Azure Monitor (Azure Log Analytics, Azure Application Insights, Azure Diagnostics)
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with a requirement for Azure Monitor skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Azure Monitor over the 6 months to 30 November 2023 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
30 Nov 2023
Same period 2022 Same period 2021
Rank 525 747 600
Rank change year-on-year +222 -147 -32
Permanent jobs citing Azure Monitor 206 358 578
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.38% 0.28% 0.45%
As % of the Cloud Services category 0.90% 0.66% 0.96%
Number of salaries quoted 161 284 280
10th Percentile £45,500 £42,950 £46,250
25th Percentile £55,000 £52,422 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £65,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -3.85% +4.00% +4.17%
75th Percentile £72,500 £85,000 £78,750
90th Percentile £83,000 £108,750 £92,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £57,500 £57,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year - -4.17% +1.69%

All Cloud Skills
UK

Azure Monitor is in the Cloud Services category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies with a requirement for cloud computing skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for cloud computing skills 22,975 54,604 60,502
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 42.66% 43.21% 46.73%
Number of salaries quoted 18,185 36,102 42,496
10th Percentile £32,750 £34,575 £33,000
25th Percentile £45,000 £46,250 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £63,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -1.57% +5.83% +4.35%
75th Percentile £82,500 £85,000 £80,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £100,000 £97,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £53,500 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -2.73% +4.76% +5.00%

Azure Monitor
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing Azure Monitor as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Azure Monitor in the UK

Azure Monitor
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Azure Monitor.

Salary trend for Azure Monitor in the UK

Azure Monitor
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Azure Monitor over the 6 months to 30 November 2023.

Salary histogram for Azure Monitor in the UK

Azure Monitor
Top 14 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Azure Monitor within the UK over the 6 months to 30 November 2023. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
England +209 189 £62,500 -3.85% 62
London +210 105 £62,500 -8.50% 19
Work from Home +241 100 £62,500 -3.85% 39
UK excluding London +194 77 £57,500 - 47
North of England +153 30 £62,500 -16.21% 8
South East +136 27 £69,250 +25.91% 20
North West +113 24 £62,500 -16.21% 1
West Midlands +119 7 £53,500 -6.96% 2
Midlands +109 7 £53,500 -6.96% 4
Yorkshire +86 6 £62,500 -15.25% 6
Wales +18 5 £43,190 -29.77% 2
South West +78 4 £52,500 - 10
Scotland +55 3 £92,778 +27.97% 3
East of England +116 1 £60,000 +71.43% 1

