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

 6 months to
20 Aug 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 72 91 75
Rank change year-on-year +19 -16 -2
Contract jobs citing Azure DevOps 1,540 767 938
As % of all contract jobs in England 3.37% 2.78% 2.83%
As % of the Cloud Services category 9.66% 7.46% 8.38%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,085 550 631
10th Percentile £363 £349 £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 £609 £600
90th Percentile £675 £713 £675
UK median daily rate £500 £500 £523
% change year-on-year - -4.43% -4.88%
Number of hourly rates quoted 47 3 0
10th Percentile £21.25 £36.45 -
25th Percentile £36.12 £45.75 -
Median hourly rate £46.80 £62.50 -
Median % change year-on-year -25.12% - -
75th Percentile £79.50 £76.25 -
90th Percentile £101.51 £83.75 -
UK median hourly rate £50.90 £73.75 -
% change year-on-year -30.98% - -

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 15,947 10,275 11,199
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 34.94% 37.23% 33.76%
Number of daily rates quoted 10,657 6,963 7,911
10th Percentile £325 £310 £313
25th Percentile £425 £406 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £510 £525
Median % change year-on-year +2.94% -2.86% -4.55%
75th Percentile £625 £625 £644
90th Percentile £725 £738 £750
UK median daily rate £525 £500 £525
% change year-on-year +5.00% -4.76% -2.78%
Number of hourly rates quoted 542 273 216
10th Percentile £15.50 £15.12 £14.16
25th Percentile £19.50 £18.50 £16.30
Median hourly rate £35.00 £26.00 £25.00
Median % change year-on-year +34.62% +4.00% -22.86%
75th Percentile £70.00 £43.75 £55.00
90th Percentile £83.23 £67.25 £70.00
UK median hourly rate £34.13 £28.00 £25.00
% change year-on-year +21.88% +12.00% -28.57%

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 20 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 20 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 20 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 +25 873 £500 -4.76% 181
South East -13 187 £525 +10.53% 111
Midlands +32 170 £450 -11.11% 53
North of England +25 170 £477 -6.11% 77
West Midlands +24 124 £450 -18.18% 30
North West +18 88 £500 -1.96% 48
South West -3 75 £475 -6.86% 29
Yorkshire -16 57 £473 -5.45% 23
East Midlands +5 44 £513 +7.89% 23
East of England +9 36 £425 -12.82% 32
North East -14 25 £450 -18.18% 6
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
1 103 (6.69%) Confluence
2 97 (6.30%) SharePoint
3 38 (2.47%) Apache Spark
4 31 (2.01%) Apache
5 29 (1.88%) Apache Airflow
6 13 (0.84%) Microsoft Exchange
7 10 (0.65%) CMS
8 6 (0.39%) Documentum
9 5 (0.32%) IIS
10 4 (0.26%) Mendix
11 3 (0.19%) Kentico
11 3 (0.19%) Palantir Foundry
11 3 (0.19%) SAS
12 2 (0.13%) nginx
12 2 (0.13%) OpenROAD
12 2 (0.13%) Umbraco
13 1 (0.065%) ArcGIS
13 1 (0.065%) HCL Notes
13 1 (0.065%) Smallworld
13 1 (0.065%) WebLogic
Applications
1 58 (3.77%) Microsoft Project
2 39 (2.53%) Microsoft Excel
3 18 (1.17%) MS Visio
4 13 (0.84%) Microsoft Office
