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 28 July 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

 6 months to
28 Jul 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 18 16 20
Rank change year-on-year -2 +4 -10
Permanent jobs citing DevOps 1,877 1,921 2,328
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 8.57% 11.67% 8.60%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 10.33% 12.54% 9.76%
Number of salaries quoted 1,374 1,049 1,893
10th Percentile £45,000 £47,231 £42,500
25th Percentile £52,500 £56,250 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £67,500 £70,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.57% +7.69% -7.14%
75th Percentile £86,000 £85,000 £85,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £102,500 £98,750
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 18,171 15,314 23,849
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 82.92% 93.05% 88.12%
Number of salaries quoted 13,195 9,035 17,591
10th Percentile £35,000 £29,750 £35,000
25th Percentile £44,972 £41,250 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £57,965
Median % change year-on-year - +3.51% -7.26%
75th Percentile £80,000 £78,750 £77,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £102,410 £96,250
UK median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +9.09% - -8.66%

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 28 July 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 45 (2.40%) SharePoint
2 29 (1.55%) Confluence
3 25 (1.33%) Apache
4 22 (1.17%) Apache Spark
5 13 (0.69%) Apache Airflow
5 13 (0.69%) Microsoft Exchange
6 9 (0.48%) IIS
7 8 (0.43%) CMS
7 8 (0.43%) nginx
7 8 (0.43%) SharePoint Server
8 6 (0.32%) Anypoint
8 6 (0.32%) Apache Solr
8 6 (0.32%) OpenStack
8 6 (0.32%) SAS
8 6 (0.32%) WordPress
9 5 (0.27%) Jupyter
10 3 (0.16%) BizTalk Server
10 3 (0.16%) Umbraco
11 1 (0.053%) Drupal
11 1 (0.053%) JBoss
Applications
1 39 (2.08%) Microsoft Project
2 15 (0.80%) Microsoft Excel
3 12 (0.64%) Trello
4 8 (0.43%) MS Visio
5 7 (0.37%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 4 (0.21%) Microsoft Office
7 3 (0.16%) Blender
7 3 (0.16%) Maya
8 1 (0.053%) Chatbot
8 1 (0.053%) Lightworks
8 1 (0.053%) Notion
Business Applications
1 44 (2.34%) Dynamics CRM
2 6 (0.32%) SAP S/4HANA
3 5 (0.27%) Fidessa
4 4 (0.21%) Dynamics AX
5 3 (0.16%) Carpe Diem
5 3 (0.16%) Elite 3E
5 3 (0.16%) Oracle EBS
6 2 (0.11%) Infor SunSystems
6 2 (0.11%) JDE EnterpriseOne
6 2 (0.11%) Oracle ERP
7 1 (0.053%) Dynamics GP
7 1 (0.053%) Dynamics NAV
7 1 (0.053%) Magento
7 1 (0.053%) Payment Gateway
7 1 (0.053%) SAP ERP
7 1 (0.053%) SAP IBP
7 1 (0.053%) SAP MII
7 1 (0.053%) SAP PP
Cloud Services
1 1,042 (55.51%) Azure
2 599 (31.91%) AWS
