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

6 months to
11 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 72 83 76
Rank change year-on-year +11 -7 +6
Contract jobs citing Azure DevOps 592 423 523
As % of all contract jobs in London 3.91% 3.13% 2.84%
As % of the Cloud Services category 8.82% 7.51% 7.61%
Number of daily rates quoted 420 286 391
10th Percentile £358 £394 £425
25th Percentile £413 £460 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £550 £573
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% -3.93% -0.43%
75th Percentile £609 £638 £650
90th Percentile £700 £725 £700
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% -0.44%

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 6,709 5,635 6,875
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 44.34% 41.72% 37.34%
Number of daily rates quoted 4,596 3,755 5,087
10th Percentile £350 £356 £325
25th Percentile £425 £450 £448
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% - -6.38%
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 49 76
10th Percentile £18.12 £22.07 £17.39
25th Percentile £21.35 £23.80 £21.25
Median hourly rate £32.08 £31.50 £30.11
Median % change year-on-year +1.83% +4.62% +2.07%
75th Percentile £55.81 £55.75 £53.31
90th Percentile £73.75 £68.75 £61.25
England median hourly rate £36.00 £27.50 £22.15
% change year-on-year +30.91% +24.15% -11.40%

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 11 February 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 11 February 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 £550 - 32
South London 0 12 £500 +31.28%
West London -21 3 £375 -21.05% 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 38 (6.42%) SharePoint
2 31 (5.24%) Confluence
3 21 (3.55%) Apache Spark
4 14 (2.36%) Apache
5 10 (1.69%) HCL Notes
6 9 (1.52%) Mendix
7 8 (1.35%) Microsoft Exchange
8 7 (1.18%) Apache Airflow
9 3 (0.51%) CMS
9 3 (0.51%) IIS
10 2 (0.34%) Sitecore CMS
11 1 (0.17%) Adobe Experience Manager
11 1 (0.17%) Kentico
11 1 (0.17%) Palantir Foundry
Applications
1 11 (1.86%) Microsoft Project
2 10 (1.69%) MS Visio
3 9 (1.52%) Microsoft Excel
4 4 (0.68%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 2 (0.34%) Microsoft Office
5 2 (0.34%) Trello
Business Applications
1 33 (5.57%) Dynamics CRM
2 4 (0.68%) Aladdin
2 4 (0.68%) Endur
2 4 (0.68%) SAP S/4HANA
3 1 (0.17%) Loan IQ
3 1 (0.17%) Maximo
3 1 (0.17%) NetSuite
3 1 (0.17%) Orchestrade
3 1 (0.17%) SAP BPC
3 1 (0.17%) SAP MM
3 1 (0.17%) SAP Oil and Gas
3 1 (0.17%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 592 (100.00%) Azure
2 156 (26.35%) GitHub
3 138 (23.31%) Power Platform
4 103 (17.40%) GitHub Actions
5 82 (13.85%) Azure Data Factory
6 79 (13.34%) Serverless
7 66 (11.15%) Azure AKS
7 66 (11.15%) Azure Monitor
8 65 (10.98%) AWS
9 63 (10.64%) Azure Logic Apps
9 63 (10.64%) Dynamics 365
10 59 (9.97%) Azure Functions
11 57 (9.63%) Entra ID
12 56 (9.46%) Power Automate
13 50 (8.45%) Azure Key Vault
14 47 (7.94%) Azure Synapse Analytics
14 47 (7.94%) PowerApps
15 46 (7.77%) Azure Service Bus
16 36 (6.08%) Azure Cosmos DB
17 33 (5.57%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 27 (4.56%) Firewall
2 12 (2.03%) Network Security
3 11 (1.86%) VPN
4 10 (1.69%) DNS
5 7 (1.18%) WAN
6 5 (0.84%) SD-WAN
7 3 (0.51%) Remote Desktop
7 3 (0.51%) TCP/IP
8 2 (0.34%) FTP
8 2 (0.34%) HTTP
8 2 (0.34%) LAN
8 2 (0.34%) MPLS
9 1 (0.17%) BGP
9 1 (0.17%) DHCP
