DevSecOps Jobs

DevSecOps
UK

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies requiring DevSecOps skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited DevSecOps over the 6 months leading up to 30 April 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 Apr 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 408 458 353
Rank change year-on-year +50 -105 +124
Permanent jobs citing DevSecOps 299 502 1,008
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.57% 0.51% 0.97%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.61% 0.59% 1.01%
Number of salaries quoted 194 314 479
10th Percentile £49,127 £50,375 £47,500
25th Percentile £58,000 £57,500 £63,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £75,000 £85,000
Median % change year-on-year - -11.76% +6.25%
75th Percentile £88,750 £97,500 £101,842
90th Percentile £110,000 £108,043 £113,750
UK excluding London median annual salary £70,000 £70,000 £75,000
% change year-on-year - -6.67% +7.14%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

DevSecOps 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.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 48,641 84,574 99,457
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 93.26% 86.00% 95.63%
Number of salaries quoted 26,531 59,798 58,397
10th Percentile £30,580 £29,000 £34,000
25th Percentile £42,500 £40,000 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £55,000 £61,500
Median % change year-on-year +4.55% -10.57% +2.50%
75th Percentile £76,250 £72,500 £82,500
90th Percentile £98,750 £92,500 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £52,500 £50,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +5.00% -9.09% +4.76%

DevSecOps
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing DevSecOps as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for DevSecOps in the UK

DevSecOps
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing DevSecOps.

Salary trend for DevSecOps in the UK

DevSecOps
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing DevSecOps over the 6 months to 30 April 2025.

Salary histogram for DevSecOps in the UK

DevSecOps
Top 16 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing DevSecOps within the UK over the 6 months to 30 April 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
England +44 273 £75,000 -3.23% 265
UK excluding London +112 157 £70,000 - 159
London +32 126 £82,500 -8.33% 144
Work from Home +52 81 £75,000 -9.09% 218
Midlands +57 44 £75,000 +3.45% 20
North of England +83 35 £75,000 +15.38% 38
South East +63 34 £58,000 -22.67% 53
West Midlands +46 32 £75,000 +3.45% 14
North West +47 28 £75,000 +15.38% 22
South West +80 25 £70,000 -6.67% 20
East Midlands +50 12 £58,000 -15.64% 6
Scotland +121 11 £58,000 -3.33% 13
East of England +56 6 £63,500 -2.44% 10
Yorkshire +60 5 £58,000 +5.12% 13
North East +47 2 £72,750 +3.93% 4
Wales +34 2 £58,000 - 5

DevSecOps
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:

