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

 6 months to
31 Aug 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 70 92 76
Rank change year-on-year +22 -16 -1
Contract jobs citing Azure DevOps 1,533 777 923
As % of all contract jobs in England 3.35% 2.80% 2.79%
As % of the Cloud Services category 9.66% 7.50% 8.19%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,083 557 627
10th Percentile £363 £350 £375
25th Percentile £415 £413 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £513 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.44% -2.38% -4.55%
75th Percentile £598 £600 £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 45 3 0
10th Percentile £21.25 £36.45 -
25th Percentile £35.00 £45.75 -
Median hourly rate £39.50 £62.50 -
Median % change year-on-year -36.80% - -
75th Percentile £80.00 £76.25 -
90th Percentile £101.84 £83.75 -
UK median hourly rate £39.50 £73.75 -
% change year-on-year -46.44% - -

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 15,874 10,360 11,265
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 34.69% 37.33% 34.09%
Number of daily rates quoted 10,597 7,015 7,852
10th Percentile £325 £310 £313
25th Percentile £425 £406 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £503 £525
Median % change year-on-year +4.48% -4.29% -4.55%
75th Percentile £625 £625 £644
90th Percentile £716 £725 £750
UK median daily rate £525 £500 £525
% change year-on-year +5.00% -4.76% -2.78%
Number of hourly rates quoted 549 268 195
10th Percentile £15.50 £15.20 £14.16
25th Percentile £18.50 £18.51 £18.33
Median hourly rate £34.13 £26.30 £30.00
Median % change year-on-year +29.75% -12.33% -9.09%
75th Percentile £70.00 £43.75 £59.76
90th Percentile £82.49 £68.63 £70.00
UK median hourly rate £33.12 £28.75 £30.00
% change year-on-year +15.20% -4.17% -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 31 August 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 31 August 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 31 August 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 +24 874 £500 -4.76% 256
South East -17 176 £525 +10.53% 121
North of England +6 174 £471 -5.90% 92
Midlands +36 169 £450 -11.11% 72
West Midlands +30 123 £450 -18.74% 35
North West -3 86 £485 -2.95% 54
South West -6 71 £475 -13.44% 46
Yorkshire -15 63 £471 -5.90% 31
East Midlands +11 44 £500 +6.67% 37
East of England +8 36 £425 -15.00% 24
North East - 25 £450 - 7
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 (6.98%) Confluence
2 100 (6.52%) SharePoint
3 36 (2.35%) Apache Spark
4 31 (2.02%) Apache
5 30 (1.96%) Apache Airflow
6 13 (0.85%) Microsoft Exchange
7 12 (0.78%) CMS
8 6 (0.39%) Documentum
9 4 (0.26%) IIS
9 4 (0.26%) Mendix
10 3 (0.20%) Kentico
10 3 (0.20%) nginx
10 3 (0.20%) Palantir Foundry
11 2 (0.13%) OpenROAD
11 2 (0.13%) SAS
11 2 (0.13%) Smallworld
11 2 (0.13%) Umbraco
12 1 (0.065%) ArcGIS
12 1 (0.065%) IBM HTTP Server
12 1 (0.065%) Oracle Workflow
Applications
1 59 (3.85%) Microsoft Project
2 41 (2.67%) Microsoft Excel
3 20 (1.30%) MS Visio
