DevOps Job Trends in Scotland

DevOps
UK > Scotland

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Scotland requiring DevOps skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 17 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
17 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 24 17 22
Rank change year-on-year -7 +5 -10
Permanent jobs citing DevOps 243 279 262
As % of all permanent jobs in Scotland 8.87% 8.52% 10.99%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 10.18% 9.99% 11.47%
Number of salaries quoted 59 127 221
10th Percentile £26,150 £47,231 £43,750
25th Percentile £46,500 £52,500 £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £67,500 £62,500 £65,351
Median % change year-on-year +8.00% -4.36% +8.92%
75th Percentile £82,500 £74,144 £82,548
90th Percentile £85,340 £88,000 £106,289
UK median annual salary £70,000 £69,308 £70,000
% change year-on-year +1.00% -0.99% -

All Process and Methodology Skills
Scotland

DevOps falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in Scotland.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 2,388 2,794 2,284
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Scotland 87.12% 85.29% 95.77%
Number of salaries quoted 1,149 1,301 1,797
10th Percentile £26,450 £31,250 £25,000
25th Percentile £31,750 £40,000 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £38,000 £55,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -30.91% +4.76% -4.55%
75th Percentile £61,250 £70,000 £68,750
90th Percentile £80,000 £82,958 £83,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% - -

DevOps
Job Vacancy Trend in Scotland

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing DevOps relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Scotland.

DevOps job vacancy trend in Scotland

DevOps
Salary Trend in Scotland

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Scotland citing DevOps.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Scotland citing DevOps

DevOps
Salary Histogram in Scotland

Salary distribution for jobs citing DevOps in Scotland over the 6 months to 17 November 2025.

Salary histogram for DevOps in Scotland

DevOps
Job Locations in Scotland

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing DevOps within the Scotland region over the 6 months to 17 November 2025. 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
Edinburgh +3 181 £66,000 +7.76% 43
Glasgow -28 40 £78,750 +36.96% 49
Stirling - 4 - -
West Lothian +1 3 - -
Fife +11 2 £50,000 -
Lanarkshire +1 2 - - 13
East Ayrshire - 2 £85,700 - 4
South Ayrshire - 2 £85,700 -
Aberdeen +3 1 - - 3
North Lanarkshire -10 1 - - 3
Moray - 1 - -
Midlothian - 1 - - 29
Dunbartonshire - 1 - -
DevOps
UK

