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

 6 months to
24 Jun 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 19 17 21
Rank change year-on-year -2 +4 -11
Permanent jobs citing DevOps 1,653 1,919 2,978
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 8.10% 12.33% 8.69%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 9.87% 13.06% 9.78%
Number of salaries quoted 1,244 1,061 2,410
10th Percentile £45,000 £47,231 £41,250
25th Percentile £52,500 £56,250 £51,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £67,500 £70,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.57% +7.69% -7.14%
75th Percentile £84,813 £87,500 £82,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £112,000 £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 16,750 14,693 30,457
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 82.05% 94.39% 88.84%
Number of salaries quoted 12,187 8,560 23,487
10th Percentile £35,000 £29,750 £33,750
25th Percentile £45,000 £41,969 £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 £78,750 £75,000
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% -9.54%

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 June 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 41 (2.48%) SharePoint
2 27 (1.63%) Confluence
3 23 (1.39%) Apache
4 17 (1.03%) Apache Airflow
4 17 (1.03%) Apache Spark
5 16 (0.97%) Microsoft Exchange
6 9 (0.54%) CMS
7 8 (0.48%) SharePoint Server
8 6 (0.36%) Apache Solr
8 6 (0.36%) IIS
8 6 (0.36%) WordPress
9 5 (0.30%) Jupyter
9 5 (0.30%) nginx
9 5 (0.30%) OpenStack
10 3 (0.18%) Anypoint
10 3 (0.18%) SAS
10 3 (0.18%) Umbraco
11 1 (0.060%) Headless CMS
11 1 (0.060%) JBoss
11 1 (0.060%) Red Hat Fuse
Applications
1 34 (2.06%) Microsoft Project
2 12 (0.73%) Microsoft Excel
3 6 (0.36%) Trello
4 5 (0.30%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 5 (0.30%) MS Visio
5 3 (0.18%) Blender
5 3 (0.18%) Maya
6 1 (0.060%) EngageOne
6 1 (0.060%) Notion
6 1 (0.060%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 46 (2.78%) Dynamics CRM
2 6 (0.36%) SAP ERP
2 6 (0.36%) SAP S/4HANA
3 5 (0.30%) Dynamics AX
3 5 (0.30%) Oracle EBS
4 4 (0.24%) Fidessa
5 2 (0.12%) Infor SunSystems
6 1 (0.060%) Dynamics NAV
6 1 (0.060%) Magento
6 1 (0.060%) Payment Gateway
6 1 (0.060%) SAP IBP
6 1 (0.060%) SAP MII
6 1 (0.060%) SAP PP
6 1 (0.060%) TIBCO iProcess
Cloud Services
1 895 (54.14%) Azure
2 534 (32.30%) AWS
3 495 (29.95%) Azure DevOps
4 167 (10.10%) Serverless
5 166 (10.04%) GCP
6 156 (9.44%) GitHub
7 145 (8.77%) Power Platform
8 144 (8.71%) SaaS
9 85 (5.14%) PaaS
10 77 (4.66%) Entra ID
11 75 (4.54%) Amazon EKS
11 75 (4.54%) Azure AKS
12 72 (4.36%) Amazon S3
13 68 (4.11%) GitHub Actions
14 67 (4.05%) Azure AI
15 61 (3.69%) AWS CloudFormation
16 58 (3.51%) Azure Service Bus
17 55 (3.33%) Azure Logic Apps
17 55 (3.33%) Dynamics 365
18 54 (3.27%) Azure Functions
Communications & Networking
1 61 (3.69%) Broadband
2 49 (2.96%) Firewall
3 32 (1.94%) VPN
4 28 (1.69%) DNS
5 22 (1.33%) TCP/IP
6 14 (0.85%) DHCP
7 10 (0.60%) Internet
7 10 (0.60%) Network Security
8 6 (0.36%) BGP
8 6 (0.36%) Cisco ASA
8 6 (0.36%) LAN
8 6 (0.36%) NGFW
8 6 (0.36%) OSPF
8 6 (0.36%) WAN
9 5 (0.30%) Ethernet VPN
9 5 (0.30%) VXLAN
10 4 (0.24%) SSL
11 3 (0.18%) DSL
11 3 (0.18%) SAN
11 3 (0.18%) SCCP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 170 (10.28%) Azure SQL Database
2 167 (10.10%) MongoDB
3 107 (6.47%) SQL Server
4 77 (4.66%) PostgreSQL
5 71 (4.30%) NoSQL
6 57 (3.45%) Power BI
7 42 (2.54%) Elasticsearch
8 37 (2.24%) Relational Database
9 35 (2.12%) Metadata
