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

6 months to
16 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 76 79 85
Rank change year-on-year +3 +6 -5
Permanent jobs citing Azure DevOps 508 651 820
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 3.32% 3.97% 3.77%
As % of the Cloud Services category 9.10% 8.54% 8.04%
Number of salaries quoted 305 483 735
10th Percentile £41,550 £43,750 £45,000
25th Percentile £47,500 £55,000 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £67,500 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -7.41% +3.85% -
75th Percentile £81,250 £77,500 £82,500
90th Percentile £94,500 £87,500 £97,500
UK median annual salary £65,000 £67,500 £65,000
% change year-on-year -3.70% +3.85% -2.67%

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 5,582 7,623 10,196
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 36.50% 46.45% 46.89%
Number of salaries quoted 3,964 4,850 8,795
10th Percentile £32,000 £35,750 £36,250
25th Percentile £43,750 £47,500 £46,306
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £61,875 £65,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.81% +8.33% -7.69%
75th Percentile £82,500 £83,750 £80,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £105,000 £99,000
UK median annual salary £60,000 £64,837 £60,000
% change year-on-year -7.46% +8.06% -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 16 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 32 (6.30%) Confluence
2 17 (3.35%) Oracle SOA Suite
3 12 (2.36%) IIS
4 11 (2.17%) Microsoft Exchange
5 10 (1.97%) SharePoint
6 4 (0.79%) Apache Spark
7 1 (0.20%) Apache
7 1 (0.20%) nginx
Applications
1 21 (4.13%) Microsoft Excel
2 8 (1.57%) MS Visio
3 6 (1.18%) Microsoft Project
4 5 (0.98%) Microsoft Office
5 3 (0.59%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 37 (7.28%) Oracle ERP
2 11 (2.17%) Dynamics CRM
3 2 (0.39%) Dynamics AX
3 2 (0.39%) 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
1 508 (100.00%) Azure
2 221 (43.50%) GitHub
3 101 (19.88%) Power Platform
4 83 (16.34%) GitHub Actions
5 66 (12.99%) GitHub Copilot
6 65 (12.80%) AWS
7 64 (12.60%) Azure Monitor
7 64 (12.60%) Snowflake
8 57 (11.22%) Entra ID
9 51 (10.04%) Azure Data Factory
10 49 (9.65%) dbt
11 38 (7.48%) SaaS
12 37 (7.28%) OCI
13 36 (7.09%) PaaS
14 34 (6.69%) Azure Logic Apps
14 34 (6.69%) Dynamics 365
15 32 (6.30%) Power Automate
15 32 (6.30%) Serverless
16 31 (6.10%) Microsoft 365
17 27 (5.31%) Azure AKS
Communications & Networking
1 26 (5.12%) Firewall
2 13 (2.56%) VPN
3 11 (2.17%) DNS
4 6 (1.18%) Network Security
5 5 (0.98%) DHCP
5 5 (0.98%) VLAN
6 4 (0.79%) SD-WAN
6 4 (0.79%) WAN
7 3 (0.59%) BGP
7 3 (0.59%) IPsec
7 3 (0.59%) OSPF
7 3 (0.59%) Wi-Fi
7 3 (0.59%) Wireshark
8 2 (0.39%) HTTP
9 1 (0.20%) HTTPS
9 1 (0.20%) Internet
9 1 (0.20%) IPv6
9 1 (0.20%) MPLS
9 1 (0.20%) SSL
9 1 (0.20%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 68 (13.39%) SQL Server
2 62 (12.20%) Data Warehouse
3 56 (11.02%) Power BI
4 40 (7.87%) Tableau
5 31 (6.10%) Azure SQL Database
6 21 (4.13%) NoSQL
6 21 (4.13%) Relational Database
7 17 (3.35%) Data Lake
8 14 (2.76%) Snowflake Schema
9 12 (2.36%) MongoDB
