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

6 months to
27 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 75 95 72
Rank change year-on-year +20 -23 +1
Contract jobs citing Azure DevOps 1,275 667 1,042
As % of all contract jobs in England 3.18% 2.73% 2.80%
As % of the Cloud Services category 8.94% 7.30% 8.79%
Number of daily rates quoted 940 481 700
10th Percentile £363 £365 £400
25th Percentile £413 £431 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
75th Percentile £588 £625 £600
90th Percentile £688 £725 £676
UK median daily rate £491 £510 £525
% change year-on-year -3.82% -2.86% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 14 3 8
10th Percentile - £37.45 £53.88
25th Percentile £25.38 £48.25 £61.56
Median hourly rate £42.75 £67.50 £65.50
Median % change year-on-year -36.67% +3.05% -6.43%
75th Percentile £67.81 £74.38 £65.75
90th Percentile £76.23 £77.75 £67.40
UK median hourly rate £46.00 £80.00 £65.50
% change year-on-year -42.50% +22.14% -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 14,263 9,136 11,857
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 35.62% 37.34% 31.90%
Number of daily rates quoted 9,826 6,407 8,539
10th Percentile £315 £313 £288
25th Percentile £413 £413 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £505 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -3.85% - -4.55%
75th Percentile £613 £638 £638
90th Percentile £714 £740 £738
UK median daily rate £500 £521 £525
% change year-on-year -4.03% -0.76% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 437 194 322
10th Percentile £16.15 £15.17 £14.00
25th Percentile £23.03 £18.13 £15.86
Median hourly rate £45.00 £26.45 £20.77
Median % change year-on-year +70.13% +27.35% -31.62%
75th Percentile £67.50 £42.74 £32.50
90th Percentile £81.00 £73.75 £61.60
UK median hourly rate £41.64 £27.50 £21.00
% change year-on-year +51.42% +30.95% -40.00%

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 April 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 April 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 April 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 +22 719 £500 -6.54% 136
South East -12 167 £500 - 92
North of England +2 126 £500 - 69
Midlands -7 117 £450 -14.29% 52
South West +28 90 £475 -9.52% 31
West Midlands -18 67 £450 -14.29% 25
North West +1 62 £500 -4.76% 40
Yorkshire -35 51 £509 +16.29% 16
East Midlands -16 48 £488 -2.50% 27
East of England -17 23 £438 -7.89% 32
North East -9 13 £475 -11.63% 13
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 82 (6.43%) SharePoint
2 68 (5.33%) Confluence
3 37 (2.90%) Apache Spark
4 28 (2.20%) Apache
5 16 (1.25%) Apache Airflow
5 16 (1.25%) Microsoft Exchange
6 11 (0.86%) HCL Notes
7 10 (0.78%) Mendix
8 6 (0.47%) IIS
9 5 (0.39%) CMS
10 3 (0.24%) ArcGIS
11 2 (0.16%) Sitecore CMS
11 2 (0.16%) Umbraco
12 1 (0.078%) Adobe Experience Manager
12 1 (0.078%) Apache Synapse
12 1 (0.078%) IBM HTTP Server
12 1 (0.078%) OpenStack
12 1 (0.078%) Oracle Workflow
12 1 (0.078%) Palantir Foundry
