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 13 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

 6 months to
13 Nov 2025		 Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 22 15 10
Rank change year-on-year -7 -5 +2
Permanent jobs citing DevOps 1,304 2,231 3,206
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 8.31% 11.28% 14.83%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 9.03% 12.74% 15.61%
Number of salaries quoted 951 1,483 2,693
10th Percentile £43,750 £42,500 £45,000
25th Percentile £55,375 £53,000 £53,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £67,500 £67,500
Median % change year-on-year +3.70% - -3.57%
75th Percentile £83,750 £85,000 £85,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £101,000 £102,500
UK median annual salary £70,000 £69,308 £70,000
% change year-on-year +1.00% -0.99% -

All Process and 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 14,440 17,513 20,538
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 92.05% 88.55% 95.00%
Number of salaries quoted 8,780 10,412 16,602
10th Percentile £29,250 £36,250 £36,750
25th Percentile £40,000 £46,250 £46,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £62,500 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -8.00% - -
75th Percentile £77,500 £81,250 £80,500
90th Percentile £98,000 £100,000 £97,500
UK median annual salary £54,537 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -9.11% - -

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 13 November 2025.

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 39 (2.99%) Confluence
2 28 (2.15%) SharePoint
3 21 (1.61%) Microsoft Exchange
4 16 (1.23%) IIS
5 10 (0.77%) Oracle SOA Suite
6 8 (0.61%) Apache Airflow
7 7 (0.54%) Apache
7 7 (0.54%) Apache Spark
7 7 (0.54%) nginx
8 5 (0.38%) CMS
9 2 (0.15%) BizTalk Server
10 1 (0.077%) Apache Solr
10 1 (0.077%) ArcGIS
10 1 (0.077%) MetaMask
10 1 (0.077%) OpenStack
10 1 (0.077%) Oracle Workflow
10 1 (0.077%) Tomcat
10 1 (0.077%) WebLogic
Applications
1 35 (2.68%) Microsoft Excel
2 14 (1.07%) Microsoft Office
3 9 (0.69%) Microsoft Project
4 8 (0.61%) MS Visio
5 2 (0.15%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 2 (0.15%) Spreadsheet
6 1 (0.077%) PlantUML
Business Applications
1 25 (1.92%) Oracle ERP
2 21 (1.61%) Dynamics CRM
3 12 (0.92%) Dynamics NAV
4 8 (0.61%) Shopify
5 2 (0.15%) Markit EDM
5 2 (0.15%) Salesforce CRM
5 2 (0.15%) SAP S/4HANA
6 1 (0.077%) Aladdin
6 1 (0.077%) Integrated Workplace Management System
6 1 (0.077%) NEC Housing
6 1 (0.077%) NetSuite
6 1 (0.077%) Payment Gateway
6 1 (0.077%) Primavera
6 1 (0.077%) SAP ERP
6 1 (0.077%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 870 (66.72%) Azure
2 474 (36.35%) Azure DevOps
3 440 (33.74%) AWS
4 272 (20.86%) GitHub
5 151 (11.58%) GCP
6 143 (10.97%) SaaS
7 133 (10.20%) Power Platform
8 126 (9.66%) GitHub Actions
9 110 (8.44%) Serverless
10 80 (6.13%) Entra ID
11 78 (5.98%) AWS CloudFormation
12 72 (5.52%) Dynamics 365
13 68 (5.21%) Microsoft 365
14 61 (4.68%) PaaS
15 58 (4.45%) Amazon CloudWatch
16 55 (4.22%) AWS Lambda
17 54 (4.14%) Azure Monitor
17 54 (4.14%) Snowflake
18 52 (3.99%) Amazon EKS
18 52 (3.99%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 45 (3.45%) Firewall
2 40 (3.07%) VPN
3 32 (2.45%) DNS
4 28 (2.15%) WAN
5 25 (1.92%) LAN
6 22 (1.69%) Broadband
6 22 (1.69%) TCP/IP
7 19 (1.46%) Network Security
8 18 (1.38%) DHCP
9 13 (1.00%) Wi-Fi
10 12 (0.92%) VoIP
11 11 (0.84%) SD-WAN
12 10 (0.77%) SAN
12 10 (0.77%) VLAN
13 7 (0.54%) BGP
13 7 (0.54%) Internet
13 7 (0.54%) Unified Communications
14 6 (0.46%) Fibre Channel
15 5 (0.38%) DMZ
