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

 6 months to
22 Jun 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 19 17 21
Rank change year-on-year -2 +4 -11
Permanent jobs citing DevOps 1,638 1,921 3,010
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 8.08% 12.35% 8.67%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 9.85% 13.08% 9.77%
Number of salaries quoted 1,227 1,061 2,427
10th Percentile £45,000 £47,231 £41,250
25th Percentile £52,500 £56,250 £51,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £67,500 £70,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.57% +7.69% -7.14%
75th Percentile £83,939 £87,500 £82,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £112,500 £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 16,624 14,681 30,814
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 81.96% 94.41% 88.78%
Number of salaries quoted 12,056 8,558 23,786
10th Percentile £35,000 £29,750 £33,750
25th Percentile £45,000 £42,000 £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 £79,719 £75,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £105,000 £95,000
UK median annual salary £60,000 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year +4.35% +4.55% -9.54%

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 22 June 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 40 (2.44%) SharePoint
2 26 (1.59%) Confluence
3 23 (1.40%) Apache
4 17 (1.04%) Apache Airflow
4 17 (1.04%) Apache Spark
5 12 (0.73%) Microsoft Exchange
6 9 (0.55%) CMS
7 8 (0.49%) SharePoint Server
8 6 (0.37%) Apache Solr
8 6 (0.37%) IIS
8 6 (0.37%) WordPress
9 5 (0.31%) Jupyter
9 5 (0.31%) nginx
9 5 (0.31%) OpenStack
10 3 (0.18%) Anypoint
10 3 (0.18%) SAS
10 3 (0.18%) Umbraco
11 1 (0.061%) Headless CMS
11 1 (0.061%) JBoss
11 1 (0.061%) Red Hat Fuse
Applications
1 34 (2.08%) Microsoft Project
2 12 (0.73%) Microsoft Excel
3 6 (0.37%) Trello
4 5 (0.31%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 5 (0.31%) MS Visio
5 3 (0.18%) Blender
5 3 (0.18%) Maya
6 1 (0.061%) EngageOne
6 1 (0.061%) Notion
6 1 (0.061%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 44 (2.69%) Dynamics CRM
2 8 (0.49%) SAP ERP
3 6 (0.37%) SAP S/4HANA
4 5 (0.31%) Dynamics AX
5 4 (0.24%) Fidessa
5 4 (0.24%) Oracle EBS
6 2 (0.12%) Infor SunSystems
7 1 (0.061%) Dynamics NAV
7 1 (0.061%) Magento
7 1 (0.061%) Payment Gateway
7 1 (0.061%) SAP IBP
7 1 (0.061%) SAP MII
7 1 (0.061%) SAP PP
7 1 (0.061%) TIBCO iProcess
Cloud Services
1 887 (54.15%) Azure
2 535 (32.66%) AWS
3 486 (29.67%) Azure DevOps
4 166 (10.13%) GCP
5 161 (9.83%) Serverless
6 154 (9.40%) GitHub
7 145 (8.85%) Power Platform
8 140 (8.55%) SaaS
9 79 (4.82%) PaaS
10 77 (4.70%) Entra ID
11 74 (4.52%) Amazon S3
11 74 (4.52%) Azure AKS
12 72 (4.40%) Amazon EKS
13 68 (4.15%) GitHub Actions
14 66 (4.03%) Azure AI
15 62 (3.79%) AWS CloudFormation
16 56 (3.42%) Azure Service Bus
16 56 (3.42%) Dynamics 365
17 54 (3.30%) AWS Lambda
18 53 (3.24%) Azure Logic Apps
Communications & Networking
1 66 (4.03%) Broadband
2 50 (3.05%) Firewall
3 28 (1.71%) DNS
3 28 (1.71%) VPN
4 22 (1.34%) TCP/IP
5 14 (0.85%) DHCP
6 10 (0.61%) Internet
6 10 (0.61%) Network Security
7 6 (0.37%) BGP
7 6 (0.37%) Cisco ASA
7 6 (0.37%) LAN
7 6 (0.37%) NGFW
7 6 (0.37%) OSPF
7 6 (0.37%) WAN
8 5 (0.31%) Ethernet VPN
8 5 (0.31%) VXLAN
9 4 (0.24%) SSL
10 3 (0.18%) DSL
10 3 (0.18%) SAN
10 3 (0.18%) SCCP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 165 (10.07%) MongoDB
2 164 (10.01%) Azure SQL Database
3 105 (6.41%) SQL Server
4 79 (4.82%) NoSQL
5 77 (4.70%) PostgreSQL
6 58 (3.54%) Power BI
7 42 (2.56%) Elasticsearch
