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

 6 months to
20 May 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 76 94 73
Rank change year-on-year +18 -21 -3
Contract jobs citing Azure DevOps 1,265 655 1,037
As % of all contract jobs in England 3.08% 2.70% 2.85%
As % of the Cloud Services category 8.79% 7.26% 8.87%
Number of daily rates quoted 933 460 690
10th Percentile £363 £363 £400
25th Percentile £413 £431 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £520
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +0.96% -5.45%
75th Percentile £591 £623 £600
90th Percentile £688 £725 £675
UK median daily rate £500 £500 £515
% change year-on-year - -2.91% -6.36%
Number of hourly rates quoted 20 1 6
10th Percentile £25.38 - £64.50
25th Percentile £34.28 £30.25 £65.25
Median hourly rate £61.25 £31.50 £65.50
Median % change year-on-year +94.44% -51.91% -6.43%
75th Percentile £101.26 £32.75 £65.75
90th Percentile £104.00 - £68.50
UK median hourly rate £68.50 £85.00 £65.50
% change year-on-year -19.41% +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 14,385 9,028 11,691
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 34.99% 37.18% 32.12%
Number of daily rates quoted 9,853 6,245 8,435
10th Percentile £325 £313 £300
25th Percentile £413 £413 £418
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.38% - -4.55%
75th Percentile £613 £630 £638
90th Percentile £713 £738 £743
UK median daily rate £505 £513 £525
% change year-on-year -1.46% -2.38% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 467 203 327
10th Percentile £15.40 £14.99 £14.00
25th Percentile £20.90 £17.96 £15.87
Median hourly rate £39.50 £25.50 £21.37
Median % change year-on-year +54.90% +19.33% -35.73%
75th Percentile £65.00 £37.63 £35.00
90th Percentile £77.50 £72.25 £65.75
UK median hourly rate £37.00 £27.50 £21.37
% change year-on-year +34.55% +28.69% -38.94%

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 May 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 May 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 May 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 +22 712 £500 -4.76% 128
South East 0 186 £500 - 92
North of England +7 131 £500 - 82
Midlands -11 118 £475 -9.09% 37
West Midlands -10 75 £450 -14.29% 22
South West +2 67 £500 -9.09% 18
North West +2 67 £500 -4.76% 47
Yorkshire -31 48 £510 +16.46% 20
East Midlands -13 41 £525 +5.00% 15
East of England -16 20 £450 -5.26% 26
North East -11 16 £463 -13.95% 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 86 (6.80%) SharePoint
2 72 (5.69%) Confluence
3 40 (3.16%) Apache Spark
4 25 (1.98%) Apache
5 17 (1.34%) Apache Airflow
6 13 (1.03%) Microsoft Exchange
7 10 (0.79%) HCL Notes
7 10 (0.79%) Mendix
8 6 (0.47%) IIS
9 3 (0.24%) CMS
10 2 (0.16%) ArcGIS
10 2 (0.16%) Palantir Foundry
10 2 (0.16%) Umbraco
11 1 (0.079%) IBM HTTP Server
11 1 (0.079%) OpenStack
11 1 (0.079%) Oracle Workflow
11 1 (0.079%) SAS
11 1 (0.079%) WebLogic
Applications
