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

6 months to
29 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 73 90 73
Rank change year-on-year +17 -17 +3
Contract jobs citing Azure DevOps 1,460 760 980
As % of all contract jobs in England 3.26% 2.76% 2.88%
As % of the Cloud Services category 9.30% 7.40% 8.60%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,035 545 655
10th Percentile £363 £350 £393
25th Percentile £416 £413 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £525
Median % change year-on-year - -4.76% -4.55%
75th Percentile £600 £600 £600
90th Percentile £688 £723 £675
UK median daily rate £500 £500 £521
% change year-on-year - -4.10% -5.21%
Number of hourly rates quoted 39 3 0
10th Percentile £20.85 £36.45 -
25th Percentile £25.38 £45.75 -
Median hourly rate £46.80 £62.50 -
Median % change year-on-year -25.12% - -
75th Percentile £84.13 £76.25 -
90th Percentile £102.80 £83.75 -
UK median hourly rate £50.90 £85.00 -
% change year-on-year -40.12% - -

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 15,700 10,274 11,391
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 35.02% 37.35% 33.43%
Number of daily rates quoted 10,475 6,952 8,104
10th Percentile £325 £311 £313
25th Percentile £423 £406 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £512 £525
Median % change year-on-year +2.49% -2.43% -4.55%
75th Percentile £625 £625 £638
90th Percentile £716 £738 £750
UK median daily rate £520 £500 £525
% change year-on-year +4.00% -4.76% -2.78%
Number of hourly rates quoted 564 268 254
10th Percentile £16.62 £14.99 £14.16
25th Percentile £21.25 £18.13 £16.10
Median hourly rate £37.50 £25.15 £22.00
Median % change year-on-year +49.11% +14.32% -33.33%
75th Percentile £70.00 £43.48 £49.69
90th Percentile £84.63 £67.00 £70.00
UK median hourly rate £35.50 £27.38 £22.50
% change year-on-year +29.68% +21.67% -35.71%

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 29 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 29 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 29 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 +20 805 £500 -4.76% 195
South East -17 183 £505 +12.22% 115
Midlands +21 169 £458 -8.50% 55
North of England +9 166 £483 -3.40% 87
West Midlands +14 122 £450 -14.29% 36
North West +7 84 £500 -4.76% 52
South West +3 73 £475 -9.52% 25
Yorkshire -20 60 £480 -4.00% 24
East Midlands +5 45 £525 +12.00% 19
East of England +10 36 £425 -12.82% 30
North East -25 22 £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
1 107 (7.33%) Confluence
2 89 (6.10%) SharePoint
3 33 (2.26%) Apache Spark
4 28 (1.92%) Apache
5 26 (1.78%) Apache Airflow
6 14 (0.96%) Microsoft Exchange
7 8 (0.55%) CMS
8 6 (0.41%) Documentum
9 4 (0.27%) IIS
10 3 (0.21%) Kentico
10 3 (0.21%) Mendix
10 3 (0.21%) Palantir Foundry
10 3 (0.21%) SAS
11 2 (0.14%) OpenROAD
11 2 (0.14%) Umbraco
12 1 (0.068%) ArcGIS
12 1 (0.068%) HCL Notes
12 1 (0.068%) IBM HTTP Server
12 1 (0.068%) Oracle Workflow
12 1 (0.068%) WebLogic
Applications
1 53 (3.63%) Microsoft Project
2 35 (2.40%) Microsoft Excel
