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

 6 months to
16 Sep 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 20 17 19
Rank change year-on-year -3 +2 -9
Permanent jobs citing DevOps 1,888 1,720 2,289
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 7.83% 10.59% 9.81%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 9.62% 11.36% 11.17%
Number of salaries quoted 1,329 935 1,604
10th Percentile £45,200 £46,492 £42,500
25th Percentile £52,500 £56,250 £53,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £69,310 £70,000 £67,500
Median % change year-on-year -0.99% +3.70% -2.80%
75th Percentile £87,500 £83,750 £85,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £100,000 £105,000
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 19,632 15,135 20,484
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 81.43% 93.17% 87.77%
Number of salaries quoted 14,097 8,610 12,632
10th Percentile £34,000 £30,000 £35,500
25th Percentile £44,972 £40,750 £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 16 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 (2.91%) SharePoint
2 31 (1.64%) Confluence
3 25 (1.32%) Apache
4 24 (1.27%) Apache Spark
5 13 (0.69%) Microsoft Exchange
6 10 (0.53%) Apache Airflow
7 9 (0.48%) 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%) SAS
10 6 (0.32%) WordPress
11 5 (0.26%) Anypoint
11 5 (0.26%) Apache Solr
11 5 (0.26%) OpenStack
12 3 (0.16%) BizTalk Server
12 3 (0.16%) Umbraco
13 1 (0.053%) Oracle HTTP Server
13 1 (0.053%) WebLogic Portal
Applications
1 41 (2.17%) Microsoft Project
2 15 (0.79%) Microsoft Excel
3 12 (0.64%) 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 47 (2.49%) 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 EBS
3 4 (0.21%) Oracle ERP
4 3 (0.16%) Carpe Diem
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%) Distributed Ledger
6 1 (0.053%) Dynamics GP
6 1 (0.053%) Dynamics NAV
6 1 (0.053%) Magento
6 1 (0.053%) Oracle Applications
6 1 (0.053%) Oracle EBS R12
Cloud Services
1 1,052 (55.72%) Azure
2 590 (31.25%) AWS
3 581 (30.77%) Azure DevOps
4 262 (13.88%) SaaS
5 190 (10.06%) GCP
6 171 (9.06%) Power Platform
7 142 (7.52%) Serverless
8 137 (7.26%) GitHub
9 91 (4.82%) Azure AI
10 81 (4.29%) PaaS
11 78 (4.13%) Dynamics 365
12 77 (4.08%) Azure Cosmos DB
13 74 (3.92%) PowerApps
14 70 (3.71%) Entra ID
15 69 (3.65%) AWS CloudFormation
15 69 (3.65%) Power Automate
16 68 (3.60%) Azure AKS
17 66 (3.50%) Amazon EKS
17 66 (3.50%) Azure Service Bus
18 64 (3.39%) GitHub Actions
Communications & Networking
1 36 (1.91%) VPN
2 31 (1.64%) TCP/IP
3 26 (1.38%) Firewall
4 25 (1.32%) DNS
5 21 (1.11%) Broadband
6 14 (0.74%) Internet
7 9 (0.48%) 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%) TETRA
12 3 (0.16%) 3GPP
12 3 (0.16%) LAN
12 3 (0.16%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 219 (11.60%) Azure SQL Database
2 208 (11.02%) MongoDB
3 158 (8.37%) SQL Server
4 88 (4.66%) Power BI
5 80 (4.24%) PostgreSQL
6 56 (2.97%) Data Warehouse
6 56 (2.97%) NoSQL
7 49 (2.60%) Elasticsearch
8 42 (2.22%) Metadata
9 41 (2.17%) MySQL
10 38 (2.01%) Data Lake
10 38 (2.01%) Relational Database
11 29 (1.54%) DynamoDB
12 22 (1.17%) Amazon Athena
12 22 (1.17%) SQL Server Integration Services
13 20 (1.06%) Redis
14 19 (1.01%) Star Schema
15 17 (0.90%) Amazon RDS
16 16 (0.85%) Delta Lake
17 11 (0.58%) Amazon Redshift
Development Applications
1 184 (9.75%) Git
