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 25 March 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
25 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 102 95 85
Rank change year-on-year -7 -10 +4
Permanent jobs citing Azure DevOps 426 463 1,051
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 2.52% 3.56% 3.43%
As % of the Cloud Services category 6.69% 7.52% 7.63%
Number of salaries quoted 282 416 939
10th Percentile £42,500 £44,978 £42,500
25th Percentile £47,500 £55,000 £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £61,498 £67,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.89% +12.50% -7.69%
75th Percentile £81,625 £81,250 £75,662
90th Percentile £100,000 £90,000 £95,000
UK median annual salary £65,000 £67,500 £62,500
% change year-on-year -3.70% +8.00% -3.85%

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 6,371 6,153 13,776
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 37.75% 47.35% 45.02%
Number of salaries quoted 4,294 4,706 11,942
10th Percentile £32,500 £34,750 £35,000
25th Percentile £45,000 £47,000 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £64,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -2.34% +6.67% -7.69%
75th Percentile £82,500 £83,750 £77,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £105,000 £97,500
UK median annual salary £60,000 £62,500 £57,500
% change year-on-year -4.00% +8.70% -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 25 March 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 13 (3.05%) Confluence
2 10 (2.35%) Microsoft Exchange
3 9 (2.11%) Oracle SOA Suite
3 9 (2.11%) SharePoint
4 6 (1.41%) IIS
5 5 (1.17%) Apache Spark
6 3 (0.70%) Apache
7 2 (0.47%) Anypoint
8 1 (0.23%) Drupal
8 1 (0.23%) nginx
8 1 (0.23%) WordPress
Applications
1 8 (1.88%) Microsoft Excel
2 7 (1.64%) MS Visio
3 6 (1.41%) Microsoft Project
4 4 (0.94%) Microsoft Office
5 3 (0.70%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 19 (4.46%) Oracle ERP
2 8 (1.88%) Dynamics CRM
3 6 (1.41%) Dynamics AX
4 2 (0.47%) Markit EDM
5 1 (0.23%) Magento
5 1 (0.23%) Primavera
5 1 (0.23%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 426 (100.00%) Azure
2 174 (40.85%) GitHub
3 87 (20.42%) Power Platform
4 71 (16.67%) GitHub Actions
5 53 (12.44%) AWS
6 50 (11.74%) Entra ID
7 48 (11.27%) Azure Data Factory
7 48 (11.27%) GitHub Copilot
8 47 (11.03%) Azure Monitor
9 42 (9.86%) Azure Logic Apps
10 39 (9.15%) Snowflake
11 38 (8.92%) PaaS
12 35 (8.22%) dbt
13 34 (7.98%) SaaS
14 33 (7.75%) Dynamics 365
14 33 (7.75%) Serverless
15 28 (6.57%) Azure AKS
16 27 (6.34%) Azure Key Vault
17 26 (6.10%) Azure Service Bus
18 24 (5.63%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 22 (5.16%) Firewall
2 4 (0.94%) VPN
3 3 (0.70%) DNS
4 2 (0.47%) Network Security
4 2 (0.47%) VLAN
5 1 (0.23%) DHCP
5 1 (0.23%) HTTP
5 1 (0.23%) HTTPS
5 1 (0.23%) Internet
5 1 (0.23%) IP Telephony
5 1 (0.23%) LTE
5 1 (0.23%) MPLS
5 1 (0.23%) SD-WAN
5 1 (0.23%) SSL
5 1 (0.23%) TCP/IP
5 1 (0.23%) VSAN
5 1 (0.23%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 58 (13.62%) SQL Server
2 37 (8.69%) Power BI
3 36 (8.45%) Data Warehouse
4 32 (7.51%) Azure SQL Database
5 18 (4.23%) Data Lake
6 17 (3.99%) Tableau
7 15 (3.52%) NoSQL
8 12 (2.82%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 11 (2.58%) MongoDB
