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 3 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
3 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 17 16 26
Rank change year-on-year -1 +10 -15
Permanent jobs citing DevOps 261 299 256
As % of all permanent jobs in Scotland 9.40% 9.60% 10.54%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 11.24% 10.89% 11.01%
Number of salaries quoted 57 143 216
10th Percentile £26,050 £45,000 £43,750
25th Percentile £45,000 £51,849 £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £67,500 £60,000 £67,500
Median % change year-on-year +12.50% -11.11% +8.00%
75th Percentile £82,500 £73,886 £84,056
90th Percentile £85,430 £88,500 £103,145
UK median annual salary £70,000 £69,050 £70,000
% change year-on-year +1.38% -1.36% -

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 2,322 2,745 2,326
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Scotland 83.65% 88.09% 95.80%
Number of salaries quoted 1,157 1,264 1,747
10th Percentile £26,250 £31,250 £25,000
25th Percentile £31,750 £40,000 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £55,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -27.27% +4.76% -4.55%
75th Percentile £65,000 £70,000 £69,800
90th Percentile £80,000 £83,337 £82,878
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 3 December 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 3 December 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 +3 206 £66,000 +10.00% 32
Glasgow -24 32 £77,500 +40.91% 35
Stirling - 4 - -
West Lothian 0 3 - -
East Ayrshire - 3 £85,700 - 2
Fife +11 2 £50,000 - 1
Lanarkshire +3 2 - - 21
South Ayrshire - 2 £85,700 - 2
North Lanarkshire -9 1 - -
Moray - 1 - - 2
Midlothian - 1 - - 26
West Dunbartonshire - 1 - - 2
Dunbartonshire - 1 - - 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 (6.51%) Confluence
2 14 (5.36%) Oracle SOA Suite
3 8 (3.07%) Microsoft Exchange
3 8 (3.07%) SharePoint
4 3 (1.15%) Apache
4 3 (1.15%) WebSphere
5 2 (0.77%) Apache Spark
5 2 (0.77%) CICS
6 1 (0.38%) JBoss
6 1 (0.38%) nginx
Applications
1 12 (4.60%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (0.77%) MS Visio
3 1 (0.38%) Chatbot
3 1 (0.38%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 31 (11.88%) Oracle ERP
2 2 (0.77%) Dynamics NAV
3 1 (0.38%) Dynamics CRM
3 1 (0.38%) Markit EDM
Cloud Services
1 210 (80.46%) Azure
2 149 (57.09%) Azure DevOps
3 110 (42.15%) GitHub
4 60 (22.99%) GitHub Copilot
5 54 (20.69%) AWS
6 53 (20.31%) Snowflake
7 44 (16.86%) Entra ID
8 42 (16.09%) dbt
9 36 (13.79%) Power Platform
10 34 (13.03%) Azure Data Factory
11 31 (11.88%) OCI
12 27 (10.34%) GitHub Actions
13 22 (8.43%) Microsoft 365
14 21 (8.05%) Azure Monitor
14 21 (8.05%) GCP
15 15 (5.75%) SaaS
16 13 (4.98%) Azure Key Vault
17 12 (4.60%) Azure Logic Apps
17 12 (4.60%) Azure Service Bus
17 12 (4.60%) Datadog
Communications & Networking
1 15 (5.75%) Broadband
2 11 (4.21%) Firewall
3 7 (2.68%) DNS
4 6 (2.30%) LAN
4 6 (2.30%) WAN
5 5 (1.92%) BGP
5 5 (1.92%) TCP/IP
5 5 (1.92%) VPN
6 4 (1.53%) MPLS
6 4 (1.53%) Software-Defined Networking
6 4 (1.53%) Wireless
