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

6 months to
28 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 72 87 77
Rank change year-on-year +15 -10 +7
Contract jobs citing Azure DevOps 566 430 511
As % of all contract jobs in London 3.83% 3.11% 2.78%
As % of the Cloud Services category 8.67% 7.52% 7.46%
Number of daily rates quoted 411 291 377
10th Percentile £358 £388 £425
25th Percentile £413 £463 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £550 £575
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% -4.35% -
75th Percentile £600 £638 £650
90th Percentile £700 £725 £705
England median daily rate £500 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -4.76% -4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 0 0
10th Percentile £46.53 - -
25th Percentile £47.31 - -
Median hourly rate £49.25 - -
75th Percentile £51.81 - -
90th Percentile £52.98 - -
England median hourly rate £74.63 £73.75 £65.50
% change year-on-year +1.19% +12.60% -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 6,526 5,716 6,849
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 44.20% 41.38% 37.24%
Number of daily rates quoted 4,479 3,806 5,078
10th Percentile £350 £356 £325
25th Percentile £425 £450 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% - -8.33%
75th Percentile £638 £675 £675
90th Percentile £750 £788 £763
England median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 96 46 74
10th Percentile £18.25 £22.27 £17.85
25th Percentile £21.46 £23.80 £21.44
Median hourly rate £29.69 £29.80 £31.50
Median % change year-on-year -0.35% -5.41% +14.55%
75th Percentile £54.31 £47.72 £53.44
90th Percentile £75.84 £64.38 £61.75
England median hourly rate £32.50 £27.50 £23.22
% change year-on-year +18.18% +18.46% -3.27%

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 28 January 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
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 28 January 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 74 £550 - 43
South London -2 12 £500 +31.58% 2
West London -24 3 £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 36 (6.36%) SharePoint
2 29 (5.12%) Confluence
3 21 (3.71%) Apache Spark
4 12 (2.12%) Apache
5 10 (1.77%) HCL Notes
6 9 (1.59%) Mendix
7 7 (1.24%) Microsoft Exchange
8 6 (1.06%) Apache Airflow
9 3 (0.53%) CMS
9 3 (0.53%) IIS
10 2 (0.35%) Sitecore CMS
11 1 (0.18%) Adobe Experience Manager
11 1 (0.18%) Kentico
Applications
1 11 (1.94%) Microsoft Excel
1 11 (1.94%) Microsoft Project
2 10 (1.77%) MS Visio
3 4 (0.71%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 3 (0.53%) Microsoft Office
5 2 (0.35%) Trello
Business Applications
1 32 (5.65%) Dynamics CRM
2 5 (0.88%) Aladdin
3 4 (0.71%) Endur
3 4 (0.71%) SAP S/4HANA
4 1 (0.18%) NetSuite
4 1 (0.18%) Orchestrade
4 1 (0.18%) SAP BPC
4 1 (0.18%) SAP MM
4 1 (0.18%) SAP Oil and Gas
4 1 (0.18%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 566 (100.00%) Azure
2 147 (25.97%) GitHub
3 136 (24.03%) Power Platform
4 102 (18.02%) GitHub Actions
5 79 (13.96%) Azure Data Factory
6 75 (13.25%) Serverless
7 64 (11.31%) Azure AKS
8 63 (11.13%) AWS
8 63 (11.13%) Dynamics 365
9 59 (10.42%) Azure Logic Apps
9 59 (10.42%) Azure Monitor
10 54 (9.54%) Azure Functions
10 54 (9.54%) Entra ID
11 53 (9.36%) Power Automate
12 45 (7.95%) Azure Service Bus
13 44 (7.77%) Azure Synapse Analytics
13 44 (7.77%) PowerApps
14 43 (7.60%) Azure Key Vault
15 34 (6.01%) Azure Cosmos DB
16 32 (5.65%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 26 (4.59%) Firewall
2 12 (2.12%) Network Security
