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 29 April 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
29 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 73 97 71
Rank change year-on-year +24 -26 +2
Contract jobs citing Azure DevOps 1,272 661 1,039
As % of all contract jobs in England 3.16% 2.72% 2.81%
As % of the Cloud Services category 8.89% 7.29% 8.83%
Number of daily rates quoted 937 476 698
10th Percentile £363 £364 £400
25th Percentile £413 £431 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
75th Percentile £588 £625 £600
90th Percentile £688 £725 £679
UK median daily rate £495 £510 £525
% change year-on-year -2.94% -2.86% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 14 3 7
10th Percentile - £37.45 £60.25
25th Percentile £25.38 £48.25 £64.50
Median hourly rate £42.75 £67.50 £65.50
Median % change year-on-year -36.67% +3.05% -6.43%
75th Percentile £67.81 £74.38 £65.75
90th Percentile £76.23 £77.75 £67.95
UK median hourly rate £46.00 £80.00 £65.50
% change year-on-year -42.50% +22.14% -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 14,305 9,067 11,772
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 35.54% 37.31% 31.84%
Number of daily rates quoted 9,853 6,353 8,480
10th Percentile £319 £313 £290
25th Percentile £413 £413 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £505 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -3.81% - -4.55%
75th Percentile £613 £638 £638
90th Percentile £713 £743 £738
UK median daily rate £500 £520 £525
% change year-on-year -3.85% -0.95% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 445 193 321
10th Percentile £15.96 £15.17 £14.00
25th Percentile £22.50 £18.13 £15.85
Median hourly rate £45.00 £26.45 £20.77
Median % change year-on-year +70.13% +27.35% -35.70%
75th Percentile £67.50 £43.00 £32.50
90th Percentile £81.00 £73.75 £61.60
UK median hourly rate £40.25 £27.50 £20.99
% change year-on-year +46.36% +31.05% -40.04%

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 29 April 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 29 April 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 29 April 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 +20 723 £500 -4.76% 120
South East -16 165 £500 - 80
North of England -7 123 £500 - 66
Midlands -8 120 £458 -12.86% 37
South West +25 87 £475 -9.52% 23
West Midlands -18 69 £450 -14.29% 17
North West +5 62 £500 -4.76% 37
East Midlands -16 49 £506 +1.25% 20
Yorkshire -35 48 £521 +19.14% 14
East of England -22 21 £438 -7.89% 29
North East -6 13 £475 -11.63% 15
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 85 (6.68%) SharePoint
2 69 (5.42%) Confluence
3 38 (2.99%) Apache Spark
4 28 (2.20%) Apache
5 16 (1.26%) Apache Airflow
5 16 (1.26%) Microsoft Exchange
6 11 (0.86%) HCL Notes
7 10 (0.79%) Mendix
8 6 (0.47%) IIS
9 5 (0.39%) CMS
10 3 (0.24%) ArcGIS
11 2 (0.16%) Sitecore CMS
11 2 (0.16%) Umbraco
12 1 (0.079%) Adobe Experience Manager
12 1 (0.079%) Apache Synapse
12 1 (0.079%) IBM HTTP Server
12 1 (0.079%) OpenStack
