Azure DevOps Contract Job Trends in Leeds

Microsoft Azure DevOps
West Yorkshire > Leeds

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Leeds requiring Azure DevOps skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 13 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 53 31 39
Rank change year-on-year -22 +8 +15
Contract jobs citing Azure DevOps 24 34 34
As % of all contract jobs in Leeds 3.33% 5.26% 3.62%
As % of the Cloud Services category 7.06% 10.76% 10.79%
Number of daily rates quoted 14 24 31
10th Percentile £404 £378 £413
25th Percentile £438 £459 £466
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £509 £500 £550
Median % change year-on-year +1.75% -9.09% +4.76%
75th Percentile £538 £550 £613
90th Percentile £576 £628 £700
West Yorkshire median daily rate £521 £500 £550
% change year-on-year +4.25% -9.09% +4.76%

All Cloud Skills
Leeds

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 Leeds.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for cloud computing skills 340 316 315
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Leeds 47.16% 48.92% 33.55%
Number of daily rates quoted 227 216 235
10th Percentile £354 £350 £313
25th Percentile £406 £405 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £475 £500
Median % change year-on-year +5.26% -5.00% -4.76%
75th Percentile £550 £564 £600
90th Percentile £621 £700 £650
West Yorkshire median daily rate £500 £475 £500
% change year-on-year +5.26% -5.00% -4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 5 1
10th Percentile - £31.95 -
25th Percentile - £40.50 -
Median hourly rate £14.25 £90.42 £62.00
Median % change year-on-year -84.24% +45.83% +166.67%
75th Percentile £17.88 £102.00 -
90th Percentile £24.40 - -
West Yorkshire median hourly rate £14.25 £41.00 £62.00
% change year-on-year -65.24% -33.87% +175.56%

Azure DevOps
Job Vacancy Trend in Leeds

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Azure DevOps relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Leeds.

Azure DevOps job vacancy trend in Leeds

Azure DevOps
Daily Rate Trend in Leeds

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Leeds citing Azure DevOps.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Leeds citing Azure DevOps

Azure DevOps
Daily Rate Histogram in Leeds

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Azure DevOps in Leeds over the 6 months to 13 December 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Azure DevOps in Leeds

