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 8 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

 6 months to
8 Dec 2025		 Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 79 83 81
Rank change year-on-year +4 -2 +7
Contract jobs citing Azure DevOps 943 832 1,036
As % of all contract jobs in England 3.05% 2.74% 2.69%
As % of the Cloud Services category 7.99% 7.55% 7.66%
Number of daily rates quoted 678 562 799
10th Percentile £356 £375 £409
25th Percentile £413 £458 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% -4.55% -
75th Percentile £600 £634 £638
90th Percentile £683 £700 £700
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £540
% change year-on-year -4.76% -2.78% -1.82%
Number of hourly rates quoted 8 2 9
10th Percentile £45.84 £67.63 £54.25
25th Percentile £57.44 £69.69 £57.50
Median hourly rate £74.63 £73.75 £62.00
Median % change year-on-year +1.19% +18.95% -5.76%
75th Percentile £90.00 £77.19 £77.50
90th Percentile £93.75 £78.88 -
UK median hourly rate £75.00 £73.75 £62.00
% change year-on-year +1.69% +18.95% -5.76%

All Cloud 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 11,806 11,023 13,516
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 38.13% 36.35% 35.09%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,086 7,372 9,861
10th Percentile £304 £313 £290
25th Percentile £406 £425 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £538 £525
Median % change year-on-year -6.98% +2.38% -4.55%
75th Percentile £615 £650 £645
90th Percentile £713 £738 £738
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 294 142 270
10th Percentile £14.83 £17.00 £14.25
25th Percentile £18.87 £21.46 £17.72
Median hourly rate £25.47 £31.00 £25.00
Median % change year-on-year -17.84% +24.00% +11.11%
75th Percentile £50.94 £55.00 £53.75
90th Percentile £78.38 £69.98 £77.55
UK median hourly rate £25.74 £29.00 £25.69
% change year-on-year -11.26% +12.88% +14.18%

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 8 December 2025.

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 8 December 2025.

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 8 December 2025. 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 -1 502 £520 -5.45% 175
South East -9 121 £518 -5.82% 163
North of England -29 97 £500 -4.76% 96
Midlands +1 86 £498 -0.50% 65
South West +27 75 £475 -5.00% 48
West Midlands -14 52 £575 +12.20% 34
North West -4 47 £403 -26.82% 47
Yorkshire -36 45 £513 +2.50% 31
East Midlands +7 34 £418 -12.11% 29
East of England +5 30 £525 -20.75% 41
North East -2 5 £600 +14.29% 18
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 53 (5.62%) SharePoint
2 50 (5.30%) Confluence
3 14 (1.48%) Apache Spark
4 12 (1.27%) Apache Airflow
5 11 (1.17%) Apache
6 8 (0.85%) Microsoft Exchange
7 5 (0.53%) IIS
8 4 (0.42%) CMS
8 4 (0.42%) OpenStack
9 3 (0.32%) Adobe Experience Manager
9 3 (0.32%) Documentum
9 3 (0.32%) HCL Notes
9 3 (0.32%) Sitecore CMS
10 2 (0.21%) Anypoint
10 2 (0.21%) Mendix
