Azure DevOps Contracts in England

Microsoft Azure DevOps
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in England requiring Azure DevOps skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Azure DevOps over the 6 months leading up to 2 July 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
2 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 95 78 71
Rank change year-on-year -17 -7 +2
Contract jobs citing Azure DevOps 705 1,020 1,520
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 2.73% 2.73% 3.21%
As % of the Cloud Services category 7.26% 8.42% 8.85%
Number of daily rates quoted 496 679 1,129
10th Percentile £350 £400 £406
25th Percentile £413 £450 £469
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year -2.38% -4.55% -
75th Percentile £600 £600 £644
90th Percentile £738 £675 £725
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -4.76% -4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 6 9
10th Percentile £36.45 £64.50 £49.60
25th Percentile £45.75 £65.25 £60.00
Median hourly rate £62.50 £65.50 £70.00
Median % change year-on-year -4.58% -6.43% +21.33%
75th Percentile £76.25 £65.75 £79.19
90th Percentile £83.75 £68.50 -
UK median hourly rate £85.00 £65.50 £70.00
% change year-on-year +29.77% -6.43% +20.92%

All Cloud 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 9,713 12,120 17,175
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 37.59% 32.47% 36.27%
Number of daily rates quoted 6,558 8,660 12,603
10th Percentile £312 £307 £320
25th Percentile £413 £418 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £515 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year -1.90% -4.55% -
75th Percentile £625 £638 £675
90th Percentile £738 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £505 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -3.81% -4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 249 329 288
10th Percentile £15.00 £14.00 £15.21
25th Percentile £17.33 £16.06 £18.50
Median hourly rate £25.15 £22.00 £32.30
Median % change year-on-year +14.32% -31.89% +50.23%
75th Percentile £38.75 £43.75 £70.00
90th Percentile £68.25 £70.00 £79.19
UK median hourly rate £27.50 £22.00 £35.00
% change year-on-year +25.00% -37.14% +59.09%

Azure DevOps
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Job postings citing Azure DevOps as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.

Job vacancy trend for Azure DevOps in England

Azure DevOps
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Azure DevOps in England.

Daily rate trend for Azure DevOps in England

Azure DevOps
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Azure DevOps in England over the 6 months to 2 July 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Azure DevOps in England

Azure DevOps
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Azure DevOps in England.

Hourly rate trend for Azure DevOps in England

Azure DevOps
Hourly Rate Histogram in England

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Azure DevOps in England over the 6 months to 2 July 2025.

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 2 July 2025. 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 -19 443 £525 - 924
South East +33 94 £488 -6.02% 482
Midlands +16 61 £500 +5.26% 259
North of England -24 53 £500 -3.61% 401
West Midlands -1 34 £525 +7.69% 152
Yorkshire -9 29 £450 -10.00% 144
East Midlands +24 27 £500 +25.00% 105
South West +10 27 £525 - 205
North West -13 23 £525 - 224
East of England +8 6 £481 -8.33% 189
North East -6 1 £550 +16.40% 33
Azure DevOps
UK

