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

 6 months to
7 Mar 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 18 14 18
Rank change year-on-year -4 +4 -7
Permanent jobs citing DevOps 1,448 1,965 3,070
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 8.64% 13.32% 10.50%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 10.11% 13.98% 11.37%
Number of salaries quoted 999 1,411 2,552
10th Percentile £42,500 £42,500 £41,250
25th Percentile £52,500 £52,500 £51,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £67,500 £69,384 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -2.71% +6.74% -7.14%
75th Percentile £82,500 £88,750 £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 14,323 14,051 27,011
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 85.46% 95.24% 92.37%
Number of salaries quoted 9,353 8,959 22,405
10th Percentile £31,000 £35,000 £34,103
25th Percentile £42,500 £47,000 £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 £76,250
90th Percentile £100,000 £102,500 £95,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% +9.09% -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 7 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 30 (2.07%) Confluence
2 23 (1.59%) SharePoint
3 18 (1.24%) Apache Airflow
3 18 (1.24%) Microsoft Exchange
4 16 (1.10%) Apache
5 13 (0.90%) Apache Spark
5 13 (0.90%) Oracle SOA Suite
6 7 (0.48%) IIS
7 4 (0.28%) CMS
7 4 (0.28%) OpenStack
8 2 (0.14%) Apache Solr
8 2 (0.14%) nginx
9 1 (0.069%) Camunda
9 1 (0.069%) Headless CMS
9 1 (0.069%) Oracle Workflow
9 1 (0.069%) SAS
9 1 (0.069%) WebLogic
9 1 (0.069%) WordPress
Applications
1 22 (1.52%) Microsoft Excel
2 12 (0.83%) Microsoft Office
3 11 (0.76%) MS Visio
4 8 (0.55%) Microsoft Project
5 3 (0.21%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 2 (0.14%) Spreadsheet
7 1 (0.069%) EngageOne
Business Applications
1 31 (2.14%) Oracle ERP
2 18 (1.24%) Dynamics CRM
3 15 (1.04%) SAP ERP
4 6 (0.41%) Markit EDM
5 5 (0.35%) Dynamics AX
6 4 (0.28%) Salesforce CRM
7 3 (0.21%) Oracle EBS
7 3 (0.21%) SAP S/4HANA
8 2 (0.14%) Payment Gateway
8 2 (0.14%) Shopify
9 1 (0.069%) Integrated Workplace Management System
9 1 (0.069%) NEC Housing
9 1 (0.069%) NetSuite
9 1 (0.069%) Primavera
9 1 (0.069%) SAP IBP
9 1 (0.069%) SAP MII
9 1 (0.069%) SAP PP
9 1 (0.069%) TIBCO iProcess
9 1 (0.069%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 888 (61.33%) Azure
2 529 (36.53%) AWS
3 464 (32.04%) Azure DevOps
4 322 (22.24%) GitHub
5 178 (12.29%) GCP
6 151 (10.43%) Serverless
7 148 (10.22%) SaaS
8 145 (10.01%) GitHub Actions
9 139 (9.60%) Power Platform
10 93 (6.42%) Entra ID
11 91 (6.28%) AWS CloudFormation
12 81 (5.59%) Amazon S3
13 80 (5.52%) Amazon EKS
14 72 (4.97%) Azure Data Factory
15 71 (4.90%) Amazon CloudWatch
15 71 (4.90%) AWS Lambda
16 70 (4.83%) PaaS
17 67 (4.63%) dbt
18 66 (4.56%) GitHub Copilot
19 64 (4.42%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 56 (3.87%) Broadband
2 55 (3.80%) Firewall
3 25 (1.73%) VPN
4 22 (1.52%) DNS
4 22 (1.52%) TCP/IP
5 19 (1.31%) DHCP
6 12 (0.83%) Network Security
7 8 (0.55%) SAN
7 8 (0.55%) WAN
8 6 (0.41%) LAN
8 6 (0.41%) SD-WAN
8 6 (0.41%) Wi-Fi
9 5 (0.35%) Internet
10 4 (0.28%) AMQP
10 4 (0.28%) Cisco ASA
10 4 (0.28%) VLAN
11 3 (0.21%) PuTTY
11 3 (0.21%) SCCP
11 3 (0.21%) Wireless
12 2 (0.14%) IPsec
Database & Business Intelligence
1 118 (8.15%) SQL Server
2 99 (6.84%) NoSQL
3 78 (5.39%) Data Warehouse
3 78 (5.39%) PostgreSQL
4 67 (4.63%) Power BI
5 51 (3.52%) Metadata
6 49 (3.38%) Relational Database
7 43 (2.97%) Azure SQL Database
