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 2 February 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
2 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 83 81 85
Rank change year-on-year -2 +4 0
Permanent jobs citing Azure DevOps 498 635 915
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 3.16% 3.95% 3.33%
As % of the Cloud Services category 8.57% 8.46% 7.21%
Number of salaries quoted 297 464 827
10th Percentile £42,500 £43,750 £42,500
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 £78,750 £75,000 £80,000
90th Percentile £95,400 £87,500 £97,500
UK median annual salary £65,000 £67,500 £62,500
% change year-on-year -3.70% +8.00% -6.02%

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 5,808 7,510 12,682
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 36.81% 46.77% 46.15%
Number of salaries quoted 4,025 4,772 11,098
10th Percentile £32,125 £35,500 £35,750
25th Percentile £43,750 £47,500 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £65,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -7.69% +8.33% -7.69%
75th Percentile £82,500 £83,750 £78,750
90th Percentile £100,000 £105,000 £97,500
UK median annual salary £60,000 £65,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year -7.69% +13.04% -11.54%

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 2 February 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 30 (6.02%) Confluence
2 17 (3.41%) Oracle SOA Suite
3 11 (2.21%) IIS
3 11 (2.21%) Microsoft Exchange
4 9 (1.81%) SharePoint
5 4 (0.80%) Apache Spark
6 1 (0.20%) Apache
6 1 (0.20%) nginx
Applications
1 18 (3.61%) Microsoft Excel
2 7 (1.41%) Microsoft Project
2 7 (1.41%) MS Visio
3 4 (0.80%) Microsoft Office
4 3 (0.60%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 37 (7.43%) Oracle ERP
2 10 (2.01%) Dynamics CRM
3 2 (0.40%) Dynamics AX
3 2 (0.40%) Markit EDM
4 1 (0.20%) Primavera
4 1 (0.20%) SAP S/4HANA
4 1 (0.20%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 498 (100.00%) Azure
2 221 (44.38%) GitHub
3 97 (19.48%) Power Platform
4 82 (16.47%) GitHub Actions
5 66 (13.25%) GitHub Copilot
6 63 (12.65%) Azure Monitor
7 60 (12.05%) AWS
7 60 (12.05%) Snowflake
8 59 (11.85%) Entra ID
9 53 (10.64%) Azure Data Factory
10 45 (9.04%) dbt
11 41 (8.23%) Azure Logic Apps
12 37 (7.43%) OCI
13 36 (7.23%) PaaS
14 34 (6.83%) SaaS
14 34 (6.83%) Serverless
15 28 (5.62%) Azure AKS
15 28 (5.62%) Dynamics 365
16 27 (5.42%) Microsoft 365
16 27 (5.42%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 27 (5.42%) Firewall
2 12 (2.41%) VPN
3 11 (2.21%) DNS
4 5 (1.00%) DHCP
4 5 (1.00%) Network Security
4 5 (1.00%) VLAN
5 4 (0.80%) SD-WAN
5 4 (0.80%) WAN
6 3 (0.60%) BGP
6 3 (0.60%) IPsec
6 3 (0.60%) OSPF
6 3 (0.60%) Wi-Fi
6 3 (0.60%) 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 64 (12.85%) SQL Server
2 55 (11.04%) Data Warehouse
3 52 (10.44%) Power BI
4 36 (7.23%) Tableau
5 28 (5.62%) Azure SQL Database
6 19 (3.82%) NoSQL
7 18 (3.61%) Data Lake
8 17 (3.41%) Relational Database
9 14 (2.81%) Snowflake Schema
10 11 (2.21%) MongoDB
