DevSecOps Jobs

DevSecOps
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with a requirement for DevSecOps skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited DevSecOps 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 458 364 509
Rank change year-on-year -94 +145 -94
Permanent jobs citing DevSecOps 554 859 1,152
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.51% 0.92% 0.67%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.62% 0.97% 0.70%
Number of salaries quoted 386 463 571
10th Percentile £51,250 £47,500 £47,500
25th Percentile £57,500 £63,631 £62,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £82,500 £80,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +3.13% +6.67%
75th Percentile £97,500 £100,000 £95,000
90th Percentile £107,500 £113,750 £120,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £70,000 £72,000 £70,000
% change year-on-year -2.78% +2.86% +12.00%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

DevSecOps 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 with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 89,994 88,841 164,871
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 82.98% 95.43% 95.92%
Number of salaries quoted 62,089 53,798 83,455
10th Percentile £29,500 £33,848 £33,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £45,000 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,800 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.54% +1.33% +9.09%
75th Percentile £72,500 £81,250 £80,000
90th Percentile £92,500 £100,000 £96,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% +9.38%

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 9 June 2024.

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 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
England -86 499 £77,500 -6.06% 116
UK excluding London -131 272 £70,000 -2.78% 64
London -28 249 £95,000 +5.56% 50
Work from Home -78 232 £82,500 +9.03% 66
South East +23 102 £63,500 -20.63% 22
Midlands -13 61 £72,500 -3.33% 9
West Midlands +13 50 £72,500 -3.33% 8
South West -35 36 £75,000 +20.00% 13
North of England -107 36 £60,087 -18.69% 13
Scotland -66 23 £67,500 -2.07% 4
Yorkshire -5 14 £55,173 -33.12% 7
North West -77 14 £65,000 -0.54% 5
East Midlands -38 11 £72,500 -3.33% 1
Wales +3 8 - -
North East -9 8 £70,000 -1.75% 1
East of England -7 7 £55,173 -21.18% 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 12 (2.17%) Confluence
2 9 (1.62%) SharePoint
3 6 (1.08%) Apache
3 6 (1.08%) Microsoft Exchange
4 2 (0.36%) Apache Airflow
4 2 (0.36%) Apache Spark
4 2 (0.36%) CMS
5 1 (0.18%) Apache Pulsar
5 1 (0.18%) ArcGIS
5 1 (0.18%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
5 1 (0.18%) Ethereum
5 1 (0.18%) nginx
5 1 (0.18%) Tomcat
5 1 (0.18%) WordPress
Applications
1 5 (0.90%) Microsoft Project
2 2 (0.36%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 14 (2.53%) Dynamics CRM
2 4 (0.72%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 252 (45.49%) Azure
2 215 (38.81%) AWS
3 73 (13.18%) Serverless
4 57 (10.29%) SaaS
5 54 (9.75%) GitHub
6 51 (9.21%) PaaS
7 49 (8.84%) AWS Lambda
7 49 (8.84%) GCP
8 44 (7.94%) Azure DevOps
9 40 (7.22%) Azure AKS
10 35 (6.32%) Amazon S3
11 33 (5.96%) IaaS
12 30 (5.42%) AWS CloudFormation
13 24 (4.33%) Amazon EKS
14 23 (4.15%) CloudFront
14 23 (4.15%) GitHub Actions
15 22 (3.97%) Amazon ECS
15 22 (3.97%) Microsoft 365
16 21 (3.79%) AWS Fargate
16 21 (3.79%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 102 (18.41%) Firewall
2 56 (10.11%) WAN
3 53 (9.57%) VPN
4 41 (7.40%) Internet
5 39 (7.04%) LAN
6 29 (5.23%) DNS
