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 31 March 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

 6 months to
31 Mar 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 72 90 74
Rank change year-on-year +18 -16 +2
Contract jobs citing Azure DevOps 1,245 674 1,023
As % of all contract jobs in England 3.27% 2.78% 2.71%
As % of the Cloud Services category 8.95% 7.33% 8.43%
Number of daily rates quoted 912 497 722
10th Percentile £363 £373 £400
25th Percentile £413 £438 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
75th Percentile £588 £625 £625
90th Percentile £688 £700 £688
UK median daily rate £500 £514 £525
% change year-on-year -2.72% -2.10% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 16 3 8
10th Percentile - £37.45 £53.88
25th Percentile £25.38 £48.25 £61.56
Median hourly rate £49.25 £67.50 £65.50
Median % change year-on-year -27.04% +3.05% -6.43%
75th Percentile £75.00 £74.38 £65.75
90th Percentile £85.25 £77.75 £67.40
UK median hourly rate £52.50 £73.75 £65.50
% change year-on-year -28.81% +12.60% -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 13,917 9,194 12,136
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 36.58% 37.87% 32.21%
Number of daily rates quoted 9,590 6,488 8,722
10th Percentile £313 £313 £280
25th Percentile £413 £413 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
75th Percentile £610 £638 £638
90th Percentile £713 £738 £738
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 425 182 328
10th Percentile £16.00 £15.22 £14.00
25th Percentile £21.25 £18.50 £16.06
Median hourly rate £40.78 £26.81 £21.00
Median % change year-on-year +52.09% +27.68% -18.32%
75th Percentile £67.50 £42.74 £35.00
90th Percentile £80.68 £74.88 £61.60
UK median hourly rate £40.00 £26.50 £21.00
% change year-on-year +50.94% +26.19% -23.64%

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 31 March 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 31 March 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 31 March 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 +32 701 £500 -5.66% 131
South East -16 154 £525 +1.20% 101
North of England -13 125 £500 - 74
Midlands -7 114 £450 -13.88% 60
South West +25 90 £475 -9.52% 34
North West +4 65 £473 -14.00% 41
West Midlands -23 65 £463 -11.90% 37
East Midlands -8 48 £450 -10.00% 23
Yorkshire -38 46 £521 +15.83% 22
East of England -13 27 £475 +11.76% 33
North East -2 14 £500 -6.98% 11
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 78 (6.27%) SharePoint
2 71 (5.70%) Confluence
3 32 (2.57%) Apache Spark
4 24 (1.93%) Apache
5 15 (1.20%) Apache Airflow
5 15 (1.20%) Microsoft Exchange
6 11 (0.88%) HCL Notes
7 10 (0.80%) Mendix
8 8 (0.64%) IIS
9 3 (0.24%) ArcGIS
10 2 (0.16%) CMS
10 2 (0.16%) OpenStack
10 2 (0.16%) Sitecore CMS
11 1 (0.080%) Adobe Experience Manager
11 1 (0.080%) Apache Synapse
11 1 (0.080%) IBM HTTP Server
11 1 (0.080%) Oracle Workflow
11 1 (0.080%) Palantir Foundry
11 1 (0.080%) SAS
11 1 (0.080%) SharePoint Server
Applications
