DevOps Jobs in Scotland

DevOps
UK > Scotland

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Scotland with a requirement for DevOps skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited DevOps over the 6 months to 9 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
9 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 49 15 8
Rank change year-on-year -34 -7 +5
Permanent jobs citing DevOps 476 603 930
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Scotland 6.91% 14.00% 14.80%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 7.70% 14.79% 16.24%
Number of salaries quoted 190 319 514
10th Percentile £42,500 £42,500 £40,000
25th Percentile £52,500 £50,000 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £68,250 £65,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% +8.33% +14.29%
75th Percentile £82,500 £80,000 £75,000
90th Percentile £98,474 £97,328 £87,125
UK median annual salary £65,000 £70,000 £70,000
% change year-on-year -7.14% - +7.69%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Scotland

DevOps is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies advertised in Scotland with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 6,184 4,076 5,728
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Scotland 89.82% 94.61% 91.18%
Number of salaries quoted 2,548 2,038 2,896
10th Percentile £28,250 £31,569 £31,250
25th Percentile £40,000 £41,313 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £57,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.70% +4.55% +11.11%
75th Percentile £65,000 £72,500 £70,000
90th Percentile £80,000 £85,000 £83,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,800 £60,000
% change year-on-year -9.54% +1.33% +9.09%

DevOps
Job Vacancy Trend in Scotland

Job postings citing DevOps as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Scotland.

Job vacancy trend for DevOps in Scotland

DevOps
Salary Trend in Scotland

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing DevOps in Scotland.

Salary trend for DevOps in Scotland

DevOps
Salary Histogram in Scotland

Salary distribution for jobs citing DevOps in Scotland over the 6 months to 9 June 2024.

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 9 June 2024. 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
Glasgow -59 248 £70,000 +27.27% 21
Edinburgh -6 177 £70,000 +0.80% 33
Aberdeen -3 16 £42,500 -22.73% 11
Lanarkshire -2 10 - - 12
Fife -9 6 - -
Dundee - 5 £45,000 - 1
DevOps
UK

