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 21 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
21 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 79 74 71
Rank change year-on-year -5 -3 -3
Permanent jobs citing Azure DevOps 477 728 902
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 3.11% 3.69% 4.21%
As % of the Cloud Services category 8.52% 8.30% 8.82%
Number of salaries quoted 319 531 777
10th Percentile £42,500 £43,750 £45,000
25th Percentile £50,000 £52,500 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £65,000 £65,000
75th Percentile £81,938 £77,500 £83,750
90th Percentile £90,750 £88,000 £100,000
UK median annual salary £65,000 £67,500 £65,000
% change year-on-year -3.70% +3.85% -

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 5,599 8,768 10,225
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 36.45% 44.40% 47.78%
Number of salaries quoted 4,190 5,693 8,755
10th Percentile £31,250 £36,250 £36,750
25th Percentile £42,500 £47,500 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £65,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -7.69% - -
75th Percentile £82,500 £85,000 £82,500
90th Percentile £107,500 £110,000 £97,500
UK median annual salary £57,500 £65,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year -11.54% +4.00% -

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 21 November 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 (6.50%) Confluence
2 16 (3.35%) IIS
3 13 (2.73%) SharePoint
4 11 (2.31%) Oracle SOA Suite
5 9 (1.89%) Microsoft Exchange
6 5 (1.05%) nginx
7 4 (0.84%) CMS
8 2 (0.42%) Apache Spark
9 1 (0.21%) Apache
9 1 (0.21%) BizTalk Server
9 1 (0.21%) Tomcat
Applications
1 20 (4.19%) Microsoft Excel
2 9 (1.89%) MS Visio
3 7 (1.47%) Microsoft Office
3 7 (1.47%) Microsoft Project
4 3 (0.63%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 25 (5.24%) Oracle ERP
2 15 (3.14%) Dynamics CRM
3 4 (0.84%) Shopify
4 2 (0.42%) Markit EDM
5 1 (0.21%) Aladdin
5 1 (0.21%) Dynamics AX
5 1 (0.21%) Primavera
5 1 (0.21%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 477 (100.00%) Azure
2 167 (35.01%) GitHub
3 96 (20.13%) Power Platform
4 74 (15.51%) GitHub Actions
5 58 (12.16%) AWS
6 51 (10.69%) Azure Monitor
7 50 (10.48%) Dynamics 365
8 48 (10.06%) Power Automate
9 47 (9.85%) Snowflake
10 43 (9.01%) Entra ID
10 43 (9.01%) GitHub Copilot
11 42 (8.81%) SaaS
12 39 (8.18%) PaaS
13 38 (7.97%) Azure Data Factory
13 38 (7.97%) Microsoft 365
14 32 (6.71%) Azure Service Bus
15 30 (6.29%) dbt
16 29 (6.08%) Azure AKS
17 28 (5.87%) Serverless
18 25 (5.24%) Azure Logic Apps
Communications & Networking
1 20 (4.19%) Firewall
2 12 (2.52%) VPN
3 9 (1.89%) DNS
4 6 (1.26%) Network Security
5 5 (1.05%) VLAN
6 4 (0.84%) DHCP
7 3 (0.63%) BGP
7 3 (0.63%) IPsec
7 3 (0.63%) OSPF
7 3 (0.63%) SD-WAN
7 3 (0.63%) WAN
7 3 (0.63%) Wi-Fi
7 3 (0.63%) Wireshark
8 2 (0.42%) HTTP
8 2 (0.42%) Internet
9 1 (0.21%) HTTPS
9 1 (0.21%) IPv6
9 1 (0.21%) SSL
9 1 (0.21%) VSAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 79 (16.56%) SQL Server
2 52 (10.90%) Data Warehouse
3 45 (9.43%) Power BI
4 32 (6.71%) Tableau
5 24 (5.03%) Azure SQL Database
6 22 (4.61%) Relational Database
7 16 (3.35%) NoSQL
8 12 (2.52%) Snowflake Schema
9 11 (2.31%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 9 (1.89%) Data Lake
