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

6 months to
14 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 68 86 69
Rank change year-on-year +18 -17 +9
Contract jobs citing Azure DevOps 660 387 578
As % of all contract jobs in London 4.03% 2.99% 3.17%
As % of the Cloud Services category 9.20% 7.14% 8.52%
Number of daily rates quoted 471 285 394
10th Percentile £360 £406 £425
25th Percentile £413 £463 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% - -3.08%
75th Percentile £588 £638 £638
90th Percentile £700 £738 £700
England median daily rate £500 £525 £533
% change year-on-year -4.76% -1.41% -3.18%
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 £61.25 £67.50 £65.50
% change year-on-year -9.26% +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 7,176 5,422 6,782
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 43.87% 41.90% 37.16%
Number of daily rates quoted 4,922 3,749 4,975
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 £669 £675
90th Percentile £750 £788 £767
England median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 106 43 79
10th Percentile £18.13 £22.27 £17.00
25th Percentile £22.66 £23.99 £20.88
Median hourly rate £35.25 £29.07 £26.24
Median % change year-on-year +21.26% +10.79% -23.94%
75th Percentile £51.81 £55.50 £49.67
90th Percentile £72.50 £72.50 £62.75
England median hourly rate £39.50 £26.50 £21.00
% change year-on-year +49.06% +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 14 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 14 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 14 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 -2 74 £528 -2.76% 44
South London +1 15 £500 +1.01% 4
West London -19 5 £375 -21.05% 5
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 39 (5.91%) SharePoint
2 31 (4.70%) Confluence
3 27 (4.09%) Apache Spark
4 17 (2.58%) Apache
5 15 (2.27%) Apache Airflow
6 11 (1.67%) HCL Notes
6 11 (1.67%) Microsoft Exchange
7 10 (1.52%) Mendix
8 3 (0.45%) CMS
8 3 (0.45%) IIS
9 2 (0.30%) Sitecore CMS
10 1 (0.15%) Adobe Experience Manager
10 1 (0.15%) Kentico
10 1 (0.15%) Palantir Foundry
10 1 (0.15%) SAS
Applications
1 13 (1.97%) Microsoft Project
2 12 (1.82%) MS Visio
3 6 (0.91%) Microsoft Excel
4 4 (0.61%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 2 (0.30%) Trello
Business Applications
1 36 (5.45%) Dynamics CRM
2 6 (0.91%) SAP S/4HANA
3 5 (0.76%) Aladdin
4 3 (0.45%) Dynamics AX
4 3 (0.45%) SAP BPC
5 1 (0.15%) Endur
5 1 (0.15%) Findur
5 1 (0.15%) Loan IQ
5 1 (0.15%) Maximo
5 1 (0.15%) NetSuite
5 1 (0.15%) Oracle Financials
5 1 (0.15%) Orchestrade
5 1 (0.15%) Salesforce CRM
5 1 (0.15%) SAP CS
5 1 (0.15%) SAP GTS
5 1 (0.15%) SAP LE
5 1 (0.15%) SAP MM
5 1 (0.15%) SAP Oil and Gas
5 1 (0.15%) SAP SD
5 1 (0.15%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 660 (100.00%) Azure
2 190 (28.79%) GitHub
3 133 (20.15%) Power Platform
4 123 (18.64%) GitHub Actions
5 93 (14.09%) Azure Data Factory
6 81 (12.27%) AWS
7 78 (11.82%) Serverless
8 77 (11.67%) Azure Monitor
9 63 (9.55%) Azure AKS
10 62 (9.39%) Dynamics 365
10 62 (9.39%) Entra ID
11 58 (8.79%) Azure Logic Apps
12 57 (8.64%) Power Automate
13 56 (8.48%) Azure Key Vault
14 54 (8.18%) Azure Functions
14 54 (8.18%) Azure Service Bus
15 52 (7.88%) Azure Synapse Analytics
16 40 (6.06%) PowerApps
17 36 (5.45%) GCP
18 35 (5.30%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 28 (4.24%) Firewall
2 12 (1.82%) DNS
2 12 (1.82%) Network Security
3 11 (1.67%) VPN
