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 18 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 75 95 74
Rank change year-on-year +20 -21 -3
Contract jobs citing Azure DevOps 1,251 663 1,037
As % of all contract jobs in England 3.05% 2.71% 2.85%
As % of the Cloud Services category 8.71% 7.28% 8.87%
Number of daily rates quoted 920 466 690
10th Percentile £363 £375 £400
25th Percentile £413 £435 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £520
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +0.96% -5.45%
75th Percentile £588 £625 £600
90th Percentile £688 £725 £675
UK median daily rate £500 £500 £515
% change year-on-year - -2.91% -6.36%
Number of hourly rates quoted 20 1 6
10th Percentile £25.38 - £64.50
25th Percentile £34.28 £30.25 £65.25
Median hourly rate £61.25 £31.50 £65.50
Median % change year-on-year +94.44% -51.91% -6.43%
75th Percentile £101.26 £32.75 £65.75
90th Percentile £104.00 - £68.50
UK median hourly rate £68.50 £85.00 £65.50
% change year-on-year -19.41% +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 14,368 9,103 11,691
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 35.06% 37.20% 32.08%
Number of daily rates quoted 9,846 6,306 8,436
10th Percentile £319 £313 £300
25th Percentile £413 £413 £418
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £510 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.86% - -4.55%
75th Percentile £613 £630 £638
90th Percentile £713 £738 £743
UK median daily rate £505 £513 £525
% change year-on-year -1.46% -2.38% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 470 201 327
10th Percentile £15.48 £14.99 £14.00
25th Percentile £20.89 £18.13 £15.87
Median hourly rate £41.78 £25.50 £21.37
Median % change year-on-year +63.84% +19.33% -37.15%
75th Percentile £67.50 £37.50 £35.00
90th Percentile £81.00 £72.50 £65.75
UK median hourly rate £37.12 £27.43 £21.37
% change year-on-year +35.35% +28.33% -38.94%

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 18 May 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 18 May 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 18 May 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 +20 705 £500 -5.66% 145
South East -5 180 £500 - 100
North of England -3 128 £500 - 91
Midlands -12 118 £475 -9.52% 47
West Midlands -16 75 £450 -14.29% 28
South West +16 68 £500 -9.09% 26
North West +5 66 £500 -4.76% 50
Yorkshire -35 46 £519 +18.63% 22
East Midlands -12 41 £525 +5.00% 19
East of England -13 21 £450 -5.26% 27
North East -8 16 £463 -13.95% 19
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 85 (6.79%) SharePoint
2 72 (5.76%) Confluence
3 39 (3.12%) Apache Spark
4 24 (1.92%) Apache
5 16 (1.28%) Apache Airflow
6 14 (1.12%) Microsoft Exchange
7 10 (0.80%) HCL Notes
7 10 (0.80%) Mendix
8 6 (0.48%) IIS
9 3 (0.24%) ArcGIS
9 3 (0.24%) CMS
10 2 (0.16%) Palantir Foundry
10 2 (0.16%) Umbraco
11 1 (0.080%) IBM HTTP Server
11 1 (0.080%) OpenStack
11 1 (0.080%) Oracle Workflow
11 1 (0.080%) SAS
