Azure DevOps Contracts in England

Microsoft Azure DevOps
UK > England

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in England with a requirement for Azure DevOps skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Azure DevOps over the 6 months to 27 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
27 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 71 73 76
Rank change year-on-year +2 +3 +11
Contract jobs citing Azure DevOps 1,039 1,636 2,315
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 2.81% 3.24% 3.25%
As % of the Cloud Services category 8.83% 8.84% 8.46%
Number of daily rates quoted 698 1,194 1,680
10th Percentile £400 £413 £400
25th Percentile £450 £475 £455
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% - +10.00%
75th Percentile £600 £643 £650
90th Percentile £679 £716 £738
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -4.55% - +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 10 12
10th Percentile £60.25 £44.45 £45.88
25th Percentile £64.50 £60.00 £54.69
Median hourly rate £65.50 £70.00 £56.50
Median % change year-on-year -6.43% +23.89% +25.56%
75th Percentile £65.75 £77.27 £62.15
90th Percentile £67.95 £79.19 £82.72
UK median hourly rate £65.50 £70.00 £56.50
% change year-on-year -6.43% +23.89% +25.56%

All Cloud Skills
England

Azure DevOps is in the Cloud Services category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in England with a requirement for cloud computing skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for cloud computing skills 11,773 18,509 27,357
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 31.85% 36.62% 38.46%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,477 13,536 20,079
10th Percentile £290 £325 £340
25th Percentile £413 £450 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% - +10.00%
75th Percentile £638 £669 £650
90th Percentile £738 £750 £738
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -4.55% - +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 321 316 348
10th Percentile £14.00 £15.25 £13.88
25th Percentile £15.85 £18.25 £15.25
Median hourly rate £20.77 £32.30 £21.00
Median % change year-on-year -35.70% +53.81% -4.55%
75th Percentile £32.50 £65.75 £42.00
90th Percentile £61.60 £78.00 £64.83
UK median hourly rate £20.99 £35.00 £21.50
% change year-on-year -40.04% +62.79% -5.54%

Azure DevOps
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Job postings citing Azure DevOps as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.

Job vacancy trend for Azure DevOps in England

Azure DevOps
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Azure DevOps in England.

Daily rate trend for Azure DevOps in England

Azure DevOps
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Azure DevOps in England over the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Azure DevOps in England

Azure DevOps
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Azure DevOps in England.

Hourly rate trend 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 27 April 2024. 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 +22 642 £525 -4.55% 172
South East -8 140 £550 -0.86% 58
North of England -10 91 £500 - 89
South West -46 56 £525 -9.44% 42
Midlands -20 54 £450 - 65
North West -11 51 £513 +2.50% 48
West Midlands +2 44 £475 - 41
Yorkshire +4 37 £475 -9.52% 33
East of England +22 24 £500 -13.04% 16
East Midlands -7 10 £419 +0.96% 24
North East +18 5 £473 -5.50% 9
Azure DevOps
UK

