DevOps Jobs in Scotland

DevOps
UK > Scotland

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Scotland with a requirement for DevOps skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited DevOps over the 6 months to 6 December 2023 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
6 Dec 2023
Same period 2022 Same period 2021
Rank 18 10 13
Rank change year-on-year -8 +3 -3
Permanent jobs citing DevOps 357 819 641
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Scotland 12.16% 16.40% 13.96%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 12.61% 17.47% 15.00%
Number of salaries quoted 217 464 416
10th Percentile £43,750 £41,227 £40,000
25th Percentile £50,000 £48,533 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £67,500 £61,180 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +10.33% +1.97% +20.00%
75th Percentile £84,056 £77,500 £75,000
90th Percentile £102,516 £87,500 £85,000
UK median annual salary £70,000 £70,000 £67,500
% change year-on-year - +3.70% +11.57%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Scotland

DevOps 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 advertised in Scotland with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 2,831 4,687 4,274
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Scotland 96.42% 93.83% 93.07%
Number of salaries quoted 1,762 2,582 2,699
10th Percentile £25,000 £33,300 £30,000
25th Percentile £35,000 £41,250 £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £55,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +10.00% +5.26%
75th Percentile £69,800 £72,500 £65,500
90th Percentile £83,000 £85,000 £80,000
UK median annual salary £60,000 £60,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year -0.83% +0.83% +9.09%

DevOps
Job Vacancy Trend in Scotland

Job postings citing DevOps as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Scotland.

Job vacancy trend for DevOps in Scotland

DevOps
Salary Trend in Scotland

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing DevOps in Scotland.

Salary trend for DevOps in Scotland

DevOps
Salary Histogram in Scotland

Salary distribution for jobs citing DevOps in Scotland over the 6 months to 6 December 2023.

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 6 December 2023. 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 -3 233 £70,576 +14.13% 41
Glasgow -10 102 £60,000 - 30
Aberdeen -1 6 £51,250 -4.65% 8
Roxburghshire - 3 £47,500 -
West Lothian +9 2 £52,500 -
Dundee -1 1 £47,557 -20.74% 1
DevOps
UK

