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

 6 months to
12 Jan 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 81 84 80
Rank change year-on-year +3 -4 +4
Contract jobs citing Azure DevOps 968 751 959
As % of all contract jobs in England 3.12% 2.81% 2.63%
As % of the Cloud Services category 8.21% 7.66% 7.73%
Number of daily rates quoted 700 504 735
10th Percentile £360 £380 £413
25th Percentile £413 £462 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% -4.55% -
75th Percentile £600 £638 £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 7 2 10
10th Percentile £45.78 £67.63 £54.63
25th Percentile £48.63 £69.69 £58.13
Median hourly rate £74.26 £73.75 £64.75
Median % change year-on-year +0.69% +13.90% +17.73%
75th Percentile £84.38 £77.19 £77.50
90th Percentile £93.75 £78.88 -
UK median hourly rate £74.63 £73.75 £64.75
% change year-on-year +1.19% +13.90% -1.58%

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 11,786 9,808 12,405
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 38.00% 36.72% 34.07%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,146 6,531 9,054
10th Percentile £304 £313 £275
25th Percentile £406 £423 £423
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
75th Percentile £613 £640 £638
90th Percentile £700 £738 £735
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 273 130 239
10th Percentile £14.25 £16.18 £14.25
25th Percentile £18.50 £21.25 £17.72
Median hourly rate £27.50 £28.21 £22.50
Median % change year-on-year -2.50% +25.36% -
75th Percentile £56.50 £45.89 £50.79
90th Percentile £78.45 £64.78 £75.50
UK median hourly rate £27.50 £27.43 £23.11
% change year-on-year +0.27% +18.68% +2.70%

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 12 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 12 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 12 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 0 517 £511 -7.05% 119
South East -4 130 £536 -4.29% 123
North of England -22 93 £475 -5.00% 91
Midlands -4 83 £500 -4.31% 48
South West +30 81 £475 -2.56% 36
North West -11 48 £405 -26.36% 50
West Midlands -16 48 £575 +9.52% 26
East Midlands +5 35 £418 -12.11% 21
Yorkshire -37 35 £525 +5.00% 27
East of England -4 27 £538 -18.87% 46
North East 0 10 £500 -4.76% 14
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 67 (6.92%) SharePoint
2 48 (4.96%) Confluence
3 15 (1.55%) Apache Spark
4 12 (1.24%) Apache Airflow
5 11 (1.14%) Apache
6 9 (0.93%) HCL Notes
6 9 (0.93%) Microsoft Exchange
7 8 (0.83%) Mendix
8 5 (0.52%) IIS
8 5 (0.52%) OpenStack
9 4 (0.41%) CMS
10 3 (0.31%) Adobe Experience Manager
10 3 (0.31%) ArcGIS
10 3 (0.31%) Documentum
10 3 (0.31%) Sitecore CMS
11 1 (0.10%) Apache Synapse
11 1 (0.10%) Jupyter
11 1 (0.10%) Kentico
11 1 (0.10%) SharePoint Server
Applications
1 30 (3.10%) Microsoft Excel
2 15 (1.55%) Microsoft Project
3 10 (1.03%) MS Visio
