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

 6 months to
28 Aug 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 18 17 19
Rank change year-on-year -1 +2 -9
Permanent jobs citing DevOps 1,919 1,764 2,387
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 8.25% 10.67% 9.62%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 10.05% 11.48% 11.00%
Number of salaries quoted 1,374 970 1,778
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 £66,719
Median % change year-on-year -0.99% +4.92% -4.69%
75th Percentile £87,500 £83,750 £85,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £100,000 £101,250
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 19,089 15,370 21,707
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 82.04% 92.98% 87.48%
Number of salaries quoted 13,792 8,913 14,844
10th Percentile £34,750 £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 £100,000
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 28 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 (2.55%) SharePoint
2 30 (1.56%) 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 (0.36%) Jupyter
10 6 (0.31%) Anypoint
10 6 (0.31%) OpenStack
10 6 (0.31%) SAS
10 6 (0.31%) WordPress
11 5 (0.26%) Apache Solr
12 3 (0.16%) BizTalk Server
12 3 (0.16%) Umbraco
13 1 (0.052%) Oracle HTTP Server
13 1 (0.052%) Tomcat
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 (0.36%) Chatbot
5 7 (0.36%) 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 (2.29%) 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%) Infor SunSystems
5 2 (0.10%) JDE EnterpriseOne
5 2 (0.10%) Sage 200
6 1 (0.052%) Dynamics AX
6 1 (0.052%) Dynamics GP
6 1 (0.052%) Dynamics NAV
6 1 (0.052%) Magento
6 1 (0.052%) SAP ERP
Cloud Services
1 1,062 (55.34%) Azure
2 604 (31.47%) AWS
3 584 (30.43%) Azure DevOps
4 260 (13.55%) SaaS
5 194 (10.11%) GCP
6 162 (8.44%) Power Platform
7 142 (7.40%) Serverless
8 139 (7.24%) GitHub
9 92 (4.79%) Azure AI
10 82 (4.27%) PaaS
11 73 (3.80%) Azure Cosmos DB
12 71 (3.70%) AWS CloudFormation
13 70 (3.65%) Amazon EKS
13 70 (3.65%) Azure AKS
14 69 (3.60%) Dynamics 365
15 68 (3.54%) Azure Service Bus
16 67 (3.49%) Entra ID
17 66 (3.44%) Power Automate
18 65 (3.39%) GitHub Actions
18 65 (3.39%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 36 (1.88%) VPN
2 35 (1.82%) TCP/IP
3 33 (1.72%) Firewall
4 28 (1.46%) Broadband
4 28 (1.46%) DNS
5 13 (0.68%) Internet
6 10 (0.52%) Network Security
7 7 (0.36%) BGP
7 7 (0.36%) DHCP
8 6 (0.31%) NGFW
8 6 (0.31%) OSPF
9 5 (0.26%) Ethernet VPN
9 5 (0.26%) VXLAN
9 5 (0.26%) WAN
10 4 (0.21%) HTTP
10 4 (0.21%) LAN
10 4 (0.21%) SSH
10 4 (0.21%) SSL
11 3 (0.16%) 3GPP
11 3 (0.16%) TETRA
Database & Business Intelligence
1 216 (11.26%) Azure SQL Database
2 208 (10.84%) MongoDB
3 156 (8.13%) SQL Server
4 81 (4.22%) PostgreSQL
5 79 (4.12%) Power BI
6 58 (3.02%) NoSQL
7 50 (2.61%) Elasticsearch
8 47 (2.45%) Data Warehouse
9 41 (2.14%) MySQL
10 37 (1.93%) Relational Database
11 35 (1.82%) Metadata
12 27 (1.41%) Data Lake
13 26 (1.35%) DynamoDB
14 22 (1.15%) SQL Server Integration Services
15 20 (1.04%) Amazon RDS
16 19 (0.99%) Redis
17 17 (0.89%) Amazon Athena
18 16 (0.83%) Delta Lake
19 14 (0.73%) Star Schema
20 11 (0.57%) NonStop SQL
Development Applications
1 168 (8.75%) Git