15 5 (0.38%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 143 (10.97%) SQL Server
2 83 (6.37%) Data Warehouse
3 70 (5.37%) Power BI
4 67 (5.14%) PostgreSQL
5 61 (4.68%) NoSQL
6 41 (3.14%) Tableau
7 40 (3.07%) Azure SQL Database
8 39 (2.99%) Relational Database
9 36 (2.76%) MongoDB
10 33 (2.53%) MySQL
11 28 (2.15%) Amazon RDS
12 27 (2.07%) Elasticsearch
13 24 (1.84%) Data Lake
14 23 (1.76%) DynamoDB
15 19 (1.46%) Metadata
16 15 (1.15%) Redis
16 15 (1.15%) SQL Server Integration Services
17 12 (0.92%) Amazon Redshift
17 12 (0.92%) Snowflake Schema
18 11 (0.84%) BigQuery
Development Applications
1 160 (12.27%) Git
2 120 (9.20%) Jenkins
3 97 (7.44%) JIRA
4 77 (5.90%) GitLab
5 35 (2.68%) SonarQube
6 23 (1.76%) Oracle Forms
7 21 (1.61%) Selenium
8 16 (1.23%) Cypress.io
9 15 (1.15%) TeamCity
10 14 (1.07%) Octopus Deploy
11 12 (0.92%) JUnit
11 12 (0.92%) Team Foundation Server
12 11 (0.84%) Visual Studio
13 10 (0.77%) Cucumber
13 10 (0.77%) git-flow
13 10 (0.77%) Postman
14 9 (0.69%) Bitbucket
14 9 (0.69%) JMeter
14 9 (0.69%) MSBuild
14 9 (0.69%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 375 (28.76%) Social Skills
2 360 (27.61%) Finance
3 113 (8.67%) Analytical Skills
4 103 (7.90%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 81 (6.21%) Marketing
6 70 (5.37%) Public Sector
7 69 (5.29%) Retail
8 68 (5.21%) Law
9 33 (2.53%) Back Office
10 32 (2.45%) Banking
11 31 (2.38%) Telecoms
12 26 (1.99%) Documentation Skills
12 26 (1.99%) Games
13 23 (1.76%) Front Office
14 20 (1.53%) Legal
15 19 (1.46%) Presentation Skills
16 14 (1.07%) Pharmaceutical
17 13 (1.00%) Financial Institution
17 13 (1.00%) Manufacturing
18 10 (0.77%) Tech for Good
Job Titles
1 294 (22.55%) Senior
2 242 (18.56%) Developer
3 150 (11.50%) DevOps Engineer
4 136 (10.43%) Lead
5 106 (8.13%) Architect
6 104 (7.98%) Cloud Engineer
7 98 (7.52%) Software Engineer
8 82 (6.29%) Senior Developer
9 72 (5.52%) Azure Engineer
10 60 (4.60%) Analyst
11 55 (4.22%) Infrastructure Engineer
12 53 (4.06%) .NET Developer
12 53 (4.06%) Platform Engineer
13 48 (3.68%) Data Engineer
14 46 (3.53%) Applications Engineer
14 46 (3.53%) Senior DevOps
15 40 (3.07%) Solutions Architect
16 37 (2.84%) Full-Stack Developer
17 36 (2.76%) Consultant
18 35 (2.68%) AWS DevOps
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 264 (20.25%) .NET
2 161 (12.35%) React
3 98 (7.52%) RESTful
4 93 (7.13%) REST
5 70 (5.37%) CSS
6 68 (5.21%) HTML
7 67 (5.14%) .NET Framework
8 63 (4.83%) Node.js
9 56 (4.29%) AngularJS
10 54 (4.14%) Spring Boot
11 52 (3.99%) Spring
12 51 (3.91%) JSON
13 48 (3.68%) SOAP
14 45 (3.45%) .NET Core
14 45 (3.45%) Kafka
14 45 (3.45%) XML
15 42 (3.22%) ASP.NET
16 36 (2.76%) Entity Framework
16 36 (2.76%) YAML
17 34 (2.61%) OAuth
Miscellaneous
1 229 (17.56%) Cloud Native
2 114 (8.74%) Product Ownership
3 61 (4.68%) Management Information System
4 47 (3.60%) Distributed Systems
5 43 (3.30%) Enterprise Software
6 35 (2.68%) Onboarding
7 29 (2.22%) Analytical Mindset
7 29 (2.22%) Legacy Systems
8 24 (1.84%) Public Cloud
9 23 (1.76%) IoT
10 21 (1.61%) Data Centre
11 19 (1.46%) Low-Code
12 18 (1.38%) Mobile App
12 18 (1.38%) Self-Motivation
13 14 (1.07%) NHS
14 12 (0.92%) AI Agents
14 12 (0.92%) Security Posture
15 10 (0.77%) Data Structures
16 9 (0.69%) Driving Licence
16 9 (0.69%) Hybrid Cloud
Operating Systems
1 136 (10.43%) Linux
2 116 (8.90%) Windows
3 37 (2.84%) Windows Server
4 30 (2.30%) Unix
5 15 (1.15%) VMS
6 13 (1.00%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 11 (0.84%) Android
7 11 (0.84%) Windows Server 2019
8 10 (0.77%) Windows Server 2012
9 8 (0.61%) CentOS
9 8 (0.61%) Debian
9 8 (0.61%) Ubuntu
10 6 (0.46%) Apple iOS
