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

 6 months to
12 Sep 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 21 17 19
Rank change year-on-year -4 +2 -9
Permanent jobs citing DevOps 1,896 1,726 2,293
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 7.93% 10.63% 9.78%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 9.70% 11.43% 11.16%
Number of salaries quoted 1,340 940 1,636
10th Percentile £45,225 £46,462 £42,500
25th Percentile £52,500 £56,250 £53,188
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £69,310 £70,000 £67,500
Median % change year-on-year -0.99% +3.70% -3.57%
75th Percentile £87,500 £83,750 £85,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £100,000 £102,500
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 19,546 15,102 20,547
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 81.74% 93.04% 87.68%
Number of salaries quoted 14,050 8,683 12,951
10th Percentile £34,000 £29,750 £35,225
25th Percentile £44,972 £40,500 £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 12 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 31 (1.64%) Confluence
3 27 (1.42%) Apache
4 24 (1.27%) Apache Spark
5 13 (0.69%) Microsoft Exchange
6 11 (0.58%) Apache Airflow
7 9 (0.47%) IIS
8 8 (0.42%) CMS
8 8 (0.42%) nginx
8 8 (0.42%) SharePoint Server
9 7 (0.37%) Jupyter
10 6 (0.32%) OpenStack
10 6 (0.32%) SAS
10 6 (0.32%) WordPress
11 5 (0.26%) Anypoint
11 5 (0.26%) Apache Solr
12 3 (0.16%) BizTalk Server
12 3 (0.16%) Umbraco
13 1 (0.053%) Drupal
13 1 (0.053%) Oracle HTTP Server
Applications
1 41 (2.16%) Microsoft Project
2 16 (0.84%) 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 ERP
4 3 (0.16%) Carpe Diem
4 3 (0.16%) Oracle EBS
5 2 (0.11%) Infor SunSystems
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%) Magento
6 1 (0.053%) SAP ERP
Cloud Services
1 1,055 (55.64%) Azure
2 599 (31.59%) AWS
3 580 (30.59%) Azure DevOps
4 259 (13.66%) SaaS
5 196 (10.34%) GCP
6 167 (8.81%) Power Platform
7 142 (7.49%) Serverless
8 138 (7.28%) GitHub
9 90 (4.75%) Azure AI
10 81 (4.27%) PaaS
11 75 (3.96%) Azure Cosmos DB
11 75 (3.96%) Dynamics 365
12 72 (3.80%) PowerApps
13 71 (3.74%) Amazon EKS
14 70 (3.69%) Entra ID
15 68 (3.59%) AWS CloudFormation
15 68 (3.59%) Azure AKS
15 68 (3.59%) Power Automate
16 65 (3.43%) Azure Service Bus
16 65 (3.43%) GitHub Actions
Communications & Networking
1 35 (1.85%) VPN
2 32 (1.69%) TCP/IP
3 26 (1.37%) DNS
3 26 (1.37%) Firewall
4 21 (1.11%) Broadband
5 13 (0.69%) Internet
6 9 (0.47%) Network Security
7 7 (0.37%) BGP
8 6 (0.32%) DHCP
8 6 (0.32%) OSPF
8 6 (0.32%) WAN
9 5 (0.26%) Ethernet VPN
9 5 (0.26%) NGFW
9 5 (0.26%) VXLAN
10 4 (0.21%) HTTP
10 4 (0.21%) SSH
10 4 (0.21%) TETRA
11 3 (0.16%) 3GPP
11 3 (0.16%) LAN
11 3 (0.16%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 214 (11.29%) Azure SQL Database
2 207 (10.92%) MongoDB
3 158 (8.33%) SQL Server
4 83 (4.38%) Power BI
5 81 (4.27%) PostgreSQL
6 56 (2.95%) NoSQL
7 52 (2.74%) Data Warehouse
8 49 (2.58%) Elasticsearch
9 42 (2.22%) MySQL
10 39 (2.06%) Metadata
11 38 (2.00%) Relational Database
12 36 (1.90%) Data Lake
13 27 (1.42%) DynamoDB
14 23 (1.21%) SQL Server Integration Services
15 21 (1.11%) Amazon Athena
16 20 (1.05%) Redis
17 17 (0.90%) Amazon RDS
18 16 (0.84%) Delta Lake
18 16 (0.84%) Star Schema
19 11 (0.58%) NonStop SQL
Development Applications
1 176 (9.28%) Git
2 123 (6.49%) JIRA
