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

6 months to
4 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 17 14 17
Rank change year-on-year -3 +3 -7
Permanent jobs citing DevOps 1,421 2,078 3,097
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 8.92% 13.06% 11.30%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 10.30% 13.82% 12.18%
Number of salaries quoted 967 1,412 2,611
10th Percentile £42,500 £42,500 £42,500
25th Percentile £52,500 £52,500 £52,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £68,500 £69,308 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -1.17% +6.63% -7.14%
75th Percentile £82,500 £87,500 £82,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £115,000 £97,500
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 13,796 15,040 25,422
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 86.64% 94.55% 92.78%
Number of salaries quoted 8,783 8,921 20,993
10th Percentile £30,000 £36,250 £34,808
25th Percentile £42,500 £47,500 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £63,000 £58,500
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +7.69% -6.40%
75th Percentile £80,000 £82,500 £77,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £102,500 £95,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% +9.09% -12.00%

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 February 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 (2.81%) Confluence
2 27 (1.90%) SharePoint
3 22 (1.55%) Microsoft Exchange
4 21 (1.48%) Apache Airflow
5 17 (1.20%) Oracle SOA Suite
6 15 (1.06%) Apache
7 11 (0.77%) Apache Spark
7 11 (0.77%) IIS
8 4 (0.28%) CMS
8 4 (0.28%) OpenStack
9 2 (0.14%) nginx
10 1 (0.070%) Apache Solr
10 1 (0.070%) ArcGIS
10 1 (0.070%) Camunda
10 1 (0.070%) Headless CMS
10 1 (0.070%) Oracle Workflow
10 1 (0.070%) SAS
10 1 (0.070%) WebLogic
10 1 (0.070%) WordPress
Applications
1 30 (2.11%) Microsoft Excel
2 12 (0.84%) Microsoft Office
3 11 (0.77%) MS Visio
4 8 (0.56%) Microsoft Project
5 3 (0.21%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 3 (0.21%) Spreadsheet
6 1 (0.070%) EngageOne
6 1 (0.070%) PlantUML
Business Applications
1 39 (2.74%) Oracle ERP
2 19 (1.34%) Dynamics CRM
3 15 (1.06%) SAP ERP
4 6 (0.42%) Markit EDM
5 4 (0.28%) Salesforce CRM
6 3 (0.21%) Oracle EBS
7 2 (0.14%) Dynamics AX
7 2 (0.14%) SAP S/4HANA
7 2 (0.14%) Shopify
8 1 (0.070%) Integrated Workplace Management System
8 1 (0.070%) NEC Housing
8 1 (0.070%) NetSuite
8 1 (0.070%) Payment Gateway
8 1 (0.070%) Primavera
8 1 (0.070%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
8 1 (0.070%) TIBCO iProcess
8 1 (0.070%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 914 (64.32%) Azure
2 505 (35.54%) Azure DevOps
3 494 (34.76%) AWS
4 345 (24.28%) GitHub
5 156 (10.98%) GCP
6 152 (10.70%) GitHub Actions
7 145 (10.20%) Power Platform
8 135 (9.50%) SaaS
8 135 (9.50%) Serverless
9 101 (7.11%) Entra ID
10 93 (6.54%) AWS CloudFormation
11 78 (5.49%) Amazon EKS
12 75 (5.28%) Azure Data Factory
12 75 (5.28%) Snowflake
13 74 (5.21%) GitHub Copilot
14 72 (5.07%) Amazon CloudWatch
14 72 (5.07%) Amazon S3
15 66 (4.64%) Azure Monitor
16 64 (4.50%) dbt
17 62 (4.36%) AWS Lambda
Communications & Networking
1 53 (3.73%) Firewall
2 45 (3.17%) Broadband
3 31 (2.18%) VPN
4 30 (2.11%) DNS
5 21 (1.48%) DHCP
6 19 (1.34%) TCP/IP
7 17 (1.20%) Network Security
8 15 (1.06%) WAN
9 11 (0.77%) LAN
10 10 (0.70%) SAN
11 9 (0.63%) SD-WAN
12 8 (0.56%) Wi-Fi
13 6 (0.42%) VLAN
14 5 (0.35%) Internet
14 5 (0.35%) VoIP
15 4 (0.28%) AMQP
15 4 (0.28%) Unified Communications
16 3 (0.21%) BGP
16 3 (0.21%) Fibre Channel
16 3 (0.21%) PuTTY
Database & Business Intelligence
