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 20 February 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

 6 months to
20 Feb 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 84 89 79
Rank change year-on-year +5 -10 -2
Contract jobs citing Azure DevOps 1,072 741 975
As % of all contract jobs in England 3.08% 2.86% 2.58%
As % of the Cloud Services category 8.19% 7.62% 7.83%
Number of daily rates quoted 778 506 723
10th Percentile £363 £385 £413
25th Percentile £413 £453 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% -4.55% -
75th Percentile £588 £625 £638
90th Percentile £688 £700 £700
UK median daily rate £489 £525 £530
% change year-on-year -6.90% -0.94% -3.64%
Number of hourly rates quoted 8 2 14
10th Percentile £45.84 £67.63 £55.75
25th Percentile £49.94 £69.69 £60.94
Median hourly rate £74.63 £73.75 £65.50
Median % change year-on-year +1.19% +12.60% -0.44%
75th Percentile £79.69 £77.19 £75.94
90th Percentile £93.75 £78.88 £77.50
UK median hourly rate £74.63 £82.50 £65.50
% change year-on-year -9.54% +25.95% -2.96%

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 13,090 9,729 12,448
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 37.57% 37.49% 32.99%
Number of daily rates quoted 9,022 6,531 9,016
10th Percentile £306 £313 £275
25th Percentile £406 £419 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
75th Percentile £600 £638 £638
90th Percentile £700 £738 £725
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 364 147 309
10th Percentile £15.00 £15.44 £14.10
25th Percentile £19.00 £21.25 £16.14
Median hourly rate £37.50 £27.50 £21.64
Median % change year-on-year +36.36% +27.08% -13.44%
75th Percentile £60.00 £48.38 £48.75
90th Percentile £79.28 £74.45 £66.00
UK median hourly rate £37.25 £27.50 £22.00
% change year-on-year +35.45% +25.00% -12.00%

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 20 February 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 20 February 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 20 February 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 +6 591 £500 -9.09% 141
South East -19 137 £505 -8.18% 161
Midlands -3 101 £478 -8.39% 81
North of England -43 96 £500 - 118
South West +32 82 £475 -6.86% 61
West Midlands -11 63 £500 -4.76% 46
North West -12 44 £411 -23.63% 62
Yorkshire -62 41 £525 +10.53% 41
East Midlands -8 38 £418 -14.36% 35
East of England -2 33 £554 -16.42% 47
North East -7 11 £513 -2.38% 16
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 67 (6.25%) SharePoint
2 62 (5.78%) Confluence
3 24 (2.24%) Apache Spark
4 16 (1.49%) Apache
5 14 (1.31%) Apache Airflow
6 10 (0.93%) HCL Notes
6 10 (0.93%) Microsoft Exchange
7 9 (0.84%) Mendix
8 6 (0.56%) IIS
9 4 (0.37%) CMS
9 4 (0.37%) OpenStack
10 3 (0.28%) Adobe Experience Manager
10 3 (0.28%) ArcGIS
10 3 (0.28%) Sitecore CMS
11 1 (0.093%) Apache Synapse
11 1 (0.093%) Documentum
11 1 (0.093%) Kentico
11 1 (0.093%) Palantir Foundry
11 1 (0.093%) SharePoint Server