7 42 (2.56%) Relational Database
8 35 (2.14%) Metadata
9 32 (1.95%) Amazon RDS
10 30 (1.83%) MySQL
11 28 (1.71%) Data Warehouse
12 25 (1.53%) Amazon Athena
13 22 (1.34%) Data Lake
14 21 (1.28%) RDBMS
15 20 (1.22%) DynamoDB
15 20 (1.22%) Redis
16 16 (0.98%) Delta Lake
17 11 (0.67%) Amazon Redshift
18 10 (0.61%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 145 (8.85%) Git
2 116 (7.08%) GitLab
3 111 (6.78%) Jenkins
4 99 (6.04%) JIRA
5 43 (2.63%) SonarQube
6 28 (1.71%) Selenium
7 22 (1.34%) TeamCity
8 19 (1.16%) Cypress.io
8 19 (1.16%) Postman
9 18 (1.10%) Jaeger
10 14 (0.85%) Visual Studio
11 12 (0.73%) Cucumber
12 11 (0.67%) JMeter
13 10 (0.61%) Bitbucket
14 7 (0.43%) Claude Code
14 7 (0.43%) Maven
14 7 (0.43%) NUnit
14 7 (0.43%) Visual Studio Code
15 5 (0.31%) Locust
15 5 (0.31%) SpecFlow
General
1 345 (21.06%) Social Skills
2 314 (19.17%) Finance
3 166 (10.13%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 136 (8.30%) Public Sector
5 122 (7.45%) Analytical Skills
6 81 (4.95%) Law
7 68 (4.15%) Banking
8 66 (4.03%) Retail
9 65 (3.97%) Marketing
10 64 (3.91%) Games
11 48 (2.93%) Legal
12 26 (1.59%) Back Office
13 24 (1.47%) Advertising
13 24 (1.47%) Financial Institution
14 22 (1.34%) Presentation Skills
15 20 (1.22%) Manufacturing
16 15 (0.92%) Legal Technology
17 14 (0.85%) Health Technology
18 12 (0.73%) Billing
18 12 (0.73%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 356 (21.73%) Developer
2 353 (21.55%) Senior
3 265 (16.18%) DevOps Engineer
4 253 (15.45%) Lead
5 165 (10.07%) Architect
6 147 (8.97%) .NET Developer
7 143 (8.73%) Software Engineer
8 95 (5.80%) Senior DevOps
9 88 (5.37%) Cloud Engineer
10 82 (5.01%) Azure Engineer
11 76 (4.64%) Senior DevOps Engineer
12 67 (4.09%) Solutions Architect
13 63 (3.85%) Platform Engineer
14 62 (3.79%) AWS Engineer
15 58 (3.54%) Data Engineer
15 58 (3.54%) Senior Developer
16 56 (3.42%) Senior Software Engineer
17 54 (3.30%) Lead Developer
18 53 (3.24%) Consultant
19 49 (2.99%) Lead DevOps
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 329 (20.09%) .NET
2 194 (11.84%) React
3 159 (9.71%) ASP.NET
4 156 (9.52%) .NET Core
5 143 (8.73%) ASP.NET Core
6 124 (7.57%) RESTful
7 113 (6.90%) CSS
7 113 (6.90%) REST
8 111 (6.78%) Node.js
9 110 (6.72%) HTML
10 78 (4.76%) Entity Framework
11 76 (4.64%) Blazor
12 63 (3.85%) Spring
13 62 (3.79%) ML.NET
14 59 (3.60%) Spring Boot
15 56 (3.42%) AngularJS
15 56 (3.42%) SOAP
16 54 (3.30%) Lightning Web Components
17 52 (3.17%) Visualforce
18 50 (3.05%) Kafka
Miscellaneous
1 277 (16.91%) Cloud Native
2 123 (7.51%) Product Ownership
3 74 (4.52%) Enterprise Software
4 60 (3.66%) Distributed Systems
5 41 (2.50%) Mobile App
6 35 (2.14%) Greenfield Project
7 34 (2.08%) Legacy Systems
8 30 (1.83%) Public Cloud
8 30 (1.83%) Self-Motivation
9 29 (1.77%) Management Information System
10 28 (1.71%) Data Centre
11 27 (1.65%) Hybrid Cloud
12 25 (1.53%) Driving Licence
13 22 (1.34%) Onboarding
14 21 (1.28%) Low-Code
14 21 (1.28%) Podcast
15 20 (1.22%) Security Posture
16 19 (1.16%) Legacy Applications
17 16 (0.98%) Social Media
18 15 (0.92%) Cyberattack
Operating Systems
1 175 (10.68%) Linux
2 79 (4.82%) Windows
3 55 (3.36%) Unix
4 24 (1.47%) Android
5 22 (1.34%) Windows Server
6 12 (0.73%) VMS
7 9 (0.55%) Apple iOS
7 9 (0.55%) Debian
7 9 (0.55%) Ubuntu
8 8 (0.49%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 6 (0.37%) CentOS
10 3 (0.18%) Windows Server 2012
10 3 (0.18%) Windows Server 2016
10 3 (0.18%) Windows Server 2019
11 2 (0.12%) Embedded Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 878 (53.60%) CI/CD
