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 10 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
10 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 50 11 7
Rank change year-on-year -39 -4 +5
Permanent jobs citing DevOps 491 697 858
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Scotland 7.32% 15.08% 14.83%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 7.92% 15.99% 16.30%
Number of salaries quoted 206 365 471
10th Percentile £43,750 £43,572 £40,000
25th Percentile £52,500 £50,000 £45,625
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £69,000 £65,000 £59,500
Median % change year-on-year +6.15% +9.24% +13.33%
75th Percentile £82,500 £80,000 £73,287
90th Percentile £95,487 £97,328 £86,250
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 6,203 4,358 5,265
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Scotland 92.46% 94.29% 90.98%
Number of salaries quoted 2,419 2,188 2,782
10th Percentile £28,750 £32,000 £30,500
25th Percentile £40,250 £41,938 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £57,500 £54,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.70% +6.48% +10.20%
75th Percentile £65,000 £73,449 £67,500
90th Percentile £80,000 £85,000 £82,500
UK median annual salary £55,000 £61,190 £60,000
% change year-on-year -10.12% +1.98% +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 10 May 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 10 May 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 -64 254 £68,750 +14.58% 20
Edinburgh -5 189 £70,576 +1.62% 33
Aberdeen -3 15 £42,500 -22.73% 3
Lanarkshire +3 10 - - 9
Fife -6 6 - -
Dundee -8 5 £45,000 -
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 60 (12.22%) ArcGIS
1 60 (12.22%) GeoServer
2 32 (6.52%) Confluence
3 15 (3.05%) Cloud Foundry
4 12 (2.44%) WebSphere
5 7 (1.43%) Captiva
5 7 (1.43%) FileNet
5 7 (1.43%) Umbraco
6 5 (1.02%) Tomcat
6 5 (1.02%) WordPress
7 2 (0.41%) Apache Spark
8 1 (0.20%) CMS
8 1 (0.20%) Drupal
8 1 (0.20%) IIS
8 1 (0.20%) SAS
8 1 (0.20%) SharePoint
Applications
1 32 (6.52%) UserZoom
2 12 (2.44%) Sketch
3 4 (0.81%) Microsoft Excel
4 1 (0.20%) Simulink
Business Applications
1 2 (0.41%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 217 (44.20%) Azure
2 213 (43.38%) AWS
3 81 (16.50%) GCP
4 56 (11.41%) Azure DevOps
5 44 (8.96%) Figma
6 42 (8.55%) SaaS
7 32 (6.52%) SurveyMonkey
8 26 (5.30%) PaaS
9 24 (4.89%) IaaS
10 18 (3.67%) GitHub
11 15 (3.05%) BlazeMeter
11 15 (3.05%) Power Platform
12 14 (2.85%) Serverless
13 12 (2.44%) Microsoft 365
13 12 (2.44%) OpenShift
14 11 (2.24%) Cloud Computing
15 8 (1.63%) Dynamics 365
15 8 (1.63%) Entra ID
16 7 (1.43%) AWS Lambda
16 7 (1.43%) Azure Data Factory
Communications & Networking
1 23 (4.68%) Firewall
2 17 (3.46%) SD-WAN
3 16 (3.26%) VPN
4 13 (2.65%) WAN
5 6 (1.22%) Internet
5 6 (1.22%) Network Security
6 4 (0.81%) Wireless
7 3 (0.61%) BGP
8 2 (0.41%) Ethernet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 64 (13.03%) PostgreSQL
2 60 (12.22%) GIS
2 60 (12.22%) QGIS
3 50 (10.18%) NoSQL
4 36 (7.33%) Looker
5 33 (6.72%) MongoDB
6 31 (6.31%) SQL Server
7 28 (5.70%) Relational Database
8 18 (3.67%) Data Warehouse
