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 26 April 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
26 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 236 311 451
Rank change year-on-year +75 +140 +19
Permanent jobs citing GitHub Actions 163 91 123
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.90% 0.67% 0.38%
As % of the Cloud Services category 2.40% 1.53% 0.88%
Number of salaries quoted 113 74 96
10th Percentile £51,250 £52,875 £41,250
25th Percentile £57,500 £65,000 £53,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £72,500 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -10.34% +11.54% -18.75%
75th Percentile £85,000 £83,750 £77,500
90th Percentile £108,750 £97,625 £100,000
UK median annual salary £72,500 £75,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year -3.33% +15.38% -18.75%

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 6,802 5,931 14,026
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 37.66% 43.96% 43.10%
Number of salaries quoted 4,592 4,644 12,045
10th Percentile £33,750 £32,575 £35,251
25th Percentile £46,078 £46,250 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £63,076 £62,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +0.92% +4.17% -7.69%
75th Percentile £85,000 £83,750 £78,750
90th Percentile £100,000 £108,750 £97,500
UK median annual salary £60,100 £62,500 £57,500
% change year-on-year -3.84% +8.70% -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 26 April 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 8 (4.91%) Confluence
2 4 (2.45%) Apache
3 2 (1.23%) nginx
3 2 (1.23%) SharePoint
3 2 (1.23%) WordPress
4 1 (0.61%) Apache Spark
4 1 (0.61%) Drupal
4 1 (0.61%) IIS
Business Applications
1 1 (0.61%) Magento
Cloud Services
1 163 (100.00%) GitHub
2 101 (61.96%) Azure
3 90 (55.21%) AWS
4 63 (38.65%) Azure DevOps
5 42 (25.77%) Serverless
6 25 (15.34%) Amazon EC2
6 25 (15.34%) Amazon S3
7 24 (14.72%) Amazon EKS
8 22 (13.50%) Amazon CloudWatch
9 21 (12.88%) AWS CloudFormation
9 21 (12.88%) AWS Lambda
10 19 (11.66%) Entra ID
11 18 (11.04%) Datadog
11 18 (11.04%) GCP
12 16 (9.82%) SaaS
13 15 (9.20%) PaaS
14 14 (8.59%) Azure Logic Apps
14 14 (8.59%) Virtual Private Cloud
15 13 (7.98%) Azure App Service
16 12 (7.36%) Azure Data Factory
Communications & Networking
1 14 (8.59%) Firewall
2 10 (6.13%) VPN
3 5 (3.07%) DNS
4 3 (1.84%) HTTP
4 3 (1.84%) RTP
4 3 (1.84%) SSL
4 3 (1.84%) Unified Communications
4 3 (1.84%) VoIP
4 3 (1.84%) Wireshark
5 1 (0.61%) Broadband
5 1 (0.61%) Intrusion Detection
5 1 (0.61%) LTE
5 1 (0.61%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 19 (11.66%) SQL Server
2 18 (11.04%) NoSQL
3 14 (8.59%) Amazon RDS
4 9 (5.52%) Flink
5 8 (4.91%) PostgreSQL
6 6 (3.68%) MySQL
7 5 (3.07%) DynamoDB
7 5 (3.07%) Metadata
7 5 (3.07%) MongoDB
8 3 (1.84%) Data Lake
9 2 (1.23%) Amazon Redshift
9 2 (1.23%) Data Warehouse
9 2 (1.23%) MariaDB
9 2 (1.23%) Redis
