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 27 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
27 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 272 342 459
Rank change year-on-year +70 +117 +6
Permanent jobs citing GitHub Actions 142 89 108
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.75% 0.61% 0.33%
As % of the Cloud Services category 1.95% 1.55% 0.77%
Number of salaries quoted 99 75 93
10th Percentile £47,400 £52,500 £41,250
25th Percentile £56,875 £65,000 £58,750
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 £77,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £93,500 £100,000
UK median annual salary £70,400 £72,500 £65,000
% change year-on-year -2.90% +11.54% -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 7,282 5,726 14,080
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 38.21% 39.45% 42.82%
Number of salaries quoted 5,004 4,116 11,977
10th Percentile £35,000 £31,750 £35,750
25th Percentile £46,250 £45,272 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £64,085 £62,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +2.54% +4.17% -7.69%
75th Percentile £85,000 £83,000 £79,600
90th Percentile £100,000 £110,000 £98,750
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 27 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 (3.52%) Apache
1 5 (3.52%) Confluence
2 2 (1.41%) Apache Spark
2 2 (1.41%) nginx
2 2 (1.41%) SharePoint
2 2 (1.41%) WordPress
3 1 (0.70%) Apache Solr
3 1 (0.70%) Drupal
3 1 (0.70%) IIS
Business Applications
1 1 (0.70%) Magento
Cloud Services
1 142 (100.00%) GitHub
2 85 (59.86%) AWS
3 78 (54.93%) Azure
4 48 (33.80%) Azure DevOps
5 37 (26.06%) Serverless
6 27 (19.01%) Amazon EC2
7 23 (16.20%) Amazon S3
8 21 (14.79%) Amazon EKS
9 18 (12.68%) AWS CloudFormation
10 17 (11.97%) AWS Lambda
11 16 (11.27%) Amazon CloudWatch
12 13 (9.15%) Datadog
12 13 (9.15%) Firebase
12 13 (9.15%) PaaS
12 13 (9.15%) Stripe
12 13 (9.15%) TestFlight
12 13 (9.15%) Virtual Private Cloud
13 11 (7.75%) Entra ID
13 11 (7.75%) GCP
14 9 (6.34%) Azure Data Factory
Communications & Networking
1 13 (9.15%) Firewall
2 10 (7.04%) VPN
3 4 (2.82%) DNS
3 4 (2.82%) HTTP
4 3 (2.11%) RTP
4 3 (2.11%) SSL
4 3 (2.11%) Unified Communications
4 3 (2.11%) VoIP
4 3 (2.11%) Wireshark
5 1 (0.70%) LTE
Database & Business Intelligence
1 13 (9.15%) Amazon RDS
1 13 (9.15%) PostgreSQL
1 13 (9.15%) SQL Server
2 9 (6.34%) MySQL
3 8 (5.63%) NoSQL
3 8 (5.63%) Relational Database
4 5 (3.52%) DynamoDB
4 5 (3.52%) Flink
4 5 (3.52%) MongoDB
5 4 (2.82%) Metadata
6 3 (2.11%) BigQuery
6 3 (2.11%) Data Lake
6 3 (2.11%) Data Warehouse
7 2 (1.41%) Amazon Redshift
7 2 (1.41%) Big Data
7 2 (1.41%) Delta Lake
7 2 (1.41%) MariaDB
7 2 (1.41%) Power BI
7 2 (1.41%) Redis
