DevOps Contract Job Trends in Glasgow
DevOps
Scotland > Glasgow
The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Glasgow citing DevOps skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 9 November 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 9 Nov 2026 |
Same period 2025 | Same period 2024 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 13 | 12 | 27 |
| Rank change year-on-year | -1 | +15 | -17 |
| Contract jobs citing DevOps | 145 | 119 | 53 |
| As % of all contract jobs in Glasgow | 11.96% | 15.80% | 7.23% |
| As % of the Processes & Methodologies category | 14.06% | 18.00% | 8.13% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 93 | 92 | 39 |
| 10th Percentile | £326 | £361 | £345 |
| 25th Percentile | £402 | £416 | £356 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £475 | £475 | £388 |
| Median % change year-on-year | - | +22.58% | -29.55% |
| 75th Percentile | £547 | £575 | £497 |
| 90th Percentile | £625 | £625 | £505 |
| Scotland median daily rate | £475 | £500 | £450 |
| % change year-on-year | -5.00% | +11.11% | -10.00% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 4 | 1 | 0 |
| 10th Percentile | - | - | - |
| 25th Percentile | £72.50 | £52.50 | - |
| Median hourly rate | £75.00 | £55.00 | - |
| Median % change year-on-year | +36.36% | - | - |
| 75th Percentile | £77.50 | £57.50 | - |
| 90th Percentile | - | - | - |
| Scotland median hourly rate | £75.00 | £55.00 | - |
| % change year-on-year | +36.36% | - | - |
All Process & Methodology Skills
Glasgow
DevOps falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies citing process or methodology skills in Glasgow.
| 6 months to 9 Nov 2026 |
Same period 2025 | Same period 2024 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Contract vacancies citing process or methodology skills | 1,031 | 661 | 652 |
| As % of all contract jobs advertised in Glasgow | 85.07% | 87.78% | 88.95% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 571 | 417 | 431 |
| 10th Percentile | £280 | £300 | £288 |
| 25th Percentile | £363 | £381 | £363 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £450 | £450 | £440 |
| Median % change year-on-year | - | +2.27% | -12.00% |
| 75th Percentile | £550 | £540 | £550 |
| 90th Percentile | £656 | £626 | £675 |
| Scotland median daily rate | £475 | £465 | £450 |
| % change year-on-year | +2.15% | +3.33% | -6.25% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 51 | 20 | 12 |
| 10th Percentile | £13.25 | £15.01 | £17.08 |
| 25th Percentile | £13.70 | £16.84 | £19.32 |
| Median hourly rate | £35.00 | £17.72 | £21.87 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +97.49% | -18.96% | +50.83% |
| 75th Percentile | £43.96 | £26.21 | £29.44 |
| 90th Percentile | £71.25 | £58.00 | £41.70 |
| Scotland median hourly rate | £16.75 | £20.00 | £23.23 |
| % change year-on-year | -16.25% | -13.91% | +20.13% |
DevOps Job Vacancy Trend in Glasgow
Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing DevOps relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Glasgow.
DevOps Daily Rate Trend in Glasgow
Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Glasgow citing DevOps.
DevOps Daily Rate Histogram in Glasgow
Daily rate distribution for jobs citing DevOps in Glasgow over the 6 months to 9 November 2026.
DevOps Hourly Rate Trend in Glasgow
Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Glasgow citing DevOps.
DevOps Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Glasgow by Category
The table below expands on the one above by listing co-occurrences one category at a time. It covers the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences in each category.
Processes & Methodologies
| Rank | Skill | Share | Job Ads |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | CI/CD | 64.8% | 94 |
| 2 | Agile | 35.9% | 52 |
| 3 | Infrastructure as Code | 31.7% | 46 |
| 4 | Containerisation | 24.1% | 35 |
| 5 | AI | 19.3% | 28 |
| 6 | Code Quality | 18.6% | 27 |
| 6 | Platform Engineering | 18.6% | 27 |
| 8 | Problem-Solving | 17.2% | 25 |
| 8 | Test Automation | 17.2% | 25 |
| 10 | Microservices | 15.2% | 22 |
| 10 | Validation | 15.2% | 22 |
| 12 | Observability | 12.4% | 18 |
| 13 | Stakeholder Management | 11.7% | 17 |
| 14 | Continuous Improvement | 10.3% | 15 |
| 14 | Migration | 10.3% | 15 |
| 14 | Scrum | 10.3% | 15 |
| 17 | Continuous Delivery | 9.7% | 14 |
| 17 | Data Pipeline | 9.7% | 14 |
| 17 | Mentoring | 9.7% | 14 |
| 20 | Full-Stack Development | 9.0% | 13 |