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

 6 months to
13 Aug 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 17 16 20
Rank change year-on-year -1 +4 -10
Permanent jobs citing DevOps 1,924 1,860 2,267
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 8.47% 11.20% 9.11%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 10.24% 12.04% 10.39%
Number of salaries quoted 1,383 1,004 1,797
10th Percentile £45,000 £46,486 £42,500
25th Percentile £52,500 £56,250 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £69,305 £70,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -0.99% +7.69% -7.14%
75th Percentile £87,500 £83,750 £85,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £100,000 £100,000
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 18,782 15,445 21,829
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 82.64% 92.96% 87.71%
Number of salaries quoted 13,537 8,945 15,559
10th Percentile £35,000 £29,750 £35,000
25th Percentile £44,972 £40,750 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £57,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.35% -4.17% -4.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 £77,500 £77,750
90th Percentile £100,000 £100,000 £97,500
UK median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +9.09% - -8.84%

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 August 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 47 (2.44%) SharePoint
2 30 (1.56%) Confluence
3 26 (1.35%) Apache
4 25 (1.30%) Apache Spark
5 13 (0.68%) Microsoft Exchange
6 11 (0.57%) Apache Airflow
7 9 (0.47%) IIS
8 8 (0.42%) nginx
8 8 (0.42%) SharePoint Server
9 7 (0.36%) CMS
10 6 (0.31%) Anypoint
10 6 (0.31%) Apache Solr
10 6 (0.31%) OpenStack
10 6 (0.31%) SAS
10 6 (0.31%) WordPress
11 5 (0.26%) Jupyter
12 3 (0.16%) BizTalk Server
12 3 (0.16%) Umbraco
13 1 (0.052%) JBoss
13 1 (0.052%) Tomcat
Applications
1 40 (2.08%) Microsoft Project
2 17 (0.88%) Microsoft Excel
3 12 (0.62%) Trello
4 9 (0.47%) MS Visio
5 7 (0.36%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 5 (0.26%) Microsoft Office
7 3 (0.16%) Blender
7 3 (0.16%) Chatbot
7 3 (0.16%) Maya
8 1 (0.052%) Lightworks
8 1 (0.052%) Notion
8 1 (0.052%) PlantUML
8 1 (0.052%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 44 (2.29%) Dynamics CRM
2 5 (0.26%) Fidessa
2 5 (0.26%) SAP S/4HANA
3 4 (0.21%) Dynamics AX
3 4 (0.21%) Oracle ERP
4 3 (0.16%) Carpe Diem
4 3 (0.16%) Elite 3E
4 3 (0.16%) Oracle EBS
5 2 (0.10%) Infor SunSystems
5 2 (0.10%) JDE EnterpriseOne
6 1 (0.052%) Dynamics GP
6 1 (0.052%) Dynamics NAV
6 1 (0.052%) Magento
6 1 (0.052%) Payment Gateway
6 1 (0.052%) Sage 200
6 1 (0.052%) SAP ERP
Cloud Services
1 1,079 (56.08%) Azure
2 620 (32.22%) AWS
