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 26 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

 6 months to
26 May 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 22 15 21
Rank change year-on-year -7 +6 -10
Permanent jobs citing DevOps 1,515 1,933 3,016
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 8.00% 13.28% 9.18%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 9.65% 14.00% 10.15%
Number of salaries quoted 1,091 1,065 2,512
10th Percentile £43,750 £46,486 £41,250
25th Percentile £54,000 £56,250 £51,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £69,310 £70,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -0.99% +7.69% -6.40%
75th Percentile £85,000 £88,750 £82,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £115,000 £97,500
UK median annual salary £70,000 £71,991 £65,000
% change year-on-year -2.77% +10.76% -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 15,706 13,805 29,705
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 82.93% 94.87% 90.38%
Number of salaries quoted 11,181 8,074 23,429
10th Percentile £35,000 £30,500 £33,750
25th Percentile £45,000 £43,231 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year - +4.35% -8.00%
75th Percentile £80,250 £80,000 £75,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £106,250 £95,000
UK median annual salary £60,000 £58,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year +2.56% +6.36% -9.84%

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 26 May 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 (1.91%) SharePoint
2 24 (1.58%) Apache
3 21 (1.39%) Confluence
4 19 (1.25%) Apache Airflow
5 15 (0.99%) Apache Spark
6 8 (0.53%) CMS
6 8 (0.53%) SharePoint Server
7 7 (0.46%) Apache Solr
7 7 (0.46%) OpenStack
8 6 (0.40%) Microsoft Exchange
9 5 (0.33%) Oracle SOA Suite
10 3 (0.20%) Anypoint
10 3 (0.20%) Jupyter
10 3 (0.20%) nginx
10 3 (0.20%) Umbraco
10 3 (0.20%) WordPress
11 2 (0.13%) IIS
12 1 (0.066%) Drupal
12 1 (0.066%) JBoss
12 1 (0.066%) SAS
Applications
1 22 (1.45%) Microsoft Project
2 11 (0.73%) Microsoft Excel
3 3 (0.20%) Microsoft Office
3 3 (0.20%) MS Visio
4 2 (0.13%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 2 (0.13%) Trello
5 1 (0.066%) Blender
5 1 (0.066%) EngageOne
5 1 (0.066%) Maya
5 1 (0.066%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 36 (2.38%) Dynamics CRM
2 14 (0.92%) SAP ERP
3 10 (0.66%) Oracle ERP
4 7 (0.46%) SAP S/4HANA
5 5 (0.33%) Dynamics AX
6 4 (0.26%) Markit EDM
7 3 (0.20%) Oracle EBS
7 3 (0.20%) Salesforce CRM
8 2 (0.13%) Fidessa
8 2 (0.13%) Infor SunSystems
9 1 (0.066%) Dynamics NAV
9 1 (0.066%) Magento
9 1 (0.066%) Payment Gateway
9 1 (0.066%) SAP IBP
9 1 (0.066%) SAP MII
9 1 (0.066%) SAP PP
9 1 (0.066%) TIBCO iProcess
Cloud Services
