Azure Monitor (Azure Log Analytics, Azure Application Insights, Azure Diagnostics)
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with a requirement for Azure Monitor skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Azure Monitor over the 6 months to 3 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
3 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 713 730 731
Rank change year-on-year +17 +1 -173
Permanent jobs citing Azure Monitor 193 266 555
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.20% 0.26% 0.35%
As % of the Cloud Services category 0.55% 0.60% 0.73%
Number of salaries quoted 118 215 223
10th Percentile £49,250 £42,500 £45,250
25th Percentile £55,000 £52,500 £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £65,000 £64,125
Median % change year-on-year - +1.36% +6.88%
75th Percentile £82,500 £82,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £113,500 £95,000 £92,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £59,000 £60,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year -1.67% +4.35% -0.86%

All Cloud Skills
UK

Azure Monitor is in the Cloud Services category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies with a requirement for cloud computing skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for cloud computing skills 35,382 44,396 75,527
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 35.88% 42.78% 48.26%
Number of salaries quoted 26,757 29,121 41,951
10th Percentile £30,000 £34,788 £33,750
25th Percentile £41,250 £46,250 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £65,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -11.54% +4.00% +8.70%
75th Percentile £77,500 £85,000 £82,500
90th Percentile £96,000 £102,500 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% +5.00%

Azure Monitor
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing Azure Monitor as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Azure Monitor in the UK

Azure Monitor
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Azure Monitor.

Salary trend for Azure Monitor in the UK

Azure Monitor
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Azure Monitor over the 6 months to 3 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Azure Monitor in the UK

Azure Monitor
Top 17 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Azure Monitor within the UK over the 6 months to 3 May 2024. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
England +22 163 £67,500 +3.05% 38
UK excluding London -14 89 £59,000 -1.67% 19
Work from Home +64 88 £60,000 - 29
London +83 80 £72,500 -3.33% 18
South East +18 44 £59,000 -9.23% 6
North of England +48 24 £79,932 +14.19% 3
Yorkshire +78 16 £79,932 +14.19%
Wales +9 6 £36,476 -18.94% 1
North West +4 6 £79,932 +30.50% 3
Scotland -66 6 £45,000 -18.18%
North East -1 4 £80,000 -
Midlands -8 3 - - 5
Northern Ireland - 3 £95,000 - 1
West Midlands -5 2 - - 1
South West - 2 - - 2
East of England -2 1 £72,500 +93.33% 1
East Midlands -5 1 - - 4

