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 27 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
27 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 74 94 74
Rank change year-on-year +20 -20 -2
Contract jobs citing Azure DevOps 1,291 639 1,036
As % of all contract jobs in England 3.10% 2.69% 2.83%
As % of the Cloud Services category 8.83% 7.17% 8.84%
Number of daily rates quoted 947 448 692
10th Percentile £366 £359 £400
25th Percentile £414 £425 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £520 £525
Median % change year-on-year -3.85% -0.95% -4.55%
75th Percentile £599 £623 £600
90th Percentile £688 £725 £675
UK median daily rate £500 £500 £520
% change year-on-year - -3.85% -5.45%
Number of hourly rates quoted 23 1 6
10th Percentile £25.38 - £64.50
25th Percentile £37.25 £30.25 £65.25
Median hourly rate £74.50 £31.50 £65.50
Median % change year-on-year +136.51% -51.91% -6.43%
75th Percentile £94.42 £32.75 £65.75
90th Percentile £104.00 - £68.50
UK median hourly rate £72.25 £85.00 £65.50
% change year-on-year -15.00% +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 14,623 8,910 11,713
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 35.10% 37.48% 32.04%
Number of daily rates quoted 9,970 6,152 8,466
10th Percentile £325 £313 £300
25th Percentile £413 £413 £416
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £520 £525
Median % change year-on-year -1.44% -0.95% -4.55%
75th Percentile £613 £626 £638
90th Percentile £713 £738 £746
UK median daily rate £508 £513 £525
% change year-on-year -0.98% -2.38% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 498 196 321
10th Percentile £15.59 £14.99 £14.00
25th Percentile £21.34 £18.13 £15.85
Median hourly rate £39.50 £25.50 £21.37
Median % change year-on-year +54.90% +19.33% -38.58%
75th Percentile £67.75 £37.56 £38.13
90th Percentile £81.08 £68.75 £67.00
UK median hourly rate £36.00 £28.00 £21.37
% change year-on-year +28.57% +31.02% -39.80%

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 27 May 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 27 May 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 27 May 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 +23 726 £500 -4.76% 133
South East +12 187 £500 +1.27% 90
North of England +5 135 £500 +5.26% 79
Midlands -20 123 £475 -7.32% 39
West Midlands -13 82 £475 -9.52% 20
North West +3 67 £500 -2.44% 46
South West +6 64 £500 -4.76% 18
Yorkshire -26 52 £500 +17.65% 16
East Midlands -15 39 £488 -2.50% 19
East of England -10 25 £450 -5.26% 28
North East -11 16 £463 -15.91% 17
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 87 (6.74%) SharePoint
2 71 (5.50%) Confluence
3 41 (3.18%) Apache Spark
4 27 (2.09%) Apache
5 22 (1.70%) Apache Airflow
6 12 (0.93%) Microsoft Exchange
7 10 (0.77%) HCL Notes
7 10 (0.77%) Mendix
8 5 (0.39%) IIS
9 4 (0.31%) CMS
9 4 (0.31%) Palantir Foundry
10 2 (0.15%) ArcGIS
10 2 (0.15%) Umbraco
11 1 (0.077%) IBM HTTP Server
11 1 (0.077%) Kentico
11 1 (0.077%) OpenStack
