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 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

 6 months to
16 Nov 2025		 Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 21 15 10
Rank change year-on-year -6 -5 +2
Permanent jobs citing DevOps 1,311 2,249 3,228
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 8.49% 11.35% 14.73%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 9.25% 12.81% 15.51%
Number of salaries quoted 952 1,497 2,713
10th Percentile £42,850 £42,500 £45,000
25th Percentile £55,000 £53,000 £53,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £67,500 £67,500
Median % change year-on-year +3.70% - -3.57%
75th Percentile £83,750 £85,000 £85,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £100,000 £102,500
UK median annual salary £70,000 £69,308 £70,000
% change year-on-year +1.00% -0.99% -

All Process and 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 14,167 17,552 20,818
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 91.78% 88.61% 94.97%
Number of salaries quoted 8,736 10,480 16,832
10th Percentile £29,500 £36,250 £36,750
25th Percentile £40,000 £46,250 £46,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £62,500 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -8.00% - -
75th Percentile £77,500 £81,250 £80,627
90th Percentile £98,750 £100,000 £97,500
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -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 November 2025.

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 39 (2.97%) Confluence
2 28 (2.14%) SharePoint
3 21 (1.60%) Microsoft Exchange
4 16 (1.22%) IIS
5 12 (0.92%) Apache Airflow
6 11 (0.84%) Oracle SOA Suite
7 10 (0.76%) Apache Spark
8 9 (0.69%) Apache
9 7 (0.53%) nginx
10 4 (0.31%) CMS
11 2 (0.15%) BizTalk Server
12 1 (0.076%) Apache Solr
12 1 (0.076%) ArcGIS
12 1 (0.076%) MetaMask
12 1 (0.076%) OpenStack
12 1 (0.076%) Oracle Workflow
12 1 (0.076%) Tomcat
12 1 (0.076%) WebLogic
Applications
1 35 (2.67%) Microsoft Excel
2 14 (1.07%) Microsoft Office
3 8 (0.61%) Microsoft Project
3 8 (0.61%) MS Visio
4 2 (0.15%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 2 (0.15%) Spreadsheet
5 1 (0.076%) PlantUML
Business Applications
1 27 (2.06%) Oracle ERP
2 20 (1.53%) Dynamics CRM
3 12 (0.92%) Dynamics NAV
4 8 (0.61%) Shopify
5 2 (0.15%) Markit EDM
5 2 (0.15%) Salesforce CRM
5 2 (0.15%) SAP S/4HANA
6 1 (0.076%) Aladdin
6 1 (0.076%) Integrated Workplace Management System
6 1 (0.076%) NEC Housing
6 1 (0.076%) NetSuite
6 1 (0.076%) Payment Gateway
6 1 (0.076%) Primavera
6 1 (0.076%) SAP ERP
6 1 (0.076%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 884 (67.43%) Azure
2 475 (36.23%) Azure DevOps
3 443 (33.79%) AWS
4 285 (21.74%) GitHub
5 154 (11.75%) GCP
6 145 (11.06%) SaaS
7 134 (10.22%) Power Platform
8 128 (9.76%) GitHub Actions
9 108 (8.24%) Serverless
10 81 (6.18%) Entra ID
11 77 (5.87%) AWS CloudFormation
12 72 (5.49%) Dynamics 365
13 68 (5.19%) Microsoft 365
14 60 (4.58%) PaaS
15 57 (4.35%) Snowflake
16 55 (4.20%) Amazon CloudWatch
16 55 (4.20%) Azure Monitor
17 53 (4.04%) AWS Lambda
18 52 (3.97%) Power Automate
19 50 (3.81%) Amazon EKS
Communications & Networking
1 46 (3.51%) Firewall
2 38 (2.90%) VPN
3 32 (2.44%) DNS
4 28 (2.14%) WAN
5 25 (1.91%) LAN
6 22 (1.68%) Broadband
6 22 (1.68%) TCP/IP
7 20 (1.53%) Network Security
8 18 (1.37%) DHCP
9 13 (0.99%) Wi-Fi
10 12 (0.92%) VoIP
11 11 (0.84%) SD-WAN
12 10 (0.76%) SAN
12 10 (0.76%) VLAN
13 7 (0.53%) BGP
13 7 (0.53%) Internet
13 7 (0.53%) Unified Communications
14 6 (0.46%) Fibre Channel
15 5 (0.38%) DMZ
15 5 (0.38%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 145 (11.06%) SQL Server
