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

 6 months to
30 Jul 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 73 90 73
Rank change year-on-year +17 -17 +3
Contract jobs citing Azure DevOps 1,473 760 980
As % of all contract jobs in England 3.26% 2.76% 2.88%
As % of the Cloud Services category 9.30% 7.40% 8.60%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,046 545 655
10th Percentile £363 £350 £393
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 £684 £723 £675
UK median daily rate £500 £500 £521
% change year-on-year - -4.10% -5.21%
Number of hourly rates quoted 39 3 0
10th Percentile £20.85 £36.45 -
25th Percentile £25.38 £45.75 -
Median hourly rate £46.80 £62.50 -
Median % change year-on-year -25.12% - -
75th Percentile £84.13 £76.25 -
90th Percentile £102.80 £83.75 -
UK median hourly rate £50.90 £85.00 -
% change year-on-year -40.12% - -

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 15,836 10,274 11,391
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 35.04% 37.35% 33.43%
Number of daily rates quoted 10,572 6,952 8,104
10th Percentile £325 £311 £313
25th Percentile £423 £406 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £512 £525
Median % change year-on-year +2.49% -2.43% -4.55%
75th Percentile £625 £625 £638
90th Percentile £716 £738 £750
UK median daily rate £519 £500 £525
% change year-on-year +3.80% -4.76% -2.78%
Number of hourly rates quoted 565 268 254
10th Percentile £16.62 £14.99 £14.16
25th Percentile £21.25 £18.13 £16.10
Median hourly rate £37.50 £25.15 £22.00
Median % change year-on-year +49.11% +14.32% -33.33%
75th Percentile £70.00 £43.48 £49.69
90th Percentile £84.50 £67.00 £70.00
UK median hourly rate £35.50 £27.38 £22.50
% change year-on-year +29.68% +21.67% -35.71%

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 30 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 30 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 30 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 +19 815 £500 -4.76% 205
South East -19 185 £505 +12.22% 122
Midlands +20 169 £458 -8.50% 57
North of England +10 167 £482 -3.70% 83
West Midlands +10 122 £450 -14.29% 35
North West +7 85 £500 -4.76% 49
South West +4 73 £475 -9.52% 28
Yorkshire -24 60 £480 -4.00% 25
East Midlands +7 45 £525 +12.00% 22
East of England +13 36 £425 -12.82% 30
North East -24 22 £450 -18.18% 10
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
1 107 (7.26%) Confluence
2 89 (6.04%) SharePoint
3 35 (2.38%) Apache Spark
4 28 (1.90%) Apache
4 28 (1.90%) Apache Airflow
5 14 (0.95%) Microsoft Exchange
6 8 (0.54%) CMS
7 6 (0.41%) Documentum
8 4 (0.27%) IIS
9 3 (0.20%) Kentico
9 3 (0.20%) Mendix
9 3 (0.20%) Palantir Foundry
9 3 (0.20%) SAS
10 2 (0.14%) OpenROAD
10 2 (0.14%) Umbraco
11 1 (0.068%) ArcGIS
11 1 (0.068%) HCL Notes
11 1 (0.068%) IBM HTTP Server
11 1 (0.068%) Oracle Workflow
11 1 (0.068%) WebLogic
Applications
1 53 (3.60%) Microsoft Project
2 35 (2.38%) Microsoft Excel
3 18 (1.22%) MS Visio
4 11 (0.75%) Microsoft Office
