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

 6 months to
4 Sep 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 19 17 19
Rank change year-on-year -2 +2 -9
Permanent jobs citing DevOps 1,908 1,698 2,294
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 8.16% 10.58% 9.68%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 9.97% 11.38% 11.07%
Number of salaries quoted 1,360 924 1,665
10th Percentile £45,000 £47,231 £42,500
25th Percentile £52,500 £56,250 £52,607
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £69,306 £70,000 £67,500
Median % change year-on-year -0.99% +3.70% -3.57%
75th Percentile £87,500 £83,750 £85,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £100,000 £101,250
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 19,138 14,917 20,728
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 81.87% 92.96% 87.48%
Number of salaries quoted 13,805 8,582 13,608
10th Percentile £35,000 £29,750 £35,000
25th Percentile £44,972 £40,266 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year - - -4.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 £78,750 £80,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £100,000 £100,000
UK median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year +9.09% -4.35% -4.17%

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 4 September 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 52 (2.73%) SharePoint
2 30 (1.57%) Confluence
3 27 (1.42%) Apache
4 24 (1.26%) Apache Spark
5 13 (0.68%) Microsoft Exchange
6 11 (0.58%) Apache Airflow
7 9 (0.47%) IIS
8 8 (0.42%) CMS
8 8 (0.42%) nginx
8 8 (0.42%) SharePoint Server
9 7 (0.37%) Jupyter
10 6 (0.31%) Anypoint
10 6 (0.31%) OpenStack
10 6 (0.31%) SAS
10 6 (0.31%) WordPress
11 5 (0.26%) Apache Solr
12 3 (0.16%) BizTalk Server
12 3 (0.16%) Umbraco
13 1 (0.052%) Oracle HTTP Server
13 1 (0.052%) Tomcat
Applications
1 41 (2.15%) Microsoft Project
2 17 (0.89%) Microsoft Excel
3 12 (0.63%) Trello
4 9 (0.47%) Chatbot
4 9 (0.47%) MS Visio
5 7 (0.37%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 6 (0.31%) Microsoft Office
7 3 (0.16%) Blender
7 3 (0.16%) 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 (2.31%) Dynamics CRM
2 5 (0.26%) Fidessa
2 5 (0.26%) SAP S/4HANA
3 4 (0.21%) Elite 3E
3 4 (0.21%) Oracle ERP
4 3 (0.16%) Carpe Diem
4 3 (0.16%) Oracle EBS
5 2 (0.10%) Infor SunSystems
5 2 (0.10%) JDE EnterpriseOne
5 2 (0.10%) Sage 200
6 1 (0.052%) Dynamics AX
6 1 (0.052%) Dynamics GP
6 1 (0.052%) Dynamics NAV
6 1 (0.052%) Magento
6 1 (0.052%) SAP ERP
Cloud Services
1 1,064 (55.77%) Azure
2 594 (31.13%) AWS
3 591 (30.97%) Azure DevOps
4 255 (13.36%) SaaS
5 192 (10.06%) GCP
6 166 (8.70%) Power Platform
7 138 (7.23%) GitHub