1 34 (2.73%) Microsoft Project
2 29 (2.33%) Microsoft Excel
3 19 (1.53%) MS Visio
4 11 (0.88%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 10 (0.80%) Microsoft Office
6 4 (0.32%) Trello
7 2 (0.16%) Chatbot
7 2 (0.16%) CPLEX
7 2 (0.16%) Spreadsheet
8 1 (0.080%) InDesign
Business Applications
1 45 (3.61%) Dynamics CRM
2 8 (0.64%) Maximo
3 7 (0.56%) NEC Housing
3 7 (0.56%) SAP S/4HANA
4 4 (0.32%) Aladdin
4 4 (0.32%) Dynamics AX
4 4 (0.32%) Oracle EBS
5 3 (0.24%) Findur
5 3 (0.24%) Payment Gateway
5 3 (0.24%) SAP BPC
5 3 (0.24%) SAP Oil and Gas
6 2 (0.16%) Endur
6 2 (0.16%) Oracle Assets
6 2 (0.16%) Oracle ERP
6 2 (0.16%) Oracle General Ledger
6 2 (0.16%) Oracle Payables
6 2 (0.16%) Oracle Receivables
6 2 (0.16%) Primavera
6 2 (0.16%) SAP MM
6 2 (0.16%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 1,245 (100.00%) Azure
2 313 (25.14%) GitHub
3 210 (16.87%) GitHub Actions
4 201 (16.14%) Power Platform
5 150 (12.05%) AWS
6 138 (11.08%) Azure Data Factory
7 131 (10.52%) Serverless
8 122 (9.80%) Azure AKS
9 121 (9.72%) Azure Monitor
10 119 (9.56%) Entra ID
11 102 (8.19%) Dynamics 365
12 91 (7.31%) Azure Functions
13 89 (7.15%) Azure Key Vault
14 80 (6.43%) Azure Logic Apps
14 80 (6.43%) Azure Synapse Analytics
15 78 (6.27%) Power Automate
16 72 (5.78%) Azure Service Bus
17 68 (5.46%) Microsoft 365
18 63 (5.06%) GCP
19 61 (4.90%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 49 (3.94%) Firewall
2 24 (1.93%) Network Security
3 22 (1.77%) DNS
3 22 (1.77%) VPN
4 18 (1.45%) SD-WAN
5 16 (1.29%) WAN
6 8 (0.64%) TCP/IP
7 6 (0.48%) DHCP
7 6 (0.48%) LAN
8 5 (0.40%) HTTP
9 4 (0.32%) Internet
9 4 (0.32%) IPsec
9 4 (0.32%) MQTT
10 3 (0.24%) FTP
10 3 (0.24%) Remote Desktop
10 3 (0.24%) SSL
10 3 (0.24%) VLAN
11 2 (0.16%) BGP
11 2 (0.16%) MPLS
11 2 (0.16%) OSPF
Database & Business Intelligence
1 123 (9.88%) Power BI
2 101 (8.11%) SQL Server
3 76 (6.10%) Azure SQL Database
4 72 (5.78%) Data Lake
5 59 (4.74%) Delta Lake
6 51 (4.10%) Data Warehouse
7 39 (3.13%) NoSQL
8 36 (2.89%) PostgreSQL
9 28 (2.25%) Oracle Database
10 22 (1.77%) MongoDB
10 22 (1.77%) Relational Database
11 21 (1.69%) Spark SQL
12 19 (1.53%) Redis
13 17 (1.37%) SQL Server Integration Services
13 17 (1.37%) Tableau
14 12 (0.96%) DynamoDB
14 12 (0.96%) Metadata
15 11 (0.88%) Snowflake Schema
16 10 (0.80%) Amazon Redshift
16 10 (0.80%) Parquet
Development Applications
1 241 (19.36%) JIRA
2 173 (13.90%) Git
3 128 (10.28%) Jenkins
4 74 (5.94%) GitLab
5 54 (4.34%) Selenium
6 34 (2.73%) Postman
7 33 (2.65%) Oracle APEX
8 22 (1.77%) Cypress.io
9 21 (1.69%) SonarQube
10 19 (1.53%) TestRail
11 17 (1.37%) Cucumber
11 17 (1.37%) Visual Studio
12 16 (1.29%) REST Assured
13 15 (1.20%) Team Foundation Server
14 14 (1.12%) SpecFlow
14 14 (1.12%) Zephyr
15 13 (1.04%) Artifactory
15 13 (1.04%) JUnit
15 13 (1.04%) MLflow
16 12 (0.96%) JMeter
General
1 337 (27.07%) Social Skills
2 256 (20.56%) Finance
3 146 (11.73%) Public Sector
4 129 (10.36%) Analytical Skills
5 61 (4.90%) Banking
