Hybrid/Remote DevOps Job Trends

DevOps
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for remote or hybrid work requiring DevOps skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 16 April 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

 6 months to
16 Apr 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 21 14 21
Rank change year-on-year -7 +7 -10
Permanent jobs citing DevOps 1,472 1,689 3,103
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 8.39% 12.80% 9.59%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 10.08% 13.51% 10.47%
Number of salaries quoted 1,035 1,308 2,569
10th Percentile £42,500 £42,500 £41,250
25th Percentile £55,000 £52,500 £51,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £70,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year - +7.69% -6.88%
75th Percentile £85,000 £90,000 £82,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £115,000 £97,500
UK median annual salary £70,000 £70,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year - +7.69% -7.14%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Work from Home

DevOps falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies with remote or hybrid options requiring process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 14,599 12,506 29,639
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 83.18% 94.79% 91.57%
Number of salaries quoted 10,195 8,884 23,673
10th Percentile £32,250 £32,500 £33,750
25th Percentile £44,972 £45,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £62,500 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -4.00% +8.70% -8.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 £80,000 £75,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £105,000 £95,000
UK median annual salary £57,500 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -4.17% +9.09% -10.54%

DevOps
Job Vacancy Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing DevOps and offering remote or hybrid work options relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised.

DevOps job vacancy trend for remote/hybrid jobs

DevOps
Salary Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Salary distribution trend for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing DevOps.

Salary distribution trend for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing DevOps

DevOps
Salary Histogram for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Salary distribution for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing DevOps over the 6 months to 16 April 2026.

DevOps salary histogram for jobs with remote/hybrid work options

DevOps
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:

