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

 6 months to
29 May 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 75 95 76
Rank change year-on-year +20 -19 -4
Contract jobs citing Azure DevOps 1,303 647 1,035
As % of all contract jobs in England 3.12% 2.70% 2.82%
As % of the Cloud Services category 8.87% 7.21% 8.79%
Number of daily rates quoted 957 454 694
10th Percentile £375 £360 £400
25th Percentile £413 £425 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £520 £525
Median % change year-on-year -3.85% -0.95% -4.55%
75th Percentile £588 £625 £600
90th Percentile £688 £725 £675
UK median daily rate £500 £500 £520
% change year-on-year - -3.85% -5.45%
Number of hourly rates quoted 24 1 6
10th Percentile £25.38 - £64.50
25th Percentile £37.25 £30.25 £65.25
Median hourly rate £74.75 £31.50 £65.50
Median % change year-on-year +137.30% -51.91% -6.43%
75th Percentile £91.21 £32.75 £65.75
90th Percentile £104.00 - £68.50
UK median hourly rate £74.50 £85.00 £65.50
% change year-on-year -12.35% +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 14,697 8,969 11,779
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 35.14% 37.48% 32.09%
Number of daily rates quoted 10,011 6,159 8,493
10th Percentile £325 £313 £300
25th Percentile £413 £413 £418
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £520 £525
Median % change year-on-year -1.44% -0.95% -4.55%
75th Percentile £613 £625 £638
90th Percentile £713 £738 £747
UK median daily rate £508 £508 £525
% change year-on-year - -3.33% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 505 207 324
10th Percentile £15.67 £14.99 £14.00
25th Percentile £21.35 £17.96 £15.96
Median hourly rate £39.50 £25.50 £21.37
Median % change year-on-year +54.90% +19.33% -38.76%
75th Percentile £67.84 £37.63 £38.28
90th Percentile £81.15 £68.00 £68.23
UK median hourly rate £36.71 £28.00 £21.37
% change year-on-year +31.11% +31.02% -40.64%

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 May 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 May 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 May 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 +18 731 £500 -4.76% 124
South East +10 186 £500 - 88
North of England +8 138 £500 +5.26% 68
Midlands -5 126 £475 -7.32% 46
West Midlands -9 85 £475 -9.52% 26
North West +9 65 £500 -2.44% 45
South West +7 64 £500 -2.44% 17
Yorkshire -23 55 £500 +17.65% 11
East Midlands -12 39 £488 -2.50% 20
East of England -7 27 £450 -5.26% 29
North East -12 18 £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 (6.83%) SharePoint
2 73 (5.60%) Confluence
3 41 (3.15%) Apache Spark
4 28 (2.15%) Apache
5 22 (1.69%) Apache Airflow
6 14 (1.07%) Microsoft Exchange
7 10 (0.77%) HCL Notes
7 10 (0.77%) Mendix
8 5 (0.38%) CMS
9 4 (0.31%) IIS
9 4 (0.31%) Palantir Foundry
10 2 (0.15%) ArcGIS
10 2 (0.15%) Kentico
10 2 (0.15%) Umbraco
11 1 (0.077%) IBM HTTP Server
11 1 (0.077%) OpenStack
11 1 (0.077%) Oracle Workflow
11 1 (0.077%) SAS
