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 14 October 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 325 311 397
Rank change year-on-year -14 +86 -39
Permanent jobs citing GitHub Actions 142 113 82
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.57% 0.68% 0.39%
As % of the Cloud Services category 1.63% 1.97% 0.91%
Number of salaries quoted 108 96 68
10th Percentile £47,500 £46,500 £47,500
25th Percentile £62,188 £59,375 £53,688
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £72,500 £70,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +3.57% +16.67% -13.95%
75th Percentile £91,563 £85,000 £68,438
90th Percentile £115,000 £90,000 £77,500
UK median annual salary £70,000 £72,500 £65,000
% change year-on-year -3.45% +11.54% -18.37%

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 8,696 5,724 9,018
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 34.69% 34.63% 42.96%
Number of salaries quoted 6,359 4,055 5,895
10th Percentile £35,000 £31,250 £36,350
25th Percentile £45,000 £42,500 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £60,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.17% -7.69% -
75th Percentile £85,000 £82,500 £87,348
90th Percentile £100,000 £110,000 £115,000
UK median annual salary £62,500 £58,500 £65,000
% change year-on-year +6.84% -10.00% +4.00%

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 14 October 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 10 (7.04%) Apache
2 5 (3.52%) Apache Airflow
3 4 (2.82%) Apache Spark
3 4 (2.82%) Confluence
4 2 (1.41%) CMS
4 2 (1.41%) nginx
5 1 (0.70%) Apache Solr
Cloud Services
1 142 (100.00%) GitHub
2 95 (66.90%) AWS
3 74 (52.11%) Azure
4 32 (22.54%) GCP
5 30 (21.13%) Azure DevOps
6 23 (16.20%) Serverless
7 19 (13.38%) Datadog
8 17 (11.97%) AWS CloudFormation
9 16 (11.27%) Amazon S3
10 14 (9.86%) AWS Lambda
11 12 (8.45%) Amazon EC2
12 11 (7.75%) Amazon OpenSearch
12 11 (7.75%) Azure AKS
13 10 (7.04%) Amazon ECS
13 10 (7.04%) Azure Monitor
14 9 (6.34%) Amazon EKS
14 9 (6.34%) Azure Key Vault
15 8 (5.63%) PaaS
16 7 (4.93%) Azure ExpressRoute
16 7 (4.93%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 11 (7.75%) VPN
2 7 (4.93%) DNS
3 5 (3.52%) Firewall
4 4 (2.82%) SSH
5 2 (1.41%) BGP
5 2 (1.41%) Network Security
5 2 (1.41%) TCP/IP
5 2 (1.41%) Unified Communications
5 2 (1.41%) WAN
6 1 (0.70%) HTTP
6 1 (0.70%) Internet
6 1 (0.70%) SSL
6 1 (0.70%) X.509
Database & Business Intelligence
1 33 (23.24%) PostgreSQL
2 21 (14.79%) Relational Database
3 14 (9.86%) DynamoDB
4 11 (7.75%) Data Warehouse
5 10 (7.04%) MongoDB
6 7 (4.93%) MySQL
7 6 (4.23%) Amazon Athena
7 6 (4.23%) Data Lake
7 6 (4.23%) Power BI
8 5 (3.52%) Amazon RDS
8 5 (3.52%) Apache Iceberg
8 5 (3.52%) Delta Lake
9 4 (2.82%) BigQuery
9 4 (2.82%) Tableau
10 3 (2.11%) Azure SQL Database
