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

 6 months to
12 May 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 22 15 21
Rank change year-on-year -7 +6 -10
Permanent jobs citing DevOps 1,518 1,936 3,006
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 8.22% 13.31% 9.23%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 9.93% 14.01% 10.14%
Number of salaries quoted 1,083 1,233 2,507
10th Percentile £44,050 £44,050 £41,933
25th Percentile £55,000 £53,750 £51,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £69,500 £70,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -0.71% +7.69% -7.14%
75th Percentile £85,500 £88,750 £82,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £115,000 £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 15,280 13,822 29,655
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 82.76% 95.02% 91.06%
Number of salaries quoted 10,821 8,823 23,459
10th Percentile £33,750 £31,250 £33,750
25th Percentile £45,000 £45,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,100 £60,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +0.17% +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 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year - +9.09% -9.84%

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 12 May 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 27 (1.78%) SharePoint
2 23 (1.52%) Apache
3 22 (1.45%) Confluence
4 20 (1.32%) Apache Airflow
5 16 (1.05%) Apache Spark
6 8 (0.53%) CMS
6 8 (0.53%) OpenStack
7 7 (0.46%) Apache Solr
7 7 (0.46%) Oracle SOA Suite
8 6 (0.40%) Microsoft Exchange
9 4 (0.26%) WordPress
10 3 (0.20%) Anypoint
10 3 (0.20%) nginx
11 2 (0.13%) IIS
11 2 (0.13%) Umbraco
12 1 (0.066%) Camunda
12 1 (0.066%) Drupal
12 1 (0.066%) Headless CMS
12 1 (0.066%) JBoss
12 1 (0.066%) SAS
Applications
1 19 (1.25%) Microsoft Project
2 12 (0.79%) Microsoft Excel
3 5 (0.33%) Microsoft Office
3 5 (0.33%) MS Visio
4 2 (0.13%) Trello
5 1 (0.066%) EngageOne
5 1 (0.066%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 1 (0.066%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 33 (2.17%) Dynamics CRM
2 15 (0.99%) SAP ERP
3 14 (0.92%) Oracle ERP
4 6 (0.40%) Dynamics AX
5 5 (0.33%) SAP S/4HANA
6 4 (0.26%) Markit EDM
7 3 (0.20%) Oracle EBS
7 3 (0.20%) Salesforce CRM
8 2 (0.13%) Fidessa
8 2 (0.13%) Infor SunSystems
9 1 (0.066%) Dynamics NAV
9 1 (0.066%) Magento
9 1 (0.066%) Payment Gateway
9 1 (0.066%) SAP IBP
9 1 (0.066%) SAP MII
9 1 (0.066%) SAP PP
9 1 (0.066%) TIBCO iProcess
9 1 (0.066%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 853 (56.19%) Azure
2 514 (33.86%) AWS
3 432 (28.46%) Azure DevOps
4 226 (14.89%) GitHub
5 171 (11.26%) GCP
6 146 (9.62%) Serverless
7 133 (8.76%) Power Platform
