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

 6 months to
27 Sep 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 21 16 18
Rank change year-on-year -5 +2 -8
Permanent jobs citing DevOps 1,894 1,724 2,305
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 7.64% 10.39% 10.14%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 9.43% 11.11% 11.52%
Number of salaries quoted 1,334 911 1,552
10th Percentile £45,750 £46,250 £42,500
25th Percentile £52,500 £56,000 £53,734
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £69,310 £69,384 £67,500
Median % change year-on-year -0.11% +2.79% -2.71%
75th Percentile £87,500 £83,750 £85,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £100,000 £105,000
UK median annual salary £70,000 £70,000 £68,000
% change year-on-year - +2.94% -2.86%

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 20,082 15,514 20,012
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 81.02% 93.49% 88.00%
Number of salaries quoted 14,336 8,545 11,983
10th Percentile £34,000 £29,913 £35,500
25th Percentile £44,972 £40,312 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £58,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +2.56% -2.50% -4.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 £78,750 £80,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £100,000 £100,600
UK median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £58,000
% change year-on-year +9.09% -5.17% -3.33%

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 27 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 56 (2.96%) 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 (0.48%) 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 3 (0.16%) Anypoint
12 3 (0.16%) BizTalk Server
12 3 (0.16%) OpenStack
12 3 (0.16%) Umbraco
12 3 (0.16%) WebLogic
13 2 (0.11%) JBoss
Applications
1 38 (2.01%) Microsoft Project
2 14 (0.74%) Microsoft Excel
3 12 (0.63%) Trello
4 10 (0.53%) Chatbot
5 9 (0.48%) 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 44 (2.32%) Dynamics CRM
2 5 (0.26%) Fidessa
2 5 (0.26%) Oracle EBS
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
5 2 (0.11%) Distributed Ledger
5 2 (0.11%) JDE EnterpriseOne
5 2 (0.11%) Oracle Applications
5 2 (0.11%) Oracle EBS R12
5 2 (0.11%) Sage 200
5 2 (0.11%) Workday HCM
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%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 1,061 (56.02%) Azure
2 597 (31.52%) AWS
3 589 (31.10%) Azure DevOps
4 269 (14.20%) SaaS
5 189 (9.98%) GCP
6 178 (9.40%) Power Platform
7 146 (7.71%) Serverless
8 144 (7.60%) GitHub
9 93 (4.91%) Azure AI
10 84 (4.44%) PaaS
11 79 (4.17%) Dynamics 365
12 77 (4.07%) PowerApps
13 76 (4.01%) Azure Cosmos DB
14 75 (3.96%) Entra ID
15 72 (3.80%) Power Automate
16 70 (3.70%) Amazon EKS
16 70 (3.70%) Azure Service Bus
17 69 (3.64%) AWS CloudFormation
18 68 (3.59%) Azure AKS
19 64 (3.38%) Azure Monitor
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
1 218 (11.51%) Azure SQL Database
2 207 (10.93%) MongoDB
3 162 (8.55%) SQL Server
4 91 (4.80%) Power BI
5 86 (4.54%) PostgreSQL
6 57 (3.01%) Data Warehouse
7 55 (2.90%) NoSQL
8 48 (2.53%) Elasticsearch
9 45 (2.38%) Metadata
10 41 (2.16%) MySQL
11 40 (2.11%) Relational Database
