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

 6 months to
2 Feb 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 17 14 16
Rank change year-on-year -3 +2 -6
Permanent jobs citing DevOps 1,407 2,102 3,139
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 8.92% 13.09% 11.42%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 10.30% 13.85% 12.30%
Number of salaries quoted 953 1,410 2,647
10th Percentile £42,500 £42,500 £42,500
25th Percentile £52,500 £52,500 £52,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £68,400 £69,308 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -1.31% +6.63% -7.14%
75th Percentile £82,500 £87,500 £82,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £115,000 £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 13,657 15,174 25,524
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 86.56% 94.51% 92.89%
Number of salaries quoted 8,670 8,919 21,083
10th Percentile £30,000 £36,250 £35,000
25th Percentile £42,500 £47,500 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £62,779 £59,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.43% +6.40% -5.60%
75th Percentile £80,000 £82,500 £77,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £102,500 £95,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% +9.09% -12.00%

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 2 February 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 40 (2.84%) Confluence
2 27 (1.92%) SharePoint
3 22 (1.56%) Microsoft Exchange
4 20 (1.42%) Apache Airflow
5 17 (1.21%) Oracle SOA Suite
6 15 (1.07%) Apache
7 11 (0.78%) IIS
8 10 (0.71%) Apache Spark
9 4 (0.28%) CMS
9 4 (0.28%) OpenStack
10 2 (0.14%) nginx
11 1 (0.071%) Apache Solr
11 1 (0.071%) ArcGIS
11 1 (0.071%) Camunda
11 1 (0.071%) Headless CMS
11 1 (0.071%) Oracle Workflow
11 1 (0.071%) SAS
11 1 (0.071%) WebLogic
11 1 (0.071%) WordPress
Applications
1 29 (2.06%) Microsoft Excel
2 12 (0.85%) Microsoft Office
3 10 (0.71%) MS Visio
4 8 (0.57%) Microsoft Project
5 3 (0.21%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 3 (0.21%) Spreadsheet
6 1 (0.071%) EngageOne
6 1 (0.071%) PlantUML
Business Applications
1 39 (2.77%) Oracle ERP
2 19 (1.35%) Dynamics CRM
3 15 (1.07%) SAP ERP
4 6 (0.43%) Markit EDM
5 4 (0.28%) Salesforce CRM
6 3 (0.21%) Oracle EBS
7 2 (0.14%) Dynamics AX
7 2 (0.14%) SAP S/4HANA
7 2 (0.14%) Shopify
8 1 (0.071%) Integrated Workplace Management System
8 1 (0.071%) NEC Housing
8 1 (0.071%) NetSuite
8 1 (0.071%) Payment Gateway
8 1 (0.071%) Primavera
8 1 (0.071%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
8 1 (0.071%) TIBCO iProcess
8 1 (0.071%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 904 (64.25%) Azure
2 498 (35.39%) Azure DevOps
3 490 (34.83%) AWS
4 341 (24.24%) GitHub
5 154 (10.95%) GCP
6 151 (10.73%) GitHub Actions
7 144 (10.23%) Power Platform
8 135 (9.59%) SaaS
9 134 (9.52%) Serverless
10 99 (7.04%) Entra ID
11 93 (6.61%) AWS CloudFormation
12 78 (5.54%) Amazon EKS
13 75 (5.33%) Azure Data Factory
13 75 (5.33%) Snowflake
14 74 (5.26%) GitHub Copilot
15 72 (5.12%) Amazon CloudWatch
15 72 (5.12%) Amazon S3
16 64 (4.55%) Azure Monitor
16 64 (4.55%) dbt
17 62 (4.41%) AWS Lambda
Communications & Networking
1 51 (3.62%) Firewall
2 45 (3.20%) Broadband
3 32 (2.27%) VPN
4 30 (2.13%) DNS
5 21 (1.49%) DHCP
6 19 (1.35%) TCP/IP
7 17 (1.21%) Network Security
8 15 (1.07%) WAN
9 11 (0.78%) LAN
10 10 (0.71%) SAN
11 9 (0.64%) SD-WAN
12 8 (0.57%) Wi-Fi
13 7 (0.50%) VLAN
14 6 (0.43%) VoIP
15 5 (0.36%) Internet
16 4 (0.28%) AMQP
16 4 (0.28%) Unified Communications
17 3 (0.21%) BGP
17 3 (0.21%) Fibre Channel
17 3 (0.21%) PuTTY
Database & Business Intelligence
