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 19 February 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

 6 months to
19 Feb 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 17 14 18
Rank change year-on-year -3 +4 -8
Permanent jobs citing DevOps 1,458 2,068 2,953
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 8.86% 13.32% 10.74%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 10.29% 14.03% 11.59%
Number of salaries quoted 990 1,406 2,477
10th Percentile £42,500 £42,500 £42,500
25th Percentile £52,500 £52,500 £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 £82,500 £89,688 £82,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £115,000 £97,500
UK median annual salary £70,000 £70,000 £67,500
% change year-on-year - +3.70% -3.57%

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 14,165 14,737 25,483
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 86.13% 94.91% 92.71%
Number of salaries quoted 9,173 8,842 21,140
10th Percentile £30,500 £36,250 £34,750
25th Percentile £42,500 £47,500 £43,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £62,500 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -4.00% +8.70% -8.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 £82,500 £76,250
90th Percentile £100,000 £104,199 £95,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year -9.09% +10.00% -12.00%

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 19 February 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 (2.67%) Confluence
2 26 (1.78%) SharePoint
3 21 (1.44%) Microsoft Exchange
4 20 (1.37%) Apache Airflow
5 16 (1.10%) Oracle SOA Suite
6 15 (1.03%) Apache
7 12 (0.82%) Apache Spark
8 9 (0.62%) IIS
9 4 (0.27%) CMS
9 4 (0.27%) OpenStack
10 2 (0.14%) nginx
11 1 (0.069%) Apache Solr
11 1 (0.069%) ArcGIS
11 1 (0.069%) Camunda
11 1 (0.069%) Headless CMS
11 1 (0.069%) Oracle Workflow
11 1 (0.069%) SAS
11 1 (0.069%) WebLogic
11 1 (0.069%) WordPress
Applications
1 28 (1.92%) Microsoft Excel
2 12 (0.82%) Microsoft Office
3 11 (0.75%) MS Visio
4 9 (0.62%) Microsoft Project
5 3 (0.21%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 3 (0.21%) Spreadsheet
6 1 (0.069%) EngageOne
Business Applications
1 37 (2.54%) Oracle ERP
2 18 (1.23%) Dynamics CRM
3 15 (1.03%) SAP ERP
4 6 (0.41%) Markit EDM
5 4 (0.27%) Salesforce CRM
6 3 (0.21%) Dynamics AX
6 3 (0.21%) Oracle EBS
6 3 (0.21%) SAP S/4HANA
7 2 (0.14%) Shopify
8 1 (0.069%) Integrated Workplace Management System
8 1 (0.069%) NEC Housing
8 1 (0.069%) NetSuite
8 1 (0.069%) Payment Gateway
8 1 (0.069%) Primavera
8 1 (0.069%) SAP IBP
8 1 (0.069%) SAP MII
8 1 (0.069%) SAP PP
8 1 (0.069%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
8 1 (0.069%) TIBCO iProcess
8 1 (0.069%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 927 (63.58%) Azure
