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

 6 months to
20 Jul 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 18 17 21
Rank change year-on-year -1 +4 -11
Permanent jobs citing DevOps 1,828 1,928 2,583
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 8.49% 11.67% 8.58%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 10.27% 12.51% 9.69%
Number of salaries quoted 1,343 1,058 2,090
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 £85,000 £85,000 £83,594
90th Percentile £100,000 £106,250 £97,500
UK median annual salary £70,000 £70,000 £65,465
% change year-on-year - +6.93% -6.48%

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 17,794 15,412 26,661
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 82.66% 93.25% 88.60%
Number of salaries quoted 12,991 9,129 20,081
10th Percentile £35,000 £29,900 £34,000
25th Percentile £44,972 £41,250 £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 £78,750 £76,250
90th Percentile £100,000 £102,500 £95,000
UK median annual salary £60,000 £56,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year +6.19% +2.73% -8.79%

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 20 July 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 44 (2.41%) SharePoint
2 27 (1.48%) Confluence
3 23 (1.26%) Apache
4 18 (0.98%) Apache Spark
5 14 (0.77%) Apache Airflow
5 14 (0.77%) Microsoft Exchange
6 9 (0.49%) IIS
7 8 (0.44%) CMS
7 8 (0.44%) nginx
7 8 (0.44%) SharePoint Server
8 6 (0.33%) Apache Solr
8 6 (0.33%) OpenStack
8 6 (0.33%) SAS
8 6 (0.33%) WordPress
9 5 (0.27%) Anypoint
9 5 (0.27%) Jupyter
10 3 (0.16%) Umbraco
11 2 (0.11%) BizTalk Server
12 1 (0.055%) JBoss
12 1 (0.055%) Sitecore CMS
Applications
1 39 (2.13%) Microsoft Project
2 13 (0.71%) Microsoft Excel
3 11 (0.60%) Trello
4 7 (0.38%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 7 (0.38%) MS Visio
5 3 (0.16%) Blender
5 3 (0.16%) Maya
5 3 (0.16%) Microsoft Office
6 1 (0.055%) Lightworks
6 1 (0.055%) Notion
Business Applications
1 47 (2.57%) Dynamics CRM
2 6 (0.33%) SAP S/4HANA
3 5 (0.27%) Fidessa
4 4 (0.22%) Dynamics AX
4 4 (0.22%) Oracle EBS
5 3 (0.16%) Carpe Diem
5 3 (0.16%) Elite 3E
6 2 (0.11%) Infor SunSystems
7 1 (0.055%) Dynamics GP
7 1 (0.055%) Dynamics NAV
7 1 (0.055%) JDE EnterpriseOne
7 1 (0.055%) Magento
7 1 (0.055%) Oracle ERP
7 1 (0.055%) Payment Gateway
7 1 (0.055%) SAP ERP
7 1 (0.055%) SAP IBP
7 1 (0.055%) SAP MII
7 1 (0.055%) SAP PP
Cloud Services
1 1,010 (55.25%) Azure
2 593 (32.44%) AWS
3 546 (29.87%) Azure DevOps
4 230 (12.58%) SaaS
5 176 (9.63%) GCP
6 153 (8.37%) Serverless
7 146 (7.99%) GitHub
8 144 (7.88%) Power Platform
9 95 (5.20%) PaaS
10 86 (4.70%) Azure AI