10 3 (2.11%) Data Vault
10 3 (2.11%) NoSQL
10 3 (2.11%) Redis
10 3 (2.11%) SQL Server
11 2 (1.41%) Metadata
Development Applications
1 32 (22.54%) Git
1 32 (22.54%) Jenkins
2 26 (18.31%) GitLab
3 8 (5.63%) Cypress.io
4 7 (4.93%) JIRA
5 6 (4.23%) Postman
6 5 (3.52%) Appium
6 5 (3.52%) Poetry
6 5 (3.52%) Selenium
7 4 (2.82%) Crashlytics
7 4 (2.82%) NUnit
7 4 (2.82%) TeamCity
7 4 (2.82%) XCTest
8 3 (2.11%) MLflow
9 2 (1.41%) Claude Code
9 2 (1.41%) JUnit
9 2 (1.41%) Snyk
9 2 (1.41%) SonarQube
9 2 (1.41%) Visual Studio Code
9 2 (1.41%) WebDriver
General
1 56 (39.44%) Social Skills
2 20 (14.08%) Finance
3 18 (12.68%) Public Sector
4 11 (7.75%) Analytical Skills
5 9 (6.34%) Manufacturing
6 5 (3.52%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 4 (2.82%) Banking
8 3 (2.11%) Local Government
9 2 (1.41%) Games
9 2 (1.41%) Influencing Skills
9 2 (1.41%) Law
9 2 (1.41%) Legal
9 2 (1.41%) Military
9 2 (1.41%) Organisational Skills
9 2 (1.41%) Police
9 2 (1.41%) Retail
10 1 (0.70%) Documentation Skills
10 1 (0.70%) Marketing
10 1 (0.70%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 55 (38.73%) Senior
2 24 (16.90%) Software Engineer
3 22 (15.49%) DevOps Engineer
4 21 (14.79%) Developer
5 15 (10.56%) Azure Engineer
5 15 (10.56%) Lead
5 15 (10.56%) Platform Engineer
6 13 (9.15%) Senior Developer
7 10 (7.04%) Cloud Platform Engineer
7 10 (7.04%) Data Engineer
8 9 (6.34%) Cloud Engineer
9 8 (5.63%) Architect
9 8 (5.63%) Senior Platform Engineer
10 7 (4.93%) Java Developer
10 7 (4.93%) Senior Data Engineer
10 7 (4.93%) Senior Java Developer
10 7 (4.93%) Senior Software Engineer
11 5 (3.52%) DevSecOps Engineer
11 5 (3.52%) Mobile Engineer
11 5 (3.52%) Senior DevOps
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 73 (51.41%) Terraform
2 30 (21.13%) Node.js
3 29 (20.42%) React
4 23 (16.20%) REST
5 17 (11.97%) RESTful
6 16 (11.27%) CSS
7 12 (8.45%) GraphQL
7 12 (8.45%) Tailwind CSS
8 11 (7.75%) .NET
8 11 (7.75%) AngularJS
8 11 (7.75%) Kafka
9 10 (7.04%) Jest
10 9 (6.34%) PySpark
10 9 (6.34%) Spring
10 9 (6.34%) Spring Boot
11 7 (4.93%) Web Services
11 7 (4.93%) YAML
12 6 (4.23%) FastAPI
12 6 (4.23%) Playwright
13 4 (2.82%) OpenAPI
Miscellaneous
1 27 (19.01%) Cloud Native
2 15 (10.56%) Distributed Systems
3 11 (7.75%) Linux Command Line
4 9 (6.34%) Mobile App
5 8 (5.63%) Blog
5 8 (5.63%) Legacy Systems
6 6 (4.23%) Greenfield Project
7 5 (3.52%) Public Cloud
8 4 (2.82%) Private Cloud
9 3 (2.11%) AI Agents
9 3 (2.11%) Clustering
9 3 (2.11%) Cyber Threat
9 3 (2.11%) NHS
9 3 (2.11%) Robotics
10 2 (1.41%) Cloud Security Posture
10 2 (1.41%) Distributed Computing
10 2 (1.41%) Legacy Applications
10 2 (1.41%) Management Information System
10 2 (1.41%) Product Ownership
10 2 (1.41%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 27 (19.01%) Linux
2 9 (6.34%) Apple iOS
