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

6 months to
24 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 380 356 426
Rank change year-on-year -24 +70 +20
Permanent jobs citing Azure Monitor 66 71 97
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.30% 0.43% 0.34%
As % of the Cloud Services category 0.78% 1.17% 0.83%
Number of salaries quoted 40 52 66
10th Percentile £52,125 £47,500 £45,625
25th Percentile £59,375 £57,500 £56,319
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £67,500 £66,250
Median % change year-on-year +3.70% +1.89% +10.42%
75th Percentile £74,750 £73,750 £75,438
90th Percentile £78,750 £83,625 £84,964
UK median annual salary £74,500 £70,000 £66,000
% change year-on-year +6.43% +6.06% +5.60%

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 8,447 6,060 11,661
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 38.92% 36.80% 41.22%
Number of salaries quoted 6,035 4,472 9,464
10th Percentile £35,000 £31,614 £36,250
25th Percentile £45,000 £43,750 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £60,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year +4.17% -4.00% -3.85%
75th Percentile £85,000 £82,500 £82,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £110,000 £105,000
UK median annual salary £62,500 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year +4.17% - -4.00%

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 24 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 5 (7.58%) IIS
2 5 (7.58%) 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 26 (39.39%) Azure Key Vault
4 20 (30.30%) PaaS
5 19 (28.79%) IaaS
6 18 (27.27%) Azure Functions
6 18 (27.27%) Serverless
7 16 (24.24%) Azure ExpressRoute
7 16 (24.24%) Azure Service Bus
7 16 (24.24%) GitHub
8 15 (22.73%) Azure AKS
8 15 (22.73%) Azure Cosmos DB
9 13 (19.70%) Entra ID
10 10 (15.15%) Microsoft 365
11 9 (13.64%) AWS
12 7 (10.61%) SaaS
13 5 (7.58%) Azure Pipelines
13 5 (7.58%) Cloudflare
14 4 (6.06%) Azure Logic Apps
14 4 (6.06%) GitHub Actions
Communications & Networking
1 20 (30.30%) VPN
2 11 (16.67%) DNS
3 9 (13.64%) Firewall
4 7 (10.61%) DHCP
4 7 (10.61%) TCP/IP
5 6 (9.09%) LAN
6 3 (4.55%) BGP
6 3 (4.55%) HTTP
6 3 (4.55%) OSPF
6 3 (4.55%) SD-WAN
6 3 (4.55%) WAN
6 3 (4.55%) Wi-Fi
7 1 (1.52%) Network Security
7 1 (1.52%) Skype
7 1 (1.52%) Unified Communications
7 1 (1.52%) VoIP
7 1 (1.52%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 21 (31.82%) Azure SQL Database
2 19 (28.79%) SQL Server
3 8 (12.12%) PostgreSQL
4 7 (10.61%) Elasticsearch
5 4 (6.06%) Redis
6 2 (3.03%) Geospatial Data
6 2 (3.03%) NoSQL
6 2 (3.03%) Power BI
7 1 (1.52%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 25 (37.88%) Git
2 5 (7.58%) Octopus Deploy
3 3 (4.55%) NUnit
4 2 (3.03%) MSI
4 2 (3.03%) Terragrunt
5 1 (1.52%) Bitbucket
5 1 (1.52%) JIRA
5 1 (1.52%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
5 1 (1.52%) Vite
General
1 31 (46.97%) Social Skills
2 20 (30.30%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 14 (21.21%) Law
4 4 (6.06%) Analytical Skills
5 3 (4.55%) Aviation
5 3 (4.55%) Documentation Skills
5 3 (4.55%) Finance
6 2 (3.03%) Advertising
6 2 (3.03%) Billing
6 2 (3.03%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 19 (28.79%) Senior
2 16 (24.24%) Azure Engineer
3 12 (18.18%) Analyst
