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 17 September 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
17 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 80 88 79
Rank change year-on-year +8 -9 -2
Contract jobs citing Azure DevOps 1,491 788 904
As % of all contract jobs in England 3.21% 2.84% 2.77%
As % of the Cloud Services category 9.29% 7.54% 8.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,041 560 606
10th Percentile £363 £350 £378
25th Percentile £419 £413 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £511 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.20% -2.62% -4.55%
75th Percentile £600 £613 £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 2 0
10th Percentile £21.25 £63.75 -
25th Percentile £37.25 £67.50 -
Median hourly rate £66.66 £75.00 -
Median % change year-on-year -11.12% - -
75th Percentile £80.00 £82.50 -
90th Percentile £101.84 £86.25 -
UK median hourly rate £55.00 £85.00 -
% change year-on-year -35.29% - -

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 16,052 10,455 11,304
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 34.58% 37.65% 34.58%
Number of daily rates quoted 10,713 7,071 7,707
10th Percentile £320 £306 £313
25th Percentile £425 £406 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £501 £525
Median % change year-on-year +4.90% -4.67% -4.55%
75th Percentile £625 £625 £638
90th Percentile £720 £725 £750
UK median daily rate £525 £500 £525
% change year-on-year +5.00% -4.76% -2.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 551 252 177
10th Percentile £15.25 £15.50 £14.35
25th Percentile £17.99 £18.87 £20.50
Median hourly rate £33.99 £26.30 £33.00
Median % change year-on-year +29.24% -20.30% -
75th Percentile £70.00 £43.75 £63.75
90th Percentile £82.37 £67.23 £70.00
UK median hourly rate £32.50 £29.07 £31.00
% change year-on-year +11.80% -6.23% -11.43%

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 17 September 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 17 September 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 17 September 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 +14 840 £500 -4.76% 489
South East -24 172 £525 +14.60% 183
North of England -5 162 £475 -5.00% 207
Midlands +19 160 £463 -9.76% 103
West Midlands +14 119 £460 -20.00% 46
South West +3 80 £475 -13.64% 61
North West -7 75 £500 +11.11% 118
Yorkshire -16 64 £480 -4.00% 66
East of England -1 41 £425 -15.00% 62
East Midlands +6 40 £500 +8.11% 57
North East - 23 £450 - 24
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 (7.18%) Confluence
2 106 (7.11%) SharePoint
3 36 (2.41%) Apache Spark
4 30 (2.01%) Apache Airflow
5 26 (1.74%) Apache
6 12 (0.80%) CMS
7 8 (0.54%) Microsoft Exchange
8 6 (0.40%) Documentum
9 4 (0.27%) Mendix
10 3 (0.20%) IIS
10 3 (0.20%) Kentico
10 3 (0.20%) nginx
10 3 (0.20%) Palantir Foundry
11 2 (0.13%) ArcGIS
11 2 (0.13%) OpenROAD
11 2 (0.13%) SAS
11 2 (0.13%) Smallworld
11 2 (0.13%) Umbraco
12 1 (0.067%) EPiServer
12 1 (0.067%) Sitecore CMS
Applications
1 51 (3.42%) Microsoft Project
