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 29 June 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
29 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 298 344 458
Rank change year-on-year +46 +114 +6
Permanent jobs citing GitHub Actions 128 87 108
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.62% 0.55% 0.32%
As % of the Cloud Services category 1.62% 1.46% 0.76%
Number of salaries quoted 89 79 94
10th Percentile £46,700 £51,250 £41,250
25th Percentile £54,000 £62,500 £55,313
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £72,500 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -10.34% +11.54% -18.37%
75th Percentile £73,750 £83,750 £77,500
90th Percentile £90,750 £88,250 £98,875
UK median annual salary £70,000 £75,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year -6.67% +15.38% -16.13%

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 7,912 5,968 14,248
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 38.33% 37.91% 42.47%
Number of salaries quoted 5,648 4,377 11,839
10th Percentile £35,000 £31,750 £36,250
25th Percentile £45,686 £45,000 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £62,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year - +4.17% -7.69%
75th Percentile £85,000 £82,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £110,000 £100,000
UK median annual salary £62,500 £60,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year +4.17% +4.35% -8.73%

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 29 June 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 (3.91%) Apache
2 2 (1.56%) Apache Spark
2 2 (1.56%) Confluence
2 2 (1.56%) nginx
2 2 (1.56%) SharePoint
2 2 (1.56%) WordPress
3 1 (0.78%) Apache Solr
3 1 (0.78%) Drupal
3 1 (0.78%) IIS
Business Applications
1 1 (0.78%) Magento
Cloud Services
1 128 (100.00%) GitHub
2 86 (67.19%) AWS
3 62 (48.44%) Azure
4 35 (27.34%) Serverless
5 34 (26.56%) Azure DevOps
6 29 (22.66%) Amazon EC2
7 20 (15.63%) Amazon S3
8 17 (13.28%) AWS CloudFormation
9 16 (12.50%) Amazon EKS
9 16 (12.50%) AWS Lambda
10 15 (11.72%) GCP
11 14 (10.94%) Firebase
11 14 (10.94%) Stripe
11 14 (10.94%) TestFlight
12 13 (10.16%) Amazon CloudWatch
13 12 (9.38%) Virtual Private Cloud
14 11 (8.59%) PaaS
15 9 (7.03%) Amazon ECS
15 9 (7.03%) Datadog
16 6 (4.69%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 13 (10.16%) Firewall
1 13 (10.16%) VPN
2 6 (4.69%) DNS
3 4 (3.13%) HTTP
4 3 (2.34%) RTP
4 3 (2.34%) SSL
4 3 (2.34%) Unified Communications
4 3 (2.34%) VoIP
4 3 (2.34%) Wireshark
5 2 (1.56%) SSH
6 1 (0.78%) BGP
6 1 (0.78%) LTE
6 1 (0.78%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 12 (9.38%) Amazon RDS
1 12 (9.38%) PostgreSQL
2 10 (7.81%) SQL Server
3 9 (7.03%) MySQL
4 8 (6.25%) Relational Database
5 5 (3.91%) MongoDB
5 5 (3.91%) NoSQL
6 4 (3.13%) BigQuery
6 4 (3.13%) DynamoDB
7 3 (2.34%) Metadata