1 123 (8.66%) SQL Server
2 90 (6.33%) Data Warehouse
3 89 (6.26%) NoSQL
4 79 (5.56%) Power BI
5 73 (5.14%) PostgreSQL
6 52 (3.66%) Tableau
7 51 (3.59%) Metadata
8 50 (3.52%) Relational Database
9 43 (3.03%) Azure SQL Database
10 42 (2.96%) MongoDB
11 39 (2.74%) Data Lake
12 32 (2.25%) MySQL
13 30 (2.11%) Amazon RDS
14 23 (1.62%) DynamoDB
14 23 (1.62%) Elasticsearch
15 20 (1.41%) RDBMS
16 18 (1.27%) Redis
17 17 (1.20%) Amazon Athena
17 17 (1.20%) Delta Lake
18 16 (1.13%) Snowflake Schema
Development Applications
1 158 (11.12%) Git
2 153 (10.77%) Jenkins
3 108 (7.60%) JIRA
4 92 (6.47%) GitLab
5 40 (2.81%) SonarQube
6 37 (2.60%) Oracle Forms
7 26 (1.83%) Selenium
8 19 (1.34%) Jaeger
9 18 (1.27%) Cypress.io
10 14 (0.99%) TeamCity
11 13 (0.91%) Bitbucket
11 13 (0.91%) Cucumber
12 11 (0.77%) git-flow
12 11 (0.77%) JMeter
12 11 (0.77%) Postman
13 10 (0.70%) JUnit
14 9 (0.63%) Subversion
15 7 (0.49%) Maven
15 7 (0.49%) Storybook
16 5 (0.35%) Visual Studio
General
1 432 (30.40%) Finance
2 408 (28.71%) Social Skills
3 167 (11.75%) Analytical Skills
4 111 (7.81%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 107 (7.53%) Public Sector
6 85 (5.98%) Marketing
7 48 (3.38%) Law
8 47 (3.31%) Banking
9 45 (3.17%) Retail
10 41 (2.89%) Telecoms
11 32 (2.25%) Games
12 25 (1.76%) Front Office
13 24 (1.69%) Financial Institution
14 21 (1.48%) Manufacturing
15 18 (1.27%) Back Office
16 17 (1.20%) Legal
17 16 (1.13%) Tech for Good
18 15 (1.06%) Billing
19 11 (0.77%) Organisational Skills
20 10 (0.70%) Documentation Skills
Job Titles
1 363 (25.55%) Senior
2 255 (17.95%) Developer
3 175 (12.32%) Lead
4 132 (9.29%) Cloud Engineer
5 130 (9.15%) DevOps Engineer
6 124 (8.73%) Software Engineer
7 91 (6.40%) Architect
8 88 (6.19%) Azure Engineer
9 75 (5.28%) Senior Developer
10 66 (4.64%) Platform Engineer
11 65 (4.57%) Applications Engineer
11 65 (4.57%) Data Engineer
12 53 (3.73%) Senior DevOps
13 50 (3.52%) Infrastructure Engineer
14 47 (3.31%) .NET Developer
15 46 (3.24%) Analyst
16 45 (3.17%) Senior Software Engineer
17 43 (3.03%) Consultant
18 38 (2.67%) AWS Engineer
19 37 (2.60%) Full-Stack Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 240 (16.89%) .NET
2 163 (11.47%) React
3 138 (9.71%) RESTful
4 108 (7.60%) REST
5 89 (6.26%) SOAP
6 71 (5.00%) Node.js
6 71 (5.00%) Spring
7 70 (4.93%) Spring Boot
8 69 (4.86%) CSS
9 66 (4.64%) HTML
10 65 (4.57%) Kafka
11 61 (4.29%) Lightning Web Components
12 59 (4.15%) AngularJS
13 57 (4.01%) .NET Framework
13 57 (4.01%) OAuth
14 49 (3.45%) JSON
15 48 (3.38%) Elastic Stack
16 47 (3.31%) .NET Core
17 39 (2.74%) OAuth2
18 38 (2.67%) Visualforce
Miscellaneous
1 256 (18.02%) Cloud Native
2 143 (10.06%) Product Ownership
3 57 (4.01%) Enterprise Software
4 56 (3.94%) Distributed Systems
5 45 (3.17%) Management Information System
6 35 (2.46%) Onboarding
7 33 (2.32%) Legacy Systems
8 32 (2.25%) Low-Code
9 30 (2.11%) Self-Motivation
10 29 (2.04%) Analytical Mindset
11 28 (1.97%) Mobile App
12 22 (1.55%) Public Cloud
13 18 (1.27%) AI Agents
14 17 (1.20%) Algorithms
15 15 (1.06%) IoT
16 14 (0.99%) Security Posture
17 12 (0.84%) Legacy Applications
18 11 (0.77%) Data Centre
19 9 (0.63%) Data Protection Act
20 8 (0.56%) Data Structures
Operating Systems
1 150 (10.56%) Linux
2 102 (7.18%) Windows
3 49 (3.45%) Unix
4 38 (2.67%) Windows Server
5 23 (1.62%) Android
6 19 (1.34%) VMS
7 12 (0.84%) Apple iOS
8 10 (0.70%) Windows Server 2012
8 10 (0.70%) Windows Server 2019
9 9 (0.63%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 9 (0.63%) Ubuntu
10 7 (0.49%) CentOS
11 6 (0.42%) Debian
12 1 (0.070%) Windows 10
12 1 (0.070%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 845 (59.47%) CI/CD
