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

6 months to
28 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 71 96 71
Rank change year-on-year +25 -25 +2
Contract jobs citing Azure DevOps 1,279 667 1,039
As % of all contract jobs in England 3.18% 2.73% 2.81%
As % of the Cloud Services category 8.95% 7.30% 8.82%
Number of daily rates quoted 940 481 698
10th Percentile £363 £365 £400
25th Percentile £413 £431 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
75th Percentile £588 £625 £600
90th Percentile £688 £725 £679
UK median daily rate £492 £510 £525
% change year-on-year -3.63% -2.86% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 14 3 7
10th Percentile - £37.45 £60.25
25th Percentile £25.38 £48.25 £64.50
Median hourly rate £42.75 £67.50 £65.50
Median % change year-on-year -36.67% +3.05% -6.43%
75th Percentile £67.81 £74.38 £65.75
90th Percentile £76.23 £77.75 £67.95
UK median hourly rate £46.00 £80.00 £65.50
% change year-on-year -42.50% +22.14% -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 14,286 9,134 11,776
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 35.57% 37.35% 31.86%
Number of daily rates quoted 9,836 6,406 8,479
10th Percentile £318 £313 £290
25th Percentile £413 £413 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £504 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -3.95% - -4.55%
75th Percentile £613 £638 £638
90th Percentile £714 £741 £738
UK median daily rate £500 £521 £525
% change year-on-year -4.03% -0.76% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 444 194 321
10th Percentile £15.95 £15.17 £14.00
25th Percentile £22.50 £18.13 £15.85
Median hourly rate £43.15 £26.45 £20.77
Median % change year-on-year +63.13% +27.35% -35.70%
75th Percentile £67.50 £42.74 £32.50
90th Percentile £81.00 £73.75 £61.60
UK median hourly rate £40.00 £27.50 £20.99
% change year-on-year +45.45% +31.05% -40.04%

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 28 April 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 28 April 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 28 April 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 +28 724 £500 -6.54% 132
South East -14 168 £500 - 100
North of England -7 125 £500 - 75
Midlands -13 117 £450 -14.29% 45
South West +22 89 £475 -9.52% 25
West Midlands -24 66 £450 -14.29% 20
North West +5 62 £500 -4.76% 46
Yorkshire -34 50 £509 +16.29% 14
East Midlands -15 49 £506 +1.25% 24
East of England -15 23 £438 -7.89% 28
North East -10 13 £475 -11.63% 15
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 84 (6.57%) SharePoint
2 68 (5.32%) Confluence
3 38 (2.97%) Apache Spark
4 28 (2.19%) Apache
5 16 (1.25%) Apache Airflow
5 16 (1.25%) Microsoft Exchange
6 11 (0.86%) HCL Notes
7 10 (0.78%) Mendix
8 6 (0.47%) IIS
9 5 (0.39%) CMS
10 3 (0.23%) ArcGIS
11 2 (0.16%) Sitecore CMS
11 2 (0.16%) Umbraco
12 1 (0.078%) Adobe Experience Manager
12 1 (0.078%) Apache Synapse
12 1 (0.078%) IBM HTTP Server
12 1 (0.078%) OpenStack
12 1 (0.078%) Oracle Workflow
12 1 (0.078%) SAS