2 518 (35.53%) AWS
3 502 (34.43%) Azure DevOps
4 344 (23.59%) GitHub
5 175 (12.00%) GCP
6 152 (10.43%) GitHub Actions
7 147 (10.08%) Power Platform
8 143 (9.81%) SaaS
9 141 (9.67%) Serverless
10 99 (6.79%) Entra ID
11 97 (6.65%) AWS CloudFormation
12 80 (5.49%) Amazon EKS
13 78 (5.35%) Amazon S3
14 76 (5.21%) Azure Data Factory
15 73 (5.01%) Amazon CloudWatch
16 72 (4.94%) GitHub Copilot
16 72 (4.94%) Snowflake
17 67 (4.60%) PaaS
18 66 (4.53%) dbt
19 64 (4.39%) AWS Lambda
Communications & Networking
1 55 (3.77%) Firewall
2 50 (3.43%) Broadband
3 29 (1.99%) VPN
4 28 (1.92%) DNS
5 22 (1.51%) DHCP
6 21 (1.44%) TCP/IP
7 13 (0.89%) WAN
8 12 (0.82%) Network Security
9 9 (0.62%) LAN
9 9 (0.62%) SAN
10 8 (0.55%) SD-WAN
10 8 (0.55%) Wi-Fi
11 5 (0.34%) Internet
11 5 (0.34%) VLAN
12 4 (0.27%) AMQP
13 3 (0.21%) IPsec
13 3 (0.21%) OSPF
13 3 (0.21%) PuTTY
13 3 (0.21%) Unified Communications
13 3 (0.21%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 122 (8.37%) SQL Server
2 92 (6.31%) NoSQL
3 87 (5.97%) Data Warehouse
4 79 (5.42%) PostgreSQL
5 75 (5.14%) Power BI
6 51 (3.50%) Metadata
7 49 (3.36%) Tableau
8 48 (3.29%) Relational Database
9 44 (3.02%) Azure SQL Database
10 39 (2.67%) MongoDB
11 38 (2.61%) Data Lake
12 33 (2.26%) Amazon RDS
13 29 (1.99%) MySQL
14 27 (1.85%) Elasticsearch
15 23 (1.58%) DynamoDB
15 23 (1.58%) Redis
16 20 (1.37%) Amazon Athena
17 19 (1.30%) RDBMS
18 17 (1.17%) Delta Lake
19 15 (1.03%) Amazon Redshift
Development Applications
1 156 (10.70%) Jenkins
2 154 (10.56%) Git
3 105 (7.20%) JIRA
4 99 (6.79%) GitLab
5 45 (3.09%) SonarQube
6 35 (2.40%) Oracle Forms
7 27 (1.85%) Selenium
8 19 (1.30%) Jaeger
9 18 (1.23%) Cypress.io
9 18 (1.23%) TeamCity
10 14 (0.96%) Bitbucket
11 13 (0.89%) Cucumber
12 12 (0.82%) Postman
13 10 (0.69%) git-flow
13 10 (0.69%) JMeter
13 10 (0.69%) JUnit
14 9 (0.62%) Subversion
15 8 (0.55%) Maven
15 8 (0.55%) Visual Studio
16 7 (0.48%) Storybook
General
1 435 (29.84%) Finance
2 418 (28.67%) Social Skills
3 171 (11.73%) Analytical Skills
4 131 (8.98%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 111 (7.61%) Public Sector
6 82 (5.62%) Marketing
7 57 (3.91%) Law
8 54 (3.70%) Banking
8 54 (3.70%) Retail
9 41 (2.81%) Telecoms
10 40 (2.74%) Games
11 28 (1.92%) Financial Institution
12 25 (1.71%) Manufacturing
13 23 (1.58%) Legal
14 22 (1.51%) Back Office
14 22 (1.51%) Front Office
15 17 (1.17%) Tech for Good
16 15 (1.03%) Billing
17 11 (0.75%) Documentation Skills
18 10 (0.69%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 362 (24.83%) Senior
2 261 (17.90%) Developer
3 187 (12.83%) Lead
4 137 (9.40%) Software Engineer
5 132 (9.05%) Cloud Engineer
6 130 (8.92%) DevOps Engineer
7 102 (7.00%) Architect
8 87 (5.97%) Azure Engineer
9 71 (4.87%) Platform Engineer
10 66 (4.53%) Senior Developer