2 742 (45.30%) Agile
3 394 (24.05%) Infrastructure as Code
4 353 (21.55%) Continuous Improvement
5 328 (20.02%) Mentoring
6 296 (18.07%) AI
7 275 (16.79%) Software Engineering
8 267 (16.30%) Full-Stack Development
9 260 (15.87%) Problem-Solving
10 255 (15.57%) Microservices
11 225 (13.74%) Containerisation
12 223 (13.61%) Scrum
13 219 (13.37%) Test Automation
14 212 (12.94%) Roadmaps
15 176 (10.74%) Technical Leadership
16 174 (10.62%) Coaching
17 167 (10.20%) Observability
18 158 (9.65%) Stakeholder Management
19 154 (9.40%) Analytics
20 152 (9.28%) Platform Engineering
Programming Languages
1 387 (23.63%) SQL
2 333 (20.33%) Python
3 321 (19.60%) C#
4 248 (15.14%) JavaScript
5 225 (13.74%) Java
6 125 (7.63%) TypeScript
7 114 (6.96%) Bash
8 97 (5.92%) PowerShell
9 63 (3.85%) Bicep
10 56 (3.42%) Apex Code
11 52 (3.17%) Go
12 36 (2.20%) SOQL
12 36 (2.20%) SOSL
13 33 (2.01%) C++
14 24 (1.47%) PHP
15 16 (0.98%) Kusto Query Language
15 16 (0.98%) T-SQL
16 13 (0.79%) Kotlin
16 13 (0.79%) Rust
17 12 (0.73%) Scala
Qualifications
1 188 (11.48%) Security Cleared
2 163 (9.95%) Degree
3 145 (8.85%) SC Cleared
4 60 (3.66%) Azure Certification
5 44 (2.69%) Computer Science Degree
6 42 (2.56%) AWS Certification
7 28 (1.71%) DV Cleared
8 26 (1.59%) Microsoft Certification
9 22 (1.34%) Master's Degree
10 19 (1.16%) CISSP
11 17 (1.04%) DBS Check
12 16 (0.98%) ISTQB
13 15 (0.92%) PMI Certification
14 13 (0.79%) Cisco Certification
15 9 (0.55%) PMP
16 8 (0.49%) PhD
16 8 (0.49%) TOGAF Certification
17 7 (0.43%) CCNP
18 6 (0.37%) CISM
18 6 (0.37%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 155 (9.46%) QA
2 53 (3.24%) Data Quality
3 46 (2.81%) Accessibility
4 29 (1.77%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 28 (1.71%) NIST
6 25 (1.53%) GDPR
7 19 (1.16%) GRC
8 13 (0.79%) WCAG
9 8 (0.49%) PCI DSS
10 7 (0.43%) SOC 2
11 5 (0.31%) IFRS
11 5 (0.31%) PMO
12 4 (0.24%) HMG Security Policy Framework
13 3 (0.18%) ISO 9001
13 3 (0.18%) Sarbanes-Oxley
13 3 (0.18%) Software Quality Assurance
13 3 (0.18%) Solvency II
14 2 (0.12%) IFRS 17
14 2 (0.12%) SEPA
14 2 (0.12%) SLA
System Software
1 262 (16.00%) Docker
2 64 (3.91%) Active Directory
3 27 (1.65%) VMware Infrastructure
4 19 (1.16%) Virtual Machines
5 15 (0.92%) vSphere
6 9 (0.55%) Virtual Desktop
7 8 (0.49%) Firmware
8 5 (0.31%) VMware ESXi
9 4 (0.24%) Slurm Workload Manager
10 3 (0.18%) Embedded Firmware
10 3 (0.18%) Microsoft Virtual Server
10 3 (0.18%) Virtual Servers
11 2 (0.12%) iptables
12 1 (0.061%) Citrix Hypervisor
12 1 (0.061%) Hyper-V
12 1 (0.061%) KVM
12 1 (0.061%) QEMU
12 1 (0.061%) VMware NSX
12 1 (0.061%) Xen
Systems Management
1 367 (22.41%) Terraform
2 310 (18.93%) Kubernetes
3 124 (7.57%) Ansible
4 78 (4.76%) Grafana
5 62 (3.79%) Prometheus
6 45 (2.75%) Argo
7 18 (1.10%) Kustomize
7 18 (1.10%) Puppet
8 15 (0.92%) Microsoft Intune
9 12 (0.73%) Istio
10 10 (0.61%) Proxmox
11 9 (0.55%) Packer
12 8 (0.49%) Progress Chef
13 7 (0.43%) Active Directory Federation Services
14 6 (0.37%) ZABBIX
15 5 (0.31%) AWS Copilot
15 5 (0.31%) Kibana
15 5 (0.31%) vCenter Server
16 3 (0.18%) SCCM
16 3 (0.18%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 433 (26.43%) Microsoft
2 90 (5.49%) Google
3 80 (4.88%) Salesforce
4 44 (2.69%) Oracle
4 44 (2.69%) ServiceNow
5 42 (2.56%) Splunk
5 42 (2.56%) VMware
6 37 (2.26%) Databricks
6 37 (2.26%) SAP
7 30 (1.83%) Facebook
8 21 (1.28%) MuleSoft
9 17 (1.04%) Cisco
10 15 (0.92%) Apple
10 15 (0.92%) Palo Alto
10 15 (0.92%) YouTube
11 14 (0.85%) OpenAI
12 13 (0.79%) Pega
12 13 (0.79%) Sony
12 13 (0.79%) Yahoo!
13 12 (0.73%) Red Hat
592 hybrid/remote DevOps jobs