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 11 March 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
11 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 16 14 47
Rank change year-on-year -2 +33 -39
Permanent jobs citing DevOps 242 237 370
As % of all permanent jobs in Scotland 8.00% 11.26% 7.56%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 10.30% 12.03% 8.13%
Number of salaries quoted 45 119 219
10th Percentile £25,950 £45,000 £44,750
25th Percentile £32,500 £51,849 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £66,500 £69,447
Median % change year-on-year -2.26% -4.24% +3.99%
75th Percentile £78,790 £85,253 £82,548
90th Percentile £85,000 £108,750 £101,250
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 2,349 1,970 4,553
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Scotland 77.68% 93.63% 92.99%
Number of salaries quoted 1,226 933 2,251
10th Percentile £28,250 £31,250 £27,000
25th Percentile £31,250 £40,000 £38,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £55,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -18.18% +4.76% -10.26%
75th Percentile £69,713 £73,250 £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% -11.31%

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 11 March 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 11 March 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 -1 168 £60,000 -14.29% 38
Glasgow -25 23 £67,500 +14.89% 27
Stirling - 12 - - 5
West Dunbartonshire - 12 - -
West Lothian +6 7 - - 6
Lanarkshire +6 5 - - 17
Fife +5 5 - - 7
North Lanarkshire -10 4 - - 4
East Ayrshire - 2 £85,700 -
Midlothian - 2 - - 25
Dunbartonshire - 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 11 (4.55%) Oracle SOA Suite
2 4 (1.65%) Confluence
3 3 (1.24%) Microsoft Exchange
3 3 (1.24%) SharePoint
4 1 (0.41%) Apache
4 1 (0.41%) Apache Airflow
4 1 (0.41%) CICS
4 1 (0.41%) WebSphere
Applications
1 13 (5.37%) MS Visio
2 3 (1.24%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (0.41%) Chatbot
3 1 (0.41%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (0.41%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 25 (10.33%) Oracle ERP
2 4 (1.65%) Markit EDM
3 2 (0.83%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 179 (73.97%) Azure
2 131 (54.13%) Azure DevOps
3 99 (40.91%) GitHub
4 60 (24.79%) GitHub Copilot
5 50 (20.66%) Snowflake
6 45 (18.60%) dbt
7 40 (16.53%) Azure Data Factory
8 37 (15.29%) AWS
8 37 (15.29%) Power Platform
9 30 (12.40%) Entra ID
10 25 (10.33%) OCI
11 23 (9.50%) GitHub Actions
12 22 (9.09%) Microsoft 365
13 19 (7.85%) Azure Key Vault
13 19 (7.85%) Azure Monitor
14 16 (6.61%) GCP
15 14 (5.79%) Azure Logic Apps
16 13 (5.37%) Azure Event Grid
16 13 (5.37%) Azure Service Bus
17 12 (4.96%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 38 (15.70%) Broadband
2 6 (2.48%) Firewall
3 4 (1.65%) BGP
3 4 (1.65%) LAN
3 4 (1.65%) MPLS
3 4 (1.65%) TCP/IP
3 4 (1.65%) WAN
3 4 (1.65%) Wireless
4 3 (1.24%) Software-Defined Networking
5 2 (0.83%) Network Security
6 1 (0.41%) DNS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 34 (14.05%) Power BI
2 32 (13.22%) Data Warehouse
3 14 (5.79%) Tableau
4 11 (4.55%) Metadata
5 10 (4.13%) Azure SQL Database
6 9 (3.72%) Snowflake Schema
7 8 (3.31%) PostgreSQL
8 7 (2.89%) Data Lake
9 4 (1.65%) Amazon RDS
9 4 (1.65%) Elasticsearch
9 4 (1.65%) Redis
10 3 (1.24%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
11 2 (0.83%) SQL Server
12 1 (0.41%) BigQuery
12 1 (0.41%) DB2
12 1 (0.41%) MongoDB
Development Applications
1 64 (26.45%) Jenkins
2 39 (16.12%) GitLab
3 38 (15.70%) SonarQube
4 33 (13.64%) JIRA
5 25 (10.33%) Oracle Forms
6 11 (4.55%) Git
7 1 (0.41%) Cucumber
7 1 (0.41%) JMeter
7 1 (0.41%) Locust
General
1 146 (60.33%) Finance
2 65 (26.86%) Social Skills
3 48 (19.83%) Marketing
4 42 (17.36%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 38 (15.70%) Games
6 27 (11.16%) Analytical Skills
7 12 (4.96%) Billing
8 6 (2.48%) Public Sector
9 5 (2.07%) Financial Institution
10 3 (1.24%) Front Office
11 2 (0.83%) Fire and Rescue
11 2 (0.83%) Tech for Good
12 1 (0.41%) Influencing Skills
Job Titles
1 73 (30.17%) Senior
2 44 (18.18%) Applications Engineer