Azure DevOps
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 46 (4.43%) SharePoint
2 43 (4.14%) Confluence
3 27 (2.60%) IIS
4 25 (2.41%) CMS
5 11 (1.06%) Site Server
6 6 (0.58%) ArcGIS
7 3 (0.29%) Apache Spark
7 3 (0.29%) Drupal
8 2 (0.19%) Apache
8 2 (0.19%) EPiServer
8 2 (0.19%) Headless CMS
8 2 (0.19%) Jadu
8 2 (0.19%) Kentico
8 2 (0.19%) Microsoft Exchange
8 2 (0.19%) nginx
8 2 (0.19%) Oracle SOA Suite
8 2 (0.19%) Umbraco
9 1 (0.096%) Apache Airflow
9 1 (0.096%) Appian
9 1 (0.096%) Sitecore CMS
Applications
1 16 (1.54%) Microsoft Office
2 14 (1.35%) Microsoft Excel
3 6 (0.58%) Microsoft Project
4 2 (0.19%) Trello
5 1 (0.096%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 33 (3.18%) Dynamics CRM
2 29 (2.79%) Dynamics AX
3 17 (1.64%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
4 10 (0.96%) Oracle EBS
5 8 (0.77%) Oracle EBS R12
6 4 (0.38%) SAP S/4HANA
7 2 (0.19%) BusinessWorks
7 2 (0.19%) Shopify
8 1 (0.096%) Endur
8 1 (0.096%) Infor SunSystems
8 1 (0.096%) Maximo
8 1 (0.096%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 1,035 (99.62%) Azure
2 126 (12.13%) Power Platform
3 104 (10.01%) Dynamics 365
3 104 (10.01%) Serverless
4 103 (9.91%) Azure Service Bus
5 90 (8.66%) AWS
6 85 (8.18%) Azure Cosmos DB
7 76 (7.31%) Azure Functions
8 75 (7.22%) Entra ID
9 72 (6.93%) Power Automate
10 71 (6.83%) Azure Logic Apps
11 70 (6.74%) Azure Monitor
11 70 (6.74%) GitHub
12 68 (6.54%) PowerApps
13 57 (5.49%) PaaS
14 54 (5.20%) Azure API Management
15 53 (5.10%) Azure Data Factory
16 38 (3.66%) Azure AKS
17 35 (3.37%) IaaS
18 34 (3.27%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 29 (2.79%) Firewall
2 18 (1.73%) DNS
3 15 (1.44%) Network Security
4 11 (1.06%) FTP
4 11 (1.06%) TCP/IP
4 11 (1.06%) VPN
5 10 (0.96%) Internet
6 6 (0.58%) SSL
7 5 (0.48%) HTTP
7 5 (0.48%) Wireshark
8 4 (0.38%) OpenLDAP
9 3 (0.29%) IPv4
9 3 (0.29%) SSH
10 2 (0.19%) 4G
11 1 (0.096%) Extranet
11 1 (0.096%) HTTPS
11 1 (0.096%) Intranet
11 1 (0.096%) MQTT
11 1 (0.096%) RS-232
Database & Business Intelligence
1 247 (23.77%) SQL Server
2 97 (9.34%) Power BI
3 62 (5.97%) Azure SQL Database
4 59 (5.68%) Data Lake
5 33 (3.18%) PostgreSQL
6 26 (2.50%) Data Warehouse
6 26 (2.50%) NoSQL
7 22 (2.12%) Redis
8 18 (1.73%) GIS
9 17 (1.64%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 14 (1.35%) Big Data
11 12 (1.15%) Relational Database
12 11 (1.06%) MongoDB
12 11 (1.06%) MySQL
13 7 (0.67%) InterSystems Cache
13 7 (0.67%) OLTP
14 6 (0.58%) Enterprise Data Warehouse
14 6 (0.58%) SQL Server Reporting Services
14 6 (0.58%) Tableau
15 5 (0.48%) Geospatial Data
Development Applications
1 162 (15.59%) Git
2 84 (8.08%) JIRA
3 59 (5.68%) Selenium
4 55 (5.29%) Visual Studio
5 53 (5.10%) SpecFlow
6 48 (4.62%) Jenkins
7 37 (3.56%) GitLab
8 21 (2.02%) Postman
9 19 (1.83%) SonarQube
10 16 (1.54%) Team Foundation Server
11 15 (1.44%) TeamCity
11 15 (1.44%) WebDriver
12 12 (1.15%) NUnit
13 10 (0.96%) Artifactory
13 10 (0.96%) Visual Studio Code
14 9 (0.87%) Cypress.io
