Azure DevOps Contract Job Trends in England

Microsoft Azure DevOps
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in England requiring Azure DevOps skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 1 July 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

 6 months to
1 Jul 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 77 96 78
Rank change year-on-year +19 -18 -7
Contract jobs citing Azure DevOps 1,375 699 1,014
As % of all contract jobs in England 3.14% 2.73% 2.73%
As % of the Cloud Services category 8.96% 7.24% 8.42%
Number of daily rates quoted 986 490 674
10th Percentile £363 £350 £400
25th Percentile £415 £413 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £513 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.44% -2.38% -4.55%
75th Percentile £600 £600 £600
90th Percentile £688 £726 £675
UK median daily rate £500 £500 £525
% change year-on-year - -4.76% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 31 3 6
10th Percentile £25.38 £36.45 £64.50
25th Percentile £37.75 £45.75 £65.25
Median hourly rate £74.50 £62.50 £65.50
Median % change year-on-year +19.20% -4.58% -6.43%
75th Percentile £88.00 £76.25 £65.75
90th Percentile £104.00 £83.75 £68.50
UK median hourly rate £72.25 £85.00 £65.50
% change year-on-year -15.00% +29.77% -6.43%

All Cloud Computing Skills
England

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 England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for cloud computing skills 15,339 9,656 12,043
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 34.99% 37.67% 32.44%
Number of daily rates quoted 10,333 6,518 8,597
10th Percentile £325 £310 £306
25th Percentile £415 £413 £416
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £520 £515 £525
Median % change year-on-year +0.97% -1.90% -4.55%
75th Percentile £620 £625 £638
90th Percentile £716 £738 £750
UK median daily rate £515 £504 £525
% change year-on-year +2.18% -4.00% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 553 250 331
10th Percentile £16.62 £15.08 £14.00
25th Percentile £23.21 £17.88 £16.06
Median hourly rate £41.06 £25.15 £22.00
Median % change year-on-year +63.26% +14.32% -31.89%
75th Percentile £70.00 £41.09 £43.75
90th Percentile £83.20 £67.88 £70.00
UK median hourly rate £37.50 £28.00 £22.00
% change year-on-year +33.93% +27.27% -37.14%

Azure DevOps
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Azure DevOps job vacancy trend in England

Azure DevOps
Daily Rate Trend in England

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

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

Azure DevOps
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Azure DevOps in England over the 6 months to 1 July 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Azure DevOps in England

Azure DevOps
Hourly Rate Trend in England

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing Azure DevOps.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing Azure DevOps

Azure DevOps
Hourly Rate Histogram in England

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Azure DevOps in England over the 6 months to 1 July 2026.

Hourly rate histogram for Azure DevOps in England

Azure DevOps
Contract Job Locations in England

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 England region over the 6 months to 1 July 2026. 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
London +14 763 £500 -4.76% 176
South East -7 178 £500 +5.26% 128
North of England +16 162 £490 +0.46% 86
Midlands +5 142 £470 -6.00% 49
West Midlands +7 99 £450 -14.29% 23
North West +17 81 £500 -4.76% 50
South West +9 67 £475 -9.52% 29
Yorkshire -17 61 £500 +11.11% 24
East Midlands 0 41 £525 +5.00% 26
East of England +7 34 £438 -9.09% 38
North East -13 20 £450 -18.18% 13
Azure DevOps
UK