12 39 (2.06%) Data Lake
13 27 (1.43%) DynamoDB
14 24 (1.27%) SQL Server Integration Services
15 22 (1.16%) Redis
16 21 (1.11%) Amazon Athena
17 20 (1.06%) Star Schema
18 19 (1.00%) Amazon RDS
19 15 (0.79%) Delta Lake
20 11 (0.58%) Big Data
Development Applications
1 189 (9.98%) Git
2 125 (6.60%) JIRA
3 79 (4.17%) GitLab
4 72 (3.80%) Jenkins
5 45 (2.38%) 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%) NUnit
10 8 (0.42%) Visual Studio Code
11 7 (0.37%) Claude Code
11 7 (0.37%) Cucumber
11 7 (0.37%) JUnit
11 7 (0.37%) Visual Studio
12 6 (0.32%) Atlassian Bamboo
12 6 (0.32%) Maven
12 6 (0.32%) Octopus Deploy
13 4 (0.21%) JMeter
General
1 476 (25.13%) Social Skills
2 359 (18.95%) Finance
3 205 (10.82%) Public Sector
4 145 (7.66%) Law
5 131 (6.92%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 120 (6.34%) Analytical Skills
7 104 (5.49%) Legal
8 81 (4.28%) Banking
9 74 (3.91%) Retail
10 45 (2.38%) Back Office
11 42 (2.22%) Financial Institution
12 35 (1.85%) Marketing
13 29 (1.53%) Advertising
14 23 (1.21%) Aerospace
15 22 (1.16%) Games
16 21 (1.11%) Presentation Skills
17 13 (0.69%) Influencing Skills
17 13 (0.69%) Manufacturing
18 12 (0.63%) Documentation Skills
18 12 (0.63%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 505 (26.66%) Senior
2 374 (19.75%) Developer
3 355 (18.74%) DevOps Engineer
4 252 (13.31%) Lead
5 187 (9.87%) .NET Developer
6 167 (8.82%) Software Engineer
7 137 (7.23%) Architect
8 107 (5.65%) Azure Engineer
9 104 (5.49%) Senior DevOps
10 98 (5.17%) Senior DevOps Engineer
11 85 (4.49%) IT Manager
12 77 (4.07%) Cloud Engineer
13 70 (3.70%) 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 55 (2.90%) Senior Software Engineer
19 52 (2.75%) Analyst
19 52 (2.75%) Service Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 382 (20.17%) Terraform
2 371 (19.59%) .NET
3 207 (10.93%) ASP.NET
4 201 (10.61%) React
5 186 (9.82%) .NET Core
6 175 (9.24%) ASP.NET Core
7 138 (7.29%) Node.js
8 134 (7.07%) RESTful
9 118 (6.23%) CSS
10 110 (5.81%) HTML
11 105 (5.54%) REST
12 103 (5.44%) Blazor
13 94 (4.96%) Entity Framework
14 78 (4.12%) ML.NET
15 70 (3.70%) Middleware
16 61 (3.22%) AngularJS
17 48 (2.53%) Spring Boot
18 46 (2.43%) Kafka
18 46 (2.43%) Spring
19 35 (1.85%) PySpark
Miscellaneous
1 320 (16.90%) Cloud Native
2 143 (7.55%) Product Ownership
3 111 (5.86%) Enterprise Software
4 86 (4.54%) Distributed Systems
5 63 (3.33%) 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 28 (1.48%) Driving Licence
13 24 (1.27%) Onboarding
14 23 (1.21%) Data Centre
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
18 19 (1.00%) Data Structures
Operating Systems
1 157 (8.29%) Linux
2 101 (5.33%) Windows
3 60 (3.17%) Unix
4 21 (1.11%) Android
5 13 (0.69%) VMS
6 12 (0.63%) Windows Server
7 8 (0.42%) Ubuntu
8 6 (0.32%) Debian
9 4 (0.21%) Apple iOS
10 3 (0.16%) VxWorks
11 2 (0.11%) CentOS
11 2 (0.11%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
11 2 (0.11%) Solaris
12 1 (0.053%) Mac OS
12 1 (0.053%) Windows 10
12 1 (0.053%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 945 (49.89%) CI/CD
2 838 (44.24%) Agile
3 465 (24.55%) Mentoring
4 427 (22.54%) Continuous Improvement
5 410 (21.65%) Software Engineering
6 401 (21.17%) Infrastructure as Code
7 389 (20.54%) AI
