Azure DevOps Contract Job Trends in London

Microsoft Azure DevOps
England > London

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in London requiring Azure DevOps skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 15 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 62 79 61
Rank change year-on-year +17 -18 +15
Contract jobs citing Azure DevOps 706 394 644
As % of all contract jobs in London 3.95% 3.18% 3.68%
As % of the Cloud Services category 9.31% 7.50% 9.56%
Number of daily rates quoted 509 278 413
10th Percentile £363 £375 £401
25th Percentile £415 £440 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
75th Percentile £600 £638 £623
90th Percentile £725 £750 £688
England median daily rate £500 £525 £521
% change year-on-year -4.76% +0.83% -5.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 0 0
10th Percentile £54.50 - -
25th Percentile £59.38 - -
Median hourly rate £70.00 - -
75th Percentile £74.63 - -
90th Percentile £75.90 - -
England median hourly rate £61.25 £31.50 £65.50
% change year-on-year +94.44% -51.91% -6.43%

All Cloud Computing Skills
London

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 London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for cloud computing skills 7,581 5,252 6,735
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 42.41% 42.38% 38.48%
Number of daily rates quoted 5,238 3,630 4,954
10th Percentile £350 £356 £350
25th Percentile £425 £435 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% - -6.38%
75th Percentile £638 £669 £675
90th Percentile £750 £788 £775
England median daily rate £510 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -2.86% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 93 53 70
10th Percentile £20.84 £22.57 £17.63
25th Percentile £26.52 £24.66 £22.00
Median hourly rate £35.50 £29.07 £26.00
Median % change year-on-year +22.12% +11.81% -48.00%
75th Percentile £53.75 £48.75 £38.75
90th Percentile £72.90 £72.50 £59.13
England median hourly rate £42.69 £25.50 £21.00
% change year-on-year +67.39% +21.43% -35.19%

Azure DevOps
Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

Azure DevOps job vacancy trend in London

Azure DevOps
Daily Rate Trend in London

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

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

Azure DevOps
Daily Rate Histogram in London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Azure DevOps in London over the 6 months to 15 May 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Azure DevOps in London

Azure DevOps
Hourly Rate Trend in London

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in London citing Azure DevOps.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in London citing Azure DevOps

Azure DevOps
Hourly Rate Histogram in London

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Azure DevOps in London over the 6 months to 15 May 2026.

Hourly rate histogram for Azure DevOps in London

Azure DevOps
Contract Job Locations in London

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 London region over the 6 months to 15 May 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
Central London +4 74 £525 -1.41% 43
South London -1 12 £513 -2.38% 1
West London -20 6 £375 -31.51% 4
East London -6 2 £604 +3.16% 2
Azure DevOps
England