8 119 (7.84%) SaaS
9 109 (7.18%) GitHub Actions
10 84 (5.53%) Entra ID
11 78 (5.14%) Amazon S3
12 71 (4.68%) Amazon EKS
13 64 (4.22%) AWS CloudFormation
13 64 (4.22%) Azure Data Factory
14 59 (3.89%) Azure AKS
14 59 (3.89%) Azure Logic Apps
15 58 (3.82%) AWS Lambda
15 58 (3.82%) PaaS
16 50 (3.29%) Azure Service Bus
17 46 (3.03%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 62 (4.08%) Broadband
2 52 (3.43%) Firewall
3 23 (1.52%) DNS
4 21 (1.38%) VPN
5 20 (1.32%) TCP/IP
6 16 (1.05%) DHCP
7 11 (0.72%) Network Security
8 7 (0.46%) LAN
8 7 (0.46%) WAN
9 6 (0.40%) Cisco ASA
10 4 (0.26%) AMQP
10 4 (0.26%) Internet
10 4 (0.26%) SAN
11 3 (0.20%) Cisco Firepower
11 3 (0.20%) Modbus
11 3 (0.20%) PuTTY
11 3 (0.20%) SCCP
11 3 (0.20%) SD-WAN
11 3 (0.20%) SSL
11 3 (0.20%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 107 (7.05%) SQL Server
2 100 (6.59%) MongoDB
3 87 (5.73%) NoSQL
4 86 (5.67%) Azure SQL Database
5 74 (4.87%) PostgreSQL
6 55 (3.62%) Power BI
7 47 (3.10%) Data Warehouse
8 46 (3.03%) Metadata
9 44 (2.90%) Relational Database
10 34 (2.24%) Data Lake
11 32 (2.11%) Amazon RDS
12 30 (1.98%) Elasticsearch
13 25 (1.65%) MySQL
14 21 (1.38%) Amazon Athena
15 20 (1.32%) DynamoDB
15 20 (1.32%) Tableau
16 19 (1.25%) Delta Lake
17 18 (1.19%) RDBMS
17 18 (1.19%) Redis
18 14 (0.92%) Amazon Redshift
Development Applications
1 144 (9.49%) Git
2 131 (8.63%) Jenkins
3 116 (7.64%) GitLab
4 92 (6.06%) JIRA
5 46 (3.03%) SonarQube
6 31 (2.04%) Selenium
7 21 (1.38%) Cypress.io
8 18 (1.19%) Jaeger
9 16 (1.05%) TeamCity
10 15 (0.99%) Postman
11 14 (0.92%) Bitbucket
11 14 (0.92%) Oracle Forms
12 12 (0.79%) JMeter
12 12 (0.79%) Visual Studio
13 11 (0.72%) Maven
14 10 (0.66%) Cucumber
15 7 (0.46%) Locust
16 6 (0.40%) NUnit
16 6 (0.40%) SpecFlow
16 6 (0.40%) Subversion
General
1 364 (23.98%) Finance
2 338 (22.27%) Social Skills
3 148 (9.75%) Analytical Skills
4 145 (9.55%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 127 (8.37%) Public Sector
6 72 (4.74%) Marketing
7 70 (4.61%) Banking
8 66 (4.35%) Law
9 56 (3.69%) Games
10 53 (3.49%) Retail
11 40 (2.64%) Legal
12 27 (1.78%) Telecoms
13 24 (1.58%) Manufacturing
14 21 (1.38%) Back Office
15 20 (1.32%) Financial Institution
16 16 (1.05%) Advertising
16 16 (1.05%) Presentation Skills
17 14 (0.92%) Front Office
18 13 (0.86%) Billing
18 13 (0.86%) Health Technology
Job Titles
1 354 (23.32%) Senior
2 289 (19.04%) Developer
3 248 (16.34%) Lead
4 213 (14.03%) DevOps Engineer
5 148 (9.75%) Architect
6 118 (7.77%) Software Engineer
7 98 (6.46%) Cloud Engineer
8 90 (5.93%) Senior DevOps
9 84 (5.53%) .NET Developer
10 81 (5.34%) Azure Engineer
11 67 (4.41%) Data Engineer
12 65 (4.28%) Consultant
13 64 (4.22%) Senior DevOps Engineer
14 62 (4.08%) Platform Engineer
