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

6 months to
10 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 55 60 43
Rank change year-on-year +5 -17 +9
Contract jobs citing Azure DevOps 96 62 95
As % of all contract jobs in the City of London 4.47% 3.60% 4.47%
As % of the Cloud Services category 10.76% 8.83% 11.30%
Number of daily rates quoted 76 48 62
10th Percentile £404 £281 £414
25th Percentile £454 £391 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £575 £538
Median % change year-on-year -8.70% +6.98% -4.44%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £625
90th Percentile £756 £675 £701
Central London median daily rate £540 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -1.82% +4.76% -7.69%
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 892 702 841
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the City of London 41.51% 40.77% 39.60%
Number of daily rates quoted 635 505 548
10th Percentile £350 £340 £392
25th Percentile £456 £450 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £570
Median % change year-on-year - -3.51% +3.64%
75th Percentile £660 £668 £675
90th Percentile £763 £750 £775
Central London median daily rate £550 £550 £561
% change year-on-year - -2.00% +2.05%
Number of hourly rates quoted 9 9 3
10th Percentile £17.40 £22.30 -
25th Percentile £19.50 £26.75 -
Median hourly rate £23.16 £34.00 £27.00
Median % change year-on-year -31.88% +25.93% +30.12%
75th Percentile £31.00 £56.75 £59.75
90th Percentile £46.00 £70.21 £79.40
Central London median hourly rate £27.00 £34.00 £35.00
% change year-on-year -20.59% -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 10 October 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 (10.42%) SharePoint
2 9 (9.38%) Apache Spark
3 7 (7.29%) Apache
3 7 (7.29%) Confluence
4 4 (4.17%) Apache Airflow
5 1 (1.04%) CMS
5 1 (1.04%) IIS
Applications
1 6 (6.25%) Microsoft Excel
2 5 (5.21%) Microsoft Office
2 5 (5.21%) MS Visio
3 2 (2.08%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 5 (5.21%) Dynamics CRM
2 3 (3.13%) Dynamics AX
3 1 (1.04%) SAP MDG
3 1 (1.04%) SAP S/4HANA
3 1 (1.04%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 96 (100.00%) Azure
2 30 (31.25%) Power Platform
3 25 (26.04%) Azure Data Factory
4 21 (21.88%) GitHub
5 14 (14.58%) AWS
5 14 (14.58%) Power Automate
6 12 (12.50%) Azure Functions
6 12 (12.50%) Serverless
7 11 (11.46%) Azure Logic Apps
7 11 (11.46%) GitHub Actions
7 11 (11.46%) PowerApps
8 10 (10.42%) Azure Synapse Analytics
8 10 (10.42%) Dynamics 365
9 9 (9.38%) Azure AKS
10 7 (7.29%) Azure Service Bus
10 7 (7.29%) SaaS
11 6 (6.25%) Azure Databricks
11 6 (6.25%) GCP
11 6 (6.25%) Microsoft 365
11 6 (6.25%) Microsoft Copilot
Communications & Networking
1 5 (5.21%) DNS
2 4 (4.17%) Firewall
3 2 (2.08%) DHCP
3 2 (2.08%) Network Security
4 1 (1.04%) VPN
4 1 (1.04%) VSAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 22 (22.92%) Power BI
2 10 (10.42%) SQL Server
3 9 (9.38%) Data Lake