10 2 (0.21%) Mule
11 1 (0.11%) Apache Synapse
11 1 (0.11%) Jupyter
11 1 (0.11%) Kentico
11 1 (0.11%) SharePoint Server
Applications
1 30 (3.18%) Microsoft Excel
2 11 (1.17%) Microsoft Office
2 11 (1.17%) Microsoft Project
3 10 (1.06%) MS Visio
4 8 (0.85%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 3 (0.32%) Trello
6 1 (0.11%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 29 (3.08%) Dynamics CRM
2 9 (0.95%) Aladdin
3 5 (0.53%) NEC Housing
3 5 (0.53%) SAP S/4HANA
4 4 (0.42%) Endur
5 3 (0.32%) Oracle Assets
5 3 (0.32%) Oracle EBS
5 3 (0.32%) Oracle ERP
5 3 (0.32%) Oracle General Ledger
5 3 (0.32%) Oracle Payables
5 3 (0.32%) Oracle Receivables
6 2 (0.21%) Primavera
6 2 (0.21%) Salesforce CRM
6 2 (0.21%) Workday HCM
7 1 (0.11%) Dynamics AX
7 1 (0.11%) NetSuite
7 1 (0.11%) Oracle Cash Management
7 1 (0.11%) SAP BPC
7 1 (0.11%) SAP MRS
7 1 (0.11%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 942 (99.89%) Azure
2 214 (22.69%) GitHub
3 161 (17.07%) Power Platform
4 158 (16.76%) GitHub Actions
5 125 (13.26%) AWS
6 113 (11.98%) Azure AKS
7 107 (11.35%) Serverless
8 89 (9.44%) Azure Data Factory
9 86 (9.12%) Azure Monitor
10 84 (8.91%) Dynamics 365
11 79 (8.38%) Entra ID
12 68 (7.21%) Azure Logic Apps
13 63 (6.68%) Azure Functions
13 63 (6.68%) PowerApps
14 59 (6.26%) Power Automate
15 58 (6.15%) GCP
16 55 (5.83%) Azure Key Vault
17 50 (5.30%) Azure Synapse Analytics
18 49 (5.20%) Azure Service Bus
19 46 (4.88%) Azure Cosmos DB
Communications & Networking
1 32 (3.39%) Firewall
2 17 (1.80%) DNS
2 17 (1.80%) Network Security
3 16 (1.70%) VPN
4 10 (1.06%) WAN
5 8 (0.85%) SD-WAN
6 5 (0.53%) LAN
7 4 (0.42%) DHCP
7 4 (0.42%) HTTP
7 4 (0.42%) TCP/IP
8 2 (0.21%) AMQP
8 2 (0.21%) DSL
8 2 (0.21%) MPLS
8 2 (0.21%) NGFW
8 2 (0.21%) Remote Desktop
8 2 (0.21%) SSL
8 2 (0.21%) VLAN
9 1 (0.11%) IPsec
9 1 (0.11%) iSCSI
9 1 (0.11%) VSAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 105 (11.13%) Power BI
2 55 (5.83%) SQL Server
3 41 (4.35%) Azure SQL Database
4 40 (4.24%) PostgreSQL
5 38 (4.03%) Data Warehouse
6 27 (2.86%) Data Lake
7 25 (2.65%) NoSQL
8 22 (2.33%) MongoDB
9 21 (2.23%) Delta Lake
10 18 (1.91%) Relational Database
11 17 (1.80%) Redis
12 12 (1.27%) Oracle Database
12 12 (1.27%) SQL Server Integration Services
13 11 (1.17%) MySQL
14 10 (1.06%) Big Data
14 10 (1.06%) Tableau
15 9 (0.95%) SQL Server Reporting Services
16 8 (0.85%) DynamoDB
16 8 (0.85%) Elasticsearch
16 8 (0.85%) Metadata
Development Applications
1 176 (18.66%) JIRA
2 139 (14.74%) Git
3 102 (10.82%) Jenkins
4 64 (6.79%) GitLab
5 52 (5.51%) Selenium
6 36 (3.82%) Oracle APEX
6 36 (3.82%) Postman
7 27 (2.86%) SonarQube
8 19 (2.01%) Cucumber
8 19 (2.01%) JUnit
9 18 (1.91%) Cypress.io
10 16 (1.70%) Bitbucket
11 15 (1.59%) SpecFlow
12 14 (1.48%) JMeter
13 12 (1.27%) Gradle
14 11 (1.17%) TestRail
15 10 (1.06%) Artifactory
15 10 (1.06%) Zephyr
16 9 (0.95%) NUnit
16 9 (0.95%) TeamCity
General
1 320 (33.93%) Social Skills
2 179 (18.98%) Finance
