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 11 June 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

 6 months to
11 Jun 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 76 87 76
Rank change year-on-year +11 -11 -4
Contract jobs citing Azure DevOps 1,322 669 1,052
As % of all contract jobs in England 3.10% 2.73% 2.81%
As % of the Cloud Services category 8.86% 7.24% 8.78%
Number of daily rates quoted 967 471 700
10th Percentile £375 £354 £400
25th Percentile £415 £414 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £513 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.44% -2.38% -4.55%
75th Percentile £600 £616 £600
90th Percentile £688 £725 £675
UK median daily rate £500 £500 £520
% change year-on-year - -3.85% -5.45%
Number of hourly rates quoted 29 2 6
10th Percentile £25.38 £35.85 £64.50
25th Percentile £38.25 £44.25 £65.25
Median hourly rate £70.00 £59.50 £65.50
Median % change year-on-year +17.65% -9.16% -6.43%
75th Percentile £88.00 £74.75 £65.75
90th Percentile £104.00 £83.15 £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 14,924 9,236 11,979
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 35.04% 37.75% 31.96%
Number of daily rates quoted 10,132 6,296 8,585
10th Percentile £325 £310 £300
25th Percentile £413 £413 £414
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £515 £525
Median % change year-on-year -0.49% -1.90% -4.55%
75th Percentile £613 £625 £638
90th Percentile £715 £738 £744
UK median daily rate £510 £503 £525
% change year-on-year +1.49% -4.29% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 520 225 331
10th Percentile £16.00 £14.99 £14.00
25th Percentile £22.50 £17.33 £16.06
Median hourly rate £41.78 £25.00 £21.46
Median % change year-on-year +67.12% +16.50% -38.69%
75th Percentile £68.75 £37.75 £41.63
90th Percentile £82.25 £70.25 £70.00
UK median hourly rate £37.31 £28.00 £21.50
% change year-on-year +33.25% +30.23% -41.89%

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 11 June 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 11 June 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 11 June 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 +13 735 £500 -4.76% 121
South East +3 188 £500 +5.26% 102
North of England +9 150 £490 +3.11% 60
Midlands -15 127 £475 -7.99% 48
West Midlands -9 86 £450 -14.29% 30
North West +5 70 £500 -2.44% 32
South West +12 64 £498 -5.24% 28
Yorkshire -21 58 £500 +11.11% 16
East Midlands -13 39 £506 +1.25% 18
East of England -2 28 £450 -5.26% 33
North East -7 22 £452 -17.91% 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 88 (6.66%) SharePoint
2 81 (6.13%) Confluence
3 40 (3.03%) Apache Spark
4 28 (2.12%) Apache
5 24 (1.82%) Apache Airflow
6 15 (1.13%) Microsoft Exchange
7 6 (0.45%) CMS
7 6 (0.45%) HCL Notes
7 6 (0.45%) Mendix
8 4 (0.30%) Palantir Foundry
9 3 (0.23%) IIS
9 3 (0.23%) Kentico
9 3 (0.23%) SAS
10 2 (0.15%) ArcGIS
10 2 (0.15%) Documentum
10 2 (0.15%) Umbraco
11 1 (0.076%) IBM HTTP Server
11 1 (0.076%) Oracle Workflow
11 1 (0.076%) SharePoint 2013