14 62 (4.08%) Solutions Architect
15 58 (3.82%) Lead DevOps
16 57 (3.75%) Senior Developer
17 52 (3.43%) AWS Engineer
17 52 (3.43%) Lead Developer
18 51 (3.36%) Lead DevOps Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 251 (16.53%) .NET
2 166 (10.94%) React
3 125 (8.23%) REST
4 123 (8.10%) RESTful
5 94 (6.19%) .NET Core
6 91 (5.99%) Node.js
7 90 (5.93%) CSS
8 87 (5.73%) HTML
9 83 (5.47%) ASP.NET
10 81 (5.34%) SOAP
11 71 (4.68%) ASP.NET Core
12 69 (4.55%) Lightning Web Components
13 66 (4.35%) Kafka
13 66 (4.35%) Spring
14 61 (4.02%) Spring Boot
15 54 (3.56%) Visualforce
16 51 (3.36%) AngularJS
17 44 (2.90%) .NET Framework
18 43 (2.83%) Entity Framework
19 41 (2.70%) OAuth
Miscellaneous
1 251 (16.53%) Cloud Native
2 131 (8.63%) Product Ownership
3 59 (3.89%) Enterprise Software
4 44 (2.90%) Distributed Systems
5 34 (2.24%) Mobile App
6 30 (1.98%) Legacy Systems
7 29 (1.91%) Management Information System
8 28 (1.84%) Low-Code
9 27 (1.78%) Self-Motivation
10 26 (1.71%) Onboarding
11 20 (1.32%) Data Centre
11 20 (1.32%) Public Cloud
12 19 (1.25%) Hybrid Cloud
13 17 (1.12%) Algorithms
13 17 (1.12%) Analytical Mindset
13 17 (1.12%) Greenfield Project
14 15 (0.99%) Cyberattack
14 15 (0.99%) Data Structures
14 15 (0.99%) Legacy Applications
15 13 (0.86%) Podcast
Operating Systems
1 159 (10.47%) Linux
2 78 (5.14%) Windows
3 52 (3.43%) Unix
4 29 (1.91%) Windows Server
5 24 (1.58%) Android
6 9 (0.59%) Apple iOS
6 9 (0.59%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 9 (0.59%) VMS
7 7 (0.46%) CentOS
8 5 (0.33%) Debian
9 4 (0.26%) Ubuntu
9 4 (0.26%) Windows Server 2012
9 4 (0.26%) Windows Server 2019
10 2 (0.13%) Embedded Linux
10 2 (0.13%) Windows Server 2016
11 1 (0.066%) Windows 10
11 1 (0.066%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 845 (55.67%) CI/CD
2 677 (44.60%) Agile
3 364 (23.98%) Infrastructure as Code
4 337 (22.20%) Continuous Improvement
5 291 (19.17%) Mentoring
6 269 (17.72%) Problem-Solving
7 251 (16.53%) AI
8 244 (16.07%) Software Engineering
9 241 (15.88%) Test Automation
10 239 (15.74%) Microservices
11 217 (14.30%) Containerisation
12 207 (13.64%) Coaching
13 195 (12.85%) Scrum
14 193 (12.71%) Observability
15 192 (12.65%) Full-Stack Development
16 180 (11.86%) Roadmaps
17 174 (11.46%) Analytics
18 154 (10.14%) Technical Leadership
19 150 (9.88%) Event-Driven
20 142 (9.35%) Data Modelling
Programming Languages
1 375 (24.70%) Python
2 354 (23.32%) SQL
3 229 (15.09%) Java
4 216 (14.23%) C#
5 205 (13.50%) JavaScript
6 108 (7.11%) TypeScript
7 91 (5.99%) Bash
8 83 (5.47%) PowerShell
9 72 (4.74%) Apex Code
10 71 (4.68%) Go
11 54 (3.56%) Bicep
12 36 (2.37%) SOQL
12 36 (2.37%) SOSL
13 26 (1.71%) C++
14 25 (1.65%) Scala
15 20 (1.32%) PHP
16 18 (1.19%) Shell Script