3 561 (29.89%) Azure DevOps
4 249 (13.27%) SaaS
5 182 (9.70%) GCP
6 150 (7.99%) Serverless
7 149 (7.94%) Power Platform
8 147 (7.83%) GitHub
9 93 (4.95%) PaaS
10 87 (4.64%) Azure AI
11 75 (4.00%) Azure AKS
12 72 (3.84%) Entra ID
13 69 (3.68%) GitHub Actions
14 67 (3.57%) Dynamics 365
15 65 (3.46%) Amazon EKS
15 65 (3.46%) Azure Service Bus
16 61 (3.25%) Azure Cosmos DB
17 60 (3.20%) AWS CloudFormation
18 59 (3.14%) Amazon S3
18 59 (3.14%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 42 (2.24%) Broadband
2 40 (2.13%) Firewall
3 39 (2.08%) VPN
4 33 (1.76%) TCP/IP
5 28 (1.49%) DNS
6 13 (0.69%) Internet
7 10 (0.53%) DHCP
8 9 (0.48%) Network Security
9 6 (0.32%) BGP
9 6 (0.32%) Cisco ASA
9 6 (0.32%) LAN
9 6 (0.32%) NGFW
9 6 (0.32%) OSPF
9 6 (0.32%) WAN
10 5 (0.27%) Ethernet VPN
10 5 (0.27%) VXLAN
11 4 (0.21%) SSH
11 4 (0.21%) SSL
12 3 (0.16%) HTTP
12 3 (0.16%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 205 (10.92%) Azure SQL Database
2 202 (10.76%) MongoDB
3 132 (7.03%) SQL Server
4 87 (4.64%) PostgreSQL
5 61 (3.25%) Power BI
6 53 (2.82%) NoSQL
7 50 (2.66%) Elasticsearch
8 36 (1.92%) MySQL
9 31 (1.65%) Data Warehouse
10 30 (1.60%) Relational Database
11 27 (1.44%) Amazon RDS
12 23 (1.23%) Metadata
13 22 (1.17%) Redis
14 20 (1.07%) SQL Server Integration Services
15 19 (1.01%) Data Lake
16 16 (0.85%) Amazon Athena
16 16 (0.85%) DynamoDB
17 14 (0.75%) Delta Lake
18 11 (0.59%) NonStop SQL
19 10 (0.53%) Spark SQL
Development Applications
1 143 (7.62%) Git
2 113 (6.02%) JIRA
3 107 (5.70%) Jenkins
4 104 (5.54%) GitLab
5 35 (1.86%) SonarQube
6 29 (1.55%) Selenium
7 26 (1.39%) TeamCity
8 19 (1.01%) Cypress.io
9 18 (0.96%) Postman
10 12 (0.64%) JMeter
11 11 (0.59%) Bitbucket
11 11 (0.59%) Cucumber
11 11 (0.59%) Visual Studio
12 9 (0.48%) Visual Studio Code
13 8 (0.43%) Claude Code
13 8 (0.43%) NUnit
14 7 (0.37%) Maven
15 6 (0.32%) Octopus Deploy
16 5 (0.27%) JUnit
16 5 (0.27%) Locust
General
1 435 (23.18%) Social Skills
2 336 (17.90%) Finance
3 153 (8.15%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 150 (7.99%) Public Sector
5 144 (7.67%) Law
6 118 (6.29%) Analytical Skills
7 108 (5.75%) Legal
8 69 (3.68%) Banking
9 63 (3.36%) Marketing
9 63 (3.36%) Retail
10 55 (2.93%) Games
11 31 (1.65%) Advertising
12 26 (1.39%) Back Office
13 23 (1.23%) Financial Institution
14 22 (1.17%) Manufacturing
14 22 (1.17%) Presentation Skills
15 18 (0.96%) Legal Technology
16 14 (0.75%) Telecoms
17 13 (0.69%) Influencing Skills
18 12 (0.64%) Documentation Skills
Job Titles
1 451 (24.03%) Senior
2 387 (20.62%) Developer
3 330 (17.58%) DevOps Engineer
4 247 (13.16%) Lead
5 188 (10.02%) .NET Developer
6 163 (8.68%) Architect
7 145 (7.73%) Software Engineer
8 113 (6.02%) Senior DevOps
