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 24 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

 6 months to
24 Nov 2025		 Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 84 83 77
Rank change year-on-year -1 -6 +12
Contract jobs citing Azure DevOps 938 839 1,082
As % of all contract jobs in England 3.10% 2.69% 2.76%
As % of the Cloud Services category 8.05% 7.50% 7.84%
Number of daily rates quoted 667 567 830
10th Percentile £358 £375 £410
25th Percentile £413 £457 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% -4.55% -
75th Percentile £600 £625 £638
90th Percentile £688 £700 £713
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £545
% change year-on-year -4.76% -3.67% -0.91%
Number of hourly rates quoted 8 2 9
10th Percentile £45.84 £67.63 £54.25
25th Percentile £57.44 £69.69 £57.50
Median hourly rate £74.63 £73.75 £62.00
Median % change year-on-year +1.19% +18.95% -5.76%
75th Percentile £90.00 £77.19 £77.50
90th Percentile £93.75 £78.88 -
UK median hourly rate £75.00 £73.75 £62.00
% change year-on-year +1.69% +18.95% -5.76%

All Cloud 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 11,651 11,192 13,800
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 38.51% 35.95% 35.16%
Number of daily rates quoted 7,934 7,433 10,061
10th Percentile £304 £313 £288
25th Percentile £406 £425 £420
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £538 £525
Median % change year-on-year -6.98% +2.38% -4.55%
75th Percentile £619 £650 £650
90th Percentile £721 £738 £738
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 304 151 277
10th Percentile £15.50 £17.00 £14.36
25th Percentile £18.87 £21.46 £17.75
Median hourly rate £25.47 £33.93 £26.50
Median % change year-on-year -24.93% +28.04% +17.78%
75th Percentile £48.31 £59.78 £58.75
90th Percentile £78.38 £70.00 £78.00
UK median hourly rate £25.74 £30.88 £27.00
% change year-on-year -16.65% +14.35% +22.28%

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 24 November 2025.

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 24 November 2025.

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 24 November 2025. 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 -7 496 £525 -4.55% 126
South East -1 123 £500 -9.09% 124
North of England -18 99 £500 -4.76% 42
Midlands +6 84 £488 -2.50% 42
South West +49 77 £475 +5.56% 40
West Midlands -2 52 £575 +9.52% 29
Yorkshire -26 48 £506 +1.25% 11
North West -8 46 £405 -26.36% 23
East Midlands +12 32 £418 -12.11% 11
East of England +7 30 £525 -20.75% 15
North East -4 5 £600 +23.08% 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 50 (5.33%) Confluence
2 49 (5.22%) SharePoint
3 16 (1.71%) Apache
4 13 (1.39%) Apache Spark
5 12 (1.28%) Apache Airflow
6 8 (0.85%) Microsoft Exchange
7 5 (0.53%) CMS
8 4 (0.43%) OpenStack
9 3 (0.32%) Adobe Experience Manager
9 3 (0.32%) Documentum
9 3 (0.32%) IIS
9 3 (0.32%) Sitecore CMS
10 2 (0.21%) Anypoint
10 2 (0.21%) Mule
11 1 (0.11%) Apache Synapse
11 1 (0.11%) Appian
