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

 6 months to
26 Aug 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 72 91 75
Rank change year-on-year +19 -16 0
Contract jobs citing Azure DevOps 1,533 779 921
As % of all contract jobs in England 3.36% 2.83% 2.77%
As % of the Cloud Services category 9.66% 7.58% 8.20%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,079 557 617
10th Percentile £363 £350 £378
25th Percentile £418 £413 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £510 £525
Median % change year-on-year -1.96% -2.86% -4.55%
75th Percentile £600 £613 £600
90th Percentile £675 £700 £675
UK median daily rate £500 £500 £525
% change year-on-year - -4.76% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 47 3 0
10th Percentile £21.25 £36.45 -
25th Percentile £36.12 £45.75 -
Median hourly rate £46.80 £62.50 -
Median % change year-on-year -25.12% - -
75th Percentile £79.50 £76.25 -
90th Percentile £101.51 £83.75 -
UK median hourly rate £50.90 £73.75 -
% change year-on-year -30.98% - -

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 15,871 10,275 11,229
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 34.74% 37.30% 33.80%
Number of daily rates quoted 10,602 6,957 7,878
10th Percentile £325 £310 £313
25th Percentile £425 £406 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £508 £525
Median % change year-on-year +3.45% -3.33% -4.55%
75th Percentile £625 £625 £644
90th Percentile £718 £738 £750
UK median daily rate £525 £500 £525
% change year-on-year +5.00% -4.76% -2.78%
Number of hourly rates quoted 547 274 196
10th Percentile £15.50 £15.25 £14.16
25th Percentile £19.25 £18.51 £17.69
Median hourly rate £35.00 £26.15 £27.50
Median % change year-on-year +33.84% -4.91% -16.67%
75th Percentile £70.00 £43.75 £55.63
90th Percentile £83.40 £67.25 £70.00
UK median hourly rate £33.99 £28.00 £27.72
% change year-on-year +21.39% +1.01% -20.80%

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 26 August 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 26 August 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 26 August 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 +23 871 £500 -4.76% 242
South East -24 178 £525 +10.53% 91
North of England +10 177 £477 -4.70% 107
Midlands +38 168 £450 -11.11% 61
West Midlands +13 122 £450 -18.18% 34
North West +3 91 £500 -0.99% 55
South West -9 72 £475 -8.21% 44
Yorkshire -12 61 £473 -5.45% 39
East Midlands +11 44 £494 +3.95% 27
East of England +3 36 £425 -13.92% 31
North East -17 25 £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
1 105 (6.85%) Confluence
2 98 (6.39%) SharePoint
3 35 (2.28%) Apache Spark
4 30 (1.96%) Apache
5 28 (1.83%) Apache Airflow
6 14 (0.91%) Microsoft Exchange
7 11 (0.72%) CMS
8 6 (0.39%) Documentum
9 5 (0.33%) IIS
10 4 (0.26%) Mendix
11 3 (0.20%) Kentico
11 3 (0.20%) Palantir Foundry
12 2 (0.13%) nginx
12 2 (0.13%) OpenROAD
12 2 (0.13%) SAS
12 2 (0.13%) Smallworld
12 2 (0.13%) Umbraco
13 1 (0.065%) ArcGIS
13 1 (0.065%) HCL Notes
13 1 (0.065%) WebLogic
Applications
1 58 (3.78%) Microsoft Project
2 40 (2.61%) Microsoft Excel
