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

 6 months to
21 Jul 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 77 88 73
Rank change year-on-year +11 -15 +1
Contract jobs citing Azure DevOps 1,421 761 1,013
As % of all contract jobs in England 3.17% 2.79% 2.86%
As % of the Cloud Services category 9.07% 7.47% 8.61%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,006 543 680
10th Percentile £363 £350 £400
25th Percentile £416 £413 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £525
Median % change year-on-year - -4.76% -4.55%
75th Percentile £600 £600 £600
90th Percentile £692 £725 £675
UK median daily rate £500 £500 £525
% change year-on-year - -4.76% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 34 3 3
10th Percentile £19.85 £36.45 -
25th Percentile £25.38 £45.75 £65.25
Median hourly rate £55.00 £62.50 £65.50
Median % change year-on-year -12.00% -4.58% -6.43%
75th Percentile £87.25 £76.25 £65.75
90th Percentile £103.55 £83.75 -
UK median hourly rate £55.00 £85.00 £65.50
% change year-on-year -35.29% +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 15,661 10,188 11,769
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 34.93% 37.38% 33.26%
Number of daily rates quoted 10,470 6,885 8,378
10th Percentile £325 £313 £313
25th Percentile £420 £409 £419
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £513 £525
Median % change year-on-year +2.34% -2.38% -4.55%
75th Percentile £625 £625 £638
90th Percentile £716 £738 £750
UK median daily rate £519 £501 £525
% change year-on-year +3.70% -4.67% -2.78%
Number of hourly rates quoted 554 268 287
10th Percentile £16.70 £14.99 £14.16
25th Percentile £22.50 £18.04 £16.06
Median hourly rate £39.27 £25.15 £22.00
Median % change year-on-year +56.14% +14.32% -36.96%
75th Percentile £70.00 £43.39 £47.47
90th Percentile £85.00 £67.00 £70.00
UK median hourly rate £36.71 £27.50 £22.00
% change year-on-year +33.49% +25.00% -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 21 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 21 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 21 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 +14 782 £511 -2.69% 184
South East -17 178 £500 +9.29% 110
Midlands +23 163 £458 -8.50% 53
North of England +12 163 £482 -3.70% 86
West Midlands +13 117 £450 -14.29% 32
North West +7 82 £500 -4.76% 46
South West 0 73 £475 -15.37% 19
Yorkshire -30 61 £490 -2.00% 30
East Midlands +2 44 £525 +6.06% 21
East of England +6 35 £425 -11.69% 27
North East -23 20 £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
1 103 (7.25%) Confluence
2 84 (5.91%) SharePoint
3 31 (2.18%) Apache Spark
4 26 (1.83%) Apache
4 26 (1.83%) Apache Airflow
5 14 (0.99%) Microsoft Exchange
6 7 (0.49%) CMS
7 6 (0.42%) Documentum
8 3 (0.21%) IIS
8 3 (0.21%) Kentico
8 3 (0.21%) Palantir Foundry
8 3 (0.21%) SAS
9 2 (0.14%) Mendix
9 2 (0.14%) OpenROAD
9 2 (0.14%) Umbraco
10 1 (0.070%) HCL Notes
10 1 (0.070%) IBM HTTP Server
10 1 (0.070%) Oracle Workflow
10 1 (0.070%) SharePoint Server
10 1 (0.070%) WebLogic
Applications
