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 26 September 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
26 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 65 84 63
Rank change year-on-year +19 -21 +10
Contract jobs citing Azure DevOps 834 448 610
As % of all contract jobs in London 4.10% 3.32% 3.74%
As % of the Cloud Services category 10.04% 7.67% 9.14%
Number of daily rates quoted 593 311 402
10th Percentile £363 £350 £400
25th Percentile £425 £413 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.38% - -8.70%
75th Percentile £626 £666 £625
90th Percentile £693 £750 £700
England median daily rate £500 £513 £525
% change year-on-year -2.44% -2.38% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 1 0
10th Percentile £39.00 - -
25th Percentile £45.00 £86.25 -
Median hourly rate £55.00 £87.50 -
Median % change year-on-year -37.14% - -
75th Percentile - £88.75 -
90th Percentile - - -
England median hourly rate £68.22 £75.00 -
% change year-on-year -9.05% - -

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 8,306 5,844 6,677
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 40.85% 43.35% 40.96%
Number of daily rates quoted 5,713 3,981 4,616
10th Percentile £359 £344 £350
25th Percentile £449 £425 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £533 £550
Median % change year-on-year +3.29% -3.18% -3.72%
75th Percentile £650 £650 £675
90th Percentile £750 £775 £800
England median daily rate £525 £501 £533
% change year-on-year +4.90% -6.10% -3.09%
Number of hourly rates quoted 92 95 43
10th Percentile £17.60 £22.70 £22.00
25th Percentile £22.94 £25.15 £23.98
Median hourly rate £28.55 £28.50 £30.59
Median % change year-on-year +0.18% -6.83% -23.53%
75th Percentile £57.50 £47.13 £46.68
90th Percentile £78.75 £78.75 £65.55
England median hourly rate £32.50 £25.15 £34.47
% change year-on-year +29.22% -27.03% +4.44%

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 26 September 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 26 September 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 26 September 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 +4 101 £535 -2.73% 51
South London -1 9 £525 - 7
North London +2 3 £550 +25.00%
West London -21 3 £625 +20.19% 7
East London -2 1 - - 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 50 (6.00%) SharePoint
2 48 (5.76%) Confluence
3 32 (3.84%) Apache Spark
4 28 (3.36%) Apache Airflow
5 20 (2.40%) Apache
6 10 (1.20%) CMS
7 6 (0.72%) Microsoft Exchange
8 3 (0.36%) Kentico
8 3 (0.36%) Mendix
9 2 (0.24%) IIS
10 1 (0.12%) Adobe Experience Manager
10 1 (0.12%) ArcGIS
10 1 (0.12%) Camunda
10 1 (0.12%) EPiServer
10 1 (0.12%) GeoServer
10 1 (0.12%) Headless CMS
10 1 (0.12%) nginx
10 1 (0.12%) Palantir Foundry
10 1 (0.12%) Sitecore CMS
10 1 (0.12%) ThingWorx
Applications
1 28 (3.36%) Microsoft Excel
2 24 (2.88%) Microsoft Project
3 16 (1.92%) MS Visio
4 11 (1.32%) Microsoft Office