4 7 (1.06%) WAN
5 5 (0.76%) SD-WAN
6 4 (0.61%) TCP/IP
7 3 (0.45%) FTP
7 3 (0.45%) Remote Desktop
8 2 (0.30%) HTTP
8 2 (0.30%) Internet
8 2 (0.30%) LAN
8 2 (0.30%) MPLS
9 1 (0.15%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 78 (11.82%) SQL Server
2 73 (11.06%) Power BI
3 51 (7.73%) Data Lake
4 43 (6.52%) Azure SQL Database
5 42 (6.36%) Delta Lake
6 36 (5.45%) Data Warehouse
7 23 (3.48%) NoSQL
8 19 (2.88%) Oracle Database
9 16 (2.42%) PostgreSQL
10 14 (2.12%) SQL Server Integration Services
11 11 (1.67%) Redis
11 11 (1.67%) Relational Database
11 11 (1.67%) Tableau
12 10 (1.52%) MongoDB
12 10 (1.52%) Snowflake Schema
12 10 (1.52%) Spark SQL
13 9 (1.36%) Data Vault
13 9 (1.36%) Metadata
14 8 (1.21%) DynamoDB
14 8 (1.21%) Star Schema
Development Applications
1 132 (20.00%) JIRA
2 95 (14.39%) Git
3 64 (9.70%) Jenkins
4 33 (5.00%) GitLab
4 33 (5.00%) Selenium
5 20 (3.03%) Postman
6 16 (2.42%) Cypress.io
7 14 (2.12%) Team Foundation Server
8 12 (1.82%) REST Assured
9 11 (1.67%) MLflow
9 11 (1.67%) TestRail
10 10 (1.52%) Cucumber
10 10 (1.52%) SpecFlow
10 10 (1.52%) Zephyr
11 9 (1.36%) JMeter
11 9 (1.36%) JUnit
11 9 (1.36%) Visual Studio
12 6 (0.91%) Liquibase
12 6 (0.91%) Mockito
12 6 (0.91%) webpack
General
1 179 (27.12%) Finance
1 179 (27.12%) Social Skills
2 76 (11.52%) Analytical Skills
3 65 (9.85%) Public Sector
4 49 (7.42%) Banking
5 16 (2.42%) Documentation Skills
5 16 (2.42%) Financial Institution
6 14 (2.12%) Front Office
7 13 (1.97%) Influencing Skills
7 13 (1.97%) Investment Banking
7 13 (1.97%) Retail
8 10 (1.52%) Presentation Skills
9 9 (1.36%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 9 (1.36%) Organisational Skills
10 5 (0.76%) Law
10 5 (0.76%) Marketing
11 4 (0.61%) Back Office
11 4 (0.61%) Legal
11 4 (0.61%) Military
12 3 (0.45%) General Ledger
Job Titles
1 143 (21.67%) Developer
2 100 (15.15%) Azure Engineer
3 85 (12.88%) Senior
4 74 (11.21%) Data Engineer
5 66 (10.00%) DevOps Engineer
6 51 (7.73%) Analyst
6 51 (7.73%) Architect
6 51 (7.73%) Lead
7 45 (6.82%) Azure DevOps Engineer
8 33 (5.00%) Azure Developer
9 28 (4.24%) Azure Architect
9 28 (4.24%) Tester
10 27 (4.09%) Platform Engineer
11 26 (3.94%) Business Analyst
12 19 (2.88%) Test Analyst
13 18 (2.73%) .NET Developer
13 18 (2.73%) Cloud Engineer
13 18 (2.73%) Consultant
13 18 (2.73%) IT Support
14 17 (2.58%) Automation Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 130 (19.70%) .NET
2 55 (8.33%) REST
3 52 (7.88%) PySpark
4 47 (7.12%) React
5 45 (6.82%) Node.js
6 30 (4.55%) ARM Templates
7 29 (4.39%) Playwright
8 26 (3.94%) .NET Core
8 26 (3.94%) CSS
8 26 (3.94%) HTML
8 26 (3.94%) Kafka
9 24 (3.64%) .NET Framework
9 24 (3.64%) AngularJS
9 24 (3.64%) YAML
10 23 (3.48%) ADO
10 23 (3.48%) RESTful
11 22 (3.33%) SOAP
12 20 (3.03%) OAuth
13 17 (2.58%) Microsoft Graph
14 16 (2.42%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 82 (12.42%) Cloud Native
2 37 (5.61%) Product Ownership
3 29 (4.39%) Legacy Systems
4 25 (3.79%) Distributed Systems
5 16 (2.42%) AI Agents
5 16 (2.42%) Enterprise Software
5 16 (2.42%) Low-Code
6 15 (2.27%) Reinsurance
7 12 (1.82%) Public Cloud
8 10 (1.52%) CMDB
8 10 (1.52%) Replication
9 9 (1.36%) Data Structures
10 8 (1.21%) NHS
11 7 (1.06%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
11 7 (1.06%) Greenfield Project
11 7 (1.06%) Self-Motivation
12 6 (0.91%) Enterprise Cloud
12 6 (0.91%) Virtual Team
13 5 (0.76%) Data Centre
14 4 (0.61%) Hybrid Cloud
Operating Systems
1 30 (4.55%) Windows