11 1 (0.080%) WebLogic
Applications
1 42 (3.36%) Microsoft Project
2 25 (2.00%) Microsoft Excel
3 17 (1.36%) MS Visio
4 10 (0.80%) Microsoft Office
5 6 (0.48%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 4 (0.32%) CPLEX
7 3 (0.24%) Trello
8 2 (0.16%) Chatbot
8 2 (0.16%) Spreadsheet
9 1 (0.080%) InDesign
Business Applications
1 37 (2.96%) Dynamics CRM
2 13 (1.04%) SAP S/4HANA
3 8 (0.64%) Maximo
4 7 (0.56%) Dynamics AX
4 7 (0.56%) NEC Housing
5 4 (0.32%) Oracle EBS
5 4 (0.32%) Payment Gateway
5 4 (0.32%) SAP BPC
6 3 (0.24%) Findur
6 3 (0.24%) SAP Oil and Gas
7 2 (0.16%) Aladdin
7 2 (0.16%) SAP MDG
7 2 (0.16%) SAP MM
7 2 (0.16%) Unit4 Business World
8 1 (0.080%) Dynamics GP
8 1 (0.080%) Endur
8 1 (0.080%) Loan IQ
8 1 (0.080%) Oracle Financials
8 1 (0.080%) SAP SD
8 1 (0.080%) SDL Web 8
Cloud Services
1 1,251 (100.00%) Azure
2 303 (24.22%) GitHub
3 200 (15.99%) Power Platform
4 199 (15.91%) GitHub Actions
5 162 (12.95%) AWS
6 131 (10.47%) Azure Data Factory
7 116 (9.27%) Azure AKS
8 110 (8.79%) Entra ID
9 104 (8.31%) Serverless
10 100 (7.99%) Azure Monitor
11 93 (7.43%) Dynamics 365
12 83 (6.63%) Azure Key Vault
12 83 (6.63%) Power Automate
13 78 (6.24%) Azure Synapse Analytics
14 73 (5.84%) Azure Functions
15 71 (5.68%) Azure Logic Apps
16 70 (5.60%) GCP
17 64 (5.12%) Microsoft 365
18 63 (5.04%) Azure Service Bus
19 59 (4.72%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 47 (3.76%) Firewall
2 23 (1.84%) Network Security
3 19 (1.52%) DNS
4 18 (1.44%) VPN
5 14 (1.12%) SD-WAN
6 12 (0.96%) WAN
7 7 (0.56%) DHCP
7 7 (0.56%) Internet
7 7 (0.56%) TCP/IP
8 6 (0.48%) LAN
9 5 (0.40%) IPsec
9 5 (0.40%) VLAN
10 4 (0.32%) MQTT
11 3 (0.24%) FTP
11 3 (0.24%) HTTP
11 3 (0.24%) SSL
12 2 (0.16%) BGP
12 2 (0.16%) OSPF
12 2 (0.16%) SSH
12 2 (0.16%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 131 (10.47%) Power BI
2 110 (8.79%) SQL Server
3 76 (6.08%) Data Lake
4 75 (6.00%) Azure SQL Database
5 65 (5.20%) Delta Lake
6 55 (4.40%) Data Warehouse
7 47 (3.76%) NoSQL
8 42 (3.36%) PostgreSQL
9 28 (2.24%) Oracle Database
10 26 (2.08%) MongoDB
10 26 (2.08%) Relational Database
11 19 (1.52%) Spark SQL
12 17 (1.36%) Snowflake Schema
12 17 (1.36%) SQL Server Integration Services
12 17 (1.36%) Tableau
13 15 (1.20%) Redis
14 14 (1.12%) Metadata
15 12 (0.96%) Amazon Redshift
15 12 (0.96%) Big Data
16 11 (0.88%) Parquet
Development Applications
1 239 (19.10%) JIRA
2 188 (15.03%) Git
3 120 (9.59%) Jenkins
4 79 (6.31%) GitLab
5 41 (3.28%) Selenium
6 26 (2.08%) Postman
7 21 (1.68%) SonarQube
8 16 (1.28%) Cypress.io
8 16 (1.28%) REST Assured
8 16 (1.28%) TestRail
9 15 (1.20%) Visual Studio
10 13 (1.04%) Team Foundation Server
11 12 (0.96%) Bitbucket
11 12 (0.96%) Cucumber
11 12 (0.96%) SpecFlow
12 11 (0.88%) Artifactory
12 11 (0.88%) Zephyr
13 10 (0.80%) NUnit
14 9 (0.72%) MLflow
15 8 (0.64%) JMeter
General
1 279 (22.30%) Social Skills
2 263 (21.02%) Finance
3 130 (10.39%) Public Sector
4 123 (9.83%) Analytical Skills
5 57 (4.56%) Banking