5 12 (0.78%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 7 (0.45%) Chatbot
6 7 (0.45%) CPLEX
6 7 (0.45%) Trello
7 5 (0.32%) Notion
8 3 (0.19%) Spreadsheet
9 1 (0.065%) Adobe XD
9 1 (0.065%) InDesign
Business Applications
1 47 (3.05%) Dynamics CRM
2 20 (1.30%) SAP S/4HANA
3 7 (0.45%) Dynamics AX
4 5 (0.32%) Maximo
5 4 (0.26%) Oracle EBS
6 3 (0.19%) Aladdin
6 3 (0.19%) Endur
6 3 (0.19%) Findur
6 3 (0.19%) Payment Gateway
6 3 (0.19%) 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%) SAP BPC
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
8 1 (0.065%) Oracle General Ledger
Cloud Services
1 1,540 (100.00%) Azure
2 404 (26.23%) GitHub
3 275 (17.86%) GitHub Actions
4 254 (16.49%) Power Platform
5 235 (15.26%) AWS
6 139 (9.03%) Azure Data Factory
7 135 (8.77%) Entra ID
8 127 (8.25%) Azure AKS
9 121 (7.86%) Dynamics 365
10 117 (7.60%) Azure Monitor
10 117 (7.60%) Power Automate
11 105 (6.82%) Serverless
12 92 (5.97%) PowerApps
13 88 (5.71%) GCP
14 78 (5.06%) Azure Synapse Analytics
15 77 (5.00%) Azure Logic Apps
16 73 (4.74%) Azure Key Vault
16 73 (4.74%) Microsoft 365
17 69 (4.48%) Azure Functions
18 68 (4.42%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 65 (4.22%) Firewall
2 36 (2.34%) DNS
2 36 (2.34%) Network Security
3 27 (1.75%) VPN
4 16 (1.04%) WAN
5 15 (0.97%) SSL
6 14 (0.91%) DHCP
7 13 (0.84%) SD-WAN
8 9 (0.58%) Internet
9 7 (0.45%) LAN
9 7 (0.45%) TCP/IP
9 7 (0.45%) VLAN
10 4 (0.26%) SAN
10 4 (0.26%) Wi-Fi
11 3 (0.19%) 4G
11 3 (0.19%) BGP
11 3 (0.19%) OSPF
11 3 (0.19%) RS-232
11 3 (0.19%) RS-485
12 2 (0.13%) Cisco IOS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 165 (10.71%) Power BI
2 108 (7.01%) SQL Server
3 72 (4.68%) Azure SQL Database
3 72 (4.68%) Data Lake
3 72 (4.68%) Data Warehouse
4 58 (3.77%) NoSQL
5 49 (3.18%) Delta Lake
6 43 (2.79%) PostgreSQL
7 27 (1.75%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 25 (1.62%) Metadata
9 24 (1.56%) Relational Database
10 21 (1.36%) MongoDB
11 20 (1.30%) Big Data
12 19 (1.23%) Snowflake Schema
12 19 (1.23%) Spark SQL
13 17 (1.10%) Redis
14 14 (0.91%) Oracle Database
15 13 (0.84%) Amazon Redshift
15 13 (0.84%) Parquet
16 12 (0.78%) Geospatial Data
Development Applications
1 291 (18.90%) JIRA
2 257 (16.69%) Git
3 190 (12.34%) Jenkins
4 150 (9.74%) GitLab
5 72 (4.68%) Selenium
6 36 (2.34%) Postman
7 30 (1.95%) SonarQube
8 28 (1.82%) Cypress.io
8 28 (1.82%) Visual Studio
9 25 (1.62%) WebDriver
10 24 (1.56%) Cucumber
11 19 (1.23%) Gradle
11 19 (1.23%) REST Assured
12 17 (1.10%) JUnit
12 17 (1.10%) TestRail
13 16 (1.04%) Bitbucket
14 15 (0.97%) Maven
15 14 (0.91%) MSI
16 12 (0.78%) Sonatype Nexus
17 11 (0.71%) Snyk
General
1 409 (26.56%) Social Skills
2 319 (20.71%) Finance
3 191 (12.40%) Public Sector
4 162 (10.52%) Analytical Skills
5 85 (5.52%) Banking
6 74 (4.81%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 30 (1.95%) Retail
8 28 (1.82%) Documentation Skills
8 28 (1.82%) Legal
9 24 (1.56%) Aerospace
9 24 (1.56%) Influencing Skills
9 24 (1.56%) Organisational Skills
10 16 (1.04%) Marketing
