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 18 March 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

 6 months to
18 Mar 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 80 89 78
Rank change year-on-year +9 -11 -3
Contract jobs citing Azure DevOps 1,190 695 1,021
As % of all contract jobs in England 3.22% 2.84% 2.69%
As % of the Cloud Services category 8.71% 7.49% 8.35%
Number of daily rates quoted 862 501 723
10th Percentile £363 £384 £408
25th Percentile £413 £450 £456
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £530
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% -0.94% -3.64%
75th Percentile £588 £625 £625
90th Percentile £688 £700 £688
UK median daily rate £492 £521 £525
% change year-on-year -5.57% -0.76% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 14 3 11
10th Percentile £25.38 £37.45 £55.00
25th Percentile £30.40 £48.25 £61.88
Median hourly rate £61.25 £67.50 £65.50
Median % change year-on-year -9.26% +3.05% -3.53%
75th Percentile £75.00 £74.38 £68.50
90th Percentile £88.65 £77.75 £77.50
UK median hourly rate £68.50 £73.75 £65.50
% change year-on-year -7.12% +12.60% -4.73%

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 13,657 9,273 12,233
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 36.98% 37.84% 32.28%
Number of daily rates quoted 9,396 6,461 8,819
10th Percentile £313 £313 £275
25th Percentile £413 £413 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
75th Percentile £610 £638 £638
90th Percentile £712 £738 £738
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 410 170 327
10th Percentile £15.61 £15.21 £14.00
25th Percentile £20.84 £18.51 £16.06
Median hourly rate £37.54 £26.81 £21.37
Median % change year-on-year +40.01% +25.47% -14.52%
75th Percentile £60.00 £43.39 £41.63
90th Percentile £80.00 £75.58 £62.50
UK median hourly rate £37.31 £26.50 £21.37
% change year-on-year +40.79% +24.01% -16.88%

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 18 March 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 18 March 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 18 March 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 +23 671 £500 -8.17% 132
South East -22 147 £503 -8.64% 97
North of England -13 120 £500 - 82
Midlands -7 106 £463 -7.50% 59
South West +20 84 £475 -8.21% 31
West Midlands -16 69 £475 -7.32% 39
North West +1 63 £480 -12.82% 50
Yorkshire -47 44 £500 +11.11% 25
East Midlands -23 36 £418 -14.36% 20
East of England -2 29 £554 -3.70% 27
North East -2 13 £513 -4.65% 8
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 75 (6.30%) SharePoint
2 68 (5.71%) Confluence
3 31 (2.61%) Apache Spark
4 22 (1.85%) Apache
5 15 (1.26%) Apache Airflow
5 15 (1.26%) Microsoft Exchange
6 11 (0.92%) HCL Notes
7 10 (0.84%) Mendix
8 8 (0.67%) IIS
9 4 (0.34%) CMS
10 3 (0.25%) ArcGIS
10 3 (0.25%) Sitecore CMS
11 2 (0.17%) OpenStack
12 1 (0.084%) Adobe Experience Manager
12 1 (0.084%) Apache Synapse
12 1 (0.084%) IBM HTTP Server
12 1 (0.084%) Kentico
12 1 (0.084%) Oracle Workflow
