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

 6 months to
7 Jul 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 18 16 21
Rank change year-on-year -2 +5 -11
Permanent jobs citing DevOps 1,789 1,937 2,848
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 8.48% 11.93% 8.65%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 10.28% 12.74% 9.73%
Number of salaries quoted 1,341 1,074 2,309
10th Percentile £45,000 £47,231 £41,250
25th Percentile £52,500 £56,250 £51,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £70,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -7.14% +7.69% -7.14%
75th Percentile £83,750 £86,250 £83,121
90th Percentile £100,000 £110,000 £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 17,396 15,199 29,273
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 82.50% 93.62% 88.90%
Number of salaries quoted 12,715 9,007 22,430
10th Percentile £35,000 £29,913 £33,750
25th Percentile £45,000 £41,250 £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 £78,750 £75,772
90th Percentile £100,000 £102,500 £95,000
UK median annual salary £60,000 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year +4.35% +4.55% -8.71%

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 7 July 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 47 (2.63%) SharePoint
2 28 (1.57%) Confluence
3 22 (1.23%) Apache
4 17 (0.95%) Apache Spark
5 16 (0.89%) Microsoft Exchange
6 15 (0.84%) Apache Airflow
7 9 (0.50%) CMS
8 8 (0.45%) IIS
8 8 (0.45%) SharePoint Server
9 7 (0.39%) nginx
10 6 (0.34%) Apache Solr
10 6 (0.34%) OpenStack
10 6 (0.34%) WordPress
11 5 (0.28%) Jupyter
11 5 (0.28%) SAS
12 4 (0.22%) Anypoint
13 3 (0.17%) Umbraco
14 1 (0.056%) Appian
14 1 (0.056%) Cloud Foundry
14 1 (0.056%) Sitecore CMS
Applications
1 36 (2.01%) Microsoft Project
2 12 (0.67%) Microsoft Excel
3 9 (0.50%) Trello
4 5 (0.28%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 5 (0.28%) MS Visio
5 3 (0.17%) Blender
5 3 (0.17%) Maya
6 1 (0.056%) EngageOne
6 1 (0.056%) Lightworks
6 1 (0.056%) Notion
6 1 (0.056%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 50 (2.79%) Dynamics CRM
2 6 (0.34%) Oracle EBS
2 6 (0.34%) SAP S/4HANA
3 5 (0.28%) Dynamics AX
3 5 (0.28%) Fidessa
4 3 (0.17%) Carpe Diem
4 3 (0.17%) Elite 3E
4 3 (0.17%) SAP ERP
5 2 (0.11%) Infor SunSystems
6 1 (0.056%) Dynamics GP
6 1 (0.056%) Dynamics NAV
6 1 (0.056%) JDE EnterpriseOne
6 1 (0.056%) Magento
6 1 (0.056%) Payment Gateway
6 1 (0.056%) SAP IBP
6 1 (0.056%) SAP MII
6 1 (0.056%) SAP PP
6 1 (0.056%) TIBCO iProcess
Cloud Services
1 996 (55.67%) Azure
2 580 (32.42%) AWS
3 548 (30.63%) Azure DevOps
4 181 (10.12%) SaaS
5 175 (9.78%) GCP
6 163 (9.11%) Serverless
7 156 (8.72%) GitHub
8 152 (8.50%) Power Platform
