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 28 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

 6 months to
28 Aug 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 72 86 75
Rank change year-on-year +14 -11 -1
Contract jobs citing Azure DevOps 1,531 774 924
As % of all contract jobs in England 3.34% 2.81% 2.78%
As % of the Cloud Services category 9.63% 7.53% 8.20%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,084 553 623
10th Percentile £363 £350 £380
25th Percentile £415 £413 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £510 £525
Median % change year-on-year -1.96% -2.86% -4.55%
75th Percentile £600 £600 £600
90th Percentile £675 £700 £675
UK median daily rate £500 £500 £525
% change year-on-year - -4.76% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 45 3 0
10th Percentile £21.25 £36.45 -
25th Percentile £35.00 £45.75 -
Median hourly rate £39.50 £62.50 -
Median % change year-on-year -36.80% - -
75th Percentile £80.00 £76.25 -
90th Percentile £101.84 £83.75 -
UK median hourly rate £39.50 £73.75 -
% change year-on-year -46.44% - -

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 15,895 10,274 11,265
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 34.73% 37.29% 33.95%
Number of daily rates quoted 10,618 6,952 7,901
10th Percentile £325 £310 £313
25th Percentile £425 £406 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £505 £525
Median % change year-on-year +3.96% -3.81% -4.55%
75th Percentile £625 £625 £643
90th Percentile £718 £734 £750
UK median daily rate £525 £500 £525
% change year-on-year +5.00% -4.76% -2.78%
Number of hourly rates quoted 547 269 198
10th Percentile £15.50 £15.07 £14.16
25th Percentile £19.25 £18.51 £17.80
Median hourly rate £34.38 £26.30 £28.25
Median % change year-on-year +30.70% -6.90% -14.39%
75th Percentile £70.00 £43.75 £56.88
90th Percentile £82.62 £67.30 £70.00
UK median hourly rate £33.99 £28.50 £28.00
% change year-on-year +19.26% +1.79% -20.28%

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 28 August 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 28 August 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 28 August 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 +21 871 £500 -4.76% 418
North of England +11 175 £473 -5.40% 145
South East -20 175 £525 +10.53% 167
Midlands +40 170 £450 -10.00% 94
West Midlands +22 124 £450 -18.18% 47
North West +5 88 £488 -4.41% 75
South West +8 72 £475 -11.42% 57
Yorkshire -16 62 £471 -5.90% 51
East Midlands +9 44 £500 +6.67% 47
East of England +7 36 £425 -15.00% 39
North East - 25 £450 - 19
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 (6.99%) Confluence
2 99 (6.47%) SharePoint
3 36 (2.35%) Apache Spark
4 31 (2.02%) Apache
5 30 (1.96%) Apache Airflow
6 13 (0.85%) Microsoft Exchange
7 11 (0.72%) CMS
8 6 (0.39%) Documentum
9 4 (0.26%) IIS
9 4 (0.26%) Mendix
10 3 (0.20%) Kentico
10 3 (0.20%) nginx
10 3 (0.20%) Palantir Foundry
11 2 (0.13%) OpenROAD
11 2 (0.13%) SAS
11 2 (0.13%) Smallworld
11 2 (0.13%) Umbraco
12 1 (0.065%) ArcGIS
12 1 (0.065%) HCL Notes
12 1 (0.065%) WebLogic
Applications
