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

 6 months to
12 Sep 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 76 86 76
Rank change year-on-year +10 -10 0
Contract jobs citing Azure DevOps 1,514 794 914
As % of all contract jobs in England 3.27% 2.85% 2.77%
As % of the Cloud Services category 9.44% 7.61% 8.05%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,063 567 615
10th Percentile £363 £350 £380
25th Percentile £416 £413 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £510 £525
Median % change year-on-year -1.96% -2.86% -4.55%
75th Percentile £600 £606 £600
90th Percentile £675 £700 £675
UK median daily rate £500 £500 £525
% change year-on-year - -4.76% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 42 2 0
10th Percentile £21.25 £63.75 -
25th Percentile £37.24 £67.50 -
Median hourly rate £50.90 £75.00 -
Median % change year-on-year -32.13% - -
75th Percentile £82.44 £82.50 -
90th Percentile £102.33 £86.25 -
UK median hourly rate £46.00 £85.00 -
% change year-on-year -45.88% - -

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 16,038 10,427 11,352
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 34.60% 37.48% 34.42%
Number of daily rates quoted 10,714 7,046 7,779
10th Percentile £320 £308 £313
25th Percentile £425 £406 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £500 £525
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% -4.76% -4.55%
75th Percentile £625 £625 £640
90th Percentile £718 £725 £750
UK median daily rate £525 £500 £525
% change year-on-year +5.00% -4.76% -2.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 545 260 183
10th Percentile £15.25 £15.48 £14.16
25th Percentile £17.97 £18.87 £19.97
Median hourly rate £33.99 £26.38 £30.88
Median % change year-on-year +28.87% -14.57% -6.44%
75th Percentile £70.00 £44.61 £61.78
90th Percentile £82.75 £71.51 £70.00
UK median hourly rate £32.50 £29.63 £30.00
% change year-on-year +9.70% -1.25% -14.29%

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 12 September 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 12 September 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 12 September 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 +17 859 £500 -4.76% 327
South East -21 172 £525 +12.45% 114
North of England +2 171 £475 -5.00% 108
Midlands +15 159 £460 -8.00% 65
West Midlands +14 117 £450 -19.28% 33
North West 0 84 £494 +9.72% 62
South West +2 80 £475 -13.64% 48
Yorkshire -16 62 £490 -2.00% 31
East Midlands -2 41 £494 +6.76% 32
East of England +4 38 £425 -15.00% 39
North East - 25 £450 - 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
1 108 (7.13%) Confluence
2 104 (6.87%) SharePoint
3 38 (2.51%) Apache Spark
4 32 (2.11%) Apache Airflow
5 30 (1.98%) Apache
6 12 (0.79%) CMS
7 8 (0.53%) Microsoft Exchange
8 6 (0.40%) Documentum
9 4 (0.26%) Mendix
10 3 (0.20%) IIS
10 3 (0.20%) Kentico
10 3 (0.20%) nginx
10 3 (0.20%) Palantir Foundry
11 2 (0.13%) ArcGIS
11 2 (0.13%) OpenROAD
11 2 (0.13%) SAS
11 2 (0.13%) Smallworld
11 2 (0.13%) Umbraco
12 1 (0.066%) Oracle Workflow
12 1 (0.066%) WebLogic
Applications
1 57 (3.76%) Microsoft Project
