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 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
31 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 76 75 77
Rank change year-on-year -1 +2 -7
Permanent jobs citing Azure DevOps 515 689 811
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 3.40% 4.03% 3.99%
As % of the Cloud Services category 9.27% 8.75% 8.55%
Number of salaries quoted 307 515 720
10th Percentile £40,000 £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 £83,750
90th Percentile £93,750 £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 5,556 7,872 9,485
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 36.68% 45.99% 46.65%
Number of salaries quoted 3,976 5,098 8,129
10th Percentile £31,250 £35,869 £36,270
25th Percentile £42,500 £47,500 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £65,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -7.69% +4.00% -3.85%
75th Percentile £82,500 £83,750 £82,500
90th Percentile £100,625 £105,000 £100,000
UK median annual salary £60,000 £63,000 £60,249
% change year-on-year -4.76% +4.57% -7.31%

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 December 2025.

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 (5.83%) Confluence
2 17 (3.30%) Oracle SOA Suite
3 14 (2.72%) IIS
4 11 (2.14%) Microsoft Exchange
5 10 (1.94%) SharePoint
6 4 (0.78%) Apache Spark
7 2 (0.39%) CMS
7 2 (0.39%) nginx
8 1 (0.19%) Apache
8 1 (0.19%) BizTalk Server
8 1 (0.19%) Tomcat
Applications
1 20 (3.88%) Microsoft Excel
2 8 (1.55%) Microsoft Office
2 8 (1.55%) MS Visio
3 6 (1.17%) Microsoft Project
4 3 (0.58%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 37 (7.18%) Oracle ERP
2 11 (2.14%) Dynamics CRM
3 2 (0.39%) Markit EDM
4 1 (0.19%) Aladdin
4 1 (0.19%) Dynamics AX
4 1 (0.19%) Primavera
4 1 (0.19%) SAP S/4HANA
4 1 (0.19%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 515 (100.00%) Azure
2 220 (42.72%) GitHub
3 108 (20.97%) Power Platform
4 85 (16.50%) GitHub Actions
5 69 (13.40%) AWS
6 67 (13.01%) GitHub Copilot
7 64 (12.43%) Snowflake
8 57 (11.07%) Azure Monitor
9 56 (10.87%) Entra ID
10 50 (9.71%) Azure Data Factory
11 48 (9.32%) dbt
12 43 (8.35%) Dynamics 365
12 43 (8.35%) Power Automate
13 38 (7.38%) SaaS
14 37 (7.18%) OCI
14 37 (7.18%) PaaS
15 35 (6.80%) Microsoft 365
16 33 (6.41%) Azure Logic Apps
17 32 (6.21%) Serverless
18 31 (6.02%) Azure AKS
Communications & Networking
1 25 (4.85%) Firewall
2 13 (2.52%) VPN
3 11 (2.14%) DNS
4 6 (1.17%) Network Security
4 6 (1.17%) VLAN
5 5 (0.97%) DHCP
6 4 (0.78%) SD-WAN
6 4 (0.78%) WAN
7 3 (0.58%) BGP
7 3 (0.58%) IPsec
7 3 (0.58%) OSPF
7 3 (0.58%) Wi-Fi
7 3 (0.58%) Wireshark
8 2 (0.39%) HTTP
8 2 (0.39%) Internet
9 1 (0.19%) HTTPS
9 1 (0.19%) IPv6
9 1 (0.19%) MPLS
9 1 (0.19%) SSL
9 1 (0.19%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 74 (14.37%) SQL Server
2 63 (12.23%) Data Warehouse
3 54 (10.49%) Power BI
4 40 (7.77%) Tableau
5 29 (5.63%) Azure SQL Database
6 22 (4.27%) Relational Database
7 21 (4.08%) NoSQL
8 16 (3.11%) Data Lake
9 14 (2.72%) Snowflake Schema
10 10 (1.94%) Metadata
10 10 (1.94%) SQL Server Integration Services
11 8 (1.55%) BigQuery
11 8 (1.55%) SQL Server Reporting Services
