Hybrid/Remote Azure DevOps Job Trends

Microsoft Azure DevOps
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for remote or hybrid work requiring Azure DevOps skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 9 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
9 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 77 77 83
Rank change year-on-year 0 +6 -8
Permanent jobs citing Azure DevOps 506 665 805
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 3.35% 4.04% 3.80%
As % of the Cloud Services category 9.25% 8.72% 8.14%
Number of salaries quoted 303 496 718
10th Percentile £40,250 £43,750 £45,000
25th Percentile £47,500 £55,000 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £67,500 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -7.41% +3.85% -
75th Percentile £81,250 £77,500 £83,563
90th Percentile £93,750 £87,500 £98,250
UK median annual salary £65,000 £67,500 £65,000
% change year-on-year -3.70% +3.85% -2.67%

All Cloud Computing Skills
Work from Home

Azure DevOps 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 5,473 7,622 9,894
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 36.25% 46.28% 46.69%
Number of salaries quoted 3,921 4,872 8,525
10th Percentile £31,250 £36,250 £36,250
25th Percentile £42,500 £47,500 £47,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,100 £65,000 £61,206
Median % change year-on-year -7.54% +6.20% -5.84%
75th Percentile £82,500 £83,750 £80,070
90th Percentile £100,000 £104,925 £100,000
UK median annual salary £60,000 £64,600 £60,000
% change year-on-year -7.12% +7.67% -7.69%

Azure DevOps
Job Vacancy Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

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

Azure DevOps job vacancy trend for remote/hybrid jobs

Azure DevOps
Salary Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

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

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

Azure DevOps
Salary Histogram for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Salary distribution for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing Azure DevOps over the 6 months to 9 January 2026.

