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

 6 months to
8 May 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 22 15 21
Rank change year-on-year -7 +6 -10
Permanent jobs citing DevOps 1,485 1,841 3,012
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 8.14% 12.95% 9.27%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 9.83% 13.62% 10.17%
Number of salaries quoted 1,052 1,251 2,512
10th Percentile £43,958 £45,000 £41,300
25th Percentile £55,000 £53,750 £51,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £70,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year - +7.69% -7.14%
75th Percentile £86,250 £90,000 £82,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £115,000 £97,500
UK median annual salary £70,000 £70,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year - +7.69% -7.14%

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 15,111 13,517 29,606
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 82.80% 95.05% 91.16%
Number of salaries quoted 10,669 8,801 23,474
10th Percentile £33,000 £31,250 £33,756
25th Percentile £45,000 £45,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £61,000 £60,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +1.67% +4.35% -8.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 £80,000 £75,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £105,000 £95,000
UK median annual salary £60,000 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year - +9.09% -10.10%

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 May 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 28 (1.89%) SharePoint
2 23 (1.55%) Apache
2 23 (1.55%) Confluence
3 20 (1.35%) Apache Airflow
4 17 (1.14%) Apache Spark
5 8 (0.54%) OpenStack
6 7 (0.47%) Apache Solr
6 7 (0.47%) CMS
6 7 (0.47%) Microsoft Exchange
6 7 (0.47%) Oracle SOA Suite
7 3 (0.20%) Anypoint
7 3 (0.20%) nginx
7 3 (0.20%) WordPress
8 2 (0.13%) IIS
9 1 (0.067%) Camunda
9 1 (0.067%) Cloud Foundry
9 1 (0.067%) Drupal
9 1 (0.067%) JBoss
9 1 (0.067%) SAS
9 1 (0.067%) Umbraco
Applications
1 18 (1.21%) Microsoft Project
2 14 (0.94%) Microsoft Excel
3 7 (0.47%) Microsoft Office
3 7 (0.47%) MS Visio
4 2 (0.13%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 1 (0.067%) EngageOne
5 1 (0.067%) Spreadsheet
5 1 (0.067%) Trello
Business Applications
1 32 (2.15%) Dynamics CRM
2 15 (1.01%) SAP ERP
3 14 (0.94%) Oracle ERP
4 6 (0.40%) Dynamics AX
5 5 (0.34%) SAP S/4HANA
6 4 (0.27%) Markit EDM
6 4 (0.27%) Salesforce CRM
7 3 (0.20%) Oracle EBS
8 2 (0.13%) Infor SunSystems
9 1 (0.067%) Dynamics NAV
9 1 (0.067%) Fidessa
9 1 (0.067%) Magento
9 1 (0.067%) Payment Gateway
9 1 (0.067%) SAP IBP
9 1 (0.067%) SAP MII
9 1 (0.067%) SAP PP
9 1 (0.067%) TIBCO iProcess
9 1 (0.067%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 825 (55.56%) Azure