1 58 (3.79%) Microsoft Project
2 41 (2.68%) Microsoft Excel
3 20 (1.31%) MS Visio
4 15 (0.98%) Microsoft Office
5 12 (0.78%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 7 (0.46%) CPLEX
7 6 (0.39%) Chatbot
7 6 (0.39%) Trello
8 5 (0.33%) Notion
9 3 (0.20%) Spreadsheet
10 1 (0.065%) Adobe XD
Business Applications
1 52 (3.40%) Dynamics CRM
2 19 (1.24%) SAP S/4HANA
3 6 (0.39%) Dynamics AX
4 4 (0.26%) Maximo
4 4 (0.26%) Oracle EBS
4 4 (0.26%) Payment Gateway
5 3 (0.20%) Endur
5 3 (0.20%) Findur
5 3 (0.20%) SAP MDG
6 2 (0.13%) Aladdin
6 2 (0.13%) Dynamics GP
6 2 (0.13%) IBM Operational Decision Manager
6 2 (0.13%) Oracle Payables
6 2 (0.13%) Oracle Receivables
6 2 (0.13%) SAP MM
6 2 (0.13%) SAP Oil and Gas
6 2 (0.13%) Teamcenter
6 2 (0.13%) Unit4 Business World
7 1 (0.065%) Infor SunSystems
7 1 (0.065%) PeopleSoft HCM
Cloud Services
1 1,531 (100.00%) Azure
2 401 (26.19%) GitHub
3 272 (17.77%) GitHub Actions
4 267 (17.44%) Power Platform
5 227 (14.83%) AWS
6 139 (9.08%) Azure Data Factory
7 135 (8.82%) Entra ID
8 131 (8.56%) Dynamics 365
9 128 (8.36%) Azure AKS
10 121 (7.90%) Azure Monitor
11 120 (7.84%) Power Automate
12 109 (7.12%) Serverless
13 93 (6.07%) PowerApps
14 79 (5.16%) GCP
15 78 (5.09%) Azure Synapse Analytics
16 76 (4.96%) Microsoft 365
17 74 (4.83%) Azure Logic Apps
18 73 (4.77%) Azure Functions
19 69 (4.51%) Azure Key Vault
20 65 (4.25%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 68 (4.44%) Firewall
2 40 (2.61%) DNS
3 38 (2.48%) Network Security
4 28 (1.83%) VPN
5 16 (1.05%) WAN
6 15 (0.98%) DHCP
6 15 (0.98%) SSL
7 13 (0.85%) SD-WAN
8 9 (0.59%) Internet
9 7 (0.46%) LAN
9 7 (0.46%) TCP/IP
9 7 (0.46%) VLAN
10 4 (0.26%) SAN
10 4 (0.26%) Wi-Fi
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
12 2 (0.13%) Reverse Proxy
Database & Business Intelligence
1 172 (11.23%) Power BI
2 108 (7.05%) SQL Server
3 77 (5.03%) Data Warehouse
4 75 (4.90%) Data Lake
5 71 (4.64%) Azure SQL Database
6 54 (3.53%) NoSQL
7 51 (3.33%) Delta Lake
8 46 (3.00%) PostgreSQL
9 28 (1.83%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 27 (1.76%) Metadata
11 24 (1.57%) Relational Database
12 22 (1.44%) MongoDB
13 20 (1.31%) Snowflake Schema
14 18 (1.18%) Big Data
15 17 (1.11%) Redis
16 16 (1.05%) Spark SQL
17 15 (0.98%) Star Schema
18 14 (0.91%) Oracle Database
19 12 (0.78%) Amazon Redshift
19 12 (0.78%) Parquet
Development Applications
1 286 (18.68%) JIRA
2 258 (16.85%) Git
3 191 (12.48%) Jenkins
4 148 (9.67%) GitLab
5 76 (4.96%) Selenium
6 37 (2.42%) Postman
7 29 (1.89%) SonarQube
8 28 (1.83%) Cypress.io
9 27 (1.76%) Visual Studio
9 27 (1.76%) WebDriver
10 22 (1.44%) Cucumber
11 20 (1.31%) REST Assured
12 19 (1.24%) Gradle
13 17 (1.11%) JUnit
14 16 (1.05%) Bitbucket
14 16 (1.05%) TestRail
15 15 (0.98%) Maven
16 13 (0.85%) MSI
17 12 (0.78%) Sonatype Nexus
18 11 (0.72%) Snyk
General
1 407 (26.58%) Social Skills
2 320 (20.90%) Finance
3 193 (12.61%) Public Sector
4 163 (10.65%) Analytical Skills
5 81 (5.29%) Banking
6 78 (5.09%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 31 (2.02%) Retail
8 28 (1.83%) Legal
9 26 (1.70%) Documentation Skills
