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

6 months to
9 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 74 94 70
Rank change year-on-year +20 -24 +6
Contract jobs citing Azure DevOps 1,268 676 1,030
As % of all contract jobs in England 3.24% 2.78% 2.75%
As % of the Cloud Services category 8.92% 7.36% 8.57%
Number of daily rates quoted 934 495 717
10th Percentile £363 £367 £404
25th Percentile £413 £435 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
75th Percentile £588 £625 £625
90th Percentile £688 £700 £688
UK median daily rate £500 £513 £525
% change year-on-year -2.44% -2.38% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 16 3 8
10th Percentile - £37.45 £53.88
25th Percentile £25.38 £48.25 £61.56
Median hourly rate £49.25 £67.50 £65.50
Median % change year-on-year -27.04% +3.05% -6.43%
75th Percentile £75.00 £74.38 £65.75
90th Percentile £85.25 £77.75 £67.40
UK median hourly rate £52.50 £80.00 £65.50
% change year-on-year -34.38% +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 14,208 9,180 12,022
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 36.33% 37.69% 32.08%
Number of daily rates quoted 9,809 6,465 8,638
10th Percentile £313 £313 £281
25th Percentile £413 £413 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
75th Percentile £608 £638 £638
90th Percentile £714 £738 £738
UK median daily rate £500 £523 £525
% change year-on-year -4.40% -0.38% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 437 185 322
10th Percentile £16.25 £15.23 £14.00
25th Percentile £22.50 £18.50 £15.92
Median hourly rate £42.69 £26.50 £20.87
Median % change year-on-year +61.08% +26.98% -21.19%
75th Percentile £67.50 £43.00 £33.75
90th Percentile £81.00 £75.30 £59.95
UK median hourly rate £40.00 £27.43 £21.00
% change year-on-year +45.85% +30.60% -26.32%

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 9 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 9 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 9 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 +29 712 £500 -4.76% 131
South East -9 164 £538 +7.50% 101
North of England -9 125 £500 - 74
Midlands -10 119 £450 -14.08% 60
South West +26 88 £475 -9.52% 34
West Midlands -23 68 £450 -14.29% 37
North West +5 64 £483 -12.18% 41
East Midlands -4 49 £488 -2.50% 23
Yorkshire -33 46 £500 +17.65% 22
East of England -15 25 £438 +2.94% 33
North East -5 15 £488 -9.30% 11
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 (6.62%) SharePoint
2 71 (5.60%) Confluence
3 32 (2.52%) Apache Spark
4 23 (1.81%) Apache
5 16 (1.26%) Microsoft Exchange
6 14 (1.10%) Apache Airflow
7 11 (0.87%) HCL Notes
8 10 (0.79%) Mendix
9 7 (0.55%) IIS
10 3 (0.24%) ArcGIS
11 2 (0.16%) CMS
11 2 (0.16%) Sitecore CMS
12 1 (0.079%) Adobe Experience Manager
12 1 (0.079%) Apache Synapse
12 1 (0.079%) IBM HTTP Server
12 1 (0.079%) OpenStack
12 1 (0.079%) Oracle Workflow
12 1 (0.079%) Palantir Foundry
12 1 (0.079%) SAS
12 1 (0.079%) WebLogic
Applications
