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

 6 months to
11 Apr 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 73 98 72
Rank change year-on-year +25 -26 +1
Contract jobs citing Azure DevOps 1,264 666 1,038
As % of all contract jobs in England 3.23% 2.74% 2.78%
As % of the Cloud Services category 8.93% 7.28% 8.64%
Number of daily rates quoted 930 486 719
10th Percentile £363 £368 £403
25th Percentile £413 £435 £455
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 14,147 9,154 12,012
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 36.16% 37.61% 32.12%
Number of daily rates quoted 9,771 6,438 8,636
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 £606 £638 £638
90th Percentile £713 £738 £738
UK median daily rate £500 £523 £525
% change year-on-year -4.40% -0.38% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 434 185 317
10th Percentile £16.00 £15.23 £14.00
25th Percentile £22.28 £18.50 £15.85
Median hourly rate £42.69 £26.50 £20.77
Median % change year-on-year +61.08% +27.59% -23.78%
75th Percentile £67.50 £41.97 £32.75
90th Percentile £80.76 £75.30 £59.97
UK median hourly rate £40.00 £27.43 £20.97
% change year-on-year +45.85% +30.78% -27.69%

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 11 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 11 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 11 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 +28 708 £500 -4.76% 131
South East -8 165 £525 +3.70% 101
North of England -1 126 £500 - 74
Midlands -10 118 £450 -14.29% 60
South West +19 87 £475 -9.52% 34
West Midlands -25 67 £450 -14.29% 37
North West +11 64 £488 -9.30% 41
East Midlands -11 49 £488 -2.50% 23
Yorkshire -27 48 £509 +19.71% 22
East of England -10 25 £425 - 33
North East -6 14 £475 -11.63% 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 83 (6.57%) SharePoint
2 71 (5.62%) Confluence
3 32 (2.53%) Apache Spark
4 23 (1.82%) Apache
5 16 (1.27%) Microsoft Exchange
6 14 (1.11%) Apache Airflow
7 11 (0.87%) 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 (2.93%) Microsoft Project
2 29 (2.29%) Microsoft Excel
3 20 (1.58%) MS Visio
4 11 (0.87%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 10 (0.79%) Microsoft Office
6 4 (0.32%) 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 (3.72%) Dynamics CRM
2 8 (0.63%) Maximo
3 7 (0.55%) NEC Housing
3 7 (0.55%) SAP S/4HANA
4 4 (0.32%) Aladdin
4 4 (0.32%) Dynamics AX
4 4 (0.32%) Oracle EBS
4 4 (0.32%) Payment Gateway
4 4 (0.32%) 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 ERP
7 1 (0.079%) Oracle Financials
7 1 (0.079%) SAP LE
7 1 (0.079%) SAP SD
7 1 (0.079%) Unit4 Business World
Cloud Services
1 1,264 (100.00%) Azure
2 312 (24.68%) GitHub
3 208 (16.46%) GitHub Actions
4 205 (16.22%) Power Platform
5 151 (11.95%) AWS
6 138 (10.92%) Azure Data Factory
7 130 (10.28%) Serverless
8 125 (9.89%) Azure AKS
9 124 (9.81%) Entra ID
10 120 (9.49%) Azure Monitor
11 105 (8.31%) Dynamics 365
12 91 (7.20%) Azure Key Vault
13 88 (6.96%) Azure Functions
14 82 (6.49%) Azure Synapse Analytics
15 80 (6.33%) Azure Logic Apps
16 79 (6.25%) Power Automate
17 71 (5.62%) Azure Service Bus
18 70 (5.54%) Microsoft 365
19 62 (4.91%) PowerApps
20 59 (4.67%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 46 (3.64%) Firewall
2 27 (2.14%) Network Security
3 22 (1.74%) DNS
4 19 (1.50%) VPN
5 14 (1.11%) SD-WAN
6 12 (0.95%) WAN
7 8 (0.63%) DHCP
7 8 (0.63%) TCP/IP
8 7 (0.55%) LAN
