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 31 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
31 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 112 145 95
Rank change year-on-year +33 -50 -13
Permanent jobs citing Azure DevOps 427 373 1,001
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 2.23% 2.50% 3.01%
As % of the Cloud Services category 5.81% 6.37% 7.04%
Number of salaries quoted 352 305 870
10th Percentile £42,500 £47,500 £42,500
25th Percentile £48,438 £55,000 £48,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £63,000 £67,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -6.67% +12.50% -7.69%
75th Percentile £75,000 £83,750 £72,500
90th Percentile £91,250 £90,750 £91,250
UK median annual salary £65,000 £67,500 £61,500
% change year-on-year -3.70% +9.76% -5.38%

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 7,345 5,859 14,213
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 38.28% 39.22% 42.69%
Number of salaries quoted 5,055 4,237 12,027
10th Percentile £35,000 £31,750 £35,968
25th Percentile £46,250 £45,000 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £63,076 £62,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +0.92% +4.17% -7.69%
75th Percentile £85,000 £82,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £108,750 £100,000
UK median annual salary £62,500 £60,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year +4.17% +4.35% -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 31 May 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 18 (4.22%) SharePoint
2 14 (3.28%) Confluence
3 8 (1.87%) SharePoint Server
4 5 (1.17%) Apache
5 4 (0.94%) Apache Spark
6 3 (0.70%) Anypoint
6 3 (0.70%) CMS
6 3 (0.70%) Microsoft Exchange
6 3 (0.70%) Oracle SOA Suite
6 3 (0.70%) Umbraco
6 3 (0.70%) WordPress
7 2 (0.47%) IIS
8 1 (0.23%) Drupal
8 1 (0.23%) nginx
Applications
1 5 (1.17%) Microsoft Project
2 4 (0.94%) MS Visio
3 2 (0.47%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (0.47%) Trello
4 1 (0.23%) Microsoft Office
4 1 (0.23%) Notion
Business Applications
1 12 (2.81%) Dynamics CRM
2 6 (1.41%) Oracle ERP
3 5 (1.17%) Dynamics AX
4 1 (0.23%) Dynamics NAV
4 1 (0.23%) Magento
Cloud Services
1 427 (100.00%) Azure
2 96 (22.48%) GitHub
3 77 (18.03%) Power Platform
4 57 (13.35%) AWS
5 49 (11.48%) Azure AKS
6 45 (10.54%) GitHub Actions
7 44 (10.30%) Entra ID
8 39 (9.13%) Azure Monitor
8 39 (9.13%) PaaS
9 35 (8.20%) Azure AI
10 32 (7.49%) Dynamics 365
11 31 (7.26%) Azure Logic Apps
11 31 (7.26%) Azure Service Bus
12 30 (7.03%) Azure Data Factory
12 30 (7.03%) SaaS
12 30 (7.03%) Serverless
13 24 (5.62%) Azure Key Vault
14 23 (5.39%) Azure Cosmos DB
15 22 (5.15%) Azure Functions
15 22 (5.15%) IaaS
Communications & Networking
1 13 (3.04%) Firewall
2 5 (1.17%) DNS
3 2 (0.47%) Internet
3 2 (0.47%) Network Security
3 2 (0.47%) VPN
4 1 (0.23%) DHCP
4 1 (0.23%) IP Telephony
4 1 (0.23%) LTE
4 1 (0.23%) MPLS
4 1 (0.23%) SD-WAN
4 1 (0.23%) TCP/IP
4 1 (0.23%) VLAN
4 1 (0.23%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 92 (21.55%) Azure SQL Database
2 71 (16.63%) MongoDB
3 51 (11.94%) SQL Server
4 27 (6.32%) Power BI
5 25 (5.85%) PostgreSQL
6 15 (3.51%) Data Lake
6 15 (3.51%) Elasticsearch
7 13 (3.04%) Data Warehouse