1 37 (2.92%) Microsoft Project
2 29 (2.29%) Microsoft Excel
3 20 (1.58%) MS Visio
4 11 (0.87%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 10 (0.79%) Microsoft Office
6 4 (0.32%) Trello
7 2 (0.16%) Chatbot
7 2 (0.16%) CPLEX
7 2 (0.16%) Spreadsheet
8 1 (0.079%) InDesign
Business Applications
1 47 (3.71%) Dynamics CRM
2 8 (0.63%) Maximo
3 7 (0.55%) NEC Housing
3 7 (0.55%) SAP S/4HANA
4 4 (0.32%) Aladdin
4 4 (0.32%) Dynamics AX
4 4 (0.32%) Oracle EBS
4 4 (0.32%) Payment Gateway
4 4 (0.32%) SAP BPC
5 3 (0.24%) Findur
5 3 (0.24%) SAP Oil and Gas
6 2 (0.16%) Endur
6 2 (0.16%) Primavera
6 2 (0.16%) SAP MM
7 1 (0.079%) Loan IQ
7 1 (0.079%) Oracle ERP
7 1 (0.079%) Oracle Financials
7 1 (0.079%) SAP LE
7 1 (0.079%) SAP SD
7 1 (0.079%) Unit4 Business World
Cloud Services
1 1,268 (100.00%) Azure
2 314 (24.76%) GitHub
3 210 (16.56%) GitHub Actions
4 205 (16.17%) Power Platform
5 152 (11.99%) AWS
6 138 (10.88%) Azure Data Factory
7 131 (10.33%) Serverless
8 127 (10.02%) Azure AKS
9 125 (9.86%) Entra ID
10 122 (9.62%) Azure Monitor
11 105 (8.28%) Dynamics 365
12 94 (7.41%) Azure Key Vault
13 88 (6.94%) Azure Functions
14 83 (6.55%) Azure Synapse Analytics
15 80 (6.31%) Azure Logic Apps
15 80 (6.31%) Power Automate
16 71 (5.60%) Azure Service Bus
16 71 (5.60%) Microsoft 365
17 63 (4.97%) PowerApps
18 60 (4.73%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 47 (3.71%) Firewall
2 27 (2.13%) Network Security
3 22 (1.74%) DNS
4 20 (1.58%) VPN
5 14 (1.10%) SD-WAN
6 12 (0.95%) 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 (0.32%) MQTT
11 4 (0.32%) VLAN
12 3 (0.24%) FTP
12 3 (0.24%) Remote Desktop
13 2 (0.16%) BGP
13 2 (0.16%) MPLS
13 2 (0.16%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 125 (9.86%) Power BI
2 107 (8.44%) SQL Server
3 76 (5.99%) Azure SQL Database
4 73 (5.76%) Data Lake
5 59 (4.65%) Delta Lake
6 56 (4.42%) Data Warehouse
7 41 (3.23%) NoSQL
8 37 (2.92%) PostgreSQL
9 28 (2.21%) Oracle Database
10 23 (1.81%) Relational Database
11 22 (1.74%) MongoDB
11 22 (1.74%) Spark SQL
12 18 (1.42%) SQL Server Integration Services
13 16 (1.26%) Tableau
14 15 (1.18%) DynamoDB
14 15 (1.18%) Redis
15 14 (1.10%) Snowflake Schema
16 12 (0.95%) Metadata
17 11 (0.87%) Amazon Redshift
17 11 (0.87%) Parquet
Development Applications
1 233 (18.38%) JIRA
2 176 (13.88%) Git
3 119 (9.38%) Jenkins
4 69 (5.44%) GitLab
5 54 (4.26%) Selenium
6 33 (2.60%) Oracle APEX
7 32 (2.52%) Postman
8 22 (1.74%) SonarQube
9 21 (1.66%) Cypress.io
10 19 (1.50%) TestRail
11 17 (1.34%) REST Assured
12 16 (1.26%) Cucumber
13 15 (1.18%) Visual Studio
13 15 (1.18%) Zephyr
14 14 (1.10%) SpecFlow
15 13 (1.03%) Artifactory
15 13 (1.03%) JUnit
15 13 (1.03%) Team Foundation Server
16 12 (0.95%) JMeter
17 11 (0.87%) MLflow
General
1 327 (25.79%) Social Skills
2 253 (19.95%) Finance
3 142 (11.20%) Public Sector
4 129 (10.17%) Analytical Skills
5 62 (4.89%) Banking
6 34 (2.68%) Organisational Skills
7 28 (2.21%) Documentation Skills