10 32 (1.94%) Amazon RDS
11 31 (1.88%) MySQL
12 28 (1.69%) Data Warehouse
13 24 (1.45%) Amazon Athena
14 22 (1.33%) Data Lake
15 20 (1.21%) Redis
16 19 (1.15%) DynamoDB
17 16 (0.97%) Delta Lake
18 15 (0.91%) RDBMS
19 11 (0.67%) Amazon Redshift
20 10 (0.60%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 146 (8.83%) Git
2 114 (6.90%) GitLab
3 110 (6.65%) Jenkins
4 98 (5.93%) JIRA
5 43 (2.60%) SonarQube
6 26 (1.57%) Selenium
7 24 (1.45%) TeamCity
8 17 (1.03%) Postman
9 16 (0.97%) Cypress.io
10 14 (0.85%) Visual Studio
11 12 (0.73%) Cucumber
11 12 (0.73%) Jaeger
12 11 (0.67%) JMeter
13 10 (0.60%) Bitbucket
14 7 (0.42%) Claude Code
14 7 (0.42%) Maven
14 7 (0.42%) NUnit
14 7 (0.42%) Visual Studio Code
15 5 (0.30%) Locust
15 5 (0.30%) SpecFlow
General
1 349 (21.11%) Social Skills
2 317 (19.18%) Finance
3 166 (10.04%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 141 (8.53%) Public Sector
5 121 (7.32%) Analytical Skills
6 87 (5.26%) Law
7 72 (4.36%) Banking
8 69 (4.17%) Retail
9 65 (3.93%) Marketing
10 64 (3.87%) Games
11 49 (2.96%) Legal
12 28 (1.69%) Back Office
13 25 (1.51%) Advertising
13 25 (1.51%) Financial Institution
14 22 (1.33%) Presentation Skills
15 20 (1.21%) Manufacturing
16 15 (0.91%) Legal Technology
17 14 (0.85%) Health Technology
18 12 (0.73%) Telecoms
19 11 (0.67%) Billing
Job Titles
1 363 (21.96%) Senior
2 359 (21.72%) Developer
3 271 (16.39%) DevOps Engineer
4 246 (14.88%) Lead
5 168 (10.16%) Architect
6 149 (9.01%) .NET Developer
7 144 (8.71%) Software Engineer
8 99 (5.99%) Senior DevOps
9 85 (5.14%) Cloud Engineer
10 81 (4.90%) Azure Engineer
11 80 (4.84%) Senior DevOps Engineer
12 68 (4.11%) Solutions Architect
13 62 (3.75%) AWS Engineer
13 62 (3.75%) Platform Engineer
14 59 (3.57%) Senior Developer
15 58 (3.51%) Data Engineer
16 56 (3.39%) Senior Software Engineer
17 54 (3.27%) Consultant
18 53 (3.21%) Lead Developer
19 45 (2.72%) Technical Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 333 (20.15%) .NET
2 193 (11.68%) React
3 161 (9.74%) ASP.NET
4 158 (9.56%) .NET Core
5 145 (8.77%) ASP.NET Core
6 125 (7.56%) RESTful
7 112 (6.78%) REST
8 111 (6.72%) CSS
9 110 (6.65%) HTML
10 109 (6.59%) Node.js
11 79 (4.78%) Entity Framework
12 77 (4.66%) Blazor
13 63 (3.81%) ML.NET
13 63 (3.81%) Spring
14 59 (3.57%) Spring Boot
15 56 (3.39%) AngularJS
15 56 (3.39%) SOAP
16 54 (3.27%) Lightning Web Components
17 52 (3.15%) Visualforce
18 50 (3.02%) Kafka
Miscellaneous
1 279 (16.88%) Cloud Native
2 126 (7.62%) Product Ownership
3 75 (4.54%) Enterprise Software
4 63 (3.81%) Distributed Systems
5 41 (2.48%) Mobile App
6 36 (2.18%) Greenfield Project
7 35 (2.12%) Public Cloud
8 34 (2.06%) Legacy Systems
9 32 (1.94%) Self-Motivation
10 31 (1.88%) Management Information System
11 28 (1.69%) Data Centre
11 28 (1.69%) Hybrid Cloud
12 25 (1.51%) Driving Licence
12 25 (1.51%) Podcast
13 24 (1.45%) Security Posture
14 22 (1.33%) Onboarding
15 21 (1.27%) Low-Code
16 19 (1.15%) Legacy Applications
17 17 (1.03%) Social Media
18 15 (0.91%) Cyberattack
Operating Systems
1 173 (10.47%) Linux
2 87 (5.26%) Windows
3 53 (3.21%) Unix
4 24 (1.45%) Android
5 22 (1.33%) Windows Server
6 16 (0.97%) VMS
7 9 (0.54%) Apple iOS
7 9 (0.54%) Debian
7 9 (0.54%) Ubuntu
8 8 (0.48%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 6 (0.36%) CentOS
10 3 (0.18%) Windows Server 2012
10 3 (0.18%) Windows Server 2016
10 3 (0.18%) Windows Server 2019
11 2 (0.12%) Embedded Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 888 (53.72%) CI/CD
2 747 (45.19%) Agile
3 396 (23.96%) Infrastructure as Code
