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

 6 months to
24 Aug 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 18 16 19
Rank change year-on-year -2 +3 -9
Permanent jobs citing DevOps 1,916 1,787 2,339
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 8.30% 10.77% 9.45%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 10.10% 11.58% 10.80%
Number of salaries quoted 1,379 987 1,780
10th Percentile £45,000 £47,231 £42,500
25th Percentile £52,500 £56,250 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £69,306 £70,000 £66,575
Median % change year-on-year -0.99% +5.14% -4.89%
75th Percentile £87,500 £83,750 £85,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £100,000 £100,800
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 18,968 15,434 21,650
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 82.20% 92.98% 87.43%
Number of salaries quoted 13,701 8,953 14,944
10th Percentile £35,000 £29,750 £35,000
25th Percentile £44,972 £40,500 £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% - -8.33%

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 24 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 49 (2.56%) SharePoint
2 30 (1.57%) Confluence
3 28 (1.46%) Apache
4 25 (1.30%) Apache Spark
5 13 (0.68%) Microsoft Exchange
6 12 (0.63%) Apache Airflow
7 9 (0.47%) IIS
8 8 (0.42%) CMS
8 8 (0.42%) nginx
8 8 (0.42%) SharePoint Server
9 7 (0.37%) Jupyter
10 6 (0.31%) Anypoint
10 6 (0.31%) Apache Solr
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%) Adobe Experience Manager
12 1 (0.052%) Sitecore CMS
Applications
1 41 (2.14%) Microsoft Project
2 17 (0.89%) Microsoft Excel
3 12 (0.63%) Trello
4 9 (0.47%) MS Visio
5 7 (0.37%) Chatbot
5 7 (0.37%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 6 (0.31%) 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 (2.30%) Dynamics CRM
2 5 (0.26%) Fidessa
2 5 (0.26%) SAP S/4HANA
3 4 (0.21%) Elite 3E
3 4 (0.21%) Oracle ERP
4 3 (0.16%) Carpe Diem
4 3 (0.16%) Oracle EBS
5 2 (0.10%) Dynamics AX
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 1,063 (55.48%) Azure
2 603 (31.47%) AWS
3 584 (30.48%) Azure DevOps
4 262 (13.67%) SaaS
5 186 (9.71%) GCP
6 157 (8.19%) Power Platform
7 149 (7.78%) Serverless
8 140 (7.31%) GitHub
9 92 (4.80%) Azure AI
10 86 (4.49%) PaaS
11 72 (3.76%) AWS CloudFormation
12 71 (3.71%) Azure AKS
12 71 (3.71%) Azure Cosmos DB
13 69 (3.60%) Azure Service Bus
14 68 (3.55%) Dynamics 365
14 68 (3.55%) Entra ID
15 67 (3.50%) Amazon EKS
16 65 (3.39%) GitHub Actions
16 65 (3.39%) Power Automate
17 63 (3.29%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 38 (1.98%) VPN
2 36 (1.88%) TCP/IP
3 35 (1.83%) Firewall
4 29 (1.51%) DNS
5 28 (1.46%) Broadband
6 13 (0.68%) Internet
7 10 (0.52%) Network Security
8 8 (0.42%) DHCP
9 7 (0.37%) BGP
10 6 (0.31%) NGFW
10 6 (0.31%) OSPF
10 6 (0.31%) WAN
11 5 (0.26%) Ethernet VPN
11 5 (0.26%) LAN
11 5 (0.26%) VXLAN
12 4 (0.21%) HTTP
12 4 (0.21%) SSH
12 4 (0.21%) SSL
13 3 (0.16%) Cisco ASA
13 3 (0.16%) TETRA
Database & Business Intelligence
1 213 (11.12%) Azure SQL Database
2 209 (10.91%) MongoDB
3 161 (8.40%) SQL Server
4 83 (4.33%) PostgreSQL
5 72 (3.76%) Power BI
6 58 (3.03%) NoSQL
7 51 (2.66%) Elasticsearch
8 43 (2.24%) Data Warehouse
9 41 (2.14%) MySQL
10 37 (1.93%) Relational Database
11 28 (1.46%) Metadata
12 26 (1.36%) Data Lake
13 24 (1.25%) DynamoDB
14 21 (1.10%) Amazon RDS
14 21 (1.10%) SQL Server Integration Services
15 20 (1.04%) Redis