11 1 (0.077%) WebLogic
Applications
1 42 (3.22%) Microsoft Project
2 26 (2.00%) Microsoft Excel
3 17 (1.30%) MS Visio
4 10 (0.77%) Microsoft Office
5 7 (0.54%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 4 (0.31%) CPLEX
6 4 (0.31%) Notion
7 3 (0.23%) Chatbot
7 3 (0.23%) Trello
8 2 (0.15%) Spreadsheet
9 1 (0.077%) InDesign
Business Applications
1 41 (3.15%) Dynamics CRM
2 14 (1.07%) SAP S/4HANA
3 8 (0.61%) Maximo
4 7 (0.54%) Dynamics AX
5 4 (0.31%) Oracle EBS
6 3 (0.23%) Findur
6 3 (0.23%) NEC Housing
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%) Unit4 Business World
8 1 (0.077%) Oracle ERP
8 1 (0.077%) Oracle Financials
8 1 (0.077%) SAP SD
8 1 (0.077%) SDL Web 8
Cloud Services
1 1,303 (100.00%) Azure
2 319 (24.48%) GitHub
3 215 (16.50%) Power Platform
4 210 (16.12%) GitHub Actions
5 178 (13.66%) AWS
6 131 (10.05%) Azure Data Factory
7 115 (8.83%) Azure AKS
8 112 (8.60%) Entra ID
9 106 (8.14%) Azure Monitor
10 105 (8.06%) Serverless
11 96 (7.37%) Dynamics 365
12 88 (6.75%) Power Automate
13 84 (6.45%) Azure Key Vault
14 77 (5.91%) Azure Synapse Analytics
15 76 (5.83%) Azure Logic Apps
16 72 (5.53%) Azure Functions
17 71 (5.45%) GCP
18 66 (5.07%) Microsoft 365
19 64 (4.91%) PowerApps
20 61 (4.68%) Azure Service Bus
Communications & Networking
1 48 (3.68%) Firewall
2 23 (1.77%) Network Security
3 21 (1.61%) VPN
4 19 (1.46%) DNS
5 14 (1.07%) SD-WAN
6 12 (0.92%) WAN
7 8 (0.61%) Internet
8 7 (0.54%) DHCP
8 7 (0.54%) TCP/IP
9 6 (0.46%) LAN
10 5 (0.38%) IPsec
10 5 (0.38%) VLAN
11 4 (0.31%) MQTT
12 3 (0.23%) HTTP
12 3 (0.23%) SSL
13 2 (0.15%) BGP
13 2 (0.15%) FTP
13 2 (0.15%) OSPF
13 2 (0.15%) SAN
13 2 (0.15%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 139 (10.67%) Power BI
2 110 (8.44%) SQL Server
3 80 (6.14%) Data Lake
4 77 (5.91%) Azure SQL Database
5 70 (5.37%) Delta Lake
6 58 (4.45%) Data Warehouse
7 46 (3.53%) NoSQL
8 43 (3.30%) PostgreSQL
9 25 (1.92%) MongoDB
9 25 (1.92%) Relational Database
10 24 (1.84%) Oracle Database
11 22 (1.69%) Spark SQL
12 21 (1.61%) Snowflake Schema
13 17 (1.30%) Redis
14 16 (1.23%) SQL Server Integration Services
15 15 (1.15%) Tableau
16 14 (1.07%) Big Data
16 14 (1.07%) Metadata
16 14 (1.07%) Parquet
17 13 (1.00%) Amazon Redshift
Development Applications
1 242 (18.57%) JIRA
2 192 (14.74%) Git
3 113 (8.67%) Jenkins
4 87 (6.68%) GitLab
5 44 (3.38%) Selenium
6 26 (2.00%) Postman
7 20 (1.53%) SonarQube
8 18 (1.38%) Visual Studio
9 17 (1.30%) REST Assured
10 16 (1.23%) Cypress.io
10 16 (1.23%) TestRail
11 14 (1.07%) Cucumber
12 13 (1.00%) Team Foundation Server
13 12 (0.92%) SpecFlow
14 11 (0.84%) Bitbucket
14 11 (0.84%) NUnit
15 10 (0.77%) Artifactory
15 10 (0.77%) WebDriver
15 10 (0.77%) Zephyr
16 9 (0.69%) Gradle
General
1 299 (22.95%) Social Skills
2 269 (20.64%) Finance
3 132 (10.13%) Public Sector
4 122 (9.36%) Analytical Skills
5 58 (4.45%) Banking
6 32 (2.46%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 32 (2.46%) Organisational Skills
7 25 (1.92%) Legal
