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

 6 months to
21 Jul 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 18 17 21
Rank change year-on-year -1 +4 -11
Permanent jobs citing DevOps 1,834 1,922 2,503
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 8.49% 11.67% 8.59%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 10.26% 12.51% 9.71%
Number of salaries quoted 1,346 1,051 2,025
10th Percentile £45,000 £47,231 £41,823
25th Percentile £52,500 £56,250 £51,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £67,500 £70,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.57% +7.69% -7.14%
75th Percentile £85,000 £85,000 £83,750
90th Percentile £100,000 £105,000 £97,500
UK median annual salary £70,000 £70,000 £65,500
% change year-on-year - +6.87% -6.43%

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 17,875 15,362 25,786
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 82.74% 93.25% 88.48%
Number of salaries quoted 13,022 9,082 19,277
10th Percentile £35,000 £29,750 £34,089
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 £76,250
90th Percentile £100,000 £102,500 £95,000
UK median annual salary £60,000 £56,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +7.14% +1.82% -8.84%

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 21 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 44 (2.40%) SharePoint
2 27 (1.47%) Confluence
3 23 (1.25%) Apache
4 19 (1.04%) Apache Spark
5 14 (0.76%) Apache Airflow
5 14 (0.76%) Microsoft Exchange
6 9 (0.49%) IIS
7 8 (0.44%) CMS
7 8 (0.44%) nginx
7 8 (0.44%) SharePoint Server
8 6 (0.33%) Anypoint
8 6 (0.33%) Apache Solr
8 6 (0.33%) OpenStack
8 6 (0.33%) SAS
8 6 (0.33%) WordPress
9 5 (0.27%) Jupyter
10 3 (0.16%) BizTalk Server
10 3 (0.16%) Umbraco
11 1 (0.055%) Appian
11 1 (0.055%) Camunda
Applications
1 39 (2.13%) Microsoft Project
2 13 (0.71%) Microsoft Excel
3 11 (0.60%) Trello
4 7 (0.38%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 7 (0.38%) MS Visio
5 3 (0.16%) Blender
5 3 (0.16%) Maya
5 3 (0.16%) Microsoft Office
6 1 (0.055%) Lightworks
6 1 (0.055%) Notion
Business Applications
1 47 (2.56%) Dynamics CRM
2 6 (0.33%) SAP S/4HANA
3 5 (0.27%) Fidessa
4 4 (0.22%) Dynamics AX
4 4 (0.22%) Oracle EBS
5 3 (0.16%) Carpe Diem
5 3 (0.16%) Elite 3E
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%) Oracle ERP
7 1 (0.055%) Payment Gateway
7 1 (0.055%) SAP ERP
7 1 (0.055%) SAP IBP
7 1 (0.055%) SAP MII
7 1 (0.055%) SAP PP
Cloud Services
1 1,014 (55.29%) Azure
2 591 (32.22%) AWS
3 547 (29.83%) Azure DevOps
4 238 (12.98%) SaaS
5 177 (9.65%) GCP
6 153 (8.34%) Serverless
7 145 (7.91%) GitHub
7 145 (7.91%) Power Platform
8 96 (5.23%) PaaS
9 86 (4.69%) Azure AI