2 670 (47.15%) Agile
3 371 (26.11%) Infrastructure as Code
4 361 (25.40%) Continuous Improvement
5 313 (22.03%) Problem-Solving
6 285 (20.06%) Mentoring
7 276 (19.42%) AI
7 276 (19.42%) Coaching
8 234 (16.47%) Software Engineering
9 233 (16.40%) Test Automation
10 211 (14.85%) Microservices
11 207 (14.57%) Analytics
12 201 (14.14%) Asset Management
13 200 (14.07%) Observability
14 193 (13.58%) Containerisation
15 174 (12.24%) Data Modelling
16 155 (10.91%) Clean Code
17 154 (10.84%) Roadmaps
18 139 (9.78%) Scrum
19 130 (9.15%) Full-Stack Development
Programming Languages
1 447 (31.46%) Python
2 393 (27.66%) SQL
3 218 (15.34%) Java
4 184 (12.95%) C#
5 172 (12.10%) JavaScript
6 144 (10.13%) PowerShell
7 128 (9.01%) Bash
8 114 (8.02%) TypeScript
9 76 (5.35%) Bicep
10 75 (5.28%) Go
11 65 (4.57%) Apex Code
12 40 (2.81%) PL/SQL
13 39 (2.74%) Shell Script
14 25 (1.76%) Scala
14 25 (1.76%) SOQL
14 25 (1.76%) SOSL
15 19 (1.34%) C++
16 17 (1.20%) PHP
16 17 (1.20%) T-SQL
17 11 (0.77%) R
Qualifications
1 169 (11.89%) Degree
2 149 (10.49%) Security Cleared
3 112 (7.88%) SC Cleared
4 89 (6.26%) Computer Science Degree
5 64 (4.50%) Azure Certification
6 60 (4.22%) AWS Certification
7 31 (2.18%) Master's Degree
8 26 (1.83%) Microsoft Certification
9 23 (1.62%) DV Cleared
10 16 (1.13%) ISTQB
11 13 (0.91%) Cisco Certification
12 12 (0.84%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
13 11 (0.77%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
13 11 (0.77%) PMI Certification
14 10 (0.70%) CISSP
14 10 (0.70%) PMP
15 9 (0.63%) CCNP
16 8 (0.56%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
17 7 (0.49%) DBS Check
18 6 (0.42%) BPSS Clearance
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 124 (8.73%) QA
2 71 (5.00%) Data Quality
3 48 (3.38%) Accessibility
4 46 (3.24%) GDPR
4 46 (3.24%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 19 (1.34%) NIST
6 11 (0.77%) PCI DSS
7 7 (0.49%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 7 (0.49%) SOC 2
8 6 (0.42%) NCSC
8 6 (0.42%) SLA
8 6 (0.42%) WCAG
9 5 (0.35%) PMO
10 4 (0.28%) Cyber Essentials
11 3 (0.21%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
12 2 (0.14%) GRC
12 2 (0.14%) HMG Security Policy Framework
13 1 (0.070%) HIPAA
13 1 (0.070%) ISO 13485
13 1 (0.070%) P3O
System Software
1 263 (18.51%) Docker
2 82 (5.77%) Active Directory
3 23 (1.62%) Virtual Machines
4 17 (1.20%) VMware Infrastructure
5 14 (0.99%) Virtual Desktop
6 13 (0.91%) vSphere
7 12 (0.84%) VMware ESXi
8 6 (0.42%) Firmware
8 6 (0.42%) Virtual Servers
9 5 (0.35%) VMware NSX
10 3 (0.21%) Microsoft Virtual Server
10 3 (0.21%) NFS
10 3 (0.21%) Postfix
11 2 (0.14%) Hyper-V
11 2 (0.14%) vCloud
12 1 (0.070%) HDFS
12 1 (0.070%) Kamailio
Systems Management
1 434 (30.54%) Terraform
2 328 (23.08%) Kubernetes
3 134 (9.43%) Ansible
4 110 (7.74%) Grafana
5 90 (6.33%) Prometheus
6 46 (3.24%) Single Sign-On
7 42 (2.96%) Argo
8 22 (1.55%) Microsoft Intune
9 20 (1.41%) Kustomize
10 12 (0.84%) vCenter Server
11 10 (0.70%) SCCM
12 6 (0.42%) HP Fortify
12 6 (0.42%) Kibana
12 6 (0.42%) Red Hat Satellite
13 5 (0.35%) Control-M
13 5 (0.35%) Puppet
14 4 (0.28%) logstash
14 4 (0.28%) Progress Chef
15 3 (0.21%) Docker Swarm
15 3 (0.21%) Packer
Vendors
1 313 (22.03%) Microsoft
2 82 (5.77%) Salesforce
3 74 (5.21%) Oracle
4 66 (4.64%) Google
5 55 (3.87%) Databricks
6 36 (2.53%) Splunk
6 36 (2.53%) VMware
7 23 (1.62%) SAP
8 22 (1.55%) Okta
9 20 (1.41%) Cisco
10 18 (1.27%) Ab Initio
10 18 (1.27%) Red Hat
10 18 (1.27%) ServiceNow
11 17 (1.20%) SolarWinds
12 16 (1.13%) MuleSoft
12 16 (1.13%) Veeam
13 14 (0.99%) IBM
14 11 (0.77%) Atlassian
14 11 (0.77%) NetApp
15 10 (0.70%) 3PAR