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

 6 months to
9 Apr 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 19 14 19
Rank change year-on-year -5 +5 -8
Permanent jobs citing DevOps 1,468 1,709 3,121
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 8.52% 13.22% 9.83%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 10.22% 13.95% 10.74%
Number of salaries quoted 1,030 1,330 2,590
10th Percentile £42,500 £42,500 £41,250
25th Percentile £55,000 £52,500 £51,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £70,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year - +7.69% -7.14%
75th Percentile £83,750 £90,000 £82,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £115,000 £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 14,365 12,253 29,055
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 83.40% 94.79% 91.55%
Number of salaries quoted 10,024 8,885 23,521
10th Percentile £31,788 £32,500 £33,769
25th Percentile £43,750 £46,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £62,500 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -4.00% +8.70% -8.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 £80,000 £75,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £105,000 £95,000
UK median annual salary £57,000 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -5.00% +9.09% -10.57%

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 9 April 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 23 (1.57%) Confluence
1 23 (1.57%) SharePoint
2 21 (1.43%) Apache Airflow
3 18 (1.23%) Apache
4 14 (0.95%) Microsoft Exchange
5 12 (0.82%) Apache Spark
6 8 (0.54%) OpenStack
6 8 (0.54%) Oracle SOA Suite
7 5 (0.34%) CMS
8 4 (0.27%) Apache Solr
8 4 (0.27%) IIS
9 3 (0.20%) Anypoint
10 2 (0.14%) nginx
10 2 (0.14%) WordPress
11 1 (0.068%) Camunda
11 1 (0.068%) Cloud Foundry
11 1 (0.068%) Drupal
11 1 (0.068%) Oracle Workflow
11 1 (0.068%) SAS
11 1 (0.068%) WebLogic
Applications
1 18 (1.23%) Microsoft Excel
2 15 (1.02%) Microsoft Project
3 10 (0.68%) Microsoft Office
3 10 (0.68%) MS Visio
4 3 (0.20%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 1 (0.068%) EngageOne
5 1 (0.068%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 23 (1.57%) Dynamics CRM
2 16 (1.09%) Oracle ERP
2 16 (1.09%) SAP ERP
3 6 (0.41%) Dynamics AX
4 4 (0.27%) Markit EDM
4 4 (0.27%) Salesforce CRM
5 3 (0.20%) Oracle EBS
6 2 (0.14%) Infor SunSystems
6 2 (0.14%) SAP S/4HANA
7 1 (0.068%) Dynamics NAV
7 1 (0.068%) Magento
7 1 (0.068%) Payment Gateway
7 1 (0.068%) Primavera
7 1 (0.068%) SAP IBP
7 1 (0.068%) SAP MII
7 1 (0.068%) SAP PP
7 1 (0.068%) Shopify
7 1 (0.068%) TIBCO iProcess
7 1 (0.068%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 858 (58.45%) Azure
2 542 (36.92%) AWS
3 417 (28.41%) Azure DevOps
