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

 6 months to
1 Feb 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 17 14 16
Rank change year-on-year -3 +2 -6
Permanent jobs citing DevOps 1,414 2,108 3,093
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 8.96% 13.06% 11.53%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 10.34% 13.83% 12.40%
Number of salaries quoted 959 1,415 2,602
10th Percentile £42,500 £42,500 £42,500
25th Percentile £52,500 £52,500 £52,000
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 13,672 15,244 24,944
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 86.61% 94.44% 92.96%
Number of salaries quoted 8,682 8,971 20,549
10th Percentile £30,000 £36,250 £35,000
25th Percentile £42,500 £47,500 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £62,779 £59,556
Median % change year-on-year -4.43% +5.41% -4.71%
75th Percentile £80,000 £82,500 £77,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £102,500 £96,250
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £55,751
% change year-on-year -8.33% +7.62% -10.80%

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 1 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 41 (2.90%) Confluence
2 27 (1.91%) SharePoint
3 22 (1.56%) Microsoft Exchange
4 20 (1.41%) Apache Airflow
5 17 (1.20%) Oracle SOA Suite
6 15 (1.06%) Apache
7 11 (0.78%) IIS
8 10 (0.71%) Apache Spark
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 13 (0.92%) Microsoft Office
3 10 (0.71%) 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%) Aladdin
8 1 (0.071%) Dynamics NAV
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
1 910 (64.36%) Azure
2 500 (35.36%) Azure DevOps
3 494 (34.94%) AWS
4 343 (24.26%) GitHub
5 157 (11.10%) GCP
6 151 (10.68%) GitHub Actions
7 147 (10.40%) Power Platform
8 136 (9.62%) SaaS
9 135 (9.55%) Serverless
10 99 (7.00%) Entra ID
11 93 (6.58%) AWS CloudFormation
12 78 (5.52%) Amazon EKS
13 75 (5.30%) Azure Data Factory
13 75 (5.30%) Snowflake
14 74 (5.23%) GitHub Copilot
15 72 (5.09%) Amazon CloudWatch
15 72 (5.09%) Amazon S3
16 65 (4.60%) Azure Monitor
17 64 (4.53%) dbt
18 62 (4.38%) AWS Lambda
Communications & Networking
1 51 (3.61%) Firewall
2 45 (3.18%) Broadband
3 32 (2.26%) VPN
4 30 (2.12%) DNS
5 21 (1.49%) DHCP
6 19 (1.34%) TCP/IP
7 17 (1.20%) Network Security
8 15 (1.06%) WAN
9 11 (0.78%) LAN
10 10 (0.71%) SAN
11 9 (0.64%) SD-WAN
12 8 (0.57%) Wi-Fi
13 7 (0.50%) VLAN
14 6 (0.42%) VoIP
15 5 (0.35%) Internet
16 4 (0.28%) AMQP
16 4 (0.28%) Unified Communications
17 3 (0.21%) BGP
17 3 (0.21%) Fibre Channel
17 3 (0.21%) PuTTY
Database & Business Intelligence
1 125 (8.84%) SQL Server
2 91 (6.44%) Data Warehouse
2 91 (6.44%) NoSQL
3 80 (5.66%) Power BI
4 75 (5.30%) PostgreSQL
5 53 (3.75%) Tableau
6 51 (3.61%) Metadata
6 51 (3.61%) Relational Database
7 44 (3.11%) Azure SQL Database
7 44 (3.11%) MongoDB
8 39 (2.76%) Data Lake
9 33 (2.33%) MySQL
10 30 (2.12%) Amazon RDS
11 23 (1.63%) DynamoDB
11 23 (1.63%) Elasticsearch
12 20 (1.41%) RDBMS
13 18 (1.27%) Redis
14 17 (1.20%) Amazon Athena
14 17 (1.20%) Delta Lake
15 16 (1.13%) Snowflake Schema
Development Applications