1 124 (8.81%) SQL Server
2 90 (6.40%) Data Warehouse
3 88 (6.25%) NoSQL
4 78 (5.54%) Power BI
5 73 (5.19%) PostgreSQL
6 52 (3.70%) Tableau
7 51 (3.62%) Metadata
8 49 (3.48%) Relational Database
9 43 (3.06%) Azure SQL Database
10 42 (2.99%) MongoDB
11 39 (2.77%) Data Lake
12 32 (2.27%) MySQL
13 30 (2.13%) Amazon RDS
14 23 (1.63%) DynamoDB
14 23 (1.63%) Elasticsearch
15 20 (1.42%) RDBMS
16 18 (1.28%) Redis
17 17 (1.21%) Amazon Athena
17 17 (1.21%) Delta Lake
18 16 (1.14%) Snowflake Schema
Development Applications
1 157 (11.16%) Git
2 152 (10.80%) Jenkins
3 107 (7.60%) JIRA
4 91 (6.47%) GitLab
5 39 (2.77%) SonarQube
6 37 (2.63%) Oracle Forms
7 26 (1.85%) Selenium
8 19 (1.35%) Jaeger
9 18 (1.28%) Cypress.io
10 14 (1.00%) TeamCity
11 13 (0.92%) Bitbucket
11 13 (0.92%) Cucumber
12 11 (0.78%) git-flow
12 11 (0.78%) JMeter
12 11 (0.78%) Postman
13 10 (0.71%) JUnit
14 9 (0.64%) Subversion
15 7 (0.50%) Maven
15 7 (0.50%) Storybook
16 5 (0.36%) Visual Studio
General
1 431 (30.63%) Finance
2 404 (28.71%) Social Skills
3 164 (11.66%) Analytical Skills
4 111 (7.89%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 106 (7.53%) Public Sector
6 85 (6.04%) Marketing
7 48 (3.41%) Law
8 47 (3.34%) Banking
9 45 (3.20%) Retail
10 41 (2.91%) Telecoms
11 32 (2.27%) Games
12 25 (1.78%) Front Office
13 24 (1.71%) Financial Institution
14 20 (1.42%) Manufacturing
15 18 (1.28%) Back Office
16 17 (1.21%) Legal
17 16 (1.14%) Tech for Good
18 13 (0.92%) Billing
19 11 (0.78%) Documentation Skills
19 11 (0.78%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 361 (25.66%) Senior
2 252 (17.91%) Developer
3 175 (12.44%) Lead
4 130 (9.24%) Cloud Engineer
5 127 (9.03%) DevOps Engineer
6 122 (8.67%) Software Engineer
7 91 (6.47%) Architect
8 86 (6.11%) Azure Engineer
9 75 (5.33%) Senior Developer
10 66 (4.69%) Applications Engineer
11 65 (4.62%) Platform Engineer
12 64 (4.55%) Data Engineer
13 52 (3.70%) Senior DevOps
14 51 (3.62%) Infrastructure Engineer
15 46 (3.27%) .NET Developer
16 45 (3.20%) Analyst
17 44 (3.13%) Senior Software Engineer
18 43 (3.06%) Consultant
19 38 (2.70%) AWS Engineer
19 38 (2.70%) Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 235 (16.70%) .NET
2 161 (11.44%) React
3 136 (9.67%) RESTful
4 108 (7.68%) REST
5 89 (6.33%) SOAP
6 71 (5.05%) Node.js
6 71 (5.05%) Spring
7 70 (4.98%) Spring Boot
8 67 (4.76%) CSS
9 64 (4.55%) HTML
9 64 (4.55%) Kafka
10 60 (4.26%) Lightning Web Components
11 58 (4.12%) AngularJS
12 57 (4.05%) OAuth
13 55 (3.91%) .NET Framework
14 49 (3.48%) JSON
15 48 (3.41%) Elastic Stack
16 47 (3.34%) .NET Core
17 39 (2.77%) OAuth2
18 37 (2.63%) Visualforce
Miscellaneous
1 254 (18.05%) Cloud Native
2 143 (10.16%) Product Ownership
3 56 (3.98%) Enterprise Software
4 54 (3.84%) Distributed Systems
5 45 (3.20%) Management Information System
6 35 (2.49%) Onboarding
7 33 (2.35%) Legacy Systems
8 32 (2.27%) Low-Code
9 30 (2.13%) Self-Motivation
10 27 (1.92%) Analytical Mindset
10 27 (1.92%) Mobile App
11 22 (1.56%) Public Cloud
12 18 (1.28%) AI Agents
13 17 (1.21%) Algorithms
14 15 (1.07%) IoT
15 14 (1.00%) Security Posture
16 12 (0.85%) Legacy Applications
17 11 (0.78%) Data Centre
18 9 (0.64%) Data Protection Act
19 8 (0.57%) Data Structures
Operating Systems
1 148 (10.52%) Linux
2 103 (7.32%) Windows
3 49 (3.48%) Unix
4 39 (2.77%) Windows Server
5 23 (1.63%) Android
6 19 (1.35%) VMS
7 12 (0.85%) Apple iOS
8 10 (0.71%) Windows Server 2012
8 10 (0.71%) Windows Server 2019
9 9 (0.64%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 9 (0.64%) Ubuntu
10 7 (0.50%) CentOS
10 7 (0.50%) Debian
11 1 (0.071%) Windows 10
11 1 (0.071%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 837 (59.49%) CI/CD