5 8 (0.54%) CPLEX
6 7 (0.48%) Microsoft PowerPoint
7 6 (0.41%) Trello
8 5 (0.34%) Chatbot
9 4 (0.27%) Notion
9 4 (0.27%) Spreadsheet
10 1 (0.068%) Adobe XD
10 1 (0.068%) InDesign
Business Applications
1 44 (2.99%) Dynamics CRM
2 20 (1.36%) SAP S/4HANA
3 7 (0.48%) Dynamics AX
4 6 (0.41%) Maximo
5 4 (0.27%) Oracle EBS
6 3 (0.20%) Endur
6 3 (0.20%) Findur
6 3 (0.20%) SAP BPC
6 3 (0.20%) SAP MDG
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%) SAP MM
7 2 (0.14%) SAP Oil and Gas
7 2 (0.14%) Teamcenter
7 2 (0.14%) Unit4 Business World
8 1 (0.068%) Loan IQ
8 1 (0.068%) SAP CS
8 1 (0.068%) SDL Web 8
Cloud Services
1 1,473 (100.00%) Azure
2 379 (25.73%) GitHub
3 257 (17.45%) GitHub Actions
4 230 (15.61%) Power Platform
5 219 (14.87%) AWS
6 127 (8.62%) Azure Data Factory
7 124 (8.42%) Entra ID
8 121 (8.21%) Azure AKS
9 116 (7.88%) Azure Monitor
10 109 (7.40%) Dynamics 365
11 106 (7.20%) Power Automate
12 90 (6.11%) Serverless
13 85 (5.77%) PowerApps
14 83 (5.63%) GCP
15 78 (5.30%) Azure Key Vault
16 74 (5.02%) Azure Synapse Analytics
17 65 (4.41%) Microsoft 365
18 62 (4.21%) Azure Logic Apps
19 58 (3.94%) PaaS
20 56 (3.80%) Azure Functions
Communications & Networking
1 57 (3.87%) Firewall
2 34 (2.31%) DNS
3 31 (2.10%) Network Security
4 25 (1.70%) VPN
5 15 (1.02%) WAN
6 13 (0.88%) SD-WAN
6 13 (0.88%) SSL
7 12 (0.81%) DHCP
8 9 (0.61%) Internet
8 9 (0.61%) TCP/IP
9 7 (0.48%) VLAN
10 6 (0.41%) LAN
11 3 (0.20%) 4G
11 3 (0.20%) BGP
11 3 (0.20%) OSPF
11 3 (0.20%) RS-232
11 3 (0.20%) RS-485
11 3 (0.20%) SAN
11 3 (0.20%) Wi-Fi
12 2 (0.14%) Cisco IOS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 153 (10.39%) Power BI
2 110 (7.47%) SQL Server
3 73 (4.96%) Data Lake
4 70 (4.75%) Azure SQL Database
5 68 (4.62%) Data Warehouse
6 53 (3.60%) NoSQL
7 52 (3.53%) Delta Lake
8 47 (3.19%) PostgreSQL
9 27 (1.83%) Relational Database
10 24 (1.63%) SQL Server Integration Services
11 23 (1.56%) MongoDB
12 21 (1.43%) Metadata
12 21 (1.43%) Snowflake Schema
13 19 (1.29%) Spark SQL
14 16 (1.09%) Big Data
14 16 (1.09%) Redis
15 13 (0.88%) Oracle Database
15 13 (0.88%) Parquet
16 12 (0.81%) Amazon Redshift
16 12 (0.81%) Data Vault
Development Applications
1 288 (19.55%) JIRA
2 231 (15.68%) Git
3 163 (11.07%) Jenkins
4 122 (8.28%) GitLab
5 60 (4.07%) Selenium
6 30 (2.04%) Postman
7 28 (1.90%) SonarQube
8 24 (1.63%) Visual Studio
9 23 (1.56%) Cucumber
9 23 (1.56%) Cypress.io
10 20 (1.36%) WebDriver
11 18 (1.22%) REST Assured
12 17 (1.15%) TestRail
13 16 (1.09%) Gradle
13 16 (1.09%) JUnit
14 14 (0.95%) Bitbucket
15 13 (0.88%) Maven
16 12 (0.81%) MSI
16 12 (0.81%) Team Foundation Server
17 11 (0.75%) SpecFlow
General
1 377 (25.59%) Social Skills
2 298 (20.23%) Finance
3 180 (12.22%) Public Sector
4 151 (10.25%) Analytical Skills
5 73 (4.96%) Banking
6 64 (4.34%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 31 (2.10%) Organisational Skills
8 30 (2.04%) Legal
8 30 (2.04%) Retail
9 25 (1.70%) Documentation Skills
10 22 (1.49%) Influencing Skills
11 16 (1.09%) Aerospace
12 14 (0.95%) Marketing
