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 24 July 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

 6 months to
24 Jul 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 73 87 73
Rank change year-on-year +14 -14 +2
Contract jobs citing Azure DevOps 1,444 763 1,003
As % of all contract jobs in England 3.21% 2.79% 2.87%
As % of the Cloud Services category 9.18% 7.47% 8.61%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,019 543 671
10th Percentile £363 £350 £400
25th Percentile £416 £413 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £525
Median % change year-on-year - -4.76% -4.55%
75th Percentile £600 £600 £600
90th Percentile £688 £725 £675
UK median daily rate £500 £500 £525
% change year-on-year - -4.76% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 36 3 1
10th Percentile £20.25 £36.45 -
25th Percentile £25.38 £45.75 £65.25
Median hourly rate £50.90 £62.50 £65.50
Median % change year-on-year -18.56% -4.58% -6.43%
75th Percentile £85.75 £76.25 £65.75
90th Percentile £103.25 £83.75 -
UK median hourly rate £55.00 £85.00 £65.50
% change year-on-year -35.29% +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 15,724 10,215 11,651
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 34.98% 37.33% 33.33%
Number of daily rates quoted 10,491 6,914 8,297
10th Percentile £325 £313 £313
25th Percentile £419 £408 £420
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £523 £513 £525
Median % change year-on-year +2.05% -2.38% -4.55%
75th Percentile £625 £625 £638
90th Percentile £716 £738 £750
UK median daily rate £519 £500 £525
% change year-on-year +3.80% -4.76% -2.78%
Number of hourly rates quoted 559 267 278
10th Percentile £16.70 £14.99 £14.16
25th Percentile £22.50 £18.13 £16.06
Median hourly rate £39.00 £25.15 £22.00
Median % change year-on-year +55.07% +14.32% -36.96%
75th Percentile £70.00 £43.75 £46.18
90th Percentile £85.00 £67.00 £70.00
UK median hourly rate £37.02 £27.50 £22.00
% change year-on-year +34.62% +25.00% -37.14%

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 24 July 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 24 July 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 24 July 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 +16 796 £505 -3.81% 182
South East -14 184 £500 +9.71% 107
Midlands +21 164 £465 -7.00% 54
North of England +15 163 £480 -4.00% 80
West Midlands +12 118 £450 -12.20% 34
North West +12 84 £500 -4.76% 47
South West 0 75 £475 -15.37% 29
Yorkshire -21 60 £480 -4.00% 22
East Midlands +5 44 £525 +8.25% 20
East of England +9 35 £425 -11.69% 24
North East -17 19 £450 -18.18% 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
1 108 (7.48%) Confluence
2 85 (5.89%) SharePoint
3 33 (2.29%) Apache Spark
4 28 (1.94%) Apache
5 26 (1.80%) Apache Airflow
6 14 (0.97%) Microsoft Exchange
7 7 (0.48%) CMS
8 6 (0.42%) Documentum
9 3 (0.21%) IIS
9 3 (0.21%) Kentico
9 3 (0.21%) Mendix
9 3 (0.21%) Palantir Foundry
9 3 (0.21%) SAS
10 2 (0.14%) OpenROAD
10 2 (0.14%) Umbraco
11 1 (0.069%) HCL Notes
11 1 (0.069%) IBM HTTP Server
11 1 (0.069%) Oracle Workflow