11 1 (0.11%) ArcGIS
11 1 (0.11%) HCL Notes
11 1 (0.11%) Headless CMS
11 1 (0.11%) SharePoint Server
Applications
1 30 (3.20%) Microsoft Excel
2 12 (1.28%) Microsoft Project
3 11 (1.17%) Microsoft Office
4 10 (1.07%) MS Visio
5 7 (0.75%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 3 (0.32%) Trello
7 1 (0.11%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 33 (3.52%) Dynamics CRM
2 10 (1.07%) Aladdin
3 7 (0.75%) Endur
4 5 (0.53%) SAP S/4HANA
5 4 (0.43%) NEC Housing
6 3 (0.32%) Oracle EBS
7 2 (0.21%) Oracle Assets
7 2 (0.21%) Oracle ERP
7 2 (0.21%) Oracle General Ledger
7 2 (0.21%) Oracle Payables
7 2 (0.21%) Oracle Receivables
7 2 (0.21%) Primavera
7 2 (0.21%) Salesforce CRM
7 2 (0.21%) Workday HCM
8 1 (0.11%) Dynamics AX
8 1 (0.11%) Orchestrade
8 1 (0.11%) Payment Gateway
8 1 (0.11%) SAP MRS
8 1 (0.11%) SAP PM
8 1 (0.11%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 937 (99.89%) Azure
2 212 (22.60%) GitHub
3 160 (17.06%) Power Platform
4 150 (15.99%) GitHub Actions
5 126 (13.43%) AWS
6 107 (11.41%) Azure AKS
7 101 (10.77%) Serverless
8 86 (9.17%) Azure Monitor
8 86 (9.17%) Dynamics 365
9 85 (9.06%) Azure Data Factory
10 76 (8.10%) Entra ID
11 67 (7.14%) Azure Logic Apps
12 65 (6.93%) PowerApps
13 61 (6.50%) Power Automate
14 58 (6.18%) GCP
15 56 (5.97%) Azure Functions
16 55 (5.86%) Azure Key Vault
17 51 (5.44%) Azure Service Bus
18 50 (5.33%) Azure Synapse Analytics
19 42 (4.48%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 32 (3.41%) Firewall
2 19 (2.03%) Network Security
3 18 (1.92%) DNS
4 16 (1.71%) VPN
5 11 (1.17%) WAN
6 8 (0.85%) SD-WAN
7 6 (0.64%) LAN
8 5 (0.53%) DHCP
9 4 (0.43%) TCP/IP
10 3 (0.32%) HTTP
10 3 (0.32%) SSL
11 2 (0.21%) AMQP
11 2 (0.21%) DSL
11 2 (0.21%) MPLS
11 2 (0.21%) NGFW
11 2 (0.21%) Remote Desktop
11 2 (0.21%) VLAN
12 1 (0.11%) iSCSI
12 1 (0.11%) VRRP
12 1 (0.11%) VSAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 101 (10.77%) Power BI
2 55 (5.86%) SQL Server
3 40 (4.26%) Azure SQL Database
3 40 (4.26%) PostgreSQL
4 37 (3.94%) Data Warehouse
5 32 (3.41%) Data Lake
6 23 (2.45%) Delta Lake
7 22 (2.35%) NoSQL
8 21 (2.24%) Relational Database
9 20 (2.13%) MongoDB
10 19 (2.03%) Redis
11 12 (1.28%) Metadata
11 12 (1.28%) SQL Server Integration Services
12 11 (1.17%) MySQL
13 9 (0.96%) SQL Server Reporting Services
14 8 (0.85%) Big Data
14 8 (0.85%) DynamoDB
14 8 (0.85%) Elasticsearch
14 8 (0.85%) Oracle Database
14 8 (0.85%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 176 (18.76%) JIRA
2 137 (14.61%) Git
3 89 (9.49%) Jenkins
4 59 (6.29%) GitLab
5 49 (5.22%) Selenium
6 36 (3.84%) Oracle APEX
7 33 (3.52%) Postman
8 25 (2.67%) SonarQube
9 18 (1.92%) JUnit
10 17 (1.81%) Cucumber
11 15 (1.60%) Cypress.io
12 14 (1.49%) Bitbucket
12 14 (1.49%) JMeter
12 14 (1.49%) SpecFlow
13 13 (1.39%) Gradle
14 10 (1.07%) Artifactory
14 10 (1.07%) NUnit
14 10 (1.07%) Visual Studio
15 9 (0.96%) Maven
15 9 (0.96%) TeamCity
General
1 319 (34.01%) Social Skills
2 168 (17.91%) Finance
