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 9 June 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

 6 months to
9 Jun 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 74 91 74
Rank change year-on-year +17 -17 -2
Contract jobs citing Azure DevOps 1,318 668 1,045
As % of all contract jobs in England 3.11% 2.74% 2.81%
As % of the Cloud Services category 8.86% 7.26% 8.78%
Number of daily rates quoted 962 468 694
10th Percentile £375 £356 £400
25th Percentile £415 £418 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £516 £525
Median % change year-on-year -3.10% -1.71% -4.55%
75th Percentile £600 £623 £600
90th Percentile £688 £729 £675
UK median daily rate £500 £500 £520
% change year-on-year - -3.85% -5.45%
Number of hourly rates quoted 27 2 6
10th Percentile £25.38 £35.85 £64.50
25th Percentile £37.75 £44.25 £65.25
Median hourly rate £74.50 £59.50 £65.50
Median % change year-on-year +25.21% -9.16% -6.43%
75th Percentile £91.19 £74.75 £65.75
90th Percentile £104.00 £83.15 £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 14,873 9,206 11,902
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 35.07% 37.77% 32.01%
Number of daily rates quoted 10,111 6,274 8,526
10th Percentile £325 £311 £300
25th Percentile £413 £413 £415
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £515 £525
Median % change year-on-year -0.49% -1.90% -4.55%
75th Percentile £613 £625 £638
90th Percentile £715 £738 £744
UK median daily rate £510 £503 £525
% change year-on-year +1.49% -4.29% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 513 224 329
10th Percentile £16.00 £14.99 £14.00
25th Percentile £22.50 £17.33 £16.06
Median hourly rate £42.50 £25.01 £21.46
Median % change year-on-year +69.97% +16.52% -38.69%
75th Percentile £68.75 £37.75 £42.50
90th Percentile £82.25 £68.75 £70.00
UK median hourly rate £37.00 £28.00 £21.50
% change year-on-year +32.14% +30.23% -44.55%

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 9 June 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 9 June 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 9 June 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 +18 735 £500 -4.76% 112
South East +4 188 £500 +7.24% 106
North of England +16 148 £490 +3.11% 64
Midlands -9 127 £475 -7.32% 49
West Midlands -7 86 £463 -11.90% 29
North West +11 69 £500 -2.44% 34
South West +7 61 £500 -4.76% 24
Yorkshire -28 58 £500 +11.11% 18
East Midlands -14 39 £506 +1.25% 20
East of England -10 27 £450 -5.26% 32
North East -5 21 £453 -17.64% 12
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 89 (6.75%) SharePoint
2 76 (5.77%) Confluence
3 40 (3.03%) Apache Spark
4 28 (2.12%) Apache
5 24 (1.82%) Apache Airflow
6 15 (1.14%) Microsoft Exchange
7 8 (0.61%) HCL Notes
7 8 (0.61%) Mendix
8 6 (0.46%) CMS
9 4 (0.30%) Palantir Foundry
10 3 (0.23%) IIS
10 3 (0.23%) Kentico
10 3 (0.23%) SAS
11 2 (0.15%) ArcGIS
11 2 (0.15%) Documentum
11 2 (0.15%) Umbraco
12 1 (0.076%) IBM HTTP Server
12 1 (0.076%) OpenStack
12 1 (0.076%) Oracle Workflow
