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

6 months to
20 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 20 17 21
Rank change year-on-year -3 +4 -11
Permanent jobs citing DevOps 1,604 1,922 3,019
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 7.96% 12.42% 8.69%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 9.72% 13.14% 9.79%
Number of salaries quoted 1,195 1,063 2,437
10th Percentile £45,000 £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 £84,439 £87,500 £82,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £112,400 £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 16,496 14,625 30,850
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 81.89% 94.51% 88.84%
Number of salaries quoted 11,943 8,513 23,831
10th Percentile £35,000 £29,750 £33,750
25th Percentile £45,000 £42,500 £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 £80,000 £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% -9.54%

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 20 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 38 (2.37%) SharePoint
2 26 (1.62%) Confluence
3 23 (1.43%) Apache
4 17 (1.06%) Apache Airflow
4 17 (1.06%) Apache Spark
5 12 (0.75%) Microsoft Exchange
6 9 (0.56%) CMS
7 8 (0.50%) SharePoint Server
8 6 (0.37%) Apache Solr
8 6 (0.37%) WordPress
9 5 (0.31%) IIS
9 5 (0.31%) Jupyter
9 5 (0.31%) nginx
9 5 (0.31%) OpenStack
10 3 (0.19%) Anypoint
10 3 (0.19%) Umbraco
11 2 (0.12%) SAS
12 1 (0.062%) Drupal
12 1 (0.062%) JBoss
12 1 (0.062%) Sitecore CMS
Applications
1 34 (2.12%) Microsoft Project
2 12 (0.75%) Microsoft Excel
3 6 (0.37%) Trello
4 5 (0.31%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 5 (0.31%) MS Visio
5 3 (0.19%) Blender
5 3 (0.19%) Maya
6 1 (0.062%) EngageOne
6 1 (0.062%) Notion
6 1 (0.062%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 43 (2.68%) Dynamics CRM
2 8 (0.50%) SAP ERP
3 6 (0.37%) SAP S/4HANA
4 5 (0.31%) Dynamics AX
5 4 (0.25%) Fidessa
6 3 (0.19%) Oracle EBS
7 2 (0.12%) Infor SunSystems
8 1 (0.062%) Dynamics NAV
8 1 (0.062%) Magento
8 1 (0.062%) Payment Gateway
8 1 (0.062%) SAP IBP
8 1 (0.062%) SAP MII
8 1 (0.062%) SAP PP
8 1 (0.062%) TIBCO iProcess
Cloud Services
1 866 (53.99%) Azure
2 528 (32.92%) AWS
3 470 (29.30%) Azure DevOps
4 163 (10.16%) GCP
5 158 (9.85%) Serverless
6 150 (9.35%) GitHub
7 140 (8.73%) Power Platform
8 136 (8.48%) SaaS
9 78 (4.86%) PaaS
10 75 (4.68%) Entra ID
11 73 (4.55%) Amazon S3
12 72 (4.49%) Azure AKS
13 71 (4.43%) Amazon EKS
14 67 (4.18%) GitHub Actions
15 62 (3.87%) AWS CloudFormation
15 62 (3.87%) Azure AI
16 55 (3.43%) Azure Service Bus
16 55 (3.43%) Dynamics 365
17 53 (3.30%) AWS Lambda
18 52 (3.24%) Azure Logic Apps
Communications & Networking
1 66 (4.11%) Broadband
2 50 (3.12%) Firewall
3 28 (1.75%) DNS
3 28 (1.75%) VPN
4 22 (1.37%) TCP/IP
5 14 (0.87%) DHCP
6 10 (0.62%) Internet
6 10 (0.62%) Network Security
7 6 (0.37%) BGP
7 6 (0.37%) Cisco ASA
7 6 (0.37%) LAN
7 6 (0.37%) NGFW
7 6 (0.37%) OSPF
7 6 (0.37%) WAN
8 5 (0.31%) Ethernet VPN
8 5 (0.31%) VXLAN
9 4 (0.25%) SSL
10 3 (0.19%) DSL
10 3 (0.19%) SAN
10 3 (0.19%) SCCP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 157 (9.79%) Azure SQL Database
1 157 (9.79%) MongoDB
2 103 (6.42%) SQL Server
3 79 (4.93%) NoSQL
4 74 (4.61%) PostgreSQL
5 57 (3.55%) Power BI
6 42 (2.62%) Relational Database
7 41 (2.56%) Elasticsearch
8 34 (2.12%) Metadata
9 31 (1.93%) Amazon RDS
10 30 (1.87%) MySQL
11 28 (1.75%) Data Warehouse
12 25 (1.56%) Amazon Athena
13 21 (1.31%) Data Lake
