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

 6 months to
15 Apr 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 73 96 71
Rank change year-on-year +23 -25 +4
Contract jobs citing Azure DevOps 1,259 678 1,021
As % of all contract jobs in England 3.21% 2.78% 2.75%
As % of the Cloud Services category 8.92% 7.38% 8.61%
Number of daily rates quoted 928 492 699
10th Percentile £363 £371 £404
25th Percentile £413 £437 £452
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
75th Percentile £588 £625 £613
90th Percentile £688 £725 £688
UK median daily rate £500 £515 £525
% change year-on-year -2.82% -2.00% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 15 3 8
10th Percentile - £37.45 £53.88
25th Percentile £25.38 £48.25 £61.56
Median hourly rate £46.00 £67.50 £65.50
Median % change year-on-year -31.85% +3.05% -6.43%
75th Percentile £74.63 £74.38 £65.75
90th Percentile £76.05 £77.75 £67.40
UK median hourly rate £49.25 £80.00 £65.50
% change year-on-year -38.44% +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 14,115 9,184 11,852
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 36.01% 37.65% 31.96%
Number of daily rates quoted 9,742 6,440 8,523
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 £608 £638 £638
90th Percentile £713 £738 £738
UK median daily rate £500 £523 £525
% change year-on-year -4.31% -0.48% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 435 187 318
10th Percentile £15.77 £15.22 £14.00
25th Percentile £22.50 £18.13 £15.86
Median hourly rate £43.61 £26.50 £20.77
Median % change year-on-year +64.57% +27.59% -24.47%
75th Percentile £67.84 £42.49 £32.69
90th Percentile £81.00 £75.20 £59.97
UK median hourly rate £40.64 £27.50 £20.99
% change year-on-year +47.78% +31.05% -30.91%

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 15 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 15 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 15 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 +26 705 £500 -7.19% 113
South East -11 166 £525 +3.70% 76
North of England -5 126 £500 - 68
Midlands -9 116 £450 -14.29% 37
South West +22 86 £475 -9.52% 28
North West -2 65 £490 -8.88% 39
West Midlands -25 65 £450 -14.29% 20
East Midlands -5 49 £488 -2.50% 17
Yorkshire -29 48 £509 +19.71% 15
East of England -9 25 £425 - 22
North East -10 13 £475 -11.63% 14
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 81 (6.43%) SharePoint
2 72 (5.72%) Confluence
3 32 (2.54%) Apache Spark
4 23 (1.83%) 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 (0.56%) 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 36 (2.86%) Microsoft Project
2 30 (2.38%) Microsoft Excel
3 20 (1.59%) MS Visio
4 11 (0.87%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 10 (0.79%) Microsoft Office
6 4 (0.32%) Trello
7 3 (0.24%) CPLEX
8 2 (0.16%) Chatbot
8 2 (0.16%) Spreadsheet
9 1 (0.079%) InDesign
Business Applications
1 46 (3.65%) Dynamics CRM
2 8 (0.64%) Maximo
3 7 (0.56%) NEC Housing
3 7 (0.56%) 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%) SAP MM
7 1 (0.079%) Loan IQ
7 1 (0.079%) Oracle ERP
7 1 (0.079%) Oracle Financials
7 1 (0.079%) Primavera
7 1 (0.079%) SAP LE
7 1 (0.079%) SAP SD
7 1 (0.079%) Unit4 Business World
Cloud Services
1 1,259 (100.00%) Azure
2 307 (24.38%) GitHub
3 205 (16.28%) Power Platform
4 204 (16.20%) GitHub Actions
5 150 (11.91%) AWS
6 136 (10.80%) Azure Data Factory
7 127 (10.09%) Serverless
8 125 (9.93%) Azure AKS
9 123 (9.77%) Entra ID
10 119 (9.45%) Azure Monitor
11 104 (8.26%) Dynamics 365
12 91 (7.23%) Azure Key Vault
13 86 (6.83%) Azure Functions
