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

 6 months to
8 Aug 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 18 16 20
Rank change year-on-year -2 +4 -10
Permanent jobs citing DevOps 1,936 1,886 2,249
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 8.54% 11.44% 9.03%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 10.30% 12.31% 10.29%
Number of salaries quoted 1,391 1,023 1,798
10th Percentile £45,000 £46,486 £42,500
25th Percentile £52,500 £56,250 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £67,500 £70,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.57% +7.69% -7.14%
75th Percentile £86,250 £84,375 £85,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £100,001 £100,000
UK median annual salary £70,000 £70,000 £67,500
% change year-on-year - +3.70% -3.57%

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 18,792 15,324 21,855
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 82.93% 92.94% 87.76%
Number of salaries quoted 13,561 9,021 15,723
10th Percentile £35,000 £29,750 £35,000
25th Percentile £44,972 £40,750 £43,593
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £59,000 £58,800
Median % change year-on-year +1.69% +0.34% -5.92%
75th Percentile £80,000 £78,500 £77,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £100,000 £97,500
UK median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +9.09% - -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 8 August 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 (2.43%) SharePoint
2 32 (1.65%) Confluence
3 26 (1.34%) Apache
4 25 (1.29%) Apache Spark
5 13 (0.67%) Microsoft Exchange
6 11 (0.57%) Apache Airflow
7 9 (0.46%) IIS
8 8 (0.41%) nginx
8 8 (0.41%) SharePoint Server
9 6 (0.31%) Anypoint
9 6 (0.31%) Apache Solr
9 6 (0.31%) CMS
9 6 (0.31%) OpenStack
9 6 (0.31%) SAS
9 6 (0.31%) WordPress
10 5 (0.26%) Jupyter
11 3 (0.15%) BizTalk Server
11 3 (0.15%) Umbraco
12 1 (0.052%) JBoss
12 1 (0.052%) Tomcat
Applications
1 40 (2.07%) Microsoft Project
2 16 (0.83%) Microsoft Excel
3 12 (0.62%) Trello
4 9 (0.46%) MS Visio
5 7 (0.36%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 5 (0.26%) Microsoft Office
7 3 (0.15%) Blender
7 3 (0.15%) Chatbot
7 3 (0.15%) Maya
8 1 (0.052%) Lightworks
8 1 (0.052%) Notion
8 1 (0.052%) PlantUML
8 1 (0.052%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 44 (2.27%) Dynamics CRM
2 6 (0.31%) SAP S/4HANA
3 5 (0.26%) Fidessa
4 4 (0.21%) Dynamics AX
4 4 (0.21%) Oracle ERP
5 3 (0.15%) Carpe Diem
5 3 (0.15%) Elite 3E
5 3 (0.15%) Oracle EBS
6 2 (0.10%) Infor SunSystems
6 2 (0.10%) JDE EnterpriseOne
7 1 (0.052%) Dynamics GP
7 1 (0.052%) Dynamics NAV
7 1 (0.052%) Magento
7 1 (0.052%) Payment Gateway
7 1 (0.052%) Sage 200
7 1 (0.052%) SAP ERP
7 1 (0.052%) SAP IBP
7 1 (0.052%) SAP MII
