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

6 months to
10 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 335 351 461
Rank change year-on-year +16 +110 +117
Permanent jobs citing Azure Monitor 56 46 97
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.32% 0.35% 0.31%
As % of the Cloud Services category 0.84% 0.77% 0.70%
Number of salaries quoted 29 37 64
10th Percentile £51,000 £41,150 £52,900
25th Percentile - £47,500 £55,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £66,250 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +5.66% +10.42% -
75th Percentile £100,000 £73,750 £84,964
90th Percentile £120,000 £83,750 £100,079
UK median annual salary £80,000 £72,500 £65,000
% change year-on-year +10.34% +11.54% -4.27%

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 6,688 6,011 13,920
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 38.65% 46.29% 43.98%
Number of salaries quoted 4,513 4,695 12,065
10th Percentile £33,585 £33,600 £35,000
25th Percentile £45,000 £46,500 £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 £83,750 £78,750
90th Percentile £100,000 £107,500 £97,500
UK median annual salary £60,000 £62,500 £57,500
% change year-on-year -4.00% +8.70% -11.54%

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 April 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 6 (10.71%) SharePoint
2 5 (8.93%) Microsoft Exchange
3 1 (1.79%) Confluence
3 1 (1.79%) Skype for Business
Business Applications
1 1 (1.79%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 56 (100.00%) Azure
2 41 (73.21%) Azure DevOps
3 22 (39.29%) GitHub
4 20 (35.71%) Azure Data Factory
5 19 (33.93%) Entra ID
6 13 (23.21%) Azure Logic Apps
6 13 (23.21%) GitHub Actions
7 11 (19.64%) Azure AKS
7 11 (19.64%) IaaS
7 11 (19.64%) PaaS
8 10 (17.86%) Azure Event Grid
8 10 (17.86%) Azure Service Bus
8 10 (17.86%) Microsoft 365
9 9 (16.07%) Azure Synapse Analytics
10 5 (8.93%) AWS
10 5 (8.93%) Azure API Management
10 5 (8.93%) Azure App Service
10 5 (8.93%) OneDrive
10 5 (8.93%) SaaS
11 4 (7.14%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 15 (26.79%) Firewall
2 10 (17.86%) DNS
3 9 (16.07%) VPN
4 8 (14.29%) DHCP
4 8 (14.29%) TCP/IP
5 6 (10.71%) SD-WAN
6 5 (8.93%) WAN
7 4 (7.14%) Wireless
8 3 (5.36%) LAN
9 2 (3.57%) BGP
9 2 (3.57%) HTTP
9 2 (3.57%) Network Security
9 2 (3.57%) OSPF
9 2 (3.57%) Wi-Fi
10 1 (1.79%) Skype
10 1 (1.79%) Unified Communications
10 1 (1.79%) VoIP
10 1 (1.79%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 13 (23.21%) Azure SQL Database
2 9 (16.07%) Data Lake
2 9 (16.07%) Delta Lake
3 6 (10.71%) SQL Server
4 3 (5.36%) Power BI
5 1 (1.79%) PostgreSQL
5 1 (1.79%) Redis
Development Applications
1 11 (19.64%) Git
2 4 (7.14%) Visual Studio
3 2 (3.57%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
4 1 (1.79%) Bitbucket
4 1 (1.79%) Jenkins
4 1 (1.79%) JIRA
4 1 (1.79%) NUnit
4 1 (1.79%) Vite
General
1 31 (55.36%) Finance
2 12 (21.43%) Social Skills
3 9 (16.07%) Billing
4 2 (3.57%) Analytical Skills
5 1 (1.79%) Advertising
5 1 (1.79%) Back Office
5 1 (1.79%) Documentation Skills
Job Titles
1 15 (26.79%) Cloud Engineer
2 13 (23.21%) Azure Engineer
2 13 (23.21%) Senior
3 10 (17.86%) Integration Engineer
3 10 (17.86%) Platform Engineer
4 9 (16.07%) Data Engineer
5 5 (8.93%) Lead
6 4 (7.14%) Analyst
6 4 (7.14%) Developer
6 4 (7.14%) Infrastructure Analyst
6 4 (7.14%) Infrastructure Engineer
6 4 (7.14%) Infrastructure Support
6 4 (7.14%) Infrastructure Support Analyst
6 4 (7.14%) Senior Analyst
