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

 6 months to
4 Aug 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 18 16 20
Rank change year-on-year -2 +4 -10
Permanent jobs citing DevOps 1,911 1,906 2,246
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 8.58% 11.55% 8.88%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 10.35% 12.43% 10.12%
Number of salaries quoted 1,383 1,039 1,791
10th Percentile £45,000 £46,486 £42,500
25th Percentile £52,500 £56,250 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £67,500 £70,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.57% +7.69% -7.14%
75th Percentile £87,500 £85,000 £85,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £101,250 £100,000
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 18,460 15,337 22,190
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 82.88% 92.94% 87.76%
Number of salaries quoted 13,367 9,043 15,990
10th Percentile £35,000 £29,750 £35,000
25th Percentile £44,972 £40,917 £43,329
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £59,400 £58,700
Median % change year-on-year +1.01% +1.19% -6.08%
75th Percentile £80,000 £78,750 £77,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £100,000 £97,500
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 4 August 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 47 (2.46%) SharePoint
2 31 (1.62%) Confluence
3 25 (1.31%) Apache
4 24 (1.26%) Apache Spark
5 13 (0.68%) Microsoft Exchange
6 11 (0.58%) Apache Airflow
7 9 (0.47%) IIS
8 8 (0.42%) SharePoint Server
9 7 (0.37%) nginx
10 6 (0.31%) Anypoint
10 6 (0.31%) Apache Solr
10 6 (0.31%) CMS
10 6 (0.31%) OpenStack
10 6 (0.31%) SAS
10 6 (0.31%) WordPress
11 5 (0.26%) Jupyter
12 3 (0.16%) BizTalk Server
12 3 (0.16%) Umbraco
13 1 (0.052%) Drupal
13 1 (0.052%) JBoss
Applications
1 39 (2.04%) Microsoft Project
2 14 (0.73%) Microsoft Excel
3 12 (0.63%) Trello
4 8 (0.42%) MS Visio
5 7 (0.37%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 4 (0.21%) Microsoft Office
7 3 (0.16%) Blender
7 3 (0.16%) Maya
8 1 (0.052%) Chatbot
8 1 (0.052%) Lightworks
8 1 (0.052%) Notion
8 1 (0.052%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 43 (2.25%) Dynamics CRM
2 6 (0.31%) SAP S/4HANA
3 5 (0.26%) Fidessa
4 4 (0.21%) Dynamics AX
5 3 (0.16%) Carpe Diem
5 3 (0.16%) Elite 3E
5 3 (0.16%) Oracle EBS
5 3 (0.16%) Oracle ERP
6 2 (0.10%) Infor SunSystems
6 2 (0.10%) JDE EnterpriseOne
7 1 (0.052%) Dynamics GP
7 1 (0.052%) Dynamics NAV
7 1 (0.052%) Magento
7 1 (0.052%) Payment Gateway
7 1 (0.052%) Sage 200
7 1 (0.052%) SAP ERP
7 1 (0.052%) SAP IBP
7 1 (0.052%) SAP MII
7 1 (0.052%) SAP PP
Cloud Services
1 1,063 (55.63%) Azure
2 611 (31.97%) AWS
3 569 (29.77%) Azure DevOps