Azure DevOps
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in London 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 43 (6.09%) SharePoint
2 34 (4.82%) Apache Spark
3 30 (4.25%) Confluence
4 20 (2.83%) Apache
5 15 (2.12%) Apache Airflow
6 10 (1.42%) HCL Notes
6 10 (1.42%) Mendix
6 10 (1.42%) Microsoft Exchange
7 3 (0.42%) IIS
8 2 (0.28%) Palantir Foundry
9 1 (0.14%) CMS
9 1 (0.14%) IBM HTTP Server
9 1 (0.14%) SAS
Applications
1 24 (3.40%) Microsoft Project
2 9 (1.27%) MS Visio
3 6 (0.85%) Microsoft Excel
4 3 (0.42%) Microsoft Office
4 3 (0.42%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 28 (3.97%) Dynamics CRM
2 7 (0.99%) Dynamics AX
3 5 (0.71%) SAP S/4HANA
4 4 (0.57%) SAP BPC
5 3 (0.42%) Findur
5 3 (0.42%) SAP Oil and Gas
6 2 (0.28%) Aladdin
6 2 (0.28%) SAP MM
7 1 (0.14%) Endur
7 1 (0.14%) Loan IQ
7 1 (0.14%) Maximo
7 1 (0.14%) NEC Housing
7 1 (0.14%) NetSuite
7 1 (0.14%) Oracle Financials
7 1 (0.14%) Salesforce CRM
7 1 (0.14%) SAP CS
7 1 (0.14%) SAP GTS
7 1 (0.14%) SAP LE
7 1 (0.14%) SAP SD
7 1 (0.14%) SDL Web 8
Cloud Services
1 706 (100.00%) Azure
2 212 (30.03%) GitHub
3 128 (18.13%) GitHub Actions
4 117 (16.57%) Power Platform
5 104 (14.73%) AWS
6 92 (13.03%) Azure Data Factory
7 65 (9.21%) Azure AKS
8 62 (8.78%) Power Automate
9 61 (8.64%) Entra ID
10 60 (8.50%) Azure Synapse Analytics
11 59 (8.36%) Azure Monitor
12 58 (8.22%) Serverless
13 54 (7.65%) Dynamics 365
14 50 (7.08%) Azure Logic Apps
15 46 (6.52%) Azure Key Vault
16 45 (6.37%) Azure Service Bus
17 39 (5.52%) GCP
18 38 (5.38%) Azure Functions
19 37 (5.24%) PowerApps
20 34 (4.82%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 18 (2.55%) Firewall
2 10 (1.42%) Network Security
3 8 (1.13%) DNS
4 6 (0.85%) VPN
5 5 (0.71%) SD-WAN
5 5 (0.71%) WAN
6 3 (0.42%) FTP
6 3 (0.42%) Internet
7 2 (0.28%) Remote Desktop
7 2 (0.28%) SSH
7 2 (0.28%) TCP/IP
7 2 (0.28%) X.509
8 1 (0.14%) Cisco ASA
8 1 (0.14%) Cisco Firepower
8 1 (0.14%) HTTP
8 1 (0.14%) IPsec
8 1 (0.14%) NAS
8 1 (0.14%) SAN
8 1 (0.14%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 78 (11.05%) SQL Server
2 69 (9.77%) Power BI
3 62 (8.78%) Data Lake
4 49 (6.94%) Delta Lake
5 45 (6.37%) Azure SQL Database
6 41 (5.81%) Data Warehouse
7 32 (4.53%) NoSQL
8 19 (2.69%) PostgreSQL
9 18 (2.55%) Oracle Database
10 16 (2.27%) Snowflake Schema
11 14 (1.98%) Spark SQL
12 13 (1.84%) Relational Database
13 12 (1.70%) Big Data
13 12 (1.70%) MongoDB
14 11 (1.56%) Metadata
14 11 (1.56%) SQL Server Integration Services
15 10 (1.42%) Redis
16 9 (1.27%) Amazon Redshift
16 9 (1.27%) Tableau
17 7 (0.99%) Parquet
Development Applications
1 131 (18.56%) JIRA
2 112 (15.86%) Git
3 66 (9.35%) Jenkins
4 42 (5.95%) GitLab
5 26 (3.68%) Selenium
6 13 (1.84%) Cypress.io
6 13 (1.84%) Postman
7 11 (1.56%) REST Assured
7 11 (1.56%) SonarQube
8 10 (1.42%) SpecFlow
9 9 (1.27%) MLflow
9 9 (1.27%) Team Foundation Server
9 9 (1.27%) TestRail
9 9 (1.27%) Zephyr
10 8 (1.13%) Cucumber
11 6 (0.85%) Artifactory
