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

 6 months to
1 Sep 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 72 92 76
Rank change year-on-year +20 -16 -2
Contract jobs citing Azure DevOps 1,530 771 923
As % of all contract jobs in England 3.35% 2.80% 2.79%
As % of the Cloud Services category 9.64% 7.48% 8.19%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,079 552 626
10th Percentile £363 £350 £375
25th Percentile £414 £413 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £513 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.44% -2.38% -4.55%
75th Percentile £600 £603 £600
90th Percentile £675 £700 £675
UK median daily rate £500 £500 £525
% change year-on-year - -4.76% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 45 3 0
10th Percentile £21.25 £36.45 -
25th Percentile £35.00 £45.75 -
Median hourly rate £39.50 £62.50 -
Median % change year-on-year -36.80% - -
75th Percentile £80.00 £76.25 -
90th Percentile £101.84 £83.75 -
UK median hourly rate £39.50 £73.75 -
% change year-on-year -46.44% - -

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 15,878 10,301 11,267
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 34.77% 37.35% 34.08%
Number of daily rates quoted 10,601 6,975 7,846
10th Percentile £325 £310 £313
25th Percentile £425 £406 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £501 £525
Median % change year-on-year +4.90% -4.67% -4.55%
75th Percentile £625 £625 £644
90th Percentile £716 £725 £750
UK median daily rate £525 £500 £525
% change year-on-year +5.00% -4.76% -2.78%
Number of hourly rates quoted 549 268 196
10th Percentile £15.46 £15.20 £14.16
25th Percentile £18.50 £18.51 £18.42
Median hourly rate £34.13 £26.30 £30.00
Median % change year-on-year +29.75% -12.33% -9.09%
75th Percentile £70.00 £43.75 £59.66
90th Percentile £82.49 £68.63 £70.00
UK median hourly rate £32.50 £28.75 £30.00
% change year-on-year +13.04% -4.17% -14.29%

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 1 September 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 1 September 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 1 September 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 +25 874 £500 -4.76% 405
South East -16 176 £525 +10.53% 151
North of England +14 174 £475 -5.00% 137
Midlands +33 168 £450 -11.11% 84
West Midlands +22 123 £450 -18.74% 43
North West -5 89 £500 - 75
South West -3 70 £475 -13.64% 62
Yorkshire -8 60 £475 -5.00% 48
East Midlands +10 43 £500 +6.67% 41
East of England +2 36 £425 -15.00% 42
North East - 25 £450 - 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
1 108 (7.06%) Confluence
2 95 (6.21%) SharePoint
3 36 (2.35%) Apache Spark
4 31 (2.03%) Apache
5 30 (1.96%) Apache Airflow
6 12 (0.78%) CMS
7 8 (0.52%) Microsoft Exchange
8 6 (0.39%) Documentum
9 5 (0.33%) Mendix
10 4 (0.26%) IIS
11 3 (0.20%) Kentico
11 3 (0.20%) nginx
11 3 (0.20%) Palantir Foundry
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 59 (3.86%) Microsoft Project
