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 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

 6 months to
8 Dec 2025		 Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 20 15 10
Rank change year-on-year -5 -5 +1
Permanent jobs citing DevOps 1,350 2,285 2,933
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 8.83% 12.15% 14.22%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 9.80% 13.32% 14.97%
Number of salaries quoted 951 1,546 2,478
10th Percentile £42,500 £42,500 £45,000
25th Percentile £54,500 £52,500 £53,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £69,500 £67,500 £67,500
Median % change year-on-year +2.96% - -3.57%
75th Percentile £83,750 £84,500 £85,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £102,625 £102,500
UK median annual salary £70,000 £69,000 £70,000
% change year-on-year +1.45% -1.43% -

All Process and 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 13,775 17,158 19,587
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 90.07% 91.24% 94.98%
Number of salaries quoted 8,682 10,397 15,831
10th Percentile £29,750 £36,250 £36,270
25th Percentile £40,000 £46,250 £46,306
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £62,500 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -8.00% - -
75th Percentile £78,750 £81,250 £80,070
90th Percentile £100,000 £100,000 £97,500
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% - -0.83%

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 December 2025.

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 42 (3.11%) Confluence
2 23 (1.70%) SharePoint
3 18 (1.33%) Microsoft Exchange
4 16 (1.19%) IIS
5 15 (1.11%) Oracle SOA Suite
6 14 (1.04%) Apache Airflow
7 11 (0.81%) Apache Spark
8 10 (0.74%) Apache
9 6 (0.44%) nginx
10 5 (0.37%) CMS
11 2 (0.15%) OpenStack
12 1 (0.074%) ArcGIS
12 1 (0.074%) BizTalk Server
12 1 (0.074%) Camunda
12 1 (0.074%) Oracle Workflow
12 1 (0.074%) Tomcat
12 1 (0.074%) WebLogic
12 1 (0.074%) WordPress
Applications
1 38 (2.81%) Microsoft Excel
2 17 (1.26%) Microsoft Office
3 10 (0.74%) MS Visio
4 7 (0.52%) Microsoft Project
5 3 (0.22%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 2 (0.15%) Spreadsheet
7 1 (0.074%) PlantUML
Business Applications
1 35 (2.59%) Oracle ERP
2 16 (1.19%) Dynamics CRM
3 12 (0.89%) Dynamics NAV
4 4 (0.30%) Markit EDM
5 3 (0.22%) SAP ERP
5 3 (0.22%) Shopify
6 2 (0.15%) Salesforce CRM
6 2 (0.15%) SAP S/4HANA
7 1 (0.074%) Aladdin
7 1 (0.074%) Dynamics AX
7 1 (0.074%) Integrated Workplace Management System
7 1 (0.074%) NEC Housing
7 1 (0.074%) NetSuite
7 1 (0.074%) Payment Gateway
7 1 (0.074%) Primavera
7 1 (0.074%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
7 1 (0.074%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 924 (68.44%) Azure
2 511 (37.85%) Azure DevOps
3 446 (33.04%) AWS
4 326 (24.15%) GitHub
5 152 (11.26%) GCP
6 145 (10.74%) GitHub Actions
7 144 (10.67%) SaaS
8 140 (10.37%) Power Platform
9 106 (7.85%) Serverless
10 88 (6.52%) Entra ID
11 78 (5.78%) AWS CloudFormation
12 71 (5.26%) Snowflake
13 66 (4.89%) GitHub Copilot
14 63 (4.67%) Dynamics 365
15 62 (4.59%) Azure Data Factory
16 61 (4.52%) Microsoft 365
17 60 (4.44%) Amazon CloudWatch
17 60 (4.44%) Azure Monitor
18 59 (4.37%) dbt
19 58 (4.30%) Amazon EKS
Communications & Networking
1 45 (3.33%) Firewall
2 36 (2.67%) VPN
3 32 (2.37%) DNS
4 26 (1.93%) WAN
5 23 (1.70%) LAN
6 20 (1.48%) TCP/IP
7 19 (1.41%) Broadband
8 18 (1.33%) DHCP
8 18 (1.33%) Network Security
9 13 (0.96%) Wi-Fi
10 12 (0.89%) SD-WAN
10 12 (0.89%) VoIP
11 10 (0.74%) SAN
11 10 (0.74%) VLAN
12 7 (0.52%) Unified Communications
13 6 (0.44%) BGP
13 6 (0.44%) Fibre Channel
13 6 (0.44%) Internet
14 5 (0.37%) DMZ