Azure DevOps
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Leeds 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 3 (12.50%) SharePoint
2 2 (8.33%) Confluence
3 1 (4.17%) Apache
Applications
1 1 (4.17%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 1 (4.17%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 24 (100.00%) Azure
2 9 (37.50%) GitHub
3 8 (33.33%) GitHub Actions
4 6 (25.00%) Serverless
5 5 (20.83%) Azure Functions
6 4 (16.67%) Azure AKS
6 4 (16.67%) Power Automate
6 4 (16.67%) Power Platform
6 4 (16.67%) PowerApps
7 3 (12.50%) AWS
7 3 (12.50%) Azure Cosmos DB
7 3 (12.50%) Azure Logic Apps
7 3 (12.50%) Dynamics 365
7 3 (12.50%) Entra ID
7 3 (12.50%) PaaS
8 2 (8.33%) Apigee
8 2 (8.33%) Azure Monitor
8 2 (8.33%) Copilot Studio
8 2 (8.33%) Microsoft 365
8 2 (8.33%) Microsoft Copilot
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (12.50%) Power BI
2 2 (8.33%) SQL Server
3 1 (4.17%) Azure SQL Database
3 1 (4.17%) DynamoDB
3 1 (4.17%) NoSQL
3 1 (4.17%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 3 (12.50%) Git
2 2 (8.33%) Jenkins
2 2 (8.33%) JIRA
2 2 (8.33%) JMeter
2 2 (8.33%) MSI
2 2 (8.33%) Selenium
3 1 (4.17%) Artifactory
3 1 (4.17%) GitLab
3 1 (4.17%) Postman
3 1 (4.17%) SonarQube
3 1 (4.17%) Spinnaker
General
1 11 (45.83%) Public Sector
2 8 (33.33%) Social Skills
3 4 (16.67%) Finance
4 3 (12.50%) Documentation Skills
5 2 (8.33%) Health Technology
5 2 (8.33%) Presentation Skills
6 1 (4.17%) Banking
Job Titles
1 5 (20.83%) .NET Software Engineer
1 5 (20.83%) Software Engineer
2 4 (16.67%) Developer
2 4 (16.67%) Platform Engineer
3 2 (8.33%) Analyst
3 2 (8.33%) Architect
3 2 (8.33%) Azure Engineer
3 2 (8.33%) Cloud Platform Engineer
3 2 (8.33%) DevOps Engineer
3 2 (8.33%) Lead
3 2 (8.33%) Power Platform Engineer
3 2 (8.33%) Project Manager
3 2 (8.33%) Solutions Architect
4 1 (4.17%) Lead Test Analyst
4 1 (4.17%) Manual Tester
4 1 (4.17%) Python Developer
4 1 (4.17%) QA Analyst
4 1 (4.17%) QA Test Analyst
4 1 (4.17%) Senior
4 1 (4.17%) Senior Tester
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 11 (45.83%) .NET
2 8 (33.33%) React
3 3 (12.50%) .NET Core
3 3 (12.50%) AngularJS
3 3 (12.50%) FHIR
3 3 (12.50%) Node.js
3 3 (12.50%) RESTful
4 2 (8.33%) ARM Templates
4 2 (8.33%) Blazor
4 2 (8.33%) OAuth
5 1 (4.17%) FastAPI
5 1 (4.17%) Flask
5 1 (4.17%) JWT
5 1 (4.17%) Next.js
5 1 (4.17%) OAuth2
5 1 (4.17%) OpenAPI
5 1 (4.17%) Playwright
5 1 (4.17%) Razor View Engine
5 1 (4.17%) REST
5 1 (4.17%) Swagger
Miscellaneous
1 6 (25.00%) Cloud Native
1 6 (25.00%) NHS
2 3 (12.50%) Security Posture
3 2 (8.33%) Product Ownership
4 1 (4.17%) CMDB
4 1 (4.17%) Data Protection Act
4 1 (4.17%) Distributed Systems
4 1 (4.17%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
4 1 (4.17%) Greenfield Project
4 1 (4.17%) Legacy Systems
4 1 (4.17%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 1 (4.17%) Linux
1 1 (4.17%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 24 (100.00%) DevOps
2 18 (75.00%) CI/CD
3 11 (45.83%) Infrastructure as Code
4 10 (41.67%) Agile
5 9 (37.50%) Software Engineering
6 6 (25.00%) Microservices
6 6 (25.00%) Test Automation
7 5 (20.83%) Clean Code
7 5 (20.83%) Containerisation
8 4 (16.67%) Continuous Improvement
8 4 (16.67%) Deployment Automation
8 4 (16.67%) Platform Engineering
8 4 (16.67%) Secure Coding
8 4 (16.67%) Unit Testing
9 3 (12.50%) Business Intelligence
9 3 (12.50%) Configuration Management
9 3 (12.50%) Identity Management
9 3 (12.50%) Mentoring
9 3 (12.50%) Project Management
9 3 (12.50%) Stakeholder Engagement
Programming Languages
1 13 (54.17%) C#
2 6 (25.00%) Python
3 5 (20.83%) TypeScript
4 4 (16.67%) Bicep
4 4 (16.67%) JavaScript
5 3 (12.50%) PowerShell
6 2 (8.33%) Bash
6 2 (8.33%) Java
6 2 (8.33%) SQL
Qualifications
1 3 (12.50%) SC Cleared
1 3 (12.50%) Security Cleared
2 2 (8.33%) Microsoft Certification
3 1 (4.17%) Azure Certification
3 1 (4.17%) Degree
3 1 (4.17%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (12.50%) Accessibility
2 2 (8.33%) HL7
2 2 (8.33%) NCSC
3 1 (4.17%) QA
System Software
1 10 (41.67%) Docker
2 2 (8.33%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 12 (50.00%) Terraform
2 5 (20.83%) Kubernetes
3 3 (12.50%) Ansible
3 3 (12.50%) Single Sign-On
4 2 (8.33%) Grafana
5 1 (4.17%) Istio
5 1 (4.17%) Progress Chef
5 1 (4.17%) Prometheus
5 1 (4.17%) Puppet
Vendors
1 13 (54.17%) Microsoft
2 4 (16.67%) Brio
3 2 (8.33%) Cribl.io
3 2 (8.33%) Dynatrace
3 2 (8.33%) OpenAI
3 2 (8.33%) Splunk
4 1 (4.17%) BMC
4 1 (4.17%) LogicMonitor
4 1 (4.17%) MuleSoft
4 1 (4.17%) Salesforce
4 1 (4.17%) Sitecore