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 8 July 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

 6 months to
8 Jul 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 76 91 79
Rank change year-on-year +15 -12 -11
Contract jobs citing Azure DevOps 1,393 734 1,038
As % of all contract jobs in England 3.13% 2.75% 2.80%
As % of the Cloud Services category 8.95% 7.31% 8.55%
Number of daily rates quoted 995 519 694
10th Percentile £365 £350 £400
25th Percentile £415 £413 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £513 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.44% -2.38% -4.55%
75th Percentile £600 £600 £600
90th Percentile £693 £738 £675
UK median daily rate £500 £500 £525
% change year-on-year - -4.76% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 32 3 6
10th Percentile £25.38 £36.45 £64.50
25th Percentile £37.25 £45.75 £65.25
Median hourly rate £72.25 £62.50 £65.50
Median % change year-on-year +15.60% -4.58% -6.43%
75th Percentile £88.00 £76.25 £65.75
90th Percentile £103.85 £83.75 £68.50
UK median hourly rate £70.00 £85.00 £65.50
% change year-on-year -17.65% +29.77% -6.43%

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 15,560 10,035 12,145
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 35.00% 37.61% 32.77%
Number of daily rates quoted 10,462 6,762 8,660
10th Percentile £325 £311 £307
25th Percentile £415 £410 £415
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £520 £515 £525
Median % change year-on-year +1.00% -1.94% -4.55%
75th Percentile £623 £625 £638
90th Percentile £716 £738 £750
UK median daily rate £515 £505 £525
% change year-on-year +1.98% -3.81% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 556 258 330
10th Percentile £16.62 £15.00 £14.16
25th Percentile £22.50 £17.88 £16.06
Median hourly rate £39.50 £25.15 £22.00
Median % change year-on-year +57.06% +14.32% -33.33%
75th Percentile £70.00 £39.69 £43.75
90th Percentile £83.13 £67.50 £70.00
UK median hourly rate £37.50 £27.63 £22.00
% change year-on-year +35.72% +25.59% -37.14%

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 8 July 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 8 July 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 8 July 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 +12 774 £500 -4.76% 174
South East -18 179 £500 +5.26% 113
North of England +8 161 £490 -2.05% 86
Midlands +3 150 £475 -5.00% 44
West Midlands +2 107 £450 -14.29% 21
North West +8 80 £500 -4.76% 49
South West +3 66 £475 -9.52% 28
Yorkshire -14 62 £500 +1.42% 26
East Midlands +1 41 £525 +5.00% 22
East of England +4 35 £450 -6.49% 41
North East -19 19 £450 -18.18% 12
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 95 (6.82%) Confluence
2 83 (5.96%) SharePoint
3 37 (2.66%) Apache Spark
4 29 (2.08%) Apache
5 25 (1.79%) Apache Airflow
6 14 (1.01%) Microsoft Exchange
7 7 (0.50%) CMS
8 6 (0.43%) Documentum
9 4 (0.29%) Mendix
9 4 (0.29%) Palantir Foundry
10 3 (0.22%) HCL Notes
10 3 (0.22%) IIS
10 3 (0.22%) Kentico
10 3 (0.22%) SAS
11 2 (0.14%) Umbraco
12 1 (0.072%) Apache Pulsar