10 25 (1.63%) Influencing Skills
11 24 (1.57%) Aerospace
12 22 (1.44%) Organisational Skills
13 18 (1.18%) Marketing
14 15 (0.98%) Local Government
15 14 (0.91%) Investment Banking
16 13 (0.85%) Law
17 10 (0.65%) Manufacturing
18 8 (0.52%) Billing
18 8 (0.52%) Telecoms
19 7 (0.46%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 276 (18.03%) Developer
2 233 (15.22%) Senior
3 229 (14.96%) Azure Engineer
4 228 (14.89%) DevOps Engineer
5 135 (8.82%) Azure DevOps Engineer
6 127 (8.30%) Lead
7 126 (8.23%) Analyst
8 124 (8.10%) Data Engineer
9 108 (7.05%) Architect
10 62 (4.05%) Business Analyst
11 56 (3.66%) Platform Engineer
12 53 (3.46%) Project Manager
13 52 (3.40%) Cloud Engineer
14 46 (3.00%) Consultant
15 45 (2.94%) Senior Developer
16 41 (2.68%) Test Analyst
17 40 (2.61%) .NET Developer
17 40 (2.61%) Solutions Architect
18 39 (2.55%) Infrastructure Engineer
19 38 (2.48%) Tester
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 440 (28.74%) Terraform
2 208 (13.59%) .NET
3 181 (11.82%) REST
4 83 (5.42%) PySpark
5 81 (5.29%) RESTful
6 80 (5.23%) JSON
7 78 (5.09%) ADO
8 71 (4.64%) YAML
9 67 (4.38%) Kafka
10 64 (4.18%) ARM Templates
11 61 (3.98%) .NET Framework
12 59 (3.85%) React
13 53 (3.46%) Playwright
14 51 (3.33%) .NET Core
15 41 (2.68%) XML
16 39 (2.55%) OAuth
17 38 (2.48%) HTML
17 38 (2.48%) SOAP
18 37 (2.42%) Middleware
19 36 (2.35%) CSS
Miscellaneous
1 174 (11.37%) Cloud Native
2 121 (7.90%) Product Ownership
3 52 (3.40%) Onboarding
4 50 (3.27%) Legacy Systems
5 47 (3.07%) Distributed Systems
6 41 (2.68%) Enterprise Software
7 32 (2.09%) Management Information System
8 30 (1.96%) Hybrid Cloud
8 30 (1.96%) Self-Motivation
9 23 (1.50%) AI Agents
10 22 (1.44%) Data Structures
11 19 (1.24%) Low-Code
12 17 (1.11%) Linux Command Line
12 17 (1.11%) Mobile App
13 16 (1.05%) Data Protection Act
13 16 (1.05%) Replication
14 15 (0.98%) Enterprise Cloud
14 15 (0.98%) Reinsurance
15 13 (0.85%) Greenfield Project
16 12 (0.78%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 103 (6.73%) Windows
2 72 (4.70%) Linux
3 31 (2.02%) Windows Server
4 18 (1.18%) VMS
5 12 (0.78%) Unix
6 11 (0.72%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 10 (0.65%) Android
7 10 (0.65%) Apple iOS
8 6 (0.39%) Windows Server 2016
9 4 (0.26%) Mac OS
9 4 (0.26%) Ubuntu
9 4 (0.26%) Windows Server 2019
10 1 (0.065%) Amazon Linux
10 1 (0.065%) CentOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 1,531 (100.00%) DevOps
2 851 (55.58%) CI/CD
3 657 (42.91%) Agile
4 399 (26.06%) Infrastructure as Code
5 276 (18.03%) Test Automation
6 266 (17.37%) Stakeholder Management
7 246 (16.07%) Problem-Solving
8 243 (15.87%) Continuous Improvement
9 238 (15.55%) Analytics
10 234 (15.28%) Containerisation
11 218 (14.24%) Scrum
12 207 (13.52%) Migration
13 181 (11.82%) Business Intelligence
14 175 (11.43%) Stakeholder Engagement
15 164 (10.71%) User Acceptance Testing
16 161 (10.52%) Data Modelling
17 159 (10.39%) Platform Engineering
18 157 (10.25%) Validation
19 156 (10.19%) AI
19 156 (10.19%) Microservices
Programming Languages
1 409 (26.71%) SQL
2 387 (25.28%) Python
3 259 (16.92%) C#