5 7 (0.84%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 5 (0.60%) Notion
7 4 (0.48%) Chatbot
8 2 (0.24%) CPLEX
8 2 (0.24%) Mingle
8 2 (0.24%) Spreadsheet
9 1 (0.12%) Trello
9 1 (0.12%) Windchill
Business Applications
1 35 (4.20%) Dynamics CRM
2 11 (1.32%) SAP S/4HANA
3 5 (0.60%) Dynamics AX
4 4 (0.48%) Payment Gateway
5 3 (0.36%) Aladdin
5 3 (0.36%) SAP MDG
6 2 (0.24%) Endur
6 2 (0.24%) IBM Operational Decision Manager
6 2 (0.24%) Maximo
6 2 (0.24%) Oracle Payables
6 2 (0.24%) Oracle Receivables
6 2 (0.24%) SAP BPC
6 2 (0.24%) Workday HCM
7 1 (0.12%) FLEXCUBE
7 1 (0.12%) Oracle EBS
7 1 (0.12%) Remedy ITSM
7 1 (0.12%) SAP MM
7 1 (0.12%) SAP Oil and Gas
7 1 (0.12%) SDL Web 8
7 1 (0.12%) SimCorp Dimension
Cloud Services
1 834 (100.00%) Azure
2 254 (30.46%) GitHub
3 163 (19.54%) GitHub Actions
4 152 (18.23%) AWS
5 151 (18.11%) Power Platform
6 90 (10.79%) Azure Data Factory
7 76 (9.11%) Entra ID
8 73 (8.75%) Azure AKS
8 73 (8.75%) Serverless
9 69 (8.27%) Azure Monitor
10 65 (7.79%) Dynamics 365
11 61 (7.31%) Power Automate
12 54 (6.47%) Azure Functions
13 52 (6.24%) Azure Synapse Analytics
14 50 (6.00%) GCP
14 50 (6.00%) PowerApps
15 46 (5.52%) Snowflake
16 45 (5.40%) Azure Logic Apps
17 43 (5.16%) PaaS
18 36 (4.32%) Azure Service Bus
Communications & Networking
1 23 (2.76%) Firewall
2 22 (2.64%) DNS
3 17 (2.04%) Network Security
4 16 (1.92%) VPN
5 7 (0.84%) DHCP
6 4 (0.48%) SAN
7 3 (0.36%) Wi-Fi
8 2 (0.24%) 4G
8 2 (0.24%) Cisco IOS
8 2 (0.24%) Internet
8 2 (0.24%) NAS
8 2 (0.24%) SSH
8 2 (0.24%) SSL
8 2 (0.24%) VLAN
8 2 (0.24%) WAN
8 2 (0.24%) X.509
9 1 (0.12%) Cisco ASA
9 1 (0.12%) MQTT
9 1 (0.12%) Reverse Proxy
9 1 (0.12%) SMTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 101 (12.11%) Power BI
2 58 (6.95%) Data Lake
3 55 (6.59%) Data Warehouse
4 53 (6.35%) SQL Server
5 36 (4.32%) Azure SQL Database
6 28 (3.36%) Delta Lake
6 28 (3.36%) PostgreSQL
7 25 (3.00%) NoSQL
8 23 (2.76%) Metadata
9 18 (2.16%) Snowflake Schema
10 16 (1.92%) Big Data
11 14 (1.68%) Star Schema
12 13 (1.56%) Relational Database
13 12 (1.44%) Spark SQL
14 11 (1.32%) SQL Server Integration Services
15 10 (1.20%) Redis
16 9 (1.08%) Amazon Redshift
17 8 (0.96%) BigQuery
17 8 (0.96%) Data Vault
18 7 (0.84%) Oracle Database
Development Applications
1 145 (17.39%) Git
2 141 (16.91%) JIRA
3 109 (13.07%) Jenkins
4 87 (10.43%) GitLab
5 46 (5.52%) Selenium
6 23 (2.76%) SonarQube
7 16 (1.92%) Cypress.io
8 15 (1.80%) Visual Studio
9 14 (1.68%) Postman
10 11 (1.32%) Cucumber
10 11 (1.32%) REST Assured
11 10 (1.20%) Maven
11 10 (1.20%) TestRail
12 9 (1.08%) JUnit
12 9 (1.08%) Snyk
12 9 (1.08%) WebDriver
13 8 (0.96%) Gradle
13 8 (0.96%) JMeter
14 7 (0.84%) Bitbucket
14 7 (0.84%) SpecFlow
General
1 227 (27.22%) Finance
2 226 (27.10%) Social Skills
3 81 (9.71%) Analytical Skills
4 73 (8.75%) Public Sector
5 68 (8.15%) Banking
6 28 (3.36%) Retail
7 24 (2.88%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 18 (2.16%) Influencing Skills
9 17 (2.04%) Marketing
10 15 (1.80%) Investment Banking
