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

 6 months to
1 Jul 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 18 17 21
Rank change year-on-year -1 +4 -11
Permanent jobs citing DevOps 1,711 1,924 2,899
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 8.26% 12.11% 8.67%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 10.05% 12.90% 9.74%
Number of salaries quoted 1,305 1,069 2,357
10th Percentile £45,000 £47,231 £41,250
25th Percentile £52,500 £56,745 £51,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £67,500 £70,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.57% +7.69% -7.14%
75th Percentile £83,750 £87,500 £82,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £110,000 £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 17,029 14,914 29,776
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 82.18% 93.86% 89.06%
Number of salaries quoted 12,466 8,777 22,909
10th Percentile £35,000 £29,809 £33,750
25th Percentile £45,000 £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 £75,250
90th Percentile £100,000 £103,750 £95,000
UK median annual salary £60,000 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year +4.35% +4.55% -9.09%

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 1 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 46 (2.69%) SharePoint
2 28 (1.64%) Confluence
3 22 (1.29%) Apache
4 17 (0.99%) Apache Spark
5 16 (0.94%) Apache Airflow
5 16 (0.94%) Microsoft Exchange
6 9 (0.53%) CMS
7 8 (0.47%) SharePoint Server
8 7 (0.41%) IIS
9 6 (0.35%) Apache Solr
9 6 (0.35%) nginx
9 6 (0.35%) WordPress
10 5 (0.29%) Jupyter
10 5 (0.29%) OpenStack
11 3 (0.18%) Anypoint
11 3 (0.18%) SAS
11 3 (0.18%) Umbraco
12 1 (0.058%) Appian
12 1 (0.058%) Camunda
12 1 (0.058%) Red Hat Fuse
Applications
1 35 (2.05%) Microsoft Project
2 12 (0.70%) Microsoft Excel
3 8 (0.47%) Trello
4 5 (0.29%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 5 (0.29%) MS Visio
5 3 (0.18%) Blender
5 3 (0.18%) Maya
6 1 (0.058%) EngageOne
6 1 (0.058%) Lightworks
6 1 (0.058%) Notion
6 1 (0.058%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 49 (2.86%) Dynamics CRM
2 6 (0.35%) Oracle EBS
2 6 (0.35%) SAP S/4HANA
3 5 (0.29%) Dynamics AX
3 5 (0.29%) Fidessa
4 4 (0.23%) SAP ERP
5 2 (0.12%) Carpe Diem
5 2 (0.12%) Elite 3E
5 2 (0.12%) Infor SunSystems
6 1 (0.058%) Dynamics GP
6 1 (0.058%) Dynamics NAV
6 1 (0.058%) JDE EnterpriseOne
6 1 (0.058%) Magento
6 1 (0.058%) Payment Gateway
6 1 (0.058%) SAP IBP
6 1 (0.058%) SAP MII
6 1 (0.058%) SAP PP
6 1 (0.058%) TIBCO iProcess
Cloud Services
1 935 (54.65%) Azure
2 548 (32.03%) AWS
3 523 (30.57%) Azure DevOps
4 170 (9.94%) GCP
5 164 (9.59%) Serverless
6 155 (9.06%) GitHub
7 149 (8.71%) Power Platform
8 142 (8.30%) SaaS
