Hybrid/Remote YAML Job Trends

YAML
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for remote or hybrid work requiring YAML skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 14 June 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 382 395 519
Rank change year-on-year +13 +124 -5
Permanent jobs citing YAML 41 33 76
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.21% 0.22% 0.22%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 1.15% 0.78% 0.83%
Number of salaries quoted 29 27 59
10th Percentile £45,598 £42,500 £61,250
25th Percentile £46,250 £49,000 £67,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £65,000 £77,500
Median % change year-on-year -3.85% -16.13% +11.60%
75th Percentile £70,000 £85,000 £85,000
90th Percentile £71,250 £100,000 £112,000
UK median annual salary £65,000 £70,000 £74,137
% change year-on-year -7.14% -5.58% +5.91%

All Software Libraries and Frameworks
Work from Home

YAML falls under the Software Libraries and Frameworks category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies with remote or hybrid options requiring technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills 3,563 4,254 9,121
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 18.00% 27.81% 26.46%
Number of salaries quoted 2,616 2,856 7,766
10th Percentile £41,250 £37,500 £38,750
25th Percentile £50,000 £51,250 £46,306
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £65,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year - +8.33% -8.19%
75th Percentile £82,500 £85,000 £80,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £115,000 £102,500
UK median annual salary £65,000 £66,253 £60,000
% change year-on-year -1.89% +10.42% -11.11%

YAML
Job Vacancy Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

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

YAML job vacancy trend for remote/hybrid jobs

YAML
Salary Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

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

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

YAML
Salary Histogram for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Salary distribution for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing YAML over the 6 months to 14 June 2026.