7 13 (3.04%) Delta Lake
8 8 (1.87%) NoSQL
9 7 (1.64%) Redis
10 6 (1.41%) Metadata
10 6 (1.41%) Relational Database
11 5 (1.17%) SQL Server Integration Services
12 4 (0.94%) MySQL
12 4 (0.94%) NonStop SQL
12 4 (0.94%) Power Query
12 4 (0.94%) Tableau
13 3 (0.70%) Amazon RDS
14 2 (0.47%) DynamoDB
Development Applications
1 58 (13.58%) Git
2 41 (9.60%) JIRA
3 27 (6.32%) Jenkins
4 18 (4.22%) GitLab
5 16 (3.75%) Selenium
6 13 (3.04%) Cypress.io
7 11 (2.58%) Postman
7 11 (2.58%) Visual Studio
8 6 (1.41%) Oracle Forms
8 6 (1.41%) Visual Studio Code
9 5 (1.17%) NUnit
10 3 (0.70%) JMeter
10 3 (0.70%) MSTest
10 3 (0.70%) TeamCity
11 2 (0.47%) Bitbucket
11 2 (0.47%) Cucumber
11 2 (0.47%) Jasmine
11 2 (0.47%) MLflow
11 2 (0.47%) MSI
11 2 (0.47%) TestRail
General
1 117 (27.40%) Finance
2 87 (20.37%) Social Skills
3 52 (12.18%) Analytical Skills
4 42 (9.84%) Public Sector
5 19 (4.45%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 17 (3.98%) Law
7 16 (3.75%) Marketing
8 15 (3.51%) Legal
9 13 (3.04%) Games
10 11 (2.58%) Billing
11 10 (2.34%) Advertising
12 6 (1.41%) Documentation Skills
12 6 (1.41%) Health Technology
12 6 (1.41%) Manufacturing
12 6 (1.41%) Retail
13 5 (1.17%) Aviation
13 5 (1.17%) Influencing Skills
13 5 (1.17%) Presentation Skills
14 2 (0.47%) Aerospace
14 2 (0.47%) Tech for Good
Job Titles
1 149 (34.89%) Developer
2 82 (19.20%) .NET Developer
3 78 (18.27%) Senior
4 56 (13.11%) Azure Engineer
5 46 (10.77%) DevOps Engineer
6 44 (10.30%) Lead
7 28 (6.56%) Cloud Engineer
8 26 (6.09%) Platform Engineer
8 26 (6.09%) Software Engineer
9 25 (5.85%) Data Engineer
10 24 (5.62%) Architect
11 22 (5.15%) Senior DevOps
12 20 (4.68%) Power Platform Developer
12 20 (4.68%) Senior DevOps Engineer
13 16 (3.75%) Azure DevOps Engineer
14 15 (3.51%) Software Developer
15 14 (3.28%) Analyst
15 14 (3.28%) Senior Developer
15 14 (3.28%) Software Manager
16 13 (3.04%) .NET Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 171 (40.05%) .NET
2 88 (20.61%) ASP.NET
3 87 (20.37%) .NET Core
4 80 (18.74%) ASP.NET Core
5 78 (18.27%) React
6 74 (17.33%) HTML
7 73 (17.10%) CSS
8 57 (13.35%) RESTful
9 48 (11.24%) Entity Framework
10 38 (8.90%) Blazor
11 35 (8.20%) Node.js
12 33 (7.73%) ML.NET
13 22 (5.15%) REST
14 19 (4.45%) YAML
15 18 (4.22%) .NET Framework
16 15 (3.51%) Playwright
16 15 (3.51%) PySpark
16 15 (3.51%) React Native
17 14 (3.28%) AngularJS
17 14 (3.28%) ARM Templates
Miscellaneous
1 39 (9.13%) Cloud Native
2 24 (5.62%) Mobile App
3 22 (5.15%) Product Ownership
4 20 (4.68%) Enterprise Software
5 17 (3.98%) Low-Code
6 13 (3.04%) Greenfield Project
7 11 (2.58%) Legacy Systems
7 11 (2.58%) Management Information System
7 11 (2.58%) Onboarding
8 8 (1.87%) Analytical Mindset
8 8 (1.87%) Distributed Systems
8 8 (1.87%) iPhone
8 8 (1.87%) Legacy Applications
8 8 (1.87%) Social Network
9 7 (1.64%) BBC
9 7 (1.64%) Culture of Ownership
9 7 (1.64%) Hybrid Cloud
9 7 (1.64%) Podcast
9 7 (1.64%) Social Media
10 5 (1.17%) PMI
Operating Systems
1 30 (7.03%) Linux
2 23 (5.39%) Windows
3 14 (3.28%) Unix
4 9 (2.11%) Android
5 7 (1.64%) Windows Server
6 2 (0.47%) Windows Server 2016
7 1 (0.23%) Apple iOS
7 1 (0.23%) Ubuntu
7 1 (0.23%) VMS
7 1 (0.23%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 427 (100.00%) DevOps