2 122 (6.36%) JIRA
3 91 (4.74%) GitLab
4 90 (4.69%) Jenkins
5 36 (1.88%) TeamCity
6 27 (1.41%) Selenium
7 24 (1.25%) SonarQube
8 20 (1.04%) Cypress.io
9 17 (0.89%) Postman
10 11 (0.57%) Bitbucket
10 11 (0.57%) NUnit
11 10 (0.52%) Visual Studio Code
12 8 (0.42%) Cucumber
12 8 (0.42%) JMeter
12 8 (0.42%) Visual Studio
13 7 (0.36%) Claude Code
14 6 (0.31%) Atlassian Bamboo
14 6 (0.31%) JUnit
14 6 (0.31%) Maven
14 6 (0.31%) Octopus Deploy
General
1 459 (23.92%) Social Skills
2 348 (18.13%) Finance
3 171 (8.91%) Public Sector
4 149 (7.76%) Law
5 146 (7.61%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 117 (6.10%) Analytical Skills
7 115 (5.99%) Legal
8 80 (4.17%) Banking
9 65 (3.39%) Retail
10 49 (2.55%) Marketing
11 40 (2.08%) Games
12 34 (1.77%) Back Office
13 31 (1.62%) Financial Institution
14 30 (1.56%) Advertising
15 23 (1.20%) Aerospace
16 20 (1.04%) Legal Technology
17 19 (0.99%) Presentation Skills
18 14 (0.73%) Influencing Skills
18 14 (0.73%) Manufacturing
18 14 (0.73%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 482 (25.12%) Senior
2 382 (19.91%) Developer
3 356 (18.55%) DevOps Engineer
4 251 (13.08%) Lead
5 193 (10.06%) .NET Developer
6 157 (8.18%) Software Engineer
7 144 (7.50%) Architect
8 105 (5.47%) Senior DevOps
9 98 (5.11%) Azure Engineer
10 96 (5.00%) Senior DevOps Engineer
11 85 (4.43%) IT Manager
12 76 (3.96%) Cloud Engineer
13 67 (3.49%) Platform Engineer
13 67 (3.49%) Senior Developer
14 64 (3.34%) Data Engineer
15 63 (3.28%) Senior Manager
16 59 (3.07%) Senior Software Engineer
17 57 (2.97%) Solutions Architect
18 56 (2.92%) Analyst
19 55 (2.87%) Service Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 386 (20.11%) .NET
2 384 (20.01%) Terraform
3 216 (11.26%) ASP.NET
4 204 (10.63%) React
5 195 (10.16%) .NET Core
6 184 (9.59%) ASP.NET Core
7 141 (7.35%) RESTful
8 133 (6.93%) Node.js
9 125 (6.51%) CSS
10 119 (6.20%) HTML
11 117 (6.10%) REST
12 107 (5.58%) Blazor
13 99 (5.16%) Entity Framework
14 82 (4.27%) ML.NET
15 67 (3.49%) Middleware
16 59 (3.07%) AngularJS
17 56 (2.92%) Kafka
18 47 (2.45%) Spring Boot
19 45 (2.34%) Spring
20 36 (1.88%) .NET Framework
Miscellaneous
1 309 (16.10%) Cloud Native
2 143 (7.45%) Product Ownership
3 101 (5.26%) Enterprise Software
4 83 (4.33%) Distributed Systems
5 63 (3.28%) Virtual Team
6 62 (3.23%) Greenfield Project
7 52 (2.71%) Cyber Threat
8 42 (2.19%) Legacy Systems
9 37 (1.93%) Mobile App
10 32 (1.67%) Self-Motivation
11 29 (1.51%) Management Information System
12 27 (1.41%) Data Centre
12 27 (1.41%) Public Cloud
13 26 (1.35%) Driving Licence
13 26 (1.35%) Onboarding
14 25 (1.30%) Podcast
15 23 (1.20%) Social Media
16 22 (1.15%) Security Posture
17 21 (1.09%) Legacy Applications
18 18 (0.94%) Data Structures
Operating Systems
1 163 (8.49%) Linux
2 100 (5.21%) Windows
3 57 (2.97%) Unix
4 20 (1.04%) Android
5 16 (0.83%) VMS
5 16 (0.83%) Windows Server
6 8 (0.42%) Debian
6 8 (0.42%) Ubuntu
7 5 (0.26%) CentOS
7 5 (0.26%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 3 (0.16%) Apple iOS
8 3 (0.16%) VxWorks
9 2 (0.10%) Solaris
9 2 (0.10%) Windows Server 2016
10 1 (0.052%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 944 (49.19%) CI/CD
2 850 (44.29%) Agile
3 431 (22.46%) Continuous Improvement
4 428 (22.30%) Mentoring
