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

 6 months to
23 Jun 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 19 17 21
Rank change year-on-year -2 +4 -11
Permanent jobs citing DevOps 1,654 1,922 2,996
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 8.13% 12.35% 8.67%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 9.91% 13.08% 9.76%
Number of salaries quoted 1,240 1,061 2,419
10th Percentile £44,925 £47,231 £41,250
25th Percentile £52,500 £56,250 £51,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £67,500 £70,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.57% +7.69% -7.14%
75th Percentile £83,845 £87,500 £82,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £112,500 £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 16,683 14,689 30,701
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 82.00% 94.40% 88.80%
Number of salaries quoted 12,100 8,561 23,682
10th Percentile £35,000 £29,750 £33,750
25th Percentile £45,000 £42,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year - +4.35% -8.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 £79,625 £75,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £105,000 £95,000
UK median annual salary £60,000 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year +4.35% +4.55% -9.41%

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 23 June 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 (2.48%) SharePoint
2 28 (1.69%) Confluence
3 23 (1.39%) Apache
4 17 (1.03%) Apache Airflow
4 17 (1.03%) Apache Spark
5 14 (0.85%) Microsoft Exchange
6 9 (0.54%) CMS
7 8 (0.48%) SharePoint Server
8 6 (0.36%) Apache Solr
8 6 (0.36%) IIS
8 6 (0.36%) WordPress
9 5 (0.30%) Jupyter
9 5 (0.30%) nginx
9 5 (0.30%) OpenStack
10 3 (0.18%) Anypoint
10 3 (0.18%) SAS
10 3 (0.18%) Umbraco
11 1 (0.060%) Headless CMS
11 1 (0.060%) JBoss
11 1 (0.060%) Red Hat Fuse
Applications
1 34 (2.06%) Microsoft Project
2 12 (0.73%) Microsoft Excel
3 6 (0.36%) Trello
4 5 (0.30%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 5 (0.30%) MS Visio
5 3 (0.18%) Blender
5 3 (0.18%) Maya
6 1 (0.060%) EngageOne
6 1 (0.060%) Notion
6 1 (0.060%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 46 (2.78%) Dynamics CRM
2 7 (0.42%) SAP ERP
3 6 (0.36%) SAP S/4HANA
4 5 (0.30%) Dynamics AX
5 4 (0.24%) Fidessa
5 4 (0.24%) Oracle EBS
6 2 (0.12%) Infor SunSystems
7 1 (0.060%) Dynamics NAV
7 1 (0.060%) Magento
7 1 (0.060%) Payment Gateway
7 1 (0.060%) SAP IBP
7 1 (0.060%) SAP MII
7 1 (0.060%) SAP PP
7 1 (0.060%) TIBCO iProcess
Cloud Services
1 896 (54.17%) Azure
2 542 (32.77%) AWS
3 494 (29.87%) Azure DevOps
4 167 (10.10%) GCP
4 167 (10.10%) Serverless
5 156 (9.43%) GitHub
6 146 (8.83%) Power Platform
