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

6 months to
15 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 62 88 61
Rank change year-on-year +26 -27 +19
Contract jobs citing Azure DevOps 705 402 619
As % of all contract jobs in London 4.08% 3.17% 3.48%
As % of the Cloud Services category 9.42% 7.44% 9.28%
Number of daily rates quoted 502 290 404
10th Percentile £363 £387 £413
25th Percentile £415 £451 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £539 £550
Median % change year-on-year -7.19% -2.05% -
75th Percentile £600 £638 £638
90th Percentile £725 £750 £700
England median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 0 0
10th Percentile £47.58 - -
25th Percentile £49.94 - -
Median hourly rate £61.25 - -
75th Percentile £73.56 - -
90th Percentile £75.48 - -
England median hourly rate £46.00 £67.50 £65.50
% change year-on-year -31.85% +3.05% -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 7,488 5,406 6,669
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 43.31% 42.69% 37.49%
Number of daily rates quoted 5,156 3,750 4,893
10th Percentile £350 £356 £331
25th Percentile £425 £440 £441
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% - -6.38%
75th Percentile £638 £667 £675
90th Percentile £750 £776 £775
England median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 103 52 76
10th Percentile £18.64 £22.27 £17.39
25th Percentile £25.36 £24.66 £21.06
Median hourly rate £35.50 £29.07 £26.00
Median % change year-on-year +22.12% +11.81% -25.71%
75th Percentile £52.96 £54.13 £41.19
90th Percentile £72.50 £73.13 £61.25
England median hourly rate £43.61 £26.50 £20.77
% change year-on-year +64.57% +27.59% -24.47%

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 April 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 April 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 April 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 -7 74 £525 -3.45% 40
South London +4 17 £500 +1.01%
West London -22 6 £375 -21.05% 9
East London -6 2 £604 +12.28% 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 (6.10%) SharePoint
2 31 (4.40%) Confluence
3 28 (3.97%) Apache Spark
4 20 (2.84%) Apache
5 13 (1.84%) Apache Airflow
6 12 (1.70%) Microsoft Exchange
7 11 (1.56%) HCL Notes
8 10 (1.42%) Mendix
9 3 (0.43%) IIS
10 2 (0.28%) CMS
10 2 (0.28%) Sitecore CMS
11 1 (0.14%) Adobe Experience Manager
11 1 (0.14%) IBM HTTP Server
11 1 (0.14%) Palantir Foundry
11 1 (0.14%) SAS
Applications
1 21 (2.98%) Microsoft Project
2 11 (1.56%) MS Visio
3 6 (0.85%) Microsoft Excel
4 4 (0.57%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 1 (0.14%) Trello
Business Applications
1 35 (4.96%) Dynamics CRM
2 5 (0.71%) SAP S/4HANA
3 4 (0.57%) Aladdin
3 4 (0.57%) Dynamics AX
3 4 (0.57%) SAP BPC
4 3 (0.43%) Findur
4 3 (0.43%) SAP Oil and Gas
5 2 (0.28%) Endur
5 2 (0.28%) SAP MM
6 1 (0.14%) Loan IQ
6 1 (0.14%) Maximo
6 1 (0.14%) NEC Housing
6 1 (0.14%) NetSuite
6 1 (0.14%) Oracle Financials
6 1 (0.14%) Orchestrade
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 SD
Cloud Services
1 705 (100.00%) Azure
2 203 (28.79%) GitHub
3 128 (18.16%) Power Platform
4 122 (17.30%) GitHub Actions
5 96 (13.62%) Azure Data Factory
6 91 (12.91%) AWS
7 73 (10.35%) Azure Monitor
8 72 (10.21%) Azure AKS
9 71 (10.07%) Serverless
10 68 (9.65%) Entra ID
11 65 (9.22%) Dynamics 365
12 63 (8.94%) Azure Synapse Analytics
13 57 (8.09%) Power Automate
14 56 (7.94%) Azure Key Vault
14 56 (7.94%) Azure Logic Apps
15 52 (7.38%) Azure Service Bus
16 45 (6.38%) Azure Functions
17 40 (5.67%) Microsoft 365
17 40 (5.67%) PowerApps
