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

 6 months to
19 Jan 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 15 14 12
Rank change year-on-year -1 -2 -2
Permanent jobs citing DevOps 1,398 2,156 2,835
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 9.16% 13.16% 12.37%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 10.53% 14.00% 13.26%
Number of salaries quoted 966 1,453 2,382
10th Percentile £42,500 £42,500 £43,750
25th Percentile £52,500 £52,500 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £69,442 £69,308 £65,351
Median % change year-on-year +0.19% +6.06% -6.64%
75th Percentile £82,500 £86,250 £83,750
90th Percentile £100,000 £110,000 £99,750
UK median annual salary £70,000 £70,000 £67,660
% change year-on-year - +3.46% -3.34%

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 13,279 15,397 21,384
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 87.01% 94.02% 93.31%
Number of salaries quoted 8,444 9,059 17,420
10th Percentile £30,000 £36,250 £35,750
25th Percentile £41,925 £47,500 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £62,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.00% +4.17% -4.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 £82,500 £78,750
90th Percentile £100,000 £100,000 £97,500
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £57,965
% change year-on-year -8.33% +3.51% -7.26%

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 19 January 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 41 (2.93%) Confluence
2 25 (1.79%) SharePoint
3 21 (1.50%) Microsoft Exchange
4 18 (1.29%) Apache Airflow
5 17 (1.22%) Oracle SOA Suite
6 13 (0.93%) Apache
7 12 (0.86%) IIS
8 10 (0.72%) Apache Spark
9 4 (0.29%) OpenStack
10 2 (0.14%) CMS
11 1 (0.072%) Apache Solr
11 1 (0.072%) ArcGIS
11 1 (0.072%) Camunda
11 1 (0.072%) nginx
11 1 (0.072%) Oracle Workflow
11 1 (0.072%) SAS
11 1 (0.072%) WebLogic
11 1 (0.072%) WordPress
Applications
1 36 (2.58%) Microsoft Excel
2 16 (1.14%) Microsoft Office
3 11 (0.79%) MS Visio
4 7 (0.50%) Microsoft Project
5 3 (0.21%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 3 (0.21%) Spreadsheet
6 1 (0.072%) EngageOne
6 1 (0.072%) PlantUML
Business Applications
1 39 (2.79%) Oracle ERP
2 18 (1.29%) Dynamics CRM
3 15 (1.07%) SAP ERP
4 6 (0.43%) Markit EDM
5 4 (0.29%) Salesforce CRM
6 2 (0.14%) Dynamics AX
6 2 (0.14%) Oracle EBS
6 2 (0.14%) SAP S/4HANA
6 2 (0.14%) Shopify
7 1 (0.072%) Aladdin
7 1 (0.072%) Dynamics NAV
7 1 (0.072%) Integrated Workplace Management System
7 1 (0.072%) NEC Housing
7 1 (0.072%) NetSuite
7 1 (0.072%) Payment Gateway
7 1 (0.072%) Primavera
7 1 (0.072%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
7 1 (0.072%) TIBCO iProcess
7 1 (0.072%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 923 (66.02%) Azure
