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

 6 months to
3 Jul 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 77 91 79
Rank change year-on-year +14 -12 -9
Contract jobs citing Azure DevOps 1,371 716 1,026
As % of all contract jobs in England 3.12% 2.74% 2.75%
As % of the Cloud Services category 8.92% 7.28% 8.43%
Number of daily rates quoted 981 504 684
10th Percentile £375 £350 £400
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 £692 £738 £675
UK median daily rate £500 £500 £525
% change year-on-year - -4.76% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 31 3 6
10th Percentile £25.38 £36.45 £64.50
25th Percentile £37.75 £45.75 £65.25
Median hourly rate £74.50 £62.50 £65.50
Median % change year-on-year +19.20% -4.58% -6.43%
75th Percentile £88.00 £76.25 £65.75
90th Percentile £104.00 £83.75 £68.50
UK median hourly rate £72.25 £85.00 £65.50
% change year-on-year -15.00% +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 15,363 9,838 12,169
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 34.98% 37.70% 32.56%
Number of daily rates quoted 10,344 6,633 8,684
10th Percentile £325 £310 £308
25th Percentile £415 £410 £417
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £520 £515 £525
Median % change year-on-year +0.97% -1.90% -4.55%
75th Percentile £623 £625 £638
90th Percentile £716 £738 £750
UK median daily rate £515 £505 £525
% change year-on-year +1.98% -3.81% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 554 254 333
10th Percentile £16.62 £15.03 £14.13
25th Percentile £23.17 £17.88 £16.06
Median hourly rate £40.53 £25.33 £22.00
Median % change year-on-year +60.04% +15.11% -31.89%
75th Percentile £70.00 £41.09 £43.75
90th Percentile £83.18 £67.50 £70.00
UK median hourly rate £37.50 £28.00 £22.00
% change year-on-year +33.93% +27.27% -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 3 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 3 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 3 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 +13 763 £500 -4.76% 166
South East -3 173 £500 +7.24% 122
North of England +12 162 £490 -2.05% 86
Midlands +2 144 £475 -5.00% 47
West Midlands +2 102 £450 -14.29% 24
North West +15 81 £500 -4.76% 50
South West +12 65 £475 -9.52% 26
Yorkshire -22 62 £500 +8.11% 25
East Midlands -2 40 £525 +5.00% 23
East of England +7 35 £450 -6.49% 37
North East -19 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 92 (6.71%) Confluence
2 82 (5.98%) SharePoint
3 36 (2.63%) Apache Spark
4 28 (2.04%) Apache
5 24 (1.75%) Apache Airflow
6 14 (1.02%) Microsoft Exchange
7 7 (0.51%) CMS
8 6 (0.44%) Documentum
9 4 (0.29%) Mendix
9 4 (0.29%) Palantir Foundry
10 3 (0.22%) HCL Notes
10 3 (0.22%) IIS
10 3 (0.22%) Kentico
10 3 (0.22%) SAS
11 2 (0.15%) Umbraco
12 1 (0.073%) Anypoint
12 1 (0.073%) IBM HTTP Server
12 1 (0.073%) Oracle Workflow
12 1 (0.073%) SharePoint 2013
12 1 (0.073%) WebLogic
Applications
1 49 (3.57%) Microsoft Project
2 32 (2.33%) Microsoft Excel
3 21 (1.53%) MS Visio