18 33 (4.68%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 21 (2.98%) Firewall
2 12 (1.70%) Network Security
3 11 (1.56%) DNS
4 7 (0.99%) VPN
5 6 (0.85%) WAN
6 5 (0.71%) SD-WAN
7 3 (0.43%) FTP
7 3 (0.43%) Remote Desktop
8 2 (0.28%) HTTP
8 2 (0.28%) Internet
8 2 (0.28%) SSH
8 2 (0.28%) TCP/IP
8 2 (0.28%) X.509
9 1 (0.14%) Cisco ASA
9 1 (0.14%) Cisco Firepower
9 1 (0.14%) IPsec
9 1 (0.14%) LAN
9 1 (0.14%) MPLS
9 1 (0.14%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 78 (11.06%) SQL Server
2 68 (9.65%) Power BI
3 56 (7.94%) Data Lake
4 46 (6.52%) Azure SQL Database
5 45 (6.38%) Data Warehouse
5 45 (6.38%) Delta Lake
6 30 (4.26%) NoSQL
7 19 (2.70%) Oracle Database
8 16 (2.27%) PostgreSQL
9 15 (2.13%) Spark SQL
10 13 (1.84%) SQL Server Integration Services
11 12 (1.70%) MongoDB
11 12 (1.70%) Relational Database
11 12 (1.70%) Snowflake Schema
12 10 (1.42%) Big Data
12 10 (1.42%) Metadata
12 10 (1.42%) Redis
12 10 (1.42%) Tableau
13 9 (1.28%) DynamoDB
14 8 (1.13%) Amazon Redshift
Development Applications
1 135 (19.15%) JIRA
2 104 (14.75%) Git
3 63 (8.94%) Jenkins
4 33 (4.68%) GitLab
5 32 (4.54%) Selenium
6 17 (2.41%) Postman
7 15 (2.13%) Cypress.io
8 12 (1.70%) REST Assured
9 11 (1.56%) MLflow
9 11 (1.56%) SpecFlow
9 11 (1.56%) Team Foundation Server
9 11 (1.56%) TestRail
9 11 (1.56%) Zephyr
10 9 (1.28%) Cucumber
10 9 (1.28%) JUnit
10 9 (1.28%) SonarQube
11 7 (0.99%) JMeter
11 7 (0.99%) Visual Studio
12 6 (0.85%) Liquibase
12 6 (0.85%) Mockito
General
1 195 (27.66%) Finance
2 166 (23.55%) Social Skills
3 75 (10.64%) Analytical Skills
4 64 (9.08%) Public Sector
5 49 (6.95%) Banking
6 18 (2.55%) Financial Institution
7 16 (2.27%) Documentation Skills
7 16 (2.27%) Front Office
8 13 (1.84%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 12 (1.70%) Investment Banking
10 11 (1.56%) Retail
11 9 (1.28%) Influencing Skills
11 9 (1.28%) Organisational Skills
11 9 (1.28%) Presentation Skills
12 6 (0.85%) Legal
13 5 (0.71%) Marketing
14 3 (0.43%) Law
14 3 (0.43%) Local Government
14 3 (0.43%) Pharmaceutical
15 2 (0.28%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 138 (19.57%) Developer
2 107 (15.18%) Azure Engineer
3 100 (14.18%) Senior
4 87 (12.34%) Data Engineer
5 78 (11.06%) DevOps Engineer
6 57 (8.09%) Lead
7 51 (7.23%) Architect
8 50 (7.09%) Azure DevOps Engineer
9 45 (6.38%) Analyst
10 30 (4.26%) Platform Engineer
10 30 (4.26%) Tester
11 29 (4.11%) Azure Developer
12 26 (3.69%) Azure Architect
13 22 (3.12%) IT Support
14 21 (2.98%) Business Analyst
15 20 (2.84%) Test Analyst
16 19 (2.70%) Cloud Engineer
16 19 (2.70%) Support Engineer
16 19 (2.70%) Test Manager
17 18 (2.55%) Senior Data Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 121 (17.16%) .NET
2 57 (8.09%) PySpark
3 48 (6.81%) REST
4 47 (6.67%) React
5 45 (6.38%) Node.js
6 34 (4.82%) Kafka
7 30 (4.26%) Playwright
7 30 (4.26%) YAML
8 28 (3.97%) ADO
9 25 (3.55%) .NET Core
9 25 (3.55%) ARM Templates
10 24 (3.40%) .NET Framework
10 24 (3.40%) AngularJS
10 24 (3.40%) JSON
11 23 (3.26%) CSS
11 23 (3.26%) HTML
12 22 (3.12%) OAuth
13 21 (2.98%) RESTful
14 19 (2.70%) Web Services
15 17 (2.41%) Microsoft Graph
Miscellaneous
1 79 (11.21%) Cloud Native
2 38 (5.39%) Product Ownership
3 29 (4.11%) Legacy Systems
4 25 (3.55%) Distributed Systems
5 17 (2.41%) Enterprise Software
5 17 (2.41%) Reinsurance
6 16 (2.27%) AI Agents
6 16 (2.27%) Low-Code
7 10 (1.42%) Greenfield Project
7 10 (1.42%) Replication
8 9 (1.28%) Data Structures
8 9 (1.28%) Onboarding
9 8 (1.13%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
9 8 (1.13%) NHS
9 8 (1.13%) Self-Motivation
10 7 (0.99%) Public Cloud
