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 19 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

 6 months to
19 May 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 77 98 74
Rank change year-on-year +21 -24 -4
Contract jobs citing Azure DevOps 1,259 659 1,037
As % of all contract jobs in England 3.07% 2.71% 2.85%
As % of the Cloud Services category 8.76% 7.29% 8.87%
Number of daily rates quoted 928 464 690
10th Percentile £363 £375 £400
25th Percentile £413 £434 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £520
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +0.96% -5.45%
75th Percentile £588 £625 £600
90th Percentile £688 £725 £675
UK median daily rate £500 £500 £515
% change year-on-year - -2.91% -6.36%
Number of hourly rates quoted 20 1 6
10th Percentile £25.38 - £64.50
25th Percentile £34.28 £30.25 £65.25
Median hourly rate £61.25 £31.50 £65.50
Median % change year-on-year +94.44% -51.91% -6.43%
75th Percentile £101.26 £32.75 £65.75
90th Percentile £104.00 - £68.50
UK median hourly rate £68.50 £85.00 £65.50
% change year-on-year -19.41% +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 14,379 9,041 11,693
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 35.04% 37.17% 32.10%
Number of daily rates quoted 9,853 6,260 8,438
10th Percentile £320 £313 £300
25th Percentile £413 £413 £418
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.38% - -4.55%
75th Percentile £613 £630 £638
90th Percentile £713 £738 £743
UK median daily rate £505 £513 £525
% change year-on-year -1.46% -2.38% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 463 202 327
10th Percentile £15.30 £14.99 £14.00
25th Percentile £20.82 £18.13 £15.87
Median hourly rate £39.50 £25.50 £21.37
Median % change year-on-year +54.90% +19.33% -35.73%
75th Percentile £66.25 £37.50 £35.00
90th Percentile £77.50 £72.38 £65.75
UK median hourly rate £36.36 £27.50 £21.37
% change year-on-year +32.20% +28.69% -38.94%

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 19 May 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 19 May 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 19 May 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 +21 710 £500 -4.76% 138
South East -3 182 £500 - 100
North of England +5 130 £500 - 85
Midlands -14 118 £475 -9.52% 40
West Midlands -17 75 £450 -14.29% 23
South West +14 68 £500 -9.09% 22
North West +4 67 £500 -4.76% 47
Yorkshire -27 47 £510 +16.46% 22
East Midlands -15 41 £525 +5.00% 17
East of England -13 20 £450 -5.26% 32
North East -9 16 £463 -13.95% 16
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 87 (6.91%) SharePoint
2 72 (5.72%) Confluence
3 40 (3.18%) Apache Spark
4 25 (1.99%) Apache
5 17 (1.35%) Apache Airflow
6 15 (1.19%) Microsoft Exchange
7 10 (0.79%) HCL Notes
7 10 (0.79%) Mendix
8 6 (0.48%) IIS
9 3 (0.24%) CMS
10 2 (0.16%) ArcGIS
10 2 (0.16%) Palantir Foundry
10 2 (0.16%) Umbraco
11 1 (0.079%) IBM HTTP Server
11 1 (0.079%) OpenStack
11 1 (0.079%) Oracle Workflow