1 42 (3.32%) Microsoft Project
2 24 (1.90%) Microsoft Excel
3 17 (1.34%) MS Visio
4 10 (0.79%) Microsoft Office
5 6 (0.47%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 4 (0.32%) CPLEX
7 3 (0.24%) Trello
8 2 (0.16%) Chatbot
8 2 (0.16%) Spreadsheet
9 1 (0.079%) InDesign
9 1 (0.079%) Notion
Business Applications
1 39 (3.08%) Dynamics CRM
2 13 (1.03%) SAP S/4HANA
3 8 (0.63%) Maximo
4 7 (0.55%) Dynamics AX
4 7 (0.55%) NEC Housing
5 4 (0.32%) Oracle EBS
5 4 (0.32%) SAP BPC
6 3 (0.24%) Findur
6 3 (0.24%) Payment Gateway
6 3 (0.24%) SAP Oil and Gas
7 2 (0.16%) Aladdin
7 2 (0.16%) Endur
7 2 (0.16%) SAP MDG
7 2 (0.16%) SAP MM
7 2 (0.16%) Unit4 Business World
8 1 (0.079%) Dynamics GP
8 1 (0.079%) Loan IQ
8 1 (0.079%) Oracle Financials
8 1 (0.079%) SAP SD
8 1 (0.079%) SDL Web 8
Cloud Services
1 1,265 (100.00%) Azure
2 304 (24.03%) GitHub
3 204 (16.13%) Power Platform
4 198 (15.65%) GitHub Actions
5 165 (13.04%) AWS
6 132 (10.43%) Azure Data Factory
7 119 (9.41%) Azure AKS
8 109 (8.62%) Entra ID
9 107 (8.46%) Serverless
10 98 (7.75%) Azure Monitor
11 94 (7.43%) Dynamics 365
12 86 (6.80%) Power Automate
13 82 (6.48%) Azure Key Vault
14 78 (6.17%) Azure Synapse Analytics
15 76 (6.01%) Azure Functions
16 72 (5.69%) Azure Logic Apps
16 72 (5.69%) GCP
17 65 (5.14%) Microsoft 365
18 62 (4.90%) PowerApps
19 60 (4.74%) Azure Service Bus
Communications & Networking
1 47 (3.72%) Firewall
2 23 (1.82%) Network Security
3 19 (1.50%) DNS
4 18 (1.42%) VPN
5 14 (1.11%) SD-WAN
6 12 (0.95%) WAN
7 7 (0.55%) DHCP
7 7 (0.55%) Internet
7 7 (0.55%) TCP/IP
8 6 (0.47%) LAN
9 5 (0.40%) IPsec
9 5 (0.40%) VLAN
10 4 (0.32%) MQTT
11 3 (0.24%) HTTP
11 3 (0.24%) SSL
12 2 (0.16%) BGP
12 2 (0.16%) OSPF
12 2 (0.16%) SSH
12 2 (0.16%) Wi-Fi
12 2 (0.16%) X.509
Database & Business Intelligence
1 133 (10.51%) Power BI
2 112 (8.85%) SQL Server
3 76 (6.01%) Azure SQL Database
3 76 (6.01%) Data Lake
4 66 (5.22%) Delta Lake
5 55 (4.35%) Data Warehouse
6 48 (3.79%) NoSQL
7 42 (3.32%) PostgreSQL
8 28 (2.21%) Oracle Database
9 26 (2.06%) MongoDB
9 26 (2.06%) Relational Database
10 20 (1.58%) Spark SQL
11 17 (1.34%) Snowflake Schema
11 17 (1.34%) SQL Server Integration Services
12 16 (1.26%) Tableau
13 15 (1.19%) Metadata
13 15 (1.19%) Redis
14 13 (1.03%) Big Data
15 12 (0.95%) Amazon Redshift
16 11 (0.87%) Parquet
Development Applications
1 239 (18.89%) JIRA
2 192 (15.18%) Git
3 120 (9.49%) Jenkins
4 80 (6.32%) GitLab
5 42 (3.32%) Selenium
6 26 (2.06%) Postman
7 21 (1.66%) SonarQube
8 17 (1.34%) Cypress.io
8 17 (1.34%) REST Assured
9 16 (1.26%) TestRail
10 15 (1.19%) Visual Studio
11 13 (1.03%) Bitbucket
11 13 (1.03%) Team Foundation Server
12 12 (0.95%) Cucumber
12 12 (0.95%) SpecFlow
13 10 (0.79%) Artifactory
13 10 (0.79%) NUnit
13 10 (0.79%) Zephyr
14 9 (0.71%) MLflow
15 8 (0.63%) WebDriver
General
1 285 (22.53%) Social Skills
2 265 (20.95%) Finance
3 133 (10.51%) Public Sector
4 124 (9.80%) Analytical Skills
5 58 (4.58%) Banking
