Azure DevOps Contracts in England

Microsoft Azure DevOps
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in England requiring Azure DevOps skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Azure DevOps over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 98 71 73
Rank change year-on-year -27 +2 +2
Contract jobs citing Azure DevOps 656 1,054 1,639
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 2.69% 2.83% 3.25%
As % of the Cloud Services category 7.24% 8.89% 8.87%
Number of daily rates quoted 469 708 1,197
10th Percentile £365 £404 £413
25th Percentile £431 £450 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year - -4.55% -
75th Percentile £625 £600 £644
90th Percentile £725 £675 £716
UK median daily rate £510 £523 £550
% change year-on-year -2.52% -4.88% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 7 10
10th Percentile £33.85 £60.25 £44.45
25th Percentile £39.25 £64.50 £60.00
Median hourly rate £49.50 £65.50 £70.00
Median % change year-on-year -24.43% -6.43% +21.74%
75th Percentile £59.75 £65.75 £77.27
90th Percentile £65.15 £67.95 £79.19
UK median hourly rate £76.25 £65.50 £70.00
% change year-on-year +16.41% -6.43% +21.74%

All Cloud 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 9,062 11,852 18,481
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 37.21% 31.87% 36.63%
Number of daily rates quoted 6,341 8,544 13,518
10th Percentile £313 £300 £325
25th Percentile £413 £413 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year - -4.55% -
75th Percentile £638 £638 £669
90th Percentile £738 £738 £750
UK median daily rate £520 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -0.95% -4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 194 321 311
10th Percentile £15.03 £14.00 £15.25
25th Percentile £18.13 £15.85 £18.25
Median hourly rate £25.50 £20.77 £32.30
Median % change year-on-year +22.77% -35.70% +53.81%
75th Percentile £40.50 £32.50 £65.75
90th Percentile £73.38 £61.60 £78.00
UK median hourly rate £27.35 £21.00 £35.00
% change year-on-year +30.24% -40.00% +62.79%

Azure DevOps
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Job postings citing Azure DevOps as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.

Job vacancy trend for Azure DevOps in England

Azure DevOps
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Azure DevOps in England.

Daily rate trend for Azure DevOps in England

Azure DevOps
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Azure DevOps in England over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Azure DevOps in England

Azure DevOps
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Azure DevOps in England.

Hourly rate trend for Azure DevOps in England

Azure DevOps
Hourly Rate Histogram in England

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Azure DevOps in England over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

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 1 May 2025. 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 -34 390 £525 - 272
South East +14 101 £500 -6.98% 197
Midlands +15 50 £525 +16.67% 95
North of England -19 49 £500 - 159
West Midlands -5 26 £525 +10.53% 61
South West +13 25 £525 - 51
East Midlands +24 24 £500 +19.33% 30
Yorkshire -7 22 £450 -5.26% 45
North West -11 22 £525 +2.44% 99
East of England +12 6 £475 -5.00% 36
North East -1 4 £538 +13.76% 16
Azure DevOps
UK

