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

6 months to
25 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 53 65 44
Rank change year-on-year +12 -21 +6
Contract jobs citing Azure DevOps 95 58 97
As % of all contract jobs in the City of London 4.25% 3.32% 4.56%
As % of the Cloud Services category 10.30% 8.26% 11.41%
Number of daily rates quoted 76 41 63
10th Percentile £411 £281 £416
25th Percentile £460 £383 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £538
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +2.33% -2.27%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £625
90th Percentile £738 £675 £698
Central London median daily rate £540 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -1.82% +4.76% -4.55%
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 922 702 850
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the City of London 41.25% 40.23% 40.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 657 497 557
10th Percentile £355 £337 £387
25th Percentile £456 £441 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £565
Median % change year-on-year - -2.65% +0.44%
75th Percentile £660 £668 £675
90th Percentile £750 £754 £775
Central London median daily rate £550 £550 £565
% change year-on-year - -2.65% +2.73%
Number of hourly rates quoted 10 10 3
10th Percentile £18.33 £23.03 -
25th Percentile £20.25 £28.06 -
Median hourly rate £23.58 £38.25 £27.00
Median % change year-on-year -38.35% +41.67% +30.12%
75th Percentile £38.69 £63.37 £59.75
90th Percentile £66.00 £89.88 £79.40
Central London median hourly rate £30.00 £34.00 £35.00
% change year-on-year -11.76% -2.86% +68.67%

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 September 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 11 (11.58%) SharePoint
2 10 (10.53%) Apache Spark
3 7 (7.37%) Apache
3 7 (7.37%) Confluence
4 4 (4.21%) Apache Airflow
5 1 (1.05%) CMS
Applications
1 6 (6.32%) Microsoft Excel
2 5 (5.26%) Microsoft Office
2 5 (5.26%) MS Visio
3 2 (2.11%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 4 (4.21%) Dynamics AX
1 4 (4.21%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (1.05%) SAP MDG
2 1 (1.05%) SAP MM
2 1 (1.05%) SAP Oil and Gas
2 1 (1.05%) SAP S/4HANA
2 1 (1.05%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 95 (100.00%) Azure
2 29 (30.53%) Power Platform
3 24 (25.26%) Azure Data Factory
4 21 (22.11%) GitHub
5 15 (15.79%) Power Automate
6 13 (13.68%) AWS
6 13 (13.68%) GitHub Actions
7 12 (12.63%) Azure Functions
7 12 (12.63%) Serverless
8 11 (11.58%) Azure Logic Apps
8 11 (11.58%) PowerApps
9 10 (10.53%) Azure AKS
9 10 (10.53%) Dynamics 365
10 9 (9.47%) Azure Synapse Analytics
11 7 (7.37%) Azure Databricks
12 6 (6.32%) Azure Service Bus
12 6 (6.32%) GCP
12 6 (6.32%) Microsoft 365
12 6 (6.32%) Microsoft Copilot
12 6 (6.32%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 4 (4.21%) DNS
1 4 (4.21%) Firewall
2 2 (2.11%) Network Security
3 1 (1.05%) DHCP
3 1 (1.05%) VPN