7 25 (4.51%) Network Security
8 17 (3.07%) SD-WAN
9 8 (1.44%) OSPF
10 7 (1.26%) BGP
10 7 (1.26%) HSRP
10 7 (1.26%) Unified Communications
10 7 (1.26%) Wi-Fi
11 4 (0.72%) Intrusion Detection
11 4 (0.72%) OpenLDAP
11 4 (0.72%) TCP/IP
12 2 (0.36%) HTTP
13 1 (0.18%) IPv4
13 1 (0.18%) SMTP
13 1 (0.18%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 51 (9.21%) NoSQL
2 17 (3.07%) Big Data
2 17 (3.07%) Relational Database
3 16 (2.89%) SQL Server
4 14 (2.53%) Amazon RDS
4 14 (2.53%) PostgreSQL
5 13 (2.35%) MongoDB
6 12 (2.17%) Hadoop
7 9 (1.62%) Elasticsearch
8 8 (1.44%) CockroachDB
9 7 (1.26%) Power BI
9 7 (1.26%) Redis
10 6 (1.08%) Delta Lake
10 6 (1.08%) Metadata
11 4 (0.72%) BigQuery
11 4 (0.72%) Data Warehouse
11 4 (0.72%) Parquet
11 4 (0.72%) SAP BW
12 2 (0.36%) MySQL
12 2 (0.36%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 51 (9.21%) Git
2 34 (6.14%) GitLab
2 34 (6.14%) Jenkins
3 16 (2.89%) JIRA
4 15 (2.71%) SonarQube
5 12 (2.17%) Burp Suite
5 12 (2.17%) Sonatype Nexus
6 8 (1.44%) Jaeger
6 8 (1.44%) Metasploit
7 7 (1.26%) Katalon Studio
8 6 (1.08%) CircleCI
9 5 (0.90%) Postman
10 4 (0.72%) Spinnaker
11 3 (0.54%) git-flow
11 3 (0.54%) TeamCity
12 2 (0.36%) Cucumber
12 2 (0.36%) JUnit
12 2 (0.36%) Octopus Deploy
13 1 (0.18%) Bitbucket
13 1 (0.18%) Vagrant
General
1 159 (28.70%) Social Skills
2 144 (25.99%) Finance
3 63 (11.37%) Retail
4 36 (6.50%) Banking
5 28 (5.05%) Public Sector
6 24 (4.33%) Analytical Skills
7 20 (3.61%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 17 (3.07%) Automotive
9 15 (2.71%) Presentation Skills
9 15 (2.71%) Telecoms
10 14 (2.53%) Influencing Skills
11 12 (2.17%) Law
12 9 (1.62%) Health Technology
13 8 (1.44%) Financial Institution
13 8 (1.44%) Retail Banking
13 8 (1.44%) Tech for Good
14 7 (1.26%) Documentation Skills
15 6 (1.08%) Advertising
15 6 (1.08%) Games
15 6 (1.08%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 138 (24.91%) Architect
2 109 (19.68%) Senior
3 86 (15.52%) Lead
4 60 (10.83%) DevOps Engineer
5 49 (8.84%) Security Engineer
6 45 (8.12%) Developer
7 43 (7.76%) DevSecOps Engineer
8 34 (6.14%) Azure Engineer
9 28 (5.05%) AWS Engineer
9 28 (5.05%) Senior DevOps
10 25 (4.51%) Cloud Architect
10 25 (4.51%) Consultant
11 24 (4.33%) Cloud Engineer
11 24 (4.33%) Security Manager
11 24 (4.33%) Technical Architect
12 23 (4.15%) Lead Developer
13 22 (3.97%) Data Architect
13 22 (3.97%) Infrastructure Engineer
14 21 (3.79%) Infrastructure Architect
14 21 (3.79%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 70 (12.64%) REST
2 50 (9.03%) .NET
3 49 (8.84%) OAuth
4 45 (8.12%) Middleware
4 45 (8.12%) OpenID
5 30 (5.42%) Node.js
6 28 (5.05%) Kafka
7 27 (4.87%) SAML
8 26 (4.69%) Web Services
9 17 (3.07%) Spring Boot
10 13 (2.35%) React
10 13 (2.35%) YAML
11 11 (1.99%) ADO
11 11 (1.99%) ARM Templates
11 11 (1.99%) GraphQL
11 11 (1.99%) HTML
12 10 (1.81%) Azure Blueprints
12 10 (1.81%) Spring
13 9 (1.62%) CSS
13 9 (1.62%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 56 (10.11%) Management Information System
2 51 (9.21%) Cloud Native
3 26 (4.69%) Mobile App
4 23 (4.15%) Onboarding
4 23 (4.15%) Security Posture
5 21 (3.79%) Virtual Team
6 14 (2.53%) PKI
6 14 (2.53%) PropTech
7 12 (2.17%) Cyber Threat
8 11 (1.99%) Cloud Security Posture
8 11 (1.99%) Self-Motivation
9 10 (1.81%) Blockchain
9 10 (1.81%) Distributed Systems
9 10 (1.81%) Public Cloud
10 9 (1.62%) Greenfield Project
10 9 (1.62%) Hybrid Cloud
11 8 (1.44%) Enterprise Cloud
12 7 (1.26%) Reinsurance
13 6 (1.08%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
14 5 (0.90%) Linux Command Line
Operating Systems
