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 14 March 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

 6 months to
14 Mar 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 78 92 76
Rank change year-on-year +14 -16 -1
Contract jobs citing Azure DevOps 1,180 697 1,033
As % of all contract jobs in England 3.20% 2.82% 2.72%
As % of the Cloud Services category 8.65% 7.46% 8.42%
Number of daily rates quoted 853 500 739
10th Percentile £363 £385 £413
25th Percentile £413 £450 £456
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £533
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% -1.41% -3.18%
75th Percentile £588 £629 £628
90th Percentile £688 £700 £688
UK median daily rate £492 £523 £525
% change year-on-year -5.84% -0.48% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 14 3 11
10th Percentile £25.38 £37.45 £55.00
25th Percentile £30.40 £48.25 £61.88
Median hourly rate £61.25 £67.50 £65.50
Median % change year-on-year -9.26% +3.05% -3.53%
75th Percentile £75.00 £74.38 £68.50
90th Percentile £88.65 £77.75 £77.50
UK median hourly rate £68.50 £80.00 £65.50
% change year-on-year -14.38% +22.14% -4.73%

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 13,647 9,338 12,272
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 37.07% 37.79% 32.35%
Number of daily rates quoted 9,387 6,476 8,847
10th Percentile £313 £313 £275
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 £709 £738 £734
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 405 163 330
10th Percentile £15.55 £15.17 £14.00
25th Percentile £20.82 £18.51 £16.06
Median hourly rate £39.50 £26.50 £21.00
Median % change year-on-year +49.06% +26.19% -16.00%
75th Percentile £60.00 £43.57 £42.06
90th Percentile £79.80 £76.10 £62.50
UK median hourly rate £37.50 £25.50 £21.37
% change year-on-year +47.06% +19.33% -14.52%

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 14 March 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 14 March 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 14 March 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 +18 660 £500 -9.09% 147
South East -20 146 £524 -4.77% 106
North of England -21 120 £500 - 84
Midlands -6 108 £475 -5.00% 62
South West +20 85 £475 -8.21% 27
West Midlands -19 72 £475 -9.52% 40
North West -1 61 £480 -12.82% 49
Yorkshire -43 46 £509 +13.06% 27
East Midlands -16 35 £418 -14.36% 22
East of England -7 29 £554 -7.71% 23
North East -4 13 £513 -4.65% 9
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 75 (6.36%) SharePoint
2 66 (5.59%) Confluence
3 31 (2.63%) Apache Spark
4 20 (1.69%) Apache
5 15 (1.27%) Apache Airflow
5 15 (1.27%) Microsoft Exchange
6 11 (0.93%) HCL Notes
7 10 (0.85%) Mendix
8 8 (0.68%) IIS
9 4 (0.34%) CMS
10 3 (0.25%) ArcGIS
10 3 (0.25%) OpenStack
10 3 (0.25%) Sitecore CMS
11 1 (0.085%) Adobe Experience Manager
11 1 (0.085%) Apache Synapse
11 1 (0.085%) Kentico
11 1 (0.085%) Oracle Workflow
11 1 (0.085%) Palantir Foundry
11 1 (0.085%) SAS