Azure DevOps
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 37 (5.25%) Confluence
2 23 (3.26%) SharePoint
3 17 (2.41%) Apache Spark
4 9 (1.28%) Apache
5 7 (0.99%) Apache Airflow
6 3 (0.43%) CMS
7 2 (0.28%) Anypoint
7 2 (0.28%) BizTalk Server
7 2 (0.28%) Microsoft Exchange
7 2 (0.28%) Mule
7 2 (0.28%) Umbraco
8 1 (0.14%) Appian
8 1 (0.14%) ArcGIS
8 1 (0.14%) Headless CMS
8 1 (0.14%) IIS
8 1 (0.14%) nginx
8 1 (0.14%) SharePoint Server
8 1 (0.14%) Tomcat
Applications
1 10 (1.42%) Microsoft Project
2 9 (1.28%) Microsoft Office
3 8 (1.13%) Microsoft Excel
3 8 (1.13%) MS Visio
4 4 (0.57%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 3 (0.43%) Chatbot
5 3 (0.43%) Trello
Business Applications
1 19 (2.70%) Dynamics CRM
2 10 (1.42%) Endur
3 5 (0.71%) Unit4 Business World
4 3 (0.43%) Aladdin
4 3 (0.43%) NetSuite
4 3 (0.43%) SAP PM
5 2 (0.28%) Dynamics AX
5 2 (0.28%) Markit EDM
5 2 (0.28%) Maximo
5 2 (0.28%) Oracle EBS
5 2 (0.28%) Salesforce CRM
5 2 (0.28%) SAP BPC
5 2 (0.28%) Temenos T24
5 2 (0.28%) Workday HCM
6 1 (0.14%) Fidessa
6 1 (0.14%) Oracle Applications
6 1 (0.14%) Payment Gateway
6 1 (0.14%) SAP HR
6 1 (0.14%) SAP S/4HANA
6 1 (0.14%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 705 (100.00%) Azure
2 98 (13.90%) AWS
3 96 (13.62%) GitHub
4 93 (13.19%) Power Platform
5 71 (10.07%) Azure Data Factory
6 69 (9.79%) Azure Monitor
7 63 (8.94%) Azure AKS
8 60 (8.51%) Dynamics 365
8 60 (8.51%) Serverless
9 51 (7.23%) PaaS
10 47 (6.67%) GitHub Actions
11 42 (5.96%) Entra ID
12 41 (5.82%) IaaS
13 38 (5.39%) Azure Service Bus
13 38 (5.39%) PowerApps
14 37 (5.25%) Power Automate
15 36 (5.11%) Azure Logic Apps
16 35 (4.96%) SaaS
17 34 (4.82%) Azure Synapse Analytics
17 34 (4.82%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 38 (5.39%) Firewall
2 19 (2.70%) DNS
3 17 (2.41%) VPN
4 15 (2.13%) Network Security
5 12 (1.70%) HTTP
5 12 (1.70%) SSL
6 9 (1.28%) SMTP
7 8 (1.13%) HTTPS
7 8 (1.13%) TCP/IP
8 7 (0.99%) FTP
9 6 (0.85%) LAN
9 6 (0.85%) WAN
10 2 (0.28%) AMQP
10 2 (0.28%) DHCP
10 2 (0.28%) DSL
10 2 (0.28%) POP3
10 2 (0.28%) Radio Access Network
10 2 (0.28%) Remote Desktop
10 2 (0.28%) Wi-Fi
11 1 (0.14%) RS-232
Database & Business Intelligence
1 57 (8.09%) SQL Server
2 55 (7.80%) Power BI
3 51 (7.23%) Azure SQL Database
4 29 (4.11%) Data Lake
5 25 (3.55%) PostgreSQL
6 24 (3.40%) Redis
7 20 (2.84%) Delta Lake
7 20 (2.84%) Relational Database
8 19 (2.70%) NoSQL
9 17 (2.41%) Big Data
10 13 (1.84%) Data Warehouse
11 10 (1.42%) SQL Server Integration Services
12 9 (1.28%) Metadata
13 5 (0.71%) GIS
13 5 (0.71%) MongoDB
13 5 (0.71%) MySQL
14 4 (0.57%) Apache Hive
14 4 (0.57%) BigQuery
14 4 (0.57%) Data Mart
14 4 (0.57%) Parquet
Development Applications
1 97 (13.76%) JIRA
2 91 (12.91%) Git
3 79 (11.21%) Jenkins
4 49 (6.95%) GitLab
5 35 (4.96%) Selenium
6 20 (2.84%) Postman
7 19 (2.70%) JMeter
7 19 (2.70%) SonarQube
8 12 (1.70%) SpecFlow
8 12 (1.70%) Visual Studio
9 11 (1.56%) Appium
9 11 (1.56%) Octopus Deploy
9 11 (1.56%) TeamCity
