Hybrid/Remote Runbook Job Trends

Runbook
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for remote or hybrid work requiring Runbook skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 13 October 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 297 390 467
Rank change year-on-year +93 +77 -6
Permanent jobs citing Runbook 177 24 11
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.71% 0.15% 0.052%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.88% 0.16% 0.059%
Number of salaries quoted 54 19 8
10th Percentile £42,000 £47,365 £46,250
25th Percentile £50,000 £50,750 £47,188
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £70,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -17.86% +33.33% -25.00%
75th Percentile £71,250 £89,375 £63,563
90th Percentile £86,375 £90,500 £64,650
UK median annual salary £60,343 £65,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -7.16% +30.00% -20.00%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Work from Home

Runbook falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies with remote or hybrid options requiring process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 20,151 15,479 18,778
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 80.63% 93.83% 88.19%
Number of salaries quoted 14,312 8,360 11,026
10th Percentile £34,000 £29,750 £35,500
25th Percentile £44,447 £40,000 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £57,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.35% -4.17% -4.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 £77,500 £81,250
90th Percentile £100,000 £100,000 £102,500
UK median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year +9.09% -8.33% -

Runbook
Job Vacancy Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Runbook and offering remote or hybrid work options relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised.

Runbook job vacancy trend for remote/hybrid jobs

Runbook
Salary Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Salary distribution trend for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing Runbook.

Salary distribution trend for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing Runbook

Runbook
Salary Histogram for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Salary distribution for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing Runbook over the 6 months to 13 October 2026.