11 1 (0.076%) WebLogic
Applications
1 45 (3.40%) Microsoft Project
2 27 (2.04%) Microsoft Excel
3 18 (1.36%) MS Visio
4 10 (0.76%) Microsoft Office
5 7 (0.53%) CPLEX
6 6 (0.45%) Microsoft PowerPoint
7 4 (0.30%) Chatbot
7 4 (0.30%) Notion
8 3 (0.23%) Trello
9 2 (0.15%) Spreadsheet
10 1 (0.076%) InDesign
Business Applications
1 44 (3.33%) Dynamics CRM
2 14 (1.06%) SAP S/4HANA
3 10 (0.76%) Maximo
4 7 (0.53%) Dynamics AX
5 4 (0.30%) Oracle EBS
6 3 (0.23%) Endur
6 3 (0.23%) Findur
6 3 (0.23%) Payment Gateway
6 3 (0.23%) SAP BPC
6 3 (0.23%) SAP MDG
6 3 (0.23%) SAP MM
6 3 (0.23%) SAP Oil and Gas
7 2 (0.15%) Aladdin
7 2 (0.15%) Dynamics GP
7 2 (0.15%) NEC Housing
7 2 (0.15%) Salesforce CRM
7 2 (0.15%) Unit4 Business World
8 1 (0.076%) Oracle Financials
8 1 (0.076%) SAP SD
8 1 (0.076%) SDL Web 8
Cloud Services
1 1,322 (100.00%) Azure
2 321 (24.28%) GitHub
3 218 (16.49%) Power Platform
4 211 (15.96%) GitHub Actions
5 179 (13.54%) AWS
6 128 (9.68%) Azure Data Factory
7 115 (8.70%) Azure AKS
8 112 (8.47%) Entra ID
9 103 (7.79%) Serverless
10 102 (7.72%) Azure Monitor
11 101 (7.64%) Dynamics 365
12 93 (7.03%) Power Automate
13 83 (6.28%) Azure Key Vault
14 76 (5.75%) Azure Synapse Analytics
15 69 (5.22%) Azure Functions
15 69 (5.22%) PowerApps
16 68 (5.14%) Azure Logic Apps
17 66 (4.99%) GCP
17 66 (4.99%) Microsoft 365
18 56 (4.24%) Azure Service Bus
Communications & Networking
1 47 (3.56%) Firewall
2 22 (1.66%) Network Security
3 20 (1.51%) DNS
3 20 (1.51%) VPN
4 14 (1.06%) SD-WAN
5 12 (0.91%) WAN
6 8 (0.61%) Internet
7 7 (0.53%) DHCP
7 7 (0.53%) TCP/IP
8 6 (0.45%) VLAN
9 5 (0.38%) IPsec
9 5 (0.38%) LAN
10 4 (0.30%) MQTT
11 3 (0.23%) SSL
12 2 (0.15%) BGP
12 2 (0.15%) FTP
12 2 (0.15%) OSPF
12 2 (0.15%) SAN
12 2 (0.15%) Wi-Fi
12 2 (0.15%) X.509
Database & Business Intelligence
1 141 (10.67%) Power BI
2 102 (7.72%) SQL Server
3 80 (6.05%) Data Lake
4 76 (5.75%) Azure SQL Database
5 69 (5.22%) Delta Lake
6 54 (4.08%) Data Warehouse
7 45 (3.40%) NoSQL
8 42 (3.18%) PostgreSQL
9 24 (1.82%) Relational Database
10 21 (1.59%) MongoDB
10 21 (1.59%) Spark SQL
11 19 (1.44%) Snowflake Schema
12 18 (1.36%) Oracle Database
12 18 (1.36%) Redis
13 15 (1.13%) Big Data
13 15 (1.13%) Metadata
13 15 (1.13%) SQL Server Integration Services
14 14 (1.06%) Parquet
15 13 (0.98%) Tableau
16 12 (0.91%) Amazon Redshift
Development Applications
1 248 (18.76%) JIRA
2 202 (15.28%) Git
3 111 (8.40%) Jenkins
4 87 (6.58%) GitLab
5 44 (3.33%) Selenium
6 26 (1.97%) Postman
7 21 (1.59%) REST Assured
8 20 (1.51%) Visual Studio
9 19 (1.44%) SonarQube
10 14 (1.06%) Cypress.io
10 14 (1.06%) TestRail
11 13 (0.98%) Cucumber
12 12 (0.91%) Team Foundation Server
13 11 (0.83%) NUnit
13 11 (0.83%) WebDriver
14 10 (0.76%) Bitbucket
14 10 (0.76%) Gradle
14 10 (0.76%) SpecFlow
15 9 (0.68%) fastlane
15 9 (0.68%) JMeter
General
1 312 (23.60%) Social Skills
2 270 (20.42%) Finance
3 138 (10.44%) Public Sector
4 122 (9.23%) Analytical Skills
5 58 (4.39%) Banking
6 39 (2.95%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 33 (2.50%) Organisational Skills