2 41 (2.68%) Microsoft Excel
3 21 (1.37%) MS Visio
4 15 (0.98%) Microsoft Office
5 13 (0.85%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 7 (0.46%) Chatbot
6 7 (0.46%) CPLEX
7 6 (0.39%) Trello
8 5 (0.33%) Notion
9 3 (0.20%) Spreadsheet
10 1 (0.065%) Adobe XD
10 1 (0.065%) Mingle
Business Applications
1 54 (3.53%) Dynamics CRM
2 19 (1.24%) SAP S/4HANA
3 6 (0.39%) Dynamics AX
4 5 (0.33%) Payment Gateway
5 4 (0.26%) Oracle EBS
6 3 (0.20%) Endur
6 3 (0.20%) Findur
6 3 (0.20%) Maximo
6 3 (0.20%) SAP MDG
7 2 (0.13%) Aladdin
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%) Oracle Assets
8 1 (0.065%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 1,530 (100.00%) Azure
2 394 (25.75%) GitHub
3 272 (17.78%) Power Platform
4 268 (17.52%) GitHub Actions
5 225 (14.71%) AWS
6 138 (9.02%) Azure Data Factory
7 132 (8.63%) Dynamics 365
8 131 (8.56%) Entra ID
9 127 (8.30%) Azure AKS
10 121 (7.91%) Azure Monitor
11 120 (7.84%) Power Automate
12 114 (7.45%) Serverless
13 93 (6.08%) PowerApps
14 78 (5.10%) Azure Synapse Analytics
14 78 (5.10%) GCP
15 77 (5.03%) Azure Functions
15 77 (5.03%) Azure Logic Apps
16 71 (4.64%) Microsoft 365
17 62 (4.05%) Azure Key Vault
18 59 (3.86%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 69 (4.51%) Firewall
2 41 (2.68%) DNS
3 38 (2.48%) Network Security
4 28 (1.83%) VPN
5 18 (1.18%) SSL
6 16 (1.05%) WAN
7 15 (0.98%) DHCP
8 13 (0.85%) SD-WAN
9 9 (0.59%) Internet
10 7 (0.46%) LAN
10 7 (0.46%) TCP/IP
10 7 (0.46%) VLAN
11 4 (0.26%) SAN
11 4 (0.26%) Wi-Fi
12 3 (0.20%) 4G
12 3 (0.20%) BGP
12 3 (0.20%) OSPF
12 3 (0.20%) RS-232
12 3 (0.20%) RS-485
13 2 (0.13%) Cisco IOS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 175 (11.44%) Power BI
2 113 (7.39%) SQL Server
3 76 (4.97%) Data Warehouse
4 74 (4.84%) Data Lake
5 69 (4.51%) Azure SQL Database
6 56 (3.66%) NoSQL
7 49 (3.20%) Delta Lake
8 47 (3.07%) PostgreSQL
9 30 (1.96%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 27 (1.76%) Metadata
11 24 (1.57%) Relational Database
12 23 (1.50%) MongoDB
13 19 (1.24%) Snowflake Schema
14 18 (1.18%) Big Data
15 16 (1.05%) MySQL
15 16 (1.05%) Oracle Database
15 16 (1.05%) Redis
15 16 (1.05%) Spark SQL
16 14 (0.92%) Star Schema
17 12 (0.78%) Amazon Redshift
Development Applications
1 287 (18.76%) JIRA
2 255 (16.67%) Git
3 192 (12.55%) Jenkins
4 148 (9.67%) GitLab
5 76 (4.97%) Selenium
6 38 (2.48%) Postman
7 29 (1.90%) SonarQube
8 28 (1.83%) Cypress.io
9 27 (1.76%) Visual Studio
9 27 (1.76%) WebDriver
10 23 (1.50%) Cucumber
11 20 (1.31%) REST Assured
12 19 (1.24%) Gradle
13 17 (1.11%) JUnit
14 16 (1.05%) TestRail
15 15 (0.98%) Bitbucket
15 15 (0.98%) Maven
16 13 (0.85%) MSI
17 12 (0.78%) Sonatype Nexus
18 11 (0.72%) Snyk
General
1 411 (26.86%) Social Skills
2 319 (20.85%) Finance
3 191 (12.48%) Public Sector
4 162 (10.59%) Analytical Skills
5 82 (5.36%) Banking
6 78 (5.10%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 32 (2.09%) Retail
8 28 (1.83%) Legal
9 26 (1.70%) Documentation Skills
