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

 6 months to
13 Jan 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 16 14 11
Rank change year-on-year -2 -3 -1
Permanent jobs citing DevOps 1,369 2,129 2,775
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 9.11% 13.01% 12.78%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 10.42% 13.88% 13.67%
Number of salaries quoted 941 1,433 2,322
10th Percentile £42,500 £42,500 £45,000
25th Percentile £52,500 £52,500 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £69,384 £69,308 £67,500
Median % change year-on-year +0.11% +2.68% -3.57%
75th Percentile £83,000 £85,000 £84,056
90th Percentile £100,000 £108,750 £100,000
UK median annual salary £70,000 £70,000 £70,000

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 13,144 15,339 20,307
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 87.43% 93.72% 93.52%
Number of salaries quoted 8,355 9,020 16,451
10th Percentile £30,000 £36,250 £36,250
25th Percentile £41,500 £47,000 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £62,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.00% +4.17% -4.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 £82,100 £78,750
90th Percentile £100,000 £100,000 £97,500
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% - -4.00%

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 13 January 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 39 (2.85%) Confluence
2 22 (1.61%) SharePoint
3 20 (1.46%) Microsoft Exchange
4 17 (1.24%) Apache Airflow
4 17 (1.24%) Oracle SOA Suite
5 12 (0.88%) IIS
6 11 (0.80%) Apache
7 10 (0.73%) Apache Spark
8 4 (0.29%) OpenStack
9 2 (0.15%) CMS
10 1 (0.073%) Apache Solr
10 1 (0.073%) ArcGIS
10 1 (0.073%) Camunda
10 1 (0.073%) nginx
10 1 (0.073%) Oracle Workflow
10 1 (0.073%) WebLogic
10 1 (0.073%) WordPress
Applications
1 37 (2.70%) Microsoft Excel
2 17 (1.24%) Microsoft Office
3 11 (0.80%) MS Visio
4 7 (0.51%) Microsoft Project
5 3 (0.22%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 2 (0.15%) Spreadsheet
7 1 (0.073%) PlantUML
Business Applications
1 39 (2.85%) Oracle ERP
2 15 (1.10%) Dynamics CRM
3 14 (1.02%) SAP ERP
4 6 (0.44%) Markit EDM
5 4 (0.29%) Salesforce CRM
6 2 (0.15%) Dynamics AX
6 2 (0.15%) Dynamics NAV
6 2 (0.15%) SAP S/4HANA
6 2 (0.15%) Shopify
7 1 (0.073%) Aladdin
7 1 (0.073%) Integrated Workplace Management System
7 1 (0.073%) NEC Housing
7 1 (0.073%) NetSuite
7 1 (0.073%) Oracle EBS
7 1 (0.073%) Payment Gateway
7 1 (0.073%) Primavera
7 1 (0.073%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
7 1 (0.073%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 909 (66.40%) Azure
2 507 (37.03%) Azure DevOps
3 470 (34.33%) AWS
4 337 (24.62%) GitHub
5 150 (10.96%) GCP
6 148 (10.81%) GitHub Actions
7 144 (10.52%) Power Platform
8 131 (9.57%) SaaS
9 120 (8.77%) Serverless
10 98 (7.16%) Entra ID
11 86 (6.28%) AWS CloudFormation
12 80 (5.84%) Snowflake
13 73 (5.33%) GitHub Copilot
14 71 (5.19%) Azure Data Factory
15 67 (4.89%) dbt
16 64 (4.67%) Amazon CloudWatch
16 64 (4.67%) Amazon EKS
16 64 (4.67%) Azure Monitor
17 63 (4.60%) Amazon S3
18 59 (4.31%) AWS Lambda
Communications & Networking
1 50 (3.65%) Firewall
2 35 (2.56%) DNS
2 35 (2.56%) VPN
3 31 (2.26%) Broadband
4 23 (1.68%) WAN
5 22 (1.61%) DHCP
6 21 (1.53%) Network Security
6 21 (1.53%) TCP/IP
7 19 (1.39%) LAN
8 13 (0.95%) SAN
8 13 (0.95%) Wi-Fi
9 12 (0.88%) SD-WAN
10 11 (0.80%) VoIP
11 10 (0.73%) VLAN
12 7 (0.51%) Unified Communications
13 6 (0.44%) Fibre Channel
14 5 (0.37%) BGP
14 5 (0.37%) Internet
15 4 (0.29%) DMZ
15 4 (0.29%) STUN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 128 (9.35%) SQL Server
