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 9 February 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

 6 months to
9 Feb 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 82 86 83
Rank change year-on-year +4 -3 -6
Contract jobs citing Azure DevOps 1,039 734 991
As % of all contract jobs in England 3.12% 2.82% 2.59%
As % of the Cloud Services category 8.29% 7.54% 7.84%
Number of daily rates quoted 747 493 756
10th Percentile £360 £385 £413
25th Percentile £413 £454 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% -4.55% -
75th Percentile £600 £625 £638
90th Percentile £688 £700 £700
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £548
% change year-on-year -4.76% -4.11% -0.45%
Number of hourly rates quoted 8 2 14
10th Percentile £45.84 £67.63 £55.75
25th Percentile £49.94 £69.69 £60.94
Median hourly rate £74.63 £73.75 £65.50
Median % change year-on-year +1.19% +12.60% -0.44%
75th Percentile £79.69 £77.19 £75.94
90th Percentile £93.75 £78.88 £77.50
UK median hourly rate £74.63 £82.50 £65.50
% change year-on-year -9.54% +25.95% -2.96%

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 12,534 9,733 12,641
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 37.66% 37.41% 33.06%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,667 6,462 9,209
10th Percentile £305 £313 £272
25th Percentile £406 £420 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
75th Percentile £600 £638 £638
90th Percentile £700 £738 £725
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 332 140 306
10th Percentile £14.43 £15.44 £14.00
25th Percentile £18.87 £21.20 £16.25
Median hourly rate £35.81 £27.50 £22.23
Median % change year-on-year +30.22% +23.73% -11.10%
75th Percentile £58.75 £47.63 £46.18
90th Percentile £77.50 £69.25 £65.75
UK median hourly rate £35.61 £27.50 £22.50
% change year-on-year +29.47% +22.22% -6.25%

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 9 February 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 9 February 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 9 February 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 +11 579 £500 -9.09% 116
South East -14 131 £525 -4.55% 95
North of England -35 91 £500 - 85
Midlands -7 90 £500 -4.08% 42
South West +33 85 £475 -6.86% 26
West Midlands -21 55 £525 - 28
North West -6 44 £400 -27.27% 49
Yorkshire -60 36 £525 +8.25% 26
East Midlands -11 35 £418 -14.36% 15
East of England +4 33 £554 -16.42% 18
North East -6 11 £513 -2.38% 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 72 (6.93%) SharePoint
2 56 (5.39%) Confluence
3 23 (2.21%) Apache Spark
4 15 (1.44%) Apache
5 10 (0.96%) HCL Notes
5 10 (0.96%) Microsoft Exchange
6 9 (0.87%) Apache Airflow
6 9 (0.87%) Mendix
7 6 (0.58%) IIS
8 4 (0.38%) CMS
8 4 (0.38%) OpenStack
9 3 (0.29%) Adobe Experience Manager
9 3 (0.29%) ArcGIS
9 3 (0.29%) Documentum
9 3 (0.29%) Sitecore CMS
10 1 (0.096%) Apache Synapse
10 1 (0.096%) Kentico