9 2 (1.23%) Relational Database
10 1 (0.61%) Apache Cassandra
10 1 (0.61%) Azure SQL Database
10 1 (0.61%) Big Data
10 1 (0.61%) InterSystems Cache
10 1 (0.61%) Parquet
Development Applications
1 29 (17.79%) Jenkins
2 28 (17.18%) Git
3 23 (14.11%) GitLab
4 15 (9.20%) JIRA
5 11 (6.75%) Crashlytics
5 11 (6.75%) XCTest
6 8 (4.91%) Bitbucket
6 8 (4.91%) Subversion
7 5 (3.07%) Cypress.io
7 5 (3.07%) Storybook
7 5 (3.07%) Visual Studio Code
8 2 (1.23%) git-flow
8 2 (1.23%) JMeter
8 2 (1.23%) TeamCity
9 1 (0.61%) GDB
9 1 (0.61%) LabVIEW
9 1 (0.61%) Maven
9 1 (0.61%) Visual Studio
9 1 (0.61%) WebDriver
9 1 (0.61%) WinDbg
General
1 56 (34.36%) Social Skills
2 47 (28.83%) Finance
3 20 (12.27%) Analytical Skills
4 15 (9.20%) Telecoms
5 13 (7.98%) Public Sector
6 10 (6.13%) Banking
7 9 (5.52%) Front Office
7 9 (5.52%) Manufacturing
7 9 (5.52%) Retail
8 7 (4.29%) Pharmaceutical
9 5 (3.07%) Organisational Skills
10 3 (1.84%) Billing
10 3 (1.84%) Health Technology
10 3 (1.84%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 3 (1.84%) Military
11 2 (1.23%) Aviation
11 2 (1.23%) Back Office
11 2 (1.23%) Electronics
11 2 (1.23%) Marketing
12 1 (0.61%) Influencing Skills
Job Titles
1 43 (26.38%) Senior
2 34 (20.86%) DevOps Engineer
3 30 (18.40%) Developer
4 27 (16.56%) Lead
5 23 (14.11%) Platform Engineer
6 17 (10.43%) .NET Developer
6 17 (10.43%) Senior DevOps
7 16 (9.82%) Azure Engineer
8 14 (8.59%) AWS Engineer
9 13 (7.98%) Cloud Engineer
9 13 (7.98%) Cloud Platform Engineer
10 12 (7.36%) AWS DevOps
10 12 (7.36%) Mobile Engineer
11 11 (6.75%) Lead Developer
12 10 (6.13%) AWS DevOps Engineer
13 9 (5.52%) Development Engineer
13 9 (5.52%) Integration Engineer
13 9 (5.52%) Lead .NET Developer
13 9 (5.52%) Site Reliability Engineer
14 8 (4.91%) Senior Development Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 30 (18.40%) .NET
2 26 (15.95%) React
2 26 (15.95%) RESTful
3 16 (9.82%) Kafka
4 13 (7.98%) OAuth
4 13 (7.98%) OAuth2
5 12 (7.36%) .NET Framework
5 12 (7.36%) JSON
6 11 (6.75%) Razor View Engine
6 11 (6.75%) SwiftUI
6 11 (6.75%) UIKit
7 10 (6.13%) ASP.NET Web API
7 10 (6.13%) ASP.NET Web Forms
7 10 (6.13%) CSS
7 10 (6.13%) Entity Framework
8 9 (5.52%) ADO
8 9 (5.52%) REST
9 8 (4.91%) .NET Core
10 7 (4.29%) ASP.NET
11 6 (3.68%) ASP.NET Core
Miscellaneous
1 23 (14.11%) Cloud Native
2 18 (11.04%) Mobile App
3 16 (9.82%) Greenfield Project
4 12 (7.36%) Onboarding
4 12 (7.36%) Private Cloud
5 10 (6.13%) Product Ownership
6 9 (5.52%) Distributed Systems
7 7 (4.29%) Hybrid Cloud
8 5 (3.07%) CMDB
8 5 (3.07%) Fixed Income
8 5 (3.07%) Public Cloud
9 4 (2.45%) Legacy Systems
9 4 (2.45%) Security Posture
10 3 (1.84%) Analytical Mindset
10 3 (1.84%) Enterprise Cloud
10 3 (1.84%) Linux Command Line
11 2 (1.23%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
11 2 (1.23%) NHS
12 1 (0.61%) Replication
12 1 (0.61%) Video\Live Streaming
Operating Systems
1 29 (17.79%) Linux
