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

 6 months to
8 Apr 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 21 14 19
Rank change year-on-year -7 +5 -8
Permanent jobs citing DevOps 1,472 1,697 3,107
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 8.55% 13.21% 9.87%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 10.25% 13.93% 10.77%
Number of salaries quoted 1,027 1,322 2,580
10th Percentile £42,500 £42,625 £41,250
25th Percentile £55,000 £52,625 £51,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £70,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year - +7.69% -7.14%
75th Percentile £83,750 £90,000 £82,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £115,000 £97,500
UK median annual salary £70,000 £70,000 £65,620
% change year-on-year - +6.68% -6.26%

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 14,363 12,178 28,842
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 83.42% 94.80% 91.63%
Number of salaries quoted 10,040 8,855 23,360
10th Percentile £31,250 £32,500 £34,000
25th Percentile £43,750 £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 £56,000 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -6.67% +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 8 April 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 23 (1.56%) Confluence
2 21 (1.43%) Apache Airflow
2 21 (1.43%) SharePoint
3 18 (1.22%) Apache
4 13 (0.88%) Microsoft Exchange
5 12 (0.82%) Apache Spark
6 8 (0.54%) OpenStack
6 8 (0.54%) Oracle SOA Suite
7 5 (0.34%) CMS
8 4 (0.27%) Apache Solr
8 4 (0.27%) IIS
9 3 (0.20%) Anypoint
10 2 (0.14%) nginx
10 2 (0.14%) WordPress
11 1 (0.068%) Camunda
11 1 (0.068%) Cloud Foundry
11 1 (0.068%) Drupal
11 1 (0.068%) Oracle Workflow
11 1 (0.068%) SAS
11 1 (0.068%) WebLogic
Applications
1 19 (1.29%) Microsoft Excel
2 15 (1.02%) Microsoft Project
3 11 (0.75%) Microsoft Office
4 10 (0.68%) MS Visio
5 3 (0.20%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 1 (0.068%) EngageOne
6 1 (0.068%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 23 (1.56%) Dynamics CRM
2 17 (1.15%) Oracle ERP
3 16 (1.09%) SAP ERP
4 6 (0.41%) Dynamics AX
5 4 (0.27%) Markit EDM
5 4 (0.27%) Salesforce CRM
6 3 (0.20%) Oracle EBS
7 2 (0.14%) Infor SunSystems
7 2 (0.14%) SAP S/4HANA
8 1 (0.068%) Dynamics NAV
8 1 (0.068%) Magento
8 1 (0.068%) Payment Gateway
8 1 (0.068%) Primavera
8 1 (0.068%) SAP IBP
8 1 (0.068%) SAP MII
8 1 (0.068%) SAP PP
8 1 (0.068%) Shopify
8 1 (0.068%) TIBCO iProcess
8 1 (0.068%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 858 (58.29%) Azure
2 539 (36.62%) AWS
3 417 (28.33%) Azure DevOps
4 285 (19.36%) GitHub
5 197 (13.38%) GCP
6 154 (10.46%) Serverless
7 139 (9.44%) SaaS
8 138 (9.38%) GitHub Actions
9 122 (8.29%) Power Platform
