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 30 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

 6 months to
30 Dec 2025		 Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 15 14 11
Rank change year-on-year -1 -3 0
Permanent jobs citing DevOps 1,379 2,183 2,759
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 9.08% 12.77% 13.45%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 10.25% 13.73% 14.30%
Number of salaries quoted 947 1,479 2,309
10th Percentile £42,500 £42,500 £45,000
25th Percentile £53,750 £52,500 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £67,500 £67,500
Median % change year-on-year +3.70% - -3.57%
75th Percentile £83,750 £85,000 £85,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £105,000 £102,500
UK median annual salary £70,000 £69,404 £70,000
% change year-on-year +0.86% -0.85% -

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 13,452 15,895 19,293
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 88.53% 93.01% 94.08%
Number of salaries quoted 8,546 9,528 15,508
10th Percentile £30,000 £36,250 £36,250
25th Percentile £41,250 £46,250 £46,250
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 £81,250 £80,000
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 30 December 2025.

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 40 (2.90%) Confluence
2 20 (1.45%) SharePoint
3 19 (1.38%) Microsoft Exchange
4 17 (1.23%) Apache Airflow
4 17 (1.23%) Oracle SOA Suite
5 14 (1.02%) IIS
6 12 (0.87%) Apache Spark
7 11 (0.80%) Apache
8 4 (0.29%) OpenStack
9 3 (0.22%) CMS
9 3 (0.22%) nginx
10 1 (0.073%) Apache Solr
10 1 (0.073%) ArcGIS
10 1 (0.073%) BizTalk Server
10 1 (0.073%) Camunda
10 1 (0.073%) Oracle Workflow
10 1 (0.073%) Tomcat
10 1 (0.073%) WebLogic
10 1 (0.073%) WordPress
Applications
1 38 (2.76%) Microsoft Excel
2 19 (1.38%) 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 (2.83%) Oracle ERP
2 14 (1.02%) Dynamics CRM
3 11 (0.80%) SAP ERP
4 10 (0.73%) Dynamics NAV
5 6 (0.44%) Markit EDM
6 4 (0.29%) Salesforce CRM
7 2 (0.15%) SAP S/4HANA
7 2 (0.15%) Shopify
8 1 (0.073%) Aladdin
8 1 (0.073%) Dynamics AX
8 1 (0.073%) Integrated Workplace Management System
8 1 (0.073%) NEC Housing
8 1 (0.073%) NetSuite
8 1 (0.073%) Payment Gateway
8 1 (0.073%) Primavera
8 1 (0.073%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
8 1 (0.073%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 924 (67.01%) Azure
2 513 (37.20%) Azure DevOps
3 462 (33.50%) AWS
4 348 (25.24%) GitHub
5 153 (11.09%) GitHub Actions
6 151 (10.95%) GCP
7 149 (10.80%) Power Platform
8 141 (10.22%) SaaS
9 114 (8.27%) Serverless
10 96 (6.96%) Entra ID
11 83 (6.02%) AWS CloudFormation
12 80 (5.80%) Snowflake
13 74 (5.37%) GitHub Copilot
14 71 (5.15%) Azure Data Factory
15 68 (4.93%) dbt
16 64 (4.64%) Amazon EKS
17 61 (4.42%) Amazon CloudWatch
18 59 (4.28%) Azure Monitor
18 59 (4.28%) Dynamics 365
19 57 (4.13%) AWS Lambda
Communications & Networking
1 49 (3.55%) Firewall
2 37 (2.68%) VPN
3 34 (2.47%) DNS
4 26 (1.89%) Broadband
5 24 (1.74%) WAN
6 22 (1.60%) TCP/IP
7 21 (1.52%) DHCP
8 20 (1.45%) LAN
8 20 (1.45%) Network Security
9 13 (0.94%) Wi-Fi
10 12 (0.87%) SAN
10 12 (0.87%) SD-WAN
10 12 (0.87%) VoIP
11 11 (0.80%) VLAN
12 7 (0.51%) Unified Communications
13 6 (0.44%) Fibre Channel
14 5 (0.36%) BGP
14 5 (0.36%) DMZ
14 5 (0.36%) Internet
14 5 (0.36%) STUN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 141 (10.22%) SQL Server
2 103 (7.47%) Data Warehouse
3 84 (6.09%) Power BI
4 74 (5.37%) PostgreSQL
5 73 (5.29%) NoSQL
6 54 (3.92%) Tableau
