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 24 September 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

 6 months to
24 Sep 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 21 17 19
Rank change year-on-year -4 +2 -9
Permanent jobs citing DevOps 1,895 1,733 2,291
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 7.69% 10.60% 9.99%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 9.46% 11.35% 11.37%
Number of salaries quoted 1,339 927 1,571
10th Percentile £45,750 £46,250 £42,500
25th Percentile £52,500 £56,250 £53,719
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £69,310 £70,000 £67,500
Median % change year-on-year -0.99% +3.70% -2.32%
75th Percentile £87,500 £83,750 £85,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £100,000 £105,000
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 20,023 15,273 20,150
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 81.27% 93.38% 87.84%
Number of salaries quoted 14,327 8,588 12,171
10th Percentile £34,000 £30,000 £35,500
25th Percentile £44,972 £40,600 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year - - -4.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 £78,750 £80,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £100,000 £100,000
UK median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year +9.09% -4.35% -4.17%

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 24 September 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 55 (2.90%) SharePoint
2 33 (1.74%) Confluence
3 25 (1.32%) Apache Spark
4 24 (1.27%) Apache
5 16 (0.84%) Microsoft Exchange
6 11 (0.58%) Apache Airflow
7 9 (0.47%) CMS
8 8 (0.42%) IIS
8 8 (0.42%) nginx
8 8 (0.42%) SharePoint Server
9 7 (0.37%) Jupyter
10 6 (0.32%) SAS
11 5 (0.26%) Apache Solr
11 5 (0.26%) WordPress
12 4 (0.21%) Anypoint
12 4 (0.21%) OpenStack
13 3 (0.16%) BizTalk Server
13 3 (0.16%) Umbraco
14 2 (0.11%) Adobe Experience Manager
14 2 (0.11%) Ethereum
Applications
1 39 (2.06%) Microsoft Project
2 14 (0.74%) Microsoft Excel
3 12 (0.63%) Trello
4 10 (0.53%) Chatbot
5 9 (0.47%) MS Visio
6 7 (0.37%) Microsoft PowerPoint
7 6 (0.32%) Microsoft Office
8 3 (0.16%) Blender
8 3 (0.16%) Maya
9 1 (0.053%) Lightworks
9 1 (0.053%) Notion
9 1 (0.053%) PlantUML
9 1 (0.053%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 45 (2.37%) 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 EBS
3 4 (0.21%) Oracle ERP
4 3 (0.16%) Carpe Diem
5 2 (0.11%) Distributed Ledger
5 2 (0.11%) JDE EnterpriseOne
5 2 (0.11%) Sage 200
6 1 (0.053%) Academy Revenues and Benefits
6 1 (0.053%) Dynamics GP
6 1 (0.053%) Dynamics NAV
6 1 (0.053%) Infor SunSystems
6 1 (0.053%) Oracle Applications
6 1 (0.053%) Oracle EBS R12
6 1 (0.053%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
