Azure DevOps Contracts in England

Microsoft Azure DevOps
UK > England

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in England with a requirement for Azure DevOps skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Azure DevOps over the 6 months to 3 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
3 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 71 72 75
Rank change year-on-year +1 +3 +16
Contract jobs citing Azure DevOps 1,049 1,635 2,325
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 2.83% 3.26% 3.27%
As % of the Cloud Services category 8.88% 8.92% 8.51%
Number of daily rates quoted 709 1,196 1,688
10th Percentile £400 £413 £400
25th Percentile £450 £475 £456
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% - +10.00%
75th Percentile £600 £638 £650
90th Percentile £675 £716 £738
UK median daily rate £520 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -5.45% - +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 10 9
10th Percentile £64.50 £44.45 £54.75
25th Percentile £65.25 £60.00 £55.00
Median hourly rate £65.50 £70.00 £57.50
Median % change year-on-year -6.43% +21.74% +27.78%
75th Percentile £65.75 £77.27 £62.15
90th Percentile £68.50 £79.19 £66.72
UK median hourly rate £65.50 £70.00 £57.70
% change year-on-year -6.43% +21.33% +28.21%

All Cloud Skills
England

Azure DevOps is in the Cloud Services category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in England with a requirement for cloud computing skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for cloud computing skills 11,816 18,334 27,328
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 31.88% 36.59% 38.43%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,539 13,417 20,109
10th Percentile £300 £325 £338
25th Percentile £413 £450 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% - +10.00%
75th Percentile £638 £669 £650
90th Percentile £738 £750 £738
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -4.55% - +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 318 307 344
10th Percentile £14.00 £15.25 £13.88
25th Percentile £15.85 £18.25 £15.25
Median hourly rate £20.77 £32.30 £21.02
Median % change year-on-year -35.70% +53.66% -2.23%
75th Percentile £32.31 £65.88 £42.00
90th Percentile £61.72 £78.00 £64.93
UK median hourly rate £21.00 £35.00 £21.50
% change year-on-year -40.00% +62.79% -6.07%

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 3 May 2024.

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
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 3 May 2024. 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 +17 654 £525 -4.55% 143
South East -16 141 £538 -2.27% 42
North of England -14 87 £500 - 81
South West -44 60 £525 -10.18% 31
Midlands -18 52 £438 -2.78% 74
North West -11 50 £513 +2.50% 46
West Midlands -8 42 £475 - 52
Yorkshire +1 34 £475 -9.52% 28
East of England +23 24 £500 -9.09% 13
East Midlands -5 10 £419 +1.58% 21
North East +16 5 £473 -5.50% 7
