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 25 February 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
25 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 17 13 44
Rank change year-on-year -4 +31 -36
Permanent jobs citing DevOps 275 267 348
As % of all permanent jobs in Scotland 9.15% 11.63% 8.06%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 11.58% 12.43% 8.64%
Number of salaries quoted 45 127 211
10th Percentile £25,950 £44,200 £43,750
25th Percentile £32,500 £51,849 £51,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £67,500 £65,000 £69,447
Median % change year-on-year +3.85% -6.40% +6.84%
75th Percentile £78,790 £85,000 £82,548
90th Percentile £85,150 £105,000 £96,539
UK median annual salary £70,000 £70,000 £67,500
% change year-on-year - +3.70% -3.57%

All Process & 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 2,374 2,148 4,029
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Scotland 79.00% 93.55% 93.31%
Number of salaries quoted 1,219 925 2,083
10th Percentile £28,250 £31,250 £25,200
25th Percentile £31,000 £40,000 £35,938
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £55,000 £51,528
Median % change year-on-year -18.18% +6.74% -10.39%
75th Percentile £67,500 £72,500 £65,000
90th Percentile £85,000 £93,778 £80,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% +9.09% -12.00%

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 25 February 2026.

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 25 February 2026. 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 +1 203 £60,000 -13.86% 22
Glasgow -21 23 £68,750 +25.00% 22
West Dunbartonshire - 12 - -
Stirling - 10 - - 1
West Lothian +6 7 - -
Lanarkshire +6 5 - - 13
North Lanarkshire -7 4 - - 1
Fife +5 3 - -
East Ayrshire - 3 £85,700 -
Moray - 1 - -
South Ayrshire - 1 £85,700 -
Dunbartonshire - 1 - -
Midlothian - 1 - - 16
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 15 (5.45%) Oracle SOA Suite
2 11 (4.00%) Confluence
3 6 (2.18%) Microsoft Exchange
3 6 (2.18%) SharePoint
4 2 (0.73%) WebSphere
5 1 (0.36%) Apache
5 1 (0.36%) CICS
5 1 (0.36%) JBoss
Applications
1 13 (4.73%) MS Visio
2 8 (2.91%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (0.36%) Chatbot
3 1 (0.36%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 33 (12.00%) Oracle ERP
2 4 (1.45%) Markit EDM
3 2 (0.73%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 216 (78.55%) Azure
2 157 (57.09%) Azure DevOps
3 114 (41.45%) GitHub
4 68 (24.73%) GitHub Copilot
5 59 (21.45%) Snowflake
6 49 (17.82%) dbt
7 46 (16.73%) Power Platform
8 44 (16.00%) AWS
9 43 (15.64%) Azure Data Factory
10 41 (14.91%) Entra ID
11 33 (12.00%) OCI
12 28 (10.18%) Microsoft 365
13 26 (9.45%) GitHub Actions
14 22 (8.00%) Azure Monitor
15 19 (6.91%) Azure Key Vault
16 15 (5.45%) Azure Logic Apps
17 14 (5.09%) Azure Event Grid
17 14 (5.09%) Azure Service Bus
17 14 (5.09%) GCP
