Hybrid/Remote GitHub Actions Job Trends

GitHub Actions
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for remote or hybrid work requiring GitHub Actions skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 22 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
22 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 266 330 466
Rank change year-on-year +64 +136 +10
Permanent jobs citing GitHub Actions 139 91 111
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.74% 0.62% 0.34%
As % of the Cloud Services category 1.95% 1.57% 0.79%
Number of salaries quoted 96 77 96
10th Percentile £46,250 £52,500 £41,250
25th Percentile £57,188 £65,000 £59,688
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £72,500 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -10.34% +11.54% -23.53%
75th Percentile £75,000 £83,750 £78,125
90th Percentile £100,000 £96,500 £100,000
UK median annual salary £70,400 £72,500 £65,000
% change year-on-year -2.90% +11.54% -18.56%

All Cloud Computing Skills
Work from Home

GitHub Actions falls under the Cloud Services category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies with remote or hybrid options requiring cloud computing skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for cloud computing skills 7,134 5,792 14,004
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 37.95% 39.64% 43.03%
Number of salaries quoted 4,893 4,178 11,916
10th Percentile £35,000 £32,175 £35,750
25th Percentile £46,250 £46,250 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £62,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.00% +4.17% -7.69%
75th Percentile £85,000 £83,000 £79,600
90th Percentile £100,000 £110,000 £97,987
UK median annual salary £62,500 £60,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year +4.17% +4.35% -11.54%

GitHub Actions
Job Vacancy Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing GitHub Actions and offering remote or hybrid work options relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised.

GitHub Actions job vacancy trend for remote/hybrid jobs

GitHub Actions
Salary Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Salary distribution trend for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing GitHub Actions.

Salary distribution trend for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing GitHub Actions

GitHub Actions
Salary Histogram for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Salary distribution for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing GitHub Actions over the 6 months to 22 May 2026.