3 19 (1.24%) MS Visio
4 14 (0.91%) Microsoft Office
5 11 (0.72%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 7 (0.46%) CPLEX
7 6 (0.39%) Chatbot
7 6 (0.39%) Trello
8 5 (0.33%) Notion
9 3 (0.20%) Spreadsheet
10 1 (0.065%) Adobe XD
10 1 (0.065%) InDesign
Business Applications
1 50 (3.26%) Dynamics CRM
2 21 (1.37%) SAP S/4HANA
3 8 (0.52%) Dynamics AX
4 4 (0.26%) Maximo
4 4 (0.26%) Oracle EBS
4 4 (0.26%) Payment Gateway
5 3 (0.20%) Endur
5 3 (0.20%) Findur
5 3 (0.20%) SAP MDG
6 2 (0.13%) Aladdin
6 2 (0.13%) Dynamics GP
6 2 (0.13%) IBM Operational Decision Manager
6 2 (0.13%) Oracle Payables
6 2 (0.13%) Oracle Receivables
6 2 (0.13%) SAP MM
6 2 (0.13%) SAP Oil and Gas
6 2 (0.13%) Teamcenter
6 2 (0.13%) Unit4 Business World
7 1 (0.065%) OpenText VIM for SAP
7 1 (0.065%) Salesforce CRM
Cloud Services
1 1,533 (100.00%) Azure
2 400 (26.09%) GitHub
3 272 (17.74%) GitHub Actions
4 262 (17.09%) Power Platform
5 229 (14.94%) AWS
6 136 (8.87%) Azure Data Factory
6 136 (8.87%) Entra ID
7 131 (8.55%) Dynamics 365
8 129 (8.41%) Azure AKS
9 121 (7.89%) Power Automate
10 120 (7.83%) Azure Monitor
11 106 (6.91%) Serverless
12 94 (6.13%) PowerApps
13 84 (5.48%) GCP
14 77 (5.02%) Azure Synapse Analytics
15 75 (4.89%) Microsoft 365
16 74 (4.83%) Azure Logic Apps
17 71 (4.63%) Azure Key Vault
18 70 (4.57%) Azure Functions
19 65 (4.24%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 67 (4.37%) Firewall
2 40 (2.61%) DNS
3 36 (2.35%) Network Security
4 28 (1.83%) VPN
5 16 (1.04%) WAN
6 15 (0.98%) DHCP
6 15 (0.98%) SSL
7 13 (0.85%) SD-WAN
8 9 (0.59%) Internet
9 7 (0.46%) LAN
9 7 (0.46%) TCP/IP
9 7 (0.46%) VLAN
10 4 (0.26%) SAN
10 4 (0.26%) Wi-Fi
11 3 (0.20%) 4G
11 3 (0.20%) BGP
11 3 (0.20%) OSPF
11 3 (0.20%) RS-232
11 3 (0.20%) RS-485
12 2 (0.13%) Cisco IOS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 169 (11.02%) Power BI
2 108 (7.05%) SQL Server
3 73 (4.76%) Data Warehouse
4 72 (4.70%) Azure SQL Database
4 72 (4.70%) Data Lake
5 54 (3.52%) NoSQL
6 46 (3.00%) Delta Lake
7 45 (2.94%) PostgreSQL
8 28 (1.83%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 26 (1.70%) Metadata
10 24 (1.57%) Relational Database
11 22 (1.44%) MongoDB
12 19 (1.24%) Snowflake Schema
13 18 (1.17%) Big Data
14 16 (1.04%) Redis
14 16 (1.04%) Spark SQL
15 14 (0.91%) Oracle Database
16 12 (0.78%) Amazon Redshift
16 12 (0.78%) Parquet
16 12 (0.78%) Star Schema
Development Applications
1 292 (19.05%) JIRA
2 254 (16.57%) Git
3 192 (12.52%) Jenkins
4 148 (9.65%) GitLab
5 76 (4.96%) Selenium
6 37 (2.41%) Postman
7 29 (1.89%) SonarQube
8 28 (1.83%) Cypress.io
9 27 (1.76%) WebDriver
10 26 (1.70%) Visual Studio
11 24 (1.57%) Cucumber
12 20 (1.30%) REST Assured
13 19 (1.24%) Gradle
14 18 (1.17%) JUnit
15 16 (1.04%) Bitbucket
16 15 (0.98%) Maven
16 15 (0.98%) TestRail
17 14 (0.91%) MSI
18 12 (0.78%) Sonatype Nexus
19 11 (0.72%) Snyk
General
1 408 (26.61%) Social Skills
2 317 (20.68%) Finance
3 195 (12.72%) Public Sector
4 163 (10.63%) Analytical Skills
5 84 (5.48%) Banking
6 76 (4.96%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 30 (1.96%) Retail
8 28 (1.83%) Documentation Skills
