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 14 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

 6 months to
14 Aug 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 73 93 74
Rank change year-on-year +20 -19 0
Contract jobs citing Azure DevOps 1,518 774 956
As % of all contract jobs in England 3.33% 2.80% 2.87%
As % of the Cloud Services category 9.52% 7.53% 8.51%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,067 559 633
10th Percentile £363 £350 £380
25th Percentile £415 £413 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £513 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.44% -2.38% -4.55%
75th Percentile £600 £600 £600
90th Percentile £675 £721 £675
UK median daily rate £500 £500 £525
% change year-on-year - -4.76% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 46 3 0
10th Percentile £21.25 £36.45 -
25th Percentile £35.56 £45.75 -
Median hourly rate £43.15 £62.50 -
Median % change year-on-year -30.96% - -
75th Percentile £79.75 £76.25 -
90th Percentile £101.67 £83.75 -
UK median hourly rate £46.80 £73.75 -
% change year-on-year -36.54% - -

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 15,945 10,274 11,229
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 34.97% 37.18% 33.70%
Number of daily rates quoted 10,633 6,952 7,950
10th Percentile £325 £310 £313
25th Percentile £425 £406 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £511 £525
Median % change year-on-year +2.84% -2.76% -4.55%
75th Percentile £625 £625 £644
90th Percentile £719 £738 £750
UK median daily rate £523 £500 £525
% change year-on-year +4.60% -4.76% -2.78%
Number of hourly rates quoted 552 275 230
10th Percentile £15.94 £15.03 £14.16
25th Percentile £19.50 £18.31 £16.30
Median hourly rate £35.50 £26.30 £24.59
Median % change year-on-year +34.98% +6.95% -23.87%
75th Percentile £70.00 £43.75 £55.00
90th Percentile £83.58 £67.25 £70.00
UK median hourly rate £35.00 £28.00 £24.92
% change year-on-year +25.00% +12.36% -24.48%

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 14 August 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 14 August 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 14 August 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 +26 854 £500 -4.76% 274
South East -21 189 £525 +16.67% 134
Midlands +38 172 £450 -11.11% 64
North of England +9 167 £480 -4.00% 86
West Midlands +24 128 £450 -14.29% 32
North West +6 84 £500 -1.96% 54
South West -7 73 £475 -8.21% 34
Yorkshire -15 59 £475 -5.00% 23
East Midlands +2 42 £525 +10.53% 32
East of England +8 35 £425 -12.82% 31
North East -20 24 £450 -18.18% 10
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
1 105 (6.92%) Confluence
2 90 (5.93%) SharePoint
3 37 (2.44%) Apache Spark
4 33 (2.17%) Apache Airflow
5 31 (2.04%) Apache
6 13 (0.86%) Microsoft Exchange
7 10 (0.66%) CMS
8 6 (0.40%) Documentum
9 5 (0.33%) IIS
10 4 (0.26%) Mendix
11 3 (0.20%) Kentico
11 3 (0.20%) Palantir Foundry
11 3 (0.20%) SAS
12 2 (0.13%) nginx
12 2 (0.13%) OpenROAD
12 2 (0.13%) Umbraco
13 1 (0.066%) Apache Pulsar
13 1 (0.066%) Headless CMS
13 1 (0.066%) Oracle Workflow
