Hybrid/Remote Azure Job Trends

Microsoft Azure
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for remote or hybrid work requiring Azure skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 12 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 8 3 4
Rank change year-on-year -5 +1 0
Permanent jobs citing Azure 2,456 4,099 5,183
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 15.59% 20.83% 23.77%
As % of the Cloud Services category 44.40% 47.20% 49.48%
Number of salaries quoted 1,894 2,760 4,472
10th Percentile £35,000 £38,250 £38,125
25th Percentile £47,500 £47,500 £48,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £65,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year - +4.00% -3.85%
75th Percentile £82,500 £79,125 £80,000
90th Percentile £97,500 £95,000 £95,000
UK median annual salary £60,000 £65,000 £61,500
% change year-on-year -7.69% +5.69% -5.38%

All Cloud Skills
Work from Home

Azure 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 5,532 8,685 10,475
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 35.12% 44.14% 48.04%
Number of salaries quoted 4,176 5,597 8,931
10th Percentile £31,250 £36,250 £37,000
25th Percentile £42,000 £47,500 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £65,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -7.69% - -
75th Percentile £82,500 £85,000 £82,500
90th Percentile £107,500 £111,100 £97,500
UK median annual salary £57,500 £65,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year -11.54% +4.00% -

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Job Vacancy Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Azure and offering remote or hybrid work options relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised.

Azure job vacancy trend for remote/hybrid jobs

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Salary Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Salary distribution trend for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing Azure.

Salary distribution trend for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing Azure

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Salary Histogram for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Salary distribution for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing Azure over the 6 months to 12 November 2025.

