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 10 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

 6 months to
10 Aug 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 73 92 72
Rank change year-on-year +19 -20 +3
Contract jobs citing Azure DevOps 1,508 759 947
As % of all contract jobs in England 3.31% 2.73% 2.85%
As % of the Cloud Services category 9.47% 7.34% 8.47%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,068 551 631
10th Percentile £363 £350 £381
25th Percentile £415 £413 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £508 £525
Median % change year-on-year -1.48% -3.33% -4.55%
75th Percentile £600 £600 £600
90th Percentile £675 £725 £675
UK median daily rate £500 £500 £525
% change year-on-year - -4.76% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 43 3 0
10th Percentile £21.25 £36.45 -
25th Percentile £30.19 £45.75 -
Median hourly rate £46.80 £62.50 -
Median % change year-on-year -25.12% - -
75th Percentile £81.63 £76.25 -
90th Percentile £102.17 £83.75 -
UK median hourly rate £50.90 £73.75 -
% change year-on-year -30.98% - -

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 15,922 10,336 11,178
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 34.95% 37.14% 33.67%
Number of daily rates quoted 10,615 7,014 7,944
10th Percentile £325 £310 £313
25th Percentile £423 £406 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £513 £525
Median % change year-on-year +2.44% -2.38% -4.55%
75th Percentile £625 £625 £644
90th Percentile £720 £738 £750
UK median daily rate £520 £500 £525
% change year-on-year +4.00% -4.76% -2.78%
Number of hourly rates quoted 565 269 232
10th Percentile £15.96 £14.99 £14.16
25th Percentile £19.85 £18.13 £16.30
Median hourly rate £35.50 £26.00 £24.59
Median % change year-on-year +36.54% +5.73% -23.92%
75th Percentile £70.00 £43.75 £55.00
90th Percentile £83.70 £67.00 £70.00
UK median hourly rate £35.00 £27.63 £24.84
% change year-on-year +26.67% +11.23% -29.03%

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 10 August 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 10 August 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 10 August 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 +21 846 £500 -4.76% 274
South East -25 181 £513 +13.89% 134
Midlands +33 174 £450 -11.11% 68
North of England +18 170 £488 -3.23% 93
West Midlands +24 129 £450 -14.29% 38
North West +12 86 £500 -4.76% 56
South West -2 74 £475 -6.86% 31
Yorkshire -17 60 £480 -3.32% 25
East Midlands +13 43 £506 +6.58% 30
East of England +10 35 £425 -12.82% 32
North East -19 24 £450 -18.18% 13
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
1 110 (7.29%) Confluence
2 88 (5.84%) SharePoint
3 36 (2.39%) Apache Spark
4 32 (2.12%) Apache Airflow
5 31 (2.06%) Apache
6 13 (0.86%) Microsoft Exchange
7 9 (0.60%) CMS
8 6 (0.40%) Documentum
9 4 (0.27%) IIS
9 4 (0.27%) Mendix
10 3 (0.20%) Kentico
10 3 (0.20%) Palantir Foundry
10 3 (0.20%) SAS
11 2 (0.13%) nginx
11 2 (0.13%) OpenROAD
11 2 (0.13%) Umbraco
12 1 (0.066%) Apache Pulsar
12 1 (0.066%) GeoServer
12 1 (0.066%) Headless CMS