4 8 (0.83%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 7 (0.72%) Microsoft Office
6 2 (0.21%) Trello
7 1 (0.10%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 32 (3.31%) Dynamics CRM
2 6 (0.62%) Aladdin
2 6 (0.62%) NEC Housing
3 5 (0.52%) Maximo
4 4 (0.41%) Endur
4 4 (0.41%) Oracle EBS
4 4 (0.41%) SAP S/4HANA
5 3 (0.31%) Oracle Assets
5 3 (0.31%) Oracle ERP
5 3 (0.31%) Oracle General Ledger
5 3 (0.31%) Oracle Payables
5 3 (0.31%) Oracle Receivables
5 3 (0.31%) Payment Gateway
6 2 (0.21%) Primavera
6 2 (0.21%) Workday HCM
7 1 (0.10%) Dynamics AX
7 1 (0.10%) NetSuite
7 1 (0.10%) Oracle Cash Management
7 1 (0.10%) SAP BPC
7 1 (0.10%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 967 (99.90%) Azure
2 234 (24.17%) GitHub
3 188 (19.42%) Power Platform
4 165 (17.05%) GitHub Actions
5 125 (12.91%) Azure AKS
6 124 (12.81%) Serverless
7 118 (12.19%) AWS
8 105 (10.85%) Azure Data Factory
9 91 (9.40%) Azure Monitor
10 90 (9.30%) Dynamics 365
11 89 (9.19%) Entra ID
12 82 (8.47%) Azure Functions
13 78 (8.06%) Azure Logic Apps
14 68 (7.02%) Power Automate
15 65 (6.71%) PowerApps
16 62 (6.40%) Azure Key Vault
17 59 (6.10%) GCP
18 58 (5.99%) Azure Synapse Analytics
19 51 (5.27%) Azure Service Bus
20 50 (5.17%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 36 (3.72%) Firewall
2 20 (2.07%) VPN
3 19 (1.96%) Network Security
4 13 (1.34%) DNS
5 9 (0.93%) SD-WAN
5 9 (0.93%) WAN
6 4 (0.41%) HTTP
6 4 (0.41%) LAN
6 4 (0.41%) TCP/IP
7 3 (0.31%) DHCP
8 2 (0.21%) FTP
8 2 (0.21%) IPsec
8 2 (0.21%) MPLS
8 2 (0.21%) Remote Desktop
8 2 (0.21%) SSL
8 2 (0.21%) VLAN
9 1 (0.10%) BGP
9 1 (0.10%) MQTT
9 1 (0.10%) VoIP
9 1 (0.10%) VRRP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 128 (13.22%) Power BI
2 72 (7.44%) SQL Server
3 55 (5.68%) Azure SQL Database
4 44 (4.55%) Data Warehouse
5 40 (4.13%) Data Lake
6 35 (3.62%) PostgreSQL
7 24 (2.48%) NoSQL
8 22 (2.27%) MongoDB
9 21 (2.17%) Delta Lake
10 19 (1.96%) Oracle Database
10 19 (1.96%) Relational Database
11 17 (1.76%) SQL Server Integration Services
12 14 (1.45%) Tableau
13 12 (1.24%) Redis
14 10 (1.03%) MySQL
14 10 (1.03%) Oracle Reports
15 9 (0.93%) DynamoDB
15 9 (0.93%) Oracle BI Publisher
15 9 (0.93%) Spark SQL
15 9 (0.93%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 175 (18.08%) JIRA
2 132 (13.64%) Git
3 95 (9.81%) Jenkins
4 51 (5.27%) GitLab
5 44 (4.55%) Selenium
6 37 (3.82%) Oracle APEX
7 36 (3.72%) Postman
8 23 (2.38%) SonarQube
9 19 (1.96%) JUnit
10 18 (1.86%) Cypress.io
11 14 (1.45%) Bitbucket
11 14 (1.45%) Cucumber
12 13 (1.34%) Gradle
13 12 (1.24%) Artifactory
13 12 (1.24%) Visual Studio
14 11 (1.14%) JMeter
14 11 (1.14%) TestRail
15 10 (1.03%) Sonatype Nexus
15 10 (1.03%) SpecFlow
15 10 (1.03%) Zephyr
General
1 310 (32.02%) Social Skills
2 173 (17.87%) Finance
3 115 (11.88%) Public Sector
4 84 (8.68%) Analytical Skills
5 49 (5.06%) Banking
6 29 (3.00%) Documentation Skills