14 80 (6.35%) Azure Synapse Analytics
15 79 (6.27%) Azure Logic Apps
16 78 (6.20%) Power Automate
17 70 (5.56%) Azure Service Bus
17 70 (5.56%) Microsoft 365
18 61 (4.85%) PowerApps
19 59 (4.69%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 44 (3.49%) Firewall
2 27 (2.14%) Network Security
3 21 (1.67%) DNS
4 18 (1.43%) VPN
5 14 (1.11%) SD-WAN
6 12 (0.95%) WAN
7 8 (0.64%) DHCP
7 8 (0.64%) TCP/IP
8 7 (0.56%) LAN
9 6 (0.48%) 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 (10.01%) Power BI
2 110 (8.74%) SQL Server
3 76 (6.04%) Azure SQL Database
4 71 (5.64%) Data Lake
5 59 (4.69%) Delta Lake
6 57 (4.53%) Data Warehouse
7 44 (3.49%) NoSQL
8 37 (2.94%) PostgreSQL
9 28 (2.22%) Oracle Database
10 24 (1.91%) MongoDB
11 23 (1.83%) Relational Database
12 21 (1.67%) Spark SQL
13 19 (1.51%) SQL Server Integration Services
14 17 (1.35%) Tableau
15 15 (1.19%) DynamoDB
15 15 (1.19%) Redis
16 14 (1.11%) Snowflake Schema
17 12 (0.95%) Metadata
18 11 (0.87%) Amazon Redshift
18 11 (0.87%) Parquet
Development Applications
1 236 (18.75%) JIRA
2 176 (13.98%) Git
3 116 (9.21%) Jenkins
4 69 (5.48%) GitLab
5 54 (4.29%) Selenium
6 33 (2.62%) Oracle APEX
7 32 (2.54%) Postman
8 22 (1.75%) SonarQube
9 20 (1.59%) Cypress.io
9 20 (1.59%) TestRail
10 17 (1.35%) REST Assured
11 16 (1.27%) Cucumber
12 15 (1.19%) Visual Studio
12 15 (1.19%) Zephyr
13 14 (1.11%) SpecFlow
14 13 (1.03%) Artifactory
14 13 (1.03%) JUnit
14 13 (1.03%) Team Foundation Server
15 12 (0.95%) JMeter
16 11 (0.87%) MLflow
General
1 323 (25.66%) Social Skills
2 253 (20.10%) Finance
3 140 (11.12%) Public Sector
4 128 (10.17%) Analytical Skills
5 61 (4.85%) Banking
6 33 (2.62%) Organisational Skills
7 28 (2.22%) Documentation Skills
8 20 (1.59%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 20 (1.59%) Influencing Skills
8 20 (1.59%) Retail
9 18 (1.43%) Financial Institution
10 16 (1.27%) Front Office
11 15 (1.19%) Legal
12 13 (1.03%) Investment Banking
13 10 (0.79%) Law
13 10 (0.79%) Presentation Skills
14 8 (0.64%) Local Government
15 7 (0.56%) Back Office
15 7 (0.56%) Marketing
16 6 (0.48%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 263 (20.89%) Developer
2 204 (16.20%) Azure Engineer
3 192 (15.25%) Senior
4 174 (13.82%) DevOps Engineer
5 110 (8.74%) Azure DevOps Engineer
6 107 (8.50%) Data Engineer
7 106 (8.42%) Lead
8 100 (7.94%) Analyst
9 87 (6.91%) Architect
10 59 (4.69%) Senior Developer
11 54 (4.29%) Platform Engineer
12 46 (3.65%) Test Analyst
13 44 (3.49%) Tester
14 43 (3.42%) Azure Developer
15 38 (3.02%) Business Analyst
16 36 (2.86%) Cloud Engineer
16 36 (2.86%) Test Engineer
17 34 (2.70%) Azure Architect
18 33 (2.62%) .NET Developer
19 32 (2.54%) Project Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 197 (15.65%) .NET
2 102 (8.10%) REST
3 76 (6.04%) PySpark
4 73 (5.80%) React
5 70 (5.56%) Node.js
6 68 (5.40%) ARM Templates
7 59 (4.69%) YAML
8 55 (4.37%) ADO
9 54 (4.29%) Kafka
10 50 (3.97%) RESTful
11 47 (3.73%) .NET Core
12 42 (3.34%) .NET Framework
12 42 (3.34%) Playwright
13 37 (2.94%) JSON
14 36 (2.86%) OAuth
15 33 (2.62%) CSS
16 31 (2.46%) HTML
16 31 (2.46%) SOAP
17 30 (2.38%) AngularJS
18 27 (2.14%) RabbitMQ
Miscellaneous
1 133 (10.56%) Cloud Native
2 76 (6.04%) Product Ownership
3 38 (3.02%) Distributed Systems
3 38 (3.02%) Enterprise Software
4 34 (2.70%) Legacy Systems
5 20 (1.59%) Hybrid Cloud
5 20 (1.59%) Onboarding
6 19 (1.51%) AI Agents
6 19 (1.51%) Low-Code
6 19 (1.51%) Reinsurance
7 18 (1.43%) Data Structures
8 15 (1.19%) Self-Motivation
9 13 (1.03%) NHS
10 12 (0.95%) Virtual Team
11 11 (0.87%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
