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

6 months to
21 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 72 90 76
Rank change year-on-year +18 -14 -2
Contract jobs citing Azure DevOps 1,539 771 934
As % of all contract jobs in England 3.37% 2.80% 2.81%
As % of the Cloud Services category 9.65% 7.51% 8.31%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,084 552 626
10th Percentile £363 £350 £378
25th Percentile £416 £413 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £513 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.44% -2.38% -4.55%
75th Percentile £600 £613 £600
90th Percentile £675 £700 £675
UK median daily rate £500 £500 £521
% change year-on-year - -4.10% -5.21%
Number of hourly rates quoted 47 3 0
10th Percentile £21.25 £36.45 -
25th Percentile £36.12 £45.75 -
Median hourly rate £46.80 £62.50 -
Median % change year-on-year -25.12% - -
75th Percentile £79.50 £76.25 -
90th Percentile £101.51 £83.75 -
UK median hourly rate £50.90 £73.75 -
% change year-on-year -30.98% - -

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 15,947 10,270 11,234
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 34.92% 37.27% 33.74%
Number of daily rates quoted 10,653 6,955 7,908
10th Percentile £325 £310 £313
25th Percentile £425 £406 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £510 £525
Median % change year-on-year +2.94% -2.86% -4.55%
75th Percentile £625 £625 £644
90th Percentile £725 £738 £750
UK median daily rate £525 £500 £525
% change year-on-year +5.00% -4.76% -2.78%
Number of hourly rates quoted 544 276 214
10th Percentile £15.50 £15.17 £14.16
25th Percentile £19.50 £18.51 £16.30
Median hourly rate £35.00 £26.00 £25.00
Median % change year-on-year +34.62% +4.00% -22.65%
75th Percentile £70.00 £43.75 £55.00
90th Percentile £83.18 £67.25 £70.00
UK median hourly rate £34.13 £28.00 £25.00
% change year-on-year +21.88% +12.00% -28.15%

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 21 August 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 21 August 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 21 August 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 +25 875 £500 -4.76% 156
South East -22 184 £525 +10.53% 100
Midlands +39 172 £450 -12.20% 53
North of England +8 169 £477 -6.11% 73
West Midlands +26 126 £450 -19.28% 29
North West +10 86 £500 -1.96% 45
South West -12 75 £475 -6.86% 27
Yorkshire -15 58 £475 -5.00% 22
East Midlands +5 44 £513 +7.89% 24
East of England +14 36 £425 -12.82% 28
North East -12 25 £450 -18.18% 6
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
1 103 (6.69%) Confluence
2 97 (6.30%) SharePoint
3 38 (2.47%) Apache Spark
4 31 (2.01%) Apache
5 28 (1.82%) Apache Airflow
6 13 (0.84%) Microsoft Exchange
7 11 (0.71%) CMS
8 6 (0.39%) Documentum
9 5 (0.32%) IIS
10 4 (0.26%) Mendix
11 3 (0.19%) Kentico
11 3 (0.19%) Palantir Foundry
12 2 (0.13%) nginx
12 2 (0.13%) OpenROAD
12 2 (0.13%) SAS
12 2 (0.13%) Smallworld
12 2 (0.13%) Umbraco
13 1 (0.065%) ArcGIS
13 1 (0.065%) HCL Notes
13 1 (0.065%) WebLogic
Applications
1 58 (3.77%) Microsoft Project
2 40 (2.60%) Microsoft Excel
