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

 6 months to
10 Jul 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 18 16 21
Rank change year-on-year -2 +5 -11
Permanent jobs citing DevOps 1,803 1,955 2,796
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 8.50% 11.87% 8.65%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 10.26% 12.70% 9.72%
Number of salaries quoted 1,339 1,081 2,265
10th Percentile £45,000 £47,231 £41,250
25th Percentile £52,500 £56,250 £51,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,576 £70,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -6.32% +7.69% -7.14%
75th Percentile £83,750 £85,000 £82,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £108,750 £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 17,578 15,394 28,768
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 82.84% 93.48% 88.98%
Number of salaries quoted 12,832 9,111 21,964
10th Percentile £35,000 £30,000 £33,750
25th Percentile £45,000 £41,250 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year - +4.35% -8.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 £78,750 £75,772
90th Percentile £100,000 £102,500 £95,000
UK median annual salary £60,000 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year +4.35% +4.55% -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 10 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 (2.50%) SharePoint
2 28 (1.55%) Confluence
3 23 (1.28%) Apache
4 17 (0.94%) Apache Spark
5 15 (0.83%) Microsoft Exchange
6 14 (0.78%) Apache Airflow
7 8 (0.44%) CMS
7 8 (0.44%) IIS
7 8 (0.44%) SharePoint Server
8 7 (0.39%) nginx
9 6 (0.33%) Apache Solr
9 6 (0.33%) OpenStack
9 6 (0.33%) SAS
9 6 (0.33%) WordPress
10 5 (0.28%) Jupyter
11 4 (0.22%) Anypoint
12 3 (0.17%) Umbraco
13 1 (0.055%) Appian
13 1 (0.055%) Drupal
13 1 (0.055%) Sitecore CMS
Applications
1 39 (2.16%) Microsoft Project
2 13 (0.72%) Microsoft Excel
3 10 (0.55%) Trello
4 7 (0.39%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 7 (0.39%) MS Visio
5 3 (0.17%) Blender
5 3 (0.17%) Maya
5 3 (0.17%) Microsoft Office
6 1 (0.055%) EngageOne
6 1 (0.055%) Lightworks
6 1 (0.055%) Notion
6 1 (0.055%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 51 (2.83%) Dynamics CRM
2 6 (0.33%) SAP S/4HANA
3 5 (0.28%) Fidessa
3 5 (0.28%) Oracle EBS
4 4 (0.22%) Dynamics AX
5 3 (0.17%) Carpe Diem
5 3 (0.17%) Elite 3E
5 3 (0.17%) SAP ERP
6 2 (0.11%) Infor SunSystems
7 1 (0.055%) Dynamics GP
7 1 (0.055%) Dynamics NAV
7 1 (0.055%) JDE EnterpriseOne
7 1 (0.055%) Magento
7 1 (0.055%) Payment Gateway
7 1 (0.055%) SAP IBP
7 1 (0.055%) SAP MII
7 1 (0.055%) SAP PP
7 1 (0.055%) TIBCO iProcess
Cloud Services
1 996 (55.24%) Azure
2 586 (32.50%) AWS
3 543 (30.12%) Azure DevOps
