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 19 June 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
19 Jun 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 42 48 12
Rank change year-on-year +6 -36 -2
Permanent jobs citing DevOps 207 455 595
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Scotland 6.76% 6.61% 13.97%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 7.50% 7.44% 14.71%
Number of salaries quoted 68 186 315
10th Percentile £49,925 £42,500 £42,874
25th Percentile £58,438 £52,500 £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £73,750 £66,500 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year +10.90% +2.31% +8.33%
75th Percentile £99,063 £81,875 £80,000
90th Percentile £146,300 £98,474 £97,328
UK median annual salary £72,500 £65,000 £70,000
% change year-on-year +11.54% -7.14% -

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 2,760 6,113 4,045
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Scotland 90.17% 88.83% 95.00%
Number of salaries quoted 1,248 2,603 2,027
10th Percentile £27,500 £28,250 £31,569
25th Percentile £35,000 £40,000 £41,625
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £51,645 £52,500 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -1.63% -8.70% +4.55%
75th Percentile £62,500 £65,000 £72,500
90th Percentile £82,500 £80,000 £85,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £60,800
% change year-on-year - -9.54% +1.33%

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 19 June 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 19 June 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 -4 103 £71,250 +1.79% 259
Glasgow +35 55 £75,000 +5.26% 279
Lanarkshire -7 18 - - 7
Renfrewshire - 4 - - 14
North Lanarkshire - 4 - - 2
Stirling - 3 - -
Fife -6 2 - - 14
West Lothian - 2 - - 15
West Dunbartonshire - 2 - -
Aberdeen +19 1 - - 113
Falkirk - 1 - -
Ayrshire - 1 - -
Clackmannanshire - 1 - -
Strathclyde - 1 - -
Inverclyde - 1 - - 1
South Lanarkshire - 1 - - 2
North Ayrshire - 1 - - 1
East Ayrshire - 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 49 (23.67%) Confluence
2 15 (7.25%) Oracle Application Server
3 7 (3.38%) Apache
3 7 (3.38%) Apache Spark
4 3 (1.45%) CICS
4 3 (1.45%) nginx
4 3 (1.45%) SharePoint
4 3 (1.45%) WebSphere
5 2 (0.97%) Apache Airflow
6 1 (0.48%) CMS
6 1 (0.48%) Headless CMS
6 1 (0.48%) Microsoft Exchange
6 1 (0.48%) Umbraco
Applications
1 2 (0.97%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 1 (0.48%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 109 (52.66%) Azure
2 108 (52.17%) AWS
3 84 (40.58%) GCP
4 19 (9.18%) Azure DevOps
5 12 (5.80%) SaaS
6 9 (4.35%) Amazon EKS
7 7 (3.38%) GitHub
7 7 (3.38%) GitHub Actions
7 7 (3.38%) IaaS
7 7 (3.38%) Microsoft 365
7 7 (3.38%) OpenShift
7 7 (3.38%) PaaS
7 7 (3.38%) Serverless
8 6 (2.90%) AWS CloudFormation
9 5 (2.42%) AWS Lambda
10 4 (1.93%) Amazon EC2
10 4 (1.93%) Amazon S3
11 3 (1.45%) Amazon SageMaker
11 3 (1.45%) Azure Monitor
11 3 (1.45%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 8 (3.86%) Internet
2 5 (2.42%) Software-Defined Networking
3 4 (1.93%) Firewall
3 4 (1.93%) Network Security
4 3 (1.45%) BGP
4 3 (1.45%) Cisco IOS
4 3 (1.45%) DNS
