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

 6 months to
23 Jul 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 18 15 21
Rank change year-on-year -3 +6 -11
Permanent jobs citing DevOps 1,844 1,931 2,461
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 8.51% 11.71% 8.56%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 10.27% 12.57% 9.68%
Number of salaries quoted 1,346 1,058 1,994
10th Percentile £45,000 £47,231 £41,933
25th Percentile £52,500 £56,250 £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 £85,000 £85,000 £83,750
90th Percentile £100,000 £105,375 £97,500
UK median annual salary £70,000 £70,000 £66,500
% change year-on-year - +5.26% -5.00%

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 17,957 15,368 25,424
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 82.85% 93.21% 88.45%
Number of salaries quoted 13,054 9,086 18,978
10th Percentile £35,000 £29,750 £34,711
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 £76,250
90th Percentile £100,000 £102,500 £95,000
UK median annual salary £60,000 £55,043 £55,000
% change year-on-year +9.01% +0.08% -8.71%

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 23 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 (2.39%) SharePoint
2 27 (1.46%) Confluence
3 23 (1.25%) Apache
4 21 (1.14%) Apache Spark
5 14 (0.76%) Microsoft Exchange
6 13 (0.70%) Apache Airflow
7 9 (0.49%) IIS
8 8 (0.43%) CMS
8 8 (0.43%) nginx
8 8 (0.43%) SharePoint Server
9 6 (0.33%) Anypoint
9 6 (0.33%) Apache Solr
9 6 (0.33%) OpenStack
9 6 (0.33%) SAS
9 6 (0.33%) WordPress
10 5 (0.27%) Jupyter
11 3 (0.16%) BizTalk Server
11 3 (0.16%) Umbraco
12 1 (0.054%) Cloud Foundry
12 1 (0.054%) JBoss
Applications
1 39 (2.11%) Microsoft Project
2 14 (0.76%) Microsoft Excel
3 11 (0.60%) Trello
4 7 (0.38%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 7 (0.38%) MS Visio
5 4 (0.22%) Microsoft Office
6 3 (0.16%) Blender
6 3 (0.16%) Maya
7 1 (0.054%) Lightworks
7 1 (0.054%) Notion
Business Applications
1 45 (2.44%) Dynamics CRM
2 6 (0.33%) SAP S/4HANA
3 5 (0.27%) Fidessa
4 4 (0.22%) Dynamics AX
4 4 (0.22%) Oracle EBS
5 3 (0.16%) Carpe Diem
5 3 (0.16%) Elite 3E
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 1,015 (55.04%) Azure
2 590 (32.00%) AWS
3 549 (29.77%) Azure DevOps
4 245 (13.29%) SaaS
5 174 (9.44%) GCP
6 151 (8.19%) Serverless
7 146 (7.92%) Power Platform
8 144 (7.81%) GitHub
9 93 (5.04%) PaaS
10 87 (4.72%) Azure AI
11 73 (3.96%) Azure AKS
12 70 (3.80%) Amazon EKS
12 70 (3.80%) Entra ID
12 70 (3.80%) GitHub Actions
13 66 (3.58%) Azure Service Bus
14 61 (3.31%) Azure Cosmos DB
14 61 (3.31%) Dynamics 365
15 60 (3.25%) Amazon S3
16 58 (3.15%) Power Automate
17 57 (3.09%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 49 (2.66%) Broadband
2 42 (2.28%) Firewall
3 40 (2.17%) VPN
4 30 (1.63%) TCP/IP
5 29 (1.57%) DNS
6 13 (0.70%) Internet
7 11 (0.60%) DHCP
8 9 (0.49%) Network Security
9 6 (0.33%) BGP
9 6 (0.33%) Cisco ASA
9 6 (0.33%) LAN
9 6 (0.33%) NGFW
9 6 (0.33%) OSPF
9 6 (0.33%) 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%) Cisco Firepower
12 3 (0.16%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 203 (11.01%) Azure SQL Database
2 200 (10.85%) MongoDB
3 125 (6.78%) SQL Server
4 85 (4.61%) PostgreSQL
5 60 (3.25%) Power BI
6 52 (2.82%) NoSQL
7 50 (2.71%) Elasticsearch
8 34 (1.84%) MySQL
9 29 (1.57%) Data Warehouse
9 29 (1.57%) Relational Database
10 28 (1.52%) Amazon RDS
11 22 (1.19%) Metadata
