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 18 October 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 109 80 69
Rank change year-on-year -29 -11 +4
Permanent jobs citing Azure DevOps 455 690 1,037
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 2.78% 3.39% 4.43%
As % of the Cloud Services category 7.96% 7.75% 9.25%
Number of salaries quoted 314 489 868
10th Percentile £42,950 £42,500 £45,000
25th Percentile £51,250 £51,250 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £65,000 £65,000
75th Percentile £81,250 £77,500 £80,594
90th Percentile £90,000 £87,500 £97,500
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 5,715 8,908 11,215
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 34.96% 43.75% 47.89%
Number of salaries quoted 4,031 5,876 9,573
10th Percentile £31,250 £36,500 £37,500
25th Percentile £42,000 £48,709 £48,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £65,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -7.69% - -
75th Percentile £82,375 £86,250 £82,500
90th Percentile £110,000 £115,000 £100,000
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 18 October 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 30 (6.59%) Confluence
2 16 (3.52%) IIS
3 11 (2.42%) SharePoint
4 9 (1.98%) Oracle SOA Suite
5 8 (1.76%) CMS
6 5 (1.10%) nginx
7 4 (0.88%) Microsoft Exchange
8 2 (0.44%) BizTalk Server
9 1 (0.22%) Apache
9 1 (0.22%) Apache Airflow
9 1 (0.22%) Tomcat
Applications
1 17 (3.74%) Microsoft Excel
2 7 (1.54%) Microsoft Project
3 5 (1.10%) Microsoft Office
3 5 (1.10%) MS Visio
4 1 (0.22%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 21 (4.62%) Oracle ERP
2 18 (3.96%) Dynamics CRM
3 5 (1.10%) Shopify
4 2 (0.44%) Markit EDM
5 1 (0.22%) Aladdin
5 1 (0.22%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 455 (100.00%) Azure
2 126 (27.69%) GitHub
3 115 (25.27%) Power Platform
4 72 (15.82%) AWS
5 69 (15.16%) Power Automate
6 61 (13.41%) Azure Monitor
7 60 (13.19%) GitHub Actions
8 54 (11.87%) Azure Service Bus
8 54 (11.87%) SaaS
9 51 (11.21%) Entra ID
10 47 (10.33%) Dynamics 365
10 47 (10.33%) PaaS
11 42 (9.23%) Microsoft 365
12 34 (7.47%) Azure Logic Apps
13 33 (7.25%) Snowflake
14 32 (7.03%) Azure Data Factory
15 29 (6.37%) Azure AKS
16 26 (5.71%) IaaS
17 24 (5.27%) Azure Cosmos DB
18 23 (5.05%) Azure Key Vault
Communications & Networking
1 30 (6.59%) Firewall
2 28 (6.15%) VPN
3 25 (5.49%) DNS
4 19 (4.18%) SD-WAN
4 19 (4.18%) WAN
5 6 (1.32%) Network Security
6 5 (1.10%) DHCP
6 5 (1.10%) VLAN
7 3 (0.66%) BGP
7 3 (0.66%) IPsec
7 3 (0.66%) OSPF
7 3 (0.66%) Wi-Fi
7 3 (0.66%) Wireshark
8 1 (0.22%) HTTP
8 1 (0.22%) Internet
8 1 (0.22%) IPv6
8 1 (0.22%) VSAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 70 (15.38%) SQL Server
2 66 (14.51%) Power BI
3 43 (9.45%) Data Warehouse
4 29 (6.37%) Tableau
5 23 (5.05%) Data Lake
6 22 (4.84%) MySQL
7 21 (4.62%) Relational Database
8 18 (3.96%) Azure SQL Database
9 11 (2.42%) NoSQL
10 10 (2.20%) Elasticsearch
11 9 (1.98%) Metadata
11 9 (1.98%) SQL Server Integration Services
12 8 (1.76%) BigQuery
12 8 (1.76%) Snowflake Schema
12 8 (1.76%) SQL Server Reporting Services
