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

 6 months to
30 May 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 22 16 21
Rank change year-on-year -6 +5 -10
Permanent jobs citing DevOps 1,545 1,943 3,010
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 8.05% 13.13% 9.07%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 9.73% 13.84% 10.07%
Number of salaries quoted 1,128 1,069 2,493
10th Percentile £42,750 £46,250 £41,250
25th Percentile £52,500 £56,250 £51,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £69,310 £70,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -0.99% +7.69% -6.40%
75th Percentile £85,000 £88,750 £82,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £115,000 £97,500
UK median annual salary £70,000 £70,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year - +7.69% -7.14%

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 15,885 14,034 29,900
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 82.77% 94.81% 90.07%
Number of salaries quoted 11,369 8,239 23,472
10th Percentile £35,000 £30,450 £33,750
25th Percentile £45,000 £42,500 £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 £80,000 £75,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £105,000 £95,000
UK median annual salary £60,000 £57,610 £55,000
% change year-on-year +4.15% +4.75% -9.69%

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 30 May 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 29 (1.88%) SharePoint
2 26 (1.68%) Apache
3 23 (1.49%) Confluence
4 20 (1.29%) Apache Airflow
5 17 (1.10%) Apache Spark
6 8 (0.52%) CMS
6 8 (0.52%) SharePoint Server
7 7 (0.45%) Apache Solr
7 7 (0.45%) OpenStack
8 6 (0.39%) Microsoft Exchange
9 5 (0.32%) Jupyter
10 4 (0.26%) WordPress
11 3 (0.19%) Anypoint
11 3 (0.19%) nginx
11 3 (0.19%) Oracle SOA Suite
11 3 (0.19%) Umbraco
12 2 (0.13%) IIS
13 1 (0.065%) Camunda
13 1 (0.065%) JBoss
13 1 (0.065%) SAS
Applications
1 25 (1.62%) Microsoft Project
2 11 (0.71%) Microsoft Excel
3 6 (0.39%) MS Visio
4 3 (0.19%) Microsoft Office
5 2 (0.13%) Blender
5 2 (0.13%) Maya
5 2 (0.13%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 2 (0.13%) Trello
6 1 (0.065%) EngageOne
6 1 (0.065%) Notion
6 1 (0.065%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 40 (2.59%) Dynamics CRM
2 13 (0.84%) SAP ERP
3 7 (0.45%) SAP S/4HANA
4 6 (0.39%) Oracle ERP
5 5 (0.32%) Dynamics AX
6 3 (0.19%) Markit EDM
6 3 (0.19%) Oracle EBS
6 3 (0.19%) Salesforce CRM
7 2 (0.13%) Fidessa
7 2 (0.13%) Infor SunSystems
8 1 (0.065%) Dynamics NAV
8 1 (0.065%) Magento
8 1 (0.065%) Payment Gateway
8 1 (0.065%) SAP IBP
8 1 (0.065%) SAP MII
8 1 (0.065%) SAP PP
8 1 (0.065%) TIBCO iProcess
Cloud Services
1 830 (53.72%) Azure
2 531 (34.37%) AWS
3 426 (27.57%) Azure DevOps
4 181 (11.72%) GitHub
