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

 6 months to
13 Aug 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 72 93 73
Rank change year-on-year +21 -20 +1
Contract jobs citing Azure DevOps 1,513 770 946
As % of all contract jobs in England 3.32% 2.79% 2.84%
As % of the Cloud Services category 9.50% 7.49% 8.43%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,067 559 627
10th Percentile £363 £350 £381
25th Percentile £415 £413 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £510 £525
Median % change year-on-year -1.96% -2.86% -4.55%
75th Percentile £600 £600 £600
90th Percentile £675 £725 £675
UK median daily rate £500 £500 £525
% change year-on-year - -4.76% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 46 3 0
10th Percentile £21.25 £36.45 -
25th Percentile £35.56 £45.75 -
Median hourly rate £43.15 £62.50 -
Median % change year-on-year -30.96% - -
75th Percentile £79.75 £76.25 -
90th Percentile £101.67 £83.75 -
UK median hourly rate £46.80 £73.75 -
% change year-on-year -36.54% - -

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 15,926 10,278 11,227
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 34.95% 37.18% 33.67%
Number of daily rates quoted 10,623 6,965 7,955
10th Percentile £325 £310 £313
25th Percentile £425 £406 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £513 £525
Median % change year-on-year +2.44% -2.38% -4.55%
75th Percentile £625 £625 £643
90th Percentile £720 £738 £750
UK median daily rate £523 £500 £525
% change year-on-year +4.50% -4.76% -2.78%
Number of hourly rates quoted 556 273 230
10th Percentile £15.97 £15.01 £14.16
25th Percentile £19.50 £18.13 £16.30
Median hourly rate £35.50 £26.00 £24.59
Median % change year-on-year +36.54% +5.73% -23.92%
75th Percentile £70.00 £43.75 £55.00
90th Percentile £83.43 £67.00 £70.00
UK median hourly rate £35.00 £27.88 £24.92
% change year-on-year +25.54% +11.88% -28.80%

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 13 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 13 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 13 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 +21 853 £500 -4.76% 269
South East -15 186 £525 +16.67% 131
Midlands +34 171 £450 -11.11% 64
North of England +13 168 £482 -3.70% 85
West Midlands +30 126 £450 -14.29% 34
North West +8 85 £500 -1.96% 54
South West -1 73 £475 -8.21% 33
Yorkshire -17 59 £475 -5.00% 21
East Midlands +6 43 £506 +6.58% 30
East of England +7 35 £425 -12.82% 33
North East -19 24 £450 -18.18% 11
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
1 106 (7.01%) Confluence
2 89 (5.88%) SharePoint
3 37 (2.45%) Apache Spark
4 33 (2.18%) Apache Airflow
5 31 (2.05%) Apache
6 13 (0.86%) Microsoft Exchange
7 9 (0.59%) CMS
8 6 (0.40%) Documentum
9 4 (0.26%) IIS
9 4 (0.26%) Mendix
10 3 (0.20%) Kentico
10 3 (0.20%) Palantir Foundry
10 3 (0.20%) SAS
11 2 (0.13%) nginx
11 2 (0.13%) OpenROAD
11 2 (0.13%) Umbraco
12 1 (0.066%) ArcGIS
12 1 (0.066%) Oracle Workflow
12 1 (0.066%) Smallworld
12 1 (0.066%) WebLogic
Applications