Azure DevOps
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in England 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 92 (6.69%) Confluence
2 85 (6.18%) SharePoint
3 37 (2.69%) Apache Spark
4 28 (2.04%) Apache
5 24 (1.75%) Apache Airflow
6 15 (1.09%) Microsoft Exchange
7 7 (0.51%) CMS
8 5 (0.36%) Documentum
8 5 (0.36%) Mendix
9 4 (0.29%) HCL Notes
9 4 (0.29%) Palantir Foundry
10 3 (0.22%) IIS
10 3 (0.22%) Kentico
10 3 (0.22%) SAS
11 2 (0.15%) Umbraco
12 1 (0.073%) ArcGIS
12 1 (0.073%) IBM HTTP Server
12 1 (0.073%) Oracle Workflow
12 1 (0.073%) SharePoint 2013
12 1 (0.073%) WebLogic
Applications
1 48 (3.49%) Microsoft Project
2 31 (2.25%) Microsoft Excel
3 21 (1.53%) MS Visio
4 11 (0.80%) Microsoft Office
5 8 (0.58%) CPLEX
5 8 (0.58%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 5 (0.36%) Chatbot
7 4 (0.29%) Notion
8 3 (0.22%) Trello
9 2 (0.15%) Spreadsheet
10 1 (0.073%) Adobe XD
10 1 (0.073%) InDesign
Business Applications
1 47 (3.42%) Dynamics CRM
2 17 (1.24%) SAP S/4HANA
3 8 (0.58%) Maximo
4 7 (0.51%) Dynamics AX
5 4 (0.29%) Oracle EBS
6 3 (0.22%) Endur
6 3 (0.22%) Findur
6 3 (0.22%) SAP BPC
6 3 (0.22%) SAP MDG
6 3 (0.22%) SAP MM
6 3 (0.22%) SAP Oil and Gas
7 2 (0.15%) Aladdin
7 2 (0.15%) Dynamics GP
7 2 (0.15%) Payment Gateway
7 2 (0.15%) Salesforce CRM
7 2 (0.15%) Unit4 Business World
8 1 (0.073%) Loan IQ
8 1 (0.073%) Oracle Financials
8 1 (0.073%) SAP SD
8 1 (0.073%) SDL Web 8
Cloud Services
1 1,375 (100.00%) Azure
2 342 (24.87%) GitHub
3 229 (16.65%) GitHub Actions
4 221 (16.07%) Power Platform
5 192 (13.96%) AWS
6 125 (9.09%) Azure Data Factory
7 110 (8.00%) Azure AKS
7 110 (8.00%) Entra ID
8 108 (7.85%) Azure Monitor
9 105 (7.64%) Dynamics 365
10 102 (7.42%) Serverless
11 99 (7.20%) Power Automate
12 82 (5.96%) Azure Key Vault
13 76 (5.53%) PowerApps
14 71 (5.16%) Azure Synapse Analytics
15 69 (5.02%) GCP
16 67 (4.87%) Azure Functions
16 67 (4.87%) Azure Logic Apps
17 60 (4.36%) Microsoft 365
18 58 (4.22%) Azure Service Bus
Communications & Networking
1 47 (3.42%) Firewall
2 25 (1.82%) Network Security
3 22 (1.60%) DNS
4 19 (1.38%) VPN
5 13 (0.95%) SD-WAN
6 12 (0.87%) WAN
7 9 (0.65%) SSL
8 8 (0.58%) Internet
9 7 (0.51%) DHCP
9 7 (0.51%) TCP/IP
10 6 (0.44%) VLAN
11 5 (0.36%) LAN
12 4 (0.29%) IPsec
13 3 (0.22%) MQTT
14 2 (0.15%) 4G
14 2 (0.15%) BGP
14 2 (0.15%) NAS
14 2 (0.15%) OSPF
14 2 (0.15%) Wi-Fi
14 2 (0.15%) X.509
Database & Business Intelligence
1 144 (10.47%) Power BI
2 105 (7.64%) SQL Server
3 75 (5.45%) Data Lake
4 73 (5.31%) Azure SQL Database
5 65 (4.73%) Delta Lake
6 59 (4.29%) Data Warehouse
7 49 (3.56%) NoSQL
8 46 (3.35%) PostgreSQL
9 27 (1.96%) Relational Database
10 25 (1.82%) MongoDB
11 22 (1.60%) Snowflake Schema
12 21 (1.53%) Spark SQL
13 20 (1.45%) Redis
14 18 (1.31%) SQL Server Integration Services
15 17 (1.24%) Oracle Database
16 16 (1.16%) Metadata
17 15 (1.09%) Big Data
18 13 (0.95%) Amazon Redshift
18 13 (0.95%) Parquet
19 11 (0.80%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 273 (19.85%) JIRA
2 223 (16.22%) Git
3 132 (9.60%) Jenkins
4 98 (7.13%) GitLab
5 51 (3.71%) Selenium
6 30 (2.18%) Postman
7 24 (1.75%) Visual Studio
8 23 (1.67%) REST Assured
8 23 (1.67%) SonarQube
9 19 (1.38%) Cucumber
10 17 (1.24%) Cypress.io