2 99 (7.23%) Data Warehouse
3 82 (5.99%) NoSQL
3 82 (5.99%) Power BI
4 75 (5.48%) PostgreSQL
5 56 (4.09%) Tableau
6 48 (3.51%) Relational Database
7 47 (3.43%) Azure SQL Database
8 40 (2.92%) MongoDB
9 38 (2.78%) Data Lake
9 38 (2.78%) Metadata
10 30 (2.19%) MySQL
11 28 (2.05%) Amazon RDS
12 24 (1.75%) DynamoDB
13 22 (1.61%) Elasticsearch
14 18 (1.31%) Redis
15 16 (1.17%) Amazon Redshift
15 16 (1.17%) BigQuery
15 16 (1.17%) Delta Lake
15 16 (1.17%) Snowflake Schema
Development Applications
1 164 (11.98%) Git
2 146 (10.66%) Jenkins
3 114 (8.33%) JIRA
4 87 (6.36%) GitLab
5 37 (2.70%) Oracle Forms
6 30 (2.19%) Selenium
7 28 (2.05%) SonarQube
8 23 (1.68%) Cypress.io
9 15 (1.10%) Postman
10 13 (0.95%) Jaeger
11 12 (0.88%) Bitbucket
11 12 (0.88%) Cucumber
12 11 (0.80%) git-flow
12 11 (0.80%) JMeter
12 11 (0.80%) JUnit
13 9 (0.66%) Subversion
13 9 (0.66%) TeamCity
14 8 (0.58%) Storybook
15 7 (0.51%) Visual Studio
15 7 (0.51%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 421 (30.75%) Finance
2 405 (29.58%) Social Skills
3 163 (11.91%) Analytical Skills
4 92 (6.72%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 83 (6.06%) Public Sector
6 81 (5.92%) Marketing
7 51 (3.73%) Law
8 47 (3.43%) Telecoms
9 46 (3.36%) Retail
10 37 (2.70%) Banking
11 26 (1.90%) Front Office
12 20 (1.46%) Games
12 20 (1.46%) Manufacturing
13 17 (1.24%) Documentation Skills
13 17 (1.24%) Financial Institution
14 16 (1.17%) Legal
15 13 (0.95%) Tech for Good
16 12 (0.88%) Back Office
17 11 (0.80%) Billing
17 11 (0.80%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 335 (24.47%) Senior
2 236 (17.24%) Developer
3 167 (12.20%) Lead
4 127 (9.28%) DevOps Engineer
5 124 (9.06%) Cloud Engineer
6 108 (7.89%) Software Engineer
7 87 (6.36%) Azure Engineer
8 74 (5.41%) Architect
9 72 (5.26%) Senior Developer
10 68 (4.97%) Applications Engineer
11 64 (4.67%) Data Engineer
12 60 (4.38%) Platform Engineer
13 56 (4.09%) Infrastructure Engineer
14 54 (3.94%) Analyst
15 48 (3.51%) .NET Developer
16 47 (3.43%) Senior DevOps
17 46 (3.36%) Consultant
18 38 (2.78%) Full-Stack Developer
19 37 (2.70%) Senior Software Engineer
19 37 (2.70%) Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 231 (16.87%) .NET
2 161 (11.76%) React
3 135 (9.86%) RESTful
4 88 (6.43%) REST
5 73 (5.33%) SOAP
6 67 (4.89%) Node.js
7 65 (4.75%) Spring
7 65 (4.75%) Spring Boot
8 64 (4.67%) CSS
9 61 (4.46%) HTML
10 59 (4.31%) Kafka
11 55 (4.02%) .NET Framework
11 55 (4.02%) AngularJS
11 55 (4.02%) OAuth
12 51 (3.73%) JSON
13 48 (3.51%) .NET Core
14 44 (3.21%) Lightning Web Components
15 42 (3.07%) Elastic Stack
16 39 (2.85%) OAuth2
17 36 (2.63%) ASP.NET
Miscellaneous
1 258 (18.85%) Cloud Native
2 126 (9.20%) Product Ownership
3 55 (4.02%) Enterprise Software
4 53 (3.87%) Distributed Systems
5 49 (3.58%) Management Information System
6 34 (2.48%) Onboarding
7 33 (2.41%) Legacy Systems
8 28 (2.05%) Low-Code
9 27 (1.97%) Mobile App
10 26 (1.90%) Analytical Mindset
11 23 (1.68%) Self-Motivation
12 18 (1.31%) AI Agents
12 18 (1.31%) IoT
12 18 (1.31%) Public Cloud
13 16 (1.17%) Data Centre
14 14 (1.02%) Algorithms
14 14 (1.02%) Security Posture
15 12 (0.88%) Legacy Applications
16 9 (0.66%) Data Protection Act
17 8 (0.58%) Data Structures
Operating Systems
1 142 (10.37%) Linux
2 113 (8.25%) Windows
3 43 (3.14%) Unix
3 43 (3.14%) Windows Server
4 20 (1.46%) Android
5 19 (1.39%) VMS
6 13 (0.95%) Windows Server 2012
6 13 (0.95%) Windows Server 2019
7 11 (0.80%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 9 (0.66%) Apple iOS
8 9 (0.66%) Debian
9 8 (0.58%) Ubuntu
10 6 (0.44%) CentOS
11 1 (0.073%) Windows 10
11 1 (0.073%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 792 (57.85%) CI/CD
