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 4 June 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
4 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 60 76 56
Rank change year-on-year +16 -20 +21
Contract jobs citing Azure DevOps 725 413 671
As % of all contract jobs in London 3.94% 3.42% 3.85%
As % of the Cloud Services category 9.33% 7.94% 9.88%
Number of daily rates quoted 524 289 427
10th Percentile £375 £359 £406
25th Percentile £416 £431 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% - -7.08%
75th Percentile £613 £638 £613
90th Percentile £725 £750 £688
England median daily rate £500 £519 £525
% change year-on-year -3.57% -1.24% -4.55%
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 £74.75 £31.50 £65.50
% change year-on-year +137.30% -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 7,774 5,204 6,789
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 42.28% 43.09% 38.97%
Number of daily rates quoted 5,369 3,525 4,995
10th Percentile £350 £356 £350
25th Percentile £425 £425 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £542 £550
Median % change year-on-year -3.06% -1.53% -6.38%
75th Percentile £638 £671 £675
90th Percentile £750 £788 £780
England median daily rate £513 £520 £525
% change year-on-year -1.39% -1.00% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 90 61 70
10th Percentile £20.88 £22.27 £17.63
25th Percentile £26.64 £24.66 £22.00
Median hourly rate £35.50 £29.07 £26.12
Median % change year-on-year +22.12% +11.29% -50.25%
75th Percentile £55.94 £43.75 £38.75
90th Percentile £75.17 £67.50 £58.00
England median hourly rate £39.50 £25.26 £21.37
% change year-on-year +56.40% +18.18% -38.94%

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 4 June 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 4 June 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 4 June 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 -3 72 £525 - 37
South London -7 8 £513 -2.38% 1
West London -20 6 £375 -27.88% 3
East London -6 2 £604 +3.16% 1
North London -1 1 £650 +47.73% 1
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 48 (6.62%) SharePoint
2 34 (4.69%) Apache Spark
3 31 (4.28%) Confluence
4 24 (3.31%) Apache
5 21 (2.90%) Apache Airflow
6 10 (1.38%) Microsoft Exchange
7 8 (1.10%) HCL Notes
7 8 (1.10%) Mendix
8 4 (0.55%) CMS
9 3 (0.41%) Kentico
10 2 (0.28%) Palantir Foundry
11 1 (0.14%) IBM HTTP Server
11 1 (0.14%) SAS
Applications
1 24 (3.31%) Microsoft Project
2 9 (1.24%) MS Visio
3 7 (0.97%) Microsoft Excel
4 4 (0.55%) Notion
5 3 (0.41%) Microsoft Office
6 2 (0.28%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 32 (4.41%) Dynamics CRM
2 7 (0.97%) Dynamics AX
3 6 (0.83%) SAP S/4HANA
4 3 (0.41%) Findur
4 3 (0.41%) SAP BPC
4 3 (0.41%) SAP MM
4 3 (0.41%) SAP Oil and Gas
5 2 (0.28%) Aladdin
5 2 (0.28%) Endur
6 1 (0.14%) Loan IQ
6 1 (0.14%) Maximo
6 1 (0.14%) NEC Housing
6 1 (0.14%) Oracle Financials
6 1 (0.14%) Salesforce CRM
6 1 (0.14%) SAP CS
6 1 (0.14%) SAP GTS
6 1 (0.14%) SAP LE
6 1 (0.14%) SAP MDG
6 1 (0.14%) SAP SD
6 1 (0.14%) SDL Web 8
Cloud Services
1 725 (100.00%) Azure
2 216 (29.79%) GitHub
3 128 (17.66%) GitHub Actions
4 125 (17.24%) Power Platform
5 111 (15.31%) AWS
6 89 (12.28%) Azure Data Factory
7 67 (9.24%) Azure AKS
8 64 (8.83%) Power Automate
9 59 (8.14%) Entra ID
10 58 (8.00%) Azure Synapse Analytics
10 58 (8.00%) Dynamics 365
11 57 (7.86%) Azure Monitor
12 55 (7.59%) Serverless
13 50 (6.90%) Azure Logic Apps
14 42 (5.79%) Azure Key Vault
15 41 (5.66%) Azure Service Bus
16 40 (5.52%) Snowflake
17 37 (5.10%) PowerApps
18 36 (4.97%) GCP
18 36 (4.97%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 18 (2.48%) Firewall