1 817 (53.93%) Azure
2 520 (34.32%) AWS
3 412 (27.19%) Azure DevOps
4 199 (13.14%) GitHub
5 168 (11.09%) GCP
6 146 (9.64%) Serverless
7 131 (8.65%) Power Platform
8 128 (8.45%) SaaS
9 95 (6.27%) GitHub Actions
10 82 (5.41%) Entra ID
11 80 (5.28%) Amazon S3
12 74 (4.88%) Amazon EKS
13 65 (4.29%) AWS CloudFormation
14 64 (4.22%) PaaS
15 62 (4.09%) Azure AKS
16 58 (3.83%) Azure Data Factory
17 56 (3.70%) Azure Logic Apps
18 55 (3.63%) AWS Lambda
19 47 (3.10%) Microsoft 365
20 45 (2.97%) Amazon CloudWatch
Communications & Networking
1 62 (4.09%) Broadband
2 52 (3.43%) Firewall
3 29 (1.91%) DNS
4 21 (1.39%) VPN
5 20 (1.32%) TCP/IP
6 16 (1.06%) DHCP
7 10 (0.66%) Network Security
8 7 (0.46%) WAN
9 6 (0.40%) BGP
9 6 (0.40%) Cisco ASA
9 6 (0.40%) LAN
9 6 (0.40%) NGFW
9 6 (0.40%) OSPF
10 5 (0.33%) Ethernet VPN
10 5 (0.33%) Internet
10 5 (0.33%) VXLAN
11 4 (0.26%) AMQP
11 4 (0.26%) SAN
12 3 (0.20%) Modbus
12 3 (0.20%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 104 (6.86%) SQL Server
2 100 (6.60%) MongoDB
3 91 (6.01%) Azure SQL Database
4 84 (5.54%) NoSQL
5 69 (4.55%) PostgreSQL
6 55 (3.63%) Power BI
7 45 (2.97%) Metadata
8 40 (2.64%) Relational Database
9 36 (2.38%) Data Warehouse
10 32 (2.11%) Amazon RDS
11 29 (1.91%) Data Lake
11 29 (1.91%) Elasticsearch
12 25 (1.65%) Amazon Athena
13 24 (1.58%) MySQL
14 21 (1.39%) DynamoDB
15 19 (1.25%) Delta Lake
16 18 (1.19%) RDBMS
17 16 (1.06%) Redis
17 16 (1.06%) Tableau
18 14 (0.92%) Amazon Redshift
Development Applications
1 144 (9.50%) Git
2 123 (8.12%) Jenkins
3 117 (7.72%) GitLab
4 84 (5.54%) JIRA
5 45 (2.97%) SonarQube
6 29 (1.91%) Selenium
7 22 (1.45%) TeamCity
8 20 (1.32%) Cypress.io
9 18 (1.19%) Jaeger
10 15 (0.99%) Postman
11 13 (0.86%) Visual Studio
12 12 (0.79%) Bitbucket
12 12 (0.79%) JMeter
13 10 (0.66%) Cucumber
13 10 (0.66%) Oracle Forms
14 9 (0.59%) Maven
15 6 (0.40%) Locust
15 6 (0.40%) NUnit
15 6 (0.40%) Visual Studio Code
16 5 (0.33%) REST Assured
General
1 350 (23.10%) Finance
2 328 (21.65%) Social Skills
3 154 (10.17%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 139 (9.17%) Public Sector
5 135 (8.91%) Analytical Skills
6 75 (4.95%) Banking
7 70 (4.62%) Law
8 67 (4.42%) Marketing
9 59 (3.89%) Retail
10 56 (3.70%) Games
11 41 (2.71%) Legal
12 26 (1.72%) Financial Institution
13 25 (1.65%) Back Office
14 20 (1.32%) Manufacturing
15 16 (1.06%) Presentation Skills
16 14 (0.92%) Advertising
16 14 (0.92%) Telecoms
17 13 (0.86%) Health Technology
18 12 (0.79%) Billing
18 12 (0.79%) Front Office
Job Titles
1 346 (22.84%) Senior
2 281 (18.55%) Developer
3 254 (16.77%) Lead
4 229 (15.12%) DevOps Engineer
5 151 (9.97%) Architect
6 135 (8.91%) Software Engineer
7 98 (6.47%) Cloud Engineer
8 92 (6.07%) Senior DevOps
9 86 (5.68%) Azure Engineer
