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

6 months to
13 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 74 78 87
Rank change year-on-year +4 +9 -10
Permanent jobs citing Azure DevOps 507 652 820
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 3.37% 3.98% 3.78%
As % of the Cloud Services category 9.26% 8.60% 8.04%
Number of salaries quoted 302 484 734
10th Percentile £40,125 £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 £81,000 £77,500 £82,500
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 5,478 7,582 10,195
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 36.44% 46.33% 46.95%
Number of salaries quoted 3,901 4,830 8,799
10th Percentile £32,000 £36,000 £36,250
25th Percentile £43,750 £47,500 £46,306
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £61,500 £65,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -5.38% +8.33% -7.69%
75th Percentile £82,500 £83,750 £80,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £105,000 £98,750
UK median annual salary £60,000 £64,600 £60,000
% change year-on-year -7.12% +7.67% -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 13 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 30 (5.92%) Confluence
2 17 (3.35%) Oracle SOA Suite
3 12 (2.37%) 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 (4.14%) Microsoft Excel
2 8 (1.58%) MS Visio
3 6 (1.18%) Microsoft Office
3 6 (1.18%) Microsoft Project
4 3 (0.59%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 37 (7.30%) 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
1 507 (100.00%) Azure
2 220 (43.39%) GitHub
3 101 (19.92%) Power Platform
4 84 (16.57%) GitHub Actions
5 68 (13.41%) AWS
6 66 (13.02%) GitHub Copilot
7 64 (12.62%) Snowflake
8 63 (12.43%) Azure Monitor
9 58 (11.44%) Entra ID
10 49 (9.66%) Azure Data Factory
11 48 (9.47%) dbt
12 37 (7.30%) Dynamics 365
12 37 (7.30%) OCI
12 37 (7.30%) PaaS
12 37 (7.30%) SaaS
13 35 (6.90%) Power Automate
14 33 (6.51%) Azure Logic Apps
15 31 (6.11%) Microsoft 365
15 31 (6.11%) Serverless
16 29 (5.72%) Azure AKS
Communications & Networking
1 26 (5.13%) Firewall
2 13 (2.56%) VPN
3 11 (2.17%) DNS
4 6 (1.18%) Network Security
4 6 (1.18%) VLAN
5 5 (0.99%) DHCP
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 (13.41%) SQL Server
2 61 (12.03%) Data Warehouse
3 53 (10.45%) Power BI
4 40 (7.89%) Tableau
5 31 (6.11%) Azure SQL Database
6 21 (4.14%) NoSQL
7 20 (3.94%) Relational Database
8 16 (3.16%) Data Lake
9 14 (2.76%) Snowflake Schema
10 12 (2.37%) MongoDB
11 9 (1.78%) Metadata
11 9 (1.78%) SQL Server Integration Services
12 8 (1.58%) BigQuery
12 8 (1.58%) SQL Server Reporting Services
13 7 (1.38%) 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%) QlikView
Development Applications
1 93 (18.34%) JIRA
2 77 (15.19%) Git
3 62 (12.23%) Jenkins
4 37 (7.30%) Oracle Forms
5 10 (1.97%) Postman
6 9 (1.78%) Selenium
7 7 (1.38%) Cypress.io
7 7 (1.38%) Visual Studio
8 5 (0.99%) 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%) Moq
12 1 (0.20%) MSTest
12 1 (0.20%) TeamCity
General
1 238 (46.94%) Finance
2 146 (28.80%) Social Skills
3 86 (16.96%) Analytical Skills
4 34 (6.71%) Marketing
5 21 (4.14%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 20 (3.94%) Law
7 18 (3.55%) Public Sector
8 14 (2.76%) Retail
9 10 (1.97%) Documentation Skills
10 8 (1.58%) Billing
11 6 (1.18%) Tech for Good
12 5 (0.99%) Advertising
12 5 (0.99%) Banking
12 5 (0.99%) Front Office
12 5 (0.99%) Legal
12 5 (0.99%) Presentation Skills
13 4 (0.79%) Organisational Skills
13 4 (0.79%) Retail Banking
14 3 (0.59%) General Ledger
14 3 (0.59%) Influencing Skills
Job Titles
1 129 (25.44%) Senior
2 88 (17.36%) Developer
3 73 (14.40%) Cloud Engineer
4 59 (11.64%) Azure Engineer
5 44 (8.68%) Applications Engineer
6 43 (8.48%) Analyst
7 41 (8.09%) Lead
8 34 (6.71%) Senior Cloud Engineer
9 33 (6.51%) .NET Developer
10 25 (4.93%) Platform Engineer
11 22 (4.34%) Data Engineer
11 22 (4.34%) DevOps Engineer
12 21 (4.14%) Business Analyst
12 21 (4.14%) Software Engineer
13 19 (3.75%) Azure Developer
14 18 (3.55%) Applications Developer
