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

6 months to
11 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 69 89 67
Rank change year-on-year +20 -22 +13
Contract jobs citing Azure DevOps 640 386 575
As % of all contract jobs in London 3.96% 2.98% 3.14%
As % of the Cloud Services category 9.04% 7.09% 8.47%
Number of daily rates quoted 456 285 394
10th Percentile £359 £402 £425
25th Percentile £413 £463 £468
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% - -3.30%
75th Percentile £588 £638 £638
90th Percentile £700 £738 £700
England median daily rate £500 £525 £541
% change year-on-year -4.76% -3.00% -1.59%
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 £70.00 £67.50 £65.50
% change year-on-year +3.70% +3.05% -3.53%

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 7,077 5,444 6,789
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 43.83% 42.06% 37.08%
Number of daily rates quoted 4,860 3,752 4,986
10th Percentile £350 £356 £325
25th Percentile £425 £450 £441
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% - -6.38%
75th Percentile £638 £675 £675
90th Percentile £750 £788 £768
England median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 102 43 78
10th Percentile £18.03 £22.27 £17.00
25th Percentile £21.65 £23.99 £21.25
Median hourly rate £35.00 £29.07 £30.11
Median % change year-on-year +20.40% -3.45% -12.72%
75th Percentile £51.81 £55.50 £52.50
90th Percentile £72.50 £72.50 £62.88
England median hourly rate £39.75 £26.50 £21.00
% change year-on-year +50.00% +26.19% -16.00%

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 11 March 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 11 March 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 11 March 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 -5 75 £528 -2.99% 27
South London +1 16 £500 +1.01% 2
West London -20 4 £375 -21.05% 6
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 41 (6.41%) SharePoint
2 32 (5.00%) Confluence
3 24 (3.75%) Apache Spark
4 14 (2.19%) Apache
5 12 (1.88%) Apache Airflow
6 11 (1.72%) HCL Notes
6 11 (1.72%) Microsoft Exchange
7 10 (1.56%) Mendix
8 3 (0.47%) CMS
8 3 (0.47%) IIS
9 2 (0.31%) Sitecore CMS
10 1 (0.16%) Adobe Experience Manager
10 1 (0.16%) Kentico
10 1 (0.16%) Palantir Foundry
10 1 (0.16%) SAS
Applications
1 13 (2.03%) Microsoft Project
2 12 (1.88%) MS Visio
3 6 (0.94%) Microsoft Excel
4 4 (0.63%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 2 (0.31%) Trello
Business Applications
1 36 (5.63%) Dynamics CRM
2 6 (0.94%) SAP S/4HANA
3 5 (0.78%) Aladdin
4 3 (0.47%) Dynamics AX
4 3 (0.47%) SAP BPC
5 1 (0.16%) Endur
5 1 (0.16%) Loan IQ
5 1 (0.16%) Maximo
5 1 (0.16%) NetSuite
5 1 (0.16%) Oracle Financials
5 1 (0.16%) Orchestrade
5 1 (0.16%) Salesforce CRM
5 1 (0.16%) SAP CS
5 1 (0.16%) SAP GTS
5 1 (0.16%) SAP LE
5 1 (0.16%) SAP MM
5 1 (0.16%) SAP Oil and Gas
5 1 (0.16%) SAP SD
5 1 (0.16%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 640 (100.00%) Azure
2 178 (27.81%) GitHub
3 131 (20.47%) Power Platform
4 114 (17.81%) GitHub Actions
5 88 (13.75%) Azure Data Factory
6 79 (12.34%) AWS
7 76 (11.88%) Serverless
8 71 (11.09%) Azure Monitor
9 63 (9.84%) Azure AKS
9 63 (9.84%) Dynamics 365
10 61 (9.53%) Entra ID
11 58 (9.06%) Azure Logic Apps
12 57 (8.91%) Power Automate
13 55 (8.59%) Azure Key Vault
14 54 (8.44%) Azure Service Bus
15 53 (8.28%) Azure Functions
16 51 (7.97%) Azure Synapse Analytics
17 42 (6.56%) PowerApps
18 36 (5.63%) GCP
19 35 (5.47%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 25 (3.91%) Firewall