10 17 (1.24%) WebDriver
11 15 (1.09%) TestRail
12 14 (1.02%) Gradle
12 14 (1.02%) Team Foundation Server
13 13 (0.95%) JUnit
14 12 (0.87%) Bitbucket
15 11 (0.80%) NUnit
15 11 (0.80%) SpecFlow
16 10 (0.73%) MSI
General
1 338 (24.58%) Social Skills
2 286 (20.80%) Finance
3 147 (10.69%) Public Sector
4 141 (10.25%) Analytical Skills
5 69 (5.02%) Banking
6 50 (3.64%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 32 (2.33%) Organisational Skills
8 26 (1.89%) Legal
9 22 (1.60%) Retail
10 21 (1.53%) Documentation Skills
11 20 (1.45%) Influencing Skills
12 13 (0.95%) Aerospace
13 12 (0.87%) Investment Banking
13 12 (0.87%) Marketing
14 11 (0.80%) Law
15 10 (0.73%) Front Office
16 8 (0.58%) Billing
16 8 (0.58%) Financial Institution
16 8 (0.58%) Local Government
17 7 (0.51%) Back Office
Job Titles
1 261 (18.98%) Developer
2 216 (15.71%) Azure Engineer
3 194 (14.11%) DevOps Engineer
4 190 (13.82%) Senior
5 135 (9.82%) Data Engineer
6 120 (8.73%) Analyst
6 120 (8.73%) Azure DevOps Engineer
7 108 (7.85%) Lead
8 101 (7.35%) Architect
9 60 (4.36%) Business Analyst
10 57 (4.15%) Platform Engineer
11 45 (3.27%) Solutions Architect
12 43 (3.13%) Test Analyst
13 41 (2.98%) Project Manager
13 41 (2.98%) Tester
14 40 (2.91%) Cloud Engineer
15 38 (2.76%) Full-Stack Developer
16 37 (2.69%) Consultant
17 36 (2.62%) Senior DevOps
18 35 (2.55%) Senior Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 189 (13.75%) .NET
2 143 (10.40%) REST
3 81 (5.89%) PySpark
4 71 (5.16%) RESTful
5 68 (4.95%) ADO
6 66 (4.80%) React
7 60 (4.36%) YAML
8 58 (4.22%) ARM Templates
8 58 (4.22%) Kafka
9 56 (4.07%) JSON
10 52 (3.78%) .NET Framework
11 47 (3.42%) Playwright
12 41 (2.98%) Node.js
12 41 (2.98%) SOAP
13 40 (2.91%) .NET Core
13 40 (2.91%) HTML
14 39 (2.84%) CSS
15 34 (2.47%) OAuth
16 31 (2.25%) AngularJS
17 30 (2.18%) Spring
Miscellaneous
1 163 (11.85%) Cloud Native
2 89 (6.47%) Product Ownership
3 47 (3.42%) Distributed Systems
4 41 (2.98%) Legacy Systems
5 37 (2.69%) Onboarding
6 29 (2.11%) Enterprise Software
7 28 (2.04%) Reinsurance
8 24 (1.75%) Self-Motivation
9 22 (1.60%) Data Structures
10 21 (1.53%) Hybrid Cloud
11 19 (1.38%) Greenfield Project
12 18 (1.31%) Mobile App
13 16 (1.16%) Management Information System
13 16 (1.16%) Replication
14 14 (1.02%) AI Agents
14 14 (1.02%) Low-Code
15 12 (0.87%) Enterprise Cloud
15 12 (0.87%) Virtual Team
16 11 (0.80%) Data Centre
16 11 (0.80%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 81 (5.89%) Windows
2 49 (3.56%) Linux
3 14 (1.02%) Windows Server
4 13 (0.95%) VMS
5 9 (0.65%) Unix
6 6 (0.44%) Android
6 6 (0.44%) Apple iOS
7 3 (0.22%) Mac OS
7 3 (0.22%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 2 (0.15%) Windows Server 2016
8 2 (0.15%) Windows Server 2019
9 1 (0.073%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 1,372 (99.78%) DevOps
2 752 (54.69%) CI/CD
3 539 (39.20%) Agile
4 330 (24.00%) Infrastructure as Code
5 232 (16.87%) Analytics
6 229 (16.65%) Test Automation
7 226 (16.44%) Problem-Solving
8 190 (13.82%) Scrum
9 189 (13.75%) Continuous Improvement
10 185 (13.45%) Migration
11 178 (12.95%) Containerisation
12 177 (12.87%) Stakeholder Management
13 161 (11.71%) Data Modelling
14 152 (11.05%) Business Intelligence