11 76 (4.16%) Azure AKS
12 74 (4.05%) Entra ID
13 70 (3.83%) Amazon EKS
13 70 (3.83%) GitHub Actions
14 65 (3.56%) Azure Service Bus
15 62 (3.39%) Amazon S3
16 58 (3.17%) AWS CloudFormation
16 58 (3.17%) Dynamics 365
17 57 (3.12%) Azure Cosmos DB
17 57 (3.12%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 54 (2.95%) Broadband
2 44 (2.41%) Firewall
3 40 (2.19%) VPN
4 29 (1.59%) DNS
4 29 (1.59%) TCP/IP
5 13 (0.71%) Internet
6 12 (0.66%) DHCP
7 8 (0.44%) Network Security
8 6 (0.33%) BGP
8 6 (0.33%) Cisco ASA
8 6 (0.33%) LAN
8 6 (0.33%) NGFW
8 6 (0.33%) OSPF
8 6 (0.33%) WAN
9 5 (0.27%) Ethernet VPN
9 5 (0.27%) VXLAN
10 4 (0.22%) SSH
10 4 (0.22%) SSL
11 3 (0.16%) HTTP
11 3 (0.16%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 203 (11.11%) Azure SQL Database
2 199 (10.89%) MongoDB
3 121 (6.62%) SQL Server
4 85 (4.65%) PostgreSQL
5 58 (3.17%) Power BI
6 57 (3.12%) NoSQL
7 47 (2.57%) Elasticsearch
8 34 (1.86%) Relational Database
9 33 (1.81%) MySQL
10 28 (1.53%) Amazon RDS
11 27 (1.48%) Data Warehouse
12 24 (1.31%) Metadata
13 21 (1.15%) Redis
14 19 (1.04%) Data Lake
15 18 (0.98%) Amazon Athena
15 18 (0.98%) SQL Server Integration Services
16 17 (0.93%) DynamoDB
17 13 (0.71%) Delta Lake
18 11 (0.60%) NonStop SQL
19 9 (0.49%) Spark SQL
Development Applications
1 140 (7.66%) Git
2 114 (6.24%) Jenkins
3 111 (6.07%) GitLab
4 108 (5.91%) JIRA
5 42 (2.30%) SonarQube
6 27 (1.48%) Selenium
7 26 (1.42%) TeamCity
8 18 (0.98%) Cypress.io
9 17 (0.93%) Postman
10 12 (0.66%) JMeter
11 11 (0.60%) Cucumber
11 11 (0.60%) Visual Studio
12 9 (0.49%) Bitbucket
13 8 (0.44%) Claude Code
13 8 (0.44%) Maven
13 8 (0.44%) Visual Studio Code
14 7 (0.38%) NUnit
15 6 (0.33%) Octopus Deploy
16 5 (0.27%) Jaeger
16 5 (0.27%) Locust
General
1 404 (22.10%) Social Skills
2 327 (17.89%) Finance
3 162 (8.86%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 148 (8.10%) Public Sector
5 144 (7.88%) Law
6 115 (6.29%) Analytical Skills
7 93 (5.09%) Legal
8 73 (3.99%) Banking
9 71 (3.88%) Marketing
10 66 (3.61%) Retail
11 64 (3.50%) Games
12 30 (1.64%) Advertising
12 30 (1.64%) Back Office
13 26 (1.42%) Financial Institution
14 22 (1.20%) Presentation Skills
15 21 (1.15%) Manufacturing
16 15 (0.82%) Legal Technology
17 13 (0.71%) Influencing Skills
18 12 (0.66%) Telecoms
19 11 (0.60%) Documentation Skills
Job Titles
1 421 (23.03%) Senior
2 383 (20.95%) Developer
3 315 (17.23%) DevOps Engineer
4 246 (13.46%) Lead
5 185 (10.12%) .NET Developer
6 169 (9.25%) Architect
7 143 (7.82%) Software Engineer
8 108 (5.91%) Senior DevOps
9 92 (5.03%) Senior DevOps Engineer
10 91 (4.98%) Azure Engineer
11 85 (4.65%) Cloud Engineer
12 79 (4.32%) IT Manager
13 69 (3.77%) Solutions Architect
