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 2 October 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
2 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 78 92 80
Rank change year-on-year +14 -12 -5
Contract jobs citing Azure DevOps 1,501 803 907
As % of all contract jobs in England 3.22% 2.87% 2.79%
As % of the Cloud Services category 9.34% 7.51% 8.04%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,039 568 597
10th Percentile £360 £350 £388
25th Percentile £418 £413 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £511 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.20% -2.62% -4.55%
75th Percentile £600 £613 £613
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 47 2 0
10th Percentile £21.25 £63.75 -
25th Percentile £37.75 £67.50 -
Median hourly rate £68.22 £75.00 -
Median % change year-on-year -9.05% - -
75th Percentile £79.50 £82.50 -
90th Percentile £101.51 £86.25 -
UK median hourly rate £66.66 £85.00 -
% change year-on-year -21.58% - -

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 16,065 10,693 11,285
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 34.51% 38.21% 34.73%
Number of daily rates quoted 10,696 7,236 7,555
10th Percentile £320 £304 £313
25th Percentile £425 £406 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £505 £530
Median % change year-on-year +3.96% -4.72% -3.46%
75th Percentile £630 £625 £645
90th Percentile £725 £725 £750
UK median daily rate £525 £500 £525
% change year-on-year +5.00% -4.76% -0.94%
Number of hourly rates quoted 565 253 164
10th Percentile £15.34 £15.30 £16.00
25th Percentile £17.75 £18.87 £21.84
Median hourly rate £32.50 £25.15 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year +29.22% -28.14% +7.99%
75th Percentile £70.00 £43.75 £66.69
90th Percentile £81.85 £67.00 £70.00
UK median hourly rate £32.50 £26.30 £35.00
% change year-on-year +23.57% -24.86% +6.06%

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 2 October 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 2 October 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 2 October 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 +26 842 £513 -2.38% 513
South East -24 177 £513 +11.72% 208
North of England +1 174 £478 -3.04% 204
Midlands 0 149 £460 -8.00% 121
West Midlands +19 120 £460 -20.00% 70
North West -9 82 £500 +17.65% 101
South West +1 76 £475 -17.39% 67
Yorkshire -1 70 £475 -5.00% 84
East of England +1 45 £438 -12.50% 66
East Midlands -14 29 £500 +8.11% 51
North East - 22 £450 - 22
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
1 119 (7.93%) Confluence
2 106 (7.06%) SharePoint
3 38 (2.53%) Apache Spark
4 31 (2.07%) Apache Airflow
5 25 (1.67%) Apache
6 12 (0.80%) CMS
7 8 (0.53%) Microsoft Exchange
8 6 (0.40%) Documentum
9 4 (0.27%) IIS
9 4 (0.27%) Mendix
10 3 (0.20%) Kentico
10 3 (0.20%) nginx
10 3 (0.20%) Palantir Foundry
10 3 (0.20%) SAS
11 2 (0.13%) ArcGIS
11 2 (0.13%) OpenROAD
11 2 (0.13%) Smallworld
11 2 (0.13%) Umbraco
12 1 (0.067%) EPiServer
12 1 (0.067%) Sitecore CMS
Applications
1 51 (3.40%) Microsoft Project