1 159 (11.24%) Git
2 153 (10.82%) Jenkins
3 109 (7.71%) JIRA
4 92 (6.51%) GitLab
5 39 (2.76%) SonarQube
6 37 (2.62%) Oracle Forms
7 27 (1.91%) Selenium
8 19 (1.34%) Cypress.io
8 19 (1.34%) Jaeger
9 14 (0.99%) TeamCity
10 13 (0.92%) Bitbucket
10 13 (0.92%) Cucumber
11 12 (0.85%) JMeter
11 12 (0.85%) Postman
12 11 (0.78%) git-flow
12 11 (0.78%) JUnit
13 9 (0.64%) Subversion
14 7 (0.50%) Maven
14 7 (0.50%) Storybook
15 6 (0.42%) Visual Studio
General
1 433 (30.62%) Finance
2 407 (28.78%) Social Skills
3 165 (11.67%) Analytical Skills
4 112 (7.92%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 106 (7.50%) Public Sector
6 85 (6.01%) Marketing
7 49 (3.47%) Law
8 48 (3.39%) Banking
9 46 (3.25%) Retail
10 41 (2.90%) Telecoms
11 32 (2.26%) Games
12 25 (1.77%) Front Office
13 24 (1.70%) Financial Institution
14 20 (1.41%) Manufacturing
15 19 (1.34%) Back Office
16 18 (1.27%) Legal
17 16 (1.13%) Tech for Good
18 13 (0.92%) Billing
19 12 (0.85%) Documentation Skills
20 11 (0.78%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 362 (25.60%) Senior
2 255 (18.03%) Developer
3 176 (12.45%) Lead
4 130 (9.19%) Cloud Engineer
5 127 (8.98%) DevOps Engineer
6 124 (8.77%) Software Engineer
7 92 (6.51%) Architect
8 87 (6.15%) Azure Engineer
9 76 (5.37%) Senior Developer
10 66 (4.67%) Applications Engineer
10 66 (4.67%) Data Engineer
11 65 (4.60%) Platform Engineer
12 51 (3.61%) Infrastructure Engineer
12 51 (3.61%) Senior DevOps
13 47 (3.32%) .NET Developer
14 45 (3.18%) Analyst
15 44 (3.11%) Senior Software Engineer
16 43 (3.04%) Consultant
17 38 (2.69%) AWS Engineer
17 38 (2.69%) Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 236 (16.69%) .NET
2 164 (11.60%) React
3 139 (9.83%) RESTful
4 109 (7.71%) REST
5 89 (6.29%) SOAP
6 72 (5.09%) Node.js
6 72 (5.09%) Spring
7 71 (5.02%) Spring Boot
8 69 (4.88%) CSS
9 66 (4.67%) HTML
10 64 (4.53%) Kafka
11 60 (4.24%) Lightning Web Components
12 59 (4.17%) AngularJS
13 57 (4.03%) OAuth
14 55 (3.89%) .NET Framework
15 50 (3.54%) JSON
16 48 (3.39%) .NET Core
16 48 (3.39%) Elastic Stack
17 39 (2.76%) OAuth2
18 37 (2.62%) Visualforce
Miscellaneous
1 256 (18.10%) Cloud Native
2 143 (10.11%) Product Ownership
3 56 (3.96%) Enterprise Software
4 55 (3.89%) Distributed Systems
5 45 (3.18%) Management Information System
6 35 (2.48%) Onboarding
7 33 (2.33%) Legacy Systems
8 32 (2.26%) Low-Code
9 30 (2.12%) Self-Motivation
10 29 (2.05%) Mobile App
11 27 (1.91%) Analytical Mindset
12 22 (1.56%) Public Cloud
13 18 (1.27%) AI Agents
14 17 (1.20%) Algorithms
15 15 (1.06%) IoT
16 14 (0.99%) Security Posture
17 12 (0.85%) Legacy Applications
18 11 (0.78%) Data Centre
19 9 (0.64%) Data Protection Act
20 8 (0.57%) Data Structures
Operating Systems
1 149 (10.54%) Linux
2 104 (7.36%) Windows
3 50 (3.54%) Unix
4 39 (2.76%) 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 7 (0.50%) CentOS
10 7 (0.50%) Debian
11 1 (0.071%) Windows 10
11 1 (0.071%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 840 (59.41%) CI/CD
2 670 (47.38%) Agile
3 368 (26.03%) Infrastructure as Code
4 362 (25.60%) Continuous Improvement
5 312 (22.07%) Problem-Solving
