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 29 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
29 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 374 346 408
Rank change year-on-year -28 +62 -8
Permanent jobs citing Azure Monitor 83 75 100
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.36% 0.45% 0.41%
As % of the Cloud Services category 0.96% 1.26% 1.01%
Number of salaries quoted 57 53 61
10th Percentile £55,000 £47,500 £45,000
25th Percentile £60,000 £57,500 £56,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £69,607 £65,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year +7.09% +4.00% -
75th Percentile £75,437 £73,750 £70,000
90th Percentile £78,750 £81,750 £76,250
UK median annual salary £72,500 £67,500 £65,000
% change year-on-year +7.41% +3.85% +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 8,680 5,959 9,899
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 37.24% 36.10% 40.87%
Number of salaries quoted 6,354 4,355 7,365
10th Percentile £35,000 £31,500 £37,500
25th Percentile £45,000 £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 £81,500 £85,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £110,000 £112,500
UK median annual salary £62,500 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year +4.17% - -4.37%

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 29 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 (15.66%) Microsoft Exchange
2 10 (12.05%) SharePoint
3 5 (6.02%) IIS
3 5 (6.02%) nginx
4 1 (1.20%) Confluence
4 1 (1.20%) Skype for Business
Business Applications
1 2 (2.41%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 83 (100.00%) Azure
2 51 (61.45%) Azure DevOps
3 34 (40.96%) Azure Key Vault
4 25 (30.12%) IaaS
5 22 (26.51%) Azure ExpressRoute
5 22 (26.51%) Microsoft 365
6 21 (25.30%) Azure Service Bus
7 20 (24.10%) Azure Cosmos DB
8 19 (22.89%) GitHub
9 18 (21.69%) AWS
9 18 (21.69%) PaaS
10 17 (20.48%) Azure Functions
10 17 (20.48%) Entra ID
10 17 (20.48%) Serverless
11 14 (16.87%) Azure AKS
12 13 (15.66%) SaaS
13 9 (10.84%) Microsoft Purview
13 9 (10.84%) OneDrive
14 8 (9.64%) GCP
14 8 (9.64%) Microsoft Copilot
Communications & Networking
1 26 (31.33%) VPN
2 16 (19.28%) DNS
3 11 (13.25%) DHCP
3 11 (13.25%) Firewall
3 11 (13.25%) TCP/IP
4 6 (7.23%) LAN
5 3 (3.61%) BGP
5 3 (3.61%) HTTP
5 3 (3.61%) OSPF
5 3 (3.61%) SD-WAN
5 3 (3.61%) WAN
5 3 (3.61%) Wi-Fi
6 1 (1.20%) Network Security
6 1 (1.20%) Skype
6 1 (1.20%) Unified Communications
6 1 (1.20%) VoIP
6 1 (1.20%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 23 (27.71%) SQL Server
2 22 (26.51%) Azure SQL Database
3 12 (14.46%) Elasticsearch
4 8 (9.64%) PostgreSQL
5 4 (4.82%) Redis
6 2 (2.41%) Geospatial Data
6 2 (2.41%) NoSQL
7 1 (1.20%) Power BI
7 1 (1.20%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 29 (34.94%) Git
2 5 (6.02%) Octopus Deploy
3 3 (3.61%) NUnit
4 2 (2.41%) JIRA
4 2 (2.41%) MSI
4 2 (2.41%) Terragrunt
5 1 (1.20%) Bitbucket
5 1 (1.20%) GitLab
5 1 (1.20%) Vite
General
1 37 (44.58%) Social Skills
2 24 (28.92%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 14 (16.87%) Law
4 9 (10.84%) Public Sector
5 6 (7.23%) Analytical Skills
6 3 (3.61%) Aviation
6 3 (3.61%) Documentation Skills
6 3 (3.61%) Finance
7 2 (2.41%) Telecoms
8 1 (1.20%) Advertising
8 1 (1.20%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 25 (30.12%) Senior
2 18 (21.69%) Azure Engineer
3 17 (20.48%) Developer
4 16 (19.28%) Lead
5 14 (16.87%) Lead Developer
6 12 (14.46%) .NET Developer
6 12 (14.46%) Analyst
6 12 (14.46%) Infrastructure Analyst
6 12 (14.46%) Lead .NET Developer
7 11 (13.25%) DevOps Engineer
8 10 (12.05%) Architect
9 9 (10.84%) Infrastructure Engineer
10 8 (9.64%) Cloud Engineer
10 8 (9.64%) Technical Architect
