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

 6 months to
18 Apr 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 74 94 70
Rank change year-on-year +20 -24 +5
Contract jobs citing Azure DevOps 1,258 678 1,041
As % of all contract jobs in England 3.19% 2.77% 2.80%
As % of the Cloud Services category 8.88% 7.37% 8.75%
Number of daily rates quoted 926 492 715
10th Percentile £363 £363 £404
25th Percentile £413 £431 £456
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
75th Percentile £588 £625 £613
90th Percentile £688 £725 £688
UK median daily rate £495 £513 £525
% change year-on-year -3.41% -2.38% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 13 3 8
10th Percentile - £37.45 £53.88
25th Percentile £25.38 £48.25 £61.56
Median hourly rate £46.00 £67.50 £65.50
Median % change year-on-year -31.85% +3.05% -6.43%
75th Percentile £74.26 £74.38 £65.75
90th Percentile £76.40 £77.75 £67.40
UK median hourly rate £49.25 £80.00 £65.50
% change year-on-year -38.44% +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 14,171 9,198 11,894
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 35.95% 37.56% 31.94%
Number of daily rates quoted 9,767 6,452 8,581
10th Percentile £313 £313 £285
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 £713 £738 £738
UK median daily rate £500 £521 £525
% change year-on-year -4.03% -0.76% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 433 190 318
10th Percentile £16.05 £15.22 £14.00
25th Percentile £23.00 £18.13 £15.86
Median hourly rate £45.00 £26.75 £20.77
Median % change year-on-year +68.22% +28.79% -24.47%
75th Percentile £67.84 £42.74 £32.50
90th Percentile £81.00 £75.05 £59.95
UK median hourly rate £42.59 £27.76 £21.00
% change year-on-year +53.43% +32.19% -30.58%

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 18 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 18 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 18 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 +27 707 £500 -4.76% 133
South East -5 164 £514 +2.75% 83
North of England -1 128 £500 - 72
Midlands -13 117 £450 -14.29% 40
South West +27 86 £475 -9.52% 26
West Midlands -26 67 £450 -14.29% 21
North West -5 64 £492 -6.29% 46
Yorkshire -30 50 £518 +21.76% 15
East Midlands -10 48 £488 -2.50% 19
East of England -16 22 £425 -5.56% 25
North East -3 14 £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 83 (6.60%) SharePoint
2 72 (5.72%) Confluence
3 35 (2.78%) Apache Spark
4 26 (2.07%) Apache
5 16 (1.27%) Microsoft Exchange
6 15 (1.19%) Apache Airflow
7 11 (0.87%) HCL Notes
8 10 (0.79%) Mendix
9 6 (0.48%) IIS
10 3 (0.24%) ArcGIS
10 3 (0.24%) 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%) SAS
12 1 (0.079%) Umbraco
12 1 (0.079%) WebLogic
Applications
1 37 (2.94%) Microsoft Project
2 28 (2.23%) Microsoft Excel
3 20 (1.59%) MS Visio
4 11 (0.87%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 10 (0.79%) Microsoft Office
