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

6 months to
12 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 365 362 494
Rank change year-on-year -3 +132 -15
Permanent jobs citing Azure Monitor 56 56 103
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.28% 0.37% 0.30%
As % of the Cloud Services category 0.75% 0.96% 0.71%
Number of salaries quoted 32 37 66
10th Percentile £57,250 £47,500 £52,000
25th Percentile £62,500 £55,000 £56,525
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £67,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +3.70% +12.50% +8.79%
75th Percentile £78,750 £76,250 £84,348
90th Percentile £120,000 £83,750 £98,092
UK median annual salary £77,500 £70,000 £66,000
% change year-on-year +10.71% +6.06% +1.54%

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 7,465 5,839 14,521
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 37.91% 38.60% 42.35%
Number of salaries quoted 5,174 4,238 12,149
10th Percentile £35,000 £31,500 £36,250
25th Percentile £46,104 £45,000 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,695 £62,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +1.12% +3.33% -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% -10.16%

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 12 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 5 (8.93%) Microsoft Exchange
2 2 (3.57%) SharePoint
3 1 (1.79%) Confluence
3 1 (1.79%) Skype for Business
Business Applications
1 1 (1.79%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 56 (100.00%) Azure
2 39 (69.64%) Azure DevOps
3 18 (32.14%) IaaS
3 18 (32.14%) PaaS
4 17 (30.36%) Entra ID
5 16 (28.57%) Azure AKS
6 14 (25.00%) GitHub
7 10 (17.86%) Azure Functions
7 10 (17.86%) Azure Key Vault
7 10 (17.86%) Serverless
8 9 (16.07%) Azure Data Factory
9 8 (14.29%) AWS
9 8 (14.29%) SaaS
10 7 (12.50%) Azure ExpressRoute
11 6 (10.71%) Azure API Management
11 6 (10.71%) Azure Synapse Analytics
11 6 (10.71%) Microsoft 365
12 5 (8.93%) Azure Event Grid
12 5 (8.93%) Azure Logic Apps
13 4 (7.14%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 15 (26.79%) Firewall
2 9 (16.07%) DNS
2 9 (16.07%) VPN
3 5 (8.93%) DHCP
3 5 (8.93%) LAN
3 5 (8.93%) TCP/IP
4 3 (5.36%) BGP
4 3 (5.36%) HTTP
4 3 (5.36%) OSPF
4 3 (5.36%) SD-WAN
4 3 (5.36%) Wi-Fi
5 2 (3.57%) WAN
6 1 (1.79%) Network Security
6 1 (1.79%) Skype
6 1 (1.79%) Unified Communications
6 1 (1.79%) VoIP
6 1 (1.79%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 13 (23.21%) Azure SQL Database
2 8 (14.29%) PostgreSQL
3 7 (12.50%) SQL Server
4 6 (10.71%) Data Lake
4 6 (10.71%) Delta Lake
5 4 (7.14%) Redis
6 3 (5.36%) Power BI
7 1 (1.79%) Geospatial Data
7 1 (1.79%) NoSQL
Development Applications
1 15 (26.79%) Git
2 4 (7.14%) Visual Studio
3 2 (3.57%) MSI
3 2 (3.57%) NUnit
3 2 (3.57%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
3 2 (3.57%) Terragrunt
4 1 (1.79%) Bitbucket
4 1 (1.79%) JIRA
4 1 (1.79%) Vite
General
1 14 (25.00%) Social Skills
2 13 (23.21%) Finance
3 9 (16.07%) Billing
4 6 (10.71%) Law
5 5 (8.93%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 4 (7.14%) Analytical Skills
7 3 (5.36%) Aviation
8 2 (3.57%) Advertising
8 2 (3.57%) Documentation Skills
8 2 (3.57%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 16 (28.57%) Azure Engineer
1 16 (28.57%) Cloud Engineer
2 14 (25.00%) Senior
3 7 (12.50%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 7 (12.50%) Platform Engineer
4 6 (10.71%) Data Engineer
5 5 (8.93%) DevOps Engineer
5 5 (8.93%) Lead
5 5 (8.93%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
6 4 (7.14%) Analyst