10 1 (0.096%) Palantir Foundry
10 1 (0.096%) SharePoint Server
Applications
1 32 (3.08%) Microsoft Excel
2 17 (1.64%) Microsoft Project
3 14 (1.35%) MS Visio
4 10 (0.96%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 9 (0.87%) Microsoft Office
6 2 (0.19%) Trello
7 1 (0.096%) Chatbot
7 1 (0.096%) CPLEX
Business Applications
1 38 (3.66%) Dynamics CRM
2 6 (0.58%) Maximo
2 6 (0.58%) NEC Housing
3 4 (0.38%) Aladdin
3 4 (0.38%) Endur
3 4 (0.38%) Oracle EBS
3 4 (0.38%) SAP S/4HANA
4 3 (0.29%) Oracle Assets
4 3 (0.29%) Oracle ERP
4 3 (0.29%) Oracle General Ledger
4 3 (0.29%) Oracle Payables
4 3 (0.29%) Oracle Receivables
4 3 (0.29%) Payment Gateway
5 2 (0.19%) Primavera
5 2 (0.19%) Workday HCM
6 1 (0.096%) Dynamics AX
6 1 (0.096%) NetSuite
6 1 (0.096%) Oracle Cash Management
6 1 (0.096%) SAP MM
6 1 (0.096%) SAP Oil and Gas
Cloud Services
1 1,038 (99.90%) Azure
2 246 (23.68%) GitHub
3 197 (18.96%) Power Platform
4 170 (16.36%) GitHub Actions
5 130 (12.51%) Serverless
6 121 (11.65%) Azure AKS
7 117 (11.26%) Azure Data Factory
8 116 (11.16%) AWS
9 107 (10.30%) Azure Monitor
10 100 (9.62%) Entra ID
11 94 (9.05%) Dynamics 365
12 89 (8.57%) Azure Functions
13 81 (7.80%) Azure Logic Apps
14 76 (7.31%) Azure Key Vault
15 73 (7.03%) Power Automate
16 64 (6.16%) Azure Synapse Analytics
17 62 (5.97%) PowerApps
18 59 (5.68%) GCP
19 58 (5.58%) Azure Service Bus
20 52 (5.00%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 39 (3.75%) Firewall
2 20 (1.92%) Network Security
3 18 (1.73%) VPN
4 15 (1.44%) DNS
5 9 (0.87%) SD-WAN
5 9 (0.87%) WAN
6 5 (0.48%) DHCP
7 4 (0.38%) HTTP
7 4 (0.38%) IPsec
7 4 (0.38%) LAN
7 4 (0.38%) TCP/IP
8 3 (0.29%) MQTT
8 3 (0.29%) Remote Desktop
9 2 (0.19%) FTP
9 2 (0.19%) MPLS
9 2 (0.19%) SSL
9 2 (0.19%) VLAN
10 1 (0.096%) BGP
10 1 (0.096%) VoIP
10 1 (0.096%) VRRP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 129 (12.42%) Power BI
2 83 (7.99%) SQL Server
3 59 (5.68%) Azure SQL Database
4 48 (4.62%) Data Lake
5 45 (4.33%) Data Warehouse
6 41 (3.95%) PostgreSQL
7 35 (3.37%) Delta Lake
8 24 (2.31%) Oracle Database
9 22 (2.12%) NoSQL
10 21 (2.02%) MongoDB
11 20 (1.92%) Relational Database
12 18 (1.73%) SQL Server Integration Services
13 16 (1.54%) Redis
13 16 (1.54%) Tableau
14 11 (1.06%) Oracle Reports
14 11 (1.06%) Spark SQL
15 10 (0.96%) DynamoDB
15 10 (0.96%) Metadata
15 10 (0.96%) MySQL
16 9 (0.87%) Data Vault
Development Applications
1 194 (18.67%) JIRA
2 151 (14.53%) Git
3 97 (9.34%) Jenkins
4 52 (5.00%) GitLab
5 50 (4.81%) Selenium
6 36 (3.46%) Oracle APEX
6 36 (3.46%) Postman
7 22 (2.12%) Cypress.io
7 22 (2.12%) SonarQube
8 16 (1.54%) Visual Studio
9 15 (1.44%) Team Foundation Server
9 15 (1.44%) TestRail
10 14 (1.35%) JMeter
11 13 (1.25%) REST Assured
12 12 (1.15%) Cucumber
12 12 (1.15%) JUnit
13 11 (1.06%) Artifactory
13 11 (1.06%) Zephyr
14 10 (0.96%) Bitbucket
14 10 (0.96%) Gradle
General
1 334 (32.15%) Social Skills
2 190 (18.29%) Finance
3 114 (10.97%) Public Sector
