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

 6 months to
14 Mar 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 20 14 18
Rank change year-on-year -6 +4 -7
Permanent jobs citing DevOps 1,449 1,861 3,087
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 8.62% 13.45% 10.31%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 10.11% 14.11% 11.20%
Number of salaries quoted 994 1,366 2,562
10th Percentile £42,500 £42,500 £41,250
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 £90,000 £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 14,330 13,188 27,572
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 85.21% 95.33% 92.07%
Number of salaries quoted 9,436 8,773 22,841
10th Percentile £31,250 £34,281 £34,000
25th Percentile £42,500 £46,250 £42,500
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 £81,250 £75,772
90th Percentile £100,000 £103,750 £95,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% +9.09% -11.86%

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 14 March 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 29 (2.00%) Confluence
2 23 (1.59%) SharePoint
3 19 (1.31%) Apache Airflow
4 17 (1.17%) Apache
4 17 (1.17%) Microsoft Exchange
5 12 (0.83%) Apache Spark
6 11 (0.76%) Oracle SOA Suite
7 7 (0.48%) IIS
8 4 (0.28%) CMS
8 4 (0.28%) OpenStack
9 2 (0.14%) Apache Solr
10 1 (0.069%) Anypoint
10 1 (0.069%) Camunda
10 1 (0.069%) Headless CMS
10 1 (0.069%) nginx
10 1 (0.069%) Oracle Workflow
10 1 (0.069%) SAS
10 1 (0.069%) WebLogic
10 1 (0.069%) WordPress
Applications
1 20 (1.38%) Microsoft Excel
2 11 (0.76%) Microsoft Office
2 11 (0.76%) MS Visio
3 10 (0.69%) Microsoft Project
4 3 (0.21%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 1 (0.069%) EngageOne
5 1 (0.069%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 27 (1.86%) Oracle ERP
2 18 (1.24%) Dynamics CRM
3 15 (1.04%) SAP ERP
4 6 (0.41%) Dynamics AX
4 6 (0.41%) Markit EDM
5 4 (0.28%) Salesforce CRM
6 3 (0.21%) Oracle EBS
6 3 (0.21%) SAP S/4HANA
7 2 (0.14%) Payment Gateway
8 1 (0.069%) Integrated Workplace Management System
8 1 (0.069%) NEC Housing
8 1 (0.069%) NetSuite
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%) Shopify
8 1 (0.069%) TIBCO iProcess
8 1 (0.069%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 883 (60.94%) Azure
2 535 (36.92%) AWS
3 457 (31.54%) Azure DevOps
4 310 (21.39%) GitHub
5 183 (12.63%) GCP
6 149 (10.28%) Serverless
7 144 (9.94%) GitHub Actions
8 143 (9.87%) SaaS
9 136 (9.39%) Power Platform
10 94 (6.49%) AWS CloudFormation
11 86 (5.94%) Entra ID
12 84 (5.80%) Amazon S3
13 82 (5.66%) Amazon EKS
14 74 (5.11%) Azure Data Factory
15 72 (4.97%) AWS Lambda
16 67 (4.62%) Amazon CloudWatch
17 66 (4.55%) dbt
18 64 (4.42%) PaaS
19 62 (4.28%) GitHub Copilot
20 61 (4.21%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 63 (4.35%) Broadband
2 57 (3.93%) Firewall
3 24 (1.66%) TCP/IP
3 24 (1.66%) VPN
4 23 (1.59%) DNS
5 18 (1.24%) DHCP
6 11 (0.76%) Network Security
7 7 (0.48%) SAN
8 6 (0.41%) Cisco ASA
8 6 (0.41%) WAN
9 5 (0.35%) LAN
10 4 (0.28%) AMQP
10 4 (0.28%) SD-WAN
10 4 (0.28%) Wi-Fi
11 3 (0.21%) Internet
11 3 (0.21%) Modbus
11 3 (0.21%) PuTTY
11 3 (0.21%) SCCP
11 3 (0.21%) VLAN
11 3 (0.21%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 121 (8.35%) SQL Server
2 103 (7.11%) NoSQL
3 80 (5.52%) PostgreSQL
4 70 (4.83%) Data Warehouse
5 62 (4.28%) Power BI
6 50 (3.45%) Metadata
7 48 (3.31%) Relational Database
8 45 (3.11%) MongoDB
9 44 (3.04%) Azure SQL Database
10 40 (2.76%) Data Lake
