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 25 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

 6 months to
25 Nov 2025		 Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 22 15 10
Rank change year-on-year -7 -5 +1
Permanent jobs citing DevOps 1,315 2,322 3,046
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 8.66% 11.68% 14.38%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 9.52% 13.01% 15.14%
Number of salaries quoted 948 1,561 2,566
10th Percentile £42,500 £42,500 £45,000
25th Percentile £55,000 £52,500 £53,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £68,958 £67,500 £67,500
Median % change year-on-year +2.16% - -3.57%
75th Percentile £83,750 £85,000 £85,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £101,250 £102,500
UK median annual salary £70,000 £69,308 £70,000
% change year-on-year +1.00% -0.99% -

All Process and 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 13,820 17,850 20,123
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 90.98% 89.77% 94.97%
Number of salaries quoted 8,725 10,738 16,290
10th Percentile £29,500 £36,250 £36,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £46,250 £46,306
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £62,500 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -8.00% - -
75th Percentile £77,500 £81,250 £80,000
90th Percentile £97,500 £100,000 £97,500
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% - -

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 25 November 2025.

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 39 (2.97%) Confluence
2 27 (2.05%) SharePoint
3 20 (1.52%) Microsoft Exchange
4 16 (1.22%) IIS
5 12 (0.91%) Apache Airflow
5 12 (0.91%) Oracle SOA Suite
6 11 (0.84%) Apache Spark
7 9 (0.68%) Apache
8 7 (0.53%) nginx
9 5 (0.38%) CMS
10 1 (0.076%) Apache Solr
10 1 (0.076%) ArcGIS
10 1 (0.076%) BizTalk Server
10 1 (0.076%) MetaMask
10 1 (0.076%) OpenStack
10 1 (0.076%) Oracle Workflow
10 1 (0.076%) Tomcat
10 1 (0.076%) WebLogic
10 1 (0.076%) WordPress
Applications
1 37 (2.81%) Microsoft Excel
2 15 (1.14%) Microsoft Office
3 8 (0.61%) MS Visio
4 7 (0.53%) Microsoft Project
5 3 (0.23%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 2 (0.15%) Spreadsheet
7 1 (0.076%) PlantUML
Business Applications
1 29 (2.21%) Oracle ERP
2 18 (1.37%) Dynamics CRM
3 12 (0.91%) Dynamics NAV
4 6 (0.46%) Shopify
5 2 (0.15%) Markit EDM
5 2 (0.15%) Salesforce CRM
5 2 (0.15%) SAP ERP
6 1 (0.076%) Aladdin
6 1 (0.076%) Dynamics AX
6 1 (0.076%) Integrated Workplace Management System
6 1 (0.076%) NEC Housing
6 1 (0.076%) NetSuite
6 1 (0.076%) Payment Gateway
6 1 (0.076%) Primavera
6 1 (0.076%) SAP S/4HANA
6 1 (0.076%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
6 1 (0.076%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 892 (67.83%) Azure
2 490 (37.26%) Azure DevOps
3 435 (33.08%) AWS
4 295 (22.43%) GitHub
5 152 (11.56%) GCP
6 144 (10.95%) SaaS
7 137 (10.42%) Power Platform
8 133 (10.11%) GitHub Actions
9 102 (7.76%) Serverless
10 84 (6.39%) Entra ID
11 76 (5.78%) AWS CloudFormation
12 71 (5.40%) Dynamics 365
13 65 (4.94%) Microsoft 365
14 60 (4.56%) PaaS
14 60 (4.56%) Snowflake
15 57 (4.33%) Amazon CloudWatch
15 57 (4.33%) Azure Monitor
16 53 (4.03%) Azure Data Factory
17 52 (3.95%) GitHub Copilot
18 50 (3.80%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 48 (3.65%) Firewall
2 38 (2.89%) VPN
3 33 (2.51%) DNS
4 28 (2.13%) WAN
5 25 (1.90%) LAN
6 21 (1.60%) TCP/IP
7 20 (1.52%) Network Security
8 19 (1.44%) Broadband
9 18 (1.37%) DHCP
10 13 (0.99%) Wi-Fi
11 12 (0.91%) SD-WAN
11 12 (0.91%) VoIP
12 10 (0.76%) SAN
12 10 (0.76%) VLAN
13 7 (0.53%) Unified Communications
14 6 (0.46%) BGP
14 6 (0.46%) Fibre Channel
