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 17 April 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

 6 months to
17 Apr 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 21 14 21
Rank change year-on-year -7 +7 -10
Permanent jobs citing DevOps 1,473 1,694 3,085
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 8.36% 12.81% 9.47%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 10.04% 13.51% 10.34%
Number of salaries quoted 1,036 1,312 2,565
10th Percentile £42,500 £42,625 £41,250
25th Percentile £55,000 £52,875 £51,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £70,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year - +7.69% -7.14%
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 14,665 12,537 29,844
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 83.19% 94.79% 91.61%
Number of salaries quoted 10,232 8,912 23,714
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 £80,063 £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% -10.20%

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 17 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 20 (1.36%) Apache
5 14 (0.95%) Apache Spark
6 11 (0.75%) Microsoft Exchange
7 8 (0.54%) Oracle SOA Suite
8 7 (0.48%) OpenStack
9 5 (0.34%) Apache Solr
9 5 (0.34%) CMS
10 3 (0.20%) Anypoint
11 2 (0.14%) IIS
11 2 (0.14%) nginx
11 2 (0.14%) WordPress
12 1 (0.068%) Camunda
12 1 (0.068%) Cloud Foundry
12 1 (0.068%) Drupal
12 1 (0.068%) Oracle Workflow
12 1 (0.068%) SAS
12 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 24 (1.63%) 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
1 854 (57.98%) Azure
2 534 (36.25%) AWS
3 416 (28.24%) Azure DevOps
4 278 (18.87%) GitHub
5 192 (13.03%) GCP
6 151 (10.25%) Serverless
7 137 (9.30%) SaaS
8 135 (9.16%) GitHub Actions
9 117 (7.94%) Power Platform
10 86 (5.84%) Amazon EKS
10 86 (5.84%) Entra ID
11 84 (5.70%) Amazon S3
11 84 (5.70%) AWS CloudFormation
12 74 (5.02%) Azure Data Factory
13 69 (4.68%) AWS Lambda
14 59 (4.01%) dbt
15 58 (3.94%) PaaS
16 56 (3.80%) Amazon CloudWatch
17 54 (3.67%) GitHub Copilot
18 53 (3.60%) Azure Logic Apps
Communications & Networking
1 58 (3.94%) Broadband
1 58 (3.94%) Firewall
2 26 (1.77%) TCP/IP
3 22 (1.49%) DNS
3 22 (1.49%) VPN
4 17 (1.15%) DHCP
5 12 (0.81%) Network Security
6 6 (0.41%) Cisco ASA
6 6 (0.41%) LAN
6 6 (0.41%) WAN
7 4 (0.27%) AMQP
7 4 (0.27%) SAN
8 3 (0.20%) Internet
8 3 (0.20%) Modbus
8 3 (0.20%) PuTTY
8 3 (0.20%) SCCP
8 3 (0.20%) SSL
8 3 (0.20%) Wireless
9 2 (0.14%) RFID
9 2 (0.14%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 117 (7.94%) SQL Server
2 101 (6.86%) NoSQL
3 78 (5.30%) PostgreSQL
4 53 (3.60%) Data Warehouse
5 51 (3.46%) MongoDB
6 50 (3.39%) Power BI
7 49 (3.33%) Azure SQL Database
8 48 (3.26%) Metadata
9 41 (2.78%) Relational Database
10 39 (2.65%) Amazon RDS
11 38 (2.58%) Data Lake
12 25 (1.70%) Elasticsearch
12 25 (1.70%) Redis
13 24 (1.63%) DynamoDB
14 23 (1.56%) MySQL
15 22 (1.49%) Tableau
16 21 (1.43%) Amazon Athena
17 19 (1.29%) Delta Lake
17 19 (1.29%) RDBMS
18 14 (0.95%) Amazon Redshift
Development Applications
1 148 (10.05%) Git
2 141 (9.57%) Jenkins
3 111 (7.54%) GitLab
4 84 (5.70%) JIRA
5 50 (3.39%) 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
10 17 (1.15%) Cypress.io
11 16 (1.09%) Oracle Forms
12 14 (0.95%) JMeter
13 12 (0.81%) Postman
14 11 (0.75%) Visual Studio
15 10 (0.68%) Maven
16 9 (0.61%) Subversion
17 8 (0.54%) JUnit
18 7 (0.48%) NUnit
18 7 (0.48%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 392 (26.61%) Finance
2 391 (26.54%) Social Skills
3 163 (11.07%) Analytical Skills
4 159 (10.79%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 122 (8.28%) Public Sector
6 76 (5.16%) Banking
7 74 (5.02%) Law
7 74 (5.02%) Marketing
8 57 (3.87%) 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 23 (1.56%) Back Office
14 16 (1.09%) Front Office
15 15 (1.02%) Presentation Skills
16 12 (0.81%) Billing
16 12 (0.81%) Health Technology
16 12 (0.81%) Tech for Good
Job Titles
1 363 (24.64%) Senior
2 248 (16.84%) Developer
3 220 (14.94%) Lead
4 179 (12.15%) DevOps Engineer
5 139 (9.44%) Architect
6 130 (8.83%) Software Engineer
7 101 (6.86%) Cloud Engineer
8 85 (5.77%) Azure Engineer
9 80 (5.43%) Senior DevOps
10 63 (4.28%) Platform Engineer
11 62 (4.21%) Consultant
