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

6 months to
7 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 17 16 26
Rank change year-on-year -1 +10 -16
Permanent jobs citing DevOps 266 296 260
As % of all permanent jobs in Scotland 9.63% 9.68% 10.45%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 11.56% 10.94% 10.92%
Number of salaries quoted 55 140 217
10th Percentile £25,950 £45,000 £43,750
25th Percentile £43,750 £51,250 £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £67,500 £60,000 £67,500
Median % change year-on-year +12.50% -11.11% +10.33%
75th Percentile £82,500 £73,950 £84,056
90th Percentile £85,520 £88,875 £102,516
UK median annual salary £70,000 £69,000 £70,000
% change year-on-year +1.45% -1.43% -

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 2,302 2,706 2,382
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Scotland 83.35% 88.52% 95.78%
Number of salaries quoted 1,167 1,235 1,762
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 £84,500 £83,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% - -0.83%

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 7 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 7 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 +4 213 £65,000 +8.33% 54
Glasgow -18 30 £73,750 +34.09% 50
Stirling - 4 - -
West Lothian +2 3 - - 6
East Ayrshire - 3 £85,700 -
Fife +10 2 £50,000 - 5
Lanarkshire +2 2 - - 16
South Ayrshire - 2 £85,700 -
North Lanarkshire -9 1 - -
Moray - 1 - -
Midlothian - 1 - - 21
West Dunbartonshire - 1 - - 5
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 (6.39%) Confluence
2 15 (5.64%) Oracle SOA Suite
3 8 (3.01%) Microsoft Exchange
3 8 (3.01%) SharePoint
4 3 (1.13%) WebSphere
5 2 (0.75%) Apache
5 2 (0.75%) CICS
6 1 (0.38%) Apache Spark
6 1 (0.38%) JBoss
Applications
1 12 (4.51%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (0.75%) MS Visio
3 1 (0.38%) Chatbot
3 1 (0.38%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 33 (12.41%) Oracle ERP
2 2 (0.75%) Dynamics NAV
2 2 (0.75%) Markit EDM
3 1 (0.38%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 217 (81.58%) Azure
2 155 (58.27%) Azure DevOps
3 117 (43.98%) GitHub
4 64 (24.06%) GitHub Copilot
5 57 (21.43%) Snowflake
6 53 (19.92%) AWS
7 45 (16.92%) dbt
7 45 (16.92%) Entra ID
8 38 (14.29%) Azure Data Factory
9 37 (13.91%) Power Platform
10 33 (12.41%) OCI
11 29 (10.90%) GitHub Actions
12 22 (8.27%) Azure Monitor
13 21 (7.89%) Microsoft 365
14 19 (7.14%) GCP
15 15 (5.64%) Azure Key Vault
15 15 (5.64%) SaaS
16 13 (4.89%) Azure Logic Apps
16 13 (4.89%) Azure Service Bus
16 13 (4.89%) Datadog
Communications & Networking
1 15 (5.64%) Broadband
2 11 (4.14%) Firewall
3 6 (2.26%) DNS
3 6 (2.26%) LAN
3 6 (2.26%) WAN
4 5 (1.88%) VPN
5 4 (1.50%) BGP
5 4 (1.50%) MPLS
5 4 (1.50%) TCP/IP
5 4 (1.50%) Wireless
6 3 (1.13%) Software-Defined Networking
