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

 6 months to
21 May 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 22 14 21
Rank change year-on-year -8 +7 -10
Permanent jobs citing DevOps 1,515 2,033 3,014
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 8.07% 13.56% 9.26%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 9.75% 14.27% 10.19%
Number of salaries quoted 1,076 1,157 2,512
10th Percentile £43,977 £45,750 £41,250
25th Percentile £54,468 £55,000 £51,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £69,310 £70,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -0.99% +7.69% -7.14%
75th Percentile £85,000 £88,750 £82,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £115,000 £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 15,535 14,247 29,575
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 82.75% 95.06% 90.89%
Number of salaries quoted 11,045 8,583 23,342
10th Percentile £35,000 £31,250 £33,750
25th Percentile £45,000 £43,750 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,100 £60,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +0.17% +4.35% -8.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 £80,000 £75,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £105,000 £95,000
UK median annual salary £60,000 £58,033 £55,000
% change year-on-year +3.39% +5.51% -10.10%

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 21 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 27 (1.78%) SharePoint
2 22 (1.45%) Apache
3 20 (1.32%) Confluence
4 17 (1.12%) Apache Airflow
5 14 (0.92%) Apache Spark
6 9 (0.59%) CMS
7 8 (0.53%) OpenStack
7 8 (0.53%) SharePoint Server
8 7 (0.46%) Apache Solr
9 6 (0.40%) Microsoft Exchange
9 6 (0.40%) Oracle SOA Suite
10 3 (0.20%) Anypoint
10 3 (0.20%) nginx
10 3 (0.20%) Umbraco
10 3 (0.20%) WordPress
11 2 (0.13%) IIS
12 1 (0.066%) Cloud Foundry
12 1 (0.066%) Drupal
12 1 (0.066%) JBoss
12 1 (0.066%) SAS
Applications
1 21 (1.39%) Microsoft Project
2 10 (0.66%) Microsoft Excel
3 4 (0.26%) Microsoft Office
3 4 (0.26%) MS Visio
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 34 (2.24%) Dynamics CRM
2 14 (0.92%) SAP ERP
3 12 (0.79%) 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
9 1 (0.066%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 828 (54.65%) Azure
2 511 (33.73%) AWS
3 425 (28.05%) Azure DevOps
4 210 (13.86%) GitHub
5 165 (10.89%) GCP
6 147 (9.70%) Serverless
7 127 (8.38%) Power Platform
8 126 (8.32%) SaaS
9 100 (6.60%) GitHub Actions
10 84 (5.54%) Entra ID
11 81 (5.35%) Amazon S3
12 75 (4.95%) Amazon EKS
13 63 (4.16%) AWS CloudFormation
14 62 (4.09%) Azure AKS
15 61 (4.03%) Azure Data Factory
16 60 (3.96%) PaaS
17 58 (3.83%) Azure Logic Apps
18 57 (3.76%) AWS Lambda
19 47 (3.10%) Azure Service Bus
20 45 (2.97%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 62 (4.09%) Broadband
2 52 (3.43%) Firewall
3 30 (1.98%) DNS
4 20 (1.32%) TCP/IP
4 20 (1.32%) VPN
5 16 (1.06%) DHCP
6 10 (0.66%) Network Security
7 7 (0.46%) WAN
8 6 (0.40%) BGP
8 6 (0.40%) Cisco ASA
8 6 (0.40%) LAN
8 6 (0.40%) NGFW
8 6 (0.40%) OSPF
9 5 (0.33%) Ethernet VPN
9 5 (0.33%) Internet
9 5 (0.33%) VXLAN
10 4 (0.26%) AMQP
10 4 (0.26%) SAN
11 3 (0.20%) Modbus
11 3 (0.20%) PuTTY
Database & Business Intelligence
1 100 (6.60%) SQL Server
2 99 (6.53%) MongoDB
3 91 (6.01%) Azure SQL Database
4 84 (5.54%) NoSQL