2 651 (47.55%) Agile
3 362 (26.44%) Infrastructure as Code
4 337 (24.62%) Continuous Improvement
5 305 (22.28%) Problem-Solving
6 277 (20.23%) AI
7 270 (19.72%) Mentoring
8 245 (17.90%) Coaching
9 231 (16.87%) Test Automation
10 208 (15.19%) Software Engineering
11 207 (15.12%) Analytics
12 204 (14.90%) Microservices
13 200 (14.61%) Asset Management
13 200 (14.61%) Observability
14 175 (12.78%) Containerisation
15 154 (11.25%) Data Modelling
16 150 (10.96%) Clean Code
17 141 (10.30%) Roadmaps
18 133 (9.72%) Scrum
19 129 (9.42%) Full-Stack Development
Programming Languages
1 430 (31.41%) Python
2 391 (28.56%) SQL
3 190 (13.88%) Java
4 180 (13.15%) C#
5 155 (11.32%) JavaScript
6 147 (10.74%) PowerShell
7 117 (8.55%) Bash
8 110 (8.04%) TypeScript
9 75 (5.48%) Bicep
10 66 (4.82%) Go
11 48 (3.51%) Apex Code
12 40 (2.92%) PL/SQL
13 39 (2.85%) Shell Script
14 27 (1.97%) Scala
15 22 (1.61%) T-SQL
16 16 (1.17%) C++
16 16 (1.17%) R
17 15 (1.10%) PHP
17 15 (1.10%) SOQL
17 15 (1.10%) SOSL
Qualifications
1 160 (11.69%) Degree
2 125 (9.13%) Security Cleared
3 99 (7.23%) SC Cleared
4 90 (6.57%) Computer Science Degree
5 69 (5.04%) Azure Certification
6 53 (3.87%) AWS Certification
7 33 (2.41%) Master's Degree
8 29 (2.12%) Microsoft Certification
9 22 (1.61%) ISTQB
10 19 (1.39%) Cisco Certification
11 18 (1.31%) DV Cleared
12 15 (1.10%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
13 14 (1.02%) CCNP
14 12 (0.88%) CISSP
14 12 (0.88%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
14 12 (0.88%) PMI Certification
14 12 (0.88%) PMP
15 9 (0.66%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
16 7 (0.51%) ACCA
16 7 (0.51%) DBS Check
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 138 (10.08%) QA
2 65 (4.75%) Data Quality
3 53 (3.87%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 46 (3.36%) Accessibility
4 46 (3.36%) GDPR
5 25 (1.83%) NIST
6 11 (0.80%) PCI DSS
7 10 (0.73%) Sarbanes-Oxley
8 9 (0.66%) NCSC
9 8 (0.58%) WCAG
10 7 (0.51%) Cyber Essentials
10 7 (0.51%) SLA
11 6 (0.44%) ISO 9001
11 6 (0.44%) SOC 2
12 5 (0.37%) PMO
13 3 (0.22%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
13 3 (0.22%) HIPAA
14 2 (0.15%) GRC
14 2 (0.15%) Software Quality Assurance
15 1 (0.073%) Basel III
System Software
1 245 (17.90%) Docker
2 84 (6.14%) Active Directory
3 22 (1.61%) Virtual Machines
4 19 (1.39%) VMware Infrastructure
5 15 (1.10%) Virtual Desktop
6 14 (1.02%) VMware ESXi
6 14 (1.02%) vSphere
7 6 (0.44%) Firmware
7 6 (0.44%) NFS
8 4 (0.29%) Kamailio
8 4 (0.29%) Virtual Servers
8 4 (0.29%) VMware NSX
9 3 (0.22%) Postfix
10 2 (0.15%) Hyper-V
10 2 (0.15%) vCloud
11 1 (0.073%) HDFS
11 1 (0.073%) Microsoft Virtual Server
Systems Management
1 412 (30.09%) Terraform
2 313 (22.86%) Kubernetes
3 130 (9.50%) Ansible
4 104 (7.60%) Grafana
5 84 (6.14%) Prometheus
6 45 (3.29%) Single Sign-On
7 38 (2.78%) Argo
8 25 (1.83%) Microsoft Intune
9 14 (1.02%) Kustomize
9 14 (1.02%) vCenter Server
10 13 (0.95%) SCCM
11 8 (0.58%) Red Hat Satellite
12 6 (0.44%) HP Fortify
12 6 (0.44%) Kibana
13 5 (0.37%) Control-M
14 4 (0.29%) logstash
14 4 (0.29%) Puppet
15 3 (0.22%) Dell DRAC
15 3 (0.22%) Docker Swarm
15 3 (0.22%) Progress Chef
Vendors
1 315 (23.01%) Microsoft
2 74 (5.41%) Oracle
3 70 (5.11%) Salesforce
4 55 (4.02%) Databricks
5 51 (3.73%) Google
6 37 (2.70%) VMware
7 28 (2.05%) Cisco
8 26 (1.90%) Splunk
9 23 (1.68%) Red Hat
10 22 (1.61%) SAP
11 21 (1.53%) Okta
11 21 (1.53%) SolarWinds
12 19 (1.39%) Veeam
13 18 (1.31%) Ab Initio
14 16 (1.17%) ServiceNow
15 14 (1.02%) IBM
15 14 (1.02%) NetApp
16 13 (0.95%) 3PAR
17 11 (0.80%) Dynatrace
17 11 (0.80%) MuleSoft
857 hybrid/remote DevOps jobs