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

 6 months to
28 Jan 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 82 80 88
Rank change year-on-year -2 +8 -4
Permanent jobs citing Azure DevOps 512 639 890
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 3.26% 3.92% 3.46%
As % of the Cloud Services category 8.85% 8.40% 7.49%
Number of salaries quoted 311 469 804
10th Percentile £42,000 £43,750 £43,538
25th Percentile £47,500 £55,000 £51,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £67,500 £61,250
Median % change year-on-year -7.41% +10.20% -5.77%
75th Percentile £80,000 £77,500 £80,313
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% -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 5,783 7,607 11,887
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 36.82% 46.68% 46.18%
Number of salaries quoted 4,026 4,825 10,360
10th Percentile £32,125 £35,750 £36,000
25th Percentile £43,750 £47,500 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £61,498 £65,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -5.39% +8.33% -7.69%
75th Percentile £82,500 £83,750 £80,000
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 28 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 (6.05%) Confluence
2 17 (3.32%) Oracle SOA Suite
3 12 (2.34%) IIS
4 11 (2.15%) Microsoft Exchange
5 10 (1.95%) SharePoint
6 4 (0.78%) Apache Spark
7 1 (0.20%) Apache
7 1 (0.20%) nginx
Applications
1 21 (4.10%) Microsoft Excel
2 8 (1.56%) MS Visio
3 7 (1.37%) Microsoft Project
4 4 (0.78%) Microsoft Office
5 3 (0.59%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 37 (7.23%) Oracle ERP
2 13 (2.54%) 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
1 512 (100.00%) Azure
2 227 (44.34%) GitHub
3 104 (20.31%) Power Platform
4 87 (16.99%) GitHub Actions
5 66 (12.89%) GitHub Copilot
6 65 (12.70%) AWS
7 64 (12.50%) Azure Monitor
7 64 (12.50%) Snowflake
8 61 (11.91%) Entra ID
9 52 (10.16%) Azure Data Factory
10 49 (9.57%) dbt
11 40 (7.81%) Azure Logic Apps
12 39 (7.62%) SaaS
13 37 (7.23%) OCI
14 36 (7.03%) PaaS
14 36 (7.03%) Serverless
15 33 (6.45%) Dynamics 365
16 30 (5.86%) Microsoft 365
16 30 (5.86%) Power Automate
17 29 (5.66%) Azure AKS
Communications & Networking
1 28 (5.47%) Firewall
2 13 (2.54%) VPN
3 11 (2.15%) DNS
4 5 (0.98%) DHCP
4 5 (0.98%) Network Security
4 5 (0.98%) VLAN
5 4 (0.78%) SD-WAN
5 4 (0.78%) 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 (0.39%) 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 70 (13.67%) SQL Server
2 60 (11.72%) Data Warehouse
3 56 (10.94%) Power BI
4 40 (7.81%) Tableau
5 30 (5.86%) Azure SQL Database
6 21 (4.10%) NoSQL
7 18 (3.52%) Data Lake
7 18 (3.52%) Relational Database
8 14 (2.73%) Snowflake Schema
9 12 (2.34%) MongoDB
10 10 (1.95%) SQL Server Integration Services
11 9 (1.76%) Delta Lake
11 9 (1.76%) Metadata
11 9 (1.76%) SQL Server Reporting Services
12 8 (1.56%) BigQuery
13 7 (1.37%) PostgreSQL
14 6 (1.17%) MySQL