4 212 (13.85%) PowerShell
5 169 (11.04%) Bicep
6 152 (9.93%) JavaScript
7 132 (8.62%) Bash
8 121 (7.90%) Java
9 86 (5.62%) TypeScript
10 22 (1.44%) T-SQL
11 19 (1.24%) Data Analysis Expressions
12 18 (1.18%) Go
12 18 (1.18%) Kusto Query Language
13 14 (0.91%) Apex Code
13 14 (0.91%) X++
14 8 (0.52%) Scala
14 8 (0.52%) Shell Script
15 6 (0.39%) Kotlin
15 6 (0.39%) PL/SQL
15 6 (0.39%) R
Qualifications
1 464 (30.31%) Security Cleared
2 383 (25.02%) SC Cleared
3 113 (7.38%) Azure Certification
4 106 (6.92%) Degree
5 63 (4.11%) Microsoft Certification
6 54 (3.53%) DV Cleared
7 41 (2.68%) ISTQB
8 37 (2.42%) BPSS Clearance
9 33 (2.16%) Computer Science Degree
10 25 (1.63%) AWS Certification
11 18 (1.18%) PMI Certification
12 17 (1.11%) PMP
13 13 (0.85%) CISSP
14 11 (0.72%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
14 11 (0.72%) Cisco Certification
14 11 (0.72%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
14 11 (0.72%) Master's Degree
15 10 (0.65%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
15 10 (0.65%) DBS Check
16 6 (0.39%) CompTIA Security+
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 175 (11.43%) QA
2 110 (7.18%) Data Quality
3 87 (5.68%) Accessibility
4 52 (3.40%) GDPR
5 49 (3.20%) WCAG
6 32 (2.09%) PMO
7 27 (1.76%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 26 (1.70%) NIST
9 19 (1.24%) NCSC
10 12 (0.78%) SLA
11 11 (0.72%) GRC
12 9 (0.59%) Sarbanes-Oxley
13 8 (0.52%) ISO 20022
14 7 (0.46%) Cyber Essentials
15 5 (0.33%) SEPA
16 4 (0.26%) PSD2
17 3 (0.20%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
17 3 (0.20%) Government Security Classifications
17 3 (0.20%) PCI DSS
18 2 (0.13%) Actionable Recommendations
System Software
1 245 (16.00%) Docker
2 81 (5.29%) Active Directory
3 31 (2.02%) Virtual Machines
4 18 (1.18%) VMware Infrastructure
5 14 (0.91%) Virtual Desktop
6 6 (0.39%) Hyper-V
7 4 (0.26%) Firmware
7 4 (0.26%) vSphere
8 3 (0.20%) Embedded Firmware
8 3 (0.20%) Microsoft App-V
9 2 (0.13%) Apache ZooKeeper
9 2 (0.13%) OpenSSH
9 2 (0.13%) VMware NSX
10 1 (0.065%) Virtual Servers
10 1 (0.065%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 319 (20.84%) Kubernetes
2 100 (6.53%) Ansible
3 59 (3.85%) Grafana
4 51 (3.33%) Prometheus
5 24 (1.57%) Microsoft Intune
6 22 (1.44%) Progress Chef
7 21 (1.37%) Argo
8 20 (1.31%) Puppet
9 16 (1.05%) Packer
10 13 (0.85%) HP ALM
11 11 (0.72%) Single Sign-On
12 10 (0.65%) SCCM
13 8 (0.52%) Istio
14 6 (0.39%) Jamf Pro
14 6 (0.39%) SCOM
15 4 (0.26%) HP Quality Center
16 3 (0.20%) HP Fortify
16 3 (0.20%) Kibana
17 2 (0.13%) Docker Swarm
17 2 (0.13%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 545 (35.60%) Microsoft
2 139 (9.08%) Databricks
3 57 (3.72%) Oracle
4 52 (3.40%) Salesforce
4 52 (3.40%) ServiceNow
5 45 (2.94%) SAP
6 37 (2.42%) Google
7 32 (2.09%) Splunk
8 28 (1.83%) Dynatrace
9 23 (1.50%) VMware
10 19 (1.24%) Informatica
11 14 (0.91%) HP
11 14 (0.91%) OpenAI
11 14 (0.91%) UiPath
12 13 (0.85%) MuleSoft
13 12 (0.78%) Foundry
14 10 (0.65%) Red Hat
15 9 (0.59%) Cisco
15 9 (0.59%) IBM
15 9 (0.59%) InterSystems
877 Azure DevOps jobs in England