6 1 (0.053%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 1,065 (56.20%) Azure
2 598 (31.56%) AWS
3 592 (31.24%) Azure DevOps
4 270 (14.25%) SaaS
5 189 (9.97%) GCP
6 177 (9.34%) Power Platform
7 148 (7.81%) Serverless
8 146 (7.70%) GitHub
9 93 (4.91%) Azure AI
10 86 (4.54%) PaaS
11 79 (4.17%) Dynamics 365
12 76 (4.01%) Azure Cosmos DB
12 76 (4.01%) Entra ID
12 76 (4.01%) PowerApps
13 71 (3.75%) Power Automate
14 70 (3.69%) Azure Service Bus
15 69 (3.64%) AWS CloudFormation
15 69 (3.64%) Azure AKS
16 68 (3.59%) Amazon EKS
17 65 (3.43%) GitHub Actions
Communications & Networking
1 39 (2.06%) VPN
2 30 (1.58%) TCP/IP
3 29 (1.53%) Firewall
4 26 (1.37%) DNS
5 15 (0.79%) Internet
6 14 (0.74%) Broadband
7 11 (0.58%) Network Security
8 7 (0.37%) BGP
8 7 (0.37%) WAN
9 6 (0.32%) DHCP
9 6 (0.32%) OSPF
10 5 (0.26%) Ethernet VPN
10 5 (0.26%) NGFW
10 5 (0.26%) VXLAN
11 4 (0.21%) HTTP
11 4 (0.21%) SSH
11 4 (0.21%) SSL
11 4 (0.21%) TETRA
12 3 (0.16%) 3GPP
12 3 (0.16%) LAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 219 (11.56%) Azure SQL Database
2 207 (10.92%) MongoDB
3 164 (8.65%) SQL Server
4 91 (4.80%) Power BI
5 85 (4.49%) PostgreSQL
6 57 (3.01%) Data Warehouse
6 57 (3.01%) NoSQL
7 48 (2.53%) Elasticsearch
8 45 (2.37%) Metadata
9 41 (2.16%) MySQL
10 40 (2.11%) Data Lake
10 40 (2.11%) Relational Database
11 29 (1.53%) DynamoDB
12 24 (1.27%) SQL Server Integration Services
13 22 (1.16%) Amazon Athena
14 21 (1.11%) Redis
15 20 (1.06%) Star Schema
16 18 (0.95%) Amazon RDS
17 16 (0.84%) Delta Lake
18 11 (0.58%) Big Data
Development Applications
1 189 (9.97%) Git
2 125 (6.60%) JIRA
3 79 (4.17%) GitLab
4 75 (3.96%) Jenkins
5 45 (2.37%) TeamCity
6 24 (1.27%) Selenium
7 19 (1.00%) Cypress.io
8 16 (0.84%) Postman
9 11 (0.58%) Bitbucket
9 11 (0.58%) SonarQube
10 8 (0.42%) Cucumber
10 8 (0.42%) NUnit
10 8 (0.42%) Visual Studio Code
11 7 (0.37%) Claude Code
11 7 (0.37%) JUnit
11 7 (0.37%) Maven
11 7 (0.37%) Visual Studio
12 6 (0.32%) Atlassian Bamboo
12 6 (0.32%) Octopus Deploy
13 5 (0.26%) JMeter
General
1 470 (24.80%) Social Skills
2 361 (19.05%) Finance
3 201 (10.61%) Public Sector
4 145 (7.65%) Law
5 131 (6.91%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 120 (6.33%) Analytical Skills
7 104 (5.49%) Legal
8 81 (4.27%) Banking
9 74 (3.91%) Retail
10 45 (2.37%) Back Office
11 42 (2.22%) Financial Institution
12 35 (1.85%) Marketing
13 30 (1.58%) Advertising
14 23 (1.21%) Aerospace
14 23 (1.21%) Games
15 22 (1.16%) Presentation Skills
16 13 (0.69%) Influencing Skills
17 12 (0.63%) Documentation Skills
17 12 (0.63%) Local Government
17 12 (0.63%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 501 (26.44%) Senior
2 377 (19.89%) Developer
3 350 (18.47%) DevOps Engineer
4 255 (13.46%) Lead
5 187 (9.87%) .NET Developer
6 169 (8.92%) Software Engineer