13 21 (1.31%) RDBMS
14 20 (1.25%) DynamoDB
15 19 (1.18%) Redis
16 15 (0.94%) Delta Lake
17 11 (0.69%) Amazon Redshift
18 10 (0.62%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 141 (8.79%) Git
2 116 (7.23%) GitLab
3 109 (6.80%) Jenkins
4 99 (6.17%) JIRA
5 43 (2.68%) SonarQube
6 28 (1.75%) Selenium
7 21 (1.31%) TeamCity
8 19 (1.18%) Cypress.io
9 18 (1.12%) Jaeger
9 18 (1.12%) Postman
10 13 (0.81%) Visual Studio
11 12 (0.75%) Cucumber
12 11 (0.69%) JMeter
13 9 (0.56%) Bitbucket
14 7 (0.44%) Claude Code
14 7 (0.44%) Maven
14 7 (0.44%) NUnit
14 7 (0.44%) Visual Studio Code
15 5 (0.31%) Locust
15 5 (0.31%) SpecFlow
General
1 340 (21.20%) Social Skills
2 309 (19.26%) Finance
3 165 (10.29%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 136 (8.48%) Public Sector
5 120 (7.48%) Analytical Skills
6 80 (4.99%) Law
7 67 (4.18%) Banking
8 64 (3.99%) Marketing
8 64 (3.99%) Retail
9 63 (3.93%) Games
10 47 (2.93%) Legal
11 25 (1.56%) Back Office
12 24 (1.50%) Advertising
13 23 (1.43%) Financial Institution
14 21 (1.31%) Presentation Skills
15 19 (1.18%) Manufacturing
16 15 (0.94%) Legal Technology
17 14 (0.87%) Health Technology
18 12 (0.75%) Billing
18 12 (0.75%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 348 (21.70%) Senior
2 345 (21.51%) Developer
3 250 (15.59%) DevOps Engineer
3 250 (15.59%) Lead
4 162 (10.10%) Architect
5 142 (8.85%) Software Engineer
6 139 (8.67%) .NET Developer
7 93 (5.80%) Senior DevOps
8 88 (5.49%) Cloud Engineer
9 79 (4.93%) Azure Engineer
10 73 (4.55%) Senior DevOps Engineer
11 66 (4.11%) Solutions Architect
12 62 (3.87%) AWS Engineer
12 62 (3.87%) Platform Engineer
13 57 (3.55%) Data Engineer
13 57 (3.55%) Senior Developer
14 56 (3.49%) Senior Software Engineer
15 54 (3.37%) Lead Developer
16 53 (3.30%) Consultant
17 48 (2.99%) Lead DevOps
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 318 (19.83%) .NET
2 189 (11.78%) React
3 151 (9.41%) ASP.NET
4 148 (9.23%) .NET Core
5 135 (8.42%) ASP.NET Core
6 121 (7.54%) RESTful
7 112 (6.98%) REST
8 109 (6.80%) Node.js
9 107 (6.67%) CSS
10 105 (6.55%) HTML
11 74 (4.61%) Entity Framework
12 73 (4.55%) Blazor
13 63 (3.93%) Spring
14 59 (3.68%) ML.NET
14 59 (3.68%) Spring Boot
15 56 (3.49%) SOAP
16 55 (3.43%) AngularJS
17 54 (3.37%) Lightning Web Components
18 52 (3.24%) Visualforce
19 48 (2.99%) Kafka
Miscellaneous
1 271 (16.90%) Cloud Native
2 122 (7.61%) Product Ownership
3 73 (4.55%) Enterprise Software
4 58 (3.62%) Distributed Systems
5 40 (2.49%) Mobile App
6 34 (2.12%) Greenfield Project
6 34 (2.12%) Legacy Systems
7 29 (1.81%) Public Cloud
7 29 (1.81%) Self-Motivation
8 28 (1.75%) Data Centre
9 27 (1.68%) Hybrid Cloud
9 27 (1.68%) Management Information System
10 25 (1.56%) Driving Licence
11 21 (1.31%) Onboarding
11 21 (1.31%) Podcast
12 20 (1.25%) Low-Code
12 20 (1.25%) Security Posture
13 19 (1.18%) Legacy Applications
14 15 (0.94%) Cyberattack
14 15 (0.94%) Data Structures
Operating Systems
1 172 (10.72%) Linux
2 76 (4.74%) Windows
3 54 (3.37%) Unix
4 23 (1.43%) Android
5 22 (1.37%) Windows Server
6 12 (0.75%) VMS
7 9 (0.56%) Apple iOS
7 9 (0.56%) Debian
7 9 (0.56%) Ubuntu
8 8 (0.50%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 6 (0.37%) CentOS
10 3 (0.19%) Windows Server 2012
10 3 (0.19%) Windows Server 2016
10 3 (0.19%) Windows Server 2019
11 2 (0.12%) Embedded Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 862 (53.74%) CI/CD
2 728 (45.39%) Agile
3 386 (24.06%) Infrastructure as Code
4 349 (21.76%) Continuous Improvement
