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 25 September 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
25 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 79 91 79
Rank change year-on-year +12 -12 -4
Contract jobs citing Azure DevOps 1,483 790 919
As % of all contract jobs in England 3.19% 2.84% 2.80%
As % of the Cloud Services category 9.24% 7.47% 8.10%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,023 561 604
10th Percentile £363 £354 £380
25th Percentile £418 £413 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £513 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.44% -2.38% -4.55%
75th Percentile £600 £613 £613
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 47 2 0
10th Percentile £21.25 £63.75 -
25th Percentile £37.75 £67.50 -
Median hourly rate £68.22 £75.00 -
Median % change year-on-year -9.05% - -
75th Percentile £79.50 £82.50 -
90th Percentile £101.51 £86.25 -
UK median hourly rate £66.66 £85.00 -
% change year-on-year -21.58% - -

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 16,046 10,572 11,340
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 34.48% 37.96% 34.56%
Number of daily rates quoted 10,693 7,158 7,642
10th Percentile £319 £306 £313
25th Percentile £425 £406 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £501 £533
Median % change year-on-year +4.90% -6.10% -3.09%
75th Percentile £625 £625 £645
90th Percentile £725 £725 £750
UK median daily rate £525 £500 £525
% change year-on-year +5.00% -4.76% -1.42%
Number of hourly rates quoted 555 254 166
10th Percentile £15.27 £15.50 £15.99
25th Percentile £17.75 £18.87 £21.37
Median hourly rate £32.50 £25.15 £34.47
Median % change year-on-year +29.22% -27.03% +4.44%
75th Percentile £70.00 £43.75 £65.68
90th Percentile £82.25 £67.00 £70.00
UK median hourly rate £32.00 £26.50 £33.00
% change year-on-year +20.75% -19.70% -5.44%

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 25 September 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 25 September 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 25 September 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 +16 834 £514 -2.51% 469
South East -27 175 £525 +13.98% 179
North of England +12 167 £478 -4.40% 185
Midlands +8 148 £460 -8.00% 103
West Midlands +23 119 £450 -19.28% 57
North West -16 79 £500 +11.11% 101
South West +1 78 £485 -13.78% 61
Yorkshire -9 66 £475 -5.00% 67
East of England -4 45 £438 -12.50% 58
East Midlands -10 28 £500 +8.11% 46
North East - 22 £450 - 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
1 110 (7.42%) Confluence
2 107 (7.22%) SharePoint
3 39 (2.63%) Apache Spark
4 31 (2.09%) Apache Airflow
5 27 (1.82%) Apache
6 12 (0.81%) CMS
7 8 (0.54%) Microsoft Exchange
8 6 (0.40%) Documentum
9 4 (0.27%) Mendix
10 3 (0.20%) IIS
10 3 (0.20%) Kentico
10 3 (0.20%) nginx
10 3 (0.20%) Palantir Foundry
11 2 (0.13%) ArcGIS
11 2 (0.13%) OpenROAD
11 2 (0.13%) SAS
11 2 (0.13%) Smallworld
11 2 (0.13%) Umbraco
12 1 (0.067%) EPiServer
12 1 (0.067%) WebLogic
Applications
1 46 (3.10%) Microsoft Project
2 41 (2.76%) Microsoft Excel