7 1 (0.052%) SAP PP
Cloud Services
1 1,079 (55.73%) Azure
2 620 (32.02%) AWS
3 580 (29.96%) Azure DevOps
4 258 (13.33%) SaaS
5 196 (10.12%) GCP
6 153 (7.90%) Serverless
7 149 (7.70%) Power Platform
8 144 (7.44%) GitHub
9 94 (4.86%) PaaS
10 91 (4.70%) Azure AI
11 73 (3.77%) AWS CloudFormation
11 73 (3.77%) Azure AKS
12 69 (3.56%) Dynamics 365
12 69 (3.56%) Entra ID
13 68 (3.51%) Azure Service Bus
13 68 (3.51%) GitHub Actions
14 67 (3.46%) Amazon EKS
15 66 (3.41%) Azure Cosmos DB
16 65 (3.36%) Microsoft 365
17 61 (3.15%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 41 (2.12%) TCP/IP
2 40 (2.07%) Broadband
3 38 (1.96%) VPN
4 37 (1.91%) Firewall
5 31 (1.60%) DNS
6 13 (0.67%) Internet
7 10 (0.52%) DHCP
7 10 (0.52%) Network Security
8 6 (0.31%) BGP
8 6 (0.31%) LAN
8 6 (0.31%) NGFW
8 6 (0.31%) OSPF
8 6 (0.31%) WAN
9 5 (0.26%) Cisco ASA
9 5 (0.26%) Ethernet VPN
9 5 (0.26%) VXLAN
10 4 (0.21%) HTTP
10 4 (0.21%) SSH
10 4 (0.21%) SSL
11 3 (0.15%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 208 (10.74%) Azure SQL Database
2 205 (10.59%) MongoDB
3 147 (7.59%) SQL Server
4 88 (4.55%) PostgreSQL
5 60 (3.10%) Power BI
6 56 (2.89%) NoSQL
7 54 (2.79%) Elasticsearch
8 37 (1.91%) MySQL
9 35 (1.81%) Data Warehouse
10 34 (1.76%) Relational Database
11 28 (1.45%) Amazon RDS
12 24 (1.24%) Metadata
12 24 (1.24%) Redis
13 20 (1.03%) Data Lake
13 20 (1.03%) SQL Server Integration Services
14 18 (0.93%) DynamoDB
15 16 (0.83%) Delta Lake
16 15 (0.77%) Amazon Athena
17 11 (0.57%) NonStop SQL
18 10 (0.52%) Big Data
Development Applications
1 154 (7.95%) Git
2 120 (6.20%) JIRA
3 105 (5.42%) Jenkins
4 102 (5.27%) GitLab
5 34 (1.76%) SonarQube
6 30 (1.55%) Selenium
6 30 (1.55%) TeamCity
7 21 (1.08%) Cypress.io
8 18 (0.93%) Postman
9 12 (0.62%) Bitbucket
10 11 (0.57%) Cucumber
10 11 (0.57%) JMeter
10 11 (0.57%) NUnit
10 11 (0.57%) Visual Studio
11 10 (0.52%) Visual Studio Code
12 8 (0.41%) Claude Code
13 7 (0.36%) Maven
14 6 (0.31%) JUnit
14 6 (0.31%) Octopus Deploy
15 5 (0.26%) Atlassian Bamboo
General
1 465 (24.02%) Social Skills
2 358 (18.49%) Finance
3 162 (8.37%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 162 (8.37%) Public Sector
4 152 (7.85%) Law
5 118 (6.10%) Analytical Skills
6 115 (5.94%) Legal
7 75 (3.87%) Banking
8 65 (3.36%) Retail
9 62 (3.20%) Marketing
10 52 (2.69%) Games
11 32 (1.65%) Advertising
12 29 (1.50%) Back Office
13 26 (1.34%) Financial Institution
14 22 (1.14%) Manufacturing
14 22 (1.14%) Presentation Skills
15 20 (1.03%) Aerospace
16 18 (0.93%) Legal Technology
17 15 (0.77%) Telecoms
18 12 (0.62%) Influencing Skills
Job Titles
1 471 (24.33%) Senior
2 391 (20.20%) Developer
3 344 (17.77%) DevOps Engineer
4 259 (13.38%) Lead
5 193 (9.97%) .NET Developer
6 164 (8.47%) Architect
7 155 (8.01%) Software Engineer
