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

 6 months to
22 Jul 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 73 89 73
Rank change year-on-year +16 -16 +1
Contract jobs citing Azure DevOps 1,432 760 1,012
As % of all contract jobs in England 3.19% 2.78% 2.86%
As % of the Cloud Services category 9.13% 7.45% 8.60%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,015 541 679
10th Percentile £363 £350 £400
25th Percentile £417 £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 £688 £725 £675
UK median daily rate £500 £500 £525
% change year-on-year - -4.76% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 34 3 3
10th Percentile £19.85 £36.45 -
25th Percentile £25.38 £45.75 £65.25
Median hourly rate £55.00 £62.50 £65.50
Median % change year-on-year -12.00% -4.58% -6.43%
75th Percentile £87.25 £76.25 £65.75
90th Percentile £103.55 £83.75 -
UK median hourly rate £55.00 £85.00 £65.50
% change year-on-year -35.29% +29.77% -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 15,680 10,198 11,771
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 34.95% 37.36% 33.28%
Number of daily rates quoted 10,494 6,890 8,381
10th Percentile £325 £313 £313
25th Percentile £419 £409 £419
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £513 £525
Median % change year-on-year +2.44% -2.38% -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 554 266 286
10th Percentile £16.70 £14.99 £14.16
25th Percentile £22.50 £17.88 £16.06
Median hourly rate £39.27 £25.15 £22.00
Median % change year-on-year +56.14% +14.32% -37.14%
75th Percentile £70.00 £43.66 £48.11
90th Percentile £85.00 £67.00 £70.00
UK median hourly rate £36.31 £27.50 £22.00
% change year-on-year +32.04% +25.00% -37.14%

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 22 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 22 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 22 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 +14 788 £505 -3.81% 179
South East -19 181 £500 +9.71% 108
North of England +5 164 £482 -3.70% 86
Midlands +19 163 £458 -8.50% 59
West Midlands +14 117 £450 -12.20% 38
North West +7 84 £500 -4.76% 46
South West +1 74 £475 -15.37% 19
Yorkshire -23 61 £490 -2.00% 29
East Midlands +4 44 £525 +8.25% 21
East of England +8 35 £425 -11.69% 27
North East -18 19 £450 -18.18% 12
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
1 106 (7.40%) Confluence
2 84 (5.87%) SharePoint
3 33 (2.30%) Apache Spark
4 28 (1.96%) Apache
5 26 (1.82%) Apache Airflow
6 14 (0.98%) Microsoft Exchange
7 7 (0.49%) CMS
8 6 (0.42%) Documentum
9 3 (0.21%) IIS
9 3 (0.21%) Kentico
9 3 (0.21%) Palantir Foundry
9 3 (0.21%) SAS
10 2 (0.14%) Mendix
10 2 (0.14%) OpenROAD
10 2 (0.14%) Umbraco
11 1 (0.070%) HCL Notes
11 1 (0.070%) IBM HTTP Server
11 1 (0.070%) Oracle Workflow
11 1 (0.070%) SharePoint Server
11 1 (0.070%) WebLogic
Applications
1 52 (3.63%) Microsoft Project
2 33 (2.30%) Microsoft Excel
3 20 (1.40%) MS Visio
4 11 (0.77%) Microsoft Office