1 58 (3.83%) Microsoft Project
2 36 (2.38%) Microsoft Excel
3 16 (1.06%) MS Visio
4 12 (0.79%) Microsoft Office
5 8 (0.53%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 7 (0.46%) Chatbot
6 7 (0.46%) CPLEX
6 7 (0.46%) Trello
7 5 (0.33%) Notion
8 3 (0.20%) Spreadsheet
9 1 (0.066%) Adobe XD
9 1 (0.066%) InDesign
Business Applications
1 46 (3.04%) Dynamics CRM
2 20 (1.32%) SAP S/4HANA
3 7 (0.46%) Dynamics AX
4 5 (0.33%) Maximo
5 4 (0.26%) Oracle EBS
6 3 (0.20%) Endur
6 3 (0.20%) Findur
6 3 (0.20%) SAP BPC
6 3 (0.20%) SAP MDG
7 2 (0.13%) Aladdin
7 2 (0.13%) Dynamics GP
7 2 (0.13%) IBM Operational Decision Manager
7 2 (0.13%) Oracle Payables
7 2 (0.13%) Oracle Receivables
7 2 (0.13%) Salesforce CRM
7 2 (0.13%) SAP MM
7 2 (0.13%) SAP Oil and Gas
7 2 (0.13%) Teamcenter
7 2 (0.13%) Unit4 Business World
8 1 (0.066%) ResourceLink
Cloud Services
1 1,513 (100.00%) Azure
2 401 (26.50%) GitHub
3 275 (18.18%) GitHub Actions
4 245 (16.19%) Power Platform
5 228 (15.07%) AWS
6 140 (9.25%) Azure Data Factory
7 131 (8.66%) Entra ID
8 117 (7.73%) Azure AKS
8 117 (7.73%) Dynamics 365
9 113 (7.47%) Power Automate
10 112 (7.40%) Azure Monitor
11 99 (6.54%) Serverless
12 89 (5.88%) PowerApps
13 88 (5.82%) GCP
14 77 (5.09%) Azure Synapse Analytics
15 74 (4.89%) Azure Logic Apps
16 73 (4.82%) Azure Key Vault
17 68 (4.49%) Microsoft 365
18 65 (4.30%) Azure Functions
19 64 (4.23%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 60 (3.97%) Firewall
2 35 (2.31%) DNS
3 33 (2.18%) Network Security
4 26 (1.72%) VPN
5 15 (0.99%) SSL
5 15 (0.99%) WAN
6 13 (0.86%) DHCP
6 13 (0.86%) SD-WAN
7 9 (0.59%) Internet
8 7 (0.46%) TCP/IP
8 7 (0.46%) VLAN
9 6 (0.40%) LAN
10 3 (0.20%) 4G
10 3 (0.20%) BGP
10 3 (0.20%) OSPF
10 3 (0.20%) RS-232
10 3 (0.20%) RS-485
10 3 (0.20%) SAN
10 3 (0.20%) Wi-Fi
11 2 (0.13%) Cisco IOS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 162 (10.71%) Power BI
2 107 (7.07%) SQL Server
3 74 (4.89%) Data Lake
4 71 (4.69%) Azure SQL Database
5 70 (4.63%) Data Warehouse
6 54 (3.57%) Delta Lake
7 52 (3.44%) NoSQL
8 41 (2.71%) PostgreSQL
9 26 (1.72%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 25 (1.65%) Relational Database
11 23 (1.52%) Metadata
12 21 (1.39%) MongoDB
13 20 (1.32%) Snowflake Schema
14 19 (1.26%) Big Data
15 18 (1.19%) Spark SQL
16 17 (1.12%) Redis
17 14 (0.93%) Amazon Redshift
18 13 (0.86%) Data Vault
19 12 (0.79%) Geospatial Data
19 12 (0.79%) Oracle Database
Development Applications
1 292 (19.30%) JIRA
2 237 (15.66%) Git
3 177 (11.70%) Jenkins
4 137 (9.05%) GitLab
5 63 (4.16%) Selenium
6 33 (2.18%) Postman
7 31 (2.05%) SonarQube
8 27 (1.78%) Visual Studio
9 25 (1.65%) Cypress.io
10 23 (1.52%) Cucumber
10 23 (1.52%) WebDriver
11 18 (1.19%) Gradle
12 17 (1.12%) REST Assured
12 17 (1.12%) TestRail
13 15 (0.99%) Bitbucket
13 15 (0.99%) JUnit
13 15 (0.99%) Maven
14 14 (0.93%) MSI
15 12 (0.79%) Sonatype Nexus
16 11 (0.73%) Snyk
General
1 395 (26.11%) Social Skills
2 312 (20.62%) Finance
3 188 (12.43%) Public Sector
4 156 (10.31%) Analytical Skills
5 81 (5.35%) Banking
