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 29 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
29 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 85 79 88
Rank change year-on-year -6 +9 -2
Permanent jobs citing Azure DevOps 506 644 886
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 3.21% 3.94% 3.45%
As % of the Cloud Services category 8.72% 8.43% 7.47%
Number of salaries quoted 305 472 801
10th Percentile £42,500 £43,750 £43,538
25th Percentile £47,500 £55,000 £51,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £66,750 £61,000
Median % change year-on-year -6.37% +9.43% -6.15%
75th Percentile £80,000 £77,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £87,500 £97,500
UK median annual salary £65,000 £67,500 £62,500
% change year-on-year -3.70% +8.00% -5.30%

All Cloud Computing 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 5,805 7,636 11,853
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 36.82% 46.77% 46.19%
Number of salaries quoted 4,028 4,850 10,324
10th Percentile £32,125 £35,725 £36,030
25th Percentile £43,750 £47,500 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £61,500 £65,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -5.38% +8.33% -7.69%
75th Percentile £82,500 £83,750 £79,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £105,000 £97,500
UK median annual salary £60,000 £65,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -7.69% +8.33% -7.69%

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 29 January 2026.

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 (6.13%) Confluence
2 17 (3.36%) Oracle SOA Suite
3 12 (2.37%) IIS
4 11 (2.17%) Microsoft Exchange
4 11 (2.17%) SharePoint
5 4 (0.79%) Apache Spark
6 1 (0.20%) Apache
6 1 (0.20%) nginx
Applications
1 21 (4.15%) Microsoft Excel
2 8 (1.58%) MS Visio
3 7 (1.38%) Microsoft Project
4 4 (0.79%) Microsoft Office
5 3 (0.59%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 37 (7.31%) Oracle ERP
2 9 (1.78%) Dynamics CRM
3 2 (0.40%) Dynamics AX
3 2 (0.40%) Markit EDM
4 1 (0.20%) Aladdin
4 1 (0.20%) Primavera
4 1 (0.20%) SAP S/4HANA
4 1 (0.20%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 506 (100.00%) Azure
2 223 (44.07%) GitHub
3 100 (19.76%) Power Platform
4 83 (16.40%) GitHub Actions
5 66 (13.04%) GitHub Copilot
6 64 (12.65%) Azure Monitor
7 61 (12.06%) AWS
7 61 (12.06%) Entra ID
8 60 (11.86%) Snowflake
9 53 (10.47%) Azure Data Factory
10 45 (8.89%) dbt
11 41 (8.10%) Azure Logic Apps
12 37 (7.31%) OCI
12 37 (7.31%) PaaS
12 37 (7.31%) Serverless
13 35 (6.92%) SaaS
14 31 (6.13%) Power Automate
15 30 (5.93%) Microsoft 365
16 29 (5.73%) Azure AKS
17 28 (5.53%) Dynamics 365
Communications & Networking
1 27 (5.34%) Firewall
2 12 (2.37%) VPN
3 11 (2.17%) DNS
4 5 (0.99%) DHCP
4 5 (0.99%) Network Security
4 5 (0.99%) VLAN
5 4 (0.79%) SD-WAN
5 4 (0.79%) WAN
6 3 (0.59%) BGP
6 3 (0.59%) IPsec
6 3 (0.59%) OSPF
6 3 (0.59%) Wi-Fi
6 3 (0.59%) Wireshark
7 2 (0.40%) HTTP
8 1 (0.20%) HTTPS
8 1 (0.20%) Internet
8 1 (0.20%) IPv6
8 1 (0.20%) MPLS
8 1 (0.20%) SSL
8 1 (0.20%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 67 (13.24%) SQL Server
2 56 (11.07%) Data Warehouse
3 52 (10.28%) Power BI
4 36 (7.11%) Tableau
5 30 (5.93%) Azure SQL Database
6 21 (4.15%) NoSQL
7 18 (3.56%) Data Lake
