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

6 months to
27 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 60 79 58
Rank change year-on-year +19 -21 +19
Contract jobs citing Azure DevOps 755 432 666
As % of all contract jobs in London 3.94% 3.39% 3.79%
As % of the Cloud Services category 9.38% 7.89% 9.58%
Number of daily rates quoted 539 304 425
10th Percentile £380 £350 £402
25th Percentile £425 £419 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% - -6.21%
75th Percentile £625 £638 £600
90th Percentile £725 £750 £675
England median daily rate £500 £513 £525
% change year-on-year -2.44% -2.38% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 1 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £55.00 £86.25 -
Median hourly rate £62.50 £87.50 -
Median % change year-on-year -28.57% - -
75th Percentile £73.56 £88.75 -
90th Percentile £75.48 - -
England median hourly rate £74.75 £59.50 £65.50
% change year-on-year +25.63% -9.16% -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 8,045 5,478 6,955
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 41.98% 43.02% 39.56%
Number of daily rates quoted 5,527 3,713 5,110
10th Percentile £360 £350 £350
25th Percentile £437 £425 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £540 £550
Median % change year-on-year -2.78% -1.82% -4.35%
75th Percentile £638 £663 £675
90th Percentile £750 £788 £788
England median daily rate £518 £515 £525
% change year-on-year +0.49% -1.90% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 97 73 67
10th Percentile £21.68 £22.60 £19.11
25th Percentile £27.00 £24.66 £22.04
Median hourly rate £35.50 £32.00 £26.97
Median % change year-on-year +10.94% +18.65% -47.38%
75th Percentile £55.75 £48.75 £38.75
90th Percentile £77.47 £67.50 £56.00
England median hourly rate £42.59 £25.15 £22.00
% change year-on-year +69.35% +14.32% -31.89%

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 27 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 27 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 27 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 -19 69 £525 -3.23% 26
South London 0 10 £513 -2.38% 1
West London -18 6 £375 -31.51% 3
East London 0 3 £604 +3.16% 5
North London +2 2 £600 +36.36%
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 46 (6.09%) SharePoint
2 36 (4.77%) Confluence
3 32 (4.24%) Apache Spark
4 24 (3.18%) Apache
5 21 (2.78%) Apache Airflow
6 10 (1.32%) Microsoft Exchange
7 4 (0.53%) CMS
7 4 (0.53%) HCL Notes
7 4 (0.53%) Mendix
8 3 (0.40%) Kentico
9 2 (0.26%) Palantir Foundry
10 1 (0.13%) Apache Pulsar
10 1 (0.13%) IBM HTTP Server
10 1 (0.13%) SAS
Applications
1 27 (3.58%) Microsoft Project
2 10 (1.32%) Microsoft Excel
2 10 (1.32%) MS Visio
3 4 (0.53%) Microsoft Office
3 4 (0.53%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 4 (0.53%) Notion
4 2 (0.26%) Chatbot
4 2 (0.26%) CPLEX
Business Applications