7 143 (8.65%) SaaS
8 81 (4.90%) PaaS
9 77 (4.66%) Entra ID
10 75 (4.53%) Azure AKS
11 74 (4.47%) Amazon EKS
11 74 (4.47%) Amazon S3
12 68 (4.11%) GitHub Actions
13 67 (4.05%) Azure AI
14 62 (3.75%) AWS CloudFormation
15 58 (3.51%) Azure Service Bus
16 56 (3.39%) Dynamics 365
17 55 (3.33%) AWS Lambda
17 55 (3.33%) Azure Logic Apps
Communications & Networking
1 67 (4.05%) Broadband
2 49 (2.96%) Firewall
3 30 (1.81%) VPN
4 28 (1.69%) DNS
5 22 (1.33%) TCP/IP
6 14 (0.85%) DHCP
7 10 (0.60%) Internet
7 10 (0.60%) Network Security
8 6 (0.36%) BGP
8 6 (0.36%) Cisco ASA
8 6 (0.36%) LAN
8 6 (0.36%) NGFW
8 6 (0.36%) OSPF
8 6 (0.36%) WAN
9 5 (0.30%) Ethernet VPN
9 5 (0.30%) VXLAN
10 4 (0.24%) SSL
11 3 (0.18%) DSL
11 3 (0.18%) SAN
11 3 (0.18%) SCCP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 168 (10.16%) Azure SQL Database
2 167 (10.10%) MongoDB
3 106 (6.41%) SQL Server
4 78 (4.72%) NoSQL
5 77 (4.66%) PostgreSQL
6 57 (3.45%) Power BI
7 42 (2.54%) Elasticsearch
7 42 (2.54%) Relational Database
8 35 (2.12%) Metadata
9 32 (1.93%) Amazon RDS
10 30 (1.81%) MySQL
11 28 (1.69%) Data Warehouse
12 25 (1.51%) Amazon Athena
13 22 (1.33%) Data Lake
14 21 (1.27%) RDBMS
15 20 (1.21%) DynamoDB
15 20 (1.21%) Redis
16 16 (0.97%) Delta Lake
17 11 (0.67%) Amazon Redshift
18 10 (0.60%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 146 (8.83%) Git
2 116 (7.01%) GitLab
3 111 (6.71%) Jenkins
4 101 (6.11%) JIRA
5 43 (2.60%) SonarQube
6 28 (1.69%) Selenium
7 23 (1.39%) TeamCity
8 19 (1.15%) Cypress.io
8 19 (1.15%) Postman
9 18 (1.09%) Jaeger
10 14 (0.85%) Visual Studio
11 12 (0.73%) Cucumber
12 11 (0.67%) JMeter
13 10 (0.60%) Bitbucket
14 7 (0.42%) Claude Code
14 7 (0.42%) Maven
14 7 (0.42%) NUnit
14 7 (0.42%) Visual Studio Code
15 5 (0.30%) Locust
15 5 (0.30%) SpecFlow
General
1 351 (21.22%) Social Skills
2 316 (19.11%) Finance
3 169 (10.22%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 141 (8.52%) Public Sector
5 122 (7.38%) Analytical Skills
6 84 (5.08%) Law
7 69 (4.17%) Banking
8 67 (4.05%) Retail
9 65 (3.93%) Marketing
10 64 (3.87%) Games
11 48 (2.90%) Legal
12 27 (1.63%) Back Office
13 25 (1.51%) Advertising
14 24 (1.45%) Financial Institution
15 22 (1.33%) Presentation Skills
16 20 (1.21%) Manufacturing
17 15 (0.91%) Legal Technology
18 14 (0.85%) Health Technology
19 12 (0.73%) Telecoms
20 11 (0.67%) Billing
Job Titles
1 361 (21.83%) Developer
2 358 (21.64%) Senior
3 271 (16.38%) DevOps Engineer
4 255 (15.42%) Lead
5 167 (10.10%) Architect
6 149 (9.01%) .NET Developer
7 143 (8.65%) Software Engineer
8 98 (5.93%) Senior DevOps
9 88 (5.32%) Cloud Engineer
10 81 (4.90%) Azure Engineer
11 79 (4.78%) Senior DevOps Engineer
12 68 (4.11%) Solutions Architect
13 62 (3.75%) AWS Engineer