3 18 (1.23%) MS Visio
4 11 (0.75%) Microsoft Office
5 8 (0.55%) CPLEX
6 7 (0.48%) Microsoft PowerPoint
7 6 (0.41%) Trello
8 5 (0.34%) Chatbot
9 4 (0.27%) Notion
9 4 (0.27%) Spreadsheet
10 1 (0.068%) Adobe XD
10 1 (0.068%) InDesign
Business Applications
1 44 (3.01%) Dynamics CRM
2 20 (1.37%) SAP S/4HANA
3 7 (0.48%) Dynamics AX
4 6 (0.41%) Maximo
5 4 (0.27%) Oracle EBS
6 3 (0.21%) Endur
6 3 (0.21%) Findur
6 3 (0.21%) SAP BPC
6 3 (0.21%) SAP MDG
7 2 (0.14%) Aladdin
7 2 (0.14%) Dynamics GP
7 2 (0.14%) IBM Operational Decision Manager
7 2 (0.14%) Salesforce CRM
7 2 (0.14%) SAP MM
7 2 (0.14%) SAP Oil and Gas
7 2 (0.14%) Teamcenter
7 2 (0.14%) Unit4 Business World
8 1 (0.068%) Loan IQ
8 1 (0.068%) SAP CS
8 1 (0.068%) SDL Web 8
Cloud Services
1 1,460 (100.00%) Azure
2 373 (25.55%) GitHub
3 253 (17.33%) GitHub Actions
4 229 (15.68%) Power Platform
5 215 (14.73%) AWS
6 124 (8.49%) Azure Data Factory
7 122 (8.36%) Entra ID
8 118 (8.08%) Azure AKS
9 116 (7.95%) Azure Monitor
10 109 (7.47%) Dynamics 365
11 106 (7.26%) Power Automate
12 89 (6.10%) Serverless
13 85 (5.82%) PowerApps
14 82 (5.62%) GCP
15 77 (5.27%) Azure Key Vault
16 73 (5.00%) Azure Synapse Analytics
17 64 (4.38%) Microsoft 365
18 62 (4.25%) Azure Logic Apps
19 55 (3.77%) Azure Functions
19 55 (3.77%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 54 (3.70%) Firewall
2 31 (2.12%) Network Security
3 30 (2.05%) DNS
4 23 (1.58%) VPN
5 15 (1.03%) WAN
6 13 (0.89%) SD-WAN
6 13 (0.89%) SSL
7 10 (0.68%) DHCP
8 9 (0.62%) Internet
8 9 (0.62%) TCP/IP
9 6 (0.41%) LAN
9 6 (0.41%) VLAN
10 3 (0.21%) 4G
10 3 (0.21%) BGP
10 3 (0.21%) OSPF
10 3 (0.21%) RS-232
10 3 (0.21%) RS-485
11 2 (0.14%) Cisco IOS
11 2 (0.14%) NAS
11 2 (0.14%) X.509
Database & Business Intelligence
1 152 (10.41%) Power BI
2 109 (7.47%) SQL Server
3 73 (5.00%) Data Lake
4 70 (4.79%) Azure SQL Database
5 66 (4.52%) Data Warehouse
6 53 (3.63%) NoSQL
7 52 (3.56%) Delta Lake
8 47 (3.22%) PostgreSQL
9 27 (1.85%) Relational Database
10 24 (1.64%) SQL Server Integration Services
11 23 (1.58%) MongoDB
12 21 (1.44%) Metadata
12 21 (1.44%) Snowflake Schema
13 19 (1.30%) Spark SQL
14 16 (1.10%) Redis
15 14 (0.96%) Big Data
16 13 (0.89%) Oracle Database
16 13 (0.89%) Parquet
17 12 (0.82%) Amazon Redshift
18 11 (0.75%) Star Schema
Development Applications
1 288 (19.73%) JIRA
2 230 (15.75%) Git
3 158 (10.82%) Jenkins
4 117 (8.01%) GitLab
5 60 (4.11%) Selenium
6 29 (1.99%) Postman
7 28 (1.92%) SonarQube
8 24 (1.64%) Visual Studio
9 23 (1.58%) Cucumber
9 23 (1.58%) Cypress.io
10 20 (1.37%) WebDriver
11 18 (1.23%) REST Assured
12 16 (1.10%) Gradle
12 16 (1.10%) JUnit
12 16 (1.10%) TestRail
13 14 (0.96%) Bitbucket
14 13 (0.89%) Maven
15 12 (0.82%) MSI
15 12 (0.82%) Team Foundation Server
16 11 (0.75%) SpecFlow
General
1 376 (25.75%) Social Skills
2 296 (20.27%) Finance
3 179 (12.26%) Public Sector
4 148 (10.14%) Analytical Skills
5 72 (4.93%) Banking
6 64 (4.38%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 31 (2.12%) Organisational Skills
8 29 (1.99%) Legal
8 29 (1.99%) Retail