5 8 (0.56%) CPLEX
6 7 (0.49%) Microsoft PowerPoint
7 6 (0.42%) Trello
8 5 (0.35%) Chatbot
9 4 (0.28%) Notion
9 4 (0.28%) Spreadsheet
10 1 (0.070%) Adobe XD
10 1 (0.070%) InDesign
Business Applications
1 43 (3.00%) Dynamics CRM
2 20 (1.40%) SAP S/4HANA
3 7 (0.49%) Dynamics AX
4 6 (0.42%) Maximo
5 4 (0.28%) Oracle EBS
6 3 (0.21%) Endur
6 3 (0.21%) Findur
6 3 (0.21%) SAP BPC
6 3 (0.21%) SAP MDG
6 3 (0.21%) SAP MM
6 3 (0.21%) SAP Oil and Gas
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%) Unit4 Business World
8 1 (0.070%) Loan IQ
8 1 (0.070%) Oracle Financials
8 1 (0.070%) SAP SD
8 1 (0.070%) SDL Web 8
Cloud Services
1 1,432 (100.00%) Azure
2 361 (25.21%) GitHub
3 244 (17.04%) GitHub Actions
4 218 (15.22%) Power Platform
5 207 (14.46%) AWS
6 123 (8.59%) Azure Data Factory
7 118 (8.24%) Entra ID
8 114 (7.96%) Azure Monitor
9 111 (7.75%) Azure AKS
10 104 (7.26%) Dynamics 365
11 98 (6.84%) Power Automate
12 87 (6.08%) Serverless
13 80 (5.59%) Azure Key Vault
14 78 (5.45%) GCP
14 78 (5.45%) PowerApps
15 72 (5.03%) Azure Synapse Analytics
16 61 (4.26%) Azure Logic Apps
17 60 (4.19%) Microsoft 365
18 55 (3.84%) PaaS
19 53 (3.70%) Azure Functions
Communications & Networking
1 50 (3.49%) Firewall
2 30 (2.09%) DNS
3 29 (2.03%) Network Security
4 21 (1.47%) VPN
5 14 (0.98%) SD-WAN
5 14 (0.98%) WAN
6 11 (0.77%) SSL
7 10 (0.70%) DHCP
8 9 (0.63%) Internet
8 9 (0.63%) TCP/IP
9 6 (0.42%) LAN
9 6 (0.42%) VLAN
10 3 (0.21%) 4G
10 3 (0.21%) BGP
10 3 (0.21%) IPsec
10 3 (0.21%) OSPF
11 2 (0.14%) Cisco IOS
11 2 (0.14%) MQTT
11 2 (0.14%) NAS
11 2 (0.14%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 143 (9.99%) Power BI
2 107 (7.47%) SQL Server
3 74 (5.17%) Data Lake
4 69 (4.82%) Azure SQL Database
5 64 (4.47%) Data Warehouse
6 54 (3.77%) Delta Lake
7 52 (3.63%) NoSQL
8 46 (3.21%) PostgreSQL
9 27 (1.89%) Relational Database
10 23 (1.61%) MongoDB
11 22 (1.54%) SQL Server Integration Services
12 21 (1.47%) Snowflake Schema
13 19 (1.33%) Metadata
13 19 (1.33%) Spark SQL
14 17 (1.19%) Redis
15 15 (1.05%) Oracle Database
16 14 (0.98%) Big Data
17 12 (0.84%) Amazon Redshift
17 12 (0.84%) Parquet
18 9 (0.63%) Data Vault
Development Applications
1 288 (20.11%) JIRA
2 233 (16.27%) Git
3 150 (10.47%) Jenkins
4 110 (7.68%) GitLab
5 57 (3.98%) Selenium
6 28 (1.96%) Postman
7 25 (1.75%) SonarQube
8 23 (1.61%) Visual Studio
9 22 (1.54%) Cucumber
9 22 (1.54%) Cypress.io
10 19 (1.33%) WebDriver
11 17 (1.19%) REST Assured
12 16 (1.12%) Gradle
12 16 (1.12%) JUnit
12 16 (1.12%) TestRail
13 14 (0.98%) Bitbucket
13 14 (0.98%) Team Foundation Server
14 11 (0.77%) MSI
14 11 (0.77%) NUnit
14 11 (0.77%) SpecFlow
General
1 366 (25.56%) Social Skills
2 295 (20.60%) Finance
3 171 (11.94%) Public Sector
4 148 (10.34%) Analytical Skills
5 71 (4.96%) Banking
6 59 (4.12%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 33 (2.30%) Organisational Skills
8 28 (1.96%) Documentation Skills
8 28 (1.96%) Legal
9 26 (1.82%) Retail
10 23 (1.61%) Influencing Skills
11 14 (0.98%) Aerospace