11 1 (0.069%) SharePoint Server
11 1 (0.069%) WebLogic
Applications
1 52 (3.60%) Microsoft Project
2 34 (2.35%) Microsoft Excel
3 18 (1.25%) MS Visio
4 11 (0.76%) Microsoft Office
5 8 (0.55%) CPLEX
6 7 (0.48%) Microsoft PowerPoint
7 6 (0.42%) Trello
8 5 (0.35%) Chatbot
9 4 (0.28%) Notion
9 4 (0.28%) Spreadsheet
10 1 (0.069%) Adobe XD
10 1 (0.069%) InDesign
Business Applications
1 44 (3.05%) Dynamics CRM
2 20 (1.39%) SAP S/4HANA
3 7 (0.48%) Dynamics AX
4 6 (0.42%) Maximo
5 4 (0.28%) Oracle EBS
6 3 (0.21%) Endur
6 3 (0.21%) Findur
6 3 (0.21%) SAP BPC
6 3 (0.21%) SAP MDG
7 2 (0.14%) Aladdin
7 2 (0.14%) Dynamics GP
7 2 (0.14%) IBM Operational Decision Manager
7 2 (0.14%) Salesforce CRM
7 2 (0.14%) SAP MM
7 2 (0.14%) SAP Oil and Gas
7 2 (0.14%) Unit4 Business World
8 1 (0.069%) Loan IQ
8 1 (0.069%) SAP CS
8 1 (0.069%) SDL Web 8
8 1 (0.069%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 1,444 (100.00%) Azure
2 363 (25.14%) GitHub
3 247 (17.11%) GitHub Actions
4 221 (15.30%) Power Platform
5 210 (14.54%) AWS
6 123 (8.52%) Entra ID
7 122 (8.45%) Azure Data Factory
8 118 (8.17%) Azure AKS
9 117 (8.10%) Azure Monitor
10 106 (7.34%) Dynamics 365
11 100 (6.93%) Power Automate
12 90 (6.23%) Serverless
13 81 (5.61%) Azure Key Vault
14 80 (5.54%) PowerApps
15 79 (5.47%) GCP
16 72 (4.99%) Azure Synapse Analytics
17 64 (4.43%) Azure Logic Apps
18 61 (4.22%) Microsoft 365
19 57 (3.95%) PaaS
20 56 (3.88%) Azure Functions
Communications & Networking
1 53 (3.67%) Firewall
2 32 (2.22%) DNS
3 31 (2.15%) Network Security
4 21 (1.45%) VPN
5 14 (0.97%) WAN
6 13 (0.90%) SD-WAN
7 12 (0.83%) SSL
8 11 (0.76%) DHCP
9 9 (0.62%) Internet
9 9 (0.62%) TCP/IP
10 6 (0.42%) LAN
10 6 (0.42%) VLAN
11 3 (0.21%) 4G
11 3 (0.21%) BGP
11 3 (0.21%) OSPF
12 2 (0.14%) Cisco IOS
12 2 (0.14%) IPsec
12 2 (0.14%) MPLS
12 2 (0.14%) NAS
12 2 (0.14%) X.509
Database & Business Intelligence
1 147 (10.18%) Power BI
2 107 (7.41%) SQL Server
3 74 (5.12%) Data Lake
4 69 (4.78%) Azure SQL Database
5 64 (4.43%) Data Warehouse
6 53 (3.67%) Delta Lake
6 53 (3.67%) NoSQL
7 46 (3.19%) PostgreSQL
8 26 (1.80%) Relational Database
9 23 (1.59%) MongoDB
9 23 (1.59%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 21 (1.45%) Snowflake Schema
11 19 (1.32%) Metadata
11 19 (1.32%) Spark SQL
12 17 (1.18%) Redis
13 15 (1.04%) Oracle Database
14 14 (0.97%) Big Data
15 13 (0.90%) Parquet
16 12 (0.83%) Amazon Redshift
17 9 (0.62%) Star Schema
Development Applications
1 290 (20.08%) JIRA
2 236 (16.34%) Git
3 153 (10.60%) Jenkins
4 112 (7.76%) GitLab
5 59 (4.09%) Selenium
6 28 (1.94%) Postman
7 26 (1.80%) SonarQube
8 23 (1.59%) Visual Studio
9 22 (1.52%) Cucumber
9 22 (1.52%) Cypress.io
10 19 (1.32%) WebDriver
11 17 (1.18%) REST Assured
12 16 (1.11%) Gradle
12 16 (1.11%) JUnit
13 15 (1.04%) TestRail
14 14 (0.97%) Bitbucket
15 13 (0.90%) Team Foundation Server
16 12 (0.83%) MSI
17 11 (0.76%) SpecFlow
18 10 (0.69%) Maven
General
1 369 (25.55%) Social Skills
2 295 (20.43%) Finance
3 173 (11.98%) Public Sector
4 150 (10.39%) Analytical Skills
5 70 (4.85%) Banking
