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

 6 months to
6 Oct 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 21 19 18
Rank change year-on-year -2 -1 -8
Permanent jobs citing DevOps 1,923 1,724 2,257
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 7.73% 10.28% 10.31%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 9.58% 10.96% 11.70%
Number of salaries quoted 1,347 899 1,511
10th Percentile £45,749 £46,250 £42,500
25th Percentile £52,500 £55,375 £53,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £69,310 £68,525 £67,500
Median % change year-on-year +1.15% +1.52% -
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 15,724 19,287
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 80.68% 93.80% 88.12%
Number of salaries quoted 14,329 8,388 11,437
10th Percentile £33,750 £29,750 £35,026
25th Percentile £44,750 £40,000 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £57,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.35% -4.17% -4.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 £77,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £100,000 £101,750
UK median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year +9.09% -8.33% -

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 6 October 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 60 (3.12%) SharePoint
2 38 (1.98%) Confluence
3 26 (1.35%) Apache Spark
4 25 (1.30%) Apache
5 17 (0.88%) Microsoft Exchange
6 10 (0.52%) Apache Airflow
7 9 (0.47%) CMS
7 9 (0.47%) nginx
8 8 (0.42%) IIS
8 8 (0.42%) Jupyter
8 8 (0.42%) SharePoint Server
9 6 (0.31%) SAS
9 6 (0.31%) WebLogic
10 5 (0.26%) WordPress
11 4 (0.21%) Apache Solr
12 3 (0.16%) Anypoint
12 3 (0.16%) BizTalk Server
12 3 (0.16%) OpenStack
12 3 (0.16%) Umbraco
13 2 (0.10%) Ethereum
Applications
1 38 (1.98%) Microsoft Project
2 15 (0.78%) Microsoft Excel
3 12 (0.62%) Trello
4 11 (0.57%) Chatbot
5 9 (0.47%) MS Visio
6 7 (0.36%) Microsoft PowerPoint
7 6 (0.31%) Microsoft Office
8 3 (0.16%) Blender
8 3 (0.16%) Maya
9 2 (0.10%) Notion
10 1 (0.052%) Lightworks
10 1 (0.052%) PlantUML
10 1 (0.052%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 45 (2.34%) Dynamics CRM
2 6 (0.31%) Oracle EBS
3 5 (0.26%) Fidessa
3 5 (0.26%) SAP S/4HANA
4 4 (0.21%) Elite 3E
4 4 (0.21%) Oracle ERP
5 3 (0.16%) Carpe Diem
5 3 (0.16%) Dynamics GP
6 2 (0.10%) Distributed Ledger
6 2 (0.10%) JDE EnterpriseOne
6 2 (0.10%) Oracle Applications
6 2 (0.10%) Oracle EBS R12
6 2 (0.10%) Sage 200
6 2 (0.10%) Workday HCM
7 1 (0.052%) Academy Revenues and Benefits
7 1 (0.052%) Infor SunSystems
7 1 (0.052%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 1,063 (55.28%) Azure
2 601 (31.25%) AWS
3 593 (30.84%) Azure DevOps
4 268 (13.94%) SaaS
5 192 (9.98%) GCP