Azure salary histogram for jobs with remote/hybrid work options

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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
1 152 (6.19%) SharePoint
2 131 (5.33%) Microsoft Exchange
3 46 (1.87%) Confluence
4 32 (1.30%) IIS
5 17 (0.69%) Apache Spark
5 17 (0.69%) CMS
6 14 (0.57%) Apache Airflow
6 14 (0.57%) Apache Solr
7 12 (0.49%) Apache
8 10 (0.41%) Oracle SOA Suite
9 7 (0.29%) Ethereum
10 5 (0.20%) Anypoint
10 5 (0.20%) nginx
10 5 (0.20%) SAS
11 4 (0.16%) Moodle
12 3 (0.12%) ArcGIS
12 3 (0.12%) Jupyter
12 3 (0.12%) Oracle Workflow
12 3 (0.12%) Tomcat
13 2 (0.081%) GeoServer
Applications
1 78 (3.18%) Microsoft Excel
2 33 (1.34%) Microsoft Office
3 11 (0.45%) Microsoft Project
3 11 (0.45%) MS Visio
4 9 (0.37%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 9 (0.37%) Spreadsheet
5 5 (0.20%) Chatbot
5 5 (0.20%) Trello
6 1 (0.041%) AutoCAD
6 1 (0.041%) Autodesk Inventor
6 1 (0.041%) PlantUML
6 1 (0.041%) SOLIDWORKS
Business Applications
1 54 (2.20%) Dynamics CRM
2 25 (1.02%) Oracle ERP
3 12 (0.49%) SAP S/4HANA
4 11 (0.45%) Shopify
5 8 (0.33%) Workday HCM
6 5 (0.20%) Dynamics GP
7 4 (0.16%) Payment Gateway
7 4 (0.16%) Raiser’s Edge
7 4 (0.16%) Sage 1000
8 3 (0.12%) NetSuite
9 2 (0.081%) Dynamics NAV
9 2 (0.081%) Markit EDM
9 2 (0.081%) Sage 200
10 1 (0.041%) Aladdin
10 1 (0.041%) FastStats
10 1 (0.041%) Magento
10 1 (0.041%) Primavera
10 1 (0.041%) SAP ERP
10 1 (0.041%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 720 (29.32%) AWS
2 471 (19.18%) Azure DevOps
3 443 (18.04%) Microsoft 365
4 365 (14.86%) Power Platform
5 327 (13.31%) GCP
6 282 (11.48%) Entra ID
7 237 (9.65%) SaaS
8 230 (9.36%) GitHub
9 135 (5.50%) Azure Data Factory
10 121 (4.93%) Dynamics 365
11 120 (4.89%) Power Automate
12 109 (4.44%) Snowflake
13 108 (4.40%) Serverless
14 99 (4.03%) GitHub Actions
15 98 (3.99%) PaaS
16 88 (3.58%) PowerApps
17 87 (3.54%) IaaS
18 77 (3.14%) Azure Synapse Analytics
19 73 (2.97%) Azure Monitor
20 64 (2.61%) Azure Service Bus
Communications & Networking
1 220 (8.96%) Firewall
2 142 (5.78%) VPN
3 118 (4.80%) WAN
4 102 (4.15%) DNS
5 99 (4.03%) LAN
6 77 (3.14%) DHCP
7 69 (2.81%) SD-WAN
8 64 (2.61%) Network Security
8 64 (2.61%) TCP/IP
9 46 (1.87%) Wi-Fi
10 42 (1.71%) Wireless
11 41 (1.67%) VLAN
12 35 (1.43%) VoIP
13 32 (1.30%) Wireshark
14 21 (0.86%) Internet
15 18 (0.73%) BGP
16 16 (0.65%) Intrusion Detection
16 16 (0.65%) SAN
16 16 (0.65%) SSL
17 14 (0.57%) OSPF
Database & Business Intelligence
1 293 (11.93%) SQL Server
2 252 (10.26%) Power BI
3 170 (6.92%) Data Warehouse
4 143 (5.82%) Azure SQL Database
5 103 (4.19%) MongoDB
6 97 (3.95%) MySQL
7 86 (3.50%) NoSQL
8 85 (3.46%) Data Lake
9 76 (3.09%) PostgreSQL
10 67 (2.73%) SQL Server Reporting Services
11 61 (2.48%) Elasticsearch
12 56 (2.28%) SQL Server Integration Services
13 52 (2.12%) Relational Database
14 43 (1.75%) Tableau
15 36 (1.47%) Metadata
16 28 (1.14%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
17 24 (0.98%) Redis
18 16 (0.65%) BigQuery
18 16 (0.65%) Data Vault
19 15 (0.61%) Snowflake Schema
Development Applications
1 173 (7.04%) Git
2 123 (5.01%) JIRA
3 74 (3.01%) Jenkins
4 41 (1.67%) GitLab
5 23 (0.94%) Oracle Forms
6 16 (0.65%) Octopus Deploy
6 16 (0.65%) SonarQube
6 16 (0.65%) Visual Studio
7 14 (0.57%) ERwin
8 12 (0.49%) Bitbucket
8 12 (0.49%) ER Studio