4 11 (0.80%) Microsoft Office
5 8 (0.58%) CPLEX
5 8 (0.58%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 5 (0.36%) Chatbot
7 4 (0.29%) Notion
8 3 (0.22%) Trello
9 2 (0.15%) Spreadsheet
10 1 (0.073%) Adobe XD
10 1 (0.073%) InDesign
Business Applications
1 47 (3.43%) Dynamics CRM
2 19 (1.39%) SAP S/4HANA
3 7 (0.51%) Dynamics AX
4 6 (0.44%) Maximo
5 4 (0.29%) Oracle EBS
6 3 (0.22%) Endur
6 3 (0.22%) Findur
6 3 (0.22%) SAP BPC
6 3 (0.22%) SAP MDG
6 3 (0.22%) SAP MM
6 3 (0.22%) SAP Oil and Gas
7 2 (0.15%) Aladdin
7 2 (0.15%) Dynamics GP
7 2 (0.15%) Salesforce CRM
7 2 (0.15%) Unit4 Business World
8 1 (0.073%) Oracle Financials
8 1 (0.073%) SAP CS
8 1 (0.073%) SAP SD
8 1 (0.073%) SDL Web 8
8 1 (0.073%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 1,371 (100.00%) Azure
2 339 (24.73%) GitHub
3 228 (16.63%) GitHub Actions
4 220 (16.05%) Power Platform
5 193 (14.08%) AWS
6 124 (9.04%) Azure Data Factory
7 108 (7.88%) Azure AKS
8 107 (7.80%) Entra ID
9 105 (7.66%) Azure Monitor
10 104 (7.59%) Dynamics 365
11 98 (7.15%) Power Automate
12 97 (7.08%) Serverless
13 80 (5.84%) Azure Key Vault
14 75 (5.47%) PowerApps
15 72 (5.25%) Azure Synapse Analytics
16 70 (5.11%) GCP
17 65 (4.74%) Azure Logic Apps
18 62 (4.52%) Azure Functions
19 57 (4.16%) Microsoft 365
20 55 (4.01%) Azure Service Bus
Communications & Networking
1 46 (3.36%) Firewall
2 24 (1.75%) Network Security
3 22 (1.60%) DNS
4 17 (1.24%) VPN
5 13 (0.95%) SD-WAN
6 12 (0.88%) WAN
7 9 (0.66%) SSL
8 8 (0.58%) Internet
9 7 (0.51%) DHCP
9 7 (0.51%) TCP/IP
10 6 (0.44%) VLAN
11 5 (0.36%) LAN
12 4 (0.29%) IPsec
13 3 (0.22%) MQTT
14 2 (0.15%) NAS
14 2 (0.15%) OSPF
14 2 (0.15%) Remote Desktop
14 2 (0.15%) SAN
14 2 (0.15%) SSH
14 2 (0.15%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 141 (10.28%) Power BI
2 103 (7.51%) SQL Server
3 73 (5.32%) Data Lake
4 71 (5.18%) Azure SQL Database
5 64 (4.67%) Delta Lake
6 59 (4.30%) Data Warehouse
7 50 (3.65%) NoSQL
8 46 (3.36%) PostgreSQL
9 27 (1.97%) Relational Database
10 25 (1.82%) MongoDB
11 22 (1.60%) Snowflake Schema
12 20 (1.46%) Redis
12 20 (1.46%) Spark SQL
13 17 (1.24%) Metadata
13 17 (1.24%) Oracle Database
13 17 (1.24%) SQL Server Integration Services
14 15 (1.09%) Big Data
15 13 (0.95%) Amazon Redshift
16 12 (0.88%) Parquet
17 11 (0.80%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 273 (19.91%) JIRA
2 223 (16.27%) Git
3 133 (9.70%) Jenkins
4 98 (7.15%) GitLab
5 51 (3.72%) Selenium
6 30 (2.19%) Postman
7 24 (1.75%) Visual Studio
8 23 (1.68%) REST Assured
8 23 (1.68%) SonarQube
9 19 (1.39%) Cucumber
10 17 (1.24%) Cypress.io
10 17 (1.24%) WebDriver
11 15 (1.09%) TestRail
12 14 (1.02%) Gradle
12 14 (1.02%) Team Foundation Server
13 13 (0.95%) JUnit
14 12 (0.88%) Bitbucket
15 11 (0.80%) NUnit
15 11 (0.80%) SpecFlow
16 10 (0.73%) MSI
General
1 337 (24.58%) Social Skills
2 286 (20.86%) Finance
3 148 (10.80%) Public Sector
4 141 (10.28%) Analytical Skills
5 69 (5.03%) Banking
6 50 (3.65%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 31 (2.26%) Organisational Skills