8 24 (1.82%) Legal
9 20 (1.51%) Documentation Skills
9 20 (1.51%) Retail
10 18 (1.36%) Influencing Skills
11 15 (1.13%) Aerospace
12 11 (0.83%) Marketing
13 10 (0.76%) Front Office
13 10 (0.76%) Investment Banking
14 9 (0.68%) Financial Institution
14 9 (0.68%) Law
15 7 (0.53%) Presentation Skills
16 6 (0.45%) Back Office
16 6 (0.45%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 237 (17.93%) Developer
2 218 (16.49%) Azure Engineer
3 186 (14.07%) Senior
4 184 (13.92%) DevOps Engineer
5 133 (10.06%) Data Engineer
6 121 (9.15%) Azure DevOps Engineer
7 115 (8.70%) Analyst
8 105 (7.94%) Lead
9 95 (7.19%) Architect
10 55 (4.16%) Platform Engineer
11 51 (3.86%) Business Analyst
12 43 (3.25%) Project Manager
13 42 (3.18%) Test Analyst
14 41 (3.10%) Cloud Engineer
15 40 (3.03%) Solutions Architect
16 38 (2.87%) Tester
17 37 (2.80%) Senior Developer
17 37 (2.80%) Test Engineer
18 36 (2.72%) Full-Stack Developer
19 34 (2.57%) Cloud Platform Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 182 (13.77%) .NET
2 119 (9.00%) REST
3 85 (6.43%) PySpark
4 67 (5.07%) React
5 66 (4.99%) ADO
6 62 (4.69%) ARM Templates
7 57 (4.31%) RESTful
7 57 (4.31%) YAML
8 56 (4.24%) Kafka
9 49 (3.71%) JSON
10 44 (3.33%) .NET Framework
10 44 (3.33%) Playwright
11 39 (2.95%) Node.js
12 36 (2.72%) SOAP
13 34 (2.57%) .NET Core
14 32 (2.42%) CSS
15 31 (2.34%) HTML
16 28 (2.12%) OAuth
17 27 (2.04%) AngularJS
18 26 (1.97%) Flask
Miscellaneous
1 148 (11.20%) Cloud Native
2 75 (5.67%) Product Ownership
3 41 (3.10%) Distributed Systems
4 40 (3.03%) Legacy Systems
5 30 (2.27%) Onboarding
6 28 (2.12%) Reinsurance
7 25 (1.89%) Enterprise Software
8 21 (1.59%) Hybrid Cloud
9 20 (1.51%) Self-Motivation
10 19 (1.44%) Data Structures
11 18 (1.36%) Greenfield Project
12 17 (1.29%) Mobile App
13 16 (1.21%) Low-Code
14 15 (1.13%) AI Agents
15 11 (0.83%) Data Centre
15 11 (0.83%) Public Cloud
16 10 (0.76%) Replication
17 9 (0.68%) Data Protection Act
17 9 (0.68%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
17 9 (0.68%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 70 (5.30%) Windows
2 49 (3.71%) Linux
3 16 (1.21%) VMS
4 8 (0.61%) Unix
4 8 (0.61%) Windows Server
5 6 (0.45%) Android
6 5 (0.38%) Apple iOS
7 3 (0.23%) Mac OS
7 3 (0.23%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 2 (0.15%) Windows Server 2016
8 2 (0.15%) Windows Server 2019
9 1 (0.076%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 1,315 (99.47%) DevOps
2 713 (53.93%) CI/CD
3 486 (36.76%) Agile
4 312 (23.60%) Infrastructure as Code
5 223 (16.87%) Analytics
6 214 (16.19%) Test Automation
7 209 (15.81%) Problem-Solving
8 177 (13.39%) Migration
9 166 (12.56%) Scrum
10 165 (12.48%) Continuous Improvement
11 156 (11.80%) Data Modelling
12 154 (11.65%) Containerisation
13 150 (11.35%) Stakeholder Management
14 149 (11.27%) Business Intelligence
15 137 (10.36%) AI
16 136 (10.29%) Data Pipeline
16 136 (10.29%) ETL
17 125 (9.46%) Platform Engineering
18 120 (9.08%) Observability
19 117 (8.85%) Microservices
