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

 6 months to
6 Aug 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 72 94 74
Rank change year-on-year +22 -20 +1
Contract jobs citing Azure DevOps 1,505 754 970
As % of all contract jobs in England 3.31% 2.73% 2.90%
As % of the Cloud Services category 9.45% 7.33% 8.59%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,064 544 643
10th Percentile £363 £350 £382
25th Percentile £415 £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 £679 £724 £675
UK median daily rate £500 £500 £520
% change year-on-year - -3.85% -5.45%
Number of hourly rates quoted 43 3 0
10th Percentile £21.25 £36.45 -
25th Percentile £30.19 £45.75 -
Median hourly rate £46.80 £62.50 -
Median % change year-on-year -25.12% - -
75th Percentile £81.63 £76.25 -
90th Percentile £102.17 £83.75 -
UK median hourly rate £50.90 £73.75 -
% change year-on-year -30.98% - -

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 15,933 10,283 11,289
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 35.00% 37.22% 33.74%
Number of daily rates quoted 10,621 6,982 8,009
10th Percentile £325 £308 £313
25th Percentile £421 £406 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £510 £525
Median % change year-on-year +2.94% -2.86% -4.55%
75th Percentile £625 £625 £638
90th Percentile £719 £738 £750
UK median daily rate £520 £500 £525
% change year-on-year +4.00% -4.76% -2.78%
Number of hourly rates quoted 567 265 240
10th Percentile £16.50 £14.99 £14.16
25th Percentile £20.82 £18.13 £16.28
Median hourly rate £37.12 £25.15 £23.80
Median % change year-on-year +47.59% +5.67% -29.79%
75th Percentile £70.00 £43.75 £52.18
90th Percentile £83.75 £67.00 £70.00
UK median hourly rate £35.50 £27.45 £23.98
% change year-on-year +29.33% +14.49% -31.50%

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 6 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 6 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 6 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 +24 838 £500 -4.76% 286
South East -13 187 £503 +11.67% 137
Midlands +25 174 £458 -9.63% 69
North of England +16 169 £480 -4.00% 101
West Midlands +19 128 £450 -14.29% 40
North West +3 87 £500 -3.38% 56
South West -4 73 £475 -5.94% 29
Yorkshire -21 59 £475 -4.95% 32
East Midlands +12 44 £506 +6.58% 28
East of England +8 35 £425 -12.82% 28
North East -18 23 £450 -18.18% 14
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
1 110 (7.31%) Confluence
2 87 (5.78%) SharePoint
3 36 (2.39%) Apache Spark
4 32 (2.13%) Apache Airflow
5 30 (1.99%) Apache
6 13 (0.86%) Microsoft Exchange
7 9 (0.60%) CMS
8 6 (0.40%) Documentum
9 4 (0.27%) IIS
10 3 (0.20%) Kentico
10 3 (0.20%) Mendix
10 3 (0.20%) Palantir Foundry
10 3 (0.20%) SAS
11 2 (0.13%) OpenROAD
11 2 (0.13%) Umbraco
12 1 (0.066%) Adobe Experience Manager
12 1 (0.066%) ArcGIS
12 1 (0.066%) HCL Notes
12 1 (0.066%) OpenStack
12 1 (0.066%) Smallworld
Applications
1 58 (3.85%) Microsoft Project
2 36 (2.39%) Microsoft Excel