3 579 (30.09%) Azure DevOps
4 255 (13.25%) SaaS
5 195 (10.14%) GCP
6 151 (7.85%) Power Platform
7 148 (7.69%) Serverless
8 144 (7.48%) GitHub
9 91 (4.73%) Azure AI
10 90 (4.68%) PaaS
11 74 (3.85%) AWS CloudFormation
12 71 (3.69%) Azure AKS
13 70 (3.64%) Azure Service Bus
14 68 (3.53%) Azure Cosmos DB
14 68 (3.53%) Dynamics 365
14 68 (3.53%) Entra ID
15 67 (3.48%) GitHub Actions
16 64 (3.33%) Amazon EKS
17 63 (3.27%) Microsoft 365
18 61 (3.17%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 41 (2.13%) TCP/IP
2 38 (1.98%) VPN
3 35 (1.82%) Broadband
3 35 (1.82%) Firewall
4 30 (1.56%) DNS
5 13 (0.68%) Internet
6 10 (0.52%) DHCP
6 10 (0.52%) Network Security
7 7 (0.36%) BGP
7 7 (0.36%) WAN
8 6 (0.31%) LAN
8 6 (0.31%) NGFW
8 6 (0.31%) OSPF
9 5 (0.26%) Ethernet VPN
9 5 (0.26%) VXLAN
10 4 (0.21%) Cisco ASA
10 4 (0.21%) HTTP
10 4 (0.21%) SSH
10 4 (0.21%) SSL
11 3 (0.16%) Modbus
Database & Business Intelligence
1 209 (10.86%) Azure SQL Database
2 205 (10.65%) MongoDB
3 151 (7.85%) SQL Server
4 88 (4.57%) PostgreSQL
5 62 (3.22%) Power BI
6 55 (2.86%) Elasticsearch
6 55 (2.86%) NoSQL
7 38 (1.98%) MySQL
8 36 (1.87%) Data Warehouse
8 36 (1.87%) Relational Database
9 27 (1.40%) Amazon RDS
10 24 (1.25%) Metadata
10 24 (1.25%) Redis
11 21 (1.09%) SQL Server Integration Services
12 20 (1.04%) Data Lake
13 19 (0.99%) DynamoDB
14 16 (0.83%) Delta Lake
15 14 (0.73%) Amazon Athena
16 11 (0.57%) NonStop SQL
17 10 (0.52%) Big Data
Development Applications
1 160 (8.32%) Git
2 120 (6.24%) JIRA
3 102 (5.30%) Jenkins
4 97 (5.04%) GitLab
5 30 (1.56%) Selenium
5 30 (1.56%) SonarQube
6 29 (1.51%) TeamCity
7 21 (1.09%) Cypress.io
8 18 (0.94%) Postman
9 12 (0.62%) Bitbucket
10 11 (0.57%) Cucumber
10 11 (0.57%) JMeter
10 11 (0.57%) NUnit
11 10 (0.52%) Visual Studio
11 10 (0.52%) Visual Studio Code
12 7 (0.36%) Claude Code
13 6 (0.31%) Atlassian Bamboo
13 6 (0.31%) JUnit
13 6 (0.31%) Maven
13 6 (0.31%) Octopus Deploy
General
1 464 (24.12%) Social Skills
2 354 (18.40%) Finance
3 168 (8.73%) Public Sector
4 153 (7.95%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 149 (7.74%) Law
6 117 (6.08%) Legal
7 116 (6.03%) Analytical Skills
8 73 (3.79%) Banking
9 63 (3.27%) Retail
10 57 (2.96%) Marketing
11 46 (2.39%) Games
12 31 (1.61%) Advertising
13 27 (1.40%) Back Office
14 24 (1.25%) Financial Institution
15 22 (1.14%) Aerospace
16 21 (1.09%) Presentation Skills
17 20 (1.04%) Manufacturing
18 18 (0.94%) Legal Technology
19 15 (0.78%) Telecoms
20 12 (0.62%) Influencing Skills
Job Titles
1 477 (24.79%) Senior
2 389 (20.22%) Developer
3 348 (18.09%) DevOps Engineer
4 263 (13.67%) Lead
5 194 (10.08%) .NET Developer
6 156 (8.11%) Architect
7 151 (7.85%) Software Engineer
8 110 (5.72%) Senior DevOps
9 100 (5.20%) Senior DevOps Engineer