3 104 (11.09%) Public Sector
4 86 (9.17%) Analytical Skills
5 49 (5.22%) Banking
6 34 (3.62%) Documentation Skills
7 30 (3.20%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 25 (2.67%) Investment Banking
9 24 (2.56%) Retail
10 21 (2.24%) Influencing Skills
10 21 (2.24%) Law
11 14 (1.49%) Marketing
12 11 (1.17%) Back Office
12 11 (1.17%) Billing
13 10 (1.07%) Organisational Skills
13 10 (1.07%) Presentation Skills
14 9 (0.96%) Telecoms
15 7 (0.75%) Manufacturing
15 7 (0.75%) Military
16 6 (0.64%) Front Office
Job Titles
1 263 (28.04%) Developer
2 134 (14.29%) Senior
3 118 (12.58%) Azure Engineer
4 113 (12.05%) DevOps Engineer
5 92 (9.81%) Analyst
6 75 (8.00%) Lead
7 64 (6.82%) Azure DevOps Engineer
8 63 (6.72%) Senior Developer
9 58 (6.18%) Architect
10 52 (5.54%) Business Analyst
11 46 (4.90%) Data Engineer
12 40 (4.26%) Azure Developer
13 33 (3.52%) Test Analyst
14 28 (2.99%) Azure Architect
14 28 (2.99%) Platform Engineer
14 28 (2.99%) Tester
15 27 (2.88%) .NET Developer
16 26 (2.77%) C# Developer
17 24 (2.56%) Project Manager
18 23 (2.45%) Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 186 (19.83%) .NET
2 92 (9.81%) REST
3 63 (6.72%) ADO
3 63 (6.72%) RESTful
4 55 (5.86%) ARM Templates
5 53 (5.65%) React
6 51 (5.44%) YAML
7 48 (5.12%) Node.js
7 48 (5.12%) SOAP
8 47 (5.01%) .NET Core
9 39 (4.16%) HTML
10 37 (3.94%) JSON
11 35 (3.73%) AngularJS
12 34 (3.62%) .NET Framework
12 34 (3.62%) PySpark
13 33 (3.52%) OAuth
14 30 (3.20%) Kafka
15 26 (2.77%) Playwright
16 25 (2.67%) CSS
16 25 (2.67%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 89 (9.49%) Cloud Native
2 51 (5.44%) Product Ownership
3 28 (2.99%) Distributed Systems
4 25 (2.67%) Legacy Systems
5 23 (2.45%) CMDB
6 21 (2.24%) Enterprise Software
7 20 (2.13%) Mobile App
8 18 (1.92%) Onboarding
9 15 (1.60%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
9 15 (1.60%) Hybrid Cloud
10 12 (1.28%) Greenfield Project
10 12 (1.28%) Self-Motivation
11 11 (1.17%) AI Agents
11 11 (1.17%) Fixed Income
11 11 (1.17%) Linux Command Line
11 11 (1.17%) Low-Code
12 10 (1.07%) Data Structures
12 10 (1.07%) Security Posture
13 9 (0.96%) Public Cloud
14 8 (0.85%) Reinsurance
Operating Systems
1 45 (4.80%) Windows
2 41 (4.37%) Linux
3 18 (1.92%) Android
4 13 (1.39%) Apple iOS
5 11 (1.17%) Windows Server
6 10 (1.07%) VMS
7 7 (0.75%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 7 (0.75%) Unix
8 3 (0.32%) Windows Server 2016
9 2 (0.21%) Windows 10
10 1 (0.11%) Robot Operating System
10 1 (0.11%) Solaris
10 1 (0.11%) SUSE
10 1 (0.11%) Ubuntu
10 1 (0.11%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 936 (99.79%) DevOps
2 491 (52.35%) CI/CD
3 464 (49.47%) Agile
4 224 (23.88%) Infrastructure as Code
5 203 (21.64%) Scrum
6 175 (18.66%) Problem-Solving
7 156 (16.63%) Test Automation
8 135 (14.39%) Analytics
9 111 (11.83%) Containerisation
10 109 (11.62%) Continuous Improvement
10 109 (11.62%) Validation
11 102 (10.87%) Business Intelligence
12 97 (10.34%) Stakeholder Engagement
