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

6 months to
25 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 57 57 36
Rank change year-on-year 0 -21 +16
Contract jobs citing Azure DevOps 89 70 106
As % of all contract jobs in the City of London 3.84% 3.86% 5.12%
As % of the Cloud Services category 9.56% 9.33% 12.73%
Number of daily rates quoted 70 49 69
10th Percentile £416 £281 £381
25th Percentile £461 £385 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% -4.55%
75th Percentile £638 £638 £600
90th Percentile £738 £669 £675
Central London median daily rate £530 £500 £513
% change year-on-year +6.00% -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 931 750 833
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the City of London 40.18% 41.37% 40.24%
Number of daily rates quoted 654 500 571
10th Percentile £371 £339 £383
25th Percentile £463 £435 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £551
Median % change year-on-year - -0.09% -4.26%
75th Percentile £656 £663 £675
90th Percentile £750 £757 £763
Central London median daily rate £550 £550 £550
% change year-on-year - - -2.22%
Number of hourly rates quoted 10 12 3
10th Percentile £19.48 £23.84 -
25th Percentile £22.67 £26.23 -
Median hourly rate £27.00 £34.33 £27.00
Median % change year-on-year -21.34% +27.13% -10.74%
75th Percentile £59.06 £58.96 £59.75
90th Percentile £75.18 £86.43 £79.40
Central London median hourly rate £35.00 £34.00 £27.00
% change year-on-year +2.94% +25.93% -10.74%

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 25 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 12 (13.48%) SharePoint
2 9 (10.11%) Apache Spark
3 7 (7.87%) Apache
4 4 (4.49%) Apache Airflow
5 3 (3.37%) Confluence
6 1 (1.12%) CMS
Applications
1 5 (5.62%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (2.25%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (2.25%) MS Visio
3 1 (1.12%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 6 (6.74%) Dynamics AX
2 4 (4.49%) Dynamics CRM
3 1 (1.12%) SAP MM
3 1 (1.12%) SAP Oil and Gas
Cloud Services
1 89 (100.00%) Azure
2 24 (26.97%) Azure Data Factory
2 24 (26.97%) Power Platform
3 21 (23.60%) GitHub
4 16 (17.98%) Power Automate
5 15 (16.85%) GitHub Actions
6 12 (13.48%) AWS
6 12 (13.48%) Dynamics 365
7 11 (12.36%) Azure AKS
8 10 (11.24%) Azure Logic Apps
8 10 (11.24%) PowerApps
9 9 (10.11%) Azure Functions
9 9 (10.11%) Serverless
10 8 (8.99%) Azure Synapse Analytics
11 7 (7.87%) Entra ID
12 6 (6.74%) Microsoft Copilot
13 5 (5.62%) Azure Service Bus
13 5 (5.62%) GCP
13 5 (5.62%) Microsoft 365
13 5 (5.62%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 4 (4.49%) DNS
2 3 (3.37%) Firewall
3 1 (1.12%) DHCP
3 1 (1.12%) Network Security
3 1 (1.12%) VPN
3 1 (1.12%) VSAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 18 (20.22%) Power BI
2 11 (12.36%) SQL Server
3 10 (11.24%) Data Warehouse
4 7 (7.87%) Data Lake
5 6 (6.74%) Azure SQL Database
6 5 (5.62%) Metadata
6 5 (5.62%) Star Schema
7 4 (4.49%) Delta Lake
7 4 (4.49%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 3 (3.37%) Data Hub
8 3 (3.37%) Enterprise Data Warehouse
8 3 (3.37%) Semantic Layer
8 3 (3.37%) Spark SQL
9 2 (2.25%) Big Data
9 2 (2.25%) NoSQL
9 2 (2.25%) Power Query
10 1 (1.12%) Apache Hive
10 1 (1.12%) MongoDB
10 1 (1.12%) QlikView
10 1 (1.12%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 11 (12.36%) Git
1 11 (12.36%) JIRA
2 8 (8.99%) Jenkins
3 7 (7.87%) GitLab
4 3 (3.37%) Selenium
4 3 (3.37%) Visual Studio
4 3 (3.37%) Visual Studio Code
5 2 (2.25%) Cucumber
5 2 (2.25%) Cypress.io
6 1 (1.12%) Appium
6 1 (1.12%) Claude Code
6 1 (1.12%) Jasmine
6 1 (1.12%) JUnit
6 1 (1.12%) Karma Test Runner
6 1 (1.12%) MLflow
6 1 (1.12%) Newman
6 1 (1.12%) REST Assured
6 1 (1.12%) Team Foundation Server
6 1 (1.12%) TeamCity
6 1 (1.12%) WebDriver
General
1 30 (33.71%) Finance
2 19 (21.35%) Social Skills
3 13 (14.61%) Analytical Skills
4 9 (10.11%) Banking
5 4 (4.49%) Marketing
5 4 (4.49%) Public Sector
6 3 (3.37%) Influencing Skills
6 3 (3.37%) Retail
7 2 (2.25%) Documentation Skills
7 2 (2.25%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 2 (2.25%) Investment Banking
