DevSecOps Engineer
UK
The median DevSecOps Engineer salary in the UK is £78,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 4 May 2025.
The table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 4 May 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 675 | 876 | 922 |
| Rank change year-on-year | +201 | +46 | +240 |
| Permanent jobs requiring a DevSecOps Engineer | 25 | 28 | 72 |
| As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK | 0.048% | 0.028% | 0.069% |
| As % of the Job Titles category | 0.053% | 0.030% | 0.076% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 23 | 26 | 60 |
| 10th Percentile | £67,500 | £60,000 | £50,000 |
| 25th Percentile | £72,625 | £70,000 | £65,000 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £78,000 | £76,250 | £85,000 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +2.30% | -10.29% | +6.25% |
| 75th Percentile | £88,750 | £92,500 | £105,000 |
| 90th Percentile | £105,000 | £103,125 | £110,000 |
| UK excluding London median annual salary | £70,000 | £72,500 | £87,500 |
| % change year-on-year | -3.45% | -17.14% | +25.00% |
All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
UK
For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of permanent jobs in our overall sample.
| Permanent vacancies in the UK with a recognized job title | 47,541 | 93,322 | 94,998 |
| % of permanent jobs with a recognized job title | 90.35% | 94.63% | 91.54% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 27,467 | 66,921 | 59,760 |
| 10th Percentile | £30,000 | £28,500 | £32,500 |
| 25th Percentile | £42,000 | £38,500 | £45,000 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £57,500 | £52,550 | £60,000 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +9.42% | -12.42% | - |
| 75th Percentile | £75,000 | £71,250 | £81,250 |
| 90th Percentile | £97,500 | £90,000 | £100,000 |
| UK excluding London median annual salary | £52,000 | £50,000 | £53,000 |
| % change year-on-year | +4.00% | -5.66% | +6.00% |
DevSecOps Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend
Job postings that featured DevSecOps Engineer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.
DevSecOps Engineer
Salary Trend
3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing DevSecOps Engineer.
DevSecOps Engineer
Salary Histogram
Salary distribution for jobs citing DevSecOps Engineer over the 6 months to 4 May 2025.
DevSecOps Engineer
Top 8 Job Locations
The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing DevSecOps Engineer within the UK over the 6 months to 4 May 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 |
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| England | +179 | 25 | £78,000 | +5.76% | 28 |
| London | +113 | 20 | £80,000 | -5.88% | 18 |
| UK excluding London | +188 | 5 | £70,000 | -3.45% | 15 |
| Work from Home | +165 | 4 | £79,000 | +12.86% | 23 |
| South West | +109 | 2 | £80,000 | +6.67% | |
| South East | +108 | 2 | £57,500 | -17.86% | 9 |
| North of England | +70 | 1 | £70,000 | - | 2 |
| North East | +48 | 1 | £70,000 | - |
DevSecOps Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities
For the 6 months to 4 May 2025, DevSecOps Engineer job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads featuring DevSecOps Engineer in the job title.
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DevSecOps Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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: