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 6 February 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

 6 months to
6 Feb 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 80 86 84
Rank change year-on-year +6 -2 -3
Contract jobs citing Azure DevOps 1,049 737 968
As % of all contract jobs in England 3.14% 2.81% 2.55%
As % of the Cloud Services category 8.33% 7.51% 7.71%
Number of daily rates quoted 758 499 738
10th Percentile £362 £385 £413
25th Percentile £413 £456 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% -4.55% -
75th Percentile £600 £633 £638
90th Percentile £688 £700 £700
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -4.76% -4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 8 2 14
10th Percentile £45.84 £67.63 £55.75
25th Percentile £49.94 £69.69 £60.94
Median hourly rate £74.63 £73.75 £65.50
Median % change year-on-year +1.19% +12.60% -0.44%
75th Percentile £79.69 £77.19 £75.94
90th Percentile £93.75 £78.88 £77.50
UK median hourly rate £75.00 £80.00 £65.50
% change year-on-year -6.25% +22.14% -2.96%

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 12,595 9,812 12,555
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 37.70% 37.35% 33.03%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,716 6,521 9,167
10th Percentile £305 £313 £270
25th Percentile £406 £425 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
75th Percentile £601 £638 £638
90th Percentile £700 £738 £725
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 329 143 303
10th Percentile £14.39 £15.45 £14.25
25th Percentile £18.87 £21.25 £16.42
Median hourly rate £35.00 £27.50 £22.50
Median % change year-on-year +27.27% +22.22% -10.00%
75th Percentile £58.75 £47.75 £47.47
90th Percentile £77.75 £68.75 £65.75
UK median hourly rate £35.00 £27.50 £22.50
% change year-on-year +27.27% +22.22% -6.25%

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 6 February 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 6 February 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 6 February 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 +12 585 £500 -9.09% 132
South East -21 131 £525 -4.55% 98
North of England -31 94 £500 - 81
Midlands -12 90 £500 -4.08% 43
South West +36 86 £475 -6.86% 29
West Midlands -15 55 £525 - 29
North West -8 46 £405 -26.36% 48
Yorkshire -56 37 £525 +7.14% 24
East Midlands -9 35 £418 -14.36% 14
East of England -2 33 £554 -16.42% 21
North East -5 11 £513 -2.38% 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 73 (6.96%) SharePoint
2 56 (5.34%) Confluence
3 23 (2.19%) Apache Spark
4 15 (1.43%) Apache
5 10 (0.95%) HCL Notes
5 10 (0.95%) Microsoft Exchange
6 9 (0.86%) Apache Airflow
6 9 (0.86%) Mendix
7 6 (0.57%) IIS
8 4 (0.38%) CMS
8 4 (0.38%) OpenStack
9 3 (0.29%) Adobe Experience Manager
9 3 (0.29%) ArcGIS
9 3 (0.29%) Documentum
9 3 (0.29%) Sitecore CMS
10 1 (0.095%) Apache Synapse
10 1 (0.095%) Kentico
10 1 (0.095%) Palantir Foundry
