Hybrid/Remote Azure Monitor Job Trends

Azure Monitor (Azure Log Analytics, Azure Application Insights, Azure Diagnostics)
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for remote or hybrid work requiring Azure Monitor skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 15 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 380 349 404
Rank change year-on-year -31 +55 +22
Permanent jobs citing Azure Monitor 74 73 97
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.32% 0.44% 0.39%
As % of the Cloud Services category 0.85% 1.22% 0.96%
Number of salaries quoted 49 53 62
10th Percentile £54,500 £47,500 £45,000
25th Percentile £60,000 £57,500 £56,319
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £67,500 £63,750
Median % change year-on-year +3.70% +5.88% +2.00%
75th Percentile £75,437 £76,250 £73,438
90th Percentile £78,750 £83,500 £84,964
UK median annual salary £72,500 £70,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year +3.57% +7.69% +4.00%

All Cloud Computing Skills
Work from Home

Azure Monitor 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 8,677 5,964 10,133
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 38.04% 35.99% 40.98%
Number of salaries quoted 6,286 4,380 7,901
10th Percentile £35,000 £31,250 £36,750
25th Percentile £45,500 £42,500 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £60,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.17% -7.69% -
75th Percentile £85,000 £81,250 £85,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £110,000 £110,000
UK median annual salary £62,500 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year +4.17% - -4.76%

Azure Monitor
Job Vacancy Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Azure Monitor and offering remote or hybrid work options relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised.

Azure Monitor job vacancy trend for remote/hybrid jobs

Azure Monitor
Salary Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Salary distribution trend for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing Azure Monitor.

Salary distribution trend for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing Azure Monitor

Azure Monitor
Salary Histogram for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Salary distribution for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing Azure Monitor over the 6 months to 15 August 2026.