5 405 (21.10%) Infrastructure as Code
6 402 (20.95%) Software Engineering
7 380 (19.80%) AI
8 333 (17.35%) Test Automation
9 294 (15.32%) Problem-Solving
10 291 (15.16%) Full-Stack Development
11 259 (13.50%) Microservices
12 242 (12.61%) Stakeholder Engagement
13 233 (12.14%) Scrum
14 213 (11.10%) Technical Leadership
15 206 (10.73%) Coaching
16 201 (10.47%) Containerisation
17 196 (10.21%) Stakeholder Management
18 195 (10.16%) Roadmaps
19 192 (10.01%) Observability
20 177 (9.22%) Platform Engineering
Programming Languages
1 457 (23.81%) C#
2 453 (23.61%) SQL
3 381 (19.85%) Python
4 307 (16.00%) JavaScript
5 199 (10.37%) Java
6 165 (8.60%) TypeScript
7 164 (8.55%) PowerShell
8 99 (5.16%) Bash
9 78 (4.06%) Bicep
10 31 (1.62%) C++
11 29 (1.51%) Go
12 26 (1.35%) Apex Code
13 24 (1.25%) T-SQL
14 21 (1.09%) PHP
15 20 (1.04%) Kusto Query Language
16 16 (0.83%) Ruby
17 15 (0.78%) Data Analysis Expressions
18 14 (0.73%) SOQL
18 14 (0.73%) SOSL
19 13 (0.68%) Groovy
Qualifications
1 229 (11.93%) Security Cleared
2 186 (9.69%) SC Cleared
3 152 (7.92%) Degree
4 62 (3.23%) Azure Certification
5 61 (3.18%) CISSP
6 58 (3.02%) CISM
7 57 (2.97%) ITIL Certification
8 45 (2.34%) DV Cleared
9 43 (2.24%) Computer Science Degree
10 35 (1.82%) BPSS Clearance
11 29 (1.51%) Microsoft Certification
12 25 (1.30%) AWS Certification
13 19 (0.99%) DBS Check
13 19 (0.99%) Master's Degree
14 18 (0.94%) PMI Certification
15 17 (0.89%) ISTQB
16 14 (0.73%) PMP
17 13 (0.68%) Cisco Certification
18 6 (0.31%) CCNP
18 6 (0.31%) CISA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 220 (11.46%) QA
2 77 (4.01%) NIST
3 65 (3.39%) Data Quality
4 60 (3.13%) Accessibility
5 48 (2.50%) ISO 22301
6 35 (1.82%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 29 (1.51%) GDPR
8 24 (1.25%) GRC
9 11 (0.57%) WCAG
10 9 (0.47%) HMG Security Policy Framework
10 9 (0.47%) SLA
11 7 (0.36%) PCI DSS
12 6 (0.31%) NIST 800
12 6 (0.31%) PMO
13 5 (0.26%) California Consumer Privacy Act
13 5 (0.26%) IFRS
13 5 (0.26%) SOC 2
14 4 (0.21%) ISO 9001
14 4 (0.21%) NCSC
15 3 (0.16%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 252 (13.13%) Docker
2 60 (3.13%) Active Directory
3 31 (1.62%) VMware Infrastructure
4 23 (1.20%) Virtual Machines
5 17 (0.89%) Virtual Desktop
6 16 (0.83%) vSphere
7 8 (0.42%) Firmware
8 4 (0.21%) Slurm Workload Manager
9 3 (0.16%) Hyper-V
10 2 (0.10%) iptables
10 2 (0.10%) KVM
11 1 (0.052%) Citrix Hypervisor
11 1 (0.052%) Embedded Firmware
11 1 (0.052%) Oracle RAC
11 1 (0.052%) QEMU
11 1 (0.052%) VMware ESXi
11 1 (0.052%) Xen
Systems Management
1 293 (15.27%) Kubernetes
2 84 (4.38%) Ansible
3 79 (4.12%) Grafana
4 42 (2.19%) Prometheus
5 30 (1.56%) Argo
6 19 (0.99%) Puppet
7 16 (0.83%) Istio
7 16 (0.83%) 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%) Check_MK
14 1 (0.052%) Oracle RMAN
Vendors
1 510 (26.58%) Microsoft
2 80 (4.17%) Google
3 61 (3.18%) Oracle
4 48 (2.50%) Salesforce
5 44 (2.29%) Databricks
5 44 (2.29%) ServiceNow
6 40 (2.08%) Facebook
7 36 (1.88%) VMware
8 32 (1.67%) SAP
9 28 (1.46%) Pega
9 28 (1.46%) YouTube
10 23 (1.20%) OpenAI
11 20 (1.04%) MuleSoft
11 20 (1.04%) Splunk
12 19 (0.99%) Sony
13 18 (0.94%) Apple
14 17 (0.89%) Yahoo!
15 13 (0.68%) Cisco
15 13 (0.68%) Foundry
15 13 (0.68%) Informatica
1,682 hybrid/remote DevOps jobs