9 91 (5.32%) PaaS
10 80 (4.68%) Azure AI
11 76 (4.44%) Azure AKS
11 76 (4.44%) Entra ID
12 74 (4.32%) Amazon EKS
13 70 (4.09%) GitHub Actions
14 68 (3.97%) Amazon S3
15 64 (3.74%) Azure Service Bus
16 60 (3.51%) AWS CloudFormation
17 56 (3.27%) Azure Functions
17 56 (3.27%) Azure Logic Apps
18 55 (3.21%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 61 (3.57%) Broadband
2 48 (2.81%) Firewall
3 34 (1.99%) VPN
4 27 (1.58%) DNS
5 23 (1.34%) TCP/IP
6 13 (0.76%) DHCP
7 12 (0.70%) Internet
8 9 (0.53%) Network Security
9 6 (0.35%) BGP
9 6 (0.35%) Cisco ASA
9 6 (0.35%) LAN
9 6 (0.35%) NGFW
9 6 (0.35%) OSPF
9 6 (0.35%) WAN
10 5 (0.29%) Ethernet VPN
10 5 (0.29%) VXLAN
11 4 (0.23%) SSL
12 3 (0.18%) DSL
12 3 (0.18%) HTTP
12 3 (0.18%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 193 (11.28%) Azure SQL Database
2 188 (10.99%) MongoDB
3 116 (6.78%) SQL Server
4 80 (4.68%) PostgreSQL
5 67 (3.92%) NoSQL
6 59 (3.45%) Power BI
7 45 (2.63%) Elasticsearch
8 39 (2.28%) Relational Database
9 34 (1.99%) Metadata
10 33 (1.93%) MySQL
11 30 (1.75%) Amazon RDS
12 28 (1.64%) Data Warehouse
13 22 (1.29%) Amazon Athena
14 21 (1.23%) Data Lake
14 21 (1.23%) Redis
15 18 (1.05%) DynamoDB
16 15 (0.88%) Delta Lake
16 15 (0.88%) RDBMS
16 15 (0.88%) SQL Server Integration Services
17 10 (0.58%) Amazon Redshift
Development Applications
1 141 (8.24%) Git
2 112 (6.55%) GitLab
2 112 (6.55%) Jenkins
3 100 (5.84%) JIRA
4 43 (2.51%) SonarQube
5 24 (1.40%) Selenium
5 24 (1.40%) TeamCity
6 15 (0.88%) Postman
7 14 (0.82%) Cypress.io
8 13 (0.76%) Visual Studio
9 12 (0.70%) Cucumber
9 12 (0.70%) Jaeger
10 11 (0.64%) JMeter
11 10 (0.58%) Bitbucket
12 7 (0.41%) Claude Code
12 7 (0.41%) Maven
12 7 (0.41%) NUnit
12 7 (0.41%) Visual Studio Code
13 5 (0.29%) Locust
13 5 (0.29%) SpecFlow
General
1 351 (20.51%) Social Skills
2 324 (18.94%) Finance
3 165 (9.64%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 151 (8.83%) Public Sector
5 120 (7.01%) Analytical Skills
6 88 (5.14%) Law
7 71 (4.15%) Banking
8 69 (4.03%) Marketing
9 68 (3.97%) Retail
10 65 (3.80%) Games
11 51 (2.98%) Legal
12 28 (1.64%) Advertising
12 28 (1.64%) Back Office
13 24 (1.40%) Financial Institution
14 21 (1.23%) Manufacturing
14 21 (1.23%) Presentation Skills
15 15 (0.88%) Legal Technology
16 12 (0.70%) Health Technology
16 12 (0.70%) Influencing Skills
16 12 (0.70%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 380 (22.21%) Developer
2 379 (22.15%) Senior
3 298 (17.42%) DevOps Engineer
4 249 (14.55%) Lead
5 173 (10.11%) .NET Developer
6 171 (9.99%) Architect
7 146 (8.53%) Software Engineer
8 108 (6.31%) Senior DevOps
9 90 (5.26%) Senior DevOps Engineer
10 88 (5.14%) Cloud Engineer
11 86 (5.03%) Azure Engineer
12 69 (4.03%) Solutions Architect