11 1 (0.079%) SAS
11 1 (0.079%) WebLogic
Applications
1 42 (3.34%) Microsoft Project
2 24 (1.91%) Microsoft Excel
3 17 (1.35%) MS Visio
4 10 (0.79%) Microsoft Office
5 6 (0.48%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 4 (0.32%) CPLEX
7 3 (0.24%) Trello
8 2 (0.16%) Chatbot
8 2 (0.16%) Spreadsheet
9 1 (0.079%) InDesign
9 1 (0.079%) Notion
Business Applications
1 39 (3.10%) Dynamics CRM
2 13 (1.03%) SAP S/4HANA
3 8 (0.64%) Maximo
4 7 (0.56%) Dynamics AX
4 7 (0.56%) NEC Housing
5 4 (0.32%) Oracle EBS
5 4 (0.32%) SAP BPC
6 3 (0.24%) Findur
6 3 (0.24%) Payment Gateway
6 3 (0.24%) SAP Oil and Gas
7 2 (0.16%) Aladdin
7 2 (0.16%) SAP MDG
7 2 (0.16%) SAP MM
7 2 (0.16%) Unit4 Business World
8 1 (0.079%) Endur
8 1 (0.079%) OpenText VIM for SAP
8 1 (0.079%) Oracle ERP
8 1 (0.079%) Oracle Financials
8 1 (0.079%) SAP SD
8 1 (0.079%) SDL Web 8
Cloud Services
1 1,259 (100.00%) Azure
2 305 (24.23%) GitHub
3 202 (16.04%) Power Platform
4 199 (15.81%) GitHub Actions
5 163 (12.95%) AWS
6 131 (10.41%) Azure Data Factory
7 117 (9.29%) Azure AKS
8 111 (8.82%) Entra ID
9 105 (8.34%) Serverless
10 99 (7.86%) Azure Monitor
11 94 (7.47%) Dynamics 365
12 85 (6.75%) Power Automate
13 84 (6.67%) Azure Key Vault
14 78 (6.20%) Azure Synapse Analytics
15 74 (5.88%) Azure Functions
16 70 (5.56%) Azure Logic Apps
16 70 (5.56%) GCP
17 66 (5.24%) Microsoft 365
18 61 (4.85%) Azure Service Bus
18 61 (4.85%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 48 (3.81%) Firewall
2 23 (1.83%) Network Security
3 19 (1.51%) DNS
4 18 (1.43%) VPN
5 14 (1.11%) SD-WAN
6 12 (0.95%) WAN
7 7 (0.56%) DHCP
7 7 (0.56%) Internet
7 7 (0.56%) TCP/IP
8 6 (0.48%) LAN
9 5 (0.40%) IPsec
9 5 (0.40%) VLAN
10 4 (0.32%) MQTT
11 3 (0.24%) HTTP
11 3 (0.24%) SSL
12 2 (0.16%) BGP
12 2 (0.16%) FTP
12 2 (0.16%) OSPF
12 2 (0.16%) Wi-Fi
12 2 (0.16%) X.509
Database & Business Intelligence
1 133 (10.56%) Power BI
2 112 (8.90%) SQL Server
3 76 (6.04%) Data Lake
4 75 (5.96%) Azure SQL Database
5 66 (5.24%) Delta Lake
6 55 (4.37%) Data Warehouse
7 47 (3.73%) NoSQL
8 42 (3.34%) PostgreSQL
9 28 (2.22%) Oracle Database
10 26 (2.07%) MongoDB
10 26 (2.07%) Relational Database
11 20 (1.59%) Spark SQL
12 17 (1.35%) Snowflake Schema
12 17 (1.35%) SQL Server Integration Services
13 16 (1.27%) Tableau
14 15 (1.19%) Metadata
14 15 (1.19%) Redis
15 12 (0.95%) Amazon Redshift
15 12 (0.95%) Big Data
16 11 (0.87%) Parquet
Development Applications
1 239 (18.98%) JIRA
2 189 (15.01%) Git
3 120 (9.53%) Jenkins
4 79 (6.27%) GitLab
5 41 (3.26%) Selenium
6 25 (1.99%) Postman
7 21 (1.67%) SonarQube
8 16 (1.27%) Cypress.io
8 16 (1.27%) REST Assured
8 16 (1.27%) TestRail
9 15 (1.19%) Visual Studio
10 13 (1.03%) Bitbucket
10 13 (1.03%) Team Foundation Server
11 12 (0.95%) Cucumber
11 12 (0.95%) SpecFlow
12 10 (0.79%) Artifactory
12 10 (0.79%) NUnit
12 10 (0.79%) Zephyr
13 9 (0.71%) MLflow
14 8 (0.64%) JUnit
General
1 281 (22.32%) Social Skills
2 263 (20.89%) Finance
3 132 (10.48%) Public Sector
4 124 (9.85%) Analytical Skills