3 107 (11.35%) Public Sector
4 86 (9.12%) Analytical Skills
5 55 (5.83%) Banking
6 33 (3.50%) Documentation Skills
7 29 (3.08%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 24 (2.55%) Investment Banking
9 23 (2.44%) Influencing Skills
10 22 (2.33%) Retail
11 15 (1.59%) Law
12 13 (1.38%) Organisational Skills
13 12 (1.27%) Financial Institution
13 12 (1.27%) Marketing
14 11 (1.17%) Back Office
14 11 (1.17%) Billing
15 10 (1.06%) Presentation Skills
16 8 (0.85%) Front Office
16 8 (0.85%) Telecoms
17 7 (0.74%) Military
Job Titles
1 259 (27.47%) Developer
2 138 (14.63%) Senior
3 117 (12.41%) Azure Engineer
4 115 (12.20%) DevOps Engineer
5 89 (9.44%) Analyst
6 73 (7.74%) Lead
7 62 (6.57%) Senior Developer
8 60 (6.36%) Azure DevOps Engineer
9 57 (6.04%) Architect
10 47 (4.98%) Business Analyst
10 47 (4.98%) Data Engineer
11 43 (4.56%) Azure Developer
12 34 (3.61%) Test Analyst
13 30 (3.18%) Platform Engineer
13 30 (3.18%) Tester
14 29 (3.08%) .NET Developer
15 28 (2.97%) Project Manager
16 27 (2.86%) Azure Architect
17 24 (2.55%) C# Developer
17 24 (2.55%) Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 190 (20.15%) .NET
2 86 (9.12%) REST
3 62 (6.57%) RESTful
4 58 (6.15%) React
5 57 (6.04%) ADO
6 55 (5.83%) Node.js
7 48 (5.09%) .NET Core
8 47 (4.98%) YAML
9 44 (4.67%) SOAP
10 43 (4.56%) ARM Templates
11 37 (3.92%) AngularJS
12 36 (3.82%) JSON
13 34 (3.61%) PySpark
14 33 (3.50%) .NET Framework
14 33 (3.50%) Kafka
14 33 (3.50%) OAuth
15 31 (3.29%) HTML
16 29 (3.08%) Playwright
17 24 (2.55%) XML
18 22 (2.33%) CSS
Miscellaneous
1 95 (10.07%) Cloud Native
2 53 (5.62%) Product Ownership
3 33 (3.50%) Distributed Systems
4 25 (2.65%) CMDB
5 22 (2.33%) Enterprise Software
6 21 (2.23%) Legacy Systems
7 19 (2.01%) Mobile App
8 18 (1.91%) Onboarding
9 15 (1.59%) Hybrid Cloud
10 14 (1.48%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
11 13 (1.38%) AI Agents
11 13 (1.38%) Low-Code
12 12 (1.27%) Greenfield Project
12 12 (1.27%) Linux Command Line
12 12 (1.27%) Self-Motivation
13 11 (1.17%) NHS
14 10 (1.06%) Fixed Income
14 10 (1.06%) Security Posture
15 9 (0.95%) Public Cloud
16 8 (0.85%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 47 (4.98%) Windows
2 41 (4.35%) Linux
3 17 (1.80%) Android
4 13 (1.38%) Apple iOS
4 13 (1.38%) Windows Server
5 10 (1.06%) VMS
6 7 (0.74%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 7 (0.74%) Unix
7 3 (0.32%) Windows Server 2016
8 2 (0.21%) Windows 10
9 1 (0.11%) Robot Operating System
9 1 (0.11%) Solaris
9 1 (0.11%) SUSE
9 1 (0.11%) Ubuntu
9 1 (0.11%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 941 (99.79%) DevOps
2 502 (53.23%) CI/CD
3 460 (48.78%) Agile
4 216 (22.91%) Infrastructure as Code
5 204 (21.63%) Scrum
6 177 (18.77%) Problem-Solving
7 158 (16.76%) Test Automation
8 132 (14.00%) Analytics
9 122 (12.94%) Containerisation
10 119 (12.62%) Continuous Improvement
10 119 (12.62%) Validation
11 107 (11.35%) Microservices
12 106 (11.24%) Business Intelligence
