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 3 June 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

 6 months to
3 Jun 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 74 95 76
Rank change year-on-year +21 -19 -6
Contract jobs citing Azure DevOps 1,298 654 1,043
As % of all contract jobs in England 3.11% 2.73% 2.82%
As % of the Cloud Services category 8.87% 7.27% 8.82%
Number of daily rates quoted 952 461 693
10th Percentile £375 £360 £400
25th Percentile £415 £425 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £520 £525
Median % change year-on-year -3.85% -0.95% -4.55%
75th Percentile £596 £625 £600
90th Percentile £688 £725 £675
UK median daily rate £500 £500 £520
% change year-on-year - -3.85% -5.45%
Number of hourly rates quoted 24 1 6
10th Percentile £25.38 - £64.50
25th Percentile £37.25 £30.25 £65.25
Median hourly rate £74.75 £31.50 £65.50
Median % change year-on-year +137.30% -51.91% -6.43%
75th Percentile £91.21 £32.75 £65.75
90th Percentile £104.00 - £68.50
UK median hourly rate £74.50 £85.00 £65.50
% change year-on-year -12.35% +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 14,634 9,001 11,823
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 35.09% 37.60% 32.02%
Number of daily rates quoted 9,956 6,168 8,515
10th Percentile £325 £313 £300
25th Percentile £413 £413 £416
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £520 £525
Median % change year-on-year -1.39% -1.00% -4.55%
75th Percentile £613 £625 £638
90th Percentile £713 £738 £745
UK median daily rate £510 £505 £525
% change year-on-year +0.99% -3.81% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 506 216 324
10th Percentile £15.56 £14.99 £14.00
25th Percentile £21.34 £17.68 £16.00
Median hourly rate £39.50 £25.01 £21.37
Median % change year-on-year +57.97% +17.01% -38.94%
75th Percentile £68.69 £37.50 £39.13
90th Percentile £81.75 £68.13 £69.85
UK median hourly rate £35.91 £27.88 £21.46
% change year-on-year +28.80% +29.92% -42.77%

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 3 June 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 3 June 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 3 June 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 +18 726 £500 -4.76% 143
South East +6 182 £500 +2.56% 89
North of England +2 141 £500 +5.26% 90
Midlands -6 126 £475 -7.32% 57
West Midlands -10 85 £475 -9.52% 32
North West +6 65 £500 -2.44% 46
South West +8 63 £500 -2.44% 30
Yorkshire -25 57 £500 +14.29% 25
East Midlands -13 39 £488 -2.50% 25
East of England -9 27 £450 -5.26% 34
North East -14 19 £453 -17.64% 19
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 86 (6.63%) SharePoint
2 73 (5.62%) Confluence
3 40 (3.08%) Apache Spark
4 28 (2.16%) Apache
5 22 (1.69%) Apache Airflow
6 15 (1.16%) Microsoft Exchange
7 8 (0.62%) HCL Notes
7 8 (0.62%) Mendix
8 5 (0.39%) CMS
9 4 (0.31%) IIS
9 4 (0.31%) Palantir Foundry
10 2 (0.15%) ArcGIS
10 2 (0.15%) Kentico
10 2 (0.15%) Umbraco
11 1 (0.077%) IBM HTTP Server
11 1 (0.077%) OpenStack
11 1 (0.077%) Oracle Workflow