6 60 (4.16%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 33 (2.29%) Organisational Skills
8 28 (1.94%) Documentation Skills
9 27 (1.87%) Legal
10 26 (1.80%) Retail
11 22 (1.52%) Influencing Skills
12 15 (1.04%) Aerospace
13 13 (0.90%) Law
14 11 (0.76%) Investment Banking
14 11 (0.76%) Local Government
14 11 (0.76%) Marketing
15 9 (0.62%) Billing
15 9 (0.62%) Front Office
16 8 (0.55%) Manufacturing
17 7 (0.48%) Back Office
Job Titles
1 268 (18.56%) Developer
2 216 (14.96%) Azure Engineer
3 209 (14.47%) DevOps Engineer
4 202 (13.99%) Senior
5 130 (9.00%) Data Engineer
6 129 (8.93%) Azure DevOps Engineer
7 127 (8.80%) Analyst
8 123 (8.52%) Lead
9 97 (6.72%) Architect
10 65 (4.50%) Business Analyst
11 54 (3.74%) Platform Engineer
12 47 (3.25%) Project Manager
13 45 (3.12%) Test Analyst
14 44 (3.05%) Tester
15 43 (2.98%) Solutions Architect
16 41 (2.84%) Cloud Engineer
16 41 (2.84%) Consultant
17 40 (2.77%) .NET Developer
17 40 (2.77%) Full-Stack Developer
18 36 (2.49%) Senior Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 189 (13.09%) .NET
2 159 (11.01%) REST
3 80 (5.54%) PySpark
4 78 (5.40%) RESTful
5 76 (5.26%) ADO
6 70 (4.85%) YAML
7 67 (4.64%) JSON
8 60 (4.16%) .NET Framework
9 59 (4.09%) Kafka
9 59 (4.09%) React
10 53 (3.67%) ARM Templates
11 51 (3.53%) .NET Core
12 49 (3.39%) Playwright
13 46 (3.19%) SOAP
14 39 (2.70%) HTML
14 39 (2.70%) OAuth
15 37 (2.56%) Node.js
16 36 (2.49%) CSS
17 31 (2.15%) AngularJS
17 31 (2.15%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 169 (11.70%) Cloud Native
2 100 (6.93%) Product Ownership
3 52 (3.60%) Distributed Systems
4 51 (3.53%) Legacy Systems
5 42 (2.91%) Onboarding
6 31 (2.15%) Enterprise Software
7 29 (2.01%) Self-Motivation
8 24 (1.66%) Management Information System
9 23 (1.59%) Data Structures
9 23 (1.59%) Hybrid Cloud
10 22 (1.52%) Reinsurance
11 19 (1.32%) Greenfield Project
11 19 (1.32%) Replication
12 16 (1.11%) Mobile App
13 15 (1.04%) Low-Code
14 13 (0.90%) AI Agents
14 13 (0.90%) Enterprise Cloud
15 12 (0.83%) Data Protection Act
16 11 (0.76%) Data Centre
16 11 (0.76%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 88 (6.09%) Windows
2 58 (4.02%) Linux
3 19 (1.32%) Windows Server
4 13 (0.90%) VMS
5 10 (0.69%) Unix
6 7 (0.48%) Android
6 7 (0.48%) Apple iOS
7 5 (0.35%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 4 (0.28%) Mac OS
9 3 (0.21%) Windows Server 2016
9 3 (0.21%) Windows Server 2019
10 1 (0.069%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 1,444 (100.00%) DevOps
2 775 (53.67%) CI/CD
3 587 (40.65%) Agile
4 344 (23.82%) Infrastructure as Code
5 247 (17.11%) Test Automation
6 232 (16.07%) Analytics
7 224 (15.51%) Problem-Solving
8 217 (15.03%) Stakeholder Management
9 215 (14.89%) Continuous Improvement
10 205 (14.20%) Scrum
11 195 (13.50%) Migration
12 193 (13.37%) Containerisation
13 164 (11.36%) Data Modelling
14 157 (10.87%) Business Intelligence
15 147 (10.18%) Stakeholder Engagement
16 142 (9.83%) Microservices
17 139 (9.63%) User Acceptance Testing
18 135 (9.35%) AI
19 133 (9.21%) Platform Engineering
19 133 (9.21%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 398 (27.56%) SQL
