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 10 April 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

 6 months to
10 Apr 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 70 94 73
Rank change year-on-year +24 -21 0
Contract jobs citing Azure DevOps 1,273 672 1,030
As % of all contract jobs in England 3.25% 2.76% 2.75%
As % of the Cloud Services category 8.94% 7.34% 8.57%
Number of daily rates quoted 938 490 717
10th Percentile £363 £370 £400
25th Percentile £413 £435 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
75th Percentile £588 £625 £625
90th Percentile £688 £725 £688
UK median daily rate £500 £513 £525
% change year-on-year -2.44% -2.38% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 16 3 8
10th Percentile - £37.45 £53.88
25th Percentile £25.38 £48.25 £61.56
Median hourly rate £49.25 £67.50 £65.50
Median % change year-on-year -27.04% +3.05% -6.43%
75th Percentile £75.00 £74.38 £65.75
90th Percentile £85.25 £77.75 £67.40
UK median hourly rate £52.50 £80.00 £65.50
% change year-on-year -34.38% +22.14% -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 14,246 9,160 12,019
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 36.32% 37.62% 32.09%
Number of daily rates quoted 9,841 6,446 8,640
10th Percentile £313 £313 £281
25th Percentile £413 £413 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
75th Percentile £610 £638 £638
90th Percentile £714 £738 £738
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 436 185 320
10th Percentile £16.25 £15.23 £14.00
25th Percentile £22.50 £18.50 £15.88
Median hourly rate £42.69 £26.50 £20.77
Median % change year-on-year +61.08% +27.59% -22.33%
75th Percentile £67.50 £41.97 £33.75
90th Percentile £81.00 £75.30 £59.96
UK median hourly rate £40.00 £27.35 £21.00
% change year-on-year +46.25% +30.24% -26.96%

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 10 April 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 10 April 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 10 April 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 +29 713 £500 -4.76% 131
South East -6 165 £525 +5.00% 101
North of England -9 128 £500 - 74
Midlands -8 118 £450 -14.29% 60
South West +23 88 £475 -9.52% 34
West Midlands -26 67 £450 -14.29% 37
North West +9 65 £485 -9.72% 41
East Midlands -5 49 £488 -2.50% 23
Yorkshire -30 48 £509 +19.71% 22
East of England -14 26 £425 - 33
North East -6 15 £488 -9.30% 11
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 84 (6.60%) SharePoint
2 72 (5.66%) Confluence
3 32 (2.51%) Apache Spark
4 23 (1.81%) Apache
5 16 (1.26%) Microsoft Exchange
6 14 (1.10%) Apache Airflow
7 11 (0.86%) HCL Notes
8 10 (0.79%) Mendix
9 7 (0.55%) IIS
10 3 (0.24%) ArcGIS
11 2 (0.16%) CMS
11 2 (0.16%) Sitecore CMS
12 1 (0.079%) Adobe Experience Manager
12 1 (0.079%) Apache Synapse
12 1 (0.079%) IBM HTTP Server
12 1 (0.079%) OpenStack
12 1 (0.079%) Oracle Workflow
12 1 (0.079%) Palantir Foundry
12 1 (0.079%) SAS
12 1 (0.079%) WebLogic
