DevSecOps: market
DevSecOps embeds security into the development and operations pipeline: code and dependency scanning, image checks, policies for infrastructure as code, secrets management and runtime protection. We track 2 739 open positions listing DevSecOps, 2 626 of them fresh. The role sits between DevOps and information security and requires experience in both. Most of the demand comes from DevOps, Security and Architect roles. It most often appears next to AWS, Azure and Kubernetes. 42% of the postings allow fully remote work. Below is measured demand for DevSecOps engineers.
The DevSecOps market currently has 2,739 open roles, 2,626 of them freshly observed. Median salary $11,236/mo. Observed candidate pool — 142.
42% of DevSecOps postings allow fully remote work; the share counts only postings that state the work format.
⚠ salary known for 143 of 2739 jobs; remote share from 2249 with a stated format; 2626 counted as fresh observations; trend and hiring difficulty are not shown
Demand and observed supply
| Open demand | 2,739 |
| Observed supply | 142 |
⚠ candidates matching a vacancy are not counted yet: demand and the observed pool are shown
Salary distribution
One in ten earns under $5,375, one in ten over $16,875. Half the market falls between $8,500 and $14,000. Sample: 143.
The range histogram for DevSecOps postings uses only postings with an explicit compensation range; the median is computed over the same sample.
Demand geography
| country | jobs |
|---|---|
| US | 955 |
| PL | 275 |
| GB | 159 |
| IN | 112 |
| DE | 89 |
| SG | 87 |
| RU | 52 |
| MX | 51 |
| FR | 45 |
| BR | 43 |
The top country for DevSecOps demand is the US (955 positions).
⚠ job counts only: salary by country is not published
Used together with
DevSecOps most often appears next to AWS, Azure and Kubernetes.
Roles that use it
| role | jobs |
|---|---|
| DevOps | 843 |
| Security | 655 |
| Architect | 194 |
| Platform Engineer | 172 |
| Backend | 117 |
| Fullstack | 111 |
| PM | 82 |
| Data | 80 |
| QA | 57 |
| ML/AI | 49 |
⚠ the `Other` and `IT` buckets are excluded as non-roles
Demand by grade
| grade | jobs |
|---|---|
| senior | 838 |
| principal | 187 |
| lead | 180 |
| middle | 99 |
| junior | 33 |
Senior-and-above is about 90% of 1 337 graded DevSecOps postings. Sitting between two disciplines makes the role almost entirely senior.
⚠ demand side only: the grade of the observed pool is unknown for most of it
Employers
Demand is spread across 1,033 employers. The largest accounts for 7.9%, the top ten for 25.3%; the remaining 74.7% is long tail.
| share | value |
|---|---|
| top-1 | 7.9% |
| top-3 | 17.2% |
| top-10 | 25.3% |
| long tail | 74.7% |
⚠ names are not shown: staffing agencies and end employers are not yet told apart by the classifier
Where Zorky sees this market
Observed across 91 sources; the largest accounts for 29.8% — this market does not rest on a single channel.
DevSecOps postings arrive mostly from ATS & career sites and job boards & aggregators.
Recent openings
- ETL Developer - SME · US
- Senior Cybersecurity Solutions Engineer · US
- Software Engineer · US · $12,500
- DevOps Engineer · US · $12,500
- DevSecOps Engineer (Mid)
- DevSecOps Engineer
- Senior Manager, Software Development · HK
- Principal Product Security Architect & Engagement Lead · US
Adjacent markets
⚠ adjacent markets for comparison are not defined yet
How this is measured
- Vacancy
- an open job that cleared the quality gate and lists at least two technologies
- Observed candidate
- a candidate whose stack contains this technology; an aggregate — not a single record leaves the perimeter
- Matchable candidate
- not counted yet
- Window
- jobs open at the moment the snapshot was built
About the data
- Some breakdowns are hidden: their data coverage is not yet sufficient.
- Statistics are shown only where the sample clears a quality gate.
- A missing block does not mean a value of zero.
Breakdowns currently hidden: 7.
Data as of 2026-10-22
Frequently asked questions
Common questions about the DevSecOps market — short answers from the same data slice.
How does DevSecOps differ from DevOps?
DevOps owns delivery speed and reliability, DevSecOps — making sure security is checked automatically at every step of that delivery: SAST/DAST, SCA, image and IaC scanning, access policies.
Which tools appear in DevSecOps postings?
Code and dependency scanners (Semgrep, SonarQube, Snyk, Trivy), policies (OPA, Kyverno), secrets (Vault), cloud and Kubernetes security, plus the CI/CD where all of it is embedded.
How do people get into DevSecOps?
Usually from DevOps by adding security, or from AppSec by adding automation. A practical start is embedding scanners into your own pipeline and triaging the findings.
How remote-friendly is DevSecOps?
42% of postings with an explicit format allow fully remote work; the slice tracks 2 739 open positions.