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

 6 months to
10 Aug 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 18 16 20
Rank change year-on-year -2 +4 -10
Permanent jobs citing DevOps 1,922 1,886 2,243
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 8.47% 11.42% 9.03%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 10.22% 12.29% 10.29%
Number of salaries quoted 1,383 1,024 1,797
10th Percentile £45,000 £46,321 £42,500
25th Percentile £52,500 £56,250 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £67,500 £70,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.57% +7.69% -7.14%
75th Percentile £86,250 £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 18,798 15,349 21,794
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 82.81% 92.91% 87.71%
Number of salaries quoted 13,570 9,030 15,663
10th Percentile £35,000 £29,750 £35,000
25th Percentile £44,972 £40,875 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £58,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +2.56% -2.50% -4.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 £78,375 £77,500
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 10 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 47 (2.45%) SharePoint
2 32 (1.66%) Confluence
3 26 (1.35%) Apache
4 25 (1.30%) Apache Spark
5 13 (0.68%) Microsoft Exchange
6 11 (0.57%) Apache Airflow
7 9 (0.47%) IIS
8 8 (0.42%) nginx
8 8 (0.42%) SharePoint Server
9 6 (0.31%) Anypoint
9 6 (0.31%) Apache Solr
9 6 (0.31%) CMS
9 6 (0.31%) OpenStack
9 6 (0.31%) SAS
9 6 (0.31%) WordPress
10 5 (0.26%) Jupyter
11 3 (0.16%) BizTalk Server
11 3 (0.16%) Umbraco
12 1 (0.052%) JBoss
12 1 (0.052%) Tomcat
Applications
1 40 (2.08%) Microsoft Project
2 16 (0.83%) Microsoft Excel
3 12 (0.62%) Trello
4 9 (0.47%) MS Visio
5 7 (0.36%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 5 (0.26%) Microsoft Office
7 3 (0.16%) Blender
7 3 (0.16%) Chatbot
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 (2.29%) Dynamics CRM
2 5 (0.26%) Fidessa
2 5 (0.26%) SAP S/4HANA
3 4 (0.21%) Dynamics AX
3 4 (0.21%) Oracle ERP
4 3 (0.16%) Carpe Diem
4 3 (0.16%) Elite 3E
4 3 (0.16%) Oracle EBS
5 2 (0.10%) Infor SunSystems
5 2 (0.10%) JDE EnterpriseOne
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%) Sage 200
6 1 (0.052%) SAP ERP
Cloud Services
1 1,073 (55.83%) Azure
2 616 (32.05%) AWS
3 579 (30.12%) Azure DevOps
4 257 (13.37%) SaaS
5 194 (10.09%) GCP
6 151 (7.86%) Serverless
7 149 (7.75%) Power Platform
8 144 (7.49%) GitHub
9 92 (4.79%) PaaS
10 91 (4.73%) Azure AI
11 73 (3.80%) AWS CloudFormation
11 73 (3.80%) Azure AKS
12 69 (3.59%) Dynamics 365
12 69 (3.59%) Entra ID
13 68 (3.54%) Azure Service Bus
13 68 (3.54%) GitHub Actions
14 67 (3.49%) Amazon EKS
15 66 (3.43%) Azure Cosmos DB
16 64 (3.33%) Microsoft 365
17 61 (3.17%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 41 (2.13%) TCP/IP
2 38 (1.98%) VPN
3 37 (1.93%) Firewall
4 35 (1.82%) Broadband
5 31 (1.61%) DNS
6 13 (0.68%) Internet
7 10 (0.52%) DHCP
7 10 (0.52%) Network Security
8 6 (0.31%) BGP
8 6 (0.31%) LAN
8 6 (0.31%) NGFW
8 6 (0.31%) OSPF
8 6 (0.31%) WAN
9 5 (0.26%) Cisco ASA
9 5 (0.26%) Ethernet VPN
9 5 (0.26%) VXLAN
10 4 (0.21%) HTTP
10 4 (0.21%) SSH
10 4 (0.21%) SSL
11 3 (0.16%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 208 (10.82%) Azure SQL Database
2 205 (10.67%) MongoDB
3 146 (7.60%) SQL Server
4 88 (4.58%) PostgreSQL
5 60 (3.12%) Power BI