7 18 (3.56%) Relational Database
8 14 (2.77%) Snowflake Schema
9 12 (2.37%) MongoDB
10 10 (1.98%) SQL Server Integration Services
11 9 (1.78%) Delta Lake
11 9 (1.78%) Metadata
11 9 (1.78%) SQL Server Reporting Services
12 8 (1.58%) PostgreSQL
13 7 (1.38%) MySQL
14 4 (0.79%) BigQuery
14 4 (0.79%) DataStage
14 4 (0.79%) DynamoDB
14 4 (0.79%) QlikView
Development Applications
1 92 (18.18%) JIRA
2 77 (15.22%) Git
3 61 (12.06%) Jenkins
4 37 (7.31%) Oracle Forms
5 9 (1.78%) Postman
6 7 (1.38%) Selenium
7 6 (1.19%) Cypress.io
7 6 (1.19%) Visual Studio
8 4 (0.79%) ER Studio
8 4 (0.79%) ERwin
8 4 (0.79%) PowerDesigner
9 3 (0.59%) git-flow
9 3 (0.59%) GitLab
9 3 (0.59%) Visual Studio Code
10 2 (0.40%) JMeter
10 2 (0.40%) NUnit
11 1 (0.20%) Artifactory
11 1 (0.20%) Bitbucket
11 1 (0.20%) MSBuild
11 1 (0.20%) TeamCity
General
1 236 (46.64%) Finance
2 143 (28.26%) Social Skills
3 93 (18.38%) Analytical Skills
4 27 (5.34%) Marketing
5 18 (3.56%) Public Sector
6 16 (3.16%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 15 (2.96%) Law
8 10 (1.98%) Billing
9 9 (1.78%) Documentation Skills
10 7 (1.38%) Retail
10 7 (1.38%) Tech for Good
11 5 (0.99%) Advertising
11 5 (0.99%) Banking
11 5 (0.99%) Front Office
12 4 (0.79%) Organisational Skills
12 4 (0.79%) Retail Banking
13 3 (0.59%) Influencing Skills
13 3 (0.59%) Legal
14 2 (0.40%) Back Office
15 1 (0.20%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 136 (26.88%) Senior
2 99 (19.57%) Developer
3 74 (14.62%) Cloud Engineer
4 59 (11.66%) Azure Engineer
5 44 (8.70%) Applications Engineer
6 39 (7.71%) Lead
7 38 (7.51%) Analyst
8 35 (6.92%) .NET Developer
9 34 (6.72%) Senior Cloud Engineer
10 27 (5.34%) Platform Engineer
11 24 (4.74%) Data Engineer
11 24 (4.74%) Software Engineer
12 22 (4.35%) Business Analyst
13 21 (4.15%) Azure Developer
14 20 (3.95%) DevOps Engineer
14 20 (3.95%) Senior Developer
15 18 (3.56%) Applications Developer
16 17 (3.36%) Software Developer
17 15 (2.96%) Infrastructure Engineer
17 15 (2.96%) Lead Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 133 (26.28%) .NET
2 85 (16.80%) RESTful
3 62 (12.25%) React
4 47 (9.29%) OAuth
5 46 (9.09%) SOAP
6 42 (8.30%) JSON
7 41 (8.10%) .NET Framework
8 37 (7.31%) REST
9 34 (6.72%) .NET Core
9 34 (6.72%) CSS
10 33 (6.52%) HTML
10 33 (6.52%) OAuth2
11 30 (5.93%) YAML
12 28 (5.53%) AngularJS
13 25 (4.94%) Entity Framework
14 23 (4.55%) ASP.NET
14 23 (4.55%) ASP.NET Web API
14 23 (4.55%) Lightning Web Components
15 22 (4.35%) XML
16 17 (3.36%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 99 (19.57%) Cloud Native
2 63 (12.45%) Product Ownership
3 44 (8.70%) Enterprise Software
4 23 (4.55%) Low-Code
4 23 (4.55%) Management Information System
5 18 (3.56%) Analytical Mindset
5 18 (3.56%) Mobile App
6 11 (2.17%) Onboarding
7 10 (1.98%) Self-Motivation
8 8 (1.58%) Legacy Applications
9 6 (1.19%) Security Posture
10 5 (0.99%) Data Centre
10 5 (0.99%) Distributed Systems
10 5 (0.99%) Legacy Systems
10 5 (0.99%) Virtual Team
11 4 (0.79%) AI Agents
11 4 (0.79%) Data Protection Act
11 4 (0.79%) Reinsurance
12 3 (0.59%) Greenfield Project
12 3 (0.59%) Hedge funds
Operating Systems
1 36 (7.11%) Windows
2 24 (4.74%) Linux
3 12 (2.37%) VMS
4 9 (1.78%) Windows Server
5 2 (0.40%) Android
6 1 (0.20%) CentOS