7 3 (2.34%) Power BI
8 2 (1.56%) Amazon Redshift
8 2 (1.56%) Big Data
8 2 (1.56%) Data Lake
8 2 (1.56%) Data Warehouse
8 2 (1.56%) Delta Lake
8 2 (1.56%) MariaDB
8 2 (1.56%) Redis
9 1 (0.78%) InterSystems Cache
9 1 (0.78%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 32 (25.00%) Jenkins
2 29 (22.66%) Git
3 14 (10.94%) Crashlytics
3 14 (10.94%) XCTest
4 11 (8.59%) GitLab
5 8 (6.25%) JIRA
6 6 (4.69%) Visual Studio Code
7 5 (3.91%) Cypress.io
7 5 (3.91%) Storybook
8 3 (2.34%) Postman
8 3 (2.34%) Selenium
9 2 (1.56%) MLflow
10 1 (0.78%) Appium
10 1 (0.78%) Browser DevTools
10 1 (0.78%) CircleCI
10 1 (0.78%) Gatling
10 1 (0.78%) git-flow
10 1 (0.78%) Sonatype Nexus
10 1 (0.78%) Vagrant
10 1 (0.78%) webpack
General
1 42 (32.81%) Social Skills
2 13 (10.16%) Analytical Skills
3 8 (6.25%) Retail
4 7 (5.47%) Finance
5 6 (4.69%) Manufacturing
5 6 (4.69%) Organisational Skills
6 3 (2.34%) Health Technology
6 3 (2.34%) Military
6 3 (2.34%) Public Sector
7 2 (1.56%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 2 (1.56%) Influencing Skills
8 1 (0.78%) Advertising
8 1 (0.78%) Aviation
8 1 (0.78%) Billing
8 1 (0.78%) Publishing
8 1 (0.78%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 37 (28.91%) Senior
2 27 (21.09%) Platform Engineer
3 25 (19.53%) Developer
4 18 (14.06%) Cloud Platform Engineer
4 18 (14.06%) DevOps Engineer
5 15 (11.72%) Mobile Engineer
6 14 (10.94%) Azure Engineer
7 13 (10.16%) Cloud Engineer
8 12 (9.38%) Lead
9 11 (8.59%) AWS Engineer
10 10 (7.81%) Senior DevOps
10 10 (7.81%) Software Engineer
11 9 (7.03%) .NET Developer
11 9 (7.03%) Senior Developer
11 9 (7.03%) Senior Platform Engineer
12 8 (6.25%) AWS Platform Engineer
12 8 (6.25%) Azure Platform Engineer
13 7 (5.47%) Administrator
13 7 (5.47%) DevOps Administrator
13 7 (5.47%) Senior Systems Administrator
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 23 (17.97%) React
2 19 (14.84%) CSS
3 17 (13.28%) REST
4 14 (10.94%) .NET
4 14 (10.94%) SwiftUI
4 14 (10.94%) UIKit
5 11 (8.59%) Node.js
5 11 (8.59%) Tailwind CSS
6 9 (7.03%) RESTful
7 8 (6.25%) Razor View Engine
8 7 (5.47%) Web Services
9 6 (4.69%) .NET Framework
9 6 (4.69%) Flutter
9 6 (4.69%) HTML
9 6 (4.69%) Jest
9 6 (4.69%) Kafka
10 5 (3.91%) OAuth
10 5 (3.91%) OAuth2
10 5 (3.91%) React Native
10 5 (3.91%) Swagger
Miscellaneous
1 24 (18.75%) Cloud Native
2 20 (15.63%) Mobile App
3 18 (14.06%) Greenfield Project
4 13 (10.16%) Private Cloud
5 8 (6.25%) Distributed Systems
6 7 (5.47%) Hybrid Cloud
6 7 (5.47%) Linux Command Line
6 7 (5.47%) Public Cloud
7 6 (4.69%) CMDB
7 6 (4.69%) Legacy Systems
8 4 (3.13%) Analytical Mindset
9 2 (1.56%) AI Agents
9 2 (1.56%) Data Protection Act
9 2 (1.56%) Distributed Computing
9 2 (1.56%) NHS
9 2 (1.56%) Onboarding
9 2 (1.56%) Product Ownership
10 1 (0.78%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
10 1 (0.78%) Management Information System