12 61 (4.14%) Data Engineer
13 58 (3.94%) Senior Developer
14 55 (3.73%) Solutions Architect
15 53 (3.60%) Senior DevOps Engineer
15 53 (3.60%) Senior Software Engineer
16 52 (3.53%) AWS Engineer
17 45 (3.05%) .NET Developer
17 45 (3.05%) Applications Engineer
18 44 (2.99%) Lead DevOps
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 225 (15.27%) .NET
2 157 (10.66%) React
3 129 (8.76%) REST
4 118 (8.01%) RESTful
5 90 (6.11%) SOAP
6 81 (5.50%) Node.js
7 77 (5.23%) CSS
8 76 (5.16%) Kafka
8 76 (5.16%) Lightning Web Components
9 75 (5.09%) Spring
10 74 (5.02%) HTML
11 67 (4.55%) Spring Boot
12 57 (3.87%) Visualforce
13 56 (3.80%) .NET Core
14 52 (3.53%) AngularJS
14 52 (3.53%) OAuth
15 48 (3.26%) .NET Framework
16 44 (2.99%) Elastic Stack
17 42 (2.85%) ASP.NET
18 40 (2.72%) PySpark
Miscellaneous
1 263 (17.85%) Cloud Native
2 133 (9.03%) Product Ownership
3 59 (4.01%) Distributed Systems
4 48 (3.26%) Enterprise Software
5 39 (2.65%) Legacy Systems
6 33 (2.24%) Low-Code
6 33 (2.24%) Management Information System
6 33 (2.24%) Self-Motivation
7 31 (2.10%) Mobile App
7 31 (2.10%) Onboarding
8 28 (1.90%) Public Cloud
9 20 (1.36%) Hybrid Cloud
10 18 (1.22%) Legacy Applications
11 17 (1.15%) Analytical Mindset
12 16 (1.09%) Algorithms
13 15 (1.02%) Cyberattack
13 15 (1.02%) Data Centre
13 15 (1.02%) Security Posture
14 13 (0.88%) IoT
14 13 (0.88%) Podcast
Operating Systems
1 159 (10.79%) Linux
2 83 (5.63%) Windows
3 54 (3.67%) 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
1 858 (58.25%) CI/CD
2 653 (44.33%) Agile
3 390 (26.48%) Infrastructure as Code
4 362 (24.58%) Continuous Improvement
5 287 (19.48%) Problem-Solving
6 286 (19.42%) Mentoring
7 271 (18.40%) Software Engineering
8 247 (16.77%) Test Automation
9 244 (16.56%) AI
10 236 (16.02%) Containerisation
11 235 (15.95%) Microservices
12 225 (15.27%) Coaching
13 217 (14.73%) Observability
14 179 (12.15%) Scrum
15 176 (11.95%) Analytics
15 176 (11.95%) Roadmaps
16 154 (10.45%) Data Modelling
17 153 (10.39%) Event-Driven
18 139 (9.44%) Full-Stack Development
18 139 (9.44%) Technical Leadership
Programming Languages
1 402 (27.29%) Python
2 330 (22.40%) SQL
3 231 (15.68%) Java
4 186 (12.63%) JavaScript
5 175 (11.88%) C#
6 103 (6.99%) TypeScript
7 96 (6.52%) Bash
7 96 (6.52%) PowerShell
8 80 (5.43%) Apex Code
8 80 (5.43%) Go
9 64 (4.34%) Bicep
10 36 (2.44%) SOQL
10 36 (2.44%) SOSL
11 24 (1.63%) Scala
12 21 (1.43%) C++
13 19 (1.29%) PHP
13 19 (1.29%) Shell Script
14 17 (1.15%) PL/SQL
15 14 (0.95%) Rust
16 12 (0.81%) Kotlin
Qualifications
1 175 (11.88%) Degree
2 164 (11.13%) Security Cleared
3 120 (8.15%) SC Cleared
4 67 (4.55%) Computer Science Degree
5 49 (3.33%) Azure Certification
6 43 (2.92%) AWS Certification
7 28 (1.90%) DV Cleared
8 23 (1.56%) Master's Degree
9 20 (1.36%) Microsoft Certification
10 15 (1.02%) ISTQB
11 13 (0.88%) CISSP
11 13 (0.88%) PMI Certification
12 11 (0.75%) DBS Check
13 9 (0.61%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
13 9 (0.61%) PhD
13 9 (0.61%) PMP
14 8 (0.54%) Cisco Certification
14 8 (0.54%) TOGAF Certification
15 6 (0.41%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
15 6 (0.41%) CCNP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 120 (8.15%) QA
2 66 (4.48%) Data Quality
3 49 (3.33%) 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
1 287 (19.48%) Docker
2 70 (4.75%) Active Directory
3 18 (1.22%) VMware Infrastructure
4 16 (1.09%) 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
1 415 (28.17%) Terraform
2 341 (23.15%) Kubernetes
3 134 (9.10%) Ansible
4 112 (7.60%) Grafana
5 83 (5.63%) Prometheus
6 44 (2.99%) 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%) Progress Chef
12 7 (0.48%) Proxmox
13 6 (0.41%) Active Directory Federation Services
13 6 (0.41%) Kibana
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 (21.18%) Microsoft
2 94 (6.38%) Salesforce
3 70 (4.75%) Google
4 50 (3.39%) Databricks
4 50 (3.39%) Oracle
5 46 (3.12%) Splunk
6 36 (2.44%) VMware
7 26 (1.77%) SAP
8 23 (1.56%) MuleSoft
8 23 (1.56%) ServiceNow
9 18 (1.22%) Cisco
9 18 (1.22%) Okta
10 16 (1.09%) Red Hat
11 14 (0.95%) Ab Initio
12 11 (0.75%) Atlassian
13 9 (0.61%) IBM
13 9 (0.61%) Palo Alto
14 8 (0.54%) Juniper
14 8 (0.54%) New Relic
14 8 (0.54%) PagerDuty
693 hybrid/remote DevOps jobs