5 67 (4.42%) PostgreSQL
6 52 (3.43%) Power BI
7 45 (2.97%) Metadata
8 41 (2.71%) Data Warehouse
9 40 (2.64%) Relational Database
10 33 (2.18%) Amazon RDS
11 30 (1.98%) Elasticsearch
12 29 (1.91%) Data Lake
13 25 (1.65%) MySQL
14 23 (1.52%) Amazon Athena
15 21 (1.39%) DynamoDB
16 19 (1.25%) Delta Lake
17 18 (1.19%) RDBMS
17 18 (1.19%) Tableau
18 16 (1.06%) Redis
19 14 (0.92%) Amazon Redshift
Development Applications
1 146 (9.64%) Git
2 126 (8.32%) Jenkins
3 113 (7.46%) GitLab
4 86 (5.68%) JIRA
5 46 (3.04%) SonarQube
6 30 (1.98%) Selenium
7 22 (1.45%) Cypress.io
8 21 (1.39%) TeamCity
9 18 (1.19%) Jaeger
10 16 (1.06%) Postman
11 13 (0.86%) Visual Studio
12 12 (0.79%) Bitbucket
12 12 (0.79%) JMeter
12 12 (0.79%) Oracle Forms
13 11 (0.73%) Cucumber
13 11 (0.73%) Maven
14 6 (0.40%) Locust
14 6 (0.40%) NUnit
14 6 (0.40%) SpecFlow
14 6 (0.40%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 360 (23.76%) Finance
2 327 (21.58%) Social Skills
3 151 (9.97%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 135 (8.91%) Public Sector
5 133 (8.78%) Analytical Skills
6 74 (4.88%) Banking
7 69 (4.55%) Law
8 67 (4.42%) Marketing
9 58 (3.83%) Retail
10 56 (3.70%) Games
11 40 (2.64%) Legal
12 25 (1.65%) Back Office
12 25 (1.65%) Financial Institution
13 20 (1.32%) Manufacturing
14 16 (1.06%) Presentation Skills
15 15 (0.99%) Advertising
15 15 (0.99%) Telecoms
16 13 (0.86%) Billing
16 13 (0.86%) Front Office
16 13 (0.86%) Health Technology
Job Titles
1 351 (23.17%) Senior
2 279 (18.42%) Developer
3 251 (16.57%) Lead
4 225 (14.85%) DevOps Engineer
5 149 (9.83%) Architect
6 133 (8.78%) Software Engineer
7 95 (6.27%) Cloud Engineer
8 90 (5.94%) Senior DevOps
9 81 (5.35%) .NET Developer
10 80 (5.28%) Azure Engineer
11 66 (4.36%) Senior DevOps Engineer
12 64 (4.22%) Data Engineer
13 62 (4.09%) Platform Engineer
13 62 (4.09%) Solutions Architect
14 59 (3.89%) Lead DevOps
15 57 (3.76%) Consultant
16 54 (3.56%) AWS Engineer
16 54 (3.56%) Senior Developer
16 54 (3.56%) Senior Software Engineer
17 51 (3.37%) Lead DevOps Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 244 (16.11%) .NET
2 157 (10.36%) React
3 122 (8.05%) REST
4 114 (7.52%) RESTful
5 91 (6.01%) .NET Core
5 91 (6.01%) Node.js
6 83 (5.48%) ASP.NET
6 83 (5.48%) CSS
7 82 (5.41%) HTML
8 77 (5.08%) SOAP
9 72 (4.75%) ASP.NET Core
10 67 (4.42%) Spring
11 66 (4.36%) Lightning Web Components
12 62 (4.09%) Spring Boot
13 60 (3.96%) Kafka
14 53 (3.50%) Visualforce
15 51 (3.37%) AngularJS
16 42 (2.77%) Entity Framework
17 39 (2.57%) .NET Framework
17 39 (2.57%) PySpark
Miscellaneous
1 246 (16.24%) Cloud Native
2 135 (8.91%) Product Ownership
3 59 (3.89%) Enterprise Software
4 42 (2.77%) Distributed Systems
5 36 (2.38%) Legacy Systems
6 33 (2.18%) Mobile App
7 28 (1.85%) Management Information System
7 28 (1.85%) Self-Motivation
8 27 (1.78%) Low-Code
9 26 (1.72%) Onboarding
10 25 (1.65%) Data Centre
11 21 (1.39%) Legacy Applications
12 20 (1.32%) Hybrid Cloud
12 20 (1.32%) Public Cloud
13 18 (1.19%) Algorithms
14 16 (1.06%) Greenfield Project
15 15 (0.99%) Cyberattack
15 15 (0.99%) Data Structures
16 14 (0.92%) Analytical Mindset
16 14 (0.92%) Driving Licence
Operating Systems
1 158 (10.43%) Linux
2 70 (4.62%) Windows
3 50 (3.30%) Unix
4 28 (1.85%) Windows Server
5 21 (1.39%) Android
6 9 (0.59%) Apple iOS
6 9 (0.59%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 7 (0.46%) CentOS
