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

 6 months to
4 Jul 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 17 16 21
Rank change year-on-year -1 +5 -11
Permanent jobs citing DevOps 1,743 1,944 2,881
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 8.37% 12.03% 8.69%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 10.15% 12.84% 9.77%
Number of salaries quoted 1,312 1,084 2,337
10th Percentile £45,000 £47,231 £41,250
25th Percentile £52,500 £56,621 £51,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £67,490 £70,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.59% +7.69% -7.14%
75th Percentile £83,750 £87,500 £82,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £110,000 £97,500
UK median annual salary £70,000 £70,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year - +7.69% -7.14%

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 17,173 15,146 29,476
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 82.44% 93.69% 88.91%
Number of salaries quoted 12,544 8,967 22,622
10th Percentile £35,000 £29,913 £33,750
25th Percentile £45,000 £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 £80,000 £75,772
90th Percentile £100,000 £105,000 £95,000
UK median annual salary £60,000 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year +4.35% +4.55% -9.09%

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 4 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 47 (2.70%) SharePoint
2 28 (1.61%) Confluence
3 21 (1.20%) Apache
4 17 (0.98%) Apache Spark
5 16 (0.92%) Microsoft Exchange
6 15 (0.86%) Apache Airflow
7 9 (0.52%) CMS
8 8 (0.46%) IIS
8 8 (0.46%) SharePoint Server
9 7 (0.40%) nginx
10 6 (0.34%) Apache Solr
10 6 (0.34%) OpenStack
10 6 (0.34%) WordPress
11 5 (0.29%) Jupyter
12 4 (0.23%) SAS
13 3 (0.17%) Anypoint
13 3 (0.17%) Umbraco
14 1 (0.057%) Camunda
14 1 (0.057%) Headless CMS
14 1 (0.057%) Red Hat Fuse
Applications
1 36 (2.07%) Microsoft Project
2 12 (0.69%) Microsoft Excel
3 8 (0.46%) Trello
4 5 (0.29%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 5 (0.29%) MS Visio
5 3 (0.17%) Blender
5 3 (0.17%) Maya
6 1 (0.057%) EngageOne
6 1 (0.057%) Lightworks
6 1 (0.057%) Notion
6 1 (0.057%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 50 (2.87%) Dynamics CRM
2 6 (0.34%) Oracle EBS
2 6 (0.34%) SAP S/4HANA
3 5 (0.29%) Dynamics AX
3 5 (0.29%) Fidessa
4 4 (0.23%) SAP ERP
5 3 (0.17%) Carpe Diem
5 3 (0.17%) Elite 3E
6 2 (0.11%) Infor SunSystems
7 1 (0.057%) Dynamics GP
7 1 (0.057%) Dynamics NAV
7 1 (0.057%) JDE EnterpriseOne
7 1 (0.057%) Magento
7 1 (0.057%) Payment Gateway
7 1 (0.057%) SAP IBP
7 1 (0.057%) SAP MII
7 1 (0.057%) SAP PP
7 1 (0.057%) TIBCO iProcess
Cloud Services
1 960 (55.08%) Azure
2 564 (32.36%) AWS
3 526 (30.18%) Azure DevOps