3 28 (1.89%) MS Visio
4 14 (0.94%) Microsoft Office
5 13 (0.88%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 9 (0.61%) Chatbot
7 6 (0.40%) CPLEX
8 5 (0.34%) Notion
8 5 (0.34%) Trello
9 2 (0.13%) Mingle
9 2 (0.13%) Spreadsheet
10 1 (0.067%) Adobe XD
10 1 (0.067%) Windchill
Business Applications
1 58 (3.91%) Dynamics CRM
2 21 (1.42%) SAP S/4HANA
3 5 (0.34%) Dynamics AX
3 5 (0.34%) Payment Gateway
3 5 (0.34%) SAP MDG
4 4 (0.27%) Oracle EBS
5 3 (0.20%) Aladdin
5 3 (0.20%) Maximo
6 2 (0.13%) Dynamics GP
6 2 (0.13%) Endur
6 2 (0.13%) IBM Operational Decision Manager
6 2 (0.13%) Oracle Payables
6 2 (0.13%) Oracle Receivables
6 2 (0.13%) SAP BPC
6 2 (0.13%) SAP MM
6 2 (0.13%) SAP Oil and Gas
6 2 (0.13%) Teamcenter
6 2 (0.13%) Workday HCM
7 1 (0.067%) FLEXCUBE
7 1 (0.067%) SimCorp Dimension
Cloud Services
1 1,483 (100.00%) Azure
2 372 (25.08%) GitHub
3 277 (18.68%) Power Platform
4 253 (17.06%) GitHub Actions
5 232 (15.64%) AWS
6 132 (8.90%) Dynamics 365
7 130 (8.77%) Entra ID
8 124 (8.36%) Azure Data Factory
9 122 (8.23%) Azure AKS
10 121 (8.16%) Azure Monitor
10 121 (8.16%) Serverless
11 120 (8.09%) Power Automate
12 92 (6.20%) Azure Functions
13 91 (6.14%) GCP
14 89 (6.00%) PowerApps
15 78 (5.26%) Azure Logic Apps
16 72 (4.86%) Azure Synapse Analytics
17 65 (4.38%) Azure Key Vault
18 64 (4.32%) Microsoft 365
19 62 (4.18%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 60 (4.05%) Firewall
2 41 (2.76%) DNS
3 36 (2.43%) Network Security
4 22 (1.48%) VPN
5 18 (1.21%) SSL
6 13 (0.88%) DHCP
7 10 (0.67%) WAN
8 6 (0.40%) SD-WAN
8 6 (0.40%) VLAN
9 5 (0.34%) Internet
9 5 (0.34%) LAN
9 5 (0.34%) TCP/IP
10 4 (0.27%) SAN
11 3 (0.20%) RS-232
11 3 (0.20%) RS-485
11 3 (0.20%) Wi-Fi
12 2 (0.13%) 4G
12 2 (0.13%) NAS
12 2 (0.13%) Reverse Proxy
12 2 (0.13%) VSAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 173 (11.67%) Power BI
2 117 (7.89%) SQL Server
3 78 (5.26%) Data Warehouse
4 71 (4.79%) Data Lake
5 57 (3.84%) Azure SQL Database
6 43 (2.90%) Delta Lake
6 43 (2.90%) PostgreSQL
7 42 (2.83%) NoSQL
8 31 (2.09%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 30 (2.02%) Metadata
10 20 (1.35%) Big Data
11 19 (1.28%) Snowflake Schema
12 17 (1.15%) MongoDB
12 17 (1.15%) MySQL
12 17 (1.15%) Relational Database
13 15 (1.01%) Star Schema
14 14 (0.94%) Data Vault
14 14 (0.94%) Geospatial Data
14 14 (0.94%) Spark SQL
15 13 (0.88%) Redis
Development Applications
1 274 (18.48%) Git
2 264 (17.80%) JIRA
3 188 (12.68%) Jenkins
4 149 (10.05%) GitLab
5 78 (5.26%) Selenium
6 40 (2.70%) Postman
7 35 (2.36%) Visual Studio
8 30 (2.02%) Cypress.io
9 29 (1.96%) SonarQube
9 29 (1.96%) WebDriver
10 28 (1.89%) Cucumber
11 21 (1.42%) REST Assured
12 18 (1.21%) Gradle
12 18 (1.21%) JUnit
13 16 (1.08%) TestRail
14 15 (1.01%) Maven
15 13 (0.88%) Bitbucket
15 13 (0.88%) MSI
15 13 (0.88%) Snyk
15 13 (0.88%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 411 (27.71%) Social Skills
2 306 (20.63%) Finance
3 176 (11.87%) Public Sector
4 155 (10.45%) Analytical Skills
5 86 (5.80%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 81 (5.46%) Banking
