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

 6 months to
1 Mar 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 17 14 18
Rank change year-on-year -3 +4 -7
Permanent jobs citing DevOps 1,438 1,935 2,997
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 8.74% 13.07% 10.53%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 10.21% 13.76% 11.39%
Number of salaries quoted 985 1,375 2,499
10th Percentile £42,500 £42,500 £41,750
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 £89,375 £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 14,089 14,066 26,312
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 85.67% 95.04% 92.45%
Number of salaries quoted 9,153 8,711 21,850
10th Percentile £31,000 £35,750 £34,500
25th Percentile £42,500 £47,500 £42,725
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 £82,300 £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 1 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 33 (2.29%) Confluence
2 25 (1.74%) SharePoint
3 19 (1.32%) Microsoft Exchange
4 17 (1.18%) Apache Airflow
5 15 (1.04%) Apache
6 14 (0.97%) Oracle SOA Suite
7 12 (0.83%) Apache Spark
8 7 (0.49%) IIS
9 4 (0.28%) CMS
9 4 (0.28%) OpenStack
10 2 (0.14%) Apache Solr
10 2 (0.14%) nginx
11 1 (0.070%) Camunda
11 1 (0.070%) Headless CMS
11 1 (0.070%) Oracle Workflow
11 1 (0.070%) SAS
11 1 (0.070%) WebLogic
11 1 (0.070%) WordPress
Applications
1 24 (1.67%) Microsoft Excel
2 12 (0.83%) Microsoft Office
3 11 (0.76%) MS Visio
4 8 (0.56%) Microsoft Project
5 3 (0.21%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 2 (0.14%) Spreadsheet
7 1 (0.070%) EngageOne
Business Applications
1 33 (2.29%) Oracle ERP
2 18 (1.25%) Dynamics CRM
3 15 (1.04%) SAP ERP
4 6 (0.42%) 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 (0.070%) Integrated Workplace Management System
9 1 (0.070%) NEC Housing
9 1 (0.070%) NetSuite
9 1 (0.070%) Primavera
9 1 (0.070%) SAP IBP
9 1 (0.070%) SAP MII
9 1 (0.070%) SAP PP
9 1 (0.070%) TIBCO iProcess
9 1 (0.070%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 894 (62.17%) Azure
2 523 (36.37%) AWS
3 472 (32.82%) Azure DevOps
4 325 (22.60%) GitHub
5 176 (12.24%) GCP
6 146 (10.15%) GitHub Actions
6 146 (10.15%) Serverless
7 143 (9.94%) SaaS
8 139 (9.67%) Power Platform
9 94 (6.54%) Entra ID
10 93 (6.47%) AWS CloudFormation
11 78 (5.42%) Amazon EKS
11 78 (5.42%) Amazon S3
12 72 (5.01%) Azure Data Factory
13 70 (4.87%) Amazon CloudWatch
13 70 (4.87%) PaaS
14 68 (4.73%) GitHub Copilot
15 67 (4.66%) dbt
16 66 (4.59%) Snowflake
17 65 (4.52%) AWS Lambda
Communications & Networking
1 56 (3.89%) Broadband
2 53 (3.69%) Firewall
3 27 (1.88%) DNS
3 27 (1.88%) VPN
4 23 (1.60%) DHCP
5 20 (1.39%) TCP/IP
6 11 (0.76%) Network Security
7 10 (0.70%) WAN
8 9 (0.63%) SAN
9 7 (0.49%) LAN
10 6 (0.42%) SD-WAN
10 6 (0.42%) Wi-Fi
11 5 (0.35%) Internet
12 4 (0.28%) AMQP
12 4 (0.28%) VLAN
13 3 (0.21%) Cisco ASA
13 3 (0.21%) PuTTY
13 3 (0.21%) SCCP
14 2 (0.14%) OSPF
14 2 (0.14%) RFID
Database & Business Intelligence
1 120 (8.34%) SQL Server
2 95 (6.61%) NoSQL
3 80 (5.56%) Data Warehouse
4 79 (5.49%) PostgreSQL
5 66 (4.59%) Power BI
6 50 (3.48%) Metadata
7 48 (3.34%) Relational Database
8 43 (2.99%) Tableau
9 42 (2.92%) Azure SQL Database
10 41 (2.85%) MongoDB
11 38 (2.64%) Data Lake
12 34 (2.36%) Amazon RDS
13 27 (1.88%) MySQL
14 26 (1.81%) Elasticsearch
15 24 (1.67%) Redis
16 23 (1.60%) DynamoDB
