Azure DevOps Contract Job Trends in the City of London

Microsoft Azure DevOps
Central London > City of London

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the City of London requiring Azure DevOps skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 1 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 64 59 34
Rank change year-on-year -5 -25 +24
Contract jobs citing Azure DevOps 78 71 116
As % of all contract jobs in the City of London 3.25% 3.78% 5.64%
As % of the Cloud Services category 8.19% 9.07% 13.65%
Number of daily rates quoted 58 48 72
10th Percentile £395 £281 £384
25th Percentile £438 £403 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £533 £513
Median % change year-on-year -1.41% +3.90% -6.82%
75th Percentile £638 £591 £591
90th Percentile £707 £656 £656
Central London median daily rate £525 £513 £513
% change year-on-year +2.44% - -6.82%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 1 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £72.25 £86.25 -
Median hourly rate £74.50 £87.50 -
Median % change year-on-year -14.86% - -
75th Percentile £76.75 £88.75 -
90th Percentile - - -
Central London median hourly rate £54.75 £87.50 -
% change year-on-year -37.43% - -

All Cloud Computing Skills
City of London

Azure DevOps falls under the Cloud Services category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring cloud computing skills in the City of London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for cloud computing skills 952 783 850
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the City of London 39.62% 41.72% 41.34%
Number of daily rates quoted 655 512 590
10th Percentile £353 £363 £375
25th Percentile £456 £455 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year - - -4.35%
75th Percentile £652 £669 £675
90th Percentile £750 £762 £763
Central London median daily rate £550 £550 £550
% change year-on-year - - -4.35%
Number of hourly rates quoted 10 14 3
10th Percentile £19.48 £24.02 -
25th Percentile £22.67 £25.18 -
Median hourly rate £33.75 £38.58 £27.00
Median % change year-on-year -12.51% +42.87% -36.47%
75th Percentile £63.68 £63.37 £59.75
90th Percentile £75.18 £96.63 £79.40
Central London median hourly rate £37.50 £34.65 £27.00
% change year-on-year +8.23% +28.33% -22.86%

Azure DevOps
Job Vacancy Trend in the City of London

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Azure DevOps relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in the City of London.

Azure DevOps job vacancy trend in the City of London

Azure DevOps
Daily Rate Trend in the City of London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the City of London citing Azure DevOps.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the City of London citing Azure DevOps

Azure DevOps
Daily Rate Histogram in the City of London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Azure DevOps in the City of London over the 6 months to 1 August 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Azure DevOps in the City of London

Azure DevOps
Hourly Rate Trend in the City of London

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the City of London citing Azure DevOps.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the City of London citing Azure DevOps

