Azure DevOps Contracts with Work from Home Options

Microsoft Azure DevOps
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies with an option to work from home (WFH) and a requirement for Azure DevOps skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Azure DevOps over the 6 months to 8 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
8 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 57 62 61
Rank change year-on-year +5 -1 +1
Contract jobs citing Azure DevOps 519 926 1,788
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 3.44% 3.69% 4.04%
As % of the Cloud Services category 9.54% 9.33% 9.76%
Number of daily rates quoted 333 703 1,324
10th Percentile £377 £413 £400
25th Percentile £450 £468 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £545 £550
Median % change year-on-year -5.96% -0.91% +10.00%
75th Percentile £600 £631 £633
90th Percentile £685 £694 £725
UK median daily rate £513 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -6.82% - +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 8 6
10th Percentile - £36.35 £54.50
25th Percentile - £57.13 £56.98
Median hourly rate - £63.00 £62.15
Median % change year-on-year - +1.37% +38.11%
75th Percentile - £70.00 £65.79
90th Percentile - £70.45 £76.00
UK median hourly rate £65.50 £70.00 £57.70
% change year-on-year -6.43% +21.33% +28.21%

All Cloud Skills
Work from Home

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

Contract vacancies with a requirement for cloud computing skills 5,438 9,928 18,314
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 36.02% 39.52% 41.42%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,910 7,301 13,707
10th Percentile £350 £370 £375
25th Percentile £425 £450 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% - +10.00%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £638
90th Percentile £738 £743 £725
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -4.55% - +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 89 126 169
10th Percentile £15.50 £16.25 £14.85
25th Percentile £17.00 £21.08 £19.25
Median hourly rate £26.00 £54.00 £32.50
Median % change year-on-year -51.85% +66.15% -17.72%
75th Percentile £50.25 £70.00 £62.50
90th Percentile £72.00 £75.00 £66.00
UK median hourly rate £21.00 £35.00 £22.00
% change year-on-year -40.00% +59.09% -2.22%

Azure DevOps
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with a work from home option citing Azure DevOps as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Azure DevOps trend for jobs with a WFH option

Azure DevOps
Daily Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option citing Azure DevOps.

Azure DevOps daily rate for jobs with a WFH option

Azure DevOps
Daily Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Daily rate distribution for jobs with a work from home option citing Azure DevOps over the 6 months to 8 May 2024.

Azure DevOps daily rate histogram for jobs with a WFH option

Azure DevOps
Hourly Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average hourly rate quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option citing Azure DevOps.