4 257 (13.45%) SaaS
5 192 (10.05%) GCP
6 148 (7.74%) Power Platform
6 148 (7.74%) Serverless
7 142 (7.43%) GitHub
8 92 (4.81%) PaaS
9 91 (4.76%) Azure AI
10 73 (3.82%) Azure AKS
11 69 (3.61%) Entra ID
12 68 (3.56%) Amazon EKS
12 68 (3.56%) AWS CloudFormation
12 68 (3.56%) Dynamics 365
12 68 (3.56%) GitHub Actions
13 67 (3.51%) Azure Service Bus
14 64 (3.35%) Azure Cosmos DB
15 63 (3.30%) Microsoft 365
16 61 (3.19%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 41 (2.15%) Broadband
2 40 (2.09%) TCP/IP
3 39 (2.04%) VPN
4 37 (1.94%) Firewall
5 29 (1.52%) DNS
6 13 (0.68%) Internet
7 10 (0.52%) DHCP
7 10 (0.52%) Network Security
8 6 (0.31%) BGP
8 6 (0.31%) LAN
8 6 (0.31%) NGFW
8 6 (0.31%) OSPF
8 6 (0.31%) WAN
9 5 (0.26%) Cisco ASA
9 5 (0.26%) Ethernet VPN
9 5 (0.26%) VXLAN
10 4 (0.21%) SSH
10 4 (0.21%) SSL
11 3 (0.16%) HTTP
11 3 (0.16%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 207 (10.83%) Azure SQL Database
2 204 (10.68%) MongoDB
3 142 (7.43%) SQL Server
4 87 (4.55%) PostgreSQL
5 59 (3.09%) Power BI
6 52 (2.72%) Elasticsearch
6 52 (2.72%) NoSQL
7 37 (1.94%) MySQL
8 33 (1.73%) Data Warehouse
8 33 (1.73%) Relational Database
9 28 (1.47%) Amazon RDS
10 24 (1.26%) Redis
11 22 (1.15%) Metadata
12 20 (1.05%) SQL Server Integration Services
13 19 (0.99%) Data Lake
14 16 (0.84%) Delta Lake
15 15 (0.78%) DynamoDB
16 14 (0.73%) Amazon Athena
17 11 (0.58%) NonStop SQL
18 10 (0.52%) Big Data
Development Applications
1 149 (7.80%) Git
2 117 (6.12%) JIRA
3 105 (5.49%) Jenkins
4 103 (5.39%) GitLab
5 35 (1.83%) SonarQube
6 30 (1.57%) Selenium
6 30 (1.57%) TeamCity
7 21 (1.10%) Cypress.io
8 18 (0.94%) Postman
9 12 (0.63%) Bitbucket
10 11 (0.58%) Cucumber
10 11 (0.58%) JMeter
10 11 (0.58%) NUnit
10 11 (0.58%) Visual Studio
11 10 (0.52%) Visual Studio Code
12 8 (0.42%) Claude Code
13 7 (0.37%) Maven
14 6 (0.31%) JUnit
14 6 (0.31%) Octopus Deploy
15 5 (0.26%) Atlassian Bamboo
General
1 454 (23.76%) Social Skills
2 349 (18.26%) Finance
3 158 (8.27%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 155 (8.11%) Public Sector
5 152 (7.95%) Law
6 117 (6.12%) Analytical Skills
7 112 (5.86%) Legal
8 72 (3.77%) Banking
9 66 (3.45%) Retail
10 63 (3.30%) Marketing
11 54 (2.83%) Games
12 32 (1.67%) Advertising
13 29 (1.52%) Back Office
14 26 (1.36%) Financial Institution
15 22 (1.15%) Manufacturing
16 20 (1.05%) Presentation Skills
17 18 (0.94%) Aerospace
17 18 (0.94%) Legal Technology
18 15 (0.78%) Telecoms
19 12 (0.63%) Influencing Skills
Job Titles
1 463 (24.23%) Senior
2 388 (20.30%) Developer
3 337 (17.63%) DevOps Engineer
4 257 (13.45%) Lead
5 191 (9.99%) .NET Developer
6 164 (8.58%) Architect
7 151 (7.90%) Software Engineer
8 110 (5.76%) Senior DevOps
9 98 (5.13%) Senior DevOps Engineer