2 20 (3.03%) Linux
3 9 (1.36%) VMS
4 5 (0.76%) Unix
4 5 (0.76%) Windows Server
5 2 (0.30%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 1 (0.15%) Solaris
6 1 (0.15%) Ubuntu
6 1 (0.15%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 653 (98.94%) DevOps
2 378 (57.27%) CI/CD
3 262 (39.70%) Agile
4 164 (24.85%) Infrastructure as Code
5 141 (21.36%) Analytics
6 129 (19.55%) Problem-Solving
7 121 (18.33%) Test Automation
8 106 (16.06%) Continuous Improvement
9 102 (15.45%) AI
10 96 (14.55%) Migration
11 93 (14.09%) Scrum
12 91 (13.79%) Data Modelling
13 89 (13.48%) Business Intelligence
14 80 (12.12%) Microservices
14 80 (12.12%) Observability
15 79 (11.97%) Stakeholder Management
16 73 (11.06%) Containerisation
17 71 (10.76%) Data Pipeline
18 67 (10.15%) Data Engineering
19 58 (8.79%) Stakeholder Engagement
Programming Languages
1 245 (37.12%) SQL
2 201 (30.45%) Python
3 151 (22.88%) C#
4 97 (14.70%) JavaScript
5 64 (9.70%) Bicep
6 63 (9.55%) PowerShell
7 57 (8.64%) TypeScript
8 52 (7.88%) Java
9 33 (5.00%) Bash
10 25 (3.79%) Scala
11 16 (2.42%) T-SQL
12 14 (2.12%) Kusto Query Language
13 11 (1.67%) Formula Language
13 11 (1.67%) LotusScript
13 11 (1.67%) PL/SQL
14 6 (0.91%) Data Analysis Expressions
15 4 (0.61%) C
15 4 (0.61%) Go
15 4 (0.61%) R
15 4 (0.61%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 154 (23.33%) Security Cleared
2 137 (20.76%) SC Cleared
3 64 (9.70%) Azure Certification
4 41 (6.21%) Degree
5 22 (3.33%) Computer Science Degree
6 19 (2.88%) ISTQB
6 19 (2.88%) Microsoft Certification
7 16 (2.42%) BPSS Clearance
8 9 (1.36%) Master's Degree
9 7 (1.06%) PMI Certification
10 5 (0.76%) ISEB
10 5 (0.76%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
10 5 (0.76%) PMP
11 3 (0.45%) AWS Certification
11 3 (0.45%) DBS Check
11 3 (0.45%) ITIL Certification
12 2 (0.30%) CBAP
12 2 (0.30%) Cisco Certification
12 2 (0.30%) MBA
13 1 (0.15%) IIBA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 72 (10.91%) QA
2 55 (8.33%) Data Quality
3 17 (2.58%) GDPR
4 14 (2.12%) Accessibility
5 9 (1.36%) WCAG
6 8 (1.21%) PMO
7 6 (0.91%) Sarbanes-Oxley
8 4 (0.61%) HIPAA
8 4 (0.61%) PCI DSS
9 3 (0.45%) HL7
9 3 (0.45%) HMG Security Policy Framework
9 3 (0.45%) ISO/IEC 27001
9 3 (0.45%) NCSC
9 3 (0.45%) SLA
10 2 (0.30%) EU AI Act
10 2 (0.30%) FedRAMP
10 2 (0.30%) NIST
10 2 (0.30%) Software Quality Assurance
11 1 (0.15%) EMIR
11 1 (0.15%) MiFID
System Software
1 105 (15.91%) Docker
2 35 (5.30%) Active Directory
3 8 (1.21%) Virtual Desktop
3 8 (1.21%) Virtual Machines
4 4 (0.61%) VMware Infrastructure
5 1 (0.15%) HDFS
5 1 (0.15%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 200 (30.30%) Terraform
2 112 (16.97%) Kubernetes
3 28 (4.24%) Ansible
4 15 (2.27%) Grafana
5 11 (1.67%) Prometheus
6 6 (0.91%) HP ALM
7 4 (0.61%) Argo
7 4 (0.61%) Packer
8 3 (0.45%) Microsoft Intune
9 2 (0.30%) Istio
9 2 (0.30%) Kubeflow
9 2 (0.30%) Opsgenie
10 1 (0.15%) Active Directory Federation Services
10 1 (0.15%) CASB
10 1 (0.15%) Fluentd
10 1 (0.15%) Icinga
10 1 (0.15%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 216 (32.73%) Microsoft
2 105 (15.91%) Databricks
3 57 (8.64%) Oracle
4 38 (5.76%) ServiceNow
5 28 (4.24%) OpenAI
6 19 (2.88%) Salesforce
7 15 (2.27%) SAP
8 11 (1.67%) Lotus
8 11 (1.67%) VMware
9 10 (1.52%) Foundry
9 10 (1.52%) Kofax
10 9 (1.36%) Informatica
11 8 (1.21%) Splunk
12 6 (0.91%) Cisco
12 6 (0.91%) HP
13 5 (0.76%) Aruba
13 5 (0.76%) Charles River
13 5 (0.76%) Citrix
14 4 (0.61%) Fortinet
14 4 (0.61%) Google