4 282 (19.21%) GitHub
5 197 (13.42%) GCP
6 154 (10.49%) Serverless
7 137 (9.33%) GitHub Actions
8 136 (9.26%) SaaS
9 120 (8.17%) Power Platform
10 92 (6.27%) AWS CloudFormation
11 89 (6.06%) Amazon EKS
12 85 (5.79%) Amazon S3
13 83 (5.65%) Entra ID
14 73 (4.97%) Azure Data Factory
15 71 (4.84%) AWS Lambda
16 61 (4.16%) Amazon CloudWatch
16 61 (4.16%) dbt
17 59 (4.02%) PaaS
18 53 (3.61%) GitHub Copilot
19 52 (3.54%) Azure Logic Apps
Communications & Networking
1 59 (4.02%) Broadband
1 59 (4.02%) Firewall
2 27 (1.84%) TCP/IP
3 23 (1.57%) VPN
4 22 (1.50%) DNS
5 17 (1.16%) DHCP
6 11 (0.75%) Network Security
7 6 (0.41%) Cisco ASA
7 6 (0.41%) LAN
7 6 (0.41%) WAN
8 5 (0.34%) SAN
9 4 (0.27%) AMQP
10 3 (0.20%) Internet
10 3 (0.20%) Modbus
10 3 (0.20%) PuTTY
10 3 (0.20%) SCCP
10 3 (0.20%) SSL
10 3 (0.20%) Wireless
11 2 (0.14%) DSL
11 2 (0.14%) RFID
Database & Business Intelligence
1 116 (7.90%) SQL Server
2 104 (7.08%) NoSQL
3 81 (5.52%) PostgreSQL
4 53 (3.61%) Power BI
5 51 (3.47%) Data Warehouse
6 47 (3.20%) Azure SQL Database
7 45 (3.07%) Metadata
8 44 (3.00%) MongoDB
8 44 (3.00%) Relational Database
9 41 (2.79%) Amazon RDS
10 37 (2.52%) Data Lake
11 27 (1.84%) Redis
12 26 (1.77%) Elasticsearch
13 25 (1.70%) DynamoDB
13 25 (1.70%) MySQL
13 25 (1.70%) Tableau
14 20 (1.36%) Amazon Athena
15 19 (1.29%) RDBMS
16 18 (1.23%) Delta Lake
17 14 (0.95%) Amazon Redshift
Development Applications
1 149 (10.15%) Jenkins
2 148 (10.08%) Git
3 110 (7.49%) GitLab
4 81 (5.52%) JIRA
5 51 (3.47%) SonarQube
6 32 (2.18%) Selenium
7 19 (1.29%) Jaeger
7 19 (1.29%) TeamCity
8 18 (1.23%) Cucumber
8 18 (1.23%) Cypress.io
9 17 (1.16%) Bitbucket
10 16 (1.09%) Oracle Forms
11 14 (0.95%) JMeter
12 12 (0.82%) Postman
13 11 (0.75%) Visual Studio
14 9 (0.61%) JUnit
14 9 (0.61%) Maven
14 9 (0.61%) Subversion
15 7 (0.48%) NUnit
15 7 (0.48%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 397 (27.04%) Social Skills
2 392 (26.70%) Finance
3 167 (11.38%) Analytical Skills
4 156 (10.63%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 120 (8.17%) Public Sector
6 77 (5.25%) Marketing
7 74 (5.04%) Banking
8 73 (4.97%) Law
9 58 (3.95%) Retail
10 49 (3.34%) Games
11 41 (2.79%) Telecoms
12 39 (2.66%) Legal
13 30 (2.04%) Manufacturing
14 27 (1.84%) Financial Institution
15 21 (1.43%) Back Office
16 16 (1.09%) Front Office
17 15 (1.02%) Presentation Skills
18 14 (0.95%) Tech for Good
19 12 (0.82%) Billing
20 11 (0.75%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 358 (24.39%) Senior
2 257 (17.51%) Developer
3 209 (14.24%) Lead
4 169 (11.51%) DevOps Engineer
5 136 (9.26%) Architect
6 134 (9.13%) Software Engineer
7 102 (6.95%) Cloud Engineer
8 82 (5.59%) Azure Engineer
9 75 (5.11%) Senior DevOps
10 63 (4.29%) Platform Engineer
11 62 (4.22%) Senior Developer
12 60 (4.09%) Consultant