Applications
1 32 (2.99%) Microsoft Excel
2 16 (1.49%) Microsoft Project
2 16 (1.49%) MS Visio
3 9 (0.84%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 8 (0.75%) Microsoft Office
5 2 (0.19%) Trello
6 1 (0.093%) Chatbot
6 1 (0.093%) CPLEX
6 1 (0.093%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 41 (3.82%) Dynamics CRM
2 6 (0.56%) Maximo
2 6 (0.56%) NEC Housing
3 4 (0.37%) Aladdin
3 4 (0.37%) Endur
3 4 (0.37%) Oracle EBS
3 4 (0.37%) SAP S/4HANA
4 3 (0.28%) Oracle Assets
4 3 (0.28%) Oracle ERP
4 3 (0.28%) Oracle General Ledger
4 3 (0.28%) Oracle Payables
4 3 (0.28%) Oracle Receivables
4 3 (0.28%) Payment Gateway
5 2 (0.19%) Primavera
5 2 (0.19%) SAP BPC
5 2 (0.19%) Workday HCM
6 1 (0.093%) Dynamics AX
6 1 (0.093%) NetSuite
6 1 (0.093%) Oracle Financials
6 1 (0.093%) SAP MM
Cloud Services
1 1,071 (99.91%) Azure
2 258 (24.07%) GitHub
3 192 (17.91%) Power Platform
4 180 (16.79%) GitHub Actions
5 127 (11.85%) AWS
5 127 (11.85%) Serverless
6 121 (11.29%) Azure Data Factory
7 120 (11.19%) Azure AKS
8 114 (10.63%) Azure Monitor
9 102 (9.51%) Entra ID
10 93 (8.68%) Dynamics 365
11 85 (7.93%) Azure Functions
12 81 (7.56%) Azure Key Vault
13 75 (7.00%) Azure Logic Apps
14 71 (6.62%) Power Automate
15 69 (6.44%) Azure Synapse Analytics
16 62 (5.78%) GCP
17 60 (5.60%) PowerApps
18 59 (5.50%) Azure Service Bus
19 51 (4.76%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 40 (3.73%) Firewall
2 21 (1.96%) Network Security
3 17 (1.59%) DNS
4 16 (1.49%) VPN
5 10 (0.93%) SD-WAN
6 9 (0.84%) WAN
7 6 (0.56%) TCP/IP
8 5 (0.47%) IPsec
9 4 (0.37%) DHCP
9 4 (0.37%) HTTP
9 4 (0.37%) LAN
9 4 (0.37%) MQTT
9 4 (0.37%) Remote Desktop
10 3 (0.28%) FTP
10 3 (0.28%) VLAN
11 2 (0.19%) MPLS
11 2 (0.19%) SSL
12 1 (0.093%) BGP
12 1 (0.093%) VoIP
12 1 (0.093%) VRRP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 124 (11.57%) Power BI
2 91 (8.49%) SQL Server
3 62 (5.78%) Azure SQL Database
4 56 (5.22%) Data Lake
5 48 (4.48%) Data Warehouse
6 44 (4.10%) PostgreSQL
7 41 (3.82%) Delta Lake
8 26 (2.43%) Oracle Database
9 22 (2.05%) Relational Database
10 21 (1.96%) NoSQL
11 20 (1.87%) Redis
12 18 (1.68%) MongoDB
13 17 (1.59%) SQL Server Integration Services
14 16 (1.49%) Tableau
15 12 (1.12%) DynamoDB
16 11 (1.03%) Oracle Reports
16 11 (1.03%) Snowflake Schema
16 11 (1.03%) Spark SQL
17 10 (0.93%) Data Vault
17 10 (0.93%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 196 (18.28%) JIRA
2 154 (14.37%) Git
3 102 (9.51%) Jenkins
4 55 (5.13%) GitLab
5 52 (4.85%) Selenium
6 36 (3.36%) Oracle APEX
6 36 (3.36%) Postman
7 24 (2.24%) Cypress.io
7 24 (2.24%) SonarQube
8 17 (1.59%) TestRail
9 16 (1.49%) Team Foundation Server
9 16 (1.49%) Visual Studio
10 15 (1.40%) JMeter
10 15 (1.40%) REST Assured
11 14 (1.31%) JUnit
12 12 (1.12%) Cucumber
12 12 (1.12%) Zephyr
13 11 (1.03%) Artifactory
13 11 (1.03%) MLflow
14 10 (0.93%) Bitbucket
General
1 331 (30.88%) Social Skills
2 197 (18.38%) Finance
3 122 (11.38%) Public Sector
4 115 (10.73%) Analytical Skills
