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 18 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

 6 months to
18 Nov 2025		 Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 22 15 10
Rank change year-on-year -7 -5 +2
Permanent jobs citing DevOps 1,300 2,221 3,177
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 8.56% 11.36% 14.65%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 9.35% 12.80% 15.42%
Number of salaries quoted 944 1,468 2,678
10th Percentile £42,575 £42,500 £45,000
25th Percentile £55,000 £52,902 £53,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £67,500 £67,500
Median % change year-on-year +3.70% - -3.57%
75th Percentile £83,750 £85,000 £85,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £101,250 £102,500
UK median annual salary £70,000 £69,308 £70,000
% change year-on-year +1.00% -0.99% -

All Process and 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 13,910 17,357 20,597
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 91.63% 88.77% 95.01%
Number of salaries quoted 8,713 10,295 16,664
10th Percentile £29,500 £36,250 £36,750
25th Percentile £40,000 £46,250 £46,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £62,500 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -8.00% - -
75th Percentile £77,500 £81,250 £80,813
90th Percentile £98,750 £100,000 £97,500
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% - -

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 18 November 2025.

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 39 (3.00%) Confluence
2 28 (2.15%) SharePoint
3 21 (1.62%) Microsoft Exchange
4 16 (1.23%) IIS
5 12 (0.92%) Apache Airflow
6 11 (0.85%) Oracle SOA Suite
7 10 (0.77%) Apache Spark
8 9 (0.69%) Apache
9 7 (0.54%) nginx
10 4 (0.31%) CMS
11 2 (0.15%) BizTalk Server
12 1 (0.077%) Apache Solr
12 1 (0.077%) ArcGIS
12 1 (0.077%) MetaMask
12 1 (0.077%) OpenStack
12 1 (0.077%) Oracle Workflow
12 1 (0.077%) Tomcat
12 1 (0.077%) WebLogic
Applications
1 35 (2.69%) Microsoft Excel
2 14 (1.08%) Microsoft Office
3 8 (0.62%) Microsoft Project
3 8 (0.62%) MS Visio
4 2 (0.15%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 2 (0.15%) Spreadsheet
5 1 (0.077%) PlantUML
Business Applications
1 27 (2.08%) Oracle ERP
2 20 (1.54%) Dynamics CRM
3 12 (0.92%) Dynamics NAV
4 7 (0.54%) Shopify
5 2 (0.15%) Markit EDM
5 2 (0.15%) Salesforce CRM
6 1 (0.077%) Aladdin
6 1 (0.077%) Integrated Workplace Management System
6 1 (0.077%) NEC Housing
6 1 (0.077%) NetSuite
6 1 (0.077%) Payment Gateway
6 1 (0.077%) Primavera
6 1 (0.077%) SAP ERP
6 1 (0.077%) SAP S/4HANA
6 1 (0.077%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 878 (67.54%) Azure
2 473 (36.38%) Azure DevOps
3 436 (33.54%) AWS
4 284 (21.85%) GitHub
5 151 (11.62%) GCP
6 144 (11.08%) SaaS
7 134 (10.31%) Power Platform
8 127 (9.77%) GitHub Actions
9 105 (8.08%) Serverless
10 81 (6.23%) Entra ID
11 76 (5.85%) AWS CloudFormation
12 71 (5.46%) Dynamics 365
13 65 (5.00%) Microsoft 365
14 60 (4.62%) PaaS
15 57 (4.38%) Snowflake
16 54 (4.15%) Amazon CloudWatch
16 54 (4.15%) Azure Monitor
17 50 (3.85%) AWS Lambda
18 49 (3.77%) Power Automate
19 48 (3.69%) Amazon EKS
Communications & Networking
1 46 (3.54%) Firewall
2 38 (2.92%) VPN
3 32 (2.46%) DNS
4 28 (2.15%) WAN
5 25 (1.92%) LAN
6 22 (1.69%) Broadband
6 22 (1.69%) TCP/IP
7 20 (1.54%) Network Security
8 18 (1.38%) DHCP
9 13 (1.00%) Wi-Fi
10 12 (0.92%) VoIP
11 11 (0.85%) SD-WAN
12 10 (0.77%) SAN
12 10 (0.77%) VLAN
13 7 (0.54%) BGP
13 7 (0.54%) Internet
13 7 (0.54%) Unified Communications
14 6 (0.46%) Fibre Channel
15 5 (0.38%) DMZ
15 5 (0.38%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 145 (11.15%) SQL Server