10 94 (4.92%) Azure Engineer
11 84 (4.40%) IT Manager
12 79 (4.13%) Cloud Engineer
13 69 (3.61%) Platform Engineer
14 67 (3.51%) Solutions Architect
15 66 (3.45%) Senior Manager
16 65 (3.40%) Senior Developer
17 60 (3.14%) Data Engineer
18 57 (2.98%) Consultant
19 54 (2.83%) Senior Software Engineer
20 52 (2.72%) Service Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 384 (20.09%) .NET
2 214 (11.20%) React
3 204 (10.68%) ASP.NET
4 194 (10.15%) .NET Core
5 181 (9.47%) ASP.NET Core
6 143 (7.48%) RESTful
7 129 (6.75%) REST
8 125 (6.54%) CSS
9 122 (6.38%) HTML
10 117 (6.12%) Node.js
11 104 (5.44%) Blazor
12 99 (5.18%) Entity Framework
13 82 (4.29%) ML.NET
14 72 (3.77%) Middleware
15 59 (3.09%) AngularJS
16 56 (2.93%) Kafka
17 49 (2.56%) Spring
17 49 (2.56%) Spring Boot
18 46 (2.41%) SOAP
19 42 (2.20%) Lightning Web Components
Miscellaneous
1 307 (16.06%) Cloud Native
2 136 (7.12%) Product Ownership
3 96 (5.02%) Enterprise Software
4 83 (4.34%) Distributed Systems
5 62 (3.24%) Virtual Team
6 58 (3.04%) Greenfield Project
7 52 (2.72%) Cyber Threat
8 43 (2.25%) Legacy Systems
9 39 (2.04%) Management Information System
10 35 (1.83%) Mobile App
11 31 (1.62%) Self-Motivation
12 28 (1.47%) Public Cloud
13 27 (1.41%) Data Centre
14 25 (1.31%) Podcast
15 24 (1.26%) Driving Licence
15 24 (1.26%) Onboarding
16 23 (1.20%) Hybrid Cloud
16 23 (1.20%) Social Media
17 21 (1.10%) Legacy Applications
18 19 (0.99%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 179 (9.37%) Linux
2 97 (5.08%) Windows
3 63 (3.30%) Unix
4 20 (1.05%) Android
5 19 (0.99%) Windows Server
6 16 (0.84%) VMS
7 8 (0.42%) Debian
7 8 (0.42%) Ubuntu
8 6 (0.31%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 5 (0.26%) CentOS
10 2 (0.10%) Apple iOS
10 2 (0.10%) Embedded Linux
10 2 (0.10%) VxWorks
10 2 (0.10%) Windows Server 2016
11 1 (0.052%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 945 (49.45%) CI/CD
2 860 (45.00%) Agile
3 452 (23.65%) Continuous Improvement
4 414 (21.66%) Infrastructure as Code
5 409 (21.40%) Mentoring
6 385 (20.15%) Software Engineering
7 371 (19.41%) AI
8 343 (17.95%) Test Automation
9 301 (15.75%) Full-Stack Development
10 297 (15.54%) Problem-Solving
11 266 (13.92%) Microservices
12 243 (12.72%) Scrum
13 240 (12.56%) Stakeholder Engagement
14 213 (11.15%) Containerisation
15 211 (11.04%) Roadmaps
16 207 (10.83%) Technical Leadership
17 201 (10.52%) Observability
18 194 (10.15%) Stakeholder Management
19 193 (10.10%) Coaching
20 177 (9.26%) Platform Engineering
Programming Languages
1 440 (23.02%) C#
2 430 (22.50%) SQL
3 390 (20.41%) Python
4 313 (16.38%) JavaScript
5 207 (10.83%) Java
6 167 (8.74%) TypeScript
7 165 (8.63%) PowerShell
8 100 (5.23%) Bash
