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

6 months to
28 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 56 57 36
Rank change year-on-year +1 -21 +13
Contract jobs citing Azure DevOps 92 69 106
As % of all contract jobs in the City of London 3.95% 3.82% 5.12%
As % of the Cloud Services category 9.79% 9.29% 12.69%
Number of daily rates quoted 73 49 70
10th Percentile £417 £281 £382
25th Percentile £463 £385 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £535 £550 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.73% +4.76% -4.55%
75th Percentile £638 £638 £600
90th Percentile £732 £669 £675
Central London median daily rate £545 £500 £513
% change year-on-year +9.00% -2.44% -6.82%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 0
Median hourly rate - £87.50 -
Central London median hourly rate £35.00 £87.50 -
% change year-on-year -60.00% - -

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 940 743 835
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the City of London 40.38% 41.12% 40.32%
Number of daily rates quoted 666 496 575
10th Percentile £375 £345 £378
25th Percentile £463 £434 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £551
Median % change year-on-year - -0.18% -4.17%
75th Percentile £656 £664 £675
90th Percentile £750 £758 £768
Central London median daily rate £550 £550 £550
% change year-on-year - - -2.65%
Number of hourly rates quoted 9 12 3
10th Percentile £19.45 £23.84 -
25th Percentile £22.50 £26.23 -
Median hourly rate £24.00 £34.33 £27.00
Median % change year-on-year -30.08% +27.13% -10.74%
75th Percentile £41.25 £58.96 £59.75
90th Percentile £67.00 £86.43 £79.40
Central London median hourly rate £32.50 £34.00 £27.00
% change year-on-year -4.41% +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 28 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 (13.04%) SharePoint
2 9 (9.78%) Apache Spark
3 7 (7.61%) Apache
4 4 (4.35%) Apache Airflow
4 4 (4.35%) Confluence
5 1 (1.09%) CMS
Applications
1 6 (6.52%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (3.26%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (3.26%) MS Visio
3 2 (2.17%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 5 (5.43%) Dynamics AX
2 4 (4.35%) Dynamics CRM
3 1 (1.09%) SAP MM
3 1 (1.09%) SAP Oil and Gas
Cloud Services
1 92 (100.00%) Azure
2 25 (27.17%) Power Platform
3 24 (26.09%) Azure Data Factory
4 21 (22.83%) GitHub
5 16 (17.39%) Power Automate
6 15 (16.30%) GitHub Actions
7 12 (13.04%) AWS
7 12 (13.04%) Dynamics 365
8 11 (11.96%) Azure AKS
8 11 (11.96%) Azure Logic Apps
9 10 (10.87%) Azure Functions
9 10 (10.87%) PowerApps
9 10 (10.87%) Serverless
10 8 (8.70%) Azure Synapse Analytics
11 7 (7.61%) Entra ID
12 6 (6.52%) Azure Service Bus
12 6 (6.52%) Microsoft 365
12 6 (6.52%) Microsoft Copilot
13 5 (5.43%) SaaS
14 4 (4.35%) GitHub Copilot
Communications & Networking
1 4 (4.35%) DNS