11 6 (0.85%) Management Information System
12 5 (0.71%) Derivative
12 5 (0.71%) Enterprise Cloud
12 5 (0.71%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 39 (5.53%) Windows
2 21 (2.98%) Linux
3 9 (1.28%) VMS
4 6 (0.85%) Windows Server
5 4 (0.57%) Unix
6 1 (0.14%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 1 (0.14%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 698 (99.01%) DevOps
2 393 (55.74%) CI/CD
3 263 (37.30%) Agile
4 170 (24.11%) Infrastructure as Code
5 130 (18.44%) Analytics
6 122 (17.30%) Problem-Solving
6 122 (17.30%) Test Automation
7 102 (14.47%) AI
7 102 (14.47%) Continuous Improvement
7 102 (14.47%) Data Modelling
7 102 (14.47%) Migration
8 86 (12.20%) Microservices
9 85 (12.06%) Data Pipeline
10 83 (11.77%) Business Intelligence
11 81 (11.49%) Observability
12 80 (11.35%) Containerisation
13 79 (11.21%) Scrum
14 78 (11.06%) Stakeholder Management
15 71 (10.07%) Data Engineering
16 68 (9.65%) ETL
Programming Languages
1 270 (38.30%) SQL
2 215 (30.50%) Python
3 154 (21.84%) C#
4 82 (11.63%) JavaScript
5 68 (9.65%) PowerShell
6 64 (9.08%) Bicep
7 58 (8.23%) TypeScript
8 55 (7.80%) Java
9 42 (5.96%) Bash
10 25 (3.55%) Scala
11 18 (2.55%) T-SQL
12 13 (1.84%) Kusto Query Language
13 12 (1.70%) PL/SQL
14 11 (1.56%) Formula Language
14 11 (1.56%) LotusScript
15 6 (0.85%) Data Analysis Expressions
16 5 (0.71%) Go
17 4 (0.57%) C
17 4 (0.57%) Shell Script
18 3 (0.43%) Apex Code
Qualifications
1 176 (24.96%) Security Cleared
2 159 (22.55%) SC Cleared
3 65 (9.22%) Azure Certification
4 38 (5.39%) Degree
5 20 (2.84%) ISTQB
6 19 (2.70%) Computer Science Degree
7 17 (2.41%) BPSS Clearance
8 14 (1.99%) Microsoft Certification
9 6 (0.85%) Master's Degree
9 6 (0.85%) PMI Certification
9 6 (0.85%) PMP
10 5 (0.71%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
11 4 (0.57%) AWS Certification
11 4 (0.57%) DBS Check
12 3 (0.43%) DV Cleared
13 2 (0.28%) Cisco Certification
13 2 (0.28%) ISEB
13 2 (0.28%) MBA
14 1 (0.14%) CCIE
14 1 (0.14%) CCNP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 83 (11.77%) QA
2 66 (9.36%) Data Quality
3 15 (2.13%) GDPR
4 13 (1.84%) Accessibility
5 8 (1.13%) Sarbanes-Oxley
5 8 (1.13%) WCAG
6 7 (0.99%) PMO
7 6 (0.85%) NIST
8 4 (0.57%) NCSC
8 4 (0.57%) PCI DSS
8 4 (0.57%) SLA
9 3 (0.43%) HIPAA
9 3 (0.43%) HL7
9 3 (0.43%) HMG Security Policy Framework
9 3 (0.43%) ISO/IEC 27001
10 2 (0.28%) FedRAMP
10 2 (0.28%) Software Quality Assurance
11 1 (0.14%) EU AI Act
11 1 (0.14%) GRC
11 1 (0.14%) ITGC
System Software
1 112 (15.89%) Docker
2 44 (6.24%) Active Directory
3 7 (0.99%) Virtual Desktop
3 7 (0.99%) Virtual Machines
4 5 (0.71%) VMware Infrastructure
5 2 (0.28%) Hyper-V
5 2 (0.28%) OpenSSH
6 1 (0.14%) HDFS
Systems Management
1 203 (28.79%) Terraform
2 124 (17.59%) Kubernetes
3 33 (4.68%) Ansible
4 16 (2.27%) Grafana
5 11 (1.56%) Prometheus
6 7 (0.99%) HP ALM
7 6 (0.85%) Packer
8 5 (0.71%) Progress Chef
8 5 (0.71%) Puppet
9 4 (0.57%) Microsoft Intune
10 3 (0.43%) Argo
11 2 (0.28%) Istio
11 2 (0.28%) Kubeflow
11 2 (0.28%) Opsgenie
11 2 (0.28%) Single Sign-On
12 1 (0.14%) CASB
12 1 (0.14%) Fluentd
12 1 (0.14%) FortiGate
12 1 (0.14%) Icinga
12 1 (0.14%) RSA Archer
Vendors
1 227 (32.20%) Microsoft
2 112 (15.89%) Databricks
3 60 (8.51%) Oracle
4 33 (4.68%) ServiceNow
5 27 (3.83%) OpenAI
6 20 (2.84%) Salesforce
7 17 (2.41%) SAP
8 15 (2.13%) Informatica
9 13 (1.84%) VMware
10 11 (1.56%) Lotus
11 10 (1.42%) Foundry
11 10 (1.42%) Kofax
12 9 (1.28%) Splunk
13 7 (0.99%) Bloomberg
13 7 (0.99%) HP
14 5 (0.71%) Charles River
14 5 (0.71%) Citrix
14 5 (0.71%) Refinitiv
15 4 (0.57%) Adobe
15 4 (0.57%) Cisco