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

6 months to
31 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 17 16 20
Rank change year-on-year -1 +4 -10
Permanent jobs citing DevOps 1,892 1,918 2,298
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 8.54% 11.64% 8.64%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 10.29% 12.51% 9.82%
Number of salaries quoted 1,383 1,049 1,861
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 £86,250 £85,000 £85,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £102,500 £98,474
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 18,379 15,333 23,410
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 82.97% 93.03% 88.01%
Number of salaries quoted 13,361 9,055 17,187
10th Percentile £35,000 £29,750 £35,000
25th Percentile £44,972 £41,000 £42,672
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £57,965
Median % change year-on-year - +3.51% -7.26%
75th Percentile £80,000 £78,750 £77,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £101,250 £96,250
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 31 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 45 (2.38%) SharePoint
2 30 (1.59%) Confluence
3 25 (1.32%) Apache
4 23 (1.22%) Apache Spark
5 13 (0.69%) Microsoft Exchange
6 12 (0.63%) Apache Airflow
7 9 (0.48%) IIS
8 8 (0.42%) SharePoint Server
9 7 (0.37%) nginx
10 6 (0.32%) Anypoint
10 6 (0.32%) Apache Solr
10 6 (0.32%) CMS
10 6 (0.32%) OpenStack
10 6 (0.32%) SAS
10 6 (0.32%) WordPress
11 5 (0.26%) Jupyter
12 3 (0.16%) BizTalk Server
12 3 (0.16%) Umbraco
13 1 (0.053%) Drupal
13 1 (0.053%) JBoss
Applications
1 39 (2.06%) Microsoft Project
2 15 (0.79%) Microsoft Excel
3 12 (0.63%) Trello
4 9 (0.48%) MS Visio
5 7 (0.37%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 4 (0.21%) Microsoft Office
7 3 (0.16%) Blender
7 3 (0.16%) Maya
8 1 (0.053%) Chatbot
8 1 (0.053%) Lightworks
8 1 (0.053%) Notion
Business Applications
1 43 (2.27%) Dynamics CRM
2 6 (0.32%) SAP S/4HANA
3 5 (0.26%) Fidessa
4 4 (0.21%) 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%) JDE EnterpriseOne
6 2 (0.11%) Oracle ERP
7 1 (0.053%) Dynamics GP
7 1 (0.053%) Dynamics NAV
7 1 (0.053%) Magento
7 1 (0.053%) Payment Gateway
7 1 (0.053%) Sage 200
7 1 (0.053%) SAP ERP
7 1 (0.053%) SAP IBP
7 1 (0.053%) SAP MII
7 1 (0.053%) SAP PP
Cloud Services
1 1,055 (55.76%) Azure
2 604 (31.92%) AWS
3 568 (30.02%) Azure DevOps
4 253 (13.37%) SaaS
5 185 (9.78%) GCP
6 147 (7.77%) Power Platform
6 147 (7.77%) Serverless
7 144 (7.61%) GitHub
8 93 (4.92%) PaaS
9 89 (4.70%) Azure AI
10 75 (3.96%) Azure AKS
11 71 (3.75%) Entra ID
12 67 (3.54%) Dynamics 365
12 67 (3.54%) GitHub Actions
13 66 (3.49%) Azure Service Bus
14 65 (3.44%) Amazon EKS
15 64 (3.38%) AWS CloudFormation
15 64 (3.38%) Azure Cosmos DB
16 63 (3.33%) Microsoft 365
17 59 (3.12%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 41 (2.17%) Broadband
2 40 (2.11%) Firewall
2 40 (2.11%) VPN
3 37 (1.96%) TCP/IP
4 29 (1.53%) DNS
5 13 (0.69%) Internet
6 10 (0.53%) DHCP
6 10 (0.53%) Network Security
7 6 (0.32%) BGP
7 6 (0.32%) Cisco ASA
7 6 (0.32%) LAN
7 6 (0.32%) NGFW
7 6 (0.32%) OSPF
7 6 (0.32%) WAN
8 5 (0.26%) Ethernet VPN
8 5 (0.26%) VXLAN
9 4 (0.21%) SSH
9 4 (0.21%) SSL
10 3 (0.16%) HTTP
10 3 (0.16%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 206 (10.89%) Azure SQL Database
2 202 (10.68%) MongoDB
3 138 (7.29%) SQL Server
4 86 (4.55%) PostgreSQL
5 60 (3.17%) Power BI
6 52 (2.75%) Elasticsearch
7 50 (2.64%) NoSQL
8 35 (1.85%) MySQL