1 4 (4.35%) Firewall
2 2 (2.17%) Network Security
3 1 (1.09%) DHCP
3 1 (1.09%) VPN
3 1 (1.09%) VSAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 18 (19.57%) Power BI
2 10 (10.87%) Data Warehouse
2 10 (10.87%) SQL Server
3 7 (7.61%) Data Lake
4 6 (6.52%) Azure SQL Database
5 5 (5.43%) Metadata
5 5 (5.43%) Star Schema
6 4 (4.35%) Delta Lake
6 4 (4.35%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 3 (3.26%) Data Hub
7 3 (3.26%) Enterprise Data Warehouse
7 3 (3.26%) Semantic Layer
7 3 (3.26%) Spark SQL
8 2 (2.17%) Big Data
8 2 (2.17%) NoSQL
8 2 (2.17%) PostgreSQL
8 2 (2.17%) Power Query
9 1 (1.09%) Apache Hive
9 1 (1.09%) MongoDB
9 1 (1.09%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 11 (11.96%) Git
1 11 (11.96%) JIRA
2 9 (9.78%) Jenkins
3 8 (8.70%) GitLab
4 3 (3.26%) Selenium
4 3 (3.26%) Visual Studio
4 3 (3.26%) Visual Studio Code
5 2 (2.17%) Cucumber
5 2 (2.17%) Cypress.io
6 1 (1.09%) Appium
6 1 (1.09%) Jasmine
6 1 (1.09%) JUnit
6 1 (1.09%) Karma Test Runner
6 1 (1.09%) MLflow
6 1 (1.09%) Newman
6 1 (1.09%) Team Foundation Server
6 1 (1.09%) TeamCity
6 1 (1.09%) Terragrunt
6 1 (1.09%) WebDriver
6 1 (1.09%) webpack
General
1 30 (32.61%) Finance
2 20 (21.74%) Social Skills
3 13 (14.13%) Analytical Skills
4 9 (9.78%) Banking
5 4 (4.35%) Marketing
5 4 (4.35%) Public Sector
6 3 (3.26%) Influencing Skills
6 3 (3.26%) Retail
7 2 (2.17%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 2 (2.17%) Investment Banking
7 2 (2.17%) Law
8 1 (1.09%) Documentation Skills
8 1 (1.09%) Military
8 1 (1.09%) Organisational Skills
8 1 (1.09%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 17 (18.48%) Developer
2 16 (17.39%) Architect
3 13 (14.13%) Azure Engineer
4 12 (13.04%) Senior
5 10 (10.87%) DevOps Engineer
6 9 (9.78%) Azure DevOps Engineer
6 9 (9.78%) Consultant
7 7 (7.61%) Data Engineer
7 7 (7.61%) Senior Developer
8 6 (6.52%) Azure Architect
8 6 (6.52%) Data Architect
8 6 (6.52%) Project Manager
9 5 (5.43%) Dynamics 365 Consultant
9 5 (5.43%) Dynamics AX Consultant
9 5 (5.43%) Functional Consultant
10 4 (4.35%) Analyst
10 4 (4.35%) Business Analyst
10 4 (4.35%) Dynamics 365 Developer
10 4 (4.35%) Platform Engineer
10 4 (4.35%) Power Platform Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 29 (31.52%) Terraform
2 17 (18.48%) PySpark
3 12 (13.04%) REST
4 9 (9.78%) .NET
5 6 (6.52%) Kafka
5 6 (6.52%) RESTful
6 5 (5.43%) Playwright
6 5 (5.43%) YAML
7 4 (4.35%) HTML
7 4 (4.35%) HTML5 Canvas
7 4 (4.35%) React
8 3 (3.26%) .NET Core
8 3 (3.26%) ADO
8 3 (3.26%) ASP.NET Web API
8 3 (3.26%) CSS
8 3 (3.26%) JSON
8 3 (3.26%) Redux
8 3 (3.26%) XML
9 2 (2.17%) .NET Framework
9 2 (2.17%) OpenTelemetry
Miscellaneous
1 14 (15.22%) Cloud Native
2 7 (7.61%) AI Agents
3 6 (6.52%) Data Structures
4 5 (5.43%) Management Information System
5 4 (4.35%) Distributed Systems
5 4 (4.35%) Hybrid Cloud
5 4 (4.35%) Onboarding
6 3 (3.26%) Enterprise Cloud