12 1 (0.076%) WebLogic
Applications
1 45 (3.41%) Microsoft Project
2 27 (2.05%) Microsoft Excel
3 18 (1.37%) MS Visio
4 10 (0.76%) Microsoft Office
5 7 (0.53%) CPLEX
6 6 (0.46%) Microsoft PowerPoint
7 4 (0.30%) Notion
8 3 (0.23%) Chatbot
8 3 (0.23%) Trello
9 2 (0.15%) Spreadsheet
10 1 (0.076%) InDesign
Business Applications
1 43 (3.26%) Dynamics CRM
2 14 (1.06%) SAP S/4HANA
3 10 (0.76%) Maximo
4 7 (0.53%) Dynamics AX
5 6 (0.46%) Oracle EBS
6 3 (0.23%) Findur
6 3 (0.23%) Payment Gateway
6 3 (0.23%) SAP BPC
6 3 (0.23%) SAP MDG
6 3 (0.23%) SAP MM
6 3 (0.23%) SAP Oil and Gas
7 2 (0.15%) Aladdin
7 2 (0.15%) Dynamics GP
7 2 (0.15%) Endur
7 2 (0.15%) NEC Housing
7 2 (0.15%) Unit4 Business World
8 1 (0.076%) Loan IQ
8 1 (0.076%) SAP FI-AR
8 1 (0.076%) SAP GTS
8 1 (0.076%) SAP LE
Cloud Services
1 1,318 (100.00%) Azure
2 319 (24.20%) GitHub
3 219 (16.62%) Power Platform
4 208 (15.78%) GitHub Actions
5 180 (13.66%) AWS
6 129 (9.79%) Azure Data Factory
7 115 (8.73%) Entra ID
8 113 (8.57%) Azure AKS
9 103 (7.81%) Azure Monitor
9 103 (7.81%) Serverless
10 99 (7.51%) Dynamics 365
11 91 (6.90%) Power Automate
12 83 (6.30%) Azure Key Vault
13 79 (5.99%) Azure Synapse Analytics
14 71 (5.39%) Azure Logic Apps
15 70 (5.31%) Azure Functions
16 69 (5.24%) GCP
17 67 (5.08%) Microsoft 365
17 67 (5.08%) PowerApps
18 58 (4.40%) Azure Service Bus
Communications & Networking
1 47 (3.57%) Firewall
2 22 (1.67%) Network Security
3 21 (1.59%) VPN
4 20 (1.52%) DNS
5 14 (1.06%) SD-WAN
6 13 (0.99%) WAN
7 8 (0.61%) Internet
8 7 (0.53%) DHCP
8 7 (0.53%) TCP/IP
9 6 (0.46%) LAN
9 6 (0.46%) VLAN
10 5 (0.38%) IPsec
11 4 (0.30%) MQTT
12 3 (0.23%) SSL
13 2 (0.15%) FTP
13 2 (0.15%) HTTP
13 2 (0.15%) OSPF
13 2 (0.15%) SAN
13 2 (0.15%) SSH
13 2 (0.15%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 142 (10.77%) Power BI
2 106 (8.04%) SQL Server
3 80 (6.07%) Data Lake
4 77 (5.84%) Azure SQL Database
5 69 (5.24%) Delta Lake
6 56 (4.25%) Data Warehouse
7 44 (3.34%) NoSQL
8 42 (3.19%) PostgreSQL
9 26 (1.97%) Relational Database
10 23 (1.75%) MongoDB
11 22 (1.67%) Spark SQL
12 21 (1.59%) Oracle Database
13 20 (1.52%) Snowflake Schema
14 17 (1.29%) Redis
15 16 (1.21%) Metadata
15 16 (1.21%) SQL Server Integration Services
16 14 (1.06%) Big Data
16 14 (1.06%) Parquet
16 14 (1.06%) Tableau
17 13 (0.99%) Amazon Redshift
Development Applications
1 244 (18.51%) JIRA
2 198 (15.02%) Git
3 109 (8.27%) Jenkins
4 86 (6.53%) GitLab
5 45 (3.41%) Selenium
6 27 (2.05%) Postman
7 20 (1.52%) REST Assured
7 20 (1.52%) SonarQube
7 20 (1.52%) Visual Studio
8 16 (1.21%) Cypress.io
9 14 (1.06%) TestRail
10 13 (0.99%) Team Foundation Server
11 12 (0.91%) Cucumber
12 11 (0.83%) Bitbucket
12 11 (0.83%) NUnit
12 11 (0.83%) WebDriver
13 10 (0.76%) Artifactory
13 10 (0.76%) Gradle
13 10 (0.76%) SpecFlow
14 9 (0.68%) JMeter
General
1 311 (23.60%) Social Skills
2 270 (20.49%) Finance
3 137 (10.39%) Public Sector
4 121 (9.18%) Analytical Skills
5 57 (4.32%) Banking
6 36 (2.73%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 32 (2.43%) Organisational Skills