2 666 (47.33%) Agile
3 367 (26.08%) Infrastructure as Code
4 358 (25.44%) Continuous Improvement
5 309 (21.96%) Problem-Solving
6 285 (20.26%) Mentoring
7 275 (19.55%) AI
7 275 (19.55%) Coaching
8 232 (16.49%) Software Engineering
9 231 (16.42%) Test Automation
10 209 (14.85%) Microservices
11 207 (14.71%) Analytics
12 201 (14.29%) Asset Management
13 199 (14.14%) Observability
14 190 (13.50%) Containerisation
15 174 (12.37%) Data Modelling
16 154 (10.95%) Roadmaps
17 153 (10.87%) Clean Code
18 138 (9.81%) Scrum
19 130 (9.24%) Full-Stack Development
Programming Languages
1 444 (31.56%) Python
2 389 (27.65%) SQL
3 218 (15.49%) Java
4 181 (12.86%) C#
5 169 (12.01%) JavaScript
6 144 (10.23%) PowerShell
7 128 (9.10%) Bash
8 113 (8.03%) TypeScript
9 76 (5.40%) Bicep
10 74 (5.26%) Go
11 64 (4.55%) Apex Code
12 40 (2.84%) PL/SQL
13 39 (2.77%) Shell Script
14 25 (1.78%) Scala
14 25 (1.78%) SOQL
14 25 (1.78%) SOSL
15 19 (1.35%) C++
16 17 (1.21%) T-SQL
17 16 (1.14%) PHP
18 11 (0.78%) R
Qualifications
1 168 (11.94%) Degree
2 146 (10.38%) Security Cleared
3 110 (7.82%) SC Cleared
4 88 (6.25%) Computer Science Degree
5 64 (4.55%) Azure Certification
6 60 (4.26%) AWS Certification
7 31 (2.20%) Master's Degree
8 26 (1.85%) Microsoft Certification
9 22 (1.56%) DV Cleared
10 16 (1.14%) ISTQB
11 13 (0.92%) Cisco Certification
12 12 (0.85%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
13 11 (0.78%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
13 11 (0.78%) PMI Certification
14 10 (0.71%) CISSP
14 10 (0.71%) PMP
15 9 (0.64%) CCNP
16 8 (0.57%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
17 7 (0.50%) DBS Check
18 6 (0.43%) BPSS Clearance
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 123 (8.74%) QA
2 71 (5.05%) Data Quality
3 48 (3.41%) Accessibility
4 47 (3.34%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 46 (3.27%) GDPR
6 19 (1.35%) NIST
7 11 (0.78%) PCI DSS
8 7 (0.50%) Sarbanes-Oxley
8 7 (0.50%) SOC 2
9 6 (0.43%) NCSC
9 6 (0.43%) SLA
9 6 (0.43%) WCAG
10 5 (0.36%) Cyber Essentials
10 5 (0.36%) PMO
11 3 (0.21%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
12 2 (0.14%) GRC
12 2 (0.14%) HMG Security Policy Framework
12 2 (0.14%) ISO 9001
13 1 (0.071%) Def Stans
13 1 (0.071%) ISO 13485
System Software
1 260 (18.48%) Docker
2 82 (5.83%) Active Directory
3 23 (1.63%) Virtual Machines
4 17 (1.21%) VMware Infrastructure
5 14 (1.00%) Virtual Desktop
6 13 (0.92%) vSphere
7 12 (0.85%) VMware ESXi
8 6 (0.43%) Firmware
8 6 (0.43%) Virtual Servers
9 5 (0.36%) VMware NSX
10 3 (0.21%) Microsoft Virtual Server
10 3 (0.21%) NFS
10 3 (0.21%) Postfix
11 2 (0.14%) Hyper-V
11 2 (0.14%) Kamailio
11 2 (0.14%) vCloud
12 1 (0.071%) HDFS
Systems Management
1 428 (30.42%) Terraform
2 324 (23.03%) Kubernetes
3 133 (9.45%) Ansible
4 109 (7.75%) Grafana
5 89 (6.33%) Prometheus
6 46 (3.27%) Single Sign-On
7 42 (2.99%) Argo
8 22 (1.56%) Microsoft Intune
9 20 (1.42%) Kustomize
10 12 (0.85%) vCenter Server
11 10 (0.71%) SCCM
12 6 (0.43%) HP Fortify
12 6 (0.43%) Kibana
12 6 (0.43%) Red Hat Satellite
13 5 (0.36%) Control-M
14 4 (0.28%) logstash
14 4 (0.28%) Progress Chef
14 4 (0.28%) Puppet
15 3 (0.21%) Docker Swarm
15 3 (0.21%) Packer
Vendors
1 310 (22.03%) Microsoft
2 82 (5.83%) Salesforce
3 74 (5.26%) Oracle
4 66 (4.69%) Google
5 55 (3.91%) Databricks
6 36 (2.56%) Splunk
6 36 (2.56%) VMware
7 23 (1.63%) SAP
8 22 (1.56%) Okta
9 20 (1.42%) Cisco
10 18 (1.28%) Ab Initio
10 18 (1.28%) Red Hat
11 17 (1.21%) ServiceNow
11 17 (1.21%) SolarWinds
12 16 (1.14%) MuleSoft
12 16 (1.14%) Veeam
13 14 (1.00%) IBM
14 11 (0.78%) Atlassian
14 11 (0.78%) NetApp
15 10 (0.71%) 3PAR
826 hybrid/remote DevOps jobs