10 9 (1.89%) Metadata
11 8 (1.68%) BigQuery
12 7 (1.47%) MongoDB
12 7 (1.47%) MySQL
12 7 (1.47%) PostgreSQL
12 7 (1.47%) SQL Server Reporting Services
13 6 (1.26%) Elasticsearch
14 5 (1.05%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
15 4 (0.84%) Amazon Redshift
15 4 (0.84%) Looker
Development Applications
1 78 (16.35%) JIRA
2 76 (15.93%) Git
3 46 (9.64%) Jenkins
4 25 (5.24%) Oracle Forms
5 11 (2.31%) Octopus Deploy
6 10 (2.10%) Team Foundation Server
7 9 (1.89%) Visual Studio
8 8 (1.68%) MSBuild
8 8 (1.68%) SonarQube
9 6 (1.26%) GitLab
9 6 (1.26%) Postman
9 6 (1.26%) Selenium
9 6 (1.26%) Visual Studio Code
10 4 (0.84%) ER Studio
10 4 (0.84%) ERwin
10 4 (0.84%) PowerDesigner
11 3 (0.63%) Artifactory
11 3 (0.63%) git-flow
11 3 (0.63%) JMeter
12 2 (0.42%) Bitbucket
General
1 186 (38.99%) Finance
2 133 (27.88%) Social Skills
3 64 (13.42%) Analytical Skills
4 40 (8.39%) Marketing
5 35 (7.34%) Retail
6 30 (6.29%) Law
7 27 (5.66%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 15 (3.14%) Presentation Skills
8 15 (3.14%) Public Sector
9 8 (1.68%) Documentation Skills
9 8 (1.68%) Legal
10 6 (1.26%) Back Office
10 6 (1.26%) Tech for Good
11 5 (1.05%) Banking
11 5 (1.05%) Front Office
12 4 (0.84%) Advertising
12 4 (0.84%) Automotive
12 4 (0.84%) General Ledger
12 4 (0.84%) Retail Banking
13 3 (0.63%) Military
Job Titles
1 110 (23.06%) Senior
2 74 (15.51%) Developer
3 58 (12.16%) Cloud Engineer
4 51 (10.69%) Analyst
5 49 (10.27%) Azure Engineer
6 40 (8.39%) Lead
7 36 (7.55%) DevOps Engineer
8 30 (6.29%) Applications Engineer
8 30 (6.29%) Senior Cloud Engineer
9 28 (5.87%) .NET Developer
10 23 (4.82%) Business Analyst
11 22 (4.61%) Architect
12 21 (4.40%) Platform Engineer
12 21 (4.40%) Software Engineer
13 19 (3.98%) Azure DevOps Engineer
14 18 (3.77%) Azure Developer
14 18 (3.77%) Data Engineer
15 17 (3.56%) Consultant
15 17 (3.56%) Software Developer
16 16 (3.35%) Senior Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 135 (28.30%) .NET
2 62 (13.00%) RESTful
3 49 (10.27%) React
4 45 (9.43%) JSON
5 43 (9.01%) .NET Framework
6 33 (6.92%) REST
7 29 (6.08%) CSS
7 29 (6.08%) YAML
8 28 (5.87%) HTML
8 28 (5.87%) SOAP
9 27 (5.66%) AngularJS
9 27 (5.66%) OAuth
10 26 (5.45%) Entity Framework
11 25 (5.24%) XML
12 23 (4.82%) .NET Core
13 21 (4.40%) ASP.NET
14 20 (4.19%) OAuth2
15 18 (3.77%) ASP.NET Web API
16 17 (3.56%) ARM Templates
17 14 (2.94%) GraphQL
Miscellaneous
1 94 (19.71%) Cloud Native
2 63 (13.21%) Product Ownership
3 34 (7.13%) Enterprise Software
4 30 (6.29%) Management Information System
5 19 (3.98%) Analytical Mindset
6 16 (3.35%) Onboarding
7 9 (1.89%) Low-Code
8 8 (1.68%) Data Centre
8 8 (1.68%) Self-Motivation
9 7 (1.47%) Distributed Systems
9 7 (1.47%) Legacy Systems
10 6 (1.26%) Legacy Applications
10 6 (1.26%) Mobile App
11 5 (1.05%) AI Agents
11 5 (1.05%) Greenfield Project
12 4 (0.84%) Data Protection Act
12 4 (0.84%) Data Structures
12 4 (0.84%) Reinsurance
13 3 (0.63%) Driving Licence
13 3 (0.63%) Hedge funds
Operating Systems
1 46 (9.64%) Windows
2 26 (5.45%) Linux
3 10 (2.10%) VMS
3 10 (2.10%) Windows Server
4 1 (0.21%) Android
4 1 (0.21%) CentOS
4 1 (0.21%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 1 (0.21%) Ubuntu