11 10 (2.01%) SQL Server Integration Services
12 9 (1.81%) Delta Lake
12 9 (1.81%) Metadata
12 9 (1.81%) SQL Server Reporting Services
13 8 (1.61%) PostgreSQL
14 7 (1.41%) MySQL
15 4 (0.80%) BigQuery
15 4 (0.80%) DataStage
15 4 (0.80%) DynamoDB
15 4 (0.80%) QlikView
Development Applications
1 86 (17.27%) JIRA
2 74 (14.86%) Git
3 61 (12.25%) Jenkins
4 37 (7.43%) Oracle Forms
5 8 (1.61%) Postman
6 6 (1.20%) Cypress.io
6 6 (1.20%) Selenium
7 5 (1.00%) Visual Studio
8 4 (0.80%) ER Studio
8 4 (0.80%) ERwin
8 4 (0.80%) PowerDesigner
9 3 (0.60%) git-flow
9 3 (0.60%) GitLab
10 2 (0.40%) JMeter
10 2 (0.40%) NUnit
10 2 (0.40%) Visual Studio Code
11 1 (0.20%) Artifactory
11 1 (0.20%) Bitbucket
11 1 (0.20%) MSBuild
11 1 (0.20%) TeamCity
General
1 236 (47.39%) Finance
2 135 (27.11%) Social Skills
3 92 (18.47%) Analytical Skills
4 27 (5.42%) Marketing
5 18 (3.61%) Public Sector
6 14 (2.81%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 14 (2.81%) Law
7 10 (2.01%) Billing
8 8 (1.61%) Documentation Skills
9 7 (1.41%) Tech for Good
10 6 (1.20%) Retail
11 5 (1.00%) Advertising
11 5 (1.00%) Front Office
12 4 (0.80%) Banking
12 4 (0.80%) Retail Banking
13 3 (0.60%) Influencing Skills
13 3 (0.60%) Legal
13 3 (0.60%) Organisational Skills
14 2 (0.40%) Back Office
15 1 (0.20%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 136 (27.31%) Senior
2 98 (19.68%) Developer
3 74 (14.86%) Cloud Engineer
4 59 (11.85%) Azure Engineer
5 44 (8.84%) Applications Engineer
6 37 (7.43%) Analyst
6 37 (7.43%) Lead
7 34 (6.83%) Senior Cloud Engineer
8 33 (6.63%) .NET Developer
9 27 (5.42%) Platform Engineer
10 24 (4.82%) Software Engineer
11 23 (4.62%) Data Engineer
12 21 (4.22%) Business Analyst
13 20 (4.02%) DevOps Engineer
14 19 (3.82%) Senior Developer
15 18 (3.61%) Applications Developer
15 18 (3.61%) Azure Developer
16 17 (3.41%) Software Developer
17 16 (3.21%) Power Platform Developer
18 15 (3.01%) Infrastructure Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 129 (25.90%) .NET
2 82 (16.47%) RESTful
3 59 (11.85%) React
4 47 (9.44%) OAuth
5 46 (9.24%) SOAP
6 41 (8.23%) JSON
7 40 (8.03%) .NET Framework
8 37 (7.43%) REST
9 33 (6.63%) .NET Core
9 33 (6.63%) CSS
9 33 (6.63%) OAuth2
10 32 (6.43%) HTML
11 29 (5.82%) YAML
12 28 (5.62%) AngularJS
13 24 (4.82%) Entity Framework
14 23 (4.62%) ASP.NET
14 23 (4.62%) Lightning Web Components
15 22 (4.42%) ASP.NET Web API
16 21 (4.22%) XML
17 17 (3.41%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 98 (19.68%) Cloud Native
2 63 (12.65%) Product Ownership
3 43 (8.63%) Enterprise Software
4 24 (4.82%) Low-Code
5 23 (4.62%) Management Information System
6 18 (3.61%) Analytical Mindset
7 17 (3.41%) Mobile App
8 11 (2.21%) Onboarding
9 10 (2.01%) Self-Motivation
10 8 (1.61%) Legacy Applications
11 6 (1.20%) Security Posture
12 5 (1.00%) Legacy Systems
12 5 (1.00%) Virtual Team
13 4 (0.80%) AI Agents
13 4 (0.80%) Data Centre
13 4 (0.80%) Data Protection Act
13 4 (0.80%) Distributed Systems
13 4 (0.80%) Reinsurance
14 3 (0.60%) Greenfield Project
14 3 (0.60%) Hedge funds
