DevOps Jobs in Scotland

DevOps
UK > Scotland

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Scotland requiring DevOps skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited DevOps over the 6 months leading up to 26 July 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
26 Jul 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 46 15 9
Rank change year-on-year -31 -6 +5
Permanent jobs citing DevOps 362 537 955
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Scotland 6.35% 14.15% 15.68%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 7.23% 14.75% 16.97%
Number of salaries quoted 144 287 556
10th Percentile £45,750 £42,724 £40,000
25th Percentile £52,375 £49,000 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £68,250 £62,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +9.20% +4.17% +9.09%
75th Percentile £82,500 £80,000 £75,000
90th Percentile £98,474 £97,328 £85,625
UK median annual salary £67,500 £70,000 £70,000
% change year-on-year -3.57% - +7.69%

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 5,004 3,640 5,626
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Scotland 87.82% 95.94% 92.38%
Number of salaries quoted 2,133 1,969 3,041
10th Percentile £31,250 £31,555 £31,250
25th Percentile £41,250 £41,250 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £54,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -1.82% - +15.79%
75th Percentile £67,500 £71,250 £70,000
90th Percentile £80,000 £82,548 £83,750
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% - +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 26 July 2024.

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 26 July 2024. 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
Glasgow -56 181 £67,500 +22.73% 22
Edinburgh -7 137 £72,500 +10.94% 17
Aberdeen -7 11 £51,250 -6.82% 4
Lanarkshire -3 9 - - 17
Fife -5 6 - -
Dundee - 5 £45,000 - 1
West Lothian -5 3 £60,000 - 2
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 38 (10.50%) ArcGIS
1 38 (10.50%) GeoServer
2 28 (7.73%) Confluence
3 15 (4.14%) Cloud Foundry
4 8 (2.21%) Umbraco
5 5 (1.38%) SAS
5 5 (1.38%) Tomcat
5 5 (1.38%) WebSphere
5 5 (1.38%) WordPress
6 1 (0.28%) Apache Spark
6 1 (0.28%) IIS
Applications
1 12 (3.31%) Sketch
2 7 (1.93%) UserZoom
3 4 (1.10%) Microsoft Excel
4 1 (0.28%) Adobe XD
4 1 (0.28%) Photoshop
4 1 (0.28%) Trello
Business Applications
1 1 (0.28%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 170 (46.96%) Azure
2 158 (43.65%) AWS
3 66 (18.23%) GCP
4 41 (11.33%) Azure DevOps
5 24 (6.63%) SaaS
6 22 (6.08%) IaaS
7 20 (5.52%) PaaS
8 19 (5.25%) Figma
9 17 (4.70%) Power Platform
10 12 (3.31%) Cloud Computing
11 11 (3.04%) Entra ID
12 8 (2.21%) Azure Data Factory
12 8 (2.21%) Microsoft 365
13 7 (1.93%) Dynamics 365
13 7 (1.93%) OpenShift
13 7 (1.93%) SurveyMonkey
14 6 (1.66%) AWS CloudFormation
14 6 (1.66%) BlazeMeter
14 6 (1.66%) Serverless
15 5 (1.38%) GitHub
Communications & Networking
1 16 (4.42%) Firewall
2 15 (4.14%) SD-WAN
3 12 (3.31%) VPN
3 12 (3.31%) WAN
4 3 (0.83%) BGP
4 3 (0.83%) Network Security
5 1 (0.28%) Ethernet
5 1 (0.28%) SSL
5 1 (0.28%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 41 (11.33%) PostgreSQL