10 91 (6.18%) AWS CloudFormation
11 89 (6.05%) Amazon EKS
12 85 (5.77%) Amazon S3
12 85 (5.77%) Entra ID
13 73 (4.96%) Azure Data Factory
14 70 (4.76%) AWS Lambda
15 61 (4.14%) Amazon CloudWatch
15 61 (4.14%) dbt
16 60 (4.08%) PaaS
17 53 (3.60%) GitHub Copilot
18 52 (3.53%) Azure Logic Apps
Communications & Networking
1 63 (4.28%) Broadband
2 58 (3.94%) Firewall
3 27 (1.83%) TCP/IP
4 23 (1.56%) VPN
5 22 (1.49%) DNS
6 17 (1.15%) DHCP
7 11 (0.75%) Network Security
8 6 (0.41%) Cisco ASA
8 6 (0.41%) LAN
8 6 (0.41%) WAN
9 5 (0.34%) SAN
10 4 (0.27%) AMQP
10 4 (0.27%) Internet
11 3 (0.20%) Modbus
11 3 (0.20%) PuTTY
11 3 (0.20%) SCCP
11 3 (0.20%) SSL
11 3 (0.20%) Wireless
12 2 (0.14%) Bluetooth
12 2 (0.14%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 116 (7.88%) SQL Server
2 104 (7.07%) NoSQL
3 79 (5.37%) PostgreSQL
4 54 (3.67%) Power BI
5 51 (3.46%) Data Warehouse
6 47 (3.19%) Azure SQL Database
7 45 (3.06%) Metadata
8 44 (2.99%) Relational Database
9 42 (2.85%) MongoDB
10 41 (2.79%) Amazon RDS
11 38 (2.58%) Data Lake
12 28 (1.90%) Tableau
13 27 (1.83%) Redis
14 26 (1.77%) Elasticsearch
15 25 (1.70%) DynamoDB
15 25 (1.70%) MySQL
16 20 (1.36%) Amazon Athena
17 19 (1.29%) RDBMS
18 18 (1.22%) Delta Lake
19 14 (0.95%) Amazon Redshift
Development Applications
1 154 (10.46%) Jenkins
2 148 (10.05%) Git
3 114 (7.74%) GitLab
4 80 (5.43%) JIRA
5 57 (3.87%) SonarQube
6 32 (2.17%) Selenium
7 19 (1.29%) Jaeger
7 19 (1.29%) TeamCity
8 18 (1.22%) Cucumber
8 18 (1.22%) Cypress.io
9 17 (1.15%) Bitbucket
10 16 (1.09%) Oracle Forms
11 15 (1.02%) JMeter
12 12 (0.82%) Postman
13 10 (0.68%) Visual Studio
14 9 (0.61%) JUnit
14 9 (0.61%) Maven
14 9 (0.61%) Subversion
15 7 (0.48%) NUnit
15 7 (0.48%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 398 (27.04%) Social Skills
2 392 (26.63%) Finance
3 167 (11.35%) Analytical Skills
4 161 (10.94%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 119 (8.08%) Public Sector
6 82 (5.57%) Marketing
7 75 (5.10%) Banking
8 73 (4.96%) Law
9 59 (4.01%) Retail
10 54 (3.67%) Games
11 41 (2.79%) Telecoms
12 39 (2.65%) Legal
13 31 (2.11%) Manufacturing
14 27 (1.83%) Financial Institution
15 21 (1.43%) Back Office
16 16 (1.09%) Front Office
17 15 (1.02%) Presentation Skills
18 14 (0.95%) Tech for Good
19 12 (0.82%) Billing
20 11 (0.75%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 359 (24.39%) Senior
2 257 (17.46%) Developer
3 212 (14.40%) Lead
4 167 (11.35%) DevOps Engineer
5 142 (9.65%) Architect
6 135 (9.17%) Software Engineer
7 103 (7.00%) Cloud Engineer
8 84 (5.71%) Azure Engineer
9 74 (5.03%) Senior DevOps
10 63 (4.28%) Platform Engineer
11 62 (4.21%) Senior Developer
12 60 (4.08%) Consultant
13 58 (3.94%) Data Engineer
14 55 (3.74%) Solutions Architect
15 53 (3.60%) AWS Engineer