10 1 (0.78%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 32 (25.00%) Linux
2 15 (11.72%) Apple iOS
3 8 (6.25%) Windows
4 7 (5.47%) Windows Server
5 3 (2.34%) Ubuntu
6 2 (1.56%) Unix
7 1 (0.78%) Android
7 1 (0.78%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 118 (92.19%) CI/CD
2 70 (54.69%) DevOps
3 69 (53.91%) Infrastructure as Code
4 40 (31.25%) Containerisation
5 36 (28.13%) Test Automation
6 34 (26.56%) AI
6 34 (26.56%) Mentoring
7 33 (25.78%) Problem-Solving
8 32 (25.00%) Observability
9 31 (24.22%) Agile
9 31 (24.22%) Platform Engineering
10 26 (20.31%) Code Quality
11 25 (19.53%) Infrastructure Automation
12 24 (18.75%) Analytics
13 23 (17.97%) Continuous Improvement
14 22 (17.19%) Software Engineering
15 20 (15.63%) Cloud Security
15 20 (15.63%) Process Improvement
16 19 (14.84%) Deployment Automation
16 19 (14.84%) Full-Stack Development
Programming Languages
1 58 (45.31%) Python
2 26 (20.31%) Bash
3 24 (18.75%) TypeScript
4 22 (17.19%) JavaScript
5 18 (14.06%) SQL
6 17 (13.28%) Kotlin
6 17 (13.28%) PowerShell
7 14 (10.94%) Swift
8 11 (8.59%) Go
9 10 (7.81%) C#
10 7 (5.47%) Groovy
10 7 (5.47%) PHP
11 6 (4.69%) Bicep
11 6 (4.69%) Dart
12 5 (3.91%) Scala
13 4 (3.13%) C++
13 4 (3.13%) Java
14 3 (2.34%) C
15 2 (1.56%) Shell Script
15 2 (1.56%) VB
Qualifications
1 14 (10.94%) Degree
2 12 (9.38%) Security Cleared
3 10 (7.81%) AWS Certification
3 10 (7.81%) Azure Certification
4 7 (5.47%) SC Cleared
5 6 (4.69%) Computer Science Degree
6 5 (3.91%) Master's Degree
7 3 (2.34%) Microsoft Certification
8 1 (0.78%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
8 1 (0.78%) DV Cleared
8 1 (0.78%) ISTQB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (6.25%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 6 (4.69%) QA
3 4 (3.13%) Data Quality
3 4 (3.13%) GDPR
4 3 (2.34%) PCI DSS
4 3 (2.34%) SOC 2
5 2 (1.56%) IFRS
5 2 (1.56%) IFRS 17
5 2 (1.56%) Solvency II
6 1 (0.78%) Accessibility
6 1 (0.78%) NCSC
System Software
1 42 (32.81%) Docker
2 10 (7.81%) Active Directory
3 7 (5.47%) VMware Infrastructure
4 3 (2.34%) Kamailio
5 1 (0.78%) Xen
Systems Management
1 66 (51.56%) Terraform
2 50 (39.06%) Kubernetes
3 24 (18.75%) Ansible
4 19 (14.84%) Grafana
5 15 (11.72%) Prometheus
6 10 (7.81%) Progress Chef
7 7 (5.47%) Argo
7 7 (5.47%) Packer
7 7 (5.47%) Proxmox
8 3 (2.34%) Puppet
9 1 (0.78%) Consul
9 1 (0.78%) Istio
9 1 (0.78%) Kibana
9 1 (0.78%) linkerd
9 1 (0.78%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 24 (18.75%) Microsoft
2 14 (10.94%) Amplitude
2 14 (10.94%) Braze
2 14 (10.94%) VMware
3 6 (4.69%) Cisco
3 6 (4.69%) EMC
3 6 (4.69%) F5
3 6 (4.69%) Palo Alto
3 6 (4.69%) ServiceNow
4 4 (3.13%) Google
4 4 (3.13%) New Relic
5 3 (2.34%) BT
5 3 (2.34%) Dynatrace
5 3 (2.34%) Fortinet
5 3 (2.34%) Mitel
5 3 (2.34%) Salesforce
5 3 (2.34%) Splunk
6 2 (1.56%) Databricks
6 2 (1.56%) OneLogin
7 1 (0.78%) LogicMonitor