Azure DevOps
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 32 (4.88%) Confluence
2 23 (3.51%) Apache Spark
3 15 (2.29%) SharePoint
4 7 (1.07%) Apache
5 3 (0.46%) BizTalk Server
5 3 (0.46%) nginx
5 3 (0.46%) Umbraco
6 2 (0.30%) Apache Airflow
6 2 (0.30%) ArcGIS
6 2 (0.30%) CMS
6 2 (0.30%) IIS
7 1 (0.15%) Appian
7 1 (0.15%) SharePoint Server
7 1 (0.15%) Tomcat
Applications
1 11 (1.68%) MS Visio
2 9 (1.37%) Microsoft Project
3 8 (1.22%) Microsoft Office
4 4 (0.61%) Microsoft Excel
4 4 (0.61%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 1 (0.15%) Trello
Business Applications
1 10 (1.52%) Dynamics CRM
2 5 (0.76%) Unit4 Business World
3 3 (0.46%) NetSuite
4 2 (0.30%) Aladdin
4 2 (0.30%) Dynamics AX
4 2 (0.30%) Kondor
4 2 (0.30%) Markit EDM
4 2 (0.30%) SAP HR
4 2 (0.30%) SAP S/4HANA
4 2 (0.30%) Workday HCM
5 1 (0.15%) Fidessa
5 1 (0.15%) Oracle Applications
5 1 (0.15%) Oracle Assets
5 1 (0.15%) Oracle EBS
5 1 (0.15%) Oracle ERP
5 1 (0.15%) Oracle Financials
5 1 (0.15%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
5 1 (0.15%) Payment Gateway
5 1 (0.15%) SAP BPC
5 1 (0.15%) Temenos T24
Cloud Services
1 656 (100.00%) Azure
2 83 (12.65%) GitHub
3 73 (11.13%) Power Platform
4 71 (10.82%) AWS
5 66 (10.06%) Azure Data Factory
6 62 (9.45%) Azure AKS
7 60 (9.15%) Azure Monitor
7 60 (9.15%) Dynamics 365
8 53 (8.08%) Serverless
9 48 (7.32%) PaaS
10 39 (5.95%) GitHub Actions
10 39 (5.95%) SaaS
11 37 (5.64%) IaaS
12 31 (4.73%) Power Automate
13 29 (4.42%) Azure Functions
13 29 (4.42%) Azure Logic Apps
14 27 (4.12%) Entra ID
14 27 (4.12%) PowerApps
15 23 (3.51%) Azure Service Bus
16 22 (3.35%) Azure Sentinel
Communications & Networking
1 37 (5.64%) Firewall
2 17 (2.59%) DNS
2 17 (2.59%) VPN
3 15 (2.29%) HTTP
4 13 (1.98%) SMTP
5 9 (1.37%) Network Security
6 8 (1.22%) SSL
6 8 (1.22%) TCP/IP
7 7 (1.07%) FTP
8 5 (0.76%) POP3
9 3 (0.46%) LAN
9 3 (0.46%) WAN
10 2 (0.30%) HTTPS
10 2 (0.30%) Radio Access Network
10 2 (0.30%) Wi-Fi
11 1 (0.15%) 2G
11 1 (0.15%) 4G
11 1 (0.15%) 5G
11 1 (0.15%) Cisco ISE
11 1 (0.15%) RS-232
Database & Business Intelligence
1 46 (7.01%) SQL Server
2 45 (6.86%) Power BI
3 40 (6.10%) Azure SQL Database
4 26 (3.96%) Big Data
5 23 (3.51%) Data Lake
6 21 (3.20%) PostgreSQL
7 17 (2.59%) NoSQL
8 16 (2.44%) Redis
8 16 (2.44%) Relational Database
9 12 (1.83%) Data Warehouse
10 8 (1.22%) MySQL
11 7 (1.07%) Apache Hive
11 7 (1.07%) SQL Server Integration Services
12 6 (0.91%) Metadata
13 5 (0.76%) MongoDB
14 4 (0.61%) Apache Cassandra
14 4 (0.61%) Delta Lake
14 4 (0.61%) Snowflake Schema
14 4 (0.61%) SQL Server Reporting Services
15 3 (0.46%) Star Schema
Development Applications
1 88 (13.41%) Git
2 79 (12.04%) JIRA
3 63 (9.60%) Jenkins
4 48 (7.32%) GitLab
5 44 (6.71%) Selenium
6 20 (3.05%) Postman
7 17 (2.59%) JMeter
8 12 (1.83%) Visual Studio
9 11 (1.68%) Cypress.io
9 11 (1.68%) SonarQube
9 11 (1.68%) SpecFlow
9 11 (1.68%) TeamCity
9 11 (1.68%) Visual Studio Code
10 9 (1.37%) Appium
11 8 (1.22%) LoadRunner
11 8 (1.22%) Octopus Deploy
12 6 (0.91%) Cucumber