11 11 (0.87%) Greenfield Project
11 11 (0.87%) Public Cloud
11 11 (0.87%) Security Posture
12 10 (0.79%) Replication
13 9 (0.71%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 63 (5.00%) Windows
2 48 (3.81%) Linux
3 16 (1.27%) VMS
4 9 (0.71%) Windows Server
5 7 (0.56%) Unix
6 4 (0.32%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 3 (0.24%) Mac OS
8 2 (0.16%) Android
8 2 (0.16%) Apple iOS
9 1 (0.079%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 1,251 (99.36%) DevOps
2 671 (53.30%) CI/CD
3 476 (37.81%) Agile
4 297 (23.59%) Infrastructure as Code
5 221 (17.55%) Problem-Solving
6 209 (16.60%) Analytics
7 207 (16.44%) Test Automation
8 170 (13.50%) Continuous Improvement
8 170 (13.50%) Scrum
9 148 (11.76%) Migration
10 146 (11.60%) Containerisation
11 144 (11.44%) AI
12 143 (11.36%) Data Modelling
13 140 (11.12%) Business Intelligence
14 132 (10.48%) Microservices
14 132 (10.48%) Stakeholder Management
15 128 (10.17%) Validation
16 124 (9.85%) Observability
17 108 (8.58%) Data Pipeline
18 107 (8.50%) ETL
Programming Languages
1 414 (32.88%) SQL
2 341 (27.08%) Python
3 239 (18.98%) C#
4 176 (13.98%) JavaScript
5 135 (10.72%) PowerShell
6 114 (9.05%) Bicep
7 90 (7.15%) Java
8 87 (6.91%) Bash
9 77 (6.12%) TypeScript
10 54 (4.29%) PL/SQL
11 29 (2.30%) T-SQL
12 27 (2.14%) Scala
13 18 (1.43%) Kusto Query Language
14 12 (0.95%) Go
15 11 (0.87%) Data Analysis Expressions
15 11 (0.87%) Formula Language
15 11 (0.87%) LotusScript
16 6 (0.48%) PHP
17 5 (0.40%) C
17 5 (0.40%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 351 (27.88%) Security Cleared
2 297 (23.59%) SC Cleared
3 105 (8.34%) Azure Certification
4 79 (6.27%) Degree
5 38 (3.02%) ISTQB
6 30 (2.38%) DV Cleared
7 29 (2.30%) BPSS Clearance
7 29 (2.30%) Computer Science Degree
8 28 (2.22%) Microsoft Certification
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 (0.64%) CISSP
13 7 (0.56%) CISM
13 7 (0.56%) Master's Degree
14 6 (0.48%) 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 (11.12%) QA
2 90 (7.15%) Data Quality
3 31 (2.46%) Accessibility
4 27 (2.14%) GDPR
5 21 (1.67%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 18 (1.43%) NIST
7 17 (1.35%) NCSC
8 16 (1.27%) PMO
9 14 (1.11%) WCAG
10 9 (0.71%) NIST 800
10 9 (0.71%) Sarbanes-Oxley
10 9 (0.71%) SLA
11 7 (0.56%) PCI DSS
12 6 (0.48%) GRC
12 6 (0.48%) HL7
13 4 (0.32%) SOC 2
14 3 (0.24%) HIPAA
14 3 (0.24%) HMG Security Policy Framework
15 2 (0.16%) FedRAMP
15 2 (0.16%) GxP
System Software
1 185 (14.69%) Docker
2 78 (6.20%) Active Directory
3 23 (1.83%) Virtual Machines
4 8 (0.64%) Virtual Desktop
5 7 (0.56%) 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
1 347 (27.56%) Terraform
2 219 (17.39%) Kubernetes
3 62 (4.92%) Ansible
4 44 (3.49%) Grafana
5 34 (2.70%) Prometheus
6 15 (1.19%) Argo
6 15 (1.19%) Single Sign-On
7 14 (1.11%) HP ALM
7 14 (1.11%) Istio
8 13 (1.03%) Puppet
9 9 (0.71%) Progress Chef
10 7 (0.56%) Packer
11 6 (0.48%) Microsoft Intune
12 4 (0.32%) HP Quality Center
13 3 (0.24%) Active Directory Federation Services
13 3 (0.24%) Icinga
13 3 (0.24%) Kubeflow
14 2 (0.16%) linkerd
14 2 (0.16%) Opsgenie
14 2 (0.16%) Rancher
Vendors
1 385 (30.58%) Microsoft
2 162 (12.87%) Databricks
3 130 (10.33%) Oracle
4 55 (4.37%) ServiceNow
5 36 (2.86%) OpenAI
6 33 (2.62%) SAP
7 27 (2.14%) Salesforce
8 24 (1.91%) Splunk
9 19 (1.51%) Informatica
10 16 (1.27%) VMware
11 15 (1.19%) Google
11 15 (1.19%) HP
12 12 (0.95%) Foundry
13 11 (0.87%) Dynatrace
13 11 (0.87%) Lotus
13 11 (0.87%) NEC
14 10 (0.79%) Citrix
14 10 (0.79%) IBM
14 10 (0.79%) Kofax
15 9 (0.71%) Red Hat
317 Azure DevOps jobs in England