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

6 months to
19 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 357 367 477
Rank change year-on-year +10 +110 +13
Permanent jobs citing Azure Monitor 62 57 108
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.31% 0.37% 0.31%
As % of the Cloud Services category 0.82% 0.97% 0.74%
Number of salaries quoted 35 39 68
10th Percentile £55,900 £47,500 £49,750
25th Percentile £62,500 £56,250 £56,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £67,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +3.70% +12.50% -
75th Percentile £78,125 £75,000 £84,964
90th Percentile £120,000 £83,750 £96,855
UK median annual salary £77,500 £70,000 £65,500
% change year-on-year +10.71% +6.87% +0.77%

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 7,606 5,887 14,639
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 37.86% 38.15% 42.20%
Number of salaries quoted 5,338 4,281 12,182
10th Percentile £35,000 £31,500 £36,250
25th Percentile £45,750 £45,000 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £61,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +1.63% +2.50% -7.69%
75th Percentile £85,000 £82,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £110,000 £100,000
UK median annual salary £62,500 £60,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year +4.17% +4.35% -9.75%

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 19 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 8 (12.90%) Microsoft Exchange
2 2 (3.23%) SharePoint
3 1 (1.61%) Confluence
3 1 (1.61%) IIS
3 1 (1.61%) nginx
3 1 (1.61%) Skype for Business
Business Applications
1 1 (1.61%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 62 (100.00%) Azure
2 43 (69.35%) Azure DevOps
3 20 (32.26%) IaaS
3 20 (32.26%) PaaS
4 17 (27.42%) Azure AKS
5 16 (25.81%) Entra ID
5 16 (25.81%) GitHub
6 15 (24.19%) Azure Key Vault
7 13 (20.97%) Azure Functions
7 13 (20.97%) Serverless
8 10 (16.13%) Azure ExpressRoute
9 8 (12.90%) AWS
9 8 (12.90%) SaaS
10 7 (11.29%) Azure API Management
10 7 (11.29%) Azure Data Factory
10 7 (11.29%) Microsoft 365
11 6 (9.68%) Azure Logic Apps
11 6 (9.68%) Azure Service Bus
12 5 (8.06%) Azure Cosmos DB
12 5 (8.06%) Azure Synapse Analytics
Communications & Networking
1 14 (22.58%) Firewall
2 12 (19.35%) VPN
3 9 (14.52%) DNS
4 5 (8.06%) DHCP
4 5 (8.06%) LAN
4 5 (8.06%) TCP/IP
5 3 (4.84%) BGP
5 3 (4.84%) HTTP
5 3 (4.84%) OSPF
5 3 (4.84%) SD-WAN
5 3 (4.84%) Wi-Fi
6 2 (3.23%) WAN
7 1 (1.61%) Network Security
7 1 (1.61%) Skype
7 1 (1.61%) Unified Communications
7 1 (1.61%) VoIP
7 1 (1.61%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 17 (27.42%) Azure SQL Database
2 10 (16.13%) SQL Server
3 8 (12.90%) PostgreSQL
4 5 (8.06%) Data Lake
4 5 (8.06%) Delta Lake
5 4 (6.45%) Redis
6 3 (4.84%) Power BI
7 2 (3.23%) Geospatial Data
7 2 (3.23%) NoSQL
8 1 (1.61%) Elasticsearch
Development Applications
1 19 (30.65%) Git
2 4 (6.45%) Visual Studio
3 3 (4.84%) NUnit
4 2 (3.23%) MSI
4 2 (3.23%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
4 2 (3.23%) Terragrunt
5 1 (1.61%) Bitbucket
5 1 (1.61%) JIRA
5 1 (1.61%) Octopus Deploy
5 1 (1.61%) Vite
General
1 18 (29.03%) Social Skills
2 11 (17.74%) Finance
3 10 (16.13%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 9 (14.52%) Law
5 8 (12.90%) Billing
6 4 (6.45%) Analytical Skills
7 3 (4.84%) Aviation
7 3 (4.84%) Documentation Skills
8 2 (3.23%) Advertising
8 2 (3.23%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 17 (27.42%) Azure Engineer
2 16 (25.81%) Cloud Engineer
2 16 (25.81%) Senior
3 7 (11.29%) Analyst
3 7 (11.29%) Infrastructure Analyst
3 7 (11.29%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 7 (11.29%) Lead
3 7 (11.29%) Platform Engineer
4 6 (9.68%) DevOps Engineer
5 5 (8.06%) Data Engineer