7 37 (2.49%) Retail
8 30 (2.02%) Influencing Skills
9 28 (1.89%) Aerospace
10 25 (1.69%) Legal
11 24 (1.62%) Documentation Skills
12 20 (1.35%) Organisational Skills
13 18 (1.21%) Marketing
14 15 (1.01%) Investment Banking
15 14 (0.94%) Manufacturing
16 12 (0.81%) Law
16 12 (0.81%) Local Government
17 10 (0.67%) Billing
17 10 (0.67%) Pharmaceutical
18 9 (0.61%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 256 (17.26%) Developer
2 238 (16.05%) DevOps Engineer
3 235 (15.85%) Senior
4 232 (15.64%) Azure Engineer
5 145 (9.78%) Azure DevOps Engineer
6 134 (9.04%) Lead
7 127 (8.56%) Analyst
8 116 (7.82%) Data Engineer
9 114 (7.69%) Architect
10 70 (4.72%) Business Analyst
11 53 (3.57%) Project Manager
12 51 (3.44%) Consultant
13 50 (3.37%) Cloud Engineer
14 47 (3.17%) Platform Engineer
15 46 (3.10%) Dynamics 365 Developer
16 45 (3.03%) Senior Developer
17 42 (2.83%) Test Analyst
18 39 (2.63%) Senior DevOps
19 38 (2.56%) Solutions Architect
20 35 (2.36%) Tester
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 435 (29.33%) Terraform
2 201 (13.55%) .NET
3 196 (13.22%) REST
4 81 (5.46%) JSON
5 79 (5.33%) ADO
6 77 (5.19%) PySpark
6 77 (5.19%) RESTful
7 65 (4.38%) ARM Templates
8 64 (4.32%) Kafka
9 61 (4.11%) React
9 61 (4.11%) YAML
10 59 (3.98%) .NET Framework
11 53 (3.57%) .NET Core
12 52 (3.51%) Playwright
13 46 (3.10%) XML
14 44 (2.97%) OAuth
15 40 (2.70%) HTML
16 39 (2.63%) Middleware
17 36 (2.43%) SOAP
18 35 (2.36%) CSS
Miscellaneous
1 163 (10.99%) Cloud Native
2 128 (8.63%) Product Ownership
3 58 (3.91%) Onboarding
4 46 (3.10%) Legacy Systems
5 45 (3.03%) Enterprise Software
6 41 (2.76%) Management Information System
7 39 (2.63%) Distributed Systems
8 31 (2.09%) Hybrid Cloud
9 28 (1.89%) AI Agents
10 25 (1.69%) Self-Motivation
11 22 (1.48%) Low-Code
12 20 (1.35%) Data Structures
12 20 (1.35%) Replication
13 19 (1.28%) Greenfield Project
14 18 (1.21%) Virtual Team
15 17 (1.15%) Linux Command Line
16 15 (1.01%) Data Centre
16 15 (1.01%) Mobile App
16 15 (1.01%) Reinsurance
16 15 (1.01%) Taxonomies
Operating Systems
1 102 (6.88%) Windows
2 73 (4.92%) Linux
3 33 (2.23%) Windows Server
4 16 (1.08%) VMS
5 13 (0.88%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 10 (0.67%) Unix
7 9 (0.61%) Android
7 9 (0.61%) Apple iOS
8 6 (0.40%) Ubuntu
8 6 (0.40%) Windows Server 2016
9 4 (0.27%) CentOS
9 4 (0.27%) Windows Server 2019
10 3 (0.20%) Mac OS
11 1 (0.067%) Amazon Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 1,483 (100.00%) DevOps
2 839 (56.57%) CI/CD
3 636 (42.89%) Agile
4 399 (26.90%) Infrastructure as Code
5 284 (19.15%) Test Automation
6 277 (18.68%) Stakeholder Management
7 246 (16.59%) Continuous Improvement
8 240 (16.18%) Problem-Solving
9 233 (15.71%) Analytics
10 231 (15.58%) Containerisation
11 223 (15.04%) Scrum
12 198 (13.35%) Migration
13 186 (12.54%) AI
14 185 (12.47%) Business Intelligence
15 170 (11.46%) Stakeholder Engagement
16 169 (11.40%) User Acceptance Testing
17 168 (11.33%) Data Modelling
18 162 (10.92%) Deployment Automation
19 159 (10.72%) Platform Engineering