12 1 (0.078%) SAS
Applications
1 39 (3.06%) Microsoft Project
2 28 (2.20%) Microsoft Excel
3 18 (1.41%) MS Visio
4 10 (0.78%) Microsoft Office
5 8 (0.63%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 4 (0.31%) Trello
7 3 (0.24%) CPLEX
8 2 (0.16%) Chatbot
8 2 (0.16%) Spreadsheet
9 1 (0.078%) InDesign
Business Applications
1 42 (3.29%) Dynamics CRM
2 8 (0.63%) Maximo
3 7 (0.55%) NEC Housing
3 7 (0.55%) SAP S/4HANA
4 6 (0.47%) Dynamics AX
5 4 (0.31%) Oracle EBS
5 4 (0.31%) Payment Gateway
5 4 (0.31%) SAP BPC
6 3 (0.24%) Findur
6 3 (0.24%) SAP Oil and Gas
7 2 (0.16%) Aladdin
7 2 (0.16%) SAP MM
8 1 (0.078%) Endur
8 1 (0.078%) Oracle Assets
8 1 (0.078%) Oracle Cash Management
8 1 (0.078%) Oracle ERP
8 1 (0.078%) Oracle Payables
8 1 (0.078%) Oracle Receivables
8 1 (0.078%) Salesforce CRM
8 1 (0.078%) SAP CS
Cloud Services
1 1,275 (100.00%) Azure
2 310 (24.31%) GitHub
3 207 (16.24%) GitHub Actions
4 197 (15.45%) Power Platform
5 159 (12.47%) AWS
6 135 (10.59%) Azure Data Factory
7 130 (10.20%) Azure AKS
8 126 (9.88%) Serverless
9 124 (9.73%) Entra ID
10 119 (9.33%) Azure Monitor
11 99 (7.76%) Dynamics 365
12 94 (7.37%) Azure Key Vault
13 83 (6.51%) Azure Functions
14 82 (6.43%) Azure Synapse Analytics
15 77 (6.04%) Azure Logic Apps
16 76 (5.96%) Power Automate
17 68 (5.33%) Azure Service Bus
18 67 (5.25%) Microsoft 365
19 59 (4.63%) GCP
20 58 (4.55%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 49 (3.84%) Firewall
2 25 (1.96%) Network Security
3 21 (1.65%) DNS
4 18 (1.41%) VPN
5 14 (1.10%) SD-WAN
6 13 (1.02%) WAN
7 8 (0.63%) DHCP
7 8 (0.63%) TCP/IP
8 7 (0.55%) LAN
9 6 (0.47%) Internet
10 5 (0.39%) HTTP
10 5 (0.39%) IPsec
10 5 (0.39%) SSL
11 4 (0.31%) MQTT
11 4 (0.31%) VLAN
12 3 (0.24%) FTP
12 3 (0.24%) Remote Desktop
13 2 (0.16%) MPLS
13 2 (0.16%) SSH
13 2 (0.16%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 127 (9.96%) Power BI
2 114 (8.94%) SQL Server
3 77 (6.04%) Azure SQL Database
4 73 (5.73%) Data Lake
5 64 (5.02%) Delta Lake
6 58 (4.55%) Data Warehouse
7 43 (3.37%) NoSQL
8 35 (2.75%) PostgreSQL
9 29 (2.27%) Oracle Database
10 26 (2.04%) MongoDB
11 23 (1.80%) Relational Database
12 21 (1.65%) Spark SQL
12 21 (1.65%) SQL Server Integration Services
13 17 (1.33%) Tableau
14 16 (1.25%) Snowflake Schema
15 15 (1.18%) DynamoDB
15 15 (1.18%) Redis
16 13 (1.02%) Metadata
17 12 (0.94%) Amazon Redshift
17 12 (0.94%) Big Data
Development Applications
1 240 (18.82%) JIRA
2 181 (14.20%) Git
3 117 (9.18%) Jenkins
4 70 (5.49%) GitLab
5 49 (3.84%) Selenium
6 30 (2.35%) Postman
7 25 (1.96%) Oracle APEX
8 21 (1.65%) TestRail
9 20 (1.57%) SonarQube
10 19 (1.49%) Cypress.io
11 15 (1.18%) REST Assured
11 15 (1.18%) SpecFlow
11 15 (1.18%) Visual Studio
12 14 (1.10%) Bitbucket
12 14 (1.10%) Cucumber
12 14 (1.10%) Team Foundation Server
12 14 (1.10%) Zephyr
13 11 (0.86%) Artifactory
13 11 (0.86%) JUnit
14 10 (0.78%) MLflow
General
1 314 (24.63%) Social Skills
2 250 (19.61%) Finance
3 137 (10.75%) Public Sector
4 128 (10.04%) Analytical Skills
5 60 (4.71%) Banking