Azure DevOps
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the City of London 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 10 (12.82%) SharePoint
2 8 (10.26%) Apache Spark
3 6 (7.69%) Apache
4 3 (3.85%) Apache Airflow
5 2 (2.56%) Confluence
6 1 (1.28%) CMS
Applications
1 4 (5.13%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (1.28%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (1.28%) Microsoft Project
2 1 (1.28%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 6 (7.69%) Dynamics AX
2 2 (2.56%) Dynamics CRM
3 1 (1.28%) SAP MM
3 1 (1.28%) SAP Oil and Gas
Cloud Services
1 78 (100.00%) Azure
2 19 (24.36%) GitHub
3 18 (23.08%) Azure Data Factory
3 18 (23.08%) Power Platform
4 14 (17.95%) Power Automate
5 13 (16.67%) GitHub Actions
6 10 (12.82%) Azure AKS
7 9 (11.54%) AWS
7 9 (11.54%) Dynamics 365
8 8 (10.26%) Entra ID
8 8 (10.26%) PowerApps
9 7 (8.97%) Azure Functions
9 7 (8.97%) Azure Logic Apps
9 7 (8.97%) Serverless
10 5 (6.41%) Azure Synapse Analytics
11 4 (5.13%) Azure Key Vault
11 4 (5.13%) Azure Monitor
11 4 (5.13%) Azure Service Bus
11 4 (5.13%) Microsoft Copilot
12 3 (3.85%) GitHub Copilot
Communications & Networking
1 4 (5.13%) DNS
2 3 (3.85%) Firewall
3 1 (1.28%) DHCP
3 1 (1.28%) Network Security
3 1 (1.28%) VPN
3 1 (1.28%) VSAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 14 (17.95%) Power BI
2 11 (14.10%) SQL Server
3 7 (8.97%) Data Warehouse
4 4 (5.13%) Azure SQL Database
4 4 (5.13%) Data Lake
4 4 (5.13%) Delta Lake
5 3 (3.85%) NoSQL
5 3 (3.85%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 3 (3.85%) Star Schema
6 2 (2.56%) Big Data
6 2 (2.56%) Metadata
6 2 (2.56%) Power Query
6 2 (2.56%) Spark SQL
7 1 (1.28%) Apache Hive
7 1 (1.28%) Data Hub
7 1 (1.28%) Enterprise Data Warehouse
7 1 (1.28%) Qlik Sense
7 1 (1.28%) QlikView
7 1 (1.28%) Semantic Layer
7 1 (1.28%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 10 (12.82%) JIRA
2 9 (11.54%) Git
3 6 (7.69%) GitLab
3 6 (7.69%) Jenkins
4 3 (3.85%) Cucumber
4 3 (3.85%) Selenium
5 2 (2.56%) Cypress.io
5 2 (2.56%) REST Assured
6 1 (1.28%) Appium
6 1 (1.28%) Jasmine
6 1 (1.28%) JUnit
6 1 (1.28%) Karma Test Runner
6 1 (1.28%) Team Foundation Server
6 1 (1.28%) TeamCity
6 1 (1.28%) Visual Studio
6 1 (1.28%) Visual Studio Code
6 1 (1.28%) WebDriver
General
1 28 (35.90%) Finance
2 18 (23.08%) Social Skills
3 12 (15.38%) Analytical Skills
4 8 (10.26%) Banking
5 3 (3.85%) Influencing Skills
5 3 (3.85%) Marketing
5 3 (3.85%) Public Sector
6 2 (2.56%) Documentation Skills
6 2 (2.56%) Law
6 2 (2.56%) Presentation Skills
6 2 (2.56%) Retail
7 1 (1.28%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 1 (1.28%) Investment Banking
7 1 (1.28%) Military
7 1 (1.28%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 13 (16.67%) Architect
2 11 (14.10%) Developer
3 10 (12.82%) Azure Engineer
3 10 (12.82%) Senior
4 8 (10.26%) Consultant
5 7 (8.97%) Azure Architect
5 7 (8.97%) DevOps Engineer
6 6 (7.69%) Azure DevOps Engineer
6 6 (7.69%) Data Engineer
6 6 (7.69%) Dynamics 365 Consultant
6 6 (7.69%) Dynamics AX Consultant
6 6 (7.69%) Functional Consultant
6 6 (7.69%) Senior Developer
7 5 (6.41%) Data Architect
8 4 (5.13%) Platform Engineer
8 4 (5.13%) Project Manager
9 3 (3.85%) Cloud Engineer
9 3 (3.85%) Lead
9 3 (3.85%) Software Developer
