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

 6 months to
27 May 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 22 15 21
Rank change year-on-year -7 +6 -10
Permanent jobs citing DevOps 1,540 1,931 3,009
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 8.08% 13.30% 9.15%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 9.73% 14.03% 10.13%
Number of salaries quoted 1,113 1,062 2,504
10th Percentile £43,791 £46,560 £41,250
25th Percentile £53,750 £56,250 £51,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £69,310 £70,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -0.99% +7.69% -6.40%
75th Percentile £85,000 £88,750 £82,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £115,000 £97,500
UK median annual salary £70,000 £71,991 £65,000
% change year-on-year -2.77% +10.76% -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 15,823 13,768 29,697
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 83.03% 94.85% 90.32%
Number of salaries quoted 11,289 8,032 23,418
10th Percentile £35,000 £30,500 £33,750
25th Percentile £45,000 £42,826 £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 £80,000 £75,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £106,250 £95,000
UK median annual salary £60,000 £58,375 £55,000
% change year-on-year +2.78% +6.14% -9.84%

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 27 May 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 29 (1.88%) SharePoint
2 23 (1.49%) Apache
3 22 (1.43%) Confluence
4 18 (1.17%) Apache Airflow
5 15 (0.97%) Apache Spark
6 8 (0.52%) CMS
6 8 (0.52%) SharePoint Server
7 7 (0.45%) Apache Solr
7 7 (0.45%) OpenStack
8 6 (0.39%) Microsoft Exchange
9 5 (0.32%) Oracle SOA Suite
10 3 (0.19%) Anypoint
10 3 (0.19%) Jupyter
10 3 (0.19%) nginx
10 3 (0.19%) Umbraco
10 3 (0.19%) WordPress
11 2 (0.13%) IIS
12 1 (0.065%) Drupal
12 1 (0.065%) JBoss
12 1 (0.065%) SAS
Applications
1 23 (1.49%) Microsoft Project
2 11 (0.71%) Microsoft Excel
3 6 (0.39%) MS Visio
4 3 (0.19%) Microsoft Office
5 2 (0.13%) Blender
5 2 (0.13%) Maya
5 2 (0.13%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 2 (0.13%) Trello
6 1 (0.065%) EngageOne
6 1 (0.065%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 38 (2.47%) Dynamics CRM
2 13 (0.84%) SAP ERP
3 10 (0.65%) Oracle ERP
4 7 (0.45%) SAP S/4HANA
5 5 (0.32%) Dynamics AX
6 4 (0.26%) Markit EDM
7 3 (0.19%) Oracle EBS
7 3 (0.19%) Salesforce CRM
8 2 (0.13%) Fidessa
8 2 (0.13%) Infor SunSystems
9 1 (0.065%) Dynamics NAV
9 1 (0.065%) Magento
9 1 (0.065%) Payment Gateway
9 1 (0.065%) SAP IBP
9 1 (0.065%) SAP MII
9 1 (0.065%) SAP PP
9 1 (0.065%) TIBCO iProcess
Cloud Services
1 835 (54.22%) Azure
2 522 (33.90%) AWS
3 432 (28.05%) Azure DevOps
4 200 (12.99%) GitHub