11 15 (0.97%) Investment Banking
12 14 (0.91%) Local Government
13 13 (0.84%) Law
14 11 (0.71%) Manufacturing
15 9 (0.58%) Billing
16 8 (0.52%) Pharmaceutical
16 8 (0.52%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 279 (18.12%) Developer
2 229 (14.87%) Senior
3 228 (14.81%) Azure Engineer
4 221 (14.35%) DevOps Engineer
5 132 (8.57%) Azure DevOps Engineer
5 132 (8.57%) Lead
6 127 (8.25%) Data Engineer
7 122 (7.92%) Analyst
8 105 (6.82%) Architect
9 59 (3.83%) Business Analyst
10 55 (3.57%) Platform Engineer
11 54 (3.51%) Project Manager
12 52 (3.38%) Cloud Engineer
13 47 (3.05%) Consultant
14 44 (2.86%) Test Analyst
15 43 (2.79%) Tester
16 42 (2.73%) .NET Developer
16 42 (2.73%) Senior Developer
17 41 (2.66%) Solutions Architect
18 39 (2.53%) Infrastructure Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 436 (28.31%) Terraform
2 211 (13.70%) .NET
3 181 (11.75%) REST
4 83 (5.39%) PySpark
5 80 (5.19%) RESTful
6 76 (4.94%) ADO
7 74 (4.81%) JSON
7 74 (4.81%) YAML
8 66 (4.29%) Kafka
9 62 (4.03%) .NET Framework
10 61 (3.96%) ARM Templates
11 57 (3.70%) Playwright
12 53 (3.44%) React
13 52 (3.38%) .NET Core
14 42 (2.73%) SOAP
15 40 (2.60%) OAuth
16 39 (2.53%) Middleware
17 36 (2.34%) HTML
17 36 (2.34%) XML
18 32 (2.08%) CSS
Miscellaneous
1 181 (11.75%) Cloud Native
2 112 (7.27%) Product Ownership
3 50 (3.25%) Distributed Systems
3 50 (3.25%) Legacy Systems
3 50 (3.25%) Onboarding
4 40 (2.60%) Enterprise Software
5 31 (2.01%) Self-Motivation
6 30 (1.95%) Hybrid Cloud
6 30 (1.95%) Management Information System
7 24 (1.56%) Data Structures
8 23 (1.49%) AI Agents
9 20 (1.30%) Low-Code
10 16 (1.04%) Mobile App
10 16 (1.04%) Reinsurance
10 16 (1.04%) Replication
11 15 (0.97%) Data Protection Act
11 15 (0.97%) Enterprise Cloud
11 15 (0.97%) Greenfield Project
11 15 (0.97%) Linux Command Line
12 12 (0.78%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 103 (6.69%) Windows
2 72 (4.68%) Linux
3 29 (1.88%) Windows Server
4 18 (1.17%) VMS
5 12 (0.78%) Unix
6 10 (0.65%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 8 (0.52%) Android
7 8 (0.52%) Apple iOS
8 5 (0.32%) Windows Server 2016
9 4 (0.26%) Mac OS
9 4 (0.26%) Ubuntu
9 4 (0.26%) Windows Server 2019
10 1 (0.065%) Amazon Linux
10 1 (0.065%) CentOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 1,540 (100.00%) DevOps
2 848 (55.06%) CI/CD
3 647 (42.01%) Agile
4 396 (25.71%) Infrastructure as Code
5 278 (18.05%) Test Automation
6 254 (16.49%) Stakeholder Management
7 249 (16.17%) Problem-Solving
8 243 (15.78%) Continuous Improvement
9 241 (15.65%) Analytics
10 227 (14.74%) Containerisation
11 217 (14.09%) Scrum
12 207 (13.44%) Migration
13 173 (11.23%) Business Intelligence
14 172 (11.17%) Stakeholder Engagement
15 164 (10.65%) Data Modelling
16 160 (10.39%) User Acceptance Testing
17 154 (10.00%) Microservices
18 151 (9.81%) AI
19 149 (9.68%) Platform Engineering
20 146 (9.48%) Observability
Programming Languages
1 417 (27.08%) SQL
2 382 (24.81%) Python
3 265 (17.21%) C#
4 212 (13.77%) PowerShell
