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

6 months to
26 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 60 79 61
Rank change year-on-year +19 -18 +16
Contract jobs citing Azure DevOps 755 432 663
As % of all contract jobs in London 3.95% 3.40% 3.77%
As % of the Cloud Services category 9.41% 7.91% 9.51%
Number of daily rates quoted 542 304 423
10th Percentile £381 £350 £401
25th Percentile £425 £419 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
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 8,024 5,462 6,970
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 41.97% 43.02% 39.61%
Number of daily rates quoted 5,524 3,711 5,118
10th Percentile £359 £350 £350
25th Percentile £435 £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 £515 £513 £525
% change year-on-year +0.34% -2.24% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 97 72 68
10th Percentile £21.68 £22.55 £19.33
25th Percentile £27.00 £24.66 £22.06
Median hourly rate £35.50 £30.54 £26.97
Median % change year-on-year +16.26% +13.22% -47.38%
75th Percentile £55.75 £48.75 £38.75
90th Percentile £77.47 £67.50 £55.75
England median hourly rate £42.69 £25.15 £22.00
% change year-on-year +69.72% +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 26 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 26 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 26 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 -14 71 £525 -3.23% 27
South London 0 10 £513 -2.38% 1
West London -18 6 £375 -31.51% 5
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 45 (5.96%) 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 28 (3.71%) Microsoft Project
2 10 (1.32%) MS Visio
3 9 (1.19%) Microsoft Excel
4 4 (0.53%) Notion
5 3 (0.40%) Microsoft Office
5 3 (0.40%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 2 (0.26%) Chatbot
6 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 EBS
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 LE
5 1 (0.13%) SAP MDG
Cloud Services
1 755 (100.00%) Azure
2 225 (29.80%) GitHub
3 140 (18.54%) GitHub Actions
4 122 (16.16%) Power Platform
5 119 (15.76%) AWS
6 88 (11.66%) Azure Data Factory
7 70 (9.27%) Azure AKS
8 63 (8.34%) Power Automate
9 60 (7.95%) Azure Monitor
9 60 (7.95%) Entra ID
10 59 (7.81%) Dynamics 365
11 55 (7.28%) Serverless
12 53 (7.02%) Azure Synapse Analytics
13 45 (5.96%) Azure Logic Apps
14 44 (5.83%) Azure Key Vault
15 41 (5.43%) PowerApps
16 39 (5.17%) Azure Service Bus
17 38 (5.03%) Snowflake
18 32 (4.24%) Azure Functions
18 32 (4.24%) Microsoft 365
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%) IPsec
7 1 (0.13%) VSAN
7 1 (0.13%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 73 (9.67%) Power BI
2 65 (8.61%) Data Lake
2 65 (8.61%) SQL Server
3 48 (6.36%) Delta Lake
4 45 (5.96%) Azure SQL Database
5 37 (4.90%) Data Warehouse
6 32 (4.24%) NoSQL
7 19 (2.52%) Snowflake Schema
8 17 (2.25%) PostgreSQL
9 15 (1.99%) Relational Database
10 14 (1.85%) Big Data
11 13 (1.72%) Redis
11 13 (1.72%) Spark SQL
12 12 (1.59%) Metadata
13 10 (1.32%) MongoDB
14 9 (1.19%) Amazon Redshift
14 9 (1.19%) Oracle Database
14 9 (1.19%) SQL Server Integration Services
15 8 (1.06%) Data Vault
16 6 (0.79%) BigQuery
Development Applications
1 152 (20.13%) 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
11 8 (1.06%) JUnit
11 8 (1.06%) SpecFlow
11 8 (1.06%) Team Foundation Server
11 8 (1.06%) Visual Studio
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
1 216 (28.61%) Finance
2 191 (25.30%) Social Skills
3 71 (9.40%) Analytical Skills
4 66 (8.74%) Public Sector
5 52 (6.89%) Banking
6 16 (2.12%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 13 (1.72%) Documentation Skills
8 12 (1.59%) Investment Banking
8 12 (1.59%) Retail
9 10 (1.32%) Front Office
9 10 (1.32%) Organisational Skills
10 9 (1.19%) Legal
10 9 (1.19%) Marketing
