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 10 October 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
10 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 372 328 387
Rank change year-on-year -44 +59 -3
Permanent jobs citing Azure Monitor 95 86 97
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.38% 0.52% 0.45%
As % of the Cloud Services category 1.10% 1.50% 1.06%
Number of salaries quoted 67 52 68
10th Percentile £55,000 £46,375 £45,000
25th Percentile £60,000 £57,375 £54,716
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £72,500 £62,500 £66,250
Median % change year-on-year +16.00% -5.66% +6.00%
75th Percentile £80,625 £72,500 £73,750
90th Percentile £87,500 £77,500 £76,075
UK median annual salary £71,500 £65,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year +10.00% - +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 8,617 5,738 9,171
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 34.67% 34.41% 42.36%
Number of salaries quoted 6,317 4,064 6,015
10th Percentile £35,000 £31,250 £36,738
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 £82,500 £86,250
90th Percentile £100,000 £110,000 £115,000
UK median annual salary £62,500 £59,000 £64,000
% change year-on-year +5.93% -7.81% +2.40%

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 10 October 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 16 (16.84%) Microsoft Exchange
2 10 (10.53%) SharePoint
3 5 (5.26%) IIS
3 5 (5.26%) nginx
4 1 (1.05%) Confluence
Applications
1 1 (1.05%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 2 (2.11%) Dynamics CRM
1 2 (2.11%) Maximo
2 1 (1.05%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 95 (100.00%) Azure
2 64 (67.37%) Azure DevOps
3 42 (44.21%) Azure Key Vault
4 29 (30.53%) GitHub
5 28 (29.47%) Entra ID
6 27 (28.42%) IaaS
7 26 (27.37%) Azure Service Bus
8 23 (24.21%) Azure ExpressRoute
8 23 (24.21%) Azure Functions
8 23 (24.21%) Serverless
9 22 (23.16%) Microsoft 365
10 21 (22.11%) PaaS
11 19 (20.00%) Azure Cosmos DB
12 18 (18.95%) Azure AKS
12 18 (18.95%) SaaS
13 16 (16.84%) AWS
14 11 (11.58%) Azure Storage
15 10 (10.53%) GitHub Actions
15 10 (10.53%) Microsoft Copilot
15 10 (10.53%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 28 (29.47%) VPN
2 17 (17.89%) DNS
3 14 (14.74%) Firewall
4 9 (9.47%) DHCP
5 8 (8.42%) TCP/IP
6 5 (5.26%) WAN
7 4 (4.21%) LAN
8 3 (3.16%) Network Security
9 2 (2.11%) HTTP
9 2 (2.11%) SD-WAN
9 2 (2.11%) Wi-Fi
10 1 (1.05%) BGP
10 1 (1.05%) Internet
10 1 (1.05%) OSPF
10 1 (1.05%) Software-Defined Networking
10 1 (1.05%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 25 (26.32%) Azure SQL Database
1 25 (26.32%) SQL Server
2 12 (12.63%) Elasticsearch
3 8 (8.42%) PostgreSQL
4 4 (4.21%) Power BI
4 4 (4.21%) Redis
5 2 (2.11%) BusinessObjects
5 2 (2.11%) Geospatial Data
5 2 (2.11%) GIS
5 2 (2.11%) Metadata
5 2 (2.11%) NoSQL
5 2 (2.11%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 1 (1.05%) Oracle Database
6 1 (1.05%) Relational Database
6 1 (1.05%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 28 (29.47%) Git
2 5 (5.26%) Octopus Deploy
3 3 (3.16%) GitLab
4 2 (2.11%) JIRA
4 2 (2.11%) MSI
4 2 (2.11%) NUnit
4 2 (2.11%) Terragrunt
General
1 43 (45.26%) Social Skills
2 24 (25.26%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 21 (22.11%) Public Sector
4 14 (14.74%) Finance
4 14 (14.74%) Law
5 8 (8.42%) Analytical Skills
6 7 (7.37%) Police
7 4 (4.21%) Telecoms
8 3 (3.16%) Aviation
8 3 (3.16%) Documentation Skills
8 3 (3.16%) Publishing
9 2 (2.11%) Manufacturing
10 1 (1.05%) Advertising
10 1 (1.05%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 30 (31.58%) Senior
2 19 (20.00%) Architect
3 18 (18.95%) Azure Engineer
4 17 (17.89%) Lead
5 16 (16.84%) Analyst
6 15 (15.79%) Developer
7 14 (14.74%) DevOps Engineer
8 13 (13.68%) Lead Developer
9 12 (12.63%) .NET Developer
9 12 (12.63%) Infrastructure Analyst
9 12 (12.63%) Lead .NET Developer