6 31 (2.48%) Organisational Skills
7 25 (2.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 21 (1.68%) Legal
9 19 (1.52%) Financial Institution
10 18 (1.44%) Documentation Skills
10 18 (1.44%) Influencing Skills
11 15 (1.20%) Retail
12 14 (1.12%) Front Office
13 12 (0.96%) Aerospace
14 9 (0.72%) Investment Banking
14 9 (0.72%) Presentation Skills
15 7 (0.56%) Local Government
15 7 (0.56%) Marketing
16 6 (0.48%) Back Office
16 6 (0.48%) Health Technology
Job Titles
1 230 (18.39%) Developer
2 205 (16.39%) Azure Engineer
3 173 (13.83%) DevOps Engineer
4 166 (13.27%) Senior
5 125 (9.99%) Data Engineer
6 109 (8.71%) Azure DevOps Engineer
7 108 (8.63%) Analyst
8 103 (8.23%) Lead
9 89 (7.11%) Architect
10 50 (4.00%) Platform Engineer
11 44 (3.52%) Test Analyst
12 42 (3.36%) Business Analyst
13 39 (3.12%) Tester
14 37 (2.96%) Full-Stack Developer
15 36 (2.88%) Cloud Engineer
15 36 (2.88%) Test Engineer
16 35 (2.80%) Azure Developer
16 35 (2.80%) Project Manager
16 35 (2.80%) Senior Developer
17 34 (2.72%) .NET Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 188 (15.03%) .NET
2 100 (7.99%) REST
3 83 (6.63%) PySpark
4 71 (5.68%) React
5 63 (5.04%) ADO
6 62 (4.96%) ARM Templates
7 57 (4.56%) Kafka
8 55 (4.40%) RESTful
9 52 (4.16%) Node.js
9 52 (4.16%) YAML
10 44 (3.52%) .NET Framework
11 42 (3.36%) JSON
12 41 (3.28%) Playwright
13 40 (3.20%) .NET Core
14 34 (2.72%) SOAP
15 29 (2.32%) CSS
16 28 (2.24%) AngularJS
17 26 (2.08%) HTML
17 26 (2.08%) RabbitMQ
18 25 (2.00%) Flask
Miscellaneous
1 137 (10.95%) Cloud Native
2 69 (5.52%) Product Ownership
3 38 (3.04%) Distributed Systems
4 33 (2.64%) Legacy Systems
5 28 (2.24%) Enterprise Software
6 24 (1.92%) Onboarding
6 24 (1.92%) Reinsurance
7 19 (1.52%) Low-Code
8 17 (1.36%) Data Structures
8 17 (1.36%) Hybrid Cloud
9 16 (1.28%) Self-Motivation
10 15 (1.20%) Greenfield Project
11 14 (1.12%) AI Agents
12 13 (1.04%) Replication
13 12 (0.96%) Mobile App
14 9 (0.72%) NHS
14 9 (0.72%) Public Cloud
14 9 (0.72%) Virtual Team
15 8 (0.64%) Data Centre
15 8 (0.64%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
Operating Systems
1 67 (5.36%) Windows
2 50 (4.00%) Linux
3 15 (1.20%) VMS
4 10 (0.80%) Windows Server
5 9 (0.72%) Unix
6 4 (0.32%) Android
6 4 (0.32%) Apple iOS
7 3 (0.24%) Mac OS
7 3 (0.24%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 2 (0.16%) Windows Server 2016
8 2 (0.16%) Windows Server 2019
9 1 (0.080%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 1,244 (99.44%) DevOps
2 671 (53.64%) CI/CD
3 455 (36.37%) Agile
4 286 (22.86%) Infrastructure as Code
5 211 (16.87%) Problem-Solving
6 199 (15.91%) Test Automation
7 198 (15.83%) Analytics
8 169 (13.51%) Migration
9 154 (12.31%) Data Modelling
10 153 (12.23%) Continuous Improvement
11 151 (12.07%) Scrum
12 148 (11.83%) Containerisation
13 142 (11.35%) Business Intelligence
14 135 (10.79%) Stakeholder Management
15 127 (10.15%) ETL
16 124 (9.91%) AI
16 124 (9.91%) Data Pipeline
17 120 (9.59%) Observability
