) Information Security
16 64 (12.40%) Kanban
17 61 (11.82%) Problem-Solving
18 59 (11.43%) TDD
19 56 (10.85%) Collaborative Culture
20 52 (10.08%) SDLC
Programming Languages
1 90 (17.44%) Java
2 83 (16.09%) Python
3 62 (12.02%) SQL
4 45 (8.72%) PowerShell
5 35 (6.78%) JavaScript
6 29 (5.62%) C#
7 17 (3.29%) Kotlin
8 15 (2.91%) Bash
8 15 (2.91%) TypeScript
9 14 (2.71%) Kusto Query Language
10 8 (1.55%) Shell Script
11 6 (1.16%) Go
12 5 (0.97%) Bicep
12 5 (0.97%) Ruby
12 5 (0.97%) VB
13 4 (0.78%) Scala
14 3 (0.58%) PHP
15 1 (0.19%) C++
15 1 (0.19%) R
Qualifications
1 152 (29.46%) Security Cleared
2 77 (14.92%) DV Cleared
3 60 (11.63%) AWS Certification
4 57 (11.05%) Degree
5 52 (10.08%) SC Cleared
6 42 (8.14%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
7 32 (6.20%) Azure Certification
8 31 (6.01%) CISSP
9 22 (4.26%) BPSS Clearance
9 22 (4.26%) CISM
10 18 (3.49%) Microsoft Certification
11 13 (2.52%) CEH
12 12 (2.33%) (ISC)2 CCSP
12 12 (2.33%) Cisco Certification
13 11 (2.13%) Computer Science Degree
14 9 (1.74%) GIAC
15 8 (1.55%) CCSP
15 8 (1.55%) GPEN
16 7 (1.36%) OSCP
17 6 (1.16%) MCSE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 39 (7.56%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 34 (6.59%) NIST
3 32 (6.20%) QA
4 19 (3.68%) PCI DSS
5 14 (2.71%) NCSC
6 13 (2.52%) GRC
7 12 (2.33%) Cyber Essentials
7 12 (2.33%) GDPR
8 6 (1.16%) NIST 800
8 6 (1.16%) SOC 2
9 4 (0.78%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 4 (0.78%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
10 3 (0.58%) Data Quality
10 3 (0.58%) ISO 9000
11 2 (0.39%) COBIT
12 1 (0.19%) ISO 20022
12 1 (0.19%) ISO 22301
12 1 (0.19%) ISO 31000
12 1 (0.19%) PMO
System Software
1 87 (16.86%) Docker
2 57 (11.05%) Active Directory
3 25 (4.84%) Virtual Machines
4 18 (3.49%) Virtual Servers
5 5 (0.97%) VMware Infrastructure
6 4 (0.78%) vSphere
7 1 (0.19%) Hyper-V
7 1 (0.19%) LXC
Systems Management
1 148 (28.68%) Terraform
2 132 (25.58%) Kubernetes
3 84 (16.28%) Ansible
4 12 (2.33%) Nessus
5 9 (1.74%) Puppet
5 9 (1.74%) Single Sign-On
6 8 (1.55%) Kiali
6 8 (1.55%) Nmap
7 7 (1.36%) Grafana
8 6 (1.16%) CASB
8 6 (1.16%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
9 5 (0.97%) Kibana
10 4 (0.78%) FortiGate
10 4 (0.78%) Prometheus
10 4 (0.78%) vCenter Server
11 2 (0.39%) Istio
11 2 (0.39%) Podman
11 2 (0.39%) Progress Chef
12 1 (0.19%) Anchore
12 1 (0.19%) Argo
Vendors
1 124 (24.03%) Microsoft
2 19 (3.68%) Splunk
3 16 (3.10%) ForgeRock
3 16 (3.10%) Sitecore
4 12 (2.33%) Google
4 12 (2.33%) Qualys
4 12 (2.33%) Red Hat
5 10 (1.94%) VMware
6 9 (1.74%) ServiceNow
7 8 (1.55%) AppDynamics
7 8 (1.55%) Oracle
8 7 (1.36%) Databricks
8 7 (1.36%) McAfee
9 6 (1.16%) Confluent
9 6 (1.16%) Informatica
10 4 (0.78%) Cisco
10 4 (0.78%) Dataiku
10 4 (0.78%) IBM
10 4 (0.78%) Meraki
10 4 (0.78%) SAP