5 323 (20.14%) Mentoring
6 288 (17.96%) AI
7 271 (16.90%) Software Engineering
8 259 (16.15%) Full-Stack Development
9 257 (16.02%) Problem-Solving
10 249 (15.52%) Microservices
11 222 (13.84%) Containerisation
12 221 (13.78%) Scrum
13 217 (13.53%) Test Automation
14 210 (13.09%) Roadmaps
15 173 (10.79%) Coaching
15 173 (10.79%) Technical Leadership
16 165 (10.29%) Observability
17 156 (9.73%) Stakeholder Management
18 152 (9.48%) Analytics
19 149 (9.29%) Platform Engineering
Programming Languages
1 377 (23.50%) SQL
2 328 (20.45%) Python
3 310 (19.33%) C#
4 240 (14.96%) JavaScript
5 223 (13.90%) Java
6 122 (7.61%) TypeScript
7 110 (6.86%) Bash
8 93 (5.80%) PowerShell
9 61 (3.80%) Bicep
10 56 (3.49%) Apex Code
11 52 (3.24%) Go
12 36 (2.24%) SOQL
12 36 (2.24%) SOSL
13 33 (2.06%) C++
14 24 (1.50%) PHP
15 16 (1.00%) Kusto Query Language
16 13 (0.81%) Kotlin
16 13 (0.81%) Rust
16 13 (0.81%) T-SQL
17 12 (0.75%) Scala
Qualifications
1 186 (11.60%) Security Cleared
2 162 (10.10%) Degree
3 143 (8.92%) SC Cleared
4 60 (3.74%) Azure Certification
5 43 (2.68%) Computer Science Degree
6 42 (2.62%) AWS Certification
7 28 (1.75%) DV Cleared
8 26 (1.62%) Microsoft Certification
9 21 (1.31%) Master's Degree
10 18 (1.12%) CISSP
11 17 (1.06%) DBS Check
12 16 (1.00%) ISTQB
13 15 (0.94%) PMI Certification
14 13 (0.81%) Cisco Certification
15 9 (0.56%) PMP
16 8 (0.50%) PhD
16 8 (0.50%) TOGAF Certification
17 7 (0.44%) CCNP
18 6 (0.37%) (ISC)2 CCSP
18 6 (0.37%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 153 (9.54%) QA
2 52 (3.24%) Data Quality
3 46 (2.87%) Accessibility
4 28 (1.75%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 27 (1.68%) NIST
6 23 (1.43%) GDPR
7 18 (1.12%) GRC
8 13 (0.81%) WCAG
9 8 (0.50%) PCI DSS
10 7 (0.44%) SOC 2
11 5 (0.31%) IFRS
11 5 (0.31%) PMO
12 3 (0.19%) HMG Security Policy Framework
12 3 (0.19%) ISO 9001
12 3 (0.19%) Sarbanes-Oxley
12 3 (0.19%) Software Quality Assurance
12 3 (0.19%) Solvency II
13 2 (0.12%) IFRS 17
13 2 (0.12%) SEPA
13 2 (0.12%) SLA
System Software
1 260 (16.21%) Docker
2 64 (3.99%) Active Directory
3 27 (1.68%) VMware Infrastructure
4 19 (1.18%) Virtual Machines
5 15 (0.94%) vSphere
6 9 (0.56%) Virtual Desktop
7 8 (0.50%) Firmware
8 5 (0.31%) VMware ESXi
9 4 (0.25%) Slurm Workload Manager
10 3 (0.19%) Embedded Firmware
10 3 (0.19%) Microsoft Virtual Server
10 3 (0.19%) Virtual Servers
11 2 (0.12%) iptables
12 1 (0.062%) Citrix Hypervisor
12 1 (0.062%) Hyper-V
12 1 (0.062%) KVM
12 1 (0.062%) QEMU
12 1 (0.062%) VMware NSX
12 1 (0.062%) Xen
Systems Management
1 363 (22.63%) Terraform
2 306 (19.08%) Kubernetes
3 123 (7.67%) Ansible
4 76 (4.74%) Grafana
5 61 (3.80%) Prometheus
6 44 (2.74%) Argo
7 18 (1.12%) Kustomize
7 18 (1.12%) Puppet
8 15 (0.94%) Microsoft Intune
9 12 (0.75%) Istio
10 10 (0.62%) Proxmox
11 9 (0.56%) Packer
12 8 (0.50%) Progress Chef
13 7 (0.44%) Active Directory Federation Services
14 6 (0.37%) ZABBIX
15 5 (0.31%) AWS Copilot
15 5 (0.31%) Kibana
15 5 (0.31%) vCenter Server
16 3 (0.19%) SCCM
16 3 (0.19%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 420 (26.18%) Microsoft
2 88 (5.49%) Google
3 79 (4.93%) Salesforce
4 44 (2.74%) ServiceNow
5 43 (2.68%) Oracle
6 42 (2.62%) Splunk
6 42 (2.62%) VMware
7 37 (2.31%) Databricks
7 37 (2.31%) SAP
8 29 (1.81%) Facebook
9 21 (1.31%) MuleSoft
10 17 (1.06%) Cisco
11 15 (0.94%) Palo Alto
11 15 (0.94%) YouTube
12 14 (0.87%) Apple
13 13 (0.81%) OpenAI
14 12 (0.75%) F5
14 12 (0.75%) Red Hat
14 12 (0.75%) Sony
14 12 (0.75%) Yahoo!