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

 6 months to
12 Oct 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 22 19 18
Rank change year-on-year -3 -1 -8
Permanent jobs citing DevOps 1,918 1,714 2,228
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 7.70% 10.37% 10.37%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 9.55% 11.06% 11.76%
Number of salaries quoted 1,325 885 1,498
10th Percentile £45,685 £46,250 £42,500
25th Percentile £52,500 £55,750 £53,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £69,310 £69,384 £67,500
Median % change year-on-year -0.11% +2.79% -
75th Percentile £87,500 £83,750 £85,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £100,000 £105,000
UK median annual salary £70,000 £70,000 £68,900
% change year-on-year - +1.60% -1.57%

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 20,087 15,504 18,946
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 80.59% 93.81% 88.21%
Number of salaries quoted 14,255 8,362 11,176
10th Percentile £33,750 £29,750 £35,500
25th Percentile £44,447 £40,000 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £57,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.35% -4.17% -4.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 £77,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £100,000 £102,500
UK median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £60,000
% 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 12 October 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 60 (3.13%) SharePoint
2 38 (1.98%) Confluence
3 26 (1.36%) Apache Spark
4 25 (1.30%) Apache
5 16 (0.83%) Microsoft Exchange
6 11 (0.57%) Apache Airflow
7 10 (0.52%) nginx
8 9 (0.47%) WebLogic
9 8 (0.42%) CMS
9 8 (0.42%) IIS
9 8 (0.42%) Jupyter
9 8 (0.42%) SharePoint Server
10 6 (0.31%) SAS
11 5 (0.26%) WordPress
12 3 (0.16%) Anypoint
12 3 (0.16%) BizTalk Server
12 3 (0.16%) Umbraco
13 2 (0.10%) Ethereum
13 2 (0.10%) JBoss
13 2 (0.10%) WebLogic Portal
Applications
1 37 (1.93%) Microsoft Project
2 14 (0.73%) Microsoft Excel
3 12 (0.63%) Trello
4 11 (0.57%) Chatbot
5 9 (0.47%) MS Visio
6 7 (0.36%) Microsoft PowerPoint
7 6 (0.31%) Microsoft Office
8 4 (0.21%) Notion
9 3 (0.16%) Blender
9 3 (0.16%) Maya
10 1 (0.052%) Lightworks
10 1 (0.052%) PlantUML
10 1 (0.052%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 46 (2.40%) Dynamics CRM
2 7 (0.36%) Oracle EBS
3 5 (0.26%) Fidessa
3 5 (0.26%) SAP S/4HANA
4 4 (0.21%) Dynamics GP
4 4 (0.21%) Elite 3E
4 4 (0.21%) Oracle ERP
5 3 (0.16%) Carpe Diem
6 2 (0.10%) Distributed Ledger
6 2 (0.10%) JDE EnterpriseOne
6 2 (0.10%) Oracle Applications
6 2 (0.10%) Oracle EBS R12
6 2 (0.10%) Sage 200
6 2 (0.10%) Workday HCM
7 1 (0.052%) Academy Revenues and Benefits