Azure DevOps hourly rate for jobs with a WFH option

Azure DevOps
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities with WFH Options 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 29 (5.59%) Confluence
2 19 (3.66%) SharePoint
3 16 (3.08%) CMS
4 5 (0.96%) Headless CMS
4 5 (0.96%) IIS
4 5 (0.96%) Kentico
5 4 (0.77%) Apache
5 4 (0.77%) Apache Airflow
6 2 (0.39%) Apache Spark
6 2 (0.39%) ArcGIS
6 2 (0.39%) Oracle SOA Suite
6 2 (0.39%) Umbraco
7 1 (0.19%) EPiServer
7 1 (0.19%) SharePoint 2013
7 1 (0.19%) Sitecore CMS
7 1 (0.19%) WordPress
Applications
1 5 (0.96%) Microsoft Office
2 4 (0.77%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (0.39%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 2 (0.39%) Microsoft Project
3 2 (0.39%) MS Visio
4 1 (0.19%) Chatbot
4 1 (0.19%) InVision
4 1 (0.19%) Sketch
Business Applications
1 22 (4.24%) Dynamics AX
2 14 (2.70%) Dynamics CRM
3 9 (1.73%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
4 7 (1.35%) Oracle EBS R12
5 3 (0.58%) Oracle EBS
5 3 (0.58%) SAP S/4HANA
6 2 (0.39%) BusinessWorks
6 2 (0.39%) Maximo
6 2 (0.39%) Payment Gateway
7 1 (0.19%) Dynamics NAV
7 1 (0.19%) Remedy ITSM
7 1 (0.19%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 518 (99.81%) Azure
2 83 (15.99%) Power Platform
3 72 (13.87%) Dynamics 365
4 56 (10.79%) Azure Service Bus
4 56 (10.79%) PowerApps
5 53 (10.21%) Serverless
6 51 (9.83%) Azure Logic Apps
7 49 (9.44%) Power Automate
8 44 (8.48%) Azure API Management
8 44 (8.48%) GitHub
9 42 (8.09%) AWS
9 42 (8.09%) Azure Cosmos DB
9 42 (8.09%) Azure Functions
9 42 (8.09%) PaaS
10 35 (6.74%) Entra ID
11 33 (6.36%) Azure Data Factory
12 32 (6.17%) Azure Monitor
13 24 (4.62%) SaaS
14 22 (4.24%) IaaS
15 19 (3.66%) Azure Key Vault
Communications & Networking
1 20 (3.85%) Firewall
2 10 (1.93%) DNS
3 9 (1.73%) Network Security
4 5 (0.96%) SSL
5 4 (0.77%) FTP
5 4 (0.77%) HTTP
6 3 (0.58%) OpenLDAP
6 3 (0.58%) VPN
7 2 (0.39%) IPv4
8 1 (0.19%) 4G
8 1 (0.19%) Extranet
8 1 (0.19%) Internet
8 1 (0.19%) Intranet
8 1 (0.19%) MQTT
8 1 (0.19%) PPP
8 1 (0.19%) RS-232
Database & Business Intelligence
1 119 (22.93%) SQL Server
2 63 (12.14%) Power BI
3 41 (7.90%) Data Lake
4 39 (7.51%) Azure SQL Database
5 16 (3.08%) PostgreSQL
6 15 (2.89%) Relational Database
7 14 (2.70%) Data Warehouse
8 13 (2.50%) Redis
9 10 (1.93%) MongoDB
9 10 (1.93%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 9 (1.73%) MySQL
11 7 (1.35%) NoSQL
12 6 (1.16%) Enterprise Data Warehouse
13 5 (0.96%) Big Data
13 5 (0.96%) InterSystems Cache
13 5 (0.96%) Power Query
14 4 (0.77%) Amazon Redshift
14 4 (0.77%) Geospatial Data
14 4 (0.77%) OLTP
14 4 (0.77%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 90 (17.34%) Git
2 52 (10.02%) JIRA
3 32 (6.17%) Visual Studio
4 28 (5.39%) SpecFlow
5 24 (4.62%) Selenium
6 23 (4.43%) Jenkins
7 15 (2.89%) SonarQube
8 14 (2.70%) GitLab
8 14 (2.70%) Postman
9 12 (2.31%) WebDriver
10 11 (2.12%) Team Foundation Server