Application Platforms
1 24 (1.63%) Confluence
2 23 (1.56%) SharePoint
3 21 (1.43%) Apache Airflow
4 19 (1.29%) Apache
5 13 (0.88%) Apache Spark
5 13 (0.88%) Microsoft Exchange
6 8 (0.54%) Oracle SOA Suite
7 7 (0.48%) OpenStack
8 5 (0.34%) Apache Solr
8 5 (0.34%) CMS
9 3 (0.20%) Anypoint
9 3 (0.20%) IIS
10 2 (0.14%) nginx
10 2 (0.14%) WordPress
11 1 (0.068%) Camunda
11 1 (0.068%) Cloud Foundry
11 1 (0.068%) Drupal
11 1 (0.068%) Oracle Workflow
11 1 (0.068%) SAS
11 1 (0.068%) WebLogic
Applications
1 14 (0.95%) Microsoft Excel
1 14 (0.95%) Microsoft Project
2 8 (0.54%) MS Visio
3 7 (0.48%) Microsoft Office
4 2 (0.14%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 1 (0.068%) EngageOne
5 1 (0.068%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 23 (1.56%) Dynamics CRM
2 16 (1.09%) Oracle ERP
2 16 (1.09%) SAP ERP
3 6 (0.41%) Dynamics AX
4 4 (0.27%) Markit EDM
4 4 (0.27%) Salesforce CRM
5 3 (0.20%) Oracle EBS
6 2 (0.14%) Infor SunSystems
6 2 (0.14%) SAP S/4HANA
7 1 (0.068%) Dynamics NAV
7 1 (0.068%) Magento
7 1 (0.068%) Payment Gateway
7 1 (0.068%) Primavera
7 1 (0.068%) SAP IBP
7 1 (0.068%) SAP MII
7 1 (0.068%) SAP PP
7 1 (0.068%) Shopify
7 1 (0.068%) TIBCO iProcess
7 1 (0.068%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 851 (57.81%) Azure
2 535 (36.35%) AWS
3 415 (28.19%) Azure DevOps
4 279 (18.95%) GitHub
5 194 (13.18%) GCP
6 152 (10.33%) Serverless
7 138 (9.38%) SaaS
8 135 (9.17%) GitHub Actions
9 116 (7.88%) Power Platform
10 87 (5.91%) Amazon EKS
10 87 (5.91%) Entra ID
11 86 (5.84%) AWS CloudFormation
12 85 (5.77%) Amazon S3
13 74 (5.03%) Azure Data Factory
14 70 (4.76%) AWS Lambda
15 60 (4.08%) dbt
16 58 (3.94%) PaaS
17 57 (3.87%) Amazon CloudWatch
18 53 (3.60%) GitHub Copilot
19 52 (3.53%) Azure Logic Apps
Communications & Networking
1 59 (4.01%) Firewall
2 58 (3.94%) Broadband
3 27 (1.83%) TCP/IP
4 22 (1.49%) DNS
4 22 (1.49%) VPN
5 17 (1.15%) DHCP
6 12 (0.82%) Network Security
7 6 (0.41%) Cisco ASA
7 6 (0.41%) LAN
7 6 (0.41%) WAN
8 4 (0.27%) AMQP
8 4 (0.27%) SAN
9 3 (0.20%) Internet
9 3 (0.20%) Modbus
9 3 (0.20%) PuTTY
9 3 (0.20%) SCCP
9 3 (0.20%) SSL
9 3 (0.20%) Wireless
10 2 (0.14%) RFID
10 2 (0.14%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 116 (7.88%) SQL Server
2 102 (6.93%) NoSQL
3 76 (5.16%) PostgreSQL
4 51 (3.46%) Data Warehouse
5 49 (3.33%) Azure SQL Database
5 49 (3.33%) Power BI
6 47 (3.19%) MongoDB
7 46 (3.13%) Metadata
8 41 (2.79%) Relational Database
9 40 (2.72%) Amazon RDS
10 37 (2.51%) Data Lake
11 26 (1.77%) Elasticsearch
11 26 (1.77%) Redis
12 25 (1.70%) DynamoDB
13 24 (1.63%) MySQL
14 22 (1.49%) Tableau
15 20 (1.36%) Amazon Athena
16 19 (1.29%) Delta Lake
16 19 (1.29%) RDBMS
17 14 (0.95%) Amazon Redshift
Development Applications
1 147 (9.99%) Git
2 141 (9.58%) Jenkins
3 109 (7.40%) GitLab
4 84 (5.71%) JIRA
5 50 (3.40%) SonarQube
6 33 (2.24%) Selenium
7 20 (1.36%) TeamCity
8 19 (1.29%) Jaeger
9 18 (1.22%) Bitbucket
9 18 (1.22%) Cucumber
9 18 (1.22%) Cypress.io
10 16 (1.09%) Oracle Forms
11 14 (0.95%) JMeter
12 12 (0.82%) Postman
13 11 (0.75%) Visual Studio
14 10 (0.68%) Maven
15 9 (0.61%) Subversion
16 8 (0.54%) JUnit
17 7 (0.48%) NUnit
17 7 (0.48%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 396 (26.90%) Social Skills