4 171 (9.81%) GCP
5 165 (9.47%) SaaS
6 163 (9.35%) Serverless
7 152 (8.72%) GitHub
7 152 (8.72%) Power Platform
8 93 (5.34%) PaaS
9 80 (4.59%) Azure AI
10 78 (4.48%) Azure AKS
11 76 (4.36%) Entra ID
12 73 (4.19%) Amazon EKS
13 69 (3.96%) GitHub Actions
14 66 (3.79%) Amazon S3
14 66 (3.79%) Azure Service Bus
15 59 (3.38%) AWS CloudFormation
16 56 (3.21%) Azure Logic Apps
16 56 (3.21%) Dynamics 365
16 56 (3.21%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 61 (3.50%) Broadband
2 49 (2.81%) Firewall
3 37 (2.12%) VPN
4 29 (1.66%) DNS
5 26 (1.49%) TCP/IP
6 13 (0.75%) DHCP
7 12 (0.69%) Internet
8 9 (0.52%) Network Security
9 6 (0.34%) BGP
9 6 (0.34%) Cisco ASA
9 6 (0.34%) LAN
9 6 (0.34%) NGFW
9 6 (0.34%) OSPF
9 6 (0.34%) WAN
10 5 (0.29%) Ethernet VPN
10 5 (0.29%) VXLAN
11 4 (0.23%) SSL
12 3 (0.17%) DSL
12 3 (0.17%) HTTP
12 3 (0.17%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 193 (11.07%) Azure SQL Database
2 189 (10.84%) MongoDB
3 121 (6.94%) SQL Server
4 80 (4.59%) PostgreSQL
5 66 (3.79%) NoSQL
6 60 (3.44%) Power BI
7 47 (2.70%) Elasticsearch
8 39 (2.24%) Relational Database
9 33 (1.89%) Metadata
9 33 (1.89%) MySQL
10 28 (1.61%) Amazon RDS
10 28 (1.61%) Data Warehouse
11 21 (1.20%) Amazon Athena
11 21 (1.20%) Redis
12 20 (1.15%) Data Lake
13 18 (1.03%) DynamoDB
14 16 (0.92%) SQL Server Integration Services
15 15 (0.86%) RDBMS
16 14 (0.80%) Delta Lake
17 9 (0.52%) NonStop SQL
Development Applications
1 138 (7.92%) Git
2 111 (6.37%) GitLab
3 110 (6.31%) Jenkins
4 100 (5.74%) JIRA
5 43 (2.47%) SonarQube
6 26 (1.49%) Selenium
7 24 (1.38%) TeamCity
8 16 (0.92%) Cypress.io
8 16 (0.92%) Postman
9 12 (0.69%) Cucumber
9 12 (0.69%) Jaeger
9 12 (0.69%) Visual Studio
10 11 (0.63%) JMeter
11 10 (0.57%) Bitbucket
12 7 (0.40%) Claude Code
12 7 (0.40%) Maven
12 7 (0.40%) NUnit
12 7 (0.40%) Visual Studio Code
13 5 (0.29%) Locust
13 5 (0.29%) Octopus Deploy
General
1 365 (20.94%) Social Skills
2 326 (18.70%) Finance
3 168 (9.64%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 152 (8.72%) Public Sector
5 121 (6.94%) Analytical Skills
6 113 (6.48%) Law
7 70 (4.02%) Banking
8 69 (3.96%) Marketing
8 69 (3.96%) Retail
9 65 (3.73%) Games
10 63 (3.61%) Legal
11 28 (1.61%) Advertising
11 28 (1.61%) Back Office
12 24 (1.38%) Financial Institution
13 21 (1.20%) Manufacturing
13 21 (1.20%) Presentation Skills
14 15 (0.86%) Legal Technology
15 13 (0.75%) Telecoms
16 12 (0.69%) Influencing Skills
17 11 (0.63%) Documentation Skills
Job Titles
1 390 (22.38%) Senior
2 378 (21.69%) Developer
3 299 (17.15%) DevOps Engineer
4 246 (14.11%) Lead
5 174 (9.98%) .NET Developer
5 174 (9.98%) Architect
6 146 (8.38%) Software Engineer
7 105 (6.02%) Senior DevOps
8 88 (5.05%) Senior DevOps Engineer
9 87 (4.99%) Azure Engineer