12 4 (0.57%) JMeter
12 4 (0.57%) Spinnaker
12 4 (0.57%) TeamCity
12 4 (0.57%) webpack
General
1 196 (27.76%) Finance
2 154 (21.81%) Social Skills
3 72 (10.20%) Analytical Skills
4 57 (8.07%) Public Sector
5 47 (6.66%) Banking
6 18 (2.55%) Financial Institution
7 14 (1.98%) Front Office
8 13 (1.84%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 9 (1.27%) Investment Banking
9 9 (1.27%) Presentation Skills
10 8 (1.13%) Organisational Skills
11 7 (0.99%) Retail
12 6 (0.85%) Documentation Skills
12 6 (0.85%) Legal
13 5 (0.71%) Influencing Skills
13 5 (0.71%) Marketing
14 3 (0.42%) Pharmaceutical
15 2 (0.28%) Military
15 2 (0.28%) Publishing
15 2 (0.28%) Spanish Language
Job Titles
1 127 (17.99%) Developer
2 111 (15.72%) Senior
3 110 (15.58%) Azure Engineer
4 101 (14.31%) Data Engineer
5 79 (11.19%) DevOps Engineer
6 51 (7.22%) Lead
7 50 (7.08%) Architect
8 47 (6.66%) Analyst
8 47 (6.66%) Azure DevOps Engineer
9 29 (4.11%) Platform Engineer
10 25 (3.54%) Azure Developer
11 23 (3.26%) Azure Data Engineer
11 23 (3.26%) IT Support
11 23 (3.26%) Test Analyst
11 23 (3.26%) Tester
12 22 (3.12%) Azure Architect
12 22 (3.12%) Cloud Engineer
12 22 (3.12%) Senior Developer
13 20 (2.83%) Senior Data Engineer
13 20 (2.83%) Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 111 (15.72%) .NET
2 61 (8.64%) PySpark
3 48 (6.80%) React
3 48 (6.80%) REST
4 36 (5.10%) Kafka
5 33 (4.67%) ADO
6 31 (4.39%) JSON
7 28 (3.97%) Node.js
8 26 (3.68%) .NET Framework
8 26 (3.68%) ARM Templates
8 26 (3.68%) Playwright
9 25 (3.54%) .NET Core
9 25 (3.54%) YAML
10 24 (3.40%) RESTful
11 23 (3.26%) AngularJS
12 21 (2.97%) CSS
12 21 (2.97%) HTML
13 19 (2.69%) Middleware
14 15 (2.12%) XML
15 14 (1.98%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 81 (11.47%) Cloud Native
2 30 (4.25%) Legacy Systems
3 28 (3.97%) Product Ownership
4 25 (3.54%) Distributed Systems
5 22 (3.12%) Reinsurance
6 15 (2.12%) Low-Code
7 14 (1.98%) Greenfield Project
7 14 (1.98%) Replication
8 12 (1.70%) Onboarding
9 11 (1.56%) Enterprise Software
10 9 (1.27%) AI Agents
11 8 (1.13%) Data Structures
12 7 (0.99%) NHS
12 7 (0.99%) Public Cloud
12 7 (0.99%) Self-Motivation
13 6 (0.85%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
14 5 (0.71%) Management Information System
15 4 (0.57%) Data Protection Act
15 4 (0.57%) FMCG
15 4 (0.57%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 45 (6.37%) Windows
2 22 (3.12%) Linux
3 10 (1.42%) VMS
4 9 (1.27%) Windows Server
5 6 (0.85%) Unix
6 2 (0.28%) Windows Server 2016
6 2 (0.28%) Windows Server 2019
7 1 (0.14%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 1 (0.14%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 700 (99.15%) DevOps
2 393 (55.67%) CI/CD
3 249 (35.27%) Agile
4 174 (24.65%) Infrastructure as Code
5 121 (17.14%) Analytics
6 120 (17.00%) Test Automation
7 113 (16.01%) Problem-Solving
8 107 (15.16%) Migration
9 105 (14.87%) Data Modelling
10 95 (13.46%) Data Pipeline
11 86 (12.18%) AI