12 1 (0.079%) Oracle Workflow
12 1 (0.079%) SAS
12 1 (0.079%) WebLogic
Applications
1 41 (3.22%) Microsoft Project
2 28 (2.20%) Microsoft Excel
3 18 (1.42%) MS Visio
4 10 (0.79%) Microsoft Office
5 8 (0.63%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 3 (0.24%) CPLEX
6 3 (0.24%) Trello
7 2 (0.16%) Chatbot
7 2 (0.16%) Spreadsheet
8 1 (0.079%) InDesign
Business Applications
1 40 (3.14%) Dynamics CRM
2 8 (0.63%) Maximo
3 7 (0.55%) NEC Housing
3 7 (0.55%) SAP S/4HANA
4 6 (0.47%) Dynamics AX
5 4 (0.31%) Oracle EBS
5 4 (0.31%) Payment Gateway
5 4 (0.31%) SAP BPC
6 3 (0.24%) Findur
6 3 (0.24%) SAP Oil and Gas
7 2 (0.16%) Aladdin
7 2 (0.16%) SAP MM
8 1 (0.079%) Endur
8 1 (0.079%) OpenText VIM for SAP
8 1 (0.079%) Oracle ERP
8 1 (0.079%) Oracle Financials
8 1 (0.079%) Primavera
8 1 (0.079%) SAP SD
8 1 (0.079%) SDL Web 8
8 1 (0.079%) Unit4 Business World
Cloud Services
1 1,272 (100.00%) Azure
2 304 (23.90%) GitHub
3 203 (15.96%) GitHub Actions
4 198 (15.57%) Power Platform
5 159 (12.50%) AWS
6 135 (10.61%) Azure Data Factory
7 129 (10.14%) Azure AKS
8 120 (9.43%) Entra ID
9 119 (9.36%) Serverless
10 113 (8.88%) Azure Monitor
11 97 (7.63%) Dynamics 365
12 91 (7.15%) Azure Key Vault
13 82 (6.45%) Azure Synapse Analytics
14 79 (6.21%) Azure Functions
14 79 (6.21%) Power Automate
15 74 (5.82%) Azure Logic Apps
16 68 (5.35%) Azure Service Bus
17 67 (5.27%) Microsoft 365
18 61 (4.80%) GCP
19 58 (4.56%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 51 (4.01%) Firewall
2 25 (1.97%) Network Security
3 21 (1.65%) DNS
4 19 (1.49%) VPN
5 14 (1.10%) SD-WAN
6 13 (1.02%) WAN
7 7 (0.55%) DHCP
7 7 (0.55%) LAN
7 7 (0.55%) TCP/IP
8 6 (0.47%) Internet
9 5 (0.39%) IPsec
10 4 (0.31%) HTTP
10 4 (0.31%) MQTT
10 4 (0.31%) VLAN
11 3 (0.24%) FTP
11 3 (0.24%) Remote Desktop
11 3 (0.24%) SSL
12 2 (0.16%) BGP
12 2 (0.16%) Wi-Fi
12 2 (0.16%) X.509
Database & Business Intelligence
1 130 (10.22%) Power BI
2 114 (8.96%) SQL Server
3 77 (6.05%) Azure SQL Database
4 73 (5.74%) Data Lake
5 65 (5.11%) Delta Lake
6 59 (4.64%) Data Warehouse
7 44 (3.46%) NoSQL
8 38 (2.99%) PostgreSQL
9 29 (2.28%) Oracle Database
10 26 (2.04%) MongoDB
11 25 (1.97%) Relational Database
12 21 (1.65%) Spark SQL
12 21 (1.65%) SQL Server Integration Services
13 17 (1.34%) Snowflake Schema
14 16 (1.26%) Tableau
15 15 (1.18%) Redis
16 13 (1.02%) Metadata
17 12 (0.94%) Amazon Redshift
17 12 (0.94%) Big Data
17 12 (0.94%) DynamoDB
Development Applications
1 240 (18.87%) JIRA
2 181 (14.23%) Git
3 111 (8.73%) Jenkins
4 71 (5.58%) GitLab
5 48 (3.77%) Selenium
6 28 (2.20%) Postman
7 21 (1.65%) Oracle APEX
7 21 (1.65%) SonarQube
8 19 (1.49%) Cypress.io
8 19 (1.49%) TestRail
9 16 (1.26%) REST Assured
10 14 (1.10%) SpecFlow
10 14 (1.10%) Team Foundation Server
10 14 (1.10%) Visual Studio
11 13 (1.02%) Bitbucket
11 13 (1.02%) Cucumber
12 12 (0.94%) Artifactory
12 12 (0.94%) Zephyr
13 11 (0.86%) JUnit
14 10 (0.79%) NUnit
General
1 307 (24.14%) Social Skills
2 253 (19.89%) Finance
3 132 (10.38%) Public Sector
4 127 (9.98%) Analytical Skills
5 59 (4.64%) Banking
