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 2 July 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

 6 months to
2 Jul 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 78 95 78
Rank change year-on-year +17 -17 -7
Contract jobs citing Azure DevOps 1,374 705 1,020
As % of all contract jobs in England 3.13% 2.73% 2.73%
As % of the Cloud Services category 8.95% 7.25% 8.41%
Number of daily rates quoted 984 496 679
10th Percentile £370 £350 £400
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 £600 £600 £600
90th Percentile £688 £738 £675
UK median daily rate £500 £500 £525
% change year-on-year - -4.76% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 31 3 6
10th Percentile £25.38 £36.45 £64.50
25th Percentile £37.75 £45.75 £65.25
Median hourly rate £74.50 £62.50 £65.50
Median % change year-on-year +19.20% -4.58% -6.43%
75th Percentile £88.00 £76.25 £65.75
90th Percentile £104.00 £83.75 £68.50
UK median hourly rate £72.25 £85.00 £65.50
% change year-on-year -15.00% +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 15,349 9,723 12,125
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 34.98% 37.65% 32.48%
Number of daily rates quoted 10,340 6,564 8,661
10th Percentile £325 £311 £308
25th Percentile £415 £413 £418
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £520 £515 £525
Median % change year-on-year +0.97% -1.90% -4.55%
75th Percentile £621 £625 £638
90th Percentile £716 £738 £750
UK median daily rate £515 £505 £525
% change year-on-year +2.08% -3.90% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 554 251 332
10th Percentile £16.62 £15.00 £14.01
25th Percentile £23.17 £17.57 £16.06
Median hourly rate £40.53 £25.15 £22.00
Median % change year-on-year +61.15% +14.32% -31.89%
75th Percentile £70.00 £40.73 £43.75
90th Percentile £83.18 £67.50 £70.00
UK median hourly rate £37.50 £27.76 £22.00
% change year-on-year +35.09% +26.18% -37.14%

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 2 July 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 2 July 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 2 July 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 +16 762 £500 -4.76% 168
South East -6 178 £500 +2.56% 125
North of England +17 161 £492 -1.60% 89
Midlands +5 142 £475 -5.00% 46
West Midlands +2 100 £450 -14.29% 23
North West +8 81 £500 -4.76% 51
South West +7 67 £475 -9.52% 26
Yorkshire -13 61 £500 +11.11% 27
East Midlands -5 40 £525 +5.00% 23
East of England +9 35 £450 -6.49% 37
North East -12 19 £450 -18.18% 12
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 93 (6.77%) Confluence
2 85 (6.19%) SharePoint
3 36 (2.62%) Apache Spark
4 28 (2.04%) Apache
5 24 (1.75%) Apache Airflow
6 15 (1.09%) Microsoft Exchange
7 7 (0.51%) CMS
8 5 (0.36%) Documentum
8 5 (0.36%) Mendix
9 4 (0.29%) HCL Notes
9 4 (0.29%) Palantir Foundry
10 3 (0.22%) IIS
10 3 (0.22%) Kentico
10 3 (0.22%) SAS
11 2 (0.15%) Umbraco
12 1 (0.073%) ArcGIS
12 1 (0.073%) IBM HTTP Server
12 1 (0.073%) Oracle Workflow
12 1 (0.073%) SharePoint 2013
