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

 6 months to
15 May 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 22 13 21
Rank change year-on-year -9 +8 -10
Permanent jobs citing DevOps 1,516 2,067 2,996
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 8.18% 14.13% 9.24%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 9.88% 14.86% 10.15%
Number of salaries quoted 1,083 1,181 2,500
10th Percentile £44,050 £45,000 £41,250
25th Percentile £55,000 £55,000 £51,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £69,310 £70,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -0.99% +7.69% -7.14%
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 15,340 13,907 29,523
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 82.77% 95.05% 91.04%
Number of salaries quoted 10,890 8,636 23,352
10th Percentile £33,750 £31,250 £33,750
25th Percentile £45,000 £44,188 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,100 £60,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +0.17% +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 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year - +9.09% -10.10%

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 15 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 27 (1.78%) SharePoint
2 22 (1.45%) Apache
3 20 (1.32%) Confluence
4 17 (1.12%) Apache Airflow
5 14 (0.92%) Apache Spark
6 8 (0.53%) CMS
6 8 (0.53%) OpenStack
7 7 (0.46%) Apache Solr
7 7 (0.46%) SharePoint Server
8 6 (0.40%) Microsoft Exchange
8 6 (0.40%) Oracle SOA Suite
9 4 (0.26%) WordPress
10 3 (0.20%) Anypoint
10 3 (0.20%) nginx
11 2 (0.13%) IIS
11 2 (0.13%) Umbraco
12 1 (0.066%) Cloud Foundry
12 1 (0.066%) Drupal
12 1 (0.066%) JBoss
12 1 (0.066%) SAS
Applications
1 20 (1.32%) Microsoft Project
2 12 (0.79%) Microsoft Excel
3 5 (0.33%) Microsoft Office
3 5 (0.33%) MS Visio
4 2 (0.13%) Trello
5 1 (0.066%) EngageOne
5 1 (0.066%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 1 (0.066%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 34 (2.24%) Dynamics CRM
2 15 (0.99%) SAP ERP
3 12 (0.79%) Oracle ERP
4 6 (0.40%) Dynamics AX
4 6 (0.40%) SAP S/4HANA
5 4 (0.26%) Markit EDM
6 3 (0.20%) Oracle EBS
6 3 (0.20%) Salesforce CRM
7 2 (0.13%) Fidessa
7 2 (0.13%) Infor SunSystems
8 1 (0.066%) Dynamics NAV
8 1 (0.066%) Magento
8 1 (0.066%) Payment Gateway
8 1 (0.066%) SAP IBP
8 1 (0.066%) SAP MII
8 1 (0.066%) SAP PP
8 1 (0.066%) TIBCO iProcess
8 1 (0.066%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 835 (55.08%) Azure
2 509 (33.58%) AWS
3 427 (28.17%) Azure DevOps
4 208 (13.72%) GitHub
5 167 (11.02%) GCP
6 146 (9.63%) Serverless
7 131 (8.64%) Power Platform
8 124 (8.18%) SaaS
9 103 (6.79%) GitHub Actions
10 83 (5.47%) Entra ID
11 79 (5.21%) Amazon S3
12 73 (4.82%) Amazon EKS
13 63 (4.16%) AWS CloudFormation
14 61 (4.02%) Azure Data Factory
15 59 (3.89%) Azure AKS
15 59 (3.89%) PaaS
16 58 (3.83%) Azure Logic Apps
17 57 (3.76%) AWS Lambda
18 48 (3.17%) Azure Service Bus
19 46 (3.03%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 62 (4.09%) Broadband
2 56 (3.69%) Firewall
3 29 (1.91%) DNS
4 21 (1.39%) VPN
5 20 (1.32%) TCP/IP
6 16 (1.06%) DHCP
7 11 (0.73%) Network Security
8 8 (0.53%) WAN
9 7 (0.46%) LAN
10 6 (0.40%) BGP
10 6 (0.40%) Cisco ASA
10 6 (0.40%) NGFW
10 6 (0.40%) OSPF
11 5 (0.33%) Ethernet VPN
11 5 (0.33%) Internet
11 5 (0.33%) VXLAN
12 4 (0.26%) AMQP
12 4 (0.26%) SAN
12 4 (0.26%) SD-WAN
13 3 (0.20%) Cisco Firepower
Database & Business Intelligence
1 104 (6.86%) SQL Server
2 99 (6.53%) MongoDB
3 93 (6.13%) Azure SQL Database
4 86 (5.67%) NoSQL
5 69 (4.55%) PostgreSQL
6 53 (3.50%) Power BI