14 6 (0.46%) Internet
15 5 (0.38%) DMZ
15 5 (0.38%) STUN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 150 (11.41%) SQL Server
2 92 (7.00%) Data Warehouse
3 75 (5.70%) PostgreSQL
4 74 (5.63%) Power BI
5 63 (4.79%) NoSQL
6 45 (3.42%) Azure SQL Database
7 44 (3.35%) Tableau
8 42 (3.19%) Relational Database
9 36 (2.74%) MongoDB
10 34 (2.59%) MySQL
11 28 (2.13%) Data Lake
12 25 (1.90%) Elasticsearch
13 23 (1.75%) Amazon RDS
14 20 (1.52%) DynamoDB
15 19 (1.44%) Metadata
16 18 (1.37%) Redis
17 14 (1.06%) Snowflake Schema
18 13 (0.99%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
18 13 (0.99%) SQL Server Integration Services
19 12 (0.91%) BigQuery
Development Applications
1 163 (12.40%) Git
2 127 (9.66%) Jenkins
3 102 (7.76%) JIRA
4 78 (5.93%) GitLab
5 32 (2.43%) SonarQube
6 27 (2.05%) Oracle Forms
7 21 (1.60%) Selenium
8 16 (1.22%) Cypress.io
9 12 (0.91%) TeamCity
10 11 (0.84%) git-flow
10 11 (0.84%) JUnit
10 11 (0.84%) Team Foundation Server
11 10 (0.76%) Octopus Deploy
12 9 (0.68%) Bitbucket
12 9 (0.68%) Cucumber
12 9 (0.68%) JMeter
12 9 (0.68%) Postman
12 9 (0.68%) Visual Studio
13 8 (0.61%) Visual Studio Code
14 7 (0.53%) MSBuild
General
1 384 (29.20%) Social Skills
2 377 (28.67%) Finance
3 124 (9.43%) Analytical Skills
4 98 (7.45%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 84 (6.39%) Marketing
6 66 (5.02%) Retail
7 65 (4.94%) Law
7 65 (4.94%) Public Sector
8 41 (3.12%) Telecoms
9 31 (2.36%) Back Office
9 31 (2.36%) Banking
10 27 (2.05%) Documentation Skills
11 23 (1.75%) Games
12 22 (1.67%) Front Office
13 18 (1.37%) Legal
13 18 (1.37%) Presentation Skills
14 15 (1.14%) Manufacturing
14 15 (1.14%) Pharmaceutical
15 13 (0.99%) Financial Institution
16 11 (0.84%) Tech for Good
Job Titles
1 303 (23.04%) Senior
2 247 (18.78%) Developer
3 138 (10.49%) Lead
4 137 (10.42%) DevOps Engineer
5 108 (8.21%) Cloud Engineer
6 96 (7.30%) Software Engineer
7 91 (6.92%) Architect
8 83 (6.31%) Senior Developer
9 77 (5.86%) Azure Engineer
10 66 (5.02%) Analyst
11 55 (4.18%) Infrastructure Engineer
12 54 (4.11%) Applications Engineer
13 53 (4.03%) .NET Developer
14 52 (3.95%) Platform Engineer
15 50 (3.80%) Data Engineer
16 44 (3.35%) Consultant
17 43 (3.27%) Senior DevOps
18 41 (3.12%) Full-Stack Developer
19 36 (2.74%) Solutions Architect
20 33 (2.51%) Software Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 263 (20.00%) .NET
2 162 (12.32%) React
3 110 (8.37%) RESTful
4 90 (6.84%) REST
5 71 (5.40%) CSS
6 69 (5.25%) .NET Framework
6 69 (5.25%) HTML
7 63 (4.79%) Node.js
8 59 (4.49%) AngularJS
9 55 (4.18%) SOAP
10 52 (3.95%) Spring Boot
11 50 (3.80%) JSON
12 49 (3.73%) Kafka
12 49 (3.73%) Spring
13 48 (3.65%) .NET Core
14 43 (3.27%) OAuth
14 43 (3.27%) XML
15 38 (2.89%) ASP.NET
16 37 (2.81%) Entity Framework
17 36 (2.74%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 242 (18.40%) Cloud Native
2 119 (9.05%) Product Ownership
3 57 (4.33%) Management Information System
4 52 (3.95%) Distributed Systems
5 45 (3.42%) Enterprise Software
6 35 (2.66%) Onboarding
7 31 (2.36%) Analytical Mindset
8 27 (2.05%) Legacy Systems
9 23 (1.75%) IoT
9 23 (1.75%) Public Cloud
10 20 (1.52%) Data Centre
11 19 (1.44%) Low-Code
11 19 (1.44%) Mobile App
12 18 (1.37%) Self-Motivation
13 16 (1.22%) AI Agents
14 14 (1.06%) NHS
14 14 (1.06%) Security Posture
15 11 (0.84%) Data Structures
16 10 (0.76%) Legacy Applications
17 9 (0.68%) Greenfield Project
Operating Systems
1 129 (9.81%) Linux
2 115 (8.75%) Windows
3 37 (2.81%) Windows Server
4 30 (2.28%) Unix
5 17 (1.29%) VMS
6 13 (0.99%) Android
6 13 (0.99%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 11 (0.84%) Windows Server 2019
8 10 (0.76%) Windows Server 2012
9 8 (0.61%) CentOS
9 8 (0.61%) Debian
10 7 (0.53%) Ubuntu