2 88 (6.71%) Data Warehouse
3 72 (5.49%) PostgreSQL
3 72 (5.49%) Power BI
4 61 (4.65%) NoSQL
5 42 (3.20%) Tableau
6 40 (3.05%) Azure SQL Database
6 40 (3.05%) Relational Database
7 37 (2.82%) MongoDB
8 33 (2.52%) MySQL
9 26 (1.98%) Data Lake
9 26 (1.98%) Elasticsearch
10 25 (1.91%) Amazon RDS
11 22 (1.68%) DynamoDB
12 19 (1.45%) Metadata
13 16 (1.22%) Redis
14 15 (1.14%) SQL Server Integration Services
15 13 (0.99%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
15 13 (0.99%) Snowflake Schema
16 11 (0.84%) Amazon Redshift
Development Applications
1 163 (12.43%) Git
2 125 (9.53%) Jenkins
3 100 (7.63%) JIRA
4 81 (6.18%) GitLab
5 34 (2.59%) SonarQube
6 25 (1.91%) Oracle Forms
7 21 (1.60%) Selenium
8 16 (1.22%) Cypress.io
9 15 (1.14%) TeamCity
10 13 (0.99%) Octopus Deploy
11 12 (0.92%) JUnit
12 11 (0.84%) Team Foundation Server
13 10 (0.76%) Cucumber
13 10 (0.76%) git-flow
13 10 (0.76%) Postman
13 10 (0.76%) Visual Studio
14 9 (0.69%) Bitbucket
14 9 (0.69%) JMeter
15 8 (0.61%) MSBuild
15 8 (0.61%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 385 (29.37%) Social Skills
2 371 (28.30%) Finance
3 119 (9.08%) Analytical Skills
4 100 (7.63%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 84 (6.41%) Marketing
6 70 (5.34%) Public Sector
7 67 (5.11%) Law
7 67 (5.11%) Retail
8 38 (2.90%) Telecoms
9 32 (2.44%) Banking
10 31 (2.36%) Back Office
11 26 (1.98%) Documentation Skills
12 25 (1.91%) Games
13 23 (1.75%) Front Office
14 20 (1.53%) Legal
15 19 (1.45%) Presentation Skills
16 15 (1.14%) Manufacturing
17 14 (1.07%) Pharmaceutical
18 13 (0.99%) Financial Institution
19 10 (0.76%) Tech for Good
Job Titles
1 296 (22.58%) Senior
2 241 (18.38%) Developer
3 147 (11.21%) DevOps Engineer
4 139 (10.60%) Lead
5 111 (8.47%) Cloud Engineer
6 104 (7.93%) Architect
7 97 (7.40%) Software Engineer
8 82 (6.25%) Senior Developer
9 72 (5.49%) Azure Engineer
10 62 (4.73%) Analyst
11 54 (4.12%) Infrastructure Engineer
12 52 (3.97%) .NET Developer
13 51 (3.89%) Platform Engineer
14 50 (3.81%) Applications Engineer
14 50 (3.81%) Data Engineer
15 45 (3.43%) Senior DevOps
16 41 (3.13%) Solutions Architect
17 38 (2.90%) Full-Stack Developer
18 37 (2.82%) Consultant
19 34 (2.59%) AWS DevOps
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 259 (19.76%) .NET
2 161 (12.28%) React
3 103 (7.86%) RESTful
4 95 (7.25%) REST
5 72 (5.49%) CSS
6 69 (5.26%) HTML
7 65 (4.96%) .NET Framework
8 63 (4.81%) Node.js
9 58 (4.42%) AngularJS
10 55 (4.20%) Spring Boot
11 53 (4.04%) Spring
12 51 (3.89%) JSON
12 51 (3.89%) SOAP
13 48 (3.66%) Kafka
14 45 (3.43%) .NET Core
14 45 (3.43%) XML
15 40 (3.05%) ASP.NET
16 37 (2.82%) OAuth
17 36 (2.75%) Entity Framework
18 35 (2.67%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 235 (17.93%) Cloud Native
2 118 (9.00%) Product Ownership
3 61 (4.65%) Management Information System
4 49 (3.74%) Distributed Systems
5 45 (3.43%) Enterprise Software
6 36 (2.75%) Onboarding
7 30 (2.29%) Analytical Mindset
8 29 (2.21%) Legacy Systems
9 23 (1.75%) IoT
9 23 (1.75%) Public Cloud
10 21 (1.60%) Data Centre
11 19 (1.45%) Low-Code
11 19 (1.45%) Self-Motivation
12 17 (1.30%) Mobile App
13 14 (1.07%) AI Agents
13 14 (1.07%) NHS
14 13 (0.99%) Security Posture
15 10 (0.76%) Data Structures
16 9 (0.69%) Legacy Applications
16 9 (0.69%) Operational Technology
Operating Systems
1 131 (9.99%) Linux
2 114 (8.70%) Windows
3 37 (2.82%) Windows Server
4 30 (2.29%) Unix
5 15 (1.14%) VMS
6 13 (0.99%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 11 (0.84%) Android
7 11 (0.84%) Windows Server 2019
8 10 (0.76%) Windows Server 2012
9 8 (0.61%) CentOS
9 8 (0.61%) Debian
9 8 (0.61%) Ubuntu
10 6 (0.46%) Apple iOS