18 13 (4.73%) Datadog
Communications & Networking
1 33 (12.00%) Broadband
2 8 (2.91%) Firewall
3 5 (1.82%) DNS
3 5 (1.82%) LAN
3 5 (1.82%) WAN
4 4 (1.45%) BGP
4 4 (1.45%) MPLS
4 4 (1.45%) TCP/IP
4 4 (1.45%) Wireless
5 3 (1.09%) Software-Defined Networking
5 3 (1.09%) VPN
6 2 (0.73%) DHCP
7 1 (0.36%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 43 (15.64%) Power BI
2 41 (14.91%) Data Warehouse
3 23 (8.36%) Tableau
4 12 (4.36%) Snowflake Schema
5 11 (4.00%) Azure SQL Database
5 11 (4.00%) Metadata
6 7 (2.55%) Data Lake
7 6 (2.18%) PostgreSQL
8 4 (1.45%) Amazon RDS
8 4 (1.45%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
8 4 (1.45%) Elasticsearch
8 4 (1.45%) Redis
9 2 (0.73%) SQL Server
10 1 (0.36%) DB2
10 1 (0.36%) MongoDB
Development Applications
1 67 (24.36%) Jenkins
2 48 (17.45%) JIRA
3 33 (12.00%) GitLab
3 33 (12.00%) Oracle Forms
3 33 (12.00%) SonarQube
4 16 (5.82%) Git
5 1 (0.36%) Ant
5 1 (0.36%) Artifactory
5 1 (0.36%) Cucumber
5 1 (0.36%) JMeter
5 1 (0.36%) JUnit
5 1 (0.36%) Locust
5 1 (0.36%) Maven
5 1 (0.36%) Selenium
5 1 (0.36%) Sonatype Nexus
5 1 (0.36%) TestNG
General
1 181 (65.82%) Finance
2 71 (25.82%) Social Skills
3 49 (17.82%) Marketing
4 35 (12.73%) Analytical Skills
5 34 (12.36%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 33 (12.00%) Games
7 12 (4.36%) Billing
8 5 (1.82%) Financial Institution
9 4 (1.45%) Front Office
10 3 (1.09%) Public Sector
11 2 (0.73%) Fire and Rescue
11 2 (0.73%) Law
11 2 (0.73%) Tech for Good
12 1 (0.36%) Legal
Job Titles
1 84 (30.55%) Senior
2 53 (19.27%) Applications Engineer
3 41 (14.91%) Cloud Engineer
4 38 (13.82%) Architect
5 31 (11.27%) Salesforce Architect
6 26 (9.45%) Analyst
7 25 (9.09%) Applications Support
8 23 (8.36%) Azure Engineer
9 20 (7.27%) Senior Cloud Engineer
10 17 (6.18%) Salesforce Technical Architect
10 17 (6.18%) Technical Architect
11 13 (4.73%) Applications Support Engineer
11 13 (4.73%) Support Engineer
12 12 (4.36%) Applications Support Analyst
12 12 (4.36%) Development Engineer
12 12 (4.36%) Support Analyst
13 10 (3.64%) Business Analyst
13 10 (3.64%) Integration Engineer
14 9 (3.27%) Salesforce Solution Architect
14 9 (3.27%) Solutions Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 73 (26.55%) SOAP
2 55 (20.00%) Lightning Web Components
2 55 (20.00%) REST
3 48 (17.45%) RESTful
4 40 (14.55%) OAuth
5 33 (12.00%) Visualforce
6 32 (11.64%) JSON
7 29 (10.55%) OAuth2
8 18 (6.55%) .NET
8 18 (6.55%) XML
9 15 (5.45%) SAML
10 12 (4.36%) ADO
11 11 (4.00%) GraphQL
11 11 (4.00%) OpenAPI
11 11 (4.00%) Swagger
12 8 (2.91%) React
12 8 (2.91%) YAML
13 6 (2.18%) Middleware
14 4 (1.45%) Django
15 3 (1.09%) Node.js
Miscellaneous
1 112 (40.73%) Product Ownership
2 66 (24.00%) Cloud Native
3 34 (12.36%) Enterprise Software
4 19 (6.91%) Management Information System
5 16 (5.82%) Onboarding
6 10 (3.64%) Low-Code
7 9 (3.27%) Self-Motivation
8 6 (2.18%) Analytical Mindset