9 92 (5.14%) PaaS
10 89 (4.97%) Azure AI
11 76 (4.25%) Azure AKS
12 75 (4.19%) Entra ID
13 73 (4.08%) Amazon EKS
14 71 (3.97%) GitHub Actions
15 67 (3.75%) Amazon S3
16 66 (3.69%) Azure Service Bus
17 59 (3.30%) AWS CloudFormation
18 56 (3.13%) Azure Logic Apps
18 56 (3.13%) Dynamics 365
18 56 (3.13%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 61 (3.41%) Broadband
2 47 (2.63%) Firewall
3 38 (2.12%) VPN
4 29 (1.62%) DNS
5 26 (1.45%) TCP/IP
6 14 (0.78%) Internet
7 13 (0.73%) DHCP
8 9 (0.50%) Network Security
9 6 (0.34%) BGP
9 6 (0.34%) Cisco ASA
9 6 (0.34%) LAN
9 6 (0.34%) NGFW
9 6 (0.34%) OSPF
9 6 (0.34%) WAN
10 5 (0.28%) Ethernet VPN
10 5 (0.28%) VXLAN
11 4 (0.22%) SSL
12 3 (0.17%) DSL
12 3 (0.17%) HTTP
12 3 (0.17%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 208 (11.63%) Azure SQL Database
2 206 (11.51%) MongoDB
3 122 (6.82%) SQL Server
4 81 (4.53%) PostgreSQL
5 68 (3.80%) NoSQL
6 60 (3.35%) Power BI
7 49 (2.74%) Elasticsearch
8 39 (2.18%) Relational Database
9 33 (1.84%) Metadata
9 33 (1.84%) MySQL
10 28 (1.57%) Amazon RDS
10 28 (1.57%) Data Warehouse
11 21 (1.17%) Amazon Athena
11 21 (1.17%) Redis
12 20 (1.12%) Data Lake
13 18 (1.01%) DynamoDB
14 16 (0.89%) SQL Server Integration Services
15 15 (0.84%) RDBMS
16 14 (0.78%) Delta Lake
17 11 (0.61%) NonStop SQL
Development Applications
1 139 (7.77%) Git
2 112 (6.26%) Jenkins
3 111 (6.20%) GitLab
4 103 (5.76%) JIRA
5 44 (2.46%) SonarQube
6 26 (1.45%) Selenium
7 24 (1.34%) TeamCity
8 16 (0.89%) Cypress.io
8 16 (0.89%) Postman
9 13 (0.73%) Visual Studio
10 12 (0.67%) Cucumber
10 12 (0.67%) Jaeger
11 11 (0.61%) JMeter
12 10 (0.56%) Bitbucket
13 8 (0.45%) Claude Code
13 8 (0.45%) Maven
14 7 (0.39%) NUnit
14 7 (0.39%) Visual Studio Code
15 5 (0.28%) Locust
15 5 (0.28%) SpecFlow
General
1 376 (21.02%) Social Skills
2 331 (18.50%) Finance
3 168 (9.39%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 152 (8.50%) Public Sector
5 128 (7.15%) Law
6 122 (6.82%) Analytical Skills
7 73 (4.08%) Marketing
8 71 (3.97%) Banking
9 69 (3.86%) Legal
9 69 (3.86%) Retail
10 67 (3.75%) Games
11 30 (1.68%) Advertising
12 28 (1.57%) Back Office
13 24 (1.34%) Financial Institution
14 21 (1.17%) Manufacturing
14 21 (1.17%) Presentation Skills
15 15 (0.84%) Legal Technology
16 13 (0.73%) Influencing Skills
16 13 (0.73%) Telecoms
17 11 (0.61%) Documentation Skills
Job Titles
1 399 (22.30%) Senior
2 398 (22.25%) Developer
3 301 (16.83%) DevOps Engineer
4 248 (13.86%) Lead
5 191 (10.68%) .NET Developer
6 175 (9.78%) Architect
7 148 (8.27%) Software Engineer
8 104 (5.81%) Senior DevOps
9 87 (4.86%) Senior DevOps Engineer
10 86 (4.81%) Azure Engineer
11 84 (4.70%) Cloud Engineer
12 69 (3.86%) Solutions Architect
13 63 (3.52%) Platform Engineer
