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

6 months to
6 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 81 77 74
Rank change year-on-year -4 -3 -10
Permanent jobs citing Azure DevOps 513 731 831
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 3.34% 3.85% 4.04%
As % of the Cloud Services category 9.20% 8.50% 8.51%
Number of salaries quoted 319 541 719
10th Percentile £42,000 £43,750 £43,750
25th Percentile £49,625 £53,688 £52,500
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 £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 5,575 8,602 9,764
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 36.34% 45.35% 47.49%
Number of salaries quoted 4,106 5,626 8,370
10th Percentile £31,250 £36,250 £36,500
25th Percentile £42,500 £47,500 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £61,500 £65,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -5.38% - -
75th Percentile £82,500 £83,750 £82,500
90th Percentile £107,500 £110,000 £99,000
UK median annual salary £60,000 £62,500 £62,500
% change year-on-year -4.00% - -2.56%

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 6 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 32 (6.24%) Confluence
2 16 (3.12%) IIS
3 15 (2.92%) Oracle SOA Suite
4 11 (2.14%) SharePoint
5 9 (1.75%) Microsoft Exchange
6 5 (0.97%) nginx
7 4 (0.78%) CMS
8 3 (0.58%) Apache Spark
9 1 (0.19%) Apache
9 1 (0.19%) BizTalk Server
9 1 (0.19%) Tomcat
Applications
1 20 (3.90%) Microsoft Excel
2 8 (1.56%) MS Visio
3 7 (1.36%) Microsoft Office
3 7 (1.36%) Microsoft Project
4 3 (0.58%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 33 (6.43%) Oracle ERP
2 14 (2.73%) Dynamics CRM
3 2 (0.39%) Markit EDM
4 1 (0.19%) Aladdin
4 1 (0.19%) Dynamics AX
4 1 (0.19%) Primavera
4 1 (0.19%) SAP S/4HANA
4 1 (0.19%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 513 (100.00%) Azure
2 201 (39.18%) GitHub
3 100 (19.49%) Power Platform
4 81 (15.79%) GitHub Actions
5 62 (12.09%) AWS
6 61 (11.89%) GitHub Copilot
7 59 (11.50%) Snowflake
8 58 (11.31%) Azure Monitor
9 50 (9.75%) Power Automate
10 49 (9.55%) Entra ID
11 47 (9.16%) Azure Data Factory
12 43 (8.38%) Dynamics 365
13 42 (8.19%) dbt
14 39 (7.60%) Microsoft 365
15 38 (7.41%) SaaS
16 36 (7.02%) PaaS
17 33 (6.43%) Azure Service Bus
17 33 (6.43%) OCI
18 32 (6.24%) Azure AKS
18 32 (6.24%) Azure Logic Apps
Communications & Networking
1 20 (3.90%) Firewall
2 12 (2.34%) VPN
3 10 (1.95%) DNS
4 5 (0.97%) Network Security
4 5 (0.97%) VLAN
5 4 (0.78%) DHCP
6 3 (0.58%) BGP
6 3 (0.58%) IPsec
6 3 (0.58%) OSPF
6 3 (0.58%) SD-WAN
6 3 (0.58%) WAN
6 3 (0.58%) Wi-Fi
6 3 (0.58%) Wireshark
7 2 (0.39%) HTTP
7 2 (0.39%) Internet
8 1 (0.19%) HTTPS
8 1 (0.19%) IPv6
8 1 (0.19%) SSL
8 1 (0.19%) VSAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 83 (16.18%) SQL Server
2 61 (11.89%) Data Warehouse
3 51 (9.94%) Power BI
4 37 (7.21%) Tableau
5 28 (5.46%) Azure SQL Database
6 22 (4.29%) Relational Database
7 18 (3.51%) NoSQL
8 14 (2.73%) Snowflake Schema
9 11 (2.14%) Data Lake
10 9 (1.75%) Metadata
10 9 (1.75%) SQL Server Integration Services
11 8 (1.56%) BigQuery
11 8 (1.56%) MySQL
12 7 (1.36%) MongoDB