6 1 (0.20%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 1 (0.20%) Ubuntu
6 1 (0.20%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 506 (100.00%) DevOps
2 311 (61.46%) CI/CD
3 309 (61.07%) Agile
4 171 (33.79%) Coaching
5 156 (30.83%) Asset Management
6 145 (28.66%) Infrastructure as Code
7 142 (28.06%) Continuous Improvement
8 139 (27.47%) Test Automation
9 123 (24.31%) AI
10 114 (22.53%) Mentoring
11 103 (20.36%) Problem-Solving
12 95 (18.77%) Data Modelling
13 94 (18.58%) Analytics
14 89 (17.59%) Clean Code
14 89 (17.59%) Observability
15 82 (16.21%) Sprint Planning
16 76 (15.02%) Sprint Retrospective
17 70 (13.83%) Microservices
18 61 (12.06%) Migration
19 59 (11.66%) ETL
Programming Languages
1 215 (42.49%) SQL
2 159 (31.42%) Python
3 105 (20.75%) C#
4 91 (17.98%) PowerShell
5 68 (13.44%) Bicep
6 44 (8.70%) JavaScript
7 41 (8.10%) Java
8 40 (7.91%) Bash
9 37 (7.31%) PL/SQL
9 37 (7.31%) Shell Script
10 28 (5.53%) TypeScript
11 24 (4.74%) Apex Code
12 13 (2.57%) Scala
13 8 (1.58%) T-SQL
14 3 (0.59%) PHP
15 2 (0.40%) Go
15 2 (0.40%) VB
16 1 (0.20%) Data Analysis Expressions
16 1 (0.20%) Groovy
Qualifications
1 50 (9.88%) Degree
2 45 (8.89%) Azure Certification
3 35 (6.92%) Computer Science Degree
4 31 (6.13%) Security Cleared
5 23 (4.55%) SC Cleared
6 21 (4.15%) Master's Degree
7 15 (2.96%) Microsoft Certification
8 13 (2.57%) ISTQB
9 12 (2.37%) AWS Certification
10 8 (1.58%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
11 6 (1.19%) DBS Check
12 5 (0.99%) PMI Certification
13 4 (0.79%) Cisco Certification
13 4 (0.79%) PMP
14 3 (0.59%) BC Cleared
14 3 (0.59%) CCNP
15 2 (0.40%) AWS Certified Developer
15 2 (0.40%) BPSS Clearance
15 2 (0.40%) SAFe Agilist
16 1 (0.20%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 40 (7.91%) QA
2 29 (5.73%) Accessibility
3 22 (4.35%) Data Quality
4 18 (3.56%) GDPR
5 13 (2.57%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 4 (0.79%) PMO
7 3 (0.59%) NCSC
7 3 (0.59%) NIST
7 3 (0.59%) WCAG
8 2 (0.40%) HMG Security Policy Framework
9 1 (0.20%) HL7
9 1 (0.20%) P3O
9 1 (0.20%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 49 (9.68%) Docker
2 42 (8.30%) Active Directory
3 14 (2.77%) Virtual Desktop
4 12 (2.37%) Virtual Machines
5 6 (1.19%) VMware Infrastructure
6 4 (0.79%) Firmware
7 3 (0.59%) Postfix
8 2 (0.40%) Hyper-V
8 2 (0.40%) vCloud
9 1 (0.20%) VMware ESXi
9 1 (0.20%) VMware NSX
9 1 (0.20%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 182 (35.97%) Terraform
2 69 (13.64%) Kubernetes
3 38 (7.51%) Single Sign-On
4 16 (3.16%) Ansible
5 13 (2.57%) Grafana
6 11 (2.17%) Microsoft Intune
7 6 (1.19%) Prometheus
8 4 (0.79%) logstash
9 3 (0.59%) Dell DRAC
10 1 (0.20%) Argo
10 1 (0.20%) CASB
10 1 (0.20%) Docker Swarm
10 1 (0.20%) FortiGate
10 1 (0.20%) SCOM
10 1 (0.20%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 183 (36.17%) Microsoft
2 40 (7.91%) Oracle
3 29 (5.73%) Databricks
3 29 (5.73%) Salesforce
4 20 (3.95%) Okta
5 14 (2.77%) Ab Initio
6 12 (2.37%) ServiceNow
7 11 (2.17%) Google
8 8 (1.58%) Dynatrace
8 8 (1.58%) New Relic
9 7 (1.38%) SolarWinds
9 7 (1.38%) Syncfusion
9 7 (1.38%) Telerik
9 7 (1.38%) VMware
10 5 (0.99%) Foundry
10 5 (0.99%) Palo Alto
10 5 (0.99%) Sage
10 5 (0.99%) Xamarin
10 5 (0.99%) Zoho
11 4 (0.79%) Zscaler