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

6 months to
9 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 60 89 64
Rank change year-on-year +29 -25 +15
Contract jobs citing Azure DevOps 712 392 609
As % of all contract jobs in London 4.12% 3.09% 3.39%
As % of the Cloud Services category 9.47% 7.28% 9.02%
Number of daily rates quoted 508 285 401
10th Percentile £363 £381 £419
25th Percentile £415 £450 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% -4.55% -
75th Percentile £600 £638 £638
90th Percentile £725 £738 £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 £49.25 £67.50 £65.50
% change year-on-year -27.04% +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 7,519 5,381 6,751
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 43.47% 42.48% 37.54%
Number of daily rates quoted 5,175 3,751 4,935
10th Percentile £350 £356 £325
25th Percentile £425 £440 £441
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% - -6.26%
75th Percentile £638 £664 £675
90th Percentile £750 £775 £775
England median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 105 52 78
10th Percentile £18.25 £22.27 £17.55
25th Percentile £25.25 £24.66 £21.25
Median hourly rate £35.50 £29.07 £26.00
Median % change year-on-year +22.12% +11.81% -25.71%
75th Percentile £50.75 £55.38 £49.00
90th Percentile £71.50 £73.13 £60.75
England median hourly rate £42.69 £26.50 £20.87
% change year-on-year +61.08% +26.98% -21.19%

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 9 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 9 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 9 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 76 £525 -3.00% 37
South London -5 16 £500 +1.01% 2
West London -25 6 £375 -21.05% 7
East London -5 2 £604 +12.28% 3
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 44 (6.18%) SharePoint
2 30 (4.21%) Confluence
3 28 (3.93%) Apache Spark
4 20 (2.81%) Apache
5 13 (1.83%) Apache Airflow
6 12 (1.69%) Microsoft Exchange
7 11 (1.54%) HCL Notes
8 10 (1.40%) Mendix
9 3 (0.42%) 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 (2.95%) Microsoft Project
2 11 (1.54%) MS Visio
3 6 (0.84%) Microsoft Excel
4 4 (0.56%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 1 (0.14%) Trello
Business Applications
1 36 (5.06%) Dynamics CRM
2 5 (0.70%) SAP S/4HANA
3 4 (0.56%) Aladdin
3 4 (0.56%) Dynamics AX
3 4 (0.56%) SAP BPC
4 3 (0.42%) Findur
4 3 (0.42%) 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
1 712 (100.00%) Azure
2 207 (29.07%) GitHub
3 129 (18.12%) Power Platform
4 126 (17.70%) GitHub Actions
5 97 (13.62%) Azure Data Factory
6 91 (12.78%) AWS
7 74 (10.39%) Azure Monitor
7 74 (10.39%) Serverless
8 73 (10.25%) Azure AKS
9 69 (9.69%) Entra ID
10 66 (9.27%) Dynamics 365
11 65 (9.13%) Azure Synapse Analytics
12 58 (8.15%) Power Automate
13 57 (8.01%) Azure Key Vault
13 57 (8.01%) Azure Logic Apps
14 53 (7.44%) Azure Service Bus
15 47 (6.60%) Azure Functions
16 41 (5.76%) PowerApps
17 40 (5.62%) Microsoft 365
18 34 (4.78%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 23 (3.23%) Firewall
2 12 (1.69%) Network Security
3 11 (1.54%) DNS
4 8 (1.12%) VPN
5 6 (0.84%) WAN
6 5 (0.70%) SD-WAN
7 3 (0.42%) FTP
7 3 (0.42%) 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 (10.96%) SQL Server
