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

 6 months to
8 Feb 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 17 14 17
Rank change year-on-year -3 +3 -7
Permanent jobs citing DevOps 1,413 2,082 3,087
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 8.82% 13.11% 11.12%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 10.20% 13.85% 11.99%
Number of salaries quoted 962 1,413 2,597
10th Percentile £42,500 £42,500 £42,500
25th Percentile £52,500 £52,500 £51,716
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £68,500 £69,308 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -1.17% +6.63% -7.14%
75th Percentile £82,500 £87,500 £82,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £115,000 £97,500
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 13,857 15,028 25,736
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 86.54% 94.62% 92.71%
Number of salaries quoted 8,830 8,918 21,255
10th Percentile £30,000 £36,250 £34,500
25th Percentile £42,500 £47,500 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £63,000 £57,965
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +8.69% -7.26%
75th Percentile £80,000 £82,400 £77,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £102,500 £95,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% +9.09% -12.00%

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 8 February 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 40 (2.83%) Confluence
2 27 (1.91%) SharePoint
3 22 (1.56%) Microsoft Exchange
4 21 (1.49%) Apache Airflow
5 17 (1.20%) Oracle SOA Suite
6 15 (1.06%) Apache
7 11 (0.78%) Apache Spark
8 10 (0.71%) IIS
9 4 (0.28%) CMS
9 4 (0.28%) OpenStack
10 2 (0.14%) nginx
11 1 (0.071%) Apache Solr
11 1 (0.071%) ArcGIS
11 1 (0.071%) Camunda
11 1 (0.071%) Headless CMS
11 1 (0.071%) Oracle Workflow
11 1 (0.071%) SAS
11 1 (0.071%) WebLogic
11 1 (0.071%) WordPress
Applications
1 30 (2.12%) Microsoft Excel
2 12 (0.85%) Microsoft Office
3 11 (0.78%) MS Visio
4 8 (0.57%) Microsoft Project
5 3 (0.21%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 3 (0.21%) Spreadsheet
6 1 (0.071%) EngageOne
6 1 (0.071%) PlantUML
Business Applications
1 39 (2.76%) Oracle ERP
2 19 (1.34%) Dynamics CRM
3 15 (1.06%) SAP ERP
4 6 (0.42%) Markit EDM
5 4 (0.28%) Salesforce CRM
6 3 (0.21%) Oracle EBS
7 2 (0.14%) Dynamics AX
7 2 (0.14%) SAP S/4HANA
7 2 (0.14%) Shopify
8 1 (0.071%) Integrated Workplace Management System
8 1 (0.071%) NEC Housing
8 1 (0.071%) NetSuite
8 1 (0.071%) Payment Gateway
8 1 (0.071%) Primavera
8 1 (0.071%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
8 1 (0.071%) TIBCO iProcess
8 1 (0.071%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 909 (64.33%) Azure
2 501 (35.46%) Azure DevOps
3 492 (34.82%) AWS