5 168 (10.91%) GCP
6 147 (9.55%) Serverless
7 133 (8.64%) Power Platform
8 132 (8.57%) SaaS
9 94 (6.10%) GitHub Actions
10 84 (5.45%) Entra ID
11 81 (5.26%) Amazon S3
12 76 (4.94%) Amazon EKS
13 67 (4.35%) PaaS
14 66 (4.29%) Azure AKS
15 64 (4.16%) AWS CloudFormation
16 58 (3.77%) Azure Data Factory
17 57 (3.70%) Azure Logic Apps
18 54 (3.51%) AWS Lambda
19 48 (3.12%) Microsoft 365
20 47 (3.05%) Azure Service Bus
Communications & Networking
1 62 (4.03%) Broadband
2 52 (3.38%) Firewall
3 30 (1.95%) DNS
4 21 (1.36%) VPN
5 20 (1.30%) TCP/IP
6 16 (1.04%) DHCP
7 10 (0.65%) Network Security
8 7 (0.45%) WAN
9 6 (0.39%) BGP
9 6 (0.39%) Cisco ASA
9 6 (0.39%) LAN
9 6 (0.39%) NGFW
9 6 (0.39%) OSPF
10 5 (0.32%) Ethernet VPN
10 5 (0.32%) Internet
10 5 (0.32%) VXLAN
11 4 (0.26%) AMQP
11 4 (0.26%) SAN
12 3 (0.19%) Modbus
12 3 (0.19%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 107 (6.95%) MongoDB
2 104 (6.75%) SQL Server
3 99 (6.43%) Azure SQL Database
4 84 (5.45%) NoSQL
5 72 (4.68%) PostgreSQL
6 57 (3.70%) Power BI
7 44 (2.86%) Metadata
8 40 (2.60%) Relational Database
9 36 (2.34%) Data Warehouse
10 33 (2.14%) Amazon RDS
11 31 (2.01%) Elasticsearch
12 29 (1.88%) Data Lake
13 24 (1.56%) Amazon Athena
13 24 (1.56%) MySQL
14 21 (1.36%) DynamoDB
15 19 (1.23%) Delta Lake
16 18 (1.17%) RDBMS
16 18 (1.17%) Redis
17 15 (0.97%) Tableau
18 13 (0.84%) Amazon Redshift
Development Applications
1 144 (9.35%) Git
2 123 (7.99%) Jenkins
3 116 (7.53%) GitLab
4 86 (5.58%) JIRA
5 45 (2.92%) SonarQube
6 29 (1.88%) Selenium
7 22 (1.43%) TeamCity
8 20 (1.30%) Cypress.io
9 18 (1.17%) Jaeger
10 15 (0.97%) Postman
11 13 (0.84%) Visual Studio
12 12 (0.78%) Bitbucket
12 12 (0.78%) JMeter
13 10 (0.65%) Cucumber
13 10 (0.65%) Oracle Forms
14 9 (0.58%) Maven
15 7 (0.45%) Visual Studio Code
16 6 (0.39%) Locust
16 6 (0.39%) NUnit
17 5 (0.32%) REST Assured
General
1 354 (22.99%) Finance
2 335 (21.75%) Social Skills
3 155 (10.06%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 140 (9.09%) Public Sector
5 139 (9.03%) Analytical Skills
6 76 (4.94%) Banking
7 74 (4.81%) Law
8 69 (4.48%) Marketing
9 60 (3.90%) Retail
10 57 (3.70%) Games
11 45 (2.92%) Legal
12 26 (1.69%) Financial Institution
13 25 (1.62%) Back Office
14 20 (1.30%) Manufacturing
15 15 (0.97%) Advertising
15 15 (0.97%) Presentation Skills
16 14 (0.91%) Telecoms
17 13 (0.84%) Billing
17 13 (0.84%) Health Technology
18 12 (0.78%) Front Office
Job Titles
1 350 (22.73%) Senior
2 292 (18.96%) Developer
3 252 (16.36%) Lead
4 232 (15.06%) DevOps Engineer
5 152 (9.87%) Architect
6 140 (9.09%) Software Engineer
7 101 (6.56%) Cloud Engineer
8 92 (5.97%) Senior DevOps
9 86 (5.58%) Azure Engineer
10 85 (5.52%) .NET Developer
11 68 (4.42%) Senior DevOps Engineer