7 45 (2.97%) Metadata
8 42 (2.77%) Relational Database
9 40 (2.64%) Data Warehouse
10 33 (2.18%) Amazon RDS
11 31 (2.04%) Data Lake
12 30 (1.98%) Elasticsearch
13 24 (1.58%) MySQL
14 22 (1.45%) Amazon Athena
15 20 (1.32%) DynamoDB
16 19 (1.25%) Delta Lake
16 19 (1.25%) Tableau
17 18 (1.19%) RDBMS
17 18 (1.19%) Redis
18 14 (0.92%) Amazon Redshift
Development Applications
1 148 (9.76%) Git
2 126 (8.31%) Jenkins
3 114 (7.52%) GitLab
4 87 (5.74%) JIRA
5 46 (3.03%) SonarQube
6 31 (2.04%) Selenium
7 22 (1.45%) Cypress.io
8 20 (1.32%) TeamCity
9 18 (1.19%) Jaeger
10 15 (0.99%) Postman
11 13 (0.86%) Bitbucket
11 13 (0.86%) Visual Studio
12 12 (0.79%) JMeter
12 12 (0.79%) Oracle Forms
13 11 (0.73%) Maven
14 10 (0.66%) Cucumber
15 7 (0.46%) Locust
16 6 (0.40%) NUnit
16 6 (0.40%) SpecFlow
17 5 (0.33%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 355 (23.42%) Finance
2 330 (21.77%) Social Skills
3 152 (10.03%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 138 (9.10%) Analytical Skills
5 135 (8.91%) Public Sector
6 73 (4.82%) Banking
7 70 (4.62%) Law
8 67 (4.42%) Marketing
9 56 (3.69%) Games
10 55 (3.63%) Retail
11 41 (2.70%) Legal
12 24 (1.58%) Back Office
12 24 (1.58%) Financial Institution
13 21 (1.39%) Manufacturing
14 19 (1.25%) Telecoms
15 16 (1.06%) Advertising
15 16 (1.06%) Presentation Skills
16 13 (0.86%) Billing
16 13 (0.86%) Front Office
16 13 (0.86%) Health Technology
Job Titles
1 356 (23.48%) Senior
2 285 (18.80%) Developer
3 249 (16.42%) Lead
4 217 (14.31%) DevOps Engineer
5 147 (9.70%) Architect
6 129 (8.51%) Software Engineer
7 91 (6.00%) Senior DevOps
8 90 (5.94%) Cloud Engineer
9 84 (5.54%) .NET Developer
10 77 (5.08%) Azure Engineer
11 66 (4.35%) Senior DevOps Engineer
12 65 (4.29%) Data Engineer
13 63 (4.16%) Consultant
13 63 (4.16%) Platform Engineer
14 62 (4.09%) Solutions Architect
15 58 (3.83%) Lead DevOps
16 56 (3.69%) Senior Developer
17 53 (3.50%) AWS Engineer
17 53 (3.50%) Senior Software Engineer
18 52 (3.43%) Lead Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 252 (16.62%) .NET
2 162 (10.69%) React
3 123 (8.11%) REST
4 118 (7.78%) RESTful
5 94 (6.20%) .NET Core
6 90 (5.94%) Node.js
7 85 (5.61%) CSS
8 83 (5.47%) ASP.NET
8 83 (5.47%) HTML
9 78 (5.15%) SOAP
10 71 (4.68%) ASP.NET Core
11 67 (4.42%) Lightning Web Components
12 65 (4.29%) Spring
13 62 (4.09%) Kafka
14 61 (4.02%) Spring Boot
15 54 (3.56%) Visualforce
16 50 (3.30%) AngularJS
17 43 (2.84%) .NET Framework
17 43 (2.84%) Entity Framework
18 40 (2.64%) PySpark
Miscellaneous
1 244 (16.09%) Cloud Native
2 132 (8.71%) Product Ownership
3 58 (3.83%) Enterprise Software
4 43 (2.84%) Distributed Systems
5 36 (2.37%) Legacy Systems
6 33 (2.18%) Mobile App
7 29 (1.91%) Management Information System
8 27 (1.78%) Low-Code
8 27 (1.78%) Self-Motivation
9 26 (1.72%) Onboarding
10 25 (1.65%) Data Centre
11 21 (1.39%) Legacy Applications
12 20 (1.32%) Public Cloud
13 19 (1.25%) Hybrid Cloud
14 18 (1.19%) Greenfield Project
15 17 (1.12%) Algorithms
16 16 (1.06%) Analytical Mindset
17 15 (0.99%) Cyberattack
17 15 (0.99%) Data Structures
18 13 (0.86%) Driving Licence
Operating Systems
1 161 (10.62%) Linux
2 74 (4.88%) Windows
3 52 (3.43%) Unix
4 28 (1.85%) Windows Server
5 22 (1.45%) Android
6 9 (0.59%) Apple iOS
6 9 (0.59%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 8 (0.53%) VMS
8 7 (0.46%) CentOS
9 5 (0.33%) Debian
10 4 (0.26%) Ubuntu
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 (0.066%) Windows 10
12 1 (0.066%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 840 (55.41%) CI/CD
2 667 (44.00%) Agile
3 363 (23.94%) Infrastructure as Code
