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 14 October 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 26 19 18
Rank change year-on-year -7 -1 -9
Permanent jobs citing DevOps 249 259 270
As % of all permanent jobs in Scotland 9.50% 7.67% 10.78%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 10.49% 9.14% 11.25%
Number of salaries quoted 51 117 226
10th Percentile £25,750 £48,250 £43,750
25th Percentile £47,875 £52,500 £47,813
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £67,500 £65,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year +3.85% - +8.33%
75th Percentile £82,500 £79,225 £80,000
90th Percentile £85,700 £88,000 £98,269
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 2,373 2,833 2,399
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Scotland 90.54% 83.94% 95.77%
Number of salaries quoted 1,018 1,363 1,924
10th Percentile £26,250 £31,250 £25,000
25th Percentile £32,000 £40,000 £37,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £38,000 £55,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -30.91% +4.76% -4.55%
75th Percentile £60,000 £70,000 £70,000
90th Percentile £78,750 £82,400 £82,548
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 14 October 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 14 October 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 +6 137 £63,750 +6.25% 44
Glasgow -19 42 £72,500 +11.54% 28
Lanarkshire +2 20 - - 16
Stirling - 7 - -
West Lothian +3 5 - - 1
North Lanarkshire -11 5 - -
Fife +10 4 £50,000 - 1
Renfrewshire - 4 - - 4
East Ayrshire - 3 £85,700 -
South Ayrshire - 2 £85,700 -
West Dunbartonshire - 2 - -
Aberdeen +7 1 - - 3
Inverclyde -1 1 - -
Ayrshire - 1 - -
Clackmannanshire - 1 - -
Dunbartonshire - 1 - -
Midlothian - 1 - - 34
Strathclyde - 1 - -
Falkirk - 1 - -
South Lanarkshire - 1 - -
Moray - 1 - -
North Ayrshire - 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 66 (26.51%) Confluence
2 9 (3.61%) Oracle SOA Suite
3 8 (3.21%) Microsoft Exchange
3 8 (3.21%) SharePoint
4 5 (2.01%) Apache
5 4 (1.61%) Apache Spark
5 4 (1.61%) WebSphere
6 3 (1.20%) CICS
6 3 (1.20%) nginx
7 1 (0.40%) JBoss
Applications
1 12 (4.82%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (1.20%) Chatbot
3 1 (0.40%) Microsoft Project
3 1 (0.40%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 21 (8.43%) Oracle ERP
2 2 (0.80%) Dynamics CRM
2 2 (0.80%) Dynamics NAV
Cloud Services
1 187 (75.10%) Azure
2 103 (41.37%) AWS
3 90 (36.14%) Azure DevOps
4 76 (30.52%) GCP
5 54 (21.69%) GitHub
6 33 (13.25%) Entra ID
7 24 (9.64%) Power Platform
7 24 (9.64%) Snowflake
8 21 (8.43%) GitHub Copilot
8 21 (8.43%) Microsoft 365
8 21 (8.43%) OCI
9 15 (6.02%) GitHub Actions
10 13 (5.22%) dbt
11 12 (4.82%) Azure Monitor
11 12 (4.82%) OpenShift
12 11 (4.42%) SaaS
13 10 (4.02%) Azure Data Factory
14 8 (3.21%) Microsoft Purview
14 8 (3.21%) Mimecast
15 7 (2.81%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 15 (6.02%) Broadband
2 9 (3.61%) DNS
2 9 (3.61%) Firewall
3 5 (2.01%) Software-Defined Networking
3 5 (2.01%) VPN
4 4 (1.61%) BGP
4 4 (1.61%) LAN
4 4 (1.61%) TCP/IP
4 4 (1.61%) WAN
5 3 (1.20%) Cisco IOS
5 3 (1.20%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
5 3 (1.20%) Network Security