11 7 (0.93%) Influencing Skills
12 6 (0.79%) Back Office
12 6 (0.79%) Financial Institution
12 6 (0.79%) Law
12 6 (0.79%) Presentation Skills
13 5 (0.66%) Local Government
14 4 (0.53%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 123 (16.29%) Azure Engineer
2 119 (15.76%) Developer
3 112 (14.83%) 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 54 (7.15%) Lead
9 52 (6.89%) Analyst
10 38 (5.03%) Platform Engineer
11 29 (3.84%) Business Analyst
12 28 (3.71%) Cloud Engineer
13 24 (3.18%) Consultant
14 23 (3.05%) IT Support
14 23 (3.05%) Solutions Architect
14 23 (3.05%) Tester
15 22 (2.91%) Cloud Platform Engineer
16 21 (2.78%) Azure Data Engineer
16 21 (2.78%) Senior Data Engineer
16 21 (2.78%) Senior DevOps
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 97 (12.85%) .NET
2 71 (9.40%) REST
3 56 (7.42%) PySpark
4 43 (5.70%) React
5 37 (4.90%) 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%) HTML
11 24 (3.18%) .NET Framework
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%) OAuth
14 20 (2.65%) Middleware
15 19 (2.52%) Node.js
16 17 (2.25%) .NET Core
16 17 (2.25%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 96 (12.72%) Cloud Native
2 34 (4.50%) Legacy Systems
3 30 (3.97%) Distributed Systems
4 28 (3.71%) Product Ownership
5 26 (3.44%) Reinsurance
6 17 (2.25%) Greenfield Project
7 15 (1.99%) Onboarding
8 12 (1.59%) Self-Motivation
9 10 (1.32%) Hybrid Cloud
9 10 (1.32%) Management Information System
9 10 (1.32%) Public Cloud
10 9 (1.19%) AI Agents
10 9 (1.19%) Enterprise Software
10 9 (1.19%) Low-Code
10 9 (1.19%) Replication
11 8 (1.06%) Data Structures
12 6 (0.79%) Data Centre
12 6 (0.79%) Distributed Architecture
12 6 (0.79%) Enterprise Cloud
12 6 (0.79%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
Operating Systems
1 41 (5.43%) 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
4 199 (26.36%) Infrastructure as Code
5 135 (17.88%) Analytics
6 124 (16.42%) Migration
7 122 (16.16%) Test Automation
8 119 (15.76%) Problem-Solving
9 102 (13.51%) Continuous Improvement
9 102 (13.51%) Data Modelling
10 100 (13.25%) Scrum
11 98 (12.98%) Data Pipeline
12 94 (12.45%) Containerisation
13 93 (12.32%) Platform Engineering
13 93 (12.32%) Stakeholder Management
14 91 (12.05%) AI
15 90 (11.92%) ETL
16 82 (10.86%) Business Intelligence
17 78 (10.33%) Data Engineering
18 77 (10.20%) Microservices
Programming Languages
1 261 (34.57%) SQL
2 225 (29.80%) Python
3 138 (18.28%) C#
4 79 (10.46%) PowerShell
5 70 (9.27%) Bicep
6 61 (8.08%) JavaScript
7 60 (7.95%) TypeScript
8 56 (7.42%) Bash
9 42 (5.56%) Java
10 19 (2.52%) Scala
11 12 (1.59%) T-SQL
12 9 (1.19%) Apex Code
13 8 (1.06%) Data Analysis Expressions
14 7 (0.93%) Kusto Query Language
15 6 (0.79%) Shell Script
16 4 (0.53%) Formula Language
16 4 (0.53%) Go
16 4 (0.53%) LotusScript
17 3 (0.40%) C
18 2 (0.26%) R
Qualifications
1 194 (25.70%) Security Cleared
2 175 (23.18%) SC Cleared
3 61 (8.08%) Azure Certification
4 41 (5.43%) 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 8 (1.06%) PMI Certification
11 7 (0.93%) 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%) CISSP
13 3 (0.40%) GIAC
13 3 (0.40%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 86 (11.39%) 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
7 8 (1.06%) PMO
7 8 (1.06%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 8 (1.06%) SLA
8 6 (0.79%) WCAG
9 3 (0.40%) Cyber Essentials
9 3 (0.40%) PCI DSS
10 2 (0.26%) FedRAMP
10 2 (0.26%) HIPAA
10 2 (0.26%) HMG Security Policy Framework
10 2 (0.26%) NCSC
10 2 (0.26%) PSD2
10 2 (0.26%) SEPA
11 1 (0.13%) Government Security Classifications
11 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
1 220 (29.14%) Terraform
2 127 (16.82%) 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
1 220 (29.14%) 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