16 51 (3.46%) Senior Software Engineer
17 48 (3.26%) .NET Developer
18 47 (3.19%) Senior DevOps Engineer
19 45 (3.06%) Lead DevOps
19 45 (3.06%) Technical Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 234 (15.90%) .NET
2 163 (11.07%) React
3 137 (9.31%) REST
4 121 (8.22%) RESTful
5 96 (6.52%) SOAP
6 82 (5.57%) Lightning Web Components
7 81 (5.50%) Spring
8 79 (5.37%) CSS
9 78 (5.30%) Kafka
10 77 (5.23%) Node.js
11 76 (5.16%) HTML
12 74 (5.03%) Spring Boot
13 63 (4.28%) Visualforce
14 60 (4.08%) .NET Core
15 56 (3.80%) AngularJS
16 53 (3.60%) .NET Framework
16 53 (3.60%) OAuth
17 48 (3.26%) Elastic Stack
18 44 (2.99%) ASP.NET
19 40 (2.72%) Django
Miscellaneous
1 253 (17.19%) Cloud Native
2 137 (9.31%) Product Ownership
3 61 (4.14%) Distributed Systems
4 46 (3.13%) Enterprise Software
5 40 (2.72%) Legacy Systems
6 36 (2.45%) Management Information System
7 35 (2.38%) Low-Code
8 34 (2.31%) Self-Motivation
9 32 (2.17%) Onboarding
10 31 (2.11%) Mobile App
11 29 (1.97%) Public Cloud
12 20 (1.36%) Hybrid Cloud
13 17 (1.15%) Analytical Mindset
14 16 (1.09%) Algorithms
14 16 (1.09%) Legacy Applications
15 15 (1.02%) Security Posture
16 13 (0.88%) Data Centre
16 13 (0.88%) IoT
16 13 (0.88%) Podcast
17 12 (0.82%) Cyberattack
Operating Systems
1 162 (11.01%) Linux
2 85 (5.77%) Windows
3 57 (3.87%) Unix
4 38 (2.58%) Windows Server
5 20 (1.36%) Android
6 12 (0.82%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 11 (0.75%) VMS
8 10 (0.68%) CentOS
9 9 (0.61%) Apple iOS
10 7 (0.48%) Ubuntu
11 5 (0.34%) Debian
11 5 (0.34%) Windows Server 2012
11 5 (0.34%) Windows Server 2019
12 2 (0.14%) Embedded Linux
12 2 (0.14%) Windows Server 2016
13 1 (0.068%) Windows 10
13 1 (0.068%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 860 (58.42%) CI/CD
2 659 (44.77%) Agile
3 389 (26.43%) Infrastructure as Code
4 364 (24.73%) Continuous Improvement
5 296 (20.11%) Problem-Solving
6 272 (18.48%) Mentoring
7 271 (18.41%) Software Engineering
8 242 (16.44%) AI
9 238 (16.17%) Containerisation
9 238 (16.17%) Test Automation
10 231 (15.69%) Microservices
11 213 (14.47%) Coaching
11 213 (14.47%) Observability
12 175 (11.89%) Analytics
12 175 (11.89%) Roadmaps
13 174 (11.82%) Scrum
14 156 (10.60%) Event-Driven
15 153 (10.39%) Data Modelling
16 143 (9.71%) Full-Stack Development
17 138 (9.38%) Clean Code
Programming Languages
1 408 (27.72%) Python
2 336 (22.83%) SQL
3 229 (15.56%) Java
4 193 (13.11%) JavaScript
5 178 (12.09%) C#
6 107 (7.27%) TypeScript
7 100 (6.79%) PowerShell
8 99 (6.73%) Bash
9 87 (5.91%) Apex Code
10 82 (5.57%) Go
11 67 (4.55%) Bicep
12 42 (2.85%) SOQL
12 42 (2.85%) SOSL
13 22 (1.49%) Scala
14 21 (1.43%) C++
15 19 (1.29%) PHP
15 19 (1.29%) Shell Script
16 17 (1.15%) PL/SQL
17 14 (0.95%) Rust