GitHub Actions salary histogram for jobs with remote/hybrid work options

GitHub Actions
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 5 (3.60%) Apache
2 4 (2.88%) Confluence
3 2 (1.44%) Apache Spark
3 2 (1.44%) nginx
3 2 (1.44%) SharePoint
3 2 (1.44%) WordPress
4 1 (0.72%) Drupal
4 1 (0.72%) IIS
Business Applications
1 1 (0.72%) Magento
Cloud Services
1 139 (100.00%) GitHub
2 84 (60.43%) AWS
3 77 (55.40%) Azure
4 48 (34.53%) Azure DevOps
5 37 (26.62%) Serverless
6 27 (19.42%) Amazon EC2
7 23 (16.55%) Amazon S3
8 21 (15.11%) Amazon EKS
9 19 (13.67%) AWS CloudFormation
10 17 (12.23%) AWS Lambda
11 16 (11.51%) Amazon CloudWatch
12 14 (10.07%) Firebase
13 13 (9.35%) Datadog
13 13 (9.35%) Stripe
13 13 (9.35%) TestFlight
13 13 (9.35%) Virtual Private Cloud
14 12 (8.63%) Entra ID
14 12 (8.63%) PaaS
15 10 (7.19%) Azure Logic Apps
16 9 (6.47%) Azure Data Factory
Communications & Networking
1 13 (9.35%) Firewall
2 10 (7.19%) VPN
3 5 (3.60%) DNS
4 4 (2.88%) HTTP
5 3 (2.16%) RTP
5 3 (2.16%) SSL
5 3 (2.16%) Unified Communications
5 3 (2.16%) VoIP
5 3 (2.16%) Wireshark
6 1 (0.72%) LTE
Database & Business Intelligence
1 14 (10.07%) SQL Server
2 13 (9.35%) Amazon RDS
3 12 (8.63%) PostgreSQL
4 8 (5.76%) NoSQL
5 7 (5.04%) MySQL
5 7 (5.04%) Relational Database
6 5 (3.60%) DynamoDB
6 5 (3.60%) Flink
7 4 (2.88%) Metadata
7 4 (2.88%) MongoDB
8 3 (2.16%) Data Lake
8 3 (2.16%) Data Warehouse
9 2 (1.44%) Amazon Redshift
9 2 (1.44%) Big Data
9 2 (1.44%) BigQuery
9 2 (1.44%) Delta Lake
9 2 (1.44%) MariaDB
9 2 (1.44%) Redis
10 1 (0.72%) Azure SQL Database
10 1 (0.72%) InterSystems Cache
Development Applications
1 26 (18.71%) Git
1 26 (18.71%) Jenkins
2 13 (9.35%) Crashlytics
2 13 (9.35%) XCTest
3 12 (8.63%) GitLab
4 9 (6.47%) JIRA
5 6 (4.32%) Visual Studio Code
6 5 (3.60%) Cypress.io
6 5 (3.60%) Storybook
7 4 (2.88%) Bitbucket
7 4 (2.88%) Subversion
8 2 (1.44%) JMeter
8 2 (1.44%) MLflow
9 1 (0.72%) GDB
9 1 (0.72%) LabVIEW
9 1 (0.72%) Maven
9 1 (0.72%) Selenium
9 1 (0.72%) Visual Studio
9 1 (0.72%) WebDriver
9 1 (0.72%) WinDbg
General
1 45 (32.37%) Social Skills
2 27 (19.42%) Finance
3 15 (10.79%) Analytical Skills
4 9 (6.47%) Retail
5 8 (5.76%) Manufacturing
6 6 (4.32%) Organisational Skills
6 6 (4.32%) Public Sector
7 5 (3.60%) Banking
7 5 (3.60%) Front Office
8 4 (2.88%) Telecoms
9 3 (2.16%) Health Technology
9 3 (2.16%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 3 (2.16%) Military
9 3 (2.16%) Pharmaceutical
10 2 (1.44%) Billing
10 2 (1.44%) Influencing Skills
11 1 (0.72%) Advertising
11 1 (0.72%) Aviation
11 1 (0.72%) Back Office
11 1 (0.72%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 36 (25.90%) Senior
2 27 (19.42%) Developer
3 26 (18.71%) DevOps Engineer
4 23 (16.55%) Platform Engineer
5 19 (13.67%) Lead
6 14 (10.07%) Azure Engineer
6 14 (10.07%) Cloud Platform Engineer
6 14 (10.07%) Mobile Engineer
7 13 (9.35%) .NET Developer
7 13 (9.35%) Senior DevOps
8 12 (8.63%) Cloud Engineer
9 11 (7.91%) AWS Engineer
10 8 (5.76%) Lead Developer
11 7 (5.04%) Administrator
11 7 (5.04%) AWS Platform Engineer
11 7 (5.04%) DevOps Administrator
11 7 (5.04%) Python Developer
11 7 (5.04%) Senior Systems Administrator
11 7 (5.04%) Software Engineer
11 7 (5.04%) Systems Administrator
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 27 (19.42%) React
2 22 (15.83%) .NET
3 16 (11.51%) CSS
3 16 (11.51%) REST
4 15 (10.79%) RESTful
5 13 (9.35%) SwiftUI
5 13 (9.35%) UIKit
6 10 (7.19%) OAuth
6 10 (7.19%) OAuth2
6 10 (7.19%) Tailwind CSS
7 9 (6.47%) .NET Framework
7 9 (6.47%) JSON
7 9 (6.47%) Kafka
7 9 (6.47%) Node.js