9 6 (0.47%) Internet
10 5 (0.40%) HTTP
10 5 (0.40%) IPsec
10 5 (0.40%) SSL
11 4 (0.32%) MQTT
11 4 (0.32%) VLAN
12 3 (0.24%) FTP
12 3 (0.24%) Remote Desktop
13 2 (0.16%) BGP
13 2 (0.16%) MPLS
13 2 (0.16%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 126 (9.97%) Power BI
2 109 (8.62%) SQL Server
3 76 (6.01%) Azure SQL Database
4 72 (5.70%) Data Lake
5 60 (4.75%) Delta Lake
6 57 (4.51%) Data Warehouse
7 42 (3.32%) NoSQL
8 37 (2.93%) PostgreSQL
9 28 (2.22%) Oracle Database
10 23 (1.82%) Relational Database
11 22 (1.74%) MongoDB
11 22 (1.74%) Spark SQL
12 18 (1.42%) SQL Server Integration Services
13 16 (1.27%) Redis
13 16 (1.27%) Tableau
14 15 (1.19%) DynamoDB
15 14 (1.11%) Snowflake Schema
16 12 (0.95%) Metadata
17 11 (0.87%) Amazon Redshift
17 11 (0.87%) Parquet
Development Applications
1 233 (18.43%) JIRA
2 178 (14.08%) Git
3 117 (9.26%) Jenkins
4 68 (5.38%) GitLab
5 54 (4.27%) Selenium
6 33 (2.61%) Oracle APEX
7 32 (2.53%) Postman
8 22 (1.74%) SonarQube
9 21 (1.66%) Cypress.io
10 19 (1.50%) TestRail
11 17 (1.34%) REST Assured
12 16 (1.27%) Cucumber
13 15 (1.19%) Visual Studio
13 15 (1.19%) Zephyr
14 14 (1.11%) SpecFlow
15 13 (1.03%) Artifactory
15 13 (1.03%) JUnit
15 13 (1.03%) Team Foundation Server
16 12 (0.95%) JMeter
17 11 (0.87%) MLflow
General
1 325 (25.71%) Social Skills
2 254 (20.09%) Finance
3 141 (11.16%) Public Sector
4 128 (10.13%) Analytical Skills
5 62 (4.91%) Banking
6 33 (2.61%) Organisational Skills
7 28 (2.22%) Documentation Skills
8 20 (1.58%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 20 (1.58%) Influencing Skills
8 20 (1.58%) Retail
9 18 (1.42%) Financial Institution
10 15 (1.19%) Front Office
10 15 (1.19%) Legal
11 13 (1.03%) Investment Banking
12 10 (0.79%) Law
12 10 (0.79%) Presentation Skills
13 9 (0.71%) Marketing
14 8 (0.63%) Local Government
15 7 (0.55%) Back Office
15 7 (0.55%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 264 (20.89%) Developer
2 206 (16.30%) Azure Engineer
3 196 (15.51%) Senior
4 175 (13.84%) DevOps Engineer
5 111 (8.78%) Azure DevOps Engineer
6 110 (8.70%) Data Engineer
7 107 (8.47%) Lead
8 99 (7.83%) Analyst
9 86 (6.80%) Architect
10 60 (4.75%) Senior Developer
11 55 (4.35%) Platform Engineer
12 45 (3.56%) Test Analyst
13 44 (3.48%) Tester
14 43 (3.40%) Azure Developer
15 38 (3.01%) Business Analyst
16 36 (2.85%) Cloud Engineer
16 36 (2.85%) Test Engineer
17 34 (2.69%) Azure Architect
18 33 (2.61%) .NET Developer
18 33 (2.61%) Project Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 199 (15.74%) .NET
2 105 (8.31%) REST
3 77 (6.09%) PySpark
4 74 (5.85%) React
5 71 (5.62%) Node.js
6 68 (5.38%) ARM Templates
7 59 (4.67%) YAML
8 55 (4.35%) ADO
9 52 (4.11%) Kafka
10 49 (3.88%) RESTful
11 47 (3.72%) .NET Core
12 43 (3.40%) Playwright
13 42 (3.32%) .NET Framework
14 37 (2.93%) JSON
15 36 (2.85%) OAuth
16 34 (2.69%) CSS
17 32 (2.53%) HTML
17 32 (2.53%) SOAP
18 30 (2.37%) AngularJS
19 25 (1.98%) RabbitMQ
Miscellaneous
1 132 (10.44%) Cloud Native
2 76 (6.01%) Product Ownership
3 38 (3.01%) Distributed Systems
4 37 (2.93%) Enterprise Software
5 35 (2.77%) Legacy Systems
6 21 (1.66%) Hybrid Cloud
7 20 (1.58%) Onboarding
8 19 (1.50%) AI Agents
8 19 (1.50%) Low-Code
8 19 (1.50%) Reinsurance
9 17 (1.34%) Data Structures
10 15 (1.19%) Self-Motivation
11 13 (1.03%) NHS
12 12 (0.95%) Virtual Team
13 11 (0.87%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
13 11 (0.87%) Public Cloud
13 11 (0.87%) Security Posture