12 7 (1.36%) SQL Server Reporting Services
13 5 (0.97%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
13 5 (0.97%) PostgreSQL
14 4 (0.78%) Amazon Redshift
14 4 (0.78%) DataStage
14 4 (0.78%) Looker
Development Applications
1 89 (17.35%) JIRA
2 79 (15.40%) Git
3 54 (10.53%) Jenkins
4 33 (6.43%) Oracle Forms
5 9 (1.75%) Octopus Deploy
6 8 (1.56%) Team Foundation Server
7 7 (1.36%) Visual Studio
8 6 (1.17%) Postman
8 6 (1.17%) Visual Studio Code
9 5 (0.97%) GitLab
9 5 (0.97%) MSBuild
9 5 (0.97%) Selenium
9 5 (0.97%) SonarQube
10 4 (0.78%) ER Studio
10 4 (0.78%) ERwin
10 4 (0.78%) PowerDesigner
11 3 (0.58%) Artifactory
11 3 (0.58%) git-flow
11 3 (0.58%) JMeter
12 2 (0.39%) Cypress.io
General
1 223 (43.47%) Finance
2 146 (28.46%) Social Skills
3 72 (14.04%) Analytical Skills
4 42 (8.19%) Marketing
5 30 (5.85%) Retail
6 27 (5.26%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 27 (5.26%) Law
7 15 (2.92%) Public Sector
8 14 (2.73%) Presentation Skills
9 10 (1.95%) Documentation Skills
10 7 (1.36%) Back Office
10 7 (1.36%) Legal
11 6 (1.17%) Tech for Good
12 5 (0.97%) Advertising
12 5 (0.97%) Banking
12 5 (0.97%) Front Office
13 4 (0.78%) Automotive
13 4 (0.78%) General Ledger
13 4 (0.78%) Retail Banking
14 3 (0.58%) Military
Job Titles
1 126 (24.56%) Senior
2 77 (15.01%) Developer
3 66 (12.87%) Cloud Engineer
4 61 (11.89%) Azure Engineer
5 51 (9.94%) Analyst
6 42 (8.19%) Lead
7 40 (7.80%) Applications Engineer
8 34 (6.63%) DevOps Engineer
9 33 (6.43%) Senior Cloud Engineer
10 29 (5.65%) .NET Developer
11 24 (4.68%) Business Analyst
12 23 (4.48%) Platform Engineer
12 23 (4.48%) Software Engineer
13 22 (4.29%) Azure DevOps Engineer
14 19 (3.70%) Azure Developer
14 19 (3.70%) Data Engineer
15 18 (3.51%) Architect
15 18 (3.51%) Software Developer
16 17 (3.31%) Consultant
16 17 (3.31%) Infrastructure Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 131 (25.54%) .NET
2 75 (14.62%) RESTful
3 51 (9.94%) React
4 49 (9.55%) JSON
5 46 (8.97%) .NET Framework
6 40 (7.80%) OAuth
6 40 (7.80%) SOAP
7 35 (6.82%) REST
8 32 (6.24%) YAML
9 29 (5.65%) AngularJS
9 29 (5.65%) CSS
9 29 (5.65%) OAuth2
10 28 (5.46%) Entity Framework
10 28 (5.46%) HTML
11 27 (5.26%) .NET Core
11 27 (5.26%) XML
12 21 (4.09%) ASP.NET Web API
13 19 (3.70%) ASP.NET
14 18 (3.51%) GraphQL
14 18 (3.51%) Lightning Web Components
Miscellaneous
1 105 (20.47%) Cloud Native
2 68 (13.26%) Product Ownership
3 43 (8.38%) Enterprise Software
4 32 (6.24%) Management Information System
5 17 (3.31%) Analytical Mindset
6 16 (3.12%) Onboarding
7 15 (2.92%) Low-Code
8 10 (1.95%) Self-Motivation
9 9 (1.75%) Mobile App
10 8 (1.56%) Legacy Applications
11 7 (1.36%) Data Centre
12 6 (1.17%) Legacy Systems
13 5 (0.97%) AI Agents
13 5 (0.97%) Distributed Systems
13 5 (0.97%) Greenfield Project
14 4 (0.78%) Data Protection Act
14 4 (0.78%) Reinsurance
14 4 (0.78%) Security Posture
15 3 (0.58%) Hedge funds
15 3 (0.58%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 43 (8.38%) Windows
2 28 (5.46%) Linux
3 12 (2.34%) VMS
4 9 (1.75%) Windows Server
5 1 (0.19%) Android
5 1 (0.19%) CentOS
5 1 (0.19%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 1 (0.19%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 513 (100.00%) DevOps
