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

 6 months to
17 Apr 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 74 96 71
Rank change year-on-year +22 -25 +4
Contract jobs citing Azure DevOps 1,254 679 1,036
As % of all contract jobs in England 3.19% 2.78% 2.77%
As % of the Cloud Services category 8.86% 7.40% 8.67%
Number of daily rates quoted 922 492 711
10th Percentile £363 £366 £404
25th Percentile £413 £431 £450
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 £513 £525
% change year-on-year -2.44% -2.38% -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 14,161 9,178 11,952
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 35.99% 37.55% 32.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 9,773 6,433 8,595
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 £522 £525
% change year-on-year -4.12% -0.67% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 432 188 321
10th Percentile £16.03 £15.24 £14.00
25th Percentile £23.17 £18.13 £15.85
Median hourly rate £45.23 £26.81 £20.77
Median % change year-on-year +68.69% +29.09% -24.47%
75th Percentile £68.75 £43.10 £32.50
90th Percentile £81.00 £75.15 £59.95
UK median hourly rate £42.69 £27.88 £21.00
% change year-on-year +53.10% +32.76% -30.29%

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 17 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 17 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 17 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 +22 704 £500 -5.66% 143
South East -13 164 £525 +5.00% 79
North of England -2 126 £500 - 72
Midlands -18 118 £450 -14.29% 38
South West +22 85 £475 -9.52% 26
West Midlands -19 68 £450 -14.29% 21
North West +7 64 £492 -6.29% 44
Yorkshire -28 49 £518 +21.76% 17
East Midlands -9 48 £488 -2.50% 17
East of England -11 23 £425 -5.56% 27
North East -9 13 £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 82 (6.54%) SharePoint
2 72 (5.74%) Confluence
3 35 (2.79%) Apache Spark
4 26 (2.07%) Apache
5 16 (1.28%) Microsoft Exchange
6 15 (1.20%) Apache Airflow
7 11 (0.88%) HCL Notes
8 10 (0.80%) Mendix
9 6 (0.48%) IIS
10 3 (0.24%) ArcGIS
11 2 (0.16%) CMS
11 2 (0.16%) Sitecore CMS
12 1 (0.080%) Adobe Experience Manager
12 1 (0.080%) Apache Synapse
12 1 (0.080%) IBM HTTP Server
12 1 (0.080%) OpenStack
12 1 (0.080%) Oracle Workflow
12 1 (0.080%) Palantir Foundry
12 1 (0.080%) SAS
12 1 (0.080%) WebLogic
Applications
1 37 (2.95%) Microsoft Project
2 28 (2.23%) Microsoft Excel
3 20 (1.59%) MS Visio
4 11 (0.88%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 10 (0.80%) Microsoft Office
6 4 (0.32%) Trello
7 3 (0.24%) CPLEX
8 2 (0.16%) Chatbot
8 2 (0.16%) Spreadsheet
9 1 (0.080%) InDesign
Business Applications
1 46 (3.67%) Dynamics CRM
2 8 (0.64%) Maximo
3 7 (0.56%) NEC Housing
3 7 (0.56%) SAP S/4HANA
4 5 (0.40%) Dynamics AX
5 4 (0.32%) Aladdin
5 4 (0.32%) Oracle EBS
5 4 (0.32%) Payment Gateway
5 4 (0.32%) SAP BPC
6 3 (0.24%) Findur
6 3 (0.24%) SAP Oil and Gas
7 2 (0.16%) Endur
7 2 (0.16%) SAP MM
8 1 (0.080%) Oracle ERP
8 1 (0.080%) Oracle Financials
8 1 (0.080%) Oracle Payables
8 1 (0.080%) Oracle Receivables
8 1 (0.080%) Primavera
8 1 (0.080%) SAP SD
8 1 (0.080%) Unit4 Business World
Cloud Services
1 1,254 (100.00%) Azure
2 304 (24.24%) GitHub
3 203 (16.19%) GitHub Actions
4 199 (15.87%) Power Platform
5 151 (12.04%) AWS
6 136 (10.85%) Azure Data Factory
7 126 (10.05%) Azure AKS
7 126 (10.05%) Entra ID
7 126 (10.05%) Serverless
8 119 (9.49%) Azure Monitor
9 101 (8.05%) Dynamics 365
10 90 (7.18%) Azure Key Vault
11 84 (6.70%) Azure Functions
12 81 (6.46%) Azure Synapse Analytics
13 77 (6.14%) Azure Logic Apps
14 76 (6.06%) Power Automate