14 68 (3.72%) Platform Engineer
15 62 (3.39%) Senior Developer
16 60 (3.28%) Consultant
17 57 (3.12%) Senior Manager
18 56 (3.06%) AWS Engineer
19 54 (2.95%) Data Engineer
20 53 (2.90%) Senior Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 368 (20.13%) .NET
2 204 (11.16%) React
3 198 (10.83%) ASP.NET
4 185 (10.12%) .NET Core
5 180 (9.85%) ASP.NET Core
6 143 (7.82%) RESTful
7 126 (6.89%) REST
8 124 (6.78%) CSS
9 122 (6.67%) HTML
10 111 (6.07%) Node.js
11 100 (5.47%) Blazor
12 98 (5.36%) Entity Framework
13 81 (4.43%) ML.NET
14 71 (3.88%) Middleware
15 55 (3.01%) Spring
15 55 (3.01%) Spring Boot
16 54 (2.95%) Lightning Web Components
16 54 (2.95%) SOAP
17 53 (2.90%) Kafka
18 52 (2.84%) AngularJS
Miscellaneous
1 296 (16.19%) Cloud Native
2 133 (7.28%) Product Ownership
3 85 (4.65%) Enterprise Software
4 72 (3.94%) Distributed Systems
5 49 (2.68%) Greenfield Project
5 49 (2.68%) Virtual Team
6 46 (2.52%) Cyber Threat
7 40 (2.19%) Management Information System
8 36 (1.97%) Mobile App
9 35 (1.91%) Legacy Systems
10 29 (1.59%) Self-Motivation
11 28 (1.53%) Data Centre
12 27 (1.48%) Hybrid Cloud
12 27 (1.48%) Public Cloud
13 25 (1.37%) Driving Licence
13 25 (1.37%) Onboarding
13 25 (1.37%) Podcast
14 22 (1.20%) Social Media
15 19 (1.04%) Security Posture
16 18 (0.98%) Legacy Applications
Operating Systems
1 174 (9.52%) Linux
2 97 (5.31%) Windows
3 58 (3.17%) Unix
4 21 (1.15%) Android
5 19 (1.04%) Windows Server
6 16 (0.88%) VMS
7 8 (0.44%) Debian
7 8 (0.44%) Ubuntu
8 6 (0.33%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 5 (0.27%) CentOS
10 3 (0.16%) Apple iOS
10 3 (0.16%) Windows Server 2016
11 2 (0.11%) Embedded Linux
12 1 (0.055%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 920 (50.33%) CI/CD
2 838 (45.84%) Agile
3 426 (23.30%) Continuous Improvement
4 400 (21.88%) Infrastructure as Code
5 383 (20.95%) Mentoring
6 338 (18.49%) AI
7 336 (18.38%) Software Engineering
8 317 (17.34%) Test Automation
9 299 (16.36%) Full-Stack Development
10 291 (15.92%) Problem-Solving
11 267 (14.61%) Microservices
12 250 (13.68%) Scrum
13 220 (12.04%) Roadmaps
14 212 (11.60%) Containerisation
15 211 (11.54%) Stakeholder Engagement
16 191 (10.45%) Technical Leadership
17 187 (10.23%) Coaching
18 182 (9.96%) Observability
18 182 (9.96%) Stakeholder Management
19 168 (9.19%) Platform Engineering
Programming Languages
1 416 (22.76%) SQL
2 408 (22.32%) C#
3 368 (20.13%) Python
4 301 (16.47%) JavaScript
5 209 (11.43%) Java
6 158 (8.64%) TypeScript
7 152 (8.32%) PowerShell
8 107 (5.85%) Bash
9 74 (4.05%) Bicep
10 56 (3.06%) Apex Code
11 36 (1.97%) Go
12 35 (1.91%) SOQL
12 35 (1.91%) SOSL
13 31 (1.70%) C++
14 25 (1.37%) PHP