13 1 (0.066%) Sitecore CMS
Applications
1 58 (3.82%) Microsoft Project
2 36 (2.37%) Microsoft Excel
3 16 (1.05%) MS Visio
4 12 (0.79%) Microsoft Office
5 8 (0.53%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 7 (0.46%) Chatbot
6 7 (0.46%) CPLEX
6 7 (0.46%) Trello
7 5 (0.33%) Notion
8 3 (0.20%) Spreadsheet
9 1 (0.066%) Adobe XD
9 1 (0.066%) InDesign
Business Applications
1 47 (3.10%) Dynamics CRM
2 20 (1.32%) SAP S/4HANA
3 7 (0.46%) Dynamics AX
4 5 (0.33%) Maximo
5 4 (0.26%) Oracle EBS
6 3 (0.20%) Aladdin
6 3 (0.20%) Endur
6 3 (0.20%) Findur
6 3 (0.20%) SAP BPC
6 3 (0.20%) SAP MDG
7 2 (0.13%) Dynamics GP
7 2 (0.13%) IBM Operational Decision Manager
7 2 (0.13%) Oracle Payables
7 2 (0.13%) Oracle Receivables
7 2 (0.13%) Payment Gateway
7 2 (0.13%) Salesforce CRM
7 2 (0.13%) SAP MM
7 2 (0.13%) SAP Oil and Gas
7 2 (0.13%) Teamcenter
7 2 (0.13%) Unit4 Business World
Cloud Services
1 1,518 (100.00%) Azure
2 401 (26.42%) GitHub
3 274 (18.05%) GitHub Actions
4 246 (16.21%) Power Platform
5 229 (15.09%) AWS
6 140 (9.22%) Azure Data Factory
7 133 (8.76%) Entra ID
8 119 (7.84%) Dynamics 365
9 118 (7.77%) Azure AKS
10 115 (7.58%) Power Automate
11 112 (7.38%) Azure Monitor
12 101 (6.65%) Serverless
13 90 (5.93%) PowerApps
14 87 (5.73%) GCP
15 77 (5.07%) Azure Synapse Analytics
16 74 (4.87%) Azure Logic Apps
17 73 (4.81%) Azure Key Vault
18 70 (4.61%) Microsoft 365
19 67 (4.41%) Azure Functions
20 64 (4.22%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 62 (4.08%) Firewall
2 36 (2.37%) DNS
3 33 (2.17%) Network Security
4 27 (1.78%) VPN
5 16 (1.05%) WAN
6 15 (0.99%) SSL
7 14 (0.92%) DHCP
7 14 (0.92%) SD-WAN
8 9 (0.59%) Internet
9 8 (0.53%) VLAN
10 7 (0.46%) LAN
10 7 (0.46%) TCP/IP
11 4 (0.26%) SAN
11 4 (0.26%) Wi-Fi
12 3 (0.20%) 4G
12 3 (0.20%) BGP
12 3 (0.20%) OSPF
12 3 (0.20%) RS-232
12 3 (0.20%) RS-485
13 2 (0.13%) Reverse Proxy
Database & Business Intelligence
1 162 (10.67%) Power BI
2 109 (7.18%) SQL Server
3 73 (4.81%) Azure SQL Database
3 73 (4.81%) Data Lake
4 69 (4.55%) Data Warehouse
5 54 (3.56%) NoSQL
6 53 (3.49%) Delta Lake
7 43 (2.83%) PostgreSQL
8 26 (1.71%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 25 (1.65%) Relational Database
10 23 (1.52%) Metadata
11 21 (1.38%) MongoDB
12 20 (1.32%) Snowflake Schema
13 19 (1.25%) Big Data
14 18 (1.19%) Spark SQL
15 17 (1.12%) Redis
16 14 (0.92%) Amazon Redshift
17 13 (0.86%) Data Vault
17 13 (0.86%) Parquet
18 12 (0.79%) Geospatial Data
Development Applications
1 292 (19.24%) JIRA
2 241 (15.88%) Git
3 180 (11.86%) Jenkins
4 140 (9.22%) GitLab
5 62 (4.08%) Selenium
6 33 (2.17%) Postman
7 31 (2.04%) SonarQube
8 27 (1.78%) Visual Studio
9 24 (1.58%) Cypress.io
10 23 (1.52%) Cucumber
10 23 (1.52%) WebDriver
11 18 (1.19%) Gradle
12 16 (1.05%) REST Assured
12 16 (1.05%) TestRail
13 15 (0.99%) Bitbucket
13 15 (0.99%) JUnit
13 15 (0.99%) Maven
14 14 (0.92%) MSI
15 12 (0.79%) Sonatype Nexus
16 11 (0.72%) Snyk
General
1 400 (26.35%) Social Skills
2 312 (20.55%) Finance
3 190 (12.52%) Public Sector
4 155 (10.21%) Analytical Skills
5 81 (5.34%) Banking
6 72 (4.74%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 32 (2.11%) Retail
