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 11 February 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
11 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 203 330 378
Rank change year-on-year +127 +48 +130
Permanent jobs citing GitHub Actions 176 105 147
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 1.09% 0.67% 0.53%
As % of the Cloud Services category 2.93% 1.43% 1.16%
Number of salaries quoted 126 78 115
10th Percentile £47,875 £47,500 £50,000
25th Percentile £60,000 £61,563 £65,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £66,250 £70,576
Median % change year-on-year +5.66% -6.13% +0.82%
75th Percentile £90,000 £75,000 £90,000
90th Percentile £110,000 £86,625 £100,000
UK median annual salary £73,250 £68,000 £79,632
% change year-on-year +7.72% -14.61% +6.18%

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 6,005 7,336 12,663
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 37.06% 46.81% 45.85%
Number of salaries quoted 4,134 4,741 11,071
10th Percentile £32,500 £35,750 £35,500
25th Percentile £43,750 £47,500 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £65,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -7.69% +8.33% -7.69%
75th Percentile £82,500 £83,750 £78,750
90th Percentile £100,000 £105,000 £96,539
UK median annual salary £60,000 £65,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year -7.69% +13.04% -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 11 February 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 (4.55%) Confluence
2 3 (1.70%) Apache Airflow
3 2 (1.14%) Apache
3 2 (1.14%) SharePoint
4 1 (0.57%) Apache Spark
4 1 (0.57%) IIS
4 1 (0.57%) nginx
Business Applications
1 3 (1.70%) Payment Gateway
1 3 (1.70%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 176 (100.00%) GitHub
2 128 (72.73%) Azure
3 84 (47.73%) AWS
4 82 (46.59%) Azure DevOps
5 34 (19.32%) Serverless
6 32 (18.18%) AWS CloudFormation
7 29 (16.48%) Amazon CloudWatch
7 29 (16.48%) Amazon EKS
7 29 (16.48%) GCP
8 25 (14.20%) Datadog
8 25 (14.20%) SaaS
9 24 (13.64%) Entra ID
10 23 (13.07%) Azure Monitor
11 20 (11.36%) PaaS
12 19 (10.80%) Azure Logic Apps
13 17 (9.66%) Amazon S3
13 17 (9.66%) AWS Lambda
13 17 (9.66%) Azure App Service
14 16 (9.09%) Azure AKS
14 16 (9.09%) Azure Data Factory
Communications & Networking
1 10 (5.68%) Firewall
2 6 (3.41%) VPN
3 4 (2.27%) Intrusion Detection
3 4 (2.27%) Network Security
4 3 (1.70%) HTTP
4 3 (1.70%) RTP
4 3 (1.70%) Unified Communications
4 3 (1.70%) VoIP
4 3 (1.70%) Wireshark
5 2 (1.14%) DNS
6 1 (0.57%) Broadband
Database & Business Intelligence
1 25 (14.20%) NoSQL
2 22 (12.50%) SQL Server
3 10 (5.68%) Flink
3 10 (5.68%) PostgreSQL
4 6 (3.41%) Amazon RDS
4 6 (3.41%) DynamoDB
4 6 (3.41%) MongoDB
4 6 (3.41%) MySQL
5 3 (1.70%) BigQuery
5 3 (1.70%) Elasticsearch
5 3 (1.70%) Metadata