2 11 (1.72%) DNS
2 11 (1.72%) Network Security
3 10 (1.56%) VPN
4 7 (1.09%) WAN
5 5 (0.78%) SD-WAN
6 4 (0.63%) TCP/IP
7 3 (0.47%) FTP
7 3 (0.47%) Remote Desktop
8 2 (0.31%) HTTP
8 2 (0.31%) LAN
8 2 (0.31%) MPLS
9 1 (0.16%) Internet
9 1 (0.16%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 77 (12.03%) SQL Server
2 72 (11.25%) Power BI
3 45 (7.03%) Data Lake
4 41 (6.41%) Azure SQL Database
5 39 (6.09%) Delta Lake
6 36 (5.63%) Data Warehouse
7 23 (3.59%) NoSQL
8 19 (2.97%) Oracle Database
9 17 (2.66%) PostgreSQL
10 14 (2.19%) SQL Server Integration Services
11 11 (1.72%) Redis
11 11 (1.72%) Relational Database
11 11 (1.72%) Tableau
12 10 (1.56%) MongoDB
12 10 (1.56%) Snowflake Schema
12 10 (1.56%) Spark SQL
13 9 (1.41%) Data Vault
14 8 (1.25%) DynamoDB
14 8 (1.25%) Star Schema
15 7 (1.09%) Big Data
Development Applications
1 130 (20.31%) JIRA
2 94 (14.69%) Git
3 61 (9.53%) Jenkins
4 32 (5.00%) GitLab
4 32 (5.00%) Selenium
5 20 (3.13%) Postman
6 16 (2.50%) Cypress.io
7 14 (2.19%) Team Foundation Server
8 12 (1.88%) REST Assured
9 11 (1.72%) MLflow
9 11 (1.72%) TestRail
10 10 (1.56%) Cucumber
10 10 (1.56%) SpecFlow
10 10 (1.56%) Zephyr
11 9 (1.41%) JUnit
11 9 (1.41%) Visual Studio
12 8 (1.25%) JMeter
13 6 (0.94%) Liquibase
13 6 (0.94%) Mockito
13 6 (0.94%) webpack
General
1 175 (27.34%) Social Skills
2 172 (26.88%) Finance
3 73 (11.41%) Analytical Skills
4 64 (10.00%) Public Sector
5 46 (7.19%) Banking
6 16 (2.50%) Documentation Skills
6 16 (2.50%) Financial Institution
7 14 (2.19%) Front Office
8 13 (2.03%) Influencing Skills
8 13 (2.03%) Investment Banking
8 13 (2.03%) Retail
9 10 (1.56%) Presentation Skills
10 9 (1.41%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 9 (1.41%) Organisational Skills
11 5 (0.78%) Law
11 5 (0.78%) Marketing
12 4 (0.63%) Back Office
12 4 (0.63%) Military
13 3 (0.47%) General Ledger
13 3 (0.47%) Legal
Job Titles
1 142 (22.19%) Developer
2 94 (14.69%) Azure Engineer
3 82 (12.81%) Senior
4 67 (10.47%) Data Engineer
5 65 (10.16%) DevOps Engineer
6 50 (7.81%) Analyst
6 50 (7.81%) Architect
6 50 (7.81%) Lead
7 44 (6.88%) Azure DevOps Engineer
8 33 (5.16%) Azure Developer
9 28 (4.38%) Azure Architect
9 28 (4.38%) Tester
10 27 (4.22%) Platform Engineer
11 26 (4.06%) Business Analyst
12 19 (2.97%) Test Analyst
13 18 (2.81%) Cloud Engineer
13 18 (2.81%) Consultant
14 17 (2.66%) .NET Developer
14 17 (2.66%) Automation Engineer
14 17 (2.66%) IT Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 128 (20.00%) .NET
2 54 (8.44%) REST
3 47 (7.34%) PySpark
4 46 (7.19%) React
5 45 (7.03%) Node.js
6 30 (4.69%) Playwright
7 28 (4.38%) ARM Templates
8 26 (4.06%) Kafka
9 25 (3.91%) .NET Core
9 25 (3.91%) CSS
9 25 (3.91%) HTML
10 23 (3.59%) .NET Framework
10 23 (3.59%) ADO
10 23 (3.59%) AngularJS
10 23 (3.59%) YAML
11 22 (3.44%) RESTful
11 22 (3.44%) SOAP
12 19 (2.97%) OAuth
13 17 (2.66%) Microsoft Graph
14 16 (2.50%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 76 (11.88%) Cloud Native
2 36 (5.63%) Product Ownership
3 25 (3.91%) Distributed Systems
3 25 (3.91%) Legacy Systems
4 17 (2.66%) Low-Code
5 16 (2.50%) AI Agents
5 16 (2.50%) Enterprise Software
6 15 (2.34%) Reinsurance
7 12 (1.88%) Public Cloud
8 10 (1.56%) CMDB
8 10 (1.56%) Replication
9 9 (1.41%) Data Structures
10 8 (1.25%) NHS
11 7 (1.09%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
11 7 (1.09%) Greenfield Project
12 6 (0.94%) Virtual Team
13 5 (0.78%) Data Centre
13 5 (0.78%) Enterprise Cloud
14 4 (0.63%) Derivative
