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 21 March 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

 6 months to
21 Mar 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 21 14 18
Rank change year-on-year -7 +4 -7
Permanent jobs citing DevOps 1,440 1,799 3,070
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 8.45% 13.45% 10.17%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 9.96% 14.12% 11.05%
Number of salaries quoted 987 1,350 2,550
10th Percentile £42,500 £42,597 £41,250
25th Percentile £52,500 £52,500 £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 £82,500 £90,000 £82,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £115,000 £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 14,463 12,740 27,774
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 84.85% 95.23% 91.98%
Number of salaries quoted 9,528 8,782 22,888
10th Percentile £31,250 £32,750 £34,000
25th Percentile £42,500 £46,250 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £62,500 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -4.00% +8.70% -8.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 £81,250 £75,772
90th Percentile £100,000 £103,750 £95,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% +9.09% -11.29%

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 21 March 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 29 (2.01%) Confluence
2 22 (1.53%) SharePoint
3 19 (1.32%) Apache Airflow
4 17 (1.18%) Apache
5 15 (1.04%) Microsoft Exchange
6 11 (0.76%) Apache Spark
7 10 (0.69%) Oracle SOA Suite
8 6 (0.42%) IIS
8 6 (0.42%) OpenStack
9 4 (0.28%) CMS
10 2 (0.14%) Anypoint
10 2 (0.14%) Apache Solr
10 2 (0.14%) nginx
10 2 (0.14%) WordPress
11 1 (0.069%) Camunda
11 1 (0.069%) Drupal
11 1 (0.069%) Headless CMS
11 1 (0.069%) Oracle Workflow
11 1 (0.069%) SAS
11 1 (0.069%) WebLogic
Applications
1 20 (1.39%) Microsoft Excel
2 12 (0.83%) Microsoft Project
3 11 (0.76%) Microsoft Office
3 11 (0.76%) MS Visio
4 3 (0.21%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 1 (0.069%) EngageOne
5 1 (0.069%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 24 (1.67%) Oracle ERP
2 19 (1.32%) Dynamics CRM
3 16 (1.11%) SAP ERP
4 6 (0.42%) Dynamics AX
4 6 (0.42%) Markit EDM
5 4 (0.28%) Salesforce CRM
6 3 (0.21%) Oracle EBS
6 3 (0.21%) SAP S/4HANA
7 2 (0.14%) Payment Gateway
8 1 (0.069%) Magento
8 1 (0.069%) NEC Housing
8 1 (0.069%) NetSuite
8 1 (0.069%) Primavera
8 1 (0.069%) SAP IBP
8 1 (0.069%) SAP MII
8 1 (0.069%) SAP PP
8 1 (0.069%) Shopify
8 1 (0.069%) TIBCO iProcess
8 1 (0.069%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 865 (60.07%) Azure
2 530 (36.81%) AWS
3 438 (30.42%) Azure DevOps
4 299 (20.76%) GitHub
5 191 (13.26%) GCP
6 147 (10.21%) Serverless
7 140 (9.72%) GitHub Actions
8 139 (9.65%) SaaS
9 128 (8.89%) Power Platform
10 92 (6.39%) AWS CloudFormation
11 86 (5.97%) Amazon EKS
12 84 (5.83%) Entra ID
13 83 (5.76%) Amazon S3
14 73 (5.07%) Azure Data Factory
15 70 (4.86%) AWS Lambda
16 64 (4.44%) dbt
17 63 (4.38%) Amazon CloudWatch
18 62 (4.31%) PaaS
19 59 (4.10%) GitHub Copilot
19 59 (4.10%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 64 (4.44%) Broadband
2 55 (3.82%) Firewall
3 25 (1.74%) TCP/IP
4 22 (1.53%) VPN
5 20 (1.39%) DNS
6 15 (1.04%) DHCP
7 10 (0.69%) Network Security
8 6 (0.42%) Cisco ASA
8 6 (0.42%) SAN
9 5 (0.35%) LAN
9 5 (0.35%) WAN
10 4 (0.28%) AMQP
11 3 (0.21%) Internet
11 3 (0.21%) Modbus
11 3 (0.21%) PuTTY
11 3 (0.21%) SCCP
11 3 (0.21%) Wireless
12 2 (0.14%) DSL
12 2 (0.14%) RFID
12 2 (0.14%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 115 (7.99%) SQL Server
2 101 (7.01%) NoSQL
3 78 (5.42%) PostgreSQL
