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 4 March 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
4 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 318 378 438
Rank change year-on-year +60 +60 +138
Permanent jobs citing Azure Monitor 74 44 100
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.45% 0.30% 0.35%
As % of the Cloud Services category 1.19% 0.65% 0.77%
Number of salaries quoted 38 36 73
10th Percentile £41,500 £43,103 £52,000
25th Percentile £57,500 £53,734 £55,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £65,625 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +6.67% +9.38% -
75th Percentile £84,375 £73,750 £68,750
90th Percentile £120,000 £83,750 £95,750
UK median annual salary £70,000 £67,500 £62,500
% change year-on-year +3.70% +8.00% -4.58%

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 6,237 6,774 13,026
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 37.55% 46.82% 45.73%
Number of salaries quoted 4,258 4,627 11,359
10th Percentile £32,500 £35,000 £35,000
25th Percentile £43,750 £47,500 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £65,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -7.69% +8.33% -7.69%
75th Percentile £82,500 £83,750 £77,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £105,000 £97,500
UK median annual salary £60,000 £63,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year -4.76% +9.57% -11.54%

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 4 March 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 (6.76%) SharePoint
2 4 (5.41%) Microsoft Exchange
3 1 (1.35%) Confluence
Business Applications
1 1 (1.35%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 74 (100.00%) Azure
2 57 (77.03%) Azure DevOps
3 29 (39.19%) Entra ID
3 29 (39.19%) GitHub
4 23 (31.08%) Azure Data Factory
5 20 (27.03%) Azure Logic Apps
5 20 (27.03%) GitHub Actions
6 18 (24.32%) IaaS
6 18 (24.32%) PaaS
7 16 (21.62%) Azure AKS
8 15 (20.27%) Azure Event Grid
8 15 (20.27%) Azure Service Bus
9 14 (18.92%) Microsoft 365
10 9 (12.16%) Azure Synapse Analytics
11 7 (9.46%) Amazon CloudWatch
12 6 (8.11%) AWS CloudFormation
12 6 (8.11%) Azure API Management
12 6 (8.11%) Azure Sentinel
12 6 (8.11%) Power Automate
12 6 (8.11%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 18 (24.32%) Firewall
2 13 (17.57%) DNS
2 13 (17.57%) VPN
3 6 (8.11%) DHCP
4 5 (6.76%) TCP/IP
5 4 (5.41%) SD-WAN
5 4 (5.41%) WAN
5 4 (5.41%) Wireless
6 3 (4.05%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 11 (14.86%) Azure SQL Database
2 9 (12.16%) Data Lake
2 9 (12.16%) Delta Lake
3 5 (6.76%) SQL Server
4 2 (2.70%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 10 (13.51%) Git
2 5 (6.76%) Jenkins
3 4 (5.41%) Visual Studio
4 2 (2.70%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
5 1 (1.35%) Bitbucket
5 1 (1.35%) JIRA
5 1 (1.35%) LoadRunner
5 1 (1.35%) Postman
5 1 (1.35%) SoapUI
General
1 44 (59.46%) Finance
2 14 (18.92%) Social Skills
3 9 (12.16%) Billing
4 5 (6.76%) Analytical Skills
5 3 (4.05%) Public Sector
6 1 (1.35%) Advertising
6 1 (1.35%) Back Office
6 1 (1.35%) Documentation Skills
Job Titles
1 19 (25.68%) Cloud Engineer
2 16 (21.62%) Azure Engineer
2 16 (21.62%) Senior
3 10 (13.51%) Integration Engineer
4 9 (12.16%) Data Engineer
4 9 (12.16%) Platform Engineer
5 6 (8.11%) Analyst
5 6 (8.11%) Lead
6 5 (6.76%) Developer
6 5 (6.76%) Senior Cloud Engineer
6 5 (6.76%) Support Analyst
6 5 (6.76%) Support Engineer
