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

 6 months to
14 May 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 20 13 21
Rank change year-on-year -7 +8 -10
Permanent jobs citing DevOps 1,529 2,076 2,993
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 8.26% 14.28% 9.22%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 9.97% 15.02% 10.12%
Number of salaries quoted 1,088 1,190 2,495
10th Percentile £44,775 £45,000 £41,823
25th Percentile £55,000 £54,073 £51,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £69,310 £70,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -0.99% +7.69% -7.14%
75th Percentile £85,000 £88,750 £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 15,329 13,820 29,562
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 82.82% 95.08% 91.06%
Number of salaries quoted 10,874 8,648 23,364
10th Percentile £33,750 £31,250 £33,750
25th Percentile £45,000 £45,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,100 £60,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +0.17% +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% -9.84%

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 14 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 27 (1.77%) SharePoint
2 22 (1.44%) Apache
3 20 (1.31%) Confluence
4 19 (1.24%) Apache Airflow
5 15 (0.98%) Apache Spark
6 8 (0.52%) CMS
6 8 (0.52%) OpenStack
7 7 (0.46%) Apache Solr
7 7 (0.46%) Oracle SOA Suite
8 6 (0.39%) Microsoft Exchange
8 6 (0.39%) SharePoint Server
9 4 (0.26%) WordPress
10 3 (0.20%) Anypoint
10 3 (0.20%) nginx
11 2 (0.13%) IIS
11 2 (0.13%) Umbraco
12 1 (0.065%) Cloud Foundry
12 1 (0.065%) Drupal
12 1 (0.065%) JBoss
12 1 (0.065%) SAS
Applications
1 19 (1.24%) Microsoft Project
2 12 (0.78%) Microsoft Excel
3 5 (0.33%) Microsoft Office
3 5 (0.33%) MS Visio
4 2 (0.13%) Trello
5 1 (0.065%) EngageOne
5 1 (0.065%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 1 (0.065%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 33 (2.16%) Dynamics CRM
2 15 (0.98%) SAP ERP
3 14 (0.92%) Oracle ERP
4 6 (0.39%) Dynamics AX
4 6 (0.39%) SAP S/4HANA
5 4 (0.26%) Markit EDM
6 3 (0.20%) Oracle EBS
6 3 (0.20%) Salesforce CRM
7 2 (0.13%) Fidessa
7 2 (0.13%) Infor SunSystems
8 1 (0.065%) Dynamics NAV
8 1 (0.065%) Magento
8 1 (0.065%) Payment Gateway
8 1 (0.065%) SAP IBP
8 1 (0.065%) SAP MII
8 1 (0.065%) SAP PP
8 1 (0.065%) TIBCO iProcess
8 1 (0.065%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 852 (55.72%) Azure
2 512 (33.49%) AWS
3 437 (28.58%) Azure DevOps
4 220 (14.39%) GitHub
5 168 (10.99%) GCP
6 146 (9.55%) Serverless
7 134 (8.76%) Power Platform
8 124 (8.11%) SaaS
9 107 (7.00%) GitHub Actions
10 84 (5.49%) Entra ID
11 78 (5.10%) Amazon S3
12 71 (4.64%) Amazon EKS
13 64 (4.19%) Azure Data Factory
14 62 (4.05%) AWS CloudFormation
15 60 (3.92%) Azure AKS
16 59 (3.86%) Azure Logic Apps
16 59 (3.86%) PaaS
17 57 (3.73%) AWS Lambda
18 49 (3.20%) Azure Service Bus
19 46 (3.01%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 62 (4.05%) Broadband
2 56 (3.66%) Firewall
3 29 (1.90%) DNS
4 21 (1.37%) VPN
5 20 (1.31%) TCP/IP
6 16 (1.05%) DHCP
7 11 (0.72%) Network Security
8 8 (0.52%) WAN
9 7 (0.46%) LAN
10 6 (0.39%) BGP
10 6 (0.39%) Cisco ASA
10 6 (0.39%) NGFW
10 6 (0.39%) OSPF
11 5 (0.33%) Ethernet VPN
11 5 (0.33%) Internet
11 5 (0.33%) VXLAN
12 4 (0.26%) AMQP
12 4 (0.26%) SAN
12 4 (0.26%) SD-WAN
13 3 (0.20%) PuTTY
Database & Business Intelligence
1 105 (6.87%) SQL Server
2 99 (6.47%) MongoDB
3 92 (6.02%) Azure SQL Database
4 86 (5.62%) NoSQL
5 71 (4.64%) PostgreSQL
