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

6 months to
13 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 76 93 70
Rank change year-on-year +17 -23 +2
Contract jobs citing Azure DevOps 1,244 657 1,028
As % of all contract jobs in England 3.09% 2.72% 2.81%
As % of the Cloud Services category 8.76% 7.33% 8.81%
Number of daily rates quoted 917 465 690
10th Percentile £363 £375 £400
25th Percentile £413 £431 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £521
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +0.83% -5.33%
75th Percentile £588 £625 £600
90th Percentile £688 £725 £675
UK median daily rate £500 £500 £513
% change year-on-year - -2.44% -6.82%
Number of hourly rates quoted 19 1 6
10th Percentile £25.38 - £64.50
25th Percentile £31.32 £30.25 £65.25
Median hourly rate £52.50 £31.50 £65.50
Median % change year-on-year +66.67% -51.91% -6.43%
75th Percentile £88.80 £32.75 £65.75
90th Percentile £104.00 - £68.50
UK median hourly rate £60.50 £85.00 £65.50
% change year-on-year -28.82% +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 14,193 8,966 11,674
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 35.21% 37.17% 31.93%
Number of daily rates quoted 9,725 6,222 8,419
10th Percentile £319 £313 £300
25th Percentile £413 £413 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £510 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.86% - -4.55%
75th Percentile £613 £635 £638
90th Percentile £713 £738 £744
UK median daily rate £500 £515 £525
% change year-on-year -2.86% -1.90% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 463 194 323
10th Percentile £15.52 £15.00 £14.00
25th Percentile £21.29 £18.13 £15.85
Median hourly rate £42.69 £25.50 £21.00
Median % change year-on-year +67.39% +21.43% -34.98%
75th Percentile £67.84 £37.50 £34.38
90th Percentile £81.00 £72.13 £65.10
UK median hourly rate £39.50 £27.50 £21.37
% change year-on-year +43.64% +28.69% -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 13 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 13 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 13 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 +22 702 £500 -4.76% 150
South East -2 177 £500 - 95
North of England -2 125 £500 - 88
Midlands -10 119 £475 -9.52% 46
West Midlands -18 75 £450 -14.29% 22
South West +9 69 £500 -9.09% 19
North West +7 65 £500 -4.76% 45
Yorkshire -26 46 £500 +11.11% 22
East Midlands -13 42 £525 +5.00% 24
East of England -13 21 £438 -7.89% 27
North East -9 14 £475 -11.63% 22
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 83 (6.67%) SharePoint
2 73 (5.87%) Confluence
3 38 (3.05%) Apache Spark
4 24 (1.93%) Apache
5 16 (1.29%) Apache Airflow
6 14 (1.13%) 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 (3.38%) Microsoft Project
2 27 (2.17%) Microsoft Excel
3 18 (1.45%) MS Visio
4 10 (0.80%) Microsoft Office
5 8 (0.64%) 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 (2.97%) Dynamics CRM
2 13 (1.05%) SAP S/4HANA
3 8 (0.64%) Maximo
4 7 (0.56%) NEC Housing
5 6 (0.48%) Dynamics AX
6 4 (0.32%) Oracle EBS
6 4 (0.32%) Payment Gateway
6 4 (0.32%) SAP BPC
7 3 (0.24%) Findur
7 3 (0.24%) SAP Oil and Gas
8 2 (0.16%) Aladdin
8 2 (0.16%) SAP MDG
8 2 (0.16%) SAP MM
8 2 (0.16%) Unit4 Business World
9 1 (0.080%) Endur
9 1 (0.080%) OpenText VIM for SAP
9 1 (0.080%) Oracle ERP
9 1 (0.080%) Oracle Financials
9 1 (0.080%) SAP SD
9 1 (0.080%) SDL Web 8
Cloud Services
1 1,244 (100.00%) Azure
2 299 (24.04%) GitHub
3 199 (16.00%) Power Platform
4 195 (15.68%) GitHub Actions
5 165 (13.26%) AWS
6 130 (10.45%) Azure Data Factory
7 112 (9.00%) Azure AKS
8 108 (8.68%) Entra ID
9 107 (8.60%) Serverless
10 99 (7.96%) Azure Monitor
11 91 (7.32%) Dynamics 365