16 17 (0.89%) Amazon Athena
17 16 (0.84%) Delta Lake
18 12 (0.63%) Star Schema
19 11 (0.57%) Big Data
Development Applications
1 166 (8.66%) Git
2 122 (6.37%) JIRA
3 91 (4.75%) Jenkins
4 90 (4.70%) GitLab
5 33 (1.72%) TeamCity
6 27 (1.41%) Selenium
7 24 (1.25%) SonarQube
8 20 (1.04%) Cypress.io
9 17 (0.89%) Postman
10 12 (0.63%) Bitbucket
11 11 (0.57%) Cucumber
11 11 (0.57%) JMeter
11 11 (0.57%) NUnit
12 10 (0.52%) Visual Studio Code
13 8 (0.42%) Visual Studio
14 7 (0.37%) Claude Code
15 6 (0.31%) Atlassian Bamboo
15 6 (0.31%) JUnit
15 6 (0.31%) Maven
15 6 (0.31%) Octopus Deploy
General
1 463 (24.16%) Social Skills
2 351 (18.32%) Finance
3 167 (8.72%) Public Sector
4 147 (7.67%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 147 (7.67%) Law
5 116 (6.05%) Analytical Skills
5 116 (6.05%) Legal
6 80 (4.18%) Banking
7 63 (3.29%) Retail
8 49 (2.56%) Marketing
9 40 (2.09%) Games
10 31 (1.62%) Back Office
11 30 (1.57%) Advertising
12 28 (1.46%) Financial Institution
13 23 (1.20%) Aerospace
14 20 (1.04%) Legal Technology
14 20 (1.04%) Presentation Skills
15 15 (0.78%) Manufacturing
16 14 (0.73%) Telecoms
17 13 (0.68%) Influencing Skills
Job Titles
1 474 (24.74%) Senior
2 387 (20.20%) Developer
3 348 (18.16%) DevOps Engineer
4 251 (13.10%) Lead
5 195 (10.18%) .NET Developer
6 156 (8.14%) Software Engineer
7 142 (7.41%) Architect
8 105 (5.48%) Senior DevOps
9 97 (5.06%) Azure Engineer
10 96 (5.01%) Senior DevOps Engineer
11 85 (4.44%) IT Manager
12 76 (3.97%) Cloud Engineer
13 67 (3.50%) Platform Engineer
14 66 (3.44%) Senior Developer
15 63 (3.29%) Senior Manager
16 62 (3.24%) Data Engineer
17 59 (3.08%) Senior Software Engineer
17 59 (3.08%) Solutions Architect
18 55 (2.87%) Analyst
18 55 (2.87%) Service Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 392 (20.46%) .NET
2 383 (19.99%) Terraform
3 216 (11.27%) ASP.NET
4 207 (10.80%) React
5 198 (10.33%) .NET Core
6 184 (9.60%) ASP.NET Core
7 143 (7.46%) RESTful
8 132 (6.89%) Node.js
9 127 (6.63%) CSS
10 121 (6.32%) HTML
11 116 (6.05%) REST
12 107 (5.58%) Blazor
13 99 (5.17%) Entity Framework
14 82 (4.28%) ML.NET
15 69 (3.60%) Middleware
16 61 (3.18%) AngularJS
17 57 (2.97%) Kafka
18 47 (2.45%) Spring Boot
19 45 (2.35%) Spring
20 37 (1.93%) .NET Framework
Miscellaneous
1 309 (16.13%) Cloud Native
2 138 (7.20%) Product Ownership
3 101 (5.27%) Enterprise Software
4 84 (4.38%) Distributed Systems
5 63 (3.29%) Virtual Team
6 62 (3.24%) Greenfield Project
7 52 (2.71%) Cyber Threat
8 41 (2.14%) Legacy Systems
9 38 (1.98%) Mobile App
10 32 (1.67%) Self-Motivation
11 30 (1.57%) Management Information System
12 28 (1.46%) Data Centre
12 28 (1.46%) Public Cloud
13 27 (1.41%) Onboarding
14 26 (1.36%) Driving Licence
15 25 (1.30%) Podcast
16 23 (1.20%) Social Media
17 22 (1.15%) Security Posture
18 21 (1.10%) Legacy Applications
19 18 (0.94%) Hybrid Cloud
Operating Systems
1 164 (8.56%) Linux
2 100 (5.22%) Windows
3 57 (2.97%) Unix
4 20 (1.04%) Android
5 17 (0.89%) Windows Server
6 16 (0.84%) VMS
7 8 (0.42%) Debian
7 8 (0.42%) Ubuntu
8 5 (0.26%) CentOS
8 5 (0.26%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 3 (0.16%) VxWorks
10 2 (0.10%) Apple iOS
10 2 (0.10%) Solaris
10 2 (0.10%) Windows Server 2016
11 1 (0.052%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 937 (48.90%) CI/CD
2 852 (44.47%) Agile
3 436 (22.76%) Continuous Improvement
4 419 (21.87%) Mentoring
5 411 (21.45%) Infrastructure as Code