5 169 (10.94%) GCP
6 150 (9.71%) Serverless
7 133 (8.61%) SaaS
8 131 (8.48%) Power Platform
9 86 (5.57%) GitHub Actions
10 83 (5.37%) Amazon S3
11 82 (5.31%) Entra ID
12 76 (4.92%) Amazon EKS
13 69 (4.47%) PaaS
14 68 (4.40%) Azure AKS
15 65 (4.21%) AWS CloudFormation
16 56 (3.62%) Azure Logic Apps
17 54 (3.50%) AWS Lambda
18 53 (3.43%) Azure Data Factory
19 48 (3.11%) Microsoft 365
20 47 (3.04%) Amazon EC2
Communications & Networking
1 63 (4.08%) Broadband
2 52 (3.37%) Firewall
3 30 (1.94%) DNS
4 21 (1.36%) TCP/IP
4 21 (1.36%) VPN
5 16 (1.04%) DHCP
6 10 (0.65%) Network Security
7 7 (0.45%) WAN
8 6 (0.39%) BGP
8 6 (0.39%) Cisco ASA
8 6 (0.39%) LAN
8 6 (0.39%) NGFW
8 6 (0.39%) OSPF
9 5 (0.32%) Ethernet VPN
9 5 (0.32%) Internet
9 5 (0.32%) VXLAN
10 4 (0.26%) AMQP
10 4 (0.26%) SAN
11 3 (0.19%) Cisco Firepower
11 3 (0.19%) SD-WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 113 (7.31%) MongoDB
2 106 (6.86%) Azure SQL Database
3 102 (6.60%) SQL Server
4 86 (5.57%) NoSQL
5 74 (4.79%) PostgreSQL
6 55 (3.56%) Power BI
7 43 (2.78%) Metadata
8 41 (2.65%) Relational Database
9 33 (2.14%) Amazon RDS
9 33 (2.14%) Elasticsearch
10 31 (2.01%) Data Warehouse
11 30 (1.94%) Data Lake
12 26 (1.68%) Amazon Athena
13 24 (1.55%) MySQL
14 22 (1.42%) DynamoDB
15 19 (1.23%) Delta Lake
15 19 (1.23%) RDBMS
16 17 (1.10%) Redis
17 13 (0.84%) Amazon Redshift
17 13 (0.84%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 145 (9.39%) Git
2 118 (7.64%) Jenkins
3 117 (7.57%) GitLab
4 85 (5.50%) JIRA
5 43 (2.78%) SonarQube
6 28 (1.81%) Selenium
7 22 (1.42%) TeamCity
8 20 (1.29%) Cypress.io
9 18 (1.17%) Jaeger
10 16 (1.04%) Postman
11 13 (0.84%) Visual Studio
12 12 (0.78%) Cucumber
13 11 (0.71%) Bitbucket
14 10 (0.65%) JMeter
15 9 (0.58%) Maven
16 7 (0.45%) Visual Studio Code
17 6 (0.39%) NUnit
17 6 (0.39%) Oracle Forms
17 6 (0.39%) SpecFlow
18 5 (0.32%) Locust
General
1 339 (21.94%) Finance
2 334 (21.62%) Social Skills
3 155 (10.03%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 140 (9.06%) Public Sector
5 136 (8.80%) Analytical Skills
6 75 (4.85%) Banking
7 74 (4.79%) Law
8 67 (4.34%) Marketing
9 59 (3.82%) Retail
10 57 (3.69%) Games
11 45 (2.91%) Legal
12 25 (1.62%) Back Office
12 25 (1.62%) Financial Institution
13 19 (1.23%) Manufacturing
14 16 (1.04%) Advertising
15 15 (0.97%) Presentation Skills
16 14 (0.91%) Health Technology
17 13 (0.84%) Billing
17 13 (0.84%) Telecoms
18 11 (0.71%) Front Office
Job Titles
1 343 (22.20%) Senior
2 302 (19.55%) Developer
3 253 (16.38%) Lead
4 233 (15.08%) DevOps Engineer
5 152 (9.84%) Architect
6 139 (9.00%) Software Engineer
7 98 (6.34%) Cloud Engineer
8 92 (5.95%) .NET Developer
9 91 (5.89%) Senior DevOps
10 83 (5.37%) Azure Engineer
11 69 (4.47%) Data Engineer
12 68 (4.40%) Senior DevOps Engineer