Azure Monitor salary histogram for jobs with remote/hybrid work options

Azure Monitor
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 (17.57%) Microsoft Exchange
2 6 (8.11%) SharePoint
3 5 (6.76%) IIS
3 5 (6.76%) nginx
4 1 (1.35%) Confluence
4 1 (1.35%) Skype for Business
Business Applications
1 2 (2.70%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 74 (100.00%) Azure
2 48 (64.86%) Azure DevOps
3 31 (41.89%) Azure Key Vault
4 21 (28.38%) IaaS
5 20 (27.03%) Azure Service Bus
6 19 (25.68%) Azure Cosmos DB
6 19 (25.68%) Azure ExpressRoute
7 18 (24.32%) PaaS
8 17 (22.97%) Azure Functions
8 17 (22.97%) GitHub
8 17 (22.97%) Serverless
9 15 (20.27%) Microsoft 365
10 14 (18.92%) Entra ID
11 13 (17.57%) AWS
11 13 (17.57%) Azure AKS
12 9 (12.16%) SaaS
13 5 (6.76%) Azure Pipelines
13 5 (6.76%) Cloudflare
13 5 (6.76%) GitHub Actions
13 5 (6.76%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 23 (31.08%) VPN
2 13 (17.57%) DNS
3 9 (12.16%) DHCP
3 9 (12.16%) Firewall
3 9 (12.16%) TCP/IP
4 6 (8.11%) LAN
5 3 (4.05%) BGP
5 3 (4.05%) HTTP
5 3 (4.05%) OSPF
5 3 (4.05%) SD-WAN
5 3 (4.05%) WAN
5 3 (4.05%) Wi-Fi
6 1 (1.35%) Network Security
6 1 (1.35%) Skype
6 1 (1.35%) Unified Communications
6 1 (1.35%) VoIP
6 1 (1.35%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 22 (29.73%) Azure SQL Database
1 22 (29.73%) SQL Server
2 11 (14.86%) Elasticsearch
3 8 (10.81%) PostgreSQL
4 4 (5.41%) Redis
5 2 (2.70%) Geospatial Data
5 2 (2.70%) NoSQL
6 1 (1.35%) Power BI
6 1 (1.35%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 28 (37.84%) Git
2 5 (6.76%) Octopus Deploy
3 3 (4.05%) NUnit
4 2 (2.70%) MSI
4 2 (2.70%) Terragrunt
5 1 (1.35%) Bitbucket
5 1 (1.35%) JIRA
5 1 (1.35%) Vite
General
1 35 (47.30%) Social Skills
2 23 (31.08%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 14 (18.92%) Law
4 5 (6.76%) Analytical Skills
5 4 (5.41%) Public Sector
6 3 (4.05%) Aviation
6 3 (4.05%) Documentation Skills
6 3 (4.05%) Finance
7 2 (2.70%) Telecoms
8 1 (1.35%) Advertising
Job Titles
1 22 (29.73%) Senior
2 16 (21.62%) Azure Engineer
2 16 (21.62%) Developer
3 14 (18.92%) Lead
4 13 (17.57%) Lead Developer
5 12 (16.22%) Analyst
5 12 (16.22%) Infrastructure Analyst
6 11 (14.86%) .NET Developer
6 11 (14.86%) Lead .NET Developer
7 10 (13.51%) DevOps Engineer
8 9 (12.16%) Infrastructure Engineer
9 8 (10.81%) Cloud Engineer
10 7 (9.46%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
11 6 (8.11%) Architect
11 6 (8.11%) Senior Analyst
11 6 (8.11%) Senior Infrastructure Analyst
12 5 (6.76%) Azure DevOps Engineer
13 4 (5.41%) Technical Architect
14 3 (4.05%) DBA
14 3 (4.05%) Senior Technical Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 23 (31.08%) .NET
2 16 (21.62%) ARM Templates
3 14 (18.92%) .NET Core
4 13 (17.57%) ASP.NET
5 12 (16.22%) Blazor
5 12 (16.22%) REST
6 11 (14.86%) gRPC
7 6 (8.11%) YAML
8 5 (6.76%) Loki
9 4 (5.41%) Middleware
10 3 (4.05%) 802.1X
10 3 (4.05%) ASP.NET Web API
10 3 (4.05%) RESTful
11 2 (2.70%) .NET Framework
11 2 (2.70%) Entity Framework
11 2 (2.70%) GeoJSON
11 2 (2.70%) Model Context Protocol
11 2 (2.70%) OpenAPI
11 2 (2.70%) React Native
11 2 (2.70%) Swagger
Miscellaneous
1 13 (17.57%) Public Cloud
2 12 (16.22%) Podcast
2 12 (16.22%) Security Posture
3 7 (9.46%) Hybrid Cloud
4 6 (8.11%) Self-Motivation
5 5 (6.76%) Cloud Native
6 3 (4.05%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
6 3 (4.05%) Enterprise Software
6 3 (4.05%) Product Ownership
6 3 (4.05%) Replication
7 2 (2.70%) AI Agents
7 2 (2.70%) Data Centre
7 2 (2.70%) Data Protection Act
7 2 (2.70%) Legacy Systems
8 1 (1.35%) Analytical Mindset
8 1 (1.35%) Driving Licence
8 1 (1.35%) Enterprise Cloud
8 1 (1.35%) Linux Command Line
8 1 (1.35%) Low-Code
8 1 (1.35%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 25 (33.78%) Windows
2 12 (16.22%) VMS
3 10 (13.51%) Linux
4 7 (9.46%) Windows Server
5 1 (1.35%) Android
5 1 (1.35%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 50 (67.57%) DevOps
2 42 (56.76%) Infrastructure as Code
3 38 (51.35%) CI/CD
4 36 (48.65%) Analytics
5 30 (40.54%) Log Analytics
6 28 (37.84%) Agile
6 28 (37.84%) Cloud Security
6 28 (37.84%) Mentoring
7 24 (32.43%) Observability
8 23 (31.08%) Microservices
9 22 (29.73%) AI
10 21 (28.38%) Root Cause Analysis
11 20 (27.03%) Performance Tuning
11 20 (27.03%) Problem-Solving
12 18 (24.32%) Disaster Recovery
12 18 (24.32%) Performance Optimisation
13 17 (22.97%) API Management
13 17 (22.97%) Computer Science
13 17 (22.97%) DevSecOps
13 17 (22.97%) Event-Driven
Programming Languages
1 40 (54.05%) PowerShell
2 32 (43.24%) SQL
3 31 (41.89%) Bicep
4 23 (31.08%) C#
5 21 (28.38%) Bash
6 13 (17.57%) Kusto Query Language
6 13 (17.57%) Python
7 2 (2.70%) TypeScript
8 1 (1.35%) JavaScript
8 1 (1.35%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 25 (33.78%) Azure Certification
2 17 (22.97%) Microsoft Certification
3 10 (13.51%) SC Cleared
3 10 (13.51%) Security Cleared
4 5 (6.76%) Degree
5 3 (4.05%) CCNA
5 3 (4.05%) CCNP
5 3 (4.05%) Cisco Certification
5 3 (4.05%) Computer Science Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 19 (25.68%) QA
2 8 (10.81%) GDPR
3 4 (5.41%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 2 (2.70%) NCSC
5 1 (1.35%) Cyber Essentials
5 1 (1.35%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
5 1 (1.35%) GRC
5 1 (1.35%) SOC 2
System Software
1 25 (33.78%) Active Directory
2 20 (27.03%) Docker
3 15 (20.27%) Virtual Desktop
4 14 (18.92%) VMware Infrastructure
5 12 (16.22%) Virtual Machines
5 12 (16.22%) vSphere
6 3 (4.05%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 42 (56.76%) Terraform
2 14 (18.92%) Kubernetes
3 10 (13.51%) Grafana
4 9 (12.16%) Prometheus
5 4 (5.41%) Microsoft Intune
6 3 (4.05%) Argo
6 3 (4.05%) FortiGate
7 1 (1.35%) Istio
7 1 (1.35%) linkerd
7 1 (1.35%) SQL Sentry
Vendors
1 57 (77.03%) Microsoft
2 15 (20.27%) VMware
3 12 (16.22%) ScienceLogic
4 7 (9.46%) SolarWinds
5 4 (5.41%) Adobe
5 4 (5.41%) Google
6 3 (4.05%) Cisco
6 3 (4.05%) Oracle
7 2 (2.70%) Dynatrace
7 2 (2.70%) OpenAI
8 1 (1.35%) Apple
8 1 (1.35%) Databricks
8 1 (1.35%) DevExpress
8 1 (1.35%) Foundry
8 1 (1.35%) NetApp
8 1 (1.35%) Veeam