6 402 (20.98%) Software Engineering
7 376 (19.62%) AI
8 334 (17.43%) Test Automation
9 295 (15.40%) Problem-Solving
10 294 (15.34%) Full-Stack Development
11 258 (13.47%) Microservices
12 241 (12.58%) Stakeholder Engagement
13 235 (12.27%) Scrum
14 207 (10.80%) Technical Leadership
15 200 (10.44%) Containerisation
16 199 (10.39%) Coaching
17 197 (10.28%) Stakeholder Management
18 196 (10.23%) Observability
19 192 (10.02%) Roadmaps
20 180 (9.39%) Platform Engineering
Programming Languages
1 458 (23.90%) C#
2 454 (23.70%) SQL
3 385 (20.09%) Python
4 307 (16.02%) JavaScript
5 200 (10.44%) Java
6 167 (8.72%) TypeScript
7 164 (8.56%) PowerShell
8 99 (5.17%) Bash
9 78 (4.07%) Bicep
10 32 (1.67%) C++
11 28 (1.46%) Apex Code
11 28 (1.46%) Go
12 24 (1.25%) T-SQL
13 21 (1.10%) PHP
14 20 (1.04%) Kusto Query Language
15 16 (0.84%) Ruby
16 14 (0.73%) SOQL
16 14 (0.73%) SOSL
17 13 (0.68%) Data Analysis Expressions
17 13 (0.68%) Groovy
Qualifications
1 229 (11.95%) Security Cleared
2 186 (9.71%) SC Cleared
3 154 (8.04%) Degree
4 64 (3.34%) Azure Certification
5 61 (3.18%) CISSP
6 58 (3.03%) CISM
7 57 (2.97%) ITIL Certification
8 45 (2.35%) Computer Science Degree
8 45 (2.35%) DV Cleared
9 34 (1.77%) BPSS Clearance
10 27 (1.41%) Microsoft Certification
11 25 (1.30%) AWS Certification
12 19 (0.99%) DBS Check
12 19 (0.99%) Master's Degree
13 18 (0.94%) PMI Certification
14 16 (0.84%) ISTQB
15 14 (0.73%) PMP
16 13 (0.68%) Cisco Certification
17 6 (0.31%) (ISC)2 CCSP
17 6 (0.31%) CCNP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 223 (11.64%) QA
2 77 (4.02%) NIST
3 58 (3.03%) Accessibility
3 58 (3.03%) Data Quality
4 48 (2.51%) ISO 22301
5 34 (1.77%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 27 (1.41%) GDPR
7 24 (1.25%) GRC
8 14 (0.73%) WCAG
9 9 (0.47%) HMG Security Policy Framework
9 9 (0.47%) SLA
10 7 (0.37%) PCI DSS
11 6 (0.31%) NIST 800
11 6 (0.31%) PMO
12 5 (0.26%) IFRS
12 5 (0.26%) SOC 2
13 4 (0.21%) ISO 9001
13 4 (0.21%) NCSC
14 3 (0.16%) Sarbanes-Oxley
14 3 (0.16%) Solvency II
System Software
1 257 (13.41%) Docker
2 62 (3.24%) Active Directory
3 31 (1.62%) VMware Infrastructure
4 23 (1.20%) Virtual Machines
5 17 (0.89%) Virtual Desktop
5 17 (0.89%) vSphere
6 8 (0.42%) Firmware
7 4 (0.21%) Slurm Workload Manager
8 3 (0.16%) Hyper-V
9 2 (0.10%) iptables
9 2 (0.10%) KVM
9 2 (0.10%) VMware ESXi
10 1 (0.052%) Citrix Hypervisor
10 1 (0.052%) Embedded Firmware
10 1 (0.052%) Oracle RAC
10 1 (0.052%) QEMU
10 1 (0.052%) Xen
Systems Management
1 294 (15.34%) Kubernetes
2 86 (4.49%) Ansible
3 79 (4.12%) Grafana
4 42 (2.19%) Prometheus
5 30 (1.57%) Argo
6 19 (0.99%) Puppet
7 16 (0.84%) Istio
7 16 (0.84%) Microsoft Intune
8 8 (0.42%) Progress Chef
9 6 (0.31%) Active Directory Federation Services
9 6 (0.31%) Packer
9 6 (0.31%) ZABBIX
10 5 (0.26%) Proxmox
11 4 (0.21%) Single Sign-On
12 3 (0.16%) Kibana
13 2 (0.10%) HP Fortify
13 2 (0.10%) MIIS
13 2 (0.10%) Nagios
14 1 (0.052%) Consul
14 1 (0.052%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 512 (26.72%) Microsoft
2 81 (4.23%) Google
3 61 (3.18%) Oracle
4 50 (2.61%) Salesforce
5 45 (2.35%) ServiceNow
6 43 (2.24%) Databricks
7 40 (2.09%) Facebook
8 37 (1.93%) VMware
9 32 (1.67%) SAP
10 28 (1.46%) Pega
11 26 (1.36%) YouTube
12 23 (1.20%) OpenAI
13 21 (1.10%) MuleSoft
14 20 (1.04%) Splunk
15 19 (0.99%) Sony
16 18 (0.94%) Apple
17 17 (0.89%) Yahoo!
18 14 (0.73%) Cisco
19 13 (0.68%) Foundry
20 12 (0.63%) ScienceLogic
645 hybrid/remote DevOps jobs