12 82 (6.59%) Azure Key Vault
13 78 (6.27%) Azure Synapse Analytics
13 78 (6.27%) Power Automate
14 74 (5.95%) Azure Functions
15 68 (5.47%) Azure Logic Apps
16 67 (5.39%) GCP
17 63 (5.06%) Azure Service Bus
17 63 (5.06%) Microsoft 365
18 56 (4.50%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 47 (3.78%) Firewall
2 23 (1.85%) Network Security
3 18 (1.45%) DNS
3 18 (1.45%) VPN
4 14 (1.13%) SD-WAN
5 13 (1.05%) WAN
6 7 (0.56%) DHCP
6 7 (0.56%) Internet
6 7 (0.56%) LAN
6 7 (0.56%) TCP/IP
7 5 (0.40%) IPsec
7 5 (0.40%) VLAN
8 4 (0.32%) MQTT
9 3 (0.24%) FTP
9 3 (0.24%) HTTP
9 3 (0.24%) SSL
10 2 (0.16%) BGP
10 2 (0.16%) MPLS
10 2 (0.16%) OSPF
10 2 (0.16%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 132 (10.61%) Power BI
2 110 (8.84%) SQL Server
3 75 (6.03%) Azure SQL Database
3 75 (6.03%) Data Lake
4 64 (5.14%) Delta Lake
5 56 (4.50%) Data Warehouse
6 45 (3.62%) NoSQL
7 41 (3.30%) PostgreSQL
8 28 (2.25%) Oracle Database
9 27 (2.17%) MongoDB
10 25 (2.01%) Relational Database
11 19 (1.53%) Spark SQL
12 18 (1.45%) Snowflake Schema
13 17 (1.37%) SQL Server Integration Services
13 17 (1.37%) Tableau
14 15 (1.21%) Redis
15 14 (1.13%) Metadata
16 12 (0.96%) Amazon Redshift
16 12 (0.96%) Big Data
17 11 (0.88%) Parquet
Development Applications
1 240 (19.29%) JIRA
2 184 (14.79%) Git
3 118 (9.49%) Jenkins
4 79 (6.35%) GitLab
5 41 (3.30%) Selenium
6 25 (2.01%) Postman
7 22 (1.77%) SonarQube
8 16 (1.29%) Cypress.io
8 16 (1.29%) TestRail
9 15 (1.21%) REST Assured
10 14 (1.13%) Team Foundation Server
10 14 (1.13%) Visual Studio
11 13 (1.05%) SpecFlow
12 12 (0.96%) Bitbucket
13 11 (0.88%) Artifactory
13 11 (0.88%) Cucumber
13 11 (0.88%) Zephyr
14 10 (0.80%) NUnit
15 9 (0.72%) MLflow
16 8 (0.64%) JUnit
General
1 280 (22.51%) Social Skills
2 261 (20.98%) Finance
3 126 (10.13%) Public Sector
4 124 (9.97%) Analytical Skills
5 57 (4.58%) Banking
6 32 (2.57%) Organisational Skills
7 26 (2.09%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 21 (1.69%) Legal
9 19 (1.53%) Financial Institution
10 18 (1.45%) Documentation Skills
10 18 (1.45%) Influencing Skills
11 15 (1.21%) Retail
12 14 (1.13%) Front Office
13 10 (0.80%) 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%) Law
Job Titles
1 227 (18.25%) Developer
2 205 (16.48%) Azure Engineer
3 173 (13.91%) DevOps Engineer
4 168 (13.50%) Senior
5 128 (10.29%) Data Engineer
6 110 (8.84%) Analyst
7 109 (8.76%) Azure DevOps Engineer
8 100 (8.04%) Lead
9 87 (6.99%) Architect
10 51 (4.10%) Platform Engineer
11 46 (3.70%) Test Analyst
12 41 (3.30%) Business Analyst
12 41 (3.30%) Tester
13 37 (2.97%) Full-Stack Developer
14 36 (2.89%) Cloud Engineer
15 35 (2.81%) Azure Developer
15 35 (2.81%) Project Manager
15 35 (2.81%) Senior Developer
15 35 (2.81%) Test Engineer
16 34 (2.73%) .NET Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 185 (14.87%) .NET
2 96 (7.72%) REST
3 83 (6.67%) PySpark
4 68 (5.47%) React
5 63 (5.06%) ARM Templates
6 62 (4.98%) ADO
7 58 (4.66%) Kafka
8 53 (4.26%) Node.js
8 53 (4.26%) YAML
9 52 (4.18%) RESTful
10 43 (3.46%) .NET Framework
11 42 (3.38%) JSON
12 41 (3.30%) Playwright
13 40 (3.22%) .NET Core
14 31 (2.49%) SOAP
15 30 (2.41%) CSS
16 28 (2.25%) AngularJS
17 27 (2.17%) HTML
17 27 (2.17%) RabbitMQ
18 25 (2.01%) Flask
Miscellaneous
1 138 (11.09%) Cloud Native
2 68 (5.47%) Product Ownership
3 40 (3.22%) Distributed Systems
4 34 (2.73%) Legacy Systems
5 30 (2.41%) Enterprise Software
6 24 (1.93%) Onboarding
6 24 (1.93%) Reinsurance
7 17 (1.37%) Data Structures
7 17 (1.37%) Hybrid Cloud
7 17 (1.37%) Low-Code
8 16 (1.29%) Self-Motivation
9 13 (1.05%) Greenfield Project
9 13 (1.05%) Replication
10 12 (0.96%) AI Agents
11 10 (0.80%) Mobile App
12 9 (0.72%) NHS
12 9 (0.72%) Public Cloud