15 4 (0.78%) Amazon Redshift
15 4 (0.78%) DataStage
15 4 (0.78%) DynamoDB
Development Applications
1 93 (18.16%) JIRA
2 81 (15.82%) Git
3 61 (11.91%) Jenkins
4 37 (7.23%) Oracle Forms
5 10 (1.95%) Postman
6 8 (1.56%) Selenium
7 7 (1.37%) Cypress.io
8 6 (1.17%) Visual Studio
9 4 (0.78%) ER Studio
9 4 (0.78%) ERwin
9 4 (0.78%) PowerDesigner
10 3 (0.59%) git-flow
10 3 (0.59%) GitLab
10 3 (0.59%) Visual Studio Code
11 2 (0.39%) JMeter
11 2 (0.39%) NUnit
12 1 (0.20%) Moq
12 1 (0.20%) MSBuild
12 1 (0.20%) MSTest
12 1 (0.20%) TeamCity
General
1 242 (47.27%) Finance
2 149 (29.10%) Social Skills
3 92 (17.97%) Analytical Skills
4 31 (6.05%) Marketing
5 18 (3.52%) Public Sector
6 16 (3.13%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 15 (2.93%) Law
8 11 (2.15%) Retail
9 10 (1.95%) Billing
10 9 (1.76%) Documentation Skills
11 7 (1.37%) Tech for Good
12 5 (0.98%) Advertising
12 5 (0.98%) Banking
12 5 (0.98%) Front Office
13 4 (0.78%) Legal
13 4 (0.78%) Organisational Skills
13 4 (0.78%) Retail Banking
14 3 (0.59%) Influencing Skills
15 2 (0.39%) Back Office
16 1 (0.20%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 136 (26.56%) Senior
2 99 (19.34%) Developer
3 74 (14.45%) Cloud Engineer
4 59 (11.52%) Azure Engineer
5 44 (8.59%) Applications Engineer
6 42 (8.20%) Analyst
7 40 (7.81%) Lead
8 35 (6.84%) .NET Developer
9 34 (6.64%) Senior Cloud Engineer
10 27 (5.27%) Platform Engineer
11 24 (4.69%) Data Engineer
11 24 (4.69%) Software Engineer
12 22 (4.30%) Business Analyst
13 21 (4.10%) Azure Developer
14 20 (3.91%) DevOps Engineer
14 20 (3.91%) Senior Developer
15 18 (3.52%) Applications Developer
16 17 (3.32%) Software Developer
17 15 (2.93%) Infrastructure Engineer
17 15 (2.93%) Lead Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 133 (25.98%) .NET
2 84 (16.41%) RESTful
3 62 (12.11%) React
4 47 (9.18%) OAuth
5 46 (8.98%) SOAP
6 41 (8.01%) .NET Framework
6 41 (8.01%) JSON
7 36 (7.03%) REST
8 33 (6.45%) .NET Core
8 33 (6.45%) CSS
8 33 (6.45%) OAuth2
9 32 (6.25%) HTML
10 30 (5.86%) YAML
11 28 (5.47%) AngularJS
12 25 (4.88%) Entity Framework
13 23 (4.49%) ASP.NET
13 23 (4.49%) ASP.NET Web API
13 23 (4.49%) Lightning Web Components
14 22 (4.30%) XML
15 17 (3.32%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 98 (19.14%) Cloud Native
2 63 (12.30%) Product Ownership
3 44 (8.59%) Enterprise Software
4 23 (4.49%) Low-Code
4 23 (4.49%) Management Information System
5 18 (3.52%) Analytical Mindset
5 18 (3.52%) Mobile App
6 11 (2.15%) Onboarding
7 10 (1.95%) Self-Motivation
8 8 (1.56%) Legacy Applications
9 6 (1.17%) Security Posture
10 5 (0.98%) Data Centre
10 5 (0.98%) Legacy Systems
10 5 (0.98%) Virtual Team
11 4 (0.78%) AI Agents
11 4 (0.78%) Data Protection Act
11 4 (0.78%) Distributed Systems
11 4 (0.78%) Reinsurance
12 3 (0.59%) Greenfield Project
12 3 (0.59%) Hedge funds
Operating Systems
1 36 (7.03%) Windows
2 24 (4.69%) Linux
3 12 (2.34%) VMS