10 86 (4.93%) Cloud Engineer
11 69 (3.96%) Solutions Architect
12 62 (3.56%) Platform Engineer
13 59 (3.38%) Senior Developer
14 56 (3.21%) AWS Engineer
14 56 (3.21%) Senior Software Engineer
15 55 (3.16%) Consultant
15 55 (3.16%) Data Engineer
16 51 (2.93%) Lead Developer
17 50 (2.87%) IT Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 362 (20.77%) .NET
2 204 (11.70%) React
3 186 (10.67%) ASP.NET
4 178 (10.21%) .NET Core
5 169 (9.70%) ASP.NET Core
6 135 (7.75%) RESTful
7 120 (6.88%) REST
8 118 (6.77%) CSS
9 117 (6.71%) HTML
10 111 (6.37%) Node.js
11 93 (5.34%) Blazor
12 91 (5.22%) Entity Framework
13 76 (4.36%) ML.NET
14 59 (3.38%) Spring
15 56 (3.21%) AngularJS
15 56 (3.21%) Spring Boot
16 54 (3.10%) SOAP
17 53 (3.04%) Lightning Web Components
18 51 (2.93%) Visualforce
19 49 (2.81%) Kafka
Miscellaneous
1 294 (16.87%) Cloud Native
2 126 (7.23%) Product Ownership
3 79 (4.53%) Enterprise Software
4 67 (3.84%) Distributed Systems
5 44 (2.52%) Greenfield Project
6 40 (2.29%) Mobile App
7 37 (2.12%) Management Information System
8 36 (2.07%) Legacy Systems
8 36 (2.07%) Public Cloud
9 29 (1.66%) Self-Motivation
10 28 (1.61%) Data Centre
10 28 (1.61%) Hybrid Cloud
11 26 (1.49%) Driving Licence
12 25 (1.43%) Podcast
12 25 (1.43%) Virtual Team
13 23 (1.32%) Onboarding
14 21 (1.20%) Low-Code
14 21 (1.20%) Security Posture
15 20 (1.15%) Social Media
16 18 (1.03%) Legacy Applications
Operating Systems
1 182 (10.44%) Linux
2 95 (5.45%) Windows
3 61 (3.50%) Unix
4 24 (1.38%) Android
5 20 (1.15%) Windows Server
6 16 (0.92%) VMS
7 10 (0.57%) Ubuntu
8 9 (0.52%) Debian
9 8 (0.46%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 7 (0.40%) CentOS
11 6 (0.34%) Apple iOS
12 3 (0.17%) Windows Server 2016
13 2 (0.11%) Embedded Linux
14 1 (0.057%) Solaris
14 1 (0.057%) Windows Server 2012
14 1 (0.057%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 916 (52.55%) CI/CD
2 801 (45.96%) Agile
3 404 (23.18%) Infrastructure as Code
4 384 (22.03%) Continuous Improvement
5 364 (20.88%) Mentoring
6 321 (18.42%) AI
7 302 (17.33%) Software Engineering
8 291 (16.70%) Full-Stack Development
9 284 (16.29%) Problem-Solving
10 260 (14.92%) Microservices
11 259 (14.86%) Test Automation
12 238 (13.65%) Scrum
13 225 (12.91%) Containerisation
14 219 (12.56%) Roadmaps
15 190 (10.90%) Coaching
16 184 (10.56%) Technical Leadership
17 181 (10.38%) Observability
18 169 (9.70%) Stakeholder Management
19 158 (9.06%) Platform Engineering
20 153 (8.78%) Analytics
Programming Languages
1 411 (23.58%) SQL
2 369 (21.17%) C#
3 345 (19.79%) Python
4 275 (15.78%) JavaScript
5 219 (12.56%) Java
6 133 (7.63%) TypeScript
7 119 (6.83%) PowerShell
8 113 (6.48%) Bash
9 72 (4.13%) Bicep
10 55 (3.16%) Apex Code
11 48 (2.75%) Go
12 36 (2.07%) SOQL
12 36 (2.07%) SOSL