4 62 (4.31%) Data Warehouse
5 59 (4.10%) Power BI
6 49 (3.40%) Metadata
7 46 (3.19%) Relational Database
8 44 (3.06%) Azure SQL Database
9 40 (2.78%) MongoDB
10 39 (2.71%) Amazon RDS
10 39 (2.71%) Data Lake
11 35 (2.43%) Tableau
12 27 (1.88%) MySQL
13 25 (1.74%) DynamoDB
13 25 (1.74%) Redis
14 24 (1.67%) Elasticsearch
15 19 (1.32%) Amazon Athena
15 19 (1.32%) RDBMS
16 17 (1.18%) Delta Lake
17 14 (0.97%) Amazon Redshift
Development Applications
1 158 (10.97%) Jenkins
2 142 (9.86%) Git
3 112 (7.78%) GitLab
4 87 (6.04%) JIRA
5 58 (4.03%) SonarQube
6 30 (2.08%) Selenium
7 22 (1.53%) Oracle Forms
8 20 (1.39%) Cypress.io
9 19 (1.32%) Jaeger
10 17 (1.18%) Cucumber
10 17 (1.18%) TeamCity
11 16 (1.11%) Bitbucket
12 15 (1.04%) JMeter
13 13 (0.90%) Postman
14 9 (0.63%) git-flow
14 9 (0.63%) JUnit
14 9 (0.63%) Subversion
14 9 (0.63%) Visual Studio
15 8 (0.56%) Maven
16 6 (0.42%) Locust
General
1 404 (28.06%) Social Skills
2 401 (27.85%) Finance
3 167 (11.60%) Analytical Skills
4 153 (10.63%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 116 (8.06%) Public Sector
6 86 (5.97%) Marketing
7 70 (4.86%) Banking
8 68 (4.72%) Law
9 58 (4.03%) Retail
10 54 (3.75%) Games
11 41 (2.85%) Telecoms
12 34 (2.36%) Legal
13 33 (2.29%) Manufacturing
14 27 (1.88%) Financial Institution
15 22 (1.53%) Back Office
16 19 (1.32%) Front Office
17 15 (1.04%) Tech for Good
18 14 (0.97%) Presentation Skills
19 12 (0.83%) Billing
19 12 (0.83%) Health Technology
Job Titles
1 346 (24.03%) Senior
2 263 (18.26%) Developer
3 200 (13.89%) Lead
4 142 (9.86%) DevOps Engineer
5 135 (9.38%) Software Engineer
6 133 (9.24%) Architect
7 107 (7.43%) Cloud Engineer
8 78 (5.42%) Azure Engineer
9 65 (4.51%) Platform Engineer
10 64 (4.44%) Senior Developer
11 58 (4.03%) Consultant
11 58 (4.03%) Senior DevOps
12 55 (3.82%) Data Engineer
13 51 (3.54%) Solutions Architect
14 49 (3.40%) AWS Engineer
15 47 (3.26%) .NET Developer
15 47 (3.26%) Applications Engineer
15 47 (3.26%) Senior Software Engineer
16 42 (2.92%) Lead DevOps
16 42 (2.92%) Technical Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 233 (16.18%) .NET
2 157 (10.90%) React
3 139 (9.65%) REST
4 127 (8.82%) RESTful
5 104 (7.22%) SOAP
6 86 (5.97%) Lightning Web Components
7 81 (5.63%) CSS
8 80 (5.56%) Spring
9 78 (5.42%) HTML
10 76 (5.28%) Kafka
10 76 (5.28%) Spring Boot
11 71 (4.93%) Node.js
12 65 (4.51%) Visualforce
13 60 (4.17%) .NET Core
14 55 (3.82%) OAuth
15 51 (3.54%) .NET Framework
15 51 (3.54%) AngularJS
16 46 (3.19%) Elastic Stack
17 45 (3.13%) JSON
18 39 (2.71%) ASP.NET
Miscellaneous
1 250 (17.36%) Cloud Native
2 140 (9.72%) Product Ownership
3 60 (4.17%) Distributed Systems
4 47 (3.26%) Enterprise Software
5 40 (2.78%) Management Information System
6 39 (2.71%) Legacy Systems
7 35 (2.43%) Low-Code
8 34 (2.36%) Self-Motivation
9 29 (2.01%) Mobile App
10 28 (1.94%) Public Cloud
11 26 (1.81%) Onboarding
12 17 (1.18%) Algorithms
12 17 (1.18%) Hybrid Cloud
13 16 (1.11%) Analytical Mindset
13 16 (1.11%) IoT
13 16 (1.11%) Legacy Applications
14 15 (1.04%) AI Agents
14 15 (1.04%) Security Posture
15 10 (0.69%) Private Cloud
16 9 (0.63%) Data Centre
Operating Systems
1 150 (10.42%) Linux
2 84 (5.83%) Windows
3 57 (3.96%) Unix
4 34 (2.36%) Windows Server
5 19 (1.32%) Android
6 12 (0.83%) VMS
7 9 (0.63%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 8 (0.56%) Apple iOS
8 8 (0.56%) CentOS
9 6 (0.42%) Ubuntu
9 6 (0.42%) Windows Server 2012
9 6 (0.42%) Windows Server 2019
10 3 (0.21%) Debian
11 2 (0.14%) Embedded Linux
12 1 (0.069%) Windows 10
12 1 (0.069%) Windows Server 2008
12 1 (0.069%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 856 (59.44%) CI/CD