9 11 (2.58%) Relational Database
10 10 (2.35%) Delta Lake
11 8 (1.88%) SQL Server Reporting Services
12 7 (1.64%) Snowflake Schema
13 6 (1.41%) Metadata
13 6 (1.41%) MySQL
13 6 (1.41%) PostgreSQL
14 4 (0.94%) Amazon RDS
14 4 (0.94%) BigQuery
14 4 (0.94%) DataStage
14 4 (0.94%) DynamoDB
Development Applications
1 60 (14.08%) Git
2 56 (13.15%) JIRA
3 45 (10.56%) Jenkins
4 19 (4.46%) Oracle Forms
5 9 (2.11%) Postman
5 9 (2.11%) Selenium
6 8 (1.88%) Visual Studio
7 7 (1.64%) Cypress.io
8 5 (1.17%) NUnit
8 5 (1.17%) Visual Studio Code
9 4 (0.94%) ER Studio
9 4 (0.94%) ERwin
9 4 (0.94%) PowerDesigner
10 3 (0.70%) GitLab
10 3 (0.70%) TeamCity
11 2 (0.47%) Bitbucket
11 2 (0.47%) git-flow
11 2 (0.47%) Jasmine
11 2 (0.47%) JMeter
12 1 (0.23%) GDB
General
1 177 (41.55%) Finance
2 112 (26.29%) Social Skills
3 82 (19.25%) Analytical Skills
4 23 (5.40%) Law
5 21 (4.93%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 20 (4.69%) Public Sector
7 18 (4.23%) Marketing
8 12 (2.82%) Billing
9 11 (2.58%) Legal
10 8 (1.88%) Retail
11 6 (1.41%) Manufacturing
11 6 (1.41%) Tech for Good
12 5 (1.17%) Advertising
12 5 (1.17%) Documentation Skills
13 4 (0.94%) Banking
13 4 (0.94%) Presentation Skills
13 4 (0.94%) Retail Banking
14 3 (0.70%) Games
14 3 (0.70%) Influencing Skills
15 2 (0.47%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 103 (24.18%) Developer
2 96 (22.54%) Senior
3 54 (12.68%) Azure Engineer
4 48 (11.27%) Cloud Engineer
5 39 (9.15%) Lead
6 34 (7.98%) .NET Developer
7 26 (6.10%) Applications Engineer
8 23 (5.40%) Analyst
9 22 (5.16%) Data Engineer
10 21 (4.93%) DevOps Engineer
11 20 (4.69%) Platform Engineer
11 20 (4.69%) Power Platform Developer
12 19 (4.46%) Architect
13 17 (3.99%) Software Engineer
14 16 (3.76%) Senior Developer
15 14 (3.29%) Lead Developer
16 13 (3.05%) Applications Developer
16 13 (3.05%) Azure Developer
16 13 (3.05%) Senior Cloud Engineer
16 13 (3.05%) Software Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 124 (29.11%) .NET
2 60 (14.08%) RESTful
3 57 (13.38%) React
4 43 (10.09%) CSS
5 42 (9.86%) HTML
6 40 (9.39%) .NET Core
7 38 (8.92%) OAuth
8 33 (7.75%) REST
8 33 (7.75%) SOAP
9 30 (7.04%) ASP.NET
10 28 (6.57%) .NET Framework
10 28 (6.57%) JSON
11 24 (5.63%) OAuth2
12 22 (5.16%) YAML
13 21 (4.93%) ASP.NET Core
13 21 (4.93%) Entity Framework
14 20 (4.69%) Lightning Web Components
15 18 (4.23%) ASP.NET Web API
15 18 (4.23%) React Native
16 17 (3.99%) Bootstrap
Miscellaneous
1 71 (16.67%) Cloud Native
2 33 (7.75%) Product Ownership
3 25 (5.87%) Low-Code
4 24 (5.63%) Enterprise Software
5 19 (4.46%) Management Information System
5 19 (4.46%) Mobile App
6 10 (2.35%) Analytical Mindset
7 9 (2.11%) Onboarding
8 8 (1.88%) Legacy Applications
8 8 (1.88%) Self-Motivation
9 7 (1.64%) Distributed Systems
10 6 (1.41%) Culture of Ownership
10 6 (1.41%) Legacy Systems
10 6 (1.41%) Podcast
11 5 (1.17%) Virtual Team
12 4 (0.94%) Reinsurance
12 4 (0.94%) Social Network
13 3 (0.70%) Greenfield Project
13 3 (0.70%) Hedge funds
13 3 (0.70%) Hybrid Cloud
Operating Systems
1 23 (5.40%) Windows
2 17 (3.99%) Linux
3 7 (1.64%) Windows Server
4 5 (1.17%) VMS
5 1 (0.23%) Android
5 1 (0.23%) CentOS
5 1 (0.23%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 1 (0.23%) Ubuntu
5 1 (0.23%) Windows Server 2008
5 1 (0.23%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 426 (100.00%) DevOps