9 99 (5.27%) Senior DevOps Engineer
10 92 (4.90%) Azure Engineer
11 83 (4.42%) IT Manager
12 81 (4.32%) Cloud Engineer
13 69 (3.68%) Platform Engineer
14 67 (3.57%) Solutions Architect
15 66 (3.52%) Senior Developer
15 66 (3.52%) Senior Manager
16 59 (3.14%) Data Engineer
17 58 (3.09%) Consultant
18 54 (2.88%) Senior Software Engineer
19 52 (2.77%) Service Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 376 (20.03%) .NET
2 209 (11.13%) React
3 201 (10.71%) ASP.NET
4 190 (10.12%) .NET Core
5 180 (9.59%) ASP.NET Core
6 143 (7.62%) RESTful
7 126 (6.71%) REST
8 125 (6.66%) CSS
9 122 (6.50%) HTML
10 115 (6.13%) Node.js
11 102 (5.43%) Blazor
12 97 (5.17%) Entity Framework
13 81 (4.32%) ML.NET
14 73 (3.89%) Middleware
15 58 (3.09%) Kafka
16 54 (2.88%) AngularJS
16 54 (2.88%) Spring
16 54 (2.88%) Spring Boot
17 46 (2.45%) SOAP
18 45 (2.40%) Lightning Web Components
Miscellaneous
1 298 (15.88%) Cloud Native
2 129 (6.87%) Product Ownership
3 91 (4.85%) Enterprise Software
4 78 (4.16%) Distributed Systems
5 62 (3.30%) Virtual Team
6 56 (2.98%) Greenfield Project
7 51 (2.72%) Cyber Threat
8 38 (2.02%) Legacy Systems
8 38 (2.02%) Management Information System
9 35 (1.86%) Mobile App
10 30 (1.60%) Self-Motivation
11 28 (1.49%) Data Centre
11 28 (1.49%) Public Cloud
12 25 (1.33%) Onboarding
12 25 (1.33%) Podcast
13 24 (1.28%) Driving Licence
13 24 (1.28%) Hybrid Cloud
14 23 (1.23%) Social Media
15 19 (1.01%) Legacy Applications
16 18 (0.96%) Analytical Mindset
Operating Systems
1 177 (9.43%) Linux
2 97 (5.17%) Windows
3 58 (3.09%) Unix
4 20 (1.07%) Android
4 20 (1.07%) Windows Server
5 16 (0.85%) VMS
6 8 (0.43%) Debian
6 8 (0.43%) Ubuntu
7 6 (0.32%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 5 (0.27%) CentOS
9 3 (0.16%) Windows Server 2016
10 2 (0.11%) Apple iOS
10 2 (0.11%) Embedded Linux
11 1 (0.053%) Solaris
11 1 (0.053%) VxWorks
Processes & Methodologies
1 930 (49.55%) CI/CD
2 845 (45.02%) Agile
3 442 (23.55%) Continuous Improvement
4 405 (21.58%) Infrastructure as Code
5 396 (21.10%) Mentoring
6 363 (19.34%) Software Engineering
7 355 (18.91%) AI
8 336 (17.90%) Test Automation
9 300 (15.98%) Full-Stack Development
10 297 (15.82%) Problem-Solving
11 268 (14.28%) Microservices
12 245 (13.05%) Scrum
13 237 (12.63%) Stakeholder Engagement
14 212 (11.29%) Containerisation
15 211 (11.24%) Roadmaps
16 195 (10.39%) Technical Leadership
17 191 (10.18%) Stakeholder Management
18 189 (10.07%) Observability
19 185 (9.86%) Coaching
20 174 (9.27%) Platform Engineering
Programming Languages
1 429 (22.86%) C#
2 427 (22.75%) SQL
3 385 (20.51%) Python
4 312 (16.62%) JavaScript
5 204 (10.87%) Java
6 167 (8.90%) PowerShell
6 167 (8.90%) TypeScript
7 100 (5.33%) Bash
