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

 6 months to
7 Jan 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 15 14 11
Rank change year-on-year -1 -3 -1
Permanent jobs citing DevOps 1,376 2,159 2,749
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 9.07% 12.97% 13.09%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 10.33% 13.90% 13.97%
Number of salaries quoted 946 1,464 2,297
10th Percentile £42,500 £42,500 £45,000
25th Percentile £53,750 £52,500 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £69,500 £69,000 £67,500
Median % change year-on-year +0.72% +2.22% -3.57%
75th Percentile £83,750 £85,000 £85,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £106,750 £100,300
UK median annual salary £70,000 £69,500 £70,000
% change year-on-year +0.72% -0.71% -

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 13,320 15,533 19,676
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 87.81% 93.33% 93.69%
Number of salaries quoted 8,449 9,203 15,873
10th Percentile £30,000 £36,250 £36,250
25th Percentile £41,250 £46,669 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £62,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.00% +4.17% -4.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 £81,250 £80,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £100,000 £97,500
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% - -4.00%

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 7 January 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 (2.91%) Confluence
2 20 (1.45%) SharePoint
3 19 (1.38%) Microsoft Exchange
4 18 (1.31%) Apache Airflow
5 17 (1.24%) Oracle SOA Suite
6 13 (0.94%) IIS
7 12 (0.87%) Apache Spark
8 11 (0.80%) Apache
9 4 (0.29%) OpenStack
10 2 (0.15%) CMS
10 2 (0.15%) nginx
11 1 (0.073%) Apache Solr
11 1 (0.073%) ArcGIS
11 1 (0.073%) BizTalk Server
11 1 (0.073%) Camunda
11 1 (0.073%) Oracle Workflow
11 1 (0.073%) Tomcat
11 1 (0.073%) WebLogic
11 1 (0.073%) WordPress
Applications
1 38 (2.76%) Microsoft Excel
2 18 (1.31%) Microsoft Office
3 11 (0.80%) MS Visio
4 7 (0.51%) Microsoft Project
5 3 (0.22%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 2 (0.15%) Spreadsheet
7 1 (0.073%) PlantUML
Business Applications
1 39 (2.83%) Oracle ERP
2 14 (1.02%) Dynamics CRM
3 13 (0.94%) SAP ERP
4 6 (0.44%) Markit EDM
5 5 (0.36%) Dynamics NAV
6 4 (0.29%) Salesforce CRM
7 2 (0.15%) Dynamics AX
7 2 (0.15%) SAP S/4HANA
7 2 (0.15%) Shopify
8 1 (0.073%) Aladdin
8 1 (0.073%) Integrated Workplace Management System
8 1 (0.073%) NEC Housing
8 1 (0.073%) NetSuite
8 1 (0.073%) Payment Gateway
8 1 (0.073%) Primavera
8 1 (0.073%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
8 1 (0.073%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 921 (66.93%) Azure
2 509 (36.99%) Azure DevOps
3 467 (33.94%) AWS
4 345 (25.07%) GitHub
5 153 (11.12%) GCP
5 153 (11.12%) GitHub Actions
6 144 (10.47%) Power Platform
7 136 (9.88%) SaaS
8 116 (8.43%) Serverless
9 97 (7.05%) Entra ID
10 86 (6.25%) AWS CloudFormation
11 80 (5.81%) Snowflake
12 74 (5.38%) GitHub Copilot
13 69 (5.01%) Azure Data Factory
14 68 (4.94%) dbt
15 65 (4.72%) Amazon EKS
16 64 (4.65%) Amazon CloudWatch
17 61 (4.43%) Amazon S3
17 61 (4.43%) Azure Monitor
18 59 (4.29%) AWS Lambda
Communications & Networking
1 50 (3.63%) Firewall
2 36 (2.62%) VPN
3 35 (2.54%) DNS
4 26 (1.89%) Broadband
5 24 (1.74%) WAN
6 22 (1.60%) DHCP
6 22 (1.60%) TCP/IP
7 20 (1.45%) LAN
7 20 (1.45%) Network Security
8 13 (0.94%) SAN
8 13 (0.94%) Wi-Fi
9 12 (0.87%) SD-WAN
9 12 (0.87%) VoIP
10 11 (0.80%) VLAN
11 7 (0.51%) Unified Communications
12 6 (0.44%) Fibre Channel
13 5 (0.36%) BGP
13 5 (0.36%) DMZ
13 5 (0.36%) Internet