11 1 (0.077%) Oracle Workflow
11 1 (0.077%) SAS
11 1 (0.077%) WebLogic
Applications
1 41 (3.18%) Microsoft Project
2 23 (1.78%) Microsoft Excel
3 17 (1.32%) MS Visio
4 10 (0.77%) Microsoft Office
5 7 (0.54%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 4 (0.31%) CPLEX
7 3 (0.23%) Chatbot
7 3 (0.23%) Notion
7 3 (0.23%) Trello
8 2 (0.15%) Spreadsheet
9 1 (0.077%) InDesign
Business Applications
1 39 (3.02%) Dynamics CRM
2 14 (1.08%) SAP S/4HANA
3 8 (0.62%) Maximo
4 7 (0.54%) Dynamics AX
5 4 (0.31%) Oracle EBS
5 4 (0.31%) SAP BPC
6 3 (0.23%) Findur
6 3 (0.23%) NEC Housing
6 3 (0.23%) Payment Gateway
6 3 (0.23%) SAP MDG
6 3 (0.23%) SAP MM
6 3 (0.23%) SAP Oil and Gas
7 2 (0.15%) Aladdin
7 2 (0.15%) Dynamics GP
7 2 (0.15%) Endur
7 2 (0.15%) Unit4 Business World
8 1 (0.077%) Oracle ERP
8 1 (0.077%) Oracle Financials
8 1 (0.077%) SAP SD
8 1 (0.077%) SDL Web 8
Cloud Services
1 1,291 (100.00%) Azure
2 311 (24.09%) GitHub
3 210 (16.27%) Power Platform
4 203 (15.72%) GitHub Actions
5 173 (13.40%) AWS
6 134 (10.38%) Azure Data Factory
7 113 (8.75%) Azure AKS
8 110 (8.52%) Entra ID
9 102 (7.90%) Azure Monitor
10 101 (7.82%) Serverless
11 93 (7.20%) Dynamics 365
12 84 (6.51%) Power Automate
13 83 (6.43%) Azure Key Vault
14 78 (6.04%) Azure Synapse Analytics
15 72 (5.58%) Azure Logic Apps
16 70 (5.42%) Azure Functions
17 69 (5.34%) GCP
18 65 (5.03%) Microsoft 365
19 62 (4.80%) PowerApps
20 60 (4.65%) Azure Service Bus
Communications & Networking
1 46 (3.56%) Firewall
2 21 (1.63%) Network Security
3 19 (1.47%) DNS
3 19 (1.47%) VPN
4 14 (1.08%) SD-WAN
5 12 (0.93%) WAN
6 8 (0.62%) Internet
7 7 (0.54%) DHCP
7 7 (0.54%) TCP/IP
8 6 (0.46%) LAN
9 5 (0.39%) IPsec
9 5 (0.39%) VLAN
10 4 (0.31%) MQTT
11 3 (0.23%) HTTP
11 3 (0.23%) SSL
12 2 (0.15%) BGP
12 2 (0.15%) FTP
12 2 (0.15%) OSPF
12 2 (0.15%) SAN
12 2 (0.15%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 138 (10.69%) Power BI
2 111 (8.60%) SQL Server
3 79 (6.12%) Data Lake
4 76 (5.89%) Azure SQL Database
5 70 (5.42%) Delta Lake
6 58 (4.49%) Data Warehouse
7 45 (3.49%) NoSQL
8 42 (3.25%) PostgreSQL
9 25 (1.94%) MongoDB
9 25 (1.94%) Oracle Database
9 25 (1.94%) Relational Database
10 22 (1.70%) Spark SQL
11 21 (1.63%) Snowflake Schema
12 16 (1.24%) Redis
12 16 (1.24%) SQL Server Integration Services
13 15 (1.16%) Tableau
14 14 (1.08%) Big Data
14 14 (1.08%) Metadata
14 14 (1.08%) Parquet
15 13 (1.01%) Amazon Redshift
Development Applications
1 241 (18.67%) JIRA
2 191 (14.79%) Git
3 112 (8.68%) Jenkins
4 82 (6.35%) GitLab
5 42 (3.25%) Selenium
6 26 (2.01%) Postman
7 20 (1.55%) SonarQube
8 18 (1.39%) REST Assured
8 18 (1.39%) Visual Studio
9 17 (1.32%) Cypress.io
10 16 (1.24%) TestRail
11 13 (1.01%) Team Foundation Server
12 12 (0.93%) Cucumber
12 12 (0.93%) SpecFlow
13 11 (0.85%) Bitbucket
13 11 (0.85%) NUnit
14 10 (0.77%) Zephyr
15 9 (0.70%) Artifactory
15 9 (0.70%) JMeter
16 8 (0.62%) JUnit
General
1 293 (22.70%) Social Skills
2 272 (21.07%) Finance
3 130 (10.07%) Public Sector