10 75 (4.09%) Azure AKS
11 74 (4.03%) Entra ID
12 70 (3.82%) Amazon EKS
12 70 (3.82%) GitHub Actions
13 65 (3.54%) Azure Service Bus
14 62 (3.38%) Amazon S3
15 59 (3.22%) Azure Cosmos DB
16 58 (3.16%) Dynamics 365
17 57 (3.11%) Power Automate
18 56 (3.05%) AWS CloudFormation
Communications & Networking
1 49 (2.67%) Broadband
2 44 (2.40%) Firewall
3 40 (2.18%) VPN
4 30 (1.64%) DNS
4 30 (1.64%) TCP/IP
5 13 (0.71%) Internet
6 12 (0.65%) DHCP
7 8 (0.44%) Network Security
8 6 (0.33%) BGP
8 6 (0.33%) Cisco ASA
8 6 (0.33%) LAN
8 6 (0.33%) NGFW
8 6 (0.33%) OSPF
8 6 (0.33%) WAN
9 5 (0.27%) Ethernet VPN
9 5 (0.27%) VXLAN
10 4 (0.22%) SSH
10 4 (0.22%) SSL
11 3 (0.16%) HTTP
11 3 (0.16%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 204 (11.12%) Azure SQL Database
2 199 (10.85%) MongoDB
3 123 (6.71%) SQL Server
4 85 (4.63%) PostgreSQL
5 59 (3.22%) Power BI
6 51 (2.78%) NoSQL
7 47 (2.56%) Elasticsearch
8 33 (1.80%) MySQL
9 30 (1.64%) Relational Database
10 28 (1.53%) Amazon RDS
10 28 (1.53%) Data Warehouse
11 24 (1.31%) Metadata
12 21 (1.15%) Redis
13 19 (1.04%) Data Lake
14 18 (0.98%) SQL Server Integration Services
15 17 (0.93%) Amazon Athena
16 16 (0.87%) DynamoDB
17 14 (0.76%) Delta Lake
18 11 (0.60%) NonStop SQL
19 10 (0.55%) Spark SQL
Development Applications
1 139 (7.58%) Git
2 113 (6.16%) Jenkins
3 111 (6.05%) GitLab
4 108 (5.89%) JIRA
5 41 (2.24%) SonarQube
6 27 (1.47%) Selenium
7 26 (1.42%) TeamCity
8 18 (0.98%) Cypress.io
9 17 (0.93%) Postman
10 12 (0.65%) JMeter
11 11 (0.60%) Cucumber
11 11 (0.60%) Visual Studio
12 9 (0.49%) Bitbucket
13 8 (0.44%) Claude Code
13 8 (0.44%) Visual Studio Code
14 7 (0.38%) Maven
14 7 (0.38%) NUnit
15 6 (0.33%) Octopus Deploy
16 5 (0.27%) Locust
17 4 (0.22%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
General
1 413 (22.52%) Social Skills
2 331 (18.05%) Finance
3 157 (8.56%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 149 (8.12%) Public Sector
5 143 (7.80%) Law
6 116 (6.32%) Analytical Skills
7 101 (5.51%) Legal
8 74 (4.03%) Banking
9 70 (3.82%) Marketing
10 67 (3.65%) Retail
11 64 (3.49%) Games
12 30 (1.64%) Advertising
12 30 (1.64%) Back Office
13 26 (1.42%) Financial Institution
14 22 (1.20%) Presentation Skills
15 21 (1.15%) Manufacturing
16 15 (0.82%) Legal Technology
17 13 (0.71%) Influencing Skills
17 13 (0.71%) Telecoms
18 11 (0.60%) Documentation Skills
Job Titles
1 431 (23.50%) Senior
2 383 (20.88%) Developer
3 314 (17.12%) DevOps Engineer
4 244 (13.30%) Lead
5 186 (10.14%) .NET Developer
6 171 (9.32%) Architect
7 141 (7.69%) Software Engineer
8 108 (5.89%) Senior DevOps
9 92 (5.02%) Senior DevOps Engineer
10 91 (4.96%) Azure Engineer
11 82 (4.47%) Cloud Engineer
12 80 (4.36%) IT Manager