4 346 (24.49%) GitHub
5 158 (11.18%) GCP
6 151 (10.69%) GitHub Actions
7 147 (10.40%) Power Platform
8 135 (9.55%) SaaS
9 133 (9.41%) Serverless
10 100 (7.08%) Entra ID
11 93 (6.58%) AWS CloudFormation
12 76 (5.38%) Amazon EKS
13 75 (5.31%) Azure Data Factory
13 75 (5.31%) Snowflake
14 74 (5.24%) GitHub Copilot
15 72 (5.10%) Amazon CloudWatch
16 71 (5.02%) Amazon S3
17 65 (4.60%) Azure Monitor
18 64 (4.53%) dbt
19 61 (4.32%) AWS Lambda
Communications & Networking
1 54 (3.82%) Firewall
2 46 (3.26%) Broadband
3 28 (1.98%) VPN
4 27 (1.91%) DNS
5 21 (1.49%) DHCP
6 17 (1.20%) TCP/IP
7 15 (1.06%) Network Security
8 14 (0.99%) WAN
9 10 (0.71%) LAN
9 10 (0.71%) SAN
10 9 (0.64%) SD-WAN
11 7 (0.50%) Wi-Fi
12 5 (0.35%) Internet
12 5 (0.35%) VLAN
13 4 (0.28%) AMQP
13 4 (0.28%) Unified Communications
13 4 (0.28%) VoIP
14 3 (0.21%) Fibre Channel
14 3 (0.21%) OSPF
14 3 (0.21%) PuTTY
Database & Business Intelligence
1 122 (8.63%) SQL Server
2 90 (6.37%) Data Warehouse
3 89 (6.30%) NoSQL
4 79 (5.59%) Power BI
5 73 (5.17%) PostgreSQL
6 52 (3.68%) Tableau
7 51 (3.61%) Metadata
8 49 (3.47%) Relational Database
9 44 (3.11%) Azure SQL Database
10 40 (2.83%) MongoDB
11 38 (2.69%) Data Lake
12 31 (2.19%) MySQL
13 28 (1.98%) Amazon RDS
14 23 (1.63%) Elasticsearch
15 22 (1.56%) DynamoDB
16 20 (1.42%) RDBMS
17 18 (1.27%) Amazon Athena
17 18 (1.27%) Redis
18 17 (1.20%) Delta Lake
19 16 (1.13%) Snowflake Schema
Development Applications
1 156 (11.04%) Git
2 151 (10.69%) Jenkins
3 108 (7.64%) JIRA
4 93 (6.58%) GitLab
5 41 (2.90%) SonarQube
6 37 (2.62%) Oracle Forms
7 26 (1.84%) Selenium
8 19 (1.34%) Jaeger
9 18 (1.27%) Cypress.io
10 14 (0.99%) TeamCity
11 13 (0.92%) Bitbucket
11 13 (0.92%) Cucumber
12 11 (0.78%) Postman
13 10 (0.71%) git-flow
13 10 (0.71%) JMeter
13 10 (0.71%) JUnit
14 9 (0.64%) Subversion
15 7 (0.50%) Maven
15 7 (0.50%) Storybook
16 5 (0.35%) Visual Studio
General
1 430 (30.43%) Finance
2 398 (28.17%) Social Skills
3 165 (11.68%) Analytical Skills
4 114 (8.07%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 106 (7.50%) Public Sector
6 83 (5.87%) Marketing
7 47 (3.33%) Banking
8 46 (3.26%) Law
8 46 (3.26%) Retail
9 41 (2.90%) Telecoms
10 34 (2.41%) Games
11 24 (1.70%) Financial Institution
11 24 (1.70%) Front Office
12 19 (1.34%) Manufacturing
13 18 (1.27%) Back Office
14 17 (1.20%) Legal
15 16 (1.13%) Tech for Good
16 15 (1.06%) Billing
17 10 (0.71%) Organisational Skills
17 10 (0.71%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 359 (25.41%) Senior
2 254 (17.98%) Developer
3 176 (12.46%) Lead
4 132 (9.34%) Cloud Engineer
5 127 (8.99%) DevOps Engineer
6 125 (8.85%) Software Engineer
7 91 (6.44%) Architect
8 86 (6.09%) Azure Engineer
9 72 (5.10%) Senior Developer
10 65 (4.60%) Data Engineer
10 65 (4.60%) Platform Engineer