2 511 (34.41%) AWS
3 405 (27.27%) Azure DevOps
4 227 (15.29%) GitHub
5 172 (11.58%) GCP
6 144 (9.70%) Serverless
7 131 (8.82%) Power Platform
8 123 (8.28%) SaaS
9 112 (7.54%) GitHub Actions
10 85 (5.72%) Entra ID
11 78 (5.25%) Amazon S3
12 73 (4.92%) Amazon EKS
13 67 (4.51%) AWS CloudFormation
14 65 (4.38%) Azure Data Factory
15 60 (4.04%) Azure AKS
16 58 (3.91%) AWS Lambda
16 58 (3.91%) Azure Logic Apps
17 54 (3.64%) PaaS
18 50 (3.37%) Azure Service Bus
19 46 (3.10%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 63 (4.24%) Broadband
2 52 (3.50%) Firewall
3 23 (1.55%) DNS
4 21 (1.41%) VPN
5 20 (1.35%) TCP/IP
6 16 (1.08%) DHCP
7 11 (0.74%) Network Security
8 7 (0.47%) LAN
8 7 (0.47%) WAN
9 6 (0.40%) Cisco ASA
10 4 (0.27%) AMQP
10 4 (0.27%) SAN
10 4 (0.27%) SSL
11 3 (0.20%) Cisco Firepower
11 3 (0.20%) Internet
11 3 (0.20%) Modbus
11 3 (0.20%) PuTTY
11 3 (0.20%) SCCP
11 3 (0.20%) SD-WAN
11 3 (0.20%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 105 (7.07%) SQL Server
2 91 (6.13%) NoSQL
3 79 (5.32%) MongoDB
4 72 (4.85%) PostgreSQL
5 63 (4.24%) Azure SQL Database
6 54 (3.64%) Power BI
7 48 (3.23%) Data Warehouse
8 46 (3.10%) Metadata
9 45 (3.03%) Relational Database
10 35 (2.36%) Data Lake
11 33 (2.22%) Amazon RDS
12 28 (1.89%) MySQL
13 25 (1.68%) Elasticsearch
14 21 (1.41%) Amazon Athena
14 21 (1.41%) DynamoDB
14 21 (1.41%) Tableau
15 19 (1.28%) Delta Lake
15 19 (1.28%) RDBMS
16 18 (1.21%) Redis
17 14 (0.94%) Amazon Redshift
Development Applications
1 143 (9.63%) Git
2 132 (8.89%) Jenkins
3 117 (7.88%) GitLab
4 91 (6.13%) JIRA
5 48 (3.23%) SonarQube
6 29 (1.95%) Selenium
7 20 (1.35%) Cypress.io
8 19 (1.28%) Jaeger
9 17 (1.14%) TeamCity
10 15 (1.01%) Bitbucket
10 15 (1.01%) Postman
11 14 (0.94%) Oracle Forms
12 12 (0.81%) JMeter
12 12 (0.81%) Visual Studio
13 11 (0.74%) Maven
14 9 (0.61%) Cucumber
15 7 (0.47%) Locust
16 6 (0.40%) NUnit
16 6 (0.40%) SpecFlow
16 6 (0.40%) Subversion
General
1 359 (24.18%) Finance
2 339 (22.83%) Social Skills
3 148 (9.97%) Analytical Skills
3 148 (9.97%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 126 (8.48%) Public Sector
5 71 (4.78%) Banking
5 71 (4.78%) Marketing
6 67 (4.51%) Law
7 53 (3.57%) Games
7 53 (3.57%) Retail
8 39 (2.63%) Legal
9 28 (1.89%) Telecoms
10 25 (1.68%) Manufacturing
11 22 (1.48%) Back Office
12 21 (1.41%) Financial Institution
13 16 (1.08%) Presentation Skills
14 14 (0.94%) Advertising
14 14 (0.94%) Front Office
15 13 (0.88%) Billing
15 13 (0.88%) Health Technology
Job Titles
1 352 (23.70%) Senior
2 263 (17.71%) Developer
3 245 (16.50%) Lead
4 212 (14.28%) DevOps Engineer
5 144 (9.70%) Architect
6 116 (7.81%) Software Engineer
7 99 (6.67%) Cloud Engineer
8 90 (6.06%) Senior DevOps
9 77 (5.19%) Azure Engineer
10 66 (4.44%) Data Engineer