4 113 (10.88%) Analytical Skills
5 49 (4.72%) Banking
6 29 (2.79%) Influencing Skills
7 27 (2.60%) Documentation Skills
8 22 (2.12%) Organisational Skills
9 20 (1.92%) Retail
10 19 (1.83%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 15 (1.44%) Financial Institution
11 15 (1.44%) Investment Banking
11 15 (1.44%) Law
12 12 (1.15%) Marketing
12 12 (1.15%) Presentation Skills
13 11 (1.06%) Front Office
14 10 (0.96%) Back Office
15 9 (0.87%) Billing
15 9 (0.87%) Legal
15 9 (0.87%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 246 (23.68%) Developer
2 160 (15.40%) Azure Engineer
3 145 (13.96%) DevOps Engineer
4 136 (13.09%) Senior
5 90 (8.66%) Azure DevOps Engineer
6 87 (8.37%) Analyst
7 78 (7.51%) Lead
8 77 (7.41%) Architect
9 75 (7.22%) Data Engineer
10 53 (5.10%) Senior Developer
11 44 (4.23%) Azure Developer
12 36 (3.46%) Platform Engineer
12 36 (3.46%) Test Analyst
13 34 (3.27%) Business Analyst
14 33 (3.18%) Azure Architect
15 30 (2.89%) Tester
16 29 (2.79%) Cloud Engineer
17 28 (2.69%) Project Manager
18 27 (2.60%) Solutions Architect
19 26 (2.50%) Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 190 (18.29%) .NET
2 100 (9.62%) REST
3 71 (6.83%) React
4 70 (6.74%) ARM Templates
5 66 (6.35%) Node.js
6 65 (6.26%) ADO
7 55 (5.29%) PySpark
8 47 (4.52%) .NET Core
9 43 (4.14%) RESTful
10 38 (3.66%) YAML
11 34 (3.27%) Kafka
12 33 (3.18%) HTML
13 32 (3.08%) JSON
13 32 (3.08%) OAuth
13 32 (3.08%) SOAP
14 31 (2.98%) CSS
15 28 (2.69%) .NET Framework
16 25 (2.41%) Playwright
17 23 (2.21%) AngularJS
18 22 (2.12%) ASP.NET
Miscellaneous
1 111 (10.68%) Cloud Native
2 59 (5.68%) Product Ownership
3 30 (2.89%) Legacy Systems
4 27 (2.60%) Distributed Systems
4 27 (2.60%) Enterprise Software
5 24 (2.31%) CMDB
6 21 (2.02%) Low-Code
7 19 (1.83%) Onboarding
8 16 (1.54%) AI Agents
8 16 (1.54%) Hybrid Cloud
9 15 (1.44%) Public Cloud
10 14 (1.35%) NHS
11 13 (1.25%) Data Structures
11 13 (1.25%) Reinsurance
12 12 (1.15%) Mobile App
12 12 (1.15%) Self-Motivation
13 11 (1.06%) Linux Command Line
14 10 (0.96%) Virtual Team
15 9 (0.87%) Data Centre
15 9 (0.87%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
Operating Systems
1 48 (4.62%) Windows
2 41 (3.95%) Linux
3 14 (1.35%) VMS
4 8 (0.77%) Windows Server
5 7 (0.67%) Android
5 7 (0.67%) Apple iOS
6 3 (0.29%) Windows Server 2016
7 2 (0.19%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 2 (0.19%) Unix
8 1 (0.096%) Solaris
8 1 (0.096%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 1,030 (99.13%) DevOps
2 550 (52.94%) CI/CD
3 447 (43.02%) Agile
4 255 (24.54%) Infrastructure as Code
5 214 (20.60%) Problem-Solving
6 184 (17.71%) Scrum
7 181 (17.42%) Analytics
8 169 (16.27%) Test Automation
9 159 (15.30%) Continuous Improvement
10 141 (13.57%) Business Intelligence
11 134 (12.90%) AI
12 125 (12.03%) Containerisation
13 124 (11.93%) Validation
14 111 (10.68%) Stakeholder Management
15 103 (9.91%) Microservices
16 101 (9.72%) Data Modelling