4 332 (21.90%) Continuous Improvement
5 303 (19.99%) Mentoring
6 265 (17.48%) Problem-Solving
7 253 (16.69%) Software Engineering
8 244 (16.09%) Test Automation
9 241 (15.90%) AI
10 239 (15.77%) Microservices
11 215 (14.18%) Coaching
12 211 (13.92%) Containerisation
13 200 (13.19%) Scrum
14 195 (12.86%) Full-Stack Development
15 185 (12.20%) Observability
16 178 (11.74%) Roadmaps
17 169 (11.15%) Analytics
18 156 (10.29%) Technical Leadership
19 147 (9.70%) Event-Driven
20 139 (9.17%) Platform Engineering
Programming Languages
1 373 (24.60%) Python
2 356 (23.48%) SQL
3 236 (15.57%) Java
4 219 (14.45%) C#
5 206 (13.59%) JavaScript
6 108 (7.12%) TypeScript
7 95 (6.27%) Bash
8 83 (5.47%) PowerShell
9 70 (4.62%) Apex Code
10 68 (4.49%) Go
11 51 (3.36%) Bicep
12 36 (2.37%) SOQL
12 36 (2.37%) SOSL
13 31 (2.04%) C++
14 25 (1.65%) Scala
15 20 (1.32%) PHP
16 16 (1.06%) Shell Script
17 14 (0.92%) PL/SQL
17 14 (0.92%) Rust
18 13 (0.86%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 169 (11.15%) Security Cleared
2 157 (10.36%) Degree
3 124 (8.18%) SC Cleared
4 53 (3.50%) Computer Science Degree
5 49 (3.23%) Azure Certification
6 39 (2.57%) AWS Certification
7 28 (1.85%) DV Cleared
8 20 (1.32%) Master's Degree
9 18 (1.19%) ISTQB
10 17 (1.12%) DBS Check
11 16 (1.06%) Microsoft Certification
12 15 (0.99%) CISSP
13 14 (0.92%) PMI Certification
14 11 (0.73%) Cisco Certification
15 10 (0.66%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
16 9 (0.59%) PMP
17 8 (0.53%) PhD
17 8 (0.53%) TOGAF Certification
18 7 (0.46%) CCNP
19 6 (0.40%) BPSS Clearance
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 130 (8.58%) QA
2 70 (4.62%) Data Quality
3 47 (3.10%) Accessibility
4 36 (2.37%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 31 (2.04%) GDPR
6 28 (1.85%) NIST
7 17 (1.12%) GRC
8 12 (0.79%) WCAG
9 9 (0.59%) PCI DSS
10 7 (0.46%) SOC 2
11 5 (0.33%) IFRS
12 3 (0.20%) HMG Security Policy Framework
12 3 (0.20%) ISO 9001
12 3 (0.20%) Sarbanes-Oxley
12 3 (0.20%) Software Quality Assurance
12 3 (0.20%) Solvency II
13 2 (0.13%) HL7
13 2 (0.13%) NCSC
13 2 (0.13%) SEPA
13 2 (0.13%) SLA
System Software
1 256 (16.89%) Docker
2 69 (4.55%) Active Directory
3 21 (1.39%) VMware Infrastructure
4 15 (0.99%) Virtual Machines
5 8 (0.53%) vSphere
6 7 (0.46%) Firmware
7 6 (0.40%) VMware ESXi
8 4 (0.26%) Slurm Workload Manager
9 3 (0.20%) Hyper-V
9 3 (0.20%) Microsoft Virtual Server
9 3 (0.20%) Virtual Servers
10 2 (0.13%) Embedded Firmware
10 2 (0.13%) Virtual Desktop
10 2 (0.13%) VMware NSX
11 1 (0.066%) Citrix Hypervisor
11 1 (0.066%) KVM
11 1 (0.066%) QEMU
11 1 (0.066%) vCloud
11 1 (0.066%) Xen
Systems Management
1 381 (25.13%) Terraform
2 313 (20.65%) Kubernetes
3 125 (8.25%) Ansible
4 85 (5.61%) Grafana
5 67 (4.42%) Prometheus
6 44 (2.90%) Argo
7 19 (1.25%) Single Sign-On
8 18 (1.19%) Kustomize
9 17 (1.12%) Puppet
10 12 (0.79%) Microsoft Intune
11 9 (0.59%) Istio
12 8 (0.53%) Packer
13 7 (0.46%) Progress Chef
13 7 (0.46%) Proxmox
14 6 (0.40%) Active Directory Federation Services
14 6 (0.40%) vCenter Server
15 5 (0.33%) AWS Copilot
15 5 (0.33%) HP Fortify
16 4 (0.26%) Kibana
16 4 (0.26%) logstash
Vendors
1 354 (23.35%) Microsoft
2 89 (5.87%) Salesforce
3 74 (4.88%) Google
4 46 (3.03%) Databricks
5 43 (2.84%) Oracle
6 40 (2.64%) Splunk
7 38 (2.51%) VMware
8 33 (2.18%) ServiceNow
9 32 (2.11%) SAP
10 20 (1.32%) MuleSoft
11 17 (1.12%) Cisco
12 15 (0.99%) Okta
12 15 (0.99%) Palo Alto
13 14 (0.92%) Facebook
13 14 (0.92%) Red Hat
14 12 (0.79%) F5
15 11 (0.73%) IBM
16 10 (0.66%) Ab Initio
17 8 (0.53%) Apple
17 8 (0.53%) Juniper
1,095 hybrid/remote DevOps jobs