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

6 months to
14 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 62 78 61
Rank change year-on-year +16 -17 +11
Contract jobs citing Azure DevOps 844 460 617
As % of all contract jobs in London 4.19% 3.45% 3.81%
As % of the Cloud Services category 10.21% 7.96% 9.23%
Number of daily rates quoted 601 317 412
10th Percentile £375 £342 £380
25th Percentile £425 £405 £448
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% - -7.08%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £614
90th Percentile £706 £750 £688
England median daily rate £500 £510 £525
% change year-on-year -1.96% -2.86% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 1 0
10th Percentile £39.00 - -
25th Percentile £45.00 £86.25 -
Median hourly rate £55.00 £87.50 -
Median % change year-on-year -37.14% - -
75th Percentile - £88.75 -
90th Percentile - - -
England median hourly rate £55.00 £75.00 -
% change year-on-year -26.67% - -

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 8,265 5,780 6,683
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 41.02% 43.30% 41.26%
Number of daily rates quoted 5,654 3,929 4,695
10th Percentile £360 £340 £350
25th Percentile £447 £425 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £540 £530 £550
Median % change year-on-year +1.89% -3.64% -4.35%
75th Percentile £650 £650 £675
90th Percentile £750 £775 £800
England median daily rate £525 £501 £525
% change year-on-year +4.90% -4.67% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 94 94 48
10th Percentile £18.02 £23.00 £22.00
25th Percentile £23.08 £25.15 £24.06
Median hourly rate £31.25 £31.00 £30.80
Median % change year-on-year +0.81% +0.67% -36.83%
75th Percentile £56.88 £47.50 £50.00
90th Percentile £78.75 £78.75 £69.08
England median hourly rate £33.99 £26.30 £31.75
% change year-on-year +29.24% -17.17% -3.79%

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 September 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 September 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 September 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 +9 97 £550 +4.76% 58
South London -5 9 £525 - 7
North London +2 3 £550 +25.00% 1
East London 0 3 £604 +16.06% 9
West London -18 3 £625 +20.19% 10
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 49 (5.81%) SharePoint
2 44 (5.21%) Confluence
3 30 (3.55%) Apache Spark
4 27 (3.20%) Apache Airflow
5 22 (2.61%) Apache
6 10 (1.18%) CMS
7 6 (0.71%) Microsoft Exchange
8 3 (0.36%) Kentico
8 3 (0.36%) Mendix
9 2 (0.24%) IIS
10 1 (0.12%) Adobe Experience Manager
10 1 (0.12%) Apache Pulsar
10 1 (0.12%) ArcGIS
10 1 (0.12%) EPiServer
10 1 (0.12%) GeoServer
10 1 (0.12%) Headless CMS
10 1 (0.12%) IBM HTTP Server
10 1 (0.12%) nginx
10 1 (0.12%) Palantir Foundry
10 1 (0.12%) Sitecore CMS
Applications
1 28 (3.32%) Microsoft Project
2 26 (3.08%) Microsoft Excel
3 12 (1.42%) MS Visio
4 9 (1.07%) Microsoft Office