8 41 (2.83%) Data Lake
8 41 (2.83%) Tableau
9 40 (2.76%) MongoDB
10 35 (2.42%) Amazon RDS
11 27 (1.86%) MySQL
12 25 (1.73%) Elasticsearch
12 25 (1.73%) Redis
13 24 (1.66%) DynamoDB
14 21 (1.45%) Amazon Athena
15 19 (1.31%) RDBMS
16 18 (1.24%) Delta Lake
17 16 (1.10%) Amazon Redshift
Development Applications
1 158 (10.91%) Jenkins
2 147 (10.15%) Git
3 105 (7.25%) GitLab
4 90 (6.22%) JIRA
5 50 (3.45%) SonarQube
6 29 (2.00%) Oracle Forms
7 27 (1.86%) Selenium
8 19 (1.31%) Cypress.io
8 19 (1.31%) Jaeger
9 16 (1.10%) Cucumber
10 15 (1.04%) Bitbucket
10 15 (1.04%) TeamCity
11 12 (0.83%) JMeter
12 11 (0.76%) Postman
13 10 (0.69%) git-flow
14 9 (0.62%) JUnit
14 9 (0.62%) Subversion
15 8 (0.55%) Maven
16 7 (0.48%) Visual Studio
17 6 (0.41%) Storybook
General
1 414 (28.59%) Social Skills
2 412 (28.45%) Finance
3 161 (11.12%) Analytical Skills
4 142 (9.81%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 119 (8.22%) Public Sector
6 81 (5.59%) Marketing
7 61 (4.21%) Law
8 60 (4.14%) Banking
9 55 (3.80%) Retail
10 47 (3.25%) Games
11 42 (2.90%) Telecoms
12 30 (2.07%) Manufacturing
13 28 (1.93%) Financial Institution
13 28 (1.93%) Legal
14 22 (1.52%) Back Office
14 22 (1.52%) Front Office
15 16 (1.10%) Tech for Good
16 15 (1.04%) Billing
17 13 (0.90%) Presentation Skills
18 12 (0.83%) Health Technology
Job Titles
1 356 (24.59%) Senior
2 265 (18.30%) Developer
3 199 (13.74%) Lead
4 141 (9.74%) Software Engineer
5 131 (9.05%) DevOps Engineer
6 121 (8.36%) Architect
7 117 (8.08%) Cloud Engineer
8 83 (5.73%) Azure Engineer
9 66 (4.56%) Senior Developer
10 65 (4.49%) Platform Engineer
11 59 (4.07%) Data Engineer
12 55 (3.80%) Applications Engineer
12 55 (3.80%) Consultant
12 55 (3.80%) Senior DevOps
13 49 (3.38%) Senior Software Engineer
14 46 (3.18%) .NET Developer
14 46 (3.18%) Solutions Architect
15 42 (2.90%) AWS Engineer
16 41 (2.83%) Lead Developer
17 40 (2.76%) Infrastructure Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 238 (16.44%) .NET
2 163 (11.26%) React
3 132 (9.12%) RESTful
4 127 (8.77%) REST
5 101 (6.98%) SOAP
6 85 (5.87%) Spring
7 82 (5.66%) Spring Boot
8 78 (5.39%) Lightning Web Components
9 76 (5.25%) CSS
10 73 (5.04%) HTML
10 73 (5.04%) Kafka
11 71 (4.90%) Node.js
12 57 (3.94%) .NET Core
12 57 (3.94%) OAuth
13 56 (3.87%) AngularJS
14 55 (3.80%) .NET Framework
14 55 (3.80%) Visualforce
15 48 (3.31%) JSON
16 46 (3.18%) Elastic Stack
17 38 (2.62%) Django
Miscellaneous
1 269 (18.58%) Cloud Native
2 137 (9.46%) Product Ownership
3 61 (4.21%) Distributed Systems
4 54 (3.73%) Enterprise Software
5 39 (2.69%) Legacy Systems
5 39 (2.69%) Management Information System
6 36 (2.49%) Low-Code
7 32 (2.21%) Self-Motivation
8 29 (2.00%) Mobile App
9 26 (1.80%) Public Cloud
10 22 (1.52%) Onboarding
11 18 (1.24%) Analytical Mindset
12 17 (1.17%) AI Agents
12 17 (1.17%) Algorithms
12 17 (1.17%) IoT
13 16 (1.10%) Hybrid Cloud
13 16 (1.10%) Legacy Applications
14 14 (0.97%) Security Posture
15 9 (0.62%) Data Centre
15 9 (0.62%) Private Cloud
Operating Systems
1 148 (10.22%) Linux
2 88 (6.08%) Windows
3 57 (3.94%) Unix
4 33 (2.28%) Windows Server
5 23 (1.59%) Android
6 13 (0.90%) VMS
7 11 (0.76%) Apple iOS
8 8 (0.55%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 8 (0.55%) Windows Server 2012
8 8 (0.55%) Windows Server 2019
9 6 (0.41%) CentOS
9 6 (0.41%) Ubuntu
10 2 (0.14%) Debian
10 2 (0.14%) Embedded Linux
11 1 (0.069%) Windows 10
11 1 (0.069%) Windows Server 2008
11 1 (0.069%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 864 (59.67%) CI/CD
2 662 (45.72%) Agile