13 7 (1.54%) MongoDB
14 6 (1.32%) PostgreSQL
15 5 (1.10%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
15 5 (1.10%) RDBMS
16 4 (0.88%) Looker
Development Applications
1 90 (19.78%) Git
2 68 (14.95%) JIRA
3 41 (9.01%) Jenkins
4 21 (4.62%) Oracle Forms
5 16 (3.52%) Octopus Deploy
6 13 (2.86%) Team Foundation Server
7 12 (2.64%) SonarQube
7 12 (2.64%) Visual Studio
8 11 (2.42%) MSBuild
9 8 (1.76%) Postman
10 7 (1.54%) Selenium
11 6 (1.32%) GitLab
11 6 (1.32%) Visual Studio Code
12 4 (0.88%) Artifactory
12 4 (0.88%) Cypress.io
12 4 (0.88%) ER Studio
12 4 (0.88%) ERwin
12 4 (0.88%) JMeter
12 4 (0.88%) PowerDesigner
13 3 (0.66%) TeamCity
General
1 151 (33.19%) Finance
2 115 (25.27%) Social Skills
3 41 (9.01%) Analytical Skills
4 39 (8.57%) Retail
5 37 (8.13%) Marketing
6 34 (7.47%) Law
7 26 (5.71%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 17 (3.74%) Public Sector
9 16 (3.52%) Presentation Skills
10 11 (2.42%) Legal
11 10 (2.20%) Back Office
12 8 (1.76%) Documentation Skills
13 7 (1.54%) Banking
14 5 (1.10%) Front Office
15 4 (0.88%) Advertising
15 4 (0.88%) Automotive
15 4 (0.88%) General Ledger
15 4 (0.88%) Retail Banking
16 3 (0.66%) Local Government
16 3 (0.66%) Military
Job Titles
1 93 (20.44%) Senior
2 68 (14.95%) Developer
3 56 (12.31%) Cloud Engineer
4 47 (10.33%) Azure Engineer
5 44 (9.67%) Analyst
5 44 (9.67%) Architect
6 42 (9.23%) DevOps Engineer
7 34 (7.47%) Lead
7 34 (7.47%) Senior Cloud Engineer
8 23 (5.05%) .NET Developer
9 21 (4.62%) Applications Engineer
9 21 (4.62%) Software Engineer
10 20 (4.40%) Azure DevOps Engineer
11 19 (4.18%) Business Analyst
11 19 (4.18%) Data Engineer
12 18 (3.96%) Consultant
13 16 (3.52%) Cloud Architect
13 16 (3.52%) Platform Engineer
13 16 (3.52%) Senior Developer
14 15 (3.30%) Software Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 136 (29.89%) .NET
2 55 (12.09%) React
3 48 (10.55%) RESTful
4 47 (10.33%) .NET Framework
5 42 (9.23%) JSON
6 35 (7.69%) REST
7 27 (5.93%) CSS
7 27 (5.93%) HTML
8 26 (5.71%) ASP.NET
9 25 (5.49%) XML
10 24 (5.27%) AngularJS
11 23 (5.05%) .NET Core
11 23 (5.05%) YAML
12 22 (4.84%) Entity Framework
13 18 (3.96%) ARM Templates
13 18 (3.96%) SOAP
14 14 (3.08%) OAuth
15 13 (2.86%) ASP.NET Web API
15 13 (2.86%) OAuth2
15 13 (2.86%) WinForms
Miscellaneous
1 77 (16.92%) Cloud Native
2 52 (11.43%) Product Ownership
3 30 (6.59%) Enterprise Software
4 26 (5.71%) Management Information System
5 25 (5.49%) Data Centre
6 17 (3.74%) Analytical Mindset
6 17 (3.74%) Onboarding
7 16 (3.52%) NHS
8 8 (1.76%) Distributed Systems
9 5 (1.10%) AI Agents
9 5 (1.10%) Hybrid Cloud
10 4 (0.88%) Data Protection Act
10 4 (0.88%) Data Structures
10 4 (0.88%) Driving Licence
10 4 (0.88%) Greenfield Project
10 4 (0.88%) Legacy Systems
10 4 (0.88%) Low-Code
10 4 (0.88%) Reinsurance
11 3 (0.66%) Mobile App
11 3 (0.66%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 48 (10.55%) Windows
2 27 (5.93%) Linux
3 11 (2.42%) Windows Server
4 8 (1.76%) VMS
5 2 (0.44%) Ubuntu
6 1 (0.22%) Android
6 1 (0.22%) CentOS
6 1 (0.22%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 1 (0.22%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 455 (100.00%) DevOps