8 28 (1.84%) Legal
9 26 (1.71%) Documentation Skills
9 26 (1.71%) Organisational Skills
10 24 (1.58%) Influencing Skills
11 22 (1.45%) Aerospace
12 15 (0.99%) Marketing
13 14 (0.92%) Investment Banking
14 13 (0.86%) Law
14 13 (0.86%) Local Government
15 10 (0.66%) Manufacturing
16 9 (0.59%) Billing
17 8 (0.53%) Pharmaceutical
17 8 (0.53%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 279 (18.38%) Developer
2 227 (14.95%) Senior
3 219 (14.43%) Azure Engineer
4 208 (13.70%) DevOps Engineer
5 134 (8.83%) Lead
6 128 (8.43%) Data Engineer
7 124 (8.17%) Azure DevOps Engineer
8 123 (8.10%) Analyst
9 105 (6.92%) Architect
10 62 (4.08%) Business Analyst
11 55 (3.62%) Platform Engineer
12 52 (3.43%) Project Manager
13 46 (3.03%) Cloud Engineer
14 45 (2.96%) Consultant
15 44 (2.90%) Test Analyst
16 42 (2.77%) .NET Developer
16 42 (2.77%) Senior Developer
16 42 (2.77%) Solutions Architect
16 42 (2.77%) Tester
17 38 (2.50%) Infrastructure Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 204 (13.44%) .NET
2 175 (11.53%) REST
3 83 (5.47%) PySpark
4 79 (5.20%) ADO
4 79 (5.20%) RESTful
5 74 (4.87%) JSON
6 70 (4.61%) YAML
7 63 (4.15%) Kafka
8 60 (3.95%) .NET Framework
9 55 (3.62%) React
10 53 (3.49%) .NET Core
10 53 (3.49%) ARM Templates
11 51 (3.36%) Playwright
12 43 (2.83%) SOAP
13 39 (2.57%) OAuth
14 37 (2.44%) XML
15 36 (2.37%) HTML
15 36 (2.37%) Middleware
16 32 (2.11%) CSS
16 32 (2.11%) Node.js
Miscellaneous
1 180 (11.86%) Cloud Native
2 108 (7.11%) Product Ownership
3 51 (3.36%) Legacy Systems
4 50 (3.29%) Distributed Systems
4 50 (3.29%) Onboarding
5 38 (2.50%) Enterprise Software
6 30 (1.98%) Self-Motivation
7 28 (1.84%) Hybrid Cloud
8 26 (1.71%) Management Information System
9 24 (1.58%) Data Structures
10 19 (1.25%) Low-Code
11 18 (1.19%) AI Agents
12 17 (1.12%) Reinsurance
12 17 (1.12%) Replication
13 16 (1.05%) Greenfield Project
13 16 (1.05%) Mobile App
14 14 (0.92%) Data Protection Act
15 13 (0.86%) Enterprise Cloud
16 12 (0.79%) Linux Command Line
16 12 (0.79%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 99 (6.52%) Windows
2 70 (4.61%) Linux
3 28 (1.84%) Windows Server
4 14 (0.92%) VMS
5 11 (0.72%) Unix
6 9 (0.59%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 8 (0.53%) Android
7 8 (0.53%) Apple iOS
8 4 (0.26%) Mac OS
8 4 (0.26%) Ubuntu
8 4 (0.26%) Windows Server 2016
8 4 (0.26%) Windows Server 2019
9 1 (0.066%) Amazon Linux
9 1 (0.066%) CentOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 1,518 (100.00%) DevOps
2 830 (54.68%) CI/CD
3 632 (41.63%) Agile
4 380 (25.03%) Infrastructure as Code
5 266 (17.52%) Test Automation
6 240 (15.81%) Stakeholder Management
7 238 (15.68%) Problem-Solving
8 236 (15.55%) Analytics
9 234 (15.42%) Continuous Improvement
10 213 (14.03%) Containerisation
11 212 (13.97%) Scrum
12 205 (13.50%) Migration
13 171 (11.26%) Business Intelligence
14 169 (11.13%) Stakeholder Engagement
15 168 (11.07%) Data Modelling
16 150 (9.88%) User Acceptance Testing
17 149 (9.82%) Microservices
18 146 (9.62%) Platform Engineering
19 144 (9.49%) AI
20 142 (9.35%) Data Pipeline
Programming Languages
1 410 (27.01%) SQL
