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 21 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

 6 months to
21 May 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 77 96 75
Rank change year-on-year +19 -21 -4
Contract jobs citing Azure DevOps 1,264 652 1,038
As % of all contract jobs in England 3.07% 2.69% 2.85%
As % of the Cloud Services category 8.76% 7.23% 8.89%
Number of daily rates quoted 934 458 692
10th Percentile £363 £371 £400
25th Percentile £413 £431 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £520
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +0.96% -5.45%
75th Percentile £595 £625 £600
90th Percentile £688 £725 £675
UK median daily rate £500 £500 £515
% change year-on-year - -2.91% -6.36%
Number of hourly rates quoted 21 1 6
10th Percentile £25.38 - £64.50
25th Percentile £37.25 £30.25 £65.25
Median hourly rate £70.00 £31.50 £65.50
Median % change year-on-year +122.22% -51.91% -6.43%
75th Percentile £100.85 £32.75 £65.75
90th Percentile £104.00 - £68.50
UK median hourly rate £69.25 £85.00 £65.50
% change year-on-year -18.53% +29.77% -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 14,423 9,023 11,681
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 34.98% 37.26% 32.09%
Number of daily rates quoted 9,870 6,247 8,432
10th Percentile £325 £313 £300
25th Percentile £413 £413 £417
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.38% - -4.55%
75th Percentile £613 £630 £638
90th Percentile £713 £738 £745
UK median daily rate £505 £513 £525
% change year-on-year -1.46% -2.38% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 471 200 326
10th Percentile £15.62 £14.99 £14.00
25th Percentile £21.34 £18.13 £15.92
Median hourly rate £41.06 £25.50 £21.37
Median % change year-on-year +61.02% +19.33% -33.84%
75th Percentile £67.50 £37.56 £35.00
90th Percentile £80.00 £71.38 £65.75
UK median hourly rate £37.50 £27.76 £21.37
% change year-on-year +35.09% +29.90% -38.94%

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 21 May 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 21 May 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 21 May 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 +25 712 £500 -7.19% 120
South East +8 187 £500 - 88
North of England 0 129 £500 - 81
Midlands -10 120 £475 -8.65% 37
West Midlands -16 77 £463 -11.90% 21
North West +3 66 £500 -4.76% 43
South West +4 63 £500 -9.09% 20
Yorkshire -27 47 £519 +18.63% 21
East Midlands -11 41 £525 +5.00% 16
East of England -10 21 £469 -1.32% 27
North East -11 16 £463 -13.95% 18
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 86 (6.80%) SharePoint
2 72 (5.70%) Confluence
3 40 (3.16%) Apache Spark
4 25 (1.98%) Apache
5 17 (1.34%) Apache Airflow
6 13 (1.03%) Microsoft Exchange
7 10 (0.79%) HCL Notes
7 10 (0.79%) Mendix
8 5 (0.40%) IIS
9 4 (0.32%) CMS
10 2 (0.16%) ArcGIS
10 2 (0.16%) Palantir Foundry
10 2 (0.16%) Umbraco
11 1 (0.079%) IBM HTTP Server
11 1 (0.079%) Kentico
11 1 (0.079%) OpenStack