6 4 (0.32%) Trello
7 3 (0.24%) CPLEX
8 2 (0.16%) Chatbot
8 2 (0.16%) Spreadsheet
9 1 (0.079%) InDesign
Business Applications
1 47 (3.74%) Dynamics CRM
2 8 (0.64%) Maximo
3 7 (0.56%) NEC Housing
3 7 (0.56%) SAP S/4HANA
4 5 (0.40%) Dynamics AX
5 4 (0.32%) Aladdin
5 4 (0.32%) Oracle EBS
5 4 (0.32%) Payment Gateway
5 4 (0.32%) SAP BPC
6 3 (0.24%) Findur
6 3 (0.24%) SAP Oil and Gas
7 2 (0.16%) SAP MM
8 1 (0.079%) Endur
8 1 (0.079%) Loan IQ
8 1 (0.079%) NetSuite
8 1 (0.079%) Oracle ERP
8 1 (0.079%) Oracle Financials
8 1 (0.079%) Primavera
8 1 (0.079%) SAP SD
8 1 (0.079%) Unit4 Business World
Cloud Services
1 1,258 (100.00%) Azure
2 304 (24.17%) GitHub
3 203 (16.14%) GitHub Actions
4 201 (15.98%) Power Platform
5 151 (12.00%) AWS
6 136 (10.81%) Azure Data Factory
7 127 (10.10%) Serverless
8 126 (10.02%) Azure AKS
8 126 (10.02%) Entra ID
9 119 (9.46%) Azure Monitor
10 102 (8.11%) Dynamics 365
11 90 (7.15%) Azure Key Vault
12 85 (6.76%) Azure Functions
13 81 (6.44%) Azure Synapse Analytics
14 78 (6.20%) Azure Logic Apps
15 77 (6.12%) Power Automate
16 70 (5.56%) Microsoft 365
17 69 (5.48%) Azure Service Bus
18 59 (4.69%) PaaS
19 58 (4.61%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 46 (3.66%) Firewall
2 26 (2.07%) Network Security
3 22 (1.75%) DNS
4 18 (1.43%) VPN
5 14 (1.11%) SD-WAN
6 13 (1.03%) WAN
7 9 (0.72%) DHCP
7 9 (0.72%) TCP/IP
8 7 (0.56%) LAN
9 6 (0.48%) Internet
10 5 (0.40%) HTTP
10 5 (0.40%) IPsec
10 5 (0.40%) 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%) MPLS
13 2 (0.16%) OSPF
13 2 (0.16%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 125 (9.94%) Power BI
2 110 (8.74%) SQL Server
3 78 (6.20%) Azure SQL Database
4 72 (5.72%) Data Lake
5 62 (4.93%) Delta Lake
6 58 (4.61%) Data Warehouse
7 44 (3.50%) NoSQL
8 38 (3.02%) PostgreSQL
9 28 (2.23%) Oracle Database
10 24 (1.91%) MongoDB
11 23 (1.83%) Relational Database
12 21 (1.67%) Spark SQL
13 20 (1.59%) SQL Server Integration Services
14 17 (1.35%) Tableau
15 15 (1.19%) DynamoDB
15 15 (1.19%) Redis
15 15 (1.19%) Snowflake Schema
16 12 (0.95%) Metadata
17 11 (0.87%) Amazon Redshift
17 11 (0.87%) Star Schema
Development Applications
1 240 (19.08%) JIRA
2 180 (14.31%) Git
3 116 (9.22%) Jenkins
4 69 (5.48%) GitLab
5 50 (3.97%) Selenium
6 33 (2.62%) Oracle APEX
7 32 (2.54%) Postman
8 21 (1.67%) SonarQube
8 21 (1.67%) TestRail
9 20 (1.59%) Cypress.io
10 17 (1.35%) REST Assured
11 15 (1.19%) Zephyr
12 14 (1.11%) Cucumber
12 14 (1.11%) SpecFlow
12 14 (1.11%) Visual Studio
13 13 (1.03%) Team Foundation Server
14 12 (0.95%) Artifactory
14 12 (0.95%) JUnit
15 11 (0.87%) Bitbucket
16 10 (0.79%) MLflow
General
1 323 (25.68%) Social Skills
2 253 (20.11%) Finance
3 141 (11.21%) Public Sector
4 128 (10.17%) Analytical Skills
5 61 (4.85%) Banking
6 32 (2.54%) Organisational Skills
7 28 (2.23%) Documentation Skills
8 21 (1.67%) Retail
9 20 (1.59%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 18 (1.43%) Financial Institution