7 2 (0.75%) DHCP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 44 (16.54%) Data Warehouse
2 35 (13.16%) Power BI
3 27 (10.15%) Tableau
4 14 (5.26%) Snowflake Schema
5 11 (4.14%) Azure SQL Database
6 9 (3.38%) Metadata
7 6 (2.26%) Data Lake
7 6 (2.26%) PostgreSQL
8 4 (1.50%) Amazon RDS
8 4 (1.50%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
8 4 (1.50%) Elasticsearch
8 4 (1.50%) Redis
9 2 (0.75%) DB2
9 2 (0.75%) Relational Database
9 2 (0.75%) SQL Server
10 1 (0.38%) Big Data
10 1 (0.38%) NoSQL
Development Applications
1 58 (21.80%) JIRA
2 49 (18.42%) Jenkins
3 33 (12.41%) Oracle Forms
4 17 (6.39%) Git
5 15 (5.64%) GitLab
5 15 (5.64%) SonarQube
6 1 (0.38%) Ant
6 1 (0.38%) Artifactory
6 1 (0.38%) Cucumber
6 1 (0.38%) Cypress.io
6 1 (0.38%) JMeter
6 1 (0.38%) JUnit
6 1 (0.38%) Locust
6 1 (0.38%) Maven
6 1 (0.38%) Selenium
6 1 (0.38%) Sonatype Nexus
6 1 (0.38%) TestNG
General
1 189 (71.05%) Finance
2 72 (27.07%) Social Skills
3 42 (15.79%) Analytical Skills
4 37 (13.91%) Marketing
5 18 (6.77%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 16 (6.02%) Games
7 5 (1.88%) Financial Institution
7 5 (1.88%) Tech for Good
8 4 (1.50%) Front Office
8 4 (1.50%) Law
9 3 (1.13%) Organisational Skills
10 2 (0.75%) Back Office
10 2 (0.75%) Documentation Skills
10 2 (0.75%) Fire and Rescue
10 2 (0.75%) Health Technology
10 2 (0.75%) Public Sector
11 1 (0.38%) Billing
11 1 (0.38%) Legal
Job Titles
1 79 (29.70%) Senior
2 51 (19.17%) Applications Engineer
3 44 (16.54%) Cloud Engineer
4 24 (9.02%) Azure Engineer
5 22 (8.27%) Senior Cloud Engineer
6 21 (7.89%) Analyst
6 21 (7.89%) Architect
7 14 (5.26%) Salesforce Architect
8 12 (4.51%) Applications Support
8 12 (4.51%) Business Analyst
8 12 (4.51%) Development Engineer
8 12 (4.51%) Lead
8 12 (4.51%) Software Engineer
9 11 (4.14%) Applications Support Engineer
9 11 (4.14%) Support Engineer
10 10 (3.76%) Infrastructure Engineer
11 8 (3.01%) Integration Engineer
11 8 (3.01%) Technical Analyst
11 8 (3.01%) Technical Architect
11 8 (3.01%) Technical Business Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 51 (19.17%) SOAP
2 50 (18.80%) RESTful
3 36 (13.53%) OAuth
4 33 (12.41%) Lightning Web Components
4 33 (12.41%) REST
5 30 (11.28%) JSON
6 27 (10.15%) OAuth2
7 20 (7.52%) .NET
7 20 (7.52%) XML
8 15 (5.64%) SAML
8 15 (5.64%) Visualforce
9 14 (5.26%) React
10 13 (4.89%) ADO
11 9 (3.38%) GraphQL
11 9 (3.38%) OpenAPI
11 9 (3.38%) Swagger
12 8 (3.01%) AngularJS
12 8 (3.01%) Middleware
13 6 (2.26%) YAML
14 5 (1.88%) Kafka
Miscellaneous
1 89 (33.46%) Product Ownership
2 68 (25.56%) Cloud Native
3 34 (12.78%) Enterprise Software
4 20 (7.52%) Onboarding
5 14 (5.26%) Management Information System
6 12 (4.51%) Analytical Mindset
7 9 (3.38%) Low-Code
7 9 (3.38%) Self-Motivation
8 7 (2.63%) Distributed Systems
9 5 (1.88%) Data Protection Act
9 5 (1.88%) Public Cloud
10 4 (1.50%) Client/Server
