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

 6 months to
11 Aug 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 18 16 20
Rank change year-on-year -2 +4 -10
Permanent jobs citing DevOps 1,915 1,874 2,261
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 8.44% 11.40% 9.06%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 10.20% 12.27% 10.33%
Number of salaries quoted 1,381 1,014 1,793
10th Percentile £45,000 £46,250 £42,500
25th Percentile £52,500 £56,250 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £68,000 £70,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -2.86% +7.69% -7.14%
75th Percentile £86,250 £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 18,770 15,275 21,889
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 82.72% 92.90% 87.76%
Number of salaries quoted 13,576 8,969 15,635
10th Percentile £35,000 £29,750 £35,000
25th Percentile £44,972 £40,750 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £58,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +3.45% -3.33% -4.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 £77,500 £77,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £100,000 £97,500
UK median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +9.09% - -9.09%

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 11 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 47 (2.45%) SharePoint
2 32 (1.67%) Confluence
3 26 (1.36%) Apache
4 25 (1.31%) Apache Spark
5 13 (0.68%) Microsoft Exchange
6 11 (0.57%) Apache Airflow
7 9 (0.47%) IIS
8 8 (0.42%) nginx
8 8 (0.42%) SharePoint Server
9 6 (0.31%) Anypoint
9 6 (0.31%) Apache Solr
9 6 (0.31%) CMS
9 6 (0.31%) OpenStack
9 6 (0.31%) SAS
9 6 (0.31%) WordPress
10 5 (0.26%) Jupyter
11 3 (0.16%) BizTalk Server
11 3 (0.16%) Umbraco
12 1 (0.052%) JBoss
12 1 (0.052%) Tomcat
Applications
1 40 (2.09%) Microsoft Project
2 16 (0.84%) Microsoft Excel
3 12 (0.63%) Trello
4 9 (0.47%) MS Visio
5 7 (0.37%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 5 (0.26%) Microsoft Office
7 3 (0.16%) Blender
7 3 (0.16%) Chatbot
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 (2.30%) Dynamics CRM
2 5 (0.26%) Fidessa
2 5 (0.26%) SAP S/4HANA
3 4 (0.21%) Dynamics AX
3 4 (0.21%) Oracle ERP
4 3 (0.16%) Carpe Diem
4 3 (0.16%) Elite 3E
4 3 (0.16%) Oracle EBS
5 2 (0.10%) Infor SunSystems
5 2 (0.10%) JDE EnterpriseOne
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%) Sage 200
6 1 (0.052%) SAP ERP
Cloud Services
1 1,074 (56.08%) Azure
2 613 (32.01%) AWS
3 578 (30.18%) Azure DevOps
4 256 (13.37%) SaaS
5 194 (10.13%) GCP
6 150 (7.83%) Serverless
7 149 (7.78%) Power Platform
8 143 (7.47%) GitHub
9 92 (4.80%) PaaS
10 91 (4.75%) Azure AI
11 73 (3.81%) Azure AKS
12 72 (3.76%) AWS CloudFormation
13 69 (3.60%) Entra ID
14 68 (3.55%) Azure Service Bus
14 68 (3.55%) Dynamics 365
15 66 (3.45%) Azure Cosmos DB
15 66 (3.45%) GitHub Actions
16 65 (3.39%) Amazon EKS
17 64 (3.34%) Microsoft 365
18 61 (3.19%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 41 (2.14%) TCP/IP
2 38 (1.98%) VPN
3 36 (1.88%) Firewall
4 35 (1.83%) Broadband
5 30 (1.57%) DNS
6 13 (0.68%) Internet
7 10 (0.52%) DHCP
7 10 (0.52%) Network Security
8 7 (0.37%) BGP
8 7 (0.37%) WAN
9 6 (0.31%) LAN
9 6 (0.31%) NGFW
9 6 (0.31%) OSPF
10 5 (0.26%) Cisco ASA
10 5 (0.26%) Ethernet VPN
10 5 (0.26%) VXLAN
11 4 (0.21%) HTTP
11 4 (0.21%) SSH
11 4 (0.21%) SSL
12 3 (0.16%) TETRA
Database & Business Intelligence
1 209 (10.91%) Azure SQL Database
2 205 (10.70%) MongoDB
3 146 (7.62%) SQL Server
4 88 (4.60%) PostgreSQL
5 60 (3.13%) Power BI