9 12 (12.63%) Senior Architect
10 9 (9.47%) Infrastructure Engineer
10 9 (9.47%) Technical Architect
11 8 (8.42%) Cloud Engineer
12 7 (7.37%) Solutions Architect
13 6 (6.32%) Senior Analyst
13 6 (6.32%) Senior Infrastructure Analyst
13 6 (6.32%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
13 6 (6.32%) Senior Technical Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 56 (58.95%) Terraform
2 23 (24.21%) .NET
3 17 (17.89%) REST
4 14 (14.74%) .NET Core
5 13 (13.68%) ARM Templates
6 12 (12.63%) ASP.NET
6 12 (12.63%) Blazor
6 12 (12.63%) gRPC
7 11 (11.58%) Middleware
8 6 (6.32%) YAML
9 5 (5.26%) Loki
10 4 (4.21%) JSON
10 4 (4.21%) OpenAPI
10 4 (4.21%) Swagger
11 3 (3.16%) JWT
11 3 (3.16%) OAuth
11 3 (3.16%) OAuth2
11 3 (3.16%) OpenID
12 2 (2.11%) Model Context Protocol
12 2 (2.11%) OpenTofu
Miscellaneous
1 14 (14.74%) Security Posture
2 12 (12.63%) Podcast
2 12 (12.63%) Public Cloud
3 11 (11.58%) Hybrid Cloud
4 10 (10.53%) Management Information System
5 8 (8.42%) Cloud Native
5 8 (8.42%) Enterprise Software
6 6 (6.32%) Self-Motivation
7 4 (4.21%) Data Centre
7 4 (4.21%) Legacy Systems
8 3 (3.16%) Onboarding
8 3 (3.16%) Replication
9 2 (2.11%) AI Agents
9 2 (2.11%) Cloud Security Posture
9 2 (2.11%) Data Protection Act
9 2 (2.11%) Distributed Systems
9 2 (2.11%) Driving Licence
9 2 (2.11%) Legacy Applications
9 2 (2.11%) Product Ownership
10 1 (1.05%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
Operating Systems
1 28 (29.47%) Windows
2 12 (12.63%) VMS
3 10 (10.53%) Linux
4 9 (9.47%) Windows Server
5 1 (1.05%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 65 (68.42%) DevOps
2 54 (56.84%) Analytics
2 54 (56.84%) Infrastructure as Code
3 49 (51.58%) CI/CD
3 49 (51.58%) Log Analytics
4 42 (44.21%) Cloud Security
4 42 (44.21%) Mentoring
5 37 (38.95%) Observability
6 36 (37.89%) Agile
7 34 (35.79%) AI
8 32 (33.68%) Disaster Recovery
9 28 (29.47%) Microservices
10 27 (28.42%) Stakeholder Management
11 25 (26.32%) Event-Driven
12 23 (24.21%) API Management
13 22 (23.16%) Event-Driven Architecture
13 22 (23.16%) Problem-Solving
13 22 (23.16%) Root Cause Analysis
14 20 (21.05%) DevSecOps
14 20 (21.05%) Performance Tuning
Programming Languages
1 47 (49.47%) PowerShell
2 45 (47.37%) Bicep
3 38 (40.00%) SQL
4 23 (24.21%) Bash
4 23 (24.21%) C#
5 15 (15.79%) Kusto Query Language
5 15 (15.79%) Python
6 1 (1.05%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 37 (38.95%) Azure Certification
2 21 (22.11%) SC Cleared
2 21 (22.11%) Security Cleared
3 19 (20.00%) Microsoft Certification
4 6 (6.32%) TOGAF Certification
5 5 (5.26%) Degree
6 3 (3.16%) Computer Science Degree
7 2 (2.11%) CCNA
7 2 (2.11%) CCNP
7 2 (2.11%) Cisco Certification
8 1 (1.05%) BPSS Clearance
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 19 (20.00%) QA
2 4 (4.21%) GDPR
3 2 (2.11%) Data Quality
3 2 (2.11%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 2 (2.11%) NCSC
4 1 (1.05%) Accessibility
4 1 (1.05%) Cyber Essentials
4 1 (1.05%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
System Software
1 27 (28.42%) Active Directory
2 25 (26.32%) Docker
3 18 (18.95%) Virtual Desktop
4 16 (16.84%) Virtual Machines
4 16 (16.84%) VMware Infrastructure
5 12 (12.63%) vSphere
6 6 (6.32%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 20 (21.05%) Kubernetes
2 18 (18.95%) Grafana
3 9 (9.47%) Prometheus
4 7 (7.37%) Microsoft Intune
5 3 (3.16%) Argo
5 3 (3.16%) Single Sign-On
6 2 (2.11%) FortiGate
7 1 (1.05%) Istio
7 1 (1.05%) linkerd
Vendors
1 79 (83.16%) Microsoft
2 18 (18.95%) VMware
3 13 (13.68%) Dynatrace
4 12 (12.63%) ScienceLogic
5 9 (9.47%) Adobe
6 8 (8.42%) Google
7 4 (4.21%) Oracle
8 3 (3.16%) Blue Prism
8 3 (3.16%) Foundry
8 3 (3.16%) SolarWinds
9 2 (2.11%) Alteryx
9 2 (2.11%) Cisco
9 2 (2.11%) OpenAI
9 2 (2.11%) SAP
9 2 (2.11%) ServiceNow
9 2 (2.11%) Splunk
9 2 (2.11%) Veeam
9 2 (2.11%) Workday
10 1 (1.05%) Juniper
10 1 (1.05%) NetApp