12 1 (0.073%) WebLogic
Applications
1 49 (3.57%) Microsoft Project
2 32 (2.33%) Microsoft Excel
3 21 (1.53%) MS Visio
4 11 (0.80%) Microsoft Office
5 8 (0.58%) CPLEX
5 8 (0.58%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 5 (0.36%) Chatbot
7 4 (0.29%) Notion
8 3 (0.22%) Trello
9 2 (0.15%) Spreadsheet
10 1 (0.073%) Adobe XD
10 1 (0.073%) InDesign
Business Applications
1 46 (3.35%) Dynamics CRM
2 18 (1.31%) SAP S/4HANA
3 8 (0.58%) Maximo
4 7 (0.51%) Dynamics AX
5 4 (0.29%) Oracle EBS
6 3 (0.22%) Endur
6 3 (0.22%) Findur
6 3 (0.22%) SAP BPC
6 3 (0.22%) SAP MDG
6 3 (0.22%) SAP MM
6 3 (0.22%) SAP Oil and Gas
7 2 (0.15%) Aladdin
7 2 (0.15%) Dynamics GP
7 2 (0.15%) Payment Gateway
7 2 (0.15%) Salesforce CRM
7 2 (0.15%) Unit4 Business World
8 1 (0.073%) Loan IQ
8 1 (0.073%) Oracle Financials
8 1 (0.073%) SAP SD
8 1 (0.073%) SDL Web 8
Cloud Services
1 1,374 (100.00%) Azure
2 341 (24.82%) GitHub
3 228 (16.59%) GitHub Actions
4 221 (16.08%) Power Platform
5 192 (13.97%) AWS
6 124 (9.02%) Azure Data Factory
7 110 (8.01%) Azure AKS
7 110 (8.01%) Entra ID
8 109 (7.93%) Azure Monitor
9 104 (7.57%) Dynamics 365
10 100 (7.28%) Serverless
11 99 (7.21%) Power Automate
12 82 (5.97%) Azure Key Vault
13 76 (5.53%) PowerApps
14 71 (5.17%) Azure Synapse Analytics
15 69 (5.02%) GCP
16 67 (4.88%) Azure Logic Apps
17 66 (4.80%) Azure Functions
18 59 (4.29%) Microsoft 365
19 58 (4.22%) Azure Service Bus
Communications & Networking
1 47 (3.42%) Firewall
2 25 (1.82%) Network Security
3 22 (1.60%) DNS
4 19 (1.38%) VPN
5 13 (0.95%) SD-WAN
6 12 (0.87%) WAN
7 9 (0.66%) SSL
8 8 (0.58%) Internet
9 7 (0.51%) DHCP
9 7 (0.51%) TCP/IP
10 6 (0.44%) VLAN
11 5 (0.36%) LAN
12 4 (0.29%) IPsec
13 3 (0.22%) MQTT
14 2 (0.15%) 4G
14 2 (0.15%) BGP
14 2 (0.15%) NAS
14 2 (0.15%) OSPF
14 2 (0.15%) Wi-Fi
14 2 (0.15%) X.509
Database & Business Intelligence
1 142 (10.33%) Power BI
2 104 (7.57%) SQL Server
3 74 (5.39%) Data Lake
4 72 (5.24%) Azure SQL Database
5 64 (4.66%) Delta Lake
6 58 (4.22%) Data Warehouse
7 49 (3.57%) NoSQL
8 46 (3.35%) PostgreSQL
9 27 (1.97%) Relational Database
10 25 (1.82%) MongoDB
11 22 (1.60%) Snowflake Schema
12 20 (1.46%) Redis
12 20 (1.46%) Spark SQL
13 18 (1.31%) SQL Server Integration Services
14 17 (1.24%) Oracle Database
15 16 (1.16%) Metadata
16 15 (1.09%) Big Data
17 13 (0.95%) Amazon Redshift
17 13 (0.95%) Parquet
18 11 (0.80%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 274 (19.94%) JIRA
2 223 (16.23%) Git
3 133 (9.68%) Jenkins
4 98 (7.13%) GitLab
5 51 (3.71%) Selenium
6 30 (2.18%) Postman
7 24 (1.75%) Visual Studio
8 23 (1.67%) REST Assured
8 23 (1.67%) SonarQube
9 19 (1.38%) Cucumber
10 17 (1.24%) Cypress.io
10 17 (1.24%) WebDriver
11 15 (1.09%) TestRail
12 14 (1.02%) Gradle
12 14 (1.02%) Team Foundation Server
13 13 (0.95%) JUnit
14 12 (0.87%) Bitbucket
15 11 (0.80%) NUnit
15 11 (0.80%) SpecFlow
16 10 (0.73%) MSI
General
1 337 (24.53%) Social Skills
2 286 (20.82%) Finance
3 148 (10.77%) Public Sector
4 142 (10.33%) Analytical Skills
5 69 (5.02%) Banking