4 15 (0.98%) Microsoft Office
5 12 (0.78%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 7 (0.46%) Chatbot
6 7 (0.46%) CPLEX
7 6 (0.39%) Trello
8 5 (0.33%) Notion
9 3 (0.20%) Spreadsheet
10 1 (0.065%) Adobe XD
Business Applications
1 54 (3.52%) Dynamics CRM
2 19 (1.24%) SAP S/4HANA
3 6 (0.39%) Dynamics AX
4 5 (0.33%) Payment Gateway
5 4 (0.26%) Maximo
5 4 (0.26%) Oracle EBS
6 3 (0.20%) Endur
6 3 (0.20%) Findur
6 3 (0.20%) SAP MDG
7 2 (0.13%) Aladdin
7 2 (0.13%) Dynamics GP
7 2 (0.13%) IBM Operational Decision Manager
7 2 (0.13%) Oracle Payables
7 2 (0.13%) Oracle Receivables
7 2 (0.13%) SAP MM
7 2 (0.13%) SAP Oil and Gas
7 2 (0.13%) Teamcenter
7 2 (0.13%) Unit4 Business World
8 1 (0.065%) FLEXCUBE
8 1 (0.065%) SDL Web 8
Cloud Services
1 1,533 (100.00%) Azure
2 399 (26.03%) GitHub
3 272 (17.74%) GitHub Actions
4 270 (17.61%) Power Platform
5 225 (14.68%) AWS
6 139 (9.07%) Azure Data Factory
7 137 (8.94%) Entra ID
8 133 (8.68%) Dynamics 365
9 128 (8.35%) Azure AKS
10 124 (8.09%) Azure Monitor
11 120 (7.83%) Power Automate
12 111 (7.24%) Serverless
13 93 (6.07%) PowerApps
14 79 (5.15%) Azure Synapse Analytics
15 78 (5.09%) GCP
16 76 (4.96%) Azure Functions
16 76 (4.96%) Azure Logic Apps
16 76 (4.96%) Microsoft 365
17 69 (4.50%) Azure Key Vault
18 66 (4.31%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 69 (4.50%) Firewall
2 41 (2.67%) DNS
3 38 (2.48%) Network Security
4 28 (1.83%) VPN
5 16 (1.04%) WAN
6 15 (0.98%) DHCP
6 15 (0.98%) SSL
7 13 (0.85%) SD-WAN
8 9 (0.59%) Internet
9 7 (0.46%) LAN
9 7 (0.46%) TCP/IP
9 7 (0.46%) VLAN
10 4 (0.26%) SAN
10 4 (0.26%) Wi-Fi
11 3 (0.20%) 4G
11 3 (0.20%) BGP
11 3 (0.20%) OSPF
11 3 (0.20%) RS-232
11 3 (0.20%) RS-485
12 2 (0.13%) NAS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 173 (11.29%) Power BI
2 108 (7.05%) SQL Server
3 77 (5.02%) Data Warehouse
4 76 (4.96%) Data Lake
5 70 (4.57%) Azure SQL Database
6 54 (3.52%) NoSQL
7 50 (3.26%) Delta Lake
8 45 (2.94%) PostgreSQL
9 28 (1.83%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 27 (1.76%) Metadata
11 24 (1.57%) Relational Database
12 22 (1.44%) MongoDB
13 20 (1.30%) Snowflake Schema
14 18 (1.17%) Big Data
15 16 (1.04%) Redis
15 16 (1.04%) Spark SQL
16 15 (0.98%) Star Schema
17 14 (0.91%) Oracle Database
18 12 (0.78%) Amazon Redshift
18 12 (0.78%) Parquet
Development Applications
1 286 (18.66%) JIRA
2 257 (16.76%) Git
3 190 (12.39%) Jenkins
4 148 (9.65%) GitLab
5 76 (4.96%) Selenium
6 38 (2.48%) Postman
7 29 (1.89%) SonarQube
8 28 (1.83%) Cypress.io
9 27 (1.76%) Visual Studio
9 27 (1.76%) WebDriver
10 22 (1.44%) Cucumber
11 20 (1.30%) REST Assured
12 19 (1.24%) Gradle
13 17 (1.11%) JUnit
14 16 (1.04%) Bitbucket
14 16 (1.04%) TestRail
15 15 (0.98%) Maven
16 13 (0.85%) MSI
17 12 (0.78%) Sonatype Nexus
18 11 (0.72%) Snyk
General
1 409 (26.68%) Social Skills
2 320 (20.87%) Finance
3 194 (12.65%) Public Sector
4 162 (10.57%) Analytical Skills
5 82 (5.35%) Banking
6 78 (5.09%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 31 (2.02%) Retail
8 28 (1.83%) Legal