1 32 (4.24%) Dynamics CRM
2 7 (0.93%) Dynamics AX
2 7 (0.93%) SAP S/4HANA
3 3 (0.40%) Endur
3 3 (0.40%) Findur
3 3 (0.40%) Maximo
3 3 (0.40%) SAP BPC
3 3 (0.40%) SAP MM
3 3 (0.40%) SAP Oil and Gas
4 2 (0.26%) Aladdin
4 2 (0.26%) Salesforce CRM
5 1 (0.13%) Loan IQ
5 1 (0.13%) NEC Housing
5 1 (0.13%) Oracle General Ledger
5 1 (0.13%) Oracle Payables
5 1 (0.13%) Oracle Receivables
5 1 (0.13%) SAP CS
5 1 (0.13%) SAP GTS
5 1 (0.13%) SAP LE
5 1 (0.13%) SAP MDG
Cloud Services
1 755 (100.00%) Azure
2 226 (29.93%) GitHub
3 140 (18.54%) GitHub Actions
4 122 (16.16%) Power Platform
5 118 (15.63%) AWS
6 87 (11.52%) Azure Data Factory
7 71 (9.40%) Azure AKS
8 63 (8.34%) Power Automate
9 61 (8.08%) Azure Monitor
9 61 (8.08%) Entra ID
10 58 (7.68%) Dynamics 365
11 55 (7.28%) Serverless
12 53 (7.02%) Azure Synapse Analytics
13 44 (5.83%) Azure Key Vault
13 44 (5.83%) Azure Logic Apps
14 41 (5.43%) PowerApps
15 39 (5.17%) Azure Service Bus
16 37 (4.90%) Snowflake
17 33 (4.37%) PaaS
18 32 (4.24%) Azure Functions
Communications & Networking
1 18 (2.38%) Firewall
2 11 (1.46%) Network Security
2 11 (1.46%) VPN
3 10 (1.32%) DNS
4 5 (0.66%) SD-WAN
4 5 (0.66%) WAN
5 4 (0.53%) Internet
6 2 (0.26%) NAS
6 2 (0.26%) Remote Desktop
6 2 (0.26%) SAN
6 2 (0.26%) SSH
6 2 (0.26%) TCP/IP
6 2 (0.26%) X.509
7 1 (0.13%) 4G
7 1 (0.13%) Cisco ASA
7 1 (0.13%) Cisco Firepower
7 1 (0.13%) Cisco IOS
7 1 (0.13%) FTP
7 1 (0.13%) VSAN
7 1 (0.13%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 74 (9.80%) Power BI
2 66 (8.74%) SQL Server
3 65 (8.61%) Data Lake
4 48 (6.36%) Delta Lake
5 46 (6.09%) Azure SQL Database
6 37 (4.90%) Data Warehouse
7 32 (4.24%) NoSQL
8 19 (2.52%) Snowflake Schema
9 17 (2.25%) PostgreSQL
10 16 (2.12%) Relational Database
11 14 (1.85%) Big Data
12 13 (1.72%) Redis
12 13 (1.72%) Spark SQL
13 12 (1.59%) Metadata
14 10 (1.32%) MongoDB
15 9 (1.19%) Amazon Redshift
15 9 (1.19%) Oracle Database
15 9 (1.19%) SQL Server Integration Services
16 8 (1.06%) Data Vault
17 6 (0.79%) BigQuery
Development Applications
1 151 (20.00%) JIRA
2 130 (17.22%) Git
3 67 (8.87%) Jenkins
4 53 (7.02%) GitLab
5 26 (3.44%) Selenium
6 14 (1.85%) SonarQube
7 13 (1.72%) REST Assured
8 11 (1.46%) Postman
9 10 (1.32%) Cucumber
10 9 (1.19%) Cypress.io
10 9 (1.19%) Visual Studio
11 8 (1.06%) JUnit
11 8 (1.06%) SpecFlow
11 8 (1.06%) Team Foundation Server
12 7 (0.93%) TestRail
13 6 (0.79%) Bitbucket
13 6 (0.79%) Gradle
13 6 (0.79%) MLflow
13 6 (0.79%) Snyk
13 6 (0.79%) WebDriver
General
1 217 (28.74%) Finance
2 189 (25.03%) Social Skills
3 71 (9.40%) Analytical Skills
4 64 (8.48%) Public Sector
5 52 (6.89%) Banking
6 16 (2.12%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 12 (1.59%) Documentation Skills
7 12 (1.59%) Investment Banking
7 12 (1.59%) Retail
8 10 (1.32%) Front Office
8 10 (1.32%) Organisational Skills
9 9 (1.19%) Legal
9 9 (1.19%) Marketing
10 7 (0.93%) Influencing Skills