5 44 (4.10%) Banking
6 28 (2.61%) Documentation Skills
6 28 (2.61%) Influencing Skills
7 26 (2.43%) Organisational Skills
8 22 (2.05%) Retail
9 21 (1.96%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 15 (1.40%) Financial Institution
10 15 (1.40%) Investment Banking
11 13 (1.21%) Law
12 12 (1.12%) Presentation Skills
13 11 (1.03%) Back Office
13 11 (1.03%) Front Office
14 10 (0.93%) Legal
15 9 (0.84%) Billing
15 9 (0.84%) Marketing
15 9 (0.84%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 249 (23.23%) Developer
2 171 (15.95%) Azure Engineer
3 152 (14.18%) DevOps Engineer
4 146 (13.62%) Senior
5 95 (8.86%) Analyst
5 95 (8.86%) Azure DevOps Engineer
6 84 (7.84%) Lead
7 80 (7.46%) Architect
8 77 (7.18%) Data Engineer
9 52 (4.85%) Senior Developer
10 43 (4.01%) Azure Developer
11 41 (3.82%) Test Analyst
12 39 (3.64%) Platform Engineer
13 38 (3.54%) Business Analyst
14 33 (3.08%) Azure Architect
15 32 (2.99%) Tester
16 30 (2.80%) Cloud Engineer
17 28 (2.61%) Solutions Architect
18 27 (2.52%) Project Manager
19 26 (2.43%) Full-Stack Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 189 (17.63%) .NET
2 96 (8.96%) REST
3 74 (6.90%) React
4 71 (6.62%) ARM Templates
5 68 (6.34%) ADO
6 66 (6.16%) Node.js
7 58 (5.41%) PySpark
8 46 (4.29%) .NET Core
8 46 (4.29%) RESTful
9 44 (4.10%) YAML
10 35 (3.26%) HTML
11 34 (3.17%) CSS
12 33 (3.08%) OAuth
13 32 (2.99%) .NET Framework
13 32 (2.99%) JSON
13 32 (2.99%) Kafka
14 29 (2.71%) Playwright
15 26 (2.43%) SOAP
16 25 (2.33%) AngularJS
17 20 (1.87%) HTML5 Canvas
Miscellaneous
1 111 (10.35%) Cloud Native
2 61 (5.69%) Product Ownership
3 30 (2.80%) Legacy Systems
4 28 (2.61%) Distributed Systems
5 27 (2.52%) Enterprise Software
6 20 (1.87%) Low-Code
7 18 (1.68%) Reinsurance
8 16 (1.49%) Hybrid Cloud
8 16 (1.49%) Onboarding
9 15 (1.40%) AI Agents
9 15 (1.40%) CMDB
9 15 (1.40%) Public Cloud
10 14 (1.31%) NHS
11 13 (1.21%) Data Structures
12 11 (1.03%) Linux Command Line
12 11 (1.03%) Replication
13 10 (0.93%) Mobile App
13 10 (0.93%) Virtual Team
14 9 (0.84%) Data Centre
14 9 (0.84%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
Operating Systems
1 45 (4.20%) Windows
2 44 (4.10%) Linux
3 15 (1.40%) VMS
4 7 (0.65%) Windows Server
5 6 (0.56%) Android
5 6 (0.56%) Apple iOS
6 3 (0.28%) Windows Server 2016
7 2 (0.19%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 2 (0.19%) Unix
8 1 (0.093%) Solaris
8 1 (0.093%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 1,063 (99.16%) DevOps
2 579 (54.01%) CI/CD
3 444 (41.42%) Agile
4 263 (24.53%) Infrastructure as Code
5 219 (20.43%) Problem-Solving
6 182 (16.98%) Analytics
7 176 (16.42%) Scrum
7 176 (16.42%) Test Automation
8 165 (15.39%) Continuous Improvement
9 141 (13.15%) AI
10 140 (13.06%) Containerisation
11 139 (12.97%) Business Intelligence
12 123 (11.47%) Validation
13 112 (10.45%) Stakeholder Management
14 109 (10.17%) Data Modelling
15 105 (9.79%) Microservices
16 104 (9.70%) Migration
17 95 (8.86%) Stakeholder Engagement