11 6 (0.46%) Apple iOS
12 1 (0.076%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 726 (55.21%) CI/CD
2 628 (47.76%) Agile
3 335 (25.48%) Infrastructure as Code
4 307 (23.35%) Continuous Improvement
5 295 (22.43%) Problem-Solving
6 259 (19.70%) Mentoring
7 239 (18.17%) AI
8 217 (16.50%) Microservices
9 210 (15.97%) Test Automation
10 202 (15.36%) Software Engineering
11 187 (14.22%) Coaching
12 179 (13.61%) Containerisation
13 168 (12.78%) Analytics
14 160 (12.17%) Observability
15 153 (11.63%) Asset Management
16 142 (10.80%) Scrum
17 141 (10.72%) Roadmaps
18 136 (10.34%) Clean Code
19 132 (10.04%) Computer Science
20 114 (8.67%) Migration
Programming Languages
1 394 (29.96%) Python
2 367 (27.91%) SQL
3 239 (18.17%) C#
4 165 (12.55%) JavaScript
5 160 (12.17%) PowerShell
6 152 (11.56%) Java
7 119 (9.05%) Bash
8 118 (8.97%) TypeScript
9 72 (5.48%) Bicep
10 43 (3.27%) Go
11 38 (2.89%) Apex Code
12 33 (2.51%) PL/SQL
13 28 (2.13%) Shell Script
14 25 (1.90%) T-SQL
15 19 (1.44%) PHP
16 15 (1.14%) C
16 15 (1.14%) Scala
16 15 (1.14%) SOQL
16 15 (1.14%) SOSL
17 14 (1.06%) R
Qualifications
1 179 (13.61%) Degree
2 121 (9.20%) Security Cleared
3 102 (7.76%) SC Cleared
4 99 (7.53%) Computer Science Degree
5 74 (5.63%) Azure Certification
6 48 (3.65%) AWS Certification
7 37 (2.81%) Master's Degree
8 30 (2.28%) Microsoft Certification
9 21 (1.60%) Cisco Certification
10 20 (1.52%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
11 19 (1.44%) ISTQB
12 15 (1.14%) CCNP
12 15 (1.14%) CISSP
13 13 (0.99%) DV Cleared
13 13 (0.99%) PMP
14 12 (0.91%) PMI Certification
15 9 (0.68%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
16 8 (0.61%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
17 7 (0.53%) ACCA
17 7 (0.53%) DBS Check
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 136 (10.34%) QA
2 67 (5.10%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 60 (4.56%) GDPR
4 36 (2.74%) Accessibility
5 34 (2.59%) Data Quality
6 33 (2.51%) NIST
7 17 (1.29%) ISO 9001
8 16 (1.22%) Sarbanes-Oxley
9 12 (0.91%) HIPAA
10 11 (0.84%) NCSC
11 10 (0.76%) Cyber Essentials
12 9 (0.68%) PCI DSS
12 9 (0.68%) SLA
12 9 (0.68%) SOC 2
13 8 (0.61%) PMO
14 6 (0.46%) WCAG
15 5 (0.38%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
16 3 (0.23%) GRC
16 3 (0.23%) Software Quality Assurance
17 2 (0.15%) HL7
System Software
1 254 (19.32%) Docker
2 73 (5.55%) Active Directory
3 26 (1.98%) Virtual Machines
4 22 (1.67%) VMware Infrastructure
5 17 (1.29%) vSphere
6 16 (1.22%) Virtual Desktop
7 11 (0.84%) VMware ESXi
8 6 (0.46%) NFS
9 5 (0.38%) Firmware
9 5 (0.38%) Kamailio
10 4 (0.30%) Postfix
11 3 (0.23%) Virtual Servers
11 3 (0.23%) VMware NSX
12 2 (0.15%) Hyper-V
12 2 (0.15%) vCloud
13 1 (0.076%) Dovecot
13 1 (0.076%) HDFS
Systems Management
1 354 (26.92%) Terraform
2 298 (22.66%) Kubernetes
3 122 (9.28%) Ansible
4 90 (6.84%) Grafana
5 64 (4.87%) Prometheus
6 34 (2.59%) Single Sign-On
7 23 (1.75%) Microsoft Intune
8 21 (1.60%) Argo
9 11 (0.84%) Red Hat Satellite
9 11 (0.84%) vCenter Server
10 10 (0.76%) SCCM
11 6 (0.46%) Kibana
12 4 (0.30%) Progress Chef
12 4 (0.30%) Puppet
13 3 (0.23%) Dell DRAC
13 3 (0.23%) Docker Swarm
14 2 (0.15%) Control-M
14 2 (0.15%) HP Fortify
14 2 (0.15%) Kubeflow
14 2 (0.15%) Kustomize
Vendors
1 315 (23.95%) Microsoft
2 69 (5.25%) Oracle
3 58 (4.41%) Salesforce
4 48 (3.65%) Databricks
5 41 (3.12%) Google
6 36 (2.74%) VMware
7 33 (2.51%) Red Hat
8 30 (2.28%) Cisco
9 26 (1.98%) Splunk
10 19 (1.44%) SolarWinds
11 17 (1.29%) Okta
12 16 (1.22%) Veeam
13 15 (1.14%) ServiceNow
14 11 (0.84%) NetApp
15 10 (0.76%) 3PAR
15 10 (0.76%) Dynatrace
16 9 (0.68%) Foundry
16 9 (0.68%) Guidewire
16 9 (0.68%) MuleSoft
16 9 (0.68%) Zoho
975 hybrid/remote DevOps jobs