12 6 (0.91%) JUnit
13 5 (0.76%) Bitbucket
13 5 (0.76%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 176 (26.83%) Social Skills
2 152 (23.17%) Finance
3 71 (10.82%) Analytical Skills
4 63 (9.60%) Public Sector
5 55 (8.38%) Banking
6 31 (4.73%) Marketing
7 25 (3.81%) Investment Banking
8 20 (3.05%) Retail
9 18 (2.74%) Manufacturing
9 18 (2.74%) Telecoms
10 16 (2.44%) Back Office
11 14 (2.13%) Electronics
12 13 (1.98%) Presentation Skills
13 12 (1.83%) Inclusion and Diversity
14 10 (1.52%) Front Office
15 9 (1.37%) Documentation Skills
16 7 (1.07%) Organisational Skills
17 6 (0.91%) Billing
17 6 (0.91%) Influencing Skills
17 6 (0.91%) Military
Job Titles
1 130 (19.82%) Developer
2 125 (19.05%) Azure Engineer
3 112 (17.07%) DevOps Engineer
4 78 (11.89%) Azure DevOps Engineer
5 71 (10.82%) Lead
6 59 (8.99%) Senior
7 48 (7.32%) Architect
8 45 (6.86%) Analyst
9 30 (4.57%) Data Engineer
10 27 (4.12%) Consultant
10 27 (4.12%) Platform Engineer
11 26 (3.96%) Cloud Engineer
12 25 (3.81%) .NET Developer
13 23 (3.51%) Azure Architect
13 23 (3.51%) Business Analyst
13 23 (3.51%) Cloud Platform Engineer
14 22 (3.35%) Senior Developer
14 22 (3.35%) Test Manager
15 21 (3.20%) Azure Developer
16 19 (2.90%) Lead Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 121 (18.45%) .NET
2 47 (7.16%) ADO
3 34 (5.18%) AngularJS
3 34 (5.18%) REST
4 32 (4.88%) CSS
4 32 (4.88%) HTML
5 30 (4.57%) ARM Templates
6 29 (4.42%) Kafka
7 28 (4.27%) .NET Core
7 28 (4.27%) YAML
8 26 (3.96%) JSON
9 21 (3.20%) PySpark
10 17 (2.59%) SOAP
11 16 (2.44%) .NET Framework
11 16 (2.44%) React
11 16 (2.44%) RESTful
12 14 (2.13%) OAuth
12 14 (2.13%) Playwright
13 13 (1.98%) ActiveMQ
13 13 (1.98%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 55 (8.38%) Product Ownership
2 34 (5.18%) Cloud Native
3 13 (1.98%) Distributed Systems
3 13 (1.98%) Hybrid Cloud
4 10 (1.52%) Derivative
5 9 (1.37%) Mobile App
5 9 (1.37%) Renewable Energy
6 8 (1.22%) Greenfield Project
6 8 (1.22%) Low-Code
6 8 (1.22%) Public Cloud
7 7 (1.07%) Algorithms
7 7 (1.07%) Data Centre
7 7 (1.07%) Market Risk
7 7 (1.07%) Self-Motivation
8 6 (0.91%) Client/Server
8 6 (0.91%) Data Protection Act
8 6 (0.91%) Enterprise Cloud
8 6 (0.91%) Management Information System
8 6 (0.91%) Onboarding
9 5 (0.76%) Legacy Systems
Operating Systems
1 40 (6.10%) Linux
1 40 (6.10%) Windows
2 20 (3.05%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
3 16 (2.44%) Windows Server
4 10 (1.52%) Android
5 6 (0.91%) Ubuntu
6 5 (0.76%) Apple iOS
6 5 (0.76%) Unix
7 4 (0.61%) VMS
8 2 (0.30%) VxWorks
8 2 (0.30%) Windows Server 2016
9 1 (0.15%) Alpine Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 653 (99.54%) DevOps
2 282 (42.99%) Agile
3 262 (39.94%) CI/CD
4 130 (19.82%) Problem-Solving
5 126 (19.21%) Infrastructure as Code
6 113 (17.23%) Test Automation
7 87 (13.26%) Scrum
8 76 (11.59%) Analytics
9 61 (9.30%) Business Intelligence
10 58 (8.84%) Containerisation
11 57 (8.69%) Stakeholder Management
12 56 (8.54%) Migration
13 52 (7.93%) TDD
14 49 (7.47%) Project Management