3 1 (1.05%) VSAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 21 (22.11%) Power BI
2 9 (9.47%) Data Lake
2 9 (9.47%) Data Warehouse
2 9 (9.47%) SQL Server
3 7 (7.37%) Azure SQL Database
3 7 (7.37%) Metadata
4 6 (6.32%) Star Schema
5 4 (4.21%) Data Hub
5 4 (4.21%) Delta Lake
5 4 (4.21%) Enterprise Data Warehouse
5 4 (4.21%) Semantic Layer
5 4 (4.21%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 3 (3.16%) Spark SQL
7 2 (2.11%) Big Data
7 2 (2.11%) PostgreSQL
7 2 (2.11%) Power Query
8 1 (1.05%) Apache Hive
8 1 (1.05%) QlikView
8 1 (1.05%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 1 (1.05%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 16 (16.84%) JIRA
2 12 (12.63%) Git
3 9 (9.47%) Jenkins
4 8 (8.42%) GitLab
5 3 (3.16%) Selenium
5 3 (3.16%) Visual Studio
5 3 (3.16%) Visual Studio Code
6 2 (2.11%) Cucumber
6 2 (2.11%) Cypress.io
6 2 (2.11%) Postman
7 1 (1.05%) Appium
7 1 (1.05%) Claude Code
7 1 (1.05%) Jasmine
7 1 (1.05%) Karma Test Runner
7 1 (1.05%) MLflow
7 1 (1.05%) Newman
7 1 (1.05%) rollup.js
7 1 (1.05%) Storybook
7 1 (1.05%) Terragrunt
7 1 (1.05%) webpack
General
1 30 (31.58%) Finance
2 22 (23.16%) Social Skills
3 13 (13.68%) Analytical Skills
4 11 (11.58%) Banking
5 4 (4.21%) Marketing
5 4 (4.21%) Public Sector
6 3 (3.16%) Influencing Skills
6 3 (3.16%) Retail
7 2 (2.11%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 2 (2.11%) Investment Banking
7 2 (2.11%) Law
8 1 (1.05%) Documentation Skills
8 1 (1.05%) Games
8 1 (1.05%) Military
8 1 (1.05%) Organisational Skills
8 1 (1.05%) Presentation Skills
8 1 (1.05%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 16 (16.84%) Developer
2 15 (15.79%) Architect
3 12 (12.63%) Senior
4 10 (10.53%) Azure Engineer
5 9 (9.47%) Consultant
5 9 (9.47%) Data Engineer
5 9 (9.47%) DevOps Engineer
6 7 (7.37%) Azure DevOps Engineer
6 7 (7.37%) Data Architect
7 6 (6.32%) Analyst
7 6 (6.32%) Business Analyst
7 6 (6.32%) Project Manager
8 5 (5.26%) Lead
8 5 (5.26%) Senior Developer
9 4 (4.21%) Azure Consultant
9 4 (4.21%) Business Intelligence Architect
9 4 (4.21%) Dynamics 365 Consultant
9 4 (4.21%) Dynamics 365 Developer
9 4 (4.21%) Functional Consultant
9 4 (4.21%) Power Platform Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 26 (27.37%) Terraform
2 19 (20.00%) PySpark
3 14 (14.74%) REST
4 9 (9.47%) .NET
5 7 (7.37%) Kafka
5 7 (7.37%) RESTful
6 5 (5.26%) JSON
6 5 (5.26%) YAML
7 4 (4.21%) ADO
7 4 (4.21%) HTML
7 4 (4.21%) HTML5 Canvas
7 4 (4.21%) Middleware
7 4 (4.21%) React
7 4 (4.21%) XML
8 3 (3.16%) .NET Core
8 3 (3.16%) ASP.NET Web API
8 3 (3.16%) CSS
8 3 (3.16%) Playwright
8 3 (3.16%) Redux
9 2 (2.11%) Semantic Kernel
Miscellaneous
1 13 (13.68%) Cloud Native
2 8 (8.42%) AI Agents
3 6 (6.32%) Data Structures
3 6 (6.32%) Onboarding
4 5 (5.26%) Management Information System
5 4 (4.21%) Hybrid Cloud
5 4 (4.21%) Self-Motivation
6 3 (3.16%) Distributed Systems
6 3 (3.16%) Enterprise Cloud
6 3 (3.16%) Enterprise Software
6 3 (3.16%) Legacy Systems
6 3 (3.16%) Low-Code