8 28 (1.83%) Legal
9 24 (1.57%) Aerospace
9 24 (1.57%) Influencing Skills
10 23 (1.50%) Organisational Skills
11 17 (1.11%) Marketing
12 14 (0.91%) Investment Banking
12 14 (0.91%) Local Government
13 13 (0.85%) Law
14 10 (0.65%) Manufacturing
15 9 (0.59%) Billing
16 8 (0.52%) Pharmaceutical
16 8 (0.52%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 275 (17.94%) Developer
2 233 (15.20%) Senior
3 228 (14.87%) DevOps Engineer
4 225 (14.68%) Azure Engineer
5 133 (8.68%) Azure DevOps Engineer
6 131 (8.55%) Lead
7 123 (8.02%) Analyst
8 120 (7.83%) Data Engineer
9 109 (7.11%) Architect
10 61 (3.98%) Business Analyst
11 56 (3.65%) Platform Engineer
12 52 (3.39%) Project Manager
13 51 (3.33%) Cloud Engineer
14 48 (3.13%) Consultant
15 44 (2.87%) Senior Developer
16 41 (2.67%) .NET Developer
16 41 (2.67%) Solutions Architect
16 41 (2.67%) Test Analyst
17 40 (2.61%) Tester
18 38 (2.48%) Infrastructure Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 439 (28.64%) Terraform
2 209 (13.63%) .NET
3 185 (12.07%) REST
4 80 (5.22%) PySpark
4 80 (5.22%) RESTful
5 78 (5.09%) ADO
5 78 (5.09%) JSON
6 71 (4.63%) YAML
7 65 (4.24%) Kafka
8 64 (4.17%) ARM Templates
9 62 (4.04%) .NET Framework
10 55 (3.59%) React
11 54 (3.52%) Playwright
12 51 (3.33%) .NET Core
13 42 (2.74%) SOAP
14 41 (2.67%) OAuth
15 39 (2.54%) XML
16 38 (2.48%) HTML
16 38 (2.48%) Middleware
17 35 (2.28%) CSS
Miscellaneous
1 174 (11.35%) Cloud Native
2 120 (7.83%) Product Ownership
3 52 (3.39%) Onboarding
4 51 (3.33%) Legacy Systems
5 47 (3.07%) Distributed Systems
6 41 (2.67%) Enterprise Software
7 31 (2.02%) Management Information System
8 30 (1.96%) Self-Motivation
9 29 (1.89%) Hybrid Cloud
10 23 (1.50%) AI Agents
10 23 (1.50%) Data Structures
11 19 (1.24%) Low-Code
12 17 (1.11%) Mobile App
13 16 (1.04%) Data Protection Act
13 16 (1.04%) Replication
14 15 (0.98%) Linux Command Line
14 15 (0.98%) Reinsurance
15 14 (0.91%) Enterprise Cloud
16 13 (0.85%) Greenfield Project
17 11 (0.72%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 101 (6.59%) Windows
2 69 (4.50%) Linux
3 29 (1.89%) Windows Server
4 18 (1.17%) VMS
5 12 (0.78%) Unix
6 10 (0.65%) Android
6 10 (0.65%) Apple iOS
6 10 (0.65%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 5 (0.33%) Windows Server 2016
8 4 (0.26%) Mac OS
8 4 (0.26%) Ubuntu
8 4 (0.26%) Windows Server 2019
9 1 (0.065%) Amazon Linux
9 1 (0.065%) CentOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 1,533 (100.00%) DevOps
2 844 (55.06%) CI/CD
3 656 (42.79%) Agile
4 400 (26.09%) Infrastructure as Code
5 280 (18.26%) Test Automation
6 265 (17.29%) Stakeholder Management
7 249 (16.24%) Problem-Solving
8 248 (16.18%) Continuous Improvement
9 236 (15.39%) Analytics
10 232 (15.13%) Containerisation
11 221 (14.42%) Scrum
12 209 (13.63%) Migration
13 177 (11.55%) Business Intelligence
14 175 (11.42%) Stakeholder Engagement
15 167 (10.89%) User Acceptance Testing
16 155 (10.11%) Microservices
17 154 (10.05%) Data Modelling
17 154 (10.05%) Platform Engineering
18 153 (9.98%) Validation
19 149 (9.72%) AI
Programming Languages
1 407 (26.55%) SQL
2 377 (24.59%) Python