YAML salary histogram for jobs with remote/hybrid work options

YAML
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 4 (9.76%) nginx
2 3 (7.32%) CMS
3 1 (2.44%) Apache
3 1 (2.44%) Confluence
3 1 (2.44%) SharePoint
Applications
1 3 (7.32%) Adobe Illustrator
1 3 (7.32%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 3 (7.32%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 27 (65.85%) Azure
2 18 (43.90%) Azure DevOps
3 15 (36.59%) AWS
4 11 (26.83%) OpenShift
5 9 (21.95%) GitHub
6 7 (17.07%) Azure Key Vault
7 6 (14.63%) Apigee
7 6 (14.63%) Azure AKS
7 6 (14.63%) Azure Monitor
7 6 (14.63%) Kong
8 5 (12.20%) Azure API Management
9 4 (9.76%) Amazon EKS
9 4 (9.76%) AWS CloudFormation
9 4 (9.76%) SaaS
10 3 (7.32%) Azure Event Grid
10 3 (7.32%) Datadog
10 3 (7.32%) GitHub Actions
10 3 (7.32%) IaaS
10 3 (7.32%) PaaS
11 2 (4.88%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 12 (29.27%) Firewall
2 6 (14.63%) Cisco ASA
3 3 (7.32%) DNS
4 1 (2.44%) SSL
4 1 (2.44%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (12.20%) PostgreSQL
2 4 (9.76%) MySQL
3 3 (7.32%) Redis
4 1 (2.44%) Amazon RDS
4 1 (2.44%) Azure SQL Database
4 1 (2.44%) BigQuery
4 1 (2.44%) Data Warehouse
4 1 (2.44%) Looker
4 1 (2.44%) Metadata
4 1 (2.44%) NoSQL
4 1 (2.44%) Power BI
4 1 (2.44%) SQL Server
4 1 (2.44%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 17 (41.46%) GitLab
2 14 (34.15%) Git
3 3 (7.32%) Vite
4 2 (4.88%) Cypress.io
4 2 (4.88%) JIRA
4 2 (4.88%) MSI
4 2 (4.88%) SonarQube
4 2 (4.88%) Visual Studio Code
5 1 (2.44%) Bitbucket
5 1 (2.44%) Cucumber
5 1 (2.44%) Jenkins
5 1 (2.44%) JMeter
5 1 (2.44%) Maven
5 1 (2.44%) Postman
5 1 (2.44%) REST Assured
5 1 (2.44%) Selenium
5 1 (2.44%) Snyk
General
1 12 (29.27%) Social Skills
2 11 (26.83%) Telecoms
3 6 (14.63%) Analytical Skills
4 5 (12.20%) Documentation Skills
4 5 (12.20%) Finance
5 3 (7.32%) Aviation
6 1 (2.44%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 17 (41.46%) DevOps Engineer
2 11 (26.83%) Automation Engineer
2 11 (26.83%) Network Engineer
2 11 (26.83%) Telecoms Engineer
3 7 (17.07%) Automation Specialist
3 7 (17.07%) Network Specialist
3 7 (17.07%) Telecoms Specialist
4 5 (12.20%) Azure Engineer
5 4 (9.76%) Cloud Engineer
5 4 (9.76%) Senior
6 3 (7.32%) Azure DevOps Engineer
6 3 (7.32%) Developer
6 3 (7.32%) Product Owner
6 3 (7.32%) Senior DevOps
6 3 (7.32%) Senior DevOps Engineer
7 2 (4.88%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
7 2 (4.88%) Front-End Web Developer (Client-Side Web Developer)
7 2 (4.88%) Infrastructure Engineer
7 2 (4.88%) Test Engineer
7 2 (4.88%) Web Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 14 (34.15%) JSON
2 11 (26.83%) Jinja
3 6 (14.63%) REST
3 6 (14.63%) XML
3 6 (14.63%) YANG
4 5 (12.20%) HTML
5 4 (9.76%) LEMP Stack
5 4 (9.76%) Playwright
6 3 (7.32%) CSS
6 3 (7.32%) Laravel
6 3 (7.32%) Tailwind CSS
6 3 (7.32%) Vue
7 2 (4.88%) .NET
7 2 (4.88%) ADO
7 2 (4.88%) AngularJS
7 2 (4.88%) Jest
7 2 (4.88%) NgRx
7 2 (4.88%) Node.js
7 2 (4.88%) pytest
7 2 (4.88%) Sass
Miscellaneous
1 6 (14.63%) Self-Motivation
2 5 (12.20%) Product Ownership
3 4 (9.76%) Enterprise Cloud
3 4 (9.76%) Hybrid Cloud
4 3 (7.32%) Cloud Native
5 1 (2.44%) AI Agents
5 1 (2.44%) Data Structures
5 1 (2.44%) Legacy Systems
5 1 (2.44%) Linux Command Line
5 1 (2.44%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 15 (36.59%) Linux
2 6 (14.63%) Unix
3 1 (2.44%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 33 (80.49%) CI/CD
2 32 (78.05%) DevOps
3 26 (63.41%) Infrastructure as Code
4 17 (41.46%) Agile
5 16 (39.02%) API Management
6 13 (31.71%) Containerisation
6 13 (31.71%) Platform Engineering
7 11 (26.83%) Task Automation
8 10 (24.39%) Microservices
9 9 (21.95%) Continuous Improvement
10 8 (19.51%) Observability
11 7 (17.07%) AI
11 7 (17.07%) Analytics
11 7 (17.07%) Problem-Solving
11 7 (17.07%) Secrets Management
11 7 (17.07%) Test Automation
12 6 (14.63%) Cloud Security
12 6 (14.63%) User Experience
12 6 (14.63%) Webhook
13 5 (12.20%) API Integration
Programming Languages
1 26 (63.41%) Python
2 12 (29.27%) Bash
3 11 (26.83%) PowerShell
4 9 (21.95%) JavaScript
5 7 (17.07%) SQL
6 5 (12.20%) C#
7 4 (9.76%) PHP
8 3 (7.32%) Bicep
9 2 (4.88%) Java
9 2 (4.88%) TypeScript
10 1 (2.44%) Groovy
10 1 (2.44%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 8 (19.51%) SC Cleared
1 8 (19.51%) Security Cleared
2 5 (12.20%) Degree
3 3 (7.32%) Azure Certification
4 1 (2.44%) Computer Science Degree
4 1 (2.44%) DBS Check
4 1 (2.44%) DV Cleared
4 1 (2.44%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (12.20%) QA
2 4 (9.76%) Accessibility
3 2 (4.88%) WCAG
4 1 (2.44%) Data Quality
System Software
1 6 (14.63%) Docker
Systems Management
1 19 (46.34%) Terraform
2 11 (26.83%) Kubernetes
3 7 (17.07%) Ansible
4 3 (7.32%) Grafana
4 3 (7.32%) Prometheus
5 2 (4.88%) Argo
6 1 (2.44%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 12 (29.27%) Microsoft
2 11 (26.83%) Cisco
2 11 (26.83%) Red Hat
3 6 (14.63%) F5
3 6 (14.63%) Juniper
3 6 (14.63%) Palo Alto
4 3 (7.32%) Salesforce
5 1 (2.44%) Foundry
5 1 (2.44%) Sonatype
5 1 (2.44%) Veracode