DevOps
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Scotland 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 17 (7.00%) Confluence
2 11 (4.53%) Oracle SOA Suite
3 8 (3.29%) Microsoft Exchange
3 8 (3.29%) SharePoint
4 5 (2.06%) Apache
5 4 (1.65%) Apache Spark
6 3 (1.23%) WebSphere
7 2 (0.82%) CICS
7 2 (0.82%) nginx
8 1 (0.41%) JBoss
Applications
1 12 (4.94%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (0.41%) Chatbot
2 1 (0.41%) Microsoft Project
2 1 (0.41%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 25 (10.29%) Oracle ERP
2 2 (0.82%) Dynamics CRM
2 2 (0.82%) Dynamics NAV
Cloud Services
1 184 (75.72%) Azure
2 125 (51.44%) Azure DevOps
3 87 (35.80%) GitHub
4 56 (23.05%) AWS
5 44 (18.11%) GitHub Copilot
6 41 (16.87%) Entra ID
6 41 (16.87%) Snowflake
7 31 (12.76%) dbt
7 31 (12.76%) Power Platform
8 25 (10.29%) GCP
8 25 (10.29%) OCI
9 24 (9.88%) Azure Data Factory
10 23 (9.47%) GitHub Actions
10 23 (9.47%) Microsoft 365
11 18 (7.41%) Azure Monitor
12 15 (6.17%) SaaS
13 11 (4.53%) OpenShift
14 10 (4.12%) Azure Logic Apps
14 10 (4.12%) Azure Service Bus
14 10 (4.12%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 15 (6.17%) Broadband
2 11 (4.53%) Firewall
3 8 (3.29%) DNS
4 7 (2.88%) BGP
4 7 (2.88%) TCP/IP
5 6 (2.47%) LAN
5 6 (2.47%) Software-Defined Networking
5 6 (2.47%) WAN
6 5 (2.06%) VPN
7 4 (1.65%) MPLS
7 4 (1.65%) Wireless
8 3 (1.23%) Cisco IOS
8 3 (1.23%) NX-OS
8 3 (1.23%) OSPF
8 3 (1.23%) VXLAN
9 2 (0.82%) DHCP
9 2 (0.82%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
9 2 (0.82%) Network Security
10 1 (0.41%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 34 (13.99%) Data Warehouse
2 28 (11.52%) Power BI
3 23 (9.47%) Tableau
4 12 (4.94%) Snowflake Schema
5 11 (4.53%) Azure SQL Database
6 7 (2.88%) Metadata
6 7 (2.88%) PostgreSQL
7 4 (1.65%) Amazon RDS
7 4 (1.65%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
7 4 (1.65%) Big Data
7 4 (1.65%) Data Lake
7 4 (1.65%) Elasticsearch
7 4 (1.65%) NoSQL
7 4 (1.65%) Redis
8 3 (1.23%) Relational Database
8 3 (1.23%) SQL Server
9 2 (0.82%) DB2
10 1 (0.41%) RDBMS
Development Applications
1 50 (20.58%) JIRA
2 44 (18.11%) Jenkins
3 25 (10.29%) Oracle Forms
4 19 (7.82%) GitLab
5 15 (6.17%) SonarQube
6 13 (5.35%) Git
7 2 (0.82%) JUnit
7 2 (0.82%) Maven
8 1 (0.41%) Ant
8 1 (0.41%) Artifactory
8 1 (0.41%) Bitbucket
8 1 (0.41%) Cucumber
8 1 (0.41%) Cypress.io
8 1 (0.41%) JMeter
8 1 (0.41%) Locust
8 1 (0.41%) Selenium
8 1 (0.41%) Snyk
8 1 (0.41%) Sonatype Nexus
8 1 (0.41%) TestNG
General
1 157 (64.61%) Finance
2 65 (26.75%) Social Skills
3 40 (16.46%) Marketing
4 37 (15.23%) Analytical Skills
5 25 (10.29%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 16 (6.58%) Games
7 11 (4.53%) Law
8 5 (2.06%) Financial Institution
8 5 (2.06%) Tech for Good
9 4 (1.65%) Front Office
9 4 (1.65%) Organisational Skills
10 3 (1.23%) Public Sector
11 2 (0.82%) Back Office
11 2 (0.82%) Banking
11 2 (0.82%) Documentation Skills
11 2 (0.82%) Fire and Rescue
11 2 (0.82%) Health Technology
11 2 (0.82%) Investment Banking
12 1 (0.41%) Legal
12 1 (0.41%) Retail
Job Titles
1 60 (24.69%) Senior
2 39 (16.05%) Applications Engineer
3 36 (14.81%) Cloud Engineer
4 23 (9.47%) Architect
5 22 (9.05%) Analyst
6 19 (7.82%) Software Engineer
7 18 (7.41%) Lead
7 18 (7.41%) Senior Cloud Engineer
8 17 (7.00%) Azure Engineer
9 14 (5.76%) Salesforce Architect
10 12 (4.94%) Business Analyst
11 11 (4.53%) Full-Stack Engineer
11 11 (4.53%) Full-Stack Software Engineer
12 10 (4.12%) Infrastructure Engineer
12 10 (4.12%) Technical Architect
13 9 (3.70%) Applications Support
13 9 (3.70%) Applications Support Engineer
13 9 (3.70%) DevOps Engineer
13 9 (3.70%) Support Engineer
14 8 (3.29%) Microsoft 365 Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 41 (16.87%) RESTful
2 39 (16.05%) SOAP
3 26 (10.70%) REST
