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 3 October 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
3 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 371 338 391
Rank change year-on-year -33 +53 +3
Permanent jobs citing Azure Monitor 95 86 98
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.38% 0.51% 0.44%
As % of the Cloud Services category 1.09% 1.49% 1.05%
Number of salaries quoted 66 52 68
10th Percentile £55,000 £45,125 £45,000
25th Percentile £60,000 £55,000 £55,938
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £71,250 £62,500 £67,500
Median % change year-on-year +14.00% -7.41% +8.00%
75th Percentile £78,750 £72,500 £73,750
90th Percentile £87,500 £77,500 £76,075
UK median annual salary £71,500 £65,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year +10.00% - +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 8,699 5,772 9,375
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 34.97% 34.30% 41.95%
Number of salaries quoted 6,384 4,090 6,204
10th Percentile £35,000 £31,250 £37,000
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 3 October 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 (15.79%) Microsoft Exchange
2 10 (10.53%) SharePoint
3 5 (5.26%) IIS
3 5 (5.26%) nginx
4 1 (1.05%) Confluence
4 1 (1.05%) Skype for Business
Applications
1 1 (1.05%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 2 (2.11%) Dynamics CRM
1 2 (2.11%) Maximo
2 1 (1.05%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 95 (100.00%) Azure
2 62 (65.26%) Azure DevOps
3 39 (41.05%) Azure Key Vault
4 27 (28.42%) GitHub
5 26 (27.37%) IaaS
6 25 (26.32%) Azure Service Bus
6 25 (26.32%) Entra ID
7 23 (24.21%) Azure ExpressRoute
7 23 (24.21%) Microsoft 365
8 21 (22.11%) Azure Functions
8 21 (22.11%) Serverless
9 20 (21.05%) PaaS
10 19 (20.00%) Azure Cosmos DB
11 18 (18.95%) AWS
12 17 (17.89%) Azure AKS
12 17 (17.89%) SaaS
13 10 (10.53%) Microsoft Copilot
14 9 (9.47%) Azure Storage
14 9 (9.47%) GitHub Actions
14 9 (9.47%) Microsoft Purview
Communications & Networking
1 29 (30.53%) VPN
2 17 (17.89%) DNS
3 13 (13.68%) Firewall
4 11 (11.58%) DHCP
5 10 (10.53%) TCP/IP
6 6 (6.32%) LAN
6 6 (6.32%) WAN
7 3 (3.16%) SD-WAN
7 3 (3.16%) Wi-Fi
8 2 (2.11%) BGP
8 2 (2.11%) HTTP
8 2 (2.11%) Network Security
8 2 (2.11%) OSPF
9 1 (1.05%) Internet
9 1 (1.05%) Skype
9 1 (1.05%) Software-Defined Networking
9 1 (1.05%) Unified Communications
9 1 (1.05%) VoIP
9 1 (1.05%) Wireless
9 1 (1.05%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 25 (26.32%) SQL Server
2 24 (25.26%) Azure SQL Database
3 12 (12.63%) Elasticsearch
4 8 (8.42%) PostgreSQL
5 4 (4.21%) Power BI
5 4 (4.21%) Redis
6 2 (2.11%) BusinessObjects
6 2 (2.11%) Geospatial Data
6 2 (2.11%) GIS
6 2 (2.11%) Metadata
6 2 (2.11%) NoSQL
6 2 (2.11%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 1 (1.05%) Oracle Database
7 1 (1.05%) Relational Database
7 1 (1.05%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 28 (29.47%) Git
2 5 (5.26%) Octopus Deploy
3 3 (3.16%) GitLab
4 2 (2.11%) JIRA
4 2 (2.11%) MSI
4 2 (2.11%) NUnit
4 2 (2.11%) Terragrunt
General
1 43 (45.26%) Social Skills
2 24 (25.26%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 18 (18.95%) Public Sector
4 14 (14.74%) Law
5 12 (12.63%) Finance
6 9 (9.47%) Analytical Skills
7 5 (5.26%) Police
8 4 (4.21%) Telecoms
9 3 (3.16%) Aviation
9 3 (3.16%) Documentation Skills
10 2 (2.11%) Manufacturing
10 2 (2.11%) Publishing
11 1 (1.05%) Advertising
11 1 (1.05%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 30 (31.58%) Senior
2 18 (18.95%) Azure Engineer
3 17 (17.89%) Architect
3 17 (17.89%) Lead
4 16 (16.84%) Analyst
5 15 (15.79%) Developer
6 13 (13.68%) DevOps Engineer
6 13 (13.68%) Lead Developer
7 12 (12.63%) .NET Developer
7 12 (12.63%) Infrastructure Analyst
7 12 (12.63%) Lead .NET Developer
8 11 (11.58%) Infrastructure Engineer
9 10 (10.53%) Senior Architect