3 9 (9.38%) Data Warehouse
4 8 (8.33%) Azure SQL Database
4 8 (8.33%) Metadata
5 6 (6.25%) Star Schema
6 4 (4.17%) Data Hub
6 4 (4.17%) Enterprise Data Warehouse
6 4 (4.17%) Semantic Layer
6 4 (4.17%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 3 (3.13%) Delta Lake
7 3 (3.13%) Spark SQL
8 2 (2.08%) Big Data
8 2 (2.08%) MongoDB
8 2 (2.08%) PostgreSQL
8 2 (2.08%) Power Query
9 1 (1.04%) MySQL
9 1 (1.04%) Snowflake Schema
9 1 (1.04%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 16 (16.67%) JIRA
2 14 (14.58%) Git
3 9 (9.38%) GitLab
3 9 (9.38%) Jenkins
4 4 (4.17%) Selenium
4 4 (4.17%) Visual Studio
5 3 (3.13%) Cypress.io
5 3 (3.13%) Postman
5 3 (3.13%) Visual Studio Code
6 2 (2.08%) Cucumber
6 2 (2.08%) TeamCity
7 1 (1.04%) Jasmine
7 1 (1.04%) JUnit
7 1 (1.04%) MLflow
7 1 (1.04%) MSBuild
7 1 (1.04%) Newman
7 1 (1.04%) NUnit
7 1 (1.04%) SpecFlow
7 1 (1.04%) Team Foundation Server
7 1 (1.04%) WebDriver
General
1 34 (35.42%) Finance
2 24 (25.00%) Social Skills
3 13 (13.54%) Analytical Skills
3 13 (13.54%) Banking
4 5 (5.21%) Marketing
5 4 (4.17%) Public Sector
6 3 (3.13%) Influencing Skills
6 3 (3.13%) Retail
7 2 (2.08%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 2 (2.08%) Investment Banking
7 2 (2.08%) Law
8 1 (1.04%) Documentation Skills
8 1 (1.04%) Financial Institution
8 1 (1.04%) Front Office
8 1 (1.04%) Games
8 1 (1.04%) Military
8 1 (1.04%) Organisational Skills
8 1 (1.04%) Presentation Skills
8 1 (1.04%) Retail Banking
8 1 (1.04%) Social Housing
Job Titles
1 17 (17.71%) Developer
2 14 (14.58%) Architect
3 12 (12.50%) Senior
4 9 (9.38%) Data Engineer
5 8 (8.33%) Azure Engineer
5 8 (8.33%) Consultant
5 8 (8.33%) DevOps Engineer
6 7 (7.29%) Data Architect
7 6 (6.25%) Analyst
7 6 (6.25%) Azure DevOps Engineer
7 6 (6.25%) Business Analyst
7 6 (6.25%) Lead
7 6 (6.25%) Project Manager
8 5 (5.21%) Senior Developer
9 4 (4.17%) Azure Consultant
9 4 (4.17%) Business Intelligence Architect
9 4 (4.17%) DevOps Consultant
9 4 (4.17%) Dynamics 365 Developer
9 4 (4.17%) Platform Engineer
9 4 (4.17%) Power Platform Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 26 (27.08%) Terraform
2 19 (19.79%) PySpark
3 17 (17.71%) REST
4 11 (11.46%) .NET
5 7 (7.29%) Kafka
5 7 (7.29%) RESTful
6 6 (6.25%) JSON
6 6 (6.25%) YAML
7 5 (5.21%) Middleware
8 4 (4.17%) ADO
8 4 (4.17%) HTML
8 4 (4.17%) HTML5 Canvas
8 4 (4.17%) React
8 4 (4.17%) XML
9 3 (3.13%) .NET Core
9 3 (3.13%) AngularJS
9 3 (3.13%) ASP.NET Web API
9 3 (3.13%) CSS
9 3 (3.13%) Playwright
9 3 (3.13%) Redux
Miscellaneous
1 13 (13.54%) Cloud Native
2 8 (8.33%) AI Agents
3 6 (6.25%) Data Structures
3 6 (6.25%) Onboarding
4 5 (5.21%) Enterprise Software
4 5 (5.21%) Hybrid Cloud
4 5 (5.21%) Management Information System
5 4 (4.17%) Self-Motivation
6 3 (3.13%) Distributed Systems
6 3 (3.13%) Enterprise Cloud
6 3 (3.13%) Low-Code
7 2 (2.08%) Data Centre
7 2 (2.08%) Legacy Systems
7 2 (2.08%) Product Ownership
7 2 (2.08%) Team-Oriented Environment