11 1 (0.079%) Oracle Workflow
11 1 (0.079%) SAS
11 1 (0.079%) WebLogic
Applications
1 42 (3.32%) Microsoft Project
2 24 (1.90%) Microsoft Excel
3 17 (1.34%) MS Visio
4 10 (0.79%) Microsoft Office
5 6 (0.47%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 4 (0.32%) CPLEX
7 3 (0.24%) Trello
8 2 (0.16%) Chatbot
8 2 (0.16%) Notion
8 2 (0.16%) Spreadsheet
9 1 (0.079%) InDesign
Business Applications
1 40 (3.16%) Dynamics CRM
2 13 (1.03%) SAP S/4HANA
3 8 (0.63%) Maximo
4 7 (0.55%) Dynamics AX
5 4 (0.32%) Oracle EBS
5 4 (0.32%) SAP BPC
6 3 (0.24%) Findur
6 3 (0.24%) NEC Housing
6 3 (0.24%) Payment Gateway
6 3 (0.24%) SAP Oil and Gas
7 2 (0.16%) Aladdin
7 2 (0.16%) Dynamics GP
7 2 (0.16%) Endur
7 2 (0.16%) SAP MDG
7 2 (0.16%) SAP MM
7 2 (0.16%) Unit4 Business World
8 1 (0.079%) OpenText VIM for SAP
8 1 (0.079%) Oracle Financials
8 1 (0.079%) SAP SD
8 1 (0.079%) SDL Web 8
Cloud Services
1 1,264 (100.00%) Azure
2 304 (24.05%) GitHub
3 206 (16.30%) Power Platform
4 198 (15.66%) GitHub Actions
5 165 (13.05%) AWS
6 132 (10.44%) Azure Data Factory
7 117 (9.26%) Azure AKS
8 109 (8.62%) Entra ID
9 107 (8.47%) Serverless
10 98 (7.75%) Azure Monitor
11 93 (7.36%) Dynamics 365
12 87 (6.88%) Power Automate
13 82 (6.49%) Azure Key Vault
14 78 (6.17%) Azure Synapse Analytics
15 76 (6.01%) Azure Functions
16 73 (5.78%) Azure Logic Apps
17 69 (5.46%) GCP
18 65 (5.14%) Microsoft 365
19 63 (4.98%) PowerApps
20 60 (4.75%) Azure Service Bus
Communications & Networking
1 47 (3.72%) Firewall
2 23 (1.82%) Network Security
3 19 (1.50%) DNS
4 18 (1.42%) VPN
5 14 (1.11%) SD-WAN
6 12 (0.95%) WAN
7 7 (0.55%) DHCP
7 7 (0.55%) Internet
7 7 (0.55%) TCP/IP
8 6 (0.47%) LAN
9 5 (0.40%) IPsec
9 5 (0.40%) VLAN
10 4 (0.32%) MQTT
11 3 (0.24%) HTTP
11 3 (0.24%) SSL
12 2 (0.16%) BGP
12 2 (0.16%) FTP
12 2 (0.16%) OSPF
12 2 (0.16%) Wi-Fi
12 2 (0.16%) X.509
Database & Business Intelligence
1 135 (10.68%) Power BI
2 111 (8.78%) SQL Server
3 76 (6.01%) Azure SQL Database
3 76 (6.01%) Data Lake
4 66 (5.22%) Delta Lake
5 56 (4.43%) Data Warehouse
6 48 (3.80%) NoSQL
7 42 (3.32%) PostgreSQL
8 26 (2.06%) MongoDB
8 26 (2.06%) Relational Database
9 25 (1.98%) Oracle Database
10 20 (1.58%) Spark SQL
11 17 (1.34%) Snowflake Schema
11 17 (1.34%) SQL Server Integration Services
12 16 (1.27%) Tableau
13 15 (1.19%) Metadata
13 15 (1.19%) Redis
14 13 (1.03%) Big Data
15 12 (0.95%) Amazon Redshift
16 11 (0.87%) Parquet
Development Applications
1 238 (18.83%) JIRA
2 192 (15.19%) Git
3 118 (9.34%) Jenkins
4 80 (6.33%) GitLab
5 43 (3.40%) Selenium
6 26 (2.06%) Postman
7 21 (1.66%) SonarQube
8 18 (1.42%) Cypress.io
8 18 (1.42%) REST Assured
9 16 (1.27%) TestRail
9 16 (1.27%) Visual Studio
10 13 (1.03%) Bitbucket
10 13 (1.03%) Team Foundation Server
11 12 (0.95%) Cucumber
11 12 (0.95%) SpecFlow
12 10 (0.79%) Artifactory
12 10 (0.79%) NUnit
12 10 (0.79%) Zephyr
13 9 (0.71%) MLflow
14 8 (0.63%) JUnit
General
1 285 (22.55%) Social Skills
2 264 (20.89%) Finance
3 131 (10.36%) Public Sector