12 1 (0.078%) WebLogic
Applications
1 40 (3.13%) Microsoft Project
2 28 (2.19%) Microsoft Excel
3 18 (1.41%) MS Visio
4 10 (0.78%) Microsoft Office
5 8 (0.63%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 4 (0.31%) Trello
7 3 (0.23%) CPLEX
8 2 (0.16%) Chatbot
8 2 (0.16%) Spreadsheet
9 1 (0.078%) InDesign
Business Applications
1 41 (3.21%) Dynamics CRM
2 8 (0.63%) Maximo
3 7 (0.55%) NEC Housing
3 7 (0.55%) SAP S/4HANA
4 6 (0.47%) Dynamics AX
5 4 (0.31%) Oracle EBS
5 4 (0.31%) Payment Gateway
5 4 (0.31%) SAP BPC
6 3 (0.23%) Findur
6 3 (0.23%) SAP Oil and Gas
7 2 (0.16%) Aladdin
7 2 (0.16%) SAP MM
8 1 (0.078%) Endur
8 1 (0.078%) OpenText VIM for SAP
8 1 (0.078%) Oracle ERP
8 1 (0.078%) Oracle Financials
8 1 (0.078%) Primavera
8 1 (0.078%) SAP SD
8 1 (0.078%) SDL Web 8
8 1 (0.078%) Unit4 Business World
Cloud Services
1 1,279 (100.00%) Azure
2 311 (24.32%) GitHub
3 207 (16.18%) GitHub Actions
4 198 (15.48%) Power Platform
5 161 (12.59%) AWS
6 133 (10.40%) Azure Data Factory
7 128 (10.01%) Azure AKS
8 125 (9.77%) Serverless
9 123 (9.62%) Entra ID
10 116 (9.07%) Azure Monitor
11 98 (7.66%) Dynamics 365
12 91 (7.11%) Azure Key Vault
13 82 (6.41%) Azure Functions
13 82 (6.41%) Azure Synapse Analytics
14 78 (6.10%) Power Automate
15 74 (5.79%) Azure Logic Apps
16 67 (5.24%) Azure Service Bus
16 67 (5.24%) Microsoft 365
17 59 (4.61%) GCP
18 58 (4.53%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 51 (3.99%) Firewall
2 25 (1.95%) Network Security
3 22 (1.72%) DNS
4 19 (1.49%) VPN
5 14 (1.09%) SD-WAN
6 13 (1.02%) WAN
7 8 (0.63%) DHCP
7 8 (0.63%) TCP/IP
8 7 (0.55%) LAN
9 6 (0.47%) Internet
10 5 (0.39%) HTTP
10 5 (0.39%) IPsec
10 5 (0.39%) SSL
11 4 (0.31%) MQTT
11 4 (0.31%) VLAN
12 3 (0.23%) FTP
12 3 (0.23%) Remote Desktop
13 2 (0.16%) BGP
13 2 (0.16%) Wi-Fi
13 2 (0.16%) X.509
Database & Business Intelligence
1 130 (10.16%) Power BI
2 116 (9.07%) SQL Server
3 77 (6.02%) Azure SQL Database
4 73 (5.71%) Data Lake
5 64 (5.00%) Delta Lake
6 58 (4.53%) Data Warehouse
7 44 (3.44%) NoSQL
8 38 (2.97%) PostgreSQL
9 29 (2.27%) Oracle Database
10 26 (2.03%) MongoDB
11 25 (1.95%) Relational Database
12 21 (1.64%) Spark SQL
12 21 (1.64%) SQL Server Integration Services
13 17 (1.33%) Tableau
14 16 (1.25%) Snowflake Schema
15 15 (1.17%) DynamoDB
15 15 (1.17%) Redis
16 13 (1.02%) Metadata
17 12 (0.94%) Amazon Redshift
17 12 (0.94%) Big Data
Development Applications
1 242 (18.92%) JIRA
2 182 (14.23%) Git
3 116 (9.07%) Jenkins
4 71 (5.55%) GitLab
5 50 (3.91%) Selenium
6 30 (2.35%) Postman
7 23 (1.80%) Oracle APEX
8 21 (1.64%) SonarQube
8 21 (1.64%) TestRail
9 19 (1.49%) Cypress.io
10 16 (1.25%) REST Assured
10 16 (1.25%) SpecFlow
11 15 (1.17%) Cucumber
11 15 (1.17%) Visual Studio
12 14 (1.09%) Team Foundation Server
12 14 (1.09%) Zephyr
13 13 (1.02%) Bitbucket
14 12 (0.94%) Artifactory
15 11 (0.86%) JUnit
16 10 (0.78%) NUnit
General
1 313 (24.47%) Social Skills
2 254 (19.86%) Finance
3 135 (10.56%) Public Sector
4 130 (10.16%) Analytical Skills
5 59 (4.61%) Banking
6 34 (2.66%) Organisational Skills