10 79 (5.21%) .NET Developer
11 68 (4.49%) Senior DevOps Engineer
12 66 (4.36%) Data Engineer
13 64 (4.22%) Platform Engineer
14 63 (4.16%) Solutions Architect
15 59 (3.89%) Lead DevOps
16 57 (3.76%) AWS Engineer
17 56 (3.70%) Consultant
18 55 (3.63%) Senior Developer
19 53 (3.50%) Senior Software Engineer
20 52 (3.43%) Lead Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 244 (16.11%) .NET
2 158 (10.43%) React
3 118 (7.79%) REST
4 110 (7.26%) RESTful
5 94 (6.20%) Node.js
6 91 (6.01%) .NET Core
7 84 (5.54%) CSS
8 83 (5.48%) HTML
9 82 (5.41%) ASP.NET
10 73 (4.82%) SOAP
11 72 (4.75%) ASP.NET Core
12 67 (4.42%) Spring
13 64 (4.22%) Lightning Web Components
14 62 (4.09%) Spring Boot
15 58 (3.83%) Kafka
16 53 (3.50%) Visualforce
17 52 (3.43%) AngularJS
18 42 (2.77%) Entity Framework
19 40 (2.64%) PySpark
20 39 (2.57%) Blazor
Miscellaneous
1 254 (16.77%) Cloud Native
2 134 (8.84%) Product Ownership
3 60 (3.96%) Enterprise Software
4 43 (2.84%) Distributed Systems
5 35 (2.31%) Legacy Systems
6 31 (2.05%) Mobile App
7 28 (1.85%) Management Information System
7 28 (1.85%) Self-Motivation
8 27 (1.78%) Low-Code
9 25 (1.65%) Data Centre
9 25 (1.65%) Onboarding
10 20 (1.32%) Hybrid Cloud
10 20 (1.32%) Legacy Applications
10 20 (1.32%) Public Cloud
11 17 (1.12%) Algorithms
12 15 (0.99%) Cyberattack
12 15 (0.99%) Data Structures
12 15 (0.99%) Driving Licence
12 15 (0.99%) Greenfield Project
13 14 (0.92%) Analytical Mindset
Operating Systems
1 156 (10.30%) Linux
2 69 (4.55%) Windows
3 50 (3.30%) Unix
4 27 (1.78%) Windows Server
5 20 (1.32%) Android
6 9 (0.59%) Apple iOS
6 9 (0.59%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 7 (0.46%) CentOS
8 6 (0.40%) VMS
9 5 (0.33%) Debian
10 4 (0.26%) Ubuntu
10 4 (0.26%) Windows Server 2012
10 4 (0.26%) Windows Server 2019
11 2 (0.13%) Embedded Linux
11 2 (0.13%) Windows Server 2016
12 1 (0.066%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 846 (55.84%) CI/CD
2 659 (43.50%) Agile
3 380 (25.08%) Infrastructure as Code
4 334 (22.05%) Continuous Improvement
5 305 (20.13%) Mentoring
6 267 (17.62%) Problem-Solving
7 256 (16.90%) Software Engineering
8 243 (16.04%) Test Automation
9 238 (15.71%) AI
10 236 (15.58%) Microservices
11 221 (14.59%) Containerisation
12 208 (13.73%) Coaching
13 197 (13.00%) Scrum
14 196 (12.94%) Full-Stack Development
15 186 (12.28%) Roadmaps
16 185 (12.21%) Observability
17 168 (11.09%) Analytics
18 164 (10.83%) Technical Leadership
19 150 (9.90%) Platform Engineering
20 144 (9.50%) Event-Driven
Programming Languages
1 366 (24.16%) Python
2 342 (22.57%) SQL
3 240 (15.84%) Java
4 221 (14.59%) C#
5 209 (13.80%) JavaScript
6 110 (7.26%) TypeScript
7 100 (6.60%) Bash
8 86 (5.68%) PowerShell
9 68 (4.49%) Apex Code
10 64 (4.22%) Go
11 51 (3.37%) Bicep