6 181 (9.41%) Power Platform
7 151 (7.85%) GitHub
8 144 (7.49%) Serverless
9 93 (4.84%) Azure AI
9 93 (4.84%) PaaS
10 81 (4.21%) PowerApps
11 78 (4.06%) Dynamics 365
12 76 (3.95%) Power Automate
13 75 (3.90%) Azure Cosmos DB
14 74 (3.85%) AWS CloudFormation
15 72 (3.74%) Entra ID
16 71 (3.69%) Azure AKS
17 70 (3.64%) Azure Service Bus
18 68 (3.54%) Azure Functions
19 67 (3.48%) Amazon EKS
Communications & Networking
1 44 (2.29%) VPN
2 32 (1.66%) Firewall
3 30 (1.56%) DNS
4 28 (1.46%) TCP/IP
5 14 (0.73%) Broadband
5 14 (0.73%) Internet
6 12 (0.62%) Network Security
7 7 (0.36%) BGP
8 6 (0.31%) OSPF
8 6 (0.31%) WAN
9 5 (0.26%) DHCP
9 5 (0.26%) Ethernet VPN
9 5 (0.26%) HTTP
9 5 (0.26%) NGFW
9 5 (0.26%) VXLAN
10 4 (0.21%) SSH
10 4 (0.21%) TETRA
11 3 (0.16%) 3GPP
11 3 (0.16%) SD-WAN
11 3 (0.16%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 218 (11.34%) Azure SQL Database
2 207 (10.76%) MongoDB
3 168 (8.74%) SQL Server
4 94 (4.89%) Power BI
5 88 (4.58%) PostgreSQL
6 57 (2.96%) Data Warehouse
7 53 (2.76%) NoSQL
8 47 (2.44%) Elasticsearch
9 46 (2.39%) Metadata
10 40 (2.08%) Relational Database
11 39 (2.03%) Data Lake
11 39 (2.03%) MySQL
12 27 (1.40%) DynamoDB
13 23 (1.20%) SQL Server Integration Services
14 22 (1.14%) Amazon Athena
15 21 (1.09%) Redis
16 19 (0.99%) Amazon RDS
16 19 (0.99%) Star Schema
17 15 (0.78%) Delta Lake
18 14 (0.73%) Big Data
Development Applications
1 187 (9.72%) Git
2 131 (6.81%) JIRA
3 84 (4.37%) GitLab
4 74 (3.85%) Jenkins
5 48 (2.50%) TeamCity
6 23 (1.20%) Selenium
7 20 (1.04%) Cypress.io
8 16 (0.83%) Postman
9 10 (0.52%) Bitbucket
9 10 (0.52%) SonarQube
10 9 (0.47%) JUnit
11 8 (0.42%) Claude Code
11 8 (0.42%) Visual Studio Code
12 7 (0.36%) Cucumber
12 7 (0.36%) Visual Studio
13 6 (0.31%) Maven
13 6 (0.31%) NUnit
13 6 (0.31%) Octopus Deploy
14 5 (0.26%) Atlassian Bamboo
15 4 (0.21%) Mockito
General
1 485 (25.22%) Social Skills
2 360 (18.72%) Finance
3 217 (11.28%) Public Sector
4 144 (7.49%) Law
5 127 (6.60%) Analytical Skills
5 127 (6.60%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 104 (5.41%) Legal
7 78 (4.06%) Banking
8 74 (3.85%) Retail
9 45 (2.34%) Back Office
10 42 (2.18%) Financial Institution
11 35 (1.82%) Marketing
12 29 (1.51%) Advertising
13 23 (1.20%) Aerospace
13 23 (1.20%) Presentation Skills
14 22 (1.14%) Games
15 13 (0.68%) Influencing Skills
15 13 (0.68%) Manufacturing
16 12 (0.62%) Documentation Skills
16 12 (0.62%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 522 (27.15%) Senior
2 381 (19.81%) DevOps Engineer
3 378 (19.66%) Developer
4 246 (12.79%) Lead
5 189 (9.83%) .NET Developer
6 165 (8.58%) Software Engineer
7 133 (6.92%) Architect
8 120 (6.24%) Senior DevOps
9 111 (5.77%) Azure Engineer
9 111 (5.77%) Senior DevOps Engineer