2 45 (3.02%) Microsoft Excel
3 26 (1.74%) MS Visio
4 14 (0.94%) Microsoft Office
5 13 (0.87%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 8 (0.54%) Chatbot
7 7 (0.47%) Trello
8 6 (0.40%) CPLEX
9 5 (0.34%) Notion
10 3 (0.20%) Spreadsheet
11 2 (0.13%) Mingle
12 1 (0.067%) Adobe XD
Business Applications
1 58 (3.89%) Dynamics CRM
2 20 (1.34%) SAP S/4HANA
3 5 (0.34%) Dynamics AX
3 5 (0.34%) Payment Gateway
4 4 (0.27%) Oracle EBS
4 4 (0.27%) SAP MDG
5 3 (0.20%) Aladdin
5 3 (0.20%) Endur
5 3 (0.20%) Maximo
5 3 (0.20%) SAP Oil and Gas
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 BPC
6 2 (0.13%) SAP MM
6 2 (0.13%) Teamcenter
6 2 (0.13%) Unit4 Business World
7 1 (0.067%) FLEXCUBE
7 1 (0.067%) SimCorp Dimension
Cloud Services
1 1,491 (100.00%) Azure
2 371 (24.88%) GitHub
3 270 (18.11%) Power Platform
4 257 (17.24%) GitHub Actions
5 224 (15.02%) AWS
6 132 (8.85%) Dynamics 365
7 129 (8.65%) Azure Data Factory
8 128 (8.58%) Entra ID
9 125 (8.38%) Azure AKS
10 119 (7.98%) Azure Monitor
11 118 (7.91%) Power Automate
12 117 (7.85%) Serverless
13 87 (5.84%) Azure Functions
13 87 (5.84%) PowerApps
14 84 (5.63%) GCP
15 77 (5.16%) Azure Logic Apps
16 72 (4.83%) Azure Synapse Analytics
17 64 (4.29%) Azure Key Vault
18 62 (4.16%) Microsoft 365
19 60 (4.02%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 59 (3.96%) Firewall
2 40 (2.68%) DNS
3 36 (2.41%) Network Security
4 23 (1.54%) VPN
5 18 (1.21%) SSL
6 13 (0.87%) DHCP
7 12 (0.80%) WAN
8 8 (0.54%) SD-WAN
9 6 (0.40%) VLAN
10 5 (0.34%) Internet
10 5 (0.34%) LAN
10 5 (0.34%) TCP/IP
11 4 (0.27%) SAN
12 3 (0.20%) RS-232
12 3 (0.20%) RS-485
12 3 (0.20%) Wi-Fi
13 2 (0.13%) Cisco IOS
13 2 (0.13%) NAS
13 2 (0.13%) Reverse Proxy
13 2 (0.13%) VSAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 172 (11.54%) Power BI
2 119 (7.98%) SQL Server
3 77 (5.16%) Data Warehouse
4 71 (4.76%) Data Lake
5 58 (3.89%) Azure SQL Database
6 44 (2.95%) Delta Lake
6 44 (2.95%) PostgreSQL
7 43 (2.88%) NoSQL
8 31 (2.08%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 29 (1.95%) Metadata
10 21 (1.41%) Big Data
10 21 (1.41%) Relational Database
11 19 (1.27%) MongoDB
11 19 (1.27%) Snowflake Schema
12 17 (1.14%) MySQL
13 15 (1.01%) Spark SQL
13 15 (1.01%) Star Schema
14 14 (0.94%) Data Vault
15 13 (0.87%) Amazon Redshift
15 13 (0.87%) Geospatial Data
Development Applications
1 273 (18.31%) JIRA
2 264 (17.71%) Git
3 194 (13.01%) Jenkins
4 154 (10.33%) GitLab
5 74 (4.96%) Selenium
6 37 (2.48%) Postman
7 31 (2.08%) SonarQube
8 30 (2.01%) Visual Studio
9 29 (1.95%) Cypress.io
10 28 (1.88%) WebDriver
11 24 (1.61%) Cucumber
12 20 (1.34%) REST Assured
13 19 (1.27%) Gradle
14 17 (1.14%) JUnit
15 15 (1.01%) Bitbucket
15 15 (1.01%) Maven
15 15 (1.01%) TestRail
16 13 (0.87%) MSI
16 13 (0.87%) Snyk
17 12 (0.80%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 420 (28.17%) Social Skills
2 307 (20.59%) Finance
3 180 (12.07%) Public Sector
4 157 (10.53%) Analytical Skills
5 85 (5.70%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 80 (5.37%) Banking
7 36 (2.41%) Retail
8 29 (1.95%) Influencing Skills