Azure DevOps salary histogram for jobs with remote/hybrid work options

Azure DevOps
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 30 (5.93%) Confluence
2 17 (3.36%) Oracle SOA Suite
3 13 (2.57%) IIS
4 11 (2.17%) Microsoft Exchange
5 10 (1.98%) SharePoint
6 4 (0.79%) Apache Spark
7 1 (0.20%) Apache
7 1 (0.20%) BizTalk Server
7 1 (0.20%) nginx
7 1 (0.20%) Tomcat
Applications
1 21 (4.15%) Microsoft Excel
2 8 (1.58%) MS Visio
3 6 (1.19%) Microsoft Office
3 6 (1.19%) Microsoft Project
4 3 (0.59%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 37 (7.31%) Oracle ERP
2 11 (2.17%) Dynamics CRM
3 2 (0.40%) Dynamics AX
3 2 (0.40%) Markit EDM
4 1 (0.20%) Aladdin
4 1 (0.20%) Primavera
4 1 (0.20%) SAP S/4HANA
4 1 (0.20%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 506 (100.00%) Azure
2 222 (43.87%) GitHub
3 99 (19.57%) Power Platform
4 86 (17.00%) GitHub Actions
5 68 (13.44%) AWS
6 67 (13.24%) GitHub Copilot
7 64 (12.65%) Snowflake
8 62 (12.25%) Azure Monitor
9 58 (11.46%) Entra ID
10 49 (9.68%) Azure Data Factory
11 48 (9.49%) dbt
12 38 (7.51%) PaaS
13 37 (7.31%) Dynamics 365
13 37 (7.31%) OCI
13 37 (7.31%) SaaS
14 35 (6.92%) Power Automate
15 31 (6.13%) Azure AKS
15 31 (6.13%) Azure Logic Apps
15 31 (6.13%) Microsoft 365
15 31 (6.13%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 26 (5.14%) Firewall
2 13 (2.57%) VPN
3 11 (2.17%) DNS
4 6 (1.19%) Network Security
4 6 (1.19%) VLAN
5 5 (0.99%) DHCP
6 4 (0.79%) SD-WAN
6 4 (0.79%) WAN
7 3 (0.59%) BGP
7 3 (0.59%) IPsec
7 3 (0.59%) OSPF
7 3 (0.59%) Wi-Fi
7 3 (0.59%) Wireshark
8 2 (0.40%) HTTP
8 2 (0.40%) Internet
9 1 (0.20%) HTTPS
9 1 (0.20%) IPv6
9 1 (0.20%) MPLS
9 1 (0.20%) SSL
9 1 (0.20%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 69 (13.64%) SQL Server
2 62 (12.25%) Data Warehouse
3 53 (10.47%) Power BI
4 40 (7.91%) Tableau
5 28 (5.53%) Azure SQL Database
6 21 (4.15%) NoSQL
6 21 (4.15%) Relational Database
7 16 (3.16%) Data Lake
8 14 (2.77%) Snowflake Schema
9 9 (1.78%) Metadata
9 9 (1.78%) MongoDB
9 9 (1.78%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 8 (1.58%) BigQuery
10 8 (1.58%) SQL Server Reporting Services
11 7 (1.38%) Delta Lake
11 7 (1.38%) PostgreSQL
12 6 (1.19%) MySQL
13 4 (0.79%) Amazon Redshift
13 4 (0.79%) DataStage
13 4 (0.79%) DynamoDB
Development Applications
1 94 (18.58%) JIRA
2 77 (15.22%) Git
3 63 (12.45%) Jenkins
4 37 (7.31%) Oracle Forms
5 10 (1.98%) Postman
6 9 (1.78%) Selenium
7 7 (1.38%) Cypress.io
8 6 (1.19%) Visual Studio
8 6 (1.19%) Visual Studio Code
9 4 (0.79%) ER Studio
9 4 (0.79%) ERwin
9 4 (0.79%) GitLab
9 4 (0.79%) PowerDesigner
10 3 (0.59%) Artifactory
10 3 (0.59%) git-flow
10 3 (0.59%) JMeter
11 2 (0.40%) NUnit
11 2 (0.40%) TeamCity
12 1 (0.20%) Moq
12 1 (0.20%) MSTest
General
1 237 (46.84%) Finance
2 149 (29.45%) Social Skills
3 83 (16.40%) Analytical Skills
4 34 (6.72%) Marketing
5 21 (4.15%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 21 (4.15%) Law
6 17 (3.36%) Public Sector
7 14 (2.77%) Retail
8 10 (1.98%) Documentation Skills
9 8 (1.58%) Billing
10 7 (1.38%) Legal
11 6 (1.19%) Tech for Good
12 5 (0.99%) Advertising
12 5 (0.99%) Banking
12 5 (0.99%) Front Office
12 5 (0.99%) Presentation Skills
13 4 (0.79%) Organisational Skills
13 4 (0.79%) Retail Banking
14 3 (0.59%) General Ledger
14 3 (0.59%) Influencing Skills
Job Titles
1 127 (25.10%) Senior
2 84 (16.60%) Developer
3 73 (14.43%) Cloud Engineer
4 59 (11.66%) Azure Engineer
5 44 (8.70%) Applications Engineer
6 43 (8.50%) Analyst
7 42 (8.30%) Lead
8 34 (6.72%) Senior Cloud Engineer
9 30 (5.93%) .NET Developer
10 25 (4.94%) Platform Engineer
11 24 (4.74%) DevOps Engineer
12 23 (4.55%) Data Engineer
13 21 (4.15%) Business Analyst
14 20 (3.95%) Azure Developer
14 20 (3.95%) Software Engineer
15 17 (3.36%) Applications Developer
15 17 (3.36%) Infrastructure Engineer
15 17 (3.36%) Software Developer
16 16 (3.16%) Senior Developer
17 15 (2.96%) Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 124 (24.51%) .NET
2 81 (16.01%) RESTful
3 54 (10.67%) React
4 48 (9.49%) JSON
5 46 (9.09%) OAuth
5 46 (9.09%) SOAP
6 40 (7.91%) .NET Framework
7 36 (7.11%) REST
8 33 (6.52%) OAuth2
8 33 (6.52%) YAML
9 28 (5.53%) .NET Core
10 27 (5.34%) CSS
11 26 (5.14%) HTML