2 38 (10.50%) GIS
2 38 (10.50%) QGIS
3 25 (6.91%) MongoDB
4 22 (6.08%) Data Warehouse
4 22 (6.08%) SQL Server
5 16 (4.42%) BigQuery
5 16 (4.42%) Elasticsearch
5 16 (4.42%) Looker
6 14 (3.87%) Geospatial Data
7 12 (3.31%) Power BI
8 10 (2.76%) MySQL
8 10 (2.76%) NoSQL
9 7 (1.93%) Azure SQL Database
9 7 (1.93%) Big Data
9 7 (1.93%) Tableau
10 6 (1.66%) Apache Cassandra
10 6 (1.66%) Data Vault
11 5 (1.38%) Pentaho
12 4 (1.10%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 51 (14.09%) JIRA
2 26 (7.18%) Git
3 22 (6.08%) Jenkins
4 21 (5.80%) Cypress.io
5 18 (4.97%) Cucumber
6 11 (3.04%) Bitbucket
7 8 (2.21%) Visual Studio
8 6 (1.66%) JUnit
8 6 (1.66%) MSTest
9 5 (1.38%) Sonatype Nexus
9 5 (1.38%) Spinnaker
10 4 (1.10%) CircleCI
10 4 (1.10%) Maven
10 4 (1.10%) Selenium
11 3 (0.83%) GitLab
11 3 (0.83%) GoCD
12 2 (0.55%) Gradle
12 2 (0.55%) SonarQube
12 2 (0.55%) Terragrunt
13 1 (0.28%) IBM UrbanCode
General
1 103 (28.45%) Finance
2 79 (21.82%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 68 (18.78%) Social Skills
4 66 (18.23%) Law
5 38 (10.50%) Analytical Skills
6 34 (9.39%) Marketing
7 31 (8.56%) Banking
8 15 (4.14%) Investment Banking
9 13 (3.59%) Presentation Skills
9 13 (3.59%) Retail Banking
10 8 (2.21%) Games
11 7 (1.93%) Billing
12 6 (1.66%) Private Banking
12 6 (1.66%) Retail
13 5 (1.38%) Legal
13 5 (1.38%) Military
13 5 (1.38%) Public Sector
14 4 (1.10%) Advertising
15 3 (0.83%) Tech for Good
16 1 (0.28%) Aviation
Job Titles
1 77 (21.27%) Software Engineer
2 70 (19.34%) Senior
3 68 (18.78%) Lead
4 46 (12.71%) Developer
5 44 (12.15%) Architect
6 26 (7.18%) Cloud Engineer
6 26 (7.18%) Java Engineer
7 24 (6.63%) Senior Software Engineer
8 23 (6.35%) Java Software Engineer
9 19 (5.25%) Data Engineer
9 19 (5.25%) DevOps Engineer
10 18 (4.97%) Full Stack Engineer
11 16 (4.42%) Full Stack Software Engineer
12 15 (4.14%) Lead Java Engineer
12 15 (4.14%) Lead Software Engineer
12 15 (4.14%) Software Developer
13 14 (3.87%) Agile Coach
13 14 (3.87%) Geospatial Architect
13 14 (3.87%) Senior DevOps
13 14 (3.87%) Software Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 75 (20.72%) React
2 66 (18.23%) .NET
3 62 (17.13%) CSS
4 40 (11.05%) .NET Core
5 38 (10.50%) Leaflet
5 38 (10.50%) OpenLayers
5 38 (10.50%) PostGIS
6 36 (9.94%) Kafka
7 33 (9.12%) Spring
8 26 (7.18%) Spring Boot
9 24 (6.63%) HTML
10 15 (4.14%) JDBC
11 14 (3.87%) Node.js
12 13 (3.59%) ASP.NET
13 10 (2.76%) Vue
14 9 (2.49%) AngularJS
15 8 (2.21%) .NET Framework
15 8 (2.21%) Middleware
16 7 (1.93%) ASP.NET Core
16 7 (1.93%) React Native
Miscellaneous
1 27 (7.46%) Legacy Systems
1 27 (7.46%) Product Ownership
2 24 (6.63%) Public Cloud
3 18 (4.97%) Private Cloud
4 17 (4.70%) Data Centre
5 15 (4.14%) Management Information System
6 13 (3.59%) Mobile App
7 12 (3.31%) Replication
8 9 (2.49%) Greenfield Project
8 9 (2.49%) Self-Motivation
9 8 (2.21%) IoT
9 8 (2.21%) Mainframe
10 5 (1.38%) Cloud Native
10 5 (1.38%) Reference Data
11 4 (1.10%) Data Structures
11 4 (1.10%) Distributed Systems
11 4 (1.10%) IBM Mainframe
11 4 (1.10%) Low-Code
12 3 (0.83%) Algorithms
12 3 (0.83%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 42 (11.60%) Linux
