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

6 months to
7 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 105 77 67
Rank change year-on-year -28 -10 +2
Permanent jobs citing Azure DevOps 474 710 971
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 2.96% 3.56% 4.42%
As % of the Cloud Services category 8.48% 8.08% 9.17%
Number of salaries quoted 321 511 822
10th Percentile £42,500 £43,750 £45,000
25th Percentile £51,250 £52,500 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £65,000 £65,000
75th Percentile £81,250 £77,500 £82,500
90th Percentile £90,750 £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 5,591 8,789 10,584
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 34.91% 44.05% 48.17%
Number of salaries quoted 4,155 5,697 9,035
10th Percentile £31,250 £36,250 £37,090
25th Percentile £42,000 £47,500 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £65,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -7.69% - -
75th Percentile £82,245 £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 7 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 29 (6.12%) Confluence
2 16 (3.38%) IIS
3 12 (2.53%) SharePoint
4 9 (1.90%) Oracle SOA Suite
5 8 (1.69%) Microsoft Exchange
6 6 (1.27%) CMS
7 5 (1.05%) nginx
8 2 (0.42%) BizTalk Server
9 1 (0.21%) Apache
9 1 (0.21%) Apache Spark
9 1 (0.21%) Tomcat
Applications
1 17 (3.59%) Microsoft Excel
2 8 (1.69%) Microsoft Project
3 6 (1.27%) MS Visio
4 5 (1.05%) Microsoft Office
5 1 (0.21%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 21 (4.43%) Oracle ERP
2 18 (3.80%) Dynamics CRM
3 5 (1.05%) Shopify
4 2 (0.42%) Markit EDM
5 1 (0.21%) Aladdin
5 1 (0.21%) Primavera
5 1 (0.21%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 474 (100.00%) Azure
2 149 (31.43%) GitHub
3 111 (23.42%) Power Platform
4 73 (15.40%) AWS
5 72 (15.19%) GitHub Actions
6 66 (13.92%) Power Automate
7 64 (13.50%) Azure Monitor
8 57 (12.03%) SaaS
9 54 (11.39%) Entra ID
10 53 (11.18%) PaaS
11 51 (10.76%) Azure Service Bus
12 50 (10.55%) Dynamics 365
13 41 (8.65%) Microsoft 365
14 37 (7.81%) Snowflake
15 32 (6.75%) Azure Data Factory
16 30 (6.33%) Azure Logic Apps
16 30 (6.33%) GitHub Copilot
17 29 (6.12%) Azure AKS
17 29 (6.12%) IaaS
18 26 (5.49%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 33 (6.96%) Firewall
2 27 (5.70%) VPN
3 24 (5.06%) DNS
4 18 (3.80%) SD-WAN
4 18 (3.80%) WAN
5 6 (1.27%) Network Security
6 5 (1.05%) DHCP
6 5 (1.05%) VLAN
7 3 (0.63%) BGP
7 3 (0.63%) IPsec
7 3 (0.63%) OSPF
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%) IPv6
9 1 (0.21%) VSAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 75 (15.82%) SQL Server
2 60 (12.66%) Power BI
3 44 (9.28%) Data Warehouse
4 29 (6.12%) Tableau
5 22 (4.64%) Data Lake
5 22 (4.64%) Relational Database
6 21 (4.43%) MySQL
7 20 (4.22%) Azure SQL Database
8 14 (2.95%) NoSQL
9 12 (2.53%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 10 (2.11%) Snowflake Schema
11 9 (1.90%) Metadata
12 8 (1.69%) BigQuery
12 8 (1.69%) Elasticsearch
12 8 (1.69%) SQL Server Reporting Services
13 7 (1.48%) MongoDB
13 7 (1.48%) PostgreSQL