4 123 (9.73%) Analytical Skills
5 57 (4.51%) Banking
6 32 (2.53%) Organisational Skills
7 27 (2.14%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 22 (1.74%) Legal
9 18 (1.42%) Financial Institution
9 18 (1.42%) Influencing Skills
9 18 (1.42%) Retail
10 17 (1.34%) Documentation Skills
11 14 (1.11%) Front Office
12 13 (1.03%) Aerospace
13 9 (0.71%) Investment Banking
13 9 (0.71%) Presentation Skills
14 8 (0.63%) Marketing
15 6 (0.47%) Health Technology
15 6 (0.47%) Law
16 5 (0.40%) Military
Job Titles
1 229 (18.12%) Developer
2 207 (16.38%) Azure Engineer
3 175 (13.84%) DevOps Engineer
4 166 (13.13%) Senior
5 126 (9.97%) Data Engineer
6 111 (8.78%) Azure DevOps Engineer
7 106 (8.39%) Analyst
8 103 (8.15%) Lead
9 92 (7.28%) Architect
10 48 (3.80%) Platform Engineer
11 44 (3.48%) Test Analyst
12 40 (3.16%) Business Analyst
12 40 (3.16%) Project Manager
13 39 (3.09%) Tester
14 36 (2.85%) Full-Stack Developer
14 36 (2.85%) Test Engineer
15 35 (2.77%) Cloud Engineer
16 34 (2.69%) Azure Developer
16 34 (2.69%) Consultant
17 33 (2.61%) Senior Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 186 (14.72%) .NET
2 98 (7.75%) REST
3 84 (6.65%) PySpark
4 72 (5.70%) React
5 63 (4.98%) ADO
6 62 (4.91%) ARM Templates
7 57 (4.51%) Kafka
8 56 (4.43%) YAML
9 55 (4.35%) RESTful
10 50 (3.96%) Node.js
11 43 (3.40%) Playwright
12 42 (3.32%) JSON
13 41 (3.24%) .NET Framework
14 40 (3.16%) .NET Core
15 32 (2.53%) SOAP
16 29 (2.29%) CSS
17 27 (2.14%) AngularJS
18 26 (2.06%) HTML
19 25 (1.98%) Flask
19 25 (1.98%) RabbitMQ
Miscellaneous
1 138 (10.92%) Cloud Native
2 66 (5.22%) Product Ownership
3 38 (3.01%) Distributed Systems
4 33 (2.61%) Legacy Systems
5 27 (2.14%) Enterprise Software
6 24 (1.90%) Onboarding
6 24 (1.90%) Reinsurance
7 19 (1.50%) Low-Code
8 18 (1.42%) Hybrid Cloud
9 17 (1.34%) Data Structures
10 16 (1.27%) Self-Motivation
11 15 (1.19%) Greenfield Project
12 14 (1.11%) AI Agents
13 13 (1.03%) Replication
14 12 (0.95%) Mobile App
15 9 (0.71%) NHS
15 9 (0.71%) Public Cloud
15 9 (0.71%) Virtual Team
16 8 (0.63%) Data Centre
16 8 (0.63%) Enterprise Cloud
Operating Systems
1 66 (5.22%) Windows
2 52 (4.11%) Linux
3 16 (1.27%) VMS
4 9 (0.71%) Unix
4 9 (0.71%) Windows Server
5 4 (0.32%) Android
5 4 (0.32%) Apple iOS
6 3 (0.24%) Mac OS
6 3 (0.24%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 2 (0.16%) Windows Server 2016
7 2 (0.16%) Windows Server 2019
8 1 (0.079%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 1,257 (99.45%) DevOps
2 678 (53.64%) CI/CD
3 462 (36.55%) Agile
4 288 (22.78%) Infrastructure as Code
5 213 (16.85%) Problem-Solving
6 202 (15.98%) Test Automation
7 199 (15.74%) Analytics
8 173 (13.69%) Migration
9 159 (12.58%) Continuous Improvement
10 157 (12.42%) Data Modelling
11 151 (11.95%) Containerisation
12 150 (11.87%) Scrum
13 146 (11.55%) Business Intelligence
14 141 (11.16%) Stakeholder Management
15 129 (10.21%) AI
16 127 (10.05%) ETL
17 125 (9.89%) Data Pipeline
18 120 (9.49%) Observability