2 393 (26.70%) Finance
3 163 (11.07%) Analytical Skills
4 160 (10.87%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 120 (8.15%) Public Sector
6 76 (5.16%) Banking
6 76 (5.16%) Marketing
7 74 (5.03%) Law
8 58 (3.94%) Retail
9 49 (3.33%) Games
10 39 (2.65%) Legal
10 39 (2.65%) Telecoms
11 30 (2.04%) Manufacturing
12 27 (1.83%) Financial Institution
13 22 (1.49%) Back Office
14 16 (1.09%) Front Office
15 15 (1.02%) Presentation Skills
16 13 (0.88%) Tech for Good
17 12 (0.82%) Billing
17 12 (0.82%) Health Technology
Job Titles
1 362 (24.59%) Senior
2 251 (17.05%) Developer
3 215 (14.61%) Lead
4 175 (11.89%) DevOps Engineer
5 140 (9.51%) Architect
6 133 (9.04%) Software Engineer
7 101 (6.86%) Cloud Engineer
8 85 (5.77%) Azure Engineer
9 77 (5.23%) Senior DevOps
10 63 (4.28%) Consultant
10 63 (4.28%) Platform Engineer
11 60 (4.08%) Data Engineer
12 59 (4.01%) Senior Developer
13 55 (3.74%) Solutions Architect
14 53 (3.60%) Senior Software Engineer
15 52 (3.53%) AWS Engineer
16 50 (3.40%) Senior DevOps Engineer
17 45 (3.06%) .NET Developer
17 45 (3.06%) Applications Engineer
18 44 (2.99%) Technical Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 228 (15.49%) .NET
2 158 (10.73%) React
3 129 (8.76%) REST
4 119 (8.08%) RESTful
5 90 (6.11%) SOAP
6 78 (5.30%) CSS
7 77 (5.23%) Kafka
7 77 (5.23%) Node.js
7 77 (5.23%) Spring
8 76 (5.16%) Lightning Web Components
9 75 (5.10%) HTML
10 69 (4.69%) Spring Boot
11 57 (3.87%) Visualforce
12 56 (3.80%) .NET Core
13 52 (3.53%) OAuth
14 50 (3.40%) AngularJS
15 48 (3.26%) .NET Framework
16 44 (2.99%) Elastic Stack
17 42 (2.85%) ASP.NET
18 40 (2.72%) Django
Miscellaneous
1 266 (18.07%) Cloud Native
2 134 (9.10%) Product Ownership
3 60 (4.08%) Distributed Systems
4 48 (3.26%) Enterprise Software
5 39 (2.65%) Legacy Systems
6 35 (2.38%) Low-Code
7 33 (2.24%) Management Information System
7 33 (2.24%) Self-Motivation
8 31 (2.11%) Mobile App
8 31 (2.11%) Onboarding
9 28 (1.90%) Public Cloud
10 20 (1.36%) Hybrid Cloud
11 18 (1.22%) Legacy Applications
12 17 (1.15%) Analytical Mindset
13 16 (1.09%) Algorithms
14 15 (1.02%) Cyberattack
14 15 (1.02%) Data Centre
14 15 (1.02%) Security Posture
15 13 (0.88%) IoT
15 13 (0.88%) Podcast
Operating Systems
1 158 (10.73%) Linux
2 82 (5.57%) Windows
3 53 (3.60%) Unix
4 38 (2.58%) Windows Server
5 20 (1.36%) Android
6 11 (0.75%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 10 (0.68%) VMS
8 9 (0.61%) Apple iOS
8 9 (0.61%) CentOS
9 6 (0.41%) Ubuntu
10 5 (0.34%) Debian
11 4 (0.27%) Windows Server 2012
11 4 (0.27%) Windows Server 2019
12 2 (0.14%) Embedded Linux
12 2 (0.14%) Windows Server 2016
13 1 (0.068%) Windows 10
13 1 (0.068%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 855 (58.08%) CI/CD
2 655 (44.50%) Agile
3 392 (26.63%) Infrastructure as Code
4 361 (24.52%) Continuous Improvement
5 287 (19.50%) Problem-Solving
6 283 (19.23%) Mentoring
7 274 (18.61%) Software Engineering
8 242 (16.44%) Test Automation
9 241 (16.37%) AI
10 235 (15.96%) Containerisation
11 233 (15.83%) Microservices
12 222 (15.08%) Coaching
13 218 (14.81%) Observability
14 175 (11.89%) Roadmaps
15 174 (11.82%) Scrum
16 173 (11.75%) Analytics
17 155 (10.53%) Event-Driven
18 152 (10.33%) Data Modelling