9 5 (1.82%) Data Protection Act
10 4 (1.45%) Client/Server
10 4 (1.45%) Public Cloud
11 3 (1.09%) Clustering
11 3 (1.09%) Data Centre
11 3 (1.09%) Linux Command Line
12 2 (0.73%) Driving Licence
13 1 (0.36%) BBC
13 1 (0.36%) Distributed Systems
13 1 (0.36%) Hybrid Cloud
13 1 (0.36%) Legacy Applications
13 1 (0.36%) Mainframe
Operating Systems
1 7 (2.55%) Linux
1 7 (2.55%) Windows
2 4 (1.45%) Unix
3 2 (0.73%) VMS
4 1 (0.36%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 207 (75.27%) Agile
2 203 (73.82%) CI/CD
3 173 (62.91%) Asset Management
3 173 (62.91%) Coaching
4 141 (51.27%) Continuous Improvement
5 108 (39.27%) Test Automation
6 103 (37.45%) AI
7 88 (32.00%) Observability
8 69 (25.09%) Analytics
9 64 (23.27%) Mentoring
10 62 (22.55%) Event-Driven
11 61 (22.18%) Infrastructure as Code
12 60 (21.82%) Data Modelling
13 58 (21.09%) Clean Code
13 58 (21.09%) Roadmaps
14 52 (18.91%) Problem-Solving
15 50 (18.18%) Sprint Planning
15 50 (18.18%) Sprint Retrospective
16 47 (17.09%) Technology Roadmap
17 45 (16.36%) OO
Programming Languages
1 110 (40.00%) Python
2 100 (36.36%) SQL
3 55 (20.00%) Apex Code
4 50 (18.18%) PowerShell
5 37 (13.45%) Java
6 33 (12.00%) PL/SQL
6 33 (12.00%) Shell Script
6 33 (12.00%) SOQL
6 33 (12.00%) SOSL
7 19 (6.91%) JavaScript
8 18 (6.55%) Bicep
9 16 (5.82%) C#
10 15 (5.45%) Bash
11 7 (2.55%) T-SQL
12 5 (1.82%) TypeScript
13 1 (0.36%) Groovy
13 1 (0.36%) Kotlin
Qualifications
1 18 (6.55%) Degree
2 12 (4.36%) HND
3 5 (1.82%) AWS Certification
3 5 (1.82%) BPSS Clearance
3 5 (1.82%) Chartered Engineer
3 5 (1.82%) Computer Science Degree
3 5 (1.82%) CRISC
3 5 (1.82%) SC Cleared
3 5 (1.82%) Security Cleared
4 2 (0.73%) Microsoft Certification
5 1 (0.36%) Azure Certification
5 1 (0.36%) CBAP
5 1 (0.36%) ISTQB
5 1 (0.36%) PMI Certification
5 1 (0.36%) PMP
5 1 (0.36%) SAFe Agilist
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 29 (10.55%) Accessibility
2 16 (5.82%) QA
3 14 (5.09%) GDPR
4 12 (4.36%) SLA
5 7 (2.55%) Data Quality
6 5 (1.82%) ISO/IEC 12207
7 1 (0.36%) WCAG
System Software
1 33 (12.00%) Active Directory
2 22 (8.00%) Docker
3 9 (3.27%) Virtual Machines
4 8 (2.91%) Virtual Desktop
5 2 (0.73%) Virtual Servers
6 1 (0.36%) RACF
Systems Management
1 113 (41.09%) Terraform
2 33 (12.00%) Single Sign-On
3 25 (9.09%) Kubernetes
4 18 (6.55%) Grafana
5 16 (5.82%) Prometheus
6 10 (3.64%) Ansible
7 9 (3.27%) Microsoft Intune
8 3 (1.09%) AWS Copilot
9 1 (0.36%) Podman
9 1 (0.36%) Puppet
Vendors
1 69 (25.09%) Microsoft
2 55 (20.00%) Salesforce
3 38 (13.82%) Splunk
4 33 (12.00%) Oracle
5 18 (6.55%) Ab Initio
5 18 (6.55%) Okta
6 12 (4.36%) Adobe
6 12 (4.36%) Freshdesk
6 12 (4.36%) Nintex
7 7 (2.55%) Databricks
8 6 (2.18%) ServiceNow
9 5 (1.82%) Google
9 5 (1.82%) IBM
10 4 (1.45%) Charles River
10 4 (1.45%) F5
10 4 (1.45%) Fortinet
10 4 (1.45%) SolarWinds
11 1 (0.36%) Apple
11 1 (0.36%) Cisco
11 1 (0.36%) Sony