9 74 (3.87%) Bicep
10 44 (2.30%) Apex Code
11 33 (1.73%) C++
12 32 (1.67%) Go
13 26 (1.36%) SOQL
13 26 (1.36%) SOSL
14 22 (1.15%) PHP
15 20 (1.05%) Kusto Query Language
15 20 (1.05%) T-SQL
16 15 (0.78%) Ruby
17 13 (0.68%) Groovy
18 11 (0.58%) Scala
Qualifications
1 227 (11.88%) Security Cleared
2 184 (9.63%) SC Cleared
3 158 (8.27%) Degree
4 68 (3.56%) CISSP
5 65 (3.40%) Azure Certification
6 58 (3.04%) CISM
6 58 (3.04%) ITIL Certification
7 42 (2.20%) Computer Science Degree
8 40 (2.09%) DV Cleared
9 25 (1.31%) BPSS Clearance
10 24 (1.26%) Microsoft Certification
11 22 (1.15%) AWS Certification
11 22 (1.15%) DBS Check
12 21 (1.10%) Master's Degree
13 18 (0.94%) PMI Certification
14 14 (0.73%) ISTQB
15 13 (0.68%) Cisco Certification
15 13 (0.68%) PMP
16 8 (0.42%) TOGAF Certification
17 7 (0.37%) CCNP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 220 (11.51%) QA
2 80 (4.19%) NIST
3 58 (3.04%) Accessibility
4 49 (2.56%) Data Quality
5 48 (2.51%) ISO 22301
6 33 (1.73%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 28 (1.47%) GDPR
8 24 (1.26%) GRC
9 15 (0.78%) WCAG
10 9 (0.47%) HMG Security Policy Framework
11 7 (0.37%) PCI DSS
12 6 (0.31%) NIST 800
12 6 (0.31%) PMO
12 6 (0.31%) SOC 2
13 5 (0.26%) IFRS
13 5 (0.26%) SLA
14 4 (0.21%) ISO 9001
15 3 (0.16%) Sarbanes-Oxley
15 3 (0.16%) SEPA
15 3 (0.16%) Solvency II
System Software
1 258 (13.50%) Docker
2 64 (3.35%) Active Directory
3 31 (1.62%) VMware Infrastructure
4 20 (1.05%) Virtual Machines
5 17 (0.89%) vSphere
6 14 (0.73%) Virtual Desktop
7 9 (0.47%) Firmware
8 4 (0.21%) Slurm Workload Manager
9 3 (0.16%) Embedded Firmware
9 3 (0.16%) Hyper-V
10 2 (0.10%) iptables
10 2 (0.10%) KVM
11 1 (0.052%) Citrix Hypervisor
11 1 (0.052%) QEMU
11 1 (0.052%) VMware ESXi
11 1 (0.052%) Xen
Systems Management
1 379 (19.83%) Terraform
2 304 (15.91%) Kubernetes
3 95 (4.97%) Ansible
4 84 (4.40%) Grafana
5 44 (2.30%) Prometheus
6 29 (1.52%) Argo
7 20 (1.05%) Puppet
8 15 (0.78%) Istio
8 15 (0.78%) Microsoft Intune
9 9 (0.47%) Progress Chef
10 7 (0.37%) Proxmox
11 6 (0.31%) Active Directory Federation Services
11 6 (0.31%) Packer
11 6 (0.31%) ZABBIX
12 5 (0.26%) AWS Copilot
13 4 (0.21%) Kibana
14 2 (0.10%) HP Fortify
14 2 (0.10%) MIIS
14 2 (0.10%) Nagios
14 2 (0.10%) Opsgenie
Vendors
1 502 (26.27%) Microsoft
2 86 (4.50%) Google
3 67 (3.51%) Salesforce
4 57 (2.98%) Oracle
5 49 (2.56%) ServiceNow
6 41 (2.15%) Databricks
7 40 (2.09%) Facebook
8 39 (2.04%) VMware
9 33 (1.73%) SAP
10 31 (1.62%) Splunk
11 29 (1.52%) Pega
12 24 (1.26%) MuleSoft
13 21 (1.10%) YouTube
14 19 (0.99%) Apple
14 19 (0.99%) Sony
15 17 (0.89%) OpenAI
15 17 (0.89%) Yahoo!
16 16 (0.84%) Cisco
17 14 (0.73%) Palo Alto
17 14 (0.73%) Red Hat
1,335 hybrid/remote DevOps jobs