15 137 (9.96%) AI
16 136 (9.89%) Data Pipeline
17 134 (9.75%) ETL
18 133 (9.67%) Microservices
18 133 (9.67%) Platform Engineering
19 126 (9.16%) Observability
Programming Languages
1 405 (29.45%) SQL
2 346 (25.16%) Python
3 238 (17.31%) C#
4 144 (10.47%) PowerShell
5 138 (10.04%) JavaScript
6 131 (9.53%) Bicep
7 97 (7.05%) Java
8 96 (6.98%) Bash
9 85 (6.18%) TypeScript
10 25 (1.82%) T-SQL
11 21 (1.53%) Scala
12 18 (1.31%) Go
13 13 (0.95%) Data Analysis Expressions
14 12 (0.87%) Apex Code
14 12 (0.87%) Kusto Query Language
15 10 (0.73%) PL/SQL
15 10 (0.73%) X++
16 6 (0.44%) R
16 6 (0.44%) Shell Script
16 6 (0.44%) VB
Qualifications
1 373 (27.13%) Security Cleared
2 309 (22.47%) SC Cleared
3 100 (7.27%) Azure Certification
4 87 (6.33%) Degree
5 45 (3.27%) DV Cleared
6 38 (2.76%) Microsoft Certification
7 33 (2.40%) BPSS Clearance
7 33 (2.40%) ISTQB
8 30 (2.18%) Computer Science Degree
9 17 (1.24%) AWS Certification
10 16 (1.16%) PMI Certification
11 15 (1.09%) PMP
12 11 (0.80%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
13 9 (0.65%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
13 9 (0.65%) DBS Check
14 8 (0.58%) Master's Degree
15 7 (0.51%) Cisco Certification
16 6 (0.44%) CISSP
17 4 (0.29%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
18 3 (0.22%) SAFe Agilist
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 154 (11.20%) QA
2 103 (7.49%) Data Quality
3 64 (4.65%) Accessibility
4 42 (3.05%) GDPR
5 36 (2.62%) WCAG
6 19 (1.38%) NIST
7 18 (1.31%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 17 (1.24%) NCSC
8 17 (1.24%) SLA
9 16 (1.16%) PMO
10 9 (0.65%) GRC
10 9 (0.65%) Sarbanes-Oxley
11 7 (0.51%) PCI DSS
12 5 (0.36%) NIST 800
13 3 (0.22%) Cyber Essentials
14 2 (0.15%) FedRAMP
14 2 (0.15%) Government Security Classifications
14 2 (0.15%) HMG Security Policy Framework
14 2 (0.15%) PSD2
14 2 (0.15%) SEPA
System Software
1 190 (13.82%) Docker
2 73 (5.31%) Active Directory
3 29 (2.11%) Virtual Machines
4 14 (1.02%) Virtual Desktop
5 10 (0.73%) VMware Infrastructure
6 3 (0.22%) Firmware
7 2 (0.15%) Apache ZooKeeper
7 2 (0.15%) Hyper-V
7 2 (0.15%) Microsoft App-V
7 2 (0.15%) OpenSSH
7 2 (0.15%) Postfix
8 1 (0.073%) HDFS
8 1 (0.073%) VMware ESXi
8 1 (0.073%) VMware NSX
8 1 (0.073%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 372 (27.05%) Terraform
2 239 (17.38%) Kubernetes
3 70 (5.09%) Ansible
4 50 (3.64%) Grafana
5 44 (3.20%) Prometheus
6 19 (1.38%) Argo
7 15 (1.09%) HP ALM
8 13 (0.95%) Microsoft Intune
8 13 (0.95%) Puppet
8 13 (0.95%) Single Sign-On
9 12 (0.87%) Istio
10 11 (0.80%) Progress Chef
11 10 (0.73%) Packer
12 6 (0.44%) HP Quality Center
12 6 (0.44%) Jamf Pro
13 4 (0.29%) SCOM
14 3 (0.22%) Rancher
14 3 (0.22%) SCCM
15 2 (0.15%) HP Fortify
15 2 (0.15%) linkerd
Vendors
1 418 (30.40%) Microsoft
2 146 (10.62%) Databricks
3 75 (5.45%) Oracle
4 57 (4.15%) ServiceNow
5 46 (3.35%) Salesforce
6 43 (3.13%) SAP
7 25 (1.82%) Google
8 23 (1.67%) OpenAI
9 22 (1.60%) Informatica
9 22 (1.60%) Splunk
10 20 (1.45%) Dynatrace
11 16 (1.16%) HP
11 16 (1.16%) VMware
12 14 (1.02%) Foundry
13 10 (0.73%) Bloomberg
13 10 (0.73%) IBM
13 10 (0.73%) MuleSoft
14 9 (0.65%) InterSystems
15 8 (0.58%) Refinitiv
16 6 (0.44%) Zscaler
465 Azure DevOps jobs in England