10 1 (0.095%) SharePoint Server
Applications
1 33 (3.15%) Microsoft Excel
2 17 (1.62%) Microsoft Project
3 14 (1.33%) MS Visio
4 10 (0.95%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 9 (0.86%) Microsoft Office
6 2 (0.19%) Trello
7 1 (0.095%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 39 (3.72%) Dynamics CRM
2 6 (0.57%) Maximo
2 6 (0.57%) NEC Housing
3 4 (0.38%) Aladdin
3 4 (0.38%) Endur
3 4 (0.38%) Oracle EBS
3 4 (0.38%) SAP S/4HANA
4 3 (0.29%) Oracle Assets
4 3 (0.29%) Oracle ERP
4 3 (0.29%) Oracle General Ledger
4 3 (0.29%) Oracle Payables
4 3 (0.29%) Oracle Receivables
4 3 (0.29%) Payment Gateway
5 2 (0.19%) Primavera
5 2 (0.19%) Workday HCM
6 1 (0.095%) Dynamics AX
6 1 (0.095%) NetSuite
6 1 (0.095%) Oracle Cash Management
6 1 (0.095%) SAP MM
6 1 (0.095%) SAP Oil and Gas
Cloud Services
1 1,048 (99.90%) Azure
2 248 (23.64%) GitHub
3 200 (19.07%) Power Platform
4 173 (16.49%) GitHub Actions
5 131 (12.49%) Serverless
6 122 (11.63%) Azure AKS
7 119 (11.34%) AWS
8 117 (11.15%) Azure Data Factory
9 106 (10.10%) Azure Monitor
10 100 (9.53%) Entra ID
11 95 (9.06%) Dynamics 365
12 89 (8.48%) Azure Functions
13 83 (7.91%) Azure Logic Apps
14 77 (7.34%) Azure Key Vault
15 74 (7.05%) Power Automate
16 64 (6.10%) Azure Synapse Analytics
17 63 (6.01%) PowerApps
18 59 (5.62%) GCP
19 58 (5.53%) Azure Service Bus
20 52 (4.96%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 39 (3.72%) Firewall
2 20 (1.91%) Network Security
3 18 (1.72%) VPN
4 15 (1.43%) DNS
5 9 (0.86%) SD-WAN
5 9 (0.86%) WAN
6 5 (0.48%) DHCP
7 4 (0.38%) HTTP
7 4 (0.38%) IPsec
7 4 (0.38%) LAN
7 4 (0.38%) TCP/IP
8 3 (0.29%) MQTT
8 3 (0.29%) Remote Desktop
9 2 (0.19%) FTP
9 2 (0.19%) MPLS
9 2 (0.19%) SSL
9 2 (0.19%) VLAN
10 1 (0.095%) BGP
10 1 (0.095%) VoIP
10 1 (0.095%) VRRP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 131 (12.49%) Power BI
2 86 (8.20%) SQL Server
3 59 (5.62%) Azure SQL Database
4 48 (4.58%) Data Lake
5 46 (4.39%) Data Warehouse
6 40 (3.81%) PostgreSQL
7 35 (3.34%) Delta Lake
8 24 (2.29%) Oracle Database
9 22 (2.10%) NoSQL
9 22 (2.10%) Relational Database
10 21 (2.00%) MongoDB
11 19 (1.81%) SQL Server Integration Services
12 17 (1.62%) Tableau
13 16 (1.53%) Redis
14 11 (1.05%) Metadata
14 11 (1.05%) Oracle Reports
14 11 (1.05%) Spark SQL
15 10 (0.95%) DynamoDB
15 10 (0.95%) MySQL
16 9 (0.86%) Oracle BI Publisher
Development Applications
1 197 (18.78%) JIRA
2 151 (14.39%) Git
3 97 (9.25%) Jenkins
4 51 (4.86%) GitLab
5 50 (4.77%) Selenium
6 37 (3.53%) Postman
7 36 (3.43%) Oracle APEX
8 22 (2.10%) Cypress.io
8 22 (2.10%) SonarQube
9 16 (1.53%) Visual Studio
10 15 (1.43%) Team Foundation Server
10 15 (1.43%) TestRail
11 14 (1.33%) JMeter
12 13 (1.24%) JUnit
12 13 (1.24%) REST Assured
13 12 (1.14%) Cucumber
14 11 (1.05%) Artifactory
14 11 (1.05%) Zephyr
15 10 (0.95%) Bitbucket
15 10 (0.95%) Gradle
General
1 340 (32.41%) Social Skills
2 194 (18.49%) Finance
3 117 (11.15%) Public Sector
4 113 (10.77%) Analytical Skills
