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

 6 months to
25 Jul 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 18 16 21
Rank change year-on-year -2 +5 -11
Permanent jobs citing DevOps 1,860 1,924 2,379
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 8.55% 11.70% 8.58%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 10.31% 12.55% 9.71%
Number of salaries quoted 1,354 1,053 1,928
10th Percentile £45,000 £47,231 £42,500
25th Percentile £52,500 £56,250 £52,500
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 £83,813
90th Percentile £100,000 £103,550 £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 18,035 15,327 24,491
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 82.95% 93.18% 88.34%
Number of salaries quoted 13,088 9,060 18,139
10th Percentile £35,000 £29,750 £34,981
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 £77,181
90th Percentile £100,000 £101,250 £96,000
UK median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +9.09% - -8.33%

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 25 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 (2.37%) SharePoint
2 28 (1.51%) Confluence
3 24 (1.29%) Apache
4 22 (1.18%) Apache Spark
5 13 (0.70%) Apache Airflow
5 13 (0.70%) Microsoft Exchange
6 9 (0.48%) IIS
7 8 (0.43%) CMS
7 8 (0.43%) nginx
7 8 (0.43%) SharePoint Server
8 6 (0.32%) Anypoint
8 6 (0.32%) Apache Solr
8 6 (0.32%) OpenStack
8 6 (0.32%) SAS
8 6 (0.32%) WordPress
9 5 (0.27%) Jupyter
10 3 (0.16%) BizTalk Server
10 3 (0.16%) Umbraco
11 1 (0.054%) Drupal
11 1 (0.054%) JBoss
Applications
1 40 (2.15%) Microsoft Project
2 15 (0.81%) Microsoft Excel
3 12 (0.65%) Trello
4 8 (0.43%) MS Visio
5 7 (0.38%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 4 (0.22%) Microsoft Office
7 3 (0.16%) Blender
7 3 (0.16%) Maya
8 1 (0.054%) Chatbot
8 1 (0.054%) Lightworks
8 1 (0.054%) Notion
Business Applications
1 44 (2.37%) Dynamics CRM
2 6 (0.32%) SAP S/4HANA
3 5 (0.27%) Fidessa
4 4 (0.22%) Dynamics AX
5 3 (0.16%) Carpe Diem
5 3 (0.16%) Elite 3E
5 3 (0.16%) Oracle EBS
6 2 (0.11%) Infor SunSystems
6 2 (0.11%) Oracle ERP
7 1 (0.054%) Dynamics GP
7 1 (0.054%) Dynamics NAV
7 1 (0.054%) JDE EnterpriseOne
7 1 (0.054%) Magento
7 1 (0.054%) Payment Gateway
7 1 (0.054%) SAP ERP
7 1 (0.054%) SAP IBP
7 1 (0.054%) SAP MII
7 1 (0.054%) SAP PP
Cloud Services
1 1,029 (55.32%) Azure
2 589 (31.67%) AWS
3 556 (29.89%) Azure DevOps
4 246 (13.23%) SaaS
5 178 (9.57%) GCP
6 148 (7.96%) Serverless
7 145 (7.80%) GitHub
7 145 (7.80%) Power Platform
8 92 (4.95%) PaaS
9 87 (4.68%) Azure AI
10 74 (3.98%) Azure AKS
11 71 (3.82%) Entra ID
12 68 (3.66%) GitHub Actions