6 288 (20.37%) Mentoring
7 277 (19.59%) AI
8 275 (19.45%) Coaching
9 234 (16.55%) Software Engineering
10 233 (16.48%) Test Automation
11 212 (14.99%) Microservices
12 210 (14.85%) Analytics
13 201 (14.21%) Asset Management
14 200 (14.14%) Observability
15 193 (13.65%) Containerisation
16 176 (12.45%) Data Modelling
17 155 (10.96%) Clean Code
17 155 (10.96%) Roadmaps
18 139 (9.83%) Scrum
19 132 (9.34%) Full-Stack Development
Programming Languages
1 449 (31.75%) Python
2 394 (27.86%) SQL
3 220 (15.56%) Java
4 183 (12.94%) C#
5 171 (12.09%) JavaScript
6 144 (10.18%) PowerShell
7 128 (9.05%) Bash
8 114 (8.06%) TypeScript
9 76 (5.37%) Bicep
10 74 (5.23%) Go
11 64 (4.53%) Apex Code
12 40 (2.83%) PL/SQL
13 39 (2.76%) Shell Script
14 26 (1.84%) Scala
15 25 (1.77%) SOQL
15 25 (1.77%) SOSL
16 19 (1.34%) C++
17 17 (1.20%) T-SQL
18 16 (1.13%) PHP
19 13 (0.92%) R
Qualifications
1 171 (12.09%) Degree
2 146 (10.33%) Security Cleared
3 110 (7.78%) SC Cleared
4 90 (6.36%) Computer Science Degree
5 64 (4.53%) Azure Certification
6 60 (4.24%) 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 13 (0.92%) Cisco Certification
12 12 (0.85%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
13 11 (0.78%) CISSP
13 11 (0.78%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
13 11 (0.78%) PMI Certification
14 10 (0.71%) PMP
15 9 (0.64%) CCNP
16 8 (0.57%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
17 7 (0.50%) DBS Check
18 6 (0.42%) BPSS Clearance
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 124 (8.77%) QA
2 73 (5.16%) Data Quality
3 49 (3.47%) Accessibility
3 49 (3.47%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 46 (3.25%) GDPR
5 19 (1.34%) NIST
6 11 (0.78%) PCI DSS
7 7 (0.50%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 7 (0.50%) SOC 2
7 7 (0.50%) WCAG
8 6 (0.42%) NCSC
8 6 (0.42%) SLA
9 5 (0.35%) Cyber Essentials
9 5 (0.35%) PMO
10 3 (0.21%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
10 3 (0.21%) ISO 9001
11 2 (0.14%) GRC
11 2 (0.14%) HMG Security Policy Framework
12 1 (0.071%) Def Stans
12 1 (0.071%) ISO 13485
System Software
1 262 (18.53%) 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%) Kamailio
11 2 (0.14%) vCloud
12 1 (0.071%) HDFS
Systems Management
1 428 (30.27%) Terraform
2 326 (23.06%) Kubernetes
3 133 (9.41%) Ansible
4 109 (7.71%) Grafana
5 89 (6.29%) Prometheus
6 46 (3.25%) Single Sign-On
7 42 (2.97%) Argo
8 22 (1.56%) Microsoft Intune
9 20 (1.41%) Kustomize
10 12 (0.85%) vCenter Server
11 10 (0.71%) SCCM
12 6 (0.42%) HP Fortify
12 6 (0.42%) Kibana
12 6 (0.42%) Red Hat Satellite
13 5 (0.35%) Control-M
14 4 (0.28%) logstash
14 4 (0.28%) Progress Chef
14 4 (0.28%) Puppet
15 3 (0.21%) Docker Swarm
15 3 (0.21%) Packer
Vendors
1 313 (22.14%) Microsoft
2 82 (5.80%) Salesforce
3 75 (5.30%) Oracle
4 66 (4.67%) Google
5 56 (3.96%) Databricks
6 36 (2.55%) Splunk
6 36 (2.55%) VMware
7 23 (1.63%) SAP
8 22 (1.56%) Okta
9 20 (1.41%) Cisco
10 18 (1.27%) Ab Initio
10 18 (1.27%) Red Hat
11 17 (1.20%) ServiceNow
11 17 (1.20%) SolarWinds
12 16 (1.13%) MuleSoft
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
779 hybrid/remote DevOps jobs