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

 6 months to
25 Feb 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 82 88 79
Rank change year-on-year +6 -9 -2
Contract jobs citing Azure DevOps 1,091 730 983
As % of all contract jobs in England 3.09% 2.85% 2.62%
As % of the Cloud Services category 8.24% 7.59% 7.97%
Number of daily rates quoted 796 504 723
10th Percentile £363 £385 £413
25th Percentile £413 £452 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% -4.55% -
75th Percentile £588 £626 £638
90th Percentile £688 £700 £700
UK median daily rate £490 £525 £530
% change year-on-year -6.67% -0.94% -3.64%
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% -3.53%
75th Percentile £79.69 £77.19 £75.94
90th Percentile £93.75 £78.88 £77.50
UK median hourly rate £74.63 £82.50 £65.50
% change year-on-year -9.54% +25.95% -4.73%

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 13,242 9,623 12,332
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 37.55% 37.62% 32.90%
Number of daily rates quoted 9,147 6,507 8,922
10th Percentile £307 £313 £275
25th Percentile £407 £419 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
75th Percentile £602 £638 £638
90th Percentile £700 £738 £730
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 368 148 318
10th Percentile £15.00 £15.38 £14.21
25th Percentile £20.00 £21.25 £16.06
Median hourly rate £39.50 £27.50 £21.48
Median % change year-on-year +43.64% +28.03% -14.08%
75th Percentile £60.00 £47.63 £46.18
90th Percentile £78.98 £74.28 £65.75
UK median hourly rate £37.58 £27.50 £21.50
% change year-on-year +36.65% +27.91% -14.00%

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 25 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 25 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 25 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 +8 601 £500 -9.09% 114
South East -21 142 £505 -8.18% 100
Midlands -11 102 £478 -8.17% 55
North of England -40 96 £500 - 86
South West +30 86 £475 -6.86% 30
West Midlands -19 62 £500 -4.76% 37
North West -22 44 £425 -22.73% 50
Yorkshire -56 41 £525 +10.53% 25
East Midlands -10 40 £418 -14.36% 18
East of England 0 32 £538 -18.87% 16
North East -7 11 £513 -2.38% 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 66 (6.05%) SharePoint
2 63 (5.77%) Confluence
3 25 (2.29%) Apache Spark
4 17 (1.56%) Apache
5 14 (1.28%) Apache Airflow
6 10 (0.92%) HCL Notes
6 10 (0.92%) Microsoft Exchange
7 9 (0.82%) Mendix
8 6 (0.55%) IIS
9 4 (0.37%) CMS
9 4 (0.37%) OpenStack
10 3 (0.27%) Adobe Experience Manager
10 3 (0.27%) ArcGIS
10 3 (0.27%) Sitecore CMS
11 1 (0.092%) Apache Synapse
11 1 (0.092%) Documentum
11 1 (0.092%) Kentico
11 1 (0.092%) Palantir Foundry
11 1 (0.092%) SAS
11 1 (0.092%) SharePoint Server
Applications
1 30 (2.75%) Microsoft Excel
2 17 (1.56%) Microsoft Project
2 17 (1.56%) MS Visio
3 10 (0.92%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 8 (0.73%) Microsoft Office