6 56 (2.92%) NoSQL
7 54 (2.82%) Elasticsearch
8 37 (1.93%) MySQL
9 35 (1.83%) Data Warehouse
9 35 (1.83%) Relational Database
10 27 (1.41%) Amazon RDS
11 24 (1.25%) Metadata
11 24 (1.25%) Redis
12 20 (1.04%) Data Lake
12 20 (1.04%) SQL Server Integration Services
13 18 (0.94%) DynamoDB
14 16 (0.84%) Delta Lake
15 15 (0.78%) Amazon Athena
16 11 (0.57%) NonStop SQL
17 10 (0.52%) Big Data
Development Applications
1 156 (8.15%) Git
2 121 (6.32%) JIRA
3 100 (5.22%) Jenkins
4 97 (5.07%) GitLab
5 30 (1.57%) Selenium
6 29 (1.51%) SonarQube
6 29 (1.51%) TeamCity
7 21 (1.10%) Cypress.io
8 18 (0.94%) Postman
9 12 (0.63%) Bitbucket
10 11 (0.57%) Cucumber
10 11 (0.57%) JMeter
10 11 (0.57%) NUnit
11 10 (0.52%) Visual Studio
11 10 (0.52%) Visual Studio Code
12 7 (0.37%) Claude Code
12 7 (0.37%) Maven
13 6 (0.31%) JUnit
13 6 (0.31%) Octopus Deploy
14 5 (0.26%) Atlassian Bamboo
General
1 460 (24.02%) Social Skills
2 353 (18.43%) Finance
3 162 (8.46%) Public Sector
4 153 (7.99%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 151 (7.89%) Law
6 115 (6.01%) Analytical Skills
6 115 (6.01%) Legal
7 73 (3.81%) Banking
8 63 (3.29%) Retail
9 57 (2.98%) Marketing
10 46 (2.40%) Games
11 32 (1.67%) Advertising
12 28 (1.46%) Back Office
13 25 (1.31%) Financial Institution
14 21 (1.10%) Aerospace
15 20 (1.04%) Manufacturing
15 20 (1.04%) Presentation Skills
16 18 (0.94%) Legal Technology
17 16 (0.84%) Telecoms
18 12 (0.63%) Influencing Skills
Job Titles
1 469 (24.49%) Senior
2 390 (20.37%) Developer
3 347 (18.12%) DevOps Engineer
4 258 (13.47%) Lead
5 193 (10.08%) .NET Developer
6 156 (8.15%) Architect
7 149 (7.78%) Software Engineer
8 110 (5.74%) Senior DevOps
9 100 (5.22%) Senior DevOps Engineer
10 97 (5.07%) Azure Engineer
11 85 (4.44%) IT Manager
12 79 (4.13%) Cloud Engineer
13 71 (3.71%) Platform Engineer
14 66 (3.45%) Senior Developer
14 66 (3.45%) Senior Manager
15 62 (3.24%) Solutions Architect
16 61 (3.19%) Data Engineer
17 55 (2.87%) Consultant
17 55 (2.87%) Senior Software Engineer
18 53 (2.77%) Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 386 (20.16%) .NET
2 213 (11.12%) React
3 206 (10.76%) ASP.NET
4 196 (10.23%) .NET Core
5 182 (9.50%) ASP.NET Core
6 143 (7.47%) RESTful
7 127 (6.63%) CSS
8 123 (6.42%) REST
9 122 (6.37%) HTML
10 121 (6.32%) Node.js
11 105 (5.48%) Blazor
12 99 (5.17%) Entity Framework
13 82 (4.28%) ML.NET
14 71 (3.71%) Middleware
15 60 (3.13%) AngularJS
16 55 (2.87%) Kafka
17 50 (2.61%) Spring Boot
18 49 (2.56%) Spring
19 40 (2.09%) SOAP
20 39 (2.04%) .NET Framework
Miscellaneous
1 310 (16.19%) Cloud Native
2 134 (7.00%) Product Ownership
3 100 (5.22%) Enterprise Software
4 82 (4.28%) Distributed Systems
5 62 (3.24%) Virtual Team
6 58 (3.03%) Greenfield Project
7 52 (2.72%) Cyber Threat
8 42 (2.19%) Legacy Systems
9 39 (2.04%) Management Information System
10 36 (1.88%) Mobile App
11 32 (1.67%) Self-Motivation
12 29 (1.51%) Public Cloud
13 28 (1.46%) Data Centre
14 25 (1.31%) Driving Licence
14 25 (1.31%) Onboarding
14 25 (1.31%) Podcast
15 23 (1.20%) Social Media
16 22 (1.15%) Hybrid Cloud
16 22 (1.15%) Legacy Applications
17 20 (1.04%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 180 (9.40%) Linux
2 99 (5.17%) Windows
3 64 (3.34%) Unix
4 20 (1.04%) Android
5 18 (0.94%) Windows Server
6 16 (0.84%) VMS
7 8 (0.42%) Debian
7 8 (0.42%) Ubuntu
8 7 (0.37%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 5 (0.26%) CentOS
10 3 (0.16%) VxWorks
11 2 (0.10%) Apple iOS
11 2 (0.10%) Solaris
11 2 (0.10%) Windows Server 2016
12 1 (0.052%) Embedded Linux