10 10 (1.97%) SQL Server Integration Services
11 9 (1.77%) Metadata
11 9 (1.77%) SQL Server Reporting Services
12 8 (1.57%) BigQuery
12 8 (1.57%) Delta Lake
13 7 (1.38%) PostgreSQL
14 6 (1.18%) MySQL
15 4 (0.79%) Amazon Redshift
15 4 (0.79%) DataStage
15 4 (0.79%) DynamoDB
Development Applications
1 95 (18.70%) JIRA
2 79 (15.55%) Git
3 61 (12.01%) Jenkins
4 37 (7.28%) Oracle Forms
5 10 (1.97%) Postman
6 9 (1.77%) Selenium
7 7 (1.38%) Cypress.io
7 7 (1.38%) Visual Studio
8 5 (0.98%) Visual Studio Code
9 4 (0.79%) ER Studio
9 4 (0.79%) ERwin
9 4 (0.79%) GitLab
9 4 (0.79%) PowerDesigner
10 3 (0.59%) git-flow
10 3 (0.59%) JMeter
11 2 (0.39%) Artifactory
11 2 (0.39%) NUnit
12 1 (0.20%) Bitbucket
12 1 (0.20%) MSBuild
12 1 (0.20%) TeamCity
General
1 239 (47.05%) Finance
2 149 (29.33%) Social Skills
3 88 (17.32%) Analytical Skills
4 31 (6.10%) Marketing
5 19 (3.74%) Law
6 18 (3.54%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 17 (3.35%) Public Sector
8 12 (2.36%) Retail
9 9 (1.77%) Documentation Skills
10 8 (1.57%) Billing
11 6 (1.18%) Tech for Good
12 5 (0.98%) Advertising
12 5 (0.98%) Banking
12 5 (0.98%) Front Office
12 5 (0.98%) Legal
13 4 (0.79%) Organisational Skills
13 4 (0.79%) Retail Banking
14 3 (0.59%) Influencing Skills
15 2 (0.39%) Health Technology
15 2 (0.39%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 134 (26.38%) Senior
2 90 (17.72%) Developer
3 73 (14.37%) Cloud Engineer
4 59 (11.61%) Azure Engineer
5 44 (8.66%) Analyst
5 44 (8.66%) Applications Engineer
6 42 (8.27%) Lead
7 34 (6.69%) Senior Cloud Engineer
8 33 (6.50%) .NET Developer
9 26 (5.12%) Platform Engineer
10 25 (4.92%) Data Engineer
11 22 (4.33%) Business Analyst
11 22 (4.33%) Software Engineer
12 21 (4.13%) DevOps Engineer
13 19 (3.74%) Azure Developer
14 18 (3.54%) Applications Developer
15 17 (3.35%) Senior Developer
15 17 (3.35%) Software Developer
16 16 (3.15%) Infrastructure Engineer
17 14 (2.76%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 129 (25.39%) .NET
2 82 (16.14%) RESTful
3 59 (11.61%) React
4 46 (9.06%) OAuth
4 46 (9.06%) SOAP
5 45 (8.86%) JSON
6 41 (8.07%) .NET Framework
7 36 (7.09%) REST
8 34 (6.69%) .NET Core
9 33 (6.50%) OAuth2
10 31 (6.10%) YAML
11 30 (5.91%) CSS
12 29 (5.71%) HTML
13 26 (5.12%) AngularJS
14 24 (4.72%) Entity Framework
14 24 (4.72%) XML
15 22 (4.33%) ASP.NET Web API
15 22 (4.33%) Lightning Web Components
16 21 (4.13%) ASP.NET
17 17 (3.35%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 101 (19.88%) Cloud Native
2 64 (12.60%) Product Ownership
3 45 (8.86%) Enterprise Software
4 23 (4.53%) Management Information System
5 20 (3.94%) Low-Code
6 18 (3.54%) Analytical Mindset
7 17 (3.35%) Mobile App
8 11 (2.17%) Onboarding
9 10 (1.97%) Self-Motivation
10 8 (1.57%) Legacy Applications
11 6 (1.18%) Data Centre
11 6 (1.18%) Security Posture
12 5 (0.98%) Distributed Systems
12 5 (0.98%) Legacy Systems
12 5 (0.98%) Virtual Team
13 4 (0.79%) AI Agents
13 4 (0.79%) Data Protection Act
13 4 (0.79%) Reinsurance
14 3 (0.59%) Greenfield Project
14 3 (0.59%) Hedge funds
Operating Systems
1 38 (7.48%) Windows
2 25 (4.92%) Linux
3 12 (2.36%) VMS
4 10 (1.97%) Windows Server