8 1 (1.04%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
8 1 (1.04%) Greenfield Project
8 1 (1.04%) Linux Command Line
8 1 (1.04%) Reinsurance
8 1 (1.04%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 6 (6.25%) Windows
2 5 (5.21%) Windows Server
3 4 (4.17%) Linux
4 1 (1.04%) Android
4 1 (1.04%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 96 (100.00%) DevOps
2 54 (56.25%) CI/CD
3 41 (42.71%) Agile
4 28 (29.17%) Analytics
4 28 (29.17%) Business Intelligence
5 24 (25.00%) Data Modelling
6 21 (21.88%) Migration
7 20 (20.83%) Infrastructure as Code
7 20 (20.83%) Stakeholder Management
8 19 (19.79%) Test Automation
9 17 (17.71%) AI
9 17 (17.71%) Data Governance
10 16 (16.67%) Data Pipeline
10 16 (16.67%) Problem-Solving
11 15 (15.63%) Stakeholder Engagement
12 14 (14.58%) Deployment Automation
12 14 (14.58%) User Acceptance Testing
13 12 (12.50%) Continuous Improvement
13 12 (12.50%) Data Engineering
13 12 (12.50%) Platform Engineering
Programming Languages
1 31 (32.29%) SQL
2 29 (30.21%) Python
3 19 (19.79%) C#
4 16 (16.67%) PowerShell
5 11 (11.46%) JavaScript
5 11 (11.46%) TypeScript
6 10 (10.42%) Bicep
7 8 (8.33%) Data Analysis Expressions
8 7 (7.29%) Java
9 4 (4.17%) Bash
10 2 (2.08%) Apex Code
10 2 (2.08%) Korn
11 1 (1.04%) C
11 1 (1.04%) CodeQL
11 1 (1.04%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 20 (20.83%) Security Cleared
2 12 (12.50%) SC Cleared
3 5 (5.21%) DBS Check
3 5 (5.21%) Degree
4 4 (4.17%) ISTQB
5 3 (3.13%) Microsoft Certification
5 3 (3.13%) PMI Certification
5 3 (3.13%) PMP
6 1 (1.04%) BPSS Clearance
6 1 (1.04%) CISM
6 1 (1.04%) CISSP
6 1 (1.04%) Computer Science Degree
6 1 (1.04%) IIBA
6 1 (1.04%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
6 1 (1.04%) ITIL Certification
6 1 (1.04%) Master's Degree
6 1 (1.04%) PRINCE2 Certification
6 1 (1.04%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
6 1 (1.04%) SAFe Agilist
6 1 (1.04%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 17 (17.71%) Data Quality
2 15 (15.63%) QA
3 3 (3.13%) Accessibility
3 3 (3.13%) GDPR
4 1 (1.04%) P3O
4 1 (1.04%) PMO
4 1 (1.04%) Sarbanes-Oxley
4 1 (1.04%) WCAG
System Software
1 9 (9.38%) Docker
2 3 (3.13%) Active Directory
3 2 (2.08%) VMware Infrastructure
3 2 (2.08%) vSphere
4 1 (1.04%) Hyper-V
4 1 (1.04%) VMware ESXi
4 1 (1.04%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 19 (19.79%) Kubernetes
2 6 (6.25%) Ansible
3 2 (2.08%) Microsoft Intune
3 2 (2.08%) SCCM
4 1 (1.04%) Grafana
4 1 (1.04%) PowerCLI
4 1 (1.04%) Prometheus
4 1 (1.04%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 47 (48.96%) Microsoft
2 18 (18.75%) Databricks
3 6 (6.25%) ServiceNow
4 4 (4.17%) Google
5 3 (3.13%) Dynatrace
5 3 (3.13%) Foundry
5 3 (3.13%) OpenAI
5 3 (3.13%) Salesforce
5 3 (3.13%) VMware
5 3 (3.13%) Workday
6 2 (2.08%) MuleSoft
6 2 (2.08%) SAP
6 2 (2.08%) Splunk
7 1 (1.04%) Cloudera
7 1 (1.04%) Dell
7 1 (1.04%) Guidewire
7 1 (1.04%) IBM
7 1 (1.04%) IFS
7 1 (1.04%) Informatica
7 1 (1.04%) Oracle