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

6 months to
5 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 360 366 489
Rank change year-on-year +6 +123 +1
Permanent jobs citing Azure Monitor 53 57 97
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.27% 0.38% 0.29%
As % of the Cloud Services category 0.73% 0.98% 0.68%
Number of salaries quoted 31 37 62
10th Percentile £57,250 £47,500 £52,000
25th Percentile £62,500 £55,000 £56,650
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £67,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +3.70% +12.50% +7.96%
75th Percentile £78,750 £76,250 £84,964
90th Percentile £120,000 £83,750 £100,566
UK median annual salary £77,500 £70,000 £67,500
% change year-on-year +10.71% +3.70% +3.85%

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 7,305 5,787 14,282
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 37.88% 38.93% 42.50%
Number of salaries quoted 5,020 4,197 12,049
10th Percentile £35,000 £31,500 £36,000
25th Percentile £46,104 £45,000 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £63,076 £61,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +2.56% +2.50% -7.69%
75th Percentile £85,000 £82,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £108,750 £100,000
UK median annual salary £62,500 £60,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year +4.17% +4.35% -11.12%

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 5 June 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 3 (5.66%) Microsoft Exchange
2 2 (3.77%) SharePoint
3 1 (1.89%) Confluence
3 1 (1.89%) Skype for Business
Business Applications
1 1 (1.89%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 53 (100.00%) Azure
2 37 (69.81%) Azure DevOps
3 17 (32.08%) Entra ID
4 16 (30.19%) Azure AKS
4 16 (30.19%) IaaS
4 16 (30.19%) PaaS
5 13 (24.53%) GitHub
6 10 (18.87%) Azure Data Factory
7 8 (15.09%) AWS
7 8 (15.09%) Azure Functions
7 8 (15.09%) SaaS
7 8 (15.09%) Serverless
8 7 (13.21%) Azure Key Vault
8 7 (13.21%) Azure Synapse Analytics
9 6 (11.32%) Azure API Management
9 6 (11.32%) Microsoft 365
10 5 (9.43%) Azure Event Grid
10 5 (9.43%) Azure ExpressRoute
11 4 (7.55%) Azure App Service
11 4 (7.55%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 15 (28.30%) Firewall
2 9 (16.98%) DNS
3 7 (13.21%) VPN
4 5 (9.43%) DHCP
4 5 (9.43%) LAN
4 5 (9.43%) TCP/IP
5 3 (5.66%) BGP
5 3 (5.66%) HTTP
5 3 (5.66%) OSPF
5 3 (5.66%) SD-WAN
5 3 (5.66%) Wi-Fi
6 2 (3.77%) WAN
7 1 (1.89%) Network Security
7 1 (1.89%) Skype
7 1 (1.89%) Unified Communications
7 1 (1.89%) VoIP
7 1 (1.89%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 11 (20.75%) Azure SQL Database
2 8 (15.09%) PostgreSQL
3 7 (13.21%) Data Lake
3 7 (13.21%) Delta Lake
4 6 (11.32%) SQL Server
5 4 (7.55%) Redis
6 3 (5.66%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 14 (26.42%) Git
2 4 (7.55%) Visual Studio
3 2 (3.77%) MSI
3 2 (3.77%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
3 2 (3.77%) Terragrunt
4 1 (1.89%) Bitbucket
4 1 (1.89%) JIRA
4 1 (1.89%) NUnit
4 1 (1.89%) Vite
General
1 14 (26.42%) Finance
2 12 (22.64%) Social Skills
3 9 (16.98%) Billing
4 4 (7.55%) Analytical Skills
4 4 (7.55%) Law
5 3 (5.66%) Aviation
6 2 (3.77%) Advertising
6 2 (3.77%) Documentation Skills
6 2 (3.77%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 2 (3.77%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 16 (30.19%) Azure Engineer
1 16 (30.19%) Cloud Engineer
2 12 (22.64%) Senior
3 7 (13.21%) Data Engineer
3 7 (13.21%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 7 (13.21%) Platform Engineer
4 5 (9.43%) DevOps Engineer
4 5 (9.43%) Lead
