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

6 months to
19 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 381 341 403
Rank change year-on-year -40 +62 +1
Permanent jobs citing Azure Monitor 86 83 101
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.35% 0.51% 0.43%
As % of the Cloud Services category 0.98% 1.42% 1.06%
Number of salaries quoted 58 54 67
10th Percentile £55,000 £45,375 £45,000
25th Percentile £60,000 £55,000 £56,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £69,803 £62,500 £67,500
Median % change year-on-year +11.69% -7.41% +8.00%
75th Percentile £75,437 £73,438 £73,750
90th Percentile £84,875 £77,500 £76,100
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 8,777 5,830 9,573
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 35.82% 35.74% 40.82%
Number of salaries quoted 6,441 4,200 6,586
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 19 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 12 (13.95%) Microsoft Exchange
2 9 (10.47%) SharePoint
3 5 (5.81%) IIS
3 5 (5.81%) nginx
4 1 (1.16%) Confluence
4 1 (1.16%) Skype for Business
Business Applications
1 2 (2.33%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (1.16%) Maximo
Cloud Services
1 86 (100.00%) Azure
2 54 (62.79%) Azure DevOps
3 36 (41.86%) Azure Key Vault
4 25 (29.07%) IaaS
5 22 (25.58%) Azure ExpressRoute
6 21 (24.42%) Azure Service Bus
6 21 (24.42%) GitHub
6 21 (24.42%) Microsoft 365
7 20 (23.26%) AWS
7 20 (23.26%) Azure Cosmos DB
8 18 (20.93%) Entra ID
8 18 (20.93%) PaaS
9 17 (19.77%) Azure Functions
9 17 (19.77%) Serverless
10 16 (18.60%) Azure AKS
11 13 (15.12%) SaaS
12 9 (10.47%) GitHub Actions
12 9 (10.47%) Microsoft Copilot
12 9 (10.47%) Microsoft Purview
13 8 (9.30%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 28 (32.56%) VPN
2 16 (18.60%) DNS
3 12 (13.95%) Firewall
4 11 (12.79%) DHCP
4 11 (12.79%) TCP/IP
5 6 (6.98%) LAN
6 5 (5.81%) WAN
7 3 (3.49%) BGP
7 3 (3.49%) HTTP
7 3 (3.49%) OSPF
7 3 (3.49%) SD-WAN
7 3 (3.49%) Wi-Fi
8 1 (1.16%) Skype
8 1 (1.16%) Unified Communications
8 1 (1.16%) VoIP
8 1 (1.16%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 24 (27.91%) SQL Server
2 23 (26.74%) Azure SQL Database
3 12 (13.95%) Elasticsearch
4 7 (8.14%) PostgreSQL
5 4 (4.65%) Redis
6 2 (2.33%) Geospatial Data
6 2 (2.33%) NoSQL
7 1 (1.16%) BusinessObjects
7 1 (1.16%) GIS
7 1 (1.16%) Power BI
7 1 (1.16%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 29 (33.72%) Git
2 5 (5.81%) Octopus Deploy
3 3 (3.49%) GitLab
3 3 (3.49%) NUnit
4 2 (2.33%) JIRA
4 2 (2.33%) MSI
4 2 (2.33%) Terragrunt
5 1 (1.16%) Bitbucket
5 1 (1.16%) Vite
General
1 37 (43.02%) Social Skills
2 24 (27.91%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 14 (16.28%) Law
4 11 (12.79%) Public Sector
5 6 (6.98%) Analytical Skills
6 4 (4.65%) Finance
7 3 (3.49%) Aviation
7 3 (3.49%) Documentation Skills
7 3 (3.49%) Telecoms
8 2 (2.33%) Manufacturing
9 1 (1.16%) Advertising
9 1 (1.16%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 26 (30.23%) Senior
2 18 (20.93%) Azure Engineer
2 18 (20.93%) Lead
3 17 (19.77%) Developer
4 14 (16.28%) Lead Developer
5 13 (15.12%) Analyst
5 13 (15.12%) DevOps Engineer
6 12 (13.95%) .NET Developer
6 12 (13.95%) Infrastructure Analyst
6 12 (13.95%) Lead .NET Developer
7 11 (12.79%) Infrastructure Engineer
8 10 (11.63%) Architect
9 9 (10.47%) Cloud Engineer
9 9 (10.47%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
10 8 (9.30%) Technical Architect
11 6 (6.98%) Senior Analyst
11 6 (6.98%) Senior Infrastructure Analyst
12 5 (5.81%) Consultant