2 318 (61.99%) Agile
3 299 (58.28%) CI/CD
4 147 (28.65%) Coaching
5 144 (28.07%) Test Automation
6 142 (27.68%) Asset Management
6 142 (27.68%) Continuous Improvement
7 135 (26.32%) Mentoring
8 132 (25.73%) Infrastructure as Code
9 119 (23.20%) AI
10 94 (18.32%) Problem-Solving
11 87 (16.96%) Observability
12 82 (15.98%) Analytics
12 82 (15.98%) Clean Code
13 77 (15.01%) Sprint Planning
14 74 (14.42%) Data Modelling
15 72 (14.04%) Microservices
16 71 (13.84%) Migration
16 71 (13.84%) Sprint Retrospective
17 69 (13.45%) Scrum
Programming Languages
1 204 (39.77%) SQL
2 148 (28.85%) Python
3 110 (21.44%) C#
4 107 (20.86%) PowerShell
5 72 (14.04%) Bicep
6 47 (9.16%) Bash
6 47 (9.16%) JavaScript
7 36 (7.02%) Java
8 34 (6.63%) PL/SQL
9 33 (6.43%) Shell Script
10 24 (4.68%) TypeScript
11 18 (3.51%) Apex Code
12 14 (2.73%) T-SQL
13 5 (0.97%) Data Analysis Expressions
13 5 (0.97%) Scala
14 4 (0.78%) Go
15 2 (0.39%) PHP
16 1 (0.19%) Groovy
16 1 (0.19%) Perl
16 1 (0.19%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 58 (11.31%) Degree
2 45 (8.77%) Azure Certification
3 44 (8.58%) Computer Science Degree
4 34 (6.63%) Security Cleared
5 28 (5.46%) SC Cleared
6 18 (3.51%) Master's Degree
7 16 (3.12%) ISTQB
8 12 (2.34%) AWS Certification
8 12 (2.34%) Microsoft Certification
9 8 (1.56%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
10 6 (1.17%) DBS Check
10 6 (1.17%) ISEB
11 4 (0.78%) Cisco Certification
11 4 (0.78%) PMI Certification
11 4 (0.78%) PMP
12 3 (0.58%) BPSS Clearance
12 3 (0.58%) CCNP
13 2 (0.39%) AWS Certified Developer
13 2 (0.39%) BC Cleared
13 2 (0.39%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 55 (10.72%) QA
2 27 (5.26%) Accessibility
3 22 (4.29%) GDPR
4 14 (2.73%) Data Quality
5 13 (2.53%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 8 (1.56%) NCSC
6 8 (1.56%) NIST
7 5 (0.97%) PMO
8 4 (0.78%) WCAG
9 3 (0.58%) Software Quality Assurance
10 1 (0.19%) HL7
10 1 (0.19%) P3O
10 1 (0.19%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 64 (12.48%) Docker
2 37 (7.21%) Active Directory
3 16 (3.12%) Virtual Machines
4 15 (2.92%) Virtual Desktop
5 7 (1.36%) VMware Infrastructure
6 3 (0.58%) Firmware
6 3 (0.58%) Postfix
7 2 (0.39%) vCloud
8 1 (0.19%) Hyper-V
8 1 (0.19%) VMware ESXi
8 1 (0.19%) VMware NSX
8 1 (0.19%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 171 (33.33%) Terraform
2 76 (14.81%) Kubernetes
3 33 (6.43%) Single Sign-On
4 19 (3.70%) Ansible
5 17 (3.31%) Grafana
6 13 (2.53%) Prometheus
7 10 (1.95%) Microsoft Intune
8 3 (0.58%) Dell DRAC
8 3 (0.58%) logstash
9 2 (0.39%) SCOM
10 1 (0.19%) Argo
10 1 (0.19%) Docker Swarm
10 1 (0.19%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 192 (37.43%) Microsoft
2 39 (7.60%) Oracle
3 25 (4.87%) Salesforce
4 21 (4.09%) Databricks
5 18 (3.51%) Okta
6 13 (2.53%) Google
7 12 (2.34%) Ab Initio
8 11 (2.14%) ServiceNow
9 9 (1.75%) Dynatrace
9 9 (1.75%) Foundry
9 9 (1.75%) Zoho
10 8 (1.56%) New Relic
10 8 (1.56%) Palo Alto
10 8 (1.56%) SolarWinds
11 7 (1.36%) Syncfusion
11 7 (1.36%) Telerik
11 7 (1.36%) VMware
12 6 (1.17%) OpenAI
13 5 (0.97%) Fortinet
13 5 (0.97%) Sage