5 3 (1.20%) NX-OS
5 3 (1.20%) OSPF
5 3 (1.20%) VXLAN
6 2 (0.80%) DHCP
7 1 (0.40%) HTTP
7 1 (0.40%) MPLS
7 1 (0.40%) SpaceWire
7 1 (0.40%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 52 (20.88%) SQL Server
2 25 (10.04%) Data Warehouse
3 21 (8.43%) Power BI
3 21 (8.43%) Tableau
4 8 (3.21%) Snowflake Schema
5 7 (2.81%) Azure SQL Database
5 7 (2.81%) NoSQL
6 5 (2.01%) PostgreSQL
7 4 (1.61%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
7 4 (1.61%) Big Data
7 4 (1.61%) Metadata
8 3 (1.20%) DB2
8 3 (1.20%) Relational Database
9 2 (0.80%) MongoDB
9 2 (0.80%) MySQL
10 1 (0.40%) Amazon RDS
10 1 (0.40%) Data Lake
10 1 (0.40%) Elasticsearch
10 1 (0.40%) RDBMS
10 1 (0.40%) Redis
Development Applications
1 91 (36.55%) JIRA
2 71 (28.51%) GitLab
3 64 (25.70%) SonarQube
4 53 (21.29%) Maven
5 50 (20.08%) Bitbucket
5 50 (20.08%) Selenium
5 50 (20.08%) Sonatype Nexus
6 49 (19.68%) Cucumber
7 42 (16.87%) Jenkins
8 21 (8.43%) Oracle Forms
9 14 (5.62%) Git
10 3 (1.20%) JUnit
11 2 (0.80%) Cypress.io
11 2 (0.80%) Gradle
12 1 (0.40%) Artifactory
12 1 (0.40%) Mockito
12 1 (0.40%) Postman
12 1 (0.40%) Snyk
12 1 (0.40%) SoapUI
12 1 (0.40%) TestNG
General
1 162 (65.06%) Finance
2 74 (29.72%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 51 (20.48%) Banking
4 46 (18.47%) Social Skills
5 36 (14.46%) Marketing
6 26 (10.44%) Analytical Skills
7 17 (6.83%) Games
8 11 (4.42%) Law
9 5 (2.01%) Tech for Good
10 4 (1.61%) Financial Institution
10 4 (1.61%) Front Office
10 4 (1.61%) Organisational Skills
11 3 (1.20%) Public Sector
12 2 (0.80%) Back Office
12 2 (0.80%) Documentation Skills
12 2 (0.80%) Fire and Rescue
12 2 (0.80%) Health Technology
12 2 (0.80%) Investment Banking
13 1 (0.40%) Legal
13 1 (0.40%) Retail
Job Titles
1 69 (27.71%) Software Engineer
2 45 (18.07%) Senior
3 31 (12.45%) Cloud Engineer
4 26 (10.44%) Applications Engineer
5 24 (9.64%) Architect
6 22 (8.84%) Analyst
7 19 (7.63%) Lead
8 16 (6.43%) Senior Cloud Engineer
9 14 (5.62%) Salesforce Architect
10 12 (4.82%) Business Analyst
11 11 (4.42%) Full-Stack Engineer
11 11 (4.42%) Full-Stack Software Engineer
11 11 (4.42%) Infrastructure Engineer
11 11 (4.42%) Technical Architect
12 10 (4.02%) Azure Engineer
13 9 (3.61%) Developer
13 9 (3.61%) DevOps Engineer
14 8 (3.21%) Lead Software Engineer
14 8 (3.21%) Technical Analyst
14 8 (3.21%) Technical Business Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 68 (27.31%) React
2 58 (23.29%) Spring
3 57 (22.89%) Spring Boot
4 56 (22.49%) Kafka
5 52 (20.88%) CSS
5 52 (20.88%) HTML
6 51 (20.48%) Hibernate
6 51 (20.48%) JPA
7 49 (19.68%) Redux
8 35 (14.06%) RESTful
9 31 (12.45%) SOAP
10 21 (8.43%) REST
11 19 (7.63%) Lightning Web Components
12 17 (6.83%) JSON
13 15 (6.02%) Visualforce
14 14 (5.62%) .NET
14 14 (5.62%) OAuth
14 14 (5.62%) OAuth2
14 14 (5.62%) XML
15 12 (4.82%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 113 (45.38%) Product Ownership
2 74 (29.72%) Enterprise Software
3 41 (16.47%) Cloud Native
4 13 (5.22%) Management Information System
5 12 (4.82%) Analytical Mindset
5 12 (4.82%) Onboarding
6 9 (3.61%) Distributed Systems
7 6 (2.41%) Public Cloud
8 5 (2.01%) Algorithms
9 4 (1.61%) Data Centre
9 4 (1.61%) Mainframe