20 156 (10.52%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 375 (25.29%) Python
2 365 (24.61%) SQL
3 261 (17.60%) C#
4 211 (14.23%) PowerShell
5 172 (11.60%) Bicep
6 165 (11.13%) JavaScript
7 132 (8.90%) Bash
8 117 (7.89%) Java
9 96 (6.47%) TypeScript
10 25 (1.69%) T-SQL
11 20 (1.35%) Data Analysis Expressions
12 18 (1.21%) Kusto Query Language
13 16 (1.08%) Apex Code
14 14 (0.94%) Go
14 14 (0.94%) X++
15 9 (0.61%) C++
16 7 (0.47%) C
16 7 (0.47%) PL/SQL
16 7 (0.47%) Scala
17 6 (0.40%) VB6
Qualifications
1 439 (29.60%) Security Cleared
2 361 (24.34%) SC Cleared
3 123 (8.29%) Azure Certification
4 118 (7.96%) Degree
5 74 (4.99%) Microsoft Certification
6 57 (3.84%) DV Cleared
7 41 (2.76%) ISTQB
8 38 (2.56%) BPSS Clearance
9 33 (2.23%) Computer Science Degree
10 25 (1.69%) AWS Certification
11 21 (1.42%) PMI Certification
12 18 (1.21%) PMP
13 16 (1.08%) Master's Degree
14 14 (0.94%) CISSP
15 10 (0.67%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
15 10 (0.67%) Cisco Certification
15 10 (0.67%) DBS Check
15 10 (0.67%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
16 9 (0.61%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
16 9 (0.61%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 175 (11.80%) QA
2 103 (6.95%) Data Quality
3 92 (6.20%) Accessibility
4 60 (4.05%) GDPR
5 54 (3.64%) WCAG
6 30 (2.02%) PMO
7 27 (1.82%) NIST
8 25 (1.69%) ISO/IEC 27001
9 19 (1.28%) NCSC
10 12 (0.81%) SLA
11 10 (0.67%) GRC
11 10 (0.67%) ISO 20022
12 8 (0.54%) Sarbanes-Oxley
13 7 (0.47%) Cyber Essentials
13 7 (0.47%) SEPA
14 4 (0.27%) Actionable Recommendations
14 4 (0.27%) PSD2
15 3 (0.20%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
15 3 (0.20%) Government Security Classifications
16 2 (0.13%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 240 (16.18%) Docker
2 65 (4.38%) Active Directory
3 30 (2.02%) Virtual Machines
4 18 (1.21%) VMware Infrastructure
5 15 (1.01%) Virtual Desktop
6 5 (0.34%) Hyper-V
6 5 (0.34%) vSphere
7 4 (0.27%) Firmware
8 3 (0.20%) Embedded Firmware
8 3 (0.20%) Microsoft App-V
8 3 (0.20%) VMware NSX
9 2 (0.13%) Apache ZooKeeper
9 2 (0.13%) OpenSSH
9 2 (0.13%) VMware ESXi
10 1 (0.067%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 307 (20.70%) Kubernetes
2 96 (6.47%) Ansible
3 52 (3.51%) Grafana
4 46 (3.10%) Prometheus
5 30 (2.02%) Microsoft Intune
6 20 (1.35%) Progress Chef
7 18 (1.21%) Argo
8 15 (1.01%) Puppet
9 14 (0.94%) HP ALM
9 14 (0.94%) Packer
10 10 (0.67%) SCOM
11 9 (0.61%) SCCM
12 7 (0.47%) Single Sign-On
13 5 (0.34%) HP Quality Center
13 5 (0.34%) Jamf Pro
14 4 (0.27%) Istio
15 3 (0.20%) HP Fortify
15 3 (0.20%) Kibana
16 2 (0.13%) Nagios
16 2 (0.13%) systemd
Vendors
1 547 (36.88%) Microsoft
2 134 (9.04%) Databricks
3 56 (3.78%) Salesforce
4 55 (3.71%) ServiceNow
5 54 (3.64%) Oracle
6 43 (2.90%) SAP
7 41 (2.76%) Google
8 34 (2.29%) Splunk
9 32 (2.16%) Dynatrace
10 26 (1.75%) VMware
11 22 (1.48%) Foundry
11 22 (1.48%) OpenAI
12 17 (1.15%) UiPath
13 16 (1.08%) MuleSoft
14 15 (1.01%) HP
15 12 (0.81%) IBM
16 11 (0.74%) Workday
17 9 (0.61%) Informatica
17 9 (0.61%) Red Hat
18 8 (0.54%) Adobe