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 44 (4.19%) SharePoint
2 42 (4.00%) Confluence
3 27 (2.57%) IIS
4 25 (2.38%) CMS
5 10 (0.95%) Site Server
6 6 (0.57%) ArcGIS
7 3 (0.29%) Apache Spark
7 3 (0.29%) Drupal
7 3 (0.29%) Microsoft Exchange
7 3 (0.29%) Umbraco
8 2 (0.19%) Apache
8 2 (0.19%) Headless CMS
8 2 (0.19%) Jadu
8 2 (0.19%) Kentico
8 2 (0.19%) nginx
8 2 (0.19%) Oracle SOA Suite
9 1 (0.095%) Apache Airflow
9 1 (0.095%) Appian
9 1 (0.095%) EPiServer
9 1 (0.095%) Sitecore CMS
Applications
1 15 (1.43%) Microsoft Office
2 14 (1.33%) Microsoft Excel
3 6 (0.57%) Microsoft Project
4 2 (0.19%) Trello
Business Applications
1 32 (3.05%) Dynamics CRM
2 26 (2.48%) Dynamics AX
3 17 (1.62%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
4 11 (1.05%) Oracle EBS
5 8 (0.76%) Oracle EBS R12
6 4 (0.38%) SAP S/4HANA
7 2 (0.19%) BusinessWorks
7 2 (0.19%) Shopify
8 1 (0.095%) Endur
8 1 (0.095%) Infor SunSystems
8 1 (0.095%) Maximo
8 1 (0.095%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 1,046 (99.71%) Azure
2 125 (11.92%) Power Platform
3 111 (10.58%) Azure Service Bus
4 100 (9.53%) Dynamics 365
4 100 (9.53%) Serverless
5 91 (8.67%) Azure Cosmos DB
6 87 (8.29%) AWS
7 81 (7.72%) Entra ID
8 74 (7.05%) Azure Functions
9 70 (6.67%) Azure Logic Apps
9 70 (6.67%) GitHub
10 69 (6.58%) Azure Monitor
10 69 (6.58%) Power Automate
10 69 (6.58%) PowerApps
11 57 (5.43%) PaaS
12 55 (5.24%) Azure Data Factory
13 53 (5.05%) Azure API Management
14 37 (3.53%) Azure AKS
15 34 (3.24%) IaaS
16 33 (3.15%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 29 (2.76%) Firewall
2 18 (1.72%) DNS
3 16 (1.53%) Network Security
4 11 (1.05%) FTP
5 10 (0.95%) Internet
5 10 (0.95%) TCP/IP
5 10 (0.95%) VPN
6 6 (0.57%) SSL
7 5 (0.48%) HTTP
8 4 (0.38%) OpenLDAP
8 4 (0.38%) Wireshark
9 3 (0.29%) IPv4
9 3 (0.29%) SSH
10 1 (0.095%) 4G
10 1 (0.095%) Cisco ISE
10 1 (0.095%) Extranet
10 1 (0.095%) Intranet
10 1 (0.095%) MQTT
10 1 (0.095%) RS-232
Database & Business Intelligence
1 262 (24.98%) SQL Server
2 97 (9.25%) Power BI
3 62 (5.91%) Azure SQL Database
4 59 (5.62%) Data Lake
5 30 (2.86%) PostgreSQL
6 28 (2.67%) NoSQL
6 28 (2.67%) Redis
7 26 (2.48%) Data Warehouse
8 17 (1.62%) GIS
8 17 (1.62%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 15 (1.43%) Big Data
10 13 (1.24%) Relational Database
11 12 (1.14%) MySQL
12 11 (1.05%) MongoDB
13 8 (0.76%) InterSystems Cache
14 7 (0.67%) OLTP
15 6 (0.57%) Enterprise Data Warehouse
15 6 (0.57%) Geospatial Data
15 6 (0.57%) SQL Server Reporting Services
15 6 (0.57%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 165 (15.73%) Git
2 82 (7.82%) JIRA
3 61 (5.82%) Selenium
4 57 (5.43%) Visual Studio
5 55 (5.24%) SpecFlow
6 45 (4.29%) Jenkins
7 36 (3.43%) GitLab
8 22 (2.10%) Postman
9 19 (1.81%) SonarQube
10 16 (1.53%) WebDriver
11 15 (1.43%) Team Foundation Server
12 14 (1.33%) NUnit
12 14 (1.33%) TeamCity
13 12 (1.14%) Cypress.io
14 10 (0.95%) Artifactory