2 43 (2.86%) Microsoft Excel
3 28 (1.87%) MS Visio
4 16 (1.07%) Microsoft Office
5 13 (0.87%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 9 (0.60%) Chatbot
7 6 (0.40%) CPLEX
8 5 (0.33%) Notion
8 5 (0.33%) Trello
9 3 (0.20%) Mingle
10 2 (0.13%) Spreadsheet
11 1 (0.067%) Adobe XD
11 1 (0.067%) Windchill
Business Applications
1 58 (3.86%) Dynamics CRM
2 22 (1.47%) SAP S/4HANA
3 5 (0.33%) Dynamics AX
3 5 (0.33%) Payment Gateway
3 5 (0.33%) SAP MDG
4 4 (0.27%) Oracle EBS
5 3 (0.20%) Aladdin
5 3 (0.20%) Maximo
5 3 (0.20%) Teamcenter
5 3 (0.20%) Workday HCM
6 2 (0.13%) Dynamics GP
6 2 (0.13%) Endur
6 2 (0.13%) IBM Operational Decision Manager
6 2 (0.13%) Oracle Payables
6 2 (0.13%) Oracle Receivables
6 2 (0.13%) SAP BPC
6 2 (0.13%) SAP HCM
6 2 (0.13%) SAP MM
7 1 (0.067%) SAP FI-AR
7 1 (0.067%) SAP IS-U
Cloud Services
1 1,501 (100.00%) Azure
2 378 (25.18%) GitHub
3 281 (18.72%) Power Platform
4 257 (17.12%) GitHub Actions
5 238 (15.86%) AWS
6 136 (9.06%) Entra ID
7 135 (8.99%) Dynamics 365
8 126 (8.39%) Azure Data Factory
8 126 (8.39%) Azure Monitor
9 123 (8.19%) Azure AKS
10 122 (8.13%) Serverless
11 120 (7.99%) Power Automate
12 94 (6.26%) Azure Functions
13 93 (6.20%) GCP
14 90 (6.00%) PowerApps
15 81 (5.40%) Azure Logic Apps
16 77 (5.13%) Azure Synapse Analytics
17 67 (4.46%) Azure Key Vault
17 67 (4.46%) PaaS
18 66 (4.40%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 61 (4.06%) Firewall
2 43 (2.86%) DNS
3 37 (2.47%) Network Security
4 22 (1.47%) VPN
5 18 (1.20%) SSL
6 13 (0.87%) DHCP
7 9 (0.60%) WAN
8 6 (0.40%) VLAN
9 5 (0.33%) Internet
9 5 (0.33%) LAN
9 5 (0.33%) SD-WAN
9 5 (0.33%) TCP/IP
10 4 (0.27%) SAN
11 3 (0.20%) RS-232
11 3 (0.20%) RS-485
11 3 (0.20%) Wi-Fi
12 2 (0.13%) 4G
12 2 (0.13%) Cisco IOS
12 2 (0.13%) NAS
12 2 (0.13%) Reverse Proxy
Database & Business Intelligence
1 174 (11.59%) Power BI
2 119 (7.93%) SQL Server
3 80 (5.33%) Data Warehouse
4 74 (4.93%) Data Lake
5 64 (4.26%) Azure SQL Database
6 45 (3.00%) NoSQL
7 43 (2.86%) PostgreSQL
8 42 (2.80%) Delta Lake
9 34 (2.27%) Metadata
10 31 (2.07%) SQL Server Integration Services
11 20 (1.33%) Big Data
12 19 (1.27%) Snowflake Schema
13 18 (1.20%) Relational Database
14 17 (1.13%) MySQL
15 15 (1.00%) Data Vault
15 15 (1.00%) MongoDB
15 15 (1.00%) Star Schema
16 14 (0.93%) Geospatial Data
16 14 (0.93%) Parquet
17 13 (0.87%) Spark SQL
Development Applications
1 281 (18.72%) Git
2 280 (18.65%) JIRA
3 195 (12.99%) Jenkins
4 150 (9.99%) GitLab
5 78 (5.20%) Selenium
6 41 (2.73%) Postman
7 35 (2.33%) Visual Studio
8 32 (2.13%) Cucumber
9 31 (2.07%) Cypress.io
10 28 (1.87%) SonarQube
11 27 (1.80%) WebDriver
12 24 (1.60%) REST Assured
13 19 (1.27%) JUnit
14 18 (1.20%) Gradle
15 17 (1.13%) TestRail
16 15 (1.00%) JMeter
16 15 (1.00%) Maven
17 14 (0.93%) Team Foundation Server
18 13 (0.87%) Bitbucket
18 13 (0.87%) MSI
General
1 422 (28.11%) Social Skills
2 322 (21.45%) Finance
3 185 (12.33%) Public Sector
4 162 (10.79%) Analytical Skills
5 87 (5.80%) Banking
6 84 (5.60%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 39 (2.60%) Retail