3 260 (16.96%) C#
4 213 (13.89%) PowerShell
5 171 (11.15%) Bicep
6 151 (9.85%) JavaScript
7 130 (8.48%) Bash
8 122 (7.96%) Java
9 87 (5.68%) TypeScript
10 23 (1.50%) T-SQL
11 19 (1.24%) Kusto Query Language
12 17 (1.11%) Go
13 16 (1.04%) Data Analysis Expressions
14 15 (0.98%) Apex Code
14 15 (0.98%) X++
15 8 (0.52%) PL/SQL
15 8 (0.52%) Scala
15 8 (0.52%) Shell Script
16 6 (0.39%) Kotlin
16 6 (0.39%) R
Qualifications
1 470 (30.66%) Security Cleared
2 387 (25.24%) SC Cleared
3 115 (7.50%) Azure Certification
4 103 (6.72%) Degree
5 61 (3.98%) Microsoft Certification
6 53 (3.46%) DV Cleared
7 40 (2.61%) ISTQB
8 37 (2.41%) BPSS Clearance
9 32 (2.09%) Computer Science Degree
10 27 (1.76%) AWS Certification
11 17 (1.11%) PMI Certification
12 16 (1.04%) PMP
13 14 (0.91%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
14 13 (0.85%) Cisco Certification
14 13 (0.85%) CISSP
15 11 (0.72%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
15 11 (0.72%) Master's Degree
16 10 (0.65%) DBS Check
17 9 (0.59%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
18 6 (0.39%) CompTIA Security+
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 176 (11.48%) QA
2 109 (7.11%) Data Quality
3 86 (5.61%) Accessibility
4 49 (3.20%) GDPR
5 47 (3.07%) WCAG
6 31 (2.02%) PMO
7 26 (1.70%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 24 (1.57%) NIST
9 19 (1.24%) NCSC
10 14 (0.91%) SLA
11 11 (0.72%) GRC
11 11 (0.72%) Sarbanes-Oxley
12 8 (0.52%) ISO 20022
13 6 (0.39%) Cyber Essentials
14 5 (0.33%) SEPA
15 4 (0.26%) PSD2
16 3 (0.20%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
16 3 (0.20%) Government Security Classifications
16 3 (0.20%) PCI DSS
17 2 (0.13%) Actionable Recommendations
System Software
1 242 (15.79%) Docker
2 80 (5.22%) Active Directory
3 31 (2.02%) Virtual Machines
4 18 (1.17%) VMware Infrastructure
5 14 (0.91%) Virtual Desktop
6 6 (0.39%) Hyper-V
7 4 (0.26%) Firmware
7 4 (0.26%) vSphere
8 3 (0.20%) Embedded Firmware
8 3 (0.20%) Microsoft App-V
9 2 (0.13%) Apache ZooKeeper
9 2 (0.13%) OpenSSH
9 2 (0.13%) VMware NSX
10 1 (0.065%) Virtual Servers
10 1 (0.065%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 314 (20.48%) Kubernetes
2 99 (6.46%) Ansible
3 60 (3.91%) Grafana
4 51 (3.33%) Prometheus
5 23 (1.50%) Microsoft Intune
6 22 (1.44%) Argo
7 21 (1.37%) Progress Chef
8 20 (1.30%) Puppet
9 16 (1.04%) Packer
10 13 (0.85%) HP ALM
11 11 (0.72%) Single Sign-On
12 10 (0.65%) Istio
13 9 (0.59%) SCCM
14 6 (0.39%) Jamf Pro
14 6 (0.39%) SCOM
15 4 (0.26%) HP Quality Center
16 3 (0.20%) HP Fortify
17 2 (0.13%) linkerd
17 2 (0.13%) systemd
17 2 (0.13%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 539 (35.16%) Microsoft
2 137 (8.94%) Databricks
3 58 (3.78%) Oracle
4 57 (3.72%) ServiceNow
5 52 (3.39%) Salesforce
6 47 (3.07%) SAP
7 38 (2.48%) Google
8 35 (2.28%) Splunk
9 28 (1.83%) Dynatrace
10 22 (1.44%) VMware
11 19 (1.24%) Informatica
12 14 (0.91%) HP
12 14 (0.91%) OpenAI
12 14 (0.91%) UiPath
13 13 (0.85%) MuleSoft
14 11 (0.72%) Foundry
15 10 (0.65%) IBM
16 9 (0.59%) Adobe
16 9 (0.59%) Cisco
16 9 (0.59%) Red Hat
560 Azure DevOps jobs in England