1 52 (3.66%) Microsoft Project
2 33 (2.32%) Microsoft Excel
3 20 (1.41%) MS Visio
4 11 (0.77%) Microsoft Office
5 8 (0.56%) CPLEX
6 7 (0.49%) Microsoft PowerPoint
7 6 (0.42%) Trello
8 5 (0.35%) Chatbot
9 4 (0.28%) Notion
9 4 (0.28%) Spreadsheet
10 1 (0.070%) Adobe XD
10 1 (0.070%) InDesign
Business Applications
1 43 (3.03%) Dynamics CRM
2 20 (1.41%) SAP S/4HANA
3 7 (0.49%) Dynamics AX
4 6 (0.42%) Maximo
5 4 (0.28%) Oracle EBS
6 3 (0.21%) Endur
6 3 (0.21%) Findur
6 3 (0.21%) SAP BPC
6 3 (0.21%) SAP MDG
6 3 (0.21%) SAP MM
6 3 (0.21%) SAP Oil and Gas
7 2 (0.14%) Aladdin
7 2 (0.14%) Dynamics GP
7 2 (0.14%) IBM Operational Decision Manager
7 2 (0.14%) Salesforce CRM
7 2 (0.14%) Unit4 Business World
8 1 (0.070%) Loan IQ
8 1 (0.070%) Oracle Financials
8 1 (0.070%) SAP SD
8 1 (0.070%) SDL Web 8
Cloud Services
1 1,421 (100.00%) Azure
2 360 (25.33%) GitHub
3 242 (17.03%) GitHub Actions
4 218 (15.34%) Power Platform
5 207 (14.57%) AWS
6 120 (8.44%) Azure Data Factory
7 113 (7.95%) Entra ID
8 109 (7.67%) Azure Monitor
9 106 (7.46%) Azure AKS
10 104 (7.32%) Dynamics 365
11 98 (6.90%) Power Automate
12 87 (6.12%) Serverless
13 78 (5.49%) GCP
13 78 (5.49%) PowerApps
14 77 (5.42%) Azure Key Vault
15 71 (5.00%) Azure Synapse Analytics
16 61 (4.29%) Azure Logic Apps
17 60 (4.22%) Microsoft 365
18 53 (3.73%) Azure Functions
18 53 (3.73%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 49 (3.45%) Firewall
2 29 (2.04%) DNS
3 28 (1.97%) Network Security
4 19 (1.34%) VPN
5 13 (0.91%) SD-WAN
5 13 (0.91%) WAN
6 10 (0.70%) SSL
7 9 (0.63%) DHCP
7 9 (0.63%) Internet
8 8 (0.56%) TCP/IP
9 6 (0.42%) LAN
9 6 (0.42%) VLAN
10 3 (0.21%) 4G
10 3 (0.21%) IPsec
11 2 (0.14%) BGP
11 2 (0.14%) Cisco IOS
11 2 (0.14%) MQTT
11 2 (0.14%) NAS
11 2 (0.14%) OSPF
11 2 (0.14%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 143 (10.06%) Power BI
2 106 (7.46%) SQL Server
3 74 (5.21%) Data Lake
4 66 (4.64%) Azure SQL Database
5 64 (4.50%) Data Warehouse
6 55 (3.87%) Delta Lake
7 47 (3.31%) NoSQL
8 46 (3.24%) PostgreSQL
9 27 (1.90%) Relational Database
10 23 (1.62%) MongoDB
11 22 (1.55%) Snowflake Schema
12 21 (1.48%) SQL Server Integration Services
13 19 (1.34%) Metadata
13 19 (1.34%) Spark SQL
14 17 (1.20%) Redis
15 15 (1.06%) Oracle Database
16 14 (0.99%) Big Data
17 13 (0.91%) Amazon Redshift
18 12 (0.84%) Parquet
19 9 (0.63%) Data Vault
Development Applications
1 288 (20.27%) JIRA
2 230 (16.19%) Git
3 148 (10.42%) Jenkins
4 108 (7.60%) GitLab
5 56 (3.94%) Selenium
6 27 (1.90%) Postman
7 24 (1.69%) SonarQube
8 23 (1.62%) Visual Studio
9 22 (1.55%) Cucumber
10 21 (1.48%) Cypress.io
11 19 (1.34%) WebDriver
12 17 (1.20%) REST Assured
13 15 (1.06%) Gradle
13 15 (1.06%) JUnit
13 15 (1.06%) TestRail
14 14 (0.99%) Team Foundation Server
15 13 (0.91%) Bitbucket
16 11 (0.77%) MSI
16 11 (0.77%) NUnit
16 11 (0.77%) SpecFlow
General
1 363 (25.55%) Social Skills
2 292 (20.55%) Finance
3 171 (12.03%) Public Sector
4 145 (10.20%) Analytical Skills
5 68 (4.79%) Banking
6 59 (4.15%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 33 (2.32%) Organisational Skills