14 5 (0.37%) STUN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 153 (11.33%) SQL Server
2 99 (7.33%) Data Warehouse
3 79 (5.85%) Power BI
4 71 (5.26%) PostgreSQL
5 60 (4.44%) NoSQL
6 49 (3.63%) Tableau
7 46 (3.41%) Azure SQL Database
8 39 (2.89%) Relational Database
9 34 (2.52%) MongoDB
10 33 (2.44%) Data Lake
11 31 (2.30%) MySQL
12 28 (2.07%) Amazon RDS
13 24 (1.78%) Metadata
14 21 (1.56%) DynamoDB
14 21 (1.56%) Elasticsearch
15 18 (1.33%) Redis
16 15 (1.11%) Snowflake Schema
17 13 (0.96%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
18 12 (0.89%) Amazon Redshift
18 12 (0.89%) BigQuery
Development Applications
1 162 (12.00%) Git
2 134 (9.93%) Jenkins
3 114 (8.44%) JIRA
4 84 (6.22%) GitLab
5 33 (2.44%) Oracle Forms
6 31 (2.30%) SonarQube
7 26 (1.93%) Selenium
8 15 (1.11%) Cypress.io
9 12 (0.89%) TeamCity
10 11 (0.81%) Bitbucket
10 11 (0.81%) Cucumber
10 11 (0.81%) git-flow
10 11 (0.81%) JMeter
10 11 (0.81%) JUnit
10 11 (0.81%) Postman
11 10 (0.74%) Team Foundation Server
12 9 (0.67%) Octopus Deploy
13 8 (0.59%) Subversion
13 8 (0.59%) Visual Studio Code
14 7 (0.52%) Visual Studio
General
1 408 (30.22%) Finance
2 397 (29.41%) Social Skills
3 136 (10.07%) Analytical Skills
4 93 (6.89%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 88 (6.52%) Marketing
6 71 (5.26%) Public Sector
7 65 (4.81%) Retail
8 61 (4.52%) Law
9 44 (3.26%) Telecoms
10 34 (2.52%) Banking
11 32 (2.37%) Back Office
12 29 (2.15%) Documentation Skills
13 23 (1.70%) Front Office
14 20 (1.48%) Games
15 19 (1.41%) Presentation Skills
16 18 (1.33%) Legal
17 17 (1.26%) Manufacturing
18 15 (1.11%) Financial Institution
18 15 (1.11%) Pharmaceutical
19 11 (0.81%) Tech for Good
Job Titles
1 318 (23.56%) Senior
2 236 (17.48%) Developer
3 150 (11.11%) Lead
4 137 (10.15%) DevOps Engineer
5 118 (8.74%) Cloud Engineer
6 98 (7.26%) Software Engineer
7 88 (6.52%) Architect
8 86 (6.37%) Azure Engineer
9 78 (5.78%) Senior Developer
10 63 (4.67%) Applications Engineer
11 61 (4.52%) Analyst
12 56 (4.15%) Platform Engineer
13 55 (4.07%) Infrastructure Engineer
14 53 (3.93%) Data Engineer
15 51 (3.78%) .NET Developer
16 50 (3.70%) Consultant
17 42 (3.11%) Senior DevOps
18 39 (2.89%) Full-Stack Developer
19 35 (2.59%) Senior Cloud Engineer
19 35 (2.59%) Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 253 (18.74%) .NET
2 155 (11.48%) React
3 119 (8.81%) RESTful
4 87 (6.44%) REST
5 67 (4.96%) SOAP
6 64 (4.74%) .NET Framework
6 64 (4.74%) CSS
6 64 (4.74%) HTML
7 58 (4.30%) Node.js
8 56 (4.15%) Spring Boot
9 55 (4.07%) AngularJS
9 55 (4.07%) Kafka
10 53 (3.93%) JSON
11 52 (3.85%) Spring
12 51 (3.78%) OAuth
13 50 (3.70%) .NET Core
14 44 (3.26%) XML
15 41 (3.04%) Lightning Web Components
16 39 (2.89%) ASP.NET
17 38 (2.81%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 251 (18.59%) Cloud Native
2 123 (9.11%) Product Ownership
3 59 (4.37%) Management Information System
4 51 (3.78%) Distributed Systems
4 51 (3.78%) Enterprise Software
5 36 (2.67%) Onboarding
6 29 (2.15%) Legacy Systems
7 27 (2.00%) Analytical Mindset
8 23 (1.70%) Low-Code
8 23 (1.70%) Public Cloud
9 21 (1.56%) IoT
10 20 (1.48%) Self-Motivation
11 19 (1.41%) Mobile App
12 18 (1.33%) Data Centre
13 17 (1.26%) AI Agents
14 16 (1.19%) NHS
15 13 (0.96%) Security Posture
16 11 (0.81%) Legacy Applications
17 9 (0.67%) Data Protection Act
17 9 (0.67%) Greenfield Project
Operating Systems
1 135 (10.00%) Linux
2 114 (8.44%) Windows
3 39 (2.89%) Windows Server
4 29 (2.15%) Unix
5 19 (1.41%) VMS
6 13 (0.96%) Android
7 12 (0.89%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 11 (0.81%) Windows Server 2019
9 10 (0.74%) Windows Server 2012
10 8 (0.59%) Debian
11 7 (0.52%) CentOS
11 7 (0.52%) Ubuntu
12 5 (0.37%) Apple iOS