18 12 (0.82%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 179 (12.16%) Degree
2 167 (11.35%) Security Cleared
3 124 (8.42%) SC Cleared
4 73 (4.96%) Computer Science Degree
5 52 (3.53%) Azure Certification
6 44 (2.99%) AWS Certification
7 28 (1.90%) DV Cleared
8 23 (1.56%) Master's Degree
9 22 (1.49%) Microsoft Certification
10 15 (1.02%) CISSP
11 13 (0.88%) ISTQB
11 13 (0.88%) PMI Certification
12 12 (0.82%) DBS Check
13 10 (0.68%) PhD
13 10 (0.68%) PMP
14 7 (0.48%) Cisco Certification
14 7 (0.48%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
14 7 (0.48%) TOGAF Certification
15 6 (0.41%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
15 6 (0.41%) BPSS Clearance
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 120 (8.15%) QA
2 65 (4.42%) Data Quality
3 49 (3.33%) Accessibility
4 41 (2.79%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 37 (2.51%) GDPR
6 26 (1.77%) NIST
7 19 (1.29%) GRC
8 13 (0.88%) WCAG
9 10 (0.68%) PCI DSS
10 8 (0.54%) SOC 2
11 4 (0.27%) SLA
12 3 (0.20%) Cyber Essentials
12 3 (0.20%) HMG Security Policy Framework
12 3 (0.20%) IFRS
12 3 (0.20%) ISO 9001
12 3 (0.20%) NCSC
12 3 (0.20%) Sarbanes-Oxley
12 3 (0.20%) Software Quality Assurance
13 2 (0.14%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
13 2 (0.14%) SEPA
System Software
1 296 (20.11%) Docker
2 69 (4.69%) Active Directory
3 19 (1.29%) Virtual Machines
4 18 (1.22%) VMware Infrastructure
5 11 (0.75%) vSphere
6 8 (0.54%) Firmware
6 8 (0.54%) VMware ESXi
7 4 (0.27%) Slurm Workload Manager
7 4 (0.27%) VMware NSX
8 3 (0.20%) Hyper-V
8 3 (0.20%) Microsoft Virtual Server
8 3 (0.20%) Postfix
8 3 (0.20%) Virtual Desktop
8 3 (0.20%) Virtual Servers
9 2 (0.14%) Embedded Firmware
9 2 (0.14%) vCloud
10 1 (0.068%) Citrix Hypervisor
10 1 (0.068%) KVM
10 1 (0.068%) QEMU
10 1 (0.068%) Xen
Systems Management
1 410 (27.85%) Terraform
2 343 (23.30%) Kubernetes
3 138 (9.38%) Ansible
4 114 (7.74%) Grafana
5 84 (5.71%) Prometheus
6 39 (2.65%) Argo
7 26 (1.77%) Single Sign-On
8 19 (1.29%) Kustomize
9 14 (0.95%) Puppet
10 10 (0.68%) Microsoft Intune
11 8 (0.54%) Istio
11 8 (0.54%) vCenter Server
12 7 (0.48%) Kibana
12 7 (0.48%) Proxmox
13 6 (0.41%) Packer
13 6 (0.41%) Progress Chef
14 5 (0.34%) Active Directory Federation Services
14 5 (0.34%) AWS Copilot
14 5 (0.34%) HP Fortify
14 5 (0.34%) SCCM
Vendors
1 315 (21.40%) Microsoft
2 100 (6.79%) Salesforce
3 76 (5.16%) Google
4 55 (3.74%) Splunk
5 54 (3.67%) Oracle
6 48 (3.26%) Databricks
7 37 (2.51%) VMware
8 26 (1.77%) SAP
9 23 (1.56%) MuleSoft
10 22 (1.49%) ServiceNow
11 21 (1.43%) Cisco
12 17 (1.15%) Okta
13 16 (1.09%) Red Hat
14 14 (0.95%) Ab Initio
15 12 (0.82%) IBM
16 11 (0.75%) Atlassian
17 10 (0.68%) Palo Alto
18 9 (0.61%) Veeam
19 8 (0.54%) New Relic
19 8 (0.54%) PagerDuty
782 hybrid/remote DevOps jobs