7 2 (0.77%) DHCP
8 1 (0.38%) Cisco IOS
8 1 (0.38%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
8 1 (0.38%) HTTP
8 1 (0.38%) Network Security
8 1 (0.38%) NX-OS
8 1 (0.38%) OSPF
8 1 (0.38%) VXLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 42 (16.09%) Data Warehouse
2 34 (13.03%) Power BI
3 26 (9.96%) Tableau
4 14 (5.36%) Snowflake Schema
5 11 (4.21%) Azure SQL Database
6 8 (3.07%) Metadata
7 6 (2.30%) PostgreSQL
8 5 (1.92%) Data Lake
9 4 (1.53%) Amazon RDS
9 4 (1.53%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
9 4 (1.53%) Elasticsearch
9 4 (1.53%) Redis
10 3 (1.15%) Relational Database
10 3 (1.15%) SQL Server
11 2 (0.77%) Big Data
11 2 (0.77%) DB2
11 2 (0.77%) NoSQL
12 1 (0.38%) RDBMS
Development Applications
1 57 (21.84%) JIRA
2 48 (18.39%) Jenkins
3 31 (11.88%) Oracle Forms
4 16 (6.13%) Git
4 16 (6.13%) GitLab
5 15 (5.75%) SonarQube
6 2 (0.77%) JUnit
6 2 (0.77%) Maven
7 1 (0.38%) Ant
7 1 (0.38%) Artifactory
7 1 (0.38%) Cucumber
7 1 (0.38%) Cypress.io
7 1 (0.38%) JMeter
7 1 (0.38%) Locust
7 1 (0.38%) Selenium
7 1 (0.38%) Sonatype Nexus
7 1 (0.38%) TestNG
General
1 181 (69.35%) Finance
2 71 (27.20%) Social Skills
3 41 (15.71%) Analytical Skills
4 38 (14.56%) Marketing
5 20 (7.66%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 16 (6.13%) Games
7 6 (2.30%) Law
8 5 (1.92%) Financial Institution
8 5 (1.92%) Tech for Good
9 4 (1.53%) Front Office
10 3 (1.15%) Organisational Skills
11 2 (0.77%) Back Office
11 2 (0.77%) Documentation Skills
11 2 (0.77%) Fire and Rescue
11 2 (0.77%) Health Technology
11 2 (0.77%) Public Sector
12 1 (0.38%) Banking
12 1 (0.38%) Billing
12 1 (0.38%) Investment Banking
12 1 (0.38%) Legal
Job Titles
1 74 (28.35%) Senior
2 48 (18.39%) Applications Engineer
3 42 (16.09%) Cloud Engineer
4 23 (8.81%) Azure Engineer
5 22 (8.43%) Architect
6 21 (8.05%) Analyst
6 21 (8.05%) Senior Cloud Engineer
7 14 (5.36%) Salesforce Architect
7 14 (5.36%) Software Engineer
8 12 (4.60%) Business Analyst
8 12 (4.60%) Lead
9 11 (4.21%) Applications Support
9 11 (4.21%) Development Engineer
10 10 (3.83%) Applications Support Engineer
10 10 (3.83%) Infrastructure Engineer
10 10 (3.83%) Support Engineer
11 9 (3.45%) Technical Architect
12 8 (3.07%) DevOps Engineer
12 8 (3.07%) Technical Analyst
12 8 (3.07%) Technical Business Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 48 (18.39%) SOAP
2 47 (18.01%) RESTful
3 33 (12.64%) OAuth
4 32 (12.26%) REST
5 31 (11.88%) Lightning Web Components
6 29 (11.11%) JSON
7 25 (9.58%) OAuth2
8 19 (7.28%) .NET
8 19 (7.28%) XML
9 15 (5.75%) React
9 15 (5.75%) Visualforce
10 14 (5.36%) SAML
11 12 (4.60%) ADO
12 9 (3.45%) Middleware
13 8 (3.07%) AngularJS
13 8 (3.07%) GraphQL
13 8 (3.07%) OpenAPI
13 8 (3.07%) Swagger
14 6 (2.30%) Kafka
14 6 (2.30%) Spring Boot
Miscellaneous
1 86 (32.95%) Product Ownership
2 65 (24.90%) Cloud Native
3 33 (12.64%) Enterprise Software
4 19 (7.28%) Onboarding
5 14 (5.36%) Management Information System
6 12 (4.60%) Analytical Mindset
7 9 (3.45%) Low-Code
7 9 (3.45%) Self-Motivation
8 7 (2.68%) Distributed Systems
9 6 (2.30%) Public Cloud