5 3 (0.27%) Trello
6 2 (0.18%) Chatbot
7 1 (0.092%) CPLEX
7 1 (0.092%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 41 (3.76%) Dynamics CRM
2 7 (0.64%) Maximo
3 6 (0.55%) NEC Housing
4 5 (0.46%) Aladdin
5 4 (0.37%) Endur
5 4 (0.37%) Oracle EBS
5 4 (0.37%) SAP S/4HANA
6 3 (0.27%) Oracle Assets
6 3 (0.27%) Oracle ERP
6 3 (0.27%) Oracle General Ledger
6 3 (0.27%) Oracle Payables
6 3 (0.27%) Oracle Receivables
6 3 (0.27%) Payment Gateway
6 3 (0.27%) SAP BPC
7 2 (0.18%) Primavera
7 2 (0.18%) Workday HCM
8 1 (0.092%) Dynamics AX
8 1 (0.092%) Oracle Financials
8 1 (0.092%) SAP MM
8 1 (0.092%) SAP Oil and Gas
Cloud Services
1 1,090 (99.91%) Azure
2 261 (23.92%) GitHub
3 191 (17.51%) Power Platform
4 185 (16.96%) GitHub Actions
5 131 (12.01%) AWS
6 129 (11.82%) Serverless
7 124 (11.37%) Azure Data Factory
8 120 (11.00%) Azure AKS
9 117 (10.72%) Azure Monitor
10 106 (9.72%) Entra ID
11 94 (8.62%) Dynamics 365
12 89 (8.16%) Azure Functions
13 83 (7.61%) Azure Key Vault
14 81 (7.42%) Azure Logic Apps
15 72 (6.60%) Power Automate
16 71 (6.51%) Azure Synapse Analytics
17 61 (5.59%) PowerApps
18 60 (5.50%) Azure Service Bus
18 60 (5.50%) GCP
19 52 (4.77%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 39 (3.57%) Firewall
2 21 (1.92%) Network Security
3 17 (1.56%) DNS
4 16 (1.47%) VPN
5 10 (0.92%) SD-WAN
6 9 (0.82%) WAN
7 6 (0.55%) TCP/IP
8 4 (0.37%) DHCP
8 4 (0.37%) HTTP
8 4 (0.37%) IPsec
8 4 (0.37%) LAN
8 4 (0.37%) MQTT
8 4 (0.37%) Remote Desktop
9 3 (0.27%) FTP
10 2 (0.18%) MPLS
10 2 (0.18%) SSL
10 2 (0.18%) VLAN
11 1 (0.092%) NGFW
11 1 (0.092%) VoIP
11 1 (0.092%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 120 (11.00%) Power BI
2 94 (8.62%) SQL Server
3 62 (5.68%) Azure SQL Database
4 57 (5.22%) Data Lake
5 47 (4.31%) Data Warehouse
6 44 (4.03%) Delta Lake
7 42 (3.85%) PostgreSQL
8 25 (2.29%) Oracle Database
9 22 (2.02%) NoSQL
10 20 (1.83%) Redis
10 20 (1.83%) Relational Database
11 18 (1.65%) MongoDB
12 17 (1.56%) SQL Server Integration Services
13 16 (1.47%) Tableau
14 13 (1.19%) Spark SQL
15 12 (1.10%) DynamoDB
16 11 (1.01%) Oracle Reports
16 11 (1.01%) Snowflake Schema
17 10 (0.92%) Data Vault
17 10 (0.92%) Metadata
Development Applications
1 204 (18.70%) JIRA
2 157 (14.39%) Git
3 105 (9.62%) Jenkins
4 59 (5.41%) GitLab
5 52 (4.77%) Selenium
6 36 (3.30%) Oracle APEX
6 36 (3.30%) Postman
7 24 (2.20%) Cypress.io
8 22 (2.02%) SonarQube
9 19 (1.74%) TestRail
10 18 (1.65%) Visual Studio
11 16 (1.47%) Team Foundation Server
12 15 (1.37%) JMeter
12 15 (1.37%) REST Assured
13 14 (1.28%) JUnit
14 13 (1.19%) Cucumber
14 13 (1.19%) Zephyr
15 11 (1.01%) Artifactory
15 11 (1.01%) MLflow
15 11 (1.01%) SpecFlow
General
1 333 (30.52%) Social Skills
2 203 (18.61%) Finance
3 122 (11.18%) Public Sector
4 114 (10.45%) Analytical Skills
5 45 (4.12%) Banking
6 28 (2.57%) Documentation Skills
6 28 (2.57%) Influencing Skills
6 28 (2.57%) Organisational Skills