12 12 (0.84%) Law
13 11 (0.77%) Investment Banking
13 11 (0.77%) Local Government
13 11 (0.77%) Marketing
14 9 (0.63%) Billing
14 9 (0.63%) Front Office
15 8 (0.56%) Manufacturing
16 7 (0.49%) Back Office
Job Titles
1 267 (18.65%) Developer
2 213 (14.87%) Azure Engineer
3 207 (14.46%) DevOps Engineer
4 200 (13.97%) Senior
5 129 (9.01%) Analyst
6 128 (8.94%) Data Engineer
7 127 (8.87%) Azure DevOps Engineer
8 123 (8.59%) Lead
9 95 (6.63%) Architect
10 67 (4.68%) Business Analyst
11 50 (3.49%) Platform Engineer
12 46 (3.21%) Project Manager
13 45 (3.14%) Test Analyst
14 44 (3.07%) Tester
15 42 (2.93%) Solutions Architect
16 40 (2.79%) Consultant
16 40 (2.79%) Full-Stack Developer
17 39 (2.72%) .NET Developer
17 39 (2.72%) Cloud Engineer
18 36 (2.51%) Senior Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 187 (13.06%) .NET
2 156 (10.89%) REST
3 79 (5.52%) PySpark
4 77 (5.38%) RESTful
5 76 (5.31%) ADO
6 67 (4.68%) YAML
7 66 (4.61%) JSON
8 59 (4.12%) Kafka
8 59 (4.12%) React
9 58 (4.05%) .NET Framework
10 52 (3.63%) ARM Templates
11 49 (3.42%) .NET Core
12 48 (3.35%) Playwright
13 45 (3.14%) SOAP
14 39 (2.72%) HTML
15 38 (2.65%) OAuth
16 37 (2.58%) Node.js
17 36 (2.51%) CSS
18 31 (2.16%) AngularJS
18 31 (2.16%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 165 (11.52%) Cloud Native
2 100 (6.98%) Product Ownership
3 52 (3.63%) Distributed Systems
4 48 (3.35%) Legacy Systems
5 40 (2.79%) Onboarding
6 30 (2.09%) Enterprise Software
7 29 (2.03%) Self-Motivation
8 24 (1.68%) Management Information System
9 22 (1.54%) Data Structures
9 22 (1.54%) Hybrid Cloud
9 22 (1.54%) Reinsurance
10 19 (1.33%) Greenfield Project
10 19 (1.33%) Replication
11 17 (1.19%) Mobile App
12 14 (0.98%) Low-Code
13 13 (0.91%) AI Agents
13 13 (0.91%) Enterprise Cloud
14 12 (0.84%) Data Protection Act
15 11 (0.77%) Data Centre
15 11 (0.77%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 88 (6.15%) Windows
2 58 (4.05%) Linux
3 18 (1.26%) Windows Server
4 13 (0.91%) VMS
5 10 (0.70%) Unix
6 8 (0.56%) Android
6 8 (0.56%) Apple iOS
7 5 (0.35%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 4 (0.28%) Mac OS
9 3 (0.21%) Windows Server 2016
9 3 (0.21%) Windows Server 2019
10 1 (0.070%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 1,432 (100.00%) DevOps
2 768 (53.63%) CI/CD
3 585 (40.85%) Agile
4 337 (23.53%) Infrastructure as Code
5 243 (16.97%) Test Automation
6 232 (16.20%) Analytics
7 221 (15.43%) Problem-Solving
8 217 (15.15%) Continuous Improvement
9 213 (14.87%) Stakeholder Management
10 204 (14.25%) Scrum
11 194 (13.55%) Migration
12 187 (13.06%) Containerisation
13 162 (11.31%) Data Modelling
14 156 (10.89%) Business Intelligence
15 145 (10.13%) Stakeholder Engagement
16 140 (9.78%) Microservices
17 138 (9.64%) User Acceptance Testing
18 135 (9.43%) AI
19 131 (9.15%) Validation
20 130 (9.08%) Platform Engineering
Programming Languages
1 397 (27.72%) SQL
2 350 (24.44%) Python
3 236 (16.48%) C#
4 166 (11.59%) PowerShell