8 20 (1.53%) Retail
9 18 (1.38%) Documentation Skills
9 18 (1.38%) Influencing Skills
10 14 (1.07%) Financial Institution
11 13 (1.00%) Aerospace
11 13 (1.00%) Front Office
12 12 (0.92%) Investment Banking
13 9 (0.69%) Marketing
14 7 (0.54%) Presentation Skills
15 6 (0.46%) Law
15 6 (0.46%) Local Government
16 5 (0.38%) Military
Job Titles
1 233 (17.88%) Developer
2 211 (16.19%) Azure Engineer
3 181 (13.89%) Senior
4 180 (13.81%) DevOps Engineer
5 136 (10.44%) Data Engineer
6 117 (8.98%) Azure DevOps Engineer
7 112 (8.60%) Analyst
8 105 (8.06%) Lead
9 90 (6.91%) Architect
10 48 (3.68%) Platform Engineer
11 47 (3.61%) Business Analyst
12 43 (3.30%) Test Analyst
13 41 (3.15%) Project Manager
14 40 (3.07%) Tester
15 39 (2.99%) Cloud Engineer
16 37 (2.84%) Senior Developer
17 36 (2.76%) Full-Stack Developer
17 36 (2.76%) Test Engineer
18 34 (2.61%) Consultant
19 33 (2.53%) Solutions Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 189 (14.50%) .NET
2 108 (8.29%) REST
3 84 (6.45%) PySpark
4 72 (5.53%) React
5 64 (4.91%) ADO
6 63 (4.83%) ARM Templates
7 59 (4.53%) YAML
8 56 (4.30%) Kafka
9 51 (3.91%) RESTful
10 49 (3.76%) JSON
11 47 (3.61%) Node.js
12 43 (3.30%) Playwright
13 41 (3.15%) .NET Framework
14 34 (2.61%) .NET Core
14 34 (2.61%) SOAP
15 30 (2.30%) CSS
16 28 (2.15%) HTML
17 27 (2.07%) AngularJS
17 27 (2.07%) OAuth
18 25 (1.92%) Flask
Miscellaneous
1 142 (10.90%) Cloud Native
2 71 (5.45%) Product Ownership
3 40 (3.07%) Distributed Systems
4 36 (2.76%) Legacy Systems
5 27 (2.07%) Reinsurance
6 26 (2.00%) Enterprise Software
7 25 (1.92%) Onboarding
8 21 (1.61%) Hybrid Cloud
9 20 (1.53%) Low-Code
10 19 (1.46%) Self-Motivation
11 17 (1.30%) Greenfield Project
12 16 (1.23%) AI Agents
12 16 (1.23%) Data Structures
13 14 (1.07%) Mobile App
13 14 (1.07%) Replication
14 9 (0.69%) Enterprise Cloud
14 9 (0.69%) Management Information System
14 9 (0.69%) Public Cloud
14 9 (0.69%) Virtual Team
15 8 (0.61%) Data Centre
Operating Systems
1 66 (5.07%) Windows
2 52 (3.99%) Linux
3 16 (1.23%) VMS
4 9 (0.69%) Windows Server
5 8 (0.61%) Unix
6 4 (0.31%) Android
6 4 (0.31%) Apple iOS
7 3 (0.23%) Mac OS
7 3 (0.23%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 2 (0.15%) Windows Server 2016
8 2 (0.15%) Windows Server 2019
9 1 (0.077%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 1,296 (99.46%) DevOps
2 703 (53.95%) CI/CD
3 473 (36.30%) Agile
4 300 (23.02%) Infrastructure as Code
5 215 (16.50%) Analytics
6 213 (16.35%) Problem-Solving
6 213 (16.35%) Test Automation
7 178 (13.66%) Migration
8 165 (12.66%) Continuous Improvement
9 159 (12.20%) Scrum
10 157 (12.05%) Data Modelling
11 149 (11.44%) Business Intelligence
12 147 (11.28%) Containerisation
13 144 (11.05%) Stakeholder Management
14 135 (10.36%) ETL
15 133 (10.21%) Data Pipeline
16 131 (10.05%) AI
17 125 (9.59%) Observability
18 116 (8.90%) Microservices
19 115 (8.83%) Platform Engineering
Programming Languages
1 405 (31.08%) SQL
2 331 (25.40%) Python