8 135 (7.08%) Serverless
9 92 (4.82%) Azure AI
10 81 (4.25%) PaaS
11 74 (3.88%) Azure Cosmos DB
12 73 (3.83%) Dynamics 365
13 71 (3.72%) AWS CloudFormation
14 70 (3.67%) Azure AKS
15 68 (3.56%) Entra ID
15 68 (3.56%) PowerApps
16 67 (3.51%) Amazon EKS
16 67 (3.51%) Azure Service Bus
17 66 (3.46%) GitHub Actions
17 66 (3.46%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 36 (1.89%) VPN
2 33 (1.73%) TCP/IP
3 29 (1.52%) Firewall
4 28 (1.47%) Broadband
4 28 (1.47%) DNS
5 13 (0.68%) Internet
6 9 (0.47%) Network Security
7 7 (0.37%) BGP
7 7 (0.37%) DHCP
8 6 (0.31%) OSPF
8 6 (0.31%) WAN
9 5 (0.26%) Ethernet VPN
9 5 (0.26%) NGFW
9 5 (0.26%) VXLAN
10 4 (0.21%) HTTP
10 4 (0.21%) SSH
11 3 (0.16%) 3GPP
11 3 (0.16%) LAN
11 3 (0.16%) SSL
11 3 (0.16%) TETRA
Database & Business Intelligence
1 219 (11.48%) Azure SQL Database
2 212 (11.11%) MongoDB
3 159 (8.33%) SQL Server
4 82 (4.30%) Power BI
5 81 (4.25%) PostgreSQL
6 57 (2.99%) NoSQL
7 51 (2.67%) Data Warehouse
8 50 (2.62%) Elasticsearch
9 42 (2.20%) MySQL
10 38 (1.99%) Metadata
11 36 (1.89%) Relational Database
12 28 (1.47%) Data Lake
13 27 (1.42%) DynamoDB
14 24 (1.26%) SQL Server Integration Services
15 18 (0.94%) Amazon RDS
15 18 (0.94%) Redis
16 16 (0.84%) Amazon Athena
16 16 (0.84%) Delta Lake
16 16 (0.84%) Star Schema
17 11 (0.58%) NonStop SQL
Development Applications
1 170 (8.91%) Git
2 122 (6.39%) JIRA
3 92 (4.82%) GitLab
4 88 (4.61%) Jenkins
5 36 (1.89%) TeamCity
6 27 (1.42%) Selenium
7 24 (1.26%) SonarQube
8 20 (1.05%) Cypress.io
9 17 (0.89%) Postman
10 11 (0.58%) Bitbucket
10 11 (0.58%) NUnit
11 10 (0.52%) Visual Studio Code
12 8 (0.42%) Cucumber
12 8 (0.42%) JMeter
12 8 (0.42%) Visual Studio
13 7 (0.37%) Claude Code
14 6 (0.31%) Atlassian Bamboo
14 6 (0.31%) JUnit
14 6 (0.31%) Maven
14 6 (0.31%) Octopus Deploy
General
1 456 (23.90%) Social Skills
2 348 (18.24%) Finance
3 175 (9.17%) Public Sector
4 146 (7.65%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 145 (7.60%) Law
6 114 (5.97%) Legal
7 112 (5.87%) Analytical Skills
8 77 (4.04%) Banking
9 64 (3.35%) Retail
10 49 (2.57%) Marketing
11 39 (2.04%) Games
12 34 (1.78%) Back Office
13 31 (1.62%) Financial Institution
14 30 (1.57%) Advertising
15 23 (1.21%) Aerospace
16 19 (1.00%) Presentation Skills
17 18 (0.94%) Legal Technology
18 14 (0.73%) Influencing Skills
19 13 (0.68%) Manufacturing
19 13 (0.68%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 487 (25.52%) Senior
2 376 (19.71%) Developer
3 357 (18.71%) DevOps Engineer
4 254 (13.31%) Lead
5 192 (10.06%) .NET Developer
6 155 (8.12%) Software Engineer
7 143 (7.49%) Architect
8 103 (5.40%) Senior DevOps
9 100 (5.24%) Azure Engineer
10 96 (5.03%) Senior DevOps Engineer