8 31 (2.07%) Influencing Skills
9 27 (1.80%) Aerospace
10 25 (1.67%) Documentation Skills
10 25 (1.67%) Legal
11 21 (1.40%) Organisational Skills
12 19 (1.27%) Marketing
13 18 (1.20%) Investment Banking
14 17 (1.13%) Manufacturing
15 13 (0.87%) Local Government
16 12 (0.80%) Law
17 11 (0.73%) Pharmaceutical
18 10 (0.67%) Billing
18 10 (0.67%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 258 (17.19%) Developer
2 238 (15.86%) Senior
3 235 (15.66%) DevOps Engineer
4 230 (15.32%) Azure Engineer
5 141 (9.39%) Azure DevOps Engineer
6 136 (9.06%) Lead
7 133 (8.86%) Analyst
8 117 (7.79%) Architect
9 113 (7.53%) Data Engineer
10 71 (4.73%) Business Analyst
11 56 (3.73%) Project Manager
12 55 (3.66%) Consultant
13 51 (3.40%) Cloud Engineer
14 48 (3.20%) Platform Engineer
15 47 (3.13%) Dynamics 365 Developer
16 43 (2.86%) Test Analyst
17 42 (2.80%) Senior Developer
18 41 (2.73%) Senior DevOps
19 37 (2.47%) .NET Developer
19 37 (2.47%) Senior DevOps Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 441 (29.38%) Terraform
2 208 (13.86%) REST
3 201 (13.39%) .NET
4 84 (5.60%) JSON
5 81 (5.40%) RESTful
6 76 (5.06%) ADO
7 74 (4.93%) PySpark
8 70 (4.66%) ARM Templates
9 66 (4.40%) YAML
10 62 (4.13%) Kafka
10 62 (4.13%) React
11 59 (3.93%) .NET Framework
12 56 (3.73%) Playwright
13 55 (3.66%) .NET Core
14 46 (3.06%) OAuth
15 45 (3.00%) XML
16 40 (2.66%) HTML
17 39 (2.60%) Middleware
18 37 (2.47%) SOAP
19 35 (2.33%) CSS
Miscellaneous
1 165 (10.99%) Cloud Native
2 130 (8.66%) Product Ownership
3 60 (4.00%) Onboarding
4 47 (3.13%) Enterprise Software
4 47 (3.13%) Legacy Systems
5 42 (2.80%) Management Information System
6 39 (2.60%) Distributed Systems
7 30 (2.00%) Hybrid Cloud
8 29 (1.93%) AI Agents
9 25 (1.67%) Self-Motivation
10 22 (1.47%) Low-Code
11 20 (1.33%) Replication
12 19 (1.27%) Data Structures
12 19 (1.27%) Greenfield Project
13 17 (1.13%) Linux Command Line
14 16 (1.07%) Data Centre
14 16 (1.07%) Mobile App
14 16 (1.07%) Virtual Team
15 15 (1.00%) Data Protection Act
15 15 (1.00%) Taxonomies
Operating Systems
1 103 (6.86%) Windows
2 75 (5.00%) Linux
3 33 (2.20%) Windows Server
4 18 (1.20%) VMS
5 14 (0.93%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 10 (0.67%) Unix
7 9 (0.60%) Android
7 9 (0.60%) Apple iOS
8 7 (0.47%) Ubuntu
9 6 (0.40%) Windows Server 2016
10 4 (0.27%) CentOS
10 4 (0.27%) Windows Server 2019
11 3 (0.20%) Mac OS
12 1 (0.067%) Amazon Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 1,501 (100.00%) DevOps
2 846 (56.36%) CI/CD
3 656 (43.70%) Agile
4 400 (26.65%) Infrastructure as Code
5 292 (19.45%) Test Automation
6 287 (19.12%) Stakeholder Management
7 255 (16.99%) Continuous Improvement
8 251 (16.72%) Problem-Solving
9 236 (15.72%) Analytics
10 230 (15.32%) Containerisation
10 230 (15.32%) Scrum
11 210 (13.99%) Migration
12 191 (12.72%) AI
13 187 (12.46%) Business Intelligence
14 175 (11.66%) Stakeholder Engagement
15 171 (11.39%) User Acceptance Testing
16 166 (11.06%) Data Modelling
17 162 (10.79%) Deployment Automation
18 159 (10.59%) Platform Engineering
