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 13 June 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 77 94 74
Rank change year-on-year +17 -20 -3
Contract jobs citing Azure DevOps 1,328 663 1,056
As % of all contract jobs in England 3.11% 2.70% 2.82%
As % of the Cloud Services category 8.88% 7.15% 8.79%
Number of daily rates quoted 976 470 706
10th Percentile £375 £356 £400
25th Percentile £415 £415 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £513 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.44% -2.38% -4.55%
75th Percentile £600 £610 £600
90th Percentile £688 £725 £675
UK median daily rate £500 £500 £521
% change year-on-year - -3.97% -5.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 28 2 6
10th Percentile £25.38 £35.85 £64.50
25th Percentile £38.00 £44.25 £65.25
Median hourly rate £72.25 £59.50 £65.50
Median % change year-on-year +21.43% -9.16% -6.43%
75th Percentile £89.59 £74.75 £65.75
90th Percentile £104.00 £83.15 £68.50
UK median hourly rate £70.00 £85.00 £65.50
% change year-on-year -17.65% +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 14,955 9,274 12,009
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 35.02% 37.71% 32.02%
Number of daily rates quoted 10,137 6,320 8,595
10th Percentile £325 £311 £300
25th Percentile £413 £413 £415
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £515 £525
Median % change year-on-year -0.49% -1.90% -4.55%
75th Percentile £614 £625 £638
90th Percentile £715 £738 £748
UK median daily rate £510 £503 £525
% change year-on-year +1.49% -4.29% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 526 225 333
10th Percentile £16.25 £14.99 £14.00
25th Percentile £22.50 £17.33 £16.06
Median hourly rate £39.50 £25.50 £21.50
Median % change year-on-year +54.90% +18.60% -38.57%
75th Percentile £68.75 £38.75 £43.75
90th Percentile £82.25 £72.00 £70.00
UK median hourly rate £36.86 £28.55 £21.64
% change year-on-year +29.09% +31.93% -39.26%

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 13 June 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 13 June 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 13 June 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 +18 744 £500 -4.76% 119
South East 0 183 £500 +7.24% 95
North of England +24 151 £488 - 55
Midlands -4 126 £475 -7.32% 50
West Midlands -4 86 £450 -14.29% 30
North West +13 71 £500 -4.76% 28
South West +16 65 £495 -5.71% 22
Yorkshire -23 57 £500 +11.11% 18
East Midlands -6 38 £506 +1.25% 20
East of England -4 29 £450 -5.26% 34
North East -12 23 £450 -18.18% 9
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 85 (6.40%) SharePoint
2 82 (6.17%) Confluence
3 40 (3.01%) Apache Spark
4 28 (2.11%) Apache
5 24 (1.81%) Apache Airflow
6 15 (1.13%) Microsoft Exchange
7 6 (0.45%) CMS
7 6 (0.45%) HCL Notes
7 6 (0.45%) Mendix
8 4 (0.30%) Palantir Foundry
9 3 (0.23%) Documentum
9 3 (0.23%) IIS
9 3 (0.23%) Kentico
9 3 (0.23%) SAS
10 2 (0.15%) ArcGIS
10 2 (0.15%) Umbraco
11 1 (0.075%) IBM HTTP Server
11 1 (0.075%) Oracle Workflow