4 122 (9.45%) Analytical Skills
5 59 (4.57%) Banking
6 34 (2.63%) Organisational Skills
7 29 (2.25%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 25 (1.94%) Legal
9 19 (1.47%) Influencing Skills
9 19 (1.47%) Retail
10 18 (1.39%) Financial Institution
11 17 (1.32%) Documentation Skills
12 14 (1.08%) Front Office
13 13 (1.01%) Aerospace
14 11 (0.85%) Investment Banking
15 9 (0.70%) Marketing
16 7 (0.54%) Presentation Skills
17 6 (0.46%) Law
18 5 (0.39%) Local Government
18 5 (0.39%) Military
Job Titles
1 230 (17.82%) Developer
2 213 (16.50%) Azure Engineer
3 178 (13.79%) DevOps Engineer
4 169 (13.09%) Senior
5 136 (10.53%) Data Engineer
6 116 (8.99%) Azure DevOps Engineer
7 109 (8.44%) Analyst
8 106 (8.21%) Lead
9 89 (6.89%) Architect
10 48 (3.72%) Platform Engineer
11 45 (3.49%) Business Analyst
12 43 (3.33%) Project Manager
13 42 (3.25%) Test Analyst
14 40 (3.10%) Tester
15 39 (3.02%) Cloud Engineer
16 36 (2.79%) Test Engineer
17 35 (2.71%) Full-Stack Developer
17 35 (2.71%) Senior Developer
18 34 (2.63%) .NET Developer
19 33 (2.56%) Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 189 (14.64%) .NET
2 103 (7.98%) REST
3 87 (6.74%) PySpark
4 70 (5.42%) React
5 64 (4.96%) ADO
6 63 (4.88%) ARM Templates
7 59 (4.57%) YAML
8 55 (4.26%) Kafka
9 52 (4.03%) RESTful
10 47 (3.64%) Node.js
11 46 (3.56%) JSON
12 43 (3.33%) Playwright
13 42 (3.25%) .NET Framework
14 35 (2.71%) .NET Core
15 34 (2.63%) SOAP
16 30 (2.32%) CSS
17 27 (2.09%) HTML
18 26 (2.01%) OAuth
19 25 (1.94%) AngularJS
19 25 (1.94%) Flask
Miscellaneous
1 141 (10.92%) Cloud Native
2 67 (5.19%) Product Ownership
3 40 (3.10%) Distributed Systems
4 34 (2.63%) Legacy Systems
5 27 (2.09%) Enterprise Software
6 26 (2.01%) Reinsurance
7 24 (1.86%) Onboarding
8 19 (1.47%) Low-Code
9 18 (1.39%) Hybrid Cloud
9 18 (1.39%) Self-Motivation
10 16 (1.24%) AI Agents
10 16 (1.24%) Data Structures
11 15 (1.16%) Greenfield Project
12 14 (1.08%) Mobile App
13 13 (1.01%) Replication
14 10 (0.77%) Public Cloud
15 9 (0.70%) Management Information System
15 9 (0.70%) Virtual Team
16 8 (0.62%) Data Protection Act
16 8 (0.62%) Enterprise Cloud
Operating Systems
1 70 (5.42%) Windows
2 51 (3.95%) Linux
3 16 (1.24%) VMS
4 10 (0.77%) Windows Server
5 8 (0.62%) Unix
6 4 (0.31%) Android
6 4 (0.31%) Apple iOS
7 3 (0.23%) Mac OS
7 3 (0.23%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 2 (0.15%) Windows Server 2016
8 2 (0.15%) Windows Server 2019
9 1 (0.077%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 1,284 (99.46%) DevOps
2 690 (53.45%) CI/CD
3 461 (35.71%) Agile
4 297 (23.01%) Infrastructure as Code
5 213 (16.50%) Problem-Solving
6 211 (16.34%) Analytics
7 207 (16.03%) Test Automation
8 176 (13.63%) Migration
9 165 (12.78%) Continuous Improvement
10 158 (12.24%) Data Modelling
11 153 (11.85%) Scrum
12 150 (11.62%) Business Intelligence
13 143 (11.08%) Containerisation
14 141 (10.92%) Stakeholder Management
15 132 (10.22%) AI
15 132 (10.22%) Data Pipeline
16 131 (10.15%) ETL
17 122 (9.45%) Observability