12 5 (5.81%) Senior Architect
12 5 (5.81%) Senior Technical Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 49 (56.98%) Terraform
2 24 (27.91%) .NET
3 16 (18.60%) ARM Templates
4 15 (17.44%) .NET Core
5 14 (16.28%) ASP.NET
6 13 (15.12%) Blazor
6 13 (15.12%) REST
7 12 (13.95%) gRPC
8 8 (9.30%) Middleware
9 6 (6.98%) YAML
10 5 (5.81%) Loki
11 3 (3.49%) 802.1X
11 3 (3.49%) ASP.NET Web API
11 3 (3.49%) RESTful
12 2 (2.33%) .NET Framework
12 2 (2.33%) ADO
12 2 (2.33%) Entity Framework
12 2 (2.33%) GeoJSON
12 2 (2.33%) JSON
12 2 (2.33%) React Native
Miscellaneous
1 12 (13.95%) Podcast
1 12 (13.95%) Public Cloud
1 12 (13.95%) Security Posture
2 11 (12.79%) Hybrid Cloud
3 6 (6.98%) Cloud Native
3 6 (6.98%) Self-Motivation
4 5 (5.81%) Enterprise Software
5 3 (3.49%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
5 3 (3.49%) Product Ownership
6 2 (2.33%) AI Agents
6 2 (2.33%) Data Centre
6 2 (2.33%) Data Protection Act
6 2 (2.33%) Driving Licence
6 2 (2.33%) Legacy Systems
6 2 (2.33%) Replication
7 1 (1.16%) Enterprise Cloud
7 1 (1.16%) Enterprise Storage
7 1 (1.16%) Low-Code
7 1 (1.16%) Mobile App
7 1 (1.16%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 27 (31.40%) Windows
2 12 (13.95%) VMS
3 10 (11.63%) Linux
4 9 (10.47%) Windows Server
5 1 (1.16%) Android
5 1 (1.16%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 56 (65.12%) DevOps
2 49 (56.98%) Infrastructure as Code
3 44 (51.16%) Analytics
4 41 (47.67%) CI/CD
5 39 (45.35%) Log Analytics
5 39 (45.35%) Mentoring
6 35 (40.70%) Cloud Security
7 32 (37.21%) Agile
8 29 (33.72%) AI
9 28 (32.56%) Observability
10 24 (27.91%) Disaster Recovery
10 24 (27.91%) Microservices
11 23 (26.74%) Problem-Solving
12 21 (24.42%) Root Cause Analysis
13 20 (23.26%) DevSecOps
14 19 (22.09%) Performance Tuning
15 18 (20.93%) Event-Driven
15 18 (20.93%) Performance Optimisation
16 17 (19.77%) API Management
16 17 (19.77%) Technical Leadership
Programming Languages
1 47 (54.65%) PowerShell
2 37 (43.02%) Bicep
3 34 (39.53%) SQL
4 24 (27.91%) Bash
4 24 (27.91%) C#
5 16 (18.60%) Python
6 14 (16.28%) Kusto Query Language
7 2 (2.33%) TypeScript
8 1 (1.16%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 30 (34.88%) Azure Certification
2 18 (20.93%) Microsoft Certification
3 10 (11.63%) SC Cleared
3 10 (11.63%) Security Cleared
4 5 (5.81%) Degree
5 3 (3.49%) CCNA
5 3 (3.49%) CCNP
5 3 (3.49%) Cisco Certification
5 3 (3.49%) Computer Science Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 20 (23.26%) QA
2 6 (6.98%) GDPR
3 3 (3.49%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 2 (2.33%) NCSC
5 1 (1.16%) Cyber Essentials
5 1 (1.16%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
System Software
1 26 (30.23%) Active Directory
2 24 (27.91%) Docker
3 17 (19.77%) Virtual Desktop
4 16 (18.60%) VMware Infrastructure
5 13 (15.12%) Virtual Machines
6 12 (13.95%) vSphere
7 5 (5.81%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 17 (19.77%) Kubernetes
2 10 (11.63%) Grafana
3 9 (10.47%) Prometheus
4 6 (6.98%) Microsoft Intune
5 3 (3.49%) Argo
5 3 (3.49%) FortiGate
6 2 (2.33%) Single Sign-On
7 1 (1.16%) Istio
7 1 (1.16%) linkerd
Vendors
1 68 (79.07%) Microsoft
2 17 (19.77%) VMware
3 12 (13.95%) ScienceLogic
4 8 (9.30%) Adobe
4 8 (9.30%) Google
5 6 (6.98%) SolarWinds
6 3 (3.49%) Cisco
6 3 (3.49%) Dynatrace
6 3 (3.49%) Oracle
7 2 (2.33%) Foundry
7 2 (2.33%) OpenAI
8 1 (1.16%) Alteryx
8 1 (1.16%) Apple
8 1 (1.16%) Atlassian
8 1 (1.16%) Blue Prism
8 1 (1.16%) NetApp
8 1 (1.16%) SAP
8 1 (1.16%) ServiceNow
8 1 (1.16%) Splunk
8 1 (1.16%) Workday