8 25 (1.90%) Legal
9 20 (1.52%) Retail
10 19 (1.44%) Documentation Skills
11 18 (1.37%) Influencing Skills
12 13 (0.99%) Aerospace
13 11 (0.83%) Financial Institution
13 11 (0.83%) Front Office
13 11 (0.83%) Investment Banking
14 9 (0.68%) Marketing
15 8 (0.61%) Law
16 7 (0.53%) Presentation Skills
17 6 (0.46%) Back Office
17 6 (0.46%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 233 (17.68%) Developer
2 217 (16.46%) Azure Engineer
3 183 (13.88%) DevOps Engineer
4 182 (13.81%) Senior
5 135 (10.24%) Data Engineer
6 121 (9.18%) Azure DevOps Engineer
7 114 (8.65%) Analyst
8 105 (7.97%) Lead
9 94 (7.13%) Architect
10 52 (3.95%) Platform Engineer
11 50 (3.79%) Business Analyst
12 43 (3.26%) Project Manager
13 42 (3.19%) Test Analyst
14 39 (2.96%) Cloud Engineer
15 38 (2.88%) Solutions Architect
16 37 (2.81%) Tester
17 36 (2.73%) Full-Stack Developer
17 36 (2.73%) Test Engineer
18 35 (2.66%) Consultant
18 35 (2.66%) Senior Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 181 (13.73%) .NET
2 113 (8.57%) REST
3 87 (6.60%) PySpark
4 70 (5.31%) React
5 67 (5.08%) ADO
6 63 (4.78%) ARM Templates
7 60 (4.55%) YAML
8 55 (4.17%) Kafka
9 54 (4.10%) RESTful
10 49 (3.72%) JSON
11 43 (3.26%) Playwright
12 40 (3.03%) .NET Framework
12 40 (3.03%) Node.js
13 34 (2.58%) SOAP
14 32 (2.43%) .NET Core
15 30 (2.28%) CSS
16 28 (2.12%) HTML
16 28 (2.12%) OAuth
17 27 (2.05%) AngularJS
18 26 (1.97%) Flask
Miscellaneous
1 145 (11.00%) Cloud Native
2 73 (5.54%) Product Ownership
3 39 (2.96%) Distributed Systems
4 37 (2.81%) Legacy Systems
5 28 (2.12%) Reinsurance
6 25 (1.90%) Enterprise Software
6 25 (1.90%) Onboarding
7 21 (1.59%) Hybrid Cloud
8 19 (1.44%) Self-Motivation
9 18 (1.37%) Greenfield Project
9 18 (1.37%) Low-Code
10 16 (1.21%) Data Structures
10 16 (1.21%) Mobile App
11 15 (1.14%) AI Agents
12 12 (0.91%) Replication
13 10 (0.76%) Data Centre
13 10 (0.76%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
13 10 (0.76%) Public Cloud
14 9 (0.68%) Enterprise Cloud
14 9 (0.68%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 68 (5.16%) Windows
2 51 (3.87%) Linux
3 16 (1.21%) VMS
4 8 (0.61%) Unix
4 8 (0.61%) Windows Server
5 5 (0.38%) Android
5 5 (0.38%) Apple iOS
6 3 (0.23%) Mac OS
6 3 (0.23%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 2 (0.15%) Windows Server 2016
7 2 (0.15%) Windows Server 2019
8 1 (0.076%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 1,311 (99.47%) DevOps
2 710 (53.87%) CI/CD
3 479 (36.34%) Agile
4 306 (23.22%) Infrastructure as Code
5 221 (16.77%) Analytics
6 214 (16.24%) Test Automation
7 208 (15.78%) Problem-Solving
8 181 (13.73%) Migration
9 166 (12.59%) Continuous Improvement
10 163 (12.37%) Scrum
11 158 (11.99%) Data Modelling
12 151 (11.46%) Business Intelligence
13 150 (11.38%) Stakeholder Management
14 149 (11.31%) Containerisation
15 137 (10.39%) ETL
16 135 (10.24%) Data Pipeline
17 133 (10.09%) AI
18 121 (9.18%) Observability
18 121 (9.18%) Platform Engineering
19 113 (8.57%) Microservices