9 33 (1.74%) Relational Database
10 32 (1.69%) Data Warehouse
11 27 (1.43%) Amazon RDS
12 23 (1.22%) Redis
13 22 (1.16%) Metadata
14 20 (1.06%) SQL Server Integration Services
15 19 (1.00%) Data Lake
16 16 (0.85%) DynamoDB
17 15 (0.79%) Amazon Athena
17 15 (0.79%) Delta Lake
18 11 (0.58%) NonStop SQL
19 10 (0.53%) Spark SQL
Development Applications
1 146 (7.72%) Git
2 114 (6.03%) JIRA
3 106 (5.60%) Jenkins
4 104 (5.50%) GitLab
5 34 (1.80%) SonarQube
6 29 (1.53%) Selenium
7 27 (1.43%) TeamCity
8 20 (1.06%) Cypress.io
9 17 (0.90%) Postman
10 11 (0.58%) Bitbucket
10 11 (0.58%) Cucumber
10 11 (0.58%) JMeter
10 11 (0.58%) Visual Studio
11 10 (0.53%) NUnit
12 9 (0.48%) Visual Studio Code
13 8 (0.42%) Claude Code
14 7 (0.37%) Maven
15 6 (0.32%) Octopus Deploy
16 5 (0.26%) JUnit
16 5 (0.26%) Locust
General
1 440 (23.26%) Social Skills
2 336 (17.76%) Finance
3 151 (7.98%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 148 (7.82%) Public Sector
5 147 (7.77%) Law
6 117 (6.18%) Analytical Skills
7 110 (5.81%) Legal
8 70 (3.70%) Banking
9 63 (3.33%) Retail
10 62 (3.28%) Marketing
11 54 (2.85%) Games
12 32 (1.69%) Advertising
13 27 (1.43%) Back Office
14 24 (1.27%) Financial Institution
15 22 (1.16%) Manufacturing
15 22 (1.16%) Presentation Skills
16 18 (0.95%) Legal Technology
17 14 (0.74%) Telecoms
18 12 (0.63%) Documentation Skills
18 12 (0.63%) Influencing Skills
Job Titles
1 456 (24.10%) Senior
2 386 (20.40%) Developer
3 335 (17.71%) DevOps Engineer
4 253 (13.37%) Lead
5 192 (10.15%) .NET Developer
6 161 (8.51%) Architect
7 146 (7.72%) Software Engineer
8 112 (5.92%) Senior DevOps
9 99 (5.23%) Senior DevOps Engineer
10 94 (4.97%) Azure Engineer
11 84 (4.44%) IT Manager
12 82 (4.33%) Cloud Engineer
13 70 (3.70%) Platform Engineer
14 66 (3.49%) Senior Manager
14 66 (3.49%) Solutions Architect
15 64 (3.38%) Senior Developer
16 59 (3.12%) Data Engineer
17 57 (3.01%) Consultant
18 55 (2.91%) Senior Software Engineer
19 52 (2.75%) Service Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 382 (20.19%) .NET
2 212 (11.21%) React
3 204 (10.78%) ASP.NET
4 193 (10.20%) .NET Core
5 181 (9.57%) ASP.NET Core
6 143 (7.56%) RESTful
7 126 (6.66%) CSS
8 125 (6.61%) REST
9 123 (6.50%) HTML
10 114 (6.03%) Node.js
11 105 (5.55%) Blazor
12 99 (5.23%) Entity Framework
13 82 (4.33%) ML.NET
14 70 (3.70%) Middleware
15 57 (3.01%) AngularJS
16 56 (2.96%) Kafka
17 50 (2.64%) Spring
17 50 (2.64%) Spring Boot
18 44 (2.33%) SOAP
19 42 (2.22%) Lightning Web Components
Miscellaneous
1 298 (15.75%) Cloud Native
2 130 (6.87%) Product Ownership
3 93 (4.92%) Enterprise Software
4 80 (4.23%) Distributed Systems
5 62 (3.28%) Virtual Team
6 57 (3.01%) Greenfield Project
7 52 (2.75%) Cyber Threat
8 41 (2.17%) Legacy Systems
9 38 (2.01%) Management Information System
10 36 (1.90%) Mobile App
11 30 (1.59%) Self-Motivation
12 28 (1.48%) Data Centre
12 28 (1.48%) Public Cloud
13 25 (1.32%) Podcast
14 24 (1.27%) Driving Licence
14 24 (1.27%) Onboarding
15 23 (1.22%) Hybrid Cloud
15 23 (1.22%) Social Media
16 21 (1.11%) Legacy Applications
17 19 (1.00%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 179 (9.46%) Linux
2 97 (5.13%) Windows
3 61 (3.22%) Unix
4 20 (1.06%) Android
4 20 (1.06%) Windows Server
5 16 (0.85%) VMS
6 8 (0.42%) Debian
6 8 (0.42%) Ubuntu
7 6 (0.32%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 5 (0.26%) CentOS
9 3 (0.16%) Windows Server 2016
10 2 (0.11%) Apple iOS
10 2 (0.11%) Embedded Linux
11 1 (0.053%) Solaris
11 1 (0.053%) VxWorks