Azure Monitor
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 45 (23.32%) Microsoft Exchange
2 20 (10.36%) SharePoint
3 18 (9.33%) Exchange Server 2010
4 3 (1.55%) CMS
Applications
1 4 (2.07%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (1.04%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (1.04%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 5 (2.59%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 193 (100.00%) Azure
2 81 (41.97%) Microsoft 365
3 60 (31.09%) Azure DevOps
4 52 (26.94%) Azure Cosmos DB
5 48 (24.87%) Entra ID
6 36 (18.65%) AWS
7 31 (16.06%) Azure Storage
8 29 (15.03%) Azure Logic Apps
9 28 (14.51%) Azure Service Bus
10 27 (13.99%) Power Platform
10 27 (13.99%) Serverless
11 23 (11.92%) Dynamics 365
12 22 (11.40%) Cloud Computing
13 21 (10.88%) PaaS
14 20 (10.36%) IaaS
15 18 (9.33%) PowerApps
16 17 (8.81%) Azure AKS
16 17 (8.81%) SaaS
17 16 (8.29%) Power Automate
18 15 (7.77%) Microsoft Purview
Communications & Networking
1 33 (17.10%) VPN
2 30 (15.54%) DNS
3 20 (10.36%) DHCP
4 18 (9.33%) Firewall
5 7 (3.63%) Internet
6 5 (2.59%) Extranet
6 5 (2.59%) SAN
6 5 (2.59%) Unified Communications
7 3 (1.55%) BGP
7 3 (1.55%) IPsec
7 3 (1.55%) Network Security
7 3 (1.55%) OSPF
7 3 (1.55%) WAN
8 2 (1.04%) HTTP
8 2 (1.04%) LAN
8 2 (1.04%) SSH
8 2 (1.04%) TCP/IP
8 2 (1.04%) Wireless
9 1 (0.52%) IPv4
Database & Business Intelligence
1 43 (22.28%) SQL Server
2 18 (9.33%) SQL Server Analysis Services
3 16 (8.29%) Azure SQL Database
4 10 (5.18%) Redis
5 9 (4.66%) MongoDB
5 9 (4.66%) MySQL
5 9 (4.66%) NoSQL
5 9 (4.66%) PostgreSQL
6 7 (3.63%) MariaDB
7 6 (3.11%) Amazon RDS
7 6 (3.11%) BigQuery
8 5 (2.59%) Elasticsearch
9 3 (1.55%) Power BI
10 2 (1.04%) Apache Cassandra
10 2 (1.04%) Data Lake
10 2 (1.04%) Relational Database
10 2 (1.04%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 2 (1.04%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 28 (14.51%) Jenkins
2 13 (6.74%) GitLab
3 11 (5.70%) Git
4 8 (4.15%) Octopus Deploy
4 8 (4.15%) TeamCity
5 7 (3.63%) Selenium
5 7 (3.63%) Team Foundation Server
6 4 (2.07%) JUnit
7 3 (1.55%) Bitbucket
7 3 (1.55%) CircleCI
7 3 (1.55%) Moq
7 3 (1.55%) Postman
7 3 (1.55%) SoapUI
7 3 (1.55%) SpecFlow
7 3 (1.55%) Subversion
7 3 (1.55%) TestNG
7 3 (1.55%) Travis CI
7 3 (1.55%) Visual Studio
8 2 (1.04%) LoadRunner
9 1 (0.52%) JMeter
General
1 66 (34.20%) Social Skills
2 30 (15.54%) Finance
3 21 (10.88%) Local Government
4 17 (8.81%) Back Office
5 14 (7.25%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 14 (7.25%) Public Sector
6 13 (6.74%) Analytical Skills
6 13 (6.74%) Retail
7 9 (4.66%) Law
8 8 (4.15%) Marketing
9 7 (3.63%) Manufacturing
9 7 (3.63%) Organisational Skills
10 5 (2.59%) Police
11 3 (1.55%) Legal
12 2 (1.04%) Aerospace
12 2 (1.04%) Automotive
12 2 (1.04%) Electronics
12 2 (1.04%) Telecoms
13 1 (0.52%) Advertising
13 1 (0.52%) Games
Job Titles
1 37 (19.17%) Lead
2 28 (14.51%) Azure Engineer
2 28 (14.51%) Senior
3 24 (12.44%) Developer
4 20 (10.36%) Active Directory Specialist
4 20 (10.36%) Azure Specialist
5 19 (9.84%) Senior Developer
6 14 (7.25%) Active Directory Support
6 14 (7.25%) Architect
6 14 (7.25%) Support Specialist
7 13 (6.74%) Dynamics 365 Developer
7 13 (6.74%) Senior Dynamics 365 Developer
8 11 (5.70%) 3rd Line Engineer
8 11 (5.70%) Analyst
9 10 (5.18%) Azure Platform Engineer
9 10 (5.18%) Cloud Platform Engineer
9 10 (5.18%) Platform Engineer
9 10 (5.18%) Site Reliability Engineer
10 9 (4.66%) Applications Support
10 9 (4.66%) Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 53 (27.46%) .NET
2 36 (18.65%) ARM Templates
3 22 (11.40%) .NET Core
4 11 (5.70%) React
5 10 (5.18%) .NET Framework
6 9 (4.66%) Microsoft Graph
7 7 (3.63%) ASP.NET
7 7 (3.63%) ASP.NET MVC
7 7 (3.63%) ASP.NET Web API
8 6 (3.11%) Elastic Stack
8 6 (3.11%) Vue
9 5 (2.59%) AngularJS