13 62 (3.75%) Platform Engineer
14 59 (3.57%) Senior Developer
15 58 (3.51%) Data Engineer
16 56 (3.39%) Senior Software Engineer
17 54 (3.26%) Consultant
17 54 (3.26%) Lead Developer
18 49 (2.96%) Lead DevOps
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 332 (20.07%) .NET
2 195 (11.79%) React
3 161 (9.73%) ASP.NET
4 158 (9.55%) .NET Core
5 145 (8.77%) ASP.NET Core
6 126 (7.62%) RESTful
7 114 (6.89%) CSS
8 113 (6.83%) REST
9 111 (6.71%) HTML
9 111 (6.71%) Node.js
10 79 (4.78%) Entity Framework
11 77 (4.66%) Blazor
12 63 (3.81%) ML.NET
12 63 (3.81%) Spring
13 59 (3.57%) Spring Boot
14 56 (3.39%) AngularJS
14 56 (3.39%) SOAP
15 54 (3.26%) Lightning Web Components
16 52 (3.14%) Visualforce
17 50 (3.02%) Kafka
Miscellaneous
1 280 (16.93%) Cloud Native
2 125 (7.56%) Product Ownership
3 75 (4.53%) Enterprise Software
4 62 (3.75%) Distributed Systems
5 42 (2.54%) Mobile App
6 36 (2.18%) Greenfield Project
7 34 (2.06%) Legacy Systems
8 32 (1.93%) Public Cloud
9 31 (1.87%) Self-Motivation
10 30 (1.81%) Management Information System
11 28 (1.69%) Data Centre
11 28 (1.69%) Hybrid Cloud
12 25 (1.51%) Driving Licence
13 23 (1.39%) Podcast
14 22 (1.33%) Onboarding
14 22 (1.33%) Security Posture
15 21 (1.27%) Low-Code
16 19 (1.15%) Legacy Applications
17 17 (1.03%) Social Media
18 15 (0.91%) Cyberattack
Operating Systems
1 178 (10.76%) Linux
2 84 (5.08%) Windows
3 59 (3.57%) Unix
4 24 (1.45%) Android
5 22 (1.33%) Windows Server
6 14 (0.85%) VMS
7 9 (0.54%) Apple iOS
7 9 (0.54%) Debian
7 9 (0.54%) Ubuntu
8 8 (0.48%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 6 (0.36%) CentOS
10 3 (0.18%) Windows Server 2012
10 3 (0.18%) Windows Server 2016
10 3 (0.18%) Windows Server 2019
11 2 (0.12%) Embedded Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 885 (53.51%) CI/CD
2 754 (45.59%) Agile
3 399 (24.12%) Infrastructure as Code
4 362 (21.89%) Continuous Improvement
5 334 (20.19%) Mentoring
6 301 (18.20%) AI
7 279 (16.87%) Software Engineering
8 269 (16.26%) Full-Stack Development
9 264 (15.96%) Problem-Solving
10 257 (15.54%) Microservices
11 233 (14.09%) Scrum
12 225 (13.60%) Containerisation
12 225 (13.60%) Test Automation
13 215 (13.00%) Roadmaps
14 180 (10.88%) Coaching
15 177 (10.70%) Technical Leadership
16 171 (10.34%) Observability
17 159 (9.61%) Stakeholder Management
18 155 (9.37%) Analytics
19 154 (9.31%) Platform Engineering
Programming Languages
1 391 (23.64%) SQL
2 334 (20.19%) Python
3 325 (19.65%) C#
4 251 (15.18%) JavaScript
5 227 (13.72%) Java
6 126 (7.62%) TypeScript
7 116 (7.01%) Bash
8 99 (5.99%) PowerShell
9 66 (3.99%) Bicep
10 56 (3.39%) Apex Code
11 51 (3.08%) Go
12 36 (2.18%) SOQL
12 36 (2.18%) SOSL
13 33 (2.00%) C++
14 25 (1.51%) PHP