13 66 (4.27%) Platform Engineer
14 62 (4.01%) AWS Engineer
14 62 (4.01%) Solutions Architect
15 57 (3.69%) Lead DevOps
15 57 (3.69%) Senior Developer
16 55 (3.56%) Consultant
16 55 (3.56%) Lead Developer
17 52 (3.37%) Senior Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 260 (16.83%) .NET
2 171 (11.07%) React
3 118 (7.64%) REST
4 111 (7.18%) RESTful
5 103 (6.67%) .NET Core
6 102 (6.60%) Node.js
7 94 (6.08%) ASP.NET
8 91 (5.89%) CSS
9 90 (5.83%) HTML
10 84 (5.44%) ASP.NET Core
11 67 (4.34%) SOAP
11 67 (4.34%) Spring
12 61 (3.95%) Spring Boot
13 60 (3.88%) Lightning Web Components
14 58 (3.75%) Kafka
15 53 (3.43%) Visualforce
16 51 (3.30%) AngularJS
17 50 (3.24%) Entity Framework
18 45 (2.91%) Blazor
19 42 (2.72%) PySpark
Miscellaneous
1 259 (16.76%) Cloud Native
2 130 (8.41%) Product Ownership
3 62 (4.01%) Enterprise Software
4 50 (3.24%) Distributed Systems
5 35 (2.27%) Legacy Systems
6 33 (2.14%) Mobile App
7 29 (1.88%) Management Information System
8 26 (1.68%) Data Centre
8 26 (1.68%) Low-Code
8 26 (1.68%) Self-Motivation
9 24 (1.55%) Onboarding
10 23 (1.49%) Hybrid Cloud
11 21 (1.36%) Greenfield Project
12 20 (1.29%) Public Cloud
13 19 (1.23%) Legacy Applications
14 18 (1.17%) Algorithms
14 18 (1.17%) Driving Licence
15 16 (1.04%) Data Structures
16 15 (0.97%) Cyberattack
17 14 (0.91%) Analytical Mindset
Operating Systems
1 161 (10.42%) Linux
2 68 (4.40%) Windows
3 51 (3.30%) Unix
4 27 (1.75%) Windows Server
5 21 (1.36%) Android
6 9 (0.58%) Apple iOS
6 9 (0.58%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 7 (0.45%) CentOS
8 6 (0.39%) Debian
8 6 (0.39%) Ubuntu
9 5 (0.32%) VMS
10 4 (0.26%) Windows Server 2012
10 4 (0.26%) Windows Server 2019
11 2 (0.13%) Embedded Linux
11 2 (0.13%) Windows Server 2016
12 1 (0.065%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 851 (55.08%) CI/CD
2 672 (43.50%) Agile
3 388 (25.11%) Infrastructure as Code
4 336 (21.75%) Continuous Improvement
5 301 (19.48%) Mentoring
6 271 (17.54%) Problem-Solving
7 263 (17.02%) Software Engineering
8 249 (16.12%) AI
9 243 (15.73%) Microservices
10 231 (14.95%) Test Automation
11 226 (14.63%) Containerisation
12 213 (13.79%) Full-Stack Development
13 202 (13.07%) Scrum
14 192 (12.43%) Roadmaps
15 190 (12.30%) Coaching
16 176 (11.39%) Observability
17 169 (10.94%) Analytics
18 165 (10.68%) Technical Leadership
19 155 (10.03%) Platform Engineering
20 147 (9.51%) Event-Driven
Programming Languages
1 369 (23.88%) Python
2 354 (22.91%) SQL
3 242 (15.66%) C#
4 235 (15.21%) Java
5 217 (14.05%) JavaScript
6 117 (7.57%) TypeScript
7 106 (6.86%) Bash
8 89 (5.76%) PowerShell
9 64 (4.14%) Go
10 63 (4.08%) Apex Code
11 51 (3.30%) Bicep
12 36 (2.33%) SOQL
12 36 (2.33%) SOSL
13 35 (2.27%) C++
14 24 (1.55%) Scala
