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

6 months to
28 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 59 77 57
Rank change year-on-year +18 -20 +18
Contract jobs citing Azure DevOps 809 464 672
As % of all contract jobs in London 4.06% 3.42% 4.07%
As % of the Cloud Services category 9.76% 7.96% 10.03%
Number of daily rates quoted 561 330 436
10th Percentile £381 £350 £400
25th Percentile £425 £413 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
75th Percentile £638 £638 £600
90th Percentile £725 £750 £688
England median daily rate £500 £500 £525
% change year-on-year - -4.76% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 1 0
10th Percentile £43.00 - -
25th Percentile - £86.25 -
Median hourly rate £55.00 £87.50 -
Median % change year-on-year -37.14% - -
75th Percentile £72.50 £88.75 -
90th Percentile £75.05 - -
England median hourly rate £46.80 £62.50 -
% change year-on-year -25.12% - -

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 8,287 5,828 6,702
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 41.59% 42.96% 40.60%
Number of daily rates quoted 5,657 3,987 4,889
10th Percentile £363 £342 £350
25th Percentile £443 £425 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £535 £538 £550
Median % change year-on-year -0.47% -2.27% -4.35%
75th Percentile £638 £663 £675
90th Percentile £749 £775 £800
England median daily rate £525 £513 £525
% change year-on-year +2.44% -2.38% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 103 84 56
10th Percentile £19.30 £22.65 £20.00
25th Percentile £25.25 £24.77 £23.37
Median hourly rate £35.50 £29.07 £27.75
Median % change year-on-year +22.12% +4.76% -45.85%
75th Percentile £55.38 £47.81 £41.19
90th Percentile £74.75 £71.88 £66.50
England median hourly rate £37.50 £25.58 £22.00
% change year-on-year +46.63% +16.25% -33.33%

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 28 July 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 28 July 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 28 July 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 -6 74 £525 +2.44% 33
South London -9 10 £513 -2.38% 1
West London -15 4 £625 +14.16% 4
East London +1 3 £604 +16.06% 8
North London 0 2 £600 +36.36% 3
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 47 (5.81%) SharePoint
2 38 (4.70%) Confluence
3 27 (3.34%) Apache Spark
4 23 (2.84%) Apache
4 23 (2.84%) Apache Airflow
5 9 (1.11%) Microsoft Exchange
6 6 (0.74%) CMS
7 3 (0.37%) Kentico
8 2 (0.25%) IIS
8 2 (0.25%) Mendix
9 1 (0.12%) Apache Pulsar
9 1 (0.12%) ArcGIS
9 1 (0.12%) GeoServer
9 1 (0.12%) HCL Notes
9 1 (0.12%) Headless CMS
9 1 (0.12%) IBM HTTP Server
9 1 (0.12%) Palantir Foundry
9 1 (0.12%) SAS
9 1 (0.12%) Sitecore CMS
Applications
1 26 (3.21%) Microsoft Project
2 16 (1.98%) Microsoft Excel
3 9 (1.11%) MS Visio
4 6 (0.74%) Microsoft Office
5 5 (0.62%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 4 (0.49%) Notion