14 10 (0.95%) Visual Studio Code
15 9 (0.86%) Robot Framework
15 9 (0.86%) Visual Studio Team System
16 7 (0.67%) Moq
16 7 (0.67%) Oracle Forms
General
1 238 (22.69%) Social Skills
2 212 (20.21%) Finance
3 150 (14.30%) Public Sector
4 100 (9.53%) Analytical Skills
5 41 (3.91%) Retail
6 39 (3.72%) Back Office
7 34 (3.24%) Presentation Skills
8 32 (3.05%) Banking
9 26 (2.48%) General Ledger
9 26 (2.48%) Marketing
10 24 (2.29%) Manufacturing
11 19 (1.81%) Telecoms
12 17 (1.62%) Electronics
13 15 (1.43%) Front Office
14 14 (1.33%) Legal
15 11 (1.05%) Local Government
16 10 (0.95%) Investment Banking
16 10 (0.95%) Organisational Skills
17 8 (0.76%) German Language
18 6 (0.57%) Law
Job Titles
1 314 (29.93%) Developer
2 181 (17.25%) Senior
3 144 (13.73%) Azure Engineer
4 112 (10.68%) DevOps Engineer
5 106 (10.10%) Senior Developer
6 89 (8.48%) Azure DevOps Engineer
7 83 (7.91%) Lead
8 76 (7.24%) Architect
9 74 (7.05%) Azure Developer
10 73 (6.96%) Analyst
11 64 (6.10%) Consultant
12 63 (6.01%) .NET Developer
13 58 (5.53%) C# Developer
14 56 (5.34%) Software Developer
15 41 (3.91%) Backend Developer
16 40 (3.81%) Senior Software Developer
17 39 (3.72%) Solutions Architect
18 38 (3.62%) Test Analyst
19 34 (3.24%) Data Engineer
19 34 (3.24%) Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 325 (30.98%) .NET
2 135 (12.87%) XML
3 122 (11.63%) .NET Core
4 102 (9.72%) .NET Framework
5 69 (6.58%) React
6 64 (6.10%) AngularJS
7 57 (5.43%) HTML
8 55 (5.24%) ARM Templates
8 55 (5.24%) CSS
9 54 (5.15%) ASP.NET
9 54 (5.15%) REST
10 53 (5.05%) YAML
11 41 (3.91%) JSON
12 32 (3.05%) Node.js
13 29 (2.76%) RESTful
14 26 (2.48%) SOAP
15 25 (2.38%) Entity Framework
16 24 (2.29%) Web Services
17 23 (2.19%) GraphQL
18 22 (2.10%) ADO
Miscellaneous
1 104 (9.91%) Product Ownership
2 32 (3.05%) Cloud Native
3 27 (2.57%) Data Structures
4 19 (1.81%) Mobile App
5 18 (1.72%) Derivative
6 16 (1.53%) Greenfield Project
7 15 (1.43%) Client/Server
8 11 (1.05%) Contactless
8 11 (1.05%) Data Centre
8 11 (1.05%) Wiki
9 10 (0.95%) Onboarding
10 9 (0.86%) Distributed Systems
11 8 (0.76%) Data Protection Act
11 8 (0.76%) Enterprise Software
11 8 (0.76%) Public Cloud
12 7 (0.67%) Linux Command Line
12 7 (0.67%) Private Cloud
12 7 (0.67%) Reinsurance
13 6 (0.57%) Legacy Systems
14 5 (0.48%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 71 (6.77%) Windows
2 62 (5.91%) Linux
3 36 (3.43%) Windows Server
4 20 (1.91%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 9 (0.86%) Unix
6 5 (0.48%) Alpine Linux
6 5 (0.48%) VMS
7 4 (0.38%) Ubuntu
8 2 (0.19%) Android
8 2 (0.19%) Apple iOS
8 2 (0.19%) Solaris
8 2 (0.19%) Windows 10
9 1 (0.095%) CentOS
9 1 (0.095%) Debian
Processes & Methodologies
1 1,045 (99.62%) DevOps
2 508 (48.43%) Agile
3 331 (31.55%) CI/CD
4 221 (21.07%) Scrum
5 139 (13.25%) Test Automation
6 117 (11.15%) Infrastructure as Code
7 116 (11.06%) Business Intelligence
8 113 (10.77%) TDD
9 109 (10.39%) Problem-Solving
10 102 (9.72%) Migration