8 26 (1.90%) Legal
9 24 (1.75%) Retail
10 21 (1.53%) Documentation Skills
11 19 (1.39%) Influencing Skills
12 14 (1.02%) Aerospace
13 12 (0.88%) Investment Banking
13 12 (0.88%) Marketing
14 11 (0.80%) Law
15 10 (0.73%) Front Office
16 8 (0.58%) Billing
16 8 (0.58%) Local Government
17 7 (0.51%) Back Office
17 7 (0.51%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 259 (18.89%) Developer
2 209 (15.24%) Azure Engineer
3 192 (14.00%) DevOps Engineer
4 190 (13.86%) Senior
5 133 (9.70%) Data Engineer
6 119 (8.68%) Analyst
7 117 (8.53%) Azure DevOps Engineer
8 109 (7.95%) Lead
9 104 (7.59%) Architect
10 60 (4.38%) Business Analyst
11 55 (4.01%) Platform Engineer
12 48 (3.50%) Solutions Architect
13 43 (3.14%) Test Analyst
14 42 (3.06%) Tester
15 41 (2.99%) Project Manager
16 39 (2.84%) Consultant
17 37 (2.70%) Cloud Engineer
17 37 (2.70%) Full-Stack Developer
18 36 (2.63%) Senior DevOps
19 35 (2.55%) Senior Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 187 (13.64%) .NET
2 147 (10.72%) REST
3 80 (5.84%) PySpark
4 71 (5.18%) RESTful
5 70 (5.11%) ADO
6 62 (4.52%) React
7 61 (4.45%) YAML
8 58 (4.23%) Kafka
9 56 (4.08%) JSON
10 53 (3.87%) ARM Templates
11 51 (3.72%) .NET Framework
12 47 (3.43%) Playwright
13 43 (3.14%) SOAP
14 41 (2.99%) Node.js
15 39 (2.84%) .NET Core
16 38 (2.77%) HTML
17 37 (2.70%) CSS
18 34 (2.48%) OAuth
19 31 (2.26%) AngularJS
20 30 (2.19%) Spring
Miscellaneous
1 163 (11.89%) Cloud Native
2 89 (6.49%) Product Ownership
3 47 (3.43%) Distributed Systems
4 42 (3.06%) Legacy Systems
5 36 (2.63%) Onboarding
6 27 (1.97%) Enterprise Software
6 27 (1.97%) Reinsurance
7 24 (1.75%) Self-Motivation
8 21 (1.53%) Data Structures
9 19 (1.39%) Greenfield Project
9 19 (1.39%) Hybrid Cloud
10 18 (1.31%) Mobile App
11 16 (1.17%) Management Information System
11 16 (1.17%) Replication
12 13 (0.95%) AI Agents
12 13 (0.95%) Low-Code
13 12 (0.88%) Enterprise Cloud
13 12 (0.88%) Virtual Team
14 11 (0.80%) Data Centre
14 11 (0.80%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 82 (5.98%) Windows
2 49 (3.57%) Linux
3 14 (1.02%) Windows Server
4 13 (0.95%) VMS
5 9 (0.66%) Unix
6 6 (0.44%) Android
6 6 (0.44%) Apple iOS
7 3 (0.22%) Mac OS
7 3 (0.22%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 2 (0.15%) Windows Server 2016
8 2 (0.15%) Windows Server 2019
9 1 (0.073%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 1,368 (99.78%) DevOps
2 748 (54.56%) CI/CD
3 538 (39.24%) Agile
4 326 (23.78%) Infrastructure as Code
5 229 (16.70%) Analytics
6 228 (16.63%) Test Automation
7 225 (16.41%) Problem-Solving
8 191 (13.93%) Scrum
9 190 (13.86%) Continuous Improvement
10 187 (13.64%) Migration
11 178 (12.98%) Containerisation
11 178 (12.98%) Stakeholder Management
12 159 (11.60%) Data Modelling
13 149 (10.87%) Business Intelligence
14 137 (9.99%) AI
15 135 (9.85%) Microservices
16 134 (9.77%) Data Pipeline
17 132 (9.63%) ETL
18 131 (9.56%) Platform Engineering
19 128 (9.34%) User Acceptance Testing
Programming Languages
1 402 (29.32%) SQL
2 345 (25.16%) Python