6 50 (3.64%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 31 (2.26%) Organisational Skills
8 26 (1.89%) Legal
9 23 (1.67%) Retail
10 21 (1.53%) Documentation Skills
11 19 (1.38%) Influencing Skills
12 14 (1.02%) Aerospace
13 12 (0.87%) Investment Banking
13 12 (0.87%) Marketing
14 11 (0.80%) Law
15 10 (0.73%) Front Office
16 8 (0.58%) Billing
16 8 (0.58%) Financial Institution
16 8 (0.58%) Local Government
17 7 (0.51%) Back Office
Job Titles
1 260 (18.92%) Developer
2 213 (15.50%) Azure Engineer
3 193 (14.05%) DevOps Engineer
4 191 (13.90%) Senior
5 134 (9.75%) Data Engineer
6 120 (8.73%) Analyst
7 118 (8.59%) Azure DevOps Engineer
8 108 (7.86%) Lead
9 101 (7.35%) Architect
10 60 (4.37%) Business Analyst
11 57 (4.15%) Platform Engineer
12 45 (3.28%) Solutions Architect
13 43 (3.13%) Test Analyst
14 41 (2.98%) Project Manager
14 41 (2.98%) Tester
15 40 (2.91%) Cloud Engineer
16 38 (2.77%) Consultant
16 38 (2.77%) Full-Stack Developer
17 36 (2.62%) Senior DevOps
18 35 (2.55%) Senior Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 189 (13.76%) .NET
2 146 (10.63%) REST
3 80 (5.82%) PySpark
4 71 (5.17%) RESTful
5 69 (5.02%) ADO
6 64 (4.66%) React
7 61 (4.44%) YAML
8 57 (4.15%) ARM Templates
8 57 (4.15%) Kafka
9 56 (4.08%) JSON
10 51 (3.71%) .NET Framework
11 47 (3.42%) Playwright
12 42 (3.06%) SOAP
13 41 (2.98%) Node.js
14 39 (2.84%) .NET Core
15 38 (2.77%) HTML
16 37 (2.69%) CSS
17 34 (2.47%) OAuth
18 31 (2.26%) AngularJS
19 30 (2.18%) Spring
Miscellaneous
1 163 (11.86%) Cloud Native
2 90 (6.55%) Product Ownership
3 47 (3.42%) Distributed Systems
4 41 (2.98%) Legacy Systems
5 36 (2.62%) Onboarding
6 29 (2.11%) Enterprise Software
7 27 (1.97%) Reinsurance
8 24 (1.75%) Self-Motivation
9 21 (1.53%) Data Structures
9 21 (1.53%) Hybrid Cloud
10 19 (1.38%) Greenfield Project
11 18 (1.31%) Mobile App
12 16 (1.16%) Management Information System
12 16 (1.16%) Replication
13 14 (1.02%) Low-Code
14 13 (0.95%) AI Agents
15 12 (0.87%) Enterprise Cloud
15 12 (0.87%) Virtual Team
16 11 (0.80%) Data Centre
16 11 (0.80%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 81 (5.90%) Windows
2 49 (3.57%) Linux
3 14 (1.02%) Windows Server
4 13 (0.95%) VMS
5 9 (0.66%) Unix
6 6 (0.44%) Android
6 6 (0.44%) Apple iOS
7 3 (0.22%) Mac OS
7 3 (0.22%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 2 (0.15%) Windows Server 2016
8 2 (0.15%) Windows Server 2019
9 1 (0.073%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 1,371 (99.78%) DevOps
2 751 (54.66%) CI/CD
3 538 (39.16%) Agile
4 328 (23.87%) Infrastructure as Code
5 231 (16.81%) Analytics
6 228 (16.59%) Test Automation
7 227 (16.52%) Problem-Solving
8 191 (13.90%) Scrum
9 190 (13.83%) Continuous Improvement
10 186 (13.54%) Migration
11 179 (13.03%) Stakeholder Management
12 178 (12.95%) Containerisation
13 159 (11.57%) Data Modelling
14 150 (10.92%) Business Intelligence
15 135 (9.83%) AI
16 134 (9.75%) Data Pipeline
16 134 (9.75%) Microservices
17 133 (9.68%) ETL
17 133 (9.68%) Platform Engineering
18 127 (9.24%) User Acceptance Testing