11 6 (0.79%) Back Office
11 6 (0.79%) Financial Institution
11 6 (0.79%) Law
12 5 (0.66%) Local Government
12 5 (0.66%) Presentation Skills
13 4 (0.53%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 123 (16.29%) Azure Engineer
2 120 (15.89%) Developer
3 113 (14.97%) Senior
4 100 (13.25%) Data Engineer
5 97 (12.85%) DevOps Engineer
6 59 (7.81%) Azure DevOps Engineer
7 58 (7.68%) Architect
8 53 (7.02%) Analyst
8 53 (7.02%) Lead
9 38 (5.03%) Platform Engineer
10 29 (3.84%) Business Analyst
11 28 (3.71%) Cloud Engineer
12 24 (3.18%) Consultant
13 23 (3.05%) IT Support
13 23 (3.05%) Solutions Architect
13 23 (3.05%) Tester
14 22 (2.91%) Cloud Platform Engineer
15 21 (2.78%) Azure Data Engineer
15 21 (2.78%) Senior Data Engineer
15 21 (2.78%) Senior DevOps
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 99 (13.11%) .NET
2 72 (9.54%) REST
3 56 (7.42%) PySpark
4 44 (5.83%) React
5 38 (5.03%) ADO
6 36 (4.77%) JSON
7 33 (4.37%) Kafka
8 29 (3.84%) YAML
9 26 (3.44%) AngularJS
10 25 (3.31%) .NET Framework
10 25 (3.31%) HTML
11 24 (3.18%) Playwright
11 24 (3.18%) RESTful
12 22 (2.91%) ARM Templates
13 21 (2.78%) CSS
13 21 (2.78%) Middleware
13 21 (2.78%) OAuth
14 19 (2.52%) Node.js
15 18 (2.38%) .NET Core
16 17 (2.25%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 97 (12.85%) Cloud Native
2 34 (4.50%) Legacy Systems
3 30 (3.97%) Distributed Systems
4 29 (3.84%) Product Ownership
5 26 (3.44%) Reinsurance
6 17 (2.25%) Greenfield Project
7 16 (2.12%) Onboarding
8 12 (1.59%) Self-Motivation
9 11 (1.46%) Management Information System
10 10 (1.32%) Hybrid Cloud
11 9 (1.19%) AI Agents
11 9 (1.19%) Enterprise Software
11 9 (1.19%) Low-Code
11 9 (1.19%) Public Cloud
11 9 (1.19%) Replication
12 8 (1.06%) Data Structures
13 6 (0.79%) Distributed Architecture
13 6 (0.79%) Enterprise Cloud
13 6 (0.79%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
14 5 (0.66%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 40 (5.30%) Windows
2 18 (2.38%) Linux
3 10 (1.32%) VMS
4 7 (0.93%) Unix
4 7 (0.93%) Windows Server
5 2 (0.26%) Windows Server 2016
5 2 (0.26%) Windows Server 2019
6 1 (0.13%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 1 (0.13%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 750 (99.34%) DevOps
2 421 (55.76%) CI/CD
3 281 (37.22%) Agile
4 197 (26.09%) Infrastructure as Code
5 134 (17.75%) Analytics
6 122 (16.16%) Migration
6 122 (16.16%) Test Automation
7 119 (15.76%) Problem-Solving
8 102 (13.51%) Continuous Improvement
8 102 (13.51%) Data Modelling
9 100 (13.25%) Scrum
10 98 (12.98%) Data Pipeline
11 93 (12.32%) Containerisation
12 92 (12.19%) Platform Engineering
13 91 (12.05%) Stakeholder Management
14 90 (11.92%) AI
14 90 (11.92%) ETL
15 82 (10.86%) Business Intelligence
16 78 (10.33%) Data Engineering
17 77 (10.20%) Microservices
Programming Languages
1 262 (34.70%) SQL
2 225 (29.80%) Python
3 139 (18.41%) C#