15 22 (1.42%) PHP
16 14 (0.91%) Rust
17 13 (0.84%) T-SQL
18 12 (0.78%) Kotlin
19 10 (0.65%) Data Analysis Expressions
Qualifications
1 183 (11.84%) Security Cleared
2 157 (10.16%) Degree
3 138 (8.93%) SC Cleared
4 55 (3.56%) Azure Certification
5 47 (3.04%) Computer Science Degree
6 41 (2.65%) AWS Certification
7 30 (1.94%) DV Cleared
8 19 (1.23%) Master's Degree
9 17 (1.10%) DBS Check
10 16 (1.04%) CISSP
10 16 (1.04%) Microsoft Certification
11 15 (0.97%) ISTQB
12 14 (0.91%) PMI Certification
13 12 (0.78%) Cisco Certification
14 9 (0.58%) PMP
15 8 (0.52%) PhD
15 8 (0.52%) TOGAF Certification
16 7 (0.45%) CCNP
17 6 (0.39%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
18 5 (0.32%) ISACA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 138 (8.93%) QA
2 72 (4.66%) Data Quality
3 49 (3.17%) Accessibility
4 31 (2.01%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 27 (1.75%) NIST
6 26 (1.68%) GDPR
7 17 (1.10%) GRC
8 14 (0.91%) WCAG
9 8 (0.52%) PCI DSS
10 7 (0.45%) SOC 2
11 5 (0.32%) IFRS
12 3 (0.19%) HMG Security Policy Framework
12 3 (0.19%) ISO 9001
12 3 (0.19%) Sarbanes-Oxley
12 3 (0.19%) Software Quality Assurance
12 3 (0.19%) Solvency II
13 2 (0.13%) Cyber Essentials
13 2 (0.13%) IFRS 17
13 2 (0.13%) SEPA
13 2 (0.13%) SLA
System Software
1 261 (16.89%) Docker
2 67 (4.34%) Active Directory
3 21 (1.36%) VMware Infrastructure
4 19 (1.23%) Virtual Machines
5 9 (0.58%) Firmware
6 8 (0.52%) vSphere
7 6 (0.39%) VMware ESXi
8 4 (0.26%) Slurm Workload Manager
9 3 (0.19%) Embedded Firmware
9 3 (0.19%) Microsoft Virtual Server
9 3 (0.19%) Virtual Servers
10 2 (0.13%) Hyper-V
10 2 (0.13%) Virtual Desktop
10 2 (0.13%) VMware NSX
11 1 (0.065%) Citrix Hypervisor
11 1 (0.065%) iptables
11 1 (0.065%) KVM
11 1 (0.065%) QEMU
11 1 (0.065%) Xen
Systems Management
1 388 (25.11%) Terraform
2 319 (20.65%) Kubernetes
3 124 (8.03%) Ansible
4 84 (5.44%) Grafana
5 66 (4.27%) Prometheus
6 47 (3.04%) Argo
7 18 (1.17%) Kustomize
8 17 (1.10%) Puppet
9 16 (1.04%) Microsoft Intune
10 11 (0.71%) Istio
10 11 (0.71%) Single Sign-On
11 8 (0.52%) Packer
11 8 (0.52%) Proxmox
12 7 (0.45%) Progress Chef
13 6 (0.39%) Active Directory Federation Services
13 6 (0.39%) vCenter Server
14 5 (0.32%) AWS Copilot
15 4 (0.26%) Kibana
15 4 (0.26%) SCCM
15 4 (0.26%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 367 (23.75%) Microsoft
2 87 (5.63%) Salesforce
3 76 (4.92%) Google
4 44 (2.85%) Oracle
5 42 (2.72%) Databricks
6 40 (2.59%) Splunk
7 38 (2.46%) VMware
8 37 (2.39%) ServiceNow
9 36 (2.33%) SAP
10 18 (1.17%) MuleSoft
11 17 (1.10%) Cisco
11 17 (1.10%) Facebook
12 15 (0.97%) Palo Alto
13 13 (0.84%) Red Hat
14 12 (0.78%) F5
14 12 (0.78%) Okta
15 9 (0.58%) Apple
15 9 (0.58%) IBM
15 9 (0.58%) OpenAI
16 8 (0.52%) Juniper
477 hybrid/remote DevOps jobs