7 1 (0.052%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 1,057 (55.11%) Azure
2 602 (31.39%) AWS
3 594 (30.97%) Azure DevOps
4 270 (14.08%) SaaS
5 191 (9.96%) GCP
6 186 (9.70%) Power Platform
7 157 (8.19%) GitHub
8 141 (7.35%) Serverless
9 96 (5.01%) PaaS
10 93 (4.85%) Azure AI
11 83 (4.33%) PowerApps
12 81 (4.22%) Dynamics 365
13 78 (4.07%) Azure Cosmos DB
13 78 (4.07%) Power Automate
14 74 (3.86%) AWS CloudFormation
15 70 (3.65%) Azure Functions
15 70 (3.65%) Entra ID
16 69 (3.60%) Amazon EKS
16 69 (3.60%) Azure AKS
17 68 (3.55%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 44 (2.29%) VPN
2 30 (1.56%) Firewall
3 29 (1.51%) DNS
4 27 (1.41%) TCP/IP
5 14 (0.73%) Internet
6 13 (0.68%) Broadband
7 10 (0.52%) Network Security
8 7 (0.36%) BGP
9 6 (0.31%) OSPF
9 6 (0.31%) WAN
10 5 (0.26%) Ethernet VPN
10 5 (0.26%) HTTP
10 5 (0.26%) NGFW
10 5 (0.26%) VXLAN
11 4 (0.21%) DHCP
11 4 (0.21%) SSH
11 4 (0.21%) TETRA
12 3 (0.16%) 3GPP
12 3 (0.16%) OpenVPN
12 3 (0.16%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 220 (11.47%) Azure SQL Database
2 205 (10.69%) MongoDB
3 168 (8.76%) SQL Server
4 97 (5.06%) Power BI
5 86 (4.48%) PostgreSQL
6 58 (3.02%) Data Warehouse
7 52 (2.71%) NoSQL
8 46 (2.40%) Elasticsearch
9 45 (2.35%) Metadata
10 40 (2.09%) Data Lake
10 40 (2.09%) MySQL
11 39 (2.03%) Relational Database
12 27 (1.41%) DynamoDB
13 23 (1.20%) Redis
13 23 (1.20%) SQL Server Integration Services
14 22 (1.15%) Amazon Athena
15 20 (1.04%) Amazon RDS
16 19 (0.99%) Star Schema
17 15 (0.78%) Delta Lake
18 14 (0.73%) Big Data
Development Applications
1 187 (9.75%) Git
2 129 (6.73%) JIRA
3 83 (4.33%) GitLab
4 75 (3.91%) Jenkins
5 50 (2.61%) TeamCity
6 20 (1.04%) Cypress.io
6 20 (1.04%) Selenium
7 16 (0.83%) Postman
8 12 (0.63%) JUnit
9 10 (0.52%) Bitbucket
9 10 (0.52%) SonarQube
10 9 (0.47%) Claude Code
11 8 (0.42%) Visual Studio Code
12 7 (0.36%) Cucumber
12 7 (0.36%) Mockito
13 6 (0.31%) Maven
13 6 (0.31%) NUnit
13 6 (0.31%) Octopus Deploy
13 6 (0.31%) Visual Studio
14 5 (0.26%) Atlassian Bamboo
General
1 486 (25.34%) Social Skills
2 359 (18.72%) Finance
3 219 (11.42%) Public Sector
4 148 (7.72%) Law
5 134 (6.99%) Analytical Skills
6 130 (6.78%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 106 (5.53%) Legal
8 77 (4.01%) Banking
9 76 (3.96%) Retail
10 47 (2.45%) Back Office
11 44 (2.29%) Financial Institution
12 35 (1.82%) Marketing
13 26 (1.36%) Advertising
14 24 (1.25%) Aerospace
15 23 (1.20%) Presentation Skills
16 21 (1.09%) Games
17 14 (0.73%) Influencing Skills
18 13 (0.68%) Documentation Skills
18 13 (0.68%) Manufacturing
19 12 (0.63%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 523 (27.27%) Senior
2 384 (20.02%) Developer
3 380 (19.81%) DevOps Engineer
4 241 (12.57%) Lead
5 190 (9.91%) .NET Developer
6 170 (8.86%) Software Engineer