9 25 (1.71%) Documentation Skills
10 22 (1.51%) Influencing Skills
11 16 (1.10%) Aerospace
12 13 (0.89%) Law
13 12 (0.82%) Investment Banking
13 12 (0.82%) Marketing
14 11 (0.75%) Local Government
15 9 (0.62%) Billing
15 9 (0.62%) Manufacturing
16 8 (0.55%) Front Office
17 7 (0.48%) Back Office
Job Titles
1 274 (18.77%) Developer
2 213 (14.59%) Azure Engineer
3 208 (14.25%) Senior
4 207 (14.18%) DevOps Engineer
5 130 (8.90%) Data Engineer
6 127 (8.70%) Analyst
6 127 (8.70%) Lead
7 125 (8.56%) Azure DevOps Engineer
8 99 (6.78%) Architect
9 64 (4.38%) Business Analyst
10 56 (3.84%) Platform Engineer
11 46 (3.15%) Project Manager
11 46 (3.15%) Test Analyst
12 43 (2.95%) Solutions Architect
12 43 (2.95%) Tester
13 42 (2.88%) Cloud Engineer
13 42 (2.88%) Consultant
13 42 (2.88%) Full-Stack Developer
14 41 (2.81%) .NET Developer
15 39 (2.67%) Senior Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 196 (13.42%) .NET
2 159 (10.89%) REST
3 81 (5.55%) PySpark
4 80 (5.48%) RESTful
5 75 (5.14%) ADO
6 71 (4.86%) YAML
7 64 (4.38%) JSON
8 62 (4.25%) .NET Framework
9 59 (4.04%) Kafka
9 59 (4.04%) React
10 52 (3.56%) .NET Core
11 50 (3.42%) ARM Templates
12 49 (3.36%) Playwright
13 45 (3.08%) SOAP
14 39 (2.67%) OAuth
15 36 (2.47%) HTML
16 33 (2.26%) AngularJS
16 33 (2.26%) CSS
16 33 (2.26%) Node.js
17 30 (2.05%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 168 (11.51%) Cloud Native
2 102 (6.99%) Product Ownership
3 52 (3.56%) Distributed Systems
4 50 (3.42%) Legacy Systems
5 43 (2.95%) Onboarding
6 31 (2.12%) Enterprise Software
7 29 (1.99%) Self-Motivation
8 25 (1.71%) Hybrid Cloud
8 25 (1.71%) Management Information System
9 22 (1.51%) Data Structures
10 21 (1.44%) Reinsurance
11 17 (1.16%) Greenfield Project
11 17 (1.16%) Low-Code
11 17 (1.16%) Replication
12 16 (1.10%) Mobile App
13 14 (0.96%) AI Agents
13 14 (0.96%) Enterprise Cloud
14 12 (0.82%) Data Protection Act
15 11 (0.75%) Data Centre
15 11 (0.75%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 88 (6.03%) Windows
2 60 (4.11%) Linux
3 21 (1.44%) Windows Server
4 13 (0.89%) VMS
5 10 (0.68%) Unix
6 7 (0.48%) Android
6 7 (0.48%) Apple iOS
7 5 (0.34%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 4 (0.27%) Mac OS
8 4 (0.27%) Windows Server 2016
8 4 (0.27%) Windows Server 2019
9 2 (0.14%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 1,460 (100.00%) DevOps
2 781 (53.49%) CI/CD
3 603 (41.30%) Agile
4 350 (23.97%) Infrastructure as Code
5 248 (16.99%) Test Automation
6 236 (16.16%) Analytics
7 226 (15.48%) Continuous Improvement
8 225 (15.41%) Problem-Solving
9 220 (15.07%) Stakeholder Management
10 209 (14.32%) Scrum
11 202 (13.84%) Containerisation
12 198 (13.56%) Migration
13 166 (11.37%) Data Modelling
14 161 (11.03%) Business Intelligence
15 154 (10.55%) Stakeholder Engagement
16 145 (9.93%) Microservices
17 143 (9.79%) User Acceptance Testing
18 138 (9.45%) AI
19 136 (9.32%) Platform Engineering
20 131 (8.97%) Data Pipeline
Programming Languages
1 398 (27.26%) SQL
2 357 (24.45%) Python
3 243 (16.64%) C#
4 172 (11.78%) PowerShell
