Azure DevOps Contract Job Trends in Dorset

Microsoft Azure DevOps
South West > Dorset

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Dorset requiring Azure DevOps skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 13 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 11 - 36
Rank change year-on-year - - -3
Contract jobs citing Azure DevOps 5 0 3
As % of all contract jobs in Dorset 5.68% - 1.22%
As % of the Cloud Services category 15.15% - 5.36%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 0 0
10th Percentile £177 - -
25th Percentile £195 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £352 - -
75th Percentile £531 - -
90th Percentile £543 - -
South West median daily rate £475 £500 £550
% change year-on-year -5.00% -9.09% -3.47%

All Cloud Skills
Dorset

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 Dorset.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for cloud computing skills 33 37 56
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Dorset 37.50% 34.58% 22.76%
Number of daily rates quoted 18 21 35
10th Percentile £241 £223 £313
25th Percentile £290 £313 £478
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £460 £525
Median % change year-on-year +8.70% -12.38% +1.45%
75th Percentile £559 £550 £638
90th Percentile £684 £675 £650
South West median daily rate £500 £530 £550
% change year-on-year -5.66% -3.64% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 10
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £13.25
Median hourly rate - - £13.50
Median % change year-on-year - - -18.18%
75th Percentile - - £15.71
90th Percentile - - £18.87
South West median hourly rate £22.50 £30.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year -25.00% +50.00% -65.37%

Azure DevOps
Job Vacancy Trend in Dorset

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

Azure DevOps job vacancy trend in Dorset

Azure DevOps
Daily Rate Trend in Dorset

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Dorset citing Azure DevOps.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Dorset citing Azure DevOps

Azure DevOps
Daily Rate Histogram in Dorset

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Azure DevOps in Dorset over the 6 months to 13 December 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Azure DevOps in Dorset

Azure DevOps
Contract Job Locations in Dorset

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Azure DevOps within the Dorset region over the 6 months to 13 December 2025. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Bournemouth - 5 £352 - 5
Azure DevOps
South West

Azure DevOps
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Dorset 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:

Business Applications
1 5 (100.00%) NEC Housing
Cloud Services
1 5 (100.00%) Azure
1 5 (100.00%) Dynamics 365
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (40.00%) Oracle Database
General
1 5 (100.00%) Finance
2 3 (60.00%) Back Office
3 2 (40.00%) Local Government
4 1 (20.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 2 (40.00%) Lead
2 1 (20.00%) Consultant
2 1 (20.00%) DBA
2 1 (20.00%) Developer
2 1 (20.00%) Oracle DBA
2 1 (20.00%) SQL DBA
2 1 (20.00%) SQL Developer
Miscellaneous
1 3 (60.00%) Product Ownership
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (100.00%) DevOps
1 5 (100.00%) Knowledge Transfer
2 3 (60.00%) Backlog Management
2 3 (60.00%) Decision-Making
2 3 (60.00%) Functional Testing
2 3 (60.00%) Problem-Solving
2 3 (60.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
2 3 (60.00%) User Acceptance Testing
3 1 (20.00%) BCP
3 1 (20.00%) Customer Service
Programming Languages
1 5 (100.00%) PL/SQL
1 5 (100.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (20.00%) Degree
Vendors
1 5 (100.00%) NEC
1 5 (100.00%) Oracle