2 509 (36.41%) Azure DevOps
3 487 (34.84%) AWS
4 341 (24.39%) GitHub
5 162 (11.59%) GCP
6 152 (10.87%) Power Platform
7 150 (10.73%) GitHub Actions
8 136 (9.73%) SaaS
9 126 (9.01%) Serverless
10 99 (7.08%) Entra ID
11 89 (6.37%) AWS CloudFormation
12 80 (5.72%) Snowflake
13 74 (5.29%) Azure Data Factory
13 74 (5.29%) GitHub Copilot
14 69 (4.94%) Amazon EKS
15 68 (4.86%) dbt
16 67 (4.79%) Amazon CloudWatch
17 66 (4.72%) Amazon S3
18 65 (4.65%) Azure Monitor
19 58 (4.15%) AWS Lambda
Communications & Networking
1 51 (3.65%) Firewall
2 34 (2.43%) DNS
2 34 (2.43%) VPN
3 31 (2.22%) Broadband
4 22 (1.57%) Network Security
5 21 (1.50%) DHCP
5 21 (1.50%) WAN
6 20 (1.43%) TCP/IP
7 17 (1.22%) LAN
8 12 (0.86%) SAN
8 12 (0.86%) Wi-Fi
9 11 (0.79%) SD-WAN
10 9 (0.64%) VoIP
11 8 (0.57%) VLAN
12 6 (0.43%) Unified Communications
13 5 (0.36%) BGP
13 5 (0.36%) Fibre Channel
13 5 (0.36%) Internet
14 4 (0.29%) AMQP
15 3 (0.21%) PuTTY
Database & Business Intelligence
1 131 (9.37%) SQL Server
2 99 (7.08%) Data Warehouse
3 86 (6.15%) Power BI
4 84 (6.01%) NoSQL
5 73 (5.22%) PostgreSQL
6 57 (4.08%) Tableau
7 47 (3.36%) Azure SQL Database
7 47 (3.36%) Metadata
8 46 (3.29%) Relational Database
9 43 (3.08%) MongoDB
10 39 (2.79%) Data Lake
11 31 (2.22%) MySQL
12 29 (2.07%) Amazon RDS
13 23 (1.65%) DynamoDB
13 23 (1.65%) Elasticsearch
14 18 (1.29%) Redis
15 17 (1.22%) Amazon Redshift
15 17 (1.22%) Delta Lake
16 16 (1.14%) BigQuery
16 16 (1.14%) Snowflake Schema
Development Applications
1 165 (11.80%) Git
2 145 (10.37%) Jenkins
3 114 (8.15%) JIRA
4 86 (6.15%) GitLab
5 37 (2.65%) Oracle Forms
6 31 (2.22%) Selenium
7 30 (2.15%) SonarQube
8 22 (1.57%) Cypress.io
9 14 (1.00%) Postman
10 13 (0.93%) Bitbucket
10 13 (0.93%) Cucumber
10 13 (0.93%) Jaeger
11 12 (0.86%) JMeter
12 11 (0.79%) git-flow
12 11 (0.79%) JUnit
12 11 (0.79%) TeamCity
13 9 (0.64%) Subversion
14 8 (0.57%) Storybook
15 7 (0.50%) Visual Studio
15 7 (0.50%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 426 (30.47%) Finance
2 412 (29.47%) Social Skills
3 168 (12.02%) Analytical Skills
4 92 (6.58%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 92 (6.58%) Public Sector
5 79 (5.65%) Marketing
6 52 (3.72%) Law
7 46 (3.29%) Retail
8 45 (3.22%) Telecoms
9 41 (2.93%) Banking
10 26 (1.86%) Front Office
11 22 (1.57%) Games
12 20 (1.43%) Manufacturing
13 19 (1.36%) Financial Institution
14 15 (1.07%) Legal
15 14 (1.00%) Documentation Skills
15 14 (1.00%) Tech for Good
16 13 (0.93%) Back Office
17 11 (0.79%) Billing
18 10 (0.72%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 352 (25.18%) Senior
2 247 (17.67%) Developer
3 175 (12.52%) Lead
4 129 (9.23%) DevOps Engineer
5 124 (8.87%) Cloud Engineer
6 114 (8.15%) Software Engineer
7 87 (6.22%) Azure Engineer
8 81 (5.79%) Architect