2 12 (2.12%) VPN
3 9 (1.59%) DNS
4 7 (1.24%) WAN
5 5 (0.88%) SD-WAN
6 2 (0.35%) FTP
6 2 (0.35%) HTTP
6 2 (0.35%) LAN
6 2 (0.35%) MPLS
6 2 (0.35%) Remote Desktop
6 2 (0.35%) TCP/IP
7 1 (0.18%) BGP
7 1 (0.18%) DHCP
7 1 (0.18%) IPsec
7 1 (0.18%) VLAN
7 1 (0.18%) VRRP
7 1 (0.18%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 83 (14.66%) Power BI
2 61 (10.78%) SQL Server
3 36 (6.36%) Data Warehouse
4 34 (6.01%) Azure SQL Database
5 32 (5.65%) Data Lake
6 26 (4.59%) Delta Lake
7 21 (3.71%) NoSQL
8 17 (3.00%) PostgreSQL
9 15 (2.65%) MongoDB
10 14 (2.47%) Oracle Database
11 13 (2.30%) SQL Server Integration Services
12 12 (2.12%) Tableau
13 9 (1.59%) Relational Database
14 8 (1.41%) Data Vault
14 8 (1.41%) DynamoDB
15 7 (1.24%) Snowflake Schema
15 7 (1.24%) Spark SQL
15 7 (1.24%) SQL Server Reporting Services
16 6 (1.06%) Star Schema
17 5 (0.88%) GIS
Development Applications
1 108 (19.08%) JIRA
2 75 (13.25%) Git
3 50 (8.83%) Jenkins
4 30 (5.30%) GitLab
5 28 (4.95%) Selenium
6 22 (3.89%) Postman
7 13 (2.30%) Cypress.io
8 11 (1.94%) Team Foundation Server
9 10 (1.77%) REST Assured
9 10 (1.77%) SonarQube
10 8 (1.41%) JUnit
10 8 (1.41%) MLflow
10 8 (1.41%) Visual Studio
11 7 (1.24%) JMeter
11 7 (1.24%) TeamCity
11 7 (1.24%) TestRail
11 7 (1.24%) Zephyr
12 6 (1.06%) Cucumber
12 6 (1.06%) Mockito
12 6 (1.06%) SpecFlow
General
1 178 (31.45%) Social Skills
2 143 (25.27%) Finance
3 65 (11.48%) Analytical Skills
4 54 (9.54%) Public Sector
5 42 (7.42%) Banking
6 17 (3.00%) Documentation Skills
7 16 (2.83%) Influencing Skills
7 16 (2.83%) Investment Banking
8 15 (2.65%) Financial Institution
9 13 (2.30%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 12 (2.12%) Retail
11 11 (1.94%) Front Office
12 9 (1.59%) Marketing
12 9 (1.59%) Presentation Skills
13 7 (1.24%) Law
14 6 (1.06%) Back Office
15 5 (0.88%) Military
16 3 (0.53%) General Ledger
16 3 (0.53%) Organisational Skills
17 2 (0.35%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 136 (24.03%) Developer
2 83 (14.66%) Azure Engineer
3 74 (13.07%) DevOps Engineer
4 59 (10.42%) Senior
5 55 (9.72%) Data Engineer
6 47 (8.30%) Analyst
6 47 (8.30%) Azure DevOps Engineer
7 42 (7.42%) Architect
8 37 (6.54%) Lead
9 31 (5.48%) Azure Developer
10 24 (4.24%) Azure Architect
11 22 (3.89%) Business Analyst
11 22 (3.89%) Tester
12 19 (3.36%) Platform Engineer
13 18 (3.18%) Consultant
14 16 (2.83%) Senior Developer
14 16 (2.83%) Test Analyst
15 15 (2.65%) Automation Engineer
15 15 (2.65%) Azure Data Engineer
15 15 (2.65%) ServiceNow Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 126 (22.26%) .NET
2 51 (9.01%) REST
3 45 (7.95%) Node.js
4 44 (7.77%) React
5 39 (6.89%) PySpark
6 29 (5.12%) ARM Templates
7 27 (4.77%) Kafka
8 25 (4.42%) .NET Core
8 25 (4.42%) RESTful
8 25 (4.42%) SOAP
9 21 (3.71%) ADO
10 20 (3.53%) HTML
10 20 (3.53%) Playwright
10 20 (3.53%) YAML
11 19 (3.36%) CSS
12 17 (3.00%) AngularJS
13 16 (2.83%) .NET Framework
13 16 (2.83%) ASP.NET
13 16 (2.83%) OAuth
14 14 (2.47%) Next.js
Miscellaneous
1 57 (10.07%) Cloud Native
2 28 (4.95%) Product Ownership
3 25 (4.42%) Distributed Systems
4 19 (3.36%) CMDB
4 19 (3.36%) Legacy Systems
5 15 (2.65%) AI Agents
5 15 (2.65%) Low-Code
6 14 (2.47%) Enterprise Software
7 13 (2.30%) Public Cloud
8 10 (1.77%) Data Structures
8 10 (1.77%) Reinsurance
9 8 (1.41%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
9 8 (1.41%) NHS
10 7 (1.24%) Replication
11 6 (1.06%) Mobile App
11 6 (1.06%) Virtual Team
12 5 (0.88%) Derivative
12 5 (0.88%) Linux Command Line
12 5 (0.88%) Security Posture
12 5 (0.88%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 20 (3.53%) Windows