9 27 (1.81%) Aerospace
10 25 (1.68%) Documentation Skills
10 25 (1.68%) Legal
11 24 (1.61%) Organisational Skills
12 20 (1.34%) Marketing
13 15 (1.01%) Investment Banking
14 12 (0.80%) Local Government
14 12 (0.80%) Manufacturing
15 11 (0.74%) Law
16 9 (0.60%) Pharmaceutical
17 8 (0.54%) Billing
17 8 (0.54%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 256 (17.17%) Developer
2 244 (16.36%) DevOps Engineer
3 240 (16.10%) Senior
4 230 (15.43%) Azure Engineer
5 145 (9.73%) Azure DevOps Engineer
6 129 (8.65%) Lead
7 125 (8.38%) Analyst
8 115 (7.71%) Data Engineer
9 113 (7.58%) Architect
10 63 (4.23%) Business Analyst
11 54 (3.62%) Project Manager
12 51 (3.42%) Consultant
12 51 (3.42%) Platform Engineer
13 50 (3.35%) Cloud Engineer
14 45 (3.02%) Dynamics 365 Developer
14 45 (3.02%) Senior Developer
15 41 (2.75%) Test Analyst
16 39 (2.62%) Senior DevOps
17 38 (2.55%) Solutions Architect
18 35 (2.35%) .NET Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 437 (29.31%) Terraform
2 203 (13.62%) .NET
3 187 (12.54%) REST
4 80 (5.37%) JSON
5 79 (5.30%) ADO
5 79 (5.30%) RESTful
6 78 (5.23%) PySpark
7 70 (4.69%) ARM Templates
8 65 (4.36%) YAML
9 64 (4.29%) Kafka
10 59 (3.96%) React
11 56 (3.76%) .NET Framework
12 52 (3.49%) .NET Core
12 52 (3.49%) Playwright
13 44 (2.95%) XML
14 43 (2.88%) OAuth
15 39 (2.62%) HTML
16 36 (2.41%) Middleware
17 35 (2.35%) SOAP
18 34 (2.28%) CSS
Miscellaneous
1 162 (10.87%) Cloud Native
2 126 (8.45%) Product Ownership
3 57 (3.82%) Onboarding
4 47 (3.15%) Enterprise Software
5 45 (3.02%) Legacy Systems
6 40 (2.68%) Distributed Systems
6 40 (2.68%) Management Information System
7 30 (2.01%) Hybrid Cloud
8 24 (1.61%) Self-Motivation
9 23 (1.54%) AI Agents
10 20 (1.34%) Data Structures
10 20 (1.34%) Replication
11 18 (1.21%) Low-Code
12 17 (1.14%) Linux Command Line
12 17 (1.14%) Mobile App
12 17 (1.14%) Virtual Team
13 16 (1.07%) Data Protection Act
14 15 (1.01%) Greenfield Project
14 15 (1.01%) Reinsurance
14 15 (1.01%) Taxonomies
Operating Systems
1 104 (6.98%) Windows
2 72 (4.83%) Linux
3 33 (2.21%) Windows Server
4 17 (1.14%) VMS
5 13 (0.87%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 10 (0.67%) Android
6 10 (0.67%) Apple iOS
6 10 (0.67%) Unix
7 6 (0.40%) Windows Server 2016
8 5 (0.34%) Ubuntu
9 4 (0.27%) Windows Server 2019
10 3 (0.20%) CentOS
10 3 (0.20%) Mac OS
11 1 (0.067%) Amazon Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 1,491 (100.00%) DevOps
2 841 (56.41%) CI/CD
3 650 (43.59%) Agile
4 399 (26.76%) Infrastructure as Code
5 279 (18.71%) Stakeholder Management
6 276 (18.51%) Test Automation
7 246 (16.50%) Continuous Improvement
8 245 (16.43%) Problem-Solving
9 235 (15.76%) Containerisation
10 229 (15.36%) Analytics
11 222 (14.89%) Scrum
12 193 (12.94%) Migration
13 180 (12.07%) Business Intelligence
14 172 (11.54%) AI
15 170 (11.40%) User Acceptance Testing
16 169 (11.33%) Stakeholder Engagement
17 165 (11.07%) Data Modelling
18 164 (11.00%) Platform Engineering
19 161 (10.80%) Deployment Automation
20 156 (10.46%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 378 (25.35%) Python