6 32 (2.53%) Organisational Skills
7 27 (2.13%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 21 (1.66%) Legal
9 19 (1.50%) Financial Institution
10 18 (1.42%) Influencing Skills
11 17 (1.34%) Documentation Skills
12 16 (1.26%) Retail
13 14 (1.11%) Front Office
14 12 (0.95%) Aerospace
15 9 (0.71%) Investment Banking
15 9 (0.71%) Presentation Skills
16 8 (0.63%) Marketing
17 7 (0.55%) Local Government
18 6 (0.47%) Back Office
18 6 (0.47%) Health Technology
Job Titles
1 232 (18.34%) Developer
2 208 (16.44%) Azure Engineer
3 175 (13.83%) DevOps Engineer
4 166 (13.12%) Senior
5 126 (9.96%) Data Engineer
6 111 (8.77%) Azure DevOps Engineer
7 106 (8.38%) Analyst
8 104 (8.22%) Lead
9 91 (7.19%) Architect
10 50 (3.95%) Platform Engineer
11 43 (3.40%) Test Analyst
12 41 (3.24%) Business Analyst
13 39 (3.08%) Tester
14 37 (2.92%) Cloud Engineer
14 37 (2.92%) Project Manager
15 36 (2.85%) Full-Stack Developer
15 36 (2.85%) Test Engineer
16 34 (2.69%) .NET Developer
16 34 (2.69%) Azure Developer
16 34 (2.69%) Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 187 (14.78%) .NET
2 100 (7.91%) REST
3 84 (6.64%) PySpark
4 72 (5.69%) React
5 63 (4.98%) ADO
6 62 (4.90%) ARM Templates
7 58 (4.58%) Kafka
8 56 (4.43%) RESTful
8 56 (4.43%) YAML
9 52 (4.11%) Node.js
10 42 (3.32%) .NET Framework
10 42 (3.32%) JSON
10 42 (3.32%) Playwright
11 40 (3.16%) .NET Core
12 32 (2.53%) SOAP
13 29 (2.29%) CSS
14 27 (2.13%) AngularJS
15 26 (2.06%) HTML
15 26 (2.06%) RabbitMQ
16 25 (1.98%) Flask
Miscellaneous
1 138 (10.91%) Cloud Native
2 71 (5.61%) Product Ownership
3 38 (3.00%) Distributed Systems
4 33 (2.61%) Legacy Systems
5 28 (2.21%) Enterprise Software
6 24 (1.90%) Onboarding
6 24 (1.90%) Reinsurance
7 18 (1.42%) Hybrid Cloud
7 18 (1.42%) Low-Code
8 17 (1.34%) Data Structures
9 16 (1.26%) Self-Motivation
10 15 (1.19%) Greenfield Project
11 13 (1.03%) AI Agents
11 13 (1.03%) Replication
12 12 (0.95%) Mobile App
13 10 (0.79%) NHS
14 9 (0.71%) Public Cloud
14 9 (0.71%) Virtual Team
15 8 (0.63%) Data Centre
15 8 (0.63%) Enterprise Cloud
Operating Systems
1 67 (5.30%) Windows
2 51 (4.03%) Linux
3 16 (1.26%) VMS
4 10 (0.79%) Windows Server
5 9 (0.71%) Unix
6 4 (0.32%) Android
6 4 (0.32%) Apple iOS
7 3 (0.24%) Mac OS
7 3 (0.24%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 2 (0.16%) Windows Server 2016
8 2 (0.16%) Windows Server 2019
9 1 (0.079%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 1,258 (99.45%) DevOps
2 680 (53.75%) CI/CD
3 461 (36.44%) Agile
4 289 (22.85%) Infrastructure as Code
5 214 (16.92%) Problem-Solving
6 200 (15.81%) Test Automation
7 198 (15.65%) Analytics
8 170 (13.44%) Migration
9 157 (12.41%) Continuous Improvement
10 156 (12.33%) Data Modelling
11 152 (12.02%) Scrum
12 151 (11.94%) Containerisation
13 145 (11.46%) Business Intelligence
14 138 (10.91%) Stakeholder Management
15 128 (10.12%) AI
16 127 (10.04%) ETL
17 124 (9.80%) Data Pipeline
18 121 (9.57%) Observability
19 118 (9.33%) Microservices