11 8 (1.54%) Cypress.io
11 8 (1.54%) Visual Studio Code
12 7 (1.35%) NUnit
12 7 (1.35%) TeamCity
13 6 (1.16%) Moq
13 6 (1.16%) Oracle Forms
14 5 (0.96%) Cucumber
14 5 (0.96%) Visual Studio Team System
15 4 (0.77%) JMeter
General
1 121 (23.31%) Social Skills
2 117 (22.54%) Finance
3 92 (17.73%) Public Sector
4 45 (8.67%) Analytical Skills
5 27 (5.20%) Retail
6 23 (4.43%) Marketing
7 22 (4.24%) General Ledger
8 18 (3.47%) Manufacturing
9 17 (3.28%) Telecoms
10 15 (2.89%) Electronics
11 13 (2.50%) Banking
11 13 (2.50%) Documentation Skills
12 12 (2.31%) Back Office
13 11 (2.12%) Presentation Skills
14 6 (1.16%) Law
15 5 (0.96%) Influencing Skills
16 3 (0.58%) Front Office
16 3 (0.58%) Inclusion and Diversity
16 3 (0.58%) Investment Banking
16 3 (0.58%) Legal
Job Titles
1 167 (32.18%) Developer
2 82 (15.80%) Senior
3 64 (12.33%) Azure Engineer
4 56 (10.79%) Lead
5 52 (10.02%) Azure Developer
6 49 (9.44%) Consultant
6 49 (9.44%) DevOps Engineer
7 46 (8.86%) Senior Developer
8 40 (7.71%) .NET Developer
9 36 (6.94%) Azure DevOps Engineer
10 34 (6.55%) C# Developer
11 32 (6.17%) Architect
12 29 (5.59%) Analyst
13 27 (5.20%) Software Developer
14 22 (4.24%) Dynamics 365 Consultant
15 20 (3.85%) Functional Consultant
16 18 (3.47%) Senior Software Developer
17 17 (3.28%) C# .NET Developer
17 17 (3.28%) Data Engineer
18 16 (3.08%) Integration Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 140 (26.97%) .NET
2 71 (13.68%) XML
3 53 (10.21%) ARM Templates
4 48 (9.25%) .NET Core
5 46 (8.86%) .NET Framework
6 36 (6.94%) React
7 32 (6.17%) CSS
8 29 (5.59%) HTML
9 26 (5.01%) AngularJS
9 26 (5.01%) YAML
10 25 (4.82%) ASP.NET
10 25 (4.82%) JSON
11 24 (4.62%) REST
12 22 (4.24%) Entity Framework
13 18 (3.47%) GraphQL
13 18 (3.47%) RESTful
14 16 (3.08%) SOAP
15 12 (2.31%) ASP.NET MVC
15 12 (2.31%) jQuery
15 12 (2.31%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 43 (8.29%) Product Ownership
2 23 (4.43%) Data Structures
3 17 (3.28%) Onboarding
4 12 (2.31%) Mobile App
5 11 (2.12%) Greenfield Project
6 10 (1.93%) Contactless
6 10 (1.93%) Data Centre
6 10 (1.93%) Management Information System
7 9 (1.73%) Wiki
8 8 (1.54%) Cloud Native
9 7 (1.35%) Linux Command Line
10 6 (1.16%) Derivative
11 5 (0.96%) Distributed Systems
11 5 (0.96%) Legacy Applications
11 5 (0.96%) Public Cloud
12 4 (0.77%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
12 4 (0.77%) Interest Rate Derivative
12 4 (0.77%) Private Cloud
12 4 (0.77%) Self-Motivation
13 3 (0.58%) Hybrid Cloud
Operating Systems
1 31 (5.97%) Windows
2 19 (3.66%) Linux
3 12 (2.31%) Windows Server
4 7 (1.35%) VMS
5 6 (1.16%) Unix
6 3 (0.58%) Solaris
7 2 (0.39%) Alpine Linux
7 2 (0.39%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 2 (0.39%) Ubuntu
8 1 (0.19%) Apple iOS
8 1 (0.19%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 517 (99.61%) DevOps
2 215 (41.43%) Agile
3 148 (28.52%) CI/CD
4 84 (16.18%) Business Intelligence