2 378 (24.90%) Python
3 256 (16.86%) C#
4 198 (13.04%) PowerShell
5 155 (10.21%) JavaScript
6 150 (9.88%) Bicep
7 121 (7.97%) Bash
8 110 (7.25%) Java
9 84 (5.53%) TypeScript
10 24 (1.58%) T-SQL
11 19 (1.25%) Go
11 19 (1.25%) Kusto Query Language
12 15 (0.99%) Data Analysis Expressions
13 14 (0.92%) Apex Code
14 13 (0.86%) X++
15 10 (0.66%) Scala
16 8 (0.53%) PL/SQL
17 7 (0.46%) Shell Script
18 6 (0.40%) Kotlin
18 6 (0.40%) R
Qualifications
1 451 (29.71%) Security Cleared
2 368 (24.24%) SC Cleared
3 110 (7.25%) Azure Certification
4 99 (6.52%) Degree
5 54 (3.56%) Microsoft Certification
6 53 (3.49%) DV Cleared
7 39 (2.57%) ISTQB
8 35 (2.31%) BPSS Clearance
9 31 (2.04%) Computer Science Degree
10 24 (1.58%) AWS Certification
11 16 (1.05%) PMI Certification
11 16 (1.05%) PMP
12 14 (0.92%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
13 12 (0.79%) Cisco Certification
14 11 (0.72%) CISSP
14 11 (0.72%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
14 11 (0.72%) Master's Degree
15 9 (0.59%) DBS Check
16 8 (0.53%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
17 5 (0.33%) CompTIA Security+
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 163 (10.74%) QA
2 109 (7.18%) Data Quality
3 85 (5.60%) Accessibility
4 53 (3.49%) GDPR
5 47 (3.10%) WCAG
6 28 (1.84%) PMO
7 24 (1.58%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 23 (1.52%) NIST
9 19 (1.25%) NCSC
10 14 (0.92%) SLA
11 12 (0.79%) GRC
12 11 (0.72%) Sarbanes-Oxley
13 5 (0.33%) Cyber Essentials
13 5 (0.33%) ISO 20022
13 5 (0.33%) PCI DSS
13 5 (0.33%) SEPA
14 4 (0.26%) PSD2
15 3 (0.20%) Government Security Classifications
16 2 (0.13%) Actionable Recommendations
16 2 (0.13%) HMG Security Policy Framework
System Software
1 220 (14.49%) Docker
2 84 (5.53%) Active Directory
3 30 (1.98%) Virtual Machines
4 18 (1.19%) VMware Infrastructure
5 16 (1.05%) Virtual Desktop
6 6 (0.40%) Hyper-V
7 4 (0.26%) Firmware
7 4 (0.26%) vSphere
8 3 (0.20%) Embedded Firmware
8 3 (0.20%) Microsoft App-V
9 2 (0.13%) Apache ZooKeeper
9 2 (0.13%) OpenSSH
9 2 (0.13%) VMware NSX
10 1 (0.066%) Postfix
10 1 (0.066%) Virtual Servers
10 1 (0.066%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 421 (27.73%) Terraform
2 291 (19.17%) Kubernetes
3 97 (6.39%) Ansible
4 61 (4.02%) Grafana
5 52 (3.43%) Prometheus
6 22 (1.45%) Microsoft Intune
7 21 (1.38%) Argo
8 20 (1.32%) Progress Chef
8 20 (1.32%) Puppet
9 13 (0.86%) Packer
10 12 (0.79%) HP ALM
10 12 (0.79%) Istio
10 12 (0.79%) Single Sign-On
11 9 (0.59%) SCCM
12 6 (0.40%) Jamf Pro
12 6 (0.40%) SCOM
13 4 (0.26%) HP Quality Center
14 3 (0.20%) HP Fortify
14 3 (0.20%) Rancher
15 2 (0.13%) Docker Swarm
Vendors
1 510 (33.60%) Microsoft
2 136 (8.96%) Databricks
3 64 (4.22%) ServiceNow
4 63 (4.15%) Oracle
5 54 (3.56%) Salesforce
6 49 (3.23%) SAP
7 36 (2.37%) Google
8 32 (2.11%) Splunk
9 28 (1.84%) Dynatrace
10 22 (1.45%) VMware
11 20 (1.32%) Informatica
12 13 (0.86%) HP
13 12 (0.79%) MuleSoft
14 11 (0.72%) Foundry
14 11 (0.72%) OpenAI
15 10 (0.66%) IBM
15 10 (0.66%) UiPath
16 9 (0.59%) Bloomberg
16 9 (0.59%) Cisco
16 9 (0.59%) InterSystems
588 Azure DevOps jobs in England