Operating Systems
1 35 (7.03%) Windows
2 24 (4.82%) Linux
3 12 (2.41%) VMS
4 8 (1.61%) 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
1 498 (100.00%) DevOps
2 310 (62.25%) CI/CD
3 301 (60.44%) Agile
4 172 (34.54%) Coaching
5 156 (31.33%) Asset Management
6 144 (28.92%) Infrastructure as Code
7 138 (27.71%) Continuous Improvement
8 136 (27.31%) Test Automation
9 121 (24.30%) AI
10 112 (22.49%) Mentoring
11 98 (19.68%) Problem-Solving
12 95 (19.08%) Data Modelling
13 94 (18.88%) Analytics
14 88 (17.67%) Clean Code
14 88 (17.67%) Observability
15 80 (16.06%) Sprint Planning
16 74 (14.86%) Sprint Retrospective
17 67 (13.45%) Microservices
18 61 (12.25%) Migration
19 59 (11.85%) API Integration
Programming Languages
1 211 (42.37%) SQL
2 159 (31.93%) Python
3 103 (20.68%) C#
4 90 (18.07%) PowerShell
5 68 (13.65%) Bicep
6 44 (8.84%) JavaScript
7 41 (8.23%) Java
8 40 (8.03%) Bash
9 37 (7.43%) PL/SQL
9 37 (7.43%) Shell Script
10 27 (5.42%) TypeScript
11 24 (4.82%) Apex Code
12 13 (2.61%) Scala
13 7 (1.41%) T-SQL
14 3 (0.60%) 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 48 (9.64%) Degree
2 45 (9.04%) Azure Certification
3 33 (6.63%) Computer Science Degree
4 29 (5.82%) Security Cleared
5 21 (4.22%) SC Cleared
6 19 (3.82%) Master's Degree
7 15 (3.01%) Microsoft Certification
8 12 (2.41%) AWS Certification
8 12 (2.41%) ISTQB
9 8 (1.61%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
10 6 (1.20%) DBS Check
11 4 (0.80%) Cisco Certification
12 3 (0.60%) BC Cleared
12 3 (0.60%) CCNP
12 3 (0.60%) PMI Certification
13 2 (0.40%) AWS Certified Developer
13 2 (0.40%) PMP
13 2 (0.40%) SAFe Agilist
14 1 (0.20%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
14 1 (0.20%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 38 (7.63%) QA
2 29 (5.82%) Accessibility
3 21 (4.22%) Data Quality
4 18 (3.61%) GDPR
5 13 (2.61%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 4 (0.80%) PMO
7 3 (0.60%) NCSC
7 3 (0.60%) NIST
8 2 (0.40%) HMG Security Policy Framework
8 2 (0.40%) WCAG
9 1 (0.20%) HL7
9 1 (0.20%) P3O
9 1 (0.20%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 49 (9.84%) Docker
2 40 (8.03%) Active Directory
3 14 (2.81%) Virtual Desktop
4 12 (2.41%) Virtual Machines
5 6 (1.20%) VMware Infrastructure
6 4 (0.80%) Firmware
7 3 (0.60%) 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 (36.55%) Terraform
2 67 (13.45%) Kubernetes
3 38 (7.63%) Single Sign-On
4 16 (3.21%) Ansible
5 13 (2.61%) Grafana
6 11 (2.21%) Microsoft Intune
7 6 (1.20%) Prometheus
8 4 (0.80%) logstash
9 3 (0.60%) 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
1 174 (34.94%) Microsoft
2 40 (8.03%) Oracle
3 29 (5.82%) Databricks
3 29 (5.82%) Salesforce
4 20 (4.02%) Okta
5 14 (2.81%) Ab Initio
6 12 (2.41%) ServiceNow
7 11 (2.21%) Google
8 8 (1.61%) New Relic
9 7 (1.41%) SolarWinds
9 7 (1.41%) Syncfusion
9 7 (1.41%) Telerik
9 7 (1.41%) VMware
10 6 (1.20%) Dynatrace
11 5 (1.00%) Sage
11 5 (1.00%) Xamarin
11 5 (1.00%) Zoho
12 4 (0.80%) AppDynamics
12 4 (0.80%) Foundry
12 4 (0.80%) Informatica