Applications
1 37 (2.91%) Microsoft Project
2 29 (2.28%) Microsoft Excel
3 20 (1.57%) MS Visio
4 11 (0.86%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 10 (0.79%) Microsoft Office
6 4 (0.31%) Trello
7 2 (0.16%) Chatbot
7 2 (0.16%) CPLEX
7 2 (0.16%) Spreadsheet
8 1 (0.079%) InDesign
Business Applications
1 47 (3.69%) Dynamics CRM
2 8 (0.63%) Maximo
3 7 (0.55%) NEC Housing
3 7 (0.55%) SAP S/4HANA
4 4 (0.31%) Aladdin
4 4 (0.31%) Dynamics AX
4 4 (0.31%) Oracle EBS
4 4 (0.31%) Payment Gateway
4 4 (0.31%) SAP BPC
5 3 (0.24%) Findur
5 3 (0.24%) SAP Oil and Gas
6 2 (0.16%) Endur
6 2 (0.16%) Primavera
6 2 (0.16%) SAP MM
7 1 (0.079%) Loan IQ
7 1 (0.079%) Oracle Assets
7 1 (0.079%) Oracle Cash Management
7 1 (0.079%) Oracle ERP
7 1 (0.079%) Oracle Payables
7 1 (0.079%) Oracle Receivables
Cloud Services
1 1,273 (100.00%) Azure
2 314 (24.67%) GitHub
3 210 (16.50%) GitHub Actions
4 206 (16.18%) Power Platform
5 152 (11.94%) AWS
6 138 (10.84%) Azure Data Factory
7 131 (10.29%) Serverless
8 126 (9.90%) Azure AKS
8 126 (9.90%) Entra ID
9 121 (9.51%) Azure Monitor
10 105 (8.25%) Dynamics 365
11 93 (7.31%) Azure Key Vault
12 88 (6.91%) Azure Functions
13 83 (6.52%) Azure Synapse Analytics
14 80 (6.28%) Azure Logic Apps
14 80 (6.28%) Power Automate
15 71 (5.58%) Azure Service Bus
15 71 (5.58%) Microsoft 365
16 63 (4.95%) PowerApps
17 60 (4.71%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 47 (3.69%) Firewall
2 27 (2.12%) Network Security
3 22 (1.73%) DNS
4 20 (1.57%) VPN
5 14 (1.10%) SD-WAN
6 12 (0.94%) WAN
7 8 (0.63%) DHCP
7 8 (0.63%) TCP/IP
8 7 (0.55%) LAN
9 6 (0.47%) Internet
10 5 (0.39%) HTTP
10 5 (0.39%) IPsec
10 5 (0.39%) SSL
11 4 (0.31%) MQTT
11 4 (0.31%) VLAN
12 3 (0.24%) FTP
12 3 (0.24%) Remote Desktop
13 2 (0.16%) MPLS
13 2 (0.16%) SSH
13 2 (0.16%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 126 (9.90%) Power BI
2 108 (8.48%) SQL Server
3 76 (5.97%) Azure SQL Database
4 73 (5.73%) Data Lake
5 60 (4.71%) Delta Lake
6 57 (4.48%) Data Warehouse
7 42 (3.30%) NoSQL
8 37 (2.91%) PostgreSQL
9 28 (2.20%) Oracle Database
10 23 (1.81%) Relational Database
11 22 (1.73%) MongoDB
11 22 (1.73%) Spark SQL
12 18 (1.41%) SQL Server Integration Services
13 16 (1.26%) Redis
13 16 (1.26%) Tableau
14 15 (1.18%) DynamoDB
15 14 (1.10%) Snowflake Schema
16 12 (0.94%) Metadata
17 11 (0.86%) Amazon Redshift
17 11 (0.86%) Parquet
Development Applications
1 234 (18.38%) JIRA
2 178 (13.98%) Git
3 118 (9.27%) Jenkins
4 69 (5.42%) GitLab
5 54 (4.24%) Selenium
6 33 (2.59%) Oracle APEX
7 32 (2.51%) Postman
8 22 (1.73%) SonarQube
9 21 (1.65%) Cypress.io
10 19 (1.49%) TestRail
11 17 (1.34%) REST Assured
12 16 (1.26%) Cucumber
13 15 (1.18%) Visual Studio
13 15 (1.18%) Zephyr
14 14 (1.10%) SpecFlow
15 13 (1.02%) Artifactory
15 13 (1.02%) JUnit
15 13 (1.02%) Team Foundation Server
16 12 (0.94%) JMeter
17 11 (0.86%) MLflow
General
1 328 (25.77%) Social Skills
2 255 (20.03%) Finance
3 142 (11.15%) Public Sector
4 129 (10.13%) Analytical Skills
5 62 (4.87%) Banking