Programming Languages
1 396 (29.95%) SQL
2 336 (25.42%) Python
3 223 (16.87%) C#
4 134 (10.14%) PowerShell
5 122 (9.23%) JavaScript
6 117 (8.85%) Bicep
7 91 (6.88%) Java
8 87 (6.58%) Bash
9 70 (5.30%) TypeScript
10 24 (1.82%) T-SQL
11 23 (1.74%) Scala
12 16 (1.21%) Data Analysis Expressions
12 16 (1.21%) Go
13 11 (0.83%) Kusto Query Language
13 11 (0.83%) PL/SQL
14 10 (0.76%) Apex Code
15 9 (0.68%) X++
16 6 (0.45%) LotusScript
16 6 (0.45%) Shell Script
16 6 (0.45%) VB
Qualifications
1 356 (26.93%) Security Cleared
2 298 (22.54%) SC Cleared
3 100 (7.56%) Azure Certification
4 75 (5.67%) Degree
5 39 (2.95%) DV Cleared
6 37 (2.80%) BPSS Clearance
7 35 (2.65%) Microsoft Certification
8 31 (2.34%) ISTQB
9 25 (1.89%) Computer Science Degree
10 18 (1.36%) PMI Certification
10 18 (1.36%) PMP
11 15 (1.13%) AWS Certification
12 9 (0.68%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
12 9 (0.68%) DBS Check
12 9 (0.68%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
13 7 (0.53%) CISSP
14 6 (0.45%) Cisco Certification
14 6 (0.45%) CISM
15 5 (0.38%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
16 4 (0.30%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 143 (10.82%) QA
2 106 (8.02%) Data Quality
3 51 (3.86%) Accessibility
4 35 (2.65%) GDPR
5 28 (2.12%) WCAG
6 20 (1.51%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 19 (1.44%) NIST
8 17 (1.29%) NCSC
8 17 (1.29%) PMO
9 16 (1.21%) SLA
10 9 (0.68%) GRC
10 9 (0.68%) NIST 800
10 9 (0.68%) Sarbanes-Oxley
11 7 (0.53%) PCI DSS
12 2 (0.15%) Cyber Essentials
12 2 (0.15%) Government Security Classifications
12 2 (0.15%) HIPAA
12 2 (0.15%) HL7
12 2 (0.15%) PSD2
12 2 (0.15%) SEPA
System Software
1 176 (13.31%) Docker
2 74 (5.60%) Active Directory
3 25 (1.89%) Virtual Machines
4 14 (1.06%) Virtual Desktop
5 9 (0.68%) VMware Infrastructure
6 4 (0.30%) Firmware
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 (0.076%) HDFS
8 1 (0.076%) VMware ESXi
8 1 (0.076%) VMware NSX
8 1 (0.076%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 355 (26.85%) Terraform
2 222 (16.79%) Kubernetes
3 62 (4.69%) Ansible
4 43 (3.25%) Grafana
5 37 (2.80%) Prometheus
6 17 (1.29%) Argo
7 13 (0.98%) HP ALM
8 12 (0.91%) Istio
8 12 (0.91%) Microsoft Intune
8 12 (0.91%) Puppet
8 12 (0.91%) Single Sign-On
9 10 (0.76%) Packer
9 10 (0.76%) Progress Chef
10 6 (0.45%) HP Quality Center
10 6 (0.45%) Jamf Pro
11 3 (0.23%) Active Directory Federation Services
11 3 (0.23%) Rancher
11 3 (0.23%) SCCM
12 2 (0.15%) linkerd
12 2 (0.15%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 390 (29.50%) Microsoft
2 158 (11.95%) Databricks
3 78 (5.90%) Oracle
4 54 (4.08%) ServiceNow
5 40 (3.03%) SAP
6 39 (2.95%) Salesforce
7 24 (1.82%) OpenAI
8 23 (1.74%) Informatica
9 22 (1.66%) Google
10 19 (1.44%) Splunk
11 15 (1.13%) Dynatrace
11 15 (1.13%) Foundry
11 15 (1.13%) VMware
12 14 (1.06%) HP
13 12 (0.91%) IBM
14 10 (0.76%) Bloomberg
15 9 (0.68%) InterSystems
16 8 (0.61%) Red Hat
16 8 (0.61%) Refinitiv
17 7 (0.53%) MuleSoft
362 Azure DevOps jobs in England