2 277 (65.02%) CI/CD
3 239 (56.10%) Agile
4 123 (28.87%) Infrastructure as Code
5 120 (28.17%) Test Automation
6 118 (27.70%) Coaching
7 104 (24.41%) Continuous Improvement
8 97 (22.77%) AI
8 97 (22.77%) Asset Management
9 88 (20.66%) Mentoring
10 86 (20.19%) Problem-Solving
11 85 (19.95%) Data Modelling
12 77 (18.08%) Observability
13 75 (17.61%) Analytics
14 63 (14.79%) Clean Code
15 55 (12.91%) Software Engineering
16 54 (12.68%) Microservices
17 53 (12.44%) Sprint Planning
18 52 (12.21%) ETL
19 46 (10.80%) Sprint Retrospective
Programming Languages
1 170 (39.91%) SQL
2 111 (26.06%) Python
3 91 (21.36%) C#
4 58 (13.62%) JavaScript
5 57 (13.38%) PowerShell
6 56 (13.15%) Bicep
7 24 (5.63%) TypeScript
8 23 (5.40%) Bash
8 23 (5.40%) Java
9 22 (5.16%) Apex Code
10 19 (4.46%) PL/SQL
10 19 (4.46%) Shell Script
11 14 (3.29%) Scala
12 6 (1.41%) T-SQL
13 4 (0.94%) Go
14 3 (0.70%) PHP
15 2 (0.47%) Data Analysis Expressions
15 2 (0.47%) DataWeave
15 2 (0.47%) VB
16 1 (0.23%) C++
Qualifications
1 35 (8.22%) Degree
2 34 (7.98%) Azure Certification
3 23 (5.40%) Security Cleared
4 22 (5.16%) Computer Science Degree
5 16 (3.76%) Master's Degree
6 13 (3.05%) Microsoft Certification
7 12 (2.82%) SC Cleared
8 9 (2.11%) ISTQB
9 7 (1.64%) AWS Certification
10 6 (1.41%) DBS Check
11 5 (1.17%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
12 4 (0.94%) BC Cleared
13 3 (0.70%) DV Cleared
13 3 (0.70%) PMI Certification
14 2 (0.47%) AWS Certified Developer
14 2 (0.47%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
14 2 (0.47%) ITIL Certification
15 1 (0.23%) BPSS Clearance
15 1 (0.23%) SAFe Agilist
15 1 (0.23%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 38 (8.92%) QA
2 27 (6.34%) Accessibility
3 22 (5.16%) Data Quality
4 16 (3.76%) GDPR
5 14 (3.29%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 7 (1.64%) GRC
7 4 (0.94%) NCSC
8 3 (0.70%) NIST
8 3 (0.70%) Software Quality Assurance
9 2 (0.47%) HMG Security Policy Framework
10 1 (0.23%) HL7
10 1 (0.23%) P3O
10 1 (0.23%) PMO
10 1 (0.23%) SOC 2
10 1 (0.23%) WCAG
System Software
1 47 (11.03%) Docker
2 29 (6.81%) Active Directory
3 5 (1.17%) Virtual Desktop
3 5 (1.17%) Virtual Machines
4 3 (0.70%) Postfix
4 3 (0.70%) VMware Infrastructure
5 2 (0.47%) Hyper-V
5 2 (0.47%) vCloud
6 1 (0.23%) Firmware
6 1 (0.23%) VMware ESXi
6 1 (0.23%) VMware NSX
6 1 (0.23%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 136 (31.92%) Terraform
2 52 (12.21%) Kubernetes
3 21 (4.93%) Single Sign-On
4 15 (3.52%) Ansible
5 6 (1.41%) Grafana
6 4 (0.94%) logstash
6 4 (0.94%) Microsoft Intune
6 4 (0.94%) Prometheus
7 2 (0.47%) MIIS
8 1 (0.23%) Active Directory Federation Services
8 1 (0.23%) CASB
8 1 (0.23%) Consul
8 1 (0.23%) Docker Swarm
8 1 (0.23%) FortiGate
8 1 (0.23%) Kibana
8 1 (0.23%) Nagios
8 1 (0.23%) Packer
8 1 (0.23%) Progress Chef
8 1 (0.23%) Puppet
8 1 (0.23%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 177 (41.55%) Microsoft
2 26 (6.10%) Databricks
2 26 (6.10%) Salesforce
3 22 (5.16%) Oracle
4 12 (2.82%) Google
5 11 (2.58%) Ab Initio
6 10 (2.35%) Okta
7 8 (1.88%) New Relic
8 5 (1.17%) ServiceNow
8 5 (1.17%) VMware
9 4 (0.94%) AppDynamics
9 4 (0.94%) IBM
9 4 (0.94%) Informatica
9 4 (0.94%) Sage
9 4 (0.94%) Xamarin
9 4 (0.94%) Zoho
10 3 (0.70%) Apple
10 3 (0.70%) Foundry
10 3 (0.70%) LogicMonitor
10 3 (0.70%) Sparx