9 17 (3.46%) BigQuery
9 17 (3.46%) Elasticsearch
10 16 (3.26%) Apache Cassandra
11 13 (2.65%) Oracle Database
12 12 (2.44%) Big Data
12 12 (2.44%) MySQL
13 11 (2.24%) Azure SQL Database
13 11 (2.24%) Power BI
14 7 (1.43%) RDBMS
15 5 (1.02%) Pentaho
15 5 (1.02%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 61 (12.42%) JIRA
2 53 (10.79%) Jenkins
3 42 (8.55%) Git
4 24 (4.89%) Cypress.io
5 19 (3.87%) JUnit
6 16 (3.26%) Cucumber
7 13 (2.65%) Oracle Forms
8 12 (2.44%) Visual Studio
9 11 (2.24%) Bitbucket
10 9 (1.83%) IBM UrbanCode
11 8 (1.63%) Maven
11 8 (1.63%) Selenium
12 7 (1.43%) MSTest
13 6 (1.22%) JDeveloper
14 5 (1.02%) Sonatype Nexus
14 5 (1.02%) Spinnaker
14 5 (1.02%) Team Foundation Server
15 4 (0.81%) GitLab
15 4 (0.81%) WebDriver
15 4 (0.81%) webpack
General
1 207 (42.16%) Finance
2 141 (28.72%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 127 (25.87%) Law
4 121 (24.64%) Social Skills
5 84 (17.11%) Marketing
6 82 (16.70%) Banking
7 31 (6.31%) Analytical Skills
8 18 (3.67%) Private Banking
9 15 (3.05%) Investment Banking
9 15 (3.05%) Presentation Skills
10 14 (2.85%) Military
11 13 (2.65%) Retail Banking
12 9 (1.83%) Legal
13 8 (1.63%) Games
14 7 (1.43%) Billing
15 4 (0.81%) Advertising
16 3 (0.61%) Retail
17 2 (0.41%) Aviation
17 2 (0.41%) Influencing Skills
18 1 (0.20%) Tech for Good
Job Titles
1 167 (34.01%) Software Engineer
2 110 (22.40%) Senior
3 96 (19.55%) Lead
4 60 (12.22%) Developer
5 52 (10.59%) Senior Software Engineer
6 39 (7.94%) Java Engineer
7 36 (7.33%) Java Software Engineer
7 36 (7.33%) Lead Software Engineer
8 32 (6.52%) User Experience Researcher
9 31 (6.31%) Architect
10 26 (5.30%) Cloud Engineer
10 26 (5.30%) DevOps Engineer
11 23 (4.68%) Data Engineer
11 23 (4.68%) Senior Developer
11 23 (4.68%) UI Engineer
12 19 (3.87%) Full Stack Engineer
13 17 (3.46%) Full Stack Software Engineer
14 16 (3.26%) Agile Coach
15 15 (3.05%) AWS Engineer
15 15 (3.05%) Lead Java Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 145 (29.53%) React
2 108 (22.00%) CSS
3 83 (16.90%) .NET
4 61 (12.42%) .NET Core
5 60 (12.22%) Leaflet
5 60 (12.22%) OpenLayers
5 60 (12.22%) PostGIS
6 57 (11.61%) HTML
7 52 (10.59%) Spring
8 49 (9.98%) Kafka
9 34 (6.92%) Spring Boot
10 33 (6.72%) Node.js
11 27 (5.50%) AngularJS
12 18 (3.67%) ASP.NET
13 15 (3.05%) JDBC
13 15 (3.05%) Vue
14 13 (2.65%) RESTful
14 13 (2.65%) Web Services
15 12 (2.44%) JSON
16 11 (2.24%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 55 (11.20%) Product Ownership
2 52 (10.59%) Public Cloud
3 28 (5.70%) Private Cloud
4 19 (3.87%) Management Information System
5 17 (3.46%) Legacy Systems
6 15 (3.05%) Data Centre
7 14 (2.85%) Replication
8 13 (2.65%) Algorithms
9 12 (2.44%) Mobile App
10 10 (2.04%) Cloud Native
10 10 (2.04%) Onboarding
11 9 (1.83%) Self-Motivation
12 8 (1.63%) Greenfield Project
12 8 (1.63%) IoT
13 7 (1.43%) DataPower
14 5 (1.02%) Distributed Systems
14 5 (1.02%) Reference Data
14 5 (1.02%) SWIFT Messaging Network
15 4 (0.81%) Low-Code
15 4 (0.81%) Renewable Energy
Operating Systems
1 77 (15.68%) Linux
2 41 (8.35%) Windows
3 29 (5.91%) Unix
4 21 (4.28%) Windows Server
5 14 (2.85%) Mac OS X