12 1 (0.084%) SAS
12 1 (0.084%) SharePoint Server
Applications
1 28 (2.35%) Microsoft Project
2 26 (2.18%) Microsoft Excel
3 17 (1.43%) MS Visio
4 10 (0.84%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 8 (0.67%) Microsoft Office
6 3 (0.25%) Trello
7 2 (0.17%) Chatbot
7 2 (0.17%) CPLEX
8 1 (0.084%) InDesign
8 1 (0.084%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 46 (3.87%) Dynamics CRM
2 8 (0.67%) Maximo
3 7 (0.59%) NEC Housing
3 7 (0.59%) SAP S/4HANA
4 4 (0.34%) Aladdin
4 4 (0.34%) Dynamics AX
4 4 (0.34%) Oracle EBS
5 3 (0.25%) Findur
5 3 (0.25%) Payment Gateway
5 3 (0.25%) SAP BPC
6 2 (0.17%) Endur
6 2 (0.17%) Oracle Assets
6 2 (0.17%) Oracle ERP
6 2 (0.17%) Oracle General Ledger
6 2 (0.17%) Oracle Payables
6 2 (0.17%) Oracle Receivables
6 2 (0.17%) Primavera
6 2 (0.17%) SAP Oil and Gas
6 2 (0.17%) Workday HCM
7 1 (0.084%) SAP CS
Cloud Services
1 1,190 (100.00%) Azure
2 304 (25.55%) GitHub
3 207 (17.39%) GitHub Actions
4 205 (17.23%) Power Platform
5 145 (12.18%) AWS
6 135 (11.34%) Serverless
7 131 (11.01%) Azure Data Factory
8 128 (10.76%) Azure Monitor
9 114 (9.58%) Azure AKS
9 114 (9.58%) Entra ID
10 102 (8.57%) Dynamics 365
11 92 (7.73%) Azure Functions
12 90 (7.56%) Azure Key Vault
13 80 (6.72%) Azure Logic Apps
13 80 (6.72%) Azure Synapse Analytics
14 79 (6.64%) Power Automate
15 69 (5.80%) Azure Service Bus
16 66 (5.55%) Microsoft 365
17 63 (5.29%) GCP
17 63 (5.29%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 49 (4.12%) Firewall
2 24 (2.02%) Network Security
3 22 (1.85%) DNS
4 21 (1.76%) VPN
5 15 (1.26%) SD-WAN
6 14 (1.18%) WAN
7 8 (0.67%) TCP/IP
8 7 (0.59%) LAN
9 6 (0.50%) DHCP
10 5 (0.42%) HTTP
11 4 (0.34%) Internet
11 4 (0.34%) IPsec
11 4 (0.34%) MQTT
12 3 (0.25%) FTP
12 3 (0.25%) MPLS
12 3 (0.25%) Remote Desktop
12 3 (0.25%) SSL
12 3 (0.25%) VLAN
13 2 (0.17%) BGP
13 2 (0.17%) OSPF
Database & Business Intelligence
1 125 (10.50%) Power BI
2 97 (8.15%) SQL Server
3 77 (6.47%) Azure SQL Database
4 69 (5.80%) Data Lake
5 56 (4.71%) Delta Lake
6 48 (4.03%) Data Warehouse
7 36 (3.03%) NoSQL
7 36 (3.03%) PostgreSQL
8 28 (2.35%) Oracle Database
9 21 (1.76%) Redis
10 20 (1.68%) Relational Database
11 19 (1.60%) Spark SQL
12 18 (1.51%) SQL Server Integration Services
13 17 (1.43%) MongoDB
14 16 (1.34%) Tableau
15 12 (1.01%) DynamoDB
16 11 (0.92%) Metadata
16 11 (0.92%) Snowflake Schema
17 10 (0.84%) Data Vault
17 10 (0.84%) Oracle Reports
Development Applications
1 227 (19.08%) JIRA
2 169 (14.20%) Git
3 114 (9.58%) Jenkins
4 62 (5.21%) GitLab
5 54 (4.54%) Selenium
6 35 (2.94%) Postman
7 34 (2.86%) Oracle APEX
8 22 (1.85%) Cypress.io
9 19 (1.60%) TestRail
9 19 (1.60%) Visual Studio
10 17 (1.43%) SonarQube
11 16 (1.34%) Cucumber
11 16 (1.34%) JMeter
11 16 (1.34%) Team Foundation Server
12 15 (1.26%) REST Assured
13 14 (1.18%) Zephyr
14 13 (1.09%) JUnit
15 12 (1.01%) SpecFlow
16 11 (0.92%) MLflow
17 10 (0.84%) Artifactory
General
1 331 (27.82%) Social Skills
2 247 (20.76%) Finance
3 144 (12.10%) Public Sector