12 1 (0.066%) Sitecore CMS
Applications
1 58 (3.85%) Microsoft Project
2 34 (2.25%) Microsoft Excel
3 18 (1.19%) MS Visio
4 11 (0.73%) Microsoft Office
5 8 (0.53%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 7 (0.46%) Chatbot
6 7 (0.46%) CPLEX
6 7 (0.46%) Trello
7 5 (0.33%) Notion
8 4 (0.27%) Spreadsheet
9 1 (0.066%) Adobe XD
9 1 (0.066%) InDesign
Business Applications
1 48 (3.18%) Dynamics CRM
2 20 (1.33%) SAP S/4HANA
3 7 (0.46%) Dynamics AX
4 5 (0.33%) Maximo
5 4 (0.27%) Oracle EBS
6 3 (0.20%) Endur
6 3 (0.20%) Findur
6 3 (0.20%) SAP BPC
6 3 (0.20%) SAP MDG
7 2 (0.13%) Aladdin
7 2 (0.13%) Dynamics GP
7 2 (0.13%) IBM Operational Decision Manager
7 2 (0.13%) Salesforce CRM
7 2 (0.13%) SAP MM
7 2 (0.13%) SAP Oil and Gas
7 2 (0.13%) Teamcenter
7 2 (0.13%) Unit4 Business World
8 1 (0.066%) OpenText VIM for SAP
8 1 (0.066%) SAP CS
8 1 (0.066%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 1,508 (100.00%) Azure
2 401 (26.59%) GitHub
3 275 (18.24%) GitHub Actions
4 238 (15.78%) Power Platform
5 228 (15.12%) AWS
6 134 (8.89%) Azure Data Factory
7 132 (8.75%) Entra ID
8 123 (8.16%) Azure AKS
9 117 (7.76%) Azure Monitor
10 116 (7.69%) Dynamics 365
11 111 (7.36%) Power Automate
12 96 (6.37%) Serverless
13 89 (5.90%) GCP
13 89 (5.90%) PowerApps
14 77 (5.11%) Azure Key Vault
14 77 (5.11%) Azure Synapse Analytics
15 67 (4.44%) Microsoft 365
16 66 (4.38%) Azure Logic Apps
17 65 (4.31%) PaaS
18 61 (4.05%) Azure Functions
Communications & Networking
1 59 (3.91%) Firewall
2 37 (2.45%) DNS
3 31 (2.06%) Network Security
4 26 (1.72%) VPN
5 15 (0.99%) SSL
5 15 (0.99%) WAN
6 13 (0.86%) DHCP
6 13 (0.86%) SD-WAN
7 9 (0.60%) Internet
7 9 (0.60%) TCP/IP
8 7 (0.46%) VLAN
9 6 (0.40%) LAN
10 3 (0.20%) 4G
10 3 (0.20%) BGP
10 3 (0.20%) OSPF
10 3 (0.20%) RS-232
10 3 (0.20%) RS-485
10 3 (0.20%) SAN
10 3 (0.20%) Wi-Fi
11 2 (0.13%) MPLS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 157 (10.41%) Power BI
2 110 (7.29%) SQL Server
3 73 (4.84%) Data Lake
4 72 (4.77%) Azure SQL Database
5 70 (4.64%) Data Warehouse
6 54 (3.58%) NoSQL
7 52 (3.45%) Delta Lake
8 43 (2.85%) PostgreSQL
9 26 (1.72%) Relational Database
9 26 (1.72%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 22 (1.46%) Metadata
11 21 (1.39%) MongoDB
12 20 (1.33%) Snowflake Schema
13 19 (1.26%) Big Data
14 18 (1.19%) Spark SQL
15 17 (1.13%) Redis
16 14 (0.93%) Amazon Redshift
17 13 (0.86%) Data Vault
17 13 (0.86%) Oracle Database
18 12 (0.80%) Parquet
Development Applications
1 293 (19.43%) JIRA
2 241 (15.98%) Git
3 175 (11.60%) Jenkins
4 136 (9.02%) GitLab
5 62 (4.11%) Selenium
6 33 (2.19%) Postman
7 32 (2.12%) SonarQube
8 27 (1.79%) Visual Studio
9 25 (1.66%) Cypress.io
10 23 (1.53%) Cucumber
10 23 (1.53%) WebDriver
11 18 (1.19%) Gradle
12 17 (1.13%) REST Assured
12 17 (1.13%) TestRail
13 16 (1.06%) JUnit
13 16 (1.06%) Maven
14 15 (0.99%) Bitbucket
15 14 (0.93%) MSI
16 12 (0.80%) Sonatype Nexus
17 11 (0.73%) Snyk
General
1 393 (26.06%) Social Skills
2 309 (20.49%) Finance
3 189 (12.53%) Public Sector
4 156 (10.34%) Analytical Skills
5 80 (5.31%) Banking
6 71 (4.71%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 33 (2.19%) Retail