4 199 (11.04%) SaaS
5 177 (9.82%) GCP
6 160 (8.87%) Serverless
7 154 (8.54%) GitHub
8 149 (8.26%) Power Platform
9 93 (5.16%) PaaS
10 85 (4.71%) Azure AI
11 77 (4.27%) Azure AKS
12 75 (4.16%) Entra ID
13 74 (4.10%) Amazon EKS
14 70 (3.88%) GitHub Actions
15 66 (3.66%) Azure Service Bus
16 65 (3.61%) Amazon S3
17 57 (3.16%) AWS CloudFormation
18 56 (3.11%) Power Automate
19 55 (3.05%) Azure Functions
19 55 (3.05%) Dynamics 365
Communications & Networking
1 60 (3.33%) Broadband
2 46 (2.55%) Firewall
3 39 (2.16%) VPN
4 29 (1.61%) DNS
5 27 (1.50%) TCP/IP
6 14 (0.78%) Internet
7 12 (0.67%) DHCP
8 8 (0.44%) Network Security
9 6 (0.33%) BGP
9 6 (0.33%) Cisco ASA
9 6 (0.33%) LAN
9 6 (0.33%) NGFW
9 6 (0.33%) OSPF
9 6 (0.33%) WAN
10 5 (0.28%) Ethernet VPN
10 5 (0.28%) VXLAN
11 4 (0.22%) SSL
12 3 (0.17%) Modbus
12 3 (0.17%) SSH
12 3 (0.17%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 203 (11.26%) MongoDB
2 202 (11.20%) Azure SQL Database
3 122 (6.77%) SQL Server
4 82 (4.55%) PostgreSQL
5 68 (3.77%) NoSQL
6 60 (3.33%) Power BI
7 47 (2.61%) Elasticsearch
8 39 (2.16%) Relational Database
9 34 (1.89%) MySQL
10 31 (1.72%) Metadata
11 28 (1.55%) Amazon RDS
12 27 (1.50%) Data Warehouse
13 21 (1.16%) Redis
14 20 (1.11%) Amazon Athena
15 19 (1.05%) Data Lake
16 18 (1.00%) DynamoDB
17 17 (0.94%) SQL Server Integration Services
18 14 (0.78%) RDBMS
19 12 (0.67%) Delta Lake
20 11 (0.61%) NonStop SQL
Development Applications
1 137 (7.60%) Git
2 113 (6.27%) Jenkins
3 110 (6.10%) GitLab
4 106 (5.88%) JIRA
5 44 (2.44%) SonarQube
6 27 (1.50%) Selenium
7 26 (1.44%) TeamCity
8 18 (1.00%) Postman
9 17 (0.94%) Cypress.io
10 13 (0.72%) JMeter
11 12 (0.67%) Cucumber
11 12 (0.67%) Visual Studio
12 11 (0.61%) Jaeger
13 10 (0.55%) Bitbucket
14 8 (0.44%) Claude Code
14 8 (0.44%) Maven
15 7 (0.39%) NUnit
15 7 (0.39%) Visual Studio Code
16 5 (0.28%) Locust
16 5 (0.28%) Octopus Deploy
General
1 383 (21.24%) Social Skills
2 330 (18.30%) Finance
3 167 (9.26%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 150 (8.32%) Public Sector
5 144 (7.99%) Law
6 120 (6.66%) Analytical Skills
7 78 (4.33%) Legal
8 73 (4.05%) Banking
8 73 (4.05%) Marketing
9 69 (3.83%) Retail
10 67 (3.72%) Games
11 30 (1.66%) Advertising
11 30 (1.66%) Back Office
12 26 (1.44%) Financial Institution
13 21 (1.16%) Presentation Skills
14 20 (1.11%) Manufacturing
15 15 (0.83%) Legal Technology
16 13 (0.72%) Influencing Skills
17 12 (0.67%) Telecoms
18 11 (0.61%) Documentation Skills
Job Titles
1 407 (22.57%) Senior
2 391 (21.69%) Developer
3 300 (16.64%) DevOps Engineer
4 250 (13.87%) Lead
5 186 (10.32%) .NET Developer
6 178 (9.87%) Architect
7 147 (8.15%) Software Engineer
8 102 (5.66%) Senior DevOps
9 88 (4.88%) Azure Engineer