15 17 (3.35%) Infrastructure Engineer
16 16 (3.16%) Senior Developer
16 16 (3.16%) Software Developer
17 15 (2.96%) Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 127 (25.05%) .NET
2 82 (16.17%) RESTful
3 58 (11.44%) React
4 46 (9.07%) JSON
4 46 (9.07%) OAuth
4 46 (9.07%) SOAP
5 40 (7.89%) .NET Framework
6 35 (6.90%) REST
7 33 (6.51%) OAuth2
8 32 (6.31%) .NET Core
8 32 (6.31%) YAML
9 29 (5.72%) CSS
10 28 (5.52%) HTML
11 25 (4.93%) AngularJS
12 24 (4.73%) Entity Framework
12 24 (4.73%) XML
13 22 (4.34%) ASP.NET Web API
13 22 (4.34%) Lightning Web Components
14 20 (3.94%) ASP.NET
15 17 (3.35%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 101 (19.92%) Cloud Native
2 65 (12.82%) Product Ownership
3 46 (9.07%) Enterprise Software
4 26 (5.13%) Management Information System
5 20 (3.94%) Low-Code
6 17 (3.35%) Analytical Mindset
7 16 (3.16%) Mobile App
8 12 (2.37%) Onboarding
9 10 (1.97%) Self-Motivation
10 8 (1.58%) Legacy Applications
11 7 (1.38%) Data Centre
12 6 (1.18%) Security Posture
13 5 (0.99%) Distributed Systems
13 5 (0.99%) Legacy Systems
14 4 (0.79%) AI Agents
14 4 (0.79%) Data Protection Act
14 4 (0.79%) Reinsurance
14 4 (0.79%) Virtual Team
15 3 (0.59%) Greenfield Project
15 3 (0.59%) Hedge funds
Operating Systems
1 39 (7.69%) Windows
2 25 (4.93%) Linux
3 12 (2.37%) 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
1 507 (100.00%) DevOps
2 312 (61.54%) Agile
3 307 (60.55%) CI/CD
4 167 (32.94%) Coaching
5 156 (30.77%) Asset Management
6 147 (28.99%) Test Automation
7 145 (28.60%) Infrastructure as Code
8 141 (27.81%) Continuous Improvement
9 127 (25.05%) AI
10 122 (24.06%) Mentoring
11 101 (19.92%) Problem-Solving
12 95 (18.74%) Analytics
13 91 (17.95%) Observability
14 90 (17.75%) Data Modelling
15 87 (17.16%) Clean Code
16 82 (16.17%) Sprint Planning
17 75 (14.79%) Sprint Retrospective
18 66 (13.02%) Microservices
18 66 (13.02%) Migration
19 61 (12.03%) ETL
Programming Languages
1 216 (42.60%) SQL
2 157 (30.97%) Python
3 99 (19.53%) C#
4 95 (18.74%) PowerShell
5 69 (13.61%) Bicep
6 41 (8.09%) Java
7 40 (7.89%) Bash
8 38 (7.50%) JavaScript
9 37 (7.30%) PL/SQL
9 37 (7.30%) Shell Script
10 25 (4.93%) TypeScript
11 23 (4.54%) Apex Code
12 11 (2.17%) Scala
13 10 (1.97%) T-SQL
14 5 (0.99%) Data Analysis Expressions
15 3 (0.59%) Go
16 2 (0.39%) PHP
17 1 (0.20%) Groovy
Qualifications
1 49 (9.66%) Degree
2 48 (9.47%) Azure Certification
3 37 (7.30%) Computer Science Degree
4 30 (5.92%) Security Cleared
5 24 (4.73%) SC Cleared
6 19 (3.75%) Master's Degree
7 16 (3.16%) ISTQB
7 16 (3.16%) Microsoft Certification
8 12 (2.37%) AWS Certification
9 8 (1.58%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
10 6 (1.18%) DBS Check
11 4 (0.79%) Cisco Certification
11 4 (0.79%) PMI Certification
11 4 (0.79%) PMP
12 3 (0.59%) BPSS Clearance
12 3 (0.59%) CCNP
13 2 (0.39%) BC Cleared
13 2 (0.39%) DV Cleared
13 2 (0.39%) ISEB
13 2 (0.39%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 49 (9.66%) QA
2 29 (5.72%) Accessibility
3 19 (3.75%) Data Quality
4 17 (3.35%) GDPR
5 12 (2.37%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 6 (1.18%) NCSC
6 6 (1.18%) NIST
7 4 (0.79%) PMO
7 4 (0.79%) WCAG
8 2 (0.39%) Software Quality Assurance
9 1 (0.20%) HL7
9 1 (0.20%) P3O
9 1 (0.20%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 50 (9.86%) Docker
2 41 (8.09%) Active Directory
3 15 (2.96%) Virtual Desktop
4 12 (2.37%) 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 (36.29%) Terraform
2 72 (14.20%) Kubernetes
3 37 (7.30%) Single Sign-On
4 17 (3.35%) Ansible
5 13 (2.56%) 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
1 188 (37.08%) Microsoft
2 40 (7.89%) Oracle
3 31 (6.11%) Salesforce
4 25 (4.93%) Databricks
5 20 (3.94%) Okta
6 15 (2.96%) Google
7 14 (2.76%) Ab Initio
8 12 (2.37%) ServiceNow
9 9 (1.78%) Dynatrace
9 9 (1.78%) Zoho
10 8 (1.58%) New Relic
10 8 (1.58%) SolarWinds
11 7 (1.38%) Foundry
11 7 (1.38%) Palo Alto
11 7 (1.38%) Syncfusion
11 7 (1.38%) Telerik
11 7 (1.38%) VMware
12 6 (1.18%) OpenAI
13 5 (0.99%) Fortinet
13 5 (0.99%) Sage