8 28 (1.86%) Legal
9 27 (1.79%) Organisational Skills
10 25 (1.66%) Documentation Skills
11 23 (1.53%) Influencing Skills
12 20 (1.33%) Aerospace
13 15 (0.99%) Marketing
14 14 (0.93%) Investment Banking
15 13 (0.86%) Law
15 13 (0.86%) Local Government
16 10 (0.66%) Manufacturing
17 9 (0.60%) Billing
18 8 (0.53%) Front Office
18 8 (0.53%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 281 (18.63%) Developer
2 221 (14.66%) Senior
3 216 (14.32%) Azure Engineer
4 209 (13.86%) DevOps Engineer
5 135 (8.95%) Lead
6 128 (8.49%) Data Engineer
7 124 (8.22%) Azure DevOps Engineer
8 123 (8.16%) Analyst
9 103 (6.83%) Architect
10 65 (4.31%) Business Analyst
11 56 (3.71%) Platform Engineer
12 52 (3.45%) Project Manager
13 47 (3.12%) Cloud Engineer
14 43 (2.85%) Consultant
14 43 (2.85%) Solutions Architect
15 42 (2.79%) .NET Developer
15 42 (2.79%) Test Analyst
15 42 (2.79%) Tester
16 40 (2.65%) Full-Stack Developer
17 39 (2.59%) Senior Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 205 (13.59%) .NET
2 172 (11.41%) REST
3 82 (5.44%) PySpark
4 81 (5.37%) RESTful
5 76 (5.04%) ADO
6 71 (4.71%) JSON
6 71 (4.71%) YAML
7 63 (4.18%) .NET Framework
8 61 (4.05%) Kafka
9 58 (3.85%) React
10 53 (3.51%) .NET Core
11 52 (3.45%) ARM Templates
11 52 (3.45%) Playwright
12 44 (2.92%) SOAP
13 40 (2.65%) OAuth
14 38 (2.52%) HTML
15 36 (2.39%) XML
16 34 (2.25%) CSS
17 33 (2.19%) Middleware
17 33 (2.19%) Node.js
Miscellaneous
1 178 (11.80%) Cloud Native
2 108 (7.16%) Product Ownership
3 52 (3.45%) Distributed Systems
4 51 (3.38%) Legacy Systems
5 47 (3.12%) Onboarding
6 35 (2.32%) Enterprise Software
7 29 (1.92%) Self-Motivation
8 27 (1.79%) Hybrid Cloud
9 26 (1.72%) Management Information System
10 23 (1.53%) Data Structures
11 18 (1.19%) AI Agents
11 18 (1.19%) Low-Code
11 18 (1.19%) Reinsurance
12 17 (1.13%) Greenfield Project
12 17 (1.13%) Replication
13 16 (1.06%) Mobile App
14 13 (0.86%) Data Protection Act
14 13 (0.86%) Enterprise Cloud
15 12 (0.80%) Security Posture
16 11 (0.73%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 95 (6.30%) Windows
2 68 (4.51%) Linux
3 26 (1.72%) Windows Server
4 15 (0.99%) VMS
5 10 (0.66%) Unix
6 8 (0.53%) Android
6 8 (0.53%) Apple iOS
6 8 (0.53%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 4 (0.27%) Mac OS
7 4 (0.27%) Windows Server 2016
7 4 (0.27%) Windows Server 2019
8 3 (0.20%) Ubuntu
9 1 (0.066%) Amazon Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 1,508 (100.00%) DevOps
2 825 (54.71%) CI/CD
3 627 (41.58%) Agile
4 374 (24.80%) Infrastructure as Code
5 263 (17.44%) Test Automation
6 238 (15.78%) Analytics
7 237 (15.72%) Problem-Solving
8 236 (15.65%) Stakeholder Management
9 230 (15.25%) Continuous Improvement
10 216 (14.32%) Scrum
11 214 (14.19%) Containerisation
12 203 (13.46%) Migration
13 169 (11.21%) Data Modelling
14 166 (11.01%) Business Intelligence
14 166 (11.01%) Stakeholder Engagement
15 152 (10.08%) Microservices
16 149 (9.88%) AI
17 148 (9.81%) User Acceptance Testing
18 147 (9.75%) Platform Engineering
19 141 (9.35%) Data Pipeline
Programming Languages
1 412 (27.32%) SQL