11 1 (0.076%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 724 (55.23%) CI/CD
2 624 (47.60%) Agile
3 344 (26.24%) Infrastructure as Code
4 304 (23.19%) Continuous Improvement
5 299 (22.81%) Problem-Solving
6 257 (19.60%) Mentoring
7 230 (17.54%) AI
8 218 (16.63%) Microservices
9 206 (15.71%) Test Automation
10 199 (15.18%) Software Engineering
11 183 (13.96%) Containerisation
12 176 (13.42%) Coaching
13 167 (12.74%) Analytics
14 151 (11.52%) Observability
15 149 (11.37%) Roadmaps
16 145 (11.06%) Scrum
17 142 (10.83%) Asset Management
18 131 (9.99%) Computer Science
19 125 (9.53%) Clean Code
20 115 (8.77%) Business Intelligence
Programming Languages
1 394 (30.05%) Python
2 352 (26.85%) SQL
3 245 (18.69%) C#
4 164 (12.51%) JavaScript
5 156 (11.90%) Java
6 153 (11.67%) PowerShell
7 119 (9.08%) Bash
8 116 (8.85%) TypeScript
9 67 (5.11%) Bicep
10 41 (3.13%) Go
11 37 (2.82%) Apex Code
12 31 (2.36%) PL/SQL
13 26 (1.98%) Shell Script
13 26 (1.98%) T-SQL
14 18 (1.37%) PHP
15 17 (1.30%) SOQL
16 15 (1.14%) C
16 15 (1.14%) SOSL
17 14 (1.07%) Scala
18 13 (0.99%) R
Qualifications
1 178 (13.58%) Degree
2 124 (9.46%) Security Cleared
3 106 (8.09%) SC Cleared
4 98 (7.48%) Computer Science Degree
5 74 (5.64%) Azure Certification
6 50 (3.81%) AWS Certification
7 37 (2.82%) Master's Degree
8 30 (2.29%) Microsoft Certification
9 23 (1.75%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
10 21 (1.60%) Cisco Certification
11 15 (1.14%) CCNP
11 15 (1.14%) CISSP
11 15 (1.14%) DV Cleared
11 15 (1.14%) ISTQB
12 14 (1.07%) PMP
13 13 (0.99%) PMI Certification
14 8 (0.61%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
15 7 (0.53%) ACCA
15 7 (0.53%) CISA
15 7 (0.53%) DBS Check
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 138 (10.53%) QA
2 70 (5.34%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 64 (4.88%) GDPR
4 36 (2.75%) NIST
5 35 (2.67%) Accessibility
5 35 (2.67%) Data Quality
6 17 (1.30%) ISO 9001
7 16 (1.22%) Sarbanes-Oxley
8 14 (1.07%) HIPAA
9 10 (0.76%) Cyber Essentials
9 10 (0.76%) NCSC
9 10 (0.76%) SOC 2
10 9 (0.69%) PCI DSS
10 9 (0.69%) PMO
10 9 (0.69%) SLA
11 6 (0.46%) WCAG
12 5 (0.38%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
13 3 (0.23%) GRC
13 3 (0.23%) Software Quality Assurance
14 1 (0.076%) HL7
System Software
1 262 (19.98%) Docker
2 74 (5.64%) Active Directory
3 27 (2.06%) Virtual Machines
4 23 (1.75%) VMware Infrastructure
5 18 (1.37%) vSphere
6 16 (1.22%) Virtual Desktop
7 11 (0.84%) VMware ESXi
8 6 (0.46%) NFS
9 5 (0.38%) Firmware
9 5 (0.38%) Kamailio
10 4 (0.31%) Postfix
11 3 (0.23%) Virtual Servers
11 3 (0.23%) VMware NSX
12 1 (0.076%) Dovecot
12 1 (0.076%) HDFS
12 1 (0.076%) Hyper-V
12 1 (0.076%) vCloud
Systems Management
1 355 (27.08%) Terraform
2 302 (23.04%) Kubernetes
3 127 (9.69%) Ansible
4 91 (6.94%) Grafana
5 66 (5.03%) Prometheus
6 32 (2.44%) Single Sign-On
7 24 (1.83%) Microsoft Intune
8 21 (1.60%) Argo
9 11 (0.84%) Red Hat Satellite
9 11 (0.84%) vCenter Server
10 10 (0.76%) SCCM
11 8 (0.61%) Kibana
12 4 (0.31%) Progress Chef
12 4 (0.31%) Puppet
13 3 (0.23%) Dell DRAC
13 3 (0.23%) Docker Swarm
14 2 (0.15%) HP Fortify
14 2 (0.15%) Kubeflow
14 2 (0.15%) Kustomize
14 2 (0.15%) SCOM
Vendors
1 317 (24.18%) Microsoft
2 67 (5.11%) Oracle
3 57 (4.35%) Salesforce
4 47 (3.59%) Databricks
5 42 (3.20%) Google
6 38 (2.90%) VMware
7 33 (2.52%) Red Hat
8 31 (2.36%) Cisco
9 26 (1.98%) Splunk
10 19 (1.45%) SolarWinds
11 16 (1.22%) Okta
11 16 (1.22%) Veeam
12 14 (1.07%) ServiceNow
13 11 (0.84%) SAP
14 10 (0.76%) 3PAR
14 10 (0.76%) Dynatrace
14 10 (0.76%) NetApp
15 9 (0.69%) Guidewire
15 9 (0.69%) IBM
15 9 (0.69%) Zoho
1,637 hybrid/remote DevOps jobs