7 47 (3.41%) Azure SQL Database
8 45 (3.26%) Relational Database
9 40 (2.90%) Data Lake
10 36 (2.61%) Metadata
11 33 (2.39%) MongoDB
12 31 (2.25%) MySQL
13 27 (1.96%) Amazon RDS
14 24 (1.74%) DynamoDB
15 20 (1.45%) Elasticsearch
16 18 (1.31%) Redis
17 16 (1.16%) Snowflake Schema
18 14 (1.02%) Amazon Redshift
18 14 (1.02%) BigQuery
19 13 (0.94%) Delta Lake
Development Applications
1 167 (12.11%) Git
2 143 (10.37%) Jenkins
3 112 (8.12%) JIRA
4 87 (6.31%) GitLab
5 37 (2.68%) Oracle Forms
6 30 (2.18%) SonarQube
7 28 (2.03%) Selenium
8 21 (1.52%) Cypress.io
9 13 (0.94%) Postman
10 12 (0.87%) Bitbucket
10 12 (0.87%) Cucumber
10 12 (0.87%) TeamCity
11 11 (0.80%) git-flow
11 11 (0.80%) JMeter
11 11 (0.80%) JUnit
12 9 (0.65%) Subversion
13 8 (0.58%) Storybook
13 8 (0.58%) Visual Studio Code
14 7 (0.51%) Jaeger
15 6 (0.44%) Maven
General
1 427 (30.96%) Finance
2 404 (29.30%) Social Skills
3 158 (11.46%) Analytical Skills
4 93 (6.74%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 90 (6.53%) Marketing
6 80 (5.80%) Public Sector
7 58 (4.21%) Retail
8 54 (3.92%) Law
9 46 (3.34%) Telecoms
10 38 (2.76%) Banking
11 26 (1.89%) Documentation Skills
11 26 (1.89%) Front Office
12 25 (1.81%) Back Office
13 19 (1.38%) Games
13 19 (1.38%) Manufacturing
14 18 (1.31%) Presentation Skills
15 17 (1.23%) Financial Institution
15 17 (1.23%) Legal
16 13 (0.94%) Pharmaceutical
17 12 (0.87%) Tech for Good
Job Titles
1 332 (24.08%) Senior
2 244 (17.69%) Developer
3 162 (11.75%) Lead
4 131 (9.50%) DevOps Engineer
5 122 (8.85%) Cloud Engineer
6 102 (7.40%) Software Engineer
7 89 (6.45%) Azure Engineer
8 82 (5.95%) Architect
9 75 (5.44%) Senior Developer
10 69 (5.00%) Applications Engineer
11 64 (4.64%) Data Engineer
12 59 (4.28%) Platform Engineer
13 55 (3.99%) Analyst
14 54 (3.92%) Infrastructure Engineer
15 52 (3.77%) Consultant
16 46 (3.34%) .NET Developer
17 45 (3.26%) Senior DevOps
18 40 (2.90%) Full-Stack Developer
19 37 (2.68%) Support Engineer
20 36 (2.61%) Senior Cloud Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 237 (17.19%) .NET
2 155 (11.24%) React
3 135 (9.79%) RESTful
4 91 (6.60%) REST
5 75 (5.44%) SOAP
6 66 (4.79%) Node.js
7 65 (4.71%) CSS
8 63 (4.57%) HTML
9 60 (4.35%) Kafka
9 60 (4.35%) Spring Boot
10 58 (4.21%) Spring
11 57 (4.13%) .NET Framework
12 56 (4.06%) OAuth
13 55 (3.99%) AngularJS
14 54 (3.92%) JSON
15 45 (3.26%) Lightning Web Components
16 42 (3.05%) .NET Core
16 42 (3.05%) XML
17 39 (2.83%) OAuth2
18 36 (2.61%) Elastic Stack
Miscellaneous
1 262 (19.00%) Cloud Native
2 127 (9.21%) Product Ownership
3 58 (4.21%) Management Information System
4 56 (4.06%) Enterprise Software
5 54 (3.92%) Distributed Systems
6 36 (2.61%) Onboarding
7 34 (2.47%) Legacy Systems
8 27 (1.96%) Low-Code
9 26 (1.89%) Analytical Mindset
10 25 (1.81%) Mobile App
11 22 (1.60%) Self-Motivation
12 20 (1.45%) IoT
13 19 (1.38%) Public Cloud
14 18 (1.31%) AI Agents
14 18 (1.31%) Data Centre
15 14 (1.02%) NHS
16 12 (0.87%) Security Posture
17 11 (0.80%) Algorithms
17 11 (0.80%) Legacy Applications
18 9 (0.65%) Data Protection Act
Operating Systems
1 142 (10.30%) Linux
2 116 (8.41%) Windows
3 45 (3.26%) Windows Server
4 37 (2.68%) Unix
5 19 (1.38%) VMS
6 17 (1.23%) Android
7 13 (0.94%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 13 (0.94%) Windows Server 2019
8 12 (0.87%) Windows Server 2012
9 9 (0.65%) Debian
10 7 (0.51%) Apple iOS
10 7 (0.51%) CentOS
10 7 (0.51%) Ubuntu
11 1 (0.073%) Windows 10
11 1 (0.073%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 794 (57.58%) CI/CD
2 658 (47.72%) Agile