Runbook salary histogram for jobs with remote/hybrid work options

Runbook
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 (4.52%) Microsoft Exchange
2 3 (1.69%) SharePoint
3 2 (1.13%) Confluence
4 1 (0.56%) IIS
Applications
1 2 (1.13%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 2 (1.13%) Maximo
2 1 (0.56%) Elite 3E
Cloud Services
1 115 (64.97%) AWS
2 111 (62.71%) Azure
3 62 (35.03%) SaaS
4 25 (14.12%) GCP
5 19 (10.73%) Entra ID
5 19 (10.73%) Microsoft 365
6 16 (9.04%) GitHub
7 15 (8.47%) Serverless
8 13 (7.34%) Azure Functions
9 12 (6.78%) Amazon EKS
9 12 (6.78%) Azure Logic Apps
9 12 (6.78%) Azure Monitor
10 11 (6.21%) Amazon S3
10 11 (6.21%) Azure Sentinel
11 10 (5.65%) Google Kubernetes Engine
11 10 (5.65%) Google Workspace
11 10 (5.65%) Virtual Private Cloud
12 9 (5.08%) Azure DevOps
12 9 (5.08%) Azure Synapse Analytics
12 9 (5.08%) GitHub Actions
Communications & Networking
1 25 (14.12%) Broadband
2 19 (10.73%) VPN
3 14 (7.91%) TCP/IP
4 10 (5.65%) DNS
4 10 (5.65%) Firewall
4 10 (5.65%) VLAN
5 9 (5.08%) BGP
6 5 (2.82%) Wi-Fi
7 4 (2.26%) HTTP
7 4 (2.26%) SSH
8 3 (1.69%) SSL
9 2 (1.13%) DHCP
9 2 (1.13%) DMARC
9 2 (1.13%) F5 BIG-IP GTM
9 2 (1.13%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
9 2 (1.13%) LAN
9 2 (1.13%) Network Security
9 2 (1.13%) SD-WAN
9 2 (1.13%) SNMP
9 2 (1.13%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 34 (19.21%) PostgreSQL
2 24 (13.56%) MongoDB
3 10 (5.65%) Amazon RDS
4 8 (4.52%) Azure SQL Database
5 6 (3.39%) Amazon Athena
5 6 (3.39%) Amazon Redshift
5 6 (3.39%) Data Lake
5 6 (3.39%) Parquet
6 4 (2.26%) GIS
7 3 (1.69%) Delta Lake
7 3 (1.69%) Power BI
7 3 (1.69%) Star Schema
8 2 (1.13%) BusinessObjects
8 2 (1.13%) DynamoDB
9 1 (0.56%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 13 (7.34%) Git
2 9 (5.08%) TeamCity
3 4 (2.26%) Jenkins
4 3 (1.69%) JIRA
General
1 49 (27.68%) Law
2 36 (20.34%) Social Skills
3 25 (14.12%) Finance
4 24 (13.56%) Games
4 24 (13.56%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 15 (8.47%) Analytical Skills
5 15 (8.47%) Public Sector
6 12 (6.78%) Banking
6 12 (6.78%) Retail
7 9 (5.08%) Back Office
7 9 (5.08%) Financial Institution
7 9 (5.08%) Legal
8 5 (2.82%) Documentation Skills
9 3 (1.69%) Advertising
9 3 (1.69%) Billing
9 3 (1.69%) Telecoms
10 2 (1.13%) Organisational Skills
11 1 (0.56%) Legal Technology
11 1 (0.56%) Marketing
11 1 (0.56%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 50 (28.25%) IT Manager
2 49 (27.68%) Service Manager
3 48 (27.12%) IT Services Manager
3 48 (27.12%) Resilience Manager
4 33 (18.64%) Senior
5 17 (9.60%) Analyst
6 13 (7.34%) Developer
7 12 (6.78%) Python Developer
8 11 (6.21%) GCP Engineer
8 11 (6.21%) Infrastructure Engineer
9 9 (5.08%) Data Engineer
9 9 (5.08%) Lead
9 9 (5.08%) Senior Developer
9 9 (5.08%) Senior Python Developer
10 8 (4.52%) Architect
10 8 (4.52%) Artificial Intelligence Architect
11 6 (3.39%) Cloud Engineer
11 6 (3.39%) DevOps Engineer
11 6 (3.39%) Head of Digital
11 6 (3.39%) Platform Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 48 (27.12%) Middleware
2 35 (19.77%) RESTful
2 35 (19.77%) Terraform
3 9 (5.08%) OpenTelemetry
3 9 (5.08%) PySpark
4 6 (3.39%) Apache Avro
4 6 (3.39%) JSON
5 5 (2.82%) YAML
6 3 (1.69%) OpenID
7 2 (1.13%) .NET
7 2 (1.13%) AWS CDK
7 2 (1.13%) Loki
7 2 (1.13%) OAuth
7 2 (1.13%) SailPoint
7 2 (1.13%) SAML
8 1 (0.56%) .NET Core
8 1 (0.56%) ARM Templates
8 1 (0.56%) LDAP
8 1 (0.56%) OAuth2
8 1 (0.56%) VCL
Miscellaneous
1 51 (28.81%) Cyber Threat
2 45 (25.42%) Cloud Native
3 36 (20.34%) Distributed Systems
4 25 (14.12%) Low-Code