Application Platforms
1 33 (11.04%) Confluence
2 7 (2.34%) SharePoint
3 1 (0.33%) Apache
3 1 (0.33%) Apache Spark
Applications
1 1 (0.33%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 130 (43.48%) Azure
2 88 (29.43%) AWS
3 42 (14.05%) Azure DevOps
4 41 (13.71%) PaaS
5 37 (12.37%) GitHub
6 35 (11.71%) GCP
7 24 (8.03%) GitHub Actions
8 23 (7.69%) SaaS
9 15 (5.02%) Serverless
10 13 (4.35%) IaaS
11 9 (3.01%) AWS CloudFormation
11 9 (3.01%) Azure AKS
12 8 (2.68%) Azure Monitor
12 8 (2.68%) Datadog
12 8 (2.68%) npm
13 7 (2.34%) AWS Lambda
13 7 (2.34%) Entra ID
14 6 (2.01%) Azure Functions
14 6 (2.01%) Azure Logic Apps
14 6 (2.01%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 41 (13.71%) Firewall
2 30 (10.03%) Network Security
3 23 (7.69%) Intrusion Detection
4 10 (3.34%) VPN
5 4 (1.34%) IPv4
6 2 (0.67%) DNS
6 2 (0.67%) OSPF
6 2 (0.67%) SD-WAN
6 2 (0.67%) VLAN
6 2 (0.67%) WAN
7 1 (0.33%) SAN
7 1 (0.33%) VSAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 30 (10.03%) Relational Database
2 28 (9.36%) MySQL
3 4 (1.34%) Amazon RDS
3 4 (1.34%) PostgreSQL
4 3 (1.00%) MongoDB
4 3 (1.00%) NoSQL
5 2 (0.67%) Power BI
5 2 (0.67%) Tableau
6 1 (0.33%) DynamoDB
6 1 (0.33%) Elasticsearch
6 1 (0.33%) Hadoop
6 1 (0.33%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 38 (12.71%) Git
2 34 (11.37%) JIRA
3 31 (10.37%) Bitbucket
4 12 (4.01%) Jenkins
5 10 (3.34%) GitLab
5 10 (3.34%) SonarQube
6 2 (0.67%) Atlassian Bamboo
6 2 (0.67%) CircleCI
6 2 (0.67%) JUnit
7 1 (0.33%) Burp Suite
7 1 (0.33%) Jaeger
7 1 (0.33%) Metasploit
7 1 (0.33%) Postman
7 1 (0.33%) REST Assured
7 1 (0.33%) SoapUI
7 1 (0.33%) Yeoman
General
1 86 (28.76%) Finance
2 70 (23.41%) Social Skills
3 33 (11.04%) Analytical Skills
4 18 (6.02%) Banking
5 13 (4.35%) Public Sector
6 11 (3.68%) Influencing Skills
7 8 (2.68%) Law
7 8 (2.68%) Telecoms
8 6 (2.01%) Marketing
9 5 (1.67%) Front Office
9 5 (1.67%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 5 (1.67%) Military
10 3 (1.00%) Legal
10 3 (1.00%) Presentation Skills
11 2 (0.67%) Advertising
11 2 (0.67%) Documentation Skills
11 2 (0.67%) Electronics
11 2 (0.67%) Manufacturing
11 2 (0.67%) Retail
12 1 (0.33%) Financial Institution
Job Titles
1 93 (31.10%) Senior
2 73 (24.41%) Software Engineer
3 56 (18.73%) Senior Software Engineer
4 47 (15.72%) Security Engineer
5 40 (13.38%) Architect
6 35 (11.71%) Lead
7 32 (10.70%) DevOps Engineer
8 30 (10.03%) Security Architect
9 25 (8.36%) DevSecOps Engineer
10 23 (7.69%) Cloud Engineer
11 21 (7.02%) IT Engineer
12 19 (6.35%) Azure Engineer
13 16 (5.35%) Systems Engineer
14 10 (3.34%) Senior Manager
15 8 (2.68%) Developer
16 7 (2.34%) Analyst
16 7 (2.34%) Senior Cloud Engineer
16 7 (2.34%) Solutions Architect
17 6 (2.01%) Security Manager
17 6 (2.01%) Senior Security Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 40 (13.38%) .NET
2 23 (7.69%) React
3 21 (7.02%) YAML
4 19 (6.35%) Azure Blueprints
5 8 (2.68%) ARM Templates
6 7 (2.34%) HTML
7 6 (2.01%) .NET Framework
7 6 (2.01%) CSS
8 5 (1.67%) Node.js
8 5 (1.67%) SLSA
9 3 (1.00%) .NET Core
9 3 (1.00%) JWT
9 3 (1.00%) OAuth
9 3 (1.00%) OAuth2
9 3 (1.00%) REST
9 3 (1.00%) SOAP
9 3 (1.00%) Spring
9 3 (1.00%) Spring Boot
9 3 (1.00%) XML
10 2 (0.67%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 61 (20.40%) Security Posture
2 49 (16.39%) Management Information System
3 48 (16.05%) Cloud Native
4 21 (7.02%) Self-Motivation
4 21 (7.02%) Team-Oriented Environment
5 20 (6.69%) Social Media
6 10 (3.34%) Hybrid Cloud
6 10 (3.34%) Public Cloud
7 9 (3.01%) Onboarding
8 7 (2.34%) Cloud Security Posture
9 6 (2.01%) Product Ownership
10 5 (1.67%) Blog