12 21 (1.14%) Redis
13 18 (0.98%) Data Lake
13 18 (0.98%) SQL Server Integration Services
14 16 (0.87%) Amazon Athena
14 16 (0.87%) DynamoDB
15 13 (0.70%) Delta Lake
16 11 (0.60%) NonStop SQL
17 10 (0.54%) Spark SQL
Development Applications
1 140 (7.59%) Git
2 113 (6.13%) Jenkins
3 112 (6.07%) GitLab
4 110 (5.97%) JIRA
5 40 (2.17%) SonarQube
6 27 (1.46%) Selenium
7 26 (1.41%) TeamCity
8 18 (0.98%) Cypress.io
9 17 (0.92%) Postman
10 12 (0.65%) JMeter
11 11 (0.60%) Cucumber
11 11 (0.60%) Visual Studio
12 9 (0.49%) Bitbucket
12 9 (0.49%) Visual Studio Code
13 8 (0.43%) Claude Code
14 7 (0.38%) Maven
14 7 (0.38%) NUnit
15 6 (0.33%) Octopus Deploy
16 5 (0.27%) Locust
17 4 (0.22%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
General
1 421 (22.83%) Social Skills
2 328 (17.79%) Finance
3 160 (8.68%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 149 (8.08%) Public Sector
5 143 (7.75%) Law
6 116 (6.29%) Analytical Skills
7 103 (5.59%) Legal
8 72 (3.90%) Banking
9 69 (3.74%) Marketing
10 66 (3.58%) Retail
11 63 (3.42%) Games
12 31 (1.68%) Advertising
13 29 (1.57%) Back Office
14 25 (1.36%) Financial Institution
15 22 (1.19%) Manufacturing
16 21 (1.14%) Presentation Skills
17 15 (0.81%) Legal Technology
18 14 (0.76%) Telecoms
19 13 (0.70%) Influencing Skills
20 11 (0.60%) Documentation Skills
Job Titles
1 433 (23.48%) Senior
2 381 (20.66%) Developer
3 322 (17.46%) DevOps Engineer
4 246 (13.34%) Lead
5 186 (10.09%) .NET Developer
6 166 (9.00%) Architect
7 140 (7.59%) Software Engineer
8 109 (5.91%) Senior DevOps
9 93 (5.04%) Senior DevOps Engineer
10 90 (4.88%) Azure Engineer
11 83 (4.50%) IT Manager
12 80 (4.34%) Cloud Engineer
13 70 (3.80%) Platform Engineer
14 66 (3.58%) Senior Manager
14 66 (3.58%) Solutions Architect
15 63 (3.42%) Senior Developer
16 57 (3.09%) Consultant
17 56 (3.04%) Data Engineer
18 55 (2.98%) AWS Engineer
19 52 (2.82%) Service Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 367 (19.90%) .NET
2 205 (11.12%) React
3 201 (10.90%) ASP.NET
4 187 (10.14%) .NET Core
5 180 (9.76%) ASP.NET Core
6 142 (7.70%) RESTful
7 126 (6.83%) REST
8 123 (6.67%) CSS
9 121 (6.56%) HTML
10 111 (6.02%) Node.js
11 101 (5.48%) Blazor
12 97 (5.26%) Entity Framework
13 81 (4.39%) ML.NET
14 71 (3.85%) Middleware
15 56 (3.04%) Kafka
16 54 (2.93%) Spring
16 54 (2.93%) Spring Boot
17 52 (2.82%) AngularJS
18 51 (2.77%) SOAP
19 50 (2.71%) Lightning Web Components
Miscellaneous
1 297 (16.11%) Cloud Native
2 132 (7.16%) Product Ownership
3 88 (4.77%) Enterprise Software
4 72 (3.90%) Distributed Systems
5 61 (3.31%) Virtual Team
6 55 (2.98%) Greenfield Project
7 50 (2.71%) Cyber Threat
8 39 (2.11%) Management Information System
9 37 (2.01%) Legacy Systems
10 35 (1.90%) Mobile App
11 28 (1.52%) Data Centre
12 27 (1.46%) Hybrid Cloud
12 27 (1.46%) Public Cloud
12 27 (1.46%) Self-Motivation
13 25 (1.36%) Driving Licence
13 25 (1.36%) Podcast
14 24 (1.30%) Onboarding
15 23 (1.25%) Social Media
16 19 (1.03%) Legacy Applications
17 18 (0.98%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 170 (9.22%) Linux
2 98 (5.31%) Windows
3 54 (2.93%) Unix
4 20 (1.08%) Android
4 20 (1.08%) Windows Server
5 16 (0.87%) VMS
6 8 (0.43%) Debian
6 8 (0.43%) Ubuntu
7 6 (0.33%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 5 (0.27%) CentOS
9 3 (0.16%) Windows Server 2016
10 2 (0.11%) Apple iOS
10 2 (0.11%) Embedded Linux
11 1 (0.054%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 919 (49.84%) CI/CD