2 9 (1.24%) Network Security
2 9 (1.24%) VPN
3 8 (1.10%) DNS
4 5 (0.69%) SD-WAN
4 5 (0.69%) WAN
5 4 (0.55%) Internet
6 2 (0.28%) FTP
6 2 (0.28%) NAS
6 2 (0.28%) Remote Desktop
6 2 (0.28%) SAN
6 2 (0.28%) SSH
6 2 (0.28%) TCP/IP
6 2 (0.28%) X.509
7 1 (0.14%) Cisco ASA
7 1 (0.14%) Cisco Firepower
7 1 (0.14%) IPsec
7 1 (0.14%) VSAN
7 1 (0.14%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 76 (10.48%) SQL Server
2 73 (10.07%) Power BI
3 67 (9.24%) Data Lake
4 51 (7.03%) Delta Lake
5 46 (6.34%) Azure SQL Database
6 40 (5.52%) Data Warehouse
7 30 (4.14%) NoSQL
8 19 (2.62%) PostgreSQL
8 19 (2.62%) Snowflake Schema
9 16 (2.21%) Spark SQL
10 13 (1.79%) Big Data
10 13 (1.79%) Oracle Database
11 12 (1.66%) Redis
11 12 (1.66%) Relational Database
12 11 (1.52%) Metadata
12 11 (1.52%) SQL Server Integration Services
13 10 (1.38%) Amazon Redshift
14 9 (1.24%) Data Vault
14 9 (1.24%) MongoDB
15 7 (0.97%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 131 (18.07%) JIRA
2 116 (16.00%) Git
3 56 (7.72%) Jenkins
4 42 (5.79%) GitLab
5 24 (3.31%) Selenium
6 13 (1.79%) Postman
7 11 (1.52%) Cypress.io
7 11 (1.52%) REST Assured
7 11 (1.52%) SonarQube
8 8 (1.10%) Team Foundation Server
9 7 (0.97%) SpecFlow
9 7 (0.97%) TestRail
10 6 (0.83%) Artifactory
10 6 (0.83%) Cucumber
10 6 (0.83%) MLflow
10 6 (0.83%) Zephyr
11 5 (0.69%) JMeter
11 5 (0.69%) Visual Studio
12 4 (0.55%) JUnit
12 4 (0.55%) TeamCity
General
1 200 (27.59%) Finance
2 174 (24.00%) Social Skills
3 67 (9.24%) Analytical Skills
4 60 (8.28%) Public Sector
5 44 (6.07%) Banking
6 15 (2.07%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 12 (1.66%) Front Office
7 12 (1.66%) Investment Banking
8 11 (1.52%) Retail
9 10 (1.38%) Financial Institution
10 9 (1.24%) Documentation Skills
10 9 (1.24%) Legal
10 9 (1.24%) Organisational Skills
11 7 (0.97%) Marketing
11 7 (0.97%) Presentation Skills
12 6 (0.83%) Influencing Skills
13 4 (0.55%) Pharmaceutical
14 3 (0.41%) Back Office
14 3 (0.41%) Local Government
15 2 (0.28%) Spanish Language
Job Titles
1 116 (16.00%) Developer
2 113 (15.59%) Azure Engineer
2 113 (15.59%) Senior
3 101 (13.93%) Data Engineer
4 84 (11.59%) DevOps Engineer
5 55 (7.59%) Architect
5 55 (7.59%) Lead
6 54 (7.45%) Azure DevOps Engineer
7 49 (6.76%) Analyst
8 30 (4.14%) Platform Engineer
9 27 (3.72%) Cloud Engineer
10 24 (3.31%) Consultant
11 23 (3.17%) Business Analyst
11 23 (3.17%) IT Support
11 23 (3.17%) Senior Data Engineer
12 22 (3.03%) Azure Architect
13 21 (2.90%) Senior Developer
14 20 (2.76%) Test Analyst
14 20 (2.76%) Tester
15 19 (2.62%) Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 105 (14.48%) .NET
2 59 (8.14%) PySpark
3 58 (8.00%) REST
4 46 (6.34%) React
5 37 (5.10%) ADO
6 34 (4.69%) Kafka
7 32 (4.41%) JSON
8 29 (4.00%) YAML
9 27 (3.72%) ARM Templates
10 23 (3.17%) AngularJS
10 23 (3.17%) Playwright
11 22 (3.03%) .NET Framework
11 22 (3.03%) HTML
12 21 (2.90%) CSS
12 21 (2.90%) Node.js
12 21 (2.90%) RESTful
13 18 (2.48%) .NET Core
14 17 (2.34%) Middleware
14 17 (2.34%) OAuth
15 14 (1.93%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 84 (11.59%) Cloud Native
2 33 (4.55%) Legacy Systems
3 25 (3.45%) Reinsurance
4 24 (3.31%) Product Ownership
5 22 (3.03%) Distributed Systems
6 16 (2.21%) Greenfield Project
7 13 (1.79%) Low-Code
7 13 (1.79%) Onboarding
8 12 (1.66%) Replication
9 10 (1.38%) AI Agents
10 9 (1.24%) Self-Motivation
11 8 (1.10%) Data Structures
11 8 (1.10%) Hybrid Cloud
11 8 (1.10%) Public Cloud
12 7 (0.97%) Enterprise Software
12 7 (0.97%) Management Information System
13 6 (0.83%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
14 5 (0.69%) Data Centre
14 5 (0.69%) NHS