11 99 (9.44%) Software Engineering
12 79 (7.53%) API Management
12 79 (7.53%) OO
13 73 (6.96%) B2C
14 72 (6.86%) Project Delivery
15 65 (6.20%) Computer Science
16 57 (5.43%) Microservices
17 56 (5.34%) Full Stack Development
18 55 (5.24%) Analytics
18 55 (5.24%) Clean Code
Programming Languages
1 362 (34.51%) C#
2 263 (25.07%) PowerShell
3 216 (20.59%) SQL
4 171 (16.30%) Python
5 120 (11.44%) Bicep
6 93 (8.87%) JavaScript
7 64 (6.10%) TypeScript
8 56 (5.34%) Java
9 36 (3.43%) Bash
10 23 (2.19%) T-SQL
11 21 (2.00%) C++
12 15 (1.43%) C
12 15 (1.43%) VBScript
13 13 (1.24%) Rust
14 10 (0.95%) Go
14 10 (0.95%) Korn
15 8 (0.76%) Scala
16 4 (0.38%) Apex Code
16 4 (0.38%) VB.NET
16 4 (0.38%) X++
Qualifications
1 102 (9.72%) Degree
1 102 (9.72%) Security Cleared
2 62 (5.91%) SC Cleared
3 33 (3.15%) DV Cleared
4 27 (2.57%) Azure Certification
5 22 (2.10%) Computer Science Degree
6 11 (1.05%) Master's Degree
7 10 (0.95%) ISTQB
8 9 (0.86%) BPSS Clearance
8 9 (0.86%) Microsoft Certification
9 5 (0.48%) ISEB
10 4 (0.38%) AWS Certification
10 4 (0.38%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
10 4 (0.38%) CBAP
11 3 (0.29%) PMP
12 2 (0.19%) CEH
12 2 (0.19%) CISM
12 2 (0.19%) CISSP
12 2 (0.19%) CSSLP
12 2 (0.19%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 63 (6.01%) QA
2 34 (3.24%) Accessibility
3 22 (2.10%) WCAG
4 13 (1.24%) Data Quality
5 8 (0.76%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 8 (0.76%) PMO
6 6 (0.57%) PCI DSS
7 4 (0.38%) NIST
8 3 (0.29%) GDPR
8 3 (0.29%) GRC
8 3 (0.29%) IFRS
8 3 (0.29%) IFRS 17
8 3 (0.29%) Solvency II
9 2 (0.19%) COBIT
9 2 (0.19%) GxP
9 2 (0.19%) ISO 22301
10 1 (0.095%) HIPAA
10 1 (0.095%) HL7
10 1 (0.095%) NCSC
10 1 (0.095%) SLA
System Software
1 131 (12.49%) Active Directory
2 78 (7.44%) Docker
3 26 (2.48%) Virtual Machines
4 18 (1.72%) VMware Infrastructure
5 6 (0.57%) Hyper-V
6 4 (0.38%) NFS
7 2 (0.19%) Virtual Desktop
8 1 (0.095%) Ceph
8 1 (0.095%) Microsoft App-V
8 1 (0.095%) Terminal Services
8 1 (0.095%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 166 (15.82%) Terraform
2 81 (7.72%) Kubernetes
3 51 (4.86%) Ansible
4 14 (1.33%) SCOM
4 14 (1.33%) Single Sign-On
5 11 (1.05%) SCCM
6 10 (0.95%) Prometheus
6 10 (0.95%) Puppet
7 8 (0.76%) Grafana
8 7 (0.67%) Progress Chef
9 5 (0.48%) Active Directory Federation Services
10 4 (0.38%) Argo
10 4 (0.38%) Packer
11 3 (0.29%) Nessus
12 2 (0.19%) Docker Swarm
12 2 (0.19%) Kibana
12 2 (0.19%) Microsoft Intune
12 2 (0.19%) Nagios
12 2 (0.19%) Netcool
12 2 (0.19%) TIBCO Hawk
Vendors
1 376 (35.84%) Microsoft
2 59 (5.62%) Oracle
3 33 (3.15%) Databricks
4 31 (2.96%) SAP
5 30 (2.86%) VMware
6 21 (2.00%) Salesforce
7 17 (1.62%) ServiceNow
8 14 (1.33%) F5
9 12 (1.14%) ESRI
10 8 (0.76%) Splunk
11 7 (0.67%) Red Hat
11 7 (0.67%) Xamarin
12 5 (0.48%) Adobe
12 5 (0.48%) Guidewire
12 5 (0.48%) Informatica
13 4 (0.38%) Cadence
13 4 (0.38%) Freshdesk
13 4 (0.38%) Optimizely
13 4 (0.38%) Palo Alto
14 3 (0.29%) Atlassian