DevOps Contract Job Trends in Glasgow

DevOps
Scotland > Glasgow

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Glasgow requiring DevOps skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 31 March 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
31 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 12 21 16
Rank change year-on-year +9 -5 -3
Contract jobs citing DevOps 83 87 98
As % of all contract jobs in Glasgow 11.79% 10.60% 10.44%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 14.41% 11.34% 11.34%
Number of daily rates quoted 57 66 65
10th Percentile £311 £349 £413
25th Percentile £350 £363 £458
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £400 £444 £575
Median % change year-on-year -9.86% -22.83% -2.13%
75th Percentile £538 £523 £637
90th Percentile £628 £657 £700
Scotland median daily rate £449 £450 £500
% change year-on-year -0.22% -10.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 0 1
10th Percentile £37.00 - -
25th Percentile £40.00 - £51.25
Median hourly rate £45.00 - £52.50
75th Percentile £50.00 - £53.75
90th Percentile £53.00 - -
Scotland median hourly rate £45.00 - £39.25
% change year-on-year - - -43.93%

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 requiring process or methodology skills in Glasgow.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 576 767 864
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Glasgow 81.82% 93.42% 92.01%
Number of daily rates quoted 365 489 546
10th Percentile £308 £310 £313
25th Percentile £381 £375 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £450 £494
Median % change year-on-year - -8.86% +3.95%
75th Percentile £575 £550 £600
90th Percentile £675 £607 £694
Scotland median daily rate £450 £453 £480
% change year-on-year -0.55% -5.73% +1.05%
Number of hourly rates quoted 13 8 39
10th Percentile £16.11 £16.75 £13.50
25th Percentile £16.17 £18.88 £16.00
Median hourly rate £16.25 £23.17 £18.00
Median % change year-on-year -29.85% +28.69% +44.00%
75th Percentile £46.61 £67.56 £47.35
90th Percentile £54.00 £77.63 £65.00
Scotland median hourly rate £20.00 £23.00 £19.50
% change year-on-year -13.04% +17.95% +10.05%

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 job vacancy trend in Glasgow

DevOps
Daily Rate Trend in Glasgow

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Glasgow citing DevOps.

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 31 March 2026.

Daily rate histogram for DevOps in Glasgow

DevOps
Hourly Rate Trend in Glasgow

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Glasgow citing DevOps.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Glasgow citing DevOps

DevOps
Hourly Rate Histogram in Glasgow

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing DevOps in Glasgow over the 6 months to 31 March 2026.