9 26 (1.70%) Influencing Skills
10 24 (1.57%) Aerospace
11 22 (1.44%) Organisational Skills
12 18 (1.18%) Marketing
13 15 (0.98%) Local Government
14 14 (0.92%) Investment Banking
15 13 (0.85%) Law
16 10 (0.65%) Manufacturing
17 8 (0.52%) Billing
17 8 (0.52%) Telecoms
18 7 (0.46%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 269 (17.58%) Developer
2 235 (15.36%) Senior
3 230 (15.03%) Azure Engineer
4 228 (14.90%) DevOps Engineer
5 136 (8.89%) Azure DevOps Engineer
6 127 (8.30%) Analyst
6 127 (8.30%) Lead
7 122 (7.97%) Data Engineer
8 111 (7.25%) Architect
9 63 (4.12%) Business Analyst
10 55 (3.59%) Platform Engineer
11 53 (3.46%) Project Manager
12 51 (3.33%) Cloud Engineer
13 47 (3.07%) Consultant
14 44 (2.88%) Senior Developer
15 41 (2.68%) Test Analyst
16 40 (2.61%) Solutions Architect
16 40 (2.61%) Tester
17 38 (2.48%) .NET Developer
18 37 (2.42%) Infrastructure Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 438 (28.63%) Terraform
2 207 (13.53%) .NET
3 178 (11.63%) REST
4 83 (5.42%) RESTful
5 82 (5.36%) PySpark
6 80 (5.23%) JSON
7 77 (5.03%) ADO
8 70 (4.58%) YAML
9 68 (4.44%) Kafka
10 63 (4.12%) ARM Templates
11 62 (4.05%) React
12 56 (3.66%) .NET Framework
13 55 (3.59%) Playwright
14 52 (3.40%) .NET Core
15 41 (2.68%) OAuth
15 41 (2.68%) XML
16 40 (2.61%) HTML
17 39 (2.55%) CSS
18 37 (2.42%) Middleware
19 32 (2.09%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 177 (11.57%) Cloud Native
2 122 (7.97%) Product Ownership
3 54 (3.53%) Onboarding
4 48 (3.14%) Distributed Systems
4 48 (3.14%) Legacy Systems
5 45 (2.94%) Enterprise Software
6 32 (2.09%) Management Information System
7 30 (1.96%) Hybrid Cloud
7 30 (1.96%) Self-Motivation
8 25 (1.63%) AI Agents
9 21 (1.37%) Data Structures
10 20 (1.31%) Low-Code
11 19 (1.24%) Replication
12 17 (1.11%) Linux Command Line
12 17 (1.11%) Mobile App
13 16 (1.05%) Data Protection Act
14 15 (0.98%) Reinsurance
15 14 (0.92%) Enterprise Cloud
16 13 (0.85%) Clustering
16 13 (0.85%) Greenfield Project
Operating Systems
1 105 (6.86%) Windows
2 73 (4.77%) Linux
3 34 (2.22%) Windows Server
4 18 (1.18%) VMS
5 13 (0.85%) Unix
6 11 (0.72%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 10 (0.65%) Android
7 10 (0.65%) Apple iOS
8 6 (0.39%) 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 1,530 (100.00%) DevOps
2 851 (55.62%) CI/CD
3 662 (43.27%) Agile
4 396 (25.88%) Infrastructure as Code
5 277 (18.10%) Test Automation
6 266 (17.39%) Stakeholder Management
7 244 (15.95%) Problem-Solving
8 241 (15.75%) Continuous Improvement
9 234 (15.29%) Containerisation
10 232 (15.16%) Analytics
11 221 (14.44%) Scrum
12 202 (13.20%) Migration
13 184 (12.03%) Business Intelligence
14 173 (11.31%) Stakeholder Engagement
15 165 (10.78%) User Acceptance Testing
16 163 (10.65%) AI
17 161 (10.52%) Data Modelling
18 158 (10.33%) Validation
19 157 (10.26%) Microservices
20 156 (10.20%) Platform Engineering
Programming Languages
1 410 (26.80%) SQL
2 390 (25.49%) Python