4 129 (10.84%) Analytical Skills
5 59 (4.96%) Banking
6 29 (2.44%) Organisational Skills
7 28 (2.35%) Documentation Skills
8 25 (2.10%) Influencing Skills
9 23 (1.93%) Retail
10 17 (1.43%) Financial Institution
10 17 (1.43%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 14 (1.18%) Front Office
11 14 (1.18%) Investment Banking
12 13 (1.09%) Law
12 13 (1.09%) Legal
12 13 (1.09%) Presentation Skills
13 9 (0.76%) Telecoms
14 8 (0.67%) Back Office
14 8 (0.67%) Marketing
15 7 (0.59%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 264 (22.18%) Developer
2 177 (14.87%) Azure Engineer
3 172 (14.45%) Senior
4 144 (12.10%) DevOps Engineer
5 103 (8.66%) Lead
6 100 (8.40%) Analyst
7 97 (8.15%) Data Engineer
8 89 (7.48%) Azure DevOps Engineer
9 84 (7.06%) Architect
10 56 (4.71%) Senior Developer
11 48 (4.03%) Platform Engineer
12 47 (3.95%) Azure Developer
13 44 (3.70%) Test Analyst
14 43 (3.61%) Tester
15 39 (3.28%) Business Analyst
16 35 (2.94%) Azure Architect
17 34 (2.86%) Cloud Engineer
17 34 (2.86%) Full-Stack Developer
18 33 (2.77%) Test Engineer
19 31 (2.61%) Project Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 192 (16.13%) .NET
2 113 (9.50%) REST
3 73 (6.13%) React
4 70 (5.88%) PySpark
5 69 (5.80%) Node.js
6 68 (5.71%) ARM Templates
7 55 (4.62%) ADO
8 53 (4.45%) YAML
9 46 (3.87%) .NET Core
10 39 (3.28%) .NET Framework
10 39 (3.28%) Kafka
10 39 (3.28%) Playwright
10 39 (3.28%) RESTful
10 39 (3.28%) SOAP
11 38 (3.19%) JSON
12 37 (3.11%) CSS
12 37 (3.11%) HTML
13 34 (2.86%) OAuth
14 33 (2.77%) AngularJS
15 27 (2.27%) Flask
Miscellaneous
1 124 (10.42%) Cloud Native
2 69 (5.80%) Product Ownership
3 37 (3.11%) Legacy Systems
4 36 (3.03%) Distributed Systems
5 29 (2.44%) Enterprise Software
6 21 (1.76%) Low-Code
7 20 (1.68%) Hybrid Cloud
8 19 (1.60%) AI Agents
9 17 (1.43%) Onboarding
10 16 (1.34%) Data Structures
10 16 (1.34%) Reinsurance
11 15 (1.26%) CMDB
12 14 (1.18%) Public Cloud
13 13 (1.09%) NHS
13 13 (1.09%) Self-Motivation
14 11 (0.92%) Security Posture
15 10 (0.84%) Data Centre
15 10 (0.84%) Replication
16 9 (0.76%) Enterprise Cloud
16 9 (0.76%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
Operating Systems
1 54 (4.54%) Windows
2 48 (4.03%) Linux
3 15 (1.26%) VMS
4 9 (0.76%) Windows Server
5 5 (0.42%) Unix
6 3 (0.25%) Windows Server 2016
7 2 (0.17%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 1 (0.084%) Android
8 1 (0.084%) Apple iOS
8 1 (0.084%) Mac OS
8 1 (0.084%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 1,182 (99.33%) DevOps
2 643 (54.03%) CI/CD
3 468 (39.33%) Agile
4 282 (23.70%) Infrastructure as Code
5 225 (18.91%) Problem-Solving
6 210 (17.65%) Analytics
7 200 (16.81%) Test Automation
8 182 (15.29%) Scrum
9 178 (14.96%) Continuous Improvement
10 149 (12.52%) AI
11 141 (11.85%) Business Intelligence
12 136 (11.43%) Containerisation
13 134 (11.26%) Migration
14 133 (11.18%) Stakeholder Management
15 130 (10.92%) Data Modelling
15 130 (10.92%) Validation
16 123 (10.34%) Observability
17 117 (9.83%) Microservices
18 97 (8.15%) Data Pipeline