2 124 (6.57%) JIRA
3 83 (4.40%) GitLab
4 81 (4.29%) Jenkins
5 43 (2.28%) TeamCity
6 25 (1.32%) Selenium
7 19 (1.01%) Cypress.io
8 18 (0.95%) SonarQube
9 15 (0.79%) Postman
10 10 (0.53%) Bitbucket
10 10 (0.53%) Visual Studio Code
11 9 (0.48%) NUnit
12 8 (0.42%) Cucumber
12 8 (0.42%) Visual Studio
13 7 (0.37%) Claude Code
13 7 (0.37%) JUnit
13 7 (0.37%) Maven
14 6 (0.32%) Atlassian Bamboo
14 6 (0.32%) JMeter
14 6 (0.32%) Octopus Deploy
General
1 455 (24.10%) Social Skills
2 352 (18.64%) Finance
3 184 (9.75%) Public Sector
4 146 (7.73%) Law
5 139 (7.36%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 113 (5.99%) Analytical Skills
7 109 (5.77%) Legal
8 78 (4.13%) Banking
9 70 (3.71%) Retail
10 42 (2.22%) Back Office
11 41 (2.17%) Marketing
12 39 (2.07%) Financial Institution
13 30 (1.59%) Advertising
13 30 (1.59%) Games
14 24 (1.27%) Aerospace
15 21 (1.11%) Presentation Skills
16 13 (0.69%) Influencing Skills
16 13 (0.69%) Legal Technology
17 12 (0.64%) Local Government
18 11 (0.58%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 489 (25.90%) Senior
2 375 (19.86%) Developer
3 346 (18.33%) DevOps Engineer
4 253 (13.40%) Lead
5 188 (9.96%) .NET Developer
6 162 (8.58%) Software Engineer
7 139 (7.36%) Architect
8 105 (5.56%) Azure Engineer
9 97 (5.14%) Senior DevOps
10 90 (4.77%) Senior DevOps Engineer
11 87 (4.61%) IT Manager
12 74 (3.92%) Cloud Engineer
13 69 (3.65%) Data Engineer
14 67 (3.55%) Senior Developer
15 63 (3.34%) Platform Engineer
15 63 (3.34%) Senior Manager
16 58 (3.07%) Senior Software Engineer
17 57 (3.02%) Solutions Architect
18 55 (2.91%) Service Manager
19 51 (2.70%) Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 375 (19.86%) Terraform
2 367 (19.44%) .NET
3 209 (11.07%) ASP.NET
4 198 (10.49%) React
5 187 (9.90%) .NET Core
6 177 (9.38%) ASP.NET Core
7 137 (7.26%) Node.js
8 134 (7.10%) RESTful
9 118 (6.25%) CSS
10 110 (5.83%) HTML
11 104 (5.51%) Blazor
12 102 (5.40%) REST
13 96 (5.08%) Entity Framework
14 79 (4.18%) ML.NET
15 66 (3.50%) Middleware
16 60 (3.18%) AngularJS
17 49 (2.60%) Spring Boot
18 47 (2.49%) Spring
19 45 (2.38%) Kafka
20 36 (1.91%) PySpark
Miscellaneous
1 316 (16.74%) Cloud Native
2 147 (7.79%) Product Ownership
3 106 (5.61%) Enterprise Software
4 80 (4.24%) Distributed Systems
5 64 (3.39%) Virtual Team
6 63 (3.34%) Greenfield Project
7 56 (2.97%) Cyber Threat
8 44 (2.33%) Legacy Systems
9 36 (1.91%) Mobile App
10 30 (1.59%) Driving Licence
11 29 (1.54%) Management Information System
11 29 (1.54%) Self-Motivation
12 24 (1.27%) Data Centre
12 24 (1.27%) Public Cloud
13 23 (1.22%) Onboarding
13 23 (1.22%) Social Media
14 20 (1.06%) Legacy Applications
14 20 (1.06%) Security Posture
15 18 (0.95%) Podcast
16 17 (0.90%) BBC
Operating Systems
1 159 (8.42%) Linux
2 99 (5.24%) Windows
3 55 (2.91%) Unix
4 20 (1.06%) Android
5 15 (0.79%) VMS
6 14 (0.74%) Windows Server
7 8 (0.42%) Ubuntu
8 7 (0.37%) Debian
9 4 (0.21%) CentOS
9 4 (0.21%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 3 (0.16%) Apple iOS
10 3 (0.16%) VxWorks
11 2 (0.11%) Solaris
11 2 (0.11%) Windows Server 2016
12 1 (0.053%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 929 (49.21%) CI/CD
2 839 (44.44%) Agile
3 450 (23.83%) Mentoring
4 421 (22.30%) Continuous Improvement
5 397 (21.03%) Software Engineering
6 385 (20.39%) Infrastructure as Code
7 383 (20.29%) AI
8 338 (17.90%) Test Automation
9 304 (16.10%) Problem-Solving