12 1 (0.072%) IBM HTTP Server
12 1 (0.072%) Oracle Workflow
12 1 (0.072%) SharePoint 2013
12 1 (0.072%) WebLogic
Applications
1 50 (3.59%) Microsoft Project
2 34 (2.44%) Microsoft Excel
3 21 (1.51%) MS Visio
4 11 (0.79%) Microsoft Office
5 9 (0.65%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 8 (0.57%) CPLEX
7 5 (0.36%) Chatbot
8 4 (0.29%) Notion
9 3 (0.22%) Spreadsheet
9 3 (0.22%) Trello
10 1 (0.072%) Adobe XD
10 1 (0.072%) InDesign
Business Applications
1 47 (3.37%) Dynamics CRM
2 19 (1.36%) SAP S/4HANA
3 7 (0.50%) Dynamics AX
4 6 (0.43%) Maximo
5 4 (0.29%) Oracle EBS
6 3 (0.22%) Endur
6 3 (0.22%) Findur
6 3 (0.22%) SAP BPC
6 3 (0.22%) SAP MDG
6 3 (0.22%) SAP MM
6 3 (0.22%) SAP Oil and Gas
7 2 (0.14%) Aladdin
7 2 (0.14%) Dynamics GP
7 2 (0.14%) Salesforce CRM
7 2 (0.14%) Unit4 Business World
8 1 (0.072%) Loan IQ
8 1 (0.072%) Oracle Financials
8 1 (0.072%) SAP SD
8 1 (0.072%) SDL Web 8
8 1 (0.072%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 1,393 (100.00%) Azure
2 346 (24.84%) GitHub
3 232 (16.65%) GitHub Actions
4 219 (15.72%) Power Platform
5 198 (14.21%) AWS
6 121 (8.69%) Azure Data Factory
7 112 (8.04%) Entra ID
8 108 (7.75%) Azure Monitor
9 107 (7.68%) Azure AKS
10 104 (7.47%) Dynamics 365
11 100 (7.18%) Power Automate
12 96 (6.89%) Serverless
13 81 (5.81%) Azure Key Vault
14 76 (5.46%) PowerApps
15 71 (5.10%) Azure Synapse Analytics
16 69 (4.95%) GCP
17 66 (4.74%) Azure Logic Apps
18 61 (4.38%) Azure Functions
19 58 (4.16%) Microsoft 365
20 56 (4.02%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 47 (3.37%) Firewall
2 26 (1.87%) Network Security
3 25 (1.79%) DNS
4 19 (1.36%) VPN
5 14 (1.01%) SD-WAN
6 13 (0.93%) WAN
7 10 (0.72%) SSL
8 9 (0.65%) Internet
9 8 (0.57%) DHCP
9 8 (0.57%) TCP/IP
10 6 (0.43%) LAN
10 6 (0.43%) VLAN
11 4 (0.29%) IPsec
12 3 (0.22%) MQTT
13 2 (0.14%) 4G
13 2 (0.14%) BGP
13 2 (0.14%) NAS
13 2 (0.14%) OSPF
13 2 (0.14%) Wi-Fi
13 2 (0.14%) X.509
Database & Business Intelligence
1 141 (10.12%) Power BI
2 105 (7.54%) SQL Server
3 73 (5.24%) Data Lake
4 70 (5.03%) Azure SQL Database
5 65 (4.67%) Delta Lake
6 59 (4.24%) Data Warehouse
7 50 (3.59%) NoSQL
8 47 (3.37%) PostgreSQL
9 28 (2.01%) Relational Database
10 25 (1.79%) MongoDB
11 22 (1.58%) Snowflake Schema
12 20 (1.44%) Redis
12 20 (1.44%) Spark SQL
13 17 (1.22%) Metadata
13 17 (1.22%) Oracle Database
13 17 (1.22%) SQL Server Integration Services
14 15 (1.08%) Big Data
15 13 (0.93%) Amazon Redshift
16 12 (0.86%) Parquet
17 10 (0.72%) Data Vault
Development Applications
1 279 (20.03%) JIRA
2 228 (16.37%) Git
3 138 (9.91%) Jenkins
4 102 (7.32%) GitLab
5 51 (3.66%) Selenium
6 31 (2.23%) Postman
7 23 (1.65%) REST Assured
7 23 (1.65%) SonarQube
7 23 (1.65%) Visual Studio
8 19 (1.36%) Cucumber
9 17 (1.22%) Cypress.io
9 17 (1.22%) WebDriver
10 15 (1.08%) TestRail
11 14 (1.01%) Gradle
11 14 (1.01%) Team Foundation Server
12 13 (0.93%) Bitbucket
12 13 (0.93%) JUnit
13 11 (0.79%) NUnit
13 11 (0.79%) SpecFlow
14 10 (0.72%) MSI
General
1 345 (24.77%) Social Skills
2 291 (20.89%) Finance
3 148 (10.62%) Public Sector