12 1 (0.052%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 941 (49.14%) CI/CD
2 859 (44.86%) Agile
3 447 (23.34%) Continuous Improvement
4 422 (22.04%) Infrastructure as Code
5 414 (21.62%) Mentoring
6 388 (20.26%) Software Engineering
7 371 (19.37%) AI
8 340 (17.75%) Test Automation
9 300 (15.67%) Full-Stack Development
10 295 (15.40%) Problem-Solving
11 267 (13.94%) Microservices
12 241 (12.58%) Stakeholder Engagement
13 240 (12.53%) Scrum
14 215 (11.23%) Containerisation
15 209 (10.91%) Technical Leadership
16 204 (10.65%) Roadmaps
17 202 (10.55%) Observability
18 199 (10.39%) Stakeholder Management
19 196 (10.23%) Coaching
20 184 (9.61%) Platform Engineering
Programming Languages
1 444 (23.19%) C#
2 440 (22.98%) SQL
3 385 (20.10%) Python
4 309 (16.14%) JavaScript
5 205 (10.70%) Java
6 167 (8.72%) TypeScript
7 165 (8.62%) PowerShell
8 96 (5.01%) Bash
9 75 (3.92%) Bicep
10 36 (1.88%) Apex Code
11 32 (1.67%) C++
12 28 (1.46%) Go
13 22 (1.15%) PHP
14 20 (1.04%) Kusto Query Language
14 20 (1.04%) SOQL
14 20 (1.04%) SOSL
14 20 (1.04%) T-SQL
15 16 (0.84%) Ruby
16 13 (0.68%) Groovy
17 11 (0.57%) Scala
Qualifications
1 236 (12.32%) Security Cleared
2 191 (9.97%) SC Cleared
3 157 (8.20%) Degree
4 68 (3.55%) CISSP
5 66 (3.45%) Azure Certification
6 58 (3.03%) CISM
6 58 (3.03%) ITIL Certification
7 43 (2.25%) Computer Science Degree
7 43 (2.25%) DV Cleared
8 31 (1.62%) BPSS Clearance
9 24 (1.25%) Microsoft Certification
10 23 (1.20%) AWS Certification
11 22 (1.15%) DBS Check
12 20 (1.04%) Master's Degree
13 18 (0.94%) PMI Certification
14 14 (0.73%) ISTQB
15 13 (0.68%) Cisco Certification
15 13 (0.68%) PMP
16 7 (0.37%) CCNP
17 6 (0.31%) CISA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 219 (11.44%) QA
2 80 (4.18%) NIST
3 60 (3.13%) Accessibility
4 53 (2.77%) Data Quality
5 48 (2.51%) ISO 22301
6 32 (1.67%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 29 (1.51%) GDPR
8 23 (1.20%) GRC
9 15 (0.78%) WCAG
10 9 (0.47%) HMG Security Policy Framework
11 7 (0.37%) PCI DSS
12 6 (0.31%) NIST 800
12 6 (0.31%) PMO
13 5 (0.26%) IFRS
13 5 (0.26%) SLA
13 5 (0.26%) SOC 2
14 4 (0.21%) ISO 9001
15 3 (0.16%) NCSC
15 3 (0.16%) Sarbanes-Oxley
15 3 (0.16%) Solvency II
System Software
1 261 (13.63%) Docker
2 65 (3.39%) Active Directory
3 33 (1.72%) VMware Infrastructure
4 21 (1.10%) Virtual Machines
5 17 (0.89%) vSphere
6 15 (0.78%) Virtual Desktop
7 8 (0.42%) Firmware
8 4 (0.21%) Slurm Workload Manager
9 3 (0.16%) Hyper-V
10 2 (0.10%) Embedded Firmware
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%) Oracle RAC
11 1 (0.052%) QEMU
11 1 (0.052%) Xen
Systems Management
1 379 (19.79%) Terraform
2 299 (15.61%) Kubernetes
3 92 (4.80%) Ansible
4 80 (4.18%) Grafana
5 44 (2.30%) Prometheus
6 29 (1.51%) Argo
7 19 (0.99%) Puppet
8 16 (0.84%) Microsoft Intune
9 15 (0.78%) Istio
10 9 (0.47%) Progress Chef
11 7 (0.37%) Packer
12 6 (0.31%) Active Directory Federation Services
12 6 (0.31%) Proxmox
12 6 (0.31%) ZABBIX
13 5 (0.26%) AWS Copilot
14 4 (0.21%) Kibana
15 3 (0.16%) Single Sign-On
16 2 (0.10%) HP Fortify
16 2 (0.10%) MIIS
16 2 (0.10%) Nagios
Vendors
1 502 (26.21%) Microsoft
2 91 (4.75%) Google
3 61 (3.19%) Oracle
4 60 (3.13%) Salesforce
5 49 (2.56%) ServiceNow
6 42 (2.19%) Databricks
7 40 (2.09%) Facebook
7 40 (2.09%) VMware
8 33 (1.72%) SAP
9 29 (1.51%) Pega
10 25 (1.31%) Splunk
11 23 (1.20%) MuleSoft
12 21 (1.10%) YouTube
13 19 (0.99%) Apple
13 19 (0.99%) OpenAI
13 19 (0.99%) Sony
14 17 (0.89%) Cisco
14 17 (0.89%) Yahoo!
15 15 (0.78%) Red Hat
16 14 (0.73%) Palo Alto
1,129 hybrid/remote DevOps jobs