11 7 (8.43%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
12 6 (7.23%) Senior Analyst
12 6 (7.23%) Senior Infrastructure Analyst
13 5 (6.02%) Consultant
13 5 (6.02%) Senior Architect
13 5 (6.02%) Senior Technical Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 46 (55.42%) Terraform
2 24 (28.92%) .NET
3 16 (19.28%) ARM Templates
4 15 (18.07%) .NET Core
5 14 (16.87%) ASP.NET
6 13 (15.66%) Blazor
6 13 (15.66%) REST
7 12 (14.46%) gRPC
8 8 (9.64%) Middleware
9 6 (7.23%) YAML
10 5 (6.02%) Loki
11 3 (3.61%) 802.1X
11 3 (3.61%) ASP.NET Web API
11 3 (3.61%) RESTful
12 2 (2.41%) .NET Framework
12 2 (2.41%) Entity Framework
12 2 (2.41%) GeoJSON
12 2 (2.41%) JSON
12 2 (2.41%) React Native
12 2 (2.41%) Swagger
Miscellaneous
1 13 (15.66%) Public Cloud
2 12 (14.46%) Podcast
2 12 (14.46%) Security Posture
3 9 (10.84%) Hybrid Cloud
4 6 (7.23%) Self-Motivation
5 5 (6.02%) Cloud Native
6 3 (3.61%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
6 3 (3.61%) Enterprise Software
6 3 (3.61%) Product Ownership
6 3 (3.61%) Replication
7 2 (2.41%) AI Agents
7 2 (2.41%) Data Centre
7 2 (2.41%) Data Protection Act
7 2 (2.41%) Legacy Systems
8 1 (1.20%) Clustering
8 1 (1.20%) Driving Licence
8 1 (1.20%) Enterprise Cloud
8 1 (1.20%) Enterprise Storage
8 1 (1.20%) Linux Command Line
8 1 (1.20%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 27 (32.53%) Windows
2 12 (14.46%) VMS
3 10 (12.05%) Linux
4 9 (10.84%) Windows Server
5 1 (1.20%) Android
5 1 (1.20%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 53 (63.86%) DevOps
2 46 (55.42%) Infrastructure as Code
3 44 (53.01%) Analytics
4 40 (48.19%) CI/CD
5 38 (45.78%) Log Analytics
6 36 (43.37%) Mentoring
7 35 (42.17%) Cloud Security
8 32 (38.55%) Agile
9 27 (32.53%) AI
10 25 (30.12%) Observability
11 24 (28.92%) Disaster Recovery
11 24 (28.92%) Microservices
12 23 (27.71%) Problem-Solving
13 21 (25.30%) Root Cause Analysis
14 20 (24.10%) Performance Tuning
15 19 (22.89%) Performance Optimisation
16 18 (21.69%) DevSecOps
16 18 (21.69%) Event-Driven
17 17 (20.48%) API Management
17 17 (20.48%) Computer Science
Programming Languages
1 44 (53.01%) PowerShell
2 35 (42.17%) Bicep
3 32 (38.55%) SQL
4 24 (28.92%) C#
5 22 (26.51%) Bash
6 14 (16.87%) Python
7 13 (15.66%) Kusto Query Language
8 2 (2.41%) TypeScript
9 1 (1.20%) JavaScript
9 1 (1.20%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 28 (33.73%) Azure Certification
2 18 (21.69%) Microsoft Certification
3 10 (12.05%) SC Cleared
3 10 (12.05%) Security Cleared
4 5 (6.02%) Degree
5 3 (3.61%) CCNA
5 3 (3.61%) CCNP
5 3 (3.61%) Cisco Certification
5 3 (3.61%) Computer Science Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 20 (24.10%) QA
2 8 (9.64%) GDPR
3 4 (4.82%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 2 (2.41%) NCSC
5 1 (1.20%) Cyber Essentials
5 1 (1.20%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
5 1 (1.20%) GRC
5 1 (1.20%) SOC 2
System Software
1 27 (32.53%) Active Directory
2 22 (26.51%) Docker
3 17 (20.48%) Virtual Desktop
4 16 (19.28%) VMware Infrastructure
5 14 (16.87%) Virtual Machines
6 12 (14.46%) vSphere
7 5 (6.02%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 15 (18.07%) Kubernetes
2 10 (12.05%) Grafana
3 9 (10.84%) Prometheus
4 4 (4.82%) Microsoft Intune
5 3 (3.61%) Argo
5 3 (3.61%) FortiGate
6 1 (1.20%) Istio
6 1 (1.20%) linkerd
6 1 (1.20%) SQL Sentry
Vendors
1 65 (78.31%) Microsoft
2 17 (20.48%) VMware
3 12 (14.46%) ScienceLogic
4 8 (9.64%) Adobe
4 8 (9.64%) Google
5 7 (8.43%) SolarWinds
6 3 (3.61%) Cisco
6 3 (3.61%) Oracle
7 2 (2.41%) Dynatrace
7 2 (2.41%) OpenAI
8 1 (1.20%) Apple
8 1 (1.20%) Atlassian
8 1 (1.20%) Databricks
8 1 (1.20%) DevExpress
8 1 (1.20%) Foundry
8 1 (1.20%) NetApp
8 1 (1.20%) Veeam