6 56 (3.66%) Power BI
7 45 (2.94%) Metadata
8 43 (2.81%) Data Warehouse
8 43 (2.81%) Relational Database
9 32 (2.09%) Amazon RDS
10 31 (2.03%) Data Lake
11 30 (1.96%) Elasticsearch
12 24 (1.57%) MySQL
13 22 (1.44%) Amazon Athena
14 20 (1.31%) DynamoDB
14 20 (1.31%) Tableau
15 19 (1.24%) Delta Lake
16 18 (1.18%) RDBMS
16 18 (1.18%) Redis
17 14 (0.92%) Amazon Redshift
Development Applications
1 148 (9.68%) Git
2 130 (8.50%) Jenkins
3 117 (7.65%) GitLab
4 89 (5.82%) JIRA
5 46 (3.01%) SonarQube
6 31 (2.03%) Selenium
7 22 (1.44%) Cypress.io
8 18 (1.18%) Jaeger
8 18 (1.18%) TeamCity
9 15 (0.98%) Postman
10 14 (0.92%) Oracle Forms
11 13 (0.85%) Bitbucket
11 13 (0.85%) Visual Studio
12 12 (0.78%) JMeter
13 11 (0.72%) Maven
14 10 (0.65%) Cucumber
15 7 (0.46%) Locust
16 6 (0.39%) NUnit
16 6 (0.39%) SpecFlow
17 5 (0.33%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 365 (23.87%) Finance
2 336 (21.98%) Social Skills
3 149 (9.74%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 142 (9.29%) Analytical Skills
5 135 (8.83%) Public Sector
6 71 (4.64%) Banking
7 70 (4.58%) Marketing
8 69 (4.51%) Law
9 56 (3.66%) Games
10 53 (3.47%) Retail
11 41 (2.68%) Legal
12 22 (1.44%) Back Office
12 22 (1.44%) Financial Institution
12 22 (1.44%) Manufacturing
12 22 (1.44%) Telecoms
13 16 (1.05%) Advertising
13 16 (1.05%) Presentation Skills
14 13 (0.85%) Billing
14 13 (0.85%) Front Office
14 13 (0.85%) Health Technology
Job Titles
1 360 (23.54%) Senior
2 286 (18.71%) Developer
3 251 (16.42%) Lead
4 219 (14.32%) DevOps Engineer
5 148 (9.68%) Architect
6 126 (8.24%) Software Engineer
7 94 (6.15%) Cloud Engineer
8 91 (5.95%) Senior DevOps
9 84 (5.49%) .NET Developer
10 79 (5.17%) Azure Engineer
11 66 (4.32%) Data Engineer
11 66 (4.32%) Senior DevOps Engineer
12 63 (4.12%) Consultant
12 63 (4.12%) Platform Engineer
12 63 (4.12%) Solutions Architect
13 60 (3.92%) Lead DevOps
14 56 (3.66%) Senior Developer
15 53 (3.47%) Lead DevOps Engineer
16 52 (3.40%) AWS Engineer
16 52 (3.40%) Lead Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 253 (16.55%) .NET
2 163 (10.66%) React
3 125 (8.18%) REST
4 121 (7.91%) RESTful
5 94 (6.15%) .NET Core
6 91 (5.95%) Node.js
7 86 (5.62%) CSS
8 84 (5.49%) HTML
9 83 (5.43%) ASP.NET
10 81 (5.30%) SOAP
11 71 (4.64%) ASP.NET Core
12 69 (4.51%) Lightning Web Components
13 65 (4.25%) Spring
14 62 (4.05%) Kafka
15 61 (3.99%) Spring Boot
16 54 (3.53%) Visualforce
17 51 (3.34%) AngularJS
18 43 (2.81%) .NET Framework
18 43 (2.81%) Entity Framework
19 41 (2.68%) OAuth
Miscellaneous
1 248 (16.22%) Cloud Native
2 133 (8.70%) Product Ownership
3 59 (3.86%) Enterprise Software
4 43 (2.81%) Distributed Systems
5 35 (2.29%) Legacy Systems
6 33 (2.16%) Mobile App
7 29 (1.90%) Management Information System
8 28 (1.83%) Low-Code
8 28 (1.83%) Self-Motivation
9 27 (1.77%) Onboarding
10 25 (1.64%) Data Centre
11 20 (1.31%) Legacy Applications
11 20 (1.31%) Public Cloud
12 19 (1.24%) Hybrid Cloud
13 18 (1.18%) Greenfield Project
14 17 (1.11%) Algorithms
15 16 (1.05%) Analytical Mindset
16 15 (0.98%) Cyberattack
16 15 (0.98%) Data Structures
17 13 (0.85%) Client/Server
Operating Systems
1 159 (10.40%) Linux
2 75 (4.91%) Windows
3 52 (3.40%) Unix
4 29 (1.90%) Windows Server
5 22 (1.44%) Android
6 9 (0.59%) Apple iOS
6 9 (0.59%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 8 (0.52%) VMS
8 7 (0.46%) CentOS
9 5 (0.33%) Debian
10 4 (0.26%) Ubuntu
10 4 (0.26%) Windows Server 2012
10 4 (0.26%) Windows Server 2019
11 2 (0.13%) Embedded Linux
11 2 (0.13%) Windows Server 2016