12 36 (2.38%) SOQL
12 36 (2.38%) SOSL
13 33 (2.18%) C++
14 24 (1.58%) Scala
15 19 (1.25%) PHP
16 14 (0.92%) Rust
16 14 (0.92%) Shell Script
16 14 (0.92%) T-SQL
17 13 (0.86%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 175 (11.55%) Security Cleared
2 153 (10.10%) Degree
3 131 (8.65%) SC Cleared
4 51 (3.37%) Azure Certification
5 45 (2.97%) Computer Science Degree
6 40 (2.64%) AWS Certification
7 29 (1.91%) DV Cleared
8 19 (1.25%) Master's Degree
9 17 (1.12%) DBS Check
10 15 (0.99%) CISSP
10 15 (0.99%) ISTQB
10 15 (0.99%) Microsoft Certification
11 14 (0.92%) PMI Certification
12 11 (0.73%) Cisco Certification
13 9 (0.59%) PMP
14 8 (0.53%) PhD
14 8 (0.53%) TOGAF Certification
15 7 (0.46%) CCNP
16 6 (0.40%) BPSS Clearance
16 6 (0.40%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 132 (8.71%) QA
2 70 (4.62%) Data Quality
3 49 (3.23%) Accessibility
4 34 (2.24%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 30 (1.98%) GDPR
6 27 (1.78%) NIST
7 17 (1.12%) GRC
8 13 (0.86%) WCAG
9 9 (0.59%) PCI DSS
10 7 (0.46%) SOC 2
11 5 (0.33%) IFRS
12 3 (0.20%) HMG Security Policy Framework
12 3 (0.20%) ISO 9001
12 3 (0.20%) Sarbanes-Oxley
12 3 (0.20%) Software Quality Assurance
12 3 (0.20%) Solvency II
13 2 (0.13%) Cyber Essentials
13 2 (0.13%) IFRS 17
13 2 (0.13%) SEPA
13 2 (0.13%) SLA
System Software
1 261 (17.23%) Docker
2 68 (4.49%) Active Directory
3 22 (1.45%) VMware Infrastructure
4 18 (1.19%) Virtual Machines
5 8 (0.53%) Firmware
5 8 (0.53%) vSphere
6 6 (0.40%) VMware ESXi
7 4 (0.26%) Slurm Workload Manager
8 3 (0.20%) Embedded Firmware
8 3 (0.20%) Microsoft Virtual Server
8 3 (0.20%) Virtual Servers
9 2 (0.13%) Hyper-V
9 2 (0.13%) Virtual Desktop
9 2 (0.13%) VMware NSX
10 1 (0.066%) Citrix Hypervisor
10 1 (0.066%) KVM
10 1 (0.066%) QEMU
10 1 (0.066%) Xen
Systems Management
1 388 (25.61%) Terraform
2 314 (20.73%) Kubernetes
3 124 (8.18%) Ansible
4 88 (5.81%) Grafana
5 70 (4.62%) Prometheus
6 48 (3.17%) Argo
7 18 (1.19%) Kustomize
8 16 (1.06%) Puppet
8 16 (1.06%) Single Sign-On
9 14 (0.92%) Microsoft Intune
10 10 (0.66%) Istio
11 8 (0.53%) Packer
12 7 (0.46%) Progress Chef
12 7 (0.46%) Proxmox
13 6 (0.40%) Active Directory Federation Services
13 6 (0.40%) vCenter Server
14 5 (0.33%) AWS Copilot
15 4 (0.26%) HP Fortify
15 4 (0.26%) Kibana
15 4 (0.26%) SCCM
Vendors
1 353 (23.30%) Microsoft
2 92 (6.07%) Salesforce
3 74 (4.88%) Google
4 44 (2.90%) Oracle
5 43 (2.84%) Databricks
6 39 (2.57%) Splunk
6 39 (2.57%) VMware
7 34 (2.24%) SAP
7 34 (2.24%) ServiceNow
8 18 (1.19%) MuleSoft
9 17 (1.12%) Cisco
10 15 (0.99%) Palo Alto
11 14 (0.92%) Facebook
11 14 (0.92%) Okta
11 14 (0.92%) Red Hat
12 12 (0.79%) F5
13 11 (0.73%) IBM
14 9 (0.59%) Ab Initio
15 8 (0.53%) Apple
15 8 (0.53%) Juniper
783 hybrid/remote DevOps jobs