15 70 (5.58%) Microsoft 365
16 69 (5.50%) Azure Service Bus
17 59 (4.70%) PaaS
18 58 (4.63%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 45 (3.59%) Firewall
2 26 (2.07%) Network Security
3 22 (1.75%) DNS
4 18 (1.44%) VPN
5 14 (1.12%) SD-WAN
6 13 (1.04%) WAN
7 9 (0.72%) DHCP
7 9 (0.72%) 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%) MPLS
13 2 (0.16%) SSH
13 2 (0.16%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 124 (9.89%) Power BI
2 109 (8.69%) SQL Server
3 78 (6.22%) Azure SQL Database
4 71 (5.66%) Data Lake
5 62 (4.94%) Delta Lake
6 58 (4.63%) Data Warehouse
7 44 (3.51%) NoSQL
8 38 (3.03%) PostgreSQL
9 28 (2.23%) Oracle Database
10 24 (1.91%) MongoDB
11 23 (1.83%) Relational Database
12 21 (1.67%) Spark SQL
13 19 (1.52%) SQL Server Integration Services
14 17 (1.36%) Tableau
15 15 (1.20%) DynamoDB
15 15 (1.20%) Redis
16 14 (1.12%) Snowflake Schema
17 12 (0.96%) Metadata
18 11 (0.88%) Amazon Redshift
18 11 (0.88%) Parquet
Development Applications
1 239 (19.06%) JIRA
2 179 (14.27%) Git
3 115 (9.17%) Jenkins
4 68 (5.42%) GitLab
5 51 (4.07%) Selenium
6 33 (2.63%) Oracle APEX
7 32 (2.55%) Postman
8 21 (1.67%) SonarQube
8 21 (1.67%) TestRail
9 20 (1.59%) Cypress.io
10 17 (1.36%) REST Assured
11 15 (1.20%) Cucumber
11 15 (1.20%) Zephyr
12 14 (1.12%) SpecFlow
12 14 (1.12%) Visual Studio
13 12 (0.96%) Artifactory
13 12 (0.96%) JUnit
13 12 (0.96%) Team Foundation Server
14 10 (0.80%) Bitbucket
14 10 (0.80%) MLflow
General
1 322 (25.68%) Social Skills
2 253 (20.18%) Finance
3 139 (11.08%) Public Sector
4 128 (10.21%) Analytical Skills
5 61 (4.86%) Banking
6 32 (2.55%) Organisational Skills
7 28 (2.23%) Documentation Skills
8 21 (1.67%) Retail
9 19 (1.52%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 19 (1.52%) Influencing Skills
10 18 (1.44%) Financial Institution
11 16 (1.28%) Front Office
12 15 (1.20%) Legal
13 13 (1.04%) Investment Banking
14 10 (0.80%) Law
14 10 (0.80%) Presentation Skills
15 8 (0.64%) Local Government
16 7 (0.56%) Back Office
16 7 (0.56%) Marketing
17 6 (0.48%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 258 (20.57%) Developer
2 204 (16.27%) Azure Engineer
3 189 (15.07%) Senior
4 174 (13.88%) DevOps Engineer
5 110 (8.77%) Azure DevOps Engineer
6 109 (8.69%) Data Engineer
7 105 (8.37%) Lead
8 98 (7.81%) Analyst
9 87 (6.94%) Architect
10 58 (4.63%) Senior Developer
11 53 (4.23%) Platform Engineer
12 45 (3.59%) Test Analyst
13 43 (3.43%) Azure Developer
14 42 (3.35%) Tester
15 37 (2.95%) Business Analyst
16 36 (2.87%) Cloud Engineer
17 35 (2.79%) Test Engineer
18 34 (2.71%) Azure Architect
19 33 (2.63%) Project Manager
20 32 (2.55%) .NET Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 191 (15.23%) .NET
2 99 (7.89%) REST
3 79 (6.30%) PySpark
4 72 (5.74%) React
5 70 (5.58%) Node.js
6 68 (5.42%) ARM Templates
7 58 (4.63%) YAML
8 56 (4.47%) ADO
9 53 (4.23%) Kafka
10 49 (3.91%) RESTful
11 47 (3.75%) .NET Core
12 42 (3.35%) .NET Framework
12 42 (3.35%) Playwright
13 39 (3.11%) OAuth
14 35 (2.79%) JSON
15 32 (2.55%) AngularJS
15 32 (2.55%) CSS
16 29 (2.31%) HTML
16 29 (2.31%) SOAP
17 27 (2.15%) RabbitMQ
Miscellaneous
1 133 (10.61%) Cloud Native
2 76 (6.06%) Product Ownership
3 39 (3.11%) Enterprise Software
4 38 (3.03%) Distributed Systems
5 34 (2.71%) Legacy Systems
6 20 (1.59%) Onboarding
6 20 (1.59%) Reinsurance
7 19 (1.52%) AI Agents
7 19 (1.52%) Hybrid Cloud
8 18 (1.44%) Low-Code
9 17 (1.36%) Data Structures
10 15 (1.20%) Self-Motivation
11 12 (0.96%) NHS
11 12 (0.96%) Virtual Team
12 11 (0.88%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
12 11 (0.88%) Greenfield Project
12 11 (0.88%) Public Cloud
12 11 (0.88%) Security Posture