11 38 (2.62%) Amazon RDS
12 37 (2.55%) Tableau
13 30 (2.07%) MySQL
14 25 (1.73%) DynamoDB
14 25 (1.73%) Elasticsearch
14 25 (1.73%) Redis
15 20 (1.38%) Amazon Athena
16 19 (1.31%) RDBMS
17 17 (1.17%) Delta Lake
18 15 (1.04%) Amazon Redshift
Development Applications
1 162 (11.18%) Jenkins
2 149 (10.28%) Git
3 114 (7.87%) GitLab
4 86 (5.94%) JIRA
5 57 (3.93%) SonarQube
6 28 (1.93%) Selenium
7 25 (1.73%) Oracle Forms
8 20 (1.38%) Cypress.io
9 19 (1.31%) Jaeger
10 17 (1.17%) Cucumber
10 17 (1.17%) TeamCity
11 16 (1.10%) Bitbucket
12 13 (0.90%) JMeter
13 12 (0.83%) Postman
14 9 (0.62%) git-flow
14 9 (0.62%) JUnit
14 9 (0.62%) Subversion
15 8 (0.55%) Maven
15 8 (0.55%) Visual Studio
16 6 (0.41%) Locust
General
1 413 (28.50%) Social Skills
2 405 (27.95%) Finance
3 164 (11.32%) Analytical Skills
4 148 (10.21%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 119 (8.21%) Public Sector
6 89 (6.14%) Marketing
7 66 (4.55%) Law
8 63 (4.35%) Banking
9 58 (4.00%) Retail
10 53 (3.66%) Games
11 43 (2.97%) Telecoms
12 33 (2.28%) Manufacturing
13 31 (2.14%) Legal
14 28 (1.93%) Financial Institution
15 23 (1.59%) Back Office
16 21 (1.45%) Front Office
17 16 (1.10%) Tech for Good
18 15 (1.04%) Billing
19 13 (0.90%) Presentation Skills
20 12 (0.83%) Health Technology
Job Titles
1 352 (24.29%) Senior
2 268 (18.50%) Developer
3 200 (13.80%) Lead
4 137 (9.45%) Software Engineer
5 136 (9.39%) DevOps Engineer
6 129 (8.90%) Architect
7 114 (7.87%) Cloud Engineer
8 79 (5.45%) Azure Engineer
9 68 (4.69%) Platform Engineer
10 67 (4.62%) Senior Developer
11 58 (4.00%) Data Engineer
12 57 (3.93%) Consultant
13 54 (3.73%) Senior DevOps
14 49 (3.38%) .NET Developer
14 49 (3.38%) Applications Engineer
15 48 (3.31%) Solutions Architect
16 47 (3.24%) Senior Software Engineer
17 42 (2.90%) AWS Engineer
18 41 (2.83%) Lead Developer
18 41 (2.83%) Lead DevOps
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 242 (16.70%) .NET
2 160 (11.04%) React
3 139 (9.59%) REST
4 135 (9.32%) RESTful
5 106 (7.32%) SOAP
6 85 (5.87%) Lightning Web Components
7 81 (5.59%) CSS
8 80 (5.52%) Spring
9 78 (5.38%) HTML
10 77 (5.31%) Spring Boot
11 72 (4.97%) Kafka
11 72 (4.97%) Node.js
12 63 (4.35%) Visualforce
13 61 (4.21%) .NET Core
14 56 (3.86%) OAuth
15 55 (3.80%) AngularJS
16 52 (3.59%) .NET Framework
17 48 (3.31%) JSON
18 46 (3.17%) Elastic Stack
19 40 (2.76%) ASP.NET
Miscellaneous
1 256 (17.67%) Cloud Native
2 142 (9.80%) Product Ownership
3 60 (4.14%) Distributed Systems
4 50 (3.45%) Enterprise Software
5 40 (2.76%) Management Information System
6 38 (2.62%) Legacy Systems
7 37 (2.55%) Low-Code
8 34 (2.35%) Self-Motivation
9 29 (2.00%) Mobile App
10 28 (1.93%) Public Cloud
11 24 (1.66%) Onboarding
12 18 (1.24%) Hybrid Cloud
12 18 (1.24%) IoT
13 17 (1.17%) AI Agents
13 17 (1.17%) Algorithms
14 16 (1.10%) Analytical Mindset
14 16 (1.10%) Legacy Applications
15 14 (0.97%) Security Posture
16 10 (0.69%) Private Cloud
17 9 (0.62%) Data Centre
Operating Systems
1 149 (10.28%) Linux
2 85 (5.87%) Windows
3 57 (3.93%) Unix
4 34 (2.35%) Windows Server
5 23 (1.59%) Android
6 12 (0.83%) VMS
7 11 (0.76%) Apple iOS
8 8 (0.55%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 7 (0.48%) Windows Server 2012
9 7 (0.48%) Windows Server 2019
10 6 (0.41%) CentOS
10 6 (0.41%) Ubuntu
11 2 (0.14%) Debian
11 2 (0.14%) Embedded Linux
12 1 (0.069%) Windows 10
12 1 (0.069%) Windows Server 2008
12 1 (0.069%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 870 (60.04%) CI/CD
2 662 (45.69%) Agile
3 384 (26.50%) Infrastructure as Code