4 147 (10.55%) Analytical Skills
5 70 (5.03%) Banking
6 52 (3.73%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 30 (2.15%) Organisational Skills
8 28 (2.01%) Legal
9 24 (1.72%) Documentation Skills
9 24 (1.72%) Retail
10 19 (1.36%) Influencing Skills
11 14 (1.01%) Aerospace
12 12 (0.86%) Investment Banking
12 12 (0.86%) Marketing
13 11 (0.79%) Law
14 10 (0.72%) Front Office
15 9 (0.65%) Billing
15 9 (0.65%) Local Government
16 7 (0.50%) Back Office
16 7 (0.50%) Financial Institution
Job Titles
1 264 (18.95%) Developer
2 212 (15.22%) Azure Engineer
3 196 (14.07%) DevOps Engineer
4 193 (13.85%) Senior
5 134 (9.62%) Data Engineer
6 120 (8.61%) Analyst
6 120 (8.61%) Azure DevOps Engineer
7 109 (7.82%) Lead
8 105 (7.54%) Architect
9 62 (4.45%) Business Analyst
10 55 (3.95%) Platform Engineer
11 48 (3.45%) Solutions Architect
12 43 (3.09%) Test Analyst
12 43 (3.09%) Tester
13 41 (2.94%) Project Manager
14 40 (2.87%) Consultant
15 38 (2.73%) Full-Stack Developer
16 37 (2.66%) Cloud Engineer
17 36 (2.58%) .NET Developer
17 36 (2.58%) Senior DevOps
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 189 (13.57%) .NET
2 152 (10.91%) REST
3 80 (5.74%) PySpark
4 73 (5.24%) RESTful
5 70 (5.03%) ADO
6 64 (4.59%) React
7 63 (4.52%) YAML
8 59 (4.24%) Kafka
9 58 (4.16%) JSON
10 52 (3.73%) .NET Framework
11 51 (3.66%) ARM Templates
12 47 (3.37%) Playwright
13 44 (3.16%) SOAP
14 42 (3.02%) .NET Core
15 41 (2.94%) Node.js
16 39 (2.80%) HTML
17 38 (2.73%) CSS
18 34 (2.44%) OAuth
19 31 (2.23%) AngularJS
20 30 (2.15%) Spring
Miscellaneous
1 164 (11.77%) Cloud Native
2 92 (6.60%) Product Ownership
3 50 (3.59%) Distributed Systems
4 43 (3.09%) Legacy Systems
5 39 (2.80%) Onboarding
6 29 (2.08%) Enterprise Software
7 27 (1.94%) Reinsurance
8 25 (1.79%) Self-Motivation
9 21 (1.51%) Data Structures
10 20 (1.44%) Hybrid Cloud
11 19 (1.36%) Greenfield Project
12 18 (1.29%) Mobile App
13 17 (1.22%) Management Information System
13 17 (1.22%) Replication
14 13 (0.93%) AI Agents
14 13 (0.93%) Low-Code
15 12 (0.86%) Enterprise Cloud
15 12 (0.86%) Virtual Team
16 11 (0.79%) Public Cloud
17 10 (0.72%) Data Protection Act
Operating Systems
1 83 (5.96%) Windows
2 52 (3.73%) Linux
3 14 (1.01%) Windows Server
4 13 (0.93%) VMS
5 9 (0.65%) Unix
6 6 (0.43%) Android
6 6 (0.43%) Apple iOS
7 4 (0.29%) Mac OS
8 3 (0.22%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 2 (0.14%) Windows Server 2016
9 2 (0.14%) Windows Server 2019
10 1 (0.072%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 1,390 (99.78%) DevOps
2 760 (54.56%) CI/CD
3 548 (39.34%) Agile
4 332 (23.83%) Infrastructure as Code
5 234 (16.80%) Test Automation
6 228 (16.37%) Analytics
7 227 (16.30%) Problem-Solving
8 195 (14.00%) Continuous Improvement
9 194 (13.93%) Scrum
10 188 (13.50%) Migration
11 181 (12.99%) Stakeholder Management
12 180 (12.92%) Containerisation
13 160 (11.49%) Data Modelling
14 149 (10.70%) Business Intelligence
15 137 (9.83%) AI
16 136 (9.76%) Microservices
17 133 (9.55%) Data Pipeline
17 133 (9.55%) User Acceptance Testing
18 131 (9.40%) Platform Engineering