9 1 (0.17%) IPsec
9 1 (0.17%) VLAN
9 1 (0.17%) VRRP
9 1 (0.17%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 83 (14.02%) Power BI
2 67 (11.32%) SQL Server
3 36 (6.08%) Azure SQL Database
3 36 (6.08%) Data Lake
4 34 (5.74%) Data Warehouse
5 29 (4.90%) Delta Lake
6 20 (3.38%) NoSQL
7 18 (3.04%) PostgreSQL
8 16 (2.70%) Oracle Database
9 14 (2.36%) MongoDB
9 14 (2.36%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 11 (1.86%) Tableau
11 8 (1.35%) Data Vault
11 8 (1.35%) DynamoDB
11 8 (1.35%) Relational Database
11 8 (1.35%) Snowflake Schema
12 7 (1.18%) Spark SQL
13 6 (1.01%) Big Data
13 6 (1.01%) Redis
13 6 (1.01%) Star Schema
Development Applications
1 116 (19.59%) JIRA
2 87 (14.70%) Git
3 53 (8.95%) Jenkins
4 32 (5.41%) GitLab
5 30 (5.07%) Selenium
6 21 (3.55%) Postman
7 15 (2.53%) Cypress.io
8 14 (2.36%) Team Foundation Server
9 11 (1.86%) REST Assured
10 9 (1.52%) SonarQube
10 9 (1.52%) TestRail
10 9 (1.52%) Visual Studio
11 8 (1.35%) JMeter
11 8 (1.35%) JUnit
11 8 (1.35%) MLflow
11 8 (1.35%) Zephyr
12 6 (1.01%) Liquibase
12 6 (1.01%) Mockito
12 6 (1.01%) SpecFlow
12 6 (1.01%) webpack
General
1 183 (30.91%) Social Skills
2 149 (25.17%) Finance
3 70 (11.82%) Analytical Skills
4 58 (9.80%) Public Sector
5 43 (7.26%) Banking
6 16 (2.70%) Influencing Skills
7 15 (2.53%) Documentation Skills
7 15 (2.53%) Financial Institution
7 15 (2.53%) Investment Banking
8 12 (2.03%) Front Office
8 12 (2.03%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 12 (2.03%) Retail
9 9 (1.52%) Marketing
9 9 (1.52%) Presentation Skills
10 7 (1.18%) Back Office
10 7 (1.18%) Law
11 6 (1.01%) Organisational Skills
12 5 (0.84%) Military
13 3 (0.51%) General Ledger
14 2 (0.34%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 143 (24.16%) Developer
2 86 (14.53%) Azure Engineer
3 73 (12.33%) DevOps Engineer
4 65 (10.98%) Senior
5 59 (9.97%) Data Engineer
6 49 (8.28%) Analyst
7 48 (8.11%) Azure DevOps Engineer
8 47 (7.94%) Architect
9 40 (6.76%) Lead
10 35 (5.91%) Azure Developer
11 24 (4.05%) Azure Architect
12 23 (3.89%) Business Analyst
13 21 (3.55%) Tester
14 20 (3.38%) Platform Engineer
15 17 (2.87%) Test Analyst
16 16 (2.70%) Consultant
16 16 (2.70%) Senior Developer
17 15 (2.53%) Automation Engineer
17 15 (2.53%) ServiceNow Developer
18 14 (2.36%) Azure Data Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 128 (21.62%) .NET
2 58 (9.80%) REST
3 49 (8.28%) Node.js
4 46 (7.77%) React
5 43 (7.26%) PySpark
6 28 (4.73%) ARM Templates
7 27 (4.56%) .NET Core
7 27 (4.56%) Kafka
7 27 (4.56%) SOAP
8 24 (4.05%) RESTful
9 21 (3.55%) ADO
9 21 (3.55%) CSS
9 21 (3.55%) HTML
9 21 (3.55%) Playwright
10 20 (3.38%) YAML
11 18 (3.04%) .NET Framework
12 16 (2.70%) AngularJS
12 16 (2.70%) OAuth
13 15 (2.53%) ASP.NET
13 15 (2.53%) JSON
Miscellaneous
1 61 (10.30%) Cloud Native
2 33 (5.57%) Product Ownership
3 26 (4.39%) Distributed Systems
4 21 (3.55%) Legacy Systems
5 19 (3.21%) CMDB
6 16 (2.70%) Reinsurance
7 15 (2.53%) AI Agents
7 15 (2.53%) Enterprise Software
7 15 (2.53%) Low-Code
8 13 (2.20%) Public Cloud
9 10 (1.69%) Data Structures
9 10 (1.69%) Replication
10 8 (1.35%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
10 8 (1.35%) NHS
11 7 (1.18%) Virtual Team
12 6 (1.01%) Linux Command Line
13 5 (0.84%) Data Centre
13 5 (0.84%) Enterprise Cloud
13 5 (0.84%) Onboarding
13 5 (0.84%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 22 (3.72%) Windows
2 16 (2.70%) Linux
3 8 (1.35%) VMS