18 115 (9.19%) Microservices
19 109 (8.71%) Platform Engineering
Programming Languages
1 391 (31.25%) SQL
2 321 (25.66%) Python
3 227 (18.15%) C#
4 134 (10.71%) PowerShell
5 122 (9.75%) JavaScript
6 111 (8.87%) Bicep
7 89 (7.11%) Bash
8 84 (6.71%) Java
9 62 (4.96%) TypeScript
10 28 (2.24%) T-SQL
11 25 (2.00%) Scala
12 22 (1.76%) PL/SQL
13 14 (1.12%) Data Analysis Expressions
13 14 (1.12%) Go
13 14 (1.12%) Kusto Query Language
14 10 (0.80%) Formula Language
14 10 (0.80%) LotusScript
15 7 (0.56%) R
15 7 (0.56%) VB
16 5 (0.40%) Apex Code
Qualifications
1 340 (27.18%) Security Cleared
2 282 (22.54%) SC Cleared
3 100 (7.99%) Azure Certification
4 71 (5.68%) Degree
5 36 (2.88%) DV Cleared
6 32 (2.56%) ISTQB
7 29 (2.32%) BPSS Clearance
7 29 (2.32%) Microsoft Certification
8 24 (1.92%) Computer Science Degree
9 16 (1.28%) PMI Certification
9 16 (1.28%) PMP
10 10 (0.80%) AWS Certification
11 9 (0.72%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
12 7 (0.56%) Master's Degree
13 6 (0.48%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
13 6 (0.48%) CISM
13 6 (0.48%) CISSP
14 5 (0.40%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
15 4 (0.32%) DBS Check
15 4 (0.32%) SAFe Agilist
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 142 (11.35%) QA
2 98 (7.83%) Data Quality
3 38 (3.04%) Accessibility
4 28 (2.24%) GDPR
5 19 (1.52%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 19 (1.52%) WCAG
6 18 (1.44%) PMO
7 17 (1.36%) NIST
8 13 (1.04%) NCSC
9 10 (0.80%) Sarbanes-Oxley
9 10 (0.80%) SLA
10 9 (0.72%) NIST 800
10 9 (0.72%) PCI DSS
11 8 (0.64%) GRC
12 5 (0.40%) HL7
13 3 (0.24%) HIPAA
14 2 (0.16%) FedRAMP
14 2 (0.16%) Government Security Classifications
14 2 (0.16%) HMG Security Policy Framework
14 2 (0.16%) SEPA
System Software
1 179 (14.31%) Docker
2 71 (5.68%) Active Directory
3 25 (2.00%) Virtual Machines
4 12 (0.96%) Virtual Desktop
5 4 (0.32%) Firmware
5 4 (0.32%) VMware Infrastructure
6 2 (0.16%) Hyper-V
6 2 (0.16%) Microsoft App-V
6 2 (0.16%) OpenSSH
6 2 (0.16%) Postfix
7 1 (0.080%) HDFS
Systems Management
1 333 (26.62%) Terraform
2 222 (17.75%) Kubernetes
3 59 (4.72%) Ansible
4 41 (3.28%) Grafana
5 34 (2.72%) Prometheus
6 16 (1.28%) Argo
6 16 (1.28%) HP ALM
7 15 (1.20%) Istio
7 15 (1.20%) Puppet
8 11 (0.88%) Progress Chef
9 10 (0.80%) Single Sign-On
10 9 (0.72%) Microsoft Intune
11 7 (0.56%) Packer
12 6 (0.48%) HP Quality Center
13 4 (0.32%) Jamf Pro
14 3 (0.24%) Active Directory Federation Services
14 3 (0.24%) Icinga
14 3 (0.24%) Kubeflow
14 3 (0.24%) Rancher
14 3 (0.24%) SCCM
Vendors
1 367 (29.34%) Microsoft
2 153 (12.23%) Databricks
3 99 (7.91%) Oracle
4 59 (4.72%) ServiceNow
5 39 (3.12%) SAP
6 34 (2.72%) Salesforce
7 26 (2.08%) OpenAI
8 24 (1.92%) Splunk
9 22 (1.76%) Informatica
10 18 (1.44%) Google
11 17 (1.36%) HP
12 16 (1.28%) Dynatrace
13 14 (1.12%) Foundry
14 12 (0.96%) VMware
15 11 (0.88%) IBM
15 11 (0.88%) NEC
16 10 (0.80%) Bloomberg
16 10 (0.80%) Kofax
16 10 (0.80%) Lotus
17 8 (0.64%) Red Hat