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 21 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

 6 months to
21 Aug 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 18 16 19
Rank change year-on-year -2 +3 -9
Permanent jobs citing DevOps 1,919 1,795 2,323
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 8.36% 10.83% 9.40%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 10.14% 11.64% 10.74%
Number of salaries quoted 1,375 987 1,771
10th Percentile £45,000 £47,231 £42,500
25th Percentile £52,500 £56,250 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £69,306 £70,000 £66,500
Median % change year-on-year -0.99% +5.26% -5.00%
75th Percentile £87,500 £83,750 £85,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £100,000 £100,000
UK median annual salary £70,000 £70,000 £67,500
% change year-on-year - +3.70% -3.57%

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 18,916 15,419 21,639
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 82.38% 93.04% 87.53%
Number of salaries quoted 13,655 8,896 15,104
10th Percentile £35,000 £29,750 £35,000
25th Percentile £44,972 £40,500 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £57,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.35% -4.17% -4.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 £77,500 £78,750
90th Percentile £100,000 £100,000 £98,750
UK median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +9.09% - -8.71%

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 21 August 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 48 (2.50%) SharePoint
2 30 (1.56%) Confluence
3 28 (1.46%) Apache
4 25 (1.30%) Apache Spark
5 13 (0.68%) Microsoft Exchange
6 12 (0.63%) Apache Airflow
7 9 (0.47%) IIS
8 8 (0.42%) CMS
8 8 (0.42%) nginx
8 8 (0.42%) SharePoint Server
9 7 (0.36%) Jupyter
10 6 (0.31%) Anypoint
10 6 (0.31%) Apache Solr
10 6 (0.31%) OpenStack
10 6 (0.31%) SAS
10 6 (0.31%) WordPress
11 3 (0.16%) BizTalk Server
11 3 (0.16%) Umbraco
12 1 (0.052%) Sitecore CMS
12 1 (0.052%) Tomcat
Applications
1 41 (2.14%) Microsoft Project
2 17 (0.89%) Microsoft Excel
3 12 (0.63%) Trello
4 9 (0.47%) MS Visio
5 7 (0.36%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 5 (0.26%) Chatbot
6 5 (0.26%) Microsoft Office
7 3 (0.16%) Blender
7 3 (0.16%) Maya
8 1 (0.052%) Lightworks
8 1 (0.052%) Notion
8 1 (0.052%) PlantUML
8 1 (0.052%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 44 (2.29%) Dynamics CRM
2 5 (0.26%) Fidessa
2 5 (0.26%) SAP S/4HANA
3 4 (0.21%) Elite 3E
3 4 (0.21%) Oracle ERP
4 3 (0.16%) Carpe Diem
4 3 (0.16%) Dynamics AX
4 3 (0.16%) Oracle EBS
5 2 (0.10%) Infor SunSystems
5 2 (0.10%) JDE EnterpriseOne
5 2 (0.10%) Sage 200
6 1 (0.052%) Dynamics GP
6 1 (0.052%) Dynamics NAV
6 1 (0.052%) Magento