11 1 (0.075%) SharePoint 2013
11 1 (0.075%) WebLogic
Applications
1 45 (3.39%) Microsoft Project
2 27 (2.03%) Microsoft Excel
3 18 (1.36%) MS Visio
4 10 (0.75%) Microsoft Office
5 7 (0.53%) CPLEX
6 6 (0.45%) Microsoft PowerPoint
7 5 (0.38%) Chatbot
8 4 (0.30%) Notion
9 3 (0.23%) Trello
10 2 (0.15%) Spreadsheet
11 1 (0.075%) InDesign
Business Applications
1 44 (3.31%) Dynamics CRM
2 15 (1.13%) SAP S/4HANA
3 10 (0.75%) Maximo
4 7 (0.53%) Dynamics AX
5 4 (0.30%) Oracle EBS
6 3 (0.23%) Endur
6 3 (0.23%) Findur
6 3 (0.23%) Payment Gateway
6 3 (0.23%) SAP BPC
6 3 (0.23%) SAP MDG
6 3 (0.23%) SAP MM
6 3 (0.23%) SAP Oil and Gas
7 2 (0.15%) Aladdin
7 2 (0.15%) Dynamics GP
7 2 (0.15%) NEC Housing
7 2 (0.15%) Salesforce CRM
7 2 (0.15%) Unit4 Business World
8 1 (0.075%) Infor SunSystems
8 1 (0.075%) OpenText VIM for SAP
8 1 (0.075%) SAP SD
Cloud Services
1 1,328 (100.00%) Azure
2 329 (24.77%) GitHub
3 221 (16.64%) Power Platform
4 216 (16.27%) GitHub Actions
5 183 (13.78%) AWS
6 129 (9.71%) Azure Data Factory
7 115 (8.66%) Azure AKS
8 111 (8.36%) Entra ID
9 103 (7.76%) Azure Monitor
9 103 (7.76%) Serverless
10 100 (7.53%) Dynamics 365
11 93 (7.00%) Power Automate
12 83 (6.25%) Azure Key Vault
13 77 (5.80%) Azure Synapse Analytics
14 72 (5.42%) PowerApps
15 67 (5.05%) Azure Functions
16 66 (4.97%) Azure Logic Apps
16 66 (4.97%) GCP
17 64 (4.82%) Microsoft 365
18 55 (4.14%) Azure Service Bus
Communications & Networking
1 48 (3.61%) Firewall
2 22 (1.66%) Network Security
3 20 (1.51%) DNS
3 20 (1.51%) VPN
4 13 (0.98%) SD-WAN
5 12 (0.90%) WAN
6 8 (0.60%) Internet
7 7 (0.53%) DHCP
7 7 (0.53%) TCP/IP
8 6 (0.45%) VLAN
9 5 (0.38%) LAN
10 4 (0.30%) IPsec
11 3 (0.23%) MQTT
11 3 (0.23%) SSL
12 2 (0.15%) FTP
12 2 (0.15%) NAS
12 2 (0.15%) Remote Desktop
12 2 (0.15%) SAN
12 2 (0.15%) SSH
12 2 (0.15%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 141 (10.62%) Power BI
2 101 (7.61%) SQL Server
3 81 (6.10%) Data Lake
4 74 (5.57%) Azure SQL Database
5 70 (5.27%) Delta Lake
6 56 (4.22%) Data Warehouse
7 45 (3.39%) NoSQL
8 43 (3.24%) PostgreSQL
9 24 (1.81%) Relational Database
10 22 (1.66%) MongoDB
10 22 (1.66%) Spark SQL
11 21 (1.58%) Snowflake Schema
12 19 (1.43%) Redis
13 18 (1.36%) Oracle Database
14 15 (1.13%) Big Data
14 15 (1.13%) Metadata
14 15 (1.13%) SQL Server Integration Services
15 14 (1.05%) Parquet
16 13 (0.98%) Amazon Redshift
16 13 (0.98%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 255 (19.20%) JIRA
2 207 (15.59%) Git
3 116 (8.73%) Jenkins
4 90 (6.78%) GitLab
5 46 (3.46%) Selenium
6 25 (1.88%) Postman
7 24 (1.81%) REST Assured
8 21 (1.58%) SonarQube
9 20 (1.51%) Visual Studio
10 16 (1.20%) Cucumber
11 14 (1.05%) Cypress.io
11 14 (1.05%) TestRail
12 13 (0.98%) Gradle
12 13 (0.98%) WebDriver
13 12 (0.90%) Bitbucket
13 12 (0.90%) Team Foundation Server
14 11 (0.83%) NUnit
15 10 (0.75%) fastlane
15 10 (0.75%) JUnit
15 10 (0.75%) SpecFlow
General
1 312 (23.49%) Social Skills
2 275 (20.71%) Finance
3 141 (10.62%) Public Sector
4 126 (9.49%) Analytical Skills
5 58 (4.37%) Banking
