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

 6 months to
30 Mar 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 20 14 19
Rank change year-on-year -6 +5 -8
Permanent jobs citing DevOps 1,442 1,727 3,100
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 8.66% 13.36% 10.00%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 10.33% 14.08% 10.90%
Number of salaries quoted 993 1,352 2,579
10th Percentile £42,500 £42,625 £41,250
25th Percentile £52,500 £52,500 £51,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £69,500 £70,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -0.71% +7.69% -7.14%
75th Percentile £82,500 £90,000 £82,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £115,000 £97,500
UK median annual salary £70,000 £70,000 £65,250
% change year-on-year - +7.28% -6.79%

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 13,955 12,263 28,441
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 83.82% 94.83% 91.72%
Number of salaries quoted 9,706 8,874 23,206
10th Percentile £31,250 £32,500 £33,868
25th Percentile £42,500 £46,250 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £62,500 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -4.00% +8.70% -8.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 £81,250 £75,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £105,000 £95,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% +9.09% -10.57%

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 March 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 27 (1.87%) Confluence
2 21 (1.46%) SharePoint
3 19 (1.32%) Apache Airflow
4 18 (1.25%) Apache
5 14 (0.97%) Microsoft Exchange
6 11 (0.76%) Apache Spark
7 9 (0.62%) Oracle SOA Suite
8 7 (0.49%) OpenStack
9 5 (0.35%) IIS
10 4 (0.28%) CMS
11 3 (0.21%) Anypoint
12 2 (0.14%) Apache Solr
12 2 (0.14%) nginx
12 2 (0.14%) WordPress
13 1 (0.069%) Camunda
13 1 (0.069%) Drupal
13 1 (0.069%) Headless CMS
13 1 (0.069%) Oracle Workflow
13 1 (0.069%) SAS
13 1 (0.069%) WebLogic
Applications
1 20 (1.39%) Microsoft Excel
2 13 (0.90%) Microsoft Project
3 11 (0.76%) Microsoft Office
4 10 (0.69%) MS Visio
5 3 (0.21%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 1 (0.069%) EngageOne
6 1 (0.069%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 21 (1.46%) Oracle ERP
2 20 (1.39%) Dynamics CRM
3 16 (1.11%) SAP ERP
4 6 (0.42%) Dynamics AX
4 6 (0.42%) Markit EDM
5 4 (0.28%) Salesforce CRM
6 3 (0.21%) Oracle EBS
7 2 (0.14%) SAP S/4HANA
8 1 (0.069%) Infor SunSystems
8 1 (0.069%) Magento
8 1 (0.069%) NEC Housing
8 1 (0.069%) Payment Gateway
8 1 (0.069%) Primavera
8 1 (0.069%) SAP IBP
8 1 (0.069%) SAP MII
8 1 (0.069%) SAP PP
8 1 (0.069%) Shopify
8 1 (0.069%) TIBCO iProcess
8 1 (0.069%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 853 (59.15%) Azure