7 26 (2.03%) Documentation Skills
8 21 (1.64%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 20 (1.56%) Retail
10 18 (1.41%) Financial Institution
11 16 (1.25%) Front Office
11 16 (1.25%) Legal
12 14 (1.09%) Influencing Skills
13 13 (1.02%) Investment Banking
14 9 (0.70%) Law
14 9 (0.70%) Presentation Skills
15 8 (0.63%) Local Government
15 8 (0.63%) Marketing
16 7 (0.55%) Back Office
17 6 (0.47%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 255 (19.94%) Developer
2 210 (16.42%) Azure Engineer
3 185 (14.46%) DevOps Engineer
4 183 (14.31%) Senior
5 118 (9.23%) Data Engineer
6 116 (9.07%) Azure DevOps Engineer
7 108 (8.44%) Lead
8 99 (7.74%) Analyst
9 85 (6.65%) Architect
10 53 (4.14%) Senior Developer
11 52 (4.07%) Platform Engineer
12 45 (3.52%) Test Analyst
13 44 (3.44%) Tester
14 42 (3.28%) Azure Developer
15 38 (2.97%) Cloud Engineer
16 37 (2.89%) Business Analyst
17 36 (2.81%) Test Engineer
18 34 (2.66%) .NET Developer
18 34 (2.66%) Full-Stack Developer
18 34 (2.66%) Project Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 199 (15.56%) .NET
2 102 (7.97%) REST
3 80 (6.25%) PySpark
4 72 (5.63%) React
5 67 (5.24%) ARM Templates
5 67 (5.24%) Node.js
6 60 (4.69%) ADO
7 56 (4.38%) Kafka
8 54 (4.22%) YAML
9 49 (3.83%) RESTful
10 48 (3.75%) .NET Framework
11 46 (3.60%) .NET Core
12 45 (3.52%) Playwright
13 39 (3.05%) JSON
14 37 (2.89%) OAuth
15 32 (2.50%) AngularJS
15 32 (2.50%) CSS
15 32 (2.50%) SOAP
16 29 (2.27%) HTML
17 27 (2.11%) RabbitMQ
Miscellaneous
1 138 (10.79%) Cloud Native
2 72 (5.63%) Product Ownership
3 42 (3.28%) Distributed Systems
4 39 (3.05%) Enterprise Software
5 36 (2.81%) Legacy Systems
6 24 (1.88%) Onboarding
7 21 (1.64%) Reinsurance
8 18 (1.41%) Hybrid Cloud
8 18 (1.41%) Low-Code
9 17 (1.33%) AI Agents
9 17 (1.33%) Self-Motivation
10 16 (1.25%) Data Structures
11 13 (1.02%) NHS
12 12 (0.94%) Greenfield Project
12 12 (0.94%) Security Posture
12 12 (0.94%) Virtual Team
13 11 (0.86%) Replication
14 10 (0.78%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
15 9 (0.70%) Management Information System
15 9 (0.70%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 67 (5.24%) Windows
2 48 (3.75%) Linux
3 16 (1.25%) VMS
4 11 (0.86%) Windows Server
5 9 (0.70%) Unix
6 3 (0.23%) Mac OS
6 3 (0.23%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 2 (0.16%) Android
7 2 (0.16%) Apple iOS
7 2 (0.16%) Windows Server 2016
7 2 (0.16%) Windows Server 2019
8 1 (0.078%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 1,272 (99.45%) DevOps
2 688 (53.79%) CI/CD
3 473 (36.98%) Agile
4 307 (24.00%) Infrastructure as Code
5 217 (16.97%) Problem-Solving
6 212 (16.58%) Analytics
7 210 (16.42%) Test Automation
8 167 (13.06%) Scrum
9 166 (12.98%) Continuous Improvement
10 162 (12.67%) Migration
11 151 (11.81%) Containerisation
12 146 (11.42%) Data Modelling
13 144 (11.26%) Business Intelligence
14 137 (10.71%) AI
15 130 (10.16%) Stakeholder Management
16 128 (10.01%) Observability
17 127 (9.93%) Microservices
18 121 (9.46%) Validation
19 116 (9.07%) Data Pipeline