11 1 (0.085%) SharePoint Server
Applications
1 28 (2.37%) Microsoft Excel
2 23 (1.95%) Microsoft Project
3 17 (1.44%) MS Visio
4 10 (0.85%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 6 (0.51%) Microsoft Office
6 3 (0.25%) Trello
7 2 (0.17%) Chatbot
8 1 (0.085%) CPLEX
8 1 (0.085%) InDesign
8 1 (0.085%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 46 (3.90%) Dynamics CRM
2 8 (0.68%) Maximo
3 7 (0.59%) SAP S/4HANA
4 6 (0.51%) NEC Housing
5 5 (0.42%) Aladdin
6 4 (0.34%) Dynamics AX
6 4 (0.34%) Oracle EBS
7 3 (0.25%) Payment Gateway
7 3 (0.25%) SAP BPC
8 2 (0.17%) Oracle Assets
8 2 (0.17%) Oracle ERP
8 2 (0.17%) Oracle General Ledger
8 2 (0.17%) Oracle Payables
8 2 (0.17%) Oracle Receivables
8 2 (0.17%) Primavera
8 2 (0.17%) Workday HCM
9 1 (0.085%) Loan IQ
9 1 (0.085%) NetSuite
9 1 (0.085%) SAP CS
9 1 (0.085%) SAP Oil and Gas
Cloud Services
1 1,180 (100.00%) Azure
2 300 (25.42%) GitHub
3 210 (17.80%) GitHub Actions
4 204 (17.29%) Power Platform
5 146 (12.37%) AWS
6 138 (11.69%) Serverless
7 133 (11.27%) Azure Data Factory
8 130 (11.02%) Azure Monitor
9 119 (10.08%) Azure AKS
10 117 (9.92%) Entra ID
11 102 (8.64%) Dynamics 365
12 93 (7.88%) Azure Functions
12 93 (7.88%) Azure Key Vault
13 80 (6.78%) Azure Logic Apps
14 79 (6.69%) Power Automate
15 73 (6.19%) Azure Synapse Analytics
16 69 (5.85%) Azure Service Bus
17 66 (5.59%) GCP
18 63 (5.34%) PowerApps
19 62 (5.25%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 50 (4.24%) Firewall
2 24 (2.03%) Network Security
3 22 (1.86%) DNS
4 21 (1.78%) VPN
5 13 (1.10%) SD-WAN
6 12 (1.02%) WAN
7 8 (0.68%) TCP/IP
8 7 (0.59%) LAN
9 6 (0.51%) DHCP
10 5 (0.42%) HTTP
11 4 (0.34%) Internet
11 4 (0.34%) IPsec
11 4 (0.34%) MQTT
12 3 (0.25%) FTP
12 3 (0.25%) MPLS
12 3 (0.25%) Remote Desktop
12 3 (0.25%) SSL
12 3 (0.25%) VLAN
13 2 (0.17%) BGP
13 2 (0.17%) OSPF
Database & Business Intelligence
1 124 (10.51%) Power BI
2 98 (8.31%) SQL Server
3 73 (6.19%) Azure SQL Database
4 65 (5.51%) Data Lake
5 53 (4.49%) Delta Lake
6 45 (3.81%) Data Warehouse
7 39 (3.31%) PostgreSQL
8 32 (2.71%) NoSQL
9 27 (2.29%) Oracle Database
10 22 (1.86%) Redis
11 21 (1.78%) Relational Database
12 18 (1.53%) SQL Server Integration Services
13 17 (1.44%) Spark SQL
14 16 (1.36%) MongoDB
15 15 (1.27%) Tableau
16 12 (1.02%) DynamoDB
16 12 (1.02%) Metadata
16 12 (1.02%) Snowflake Schema
17 10 (0.85%) Data Vault
17 10 (0.85%) Oracle Reports
Development Applications
1 221 (18.73%) JIRA
2 170 (14.41%) Git
3 116 (9.83%) Jenkins
4 65 (5.51%) GitLab
5 55 (4.66%) Selenium
6 37 (3.14%) Postman
7 34 (2.88%) Oracle APEX
8 23 (1.95%) Cypress.io
9 19 (1.61%) TestRail
9 19 (1.61%) Visual Studio
10 18 (1.53%) SonarQube
11 16 (1.36%) Cucumber
11 16 (1.36%) JMeter
11 16 (1.36%) Team Foundation Server
12 15 (1.27%) REST Assured
13 14 (1.19%) JUnit
13 14 (1.19%) Zephyr
14 12 (1.02%) SpecFlow
15 11 (0.93%) Artifactory
15 11 (0.93%) MLflow
General
1 332 (28.14%) Social Skills
2 236 (20.00%) Finance
3 139 (11.78%) Public Sector