4 25 (10.29%) Lightning Web Components
5 24 (9.88%) OAuth
6 23 (9.47%) JSON
7 19 (7.82%) OAuth2
8 17 (7.00%) .NET
8 17 (7.00%) React
9 16 (6.58%) XML
10 15 (6.17%) Visualforce
11 11 (4.53%) Middleware
11 11 (4.53%) SAML
12 9 (3.70%) ADO
12 9 (3.70%) AngularJS
13 8 (3.29%) Blazor
14 7 (2.88%) .NET Core
15 6 (2.47%) Kafka
15 6 (2.47%) Spring
15 6 (2.47%) Spring Boot
Miscellaneous
1 78 (32.10%) Product Ownership
2 55 (22.63%) Cloud Native
3 28 (11.52%) Enterprise Software
4 16 (6.58%) Onboarding
5 13 (5.35%) Management Information System
6 12 (4.94%) Analytical Mindset
7 9 (3.70%) Distributed Systems
8 7 (2.88%) Low-Code
8 7 (2.88%) Public Cloud
8 7 (2.88%) Self-Motivation
9 6 (2.47%) Data Centre
10 5 (2.06%) Data Protection Act
11 4 (1.65%) Algorithms
11 4 (1.65%) Client/Server
12 3 (1.23%) Clustering
12 3 (1.23%) Linux Command Line
12 3 (1.23%) Mainframe
13 2 (0.82%) NHS
13 2 (0.82%) SWIFT Messaging Network
13 2 (0.82%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 7 (2.88%) Linux
2 4 (1.65%) Unix
2 4 (1.65%) VMS
3 3 (1.23%) Windows
4 1 (0.41%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 1 (0.41%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 171 (70.37%) Agile
2 157 (64.61%) CI/CD
3 136 (55.97%) Coaching
4 133 (54.73%) Asset Management
5 120 (49.38%) Continuous Improvement
6 91 (37.45%) AI
7 87 (35.80%) Test Automation
8 63 (25.93%) Observability
9 62 (25.51%) Analytics
10 57 (23.46%) Roadmaps
11 56 (23.05%) Infrastructure as Code
12 54 (22.22%) Mentoring
13 43 (17.70%) Clean Code
13 43 (17.70%) Problem-Solving
13 43 (17.70%) Sprint Planning
14 42 (17.28%) Sprint Retrospective
15 39 (16.05%) Migration
16 34 (13.99%) Event-Driven
16 34 (13.99%) Technology Roadmap
17 33 (13.58%) ITIL
Programming Languages
1 99 (40.74%) Python
2 86 (35.39%) SQL
3 42 (17.28%) Java
4 40 (16.46%) PowerShell
5 25 (10.29%) Apex Code
5 25 (10.29%) PL/SQL
5 25 (10.29%) Shell Script
6 20 (8.23%) Bash
7 19 (7.82%) JavaScript
8 17 (7.00%) C#
9 15 (6.17%) SOQL
9 15 (6.17%) SOSL
10 14 (5.76%) Bicep
11 5 (2.06%) TypeScript
12 3 (1.23%) T-SQL
13 2 (0.82%) C
14 1 (0.41%) Go
14 1 (0.41%) Groovy
14 1 (0.41%) PHP
14 1 (0.41%) Scala
Qualifications
1 9 (3.70%) Degree
2 8 (3.29%) Computer Science Degree
3 6 (2.47%) SC Cleared
3 6 (2.47%) Security Cleared
4 5 (2.06%) AWS Certification
4 5 (2.06%) BPSS Clearance
4 5 (2.06%) Chartered Engineer
4 5 (2.06%) CRISC
5 3 (1.23%) Microsoft Certification
6 2 (0.82%) CCNA
6 2 (0.82%) CCNP
6 2 (0.82%) Cisco Certification
7 1 (0.41%) Azure Certification
7 1 (0.41%) CBAP
7 1 (0.41%) ISTQB
7 1 (0.41%) PMI Certification
7 1 (0.41%) PMP
7 1 (0.41%) SAFe Agilist
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 16 (6.58%) Accessibility
2 12 (4.94%) QA
3 8 (3.29%) GDPR
4 7 (2.88%) Data Quality
5 5 (2.06%) ISO/IEC 12207
6 2 (0.82%) ISO 20022
6 2 (0.82%) ISO 9001
6 2 (0.82%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 2 (0.82%) Sarbanes-Oxley
6 2 (0.82%) SEPA
7 1 (0.41%) WCAG
System Software
1 39 (16.05%) Docker
2 25 (10.29%) Active Directory
3 12 (4.94%) Virtual Machines
4 10 (4.12%) Virtual Desktop
5 3 (1.23%) RACF
6 2 (0.82%) Virtual Servers
7 1 (0.41%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 94 (38.68%) Terraform
2 43 (17.70%) Kubernetes
3 25 (10.29%) Single Sign-On
4 17 (7.00%) Grafana
5 14 (5.76%) Ansible
5 14 (5.76%) Prometheus
6 10 (4.12%) Microsoft Intune
7 3 (1.23%) AWS Copilot
8 2 (0.82%) Puppet
9 1 (0.41%) Podman
9 1 (0.41%) Progress Chef
Vendors
1 44 (18.11%) Microsoft
2 27 (11.11%) Oracle
3 26 (10.70%) Salesforce
4 22 (9.05%) Splunk
5 14 (5.76%) Okta
6 8 (3.29%) Ab Initio
7 7 (2.88%) ServiceNow
8 6 (2.47%) F5
9 5 (2.06%) Google
9 5 (2.06%) SolarWinds
10 4 (1.65%) Charles River
10 4 (1.65%) Fortinet
11 3 (1.23%) Cisco
11 3 (1.23%) Databricks
11 3 (1.23%) IBM
12 2 (0.82%) Broadcom
13 1 (0.41%) OpenAI
13 1 (0.41%) VMware