6 1 (0.052%) Payment Gateway
6 1 (0.052%) SAP ERP
Cloud Services
1 1,062 (55.34%) Azure
2 606 (31.58%) AWS
3 582 (30.33%) Azure DevOps
4 262 (13.65%) SaaS
5 187 (9.74%) GCP
6 156 (8.13%) Power Platform
7 150 (7.82%) Serverless
8 142 (7.40%) GitHub
9 91 (4.74%) Azure AI
10 87 (4.53%) PaaS
11 72 (3.75%) AWS CloudFormation
11 72 (3.75%) Azure AKS
12 71 (3.70%) Azure Cosmos DB
13 70 (3.65%) Azure Service Bus
14 69 (3.60%) Entra ID
15 67 (3.49%) Amazon EKS
15 67 (3.49%) Dynamics 365
16 66 (3.44%) GitHub Actions
17 64 (3.34%) Power Automate
18 62 (3.23%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 38 (1.98%) VPN
2 36 (1.88%) TCP/IP
3 35 (1.82%) Broadband
4 34 (1.77%) Firewall
5 30 (1.56%) DNS
6 13 (0.68%) Internet
7 10 (0.52%) Network Security
8 9 (0.47%) DHCP
9 7 (0.36%) BGP
10 6 (0.31%) NGFW
10 6 (0.31%) OSPF
10 6 (0.31%) WAN
11 5 (0.26%) Ethernet VPN
11 5 (0.26%) LAN
11 5 (0.26%) VXLAN
12 4 (0.21%) HTTP
12 4 (0.21%) SSH
12 4 (0.21%) SSL
13 3 (0.16%) 3GPP
13 3 (0.16%) Cisco ASA
Database & Business Intelligence
1 213 (11.10%) Azure SQL Database
2 209 (10.89%) MongoDB
3 160 (8.34%) SQL Server
4 84 (4.38%) PostgreSQL
5 71 (3.70%) Power BI
6 58 (3.02%) NoSQL
7 51 (2.66%) Elasticsearch
8 43 (2.24%) Data Warehouse
9 40 (2.08%) MySQL
10 37 (1.93%) Relational Database
11 28 (1.46%) Metadata
12 25 (1.30%) Data Lake
13 24 (1.25%) DynamoDB
14 21 (1.09%) Amazon RDS
14 21 (1.09%) SQL Server Integration Services
15 20 (1.04%) Redis
16 17 (0.89%) Amazon Athena
17 16 (0.83%) Delta Lake
18 12 (0.63%) Star Schema
19 11 (0.57%) Big Data
Development Applications
1 166 (8.65%) Git
2 122 (6.36%) JIRA
3 100 (5.21%) Jenkins
4 97 (5.05%) GitLab
5 33 (1.72%) TeamCity
6 30 (1.56%) SonarQube
7 27 (1.41%) Selenium
8 20 (1.04%) Cypress.io
9 17 (0.89%) Postman
10 12 (0.63%) Bitbucket
11 11 (0.57%) Cucumber
11 11 (0.57%) JMeter
11 11 (0.57%) NUnit
12 10 (0.52%) Visual Studio Code
13 8 (0.42%) Visual Studio
14 7 (0.36%) Claude Code
15 6 (0.31%) Atlassian Bamboo
15 6 (0.31%) JUnit
15 6 (0.31%) Maven
15 6 (0.31%) Octopus Deploy
General
1 464 (24.18%) Social Skills
2 352 (18.34%) Finance
3 168 (8.75%) Public Sector
4 153 (7.97%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 149 (7.76%) Law
6 117 (6.10%) Legal
7 116 (6.04%) Analytical Skills
8 79 (4.12%) Banking
9 64 (3.34%) Retail
10 56 (2.92%) Marketing
11 46 (2.40%) Games
12 31 (1.62%) Advertising
12 31 (1.62%) Back Office
13 28 (1.46%) Financial Institution
14 23 (1.20%) Aerospace
15 20 (1.04%) Legal Technology
16 19 (0.99%) Presentation Skills
17 16 (0.83%) Manufacturing
18 14 (0.73%) Telecoms
19 13 (0.68%) Influencing Skills
Job Titles
1 473 (24.65%) Senior
2 387 (20.17%) Developer
3 349 (18.19%) DevOps Engineer
4 254 (13.24%) Lead
5 195 (10.16%) .NET Developer
6 155 (8.08%) Software Engineer