5 161 (10.45%) Bicep
6 153 (9.94%) JavaScript
7 129 (8.38%) Bash
8 119 (7.73%) Java
9 86 (5.58%) TypeScript
10 23 (1.49%) T-SQL
11 20 (1.30%) Go
12 19 (1.23%) Kusto Query Language
13 15 (0.97%) Apex Code
13 15 (0.97%) Data Analysis Expressions
14 13 (0.84%) X++
15 9 (0.58%) Scala
16 8 (0.52%) PL/SQL
16 8 (0.52%) Shell Script
17 6 (0.39%) Kotlin
17 6 (0.39%) R
Qualifications
1 468 (30.39%) Security Cleared
2 384 (24.94%) SC Cleared
3 113 (7.34%) Azure Certification
4 103 (6.69%) Degree
5 56 (3.64%) DV Cleared
5 56 (3.64%) Microsoft Certification
6 42 (2.73%) ISTQB
7 36 (2.34%) BPSS Clearance
8 33 (2.14%) Computer Science Degree
9 27 (1.75%) AWS Certification
10 16 (1.04%) PMI Certification
10 16 (1.04%) PMP
11 14 (0.91%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
12 13 (0.84%) Cisco Certification
12 13 (0.84%) CISSP
12 13 (0.84%) Master's Degree
13 12 (0.78%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
14 10 (0.65%) DBS Check
15 9 (0.58%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
16 6 (0.39%) CompTIA Security+
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 175 (11.36%) QA
2 110 (7.14%) Data Quality
3 85 (5.52%) Accessibility
4 52 (3.38%) GDPR
5 47 (3.05%) WCAG
6 27 (1.75%) PMO
7 26 (1.69%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 24 (1.56%) NIST
9 19 (1.23%) NCSC
10 14 (0.91%) SLA
11 12 (0.78%) GRC
12 11 (0.71%) Sarbanes-Oxley
13 7 (0.45%) ISO 20022
14 6 (0.39%) Cyber Essentials
15 5 (0.32%) PCI DSS
15 5 (0.32%) SEPA
16 4 (0.26%) PSD2
17 3 (0.19%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
17 3 (0.19%) Government Security Classifications
18 2 (0.13%) Actionable Recommendations
System Software
1 236 (15.32%) Docker
2 83 (5.39%) Active Directory
3 30 (1.95%) Virtual Machines
4 18 (1.17%) VMware Infrastructure
5 14 (0.91%) Virtual Desktop
6 6 (0.39%) Hyper-V
7 4 (0.26%) Firmware
7 4 (0.26%) vSphere
8 3 (0.19%) Embedded Firmware
8 3 (0.19%) Microsoft App-V
9 2 (0.13%) Apache ZooKeeper
9 2 (0.13%) OpenSSH
9 2 (0.13%) VMware NSX
10 1 (0.065%) Virtual Servers
10 1 (0.065%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 311 (20.19%) Kubernetes
2 101 (6.56%) Ansible
3 64 (4.16%) Grafana
4 54 (3.51%) Prometheus
5 22 (1.43%) Argo
5 22 (1.43%) Microsoft Intune
6 21 (1.36%) Progress Chef
7 20 (1.30%) Puppet
8 13 (0.84%) Packer
9 12 (0.78%) HP ALM
9 12 (0.78%) Istio
10 11 (0.71%) Single Sign-On
11 9 (0.58%) SCCM
12 6 (0.39%) Jamf Pro
12 6 (0.39%) SCOM
13 4 (0.26%) HP Quality Center
14 3 (0.19%) HP Fortify
14 3 (0.19%) Rancher
15 2 (0.13%) Docker Swarm
15 2 (0.13%) systemd
Vendors
1 530 (34.42%) Microsoft
2 140 (9.09%) Databricks
3 63 (4.09%) ServiceNow
4 62 (4.03%) Oracle
5 53 (3.44%) Salesforce
6 48 (3.12%) SAP
7 38 (2.47%) Google
8 35 (2.27%) Splunk
9 28 (1.82%) Dynatrace
10 22 (1.43%) VMware
11 20 (1.30%) Informatica
12 14 (0.91%) UiPath
13 13 (0.84%) Foundry
13 13 (0.84%) HP
14 12 (0.78%) MuleSoft
14 12 (0.78%) OpenAI
15 10 (0.65%) IBM
16 9 (0.58%) Adobe
16 9 (0.58%) Cisco
16 9 (0.58%) Red Hat
439 Azure DevOps jobs in England