2 43 (2.84%) Microsoft Excel
3 24 (1.59%) MS Visio
4 16 (1.06%) Microsoft Office
5 13 (0.86%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 8 (0.53%) Chatbot
7 7 (0.46%) CPLEX
7 7 (0.46%) Trello
8 5 (0.33%) Notion
9 3 (0.20%) Spreadsheet
10 2 (0.13%) Mingle
11 1 (0.066%) Adobe XD
Business Applications
1 55 (3.63%) Dynamics CRM
2 20 (1.32%) SAP S/4HANA
3 5 (0.33%) Dynamics AX
3 5 (0.33%) Payment Gateway
4 4 (0.26%) Oracle EBS
5 3 (0.20%) Endur
5 3 (0.20%) Findur
5 3 (0.20%) Maximo
5 3 (0.20%) SAP MDG
5 3 (0.20%) SAP Oil and Gas
6 2 (0.13%) Aladdin
6 2 (0.13%) Dynamics GP
6 2 (0.13%) IBM Operational Decision Manager
6 2 (0.13%) Oracle Payables
6 2 (0.13%) Oracle Receivables
6 2 (0.13%) SAP BPC
6 2 (0.13%) SAP MM
6 2 (0.13%) Teamcenter
6 2 (0.13%) Unit4 Business World
7 1 (0.066%) Oracle General Ledger
Cloud Services
1 1,514 (100.00%) Azure
2 388 (25.63%) GitHub
3 271 (17.90%) Power Platform
4 267 (17.64%) GitHub Actions
5 230 (15.19%) AWS
6 134 (8.85%) Azure Data Factory
7 130 (8.59%) Dynamics 365
8 127 (8.39%) Entra ID
9 124 (8.19%) Azure AKS
10 119 (7.86%) Serverless
11 118 (7.79%) Azure Monitor
12 116 (7.66%) Power Automate
13 87 (5.75%) Azure Functions
13 87 (5.75%) PowerApps
14 84 (5.55%) GCP
15 79 (5.22%) Azure Synapse Analytics
16 77 (5.09%) Azure Logic Apps
17 66 (4.36%) Microsoft 365
18 62 (4.10%) Azure Key Vault
19 61 (4.03%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 62 (4.10%) Firewall
2 39 (2.58%) DNS
3 36 (2.38%) Network Security
4 23 (1.52%) VPN
5 18 (1.19%) SSL
6 13 (0.86%) DHCP
6 13 (0.86%) WAN
7 10 (0.66%) SD-WAN
8 6 (0.40%) VLAN
9 5 (0.33%) Internet
9 5 (0.33%) TCP/IP
10 4 (0.26%) LAN
10 4 (0.26%) SAN
11 3 (0.20%) RS-232
11 3 (0.20%) RS-485
11 3 (0.20%) Wi-Fi
12 2 (0.13%) Cisco IOS
12 2 (0.13%) Reverse Proxy
12 2 (0.13%) SSH
12 2 (0.13%) X.509
Database & Business Intelligence
1 173 (11.43%) Power BI
2 116 (7.66%) SQL Server
3 79 (5.22%) Data Warehouse
4 78 (5.15%) Data Lake
5 64 (4.23%) Azure SQL Database
6 48 (3.17%) Delta Lake
7 47 (3.10%) NoSQL
8 46 (3.04%) PostgreSQL
9 30 (1.98%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 29 (1.92%) Metadata
11 22 (1.45%) Relational Database
12 21 (1.39%) Big Data
13 20 (1.32%) MongoDB
14 19 (1.25%) Snowflake Schema
15 17 (1.12%) MySQL
16 16 (1.06%) Spark SQL
17 15 (0.99%) Star Schema
18 13 (0.86%) Amazon Redshift
18 13 (0.86%) Oracle Database
18 13 (0.86%) Redis
Development Applications
1 279 (18.43%) JIRA
2 262 (17.31%) Git
3 196 (12.95%) Jenkins
4 155 (10.24%) GitLab
5 74 (4.89%) Selenium
6 36 (2.38%) Postman
7 31 (2.05%) SonarQube
8 28 (1.85%) Cypress.io
8 28 (1.85%) WebDriver
9 27 (1.78%) Visual Studio
10 24 (1.59%) Cucumber
11 20 (1.32%) REST Assured
12 19 (1.25%) Gradle
13 17 (1.12%) JUnit
14 15 (0.99%) Bitbucket
14 15 (0.99%) Maven
14 15 (0.99%) TestRail
15 13 (0.86%) MSI
16 12 (0.79%) Snyk
16 12 (0.79%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 415 (27.41%) Social Skills
2 320 (21.14%) Finance
3 187 (12.35%) Public Sector
4 163 (10.77%) Analytical Skills
5 83 (5.48%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 81 (5.35%) Banking
7 36 (2.38%) Retail