2 269 (63.00%) CI/CD
3 228 (53.40%) Agile
4 115 (26.93%) Full-Stack Development
5 93 (21.78%) Test Automation
6 92 (21.55%) AI
6 92 (21.55%) Infrastructure as Code
7 82 (19.20%) Mentoring
8 75 (17.56%) Continuous Improvement
9 74 (17.33%) Coaching
10 69 (16.16%) Scrum
11 66 (15.46%) Microservices
12 62 (14.52%) Problem-Solving
13 61 (14.29%) Analytics
14 49 (11.48%) Observability
15 46 (10.77%) Software Engineering
16 43 (10.07%) Machine Learning
16 43 (10.07%) Platform Engineering
17 42 (9.84%) Data Modelling
18 40 (9.37%) SDLC
Programming Languages
1 170 (39.81%) SQL
2 160 (37.47%) C#
3 94 (22.01%) JavaScript
4 84 (19.67%) Python
5 49 (11.48%) PowerShell
6 33 (7.73%) Bicep
6 33 (7.73%) Java
7 32 (7.49%) TypeScript
8 25 (5.85%) Bash
9 12 (2.81%) Scala
10 9 (2.11%) Apex Code
10 9 (2.11%) C++
11 6 (1.41%) PL/SQL
11 6 (1.41%) Shell Script
12 5 (1.17%) Go
13 4 (0.94%) Data Analysis Expressions
14 3 (0.70%) DataWeave
14 3 (0.70%) PHP
14 3 (0.70%) T-SQL
15 2 (0.47%) VB
Qualifications
1 23 (5.39%) Azure Certification
2 20 (4.68%) Security Cleared
3 17 (3.98%) Degree
4 11 (2.58%) SC Cleared
5 10 (2.34%) Microsoft Certification
6 7 (1.64%) ISTQB
7 6 (1.41%) Computer Science Degree
8 5 (1.17%) Master's Degree
8 5 (1.17%) PMI Certification
9 4 (0.94%) BC Cleared
9 4 (0.94%) DV Cleared
10 2 (0.47%) ITIL Certification
11 1 (0.23%) AWS Certification
11 1 (0.23%) BPSS Clearance
11 1 (0.23%) DBS Check
11 1 (0.23%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
11 1 (0.23%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
11 1 (0.23%) Microsoft Certified Professional
11 1 (0.23%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
11 1 (0.23%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 47 (11.01%) QA
2 25 (5.85%) Accessibility
3 20 (4.68%) Data Quality
4 13 (3.04%) GDPR
5 11 (2.58%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 8 (1.87%) GRC
7 5 (1.17%) IFRS
8 4 (0.94%) WCAG
9 3 (0.70%) HMG Security Policy Framework
9 3 (0.70%) Sarbanes-Oxley
9 3 (0.70%) Software Quality Assurance
9 3 (0.70%) Solvency II
10 2 (0.47%) IFRS 17
10 2 (0.47%) PMO
11 1 (0.23%) NCSC
11 1 (0.23%) SOC 2
System Software
1 35 (8.20%) Docker
2 22 (5.15%) Active Directory
3 5 (1.17%) Virtual Machines
4 2 (0.47%) Virtual Desktop
5 1 (0.23%) Firmware
5 1 (0.23%) Hyper-V
5 1 (0.23%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 111 (26.00%) Terraform
2 36 (8.43%) Kubernetes
3 17 (3.98%) Argo
4 10 (2.34%) Ansible
5 8 (1.87%) Single Sign-On
6 6 (1.41%) Prometheus
7 5 (1.17%) Grafana
8 4 (0.94%) Microsoft Intune
9 2 (0.47%) Active Directory Federation Services
9 2 (0.47%) Kibana
9 2 (0.47%) logstash
9 2 (0.47%) MIIS
9 2 (0.47%) Nagios
10 1 (0.23%) CASB
10 1 (0.23%) Consul
10 1 (0.23%) FortiGate
10 1 (0.23%) Istio
10 1 (0.23%) Packer
10 1 (0.23%) Progress Chef
10 1 (0.23%) Puppet
Vendors
1 223 (52.22%) Microsoft
2 23 (5.39%) Salesforce
3 22 (5.15%) Databricks
4 17 (3.98%) Google
5 15 (3.51%) Facebook
6 9 (2.11%) Apple
7 8 (1.87%) Oracle
7 8 (1.87%) YouTube
8 7 (1.64%) Sony
8 7 (1.64%) Yahoo!
9 4 (0.94%) VMware
10 3 (0.70%) Ab Initio
10 3 (0.70%) MuleSoft
10 3 (0.70%) Okta
10 3 (0.70%) Sparx
11 2 (0.47%) DevExpress
11 2 (0.47%) iManage
11 2 (0.47%) LogicMonitor
11 2 (0.47%) OpenAI
11 2 (0.47%) ServiceNow