6 41 (3.09%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 32 (2.41%) Organisational Skills
8 24 (1.81%) Legal
9 20 (1.51%) Retail
10 19 (1.43%) Documentation Skills
11 17 (1.28%) Influencing Skills
12 14 (1.05%) Aerospace
13 11 (0.83%) Law
13 11 (0.83%) Marketing
14 10 (0.75%) Front Office
14 10 (0.75%) Investment Banking
15 9 (0.68%) Financial Institution
16 7 (0.53%) Back Office
16 7 (0.53%) Local Government
16 7 (0.53%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 240 (18.07%) Developer
2 219 (16.49%) Azure Engineer
3 187 (14.08%) DevOps Engineer
4 184 (13.86%) Senior
5 135 (10.17%) Data Engineer
6 122 (9.19%) Azure DevOps Engineer
7 118 (8.89%) Analyst
8 105 (7.91%) Lead
9 97 (7.30%) Architect
10 58 (4.37%) Platform Engineer
11 53 (3.99%) Business Analyst
12 43 (3.24%) Test Analyst
13 41 (3.09%) Project Manager
13 41 (3.09%) Solutions Architect
14 40 (3.01%) Cloud Engineer
15 38 (2.86%) Tester
16 37 (2.79%) Test Engineer
17 36 (2.71%) Cloud Platform Engineer
17 36 (2.71%) Full-Stack Developer
17 36 (2.71%) Senior Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 179 (13.48%) .NET
2 121 (9.11%) REST
3 86 (6.48%) PySpark
4 67 (5.05%) React
5 66 (4.97%) ADO
6 62 (4.67%) ARM Templates
7 59 (4.44%) YAML
8 57 (4.29%) RESTful
9 56 (4.22%) Kafka
10 48 (3.61%) JSON
11 45 (3.39%) Playwright
12 44 (3.31%) .NET Framework
13 40 (3.01%) Node.js
14 36 (2.71%) SOAP
15 32 (2.41%) CSS
16 31 (2.33%) .NET Core
16 31 (2.33%) HTML
17 28 (2.11%) OAuth
18 27 (2.03%) AngularJS
19 26 (1.96%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 147 (11.07%) Cloud Native
2 77 (5.80%) Product Ownership
3 41 (3.09%) Distributed Systems
4 39 (2.94%) Legacy Systems
5 30 (2.26%) Onboarding
6 28 (2.11%) Reinsurance
7 25 (1.88%) Enterprise Software
8 22 (1.66%) Hybrid Cloud
9 20 (1.51%) Self-Motivation
10 19 (1.43%) Data Structures
11 18 (1.36%) Greenfield Project
11 18 (1.36%) Mobile App
12 17 (1.28%) Low-Code
13 15 (1.13%) AI Agents
14 11 (0.83%) Data Centre
14 11 (0.83%) Public Cloud
15 10 (0.75%) Enterprise Cloud
15 10 (0.75%) Replication
16 9 (0.68%) Data Protection Act
16 9 (0.68%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 69 (5.20%) Windows
2 49 (3.69%) Linux
3 15 (1.13%) VMS
4 8 (0.60%) Unix
4 8 (0.60%) Windows Server
5 6 (0.45%) Android
5 6 (0.45%) Apple iOS
6 3 (0.23%) Mac OS
6 3 (0.23%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 2 (0.15%) Windows Server 2016
7 2 (0.15%) Windows Server 2019
8 1 (0.075%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 1,321 (99.47%) DevOps
2 722 (54.37%) CI/CD
3 488 (36.75%) Agile
4 314 (23.64%) Infrastructure as Code
5 227 (17.09%) Analytics
6 216 (16.27%) Test Automation
7 208 (15.66%) Problem-Solving
8 176 (13.25%) Migration
9 167 (12.58%) Continuous Improvement
9 167 (12.58%) Scrum
10 158 (11.90%) Data Modelling
11 155 (11.67%) Containerisation
12 154 (11.60%) Stakeholder Management
13 149 (11.22%) Business Intelligence
14 140 (10.54%) AI
15 139 (10.47%) ETL
16 138 (10.39%) Data Pipeline
17 128 (9.64%) Platform Engineering