7 137 (7.23%) Architect
8 109 (5.75%) Azure Engineer
9 99 (5.22%) Senior DevOps
10 93 (4.91%) Senior DevOps Engineer
11 86 (4.54%) IT Manager
12 76 (4.01%) Cloud Engineer
13 70 (3.69%) Data Engineer
14 67 (3.54%) Senior Developer
15 66 (3.48%) Platform Engineer
16 61 (3.22%) Senior Manager
17 58 (3.06%) Solutions Architect
18 56 (2.96%) Senior Software Engineer
19 53 (2.80%) Service Manager
20 52 (2.74%) Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 382 (20.16%) Terraform
2 373 (19.68%) .NET
3 207 (10.92%) ASP.NET
4 204 (10.77%) React
5 186 (9.82%) .NET Core
6 175 (9.23%) ASP.NET Core
7 140 (7.39%) Node.js
8 134 (7.07%) RESTful
9 117 (6.17%) CSS
10 109 (5.75%) HTML
11 105 (5.54%) REST
12 103 (5.44%) Blazor
13 95 (5.01%) Entity Framework
14 78 (4.12%) ML.NET
15 69 (3.64%) Middleware
16 62 (3.27%) AngularJS
17 49 (2.59%) Spring Boot
18 47 (2.48%) Spring
19 46 (2.43%) Kafka
20 36 (1.90%) PySpark
Miscellaneous
1 323 (17.04%) Cloud Native
2 142 (7.49%) Product Ownership
3 112 (5.91%) Enterprise Software
4 85 (4.49%) Distributed Systems
5 63 (3.32%) Virtual Team
6 62 (3.27%) Greenfield Project
7 56 (2.96%) Cyber Threat
8 47 (2.48%) Legacy Systems
9 38 (2.01%) Mobile App
10 36 (1.90%) Management Information System
11 30 (1.58%) Self-Motivation
12 29 (1.53%) Driving Licence
13 25 (1.32%) Data Centre
14 23 (1.21%) Onboarding
15 22 (1.16%) Public Cloud
15 22 (1.16%) Social Media
16 21 (1.11%) Legacy Applications
17 20 (1.06%) Security Posture
18 19 (1.00%) AI Agents
19 18 (0.95%) Hybrid Cloud
Operating Systems
1 159 (8.39%) Linux
2 101 (5.33%) Windows
3 59 (3.11%) Unix
4 21 (1.11%) Android
5 15 (0.79%) VMS
6 12 (0.63%) Windows Server
7 8 (0.42%) Ubuntu
8 7 (0.37%) Debian
9 4 (0.21%) Apple iOS
9 4 (0.21%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 3 (0.16%) CentOS
10 3 (0.16%) VxWorks
11 2 (0.11%) Solaris
11 2 (0.11%) Windows Server 2016
12 1 (0.053%) Mac OS
12 1 (0.053%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 945 (49.87%) CI/CD
2 840 (44.33%) Agile
3 462 (24.38%) Mentoring
4 426 (22.48%) Continuous Improvement
5 411 (21.69%) Software Engineering
6 400 (21.11%) Infrastructure as Code
7 390 (20.58%) AI
8 348 (18.36%) Test Automation
9 310 (16.36%) Problem-Solving
10 274 (14.46%) Full-Stack Development
11 258 (13.61%) Microservices
12 241 (12.72%) Stakeholder Engagement
13 230 (12.14%) Coaching
14 210 (11.08%) Technical Leadership
15 204 (10.77%) Scrum
16 202 (10.66%) Stakeholder Management
17 188 (9.92%) Observability
18 181 (9.55%) Roadmaps
19 177 (9.34%) Containerisation
20 170 (8.97%) Analytics
Programming Languages
1 466 (24.59%) C#
2 455 (24.01%) SQL
3 386 (20.37%) Python
4 300 (15.83%) JavaScript
5 213 (11.24%) Java
6 174 (9.18%) TypeScript
7 171 (9.02%) PowerShell
8 101 (5.33%) Bash