2 88 (6.77%) Data Warehouse
3 73 (5.62%) PostgreSQL
4 72 (5.54%) Power BI
5 60 (4.62%) NoSQL
6 42 (3.23%) Tableau
7 41 (3.15%) Azure SQL Database
7 41 (3.15%) Relational Database
8 37 (2.85%) MongoDB
9 33 (2.54%) MySQL
10 26 (2.00%) Data Lake
10 26 (2.00%) Elasticsearch
11 24 (1.85%) Amazon RDS
12 22 (1.69%) DynamoDB
13 19 (1.46%) Metadata
14 17 (1.31%) Redis
15 15 (1.15%) SQL Server Integration Services
16 13 (1.00%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
16 13 (1.00%) Snowflake Schema
17 11 (0.85%) Amazon Redshift
Development Applications
1 162 (12.46%) Git
2 123 (9.46%) Jenkins
3 100 (7.69%) JIRA
4 78 (6.00%) GitLab
5 33 (2.54%) SonarQube
6 25 (1.92%) Oracle Forms
7 21 (1.62%) Selenium
8 16 (1.23%) Cypress.io
9 14 (1.08%) TeamCity
10 12 (0.92%) Octopus Deploy
11 11 (0.85%) JUnit
11 11 (0.85%) Team Foundation Server
12 10 (0.77%) git-flow
12 10 (0.77%) Postman
12 10 (0.77%) Visual Studio
13 9 (0.69%) Bitbucket
13 9 (0.69%) Cucumber
13 9 (0.69%) JMeter
14 8 (0.62%) MSBuild
14 8 (0.62%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 384 (29.54%) Social Skills
2 368 (28.31%) Finance
3 120 (9.23%) Analytical Skills
4 100 (7.69%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 83 (6.38%) Marketing
6 67 (5.15%) Retail
7 65 (5.00%) Law
7 65 (5.00%) Public Sector
8 39 (3.00%) Telecoms
9 32 (2.46%) Banking
10 31 (2.38%) Back Office
11 26 (2.00%) Documentation Skills
12 23 (1.77%) Front Office
12 23 (1.77%) Games
13 21 (1.62%) Legal
14 19 (1.46%) Presentation Skills
15 14 (1.08%) Manufacturing
15 14 (1.08%) Pharmaceutical
16 13 (1.00%) Financial Institution
17 11 (0.85%) Tech for Good
Job Titles
1 295 (22.69%) Senior
2 241 (18.54%) Developer
3 143 (11.00%) DevOps Engineer
4 137 (10.54%) Lead
5 111 (8.54%) Cloud Engineer
6 99 (7.62%) Architect
7 96 (7.38%) Software Engineer
8 81 (6.23%) Senior Developer
9 72 (5.54%) Azure Engineer
10 62 (4.77%) Analyst
11 54 (4.15%) Infrastructure Engineer
12 53 (4.08%) .NET Developer
13 51 (3.92%) Applications Engineer
13 51 (3.92%) Platform Engineer
14 50 (3.85%) Data Engineer
15 43 (3.31%) Senior DevOps
16 38 (2.92%) Full-Stack Developer
16 38 (2.92%) Solutions Architect
17 37 (2.85%) Consultant
18 33 (2.54%) Software Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 258 (19.85%) .NET
2 157 (12.08%) React
3 104 (8.00%) RESTful
4 94 (7.23%) REST
5 72 (5.54%) CSS
6 69 (5.31%) HTML
7 65 (5.00%) .NET Framework
8 63 (4.85%) Node.js
9 58 (4.46%) AngularJS
10 53 (4.08%) Spring Boot
11 52 (4.00%) JSON
12 51 (3.92%) SOAP
12 51 (3.92%) Spring
13 48 (3.69%) Kafka
14 45 (3.46%) .NET Core
14 45 (3.46%) XML
15 40 (3.08%) ASP.NET
16 38 (2.92%) OAuth
17 36 (2.77%) Entity Framework
17 36 (2.77%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 232 (17.85%) Cloud Native
2 118 (9.08%) Product Ownership
3 60 (4.62%) Management Information System
4 50 (3.85%) Distributed Systems
5 44 (3.38%) Enterprise Software
6 36 (2.77%) Onboarding
7 30 (2.31%) Analytical Mindset
8 28 (2.15%) Legacy Systems
9 23 (1.77%) IoT
9 23 (1.77%) Public Cloud
10 21 (1.62%) Data Centre
11 19 (1.46%) Low-Code
11 19 (1.46%) Self-Motivation
12 17 (1.31%) Mobile App
13 15 (1.15%) AI Agents
14 14 (1.08%) NHS
15 13 (1.00%) Security Posture
16 10 (0.77%) Data Structures
17 9 (0.69%) Operational Technology
18 8 (0.62%) Legacy Applications
Operating Systems
1 129 (9.92%) Linux
2 114 (8.77%) Windows
3 37 (2.85%) Windows Server
4 30 (2.31%) Unix
5 15 (1.15%) VMS
6 13 (1.00%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 12 (0.92%) Android
8 11 (0.85%) Windows Server 2019
9 10 (0.77%) Windows Server 2012
10 8 (0.62%) CentOS
10 8 (0.62%) Debian
10 8 (0.62%) Ubuntu
11 6 (0.46%) Apple iOS
