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 3 July 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
3 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 367 366 465
Rank change year-on-year -1 +99 -3
Permanent jobs citing Azure Monitor 66 67 107
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.32% 0.42% 0.32%
As % of the Cloud Services category 0.82% 1.11% 0.75%
Number of salaries quoted 37 48 69
10th Percentile £54,000 £47,500 £46,000
25th Percentile £60,000 £57,375 £56,525
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £67,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year +4.48% +7.20% +11.61%
75th Percentile £77,500 £73,750 £84,964
90th Percentile £87,500 £83,750 £96,237
UK median annual salary £77,500 £70,000 £66,000
% change year-on-year +10.71% +6.06% +1.54%

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 8,015 6,032 14,190
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 38.47% 37.57% 42.45%
Number of salaries quoted 5,703 4,443 11,789
10th Percentile £35,000 £31,520 £36,250
25th Percentile £45,000 £45,000 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £62,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year - +4.17% -7.69%
75th Percentile £85,000 £82,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £110,000 £101,250
UK median annual salary £62,500 £60,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year +4.17% +4.35% -8.73%

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 3 July 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 (19.70%) Microsoft Exchange
2 3 (4.55%) IIS
2 3 (4.55%) nginx
3 2 (3.03%) SharePoint
4 1 (1.52%) Confluence
4 1 (1.52%) Skype for Business
Business Applications
1 2 (3.03%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 66 (100.00%) Azure
2 46 (69.70%) Azure DevOps
3 23 (34.85%) IaaS
3 23 (34.85%) PaaS
4 22 (33.33%) Azure Key Vault
5 19 (28.79%) Azure Functions
5 19 (28.79%) Serverless
6 18 (27.27%) GitHub
7 17 (25.76%) Azure AKS
8 15 (22.73%) Azure ExpressRoute
9 14 (21.21%) Entra ID
10 10 (15.15%) Azure Service Bus
11 9 (13.64%) AWS
11 9 (13.64%) Azure Cosmos DB
12 8 (12.12%) Microsoft 365
12 8 (12.12%) SaaS
13 5 (7.58%) Azure API Management
13 5 (7.58%) Azure Data Factory
13 5 (7.58%) Azure Logic Apps
14 4 (6.06%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 18 (27.27%) VPN
2 13 (19.70%) Firewall
3 10 (15.15%) DNS
4 6 (9.09%) DHCP
4 6 (9.09%) LAN
4 6 (9.09%) TCP/IP
5 3 (4.55%) BGP
5 3 (4.55%) HTTP
5 3 (4.55%) OSPF
5 3 (4.55%) SD-WAN
5 3 (4.55%) WAN
5 3 (4.55%) Wi-Fi
6 1 (1.52%) Network Security
6 1 (1.52%) Skype
6 1 (1.52%) Unified Communications
6 1 (1.52%) VoIP
6 1 (1.52%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 22 (33.33%) Azure SQL Database
2 14 (21.21%) SQL Server
3 8 (12.12%) PostgreSQL
4 4 (6.06%) Redis
5 3 (4.55%) Data Lake
5 3 (4.55%) Delta Lake
5 3 (4.55%) Elasticsearch
5 3 (4.55%) Power BI
6 2 (3.03%) Geospatial Data
6 2 (3.03%) NoSQL
7 1 (1.52%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 24 (36.36%) Git
2 3 (4.55%) NUnit
2 3 (4.55%) Octopus Deploy
3 2 (3.03%) MSI
3 2 (3.03%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
3 2 (3.03%) Terragrunt
3 2 (3.03%) Visual Studio
4 1 (1.52%) Bitbucket
4 1 (1.52%) JIRA
4 1 (1.52%) Vite
General
1 26 (39.39%) Social Skills
2 17 (25.76%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 14 (21.21%) Law
4 6 (9.09%) Billing
4 6 (9.09%) Finance
5 4 (6.06%) Analytical Skills
6 3 (4.55%) Aviation
6 3 (4.55%) Documentation Skills
7 2 (3.03%) Advertising
7 2 (3.03%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 19 (28.79%) Senior
2 17 (25.76%) Azure Engineer
3 14 (21.21%) Cloud Engineer
4 12 (18.18%) Analyst
4 12 (18.18%) Infrastructure Analyst
5 8 (12.12%) Developer
5 8 (12.12%) DevOps Engineer
5 8 (12.12%) Infrastructure Engineer