11 3 (1.13%) Clustering
11 3 (1.13%) Data Centre
11 3 (1.13%) Linux Command Line
12 2 (0.75%) Driving Licence
12 2 (0.75%) Mainframe
12 2 (0.75%) NHS
12 2 (0.75%) SWIFT Messaging Network
12 2 (0.75%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 7 (2.63%) Linux
2 5 (1.88%) Windows
3 4 (1.50%) Unix
3 4 (1.50%) VMS
4 1 (0.38%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 193 (72.56%) Agile
2 186 (69.92%) CI/CD
3 176 (66.17%) Coaching
4 175 (65.79%) Asset Management
5 136 (51.13%) Continuous Improvement
6 110 (41.35%) AI
7 108 (40.60%) Test Automation
8 85 (31.95%) Observability
9 73 (27.44%) Analytics
10 67 (25.19%) Mentoring
11 62 (23.31%) Infrastructure as Code
12 59 (22.18%) Clean Code
13 54 (20.30%) Problem-Solving
13 54 (20.30%) Sprint Planning
13 54 (20.30%) Sprint Retrospective
14 50 (18.80%) Data Modelling
15 48 (18.05%) Roadmaps
16 44 (16.54%) Migration
17 42 (15.79%) Event-Driven
18 37 (13.91%) Business Intelligence
Programming Languages
1 116 (43.61%) Python
2 103 (38.72%) SQL
3 49 (18.42%) PowerShell
4 45 (16.92%) Java
5 33 (12.41%) Apex Code
5 33 (12.41%) PL/SQL
5 33 (12.41%) Shell Script
6 20 (7.52%) C#
7 19 (7.14%) Bash
7 19 (7.14%) Bicep
7 19 (7.14%) JavaScript
8 15 (5.64%) SOQL
8 15 (5.64%) SOSL
9 6 (2.26%) TypeScript
10 5 (1.88%) T-SQL
11 2 (0.75%) C
12 1 (0.38%) Groovy
12 1 (0.38%) Scala
Qualifications
1 11 (4.14%) Degree
2 9 (3.38%) Computer Science Degree
3 6 (2.26%) BPSS Clearance
3 6 (2.26%) Chartered Engineer
4 5 (1.88%) AWS Certification
4 5 (1.88%) CRISC
4 5 (1.88%) SC Cleared
4 5 (1.88%) Security Cleared
5 2 (0.75%) Microsoft Certification
6 1 (0.38%) Azure Certification
6 1 (0.38%) CBAP
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 21 (7.89%) Accessibility
2 16 (6.02%) QA
3 12 (4.51%) GDPR
4 6 (2.26%) Data Quality
4 6 (2.26%) ISO/IEC 12207
5 2 (0.75%) ISO 20022
5 2 (0.75%) ISO 9001
5 2 (0.75%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 2 (0.75%) SEPA
6 1 (0.38%) SLA
6 1 (0.38%) WCAG
System Software
1 36 (13.53%) Docker
2 31 (11.65%) Active Directory
3 12 (4.51%) Virtual Machines
4 10 (3.76%) Virtual Desktop
5 2 (0.75%) RACF
5 2 (0.75%) Virtual Servers
6 1 (0.38%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 115 (43.23%) Terraform
2 39 (14.66%) Kubernetes
3 33 (12.41%) Single Sign-On
4 20 (7.52%) Grafana
5 17 (6.39%) Prometheus
6 10 (3.76%) Ansible
6 10 (3.76%) Microsoft Intune
7 3 (1.13%) AWS Copilot
8 1 (0.38%) Podman
8 1 (0.38%) Puppet
Vendors
1 53 (19.92%) Microsoft
2 34 (12.78%) Salesforce
3 33 (12.41%) Oracle
4 22 (8.27%) Splunk
5 18 (6.77%) Okta
6 14 (5.26%) Ab Initio
7 6 (2.26%) ServiceNow
8 5 (1.88%) Databricks
8 5 (1.88%) Google
8 5 (1.88%) SolarWinds
9 4 (1.50%) Charles River
9 4 (1.50%) F5
9 4 (1.50%) Fortinet
9 4 (1.50%) IBM
10 2 (0.75%) Broadcom
11 1 (0.38%) Adobe
11 1 (0.38%) Freshdesk
11 1 (0.38%) Nintex
11 1 (0.38%) OpenAI
11 1 (0.38%) VMware