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

 6 months to
24 Jul 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 18 15 21
Rank change year-on-year -3 +6 -11
Permanent jobs citing DevOps 1,847 1,928 2,431
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 8.51% 11.71% 8.59%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 10.27% 12.56% 9.72%
Number of salaries quoted 1,347 1,056 1,973
10th Percentile £45,000 £46,858 £41,933
25th Percentile £52,500 £55,938 £52,000
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 £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 17,978 15,345 25,010
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 82.84% 93.19% 88.41%
Number of salaries quoted 13,054 9,077 18,589
10th Percentile £35,000 £29,750 £34,750
25th Percentile £44,972 £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 £102,410 £95,000
UK median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +9.09% - -8.71%

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 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 43 (2.33%) SharePoint
2 28 (1.52%) Confluence
3 24 (1.30%) Apache
4 22 (1.19%) Apache Spark
5 13 (0.70%) Apache Airflow
5 13 (0.70%) Microsoft Exchange
6 9 (0.49%) IIS
7 8 (0.43%) CMS
7 8 (0.43%) nginx
7 8 (0.43%) SharePoint Server
8 6 (0.32%) Anypoint
8 6 (0.32%) Apache Solr
8 6 (0.32%) OpenStack
8 6 (0.32%) SAS
8 6 (0.32%) WordPress
9 5 (0.27%) Jupyter
10 3 (0.16%) BizTalk Server
10 3 (0.16%) Umbraco
11 1 (0.054%) Drupal
11 1 (0.054%) JBoss
Applications
1 40 (2.17%) Microsoft Project
2 15 (0.81%) Microsoft Excel
3 12 (0.65%) Trello
4 8 (0.43%) MS Visio
5 7 (0.38%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 4 (0.22%) Microsoft Office
7 3 (0.16%) Blender
7 3 (0.16%) Maya
8 1 (0.054%) Chatbot
8 1 (0.054%) Lightworks
8 1 (0.054%) Notion
Business Applications
1 44 (2.38%) Dynamics CRM
2 6 (0.32%) SAP S/4HANA
3 5 (0.27%) Fidessa
4 4 (0.22%) Dynamics AX
5 3 (0.16%) Carpe Diem
5 3 (0.16%) Elite 3E
5 3 (0.16%) Oracle EBS
6 2 (0.11%) Infor SunSystems
6 2 (0.11%) Oracle ERP
7 1 (0.054%) Dynamics GP
7 1 (0.054%) Dynamics NAV
7 1 (0.054%) JDE EnterpriseOne
7 1 (0.054%) Magento
7 1 (0.054%) Payment Gateway
7 1 (0.054%) SAP ERP
7 1 (0.054%) SAP IBP
7 1 (0.054%) SAP MII
7 1 (0.054%) SAP PP
Cloud Services
1 1,024 (55.44%) Azure
2 588 (31.84%) AWS
3 553 (29.94%) Azure DevOps
4 246 (13.32%) SaaS
5 177 (9.58%) GCP
6 148 (8.01%) Serverless
7 145 (7.85%) GitHub
8 144 (7.80%) Power Platform
9 93 (5.04%) PaaS
10 87 (4.71%) Azure AI
11 73 (3.95%) Azure AKS
12 71 (3.84%) Entra ID
13 68 (3.68%) GitHub Actions
14 66 (3.57%) Amazon EKS
15 65 (3.52%) Azure Service Bus
15 65 (3.52%) Dynamics 365
16 61 (3.30%) Azure Cosmos DB
17 59 (3.19%) Amazon S3
18 57 (3.09%) Microsoft 365
18 57 (3.09%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 49 (2.65%) Broadband
2 41 (2.22%) Firewall
3 39 (2.11%) VPN
4 32 (1.73%) TCP/IP
5 29 (1.57%) DNS
6 13 (0.70%) Internet
7 11 (0.60%) DHCP
8 9 (0.49%) Network Security
9 6 (0.32%) BGP
9 6 (0.32%) Cisco ASA
9 6 (0.32%) LAN
9 6 (0.32%) NGFW
9 6 (0.32%) OSPF
9 6 (0.32%) WAN
10 5 (0.27%) Ethernet VPN
10 5 (0.27%) VXLAN
11 4 (0.22%) SSH
11 4 (0.22%) SSL
12 3 (0.16%) Modbus
12 3 (0.16%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 203 (10.99%) Azure SQL Database
2 200 (10.83%) MongoDB
3 127 (6.88%) SQL Server
4 85 (4.60%) PostgreSQL
5 59 (3.19%) Power BI
6 52 (2.82%) NoSQL
7 50 (2.71%) Elasticsearch
8 34 (1.84%) MySQL
9 30 (1.62%) Data Warehouse
10 29 (1.57%) Relational Database