13 66 (3.55%) Amazon EKS
13 66 (3.55%) Dynamics 365
14 65 (3.49%) Azure Service Bus
15 61 (3.28%) Azure Cosmos DB
16 59 (3.17%) Amazon S3
17 58 (3.12%) Microsoft 365
17 58 (3.12%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 49 (2.63%) Broadband
2 41 (2.20%) Firewall
3 39 (2.10%) VPN
4 32 (1.72%) TCP/IP
5 29 (1.56%) DNS
6 13 (0.70%) Internet
7 11 (0.59%) DHCP
8 9 (0.48%) Network Security
9 6 (0.32%) BGP
9 6 (0.32%) Cisco ASA
9 6 (0.32%) LAN
9 6 (0.32%) NGFW
9 6 (0.32%) OSPF
9 6 (0.32%) WAN
10 5 (0.27%) Ethernet VPN
10 5 (0.27%) VXLAN
11 4 (0.22%) SSH
11 4 (0.22%) SSL
12 3 (0.16%) HTTP
12 3 (0.16%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 203 (10.91%) Azure SQL Database
2 201 (10.81%) MongoDB
3 128 (6.88%) SQL Server
4 85 (4.57%) PostgreSQL
5 59 (3.17%) Power BI
6 52 (2.80%) NoSQL
7 50 (2.69%) Elasticsearch
8 35 (1.88%) MySQL
9 31 (1.67%) Data Warehouse
10 29 (1.56%) Relational Database
11 28 (1.51%) Amazon RDS
12 22 (1.18%) Metadata
13 21 (1.13%) Redis
14 19 (1.02%) Data Lake
15 18 (0.97%) SQL Server Integration Services
16 16 (0.86%) Amazon Athena
16 16 (0.86%) DynamoDB
17 13 (0.70%) Delta Lake
18 11 (0.59%) NonStop SQL
19 10 (0.54%) Spark SQL
Development Applications
1 141 (7.58%) Git
2 113 (6.08%) Jenkins
2 113 (6.08%) JIRA
3 111 (5.97%) GitLab
4 42 (2.26%) SonarQube
5 28 (1.51%) Selenium
6 26 (1.40%) TeamCity
7 19 (1.02%) Cypress.io
8 18 (0.97%) Postman
9 12 (0.65%) JMeter
10 11 (0.59%) Cucumber
10 11 (0.59%) Visual Studio
11 10 (0.54%) Bitbucket
12 9 (0.48%) Visual Studio Code
13 8 (0.43%) Claude Code
13 8 (0.43%) NUnit
14 7 (0.38%) Maven
15 6 (0.32%) Octopus Deploy
16 5 (0.27%) JUnit
16 5 (0.27%) Locust
General
1 429 (23.06%) Social Skills
2 333 (17.90%) Finance
3 160 (8.60%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 150 (8.06%) Public Sector
5 144 (7.74%) Law
6 117 (6.29%) Analytical Skills
7 107 (5.75%) Legal
8 71 (3.82%) Marketing
9 69 (3.71%) Banking
10 63 (3.39%) Retail
11 62 (3.33%) Games
12 31 (1.67%) Advertising
13 26 (1.40%) Back Office
14 23 (1.24%) Financial Institution
15 22 (1.18%) Manufacturing
16 21 (1.13%) Presentation Skills
17 18 (0.97%) Legal Technology
18 14 (0.75%) Telecoms
19 13 (0.70%) Influencing Skills
20 12 (0.65%) Documentation Skills
Job Titles
1 438 (23.55%) Senior
2 384 (20.65%) Developer
3 321 (17.26%) DevOps Engineer
4 246 (13.23%) Lead
5 186 (10.00%) .NET Developer
6 168 (9.03%) Architect
7 143 (7.69%) Software Engineer
8 106 (5.70%) Senior DevOps
9 92 (4.95%) Senior DevOps Engineer
10 90 (4.84%) Azure Engineer
11 83 (4.46%) IT Manager
12 80 (4.30%) Cloud Engineer
13 69 (3.71%) Platform Engineer
13 69 (3.71%) Solutions Architect