18 131 (9.40%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 407 (29.22%) SQL
2 348 (24.98%) Python
3 238 (17.09%) C#
4 148 (10.62%) PowerShell
5 137 (9.83%) JavaScript
6 128 (9.19%) Bicep
7 100 (7.18%) Bash
8 98 (7.04%) Java
9 86 (6.17%) TypeScript
10 23 (1.65%) T-SQL
11 22 (1.58%) Scala
12 20 (1.44%) Go
13 14 (1.01%) Kusto Query Language
14 12 (0.86%) Apex Code
14 12 (0.86%) Data Analysis Expressions
15 10 (0.72%) PL/SQL
15 10 (0.72%) X++
16 6 (0.43%) R
16 6 (0.43%) Shell Script
16 6 (0.43%) VB
Qualifications
1 382 (27.42%) Security Cleared
2 313 (22.47%) SC Cleared
3 97 (6.96%) Azure Certification
4 89 (6.39%) Degree
5 47 (3.37%) DV Cleared
6 37 (2.66%) Microsoft Certification
7 36 (2.58%) BPSS Clearance
8 35 (2.51%) ISTQB
9 30 (2.15%) Computer Science Degree
10 17 (1.22%) AWS Certification
11 16 (1.15%) PMI Certification
11 16 (1.15%) PMP
12 12 (0.86%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
13 9 (0.65%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
13 9 (0.65%) DBS Check
13 9 (0.65%) Master's Degree
14 7 (0.50%) Cisco Certification
15 5 (0.36%) CISSP
16 4 (0.29%) ITIL Certification
16 4 (0.29%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 154 (11.06%) QA
2 101 (7.25%) Data Quality
3 67 (4.81%) Accessibility
4 45 (3.23%) GDPR
5 39 (2.80%) WCAG
6 18 (1.29%) PMO
7 17 (1.22%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 17 (1.22%) NIST
8 16 (1.15%) SLA
9 15 (1.08%) NCSC
10 10 (0.72%) Sarbanes-Oxley
11 9 (0.65%) GRC
12 7 (0.50%) PCI DSS
13 3 (0.22%) Cyber Essentials
13 3 (0.22%) Government Security Classifications
13 3 (0.22%) NIST 800
14 2 (0.14%) Actionable Recommendations
14 2 (0.14%) FedRAMP
14 2 (0.14%) HMG Security Policy Framework
14 2 (0.14%) SEPA
System Software
1 190 (13.64%) Docker
2 73 (5.24%) Active Directory
3 29 (2.08%) Virtual Machines
4 13 (0.93%) Virtual Desktop
5 10 (0.72%) VMware Infrastructure
6 2 (0.14%) Apache ZooKeeper
6 2 (0.14%) Firmware
6 2 (0.14%) Hyper-V
6 2 (0.14%) Microsoft App-V
6 2 (0.14%) OpenSSH
6 2 (0.14%) Postfix
7 1 (0.072%) HDFS
7 1 (0.072%) VMware ESXi
7 1 (0.072%) VMware NSX
7 1 (0.072%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 374 (26.85%) Terraform
2 238 (17.09%) Kubernetes
3 73 (5.24%) Ansible
4 52 (3.73%) Grafana
5 46 (3.30%) Prometheus
6 19 (1.36%) Argo
7 15 (1.08%) HP ALM
7 15 (1.08%) Puppet
8 14 (1.01%) Single Sign-On
9 13 (0.93%) Microsoft Intune
9 13 (0.93%) Progress Chef
10 12 (0.86%) Istio
11 11 (0.79%) Packer
12 7 (0.50%) HP Quality Center
13 6 (0.43%) Jamf Pro
14 4 (0.29%) SCOM
15 3 (0.22%) Rancher
15 3 (0.22%) SCCM
16 2 (0.14%) HP Fortify
16 2 (0.14%) linkerd
Vendors
1 425 (30.51%) Microsoft
2 142 (10.19%) Databricks
3 76 (5.46%) Oracle
4 58 (4.16%) ServiceNow
5 46 (3.30%) Salesforce
5 46 (3.30%) SAP
6 24 (1.72%) Google
6 24 (1.72%) Splunk
7 23 (1.65%) Informatica
8 21 (1.51%) OpenAI
9 20 (1.44%) Dynatrace
10 16 (1.15%) HP
10 16 (1.15%) VMware
11 15 (1.08%) Foundry
12 10 (0.72%) Bloomberg
12 10 (0.72%) MuleSoft
13 9 (0.65%) IBM
13 9 (0.65%) InterSystems
14 8 (0.57%) Refinitiv
15 7 (0.50%) Zscaler
436 Azure DevOps jobs in England