2 262 (57.58%) Agile
3 240 (52.75%) CI/CD
4 111 (24.40%) Infrastructure as Code
5 107 (23.52%) Mentoring
6 99 (21.76%) AI
7 95 (20.88%) Continuous Improvement
8 93 (20.44%) Test Automation
9 80 (17.58%) Migration
10 79 (17.36%) Scrum
11 77 (16.92%) Coaching
12 76 (16.70%) Microservices
13 73 (16.04%) Asset Management
13 73 (16.04%) Problem-Solving
14 67 (14.73%) Analytics
15 56 (12.31%) SDLC
16 55 (12.09%) Business Intelligence
17 50 (10.99%) Observability
18 49 (10.77%) Containerisation
19 48 (10.55%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 178 (39.12%) SQL
2 131 (28.79%) Python
3 126 (27.69%) C#
4 103 (22.64%) PowerShell
5 63 (13.85%) Bicep
6 59 (12.97%) JavaScript
7 40 (8.79%) Bash
8 32 (7.03%) Java
9 22 (4.84%) PL/SQL
10 21 (4.62%) Shell Script
11 20 (4.40%) TypeScript
12 15 (3.30%) T-SQL
13 6 (1.32%) Apex Code
13 6 (1.32%) Data Analysis Expressions
13 6 (1.32%) Go
14 4 (0.88%) PHP
15 3 (0.66%) X++
16 2 (0.44%) SOQL
17 1 (0.22%) Groovy
17 1 (0.22%) Scala
Qualifications
1 61 (13.41%) Azure Certification
2 56 (12.31%) Degree
3 41 (9.01%) Computer Science Degree
4 32 (7.03%) Security Cleared
5 30 (6.59%) SC Cleared
6 23 (5.05%) DBS Check
7 21 (4.62%) Microsoft Certification
8 13 (2.86%) Master's Degree
9 12 (2.64%) ISTQB
10 9 (1.98%) AWS Certification
11 6 (1.32%) ISEB
12 4 (0.88%) Cisco Certification
12 4 (0.88%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
12 4 (0.88%) PMI Certification
12 4 (0.88%) PMP
12 4 (0.88%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
13 3 (0.66%) CCNP
13 3 (0.66%) DV Cleared
14 2 (0.44%) BPSS Clearance
15 1 (0.22%) SAFe Agilist
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 52 (11.43%) QA
2 22 (4.84%) GDPR
3 20 (4.40%) Accessibility
4 11 (2.42%) Data Quality
4 11 (2.42%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 8 (1.76%) NCSC
5 8 (1.76%) NIST
5 8 (1.76%) PMO
6 3 (0.66%) Software Quality Assurance
6 3 (0.66%) WCAG
7 1 (0.22%) HIPAA
7 1 (0.22%) P3O
7 1 (0.22%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 58 (12.75%) Docker
2 31 (6.81%) Virtual Machines
3 28 (6.15%) Active Directory
4 13 (2.86%) Virtual Desktop
5 8 (1.76%) VMware Infrastructure
6 3 (0.66%) Firmware
7 2 (0.44%) vSphere
8 1 (0.22%) VMware ESXi
8 1 (0.22%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 124 (27.25%) Terraform
2 70 (15.38%) Kubernetes
3 37 (8.13%) Single Sign-On
4 24 (5.27%) Ansible
5 17 (3.74%) Grafana
6 13 (2.86%) Prometheus
7 8 (1.76%) Microsoft Intune
8 3 (0.66%) Dell DRAC
9 2 (0.44%) Kibana
9 2 (0.44%) SCOM
10 1 (0.22%) Active Directory Federation Services
10 1 (0.22%) Argo
10 1 (0.22%) logstash
10 1 (0.22%) Nagios
10 1 (0.22%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 179 (39.34%) Microsoft
2 31 (6.81%) Databricks
3 25 (5.49%) Oracle
4 19 (4.18%) Meraki
5 14 (3.08%) Google
6 13 (2.86%) Salesforce
7 12 (2.64%) Okta
8 9 (1.98%) OpenAI
8 9 (1.98%) ServiceNow
8 9 (1.98%) VMware
8 9 (1.98%) Zoho
9 8 (1.76%) Dynatrace
9 8 (1.76%) Palo Alto
9 8 (1.76%) SolarWinds
10 7 (1.54%) Foundry
11 5 (1.10%) Alteryx
11 5 (1.10%) Fortinet
11 5 (1.10%) Syncfusion
11 5 (1.10%) Telerik
11 5 (1.10%) Xamarin