6 34 (2.67%) Organisational Skills
7 28 (2.20%) Documentation Skills
8 21 (1.65%) Influencing Skills
9 20 (1.57%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 20 (1.57%) Retail
10 18 (1.41%) Financial Institution
11 15 (1.18%) Front Office
11 15 (1.18%) Legal
12 13 (1.02%) Investment Banking
13 10 (0.79%) Law
13 10 (0.79%) Presentation Skills
14 9 (0.71%) Marketing
15 8 (0.63%) Local Government
16 7 (0.55%) Back Office
16 7 (0.55%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 263 (20.66%) Developer
2 207 (16.26%) Azure Engineer
3 196 (15.40%) Senior
4 178 (13.98%) DevOps Engineer
5 112 (8.80%) Azure DevOps Engineer
6 110 (8.64%) Data Engineer
7 108 (8.48%) Lead
8 99 (7.78%) Analyst
9 88 (6.91%) Architect
10 60 (4.71%) Senior Developer
11 55 (4.32%) Platform Engineer
12 45 (3.53%) Test Analyst
13 44 (3.46%) Tester
14 43 (3.38%) Azure Developer
15 38 (2.99%) Business Analyst
16 36 (2.83%) Azure Architect
16 36 (2.83%) Cloud Engineer
16 36 (2.83%) Test Engineer
17 33 (2.59%) Project Manager
18 32 (2.51%) Solutions Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 199 (15.63%) .NET
2 105 (8.25%) REST
3 77 (6.05%) PySpark
4 74 (5.81%) React
5 71 (5.58%) ARM Templates
5 71 (5.58%) Node.js
6 59 (4.63%) YAML
7 56 (4.40%) ADO
8 52 (4.08%) Kafka
9 49 (3.85%) RESTful
10 47 (3.69%) .NET Core
11 43 (3.38%) Playwright
12 42 (3.30%) .NET Framework
13 37 (2.91%) JSON
14 36 (2.83%) OAuth
15 34 (2.67%) CSS
16 32 (2.51%) HTML
16 32 (2.51%) SOAP
17 30 (2.36%) AngularJS
18 25 (1.96%) Spring
Miscellaneous
1 134 (10.53%) Cloud Native
2 77 (6.05%) Product Ownership
3 38 (2.99%) Distributed Systems
3 38 (2.99%) Enterprise Software
4 36 (2.83%) Legacy Systems
5 22 (1.73%) Hybrid Cloud
6 21 (1.65%) Onboarding
7 19 (1.49%) AI Agents
7 19 (1.49%) Low-Code
7 19 (1.49%) Reinsurance
8 17 (1.34%) Data Structures
9 15 (1.18%) Self-Motivation
10 13 (1.02%) NHS
11 12 (0.94%) Virtual Team
12 11 (0.86%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
12 11 (0.86%) Public Cloud
12 11 (0.86%) Security Posture
13 10 (0.79%) Enterprise Cloud
13 10 (0.79%) Replication
14 9 (0.71%) Data Centre
Operating Systems
1 63 (4.95%) Windows
2 48 (3.77%) Linux
3 17 (1.34%) VMS
4 9 (0.71%) Windows Server
5 7 (0.55%) Unix
6 3 (0.24%) Mac OS
6 3 (0.24%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 2 (0.16%) Android
7 2 (0.16%) Apple iOS
8 1 (0.079%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 1,265 (99.37%) DevOps
2 687 (53.97%) CI/CD
3 482 (37.86%) Agile
4 306 (24.04%) Infrastructure as Code
5 225 (17.67%) Problem-Solving
6 212 (16.65%) Analytics
7 210 (16.50%) Test Automation
8 177 (13.90%) Continuous Improvement
9 174 (13.67%) Scrum
10 150 (11.78%) Containerisation
11 149 (11.70%) AI
12 145 (11.39%) Migration
13 142 (11.15%) Business Intelligence
13 142 (11.15%) Data Modelling
14 136 (10.68%) Stakeholder Management
15 134 (10.53%) Microservices
16 129 (10.13%) Validation
17 128 (10.05%) Observability
18 110 (8.64%) Data Pipeline