9 3 (3.85%) Test Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 12 (15.38%) PySpark
2 9 (11.54%) REST
3 6 (7.69%) .NET
3 6 (7.69%) Playwright
4 5 (6.41%) Kafka
5 4 (5.13%) HTML
5 4 (5.13%) RESTful
6 3 (3.85%) ADO
6 3 (3.85%) AngularJS
6 3 (3.85%) JSON
6 3 (3.85%) React
6 3 (3.85%) Spring
6 3 (3.85%) XML
6 3 (3.85%) YAML
7 2 (2.56%) .NET Core
7 2 (2.56%) CSS
7 2 (2.56%) HTML5 Canvas
7 2 (2.56%) OpenTelemetry
7 2 (2.56%) Redux
7 2 (2.56%) WPF
Miscellaneous
1 15 (19.23%) Cloud Native
2 6 (7.69%) Data Structures
3 5 (6.41%) Distributed Systems
3 5 (6.41%) Management Information System
4 4 (5.13%) AI Agents
5 3 (3.85%) Hybrid Cloud
5 3 (3.85%) Legacy Systems
5 3 (3.85%) Onboarding
5 3 (3.85%) Self-Motivation
6 2 (2.56%) Data Centre
6 2 (2.56%) Enterprise Cloud
6 2 (2.56%) Product Ownership
7 1 (1.28%) Enterprise Software
7 1 (1.28%) Greenfield Project
7 1 (1.28%) IoT
7 1 (1.28%) LIMS
7 1 (1.28%) Low-Code
7 1 (1.28%) Reinsurance
7 1 (1.28%) Team-Oriented Environment
Operating Systems
1 4 (5.13%) Windows
2 3 (3.85%) Windows Server
3 2 (2.56%) Linux
4 1 (1.28%) Android
4 1 (1.28%) Apple iOS
4 1 (1.28%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 78 (100.00%) DevOps
2 46 (58.97%) CI/CD
3 34 (43.59%) Agile
4 20 (25.64%) Analytics
4 20 (25.64%) Business Intelligence
5 18 (23.08%) Data Modelling
5 18 (23.08%) Migration
6 17 (21.79%) Infrastructure as Code
7 14 (17.95%) AI
7 14 (17.95%) Problem-Solving
7 14 (17.95%) Test Automation
8 13 (16.67%) Stakeholder Management
9 12 (15.38%) Data Governance
10 11 (14.10%) Continuous Improvement
10 11 (14.10%) Data Engineering
10 11 (14.10%) Data Pipeline
10 11 (14.10%) Platform Engineering
11 10 (12.82%) ETL
11 10 (12.82%) Observability
11 10 (12.82%) Stakeholder Engagement
Programming Languages
1 22 (28.21%) SQL
2 21 (26.92%) Python
3 14 (17.95%) PowerShell
4 13 (16.67%) C#
5 9 (11.54%) Bicep
5 9 (11.54%) JavaScript
5 9 (11.54%) TypeScript
6 8 (10.26%) Bash
7 6 (7.69%) Java
8 5 (6.41%) Data Analysis Expressions
9 2 (2.56%) Korn
10 1 (1.28%) Apex Code
Qualifications
1 18 (23.08%) Security Cleared
2 15 (19.23%) SC Cleared
3 5 (6.41%) Degree
4 4 (5.13%) DBS Check
5 3 (3.85%) Azure Certification
5 3 (3.85%) Computer Science Degree
5 3 (3.85%) Microsoft Certification
6 1 (1.28%) IIBA
6 1 (1.28%) ITIL Certification
6 1 (1.28%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
6 1 (1.28%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (11.54%) Data Quality
1 9 (11.54%) QA
2 1 (1.28%) Accessibility
2 1 (1.28%) P3O
2 1 (1.28%) PMO
2 1 (1.28%) SLA
System Software
1 7 (8.97%) Active Directory
1 7 (8.97%) Docker
2 1 (1.28%) Hyper-V
2 1 (1.28%) VMware ESXi
2 1 (1.28%) VMware Infrastructure
2 1 (1.28%) VMware NSX
2 1 (1.28%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 22 (28.21%) Terraform
2 16 (20.51%) Kubernetes
3 5 (6.41%) Ansible
4 1 (1.28%) Grafana
4 1 (1.28%) Microsoft Intune
4 1 (1.28%) PowerCLI
4 1 (1.28%) Prometheus
4 1 (1.28%) SCCM
4 1 (1.28%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 34 (43.59%) Microsoft
2 16 (20.51%) Databricks
3 4 (5.13%) ServiceNow
4 3 (3.85%) Dynatrace
5 2 (2.56%) Google
5 2 (2.56%) SAP
5 2 (2.56%) VMware
6 1 (1.28%) AppDynamics
6 1 (1.28%) Cloudera
6 1 (1.28%) Guidewire
6 1 (1.28%) OpenAI
6 1 (1.28%) Oracle
6 1 (1.28%) OutSystems
6 1 (1.28%) Salesforce
6 1 (1.28%) Splunk