14 49 (7.47%) Software Engineering
15 46 (7.01%) Microservices
16 42 (6.40%) Mentoring
17 41 (6.25%) Continuous Integration
18 40 (6.10%) Site Reliability Engineering
18 40 (6.10%) Software Testing
Programming Languages
1 160 (24.39%) Python
2 157 (23.93%) C#
3 150 (22.87%) SQL
4 149 (22.71%) PowerShell
5 97 (14.79%) JavaScript
6 80 (12.20%) Java
7 58 (8.84%) Bicep
8 45 (6.86%) Bash
9 22 (3.35%) TypeScript
10 13 (1.98%) Scala
11 11 (1.68%) Kusto Query Language
12 8 (1.22%) C++
12 8 (1.22%) PHP
12 8 (1.22%) T-SQL
13 6 (0.91%) VBScript
14 5 (0.76%) Kotlin
14 5 (0.76%) Perl
14 5 (0.76%) Ruby
15 4 (0.61%) Haskell
15 4 (0.61%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 105 (16.01%) Security Cleared
2 83 (12.65%) SC Cleared
3 60 (9.15%) Degree
4 31 (4.73%) Azure Certification
5 14 (2.13%) Numerate Degree
6 13 (1.98%) Computer Science Degree
7 10 (1.52%) Microsoft Certification
8 9 (1.37%) DV Cleared
9 5 (0.76%) BPSS Clearance
9 5 (0.76%) ISTQB
10 3 (0.46%) Master's Degree
10 3 (0.46%) PRINCE2 Certification
11 2 (0.30%) ISEB
11 2 (0.30%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
11 2 (0.30%) PMI Certification
11 2 (0.30%) PMP
11 2 (0.30%) SAFe Agilist
11 2 (0.30%) TOGAF Certification
12 1 (0.15%) AWS Certification
12 1 (0.15%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 51 (7.77%) QA
2 14 (2.13%) Data Quality
3 9 (1.37%) Accessibility
4 8 (1.22%) GDPR
4 8 (1.22%) PCI DSS
4 8 (1.22%) PMO
5 6 (0.91%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 3 (0.46%) NIST
7 1 (0.15%) 21 CFR Part 11
7 1 (0.15%) EMIR
7 1 (0.15%) GxP
7 1 (0.15%) HIPAA
7 1 (0.15%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
7 1 (0.15%) MiFID
7 1 (0.15%) NCSC
7 1 (0.15%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 1 (0.15%) Software Quality Assurance
7 1 (0.15%) WCAG
System Software
1 78 (11.89%) Docker
2 27 (4.12%) Active Directory
3 20 (3.05%) Virtual Machines
4 7 (1.07%) VMware Infrastructure
5 2 (0.30%) OpenAM
5 2 (0.30%) OpenDJ
5 2 (0.30%) OpenIDM
6 1 (0.15%) Apache Flume
6 1 (0.15%) Virtual Desktop
6 1 (0.15%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 176 (26.83%) Terraform
2 115 (17.53%) Kubernetes
3 40 (6.10%) Ansible
4 20 (3.05%) Grafana
4 20 (3.05%) Prometheus
5 15 (2.29%) Single Sign-On
6 14 (2.13%) Puppet
7 6 (0.91%) Progress Chef
8 4 (0.61%) HP ALM
8 4 (0.61%) Istio
8 4 (0.61%) Perfmon
9 3 (0.46%) Control-M
9 3 (0.46%) Rundeck
10 2 (0.30%) Active Directory Federation Services
10 2 (0.30%) Microsoft Intune
10 2 (0.30%) Packer
10 2 (0.30%) SCCM
11 1 (0.15%) Amdocs OSS
11 1 (0.15%) Argo
11 1 (0.15%) Kustomize
Vendors
1 176 (26.83%) Microsoft
2 59 (8.99%) Databricks
3 25 (3.81%) SAP
4 20 (3.05%) ServiceNow
5 17 (2.59%) Oracle
6 16 (2.44%) VMware
7 12 (1.83%) Cloudera
8 11 (1.68%) Google
8 11 (1.68%) Workday
9 7 (1.07%) Citrix
9 7 (1.07%) Dynatrace
9 7 (1.07%) OpenAI
9 7 (1.07%) Red Hat
10 6 (0.91%) Atlassian
10 6 (0.91%) Cisco
10 6 (0.91%) Fujitsu
11 5 (0.76%) HP
11 5 (0.76%) Salesforce
12 4 (0.61%) CheckPoint
12 4 (0.61%) Informatica