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 15 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

 6 months to
15 Aug 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 18 16 20
Rank change year-on-year -2 +4 -10
Permanent jobs citing DevOps 1,929 1,826 2,262
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 8.46% 11.02% 9.15%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 10.24% 11.86% 10.44%
Number of salaries quoted 1,385 1,000 1,789
10th Percentile £45,000 £46,486 £42,500
25th Percentile £52,500 £56,250 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £69,305 £70,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -0.99% +7.69% -7.14%
75th Percentile £87,500 £83,750 £85,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £100,000 £100,000
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 18,830 15,402 21,672
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 82.54% 92.96% 87.66%
Number of salaries quoted 13,568 8,927 15,410
10th Percentile £35,000 £29,750 £35,000
25th Percentile £44,972 £40,584 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £58,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +3.45% -3.33% -4.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 £77,500 £78,750
90th Percentile £100,000 £100,000 £97,500
UK median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +9.09% - -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 15 August 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 48 (2.49%) SharePoint
2 31 (1.61%) Confluence
3 27 (1.40%) Apache
4 26 (1.35%) Apache Spark
5 13 (0.67%) Microsoft Exchange
6 12 (0.62%) Apache Airflow
7 9 (0.47%) IIS
8 8 (0.41%) nginx
8 8 (0.41%) SharePoint Server
9 7 (0.36%) CMS
10 6 (0.31%) Anypoint
10 6 (0.31%) Apache Solr
10 6 (0.31%) Jupyter
10 6 (0.31%) OpenStack
10 6 (0.31%) SAS
10 6 (0.31%) WordPress
11 3 (0.16%) BizTalk Server
11 3 (0.16%) Umbraco
12 1 (0.052%) Drupal
12 1 (0.052%) Sitecore CMS
Applications
1 40 (2.07%) Microsoft Project
2 17 (0.88%) Microsoft Excel
3 12 (0.62%) Trello
4 9 (0.47%) MS Visio
5 7 (0.36%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 5 (0.26%) Chatbot
6 5 (0.26%) Microsoft Office
7 3 (0.16%) Blender
7 3 (0.16%) Maya
8 1 (0.052%) Lightworks
8 1 (0.052%) Notion
8 1 (0.052%) PlantUML
8 1 (0.052%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 44 (2.28%) Dynamics CRM
2 5 (0.26%) Fidessa
2 5 (0.26%) SAP S/4HANA
3 4 (0.21%) Oracle ERP
4 3 (0.16%) Carpe Diem
4 3 (0.16%) Dynamics AX
4 3 (0.16%) Elite 3E
4 3 (0.16%) Oracle EBS
5 2 (0.10%) Infor SunSystems
5 2 (0.10%) JDE EnterpriseOne
5 2 (0.10%) Sage 200
6 1 (0.052%) Dynamics GP
6 1 (0.052%) Dynamics NAV
6 1 (0.052%) Magento
6 1 (0.052%) Payment Gateway
6 1 (0.052%) SAP ERP
Cloud Services