20 115 (9.09%) Platform Engineering
Programming Languages
1 393 (31.07%) SQL
2 322 (25.45%) Python
3 227 (17.94%) C#
4 136 (10.75%) PowerShell
5 123 (9.72%) JavaScript
6 113 (8.93%) Bicep
7 90 (7.11%) Bash
8 85 (6.72%) Java
9 63 (4.98%) TypeScript
10 28 (2.21%) T-SQL
11 26 (2.06%) Scala
12 22 (1.74%) PL/SQL
13 15 (1.19%) Go
14 14 (1.11%) Data Analysis Expressions
15 12 (0.95%) Kusto Query Language
16 10 (0.79%) Formula Language
16 10 (0.79%) LotusScript
17 7 (0.55%) R
17 7 (0.55%) VB
18 5 (0.40%) Apex Code
Qualifications
1 341 (26.96%) Security Cleared
2 282 (22.29%) SC Cleared
3 102 (8.06%) Azure Certification
4 70 (5.53%) Degree
5 37 (2.92%) DV Cleared
6 32 (2.53%) ISTQB
7 30 (2.37%) Microsoft Certification
8 29 (2.29%) BPSS Clearance
9 23 (1.82%) Computer Science Degree
10 17 (1.34%) PMI Certification
10 17 (1.34%) PMP
11 10 (0.79%) AWS Certification
12 9 (0.71%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
13 7 (0.55%) Master's Degree
14 6 (0.47%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
14 6 (0.47%) CISM
14 6 (0.47%) CISSP
15 5 (0.40%) DBS Check
15 5 (0.40%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
16 4 (0.32%) Cisco Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 144 (11.38%) QA
2 99 (7.83%) Data Quality
3 38 (3.00%) Accessibility
4 29 (2.29%) GDPR
5 20 (1.58%) WCAG
6 19 (1.50%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 18 (1.42%) PMO
8 17 (1.34%) NIST
9 13 (1.03%) NCSC
10 10 (0.79%) Sarbanes-Oxley
10 10 (0.79%) SLA
11 9 (0.71%) NIST 800
11 9 (0.71%) PCI DSS
12 8 (0.63%) GRC
13 5 (0.40%) HL7
14 3 (0.24%) HIPAA
15 2 (0.16%) FedRAMP
15 2 (0.16%) Government Security Classifications
15 2 (0.16%) HMG Security Policy Framework
15 2 (0.16%) SEPA
System Software
1 179 (14.15%) Docker
2 73 (5.77%) Active Directory
3 26 (2.06%) Virtual Machines
4 13 (1.03%) Virtual Desktop
5 4 (0.32%) Firmware
5 4 (0.32%) VMware Infrastructure
6 2 (0.16%) Hyper-V
6 2 (0.16%) Microsoft App-V
6 2 (0.16%) OpenSSH
6 2 (0.16%) Postfix
7 1 (0.079%) HDFS
Systems Management
1 338 (26.72%) Terraform
2 225 (17.79%) Kubernetes
3 59 (4.66%) Ansible
4 42 (3.32%) Grafana
5 35 (2.77%) Prometheus
6 16 (1.26%) Argo
6 16 (1.26%) HP ALM
7 15 (1.19%) Istio
7 15 (1.19%) Puppet
8 11 (0.87%) Progress Chef
8 11 (0.87%) Single Sign-On
9 10 (0.79%) Microsoft Intune
10 8 (0.63%) Packer
11 6 (0.47%) HP Quality Center
12 5 (0.40%) Jamf Pro
13 3 (0.24%) Active Directory Federation Services
13 3 (0.24%) Icinga
13 3 (0.24%) Kubeflow
13 3 (0.24%) Rancher
13 3 (0.24%) SCCM
Vendors
1 372 (29.41%) Microsoft
2 156 (12.33%) Databricks
3 99 (7.83%) Oracle
4 61 (4.82%) ServiceNow
5 38 (3.00%) SAP
6 33 (2.61%) Salesforce
7 25 (1.98%) OpenAI
8 24 (1.90%) Splunk
9 23 (1.82%) Informatica
10 19 (1.50%) Google
11 17 (1.34%) HP
12 16 (1.26%) Dynatrace
13 14 (1.11%) Foundry
14 12 (0.95%) IBM
14 12 (0.95%) VMware
15 11 (0.87%) NEC
16 10 (0.79%) Bloomberg
16 10 (0.79%) Kofax
16 10 (0.79%) Lotus
17 8 (0.63%) Red Hat
351 Azure DevOps jobs in England