6 9 (1.83%) Ubuntu
7 6 (1.22%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 4 (0.81%) Android
8 4 (0.81%) Apple iOS
8 4 (0.81%) CentOS
9 1 (0.20%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 346 (70.47%) Agile
2 190 (38.70%) Software Engineering
3 141 (28.72%) Mentoring
4 136 (27.70%) CI/CD
5 135 (27.49%) Actionable Insight
6 83 (16.90%) Continuous Integration
6 83 (16.90%) SDLC
7 76 (15.48%) Analytics
8 73 (14.87%) Problem-Solving
9 70 (14.26%) Visualisation
10 67 (13.65%) Web Development
11 61 (12.42%) Roadmaps
12 57 (11.61%) Microservices
13 56 (11.41%) User Experience
13 56 (11.41%) User Research
14 53 (10.79%) TDD
15 51 (10.39%) Full Stack Development
16 48 (9.78%) Continuous Improvement
16 48 (9.78%) Systems Thinking
17 47 (9.57%) Operational Stability
Programming Languages
1 149 (30.35%) JavaScript
2 123 (25.05%) SQL
3 122 (24.85%) Python
4 104 (21.18%) Java
5 67 (13.65%) C#
6 27 (5.50%) Bash
7 20 (4.07%) PowerShell
8 16 (3.26%) TypeScript
9 12 (2.44%) Groovy
9 12 (2.44%) PHP
10 11 (2.24%) Shell Script
11 10 (2.04%) Ruby
12 8 (1.63%) Perl
13 7 (1.43%) Go
14 5 (1.02%) Kotlin
15 4 (0.81%) C
15 4 (0.81%) Scala
15 4 (0.81%) Swift
16 2 (0.41%) C++
16 2 (0.41%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 95 (19.35%) Degree
2 88 (17.92%) Security Cleared
3 86 (17.52%) SC Cleared
4 20 (4.07%) CCNA
4 20 (4.07%) Cisco Certification
5 16 (3.26%) CISSP
6 14 (2.85%) CISM
6 14 (2.85%) GCIA
6 14 (2.85%) GCIH
6 14 (2.85%) GREM
7 7 (1.43%) Azure Certification
8 4 (0.81%) Computer Science Degree
8 4 (0.81%) ISEB
8 4 (0.81%) ISTQB
8 4 (0.81%) Network+ Certification
9 3 (0.61%) AWS Certification
9 3 (0.61%) CCNP
9 3 (0.61%) Master's Degree
10 2 (0.41%) Oracle Certification
10 2 (0.41%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 32 (6.52%) Actionable Recommendations
2 28 (5.70%) QA
3 22 (4.48%) PMO
4 16 (3.26%) GDPR
5 4 (0.81%) Data Quality
5 4 (0.81%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 4 (0.81%) SOC 2
6 2 (0.41%) NCSC
6 2 (0.41%) NIST
7 1 (0.20%) Accessibility
7 1 (0.20%) Disclosure Scotland
System Software
1 40 (8.15%) Docker
2 13 (2.65%) VMware Infrastructure
2 13 (2.65%) VMware NSX
3 10 (2.04%) Active Directory
4 4 (0.81%) Virtual Machines
5 2 (0.41%) KVM
5 2 (0.41%) vSphere
5 2 (0.41%) Xen
6 1 (0.20%) Oracle RAC
Systems Management
1 71 (14.46%) Terraform
2 56 (11.41%) Kubernetes
3 37 (7.54%) Ansible
4 26 (5.30%) Grafana
5 13 (2.65%) FortiGate
6 7 (1.43%) Prometheus
7 5 (1.02%) ITRS Geneos
8 4 (0.81%) Microsoft Intune
8 4 (0.81%) Progress Chef
9 3 (0.61%) Rancher
10 2 (0.41%) Istio
10 2 (0.41%) SCCM
11 1 (0.20%) Data Guard
11 1 (0.20%) Kibana
11 1 (0.20%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
11 1 (0.20%) Puppet
Vendors
1 60 (12.22%) ESRI
2 41 (8.35%) Microsoft
3 34 (6.92%) Google
4 32 (6.52%) Qualtrics
5 28 (5.70%) Oracle
6 23 (4.68%) ServiceNow
7 21 (4.28%) Splunk
8 20 (4.07%) Atlassian
9 19 (3.87%) Cisco
9 19 (3.87%) IBM
10 16 (3.26%) Dynatrace
11 15 (3.05%) Dell
12 13 (2.65%) NetApp
12 13 (2.65%) VMware
13 10 (2.04%) Databricks
14 7 (1.43%) Kofax
14 7 (1.43%) Pega
14 7 (1.43%) SAP
15 5 (1.02%) AppDynamics
15 5 (1.02%) Sybase