5 8 (12.12%) Lead
6 6 (9.09%) Senior Analyst
6 6 (9.09%) Senior Infrastructure Analyst
6 6 (9.09%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
7 5 (7.58%) Lead Developer
7 5 (7.58%) Platform Engineer
8 3 (4.55%) .NET Developer
8 3 (4.55%) Azure DevOps Engineer
8 3 (4.55%) Data Engineer
8 3 (4.55%) DBA
8 3 (4.55%) Lead .NET Developer
9 2 (3.03%) Solutions Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 17 (25.76%) .NET
2 14 (21.21%) ARM Templates
3 10 (15.15%) .NET Core
4 6 (9.09%) YAML
5 5 (7.58%) ASP.NET
5 5 (7.58%) ASP.NET Web API
6 4 (6.06%) Blazor
6 4 (6.06%) REST
7 3 (4.55%) 802.1X
7 3 (4.55%) gRPC
7 3 (4.55%) Loki
7 3 (4.55%) PySpark
7 3 (4.55%) RESTful
8 2 (3.03%) .NET Framework
8 2 (3.03%) ADO
8 2 (3.03%) Entity Framework
8 2 (3.03%) GeoJSON
8 2 (3.03%) JSON
8 2 (3.03%) React Native
8 2 (3.03%) Swagger
Miscellaneous
1 13 (19.70%) Public Cloud
2 12 (18.18%) Podcast
2 12 (18.18%) Security Posture
3 6 (9.09%) Self-Motivation
4 5 (7.58%) Cloud Native
4 5 (7.58%) Hybrid Cloud
5 3 (4.55%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
5 3 (4.55%) Enterprise Software
5 3 (4.55%) Product Ownership
5 3 (4.55%) Replication
6 2 (3.03%) AI Agents
6 2 (3.03%) Data Centre
6 2 (3.03%) Data Protection Act
6 2 (3.03%) Legacy Systems
6 2 (3.03%) Management Information System
7 1 (1.52%) Analytical Mindset
7 1 (1.52%) Clustering
7 1 (1.52%) Driving Licence
7 1 (1.52%) Low-Code
7 1 (1.52%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 18 (27.27%) Windows
2 14 (21.21%) VMS
3 9 (13.64%) Linux
4 3 (4.55%) Windows Server
5 1 (1.52%) Android
5 1 (1.52%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 48 (72.73%) DevOps
2 47 (71.21%) Infrastructure as Code
3 43 (65.15%) CI/CD
4 36 (54.55%) Analytics
5 30 (45.45%) Log Analytics
6 25 (37.88%) Observability
7 23 (34.85%) Agile
7 23 (34.85%) Root Cause Analysis
8 20 (30.30%) Cloud Security
9 19 (28.79%) AI
9 19 (28.79%) API Management
10 18 (27.27%) Performance Tuning
10 18 (27.27%) Problem-Solving
11 16 (24.24%) Computer Science
11 16 (24.24%) DevSecOps
11 16 (24.24%) Mentoring
12 15 (22.73%) Microservices
13 14 (21.21%) Scrum
14 13 (19.70%) Platform Engineering
14 13 (19.70%) Task Automation
Programming Languages
1 34 (51.52%) SQL
2 33 (50.00%) PowerShell
3 26 (39.39%) Bicep
4 19 (28.79%) Bash
5 18 (27.27%) C#
6 15 (22.73%) Kusto Query Language
7 13 (19.70%) Python
8 3 (4.55%) Scala
9 2 (3.03%) TypeScript
10 1 (1.52%) JavaScript
10 1 (1.52%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 23 (34.85%) Azure Certification
2 18 (27.27%) Microsoft Certification
3 7 (10.61%) SC Cleared
3 7 (10.61%) Security Cleared
4 4 (6.06%) Degree
5 3 (4.55%) CCNA
5 3 (4.55%) CCNP
5 3 (4.55%) Cisco Certification
6 2 (3.03%) Computer Science Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (13.64%) QA
2 8 (12.12%) GDPR
3 4 (6.06%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 3 (4.55%) Data Quality
5 2 (3.03%) NCSC
5 2 (3.03%) SLA
6 1 (1.52%) Cyber Essentials
6 1 (1.52%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
6 1 (1.52%) GRC
6 1 (1.52%) SOC 2
System Software
1 20 (30.30%) Active Directory
2 12 (18.18%) Docker
2 12 (18.18%) Virtual Desktop
2 12 (18.18%) VMware Infrastructure
2 12 (18.18%) vSphere
3 8 (12.12%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 46 (69.70%) Terraform
2 13 (19.70%) Kubernetes
3 8 (12.12%) Grafana
4 7 (10.61%) Prometheus
5 3 (4.55%) Argo
5 3 (4.55%) FortiGate
6 2 (3.03%) Microsoft Intune
7 1 (1.52%) Istio
7 1 (1.52%) linkerd
7 1 (1.52%) SQL Sentry
Vendors
1 46 (69.70%) Microsoft
2 12 (18.18%) ScienceLogic
2 12 (18.18%) VMware
3 7 (10.61%) SolarWinds
4 4 (6.06%) Databricks
5 3 (4.55%) Cisco
5 3 (4.55%) Oracle
6 2 (3.03%) Apple
6 2 (3.03%) Dynatrace
6 2 (3.03%) OpenAI
7 1 (1.52%) DevExpress
7 1 (1.52%) Foundry