5 3 (1.70%) Pinecone
6 2 (1.14%) Amazon Redshift
6 2 (1.14%) Azure SQL Database
6 2 (1.14%) Data Lake
6 2 (1.14%) Data Warehouse
6 2 (1.14%) MariaDB
7 1 (0.57%) Apache Cassandra
7 1 (0.57%) Redis
7 1 (0.57%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 42 (23.86%) Jenkins
2 32 (18.18%) Git
3 26 (14.77%) GitLab
4 11 (6.25%) JIRA
5 9 (5.11%) Bitbucket
5 9 (5.11%) Subversion
6 7 (3.98%) TeamCity
7 3 (1.70%) CircleCI
7 3 (1.70%) JMeter
8 2 (1.14%) Cucumber
8 2 (1.14%) git-flow
8 2 (1.14%) JUnit
8 2 (1.14%) Sonatype Nexus
9 1 (0.57%) Burp Suite
9 1 (0.57%) Crashlytics
9 1 (0.57%) LabVIEW
9 1 (0.57%) Locust
9 1 (0.57%) REST Assured
9 1 (0.57%) Selenium
9 1 (0.57%) SonarQube
General
1 65 (36.93%) Finance
2 59 (33.52%) Social Skills
3 22 (12.50%) Analytical Skills
4 20 (11.36%) Telecoms
5 15 (8.52%) Banking
6 12 (6.82%) Public Sector
7 10 (5.68%) Front Office
7 10 (5.68%) Manufacturing
8 9 (5.11%) Pharmaceutical
8 9 (5.11%) Retail
9 5 (2.84%) Back Office
10 4 (2.27%) Financial Institution
11 3 (1.70%) Billing
11 3 (1.70%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 2 (1.14%) Aviation
12 2 (1.14%) Documentation Skills
12 2 (1.14%) Electronics
12 2 (1.14%) Law
12 2 (1.14%) Marketing
12 2 (1.14%) Military
Job Titles
1 48 (27.27%) Senior
2 34 (19.32%) DevOps Engineer
3 27 (15.34%) Developer
3 27 (15.34%) Lead
4 22 (12.50%) Cloud Engineer
4 22 (12.50%) Platform Engineer
5 21 (11.93%) .NET Developer
6 18 (10.23%) Senior DevOps
7 15 (8.52%) AWS Engineer
7 15 (8.52%) Azure Developer
8 14 (7.95%) Development Engineer
9 13 (7.39%) AWS DevOps
9 13 (7.39%) Lead .NET Developer
9 13 (7.39%) Lead Developer
10 12 (6.82%) SaaS Developer
11 11 (6.25%) AWS DevOps Engineer
12 10 (5.68%) Azure Engineer
12 10 (5.68%) Integration Engineer
12 10 (5.68%) Site Reliability Engineer
13 8 (4.55%) Senior Development Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 39 (22.16%) .NET
2 38 (21.59%) RESTful
3 27 (15.34%) React
4 18 (10.23%) OAuth
4 18 (10.23%) OAuth2
5 16 (9.09%) .NET Framework
5 16 (9.09%) JSON
5 16 (9.09%) Kafka
6 15 (8.52%) Razor View Engine
7 14 (7.95%) ADO
7 14 (7.95%) ASP.NET Web API
7 14 (7.95%) ASP.NET Web Forms
8 13 (7.39%) Entity Framework
8 13 (7.39%) Node.js
9 12 (6.82%) YAML
10 9 (5.11%) REST
11 7 (3.98%) .NET Core
11 7 (3.98%) ASP.NET
11 7 (3.98%) CSS
11 7 (3.98%) HTML
Miscellaneous
1 36 (20.45%) Cloud Native
2 19 (10.80%) Onboarding
3 15 (8.52%) Product Ownership
4 10 (5.68%) Distributed Systems
5 6 (3.41%) Fixed Income
6 5 (2.84%) Hybrid Cloud
7 4 (2.27%) Blog
7 4 (2.27%) Private Cloud
7 4 (2.27%) Security Posture
8 3 (1.70%) Analytical Mindset
8 3 (1.70%) Data Centre
8 3 (1.70%) Enterprise Cloud
9 2 (1.14%) Greenfield Project
9 2 (1.14%) Mobile App
10 1 (0.57%) IoT
10 1 (0.57%) Legacy Applications
10 1 (0.57%) Legacy Code
10 1 (0.57%) Linux Command Line
10 1 (0.57%) Self-Motivation