Hourly rate histogram for DevOps in Glasgow

DevOps
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Glasgow by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 7 (8.43%) Confluence
2 5 (6.02%) Apache Spark
3 2 (2.41%) Alfresco
Applications
1 4 (4.82%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 3 (3.61%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 53 (63.86%) AWS
2 47 (56.63%) Azure
3 19 (22.89%) Serverless
4 18 (21.69%) AWS CloudFormation
5 14 (16.87%) AWS Lambda
5 14 (16.87%) Azure DevOps
6 12 (14.46%) GCP
7 11 (13.25%) Amazon EC2
7 11 (13.25%) Amazon ECS
7 11 (13.25%) Amazon EKS
8 8 (9.64%) Virtual Private Cloud
9 7 (8.43%) Amazon MSK
9 7 (8.43%) Collibra
10 6 (7.23%) Amazon CloudWatch
10 6 (7.23%) GitHub
10 6 (7.23%) GitHub Actions
11 5 (6.02%) OpenShift
12 4 (4.82%) Azure Data Factory
12 4 (4.82%) PaaS
12 4 (4.82%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 9 (10.84%) Firewall
2 2 (2.41%) VPN
3 1 (1.20%) DNS
3 1 (1.20%) Fibre Channel
3 1 (1.20%) HTTPS
3 1 (1.20%) Network Security
3 1 (1.20%) SAN
3 1 (1.20%) SSH
3 1 (1.20%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 15 (18.07%) PostgreSQL
2 10 (12.05%) DynamoDB
3 8 (9.64%) Amazon RDS
3 8 (9.64%) Data Warehouse
4 7 (8.43%) Metadata
4 7 (8.43%) NoSQL
4 7 (8.43%) Relational Database
5 6 (7.23%) Amazon Athena
5 6 (7.23%) MongoDB
6 5 (6.02%) MySQL
7 4 (4.82%) Big Data
7 4 (4.82%) Hadoop
7 4 (4.82%) SQL Server
8 2 (2.41%) DataStage
8 2 (2.41%) Enterprise Data Warehouse
9 1 (1.20%) Apache Cassandra
9 1 (1.20%) MariaDB
9 1 (1.20%) Power BI
9 1 (1.20%) Spark SQL
Development Applications
1 19 (22.89%) JIRA
2 18 (21.69%) Git
3 15 (18.07%) Jenkins
4 8 (9.64%) Bitbucket
4 8 (9.64%) GitLab
4 8 (9.64%) Sonatype Nexus
5 3 (3.61%) Cypress.io
5 3 (3.61%) JUnit
6 1 (1.20%) Postman
6 1 (1.20%) REST Assured
6 1 (1.20%) SonarQube
6 1 (1.20%) Terragrunt
General
1 27 (32.53%) Finance
2 25 (30.12%) Social Skills
3 15 (18.07%) Banking
4 11 (13.25%) Public Sector
5 8 (9.64%) Analytical Skills
6 2 (2.41%) Organisational Skills
7 1 (1.20%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 1 (1.20%) Influencing Skills
7 1 (1.20%) Law
7 1 (1.20%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 24 (28.92%) DevOps Engineer
2 14 (16.87%) Senior
3 9 (10.84%) Architect
3 9 (10.84%) Developer
4 8 (9.64%) AWS Engineer
5 7 (8.43%) AWS DevOps
5 7 (8.43%) AWS DevOps Engineer
6 6 (7.23%) Azure Engineer
6 6 (7.23%) Cloud Engineer
6 6 (7.23%) Data Architect
6 6 (7.23%) Data Engineer
6 6 (7.23%) Full-Stack Engineer
6 6 (7.23%) Java Developer
6 6 (7.23%) Security Engineer
6 6 (7.23%) Senior Developer
7 5 (6.02%) Infrastructure Engineer
7 5 (6.02%) Platform Engineer
7 5 (6.02%) Scrum Master
7 5 (6.02%) Senior DevOps Engineer
7 5 (6.02%) Windows Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 14 (16.87%) Node.js
2 12 (14.46%) React
2 12 (14.46%) RESTful
3 9 (10.84%) Spring
3 9 (10.84%) Spring Boot
4 7 (8.43%) AngularJS
4 7 (8.43%) REST
5 4 (4.82%) .NET
5 4 (4.82%) Django
5 4 (4.82%) Express.js
5 4 (4.82%) FastAPI
5 4 (4.82%) Flask
5 4 (4.82%) GraphQL
5 4 (4.82%) MERN Stack
5 4 (4.82%) NestJS
5 4 (4.82%) PySpark
5 4 (4.82%) Redux
6 3 (3.61%) Jest
6 3 (3.61%) OAuth
6 3 (3.61%) Streamlit
Miscellaneous
1 18 (21.69%) Cloud Native
2 11 (13.25%) Product Ownership
3 5 (6.02%) Reference Data
3 5 (6.02%) Virtual Team