7 2 (0.25%) Chatbot
7 2 (0.25%) CPLEX
7 2 (0.25%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 27 (3.34%) Dynamics CRM
2 9 (1.11%) SAP S/4HANA
3 7 (0.87%) Dynamics AX
4 3 (0.37%) Endur
4 3 (0.37%) Findur
4 3 (0.37%) Maximo
4 3 (0.37%) SAP BPC
5 2 (0.25%) Aladdin
5 2 (0.25%) IBM Operational Decision Manager
5 2 (0.25%) Salesforce CRM
5 2 (0.25%) SAP MM
5 2 (0.25%) SAP Oil and Gas
6 1 (0.12%) Oracle Financials
6 1 (0.12%) Oracle Payables
6 1 (0.12%) Oracle Receivables
6 1 (0.12%) PeopleSoft HCM
6 1 (0.12%) SAP MDG
6 1 (0.12%) SAP SD
6 1 (0.12%) SDL Web 8
6 1 (0.12%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 809 (100.00%) Azure
2 250 (30.90%) GitHub
3 152 (18.79%) GitHub Actions
4 130 (16.07%) AWS
5 119 (14.71%) Power Platform
6 91 (11.25%) Azure Data Factory
7 73 (9.02%) Azure AKS
8 72 (8.90%) Entra ID
9 67 (8.28%) Azure Monitor
10 62 (7.66%) Power Automate
11 53 (6.55%) Azure Synapse Analytics
12 51 (6.30%) Dynamics 365
13 49 (6.06%) Serverless
14 46 (5.69%) PowerApps
15 39 (4.82%) Azure Key Vault
15 39 (4.82%) Azure Logic Apps
15 39 (4.82%) GCP
16 36 (4.45%) Snowflake
17 35 (4.33%) Microsoft 365
18 33 (4.08%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 20 (2.47%) Firewall
2 14 (1.73%) VPN
3 13 (1.61%) DNS
4 11 (1.36%) Network Security
5 6 (0.74%) WAN
6 5 (0.62%) SD-WAN
7 4 (0.49%) Internet
8 2 (0.25%) 4G
8 2 (0.25%) Cisco IOS
8 2 (0.25%) DHCP
8 2 (0.25%) NAS
8 2 (0.25%) Remote Desktop
8 2 (0.25%) SAN
8 2 (0.25%) SSH
8 2 (0.25%) TCP/IP
8 2 (0.25%) X.509
9 1 (0.12%) Cisco Firepower
9 1 (0.12%) IPsec
9 1 (0.12%) VSAN
9 1 (0.12%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 76 (9.39%) Power BI
2 66 (8.16%) Data Lake
3 62 (7.66%) SQL Server
4 45 (5.56%) Azure SQL Database
5 42 (5.19%) Data Warehouse
6 35 (4.33%) Delta Lake
7 31 (3.83%) NoSQL
8 19 (2.35%) PostgreSQL
8 19 (2.35%) Snowflake Schema
9 17 (2.10%) Metadata
9 17 (2.10%) Relational Database
10 13 (1.61%) Big Data
10 13 (1.61%) Spark SQL
11 11 (1.36%) Redis
12 10 (1.24%) SQL Server Integration Services
13 9 (1.11%) MongoDB
14 8 (0.99%) Amazon Redshift
15 7 (0.87%) BigQuery
15 7 (0.87%) Star Schema
16 6 (0.74%) Oracle Database
Development Applications
1 154 (19.04%) JIRA
2 137 (16.93%) Git
3 84 (10.38%) Jenkins
4 58 (7.17%) GitLab
5 30 (3.71%) Selenium
6 18 (2.22%) SonarQube
7 11 (1.36%) Cucumber
8 10 (1.24%) Cypress.io
8 10 (1.24%) Visual Studio
9 9 (1.11%) JUnit
9 9 (1.11%) TestRail
10 8 (0.99%) REST Assured
10 8 (0.99%) SpecFlow
11 7 (0.87%) Maven
11 7 (0.87%) Snyk
11 7 (0.87%) Team Foundation Server
12 6 (0.74%) Appium
12 6 (0.74%) Bitbucket
12 6 (0.74%) Gradle
12 6 (0.74%) Zephyr
General
1 218 (26.95%) Finance
2 204 (25.22%) Social Skills
3 75 (9.27%) Analytical Skills
3 75 (9.27%) Public Sector
4 57 (7.05%) Banking
5 20 (2.47%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 16 (1.98%) Documentation Skills
6 16 (1.98%) Retail
7 12 (1.48%) Investment Banking