3 82 (4.32%) GitLab
4 81 (4.27%) Jenkins
5 41 (2.16%) TeamCity
6 26 (1.37%) Selenium
7 20 (1.05%) Cypress.io
8 18 (0.95%) SonarQube
9 16 (0.84%) Postman
10 10 (0.53%) Bitbucket
11 9 (0.47%) NUnit
11 9 (0.47%) Visual Studio Code
12 8 (0.42%) Cucumber
13 7 (0.37%) Claude Code
13 7 (0.37%) JMeter
13 7 (0.37%) JUnit
13 7 (0.37%) Maven
13 7 (0.37%) Visual Studio
14 6 (0.32%) Atlassian Bamboo
14 6 (0.32%) Octopus Deploy
General
1 450 (23.73%) Social Skills
2 356 (18.78%) Finance
3 179 (9.44%) Public Sector
4 146 (7.70%) Law
5 141 (7.44%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 114 (6.01%) Analytical Skills
7 112 (5.91%) Legal
8 82 (4.32%) Banking
9 69 (3.64%) Retail
10 41 (2.16%) Marketing
11 40 (2.11%) Back Office
12 37 (1.95%) Financial Institution
13 30 (1.58%) Advertising
13 30 (1.58%) Games
14 24 (1.27%) Aerospace
15 20 (1.05%) Presentation Skills
16 16 (0.84%) Legal Technology
17 13 (0.69%) Influencing Skills
18 12 (0.63%) Manufacturing
18 12 (0.63%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 485 (25.58%) Senior
2 373 (19.67%) Developer
3 355 (18.72%) DevOps Engineer
4 254 (13.40%) Lead
5 187 (9.86%) .NET Developer
6 161 (8.49%) Software Engineer
7 138 (7.28%) Architect
8 101 (5.33%) Azure Engineer
8 101 (5.33%) Senior DevOps
9 94 (4.96%) Senior DevOps Engineer
10 86 (4.54%) IT Manager
11 74 (3.90%) Cloud Engineer
12 68 (3.59%) Data Engineer
13 67 (3.53%) Senior Developer
14 65 (3.43%) Platform Engineer
15 62 (3.27%) Senior Manager
16 58 (3.06%) Senior Software Engineer
16 58 (3.06%) Solutions Architect
17 55 (2.90%) Service Manager
18 52 (2.74%) Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 380 (20.04%) Terraform
2 370 (19.51%) .NET
3 209 (11.02%) ASP.NET
4 200 (10.55%) React
5 187 (9.86%) .NET Core
6 178 (9.39%) ASP.NET Core
7 136 (7.17%) Node.js
8 135 (7.12%) RESTful
9 120 (6.33%) CSS
10 113 (5.96%) HTML
11 104 (5.49%) Blazor
12 103 (5.43%) REST
13 96 (5.06%) Entity Framework
14 79 (4.17%) ML.NET
15 66 (3.48%) Middleware
16 59 (3.11%) AngularJS
17 51 (2.69%) Kafka
18 49 (2.58%) Spring Boot
19 47 (2.48%) Spring
20 35 (1.85%) PySpark
Miscellaneous
1 318 (16.77%) Cloud Native
2 145 (7.65%) Product Ownership
3 101 (5.33%) Enterprise Software
4 81 (4.27%) Distributed Systems
5 64 (3.38%) Virtual Team
6 62 (3.27%) Greenfield Project
7 54 (2.85%) Cyber Threat
8 43 (2.27%) Legacy Systems
9 36 (1.90%) Mobile App
10 30 (1.58%) Self-Motivation
11 29 (1.53%) Management Information System
12 28 (1.48%) Driving Licence
13 25 (1.32%) Data Centre
13 25 (1.32%) Public Cloud
14 24 (1.27%) Onboarding
15 23 (1.21%) Social Media
16 21 (1.11%) Podcast
16 21 (1.11%) Security Posture
17 20 (1.05%) Legacy Applications
18 17 (0.90%) iPhone
Operating Systems
1 158 (8.33%) Linux
2 99 (5.22%) Windows
3 55 (2.90%) Unix
4 20 (1.05%) Android
5 16 (0.84%) VMS
6 15 (0.79%) Windows Server
7 8 (0.42%) Debian
7 8 (0.42%) Ubuntu
8 5 (0.26%) CentOS
8 5 (0.26%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 3 (0.16%) Apple iOS
9 3 (0.16%) VxWorks
10 2 (0.11%) Solaris
10 2 (0.11%) Windows Server 2016
11 1 (0.053%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 928 (48.95%) CI/CD
2 840 (44.30%) Agile
3 438 (23.10%) Mentoring
4 420 (22.15%) Continuous Improvement
5 401 (21.15%) Software Engineering
6 389 (20.52%) Infrastructure as Code
7 381 (20.09%) AI
8 338 (17.83%) Test Automation