11 64 (4.31%) Senior DevOps Engineer
12 63 (4.24%) Consultant
13 61 (4.11%) Platform Engineer
14 59 (3.97%) .NET Developer
14 59 (3.97%) Lead DevOps
14 59 (3.97%) Solutions Architect
15 56 (3.77%) Senior Developer
16 53 (3.57%) AWS Engineer
17 50 (3.37%) Lead Developer
17 50 (3.37%) Lead DevOps Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 224 (15.08%) .NET
2 151 (10.17%) React
3 126 (8.48%) REST
4 112 (7.54%) RESTful
5 86 (5.79%) Node.js
6 83 (5.59%) SOAP
7 77 (5.19%) CSS
8 74 (4.98%) HTML
9 70 (4.71%) Lightning Web Components
10 69 (4.65%) .NET Core
11 68 (4.58%) Kafka
12 65 (4.38%) Spring
13 60 (4.04%) Spring Boot
14 56 (3.77%) ASP.NET
15 55 (3.70%) Visualforce
16 51 (3.43%) AngularJS
17 46 (3.10%) .NET Framework
18 45 (3.03%) ASP.NET Core
19 42 (2.83%) OAuth
20 41 (2.76%) PySpark
Miscellaneous
1 249 (16.77%) Cloud Native
2 131 (8.82%) Product Ownership
3 56 (3.77%) Enterprise Software
4 45 (3.03%) Distributed Systems
5 32 (2.15%) Legacy Systems
6 30 (2.02%) Mobile App
7 28 (1.89%) Low-Code
7 28 (1.89%) Management Information System
8 27 (1.82%) Onboarding
8 27 (1.82%) Self-Motivation
9 20 (1.35%) Data Centre
9 20 (1.35%) Public Cloud
10 19 (1.28%) Hybrid Cloud
11 18 (1.21%) Analytical Mindset
12 17 (1.14%) Algorithms
13 15 (1.01%) Cyberattack
13 15 (1.01%) Legacy Applications
14 14 (0.94%) Data Structures
15 13 (0.88%) Greenfield Project
15 13 (0.88%) Podcast
Operating Systems
1 160 (10.77%) Linux
2 81 (5.45%) Windows
3 53 (3.57%) Unix
4 30 (2.02%) Windows Server
5 20 (1.35%) Android
6 10 (0.67%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 9 (0.61%) Apple iOS
7 9 (0.61%) VMS
8 8 (0.54%) CentOS
9 5 (0.34%) Debian
9 5 (0.34%) Ubuntu
10 4 (0.27%) Windows Server 2012
10 4 (0.27%) Windows Server 2019
11 2 (0.13%) Embedded Linux
11 2 (0.13%) Windows Server 2016
12 1 (0.067%) Windows 10
12 1 (0.067%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 831 (55.96%) CI/CD
2 652 (43.91%) Agile
3 364 (24.51%) Infrastructure as Code
4 336 (22.63%) Continuous Improvement
5 284 (19.12%) Mentoring
6 268 (18.05%) Problem-Solving
7 243 (16.36%) Software Engineering
8 240 (16.16%) Test Automation
9 239 (16.09%) Microservices
10 236 (15.89%) AI
11 219 (14.75%) Containerisation
12 205 (13.80%) Coaching
13 192 (12.93%) Observability
13 192 (12.93%) Scrum
14 181 (12.19%) Roadmaps
15 170 (11.45%) Analytics
16 161 (10.84%) Full-Stack Development
17 151 (10.17%) Event-Driven
18 148 (9.97%) Technical Leadership
19 143 (9.63%) Data Modelling
Programming Languages
1 373 (25.12%) Python
2 331 (22.29%) SQL
3 228 (15.35%) Java
4 187 (12.59%) JavaScript
5 186 (12.53%) C#
6 107 (7.21%) TypeScript
7 93 (6.26%) Bash
8 84 (5.66%) PowerShell
9 73 (4.92%) Apex Code
10 72 (4.85%) Go
11 53 (3.57%) Bicep
12 36 (2.42%) SOQL
12 36 (2.42%) SOSL
13 26 (1.75%) Scala