1 1,081 (56.04%) Azure
2 615 (31.88%) AWS
3 584 (30.27%) Azure DevOps
4 260 (13.48%) SaaS
5 189 (9.80%) GCP
6 152 (7.88%) Power Platform
7 148 (7.67%) Serverless
8 144 (7.47%) GitHub
9 91 (4.72%) Azure AI
10 88 (4.56%) PaaS
11 73 (3.78%) Azure AKS
12 70 (3.63%) Azure Service Bus
12 70 (3.63%) Dynamics 365
13 69 (3.58%) AWS CloudFormation
13 69 (3.58%) Azure Cosmos DB
13 69 (3.58%) Entra ID
14 67 (3.47%) GitHub Actions
15 64 (3.32%) Amazon EKS
15 64 (3.32%) Power Automate
16 63 (3.27%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 38 (1.97%) VPN
2 36 (1.87%) TCP/IP
3 35 (1.81%) Broadband
3 35 (1.81%) Firewall
4 29 (1.50%) DNS
5 13 (0.67%) Internet
6 10 (0.52%) Network Security
7 9 (0.47%) DHCP
8 7 (0.36%) BGP
8 7 (0.36%) WAN
9 6 (0.31%) LAN
9 6 (0.31%) NGFW
9 6 (0.31%) OSPF
10 5 (0.26%) Ethernet VPN
10 5 (0.26%) VXLAN
11 4 (0.21%) Cisco ASA
11 4 (0.21%) HTTP
11 4 (0.21%) SSH
11 4 (0.21%) SSL
12 3 (0.16%) TETRA
Database & Business Intelligence
1 211 (10.94%) Azure SQL Database
2 207 (10.73%) MongoDB
3 158 (8.19%) SQL Server
4 84 (4.35%) PostgreSQL
5 65 (3.37%) Power BI
6 58 (3.01%) NoSQL
7 50 (2.59%) Elasticsearch
8 40 (2.07%) MySQL
9 38 (1.97%) Data Warehouse
9 38 (1.97%) Relational Database
10 25 (1.30%) Metadata
11 22 (1.14%) Data Lake
12 21 (1.09%) Amazon RDS
12 21 (1.09%) DynamoDB
12 21 (1.09%) SQL Server Integration Services
13 20 (1.04%) Redis
14 16 (0.83%) Delta Lake
15 15 (0.78%) Amazon Athena
16 11 (0.57%) Big Data
16 11 (0.57%) NonStop SQL
Development Applications
1 165 (8.55%) Git
2 120 (6.22%) JIRA
3 101 (5.24%) Jenkins
4 98 (5.08%) GitLab
5 30 (1.56%) Selenium
5 30 (1.56%) SonarQube
5 30 (1.56%) TeamCity
6 21 (1.09%) Cypress.io
7 18 (0.93%) Postman
8 12 (0.62%) Bitbucket
9 11 (0.57%) Cucumber
9 11 (0.57%) JMeter
9 11 (0.57%) NUnit
9 11 (0.57%) Visual Studio Code
10 10 (0.52%) Visual Studio
11 7 (0.36%) Claude Code
12 6 (0.31%) Atlassian Bamboo
12 6 (0.31%) JUnit
12 6 (0.31%) Maven
12 6 (0.31%) Octopus Deploy
General
1 466 (24.16%) Social Skills
2 353 (18.30%) Finance
3 169 (8.76%) Public Sector
4 148 (7.67%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 147 (7.62%) Law
6 117 (6.07%) Analytical Skills
7 116 (6.01%) Legal
8 75 (3.89%) Banking
9 61 (3.16%) Retail
10 56 (2.90%) Marketing
11 46 (2.38%) Games
12 31 (1.61%) Advertising
13 28 (1.45%) Back Office
14 25 (1.30%) Financial Institution
15 23 (1.19%) Aerospace
16 21 (1.09%) Presentation Skills
17 20 (1.04%) Manufacturing
18 19 (0.98%) Legal Technology
19 15 (0.78%) Telecoms
20 12 (0.62%) Influencing Skills
Job Titles
1 477 (24.73%) Senior
2 390 (20.22%) Developer
3 349 (18.09%) DevOps Engineer
4 260 (13.48%) Lead
5 197 (10.21%) .NET Developer
6 153 (7.93%) Architect
6 153 (7.93%) Software Engineer