13 33 (1.89%) C++
14 25 (1.43%) PHP
15 20 (1.15%) Kusto Query Language
16 17 (0.98%) T-SQL
17 13 (0.75%) Ruby
17 13 (0.75%) Rust
18 11 (0.63%) Kotlin
Qualifications
1 195 (11.19%) Security Cleared
2 165 (9.47%) Degree
3 149 (8.55%) SC Cleared
4 64 (3.67%) Azure Certification
5 44 (2.52%) Computer Science Degree
6 35 (2.01%) CISSP
7 34 (1.95%) AWS Certification
8 29 (1.66%) DV Cleared
9 28 (1.61%) Microsoft Certification
10 24 (1.38%) Master's Degree
11 23 (1.32%) ITIL Certification
12 22 (1.26%) CISM
13 18 (1.03%) DBS Check
14 16 (0.92%) PMI Certification
15 13 (0.75%) Cisco Certification
16 11 (0.63%) ISTQB
17 10 (0.57%) PMP
18 9 (0.52%) TOGAF Certification
19 8 (0.46%) PhD
20 7 (0.40%) CCNP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 164 (9.41%) QA
2 51 (2.93%) Data Quality
3 46 (2.64%) NIST
4 43 (2.47%) Accessibility
5 33 (1.89%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 29 (1.66%) GDPR
7 20 (1.15%) GRC
8 15 (0.86%) ISO 22301
9 12 (0.69%) WCAG
10 10 (0.57%) PCI DSS
11 7 (0.40%) SOC 2
12 6 (0.34%) HMG Security Policy Framework
13 5 (0.29%) IFRS
13 5 (0.29%) PMO
14 3 (0.17%) ISO 9001
14 3 (0.17%) NIST 800
14 3 (0.17%) Sarbanes-Oxley
14 3 (0.17%) Software Quality Assurance
14 3 (0.17%) Solvency II
15 2 (0.11%) SLA
System Software
1 258 (14.80%) Docker
2 67 (3.84%) Active Directory
3 32 (1.84%) VMware Infrastructure
4 21 (1.20%) Virtual Machines
5 19 (1.09%) vSphere
6 13 (0.75%) Virtual Desktop
7 8 (0.46%) Firmware
8 4 (0.23%) Slurm Workload Manager
9 3 (0.17%) Embedded Firmware
9 3 (0.17%) Microsoft Virtual Server
9 3 (0.17%) Virtual Servers
9 3 (0.17%) VMware ESXi
10 2 (0.11%) Hyper-V
10 2 (0.11%) iptables
10 2 (0.11%) KVM
11 1 (0.057%) Citrix Hypervisor
11 1 (0.057%) QEMU
11 1 (0.057%) VMware NSX
11 1 (0.057%) Xen
Systems Management
1 368 (21.11%) Terraform
2 310 (17.79%) Kubernetes
3 112 (6.43%) Ansible
4 79 (4.53%) Grafana
5 55 (3.16%) Prometheus
6 39 (2.24%) Argo
7 19 (1.09%) Puppet
8 13 (0.75%) Istio
8 13 (0.75%) Microsoft Intune
9 12 (0.69%) Kustomize
10 10 (0.57%) Proxmox
11 9 (0.52%) Packer
12 8 (0.46%) Progress Chef
13 7 (0.40%) Active Directory Federation Services
14 6 (0.34%) ZABBIX
15 5 (0.29%) AWS Copilot
15 5 (0.29%) Kibana
16 3 (0.17%) Nagios
16 3 (0.17%) Single Sign-On
16 3 (0.17%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 476 (27.31%) Microsoft
2 91 (5.22%) Google
3 78 (4.48%) Salesforce
4 50 (2.87%) Oracle
5 48 (2.75%) ServiceNow
6 45 (2.58%) VMware
7 42 (2.41%) Splunk
8 37 (2.12%) Facebook
9 35 (2.01%) Databricks
10 34 (1.95%) SAP
11 29 (1.66%) Pega
12 22 (1.26%) MuleSoft
13 19 (1.09%) YouTube
14 18 (1.03%) Apple
15 17 (0.98%) Cisco
16 16 (0.92%) Sony
16 16 (0.92%) Yahoo!
17 15 (0.86%) OpenAI
17 15 (0.86%) Palo Alto
18 13 (0.75%) Red Hat
917 hybrid/remote DevOps jobs