8 110 (5.68%) Senior DevOps
9 99 (5.11%) Senior DevOps Engineer
10 97 (5.01%) Azure Engineer
11 85 (4.39%) IT Manager
12 81 (4.18%) Cloud Engineer
13 71 (3.67%) Platform Engineer
14 67 (3.46%) Solutions Architect
15 66 (3.41%) Senior Developer
15 66 (3.41%) Senior Manager
16 61 (3.15%) Data Engineer
17 56 (2.89%) Consultant
17 56 (2.89%) Senior Software Engineer
18 53 (2.74%) Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 389 (20.09%) .NET
2 216 (11.16%) React
3 206 (10.64%) ASP.NET
4 197 (10.18%) .NET Core
5 182 (9.40%) ASP.NET Core
6 143 (7.39%) RESTful
7 128 (6.61%) REST
8 127 (6.56%) CSS
9 122 (6.30%) HTML
10 121 (6.25%) Node.js
11 105 (5.42%) Blazor
12 99 (5.11%) Entity Framework
13 82 (4.24%) ML.NET
14 71 (3.67%) Middleware
15 61 (3.15%) AngularJS
16 55 (2.84%) Kafka
17 50 (2.58%) Spring
17 50 (2.58%) Spring Boot
18 45 (2.32%) SOAP
19 40 (2.07%) Lightning Web Components
Miscellaneous
1 310 (16.01%) Cloud Native
2 140 (7.23%) Product Ownership
3 98 (5.06%) Enterprise Software
4 83 (4.29%) Distributed Systems
5 62 (3.20%) Virtual Team
6 59 (3.05%) Greenfield Project
7 52 (2.69%) Cyber Threat
8 43 (2.22%) Legacy Systems
9 39 (2.01%) Management Information System
10 36 (1.86%) Mobile App
11 32 (1.65%) Self-Motivation
12 30 (1.55%) Public Cloud
13 27 (1.39%) Data Centre
14 25 (1.29%) Driving Licence
14 25 (1.29%) Onboarding
14 25 (1.29%) Podcast
15 23 (1.19%) Social Media
16 22 (1.14%) Hybrid Cloud
16 22 (1.14%) Legacy Applications
17 20 (1.03%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 181 (9.35%) Linux
2 99 (5.11%) Windows
3 64 (3.31%) Unix
4 20 (1.03%) Android
5 18 (0.93%) Windows Server
6 16 (0.83%) VMS
7 8 (0.41%) Debian
7 8 (0.41%) Ubuntu
8 7 (0.36%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 5 (0.26%) CentOS
10 3 (0.15%) VxWorks
11 2 (0.10%) Apple iOS
11 2 (0.10%) Embedded Linux
11 2 (0.10%) Solaris
11 2 (0.10%) Windows Server 2016
12 1 (0.052%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 955 (49.33%) CI/CD
2 871 (44.99%) Agile
3 457 (23.61%) Continuous Improvement
4 425 (21.95%) Infrastructure as Code
5 417 (21.54%) Mentoring
6 392 (20.25%) Software Engineering
7 373 (19.27%) AI
8 345 (17.82%) Test Automation
9 303 (15.65%) Full-Stack Development
10 298 (15.39%) Problem-Solving
11 269 (13.89%) Microservices
12 247 (12.76%) Scrum
13 242 (12.50%) Stakeholder Engagement
14 218 (11.26%) Containerisation
15 210 (10.85%) Roadmaps
15 210 (10.85%) Technical Leadership
16 202 (10.43%) Observability
17 201 (10.38%) Stakeholder Management
18 198 (10.23%) Coaching
19 183 (9.45%) Platform Engineering
Programming Languages
1 446 (23.04%) C#
2 440 (22.73%) SQL
3 393 (20.30%) Python
4 311 (16.06%) JavaScript
5 210 (10.85%) Java
6 168 (8.68%) TypeScript
7 166 (8.57%) PowerShell