12 85 (12.04%) Scrum
13 84 (11.90%) Continuous Improvement
14 83 (11.76%) Business Intelligence
15 82 (11.61%) ETL
16 81 (11.47%) Containerisation
17 77 (10.91%) Observability
18 75 (10.62%) Data Engineering
19 74 (10.48%) Microservices
20 73 (10.34%) Platform Engineering
Programming Languages
1 270 (38.24%) SQL
2 211 (29.89%) Python
3 145 (20.54%) C#
4 75 (10.62%) PowerShell
5 68 (9.63%) JavaScript
6 61 (8.64%) Bicep
7 52 (7.37%) TypeScript
8 48 (6.80%) Java
9 47 (6.66%) Bash
10 23 (3.26%) Scala
11 17 (2.41%) T-SQL
12 10 (1.42%) Formula Language
12 10 (1.42%) LotusScript
13 9 (1.27%) Data Analysis Expressions
13 9 (1.27%) Kusto Query Language
13 9 (1.27%) PL/SQL
14 5 (0.71%) Shell Script
15 3 (0.42%) Apex Code
15 3 (0.42%) C
15 3 (0.42%) XPath
Qualifications
1 181 (25.64%) Security Cleared
2 161 (22.80%) SC Cleared
3 62 (8.78%) Azure Certification
4 30 (4.25%) Degree
5 17 (2.41%) BPSS Clearance
6 15 (2.12%) Computer Science Degree
6 15 (2.12%) ISTQB
6 15 (2.12%) Microsoft Certification
7 7 (0.99%) DV Cleared
8 6 (0.85%) Master's Degree
8 6 (0.85%) PMI Certification
8 6 (0.85%) PMP
9 5 (0.71%) DBS Check
10 4 (0.57%) AWS Certification
11 3 (0.42%) TOGAF Certification
12 2 (0.28%) Cisco Certification
12 2 (0.28%) ISEB
12 2 (0.28%) ITIL Certification
12 2 (0.28%) MBA
13 1 (0.14%) CCIE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 82 (11.61%) QA
2 68 (9.63%) Data Quality
3 16 (2.27%) GDPR
4 14 (1.98%) Accessibility
5 9 (1.27%) PMO
5 9 (1.27%) Sarbanes-Oxley
5 9 (1.27%) WCAG
6 7 (0.99%) NIST
7 5 (0.71%) PCI DSS
8 4 (0.57%) SLA
9 3 (0.42%) HIPAA
9 3 (0.42%) HL7
9 3 (0.42%) ISO/IEC 27001
10 2 (0.28%) FedRAMP
10 2 (0.28%) HMG Security Policy Framework
10 2 (0.28%) NCSC
10 2 (0.28%) PSD2
10 2 (0.28%) SEPA
11 1 (0.14%) ITGC
11 1 (0.14%) Software Quality Assurance
System Software
1 105 (14.87%) Docker
2 40 (5.67%) Active Directory
3 8 (1.13%) Virtual Desktop
4 6 (0.85%) Virtual Machines
5 3 (0.42%) VMware Infrastructure
6 2 (0.28%) Hyper-V
6 2 (0.28%) Microsoft App-V
6 2 (0.28%) OpenSSH
7 1 (0.14%) HDFS
Systems Management
1 205 (29.04%) Terraform
2 123 (17.42%) Kubernetes
3 31 (4.39%) Ansible
4 15 (2.12%) Grafana
5 12 (1.70%) Prometheus
6 6 (0.85%) HP ALM
6 6 (0.85%) Packer
7 5 (0.71%) Microsoft Intune
7 5 (0.71%) Progress Chef
7 5 (0.71%) Puppet
8 3 (0.42%) Argo
9 2 (0.28%) Istio
9 2 (0.28%) Kubeflow
9 2 (0.28%) SCCM
9 2 (0.28%) Single Sign-On
10 1 (0.14%) Active Directory Federation Services
10 1 (0.14%) CASB
10 1 (0.14%) FortiGate
10 1 (0.14%) Icinga
10 1 (0.14%) RSA Archer
Vendors
1 209 (29.60%) Microsoft
2 106 (15.01%) Databricks
3 54 (7.65%) Oracle
4 32 (4.53%) ServiceNow
5 25 (3.54%) Salesforce
6 18 (2.55%) Informatica
6 18 (2.55%) OpenAI
6 18 (2.55%) SAP
7 11 (1.56%) Foundry
7 11 (1.56%) VMware
8 10 (1.42%) Bloomberg
8 10 (1.42%) Kofax
8 10 (1.42%) Lotus
9 9 (1.27%) Splunk
10 8 (1.13%) Refinitiv
11 6 (0.85%) Dynatrace
11 6 (0.85%) HP
12 5 (0.71%) Workday
13 4 (0.57%) Cloudera
13 4 (0.57%) Hortonworks