14 5 (1.05%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
15 4 (0.84%) Looker
15 4 (0.84%) RDBMS
Development Applications
1 90 (18.99%) Git
2 68 (14.35%) JIRA
3 42 (8.86%) Jenkins
4 21 (4.43%) Oracle Forms
5 14 (2.95%) Octopus Deploy
6 11 (2.32%) Team Foundation Server
7 10 (2.11%) SonarQube
7 10 (2.11%) Visual Studio
8 9 (1.90%) MSBuild
9 7 (1.48%) Postman
9 7 (1.48%) Visual Studio Code
10 6 (1.27%) GitLab
10 6 (1.27%) Selenium
11 4 (0.84%) Artifactory
11 4 (0.84%) ER Studio
11 4 (0.84%) ERwin
11 4 (0.84%) PowerDesigner
12 3 (0.63%) Cypress.io
12 3 (0.63%) JMeter
12 3 (0.63%) TeamCity
General
1 165 (34.81%) Finance
2 123 (25.95%) Social Skills
3 49 (10.34%) Analytical Skills
4 39 (8.23%) Marketing
5 37 (7.81%) Retail
6 33 (6.96%) Law
7 26 (5.49%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 17 (3.59%) Public Sector
9 16 (3.38%) Presentation Skills
10 9 (1.90%) Back Office
10 9 (1.90%) Legal
11 8 (1.69%) Documentation Skills
12 7 (1.48%) Banking
13 5 (1.05%) Front Office
13 5 (1.05%) Tech for Good
14 4 (0.84%) Automotive
14 4 (0.84%) General Ledger
14 4 (0.84%) Retail Banking
15 3 (0.63%) Advertising
15 3 (0.63%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 98 (20.68%) Senior
2 71 (14.98%) Developer
3 55 (11.60%) Cloud Engineer
4 47 (9.92%) Azure Engineer
5 45 (9.49%) Analyst
6 42 (8.86%) Architect
7 41 (8.65%) DevOps Engineer
8 36 (7.59%) Lead
9 30 (6.33%) Senior Cloud Engineer
10 25 (5.27%) .NET Developer
11 24 (5.06%) Applications Engineer
12 22 (4.64%) Software Engineer
13 21 (4.43%) Azure DevOps Engineer
14 20 (4.22%) Business Analyst
14 20 (4.22%) Platform Engineer
15 18 (3.80%) Consultant
15 18 (3.80%) Data Engineer
16 17 (3.59%) Software Developer
17 16 (3.38%) Azure Developer
18 15 (3.16%) Senior Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 138 (29.11%) .NET
2 54 (11.39%) RESTful
3 53 (11.18%) React
4 45 (9.49%) .NET Framework
5 42 (8.86%) JSON
6 33 (6.96%) REST
7 29 (6.12%) CSS
7 29 (6.12%) YAML
8 28 (5.91%) HTML
9 27 (5.70%) AngularJS
10 25 (5.27%) .NET Core
10 25 (5.27%) ASP.NET
11 24 (5.06%) Entity Framework
12 23 (4.85%) XML
13 21 (4.43%) SOAP
14 19 (4.01%) OAuth
15 17 (3.59%) ARM Templates
16 15 (3.16%) ASP.NET Web API
16 15 (3.16%) OAuth2
17 13 (2.74%) GraphQL
Miscellaneous
1 87 (18.35%) Cloud Native
2 58 (12.24%) Product Ownership
3 30 (6.33%) Enterprise Software
4 29 (6.12%) Management Information System
5 23 (4.85%) Data Centre
6 17 (3.59%) Analytical Mindset
7 16 (3.38%) Onboarding
8 15 (3.16%) NHS
9 8 (1.69%) Distributed Systems
10 7 (1.48%) Low-Code
11 6 (1.27%) Self-Motivation
12 5 (1.05%) AI Agents
12 5 (1.05%) Legacy Systems
12 5 (1.05%) Mobile App
13 4 (0.84%) Data Protection Act
13 4 (0.84%) Data Structures
13 4 (0.84%) Driving Licence
13 4 (0.84%) Greenfield Project
13 4 (0.84%) Legacy Applications
13 4 (0.84%) Reinsurance
Operating Systems
1 46 (9.70%) Windows
2 28 (5.91%) Linux
3 12 (2.53%) Windows Server
4 8 (1.69%) VMS
5 2 (0.42%) Ubuntu
6 1 (0.21%) Android
6 1 (0.21%) CentOS
6 1 (0.21%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 1 (0.21%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 474 (100.00%) DevOps
2 277 (58.44%) Agile