14 10 (0.79%) Replication
15 9 (0.71%) Data Centre
15 9 (0.71%) Enterprise Cloud
Operating Systems
1 63 (4.98%) Windows
2 48 (3.80%) Linux
3 16 (1.27%) 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 1,256 (99.37%) DevOps
2 679 (53.72%) CI/CD
3 478 (37.82%) Agile
4 300 (23.73%) Infrastructure as Code
5 221 (17.48%) Problem-Solving
6 211 (16.69%) Analytics
7 208 (16.46%) Test Automation
8 173 (13.69%) Continuous Improvement
9 171 (13.53%) Scrum
10 146 (11.55%) AI
10 146 (11.55%) Containerisation
11 144 (11.39%) Migration
12 142 (11.23%) Business Intelligence
12 142 (11.23%) Data Modelling
13 133 (10.52%) Microservices
13 133 (10.52%) Stakeholder Management
14 128 (10.13%) Validation
15 125 (9.89%) Observability
16 110 (8.70%) Data Pipeline
17 107 (8.47%) Platform Engineering
Programming Languages
1 418 (33.07%) SQL
2 345 (27.29%) Python
3 241 (19.07%) C#
4 179 (14.16%) JavaScript
5 140 (11.08%) PowerShell
6 115 (9.10%) Bicep
7 89 (7.04%) Java
8 88 (6.96%) Bash
9 79 (6.25%) TypeScript
10 54 (4.27%) PL/SQL
11 28 (2.22%) T-SQL
12 27 (2.14%) Scala
13 18 (1.42%) Kusto Query Language
14 13 (1.03%) Go
15 11 (0.87%) Formula Language
15 11 (0.87%) LotusScript
16 10 (0.79%) Data Analysis Expressions
17 6 (0.47%) PHP
18 5 (0.40%) C
18 5 (0.40%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 356 (28.16%) Security Cleared
2 300 (23.73%) SC Cleared
3 106 (8.39%) Azure Certification
4 81 (6.41%) Degree
5 37 (2.93%) ISTQB
6 33 (2.61%) DV Cleared
7 30 (2.37%) Computer Science Degree
7 30 (2.37%) Microsoft Certification
8 29 (2.29%) BPSS Clearance
9 16 (1.27%) PMI Certification
9 16 (1.27%) PMP
10 13 (1.03%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
11 12 (0.95%) 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 (0.40%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
15 5 (0.40%) PRINCE2 Certification
16 4 (0.32%) Cisco Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 140 (11.08%) QA
2 90 (7.12%) Data Quality
3 32 (2.53%) Accessibility
4 28 (2.22%) GDPR
5 22 (1.74%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 19 (1.50%) NIST
7 18 (1.42%) NCSC
8 16 (1.27%) PMO
9 15 (1.19%) 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 (0.32%) HIPAA
13 4 (0.32%) SOC 2
14 3 (0.24%) HMG Security Policy Framework
15 2 (0.16%) EU AI Act
15 2 (0.16%) Software Quality Assurance
System Software
1 187 (14.79%) Docker
2 79 (6.25%) Active Directory
3 24 (1.90%) Virtual Machines
4 8 (0.63%) Virtual Desktop
5 7 (0.55%) VMware Infrastructure
6 4 (0.32%) 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
1 351 (27.77%) Terraform
2 219 (17.33%) Kubernetes
3 63 (4.98%) Ansible
4 45 (3.56%) Grafana
5 35 (2.77%) Prometheus
6 15 (1.19%) Single Sign-On
7 14 (1.11%) Argo
7 14 (1.11%) Istio
8 13 (1.03%) HP ALM
8 13 (1.03%) Puppet
9 9 (0.71%) Progress Chef
10 6 (0.47%) Microsoft Intune
10 6 (0.47%) Packer
11 4 (0.32%) HP Quality Center
12 3 (0.24%) Active Directory Federation Services
12 3 (0.24%) Icinga
12 3 (0.24%) Kubeflow
12 3 (0.24%) Podman
13 2 (0.16%) linkerd
13 2 (0.16%) Opsgenie
Vendors
1 388 (30.70%) Microsoft
2 166 (13.13%) Databricks
3 130 (10.28%) Oracle
4 54 (4.27%) ServiceNow
5 36 (2.85%) OpenAI
6 32 (2.53%) SAP
7 27 (2.14%) Salesforce
8 25 (1.98%) Splunk
9 19 (1.50%) Informatica
10 16 (1.27%) VMware
11 15 (1.19%) Google
12 14 (1.11%) HP
13 12 (0.95%) Foundry
14 11 (0.87%) Dynatrace
14 11 (0.87%) Lotus
14 11 (0.87%) 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