8 22 (1.74%) Influencing Skills
9 20 (1.58%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 20 (1.58%) Retail
10 18 (1.42%) Financial Institution
11 15 (1.18%) Front Office
11 15 (1.18%) Legal
12 13 (1.03%) Investment Banking
13 11 (0.87%) Law
14 10 (0.79%) Presentation Skills
15 9 (0.71%) Marketing
16 8 (0.63%) Local Government
17 7 (0.55%) Back Office
17 7 (0.55%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 261 (20.58%) Developer
2 204 (16.09%) Azure Engineer
3 197 (15.54%) Senior
4 176 (13.88%) DevOps Engineer
5 109 (8.60%) Azure DevOps Engineer
5 109 (8.60%) Data Engineer
6 108 (8.52%) Lead
7 99 (7.81%) Analyst
8 89 (7.02%) Architect
9 60 (4.73%) Senior Developer
10 54 (4.26%) Platform Engineer
11 45 (3.55%) Test Analyst
12 44 (3.47%) Tester
13 43 (3.39%) Azure Developer
14 38 (3.00%) Business Analyst
15 36 (2.84%) Azure Architect
15 36 (2.84%) Cloud Engineer
15 36 (2.84%) Test Engineer
16 33 (2.60%) Project Manager
16 33 (2.60%) Senior DevOps
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 198 (15.62%) .NET
2 104 (8.20%) REST
3 76 (5.99%) PySpark
4 74 (5.84%) React
5 71 (5.60%) ARM Templates
5 71 (5.60%) Node.js
6 59 (4.65%) YAML
7 56 (4.42%) ADO
8 51 (4.02%) Kafka
9 49 (3.86%) RESTful
10 47 (3.71%) .NET Core
11 43 (3.39%) .NET Framework
11 43 (3.39%) Playwright
12 37 (2.92%) JSON
13 36 (2.84%) OAuth
14 33 (2.60%) CSS
15 32 (2.52%) SOAP
16 31 (2.44%) HTML
17 29 (2.29%) AngularJS
18 25 (1.97%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 133 (10.49%) Cloud Native
2 77 (6.07%) Product Ownership
3 38 (3.00%) Distributed Systems
3 38 (3.00%) Enterprise Software
4 36 (2.84%) Legacy Systems
5 22 (1.74%) Hybrid Cloud
6 21 (1.66%) Onboarding
7 19 (1.50%) AI Agents
7 19 (1.50%) Low-Code
7 19 (1.50%) Reinsurance
8 17 (1.34%) Data Structures
9 14 (1.10%) Self-Motivation
10 13 (1.03%) NHS
11 12 (0.95%) Virtual Team
12 11 (0.87%) Public Cloud
12 11 (0.87%) Security Posture
13 10 (0.79%) Enterprise Cloud
13 10 (0.79%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
13 10 (0.79%) Replication
14 9 (0.71%) Data Centre
Operating Systems
1 62 (4.89%) Windows
2 48 (3.79%) Linux
3 17 (1.34%) VMS
4 9 (0.71%) Windows Server
5 7 (0.55%) Unix
6 3 (0.24%) Mac OS
6 3 (0.24%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 2 (0.16%) Android
7 2 (0.16%) Apple iOS
8 1 (0.079%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 1,260 (99.37%) DevOps
2 683 (53.86%) CI/CD
3 481 (37.93%) Agile
4 304 (23.97%) Infrastructure as Code
5 224 (17.67%) Problem-Solving
6 212 (16.72%) Analytics
7 210 (16.56%) Test Automation
8 177 (13.96%) Continuous Improvement
9 174 (13.72%) Scrum
10 150 (11.83%) Containerisation
11 149 (11.75%) AI
12 146 (11.51%) Migration
13 141 (11.12%) Business Intelligence
13 141 (11.12%) Data Modelling
14 136 (10.73%) Stakeholder Management
15 133 (10.49%) Microservices
16 129 (10.17%) Validation
17 127 (10.02%) Observability
18 109 (8.60%) Data Pipeline
19 106 (8.36%) Platform Engineering