4 3 (1.45%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
4 3 (1.45%) NX-OS
4 3 (1.45%) OSPF
4 3 (1.45%) TCP/IP
4 3 (1.45%) VXLAN
5 2 (0.97%) Kerberos
6 1 (0.48%) FTP
6 1 (0.48%) HTTP
6 1 (0.48%) LAN
6 1 (0.48%) PuTTY
6 1 (0.48%) SpaceWire
6 1 (0.48%) SSL
6 1 (0.48%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 61 (29.47%) SQL Server
2 16 (7.73%) Data Warehouse
3 15 (7.25%) Enterprise Data Warehouse
3 15 (7.25%) Oracle Reports
4 12 (5.80%) NoSQL
5 8 (3.86%) PostgreSQL
6 7 (3.38%) MongoDB
7 6 (2.90%) Relational Database
8 4 (1.93%) Amazon RDS
8 4 (1.93%) Big Data
8 4 (1.93%) DB2
8 4 (1.93%) MySQL
9 2 (0.97%) Data Lake
10 1 (0.48%) Amazon Redshift
10 1 (0.48%) Azure SQL Database
10 1 (0.48%) Elasticsearch
10 1 (0.48%) Power BI
10 1 (0.48%) RDBMS
10 1 (0.48%) SQL Server Analysis Services
10 1 (0.48%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 66 (31.88%) GitLab
2 63 (30.43%) Maven
3 53 (25.60%) JIRA
4 51 (24.64%) SonarQube
4 51 (24.64%) Sonatype Nexus
5 50 (24.15%) Bitbucket
6 49 (23.67%) Cucumber
6 49 (23.67%) Selenium
7 24 (11.59%) Jenkins
8 15 (7.25%) Git
9 5 (2.42%) JUnit
9 5 (2.42%) Visual Studio
10 3 (1.45%) Gradle
10 3 (1.45%) Postman
11 2 (0.97%) CircleCI
11 2 (0.97%) Fiddler
11 2 (0.97%) Mockito
11 2 (0.97%) Oracle Forms
11 2 (0.97%) TeamCity
12 1 (0.48%) Cypress.io
General
1 106 (51.21%) Finance
2 75 (36.23%) Banking
3 58 (28.02%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 56 (27.05%) Social Skills
5 39 (18.84%) Analytical Skills
6 17 (8.21%) Organisational Skills
7 15 (7.25%) Military
8 11 (5.31%) Law
9 9 (4.35%) Marketing
10 6 (2.90%) Games
11 4 (1.93%) Investment Banking
12 2 (0.97%) Financial Institution
12 2 (0.97%) Retail
12 2 (0.97%) Tech for Good
13 1 (0.48%) Advertising
13 1 (0.48%) Front Office
13 1 (0.48%) Public Sector
13 1 (0.48%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 82 (39.61%) Software Engineer
2 30 (14.49%) Lead
2 30 (14.49%) Senior
3 17 (8.21%) Developer
4 16 (7.73%) Analyst
5 12 (5.80%) Senior Software Engineer
6 11 (5.31%) DevOps Engineer
7 9 (4.35%) Architect
7 9 (4.35%) Full-Stack Engineer
7 9 (4.35%) Full-Stack Software Engineer
7 9 (4.35%) Java Developer
8 8 (3.86%) Android Engineer
8 8 (3.86%) Senior Developer
9 7 (3.38%) Infrastructure Analyst
10 6 (2.90%) Lead Software Engineer
11 5 (2.42%) .NET Software Engineer
11 5 (2.42%) C# Software Engineer
11 5 (2.42%) Database Engineer
11 5 (2.42%) Senior Java Developer
12 4 (1.93%) Software Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 77 (37.20%) React
2 69 (33.33%) Spring
3 68 (32.85%) Spring Boot
4 61 (29.47%) Kafka
5 58 (28.02%) CSS
6 57 (27.54%) Hibernate
6 57 (27.54%) HTML
7 52 (25.12%) JPA
8 50 (24.15%) Redux
9 29 (14.01%) RESTful
10 16 (7.73%) .NET
11 14 (6.76%) AngularJS
12 11 (5.31%) Middleware
13 10 (4.83%) .NET Core
14 8 (3.86%) Android Jetpack
14 8 (3.86%) Jetpack Compose
15 7 (3.38%) REST
16 6 (2.90%) Blazor
17 5 (2.42%) .NET Framework
18 4 (1.93%) JSON
Miscellaneous
1 61 (29.47%) Product Ownership
2 53 (25.60%) Enterprise Software
3 13 (6.28%) Virtual Team
4 11 (5.31%) Public Cloud
5 10 (4.83%) Distributed Systems
6 8 (3.86%) Mobile App
6 8 (3.86%) Online Banking
7 7 (3.38%) Algorithms