12 7 (1.36%) MongoDB
12 7 (1.36%) PostgreSQL
13 6 (1.17%) MySQL
14 5 (0.97%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
14 5 (0.97%) Delta Lake
14 5 (0.97%) DynamoDB
15 4 (0.78%) Looker
Development Applications
1 91 (17.67%) JIRA
2 79 (15.34%) Git
3 62 (12.04%) Jenkins
4 37 (7.18%) Oracle Forms
5 10 (1.94%) Postman
6 9 (1.75%) Selenium
7 7 (1.36%) Cypress.io
8 6 (1.17%) Visual Studio Code
9 5 (0.97%) Visual Studio
10 4 (0.78%) ER Studio
10 4 (0.78%) ERwin
10 4 (0.78%) GitLab
10 4 (0.78%) PowerDesigner
11 3 (0.58%) Artifactory
11 3 (0.58%) git-flow
11 3 (0.58%) JMeter
11 3 (0.58%) Octopus Deploy
11 3 (0.58%) Team Foundation Server
12 2 (0.39%) MSBuild
12 2 (0.39%) TeamCity
General
1 242 (46.99%) Finance
2 148 (28.74%) Social Skills
3 83 (16.12%) Analytical Skills
4 41 (7.96%) Marketing
5 26 (5.05%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 23 (4.47%) Retail
7 20 (3.88%) Law
8 18 (3.50%) Public Sector
9 12 (2.33%) Presentation Skills
10 10 (1.94%) Documentation Skills
11 6 (1.17%) Legal
11 6 (1.17%) Tech for Good
12 5 (0.97%) Advertising
12 5 (0.97%) Banking
12 5 (0.97%) Billing
12 5 (0.97%) Front Office
13 4 (0.78%) Back Office
13 4 (0.78%) General Ledger
13 4 (0.78%) Organisational Skills
13 4 (0.78%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 128 (24.85%) Senior
2 84 (16.31%) Developer
3 72 (13.98%) Cloud Engineer
4 61 (11.84%) Azure Engineer
5 44 (8.54%) Analyst
5 44 (8.54%) Applications Engineer
6 41 (7.96%) Lead
7 34 (6.60%) Senior Cloud Engineer
8 30 (5.83%) .NET Developer
9 25 (4.85%) DevOps Engineer
10 23 (4.47%) Data Engineer
11 22 (4.27%) Platform Engineer
11 22 (4.27%) Software Engineer
12 21 (4.08%) Business Analyst
13 20 (3.88%) Azure Developer
14 17 (3.30%) Applications Developer
14 17 (3.30%) Infrastructure Engineer
15 16 (3.11%) Architect
15 16 (3.11%) Software Developer
16 15 (2.91%) Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 125 (24.27%) .NET
2 81 (15.73%) RESTful
3 54 (10.49%) React
4 49 (9.51%) JSON
5 46 (8.93%) OAuth
5 46 (8.93%) SOAP
6 41 (7.96%) .NET Framework
7 38 (7.38%) REST
8 33 (6.41%) OAuth2
8 33 (6.41%) YAML
9 29 (5.63%) CSS
10 28 (5.44%) HTML
11 26 (5.05%) .NET Core
11 26 (5.05%) XML
12 25 (4.85%) AngularJS
12 25 (4.85%) Entity Framework
13 22 (4.27%) Lightning Web Components
14 21 (4.08%) ASP.NET Web API
15 19 (3.69%) GraphQL
16 17 (3.30%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 105 (20.39%) Cloud Native
2 66 (12.82%) Product Ownership
3 47 (9.13%) Enterprise Software
4 33 (6.41%) Management Information System
5 18 (3.50%) Low-Code
6 17 (3.30%) Analytical Mindset
7 14 (2.72%) Mobile App
8 12 (2.33%) Onboarding
9 10 (1.94%) Self-Motivation
10 8 (1.55%) Legacy Applications
11 7 (1.36%) Data Centre
12 5 (0.97%) Distributed Systems
12 5 (0.97%) Legacy Systems
12 5 (0.97%) Security Posture
13 4 (0.78%) AI Agents
13 4 (0.78%) Data Protection Act
13 4 (0.78%) Greenfield Project
13 4 (0.78%) Reinsurance
14 3 (0.58%) Hedge funds
14 3 (0.58%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 42 (8.16%) Windows
2 26 (5.05%) Linux
3 12 (2.33%) VMS
4 11 (2.14%) Windows Server
5 1 (0.19%) Android
5 1 (0.19%) CentOS
5 1 (0.19%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 1 (0.19%) Ubuntu