8 28 (1.97%) Documentation Skills
8 28 (1.97%) Legal
9 25 (1.76%) Retail
10 24 (1.69%) Influencing Skills
11 14 (0.99%) Aerospace
12 12 (0.84%) Law
13 11 (0.77%) Investment Banking
13 11 (0.77%) Local Government
13 11 (0.77%) Marketing
14 9 (0.63%) Billing
14 9 (0.63%) Front Office
15 8 (0.56%) Manufacturing
16 7 (0.49%) Back Office
Job Titles
1 264 (18.58%) Developer
2 210 (14.78%) Azure Engineer
3 205 (14.43%) DevOps Engineer
4 200 (14.07%) Senior
5 128 (9.01%) Analyst
5 128 (9.01%) Data Engineer
6 126 (8.87%) Azure DevOps Engineer
7 123 (8.66%) Lead
8 95 (6.69%) Architect
9 67 (4.71%) Business Analyst
10 51 (3.59%) Platform Engineer
11 46 (3.24%) Project Manager
12 45 (3.17%) Test Analyst
13 44 (3.10%) Tester
14 42 (2.96%) Solutions Architect
15 39 (2.74%) Cloud Engineer
15 39 (2.74%) Consultant
16 37 (2.60%) .NET Developer
16 37 (2.60%) Full-Stack Developer
17 36 (2.53%) Senior Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 183 (12.88%) .NET
2 150 (10.56%) REST
3 77 (5.42%) PySpark
4 75 (5.28%) RESTful
5 74 (5.21%) ADO
6 65 (4.57%) YAML
7 64 (4.50%) JSON
8 60 (4.22%) React
9 59 (4.15%) Kafka
10 54 (3.80%) .NET Framework
11 50 (3.52%) ARM Templates
12 48 (3.38%) Playwright
13 45 (3.17%) .NET Core
13 45 (3.17%) SOAP
14 39 (2.74%) HTML
15 38 (2.67%) Node.js
16 36 (2.53%) CSS
17 34 (2.39%) OAuth
18 31 (2.18%) AngularJS
18 31 (2.18%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 165 (11.61%) Cloud Native
2 101 (7.11%) Product Ownership
3 52 (3.66%) Distributed Systems
4 48 (3.38%) Legacy Systems
5 40 (2.81%) Onboarding
6 30 (2.11%) Enterprise Software
7 28 (1.97%) Self-Motivation
8 22 (1.55%) Reinsurance
9 21 (1.48%) Hybrid Cloud
9 21 (1.48%) Management Information System
10 19 (1.34%) Data Structures
10 19 (1.34%) Greenfield Project
11 18 (1.27%) Replication
12 17 (1.20%) Mobile App
13 14 (0.99%) AI Agents
13 14 (0.99%) Low-Code
14 13 (0.91%) Enterprise Cloud
15 12 (0.84%) Data Protection Act
16 11 (0.77%) Data Centre
16 11 (0.77%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 86 (6.05%) Windows
2 56 (3.94%) Linux
3 16 (1.13%) Windows Server
4 13 (0.91%) VMS
5 9 (0.63%) Unix
6 8 (0.56%) Android
6 8 (0.56%) Apple iOS
7 5 (0.35%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 4 (0.28%) Mac OS
9 3 (0.21%) Windows Server 2016
9 3 (0.21%) Windows Server 2019
10 1 (0.070%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 1,421 (100.00%) DevOps
2 764 (53.76%) CI/CD
3 581 (40.89%) Agile
4 336 (23.65%) Infrastructure as Code
5 237 (16.68%) Test Automation
6 225 (15.83%) Analytics
7 220 (15.48%) Problem-Solving
8 217 (15.27%) Continuous Improvement
9 214 (15.06%) Stakeholder Management
10 205 (14.43%) Scrum
11 193 (13.58%) Migration
12 186 (13.09%) Containerisation
13 159 (11.19%) Data Modelling
14 153 (10.77%) Business Intelligence
15 142 (9.99%) Stakeholder Engagement
16 140 (9.85%) Microservices
17 136 (9.57%) User Acceptance Testing
18 135 (9.50%) AI
19 131 (9.22%) Platform Engineering
20 129 (9.08%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 392 (27.59%) SQL