7 2 (2.25%) Law
7 2 (2.25%) Presentation Skills
8 1 (1.12%) Military
8 1 (1.12%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 16 (17.98%) Architect
2 14 (15.73%) Developer
3 12 (13.48%) Azure Engineer
4 11 (12.36%) Senior
5 10 (11.24%) Consultant
6 9 (10.11%) DevOps Engineer
7 8 (8.99%) Azure DevOps Engineer
8 7 (7.87%) Data Engineer
9 6 (6.74%) Azure Architect
9 6 (6.74%) Data Architect
9 6 (6.74%) Dynamics 365 Consultant
9 6 (6.74%) Dynamics AX Consultant
9 6 (6.74%) Functional Consultant
9 6 (6.74%) Senior Developer
10 5 (5.62%) Project Manager
11 4 (4.49%) Azure Consultant
11 4 (4.49%) DevOps Consultant
11 4 (4.49%) Platform Engineer
12 3 (3.37%) Cloud Engineer
12 3 (3.37%) Full-Stack Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 27 (30.34%) Terraform
2 17 (19.10%) PySpark
3 11 (12.36%) REST
4 8 (8.99%) .NET
5 5 (5.62%) Kafka
5 5 (5.62%) Playwright
5 5 (5.62%) RESTful
5 5 (5.62%) YAML
6 4 (4.49%) HTML
6 4 (4.49%) HTML5 Canvas
7 3 (3.37%) ADO
7 3 (3.37%) AngularJS
7 3 (3.37%) ASP.NET Web API
7 3 (3.37%) JSON
7 3 (3.37%) React
7 3 (3.37%) XML
8 2 (2.25%) .NET Core
8 2 (2.25%) OpenTelemetry
8 2 (2.25%) Redux
8 2 (2.25%) WPF
Miscellaneous
1 14 (15.73%) Cloud Native
2 7 (7.87%) AI Agents
3 6 (6.74%) Data Structures
4 5 (5.62%) Management Information System
5 4 (4.49%) Distributed Systems
5 4 (4.49%) Hybrid Cloud
6 3 (3.37%) Enterprise Cloud
6 3 (3.37%) Legacy Systems
6 3 (3.37%) Onboarding
6 3 (3.37%) Self-Motivation
7 2 (2.25%) Data Centre
7 2 (2.25%) Enterprise Software
7 2 (2.25%) Low-Code
7 2 (2.25%) Product Ownership
7 2 (2.25%) Team-Oriented Environment
8 1 (1.12%) Greenfield Project
8 1 (1.12%) IoT
8 1 (1.12%) LIMS
8 1 (1.12%) Reinsurance
Operating Systems
1 3 (3.37%) Windows
1 3 (3.37%) Windows Server
2 2 (2.25%) Linux
3 1 (1.12%) Android
3 1 (1.12%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 89 (100.00%) DevOps
2 52 (58.43%) CI/CD
3 37 (41.57%) Agile
4 27 (30.34%) Analytics
5 24 (26.97%) Business Intelligence
6 23 (25.84%) Data Modelling
7 21 (23.60%) Infrastructure as Code
8 18 (20.22%) Migration
9 17 (19.10%) AI
10 15 (16.85%) Data Governance
10 15 (16.85%) Problem-Solving
10 15 (16.85%) Test Automation
11 14 (15.73%) Data Pipeline
11 14 (15.73%) Stakeholder Management
12 13 (14.61%) Data Engineering
12 13 (14.61%) Platform Engineering
12 13 (14.61%) Stakeholder Engagement
13 12 (13.48%) ETL
14 11 (12.36%) Continuous Improvement
14 11 (12.36%) Observability
Programming Languages
1 29 (32.58%) SQL
2 26 (29.21%) Python
3 16 (17.98%) C#
3 16 (17.98%) PowerShell
4 12 (13.48%) TypeScript
5 11 (12.36%) JavaScript
6 10 (11.24%) Bicep
7 7 (7.87%) Bash
7 7 (7.87%) Data Analysis Expressions
7 7 (7.87%) Java
8 2 (2.25%) Korn
9 1 (1.12%) Apex Code
Qualifications
1 20 (22.47%) Security Cleared
2 14 (15.73%) SC Cleared
3 5 (5.62%) DBS Check
4 4 (4.49%) Degree
4 4 (4.49%) Microsoft Certification
5 3 (3.37%) Azure Certification
6 2 (2.25%) Computer Science Degree
7 1 (1.12%) CISM
7 1 (1.12%) CISSP
7 1 (1.12%) IIBA
7 1 (1.12%) ITIL Certification
7 1 (1.12%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
7 1 (1.12%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 14 (15.73%) Data Quality
2 9 (10.11%) QA
3 2 (2.25%) Accessibility
3 2 (2.25%) GDPR
4 1 (1.12%) P3O
4 1 (1.12%) PMO
4 1 (1.12%) Sarbanes-Oxley
4 1 (1.12%) SLA
System Software
1 8 (8.99%) Docker
2 6 (6.74%) Active Directory
3 1 (1.12%) Hyper-V
3 1 (1.12%) VMware ESXi
3 1 (1.12%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (1.12%) VMware NSX
3 1 (1.12%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 19 (21.35%) Kubernetes
2 5 (5.62%) Ansible
3 1 (1.12%) Grafana
3 1 (1.12%) Microsoft Intune
3 1 (1.12%) PowerCLI
3 1 (1.12%) Prometheus
3 1 (1.12%) SCCM
3 1 (1.12%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 42 (47.19%) Microsoft
2 18 (20.22%) Databricks
3 4 (4.49%) ServiceNow
4 3 (3.37%) Dynatrace
4 3 (3.37%) Google
5 2 (2.25%) OpenAI
5 2 (2.25%) SAP
5 2 (2.25%) VMware
6 1 (1.12%) AppDynamics
6 1 (1.12%) Cloudera
6 1 (1.12%) Foundry
6 1 (1.12%) Guidewire
6 1 (1.12%) IFS
6 1 (1.12%) Oracle
6 1 (1.12%) OutSystems
6 1 (1.12%) Salesforce
6 1 (1.12%) Splunk