13 5 (0.36%) STUN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 133 (9.67%) SQL Server
2 101 (7.34%) Data Warehouse
3 82 (5.96%) Power BI
4 76 (5.52%) NoSQL
5 75 (5.45%) PostgreSQL
6 55 (4.00%) Tableau
7 44 (3.20%) Relational Database
8 43 (3.13%) Azure SQL Database
9 38 (2.76%) Data Lake
10 36 (2.62%) Metadata
11 34 (2.47%) MongoDB
12 30 (2.18%) MySQL
13 29 (2.11%) Amazon RDS
14 24 (1.74%) DynamoDB
15 21 (1.53%) Elasticsearch
16 18 (1.31%) Redis
17 16 (1.16%) BigQuery
17 16 (1.16%) Snowflake Schema
18 15 (1.09%) Amazon Redshift
19 14 (1.02%) Delta Lake
Development Applications
1 166 (12.06%) Git
2 147 (10.68%) Jenkins
3 116 (8.43%) JIRA
4 90 (6.54%) GitLab
5 37 (2.69%) Oracle Forms
6 30 (2.18%) Selenium
7 29 (2.11%) SonarQube
8 23 (1.67%) Cypress.io
9 15 (1.09%) Postman
10 12 (0.87%) Bitbucket
10 12 (0.87%) Cucumber
11 11 (0.80%) git-flow
11 11 (0.80%) JMeter
11 11 (0.80%) JUnit
11 11 (0.80%) TeamCity
12 9 (0.65%) Subversion
13 8 (0.58%) Storybook
13 8 (0.58%) Visual Studio Code
14 7 (0.51%) Jaeger
15 6 (0.44%) Maven
General
1 426 (30.96%) Finance
2 412 (29.94%) Social Skills
3 157 (11.41%) Analytical Skills
4 91 (6.61%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 85 (6.18%) Marketing
6 80 (5.81%) Public Sector
7 54 (3.92%) Law
8 50 (3.63%) Retail
9 47 (3.42%) Telecoms
10 38 (2.76%) Banking
11 26 (1.89%) Front Office
12 21 (1.53%) Documentation Skills
13 20 (1.45%) Games
14 19 (1.38%) Back Office
14 19 (1.38%) Manufacturing
15 18 (1.31%) Legal
16 17 (1.24%) Financial Institution
17 14 (1.02%) Presentation Skills
18 12 (0.87%) Pharmaceutical
18 12 (0.87%) Tech for Good
Job Titles
1 333 (24.20%) Senior
2 239 (17.37%) Developer
3 164 (11.92%) Lead
4 131 (9.52%) DevOps Engineer
5 124 (9.01%) Cloud Engineer
6 104 (7.56%) Software Engineer
7 86 (6.25%) Azure Engineer
8 79 (5.74%) Architect
9 75 (5.45%) Senior Developer
10 69 (5.01%) Applications Engineer
11 64 (4.65%) Data Engineer
12 61 (4.43%) Platform Engineer
13 55 (4.00%) Infrastructure Engineer
14 54 (3.92%) Analyst
15 49 (3.56%) Consultant
16 47 (3.42%) Senior DevOps
17 45 (3.27%) .NET Developer
18 40 (2.91%) Full-Stack Developer
19 37 (2.69%) Support Engineer
20 36 (2.62%) Senior Cloud Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 232 (16.86%) .NET
2 155 (11.26%) React
3 134 (9.74%) RESTful
4 88 (6.40%) REST
5 73 (5.31%) SOAP
6 66 (4.80%) Node.js
7 65 (4.72%) CSS
8 63 (4.58%) Spring Boot
9 62 (4.51%) HTML
9 62 (4.51%) Spring
10 61 (4.43%) Kafka
11 57 (4.14%) .NET Framework
12 56 (4.07%) OAuth
13 54 (3.92%) AngularJS
14 53 (3.85%) JSON
15 44 (3.20%) Lightning Web Components
16 42 (3.05%) .NET Core
17 39 (2.83%) OAuth2
18 36 (2.62%) Elastic Stack
18 36 (2.62%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 260 (18.90%) Cloud Native
2 127 (9.23%) Product Ownership
3 56 (4.07%) Distributed Systems
3 56 (4.07%) Enterprise Software
4 53 (3.85%) Management Information System
5 35 (2.54%) Onboarding
6 33 (2.40%) Legacy Systems
7 28 (2.03%) Mobile App
8 27 (1.96%) Low-Code
9 26 (1.89%) Analytical Mindset
10 23 (1.67%) Self-Motivation
11 19 (1.38%) IoT
11 19 (1.38%) Public Cloud
12 18 (1.31%) AI Agents
13 17 (1.24%) Data Centre
14 13 (0.94%) Algorithms
14 13 (0.94%) Security Posture
15 12 (0.87%) Legacy Applications
16 10 (0.73%) Hedge funds
17 9 (0.65%) Data Structures
Operating Systems
1 142 (10.32%) Linux
2 116 (8.43%) Windows
3 46 (3.34%) Windows Server
4 37 (2.69%) Unix
5 19 (1.38%) VMS
6 18 (1.31%) Android
7 14 (1.02%) Windows Server 2019
8 13 (0.94%) Windows Server 2012
9 12 (0.87%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 9 (0.65%) Debian
11 8 (0.58%) Apple iOS
12 7 (0.51%) Ubuntu
13 6 (0.44%) CentOS
14 1 (0.073%) Windows 10