5 5 (8.06%) Developer
5 5 (8.06%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
6 4 (6.45%) Senior Analyst
6 4 (6.45%) Senior Infrastructure Analyst
7 3 (4.84%) DBA
8 2 (3.23%) Administrator
8 2 (3.23%) Lead Developer
8 2 (3.23%) Senior Developer
8 2 (3.23%) Solutions Architect
8 2 (3.23%) Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 14 (22.58%) .NET
2 11 (17.74%) ARM Templates
3 10 (16.13%) .NET Core
4 7 (11.29%) ASP.NET Web API
5 6 (9.68%) YAML
6 5 (8.06%) PySpark
7 4 (6.45%) RESTful
8 3 (4.84%) 802.1X
8 3 (4.84%) ASP.NET
8 3 (4.84%) JSON
9 2 (3.23%) .NET Framework
9 2 (3.23%) ADO
9 2 (3.23%) Blazor
9 2 (3.23%) Entity Framework
9 2 (3.23%) GeoJSON
9 2 (3.23%) Model Context Protocol
9 2 (3.23%) OpenAPI
9 2 (3.23%) React Native
9 2 (3.23%) REST
9 2 (3.23%) Swagger
Miscellaneous
1 8 (12.90%) Public Cloud
2 7 (11.29%) Podcast
2 7 (11.29%) Security Posture
3 5 (8.06%) Cloud Native
4 4 (6.45%) Hybrid Cloud
4 4 (6.45%) Self-Motivation
5 3 (4.84%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
5 3 (4.84%) Product Ownership
5 3 (4.84%) Replication
6 2 (3.23%) AI Agents
6 2 (3.23%) Data Centre
6 2 (3.23%) Data Protection Act
6 2 (3.23%) Enterprise Software
6 2 (3.23%) Legacy Systems
6 2 (3.23%) Management Information System
7 1 (1.61%) Analytical Mindset
7 1 (1.61%) Enterprise Cloud
7 1 (1.61%) Low-Code
7 1 (1.61%) Mobile App
7 1 (1.61%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 10 (16.13%) Windows
2 9 (14.52%) VMS
3 7 (11.29%) Linux
4 2 (3.23%) Windows Server
5 1 (1.61%) Android
5 1 (1.61%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 48 (77.42%) Infrastructure as Code
2 45 (72.58%) DevOps
3 43 (69.35%) CI/CD
4 36 (58.06%) Analytics
5 30 (48.39%) Log Analytics
6 21 (33.87%) Observability
7 19 (30.65%) Root Cause Analysis
8 17 (27.42%) Agile
8 17 (27.42%) API Management
9 16 (25.81%) Problem-Solving
10 15 (24.19%) Cloud Security
10 15 (24.19%) Platform Engineering
11 14 (22.58%) AI
12 13 (20.97%) High Availability
12 13 (20.97%) Mentoring
12 13 (20.97%) Microservices
13 11 (17.74%) Computer Science
13 11 (17.74%) Continuous Improvement
13 11 (17.74%) Disaster Recovery
13 11 (17.74%) Performance Tuning
Programming Languages
1 29 (46.77%) SQL
2 25 (40.32%) PowerShell
3 22 (35.48%) Bicep
4 15 (24.19%) C#
5 14 (22.58%) Bash
5 14 (22.58%) Python
6 10 (16.13%) Kusto Query Language
7 5 (8.06%) Scala
8 2 (3.23%) TypeScript
9 1 (1.61%) JavaScript
9 1 (1.61%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 20 (32.26%) Azure Certification
2 15 (24.19%) Microsoft Certification
3 7 (11.29%) SC Cleared
3 7 (11.29%) Security Cleared
4 4 (6.45%) Degree
5 2 (3.23%) CCNA
5 2 (3.23%) CCNP
5 2 (3.23%) Cisco Certification
5 2 (3.23%) Computer Science Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (12.90%) GDPR
2 5 (8.06%) Data Quality
2 5 (8.06%) QA
3 3 (4.84%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 2 (3.23%) NCSC
4 2 (3.23%) SLA
5 1 (1.61%) Cyber Essentials
5 1 (1.61%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
5 1 (1.61%) GRC
5 1 (1.61%) SOC 2
System Software
1 14 (22.58%) Active Directory
2 10 (16.13%) Docker
3 7 (11.29%) Virtual Desktop
3 7 (11.29%) VMware Infrastructure
3 7 (11.29%) vSphere
4 6 (9.68%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 47 (75.81%) Terraform
2 13 (20.97%) Kubernetes
3 6 (9.68%) Grafana
4 5 (8.06%) Prometheus
5 3 (4.84%) Argo
6 2 (3.23%) FortiGate
6 2 (3.23%) Microsoft Intune
7 1 (1.61%) Istio
7 1 (1.61%) linkerd
7 1 (1.61%) SQL Sentry
Vendors
1 40 (64.52%) Microsoft
2 7 (11.29%) ScienceLogic
2 7 (11.29%) VMware
3 6 (9.68%) Databricks
3 6 (9.68%) SolarWinds
4 3 (4.84%) Cisco
4 3 (4.84%) Oracle
5 2 (3.23%) Apple
5 2 (3.23%) Dynatrace
5 2 (3.23%) OpenAI
6 1 (1.61%) Ab Initio
6 1 (1.61%) DevExpress
6 1 (1.61%) Foundry