6 71 (4.69%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 32 (2.12%) Retail
8 28 (1.85%) Legal
9 26 (1.72%) Organisational Skills
10 25 (1.65%) Documentation Skills
11 24 (1.59%) Influencing Skills
12 22 (1.45%) Aerospace
13 15 (0.99%) Marketing
14 14 (0.93%) Investment Banking
15 13 (0.86%) Law
15 13 (0.86%) Local Government
16 10 (0.66%) Manufacturing
17 9 (0.59%) Billing
18 8 (0.53%) Pharmaceutical
19 7 (0.46%) Front Office
Job Titles
1 276 (18.24%) Developer
2 225 (14.87%) Senior
3 216 (14.28%) Azure Engineer
4 209 (13.81%) DevOps Engineer
5 136 (8.99%) Lead
6 128 (8.46%) Data Engineer
7 126 (8.33%) Azure DevOps Engineer
8 123 (8.13%) Analyst
9 104 (6.87%) Architect
10 62 (4.10%) Business Analyst
11 57 (3.77%) Platform Engineer
12 52 (3.44%) Project Manager
13 46 (3.04%) Cloud Engineer
14 44 (2.91%) Consultant
14 44 (2.91%) Test Analyst
15 42 (2.78%) Solutions Architect
15 42 (2.78%) Tester
16 40 (2.64%) .NET Developer
16 40 (2.64%) Senior Developer
17 39 (2.58%) Senior DevOps
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 203 (13.42%) .NET
2 172 (11.37%) REST
3 83 (5.49%) PySpark
4 79 (5.22%) ADO
5 78 (5.16%) RESTful
6 71 (4.69%) JSON
7 70 (4.63%) YAML
8 62 (4.10%) Kafka
9 60 (3.97%) .NET Framework
10 55 (3.64%) React
11 53 (3.50%) ARM Templates
12 52 (3.44%) Playwright
13 51 (3.37%) .NET Core
14 43 (2.84%) SOAP
15 39 (2.58%) OAuth
16 37 (2.45%) HTML
16 37 (2.45%) XML
17 36 (2.38%) Middleware
18 33 (2.18%) CSS
19 32 (2.12%) AngularJS
Miscellaneous
1 178 (11.76%) Cloud Native
2 107 (7.07%) Product Ownership
3 51 (3.37%) Legacy Systems
4 50 (3.30%) Onboarding
5 49 (3.24%) Distributed Systems
6 38 (2.51%) Enterprise Software
7 29 (1.92%) Hybrid Cloud
7 29 (1.92%) Self-Motivation
8 26 (1.72%) Management Information System
9 24 (1.59%) Data Structures
10 19 (1.26%) Low-Code
11 18 (1.19%) AI Agents
12 17 (1.12%) Reinsurance
12 17 (1.12%) Replication
13 16 (1.06%) Greenfield Project
13 16 (1.06%) Mobile App
14 14 (0.93%) Data Protection Act
15 13 (0.86%) Enterprise Cloud
16 12 (0.79%) Security Posture
16 12 (0.79%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 96 (6.35%) Windows
2 67 (4.43%) Linux
3 27 (1.78%) Windows Server
4 15 (0.99%) VMS
5 11 (0.73%) Unix
6 8 (0.53%) Android
6 8 (0.53%) Apple iOS
6 8 (0.53%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 4 (0.26%) Mac OS
7 4 (0.26%) Windows Server 2016
7 4 (0.26%) Windows Server 2019
8 3 (0.20%) Ubuntu
9 1 (0.066%) Amazon Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 1,513 (100.00%) DevOps
2 827 (54.66%) CI/CD
3 630 (41.64%) Agile
4 378 (24.98%) Infrastructure as Code
5 267 (17.65%) Test Automation
6 238 (15.73%) Analytics
6 238 (15.73%) Problem-Solving
6 238 (15.73%) Stakeholder Management
7 231 (15.27%) Continuous Improvement
8 213 (14.08%) Scrum
9 210 (13.88%) Containerisation
10 204 (13.48%) Migration
11 171 (11.30%) Business Intelligence
12 168 (11.10%) Data Modelling
13 166 (10.97%) Stakeholder Engagement
14 151 (9.98%) User Acceptance Testing
15 149 (9.85%) Microservices
16 147 (9.72%) Platform Engineering
17 145 (9.58%) AI