13 102 (10.82%) AI
14 99 (10.50%) Stakeholder Engagement
15 93 (9.86%) Migration
16 89 (9.44%) Stakeholder Management
17 72 (7.64%) Data Engineering
18 68 (7.21%) Software Engineering
19 66 (7.00%) Data Modelling
Programming Languages
1 264 (28.00%) SQL
2 242 (25.66%) Python
3 203 (21.53%) C#
4 159 (16.86%) JavaScript
5 113 (11.98%) PowerShell
6 76 (8.06%) Java
7 75 (7.95%) Bicep
8 58 (6.15%) Bash
9 57 (6.04%) TypeScript
10 46 (4.88%) PL/SQL
11 11 (1.17%) Go
12 9 (0.95%) Kusto Query Language
12 9 (0.95%) T-SQL
13 7 (0.74%) PHP
13 7 (0.74%) VBA
14 6 (0.64%) Scala
14 6 (0.64%) VB.NET
15 5 (0.53%) Korn
15 5 (0.53%) X++
15 5 (0.53%) XPath
Qualifications
1 231 (24.50%) Security Cleared
2 191 (20.25%) SC Cleared
3 68 (7.21%) Azure Certification
4 66 (7.00%) Degree
5 31 (3.29%) Microsoft Certification
6 28 (2.97%) Computer Science Degree
6 28 (2.97%) DV Cleared
7 15 (1.59%) ISTQB
8 14 (1.48%) AWS Certification
9 10 (1.06%) Master's Degree
10 9 (0.95%) PMI Certification
11 8 (0.85%) BPSS Clearance
12 7 (0.74%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
13 6 (0.64%) ITIL Certification
14 5 (0.53%) CBAP
14 5 (0.53%) CISSP
14 5 (0.53%) ISEB
14 5 (0.53%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
14 5 (0.53%) PMP
15 4 (0.42%) Numerate Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 82 (8.70%) QA
2 36 (3.82%) Accessibility
3 32 (3.39%) GDPR
4 31 (3.29%) Data Quality
5 18 (1.91%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 18 (1.91%) NIST
6 11 (1.17%) NCSC
7 7 (0.74%) EU AI Act
7 7 (0.74%) WCAG
8 6 (0.64%) PMO
9 5 (0.53%) Sarbanes-Oxley
10 4 (0.42%) HL7
11 3 (0.32%) PCI DSS
11 3 (0.32%) PSD2
11 3 (0.32%) SOC 2
12 2 (0.21%) Government Security Classifications
12 2 (0.21%) GRC
12 2 (0.21%) GxP
12 2 (0.21%) HIPAA
12 2 (0.21%) JSP 440
System Software
1 160 (16.97%) Docker
2 50 (5.30%) Active Directory
3 17 (1.80%) Virtual Machines
4 10 (1.06%) Virtual Desktop
5 5 (0.53%) VMware Infrastructure
6 2 (0.21%) VMware NSX
7 1 (0.11%) KVM
7 1 (0.11%) Squid
7 1 (0.11%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 251 (26.62%) Terraform
2 170 (18.03%) Kubernetes
3 68 (7.21%) Ansible
4 40 (4.24%) Grafana
5 38 (4.03%) Prometheus
6 16 (1.70%) Puppet
7 14 (1.48%) Progress Chef
8 8 (0.85%) HP ALM
8 8 (0.85%) Kibana
8 8 (0.85%) Single Sign-On
9 7 (0.74%) Istio
9 7 (0.74%) Podman
10 6 (0.64%) Argo
10 6 (0.64%) Microsoft Intune
11 4 (0.42%) Packer
12 3 (0.32%) vCenter Server
13 2 (0.21%) Fluentd
13 2 (0.21%) Kubeflow
13 2 (0.21%) Opsgenie
13 2 (0.21%) SCCM
Vendors
1 286 (30.33%) Microsoft
2 100 (10.60%) Databricks
3 86 (9.12%) Oracle
4 59 (6.26%) ServiceNow
5 31 (3.29%) Salesforce
6 25 (2.65%) OpenAI
7 21 (2.23%) Splunk
8 20 (2.12%) SAP
9 15 (1.59%) Google
9 15 (1.59%) MuleSoft
10 10 (1.06%) VMware
11 8 (0.85%) DocuSign
11 8 (0.85%) HP
11 8 (0.85%) Murex
12 7 (0.74%) Brio
12 7 (0.74%) Citrix
12 7 (0.74%) Dynatrace
12 7 (0.74%) Sitecore
13 6 (0.64%) Cisco
13 6 (0.64%) NetApp
519 Azure DevOps jobs in England