12 65 (4.22%) Data Engineer
13 64 (4.16%) Platform Engineer
14 63 (4.09%) Solutions Architect
15 59 (3.83%) AWS Engineer
16 58 (3.77%) Lead DevOps
17 56 (3.64%) Consultant
18 55 (3.57%) Senior Developer
18 55 (3.57%) Senior Software Engineer
19 53 (3.44%) Lead Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 256 (16.62%) .NET
2 164 (10.65%) React
3 121 (7.86%) REST
4 112 (7.27%) RESTful
5 99 (6.43%) Node.js
6 97 (6.30%) .NET Core
7 89 (5.78%) ASP.NET
7 89 (5.78%) CSS
8 88 (5.71%) HTML
9 78 (5.06%) ASP.NET Core
10 73 (4.74%) SOAP
11 67 (4.35%) Spring
12 64 (4.16%) Lightning Web Components
13 62 (4.03%) Spring Boot
14 58 (3.77%) Kafka
15 53 (3.44%) Visualforce
16 52 (3.38%) AngularJS
17 47 (3.05%) Entity Framework
18 42 (2.73%) Blazor
19 40 (2.60%) PySpark
Miscellaneous
1 255 (16.56%) Cloud Native
2 135 (8.77%) Product Ownership
3 63 (4.09%) Enterprise Software
4 45 (2.92%) Distributed Systems
5 36 (2.34%) Legacy Systems
6 31 (2.01%) Mobile App
7 28 (1.82%) Management Information System
7 28 (1.82%) Self-Motivation
8 27 (1.75%) Low-Code
9 26 (1.69%) Onboarding
10 25 (1.62%) Data Centre
11 22 (1.43%) Hybrid Cloud
12 20 (1.30%) Greenfield Project
12 20 (1.30%) Legacy Applications
12 20 (1.30%) Public Cloud
13 18 (1.17%) Algorithms
14 16 (1.04%) Driving Licence
15 15 (0.97%) Cyberattack
15 15 (0.97%) Data Structures
16 14 (0.91%) Analytical Mindset
Operating Systems
1 159 (10.32%) Linux
2 69 (4.48%) Windows
3 50 (3.25%) Unix
4 27 (1.75%) Windows Server
5 20 (1.30%) Android
6 9 (0.58%) Apple iOS
6 9 (0.58%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 7 (0.45%) CentOS
8 6 (0.39%) VMS
9 5 (0.32%) Debian
9 5 (0.32%) Ubuntu
10 4 (0.26%) Windows Server 2012
10 4 (0.26%) Windows Server 2019
11 2 (0.13%) Embedded Linux
11 2 (0.13%) Windows Server 2016
12 1 (0.065%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 858 (55.71%) CI/CD
2 677 (43.96%) Agile
3 385 (25.00%) Infrastructure as Code
4 340 (22.08%) Continuous Improvement
5 306 (19.87%) Mentoring
6 273 (17.73%) Problem-Solving
7 261 (16.95%) Software Engineering
8 248 (16.10%) AI
9 243 (15.78%) Test Automation
10 241 (15.65%) Microservices
11 222 (14.42%) Containerisation
12 208 (13.51%) Coaching
13 204 (13.25%) Full-Stack Development
14 201 (13.05%) Scrum
15 191 (12.40%) Roadmaps
16 188 (12.21%) Observability
17 171 (11.10%) Analytics
18 165 (10.71%) Technical Leadership
19 156 (10.13%) Platform Engineering
20 148 (9.61%) Event-Driven
Programming Languages
1 373 (24.22%) Python
2 353 (22.92%) SQL
3 240 (15.58%) Java
4 234 (15.19%) C#
5 215 (13.96%) JavaScript
6 111 (7.21%) TypeScript
7 103 (6.69%) Bash
8 90 (5.84%) PowerShell
9 68 (4.42%) Apex Code
10 64 (4.16%) Go
11 53 (3.44%) Bicep
12 36 (2.34%) SOQL
12 36 (2.34%) SOSL