3 259 (16.93%) C#
4 207 (13.53%) PowerShell
5 168 (10.98%) Bicep
6 158 (10.33%) JavaScript
7 132 (8.63%) Bash
8 123 (8.04%) Java
9 92 (6.01%) TypeScript
10 25 (1.63%) T-SQL
11 18 (1.18%) Data Analysis Expressions
12 17 (1.11%) Go
13 14 (0.92%) Apex Code
13 14 (0.92%) Kusto Query Language
13 14 (0.92%) X++
14 8 (0.52%) Shell Script
15 7 (0.46%) Scala
16 6 (0.39%) Kotlin
16 6 (0.39%) PL/SQL
16 6 (0.39%) R
Qualifications
1 458 (29.93%) Security Cleared
2 377 (24.64%) SC Cleared
3 117 (7.65%) Azure Certification
4 108 (7.06%) Degree
5 65 (4.25%) Microsoft Certification
6 53 (3.46%) DV Cleared
7 41 (2.68%) BPSS Clearance
8 39 (2.55%) ISTQB
9 34 (2.22%) Computer Science Degree
10 25 (1.63%) AWS Certification
11 17 (1.11%) PMI Certification
12 16 (1.05%) PMP
13 13 (0.85%) CISSP
14 11 (0.72%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
14 11 (0.72%) Master's Degree
15 10 (0.65%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
15 10 (0.65%) Cisco Certification
15 10 (0.65%) DBS Check
15 10 (0.65%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
16 8 (0.52%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 176 (11.50%) QA
2 108 (7.06%) Data Quality
3 87 (5.69%) Accessibility
4 52 (3.40%) GDPR
5 49 (3.20%) WCAG
6 32 (2.09%) PMO
7 28 (1.83%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 27 (1.76%) NIST
9 19 (1.24%) NCSC
10 12 (0.78%) SLA
11 10 (0.65%) GRC
12 9 (0.59%) Sarbanes-Oxley
13 8 (0.52%) ISO 20022
14 7 (0.46%) Cyber Essentials
15 5 (0.33%) SEPA
16 4 (0.26%) PSD2
17 3 (0.20%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
17 3 (0.20%) Government Security Classifications
17 3 (0.20%) PCI DSS
18 2 (0.13%) Actionable Recommendations
System Software
1 248 (16.21%) Docker
2 81 (5.29%) Active Directory
3 34 (2.22%) Virtual Machines
4 18 (1.18%) VMware Infrastructure
5 14 (0.92%) Virtual Desktop
6 6 (0.39%) Hyper-V
7 4 (0.26%) Firmware
7 4 (0.26%) vSphere
8 3 (0.20%) Embedded Firmware
8 3 (0.20%) 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
1 319 (20.85%) Kubernetes
2 99 (6.47%) Ansible
3 58 (3.79%) Grafana
4 50 (3.27%) Prometheus
5 25 (1.63%) Microsoft Intune
6 22 (1.44%) Progress Chef
7 20 (1.31%) Argo
7 20 (1.31%) Puppet
8 15 (0.98%) Packer
9 12 (0.78%) HP ALM
10 11 (0.72%) Single Sign-On
11 9 (0.59%) SCCM
11 9 (0.59%) SCOM
12 8 (0.52%) Istio
13 5 (0.33%) Jamf Pro
14 4 (0.26%) HP Quality Center
15 3 (0.20%) HP Fortify
15 3 (0.20%) Kibana
16 2 (0.13%) systemd
16 2 (0.13%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 544 (35.56%) Microsoft
2 138 (9.02%) Databricks
3 59 (3.86%) Oracle
4 54 (3.53%) ServiceNow
5 52 (3.40%) Salesforce
6 45 (2.94%) SAP
7 37 (2.42%) Google
8 30 (1.96%) Splunk
9 28 (1.83%) Dynatrace
10 23 (1.50%) VMware
11 19 (1.24%) Informatica
12 17 (1.11%) OpenAI
13 14 (0.92%) Foundry
13 14 (0.92%) UiPath
14 13 (0.85%) HP
14 13 (0.85%) MuleSoft
15 10 (0.65%) Red Hat
16 9 (0.59%) Cisco
16 9 (0.59%) Cloudera
16 9 (0.59%) InterSystems
834 Azure DevOps jobs in England