6 56 (2.91%) NoSQL
7 54 (2.81%) Elasticsearch
8 37 (1.93%) MySQL
9 35 (1.82%) Data Warehouse
10 34 (1.77%) Relational Database
11 28 (1.46%) Amazon RDS
12 24 (1.25%) Metadata
12 24 (1.25%) Redis
13 20 (1.04%) Data Lake
13 20 (1.04%) SQL Server Integration Services
14 18 (0.94%) DynamoDB
15 16 (0.83%) Delta Lake
16 15 (0.78%) Amazon Athena
17 11 (0.57%) NonStop SQL
18 10 (0.52%) Big Data
Development Applications
1 154 (8.01%) Git
2 120 (6.24%) JIRA
3 100 (5.20%) Jenkins
4 97 (5.05%) GitLab
5 30 (1.56%) Selenium
5 30 (1.56%) TeamCity
6 29 (1.51%) SonarQube
7 21 (1.09%) Cypress.io
8 18 (0.94%) Postman
9 12 (0.62%) Bitbucket
10 11 (0.57%) Cucumber
10 11 (0.57%) JMeter
10 11 (0.57%) NUnit
10 11 (0.57%) Visual Studio
11 10 (0.52%) Visual Studio Code
12 7 (0.36%) Claude Code
12 7 (0.36%) Maven
13 6 (0.31%) JUnit
13 6 (0.31%) Octopus Deploy
14 5 (0.26%) Atlassian Bamboo
General
1 460 (23.93%) Social Skills
2 358 (18.63%) Finance
3 162 (8.43%) Public Sector
4 157 (8.17%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 152 (7.91%) Law
6 116 (6.04%) Analytical Skills
7 115 (5.98%) Legal
8 75 (3.90%) Banking
9 65 (3.38%) Retail
10 57 (2.97%) Marketing
11 47 (2.45%) Games
12 32 (1.66%) Advertising
13 29 (1.51%) Back Office
14 26 (1.35%) Financial Institution
15 21 (1.09%) Manufacturing
15 21 (1.09%) Presentation Skills
16 20 (1.04%) Aerospace
17 18 (0.94%) Legal Technology
18 15 (0.78%) Telecoms
19 12 (0.62%) Influencing Skills
Job Titles
1 469 (24.40%) Senior
2 389 (20.24%) Developer
3 347 (18.05%) DevOps Engineer
4 258 (13.42%) Lead
5 193 (10.04%) .NET Developer
6 156 (8.12%) Architect
7 152 (7.91%) Software Engineer
8 110 (5.72%) Senior DevOps
9 100 (5.20%) Senior DevOps Engineer
10 96 (4.99%) Azure Engineer
11 85 (4.42%) IT Manager
12 81 (4.21%) Cloud Engineer
13 71 (3.69%) Platform Engineer
14 66 (3.43%) Senior Developer
14 66 (3.43%) Senior Manager
15 62 (3.23%) Solutions Architect
16 61 (3.17%) Data Engineer
17 56 (2.91%) Senior Software Engineer
18 55 (2.86%) Consultant
19 53 (2.76%) Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 387 (20.14%) .NET
2 215 (11.19%) React
3 206 (10.72%) ASP.NET
4 196 (10.20%) .NET Core
5 182 (9.47%) ASP.NET Core
6 143 (7.44%) RESTful
7 127 (6.61%) CSS
8 122 (6.35%) HTML
8 122 (6.35%) REST
9 121 (6.30%) Node.js
10 105 (5.46%) Blazor
11 99 (5.15%) Entity Framework
12 82 (4.27%) ML.NET
13 71 (3.69%) Middleware
14 60 (3.12%) AngularJS
15 55 (2.86%) Kafka
16 50 (2.60%) Spring
16 50 (2.60%) Spring Boot
17 40 (2.08%) SOAP
18 39 (2.03%) .NET Framework
Miscellaneous
1 309 (16.08%) Cloud Native
2 135 (7.02%) Product Ownership
3 98 (5.10%) Enterprise Software
4 83 (4.32%) Distributed Systems
5 62 (3.23%) Virtual Team
6 58 (3.02%) Greenfield Project
7 52 (2.71%) Cyber Threat
8 43 (2.24%) Legacy Systems
9 39 (2.03%) Management Information System
10 36 (1.87%) Mobile App
11 32 (1.66%) Self-Motivation
12 29 (1.51%) Public Cloud
13 27 (1.40%) Data Centre
14 25 (1.30%) Driving Licence
14 25 (1.30%) Onboarding
14 25 (1.30%) Podcast
15 23 (1.20%) Social Media
16 22 (1.14%) Hybrid Cloud
16 22 (1.14%) Legacy Applications
17 20 (1.04%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 181 (9.42%) Linux
2 99 (5.15%) Windows
3 64 (3.33%) Unix
4 20 (1.04%) Android
5 18 (0.94%) Windows Server
6 16 (0.83%) VMS
7 8 (0.42%) Debian
7 8 (0.42%) 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%) Embedded Linux
11 2 (0.10%) Solaris
11 2 (0.10%) Windows Server 2016