7 108 (5.60%) Senior DevOps
8 99 (5.13%) Azure Engineer
8 99 (5.13%) Senior DevOps Engineer
9 85 (4.41%) IT Manager
10 78 (4.04%) Cloud Engineer
11 68 (3.53%) Platform Engineer
12 66 (3.42%) Senior Developer
13 65 (3.37%) Senior Manager
14 64 (3.32%) Data Engineer
15 62 (3.21%) Solutions Architect
16 58 (3.01%) Senior Software Engineer
17 54 (2.80%) Analyst
17 54 (2.80%) Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 393 (20.37%) .NET
2 212 (10.99%) ASP.NET
2 212 (10.99%) React
3 200 (10.37%) .NET Core
4 183 (9.49%) ASP.NET Core
5 141 (7.31%) RESTful
6 128 (6.64%) CSS
6 128 (6.64%) Node.js
7 123 (6.38%) REST
8 122 (6.32%) HTML
9 107 (5.55%) Blazor
10 99 (5.13%) Entity Framework
11 82 (4.25%) ML.NET
12 71 (3.68%) Middleware
13 60 (3.11%) AngularJS
14 56 (2.90%) Kafka
15 48 (2.49%) Spring Boot
16 46 (2.38%) Spring
17 39 (2.02%) SOAP
18 37 (1.92%) .NET Framework
Miscellaneous
1 309 (16.02%) Cloud Native
2 138 (7.15%) Product Ownership
3 102 (5.29%) Enterprise Software
4 84 (4.35%) Distributed Systems
5 62 (3.21%) Virtual Team
6 60 (3.11%) Greenfield Project
7 52 (2.70%) Cyber Threat
8 44 (2.28%) Legacy Systems
9 38 (1.97%) Mobile App
10 34 (1.76%) Management Information System
11 33 (1.71%) Self-Motivation
12 29 (1.50%) Public Cloud
13 28 (1.45%) Data Centre
14 27 (1.40%) Onboarding
15 25 (1.30%) Driving Licence
15 25 (1.30%) Podcast
16 23 (1.19%) Social Media
17 22 (1.14%) Legacy Applications
17 22 (1.14%) Security Posture
18 20 (1.04%) Hybrid Cloud
Operating Systems
1 174 (9.02%) Linux
2 100 (5.18%) Windows
3 58 (3.01%) Unix
4 20 (1.04%) Android
5 17 (0.88%) Windows Server
6 16 (0.83%) VMS
7 8 (0.41%) Debian
7 8 (0.41%) Ubuntu
8 7 (0.36%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 5 (0.26%) CentOS
10 3 (0.16%) VxWorks
11 2 (0.10%) Apple iOS
11 2 (0.10%) Solaris
11 2 (0.10%) Windows Server 2016
12 1 (0.052%) Embedded Linux
12 1 (0.052%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 949 (49.20%) CI/CD
2 858 (44.48%) Agile
3 442 (22.91%) Continuous Improvement
4 423 (21.93%) Infrastructure as Code
5 420 (21.77%) Mentoring
6 399 (20.68%) Software Engineering
7 372 (19.28%) AI
8 342 (17.73%) Test Automation
9 300 (15.55%) Full-Stack Development
9 300 (15.55%) Problem-Solving
10 263 (13.63%) Microservices
11 242 (12.55%) Scrum
11 242 (12.55%) Stakeholder Engagement
12 214 (11.09%) Technical Leadership
13 209 (10.83%) Containerisation
14 201 (10.42%) Observability
14 201 (10.42%) Roadmaps
15 198 (10.26%) Coaching
15 198 (10.26%) Stakeholder Management
16 181 (9.38%) Platform Engineering
Programming Languages
1 454 (23.54%) C#
2 449 (23.28%) SQL
3 390 (20.22%) Python
4 311 (16.12%) JavaScript
5 200 (10.37%) Java
6 167 (8.66%) TypeScript
7 164 (8.50%) PowerShell
8 99 (5.13%) Bash