7 4 (5.41%) Infrastructure Analyst
7 4 (5.41%) Infrastructure Support
7 4 (5.41%) Infrastructure Support Analyst
7 4 (5.41%) Senior Analyst
7 4 (5.41%) Senior Developer
7 4 (5.41%) Senior Infrastructure Analyst
7 4 (5.41%) Senior Infrastructure Support Analyst
7 4 (5.41%) Senior Support Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 17 (22.97%) JSON
2 16 (21.62%) OAuth
3 15 (20.27%) OAuth2
4 14 (18.92%) RESTful
5 9 (12.16%) PySpark
6 7 (9.46%) .NET
7 6 (8.11%) .NET Core
8 5 (6.76%) ASP.NET Web API
9 3 (4.05%) REST
9 3 (4.05%) XML
9 3 (4.05%) XSLT
10 2 (2.70%) ARM Templates
11 1 (1.35%) .NET Framework
11 1 (1.35%) ASP.NET Web Forms
11 1 (1.35%) CSS
11 1 (1.35%) HTML
11 1 (1.35%) OpenID
11 1 (1.35%) React Native
11 1 (1.35%) Semantic Kernel
11 1 (1.35%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 9 (12.16%) Onboarding
2 7 (9.46%) Product Ownership
3 6 (8.11%) Hybrid Cloud
4 5 (6.76%) Mobile App
5 4 (5.41%) Enterprise Software
5 4 (5.41%) iPad
5 4 (5.41%) iPhone
5 4 (5.41%) Video Conferencing
6 2 (2.70%) Cloud Native
6 2 (2.70%) Low-Code
6 2 (2.70%) Self-Motivation
7 1 (1.35%) AI Agents
7 1 (1.35%) Data Centre
7 1 (1.35%) Distributed Systems
7 1 (1.35%) Legacy Applications
7 1 (1.35%) Legacy Code
7 1 (1.35%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 12 (16.22%) Windows
2 7 (9.46%) Linux
3 5 (6.76%) Windows Server
4 4 (5.41%) Apple iOS
4 4 (5.41%) VMS
4 4 (5.41%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 60 (81.08%) Infrastructure as Code
2 58 (78.38%) DevOps
3 49 (66.22%) Analytics
3 49 (66.22%) Log Analytics
4 48 (64.86%) CI/CD
5 29 (39.19%) RBAC
6 27 (36.49%) Cost Management
7 26 (35.14%) ETL
8 24 (32.43%) Deployment Automation
9 23 (31.08%) Data Pipeline
9 23 (31.08%) Root Cause Analysis
10 22 (29.73%) Coaching
10 22 (29.73%) Incident Response
11 21 (28.38%) Asset Management
12 20 (27.03%) API Management
13 19 (25.68%) Continuous Improvement
13 19 (25.68%) Disaster Recovery
14 17 (22.97%) ITIL
14 17 (22.97%) Observability
15 15 (20.27%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 32 (43.24%) Bicep
2 29 (39.19%) PowerShell
3 21 (28.38%) Python
4 14 (18.92%) SQL
5 12 (16.22%) Bash
6 11 (14.86%) C#
7 9 (12.16%) Scala
8 2 (2.70%) Kusto Query Language
9 1 (1.35%) JavaScript
9 1 (1.35%) T-SQL
9 1 (1.35%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 18 (24.32%) Azure Certification
2 11 (14.86%) Microsoft Certification
2 11 (14.86%) SC Cleared
2 11 (14.86%) Security Cleared
3 5 (6.76%) AWS Certification
3 5 (6.76%) BPSS Clearance
4 1 (1.35%) MCSA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 15 (20.27%) GDPR
2 9 (12.16%) Data Quality
3 6 (8.11%) SLA
4 1 (1.35%) GRC
4 1 (1.35%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 1 (1.35%) QA
4 1 (1.35%) SOC 2
System Software
1 18 (24.32%) Virtual Machines
2 11 (14.86%) Active Directory
3 10 (13.51%) Hyper-V
3 10 (13.51%) VMware Infrastructure
4 9 (12.16%) Virtual Desktop
5 5 (6.76%) Docker
6 1 (1.35%) vCloud
Systems Management
1 59 (79.73%) Terraform
2 12 (16.22%) Kubernetes
3 11 (14.86%) Microsoft Intune
4 6 (8.11%) Ansible
4 6 (8.11%) Grafana
5 5 (6.76%) SCOM
6 3 (4.05%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 26 (35.14%) Microsoft
2 14 (18.92%) Ab Initio
3 11 (14.86%) VMware
4 9 (12.16%) Databricks
5 2 (2.70%) Foundry
6 1 (1.35%) Apple
6 1 (1.35%) Dynatrace
6 1 (1.35%) NetApp
6 1 (1.35%) Okta
6 1 (1.35%) Oracle
6 1 (1.35%) Veeam
6 1 (1.35%) Zscaler