9 88 (4.88%) Cloud Engineer
10 85 (4.71%) Senior DevOps Engineer
11 70 (3.88%) Solutions Architect
12 65 (3.61%) IT Manager
13 63 (3.49%) Platform Engineer
14 62 (3.44%) Senior Developer
15 57 (3.16%) Consultant
16 55 (3.05%) AWS Engineer
16 55 (3.05%) Data Engineer
16 55 (3.05%) Senior Software Engineer
17 50 (2.77%) Lead Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 372 (20.63%) .NET
2 206 (11.43%) React
3 199 (11.04%) ASP.NET
4 187 (10.37%) .NET Core
5 181 (10.04%) ASP.NET Core
6 141 (7.82%) RESTful
7 126 (6.99%) CSS
8 125 (6.93%) HTML
9 123 (6.82%) REST
10 112 (6.21%) Node.js
11 98 (5.44%) Blazor
11 98 (5.44%) Entity Framework
12 81 (4.49%) ML.NET
13 60 (3.33%) Middleware
14 59 (3.27%) Spring
15 58 (3.22%) Spring Boot
16 55 (3.05%) AngularJS
16 55 (3.05%) SOAP
17 54 (3.00%) Kafka
17 54 (3.00%) Lightning Web Components
Miscellaneous
1 295 (16.36%) Cloud Native
2 130 (7.21%) Product Ownership
3 82 (4.55%) Enterprise Software
4 69 (3.83%) Distributed Systems
5 48 (2.66%) Greenfield Project
6 40 (2.22%) Virtual Team
7 39 (2.16%) Management Information System
7 39 (2.16%) Mobile App
8 37 (2.05%) Legacy Systems
9 36 (2.00%) Public Cloud
10 29 (1.61%) Cyber Threat
10 29 (1.61%) Self-Motivation
11 28 (1.55%) Data Centre
11 28 (1.55%) Hybrid Cloud
12 26 (1.44%) Driving Licence
13 25 (1.39%) Onboarding
13 25 (1.39%) Podcast
14 21 (1.16%) Social Media
15 20 (1.11%) Security Posture
16 19 (1.05%) Low-Code
Operating Systems
1 181 (10.04%) Linux
2 98 (5.44%) Windows
3 61 (3.38%) Unix
4 23 (1.28%) Android
5 20 (1.11%) Windows Server
6 16 (0.89%) VMS
7 10 (0.55%) Ubuntu
8 9 (0.50%) Debian
9 8 (0.44%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 7 (0.39%) CentOS
11 5 (0.28%) Apple iOS
12 3 (0.17%) Windows Server 2016
13 2 (0.11%) Embedded Linux
14 1 (0.055%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 932 (51.69%) CI/CD
2 837 (46.42%) Agile
3 409 (22.68%) Continuous Improvement
4 407 (22.57%) Infrastructure as Code
5 379 (21.02%) Mentoring
6 334 (18.52%) AI
7 323 (17.91%) Software Engineering
8 300 (16.64%) Full-Stack Development
9 293 (16.25%) Test Automation
10 288 (15.97%) Problem-Solving
11 263 (14.59%) Microservices
12 243 (13.48%) Scrum
13 225 (12.48%) Containerisation
13 225 (12.48%) Roadmaps
14 193 (10.70%) Coaching
15 189 (10.48%) Technical Leadership
16 183 (10.15%) Observability
17 181 (10.04%) Stakeholder Engagement
18 176 (9.76%) Stakeholder Management
19 165 (9.15%) Platform Engineering
Programming Languages
1 423 (23.46%) SQL
2 394 (21.85%) C#
3 368 (20.41%) Python
4 297 (16.47%) JavaScript
5 227 (12.59%) Java
6 147 (8.15%) TypeScript
7 140 (7.76%) PowerShell
8 116 (6.43%) Bash
9 73 (4.05%) Bicep
10 56 (3.11%) Apex Code
11 47 (2.61%) Go
12 36 (2.00%) SOQL