11 28 (1.52%) Amazon RDS
12 22 (1.19%) Metadata
13 21 (1.14%) Redis
14 19 (1.03%) Data Lake
15 18 (0.97%) SQL Server Integration Services
16 16 (0.87%) Amazon Athena
16 16 (0.87%) DynamoDB
17 13 (0.70%) Delta Lake
18 11 (0.60%) NonStop SQL
19 10 (0.54%) Spark SQL
Development Applications
1 141 (7.63%) Git
2 113 (6.12%) JIRA
3 111 (6.01%) Jenkins
4 110 (5.96%) GitLab
5 40 (2.17%) SonarQube
6 27 (1.46%) Selenium
7 25 (1.35%) TeamCity
8 18 (0.97%) Cypress.io
9 17 (0.92%) Postman
10 12 (0.65%) JMeter
11 11 (0.60%) Cucumber
11 11 (0.60%) Visual Studio
12 9 (0.49%) Bitbucket
12 9 (0.49%) Visual Studio Code
13 8 (0.43%) Claude Code
14 7 (0.38%) Maven
14 7 (0.38%) NUnit
15 6 (0.32%) Octopus Deploy
16 5 (0.27%) Locust
17 4 (0.22%) SpecFlow
General
1 424 (22.96%) Social Skills
2 328 (17.76%) Finance
3 158 (8.55%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 149 (8.07%) Public Sector
5 141 (7.63%) Law
6 115 (6.23%) Analytical Skills
7 107 (5.79%) Legal
8 70 (3.79%) Marketing
9 69 (3.74%) Banking
10 63 (3.41%) Retail
11 62 (3.36%) Games
12 31 (1.68%) Advertising
13 26 (1.41%) Back Office
14 23 (1.25%) Financial Institution
15 22 (1.19%) Manufacturing
16 21 (1.14%) Presentation Skills
17 18 (0.97%) Legal Technology
18 14 (0.76%) Telecoms
19 13 (0.70%) Influencing Skills
20 12 (0.65%) Documentation Skills
Job Titles
1 436 (23.61%) Senior
2 381 (20.63%) Developer
3 321 (17.38%) DevOps Engineer
4 245 (13.26%) Lead
5 186 (10.07%) .NET Developer
6 165 (8.93%) Architect
7 140 (7.58%) Software Engineer
8 108 (5.85%) Senior DevOps
9 93 (5.04%) Senior DevOps Engineer
10 90 (4.87%) Azure Engineer
11 83 (4.49%) IT Manager
12 80 (4.33%) Cloud Engineer
13 68 (3.68%) Platform Engineer
14 66 (3.57%) Senior Manager
14 66 (3.57%) Solutions Architect
15 64 (3.47%) Senior Developer
16 58 (3.14%) Data Engineer
17 57 (3.09%) Consultant
18 53 (2.87%) AWS Engineer
19 52 (2.82%) Service Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 368 (19.92%) .NET
2 207 (11.21%) React
3 201 (10.88%) ASP.NET
4 187 (10.12%) .NET Core
5 180 (9.75%) ASP.NET Core
6 143 (7.74%) RESTful
7 126 (6.82%) REST
8 124 (6.71%) CSS
9 122 (6.61%) HTML
10 112 (6.06%) Node.js
11 101 (5.47%) Blazor
12 97 (5.25%) Entity Framework
13 81 (4.39%) ML.NET
14 71 (3.84%) Middleware
15 56 (3.03%) Kafka
16 54 (2.92%) Spring
16 54 (2.92%) Spring Boot
17 52 (2.82%) AngularJS
18 51 (2.76%) SOAP
19 50 (2.71%) Lightning Web Components
Miscellaneous
1 293 (15.86%) Cloud Native
2 132 (7.15%) Product Ownership
3 87 (4.71%) Enterprise Software
4 73 (3.95%) Distributed Systems
5 61 (3.30%) Virtual Team
6 55 (2.98%) Greenfield Project
7 50 (2.71%) Cyber Threat
8 38 (2.06%) Management Information System
9 37 (2.00%) Legacy Systems
10 35 (1.89%) Mobile App
11 28 (1.52%) Data Centre
11 28 (1.52%) Public Cloud
12 27 (1.46%) Self-Motivation
13 25 (1.35%) Hybrid Cloud
13 25 (1.35%) Onboarding
13 25 (1.35%) Podcast
14 24 (1.30%) Driving Licence
15 23 (1.25%) Social Media
16 19 (1.03%) Legacy Applications
17 18 (0.97%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 173 (9.37%) Linux
2 98 (5.31%) Windows
3 56 (3.03%) Unix
4 21 (1.14%) Windows Server
5 20 (1.08%) Android
6 16 (0.87%) VMS
7 8 (0.43%) Debian
7 8 (0.43%) Ubuntu
8 6 (0.32%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 5 (0.27%) CentOS
10 3 (0.16%) Windows Server 2016
11 2 (0.11%) Apple iOS
11 2 (0.11%) Embedded Linux
12 1 (0.054%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 917 (49.65%) CI/CD
2 841 (45.53%) Agile
3 441 (23.88%) Continuous Improvement
