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 25 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

 6 months to
25 Jan 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 78 85 82
Rank change year-on-year +7 -3 -1
Contract jobs citing Azure DevOps 1,019 745 968
As % of all contract jobs in England 3.14% 2.79% 2.57%
As % of the Cloud Services category 8.29% 7.57% 7.67%
Number of daily rates quoted 745 502 738
10th Percentile £360 £380 £413
25th Percentile £413 £457 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% -4.55% -
75th Percentile £588 £637 £638
90th Percentile £688 £700 £700
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -4.76% -4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 8 2 15
10th Percentile £45.84 £67.63 £56.00
25th Percentile £49.94 £69.69 £60.50
Median hourly rate £74.63 £73.75 £65.50
Median % change year-on-year +1.19% +12.60% +8.45%
75th Percentile £79.69 £77.19 £74.38
90th Percentile £93.75 £78.88 £77.50
UK median hourly rate £75.00 £73.75 £65.50
% change year-on-year +1.69% +12.60% -1.72%

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 12,285 9,844 12,628
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 37.91% 36.92% 33.55%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,551 6,529 9,214
10th Percentile £304 £313 £271
25th Percentile £406 £423 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
75th Percentile £608 £638 £638
90th Percentile £700 £738 £730
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 297 137 285
10th Percentile £14.25 £16.55 £14.25
25th Percentile £18.50 £21.46 £17.00
Median hourly rate £30.00 £27.50 £23.61
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% +16.48% +1.86%
75th Percentile £58.00 £45.00 £50.00
90th Percentile £75.40 £68.75 £66.84
UK median hourly rate £30.00 £27.50 £24.86
% change year-on-year +9.09% +10.64% +7.71%

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 25 January 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 25 January 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 25 January 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 +6 561 £500 -9.09% 128
South East -14 127 £525 -4.55% 176
North of England -29 97 £500 - 117
Midlands 0 89 £500 -4.31% 76
South West +39 84 £475 -5.94% 74
West Midlands -18 55 £575 +9.52% 35
North West -5 49 £405 -26.36% 56
Yorkshire -48 37 £525 +8.81% 44
East Midlands -5 34 £418 -14.36% 39
East of England +3 30 £570 -13.96% 76
North East -4 11 £513 -2.38% 17
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 69 (6.77%) SharePoint
2 53 (5.20%) Confluence
3 23 (2.26%) Apache Spark
4 15 (1.47%) Apache
5 10 (0.98%) HCL Notes
6 9 (0.88%) Mendix
6 9 (0.88%) Microsoft Exchange
7 8 (0.79%) Apache Airflow
8 6 (0.59%) IIS
9 5 (0.49%) OpenStack
10 4 (0.39%) CMS
11 3 (0.29%) Adobe Experience Manager
11 3 (0.29%) ArcGIS
11 3 (0.29%) Documentum
11 3 (0.29%) Sitecore CMS
12 1 (0.098%) Apache Synapse
12 1 (0.098%) Kentico