19 116 (9.07%) ETL
Programming Languages
1 411 (32.13%) SQL
2 337 (26.35%) Python
3 242 (18.92%) C#
4 159 (12.43%) JavaScript
5 134 (10.48%) PowerShell
6 117 (9.15%) Bicep
7 89 (6.96%) Bash
7 89 (6.96%) Java
8 74 (5.79%) TypeScript
9 44 (3.44%) PL/SQL
10 29 (2.27%) T-SQL
11 26 (2.03%) Scala
12 17 (1.33%) Kusto Query Language
13 14 (1.09%) Go
14 12 (0.94%) Data Analysis Expressions
15 11 (0.86%) Formula Language
15 11 (0.86%) LotusScript
16 6 (0.47%) PHP
16 6 (0.47%) VB
16 6 (0.47%) XPath
Qualifications
1 359 (28.07%) Security Cleared
2 304 (23.77%) SC Cleared
3 105 (8.21%) Azure Certification
4 76 (5.94%) Degree
5 36 (2.81%) ISTQB
6 34 (2.66%) DV Cleared
7 29 (2.27%) Computer Science Degree
8 28 (2.19%) BPSS Clearance
8 28 (2.19%) Microsoft Certification
9 17 (1.33%) PMI Certification
9 17 (1.33%) PMP
10 11 (0.86%) AWS Certification
11 10 (0.78%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
12 7 (0.55%) CISSP
12 7 (0.55%) Master's Degree
13 6 (0.47%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
13 6 (0.47%) CISM
14 5 (0.39%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
14 5 (0.39%) PRINCE2 Certification
15 4 (0.31%) SAFe Agilist
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 144 (11.26%) QA
2 93 (7.27%) Data Quality
3 31 (2.42%) Accessibility
4 29 (2.27%) GDPR
5 19 (1.49%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 18 (1.41%) PMO
7 17 (1.33%) NCSC
8 16 (1.25%) NIST
9 15 (1.17%) WCAG
10 9 (0.70%) NIST 800
10 9 (0.70%) Sarbanes-Oxley
10 9 (0.70%) SLA
11 8 (0.63%) PCI DSS
12 7 (0.55%) GRC
13 6 (0.47%) HL7
14 3 (0.23%) HIPAA
15 2 (0.16%) FedRAMP
15 2 (0.16%) Government Security Classifications
15 2 (0.16%) GxP
15 2 (0.16%) SOC 2
System Software
1 185 (14.46%) Docker
2 77 (6.02%) Active Directory
3 25 (1.95%) Virtual Machines
4 10 (0.78%) Virtual Desktop
5 6 (0.47%) VMware Infrastructure
6 4 (0.31%) Firmware
7 2 (0.16%) Hyper-V
7 2 (0.16%) Microsoft App-V
7 2 (0.16%) OpenSSH
7 2 (0.16%) Postfix
8 1 (0.078%) HDFS
8 1 (0.078%) VMware NSX
8 1 (0.078%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 355 (27.76%) Terraform
2 229 (17.90%) Kubernetes
3 66 (5.16%) Ansible
4 46 (3.60%) Grafana
5 37 (2.89%) Prometheus
6 16 (1.25%) Argo
7 15 (1.17%) HP ALM
8 14 (1.09%) Istio
8 14 (1.09%) Puppet
8 14 (1.09%) Single Sign-On
9 10 (0.78%) Progress Chef
10 8 (0.63%) Microsoft Intune
10 8 (0.63%) Packer
11 4 (0.31%) HP Quality Center
12 3 (0.23%) Active Directory Federation Services
12 3 (0.23%) Icinga
12 3 (0.23%) Kubeflow
12 3 (0.23%) Rancher
12 3 (0.23%) SCCM
13 2 (0.16%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 388 (30.34%) Microsoft
2 158 (12.35%) Databricks
3 120 (9.38%) Oracle
4 56 (4.38%) ServiceNow
5 33 (2.58%) OpenAI
5 33 (2.58%) SAP
6 30 (2.35%) Salesforce
7 26 (2.03%) Splunk
8 20 (1.56%) Informatica
9 16 (1.25%) HP
10 15 (1.17%) Google
10 15 (1.17%) VMware
11 13 (1.02%) Dynatrace
12 12 (0.94%) Foundry
13 11 (0.86%) IBM
13 11 (0.86%) Lotus
13 11 (0.86%) NEC
14 10 (0.78%) Citrix
14 10 (0.78%) Kofax
15 8 (0.63%) InterSystems