3 227 (17.42%) C#
4 137 (10.51%) PowerShell
5 125 (9.59%) JavaScript
6 113 (8.67%) Bicep
7 90 (6.91%) Java
8 89 (6.83%) Bash
9 68 (5.22%) TypeScript
10 27 (2.07%) T-SQL
11 24 (1.84%) Scala
12 16 (1.23%) Data Analysis Expressions
12 16 (1.23%) Go
12 16 (1.23%) PL/SQL
13 12 (0.92%) Kusto Query Language
14 10 (0.77%) Formula Language
14 10 (0.77%) LotusScript
15 7 (0.54%) Apex Code
15 7 (0.54%) VB
16 6 (0.46%) R
Qualifications
1 344 (26.40%) Security Cleared
2 285 (21.87%) SC Cleared
3 100 (7.67%) Azure Certification
4 67 (5.14%) Degree
5 37 (2.84%) DV Cleared
6 36 (2.76%) BPSS Clearance
7 33 (2.53%) Microsoft Certification
8 31 (2.38%) ISTQB
9 21 (1.61%) Computer Science Degree
10 18 (1.38%) PMI Certification
10 18 (1.38%) PMP
11 10 (0.77%) AWS Certification
11 10 (0.77%) DBS Check
12 9 (0.69%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
13 7 (0.54%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
14 6 (0.46%) CISM
14 6 (0.46%) CISSP
15 5 (0.38%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
15 5 (0.38%) Master's Degree
16 4 (0.31%) Cisco Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 148 (11.36%) QA
2 105 (8.06%) Data Quality
3 43 (3.30%) Accessibility
4 34 (2.61%) GDPR
5 22 (1.69%) WCAG
6 20 (1.53%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 18 (1.38%) NIST
7 18 (1.38%) PMO
8 14 (1.07%) NCSC
8 14 (1.07%) SLA
9 9 (0.69%) NIST 800
9 9 (0.69%) Sarbanes-Oxley
10 8 (0.61%) GRC
11 7 (0.54%) PCI DSS
12 3 (0.23%) Cyber Essentials
13 2 (0.15%) FedRAMP
13 2 (0.15%) Government Security Classifications
13 2 (0.15%) HL7
13 2 (0.15%) HMG Security Policy Framework
13 2 (0.15%) PSD2
System Software
1 171 (13.12%) Docker
2 75 (5.76%) Active Directory
3 26 (2.00%) Virtual Machines
4 13 (1.00%) Virtual Desktop
5 7 (0.54%) VMware Infrastructure
6 4 (0.31%) 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 (0.077%) HDFS
8 1 (0.077%) VMware ESXi
8 1 (0.077%) VMware NSX
8 1 (0.077%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 349 (26.78%) Terraform
2 222 (17.04%) Kubernetes
3 59 (4.53%) Ansible
4 45 (3.45%) Grafana
5 38 (2.92%) Prometheus
6 17 (1.30%) Argo
7 15 (1.15%) HP ALM
8 14 (1.07%) Puppet
9 12 (0.92%) Istio
9 12 (0.92%) Progress Chef
10 11 (0.84%) Microsoft Intune
10 11 (0.84%) Single Sign-On
11 8 (0.61%) Packer
12 6 (0.46%) HP Quality Center
13 5 (0.38%) Jamf Pro
14 3 (0.23%) Active Directory Federation Services
14 3 (0.23%) Rancher
14 3 (0.23%) SCCM
15 2 (0.15%) linkerd
15 2 (0.15%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 389 (29.85%) Microsoft
2 158 (12.13%) Databricks
3 93 (7.14%) Oracle
4 57 (4.37%) ServiceNow
5 38 (2.92%) SAP
6 34 (2.61%) Salesforce
7 25 (1.92%) OpenAI
8 24 (1.84%) Informatica
9 21 (1.61%) Splunk
10 19 (1.46%) Google
11 16 (1.23%) HP
12 15 (1.15%) Foundry
13 14 (1.07%) VMware
14 12 (0.92%) Dynatrace
14 12 (0.92%) IBM
15 10 (0.77%) Bloomberg
15 10 (0.77%) Kofax
15 10 (0.77%) Lotus
16 9 (0.69%) InterSystems
17 8 (0.61%) Red Hat
338 Azure DevOps jobs in England