13 34 (2.21%) C++
14 24 (1.56%) Scala
15 20 (1.30%) PHP
16 14 (0.91%) Rust
16 14 (0.91%) Shell Script
16 14 (0.91%) T-SQL
17 13 (0.84%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 179 (11.62%) Security Cleared
2 154 (10.00%) Degree
3 134 (8.70%) SC Cleared
4 52 (3.38%) Azure Certification
5 45 (2.92%) Computer Science Degree
6 40 (2.60%) AWS Certification
7 30 (1.95%) DV Cleared
8 19 (1.23%) Master's Degree
9 17 (1.10%) DBS Check
10 15 (0.97%) CISSP
10 15 (0.97%) ISTQB
10 15 (0.97%) Microsoft Certification
11 14 (0.91%) PMI Certification
12 11 (0.71%) Cisco Certification
13 9 (0.58%) PMP
14 8 (0.52%) PhD
14 8 (0.52%) TOGAF Certification
15 7 (0.45%) CCNP
16 6 (0.39%) BPSS Clearance
16 6 (0.39%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 135 (8.77%) QA
2 71 (4.61%) Data Quality
3 50 (3.25%) Accessibility
4 33 (2.14%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 29 (1.88%) GDPR
6 27 (1.75%) NIST
7 17 (1.10%) GRC
8 13 (0.84%) WCAG
9 9 (0.58%) PCI DSS
10 7 (0.45%) SOC 2
11 5 (0.32%) IFRS
12 3 (0.19%) HMG Security Policy Framework
12 3 (0.19%) ISO 9001
12 3 (0.19%) Sarbanes-Oxley
12 3 (0.19%) Software Quality Assurance
12 3 (0.19%) Solvency II
13 2 (0.13%) Cyber Essentials
13 2 (0.13%) IFRS 17
13 2 (0.13%) SEPA
13 2 (0.13%) SLA
System Software
1 260 (16.88%) Docker
2 70 (4.55%) Active Directory
3 21 (1.36%) VMware Infrastructure
4 19 (1.23%) Virtual Machines
5 8 (0.52%) Firmware
5 8 (0.52%) vSphere
6 6 (0.39%) VMware ESXi
7 4 (0.26%) Slurm Workload Manager
8 3 (0.19%) Embedded Firmware
8 3 (0.19%) Microsoft Virtual Server
8 3 (0.19%) Virtual Servers
9 2 (0.13%) Hyper-V
9 2 (0.13%) Virtual Desktop
9 2 (0.13%) VMware NSX
10 1 (0.065%) Citrix Hypervisor
10 1 (0.065%) KVM
10 1 (0.065%) QEMU
10 1 (0.065%) Xen
Systems Management
1 394 (25.58%) Terraform
2 318 (20.65%) Kubernetes
3 122 (7.92%) Ansible
4 88 (5.71%) Grafana
5 70 (4.55%) Prometheus
6 48 (3.12%) Argo
7 18 (1.17%) Kustomize
8 16 (1.04%) Puppet
8 16 (1.04%) Single Sign-On
9 15 (0.97%) Microsoft Intune
10 11 (0.71%) Istio
11 8 (0.52%) Packer
12 7 (0.45%) Progress Chef
12 7 (0.45%) Proxmox
13 6 (0.39%) Active Directory Federation Services
13 6 (0.39%) vCenter Server
14 5 (0.32%) AWS Copilot
15 4 (0.26%) HP Fortify
15 4 (0.26%) Kibana
15 4 (0.26%) SCCM
Vendors
1 366 (23.77%) Microsoft
2 92 (5.97%) Salesforce
3 75 (4.87%) Google
4 45 (2.92%) Oracle
5 43 (2.79%) Databricks
6 39 (2.53%) Splunk
7 38 (2.47%) VMware
8 35 (2.27%) ServiceNow
9 34 (2.21%) SAP
10 18 (1.17%) MuleSoft
11 17 (1.10%) Cisco
12 16 (1.04%) Facebook
13 15 (0.97%) Palo Alto
14 14 (0.91%) Okta
15 13 (0.84%) Red Hat
16 12 (0.78%) F5
17 11 (0.71%) IBM
18 9 (0.58%) Ab Initio
18 9 (0.58%) Apple
19 8 (0.52%) Juniper
728 hybrid/remote DevOps jobs