10 5 (1.67%) Virtual Team
11 4 (1.34%) Algorithms
11 4 (1.34%) Data Structures
11 4 (1.34%) PKI
12 3 (1.00%) Mobile App
12 3 (1.00%) Renewable Energy
13 2 (0.67%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
13 2 (0.67%) Enterprise Cloud
Operating Systems
1 65 (21.74%) Windows
2 51 (17.06%) Linux
3 20 (6.69%) Windows Vista
4 5 (1.67%) VMS
5 2 (0.67%) Unix
5 2 (0.67%) Windows Server
6 1 (0.33%) CentOS
6 1 (0.33%) Ubuntu
6 1 (0.33%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 198 (66.22%) CI/CD
2 150 (50.17%) Agile
3 104 (34.78%) DevOps
4 92 (30.77%) Computer Science
5 88 (29.43%) Software Engineering
6 86 (28.76%) Test Automation
7 73 (24.41%) Cloud Security
8 65 (21.74%) Cybersecurity
9 59 (19.73%) Vulnerability Management
10 58 (19.40%) Infrastructure as Code
11 55 (18.39%) Information Security
11 55 (18.39%) Problem-Solving
12 52 (17.39%) Coaching
13 50 (16.72%) Software Testing
14 47 (15.72%) Continuous Improvement
14 47 (15.72%) SDLC
15 45 (15.05%) Mathematics
16 43 (14.38%) Application Security
16 43 (14.38%) Mentoring
17 42 (14.05%) Security Architecture
Programming Languages
1 113 (37.79%) Python
2 76 (25.42%) Java
3 57 (19.06%) PowerShell
4 49 (16.39%) Rust
5 40 (13.38%) C#
6 32 (10.70%) Bash
7 18 (6.02%) C++
8 17 (5.69%) TypeScript
9 14 (4.68%) JavaScript
10 12 (4.01%) Bicep
11 9 (3.01%) R
11 9 (3.01%) SQL
12 6 (2.01%) Go
13 2 (0.67%) Kotlin
14 1 (0.33%) Ruby
14 1 (0.33%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 105 (35.12%) Degree
2 42 (14.05%) Computer Science Degree
3 38 (12.71%) BPSS Clearance
3 38 (12.71%) CISSP
4 37 (12.37%) Master's Degree
5 34 (11.37%) (ISC)2 CCSP
5 34 (11.37%) Cisco Certification
6 33 (11.04%) Security Cleared
7 27 (9.03%) CISM
8 23 (7.69%) CEH
8 23 (7.69%) CISA
9 20 (6.69%) DBS Check
10 16 (5.35%) SC Cleared
11 13 (4.35%) AWS Certification
11 13 (4.35%) Azure Certification
12 11 (3.68%) CCSP
13 10 (3.34%) Microsoft Certification
14 9 (3.01%) DV Cleared
15 6 (2.01%) CCSK
16 4 (1.34%) SANS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 72 (24.08%) NIST
2 56 (18.73%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 46 (15.38%) GDPR
4 27 (9.03%) NCSC
5 14 (4.68%) PCI DSS
6 11 (3.68%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 7 (2.34%) SOC 2
8 6 (2.01%) HIPAA
9 5 (1.67%) COBIT
9 5 (1.67%) Cyber Essentials
10 3 (1.00%) PMBOK
10 3 (1.00%) PMO
11 2 (0.67%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
12 1 (0.33%) GRC
12 1 (0.33%) ISO/IEC 27005
12 1 (0.33%) NIST 800
12 1 (0.33%) QA
System Software
1 29 (9.70%) Docker
2 11 (3.68%) Active Directory
3 7 (2.34%) Virtual Machines
4 3 (1.00%) VMware Infrastructure
5 1 (0.33%) Hyper-V
5 1 (0.33%) VMware NSX
5 1 (0.33%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 64 (21.40%) Terraform
2 61 (20.40%) Ansible
3 57 (19.06%) Kubernetes
4 16 (5.35%) CASB
5 13 (4.35%) Prometheus
6 9 (3.01%) Microsoft Intune
7 7 (2.34%) Puppet
8 6 (2.01%) Istio
8 6 (2.01%) Progress Chef
9 5 (1.67%) Grafana
9 5 (1.67%) linkerd
10 4 (1.34%) HP Fortify
11 3 (1.00%) Argo
11 3 (1.00%) Single Sign-On
12 2 (0.67%) Nessus
13 1 (0.33%) Kiali
13 1 (0.33%) Kibana
13 1 (0.33%) RSA Archer
13 1 (0.33%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 47 (15.72%) Microsoft
2 31 (10.37%) Atlassian
3 17 (5.69%) Google
4 7 (2.34%) VMware
5 6 (2.01%) Oracle
6 5 (1.67%) Tanium
7 4 (1.34%) Salesforce
7 4 (1.34%) ServiceNow
7 4 (1.34%) Zscaler
8 3 (1.00%) Splunk
8 3 (1.00%) Symantec
9 2 (0.67%) Alibaba
9 2 (0.67%) Cisco
9 2 (0.67%) ForgeRock
9 2 (0.67%) Ping Identity
9 2 (0.67%) Red Hat
9 2 (0.67%) SAP
10 1 (0.33%) AppDynamics
10 1 (0.33%) Darktrace
10 1 (0.33%) Palo Alto