3 235 (17.14%) C#
4 143 (10.43%) PowerShell
5 136 (9.92%) JavaScript
6 127 (9.26%) Bicep
7 98 (7.15%) Java
8 96 (7.00%) Bash
9 85 (6.20%) TypeScript
10 25 (1.82%) T-SQL
11 21 (1.53%) Scala
12 18 (1.31%) Go
13 13 (0.95%) Data Analysis Expressions
14 12 (0.88%) Apex Code
14 12 (0.88%) Kusto Query Language
15 10 (0.73%) PL/SQL
15 10 (0.73%) X++
16 6 (0.44%) R
16 6 (0.44%) Shell Script
16 6 (0.44%) VB
Qualifications
1 369 (26.91%) Security Cleared
2 305 (22.25%) SC Cleared
3 93 (6.78%) Azure Certification
4 87 (6.35%) Degree
5 44 (3.21%) DV Cleared
6 35 (2.55%) Microsoft Certification
7 34 (2.48%) BPSS Clearance
7 34 (2.48%) ISTQB
8 30 (2.19%) Computer Science Degree
9 17 (1.24%) AWS Certification
9 17 (1.24%) PMI Certification
10 16 (1.17%) PMP
11 12 (0.88%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
12 9 (0.66%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
12 9 (0.66%) DBS Check
12 9 (0.66%) Master's Degree
13 7 (0.51%) Cisco Certification
14 5 (0.36%) CISSP
15 4 (0.29%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
15 4 (0.29%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 153 (11.16%) QA
2 101 (7.37%) Data Quality
3 65 (4.74%) Accessibility
4 44 (3.21%) GDPR
5 38 (2.77%) WCAG
6 17 (1.24%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 17 (1.24%) NIST
6 17 (1.24%) SLA
7 16 (1.17%) PMO
8 15 (1.09%) NCSC
9 10 (0.73%) Sarbanes-Oxley
10 9 (0.66%) GRC
11 7 (0.51%) PCI DSS
12 3 (0.22%) Cyber Essentials
12 3 (0.22%) Government Security Classifications
12 3 (0.22%) NIST 800
13 2 (0.15%) Actionable Recommendations
13 2 (0.15%) FedRAMP
13 2 (0.15%) HMG Security Policy Framework
13 2 (0.15%) PSD2
System Software
1 189 (13.79%) Docker
2 71 (5.18%) Active Directory
3 29 (2.12%) Virtual Machines
4 13 (0.95%) Virtual Desktop
5 10 (0.73%) VMware Infrastructure
6 3 (0.22%) Firmware
7 2 (0.15%) Apache ZooKeeper
7 2 (0.15%) Hyper-V
7 2 (0.15%) Microsoft App-V
7 2 (0.15%) OpenSSH
7 2 (0.15%) Postfix
8 1 (0.073%) HDFS
8 1 (0.073%) VMware ESXi
8 1 (0.073%) VMware NSX
8 1 (0.073%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 365 (26.62%) Terraform
2 235 (17.14%) Kubernetes
3 70 (5.11%) Ansible
4 50 (3.65%) Grafana
5 44 (3.21%) Prometheus
6 19 (1.39%) Argo
7 15 (1.09%) HP ALM
8 13 (0.95%) Microsoft Intune
8 13 (0.95%) Puppet
8 13 (0.95%) Single Sign-On
9 12 (0.88%) Istio
10 11 (0.80%) Progress Chef
11 10 (0.73%) Packer
12 6 (0.44%) HP Quality Center
12 6 (0.44%) Jamf Pro
13 4 (0.29%) SCOM
14 3 (0.22%) Rancher
14 3 (0.22%) SCCM
15 2 (0.15%) HP Fortify
15 2 (0.15%) linkerd
Vendors
1 415 (30.27%) Microsoft
2 143 (10.43%) Databricks
3 74 (5.40%) Oracle
4 58 (4.23%) ServiceNow
5 46 (3.36%) Salesforce
5 46 (3.36%) SAP
6 24 (1.75%) Google
7 23 (1.68%) Informatica
8 22 (1.60%) Splunk
9 21 (1.53%) OpenAI
10 20 (1.46%) Dynatrace
11 16 (1.17%) HP
11 16 (1.17%) VMware
12 15 (1.09%) Foundry
13 10 (0.73%) Bloomberg
13 10 (0.73%) MuleSoft
14 9 (0.66%) InterSystems
15 8 (0.58%) IBM
15 8 (0.58%) Refinitiv
16 6 (0.44%) Zscaler
435 Azure DevOps jobs in England