8 29 (1.92%) Influencing Skills
9 26 (1.72%) Documentation Skills
10 25 (1.65%) Legal
11 24 (1.59%) Aerospace
12 22 (1.45%) Organisational Skills
13 20 (1.32%) Marketing
14 15 (0.99%) Investment Banking
15 14 (0.92%) Local Government
16 12 (0.79%) Law
16 12 (0.79%) Manufacturing
17 9 (0.59%) Pharmaceutical
18 8 (0.53%) Billing
18 8 (0.53%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 256 (16.91%) Developer
2 241 (15.92%) DevOps Engineer
2 241 (15.92%) Senior
3 232 (15.32%) Azure Engineer
4 145 (9.58%) Azure DevOps Engineer
5 132 (8.72%) Lead
6 123 (8.12%) Analyst
6 123 (8.12%) Data Engineer
7 114 (7.53%) Architect
8 61 (4.03%) Business Analyst
9 55 (3.63%) Project Manager
10 53 (3.50%) Platform Engineer
11 51 (3.37%) Cloud Engineer
11 51 (3.37%) Consultant
12 45 (2.97%) Senior Developer
13 43 (2.84%) Dynamics 365 Developer
14 41 (2.71%) Test Analyst
15 40 (2.64%) Solutions Architect
16 37 (2.44%) Senior DevOps
17 36 (2.38%) Tester
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 440 (29.06%) Terraform
2 201 (13.28%) .NET
3 183 (12.09%) REST
4 83 (5.48%) JSON
5 81 (5.35%) PySpark
5 81 (5.35%) RESTful
6 77 (5.09%) ADO
7 70 (4.62%) ARM Templates
8 68 (4.49%) Kafka
9 64 (4.23%) YAML
10 58 (3.83%) React
11 56 (3.70%) .NET Framework
12 53 (3.50%) Playwright
13 52 (3.43%) .NET Core
14 44 (2.91%) XML
15 42 (2.77%) OAuth
16 40 (2.64%) HTML
17 36 (2.38%) Middleware
18 35 (2.31%) CSS
18 35 (2.31%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 168 (11.10%) Cloud Native
2 129 (8.52%) Product Ownership
3 54 (3.57%) Onboarding
4 47 (3.10%) Enterprise Software
4 47 (3.10%) Legacy Systems
5 40 (2.64%) Distributed Systems
6 38 (2.51%) Management Information System
7 30 (1.98%) Hybrid Cloud
8 28 (1.85%) Self-Motivation
9 23 (1.52%) AI Agents
10 21 (1.39%) Data Structures
11 20 (1.32%) Replication
12 18 (1.19%) Low-Code
13 17 (1.12%) Linux Command Line
13 17 (1.12%) Mobile App
14 16 (1.06%) Virtual Team
15 15 (0.99%) Data Protection Act
15 15 (0.99%) Enterprise Cloud
15 15 (0.99%) Greenfield Project
15 15 (0.99%) Reinsurance
Operating Systems
1 102 (6.74%) Windows
2 75 (4.95%) Linux
3 33 (2.18%) Windows Server
4 17 (1.12%) VMS
5 13 (0.86%) Unix
6 12 (0.79%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 10 (0.66%) Android
7 10 (0.66%) Apple iOS
8 6 (0.40%) Windows Server 2016
9 4 (0.26%) Ubuntu
9 4 (0.26%) Windows Server 2019
10 3 (0.20%) Mac OS
11 2 (0.13%) CentOS
12 1 (0.066%) Amazon Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 1,514 (100.00%) DevOps
2 846 (55.88%) CI/CD
3 662 (43.73%) Agile
4 400 (26.42%) Infrastructure as Code
5 280 (18.49%) Stakeholder Management
6 279 (18.43%) Test Automation
7 251 (16.58%) Problem-Solving
8 250 (16.51%) Continuous Improvement
9 237 (15.65%) Containerisation
10 236 (15.59%) Analytics
11 220 (14.53%) Scrum
12 195 (12.88%) Migration
13 183 (12.09%) Business Intelligence
14 173 (11.43%) User Acceptance Testing
15 172 (11.36%) Stakeholder Engagement
16 169 (11.16%) AI
17 166 (10.96%) Data Modelling
18 162 (10.70%) Platform Engineering
19 160 (10.57%) Deployment Automation