6 4 (7.14%) Developer
6 4 (7.14%) Infrastructure Analyst
7 3 (5.36%) DBA
8 2 (3.57%) Administrator
8 2 (3.57%) C# Software Engineer
8 2 (3.57%) Integration Engineer
8 2 (3.57%) Senior Developer
8 2 (3.57%) Senior Support Engineer
8 2 (3.57%) Software Engineer
8 2 (3.57%) Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 11 (19.64%) .NET
2 9 (16.07%) ARM Templates
3 8 (14.29%) .NET Core
4 6 (10.71%) ASP.NET Web API
4 6 (10.71%) PySpark
4 6 (10.71%) YAML
5 4 (7.14%) JSON
5 4 (7.14%) RESTful
6 3 (5.36%) 802.1X
7 2 (3.57%) .NET Framework
7 2 (3.57%) ADO
7 2 (3.57%) ASP.NET
7 2 (3.57%) Entity Framework
7 2 (3.57%) OAuth
7 2 (3.57%) OAuth2
8 1 (1.79%) ASP.NET MVC
8 1 (1.79%) CSS
8 1 (1.79%) HTML
8 1 (1.79%) iOS SDK
8 1 (1.79%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 5 (8.93%) Public Cloud
2 4 (7.14%) Hybrid Cloud
2 4 (7.14%) Podcast
2 4 (7.14%) Security Posture
3 3 (5.36%) Cloud Native
3 3 (5.36%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
3 3 (5.36%) Replication
4 2 (3.57%) Data Protection Act
4 2 (3.57%) Enterprise Software
4 2 (3.57%) Management Information System
4 2 (3.57%) Product Ownership
4 2 (3.57%) Self-Motivation
5 1 (1.79%) AI Agents
5 1 (1.79%) Analytical Mindset
5 1 (1.79%) Clustering
5 1 (1.79%) Data Centre
5 1 (1.79%) Legacy Systems
5 1 (1.79%) Low-Code
5 1 (1.79%) Mobile App
5 1 (1.79%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 6 (10.71%) VMS
1 6 (10.71%) Windows
2 5 (8.93%) Linux
3 2 (3.57%) Windows Server
4 1 (1.79%) Android
4 1 (1.79%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 45 (80.36%) Infrastructure as Code
2 41 (73.21%) DevOps
3 40 (71.43%) CI/CD
4 34 (60.71%) Analytics
5 28 (50.00%) Log Analytics
6 17 (30.36%) Observability
7 16 (28.57%) Root Cause Analysis
8 14 (25.00%) API Management
8 14 (25.00%) High Availability
8 14 (25.00%) Platform Engineering
9 13 (23.21%) Problem-Solving
10 12 (21.43%) Disaster Recovery
11 11 (19.64%) Agile
11 11 (19.64%) Cloud Security
11 11 (19.64%) Cost Management
12 10 (17.86%) AI
12 10 (17.86%) Microservices
12 10 (17.86%) RBAC
13 9 (16.07%) Continuous Improvement
13 9 (16.07%) Mentoring
Programming Languages
1 24 (42.86%) SQL
2 20 (35.71%) PowerShell
3 17 (30.36%) Bicep
4 14 (25.00%) Python
5 12 (21.43%) C#
6 10 (17.86%) Bash
7 7 (12.50%) Kusto Query Language
8 6 (10.71%) Scala
9 2 (3.57%) TypeScript
10 1 (1.79%) JavaScript
10 1 (1.79%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 15 (26.79%) Azure Certification
2 11 (19.64%) Microsoft Certification
3 7 (12.50%) SC Cleared
3 7 (12.50%) Security Cleared
4 4 (7.14%) Degree
5 2 (3.57%) CCNA
5 2 (3.57%) CCNP
5 2 (3.57%) Cisco Certification
5 2 (3.57%) Computer Science Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (16.07%) GDPR
2 6 (10.71%) Data Quality
3 3 (5.36%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 2 (3.57%) QA
4 2 (3.57%) SLA
5 1 (1.79%) GRC
5 1 (1.79%) NCSC
5 1 (1.79%) SOC 2
System Software
1 11 (19.64%) Active Directory
2 7 (12.50%) Docker
3 5 (8.93%) Virtual Machines
4 4 (7.14%) Virtual Desktop
4 4 (7.14%) VMware Infrastructure
4 4 (7.14%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 45 (80.36%) Terraform
2 11 (19.64%) Kubernetes
3 4 (7.14%) Grafana
4 3 (5.36%) Prometheus
5 2 (3.57%) Argo
5 2 (3.57%) FortiGate
5 2 (3.57%) Microsoft Intune
6 1 (1.79%) SQL Sentry
Vendors
1 33 (58.93%) Microsoft
2 7 (12.50%) Databricks
3 6 (10.71%) SolarWinds
4 4 (7.14%) ScienceLogic
4 4 (7.14%) VMware
5 3 (5.36%) Cisco
5 3 (5.36%) Oracle
6 2 (3.57%) Ab Initio
6 2 (3.57%) Apple
6 2 (3.57%) Dynatrace
7 1 (1.79%) DevExpress
7 1 (1.79%) Foundry
7 1 (1.79%) OpenAI