3 379 (26.17%) Infrastructure as Code
4 361 (24.93%) Continuous Improvement
5 299 (20.65%) Problem-Solving
6 295 (20.37%) Mentoring
7 258 (17.82%) AI
8 251 (17.33%) Coaching
8 251 (17.33%) Software Engineering
9 235 (16.23%) Test Automation
10 223 (15.40%) Microservices
11 215 (14.85%) Containerisation
12 214 (14.78%) Observability
13 193 (13.33%) Analytics
14 170 (11.74%) Data Modelling
15 160 (11.05%) Asset Management
16 156 (10.77%) Roadmaps
17 155 (10.70%) Clean Code
18 151 (10.43%) Event-Driven
19 150 (10.36%) Scrum
Programming Languages
1 424 (29.28%) Python
2 371 (25.62%) SQL
3 243 (16.78%) Java
4 183 (12.64%) JavaScript
5 177 (12.22%) C#
6 122 (8.43%) PowerShell
7 113 (7.80%) Bash
8 109 (7.53%) TypeScript
9 83 (5.73%) Apex Code
10 79 (5.46%) Go
11 72 (4.97%) Bicep
12 35 (2.42%) SOQL
12 35 (2.42%) SOSL
13 31 (2.14%) Shell Script
14 30 (2.07%) PL/SQL
15 23 (1.59%) Scala
16 20 (1.38%) C++
17 17 (1.17%) PHP
17 17 (1.17%) T-SQL
18 15 (1.04%) Kotlin
Qualifications
1 176 (12.15%) Degree
2 156 (10.77%) Security Cleared
3 118 (8.15%) SC Cleared
4 82 (5.66%) Computer Science Degree
5 59 (4.07%) Azure Certification
6 50 (3.45%) AWS Certification
7 27 (1.86%) Master's Degree
8 26 (1.80%) Microsoft Certification
9 21 (1.45%) DV Cleared
10 15 (1.04%) CISSP
10 15 (1.04%) ISTQB
11 12 (0.83%) DBS Check
12 11 (0.76%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
13 10 (0.69%) Cisco Certification
13 10 (0.69%) PMI Certification
14 9 (0.62%) PhD
15 8 (0.55%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
15 8 (0.55%) CCNP
15 8 (0.55%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
15 8 (0.55%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 124 (8.56%) QA
2 67 (4.63%) Data Quality
3 50 (3.45%) Accessibility
4 41 (2.83%) GDPR
5 39 (2.69%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 19 (1.31%) NIST
7 11 (0.76%) PCI DSS
8 10 (0.69%) WCAG
9 8 (0.55%) SOC 2
10 7 (0.48%) GRC
11 6 (0.41%) SLA
12 3 (0.21%) NCSC
12 3 (0.21%) Software Quality Assurance
13 2 (0.14%) Cyber Essentials
13 2 (0.14%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
13 2 (0.14%) HL7
13 2 (0.14%) HMG Security Policy Framework
13 2 (0.14%) ISO 9001
13 2 (0.14%) PMO
13 2 (0.14%) SEPA
System Software
1 283 (19.54%) Docker
2 75 (5.18%) Active Directory
3 19 (1.31%) Virtual Machines
4 15 (1.04%) VMware Infrastructure
5 11 (0.76%) VMware ESXi
6 10 (0.69%) vSphere
7 9 (0.62%) Firmware
7 9 (0.62%) Virtual Desktop
8 5 (0.35%) VMware NSX
9 3 (0.21%) Microsoft Virtual Server
9 3 (0.21%) Postfix
9 3 (0.21%) Virtual Servers
10 2 (0.14%) Embedded Firmware
10 2 (0.14%) Hyper-V
10 2 (0.14%) vCloud
Systems Management
1 413 (28.52%) Terraform
2 329 (22.72%) Kubernetes
3 125 (8.63%) Ansible
4 114 (7.87%) Grafana
5 87 (6.01%) Prometheus
6 41 (2.83%) Argo
7 39 (2.69%) Single Sign-On
8 20 (1.38%) Kustomize
9 16 (1.10%) Microsoft Intune
10 11 (0.76%) vCenter Server
11 8 (0.55%) Kibana
11 8 (0.55%) SCCM
12 6 (0.41%) HP Fortify
12 6 (0.41%) Proxmox
13 5 (0.35%) AWS Copilot
13 5 (0.35%) Control-M
13 5 (0.35%) Puppet
14 4 (0.28%) logstash
14 4 (0.28%) Packer
15 3 (0.21%) Progress Chef
Vendors
1 316 (21.82%) Microsoft
2 99 (6.84%) Salesforce
3 78 (5.39%) Google
4 65 (4.49%) Oracle
5 48 (3.31%) Databricks
6 47 (3.25%) Splunk
7 36 (2.49%) VMware
8 23 (1.59%) SAP
9 22 (1.52%) MuleSoft
10 21 (1.45%) Cisco
10 21 (1.45%) Okta
11 19 (1.31%) ServiceNow
12 18 (1.24%) Ab Initio
13 14 (0.97%) IBM
13 14 (0.97%) Veeam
14 12 (0.83%) SolarWinds
15 11 (0.76%) Atlassian
15 11 (0.76%) Red Hat
16 10 (0.69%) Palo Alto
17 9 (0.62%) NetApp
916 hybrid/remote DevOps jobs