11 1 (0.077%) SAS
11 1 (0.077%) WebLogic
Applications
1 42 (3.24%) Microsoft Project
2 25 (1.93%) Microsoft Excel
3 17 (1.31%) MS Visio
4 10 (0.77%) Microsoft Office
5 6 (0.46%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 4 (0.31%) CPLEX
6 4 (0.31%) Notion
7 3 (0.23%) Chatbot
7 3 (0.23%) Trello
8 2 (0.15%) Spreadsheet
9 1 (0.077%) InDesign
Business Applications
1 41 (3.16%) Dynamics CRM
2 14 (1.08%) SAP S/4HANA
3 8 (0.62%) Maximo
4 7 (0.54%) Dynamics AX
5 4 (0.31%) Oracle EBS
6 3 (0.23%) Findur
6 3 (0.23%) Payment Gateway
6 3 (0.23%) SAP BPC
6 3 (0.23%) SAP MDG
6 3 (0.23%) SAP MM
6 3 (0.23%) SAP Oil and Gas
7 2 (0.15%) Aladdin
7 2 (0.15%) Dynamics GP
7 2 (0.15%) Endur
7 2 (0.15%) NEC Housing
7 2 (0.15%) Unit4 Business World
8 1 (0.077%) Oracle ERP
8 1 (0.077%) Oracle Financials
8 1 (0.077%) SAP SD
8 1 (0.077%) SDL Web 8
Cloud Services
1 1,298 (100.00%) Azure
2 321 (24.73%) GitHub
3 210 (16.18%) Power Platform
4 209 (16.10%) GitHub Actions
5 179 (13.79%) AWS
6 129 (9.94%) Azure Data Factory
7 113 (8.71%) Azure AKS
8 112 (8.63%) Entra ID
9 103 (7.94%) Azure Monitor
10 102 (7.86%) Serverless
11 95 (7.32%) Dynamics 365
12 87 (6.70%) Power Automate
13 83 (6.39%) Azure Key Vault
14 77 (5.93%) Azure Synapse Analytics
15 73 (5.62%) Azure Logic Apps
16 71 (5.47%) GCP
17 69 (5.32%) Azure Functions
18 63 (4.85%) Microsoft 365
18 63 (4.85%) PowerApps
19 58 (4.47%) Azure Service Bus
Communications & Networking
1 48 (3.70%) Firewall
2 22 (1.69%) Network Security
3 21 (1.62%) VPN
4 20 (1.54%) DNS
5 14 (1.08%) SD-WAN
6 13 (1.00%) WAN
7 8 (0.62%) Internet
8 7 (0.54%) DHCP
8 7 (0.54%) TCP/IP
9 6 (0.46%) LAN
10 5 (0.39%) IPsec
10 5 (0.39%) VLAN
11 4 (0.31%) MQTT
12 3 (0.23%) SSL
13 2 (0.15%) BGP
13 2 (0.15%) FTP
13 2 (0.15%) HTTP
13 2 (0.15%) OSPF
13 2 (0.15%) SAN
13 2 (0.15%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 134 (10.32%) Power BI
2 108 (8.32%) SQL Server
3 80 (6.16%) Data Lake
4 76 (5.86%) Azure SQL Database
5 69 (5.32%) Delta Lake
6 57 (4.39%) Data Warehouse
7 45 (3.47%) NoSQL
8 43 (3.31%) PostgreSQL
9 25 (1.93%) Relational Database
10 24 (1.85%) MongoDB
11 22 (1.69%) Oracle Database
11 22 (1.69%) Spark SQL
12 21 (1.62%) Snowflake Schema
13 17 (1.31%) Redis
14 16 (1.23%) SQL Server Integration Services
15 14 (1.08%) Big Data
15 14 (1.08%) Metadata
15 14 (1.08%) Parquet
15 14 (1.08%) Tableau
16 13 (1.00%) Amazon Redshift
Development Applications
1 240 (18.49%) JIRA
2 191 (14.71%) Git
3 112 (8.63%) Jenkins
4 88 (6.78%) GitLab
5 44 (3.39%) Selenium
6 26 (2.00%) Postman
7 20 (1.54%) SonarQube
8 18 (1.39%) REST Assured
8 18 (1.39%) Visual Studio
9 16 (1.23%) Cypress.io
10 15 (1.16%) TestRail
11 13 (1.00%) Cucumber
11 13 (1.00%) Team Foundation Server
12 11 (0.85%) Bitbucket
12 11 (0.85%) NUnit
12 11 (0.85%) SpecFlow
12 11 (0.85%) WebDriver
13 10 (0.77%) Artifactory
13 10 (0.77%) Gradle
14 9 (0.69%) Zephyr
General
1 304 (23.42%) Social Skills
2 269 (20.72%) Finance
3 135 (10.40%) Public Sector
4 121 (9.32%) Analytical Skills
5 58 (4.47%) Banking