4 1 (0.21%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 477 (100.00%) DevOps
2 281 (58.91%) Agile
3 256 (53.67%) CI/CD
4 127 (26.62%) Continuous Improvement
5 123 (25.79%) Mentoring
6 115 (24.11%) Test Automation
7 114 (23.90%) Coaching
8 113 (23.69%) Infrastructure as Code
9 108 (22.64%) Asset Management
10 100 (20.96%) AI
11 86 (18.03%) Problem-Solving
12 72 (15.09%) Microservices
13 69 (14.47%) Analytics
13 69 (14.47%) Observability
14 67 (14.05%) Migration
15 66 (13.84%) Scrum
16 65 (13.63%) Sprint Planning
17 64 (13.42%) Clean Code
18 58 (12.16%) Sprint Retrospective
19 56 (11.74%) Data Modelling
Programming Languages
1 186 (38.99%) SQL
2 134 (28.09%) Python
3 116 (24.32%) C#
4 96 (20.13%) PowerShell
5 64 (13.42%) Bicep
6 51 (10.69%) JavaScript
7 45 (9.43%) Bash
8 32 (6.71%) Java
9 26 (5.45%) PL/SQL
10 25 (5.24%) Shell Script
11 21 (4.40%) TypeScript
12 14 (2.94%) T-SQL
13 10 (2.10%) Apex Code
14 5 (1.05%) Data Analysis Expressions
14 5 (1.05%) Go
15 4 (0.84%) PHP
16 2 (0.42%) Scala
17 1 (0.21%) Groovy
17 1 (0.21%) Perl
17 1 (0.21%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 62 (13.00%) Degree
2 44 (9.22%) Computer Science Degree
3 42 (8.81%) Azure Certification
4 31 (6.50%) Security Cleared
5 28 (5.87%) SC Cleared
6 18 (3.77%) Master's Degree
7 14 (2.94%) Microsoft Certification
8 12 (2.52%) ISTQB
9 11 (2.31%) AWS Certification
10 6 (1.26%) DBS Check
10 6 (1.26%) ISEB
11 4 (0.84%) Cisco Certification
11 4 (0.84%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
11 4 (0.84%) PMI Certification
11 4 (0.84%) PMP
12 3 (0.63%) CCNP
12 3 (0.63%) DV Cleared
12 3 (0.63%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
13 2 (0.42%) BPSS Clearance
14 1 (0.21%) SAFe Agilist
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 56 (11.74%) QA
2 23 (4.82%) Accessibility
3 22 (4.61%) GDPR
4 12 (2.52%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 11 (2.31%) Data Quality
6 8 (1.68%) NCSC
6 8 (1.68%) NIST
7 7 (1.47%) PMO
8 4 (0.84%) WCAG
9 3 (0.63%) Software Quality Assurance
10 1 (0.21%) HIPAA
10 1 (0.21%) HL7
10 1 (0.21%) P3O
10 1 (0.21%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 65 (13.63%) Docker
2 32 (6.71%) Active Directory
3 16 (3.35%) Virtual Machines
4 15 (3.14%) Virtual Desktop
5 7 (1.47%) VMware Infrastructure
6 3 (0.63%) Firmware
6 3 (0.63%) Postfix
7 2 (0.42%) vCloud
8 1 (0.21%) Hyper-V
8 1 (0.21%) VMware ESXi
8 1 (0.21%) VMware NSX
8 1 (0.21%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 143 (29.98%) Terraform
2 73 (15.30%) Kubernetes
3 25 (5.24%) Single Sign-On
4 20 (4.19%) Ansible
5 17 (3.56%) Grafana
6 14 (2.94%) Prometheus
7 10 (2.10%) Microsoft Intune
8 3 (0.63%) Dell DRAC
9 2 (0.42%) SCOM
10 1 (0.21%) Active Directory Federation Services
10 1 (0.21%) Argo
10 1 (0.21%) Docker Swarm
10 1 (0.21%) Kibana
10 1 (0.21%) Nagios
10 1 (0.21%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 183 (38.36%) Microsoft
2 30 (6.29%) Oracle
3 18 (3.77%) Databricks
3 18 (3.77%) Salesforce
4 14 (2.94%) Okta
5 13 (2.73%) Google
6 11 (2.31%) ServiceNow
7 9 (1.89%) Dynatrace
7 9 (1.89%) Zoho
8 8 (1.68%) Ab Initio
8 8 (1.68%) Foundry
8 8 (1.68%) Palo Alto
8 8 (1.68%) SolarWinds
8 8 (1.68%) VMware
9 7 (1.47%) New Relic
9 7 (1.47%) Syncfusion
9 7 (1.47%) Telerik
10 6 (1.26%) OpenAI
11 5 (1.05%) Alteryx
11 5 (1.05%) Xamarin