18 142 (9.39%) Data Pipeline
Programming Languages
1 408 (26.97%) SQL
2 378 (24.98%) Python
3 256 (16.92%) C#
4 197 (13.02%) PowerShell
5 156 (10.31%) JavaScript
6 149 (9.85%) Bicep
7 121 (8.00%) Bash
8 111 (7.34%) Java
9 84 (5.55%) TypeScript
10 24 (1.59%) T-SQL
11 19 (1.26%) Go
11 19 (1.26%) Kusto Query Language
12 15 (0.99%) Data Analysis Expressions
13 14 (0.93%) Apex Code
14 13 (0.86%) X++
15 10 (0.66%) Scala
16 8 (0.53%) PL/SQL
17 7 (0.46%) Shell Script
18 6 (0.40%) Kotlin
18 6 (0.40%) R
Qualifications
1 452 (29.87%) Security Cleared
2 369 (24.39%) SC Cleared
3 106 (7.01%) Azure Certification
4 98 (6.48%) Degree
5 53 (3.50%) Microsoft Certification
6 52 (3.44%) DV Cleared
7 39 (2.58%) ISTQB
8 35 (2.31%) BPSS Clearance
9 30 (1.98%) Computer Science Degree
10 24 (1.59%) AWS Certification
11 16 (1.06%) PMI Certification
11 16 (1.06%) PMP
12 14 (0.93%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
13 12 (0.79%) Cisco Certification
14 11 (0.73%) CISSP
14 11 (0.73%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
14 11 (0.73%) Master's Degree
15 9 (0.59%) DBS Check
16 8 (0.53%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
17 5 (0.33%) CompTIA Security+
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 167 (11.04%) QA
2 110 (7.27%) Data Quality
3 84 (5.55%) Accessibility
4 53 (3.50%) GDPR
5 47 (3.11%) WCAG
6 28 (1.85%) PMO
7 23 (1.52%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 23 (1.52%) NIST
8 19 (1.26%) NCSC
9 13 (0.86%) SLA
10 12 (0.79%) GRC
11 11 (0.73%) Sarbanes-Oxley
12 5 (0.33%) Cyber Essentials
12 5 (0.33%) ISO 20022
12 5 (0.33%) PCI DSS
12 5 (0.33%) SEPA
13 4 (0.26%) PSD2
14 3 (0.20%) Government Security Classifications
15 2 (0.13%) Actionable Recommendations
15 2 (0.13%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
System Software
1 217 (14.34%) Docker
2 82 (5.42%) Active Directory
3 30 (1.98%) Virtual Machines
4 17 (1.12%) VMware Infrastructure
5 16 (1.06%) Virtual Desktop
6 6 (0.40%) 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 (0.066%) Postfix
10 1 (0.066%) Virtual Servers
10 1 (0.066%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 422 (27.89%) Terraform
2 287 (18.97%) Kubernetes
3 95 (6.28%) Ansible
4 61 (4.03%) Grafana
5 52 (3.44%) Prometheus
6 21 (1.39%) Argo
7 20 (1.32%) Microsoft Intune
7 20 (1.32%) Progress Chef
7 20 (1.32%) Puppet
8 13 (0.86%) Packer
9 12 (0.79%) Istio
9 12 (0.79%) Single Sign-On
10 11 (0.73%) HP ALM
11 8 (0.53%) SCCM
12 6 (0.40%) Jamf Pro
12 6 (0.40%) SCOM
13 4 (0.26%) HP Quality Center
14 3 (0.20%) HP Fortify
14 3 (0.20%) Rancher
15 2 (0.13%) systemd
Vendors
1 506 (33.44%) Microsoft
2 137 (9.05%) Databricks
3 64 (4.23%) ServiceNow
4 63 (4.16%) Oracle
5 54 (3.57%) Salesforce
6 49 (3.24%) SAP
7 36 (2.38%) Google
8 32 (2.12%) Splunk
9 27 (1.78%) Dynatrace
10 21 (1.39%) VMware
11 20 (1.32%) Informatica
12 12 (0.79%) HP
12 12 (0.79%) MuleSoft
13 11 (0.73%) Foundry
13 11 (0.73%) OpenAI
14 10 (0.66%) IBM
14 10 (0.66%) UiPath
15 9 (0.59%) Bloomberg
15 9 (0.59%) Cisco
15 9 (0.59%) InterSystems
582 Azure DevOps jobs in England