3 18 (1.20%) MS Visio
4 11 (0.73%) Microsoft Office
5 8 (0.53%) CPLEX
5 8 (0.53%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 7 (0.47%) Chatbot
6 7 (0.47%) Trello
7 5 (0.33%) Notion
8 4 (0.27%) Spreadsheet
9 1 (0.066%) Adobe XD
9 1 (0.066%) InDesign
Business Applications
1 47 (3.12%) Dynamics CRM
2 20 (1.33%) SAP S/4HANA
3 7 (0.47%) Dynamics AX
4 5 (0.33%) 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 (0.13%) Aladdin
7 2 (0.13%) Dynamics GP
7 2 (0.13%) IBM Operational Decision Manager
7 2 (0.13%) Salesforce CRM
7 2 (0.13%) SAP MM
7 2 (0.13%) SAP Oil and Gas
7 2 (0.13%) Teamcenter
7 2 (0.13%) Unit4 Business World
8 1 (0.066%) Oracle Financials
8 1 (0.066%) SAP SD
8 1 (0.066%) SDL Web 8
Cloud Services
1 1,505 (100.00%) Azure
2 398 (26.45%) GitHub
3 272 (18.07%) GitHub Actions
4 231 (15.35%) Power Platform
5 225 (14.95%) AWS
6 134 (8.90%) Azure Data Factory
7 128 (8.50%) Entra ID
8 124 (8.24%) Azure AKS
9 118 (7.84%) Azure Monitor
10 113 (7.51%) Dynamics 365
11 108 (7.18%) Power Automate
12 96 (6.38%) Serverless
13 88 (5.85%) GCP
14 86 (5.71%) PowerApps
15 79 (5.25%) Azure Key Vault
16 78 (5.18%) Azure Synapse Analytics
17 66 (4.39%) Microsoft 365
18 64 (4.25%) Azure Logic Apps
19 63 (4.19%) PaaS
20 61 (4.05%) Azure Functions
Communications & Networking
1 59 (3.92%) Firewall
2 36 (2.39%) DNS
3 31 (2.06%) Network Security
4 26 (1.73%) VPN
5 15 (1.00%) SSL
5 15 (1.00%) WAN
6 13 (0.86%) SD-WAN
7 12 (0.80%) DHCP
8 9 (0.60%) Internet
8 9 (0.60%) TCP/IP
9 7 (0.47%) VLAN
10 6 (0.40%) 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 (0.13%) IPsec
Database & Business Intelligence
1 154 (10.23%) Power BI
2 110 (7.31%) SQL Server
3 73 (4.85%) Azure SQL Database
3 73 (4.85%) Data Lake
4 70 (4.65%) Data Warehouse
5 56 (3.72%) NoSQL
6 53 (3.52%) Delta Lake
7 44 (2.92%) PostgreSQL
8 26 (1.73%) Relational Database
8 26 (1.73%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 22 (1.46%) MongoDB
10 21 (1.40%) Metadata
10 21 (1.40%) Snowflake Schema
11 18 (1.20%) Redis
11 18 (1.20%) Spark SQL
12 17 (1.13%) Big Data
13 14 (0.93%) Amazon Redshift
14 13 (0.86%) Data Vault
14 13 (0.86%) Parquet
15 12 (0.80%) Geospatial Data
Development Applications
1 293 (19.47%) JIRA
2 241 (16.01%) Git
3 172 (11.43%) Jenkins
4 133 (8.84%) GitLab
5 61 (4.05%) Selenium
6 32 (2.13%) Postman
6 32 (2.13%) SonarQube
7 25 (1.66%) Cypress.io
7 25 (1.66%) Visual Studio
8 23 (1.53%) Cucumber
9 22 (1.46%) WebDriver
10 18 (1.20%) Gradle
10 18 (1.20%) REST Assured
11 17 (1.13%) TestRail
12 16 (1.06%) JUnit
12 16 (1.06%) Maven
13 15 (1.00%) Bitbucket
14 14 (0.93%) MSI
15 12 (0.80%) Sonatype Nexus
15 12 (0.80%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 388 (25.78%) Social Skills
2 307 (20.40%) Finance
3 187 (12.43%) Public Sector
4 159 (10.56%) Analytical Skills
5 78 (5.18%) Banking
6 69 (4.58%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 32 (2.13%) Retail
8 29 (1.93%) Organisational Skills
9 28 (1.86%) Legal
10 25 (1.66%) Documentation Skills
11 23 (1.53%) Influencing Skills