12 1 (0.098%) SharePoint Server
Applications
1 28 (2.75%) Microsoft Excel
2 17 (1.67%) Microsoft Project
3 14 (1.37%) MS Visio
4 10 (0.98%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 9 (0.88%) Microsoft Office
6 2 (0.20%) Trello
7 1 (0.098%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 38 (3.73%) Dynamics CRM
2 6 (0.59%) NEC Housing
3 5 (0.49%) Aladdin
3 5 (0.49%) Maximo
4 4 (0.39%) Endur
4 4 (0.39%) Oracle EBS
4 4 (0.39%) SAP S/4HANA
5 3 (0.29%) Oracle Assets
5 3 (0.29%) Oracle ERP
5 3 (0.29%) Oracle General Ledger
5 3 (0.29%) Oracle Payables
5 3 (0.29%) Oracle Receivables
5 3 (0.29%) Payment Gateway
6 2 (0.20%) Primavera
6 2 (0.20%) Workday HCM
7 1 (0.098%) Dynamics AX
7 1 (0.098%) NetSuite
7 1 (0.098%) Oracle Cash Management
7 1 (0.098%) SAP MM
7 1 (0.098%) SAP Oil and Gas
Cloud Services
1 1,018 (99.90%) Azure
2 245 (24.04%) GitHub
3 198 (19.43%) Power Platform
4 174 (17.08%) GitHub Actions
5 128 (12.56%) Serverless
6 124 (12.17%) Azure AKS
7 121 (11.87%) AWS
8 116 (11.38%) Azure Data Factory
9 98 (9.62%) Azure Monitor
10 96 (9.42%) Entra ID
11 95 (9.32%) Dynamics 365
12 85 (8.34%) Azure Functions
13 80 (7.85%) Azure Logic Apps
14 72 (7.07%) Power Automate
15 69 (6.77%) Azure Key Vault
16 64 (6.28%) Azure Synapse Analytics
17 61 (5.99%) GCP
17 61 (5.99%) PowerApps
18 54 (5.30%) Azure Service Bus
19 52 (5.10%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 38 (3.73%) Firewall
2 20 (1.96%) Network Security
2 20 (1.96%) VPN
3 14 (1.37%) DNS
4 11 (1.08%) SD-WAN
5 9 (0.88%) WAN
6 4 (0.39%) DHCP
6 4 (0.39%) HTTP
6 4 (0.39%) IPsec
6 4 (0.39%) LAN
6 4 (0.39%) TCP/IP
7 3 (0.29%) MQTT
8 2 (0.20%) FTP
8 2 (0.20%) MPLS
8 2 (0.20%) Remote Desktop
8 2 (0.20%) SSL
8 2 (0.20%) VLAN
9 1 (0.098%) BGP
9 1 (0.098%) VoIP
9 1 (0.098%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 132 (12.95%) Power BI
2 78 (7.65%) SQL Server
3 58 (5.69%) Azure SQL Database
4 47 (4.61%) Data Warehouse
5 45 (4.42%) Data Lake
6 37 (3.63%) PostgreSQL
7 31 (3.04%) Delta Lake
8 23 (2.26%) NoSQL
9 22 (2.16%) Relational Database
10 20 (1.96%) MongoDB
10 20 (1.96%) Oracle Database
11 17 (1.67%) SQL Server Integration Services
11 17 (1.67%) Tableau
12 15 (1.47%) Redis
13 10 (0.98%) DynamoDB
13 10 (0.98%) Metadata
13 10 (0.98%) MySQL
13 10 (0.98%) Oracle Reports
13 10 (0.98%) Spark SQL
14 9 (0.88%) Data Vault
Development Applications
1 191 (18.74%) JIRA
2 141 (13.84%) Git
3 97 (9.52%) Jenkins
4 54 (5.30%) GitLab
5 50 (4.91%) Selenium
6 42 (4.12%) Postman
7 36 (3.53%) Oracle APEX
8 23 (2.26%) SonarQube
9 22 (2.16%) Cypress.io
10 18 (1.77%) JUnit
11 15 (1.47%) Visual Studio
12 14 (1.37%) TestRail
13 13 (1.28%) Gradle
13 13 (1.28%) JMeter
13 13 (1.28%) REST Assured
13 13 (1.28%) Team Foundation Server
14 12 (1.18%) Artifactory
14 12 (1.18%) Bitbucket
15 11 (1.08%) Cucumber
15 11 (1.08%) Zephyr
General
1 328 (32.19%) Social Skills
2 186 (18.25%) Finance
3 114 (11.19%) Public Sector
4 104 (10.21%) Analytical Skills