10 88 (4.58%) IT Manager
11 76 (3.95%) Cloud Engineer
12 70 (3.64%) Data Engineer
13 66 (3.43%) Platform Engineer
13 66 (3.43%) Senior Developer
14 61 (3.17%) Senior Manager
15 55 (2.86%) Solutions Architect
16 53 (2.76%) Analyst
16 53 (2.76%) Senior Software Engineer
17 52 (2.70%) Service Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 395 (20.54%) Terraform
2 373 (19.40%) .NET
3 209 (10.87%) ASP.NET
4 197 (10.24%) React
5 185 (9.62%) .NET Core
6 175 (9.10%) ASP.NET Core
7 137 (7.12%) Node.js
8 132 (6.86%) RESTful
9 119 (6.19%) CSS
10 110 (5.72%) HTML
10 110 (5.72%) REST
11 101 (5.25%) Blazor
12 91 (4.73%) Entity Framework
13 78 (4.06%) ML.NET
14 71 (3.69%) Middleware
15 54 (2.81%) AngularJS
16 52 (2.70%) Spring Boot
17 49 (2.55%) Spring
18 44 (2.29%) Kafka
19 34 (1.77%) PySpark
Miscellaneous
1 321 (16.69%) Cloud Native
2 140 (7.28%) Product Ownership
3 114 (5.93%) Enterprise Software
4 85 (4.42%) Distributed Systems
5 63 (3.28%) Virtual Team
6 62 (3.22%) Greenfield Project
7 60 (3.12%) Cyber Threat
8 48 (2.50%) Legacy Systems
9 39 (2.03%) Management Information System
10 38 (1.98%) Mobile App
11 31 (1.61%) Self-Motivation
12 30 (1.56%) Driving Licence
13 23 (1.20%) Legacy Applications
13 23 (1.20%) Public Cloud
13 23 (1.20%) Security Posture
14 22 (1.14%) Data Centre
14 22 (1.14%) Onboarding
14 22 (1.14%) Social Media
15 21 (1.09%) AI Agents
15 21 (1.09%) Data Structures
Operating Systems
1 163 (8.48%) Linux
2 101 (5.25%) Windows
3 64 (3.33%) Unix
4 21 (1.09%) Android
5 13 (0.68%) VMS
5 13 (0.68%) Windows Server
6 7 (0.36%) Ubuntu
7 6 (0.31%) Debian
8 4 (0.21%) Apple iOS
8 4 (0.21%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 3 (0.16%) VxWorks
10 2 (0.10%) CentOS
10 2 (0.10%) Rocky
10 2 (0.10%) Solaris
11 1 (0.052%) Mac OS
11 1 (0.052%) Windows 10
11 1 (0.052%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 961 (49.97%) CI/CD
2 845 (43.94%) Agile
3 474 (24.65%) Mentoring
4 438 (22.78%) Continuous Improvement
5 411 (21.37%) Software Engineering
6 404 (21.01%) Infrastructure as Code
7 393 (20.44%) AI
8 347 (18.04%) Test Automation
9 325 (16.90%) Problem-Solving
10 267 (13.88%) Full-Stack Development
11 248 (12.90%) Microservices
12 247 (12.84%) Stakeholder Engagement
13 236 (12.27%) Coaching
14 211 (10.97%) Stakeholder Management
14 211 (10.97%) Technical Leadership
15 205 (10.66%) Scrum
16 185 (9.62%) Observability
17 179 (9.31%) Containerisation
18 176 (9.15%) Analytics
19 173 (9.00%) Platform Engineering
Programming Languages
1 468 (24.34%) C#
2 453 (23.56%) SQL
3 391 (20.33%) Python
4 303 (15.76%) JavaScript
5 217 (11.28%) Java
6 176 (9.15%) PowerShell
7 171 (8.89%) TypeScript
8 105 (5.46%) Bash
9 86 (4.47%) Bicep
10 30 (1.56%) T-SQL
11 29 (1.51%) C++