13 13 (0.88%) Law
14 12 (0.81%) Investment Banking
14 12 (0.81%) Local Government
15 9 (0.61%) Billing
15 9 (0.61%) Manufacturing
16 8 (0.54%) Front Office
17 7 (0.48%) Back Office
Job Titles
1 274 (18.60%) Developer
2 216 (14.66%) Azure Engineer
3 211 (14.32%) Senior
4 210 (14.26%) DevOps Engineer
5 130 (8.83%) Data Engineer
6 129 (8.76%) Lead
7 128 (8.69%) Analyst
8 127 (8.62%) Azure DevOps Engineer
9 99 (6.72%) Architect
10 64 (4.34%) Business Analyst
11 56 (3.80%) Platform Engineer
12 47 (3.19%) Test Analyst
13 46 (3.12%) Project Manager
14 43 (2.92%) Cloud Engineer
14 43 (2.92%) Solutions Architect
14 43 (2.92%) Tester
15 42 (2.85%) Consultant
15 42 (2.85%) Full-Stack Developer
16 41 (2.78%) .NET Developer
17 39 (2.65%) Senior Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 197 (13.37%) .NET
2 160 (10.86%) REST
3 81 (5.50%) PySpark
4 80 (5.43%) RESTful
5 76 (5.16%) ADO
6 71 (4.82%) YAML
7 65 (4.41%) JSON
8 62 (4.21%) .NET Framework
9 59 (4.01%) Kafka
9 59 (4.01%) React
10 52 (3.53%) .NET Core
11 51 (3.46%) ARM Templates
11 51 (3.46%) Playwright
12 45 (3.05%) SOAP
13 39 (2.65%) OAuth
14 36 (2.44%) HTML
15 33 (2.24%) AngularJS
15 33 (2.24%) CSS
15 33 (2.24%) Node.js
16 31 (2.10%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 171 (11.61%) Cloud Native
2 102 (6.92%) Product Ownership
3 52 (3.53%) Distributed Systems
4 50 (3.39%) Legacy Systems
5 44 (2.99%) Onboarding
6 31 (2.10%) Enterprise Software
7 29 (1.97%) Self-Motivation
8 25 (1.70%) Hybrid Cloud
8 25 (1.70%) Management Information System
9 22 (1.49%) Data Structures
10 21 (1.43%) Reinsurance
11 17 (1.15%) Greenfield Project
11 17 (1.15%) Low-Code
11 17 (1.15%) Replication
12 16 (1.09%) Mobile App
13 15 (1.02%) AI Agents
14 14 (0.95%) Enterprise Cloud
15 12 (0.81%) Data Protection Act
15 12 (0.81%) Virtual Team
16 11 (0.75%) Data Centre
Operating Systems
1 91 (6.18%) Windows
2 61 (4.14%) Linux
3 23 (1.56%) Windows Server
4 13 (0.88%) VMS
5 10 (0.68%) Unix
6 8 (0.54%) Android
6 8 (0.54%) Apple iOS
7 5 (0.34%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 4 (0.27%) Mac OS
8 4 (0.27%) Windows Server 2016
8 4 (0.27%) Windows Server 2019
9 2 (0.14%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 1,473 (100.00%) DevOps
2 790 (53.63%) CI/CD
3 604 (41.00%) Agile
4 355 (24.10%) Infrastructure as Code
5 252 (17.11%) Test Automation
6 237 (16.09%) Analytics
7 229 (15.55%) Problem-Solving
8 226 (15.34%) Continuous Improvement
9 222 (15.07%) Stakeholder Management
10 209 (14.19%) Scrum
11 205 (13.92%) Containerisation
12 200 (13.58%) Migration
13 166 (11.27%) Data Modelling
14 162 (11.00%) Business Intelligence
15 154 (10.45%) Stakeholder Engagement
16 145 (9.84%) Microservices
17 143 (9.71%) AI
17 143 (9.71%) User Acceptance Testing
18 138 (9.37%) Platform Engineering
19 134 (9.10%) Data Pipeline
Programming Languages
1 401 (27.22%) SQL
2 360 (24.44%) Python
3 245 (16.63%) C#
4 176 (11.95%) PowerShell
5 143 (9.71%) JavaScript
6 137 (9.30%) Bicep
7 113 (7.67%) Bash
8 110 (7.47%) Java
