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 2 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
2 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 82 76 77
Rank change year-on-year -6 +1 -12
Permanent jobs citing Azure DevOps 495 733 845
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 3.27% 3.84% 4.07%
As % of the Cloud Services category 9.03% 8.52% 8.56%
Number of salaries quoted 309 538 732
10th Percentile £42,000 £43,750 £43,750
25th Percentile £50,000 £52,625 £52,313
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £65,000 £65,000
75th Percentile £82,500 £77,500 £84,000
90th Percentile £92,500 £87,500 £100,000
UK median annual salary £65,000 £66,613 £65,000
% change year-on-year -2.42% +2.48% -

All Cloud 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 5,479 8,607 9,866
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 36.18% 45.08% 47.57%
Number of salaries quoted 4,054 5,623 8,464
10th Percentile £31,250 £36,250 £36,750
25th Percentile £42,500 £47,500 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £61,750 £65,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% - -
75th Percentile £82,500 £83,750 £82,500
90th Percentile £107,500 £110,000 £98,750
UK median annual salary £60,000 £63,500 £62,500
% change year-on-year -5.51% +1.60% -2.34%

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 2 December 2025.

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 31 (6.26%) Confluence
2 16 (3.23%) IIS
3 14 (2.83%) Oracle SOA Suite
4 11 (2.22%) SharePoint
5 9 (1.82%) Microsoft Exchange
6 5 (1.01%) nginx
7 4 (0.81%) CMS
8 3 (0.61%) Apache Spark
9 1 (0.20%) Apache
9 1 (0.20%) BizTalk Server
9 1 (0.20%) Tomcat
Applications
1 20 (4.04%) Microsoft Excel
2 8 (1.62%) MS Visio
3 7 (1.41%) Microsoft Office
4 5 (1.01%) Microsoft Project
5 3 (0.61%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 31 (6.26%) Oracle ERP
2 12 (2.42%) Dynamics CRM
3 2 (0.40%) Markit EDM
4 1 (0.20%) Aladdin
4 1 (0.20%) Dynamics AX
4 1 (0.20%) Primavera
4 1 (0.20%) SAP S/4HANA
4 1 (0.20%) Shopify
4 1 (0.20%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 495 (100.00%) Azure
2 192 (38.79%) GitHub
3 95 (19.19%) Power Platform
4 80 (16.16%) GitHub Actions
5 60 (12.12%) AWS
6 58 (11.72%) GitHub Copilot
7 57 (11.52%) Snowflake
8 55 (11.11%) Azure Monitor
9 49 (9.90%) Power Automate
10 48 (9.70%) Entra ID
11 44 (8.89%) Azure Data Factory
12 43 (8.69%) Dynamics 365
13 40 (8.08%) dbt
14 38 (7.68%) SaaS
15 37 (7.47%) Microsoft 365
16 36 (7.27%) PaaS
17 32 (6.46%) Azure Service Bus
18 31 (6.26%) Azure AKS
18 31 (6.26%) OCI
18 31 (6.26%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 21 (4.24%) Firewall
2 12 (2.42%) VPN
3 10 (2.02%) DNS
4 6 (1.21%) Network Security
5 5 (1.01%) VLAN
6 4 (0.81%) DHCP
7 3 (0.61%) BGP
7 3 (0.61%) IPsec
7 3 (0.61%) OSPF
7 3 (0.61%) SD-WAN
7 3 (0.61%) WAN
7 3 (0.61%) Wi-Fi
7 3 (0.61%) 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%) SSL
9 1 (0.20%) VSAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 80 (16.16%) SQL Server
2 60 (12.12%) Data Warehouse
3 50 (10.10%) Power BI
4 36 (7.27%) Tableau
5 26 (5.25%) Azure SQL Database
6 22 (4.44%) Relational Database
7 18 (3.64%) NoSQL
8 14 (2.83%) Snowflake Schema
9 9 (1.82%) Data Lake