12 1 (0.065%) Windows 10
12 1 (0.065%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 855 (55.92%) CI/CD
2 677 (44.28%) Agile
3 369 (24.13%) Infrastructure as Code
4 335 (21.91%) Continuous Improvement
5 307 (20.08%) Mentoring
6 269 (17.59%) Problem-Solving
7 252 (16.48%) Software Engineering
8 249 (16.29%) Test Automation
9 248 (16.22%) AI
10 238 (15.57%) Microservices
11 223 (14.58%) Coaching
12 215 (14.06%) Containerisation
13 199 (13.02%) Scrum
14 195 (12.75%) Full-Stack Development
15 194 (12.69%) Observability
16 178 (11.64%) Roadmaps
17 175 (11.45%) Analytics
18 157 (10.27%) Technical Leadership
19 149 (9.74%) Event-Driven
20 141 (9.22%) Platform Engineering
Programming Languages
1 381 (24.92%) Python
2 362 (23.68%) SQL
3 236 (15.43%) Java
4 220 (14.39%) C#
5 209 (13.67%) JavaScript
6 108 (7.06%) TypeScript
7 95 (6.21%) Bash
8 85 (5.56%) PowerShell
9 72 (4.71%) Apex Code
10 69 (4.51%) Go
11 52 (3.40%) Bicep
12 36 (2.35%) SOQL
12 36 (2.35%) SOSL
13 30 (1.96%) C++
14 25 (1.64%) Scala
15 20 (1.31%) PHP
16 18 (1.18%) Shell Script
17 16 (1.05%) PL/SQL
18 14 (0.92%) Rust
19 13 (0.85%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 172 (11.25%) Security Cleared
2 159 (10.40%) Degree
3 127 (8.31%) SC Cleared
4 55 (3.60%) Computer Science Degree
5 49 (3.20%) Azure Certification
6 40 (2.62%) AWS Certification
7 28 (1.83%) DV Cleared
8 20 (1.31%) Master's Degree
9 18 (1.18%) ISTQB
10 17 (1.11%) DBS Check
11 16 (1.05%) Microsoft Certification
12 15 (0.98%) CISSP
13 14 (0.92%) PMI Certification
14 11 (0.72%) Cisco Certification
15 10 (0.65%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
16 9 (0.59%) PMP
17 8 (0.52%) PhD
17 8 (0.52%) TOGAF Certification
18 7 (0.46%) CCNP
19 6 (0.39%) BPSS Clearance
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 131 (8.57%) QA
2 71 (4.64%) Data Quality
3 48 (3.14%) Accessibility
4 36 (2.35%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 32 (2.09%) GDPR
6 28 (1.83%) NIST
7 17 (1.11%) GRC
8 12 (0.78%) WCAG
9 9 (0.59%) PCI DSS
10 7 (0.46%) SOC 2
11 5 (0.33%) IFRS
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%) Cyber Essentials
13 2 (0.13%) HL7
13 2 (0.13%) IFRS 17
13 2 (0.13%) PMO
System Software
1 260 (17.00%) Docker
2 70 (4.58%) Active Directory
3 21 (1.37%) VMware Infrastructure
4 15 (0.98%) Virtual Machines
5 8 (0.52%) vSphere
6 7 (0.46%) Firmware
7 6 (0.39%) VMware ESXi
8 4 (0.26%) 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 (0.065%) Citrix Hypervisor
11 1 (0.065%) KVM
11 1 (0.065%) QEMU
11 1 (0.065%) vCloud
11 1 (0.065%) Xen
Systems Management
1 388 (25.38%) Terraform
2 314 (20.54%) Kubernetes
3 126 (8.24%) Ansible
4 87 (5.69%) Grafana
5 70 (4.58%) Prometheus
6 45 (2.94%) Argo
7 21 (1.37%) Single Sign-On
8 18 (1.18%) Kustomize
9 17 (1.11%) Puppet
10 12 (0.78%) Microsoft Intune
11 9 (0.59%) Istio
12 8 (0.52%) Packer
13 7 (0.46%) Progress Chef
13 7 (0.46%) Proxmox
14 6 (0.39%) Active Directory Federation Services
14 6 (0.39%) vCenter Server
15 5 (0.33%) AWS Copilot
15 5 (0.33%) HP Fortify
16 4 (0.26%) logstash
16 4 (0.26%) SCCM
Vendors
1 357 (23.35%) Microsoft
2 91 (5.95%) Salesforce
3 74 (4.84%) Google
4 46 (3.01%) Databricks
5 44 (2.88%) Oracle
6 39 (2.55%) Splunk
7 38 (2.49%) VMware
8 33 (2.16%) ServiceNow
9 32 (2.09%) SAP
10 20 (1.31%) MuleSoft
11 17 (1.11%) Cisco
12 16 (1.05%) Okta
13 15 (0.98%) Palo Alto
13 15 (0.98%) Red Hat
14 14 (0.92%) Facebook
15 12 (0.78%) F5
16 11 (0.72%) Ab Initio
16 11 (0.72%) IBM
17 8 (0.52%) Apple
17 8 (0.52%) Juniper
780 hybrid/remote DevOps jobs