5 51 (5.00%) Banking
6 29 (2.85%) Documentation Skills
6 29 (2.85%) Influencing Skills
7 21 (2.06%) Retail
8 20 (1.96%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 17 (1.67%) Investment Banking
10 16 (1.57%) Organisational Skills
11 15 (1.47%) Financial Institution
12 14 (1.37%) Law
13 12 (1.18%) Presentation Skills
14 11 (1.08%) Marketing
15 10 (0.98%) Back Office
15 10 (0.98%) Front Office
16 9 (0.88%) Billing
16 9 (0.88%) Telecoms
17 7 (0.69%) General Ledger
Job Titles
1 247 (24.24%) Developer
2 151 (14.82%) Azure Engineer
3 139 (13.64%) DevOps Engineer
4 133 (13.05%) Senior
5 82 (8.05%) Azure DevOps Engineer
6 80 (7.85%) Analyst
7 75 (7.36%) Architect
8 73 (7.16%) Lead
9 69 (6.77%) Data Engineer
10 56 (5.50%) Senior Developer
11 43 (4.22%) Azure Developer
12 36 (3.53%) Platform Engineer
13 34 (3.34%) Azure Architect
14 33 (3.24%) Business Analyst
15 31 (3.04%) Test Analyst
16 29 (2.85%) Cloud Engineer
16 29 (2.85%) Project Manager
16 29 (2.85%) Tester
17 28 (2.75%) Consultant
18 27 (2.65%) Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 192 (18.84%) .NET
2 96 (9.42%) REST
3 73 (7.16%) React
4 69 (6.77%) ARM Templates
5 63 (6.18%) ADO
6 61 (5.99%) Node.js
7 51 (5.00%) PySpark
8 46 (4.51%) RESTful
9 44 (4.32%) .NET Core
10 37 (3.63%) YAML
11 33 (3.24%) JSON
11 33 (3.24%) OAuth
12 30 (2.94%) AngularJS
12 30 (2.94%) HTML
12 30 (2.94%) Kafka
12 30 (2.94%) SOAP
13 27 (2.65%) CSS
13 27 (2.65%) Playwright
14 25 (2.45%) .NET Framework
15 23 (2.26%) ASP.NET
Miscellaneous
1 107 (10.50%) Cloud Native
2 55 (5.40%) Product Ownership
3 31 (3.04%) Distributed Systems
4 28 (2.75%) Legacy Systems
5 26 (2.55%) Enterprise Software
6 24 (2.36%) CMDB
7 21 (2.06%) Low-Code
8 19 (1.86%) Onboarding
9 16 (1.57%) AI Agents
9 16 (1.57%) Hybrid Cloud
10 15 (1.47%) Mobile App
10 15 (1.47%) Public Cloud
11 14 (1.37%) NHS
12 13 (1.28%) Self-Motivation
13 11 (1.08%) Data Structures
14 10 (0.98%) Linux Command Line
14 10 (0.98%) Reinsurance
14 10 (0.98%) Security Posture
14 10 (0.98%) Virtual Team
15 8 (0.79%) Data Centre
Operating Systems
1 47 (4.61%) Windows
2 41 (4.02%) Linux
3 15 (1.47%) VMS
4 10 (0.98%) Android
4 10 (0.98%) Apple iOS
4 10 (0.98%) Windows Server
5 3 (0.29%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 3 (0.29%) Windows Server 2016
6 2 (0.20%) Unix
7 1 (0.098%) Solaris
7 1 (0.098%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 1,010 (99.12%) DevOps
2 550 (53.97%) CI/CD
3 447 (43.87%) Agile
4 252 (24.73%) Infrastructure as Code
5 204 (20.02%) Problem-Solving
6 185 (18.16%) Scrum
7 176 (17.27%) Analytics
8 167 (16.39%) Test Automation
9 150 (14.72%) Continuous Improvement
10 141 (13.84%) Business Intelligence
11 130 (12.76%) Containerisation
12 123 (12.07%) AI
12 123 (12.07%) Validation
13 107 (10.50%) Microservices
14 104 (10.21%) Stakeholder Management
15 102 (10.01%) Migration
16 101 (9.91%) Data Modelling
17 100 (9.81%) Stakeholder Engagement