7 7 (3.38%) Cloud Native
8 6 (2.90%) Mainframe
9 4 (1.93%) SWIFT Messaging Network
10 3 (1.45%) Data Centre
10 3 (1.45%) Hybrid Cloud
10 3 (1.45%) Private Cloud
10 3 (1.45%) Self-Motivation
10 3 (1.45%) Wiki
11 2 (0.97%) CMDB
11 2 (0.97%) Greenfield Project
11 2 (0.97%) IVR
11 2 (0.97%) Renewable Energy
Operating Systems
1 14 (6.76%) Linux
2 9 (4.35%) Unix
3 8 (3.86%) Android
4 7 (3.38%) Windows
5 4 (1.93%) zOS
6 1 (0.48%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 1 (0.48%) Solaris
6 1 (0.48%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 150 (72.46%) Agile
2 132 (63.77%) CI/CD
3 99 (47.83%) Software Engineering
4 91 (43.96%) Microservices
5 86 (41.55%) Containerisation
6 81 (39.13%) Full-Stack Development
7 79 (38.16%) Test Automation
8 68 (32.85%) TDD
9 64 (30.92%) Continuous Improvement
10 59 (28.50%) SDLC
11 57 (27.54%) Front End Development
12 52 (25.12%) Clean Code
13 50 (24.15%) Performance Optimisation
14 44 (21.26%) Roadmaps
15 40 (19.32%) Continuous Integration
16 37 (17.87%) Stakeholder Management
17 28 (13.53%) Customer Experience
18 26 (12.56%) Analytics
19 24 (11.59%) ITIL
19 24 (11.59%) Problem-Solving
Programming Languages
1 87 (42.03%) Java
2 78 (37.68%) JavaScript
3 74 (35.75%) SQL
4 33 (15.94%) Python
5 13 (6.28%) TypeScript
6 12 (5.80%) C#
7 9 (4.35%) Bash
8 8 (3.86%) Kotlin
9 7 (3.38%) PowerShell
10 6 (2.90%) Go
11 3 (1.45%) C++
12 2 (0.97%) Elixir
12 2 (0.97%) F#
12 2 (0.97%) Groovy
12 2 (0.97%) Ruby
12 2 (0.97%) Scala
12 2 (0.97%) Shell Script
13 1 (0.48%) COBOL
13 1 (0.48%) JCL
13 1 (0.48%) PHP
Qualifications
1 15 (7.25%) DBS Check
2 7 (3.38%) Degree
3 4 (1.93%) CCNA
3 4 (1.93%) Cisco Certification
3 4 (1.93%) Computer Science Degree
4 3 (1.45%) CCNP
5 2 (0.97%) AWS Certification
5 2 (0.97%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
5 2 (0.97%) Azure Certification
5 2 (0.97%) Security Cleared
6 1 (0.48%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
6 1 (0.48%) Microsoft Certification
6 1 (0.48%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 56 (27.05%) QA
2 11 (5.31%) Sarbanes-Oxley
3 5 (2.42%) Data Quality
4 3 (1.45%) ISO 20022
5 2 (0.97%) SEPA
6 1 (0.48%) Accessibility
6 1 (0.48%) Actionable Recommendations
6 1 (0.48%) ECSS
6 1 (0.48%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 1 (0.48%) SOC 2
System Software
1 93 (44.93%) Docker
2 3 (1.45%) RACF
3 1 (0.48%) Active Directory
3 1 (0.48%) NDS
3 1 (0.48%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 104 (50.24%) Kubernetes
2 28 (13.53%) Terraform
3 8 (3.86%) Ansible
4 7 (3.38%) Grafana
5 4 (1.93%) Prometheus
6 2 (0.97%) Argo
6 2 (0.97%) Istio
6 2 (0.97%) Microsoft Intune
7 1 (0.48%) CA Single Sign-On
7 1 (0.48%) Opsgenie
7 1 (0.48%) PingFederate
7 1 (0.48%) Progress Chef
7 1 (0.48%) Puppet
Vendors
1 49 (23.67%) Solace
2 21 (10.14%) Oracle
3 14 (6.76%) Microsoft
4 10 (4.83%) ServiceNow
5 5 (2.42%) Cisco
5 5 (2.42%) F5
5 5 (2.42%) IBM
6 3 (1.45%) Fortinet
6 3 (1.45%) Splunk
6 3 (1.45%) Workday
7 2 (0.97%) Databricks
7 2 (0.97%) ForgeRock
7 2 (0.97%) Informatica
7 2 (0.97%) Ping Identity
7 2 (0.97%) Sage
7 2 (0.97%) SAP
7 2 (0.97%) Sybase
8 1 (0.48%) NetIQ
8 1 (0.48%) Red Hat
8 1 (0.48%) VMware