9 78 (5.58%) Senior Developer
10 67 (4.79%) Applications Engineer
10 67 (4.79%) Data Engineer
11 62 (4.43%) Platform Engineer
12 55 (3.93%) Analyst
12 55 (3.93%) Infrastructure Engineer
13 48 (3.43%) .NET Developer
14 47 (3.36%) Senior DevOps
15 43 (3.08%) Consultant
16 38 (2.72%) Full-Stack Developer
16 38 (2.72%) Senior Software Engineer
16 38 (2.72%) Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 234 (16.74%) .NET
2 163 (11.66%) React
3 137 (9.80%) RESTful
4 93 (6.65%) REST
5 75 (5.36%) SOAP
6 69 (4.94%) Node.js
6 69 (4.94%) Spring
7 68 (4.86%) Spring Boot
8 67 (4.79%) CSS
9 64 (4.58%) HTML
10 62 (4.43%) Kafka
11 58 (4.15%) AngularJS
12 55 (3.93%) .NET Framework
12 55 (3.93%) OAuth
13 50 (3.58%) JSON
14 48 (3.43%) .NET Core
15 46 (3.29%) Lightning Web Components
16 43 (3.08%) Elastic Stack
17 39 (2.79%) OAuth2
18 38 (2.72%) ASP.NET
Miscellaneous
1 258 (18.45%) Cloud Native
2 131 (9.37%) Product Ownership
3 56 (4.01%) Enterprise Software
4 55 (3.93%) Distributed Systems
5 45 (3.22%) Management Information System
6 34 (2.43%) Onboarding
7 33 (2.36%) Legacy Systems
8 32 (2.29%) Low-Code
9 28 (2.00%) Mobile App
10 27 (1.93%) Analytical Mindset
10 27 (1.93%) Self-Motivation
11 26 (1.86%) Public Cloud
12 18 (1.29%) AI Agents
12 18 (1.29%) IoT
13 15 (1.07%) Algorithms
13 15 (1.07%) Security Posture
14 14 (1.00%) Data Centre
15 12 (0.86%) Legacy Applications
16 9 (0.64%) Data Protection Act
17 8 (0.57%) Data Structures
Operating Systems
1 147 (10.52%) Linux
2 113 (8.08%) Windows
3 46 (3.29%) Unix
4 42 (3.00%) Windows Server
5 22 (1.57%) Android
6 19 (1.36%) VMS
7 12 (0.86%) Windows Server 2012
7 12 (0.86%) Windows Server 2019
8 11 (0.79%) Apple iOS
8 11 (0.79%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 9 (0.64%) Ubuntu
10 8 (0.57%) Debian
11 7 (0.50%) CentOS
12 1 (0.072%) Windows 10
12 1 (0.072%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 816 (58.37%) CI/CD
2 669 (47.85%) Agile
3 366 (26.18%) Infrastructure as Code
4 350 (25.04%) Continuous Improvement
5 310 (22.17%) Problem-Solving
6 280 (20.03%) AI
7 279 (19.96%) Mentoring
8 262 (18.74%) Coaching
9 232 (16.60%) Test Automation
10 216 (15.45%) Software Engineering
11 214 (15.31%) Analytics
12 209 (14.95%) Microservices
13 202 (14.45%) Observability
14 200 (14.31%) Asset Management
15 187 (13.38%) Containerisation
16 169 (12.09%) Data Modelling
17 155 (11.09%) Clean Code
18 143 (10.23%) Roadmaps
19 133 (9.51%) Scrum
20 131 (9.37%) Full-Stack Development
Programming Languages
1 440 (31.47%) Python
2 399 (28.54%) SQL
3 202 (14.45%) Java
4 182 (13.02%) C#
5 162 (11.59%) JavaScript
6 148 (10.59%) PowerShell
7 119 (8.51%) Bash
8 111 (7.94%) TypeScript
9 75 (5.36%) Bicep
10 70 (5.01%) Go
11 50 (3.58%) Apex Code
12 40 (2.86%) PL/SQL
13 39 (2.79%) Shell Script