10 1 (0.57%) Video on Demand
Operating Systems
1 31 (17.61%) Linux
2 14 (7.95%) Windows
3 5 (2.84%) Unix
4 4 (2.27%) Ubuntu
5 1 (0.57%) Android
5 1 (0.57%) Apple iOS
5 1 (0.57%) VMS
5 1 (0.57%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 170 (96.59%) CI/CD
2 152 (86.36%) DevOps
3 95 (53.98%) Infrastructure as Code
4 63 (35.80%) Problem-Solving
5 59 (33.52%) Observability
6 58 (32.95%) Containerisation
7 50 (28.41%) Agile
8 49 (27.84%) Test Automation
9 46 (26.14%) Platform Engineering
10 44 (25.00%) Continuous Improvement
11 43 (24.43%) Incident Response
12 35 (19.89%) Site Reliability Engineering
13 33 (18.75%) Cloud Security
14 32 (18.18%) Mentoring
15 30 (17.05%) Infrastructure Engineering
15 30 (17.05%) RBAC
16 29 (16.48%) AI
16 29 (16.48%) Code Quality
17 28 (15.91%) Coaching
17 28 (15.91%) Computer Science
Programming Languages
1 88 (50.00%) Python
2 43 (24.43%) Bicep
3 41 (23.30%) Bash
4 39 (22.16%) SQL
5 32 (18.18%) PowerShell
6 26 (14.77%) JavaScript
7 24 (13.64%) TypeScript
8 18 (10.23%) Java
9 17 (9.66%) Go
10 9 (5.11%) C#
11 5 (2.84%) C++
12 3 (1.70%) C
12 3 (1.70%) Ruby
13 2 (1.14%) PHP
13 2 (1.14%) Rust
13 2 (1.14%) VB
14 1 (0.57%) Dart
14 1 (0.57%) Kotlin
14 1 (0.57%) Scala
14 1 (0.57%) Swift
Qualifications
1 28 (15.91%) Degree
2 25 (14.20%) Computer Science Degree
3 22 (12.50%) AWS Certification
4 15 (8.52%) Azure Certification
4 15 (8.52%) Master's Degree
5 14 (7.95%) SC Cleared
5 14 (7.95%) Security Cleared
6 4 (2.27%) Microsoft Certification
7 2 (1.14%) AWS Certified Developer
8 1 (0.57%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
8 1 (0.57%) CCNA
8 1 (0.57%) Cisco Certification
8 1 (0.57%) SnowPro
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 30 (17.05%) QA
2 19 (10.80%) GDPR
2 19 (10.80%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 7 (3.98%) PCI DSS
3 7 (3.98%) SOC 2
4 4 (2.27%) GRC
5 2 (1.14%) Data Quality
5 2 (1.14%) ECSS
6 1 (0.57%) HIPAA
System Software
1 62 (35.23%) Docker
2 22 (12.50%) Active Directory
3 5 (2.84%) VMware Infrastructure
4 3 (1.70%) Kamailio
4 3 (1.70%) Virtual Machines
4 3 (1.70%) vSphere
5 1 (0.57%) Xen
Systems Management
1 102 (57.95%) Terraform
2 90 (51.14%) Kubernetes
3 43 (24.43%) Grafana
4 34 (19.32%) Prometheus
5 26 (14.77%) Ansible
6 18 (10.23%) Argo
7 9 (5.11%) Single Sign-On
8 4 (2.27%) Cilium
8 4 (2.27%) logstash
8 4 (2.27%) Proxmox
9 2 (1.14%) Progress Chef
10 1 (0.57%) Icinga
10 1 (0.57%) Nagios
Vendors
1 40 (22.73%) Microsoft
2 14 (7.95%) Ab Initio
3 11 (6.25%) VMware
4 8 (4.55%) Atlassian
5 5 (2.84%) Google
5 5 (2.84%) Splunk
6 4 (2.27%) LogicMonitor
7 3 (1.70%) BT
7 3 (1.70%) Databricks
7 3 (1.70%) Fortinet
7 3 (1.70%) Mitel
7 3 (1.70%) Salesforce
7 3 (1.70%) SolarWinds
8 2 (1.14%) Dynatrace
8 2 (1.14%) SAP
9 1 (0.57%) Amplitude
9 1 (0.57%) Foundry
9 1 (0.57%) Oracle
9 1 (0.57%) ServiceNow