19 107 (8.41%) Platform Engineering
Programming Languages
1 419 (32.91%) SQL
2 348 (27.34%) Python
3 240 (18.85%) C#
4 179 (14.06%) JavaScript
5 143 (11.23%) PowerShell
6 117 (9.19%) Bicep
7 90 (7.07%) Bash
8 89 (6.99%) Java
9 79 (6.21%) TypeScript
10 54 (4.24%) PL/SQL
11 28 (2.20%) T-SQL
12 27 (2.12%) Scala
13 18 (1.41%) Kusto Query Language
14 13 (1.02%) Go
15 11 (0.86%) Formula Language
15 11 (0.86%) LotusScript
16 10 (0.79%) Data Analysis Expressions
17 6 (0.47%) PHP
18 5 (0.39%) C
18 5 (0.39%) C++
Qualifications
1 361 (28.36%) Security Cleared
2 305 (23.96%) SC Cleared
3 108 (8.48%) Azure Certification
4 82 (6.44%) Degree
5 37 (2.91%) ISTQB
6 33 (2.59%) DV Cleared
6 33 (2.59%) Microsoft Certification
7 31 (2.44%) Computer Science Degree
8 29 (2.28%) BPSS Clearance
9 16 (1.26%) PMI Certification
9 16 (1.26%) PMP
10 13 (1.02%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
11 12 (0.94%) AWS Certification
12 8 (0.63%) CISSP
13 7 (0.55%) CISM
13 7 (0.55%) Master's Degree
14 6 (0.47%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
15 5 (0.39%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
15 5 (0.39%) PRINCE2 Certification
16 4 (0.31%) SAFe Agilist
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 141 (11.08%) QA
2 90 (7.07%) Data Quality
3 32 (2.51%) Accessibility
4 29 (2.28%) GDPR
5 23 (1.81%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 21 (1.65%) NIST
7 19 (1.49%) NCSC
8 16 (1.26%) PMO
9 15 (1.18%) WCAG
10 9 (0.71%) NIST 800
10 9 (0.71%) Sarbanes-Oxley
10 9 (0.71%) SLA
11 7 (0.55%) PCI DSS
12 6 (0.47%) GRC
12 6 (0.47%) HL7
13 4 (0.31%) HIPAA
13 4 (0.31%) SOC 2
14 3 (0.24%) EU AI Act
14 3 (0.24%) HMG Security Policy Framework
15 2 (0.16%) GxP
System Software
1 190 (14.93%) Docker
2 81 (6.36%) Active Directory
3 24 (1.89%) Virtual Machines
4 8 (0.63%) Virtual Desktop
5 7 (0.55%) VMware Infrastructure
6 4 (0.31%) Firmware
7 2 (0.16%) Hyper-V
7 2 (0.16%) OpenSSH
7 2 (0.16%) Postfix
8 1 (0.079%) HDFS
8 1 (0.079%) VMware NSX
8 1 (0.079%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 356 (27.97%) Terraform
2 221 (17.36%) Kubernetes
3 64 (5.03%) Ansible
4 46 (3.61%) Grafana
5 36 (2.83%) Prometheus
6 15 (1.18%) Argo
6 15 (1.18%) Single Sign-On
7 14 (1.10%) Istio
8 13 (1.02%) HP ALM
8 13 (1.02%) Puppet
9 9 (0.71%) Progress Chef
10 6 (0.47%) Microsoft Intune
10 6 (0.47%) Packer
11 4 (0.31%) HP Quality Center
11 4 (0.31%) Podman
12 3 (0.24%) Active Directory Federation Services
12 3 (0.24%) Icinga
12 3 (0.24%) Kubeflow
13 2 (0.16%) FortiGate
13 2 (0.16%) linkerd
Vendors
1 393 (30.87%) Microsoft
2 167 (13.12%) Databricks
3 130 (10.21%) Oracle
4 55 (4.32%) ServiceNow
5 37 (2.91%) OpenAI
6 32 (2.51%) SAP
7 27 (2.12%) Salesforce
8 26 (2.04%) Splunk
9 19 (1.49%) Informatica
10 16 (1.26%) VMware
11 15 (1.18%) Google
12 14 (1.10%) HP
13 12 (0.94%) Foundry
14 11 (0.86%) Dynatrace
14 11 (0.86%) Lotus
14 11 (0.86%) NEC
15 10 (0.79%) Citrix
15 10 (0.79%) IBM
15 10 (0.79%) Kofax
16 9 (0.71%) Brio
403 Azure DevOps jobs in England