6 33 (2.59%) Organisational Skills
7 26 (2.04%) Documentation Skills
8 21 (1.65%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 20 (1.57%) Retail
10 18 (1.41%) Financial Institution
11 16 (1.25%) Front Office
11 16 (1.25%) Legal
12 14 (1.10%) Influencing Skills
13 13 (1.02%) Investment Banking
14 10 (0.78%) Law
14 10 (0.78%) Presentation Skills
15 8 (0.63%) Local Government
16 7 (0.55%) Back Office
16 7 (0.55%) Marketing
17 6 (0.47%) Health Technology
Job Titles
1 255 (20.00%) Developer
2 209 (16.39%) Azure Engineer
3 186 (14.59%) DevOps Engineer
4 184 (14.43%) Senior
5 116 (9.10%) Data Engineer
6 115 (9.02%) Azure DevOps Engineer
7 106 (8.31%) Lead
8 99 (7.76%) Analyst
9 85 (6.67%) Architect
10 54 (4.24%) Senior Developer
11 53 (4.16%) Platform Engineer
12 45 (3.53%) Test Analyst
13 44 (3.45%) Tester
14 43 (3.37%) Azure Developer
15 39 (3.06%) Cloud Engineer
16 37 (2.90%) Business Analyst
17 35 (2.75%) Test Engineer
18 33 (2.59%) Azure Architect
18 33 (2.59%) Full-Stack Developer
18 33 (2.59%) Project Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 198 (15.53%) .NET
2 101 (7.92%) REST
3 79 (6.20%) PySpark
4 72 (5.65%) React
5 68 (5.33%) Node.js
6 67 (5.25%) ARM Templates
7 59 (4.63%) ADO
8 54 (4.24%) Kafka
8 54 (4.24%) YAML
9 47 (3.69%) .NET Core
9 47 (3.69%) RESTful
10 45 (3.53%) .NET Framework
10 45 (3.53%) Playwright
11 39 (3.06%) JSON
12 37 (2.90%) OAuth
13 33 (2.59%) AngularJS
14 32 (2.51%) CSS
14 32 (2.51%) SOAP
15 29 (2.27%) HTML
16 27 (2.12%) RabbitMQ
Miscellaneous
1 136 (10.67%) Cloud Native
2 71 (5.57%) Product Ownership
3 41 (3.22%) Distributed Systems
4 39 (3.06%) Enterprise Software
5 36 (2.82%) Legacy Systems
6 23 (1.80%) Onboarding
7 20 (1.57%) Reinsurance
8 19 (1.49%) Hybrid Cloud
9 18 (1.41%) AI Agents
9 18 (1.41%) Low-Code
10 17 (1.33%) Self-Motivation
11 16 (1.25%) Data Structures
12 13 (1.02%) NHS
13 12 (0.94%) Security Posture
13 12 (0.94%) Virtual Team
14 11 (0.86%) Greenfield Project
15 10 (0.78%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
15 10 (0.78%) Replication
16 9 (0.71%) Management Information System
16 9 (0.71%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 67 (5.25%) Windows
2 48 (3.76%) Linux
3 16 (1.25%) VMS
4 11 (0.86%) Windows Server
5 8 (0.63%) Unix
6 3 (0.24%) Mac OS
6 3 (0.24%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 2 (0.16%) Android
7 2 (0.16%) Apple iOS
7 2 (0.16%) Windows Server 2016
7 2 (0.16%) Windows Server 2019
8 1 (0.078%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 1,268 (99.45%) DevOps
2 689 (54.04%) CI/CD
3 470 (36.86%) Agile
4 307 (24.08%) Infrastructure as Code
5 216 (16.94%) Problem-Solving
6 214 (16.78%) Analytics
7 206 (16.16%) Test Automation
8 167 (13.10%) Continuous Improvement
9 166 (13.02%) Scrum
10 160 (12.55%) Migration
11 150 (11.76%) Containerisation
12 144 (11.29%) Data Modelling
13 141 (11.06%) Business Intelligence
14 139 (10.90%) AI
15 129 (10.12%) Stakeholder Management
16 128 (10.04%) Microservices
17 127 (9.96%) Observability
18 123 (9.65%) Validation