7 9 (6.47%) Razor View Engine
8 7 (5.04%) ASP.NET Web API
8 7 (5.04%) ASP.NET Web Forms
8 7 (5.04%) Entity Framework
9 6 (4.32%) ASP.NET
9 6 (4.32%) React Native
Miscellaneous
1 20 (14.39%) Mobile App
2 19 (13.67%) Cloud Native
3 17 (12.23%) Greenfield Project
4 13 (9.35%) Private Cloud
5 8 (5.76%) Onboarding
6 7 (5.04%) Distributed Systems
6 7 (5.04%) Hybrid Cloud
7 6 (4.32%) CMDB
7 6 (4.32%) Product Ownership
7 6 (4.32%) Public Cloud
8 5 (3.60%) Legacy Systems
9 4 (2.88%) Linux Command Line
10 3 (2.16%) Analytical Mindset
11 2 (1.44%) Data Protection Act
11 2 (1.44%) Distributed Computing
11 2 (1.44%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
11 2 (1.44%) NHS
11 2 (1.44%) Security Posture
12 1 (0.72%) Legacy Applications
12 1 (0.72%) Legacy Code
Operating Systems
1 29 (20.86%) Linux
2 14 (10.07%) Apple iOS
3 8 (5.76%) Windows
4 7 (5.04%) Windows Server
5 3 (2.16%) Ubuntu
6 1 (0.72%) Android
6 1 (0.72%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 1 (0.72%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 132 (94.96%) CI/CD
2 95 (68.35%) DevOps
3 71 (51.08%) Infrastructure as Code
4 44 (31.65%) Observability
4 44 (31.65%) Test Automation
5 40 (28.78%) Containerisation
6 37 (26.62%) Platform Engineering
6 37 (26.62%) Problem-Solving
7 35 (25.18%) Mentoring
8 33 (23.74%) Agile
9 31 (22.30%) Code Quality
10 29 (20.86%) AI
11 28 (20.14%) Analytics
12 27 (19.42%) Continuous Improvement
12 27 (19.42%) Deployment Automation
13 24 (17.27%) Cloud Security
14 22 (15.83%) Infrastructure Automation
15 20 (14.39%) Full-Stack Development
16 19 (13.67%) Process Improvement
16 19 (13.67%) Software Engineering
Programming Languages
1 67 (48.20%) Python
2 27 (19.42%) Bash
3 25 (17.99%) TypeScript
4 23 (16.55%) SQL
5 21 (15.11%) JavaScript
6 20 (14.39%) PowerShell
7 14 (10.07%) Bicep
7 14 (10.07%) Go
8 13 (9.35%) Kotlin
8 13 (9.35%) Swift
9 8 (5.76%) C#
10 7 (5.04%) Java
11 6 (4.32%) Dart
11 6 (4.32%) PHP
12 4 (2.88%) C++
12 4 (2.88%) Groovy
13 3 (2.16%) C
14 2 (1.44%) Shell Script
14 2 (1.44%) T-SQL
14 2 (1.44%) VB
Qualifications
1 15 (10.79%) Degree
2 12 (8.63%) Azure Certification
3 10 (7.19%) AWS Certification
4 7 (5.04%) Computer Science Degree
4 7 (5.04%) Security Cleared
5 6 (4.32%) Master's Degree
6 4 (2.88%) SC Cleared
7 3 (2.16%) Microsoft Certification
8 1 (0.72%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
8 1 (0.72%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 13 (9.35%) QA
2 10 (7.19%) GDPR
3 9 (6.47%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 4 (2.88%) Data Quality
5 3 (2.16%) PCI DSS
5 3 (2.16%) SOC 2
6 2 (1.44%) IFRS
6 2 (1.44%) IFRS 17
6 2 (1.44%) Solvency II
7 1 (0.72%) Accessibility
7 1 (0.72%) NCSC
System Software
1 44 (31.65%) Docker
2 15 (10.79%) Active Directory
3 7 (5.04%) VMware Infrastructure
4 3 (2.16%) Kamailio
5 1 (0.72%) Xen
Systems Management
1 78 (56.12%) Terraform
2 55 (39.57%) Kubernetes
3 24 (17.27%) Ansible
4 22 (15.83%) Grafana
5 18 (12.95%) Prometheus
6 12 (8.63%) Argo
7 7 (5.04%) Packer
7 7 (5.04%) Progress Chef
7 7 (5.04%) Proxmox
8 4 (2.88%) Single Sign-On
9 3 (2.16%) logstash
9 3 (2.16%) Puppet
10 1 (0.72%) Consul
10 1 (0.72%) Kibana
Vendors
1 30 (21.58%) Microsoft
2 14 (10.07%) VMware
3 13 (9.35%) Amplitude
3 13 (9.35%) Braze
4 6 (4.32%) Cisco
4 6 (4.32%) EMC
4 6 (4.32%) F5
4 6 (4.32%) Palo Alto
4 6 (4.32%) ServiceNow
5 5 (3.60%) Ab Initio
6 4 (2.88%) Salesforce
7 3 (2.16%) Atlassian
7 3 (2.16%) BT
7 3 (2.16%) Databricks
7 3 (2.16%) Fortinet
7 3 (2.16%) Google
7 3 (2.16%) Mitel
8 2 (1.44%) Foundry
8 2 (1.44%) LogicMonitor
9 1 (0.72%) SolarWinds