4 5 (9.43%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
5 3 (5.66%) DBA
5 3 (5.66%) Developer
6 2 (3.77%) .NET Software Engineer
6 2 (3.77%) Administrator
6 2 (3.77%) Analyst
6 2 (3.77%) C# Software Engineer
6 2 (3.77%) Infrastructure Analyst
6 2 (3.77%) Integration Engineer
6 2 (3.77%) Senior Support Engineer
6 2 (3.77%) Software Engineer
6 2 (3.77%) Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 10 (18.87%) .NET
2 9 (16.98%) ARM Templates
3 7 (13.21%) .NET Core
3 7 (13.21%) PySpark
4 6 (11.32%) YAML
5 5 (9.43%) ASP.NET Web API
6 4 (7.55%) JSON
7 3 (5.66%) 802.1X
7 3 (5.66%) RESTful
8 2 (3.77%) .NET Framework
8 2 (3.77%) ADO
8 2 (3.77%) ASP.NET
8 2 (3.77%) Entity Framework
8 2 (3.77%) OAuth
8 2 (3.77%) OAuth2
9 1 (1.89%) ASP.NET MVC
9 1 (1.89%) CSS
9 1 (1.89%) HTML
9 1 (1.89%) iOS SDK
9 1 (1.89%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 4 (7.55%) Hybrid Cloud
2 3 (5.66%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
2 3 (5.66%) Public Cloud
2 3 (5.66%) Replication
3 2 (3.77%) Cloud Native
3 2 (3.77%) Data Protection Act
3 2 (3.77%) Enterprise Software
3 2 (3.77%) Management Information System
3 2 (3.77%) Podcast
3 2 (3.77%) Security Posture
4 1 (1.89%) Analytical Mindset
4 1 (1.89%) Clustering
4 1 (1.89%) Driving Licence
4 1 (1.89%) Enterprise Cloud
4 1 (1.89%) Low-Code
4 1 (1.89%) Mobile App
4 1 (1.89%) Onboarding
4 1 (1.89%) Product Ownership
4 1 (1.89%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 5 (9.43%) Linux
2 4 (7.55%) VMS
2 4 (7.55%) Windows
3 2 (3.77%) Windows Server
4 1 (1.89%) Android
4 1 (1.89%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 42 (79.25%) Infrastructure as Code
2 39 (73.58%) DevOps
3 38 (71.70%) CI/CD
4 33 (62.26%) Analytics
5 27 (50.94%) Log Analytics
6 15 (28.30%) High Availability
6 15 (28.30%) Platform Engineering
7 14 (26.42%) Observability
7 14 (26.42%) Root Cause Analysis
8 13 (24.53%) Disaster Recovery
9 12 (22.64%) API Management
9 12 (22.64%) Problem-Solving
10 11 (20.75%) Cost Management
11 10 (18.87%) RBAC
12 9 (16.98%) Cloud Security
12 9 (16.98%) Data Governance
12 9 (16.98%) Data Modelling
12 9 (16.98%) Data Pipeline
12 9 (16.98%) ETL
12 9 (16.98%) Microservices
Programming Languages
1 21 (39.62%) SQL
2 18 (33.96%) PowerShell
3 15 (28.30%) Python
4 14 (26.42%) Bicep
5 11 (20.75%) C#
6 8 (15.09%) Bash
7 7 (13.21%) Scala
8 5 (9.43%) Kusto Query Language
9 2 (3.77%) TypeScript
10 1 (1.89%) JavaScript
10 1 (1.89%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 13 (24.53%) Azure Certification
2 9 (16.98%) Microsoft Certification
3 7 (13.21%) SC Cleared
3 7 (13.21%) Security Cleared
4 4 (7.55%) Degree
5 2 (3.77%) CCNA
5 2 (3.77%) CCNP
5 2 (3.77%) Cisco Certification
5 2 (3.77%) Computer Science Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (16.98%) GDPR
2 7 (13.21%) Data Quality
3 3 (5.66%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 2 (3.77%) SLA
5 1 (1.89%) GRC
5 1 (1.89%) QA
5 1 (1.89%) SOC 2
System Software
1 9 (16.98%) Active Directory
2 7 (13.21%) Docker
3 5 (9.43%) Virtual Machines
4 2 (3.77%) Virtual Desktop
4 2 (3.77%) VMware Infrastructure
4 2 (3.77%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 43 (81.13%) Terraform
2 11 (20.75%) Kubernetes
3 4 (7.55%) Grafana
4 3 (5.66%) Prometheus
5 2 (3.77%) Argo
5 2 (3.77%) FortiGate
5 2 (3.77%) Microsoft Intune
6 1 (1.89%) SQL Sentry
Vendors
1 30 (56.60%) Microsoft
2 8 (15.09%) Databricks
3 6 (11.32%) SolarWinds
4 3 (5.66%) Cisco
4 3 (5.66%) Oracle
5 2 (3.77%) Ab Initio
5 2 (3.77%) Apple
5 2 (3.77%) Dynatrace
5 2 (3.77%) ScienceLogic
5 2 (3.77%) VMware
6 1 (1.89%) DevExpress
6 1 (1.89%) Foundry