7 2 (2.11%) Data Centre
7 2 (2.11%) Product Ownership
7 2 (2.11%) Team-Oriented Environment
8 1 (1.05%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
8 1 (1.05%) LIMS
8 1 (1.05%) Linux Command Line
8 1 (1.05%) Reinsurance
8 1 (1.05%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 4 (4.21%) Windows
2 3 (3.16%) Linux
2 3 (3.16%) Windows Server
3 1 (1.05%) Android
3 1 (1.05%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 95 (100.00%) DevOps
2 52 (54.74%) CI/CD
3 40 (42.11%) Agile
4 29 (30.53%) Analytics
5 28 (29.47%) Business Intelligence
6 23 (24.21%) Data Modelling
7 20 (21.05%) Infrastructure as Code
7 20 (21.05%) Migration
8 19 (20.00%) AI
9 18 (18.95%) Stakeholder Management
10 16 (16.84%) Data Pipeline
10 16 (16.84%) Problem-Solving
11 15 (15.79%) Data Governance
11 15 (15.79%) Stakeholder Engagement
11 15 (15.79%) Test Automation
12 13 (13.68%) Data Engineering
12 13 (13.68%) Platform Engineering
13 12 (12.63%) Deployment Automation
14 11 (11.58%) ETL
14 11 (11.58%) User Acceptance Testing
Programming Languages
1 30 (31.58%) SQL
2 28 (29.47%) Python
3 16 (16.84%) C#
4 14 (14.74%) PowerShell
5 11 (11.58%) JavaScript
6 10 (10.53%) Bicep
6 10 (10.53%) TypeScript
7 8 (8.42%) Data Analysis Expressions
8 7 (7.37%) Java
9 5 (5.26%) Bash
10 2 (2.11%) Korn
11 1 (1.05%) Apex Code
11 1 (1.05%) C
Qualifications
1 20 (21.05%) Security Cleared
2 13 (13.68%) SC Cleared
3 5 (5.26%) DBS Check
3 5 (5.26%) Degree
4 3 (3.16%) Microsoft Certification
4 3 (3.16%) PMI Certification
4 3 (3.16%) PMP
5 2 (2.11%) ISTQB
6 1 (1.05%) Azure Certification
6 1 (1.05%) BPSS Clearance
6 1 (1.05%) CISM
6 1 (1.05%) CISSP
6 1 (1.05%) Computer Science Degree
6 1 (1.05%) IIBA
6 1 (1.05%) ITIL Certification
6 1 (1.05%) Master's Degree
6 1 (1.05%) PRINCE2 Certification
6 1 (1.05%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
6 1 (1.05%) SAFe Agilist
6 1 (1.05%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 16 (16.84%) Data Quality
2 13 (13.68%) QA
3 3 (3.16%) Accessibility
3 3 (3.16%) GDPR
4 1 (1.05%) P3O
4 1 (1.05%) PMO
4 1 (1.05%) Sarbanes-Oxley
4 1 (1.05%) WCAG
System Software
1 9 (9.47%) Docker
2 3 (3.16%) Active Directory
3 1 (1.05%) Hyper-V
3 1 (1.05%) VMware ESXi
3 1 (1.05%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (1.05%) VMware NSX
3 1 (1.05%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 20 (21.05%) Kubernetes
2 5 (5.26%) Ansible
3 1 (1.05%) Grafana
3 1 (1.05%) Microsoft Intune
3 1 (1.05%) PowerCLI
3 1 (1.05%) Prometheus
3 1 (1.05%) SCCM
3 1 (1.05%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 45 (47.37%) Microsoft
2 18 (18.95%) Databricks
3 5 (5.26%) ServiceNow
4 4 (4.21%) Google
5 3 (3.16%) Dynatrace
5 3 (3.16%) Foundry
5 3 (3.16%) OpenAI
5 3 (3.16%) SAP
6 2 (2.11%) Salesforce
6 2 (2.11%) Splunk
6 2 (2.11%) VMware
6 2 (2.11%) Workday
7 1 (1.05%) AppDynamics
7 1 (1.05%) Cloudera
7 1 (1.05%) Dell
7 1 (1.05%) Guidewire
7 1 (1.05%) IBM
7 1 (1.05%) IFS
7 1 (1.05%) MuleSoft
7 1 (1.05%) Oracle