1 128 (23.10%) Linux
2 74 (13.36%) Windows
3 55 (9.93%) Ubuntu
4 41 (7.40%) VMS
5 16 (2.89%) Windows Server
6 11 (1.99%) Unix
7 10 (1.81%) Solaris
8 5 (0.90%) CentOS
9 4 (0.72%) Windows Server 2016
10 2 (0.36%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 2 (0.36%) Rocky
11 1 (0.18%) HPUX
Processes & Methodologies
1 269 (48.56%) Agile
2 205 (37.00%) DevOps
3 164 (29.60%) CI/CD
4 111 (20.04%) Cybersecurity
5 104 (18.77%) Scrum
6 103 (18.59%) Application Security
7 101 (18.23%) Cloud Security
8 99 (17.87%) Software Engineering
9 98 (17.69%) Infrastructure as Code
10 96 (17.33%) Containerisation
11 92 (16.61%) Microservices
12 82 (14.80%) Identity Access Management
13 75 (13.54%) Kanban
14 70 (12.64%) Information Security
15 68 (12.27%) Problem-Solving
16 67 (12.09%) Mentoring
17 59 (10.65%) Test Automation
18 57 (10.29%) TDD
19 54 (9.75%) Collaborative Culture
20 52 (9.39%) Vulnerability Management
Programming Languages
1 117 (21.12%) Python
2 108 (19.49%) Java
3 77 (13.90%) SQL
4 52 (9.39%) PowerShell
5 32 (5.78%) JavaScript
6 28 (5.05%) Kotlin
7 26 (4.69%) C#
8 20 (3.61%) Bash
9 15 (2.71%) TypeScript
10 11 (1.99%) Kusto Query Language
11 6 (1.08%) Go
12 5 (0.90%) VB
13 4 (0.72%) Bicep
13 4 (0.72%) Ruby
13 4 (0.72%) Scala
13 4 (0.72%) Shell Script
14 1 (0.18%) PHP
14 1 (0.18%) R
Qualifications
1 136 (24.55%) Security Cleared
2 62 (11.19%) Degree
2 62 (11.19%) SC Cleared
3 48 (8.66%) DV Cleared
4 47 (8.48%) AWS Certification
5 37 (6.68%) Azure Certification
6 32 (5.78%) CISSP
7 23 (4.15%) CISM
8 19 (3.43%) BPSS Clearance
9 18 (3.25%) Microsoft Certification
10 15 (2.71%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
11 14 (2.53%) CEH
12 12 (2.17%) (ISC)2 CCSP
12 12 (2.17%) Cisco Certification
13 11 (1.99%) Computer Science Degree
14 10 (1.81%) GIAC
15 8 (1.44%) CCSP
15 8 (1.44%) GPEN
16 7 (1.26%) OSCP
17 6 (1.08%) MCSE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 49 (8.84%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 47 (8.48%) NIST
3 32 (5.78%) QA
4 18 (3.25%) PCI DSS
5 16 (2.89%) NCSC
6 13 (2.35%) GDPR
6 13 (2.35%) GRC
7 12 (2.17%) Cyber Essentials
8 7 (1.26%) SOC 2
9 6 (1.08%) NIST 800
10 4 (0.72%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
10 4 (0.72%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
11 3 (0.54%) Data Quality
11 3 (0.54%) ISO 22301
11 3 (0.54%) ISO 31000
12 2 (0.36%) COBIT
12 2 (0.36%) ISO 9000
13 1 (0.18%) HIPAA
13 1 (0.18%) PMO
System Software
1 91 (16.43%) Docker
2 56 (10.11%) Active Directory
3 25 (4.51%) Virtual Machines
4 20 (3.61%) Virtual Servers
5 5 (0.90%) VMware Infrastructure
6 4 (0.72%) vSphere
7 1 (0.18%) Hyper-V
7 1 (0.18%) LXC
Systems Management
1 144 (25.99%) Kubernetes
2 141 (25.45%) Terraform
3 96 (17.33%) Ansible
4 12 (2.17%) Nessus
5 11 (1.99%) Single Sign-On
6 9 (1.62%) Nmap
7 8 (1.44%) CASB
7 8 (1.44%) Kiali
7 8 (1.44%) Puppet
8 7 (1.26%) FortiGate
8 7 (1.26%) Grafana
9 6 (1.08%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
10 5 (0.90%) Kibana
11 4 (0.72%) Prometheus
11 4 (0.72%) vCenter Server
12 3 (0.54%) Argo
12 3 (0.54%) Microsoft Intune
13 2 (0.36%) Istio
13 2 (0.36%) Podman
13 2 (0.36%) Progress Chef
Vendors
1 119 (21.48%) Microsoft
2 19 (3.43%) Splunk
3 16 (2.89%) ForgeRock
3 16 (2.89%) Sitecore
4 14 (2.53%) Red Hat
5 12 (2.17%) Qualys
6 10 (1.81%) VMware
7 9 (1.62%) ServiceNow
8 8 (1.44%) AppDynamics
8 8 (1.44%) Google
8 8 (1.44%) Oracle
9 7 (1.26%) Cisco
9 7 (1.26%) Databricks
9 7 (1.26%) Meraki
9 7 (1.26%) Salesforce
10 6 (1.08%) Confluent
10 6 (1.08%) Informatica
11 4 (0.72%) Dataiku
11 4 (0.72%) IBM
11 4 (0.72%) SAP