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

6 months to
17 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 385 362 443
Rank change year-on-year -23 +81 +29
Permanent jobs citing Azure Monitor 66 69 110
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.31% 0.42% 0.36%
As % of the Cloud Services category 0.79% 1.13% 0.86%
Number of salaries quoted 39 50 71
10th Percentile £51,750 £47,500 £46,250
25th Percentile £60,000 £57,500 £56,388
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £67,000 £67,500
Median % change year-on-year +4.48% -0.74% +12.50%
75th Percentile £74,750 £73,750 £83,732
90th Percentile £78,750 £83,750 £95,000
UK median annual salary £75,000 £70,000 £66,500
% change year-on-year +7.14% +5.26% +6.40%

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 8,355 6,124 12,814
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 39.01% 37.14% 41.63%
Number of salaries quoted 5,935 4,518 10,509
10th Percentile £35,000 £31,750 £36,250
25th Percentile £45,000 £44,000 £45,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.17% - -7.69%
75th Percentile £85,000 £82,500 £81,786
90th Percentile £100,000 £110,000 £102,500
UK median annual salary £62,500 £60,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year +4.17% +4.35% -8.00%

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 17 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 24 (36.36%) Azure Key Vault
4 22 (33.33%) PaaS
5 21 (31.82%) IaaS
6 19 (28.79%) Azure Functions
6 19 (28.79%) Serverless
7 17 (25.76%) Azure AKS
7 17 (25.76%) GitHub
8 16 (24.24%) Azure ExpressRoute
9 14 (21.21%) Azure Service Bus
10 13 (19.70%) Azure Cosmos DB
10 13 (19.70%) Entra ID
11 9 (13.64%) AWS
12 8 (12.12%) Microsoft 365
12 8 (12.12%) SaaS
13 5 (7.58%) Azure Logic Apps
13 5 (7.58%) Azure Pipelines
13 5 (7.58%) Cloudflare
14 4 (6.06%) GitHub Actions
Communications & Networking
1 19 (28.79%) VPN
2 11 (16.67%) 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 18 (27.27%) SQL Server
3 8 (12.12%) PostgreSQL
4 5 (7.58%) Elasticsearch
5 4 (6.06%) Redis
6 3 (4.55%) Power BI
7 2 (3.03%) Geospatial Data
7 2 (3.03%) NoSQL
8 1 (1.52%) Data Lake
8 1 (1.52%) Delta Lake
8 1 (1.52%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 24 (36.36%) Git
2 5 (7.58%) Octopus Deploy
3 3 (4.55%) NUnit
4 2 (3.03%) MSI
4 2 (3.03%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
4 2 (3.03%) Terragrunt
5 1 (1.52%) Bitbucket
5 1 (1.52%) JIRA
5 1 (1.52%) Vite
General
1 29 (43.94%) Social Skills
2 19 (28.79%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 14 (21.21%) Law
4 4 (6.06%) Analytical Skills
4 4 (6.06%) Billing
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%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 19 (28.79%) Azure Engineer
1 19 (28.79%) Senior
2 13 (19.70%) Cloud Engineer
3 12 (18.18%) Analyst
3 12 (18.18%) Infrastructure Analyst
4 10 (15.15%) Developer
4 10 (15.15%) DevOps Engineer
5 8 (12.12%) Infrastructure Engineer
5 8 (12.12%) Lead
6 7 (10.61%) Lead Developer
7 6 (9.09%) Senior Analyst
7 6 (9.09%) Senior Infrastructure Analyst
7 6 (9.09%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
8 5 (7.58%) .NET Developer
8 5 (7.58%) Azure DevOps Engineer
8 5 (7.58%) Lead .NET Developer
9 3 (4.55%) DBA
9 3 (4.55%) Platform Engineer
10 2 (3.03%) Senior Developer
10 2 (3.03%) Solutions Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 19 (28.79%) .NET
2 16 (24.24%) ARM Templates
3 10 (15.15%) .NET Core
4 7 (10.61%) ASP.NET
5 6 (9.09%) Blazor
5 6 (9.09%) REST
5 6 (9.09%) YAML
6 5 (7.58%) gRPC
6 5 (7.58%) Loki
7 3 (4.55%) 802.1X
7 3 (4.55%) ASP.NET Web API
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%) OpenAPI
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%) Enterprise Cloud
7 1 (1.52%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 20 (30.30%) Windows
2 14 (21.21%) VMS
3 11 (16.67%) 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 43 (65.15%) Infrastructure as Code
3 41 (62.12%) CI/CD
4 32 (48.48%) Analytics
5 26 (39.39%) Log Analytics
6 25 (37.88%) Observability
7 24 (36.36%) Agile
8 23 (34.85%) Root Cause Analysis
9 20 (30.30%) Cloud Security
9 20 (30.30%) Performance Tuning
10 19 (28.79%) AI
10 19 (28.79%) Problem-Solving
11 17 (25.76%) API Management
11 17 (25.76%) DevSecOps
11 17 (25.76%) Microservices
12 16 (24.24%) Computer Science
12 16 (24.24%) Mentoring
13 15 (22.73%) Scrum
14 13 (19.70%) Task Automation
15 12 (18.18%) Performance Optimisation
Programming Languages
1 37 (56.06%) PowerShell
2 34 (51.52%) SQL
3 27 (40.91%) Bicep
4 20 (30.30%) Bash
4 20 (30.30%) C#
5 15 (22.73%) Kusto Query Language
6 13 (19.70%) Python
7 2 (3.03%) TypeScript
8 1 (1.52%) JavaScript
8 1 (1.52%) Scala
8 1 (1.52%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 22 (33.33%) Azure Certification
2 16 (24.24%) Microsoft Certification
3 8 (12.12%) SC Cleared
3 8 (12.12%) 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 13 (19.70%) QA
2 8 (12.12%) GDPR
3 4 (6.06%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 2 (3.03%) NCSC
4 2 (3.03%) SLA
5 1 (1.52%) Cyber Essentials
5 1 (1.52%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
5 1 (1.52%) Data Quality
5 1 (1.52%) GRC
5 1 (1.52%) SOC 2
System Software
1 20 (30.30%) Active Directory
2 15 (22.73%) Docker
3 12 (18.18%) Virtual Desktop
3 12 (18.18%) VMware Infrastructure
3 12 (18.18%) vSphere
4 10 (15.15%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 42 (63.64%) 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
6 2 (3.03%) Microsoft Intune
7 1 (1.52%) Istio
7 1 (1.52%) linkerd
7 1 (1.52%) SQL Sentry
Vendors
1 48 (72.73%) Microsoft
2 12 (18.18%) ScienceLogic
2 12 (18.18%) VMware
3 7 (10.61%) SolarWinds
4 3 (4.55%) Cisco
4 3 (4.55%) Oracle
5 2 (3.03%) Apple
5 2 (3.03%) Databricks
5 2 (3.03%) Dynatrace
5 2 (3.03%) OpenAI
6 1 (1.52%) DevExpress
6 1 (1.52%) Foundry