12 1 (0.077%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 714 (54.92%) CI/CD
2 616 (47.38%) Agile
3 335 (25.77%) Infrastructure as Code
4 303 (23.31%) Continuous Improvement
5 297 (22.85%) Problem-Solving
6 256 (19.69%) Mentoring
7 233 (17.92%) AI
8 214 (16.46%) Microservices
9 203 (15.62%) Test Automation
10 197 (15.15%) Software Engineering
11 180 (13.85%) Containerisation
12 176 (13.54%) Coaching
13 166 (12.77%) Analytics
14 151 (11.62%) Observability
15 146 (11.23%) Roadmaps
16 142 (10.92%) Asset Management
17 141 (10.85%) Scrum
18 132 (10.15%) Computer Science
19 125 (9.62%) Clean Code
20 114 (8.77%) Business Intelligence
Programming Languages
1 389 (29.92%) Python
2 352 (27.08%) SQL
3 241 (18.54%) C#
4 160 (12.31%) JavaScript
5 153 (11.77%) PowerShell
6 151 (11.62%) Java
7 118 (9.08%) Bash
8 116 (8.92%) TypeScript
9 67 (5.15%) Bicep
10 43 (3.31%) Go
11 37 (2.85%) Apex Code
12 31 (2.38%) PL/SQL
13 26 (2.00%) Shell Script
13 26 (2.00%) T-SQL
14 18 (1.38%) PHP
15 17 (1.31%) SOQL
16 15 (1.15%) C
16 15 (1.15%) SOSL
17 14 (1.08%) Scala
18 13 (1.00%) R
Qualifications
1 180 (13.85%) Degree
2 122 (9.38%) Security Cleared
3 104 (8.00%) SC Cleared
4 99 (7.62%) Computer Science Degree
5 72 (5.54%) Azure Certification
6 48 (3.69%) AWS Certification
7 36 (2.77%) Master's Degree
8 30 (2.31%) Microsoft Certification
9 21 (1.62%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
9 21 (1.62%) Cisco Certification
10 15 (1.15%) CCNP
10 15 (1.15%) CISSP
10 15 (1.15%) DV Cleared
10 15 (1.15%) ISTQB
11 13 (1.00%) PMP
12 12 (0.92%) PMI Certification
13 8 (0.62%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
14 7 (0.54%) ACCA
14 7 (0.54%) CIMA
14 7 (0.54%) DBS Check
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 137 (10.54%) QA
2 71 (5.46%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 63 (4.85%) GDPR
4 36 (2.77%) Accessibility
4 36 (2.77%) NIST
5 35 (2.69%) Data Quality
6 17 (1.31%) ISO 9001
7 16 (1.23%) Sarbanes-Oxley
8 12 (0.92%) HIPAA
9 11 (0.85%) NCSC
10 10 (0.77%) Cyber Essentials
11 9 (0.69%) PCI DSS
11 9 (0.69%) PMO
11 9 (0.69%) SLA
11 9 (0.69%) SOC 2
12 6 (0.46%) WCAG
13 5 (0.38%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
14 3 (0.23%) GRC
14 3 (0.23%) Software Quality Assurance
15 1 (0.077%) HL7
System Software
1 258 (19.85%) Docker
2 74 (5.69%) Active Directory
3 27 (2.08%) Virtual Machines
4 23 (1.77%) VMware Infrastructure
5 18 (1.38%) vSphere
6 16 (1.23%) Virtual Desktop
7 11 (0.85%) VMware ESXi
8 6 (0.46%) NFS
9 5 (0.38%) Firmware
9 5 (0.38%) Kamailio
10 4 (0.31%) Postfix
11 3 (0.23%) Virtual Servers
11 3 (0.23%) VMware NSX
12 1 (0.077%) Dovecot
12 1 (0.077%) HDFS
12 1 (0.077%) Hyper-V
12 1 (0.077%) vCloud
Systems Management
1 351 (27.00%) Terraform
2 297 (22.85%) Kubernetes
3 124 (9.54%) Ansible
4 90 (6.92%) Grafana
5 65 (5.00%) Prometheus
6 32 (2.46%) Single Sign-On
7 24 (1.85%) Microsoft Intune
8 21 (1.62%) Argo
9 11 (0.85%) Red Hat Satellite
9 11 (0.85%) vCenter Server
10 10 (0.77%) SCCM
11 8 (0.62%) Kibana
12 4 (0.31%) Progress Chef
12 4 (0.31%) Puppet
13 3 (0.23%) Dell DRAC
13 3 (0.23%) Docker Swarm
14 2 (0.15%) HP Fortify
14 2 (0.15%) Kubeflow
14 2 (0.15%) Kustomize
14 2 (0.15%) SCOM
Vendors
1 311 (23.92%) Microsoft
2 67 (5.15%) Oracle
3 57 (4.38%) Salesforce
4 47 (3.62%) Databricks
5 41 (3.15%) Google
6 38 (2.92%) VMware
7 33 (2.54%) Red Hat
8 31 (2.38%) Cisco
9 26 (2.00%) Splunk
10 19 (1.46%) SolarWinds
11 16 (1.23%) Okta
11 16 (1.23%) Veeam
12 14 (1.08%) ServiceNow
13 10 (0.77%) 3PAR
13 10 (0.77%) Dynatrace
13 10 (0.77%) NetApp
14 9 (0.69%) Guidewire
14 9 (0.69%) SAP
14 9 (0.69%) Zoho
15 8 (0.62%) MuleSoft
1,553 hybrid/remote DevOps jobs