10 97 (5.04%) Azure Engineer
11 85 (4.42%) IT Manager
12 78 (4.05%) Cloud Engineer
13 72 (3.74%) Platform Engineer
14 66 (3.43%) Senior Developer
14 66 (3.43%) Senior Manager
15 64 (3.33%) Data Engineer
16 62 (3.22%) Solutions Architect
17 58 (3.01%) Senior Software Engineer
18 56 (2.91%) Consultant
19 53 (2.75%) Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 389 (20.22%) .NET
2 211 (10.97%) React
3 208 (10.81%) ASP.NET
4 199 (10.34%) .NET Core
5 182 (9.46%) ASP.NET Core
6 141 (7.33%) RESTful
7 126 (6.55%) CSS
8 124 (6.44%) Node.js
8 124 (6.44%) REST
9 120 (6.24%) HTML
10 107 (5.56%) Blazor
11 99 (5.15%) Entity Framework
12 82 (4.26%) ML.NET
13 71 (3.69%) Middleware
14 59 (3.07%) AngularJS
15 56 (2.91%) Kafka
16 48 (2.49%) Spring Boot
17 46 (2.39%) Spring
18 40 (2.08%) SOAP
19 37 (1.92%) .NET Framework
Miscellaneous
1 310 (16.11%) Cloud Native
2 134 (6.96%) Product Ownership
3 100 (5.20%) Enterprise Software
4 82 (4.26%) Distributed Systems
5 62 (3.22%) Virtual Team
6 59 (3.07%) Greenfield Project
7 52 (2.70%) Cyber Threat
8 43 (2.23%) Legacy Systems
9 37 (1.92%) Management Information System
9 37 (1.92%) Mobile App
10 32 (1.66%) Self-Motivation
11 29 (1.51%) Public Cloud
12 28 (1.46%) Data Centre
13 25 (1.30%) Driving Licence
13 25 (1.30%) Onboarding
13 25 (1.30%) Podcast
14 23 (1.20%) Social Media
15 22 (1.14%) Legacy Applications
16 21 (1.09%) Hybrid Cloud
17 20 (1.04%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 179 (9.30%) Linux
2 99 (5.15%) Windows
3 63 (3.27%) Unix
4 20 (1.04%) Android
5 17 (0.88%) Windows Server
6 16 (0.83%) VMS
7 8 (0.42%) Debian
7 8 (0.42%) Ubuntu
8 7 (0.36%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 5 (0.26%) CentOS
10 3 (0.16%) VxWorks
11 2 (0.10%) Apple iOS
11 2 (0.10%) Solaris
11 2 (0.10%) Windows Server 2016
12 1 (0.052%) Embedded Linux
12 1 (0.052%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 948 (49.27%) CI/CD
2 864 (44.91%) Agile
3 440 (22.87%) Continuous Improvement
4 426 (22.14%) Infrastructure as Code
5 419 (21.78%) Mentoring
6 393 (20.43%) Software Engineering
7 371 (19.28%) AI
8 340 (17.67%) Test Automation
9 299 (15.54%) Full-Stack Development
10 298 (15.49%) Problem-Solving
11 269 (13.98%) Microservices
12 241 (12.53%) Stakeholder Engagement
13 240 (12.47%) Scrum
14 216 (11.23%) Technical Leadership
15 214 (11.12%) Containerisation
16 205 (10.65%) Observability
16 205 (10.65%) Roadmaps
17 202 (10.50%) Stakeholder Management
18 196 (10.19%) Coaching
19 185 (9.62%) Platform Engineering
Programming Languages
1 447 (23.23%) C#
2 441 (22.92%) SQL
3 390 (20.27%) Python
4 310 (16.11%) JavaScript
5 203 (10.55%) Java
6 166 (8.63%) TypeScript
7 163 (8.47%) PowerShell
8 97 (5.04%) Bash
9 75 (3.90%) Bicep