13 10 (0.80%) Replication
14 9 (0.72%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 64 (5.10%) Windows
2 47 (3.75%) Linux
3 17 (1.36%) VMS
4 10 (0.80%) 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 (0.080%) Ubuntu
9 1 (0.080%) Windows Server 2016
9 1 (0.080%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 1,246 (99.36%) DevOps
2 670 (53.43%) CI/CD
3 476 (37.96%) Agile
4 298 (23.76%) Infrastructure as Code
5 217 (17.30%) Problem-Solving
6 210 (16.75%) Analytics
7 202 (16.11%) Test Automation
8 172 (13.72%) Scrum
9 169 (13.48%) Continuous Improvement
10 151 (12.04%) Migration
11 146 (11.64%) Containerisation
12 142 (11.32%) Data Modelling
13 140 (11.16%) AI
14 138 (11.00%) Business Intelligence
15 130 (10.37%) Microservices
15 130 (10.37%) Stakeholder Management
16 126 (10.05%) Validation
17 125 (9.97%) Observability
18 112 (8.93%) Data Pipeline
19 108 (8.61%) ETL
Programming Languages
1 416 (33.17%) SQL
2 339 (27.03%) Python
3 235 (18.74%) C#
4 170 (13.56%) JavaScript
5 135 (10.77%) PowerShell
6 114 (9.09%) Bicep
7 86 (6.86%) Bash
7 86 (6.86%) Java
8 77 (6.14%) TypeScript
9 54 (4.31%) PL/SQL
10 29 (2.31%) T-SQL
11 27 (2.15%) Scala
12 18 (1.44%) Kusto Query Language
13 12 (0.96%) Go
14 11 (0.88%) Data Analysis Expressions
14 11 (0.88%) Formula Language
14 11 (0.88%) LotusScript
15 6 (0.48%) PHP
16 5 (0.40%) C++
16 5 (0.40%) XPath
Qualifications
1 350 (27.91%) Security Cleared
2 296 (23.60%) SC Cleared
3 106 (8.45%) Azure Certification
4 79 (6.30%) Degree
5 37 (2.95%) ISTQB
6 30 (2.39%) DV Cleared
7 29 (2.31%) Computer Science Degree
8 28 (2.23%) BPSS Clearance
8 28 (2.23%) Microsoft Certification
9 16 (1.28%) PMI Certification
9 16 (1.28%) PMP
10 12 (0.96%) AWS Certification
11 11 (0.88%) ISTQB Foundation 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%) SAFe Agilist
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 139 (11.08%) QA
2 90 (7.18%) Data Quality
3 30 (2.39%) Accessibility
4 27 (2.15%) GDPR
5 20 (1.59%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 17 (1.36%) NCSC
6 17 (1.36%) NIST
7 16 (1.28%) PMO
8 14 (1.12%) WCAG
9 9 (0.72%) NIST 800
9 9 (0.72%) Sarbanes-Oxley
9 9 (0.72%) SLA
10 7 (0.56%) PCI DSS
11 6 (0.48%) GRC
11 6 (0.48%) HL7
12 3 (0.24%) HIPAA
12 3 (0.24%) SOC 2
13 2 (0.16%) FedRAMP
13 2 (0.16%) Government Security Classifications
13 2 (0.16%) HMG Security Policy Framework
System Software
1 182 (14.51%) Docker
2 81 (6.46%) Active Directory
3 23 (1.83%) Virtual Machines
4 9 (0.72%) Virtual Desktop
5 8 (0.64%) 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 (0.080%) HDFS
8 1 (0.080%) Microsoft App-V
8 1 (0.080%) VMware NSX
8 1 (0.080%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 347 (27.67%) Terraform
2 220 (17.54%) Kubernetes
3 60 (4.78%) Ansible
4 45 (3.59%) Grafana
5 35 (2.79%) Prometheus
6 16 (1.28%) Argo
7 15 (1.20%) Single Sign-On
8 14 (1.12%) HP ALM
8 14 (1.12%) Istio
9 13 (1.04%) Puppet
10 9 (0.72%) Progress Chef
11 8 (0.64%) Microsoft Intune
12 7 (0.56%) Packer
13 4 (0.32%) HP Quality Center
14 3 (0.24%) Active Directory Federation Services
14 3 (0.24%) Icinga
14 3 (0.24%) Kubeflow
14 3 (0.24%) vCenter Server
15 2 (0.16%) FortiGate
15 2 (0.16%) Opsgenie
Vendors
1 384 (30.62%) Microsoft
2 164 (13.08%) Databricks
3 129 (10.29%) Oracle
4 56 (4.47%) ServiceNow
5 36 (2.87%) OpenAI
6 33 (2.63%) SAP
7 27 (2.15%) Salesforce
8 24 (1.91%) Splunk
9 19 (1.52%) Informatica
10 17 (1.36%) VMware
11 16 (1.28%) Google
12 15 (1.20%) HP
13 12 (0.96%) Foundry
14 11 (0.88%) Citrix
14 11 (0.88%) Dynatrace
14 11 (0.88%) Lotus
14 11 (0.88%) NEC
15 10 (0.80%) IBM
15 10 (0.80%) Kofax
16 9 (0.72%) Red Hat
356 Azure DevOps jobs in England