7 147 (7.66%) Architect
8 107 (5.58%) Senior DevOps
9 98 (5.11%) Azure Engineer
9 98 (5.11%) Senior DevOps Engineer
10 85 (4.43%) IT Manager
11 76 (3.96%) Cloud Engineer
12 67 (3.49%) Platform Engineer
12 67 (3.49%) Senior Developer
13 63 (3.28%) Senior Manager
14 62 (3.23%) Data Engineer
15 59 (3.07%) Solutions Architect
16 58 (3.02%) Senior Software Engineer
17 55 (2.87%) Service Manager
18 54 (2.81%) Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 391 (20.38%) .NET
2 384 (20.01%) Terraform
3 215 (11.20%) ASP.NET
4 209 (10.89%) React
5 198 (10.32%) .NET Core
6 183 (9.54%) ASP.NET Core
7 143 (7.45%) RESTful
8 131 (6.83%) Node.js
9 128 (6.67%) CSS
10 122 (6.36%) HTML
10 122 (6.36%) REST
11 107 (5.58%) Blazor
12 100 (5.21%) Entity Framework
13 82 (4.27%) ML.NET
14 68 (3.54%) Middleware
15 61 (3.18%) AngularJS
16 57 (2.97%) Kafka
17 49 (2.55%) Spring Boot
18 47 (2.45%) Spring
19 38 (1.98%) .NET Framework
Miscellaneous
1 312 (16.26%) Cloud Native
2 142 (7.40%) Product Ownership
3 101 (5.26%) Enterprise Software
4 83 (4.33%) Distributed Systems
5 62 (3.23%) Virtual Team
6 61 (3.18%) Greenfield Project
7 52 (2.71%) Cyber Threat
8 41 (2.14%) Legacy Systems
9 38 (1.98%) Mobile App
10 32 (1.67%) Self-Motivation
11 31 (1.62%) Management Information System
12 28 (1.46%) Data Centre
12 28 (1.46%) Onboarding
12 28 (1.46%) Public Cloud
13 26 (1.35%) Driving Licence
14 25 (1.30%) Podcast
15 23 (1.20%) Social Media
16 21 (1.09%) Legacy Applications
16 21 (1.09%) Security Posture
17 18 (0.94%) Data Structures
Operating Systems
1 165 (8.60%) Linux
2 99 (5.16%) Windows
3 57 (2.97%) Unix
4 20 (1.04%) Android
5 17 (0.89%) Windows Server
6 16 (0.83%) VMS
7 8 (0.42%) Debian
7 8 (0.42%) Ubuntu
8 5 (0.26%) CentOS
8 5 (0.26%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 3 (0.16%) VxWorks
10 2 (0.10%) Apple iOS
10 2 (0.10%) Solaris
10 2 (0.10%) Windows Server 2016
11 1 (0.052%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 944 (49.19%) CI/CD
2 860 (44.82%) Agile
3 443 (23.08%) Continuous Improvement
4 422 (21.99%) Mentoring
5 417 (21.73%) Infrastructure as Code
6 401 (20.90%) Software Engineering
7 376 (19.59%) AI
8 337 (17.56%) Test Automation
9 296 (15.42%) Full-Stack Development
9 296 (15.42%) Problem-Solving
10 265 (13.81%) Microservices
11 241 (12.56%) Scrum
11 241 (12.56%) Stakeholder Engagement
12 209 (10.89%) Technical Leadership
13 203 (10.58%) Containerisation
14 201 (10.47%) Coaching
15 200 (10.42%) Roadmaps
16 198 (10.32%) Stakeholder Management
17 197 (10.27%) Observability
18 180 (9.38%) Platform Engineering
Programming Languages
1 456 (23.76%) C#
2 454 (23.66%) SQL
3 384 (20.01%) Python
4 308 (16.05%) JavaScript
5 201 (10.47%) Java
6 169 (8.81%) TypeScript
7 164 (8.55%) PowerShell
8 99 (5.16%) Bash