4 369 (25.47%) Continuous Improvement
5 295 (20.36%) Problem-Solving
6 288 (19.88%) Mentoring
7 258 (17.81%) Software Engineering
8 256 (17.67%) AI
9 236 (16.29%) Test Automation
10 235 (16.22%) Coaching
11 224 (15.46%) Microservices
12 221 (15.25%) Containerisation
13 215 (14.84%) Observability
14 190 (13.11%) Analytics
15 167 (11.53%) Data Modelling
16 165 (11.39%) Scrum
17 159 (10.97%) Roadmaps
18 157 (10.84%) Event-Driven
19 149 (10.28%) Asset Management
20 147 (10.14%) Clean Code
Programming Languages
1 419 (28.92%) Python
2 366 (25.26%) SQL
3 238 (16.43%) Java
4 187 (12.91%) JavaScript
5 183 (12.63%) C#
6 117 (8.07%) PowerShell
7 110 (7.59%) Bash
8 105 (7.25%) TypeScript
9 90 (6.21%) Apex Code
10 77 (5.31%) Go
11 71 (4.90%) Bicep
12 42 (2.90%) SOQL
12 42 (2.90%) SOSL
13 27 (1.86%) Shell Script
14 26 (1.79%) PL/SQL
15 22 (1.52%) Scala
16 21 (1.45%) C++
16 21 (1.45%) PHP
17 15 (1.04%) Kotlin
17 15 (1.04%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 178 (12.28%) Degree
2 153 (10.56%) Security Cleared
3 115 (7.94%) SC Cleared
4 81 (5.59%) Computer Science Degree
5 55 (3.80%) Azure Certification
6 47 (3.24%) AWS Certification
7 28 (1.93%) Master's Degree
8 24 (1.66%) Microsoft Certification
9 23 (1.59%) DV Cleared
10 13 (0.90%) CISSP
10 13 (0.90%) DBS Check
10 13 (0.90%) ISTQB
11 10 (0.69%) PhD
11 10 (0.69%) PMI Certification
12 9 (0.62%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
13 8 (0.55%) PMP
14 7 (0.48%) BPSS Clearance
14 7 (0.48%) CCNP
14 7 (0.48%) Cisco Certification
14 7 (0.48%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 128 (8.83%) QA
2 66 (4.55%) Data Quality
3 53 (3.66%) Accessibility
4 41 (2.83%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 39 (2.69%) GDPR
6 18 (1.24%) NIST
7 12 (0.83%) GRC
8 11 (0.76%) PCI DSS
9 10 (0.69%) WCAG
10 8 (0.55%) SOC 2
11 6 (0.41%) SLA
12 3 (0.21%) Cyber Essentials
12 3 (0.21%) ISO 9001
12 3 (0.21%) NCSC
12 3 (0.21%) Software Quality Assurance
13 2 (0.14%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
13 2 (0.14%) HL7
13 2 (0.14%) HMG Security Policy Framework
13 2 (0.14%) SEPA
14 1 (0.069%) ISO 13485
System Software
1 277 (19.12%) Docker
2 69 (4.76%) Active Directory
3 18 (1.24%) Virtual Machines
4 15 (1.04%) VMware Infrastructure
5 11 (0.76%) vSphere
6 10 (0.69%) VMware ESXi
7 9 (0.62%) Firmware
8 8 (0.55%) Virtual Desktop
9 5 (0.35%) VMware NSX
10 3 (0.21%) Microsoft Virtual Server
10 3 (0.21%) Postfix
10 3 (0.21%) Virtual Servers
11 2 (0.14%) Embedded Firmware
11 2 (0.14%) Hyper-V
11 2 (0.14%) vCloud
Systems Management
1 411 (28.36%) Terraform
2 326 (22.50%) Kubernetes
3 129 (8.90%) Ansible
4 114 (7.87%) Grafana
5 87 (6.00%) Prometheus
6 41 (2.83%) Argo
7 35 (2.42%) Single Sign-On
8 20 (1.38%) Kustomize
9 13 (0.90%) Microsoft Intune
10 10 (0.69%) vCenter Server
11 8 (0.55%) Kibana
12 7 (0.48%) SCCM
13 6 (0.41%) HP Fortify
13 6 (0.41%) Proxmox
13 6 (0.41%) Puppet
14 5 (0.35%) AWS Copilot
14 5 (0.35%) Control-M
15 4 (0.28%) logstash
15 4 (0.28%) Packer
16 3 (0.21%) Progress Chef
Vendors
1 319 (22.02%) Microsoft
2 107 (7.38%) Salesforce
3 78 (5.38%) Google
4 59 (4.07%) Oracle
5 54 (3.73%) Splunk
6 48 (3.31%) Databricks
7 35 (2.42%) VMware
8 23 (1.59%) MuleSoft
8 23 (1.59%) SAP
9 22 (1.52%) Cisco
10 20 (1.38%) Okta
10 20 (1.38%) ServiceNow
11 17 (1.17%) Ab Initio
12 14 (0.97%) IBM
13 13 (0.90%) Red Hat
13 13 (0.90%) Veeam
14 11 (0.76%) Atlassian
14 11 (0.76%) Palo Alto
15 10 (0.69%) SolarWinds
16 8 (0.55%) PagerDuty
795 hybrid/remote DevOps jobs