8 12 (0.49%) Team Foundation Server
9 11 (0.45%) Cypress.io
9 11 (0.45%) Postman
9 11 (0.45%) Selenium
10 10 (0.41%) Visual Studio Code
11 9 (0.37%) MSBuild
12 7 (0.29%) Burp Suite
12 7 (0.29%) Metasploit
12 7 (0.29%) TeamCity
General
1 807 (32.86%) Social Skills
2 674 (27.44%) Finance
3 223 (9.08%) Analytical Skills
4 126 (5.13%) Public Sector
5 117 (4.76%) Law
6 116 (4.72%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 114 (4.64%) Retail
8 86 (3.50%) Marketing
8 86 (3.50%) Telecoms
9 76 (3.09%) Legal
10 53 (2.16%) Banking
11 51 (2.08%) Manufacturing
12 48 (1.95%) Presentation Skills
13 38 (1.55%) Organisational Skills
14 33 (1.34%) Documentation Skills
14 33 (1.34%) Games
15 22 (0.90%) Advertising
16 21 (0.86%) Back Office
16 21 (0.86%) Front Office
17 19 (0.77%) Influencing Skills
Job Titles
1 514 (20.93%) Developer
2 454 (18.49%) Senior
3 272 (11.07%) Architect
4 227 (9.24%) Lead
5 172 (7.00%) Analyst
6 143 (5.82%) .NET Developer
7 139 (5.66%) Cloud Engineer
8 120 (4.89%) Azure Engineer
9 119 (4.85%) Support Engineer
10 114 (4.64%) Software Developer
11 112 (4.56%) Senior Developer
12 103 (4.19%) Infrastructure Engineer
13 102 (4.15%) Software Engineer
14 101 (4.11%) Data Engineer
15 99 (4.03%) IT Support
16 82 (3.34%) Consultant
17 81 (3.30%) IT Engineer
18 77 (3.14%) DevOps Engineer
19 73 (2.97%) C# Developer
20 70 (2.85%) Solutions Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 519 (21.13%) .NET
2 219 (8.92%) React
3 149 (6.07%) CSS
4 144 (5.86%) ASP.NET
5 129 (5.25%) REST
5 129 (5.25%) RESTful
6 126 (5.13%) .NET Core
7 123 (5.01%) HTML
8 117 (4.76%) AngularJS
9 109 (4.44%) .NET Framework
10 103 (4.19%) Node.js
11 81 (3.30%) JSON
12 77 (3.14%) Entity Framework
12 77 (3.14%) Vue
13 62 (2.52%) ASP.NET Web API
14 57 (2.32%) SOAP
14 57 (2.32%) Web Services
15 54 (2.20%) ASP.NET MVC
16 52 (2.12%) OAuth
17 51 (2.08%) jQuery
Miscellaneous
1 240 (9.77%) Cloud Native
2 156 (6.35%) Product Ownership
3 107 (4.36%) Management Information System
4 90 (3.66%) Enterprise Software
5 80 (3.26%) Data Centre
6 75 (3.05%) Distributed Systems
7 72 (2.93%) Onboarding
8 64 (2.61%) Driving Licence
9 60 (2.44%) Legacy Systems
9 60 (2.44%) Self-Motivation
10 59 (2.40%) Analytical Mindset
11 51 (2.08%) Security Posture
12 50 (2.04%) Hybrid Cloud
13 48 (1.95%) Public Cloud
14 29 (1.18%) Private Cloud
15 26 (1.06%) Virtual Team
16 25 (1.02%) Low-Code
17 23 (0.94%) Cyber Threat
17 23 (0.94%) Greenfield Project
18 21 (0.86%) Data Structures
Operating Systems
1 393 (16.00%) Windows
2 197 (8.02%) Windows Server
3 176 (7.17%) Linux
4 50 (2.04%) Windows 10
5 35 (1.43%) Mac OS
6 33 (1.34%) Unix
7 32 (1.30%) Apple iOS
8 25 (1.02%) Android
9 18 (0.73%) VMS
9 18 (0.73%) Windows Server 2019
10 14 (0.57%) Windows Server 2016
11 11 (0.45%) Windows Server 2012
12 10 (0.41%) CentOS
12 10 (0.41%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
12 10 (0.41%) Ubuntu
13 8 (0.33%) Debian
13 8 (0.33%) Rocky
14 5 (0.20%) Mac OS X
14 5 (0.20%) Solaris
15 4 (0.16%) HPUX
Processes & Methodologies
1 863 (35.14%) DevOps
2 831 (33.84%) Agile
3 624 (25.41%) CI/CD
4 522 (21.25%) Problem-Solving
5 455 (18.53%) Continuous Improvement
6 407 (16.57%) Mentoring
7 388 (15.80%) AI
8 333 (13.56%) Analytics
9 317 (12.91%) Infrastructure as Code
9 317 (12.91%) Software Engineering
10 285 (11.60%) Business Intelligence