7 129 (6.73%) Architect
8 119 (6.20%) Senior DevOps
9 110 (5.74%) Senior DevOps Engineer
10 107 (5.58%) Azure Engineer
11 88 (4.59%) IT Manager
12 71 (3.70%) Cloud Engineer
13 70 (3.65%) Senior Developer
14 69 (3.60%) Data Engineer
15 63 (3.28%) Platform Engineer
16 60 (3.13%) Senior Manager
17 53 (2.76%) Analyst
17 53 (2.76%) Senior Software Engineer
17 53 (2.76%) Service Manager
17 53 (2.76%) Solutions Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 391 (20.39%) Terraform
2 377 (19.66%) .NET
3 210 (10.95%) ASP.NET
4 199 (10.38%) React
5 185 (9.65%) .NET Core
6 175 (9.12%) ASP.NET Core
7 137 (7.14%) Node.js
8 136 (7.09%) RESTful
9 118 (6.15%) CSS
9 118 (6.15%) REST
10 109 (5.68%) HTML
11 102 (5.32%) Blazor
12 91 (4.74%) Entity Framework
13 78 (4.07%) ML.NET
14 71 (3.70%) Middleware
15 56 (2.92%) Spring Boot
16 55 (2.87%) AngularJS
17 53 (2.76%) Spring
18 47 (2.45%) Kafka
19 35 (1.82%) PySpark
Miscellaneous
1 318 (16.58%) Cloud Native
2 141 (7.35%) Product Ownership
3 116 (6.05%) Enterprise Software
4 88 (4.59%) Distributed Systems
5 63 (3.28%) Greenfield Project
6 62 (3.23%) Cyber Threat
7 61 (3.18%) Virtual Team
8 50 (2.61%) Legacy Systems
9 41 (2.14%) Management Information System
10 37 (1.93%) Mobile App
11 32 (1.67%) Self-Motivation
12 31 (1.62%) Driving Licence
13 23 (1.20%) AI Agents
13 23 (1.20%) Onboarding
13 23 (1.20%) Public Cloud
13 23 (1.20%) Security Posture
14 22 (1.15%) Legacy Applications
15 21 (1.09%) Data Structures
15 21 (1.09%) Social Media
16 20 (1.04%) Data Centre
Operating Systems
1 163 (8.50%) Linux
2 96 (5.01%) Windows
3 62 (3.23%) Unix
4 21 (1.09%) Android
5 13 (0.68%) VMS
6 11 (0.57%) Windows Server
7 7 (0.36%) Ubuntu
8 5 (0.26%) Debian
9 4 (0.21%) Apple iOS
10 3 (0.16%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 3 (0.16%) VxWorks
11 2 (0.10%) Rocky
11 2 (0.10%) Solaris
12 1 (0.052%) CentOS
12 1 (0.052%) macOS
12 1 (0.052%) Windows 10
12 1 (0.052%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 965 (50.31%) CI/CD
2 848 (44.21%) Agile
3 478 (24.92%) Mentoring
4 444 (23.15%) Continuous Improvement
5 417 (21.74%) Software Engineering
6 398 (20.75%) AI
7 397 (20.70%) Infrastructure as Code
8 353 (18.40%) Test Automation
9 331 (17.26%) Problem-Solving
10 267 (13.92%) Full-Stack Development
11 248 (12.93%) Microservices
11 248 (12.93%) Stakeholder Engagement
12 235 (12.25%) Coaching
13 216 (11.26%) Technical Leadership
14 207 (10.79%) Stakeholder Management
15 199 (10.38%) Scrum
16 181 (9.44%) Observability
17 180 (9.38%) Containerisation
18 173 (9.02%) Analytics
19 172 (8.97%) Platform Engineering
Programming Languages
1 472 (24.61%) C#
2 455 (23.72%) SQL
3 394 (20.54%) Python
4 306 (15.95%) JavaScript
5 222 (11.57%) Java
6 176 (9.18%) PowerShell
7 172 (8.97%) TypeScript
