Hybrid/Remote DevOps Systems Engineer Job Trends

Development Operations System Engineer
UK > Work from Home

The median Development Operations System Engineer salary for remote/hybrid work is £41,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 23 December 2025.

The table below compares current salary benchmarking and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
23 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 376 430 458
Rank change year-on-year +54 +28 +273
Permanent jobs requiring a DevOps Systems Engineer 1 1 1
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.007% 0.006% 0.005%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.007% 0.006% 0.005%
Number of salaries quoted 1 1 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £39,000 - -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £41,000 £55,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -25.45% -15.38% -59.38%
75th Percentile £43,000 - -
90th Percentile - - -
UK median annual salary £50,000 £50,000 £70,000
% change year-on-year - -28.57% -56.25%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Work from Home

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies with remote/hybrid work options. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of permanent jobs in our overall sample.

Permanent vacancies in Work from Home with a recognized job title 14,295 16,593 18,824
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.53% 96.24% 95.69%
Number of salaries quoted 9,274 10,268 15,295
10th Percentile £30,000 £35,000 £36,250
25th Percentile £41,250 £46,250 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £60,481 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.93% +0.80% -4.00%
75th Percentile £77,500 £80,000 £80,000
90th Percentile £97,500 £97,500 £97,500
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% - -

DevOps Systems Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend for Remote/Hybrid Roles

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings featuring 'DevOps Systems Engineer' in the job title and offering remote or hybrid work options relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised.

DevOps Systems Engineer job vacancy trend for remote/hybrid roles

DevOps Systems Engineer
Salary Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Salary distribution trend for remote DevOps Systems Engineer job vacancies.

Salary distribution trend for remote DevOps Systems Engineer job vacancies

DevOps Systems Engineer Skill Set
Top 21 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Remote/Hybrid Jobs

For the 6 months to 23 December 2025, DevOps Systems Engineer job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent jobs with hybrid/remote work options featuring DevOps Systems Engineer in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) Ansible
1 1 (100.00%) CentOS
1 1 (100.00%) Computer Science
1 1 (100.00%) Computer Science Degree
1 1 (100.00%) Configuration Management
1 1 (100.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 1 (100.00%) Debian
1 1 (100.00%) Degree
1 1 (100.00%) DevOps
1 1 (100.00%) LAMP
1 1 (100.00%) Linux
1 1 (100.00%) Perl
1 1 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (100.00%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
1 1 (100.00%) Service Management
1 1 (100.00%) Task Automation
1 1 (100.00%) Terraform
1 1 (100.00%) Test Automation
1 1 (100.00%) Ubuntu
1 1 (100.00%) Unix
1 1 (100.00%) Virtual Machines

DevOps Systems Engineer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Remote/Hybrid Jobs by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

General
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (100.00%) LAMP
Operating Systems
1 1 (100.00%) CentOS
1 1 (100.00%) Debian
1 1 (100.00%) Linux
1 1 (100.00%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
1 1 (100.00%) Ubuntu
1 1 (100.00%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Computer Science
1 1 (100.00%) Configuration Management
1 1 (100.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 1 (100.00%) DevOps
1 1 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (100.00%) Service Management
1 1 (100.00%) Task Automation
1 1 (100.00%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) Perl
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) Computer Science Degree
1 1 (100.00%) Degree
System Software
1 1 (100.00%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 1 (100.00%) Ansible
1 1 (100.00%) Terraform