Processes & Methodologies
1 929 (49.10%) CI/CD
2 844 (44.61%) Agile
3 443 (23.41%) Continuous Improvement
4 411 (21.72%) Infrastructure as Code
5 399 (21.09%) Mentoring
6 368 (19.45%) Software Engineering
7 362 (19.13%) AI
8 335 (17.71%) Test Automation
9 298 (15.75%) Full-Stack Development
10 295 (15.59%) Problem-Solving
11 266 (14.06%) Microservices
12 241 (12.74%) Scrum
13 237 (12.53%) Stakeholder Engagement
14 212 (11.21%) Containerisation
15 209 (11.05%) Roadmaps
16 199 (10.52%) Technical Leadership
17 194 (10.25%) Observability
18 193 (10.20%) Stakeholder Management
19 189 (9.99%) Coaching
20 175 (9.25%) Platform Engineering
Programming Languages
1 438 (23.15%) C#
2 428 (22.62%) SQL
3 383 (20.24%) Python
4 310 (16.38%) JavaScript
5 200 (10.57%) Java
6 166 (8.77%) PowerShell
6 166 (8.77%) TypeScript
7 99 (5.23%) Bash
8 75 (3.96%) Bicep
9 44 (2.33%) Apex Code
10 31 (1.64%) C++
10 31 (1.64%) Go
11 26 (1.37%) SOQL
11 26 (1.37%) SOSL
12 24 (1.27%) PHP
13 20 (1.06%) Kusto Query Language
13 20 (1.06%) T-SQL
14 14 (0.74%) Ruby
15 13 (0.69%) Groovy
16 10 (0.53%) Scala
Qualifications
1 215 (11.36%) Security Cleared
2 173 (9.14%) SC Cleared
3 153 (8.09%) Degree
4 68 (3.59%) CISSP
5 65 (3.44%) Azure Certification
6 58 (3.07%) CISM
6 58 (3.07%) ITIL Certification
7 43 (2.27%) Computer Science Degree
8 34 (1.80%) DV Cleared
9 24 (1.27%) Microsoft Certification
10 22 (1.16%) DBS Check
11 21 (1.11%) Master's Degree
12 19 (1.00%) AWS Certification
13 18 (0.95%) PMI Certification
14 17 (0.90%) BPSS Clearance
15 14 (0.74%) ISTQB
16 13 (0.69%) Cisco Certification
16 13 (0.69%) PMP
17 8 (0.42%) TOGAF Certification
18 7 (0.37%) CCNP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 218 (11.52%) QA
2 80 (4.23%) NIST
3 51 (2.70%) Accessibility
4 48 (2.54%) Data Quality
4 48 (2.54%) ISO 22301
5 32 (1.69%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 28 (1.48%) GDPR
7 23 (1.22%) GRC
8 15 (0.79%) WCAG
9 9 (0.48%) HMG Security Policy Framework
10 8 (0.42%) PCI DSS
11 6 (0.32%) NIST 800
11 6 (0.32%) PMO
11 6 (0.32%) SOC 2
12 5 (0.26%) IFRS
12 5 (0.26%) SLA
13 4 (0.21%) ISO 9001
14 3 (0.16%) Sarbanes-Oxley
14 3 (0.16%) SEPA
14 3 (0.16%) Solvency II
System Software
1 258 (13.64%) Docker
2 63 (3.33%) Active Directory
3 31 (1.64%) VMware Infrastructure
4 20 (1.06%) Virtual Machines
5 17 (0.90%) vSphere
6 14 (0.74%) Virtual Desktop
7 8 (0.42%) Firmware
8 4 (0.21%) 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
11 1 (0.053%) Citrix Hypervisor
11 1 (0.053%) QEMU
11 1 (0.053%) VMware ESXi
11 1 (0.053%) Xen
Systems Management
1 375 (19.82%) Terraform
2 303 (16.01%) Kubernetes
3 94 (4.97%) Ansible
4 81 (4.28%) Grafana
5 45 (2.38%) Prometheus
6 29 (1.53%) Argo
7 21 (1.11%) Puppet
8 15 (0.79%) Microsoft Intune
9 14 (0.74%) Istio
10 9 (0.48%) Progress Chef
11 7 (0.37%) Active Directory Federation Services
11 7 (0.37%) Proxmox
12 6 (0.32%) Packer
12 6 (0.32%) ZABBIX
13 5 (0.26%) AWS Copilot
13 5 (0.26%) Kibana
14 3 (0.16%) Nagios
15 2 (0.11%) HP Fortify
15 2 (0.11%) MIIS
15 2 (0.11%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 499 (26.37%) Microsoft
2 81 (4.28%) Google
3 66 (3.49%) Salesforce
4 55 (2.91%) Oracle
5 50 (2.64%) ServiceNow
6 40 (2.11%) Facebook
6 40 (2.11%) VMware
7 39 (2.06%) Databricks
8 33 (1.74%) SAP
9 32 (1.69%) Splunk
10 29 (1.53%) Pega
11 23 (1.22%) MuleSoft
12 21 (1.11%) YouTube
13 19 (1.00%) Apple
13 19 (1.00%) Sony
14 17 (0.90%) Cisco
14 17 (0.90%) OpenAI
14 17 (0.90%) Yahoo!
15 15 (0.79%) Palo Alto
16 14 (0.74%) Red Hat