3 19 (1.23%) MS Visio
4 13 (0.84%) Microsoft Office
5 12 (0.78%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 7 (0.45%) CPLEX
6 7 (0.45%) Trello
7 6 (0.39%) Chatbot
8 5 (0.32%) Notion
9 3 (0.19%) Spreadsheet
10 1 (0.065%) Adobe XD
10 1 (0.065%) InDesign
Business Applications
1 48 (3.12%) Dynamics CRM
2 20 (1.30%) SAP S/4HANA
3 7 (0.45%) Dynamics AX
4 5 (0.32%) Maximo
5 4 (0.26%) Oracle EBS
5 4 (0.26%) Payment Gateway
6 3 (0.19%) Aladdin
6 3 (0.19%) Endur
6 3 (0.19%) Findur
6 3 (0.19%) SAP MDG
7 2 (0.13%) Dynamics GP
7 2 (0.13%) IBM Operational Decision Manager
7 2 (0.13%) Oracle Payables
7 2 (0.13%) Oracle Receivables
7 2 (0.13%) SAP MM
7 2 (0.13%) SAP Oil and Gas
7 2 (0.13%) Teamcenter
7 2 (0.13%) Unit4 Business World
8 1 (0.065%) OpenText VIM for SAP
8 1 (0.065%) Salesforce CRM
Cloud Services
1 1,539 (100.00%) Azure
2 402 (26.12%) GitHub
3 271 (17.61%) GitHub Actions
4 258 (16.76%) Power Platform
5 231 (15.01%) AWS
6 139 (9.03%) Azure Data Factory
7 134 (8.71%) Entra ID
8 126 (8.19%) Azure AKS
9 125 (8.12%) Dynamics 365
10 117 (7.60%) Azure Monitor
10 117 (7.60%) Power Automate
11 105 (6.82%) Serverless
12 93 (6.04%) PowerApps
13 84 (5.46%) GCP
14 78 (5.07%) Azure Synapse Analytics
15 75 (4.87%) Azure Logic Apps
16 72 (4.68%) Microsoft 365
17 71 (4.61%) Azure Key Vault
18 69 (4.48%) Azure Functions
19 67 (4.35%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 65 (4.22%) Firewall
2 37 (2.40%) DNS
3 36 (2.34%) Network Security
4 27 (1.75%) VPN
5 16 (1.04%) WAN
6 15 (0.97%) SSL
7 14 (0.91%) DHCP
8 13 (0.84%) SD-WAN
9 9 (0.58%) Internet
10 7 (0.45%) LAN
10 7 (0.45%) TCP/IP
10 7 (0.45%) VLAN
11 4 (0.26%) SAN
11 4 (0.26%) Wi-Fi
12 3 (0.19%) 4G
12 3 (0.19%) BGP
12 3 (0.19%) OSPF
12 3 (0.19%) RS-232
12 3 (0.19%) RS-485
13 2 (0.13%) Cisco IOS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 167 (10.85%) Power BI
2 107 (6.95%) SQL Server
3 73 (4.74%) Data Warehouse
4 72 (4.68%) Data Lake
5 71 (4.61%) Azure SQL Database
6 56 (3.64%) NoSQL
7 48 (3.12%) Delta Lake
8 44 (2.86%) PostgreSQL
9 27 (1.75%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 25 (1.62%) Metadata
11 24 (1.56%) Relational Database
12 20 (1.30%) Big Data
12 20 (1.30%) MongoDB
13 19 (1.23%) Snowflake Schema
13 19 (1.23%) Spark SQL
14 17 (1.10%) Redis
15 14 (0.91%) Oracle Database
16 12 (0.78%) Amazon Redshift
16 12 (0.78%) Geospatial Data
16 12 (0.78%) Parquet
Development Applications
1 291 (18.91%) JIRA
2 254 (16.50%) Git
3 190 (12.35%) Jenkins
4 147 (9.55%) GitLab
5 75 (4.87%) Selenium
6 37 (2.40%) Postman
7 29 (1.88%) SonarQube
8 28 (1.82%) Cypress.io
8 28 (1.82%) Visual Studio
9 26 (1.69%) WebDriver
10 24 (1.56%) Cucumber
11 19 (1.23%) Gradle
11 19 (1.23%) REST Assured
12 17 (1.10%) JUnit
13 16 (1.04%) Bitbucket
13 16 (1.04%) TestRail
14 15 (0.97%) Maven
15 14 (0.91%) MSI
16 12 (0.78%) Sonatype Nexus
17 11 (0.71%) Snyk
General
1 413 (26.84%) Social Skills
2 320 (20.79%) Finance
3 191 (12.41%) Public Sector
4 161 (10.46%) Analytical Skills
5 86 (5.59%) Banking
6 76 (4.94%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 30 (1.95%) Retail