2 533 (36.96%) AWS
3 426 (29.54%) Azure DevOps
4 291 (20.18%) GitHub
5 194 (13.45%) GCP
6 149 (10.33%) Serverless
7 137 (9.50%) GitHub Actions
7 137 (9.50%) SaaS
8 124 (8.60%) Power Platform
9 92 (6.38%) AWS CloudFormation
10 85 (5.89%) Amazon S3
11 84 (5.83%) Amazon EKS
12 83 (5.76%) Entra ID
13 73 (5.06%) Azure Data Factory
14 72 (4.99%) AWS Lambda
15 63 (4.37%) dbt
16 62 (4.30%) Amazon CloudWatch
16 62 (4.30%) PaaS
17 56 (3.88%) GitHub Copilot
17 56 (3.88%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 64 (4.44%) Broadband
2 54 (3.74%) Firewall
3 25 (1.73%) TCP/IP
4 22 (1.53%) VPN
5 20 (1.39%) DNS
6 15 (1.04%) DHCP
7 10 (0.69%) Network Security
8 6 (0.42%) Cisco ASA
9 5 (0.35%) LAN
9 5 (0.35%) SAN
9 5 (0.35%) WAN
10 4 (0.28%) AMQP
11 3 (0.21%) Internet
11 3 (0.21%) Modbus
11 3 (0.21%) PuTTY
11 3 (0.21%) SCCP
11 3 (0.21%) Wireless
12 2 (0.14%) DSL
12 2 (0.14%) RFID
12 2 (0.14%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 113 (7.84%) SQL Server
2 103 (7.14%) NoSQL
3 77 (5.34%) PostgreSQL
4 59 (4.09%) Data Warehouse
5 58 (4.02%) Power BI
6 48 (3.33%) Metadata
7 46 (3.19%) Azure SQL Database
8 43 (2.98%) Relational Database
9 40 (2.77%) Amazon RDS
9 40 (2.77%) Data Lake
9 40 (2.77%) MongoDB
10 33 (2.29%) Tableau
11 27 (1.87%) DynamoDB
12 26 (1.80%) MySQL
13 25 (1.73%) Redis
14 24 (1.66%) Elasticsearch
15 20 (1.39%) Amazon Athena
16 19 (1.32%) RDBMS
17 18 (1.25%) Delta Lake
18 14 (0.97%) Amazon Redshift
Development Applications
1 156 (10.82%) Jenkins
2 142 (9.85%) Git
3 113 (7.84%) GitLab
4 85 (5.89%) JIRA
5 58 (4.02%) SonarQube
6 31 (2.15%) Selenium
7 19 (1.32%) Cypress.io
7 19 (1.32%) Jaeger
7 19 (1.32%) Oracle Forms
8 18 (1.25%) Cucumber
8 18 (1.25%) TeamCity
9 16 (1.11%) Bitbucket
9 16 (1.11%) JMeter
10 13 (0.90%) Postman
11 10 (0.69%) Visual Studio
12 9 (0.62%) git-flow
12 9 (0.62%) JUnit
12 9 (0.62%) Maven
12 9 (0.62%) Subversion
13 7 (0.49%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 394 (27.32%) Social Skills
2 393 (27.25%) Finance
3 166 (11.51%) Analytical Skills
4 155 (10.75%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 115 (7.98%) Public Sector
6 85 (5.89%) Marketing
7 72 (4.99%) Banking
8 70 (4.85%) Law
9 57 (3.95%) Retail
10 55 (3.81%) Games
11 41 (2.84%) Telecoms
12 37 (2.57%) Legal
13 31 (2.15%) Manufacturing
14 27 (1.87%) Financial Institution
15 21 (1.46%) Back Office
16 18 (1.25%) Front Office
17 15 (1.04%) Presentation Skills
17 15 (1.04%) Tech for Good
18 12 (0.83%) Billing
18 12 (0.83%) Health Technology
Job Titles
1 344 (23.86%) Senior
2 258 (17.89%) Developer
3 200 (13.87%) Lead
4 154 (10.68%) DevOps Engineer
5 134 (9.29%) Architect
5 134 (9.29%) Software Engineer
6 102 (7.07%) Cloud Engineer
7 80 (5.55%) Azure Engineer
8 64 (4.44%) Platform Engineer
9 62 (4.30%) Senior Developer