DevOps
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Scotland 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 58 (12.18%) ArcGIS
1 58 (12.18%) GeoServer
2 30 (6.30%) Confluence
3 15 (3.15%) Cloud Foundry
4 9 (1.89%) WebSphere
5 7 (1.47%) Umbraco
6 5 (1.05%) Tomcat
6 5 (1.05%) WordPress
7 4 (0.84%) Captiva
7 4 (0.84%) FileNet
8 1 (0.21%) Apache Spark
8 1 (0.21%) IIS
8 1 (0.21%) SAS
8 1 (0.21%) SharePoint
Applications
1 26 (5.46%) UserZoom
2 12 (2.52%) Sketch
3 4 (0.84%) Microsoft Excel
4 1 (0.21%) Simulink
Business Applications
1 2 (0.42%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 226 (47.48%) Azure
2 211 (44.33%) AWS
3 67 (14.08%) GCP
4 59 (12.39%) Azure DevOps
5 38 (7.98%) Figma
5 38 (7.98%) SaaS
6 26 (5.46%) SurveyMonkey
7 24 (5.04%) IaaS
7 24 (5.04%) PaaS
8 21 (4.41%) Power Platform
9 15 (3.15%) BlazeMeter
10 14 (2.94%) Cloud Computing
11 11 (2.31%) Microsoft 365
12 10 (2.10%) Entra ID
13 9 (1.89%) Azure Data Factory
13 9 (1.89%) GitHub
14 8 (1.68%) Dynamics 365
14 8 (1.68%) OpenShift
15 6 (1.26%) Amazon S3
15 6 (1.26%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 21 (4.41%) Firewall
2 17 (3.57%) SD-WAN
3 14 (2.94%) VPN
4 13 (2.73%) WAN
5 6 (1.26%) Network Security
6 4 (0.84%) Internet
7 3 (0.63%) BGP
8 2 (0.42%) Ethernet
8 2 (0.42%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 63 (13.24%) PostgreSQL
2 58 (12.18%) GIS
2 58 (12.18%) QGIS
3 44 (9.24%) NoSQL
4 33 (6.93%) MongoDB
5 31 (6.51%) Looker
6 29 (6.09%) SQL Server
7 23 (4.83%) Data Warehouse
8 17 (3.57%) Elasticsearch
8 17 (3.57%) Relational Database
9 16 (3.36%) BigQuery
10 15 (3.15%) Apache Cassandra
10 15 (3.15%) Power BI
11 14 (2.94%) Geospatial Data
12 13 (2.73%) MySQL
13 11 (2.31%) Azure SQL Database
13 11 (2.31%) Big Data
14 9 (1.89%) Tableau
15 6 (1.26%) Data Vault
16 5 (1.05%) Pentaho
Development Applications
1 57 (11.97%) JIRA
2 41 (8.61%) Jenkins
3 32 (6.72%) Git
4 24 (5.04%) Cypress.io
5 18 (3.78%) JUnit
6 16 (3.36%) Cucumber
7 12 (2.52%) Visual Studio
8 11 (2.31%) Bitbucket
9 7 (1.47%) MSTest
9 7 (1.47%) Oracle Forms
10 6 (1.26%) Maven
11 5 (1.05%) Selenium
11 5 (1.05%) Team Foundation Server
12 4 (0.84%) IBM UrbanCode
12 4 (0.84%) Sonatype Nexus
12 4 (0.84%) WebDriver
12 4 (0.84%) webpack
13 3 (0.63%) GitLab
13 3 (0.63%) SonarQube
13 3 (0.63%) Spinnaker
General
1 172 (36.13%) Finance
2 125 (26.26%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 118 (24.79%) Social Skills
4 114 (23.95%) Law
5 73 (15.34%) Marketing
6 61 (12.82%) Banking
7 31 (6.51%) Analytical Skills
8 18 (3.78%) Private Banking
9 17 (3.57%) Presentation Skills
10 15 (3.15%) Investment Banking
11 13 (2.73%) Military
11 13 (2.73%) Retail Banking
12 8 (1.68%) Games
13 7 (1.47%) Billing
14 5 (1.05%) Legal
15 4 (0.84%) Advertising
16 3 (0.63%) Retail
17 2 (0.42%) Aviation
17 2 (0.42%) Public Sector
18 1 (0.21%) Tech for Good
Job Titles
1 135 (28.36%) Software Engineer
2 108 (22.69%) Senior
3 94 (19.75%) Lead
4 62 (13.03%) Developer
5 48 (10.08%) Senior Software Engineer
6 47 (9.87%) Architect
7 36 (7.56%) Java Engineer
8 33 (6.93%) Java Software Engineer
9 30 (6.30%) Lead Software Engineer
10 27 (5.67%) Cloud Engineer
11 26 (5.46%) User Experience Researcher
12 25 (5.25%) Data Engineer
13 24 (5.04%) Senior Developer
14 20 (4.20%) DevOps Engineer
15 19 (3.99%) Full Stack Engineer
16 18 (3.78%) UI Engineer
17 17 (3.57%) Full Stack Software Engineer
18 16 (3.36%) Agile Coach
19 15 (3.15%) Lead Java Engineer
20 14 (2.94%) Geospatial Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 128 (26.89%) React
2 104 (21.85%) CSS
3 83 (17.44%) .NET
4 60 (12.61%) .NET Core
5 58 (12.18%) Leaflet
5 58 (12.18%) OpenLayers
5 58 (12.18%) PostGIS
6 53 (11.13%) HTML
7 49 (10.29%) Spring
8 46 (9.66%) Kafka
9 31 (6.51%) Spring Boot
10 29 (6.09%) Node.js
11 28 (5.88%) AngularJS
12 17 (3.57%) ASP.NET