9 9 (1.82%) Metadata
9 9 (1.82%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 8 (1.62%) BigQuery
11 7 (1.41%) MongoDB
11 7 (1.41%) MySQL
11 7 (1.41%) SQL Server Reporting Services
12 5 (1.01%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
12 5 (1.01%) PostgreSQL
13 4 (0.81%) Amazon Redshift
13 4 (0.81%) DataStage
13 4 (0.81%) Looker
Development Applications
1 85 (17.17%) JIRA
2 75 (15.15%) Git
3 53 (10.71%) Jenkins
4 31 (6.26%) Oracle Forms
5 9 (1.82%) Octopus Deploy
6 8 (1.62%) Team Foundation Server
7 7 (1.41%) Visual Studio
8 6 (1.21%) MSBuild
8 6 (1.21%) Postman
8 6 (1.21%) SonarQube
8 6 (1.21%) Visual Studio Code
9 5 (1.01%) GitLab
9 5 (1.01%) Selenium
10 4 (0.81%) ER Studio
10 4 (0.81%) ERwin
10 4 (0.81%) PowerDesigner
11 3 (0.61%) Artifactory
11 3 (0.61%) git-flow
11 3 (0.61%) JMeter
12 2 (0.40%) Cypress.io
General
1 211 (42.63%) Finance
2 140 (28.28%) Social Skills
3 69 (13.94%) Analytical Skills
4 42 (8.48%) Marketing
5 30 (6.06%) Retail
6 27 (5.45%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 27 (5.45%) Law
7 14 (2.83%) Presentation Skills
8 12 (2.42%) Public Sector
9 8 (1.62%) Documentation Skills
10 7 (1.41%) Back Office
10 7 (1.41%) Legal
11 6 (1.21%) Tech for Good
12 5 (1.01%) Advertising
12 5 (1.01%) Banking
12 5 (1.01%) Front Office
13 4 (0.81%) Automotive
13 4 (0.81%) General Ledger
13 4 (0.81%) Retail Banking
14 3 (0.61%) Military
Job Titles
1 122 (24.65%) Senior
2 71 (14.34%) Developer
3 63 (12.73%) Cloud Engineer
4 57 (11.52%) Azure Engineer
5 51 (10.30%) Analyst
6 41 (8.28%) Lead
7 38 (7.68%) Applications Engineer
8 35 (7.07%) DevOps Engineer
9 32 (6.46%) Senior Cloud Engineer
10 29 (5.86%) .NET Developer
11 24 (4.85%) Business Analyst
12 22 (4.44%) Platform Engineer
12 22 (4.44%) Software Engineer
13 21 (4.24%) Azure DevOps Engineer
14 19 (3.84%) Azure Developer
15 18 (3.64%) Software Developer
16 17 (3.43%) Architect
16 17 (3.43%) Consultant
16 17 (3.43%) Data Engineer
16 17 (3.43%) Infrastructure Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 128 (25.86%) .NET
2 71 (14.34%) RESTful
3 49 (9.90%) React
4 47 (9.49%) JSON
5 45 (9.09%) .NET Framework
6 37 (7.47%) OAuth
6 37 (7.47%) SOAP
7 33 (6.67%) REST
8 31 (6.26%) YAML
9 27 (5.45%) AngularJS
9 27 (5.45%) Entity Framework
9 27 (5.45%) OAuth2
10 26 (5.25%) XML
11 25 (5.05%) .NET Core
11 25 (5.05%) CSS
12 24 (4.85%) HTML
13 20 (4.04%) ASP.NET Web API
14 17 (3.43%) ASP.NET
14 17 (3.43%) GraphQL
15 16 (3.23%) ARM Templates
Miscellaneous
1 104 (21.01%) Cloud Native
2 66 (13.33%) Product Ownership
3 40 (8.08%) Enterprise Software
4 30 (6.06%) Management Information System
5 18 (3.64%) Analytical Mindset
6 16 (3.23%) Onboarding
7 11 (2.22%) Low-Code
8 10 (2.02%) Self-Motivation
9 8 (1.62%) Legacy Applications
9 8 (1.62%) Mobile App
10 7 (1.41%) Data Centre
11 6 (1.21%) Distributed Systems
11 6 (1.21%) Legacy Systems
12 5 (1.01%) AI Agents
12 5 (1.01%) Greenfield Project
13 4 (0.81%) Data Protection Act
13 4 (0.81%) Reinsurance
13 4 (0.81%) Security Posture
14 3 (0.61%) Data Structures
14 3 (0.61%) Hedge funds
Operating Systems
1 43 (8.69%) Windows
2 27 (5.45%) Linux
3 12 (2.42%) VMS
4 9 (1.82%) Windows Server
5 1 (0.20%) Android
5 1 (0.20%) CentOS