3 347 (25.16%) Infrastructure as Code
4 329 (23.86%) Continuous Improvement
5 305 (22.12%) Problem-Solving
6 275 (19.94%) AI
6 275 (19.94%) Mentoring
7 242 (17.55%) Coaching
8 241 (17.48%) Test Automation
9 212 (15.37%) Software Engineering
10 208 (15.08%) Analytics
11 204 (14.79%) Microservices
12 202 (14.65%) Asset Management
13 201 (14.58%) Observability
14 177 (12.84%) Containerisation
15 156 (11.31%) Data Modelling
16 154 (11.17%) Clean Code
17 140 (10.15%) Scrum
18 138 (10.01%) Roadmaps
19 133 (9.64%) Computer Science
Programming Languages
1 436 (31.62%) Python
2 394 (28.57%) SQL
3 196 (14.21%) C#
4 185 (13.42%) Java
5 154 (11.17%) PowerShell
6 153 (11.09%) JavaScript
7 118 (8.56%) Bash
8 114 (8.27%) TypeScript
9 76 (5.51%) Bicep
10 60 (4.35%) Go
11 49 (3.55%) Apex Code
12 41 (2.97%) PL/SQL
13 39 (2.83%) Shell Script
14 28 (2.03%) Scala
15 26 (1.89%) T-SQL
16 16 (1.16%) PHP
17 15 (1.09%) C++
17 15 (1.09%) R
17 15 (1.09%) SOQL
17 15 (1.09%) SOSL
Qualifications
1 174 (12.62%) Degree
2 126 (9.14%) Security Cleared
3 103 (7.47%) SC Cleared
4 102 (7.40%) Computer Science Degree
5 69 (5.00%) Azure Certification
6 47 (3.41%) AWS Certification
7 36 (2.61%) Master's Degree
8 28 (2.03%) Microsoft Certification
9 20 (1.45%) Cisco Certification
9 20 (1.45%) ISTQB
10 17 (1.23%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
11 16 (1.16%) DV Cleared
12 14 (1.02%) CCNP
12 14 (1.02%) CISSP
13 13 (0.94%) PMP
14 12 (0.87%) PMI Certification
15 11 (0.80%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
16 9 (0.65%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
17 7 (0.51%) ACCA
17 7 (0.51%) DBS Check
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 142 (10.30%) QA
2 64 (4.64%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 61 (4.42%) Data Quality
4 51 (3.70%) GDPR
5 46 (3.34%) Accessibility
6 27 (1.96%) NIST
7 15 (1.09%) ISO 9001
8 12 (0.87%) Sarbanes-Oxley
9 10 (0.73%) Cyber Essentials
9 10 (0.73%) NCSC
9 10 (0.73%) PCI DSS
10 8 (0.58%) WCAG
11 7 (0.51%) SLA
12 6 (0.44%) PMO
12 6 (0.44%) SOC 2
13 5 (0.36%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
13 5 (0.36%) HIPAA
14 3 (0.22%) Software Quality Assurance
15 2 (0.15%) GRC
15 2 (0.15%) HL7
System Software
1 248 (17.98%) Docker
2 84 (6.09%) Active Directory
3 25 (1.81%) Virtual Machines
4 23 (1.67%) VMware Infrastructure
5 17 (1.23%) vSphere
6 15 (1.09%) Virtual Desktop
7 13 (0.94%) VMware ESXi
8 6 (0.44%) Firmware
8 6 (0.44%) NFS
9 5 (0.36%) Kamailio
10 4 (0.29%) VMware NSX
11 3 (0.22%) Postfix
11 3 (0.22%) Virtual Servers
12 2 (0.15%) Hyper-V
12 2 (0.15%) vCloud
13 1 (0.073%) HDFS
Systems Management
1 405 (29.37%) Terraform
2 312 (22.63%) Kubernetes
3 127 (9.21%) Ansible
4 103 (7.47%) Grafana
5 77 (5.58%) Prometheus
6 45 (3.26%) Single Sign-On
7 32 (2.32%) Argo
8 24 (1.74%) Microsoft Intune
9 13 (0.94%) vCenter Server
10 12 (0.87%) SCCM
11 9 (0.65%) Red Hat Satellite
12 8 (0.58%) Kustomize
13 6 (0.44%) HP Fortify
13 6 (0.44%) Kibana
14 5 (0.36%) Control-M
15 4 (0.29%) logstash
15 4 (0.29%) Puppet
16 3 (0.22%) Dell DRAC
16 3 (0.22%) Docker Swarm
16 3 (0.22%) Progress Chef
Vendors
1 330 (23.93%) Microsoft
2 75 (5.44%) Oracle
3 71 (5.15%) Salesforce
4 56 (4.06%) Databricks
5 42 (3.05%) Google
6 41 (2.97%) VMware
7 30 (2.18%) Cisco
8 29 (2.10%) Red Hat
9 26 (1.89%) Splunk
10 21 (1.52%) Okta
10 21 (1.52%) SolarWinds
11 19 (1.38%) SAP
12 18 (1.31%) Ab Initio
12 18 (1.31%) Veeam
13 15 (1.09%) ServiceNow
14 14 (1.02%) IBM
15 13 (0.94%) NetApp
16 12 (0.87%) 3PAR
16 12 (0.87%) MuleSoft
17 11 (0.80%) Dynatrace
3,978 hybrid/remote DevOps jobs