2 69 (9.69%) Power BI
3 58 (8.15%) Data Lake
4 46 (6.46%) Azure SQL Database
5 45 (6.32%) Data Warehouse
5 45 (6.32%) Delta Lake
6 28 (3.93%) NoSQL
7 19 (2.67%) Oracle Database
8 16 (2.25%) PostgreSQL
9 15 (2.11%) Spark SQL
10 13 (1.83%) SQL Server Integration Services
11 12 (1.69%) MongoDB
11 12 (1.69%) Relational Database
11 12 (1.69%) Snowflake Schema
12 10 (1.40%) Big Data
12 10 (1.40%) Metadata
12 10 (1.40%) Tableau
13 9 (1.26%) DynamoDB
13 9 (1.26%) Redis
14 8 (1.12%) Amazon Redshift
Development Applications
1 133 (18.68%) JIRA
2 103 (14.47%) Git
3 63 (8.85%) Jenkins
4 33 (4.63%) GitLab
5 32 (4.49%) Selenium
6 17 (2.39%) Postman
7 16 (2.25%) Cypress.io
8 12 (1.69%) REST Assured
9 11 (1.54%) MLflow
9 11 (1.54%) SpecFlow
9 11 (1.54%) Team Foundation Server
9 11 (1.54%) TestRail
9 11 (1.54%) Zephyr
10 9 (1.26%) Cucumber
10 9 (1.26%) JUnit
10 9 (1.26%) SonarQube
11 7 (0.98%) JMeter
11 7 (0.98%) Visual Studio
12 6 (0.84%) Mockito
12 6 (0.84%) webpack
General
1 194 (27.25%) Finance
2 169 (23.74%) Social Skills
3 76 (10.67%) Analytical Skills
4 65 (9.13%) Public Sector
5 50 (7.02%) Banking
6 18 (2.53%) Financial Institution
7 16 (2.25%) Documentation Skills
8 15 (2.11%) Front Office
9 13 (1.83%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 12 (1.69%) Investment Banking
11 11 (1.54%) Retail
12 9 (1.26%) Influencing Skills
12 9 (1.26%) Organisational Skills
12 9 (1.26%) Presentation Skills
13 7 (0.98%) Marketing
14 6 (0.84%) Legal
15 3 (0.42%) Law
15 3 (0.42%) Local Government
15 3 (0.42%) Pharmaceutical
16 2 (0.28%) Billing
Job Titles
1 138 (19.38%) Developer
2 109 (15.31%) Azure Engineer
3 102 (14.33%) Senior
4 88 (12.36%) Data Engineer
5 81 (11.38%) DevOps Engineer
6 57 (8.01%) Lead
7 53 (7.44%) Architect
8 51 (7.16%) Azure DevOps Engineer
9 45 (6.32%) Analyst
10 31 (4.35%) Platform Engineer
11 30 (4.21%) Tester
12 29 (4.07%) Azure Developer
13 27 (3.79%) Azure Architect
14 21 (2.95%) Business Analyst
14 21 (2.95%) IT Support
15 20 (2.81%) Test Analyst
16 19 (2.67%) Cloud Engineer
16 19 (2.67%) Consultant
16 19 (2.67%) Senior Developer
16 19 (2.67%) Test Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 123 (17.28%) .NET
2 57 (8.01%) PySpark
3 49 (6.88%) REST
4 48 (6.74%) React
5 46 (6.46%) Node.js
6 33 (4.63%) Kafka
7 31 (4.35%) Playwright
8 30 (4.21%) YAML
9 28 (3.93%) ADO
9 28 (3.93%) ARM Templates
10 25 (3.51%) .NET Core
10 25 (3.51%) .NET Framework
11 24 (3.37%) AngularJS
11 24 (3.37%) CSS
11 24 (3.37%) HTML
11 24 (3.37%) JSON
12 22 (3.09%) OAuth
12 22 (3.09%) RESTful
13 19 (2.67%) Web Services
14 17 (2.39%) Microsoft Graph
Miscellaneous
1 79 (11.10%) Cloud Native
2 38 (5.34%) Product Ownership
3 30 (4.21%) Legacy Systems
4 25 (3.51%) Distributed Systems
5 18 (2.53%) Enterprise Software
6 17 (2.39%) Reinsurance
7 16 (2.25%) AI Agents
7 16 (2.25%) Low-Code
8 10 (1.40%) Replication
9 9 (1.26%) Data Structures
9 9 (1.26%) Onboarding
10 8 (1.12%) Greenfield Project
10 8 (1.12%) NHS
11 7 (0.98%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
11 7 (0.98%) Public Cloud
11 7 (0.98%) Self-Motivation
12 6 (0.84%) Enterprise Cloud
12 6 (0.84%) Management Information System
13 5 (0.70%) Derivative
13 5 (0.70%) Hybrid Cloud
Operating Systems
1 38 (5.34%) Windows
2 21 (2.95%) Linux
3 10 (1.40%) VMS