5 1 (0.20%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 1 (0.20%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 495 (100.00%) DevOps
2 307 (62.02%) Agile
3 286 (57.78%) CI/CD
4 140 (28.28%) Coaching
5 139 (28.08%) Continuous Improvement
6 137 (27.68%) Test Automation
7 135 (27.27%) Asset Management
8 132 (26.67%) Mentoring
9 125 (25.25%) Infrastructure as Code
10 116 (23.43%) AI
11 90 (18.18%) Problem-Solving
12 83 (16.77%) Observability
13 78 (15.76%) Analytics
13 78 (15.76%) Clean Code
14 75 (15.15%) Sprint Planning
15 72 (14.55%) Microservices
16 70 (14.14%) Migration
17 69 (13.94%) Scrum
17 69 (13.94%) Sprint Retrospective
18 67 (13.54%) Data Modelling
Programming Languages
1 196 (39.60%) SQL
2 140 (28.28%) Python
3 106 (21.41%) C#
4 104 (21.01%) PowerShell
5 70 (14.14%) Bicep
6 47 (9.49%) Bash
7 43 (8.69%) JavaScript
8 35 (7.07%) Java
9 32 (6.46%) PL/SQL
10 31 (6.26%) Shell Script
11 22 (4.44%) TypeScript
12 16 (3.23%) Apex Code
13 14 (2.83%) T-SQL
14 5 (1.01%) Data Analysis Expressions
15 4 (0.81%) Go
16 3 (0.61%) Scala
17 2 (0.40%) PHP
18 1 (0.20%) Groovy
18 1 (0.20%) Perl
18 1 (0.20%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 59 (11.92%) Degree
2 44 (8.89%) Computer Science Degree
3 43 (8.69%) Azure Certification
4 31 (6.26%) Security Cleared
5 28 (5.66%) SC Cleared
6 18 (3.64%) Master's Degree
7 16 (3.23%) ISTQB
8 13 (2.63%) Microsoft Certification
9 12 (2.42%) AWS Certification
10 8 (1.62%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
11 6 (1.21%) DBS Check
11 6 (1.21%) ISEB
12 4 (0.81%) Cisco Certification
12 4 (0.81%) PMI Certification
12 4 (0.81%) PMP
13 3 (0.61%) CCNP
14 2 (0.40%) AWS Certified Developer
14 2 (0.40%) BPSS Clearance
14 2 (0.40%) DV Cleared
15 1 (0.20%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 55 (11.11%) QA
2 26 (5.25%) Accessibility
3 22 (4.44%) GDPR
4 12 (2.42%) Data Quality
5 11 (2.22%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 8 (1.62%) NCSC
6 8 (1.62%) NIST
7 5 (1.01%) PMO
8 4 (0.81%) WCAG
9 3 (0.61%) Software Quality Assurance
10 1 (0.20%) HIPAA
10 1 (0.20%) HL7
10 1 (0.20%) P3O
10 1 (0.20%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 64 (12.93%) Docker
2 36 (7.27%) Active Directory
3 16 (3.23%) Virtual Machines
4 15 (3.03%) Virtual Desktop
5 7 (1.41%) VMware Infrastructure
6 3 (0.61%) Firmware
6 3 (0.61%) Postfix
7 2 (0.40%) vCloud
8 1 (0.20%) Hyper-V
8 1 (0.20%) VMware ESXi
8 1 (0.20%) VMware NSX
8 1 (0.20%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 162 (32.73%) Terraform
2 75 (15.15%) Kubernetes
3 31 (6.26%) Single Sign-On
4 19 (3.84%) Ansible
5 17 (3.43%) Grafana
6 13 (2.63%) Prometheus
7 10 (2.02%) Microsoft Intune
8 3 (0.61%) Dell DRAC
9 2 (0.40%) logstash
9 2 (0.40%) SCOM
10 1 (0.20%) Argo
10 1 (0.20%) Docker Swarm
10 1 (0.20%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 181 (36.57%) Microsoft
2 36 (7.27%) Oracle
3 23 (4.65%) Salesforce
4 19 (3.84%) Databricks
5 17 (3.43%) Okta
6 13 (2.63%) Google
7 11 (2.22%) Ab Initio
7 11 (2.22%) ServiceNow
8 9 (1.82%) Dynatrace
8 9 (1.82%) Foundry
8 9 (1.82%) Zoho
9 8 (1.62%) New Relic
9 8 (1.62%) Palo Alto
9 8 (1.62%) SolarWinds
10 7 (1.41%) Syncfusion
10 7 (1.41%) Telerik
10 7 (1.41%) VMware
11 6 (1.21%) OpenAI
12 5 (1.01%) Fortinet
12 5 (1.01%) Sage