12 1 (0.052%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 946 (49.22%) CI/CD
2 861 (44.80%) Agile
3 449 (23.36%) Continuous Improvement
4 423 (22.01%) Infrastructure as Code
5 415 (21.59%) Mentoring
6 389 (20.24%) Software Engineering
7 372 (19.35%) AI
8 342 (17.79%) Test Automation
9 300 (15.61%) Full-Stack Development
10 295 (15.35%) Problem-Solving
11 269 (14.00%) Microservices
12 241 (12.54%) Scrum
12 241 (12.54%) Stakeholder Engagement
13 215 (11.19%) Containerisation
14 209 (10.87%) Technical Leadership
15 205 (10.67%) Roadmaps
16 202 (10.51%) Observability
17 200 (10.41%) Stakeholder Management
18 197 (10.25%) Coaching
19 183 (9.52%) Platform Engineering
Programming Languages
1 446 (23.20%) C#
2 439 (22.84%) SQL
3 388 (20.19%) Python
4 310 (16.13%) JavaScript
5 208 (10.82%) Java
6 168 (8.74%) TypeScript
7 165 (8.58%) PowerShell
8 98 (5.10%) Bash
9 75 (3.90%) Bicep
10 36 (1.87%) Apex Code
11 33 (1.72%) C++
12 30 (1.56%) Go
13 22 (1.14%) PHP
14 20 (1.04%) Kusto Query Language
14 20 (1.04%) SOQL
14 20 (1.04%) SOSL
14 20 (1.04%) T-SQL
15 16 (0.83%) Ruby
16 13 (0.68%) Groovy
17 11 (0.57%) Scala
Qualifications
1 236 (12.28%) Security Cleared
2 191 (9.94%) SC Cleared
3 159 (8.27%) Degree
4 68 (3.54%) CISSP
5 65 (3.38%) Azure Certification
6 58 (3.02%) CISM
6 58 (3.02%) ITIL Certification
7 43 (2.24%) Computer Science Degree
7 43 (2.24%) DV Cleared
8 30 (1.56%) BPSS Clearance
9 24 (1.25%) Microsoft Certification
10 23 (1.20%) DBS Check
11 22 (1.14%) AWS Certification
12 21 (1.09%) Master's Degree
13 18 (0.94%) PMI Certification
14 14 (0.73%) ISTQB
15 13 (0.68%) Cisco Certification
15 13 (0.68%) PMP
16 7 (0.36%) CCNP
17 6 (0.31%) CISA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 220 (11.45%) QA
2 80 (4.16%) NIST
3 59 (3.07%) Accessibility
4 53 (2.76%) Data Quality
5 48 (2.50%) ISO 22301
6 33 (1.72%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 29 (1.51%) GDPR
8 24 (1.25%) 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%) SOC 2
13 5 (0.26%) IFRS
13 5 (0.26%) SLA
14 4 (0.21%) ISO 9001
15 3 (0.16%) Sarbanes-Oxley
15 3 (0.16%) SEPA
15 3 (0.16%) Solvency II
System Software
1 263 (13.68%) Docker
2 64 (3.33%) Active Directory
3 33 (1.72%) VMware Infrastructure
4 20 (1.04%) Virtual Machines
5 17 (0.88%) vSphere
6 15 (0.78%) Virtual Desktop
7 9 (0.47%) Firmware
8 4 (0.21%) Slurm Workload Manager
9 3 (0.16%) Embedded Firmware
9 3 (0.16%) Hyper-V
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
1 382 (19.88%) Terraform
2 302 (15.71%) Kubernetes
3 95 (4.94%) Ansible
4 82 (4.27%) Grafana
5 43 (2.24%) Prometheus
6 29 (1.51%) Argo
7 20 (1.04%) Puppet
8 16 (0.83%) Microsoft Intune
9 15 (0.78%) Istio
10 9 (0.47%) Progress Chef
11 6 (0.31%) Active Directory Federation Services
11 6 (0.31%) Packer
11 6 (0.31%) Proxmox
11 6 (0.31%) ZABBIX
12 5 (0.26%) AWS Copilot
13 4 (0.21%) Kibana
14 3 (0.16%) Single Sign-On
15 2 (0.10%) HP Fortify
15 2 (0.10%) MIIS
15 2 (0.10%) Opsgenie
Vendors
1 503 (26.17%) Microsoft
2 89 (4.63%) Google
3 61 (3.17%) Oracle
4 60 (3.12%) Salesforce
5 49 (2.55%) ServiceNow
6 42 (2.19%) Databricks
7 40 (2.08%) Facebook
7 40 (2.08%) VMware
8 33 (1.72%) SAP
9 29 (1.51%) Pega
10 25 (1.30%) Splunk
11 23 (1.20%) MuleSoft
12 21 (1.09%) YouTube
13 19 (0.99%) Apple
13 19 (0.99%) OpenAI
13 19 (0.99%) Sony
14 17 (0.88%) Cisco
14 17 (0.88%) Yahoo!
15 15 (0.78%) Red Hat
16 14 (0.73%) Palo Alto
1,592 hybrid/remote DevOps jobs