8 28 (1.82%) Documentation Skills
8 28 (1.82%) Legal
9 25 (1.62%) Organisational Skills
10 24 (1.56%) Aerospace
10 24 (1.56%) Influencing Skills
11 16 (1.04%) Marketing
12 14 (0.91%) Investment Banking
12 14 (0.91%) Local Government
13 13 (0.84%) Law
14 10 (0.65%) Manufacturing
15 9 (0.58%) Billing
16 8 (0.52%) Pharmaceutical
16 8 (0.52%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 277 (18.00%) Developer
2 233 (15.14%) Senior
3 226 (14.68%) Azure Engineer
4 224 (14.55%) DevOps Engineer
5 133 (8.64%) Lead
6 132 (8.58%) Azure DevOps Engineer
7 126 (8.19%) Data Engineer
8 123 (7.99%) Analyst
9 106 (6.89%) Architect
10 59 (3.83%) Business Analyst
11 55 (3.57%) Platform Engineer
12 54 (3.51%) Project Manager
13 52 (3.38%) Cloud Engineer
14 48 (3.12%) Consultant
15 44 (2.86%) Senior Developer
15 44 (2.86%) Test Analyst
16 43 (2.79%) Tester
17 42 (2.73%) .NET Developer
18 40 (2.60%) Solutions Architect
19 39 (2.53%) Infrastructure Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 435 (28.27%) Terraform
2 210 (13.65%) .NET
3 181 (11.76%) REST
4 83 (5.39%) PySpark
5 79 (5.13%) RESTful
6 77 (5.00%) ADO
6 77 (5.00%) JSON
7 74 (4.81%) YAML
8 66 (4.29%) Kafka
9 61 (3.96%) .NET Framework
9 61 (3.96%) ARM Templates
10 57 (3.70%) Playwright
11 52 (3.38%) React
12 51 (3.31%) .NET Core
13 41 (2.66%) SOAP
14 39 (2.53%) Middleware
15 38 (2.47%) OAuth
15 38 (2.47%) XML
16 37 (2.40%) HTML
17 32 (2.08%) CSS
Miscellaneous
1 180 (11.70%) Cloud Native
2 114 (7.41%) Product Ownership
3 51 (3.31%) Legacy Systems
4 50 (3.25%) Onboarding
5 48 (3.12%) Distributed Systems
6 39 (2.53%) Enterprise Software
7 31 (2.01%) Self-Motivation
8 30 (1.95%) Management Information System
9 29 (1.88%) Hybrid Cloud
10 23 (1.49%) AI Agents
10 23 (1.49%) Data Structures
11 19 (1.23%) Low-Code
12 17 (1.10%) Mobile App
13 16 (1.04%) Replication
14 15 (0.97%) Data Protection Act
14 15 (0.97%) Enterprise Cloud
14 15 (0.97%) Greenfield Project
14 15 (0.97%) Linux Command Line
14 15 (0.97%) Reinsurance
15 12 (0.78%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 103 (6.69%) Windows
2 70 (4.55%) Linux
3 29 (1.88%) Windows Server
4 18 (1.17%) VMS
5 12 (0.78%) Unix
6 10 (0.65%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 9 (0.58%) Android
7 9 (0.58%) Apple iOS
8 5 (0.32%) Windows Server 2016
9 4 (0.26%) Mac OS
9 4 (0.26%) Ubuntu
9 4 (0.26%) Windows Server 2019
10 1 (0.065%) Amazon Linux
10 1 (0.065%) CentOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 1,539 (100.00%) DevOps
2 848 (55.10%) CI/CD
3 651 (42.30%) Agile
4 395 (25.67%) Infrastructure as Code
5 280 (18.19%) Test Automation
6 255 (16.57%) Stakeholder Management
7 248 (16.11%) Problem-Solving
8 245 (15.92%) Continuous Improvement
9 236 (15.33%) Analytics
10 226 (14.68%) Containerisation
11 218 (14.17%) Scrum
12 206 (13.39%) Migration
13 175 (11.37%) Business Intelligence
14 174 (11.31%) Stakeholder Engagement
15 162 (10.53%) User Acceptance Testing
16 160 (10.40%) Data Modelling
17 153 (9.94%) Microservices
18 152 (9.88%) AI
19 150 (9.75%) Platform Engineering
20 146 (9.49%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 417 (27.10%) SQL