4 79 (10.46%) PowerShell
5 70 (9.27%) Bicep
6 61 (8.08%) JavaScript
6 61 (8.08%) TypeScript
7 56 (7.42%) Bash
8 42 (5.56%) Java
9 19 (2.52%) Scala
10 12 (1.59%) T-SQL
11 9 (1.19%) Apex Code
12 8 (1.06%) Data Analysis Expressions
13 7 (0.93%) Kusto Query Language
14 6 (0.79%) Shell Script
15 4 (0.53%) Formula Language
15 4 (0.53%) Go
15 4 (0.53%) LotusScript
16 3 (0.40%) C
17 2 (0.26%) R
Qualifications
1 191 (25.30%) Security Cleared
2 172 (22.78%) SC Cleared
3 60 (7.95%) Azure Certification
4 40 (5.30%) Degree
5 20 (2.65%) Computer Science Degree
6 19 (2.52%) Microsoft Certification
7 13 (1.72%) ISTQB
8 11 (1.46%) BPSS Clearance
8 11 (1.46%) DV Cleared
9 9 (1.19%) AWS Certification
9 9 (1.19%) DBS Check
10 7 (0.93%) PMI Certification
11 6 (0.79%) PMP
12 5 (0.66%) Cisco Certification
12 5 (0.66%) Master's Degree
13 3 (0.40%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
13 3 (0.40%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
13 3 (0.40%) CCNA
13 3 (0.40%) CISSP
13 3 (0.40%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 87 (11.52%) QA
2 69 (9.14%) Data Quality
3 20 (2.65%) GDPR
4 16 (2.12%) Accessibility
5 14 (1.85%) NIST
6 9 (1.19%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 9 (1.19%) PMO
7 8 (1.06%) Sarbanes-Oxley
8 7 (0.93%) SLA
9 6 (0.79%) WCAG
10 3 (0.40%) Cyber Essentials
10 3 (0.40%) PCI DSS
11 2 (0.26%) FedRAMP
11 2 (0.26%) HIPAA
11 2 (0.26%) HMG Security Policy Framework
11 2 (0.26%) NCSC
11 2 (0.26%) PSD2
11 2 (0.26%) SEPA
12 1 (0.13%) Government Security Classifications
12 1 (0.13%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
System Software
1 109 (14.44%) Docker
2 39 (5.17%) Active Directory
3 9 (1.19%) VMware Infrastructure
4 8 (1.06%) Virtual Desktop
5 5 (0.66%) Virtual Machines
6 2 (0.26%) Hyper-V
6 2 (0.26%) Microsoft App-V
6 2 (0.26%) OpenSSH
7 1 (0.13%) HDFS
7 1 (0.13%) VMware ESXi
7 1 (0.13%) VMware NSX
7 1 (0.13%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 221 (29.27%) Terraform
2 128 (16.95%) Kubernetes
3 37 (4.90%) Ansible
4 20 (2.65%) Grafana
5 17 (2.25%) Prometheus
6 8 (1.06%) Packer
7 7 (0.93%) HP ALM
8 6 (0.79%) Microsoft Intune
9 5 (0.66%) Progress Chef
9 5 (0.66%) Puppet
9 5 (0.66%) Single Sign-On
10 3 (0.40%) Argo
11 2 (0.26%) HP Fortify
11 2 (0.26%) SCCM
12 1 (0.13%) Docker Swarm
12 1 (0.13%) FortiGate
12 1 (0.13%) Istio
12 1 (0.13%) PowerCLI
12 1 (0.13%) RSA Archer
12 1 (0.13%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 222 (29.40%) Microsoft
2 103 (13.64%) Databricks
3 37 (4.90%) Oracle
4 35 (4.64%) Salesforce
5 28 (3.71%) ServiceNow
6 23 (3.05%) SAP
7 19 (2.52%) Informatica
8 17 (2.25%) OpenAI
9 15 (1.99%) VMware
10 10 (1.32%) Bloomberg
10 10 (1.32%) Foundry
11 8 (1.06%) Refinitiv
12 7 (0.93%) HP
12 7 (0.93%) Splunk
13 6 (0.79%) Dynatrace
14 5 (0.66%) ION Trading
14 5 (0.66%) OpenLink
15 4 (0.53%) Google
15 4 (0.53%) InterSystems
15 4 (0.53%) Kofax