8 107 (5.58%) Bash
9 87 (4.54%) Bicep
10 31 (1.62%) T-SQL
11 29 (1.51%) Go
12 28 (1.46%) C++
13 18 (0.94%) Kusto Query Language
14 17 (0.89%) Data Analysis Expressions
15 14 (0.73%) PHP
15 14 (0.73%) Ruby
16 11 (0.57%) Apex Code
16 11 (0.57%) Groovy
16 11 (0.57%) Kotlin
17 10 (0.52%) Scala
Qualifications
1 260 (13.56%) Security Cleared
2 212 (11.05%) SC Cleared
3 136 (7.09%) Degree
4 64 (3.34%) Azure Certification
5 60 (3.13%) CISSP
6 57 (2.97%) CISM
6 57 (2.97%) ITIL Certification
7 43 (2.24%) Computer Science Degree
8 42 (2.19%) DV Cleared
9 41 (2.14%) BPSS Clearance
10 37 (1.93%) Microsoft Certification
11 26 (1.36%) AWS Certification
12 17 (0.89%) Master's Degree
13 14 (0.73%) DBS Check
13 14 (0.73%) ISTQB
14 10 (0.52%) PMI Certification
14 10 (0.52%) TOGAF Certification
15 8 (0.42%) PMP
16 7 (0.36%) Cisco Certification
17 6 (0.31%) CISA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 206 (10.74%) QA
2 89 (4.64%) Data Quality
3 68 (3.55%) Accessibility
4 67 (3.49%) NIST
5 48 (2.50%) ISO 22301
6 34 (1.77%) GDPR
7 29 (1.51%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 16 (0.83%) GRC
9 10 (0.52%) California Consumer Privacy Act
10 9 (0.47%) SLA
11 8 (0.42%) HMG Security Policy Framework
11 8 (0.42%) SOC 2
12 7 (0.36%) PCI DSS
12 7 (0.36%) WCAG
13 6 (0.31%) NIST 800
13 6 (0.31%) PMO
14 4 (0.21%) NCSC
15 2 (0.10%) IFRS
15 2 (0.10%) IFRS 17
15 2 (0.10%) Solvency II
System Software
1 252 (13.14%) Docker
2 51 (2.66%) Active Directory
3 27 (1.41%) VMware Infrastructure
4 21 (1.09%) Virtual Desktop
4 21 (1.09%) Virtual Machines
5 15 (0.78%) vSphere
6 4 (0.21%) Firmware
7 3 (0.16%) Hyper-V
7 3 (0.16%) VMware ESXi
8 2 (0.10%) iptables
9 1 (0.052%) Embedded Firmware
9 1 (0.052%) KVM
9 1 (0.052%) Oracle RAC
Systems Management
1 307 (16.01%) Kubernetes
2 93 (4.85%) Grafana
3 76 (3.96%) Ansible
4 40 (2.09%) Prometheus
5 28 (1.46%) Argo
6 17 (0.89%) Microsoft Intune
7 11 (0.57%) Packer
7 11 (0.57%) Progress Chef
8 9 (0.47%) Single Sign-On
9 8 (0.42%) Istio
9 8 (0.42%) Puppet
10 5 (0.26%) Kibana
10 5 (0.26%) Proxmox
11 3 (0.16%) Oracle RMAN
11 3 (0.16%) ZABBIX
12 2 (0.10%) Active Directory Federation Services
12 2 (0.10%) HP Fortify
12 2 (0.10%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
13 1 (0.052%) Cilium
13 1 (0.052%) Kustomize
Vendors
1 532 (27.74%) Microsoft
2 91 (4.74%) Google
3 78 (4.07%) Oracle
4 47 (2.45%) Databricks
5 43 (2.24%) ServiceNow
6 38 (1.98%) YouTube
7 37 (1.93%) Facebook
8 36 (1.88%) Salesforce
8 36 (1.88%) SAP
9 32 (1.67%) VMware
10 28 (1.46%) OpenAI
10 28 (1.46%) Pega
11 20 (1.04%) MuleSoft
12 18 (0.94%) Informatica
12 18 (0.94%) Sony
13 17 (0.89%) Apple
13 17 (0.89%) Foundry
14 16 (0.83%) Yahoo!
15 14 (0.73%) Dynatrace
16 12 (0.63%) ScienceLogic
1,851 hybrid/remote DevOps jobs