5 50 (4.77%) Banking
6 29 (2.76%) Documentation Skills
6 29 (2.76%) Influencing Skills
7 22 (2.10%) Organisational Skills
8 21 (2.00%) Retail
9 19 (1.81%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 16 (1.53%) Investment Banking
11 15 (1.43%) Financial Institution
11 15 (1.43%) Law
12 12 (1.14%) Marketing
12 12 (1.14%) Presentation Skills
13 11 (1.05%) Front Office
14 10 (0.95%) Back Office
15 9 (0.86%) Billing
15 9 (0.86%) Telecoms
16 8 (0.76%) Legal
Job Titles
1 251 (23.93%) Developer
2 159 (15.16%) Azure Engineer
3 143 (13.63%) DevOps Engineer
4 138 (13.16%) Senior
5 88 (8.39%) Analyst
5 88 (8.39%) Azure DevOps Engineer
6 78 (7.44%) Lead
7 77 (7.34%) Architect
8 75 (7.15%) Data Engineer
9 55 (5.24%) Senior Developer
10 45 (4.29%) Azure Developer
11 36 (3.43%) Platform Engineer
11 36 (3.43%) Test Analyst
12 35 (3.34%) Business Analyst
13 33 (3.15%) Azure Architect
14 31 (2.96%) Tester
15 29 (2.76%) Cloud Engineer
16 28 (2.67%) Project Manager
16 28 (2.67%) Solutions Architect
17 27 (2.57%) Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 196 (18.68%) .NET
2 100 (9.53%) REST
3 74 (7.05%) React
4 71 (6.77%) ARM Templates
5 66 (6.29%) Node.js
6 65 (6.20%) ADO
7 55 (5.24%) PySpark
8 47 (4.48%) .NET Core
9 44 (4.19%) RESTful
10 38 (3.62%) YAML
11 34 (3.24%) Kafka
12 33 (3.15%) HTML
12 33 (3.15%) JSON
13 32 (3.05%) OAuth
13 32 (3.05%) SOAP
14 31 (2.96%) CSS
15 29 (2.76%) .NET Framework
16 27 (2.57%) AngularJS
17 26 (2.48%) Playwright
18 23 (2.19%) ASP.NET
Miscellaneous
1 111 (10.58%) Cloud Native
2 59 (5.62%) Product Ownership
3 30 (2.86%) Legacy Systems
4 28 (2.67%) Distributed Systems
5 27 (2.57%) Enterprise Software
6 24 (2.29%) CMDB
7 21 (2.00%) Low-Code
8 19 (1.81%) Onboarding
9 16 (1.53%) AI Agents
9 16 (1.53%) Hybrid Cloud
10 15 (1.43%) Public Cloud
11 14 (1.33%) NHS
12 13 (1.24%) Reinsurance
12 13 (1.24%) Self-Motivation
13 12 (1.14%) Data Structures
13 12 (1.14%) Mobile App
14 11 (1.05%) Linux Command Line
15 10 (0.95%) Security Posture
15 10 (0.95%) Virtual Team
16 9 (0.86%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
Operating Systems
1 48 (4.58%) Windows
2 41 (3.91%) Linux
3 14 (1.33%) VMS
4 8 (0.76%) Windows Server
5 7 (0.67%) Android
5 7 (0.67%) Apple iOS
6 3 (0.29%) Windows Server 2016
7 2 (0.19%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 2 (0.19%) Unix
8 1 (0.095%) Solaris
8 1 (0.095%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 1,040 (99.14%) DevOps
2 559 (53.29%) CI/CD
3 452 (43.09%) Agile
4 258 (24.59%) Infrastructure as Code
5 213 (20.31%) Problem-Solving
6 184 (17.54%) Scrum
7 182 (17.35%) Analytics
8 171 (16.30%) Test Automation
9 160 (15.25%) Continuous Improvement
10 143 (13.63%) Business Intelligence
11 133 (12.68%) AI
12 126 (12.01%) Containerisation
12 126 (12.01%) Validation
13 112 (10.68%) Stakeholder Management
14 106 (10.10%) Microservices
15 104 (9.91%) Migration
16 103 (9.82%) Data Modelling
17 99 (9.44%) Stakeholder Engagement