14 25 (1.68%) C++
15 20 (1.35%) PHP
16 18 (1.21%) Shell Script
17 16 (1.08%) PL/SQL
18 14 (0.94%) Rust
19 13 (0.88%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 167 (11.25%) Security Cleared
2 160 (10.77%) Degree
3 123 (8.28%) SC Cleared
4 58 (3.91%) Computer Science Degree
5 49 (3.30%) Azure Certification
6 40 (2.69%) AWS Certification
7 28 (1.89%) DV Cleared
8 21 (1.41%) Master's Degree
9 18 (1.21%) ISTQB
10 16 (1.08%) DBS Check
10 16 (1.08%) Microsoft Certification
11 15 (1.01%) CISSP
12 14 (0.94%) PMI Certification
13 10 (0.67%) Cisco Certification
13 10 (0.67%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
14 9 (0.61%) PMP
15 8 (0.54%) PhD
16 7 (0.47%) TOGAF Certification
17 6 (0.40%) BPSS Clearance
17 6 (0.40%) CCNP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 131 (8.82%) QA
2 72 (4.85%) Data Quality
3 46 (3.10%) Accessibility
4 37 (2.49%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 33 (2.22%) GDPR
6 29 (1.95%) NIST
7 18 (1.21%) GRC
8 11 (0.74%) WCAG
9 9 (0.61%) PCI DSS
10 8 (0.54%) SOC 2
11 5 (0.34%) IFRS
12 3 (0.20%) Cyber Essentials
12 3 (0.20%) HMG Security Policy Framework
12 3 (0.20%) ISO 9001
12 3 (0.20%) Sarbanes-Oxley
12 3 (0.20%) Software Quality Assurance
12 3 (0.20%) Solvency II
13 2 (0.13%) HL7
13 2 (0.13%) IFRS 17
13 2 (0.13%) SEPA
System Software
1 263 (17.71%) Docker
2 72 (4.85%) Active Directory
3 21 (1.41%) VMware Infrastructure
4 15 (1.01%) Virtual Machines
5 8 (0.54%) vSphere
6 7 (0.47%) Firmware
7 6 (0.40%) VMware ESXi
8 4 (0.27%) Slurm Workload Manager
9 3 (0.20%) Hyper-V
9 3 (0.20%) Microsoft Virtual Server
9 3 (0.20%) Virtual Servers
10 2 (0.13%) Embedded Firmware
10 2 (0.13%) Virtual Desktop
10 2 (0.13%) VMware NSX
11 1 (0.067%) Citrix Hypervisor
11 1 (0.067%) KVM
11 1 (0.067%) QEMU
11 1 (0.067%) vCloud
11 1 (0.067%) Xen
Systems Management
1 388 (26.13%) Terraform
2 320 (21.55%) Kubernetes
3 130 (8.75%) Ansible
4 86 (5.79%) Grafana
5 71 (4.78%) Prometheus
6 47 (3.16%) Argo
7 22 (1.48%) Single Sign-On
8 19 (1.28%) Kustomize
9 18 (1.21%) Puppet
10 12 (0.81%) Microsoft Intune
11 9 (0.61%) Istio
12 8 (0.54%) Packer
13 7 (0.47%) Progress Chef
13 7 (0.47%) Proxmox
14 6 (0.40%) Active Directory Federation Services
14 6 (0.40%) vCenter Server
15 5 (0.34%) AWS Copilot
15 5 (0.34%) HP Fortify
16 4 (0.27%) logstash
16 4 (0.27%) SCCM
Vendors
1 328 (22.09%) Microsoft
2 89 (5.99%) Salesforce
3 70 (4.71%) Google
4 47 (3.16%) Databricks
5 44 (2.96%) Oracle
6 41 (2.76%) Splunk
7 38 (2.56%) VMware
8 33 (2.22%) ServiceNow
9 32 (2.15%) SAP
10 21 (1.41%) MuleSoft
11 16 (1.08%) Cisco
11 16 (1.08%) Okta
11 16 (1.08%) Red Hat
12 11 (0.74%) Ab Initio
13 10 (0.67%) IBM
13 10 (0.67%) Palo Alto
14 8 (0.54%) Confluent
14 8 (0.54%) Facebook
14 8 (0.54%) Juniper
15 7 (0.47%) Atlassian
738 hybrid/remote DevOps jobs