12 20 (1.33%) Aerospace
13 15 (1.00%) Marketing
14 14 (0.93%) Investment Banking
15 13 (0.86%) Law
15 13 (0.86%) Local Government
16 10 (0.66%) Manufacturing
17 9 (0.60%) Billing
18 8 (0.53%) Front Office
19 7 (0.47%) Back Office
Job Titles
1 279 (18.54%) Developer
2 220 (14.62%) Azure Engineer
2 220 (14.62%) Senior
3 213 (14.15%) DevOps Engineer
4 133 (8.84%) Lead
5 129 (8.57%) Data Engineer
6 128 (8.50%) Azure DevOps Engineer
7 125 (8.31%) Analyst
8 103 (6.84%) Architect
9 65 (4.32%) Business Analyst
10 56 (3.72%) Platform Engineer
11 52 (3.46%) Project Manager
12 45 (2.99%) Cloud Engineer
13 44 (2.92%) Test Analyst
14 43 (2.86%) Solutions Architect
15 42 (2.79%) .NET Developer
15 42 (2.79%) Consultant
15 42 (2.79%) Full-Stack Developer
16 41 (2.72%) Tester
17 39 (2.59%) Senior Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 202 (13.42%) .NET
2 167 (11.10%) REST
3 83 (5.51%) PySpark
4 81 (5.38%) RESTful
5 75 (4.98%) ADO
6 72 (4.78%) YAML
7 69 (4.58%) JSON
8 63 (4.19%) .NET Framework
9 60 (3.99%) Kafka
10 58 (3.85%) React
11 53 (3.52%) .NET Core
11 53 (3.52%) ARM Templates
12 52 (3.46%) Playwright
13 44 (2.92%) SOAP
14 40 (2.66%) OAuth
15 37 (2.46%) HTML
16 35 (2.33%) XML
17 34 (2.26%) CSS
18 33 (2.19%) Middleware
18 33 (2.19%) Node.js
Miscellaneous
1 175 (11.63%) Cloud Native
2 106 (7.04%) Product Ownership
3 52 (3.46%) Distributed Systems
4 51 (3.39%) Legacy Systems
5 47 (3.12%) Onboarding
6 32 (2.13%) Enterprise Software
7 29 (1.93%) Self-Motivation
8 27 (1.79%) Hybrid Cloud
9 26 (1.73%) Management Information System
10 24 (1.59%) Data Structures
11 21 (1.40%) Reinsurance
12 18 (1.20%) Replication
13 17 (1.13%) Greenfield Project
13 17 (1.13%) Low-Code
14 16 (1.06%) AI Agents
14 16 (1.06%) Mobile App
15 13 (0.86%) Data Protection Act
15 13 (0.86%) Enterprise Cloud
16 12 (0.80%) Security Posture
16 12 (0.80%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 94 (6.25%) Windows
2 64 (4.25%) Linux
3 25 (1.66%) Windows Server
4 13 (0.86%) VMS
5 10 (0.66%) Unix
6 8 (0.53%) Android
6 8 (0.53%) Apple iOS
7 6 (0.40%) 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 3 (0.20%) Ubuntu
10 1 (0.066%) Amazon Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 1,505 (100.00%) DevOps
2 819 (54.42%) CI/CD
3 621 (41.26%) Agile
4 372 (24.72%) Infrastructure as Code
5 262 (17.41%) Test Automation
6 241 (16.01%) Analytics
7 239 (15.88%) Problem-Solving
8 231 (15.35%) Stakeholder Management
9 225 (14.95%) Continuous Improvement
10 216 (14.35%) Containerisation
10 216 (14.35%) Scrum
11 204 (13.55%) Migration
12 170 (11.30%) Data Modelling
13 164 (10.90%) Business Intelligence
14 163 (10.83%) Stakeholder Engagement
15 148 (9.83%) Microservices
16 147 (9.77%) AI
17 146 (9.70%) User Acceptance Testing
18 144 (9.57%) Platform Engineering
19 139 (9.24%) Data Pipeline
Programming Languages
1 409 (27.18%) SQL
2 372 (24.72%) Python
3 253 (16.81%) C#
4 187 (12.43%) PowerShell
5 152 (10.10%) JavaScript
6 149 (9.90%) Bicep
7 120 (7.97%) Bash