9 26 (1.70%) Documentation Skills
9 26 (1.70%) Influencing Skills
10 24 (1.57%) Aerospace
11 22 (1.44%) Organisational Skills
12 18 (1.17%) Marketing
13 15 (0.98%) Local Government
14 14 (0.91%) Investment Banking
15 13 (0.85%) Law
16 10 (0.65%) Manufacturing
17 8 (0.52%) Billing
17 8 (0.52%) Telecoms
18 7 (0.46%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 275 (17.94%) Developer
2 234 (15.26%) Senior
3 230 (15.00%) Azure Engineer
4 228 (14.87%) DevOps Engineer
5 136 (8.87%) Azure DevOps Engineer
6 127 (8.28%) Analyst
7 126 (8.22%) Lead
8 123 (8.02%) Data Engineer
9 110 (7.18%) Architect
10 62 (4.04%) Business Analyst
11 56 (3.65%) Platform Engineer
12 54 (3.52%) Project Manager
13 51 (3.33%) Cloud Engineer
14 47 (3.07%) Consultant
15 45 (2.94%) Senior Developer
16 42 (2.74%) Test Analyst
17 40 (2.61%) .NET Developer
17 40 (2.61%) Solutions Architect
18 39 (2.54%) Tester
19 38 (2.48%) Infrastructure Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 439 (28.64%) Terraform
2 210 (13.70%) .NET
3 182 (11.87%) REST
4 82 (5.35%) PySpark
4 82 (5.35%) RESTful
5 80 (5.22%) JSON
6 78 (5.09%) ADO
7 70 (4.57%) YAML
8 67 (4.37%) Kafka
9 64 (4.17%) ARM Templates
10 62 (4.04%) .NET Framework
11 60 (3.91%) React
12 55 (3.59%) Playwright
13 52 (3.39%) .NET Core
14 41 (2.67%) XML
15 39 (2.54%) HTML
15 39 (2.54%) OAuth
16 38 (2.48%) CSS
16 38 (2.48%) SOAP
17 37 (2.41%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 176 (11.48%) Cloud Native
2 122 (7.96%) Product Ownership
3 53 (3.46%) Onboarding
4 49 (3.20%) Legacy Systems
5 47 (3.07%) Distributed Systems
6 42 (2.74%) Enterprise Software
7 32 (2.09%) Management Information System
8 30 (1.96%) Hybrid Cloud
8 30 (1.96%) Self-Motivation
9 24 (1.57%) AI Agents
10 22 (1.44%) Data Structures
11 20 (1.30%) Low-Code
12 17 (1.11%) Linux Command Line
12 17 (1.11%) Mobile App
13 16 (1.04%) Data Protection Act
13 16 (1.04%) Replication
14 15 (0.98%) Enterprise Cloud
14 15 (0.98%) Reinsurance
15 13 (0.85%) Greenfield Project
16 12 (0.78%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 103 (6.72%) Windows
2 73 (4.76%) Linux
3 31 (2.02%) Windows Server
4 18 (1.17%) VMS
5 13 (0.85%) Unix
6 11 (0.72%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 10 (0.65%) Android
7 10 (0.65%) Apple iOS
8 6 (0.39%) Windows Server 2016
9 4 (0.26%) Mac OS
9 4 (0.26%) Ubuntu
9 4 (0.26%) Windows Server 2019
10 1 (0.065%) Amazon Linux
10 1 (0.065%) CentOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 1,533 (100.00%) DevOps
2 852 (55.58%) CI/CD
3 661 (43.12%) Agile
4 397 (25.90%) Infrastructure as Code
5 276 (18.00%) Test Automation
6 267 (17.42%) Stakeholder Management
7 244 (15.92%) Problem-Solving
8 242 (15.79%) Continuous Improvement
9 239 (15.59%) Analytics
10 233 (15.20%) Containerisation
11 220 (14.35%) Scrum
12 206 (13.44%) Migration
13 182 (11.87%) Business Intelligence
14 175 (11.42%) Stakeholder Engagement
15 163 (10.63%) User Acceptance Testing
16 160 (10.44%) AI
16 160 (10.44%) Data Modelling
17 158 (10.31%) Platform Engineering
18 157 (10.24%) Validation