14 9 (0.87%) Robot Framework
14 9 (0.87%) Visual Studio Team System
15 8 (0.77%) Moq
16 7 (0.67%) Oracle Forms
General
1 236 (22.71%) Social Skills
2 214 (20.60%) Finance
3 152 (14.63%) Public Sector
4 100 (9.62%) Analytical Skills
5 41 (3.95%) Retail
6 38 (3.66%) Back Office
7 35 (3.37%) Presentation Skills
8 28 (2.69%) Banking
9 26 (2.50%) General Ledger
9 26 (2.50%) Marketing
10 24 (2.31%) Manufacturing
11 19 (1.83%) Telecoms
12 17 (1.64%) Electronics
13 13 (1.25%) Front Office
13 13 (1.25%) Legal
14 10 (0.96%) Local Government
14 10 (0.96%) Organisational Skills
15 9 (0.87%) Investment Banking
16 8 (0.77%) German Language
16 8 (0.77%) Influencing Skills
Job Titles
1 302 (29.07%) Developer
2 170 (16.36%) Senior
3 148 (14.24%) Azure Engineer
4 115 (11.07%) DevOps Engineer
5 96 (9.24%) Senior Developer
6 91 (8.76%) Azure DevOps Engineer
7 82 (7.89%) Lead
8 76 (7.31%) Architect
9 73 (7.03%) Analyst
10 68 (6.54%) Azure Developer
11 63 (6.06%) Consultant
12 62 (5.97%) .NET Developer
13 54 (5.20%) C# Developer
14 51 (4.91%) Software Developer
15 40 (3.85%) Solutions Architect
16 39 (3.75%) Test Analyst
17 37 (3.56%) Senior Software Developer
18 35 (3.37%) Backend Developer
19 33 (3.18%) Cloud Engineer
19 33 (3.18%) Data Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 306 (29.45%) .NET
2 124 (11.93%) XML
3 114 (10.97%) .NET Core
4 98 (9.43%) .NET Framework
5 63 (6.06%) AngularJS
5 63 (6.06%) React
6 56 (5.39%) ARM Templates
6 56 (5.39%) REST
7 52 (5.00%) YAML
8 50 (4.81%) HTML
9 48 (4.62%) ASP.NET
9 48 (4.62%) CSS
10 41 (3.95%) JSON
11 32 (3.08%) Node.js
12 28 (2.69%) RESTful
13 26 (2.50%) ADO
13 26 (2.50%) Entity Framework
13 26 (2.50%) SOAP
14 22 (2.12%) GraphQL
15 21 (2.02%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 102 (9.82%) Product Ownership
2 32 (3.08%) Cloud Native
3 26 (2.50%) Data Structures
4 19 (1.83%) Mobile App
5 17 (1.64%) Derivative
6 15 (1.44%) Client/Server
6 15 (1.44%) Greenfield Project
7 12 (1.15%) Data Centre
8 11 (1.06%) Contactless
8 11 (1.06%) Wiki
9 10 (0.96%) Onboarding
10 9 (0.87%) Distributed Systems
11 8 (0.77%) Data Protection Act
11 8 (0.77%) Enterprise Software
11 8 (0.77%) Public Cloud
12 7 (0.67%) Linux Command Line
12 7 (0.67%) Private Cloud
12 7 (0.67%) Reinsurance
13 6 (0.58%) Legacy Systems
14 5 (0.48%) Solar Panel
Operating Systems
1 72 (6.93%) Windows
2 65 (6.26%) Linux
3 38 (3.66%) Windows Server
4 20 (1.92%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 9 (0.87%) Unix
6 5 (0.48%) Alpine Linux
6 5 (0.48%) VMS
7 4 (0.38%) Ubuntu
8 3 (0.29%) Apple iOS
9 2 (0.19%) Android
9 2 (0.19%) Solaris
9 2 (0.19%) Windows 10
10 1 (0.096%) CentOS
10 1 (0.096%) Debian
Processes & Methodologies
1 1,034 (99.52%) DevOps
2 495 (47.64%) Agile
3 322 (30.99%) CI/CD
4 213 (20.50%) Scrum
5 133 (12.80%) Test Automation
6 117 (11.26%) Infrastructure as Code
7 116 (11.16%) Business Intelligence
8 111 (10.68%) TDD
9 109 (10.49%) Problem-Solving
10 102 (9.82%) Migration
11 97 (9.34%) Software Engineering
12 77 (7.41%) API Management