20 157 (10.37%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 386 (25.50%) Python
2 384 (25.36%) SQL
3 258 (17.04%) C#
4 217 (14.33%) PowerShell
5 173 (11.43%) Bicep
6 158 (10.44%) JavaScript
7 139 (9.18%) Bash
8 118 (7.79%) Java
9 92 (6.08%) TypeScript
10 25 (1.65%) T-SQL
11 19 (1.25%) Data Analysis Expressions
12 18 (1.19%) Apex Code
13 17 (1.12%) Kusto Query Language
14 14 (0.92%) Go
14 14 (0.92%) X++
15 7 (0.46%) Shell Script
16 6 (0.40%) C
16 6 (0.40%) PL/SQL
16 6 (0.40%) R
16 6 (0.40%) Scala
Qualifications
1 451 (29.79%) Security Cleared
2 368 (24.31%) SC Cleared
3 121 (7.99%) Azure Certification
4 111 (7.33%) Degree
5 70 (4.62%) Microsoft Certification
6 55 (3.63%) DV Cleared
7 41 (2.71%) BPSS Clearance
8 38 (2.51%) ISTQB
9 31 (2.05%) Computer Science Degree
10 26 (1.72%) AWS Certification
11 19 (1.25%) PMI Certification
12 18 (1.19%) PMP
13 14 (0.92%) CISSP
14 13 (0.86%) Master's Degree
15 11 (0.73%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
16 10 (0.66%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
16 10 (0.66%) Cisco Certification
16 10 (0.66%) DBS Check
17 9 (0.59%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
17 9 (0.59%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 182 (12.02%) QA
2 108 (7.13%) Data Quality
3 90 (5.94%) Accessibility
4 57 (3.76%) GDPR
5 54 (3.57%) WCAG
6 32 (2.11%) PMO
7 27 (1.78%) NIST
8 25 (1.65%) ISO/IEC 27001
9 19 (1.25%) NCSC
10 12 (0.79%) SLA
11 10 (0.66%) GRC
12 9 (0.59%) ISO 20022
12 9 (0.59%) Sarbanes-Oxley
13 7 (0.46%) Cyber Essentials
14 6 (0.40%) SEPA
15 4 (0.26%) PSD2
16 3 (0.20%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
16 3 (0.20%) Government Security Classifications
17 2 (0.13%) Actionable Recommendations
17 2 (0.13%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 251 (16.58%) Docker
2 76 (5.02%) Active Directory
3 32 (2.11%) Virtual Machines
4 17 (1.12%) VMware Infrastructure
5 15 (0.99%) Virtual Desktop
6 5 (0.33%) Hyper-V
7 4 (0.26%) Firmware
7 4 (0.26%) vSphere
8 3 (0.20%) Embedded Firmware
8 3 (0.20%) Microsoft App-V
9 2 (0.13%) Apache ZooKeeper
9 2 (0.13%) OpenSSH
9 2 (0.13%) VMware NSX
10 1 (0.066%) Virtual Servers
10 1 (0.066%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 317 (20.94%) Kubernetes
2 102 (6.74%) Ansible
3 57 (3.76%) Grafana
4 50 (3.30%) Prometheus
5 28 (1.85%) Microsoft Intune
6 25 (1.65%) Progress Chef
7 22 (1.45%) Puppet
8 18 (1.19%) Argo
9 14 (0.92%) HP ALM
9 14 (0.92%) Packer
10 10 (0.66%) SCOM
11 9 (0.59%) SCCM
11 9 (0.59%) Single Sign-On
12 6 (0.40%) Istio
13 5 (0.33%) HP Quality Center
13 5 (0.33%) Jamf Pro
14 3 (0.20%) HP Fortify
14 3 (0.20%) Kibana
15 2 (0.13%) Docker Swarm
15 2 (0.13%) systemd
Vendors
1 542 (35.80%) Microsoft
2 138 (9.11%) Databricks
3 57 (3.76%) Oracle
3 57 (3.76%) Salesforce
4 55 (3.63%) ServiceNow
5 46 (3.04%) SAP
6 39 (2.58%) Google
7 32 (2.11%) Dynatrace
8 30 (1.98%) Splunk
9 24 (1.59%) VMware
10 17 (1.12%) Foundry
10 17 (1.12%) Informatica
10 17 (1.12%) OpenAI
11 15 (0.99%) MuleSoft
12 14 (0.92%) HP
12 14 (0.92%) UiPath
13 11 (0.73%) Red Hat
14 10 (0.66%) Cloudera
15 9 (0.59%) InterSystems
15 9 (0.59%) Workday
674 Azure DevOps jobs in England