Azure Monitor
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 20 (9.71%) SharePoint
2 6 (2.91%) CMS
3 3 (1.46%) Confluence
3 3 (1.46%) MS Exchange
4 1 (0.49%) IIS
Applications
1 4 (1.94%) MS Visio
2 3 (1.46%) Microsoft Office
3 2 (0.97%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 1 (0.49%) Endur
1 1 (0.49%) Infor SunSystems
1 1 (0.49%) Softmar
Cloud Services
1 206 (100.00%) Azure
2 83 (40.29%) Azure DevOps
3 58 (28.16%) Entra ID
4 49 (23.79%) Azure Storage
5 48 (23.30%) PaaS
6 47 (22.82%) Azure Cosmos DB
7 33 (16.02%) Azure AKS
8 32 (15.53%) IaaS
9 31 (15.05%) GitHub
9 31 (15.05%) Microsoft 365
9 31 (15.05%) Serverless
10 29 (14.08%) SaaS
11 22 (10.68%) AWS
11 22 (10.68%) Datadog
12 14 (6.80%) Azure Service Bus
12 14 (6.80%) Pulumi
13 13 (6.31%) Azure Key Vault
13 13 (6.31%) Azure Logic Apps
14 12 (5.83%) Azure API Management
14 12 (5.83%) Azure Sentinel
Communications & Networking
1 42 (20.39%) DNS
2 34 (16.50%) Firewall
3 27 (13.11%) DHCP
4 11 (5.34%) VPN
5 6 (2.91%) Network Security
5 6 (2.91%) SAN
6 4 (1.94%) TCP/IP
6 4 (1.94%) Wireless
7 3 (1.46%) BGP
7 3 (1.46%) NAS
7 3 (1.46%) OSPF
7 3 (1.46%) Unified Communications
7 3 (1.46%) WAN
7 3 (1.46%) Wi-Fi
8 1 (0.49%) Cisco ISE
8 1 (0.49%) HTTP
8 1 (0.49%) Internet
8 1 (0.49%) IPsec
8 1 (0.49%) SSH
Database & Business Intelligence
1 51 (24.76%) SQL Server
2 31 (15.05%) Azure SQL Database
3 7 (3.40%) Amazon Redshift
3 7 (3.40%) DynamoDB
4 6 (2.91%) Redis
5 5 (2.43%) DTS
6 4 (1.94%) Data Lake
7 3 (1.46%) Data Warehouse
7 3 (1.46%) Power BI
8 2 (0.97%) Data Vault
8 2 (0.97%) Enterprise Data Warehouse
8 2 (0.97%) Metadata
8 2 (0.97%) MOLAP
8 2 (0.97%) ROLAP
8 2 (0.97%) Snowflake Schema
8 2 (0.97%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 1 (0.49%) Crystal Reports
9 1 (0.49%) MongoDB
9 1 (0.49%) NoSQL
9 1 (0.49%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 41 (19.90%) Jenkins
2 30 (14.56%) Git
3 28 (13.59%) GitLab
4 14 (6.80%) Team Foundation Server
5 13 (6.31%) Axure RP
5 13 (6.31%) Sonatype Nexus
6 12 (5.83%) Octopus Deploy
6 12 (5.83%) TeamCity
7 8 (3.88%) Artifactory
8 7 (3.40%) Visual Studio
9 6 (2.91%) JUnit
10 5 (2.43%) Gatling
10 5 (2.43%) LoadRunner
11 4 (1.94%) SpecFlow
12 3 (1.46%) JIRA
12 3 (1.46%) NUnit
12 3 (1.46%) Selenium
12 3 (1.46%) SonarQube
13 2 (0.97%) Moq
13 2 (0.97%) Visual Studio Team System
General
1 49 (23.79%) Social Skills
2 32 (15.53%) Finance
3 24 (11.65%) Analytical Skills
4 7 (3.40%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 6 (2.91%) Banking
6 4 (1.94%) Back Office
6 4 (1.94%) Public Sector
6 4 (1.94%) Retail
7 3 (1.46%) Legal
7 3 (1.46%) Local Government
7 3 (1.46%) Manufacturing
7 3 (1.46%) Marketing
7 3 (1.46%) Police
8 2 (0.97%) Electronics
8 2 (0.97%) Financial Institution
8 2 (0.97%) Law
8 2 (0.97%) Telecoms
9 1 (0.49%) Documentation Skills
9 1 (0.49%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 55 (26.70%) DevOps Engineer
2 53 (25.73%) Senior
3 39 (18.93%) Azure Engineer
4 29 (14.08%) Senior DevOps
5 26 (12.62%) Senior DevOps Engineer
6 25 (12.14%) Azure DevOps Engineer
7 20 (9.71%) Infrastructure Engineer
8 17 (8.25%) Analyst
9 15 (7.28%) Developer
10 14 (6.80%) Active Directory Specialist
10 14 (6.80%) Applications Support
10 14 (6.80%) Cloud Engineer
11 13 (6.31%) 3rd Line Engineer
12 12 (5.83%) Architect
12 12 (5.83%) Azure Specialist
12 12 (5.83%) Infrastructure Analyst
12 12 (5.83%) Lead
12 12 (5.83%) Microsoft Engineer
12 12 (5.83%) Support Engineer
13 11 (5.34%) 3rd Line Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 43 (20.87%) ARM Templates
2 38 (18.45%) .NET
3 17 (8.25%) .NET Framework
4 14 (6.80%) YAML
5 9 (4.37%) React
6 8 (3.88%) Elastic Stack
6 8 (3.88%) JSON
6 8 (3.88%) RESTful
7 7 (3.40%) ASP.NET
7 7 (3.40%) Node.js
8 6 (2.91%) Next.js
9 5 (2.43%) Azure Blueprints
10 4 (1.94%) .NET Core
10 4 (1.94%) Entity Framework
10 4 (1.94%) REST
11 3 (1.46%) ASP.NET MVC
11 3 (1.46%) Razor View Engine
12 2 (0.97%) ASP.NET Web API
12 2 (0.97%) OAuth
12 2 (0.97%) PySpark
Miscellaneous
1 28 (13.59%) PKI
2 21 (10.19%) Self-Motivation
3 18 (8.74%) Cloud Native