13 1 (0.074%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 774 (57.33%) CI/CD
2 644 (47.70%) Agile
3 351 (26.00%) Infrastructure as Code
4 320 (23.70%) Continuous Improvement
5 301 (22.30%) Problem-Solving
6 268 (19.85%) Mentoring
7 260 (19.26%) AI
8 232 (17.19%) Test Automation
9 219 (16.22%) Coaching
10 207 (15.33%) Software Engineering
11 206 (15.26%) Microservices
12 190 (14.07%) Analytics
13 184 (13.63%) Asset Management
13 184 (13.63%) Observability
14 175 (12.96%) Containerisation
15 147 (10.89%) Clean Code
16 143 (10.59%) Roadmaps
16 143 (10.59%) Scrum
17 134 (9.93%) Data Modelling
18 133 (9.85%) Computer Science
Programming Languages
1 411 (30.44%) Python
2 382 (28.30%) SQL
3 227 (16.81%) C#
4 167 (12.37%) PowerShell
5 164 (12.15%) Java
6 154 (11.41%) JavaScript
7 123 (9.11%) Bash
8 110 (8.15%) TypeScript
9 78 (5.78%) Bicep
10 45 (3.33%) Go
11 44 (3.26%) Apex Code
12 38 (2.81%) PL/SQL
13 33 (2.44%) Shell Script
14 25 (1.85%) T-SQL
15 17 (1.26%) Scala
16 16 (1.19%) PHP
17 15 (1.11%) C
17 15 (1.11%) SOQL
17 15 (1.11%) SOSL
18 14 (1.04%) R
Qualifications
1 177 (13.11%) Degree
2 124 (9.19%) Security Cleared
3 103 (7.63%) SC Cleared
4 100 (7.41%) Computer Science Degree
5 73 (5.41%) Azure Certification
6 46 (3.41%) AWS Certification
7 37 (2.74%) Master's Degree
8 28 (2.07%) Microsoft Certification
9 21 (1.56%) Cisco Certification
10 20 (1.48%) ISTQB
11 18 (1.33%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
12 15 (1.11%) CCNP
12 15 (1.11%) DV Cleared
13 14 (1.04%) CISSP
14 13 (0.96%) PMP
15 12 (0.89%) PMI Certification
16 10 (0.74%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
17 8 (0.59%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
18 7 (0.52%) ACCA
18 7 (0.52%) DBS Check
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 137 (10.15%) QA
2 67 (4.96%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 57 (4.22%) GDPR
4 43 (3.19%) Data Quality
5 40 (2.96%) Accessibility
6 28 (2.07%) NIST
7 17 (1.26%) ISO 9001
8 15 (1.11%) Sarbanes-Oxley
9 11 (0.81%) NCSC
10 10 (0.74%) Cyber Essentials
10 10 (0.74%) PCI DSS
11 9 (0.67%) HIPAA
12 8 (0.59%) SOC 2
13 7 (0.52%) SLA
14 6 (0.44%) PMO
14 6 (0.44%) WCAG
15 5 (0.37%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
16 3 (0.22%) Software Quality Assurance
17 2 (0.15%) GRC
17 2 (0.15%) HL7
System Software
1 247 (18.30%) Docker
2 77 (5.70%) Active Directory
3 26 (1.93%) Virtual Machines
4 22 (1.63%) VMware Infrastructure
5 17 (1.26%) vSphere
6 16 (1.19%) Virtual Desktop
7 11 (0.81%) VMware ESXi
8 6 (0.44%) NFS
9 5 (0.37%) Firmware
9 5 (0.37%) Kamailio
10 4 (0.30%) Postfix
10 4 (0.30%) VMware NSX
11 3 (0.22%) Virtual Servers
12 2 (0.15%) Hyper-V
12 2 (0.15%) vCloud
13 1 (0.074%) Dovecot
13 1 (0.074%) HDFS
Systems Management
1 383 (28.37%) Terraform
2 303 (22.44%) Kubernetes
3 120 (8.89%) Ansible
4 100 (7.41%) Grafana
5 72 (5.33%) Prometheus
6 40 (2.96%) Single Sign-On
7 25 (1.85%) Argo
8 21 (1.56%) Microsoft Intune
9 11 (0.81%) vCenter Server
10 10 (0.74%) Red Hat Satellite
10 10 (0.74%) SCCM
11 6 (0.44%) Kibana
12 5 (0.37%) Puppet
13 4 (0.30%) HP Fortify
13 4 (0.30%) Progress Chef
14 3 (0.22%) Dell DRAC
14 3 (0.22%) Docker Swarm
14 3 (0.22%) logstash
15 2 (0.15%) Kubeflow
15 2 (0.15%) Kustomize
Vendors
1 329 (24.37%) Microsoft
2 76 (5.63%) Oracle
3 64 (4.74%) Salesforce
4 52 (3.85%) Databricks
5 37 (2.74%) Google
5 37 (2.74%) VMware
6 33 (2.44%) Red Hat
7 30 (2.22%) Cisco
8 26 (1.93%) Splunk
9 20 (1.48%) Okta
10 19 (1.41%) SolarWinds
11 16 (1.19%) Veeam
12 15 (1.11%) ServiceNow
13 14 (1.04%) Ab Initio
14 11 (0.81%) Dynatrace
14 11 (0.81%) IBM
14 11 (0.81%) MuleSoft
14 11 (0.81%) NetApp
14 11 (0.81%) SAP
15 10 (0.74%) 3PAR
1,369 hybrid/remote DevOps jobs