7 27 (2.79%) Influencing Skills
8 21 (2.17%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 21 (2.17%) Retail
9 19 (1.96%) Investment Banking
10 18 (1.86%) Organisational Skills
11 14 (1.45%) Financial Institution
11 14 (1.45%) Law
12 12 (1.24%) Presentation Skills
13 10 (1.03%) Back Office
13 10 (1.03%) Marketing
14 9 (0.93%) Billing
14 9 (0.93%) Front Office
15 8 (0.83%) Telecoms
16 7 (0.72%) Military
Job Titles
1 242 (25.00%) Developer
2 144 (14.88%) Azure Engineer
3 136 (14.05%) DevOps Engineer
3 136 (14.05%) Senior
4 81 (8.37%) Analyst
5 80 (8.26%) Azure DevOps Engineer
6 76 (7.85%) Lead
7 62 (6.40%) Architect
8 59 (6.10%) Data Engineer
8 59 (6.10%) Senior Developer
9 43 (4.44%) Azure Developer
10 32 (3.31%) Business Analyst
10 32 (3.31%) Test Analyst
11 31 (3.20%) Platform Engineer
12 30 (3.10%) Project Manager
13 28 (2.89%) Software Engineer
14 27 (2.79%) Azure Architect
14 27 (2.79%) Cloud Engineer
15 26 (2.69%) Tester
16 25 (2.58%) Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 194 (20.04%) .NET
2 89 (9.19%) REST
3 68 (7.02%) React
4 65 (6.71%) ADO
5 60 (6.20%) ARM Templates
6 59 (6.10%) Node.js
7 49 (5.06%) RESTful
8 47 (4.86%) .NET Core
9 46 (4.75%) PySpark
10 43 (4.44%) YAML
11 35 (3.62%) JSON
12 32 (3.31%) AngularJS
12 32 (3.31%) Kafka
12 32 (3.31%) OAuth
13 31 (3.20%) SOAP
14 29 (3.00%) HTML
15 25 (2.58%) .NET Framework
16 24 (2.48%) Playwright
17 22 (2.27%) CSS
18 21 (2.17%) ASP.NET
Miscellaneous
1 105 (10.85%) Cloud Native
2 51 (5.27%) Product Ownership
3 32 (3.31%) Distributed Systems
4 29 (3.00%) Legacy Systems
5 26 (2.69%) Enterprise Software
6 24 (2.48%) CMDB
7 20 (2.07%) Low-Code
8 16 (1.65%) Onboarding
9 15 (1.55%) AI Agents
9 15 (1.55%) Hybrid Cloud
10 13 (1.34%) NHS
10 13 (1.34%) Self-Motivation
11 12 (1.24%) Mobile App
12 11 (1.14%) Public Cloud
13 10 (1.03%) Linux Command Line
13 10 (1.03%) Security Posture
14 8 (0.83%) Data Structures
14 8 (0.83%) Legacy Applications
15 7 (0.72%) Private Cloud
15 7 (0.72%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 43 (4.44%) Windows
2 39 (4.03%) Linux
3 15 (1.55%) VMS
4 11 (1.14%) Windows Server
5 10 (1.03%) Android
6 9 (0.93%) Apple iOS
7 4 (0.41%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 3 (0.31%) Unix
8 3 (0.31%) Windows Server 2016
9 2 (0.21%) Windows 10
10 1 (0.10%) Solaris
10 1 (0.10%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 962 (99.38%) DevOps
2 518 (53.51%) CI/CD
3 422 (43.60%) Agile
4 230 (23.76%) Infrastructure as Code
5 182 (18.80%) Problem-Solving
6 175 (18.08%) Scrum
7 156 (16.12%) Analytics
8 149 (15.39%) Test Automation
9 135 (13.95%) Continuous Improvement
10 133 (13.74%) Business Intelligence
11 122 (12.60%) Containerisation
12 118 (12.19%) Validation
13 106 (10.95%) Microservices
14 103 (10.64%) AI
15 101 (10.43%) Migration
16 96 (9.92%) Stakeholder Engagement
16 96 (9.92%) Stakeholder Management