14 27 (1.93%) Scala
15 20 (1.43%) T-SQL
16 17 (1.22%) C++
17 16 (1.14%) R
17 16 (1.14%) SOQL
17 16 (1.14%) SOSL
18 14 (1.00%) PHP
Qualifications
1 161 (11.52%) Degree
2 139 (9.94%) Security Cleared
3 104 (7.44%) SC Cleared
4 87 (6.22%) Computer Science Degree
5 69 (4.94%) Azure Certification
6 53 (3.79%) AWS Certification
7 32 (2.29%) Master's Degree
8 28 (2.00%) Microsoft Certification
9 23 (1.65%) DV Cleared
10 21 (1.50%) ISTQB
11 17 (1.22%) Cisco Certification
12 14 (1.00%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
13 13 (0.93%) CCNP
13 13 (0.93%) PMI Certification
14 12 (0.86%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
14 12 (0.86%) PMP
15 11 (0.79%) CISSP
16 9 (0.64%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
17 7 (0.50%) ACCA
17 7 (0.50%) DBS Check
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 132 (9.44%) QA
2 71 (5.08%) Data Quality
3 50 (3.58%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 48 (3.43%) Accessibility
5 44 (3.15%) GDPR
6 22 (1.57%) NIST
7 12 (0.86%) PCI DSS
8 9 (0.64%) Sarbanes-Oxley
9 8 (0.57%) NCSC
9 8 (0.57%) WCAG
10 7 (0.50%) SLA
11 6 (0.43%) Cyber Essentials
11 6 (0.43%) SOC 2
12 5 (0.36%) PMO
13 4 (0.29%) ISO 9001
14 3 (0.21%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
15 2 (0.14%) GRC
16 1 (0.072%) HL7
16 1 (0.072%) MiFID
16 1 (0.072%) Software Quality Assurance
System Software
1 252 (18.03%) Docker
2 85 (6.08%) Active Directory
3 23 (1.65%) Virtual Machines
4 19 (1.36%) VMware Infrastructure
5 15 (1.07%) Virtual Desktop
6 14 (1.00%) vSphere
7 13 (0.93%) VMware ESXi
8 6 (0.43%) Firmware
9 5 (0.36%) NFS
9 5 (0.36%) Virtual Servers
9 5 (0.36%) VMware NSX
10 3 (0.21%) Kamailio
10 3 (0.21%) Postfix
11 2 (0.14%) Hyper-V
11 2 (0.14%) Microsoft Virtual Server
11 2 (0.14%) vCloud
12 1 (0.072%) HDFS
Systems Management
1 420 (30.04%) Terraform
2 318 (22.75%) Kubernetes
3 135 (9.66%) Ansible
4 107 (7.65%) Grafana
5 85 (6.08%) Prometheus
6 45 (3.22%) Single Sign-On
7 38 (2.72%) Argo
8 24 (1.72%) Microsoft Intune
9 14 (1.00%) Kustomize
10 13 (0.93%) vCenter Server
11 12 (0.86%) SCCM
12 7 (0.50%) Red Hat Satellite
13 6 (0.43%) HP Fortify
13 6 (0.43%) Kibana
14 5 (0.36%) Control-M
15 4 (0.29%) logstash
15 4 (0.29%) Puppet
16 3 (0.21%) Dell DRAC
16 3 (0.21%) Docker Swarm
16 3 (0.21%) Progress Chef
Vendors
1 321 (22.96%) Microsoft
2 77 (5.51%) Oracle
3 72 (5.15%) Salesforce
4 59 (4.22%) Google
5 57 (4.08%) Databricks
6 37 (2.65%) VMware
7 28 (2.00%) Splunk
8 26 (1.86%) Cisco
9 23 (1.65%) SAP
10 21 (1.50%) Okta
10 21 (1.50%) Red Hat
11 20 (1.43%) SolarWinds
12 18 (1.29%) Ab Initio
12 18 (1.29%) Veeam
13 17 (1.22%) ServiceNow
14 14 (1.00%) IBM
15 13 (0.93%) NetApp
16 12 (0.86%) 3PAR
16 12 (0.86%) MuleSoft
17 11 (0.79%) Dynatrace
1,069 hybrid/remote DevOps jobs