6 34 (2.62%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 32 (2.47%) Organisational Skills
8 25 (1.93%) Legal
9 20 (1.54%) Retail
10 19 (1.46%) Documentation Skills
11 17 (1.31%) Influencing Skills
12 13 (1.00%) Aerospace
12 13 (1.00%) Front Office
13 12 (0.92%) Financial Institution
13 12 (0.92%) Investment Banking
14 9 (0.69%) Marketing
15 8 (0.62%) Law
16 7 (0.54%) Presentation Skills
17 6 (0.46%) Local Government
18 5 (0.39%) Billing
Job Titles
1 230 (17.72%) Developer
2 213 (16.41%) Azure Engineer
3 181 (13.94%) DevOps Engineer
4 180 (13.87%) Senior
5 135 (10.40%) Data Engineer
6 118 (9.09%) Azure DevOps Engineer
7 111 (8.55%) Analyst
8 105 (8.09%) Lead
9 91 (7.01%) Architect
10 51 (3.93%) Platform Engineer
11 48 (3.70%) Business Analyst
12 42 (3.24%) Test Analyst
13 40 (3.08%) Cloud Engineer
13 40 (3.08%) Project Manager
14 39 (3.00%) Tester
15 37 (2.85%) Senior Developer
16 36 (2.77%) Full-Stack Developer
16 36 (2.77%) Test Engineer
17 35 (2.70%) Consultant
18 34 (2.62%) Solutions Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 184 (14.18%) .NET
2 108 (8.32%) REST
3 83 (6.39%) PySpark
4 70 (5.39%) React
5 64 (4.93%) ADO
5 64 (4.93%) ARM Templates
6 59 (4.55%) YAML
7 55 (4.24%) Kafka
8 52 (4.01%) RESTful
9 48 (3.70%) JSON
10 44 (3.39%) Node.js
11 42 (3.24%) Playwright
12 41 (3.16%) .NET Framework
13 34 (2.62%) SOAP
14 33 (2.54%) .NET Core
15 30 (2.31%) CSS
16 28 (2.16%) HTML
17 27 (2.08%) OAuth
18 26 (2.00%) AngularJS
19 25 (1.93%) Flask
Miscellaneous
1 142 (10.94%) Cloud Native
2 71 (5.47%) Product Ownership
3 39 (3.00%) Distributed Systems
4 36 (2.77%) Legacy Systems
5 27 (2.08%) Reinsurance
6 26 (2.00%) Enterprise Software
7 25 (1.93%) Onboarding
8 21 (1.62%) Hybrid Cloud
9 19 (1.46%) Self-Motivation
10 18 (1.39%) Low-Code
11 17 (1.31%) Greenfield Project
12 16 (1.23%) Data Structures
13 15 (1.16%) AI Agents
13 15 (1.16%) Mobile App
14 13 (1.00%) Replication
15 10 (0.77%) Data Centre
15 10 (0.77%) Public Cloud
16 9 (0.69%) Enterprise Cloud
16 9 (0.69%) Management Information System
16 9 (0.69%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 67 (5.16%) Windows
2 52 (4.01%) Linux
3 16 (1.23%) VMS
4 9 (0.69%) Windows Server
5 8 (0.62%) Unix
6 5 (0.39%) Android
7 4 (0.31%) Apple iOS
8 3 (0.23%) Mac OS
8 3 (0.23%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 2 (0.15%) Windows Server 2016
9 2 (0.15%) Windows Server 2019
10 1 (0.077%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 1,291 (99.46%) DevOps
2 704 (54.24%) CI/CD
3 472 (36.36%) Agile
4 305 (23.50%) Infrastructure as Code
5 214 (16.49%) Analytics
6 212 (16.33%) Test Automation
7 209 (16.10%) Problem-Solving
8 178 (13.71%) Migration
9 167 (12.87%) Continuous Improvement
10 160 (12.33%) Scrum
11 155 (11.94%) Data Modelling
12 147 (11.33%) Stakeholder Management
13 145 (11.17%) Containerisation
14 144 (11.09%) Business Intelligence
15 135 (10.40%) ETL
16 132 (10.17%) Data Pipeline
17 131 (10.09%) AI
18 122 (9.40%) Observability
19 118 (9.09%) Platform Engineering
20 113 (8.71%) Microservices
Programming Languages
1 399 (30.74%) SQL
2 327 (25.19%) Python