9 62 (4.30%) Senior DevOps
10 60 (4.16%) Consultant
11 56 (3.88%) Data Engineer
12 52 (3.61%) Solutions Architect
13 50 (3.47%) AWS Engineer
14 49 (3.40%) Senior Software Engineer
15 48 (3.33%) .NET Developer
16 46 (3.19%) Applications Engineer
17 43 (2.98%) Lead DevOps
17 43 (2.98%) Technical Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 229 (15.88%) .NET
2 157 (10.89%) React
3 136 (9.43%) REST
4 120 (8.32%) RESTful
5 100 (6.93%) SOAP
6 84 (5.83%) Lightning Web Components
7 80 (5.55%) CSS
8 79 (5.48%) Spring
9 77 (5.34%) HTML
10 76 (5.27%) Kafka
11 75 (5.20%) Spring Boot
12 72 (4.99%) Node.js
13 64 (4.44%) Visualforce
14 59 (4.09%) .NET Core
15 54 (3.74%) OAuth
16 50 (3.47%) .NET Framework
16 50 (3.47%) AngularJS
17 46 (3.19%) Elastic Stack
18 41 (2.84%) JSON
19 40 (2.77%) ASP.NET
Miscellaneous
1 250 (17.34%) Cloud Native
2 138 (9.57%) Product Ownership
3 60 (4.16%) Distributed Systems
4 46 (3.19%) Enterprise Software
5 40 (2.77%) Legacy Systems
5 40 (2.77%) Management Information System
6 35 (2.43%) Low-Code
7 34 (2.36%) Self-Motivation
8 30 (2.08%) Public Cloud
9 29 (2.01%) Mobile App
10 28 (1.94%) Onboarding
11 18 (1.25%) Hybrid Cloud
12 17 (1.18%) Algorithms
13 16 (1.11%) Analytical Mindset
13 16 (1.11%) Legacy Applications
14 15 (1.04%) Security Posture
15 14 (0.97%) IoT
16 12 (0.83%) AI Agents
17 11 (0.76%) Podcast
17 11 (0.76%) Private Cloud
Operating Systems
1 158 (10.96%) Linux
2 85 (5.89%) Windows
3 57 (3.95%) Unix
4 36 (2.50%) Windows Server
5 19 (1.32%) Android
6 12 (0.83%) VMS
7 11 (0.76%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 9 (0.62%) CentOS
9 8 (0.55%) Apple iOS
10 6 (0.42%) Ubuntu
11 5 (0.35%) Windows Server 2012
11 5 (0.35%) Windows Server 2019
12 4 (0.28%) Debian
13 2 (0.14%) Embedded Linux
13 2 (0.14%) Windows Server 2016
14 1 (0.069%) Windows 10
14 1 (0.069%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 849 (58.88%) CI/CD
2 653 (45.28%) Agile
3 380 (26.35%) Infrastructure as Code
4 356 (24.69%) Continuous Improvement
5 291 (20.18%) Problem-Solving
6 278 (19.28%) Mentoring
7 261 (18.10%) Software Engineering
8 246 (17.06%) AI
9 236 (16.37%) Test Automation
10 232 (16.09%) Containerisation
11 222 (15.40%) Microservices
12 218 (15.12%) Coaching
13 213 (14.77%) Observability
14 178 (12.34%) Analytics
15 172 (11.93%) Roadmaps
16 164 (11.37%) Scrum
17 159 (11.03%) Data Modelling
18 152 (10.54%) Event-Driven
19 142 (9.85%) Full-Stack Development
20 137 (9.50%) Clean Code
Programming Languages
1 408 (28.29%) Python
2 343 (23.79%) SQL
3 230 (15.95%) Java
4 187 (12.97%) JavaScript
5 171 (11.86%) C#
6 104 (7.21%) PowerShell
7 102 (7.07%) Bash
8 100 (6.93%) TypeScript
9 89 (6.17%) Apex Code
10 83 (5.76%) Go
11 69 (4.79%) Bicep
12 43 (2.98%) SOQL
12 43 (2.98%) SOSL
13 22 (1.53%) Scala