5 83 (15.99%) Scrum
6 75 (14.45%) Test Automation
7 55 (10.60%) Infrastructure as Code
8 52 (10.02%) Problem-Solving
9 46 (8.86%) TDD
10 45 (8.67%) Migration
11 43 (8.29%) Software Engineering
12 35 (6.74%) Mentoring
13 33 (6.36%) API Management
14 32 (6.17%) Microservices
14 32 (6.17%) OO
15 31 (5.97%) Analytics
16 30 (5.78%) Unit Testing
17 29 (5.59%) B2C
17 29 (5.59%) Computer Science
17 29 (5.59%) Kanban
Programming Languages
1 170 (32.76%) C#
2 145 (27.94%) SQL
3 109 (21.00%) PowerShell
4 69 (13.29%) Python
5 51 (9.83%) Bicep
5 51 (9.83%) JavaScript
6 28 (5.39%) TypeScript
7 20 (3.85%) Java
8 14 (2.70%) Bash
9 10 (1.93%) T-SQL
10 7 (1.35%) Data Analysis Expressions
10 7 (1.35%) Kusto Query Language
11 6 (1.16%) Scala
12 5 (0.96%) X++
13 4 (0.77%) Apex Code
13 4 (0.77%) Go
13 4 (0.77%) Shell Script
14 3 (0.58%) C++
15 2 (0.39%) VB
15 2 (0.39%) VB6
Qualifications
1 54 (10.40%) Security Cleared
2 51 (9.83%) Degree
3 48 (9.25%) SC Cleared
4 16 (3.08%) Computer Science Degree
5 14 (2.70%) Azure Certification
5 14 (2.70%) BPSS Clearance
6 6 (1.16%) DV Cleared
6 6 (1.16%) Microsoft Certification
7 3 (0.58%) ISTQB
7 3 (0.58%) Master's Degree
8 2 (0.39%) CEH
8 2 (0.39%) CISM
8 2 (0.39%) CISSP
8 2 (0.39%) CREST Certified
8 2 (0.39%) CSSLP
9 1 (0.19%) CBAP
9 1 (0.19%) CSPO
9 1 (0.19%) IIBA
9 1 (0.19%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
9 1 (0.19%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 28 (5.39%) QA
2 19 (3.66%) Accessibility
3 12 (2.31%) WCAG
4 11 (2.12%) NCSC
5 7 (1.35%) PCI DSS
6 6 (1.16%) PMO
7 5 (0.96%) GDPR
7 5 (0.96%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 4 (0.77%) PSD2
9 3 (0.58%) Data Quality
10 2 (0.39%) COBIT
10 2 (0.39%) Disclosure Scotland
10 2 (0.39%) GxP
10 2 (0.39%) ISO 22301
10 2 (0.39%) NIST
11 1 (0.19%) HIPAA
11 1 (0.19%) HL7
System Software
1 44 (8.48%) Active Directory
2 41 (7.90%) Docker
3 12 (2.31%) Virtual Machines
4 2 (0.39%) Hyper-V
5 1 (0.19%) Virtual Desktop
5 1 (0.19%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 87 (16.76%) Terraform
2 48 (9.25%) Kubernetes
3 22 (4.24%) Ansible
4 10 (1.93%) Prometheus
5 8 (1.54%) Grafana
6 5 (0.96%) Single Sign-On
7 4 (0.77%) Active Directory Federation Services
7 4 (0.77%) SCCM
8 3 (0.58%) Progress Chef
8 3 (0.58%) Puppet
8 3 (0.58%) SCOM
9 2 (0.39%) Argo
9 2 (0.39%) HP Quality Center
9 2 (0.39%) Kibana
9 2 (0.39%) Microsoft Intune
9 2 (0.39%) Nagios
9 2 (0.39%) Nessus
9 2 (0.39%) TIBCO Hawk
10 1 (0.19%) Docker Swarm
10 1 (0.19%) SCOrch
Vendors
1 171 (32.95%) Microsoft
2 27 (5.20%) Oracle
3 24 (4.62%) SAP
4 19 (3.66%) Databricks
5 10 (1.93%) Salesforce
6 9 (1.73%) VMware
7 8 (1.54%) ServiceNow
8 7 (1.35%) Xamarin
9 5 (0.96%) Adobe
9 5 (0.96%) Informatica
9 5 (0.96%) Splunk
10 3 (0.58%) HP
10 3 (0.58%) IBM
10 3 (0.58%) Palo Alto
10 3 (0.58%) Red Hat
10 3 (0.58%) UiPath
11 2 (0.39%) Citrix
11 2 (0.39%) Commvault
11 2 (0.39%) Infragistics
11 2 (0.39%) Optimizely