18 80 (7.85%) Data Pipeline
19 79 (7.75%) Observability
Programming Languages
1 319 (31.31%) SQL
2 266 (26.10%) Python
3 192 (18.84%) C#
4 172 (16.88%) JavaScript
5 112 (10.99%) PowerShell
6 100 (9.81%) Bicep
7 71 (6.97%) Java
8 67 (6.58%) TypeScript
9 61 (5.99%) Bash
10 53 (5.20%) PL/SQL
11 21 (2.06%) T-SQL
12 17 (1.67%) Scala
13 12 (1.18%) Go
14 10 (0.98%) Formula Language
14 10 (0.98%) LotusScript
15 9 (0.88%) Data Analysis Expressions
15 9 (0.88%) Kusto Query Language
16 7 (0.69%) PHP
16 7 (0.69%) VBA
17 5 (0.49%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 279 (27.38%) Security Cleared
2 236 (23.16%) SC Cleared
3 91 (8.93%) Azure Certification
4 69 (6.77%) Degree
5 37 (3.63%) Microsoft Certification
6 31 (3.04%) DV Cleared
7 27 (2.65%) Computer Science Degree
8 24 (2.36%) BPSS Clearance
9 22 (2.16%) ISTQB
10 16 (1.57%) PMI Certification
11 12 (1.18%) AWS Certification
11 12 (1.18%) PMP
12 10 (0.98%) CISSP
13 9 (0.88%) Master's Degree
14 8 (0.79%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
15 7 (0.69%) CISM
16 6 (0.59%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
16 6 (0.59%) ISEB
16 6 (0.59%) ITIL Certification
17 5 (0.49%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 97 (9.52%) QA
2 54 (5.30%) Data Quality
3 38 (3.73%) Accessibility
4 26 (2.55%) GDPR
5 22 (2.16%) NIST
6 21 (2.06%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 17 (1.67%) NCSC
8 12 (1.18%) PMO
9 10 (0.98%) WCAG
10 8 (0.79%) NIST 800
11 7 (0.69%) EU AI Act
12 6 (0.59%) HL7
12 6 (0.59%) Sarbanes-Oxley
13 5 (0.49%) PCI DSS
14 4 (0.39%) HIPAA
14 4 (0.39%) SLA
14 4 (0.39%) SOC 2
15 3 (0.29%) PSD2
16 2 (0.20%) GxP
16 2 (0.20%) Software Quality Assurance
System Software
1 177 (17.37%) Docker
2 58 (5.69%) Active Directory
3 15 (1.47%) Virtual Machines
4 11 (1.08%) Virtual Desktop
5 5 (0.49%) VMware Infrastructure
6 4 (0.39%) Firmware
7 1 (0.098%) KVM
7 1 (0.098%) Squid
7 1 (0.098%) VMware NSX
7 1 (0.098%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 297 (29.15%) Terraform
2 187 (18.35%) Kubernetes
3 56 (5.50%) Ansible
4 39 (3.83%) Grafana
5 35 (3.43%) Prometheus
6 12 (1.18%) Puppet
7 11 (1.08%) HP ALM
8 9 (0.88%) Progress Chef
8 9 (0.88%) Single Sign-On
9 8 (0.79%) Istio
9 8 (0.79%) Podman
10 6 (0.59%) Kibana
11 5 (0.49%) Argo
11 5 (0.49%) Microsoft Intune
12 4 (0.39%) Packer
13 3 (0.29%) HP Quality Center
13 3 (0.29%) Icinga
13 3 (0.29%) Kubeflow
14 2 (0.20%) Active Directory Federation Services
14 2 (0.20%) Opsgenie
Vendors
1 325 (31.89%) Microsoft
2 123 (12.07%) Databricks
3 107 (10.50%) Oracle
4 56 (5.50%) ServiceNow
5 29 (2.85%) OpenAI
6 28 (2.75%) Salesforce
7 19 (1.86%) SAP
8 18 (1.77%) Google
8 18 (1.77%) Splunk
9 12 (1.18%) MuleSoft
10 11 (1.08%) HP
11 10 (0.98%) Lotus
11 10 (0.98%) VMware
12 9 (0.88%) Informatica
12 9 (0.88%) Kofax
12 9 (0.88%) Sitecore
13 8 (0.79%) Dynatrace
14 7 (0.69%) Citrix
14 7 (0.69%) Red Hat
15 6 (0.59%) NetApp
612 Azure DevOps jobs in England