8 100 (5.17%) Bash
9 75 (3.87%) Bicep
10 42 (2.17%) Apex Code
11 33 (1.70%) C++
12 30 (1.55%) Go
13 25 (1.29%) SOQL
13 25 (1.29%) SOSL
14 22 (1.14%) PHP
15 20 (1.03%) Kusto Query Language
15 20 (1.03%) T-SQL
16 17 (0.88%) Ruby
17 13 (0.67%) Groovy
18 11 (0.57%) Scala
Qualifications
1 239 (12.35%) Security Cleared
2 194 (10.02%) SC Cleared
3 160 (8.26%) Degree
4 68 (3.51%) CISSP
5 65 (3.36%) Azure Certification
6 58 (3.00%) CISM
6 58 (3.00%) ITIL Certification
7 43 (2.22%) Computer Science Degree
7 43 (2.22%) DV Cleared
8 30 (1.55%) BPSS Clearance
9 24 (1.24%) Microsoft Certification
10 23 (1.19%) DBS Check
11 22 (1.14%) AWS Certification
12 21 (1.08%) Master's Degree
13 18 (0.93%) PMI Certification
14 14 (0.72%) ISTQB
15 13 (0.67%) Cisco Certification
15 13 (0.67%) PMP
16 8 (0.41%) TOGAF Certification
17 7 (0.36%) CCNP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 222 (11.47%) QA
2 80 (4.13%) NIST
3 60 (3.10%) Accessibility
4 53 (2.74%) Data Quality
5 48 (2.48%) ISO 22301
6 33 (1.70%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 29 (1.50%) GDPR
8 24 (1.24%) GRC
9 15 (0.77%) WCAG
10 9 (0.46%) HMG Security Policy Framework
11 7 (0.36%) PCI DSS
12 6 (0.31%) NIST 800
12 6 (0.31%) PMO
12 6 (0.31%) SOC 2
13 5 (0.26%) IFRS
13 5 (0.26%) SLA
14 4 (0.21%) ISO 9001
15 3 (0.15%) Sarbanes-Oxley
15 3 (0.15%) SEPA
15 3 (0.15%) Solvency II
System Software
1 264 (13.64%) Docker
2 64 (3.31%) Active Directory
3 33 (1.70%) VMware Infrastructure
4 20 (1.03%) Virtual Machines
5 17 (0.88%) vSphere
6 15 (0.77%) Virtual Desktop
7 9 (0.46%) Firmware
8 4 (0.21%) Slurm Workload Manager
9 3 (0.15%) Embedded Firmware
9 3 (0.15%) Hyper-V
10 2 (0.10%) iptables
10 2 (0.10%) KVM
10 2 (0.10%) VMware ESXi
11 1 (0.052%) Citrix Hypervisor
11 1 (0.052%) Oracle RAC
11 1 (0.052%) QEMU
11 1 (0.052%) Xen
Systems Management
1 384 (19.83%) Terraform
2 304 (15.70%) Kubernetes
3 96 (4.96%) Ansible
4 82 (4.24%) Grafana
5 43 (2.22%) Prometheus
6 29 (1.50%) Argo
7 20 (1.03%) Puppet
8 16 (0.83%) Microsoft Intune
9 15 (0.77%) Istio
10 9 (0.46%) Progress Chef
11 6 (0.31%) Active Directory Federation Services
11 6 (0.31%) Packer
11 6 (0.31%) Proxmox
11 6 (0.31%) ZABBIX
12 5 (0.26%) AWS Copilot
13 4 (0.21%) Kibana
14 3 (0.15%) Single Sign-On
15 2 (0.10%) HP Fortify
15 2 (0.10%) MIIS
15 2 (0.10%) Opsgenie
Vendors
1 506 (26.14%) Microsoft
2 89 (4.60%) Google
3 66 (3.41%) Salesforce
4 61 (3.15%) Oracle
5 50 (2.58%) ServiceNow
6 42 (2.17%) Databricks
7 40 (2.07%) Facebook
7 40 (2.07%) VMware
8 34 (1.76%) SAP
9 30 (1.55%) Splunk
10 29 (1.50%) Pega
11 23 (1.19%) MuleSoft
12 21 (1.08%) YouTube
13 19 (0.98%) Apple
13 19 (0.98%) OpenAI
13 19 (0.98%) Sony
14 17 (0.88%) Cisco
14 17 (0.88%) Yahoo!
15 15 (0.77%) Red Hat
16 14 (0.72%) Palo Alto
1,146 hybrid/remote DevOps jobs