11 64 (4.53%) Applications Engineer
12 53 (3.75%) Senior DevOps
13 49 (3.47%) Infrastructure Engineer
14 46 (3.26%) .NET Developer
14 46 (3.26%) Analyst
15 45 (3.18%) Senior Software Engineer
16 44 (3.11%) Consultant
17 38 (2.69%) AWS Engineer
18 37 (2.62%) Full-Stack Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 239 (16.91%) .NET
2 163 (11.54%) React
3 138 (9.77%) RESTful
4 111 (7.86%) REST
5 91 (6.44%) SOAP
6 73 (5.17%) Spring
7 72 (5.10%) Spring Boot
8 71 (5.02%) Node.js
9 69 (4.88%) CSS
10 66 (4.67%) HTML
10 66 (4.67%) Kafka
11 63 (4.46%) Lightning Web Components
12 60 (4.25%) AngularJS
13 57 (4.03%) .NET Framework
13 57 (4.03%) OAuth
14 50 (3.54%) JSON
15 47 (3.33%) .NET Core
16 46 (3.26%) Elastic Stack
17 40 (2.83%) Visualforce
18 39 (2.76%) OAuth2
Miscellaneous
1 255 (18.05%) Cloud Native
2 144 (10.19%) Product Ownership
3 58 (4.10%) Distributed Systems
4 57 (4.03%) Enterprise Software
5 45 (3.18%) Management Information System
6 35 (2.48%) Onboarding
7 34 (2.41%) Legacy Systems
8 33 (2.34%) Low-Code
9 30 (2.12%) Analytical Mindset
9 30 (2.12%) Self-Motivation
10 28 (1.98%) Mobile App
11 22 (1.56%) Public Cloud
12 18 (1.27%) AI Agents
13 17 (1.20%) Algorithms
14 15 (1.06%) IoT
15 14 (0.99%) Security Posture
16 12 (0.85%) Legacy Applications
17 11 (0.78%) Data Centre
18 9 (0.64%) Data Protection Act
18 9 (0.64%) Hybrid Cloud
Operating Systems
1 147 (10.40%) Linux
2 100 (7.08%) Windows
3 49 (3.47%) Unix
4 38 (2.69%) Windows Server
5 23 (1.63%) Android
6 19 (1.34%) VMS
7 12 (0.85%) Apple iOS
8 10 (0.71%) Windows Server 2012
8 10 (0.71%) Windows Server 2019
9 9 (0.64%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 9 (0.64%) Ubuntu
10 6 (0.42%) CentOS
11 5 (0.35%) Debian
12 1 (0.071%) Windows 10
12 1 (0.071%) Windows Server 2008
12 1 (0.071%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 840 (59.45%) CI/CD
2 663 (46.92%) Agile
3 365 (25.83%) Infrastructure as Code
4 361 (25.55%) Continuous Improvement
5 308 (21.80%) Problem-Solving
6 281 (19.89%) Mentoring
7 276 (19.53%) AI
8 274 (19.39%) Coaching
9 231 (16.35%) Test Automation
10 230 (16.28%) Software Engineering
11 212 (15.00%) Microservices
12 208 (14.72%) Analytics
13 201 (14.23%) Asset Management
14 199 (14.08%) Observability
15 191 (13.52%) Containerisation
16 174 (12.31%) Data Modelling
17 155 (10.97%) Clean Code
18 154 (10.90%) Roadmaps
19 137 (9.70%) Scrum
20 129 (9.13%) Full-Stack Development
Programming Languages
1 447 (31.63%) Python
2 389 (27.53%) SQL
3 220 (15.57%) Java
4 182 (12.88%) C#
5 175 (12.38%) JavaScript
6 143 (10.12%) PowerShell
7 126 (8.92%) Bash
8 113 (8.00%) TypeScript
9 78 (5.52%) Go
10 76 (5.38%) Bicep
11 67 (4.74%) Apex Code
12 40 (2.83%) PL/SQL
13 39 (2.76%) Shell Script
14 26 (1.84%) SOQL