5 7 (0.83%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 5 (0.59%) Notion
7 4 (0.47%) Chatbot
8 2 (0.24%) CPLEX
8 2 (0.24%) Mingle
8 2 (0.24%) Spreadsheet
9 1 (0.12%) Trello
Business Applications
1 34 (4.03%) Dynamics CRM
2 10 (1.18%) SAP S/4HANA
3 5 (0.59%) Dynamics AX
4 4 (0.47%) Payment Gateway
5 3 (0.36%) Endur
5 3 (0.36%) SAP Oil and Gas
6 2 (0.24%) Aladdin
6 2 (0.24%) Findur
6 2 (0.24%) IBM Operational Decision Manager
6 2 (0.24%) Maximo
6 2 (0.24%) Oracle Payables
6 2 (0.24%) Oracle Receivables
6 2 (0.24%) SAP BPC
6 2 (0.24%) SAP MM
7 1 (0.12%) Oracle Assets
7 1 (0.12%) PeopleSoft HCM
7 1 (0.12%) Salesforce CRM
7 1 (0.12%) SAP MDG
7 1 (0.12%) Shopify
7 1 (0.12%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 844 (100.00%) Azure
2 256 (30.33%) GitHub
3 163 (19.31%) GitHub Actions
4 146 (17.30%) AWS
4 146 (17.30%) Power Platform
5 99 (11.73%) Azure Data Factory
6 74 (8.77%) Azure AKS
7 73 (8.65%) Entra ID
8 68 (8.06%) Serverless
9 67 (7.94%) Dynamics 365
10 65 (7.70%) Azure Monitor
11 61 (7.23%) Power Automate
12 58 (6.87%) Azure Synapse Analytics
13 49 (5.81%) Azure Functions
13 49 (5.81%) PowerApps
14 46 (5.45%) GCP
14 46 (5.45%) Snowflake
15 43 (5.09%) Azure Logic Apps
16 42 (4.98%) PaaS
17 37 (4.38%) dbt
Communications & Networking
1 24 (2.84%) Firewall
2 19 (2.25%) DNS
3 17 (2.01%) Network Security
3 17 (2.01%) VPN
4 7 (0.83%) DHCP
5 6 (0.71%) WAN
6 5 (0.59%) SD-WAN
7 4 (0.47%) SAN
8 3 (0.36%) Wi-Fi
9 2 (0.24%) 4G
9 2 (0.24%) Cisco IOS
9 2 (0.24%) Internet
9 2 (0.24%) NAS
9 2 (0.24%) SSH
9 2 (0.24%) SSL
9 2 (0.24%) VLAN
9 2 (0.24%) X.509
10 1 (0.12%) Cisco ASA
10 1 (0.12%) HTTPS
10 1 (0.12%) Reverse Proxy
Database & Business Intelligence
1 99 (11.73%) Power BI
2 63 (7.46%) Data Lake
3 56 (6.64%) Data Warehouse
4 53 (6.28%) SQL Server
5 42 (4.98%) Azure SQL Database
6 30 (3.55%) Delta Lake
7 28 (3.32%) NoSQL
8 27 (3.20%) PostgreSQL
9 21 (2.49%) Metadata
10 18 (2.13%) Snowflake Schema
11 17 (2.01%) Big Data
12 14 (1.66%) Relational Database
12 14 (1.66%) Spark SQL
12 14 (1.66%) Star Schema
13 10 (1.18%) Redis
13 10 (1.18%) SQL Server Integration Services
14 9 (1.07%) Amazon Redshift
15 8 (0.95%) BigQuery
15 8 (0.95%) MongoDB
16 7 (0.83%) Parquet
Development Applications
1 147 (17.42%) JIRA
2 138 (16.35%) Git
3 109 (12.91%) Jenkins
4 89 (10.55%) GitLab
5 42 (4.98%) Selenium
6 24 (2.84%) SonarQube
7 15 (1.78%) Visual Studio
8 14 (1.66%) Cypress.io
9 11 (1.30%) Postman
10 10 (1.18%) Cucumber
10 10 (1.18%) Maven
10 10 (1.18%) REST Assured
10 10 (1.18%) Snyk
11 9 (1.07%) JUnit
11 9 (1.07%) TestRail
11 9 (1.07%) WebDriver
12 8 (0.95%) Gradle
13 7 (0.83%) Bitbucket
13 7 (0.83%) SpecFlow
13 7 (0.83%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 233 (27.61%) Finance
2 229 (27.13%) Social Skills
3 84 (9.95%) Analytical Skills
4 76 (9.00%) Public Sector
5 67 (7.94%) Banking
6 29 (3.44%) Retail
7 25 (2.96%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 19 (2.25%) Influencing Skills