8 74 (3.94%) Bicep
9 47 (2.50%) Apex Code
10 31 (1.65%) C++
11 30 (1.60%) Go
12 27 (1.44%) SOQL
12 27 (1.44%) SOSL
13 26 (1.39%) PHP
14 20 (1.07%) Kusto Query Language
15 19 (1.01%) T-SQL
16 14 (0.75%) Ruby
17 13 (0.69%) Groovy
18 10 (0.53%) Scala
Qualifications
1 214 (11.40%) Security Cleared
2 172 (9.16%) SC Cleared
3 157 (8.36%) Degree
4 68 (3.62%) CISSP
5 64 (3.41%) Azure Certification
6 58 (3.09%) CISM
6 58 (3.09%) ITIL Certification
7 45 (2.40%) Computer Science Degree
8 34 (1.81%) DV Cleared
9 24 (1.28%) Microsoft Certification
10 22 (1.17%) Master's Degree
11 21 (1.12%) AWS Certification
11 21 (1.12%) DBS Check
12 18 (0.96%) PMI Certification
13 16 (0.85%) BPSS Clearance
14 14 (0.75%) ISTQB
15 13 (0.69%) Cisco Certification
15 13 (0.69%) PMP
16 8 (0.43%) TOGAF Certification
17 7 (0.37%) CCNP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 218 (11.61%) QA
2 80 (4.26%) NIST
3 51 (2.72%) Accessibility
4 50 (2.66%) Data Quality
5 48 (2.56%) ISO 22301
6 32 (1.70%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 29 (1.55%) GDPR
8 23 (1.23%) GRC
9 15 (0.80%) WCAG
10 8 (0.43%) HMG Security Policy Framework
10 8 (0.43%) PCI DSS
11 6 (0.32%) NIST 800
11 6 (0.32%) PMO
11 6 (0.32%) SOC 2
12 5 (0.27%) IFRS
13 4 (0.21%) ISO 9001
13 4 (0.21%) SLA
14 3 (0.16%) Sarbanes-Oxley
14 3 (0.16%) SEPA
14 3 (0.16%) Solvency II
System Software
1 260 (13.85%) Docker
2 63 (3.36%) Active Directory
3 31 (1.65%) VMware Infrastructure
4 20 (1.07%) Virtual Machines
5 17 (0.91%) vSphere
6 13 (0.69%) Virtual Desktop
7 8 (0.43%) Firmware
8 4 (0.21%) Slurm Workload Manager
9 3 (0.16%) Embedded Firmware
9 3 (0.16%) Hyper-V
10 2 (0.11%) iptables
10 2 (0.11%) KVM
11 1 (0.053%) Citrix Hypervisor
11 1 (0.053%) QEMU
11 1 (0.053%) VMware ESXi
11 1 (0.053%) Xen
Systems Management
1 365 (19.45%) Terraform
2 306 (16.30%) Kubernetes
3 94 (5.01%) Ansible
4 80 (4.26%) Grafana
5 46 (2.45%) Prometheus
6 29 (1.55%) Argo
7 21 (1.12%) Puppet
8 15 (0.80%) Microsoft Intune
9 13 (0.69%) Istio
10 9 (0.48%) Progress Chef
11 8 (0.43%) Proxmox
12 7 (0.37%) Active Directory Federation Services
12 7 (0.37%) Packer
13 6 (0.32%) ZABBIX
14 5 (0.27%) AWS Copilot
14 5 (0.27%) Kibana
15 3 (0.16%) Nagios
16 2 (0.11%) HP Fortify
16 2 (0.11%) MIIS
16 2 (0.11%) Opsgenie
Vendors
1 494 (26.32%) Microsoft
2 78 (4.16%) Google
3 69 (3.68%) Salesforce
4 56 (2.98%) Oracle
5 51 (2.72%) ServiceNow
6 41 (2.18%) VMware
7 40 (2.13%) Facebook
8 38 (2.02%) Databricks
9 33 (1.76%) SAP
9 33 (1.76%) Splunk
10 29 (1.55%) Pega
11 25 (1.33%) MuleSoft
12 21 (1.12%) YouTube
13 19 (1.01%) Apple
14 18 (0.96%) Sony
15 17 (0.91%) Cisco
15 17 (0.91%) Yahoo!
16 16 (0.85%) OpenAI
17 15 (0.80%) Palo Alto
18 14 (0.75%) Red Hat
848 hybrid/remote DevOps jobs