11 64 (4.39%) Data Engineer
12 60 (4.12%) Applications Engineer
13 54 (3.70%) Senior DevOps
14 49 (3.36%) Infrastructure Engineer
15 47 (3.22%) .NET Developer
15 47 (3.22%) Consultant
15 47 (3.22%) Senior Software Engineer
16 43 (2.95%) Analyst
17 39 (2.67%) AWS Engineer
18 38 (2.61%) Full-Stack Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 242 (16.60%) .NET
2 165 (11.32%) React
3 140 (9.60%) RESTful
4 118 (8.09%) REST
5 97 (6.65%) SOAP
6 79 (5.42%) Spring
7 76 (5.21%) Spring Boot
8 72 (4.94%) Node.js
9 71 (4.87%) CSS
9 71 (4.87%) Lightning Web Components
10 68 (4.66%) HTML
11 67 (4.60%) Kafka
12 61 (4.18%) AngularJS
13 58 (3.98%) OAuth
14 57 (3.91%) .NET Framework
15 50 (3.43%) .NET Core
15 50 (3.43%) JSON
16 48 (3.29%) Visualforce
17 46 (3.16%) Elastic Stack
18 38 (2.61%) OAuth2
Miscellaneous
1 269 (18.45%) Cloud Native
2 149 (10.22%) Product Ownership
3 58 (3.98%) Distributed Systems
4 57 (3.91%) Enterprise Software
5 46 (3.16%) Management Information System
6 37 (2.54%) Low-Code
7 36 (2.47%) Legacy Systems
8 31 (2.13%) Onboarding
8 31 (2.13%) Self-Motivation
9 29 (1.99%) Analytical Mindset
10 28 (1.92%) Mobile App
11 23 (1.58%) Public Cloud
12 18 (1.23%) AI Agents
13 17 (1.17%) Algorithms
14 15 (1.03%) IoT
14 15 (1.03%) Legacy Applications
15 13 (0.89%) Hybrid Cloud
16 12 (0.82%) Data Centre
16 12 (0.82%) Security Posture
17 9 (0.62%) Data Protection Act
Operating Systems
1 157 (10.77%) Linux
2 95 (6.52%) Windows
3 55 (3.77%) Unix
4 36 (2.47%) Windows Server
5 23 (1.58%) Android
6 17 (1.17%) VMS
7 12 (0.82%) Apple iOS
8 10 (0.69%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 9 (0.62%) Windows Server 2012
9 9 (0.62%) Windows Server 2019
10 8 (0.55%) Ubuntu
11 6 (0.41%) CentOS
12 4 (0.27%) Debian
13 2 (0.14%) Embedded Linux
14 1 (0.069%) Windows 10
14 1 (0.069%) Windows Server 2008
14 1 (0.069%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 874 (59.95%) CI/CD
2 683 (46.84%) Agile
3 380 (26.06%) Infrastructure as Code
4 373 (25.58%) Continuous Improvement
5 314 (21.54%) Problem-Solving
6 292 (20.03%) Mentoring
7 279 (19.14%) Coaching
8 275 (18.86%) AI
9 245 (16.80%) Software Engineering
10 240 (16.46%) Test Automation
11 224 (15.36%) Microservices
12 209 (14.33%) Observability
13 208 (14.27%) Containerisation
14 207 (14.20%) Analytics
15 191 (13.10%) Asset Management
16 175 (12.00%) Data Modelling
17 163 (11.18%) Clean Code
18 155 (10.63%) Roadmaps
19 147 (10.08%) Scrum
20 134 (9.19%) Event-Driven
Programming Languages
1 452 (31.00%) Python
2 382 (26.20%) SQL
3 238 (16.32%) Java
4 182 (12.48%) JavaScript
5 180 (12.35%) C#
6 138 (9.47%) PowerShell
7 123 (8.44%) Bash
8 111 (7.61%) TypeScript
9 77 (5.28%) Go
10 75 (5.14%) Apex Code
11 74 (5.08%) Bicep
12 37 (2.54%) PL/SQL
12 37 (2.54%) Shell Script