14 4 (0.63%) Linux Command Line
Operating Systems
1 29 (4.53%) Windows
2 16 (2.50%) Linux
3 9 (1.41%) VMS
4 5 (0.78%) Windows Server
5 2 (0.31%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 1 (0.16%) Solaris
6 1 (0.16%) Ubuntu
6 1 (0.16%) Unix
6 1 (0.16%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 633 (98.91%) DevOps
2 363 (56.72%) CI/CD
3 253 (39.53%) Agile
4 159 (24.84%) Infrastructure as Code
5 131 (20.47%) Analytics
6 126 (19.69%) Problem-Solving
7 116 (18.13%) Test Automation
8 103 (16.09%) AI
9 100 (15.63%) Continuous Improvement
10 93 (14.53%) Scrum
11 89 (13.91%) Migration
12 86 (13.44%) Business Intelligence
13 85 (13.28%) Data Modelling
14 79 (12.34%) Microservices
15 77 (12.03%) Stakeholder Management
16 73 (11.41%) Observability
17 71 (11.09%) Containerisation
18 64 (10.00%) Data Pipeline
19 61 (9.53%) Data Engineering
20 55 (8.59%) Stakeholder Engagement
Programming Languages
1 234 (36.56%) SQL
2 189 (29.53%) Python
3 148 (23.13%) C#
4 96 (15.00%) JavaScript
5 58 (9.06%) Bicep
5 58 (9.06%) PowerShell
5 58 (9.06%) TypeScript
6 52 (8.13%) Java
7 32 (5.00%) Bash
8 25 (3.91%) Scala
9 16 (2.50%) T-SQL
10 14 (2.19%) Kusto Query Language
11 11 (1.72%) Formula Language
11 11 (1.72%) LotusScript
11 11 (1.72%) PL/SQL
12 6 (0.94%) Data Analysis Expressions
13 4 (0.63%) C
13 4 (0.63%) Go
13 4 (0.63%) R
13 4 (0.63%) X++
Qualifications
1 146 (22.81%) Security Cleared
2 130 (20.31%) SC Cleared
3 62 (9.69%) Azure Certification
4 40 (6.25%) Degree
5 22 (3.44%) Computer Science Degree
6 20 (3.13%) Microsoft Certification
7 17 (2.66%) ISTQB
8 16 (2.50%) BPSS Clearance
9 9 (1.41%) Master's Degree
10 7 (1.09%) PMI Certification
11 5 (0.78%) ISEB
11 5 (0.78%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
11 5 (0.78%) PMP
12 3 (0.47%) DBS Check
12 3 (0.47%) ITIL Certification
13 2 (0.31%) AWS Certification
13 2 (0.31%) CBAP
13 2 (0.31%) Cisco Certification
13 2 (0.31%) MBA
14 1 (0.16%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 69 (10.78%) QA
2 48 (7.50%) Data Quality
3 17 (2.66%) GDPR
4 15 (2.34%) Accessibility
5 10 (1.56%) WCAG
6 8 (1.25%) PMO
7 6 (0.94%) Sarbanes-Oxley
8 4 (0.63%) HIPAA
8 4 (0.63%) PCI DSS
9 3 (0.47%) HL7
9 3 (0.47%) NCSC
9 3 (0.47%) SLA
10 2 (0.31%) EU AI Act
10 2 (0.31%) FedRAMP
10 2 (0.31%) HMG Security Policy Framework
10 2 (0.31%) ISO/IEC 27001
10 2 (0.31%) NIST
10 2 (0.31%) Software Quality Assurance
11 1 (0.16%) EMIR
11 1 (0.16%) MiFID
System Software
1 101 (15.78%) Docker
2 34 (5.31%) Active Directory
3 8 (1.25%) Virtual Machines
4 7 (1.09%) Virtual Desktop
5 4 (0.63%) VMware Infrastructure
6 1 (0.16%) HDFS
6 1 (0.16%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 193 (30.16%) Terraform
2 110 (17.19%) Kubernetes
3 26 (4.06%) Ansible
4 14 (2.19%) Grafana
5 10 (1.56%) Prometheus
6 5 (0.78%) HP ALM
7 4 (0.63%) Argo
7 4 (0.63%) Packer
8 3 (0.47%) Microsoft Intune
9 2 (0.31%) Istio
9 2 (0.31%) Kubeflow
9 2 (0.31%) Opsgenie
10 1 (0.16%) Active Directory Federation Services
10 1 (0.16%) CASB
10 1 (0.16%) Fluentd
10 1 (0.16%) Icinga
10 1 (0.16%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 209 (32.66%) Microsoft
2 100 (15.63%) Databricks
3 56 (8.75%) Oracle
4 38 (5.94%) ServiceNow
5 28 (4.38%) OpenAI
6 19 (2.97%) Salesforce
7 15 (2.34%) SAP
8 11 (1.72%) Lotus
8 11 (1.72%) VMware
9 10 (1.56%) Foundry
9 10 (1.56%) Kofax
10 8 (1.25%) Informatica
11 7 (1.09%) Splunk
12 6 (0.94%) Cisco
13 5 (0.78%) Aruba
13 5 (0.78%) Charles River
13 5 (0.78%) Citrix
13 5 (0.78%) HP
14 4 (0.63%) Fortinet
14 4 (0.63%) Google