7 12 (1.48%) Legal
7 12 (1.48%) Organisational Skills
8 11 (1.36%) Influencing Skills
9 9 (1.11%) Marketing
10 8 (0.99%) Front Office
11 7 (0.87%) Law
11 7 (0.87%) Local Government
11 7 (0.87%) Presentation Skills
12 6 (0.74%) Back Office
12 6 (0.74%) Pharmaceutical
13 4 (0.49%) Financial Institution
Job Titles
1 135 (16.69%) Azure Engineer
2 123 (15.20%) Developer
3 119 (14.71%) Senior
4 117 (14.46%) DevOps Engineer
5 98 (12.11%) Data Engineer
6 72 (8.90%) Azure DevOps Engineer
7 66 (8.16%) Lead
8 62 (7.66%) Architect
9 54 (6.67%) Analyst
10 38 (4.70%) Platform Engineer
11 32 (3.96%) Consultant
12 31 (3.83%) Business Analyst
13 29 (3.58%) Cloud Engineer
14 25 (3.09%) Azure Data Engineer
14 25 (3.09%) Solutions Architect
15 22 (2.72%) IT Support
15 22 (2.72%) Tester
16 21 (2.60%) Cloud Platform Engineer
16 21 (2.60%) Senior DevOps
17 20 (2.47%) Senior Data Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 106 (13.10%) .NET
2 81 (10.01%) REST
3 59 (7.29%) PySpark
4 49 (6.06%) ADO
5 41 (5.07%) JSON
6 40 (4.94%) React
7 36 (4.45%) YAML
8 31 (3.83%) Kafka
9 29 (3.58%) AngularJS
10 28 (3.46%) .NET Framework
10 28 (3.46%) RESTful
11 25 (3.09%) Playwright
12 24 (2.97%) .NET Core
12 24 (2.97%) ARM Templates
13 23 (2.84%) HTML
14 22 (2.72%) XML
15 21 (2.60%) Middleware
15 21 (2.60%) SOAP
16 19 (2.35%) CSS
16 19 (2.35%) OAuth
Miscellaneous
1 100 (12.36%) Cloud Native
2 36 (4.45%) Legacy Systems
3 34 (4.20%) Product Ownership
4 32 (3.96%) Distributed Systems
5 21 (2.60%) Reinsurance
6 18 (2.22%) Onboarding
7 16 (1.98%) Greenfield Project
7 16 (1.98%) Management Information System
7 16 (1.98%) Self-Motivation
8 15 (1.85%) Enterprise Software
9 13 (1.61%) Hybrid Cloud
10 11 (1.36%) Replication
11 9 (1.11%) AI Agents
11 9 (1.11%) Enterprise Cloud
12 8 (0.99%) Data Protection Act
12 8 (0.99%) Data Structures
12 8 (0.99%) Low-Code
13 7 (0.87%) FMCG
13 7 (0.87%) Public Cloud
14 6 (0.74%) Data Centre
Operating Systems
1 43 (5.32%) Windows
2 22 (2.72%) Linux
3 10 (1.24%) Windows Server
4 9 (1.11%) VMS
5 7 (0.87%) Unix
6 3 (0.37%) Windows Server 2016
6 3 (0.37%) Windows Server 2019
7 2 (0.25%) Android
7 2 (0.25%) Apple iOS
8 1 (0.12%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 1 (0.12%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 809 (100.00%) DevOps
2 437 (54.02%) CI/CD
3 314 (38.81%) Agile
4 204 (25.22%) Infrastructure as Code
5 139 (17.18%) Analytics
6 138 (17.06%) Test Automation
7 129 (15.95%) Migration
8 120 (14.83%) Problem-Solving
9 111 (13.72%) Continuous Improvement
9 111 (13.72%) Stakeholder Management
10 103 (12.73%) Containerisation
10 103 (12.73%) Data Modelling
11 98 (12.11%) Scrum
12 94 (11.62%) Data Pipeline
13 89 (11.00%) AI
14 87 (10.75%) Microservices
15 86 (10.63%) Business Intelligence
15 86 (10.63%) Platform Engineering
16 84 (10.38%) ETL
17 83 (10.26%) Data Engineering
Programming Languages
1 262 (32.39%) SQL