10 4 (2.07%) Azure Blueprints
10 4 (2.07%) Node.js
10 4 (2.07%) Razor View Engine
11 3 (1.55%) Entity Framework
11 3 (1.55%) Next.js
11 3 (1.55%) REST
11 3 (1.55%) Swagger
11 3 (1.55%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 23 (11.92%) PKI
2 15 (7.77%) Cloud Native
2 15 (7.77%) Mobile App
3 14 (7.25%) Self-Motivation
4 13 (6.74%) Enterprise Cloud
4 13 (6.74%) Enterprise Software
5 12 (6.22%) Linux Command Line
6 10 (5.18%) Product Ownership
7 9 (4.66%) Data Centre
7 9 (4.66%) Hybrid Cloud
8 8 (4.15%) BYOD
9 5 (2.59%) Public Cloud
10 3 (1.55%) Distributed Architecture
10 3 (1.55%) Distributed Systems
10 3 (1.55%) Legacy Systems
10 3 (1.55%) Virtual Team
10 3 (1.55%) W3C
11 2 (1.04%) Blog
11 2 (1.04%) IoT
11 2 (1.04%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 52 (26.94%) Windows
2 29 (15.03%) Windows Server
3 22 (11.40%) Linux
4 17 (8.81%) Windows Server 2019
5 15 (7.77%) Windows Server 2016
6 11 (5.70%) VMS
7 8 (4.15%) Android
8 5 (2.59%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 107 (55.44%) DevOps
2 100 (51.81%) Analytics
3 90 (46.63%) Log Analytics
4 72 (37.31%) Agile
5 58 (30.05%) Infrastructure as Code
6 52 (26.94%) Problem-Solving
7 45 (23.32%) CI/CD
8 41 (21.24%) Continuous Improvement
8 41 (21.24%) Scrum
9 39 (20.21%) Identity Management
10 35 (18.13%) Technical Leadership
11 32 (16.58%) Software Engineering
12 30 (15.54%) API Management
13 27 (13.99%) TDD
14 25 (12.95%) Change Management
15 24 (12.44%) Multi-Factor Authentication
15 24 (12.44%) Release Management
16 23 (11.92%) ITIL
17 21 (10.88%) Disaster Recovery
17 21 (10.88%) Presales
Programming Languages
1 83 (43.01%) PowerShell
2 81 (41.97%) C#
3 37 (19.17%) Bicep
4 27 (13.99%) Bash
5 23 (11.92%) Python
6 20 (10.36%) SQL
6 20 (10.36%) VB
6 20 (10.36%) VBScript
7 19 (9.84%) JavaScript
8 13 (6.74%) TypeScript
9 12 (6.22%) Java
10 11 (5.70%) Go
11 10 (5.18%) Ruby
12 8 (4.15%) Groovy
13 7 (3.63%) PHP
14 3 (1.55%) Kusto Query Language
15 2 (1.04%) T-SQL
16 1 (0.52%) Perl
16 1 (0.52%) Scala
Qualifications
1 52 (26.94%) Security Cleared
2 38 (19.69%) Degree
3 34 (17.62%) Azure Certification
4 31 (16.06%) SC Cleared
5 20 (10.36%) BPSS Clearance
5 20 (10.36%) DV Cleared
6 14 (7.25%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
7 7 (3.63%) Microsoft Certification
8 2 (1.04%) MCSA
8 2 (1.04%) MCSE
9 1 (0.52%) Computer Science Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (3.11%) QA
2 4 (2.07%) Accessibility
2 4 (2.07%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 3 (1.55%) ISO 9000
3 3 (1.55%) PCI DSS
3 3 (1.55%) WCAG
4 1 (0.52%) Cyber Essentials
4 1 (0.52%) SLA
4 1 (0.52%) SOC 2
System Software
1 74 (38.34%) Active Directory
2 43 (22.28%) Virtual Machines
3 31 (16.06%) Docker
4 14 (7.25%) Virtual Desktop
5 12 (6.22%) VMware Infrastructure
6 8 (4.15%) Hyper-V
7 3 (1.55%) VirtualBox
7 3 (1.55%) VMware ESXi
8 2 (1.04%) NFS
Systems Management
1 56 (29.02%) Kubernetes
2 53 (27.46%) Microsoft Intune
3 49 (25.39%) Terraform
4 20 (10.36%) Active Directory Federation Services
5 19 (9.84%) SCCM
5 19 (9.84%) SCOM
6 17 (8.81%) WSUS
7 14 (7.25%) Grafana
8 12 (6.22%) Ansible
9 11 (5.70%) Prometheus
10 10 (5.18%) Progress Chef
10 10 (5.18%) Puppet
11 7 (3.63%) SysTrack
12 5 (2.59%) Kibana
12 5 (2.59%) logstash
13 3 (1.55%) Nagios
13 3 (1.55%) Nessus
13 3 (1.55%) Single Sign-On
13 3 (1.55%) SolarWinds Orion
13 3 (1.55%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 159 (82.38%) Microsoft
2 12 (6.22%) VMware
3 11 (5.70%) New Relic
4 10 (5.18%) ServiceNow
5 8 (4.15%) Apple
6 7 (3.63%) SaltStack
6 7 (3.63%) Snow
7 6 (3.11%) Google
7 6 (3.11%) Splunk
8 5 (2.59%) BMC
8 5 (2.59%) Cisco
8 5 (2.59%) Citrix
8 5 (2.59%) HP
8 5 (2.59%) NetApp
8 5 (2.59%) Remedy
8 5 (2.59%) Sophos
9 3 (1.55%) Dell
9 3 (1.55%) Juniper
9 3 (1.55%) SolarWinds
10 2 (1.04%) SAP