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

 6 months to
16 Oct 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 21 19 16
Rank change year-on-year -2 -3 -6
Permanent jobs citing DevOps 1,953 1,723 2,219
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 7.76% 10.49% 10.74%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 9.62% 11.19% 12.20%
Number of salaries quoted 1,346 890 1,491
10th Percentile £45,813 £46,250 £42,500
25th Percentile £52,500 £55,875 £53,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £69,310 £69,750 £69,000
Median % change year-on-year -0.63% +1.09% +2.22%
75th Percentile £87,500 £83,750 £85,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £98,875 £102,750
UK median annual salary £70,000 £70,000 £69,308
% change year-on-year - +1.00% -0.99%

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 20,307 15,402 18,187
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 80.66% 93.79% 88.00%
Number of salaries quoted 14,399 8,401 10,957
10th Percentile £34,000 £29,750 £35,750
25th Percentile £44,447 £40,000 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £57,500 £60,498
Median % change year-on-year +4.35% -4.96% -3.20%
75th Percentile £80,000 £77,500 £81,250
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 16 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 (3.07%) SharePoint
2 40 (2.05%) Confluence
3 26 (1.33%) Apache Spark
4 24 (1.23%) Apache
5 16 (0.82%) Microsoft Exchange
6 11 (0.56%) Apache Airflow
7 10 (0.51%) nginx
7 10 (0.51%) WebLogic
8 9 (0.46%) Jupyter
9 8 (0.41%) CMS
9 8 (0.41%) IIS
9 8 (0.41%) SharePoint Server
10 6 (0.31%) SAS
11 5 (0.26%) WordPress
12 3 (0.15%) Anypoint
12 3 (0.15%) BizTalk Server
12 3 (0.15%) Umbraco
13 2 (0.10%) Ethereum
13 2 (0.10%) Hedera
13 2 (0.10%) WebLogic Portal
Applications
1 38 (1.95%) Microsoft Project
2 14 (0.72%) Microsoft Excel
3 12 (0.61%) Trello
4 11 (0.56%) Chatbot
5 9 (0.46%) MS Visio
6 7 (0.36%) Microsoft PowerPoint
7 6 (0.31%) Microsoft Office
8 5 (0.26%) Notion
9 3 (0.15%) Blender
9 3 (0.15%) Maya
10 1 (0.051%) Lightworks
10 1 (0.051%) PlantUML
10 1 (0.051%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 48 (2.46%) Dynamics CRM
2 7 (0.36%) Oracle EBS
3 5 (0.26%) Fidessa
3 5 (0.26%) SAP S/4HANA
4 4 (0.20%) Dynamics GP
4 4 (0.20%) Elite 3E
4 4 (0.20%) Oracle ERP
5 3 (0.15%) 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 (0.051%) Academy Revenues and Benefits
7 1 (0.051%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 1,075 (55.04%) Azure
2 613 (31.39%) AWS
3 611 (31.29%) Azure DevOps
4 271 (13.88%) SaaS
5 193 (9.88%) Power Platform
6 192 (9.83%) GCP
7 166 (8.50%) GitHub
8 145 (7.42%) Serverless
9 102 (5.22%) PaaS
10 94 (4.81%) Azure AI
11 88 (4.51%) PowerApps
12 86 (4.40%) Dynamics 365
13 83 (4.25%) Azure Cosmos DB
13 83 (4.25%) Power Automate
14 75 (3.84%) AWS CloudFormation
15 72 (3.69%) Azure Functions
16 69 (3.53%) Azure AKS
17 68 (3.48%) Amazon EKS
17 68 (3.48%) Azure Service Bus
17 68 (3.48%) GitHub Actions
Communications & Networking
1 44 (2.25%) VPN
2 29 (1.48%) Firewall
3 28 (1.43%) DNS
4 26 (1.33%) TCP/IP
5 14 (0.72%) Internet
6 13 (0.67%) Broadband
7 10 (0.51%) 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%) SSH
10 5 (0.26%) TETRA
10 5 (0.26%) VXLAN
11 3 (0.15%) 3GPP
11 3 (0.15%) DHCP
11 3 (0.15%) SD-WAN
11 3 (0.15%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 226 (11.57%) Azure SQL Database
2 209 (10.70%) MongoDB
3 172 (8.81%) SQL Server
4 101 (5.17%) Power BI
5 92 (4.71%) PostgreSQL
6 57 (2.92%) Data Warehouse
7 54 (2.76%) NoSQL