15 4 (0.55%) Enterprise Cloud
Operating Systems
1 41 (5.66%) Windows
2 22 (3.03%) Linux
3 11 (1.52%) VMS
4 6 (0.83%) Unix
4 6 (0.83%) Windows Server
5 2 (0.28%) Windows Server 2016
5 2 (0.28%) Windows Server 2019
6 1 (0.14%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 1 (0.14%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 719 (99.17%) DevOps
2 402 (55.45%) CI/CD
3 255 (35.17%) Agile
4 181 (24.97%) Infrastructure as Code
5 127 (17.52%) Analytics
6 123 (16.97%) Test Automation
7 121 (16.69%) Migration
8 114 (15.72%) Problem-Solving
9 102 (14.07%) Data Modelling
10 101 (13.93%) Data Pipeline
11 93 (12.83%) Continuous Improvement
12 91 (12.55%) AI
13 90 (12.41%) ETL
14 89 (12.28%) Scrum
15 84 (11.59%) Business Intelligence
16 81 (11.17%) Data Engineering
16 81 (11.17%) Platform Engineering
17 80 (11.03%) Stakeholder Management
18 77 (10.62%) Containerisation
19 75 (10.34%) Observability
Programming Languages
1 270 (37.24%) SQL
2 214 (29.52%) Python
3 138 (19.03%) C#
4 79 (10.90%) PowerShell
5 65 (8.97%) Bicep
6 63 (8.69%) JavaScript
7 55 (7.59%) TypeScript
8 48 (6.62%) Java
9 47 (6.48%) Bash
10 20 (2.76%) Scala
11 14 (1.93%) T-SQL
12 9 (1.24%) Data Analysis Expressions
13 8 (1.10%) Formula Language
13 8 (1.10%) LotusScript
14 6 (0.83%) Kusto Query Language
14 6 (0.83%) PL/SQL
14 6 (0.83%) Shell Script
15 5 (0.69%) Apex Code
16 4 (0.55%) C
17 3 (0.41%) Go
Qualifications
1 183 (25.24%) Security Cleared
2 163 (22.48%) SC Cleared
3 62 (8.55%) Azure Certification
4 31 (4.28%) Degree
5 20 (2.76%) Microsoft Certification
6 17 (2.34%) BPSS Clearance
7 15 (2.07%) Computer Science Degree
8 14 (1.93%) ISTQB
9 10 (1.38%) DBS Check
10 7 (0.97%) DV Cleared
10 7 (0.97%) PMI Certification
10 7 (0.97%) PMP
11 4 (0.55%) AWS Certification
11 4 (0.55%) Master's Degree
12 3 (0.41%) Cisco Certification
12 3 (0.41%) TOGAF Certification
13 2 (0.28%) CCNA
13 2 (0.28%) ISEB
13 2 (0.28%) ITIL Certification
14 1 (0.14%) CCIE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 84 (11.59%) QA
2 70 (9.66%) Data Quality
3 18 (2.48%) GDPR
4 15 (2.07%) Accessibility
5 9 (1.24%) PMO
6 8 (1.10%) NIST
6 8 (1.10%) Sarbanes-Oxley
6 8 (1.10%) WCAG
7 7 (0.97%) SLA
8 5 (0.69%) ISO/IEC 27001
9 3 (0.41%) PCI DSS
10 2 (0.28%) Cyber Essentials
10 2 (0.28%) FedRAMP
10 2 (0.28%) HIPAA
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%) GRC
11 1 (0.14%) ITGC
System Software
1 99 (13.66%) Docker
2 40 (5.52%) Active Directory
3 8 (1.10%) Virtual Desktop
4 7 (0.97%) VMware Infrastructure
5 6 (0.83%) Virtual Machines
6 2 (0.28%) Hyper-V
6 2 (0.28%) Microsoft App-V
6 2 (0.28%) OpenSSH
7 1 (0.14%) HDFS
7 1 (0.14%) VMware ESXi
7 1 (0.14%) VMware NSX
7 1 (0.14%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 209 (28.83%) Terraform
2 121 (16.69%) Kubernetes
3 34 (4.69%) Ansible
4 16 (2.21%) Grafana
5 13 (1.79%) Prometheus
6 7 (0.97%) Packer
7 5 (0.69%) HP ALM
7 5 (0.69%) Microsoft Intune
7 5 (0.69%) Progress Chef
7 5 (0.69%) Puppet
8 3 (0.41%) Argo
8 3 (0.41%) Single Sign-On
9 2 (0.28%) Istio
9 2 (0.28%) SCCM
10 1 (0.14%) Active Directory Federation Services
10 1 (0.14%) FortiGate
10 1 (0.14%) PowerCLI
10 1 (0.14%) RSA Archer
10 1 (0.14%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 221 (30.48%) Microsoft
2 108 (14.90%) Databricks
3 48 (6.62%) Oracle
4 28 (3.86%) Salesforce
4 28 (3.86%) ServiceNow
5 20 (2.76%) Informatica
6 19 (2.62%) SAP
7 17 (2.34%) OpenAI
8 14 (1.93%) VMware
9 11 (1.52%) Foundry
10 10 (1.38%) Bloomberg
11 8 (1.10%) Kofax
11 8 (1.10%) Lotus
11 8 (1.10%) Refinitiv
12 5 (0.69%) HP
12 5 (0.69%) Splunk
13 4 (0.55%) Cloudera
13 4 (0.55%) Dynatrace
13 4 (0.55%) Hortonworks
13 4 (0.55%) Workday