17 20 (1.39%) Amazon Athena
18 19 (1.32%) RDBMS
19 17 (1.18%) Delta Lake
20 15 (1.04%) Amazon Redshift
Development Applications
1 158 (10.99%) Jenkins
2 146 (10.15%) Git
3 104 (7.23%) GitLab
4 95 (6.61%) JIRA
5 50 (3.48%) SonarQube
6 31 (2.16%) Oracle Forms
7 27 (1.88%) Selenium
8 19 (1.32%) Cypress.io
8 19 (1.32%) Jaeger
9 16 (1.11%) Cucumber
9 16 (1.11%) TeamCity
10 15 (1.04%) Bitbucket
11 12 (0.83%) JMeter
12 11 (0.76%) Postman
13 10 (0.70%) git-flow
14 9 (0.63%) JUnit
14 9 (0.63%) Subversion
15 8 (0.56%) Maven
16 7 (0.49%) Visual Studio
17 6 (0.42%) Storybook
General
1 418 (29.07%) Finance
2 416 (28.93%) Social Skills
3 162 (11.27%) Analytical Skills
4 140 (9.74%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 119 (8.28%) Public Sector
6 83 (5.77%) Marketing
7 60 (4.17%) Law
8 57 (3.96%) Banking
9 54 (3.76%) Retail
10 46 (3.20%) Games
11 41 (2.85%) Telecoms
12 28 (1.95%) Financial Institution
12 28 (1.95%) Manufacturing
13 26 (1.81%) Legal
14 22 (1.53%) Back Office
15 21 (1.46%) Front Office
16 16 (1.11%) Tech for Good
17 15 (1.04%) Billing
18 12 (0.83%) Presentation Skills
19 11 (0.76%) Health Technology
Job Titles
1 357 (24.83%) Senior
2 259 (18.01%) Developer
3 199 (13.84%) Lead
4 141 (9.81%) Software Engineer
5 127 (8.83%) DevOps Engineer
6 124 (8.62%) Cloud Engineer
7 116 (8.07%) Architect
8 83 (5.77%) Azure Engineer
9 65 (4.52%) Platform Engineer
10 63 (4.38%) Senior Developer
11 61 (4.24%) Data Engineer
12 56 (3.89%) Applications Engineer
13 53 (3.69%) Senior DevOps
14 51 (3.55%) Consultant
15 50 (3.48%) Senior Software Engineer
16 46 (3.20%) .NET Developer
17 45 (3.13%) Infrastructure Engineer
18 44 (3.06%) Solutions Architect
19 40 (2.78%) Lead Developer
20 39 (2.71%) AWS Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 235 (16.34%) .NET
2 163 (11.34%) React
3 135 (9.39%) RESTful
4 122 (8.48%) REST
5 101 (7.02%) SOAP
6 83 (5.77%) Spring
7 80 (5.56%) Spring Boot
8 77 (5.35%) Lightning Web Components
9 73 (5.08%) CSS
10 70 (4.87%) HTML
11 69 (4.80%) Node.js
12 68 (4.73%) Kafka
13 58 (4.03%) OAuth
14 57 (3.96%) AngularJS
15 54 (3.76%) .NET Core
15 54 (3.76%) Visualforce
16 53 (3.69%) .NET Framework
17 48 (3.34%) JSON
18 46 (3.20%) Elastic Stack
19 37 (2.57%) Django
Miscellaneous
1 266 (18.50%) Cloud Native
2 143 (9.94%) Product Ownership
3 58 (4.03%) Distributed Systems
4 54 (3.76%) Enterprise Software
5 42 (2.92%) Management Information System
6 39 (2.71%) Legacy Systems
7 36 (2.50%) Low-Code
8 31 (2.16%) Self-Motivation
9 28 (1.95%) Mobile App
10 24 (1.67%) Onboarding
10 24 (1.67%) Public Cloud
11 22 (1.53%) Analytical Mindset
12 17 (1.18%) AI Agents
12 17 (1.18%) Algorithms
13 16 (1.11%) Legacy Applications
14 15 (1.04%) IoT
15 14 (0.97%) Hybrid Cloud
16 12 (0.83%) Security Posture
17 9 (0.63%) Data Centre
18 8 (0.56%) Private Cloud
Operating Systems
1 150 (10.43%) Linux
2 92 (6.40%) Windows
3 56 (3.89%) Unix
4 34 (2.36%) Windows Server
5 23 (1.60%) Android
6 14 (0.97%) VMS
7 11 (0.76%) Apple iOS
8 9 (0.63%) Windows Server 2012
8 9 (0.63%) Windows Server 2019
9 8 (0.56%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 6 (0.42%) CentOS
10 6 (0.42%) Ubuntu
11 2 (0.14%) Debian
11 2 (0.14%) Embedded Linux
12 1 (0.070%) Windows 10
12 1 (0.070%) Windows Server 2008
12 1 (0.070%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 862 (59.94%) CI/CD
2 671 (46.66%) Agile
3 374 (26.01%) Infrastructure as Code