12 9 (0.72%) Virtual Team
13 8 (0.64%) Data Centre
13 8 (0.64%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
Operating Systems
1 68 (5.47%) Windows
2 50 (4.02%) Linux
3 15 (1.21%) VMS
4 10 (0.80%) Windows Server
5 9 (0.72%) Unix
6 3 (0.24%) Android
6 3 (0.24%) Apple iOS
6 3 (0.24%) Mac OS
6 3 (0.24%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 2 (0.16%) Windows Server 2016
7 2 (0.16%) Windows Server 2019
8 1 (0.080%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 1,237 (99.44%) DevOps
2 670 (53.86%) CI/CD
3 452 (36.33%) Agile
4 287 (23.07%) Infrastructure as Code
5 209 (16.80%) Problem-Solving
6 201 (16.16%) Analytics
7 200 (16.08%) Test Automation
8 164 (13.18%) Migration
9 154 (12.38%) Continuous Improvement
10 151 (12.14%) Data Modelling
11 150 (12.06%) Containerisation
12 145 (11.66%) Scrum
13 143 (11.50%) Business Intelligence
14 132 (10.61%) Stakeholder Management
15 124 (9.97%) ETL
16 123 (9.89%) AI
16 123 (9.89%) Data Pipeline
17 121 (9.73%) Observability
18 118 (9.49%) Microservices
19 111 (8.92%) Platform Engineering
Programming Languages
1 392 (31.51%) SQL
2 325 (26.13%) Python
3 225 (18.09%) C#
4 131 (10.53%) PowerShell
5 120 (9.65%) JavaScript
6 109 (8.76%) Bicep
7 89 (7.15%) Bash
8 79 (6.35%) Java
9 63 (5.06%) TypeScript
10 28 (2.25%) T-SQL
11 25 (2.01%) Scala
12 22 (1.77%) PL/SQL
13 14 (1.13%) Data Analysis Expressions
13 14 (1.13%) Go
13 14 (1.13%) 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 6 (0.48%) C++
Qualifications
1 338 (27.17%) Security Cleared
2 280 (22.51%) SC Cleared
3 100 (8.04%) Azure Certification
4 70 (5.63%) Degree
5 35 (2.81%) DV Cleared
6 32 (2.57%) ISTQB
7 29 (2.33%) BPSS Clearance
8 27 (2.17%) Microsoft Certification
9 24 (1.93%) Computer Science Degree
10 16 (1.29%) PMI Certification
10 16 (1.29%) PMP
11 10 (0.80%) AWS Certification
12 9 (0.72%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
13 7 (0.56%) Master's Degree
14 6 (0.48%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
14 6 (0.48%) CISM
14 6 (0.48%) CISSP
15 5 (0.40%) DBS Check
15 5 (0.40%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
16 4 (0.32%) SAFe Agilist
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 141 (11.33%) QA
2 97 (7.80%) Data Quality
3 36 (2.89%) Accessibility
4 28 (2.25%) GDPR
5 19 (1.53%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 19 (1.53%) PMO
6 17 (1.37%) NIST
6 17 (1.37%) WCAG
7 14 (1.13%) NCSC
8 9 (0.72%) NIST 800
8 9 (0.72%) PCI DSS
8 9 (0.72%) Sarbanes-Oxley
8 9 (0.72%) SLA
9 7 (0.56%) GRC
10 5 (0.40%) HL7
11 3 (0.24%) HIPAA
12 2 (0.16%) FedRAMP
12 2 (0.16%) HMG Security Policy Framework
12 2 (0.16%) PSD2
12 2 (0.16%) SEPA
System Software
1 179 (14.39%) Docker
2 70 (5.63%) Active Directory
3 24 (1.93%) 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
1 332 (26.69%) Terraform
2 221 (17.77%) Kubernetes
3 61 (4.90%) Ansible
4 41 (3.30%) Grafana
5 35 (2.81%) Prometheus
6 16 (1.29%) Argo
6 16 (1.29%) HP ALM
7 15 (1.21%) Puppet
8 14 (1.13%) Istio
9 11 (0.88%) Progress Chef
10 10 (0.80%) Single Sign-On
11 9 (0.72%) Microsoft Intune
12 7 (0.56%) Packer
13 6 (0.48%) HP Quality Center
14 4 (0.32%) Jamf Pro
15 3 (0.24%) Active Directory Federation Services
15 3 (0.24%) Icinga
15 3 (0.24%) Kubeflow
15 3 (0.24%) Rancher
15 3 (0.24%) SCCM
Vendors
1 360 (28.94%) Microsoft
2 154 (12.38%) Databricks
3 98 (7.88%) Oracle
4 56 (4.50%) ServiceNow
5 37 (2.97%) SAP
6 33 (2.65%) Salesforce
7 25 (2.01%) OpenAI
8 24 (1.93%) Splunk
9 22 (1.77%) Informatica
10 17 (1.37%) Google
10 17 (1.37%) HP
11 13 (1.05%) Dynatrace
11 13 (1.05%) Foundry
12 12 (0.96%) VMware
13 11 (0.88%) IBM
13 11 (0.88%) NEC
14 10 (0.80%) Kofax
14 10 (0.80%) Lotus
15 9 (0.72%) Bloomberg
16 8 (0.64%) Red Hat