15 20 (1.09%) Kusto Query Language
16 17 (0.93%) T-SQL
17 13 (0.71%) Ruby
18 12 (0.66%) Groovy
19 10 (0.55%) Data Analysis Expressions
Qualifications
1 194 (10.61%) Security Cleared
2 160 (8.75%) Degree
3 154 (8.42%) SC Cleared
4 67 (3.67%) CISSP
5 63 (3.45%) Azure Certification
6 54 (2.95%) CISM
6 54 (2.95%) ITIL Certification
7 44 (2.41%) Computer Science Degree
8 25 (1.37%) DV Cleared
8 25 (1.37%) Master's Degree
9 24 (1.31%) AWS Certification
10 23 (1.26%) Microsoft Certification
11 20 (1.09%) DBS Check
12 18 (0.98%) PMI Certification
13 14 (0.77%) ISTQB
14 13 (0.71%) Cisco Certification
14 13 (0.71%) PMP
15 8 (0.44%) TOGAF Certification
16 7 (0.38%) BPSS Clearance
16 7 (0.38%) CCNP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 198 (10.83%) QA
2 77 (4.21%) NIST
3 45 (2.46%) Data Quality
4 44 (2.41%) Accessibility
4 44 (2.41%) ISO 22301
5 35 (1.91%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 31 (1.70%) GDPR
7 23 (1.26%) GRC
8 15 (0.82%) WCAG
9 9 (0.49%) PCI DSS
10 8 (0.44%) HMG Security Policy Framework
11 7 (0.38%) SOC 2
12 6 (0.33%) NIST 800
12 6 (0.33%) PMO
13 5 (0.27%) IFRS
14 4 (0.22%) ISO 9001
15 3 (0.16%) Sarbanes-Oxley
15 3 (0.16%) SEPA
15 3 (0.16%) SLA
15 3 (0.16%) Solvency II
System Software
1 255 (13.95%) Docker
2 64 (3.50%) Active Directory
3 31 (1.70%) VMware Infrastructure
4 20 (1.09%) Virtual Machines
5 18 (0.98%) vSphere
6 13 (0.71%) Virtual Desktop
7 8 (0.44%) Firmware
8 4 (0.22%) Slurm Workload Manager
9 3 (0.16%) Embedded Firmware
10 2 (0.11%) Hyper-V
10 2 (0.11%) iptables
10 2 (0.11%) KVM
10 2 (0.11%) VMware ESXi
11 1 (0.055%) Citrix Hypervisor
11 1 (0.055%) Microsoft Virtual Server
11 1 (0.055%) QEMU
11 1 (0.055%) Virtual Servers
11 1 (0.055%) Xen
Systems Management
1 365 (19.97%) Terraform
2 308 (16.85%) Kubernetes
3 99 (5.42%) Ansible
4 81 (4.43%) Grafana
5 49 (2.68%) Prometheus
6 34 (1.86%) Argo
7 21 (1.15%) Puppet
8 13 (0.71%) Istio
8 13 (0.71%) Microsoft Intune
9 9 (0.49%) Progress Chef
9 9 (0.49%) Proxmox
10 7 (0.38%) Active Directory Federation Services
10 7 (0.38%) Packer
11 6 (0.33%) ZABBIX
12 5 (0.27%) AWS Copilot
12 5 (0.27%) Kibana
12 5 (0.27%) Kustomize
13 3 (0.16%) Nagios
13 3 (0.16%) Single Sign-On
14 2 (0.11%) MIIS
Vendors
1 485 (26.53%) Microsoft
2 83 (4.54%) Google
3 77 (4.21%) Salesforce
4 53 (2.90%) Oracle
5 50 (2.74%) ServiceNow
6 42 (2.30%) VMware
7 40 (2.19%) Facebook
7 40 (2.19%) Splunk
8 34 (1.86%) Databricks
9 33 (1.81%) SAP
10 29 (1.59%) Pega
11 24 (1.31%) MuleSoft
12 21 (1.15%) YouTube
13 19 (1.04%) Apple
14 17 (0.93%) Cisco
14 17 (0.93%) Sony
14 17 (0.93%) Yahoo!
15 15 (0.82%) OpenAI
15 15 (0.82%) Palo Alto
16 13 (0.71%) Red Hat
574 hybrid/remote DevOps jobs