7 7 (0.46%) VMS
8 5 (0.33%) Debian
9 4 (0.26%) Ubuntu
9 4 (0.26%) Windows Server 2012
9 4 (0.26%) Windows Server 2019
10 2 (0.13%) Embedded Linux
10 2 (0.13%) Windows Server 2016
11 1 (0.066%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 844 (55.71%) CI/CD
2 660 (43.56%) Agile
3 369 (24.36%) Infrastructure as Code
4 335 (22.11%) Continuous Improvement
5 303 (20.00%) Mentoring
6 263 (17.36%) Problem-Solving
7 254 (16.77%) Software Engineering
8 246 (16.24%) Test Automation
9 240 (15.84%) AI
10 235 (15.51%) Microservices
11 217 (14.32%) Coaching
12 214 (14.13%) Containerisation
13 197 (13.00%) Scrum
14 193 (12.74%) Full-Stack Development
15 186 (12.28%) Observability
16 180 (11.88%) Roadmaps
17 169 (11.16%) Analytics
18 158 (10.43%) Technical Leadership
19 148 (9.77%) Platform Engineering
20 147 (9.70%) Event-Driven
Programming Languages
1 368 (24.29%) Python
2 345 (22.77%) SQL
3 242 (15.97%) Java
4 218 (14.39%) C#
5 206 (13.60%) JavaScript
6 109 (7.19%) TypeScript
7 95 (6.27%) Bash
8 81 (5.35%) PowerShell
9 70 (4.62%) Apex Code
10 65 (4.29%) Go
11 49 (3.23%) Bicep
12 36 (2.38%) SOQL
12 36 (2.38%) SOSL
13 33 (2.18%) C++
14 25 (1.65%) Scala
15 19 (1.25%) PHP
16 16 (1.06%) Shell Script
17 14 (0.92%) PL/SQL
17 14 (0.92%) Rust
18 13 (0.86%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 172 (11.35%) Security Cleared
2 156 (10.30%) Degree
3 128 (8.45%) SC Cleared
4 51 (3.37%) Azure Certification
5 49 (3.23%) Computer Science Degree
6 41 (2.71%) AWS Certification
7 29 (1.91%) DV Cleared
8 19 (1.25%) Master's Degree
9 18 (1.19%) ISTQB
10 17 (1.12%) DBS Check
11 15 (0.99%) CISSP
11 15 (0.99%) Microsoft Certification
12 14 (0.92%) PMI Certification
13 11 (0.73%) Cisco Certification
14 9 (0.59%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
14 9 (0.59%) PMP
15 8 (0.53%) PhD
15 8 (0.53%) TOGAF Certification
16 7 (0.46%) CCNP
17 6 (0.40%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 130 (8.58%) QA
2 70 (4.62%) Data Quality
3 48 (3.17%) 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
1 256 (16.90%) Docker
2 69 (4.55%) Active Directory
3 20 (1.32%) VMware Infrastructure
4 16 (1.06%) Virtual Machines
5 8 (0.53%) vSphere
6 7 (0.46%) Firmware
7 6 (0.40%) VMware ESXi
8 4 (0.26%) Slurm Workload Manager
9 3 (0.20%) Microsoft Virtual Server
9 3 (0.20%) Virtual Servers
10 2 (0.13%) Embedded Firmware
10 2 (0.13%) Hyper-V
10 2 (0.13%) Virtual Desktop
10 2 (0.13%) VMware NSX
11 1 (0.066%) Citrix Hypervisor
11 1 (0.066%) KVM
11 1 (0.066%) QEMU
11 1 (0.066%) Xen
Systems Management
1 384 (25.35%) Terraform
2 312 (20.59%) Kubernetes
3 125 (8.25%) Ansible
4 85 (5.61%) Grafana
5 67 (4.42%) Prometheus
6 45 (2.97%) Argo
7 18 (1.19%) Kustomize
7 18 (1.19%) Single Sign-On
8 17 (1.12%) Puppet
9 13 (0.86%) 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
14 5 (0.33%) HP Fortify
15 4 (0.26%) Kibana
15 4 (0.26%) logstash
Vendors
1 351 (23.17%) Microsoft
2 92 (6.07%) Salesforce
3 74 (4.88%) Google
4 46 (3.04%) Oracle
5 44 (2.90%) Databricks
6 39 (2.57%) Splunk
7 37 (2.44%) VMware
8 33 (2.18%) SAP
8 33 (2.18%) ServiceNow
9 19 (1.25%) MuleSoft
10 17 (1.12%) Cisco
11 15 (0.99%) Okta
11 15 (0.99%) Palo Alto
12 14 (0.92%) Facebook
12 14 (0.92%) Red Hat
13 12 (0.79%) F5
14 11 (0.73%) IBM
15 10 (0.66%) Ab Initio
16 8 (0.53%) Apple
16 8 (0.53%) Juniper
697 hybrid/remote DevOps jobs