16 101 (9.72%) Migration
17 97 (9.34%) Stakeholder Engagement
18 85 (8.18%) Observability
19 81 (7.80%) ETL
Programming Languages
1 329 (31.67%) SQL
2 276 (26.56%) Python
3 194 (18.67%) C#
4 174 (16.75%) JavaScript
5 116 (11.16%) PowerShell
6 100 (9.62%) Bicep
7 71 (6.83%) TypeScript
8 67 (6.45%) Java
9 63 (6.06%) Bash
10 55 (5.29%) PL/SQL
11 23 (2.21%) T-SQL
12 21 (2.02%) Scala
13 11 (1.06%) Go
14 10 (0.96%) Formula Language
14 10 (0.96%) Kusto Query Language
14 10 (0.96%) LotusScript
15 9 (0.87%) Data Analysis Expressions
16 7 (0.67%) PHP
16 7 (0.67%) VBA
17 5 (0.48%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 291 (28.01%) Security Cleared
2 247 (23.77%) SC Cleared
3 95 (9.14%) Azure Certification
4 73 (7.03%) Degree
5 38 (3.66%) Microsoft Certification
6 31 (2.98%) DV Cleared
7 27 (2.60%) Computer Science Degree
8 24 (2.31%) BPSS Clearance
8 24 (2.31%) ISTQB
9 16 (1.54%) PMI Certification
10 12 (1.15%) AWS Certification
10 12 (1.15%) PMP
11 10 (0.96%) CISSP
11 10 (0.96%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
12 9 (0.87%) Master's Degree
13 7 (0.67%) CISM
14 6 (0.58%) ISEB
14 6 (0.58%) ITIL Certification
15 5 (0.48%) CBAP
15 5 (0.48%) PRINCE2 Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 103 (9.91%) QA
2 56 (5.39%) Data Quality
3 33 (3.18%) Accessibility
4 28 (2.69%) GDPR
5 21 (2.02%) NIST
6 19 (1.83%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 16 (1.54%) NCSC
8 13 (1.25%) PMO
9 9 (0.87%) WCAG
10 8 (0.77%) NIST 800
11 7 (0.67%) EU AI Act
12 6 (0.58%) HL7
12 6 (0.58%) Sarbanes-Oxley
12 6 (0.58%) SLA
13 4 (0.38%) HIPAA
13 4 (0.38%) PCI DSS
13 4 (0.38%) SOC 2
14 3 (0.29%) PSD2
15 2 (0.19%) GxP
15 2 (0.19%) Software Quality Assurance
System Software
1 171 (16.46%) Docker
2 59 (5.68%) Active Directory
3 18 (1.73%) Virtual Machines
4 12 (1.15%) Virtual Desktop
5 5 (0.48%) VMware Infrastructure
6 4 (0.38%) Firmware
7 1 (0.096%) KVM
7 1 (0.096%) Squid
7 1 (0.096%) VMware NSX
7 1 (0.096%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 301 (28.97%) Terraform
2 183 (17.61%) Kubernetes
3 52 (5.00%) Ansible
4 37 (3.56%) Grafana
5 33 (3.18%) Prometheus
6 13 (1.25%) HP ALM
7 10 (0.96%) Single Sign-On
8 9 (0.87%) Puppet
9 7 (0.67%) Podman
9 7 (0.67%) Progress Chef
10 6 (0.58%) Argo
10 6 (0.58%) Istio
10 6 (0.58%) Microsoft Intune
11 5 (0.48%) Kibana
12 4 (0.38%) HP Quality Center
12 4 (0.38%) Packer
13 3 (0.29%) Active Directory Federation Services
13 3 (0.29%) Icinga
13 3 (0.29%) Kubeflow
14 2 (0.19%) Opsgenie
Vendors
1 333 (32.05%) Microsoft
2 129 (12.42%) Databricks
3 115 (11.07%) Oracle
4 57 (5.49%) ServiceNow
5 34 (3.27%) OpenAI
6 24 (2.31%) Salesforce
7 20 (1.92%) Google
8 19 (1.83%) SAP
9 17 (1.64%) Splunk
10 13 (1.25%) HP
11 12 (1.15%) MuleSoft
12 11 (1.06%) VMware
13 10 (0.96%) Lotus
14 9 (0.87%) Informatica
14 9 (0.87%) Kofax
15 8 (0.77%) Dynatrace
15 8 (0.77%) Foundry
15 8 (0.77%) Sitecore
16 7 (0.67%) Citrix
16 7 (0.67%) Red Hat
339 Azure DevOps jobs in England