10 36 (1.87%) Apex Code
11 33 (1.72%) C++
12 28 (1.46%) Go
13 22 (1.14%) PHP
13 22 (1.14%) T-SQL
14 20 (1.04%) Kusto Query Language
14 20 (1.04%) SOQL
14 20 (1.04%) SOSL
15 17 (0.88%) Ruby
16 13 (0.68%) Groovy
17 11 (0.57%) Scala
Qualifications
1 243 (12.63%) Security Cleared
2 197 (10.24%) SC Cleared
3 160 (8.32%) Degree
4 68 (3.53%) CISSP
5 65 (3.38%) Azure Certification
6 58 (3.01%) CISM
7 57 (2.96%) ITIL Certification
8 44 (2.29%) Computer Science Degree
8 44 (2.29%) DV Cleared
9 33 (1.72%) BPSS Clearance
10 24 (1.25%) AWS Certification
10 24 (1.25%) Microsoft Certification
11 22 (1.14%) DBS Check
12 20 (1.04%) Master's Degree
13 17 (0.88%) PMI Certification
14 14 (0.73%) ISTQB
15 13 (0.68%) Cisco Certification
15 13 (0.68%) PMP
16 7 (0.36%) CCNP
17 6 (0.31%) CISA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 222 (11.54%) QA
2 80 (4.16%) NIST
3 60 (3.12%) Accessibility
4 54 (2.81%) Data Quality
5 48 (2.49%) ISO 22301
6 33 (1.72%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 29 (1.51%) GDPR
8 24 (1.25%) GRC
9 15 (0.78%) WCAG
10 9 (0.47%) HMG Security Policy Framework
11 7 (0.36%) PCI DSS
12 6 (0.31%) NIST 800
12 6 (0.31%) PMO
12 6 (0.31%) SLA
13 5 (0.26%) IFRS
13 5 (0.26%) SOC 2
14 4 (0.21%) ISO 9001
14 4 (0.21%) NCSC
15 3 (0.16%) Sarbanes-Oxley
15 3 (0.16%) Solvency II
System Software
1 264 (13.72%) Docker
2 64 (3.33%) Active Directory
3 33 (1.72%) VMware Infrastructure
4 20 (1.04%) Virtual Machines
5 17 (0.88%) vSphere
6 15 (0.78%) Virtual Desktop
7 9 (0.47%) Firmware
8 4 (0.21%) Slurm Workload Manager
9 3 (0.16%) Hyper-V
10 2 (0.10%) Embedded Firmware
10 2 (0.10%) iptables
10 2 (0.10%) KVM
10 2 (0.10%) VMware ESXi
11 1 (0.052%) Citrix Hypervisor
11 1 (0.052%) Oracle RAC
11 1 (0.052%) QEMU
11 1 (0.052%) Xen
Systems Management
1 383 (19.91%) Terraform
2 296 (15.38%) Kubernetes
3 93 (4.83%) Ansible
4 77 (4.00%) Grafana
5 42 (2.18%) Prometheus
6 29 (1.51%) Argo
7 19 (0.99%) Puppet
8 16 (0.83%) Microsoft Intune
9 15 (0.78%) Istio
10 8 (0.42%) Progress Chef
11 6 (0.31%) Active Directory Federation Services
11 6 (0.31%) Packer
11 6 (0.31%) Proxmox
11 6 (0.31%) ZABBIX
12 5 (0.26%) AWS Copilot
13 3 (0.16%) Kibana
13 3 (0.16%) Single Sign-On
14 2 (0.10%) HP Fortify
14 2 (0.10%) MIIS
14 2 (0.10%) Nagios
Vendors
1 503 (26.14%) Microsoft
2 93 (4.83%) Google
3 61 (3.17%) Oracle
4 60 (3.12%) Salesforce
5 49 (2.55%) ServiceNow
6 43 (2.23%) Databricks
7 40 (2.08%) Facebook
7 40 (2.08%) VMware
8 33 (1.72%) SAP
9 29 (1.51%) Pega
10 25 (1.30%) Splunk
11 23 (1.20%) MuleSoft
12 21 (1.09%) YouTube
13 19 (0.99%) OpenAI
13 19 (0.99%) Sony
14 18 (0.94%) Apple
15 17 (0.88%) Yahoo!
16 16 (0.83%) Cisco
17 14 (0.73%) Red Hat
18 13 (0.68%) Foundry
1,186 hybrid/remote DevOps jobs