11 17 (1.35%) Influencing Skills
12 16 (1.27%) Front Office
13 15 (1.19%) Legal
14 13 (1.03%) Investment Banking
15 10 (0.79%) Law
15 10 (0.79%) Presentation Skills
16 8 (0.64%) Local Government
17 7 (0.56%) Back Office
17 7 (0.56%) Marketing
18 6 (0.48%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 258 (20.51%) Developer
2 207 (16.45%) Azure Engineer
3 189 (15.02%) Senior
4 178 (14.15%) DevOps Engineer
5 112 (8.90%) Azure DevOps Engineer
6 110 (8.74%) Data Engineer
7 106 (8.43%) Lead
8 96 (7.63%) Analyst
9 86 (6.84%) Architect
10 57 (4.53%) Senior Developer
11 53 (4.21%) Platform Engineer
12 43 (3.42%) Test Analyst
12 43 (3.42%) Tester
13 42 (3.34%) Azure Developer
14 37 (2.94%) Business Analyst
14 37 (2.94%) Cloud Engineer
15 35 (2.78%) Test Engineer
16 33 (2.62%) Azure Architect
16 33 (2.62%) Project Manager
17 31 (2.46%) Full-Stack Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 191 (15.18%) .NET
2 100 (7.95%) REST
3 79 (6.28%) PySpark
4 71 (5.64%) React
5 70 (5.56%) Node.js
6 68 (5.41%) ARM Templates
7 58 (4.61%) YAML
8 56 (4.45%) ADO
9 53 (4.21%) Kafka
10 49 (3.90%) RESTful
11 47 (3.74%) .NET Core
12 43 (3.42%) Playwright
13 42 (3.34%) .NET Framework
14 39 (3.10%) OAuth
15 37 (2.94%) JSON
16 32 (2.54%) CSS
17 31 (2.46%) AngularJS
18 29 (2.31%) HTML
18 29 (2.31%) SOAP
19 26 (2.07%) RabbitMQ
Miscellaneous
1 133 (10.57%) Cloud Native
2 75 (5.96%) Product Ownership
3 40 (3.18%) Enterprise Software
4 38 (3.02%) Distributed Systems
5 34 (2.70%) Legacy Systems
6 21 (1.67%) Onboarding
7 20 (1.59%) Reinsurance
8 19 (1.51%) AI Agents
8 19 (1.51%) Hybrid Cloud
9 18 (1.43%) Low-Code
10 17 (1.35%) Data Structures
11 15 (1.19%) Self-Motivation
12 13 (1.03%) NHS
13 12 (0.95%) Virtual Team
14 11 (0.87%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
14 11 (0.87%) Greenfield Project
14 11 (0.87%) Public Cloud
14 11 (0.87%) Security Posture
15 10 (0.79%) Replication
16 9 (0.72%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 64 (5.09%) Windows
2 47 (3.74%) Linux
3 17 (1.35%) VMS
4 10 (0.79%) Windows Server
5 7 (0.56%) Unix
6 4 (0.32%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 3 (0.24%) Mac OS
8 2 (0.16%) Android
8 2 (0.16%) Apple iOS
9 1 (0.079%) Ubuntu
9 1 (0.079%) Windows Server 2016
9 1 (0.079%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 1,250 (99.36%) DevOps
2 674 (53.58%) CI/CD
3 473 (37.60%) Agile
4 299 (23.77%) Infrastructure as Code
5 217 (17.25%) Problem-Solving
6 209 (16.61%) Analytics
7 203 (16.14%) Test Automation
8 170 (13.51%) Scrum
9 168 (13.35%) Continuous Improvement
10 153 (12.16%) Migration
11 147 (11.69%) Containerisation
12 142 (11.29%) Data Modelling
13 141 (11.21%) AI
14 139 (11.05%) Business Intelligence
15 131 (10.41%) Microservices
16 129 (10.25%) Stakeholder Management
17 126 (10.02%) Validation
18 125 (9.94%) Observability
19 113 (8.98%) Data Pipeline
20 110 (8.74%) ETL
Programming Languages