Programming Languages
1 403 (29.33%) SQL
2 345 (25.11%) Python
3 237 (17.25%) C#
4 145 (10.55%) PowerShell
5 137 (9.97%) JavaScript
6 130 (9.46%) Bicep
7 97 (7.06%) Java
8 96 (6.99%) Bash
9 85 (6.19%) TypeScript
10 25 (1.82%) T-SQL
11 21 (1.53%) Scala
12 18 (1.31%) Go
13 13 (0.95%) Data Analysis Expressions
14 12 (0.87%) Apex Code
14 12 (0.87%) Kusto Query Language
15 10 (0.73%) PL/SQL
15 10 (0.73%) X++
16 6 (0.44%) R
16 6 (0.44%) Shell Script
16 6 (0.44%) VB
Qualifications
1 372 (27.07%) Security Cleared
2 308 (22.42%) SC Cleared
3 97 (7.06%) Azure Certification
4 87 (6.33%) Degree
5 45 (3.28%) DV Cleared
6 38 (2.77%) Microsoft Certification
7 34 (2.47%) BPSS Clearance
8 33 (2.40%) ISTQB
9 30 (2.18%) Computer Science Degree
10 17 (1.24%) AWS Certification
10 17 (1.24%) PMI Certification
11 16 (1.16%) PMP
12 11 (0.80%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
13 9 (0.66%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
13 9 (0.66%) DBS Check
13 9 (0.66%) Master's Degree
14 7 (0.51%) Cisco Certification
14 7 (0.51%) CISSP
15 4 (0.29%) CISM
15 4 (0.29%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 153 (11.14%) QA
2 101 (7.35%) Data Quality
3 64 (4.66%) Accessibility
4 43 (3.13%) GDPR
5 36 (2.62%) WCAG
6 19 (1.38%) NIST
7 18 (1.31%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 17 (1.24%) NCSC
8 17 (1.24%) PMO
8 17 (1.24%) SLA
9 10 (0.73%) Sarbanes-Oxley
10 9 (0.66%) GRC
11 7 (0.51%) PCI DSS
12 5 (0.36%) NIST 800
13 3 (0.22%) Cyber Essentials
13 3 (0.22%) Government Security Classifications
14 2 (0.15%) Actionable Recommendations
14 2 (0.15%) FedRAMP
14 2 (0.15%) HMG Security Policy Framework
14 2 (0.15%) SEPA
System Software
1 189 (13.76%) Docker
2 72 (5.24%) Active Directory
3 29 (2.11%) Virtual Machines
4 14 (1.02%) Virtual Desktop
5 10 (0.73%) VMware Infrastructure
6 3 (0.22%) Firmware
7 2 (0.15%) Apache ZooKeeper
7 2 (0.15%) Hyper-V
7 2 (0.15%) Microsoft App-V
7 2 (0.15%) OpenSSH
7 2 (0.15%) Postfix
8 1 (0.073%) HDFS
8 1 (0.073%) VMware ESXi
8 1 (0.073%) VMware NSX
8 1 (0.073%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 370 (26.93%) Terraform
2 238 (17.32%) Kubernetes
3 70 (5.09%) Ansible
4 50 (3.64%) Grafana
5 44 (3.20%) Prometheus
6 19 (1.38%) Argo
7 15 (1.09%) HP ALM
8 13 (0.95%) Microsoft Intune
8 13 (0.95%) Puppet
8 13 (0.95%) Single Sign-On
9 12 (0.87%) Istio
10 11 (0.80%) Progress Chef
11 10 (0.73%) Packer
12 6 (0.44%) HP Quality Center
12 6 (0.44%) Jamf Pro
13 4 (0.29%) SCOM
14 3 (0.22%) Rancher
14 3 (0.22%) SCCM
15 2 (0.15%) HP Fortify
15 2 (0.15%) linkerd
Vendors
1 418 (30.42%) Microsoft
2 144 (10.48%) Databricks
3 74 (5.39%) Oracle
4 58 (4.22%) ServiceNow
5 46 (3.35%) Salesforce
6 44 (3.20%) SAP
7 24 (1.75%) Google
8 22 (1.60%) Informatica
8 22 (1.60%) OpenAI
8 22 (1.60%) Splunk
9 20 (1.46%) Dynatrace
10 16 (1.16%) HP
10 16 (1.16%) VMware
11 14 (1.02%) Foundry
12 10 (0.73%) Bloomberg
12 10 (0.73%) IBM
12 10 (0.73%) MuleSoft
13 9 (0.66%) InterSystems
14 8 (0.58%) Refinitiv
15 6 (0.44%) Zscaler
442 Azure DevOps jobs in England