11 14 (1.68%) Documentation Skills
12 13 (1.56%) Legal
13 9 (1.08%) Local Government
14 8 (0.96%) Law
14 8 (0.96%) Pharmaceutical
15 7 (0.84%) Manufacturing
15 7 (0.84%) Presentation Skills
16 6 (0.72%) Organisational Skills
17 5 (0.60%) Back Office
18 4 (0.48%) Front Office
Job Titles
1 148 (17.75%) DevOps Engineer
2 143 (17.15%) Azure Engineer
3 140 (16.79%) Senior
4 118 (14.15%) Developer
5 89 (10.67%) Azure DevOps Engineer
6 80 (9.59%) Data Engineer
7 72 (8.63%) Architect
8 71 (8.51%) Analyst
9 64 (7.67%) Lead
10 41 (4.92%) Business Analyst
11 40 (4.80%) Consultant
12 29 (3.48%) Cloud Engineer
12 29 (3.48%) Platform Engineer
12 29 (3.48%) Project Manager
13 24 (2.88%) Senior DevOps
14 23 (2.76%) Senior DevOps Engineer
14 23 (2.76%) Test Analyst
15 22 (2.64%) Databricks Engineer
15 22 (2.64%) Senior Data Engineer
16 21 (2.52%) Azure Data Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 251 (30.10%) Terraform
2 118 (14.15%) REST
3 114 (13.67%) .NET
4 61 (7.31%) PySpark
5 58 (6.95%) ADO
6 44 (5.28%) Kafka
7 42 (5.04%) React
8 40 (4.80%) JSON
9 35 (4.20%) YAML
10 34 (4.08%) RESTful
11 29 (3.48%) Playwright
12 28 (3.36%) Middleware
12 28 (3.36%) XML
13 24 (2.88%) .NET Framework
13 24 (2.88%) ARM Templates
13 24 (2.88%) OAuth
14 23 (2.76%) .NET Core
15 22 (2.64%) HTML
16 20 (2.40%) AngularJS
16 20 (2.40%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 99 (11.87%) Cloud Native
2 51 (6.12%) Product Ownership
3 30 (3.60%) Distributed Systems
4 28 (3.36%) Legacy Systems
5 26 (3.12%) Enterprise Software
6 24 (2.88%) Onboarding
7 21 (2.52%) AI Agents
8 18 (2.16%) Hybrid Cloud
9 16 (1.92%) Greenfield Project
9 16 (1.92%) Management Information System
10 14 (1.68%) Reinsurance
10 14 (1.68%) Self-Motivation
11 12 (1.44%) Low-Code
12 11 (1.32%) Enterprise Cloud
13 9 (1.08%) Data Structures
13 9 (1.08%) Public Cloud
14 8 (0.96%) Data Centre
14 8 (0.96%) Linux Command Line
15 7 (0.84%) Replication
16 6 (0.72%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 43 (5.16%) Windows
2 31 (3.72%) Linux
3 14 (1.68%) Windows Server
4 13 (1.56%) VMS
5 7 (0.84%) Unix
6 6 (0.72%) Windows Server 2016
7 4 (0.48%) Android
7 4 (0.48%) Apple iOS
7 4 (0.48%) Windows Server 2019
8 1 (0.12%) Amazon Linux
8 1 (0.12%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 1 (0.12%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 834 (100.00%) DevOps
2 466 (55.88%) CI/CD
3 335 (40.17%) Agile
4 217 (26.02%) Infrastructure as Code
5 157 (18.82%) Test Automation
6 155 (18.59%) Stakeholder Management
7 142 (17.03%) Analytics
8 137 (16.43%) Problem-Solving
9 126 (15.11%) Migration
10 120 (14.39%) AI
11 115 (13.79%) Containerisation
12 109 (13.07%) Business Intelligence
13 107 (12.83%) Continuous Improvement
14 103 (12.35%) Data Modelling
15 100 (11.99%) Scrum
16 94 (11.27%) Microservices
17 93 (11.15%) Stakeholder Engagement
18 88 (10.55%) User Acceptance Testing
19 87 (10.43%) ETL