14 61 (3.41%) Senior Developer
15 59 (3.30%) IT Manager
16 57 (3.19%) Senior Software Engineer
17 56 (3.13%) AWS Engineer
17 56 (3.13%) Consultant
17 56 (3.13%) Data Engineer
18 51 (2.85%) Lead Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 381 (21.30%) .NET
2 214 (11.96%) React
3 204 (11.40%) ASP.NET
4 193 (10.79%) .NET Core
5 186 (10.40%) ASP.NET Core
6 147 (8.22%) RESTful
7 127 (7.10%) CSS
8 126 (7.04%) HTML
9 120 (6.71%) REST
10 115 (6.43%) Node.js
11 102 (5.70%) Blazor
12 99 (5.53%) Entity Framework
13 85 (4.75%) ML.NET
14 60 (3.35%) Spring
15 57 (3.19%) AngularJS
15 57 (3.19%) Spring Boot
16 55 (3.07%) Middleware
17 54 (3.02%) Lightning Web Components
17 54 (3.02%) SOAP
18 51 (2.85%) Visualforce
Miscellaneous
1 295 (16.49%) Cloud Native
2 127 (7.10%) Product Ownership
3 81 (4.53%) Enterprise Software
4 68 (3.80%) Distributed Systems
5 48 (2.68%) Greenfield Project
6 41 (2.29%) Mobile App
7 38 (2.12%) Management Information System
8 36 (2.01%) Legacy Systems
8 36 (2.01%) Public Cloud
9 31 (1.73%) Virtual Team
10 30 (1.68%) Self-Motivation
11 28 (1.57%) Data Centre
11 28 (1.57%) Hybrid Cloud
12 26 (1.45%) Driving Licence
13 25 (1.40%) Podcast
14 24 (1.34%) Cyber Threat
14 24 (1.34%) Onboarding
15 22 (1.23%) Social Media
16 21 (1.17%) Low-Code
16 21 (1.17%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 181 (10.12%) Linux
2 95 (5.31%) Windows
3 62 (3.47%) Unix
4 25 (1.40%) Android
5 20 (1.12%) Windows Server
6 16 (0.89%) VMS
7 10 (0.56%) Ubuntu
8 9 (0.50%) Debian
9 8 (0.45%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 7 (0.39%) CentOS
11 6 (0.34%) Apple iOS
12 3 (0.17%) Windows Server 2016
13 2 (0.11%) Embedded Linux
14 1 (0.056%) Solaris
14 1 (0.056%) Windows Server 2012
14 1 (0.056%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 930 (51.98%) CI/CD
2 831 (46.45%) Agile
3 404 (22.58%) Infrastructure as Code
4 395 (22.08%) Continuous Improvement
5 372 (20.79%) Mentoring
6 335 (18.73%) AI
7 312 (17.44%) Software Engineering
8 309 (17.27%) Full-Stack Development
9 288 (16.10%) Problem-Solving
10 275 (15.37%) Test Automation
11 263 (14.70%) Microservices
12 242 (13.53%) Scrum
13 229 (12.80%) Containerisation
14 223 (12.47%) Roadmaps
15 191 (10.68%) Coaching
16 185 (10.34%) Technical Leadership
17 184 (10.29%) Observability
18 170 (9.50%) Stakeholder Management
19 166 (9.28%) Stakeholder Engagement
20 162 (9.06%) Machine Learning
Programming Languages
1 432 (24.15%) SQL
2 394 (22.02%) C#
3 358 (20.01%) Python
4 293 (16.38%) JavaScript
5 221 (12.35%) Java
6 139 (7.77%) TypeScript
7 127 (7.10%) PowerShell
8 116 (6.48%) Bash
9 74 (4.14%) Bicep
10 56 (3.13%) Apex Code
11 48 (2.68%) Go
12 36 (2.01%) SOQL
12 36 (2.01%) SOSL
13 33 (1.84%) C++
14 25 (1.40%) PHP