4 126 (10.68%) Analytical Skills
5 59 (5.00%) Banking
6 29 (2.46%) Organisational Skills
7 27 (2.29%) Documentation Skills
8 26 (2.20%) Influencing Skills
9 23 (1.95%) Retail
10 17 (1.44%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 16 (1.36%) Financial Institution
12 14 (1.19%) Front Office
12 14 (1.19%) Investment Banking
13 13 (1.10%) Law
13 13 (1.10%) Legal
14 12 (1.02%) Presentation Skills
15 9 (0.76%) Telecoms
16 8 (0.68%) Back Office
16 8 (0.68%) Marketing
17 6 (0.51%) Billing
Job Titles
1 265 (22.46%) Developer
2 181 (15.34%) Azure Engineer
3 165 (13.98%) Senior
4 150 (12.71%) DevOps Engineer
5 102 (8.64%) Lead
6 97 (8.22%) Analyst
7 94 (7.97%) Data Engineer
8 92 (7.80%) Azure DevOps Engineer
9 86 (7.29%) Architect
10 54 (4.58%) Senior Developer
11 48 (4.07%) Azure Developer
12 47 (3.98%) Platform Engineer
13 44 (3.73%) Test Analyst
14 42 (3.56%) Tester
15 38 (3.22%) Azure Architect
16 37 (3.14%) Business Analyst
17 34 (2.88%) Cloud Engineer
17 34 (2.88%) Full-Stack Developer
18 31 (2.63%) Test Engineer
19 29 (2.46%) .NET Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 198 (16.78%) .NET
2 116 (9.83%) REST
3 73 (6.19%) React
4 72 (6.10%) ARM Templates
5 71 (6.02%) Node.js
6 70 (5.93%) PySpark
7 56 (4.75%) ADO
8 54 (4.58%) YAML
9 47 (3.98%) .NET Core
10 41 (3.47%) RESTful
11 40 (3.39%) .NET Framework
12 39 (3.31%) SOAP
13 37 (3.14%) CSS
13 37 (3.14%) HTML
13 37 (3.14%) Playwright
14 35 (2.97%) Kafka
15 34 (2.88%) OAuth
16 33 (2.80%) AngularJS
16 33 (2.80%) JSON
17 27 (2.29%) Flask
Miscellaneous
1 131 (11.10%) Cloud Native
2 68 (5.76%) Product Ownership
3 37 (3.14%) Legacy Systems
4 35 (2.97%) Distributed Systems
5 30 (2.54%) Enterprise Software
6 21 (1.78%) Low-Code
7 20 (1.69%) Hybrid Cloud
8 19 (1.61%) AI Agents
9 18 (1.53%) Onboarding
10 17 (1.44%) Reinsurance
11 15 (1.27%) CMDB
11 15 (1.27%) Data Structures
12 14 (1.19%) NHS
12 14 (1.19%) Public Cloud
13 13 (1.10%) Self-Motivation
14 12 (1.02%) Security Posture
15 10 (0.85%) Data Centre
15 10 (0.85%) Replication
15 10 (0.85%) Virtual Team
16 9 (0.76%) Enterprise Cloud
Operating Systems
1 55 (4.66%) Windows
2 51 (4.32%) Linux
3 15 (1.27%) VMS
4 9 (0.76%) Windows Server
5 6 (0.51%) Unix
6 3 (0.25%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 3 (0.25%) Windows Server 2016
7 1 (0.085%) Android
7 1 (0.085%) Apple iOS
7 1 (0.085%) Mac OS
7 1 (0.085%) Solaris
7 1 (0.085%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 1,172 (99.32%) DevOps
2 649 (55.00%) CI/CD
3 459 (38.90%) Agile
4 287 (24.32%) Infrastructure as Code
5 225 (19.07%) Problem-Solving
6 215 (18.22%) Analytics
7 199 (16.86%) Test Automation
8 180 (15.25%) Scrum
9 177 (15.00%) Continuous Improvement
10 149 (12.63%) AI
11 141 (11.95%) Business Intelligence
12 140 (11.86%) Containerisation
13 134 (11.36%) Migration
14 128 (10.85%) Data Modelling
14 128 (10.85%) Stakeholder Management
15 122 (10.34%) Observability
15 122 (10.34%) Validation
16 118 (10.00%) Microservices