4 4 (0.68%) Windows Server
5 1 (0.17%) Android
5 1 (0.17%) Apple iOS
5 1 (0.17%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 1 (0.17%) Solaris
5 1 (0.17%) Unix
5 1 (0.17%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 585 (98.82%) DevOps
2 331 (55.91%) CI/CD
3 260 (43.92%) Agile
4 152 (25.68%) Infrastructure as Code
5 127 (21.45%) Problem-Solving
6 124 (20.95%) Analytics
7 104 (17.57%) Test Automation
8 96 (16.22%) Scrum
9 95 (16.05%) Business Intelligence
10 93 (15.71%) AI
10 93 (15.71%) Continuous Improvement
11 83 (14.02%) Data Modelling
12 75 (12.67%) Microservices
13 73 (12.33%) Migration
14 70 (11.82%) Containerisation
14 70 (11.82%) Stakeholder Management
15 59 (9.97%) Data Pipeline
15 59 (9.97%) Observability
16 55 (9.29%) Stakeholder Engagement
17 54 (9.12%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 206 (34.80%) SQL
2 168 (28.38%) Python
3 134 (22.64%) C#
4 102 (17.23%) JavaScript
5 59 (9.97%) PowerShell
6 58 (9.80%) Bicep
7 52 (8.78%) TypeScript
8 47 (7.94%) Java
9 29 (4.90%) Bash
10 21 (3.55%) Scala
11 16 (2.70%) T-SQL
12 10 (1.69%) Formula Language
12 10 (1.69%) Kusto Query Language
12 10 (1.69%) LotusScript
12 10 (1.69%) PL/SQL
13 4 (0.68%) Data Analysis Expressions
13 4 (0.68%) R
14 3 (0.51%) Go
14 3 (0.51%) X++
14 3 (0.51%) XPath
Qualifications
1 137 (23.14%) Security Cleared
2 121 (20.44%) SC Cleared
3 59 (9.97%) Azure Certification
4 41 (6.93%) Degree
5 20 (3.38%) Microsoft Certification
6 19 (3.21%) Computer Science Degree
7 16 (2.70%) BPSS Clearance
8 14 (2.36%) ISTQB
9 10 (1.69%) Master's Degree
10 9 (1.52%) PMI Certification
11 7 (1.18%) PMP
12 5 (0.84%) ISEB
12 5 (0.84%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
13 4 (0.68%) ITIL Certification
14 3 (0.51%) CBAP
14 3 (0.51%) DBS Check
15 2 (0.34%) AWS Certification
15 2 (0.34%) CISSP
15 2 (0.34%) MBA
16 1 (0.17%) Cisco Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 52 (8.78%) QA
2 42 (7.09%) Data Quality
3 20 (3.38%) GDPR
4 13 (2.20%) Accessibility
5 7 (1.18%) PMO
5 7 (1.18%) WCAG
6 6 (1.01%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 4 (0.68%) HIPAA
7 4 (0.68%) PCI DSS
8 3 (0.51%) EU AI Act
8 3 (0.51%) HL7
8 3 (0.51%) NIST
9 2 (0.34%) FedRAMP
9 2 (0.34%) ISO/IEC 27001
9 2 (0.34%) NCSC
9 2 (0.34%) SLA
9 2 (0.34%) Software Quality Assurance
10 1 (0.17%) EMIR
10 1 (0.17%) HMG Security Policy Framework
10 1 (0.17%) MiFID
System Software
1 101 (17.06%) Docker
2 33 (5.57%) Active Directory
3 8 (1.35%) Virtual Desktop
3 8 (1.35%) Virtual Machines
4 3 (0.51%) VMware Infrastructure
5 1 (0.17%) HDFS
5 1 (0.17%) KVM
5 1 (0.17%) Squid
Systems Management
1 177 (29.90%) Terraform
2 103 (17.40%) Kubernetes
3 26 (4.39%) Ansible
4 12 (2.03%) Grafana
5 9 (1.52%) Prometheus
6 4 (0.68%) Argo
6 4 (0.68%) HP ALM
6 4 (0.68%) Packer
7 3 (0.51%) Kibana
8 2 (0.34%) Fluentd
8 2 (0.34%) Kubeflow
8 2 (0.34%) Microsoft Intune
8 2 (0.34%) Opsgenie
9 1 (0.17%) Active Directory Federation Services
9 1 (0.17%) CASB
9 1 (0.17%) Icinga
9 1 (0.17%) Istio
9 1 (0.17%) Progress Chef
Vendors
1 202 (34.12%) Microsoft
2 92 (15.54%) Databricks
3 47 (7.94%) Oracle
4 35 (5.91%) ServiceNow
5 26 (4.39%) OpenAI
6 16 (2.70%) Salesforce
7 10 (1.69%) Lotus
7 10 (1.69%) SAP
8 9 (1.52%) Kofax
8 9 (1.52%) VMware
9 8 (1.35%) Foundry
9 8 (1.35%) Informatica
10 6 (1.01%) DocuSign
10 6 (1.01%) Splunk
11 5 (0.84%) Aruba
11 5 (0.84%) Cisco
11 5 (0.84%) Citrix
11 5 (0.84%) Sitecore
12 4 (0.68%) Charles River
12 4 (0.68%) HP