9 77 (4.01%) Bicep
10 34 (1.77%) Apex Code
11 32 (1.67%) C++
12 27 (1.41%) Go
13 24 (1.25%) T-SQL
14 21 (1.09%) PHP
15 20 (1.04%) Kusto Query Language
15 20 (1.04%) SOQL
15 20 (1.04%) SOSL
16 16 (0.83%) Ruby
17 13 (0.68%) Data Analysis Expressions
17 13 (0.68%) Groovy
Qualifications
1 233 (12.14%) Security Cleared
2 189 (9.85%) SC Cleared
3 155 (8.08%) Degree
4 65 (3.39%) Azure Certification
5 62 (3.23%) CISSP
6 58 (3.02%) CISM
7 57 (2.97%) ITIL Certification
8 45 (2.34%) Computer Science Degree
8 45 (2.34%) DV Cleared
9 34 (1.77%) BPSS Clearance
10 26 (1.35%) Microsoft Certification
11 25 (1.30%) AWS Certification
12 19 (0.99%) DBS Check
12 19 (0.99%) Master's Degree
13 18 (0.94%) PMI Certification
14 15 (0.78%) ISTQB
15 14 (0.73%) PMP
16 13 (0.68%) Cisco Certification
17 6 (0.31%) CCNP
17 6 (0.31%) CISA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 225 (11.72%) QA
2 78 (4.06%) NIST
3 59 (3.07%) Accessibility
4 58 (3.02%) Data Quality
5 48 (2.50%) ISO 22301
6 34 (1.77%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 27 (1.41%) GDPR
8 24 (1.25%) GRC
9 14 (0.73%) WCAG
10 9 (0.47%) HMG Security Policy Framework
11 8 (0.42%) SLA
12 7 (0.36%) PCI DSS
13 6 (0.31%) NIST 800
13 6 (0.31%) PMO
14 5 (0.26%) IFRS
14 5 (0.26%) SOC 2
15 4 (0.21%) ISO 9001
15 4 (0.21%) NCSC
16 3 (0.16%) Sarbanes-Oxley
16 3 (0.16%) Solvency II
System Software
1 261 (13.60%) Docker
2 63 (3.28%) Active Directory
3 31 (1.62%) VMware Infrastructure
4 22 (1.15%) Virtual Machines
5 17 (0.89%) vSphere
6 16 (0.83%) Virtual Desktop
7 8 (0.42%) Firmware
8 4 (0.21%) Slurm Workload Manager
9 3 (0.16%) Hyper-V
10 2 (0.10%) iptables
10 2 (0.10%) KVM
10 2 (0.10%) VMware ESXi
11 1 (0.052%) Citrix Hypervisor
11 1 (0.052%) Embedded Firmware
11 1 (0.052%) Oracle RAC
11 1 (0.052%) QEMU
11 1 (0.052%) Xen
Systems Management
1 296 (15.42%) Kubernetes
2 88 (4.59%) Ansible
3 80 (4.17%) Grafana
4 42 (2.19%) Prometheus
5 30 (1.56%) Argo
6 19 (0.99%) Puppet
7 16 (0.83%) Istio
7 16 (0.83%) Microsoft Intune
8 8 (0.42%) Progress Chef
9 6 (0.31%) Active Directory Federation Services
9 6 (0.31%) Packer
9 6 (0.31%) ZABBIX
10 5 (0.26%) Proxmox
11 4 (0.21%) Single Sign-On
12 3 (0.16%) Kibana
13 2 (0.10%) HP Fortify
13 2 (0.10%) MIIS
13 2 (0.10%) Nagios
14 1 (0.052%) Oracle RMAN
14 1 (0.052%) Rundeck
Vendors
1 509 (26.52%) Microsoft
2 82 (4.27%) Google
3 60 (3.13%) Oracle
4 57 (2.97%) Salesforce
5 45 (2.34%) ServiceNow
6 43 (2.24%) Databricks
7 40 (2.08%) Facebook
8 37 (1.93%) VMware
9 32 (1.67%) SAP
10 28 (1.46%) Pega
11 26 (1.35%) Splunk
11 26 (1.35%) YouTube
12 21 (1.09%) MuleSoft
12 21 (1.09%) OpenAI
13 19 (0.99%) Sony
14 18 (0.94%) Apple
15 17 (0.89%) Yahoo!
16 14 (0.73%) Cisco
17 12 (0.63%) Foundry
17 12 (0.63%) ScienceLogic
641 hybrid/remote DevOps jobs