14 26 (1.84%) SOSL
15 25 (1.77%) Scala
16 19 (1.34%) C++
17 17 (1.20%) T-SQL
18 16 (1.13%) PHP
19 11 (0.78%) R
Qualifications
1 170 (12.03%) Degree
2 147 (10.40%) Security Cleared
3 111 (7.86%) SC Cleared
4 90 (6.37%) Computer Science Degree
5 63 (4.46%) Azure Certification
6 57 (4.03%) AWS Certification
7 31 (2.19%) Master's Degree
8 26 (1.84%) Microsoft Certification
9 22 (1.56%) DV Cleared
10 16 (1.13%) ISTQB
11 11 (0.78%) Cisco Certification
11 11 (0.78%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
11 11 (0.78%) PMI Certification
12 10 (0.71%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
12 10 (0.71%) PMP
13 9 (0.64%) CISSP
14 8 (0.57%) CCNP
14 8 (0.57%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
15 7 (0.50%) DBS Check
16 6 (0.42%) BPSS Clearance
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 121 (8.56%) QA
2 70 (4.95%) Data Quality
3 48 (3.40%) Accessibility
4 45 (3.18%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 43 (3.04%) GDPR
6 20 (1.42%) NIST
7 12 (0.85%) PCI DSS
8 7 (0.50%) SOC 2
9 6 (0.42%) NCSC
9 6 (0.42%) Sarbanes-Oxley
9 6 (0.42%) SLA
9 6 (0.42%) WCAG
10 2 (0.14%) Cyber Essentials
10 2 (0.14%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
10 2 (0.14%) GRC
10 2 (0.14%) HMG Security Policy Framework
10 2 (0.14%) PMO
11 1 (0.071%) Def Stans
11 1 (0.071%) P3O
11 1 (0.071%) Software Quality Assurance
System Software
1 260 (18.40%) Docker
2 82 (5.80%) Active Directory
3 23 (1.63%) Virtual Machines
4 17 (1.20%) VMware Infrastructure
5 14 (0.99%) Virtual Desktop
6 13 (0.92%) vSphere
7 12 (0.85%) VMware ESXi
8 6 (0.42%) Firmware
8 6 (0.42%) Virtual Servers
9 5 (0.35%) VMware NSX
10 3 (0.21%) Microsoft Virtual Server
10 3 (0.21%) NFS
10 3 (0.21%) Postfix
11 2 (0.14%) Hyper-V
11 2 (0.14%) vCloud
12 1 (0.071%) HDFS
Systems Management
1 428 (30.29%) Terraform
2 325 (23.00%) Kubernetes
3 131 (9.27%) Ansible
4 110 (7.78%) Grafana
5 90 (6.37%) Prometheus
6 46 (3.26%) Single Sign-On
7 41 (2.90%) Argo
8 22 (1.56%) Microsoft Intune
9 20 (1.42%) Kustomize
10 12 (0.85%) vCenter Server
11 10 (0.71%) SCCM
12 7 (0.50%) Kibana
13 6 (0.42%) HP Fortify
14 5 (0.35%) Control-M
14 5 (0.35%) Puppet
14 5 (0.35%) Red Hat Satellite
15 4 (0.28%) logstash
15 4 (0.28%) Progress Chef
15 4 (0.28%) Proxmox
16 3 (0.21%) Dell DRAC
Vendors
1 312 (22.08%) Microsoft
2 83 (5.87%) Salesforce
3 74 (5.24%) Oracle
4 66 (4.67%) Google
5 53 (3.75%) Databricks
6 38 (2.69%) Splunk
7 37 (2.62%) VMware
8 22 (1.56%) Okta
8 22 (1.56%) SAP
9 19 (1.34%) Cisco
10 18 (1.27%) Ab Initio
11 17 (1.20%) MuleSoft
11 17 (1.20%) Red Hat
11 17 (1.20%) ServiceNow
12 16 (1.13%) SolarWinds
12 16 (1.13%) Veeam
13 14 (0.99%) IBM
14 11 (0.78%) Atlassian
14 11 (0.78%) NetApp
15 10 (0.71%) 3PAR
811 hybrid/remote DevOps jobs