13 70 (3.82%) Platform Engineer
14 69 (3.76%) Solutions Architect
15 64 (3.49%) Senior Developer
15 64 (3.49%) Senior Manager
16 60 (3.27%) Consultant
17 56 (3.05%) AWS Engineer
18 55 (3.00%) Data Engineer
19 52 (2.84%) Senior Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 366 (19.96%) .NET
2 203 (11.07%) React
3 198 (10.80%) ASP.NET
4 185 (10.09%) .NET Core
5 180 (9.81%) ASP.NET Core
6 143 (7.80%) RESTful
7 124 (6.76%) REST
8 123 (6.71%) CSS
9 121 (6.60%) HTML
10 111 (6.05%) Node.js
11 100 (5.45%) Blazor
12 98 (5.34%) Entity Framework
13 81 (4.42%) ML.NET
14 70 (3.82%) Middleware
15 55 (3.00%) Kafka
15 55 (3.00%) Spring
15 55 (3.00%) Spring Boot
16 52 (2.84%) Lightning Web Components
16 52 (2.84%) SOAP
17 50 (2.73%) AngularJS
Miscellaneous
1 297 (16.19%) Cloud Native
2 132 (7.20%) Product Ownership
3 85 (4.63%) Enterprise Software
4 73 (3.98%) Distributed Systems
5 56 (3.05%) Virtual Team
6 52 (2.84%) Greenfield Project
7 47 (2.56%) Cyber Threat
8 39 (2.13%) Management Information System
9 36 (1.96%) Mobile App
10 35 (1.91%) Legacy Systems
11 29 (1.58%) Self-Motivation
12 28 (1.53%) Data Centre
13 27 (1.47%) Hybrid Cloud
13 27 (1.47%) Public Cloud
14 25 (1.36%) Driving Licence
14 25 (1.36%) Podcast
15 24 (1.31%) Onboarding
16 22 (1.20%) Social Media
17 19 (1.04%) Security Posture
18 18 (0.98%) Legacy Applications
Operating Systems
1 170 (9.27%) Linux
2 98 (5.34%) Windows
3 53 (2.89%) Unix
4 21 (1.15%) Android
5 20 (1.09%) Windows Server
6 16 (0.87%) VMS
7 8 (0.44%) Debian
7 8 (0.44%) Ubuntu
8 6 (0.33%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 5 (0.27%) CentOS
10 3 (0.16%) Apple iOS
10 3 (0.16%) Windows Server 2016
11 2 (0.11%) Embedded Linux
12 1 (0.055%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 921 (50.22%) CI/CD
2 834 (45.47%) Agile
3 436 (23.77%) Continuous Improvement
4 397 (21.65%) Infrastructure as Code
5 387 (21.10%) Mentoring
6 341 (18.59%) Software Engineering
7 340 (18.54%) AI
8 325 (17.72%) Test Automation
9 299 (16.30%) Full-Stack Development
10 290 (15.81%) Problem-Solving
11 266 (14.50%) Microservices
12 249 (13.58%) Scrum
13 220 (12.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
14 216 (11.78%) Roadmaps
15 206 (11.23%) Containerisation
16 192 (10.47%) Technical Leadership
17 187 (10.20%) Coaching
18 183 (9.98%) Observability
18 183 (9.98%) Stakeholder Management
19 170 (9.27%) Platform Engineering
Programming Languages
1 416 (22.68%) SQL
2 414 (22.57%) C#
3 369 (20.12%) Python
4 301 (16.41%) JavaScript
5 202 (11.01%) Java
6 164 (8.94%) TypeScript
7 158 (8.62%) PowerShell
8 102 (5.56%) Bash
9 73 (3.98%) Bicep
10 54 (2.94%) Apex Code
11 34 (1.85%) SOQL
11 34 (1.85%) SOSL
12 31 (1.69%) C++
12 31 (1.69%) Go
13 25 (1.36%) PHP
