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

6 months to
26 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 376 341 380
Rank change year-on-year -35 +39 +24
Permanent jobs citing Azure Monitor 94 83 100
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.38% 0.50% 0.44%
As % of the Cloud Services category 1.07% 1.44% 1.05%
Number of salaries quoted 66 52 68
10th Percentile £55,000 £45,125 £45,000
25th Percentile £60,000 £55,000 £56,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £72,500 £62,500 £66,250
Median % change year-on-year +16.00% -5.66% +6.00%
75th Percentile £78,750 £72,500 £73,750
90th Percentile £87,500 £77,500 £76,075
UK median annual salary £72,500 £65,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year +11.54% - +4.00%

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 8,763 5,777 9,500
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 35.36% 34.97% 41.47%
Number of salaries quoted 6,432 4,127 6,358
10th Percentile £35,000 £31,500 £37,500
25th Percentile £45,000 £42,500 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £60,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.17% -7.69% -
75th Percentile £85,000 £82,500 £86,250
90th Percentile £100,000 £110,000 £115,000
UK median annual salary £62,500 £60,000 £62,500
% 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 26 September 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 15 (15.96%) Microsoft Exchange
2 9 (9.57%) SharePoint
3 5 (5.32%) IIS
3 5 (5.32%) nginx
4 1 (1.06%) Confluence
4 1 (1.06%) Skype for Business
Business Applications
1 2 (2.13%) Dynamics CRM
1 2 (2.13%) Maximo
2 1 (1.06%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 94 (100.00%) Azure
2 61 (64.89%) Azure DevOps
3 40 (42.55%) Azure Key Vault
4 28 (29.79%) GitHub
5 26 (27.66%) IaaS
6 25 (26.60%) Azure Service Bus
6 25 (26.60%) Entra ID
7 23 (24.47%) Azure ExpressRoute
8 22 (23.40%) Microsoft 365
9 21 (22.34%) Azure Functions
9 21 (22.34%) Serverless
10 20 (21.28%) Azure Cosmos DB
10 20 (21.28%) PaaS
11 19 (20.21%) AWS
12 18 (19.15%) SaaS
13 17 (18.09%) Azure AKS
14 10 (10.64%) GitHub Actions
14 10 (10.64%) Microsoft Copilot
15 9 (9.57%) Azure Storage
15 9 (9.57%) Microsoft Purview
Communications & Networking
1 29 (30.85%) VPN
2 17 (18.09%) DNS
3 13 (13.83%) Firewall
4 11 (11.70%) DHCP
5 10 (10.64%) TCP/IP
6 6 (6.38%) LAN
6 6 (6.38%) WAN
7 3 (3.19%) SD-WAN
7 3 (3.19%) Wi-Fi
8 2 (2.13%) BGP
8 2 (2.13%) HTTP
8 2 (2.13%) Network Security
8 2 (2.13%) OSPF
9 1 (1.06%) Internet
9 1 (1.06%) Skype
9 1 (1.06%) Software-Defined Networking
9 1 (1.06%) Unified Communications
9 1 (1.06%) VoIP
9 1 (1.06%) Wireless
9 1 (1.06%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 25 (26.60%) Azure SQL Database
1 25 (26.60%) SQL Server
2 12 (12.77%) Elasticsearch
3 8 (8.51%) PostgreSQL
4 5 (5.32%) Redis
5 3 (3.19%) Power BI
6 2 (2.13%) BusinessObjects
6 2 (2.13%) Geospatial Data
6 2 (2.13%) GIS
6 2 (2.13%) Metadata
6 2 (2.13%) NoSQL
6 2 (2.13%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 1 (1.06%) Oracle Database
7 1 (1.06%) Relational Database
7 1 (1.06%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 29 (30.85%) Git
2 5 (5.32%) Octopus Deploy
3 3 (3.19%) GitLab
3 3 (3.19%) NUnit
4 2 (2.13%) JIRA
4 2 (2.13%) MSI
4 2 (2.13%) Terragrunt
5 1 (1.06%) Bitbucket
5 1 (1.06%) Vite
General
1 43 (45.74%) Social Skills
2 24 (25.53%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 18 (19.15%) Public Sector
4 14 (14.89%) Law
5 10 (10.64%) Finance
6 8 (8.51%) Analytical Skills
7 5 (5.32%) Police
8 4 (4.26%) Telecoms
9 3 (3.19%) Aviation
9 3 (3.19%) Documentation Skills
10 2 (2.13%) Manufacturing
10 2 (2.13%) Publishing
11 1 (1.06%) Advertising
11 1 (1.06%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 30 (31.91%) Senior
2 18 (19.15%) Azure Engineer
2 18 (19.15%) Lead
3 17 (18.09%) Architect
3 17 (18.09%) Developer
4 14 (14.89%) Analyst
4 14 (14.89%) Lead Developer
5 13 (13.83%) DevOps Engineer
6 12 (12.77%) .NET Developer
6 12 (12.77%) Infrastructure Analyst