10 3 (1.20%) Private Cloud
11 2 (0.80%) Clustering
11 2 (0.80%) Data Protection Act
11 2 (0.80%) Driving Licence
11 2 (0.80%) Low-Code
11 2 (0.80%) NHS
11 2 (0.80%) Self-Motivation
11 2 (0.80%) SWIFT Messaging Network
11 2 (0.80%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 6 (2.41%) Linux
2 4 (1.61%) VMS
3 3 (1.20%) Windows
4 2 (0.80%) Unix
5 1 (0.40%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 1 (0.40%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 189 (75.90%) Agile
2 162 (65.06%) CI/CD
3 144 (57.83%) Continuous Improvement
4 109 (43.78%) Test Automation
5 96 (38.55%) Coaching
6 89 (35.74%) Asset Management
7 77 (30.92%) Software Engineering
8 75 (30.12%) Clean Code
9 74 (29.72%) Microservices
10 73 (29.32%) Containerisation
11 66 (26.51%) AI
11 66 (26.51%) Full-Stack Development
11 66 (26.51%) SDLC
12 56 (22.49%) Front End Development
12 56 (22.49%) Roadmaps
13 55 (22.09%) TDD
14 50 (20.08%) Performance Optimisation
15 46 (18.47%) Mentoring
16 44 (17.67%) Analytics
17 38 (15.26%) Infrastructure as Code
Programming Languages
1 115 (46.18%) SQL
2 92 (36.95%) Java
3 77 (30.92%) Python
4 66 (26.51%) JavaScript
5 29 (11.65%) PowerShell
6 22 (8.84%) Shell Script
7 21 (8.43%) PL/SQL
8 19 (7.63%) Apex Code
9 18 (7.23%) Bash
10 15 (6.02%) SOQL
10 15 (6.02%) SOSL
11 13 (5.22%) C#
12 10 (4.02%) Bicep
13 5 (2.01%) TypeScript
14 3 (1.20%) C
15 1 (0.40%) Go
15 1 (0.40%) Groovy
15 1 (0.40%) PHP
15 1 (0.40%) Scala
Qualifications
1 9 (3.61%) Degree
2 8 (3.21%) Computer Science Degree
3 5 (2.01%) BPSS Clearance
3 5 (2.01%) Chartered Engineer
4 4 (1.61%) AWS Certification
4 4 (1.61%) CRISC
5 3 (1.20%) CCNA
5 3 (1.20%) CCNP
5 3 (1.20%) Cisco Certification
5 3 (1.20%) Microsoft Certification
6 2 (0.80%) SC Cleared
6 2 (0.80%) Security Cleared
7 1 (0.40%) Azure Certification
7 1 (0.40%) CBAP
7 1 (0.40%) ISTQB
7 1 (0.40%) PMI Certification
7 1 (0.40%) PMP
7 1 (0.40%) SAFe Agilist
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 59 (23.69%) QA
2 13 (5.22%) Accessibility
3 5 (2.01%) ISO/IEC 12207
4 4 (1.61%) Data Quality
4 4 (1.61%) GDPR
5 3 (1.20%) ISO 20022
6 2 (0.80%) ISO 9001
6 2 (0.80%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 2 (0.80%) Sarbanes-Oxley
6 2 (0.80%) SEPA
7 1 (0.40%) ECSS
System Software
1 84 (33.73%) Docker
2 19 (7.63%) Active Directory
3 10 (4.02%) Virtual Machines
4 8 (3.21%) Virtual Desktop
5 4 (1.61%) RACF
6 2 (0.80%) Virtual Servers
7 1 (0.40%) VMware Infrastructure
7 1 (0.40%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 91 (36.55%) Kubernetes
2 67 (26.91%) Terraform
3 21 (8.43%) Single Sign-On
4 10 (4.02%) Ansible
4 10 (4.02%) Grafana
5 8 (3.21%) Microsoft Intune
6 7 (2.81%) Prometheus
7 2 (0.80%) Puppet
8 1 (0.40%) AWS Copilot
8 1 (0.40%) Opsgenie
8 1 (0.40%) Podman
8 1 (0.40%) Progress Chef
Vendors
1 49 (19.68%) Solace
2 35 (14.06%) Microsoft
3 23 (9.24%) Oracle
4 21 (8.43%) Splunk
5 20 (8.03%) Salesforce
6 12 (4.82%) Okta
7 6 (2.41%) IBM
7 6 (2.41%) ServiceNow
8 5 (2.01%) F5
9 4 (1.61%) Ab Initio
9 4 (1.61%) Charles River
9 4 (1.61%) Cisco
10 3 (1.20%) Broadcom
11 2 (0.80%) Fortinet
11 2 (0.80%) Google
11 2 (0.80%) SolarWinds
11 2 (0.80%) VMware
12 1 (0.40%) Dynatrace
12 1 (0.40%) OpenAI
12 1 (0.40%) Planview