10 10 (1.42%) Visual Studio Code
11 9 (1.28%) LoadRunner
12 8 (1.13%) Bitbucket
12 8 (1.13%) Cypress.io
12 8 (1.13%) NUnit
13 7 (0.99%) Cucumber
13 7 (0.99%) WebDriver
General
1 219 (31.06%) Social Skills
2 159 (22.55%) Finance
3 78 (11.06%) Analytical Skills
4 60 (8.51%) Banking
5 50 (7.09%) Public Sector
6 34 (4.82%) Investment Banking
7 27 (3.83%) Marketing
8 19 (2.70%) Retail
9 17 (2.41%) Manufacturing
10 16 (2.27%) Documentation Skills
10 16 (2.27%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 16 (2.27%) Telecoms
11 12 (1.70%) Electronics
12 11 (1.56%) Law
12 11 (1.56%) Presentation Skills
13 10 (1.42%) Front Office
14 8 (1.13%) Billing
15 6 (0.85%) Back Office
15 6 (0.85%) Military
16 4 (0.57%) Financial Institution
Job Titles
1 155 (21.99%) Developer
2 114 (16.17%) Azure Engineer
3 99 (14.04%) DevOps Engineer
4 73 (10.35%) Analyst
5 71 (10.07%) Senior
6 69 (9.79%) Azure DevOps Engineer
7 65 (9.22%) Lead
8 59 (8.37%) Architect
9 41 (5.82%) Business Analyst
10 34 (4.82%) .NET Developer
11 33 (4.68%) Senior Developer
12 32 (4.54%) Data Engineer
13 31 (4.40%) Azure Developer
14 28 (3.97%) Lead Developer
15 26 (3.69%) Platform Engineer
16 25 (3.55%) Azure Architect
16 25 (3.55%) Site Reliability Engineer
17 24 (3.40%) Site Engineer
17 24 (3.40%) Test Analyst
17 24 (3.40%) Test Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 128 (18.16%) .NET
2 50 (7.09%) ADO
3 41 (5.82%) ARM Templates
3 41 (5.82%) REST
4 40 (5.67%) .NET Core
5 35 (4.96%) HTML
5 35 (4.96%) Kafka
6 32 (4.54%) RESTful
7 30 (4.26%) CSS
7 30 (4.26%) YAML
8 27 (3.83%) SOAP
9 25 (3.55%) AngularJS
10 24 (3.40%) .NET Framework
11 23 (3.26%) PySpark
11 23 (3.26%) React
12 22 (3.12%) JSON
13 20 (2.84%) ActiveMQ
13 20 (2.84%) ASP.NET
13 20 (2.84%) Web Services
14 18 (2.55%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 50 (7.09%) Product Ownership
2 38 (5.39%) Cloud Native
3 16 (2.27%) Hybrid Cloud
4 15 (2.13%) Distributed Systems
4 15 (2.13%) Mobile App
5 14 (1.99%) Greenfield Project
6 11 (1.56%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
7 10 (1.42%) Legacy Systems
8 9 (1.28%) Algorithms
8 9 (1.28%) Derivative
9 8 (1.13%) Data Structures
9 8 (1.13%) Fixed Income
9 8 (1.13%) Low-Code
9 8 (1.13%) PKI
9 8 (1.13%) Self-Motivation
10 7 (0.99%) Data Centre
10 7 (0.99%) Data Protection Act
10 7 (0.99%) Market Risk
11 6 (0.85%) Linux Command Line
11 6 (0.85%) Reinsurance
Operating Systems
1 43 (6.10%) Windows
2 37 (5.25%) Linux
3 18 (2.55%) Android
4 12 (1.70%) Windows Server
5 11 (1.56%) Apple iOS
5 11 (1.56%) Unix
6 10 (1.42%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 7 (0.99%) Ubuntu
8 5 (0.71%) VMS
9 2 (0.28%) Windows Server 2016
10 1 (0.14%) SUSE
Processes & Methodologies
1 704 (99.86%) DevOps
2 306 (43.40%) Agile
3 295 (41.84%) CI/CD
4 153 (21.70%) Infrastructure as Code
5 146 (20.71%) Problem-Solving
6 121 (17.16%) Test Automation
7 113 (16.03%) Scrum
8 85 (12.06%) Analytics
9 72 (10.21%) Migration
10 69 (9.79%) Business Intelligence
11 67 (9.50%) Containerisation