9 77 (3.99%) Bicep
10 35 (1.81%) Apex Code
11 33 (1.71%) C++
12 28 (1.45%) Go
13 23 (1.19%) T-SQL
14 22 (1.14%) PHP
15 20 (1.04%) Kusto Query Language
15 20 (1.04%) SOQL
15 20 (1.04%) SOSL
16 17 (0.88%) Ruby
17 13 (0.67%) Groovy
18 11 (0.57%) Scala
Qualifications
1 237 (12.29%) Security Cleared
2 192 (9.95%) SC Cleared
3 160 (8.29%) Degree
4 65 (3.37%) Azure Certification
4 65 (3.37%) CISSP
5 58 (3.01%) CISM
6 57 (2.95%) ITIL Certification
7 46 (2.38%) Computer Science Degree
8 45 (2.33%) DV Cleared
9 34 (1.76%) BPSS Clearance
10 24 (1.24%) Microsoft Certification
11 23 (1.19%) AWS Certification
12 20 (1.04%) DBS Check
12 20 (1.04%) Master's Degree
13 18 (0.93%) PMI Certification
14 14 (0.73%) ISTQB
14 14 (0.73%) PMP
15 13 (0.67%) Cisco Certification
16 7 (0.36%) CCNP
17 6 (0.31%) (ISC)2 CCSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 227 (11.77%) QA
2 79 (4.10%) NIST
3 60 (3.11%) Accessibility
4 56 (2.90%) Data Quality
5 48 (2.49%) ISO 22301
6 33 (1.71%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 28 (1.45%) GDPR
8 23 (1.19%) GRC
9 15 (0.78%) WCAG
10 9 (0.47%) HMG Security Policy Framework
11 7 (0.36%) PCI DSS
12 6 (0.31%) NIST 800
12 6 (0.31%) PMO
12 6 (0.31%) SLA
13 5 (0.26%) IFRS
13 5 (0.26%) SOC 2
14 4 (0.21%) ISO 9001
14 4 (0.21%) NCSC
15 3 (0.16%) Sarbanes-Oxley
15 3 (0.16%) Solvency II
System Software
1 262 (13.58%) Docker
2 65 (3.37%) Active Directory
3 33 (1.71%) VMware Infrastructure
4 21 (1.09%) Virtual Machines
5 17 (0.88%) vSphere
6 16 (0.83%) Virtual Desktop
7 9 (0.47%) Firmware
8 4 (0.21%) Slurm Workload Manager
9 3 (0.16%) Hyper-V
10 2 (0.10%) Embedded Firmware
10 2 (0.10%) iptables
10 2 (0.10%) KVM
10 2 (0.10%) VMware ESXi
11 1 (0.052%) Citrix Hypervisor
11 1 (0.052%) Oracle RAC
11 1 (0.052%) QEMU
11 1 (0.052%) Xen
Systems Management
1 383 (19.85%) Terraform
2 299 (15.50%) Kubernetes
3 89 (4.61%) Ansible
4 77 (3.99%) Grafana
5 42 (2.18%) Prometheus
6 30 (1.56%) Argo
7 19 (0.98%) Puppet
8 16 (0.83%) Istio
8 16 (0.83%) Microsoft Intune
9 8 (0.41%) Progress Chef
10 6 (0.31%) Active Directory Federation Services
10 6 (0.31%) Packer
10 6 (0.31%) ZABBIX
11 5 (0.26%) Proxmox
12 4 (0.21%) Single Sign-On
13 3 (0.16%) Kibana
14 2 (0.10%) HP Fortify
14 2 (0.10%) MIIS
14 2 (0.10%) Nagios
15 1 (0.052%) Oracle RMAN
Vendors
1 507 (26.28%) Microsoft
2 84 (4.35%) Google
3 61 (3.16%) Oracle
4 59 (3.06%) Salesforce
5 48 (2.49%) ServiceNow
6 43 (2.23%) Databricks
7 40 (2.07%) Facebook
8 39 (2.02%) VMware
9 33 (1.71%) SAP
10 29 (1.50%) Pega
11 26 (1.35%) Splunk
12 23 (1.19%) YouTube
13 22 (1.14%) MuleSoft
14 21 (1.09%) OpenAI
15 19 (0.98%) Sony
16 18 (0.93%) Apple
17 17 (0.88%) Yahoo!
18 16 (0.83%) Cisco
19 14 (0.73%) Red Hat
20 13 (0.67%) Foundry
1,509 hybrid/remote DevOps jobs