2 23 (6.35%) Windows
3 17 (4.70%) Unix
4 12 (3.31%) Windows Server
5 5 (1.38%) Mac OS X
5 5 (1.38%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 5 (1.38%) Ubuntu
6 3 (0.83%) Android
6 3 (0.83%) Apple iOS
7 1 (0.28%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 237 (65.47%) Agile
2 110 (30.39%) CI/CD
3 99 (27.35%) Mentoring
4 98 (27.07%) Software Engineering
5 65 (17.96%) Actionable Insight
6 56 (15.47%) Problem-Solving
7 47 (12.98%) Analytics
8 45 (12.43%) Web Development
9 44 (12.15%) Continuous Integration
10 43 (11.88%) Site Reliability Engineering
11 39 (10.77%) Full Stack Development
12 37 (10.22%) Test Automation
13 36 (9.94%) User Experience
14 35 (9.67%) Continuous Improvement
14 35 (9.67%) Migration
14 35 (9.67%) Scrum
14 35 (9.67%) TDD
15 34 (9.39%) Product Backlog
16 32 (8.84%) Coaching
17 31 (8.56%) User Research
Programming Languages
1 85 (23.48%) Python
2 78 (21.55%) JavaScript
3 62 (17.13%) C#
3 62 (17.13%) Java
4 60 (16.57%) SQL
5 14 (3.87%) PowerShell
5 14 (3.87%) TypeScript
6 10 (2.76%) Shell Script
7 9 (2.49%) PHP
8 7 (1.93%) Bash
8 7 (1.93%) Groovy
9 6 (1.66%) JCL
9 6 (1.66%) REXX
10 5 (1.38%) Bicep
10 5 (1.38%) Ruby
11 4 (1.10%) Kusto Query Language
12 3 (0.83%) C++
12 3 (0.83%) Kotlin
12 3 (0.83%) PL/SQL
12 3 (0.83%) Scala
Qualifications
1 64 (17.68%) Security Cleared
2 58 (16.02%) SC Cleared
3 47 (12.98%) Degree
4 18 (4.97%) CCNA
4 18 (4.97%) Cisco Certification
5 8 (2.21%) Computer Science Degree
6 7 (1.93%) Azure Certification
7 6 (1.66%) CISSP
7 6 (1.66%) Master's Degree
8 5 (1.38%) AWS Certification
8 5 (1.38%) CISM
8 5 (1.38%) GCIA
8 5 (1.38%) GCIH
8 5 (1.38%) GREM
9 3 (0.83%) CCNP
9 3 (0.83%) Network+ Certification
9 3 (0.83%) PMI Certification
10 2 (0.55%) ACCA
11 1 (0.28%) OCP
11 1 (0.28%) Oracle Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 21 (5.80%) QA
2 10 (2.76%) GDPR
3 7 (1.93%) Actionable Recommendations
3 7 (1.93%) Sarbanes-Oxley
4 2 (0.55%) Data Quality
4 2 (0.55%) PMO
5 1 (0.28%) Disclosure Scotland
5 1 (0.28%) IEC 62304
System Software
1 39 (10.77%) Docker
2 14 (3.87%) Active Directory
3 12 (3.31%) VMware Infrastructure
3 12 (3.31%) VMware NSX
4 4 (1.10%) Virtual Desktop
4 4 (1.10%) Virtual Machines
5 2 (0.55%) Hyper-V
5 2 (0.55%) KVM
5 2 (0.55%) RACF
5 2 (0.55%) vSphere
5 2 (0.55%) Xen
Systems Management
1 48 (13.26%) Kubernetes
2 47 (12.98%) Terraform
3 39 (10.77%) Ansible
4 12 (3.31%) FortiGate
4 12 (3.31%) Grafana
5 5 (1.38%) ITRS Geneos
5 5 (1.38%) Microsoft Intune
6 4 (1.10%) CA Endevor
6 4 (1.10%) Progress Chef
6 4 (1.10%) Puppet
7 3 (0.83%) Fortio
7 3 (0.83%) Istio
7 3 (0.83%) Kiali
7 3 (0.83%) Prometheus
8 2 (0.55%) zSecure
9 1 (0.28%) Galera Cluster
9 1 (0.28%) HAProxy
9 1 (0.28%) Kibana
9 1 (0.28%) SCCM
Vendors
1 38 (10.50%) ESRI
2 34 (9.39%) Microsoft
3 28 (7.73%) Google
4 18 (4.97%) ServiceNow
5 16 (4.42%) Cisco
6 15 (4.14%) VMware
7 12 (3.31%) NetApp
7 12 (3.31%) Splunk
8 10 (2.76%) Oracle
9 9 (2.49%) CA
10 7 (1.93%) Dynatrace
10 7 (1.93%) Qualtrics
11 6 (1.66%) Databricks
12 5 (1.38%) AppDynamics
12 5 (1.38%) Dell
12 5 (1.38%) Sybase
13 4 (1.10%) IBM
14 3 (0.83%) Adobe
15 2 (0.55%) Cadence
15 2 (0.55%) MuleSoft