9 298 (15.72%) Problem-Solving
10 281 (14.82%) Full-Stack Development
11 255 (13.45%) Microservices
12 238 (12.55%) Stakeholder Engagement
13 220 (11.60%) Scrum
14 216 (11.39%) Coaching
15 209 (11.02%) Technical Leadership
16 194 (10.23%) Stakeholder Management
17 188 (9.92%) Roadmaps
18 187 (9.86%) Observability
19 185 (9.76%) Containerisation
20 172 (9.07%) Platform Engineering
Programming Languages
1 454 (23.95%) C#
2 444 (23.42%) SQL
3 378 (19.94%) Python
4 303 (15.98%) JavaScript
5 207 (10.92%) Java
6 168 (8.86%) TypeScript
7 167 (8.81%) PowerShell
8 99 (5.22%) Bash
9 76 (4.01%) Bicep
10 29 (1.53%) C++
11 26 (1.37%) Go
12 25 (1.32%) T-SQL
13 19 (1.00%) Kusto Query Language
14 17 (0.90%) Apex Code
15 16 (0.84%) Data Analysis Expressions
15 16 (0.84%) PHP
16 15 (0.79%) Ruby
17 13 (0.69%) Groovy
18 11 (0.58%) Kotlin
19 9 (0.47%) Scala
Qualifications
1 236 (12.45%) Security Cleared
2 190 (10.02%) SC Cleared
3 143 (7.54%) Degree
4 61 (3.22%) CISSP
5 59 (3.11%) Azure Certification
6 58 (3.06%) CISM
7 56 (2.95%) ITIL Certification
8 44 (2.32%) DV Cleared
9 41 (2.16%) Computer Science Degree
10 35 (1.85%) BPSS Clearance
11 30 (1.58%) Microsoft Certification
12 24 (1.27%) AWS Certification
13 18 (0.95%) ISTQB
14 17 (0.90%) DBS Check
14 17 (0.90%) Master's Degree
14 17 (0.90%) PMI Certification
15 13 (0.69%) PMP
16 11 (0.58%) Cisco Certification
17 6 (0.32%) (ISC)2 CCSP
17 6 (0.32%) CISA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 217 (11.45%) QA
2 77 (4.06%) NIST
3 74 (3.90%) Data Quality
4 62 (3.27%) Accessibility
5 48 (2.53%) ISO 22301
6 33 (1.74%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 29 (1.53%) GDPR
8 24 (1.27%) GRC
9 9 (0.47%) HMG Security Policy Framework
9 9 (0.47%) SLA
9 9 (0.47%) WCAG
10 7 (0.37%) California Consumer Privacy Act
11 6 (0.32%) NIST 800
11 6 (0.32%) PCI DSS
11 6 (0.32%) PMO
12 5 (0.26%) IFRS
13 4 (0.21%) NCSC
13 4 (0.21%) SOC 2
14 3 (0.16%) Sarbanes-Oxley
14 3 (0.16%) Solvency II
System Software
1 251 (13.24%) Docker
2 59 (3.11%) Active Directory
3 29 (1.53%) VMware Infrastructure
4 21 (1.11%) Virtual Machines
5 17 (0.90%) Virtual Desktop
6 15 (0.79%) vSphere
7 5 (0.26%) Firmware
8 4 (0.21%) Slurm Workload Manager
9 3 (0.16%) Hyper-V
10 2 (0.11%) iptables
10 2 (0.11%) KVM
11 1 (0.053%) Citrix Hypervisor
11 1 (0.053%) Embedded Firmware
11 1 (0.053%) Oracle RAC
11 1 (0.053%) QEMU
11 1 (0.053%) VMware ESXi
11 1 (0.053%) Xen
Systems Management
1 291 (15.35%) Kubernetes
2 82 (4.32%) Grafana
3 79 (4.17%) Ansible
4 40 (2.11%) Prometheus
5 30 (1.58%) Argo
6 17 (0.90%) Microsoft Intune
6 17 (0.90%) Puppet
7 14 (0.74%) Istio
8 10 (0.53%) Progress Chef
9 8 (0.42%) Packer
10 6 (0.32%) Single Sign-On
10 6 (0.32%) ZABBIX
11 5 (0.26%) Active Directory Federation Services
12 4 (0.21%) Kibana
12 4 (0.21%) Proxmox
13 2 (0.11%) HP Fortify
13 2 (0.11%) Nagios
14 1 (0.053%) Check_MK
14 1 (0.053%) MIIS
14 1 (0.053%) Oracle RMAN
Vendors
1 512 (27.00%) Microsoft
2 81 (4.27%) Google
3 64 (3.38%) Oracle
4 46 (2.43%) Databricks
5 43 (2.27%) ServiceNow
6 40 (2.11%) Facebook
7 39 (2.06%) Salesforce
8 33 (1.74%) SAP
8 33 (1.74%) VMware
9 31 (1.64%) YouTube
10 28 (1.48%) Pega
11 26 (1.37%) OpenAI
12 19 (1.00%) Sony
13 18 (0.95%) Apple
13 18 (0.95%) MuleSoft
14 17 (0.90%) Yahoo!
15 15 (0.79%) Informatica
16 13 (0.69%) Foundry
16 13 (0.69%) Splunk
17 12 (0.63%) ScienceLogic
2,555 hybrid/remote DevOps jobs