2 656 (45.56%) Agile
3 379 (26.32%) Infrastructure as Code
4 362 (25.14%) Continuous Improvement
5 287 (19.93%) Problem-Solving
6 282 (19.58%) Mentoring
7 258 (17.92%) Software Engineering
8 251 (17.43%) AI
9 237 (16.46%) Test Automation
10 231 (16.04%) Containerisation
11 226 (15.69%) Coaching
12 220 (15.28%) Microservices
13 211 (14.65%) Observability
14 182 (12.64%) Analytics
15 166 (11.53%) Roadmaps
16 165 (11.46%) Scrum
17 162 (11.25%) Data Modelling
18 155 (10.76%) Event-Driven
19 141 (9.79%) Clean Code
20 139 (9.65%) Full-Stack Development
Programming Languages
1 414 (28.75%) Python
2 350 (24.31%) SQL
3 235 (16.32%) Java
4 187 (12.99%) JavaScript
5 172 (11.94%) C#
6 109 (7.57%) PowerShell
7 105 (7.29%) Bash
8 99 (6.88%) TypeScript
9 91 (6.32%) Apex Code
10 83 (5.76%) Go
11 71 (4.93%) Bicep
12 43 (2.99%) SOQL
12 43 (2.99%) SOSL
13 24 (1.67%) Shell Script
14 23 (1.60%) PL/SQL
15 22 (1.53%) Scala
16 21 (1.46%) C++
16 21 (1.46%) PHP
17 14 (0.97%) T-SQL
18 13 (0.90%) Rust
Qualifications
1 175 (12.15%) Degree
2 150 (10.42%) Security Cleared
3 112 (7.78%) SC Cleared
4 78 (5.42%) Computer Science Degree
5 51 (3.54%) Azure Certification
6 45 (3.13%) AWS Certification
7 26 (1.81%) Master's Degree
8 25 (1.74%) DV Cleared
9 22 (1.53%) Microsoft Certification
10 14 (0.97%) DBS Check
11 13 (0.90%) CISSP
11 13 (0.90%) ISTQB
12 11 (0.76%) PMI Certification
13 10 (0.69%) PhD
14 9 (0.63%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
14 9 (0.63%) PMP
15 7 (0.49%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
15 7 (0.49%) TOGAF Certification
16 6 (0.42%) BPSS Clearance
16 6 (0.42%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 124 (8.61%) QA
2 65 (4.51%) Data Quality
3 51 (3.54%) Accessibility
4 39 (2.71%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 36 (2.50%) GDPR
6 19 (1.32%) NIST
7 15 (1.04%) GRC
8 10 (0.69%) PCI DSS
8 10 (0.69%) WCAG
9 7 (0.49%) SOC 2
10 6 (0.42%) SLA
11 4 (0.28%) NCSC
12 3 (0.21%) Cyber Essentials
12 3 (0.21%) ISO 9001
12 3 (0.21%) Software Quality Assurance
13 2 (0.14%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
13 2 (0.14%) HL7
13 2 (0.14%) HMG Security Policy Framework
13 2 (0.14%) SEPA
14 1 (0.069%) PMO
System Software
1 283 (19.65%) Docker
2 67 (4.65%) Active Directory
3 22 (1.53%) Virtual Machines
4 15 (1.04%) VMware Infrastructure
5 11 (0.76%) vSphere
6 9 (0.63%) VMware ESXi
7 7 (0.49%) Firmware
8 6 (0.42%) Virtual Desktop
9 5 (0.35%) VMware NSX
10 3 (0.21%) Hyper-V
10 3 (0.21%) Microsoft Virtual Server
10 3 (0.21%) Postfix
10 3 (0.21%) Virtual Servers
11 2 (0.14%) Embedded Firmware
11 2 (0.14%) Slurm Workload Manager
11 2 (0.14%) vCloud
12 1 (0.069%) Citrix Hypervisor
Systems Management
1 407 (28.26%) Terraform
2 324 (22.50%) Kubernetes
3 127 (8.82%) Ansible
4 110 (7.64%) Grafana
5 83 (5.76%) Prometheus
6 38 (2.64%) Argo
7 32 (2.22%) Single Sign-On
8 19 (1.32%) Kustomize
9 11 (0.76%) Microsoft Intune
10 9 (0.63%) Puppet
10 9 (0.63%) vCenter Server
11 8 (0.56%) Istio
12 7 (0.49%) Kibana
13 6 (0.42%) HP Fortify
13 6 (0.42%) Proxmox
13 6 (0.42%) SCCM
14 5 (0.35%) AWS Copilot
14 5 (0.35%) Control-M
14 5 (0.35%) Packer
15 4 (0.28%) logstash
Vendors
1 311 (21.60%) Microsoft
2 106 (7.36%) Salesforce
3 79 (5.49%) Google
4 58 (4.03%) Oracle
5 55 (3.82%) Splunk
6 47 (3.26%) Databricks
7 34 (2.36%) VMware
8 25 (1.74%) SAP
9 24 (1.67%) MuleSoft
10 21 (1.46%) ServiceNow
11 20 (1.39%) Cisco
12 18 (1.25%) Okta
13 16 (1.11%) Ab Initio
14 14 (0.97%) IBM
15 13 (0.90%) Red Hat
16 11 (0.76%) Atlassian
16 11 (0.76%) Veeam
17 10 (0.69%) Palo Alto
18 8 (0.56%) New Relic
18 8 (0.56%) PagerDuty
761 hybrid/remote DevOps jobs