18 97 (8.15%) ETL
Programming Languages
1 399 (33.53%) SQL
2 333 (27.98%) Python
3 220 (18.49%) C#
4 182 (15.29%) JavaScript
5 133 (11.18%) PowerShell
6 110 (9.24%) Bicep
7 81 (6.81%) Bash
8 78 (6.55%) Java
9 72 (6.05%) TypeScript
10 54 (4.54%) PL/SQL
11 28 (2.35%) T-SQL
12 27 (2.27%) Scala
13 18 (1.51%) Kusto Query Language
14 14 (1.18%) Go
15 11 (0.92%) Data Analysis Expressions
15 11 (0.92%) Formula Language
15 11 (0.92%) LotusScript
16 6 (0.50%) PHP
16 6 (0.50%) X++
17 5 (0.42%) XPath
Qualifications
1 338 (28.40%) Security Cleared
2 283 (23.78%) SC Cleared
3 103 (8.66%) Azure Certification
4 78 (6.55%) Degree
5 35 (2.94%) ISTQB
6 33 (2.77%) Microsoft Certification
7 31 (2.61%) Computer Science Degree
8 29 (2.44%) DV Cleared
9 26 (2.18%) BPSS Clearance
10 17 (1.43%) PMI Certification
11 16 (1.34%) AWS Certification
12 15 (1.26%) PMP
13 13 (1.09%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
14 8 (0.67%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
14 8 (0.67%) CISSP
15 7 (0.59%) CISM
15 7 (0.59%) Master's Degree
16 5 (0.42%) ISEB
16 5 (0.42%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
16 5 (0.42%) PRINCE2 Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 135 (11.34%) QA
2 80 (6.72%) Data Quality
3 31 (2.61%) Accessibility
4 29 (2.44%) GDPR
5 24 (2.02%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 21 (1.76%) NIST
7 18 (1.51%) NCSC
8 15 (1.26%) PMO
9 11 (0.92%) WCAG
10 9 (0.76%) NIST 800
11 8 (0.67%) SLA
12 7 (0.59%) EU AI Act
12 7 (0.59%) PCI DSS
12 7 (0.59%) Sarbanes-Oxley
13 6 (0.50%) HL7
14 4 (0.34%) GRC
14 4 (0.34%) HIPAA
14 4 (0.34%) SOC 2
15 3 (0.25%) HMG Security Policy Framework
16 2 (0.17%) Software Quality Assurance
System Software
1 181 (15.21%) Docker
2 69 (5.80%) Active Directory
3 24 (2.02%) Virtual Machines
4 10 (0.84%) Virtual Desktop
5 6 (0.50%) VMware Infrastructure
6 4 (0.34%) Firmware
7 2 (0.17%) Postfix
8 1 (0.084%) HDFS
8 1 (0.084%) Hyper-V
8 1 (0.084%) VMware NSX
8 1 (0.084%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 336 (28.24%) Terraform
2 199 (16.72%) Kubernetes
3 57 (4.79%) Ansible
4 47 (3.95%) Grafana
5 40 (3.36%) Prometheus
6 14 (1.18%) HP ALM
7 12 (1.01%) Istio
7 12 (1.01%) Single Sign-On
8 11 (0.92%) Argo
9 6 (0.50%) Microsoft Intune
9 6 (0.50%) Puppet
10 5 (0.42%) Podman
11 4 (0.34%) HP Quality Center
11 4 (0.34%) Packer
11 4 (0.34%) Progress Chef
12 3 (0.25%) Active Directory Federation Services
12 3 (0.25%) Icinga
12 3 (0.25%) Kubeflow
13 2 (0.17%) Opsgenie
13 2 (0.17%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 378 (31.76%) Microsoft
2 151 (12.69%) Databricks
3 132 (11.09%) Oracle
4 64 (5.38%) ServiceNow
5 37 (3.11%) OpenAI
6 31 (2.61%) SAP
7 28 (2.35%) Salesforce
8 23 (1.93%) Splunk
9 17 (1.43%) Informatica
10 16 (1.34%) Google
11 15 (1.26%) HP
12 14 (1.18%) VMware
13 11 (0.92%) Foundry
13 11 (0.92%) Lotus
13 11 (0.92%) NEC
14 10 (0.84%) Kofax
15 9 (0.76%) Dynatrace
15 9 (0.76%) IBM
16 8 (0.67%) Cisco
16 8 (0.67%) MuleSoft
392 Azure DevOps jobs in England