5 2 (0.39%) 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
1 508 (100.00%) DevOps
2 311 (61.22%) Agile
3 308 (60.63%) CI/CD
4 169 (33.27%) Coaching
5 156 (30.71%) Asset Management
6 146 (28.74%) Test Automation
7 145 (28.54%) Infrastructure as Code
8 143 (28.15%) Continuous Improvement
9 126 (24.80%) AI
10 118 (23.23%) Mentoring
11 102 (20.08%) Problem-Solving
12 96 (18.90%) Analytics
13 95 (18.70%) Data Modelling
14 90 (17.72%) Observability
15 88 (17.32%) Clean Code
16 82 (16.14%) Sprint Planning
17 75 (14.76%) Sprint Retrospective
18 67 (13.19%) Microservices
19 63 (12.40%) ETL
20 62 (12.20%) Migration
Programming Languages
1 221 (43.50%) SQL
2 160 (31.50%) Python
3 100 (19.69%) C#
4 94 (18.50%) PowerShell
5 68 (13.39%) Bicep
6 41 (8.07%) Java
7 39 (7.68%) Bash
8 38 (7.48%) JavaScript
9 37 (7.28%) PL/SQL
9 37 (7.28%) Shell Script
10 25 (4.92%) TypeScript
11 23 (4.53%) Apex Code
12 12 (2.36%) Scala
13 9 (1.77%) T-SQL
14 5 (0.98%) Data Analysis Expressions
15 3 (0.59%) Go
16 2 (0.39%) PHP
17 1 (0.20%) Groovy
Qualifications
1 49 (9.65%) Azure Certification
2 46 (9.06%) Degree
3 34 (6.69%) Computer Science Degree
4 31 (6.10%) Security Cleared
5 23 (4.53%) SC Cleared
6 19 (3.74%) Master's Degree
7 15 (2.95%) ISTQB
7 15 (2.95%) Microsoft Certification
8 12 (2.36%) AWS Certification
9 8 (1.57%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
10 6 (1.18%) DBS Check
11 5 (0.98%) PMI Certification
12 4 (0.79%) Cisco Certification
12 4 (0.79%) PMP
13 3 (0.59%) CCNP
14 2 (0.39%) BC Cleared
14 2 (0.39%) BPSS Clearance
14 2 (0.39%) DV Cleared
14 2 (0.39%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
14 2 (0.39%) SAFe Agilist
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 44 (8.66%) QA
2 29 (5.71%) Accessibility
3 23 (4.53%) Data Quality
4 17 (3.35%) GDPR
5 11 (2.17%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 5 (0.98%) NCSC
6 5 (0.98%) NIST
7 4 (0.79%) PMO
7 4 (0.79%) WCAG
8 1 (0.20%) HL7
8 1 (0.20%) P3O
8 1 (0.20%) PCI DSS
8 1 (0.20%) Software Quality Assurance
System Software
1 51 (10.04%) Docker
2 41 (8.07%) Active Directory
3 15 (2.95%) Virtual Desktop
4 12 (2.36%) Virtual Machines
5 6 (1.18%) VMware Infrastructure
6 4 (0.79%) Firmware
7 3 (0.59%) Postfix
8 2 (0.39%) Hyper-V
8 2 (0.39%) vCloud
9 1 (0.20%) VMware ESXi
9 1 (0.20%) VMware NSX
9 1 (0.20%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 184 (36.22%) Terraform
2 72 (14.17%) Kubernetes
3 37 (7.28%) Single Sign-On
4 17 (3.35%) Ansible
5 12 (2.36%) Grafana
6 11 (2.17%) Microsoft Intune
7 7 (1.38%) Prometheus
8 4 (0.79%) logstash
9 3 (0.59%) Dell DRAC
10 2 (0.39%) SCOM
11 1 (0.20%) Argo
11 1 (0.20%) CASB
11 1 (0.20%) Docker Swarm
11 1 (0.20%) FortiGate
11 1 (0.20%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 182 (35.83%) Microsoft
2 40 (7.87%) Oracle
3 31 (6.10%) Salesforce
4 28 (5.51%) Databricks
5 20 (3.94%) Okta
6 15 (2.95%) Google
7 14 (2.76%) Ab Initio
8 12 (2.36%) ServiceNow
9 9 (1.77%) Dynatrace
9 9 (1.77%) Zoho
10 8 (1.57%) New Relic
10 8 (1.57%) SolarWinds
11 7 (1.38%) Syncfusion
11 7 (1.38%) Telerik
11 7 (1.38%) VMware
12 6 (1.18%) Foundry
12 6 (1.18%) OpenAI
12 6 (1.18%) Palo Alto
13 5 (0.98%) Sage
13 5 (0.98%) Xamarin