14 1 (0.073%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 800 (58.14%) CI/CD
2 655 (47.60%) Agile
3 357 (25.94%) Infrastructure as Code
4 335 (24.35%) Continuous Improvement
5 305 (22.17%) Problem-Solving
6 276 (20.06%) AI
7 268 (19.48%) Mentoring
8 244 (17.73%) Coaching
9 241 (17.51%) Test Automation
10 213 (15.48%) Software Engineering
11 206 (14.97%) Analytics
12 205 (14.90%) Microservices
13 202 (14.68%) Asset Management
13 202 (14.68%) Observability
14 177 (12.86%) Containerisation
15 155 (11.26%) Data Modelling
16 150 (10.90%) Clean Code
17 138 (10.03%) Scrum
18 137 (9.96%) Roadmaps
19 125 (9.08%) Computer Science
Programming Languages
1 435 (31.61%) Python
2 395 (28.71%) SQL
3 186 (13.52%) C#
4 184 (13.37%) Java
5 149 (10.83%) PowerShell
6 147 (10.68%) JavaScript
7 117 (8.50%) Bash
8 113 (8.21%) TypeScript
9 74 (5.38%) Bicep
10 59 (4.29%) Go
11 48 (3.49%) Apex Code
12 41 (2.98%) PL/SQL
13 39 (2.83%) Shell Script
14 27 (1.96%) Scala
15 24 (1.74%) T-SQL
16 16 (1.16%) PHP
17 15 (1.09%) C++
17 15 (1.09%) R
17 15 (1.09%) SOQL
17 15 (1.09%) SOSL
Qualifications
1 164 (11.92%) Degree
2 123 (8.94%) Security Cleared
3 100 (7.27%) SC Cleared
4 95 (6.90%) Computer Science Degree
5 68 (4.94%) Azure Certification
6 47 (3.42%) AWS Certification
7 34 (2.47%) Master's Degree
8 29 (2.11%) Microsoft Certification
9 23 (1.67%) ISTQB
10 19 (1.38%) Cisco Certification
11 16 (1.16%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
11 16 (1.16%) DV Cleared
12 14 (1.02%) CCNP
13 13 (0.94%) CISSP
14 12 (0.87%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
14 12 (0.87%) PMI Certification
14 12 (0.87%) PMP
15 9 (0.65%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
16 7 (0.51%) ACCA
16 7 (0.51%) DBS Check
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 143 (10.39%) QA
2 62 (4.51%) Data Quality
3 58 (4.22%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 47 (3.42%) GDPR
5 46 (3.34%) Accessibility
6 26 (1.89%) NIST
7 11 (0.80%) Sarbanes-Oxley
8 10 (0.73%) ISO 9001
8 10 (0.73%) NCSC
8 10 (0.73%) PCI DSS
9 8 (0.58%) Cyber Essentials
9 8 (0.58%) WCAG
10 7 (0.51%) SLA
11 6 (0.44%) SOC 2
12 5 (0.36%) PMO
13 4 (0.29%) HIPAA
14 3 (0.22%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
14 3 (0.22%) Software Quality Assurance
15 2 (0.15%) GRC
16 1 (0.073%) Basel III
System Software
1 246 (17.88%) Docker
2 85 (6.18%) Active Directory
3 22 (1.60%) Virtual Machines
4 21 (1.53%) VMware Infrastructure
5 16 (1.16%) vSphere
6 15 (1.09%) Virtual Desktop
7 14 (1.02%) VMware ESXi
8 6 (0.44%) Firmware
8 6 (0.44%) NFS
9 5 (0.36%) Kamailio
10 4 (0.29%) VMware NSX
11 3 (0.22%) Postfix
11 3 (0.22%) Virtual Servers
12 2 (0.15%) Hyper-V
12 2 (0.15%) vCloud
13 1 (0.073%) HDFS
Systems Management
1 410 (29.80%) Terraform
2 314 (22.82%) Kubernetes
3 127 (9.23%) Ansible
4 105 (7.63%) Grafana
5 79 (5.74%) Prometheus
6 45 (3.27%) Single Sign-On
7 32 (2.33%) Argo
8 25 (1.82%) Microsoft Intune
9 14 (1.02%) vCenter Server
10 13 (0.94%) SCCM
11 9 (0.65%) Red Hat Satellite
12 8 (0.58%) Kustomize
13 6 (0.44%) HP Fortify
13 6 (0.44%) Kibana
14 5 (0.36%) Control-M
15 4 (0.29%) logstash
15 4 (0.29%) Puppet
16 3 (0.22%) Dell DRAC
16 3 (0.22%) Docker Swarm
16 3 (0.22%) Progress Chef
Vendors
1 319 (23.18%) Microsoft
2 74 (5.38%) Oracle
3 70 (5.09%) Salesforce
4 55 (4.00%) Databricks
5 43 (3.13%) Google
6 40 (2.91%) VMware
7 29 (2.11%) Cisco
8 27 (1.96%) Red Hat
9 26 (1.89%) Splunk
10 22 (1.60%) SolarWinds
11 21 (1.53%) Okta
11 21 (1.53%) SAP
12 19 (1.38%) Veeam
13 18 (1.31%) Ab Initio
14 16 (1.16%) ServiceNow
15 14 (1.02%) IBM
15 14 (1.02%) NetApp
16 13 (0.94%) 3PAR
17 11 (0.80%) Dynatrace
17 11 (0.80%) MuleSoft
828 hybrid/remote DevOps jobs