19 87 (10.43%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 244 (29.26%) SQL
2 243 (29.14%) Python
3 140 (16.79%) C#
4 104 (12.47%) PowerShell
5 85 (10.19%) Bicep
6 82 (9.83%) JavaScript
7 70 (8.39%) Bash
8 66 (7.91%) TypeScript
9 62 (7.43%) Java
10 16 (1.92%) Data Analysis Expressions
11 11 (1.32%) Apex Code
12 9 (1.08%) T-SQL
13 5 (0.60%) Go
13 5 (0.60%) Kusto Query Language
14 4 (0.48%) ABAP
14 4 (0.48%) C
14 4 (0.48%) PL/SQL
14 4 (0.48%) Shell Script
14 4 (0.48%) VB.NET
15 3 (0.36%) X++
Qualifications
1 207 (24.82%) Security Cleared
2 180 (21.58%) SC Cleared
3 66 (7.91%) Azure Certification
4 52 (6.24%) Degree
5 27 (3.24%) Computer Science Degree
6 25 (3.00%) Microsoft Certification
7 24 (2.88%) DV Cleared
8 16 (1.92%) ISTQB
9 13 (1.56%) AWS Certification
9 13 (1.56%) PMI Certification
10 10 (1.20%) DBS Check
10 10 (1.20%) PMP
11 7 (0.84%) BPSS Clearance
11 7 (0.84%) Master's Degree
11 7 (0.84%) PRINCE2 Certification
12 5 (0.60%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
12 5 (0.60%) ISEB
12 5 (0.60%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
13 4 (0.48%) Cisco Certification
13 4 (0.48%) CISSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 105 (12.59%) QA
2 68 (8.15%) Data Quality
3 27 (3.24%) GDPR
4 20 (2.40%) Accessibility
5 19 (2.28%) NIST
6 14 (1.68%) PMO
7 11 (1.32%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 8 (0.96%) ISO 20022
9 7 (0.84%) Sarbanes-Oxley
9 7 (0.84%) SLA
9 7 (0.84%) WCAG
10 6 (0.72%) SEPA
11 4 (0.48%) PSD2
12 3 (0.36%) Cyber Essentials
12 3 (0.36%) GRC
13 2 (0.24%) Actionable Recommendations
13 2 (0.24%) Government Security Classifications
14 1 (0.12%) IFRS
14 1 (0.12%) IFRS 9
14 1 (0.12%) ITGC
System Software
1 133 (15.95%) Docker
2 36 (4.32%) Active Directory
3 13 (1.56%) VMware Infrastructure
4 10 (1.20%) Virtual Machines
5 8 (0.96%) Virtual Desktop
6 5 (0.60%) Hyper-V
7 4 (0.48%) vSphere
8 2 (0.24%) Microsoft App-V
8 2 (0.24%) OpenSSH
9 1 (0.12%) Virtual Servers
9 1 (0.12%) VMware ESXi
9 1 (0.12%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 164 (19.66%) Kubernetes
2 49 (5.88%) Ansible
3 26 (3.12%) Grafana
4 24 (2.88%) Prometheus
5 12 (1.44%) Microsoft Intune
6 9 (1.08%) Packer
7 8 (0.96%) SCCM
8 7 (0.84%) Argo
8 7 (0.84%) HP ALM
9 6 (0.72%) Progress Chef
9 6 (0.72%) Puppet
10 4 (0.48%) Single Sign-On
11 3 (0.36%) HP Fortify
11 3 (0.36%) Kibana
12 2 (0.24%) Active Directory Federation Services
12 2 (0.24%) Docker Swarm
12 2 (0.24%) Nagios
13 1 (0.12%) Microsoft Clustering
13 1 (0.12%) PowerCLI
13 1 (0.12%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 297 (35.61%) Microsoft
2 93 (11.15%) Databricks
3 37 (4.44%) Salesforce
4 26 (3.12%) Oracle
4 26 (3.12%) SAP
5 22 (2.64%) ServiceNow
6 21 (2.52%) VMware
7 18 (2.16%) Google
7 18 (2.16%) OpenAI
8 17 (2.04%) Splunk
9 15 (1.80%) Foundry
10 13 (1.56%) UiPath
11 12 (1.44%) Dynatrace
12 9 (1.08%) IBM
12 9 (1.08%) Workday
13 8 (0.96%) Cloudera
13 8 (0.96%) HP
14 7 (0.84%) Informatica
14 7 (0.84%) Okta
15 6 (0.72%) Guidewire