6 4 (7.14%) Senior Infrastructure Analyst
6 4 (7.14%) Senior Infrastructure Support Analyst
6 4 (7.14%) Senior Support Analyst
6 4 (7.14%) Support Analyst
7 3 (5.36%) Cloud Platform Engineer
7 3 (5.36%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 11 (19.64%) OAuth
1 11 (19.64%) OAuth2
1 11 (19.64%) RESTful
2 10 (17.86%) JSON
3 9 (16.07%) .NET
3 9 (16.07%) PySpark
4 7 (12.50%) .NET Core
5 6 (10.71%) ASP.NET Web API
6 4 (7.14%) ARM Templates
7 3 (5.36%) .NET Framework
8 2 (3.57%) 802.1X
8 2 (3.57%) ASP.NET
8 2 (3.57%) Entity Framework
8 2 (3.57%) React
9 1 (1.79%) AngularJS
9 1 (1.79%) ASP.NET Core
9 1 (1.79%) ASP.NET Web Forms
9 1 (1.79%) iOS SDK
9 1 (1.79%) React Native
9 1 (1.79%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 6 (10.71%) Mobile App
2 5 (8.93%) Enterprise Software
3 4 (7.14%) iPad
3 4 (7.14%) iPhone
3 4 (7.14%) Onboarding
3 4 (7.14%) Video Conferencing
4 3 (5.36%) Product Ownership
5 2 (3.57%) Cloud Native
5 2 (3.57%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
6 1 (1.79%) Analytical Mindset
6 1 (1.79%) Clustering
6 1 (1.79%) Driving Licence
6 1 (1.79%) Enterprise Cloud
6 1 (1.79%) Hybrid Cloud
6 1 (1.79%) Legacy Applications
6 1 (1.79%) Legacy Code
6 1 (1.79%) Low-Code
6 1 (1.79%) Management Information System
6 1 (1.79%) Public Cloud
6 1 (1.79%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 7 (12.50%) Windows
2 5 (8.93%) Apple iOS
2 5 (8.93%) Windows Server
3 4 (7.14%) Windows 10
4 3 (5.36%) Linux
4 3 (5.36%) VMS
5 1 (1.79%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 44 (78.57%) DevOps
1 44 (78.57%) Infrastructure as Code
2 39 (69.64%) CI/CD
3 34 (60.71%) Analytics
4 33 (58.93%) Log Analytics
5 22 (39.29%) RBAC
6 19 (33.93%) Data Pipeline
6 19 (33.93%) ETL
7 18 (32.14%) Root Cause Analysis
8 17 (30.36%) Cost Management
9 16 (28.57%) Deployment Automation
9 16 (28.57%) Incident Response
10 15 (26.79%) API Management
10 15 (26.79%) Disaster Recovery
11 13 (23.21%) Coaching
11 13 (23.21%) Test Automation
12 12 (21.43%) Asset Management
12 12 (21.43%) High Availability
12 12 (21.43%) Observability
13 11 (19.64%) Identity Management
Programming Languages
1 20 (35.71%) Bicep
2 16 (28.57%) SQL
3 13 (23.21%) Python
4 11 (19.64%) PowerShell
5 9 (16.07%) C#
5 9 (16.07%) Scala
6 4 (7.14%) Bash
7 3 (5.36%) Kusto Query Language
7 3 (5.36%) TypeScript
8 2 (3.57%) T-SQL
9 1 (1.79%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 8 (14.29%) Azure Certification
2 6 (10.71%) Microsoft Certification
3 4 (7.14%) SC Cleared
3 4 (7.14%) Security Cleared
4 1 (1.79%) AWS Certification
4 1 (1.79%) CCNA
4 1 (1.79%) CCNP
4 1 (1.79%) Cisco Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 14 (25.00%) GDPR
2 9 (16.07%) Data Quality
3 6 (10.71%) SLA
4 2 (3.57%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 1 (1.79%) GRC
5 1 (1.79%) QA
5 1 (1.79%) SOC 2
System Software
1 8 (14.29%) Virtual Machines
2 7 (12.50%) Active Directory
3 6 (10.71%) Docker
4 5 (8.93%) Hyper-V
4 5 (8.93%) VMware Infrastructure
5 2 (3.57%) Virtual Desktop
6 1 (1.79%) vCloud
Systems Management
1 43 (76.79%) Terraform
2 7 (12.50%) Kubernetes
3 6 (10.71%) Microsoft Intune
4 2 (3.57%) Ansible
4 2 (3.57%) Grafana
5 1 (1.79%) FortiGate
5 1 (1.79%) SQL Sentry
Vendors
1 21 (37.50%) Microsoft
2 10 (17.86%) Ab Initio
2 10 (17.86%) Databricks
3 5 (8.93%) VMware
4 4 (7.14%) SolarWinds
5 2 (3.57%) Cisco
6 1 (1.79%) Apple
6 1 (1.79%) DevExpress
6 1 (1.79%) Foundry
6 1 (1.79%) NetApp
6 1 (1.79%) Okta
6 1 (1.79%) Oracle
6 1 (1.79%) Zscaler