18 85 (8.10%) Observability
19 82 (7.82%) Data Pipeline
Programming Languages
1 332 (31.65%) SQL
2 277 (26.41%) Python
3 201 (19.16%) C#
4 175 (16.68%) JavaScript
5 115 (10.96%) PowerShell
6 100 (9.53%) Bicep
7 71 (6.77%) TypeScript
8 69 (6.58%) Java
9 62 (5.91%) Bash
10 55 (5.24%) PL/SQL
11 23 (2.19%) T-SQL
12 21 (2.00%) Scala
13 11 (1.05%) Go
14 10 (0.95%) Formula Language
14 10 (0.95%) Kusto Query Language
14 10 (0.95%) LotusScript
15 9 (0.86%) Data Analysis Expressions
16 7 (0.67%) PHP
16 7 (0.67%) VBA
17 5 (0.48%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 290 (27.65%) Security Cleared
2 246 (23.45%) SC Cleared
3 96 (9.15%) Azure Certification
4 74 (7.05%) Degree
5 38 (3.62%) Microsoft Certification
6 31 (2.96%) DV Cleared
7 28 (2.67%) Computer Science Degree
8 24 (2.29%) BPSS Clearance
8 24 (2.29%) ISTQB
9 16 (1.53%) PMI Certification
10 13 (1.24%) AWS Certification
11 12 (1.14%) PMP
12 10 (0.95%) CISSP
12 10 (0.95%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
12 10 (0.95%) Master's Degree
13 7 (0.67%) CISM
14 6 (0.57%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
14 6 (0.57%) ISEB
14 6 (0.57%) ITIL Certification
15 5 (0.48%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 103 (9.82%) QA
2 58 (5.53%) Data Quality
3 34 (3.24%) Accessibility
4 28 (2.67%) GDPR
5 22 (2.10%) NIST
6 20 (1.91%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 17 (1.62%) NCSC
8 13 (1.24%) PMO
9 9 (0.86%) WCAG
10 8 (0.76%) NIST 800
11 7 (0.67%) EU AI Act
12 6 (0.57%) HL7
12 6 (0.57%) Sarbanes-Oxley
12 6 (0.57%) SLA
13 4 (0.38%) HIPAA
13 4 (0.38%) PCI DSS
13 4 (0.38%) SOC 2
14 3 (0.29%) PSD2
15 2 (0.19%) GxP
15 2 (0.19%) Software Quality Assurance
System Software
1 174 (16.59%) Docker
2 59 (5.62%) Active Directory
3 16 (1.53%) Virtual Machines
4 12 (1.14%) Virtual Desktop
5 5 (0.48%) VMware Infrastructure
6 4 (0.38%) Firmware
7 1 (0.095%) KVM
7 1 (0.095%) Squid
7 1 (0.095%) VMware NSX
7 1 (0.095%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 303 (28.88%) Terraform
2 186 (17.73%) Kubernetes
3 53 (5.05%) Ansible
4 37 (3.53%) Grafana
5 33 (3.15%) Prometheus
6 13 (1.24%) HP ALM
7 10 (0.95%) Puppet
7 10 (0.95%) Single Sign-On
8 8 (0.76%) Progress Chef
9 7 (0.67%) Podman
10 6 (0.57%) Argo
10 6 (0.57%) Istio
10 6 (0.57%) Microsoft Intune
11 5 (0.48%) Kibana
12 4 (0.38%) HP Quality Center
12 4 (0.38%) Packer
13 3 (0.29%) Active Directory Federation Services
13 3 (0.29%) Icinga
13 3 (0.29%) Kubeflow
14 2 (0.19%) Opsgenie
Vendors
1 334 (31.84%) Microsoft
2 130 (12.39%) Databricks
3 115 (10.96%) Oracle
4 58 (5.53%) ServiceNow
5 33 (3.15%) OpenAI
6 27 (2.57%) Salesforce
7 19 (1.81%) Google
7 19 (1.81%) SAP
8 17 (1.62%) Splunk
9 13 (1.24%) HP
10 12 (1.14%) MuleSoft
11 11 (1.05%) VMware
12 10 (0.95%) Lotus
13 9 (0.86%) Informatica
13 9 (0.86%) Kofax
13 9 (0.86%) Sitecore
14 8 (0.76%) Dynatrace
14 8 (0.76%) Foundry
15 7 (0.67%) Citrix
15 7 (0.67%) Red Hat
370 Azure DevOps jobs in England