5 141 (9.66%) JavaScript
6 136 (9.32%) Bicep
7 112 (7.67%) Bash
8 108 (7.40%) Java
9 82 (5.62%) TypeScript
10 23 (1.58%) T-SQL
11 19 (1.30%) Go
12 15 (1.03%) Kusto Query Language
13 14 (0.96%) Data Analysis Expressions
14 12 (0.82%) Apex Code
14 12 (0.82%) Scala
14 12 (0.82%) X++
15 10 (0.68%) PL/SQL
16 7 (0.48%) C
16 7 (0.48%) VB
17 6 (0.41%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 422 (28.90%) Security Cleared
2 343 (23.49%) SC Cleared
3 105 (7.19%) Azure Certification
4 96 (6.58%) Degree
5 55 (3.77%) DV Cleared
6 47 (3.22%) Microsoft Certification
7 36 (2.47%) ISTQB
8 33 (2.26%) BPSS Clearance
9 31 (2.12%) Computer Science Degree
10 23 (1.58%) AWS Certification
11 14 (0.96%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
11 14 (0.96%) PMP
12 13 (0.89%) PMI Certification
13 12 (0.82%) Master's Degree
14 10 (0.68%) Cisco Certification
14 10 (0.68%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
15 9 (0.62%) DBS Check
16 8 (0.55%) CISSP
17 7 (0.48%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
18 5 (0.34%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 159 (10.89%) QA
2 101 (6.92%) Data Quality
3 79 (5.41%) Accessibility
4 51 (3.49%) GDPR
5 45 (3.08%) WCAG
6 26 (1.78%) PMO
7 19 (1.30%) NIST
8 17 (1.16%) ISO/IEC 27001
9 14 (0.96%) NCSC
10 13 (0.89%) SLA
11 12 (0.82%) GRC
12 9 (0.62%) Sarbanes-Oxley
13 5 (0.34%) PCI DSS
14 4 (0.27%) PSD2
14 4 (0.27%) SEPA
15 3 (0.21%) Cyber Essentials
15 3 (0.21%) Government Security Classifications
16 2 (0.14%) Actionable Recommendations
16 2 (0.14%) HMG Security Policy Framework
17 1 (0.068%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
System Software
1 209 (14.32%) Docker
2 79 (5.41%) Active Directory
3 33 (2.26%) Virtual Machines
4 15 (1.03%) VMware Infrastructure
5 13 (0.89%) Virtual Desktop
6 5 (0.34%) Hyper-V
7 3 (0.21%) Embedded Firmware
7 3 (0.21%) Firmware
7 3 (0.21%) vSphere
8 2 (0.14%) Apache ZooKeeper
8 2 (0.14%) Microsoft App-V
8 2 (0.14%) OpenSSH
8 2 (0.14%) Postfix
8 2 (0.14%) VMware NSX
9 1 (0.068%) HDFS
9 1 (0.068%) Virtual Servers
9 1 (0.068%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 393 (26.92%) Terraform
2 266 (18.22%) Kubernetes
3 90 (6.16%) Ansible
4 61 (4.18%) Grafana
5 51 (3.49%) Prometheus
6 22 (1.51%) Argo
7 20 (1.37%) Progress Chef
7 20 (1.37%) Puppet
8 17 (1.16%) Microsoft Intune
9 13 (0.89%) Packer
10 12 (0.82%) HP ALM
10 12 (0.82%) Istio
11 11 (0.75%) Single Sign-On
12 6 (0.41%) Jamf Pro
12 6 (0.41%) SCCM
13 5 (0.34%) SCOM
14 4 (0.27%) HP Quality Center
15 3 (0.21%) Rancher
16 2 (0.14%) Docker Swarm
16 2 (0.14%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 466 (31.92%) Microsoft
2 132 (9.04%) Databricks
3 65 (4.45%) Oracle
4 63 (4.32%) ServiceNow
5 50 (3.42%) Salesforce
6 47 (3.22%) SAP
7 33 (2.26%) Google
8 30 (2.05%) Splunk
9 23 (1.58%) Dynatrace
10 19 (1.30%) VMware
11 18 (1.23%) Informatica
12 13 (0.89%) HP
12 13 (0.89%) OpenAI
13 12 (0.82%) Foundry
14 10 (0.68%) Bloomberg
14 10 (0.68%) IBM
14 10 (0.68%) MuleSoft
15 9 (0.62%) InterSystems
16 8 (0.55%) Cisco
16 8 (0.55%) Citrix