13 59 (4.02%) Data Engineer
14 53 (3.61%) AWS Engineer
14 53 (3.61%) Solutions Architect
15 51 (3.47%) Senior Software Engineer
16 48 (3.27%) Senior DevOps Engineer
17 46 (3.13%) .NET Developer
18 45 (3.07%) Lead DevOps
19 43 (2.93%) Technical Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 232 (15.80%) .NET
2 160 (10.90%) React
3 131 (8.92%) REST
4 121 (8.24%) RESTful
5 91 (6.20%) SOAP
6 81 (5.52%) Spring
7 80 (5.45%) CSS
8 77 (5.25%) HTML
8 77 (5.25%) Kafka
8 77 (5.25%) Lightning Web Components
9 76 (5.18%) Node.js
10 74 (5.04%) Spring Boot
11 58 (3.95%) .NET Core
11 58 (3.95%) Visualforce
12 55 (3.75%) AngularJS
13 53 (3.61%) OAuth
14 51 (3.47%) .NET Framework
15 48 (3.27%) Elastic Stack
16 43 (2.93%) ASP.NET
17 41 (2.79%) Django
Miscellaneous
1 255 (17.37%) Cloud Native
2 132 (8.99%) Product Ownership
3 61 (4.16%) Distributed Systems
4 46 (3.13%) Enterprise Software
5 41 (2.79%) Legacy Systems
6 35 (2.38%) Low-Code
6 35 (2.38%) Management Information System
7 34 (2.32%) Self-Motivation
8 31 (2.11%) Mobile App
8 31 (2.11%) Onboarding
9 29 (1.98%) Public Cloud
10 20 (1.36%) Hybrid Cloud
11 17 (1.16%) Analytical Mindset
12 16 (1.09%) Algorithms
12 16 (1.09%) Legacy Applications
13 15 (1.02%) Security Posture
14 13 (0.89%) Data Centre
14 13 (0.89%) Podcast
15 12 (0.82%) Cyberattack
15 12 (0.82%) Private Cloud
Operating Systems
1 162 (11.04%) Linux
2 86 (5.86%) Windows
3 57 (3.88%) Unix
4 39 (2.66%) Windows Server
5 20 (1.36%) Android
6 12 (0.82%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 10 (0.68%) CentOS
7 10 (0.68%) VMS
8 9 (0.61%) Apple iOS
9 7 (0.48%) Ubuntu
10 5 (0.34%) Debian
10 5 (0.34%) Windows Server 2012
10 5 (0.34%) Windows Server 2019
11 2 (0.14%) Embedded Linux
11 2 (0.14%) Windows Server 2016
12 1 (0.068%) Windows 10
12 1 (0.068%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 854 (58.17%) CI/CD
2 656 (44.69%) Agile
3 392 (26.70%) Infrastructure as Code
4 359 (24.46%) Continuous Improvement
5 294 (20.03%) Problem-Solving
6 272 (18.53%) Mentoring
7 271 (18.46%) Software Engineering
8 243 (16.55%) AI
9 239 (16.28%) Containerisation
10 238 (16.21%) Test Automation
11 231 (15.74%) Microservices
12 214 (14.58%) Coaching
12 214 (14.58%) Observability
13 173 (11.78%) Analytics
14 171 (11.65%) Roadmaps
14 171 (11.65%) Scrum
15 154 (10.49%) Data Modelling
16 151 (10.29%) Event-Driven
17 143 (9.74%) Full-Stack Development
18 137 (9.33%) Clean Code
Programming Languages
1 407 (27.72%) Python
2 336 (22.89%) SQL
3 229 (15.60%) Java
4 191 (13.01%) JavaScript
5 179 (12.19%) C#
6 104 (7.08%) TypeScript
7 100 (6.81%) PowerShell
8 99 (6.74%) Bash
9 82 (5.59%) Apex Code
9 82 (5.59%) Go
10 67 (4.56%) Bicep
11 37 (2.52%) SOQL
11 37 (2.52%) SOSL
12 22 (1.50%) Scala
13 20 (1.36%) C++
14 19 (1.29%) PHP
14 19 (1.29%) Shell Script