3 41 (16.94%) Architect
4 36 (14.88%) Salesforce Architect
5 28 (11.57%) Cloud Engineer
6 24 (9.92%) Applications Support
7 21 (8.68%) Technical Architect
8 20 (8.26%) Azure Engineer
8 20 (8.26%) Salesforce Technical Architect
9 18 (7.44%) Analyst
10 14 (5.79%) Senior Cloud Engineer
11 12 (4.96%) Applications Support Analyst
11 12 (4.96%) Applications Support Engineer
11 12 (4.96%) Support Analyst
11 12 (4.96%) Support Engineer
12 11 (4.55%) Salesforce Solution Architect
12 11 (4.55%) Solutions Architect
13 10 (4.13%) Development Engineer
13 10 (4.13%) Integration Engineer
14 8 (3.31%) Senior Development Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 73 (30.17%) SOAP
2 59 (24.38%) Lightning Web Components
2 59 (24.38%) REST
3 39 (16.12%) RESTful
4 38 (15.70%) Visualforce
5 35 (14.46%) OAuth
6 27 (11.16%) JSON
7 24 (9.92%) OAuth2
8 16 (6.61%) .NET
9 14 (5.79%) XML
10 11 (4.55%) GraphQL
10 11 (4.55%) OpenAPI
10 11 (4.55%) SAML
10 11 (4.55%) Swagger
11 10 (4.13%) ADO
12 8 (3.31%) React
12 8 (3.31%) YAML
13 4 (1.65%) Django
14 3 (1.24%) Node.js
15 2 (0.83%) AngularJS
Miscellaneous
1 100 (41.32%) Product Ownership
2 54 (22.31%) Cloud Native
3 26 (10.74%) Enterprise Software
4 12 (4.96%) Management Information System
5 10 (4.13%) Onboarding
6 9 (3.72%) Low-Code
6 9 (3.72%) Self-Motivation
7 6 (2.48%) Data Protection Act
8 5 (2.07%) Client/Server
9 4 (1.65%) Public Cloud
10 3 (1.24%) Data Centre
10 3 (1.24%) Linux Command Line
11 2 (0.83%) Clustering
11 2 (0.83%) Driving Licence
12 1 (0.41%) BBC
12 1 (0.41%) Hybrid Cloud
12 1 (0.41%) Mainframe
12 1 (0.41%) Mobile App
12 1 (0.41%) PMI
12 1 (0.41%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 4 (1.65%) Linux
1 4 (1.65%) Unix
1 4 (1.65%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 191 (78.93%) CI/CD
2 183 (75.62%) Agile
3 139 (57.44%) Asset Management
3 139 (57.44%) Coaching
4 119 (49.17%) Continuous Improvement
5 93 (38.43%) Test Automation
6 82 (33.88%) AI
6 82 (33.88%) Observability
7 62 (25.62%) Event-Driven
8 58 (23.97%) Roadmaps
9 57 (23.55%) Data Modelling
10 55 (22.73%) Analytics
10 55 (22.73%) Infrastructure as Code
11 54 (22.31%) Mentoring
12 50 (20.66%) Clean Code
12 50 (20.66%) OO
13 46 (19.01%) Technology Roadmap
14 45 (18.60%) Problem-Solving
15 43 (17.77%) Continuous Integration
15 43 (17.77%) Scrum
Programming Languages
1 85 (35.12%) Python
2 83 (34.30%) SQL
3 59 (24.38%) Apex Code
4 41 (16.94%) PowerShell
5 38 (15.70%) SOQL
5 38 (15.70%) SOSL
6 28 (11.57%) Java
7 25 (10.33%) PL/SQL
7 25 (10.33%) Shell Script
8 17 (7.02%) JavaScript
9 16 (6.61%) C#
10 15 (6.20%) Bicep
11 8 (3.31%) Bash
12 7 (2.89%) T-SQL
13 5 (2.07%) TypeScript
14 1 (0.41%) Kotlin
Qualifications
1 15 (6.20%) Degree
2 12 (4.96%) HND
3 5 (2.07%) AWS Certification
3 5 (2.07%) CRISC
3 5 (2.07%) SC Cleared
3 5 (2.07%) Security Cleared
4 2 (0.83%) BPSS Clearance
4 2 (0.83%) Chartered Engineer
4 2 (0.83%) Computer Science Degree
4 2 (0.83%) Microsoft Certification
5 1 (0.41%) Azure Certification
5 1 (0.41%) CBAP
5 1 (0.41%) PMI Certification
5 1 (0.41%) PMP
5 1 (0.41%) SAFe Agilist
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 24 (9.92%) Accessibility
2 16 (6.61%) GDPR
3 14 (5.79%) QA
4 12 (4.96%) SLA
5 8 (3.31%) Data Quality
6 2 (0.83%) ISO/IEC 12207
7 1 (0.41%) GRC
7 1 (0.41%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 1 (0.41%) NCSC
7 1 (0.41%) SOC 2
7 1 (0.41%) WCAG
System Software
1 26 (10.74%) Active Directory
2 18 (7.44%) Docker
3 6 (2.48%) Virtual Machines
4 5 (2.07%) Virtual Desktop
5 1 (0.41%) RACF
Systems Management
1 97 (40.08%) Terraform
2 25 (10.33%) Single Sign-On
3 20 (8.26%) Kubernetes
4 16 (6.61%) Grafana
5 14 (5.79%) Prometheus
6 7 (2.89%) Ansible
7 6 (2.48%) Microsoft Intune
8 3 (1.24%) AWS Copilot
Vendors
1 63 (26.03%) Microsoft
2 59 (24.38%) Salesforce
3 43 (17.77%) Splunk
4 25 (10.33%) Oracle
5 17 (7.02%) Ab Initio
6 14 (5.79%) Okta
7 12 (4.96%) Adobe
7 12 (4.96%) Freshdesk
7 12 (4.96%) Nintex
8 9 (3.72%) Google
9 7 (2.89%) Databricks
10 6 (2.48%) ServiceNow
11 5 (2.07%) IBM
12 4 (1.65%) F5
12 4 (1.65%) Fortinet
12 4 (1.65%) SolarWinds
13 3 (1.24%) Charles River
13 3 (1.24%) Pega
14 1 (0.41%) Apple
14 1 (0.41%) Cisco