2 353 (24.45%) Python
3 238 (16.48%) C#
4 171 (11.84%) PowerShell
5 137 (9.49%) JavaScript
6 130 (9.00%) Bicep
7 110 (7.62%) Bash
8 107 (7.41%) Java
9 83 (5.75%) TypeScript
10 24 (1.66%) T-SQL
11 19 (1.32%) Go
12 15 (1.04%) Kusto Query Language
13 13 (0.90%) Scala
14 12 (0.83%) Apex Code
14 12 (0.83%) Data Analysis Expressions
15 11 (0.76%) X++
16 10 (0.69%) PL/SQL
17 7 (0.48%) VB
18 6 (0.42%) C
18 6 (0.42%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 415 (28.74%) Security Cleared
2 336 (23.27%) SC Cleared
3 105 (7.27%) Azure Certification
4 95 (6.58%) Degree
5 54 (3.74%) DV Cleared
6 44 (3.05%) Microsoft Certification
7 34 (2.35%) ISTQB
8 30 (2.08%) BPSS Clearance
8 30 (2.08%) Computer Science Degree
9 21 (1.45%) AWS Certification
10 14 (0.97%) PMP
11 13 (0.90%) PMI Certification
12 12 (0.83%) Master's Degree
13 11 (0.76%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
14 10 (0.69%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
15 9 (0.62%) Cisco Certification
15 9 (0.62%) DBS Check
16 7 (0.48%) CISSP
17 6 (0.42%) ITIL Certification
18 4 (0.28%) CCIE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 154 (10.66%) QA
2 102 (7.06%) Data Quality
3 77 (5.33%) Accessibility
4 50 (3.46%) GDPR
5 44 (3.05%) WCAG
6 25 (1.73%) PMO
7 18 (1.25%) NIST
8 16 (1.11%) ISO/IEC 27001
9 15 (1.04%) SLA
10 13 (0.90%) NCSC
11 12 (0.83%) GRC
12 9 (0.62%) Sarbanes-Oxley
13 5 (0.35%) PCI DSS
14 3 (0.21%) Cyber Essentials
14 3 (0.21%) Government Security Classifications
15 2 (0.14%) Actionable Recommendations
15 2 (0.14%) HMG Security Policy Framework
15 2 (0.14%) PSD2
15 2 (0.14%) SEPA
16 1 (0.069%) IFRS
System Software
1 202 (13.99%) Docker
2 80 (5.54%) Active Directory
3 32 (2.22%) Virtual Machines
4 14 (0.97%) Virtual Desktop
4 14 (0.97%) VMware Infrastructure
5 4 (0.28%) Hyper-V
6 2 (0.14%) Apache ZooKeeper
6 2 (0.14%) Embedded Firmware
6 2 (0.14%) Firmware
6 2 (0.14%) Microsoft App-V
6 2 (0.14%) OpenSSH
6 2 (0.14%) Postfix
6 2 (0.14%) VMware NSX
6 2 (0.14%) vSphere
7 1 (0.069%) HDFS
7 1 (0.069%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 385 (26.66%) Terraform
2 255 (17.66%) Kubernetes
3 86 (5.96%) Ansible
4 57 (3.95%) Grafana
5 50 (3.46%) Prometheus
6 20 (1.39%) Argo
6 20 (1.39%) Progress Chef
6 20 (1.39%) Puppet
7 17 (1.18%) Microsoft Intune
8 13 (0.90%) Packer
8 13 (0.90%) Single Sign-On
9 12 (0.83%) HP ALM
9 12 (0.83%) Istio
10 6 (0.42%) Jamf Pro
11 5 (0.35%) SCCM
11 5 (0.35%) SCOM
12 4 (0.28%) HP Quality Center
13 3 (0.21%) Rancher
14 2 (0.14%) Docker Swarm
14 2 (0.14%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 458 (31.72%) Microsoft
2 131 (9.07%) Databricks
3 71 (4.92%) Oracle
4 61 (4.22%) ServiceNow
5 48 (3.32%) Salesforce
6 47 (3.25%) SAP
7 30 (2.08%) Google
8 27 (1.87%) Splunk
9 20 (1.39%) Dynatrace
9 20 (1.39%) VMware
10 18 (1.25%) Informatica
11 16 (1.11%) OpenAI
12 13 (0.90%) Foundry
12 13 (0.90%) HP
13 11 (0.76%) MuleSoft
14 10 (0.69%) Bloomberg
14 10 (0.69%) IBM
15 9 (0.62%) Guidewire
15 9 (0.62%) InterSystems
16 8 (0.55%) Cisco
434 Azure DevOps jobs in England