13 96 (10.23%) AI
13 96 (10.23%) Microservices
13 96 (10.23%) Migration
14 81 (8.64%) Stakeholder Management
15 70 (7.46%) Data Engineering
15 70 (7.46%) Infrastructure Automation
16 65 (6.93%) Software Engineering
Programming Languages
1 266 (28.36%) SQL
2 244 (26.01%) Python
3 199 (21.22%) C#
4 159 (16.95%) JavaScript
5 113 (12.05%) PowerShell
6 76 (8.10%) Bicep
7 71 (7.57%) Java
8 60 (6.40%) Bash
9 54 (5.76%) TypeScript
10 43 (4.58%) PL/SQL
11 12 (1.28%) Go
12 8 (0.85%) Kusto Query Language
12 8 (0.85%) T-SQL
13 7 (0.75%) Korn
13 7 (0.75%) VBA
14 6 (0.64%) PHP
14 6 (0.64%) VB
14 6 (0.64%) VB.NET
14 6 (0.64%) X++
15 5 (0.53%) Apex Code
Qualifications
1 228 (24.31%) Security Cleared
2 190 (20.26%) SC Cleared
3 65 (6.93%) Azure Certification
4 63 (6.72%) Degree
5 31 (3.30%) Microsoft Certification
6 27 (2.88%) DV Cleared
7 25 (2.67%) Computer Science Degree
8 15 (1.60%) ISTQB
9 13 (1.39%) AWS Certification
10 9 (0.96%) BPSS Clearance
10 9 (0.96%) PMI Certification
11 8 (0.85%) Master's Degree
12 7 (0.75%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
12 7 (0.75%) CISSP
13 6 (0.64%) ITIL Certification
13 6 (0.64%) Numerate Degree
14 5 (0.53%) CBAP
14 5 (0.53%) ISEB
14 5 (0.53%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
14 5 (0.53%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 73 (7.78%) QA
2 38 (4.05%) Accessibility
3 33 (3.52%) Data Quality
4 30 (3.20%) GDPR
5 17 (1.81%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 17 (1.81%) NIST
6 13 (1.39%) NCSC
7 7 (0.75%) EU AI Act
8 6 (0.64%) WCAG
9 5 (0.53%) PMO
10 4 (0.43%) Government Security Classifications
11 3 (0.32%) PSD2
11 3 (0.32%) Sarbanes-Oxley
11 3 (0.32%) SOC 2
11 3 (0.32%) Solvency II
12 2 (0.21%) Cyber Essentials
12 2 (0.21%) GRC
12 2 (0.21%) GxP
12 2 (0.21%) HL7
12 2 (0.21%) JSP 440
System Software
1 148 (15.78%) Docker
2 50 (5.33%) Active Directory
3 22 (2.35%) Virtual Machines
4 11 (1.17%) Virtual Desktop
5 5 (0.53%) VMware Infrastructure
6 2 (0.21%) VMware NSX
7 1 (0.11%) KVM
7 1 (0.11%) Squid
7 1 (0.11%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 250 (26.65%) Terraform
2 161 (17.16%) Kubernetes
3 66 (7.04%) Ansible
4 40 (4.26%) Grafana
5 38 (4.05%) Prometheus
6 13 (1.39%) Puppet
7 12 (1.28%) Progress Chef
8 8 (0.85%) Kibana
8 8 (0.85%) Microsoft Intune
8 8 (0.85%) Single Sign-On
9 7 (0.75%) Argo
9 7 (0.75%) HP ALM
9 7 (0.75%) Istio
9 7 (0.75%) Podman
10 3 (0.32%) ITRS Geneos
10 3 (0.32%) Packer
10 3 (0.32%) vCenter Server
11 2 (0.21%) Fluentd
11 2 (0.21%) Jamf Pro
11 2 (0.21%) SCCM
Vendors
1 287 (30.60%) Microsoft
2 96 (10.23%) Databricks
3 74 (7.89%) Oracle
4 53 (5.65%) ServiceNow
5 34 (3.62%) Salesforce
6 23 (2.45%) OpenAI
7 19 (2.03%) SAP
8 17 (1.81%) Google
9 16 (1.71%) MuleSoft
9 16 (1.71%) Splunk
10 9 (0.96%) VMware
11 8 (0.85%) DocuSign
11 8 (0.85%) Murex
12 7 (0.75%) HP
12 7 (0.75%) NetApp
12 7 (0.75%) Sitecore
13 6 (0.64%) Brio
13 6 (0.64%) Cisco
13 6 (0.64%) Dynatrace
13 6 (0.64%) UiPath
318 Azure DevOps jobs in England