11 280 (11.40%) Microservices
12 264 (10.75%) Roadmaps
13 258 (10.50%) Coaching
14 236 (9.61%) Migration
15 225 (9.16%) Data Modelling
15 225 (9.16%) ITIL
16 224 (9.12%) Computer Science
17 214 (8.71%) Full-Stack Development
18 211 (8.59%) Asset Management
Programming Languages
1 702 (28.58%) SQL
2 519 (21.13%) Python
3 508 (20.68%) C#
4 340 (13.84%) JavaScript
5 270 (10.99%) PowerShell
6 198 (8.06%) Java
7 168 (6.84%) TypeScript
8 98 (3.99%) Bash
9 82 (3.34%) Bicep
9 82 (3.34%) PHP
10 54 (2.20%) C++
11 50 (2.04%) T-SQL
12 46 (1.87%) Data Analysis Expressions
13 33 (1.34%) PL/SQL
14 31 (1.26%) Shell Script
15 23 (0.94%) Go
16 21 (0.86%) Scala
17 20 (0.81%) VB.NET
18 19 (0.77%) R
19 15 (0.61%) Kusto Query Language
Qualifications
1 365 (14.86%) Degree
2 209 (8.51%) Security Cleared
3 183 (7.45%) SC Cleared
4 179 (7.29%) Computer Science Degree
5 177 (7.21%) Azure Certification
6 154 (6.27%) Microsoft Certification
7 86 (3.50%) AWS Certification
8 76 (3.09%) Cisco Certification
9 49 (2.00%) CISSP
9 49 (2.00%) DBS Check
10 41 (1.67%) Master's Degree
11 40 (1.63%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
12 38 (1.55%) CCNP
13 33 (1.34%) DV Cleared
14 31 (1.26%) CCNA
15 28 (1.14%) BPSS Clearance
15 28 (1.14%) TOGAF Certification
16 25 (1.02%) CISM
17 21 (0.86%) MCP
17 21 (0.86%) MCSE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 133 (5.42%) QA
2 124 (5.05%) GDPR
2 124 (5.05%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 101 (4.11%) NIST
4 91 (3.71%) Data Quality
5 82 (3.34%) Accessibility
6 36 (1.47%) Cyber Essentials
7 26 (1.06%) NCSC
8 21 (0.86%) SLA
9 19 (0.77%) Actionable Recommendations
10 16 (0.65%) GRC
10 16 (0.65%) PCI DSS
11 15 (0.61%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
12 14 (0.57%) HIPAA
13 9 (0.37%) PMO
14 8 (0.33%) SOC 2
15 7 (0.29%) ISO 9001
15 7 (0.29%) WCAG
16 6 (0.24%) EU AI Act
16 6 (0.24%) ISO 22301
System Software
1 338 (13.76%) Active Directory
2 240 (9.77%) Docker
3 82 (3.34%) Hyper-V
4 67 (2.73%) VMware Infrastructure
5 38 (1.55%) Virtual Desktop
5 38 (1.55%) Virtual Machines
6 13 (0.53%) Firmware
7 9 (0.37%) Virtual Servers
7 9 (0.37%) vSphere
8 6 (0.24%) Kamailio
8 6 (0.24%) VMware ESXi
9 5 (0.20%) XenApp
10 4 (0.16%) Postfix
10 4 (0.16%) VMware NSX
11 3 (0.12%) BitLocker
12 2 (0.081%) KVM
12 2 (0.081%) XenDesktop
13 1 (0.041%) Dovecot
13 1 (0.041%) vCloud
13 1 (0.041%) Xen
Systems Management
1 320 (13.03%) Terraform
2 253 (10.30%) Kubernetes
3 213 (8.67%) Microsoft Intune
4 102 (4.15%) Ansible
5 52 (2.12%) Single Sign-On
6 51 (2.08%) Grafana
7 48 (1.95%) Prometheus
8 25 (1.02%) SCCM
9 15 (0.61%) FortiGate
10 14 (0.57%) Jamf Pro
11 10 (0.41%) Autotask
12 9 (0.37%) Argo
13 8 (0.33%) Nessus
13 8 (0.33%) SCOM
14 7 (0.29%) Active Directory Federation Services
14 7 (0.29%) Nmap
15 6 (0.24%) Failover Clustering
16 5 (0.20%) Proxmox
17 4 (0.16%) Kibana
18 3 (0.12%) Progress Chef
Vendors
1 996 (40.55%) Microsoft
2 129 (5.25%) Databricks
3 126 (5.13%) VMware
4 112 (4.56%) Cisco
5 95 (3.87%) Google
6 81 (3.30%) Oracle
7 53 (2.16%) Meraki
8 51 (2.08%) Palo Alto
9 46 (1.87%) Salesforce
10 37 (1.51%) SolarWinds
11 35 (1.43%) SAP
12 33 (1.34%) CheckPoint
13 31 (1.26%) Dell
14 30 (1.22%) Sage
15 28 (1.14%) ServiceNow
16 25 (1.02%) Veeam
17 22 (0.90%) Apple
17 22 (0.90%) Talend
18 21 (0.86%) Fortinet
19 19 (0.77%) Informatica