13 65 (3.80%) Platform Engineer
14 60 (3.51%) Senior Developer
15 59 (3.45%) AWS Engineer
16 57 (3.33%) Data Engineer
16 57 (3.33%) Senior Software Engineer
17 53 (3.10%) Consultant
18 51 (2.98%) Lead Developer
19 45 (2.63%) Technical Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 359 (20.98%) .NET
2 204 (11.92%) React
3 186 (10.87%) ASP.NET
4 179 (10.46%) .NET Core
5 169 (9.88%) ASP.NET Core
6 136 (7.95%) RESTful
7 120 (7.01%) CSS
8 119 (6.95%) HTML
9 118 (6.90%) REST
10 110 (6.43%) Node.js
11 92 (5.38%) Blazor
12 91 (5.32%) Entity Framework
13 76 (4.44%) ML.NET
14 62 (3.62%) Spring
15 59 (3.45%) Spring Boot
16 56 (3.27%) AngularJS
17 54 (3.16%) SOAP
18 53 (3.10%) Lightning Web Components
19 51 (2.98%) Visualforce
20 50 (2.92%) Kafka
Miscellaneous
1 287 (16.77%) Cloud Native
2 124 (7.25%) Product Ownership
3 78 (4.56%) Enterprise Software
4 66 (3.86%) Distributed Systems
5 44 (2.57%) Greenfield Project
6 41 (2.40%) Mobile App
7 36 (2.10%) Legacy Systems
7 36 (2.10%) Public Cloud
8 34 (1.99%) Management Information System
9 30 (1.75%) Self-Motivation
10 28 (1.64%) Data Centre
10 28 (1.64%) Hybrid Cloud
11 25 (1.46%) Driving Licence
11 25 (1.46%) Podcast
12 22 (1.29%) Onboarding
12 22 (1.29%) Security Posture
13 21 (1.23%) Low-Code
14 20 (1.17%) Social Media
15 18 (1.05%) Legacy Applications
16 17 (0.99%) iPhone
Operating Systems
1 180 (10.52%) Linux
2 93 (5.44%) Windows
3 60 (3.51%) Unix
4 25 (1.46%) Android
5 21 (1.23%) Windows Server
6 16 (0.94%) VMS
7 9 (0.53%) Debian
7 9 (0.53%) Ubuntu
8 8 (0.47%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 7 (0.41%) Apple iOS
10 6 (0.35%) CentOS
11 3 (0.18%) Windows Server 2016
12 2 (0.12%) Embedded Linux
12 2 (0.12%) Windows Server 2012
12 2 (0.12%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 912 (53.30%) CI/CD
2 779 (45.53%) Agile
3 409 (23.90%) Infrastructure as Code
4 371 (21.68%) Continuous Improvement
5 349 (20.40%) Mentoring
6 322 (18.82%) AI
7 293 (17.12%) Full-Stack Development
8 290 (16.95%) Software Engineering
9 280 (16.36%) Problem-Solving
10 262 (15.31%) Microservices
11 237 (13.85%) Scrum
12 233 (13.62%) Test Automation
13 226 (13.21%) Containerisation
14 217 (12.68%) Roadmaps
15 188 (10.99%) Coaching
16 185 (10.81%) Technical Leadership
17 181 (10.58%) Observability
18 164 (9.59%) Stakeholder Management
19 162 (9.47%) Platform Engineering
20 155 (9.06%) Analytics
Programming Languages
1 413 (24.14%) SQL
2 357 (20.86%) C#
3 335 (19.58%) Python
4 263 (15.37%) JavaScript
5 222 (12.97%) Java
6 124 (7.25%) TypeScript
7 114 (6.66%) Bash
8 107 (6.25%) PowerShell
9 71 (4.15%) Bicep
10 55 (3.21%) Apex Code
11 48 (2.81%) Go
12 36 (2.10%) SOQL
12 36 (2.10%) SOSL
13 33 (1.93%) C++
14 25 (1.46%) PHP