17 16 (1.05%) PL/SQL
18 14 (0.92%) Rust
19 13 (0.86%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 171 (11.26%) Security Cleared
2 158 (10.41%) Degree
3 126 (8.30%) SC Cleared
4 57 (3.75%) Computer Science Degree
5 47 (3.10%) Azure Certification
6 39 (2.57%) AWS Certification
7 29 (1.91%) DV Cleared
8 20 (1.32%) Master's Degree
9 18 (1.19%) ISTQB
10 17 (1.12%) DBS Check
11 16 (1.05%) Microsoft Certification
12 15 (0.99%) CISSP
13 14 (0.92%) PMI Certification
14 10 (0.66%) Cisco Certification
14 10 (0.66%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
15 9 (0.59%) PMP
16 8 (0.53%) PhD
16 8 (0.53%) TOGAF Certification
17 6 (0.40%) BPSS Clearance
17 6 (0.40%) CCNP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 131 (8.63%) QA
2 72 (4.74%) Data Quality
3 48 (3.16%) Accessibility
4 37 (2.44%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 33 (2.17%) GDPR
6 29 (1.91%) NIST
7 18 (1.19%) GRC
8 11 (0.72%) WCAG
9 9 (0.59%) PCI DSS
10 8 (0.53%) SOC 2
11 5 (0.33%) IFRS
12 3 (0.20%) Cyber Essentials
12 3 (0.20%) HMG Security Policy Framework
12 3 (0.20%) ISO 9001
12 3 (0.20%) Sarbanes-Oxley
12 3 (0.20%) Software Quality Assurance
12 3 (0.20%) Solvency II
13 2 (0.13%) NCSC
13 2 (0.13%) PMO
13 2 (0.13%) SEPA
System Software
1 262 (17.26%) Docker
2 71 (4.68%) Active Directory
3 21 (1.38%) VMware Infrastructure
4 15 (0.99%) Virtual Machines
5 8 (0.53%) vSphere
6 7 (0.46%) Firmware
7 6 (0.40%) VMware ESXi
8 4 (0.26%) Slurm Workload Manager
9 3 (0.20%) Hyper-V
9 3 (0.20%) Microsoft Virtual Server
9 3 (0.20%) Virtual Servers
10 2 (0.13%) Embedded Firmware
10 2 (0.13%) Virtual Desktop
10 2 (0.13%) VMware NSX
11 1 (0.066%) Citrix Hypervisor
11 1 (0.066%) KVM
11 1 (0.066%) QEMU
11 1 (0.066%) vCloud
11 1 (0.066%) Xen
Systems Management
1 384 (25.30%) Terraform
2 314 (20.69%) Kubernetes
3 127 (8.37%) Ansible
4 84 (5.53%) Grafana
5 69 (4.55%) Prometheus
6 46 (3.03%) Argo
7 22 (1.45%) Single Sign-On
8 18 (1.19%) Kustomize
8 18 (1.19%) Puppet
9 12 (0.79%) Microsoft Intune
10 9 (0.59%) Istio
11 8 (0.53%) Packer
12 7 (0.46%) Progress Chef
12 7 (0.46%) Proxmox
13 6 (0.40%) Active Directory Federation Services
13 6 (0.40%) vCenter Server
14 5 (0.33%) AWS Copilot
14 5 (0.33%) HP Fortify
15 4 (0.26%) Kibana
15 4 (0.26%) logstash
Vendors
1 357 (23.52%) Microsoft
2 91 (5.99%) Salesforce
3 75 (4.94%) Google
4 47 (3.10%) Databricks
5 43 (2.83%) Oracle
6 39 (2.57%) Splunk
7 38 (2.50%) VMware
8 34 (2.24%) ServiceNow
9 32 (2.11%) SAP
10 20 (1.32%) MuleSoft
11 16 (1.05%) Cisco
11 16 (1.05%) Okta
11 16 (1.05%) Red Hat
12 14 (0.92%) Facebook
13 11 (0.72%) Ab Initio
13 11 (0.72%) IBM
14 10 (0.66%) Palo Alto
15 8 (0.53%) Apple
15 8 (0.53%) Confluent
15 8 (0.53%) Juniper
728 hybrid/remote DevOps jobs