13 15 (3.15%) JDBC
14 14 (2.94%) Vue
15 9 (1.89%) Django
15 9 (1.89%) Middleware
16 8 (1.68%) ASP.NET Web API
16 8 (1.68%) JSON
Miscellaneous
1 48 (10.08%) Product Ownership
2 41 (8.61%) Public Cloud
3 27 (5.67%) Legacy Systems
4 23 (4.83%) Private Cloud
5 18 (3.78%) Management Information System
6 16 (3.36%) Data Centre
7 13 (2.73%) Replication
8 12 (2.52%) Mobile App
9 9 (1.89%) Algorithms
9 9 (1.89%) Greenfield Project
9 9 (1.89%) Self-Motivation
10 8 (1.68%) IoT
11 7 (1.47%) Cloud Native
12 6 (1.26%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
13 5 (1.05%) Onboarding
13 5 (1.05%) Reference Data
14 4 (0.84%) Data Structures
14 4 (0.84%) Distributed Systems
14 4 (0.84%) Low-Code
14 4 (0.84%) Renewable Energy
Operating Systems
1 66 (13.87%) Linux
2 36 (7.56%) Windows
3 25 (5.25%) Unix
4 19 (3.99%) Windows Server
5 13 (2.73%) Mac OS X
6 8 (1.68%) Ubuntu
7 4 (0.84%) Android
7 4 (0.84%) Apple iOS
7 4 (0.84%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 2 (0.42%) CentOS
9 1 (0.21%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 329 (69.12%) Agile
2 157 (32.98%) Software Engineering
3 135 (28.36%) CI/CD
4 131 (27.52%) Mentoring
5 120 (25.21%) Actionable Insight
6 74 (15.55%) Analytics
7 69 (14.50%) Problem-Solving
8 65 (13.66%) SDLC
8 65 (13.66%) Web Development
9 64 (13.45%) Continuous Integration
10 60 (12.61%) Visualisation
11 55 (11.55%) User Experience
12 53 (11.13%) Roadmaps
13 50 (10.50%) Full Stack Development
13 50 (10.50%) User Research
14 49 (10.29%) TDD
15 48 (10.08%) Microservices
16 46 (9.66%) Continuous Improvement
17 42 (8.82%) Systems Thinking
18 41 (8.61%) Scrum
Programming Languages
1 133 (27.94%) JavaScript
2 110 (23.11%) Python
3 106 (22.27%) SQL
4 88 (18.49%) Java
5 67 (14.08%) C#
6 21 (4.41%) PowerShell
7 17 (3.57%) TypeScript
8 15 (3.15%) Bash
9 12 (2.52%) PHP
10 10 (2.10%) Shell Script
11 8 (1.68%) Groovy
12 5 (1.05%) Kotlin
13 4 (0.84%) Bicep
13 4 (0.84%) C
13 4 (0.84%) Ruby
13 4 (0.84%) Swift
14 3 (0.63%) Scala
15 2 (0.42%) C++
15 2 (0.42%) Elixir
15 2 (0.42%) R
Qualifications
1 90 (18.91%) Security Cleared
2 87 (18.28%) SC Cleared
3 86 (18.07%) Degree
4 20 (4.20%) CCNA
4 20 (4.20%) Cisco Certification
5 15 (3.15%) CISSP
6 13 (2.73%) CISM
6 13 (2.73%) GCIA
6 13 (2.73%) GCIH
6 13 (2.73%) GREM
7 9 (1.89%) Azure Certification
8 5 (1.05%) Computer Science Degree
9 4 (0.84%) ISEB
9 4 (0.84%) ISTQB
9 4 (0.84%) Master's Degree
9 4 (0.84%) Network+ Certification
9 4 (0.84%) PMI Certification
10 3 (0.63%) AWS Certification
10 3 (0.63%) CCNP
11 2 (0.42%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 28 (5.88%) QA
2 26 (5.46%) Actionable Recommendations
3 17 (3.57%) PMO
4 13 (2.73%) GDPR
5 4 (0.84%) Data Quality
6 3 (0.63%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 3 (0.63%) SOC 2
7 1 (0.21%) Accessibility
7 1 (0.21%) Disclosure Scotland
7 1 (0.21%) NCSC
7 1 (0.21%) NIST
System Software
1 36 (7.56%) Docker
2 13 (2.73%) VMware Infrastructure
2 13 (2.73%) VMware NSX
3 12 (2.52%) Active Directory
4 4 (0.84%) Virtual Machines
5 2 (0.42%) KVM
5 2 (0.42%) Virtual Desktop
5 2 (0.42%) vSphere
5 2 (0.42%) Xen
Systems Management
1 59 (12.39%) Terraform
2 51 (10.71%) Kubernetes
3 35 (7.35%) Ansible
4 26 (5.46%) Grafana
5 13 (2.73%) FortiGate
6 7 (1.47%) Prometheus
7 5 (1.05%) ITRS Geneos
7 5 (1.05%) Microsoft Intune
8 2 (0.42%) Progress Chef
8 2 (0.42%) SCCM
9 1 (0.21%) Kibana
9 1 (0.21%) Puppet
9 1 (0.21%) Rancher
Vendors
1 58 (12.18%) ESRI
2 43 (9.03%) Microsoft
3 26 (5.46%) Qualtrics
4 25 (5.25%) Google
5 22 (4.62%) ServiceNow
6 21 (4.41%) Splunk
7 19 (3.99%) Cisco
8 16 (3.36%) Dynatrace
9 15 (3.15%) Atlassian
9 15 (3.15%) Oracle
10 13 (2.73%) Dell
10 13 (2.73%) NetApp
10 13 (2.73%) VMware
11 12 (2.52%) Databricks
12 8 (1.68%) IBM
13 5 (1.05%) AppDynamics
13 5 (1.05%) CA
13 5 (1.05%) Sybase
14 4 (0.84%) ForgeRock
14 4 (0.84%) Pega