11 1 (0.077%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 716 (54.91%) CI/CD
2 614 (47.09%) Agile
3 342 (26.23%) Infrastructure as Code
4 298 (22.85%) Continuous Improvement
4 298 (22.85%) Problem-Solving
5 253 (19.40%) Mentoring
6 216 (16.56%) AI
7 214 (16.41%) Microservices
8 200 (15.34%) Test Automation
9 199 (15.26%) Software Engineering
10 180 (13.80%) Containerisation
11 166 (12.73%) Coaching
12 161 (12.35%) Analytics
13 149 (11.43%) Roadmaps
14 148 (11.35%) Scrum
15 141 (10.81%) Observability
16 131 (10.05%) Asset Management
17 127 (9.74%) Computer Science
18 120 (9.20%) Clean Code
19 113 (8.67%) Migration
Programming Languages
1 397 (30.44%) Python
2 349 (26.76%) SQL
3 247 (18.94%) C#
4 160 (12.27%) JavaScript
5 158 (12.12%) PowerShell
6 153 (11.73%) Java
7 124 (9.51%) Bash
8 116 (8.90%) TypeScript
9 66 (5.06%) Bicep
10 38 (2.91%) Go
11 36 (2.76%) Apex Code
12 29 (2.22%) PL/SQL
13 26 (1.99%) T-SQL
14 24 (1.84%) Shell Script
15 18 (1.38%) PHP
16 17 (1.30%) SOQL
17 15 (1.15%) C
17 15 (1.15%) Scala
17 15 (1.15%) SOSL
18 13 (1.00%) Perl
Qualifications
1 175 (13.42%) Degree
2 119 (9.13%) Security Cleared
3 102 (7.82%) SC Cleared
4 94 (7.21%) Computer Science Degree
5 77 (5.90%) Azure Certification
6 52 (3.99%) AWS Certification
7 37 (2.84%) Master's Degree
8 32 (2.45%) Microsoft Certification
9 22 (1.69%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
10 21 (1.61%) Cisco Certification
11 15 (1.15%) CCNP
11 15 (1.15%) CISSP
11 15 (1.15%) DV Cleared
11 15 (1.15%) ISTQB
12 14 (1.07%) PMP
13 13 (1.00%) PMI Certification
14 8 (0.61%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
15 7 (0.54%) ACCA
15 7 (0.54%) CIMA
15 7 (0.54%) DBS Check
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 138 (10.58%) QA
2 70 (5.37%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 66 (5.06%) GDPR
4 36 (2.76%) NIST
5 33 (2.53%) Accessibility
6 31 (2.38%) Data Quality
7 17 (1.30%) ISO 9001
7 17 (1.30%) Sarbanes-Oxley
8 16 (1.23%) HIPAA
9 11 (0.84%) NCSC
10 10 (0.77%) PMO
11 9 (0.69%) Cyber Essentials
11 9 (0.69%) PCI DSS
11 9 (0.69%) SLA
11 9 (0.69%) SOC 2
12 6 (0.46%) WCAG
13 4 (0.31%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
14 3 (0.23%) Software Quality Assurance
15 2 (0.15%) GRC
16 1 (0.077%) Def Stans
System Software
1 261 (20.02%) Docker
2 74 (5.67%) Active Directory
3 27 (2.07%) Virtual Machines
4 23 (1.76%) VMware Infrastructure
5 20 (1.53%) vSphere
6 16 (1.23%) Virtual Desktop
7 11 (0.84%) VMware ESXi
8 6 (0.46%) NFS
9 5 (0.38%) Firmware
9 5 (0.38%) Kamailio
9 5 (0.38%) VMware NSX
10 4 (0.31%) Postfix
11 3 (0.23%) Hyper-V
11 3 (0.23%) Virtual Servers
12 1 (0.077%) Dovecot
12 1 (0.077%) HDFS
12 1 (0.077%) vCloud
Systems Management
1 354 (27.15%) Terraform
2 302 (23.16%) Kubernetes
3 132 (10.12%) Ansible
4 87 (6.67%) Grafana
5 64 (4.91%) Prometheus
6 30 (2.30%) Single Sign-On
7 24 (1.84%) Microsoft Intune
8 21 (1.61%) Argo
9 12 (0.92%) Red Hat Satellite
10 11 (0.84%) vCenter Server
11 10 (0.77%) SCCM
12 8 (0.61%) Kibana
13 4 (0.31%) Progress Chef
14 3 (0.23%) Dell DRAC
14 3 (0.23%) Puppet
15 2 (0.15%) Docker Swarm
15 2 (0.15%) HP Fortify
15 2 (0.15%) Kubeflow
15 2 (0.15%) Kustomize
15 2 (0.15%) SCOM
Vendors
1 318 (24.39%) Microsoft
2 65 (4.98%) Oracle
3 57 (4.37%) Salesforce
4 46 (3.53%) Databricks
5 42 (3.22%) Google
6 38 (2.91%) VMware
7 33 (2.53%) Cisco
8 32 (2.45%) Red Hat
9 28 (2.15%) Splunk
10 19 (1.46%) SolarWinds
11 16 (1.23%) Veeam
12 15 (1.15%) Okta
13 13 (1.00%) ServiceNow
14 12 (0.92%) 3PAR
15 10 (0.77%) Dynatrace
15 10 (0.77%) NetApp
16 9 (0.69%) Guidewire
16 9 (0.69%) IBM
16 9 (0.69%) MuleSoft
16 9 (0.69%) SAP
1,562 hybrid/remote DevOps jobs