14 66 (3.55%) Senior Manager
15 65 (3.49%) Senior Developer
16 58 (3.12%) Consultant
16 58 (3.12%) Data Engineer
17 53 (2.85%) AWS Engineer
18 52 (2.80%) Service Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 371 (19.95%) .NET
2 208 (11.18%) React
3 201 (10.81%) ASP.NET
4 188 (10.11%) .NET Core
5 180 (9.68%) ASP.NET Core
6 143 (7.69%) RESTful
7 129 (6.94%) REST
8 125 (6.72%) CSS
9 123 (6.61%) HTML
10 113 (6.08%) Node.js
11 101 (5.43%) Blazor
12 97 (5.22%) Entity Framework
13 81 (4.35%) ML.NET
14 73 (3.92%) Middleware
15 57 (3.06%) Kafka
16 54 (2.90%) Spring
16 54 (2.90%) Spring Boot
17 53 (2.85%) AngularJS
17 53 (2.85%) SOAP
18 52 (2.80%) Lightning Web Components
Miscellaneous
1 295 (15.86%) Cloud Native
2 134 (7.20%) Product Ownership
3 88 (4.73%) Enterprise Software
4 73 (3.92%) Distributed Systems
5 61 (3.28%) Virtual Team
6 55 (2.96%) Greenfield Project
7 50 (2.69%) Cyber Threat
8 38 (2.04%) Legacy Systems
8 38 (2.04%) Management Information System
9 36 (1.94%) Mobile App
10 29 (1.56%) Self-Motivation
11 28 (1.51%) Data Centre
11 28 (1.51%) Public Cloud
12 25 (1.34%) Hybrid Cloud
12 25 (1.34%) Onboarding
12 25 (1.34%) Podcast
13 24 (1.29%) Driving Licence
14 23 (1.24%) Social Media
15 19 (1.02%) Legacy Applications
16 18 (0.97%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 174 (9.35%) Linux
2 98 (5.27%) Windows
3 56 (3.01%) Unix
4 21 (1.13%) Windows Server
5 20 (1.08%) Android
6 16 (0.86%) VMS
7 8 (0.43%) Debian
7 8 (0.43%) Ubuntu
8 6 (0.32%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 5 (0.27%) CentOS
10 3 (0.16%) Windows Server 2016
11 2 (0.11%) Apple iOS
11 2 (0.11%) Embedded Linux
12 1 (0.054%) Solaris
12 1 (0.054%) VxWorks
Processes & Methodologies
1 924 (49.68%) CI/CD
2 849 (45.65%) Agile
3 444 (23.87%) Continuous Improvement
4 397 (21.34%) Infrastructure as Code
5 390 (20.97%) Mentoring
6 354 (19.03%) Software Engineering
7 349 (18.76%) AI
8 335 (18.01%) Test Automation
9 298 (16.02%) Full-Stack Development
10 295 (15.86%) Problem-Solving
11 264 (14.19%) Microservices
12 250 (13.44%) Scrum
13 235 (12.63%) Stakeholder Engagement
14 216 (11.61%) Roadmaps
15 209 (11.24%) Containerisation
16 194 (10.43%) Technical Leadership
17 190 (10.22%) Stakeholder Management
18 185 (9.95%) Observability
19 182 (9.78%) Coaching
20 171 (9.19%) Platform Engineering
Programming Languages
1 422 (22.69%) C#
2 419 (22.53%) SQL
3 379 (20.38%) Python
4 310 (16.67%) JavaScript
5 202 (10.86%) Java
6 167 (8.98%) TypeScript
7 166 (8.92%) PowerShell
8 101 (5.43%) Bash
9 74 (3.98%) Bicep
10 54 (2.90%) Apex Code
11 34 (1.83%) SOQL
11 34 (1.83%) SOSL
12 31 (1.67%) C++