11 85 (4.45%) IT Manager
12 77 (4.04%) Cloud Engineer
13 66 (3.46%) Platform Engineer
14 65 (3.41%) Data Engineer
15 64 (3.35%) Senior Developer
16 63 (3.30%) Senior Manager
17 59 (3.09%) Senior Software Engineer
18 57 (2.99%) Solutions Architect
19 55 (2.88%) Service Manager
20 54 (2.83%) Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 380 (19.92%) Terraform
2 379 (19.86%) .NET
3 216 (11.32%) ASP.NET
4 200 (10.48%) React
5 192 (10.06%) .NET Core
6 184 (9.64%) ASP.NET Core
7 140 (7.34%) RESTful
8 134 (7.02%) Node.js
9 122 (6.39%) CSS
10 116 (6.08%) HTML
11 112 (5.87%) REST
12 107 (5.61%) Blazor
13 99 (5.19%) Entity Framework
14 82 (4.30%) ML.NET
15 67 (3.51%) Middleware
16 58 (3.04%) AngularJS
17 51 (2.67%) Kafka
18 44 (2.31%) Spring Boot
19 42 (2.20%) Spring
20 33 (1.73%) .NET Framework
Miscellaneous
1 302 (15.83%) Cloud Native
2 147 (7.70%) Product Ownership
3 102 (5.35%) Enterprise Software
4 81 (4.25%) Distributed Systems
5 63 (3.30%) Virtual Team
6 62 (3.25%) Greenfield Project
7 53 (2.78%) Cyber Threat
8 43 (2.25%) Legacy Systems
9 36 (1.89%) Mobile App
10 31 (1.62%) Self-Motivation
11 29 (1.52%) Management Information System
12 27 (1.42%) Driving Licence
13 26 (1.36%) Data Centre
14 25 (1.31%) Onboarding
14 25 (1.31%) Public Cloud
15 23 (1.21%) Podcast
15 23 (1.21%) Social Media
16 21 (1.10%) Security Posture
17 20 (1.05%) Legacy Applications
18 17 (0.89%) BBC
Operating Systems
1 159 (8.33%) Linux
2 100 (5.24%) Windows
3 56 (2.94%) Unix
4 20 (1.05%) Android
5 16 (0.84%) VMS
5 16 (0.84%) Windows Server
6 8 (0.42%) Debian
6 8 (0.42%) Ubuntu
7 5 (0.26%) CentOS
7 5 (0.26%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 3 (0.16%) Apple iOS
8 3 (0.16%) VxWorks
9 2 (0.10%) Solaris
9 2 (0.10%) Windows Server 2016
10 1 (0.052%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 936 (49.06%) CI/CD
2 849 (44.50%) Agile
3 430 (22.54%) Continuous Improvement
3 430 (22.54%) Mentoring
4 399 (20.91%) Infrastructure as Code
5 394 (20.65%) Software Engineering
6 376 (19.71%) AI
7 333 (17.45%) Test Automation
8 295 (15.46%) Problem-Solving
9 287 (15.04%) Full-Stack Development
10 250 (13.10%) Microservices
11 237 (12.42%) Stakeholder Engagement
12 232 (12.16%) Scrum
13 210 (11.01%) Technical Leadership
14 209 (10.95%) Coaching
15 198 (10.38%) Stakeholder Management
16 197 (10.32%) Roadmaps
17 193 (10.12%) Containerisation
18 189 (9.91%) Observability
19 177 (9.28%) Platform Engineering
Programming Languages
1 458 (24.00%) C#
2 448 (23.48%) SQL
3 378 (19.81%) Python
4 304 (15.93%) JavaScript
5 194 (10.17%) Java
6 166 (8.70%) PowerShell
7 163 (8.54%) TypeScript
8 100 (5.24%) Bash
9 78 (4.09%) Bicep
10 30 (1.57%) C++
11 27 (1.42%) Go
12 25 (1.31%) Apex Code