6 34 (2.67%) Organisational Skills
7 24 (1.89%) Documentation Skills
8 22 (1.73%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 18 (1.42%) Financial Institution
9 18 (1.42%) Retail
10 16 (1.26%) Front Office
10 16 (1.26%) Legal
11 14 (1.10%) Influencing Skills
12 13 (1.02%) Investment Banking
13 9 (0.71%) Law
13 9 (0.71%) Presentation Skills
14 8 (0.63%) Local Government
14 8 (0.63%) Marketing
15 7 (0.55%) Back Office
16 6 (0.47%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 253 (19.89%) Developer
2 208 (16.35%) Azure Engineer
3 179 (14.07%) DevOps Engineer
4 177 (13.92%) Senior
5 121 (9.51%) Data Engineer
6 112 (8.81%) Azure DevOps Engineer
7 106 (8.33%) Lead
8 100 (7.86%) Analyst
9 83 (6.53%) Architect
10 52 (4.09%) Platform Engineer
11 50 (3.93%) Senior Developer
12 45 (3.54%) Test Analyst
13 43 (3.38%) Tester
14 41 (3.22%) Azure Developer
15 39 (3.07%) Cloud Engineer
16 37 (2.91%) Business Analyst
17 36 (2.83%) Test Engineer
18 35 (2.75%) Project Manager
19 34 (2.67%) Full-Stack Developer
20 33 (2.59%) .NET Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 196 (15.41%) .NET
2 96 (7.55%) REST
3 81 (6.37%) PySpark
4 72 (5.66%) React
5 64 (5.03%) ARM Templates
5 64 (5.03%) Node.js
6 60 (4.72%) ADO
7 55 (4.32%) Kafka
8 54 (4.25%) YAML
9 49 (3.85%) RESTful
10 47 (3.69%) .NET Framework
11 43 (3.38%) Playwright
12 42 (3.30%) .NET Core
13 37 (2.91%) JSON
14 32 (2.52%) AngularJS
14 32 (2.52%) CSS
14 32 (2.52%) SOAP
15 31 (2.44%) OAuth
16 29 (2.28%) HTML
17 27 (2.12%) RabbitMQ
Miscellaneous
1 137 (10.77%) Cloud Native
2 72 (5.66%) Product Ownership
3 39 (3.07%) Distributed Systems
4 36 (2.83%) Enterprise Software
4 36 (2.83%) Legacy Systems
5 25 (1.97%) Onboarding
6 21 (1.65%) Reinsurance
7 18 (1.42%) Hybrid Cloud
7 18 (1.42%) Low-Code
8 17 (1.34%) AI Agents
8 17 (1.34%) Self-Motivation
9 16 (1.26%) Data Structures
10 13 (1.02%) NHS
11 12 (0.94%) Greenfield Project
11 12 (0.94%) Security Posture
12 11 (0.86%) Replication
12 11 (0.86%) Virtual Team
13 10 (0.79%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
14 9 (0.71%) Management Information System
14 9 (0.71%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 66 (5.19%) Windows
2 47 (3.69%) Linux
3 15 (1.18%) VMS
4 10 (0.79%) Windows Server
5 9 (0.71%) Unix
6 3 (0.24%) Mac OS
6 3 (0.24%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 2 (0.16%) Android
7 2 (0.16%) Apple iOS
7 2 (0.16%) Windows Server 2016
7 2 (0.16%) Windows Server 2019
8 1 (0.079%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 1,265 (99.45%) DevOps
2 684 (53.77%) CI/CD
3 468 (36.79%) Agile
4 305 (23.98%) Infrastructure as Code
5 216 (16.98%) Problem-Solving
6 208 (16.35%) Analytics
7 206 (16.19%) Test Automation
8 165 (12.97%) Scrum
9 163 (12.81%) Continuous Improvement
10 162 (12.74%) Migration
11 150 (11.79%) Containerisation
12 148 (11.64%) Data Modelling
13 144 (11.32%) Business Intelligence
14 132 (10.38%) AI
15 126 (9.91%) Stakeholder Management
16 125 (9.83%) Microservices
16 125 (9.83%) Observability
17 118 (9.28%) Data Pipeline