2 836 (45.34%) Agile
3 443 (24.02%) Continuous Improvement
4 395 (21.42%) Infrastructure as Code
5 390 (21.15%) Mentoring
6 348 (18.87%) Software Engineering
7 345 (18.71%) AI
8 332 (18.00%) Test Automation
9 297 (16.11%) Full-Stack Development
10 292 (15.84%) Problem-Solving
11 266 (14.43%) Microservices
12 248 (13.45%) Scrum
13 231 (12.53%) Stakeholder Engagement
14 216 (11.71%) Roadmaps
15 206 (11.17%) Containerisation
16 192 (10.41%) Technical Leadership
17 184 (9.98%) Observability
17 184 (9.98%) Stakeholder Management
18 182 (9.87%) Coaching
19 172 (9.33%) Platform Engineering
Programming Languages
1 422 (22.89%) C#
2 416 (22.56%) SQL
3 377 (20.44%) Python
4 307 (16.65%) JavaScript
5 200 (10.85%) Java
6 168 (9.11%) TypeScript
7 163 (8.84%) PowerShell
8 102 (5.53%) Bash
9 73 (3.96%) Bicep
10 52 (2.82%) Apex Code
11 34 (1.84%) SOQL
11 34 (1.84%) SOSL
12 31 (1.68%) C++
13 30 (1.63%) Go
14 25 (1.36%) PHP
15 20 (1.08%) Kusto Query Language
16 17 (0.92%) T-SQL
17 13 (0.70%) Ruby
18 12 (0.65%) Groovy
19 10 (0.54%) Data Analysis Expressions
Qualifications
1 199 (10.79%) Security Cleared
2 159 (8.62%) SC Cleared
3 156 (8.46%) Degree
4 68 (3.69%) CISSP
5 65 (3.52%) Azure Certification
6 58 (3.15%) CISM
6 58 (3.15%) ITIL Certification
7 43 (2.33%) Computer Science Degree
8 30 (1.63%) DV Cleared
9 24 (1.30%) Microsoft Certification
10 23 (1.25%) Master's Degree
11 20 (1.08%) AWS Certification
11 20 (1.08%) DBS Check
12 19 (1.03%) PMI Certification
13 14 (0.76%) ISTQB
13 14 (0.76%) PMP
14 13 (0.70%) Cisco Certification
15 12 (0.65%) BPSS Clearance
16 8 (0.43%) TOGAF Certification
17 7 (0.38%) CCNP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 214 (11.61%) QA
2 79 (4.28%) NIST
3 49 (2.66%) Accessibility
4 48 (2.60%) ISO 22301
5 45 (2.44%) Data Quality
6 34 (1.84%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 29 (1.57%) GDPR
8 23 (1.25%) GRC
9 15 (0.81%) WCAG
10 8 (0.43%) HMG Security Policy Framework
10 8 (0.43%) PCI DSS
11 6 (0.33%) NIST 800
11 6 (0.33%) PMO
11 6 (0.33%) SOC 2
12 5 (0.27%) IFRS
13 4 (0.22%) ISO 9001
13 4 (0.22%) SLA
14 3 (0.16%) Sarbanes-Oxley
14 3 (0.16%) SEPA
14 3 (0.16%) Solvency II
System Software
1 252 (13.67%) Docker
2 63 (3.42%) Active Directory
3 31 (1.68%) VMware Infrastructure
4 20 (1.08%) Virtual Machines
5 18 (0.98%) 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
10 2 (0.11%) 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%) Microsoft Virtual Server
11 1 (0.054%) QEMU
11 1 (0.054%) Virtual Servers
11 1 (0.054%) Xen
Systems Management
1 358 (19.41%) Terraform
2 303 (16.43%) Kubernetes
3 93 (5.04%) Ansible
4 83 (4.50%) Grafana
5 46 (2.49%) Prometheus
6 29 (1.57%) Argo
7 21 (1.14%) Puppet
8 13 (0.70%) Istio
8 13 (0.70%) Microsoft Intune
9 9 (0.49%) Progress Chef
9 9 (0.49%) Proxmox
10 7 (0.38%) Active Directory Federation Services
10 7 (0.38%) Packer
11 6 (0.33%) ZABBIX
12 5 (0.27%) AWS Copilot
12 5 (0.27%) Kibana
13 3 (0.16%) Nagios
14 2 (0.11%) HP Fortify
14 2 (0.11%) MIIS
14 2 (0.11%) Opsgenie
Vendors
1 485 (26.30%) Microsoft
2 73 (3.96%) Google
2 73 (3.96%) Salesforce
3 54 (2.93%) Oracle
4 51 (2.77%) ServiceNow
5 42 (2.28%) VMware
6 40 (2.17%) Facebook
6 40 (2.17%) Splunk
7 34 (1.84%) Databricks
8 33 (1.79%) SAP
9 29 (1.57%) Pega
10 23 (1.25%) MuleSoft
11 21 (1.14%) YouTube
12 19 (1.03%) Apple
13 18 (0.98%) Sony
14 17 (0.92%) Cisco
14 17 (0.92%) Yahoo!
15 16 (0.87%) OpenAI
16 15 (0.81%) Palo Alto
17 13 (0.70%) Red Hat
769 hybrid/remote DevOps jobs