10 5 (1.92%) Data Protection Act
11 4 (1.53%) Client/Server
11 4 (1.53%) Data Centre
12 3 (1.15%) Clustering
12 3 (1.15%) Linux Command Line
13 2 (0.77%) Driving Licence
13 2 (0.77%) Mainframe
13 2 (0.77%) NHS
13 2 (0.77%) SWIFT Messaging Network
13 2 (0.77%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 7 (2.68%) Linux
2 4 (1.53%) Unix
2 4 (1.53%) VMS
2 4 (1.53%) Windows
3 1 (0.38%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 189 (72.41%) Agile
2 178 (68.20%) CI/CD
3 167 (63.98%) Coaching
4 165 (63.22%) Asset Management
5 134 (51.34%) Continuous Improvement
6 106 (40.61%) AI
7 105 (40.23%) Test Automation
8 80 (30.65%) Observability
9 71 (27.20%) Analytics
10 65 (24.90%) Mentoring
11 61 (23.37%) Infrastructure as Code
12 56 (21.46%) Clean Code
13 53 (20.31%) Sprint Planning
14 52 (19.92%) Sprint Retrospective
15 51 (19.54%) Problem-Solving
16 50 (19.16%) Roadmaps
17 45 (17.24%) Data Modelling
18 44 (16.86%) Migration
19 40 (15.33%) Event-Driven
20 36 (13.79%) Business Intelligence
Programming Languages
1 112 (42.91%) Python
2 99 (37.93%) SQL
3 47 (18.01%) PowerShell
4 45 (17.24%) Java
5 31 (11.88%) Apex Code
5 31 (11.88%) PL/SQL
5 31 (11.88%) Shell Script
6 20 (7.66%) Bash
6 20 (7.66%) JavaScript
7 19 (7.28%) C#
8 18 (6.90%) Bicep
9 15 (5.75%) SOQL
9 15 (5.75%) SOSL
10 6 (2.30%) TypeScript
11 4 (1.53%) T-SQL
12 2 (0.77%) C
13 1 (0.38%) Groovy
13 1 (0.38%) Scala
Qualifications
1 11 (4.21%) Degree
2 9 (3.45%) Computer Science Degree
3 6 (2.30%) BPSS Clearance
3 6 (2.30%) Chartered Engineer
3 6 (2.30%) SC Cleared
3 6 (2.30%) Security Cleared
4 5 (1.92%) AWS Certification
4 5 (1.92%) CRISC
5 2 (0.77%) Microsoft Certification
6 1 (0.38%) Azure Certification
6 1 (0.38%) CBAP
6 1 (0.38%) CCNA
6 1 (0.38%) CCNP
6 1 (0.38%) Cisco Certification
6 1 (0.38%) HND
6 1 (0.38%) ISTQB
6 1 (0.38%) PMI Certification
6 1 (0.38%) PMP
6 1 (0.38%) SAFe Agilist
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 20 (7.66%) Accessibility
2 15 (5.75%) QA
3 11 (4.21%) GDPR
4 6 (2.30%) Data Quality
4 6 (2.30%) ISO/IEC 12207
5 2 (0.77%) ISO 20022
5 2 (0.77%) ISO 9001
5 2 (0.77%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 2 (0.77%) SEPA
6 1 (0.38%) SLA
6 1 (0.38%) WCAG
System Software
1 36 (13.79%) Docker
2 29 (11.11%) Active Directory
3 12 (4.60%) Virtual Machines
4 10 (3.83%) Virtual Desktop
5 2 (0.77%) RACF
5 2 (0.77%) Virtual Servers
6 1 (0.38%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 111 (42.53%) Terraform
2 40 (15.33%) Kubernetes
3 31 (11.88%) Single Sign-On
4 19 (7.28%) Grafana
5 16 (6.13%) Prometheus
6 11 (4.21%) Ansible
7 10 (3.83%) Microsoft Intune
8 3 (1.15%) AWS Copilot
9 1 (0.38%) Podman
9 1 (0.38%) Puppet
Vendors
1 51 (19.54%) Microsoft
2 32 (12.26%) Oracle
2 32 (12.26%) Salesforce
3 22 (8.43%) Splunk
4 17 (6.51%) Okta
5 12 (4.60%) Ab Initio
6 6 (2.30%) ServiceNow
7 5 (1.92%) F5
7 5 (1.92%) Google
7 5 (1.92%) SolarWinds
8 4 (1.53%) Charles River
8 4 (1.53%) Databricks
8 4 (1.53%) Fortinet
8 4 (1.53%) IBM
9 2 (0.77%) Broadcom
10 1 (0.38%) Adobe
10 1 (0.38%) Cisco
10 1 (0.38%) Freshdesk
10 1 (0.38%) Nintex
10 1 (0.38%) OpenAI