9 82 (5.57%) TypeScript
10 23 (1.56%) T-SQL
11 19 (1.29%) Go
12 15 (1.02%) Kusto Query Language
13 14 (0.95%) Data Analysis Expressions
14 12 (0.81%) Apex Code
14 12 (0.81%) Scala
14 12 (0.81%) X++
15 10 (0.68%) PL/SQL
16 7 (0.48%) C
16 7 (0.48%) VB
17 6 (0.41%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 425 (28.85%) Security Cleared
2 346 (23.49%) SC Cleared
3 107 (7.26%) Azure Certification
4 97 (6.59%) Degree
5 55 (3.73%) DV Cleared
6 47 (3.19%) Microsoft Certification
7 36 (2.44%) ISTQB
8 33 (2.24%) BPSS Clearance
9 32 (2.17%) Computer Science Degree
10 24 (1.63%) AWS Certification
11 14 (0.95%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
11 14 (0.95%) PMP
12 13 (0.88%) PMI Certification
13 12 (0.81%) Master's Degree
14 10 (0.68%) Cisco Certification
14 10 (0.68%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
15 9 (0.61%) DBS Check
16 8 (0.54%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
16 8 (0.54%) CISSP
17 5 (0.34%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 162 (11.00%) QA
2 102 (6.92%) Data Quality
3 79 (5.36%) Accessibility
4 51 (3.46%) GDPR
5 45 (3.05%) WCAG
6 26 (1.77%) PMO
7 19 (1.29%) NIST
8 18 (1.22%) ISO/IEC 27001
9 15 (1.02%) NCSC
10 14 (0.95%) SLA
11 12 (0.81%) GRC
12 9 (0.61%) Sarbanes-Oxley
13 5 (0.34%) PCI DSS
14 4 (0.27%) PSD2
14 4 (0.27%) SEPA
15 3 (0.20%) Cyber Essentials
15 3 (0.20%) Government Security Classifications
16 2 (0.14%) Actionable Recommendations
16 2 (0.14%) HMG Security Policy Framework
17 1 (0.068%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
System Software
1 212 (14.39%) Docker
2 82 (5.57%) Active Directory
3 33 (2.24%) Virtual Machines
4 16 (1.09%) VMware Infrastructure
5 13 (0.88%) Virtual Desktop
6 6 (0.41%) Hyper-V
7 4 (0.27%) vSphere
8 3 (0.20%) Embedded Firmware
8 3 (0.20%) Firmware
9 2 (0.14%) Apache ZooKeeper
9 2 (0.14%) Microsoft App-V
9 2 (0.14%) OpenSSH
9 2 (0.14%) Postfix
9 2 (0.14%) VMware NSX
10 1 (0.068%) HDFS
10 1 (0.068%) Virtual Servers
10 1 (0.068%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 401 (27.22%) Terraform
2 272 (18.47%) Kubernetes
3 92 (6.25%) Ansible
4 61 (4.14%) Grafana
5 51 (3.46%) Prometheus
6 22 (1.49%) Argo
7 20 (1.36%) Progress Chef
7 20 (1.36%) Puppet
8 19 (1.29%) Microsoft Intune
9 13 (0.88%) Packer
10 12 (0.81%) HP ALM
10 12 (0.81%) Istio
11 11 (0.75%) Single Sign-On
12 8 (0.54%) SCCM
13 6 (0.41%) Jamf Pro
14 5 (0.34%) SCOM
15 4 (0.27%) HP Quality Center
16 3 (0.20%) Rancher
17 2 (0.14%) Docker Swarm
17 2 (0.14%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 470 (31.91%) Microsoft
2 135 (9.16%) Databricks
3 65 (4.41%) Oracle
4 64 (4.34%) ServiceNow
5 50 (3.39%) Salesforce
6 47 (3.19%) SAP
7 34 (2.31%) Google
8 30 (2.04%) Splunk
9 25 (1.70%) Dynatrace
10 21 (1.43%) VMware
11 18 (1.22%) Informatica
12 13 (0.88%) HP
12 13 (0.88%) OpenAI
13 12 (0.81%) Foundry
14 10 (0.68%) Bloomberg
14 10 (0.68%) IBM
14 10 (0.68%) MuleSoft
15 9 (0.61%) InterSystems
16 8 (0.54%) Cisco
16 8 (0.54%) Citrix
477 Azure DevOps jobs in England