5 24 (13.56%) Video\Live Streaming
6 17 (9.60%) Blog
7 13 (7.34%) Security Posture
8 8 (4.52%) Linux Command Line
9 6 (3.39%) Podcast
9 6 (3.39%) Public Cloud
10 5 (2.82%) Security Operations Centre
11 4 (2.26%) Management Information System
11 4 (2.26%) Onboarding
12 3 (1.69%) CSOC
12 3 (1.69%) iPad
12 3 (1.69%) iPhone
12 3 (1.69%) Mobile App
12 3 (1.69%) Product Ownership
13 2 (1.13%) Enterprise Software
13 2 (1.13%) Legacy Systems
Operating Systems
1 13 (7.34%) Linux
2 12 (6.78%) Windows
3 6 (3.39%) VMS
4 4 (2.26%) Apple iOS
4 4 (2.26%) Unix
5 1 (0.56%) Android
5 1 (0.56%) CentOS
5 1 (0.56%) macOS
5 1 (0.56%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 82 (46.33%) Test Automation
2 76 (42.94%) DevOps
3 74 (41.81%) Agile
4 71 (40.11%) Disaster Recovery
5 66 (37.29%) CI/CD
6 59 (33.33%) Business Continuity
6 59 (33.33%) Information Security
7 56 (31.64%) ITIL
8 53 (29.94%) Site Reliability Engineering
9 52 (29.38%) Observability
10 50 (28.25%) Infrastructure as Code
10 50 (28.25%) Stakeholder Engagement
10 50 (28.25%) Waterfall
11 48 (27.12%) Contingency Planning
11 48 (27.12%) Contract Negotiation
11 48 (27.12%) Enterprise Architecture
11 48 (27.12%) Graceful Degradation
12 45 (25.42%) Validation
13 42 (23.73%) AI
14 41 (23.16%) Continuous Improvement
Programming Languages
1 66 (37.29%) Python
2 33 (18.64%) Go
2 33 (18.64%) SQL
3 30 (16.95%) Bash
4 19 (10.73%) PowerShell
5 18 (10.17%) Java
6 15 (8.47%) Kusto Query Language
7 10 (5.65%) JavaScript
8 9 (5.08%) Bicep
9 4 (2.26%) TypeScript
10 3 (1.69%) C#
10 3 (1.69%) Objective-C
11 1 (0.56%) C
11 1 (0.56%) C++
11 1 (0.56%) Delphi
11 1 (0.56%) Pascal
11 1 (0.56%) Rust
Qualifications
1 62 (35.03%) CISSP
2 52 (29.38%) CISM
3 48 (27.12%) ITIL Certification
4 21 (11.86%) SC Cleared
4 21 (11.86%) Security Cleared
5 13 (7.34%) Microsoft Certification
6 9 (5.08%) Azure Certification
7 5 (2.82%) Degree
7 5 (2.82%) GIAC
8 4 (2.26%) CompTIA CySA+
8 4 (2.26%) CompTIA Security+
9 3 (1.69%) AWS Certification
9 3 (1.69%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
9 3 (1.69%) AWS Certified Developer
9 3 (1.69%) CASP
9 3 (1.69%) CCNA CyberOps
9 3 (1.69%) CEH
9 3 (1.69%) Computer Science Degree
9 3 (1.69%) GCIA
10 2 (1.13%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 50 (28.25%) NIST
2 48 (27.12%) ISO 22301
3 21 (11.86%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 11 (6.21%) SOC 2
5 9 (5.08%) Data Quality
5 9 (5.08%) PCI DSS
6 8 (4.52%) Accessibility
7 6 (3.39%) NCSC
8 4 (2.26%) Cyber Essentials
8 4 (2.26%) SLA
9 3 (1.69%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
10 2 (1.13%) GRC
10 2 (1.13%) QA
10 2 (1.13%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 13 (7.34%) Active Directory
2 11 (6.21%) Docker
3 6 (3.39%) Virtual Desktop
3 6 (3.39%) VMware Infrastructure
3 6 (3.39%) vSphere
4 2 (1.13%) Virtual Machines
5 1 (0.56%) LXC
Systems Management
1 20 (11.30%) Grafana
1 20 (11.30%) Kubernetes
2 18 (10.17%) Prometheus
3 15 (8.47%) Single Sign-On
4 10 (5.65%) Microsoft Intune
5 4 (2.26%) Jamf Pro
6 3 (1.69%) Argo
6 3 (1.69%) Nagios
7 2 (1.13%) Ansible
8 1 (0.56%) Istio
8 1 (0.56%) Progress Chef
8 1 (0.56%) Puppet
8 1 (0.56%) SCCM
Vendors
1 35 (19.77%) Microsoft
2 13 (7.34%) Google
3 8 (4.52%) VMware
4 6 (3.39%) ScienceLogic
5 5 (2.82%) ServiceNow
6 4 (2.26%) Apple
6 4 (2.26%) Cisco
6 4 (2.26%) Fortinet
6 4 (2.26%) New Relic
6 4 (2.26%) Okta
7 3 (1.69%) Databricks
7 3 (1.69%) Foundry
7 3 (1.69%) Splunk
8 2 (1.13%) Alteryx
8 2 (1.13%) Blue Prism
8 2 (1.13%) Dynatrace
8 2 (1.13%) F5
8 2 (1.13%) Intel
8 2 (1.13%) Salesforce
8 2 (1.13%) SAP