15 18 (1.09%) Kusto Query Language
16 16 (0.97%) T-SQL
17 13 (0.79%) Kotlin
17 13 (0.79%) Rust
18 12 (0.73%) Scala
Qualifications
1 188 (11.37%) Security Cleared
2 163 (9.85%) Degree
3 145 (8.77%) SC Cleared
4 63 (3.81%) Azure Certification
5 44 (2.66%) Computer Science Degree
6 42 (2.54%) AWS Certification
7 28 (1.69%) DV Cleared
7 28 (1.69%) Microsoft Certification
8 22 (1.33%) Master's Degree
9 19 (1.15%) CISSP
10 17 (1.03%) DBS Check
11 16 (0.97%) ISTQB
12 15 (0.91%) PMI Certification
13 13 (0.79%) Cisco Certification
14 9 (0.54%) PMP
15 8 (0.48%) PhD
15 8 (0.48%) TOGAF Certification
16 7 (0.42%) CCNP
17 6 (0.36%) CISM
17 6 (0.36%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 156 (9.43%) QA
2 52 (3.14%) Data Quality
3 46 (2.78%) Accessibility
4 30 (1.81%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 28 (1.69%) NIST
6 25 (1.51%) GDPR
7 19 (1.15%) GRC
8 13 (0.79%) WCAG
9 8 (0.48%) PCI DSS
10 7 (0.42%) SOC 2
11 5 (0.30%) HMG Security Policy Framework
11 5 (0.30%) IFRS
11 5 (0.30%) PMO
12 3 (0.18%) ISO 9001
12 3 (0.18%) Sarbanes-Oxley
12 3 (0.18%) Software Quality Assurance
12 3 (0.18%) Solvency II
13 2 (0.12%) IFRS 17
13 2 (0.12%) SEPA
13 2 (0.12%) SLA
System Software
1 262 (15.84%) Docker
2 67 (4.05%) Active Directory
3 29 (1.75%) VMware Infrastructure
4 19 (1.15%) Virtual Machines
5 17 (1.03%) vSphere
6 11 (0.67%) Virtual Desktop
7 8 (0.48%) Firmware
8 5 (0.30%) VMware ESXi
9 4 (0.24%) Slurm Workload Manager
10 3 (0.18%) Embedded Firmware
10 3 (0.18%) Microsoft Virtual Server
10 3 (0.18%) Virtual Servers
11 2 (0.12%) iptables
12 1 (0.060%) Citrix Hypervisor
12 1 (0.060%) Hyper-V
12 1 (0.060%) KVM
12 1 (0.060%) QEMU
12 1 (0.060%) VMware NSX
12 1 (0.060%) Xen
Systems Management
1 370 (22.37%) Terraform
2 309 (18.68%) Kubernetes
3 123 (7.44%) Ansible
4 79 (4.78%) Grafana
5 62 (3.75%) Prometheus
6 45 (2.72%) Argo
7 18 (1.09%) Kustomize
7 18 (1.09%) Puppet
8 15 (0.91%) Microsoft Intune
9 12 (0.73%) Istio
10 10 (0.60%) Proxmox
11 9 (0.54%) Packer
12 8 (0.48%) Progress Chef
13 7 (0.42%) Active Directory Federation Services
14 6 (0.36%) ZABBIX
15 5 (0.30%) AWS Copilot
15 5 (0.30%) Kibana
15 5 (0.30%) vCenter Server
16 3 (0.18%) SCCM
16 3 (0.18%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 440 (26.60%) Microsoft
2 90 (5.44%) Google
3 80 (4.84%) Salesforce
4 45 (2.72%) ServiceNow
5 44 (2.66%) Oracle
5 44 (2.66%) VMware
6 42 (2.54%) Splunk
7 37 (2.24%) Databricks
8 36 (2.18%) SAP
9 31 (1.87%) Facebook
10 21 (1.27%) MuleSoft
11 17 (1.03%) Cisco
12 16 (0.97%) Pega
12 16 (0.97%) YouTube
13 15 (0.91%) Apple
13 15 (0.91%) Palo Alto
14 14 (0.85%) OpenAI
15 13 (0.79%) Sony
15 13 (0.79%) Yahoo!
16 12 (0.73%) Red Hat
602 hybrid/remote DevOps jobs