6 33 (2.65%) Organisational Skills
7 28 (2.25%) Documentation Skills
8 24 (1.93%) Influencing Skills
9 23 (1.85%) Retail
10 19 (1.53%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 17 (1.37%) Financial Institution
12 15 (1.20%) Front Office
13 14 (1.12%) Investment Banking
14 13 (1.04%) Legal
15 12 (0.96%) Presentation Skills
16 11 (0.88%) Law
17 10 (0.80%) Marketing
18 8 (0.64%) Back Office
18 8 (0.64%) Local Government
18 8 (0.64%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 263 (21.12%) Developer
2 191 (15.34%) Azure Engineer
2 191 (15.34%) Senior
3 167 (13.41%) DevOps Engineer
4 107 (8.59%) Lead
5 103 (8.27%) Data Engineer
6 102 (8.19%) Azure DevOps Engineer
7 99 (7.95%) Analyst
8 89 (7.15%) Architect
9 59 (4.74%) Senior Developer
10 52 (4.18%) Platform Engineer
11 45 (3.61%) Azure Developer
12 44 (3.53%) Tester
13 43 (3.45%) Test Analyst
14 37 (2.97%) Business Analyst
15 35 (2.81%) Azure Architect
15 35 (2.81%) Test Engineer
16 34 (2.73%) .NET Developer
16 34 (2.73%) Full-Stack Developer
17 33 (2.65%) Cloud Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 202 (16.22%) .NET
2 110 (8.84%) REST
3 75 (6.02%) React
4 74 (5.94%) PySpark
5 73 (5.86%) ARM Templates
6 68 (5.46%) Node.js
7 61 (4.90%) YAML
8 56 (4.50%) ADO
9 48 (3.86%) Kafka
10 47 (3.78%) .NET Core
11 45 (3.61%) RESTful
12 42 (3.37%) .NET Framework
13 41 (3.29%) Playwright
14 40 (3.21%) JSON
15 37 (2.97%) CSS
16 36 (2.89%) AngularJS
16 36 (2.89%) HTML
16 36 (2.89%) OAuth
17 35 (2.81%) SOAP
18 25 (2.01%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 124 (9.96%) Cloud Native
2 73 (5.86%) Product Ownership
3 37 (2.97%) Distributed Systems
4 36 (2.89%) Enterprise Software
4 36 (2.89%) Legacy Systems
5 20 (1.61%) Hybrid Cloud
5 20 (1.61%) Low-Code
6 19 (1.53%) AI Agents
7 18 (1.45%) Onboarding
8 17 (1.37%) Data Structures
8 17 (1.37%) Reinsurance
9 15 (1.20%) Public Cloud
10 13 (1.04%) NHS
11 12 (0.96%) Self-Motivation
12 11 (0.88%) CMDB
12 11 (0.88%) Virtual Team
13 10 (0.80%) Replication
13 10 (0.80%) Security Posture
14 9 (0.72%) Enterprise Cloud
14 9 (0.72%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
Operating Systems
1 60 (4.82%) Windows
2 47 (3.78%) Linux
3 18 (1.45%) VMS
4 10 (0.80%) Windows Server
5 7 (0.56%) Unix
6 3 (0.24%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 3 (0.24%) Windows Server 2016
7 2 (0.16%) Android
7 2 (0.16%) Apple iOS
8 1 (0.080%) Mac OS
8 1 (0.080%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 1,237 (99.36%) DevOps
2 669 (53.73%) CI/CD
3 482 (38.71%) Agile
4 297 (23.86%) Infrastructure as Code
5 226 (18.15%) Problem-Solving
6 212 (17.03%) Test Automation
7 210 (16.87%) Analytics
8 179 (14.38%) Scrum
9 177 (14.22%) Continuous Improvement
10 148 (11.89%) AI
11 146 (11.73%) Containerisation
12 141 (11.33%) Stakeholder Management
13 139 (11.16%) Business Intelligence
14 137 (11.00%) Migration
15 134 (10.76%) Validation
16 133 (10.68%) Data Modelling
17 128 (10.28%) Microservices
18 125 (10.04%) Observability
19 105 (8.43%) Data Pipeline