4 4 (4.82%) Distributed Systems
4 4 (4.82%) Hybrid Cloud
4 4 (4.82%) Onboarding
5 3 (3.61%) IVR
5 3 (3.61%) NHS
6 2 (2.41%) Clustering
6 2 (2.41%) CMDB
6 2 (2.41%) Linux Command Line
6 2 (2.41%) Public Cloud
7 1 (1.20%) Data Centre
7 1 (1.20%) Data Fabric
7 1 (1.20%) Enterprise Cloud
7 1 (1.20%) Greenfield Project
7 1 (1.20%) Legacy Systems
7 1 (1.20%) Low-Code
7 1 (1.20%) NVMe
Operating Systems
1 16 (19.28%) Linux
2 8 (9.64%) Windows
3 6 (7.23%) Unix
4 1 (1.20%) Mac OS
4 1 (1.20%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 1 (1.20%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 60 (72.29%) CI/CD
2 39 (46.99%) Agile
3 27 (32.53%) Problem-Solving
4 26 (31.33%) Infrastructure as Code
5 21 (25.30%) Microservices
6 20 (24.10%) Containerisation
6 20 (24.10%) Migration
7 18 (21.69%) Analytics
8 17 (20.48%) Continuous Improvement
9 14 (16.87%) Data Modelling
10 13 (15.66%) Full-Stack Development
10 13 (15.66%) High Availability
11 12 (14.46%) Observability
11 12 (14.46%) Stakeholder Management
12 11 (13.25%) Data Governance
12 11 (13.25%) Test Automation
13 10 (12.05%) Decision-Making
13 10 (12.05%) Disaster Recovery
13 10 (12.05%) ETL
13 10 (12.05%) Scrum
Programming Languages
1 46 (55.42%) Python
2 21 (25.30%) Java
3 16 (19.28%) PowerShell
4 14 (16.87%) SQL
5 8 (9.64%) JavaScript
5 8 (9.64%) Perl
6 7 (8.43%) Ruby
6 7 (8.43%) TypeScript
7 5 (6.02%) Bash
8 4 (4.82%) C#
9 1 (1.20%) C++
9 1 (1.20%) Go
9 1 (1.20%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 10 (12.05%) Degree
2 7 (8.43%) AWS Certification
3 6 (7.23%) Security Cleared
4 4 (4.82%) Computer Science Degree
5 2 (2.41%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
5 2 (2.41%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
5 2 (2.41%) BPSS Clearance
5 2 (2.41%) CISSP
5 2 (2.41%) PMI Certification
5 2 (2.41%) PMP
5 2 (2.41%) PRINCE2 Certification
5 2 (2.41%) SC Cleared
6 1 (1.20%) CISM
6 1 (1.20%) DV Cleared
6 1 (1.20%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
6 1 (1.20%) Microsoft Certification
6 1 (1.20%) NCDA
6 1 (1.20%) SSCP
6 1 (1.20%) VCAP
6 1 (1.20%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (13.25%) Data Quality
2 10 (12.05%) GDPR
3 6 (7.23%) QA
4 4 (4.82%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 3 (3.61%) Accessibility
5 3 (3.61%) HIPAA
5 3 (3.61%) PCI DSS
5 3 (3.61%) PMO
6 1 (1.20%) Disclosure Scotland
6 1 (1.20%) NIST
System Software
1 24 (28.92%) Docker
2 4 (4.82%) Virtual Servers
3 2 (2.41%) VMware Infrastructure
4 1 (1.20%) Ceph
4 1 (1.20%) Hyper-V
4 1 (1.20%) Squid
4 1 (1.20%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 29 (34.94%) Kubernetes
2 27 (32.53%) Terraform
3 13 (15.66%) Ansible
4 6 (7.23%) Grafana
5 5 (6.02%) Prometheus
6 2 (2.41%) Istio
6 2 (2.41%) Progress Chef
6 2 (2.41%) SCCM
7 1 (1.20%) Argo
7 1 (1.20%) Fluentd
7 1 (1.20%) Microsoft Intune
7 1 (1.20%) PowerCLI
7 1 (1.20%) vMotion
7 1 (1.20%) vRealize
Vendors
1 16 (19.28%) Microsoft
2 13 (15.66%) Oracle
3 7 (8.43%) ServiceNow
4 6 (7.23%) Databricks
5 5 (6.02%) IBM
5 5 (6.02%) Splunk
6 4 (4.82%) Cisco
6 4 (4.82%) Greenplum
6 4 (4.82%) Salesforce
7 3 (3.61%) Avaya
7 3 (3.61%) Genesys
7 3 (3.61%) Pega
8 2 (2.41%) Ab Initio
8 2 (2.41%) Informatica
8 2 (2.41%) Talend
8 2 (2.41%) VMware
9 1 (1.20%) Brocade
9 1 (1.20%) Commvault
9 1 (1.20%) Google
9 1 (1.20%) NetApp