4 14 (6.80%) Linux Command Line
5 13 (6.31%) Mobile App
6 10 (4.85%) Blog
6 10 (4.85%) Data Centre
7 9 (4.37%) Public Cloud
8 8 (3.88%) BYOD
8 8 (3.88%) Virtual Team
9 7 (3.40%) Legacy Applications
10 6 (2.91%) Distributed Architecture
10 6 (2.91%) Legacy Systems
11 5 (2.43%) Algorithms
12 4 (1.94%) Distributed Systems
12 4 (1.94%) Product Ownership
13 3 (1.46%) SWIFT Messaging Network
14 2 (0.97%) CMDB
14 2 (0.97%) Enterprise Software
14 2 (0.97%) W3C
Operating Systems
1 66 (32.04%) Windows
2 37 (17.96%) Windows Server
3 16 (7.77%) VMS
4 14 (6.80%) Windows Server 2016
5 13 (6.31%) Windows Server 2019
6 8 (3.88%) Android
6 8 (3.88%) Linux
7 3 (1.46%) Windows Server 2012
8 2 (0.97%) Windows 10
9 1 (0.49%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 130 (63.11%) DevOps
2 90 (43.69%) Analytics
3 82 (39.81%) Agile
3 82 (39.81%) CI/CD
4 76 (36.89%) Log Analytics
5 59 (28.64%) Infrastructure as Code
6 56 (27.18%) ITIL
7 54 (26.21%) Configuration Management
8 52 (25.24%) Problem-Solving
9 39 (18.93%) Service Management
10 32 (15.53%) Release Management
11 31 (15.05%) Software Engineering
12 30 (14.56%) Multi-Factor Authentication
13 27 (13.11%) Containerisation
13 27 (13.11%) Test Automation
14 25 (12.14%) Microservices
14 25 (12.14%) RBAC
15 24 (11.65%) Design Patterns
15 24 (11.65%) Identity Management
16 23 (11.17%) Continuous Integration
Programming Languages
1 113 (54.85%) PowerShell
2 68 (33.01%) Python
3 58 (28.16%) C#
4 56 (27.18%) Bash
5 41 (19.90%) SQL
6 27 (13.11%) Bicep
6 27 (13.11%) JavaScript
7 26 (12.62%) Ruby
8 24 (11.65%) Java
9 23 (11.17%) VB
9 23 (11.17%) VBScript
10 19 (9.22%) Groovy
11 16 (7.77%) Go
12 13 (6.31%) Kusto Query Language
13 5 (2.43%) Scala
14 3 (1.46%) PHP
15 2 (0.97%) Perl
16 1 (0.49%) C++
16 1 (0.49%) T-SQL
16 1 (0.49%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 58 (28.16%) Degree
2 54 (26.21%) Azure Certification
3 43 (20.87%) Security Cleared
4 28 (13.59%) SC Cleared
5 24 (11.65%) DV Cleared
6 23 (11.17%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
7 15 (7.28%) Microsoft Certification
8 12 (5.83%) BPSS Clearance
9 10 (4.85%) Master's Degree
10 7 (3.40%) AWS Certification
10 7 (3.40%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
10 7 (3.40%) AWS Certified SysOps Administrator
11 6 (2.91%) Cisco Certification
12 5 (2.43%) Computer Science Degree
13 3 (1.46%) CCNP
13 3 (1.46%) CWDP
13 3 (1.46%) Network+ Certification
13 3 (1.46%) SNIA Certification
13 3 (1.46%) VCAP
14 2 (0.97%) CISM
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (3.88%) QA
2 7 (3.40%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 7 (3.40%) SLA
3 6 (2.91%) ISO 9000
3 6 (2.91%) PCI DSS
4 2 (0.97%) Accessibility
4 2 (0.97%) Cyber Essentials
4 2 (0.97%) GDPR
4 2 (0.97%) NIST
4 2 (0.97%) WCAG
System Software
1 59 (28.64%) Docker
2 57 (27.67%) Active Directory
3 47 (22.82%) Virtual Machines
4 24 (11.65%) Virtual Desktop
5 10 (4.85%) VMware Infrastructure
6 3 (1.46%) Firmware
6 3 (1.46%) Hyper-V
6 3 (1.46%) Virtual Servers
6 3 (1.46%) vSphere
7 1 (0.49%) BitLocker
7 1 (0.49%) NFS
7 1 (0.49%) VirtualBox
7 1 (0.49%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 105 (50.97%) Kubernetes
2 75 (36.41%) Terraform
3 41 (19.90%) Microsoft Intune
4 33 (16.02%) Grafana
5 32 (15.53%) Ansible
5 32 (15.53%) SCCM
6 26 (12.62%) Prometheus
6 26 (12.62%) SCOM
7 25 (12.14%) Active Directory Federation Services
8 24 (11.65%) WSUS
9 20 (9.71%) Progress Chef
9 20 (9.71%) Puppet
10 13 (6.31%) Argo
11 8 (3.88%) Packer
12 5 (2.43%) Istio
13 1 (0.49%) Kibana
13 1 (0.49%) logstash
13 1 (0.49%) Single Sign-On
13 1 (0.49%) Symantec Endpoint Protection
13 1 (0.49%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 121 (58.74%) Microsoft
2 15 (7.28%) New Relic
3 14 (6.80%) SaltStack
4 10 (4.85%) VMware
5 8 (3.88%) Apple
5 8 (3.88%) Cisco
5 8 (3.88%) Splunk
6 7 (3.40%) HP
7 5 (2.43%) Dynatrace
7 5 (2.43%) ServiceNow
8 4 (1.94%) Databricks
8 4 (1.94%) Dell
8 4 (1.94%) SolarWinds
9 3 (1.46%) Citrix
9 3 (1.46%) Fortinet
9 3 (1.46%) Veeam
9 3 (1.46%) WatchGuard
10 2 (0.97%) Aruba
10 2 (0.97%) F5
10 2 (0.97%) LogicMonitor