2 15 (2.65%) Linux
3 8 (1.41%) VMS
4 5 (0.88%) Windows Server
5 3 (0.53%) Android
5 3 (0.53%) Apple iOS
6 1 (0.18%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 1 (0.18%) Solaris
6 1 (0.18%) Unix
6 1 (0.18%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 559 (98.76%) DevOps
2 321 (56.71%) CI/CD
3 257 (45.41%) Agile
4 148 (26.15%) Infrastructure as Code
5 122 (21.55%) Problem-Solving
6 116 (20.49%) Analytics
7 101 (17.84%) Test Automation
8 92 (16.25%) Business Intelligence
9 91 (16.08%) Scrum
10 85 (15.02%) Continuous Improvement
11 84 (14.84%) AI
12 79 (13.96%) Data Modelling
13 76 (13.43%) Microservices
14 71 (12.54%) Migration
15 67 (11.84%) Containerisation
16 62 (10.95%) Stakeholder Management
17 59 (10.42%) Data Pipeline
18 57 (10.07%) Stakeholder Engagement
19 54 (9.54%) Observability
19 54 (9.54%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 196 (34.63%) SQL
2 158 (27.92%) Python
3 126 (22.26%) C#
4 99 (17.49%) JavaScript
5 58 (10.25%) Bicep
5 58 (10.25%) PowerShell
6 47 (8.30%) TypeScript
7 46 (8.13%) Java
8 26 (4.59%) Bash
9 17 (3.00%) Scala
10 13 (2.30%) T-SQL
11 10 (1.77%) Formula Language
11 10 (1.77%) LotusScript
11 10 (1.77%) PL/SQL
12 9 (1.59%) Kusto Query Language
13 4 (0.71%) Data Analysis Expressions
13 4 (0.71%) R
14 3 (0.53%) Go
14 3 (0.53%) X++
14 3 (0.53%) XPath
Qualifications
1 128 (22.61%) Security Cleared
2 115 (20.32%) SC Cleared
3 55 (9.72%) Azure Certification
4 39 (6.89%) Degree
5 19 (3.36%) Computer Science Degree
5 19 (3.36%) Microsoft Certification
6 16 (2.83%) BPSS Clearance
7 13 (2.30%) ISTQB
8 9 (1.59%) Master's Degree
8 9 (1.59%) PMI Certification
9 7 (1.24%) PMP
10 5 (0.88%) ISEB
10 5 (0.88%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
11 4 (0.71%) ITIL Certification
12 3 (0.53%) CBAP
12 3 (0.53%) DBS Check
13 2 (0.35%) CISSP
13 2 (0.35%) MBA
14 1 (0.18%) CCNA
14 1 (0.18%) Cisco Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 50 (8.83%) QA
2 42 (7.42%) Data Quality
3 20 (3.53%) GDPR
4 15 (2.65%) Accessibility
5 8 (1.41%) WCAG
6 6 (1.06%) PMO
6 6 (1.06%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 4 (0.71%) HIPAA
7 4 (0.71%) NIST
7 4 (0.71%) PCI DSS
8 3 (0.53%) HL7
8 3 (0.53%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 3 (0.53%) NCSC
9 2 (0.35%) EU AI Act
9 2 (0.35%) FedRAMP
9 2 (0.35%) SLA
9 2 (0.35%) Software Quality Assurance
10 1 (0.18%) California Consumer Privacy Act
10 1 (0.18%) HMG Security Policy Framework
10 1 (0.18%) ISO/IEC 42001
System Software
1 99 (17.49%) Docker
2 32 (5.65%) Active Directory
3 7 (1.24%) Virtual Desktop
3 7 (1.24%) Virtual Machines
4 3 (0.53%) VMware Infrastructure
5 1 (0.18%) KVM
5 1 (0.18%) Squid
Systems Management
1 170 (30.04%) Terraform
2 101 (17.84%) Kubernetes
3 26 (4.59%) Ansible
4 12 (2.12%) Grafana
5 9 (1.59%) Prometheus
6 4 (0.71%) Kibana
6 4 (0.71%) Packer
7 3 (0.53%) Argo
7 3 (0.53%) HP ALM
8 2 (0.35%) Fluentd
8 2 (0.35%) Istio
8 2 (0.35%) Kubeflow
8 2 (0.35%) Opsgenie
8 2 (0.35%) Progress Chef
9 1 (0.18%) Active Directory Federation Services
9 1 (0.18%) CASB
9 1 (0.18%) Icinga
9 1 (0.18%) Microsoft Intune
9 1 (0.18%) Puppet
Vendors
1 196 (34.63%) Microsoft
2 87 (15.37%) Databricks
3 43 (7.60%) Oracle
4 33 (5.83%) ServiceNow
5 21 (3.71%) OpenAI
6 18 (3.18%) Salesforce
7 11 (1.94%) SAP
8 10 (1.77%) Lotus
9 9 (1.59%) Kofax
10 8 (1.41%) Informatica
11 6 (1.06%) DocuSign
11 6 (1.06%) Splunk
11 6 (1.06%) VMware
12 5 (0.88%) Aruba
12 5 (0.88%) Cisco
12 5 (0.88%) Citrix
12 5 (0.88%) Foundry
12 5 (0.88%) Sitecore
13 4 (0.71%) Charles River
13 4 (0.71%) Google