6 3 (3.26%) Legacy Systems
6 3 (3.26%) Self-Motivation
7 2 (2.17%) Data Centre
7 2 (2.17%) Enterprise Software
7 2 (2.17%) Low-Code
7 2 (2.17%) Product Ownership
7 2 (2.17%) Team-Oriented Environment
8 1 (1.09%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
8 1 (1.09%) Greenfield Project
8 1 (1.09%) IoT
8 1 (1.09%) LIMS
8 1 (1.09%) Reinsurance
Operating Systems
1 4 (4.35%) Windows
2 3 (3.26%) Linux
2 3 (3.26%) Windows Server
3 1 (1.09%) Android
3 1 (1.09%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 92 (100.00%) DevOps
2 54 (58.70%) CI/CD
3 38 (41.30%) Agile
4 27 (29.35%) Analytics
5 25 (27.17%) Business Intelligence
6 23 (25.00%) Data Modelling
7 22 (23.91%) Infrastructure as Code
8 19 (20.65%) Migration
9 18 (19.57%) AI
10 15 (16.30%) Data Governance
10 15 (16.30%) Problem-Solving
10 15 (16.30%) Stakeholder Management
10 15 (16.30%) Test Automation
11 14 (15.22%) Data Pipeline
11 14 (15.22%) Platform Engineering
12 13 (14.13%) Data Engineering
12 13 (14.13%) Stakeholder Engagement
13 12 (13.04%) ETL
13 12 (13.04%) Observability
14 11 (11.96%) Deployment Automation
Programming Languages
1 29 (31.52%) SQL
2 26 (28.26%) Python
3 18 (19.57%) C#
4 16 (17.39%) PowerShell
5 12 (13.04%) TypeScript
6 11 (11.96%) Bicep
6 11 (11.96%) JavaScript
7 8 (8.70%) Java
8 7 (7.61%) Bash
8 7 (7.61%) Data Analysis Expressions
9 2 (2.17%) Korn
10 1 (1.09%) Apex Code
Qualifications
1 18 (19.57%) Security Cleared
2 12 (13.04%) SC Cleared
3 5 (5.43%) DBS Check
3 5 (5.43%) Degree
3 5 (5.43%) Microsoft Certification
4 3 (3.26%) Azure Certification
5 2 (2.17%) Computer Science Degree
6 1 (1.09%) BPSS Clearance
6 1 (1.09%) CISM
6 1 (1.09%) CISSP
6 1 (1.09%) IIBA
6 1 (1.09%) ITIL Certification
6 1 (1.09%) PMI Certification
6 1 (1.09%) PMP
6 1 (1.09%) PRINCE2 Certification
6 1 (1.09%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
6 1 (1.09%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 14 (15.22%) Data Quality
2 9 (9.78%) QA
3 3 (3.26%) Accessibility
3 3 (3.26%) GDPR
4 1 (1.09%) P3O
4 1 (1.09%) PMO
4 1 (1.09%) Sarbanes-Oxley
4 1 (1.09%) WCAG
System Software
1 9 (9.78%) Docker
2 6 (6.52%) Active Directory
3 1 (1.09%) Hyper-V
3 1 (1.09%) VMware ESXi
3 1 (1.09%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (1.09%) VMware NSX
3 1 (1.09%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 21 (22.83%) Kubernetes
2 5 (5.43%) Ansible
3 1 (1.09%) Grafana
3 1 (1.09%) Microsoft Intune
3 1 (1.09%) PowerCLI
3 1 (1.09%) Prometheus
3 1 (1.09%) SCCM
3 1 (1.09%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 45 (48.91%) Microsoft
2 18 (19.57%) Databricks
3 4 (4.35%) ServiceNow
4 3 (3.26%) Dynatrace
4 3 (3.26%) Google
5 2 (2.17%) Foundry
5 2 (2.17%) OpenAI
5 2 (2.17%) SAP
5 2 (2.17%) VMware
6 1 (1.09%) AppDynamics
6 1 (1.09%) Cloudera
6 1 (1.09%) Guidewire
6 1 (1.09%) IFS
6 1 (1.09%) Oracle
6 1 (1.09%) OutSystems
6 1 (1.09%) Salesforce
6 1 (1.09%) Splunk