4 6 (0.84%) Windows Server
5 4 (0.56%) Unix
6 1 (0.14%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 1 (0.14%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 705 (99.02%) DevOps
2 402 (56.46%) CI/CD
3 263 (36.94%) Agile
4 176 (24.72%) Infrastructure as Code
5 134 (18.82%) Analytics
6 124 (17.42%) Problem-Solving
7 122 (17.13%) Test Automation
8 105 (14.75%) AI
8 105 (14.75%) Continuous Improvement
9 103 (14.47%) Migration
10 101 (14.19%) Data Modelling
11 86 (12.08%) Data Pipeline
12 85 (11.94%) Business Intelligence
12 85 (11.94%) Microservices
13 82 (11.52%) Containerisation
14 81 (11.38%) Observability
15 80 (11.24%) Stakeholder Management
16 78 (10.96%) Scrum
17 72 (10.11%) Data Engineering
18 67 (9.41%) ETL
Programming Languages
1 271 (38.06%) SQL
2 217 (30.48%) Python
3 155 (21.77%) C#
4 86 (12.08%) JavaScript
5 72 (10.11%) PowerShell
6 66 (9.27%) Bicep
7 59 (8.29%) TypeScript
8 54 (7.58%) Java
9 44 (6.18%) Bash
10 25 (3.51%) Scala
11 18 (2.53%) T-SQL
12 13 (1.83%) Kusto Query Language
13 12 (1.69%) PL/SQL
14 11 (1.54%) Formula Language
14 11 (1.54%) LotusScript
15 6 (0.84%) Data Analysis Expressions
16 5 (0.70%) Go
17 4 (0.56%) C
17 4 (0.56%) Shell Script
18 3 (0.42%) Apex Code
Qualifications
1 178 (25.00%) Security Cleared
2 161 (22.61%) SC Cleared
3 67 (9.41%) Azure Certification
4 39 (5.48%) Degree
5 20 (2.81%) Computer Science Degree
5 20 (2.81%) ISTQB
6 17 (2.39%) BPSS Clearance
6 17 (2.39%) Microsoft Certification
7 6 (0.84%) Master's Degree
7 6 (0.84%) PMI Certification
7 6 (0.84%) PMP
8 5 (0.70%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
9 4 (0.56%) AWS Certification
9 4 (0.56%) DBS Check
10 3 (0.42%) DV Cleared
11 2 (0.28%) Cisco Certification
11 2 (0.28%) ISEB
11 2 (0.28%) MBA
12 1 (0.14%) CCIE
12 1 (0.14%) CCNP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 83 (11.66%) QA
2 66 (9.27%) Data Quality
3 17 (2.39%) GDPR
4 15 (2.11%) Accessibility
5 9 (1.26%) WCAG
6 8 (1.12%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 7 (0.98%) PMO
8 6 (0.84%) NIST
9 4 (0.56%) HIPAA
9 4 (0.56%) NCSC
9 4 (0.56%) PCI DSS
9 4 (0.56%) SLA
10 3 (0.42%) HL7
10 3 (0.42%) HMG Security Policy Framework
10 3 (0.42%) ISO/IEC 27001
11 2 (0.28%) FedRAMP
11 2 (0.28%) Software Quality Assurance
12 1 (0.14%) EMIR
12 1 (0.14%) EU AI Act
12 1 (0.14%) GRC
System Software
1 114 (16.01%) Docker
2 45 (6.32%) Active Directory
3 8 (1.12%) Virtual Machines
4 7 (0.98%) Virtual Desktop
5 5 (0.70%) VMware Infrastructure
6 2 (0.28%) Hyper-V
6 2 (0.28%) OpenSSH
7 1 (0.14%) HDFS
Systems Management
1 209 (29.35%) Terraform
2 125 (17.56%) Kubernetes
3 33 (4.63%) Ansible
4 16 (2.25%) Grafana
5 11 (1.54%) Prometheus
6 7 (0.98%) HP ALM
7 6 (0.84%) Packer
8 5 (0.70%) Progress Chef
8 5 (0.70%) Puppet
9 4 (0.56%) Microsoft Intune
10 3 (0.42%) 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
1 232 (32.58%) Microsoft
2 115 (16.15%) Databricks
3 60 (8.43%) Oracle
4 32 (4.49%) ServiceNow
5 28 (3.93%) OpenAI
6 20 (2.81%) Salesforce
7 17 (2.39%) SAP
8 15 (2.11%) Informatica
9 13 (1.83%) VMware
10 11 (1.54%) Lotus
11 10 (1.40%) Foundry
11 10 (1.40%) Kofax
12 9 (1.26%) Splunk
13 7 (0.98%) HP
14 6 (0.84%) Bloomberg
15 5 (0.70%) Charles River
15 5 (0.70%) Citrix
16 4 (0.56%) Adobe
16 4 (0.56%) Cisco
16 4 (0.56%) OpenLink