14 20 (1.09%) Kusto Query Language
15 17 (0.93%) T-SQL
16 13 (0.71%) Ruby
17 11 (0.60%) Groovy
18 10 (0.55%) Rust
Qualifications
1 194 (10.58%) Security Cleared
2 157 (8.56%) Degree
3 154 (8.40%) SC Cleared
4 68 (3.71%) CISSP
5 65 (3.54%) Azure Certification
6 55 (3.00%) CISM
6 55 (3.00%) ITIL Certification
7 42 (2.29%) Computer Science Degree
8 25 (1.36%) DV Cleared
8 25 (1.36%) Master's Degree
9 24 (1.31%) Microsoft Certification
10 20 (1.09%) DBS Check
11 19 (1.04%) AWS Certification
12 18 (0.98%) PMI Certification
13 14 (0.76%) ISTQB
14 13 (0.71%) Cisco Certification
14 13 (0.71%) PMP
15 8 (0.44%) TOGAF Certification
16 7 (0.38%) CCNP
17 6 (0.33%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 206 (11.23%) QA
2 77 (4.20%) NIST
3 46 (2.51%) Data Quality
4 45 (2.45%) ISO 22301
5 44 (2.40%) Accessibility
6 35 (1.91%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 31 (1.69%) GDPR
8 23 (1.25%) GRC
9 15 (0.82%) WCAG
10 8 (0.44%) HMG Security Policy Framework
10 8 (0.44%) PCI DSS
11 7 (0.38%) SOC 2
12 6 (0.33%) NIST 800
12 6 (0.33%) PMO
13 5 (0.27%) IFRS
14 4 (0.22%) ISO 9001
14 4 (0.22%) SLA
15 3 (0.16%) Sarbanes-Oxley
15 3 (0.16%) Software Quality Assurance
15 3 (0.16%) Solvency II
System Software
1 250 (13.63%) Docker
2 64 (3.49%) Active Directory
3 31 (1.69%) VMware Infrastructure
4 20 (1.09%) Virtual Machines
5 18 (0.98%) vSphere
6 13 (0.71%) Virtual Desktop
7 8 (0.44%) Firmware
8 4 (0.22%) Slurm Workload Manager
9 3 (0.16%) Embedded Firmware
10 2 (0.11%) Hyper-V
10 2 (0.11%) iptables
10 2 (0.11%) KVM
10 2 (0.11%) VMware ESXi
11 1 (0.055%) Citrix Hypervisor
11 1 (0.055%) Microsoft Virtual Server
11 1 (0.055%) QEMU
11 1 (0.055%) Virtual Servers
11 1 (0.055%) Xen
Systems Management
1 360 (19.63%) Terraform
2 303 (16.52%) Kubernetes
3 94 (5.13%) Ansible
4 81 (4.42%) Grafana
5 44 (2.40%) Prometheus
6 29 (1.58%) Argo
7 21 (1.15%) Puppet
8 13 (0.71%) Istio
8 13 (0.71%) Microsoft Intune
9 9 (0.49%) Progress Chef
9 9 (0.49%) Proxmox
10 7 (0.38%) Active Directory Federation Services
10 7 (0.38%) Packer
11 6 (0.33%) ZABBIX
12 5 (0.27%) AWS Copilot
12 5 (0.27%) Kibana
13 3 (0.16%) Nagios
13 3 (0.16%) Single Sign-On
14 2 (0.11%) MIIS
14 2 (0.11%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 485 (26.44%) Microsoft
2 78 (4.25%) Google
3 75 (4.09%) Salesforce
4 53 (2.89%) Oracle
5 50 (2.73%) ServiceNow
6 42 (2.29%) VMware
7 40 (2.18%) Facebook
7 40 (2.18%) Splunk
8 35 (1.91%) Databricks
9 33 (1.80%) SAP
10 29 (1.58%) Pega
11 24 (1.31%) MuleSoft
12 21 (1.15%) YouTube
13 19 (1.04%) Apple
14 17 (0.93%) Cisco
14 17 (0.93%) Sony
14 17 (0.93%) Yahoo!
15 15 (0.82%) OpenAI
15 15 (0.82%) Palo Alto
16 13 (0.71%) Red Hat
762 hybrid/remote DevOps jobs