4 365 (22.08%) Continuous Improvement
5 331 (20.02%) Mentoring
6 302 (18.27%) AI
7 283 (17.12%) Software Engineering
8 268 (16.21%) Full-Stack Development
8 268 (16.21%) Problem-Solving
9 260 (15.73%) Microservices
10 234 (14.16%) Scrum
11 224 (13.55%) Test Automation
12 220 (13.31%) Containerisation
13 210 (12.70%) Roadmaps
14 183 (11.07%) Coaching
15 177 (10.71%) Technical Leadership
16 172 (10.41%) Observability
17 158 (9.56%) Stakeholder Management
18 157 (9.50%) Analytics
19 156 (9.44%) Platform Engineering
Programming Languages
1 391 (23.65%) SQL
2 331 (20.02%) Python
3 327 (19.78%) C#
4 246 (14.88%) JavaScript
5 222 (13.43%) Java
6 124 (7.50%) TypeScript
7 114 (6.90%) Bash
8 102 (6.17%) PowerShell
9 68 (4.11%) Bicep
10 56 (3.39%) Apex Code
11 46 (2.78%) Go
12 36 (2.18%) SOQL
12 36 (2.18%) SOSL
13 33 (2.00%) C++
14 25 (1.51%) PHP
15 20 (1.21%) Kusto Query Language
16 16 (0.97%) T-SQL
17 13 (0.79%) Rust
18 12 (0.73%) Kotlin
18 12 (0.73%) Scala
Qualifications
1 190 (11.49%) Security Cleared
2 163 (9.86%) Degree
3 146 (8.83%) SC Cleared
4 65 (3.93%) Azure Certification
5 44 (2.66%) Computer Science Degree
6 36 (2.18%) AWS Certification
7 30 (1.81%) Microsoft Certification
8 28 (1.69%) DV Cleared
9 22 (1.33%) Master's Degree
10 19 (1.15%) CISSP
11 17 (1.03%) DBS Check
12 15 (0.91%) PMI Certification
13 14 (0.85%) ISTQB
14 13 (0.79%) Cisco Certification
15 9 (0.54%) PMP
16 8 (0.48%) ITIL Certification
16 8 (0.48%) PhD
16 8 (0.48%) TOGAF Certification
17 7 (0.42%) CCNP
18 6 (0.36%) CISM
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 154 (9.32%) QA
2 52 (3.15%) Data Quality
3 46 (2.78%) Accessibility
4 30 (1.81%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 28 (1.69%) NIST
6 25 (1.51%) GDPR
7 19 (1.15%) GRC
8 13 (0.79%) WCAG
9 8 (0.48%) PCI DSS
10 7 (0.42%) SOC 2
11 5 (0.30%) HMG Security Policy Framework
11 5 (0.30%) IFRS
11 5 (0.30%) PMO
12 3 (0.18%) ISO 9001
12 3 (0.18%) Sarbanes-Oxley
12 3 (0.18%) Software Quality Assurance
12 3 (0.18%) Solvency II
13 2 (0.12%) IFRS 17
13 2 (0.12%) SEPA
13 2 (0.12%) SLA
System Software
1 254 (15.37%) Docker
2 69 (4.17%) Active Directory
3 31 (1.88%) VMware Infrastructure
4 19 (1.15%) Virtual Machines
4 19 (1.15%) vSphere
5 13 (0.79%) Virtual Desktop
6 8 (0.48%) Firmware
7 5 (0.30%) VMware ESXi
8 4 (0.24%) Slurm Workload Manager
9 3 (0.18%) Embedded Firmware
9 3 (0.18%) Microsoft Virtual Server
9 3 (0.18%) Virtual Servers
10 2 (0.12%) iptables
11 1 (0.060%) Citrix Hypervisor
11 1 (0.060%) Hyper-V
11 1 (0.060%) KVM
11 1 (0.060%) QEMU
11 1 (0.060%) VMware NSX
11 1 (0.060%) Xen
Systems Management
1 366 (22.14%) Terraform
2 303 (18.33%) Kubernetes
3 116 (7.02%) Ansible
4 79 (4.78%) Grafana
5 55 (3.33%) Prometheus
6 39 (2.36%) Argo
7 18 (1.09%) Puppet
8 15 (0.91%) Microsoft Intune
9 12 (0.73%) Istio
9 12 (0.73%) Kustomize
10 10 (0.60%) Proxmox
11 9 (0.54%) Packer
12 8 (0.48%) Progress Chef
13 7 (0.42%) Active Directory Federation Services
14 6 (0.36%) ZABBIX
15 5 (0.30%) AWS Copilot
15 5 (0.30%) Kibana
15 5 (0.30%) vCenter Server
16 3 (0.18%) SCCM
16 3 (0.18%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 443 (26.80%) Microsoft
2 84 (5.08%) Google
3 80 (4.84%) Salesforce
4 46 (2.78%) Oracle
4 46 (2.78%) VMware
5 45 (2.72%) ServiceNow
6 42 (2.54%) Splunk
7 37 (2.24%) Databricks
8 35 (2.12%) SAP
9 31 (1.88%) Facebook
10 22 (1.33%) MuleSoft
11 18 (1.09%) Pega
12 17 (1.03%) Cisco
13 16 (0.97%) YouTube
14 15 (0.91%) Apple
14 15 (0.91%) Palo Alto
15 14 (0.85%) OpenAI
16 13 (0.79%) Sony
16 13 (0.79%) Yahoo!
17 12 (0.73%) Red Hat
550 hybrid/remote DevOps jobs