12 66 (9.36%) Stakeholder Management
13 59 (8.37%) TDD
14 54 (7.66%) Microservices
15 48 (6.81%) Continuous Integration
16 46 (6.52%) Mentoring
17 45 (6.38%) ETL
18 44 (6.24%) Data Engineering
19 43 (6.10%) BDD
19 43 (6.10%) Site Reliability Engineering
Programming Languages
1 178 (25.25%) Python
2 174 (24.68%) C#
3 167 (23.69%) SQL
4 136 (19.29%) PowerShell
5 97 (13.76%) JavaScript
6 81 (11.49%) Java
7 75 (10.64%) Bicep
8 51 (7.23%) Bash
9 23 (3.26%) TypeScript
10 15 (2.13%) Scala
11 13 (1.84%) Kusto Query Language
12 8 (1.13%) Kotlin
12 8 (1.13%) VB
13 6 (0.85%) Groovy
14 5 (0.71%) C++
14 5 (0.71%) PHP
14 5 (0.71%) Ruby
14 5 (0.71%) Shell Script
14 5 (0.71%) T-SQL
15 4 (0.57%) Perl
Qualifications
1 101 (14.33%) Security Cleared
2 84 (11.91%) SC Cleared
3 52 (7.38%) Degree
4 43 (6.10%) Azure Certification
5 19 (2.70%) Numerate Degree
6 17 (2.41%) Microsoft Certification
7 15 (2.13%) Computer Science Degree
8 13 (1.84%) ISTQB
9 8 (1.13%) BPSS Clearance
9 8 (1.13%) DV Cleared
10 6 (0.85%) PMI Certification
10 6 (0.85%) PMP
11 4 (0.57%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
12 3 (0.43%) AWS Certification
12 3 (0.43%) CISSP
13 2 (0.28%) CISM
13 2 (0.28%) ISEB
13 2 (0.28%) Master's Degree
13 2 (0.28%) SAFe Agilist
13 2 (0.28%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 58 (8.23%) QA
2 23 (3.26%) Data Quality
3 16 (2.27%) GDPR
4 12 (1.70%) Accessibility
4 12 (1.70%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 7 (0.99%) NIST
6 5 (0.71%) NCSC
7 4 (0.57%) PMO
8 3 (0.43%) EMIR
8 3 (0.43%) Government Security Classifications
8 3 (0.43%) Solvency II
9 2 (0.28%) HIPAA
9 2 (0.28%) HL7
9 2 (0.28%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
9 2 (0.28%) MiFID
9 2 (0.28%) SOC 2
10 1 (0.14%) JSP 440
10 1 (0.14%) PCI DSS
10 1 (0.14%) SLA
10 1 (0.14%) WCAG
System Software
1 76 (10.78%) Docker
2 34 (4.82%) Active Directory
3 26 (3.69%) Virtual Machines
4 5 (0.71%) Virtual Desktop
5 3 (0.43%) OpenAM
5 3 (0.43%) OpenDJ
5 3 (0.43%) OpenIDM
6 2 (0.28%) VMware Infrastructure
7 1 (0.14%) VMware NSX
7 1 (0.14%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 200 (28.37%) Terraform
2 113 (16.03%) Kubernetes
3 52 (7.38%) Ansible
4 21 (2.98%) Prometheus
5 20 (2.84%) Grafana
6 15 (2.13%) Puppet
7 12 (1.70%) Single Sign-On
8 9 (1.28%) HP ALM
8 9 (1.28%) ITRS Geneos
9 7 (0.99%) Progress Chef
10 6 (0.85%) Microsoft Intune
11 5 (0.71%) Control-M
11 5 (0.71%) Istio
12 4 (0.57%) Perfmon
13 3 (0.43%) Rundeck
14 2 (0.28%) Argo
14 2 (0.28%) Consul
14 2 (0.28%) Jamf Pro
14 2 (0.28%) Nessus
14 2 (0.28%) SCCM
Vendors
1 205 (29.08%) Microsoft
2 66 (9.36%) Databricks
3 27 (3.83%) SAP
4 19 (2.70%) Oracle
4 19 (2.70%) ServiceNow
5 12 (1.70%) Workday
6 11 (1.56%) Google
6 11 (1.56%) Salesforce
7 10 (1.42%) HP
8 9 (1.28%) VMware
9 8 (1.13%) Dynatrace
10 7 (0.99%) Cloudera
10 7 (0.99%) MuleSoft
11 6 (0.85%) Citrix
11 6 (0.85%) Duck Creek
11 6 (0.85%) Guidewire
11 6 (0.85%) Informatica
11 6 (0.85%) Murex
12 5 (0.71%) Cisco
12 5 (0.71%) Red Hat