8 48 (2.46%) Elasticsearch
9 44 (2.25%) Metadata
10 42 (2.15%) Relational Database
11 40 (2.05%) MySQL
12 39 (2.00%) Data Lake
13 30 (1.54%) DynamoDB
14 25 (1.28%) Redis
15 23 (1.18%) SQL Server Integration Services
16 22 (1.13%) Amazon Athena
17 21 (1.08%) Amazon RDS
18 19 (0.97%) Star Schema
19 14 (0.72%) Big Data
19 14 (0.72%) Delta Lake
Development Applications
1 191 (9.78%) Git
2 132 (6.76%) JIRA
3 85 (4.35%) GitLab
4 75 (3.84%) Jenkins
5 49 (2.51%) TeamCity
6 20 (1.02%) Cypress.io
6 20 (1.02%) Selenium
7 16 (0.82%) Postman
8 13 (0.67%) JUnit
9 10 (0.51%) SonarQube
10 9 (0.46%) Bitbucket
10 9 (0.46%) Claude Code
10 9 (0.46%) Visual Studio Code
11 8 (0.41%) Mockito
12 7 (0.36%) Cucumber
12 7 (0.36%) Visual Studio
13 6 (0.31%) NUnit
13 6 (0.31%) Octopus Deploy
14 5 (0.26%) Atlassian Bamboo
14 5 (0.26%) Maven
General
1 497 (25.45%) Social Skills
2 364 (18.64%) Finance
3 226 (11.57%) Public Sector
4 150 (7.68%) Law
5 140 (7.17%) Analytical Skills
6 133 (6.81%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 108 (5.53%) Legal
8 76 (3.89%) Banking
9 75 (3.84%) Retail
10 46 (2.36%) Back Office
11 44 (2.25%) Financial Institution
12 36 (1.84%) Marketing
13 27 (1.38%) Advertising
14 24 (1.23%) Aerospace
14 24 (1.23%) Presentation Skills
15 22 (1.13%) Games
16 14 (0.72%) Influencing Skills
16 14 (0.72%) Manufacturing
17 13 (0.67%) Documentation Skills
18 12 (0.61%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 536 (27.44%) Senior
2 397 (20.33%) Developer
3 386 (19.76%) DevOps Engineer
4 244 (12.49%) Lead
5 195 (9.98%) .NET Developer
6 173 (8.86%) Software Engineer
7 128 (6.55%) Architect
8 125 (6.40%) Senior DevOps
9 114 (5.84%) Senior DevOps Engineer
10 105 (5.38%) Azure Engineer
11 88 (4.51%) IT Manager
12 76 (3.89%) Senior Developer
13 71 (3.64%) Cloud Engineer
13 71 (3.64%) Data Engineer
14 63 (3.23%) Platform Engineer
15 60 (3.07%) Senior Manager
16 54 (2.76%) Analyst
16 54 (2.76%) Senior Software Engineer
17 53 (2.71%) Service Manager
17 53 (2.71%) Solutions Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 395 (20.23%) .NET
1 395 (20.23%) Terraform
2 215 (11.01%) ASP.NET
3 202 (10.34%) React
4 189 (9.68%) .NET Core
5 180 (9.22%) ASP.NET Core
6 143 (7.32%) RESTful
7 141 (7.22%) Node.js
8 123 (6.30%) REST
9 122 (6.25%) CSS
10 113 (5.79%) HTML
11 102 (5.22%) Blazor
12 96 (4.92%) Entity Framework
13 78 (3.99%) ML.NET
14 70 (3.58%) Middleware
15 58 (2.97%) AngularJS
15 58 (2.97%) Spring Boot
16 55 (2.82%) Spring
17 48 (2.46%) Kafka
18 37 (1.89%) PySpark
Miscellaneous
1 318 (16.28%) Cloud Native
2 144 (7.37%) Product Ownership
3 121 (6.20%) Enterprise Software
4 88 (4.51%) Distributed Systems
5 63 (3.23%) Greenfield Project
6 62 (3.17%) Cyber Threat
7 61 (3.12%) Virtual Team
8 51 (2.61%) Legacy Systems
9 41 (2.10%) Management Information System
10 37 (1.89%) Mobile App
11 33 (1.69%) Self-Motivation
12 31 (1.59%) Driving Licence
13 26 (1.33%) Onboarding
14 24 (1.23%) AI Agents
15 23 (1.18%) Public Cloud
15 23 (1.18%) Security Posture
16 22 (1.13%) Legacy Applications
17 21 (1.08%) Data Structures
17 21 (1.08%) Social Media
18 19 (0.97%) Data Centre
Operating Systems
1 163 (8.35%) Linux
2 94 (4.81%) Windows
3 62 (3.17%) Unix
4 21 (1.08%) Android
5 13 (0.67%) VMS
6 10 (0.51%) Windows Server
7 7 (0.36%) Ubuntu
8 5 (0.26%) Debian
9 4 (0.20%) Apple iOS
10 3 (0.15%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 3 (0.15%) VxWorks
11 2 (0.10%) Rocky
11 2 (0.10%) Solaris
12 1 (0.051%) CentOS
12 1 (0.051%) macOS
12 1 (0.051%) Windows 10
12 1 (0.051%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 991 (50.74%) CI/CD