2 344 (24.21%) Python
3 232 (16.33%) C#
4 160 (11.26%) PowerShell
5 135 (9.50%) JavaScript
6 122 (8.59%) Bicep
7 107 (7.53%) Bash
7 107 (7.53%) Java
8 81 (5.70%) TypeScript
9 24 (1.69%) T-SQL
10 19 (1.34%) Go
11 16 (1.13%) Scala
12 15 (1.06%) Kusto Query Language
13 12 (0.84%) Apex Code
13 12 (0.84%) Data Analysis Expressions
14 10 (0.70%) PL/SQL
14 10 (0.70%) X++
15 7 (0.49%) VB
16 6 (0.42%) C
16 6 (0.42%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 403 (28.36%) Security Cleared
2 328 (23.08%) SC Cleared
3 99 (6.97%) Azure Certification
4 94 (6.62%) Degree
5 53 (3.73%) DV Cleared
6 41 (2.89%) Microsoft Certification
7 34 (2.39%) ISTQB
8 30 (2.11%) BPSS Clearance
8 30 (2.11%) Computer Science Degree
9 23 (1.62%) AWS Certification
10 15 (1.06%) PMI Certification
10 15 (1.06%) PMP
11 12 (0.84%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
11 12 (0.84%) Master's Degree
12 10 (0.70%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
13 9 (0.63%) DBS Check
14 8 (0.56%) Cisco Certification
15 7 (0.49%) CISSP
16 5 (0.35%) ITIL Certification
17 4 (0.28%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 154 (10.84%) QA
2 97 (6.83%) Data Quality
3 77 (5.42%) Accessibility
4 48 (3.38%) GDPR
5 44 (3.10%) WCAG
6 25 (1.76%) PMO
7 18 (1.27%) NIST
8 16 (1.13%) ISO/IEC 27001
9 15 (1.06%) SLA
10 13 (0.91%) NCSC
11 11 (0.77%) GRC
12 9 (0.63%) Sarbanes-Oxley
13 5 (0.35%) PCI DSS
14 3 (0.21%) Cyber Essentials
14 3 (0.21%) Government Security Classifications
15 2 (0.14%) Actionable Recommendations
15 2 (0.14%) HMG Security Policy Framework
15 2 (0.14%) NIST 800
15 2 (0.14%) PSD2
15 2 (0.14%) SEPA
System Software
1 195 (13.72%) Docker
2 74 (5.21%) Active Directory
3 30 (2.11%) Virtual Machines
4 14 (0.99%) Virtual Desktop
5 13 (0.91%) VMware Infrastructure
6 3 (0.21%) Hyper-V
7 2 (0.14%) Apache ZooKeeper
7 2 (0.14%) Embedded Firmware
7 2 (0.14%) Firmware
7 2 (0.14%) Microsoft App-V
7 2 (0.14%) OpenSSH
7 2 (0.14%) Postfix
7 2 (0.14%) vSphere
8 1 (0.070%) HDFS
8 1 (0.070%) VMware ESXi
8 1 (0.070%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 373 (26.25%) Terraform
2 247 (17.38%) Kubernetes
3 81 (5.70%) Ansible
4 55 (3.87%) Grafana
5 48 (3.38%) Prometheus
6 20 (1.41%) Argo
7 18 (1.27%) Progress Chef
7 18 (1.27%) Puppet
8 16 (1.13%) Microsoft Intune
9 13 (0.91%) Single Sign-On
10 12 (0.84%) HP ALM
10 12 (0.84%) Istio
10 12 (0.84%) Packer
11 6 (0.42%) Jamf Pro
12 4 (0.28%) HP Quality Center
12 4 (0.28%) SCCM
12 4 (0.28%) SCOM
13 3 (0.21%) Rancher
14 2 (0.14%) Docker Swarm
14 2 (0.14%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 435 (30.61%) Microsoft
2 133 (9.36%) Databricks
3 70 (4.93%) Oracle
4 59 (4.15%) ServiceNow
5 49 (3.45%) Salesforce
6 47 (3.31%) SAP
7 29 (2.04%) Google
8 24 (1.69%) Splunk
9 20 (1.41%) Dynatrace
10 19 (1.34%) VMware
11 18 (1.27%) Informatica
12 16 (1.13%) OpenAI
13 13 (0.91%) Foundry
13 13 (0.91%) HP
14 11 (0.77%) MuleSoft
15 10 (0.70%) Bloomberg
15 10 (0.70%) IBM
16 9 (0.63%) Guidewire
16 9 (0.63%) InterSystems
17 8 (0.56%) Citrix
444 Azure DevOps jobs in England