4 370 (25.73%) Continuous Improvement
5 306 (21.28%) Problem-Solving
6 295 (20.51%) Mentoring
7 262 (18.22%) Coaching
8 256 (17.80%) AI
9 247 (17.18%) Software Engineering
10 239 (16.62%) Test Automation
11 223 (15.51%) Microservices
12 211 (14.67%) Observability
13 209 (14.53%) Containerisation
14 195 (13.56%) Analytics
15 171 (11.89%) Asset Management
16 170 (11.82%) Data Modelling
17 156 (10.85%) Clean Code
17 156 (10.85%) Roadmaps
18 151 (10.50%) Scrum
19 147 (10.22%) Event-Driven
Programming Languages
1 426 (29.62%) Python
2 369 (25.66%) SQL
3 240 (16.69%) Java
4 181 (12.59%) JavaScript
5 174 (12.10%) C#
6 125 (8.69%) PowerShell
7 115 (8.00%) Bash
8 109 (7.58%) TypeScript
9 82 (5.70%) Apex Code
10 75 (5.22%) Go
11 71 (4.94%) Bicep
12 35 (2.43%) SOQL
12 35 (2.43%) SOSL
13 33 (2.29%) PL/SQL
13 33 (2.29%) Shell Script
14 22 (1.53%) Scala
15 19 (1.32%) C++
16 17 (1.18%) T-SQL
17 14 (0.97%) Kotlin
17 14 (0.97%) PHP
Qualifications
1 174 (12.10%) Degree
2 160 (11.13%) Security Cleared
3 121 (8.41%) SC Cleared
4 83 (5.77%) Computer Science Degree
5 59 (4.10%) Azure Certification
6 50 (3.48%) AWS Certification
7 28 (1.95%) Master's Degree
8 25 (1.74%) Microsoft Certification
9 21 (1.46%) DV Cleared
10 15 (1.04%) CISSP
10 15 (1.04%) ISTQB
11 11 (0.76%) DBS Check
11 11 (0.76%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
12 10 (0.70%) PMI Certification
13 8 (0.56%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
13 8 (0.56%) Cisco Certification
13 8 (0.56%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
13 8 (0.56%) PhD
13 8 (0.56%) PMP
14 7 (0.49%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 125 (8.69%) QA
2 67 (4.66%) Data Quality
3 50 (3.48%) Accessibility
4 40 (2.78%) GDPR
5 37 (2.57%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 19 (1.32%) NIST
7 11 (0.76%) PCI DSS
8 9 (0.63%) WCAG
9 7 (0.49%) SOC 2
10 6 (0.42%) SLA
11 5 (0.35%) GRC
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%) PMO
13 2 (0.14%) Sarbanes-Oxley
13 2 (0.14%) SEPA
System Software
1 281 (19.54%) Docker
2 80 (5.56%) Active Directory
3 19 (1.32%) Virtual Machines
4 14 (0.97%) VMware Infrastructure
5 12 (0.83%) VMware ESXi
6 10 (0.70%) Virtual Desktop
6 10 (0.70%) vSphere
7 7 (0.49%) Firmware
8 6 (0.42%) Virtual Servers
9 5 (0.35%) VMware NSX
10 3 (0.21%) Microsoft Virtual Server
10 3 (0.21%) Postfix
11 2 (0.14%) Embedded Firmware
11 2 (0.14%) Hyper-V
11 2 (0.14%) vCloud
Systems Management
1 413 (28.72%) Terraform
2 329 (22.88%) Kubernetes
3 128 (8.90%) Ansible
4 115 (8.00%) Grafana
5 87 (6.05%) Prometheus
6 41 (2.85%) Argo
6 41 (2.85%) Single Sign-On
7 20 (1.39%) Kustomize
8 18 (1.25%) Microsoft Intune
9 12 (0.83%) vCenter Server
10 9 (0.63%) SCCM
11 8 (0.56%) Kibana
12 6 (0.42%) HP Fortify
13 5 (0.35%) AWS Copilot
13 5 (0.35%) Control-M
13 5 (0.35%) Proxmox
14 4 (0.28%) logstash
14 4 (0.28%) Packer
14 4 (0.28%) Puppet
15 2 (0.14%) Red Hat Satellite
Vendors
1 317 (22.04%) Microsoft
2 98 (6.82%) Salesforce
3 78 (5.42%) Google
4 69 (4.80%) Oracle
5 49 (3.41%) Databricks
6 47 (3.27%) Splunk
7 35 (2.43%) VMware
8 23 (1.60%) SAP
9 22 (1.53%) Okta
10 21 (1.46%) MuleSoft
11 19 (1.32%) ServiceNow
12 18 (1.25%) Ab Initio
12 18 (1.25%) Cisco
13 15 (1.04%) Veeam
14 14 (0.97%) IBM
15 13 (0.90%) SolarWinds
16 11 (0.76%) Atlassian
16 11 (0.76%) Red Hat
17 10 (0.70%) NetApp
18 9 (0.63%) 3PAR
1,151 hybrid/remote DevOps jobs