10 9 (9.47%) Cloud Engineer
10 9 (9.47%) Technical Architect
11 8 (8.42%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
12 6 (6.32%) Senior Analyst
12 6 (6.32%) Senior Infrastructure Analyst
12 6 (6.32%) Senior Technical Architect
12 6 (6.32%) Solutions Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 55 (57.89%) Terraform
2 22 (23.16%) .NET
3 16 (16.84%) REST
4 15 (15.79%) ARM Templates
5 14 (14.74%) .NET Core
6 12 (12.63%) ASP.NET
6 12 (12.63%) Blazor
6 12 (12.63%) gRPC
7 10 (10.53%) Middleware
8 6 (6.32%) YAML
9 5 (5.26%) Loki
10 3 (3.16%) 802.1X
10 3 (3.16%) JSON
10 3 (3.16%) OpenAPI
10 3 (3.16%) Swagger
11 2 (2.11%) ASP.NET Web API
11 2 (2.11%) OAuth
11 2 (2.11%) OAuth2
11 2 (2.11%) OpenID
11 2 (2.11%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 13 (13.68%) Security Posture
2 12 (12.63%) Hybrid Cloud
2 12 (12.63%) Podcast
2 12 (12.63%) Public Cloud
3 9 (9.47%) Enterprise Software
4 8 (8.42%) Management Information System
5 7 (7.37%) Cloud Native
6 6 (6.32%) Self-Motivation
7 4 (4.21%) Legacy Systems
8 3 (3.16%) Data Centre
8 3 (3.16%) Replication
9 2 (2.11%) AI Agents
9 2 (2.11%) Data Protection Act
9 2 (2.11%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
9 2 (2.11%) Distributed Systems
9 2 (2.11%) Driving Licence
9 2 (2.11%) Onboarding
9 2 (2.11%) Product Ownership
10 1 (1.05%) Cloud Security Posture
10 1 (1.05%) Legacy Applications
Operating Systems
1 29 (30.53%) Windows
2 12 (12.63%) VMS
3 10 (10.53%) Linux
3 10 (10.53%) Windows Server
4 1 (1.05%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 63 (66.32%) DevOps
2 54 (56.84%) Infrastructure as Code
3 53 (55.79%) Analytics
4 48 (50.53%) Log Analytics
5 46 (48.42%) CI/CD
6 42 (44.21%) Mentoring
7 40 (42.11%) Cloud Security
8 35 (36.84%) Observability
9 34 (35.79%) Agile
9 34 (35.79%) AI
10 31 (32.63%) Disaster Recovery
11 27 (28.42%) Microservices
12 25 (26.32%) Stakeholder Management
13 23 (24.21%) Event-Driven
14 22 (23.16%) API Management
14 22 (23.16%) Problem-Solving
15 21 (22.11%) Root Cause Analysis
16 20 (21.05%) DevSecOps
16 20 (21.05%) Event-Driven Architecture
17 19 (20.00%) Performance Tuning
Programming Languages
1 48 (50.53%) PowerShell
2 42 (44.21%) Bicep
3 37 (38.95%) SQL
4 24 (25.26%) Bash
5 23 (24.21%) C#
6 16 (16.84%) Kusto Query Language
6 16 (16.84%) Python
7 1 (1.05%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 35 (36.84%) Azure Certification
2 20 (21.05%) SC Cleared
2 20 (21.05%) Security Cleared
3 19 (20.00%) Microsoft Certification
4 5 (5.26%) Degree
5 4 (4.21%) TOGAF Certification
6 3 (3.16%) CCNA
6 3 (3.16%) CCNP
6 3 (3.16%) Cisco Certification
6 3 (3.16%) Computer Science Degree
7 1 (1.05%) BPSS Clearance
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 19 (20.00%) QA
2 5 (5.26%) GDPR
3 3 (3.16%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 2 (2.11%) Data Quality
4 2 (2.11%) NCSC
5 1 (1.05%) Accessibility
5 1 (1.05%) Cyber Essentials
5 1 (1.05%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
System Software
1 28 (29.47%) Active Directory
2 24 (25.26%) Docker
3 18 (18.95%) Virtual Desktop
4 16 (16.84%) VMware Infrastructure
5 14 (14.74%) Virtual Machines
6 12 (12.63%) vSphere
7 6 (6.32%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 19 (20.00%) Kubernetes
2 17 (17.89%) Grafana
3 9 (9.47%) Prometheus
4 7 (7.37%) Microsoft Intune
5 3 (3.16%) Argo
5 3 (3.16%) FortiGate
5 3 (3.16%) Single Sign-On
6 1 (1.05%) Istio
6 1 (1.05%) linkerd
Vendors
1 78 (82.11%) Microsoft
2 18 (18.95%) VMware
3 12 (12.63%) ScienceLogic
4 11 (11.58%) Dynatrace
5 9 (9.47%) Adobe
6 8 (8.42%) Google
7 5 (5.26%) SolarWinds
8 4 (4.21%) Oracle
9 3 (3.16%) Blue Prism
9 3 (3.16%) Cisco
9 3 (3.16%) Foundry
10 2 (2.11%) Alteryx
10 2 (2.11%) OpenAI
10 2 (2.11%) SAP
10 2 (2.11%) ServiceNow
10 2 (2.11%) Splunk
10 2 (2.11%) Veeam
10 2 (2.11%) Workday
11 1 (1.05%) Hyland
11 1 (1.05%) Juniper