1 417 (33.15%) SQL
2 340 (27.03%) Python
3 236 (18.76%) C#
4 170 (13.51%) JavaScript
5 135 (10.73%) PowerShell
6 114 (9.06%) Bicep
7 87 (6.92%) Bash
8 86 (6.84%) Java
9 77 (6.12%) TypeScript
10 54 (4.29%) PL/SQL
11 29 (2.31%) T-SQL
12 27 (2.15%) Scala
13 18 (1.43%) Kusto Query Language
14 12 (0.95%) Data Analysis Expressions
14 12 (0.95%) Go
15 11 (0.87%) Formula Language
15 11 (0.87%) LotusScript
16 6 (0.48%) PHP
17 5 (0.40%) C++
17 5 (0.40%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 352 (27.98%) Security Cleared
2 299 (23.77%) SC Cleared
3 107 (8.51%) Azure Certification
4 78 (6.20%) Degree
5 37 (2.94%) ISTQB
6 30 (2.38%) DV Cleared
7 29 (2.31%) Computer Science Degree
7 29 (2.31%) Microsoft Certification
8 27 (2.15%) BPSS Clearance
9 16 (1.27%) PMI Certification
9 16 (1.27%) PMP
10 12 (0.95%) AWS Certification
11 11 (0.87%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
12 7 (0.56%) CISSP
12 7 (0.56%) Master's Degree
13 6 (0.48%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
13 6 (0.48%) CISM
14 5 (0.40%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
14 5 (0.40%) PRINCE2 Certification
15 4 (0.32%) SAFe Agilist
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 139 (11.05%) QA
2 90 (7.15%) Data Quality
3 32 (2.54%) Accessibility
4 28 (2.23%) GDPR
5 19 (1.51%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 17 (1.35%) NCSC
7 16 (1.27%) NIST
7 16 (1.27%) PMO
8 15 (1.19%) WCAG
9 9 (0.72%) NIST 800
9 9 (0.72%) Sarbanes-Oxley
9 9 (0.72%) SLA
10 7 (0.56%) PCI DSS
11 6 (0.48%) GRC
11 6 (0.48%) HL7
12 3 (0.24%) HIPAA
12 3 (0.24%) SOC 2
13 2 (0.16%) FedRAMP
13 2 (0.16%) GxP
13 2 (0.16%) Software Quality Assurance
System Software
1 183 (14.55%) Docker
2 81 (6.44%) Active Directory
3 24 (1.91%) Virtual Machines
4 9 (0.72%) Virtual Desktop
5 8 (0.64%) 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%) Microsoft App-V
8 1 (0.079%) VMware NSX
8 1 (0.079%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 350 (27.82%) Terraform
2 221 (17.57%) Kubernetes
3 62 (4.93%) Ansible
4 45 (3.58%) Grafana
5 35 (2.78%) Prometheus
6 16 (1.27%) Argo
7 15 (1.19%) Single Sign-On
8 14 (1.11%) HP ALM
8 14 (1.11%) Istio
9 13 (1.03%) Puppet
10 9 (0.72%) Progress Chef
11 8 (0.64%) Microsoft Intune
12 7 (0.56%) Packer
13 4 (0.32%) HP Quality Center
14 3 (0.24%) Active Directory Federation Services
14 3 (0.24%) Icinga
14 3 (0.24%) Kubeflow
14 3 (0.24%) vCenter Server
15 2 (0.16%) linkerd
15 2 (0.16%) Rancher
Vendors
1 387 (30.76%) Microsoft
2 164 (13.04%) Databricks
3 128 (10.17%) Oracle
4 57 (4.53%) ServiceNow
5 36 (2.86%) OpenAI
6 33 (2.62%) SAP
7 28 (2.23%) Salesforce
8 24 (1.91%) Splunk
9 19 (1.51%) Informatica
10 17 (1.35%) VMware
11 16 (1.27%) Google
12 15 (1.19%) HP
13 12 (0.95%) Foundry
14 11 (0.87%) Citrix
14 11 (0.87%) Dynatrace
14 11 (0.87%) Lotus
14 11 (0.87%) NEC
15 10 (0.79%) IBM
15 10 (0.79%) Kofax
16 9 (0.72%) Red Hat
353 Azure DevOps jobs in England