15 17 (1.16%) PL/SQL
16 14 (0.95%) Rust
17 13 (0.89%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 177 (12.06%) Degree
2 168 (11.44%) Security Cleared
3 125 (8.51%) SC Cleared
4 71 (4.84%) Computer Science Degree
5 50 (3.41%) Azure Certification
6 44 (3.00%) AWS Certification
7 28 (1.91%) DV Cleared
8 22 (1.50%) Microsoft Certification
9 21 (1.43%) Master's Degree
10 14 (0.95%) CISSP
10 14 (0.95%) ISTQB
11 13 (0.89%) PMI Certification
12 11 (0.75%) DBS Check
13 10 (0.68%) PMP
14 9 (0.61%) PhD
15 8 (0.54%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
15 8 (0.54%) TOGAF Certification
16 7 (0.48%) Cisco Certification
17 6 (0.41%) CCNP
17 6 (0.41%) LPIC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 120 (8.17%) QA
2 64 (4.36%) Data Quality
3 48 (3.27%) Accessibility
4 41 (2.79%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 38 (2.59%) GDPR
6 26 (1.77%) NIST
7 19 (1.29%) GRC
8 13 (0.89%) WCAG
9 10 (0.68%) PCI DSS
10 8 (0.54%) SOC 2
11 4 (0.27%) Cyber Essentials
11 4 (0.27%) SLA
12 3 (0.20%) HMG Security Policy Framework
12 3 (0.20%) IFRS
12 3 (0.20%) ISO 9001
12 3 (0.20%) NCSC
12 3 (0.20%) Sarbanes-Oxley
12 3 (0.20%) Software Quality Assurance
13 2 (0.14%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
13 2 (0.14%) HL7
System Software
1 297 (20.23%) Docker
2 68 (4.63%) Active Directory
3 18 (1.23%) Virtual Machines
3 18 (1.23%) VMware Infrastructure
4 11 (0.75%) vSphere
5 8 (0.54%) Firmware
5 8 (0.54%) VMware ESXi
6 4 (0.27%) Slurm Workload Manager
6 4 (0.27%) Virtual Desktop
6 4 (0.27%) VMware NSX
7 3 (0.20%) Hyper-V
7 3 (0.20%) Microsoft Virtual Server
7 3 (0.20%) Postfix
7 3 (0.20%) Virtual Servers
8 2 (0.14%) Embedded Firmware
8 2 (0.14%) vCloud
9 1 (0.068%) Citrix Hypervisor
9 1 (0.068%) KVM
9 1 (0.068%) QEMU
9 1 (0.068%) Xen
Systems Management
1 412 (28.07%) Terraform
2 344 (23.43%) Kubernetes
3 137 (9.33%) Ansible
4 115 (7.83%) Grafana
5 85 (5.79%) Prometheus
6 40 (2.72%) Argo
7 26 (1.77%) Single Sign-On
8 19 (1.29%) Kustomize
9 14 (0.95%) Puppet
10 10 (0.68%) Microsoft Intune
11 8 (0.54%) Istio
11 8 (0.54%) vCenter Server
12 7 (0.48%) Kibana
12 7 (0.48%) Proxmox
13 6 (0.41%) Packer
13 6 (0.41%) Progress Chef
14 5 (0.34%) Active Directory Federation Services
14 5 (0.34%) AWS Copilot
14 5 (0.34%) SCCM
15 4 (0.27%) HP Fortify
Vendors
1 316 (21.53%) Microsoft
2 95 (6.47%) Salesforce
3 75 (5.11%) Google
4 52 (3.54%) Oracle
5 50 (3.41%) Splunk
6 48 (3.27%) Databricks
7 37 (2.52%) VMware
8 26 (1.77%) SAP
9 23 (1.57%) MuleSoft
10 22 (1.50%) ServiceNow
11 21 (1.43%) Cisco
12 17 (1.16%) Okta
13 16 (1.09%) Red Hat
14 14 (0.95%) Ab Initio
15 11 (0.75%) Atlassian
16 10 (0.68%) IBM
16 10 (0.68%) Palo Alto
16 10 (0.68%) Veeam
17 8 (0.54%) New Relic
17 8 (0.54%) PagerDuty
782 hybrid/remote DevOps jobs