13 30 (2.06%) SOQL
13 30 (2.06%) SOSL
14 25 (1.71%) Scala
15 18 (1.23%) C++
16 17 (1.17%) T-SQL
17 15 (1.03%) PHP
18 13 (0.89%) Kotlin
Qualifications
1 177 (12.14%) Degree
2 160 (10.97%) Security Cleared
3 121 (8.30%) SC Cleared
4 89 (6.10%) Computer Science Degree
5 61 (4.18%) Azure Certification
6 54 (3.70%) AWS Certification
7 31 (2.13%) Master's Degree
8 26 (1.78%) Microsoft Certification
9 22 (1.51%) DV Cleared
10 16 (1.10%) ISTQB
11 12 (0.82%) CISSP
12 11 (0.75%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
12 11 (0.75%) PMI Certification
13 10 (0.69%) DBS Check
14 9 (0.62%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
14 9 (0.62%) Cisco Certification
14 9 (0.62%) PMP
15 8 (0.55%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
16 7 (0.48%) PhD
16 7 (0.48%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 123 (8.44%) QA
2 70 (4.80%) Data Quality
3 49 (3.36%) Accessibility
4 43 (2.95%) GDPR
4 43 (2.95%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 19 (1.30%) NIST
6 12 (0.82%) PCI DSS
7 7 (0.48%) SOC 2
8 6 (0.41%) SLA
8 6 (0.41%) WCAG
9 5 (0.34%) Sarbanes-Oxley
10 4 (0.27%) GRC
11 3 (0.21%) NCSC
11 3 (0.21%) Software Quality Assurance
12 2 (0.14%) Cyber Essentials
12 2 (0.14%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
12 2 (0.14%) HMG Security Policy Framework
12 2 (0.14%) PMO
12 2 (0.14%) SEPA
13 1 (0.069%) Def Stans
System Software
1 276 (18.93%) Docker
2 82 (5.62%) Active Directory
3 23 (1.58%) Virtual Machines
4 18 (1.23%) VMware Infrastructure
5 13 (0.89%) Virtual Desktop
6 12 (0.82%) vSphere
7 11 (0.75%) VMware ESXi
8 8 (0.55%) Firmware
9 6 (0.41%) Virtual Servers
10 5 (0.34%) VMware NSX
11 3 (0.21%) Microsoft Virtual Server
11 3 (0.21%) Postfix
12 2 (0.14%) Embedded Firmware
12 2 (0.14%) Hyper-V
12 2 (0.14%) NFS
12 2 (0.14%) vCloud
13 1 (0.069%) HDFS
Systems Management
1 438 (30.04%) Terraform
2 341 (23.39%) Kubernetes
3 136 (9.33%) Ansible
4 116 (7.96%) Grafana
5 91 (6.24%) Prometheus
6 44 (3.02%) Single Sign-On
7 41 (2.81%) Argo
8 20 (1.37%) Kustomize
8 20 (1.37%) Microsoft Intune
9 11 (0.75%) vCenter Server
10 9 (0.62%) SCCM
11 8 (0.55%) Kibana
12 6 (0.41%) HP Fortify
12 6 (0.41%) Puppet
13 5 (0.34%) AWS Copilot
13 5 (0.34%) Control-M
13 5 (0.34%) Proxmox
14 4 (0.27%) logstash
14 4 (0.27%) Progress Chef
14 4 (0.27%) Red Hat Satellite
Vendors
1 320 (21.95%) Microsoft
2 91 (6.24%) Salesforce
3 76 (5.21%) Google
4 72 (4.94%) Oracle
5 53 (3.64%) Databricks
6 42 (2.88%) Splunk
7 38 (2.61%) VMware
8 24 (1.65%) SAP
9 23 (1.58%) Okta
10 20 (1.37%) MuleSoft
11 19 (1.30%) Cisco
11 19 (1.30%) ServiceNow
12 18 (1.23%) Ab Initio
13 16 (1.10%) Red Hat
14 15 (1.03%) SolarWinds
14 15 (1.03%) Veeam
15 14 (0.96%) IBM
16 11 (0.75%) Atlassian
17 10 (0.69%) NetApp
18 9 (0.62%) 3PAR
758 hybrid/remote DevOps jobs