18 89 (8.30%) Observability
19 87 (8.12%) ETL
Programming Languages
1 345 (32.18%) SQL
2 297 (27.71%) Python
3 201 (18.75%) C#
4 174 (16.23%) JavaScript
5 110 (10.26%) PowerShell
6 99 (9.24%) Bicep
7 76 (7.09%) TypeScript
8 70 (6.53%) Java
9 66 (6.16%) Bash
10 55 (5.13%) PL/SQL
11 25 (2.33%) T-SQL
12 24 (2.24%) Scala
13 11 (1.03%) Go
13 11 (1.03%) Kusto Query Language
14 10 (0.93%) Formula Language
14 10 (0.93%) LotusScript
15 9 (0.84%) Data Analysis Expressions
16 7 (0.65%) PHP
16 7 (0.65%) VBA
17 5 (0.47%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 291 (27.15%) Security Cleared
2 245 (22.85%) SC Cleared
3 97 (9.05%) Azure Certification
4 73 (6.81%) Degree
5 37 (3.45%) Microsoft Certification
6 31 (2.89%) DV Cleared
7 28 (2.61%) Computer Science Degree
8 26 (2.43%) ISTQB
9 23 (2.15%) BPSS Clearance
10 14 (1.31%) PMI Certification
11 12 (1.12%) AWS Certification
12 11 (1.03%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
13 10 (0.93%) PMP
14 9 (0.84%) Master's Degree
15 8 (0.75%) CISSP
16 7 (0.65%) CISM
17 6 (0.56%) ITIL Certification
18 5 (0.47%) ISEB
18 5 (0.47%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
18 5 (0.47%) PRINCE2 Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 112 (10.45%) QA
2 59 (5.50%) Data Quality
3 34 (3.17%) Accessibility
4 26 (2.43%) GDPR
5 21 (1.96%) NIST
6 19 (1.77%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 17 (1.59%) NCSC
8 15 (1.40%) PMO
9 10 (0.93%) WCAG
10 9 (0.84%) NIST 800
11 7 (0.65%) EU AI Act
12 6 (0.56%) HL7
12 6 (0.56%) Sarbanes-Oxley
12 6 (0.56%) SLA
13 4 (0.37%) HIPAA
13 4 (0.37%) PCI DSS
13 4 (0.37%) SOC 2
14 2 (0.19%) FedRAMP
14 2 (0.19%) Software Quality Assurance
15 1 (0.093%) NEBOSH
System Software
1 183 (17.07%) Docker
2 60 (5.60%) Active Directory
3 21 (1.96%) Virtual Machines
4 10 (0.93%) Virtual Desktop
5 5 (0.47%) VMware Infrastructure
6 4 (0.37%) Firmware
7 2 (0.19%) Postfix
8 1 (0.093%) HDFS
8 1 (0.093%) KVM
8 1 (0.093%) Squid
8 1 (0.093%) VMware NSX
8 1 (0.093%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 314 (29.29%) Terraform
2 190 (17.72%) Kubernetes
3 52 (4.85%) Ansible
4 39 (3.64%) Grafana
5 33 (3.08%) Prometheus
6 13 (1.21%) HP ALM
7 11 (1.03%) Single Sign-On
8 8 (0.75%) Puppet
9 7 (0.65%) Microsoft Intune
9 7 (0.65%) Podman
9 7 (0.65%) Progress Chef
10 6 (0.56%) Argo
10 6 (0.56%) Istio
11 4 (0.37%) HP Quality Center
12 3 (0.28%) Active Directory Federation Services
12 3 (0.28%) Icinga
12 3 (0.28%) Kibana
12 3 (0.28%) Kubeflow
12 3 (0.28%) Packer
13 2 (0.19%) Opsgenie
Vendors
1 333 (31.06%) Microsoft
2 139 (12.97%) Databricks
3 123 (11.47%) Oracle
4 50 (4.66%) ServiceNow
5 35 (3.26%) OpenAI
6 29 (2.71%) Salesforce
7 20 (1.87%) Google
7 20 (1.87%) SAP
8 17 (1.59%) Splunk
9 13 (1.21%) HP
9 13 (1.21%) VMware
10 12 (1.12%) MuleSoft
11 10 (0.93%) Lotus
11 10 (0.93%) NEC
12 9 (0.84%) Foundry
12 9 (0.84%) Kofax
13 8 (0.75%) Brio
13 8 (0.75%) Citrix
13 8 (0.75%) Dynatrace
13 8 (0.75%) Informatica
565 Azure DevOps jobs in England