5 1 (0.19%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 515 (100.00%) DevOps
2 322 (62.52%) Agile
3 306 (59.42%) CI/CD
4 165 (32.04%) Coaching
5 156 (30.29%) Asset Management
6 152 (29.51%) Test Automation
7 141 (27.38%) Continuous Improvement
8 138 (26.80%) Infrastructure as Code
9 131 (25.44%) Mentoring
10 125 (24.27%) AI
11 101 (19.61%) Problem-Solving
12 93 (18.06%) Analytics
13 92 (17.86%) Observability
14 90 (17.48%) Data Modelling
15 89 (17.28%) Clean Code
16 81 (15.73%) Sprint Planning
17 75 (14.56%) Sprint Retrospective
18 71 (13.79%) Migration
19 66 (12.82%) Microservices
20 64 (12.43%) Scrum
Programming Languages
1 215 (41.75%) SQL
2 158 (30.68%) Python
3 98 (19.03%) PowerShell
4 97 (18.83%) C#
5 70 (13.59%) Bicep
6 40 (7.77%) Bash
6 40 (7.77%) Java
7 37 (7.18%) PL/SQL
7 37 (7.18%) Shell Script
8 36 (6.99%) JavaScript
9 26 (5.05%) TypeScript
10 23 (4.47%) Apex Code
11 12 (2.33%) T-SQL
12 10 (1.94%) Scala
13 5 (0.97%) Data Analysis Expressions
14 4 (0.78%) Go
15 2 (0.39%) PHP
16 1 (0.19%) Groovy
Qualifications
1 56 (10.87%) Degree
2 46 (8.93%) Azure Certification
3 44 (8.54%) Computer Science Degree
4 32 (6.21%) Security Cleared
5 26 (5.05%) SC Cleared
6 19 (3.69%) Master's Degree
7 17 (3.30%) ISTQB
8 13 (2.52%) Microsoft Certification
9 12 (2.33%) AWS Certification
10 8 (1.55%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
11 6 (1.17%) DBS Check
12 4 (0.78%) Cisco Certification
12 4 (0.78%) PMI Certification
12 4 (0.78%) PMP
13 3 (0.58%) BPSS Clearance
13 3 (0.58%) CCNP
13 3 (0.58%) ISEB
14 2 (0.39%) AWS Certified Developer
14 2 (0.39%) BC Cleared
14 2 (0.39%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 59 (11.46%) QA
2 30 (5.83%) Accessibility
3 19 (3.69%) Data Quality
3 19 (3.69%) GDPR
4 13 (2.52%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 7 (1.36%) NCSC
5 7 (1.36%) NIST
6 4 (0.78%) PMO
6 4 (0.78%) WCAG
7 3 (0.58%) Software Quality Assurance
8 1 (0.19%) HL7
8 1 (0.19%) P3O
8 1 (0.19%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 54 (10.49%) Docker
2 42 (8.16%) Active Directory
3 15 (2.91%) Virtual Desktop
4 14 (2.72%) Virtual Machines
5 8 (1.55%) VMware Infrastructure
6 4 (0.78%) Firmware
7 3 (0.58%) Postfix
8 2 (0.39%) Hyper-V
8 2 (0.39%) vCloud
9 1 (0.19%) VMware ESXi
9 1 (0.19%) VMware NSX
9 1 (0.19%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 181 (35.15%) Terraform
2 72 (13.98%) Kubernetes
3 37 (7.18%) Single Sign-On
4 18 (3.50%) Ansible
5 14 (2.72%) Grafana
6 11 (2.14%) Microsoft Intune
7 8 (1.55%) Prometheus
8 4 (0.78%) logstash
9 3 (0.58%) Dell DRAC
10 2 (0.39%) SCOM
11 1 (0.19%) Argo
11 1 (0.19%) CASB
11 1 (0.19%) Docker Swarm
11 1 (0.19%) FortiGate
11 1 (0.19%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 196 (38.06%) Microsoft
2 40 (7.77%) Oracle
3 30 (5.83%) Salesforce
4 24 (4.66%) Databricks
5 20 (3.88%) Okta
6 14 (2.72%) Ab Initio
7 13 (2.52%) Google
8 11 (2.14%) ServiceNow
9 9 (1.75%) Dynatrace
9 9 (1.75%) SolarWinds
9 9 (1.75%) VMware
9 9 (1.75%) Zoho
10 8 (1.55%) Foundry
10 8 (1.55%) New Relic
10 8 (1.55%) Palo Alto
11 7 (1.36%) Syncfusion
11 7 (1.36%) Telerik
12 6 (1.17%) Fortinet
12 6 (1.17%) OpenAI
13 5 (0.97%) LogicMonitor