10 277 (14.67%) Full-Stack Development
11 252 (13.35%) Microservices
12 241 (12.76%) Stakeholder Engagement
13 218 (11.55%) Coaching
14 214 (11.33%) Scrum
15 209 (11.07%) Technical Leadership
16 194 (10.28%) Stakeholder Management
17 186 (9.85%) Roadmaps
18 180 (9.53%) Observability
19 174 (9.22%) Containerisation
20 167 (8.85%) Platform Engineering
Programming Languages
1 457 (24.21%) C#
2 449 (23.78%) SQL
3 373 (19.76%) Python
4 299 (15.84%) JavaScript
5 209 (11.07%) Java
6 169 (8.95%) TypeScript
7 167 (8.85%) PowerShell
8 98 (5.19%) Bash
9 76 (4.03%) Bicep
10 29 (1.54%) C++
11 27 (1.43%) T-SQL
12 22 (1.17%) Go
13 20 (1.06%) Kusto Query Language
14 17 (0.90%) Data Analysis Expressions
15 16 (0.85%) Apex Code
15 16 (0.85%) PHP
16 14 (0.74%) Ruby
17 12 (0.64%) Groovy
18 11 (0.58%) Kotlin
19 9 (0.48%) Scala
Qualifications
1 236 (12.50%) Security Cleared
2 190 (10.06%) SC Cleared
3 140 (7.42%) Degree
4 61 (3.23%) CISSP
5 60 (3.18%) Azure Certification
6 58 (3.07%) CISM
7 56 (2.97%) ITIL Certification
8 42 (2.22%) DV Cleared
9 41 (2.17%) Computer Science Degree
10 35 (1.85%) BPSS Clearance
11 31 (1.64%) Microsoft Certification
12 25 (1.32%) AWS Certification
13 18 (0.95%) ISTQB
14 16 (0.85%) DBS Check
14 16 (0.85%) Master's Degree
14 16 (0.85%) PMI Certification
15 12 (0.64%) PMP
16 10 (0.53%) Cisco Certification
17 6 (0.32%) (ISC)2 CCSP
17 6 (0.32%) CISA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 218 (11.55%) QA
2 77 (4.08%) Data Quality
3 76 (4.03%) NIST
4 59 (3.13%) Accessibility
5 48 (2.54%) ISO 22301
6 32 (1.69%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 31 (1.64%) GDPR
8 21 (1.11%) GRC
9 9 (0.48%) California Consumer Privacy Act
9 9 (0.48%) HMG Security Policy Framework
9 9 (0.48%) SLA
9 9 (0.48%) WCAG
10 6 (0.32%) NIST 800
10 6 (0.32%) PCI DSS
10 6 (0.32%) PMO
11 5 (0.26%) IFRS
12 4 (0.21%) NCSC
13 3 (0.16%) Sarbanes-Oxley
13 3 (0.16%) SOC 2
13 3 (0.16%) Solvency II
System Software
1 241 (12.76%) Docker
2 59 (3.13%) Active Directory
3 29 (1.54%) VMware Infrastructure
4 17 (0.90%) Virtual Desktop
5 15 (0.79%) Virtual Machines
6 14 (0.74%) vSphere
7 5 (0.26%) Firmware
8 3 (0.16%) Hyper-V
8 3 (0.16%) Slurm Workload Manager
9 2 (0.11%) iptables
9 2 (0.11%) KVM
10 1 (0.053%) Citrix Hypervisor
10 1 (0.053%) Embedded Firmware
10 1 (0.053%) Oracle RAC
10 1 (0.053%) QEMU
10 1 (0.053%) VMware ESXi
10 1 (0.053%) Xen
Systems Management
1 285 (15.10%) Kubernetes
2 82 (4.34%) Grafana
3 79 (4.18%) Ansible
4 41 (2.17%) Prometheus
5 29 (1.54%) Argo
6 18 (0.95%) Microsoft Intune
7 15 (0.79%) Puppet
8 11 (0.58%) Progress Chef
9 8 (0.42%) Istio
9 8 (0.42%) Packer
10 7 (0.37%) Single Sign-On
11 5 (0.26%) Active Directory Federation Services
11 5 (0.26%) Proxmox
11 5 (0.26%) ZABBIX
12 4 (0.21%) Kibana
13 2 (0.11%) HP Fortify
13 2 (0.11%) Nagios
13 2 (0.11%) Oracle RMAN
14 1 (0.053%) MIIS
14 1 (0.053%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
Vendors
1 515 (27.28%) Microsoft
2 82 (4.34%) Google
3 67 (3.55%) Oracle
4 46 (2.44%) Databricks
5 45 (2.38%) ServiceNow
6 40 (2.12%) Facebook
7 37 (1.96%) Salesforce
8 34 (1.80%) SAP
9 33 (1.75%) VMware
10 32 (1.69%) YouTube
11 28 (1.48%) Pega
12 26 (1.38%) OpenAI
13 19 (1.01%) Sony
14 18 (0.95%) Apple
14 18 (0.95%) MuleSoft
15 17 (0.90%) Informatica
15 17 (0.90%) Yahoo!
16 14 (0.74%) Foundry
17 13 (0.69%) Splunk
18 12 (0.64%) ScienceLogic
2,493 hybrid/remote DevOps jobs