15 20 (1.12%) Kusto Query Language
16 17 (0.95%) T-SQL
17 13 (0.73%) Ruby
17 13 (0.73%) Rust
18 11 (0.61%) Groovy
Qualifications
1 196 (10.96%) Security Cleared
2 167 (9.33%) Degree
3 149 (8.33%) SC Cleared
4 66 (3.69%) Azure Certification
5 46 (2.57%) Computer Science Degree
6 45 (2.52%) CISSP
7 34 (1.90%) AWS Certification
8 32 (1.79%) CISM
8 32 (1.79%) ITIL Certification
9 30 (1.68%) DV Cleared
10 28 (1.57%) Microsoft Certification
11 25 (1.40%) Master's Degree
12 18 (1.01%) DBS Check
13 17 (0.95%) PMI Certification
14 13 (0.73%) Cisco Certification
15 11 (0.61%) ISTQB
15 11 (0.61%) PMP
16 9 (0.50%) TOGAF Certification
17 8 (0.45%) PhD
18 7 (0.39%) CCNP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 170 (9.50%) QA
2 56 (3.13%) NIST
3 51 (2.85%) Data Quality
4 44 (2.46%) Accessibility
5 33 (1.84%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 30 (1.68%) GDPR
7 24 (1.34%) ISO 22301
8 21 (1.17%) GRC
9 13 (0.73%) WCAG
10 10 (0.56%) PCI DSS
11 7 (0.39%) SOC 2
12 6 (0.34%) HMG Security Policy Framework
13 5 (0.28%) IFRS
13 5 (0.28%) PMO
14 4 (0.22%) NIST 800
15 3 (0.17%) ISO 9001
15 3 (0.17%) Sarbanes-Oxley
15 3 (0.17%) SEPA
15 3 (0.17%) Software Quality Assurance
15 3 (0.17%) Solvency II
System Software
1 262 (14.65%) Docker
2 67 (3.75%) Active Directory
3 32 (1.79%) VMware Infrastructure
4 21 (1.17%) Virtual Machines
5 19 (1.06%) vSphere
6 13 (0.73%) Virtual Desktop
7 8 (0.45%) Firmware
8 4 (0.22%) Slurm Workload Manager
9 3 (0.17%) Embedded Firmware
9 3 (0.17%) Microsoft Virtual Server
9 3 (0.17%) Virtual Servers
9 3 (0.17%) VMware ESXi
10 2 (0.11%) Hyper-V
10 2 (0.11%) iptables
10 2 (0.11%) KVM
11 1 (0.056%) Citrix Hypervisor
11 1 (0.056%) QEMU
11 1 (0.056%) VMware NSX
11 1 (0.056%) Xen
Systems Management
1 370 (20.68%) Terraform
2 314 (17.55%) Kubernetes
3 112 (6.26%) Ansible
4 80 (4.47%) Grafana
5 56 (3.13%) Prometheus
6 40 (2.24%) Argo
7 19 (1.06%) Puppet
8 13 (0.73%) Istio
8 13 (0.73%) Microsoft Intune
9 12 (0.67%) Kustomize
10 10 (0.56%) Proxmox
11 9 (0.50%) Packer
12 8 (0.45%) Progress Chef
13 7 (0.39%) Active Directory Federation Services
14 6 (0.34%) ZABBIX
15 5 (0.28%) AWS Copilot
15 5 (0.28%) Kibana
16 3 (0.17%) Nagios
16 3 (0.17%) Single Sign-On
16 3 (0.17%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 496 (27.72%) Microsoft
2 96 (5.37%) Google
3 79 (4.42%) Salesforce
4 50 (2.79%) Oracle
5 49 (2.74%) ServiceNow
6 45 (2.52%) VMware
7 42 (2.35%) Splunk
8 41 (2.29%) Facebook
9 35 (1.96%) Databricks
10 33 (1.84%) SAP
11 29 (1.62%) Pega
12 23 (1.29%) MuleSoft
13 21 (1.17%) YouTube
14 20 (1.12%) Apple
15 18 (1.01%) Sony
15 18 (1.01%) Yahoo!
16 17 (0.95%) Cisco
17 15 (0.84%) OpenAI
17 15 (0.84%) Palo Alto
18 13 (0.73%) Red Hat
1,544 hybrid/remote DevOps jobs