19 115 (9.02%) Data Pipeline
20 114 (8.94%) ETL
Programming Languages
1 410 (32.16%) SQL
2 336 (26.35%) Python
3 240 (18.82%) C#
4 161 (12.63%) JavaScript
5 135 (10.59%) PowerShell
6 119 (9.33%) Bicep
7 89 (6.98%) Bash
8 87 (6.82%) Java
9 73 (5.73%) TypeScript
10 46 (3.61%) PL/SQL
11 29 (2.27%) T-SQL
12 26 (2.04%) Scala
13 17 (1.33%) Kusto Query Language
14 14 (1.10%) Go
15 12 (0.94%) Data Analysis Expressions
16 11 (0.86%) Formula Language
16 11 (0.86%) LotusScript
17 6 (0.47%) PHP
17 6 (0.47%) VB
17 6 (0.47%) XPath
Qualifications
1 359 (28.16%) Security Cleared
2 304 (23.84%) SC Cleared
3 106 (8.31%) Azure Certification
4 76 (5.96%) Degree
5 36 (2.82%) ISTQB
6 34 (2.67%) DV Cleared
7 29 (2.27%) Computer Science Degree
7 29 (2.27%) Microsoft Certification
8 28 (2.20%) BPSS Clearance
9 17 (1.33%) PMI Certification
9 17 (1.33%) PMP
10 11 (0.86%) AWS Certification
11 10 (0.78%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
12 7 (0.55%) CISSP
12 7 (0.55%) Master's Degree
13 6 (0.47%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
13 6 (0.47%) CISM
14 5 (0.39%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
14 5 (0.39%) PRINCE2 Certification
15 4 (0.31%) Cisco Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 140 (10.98%) QA
2 93 (7.29%) Data Quality
3 31 (2.43%) Accessibility
4 29 (2.27%) GDPR
5 19 (1.49%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 18 (1.41%) PMO
7 17 (1.33%) NCSC
8 16 (1.25%) NIST
9 15 (1.18%) WCAG
10 9 (0.71%) NIST 800
10 9 (0.71%) SLA
11 8 (0.63%) PCI DSS
11 8 (0.63%) Sarbanes-Oxley
12 7 (0.55%) GRC
13 6 (0.47%) HL7
14 3 (0.24%) HIPAA
15 2 (0.16%) FedRAMP
15 2 (0.16%) Government Security Classifications
15 2 (0.16%) HMG Security Policy Framework
15 2 (0.16%) SOC 2
System Software
1 184 (14.43%) Docker
2 79 (6.20%) Active Directory
3 25 (1.96%) Virtual Machines
4 10 (0.78%) Virtual Desktop
5 6 (0.47%) VMware Infrastructure
6 4 (0.31%) Firmware
7 2 (0.16%) Hyper-V
7 2 (0.16%) Microsoft App-V
7 2 (0.16%) OpenSSH
7 2 (0.16%) Postfix
8 1 (0.078%) HDFS
8 1 (0.078%) VMware NSX
8 1 (0.078%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 356 (27.92%) Terraform
2 227 (17.80%) Kubernetes
3 66 (5.18%) Ansible
4 45 (3.53%) Grafana
5 36 (2.82%) Prometheus
6 16 (1.25%) Argo
7 14 (1.10%) HP ALM
7 14 (1.10%) Istio
7 14 (1.10%) Puppet
7 14 (1.10%) Single Sign-On
8 10 (0.78%) Progress Chef
9 8 (0.63%) Microsoft Intune
9 8 (0.63%) Packer
10 4 (0.31%) HP Quality Center
11 3 (0.24%) Active Directory Federation Services
11 3 (0.24%) Icinga
11 3 (0.24%) Kubeflow
11 3 (0.24%) Rancher
11 3 (0.24%) SCCM
12 2 (0.16%) Opsgenie
Vendors
1 388 (30.43%) Microsoft
2 160 (12.55%) Databricks
3 122 (9.57%) Oracle
4 56 (4.39%) ServiceNow
5 35 (2.75%) OpenAI
6 33 (2.59%) SAP
7 31 (2.43%) Salesforce
8 25 (1.96%) Splunk
9 19 (1.49%) Informatica
10 15 (1.18%) Google
10 15 (1.18%) HP
10 15 (1.18%) VMware
11 12 (0.94%) Dynatrace
11 12 (0.94%) Foundry
12 11 (0.86%) Lotus
12 11 (0.86%) NEC
13 10 (0.78%) Citrix
13 10 (0.78%) IBM
13 10 (0.78%) Kofax
14 8 (0.63%) Brio