15 20 (1.17%) Kusto Query Language
16 17 (0.99%) T-SQL
17 13 (0.76%) Ruby
17 13 (0.76%) Rust
18 11 (0.64%) Kotlin
Qualifications
1 194 (11.34%) Security Cleared
2 163 (9.53%) Degree
3 148 (8.65%) SC Cleared
4 65 (3.80%) Azure Certification
5 43 (2.51%) Computer Science Degree
6 35 (2.05%) AWS Certification
7 29 (1.69%) Microsoft Certification
8 28 (1.64%) DV Cleared
9 23 (1.34%) Master's Degree
10 19 (1.11%) CISSP
11 17 (0.99%) DBS Check
12 16 (0.94%) PMI Certification
13 13 (0.76%) Cisco Certification
14 11 (0.64%) ISTQB
15 10 (0.58%) PMP
16 9 (0.53%) TOGAF Certification
17 8 (0.47%) ITIL Certification
17 8 (0.47%) PhD
18 7 (0.41%) CCNP
19 6 (0.35%) CISM
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 149 (8.71%) QA
2 52 (3.04%) Data Quality
3 43 (2.51%) Accessibility
4 32 (1.87%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 29 (1.69%) NIST
6 27 (1.58%) GDPR
7 19 (1.11%) GRC
8 12 (0.70%) WCAG
9 9 (0.53%) PCI DSS
10 7 (0.41%) SOC 2
11 6 (0.35%) HMG Security Policy Framework
12 5 (0.29%) IFRS
12 5 (0.29%) PMO
13 3 (0.18%) ISO 9001
13 3 (0.18%) Sarbanes-Oxley
13 3 (0.18%) Software Quality Assurance
13 3 (0.18%) Solvency II
14 2 (0.12%) IFRS 17
14 2 (0.12%) SEPA
14 2 (0.12%) SLA
System Software
1 257 (15.02%) Docker
2 68 (3.97%) Active Directory
3 31 (1.81%) VMware Infrastructure
4 20 (1.17%) Virtual Machines
5 19 (1.11%) vSphere
6 13 (0.76%) Virtual Desktop
7 8 (0.47%) Firmware
8 4 (0.23%) Slurm Workload Manager
8 4 (0.23%) VMware ESXi
9 3 (0.18%) Embedded Firmware
9 3 (0.18%) Microsoft Virtual Server
9 3 (0.18%) Virtual Servers
10 2 (0.12%) iptables
11 1 (0.058%) Citrix Hypervisor
11 1 (0.058%) Hyper-V
11 1 (0.058%) KVM
11 1 (0.058%) QEMU
11 1 (0.058%) VMware NSX
11 1 (0.058%) Xen
Systems Management
1 372 (21.74%) Terraform
2 309 (18.06%) Kubernetes
3 112 (6.55%) Ansible
4 79 (4.62%) Grafana
5 55 (3.21%) Prometheus
6 39 (2.28%) Argo
7 18 (1.05%) Puppet
8 14 (0.82%) Microsoft Intune
9 13 (0.76%) Istio
10 12 (0.70%) Kustomize
11 10 (0.58%) Proxmox
12 9 (0.53%) Packer
13 8 (0.47%) Progress Chef
14 7 (0.41%) Active Directory Federation Services
15 6 (0.35%) ZABBIX
16 5 (0.29%) AWS Copilot
16 5 (0.29%) Kibana
17 4 (0.23%) vCenter Server
18 3 (0.18%) Nagios
18 3 (0.18%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 472 (27.59%) Microsoft
2 91 (5.32%) Google
3 78 (4.56%) Salesforce
4 48 (2.81%) Oracle
5 47 (2.75%) ServiceNow
6 45 (2.63%) VMware
7 42 (2.45%) Splunk
8 37 (2.16%) Facebook
9 36 (2.10%) Databricks
10 33 (1.93%) SAP
11 29 (1.69%) Pega
12 22 (1.29%) MuleSoft
13 19 (1.11%) YouTube
14 18 (1.05%) Apple
15 17 (0.99%) Cisco
16 16 (0.94%) Sony
16 16 (0.94%) Yahoo!
17 15 (0.88%) OpenAI
17 15 (0.88%) Palo Alto
18 12 (0.70%) ScienceLogic
905 hybrid/remote DevOps jobs