9 83 (4.38%) Bicep
10 29 (1.53%) C++
11 28 (1.48%) T-SQL
12 24 (1.27%) Go
13 19 (1.00%) Kusto Query Language
14 17 (0.90%) Data Analysis Expressions
15 15 (0.79%) PHP
16 14 (0.74%) Ruby
17 12 (0.63%) Groovy
17 12 (0.63%) Kotlin
18 10 (0.53%) Apex Code
18 10 (0.53%) Scala
Qualifications
1 238 (12.56%) Security Cleared
2 196 (10.34%) SC Cleared
3 135 (7.12%) Degree
4 64 (3.38%) Azure Certification
5 60 (3.17%) CISSP
6 58 (3.06%) CISM
7 56 (2.96%) ITIL Certification
8 42 (2.22%) Computer Science Degree
9 39 (2.06%) BPSS Clearance
9 39 (2.06%) DV Cleared
10 33 (1.74%) Microsoft Certification
11 25 (1.32%) AWS Certification
12 17 (0.90%) ISTQB
13 16 (0.84%) DBS Check
13 16 (0.84%) Master's Degree
14 14 (0.74%) PMI Certification
15 10 (0.53%) PMP
16 9 (0.47%) Cisco Certification
16 9 (0.47%) TOGAF Certification
17 6 (0.32%) CISA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 216 (11.40%) QA
2 78 (4.12%) Data Quality
3 73 (3.85%) NIST
4 60 (3.17%) Accessibility
5 48 (2.53%) ISO 22301
6 35 (1.85%) GDPR
7 34 (1.79%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 19 (1.00%) GRC
9 9 (0.47%) California Consumer Privacy Act
9 9 (0.47%) HMG Security Policy Framework
9 9 (0.47%) SLA
9 9 (0.47%) WCAG
10 6 (0.32%) NIST 800
10 6 (0.32%) PCI DSS
10 6 (0.32%) PMO
10 6 (0.32%) SOC 2
11 5 (0.26%) IFRS
12 3 (0.16%) NCSC
12 3 (0.16%) Sarbanes-Oxley
12 3 (0.16%) Solvency II
System Software
1 243 (12.82%) Docker
2 56 (2.96%) Active Directory
3 27 (1.42%) VMware Infrastructure
4 19 (1.00%) Virtual Desktop
5 17 (0.90%) Virtual Machines
6 13 (0.69%) vSphere
7 4 (0.21%) Firmware
8 2 (0.11%) Hyper-V
8 2 (0.11%) iptables
8 2 (0.11%) KVM
8 2 (0.11%) Slurm Workload Manager
9 1 (0.053%) Embedded Firmware
9 1 (0.053%) Oracle RAC
9 1 (0.053%) QEMU
9 1 (0.053%) VMware ESXi
9 1 (0.053%) Xen
Systems Management
1 294 (15.51%) Kubernetes
2 93 (4.91%) Grafana
3 76 (4.01%) Ansible
4 42 (2.22%) Prometheus
5 29 (1.53%) Argo
6 19 (1.00%) Microsoft Intune
7 13 (0.69%) Puppet
8 12 (0.63%) Progress Chef
9 10 (0.53%) Packer
10 8 (0.42%) Istio
10 8 (0.42%) Single Sign-On
11 5 (0.26%) Active Directory Federation Services
11 5 (0.26%) Kibana
11 5 (0.26%) Proxmox
11 5 (0.26%) ZABBIX
12 2 (0.11%) HP Fortify
12 2 (0.11%) Nagios
12 2 (0.11%) Oracle RMAN
13 1 (0.053%) Check_MK
13 1 (0.053%) FortiGate
Vendors
1 521 (27.49%) Microsoft
2 81 (4.27%) Google
3 68 (3.59%) Oracle
4 48 (2.53%) Databricks
5 43 (2.27%) ServiceNow
6 39 (2.06%) Facebook
7 34 (1.79%) SAP
7 34 (1.79%) YouTube
8 32 (1.69%) Salesforce
8 32 (1.69%) VMware
9 28 (1.48%) Pega
10 26 (1.37%) OpenAI
11 19 (1.00%) MuleSoft
12 18 (0.95%) Sony
13 17 (0.90%) Apple
13 17 (0.90%) Foundry
13 17 (0.90%) Informatica
14 16 (0.84%) Yahoo!
15 12 (0.63%) ScienceLogic
16 11 (0.58%) Dynatrace
2,144 hybrid/remote DevOps jobs