8 346 (18.27%) Test Automation
9 311 (16.42%) Problem-Solving
10 271 (14.31%) Full-Stack Development
11 256 (13.52%) Microservices
12 241 (12.72%) Stakeholder Engagement
13 231 (12.20%) Coaching
14 212 (11.19%) Technical Leadership
15 205 (10.82%) Scrum
16 203 (10.72%) Stakeholder Management
17 187 (9.87%) Observability
18 178 (9.40%) Containerisation
19 177 (9.35%) Roadmaps
20 170 (8.98%) Analytics
Programming Languages
1 465 (24.55%) C#
2 452 (23.86%) SQL
3 384 (20.27%) Python
4 299 (15.79%) JavaScript
5 211 (11.14%) Java
6 173 (9.13%) PowerShell
7 171 (9.03%) TypeScript
8 101 (5.33%) Bash
9 84 (4.44%) 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 11 (0.58%) Groovy
17 11 (0.58%) Kotlin
18 10 (0.53%) Apex Code
18 10 (0.53%) Scala
Qualifications
1 239 (12.62%) Security Cleared
2 197 (10.40%) SC Cleared
3 138 (7.29%) Degree
4 64 (3.38%) Azure Certification
5 60 (3.17%) CISSP
6 58 (3.06%) CISM
7 56 (2.96%) ITIL Certification
8 43 (2.27%) Computer Science Degree
9 40 (2.11%) BPSS Clearance
10 38 (2.01%) DV Cleared
11 33 (1.74%) Microsoft Certification
12 26 (1.37%) AWS Certification
13 17 (0.90%) ISTQB
14 16 (0.84%) DBS Check
14 16 (0.84%) Master's Degree
15 13 (0.69%) PMI Certification
16 10 (0.53%) PMP
17 9 (0.48%) Cisco Certification
17 9 (0.48%) TOGAF Certification
18 6 (0.32%) CISA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 214 (11.30%) QA
2 79 (4.17%) Data Quality
3 73 (3.85%) NIST
4 60 (3.17%) Accessibility
5 48 (2.53%) ISO 22301
6 36 (1.90%) GDPR
7 34 (1.80%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 19 (1.00%) GRC
9 9 (0.48%) California Consumer Privacy Act
9 9 (0.48%) HMG Security Policy Framework
9 9 (0.48%) SLA
10 8 (0.42%) WCAG
11 7 (0.37%) SOC 2
12 6 (0.32%) NIST 800
12 6 (0.32%) PCI DSS
12 6 (0.32%) PMO
13 5 (0.26%) IFRS
14 3 (0.16%) NCSC
14 3 (0.16%) Sarbanes-Oxley
15 2 (0.11%) Solvency II
System Software
1 239 (12.62%) Docker
2 55 (2.90%) Active Directory
3 27 (1.43%) 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 3 (0.16%) Hyper-V
9 2 (0.11%) iptables
9 2 (0.11%) KVM
10 1 (0.053%) Embedded Firmware
10 1 (0.053%) Oracle RAC
10 1 (0.053%) QEMU
10 1 (0.053%) Slurm Workload Manager
10 1 (0.053%) VMware ESXi
10 1 (0.053%) Xen
Systems Management
1 296 (15.63%) Kubernetes
2 90 (4.75%) Grafana
3 74 (3.91%) Ansible
4 40 (2.11%) Prometheus
5 29 (1.53%) Argo
6 19 (1.00%) Microsoft Intune
7 12 (0.63%) Puppet
8 11 (0.58%) Progress Chef
9 10 (0.53%) Packer
10 8 (0.42%) Istio
10 8 (0.42%) Single Sign-On
11 5 (0.26%) Proxmox
12 4 (0.21%) Active Directory Federation Services
12 4 (0.21%) Kibana
12 4 (0.21%) ZABBIX
13 3 (0.16%) Oracle RMAN
14 2 (0.11%) HP Fortify
14 2 (0.11%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
15 1 (0.053%) Failover Clustering
15 1 (0.053%) Nagios
Vendors
1 521 (27.51%) Microsoft
2 82 (4.33%) Google
3 68 (3.59%) Oracle
4 48 (2.53%) Databricks
5 41 (2.16%) ServiceNow
6 38 (2.01%) Facebook
7 34 (1.80%) SAP
7 34 (1.80%) YouTube
8 32 (1.69%) Salesforce
8 32 (1.69%) VMware
9 28 (1.48%) Pega
10 26 (1.37%) OpenAI
11 18 (0.95%) MuleSoft
11 18 (0.95%) Sony
12 17 (0.90%) Apple
12 17 (0.90%) Foundry
12 17 (0.90%) Informatica
13 16 (0.84%) Yahoo!
14 12 (0.63%) ScienceLogic
15 11 (0.58%) Dynatrace
2,051 hybrid/remote DevOps jobs