12 36 (2.00%) SOSL
13 34 (1.89%) C++
14 25 (1.39%) PHP
15 20 (1.11%) Kusto Query Language
16 17 (0.94%) T-SQL
17 13 (0.72%) Groovy
17 13 (0.72%) Ruby
17 13 (0.72%) Rust
Qualifications
1 200 (11.09%) Security Cleared
2 166 (9.21%) Degree
3 152 (8.43%) SC Cleared
4 65 (3.61%) Azure Certification
5 51 (2.83%) CISSP
6 45 (2.50%) Computer Science Degree
7 38 (2.11%) CISM
8 37 (2.05%) ITIL Certification
9 32 (1.77%) AWS Certification
9 32 (1.77%) DV Cleared
10 26 (1.44%) Master's Degree
10 26 (1.44%) Microsoft Certification
11 18 (1.00%) DBS Check
11 18 (1.00%) PMI Certification
12 13 (0.72%) Cisco Certification
12 13 (0.72%) ISTQB
13 12 (0.67%) PMP
14 9 (0.50%) TOGAF Certification
15 8 (0.44%) PhD
16 7 (0.39%) CCNP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 183 (10.15%) QA
2 61 (3.38%) NIST
3 49 (2.72%) Data Quality
4 44 (2.44%) Accessibility
5 35 (1.94%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 30 (1.66%) GDPR
7 29 (1.61%) ISO 22301
8 22 (1.22%) GRC
9 13 (0.72%) WCAG
10 9 (0.50%) PCI DSS
11 7 (0.39%) HMG Security Policy Framework
11 7 (0.39%) SOC 2
12 5 (0.28%) IFRS
12 5 (0.28%) NIST 800
12 5 (0.28%) PMO
13 4 (0.22%) ISO 9001
14 3 (0.17%) Sarbanes-Oxley
14 3 (0.17%) SEPA
14 3 (0.17%) SLA
14 3 (0.17%) Solvency II
System Software
1 262 (14.53%) Docker
2 66 (3.66%) Active Directory
3 32 (1.77%) VMware Infrastructure
4 21 (1.16%) Virtual Machines
5 19 (1.05%) vSphere
6 13 (0.72%) Virtual Desktop
7 8 (0.44%) Firmware
8 4 (0.22%) Slurm Workload Manager
9 3 (0.17%) Embedded Firmware
10 2 (0.11%) Hyper-V
10 2 (0.11%) iptables
10 2 (0.11%) KVM
10 2 (0.11%) Microsoft Virtual Server
10 2 (0.11%) Virtual Servers
10 2 (0.11%) VMware ESXi
11 1 (0.055%) Citrix Hypervisor
11 1 (0.055%) QEMU
11 1 (0.055%) VMware NSX
11 1 (0.055%) Xen
Systems Management
1 372 (20.63%) Terraform
2 314 (17.42%) Kubernetes
3 111 (6.16%) Ansible
4 81 (4.49%) Grafana
5 54 (3.00%) Prometheus
6 39 (2.16%) Argo
7 21 (1.16%) Puppet
8 13 (0.72%) Istio
9 12 (0.67%) Microsoft Intune
10 11 (0.61%) Kustomize
11 10 (0.55%) Proxmox
12 9 (0.50%) Packer
13 8 (0.44%) Progress Chef
14 7 (0.39%) Active Directory Federation Services
15 6 (0.33%) ZABBIX
16 5 (0.28%) AWS Copilot
16 5 (0.28%) Kibana
17 3 (0.17%) Nagios
17 3 (0.17%) Single Sign-On
18 2 (0.11%) Opsgenie
Vendors
1 490 (27.18%) Microsoft
2 91 (5.05%) Google
3 78 (4.33%) Salesforce
4 52 (2.88%) Oracle
5 49 (2.72%) ServiceNow
6 44 (2.44%) VMware
7 42 (2.33%) Splunk
8 40 (2.22%) Facebook
9 34 (1.89%) SAP
10 33 (1.83%) Databricks
11 29 (1.61%) Pega
12 24 (1.33%) MuleSoft
13 21 (1.16%) YouTube
14 19 (1.05%) Apple
15 17 (0.94%) Cisco
15 17 (0.94%) Sony
15 17 (0.94%) Yahoo!
16 15 (0.83%) OpenAI
16 15 (0.83%) Palo Alto
17 13 (0.72%) Red Hat
776 hybrid/remote DevOps jobs