Programming Languages
1 401 (30.42%) SQL
2 331 (25.11%) Python
3 221 (16.77%) C#
4 133 (10.09%) PowerShell
5 120 (9.10%) JavaScript
6 114 (8.65%) Bicep
7 91 (6.90%) Java
8 87 (6.60%) Bash
9 68 (5.16%) TypeScript
10 26 (1.97%) T-SQL
11 23 (1.75%) Scala
12 16 (1.21%) Data Analysis Expressions
12 16 (1.21%) Go
13 12 (0.91%) PL/SQL
14 11 (0.83%) Kusto Query Language
15 8 (0.61%) Apex Code
15 8 (0.61%) Formula Language
15 8 (0.61%) LotusScript
16 7 (0.53%) X++
17 6 (0.46%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 349 (26.48%) Security Cleared
2 291 (22.08%) SC Cleared
3 104 (7.89%) Azure Certification
4 71 (5.39%) Degree
5 38 (2.88%) DV Cleared
6 37 (2.81%) BPSS Clearance
7 34 (2.58%) Microsoft Certification
8 31 (2.35%) ISTQB
9 23 (1.75%) Computer Science Degree
10 18 (1.37%) PMI Certification
10 18 (1.37%) PMP
11 13 (0.99%) AWS Certification
12 9 (0.68%) DBS Check
12 9 (0.68%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
13 7 (0.53%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
13 7 (0.53%) CISSP
14 6 (0.46%) CISM
15 5 (0.38%) Cisco Certification
15 5 (0.38%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
16 4 (0.30%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 148 (11.23%) QA
2 106 (8.04%) Data Quality
3 46 (3.49%) Accessibility
4 36 (2.73%) GDPR
5 25 (1.90%) WCAG
6 21 (1.59%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 19 (1.44%) NIST
8 17 (1.29%) PMO
9 15 (1.14%) SLA
10 14 (1.06%) NCSC
11 9 (0.68%) GRC
11 9 (0.68%) NIST 800
11 9 (0.68%) Sarbanes-Oxley
12 7 (0.53%) PCI DSS
13 3 (0.23%) Cyber Essentials
14 2 (0.15%) FedRAMP
14 2 (0.15%) HIPAA
14 2 (0.15%) HL7
14 2 (0.15%) PSD2
14 2 (0.15%) SEPA
System Software
1 172 (13.05%) Docker
2 76 (5.77%) Active Directory
3 25 (1.90%) Virtual Machines
4 14 (1.06%) Virtual Desktop
5 8 (0.61%) VMware Infrastructure
6 4 (0.30%) Firmware
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 (0.076%) HDFS
8 1 (0.076%) VMware ESXi
8 1 (0.076%) VMware NSX
8 1 (0.076%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 352 (26.71%) Terraform
2 219 (16.62%) Kubernetes
3 61 (4.63%) Ansible
4 44 (3.34%) Grafana
5 37 (2.81%) Prometheus
6 17 (1.29%) Argo
7 15 (1.14%) HP ALM
8 13 (0.99%) Puppet
9 12 (0.91%) Istio
9 12 (0.91%) Microsoft Intune
9 12 (0.91%) Single Sign-On
10 11 (0.83%) Progress Chef
11 9 (0.68%) Packer
12 6 (0.46%) HP Quality Center
12 6 (0.46%) Jamf Pro
13 3 (0.23%) Active Directory Federation Services
13 3 (0.23%) Rancher
13 3 (0.23%) SCCM
14 2 (0.15%) linkerd
14 2 (0.15%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 392 (29.74%) Microsoft
2 160 (12.14%) Databricks
3 84 (6.37%) Oracle
4 55 (4.17%) ServiceNow
5 40 (3.03%) SAP
6 35 (2.66%) Salesforce
7 24 (1.82%) Informatica
7 24 (1.82%) OpenAI
8 21 (1.59%) Google
9 20 (1.52%) Splunk
10 16 (1.21%) HP
11 15 (1.14%) Foundry
11 15 (1.14%) VMware
12 14 (1.06%) Dynatrace
13 12 (0.91%) IBM
14 10 (0.76%) Bloomberg
15 9 (0.68%) InterSystems
16 8 (0.61%) Kofax
16 8 (0.61%) Lotus
16 8 (0.61%) Red Hat
358 Azure DevOps jobs in England