DevOps
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Scotland 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 17 (4.76%) Confluence
2 13 (3.64%) WebSphere
3 9 (2.52%) CMS
4 8 (2.24%) Drupal
4 8 (2.24%) WebSphere Application Server
5 4 (1.12%) Apache Spark
6 3 (0.84%) Captiva
6 3 (0.84%) FileNet
6 3 (0.84%) Tomcat
7 2 (0.56%) IBM HTTP Server
7 2 (0.56%) Jetty
8 1 (0.28%) IIS
8 1 (0.28%) SharePoint
8 1 (0.28%) SharePoint Server
8 1 (0.28%) Sitecore CMS
8 1 (0.28%) Umbraco
Applications
1 3 (0.84%) UserZoom
Business Applications
1 10 (2.80%) Dynamics CRM
2 2 (0.56%) Oracle Cash Management
Cloud Services
1 182 (50.98%) Azure
2 120 (33.61%) AWS
3 90 (25.21%) GCP
4 88 (24.65%) Azure DevOps
5 52 (14.57%) GitHub
6 42 (11.76%) Power Platform
7 40 (11.20%) Dynamics 365
7 40 (11.20%) Serverless
8 30 (8.40%) SaaS
9 24 (6.72%) PaaS
10 15 (4.20%) OpenShift
11 14 (3.92%) Google Kubernetes Engine
12 13 (3.64%) AWS CloudFormation
12 13 (3.64%) Azure Sentinel
13 11 (3.08%) Azure API Management
14 10 (2.80%) IaaS
15 9 (2.52%) Amazon EKS
15 9 (2.52%) Azure Functions
16 8 (2.24%) AWS Lambda
17 7 (1.96%) Amazon ECS
Communications & Networking
1 16 (4.48%) Firewall
2 8 (2.24%) VPN
3 7 (1.96%) Internet
4 6 (1.68%) TCP/IP
5 4 (1.12%) DNS
5 4 (1.12%) F5 BIG-IP GTM
5 4 (1.12%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
5 4 (1.12%) Wireless
6 2 (0.56%) Network Security
7 1 (0.28%) 802.11
7 1 (0.28%) BGP
7 1 (0.28%) Cisco ASA
7 1 (0.28%) DHCP
7 1 (0.28%) HSRP
7 1 (0.28%) IPsec
7 1 (0.28%) OSPF
7 1 (0.28%) Reverse Proxy
7 1 (0.28%) Sourcefire
7 1 (0.28%) SSL
7 1 (0.28%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 27 (7.56%) Relational Database
2 22 (6.16%) NoSQL
2 22 (6.16%) Oracle Database
3 20 (5.60%) SQL Server
4 19 (5.32%) RDBMS
5 14 (3.92%) BigQuery
6 12 (3.36%) Power BI
7 10 (2.80%) Big Data
8 9 (2.52%) PostgreSQL
9 7 (1.96%) Data Warehouse
9 7 (1.96%) MySQL
10 6 (1.68%) Elasticsearch
11 4 (1.12%) Data Lake
11 4 (1.12%) InfluxDB
11 4 (1.12%) SQL Server Reporting Services
12 3 (0.84%) BusinessObjects
12 3 (0.84%) BusinessObjects Business Intelligence
12 3 (0.84%) DB2
12 3 (0.84%) Hadoop
12 3 (0.84%) Looker
Development Applications
1 88 (24.65%) Jenkins
2 58 (16.25%) Git
3 39 (10.92%) JIRA
4 21 (5.88%) Maven
5 20 (5.60%) IBM UrbanCode
5 20 (5.60%) Sonatype Nexus
6 19 (5.32%) Selenium
7 18 (5.04%) Cucumber
8 15 (4.20%) SonarQube
9 10 (2.80%) Cypress.io
10 9 (2.52%) Oracle Forms
11 8 (2.24%) Spinnaker
12 7 (1.96%) Gradle
12 7 (1.96%) LoadRunner
12 7 (1.96%) Team Foundation Server
13 6 (1.68%) JDeveloper
13 6 (1.68%) Mocha
13 6 (1.68%) Subversion
13 6 (1.68%) Zephyr
14 5 (1.40%) JUnit
General
1 163 (45.66%) Finance
2 110 (30.81%) Banking
3 80 (22.41%) Social Skills
4 45 (12.61%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 18 (5.04%) Retail
5 18 (5.04%) Retail Banking
6 16 (4.48%) Telecoms
7 14 (3.92%) Analytical Skills
8 12 (3.36%) Influencing Skills
9 11 (3.08%) Marketing
10 9 (2.52%) Police
11 7 (1.96%) Law
12 5 (1.40%) Presentation Skills
13 4 (1.12%) Games
13 4 (1.12%) Public Sector
14 3 (0.84%) Documentation Skills
15 2 (0.56%) Aerospace
15 2 (0.56%) Manufacturing
15 2 (0.56%) Organisational Skills
15 2 (0.56%) Tech for Good
Job Titles
1 84 (23.53%) Software Engineer
2 62 (17.37%) DevOps Engineer
3 61 (17.09%) Architect
3 61 (17.09%) Senior
4 53 (14.85%) Developer
5 45 (12.61%) Solutions Architect
6 30 (8.40%) Dynamics 365 Architect
7 25 (7.00%) Lead
8 24 (6.72%) Dynamics 365 Solution Architect
9 21 (5.88%) Cloud Engineer
10 20 (5.60%) Senior Software Engineer
11 19 (5.32%) Senior DevOps
12 18 (5.04%) Enterprise Architect
12 18 (5.04%) Senior DevOps Engineer
13 16 (4.48%) Enterprise Solutions Architect
14 15 (4.20%) Ruby Engineer
15 13 (3.64%) Cloud Security Engineer
15 13 (3.64%) Lead Software Engineer
15 13 (3.64%) Security Engineer
16 11 (3.08%) Infrastructure Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 52 (14.57%) React
2 49 (13.73%) Node.js
3 37 (10.36%) .NET
4 33 (9.24%) HTML
5 30 (8.40%) Spring Boot
6 28 (7.84%) CSS
7 24 (6.72%) AngularJS
8 22 (6.16%) RESTful
9 18 (5.04%) JSON