12 25 (4.94%) XML
13 23 (4.55%) AngularJS
13 23 (4.55%) Entity Framework
14 22 (4.35%) Lightning Web Components
15 21 (4.15%) ASP.NET Web API
16 17 (3.36%) ASP.NET
16 17 (3.36%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 102 (20.16%) Cloud Native
2 65 (12.85%) Product Ownership
3 46 (9.09%) Enterprise Software
4 26 (5.14%) Management Information System
5 18 (3.56%) Low-Code
6 17 (3.36%) Analytical Mindset
7 15 (2.96%) Mobile App
8 12 (2.37%) Onboarding
9 10 (1.98%) Self-Motivation
10 8 (1.58%) Legacy Applications
11 7 (1.38%) Data Centre
12 6 (1.19%) Security Posture
13 5 (0.99%) Distributed Systems
13 5 (0.99%) Legacy Systems
14 4 (0.79%) AI Agents
14 4 (0.79%) Data Protection Act
14 4 (0.79%) Reinsurance
14 4 (0.79%) Virtual Team
15 3 (0.59%) Hedge funds
15 3 (0.59%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 40 (7.91%) Windows
2 25 (4.94%) Linux
3 12 (2.37%) VMS
4 11 (2.17%) Windows Server
5 2 (0.40%) Android
6 1 (0.20%) CentOS
6 1 (0.20%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 1 (0.20%) Ubuntu
6 1 (0.20%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 506 (100.00%) DevOps
2 312 (61.66%) Agile
3 307 (60.67%) CI/CD
4 166 (32.81%) Coaching
5 156 (30.83%) Asset Management
6 152 (30.04%) Test Automation
7 144 (28.46%) Infrastructure as Code
8 142 (28.06%) Continuous Improvement
9 126 (24.90%) AI
10 122 (24.11%) Mentoring
11 99 (19.57%) Problem-Solving
12 95 (18.77%) Analytics
13 91 (17.98%) Data Modelling
13 91 (17.98%) Observability
14 87 (17.19%) Clean Code
15 82 (16.21%) Sprint Planning
16 75 (14.82%) Sprint Retrospective
17 66 (13.04%) Migration
18 64 (12.65%) Microservices
19 62 (12.25%) ETL
Programming Languages
1 215 (42.49%) SQL
2 159 (31.42%) Python
3 97 (19.17%) PowerShell
4 96 (18.97%) C#
5 69 (13.64%) Bicep
6 41 (8.10%) Bash
6 41 (8.10%) Java
7 37 (7.31%) PL/SQL
7 37 (7.31%) Shell Script
8 35 (6.92%) JavaScript
9 25 (4.94%) TypeScript
10 23 (4.55%) Apex Code
11 11 (2.17%) Scala
12 10 (1.98%) T-SQL
13 5 (0.99%) Data Analysis Expressions
14 3 (0.59%) Go
15 2 (0.40%) PHP
16 1 (0.20%) Groovy
Qualifications
1 49 (9.68%) Degree
2 47 (9.29%) Azure Certification
3 37 (7.31%) Computer Science Degree
4 30 (5.93%) Security Cleared
5 24 (4.74%) SC Cleared
6 19 (3.75%) Master's Degree
7 16 (3.16%) ISTQB
7 16 (3.16%) Microsoft Certification
8 12 (2.37%) AWS Certification
9 8 (1.58%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
10 6 (1.19%) DBS Check
11 4 (0.79%) Cisco Certification
11 4 (0.79%) PMI Certification
11 4 (0.79%) PMP
12 3 (0.59%) BPSS Clearance
12 3 (0.59%) CCNP
13 2 (0.40%) AWS Certified Developer
13 2 (0.40%) BC Cleared
13 2 (0.40%) ISEB
13 2 (0.40%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 50 (9.88%) QA
2 29 (5.73%) Accessibility
3 20 (3.95%) Data Quality
4 17 (3.36%) GDPR
5 13 (2.57%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 7 (1.38%) NCSC
6 7 (1.38%) NIST
7 4 (0.79%) PMO
7 4 (0.79%) WCAG
8 2 (0.40%) Software Quality Assurance
9 1 (0.20%) HL7
9 1 (0.20%) P3O
9 1 (0.20%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 51 (10.08%) Docker
2 42 (8.30%) Active Directory
3 15 (2.96%) Virtual Desktop
4 12 (2.37%) Virtual Machines
5 7 (1.38%) VMware Infrastructure
6 4 (0.79%) Firmware
7 3 (0.59%) Postfix
8 2 (0.40%) Hyper-V
8 2 (0.40%) vCloud
9 1 (0.20%) VMware ESXi
9 1 (0.20%) VMware NSX
9 1 (0.20%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 185 (36.56%) Terraform
2 73 (14.43%) Kubernetes
3 37 (7.31%) Single Sign-On
4 18 (3.56%) Ansible
5 13 (2.57%) Grafana
6 11 (2.17%) Microsoft Intune
7 7 (1.38%) Prometheus
8 4 (0.79%) logstash
9 3 (0.59%) Dell DRAC
10 2 (0.40%) SCOM
11 1 (0.20%) Argo
11 1 (0.20%) CASB
11 1 (0.20%) Docker Swarm
11 1 (0.20%) FortiGate
11 1 (0.20%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 186 (36.76%) Microsoft
2 40 (7.91%) Oracle
3 31 (6.13%) Salesforce
4 25 (4.94%) Databricks
5 20 (3.95%) Okta
6 14 (2.77%) Ab Initio
6 14 (2.77%) Google
7 12 (2.37%) ServiceNow
8 9 (1.78%) Dynatrace
8 9 (1.78%) SolarWinds
8 9 (1.78%) Zoho
9 8 (1.58%) Foundry
9 8 (1.58%) New Relic
9 8 (1.58%) VMware
10 7 (1.38%) Palo Alto
10 7 (1.38%) Syncfusion
10 7 (1.38%) Telerik
11 6 (1.19%) OpenAI
12 5 (0.99%) LogicMonitor
12 5 (0.99%) Xamarin