20 102 (8.19%) ETL
Programming Languages
1 411 (33.01%) SQL
2 343 (27.55%) Python
3 233 (18.71%) C#
4 182 (14.62%) JavaScript
5 140 (11.24%) PowerShell
6 112 (9.00%) Bicep
7 88 (7.07%) Java
8 86 (6.91%) Bash
9 76 (6.10%) TypeScript
10 53 (4.26%) PL/SQL
11 27 (2.17%) Scala
11 27 (2.17%) T-SQL
12 18 (1.45%) Kusto Query Language
13 12 (0.96%) Go
14 11 (0.88%) Formula Language
14 11 (0.88%) LotusScript
15 10 (0.80%) Data Analysis Expressions
16 6 (0.48%) PHP
17 5 (0.40%) C++
17 5 (0.40%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 355 (28.51%) Security Cleared
2 298 (23.94%) SC Cleared
3 104 (8.35%) Azure Certification
4 79 (6.35%) Degree
5 36 (2.89%) ISTQB
6 33 (2.65%) Microsoft Certification
7 32 (2.57%) DV Cleared
8 30 (2.41%) Computer Science Degree
9 29 (2.33%) BPSS Clearance
10 16 (1.29%) PMI Certification
11 15 (1.20%) PMP
12 13 (1.04%) AWS Certification
12 13 (1.04%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
13 8 (0.64%) CISSP
14 7 (0.56%) CISM
14 7 (0.56%) Master's Degree
15 6 (0.48%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
16 5 (0.40%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
16 5 (0.40%) PRINCE2 Certification
17 4 (0.32%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 142 (11.41%) QA
2 85 (6.83%) Data Quality
3 32 (2.57%) Accessibility
4 28 (2.25%) GDPR
5 23 (1.85%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 19 (1.53%) NCSC
6 19 (1.53%) PMO
7 18 (1.45%) NIST
8 14 (1.12%) WCAG
9 9 (0.72%) NIST 800
10 8 (0.64%) Sarbanes-Oxley
10 8 (0.64%) SLA
11 7 (0.56%) PCI DSS
12 6 (0.48%) HL7
13 4 (0.32%) EU AI Act
13 4 (0.32%) GRC
13 4 (0.32%) HIPAA
13 4 (0.32%) SOC 2
14 3 (0.24%) HMG Security Policy Framework
15 2 (0.16%) Software Quality Assurance
System Software
1 189 (15.18%) Docker
2 73 (5.86%) Active Directory
3 26 (2.09%) Virtual Machines
4 11 (0.88%) Virtual Desktop
5 6 (0.48%) VMware Infrastructure
6 4 (0.32%) Firmware
7 2 (0.16%) Postfix
8 1 (0.080%) HDFS
8 1 (0.080%) Hyper-V
8 1 (0.080%) VMware NSX
8 1 (0.080%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 348 (27.95%) Terraform
2 209 (16.79%) Kubernetes
3 67 (5.38%) Ansible
4 51 (4.10%) Grafana
5 40 (3.21%) Prometheus
6 15 (1.20%) Argo
7 14 (1.12%) HP ALM
7 14 (1.12%) Istio
7 14 (1.12%) Puppet
8 13 (1.04%) Single Sign-On
9 10 (0.80%) Progress Chef
10 6 (0.48%) Microsoft Intune
11 5 (0.40%) Podman
12 4 (0.32%) HP Quality Center
12 4 (0.32%) Packer
13 3 (0.24%) Active Directory Federation Services
13 3 (0.24%) Icinga
13 3 (0.24%) Kubeflow
14 2 (0.16%) linkerd
14 2 (0.16%) Opsgenie
Vendors
1 383 (30.76%) Microsoft
2 162 (13.01%) Databricks
3 130 (10.44%) Oracle
4 65 (5.22%) ServiceNow
5 37 (2.97%) OpenAI
6 33 (2.65%) SAP
7 30 (2.41%) Salesforce
8 24 (1.93%) Splunk
9 19 (1.53%) Informatica
10 15 (1.20%) Google
10 15 (1.20%) HP
11 14 (1.12%) VMware
12 11 (0.88%) Dynatrace
12 11 (0.88%) Foundry
12 11 (0.88%) Lotus
12 11 (0.88%) NEC
13 10 (0.80%) Kofax
14 9 (0.72%) Cisco
14 9 (0.72%) IBM
15 8 (0.64%) Red Hat
403 Azure DevOps jobs in England