18 117 (9.20%) ETL
19 116 (9.12%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 413 (32.47%) SQL
2 330 (25.94%) Python
3 238 (18.71%) C#
4 154 (12.11%) JavaScript
5 130 (10.22%) PowerShell
6 117 (9.20%) Bicep
7 86 (6.76%) Bash
8 85 (6.68%) Java
9 74 (5.82%) TypeScript
10 42 (3.30%) PL/SQL
11 29 (2.28%) T-SQL
12 26 (2.04%) Scala
13 17 (1.34%) Kusto Query Language
14 14 (1.10%) Go
15 12 (0.94%) Data Analysis Expressions
16 11 (0.86%) Formula Language
16 11 (0.86%) LotusScript
17 6 (0.47%) R
17 6 (0.47%) VB
18 5 (0.39%) Apex Code
Qualifications
1 355 (27.91%) Security Cleared
2 300 (23.58%) SC Cleared
3 106 (8.33%) Azure Certification
4 76 (5.97%) Degree
5 36 (2.83%) ISTQB
6 34 (2.67%) DV Cleared
7 29 (2.28%) Computer Science Degree
8 28 (2.20%) BPSS Clearance
8 28 (2.20%) Microsoft Certification
9 17 (1.34%) PMI Certification
9 17 (1.34%) PMP
10 10 (0.79%) AWS Certification
10 10 (0.79%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
11 7 (0.55%) Master's Degree
12 6 (0.47%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
12 6 (0.47%) CISM
12 6 (0.47%) CISSP
13 5 (0.39%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
13 5 (0.39%) PRINCE2 Certification
14 4 (0.31%) SAFe Agilist
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 144 (11.32%) QA
2 93 (7.31%) Data Quality
3 32 (2.52%) Accessibility
4 28 (2.20%) GDPR
5 19 (1.49%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 18 (1.42%) PMO
7 16 (1.26%) NCSC
7 16 (1.26%) NIST
8 15 (1.18%) WCAG
9 9 (0.71%) NIST 800
9 9 (0.71%) Sarbanes-Oxley
9 9 (0.71%) SLA
10 8 (0.63%) PCI DSS
11 7 (0.55%) GRC
12 6 (0.47%) HL7
13 3 (0.24%) HIPAA
14 2 (0.16%) FedRAMP
14 2 (0.16%) Government Security Classifications
14 2 (0.16%) GxP
14 2 (0.16%) SOC 2
System Software
1 182 (14.31%) Docker
2 74 (5.82%) Active Directory
3 24 (1.89%) Virtual Machines
4 10 (0.79%) Virtual Desktop
5 5 (0.39%) VMware Infrastructure
6 4 (0.31%) Firmware
7 2 (0.16%) Hyper-V
7 2 (0.16%) Microsoft App-V
7 2 (0.16%) OpenSSH
7 2 (0.16%) Postfix
8 1 (0.079%) HDFS
8 1 (0.079%) VMware NSX
8 1 (0.079%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 351 (27.59%) Terraform
2 227 (17.85%) Kubernetes
3 62 (4.87%) Ansible
4 46 (3.62%) Grafana
5 37 (2.91%) Prometheus
6 16 (1.26%) Argo
7 15 (1.18%) HP ALM
8 14 (1.10%) Istio
8 14 (1.10%) Puppet
8 14 (1.10%) Single Sign-On
9 10 (0.79%) Progress Chef
10 7 (0.55%) Microsoft Intune
10 7 (0.55%) Packer
11 4 (0.31%) HP Quality Center
12 3 (0.24%) Active Directory Federation Services
12 3 (0.24%) Icinga
12 3 (0.24%) Kubeflow
12 3 (0.24%) Rancher
12 3 (0.24%) SCCM
13 2 (0.16%) linkerd
Vendors
1 384 (30.19%) Microsoft
2 158 (12.42%) Databricks
3 118 (9.28%) Oracle
4 57 (4.48%) ServiceNow
5 33 (2.59%) OpenAI
5 33 (2.59%) SAP
6 30 (2.36%) Salesforce
7 26 (2.04%) Splunk
8 20 (1.57%) Informatica
9 16 (1.26%) HP
10 14 (1.10%) Google
10 14 (1.10%) VMware
11 13 (1.02%) Dynatrace
12 12 (0.94%) Foundry
13 11 (0.86%) IBM
13 11 (0.86%) Lotus
13 11 (0.86%) NEC
14 10 (0.79%) Kofax
15 9 (0.71%) Citrix
16 8 (0.63%) Red Hat