9 18 (2.13%) Marketing
10 15 (1.78%) Documentation Skills
10 15 (1.78%) Investment Banking
11 13 (1.54%) Legal
12 9 (1.07%) Local Government
13 8 (0.95%) Law
13 8 (0.95%) Pharmaceutical
13 8 (0.95%) Presentation Skills
14 6 (0.71%) Organisational Skills
15 5 (0.59%) Back Office
15 5 (0.59%) Front Office
15 5 (0.59%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 145 (17.18%) DevOps Engineer
2 142 (16.82%) Senior
3 139 (16.47%) Azure Engineer
4 120 (14.22%) Developer
5 86 (10.19%) Azure DevOps Engineer
6 85 (10.07%) Data Engineer
7 69 (8.18%) Architect
8 67 (7.94%) Lead
9 65 (7.70%) Analyst
10 40 (4.74%) Consultant
11 34 (4.03%) Business Analyst
12 32 (3.79%) Platform Engineer
13 28 (3.32%) Cloud Engineer
13 28 (3.32%) Project Manager
14 24 (2.84%) Test Analyst
15 23 (2.73%) Databricks Engineer
15 23 (2.73%) Senior Developer
16 21 (2.49%) Azure Data Engineer
16 21 (2.49%) Senior DevOps
16 21 (2.49%) Solutions Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 248 (29.38%) Terraform
2 113 (13.39%) .NET
3 108 (12.80%) REST
4 62 (7.35%) PySpark
5 55 (6.52%) ADO
6 44 (5.21%) JSON
6 44 (5.21%) Kafka
7 41 (4.86%) React
8 39 (4.62%) YAML
9 32 (3.79%) RESTful
10 29 (3.44%) Playwright
11 28 (3.32%) XML
12 27 (3.20%) ARM Templates
13 25 (2.96%) Middleware
14 24 (2.84%) .NET Framework
15 23 (2.73%) .NET Core
15 23 (2.73%) OAuth
16 22 (2.61%) AngularJS
17 21 (2.49%) HTML
18 19 (2.25%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 94 (11.14%) Cloud Native
2 53 (6.28%) Product Ownership
3 29 (3.44%) Distributed Systems
4 27 (3.20%) Enterprise Software
5 26 (3.08%) Legacy Systems
6 25 (2.96%) Onboarding
7 18 (2.13%) AI Agents
8 17 (2.01%) Hybrid Cloud
8 17 (2.01%) Management Information System
9 15 (1.78%) Reinsurance
10 13 (1.54%) Greenfield Project
11 12 (1.42%) Self-Motivation
12 11 (1.30%) Enterprise Cloud
13 9 (1.07%) Low-Code
13 9 (1.07%) Public Cloud
14 8 (0.95%) Data Centre
14 8 (0.95%) Data Protection Act
14 8 (0.95%) Data Structures
14 8 (0.95%) Linux Command Line
15 7 (0.83%) FMCG
Operating Systems
1 46 (5.45%) Windows
2 28 (3.32%) Linux
3 14 (1.66%) Windows Server
4 13 (1.54%) VMS
5 6 (0.71%) Unix
5 6 (0.71%) Windows Server 2016
6 4 (0.47%) Android
6 4 (0.47%) Apple iOS
6 4 (0.47%) Windows Server 2019
7 1 (0.12%) Amazon Linux
7 1 (0.12%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 1 (0.12%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 844 (100.00%) DevOps
2 463 (54.86%) CI/CD
3 344 (40.76%) Agile
4 216 (25.59%) Infrastructure as Code
5 157 (18.60%) Stakeholder Management
6 155 (18.36%) Test Automation
7 139 (16.47%) Analytics
7 139 (16.47%) Problem-Solving
8 116 (13.74%) Migration
9 115 (13.63%) Containerisation
10 110 (13.03%) Continuous Improvement
11 108 (12.80%) AI
12 106 (12.56%) Business Intelligence
13 104 (12.32%) Data Modelling
14 101 (11.97%) Scrum
15 95 (11.26%) ETL
16 94 (11.14%) Microservices
17 92 (10.90%) Stakeholder Engagement