19 117 (9.26%) Microservices
20 113 (8.94%) Platform Engineering
Programming Languages
1 389 (30.78%) SQL
2 322 (25.47%) Python
3 224 (17.72%) C#
4 135 (10.68%) PowerShell
5 124 (9.81%) JavaScript
6 111 (8.78%) Bicep
7 89 (7.04%) Bash
8 85 (6.72%) Java
9 64 (5.06%) TypeScript
10 27 (2.14%) T-SQL
11 26 (2.06%) Scala
12 17 (1.34%) PL/SQL
13 16 (1.27%) Go
14 14 (1.11%) Data Analysis Expressions
15 12 (0.95%) Kusto Query Language
16 10 (0.79%) Formula Language
16 10 (0.79%) LotusScript
17 7 (0.55%) R
17 7 (0.55%) VB
18 5 (0.40%) Apex Code
Qualifications
1 342 (27.06%) Security Cleared
2 283 (22.39%) SC Cleared
3 100 (7.91%) Azure Certification
4 70 (5.54%) Degree
5 38 (3.01%) DV Cleared
6 32 (2.53%) ISTQB
7 30 (2.37%) Microsoft Certification
8 29 (2.29%) BPSS Clearance
9 23 (1.82%) Computer Science Degree
10 17 (1.34%) PMI Certification
10 17 (1.34%) PMP
11 10 (0.79%) AWS Certification
12 9 (0.71%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
13 7 (0.55%) Master's Degree
14 6 (0.47%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
14 6 (0.47%) CISM
14 6 (0.47%) CISSP
15 5 (0.40%) DBS Check
15 5 (0.40%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
16 4 (0.32%) Cisco Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 145 (11.47%) QA
2 99 (7.83%) Data Quality
3 38 (3.01%) Accessibility
4 29 (2.29%) GDPR
5 19 (1.50%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 19 (1.50%) WCAG
6 18 (1.42%) PMO
7 17 (1.34%) NIST
8 13 (1.03%) NCSC
9 11 (0.87%) SLA
10 10 (0.79%) Sarbanes-Oxley
11 9 (0.71%) NIST 800
11 9 (0.71%) PCI DSS
12 8 (0.63%) GRC
13 4 (0.32%) HL7
14 3 (0.24%) HIPAA
15 2 (0.16%) FedRAMP
15 2 (0.16%) HMG Security Policy Framework
15 2 (0.16%) PSD2
15 2 (0.16%) SEPA
System Software
1 177 (14.00%) Docker
2 73 (5.78%) Active Directory
3 26 (2.06%) Virtual Machines
4 13 (1.03%) Virtual Desktop
5 4 (0.32%) Firmware
5 4 (0.32%) VMware Infrastructure
6 2 (0.16%) Hyper-V
6 2 (0.16%) Microsoft App-V
6 2 (0.16%) OpenSSH
6 2 (0.16%) Postfix
7 1 (0.079%) HDFS
Systems Management
1 337 (26.66%) Terraform
2 223 (17.64%) Kubernetes
3 60 (4.75%) Ansible
4 43 (3.40%) Grafana
5 36 (2.85%) Prometheus
6 16 (1.27%) Argo
6 16 (1.27%) HP ALM
6 16 (1.27%) Puppet
7 13 (1.03%) Istio
8 12 (0.95%) Progress Chef
9 11 (0.87%) Single Sign-On
10 10 (0.79%) Microsoft Intune
11 8 (0.63%) Packer
12 6 (0.47%) HP Quality Center
13 5 (0.40%) Jamf Pro
14 3 (0.24%) Active Directory Federation Services
14 3 (0.24%) Icinga
14 3 (0.24%) Kubeflow
14 3 (0.24%) Rancher
14 3 (0.24%) SCCM
Vendors
1 375 (29.67%) Microsoft
2 156 (12.34%) Databricks
3 94 (7.44%) Oracle
4 62 (4.91%) ServiceNow
5 38 (3.01%) SAP
6 32 (2.53%) Salesforce
7 25 (1.98%) OpenAI
7 25 (1.98%) Splunk
8 23 (1.82%) Informatica
9 19 (1.50%) Google
10 17 (1.34%) HP
11 14 (1.11%) Dynatrace
11 14 (1.11%) Foundry
12 12 (0.95%) IBM
12 12 (0.95%) VMware
13 10 (0.79%) Bloomberg
13 10 (0.79%) Kofax
13 10 (0.79%) Lotus
14 8 (0.63%) InterSystems
14 8 (0.63%) Red Hat
345 Azure DevOps jobs in England