19 155 (10.11%) Microservices
Programming Languages
1 406 (26.48%) SQL
2 388 (25.31%) Python
3 263 (17.16%) C#
4 212 (13.83%) PowerShell
5 169 (11.02%) Bicep
6 155 (10.11%) JavaScript
7 133 (8.68%) Bash
8 122 (7.96%) Java
9 90 (5.87%) TypeScript
10 22 (1.44%) T-SQL
11 20 (1.30%) Kusto Query Language
12 19 (1.24%) Data Analysis Expressions
13 17 (1.11%) Go
14 14 (0.91%) Apex Code
14 14 (0.91%) X++
15 8 (0.52%) Shell Script
16 7 (0.46%) Scala
17 6 (0.39%) Kotlin
17 6 (0.39%) PL/SQL
17 6 (0.39%) R
Qualifications
1 463 (30.20%) Security Cleared
2 381 (24.85%) SC Cleared
3 115 (7.50%) Azure Certification
4 106 (6.91%) Degree
5 63 (4.11%) Microsoft Certification
6 53 (3.46%) DV Cleared
7 40 (2.61%) ISTQB
8 37 (2.41%) BPSS Clearance
9 34 (2.22%) Computer Science Degree
10 25 (1.63%) AWS Certification
11 18 (1.17%) PMI Certification
12 17 (1.11%) PMP
13 13 (0.85%) CISSP
14 11 (0.72%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
14 11 (0.72%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
14 11 (0.72%) Master's Degree
15 10 (0.65%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
15 10 (0.65%) Cisco Certification
15 10 (0.65%) DBS Check
16 6 (0.39%) CompTIA Security+
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 175 (11.42%) QA
2 108 (7.05%) Data Quality
3 88 (5.74%) Accessibility
4 53 (3.46%) GDPR
5 49 (3.20%) WCAG
6 32 (2.09%) PMO
7 28 (1.83%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 27 (1.76%) NIST
9 19 (1.24%) NCSC
10 12 (0.78%) SLA
11 11 (0.72%) GRC
12 9 (0.59%) Sarbanes-Oxley
13 8 (0.52%) ISO 20022
14 7 (0.46%) Cyber Essentials
15 5 (0.33%) SEPA
16 4 (0.26%) PSD2
17 3 (0.20%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
17 3 (0.20%) Government Security Classifications
17 3 (0.20%) PCI DSS
18 2 (0.13%) Actionable Recommendations
System Software
1 245 (15.98%) Docker
2 82 (5.35%) Active Directory
3 31 (2.02%) Virtual Machines
4 18 (1.17%) VMware Infrastructure
5 14 (0.91%) Virtual Desktop
6 6 (0.39%) 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 (0.065%) Virtual Servers
10 1 (0.065%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 317 (20.68%) Kubernetes
2 99 (6.46%) Ansible
3 58 (3.78%) Grafana
4 50 (3.26%) Prometheus
5 24 (1.57%) Microsoft Intune
6 22 (1.44%) Progress Chef
7 20 (1.30%) Argo
7 20 (1.30%) Puppet
8 15 (0.98%) Packer
9 12 (0.78%) HP ALM
10 11 (0.72%) Single Sign-On
11 10 (0.65%) SCCM
12 8 (0.52%) Istio
13 6 (0.39%) Jamf Pro
13 6 (0.39%) SCOM
14 4 (0.26%) HP Quality Center
15 3 (0.20%) HP Fortify
15 3 (0.20%) Kibana
16 2 (0.13%) Docker Swarm
16 2 (0.13%) systemd
Vendors
1 549 (35.81%) Microsoft
2 138 (9.00%) Databricks
3 57 (3.72%) Oracle
4 53 (3.46%) ServiceNow
5 52 (3.39%) Salesforce
6 45 (2.94%) SAP
7 37 (2.41%) Google
8 30 (1.96%) Splunk
9 28 (1.83%) Dynatrace
10 23 (1.50%) VMware
11 19 (1.24%) Informatica
12 16 (1.04%) OpenAI
13 14 (0.91%) Foundry
13 14 (0.91%) UiPath
14 13 (0.85%) HP
14 13 (0.85%) MuleSoft
15 10 (0.65%) Red Hat
16 9 (0.59%) Cisco
16 9 (0.59%) Cloudera
16 9 (0.59%) IBM
558 Azure DevOps jobs in England