18 119 (8.96%) Observability
19 116 (8.73%) Microservices
Programming Languages
1 398 (29.97%) SQL
2 341 (25.68%) Python
3 221 (16.64%) C#
4 133 (10.02%) PowerShell
5 121 (9.11%) JavaScript
6 117 (8.81%) Bicep
7 96 (7.23%) Java
8 89 (6.70%) Bash
9 69 (5.20%) TypeScript
10 24 (1.81%) T-SQL
11 23 (1.73%) Scala
12 16 (1.20%) Data Analysis Expressions
12 16 (1.20%) Go
13 11 (0.83%) Kusto Query Language
13 11 (0.83%) PL/SQL
14 10 (0.75%) Apex Code
15 9 (0.68%) X++
16 6 (0.45%) Kotlin
16 6 (0.45%) R
16 6 (0.45%) VB
Qualifications
1 360 (27.11%) Security Cleared
2 301 (22.67%) SC Cleared
3 101 (7.61%) Azure Certification
4 75 (5.65%) Degree
5 40 (3.01%) DV Cleared
6 36 (2.71%) BPSS Clearance
6 36 (2.71%) Microsoft Certification
7 30 (2.26%) ISTQB
8 25 (1.88%) Computer Science Degree
9 17 (1.28%) PMI Certification
10 16 (1.20%) PMP
11 15 (1.13%) AWS Certification
12 9 (0.68%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
12 9 (0.68%) DBS Check
12 9 (0.68%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
13 7 (0.53%) CISSP
14 6 (0.45%) Cisco Certification
14 6 (0.45%) CISM
15 5 (0.38%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
15 5 (0.38%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 140 (10.54%) QA
2 108 (8.13%) Data Quality
3 53 (3.99%) Accessibility
4 35 (2.64%) GDPR
5 29 (2.18%) WCAG
6 19 (1.43%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 19 (1.43%) NIST
7 16 (1.20%) NCSC
7 16 (1.20%) SLA
8 15 (1.13%) PMO
9 9 (0.68%) GRC
9 9 (0.68%) Sarbanes-Oxley
10 8 (0.60%) NIST 800
11 7 (0.53%) PCI DSS
12 2 (0.15%) FedRAMP
12 2 (0.15%) Government Security Classifications
12 2 (0.15%) HIPAA
12 2 (0.15%) HL7
12 2 (0.15%) HMG Security Policy Framework
12 2 (0.15%) SEPA
System Software
1 179 (13.48%) Docker
2 74 (5.57%) Active Directory
3 25 (1.88%) Virtual Machines
4 15 (1.13%) Virtual Desktop
5 9 (0.68%) VMware Infrastructure
6 4 (0.30%) Firmware
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 (0.075%) HDFS
8 1 (0.075%) VMware ESXi
8 1 (0.075%) VMware NSX
8 1 (0.075%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 356 (26.81%) Terraform
2 224 (16.87%) Kubernetes
3 63 (4.74%) Ansible
4 43 (3.24%) Grafana
5 37 (2.79%) Prometheus
6 17 (1.28%) Argo
7 13 (0.98%) HP ALM
7 13 (0.98%) Istio
7 13 (0.98%) Microsoft Intune
8 12 (0.90%) Puppet
8 12 (0.90%) Single Sign-On
9 10 (0.75%) Packer
9 10 (0.75%) Progress Chef
10 6 (0.45%) HP Quality Center
10 6 (0.45%) Jamf Pro
11 3 (0.23%) Active Directory Federation Services
11 3 (0.23%) Rancher
11 3 (0.23%) SCCM
12 2 (0.15%) linkerd
12 2 (0.15%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 392 (29.52%) Microsoft
2 159 (11.97%) Databricks
3 76 (5.72%) Oracle
4 54 (4.07%) ServiceNow
5 41 (3.09%) SAP
6 40 (3.01%) Salesforce
7 24 (1.81%) OpenAI
8 23 (1.73%) Informatica
9 21 (1.58%) Google
10 19 (1.43%) Splunk
11 17 (1.28%) Dynatrace
12 15 (1.13%) Foundry
12 15 (1.13%) VMware
13 14 (1.05%) HP
14 12 (0.90%) IBM
15 10 (0.75%) Bloomberg
16 9 (0.68%) InterSystems
17 8 (0.60%) Red Hat
17 8 (0.60%) Refinitiv
18 7 (0.53%) MuleSoft