3 221 (17.03%) C#
4 137 (10.55%) PowerShell
5 121 (9.32%) JavaScript
6 114 (8.78%) Bicep
7 91 (7.01%) Java
8 89 (6.86%) Bash
9 68 (5.24%) TypeScript
10 27 (2.08%) T-SQL
11 23 (1.77%) Scala
12 16 (1.23%) Data Analysis Expressions
12 16 (1.23%) Go
13 15 (1.16%) PL/SQL
14 11 (0.85%) Kusto Query Language
15 8 (0.62%) Formula Language
15 8 (0.62%) LotusScript
16 7 (0.54%) Apex Code
16 7 (0.54%) VB
17 6 (0.46%) R
Qualifications
1 346 (26.66%) Security Cleared
2 287 (22.11%) SC Cleared
3 101 (7.78%) Azure Certification
4 69 (5.32%) Degree
5 37 (2.85%) DV Cleared
6 36 (2.77%) BPSS Clearance
7 34 (2.62%) Microsoft Certification
8 31 (2.39%) ISTQB
9 22 (1.69%) Computer Science Degree
10 18 (1.39%) PMI Certification
10 18 (1.39%) PMP
11 12 (0.92%) AWS Certification
12 10 (0.77%) DBS Check
13 9 (0.69%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
14 7 (0.54%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
15 6 (0.46%) CISM
15 6 (0.46%) CISSP
16 5 (0.39%) Cisco Certification
16 5 (0.39%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
16 5 (0.39%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 149 (11.48%) QA
2 104 (8.01%) Data Quality
3 45 (3.47%) Accessibility
4 35 (2.70%) GDPR
5 24 (1.85%) WCAG
6 20 (1.54%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 18 (1.39%) NIST
8 17 (1.31%) PMO
9 14 (1.08%) NCSC
9 14 (1.08%) SLA
10 9 (0.69%) NIST 800
10 9 (0.69%) Sarbanes-Oxley
11 8 (0.62%) GRC
12 7 (0.54%) PCI DSS
13 3 (0.23%) Cyber Essentials
14 2 (0.15%) Actionable Recommendations
14 2 (0.15%) FedRAMP
14 2 (0.15%) Government Security Classifications
14 2 (0.15%) HMG Security Policy Framework
14 2 (0.15%) PSD2
System Software
1 169 (13.02%) Docker
2 74 (5.70%) Active Directory
3 26 (2.00%) Virtual Machines
4 13 (1.00%) Virtual Desktop
5 8 (0.62%) VMware Infrastructure
6 4 (0.31%) Firmware
7 2 (0.15%) Hyper-V
7 2 (0.15%) Microsoft App-V
7 2 (0.15%) OpenSSH
7 2 (0.15%) Postfix
8 1 (0.077%) HDFS
8 1 (0.077%) VMware ESXi
8 1 (0.077%) VMware NSX
8 1 (0.077%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 352 (27.12%) Terraform
2 219 (16.87%) Kubernetes
3 63 (4.85%) Ansible
4 44 (3.39%) Grafana
5 37 (2.85%) Prometheus
6 17 (1.31%) Argo
7 15 (1.16%) HP ALM
8 14 (1.08%) Puppet
9 12 (0.92%) Istio
9 12 (0.92%) Progress Chef
10 11 (0.85%) Microsoft Intune
10 11 (0.85%) Single Sign-On
11 9 (0.69%) Packer
12 6 (0.46%) HP Quality Center
13 5 (0.39%) Jamf Pro
14 3 (0.23%) Active Directory Federation Services
14 3 (0.23%) Rancher
14 3 (0.23%) SCCM
15 2 (0.15%) linkerd
15 2 (0.15%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 388 (29.89%) Microsoft
2 156 (12.02%) Databricks
3 86 (6.63%) Oracle
4 57 (4.39%) ServiceNow
5 39 (3.00%) SAP
6 35 (2.70%) Salesforce
7 24 (1.85%) Informatica
7 24 (1.85%) OpenAI
8 20 (1.54%) Google
8 20 (1.54%) Splunk
9 16 (1.23%) HP
10 15 (1.16%) Foundry
10 15 (1.16%) VMware
11 13 (1.00%) Dynatrace
12 12 (0.92%) IBM
13 10 (0.77%) Bloomberg
14 9 (0.69%) InterSystems
15 8 (0.62%) Kofax
15 8 (0.62%) Lotus
15 8 (0.62%) Red Hat
422 Azure DevOps jobs in England