8 1 (0.70%) InterSystems Cache
Development Applications
1 28 (19.72%) Git
2 27 (19.01%) Jenkins
3 13 (9.15%) Crashlytics
3 13 (9.15%) XCTest
4 12 (8.45%) GitLab
5 10 (7.04%) JIRA
6 6 (4.23%) Visual Studio Code
7 5 (3.52%) Cypress.io
7 5 (3.52%) Storybook
8 4 (2.82%) Bitbucket
8 4 (2.82%) Subversion
9 2 (1.41%) JMeter
9 2 (1.41%) MLflow
9 2 (1.41%) Selenium
10 1 (0.70%) GDB
10 1 (0.70%) LabVIEW
10 1 (0.70%) Maven
10 1 (0.70%) TeamCity
10 1 (0.70%) WebDriver
10 1 (0.70%) WinDbg
General
1 47 (33.10%) Social Skills
2 25 (17.61%) Finance
3 15 (10.56%) Analytical Skills
4 9 (6.34%) Manufacturing
5 8 (5.63%) Retail
6 6 (4.23%) Organisational Skills
6 6 (4.23%) Public Sector
7 5 (3.52%) Banking
7 5 (3.52%) Front Office
8 4 (2.82%) Telecoms
9 3 (2.11%) Health Technology
9 3 (2.11%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 3 (2.11%) Military
9 3 (2.11%) Pharmaceutical
10 2 (1.41%) Billing
10 2 (1.41%) Influencing Skills
11 1 (0.70%) Advertising
11 1 (0.70%) Aviation
11 1 (0.70%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 37 (26.06%) Senior
2 28 (19.72%) Developer
3 26 (18.31%) DevOps Engineer
4 24 (16.90%) Platform Engineer
5 19 (13.38%) Lead
6 15 (10.56%) Azure Engineer
6 15 (10.56%) Cloud Platform Engineer
7 14 (9.86%) Mobile Engineer
8 13 (9.15%) .NET Developer
8 13 (9.15%) Senior DevOps
9 12 (8.45%) Cloud Engineer
10 11 (7.75%) AWS Engineer
11 8 (5.63%) Lead Developer
11 8 (5.63%) Software Engineer
12 7 (4.93%) Administrator
12 7 (4.93%) DevOps Administrator
12 7 (4.93%) Python Developer
12 7 (4.93%) Senior Developer
12 7 (4.93%) Senior Systems Administrator
12 7 (4.93%) Systems Administrator
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 27 (19.01%) React
2 22 (15.49%) .NET
3 18 (12.68%) CSS
3 18 (12.68%) REST
4 16 (11.27%) RESTful
5 13 (9.15%) SwiftUI
5 13 (9.15%) UIKit
6 11 (7.75%) Tailwind CSS
7 10 (7.04%) Kafka
7 10 (7.04%) Node.js
7 10 (7.04%) OAuth
7 10 (7.04%) OAuth2
7 10 (7.04%) Razor View Engine
8 9 (6.34%) JSON
9 8 (5.63%) .NET Framework
10 7 (4.93%) ASP.NET
10 7 (4.93%) Entity Framework
11 6 (4.23%) ASP.NET Web API
11 6 (4.23%) ASP.NET Web Forms
11 6 (4.23%) Flutter
Miscellaneous
1 20 (14.08%) Cloud Native
2 19 (13.38%) Mobile App
3 17 (11.97%) Greenfield Project
4 13 (9.15%) Private Cloud
5 8 (5.63%) Onboarding
6 7 (4.93%) Distributed Systems
6 7 (4.93%) Hybrid Cloud
7 6 (4.23%) CMDB
7 6 (4.23%) Product Ownership
7 6 (4.23%) Public Cloud
8 5 (3.52%) Legacy Systems
8 5 (3.52%) Linux Command Line
9 3 (2.11%) Analytical Mindset
10 2 (1.41%) Data Protection Act
10 2 (1.41%) Distributed Computing
10 2 (1.41%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
10 2 (1.41%) NHS
10 2 (1.41%) Security Posture
11 1 (0.70%) Legacy Code
11 1 (0.70%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 29 (20.42%) Linux