18 112 (8.68%) Microservices
19 110 (8.52%) Platform Engineering
Programming Languages
1 400 (30.98%) SQL
2 328 (25.41%) Python
3 223 (17.27%) C#
4 136 (10.53%) PowerShell
5 123 (9.53%) JavaScript
6 114 (8.83%) Bicep
7 87 (6.74%) Bash
8 85 (6.58%) Java
9 66 (5.11%) TypeScript
10 28 (2.17%) T-SQL
11 25 (1.94%) Scala
12 17 (1.32%) PL/SQL
13 16 (1.24%) Data Analysis Expressions
13 16 (1.24%) Go
14 12 (0.93%) Kusto Query Language
15 10 (0.77%) Formula Language
15 10 (0.77%) LotusScript
16 7 (0.54%) Apex Code
16 7 (0.54%) VB
17 6 (0.46%) R
Qualifications
1 343 (26.57%) Security Cleared
2 285 (22.08%) SC Cleared
3 101 (7.82%) Azure Certification
4 68 (5.27%) Degree
5 37 (2.87%) DV Cleared
6 32 (2.48%) BPSS Clearance
7 31 (2.40%) ISTQB
7 31 (2.40%) Microsoft Certification
8 22 (1.70%) Computer Science Degree
9 17 (1.32%) PMI Certification
9 17 (1.32%) PMP
10 10 (0.77%) AWS Certification
10 10 (0.77%) DBS Check
11 9 (0.70%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
12 6 (0.46%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
12 6 (0.46%) CISM
12 6 (0.46%) CISSP
13 5 (0.39%) Cisco Certification
13 5 (0.39%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
13 5 (0.39%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 147 (11.39%) QA
2 105 (8.13%) Data Quality
3 41 (3.18%) Accessibility
4 33 (2.56%) GDPR
5 22 (1.70%) WCAG
6 19 (1.47%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 18 (1.39%) PMO
8 17 (1.32%) NIST
9 14 (1.08%) SLA
10 13 (1.01%) NCSC
11 11 (0.85%) Sarbanes-Oxley
12 9 (0.70%) NIST 800
12 9 (0.70%) PCI DSS
13 8 (0.62%) GRC
14 2 (0.15%) FedRAMP
14 2 (0.15%) Government Security Classifications
14 2 (0.15%) HIPAA
14 2 (0.15%) HL7
14 2 (0.15%) HMG Security Policy Framework
14 2 (0.15%) PSD2
System Software
1 167 (12.94%) Docker
2 73 (5.65%) Active Directory
3 26 (2.01%) Virtual Machines
4 13 (1.01%) Virtual Desktop
5 6 (0.46%) VMware Infrastructure
6 4 (0.31%) Firmware
7 2 (0.15%) Hyper-V
7 2 (0.15%) Microsoft App-V
7 2 (0.15%) OpenSSH
7 2 (0.15%) Postfix
8 1 (0.077%) HDFS
Systems Management
1 349 (27.03%) Terraform
2 217 (16.81%) Kubernetes
3 60 (4.65%) Ansible
4 43 (3.33%) Grafana
5 36 (2.79%) Prometheus
6 16 (1.24%) Argo
7 15 (1.16%) HP ALM
8 13 (1.01%) Puppet
9 11 (0.85%) Istio
9 11 (0.85%) Microsoft Intune
9 11 (0.85%) Progress Chef
9 11 (0.85%) Single Sign-On
10 9 (0.70%) Packer
11 6 (0.46%) HP Quality Center
12 5 (0.39%) Jamf Pro
13 3 (0.23%) Active Directory Federation Services
13 3 (0.23%) Rancher
13 3 (0.23%) SCCM
14 2 (0.15%) Kubeflow
14 2 (0.15%) linkerd
Vendors
1 385 (29.82%) Microsoft
2 158 (12.24%) Databricks
3 95 (7.36%) Oracle
4 61 (4.73%) ServiceNow
5 39 (3.02%) SAP
6 34 (2.63%) Salesforce
7 25 (1.94%) OpenAI
8 24 (1.86%) Splunk
9 23 (1.78%) Informatica
10 19 (1.47%) Google
11 16 (1.24%) HP
12 15 (1.16%) Foundry
13 14 (1.08%) Dynatrace
13 14 (1.08%) VMware
14 12 (0.93%) IBM
15 10 (0.77%) Bloomberg
15 10 (0.77%) Kofax
15 10 (0.77%) Lotus
16 9 (0.70%) InterSystems
17 8 (0.62%) Red Hat