5 58 (4.61%) Banking
6 32 (2.54%) Organisational Skills
7 27 (2.14%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 21 (1.67%) Legal
9 19 (1.51%) Financial Institution
10 18 (1.43%) Influencing Skills
11 17 (1.35%) Documentation Skills
12 16 (1.27%) Retail
13 14 (1.11%) Front Office
14 12 (0.95%) Aerospace
15 9 (0.71%) Investment Banking
15 9 (0.71%) Presentation Skills
16 8 (0.64%) Marketing
17 7 (0.56%) Local Government
18 6 (0.48%) Back Office
18 6 (0.48%) Law
Job Titles
1 231 (18.35%) Developer
2 208 (16.52%) Azure Engineer
3 176 (13.98%) DevOps Engineer
4 167 (13.26%) Senior
5 126 (10.01%) Data Engineer
6 111 (8.82%) Azure DevOps Engineer
7 106 (8.42%) Analyst
8 104 (8.26%) Lead
9 89 (7.07%) Architect
10 50 (3.97%) Platform Engineer
11 43 (3.42%) Test Analyst
12 41 (3.26%) Business Analyst
13 39 (3.10%) Tester
14 37 (2.94%) Cloud Engineer
15 36 (2.86%) Full-Stack Developer
15 36 (2.86%) Test Engineer
16 35 (2.78%) Project Manager
16 35 (2.78%) Senior Developer
17 34 (2.70%) .NET Developer
17 34 (2.70%) Azure Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 186 (14.77%) .NET
2 99 (7.86%) REST
3 84 (6.67%) PySpark
4 71 (5.64%) React
5 63 (5.00%) ARM Templates
6 62 (4.92%) ADO
7 57 (4.53%) Kafka
8 55 (4.37%) RESTful
9 53 (4.21%) YAML
10 51 (4.05%) Node.js
11 44 (3.49%) .NET Framework
12 43 (3.42%) JSON
13 41 (3.26%) Playwright
14 39 (3.10%) .NET Core
15 33 (2.62%) SOAP
16 29 (2.30%) CSS
17 27 (2.14%) AngularJS
18 26 (2.07%) HTML
18 26 (2.07%) RabbitMQ
19 25 (1.99%) Flask
Miscellaneous
1 137 (10.88%) Cloud Native
2 70 (5.56%) Product Ownership
3 38 (3.02%) Distributed Systems
4 33 (2.62%) Legacy Systems
5 28 (2.22%) Enterprise Software
6 24 (1.91%) Onboarding
6 24 (1.91%) Reinsurance
7 18 (1.43%) Low-Code
8 17 (1.35%) Data Structures
8 17 (1.35%) Hybrid Cloud
9 16 (1.27%) Self-Motivation
10 15 (1.19%) Greenfield Project
11 13 (1.03%) AI Agents
11 13 (1.03%) Replication
12 12 (0.95%) Mobile App
13 10 (0.79%) NHS
14 9 (0.71%) Public Cloud
14 9 (0.71%) Virtual Team
15 8 (0.64%) Data Centre
15 8 (0.64%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
Operating Systems
1 67 (5.32%) Windows
2 51 (4.05%) Linux
3 16 (1.27%) VMS
4 10 (0.79%) Windows Server
5 9 (0.71%) Unix
6 4 (0.32%) Android
6 4 (0.32%) Apple iOS
7 3 (0.24%) Mac OS
7 3 (0.24%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 2 (0.16%) Windows Server 2016
8 2 (0.16%) Windows Server 2019
9 1 (0.079%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 1,252 (99.44%) DevOps
2 675 (53.61%) CI/CD
3 457 (36.30%) Agile
4 290 (23.03%) Infrastructure as Code
5 213 (16.92%) Problem-Solving
6 200 (15.89%) Analytics
7 199 (15.81%) Test Automation
8 171 (13.58%) Migration
9 156 (12.39%) Continuous Improvement
9 156 (12.39%) Data Modelling
10 150 (11.91%) Containerisation
10 150 (11.91%) Scrum
11 145 (11.52%) Business Intelligence
12 135 (10.72%) Stakeholder Management
13 127 (10.09%) ETL
14 126 (10.01%) AI
15 124 (9.85%) Data Pipeline
16 122 (9.69%) Observability