9 18 (5.04%) Spring
10 16 (4.48%) REST
11 13 (3.64%) Express.js
11 13 (3.64%) Kafka
12 11 (3.08%) ASP.NET
13 10 (2.80%) Web Services
14 9 (2.52%) OpenID
15 8 (2.24%) .NET Framework
15 8 (2.24%) Django
15 8 (2.24%) Middleware
15 8 (2.24%) WebSphere MQ
Miscellaneous
1 49 (13.73%) Public Cloud
2 39 (10.92%) Product Ownership
3 19 (5.32%) Cloud Native
4 11 (3.08%) Data Centre
5 10 (2.80%) Mainframe
5 10 (2.80%) Onboarding
6 8 (2.24%) Distributed Systems
6 8 (2.24%) Greenfield Project
6 8 (2.24%) Private Cloud
7 7 (1.96%) e-Learning
7 7 (1.96%) Virtual Team
8 6 (1.68%) Algorithms
9 5 (1.40%) Enterprise Software
10 4 (1.12%) Blockchain
10 4 (1.12%) Data Structures
10 4 (1.12%) Legacy Systems
10 4 (1.12%) Linux Command Line
10 4 (1.12%) Online Banking
10 4 (1.12%) Self-Motivation
10 4 (1.12%) SWIFT Messaging Network
Operating Systems
1 57 (15.97%) Linux
2 36 (10.08%) Windows
3 30 (8.40%) Unix
4 12 (3.36%) Windows Server
5 8 (2.24%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 7 (1.96%) Ubuntu
7 5 (1.40%) Mac OS
8 4 (1.12%) zOS
9 3 (0.84%) CentOS
10 2 (0.56%) HPUX
10 2 (0.56%) Solaris
11 1 (0.28%) Android
11 1 (0.28%) Apple iOS
11 1 (0.28%) CoreOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 254 (71.15%) Agile
2 107 (29.97%) Actionable Insight
3 105 (29.41%) Software Engineering
4 90 (25.21%) Mentoring
5 86 (24.09%) Problem-Solving
6 83 (23.25%) CI/CD
7 70 (19.61%) Infrastructure as Code
8 59 (16.53%) Continuous Integration
9 58 (16.25%) Microservices
10 44 (12.32%) Roadmaps
11 43 (12.04%) Coaching
12 41 (11.48%) Containerisation
13 39 (10.92%) Scrum
14 37 (10.36%) User Acceptance Testing
15 35 (9.80%) Cloud Security
16 34 (9.52%) Enterprise Architecture
17 33 (9.24%) Test Automation
18 31 (8.68%) Requirements Gathering
19 30 (8.40%) Customer Engagement
19 30 (8.40%) SDLC
Programming Languages
1 121 (33.89%) Python
2 89 (24.93%) Java
3 86 (24.09%) JavaScript
4 65 (18.21%) SQL
5 62 (17.37%) Bash
6 41 (11.48%) C#
7 32 (8.96%) PowerShell
8 26 (7.28%) Ruby
9 22 (6.16%) Go
10 18 (5.04%) Groovy
10 18 (5.04%) Perl
10 18 (5.04%) Shell Script
11 14 (3.92%) TypeScript
12 9 (2.52%) PHP
13 8 (2.24%) C++
13 8 (2.24%) T-SQL
14 7 (1.96%) Bicep
14 7 (1.96%) Scala
15 6 (1.68%) C
16 5 (1.40%) SOQL
Qualifications
1 51 (14.29%) Degree
2 30 (8.40%) Security Cleared
3 29 (8.12%) SC Cleared
4 24 (6.72%) Computer Science Degree
5 16 (4.48%) TOGAF Certification
6 15 (4.20%) Azure Certification
7 8 (2.24%) AWS Certification
8 5 (1.40%) Oracle Certification
9 4 (1.12%) Master's Degree
9 4 (1.12%) OCP
10 3 (0.84%) BPSS Clearance
10 3 (0.84%) ITIL Certification
11 2 (0.56%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
11 2 (0.56%) DV Cleared
11 2 (0.56%) ISTQB
12 1 (0.28%) OCA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 23 (6.44%) QA
2 6 (1.68%) Data Quality
3 5 (1.40%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 3 (0.84%) Actionable Recommendations
4 3 (0.84%) Disclosure Scotland
4 3 (0.84%) GDPR
4 3 (0.84%) PMO
5 2 (0.56%) ISO 9001
5 2 (0.56%) SLA
System Software
1 67 (18.77%) Docker
2 17 (4.76%) Active Directory
3 6 (1.68%) Virtual Machines
4 1 (0.28%) BitLocker
4 1 (0.28%) Oracle RAC
Systems Management
1 99 (27.73%) Kubernetes
2 97 (27.17%) Terraform
3 39 (10.92%) Ansible
4 14 (3.92%) Puppet
5 11 (3.08%) Kibana
6 10 (2.80%) Istio
6 10 (2.80%) Prometheus
7 6 (1.68%) Grafana
7 6 (1.68%) Nagios
8 5 (1.40%) Jamf Pro
9 4 (1.12%) Progress Chef
9 4 (1.12%) Rancher
10 2 (0.56%) logstash
10 2 (0.56%) MIIS
11 1 (0.28%) Active Directory Federation Services
11 1 (0.28%) CA Endevor
11 1 (0.28%) Control-M
11 1 (0.28%) Data Guard
11 1 (0.28%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
11 1 (0.28%) Red Hat Satellite
Vendors
1 70 (19.61%) Microsoft
2 36 (10.08%) Oracle
3 35 (9.80%) Google
4 21 (5.88%) Splunk
5 18 (5.04%) Dynatrace
5 18 (5.04%) IBM
6 17 (4.76%) ServiceNow
7 9 (2.52%) Salesforce
8 8 (2.24%) Veracode
9 7 (1.96%) HP
9 7 (1.96%) SAP
10 6 (1.68%) New Relic
11 5 (1.40%) Cisco
11 5 (1.40%) Zscaler
12 4 (1.12%) Atlassian
12 4 (1.12%) CheckPoint
12 4 (1.12%) F5
12 4 (1.12%) Fortinet
12 4 (1.12%) Pega
12 4 (1.12%) Remedy