7 22 (2.02%) Retail
8 21 (1.92%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 15 (1.37%) Financial Institution
9 15 (1.37%) Investment Banking
10 13 (1.19%) Law
11 12 (1.10%) Front Office
11 12 (1.10%) Presentation Skills
12 11 (1.01%) Back Office
13 10 (0.92%) Legal
13 10 (0.92%) Marketing
14 9 (0.82%) Billing
14 9 (0.82%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 249 (22.82%) Developer
2 176 (16.13%) Azure Engineer
3 150 (13.75%) DevOps Engineer
4 147 (13.47%) Senior
5 98 (8.98%) Analyst
6 95 (8.71%) Azure DevOps Engineer
7 87 (7.97%) Lead
8 80 (7.33%) Architect
8 80 (7.33%) Data Engineer
9 52 (4.77%) Senior Developer
10 44 (4.03%) Azure Developer
10 44 (4.03%) Test Analyst
11 41 (3.76%) Platform Engineer
12 39 (3.57%) Business Analyst
13 36 (3.30%) Tester
14 33 (3.02%) Azure Architect
15 29 (2.66%) Cloud Engineer
15 29 (2.66%) Full-Stack Developer
16 28 (2.57%) Project Manager
17 27 (2.47%) Solutions Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 190 (17.42%) .NET
2 100 (9.17%) REST
3 75 (6.87%) React
4 72 (6.60%) ARM Templates
5 67 (6.14%) ADO
6 66 (6.05%) Node.js
7 60 (5.50%) PySpark
8 47 (4.31%) .NET Core
9 46 (4.22%) YAML
10 44 (4.03%) RESTful
11 35 (3.21%) HTML
12 34 (3.12%) CSS
12 34 (3.12%) Playwright
13 33 (3.02%) .NET Framework
14 32 (2.93%) JSON
14 32 (2.93%) Kafka
14 32 (2.93%) OAuth
15 28 (2.57%) SOAP
16 26 (2.38%) AngularJS
17 21 (1.92%) HTML5 Canvas
Miscellaneous
1 112 (10.27%) Cloud Native
2 61 (5.59%) Product Ownership
3 31 (2.84%) Distributed Systems
4 30 (2.75%) Legacy Systems
5 28 (2.57%) Enterprise Software
6 21 (1.92%) Low-Code
7 19 (1.74%) Reinsurance
8 18 (1.65%) Hybrid Cloud
9 16 (1.47%) Onboarding
10 15 (1.37%) AI Agents
10 15 (1.37%) CMDB
10 15 (1.37%) Public Cloud
11 14 (1.28%) Data Structures
11 14 (1.28%) NHS
12 11 (1.01%) Linux Command Line
12 11 (1.01%) Replication
12 11 (1.01%) Security Posture
13 10 (0.92%) Virtual Team
14 9 (0.82%) Data Centre
14 9 (0.82%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
Operating Systems
1 47 (4.31%) Windows
2 46 (4.22%) Linux
3 15 (1.37%) VMS
4 7 (0.64%) Windows Server
5 3 (0.27%) Android
5 3 (0.27%) Apple iOS
5 3 (0.27%) Windows Server 2016
6 2 (0.18%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 2 (0.18%) Unix
7 1 (0.092%) Solaris
7 1 (0.092%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 1,082 (99.18%) DevOps
2 593 (54.35%) CI/CD
3 441 (40.42%) Agile
4 267 (24.47%) Infrastructure as Code
5 217 (19.89%) Problem-Solving
6 190 (17.42%) Analytics
7 183 (16.77%) Test Automation
8 177 (16.22%) Scrum
9 168 (15.40%) Continuous Improvement
10 142 (13.02%) AI
11 140 (12.83%) Containerisation
12 136 (12.47%) Business Intelligence
13 120 (11.00%) Validation
14 116 (10.63%) Data Modelling
15 114 (10.45%) Stakeholder Management
16 107 (9.81%) Microservices
17 103 (9.44%) Migration
18 95 (8.71%) Stakeholder Engagement
19 93 (8.52%) Observability