8 109 (7.24%) Java
9 86 (5.71%) TypeScript
10 25 (1.66%) T-SQL
11 19 (1.26%) Go
12 14 (0.93%) Data Analysis Expressions
12 14 (0.93%) Kusto Query Language
13 13 (0.86%) Apex Code
14 12 (0.80%) X++
15 11 (0.73%) Scala
16 8 (0.53%) PL/SQL
17 7 (0.47%) C
17 7 (0.47%) Shell Script
18 6 (0.40%) R
Qualifications
1 441 (29.30%) Security Cleared
2 359 (23.85%) SC Cleared
3 109 (7.24%) Azure Certification
4 99 (6.58%) Degree
5 53 (3.52%) DV Cleared
6 51 (3.39%) Microsoft Certification
7 38 (2.52%) ISTQB
8 34 (2.26%) BPSS Clearance
9 32 (2.13%) Computer Science Degree
10 25 (1.66%) AWS Certification
11 16 (1.06%) PMI Certification
11 16 (1.06%) PMP
12 15 (1.00%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
13 12 (0.80%) Master's Degree
14 11 (0.73%) Cisco Certification
15 9 (0.60%) CISSP
15 9 (0.60%) DBS Check
15 9 (0.60%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
16 8 (0.53%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
17 5 (0.33%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 165 (10.96%) QA
2 107 (7.11%) Data Quality
3 83 (5.51%) Accessibility
4 53 (3.52%) GDPR
5 48 (3.19%) WCAG
6 27 (1.79%) PMO
7 20 (1.33%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 20 (1.33%) NIST
8 18 (1.20%) NCSC
9 13 (0.86%) SLA
10 12 (0.80%) GRC
11 10 (0.66%) Sarbanes-Oxley
12 5 (0.33%) PCI DSS
13 4 (0.27%) Cyber Essentials
13 4 (0.27%) PSD2
13 4 (0.27%) SEPA
14 3 (0.20%) Government Security Classifications
14 3 (0.20%) ISO 20022
15 2 (0.13%) Actionable Recommendations
15 2 (0.13%) HMG Security Policy Framework
System Software
1 224 (14.88%) Docker
2 83 (5.51%) Active Directory
3 33 (2.19%) Virtual Machines
4 16 (1.06%) VMware Infrastructure
5 13 (0.86%) Virtual Desktop
6 6 (0.40%) Hyper-V
7 4 (0.27%) Firmware
7 4 (0.27%) vSphere
8 3 (0.20%) Embedded Firmware
9 2 (0.13%) Apache ZooKeeper
9 2 (0.13%) Microsoft App-V
9 2 (0.13%) OpenSSH
9 2 (0.13%) Postfix
9 2 (0.13%) VMware NSX
10 1 (0.066%) HDFS
10 1 (0.066%) Virtual Servers
10 1 (0.066%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 417 (27.71%) Terraform
2 284 (18.87%) Kubernetes
3 96 (6.38%) Ansible
4 61 (4.05%) Grafana
5 51 (3.39%) Prometheus
6 21 (1.40%) Argo
7 20 (1.33%) Progress Chef
7 20 (1.33%) Puppet
8 19 (1.26%) Microsoft Intune
9 13 (0.86%) Packer
10 12 (0.80%) Istio
11 11 (0.73%) Single Sign-On
12 10 (0.66%) HP ALM
13 8 (0.53%) SCCM
14 6 (0.40%) Jamf Pro
14 6 (0.40%) SCOM
15 4 (0.27%) HP Quality Center
16 3 (0.20%) Rancher
17 2 (0.13%) Docker Swarm
17 2 (0.13%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 485 (32.23%) Microsoft
2 138 (9.17%) Databricks
3 65 (4.32%) Oracle
4 63 (4.19%) ServiceNow
5 52 (3.46%) Salesforce
6 48 (3.19%) SAP
7 36 (2.39%) Google
8 30 (1.99%) Splunk
9 27 (1.79%) Dynatrace
10 21 (1.40%) VMware
11 20 (1.33%) Informatica
12 12 (0.80%) OpenAI
13 11 (0.73%) Foundry
13 11 (0.73%) HP
14 10 (0.66%) Bloomberg
14 10 (0.66%) MuleSoft
15 9 (0.60%) Cisco
15 9 (0.60%) IBM
15 9 (0.60%) InterSystems
16 8 (0.53%) Guidewire
620 Azure DevOps jobs in England