3 12 (18.18%) Developer
3 12 (18.18%) Infrastructure Analyst
4 11 (16.67%) Cloud Engineer
5 10 (15.15%) DevOps Engineer
5 10 (15.15%) Infrastructure Engineer
5 10 (15.15%) Lead
6 9 (13.64%) Lead Developer
7 7 (10.61%) .NET Developer
7 7 (10.61%) Lead .NET Developer
7 7 (10.61%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
8 6 (9.09%) Senior Analyst
8 6 (9.09%) Senior Infrastructure Analyst
9 5 (7.58%) Azure DevOps Engineer
10 3 (4.55%) DBA
11 2 (3.03%) Senior Developer
11 2 (3.03%) Software Developer
11 2 (3.03%) Solutions Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 20 (30.30%) .NET
2 16 (24.24%) ARM Templates
3 11 (16.67%) .NET Core
4 9 (13.64%) ASP.NET
5 8 (12.12%) Blazor
5 8 (12.12%) REST
6 7 (10.61%) gRPC
7 6 (9.09%) YAML
8 5 (7.58%) Loki
9 3 (4.55%) 802.1X
9 3 (4.55%) ASP.NET Web API
9 3 (4.55%) RESTful
10 2 (3.03%) .NET Framework
10 2 (3.03%) ADO
10 2 (3.03%) Entity Framework
10 2 (3.03%) GeoJSON
10 2 (3.03%) JSON
10 2 (3.03%) OpenAPI
10 2 (3.03%) React Native
10 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%) Driving Licence
7 1 (1.52%) Enterprise Cloud
7 1 (1.52%) Low-Code
7 1 (1.52%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 22 (33.33%) Windows
2 13 (19.70%) VMS
3 11 (16.67%) Linux
4 5 (7.58%) Windows Server
5 1 (1.52%) Android
5 1 (1.52%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 48 (72.73%) DevOps
2 41 (62.12%) Infrastructure as Code
3 39 (59.09%) CI/CD
4 30 (45.45%) Analytics
5 25 (37.88%) Observability
6 24 (36.36%) Agile
6 24 (36.36%) Log Analytics
7 22 (33.33%) Root Cause Analysis
8 20 (30.30%) Cloud Security
8 20 (30.30%) Performance Tuning
9 19 (28.79%) AI
9 19 (28.79%) Microservices
10 18 (27.27%) Mentoring
10 18 (27.27%) Problem-Solving
11 17 (25.76%) API Management
11 17 (25.76%) DevSecOps
12 16 (24.24%) Computer Science
13 15 (22.73%) Scrum
14 14 (21.21%) Performance Optimisation
15 13 (19.70%) Event-Driven
Programming Languages
1 38 (57.58%) PowerShell
2 32 (48.48%) SQL
3 29 (43.94%) Bicep
4 21 (31.82%) C#
5 20 (30.30%) Bash
6 14 (21.21%) Kusto Query Language
7 12 (18.18%) Python
8 2 (3.03%) TypeScript
9 1 (1.52%) JavaScript
9 1 (1.52%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 23 (34.85%) Azure Certification
2 16 (24.24%) Microsoft Certification
3 9 (13.64%) SC Cleared
3 9 (13.64%) 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 15 (22.73%) QA
2 8 (12.12%) GDPR
3 4 (6.06%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 2 (3.03%) NCSC
5 1 (1.52%) Cyber Essentials
5 1 (1.52%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
5 1 (1.52%) GRC
5 1 (1.52%) SLA
5 1 (1.52%) SOC 2
System Software
1 22 (33.33%) Active Directory
2 17 (25.76%) Docker
3 12 (18.18%) Virtual Desktop
3 12 (18.18%) VMware Infrastructure
3 12 (18.18%) vSphere
4 10 (15.15%) Virtual Machines
5 1 (1.52%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 41 (62.12%) Terraform
2 14 (21.21%) Kubernetes
3 10 (15.15%) Grafana
4 9 (13.64%) Prometheus
5 3 (4.55%) Argo
5 3 (4.55%) FortiGate
5 3 (4.55%) Microsoft Intune
6 1 (1.52%) Istio
6 1 (1.52%) linkerd
6 1 (1.52%) SQL Sentry
Vendors
1 50 (75.76%) Microsoft
2 13 (19.70%) VMware
3 12 (18.18%) ScienceLogic
4 7 (10.61%) SolarWinds
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%) Databricks
7 1 (1.52%) DevExpress
7 1 (1.52%) Foundry
7 1 (1.52%) Veeam