12 26 (1.35%) Go
13 19 (0.99%) Kusto Query Language
14 17 (0.88%) Data Analysis Expressions
15 14 (0.73%) PHP
15 14 (0.73%) Ruby
16 11 (0.57%) Apex Code
16 11 (0.57%) Groovy
16 11 (0.57%) Kotlin
17 10 (0.52%) Scala
Qualifications
1 249 (12.95%) Security Cleared
2 204 (10.61%) SC Cleared
3 138 (7.18%) Degree
4 65 (3.38%) Azure Certification
5 60 (3.12%) CISSP
6 58 (3.02%) CISM
7 56 (2.91%) ITIL Certification
8 44 (2.29%) Computer Science Degree
9 41 (2.13%) DV Cleared
10 40 (2.08%) BPSS Clearance
11 36 (1.87%) Microsoft Certification
12 26 (1.35%) AWS Certification
13 17 (0.88%) Master's Degree
14 16 (0.83%) DBS Check
14 16 (0.83%) ISTQB
15 12 (0.62%) PMI Certification
16 11 (0.57%) TOGAF Certification
17 9 (0.47%) Cisco Certification
17 9 (0.47%) PMP
18 6 (0.31%) CISA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 210 (10.92%) QA
2 84 (4.37%) Data Quality
3 71 (3.69%) NIST
4 63 (3.28%) Accessibility
5 48 (2.50%) ISO 22301
6 33 (1.72%) GDPR
7 32 (1.66%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 17 (0.88%) GRC
9 9 (0.47%) California Consumer Privacy Act
9 9 (0.47%) SLA
10 8 (0.42%) HMG Security Policy Framework
10 8 (0.42%) PCI DSS
10 8 (0.42%) WCAG
11 7 (0.36%) SOC 2
12 6 (0.31%) NIST 800
12 6 (0.31%) PMO
13 3 (0.16%) NCSC
14 2 (0.10%) Cyber Essentials
14 2 (0.10%) IFRS
14 2 (0.10%) IFRS 17
System Software
1 245 (12.74%) Docker
2 54 (2.81%) Active Directory
3 28 (1.46%) VMware Infrastructure
4 22 (1.14%) Virtual Desktop
5 21 (1.09%) Virtual Machines
6 15 (0.78%) vSphere
7 4 (0.21%) Firmware
8 3 (0.16%) Hyper-V
8 3 (0.16%) VMware ESXi
9 2 (0.10%) iptables
10 1 (0.052%) Embedded Firmware
10 1 (0.052%) KVM
10 1 (0.052%) Oracle RAC
10 1 (0.052%) Slurm Workload Manager
Systems Management
1 299 (15.55%) Kubernetes
2 93 (4.84%) Grafana
3 77 (4.00%) Ansible
4 40 (2.08%) Prometheus
5 31 (1.61%) Argo
6 18 (0.94%) Microsoft Intune
7 11 (0.57%) Packer
7 11 (0.57%) Progress Chef
8 10 (0.52%) Puppet
9 8 (0.42%) Istio
9 8 (0.42%) Single Sign-On
10 5 (0.26%) Proxmox
11 4 (0.21%) Kibana
11 4 (0.21%) ZABBIX
12 3 (0.16%) Active Directory Federation Services
12 3 (0.16%) Oracle RMAN
13 2 (0.10%) HP Fortify
13 2 (0.10%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
14 1 (0.052%) Check_MK
14 1 (0.052%) Opsview
Vendors
1 526 (27.35%) Microsoft
2 87 (4.52%) Google
3 74 (3.85%) Oracle
4 46 (2.39%) Databricks
5 44 (2.29%) ServiceNow
6 37 (1.92%) Facebook
7 36 (1.87%) SAP
7 36 (1.87%) YouTube
8 34 (1.77%) Salesforce
9 33 (1.72%) VMware
10 28 (1.46%) Pega
11 27 (1.40%) OpenAI
12 19 (0.99%) MuleSoft
13 18 (0.94%) Sony
14 17 (0.88%) Apple
14 17 (0.88%) Foundry
14 17 (0.88%) Informatica
15 16 (0.83%) Yahoo!
16 14 (0.73%) Dynatrace
17 12 (0.62%) ScienceLogic
2,866 hybrid/remote DevOps jobs