2 12 (7.36%) Apple iOS
3 9 (5.52%) Windows
4 6 (3.68%) Windows Server
5 4 (2.45%) Ubuntu
6 2 (1.23%) Unix
7 1 (0.61%) Android
7 1 (0.61%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 1 (0.61%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 159 (97.55%) CI/CD
2 129 (79.14%) DevOps
3 79 (48.47%) Infrastructure as Code
4 55 (33.74%) Observability
5 53 (32.52%) Problem-Solving
6 49 (30.06%) Agile
7 47 (28.83%) Test Automation
8 46 (28.22%) Containerisation
9 45 (27.61%) Platform Engineering
10 41 (25.15%) Mentoring
11 36 (22.09%) Code Quality
12 33 (20.25%) Continuous Improvement
13 32 (19.63%) Deployment Automation
14 29 (17.79%) AI
14 29 (17.79%) Analytics
15 27 (16.56%) Incident Response
15 27 (16.56%) Site Reliability Engineering
16 26 (15.95%) Cloud Security
17 21 (12.88%) Infrastructure Automation
18 20 (12.27%) Root Cause Analysis
Programming Languages
1 80 (49.08%) Python
2 34 (20.86%) SQL
3 33 (20.25%) Bash
4 24 (14.72%) TypeScript
5 23 (14.11%) Bicep
5 23 (14.11%) PowerShell
6 22 (13.50%) JavaScript
7 16 (9.82%) Go
8 14 (8.59%) Java
9 11 (6.75%) Kotlin
9 11 (6.75%) Swift
10 7 (4.29%) C#
11 6 (3.68%) C++
11 6 (3.68%) Dart
12 5 (3.07%) PHP
13 3 (1.84%) C
14 2 (1.23%) Apex Code
14 2 (1.23%) Scala
14 2 (1.23%) Shell Script
14 2 (1.23%) VB
Qualifications
1 21 (12.88%) Degree
2 14 (8.59%) Computer Science Degree
3 13 (7.98%) AWS Certification
4 12 (7.36%) Azure Certification
5 9 (5.52%) Master's Degree
6 5 (3.07%) Security Cleared
7 3 (1.84%) Microsoft Certification
7 3 (1.84%) SC Cleared
8 2 (1.23%) AWS Certified Developer
9 1 (0.61%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
9 1 (0.61%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 20 (12.27%) QA
2 13 (7.98%) GDPR
3 10 (6.13%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 4 (2.45%) PCI DSS
4 4 (2.45%) SOC 2
5 3 (1.84%) Data Quality
6 2 (1.23%) ECSS
7 1 (0.61%) Accessibility
7 1 (0.61%) GRC
7 1 (0.61%) IFRS
7 1 (0.61%) IFRS 17
7 1 (0.61%) NCSC
7 1 (0.61%) Solvency II
System Software
1 51 (31.29%) Docker
2 21 (12.88%) Active Directory
3 7 (4.29%) VMware Infrastructure
4 3 (1.84%) Kamailio
5 1 (0.61%) Xen
Systems Management
1 90 (55.21%) Terraform
2 68 (41.72%) Kubernetes
3 29 (17.79%) Grafana
4 27 (16.56%) Ansible
5 26 (15.95%) Prometheus
6 16 (9.82%) Argo
7 9 (5.52%) Single Sign-On
8 7 (4.29%) Proxmox
9 6 (3.68%) Packer
10 4 (2.45%) logstash
10 4 (2.45%) Progress Chef
11 3 (1.84%) Puppet
12 1 (0.61%) Cilium
12 1 (0.61%) Consul
12 1 (0.61%) Icinga
12 1 (0.61%) Kibana
12 1 (0.61%) Nagios
Vendors
1 38 (23.31%) Microsoft
2 14 (8.59%) VMware
3 11 (6.75%) Amplitude
3 11 (6.75%) Braze
4 9 (5.52%) Ab Initio
5 7 (4.29%) Atlassian
6 5 (3.07%) Cisco
6 5 (3.07%) EMC
6 5 (3.07%) F5
6 5 (3.07%) Palo Alto
6 5 (3.07%) ServiceNow
7 4 (2.45%) Databricks
7 4 (2.45%) Google
7 4 (2.45%) Salesforce
8 3 (1.84%) BT
8 3 (1.84%) Fortinet
8 3 (1.84%) Mitel
9 2 (1.23%) LogicMonitor
9 2 (1.23%) SAP
9 2 (1.23%) Splunk