4 9 (1.76%) 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
1 512 (100.00%) DevOps
2 312 (60.94%) CI/CD
3 311 (60.74%) Agile
4 171 (33.40%) Coaching
5 156 (30.47%) Asset Management
6 145 (28.32%) Infrastructure as Code
7 144 (28.13%) Continuous Improvement
8 141 (27.54%) Test Automation
9 127 (24.80%) AI
10 114 (22.27%) Mentoring
11 104 (20.31%) Problem-Solving
12 97 (18.95%) Analytics
13 94 (18.36%) Data Modelling
14 89 (17.38%) Clean Code
15 88 (17.19%) Observability
16 82 (16.02%) Sprint Planning
17 76 (14.84%) Sprint Retrospective
18 69 (13.48%) Microservices
19 62 (12.11%) ETL
20 61 (11.91%) Migration
Programming Languages
1 219 (42.77%) SQL
2 164 (32.03%) Python
3 105 (20.51%) C#
4 90 (17.58%) PowerShell
5 69 (13.48%) Bicep
6 43 (8.40%) JavaScript
7 41 (8.01%) Java
8 40 (7.81%) Bash
9 37 (7.23%) PL/SQL
9 37 (7.23%) Shell Script
10 28 (5.47%) TypeScript
11 24 (4.69%) Apex Code
12 13 (2.54%) Scala
13 8 (1.56%) T-SQL
14 5 (0.98%) Data Analysis Expressions
15 3 (0.59%) Go
16 2 (0.39%) PHP
16 2 (0.39%) VB
17 1 (0.20%) Groovy
Qualifications
1 49 (9.57%) Degree
2 46 (8.98%) Azure Certification
3 34 (6.64%) Computer Science Degree
4 32 (6.25%) Security Cleared
5 23 (4.49%) SC Cleared
6 20 (3.91%) Master's Degree
7 15 (2.93%) Microsoft Certification
8 14 (2.73%) ISTQB
9 12 (2.34%) AWS Certification
10 8 (1.56%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
11 6 (1.17%) DBS Check
12 5 (0.98%) PMI Certification
13 4 (0.78%) Cisco Certification
13 4 (0.78%) PMP
14 3 (0.59%) BC Cleared
14 3 (0.59%) CCNP
15 2 (0.39%) AWS Certified Developer
15 2 (0.39%) BPSS Clearance
15 2 (0.39%) DV Cleared
15 2 (0.39%) SAFe Agilist
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 42 (8.20%) QA
2 29 (5.66%) Accessibility
3 22 (4.30%) Data Quality
4 17 (3.32%) GDPR
5 12 (2.34%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 4 (0.78%) PMO
7 3 (0.59%) NCSC
7 3 (0.59%) NIST
7 3 (0.59%) WCAG
8 2 (0.39%) HMG Security Policy Framework
9 1 (0.20%) HL7
9 1 (0.20%) P3O
9 1 (0.20%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 50 (9.77%) Docker
2 42 (8.20%) Active Directory
3 14 (2.73%) Virtual Desktop
4 12 (2.34%) Virtual Machines
5 6 (1.17%) VMware Infrastructure
6 4 (0.78%) 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
1 183 (35.74%) Terraform
2 70 (13.67%) Kubernetes
3 38 (7.42%) Single Sign-On
4 16 (3.13%) Ansible
5 13 (2.54%) Grafana
6 11 (2.15%) Microsoft Intune
7 6 (1.17%) Prometheus
8 4 (0.78%) 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 (35.74%) Microsoft
2 40 (7.81%) Oracle
3 32 (6.25%) Salesforce
4 29 (5.66%) Databricks
5 20 (3.91%) Okta
6 15 (2.93%) Google
7 14 (2.73%) Ab Initio
8 12 (2.34%) ServiceNow
9 9 (1.76%) Zoho
10 8 (1.56%) Dynatrace
10 8 (1.56%) New Relic
11 7 (1.37%) SolarWinds
11 7 (1.37%) Syncfusion
11 7 (1.37%) Telerik
11 7 (1.37%) VMware
12 6 (1.17%) OpenAI
13 5 (0.98%) Foundry
13 5 (0.98%) Palo Alto
13 5 (0.98%) Sage
13 5 (0.98%) Xamarin
232 hybrid/remote Azure DevOps jobs