17 89 (9.19%) Data Modelling
18 75 (7.75%) Data Pipeline
19 71 (7.33%) Observability
Programming Languages
1 290 (29.96%) SQL
2 242 (25.00%) Python
3 191 (19.73%) C#
4 165 (17.05%) JavaScript
5 109 (11.26%) PowerShell
6 91 (9.40%) Bicep
7 71 (7.33%) Java
8 62 (6.40%) TypeScript
9 56 (5.79%) Bash
10 53 (5.48%) PL/SQL
11 18 (1.86%) T-SQL
12 11 (1.14%) Go
13 9 (0.93%) Data Analysis Expressions
13 9 (0.93%) Formula Language
13 9 (0.93%) Kusto Query Language
13 9 (0.93%) LotusScript
14 8 (0.83%) Scala
15 7 (0.72%) PHP
15 7 (0.72%) VBA
16 5 (0.52%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 265 (27.38%) Security Cleared
2 221 (22.83%) SC Cleared
3 84 (8.68%) Azure Certification
4 69 (7.13%) Degree
5 37 (3.82%) Microsoft Certification
6 31 (3.20%) DV Cleared
7 28 (2.89%) Computer Science Degree
8 14 (1.45%) ISTQB
9 13 (1.34%) BPSS Clearance
9 13 (1.34%) PMI Certification
10 11 (1.14%) Master's Degree
11 10 (1.03%) AWS Certification
11 10 (1.03%) CISSP
11 10 (1.03%) PMP
12 7 (0.72%) CISM
13 6 (0.62%) ITIL Certification
14 5 (0.52%) CBAP
14 5 (0.52%) ISEB
14 5 (0.52%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
14 5 (0.52%) PRINCE2 Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 84 (8.68%) QA
2 45 (4.65%) Data Quality
3 34 (3.51%) Accessibility
4 25 (2.58%) GDPR
5 20 (2.07%) NIST
6 19 (1.96%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 13 (1.34%) NCSC
8 12 (1.24%) PMO
9 8 (0.83%) WCAG
10 7 (0.72%) EU AI Act
11 6 (0.62%) NIST 800
12 5 (0.52%) HL7
12 5 (0.52%) Sarbanes-Oxley
13 3 (0.31%) PCI DSS
13 3 (0.31%) PSD2
13 3 (0.31%) SOC 2
14 2 (0.21%) GxP
14 2 (0.21%) HIPAA
14 2 (0.21%) SLA
14 2 (0.21%) Software Quality Assurance
System Software
1 174 (17.98%) Docker
2 54 (5.58%) Active Directory
3 12 (1.24%) Virtual Machines
4 11 (1.14%) Virtual Desktop
5 5 (0.52%) VMware Infrastructure
6 2 (0.21%) Firmware
7 1 (0.10%) KVM
7 1 (0.10%) Squid
7 1 (0.10%) VMware NSX
7 1 (0.10%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 277 (28.62%) Terraform
2 188 (19.42%) Kubernetes
3 59 (6.10%) Ansible
4 39 (4.03%) Grafana
5 34 (3.51%) Prometheus
6 12 (1.24%) Puppet
7 11 (1.14%) Progress Chef
8 8 (0.83%) HP ALM
8 8 (0.83%) Istio
8 8 (0.83%) Kibana
8 8 (0.83%) Podman
9 7 (0.72%) Single Sign-On
10 5 (0.52%) Argo
10 5 (0.52%) Microsoft Intune
11 4 (0.41%) Packer
12 3 (0.31%) Icinga
13 2 (0.21%) Fluentd
13 2 (0.21%) Kubeflow
13 2 (0.21%) Opsgenie
13 2 (0.21%) SCCM
Vendors
1 307 (31.71%) Microsoft
2 112 (11.57%) Databricks
3 103 (10.64%) Oracle
4 58 (5.99%) ServiceNow
5 27 (2.79%) Salesforce
6 24 (2.48%) OpenAI
7 17 (1.76%) Splunk
8 16 (1.65%) Google
8 16 (1.65%) SAP
9 12 (1.24%) MuleSoft
10 10 (1.03%) VMware
11 9 (0.93%) Lotus
11 9 (0.93%) Sitecore
12 8 (0.83%) Dynatrace
12 8 (0.83%) HP
12 8 (0.83%) Kofax
13 7 (0.72%) Citrix
13 7 (0.72%) Red Hat
14 6 (0.62%) Cisco
14 6 (0.62%) NetApp
432 Azure DevOps jobs in England