3 255 (53.80%) CI/CD
4 124 (26.16%) Infrastructure as Code
5 117 (24.68%) Mentoring
6 111 (23.42%) Continuous Improvement
7 103 (21.73%) AI
8 101 (21.31%) Test Automation
9 92 (19.41%) Coaching
10 87 (18.35%) Asset Management
11 81 (17.09%) Problem-Solving
12 77 (16.24%) Migration
13 73 (15.40%) Scrum
14 71 (14.98%) Analytics
14 71 (14.98%) Microservices
15 58 (12.24%) Observability
16 54 (11.39%) SDLC
17 53 (11.18%) Containerisation
18 52 (10.97%) Business Intelligence
19 50 (10.55%) Sprint Planning
Programming Languages
1 186 (39.24%) SQL
2 135 (28.48%) Python
3 123 (25.95%) C#
4 110 (23.21%) PowerShell
5 74 (15.61%) Bicep
6 56 (11.81%) JavaScript
7 46 (9.70%) Bash
8 30 (6.33%) Java
9 22 (4.64%) PL/SQL
10 21 (4.43%) Shell Script
11 20 (4.22%) TypeScript
12 15 (3.16%) T-SQL
13 8 (1.69%) Apex Code
14 6 (1.27%) Go
15 5 (1.05%) Data Analysis Expressions
16 4 (0.84%) PHP
17 2 (0.42%) SOQL
18 1 (0.21%) Kusto Query Language
18 1 (0.21%) Perl
18 1 (0.21%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 59 (12.45%) Azure Certification
1 59 (12.45%) Degree
2 42 (8.86%) Computer Science Degree
3 31 (6.54%) Security Cleared
4 28 (5.91%) SC Cleared
5 21 (4.43%) DBS Check
6 16 (3.38%) Master's Degree
6 16 (3.38%) Microsoft Certification
7 12 (2.53%) ISTQB
8 11 (2.32%) AWS Certification
9 6 (1.27%) ISEB
10 4 (0.84%) Cisco Certification
10 4 (0.84%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
10 4 (0.84%) PMI Certification
10 4 (0.84%) PMP
10 4 (0.84%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
11 3 (0.63%) CCNP
11 3 (0.63%) DV Cleared
12 2 (0.42%) BPSS Clearance
13 1 (0.21%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 53 (11.18%) QA
2 22 (4.64%) GDPR
3 20 (4.22%) Accessibility
4 12 (2.53%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 10 (2.11%) Data Quality
6 9 (1.90%) NCSC
6 9 (1.90%) NIST
7 8 (1.69%) PMO
8 4 (0.84%) WCAG
9 3 (0.63%) Software Quality Assurance
10 1 (0.21%) HIPAA
10 1 (0.21%) P3O
10 1 (0.21%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 64 (13.50%) Docker
2 32 (6.75%) Virtual Machines
3 30 (6.33%) Active Directory
4 15 (3.16%) Virtual Desktop
5 8 (1.69%) VMware Infrastructure
6 3 (0.63%) Firmware
6 3 (0.63%) Postfix
7 2 (0.42%) vSphere
8 1 (0.21%) vCloud
8 1 (0.21%) VMware ESXi
8 1 (0.21%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 133 (28.06%) Terraform
2 73 (15.40%) Kubernetes
3 36 (7.59%) Single Sign-On
4 21 (4.43%) Ansible
5 17 (3.59%) Grafana
6 14 (2.95%) Prometheus
7 10 (2.11%) Microsoft Intune
8 3 (0.63%) Dell DRAC
9 2 (0.42%) Kibana
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%) logstash
10 1 (0.21%) Nagios
10 1 (0.21%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 178 (37.55%) Microsoft
2 30 (6.33%) Databricks
3 25 (5.27%) Oracle
4 18 (3.80%) Meraki
5 15 (3.16%) Salesforce
6 13 (2.74%) Google
7 12 (2.53%) Okta
8 10 (2.11%) ServiceNow
9 9 (1.90%) Dynatrace
9 9 (1.90%) VMware
9 9 (1.90%) Zoho
10 8 (1.69%) Foundry
10 8 (1.69%) Palo Alto
10 8 (1.69%) SolarWinds
11 6 (1.27%) Ab Initio
11 6 (1.27%) OpenAI
11 6 (1.27%) Syncfusion
11 6 (1.27%) Telerik
12 5 (1.05%) Fortinet
12 5 (1.05%) Sage