4 396 (21.44%) Infrastructure as Code
5 390 (21.12%) Mentoring
6 348 (18.84%) Software Engineering
7 345 (18.68%) AI
8 331 (17.92%) Test Automation
9 297 (16.08%) Full-Stack Development
10 290 (15.70%) Problem-Solving
11 264 (14.29%) Microservices
12 250 (13.54%) Scrum
13 233 (12.62%) Stakeholder Engagement
14 215 (11.64%) Roadmaps
15 206 (11.15%) Containerisation
16 192 (10.40%) Technical Leadership
17 184 (9.96%) Stakeholder Management
18 183 (9.91%) Observability
19 182 (9.85%) Coaching
20 170 (9.20%) Platform Engineering
Programming Languages
1 420 (22.74%) C#
2 419 (22.69%) SQL
3 375 (20.30%) Python
4 306 (16.57%) JavaScript
5 198 (10.72%) Java
6 167 (9.04%) TypeScript
7 166 (8.99%) PowerShell
8 101 (5.47%) Bash
9 74 (4.01%) Bicep
10 52 (2.82%) Apex Code
11 34 (1.84%) SOQL
11 34 (1.84%) SOSL
12 30 (1.62%) C++
13 28 (1.52%) Go
14 26 (1.41%) PHP
15 20 (1.08%) Kusto Query Language
16 17 (0.92%) T-SQL
17 13 (0.70%) Ruby
18 12 (0.65%) Groovy
19 10 (0.54%) Data Analysis Expressions
Qualifications
1 205 (11.10%) Security Cleared
2 165 (8.93%) SC Cleared
3 155 (8.39%) Degree
4 68 (3.68%) CISSP
5 65 (3.52%) Azure Certification
6 58 (3.14%) CISM
6 58 (3.14%) ITIL Certification
7 44 (2.38%) Computer Science Degree
8 31 (1.68%) DV Cleared
9 24 (1.30%) Microsoft Certification
10 22 (1.19%) Master's Degree
11 20 (1.08%) DBS Check
12 19 (1.03%) AWS Certification
13 18 (0.97%) PMI Certification
14 14 (0.76%) BPSS Clearance
14 14 (0.76%) ISTQB
15 13 (0.70%) Cisco Certification
15 13 (0.70%) PMP
16 8 (0.43%) TOGAF Certification
17 7 (0.38%) CCNP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 214 (11.59%) QA
2 79 (4.28%) NIST
3 50 (2.71%) Accessibility
4 48 (2.60%) ISO 22301
5 47 (2.54%) Data Quality
6 33 (1.79%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 29 (1.57%) GDPR
8 23 (1.25%) GRC
9 15 (0.81%) WCAG
10 8 (0.43%) HMG Security Policy Framework
10 8 (0.43%) PCI DSS
11 6 (0.32%) NIST 800
11 6 (0.32%) PMO
12 5 (0.27%) IFRS
12 5 (0.27%) SOC 2
13 4 (0.22%) ISO 9001
13 4 (0.22%) SLA
14 3 (0.16%) Sarbanes-Oxley
14 3 (0.16%) SEPA
14 3 (0.16%) Software Quality Assurance
System Software
1 252 (13.64%) Docker
2 64 (3.47%) Active Directory
3 31 (1.68%) VMware Infrastructure
4 20 (1.08%) Virtual Machines
5 18 (0.97%) vSphere
6 13 (0.70%) Virtual Desktop
7 8 (0.43%) Firmware
8 4 (0.22%) Slurm Workload Manager
9 3 (0.16%) Embedded Firmware
9 3 (0.16%) Hyper-V
10 2 (0.11%) iptables
10 2 (0.11%) KVM
10 2 (0.11%) VMware ESXi
11 1 (0.054%) Citrix Hypervisor
11 1 (0.054%) QEMU
11 1 (0.054%) Xen
Systems Management
1 357 (19.33%) Terraform
2 299 (16.19%) Kubernetes
3 92 (4.98%) Ansible
4 80 (4.33%) Grafana
5 44 (2.38%) Prometheus
6 29 (1.57%) Argo
7 21 (1.14%) Puppet
8 13 (0.70%) Istio
8 13 (0.70%) Microsoft Intune
9 9 (0.49%) Progress Chef
10 8 (0.43%) Proxmox
11 7 (0.38%) Active Directory Federation Services
11 7 (0.38%) Packer
12 6 (0.32%) ZABBIX
13 5 (0.27%) AWS Copilot
13 5 (0.27%) Kibana
14 3 (0.16%) Nagios
15 2 (0.11%) HP Fortify
15 2 (0.11%) MIIS
15 2 (0.11%) Opsgenie
Vendors
1 486 (26.31%) Microsoft
2 75 (4.06%) Google
3 74 (4.01%) Salesforce
4 53 (2.87%) Oracle
5 51 (2.76%) ServiceNow
6 42 (2.27%) VMware
7 40 (2.17%) Facebook
7 40 (2.17%) Splunk
8 36 (1.95%) Databricks
9 33 (1.79%) SAP
10 29 (1.57%) Pega
11 23 (1.25%) MuleSoft
12 21 (1.14%) YouTube
13 19 (1.03%) Apple
14 18 (0.97%) Sony
15 17 (0.92%) Cisco
15 17 (0.92%) Yahoo!
16 16 (0.87%) OpenAI
17 15 (0.81%) Palo Alto
18 13 (0.70%) Red Hat
801 hybrid/remote DevOps jobs