2 14 (9.86%) Apple iOS
3 8 (5.63%) Windows
4 7 (4.93%) Windows Server
5 3 (2.11%) Ubuntu
6 1 (0.70%) Android
6 1 (0.70%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 133 (93.66%) CI/CD
2 94 (66.20%) DevOps
3 72 (50.70%) Infrastructure as Code
4 45 (31.69%) Test Automation
5 44 (30.99%) Observability
6 41 (28.87%) Containerisation
7 38 (26.76%) Platform Engineering
8 37 (26.06%) Problem-Solving
9 36 (25.35%) Mentoring
10 35 (24.65%) Agile
11 31 (21.83%) AI
11 31 (21.83%) Code Quality
12 28 (19.72%) Analytics
13 27 (19.01%) Deployment Automation
14 26 (18.31%) Continuous Improvement
15 23 (16.20%) Cloud Security
15 23 (16.20%) Infrastructure Automation
16 21 (14.79%) Full-Stack Development
17 20 (14.08%) Software Engineering
18 19 (13.38%) Process Improvement
Programming Languages
1 67 (47.18%) Python
2 28 (19.72%) Bash
3 25 (17.61%) TypeScript
4 23 (16.20%) SQL
5 22 (15.49%) JavaScript
6 21 (14.79%) PowerShell
7 14 (9.86%) Bicep
7 14 (9.86%) Go
7 14 (9.86%) Kotlin
8 13 (9.15%) Swift
9 8 (5.63%) C#
9 8 (5.63%) Java
10 6 (4.23%) Dart
10 6 (4.23%) PHP
11 4 (2.82%) C++
11 4 (2.82%) Groovy
12 3 (2.11%) C
12 3 (2.11%) Scala
13 2 (1.41%) Shell Script
13 2 (1.41%) VB
Qualifications
1 15 (10.56%) Degree
2 12 (8.45%) Azure Certification
3 10 (7.04%) AWS Certification
4 7 (4.93%) Computer Science Degree
4 7 (4.93%) Security Cleared
5 6 (4.23%) Master's Degree
6 4 (2.82%) SC Cleared
7 3 (2.11%) Microsoft Certification
8 1 (0.70%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
8 1 (0.70%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 13 (9.15%) QA
2 9 (6.34%) GDPR
3 8 (5.63%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 4 (2.82%) Data Quality
5 3 (2.11%) PCI DSS
5 3 (2.11%) SOC 2
6 2 (1.41%) IFRS
6 2 (1.41%) IFRS 17
6 2 (1.41%) Solvency II
7 1 (0.70%) Accessibility
7 1 (0.70%) NCSC
System Software
1 45 (31.69%) Docker
2 15 (10.56%) Active Directory
3 7 (4.93%) VMware Infrastructure
4 3 (2.11%) Kamailio
5 1 (0.70%) Xen
Systems Management
1 78 (54.93%) Terraform
2 55 (38.73%) Kubernetes
3 24 (16.90%) Ansible
4 22 (15.49%) Grafana
5 18 (12.68%) Prometheus
6 12 (8.45%) Argo
7 7 (4.93%) Packer
7 7 (4.93%) Progress Chef
7 7 (4.93%) Proxmox
8 4 (2.82%) Single Sign-On
9 3 (2.11%) logstash
9 3 (2.11%) Puppet
10 1 (0.70%) Consul
10 1 (0.70%) Kibana
Vendors
1 29 (20.42%) Microsoft
2 14 (9.86%) VMware
3 13 (9.15%) Amplitude
3 13 (9.15%) Braze
4 6 (4.23%) Cisco
4 6 (4.23%) EMC
4 6 (4.23%) F5
4 6 (4.23%) Palo Alto
4 6 (4.23%) ServiceNow
5 5 (3.52%) Ab Initio
6 4 (2.82%) Google
6 4 (2.82%) Salesforce
7 3 (2.11%) Atlassian
7 3 (2.11%) BT
7 3 (2.11%) Databricks
7 3 (2.11%) Fortinet
7 3 (2.11%) Mitel
8 2 (1.41%) Dynatrace
8 2 (1.41%) LogicMonitor
8 2 (1.41%) OneLogin