12 25 (1.31%) T-SQL
13 19 (1.00%) Kusto Query Language
14 18 (0.94%) PHP
15 16 (0.84%) Ruby
16 15 (0.79%) Data Analysis Expressions
17 14 (0.73%) SOQL
17 14 (0.73%) SOSL
18 13 (0.68%) Groovy
Qualifications
1 228 (11.95%) Security Cleared
2 185 (9.70%) SC Cleared
3 149 (7.81%) Degree
4 61 (3.20%) Azure Certification
4 61 (3.20%) CISSP
5 58 (3.04%) CISM
6 56 (2.94%) ITIL Certification
7 44 (2.31%) DV Cleared
8 42 (2.20%) Computer Science Degree
9 35 (1.83%) BPSS Clearance
10 29 (1.52%) Microsoft Certification
11 24 (1.26%) AWS Certification
12 18 (0.94%) DBS Check
12 18 (0.94%) Master's Degree
12 18 (0.94%) PMI Certification
13 17 (0.89%) ISTQB
14 14 (0.73%) PMP
15 11 (0.58%) Cisco Certification
16 6 (0.31%) CISA
16 6 (0.31%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 220 (11.53%) QA
2 77 (4.04%) NIST
3 68 (3.56%) Data Quality
4 60 (3.14%) Accessibility
5 48 (2.52%) ISO 22301
6 33 (1.73%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 29 (1.52%) GDPR
8 23 (1.21%) GRC
9 10 (0.52%) WCAG
10 9 (0.47%) HMG Security Policy Framework
10 9 (0.47%) SLA
11 7 (0.37%) California Consumer Privacy Act
11 7 (0.37%) PCI DSS
12 6 (0.31%) NIST 800
12 6 (0.31%) PMO
13 5 (0.26%) IFRS
14 4 (0.21%) NCSC
14 4 (0.21%) SOC 2
15 3 (0.16%) Sarbanes-Oxley
15 3 (0.16%) Solvency II
System Software
1 250 (13.10%) Docker
2 59 (3.09%) Active Directory
3 29 (1.52%) VMware Infrastructure
4 21 (1.10%) Virtual Machines
5 17 (0.89%) Virtual Desktop
6 15 (0.79%) vSphere
7 6 (0.31%) Firmware
8 4 (0.21%) Slurm Workload Manager
9 3 (0.16%) Hyper-V
10 2 (0.10%) iptables
10 2 (0.10%) KVM
11 1 (0.052%) Citrix Hypervisor
11 1 (0.052%) Embedded Firmware
11 1 (0.052%) Oracle RAC
11 1 (0.052%) QEMU
11 1 (0.052%) VMware ESXi
11 1 (0.052%) Xen
Systems Management
1 290 (15.20%) Kubernetes
2 83 (4.35%) Ansible
3 78 (4.09%) Grafana
4 41 (2.15%) Prometheus
5 30 (1.57%) Argo
6 18 (0.94%) Puppet
7 17 (0.89%) Microsoft Intune
8 14 (0.73%) Istio
9 8 (0.42%) Progress Chef
10 6 (0.31%) Active Directory Federation Services
10 6 (0.31%) Packer
10 6 (0.31%) Single Sign-On
10 6 (0.31%) ZABBIX
11 4 (0.21%) Proxmox
12 3 (0.16%) Kibana
13 2 (0.10%) HP Fortify
13 2 (0.10%) MIIS
13 2 (0.10%) Nagios
14 1 (0.052%) Check_MK
14 1 (0.052%) Oracle RMAN
Vendors
1 517 (27.10%) Microsoft
2 80 (4.19%) Google
3 62 (3.25%) Oracle
4 47 (2.46%) Salesforce
5 46 (2.41%) Databricks
6 43 (2.25%) ServiceNow
7 40 (2.10%) Facebook
8 33 (1.73%) VMware
9 32 (1.68%) SAP
10 29 (1.52%) YouTube
11 28 (1.47%) Pega
12 25 (1.31%) OpenAI
13 20 (1.05%) Splunk
14 19 (1.00%) MuleSoft
14 19 (1.00%) Sony
15 18 (0.94%) Apple
16 17 (0.89%) Yahoo!
17 15 (0.79%) Informatica
18 13 (0.68%) Foundry
19 12 (0.63%) ScienceLogic
1,844 hybrid/remote DevOps jobs