5 134 (9.36%) JavaScript
6 125 (8.73%) Bicep
7 109 (7.61%) Bash
8 107 (7.47%) Java
9 81 (5.66%) TypeScript
10 25 (1.75%) T-SQL
11 19 (1.33%) Go
12 15 (1.05%) Kusto Query Language
13 13 (0.91%) Scala
14 12 (0.84%) Apex Code
14 12 (0.84%) Data Analysis Expressions
15 10 (0.70%) PL/SQL
15 10 (0.70%) X++
16 7 (0.49%) VB
17 6 (0.42%) C
17 6 (0.42%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 405 (28.28%) Security Cleared
2 329 (22.97%) SC Cleared
3 102 (7.12%) Azure Certification
4 95 (6.63%) Degree
5 54 (3.77%) DV Cleared
6 42 (2.93%) Microsoft Certification
7 34 (2.37%) ISTQB
8 30 (2.09%) Computer Science Degree
9 29 (2.03%) BPSS Clearance
10 22 (1.54%) AWS Certification
11 15 (1.05%) PMP
12 14 (0.98%) PMI Certification
13 12 (0.84%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
13 12 (0.84%) Master's Degree
14 10 (0.70%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
15 9 (0.63%) Cisco Certification
15 9 (0.63%) DBS Check
16 7 (0.49%) CISSP
17 5 (0.35%) ITIL Certification
18 4 (0.28%) CCIE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 154 (10.75%) QA
2 101 (7.05%) Data Quality
3 77 (5.38%) Accessibility
4 48 (3.35%) GDPR
5 44 (3.07%) WCAG
6 25 (1.75%) PMO
7 18 (1.26%) NIST
8 16 (1.12%) ISO/IEC 27001
9 15 (1.05%) SLA
10 13 (0.91%) NCSC
11 11 (0.77%) GRC
12 9 (0.63%) Sarbanes-Oxley
13 5 (0.35%) PCI DSS
14 3 (0.21%) Cyber Essentials
14 3 (0.21%) Government Security Classifications
15 2 (0.14%) Actionable Recommendations
15 2 (0.14%) HMG Security Policy Framework
15 2 (0.14%) NIST 800
15 2 (0.14%) PSD2
15 2 (0.14%) SEPA
System Software
1 196 (13.69%) Docker
2 78 (5.45%) Active Directory
3 31 (2.16%) Virtual Machines
4 14 (0.98%) Virtual Desktop
4 14 (0.98%) VMware Infrastructure
5 3 (0.21%) Hyper-V
6 2 (0.14%) Apache ZooKeeper
6 2 (0.14%) Embedded Firmware
6 2 (0.14%) Firmware
6 2 (0.14%) Microsoft App-V
6 2 (0.14%) OpenSSH
6 2 (0.14%) Postfix
6 2 (0.14%) VMware NSX
6 2 (0.14%) vSphere
7 1 (0.070%) HDFS
7 1 (0.070%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 376 (26.26%) Terraform
2 248 (17.32%) Kubernetes
3 83 (5.80%) Ansible
4 56 (3.91%) Grafana
5 49 (3.42%) Prometheus
6 20 (1.40%) Argo
6 20 (1.40%) Progress Chef
6 20 (1.40%) Puppet
7 16 (1.12%) Microsoft Intune
8 13 (0.91%) Packer
8 13 (0.91%) Single Sign-On
9 12 (0.84%) HP ALM
9 12 (0.84%) Istio
10 6 (0.42%) Jamf Pro
11 5 (0.35%) SCOM
12 4 (0.28%) HP Quality Center
12 4 (0.28%) SCCM
13 3 (0.21%) Rancher
14 2 (0.14%) Docker Swarm
14 2 (0.14%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 447 (31.22%) Microsoft
2 132 (9.22%) Databricks
3 71 (4.96%) Oracle
4 60 (4.19%) ServiceNow
5 49 (3.42%) Salesforce
6 47 (3.28%) SAP
7 29 (2.03%) Google
8 25 (1.75%) Splunk
9 20 (1.40%) Dynatrace
9 20 (1.40%) VMware
10 18 (1.26%) Informatica
11 16 (1.12%) OpenAI
12 13 (0.91%) Foundry
12 13 (0.91%) HP
13 11 (0.77%) MuleSoft
14 10 (0.70%) Bloomberg
14 10 (0.70%) IBM
15 9 (0.63%) Guidewire
15 9 (0.63%) InterSystems
16 8 (0.56%) Cisco
443 Azure DevOps jobs in England