3 5 (3.52%) Android
3 5 (3.52%) Unix
4 3 (2.11%) Debian
4 3 (2.11%) Robot Operating System
4 3 (2.11%) Ubuntu
5 2 (1.41%) Windows
5 2 (1.41%) Windows Server
6 1 (0.70%) Embedded Linux
6 1 (0.70%) OpenWrt
Processes & Methodologies
1 132 (92.96%) CI/CD
2 78 (54.93%) Infrastructure as Code
3 67 (47.18%) DevOps
4 57 (40.14%) AI
5 55 (38.73%) Software Engineering
6 53 (37.32%) Containerisation
7 41 (28.87%) Observability
8 40 (28.17%) Test Automation
9 35 (24.65%) Analytics
10 34 (23.94%) Agile
11 31 (21.83%) Mentoring
12 28 (19.72%) Problem-Solving
13 24 (16.90%) Platform Engineering
14 22 (15.49%) Code Quality
14 22 (15.49%) Continuous Improvement
15 21 (14.79%) Machine Learning
16 20 (14.08%) DevSecOps
16 20 (14.08%) Technical Leadership
17 18 (12.68%) Deployment Automation
18 17 (11.97%) SDLC
Programming Languages
1 71 (50.00%) Python
2 38 (26.76%) TypeScript
3 37 (26.06%) SQL
4 31 (21.83%) Bash
5 27 (19.01%) JavaScript
6 18 (12.68%) Java
7 16 (11.27%) PowerShell
8 14 (9.86%) Kotlin
9 13 (9.15%) Bicep
10 12 (8.45%) Go
11 11 (7.75%) C#
12 8 (5.63%) Scala
13 7 (4.93%) Swift
14 6 (4.23%) Groovy
14 6 (4.23%) PHP
15 3 (2.11%) Rust
16 2 (1.41%) C
16 2 (1.41%) Shell Script
17 1 (0.70%) Ruby
17 1 (0.70%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 22 (15.49%) Security Cleared
2 18 (12.68%) SC Cleared
3 10 (7.04%) Azure Certification
3 10 (7.04%) Degree
4 5 (3.52%) Computer Science Degree
5 3 (2.11%) Microsoft Certification
6 2 (1.41%) AWS Certification
6 2 (1.41%) OCP
6 2 (1.41%) Oracle Certification
6 2 (1.41%) TOGAF Certification
7 1 (0.70%) ISTQB
7 1 (0.70%) Master's Degree
7 1 (0.70%) Microsoft Certified Professional
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (7.75%) Data Quality
1 11 (7.75%) QA
2 6 (4.23%) Accessibility
3 4 (2.82%) GDPR
4 2 (1.41%) IFRS
4 2 (1.41%) IFRS 17
4 2 (1.41%) NIST
4 2 (1.41%) SLA
4 2 (1.41%) Solvency II
5 1 (0.70%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 1 (0.70%) WCAG
System Software
1 81 (57.04%) Docker
2 5 (3.52%) Virtual Machines
3 4 (2.82%) VMware Infrastructure
4 3 (2.11%) Active Directory
5 1 (0.70%) QEMU
Systems Management
1 50 (35.21%) Kubernetes
2 29 (20.42%) Grafana
3 13 (9.15%) Prometheus
4 10 (7.04%) Ansible
5 9 (6.34%) Progress Chef
6 7 (4.93%) Argo
7 3 (2.11%) Packer
8 2 (1.41%) logstash
8 2 (1.41%) Proxmox
8 2 (1.41%) Single Sign-On
9 1 (0.70%) Cilium
9 1 (0.70%) Istio
9 1 (0.70%) linkerd
Vendors
1 23 (16.20%) Microsoft
2 9 (6.34%) Databricks
3 6 (4.23%) Google
3 6 (4.23%) Splunk
4 5 (3.52%) Dynatrace
4 5 (3.52%) New Relic
5 4 (2.82%) Amplitude
5 4 (2.82%) Braze
5 4 (2.82%) VMware
6 3 (2.11%) NVIDIA
6 3 (2.11%) OneLogin
6 3 (2.11%) OpenAI
7 2 (1.41%) Cisco
7 2 (1.41%) EMC
7 2 (1.41%) F5
7 2 (1.41%) Palo Alto
7 2 (1.41%) Red Hat
7 2 (1.41%) ServiceNow
8 1 (0.70%) Atlassian
8 1 (0.70%) Foundry