2 872 (44.65%) Agile
3 480 (24.58%) Mentoring
4 457 (23.40%) Continuous Improvement
5 429 (21.97%) Software Engineering
6 403 (20.63%) AI
7 402 (20.58%) Infrastructure as Code
8 364 (18.64%) Test Automation
9 343 (17.56%) Problem-Solving
10 274 (14.03%) Full-Stack Development
11 252 (12.90%) Stakeholder Engagement
12 251 (12.85%) Microservices
13 235 (12.03%) Coaching
14 221 (11.32%) Technical Leadership
15 212 (10.86%) Stakeholder Management
16 203 (10.39%) Scrum
17 186 (9.52%) Observability
18 185 (9.47%) Containerisation
19 177 (9.06%) Analytics
20 176 (9.01%) Platform Engineering
Programming Languages
1 490 (25.09%) C#
2 472 (24.17%) SQL
3 396 (20.28%) Python
4 308 (15.77%) JavaScript
5 222 (11.37%) Java
6 177 (9.06%) PowerShell
7 176 (9.01%) TypeScript
8 108 (5.53%) Bash
9 89 (4.56%) Bicep
10 32 (1.64%) T-SQL
11 30 (1.54%) Go
12 28 (1.43%) C++
13 18 (0.92%) Data Analysis Expressions
13 18 (0.92%) Kusto Query Language
14 14 (0.72%) PHP
14 14 (0.72%) Ruby
15 11 (0.56%) Apex Code
15 11 (0.56%) Groovy
15 11 (0.56%) Kotlin
16 10 (0.51%) Scala
Qualifications
1 268 (13.72%) Security Cleared
2 219 (11.21%) SC Cleared
3 138 (7.07%) Degree
4 64 (3.28%) Azure Certification
5 61 (3.12%) CISSP
6 58 (2.97%) ITIL Certification
7 57 (2.92%) CISM
8 43 (2.20%) Computer Science Degree
9 42 (2.15%) BPSS Clearance
10 41 (2.10%) DV Cleared
11 40 (2.05%) Microsoft Certification
12 26 (1.33%) AWS Certification
13 17 (0.87%) Master's Degree
14 15 (0.77%) DBS Check
15 14 (0.72%) ISTQB
16 10 (0.51%) PMI Certification
16 10 (0.51%) TOGAF Certification
17 8 (0.41%) PMP
18 7 (0.36%) Cisco Certification
19 6 (0.31%) CISA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 207 (10.60%) QA
2 92 (4.71%) Data Quality
3 71 (3.64%) Accessibility
4 67 (3.43%) NIST
5 48 (2.46%) ISO 22301
6 35 (1.79%) GDPR
7 29 (1.48%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 16 (0.82%) GRC
9 10 (0.51%) California Consumer Privacy Act
10 9 (0.46%) SLA
11 8 (0.41%) HMG Security Policy Framework
11 8 (0.41%) 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 5 (0.26%) NCSC
15 2 (0.10%) ISO 9001
15 2 (0.10%) ISO/IEC 20000
16 1 (0.051%) WAI
System Software
1 261 (13.36%) Docker
2 47 (2.41%) Active Directory
3 26 (1.33%) VMware Infrastructure
4 21 (1.08%) Virtual Desktop
4 21 (1.08%) Virtual Machines
5 15 (0.77%) vSphere
6 4 (0.20%) Firmware
7 3 (0.15%) Hyper-V
7 3 (0.15%) VMware ESXi
8 2 (0.10%) iptables
9 1 (0.051%) Embedded Firmware
9 1 (0.051%) KVM
9 1 (0.051%) Oracle RAC
9 1 (0.051%) zsh
Systems Management
1 310 (15.87%) Kubernetes
2 93 (4.76%) Grafana
3 75 (3.84%) Ansible
4 42 (2.15%) Prometheus
5 29 (1.48%) Argo
6 16 (0.82%) Microsoft Intune
7 11 (0.56%) Packer
8 10 (0.51%) Progress Chef
9 9 (0.46%) Single Sign-On
10 8 (0.41%) Istio
11 7 (0.36%) Puppet
12 5 (0.26%) Kibana
12 5 (0.26%) Proxmox
13 3 (0.15%) Oracle RMAN
13 3 (0.15%) ZABBIX
14 2 (0.10%) HP Fortify
14 2 (0.10%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
15 1 (0.051%) Active Directory Federation Services
15 1 (0.051%) Failover Clustering
15 1 (0.051%) linkerd
Vendors
1 550 (28.16%) Microsoft
2 94 (4.81%) Google
3 80 (4.10%) Oracle
4 49 (2.51%) Databricks
5 42 (2.15%) ServiceNow
6 39 (2.00%) YouTube
7 38 (1.95%) Facebook
8 37 (1.89%) Salesforce
9 36 (1.84%) SAP
10 31 (1.59%) VMware
11 29 (1.48%) OpenAI
12 28 (1.43%) Pega
13 20 (1.02%) MuleSoft
14 18 (0.92%) Informatica
14 18 (0.92%) Sony
15 17 (0.87%) Apple
15 17 (0.87%) Foundry
16 16 (0.82%) Yahoo!
17 14 (0.72%) Dynatrace
18 12 (0.61%) ScienceLogic
538 hybrid/remote DevOps jobs