18 90 (10.66%) User Acceptance Testing
19 89 (10.55%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 257 (30.45%) SQL
2 243 (28.79%) Python
3 140 (16.59%) C#
4 108 (12.80%) PowerShell
5 82 (9.72%) Bicep
6 78 (9.24%) JavaScript
7 73 (8.65%) Bash
8 66 (7.82%) TypeScript
9 58 (6.87%) Java
10 16 (1.90%) Data Analysis Expressions
11 13 (1.54%) Apex Code
12 9 (1.07%) T-SQL
13 5 (0.59%) Go
13 5 (0.59%) Kusto Query Language
14 4 (0.47%) ABAP
14 4 (0.47%) VB.NET
15 3 (0.36%) Korn
15 3 (0.36%) PL/SQL
15 3 (0.36%) Shell Script
15 3 (0.36%) X++
Qualifications
1 214 (25.36%) Security Cleared
2 186 (22.04%) SC Cleared
3 69 (8.18%) Azure Certification
4 47 (5.57%) Degree
5 25 (2.96%) Computer Science Degree
6 24 (2.84%) Microsoft Certification
7 23 (2.73%) DV Cleared
8 14 (1.66%) ISTQB
9 13 (1.54%) AWS Certification
10 11 (1.30%) PMI Certification
11 10 (1.18%) DBS Check
12 8 (0.95%) PMP
13 7 (0.83%) BPSS Clearance
14 6 (0.71%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
14 6 (0.71%) Master's Degree
15 5 (0.59%) PRINCE2 Certification
16 4 (0.47%) Cisco Certification
16 4 (0.47%) CISSP
16 4 (0.47%) ISEB
16 4 (0.47%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 112 (13.27%) QA
2 70 (8.29%) Data Quality
3 27 (3.20%) GDPR
4 20 (2.37%) Accessibility
5 19 (2.25%) NIST
6 15 (1.78%) PMO
7 10 (1.18%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 8 (0.95%) ISO 20022
8 8 (0.95%) Sarbanes-Oxley
9 7 (0.83%) SLA
9 7 (0.83%) WCAG
10 6 (0.71%) SEPA
11 4 (0.47%) PSD2
12 3 (0.36%) Cyber Essentials
12 3 (0.36%) GRC
13 2 (0.24%) Government Security Classifications
14 1 (0.12%) IFRS
14 1 (0.12%) IFRS 9
14 1 (0.12%) ITGC
14 1 (0.12%) NCSC
System Software
1 136 (16.11%) Docker
2 44 (5.21%) Active Directory
3 13 (1.54%) VMware Infrastructure
4 10 (1.18%) Virtual Machines
5 7 (0.83%) Virtual Desktop
6 5 (0.59%) Hyper-V
7 4 (0.47%) vSphere
8 2 (0.24%) Microsoft App-V
8 2 (0.24%) OpenSSH
9 1 (0.12%) Virtual Servers
9 1 (0.12%) VMware ESXi
9 1 (0.12%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 162 (19.19%) Kubernetes
2 50 (5.92%) Ansible
3 26 (3.08%) Grafana
4 23 (2.73%) Prometheus
5 12 (1.42%) Microsoft Intune
6 10 (1.18%) Progress Chef
6 10 (1.18%) Puppet
7 9 (1.07%) Packer
8 8 (0.95%) SCCM
9 6 (0.71%) Argo
9 6 (0.71%) HP ALM
10 5 (0.59%) Single Sign-On
11 3 (0.36%) HP Fortify
11 3 (0.36%) Kibana
12 2 (0.24%) Active Directory Federation Services
12 2 (0.24%) Docker Swarm
12 2 (0.24%) Nagios
13 1 (0.12%) Microsoft Clustering
13 1 (0.12%) PowerCLI
13 1 (0.12%) RSA Archer
Vendors
1 295 (34.95%) Microsoft
2 96 (11.37%) Databricks
3 37 (4.38%) Salesforce
4 29 (3.44%) Oracle
5 27 (3.20%) SAP
6 20 (2.37%) ServiceNow
6 20 (2.37%) VMware
7 14 (1.66%) Google
7 14 (1.66%) OpenAI
8 13 (1.54%) Informatica
8 13 (1.54%) Splunk
9 12 (1.42%) Foundry
10 11 (1.30%) Dynatrace
11 10 (1.18%) UiPath
12 8 (0.95%) Cloudera
13 7 (0.83%) Bloomberg
13 7 (0.83%) Guidewire
13 7 (0.83%) Workday
14 6 (0.71%) IBM
14 6 (0.71%) Okta