2 367 (24.61%) SQL
3 261 (17.51%) C#
4 213 (14.29%) PowerShell
5 171 (11.47%) Bicep
6 160 (10.73%) JavaScript
7 136 (9.12%) Bash
8 119 (7.98%) Java
9 92 (6.17%) TypeScript
10 24 (1.61%) T-SQL
11 19 (1.27%) Data Analysis Expressions
12 18 (1.21%) Apex Code
12 18 (1.21%) Kusto Query Language
13 14 (0.94%) Go
13 14 (0.94%) X++
14 7 (0.47%) C++
15 6 (0.40%) C
15 6 (0.40%) Kotlin
15 6 (0.40%) PL/SQL
15 6 (0.40%) Scala
Qualifications
1 443 (29.71%) Security Cleared
2 362 (24.28%) SC Cleared
3 127 (8.52%) Azure Certification
4 114 (7.65%) Degree
5 73 (4.90%) Microsoft Certification
6 58 (3.89%) DV Cleared
7 41 (2.75%) BPSS Clearance
8 37 (2.48%) ISTQB
9 31 (2.08%) Computer Science Degree
10 26 (1.74%) AWS Certification
11 20 (1.34%) PMI Certification
12 17 (1.14%) PMP
13 14 (0.94%) CISSP
14 13 (0.87%) Master's Degree
15 11 (0.74%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
16 10 (0.67%) Cisco Certification
16 10 (0.67%) DBS Check
17 9 (0.60%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
17 9 (0.60%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
17 9 (0.60%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 174 (11.67%) QA
2 102 (6.84%) Data Quality
3 92 (6.17%) Accessibility
4 59 (3.96%) GDPR
5 56 (3.76%) WCAG
6 32 (2.15%) PMO
7 27 (1.81%) NIST
8 23 (1.54%) ISO/IEC 27001
9 19 (1.27%) NCSC
10 12 (0.80%) SLA
11 10 (0.67%) GRC
12 9 (0.60%) ISO 20022
12 9 (0.60%) Sarbanes-Oxley
13 7 (0.47%) Cyber Essentials
14 6 (0.40%) SEPA
15 4 (0.27%) PSD2
16 3 (0.20%) Actionable Recommendations
16 3 (0.20%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
16 3 (0.20%) Government Security Classifications
17 2 (0.13%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 245 (16.43%) Docker
2 71 (4.76%) Active Directory
3 30 (2.01%) Virtual Machines
4 18 (1.21%) VMware Infrastructure
5 15 (1.01%) Virtual Desktop
6 5 (0.34%) Hyper-V
6 5 (0.34%) vSphere
7 4 (0.27%) Firmware
8 3 (0.20%) Embedded Firmware
8 3 (0.20%) Microsoft App-V
8 3 (0.20%) VMware NSX
9 2 (0.13%) Apache ZooKeeper
9 2 (0.13%) OpenSSH
9 2 (0.13%) VMware ESXi
10 1 (0.067%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 312 (20.93%) Kubernetes
2 100 (6.71%) Ansible
3 55 (3.69%) Grafana
4 48 (3.22%) Prometheus
5 28 (1.88%) Microsoft Intune
6 25 (1.68%) Progress Chef
7 22 (1.48%) Puppet
8 18 (1.21%) Argo
9 14 (0.94%) HP ALM
9 14 (0.94%) Packer
10 10 (0.67%) SCOM
11 9 (0.60%) SCCM
12 8 (0.54%) Single Sign-On
13 6 (0.40%) Istio
14 5 (0.34%) HP Quality Center
14 5 (0.34%) Jamf Pro
15 3 (0.20%) HP Fortify
15 3 (0.20%) Kibana
16 2 (0.13%) Docker Swarm
16 2 (0.13%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 536 (35.95%) Microsoft
2 135 (9.05%) Databricks
3 58 (3.89%) Salesforce
4 55 (3.69%) ServiceNow
5 53 (3.55%) Oracle
6 44 (2.95%) SAP
7 38 (2.55%) Google
8 31 (2.08%) Dynatrace
9 30 (2.01%) Splunk
10 25 (1.68%) VMware
11 18 (1.21%) Foundry
12 17 (1.14%) OpenAI
13 15 (1.01%) MuleSoft
14 14 (0.94%) HP
14 14 (0.94%) UiPath
15 11 (0.74%) Informatica
16 10 (0.67%) Red Hat
17 9 (0.60%) Workday
18 8 (0.54%) Adobe
18 8 (0.54%) Cloudera