19 142 (9.65%) Full-Stack Development
20 140 (9.51%) Technical Leadership
Programming Languages
1 397 (26.97%) Python
2 328 (22.28%) SQL
3 229 (15.56%) Java
4 186 (12.64%) JavaScript
5 176 (11.96%) C#
6 102 (6.93%) TypeScript
7 96 (6.52%) PowerShell
8 95 (6.45%) Bash
9 81 (5.50%) Apex Code
10 80 (5.43%) Go
11 64 (4.35%) Bicep
12 36 (2.45%) SOQL
12 36 (2.45%) SOSL
13 22 (1.49%) Scala
14 21 (1.43%) C++
15 19 (1.29%) Shell Script
16 17 (1.15%) PHP
16 17 (1.15%) PL/SQL
17 14 (0.95%) Rust
18 13 (0.88%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 173 (11.75%) Degree
2 165 (11.21%) Security Cleared
3 122 (8.29%) SC Cleared
4 66 (4.48%) Computer Science Degree
5 49 (3.33%) Azure Certification
6 43 (2.92%) AWS Certification
7 28 (1.90%) DV Cleared
8 21 (1.43%) Microsoft Certification
9 20 (1.36%) Master's Degree
10 15 (1.02%) ISTQB
11 13 (0.88%) CISSP
11 13 (0.88%) DBS Check
11 13 (0.88%) PMI Certification
12 9 (0.61%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
12 9 (0.61%) PhD
12 9 (0.61%) PMP
13 8 (0.54%) Cisco Certification
13 8 (0.54%) TOGAF Certification
14 6 (0.41%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
14 6 (0.41%) CCNP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 121 (8.22%) QA
2 65 (4.42%) Data Quality
3 48 (3.26%) Accessibility
4 40 (2.72%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 39 (2.65%) GDPR
6 30 (2.04%) NIST
7 19 (1.29%) GRC
8 13 (0.88%) WCAG
9 10 (0.68%) PCI DSS
10 8 (0.54%) SOC 2
11 4 (0.27%) Cyber Essentials
11 4 (0.27%) IFRS
12 3 (0.20%) HMG Security Policy Framework
12 3 (0.20%) ISO 9001
12 3 (0.20%) NCSC
12 3 (0.20%) Sarbanes-Oxley
12 3 (0.20%) SLA
12 3 (0.20%) Software Quality Assurance
13 2 (0.14%) HL7
13 2 (0.14%) Solvency II
System Software
1 286 (19.43%) Docker
2 70 (4.76%) Active Directory
3 18 (1.22%) VMware Infrastructure
4 17 (1.15%) Virtual Machines
5 10 (0.68%) vSphere
6 8 (0.54%) Firmware
7 6 (0.41%) VMware ESXi
8 4 (0.27%) Slurm Workload Manager
8 4 (0.27%) Virtual Desktop
9 3 (0.20%) Hyper-V
9 3 (0.20%) Microsoft Virtual Server
9 3 (0.20%) Postfix
9 3 (0.20%) Virtual Servers
9 3 (0.20%) VMware NSX
10 2 (0.14%) Embedded Firmware
10 2 (0.14%) vCloud
11 1 (0.068%) Citrix Hypervisor
11 1 (0.068%) KVM
11 1 (0.068%) QEMU
11 1 (0.068%) Xen
Systems Management
1 412 (27.99%) Terraform
2 341 (23.17%) Kubernetes
3 132 (8.97%) Ansible
4 112 (7.61%) Grafana
5 83 (5.64%) Prometheus
6 42 (2.85%) Argo
7 26 (1.77%) Single Sign-On
8 19 (1.29%) Kustomize
9 16 (1.09%) Puppet
10 10 (0.68%) Microsoft Intune
11 8 (0.54%) Istio
12 7 (0.48%) Kibana
12 7 (0.48%) Progress Chef
12 7 (0.48%) Proxmox
13 6 (0.41%) Active Directory Federation Services
13 6 (0.41%) Packer
13 6 (0.41%) vCenter Server
14 5 (0.34%) AWS Copilot
15 4 (0.27%) HP Fortify
15 4 (0.27%) logstash
Vendors
1 312 (21.20%) Microsoft
2 95 (6.45%) Salesforce
3 72 (4.89%) Google
4 50 (3.40%) Oracle
5 48 (3.26%) Databricks
6 46 (3.13%) Splunk
7 36 (2.45%) VMware
8 26 (1.77%) SAP
9 23 (1.56%) MuleSoft
9 23 (1.56%) ServiceNow
10 19 (1.29%) Cisco
11 18 (1.22%) Okta
12 16 (1.09%) Red Hat
13 14 (0.95%) Ab Initio
14 11 (0.75%) Atlassian
15 9 (0.61%) IBM
15 9 (0.61%) Palo Alto
16 8 (0.54%) New Relic
16 8 (0.54%) PagerDuty
16 8 (0.54%) Veeam
662 hybrid/remote DevOps jobs