14 21 (1.46%) Shell Script
15 20 (1.39%) C++
16 19 (1.32%) PHP
16 19 (1.32%) PL/SQL
17 13 (0.90%) Kotlin
17 13 (0.90%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 176 (12.21%) Degree
2 157 (10.89%) Security Cleared
3 116 (8.04%) SC Cleared
4 77 (5.34%) Computer Science Degree
5 52 (3.61%) Azure Certification
6 44 (3.05%) AWS Certification
7 28 (1.94%) DV Cleared
8 25 (1.73%) Master's Degree
9 22 (1.53%) Microsoft Certification
10 14 (0.97%) CISSP
10 14 (0.97%) DBS Check
11 13 (0.90%) ISTQB
12 12 (0.83%) PMI Certification
13 10 (0.69%) PhD
14 9 (0.62%) PMP
15 8 (0.55%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
16 7 (0.49%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
16 7 (0.49%) TOGAF Certification
17 6 (0.42%) BPSS Clearance
17 6 (0.42%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 119 (8.25%) QA
2 66 (4.58%) Data Quality
3 49 (3.40%) Accessibility
4 39 (2.70%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 35 (2.43%) GDPR
6 21 (1.46%) NIST
7 17 (1.18%) GRC
8 11 (0.76%) WCAG
9 9 (0.62%) PCI DSS
10 7 (0.49%) SOC 2
11 6 (0.42%) SLA
12 4 (0.28%) NCSC
13 3 (0.21%) Cyber Essentials
13 3 (0.21%) ISO 9001
13 3 (0.21%) Software Quality Assurance
14 2 (0.14%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
14 2 (0.14%) HL7
14 2 (0.14%) HMG Security Policy Framework
14 2 (0.14%) SEPA
15 1 (0.069%) PMO
System Software
1 287 (19.90%) Docker
2 67 (4.65%) Active Directory
3 20 (1.39%) Virtual Machines
4 16 (1.11%) VMware Infrastructure
5 12 (0.83%) vSphere
6 8 (0.55%) Firmware
6 8 (0.55%) VMware ESXi
7 5 (0.35%) VMware NSX
8 4 (0.28%) Virtual Desktop
9 3 (0.21%) Hyper-V
9 3 (0.21%) Microsoft Virtual Server
9 3 (0.21%) Postfix
9 3 (0.21%) Slurm Workload Manager
9 3 (0.21%) Virtual Servers
10 2 (0.14%) Embedded Firmware
10 2 (0.14%) vCloud
11 1 (0.069%) Citrix Hypervisor
Systems Management
1 405 (28.09%) Terraform
2 327 (22.68%) Kubernetes
3 131 (9.08%) Ansible
4 112 (7.77%) Grafana
5 84 (5.83%) Prometheus
6 38 (2.64%) Argo
7 29 (2.01%) Single Sign-On
8 19 (1.32%) Kustomize
9 11 (0.76%) Puppet
10 9 (0.62%) Microsoft Intune
11 8 (0.55%) Istio
11 8 (0.55%) vCenter Server
12 7 (0.49%) Kibana
13 6 (0.42%) HP Fortify
13 6 (0.42%) Proxmox
14 5 (0.35%) AWS Copilot
14 5 (0.35%) Control-M
14 5 (0.35%) Packer
14 5 (0.35%) Progress Chef
14 5 (0.35%) SCCM
Vendors
1 306 (21.22%) Microsoft
2 103 (7.14%) Salesforce
3 79 (5.48%) Google
4 56 (3.88%) Oracle
4 56 (3.88%) Splunk
5 48 (3.33%) Databricks
6 35 (2.43%) VMware
7 25 (1.73%) SAP
8 24 (1.66%) MuleSoft
9 22 (1.53%) Cisco
10 21 (1.46%) ServiceNow
11 17 (1.18%) Okta
12 15 (1.04%) Ab Initio
12 15 (1.04%) Red Hat
13 14 (0.97%) IBM
14 11 (0.76%) Atlassian
15 10 (0.69%) Palo Alto
15 10 (0.69%) Veeam
16 8 (0.55%) New Relic
16 8 (0.55%) PagerDuty
782 hybrid/remote DevOps jobs