Programming Languages
1 417 (32.89%) SQL
2 346 (27.29%) Python
3 238 (18.77%) C#
4 179 (14.12%) JavaScript
5 142 (11.20%) PowerShell
6 116 (9.15%) Bicep
7 90 (7.10%) Bash
8 89 (7.02%) Java
9 78 (6.15%) TypeScript
10 54 (4.26%) PL/SQL
11 28 (2.21%) T-SQL
12 27 (2.13%) Scala
13 18 (1.42%) Kusto Query Language
14 13 (1.03%) Go
15 11 (0.87%) Formula Language
15 11 (0.87%) LotusScript
16 10 (0.79%) Data Analysis Expressions
17 6 (0.47%) PHP
18 5 (0.39%) C
18 5 (0.39%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 360 (28.39%) Security Cleared
2 304 (23.97%) SC Cleared
3 108 (8.52%) Azure Certification
4 80 (6.31%) Degree
5 37 (2.92%) ISTQB
6 34 (2.68%) Microsoft Certification
7 33 (2.60%) DV Cleared
8 30 (2.37%) Computer Science Degree
9 29 (2.29%) BPSS Clearance
10 16 (1.26%) PMI Certification
10 16 (1.26%) PMP
11 13 (1.03%) AWS Certification
11 13 (1.03%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
12 8 (0.63%) CISSP
13 7 (0.55%) CISM
13 7 (0.55%) Master's Degree
14 6 (0.47%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
15 5 (0.39%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
15 5 (0.39%) PRINCE2 Certification
16 4 (0.32%) Cisco Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 141 (11.12%) QA
2 90 (7.10%) Data Quality
3 33 (2.60%) Accessibility
4 29 (2.29%) GDPR
5 23 (1.81%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 21 (1.66%) NIST
7 19 (1.50%) NCSC
8 16 (1.26%) PMO
9 15 (1.18%) WCAG
10 9 (0.71%) NIST 800
10 9 (0.71%) Sarbanes-Oxley
10 9 (0.71%) SLA
11 7 (0.55%) PCI DSS
12 6 (0.47%) GRC
12 6 (0.47%) HL7
13 4 (0.32%) HIPAA
13 4 (0.32%) SOC 2
14 3 (0.24%) EU AI Act
14 3 (0.24%) HMG Security Policy Framework
15 2 (0.16%) Software Quality Assurance
System Software
1 191 (15.06%) Docker
2 80 (6.31%) Active Directory
3 24 (1.89%) Virtual Machines
4 8 (0.63%) Virtual Desktop
5 7 (0.55%) VMware Infrastructure
6 4 (0.32%) Firmware
7 2 (0.16%) Hyper-V
7 2 (0.16%) OpenSSH
7 2 (0.16%) Postfix
8 1 (0.079%) HDFS
8 1 (0.079%) VMware NSX
8 1 (0.079%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 354 (27.92%) Terraform
2 220 (17.35%) Kubernetes
3 64 (5.05%) Ansible
4 46 (3.63%) Grafana
5 36 (2.84%) Prometheus
6 15 (1.18%) Argo
6 15 (1.18%) Single Sign-On
7 14 (1.10%) Istio
8 13 (1.03%) HP ALM
8 13 (1.03%) Puppet
9 9 (0.71%) Progress Chef
10 6 (0.47%) Microsoft Intune
10 6 (0.47%) Packer
11 4 (0.32%) HP Quality Center
11 4 (0.32%) Podman
12 3 (0.24%) Active Directory Federation Services
12 3 (0.24%) Icinga
12 3 (0.24%) Kubeflow
13 2 (0.16%) FortiGate
13 2 (0.16%) Opsgenie
Vendors
1 393 (30.99%) Microsoft
2 165 (13.01%) Databricks
3 130 (10.25%) Oracle
4 54 (4.26%) ServiceNow
5 37 (2.92%) OpenAI
6 32 (2.52%) SAP
7 27 (2.13%) Salesforce
8 26 (2.05%) Splunk
9 19 (1.50%) Informatica
10 16 (1.26%) VMware
11 15 (1.18%) Google
12 14 (1.10%) HP
13 12 (0.95%) Foundry
14 11 (0.87%) Dynatrace
14 11 (0.87%) Lotus
14 11 (0.87%) NEC
15 10 (0.79%) Citrix
15 10 (0.79%) IBM
15 10 (0.79%) Kofax
16 9 (0.71%) Brio