17 98 (8.31%) Stakeholder Engagement
18 96 (8.14%) Data Pipeline
Programming Languages
1 395 (33.47%) SQL
2 335 (28.39%) Python
3 221 (18.73%) C#
4 186 (15.76%) JavaScript
5 136 (11.53%) PowerShell
6 112 (9.49%) Bicep
7 81 (6.86%) Bash
8 78 (6.61%) Java
9 74 (6.27%) TypeScript
10 54 (4.58%) PL/SQL
11 27 (2.29%) Scala
12 26 (2.20%) T-SQL
13 19 (1.61%) Kusto Query Language
14 16 (1.36%) Go
15 11 (0.93%) Data Analysis Expressions
15 11 (0.93%) Formula Language
15 11 (0.93%) LotusScript
16 6 (0.51%) PHP
16 6 (0.51%) X++
17 5 (0.42%) C++
Qualifications
1 328 (27.80%) Security Cleared
2 276 (23.39%) SC Cleared
3 107 (9.07%) Azure Certification
4 79 (6.69%) Degree
5 36 (3.05%) Microsoft Certification
6 35 (2.97%) ISTQB
7 32 (2.71%) Computer Science Degree
8 31 (2.63%) DV Cleared
9 25 (2.12%) BPSS Clearance
10 16 (1.36%) AWS Certification
10 16 (1.36%) PMI Certification
11 13 (1.10%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
12 12 (1.02%) PMP
13 10 (0.85%) Master's Degree
14 8 (0.68%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
14 8 (0.68%) CISSP
15 7 (0.59%) CISM
16 5 (0.42%) ISEB
16 5 (0.42%) ITIL Certification
16 5 (0.42%) PRINCE2 Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 126 (10.68%) QA
2 76 (6.44%) Data Quality
3 32 (2.71%) Accessibility
4 28 (2.37%) GDPR
5 23 (1.95%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 21 (1.78%) NIST
7 18 (1.53%) NCSC
8 15 (1.27%) PMO
9 11 (0.93%) WCAG
10 9 (0.76%) NIST 800
11 8 (0.68%) SLA
12 7 (0.59%) EU AI Act
12 7 (0.59%) PCI DSS
12 7 (0.59%) Sarbanes-Oxley
13 6 (0.51%) HL7
14 4 (0.34%) GRC
14 4 (0.34%) HIPAA
14 4 (0.34%) SOC 2
15 3 (0.25%) HMG Security Policy Framework
16 2 (0.17%) FedRAMP
System Software
1 183 (15.51%) Docker
2 69 (5.85%) Active Directory
3 26 (2.20%) Virtual Machines
4 10 (0.85%) Virtual Desktop
5 6 (0.51%) VMware Infrastructure
6 4 (0.34%) Firmware
7 2 (0.17%) Postfix
8 1 (0.085%) HDFS
8 1 (0.085%) Hyper-V
8 1 (0.085%) VMware NSX
8 1 (0.085%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 345 (29.24%) Terraform
2 203 (17.20%) Kubernetes
3 58 (4.92%) Ansible
4 49 (4.15%) Grafana
5 42 (3.56%) Prometheus
6 14 (1.19%) HP ALM
7 12 (1.02%) Argo
7 12 (1.02%) Istio
7 12 (1.02%) Single Sign-On
8 7 (0.59%) Puppet
9 6 (0.51%) Microsoft Intune
9 6 (0.51%) Podman
10 5 (0.42%) Progress Chef
11 4 (0.34%) HP Quality Center
11 4 (0.34%) Packer
12 3 (0.25%) Active Directory Federation Services
12 3 (0.25%) Icinga
12 3 (0.25%) Kubeflow
13 2 (0.17%) linkerd
13 2 (0.17%) Opsgenie
Vendors
1 374 (31.69%) Microsoft
2 153 (12.97%) Databricks
3 129 (10.93%) Oracle
4 63 (5.34%) ServiceNow
5 37 (3.14%) OpenAI
6 29 (2.46%) SAP
7 27 (2.29%) Salesforce
8 24 (2.03%) Splunk
9 18 (1.53%) Google
10 15 (1.27%) HP
11 14 (1.19%) VMware
12 12 (1.02%) Informatica
13 11 (0.93%) Foundry
13 11 (0.93%) Lotus
14 10 (0.85%) Kofax
14 10 (0.85%) NEC
15 9 (0.76%) Dynatrace
15 9 (0.76%) IBM
16 8 (0.68%) Brio
16 8 (0.68%) MuleSoft
410 Azure DevOps jobs in England