2 225 (27.81%) Python
3 141 (17.43%) C#
4 96 (11.87%) PowerShell
5 71 (8.78%) Bicep
6 64 (7.91%) Bash
7 60 (7.42%) JavaScript
8 59 (7.29%) TypeScript
9 47 (5.81%) Java
10 12 (1.48%) T-SQL
11 10 (1.24%) Apex Code
12 9 (1.11%) Data Analysis Expressions
12 9 (1.11%) Scala
13 7 (0.87%) Kusto Query Language
14 6 (0.74%) Shell Script
15 4 (0.49%) Go
15 4 (0.49%) PL/SQL
15 4 (0.49%) VB.NET
16 3 (0.37%) ABAP
16 3 (0.37%) C
Qualifications
1 210 (25.96%) Security Cleared
2 187 (23.11%) SC Cleared
3 62 (7.66%) Azure Certification
4 43 (5.32%) Degree
5 24 (2.97%) Computer Science Degree
6 20 (2.47%) Microsoft Certification
7 18 (2.22%) DV Cleared
8 12 (1.48%) AWS Certification
9 11 (1.36%) ISTQB
10 9 (1.11%) DBS Check
11 6 (0.74%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
12 5 (0.62%) Cisco Certification
12 5 (0.62%) Master's Degree
13 4 (0.49%) BPSS Clearance
13 4 (0.49%) PMI Certification
14 3 (0.37%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
14 3 (0.37%) CISSP
14 3 (0.37%) ITIL Certification
14 3 (0.37%) PMP
14 3 (0.37%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 95 (11.74%) QA
2 69 (8.53%) Data Quality
3 24 (2.97%) GDPR
4 19 (2.35%) Accessibility
5 16 (1.98%) NIST
6 12 (1.48%) PMO
7 9 (1.11%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 9 (1.11%) WCAG
8 7 (0.87%) Sarbanes-Oxley
9 6 (0.74%) SLA
10 4 (0.49%) PSD2
10 4 (0.49%) SEPA
11 3 (0.37%) Cyber Essentials
12 2 (0.25%) Government Security Classifications
12 2 (0.25%) HMG Security Policy Framework
12 2 (0.25%) NCSC
13 1 (0.12%) IFRS
13 1 (0.12%) IFRS 9
13 1 (0.12%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
13 1 (0.12%) P3O
System Software
1 114 (14.09%) Docker
2 44 (5.44%) Active Directory
3 11 (1.36%) VMware Infrastructure
4 10 (1.24%) Virtual Machines
5 7 (0.87%) Virtual Desktop
6 4 (0.49%) Hyper-V
7 2 (0.25%) Microsoft App-V
7 2 (0.25%) OpenSSH
7 2 (0.25%) vSphere
8 1 (0.12%) HDFS
8 1 (0.12%) VMware ESXi
8 1 (0.12%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 230 (28.43%) Terraform
2 137 (16.93%) Kubernetes
3 46 (5.69%) Ansible
4 23 (2.84%) Grafana
5 19 (2.35%) Prometheus
6 11 (1.36%) Packer
7 9 (1.11%) Microsoft Intune
8 8 (0.99%) Progress Chef
8 8 (0.99%) Puppet
9 6 (0.74%) HP ALM
10 5 (0.62%) Argo
10 5 (0.62%) Single Sign-On
11 4 (0.49%) SCCM
12 2 (0.25%) Docker Swarm
12 2 (0.25%) HP Fortify
13 1 (0.12%) FortiGate
13 1 (0.12%) Istio
13 1 (0.12%) PowerCLI
13 1 (0.12%) RSA Archer
13 1 (0.12%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 250 (30.90%) Microsoft
2 94 (11.62%) Databricks
3 34 (4.20%) Salesforce
4 31 (3.83%) Oracle
5 30 (3.71%) ServiceNow
6 25 (3.09%) SAP
7 17 (2.10%) VMware
8 14 (1.73%) Informatica
8 14 (1.73%) OpenAI
9 10 (1.24%) Bloomberg
9 10 (1.24%) Foundry
10 9 (1.11%) Google
10 9 (1.11%) Splunk
11 8 (0.99%) Guidewire
11 8 (0.99%) Refinitiv
12 6 (0.74%) Dynatrace
12 6 (0.74%) HP
12 6 (0.74%) IBM
13 5 (0.62%) Cisco
13 5 (0.62%) OpenLink