20 88 (8.07%) Software Testing
Programming Languages
1 350 (32.08%) SQL
2 302 (27.68%) Python
3 203 (18.61%) C#
4 180 (16.50%) JavaScript
5 116 (10.63%) PowerShell
6 101 (9.26%) Bicep
7 73 (6.69%) TypeScript
8 70 (6.42%) Java
9 68 (6.23%) Bash
10 55 (5.04%) PL/SQL
11 25 (2.29%) Scala
12 24 (2.20%) T-SQL
13 14 (1.28%) Go
14 11 (1.01%) Kusto Query Language
15 10 (0.92%) Formula Language
15 10 (0.92%) LotusScript
16 9 (0.82%) Data Analysis Expressions
17 7 (0.64%) PHP
18 5 (0.46%) VBA
18 5 (0.46%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 297 (27.22%) Security Cleared
2 250 (22.91%) SC Cleared
3 100 (9.17%) Azure Certification
4 73 (6.69%) Degree
5 37 (3.39%) Microsoft Certification
6 34 (3.12%) DV Cleared
7 29 (2.66%) Computer Science Degree
8 28 (2.57%) ISTQB
9 24 (2.20%) BPSS Clearance
10 15 (1.37%) PMI Certification
11 12 (1.10%) AWS Certification
11 12 (1.10%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
12 11 (1.01%) PMP
13 10 (0.92%) Master's Degree
14 8 (0.73%) CISSP
15 7 (0.64%) CISM
16 6 (0.55%) ITIL Certification
17 5 (0.46%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
17 5 (0.46%) ISEB
17 5 (0.46%) PRINCE2 Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 115 (10.54%) QA
2 60 (5.50%) Data Quality
3 33 (3.02%) Accessibility
4 27 (2.47%) GDPR
5 21 (1.92%) NIST
6 19 (1.74%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 17 (1.56%) NCSC
8 15 (1.37%) PMO
9 12 (1.10%) WCAG
10 9 (0.82%) NIST 800
11 7 (0.64%) EU AI Act
12 6 (0.55%) HL7
12 6 (0.55%) PCI DSS
12 6 (0.55%) Sarbanes-Oxley
12 6 (0.55%) SLA
13 4 (0.37%) HIPAA
13 4 (0.37%) SOC 2
14 2 (0.18%) FedRAMP
14 2 (0.18%) GRC
14 2 (0.18%) Software Quality Assurance
System Software
1 184 (16.87%) Docker
2 64 (5.87%) Active Directory
3 22 (2.02%) Virtual Machines
4 10 (0.92%) Virtual Desktop
5 5 (0.46%) VMware Infrastructure
6 4 (0.37%) Firmware
7 2 (0.18%) Postfix
8 1 (0.092%) HDFS
8 1 (0.092%) VMware NSX
8 1 (0.092%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 321 (29.42%) Terraform
2 195 (17.87%) Kubernetes
3 53 (4.86%) Ansible
4 42 (3.85%) Grafana
5 36 (3.30%) Prometheus
6 13 (1.19%) HP ALM
7 11 (1.01%) Single Sign-On
8 8 (0.73%) Istio
8 8 (0.73%) Puppet
9 7 (0.64%) Microsoft Intune
9 7 (0.64%) Podman
9 7 (0.64%) Progress Chef
10 6 (0.55%) Argo
11 4 (0.37%) HP Quality Center
12 3 (0.27%) Active Directory Federation Services
12 3 (0.27%) Icinga
12 3 (0.27%) Kibana
12 3 (0.27%) Kubeflow
12 3 (0.27%) Packer
13 2 (0.18%) Opsgenie
Vendors
1 339 (31.07%) Microsoft
2 144 (13.20%) Databricks
3 126 (11.55%) Oracle
4 56 (5.13%) ServiceNow
5 35 (3.21%) OpenAI
6 32 (2.93%) Salesforce
7 22 (2.02%) SAP
8 17 (1.56%) Splunk
9 15 (1.37%) Google
10 13 (1.19%) HP
10 13 (1.19%) VMware
11 11 (1.01%) MuleSoft
12 10 (0.92%) Lotus
12 10 (0.92%) NEC
13 9 (0.82%) Foundry
13 9 (0.82%) Informatica
13 9 (0.82%) Kofax
14 8 (0.73%) Brio
14 8 (0.73%) Dynatrace
14 8 (0.73%) Sitecore
356 Azure DevOps jobs in England