19 156 (10.39%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 383 (25.52%) Python
2 368 (24.52%) SQL
3 264 (17.59%) C#
4 216 (14.39%) PowerShell
5 179 (11.93%) Bicep
6 163 (10.86%) JavaScript
7 133 (8.86%) Bash
8 115 (7.66%) Java
9 95 (6.33%) TypeScript
10 27 (1.80%) T-SQL
11 20 (1.33%) Data Analysis Expressions
12 18 (1.20%) Kusto Query Language
13 17 (1.13%) Apex Code
14 14 (0.93%) Go
15 13 (0.87%) X++
16 10 (0.67%) C++
17 7 (0.47%) C
17 7 (0.47%) PL/SQL
17 7 (0.47%) Scala
17 7 (0.47%) VB
Qualifications
1 445 (29.65%) Security Cleared
2 362 (24.12%) SC Cleared
3 125 (8.33%) Azure Certification
4 120 (7.99%) Degree
5 73 (4.86%) Microsoft Certification
6 57 (3.80%) DV Cleared
7 41 (2.73%) ISTQB
8 37 (2.47%) BPSS Clearance
9 35 (2.33%) Computer Science Degree
10 27 (1.80%) PMI Certification
11 26 (1.73%) AWS Certification
12 25 (1.67%) PMP
13 16 (1.07%) Master's Degree
14 14 (0.93%) CISSP
15 10 (0.67%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
15 10 (0.67%) Cisco Certification
15 10 (0.67%) DBS Check
15 10 (0.67%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
16 9 (0.60%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
16 9 (0.60%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 183 (12.19%) QA
2 105 (7.00%) Data Quality
3 94 (6.26%) Accessibility
4 60 (4.00%) GDPR
5 53 (3.53%) WCAG
6 30 (2.00%) PMO
7 27 (1.80%) NIST
8 24 (1.60%) ISO/IEC 27001
9 18 (1.20%) NCSC
10 12 (0.80%) SLA
11 10 (0.67%) ISO 20022
12 9 (0.60%) GRC
13 8 (0.53%) Sarbanes-Oxley
14 7 (0.47%) Cyber Essentials
14 7 (0.47%) SEPA
15 5 (0.33%) Actionable Recommendations
16 4 (0.27%) PSD2
17 3 (0.20%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
17 3 (0.20%) Government Security Classifications
18 2 (0.13%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 243 (16.19%) Docker
2 67 (4.46%) Active Directory
3 29 (1.93%) Virtual Machines
4 18 (1.20%) VMware Infrastructure
5 17 (1.13%) Virtual Desktop
6 5 (0.33%) Hyper-V
6 5 (0.33%) vSphere
7 4 (0.27%) Firmware
8 3 (0.20%) Embedded Firmware
8 3 (0.20%) Microsoft App-V
8 3 (0.20%) VMware NSX
9 2 (0.13%) Apache ZooKeeper
9 2 (0.13%) OpenSSH
9 2 (0.13%) VMware ESXi
10 1 (0.067%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 311 (20.72%) Kubernetes
2 98 (6.53%) Ansible
3 54 (3.60%) Grafana
4 49 (3.26%) Prometheus
5 31 (2.07%) Microsoft Intune
6 20 (1.33%) Progress Chef
7 16 (1.07%) Argo
8 15 (1.00%) Puppet
9 14 (0.93%) Packer
10 13 (0.87%) HP ALM
11 10 (0.67%) SCOM
12 9 (0.60%) SCCM
13 7 (0.47%) Single Sign-On
14 5 (0.33%) HP Quality Center
14 5 (0.33%) Jamf Pro
15 4 (0.27%) Istio
16 3 (0.20%) HP Fortify
16 3 (0.20%) Kibana
17 2 (0.13%) Docker Swarm
17 2 (0.13%) Nagios
Vendors
1 564 (37.57%) Microsoft
2 136 (9.06%) Databricks
3 58 (3.86%) Salesforce
4 56 (3.73%) Oracle
5 54 (3.60%) ServiceNow
6 46 (3.06%) SAP
7 41 (2.73%) Google
8 34 (2.27%) Splunk
9 32 (2.13%) Dynatrace
10 26 (1.73%) VMware
11 22 (1.47%) Foundry
11 22 (1.47%) OpenAI
12 17 (1.13%) MuleSoft
12 17 (1.13%) UiPath
13 14 (0.93%) HP
14 12 (0.80%) Workday
15 11 (0.73%) IBM
15 11 (0.73%) Informatica
16 9 (0.60%) Red Hat
17 8 (0.53%) Adobe