2 382 (24.82%) Python
3 266 (17.28%) C#
4 210 (13.65%) PowerShell
5 162 (10.53%) Bicep
6 154 (10.01%) JavaScript
7 129 (8.38%) Bash
8 121 (7.86%) Java
9 86 (5.59%) TypeScript
10 23 (1.49%) T-SQL
11 19 (1.23%) Go
11 19 (1.23%) Kusto Query Language
12 15 (0.97%) Apex Code
12 15 (0.97%) Data Analysis Expressions
13 13 (0.84%) X++
14 9 (0.58%) Scala
15 8 (0.52%) PL/SQL
15 8 (0.52%) Shell Script
16 6 (0.39%) Kotlin
16 6 (0.39%) R
Qualifications
1 468 (30.41%) Security Cleared
2 385 (25.02%) SC Cleared
3 115 (7.47%) Azure Certification
4 102 (6.63%) Degree
5 58 (3.77%) Microsoft Certification
6 54 (3.51%) DV Cleared
7 41 (2.66%) ISTQB
8 36 (2.34%) BPSS Clearance
9 32 (2.08%) Computer Science Degree
10 27 (1.75%) AWS Certification
11 16 (1.04%) PMI Certification
11 16 (1.04%) PMP
12 14 (0.91%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
13 13 (0.84%) Cisco Certification
13 13 (0.84%) CISSP
14 12 (0.78%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
14 12 (0.78%) Master's Degree
15 10 (0.65%) DBS Check
16 9 (0.58%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
17 6 (0.39%) (ISC)2 CCSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 176 (11.44%) QA
2 111 (7.21%) Data Quality
3 85 (5.52%) Accessibility
4 50 (3.25%) GDPR
5 46 (2.99%) WCAG
6 27 (1.75%) PMO
7 26 (1.69%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 24 (1.56%) NIST
9 19 (1.23%) NCSC
10 14 (0.91%) SLA
11 12 (0.78%) GRC
12 11 (0.71%) Sarbanes-Oxley
13 8 (0.52%) ISO 20022
14 6 (0.39%) Cyber Essentials
15 5 (0.32%) SEPA
16 4 (0.26%) PCI DSS
16 4 (0.26%) PSD2
17 3 (0.19%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
17 3 (0.19%) Government Security Classifications
18 2 (0.13%) Actionable Recommendations
System Software
1 234 (15.20%) Docker
2 82 (5.33%) Active Directory
3 30 (1.95%) Virtual Machines
4 18 (1.17%) VMware Infrastructure
5 14 (0.91%) Virtual Desktop
6 6 (0.39%) Hyper-V
7 4 (0.26%) Firmware
7 4 (0.26%) vSphere
8 3 (0.19%) Embedded Firmware
8 3 (0.19%) Microsoft App-V
9 2 (0.13%) Apache ZooKeeper
9 2 (0.13%) OpenSSH
9 2 (0.13%) VMware NSX
10 1 (0.065%) Virtual Servers
10 1 (0.065%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 308 (20.01%) Kubernetes
2 99 (6.43%) Ansible
3 62 (4.03%) Grafana
4 52 (3.38%) Prometheus
5 22 (1.43%) Argo
5 22 (1.43%) Microsoft Intune
6 21 (1.36%) Progress Chef
7 20 (1.30%) Puppet
8 14 (0.91%) Packer
9 12 (0.78%) HP ALM
10 11 (0.71%) Istio
10 11 (0.71%) Single Sign-On
11 9 (0.58%) SCCM
12 6 (0.39%) Jamf Pro
12 6 (0.39%) SCOM
13 4 (0.26%) HP Quality Center
14 3 (0.19%) HP Fortify
15 2 (0.13%) linkerd
15 2 (0.13%) systemd
15 2 (0.13%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 531 (34.50%) Microsoft
2 139 (9.03%) Databricks
3 63 (4.09%) Oracle
4 58 (3.77%) ServiceNow
5 53 (3.44%) Salesforce
6 46 (2.99%) SAP
7 38 (2.47%) Google
8 35 (2.27%) Splunk
9 28 (1.82%) Dynatrace
10 22 (1.43%) VMware
11 20 (1.30%) Informatica
12 14 (0.91%) UiPath
13 13 (0.84%) Foundry
13 13 (0.84%) HP
13 13 (0.84%) OpenAI
14 12 (0.78%) MuleSoft
15 11 (0.71%) IBM
16 9 (0.58%) Adobe
16 9 (0.58%) Cisco
16 9 (0.58%) Red Hat