17 114 (9.05%) Microservices
18 113 (8.98%) Platform Engineering
Programming Languages
1 391 (31.06%) SQL
2 320 (25.42%) Python
3 227 (18.03%) C#
4 136 (10.80%) PowerShell
5 121 (9.61%) JavaScript
6 113 (8.98%) Bicep
7 90 (7.15%) Bash
8 84 (6.67%) Java
9 63 (5.00%) TypeScript
10 28 (2.22%) T-SQL
11 26 (2.07%) Scala
12 22 (1.75%) PL/SQL
13 15 (1.19%) Go
14 14 (1.11%) Data Analysis Expressions
14 14 (1.11%) Kusto Query Language
15 10 (0.79%) Formula Language
15 10 (0.79%) LotusScript
16 7 (0.56%) R
16 7 (0.56%) VB
17 5 (0.40%) Apex Code
Qualifications
1 342 (27.16%) Security Cleared
2 283 (22.48%) SC Cleared
3 102 (8.10%) Azure Certification
4 70 (5.56%) Degree
5 36 (2.86%) DV Cleared
6 32 (2.54%) ISTQB
7 30 (2.38%) Microsoft Certification
8 29 (2.30%) BPSS Clearance
9 23 (1.83%) Computer Science Degree
10 17 (1.35%) PMI Certification
10 17 (1.35%) PMP
11 10 (0.79%) AWS Certification
12 9 (0.71%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
13 7 (0.56%) Master's Degree
14 6 (0.48%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
14 6 (0.48%) CISM
14 6 (0.48%) CISSP
15 5 (0.40%) DBS Check
15 5 (0.40%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
16 4 (0.32%) Cisco Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 142 (11.28%) QA
2 99 (7.86%) Data Quality
3 38 (3.02%) Accessibility
4 29 (2.30%) GDPR
5 20 (1.59%) WCAG
6 19 (1.51%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 18 (1.43%) PMO
8 17 (1.35%) NIST
9 13 (1.03%) NCSC
10 10 (0.79%) Sarbanes-Oxley
10 10 (0.79%) SLA
11 9 (0.71%) NIST 800
11 9 (0.71%) PCI DSS
12 8 (0.64%) GRC
13 5 (0.40%) HL7
14 3 (0.24%) HIPAA
15 2 (0.16%) FedRAMP
15 2 (0.16%) HMG Security Policy Framework
15 2 (0.16%) PSD2
15 2 (0.16%) SEPA
System Software
1 179 (14.22%) Docker
2 72 (5.72%) Active Directory
3 26 (2.07%) Virtual Machines
4 12 (0.95%) Virtual Desktop
5 4 (0.32%) Firmware
5 4 (0.32%) VMware Infrastructure
6 2 (0.16%) Hyper-V
6 2 (0.16%) Microsoft App-V
6 2 (0.16%) OpenSSH
6 2 (0.16%) Postfix
7 1 (0.079%) HDFS
Systems Management
1 336 (26.69%) Terraform
2 223 (17.71%) Kubernetes
3 58 (4.61%) Ansible
4 42 (3.34%) Grafana
5 35 (2.78%) Prometheus
6 16 (1.27%) Argo
6 16 (1.27%) HP ALM
7 15 (1.19%) Istio
7 15 (1.19%) Puppet
8 11 (0.87%) Progress Chef
8 11 (0.87%) Single Sign-On
9 9 (0.71%) Microsoft Intune
10 8 (0.64%) Packer
11 6 (0.48%) HP Quality Center
12 4 (0.32%) Jamf Pro
13 3 (0.24%) Active Directory Federation Services
13 3 (0.24%) Icinga
13 3 (0.24%) Kubeflow
13 3 (0.24%) Rancher
13 3 (0.24%) SCCM
Vendors
1 371 (29.47%) Microsoft
2 154 (12.23%) Databricks
3 99 (7.86%) Oracle
4 59 (4.69%) ServiceNow
5 38 (3.02%) SAP
6 33 (2.62%) Salesforce
7 25 (1.99%) OpenAI
8 24 (1.91%) Splunk
9 23 (1.83%) Informatica
10 18 (1.43%) Google
11 17 (1.35%) HP
12 16 (1.27%) Dynatrace
13 14 (1.11%) Foundry
14 12 (0.95%) IBM
14 12 (0.95%) VMware
15 11 (0.87%) NEC
16 10 (0.79%) Bloomberg
16 10 (0.79%) Kofax
16 10 (0.79%) Lotus
17 8 (0.64%) Red Hat
389 Azure DevOps jobs in England