13 30 (1.61%) Go
14 26 (1.40%) PHP
15 20 (1.08%) Kusto Query Language
16 17 (0.91%) T-SQL
17 13 (0.70%) Ruby
18 12 (0.65%) Groovy
19 10 (0.54%) Data Analysis Expressions
Qualifications
1 210 (11.29%) Security Cleared
2 168 (9.03%) SC Cleared
3 157 (8.44%) Degree
4 68 (3.66%) CISSP
5 65 (3.49%) Azure Certification
6 58 (3.12%) CISM
6 58 (3.12%) ITIL Certification
7 44 (2.37%) Computer Science Degree
8 32 (1.72%) DV Cleared
9 24 (1.29%) Microsoft Certification
10 22 (1.18%) Master's Degree
11 21 (1.13%) DBS Check
12 19 (1.02%) AWS Certification
13 18 (0.97%) PMI Certification
14 16 (0.86%) BPSS Clearance
15 14 (0.75%) ISTQB
16 13 (0.70%) Cisco Certification
16 13 (0.70%) PMP
17 8 (0.43%) TOGAF Certification
18 7 (0.38%) CCNP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 215 (11.56%) QA
2 80 (4.30%) NIST
3 51 (2.74%) Accessibility
4 48 (2.58%) Data Quality
4 48 (2.58%) ISO 22301
5 33 (1.77%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 29 (1.56%) GDPR
7 23 (1.24%) GRC
8 15 (0.81%) WCAG
9 8 (0.43%) HMG Security Policy Framework
9 8 (0.43%) PCI DSS
10 6 (0.32%) NIST 800
10 6 (0.32%) PMO
11 5 (0.27%) IFRS
11 5 (0.27%) SOC 2
12 4 (0.22%) ISO 9001
12 4 (0.22%) SLA
13 3 (0.16%) Sarbanes-Oxley
13 3 (0.16%) SEPA
13 3 (0.16%) Solvency II
System Software
1 253 (13.60%) Docker
2 64 (3.44%) Active Directory
3 31 (1.67%) VMware Infrastructure
4 20 (1.08%) Virtual Machines
5 18 (0.97%) vSphere
6 13 (0.70%) Virtual Desktop
7 8 (0.43%) Firmware
8 4 (0.22%) Slurm Workload Manager
9 3 (0.16%) Embedded Firmware
9 3 (0.16%) Hyper-V
10 2 (0.11%) iptables
10 2 (0.11%) KVM
10 2 (0.11%) VMware ESXi
11 1 (0.054%) Citrix Hypervisor
11 1 (0.054%) QEMU
11 1 (0.054%) Xen
Systems Management
1 357 (19.19%) Terraform
2 302 (16.24%) Kubernetes
3 92 (4.95%) Ansible
4 81 (4.35%) Grafana
5 46 (2.47%) Prometheus
6 29 (1.56%) Argo
7 21 (1.13%) Puppet
8 14 (0.75%) Microsoft Intune
9 13 (0.70%) Istio
10 9 (0.48%) Progress Chef
11 8 (0.43%) Proxmox
12 7 (0.38%) Active Directory Federation Services
12 7 (0.38%) Packer
13 6 (0.32%) ZABBIX
14 5 (0.27%) AWS Copilot
14 5 (0.27%) Kibana
15 3 (0.16%) Nagios
16 2 (0.11%) HP Fortify
16 2 (0.11%) MIIS
16 2 (0.11%) Opsgenie
Vendors
1 489 (26.29%) Microsoft
2 76 (4.09%) Google
2 76 (4.09%) Salesforce
3 54 (2.90%) Oracle
4 51 (2.74%) ServiceNow
5 42 (2.26%) VMware
6 40 (2.15%) Facebook
6 40 (2.15%) Splunk
7 36 (1.94%) Databricks
8 33 (1.77%) SAP
9 29 (1.56%) Pega
10 25 (1.34%) MuleSoft
11 21 (1.13%) YouTube
12 19 (1.02%) Apple
13 18 (0.97%) Sony
14 17 (0.91%) Cisco
14 17 (0.91%) Yahoo!
15 16 (0.86%) OpenAI
16 15 (0.81%) Palo Alto
17 14 (0.75%) Red Hat
755 hybrid/remote DevOps jobs