2 377 (25.00%) Python
3 260 (17.24%) C#
4 188 (12.47%) PowerShell
5 158 (10.48%) JavaScript
6 146 (9.68%) Bicep
7 121 (8.02%) Bash
8 113 (7.49%) Java
9 89 (5.90%) TypeScript
10 24 (1.59%) T-SQL
11 19 (1.26%) Go
12 17 (1.13%) Kusto Query Language
13 15 (0.99%) Data Analysis Expressions
14 13 (0.86%) Apex Code
14 13 (0.86%) X++
15 10 (0.66%) Scala
16 8 (0.53%) PL/SQL
17 7 (0.46%) C
17 7 (0.46%) Shell Script
18 6 (0.40%) R
Qualifications
1 446 (29.58%) Security Cleared
2 362 (24.01%) SC Cleared
3 108 (7.16%) Azure Certification
4 99 (6.56%) Degree
5 52 (3.45%) DV Cleared
5 52 (3.45%) Microsoft Certification
6 38 (2.52%) ISTQB
7 34 (2.25%) BPSS Clearance
8 32 (2.12%) Computer Science Degree
9 25 (1.66%) AWS Certification
10 16 (1.06%) PMI Certification
10 16 (1.06%) PMP
11 15 (0.99%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
12 12 (0.80%) Master's Degree
13 11 (0.73%) Cisco Certification
14 9 (0.60%) CISSP
14 9 (0.60%) DBS Check
14 9 (0.60%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
15 8 (0.53%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
16 5 (0.33%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 164 (10.88%) QA
2 107 (7.10%) Data Quality
3 84 (5.57%) Accessibility
4 53 (3.51%) GDPR
5 48 (3.18%) WCAG
6 26 (1.72%) PMO
7 21 (1.39%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 21 (1.39%) NIST
8 18 (1.19%) NCSC
9 13 (0.86%) SLA
10 12 (0.80%) GRC
11 10 (0.66%) Sarbanes-Oxley
12 5 (0.33%) PCI DSS
12 5 (0.33%) SEPA
13 4 (0.27%) Cyber Essentials
13 4 (0.27%) ISO 20022
13 4 (0.27%) PSD2
14 3 (0.20%) Government Security Classifications
15 2 (0.13%) Actionable Recommendations
15 2 (0.13%) HMG Security Policy Framework
System Software
1 225 (14.92%) Docker
2 85 (5.64%) Active Directory
3 32 (2.12%) Virtual Machines
4 17 (1.13%) VMware Infrastructure
5 14 (0.93%) Virtual Desktop
6 6 (0.40%) Hyper-V
7 4 (0.27%) Firmware
7 4 (0.27%) vSphere
8 3 (0.20%) Embedded Firmware
9 2 (0.13%) Apache ZooKeeper
9 2 (0.13%) Microsoft App-V
9 2 (0.13%) OpenSSH
9 2 (0.13%) Postfix
9 2 (0.13%) VMware NSX
10 1 (0.066%) HDFS
10 1 (0.066%) Virtual Servers
10 1 (0.066%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 418 (27.72%) Terraform
2 289 (19.16%) Kubernetes
3 94 (6.23%) Ansible
4 62 (4.11%) Grafana
5 52 (3.45%) Prometheus
6 21 (1.39%) Argo
7 20 (1.33%) Progress Chef
7 20 (1.33%) Puppet
8 19 (1.26%) Microsoft Intune
9 13 (0.86%) Packer
10 12 (0.80%) Istio
11 11 (0.73%) Single Sign-On
12 10 (0.66%) HP ALM
13 8 (0.53%) SCCM
14 6 (0.40%) Jamf Pro
14 6 (0.40%) SCOM
15 4 (0.27%) HP Quality Center
16 3 (0.20%) HP Fortify
16 3 (0.20%) Rancher
17 2 (0.13%) linkerd
Vendors
1 489 (32.43%) Microsoft
2 135 (8.95%) Databricks
3 64 (4.24%) Oracle
4 63 (4.18%) ServiceNow
5 51 (3.38%) Salesforce
6 48 (3.18%) SAP
7 36 (2.39%) Google
8 32 (2.12%) Splunk
9 27 (1.79%) Dynatrace
10 21 (1.39%) VMware
11 20 (1.33%) Informatica
12 12 (0.80%) OpenAI
13 11 (0.73%) Foundry
13 11 (0.73%) HP
13 11 (0.73%) MuleSoft
14 10 (0.66%) Bloomberg
14 10 (0.66%) IBM
14 10 (0.66%) UiPath
15 9 (0.60%) Cisco
15 9 (0.60%) InterSystems
603 Azure DevOps jobs in England