6 12 (12.77%) Lead .NET Developer
7 10 (10.64%) Infrastructure Engineer
7 10 (10.64%) Senior Architect
8 9 (9.57%) Cloud Engineer
8 9 (9.57%) Technical Architect
9 8 (8.51%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
10 6 (6.38%) Senior Analyst
10 6 (6.38%) Senior Infrastructure Analyst
10 6 (6.38%) Senior Technical Architect
10 6 (6.38%) Solutions Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 54 (57.45%) Terraform
2 24 (25.53%) .NET
3 17 (18.09%) REST
4 15 (15.96%) .NET Core
4 15 (15.96%) ARM Templates
5 14 (14.89%) ASP.NET
6 13 (13.83%) Blazor
7 12 (12.77%) gRPC
8 10 (10.64%) Middleware
9 6 (6.38%) YAML
10 5 (5.32%) Loki
11 3 (3.19%) 802.1X
11 3 (3.19%) ASP.NET Web API
11 3 (3.19%) JSON
11 3 (3.19%) OpenAPI
11 3 (3.19%) RESTful
11 3 (3.19%) Swagger
12 2 (2.13%) Entity Framework
12 2 (2.13%) OAuth2
12 2 (2.13%) OpenID
Miscellaneous
1 13 (13.83%) Security Posture
2 12 (12.77%) Hybrid Cloud
2 12 (12.77%) Podcast
2 12 (12.77%) Public Cloud
3 9 (9.57%) Enterprise Software
4 8 (8.51%) Cloud Native
5 7 (7.45%) Management Information System
6 6 (6.38%) Self-Motivation
7 4 (4.26%) Legacy Systems
8 3 (3.19%) Data Centre
8 3 (3.19%) Product Ownership
8 3 (3.19%) Replication
9 2 (2.13%) AI Agents
9 2 (2.13%) Data Protection Act
9 2 (2.13%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
9 2 (2.13%) Distributed Systems
9 2 (2.13%) Driving Licence
9 2 (2.13%) Mobile App
9 2 (2.13%) Onboarding
10 1 (1.06%) Machine to Machine
Operating Systems
1 28 (29.79%) Windows
2 12 (12.77%) VMS
3 10 (10.64%) Linux
4 9 (9.57%) Windows Server
5 1 (1.06%) Android
5 1 (1.06%) Apple iOS
5 1 (1.06%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 63 (67.02%) DevOps
2 55 (58.51%) Infrastructure as Code
3 52 (55.32%) Analytics
4 47 (50.00%) CI/CD
4 47 (50.00%) Log Analytics
5 41 (43.62%) Mentoring
6 40 (42.55%) Cloud Security
7 35 (37.23%) Observability
8 34 (36.17%) Agile
9 32 (34.04%) AI
10 30 (31.91%) Disaster Recovery
11 27 (28.72%) Microservices
12 25 (26.60%) Stakeholder Management
13 23 (24.47%) Event-Driven
14 22 (23.40%) API Management
14 22 (23.40%) Problem-Solving
15 21 (22.34%) Root Cause Analysis
16 20 (21.28%) DevSecOps
16 20 (21.28%) Event-Driven Architecture
17 19 (20.21%) Performance Tuning
Programming Languages
1 47 (50.00%) PowerShell
2 42 (44.68%) Bicep
3 37 (39.36%) SQL
4 24 (25.53%) Bash
4 24 (25.53%) C#
5 16 (17.02%) Python
6 15 (15.96%) Kusto Query Language
7 2 (2.13%) TypeScript
8 1 (1.06%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 35 (37.23%) Azure Certification
2 19 (20.21%) Microsoft Certification
3 18 (19.15%) SC Cleared
3 18 (19.15%) Security Cleared
4 5 (5.32%) Degree
5 4 (4.26%) TOGAF Certification
6 3 (3.19%) CCNA
6 3 (3.19%) CCNP
6 3 (3.19%) Cisco Certification
6 3 (3.19%) Computer Science Degree
7 1 (1.06%) BPSS Clearance
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 20 (21.28%) QA
2 6 (6.38%) GDPR
3 3 (3.19%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 2 (2.13%) NCSC
5 1 (1.06%) Accessibility
5 1 (1.06%) Cyber Essentials
5 1 (1.06%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
5 1 (1.06%) Data Quality
System Software
1 27 (28.72%) Active Directory
2 25 (26.60%) Docker
3 18 (19.15%) Virtual Desktop
4 16 (17.02%) VMware Infrastructure
5 14 (14.89%) Virtual Machines
6 12 (12.77%) vSphere
7 5 (5.32%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 19 (20.21%) Kubernetes
2 17 (18.09%) Grafana
3 9 (9.57%) Prometheus
4 7 (7.45%) Microsoft Intune
5 3 (3.19%) Argo
5 3 (3.19%) FortiGate
5 3 (3.19%) Single Sign-On
6 1 (1.06%) Istio
6 1 (1.06%) linkerd
Vendors
1 77 (81.91%) Microsoft
2 17 (18.09%) VMware
3 12 (12.77%) ScienceLogic
4 11 (11.70%) Dynatrace
5 9 (9.57%) Adobe
6 8 (8.51%) Google
7 5 (5.32%) SolarWinds
8 4 (4.26%) Oracle
9 3 (3.19%) Blue Prism
9 3 (3.19%) Cisco
9 3 (3.19%) Foundry
10 2 (2.13%) Alteryx
10 2 (2.13%) OpenAI
10 2 (2.13%) SAP
10 2 (2.13%) ServiceNow
10 2 (2.13%) Splunk
10 2 (2.13%) Workday
11 1 (1.06%) Atlassian
11 1 (1.06%) ForgeRock
11 1 (1.06%) Fortinet