12 77 (7.41%) OO
13 72 (6.93%) Project Delivery
14 66 (6.35%) B2C
14 66 (6.35%) Computer Science
15 57 (5.49%) Microservices
16 56 (5.39%) Scaled Agile Framework
17 55 (5.29%) Continuous Improvement
17 55 (5.29%) Full Stack Development
Programming Languages
1 341 (32.82%) C#
2 254 (24.45%) PowerShell
3 215 (20.69%) SQL
4 173 (16.65%) Python
5 109 (10.49%) Bicep
6 86 (8.28%) JavaScript
7 56 (5.39%) Java
7 56 (5.39%) TypeScript
8 37 (3.56%) Bash
9 24 (2.31%) T-SQL
10 21 (2.02%) C++
11 15 (1.44%) C
11 15 (1.44%) VBScript
12 13 (1.25%) Rust
13 11 (1.06%) Korn
14 10 (0.96%) Go
15 7 (0.67%) Scala
16 4 (0.38%) Apex Code
16 4 (0.38%) Data Analysis Expressions
16 4 (0.38%) X++
Qualifications
1 107 (10.30%) Security Cleared
2 104 (10.01%) Degree
3 64 (6.16%) SC Cleared
4 35 (3.37%) DV Cleared
5 28 (2.69%) Azure Certification
6 23 (2.21%) Computer Science Degree
7 12 (1.15%) ISTQB
8 11 (1.06%) Master's Degree
9 9 (0.87%) BPSS Clearance
9 9 (0.87%) Microsoft Certification
10 5 (0.48%) ISEB
11 4 (0.38%) AWS Certification
11 4 (0.38%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
11 4 (0.38%) CBAP
12 3 (0.29%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
12 3 (0.29%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
12 3 (0.29%) PMP
13 2 (0.19%) CISM
13 2 (0.19%) CISSP
13 2 (0.19%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 63 (6.06%) QA
2 35 (3.37%) Accessibility
3 23 (2.21%) WCAG
4 13 (1.25%) Data Quality
5 9 (0.87%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 9 (0.87%) PMO
6 6 (0.58%) PCI DSS
7 4 (0.38%) NIST
8 3 (0.29%) GDPR
8 3 (0.29%) GRC
8 3 (0.29%) IFRS
8 3 (0.29%) IFRS 17
8 3 (0.29%) Solvency II
9 2 (0.19%) COBIT
9 2 (0.19%) GxP
9 2 (0.19%) ISO 22301
9 2 (0.19%) NCSC
10 1 (0.096%) HIPAA
10 1 (0.096%) HL7
10 1 (0.096%) SLA
System Software
1 124 (11.93%) Active Directory
2 79 (7.60%) Docker
3 26 (2.50%) Virtual Machines
4 19 (1.83%) VMware Infrastructure
5 6 (0.58%) Hyper-V
6 4 (0.38%) NFS
7 2 (0.19%) Virtual Desktop
8 1 (0.096%) Ceph
8 1 (0.096%) Microsoft App-V
8 1 (0.096%) Terminal Services
8 1 (0.096%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 169 (16.27%) Terraform
2 83 (7.99%) Kubernetes
3 52 (5.00%) Ansible
4 14 (1.35%) SCOM
5 12 (1.15%) Prometheus
5 12 (1.15%) Single Sign-On
6 11 (1.06%) SCCM
7 10 (0.96%) Puppet
8 9 (0.87%) Grafana
9 7 (0.67%) Progress Chef
10 6 (0.58%) Active Directory Federation Services
11 4 (0.38%) Argo
11 4 (0.38%) Packer
12 3 (0.29%) Docker Swarm
12 3 (0.29%) HP ALM
12 3 (0.29%) Kibana
12 3 (0.29%) Nagios
12 3 (0.29%) Nessus
13 2 (0.19%) Netcool
13 2 (0.19%) TIBCO Hawk
Vendors
1 367 (35.32%) Microsoft
2 60 (5.77%) Oracle
3 34 (3.27%) SAP
4 32 (3.08%) VMware
5 31 (2.98%) Databricks
6 21 (2.02%) Salesforce
7 18 (1.73%) ServiceNow
8 14 (1.35%) F5
9 13 (1.25%) ESRI
10 9 (0.87%) Splunk
11 7 (0.67%) Red Hat
12 6 (0.58%) Xamarin
13 5 (0.48%) Adobe
13 5 (0.48%) Guidewire
13 5 (0.48%) HP
13 5 (0.48%) Informatica
13 5 (0.48%) Optimizely
14 4 (0.38%) Cadence
14 4 (0.38%) Freshdesk
14 4 (0.38%) Workday