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

6 months to
12 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 62 79 59
Rank change year-on-year +17 -20 +15
Contract jobs citing Azure DevOps 742 418 684
As % of all contract jobs in London 3.94% 3.41% 3.87%
As % of the Cloud Services category 9.35% 7.93% 9.89%
Number of daily rates quoted 538 293 437
10th Percentile £375 £356 £406
25th Percentile £425 £425 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% - -7.08%
75th Percentile £622 £638 £613
90th Percentile £725 £750 £688
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 £72.25 £59.50 £65.50
% change year-on-year +21.43% -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 7,935 5,269 6,913
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 42.14% 43.02% 39.11%
Number of daily rates quoted 5,458 3,566 5,088
10th Percentile £356 £351 £350
25th Percentile £426 £425 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £540 £550
Median % change year-on-year -2.78% -1.82% -6.38%
75th Percentile £638 £668 £675
90th Percentile £750 £788 £780
England median daily rate £513 £515 £525
% change year-on-year -0.49% -1.90% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 93 63 68
10th Percentile £20.84 £22.60 £17.32
25th Percentile £26.52 £24.66 £22.00
Median hourly rate £35.50 £31.35 £26.00
Median % change year-on-year +13.26% +20.56% -50.48%
75th Percentile £56.00 £48.13 £38.75
90th Percentile £76.40 £72.50 £55.75
England median hourly rate £41.06 £25.50 £21.46
% change year-on-year +61.02% +18.83% -38.69%

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 12 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 12 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 12 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 -13 72 £525 - 30
South London -2 8 £513 -2.38% 1
West London -20 6 £375 -27.88% 4
North London +2 2 £600 +36.36% 1
East London -5 2 £604 +3.16% 1
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 46 (6.20%) SharePoint
2 35 (4.72%) Confluence
3 34 (4.58%) Apache Spark
4 24 (3.23%) Apache
5 21 (2.83%) Apache Airflow
6 10 (1.35%) Microsoft Exchange
7 6 (0.81%) HCL Notes
7 6 (0.81%) Mendix
8 4 (0.54%) CMS
9 3 (0.40%) Kentico
10 2 (0.27%) Palantir Foundry
11 1 (0.13%) IBM HTTP Server
11 1 (0.13%) SAS
Applications
1 26 (3.50%) Microsoft Project
2 9 (1.21%) MS Visio
3 8 (1.08%) Microsoft Excel
4 4 (0.54%) Notion
5 3 (0.40%) Microsoft Office
6 2 (0.27%) Chatbot
6 2 (0.27%) CPLEX
6 2 (0.27%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 32 (4.31%) Dynamics CRM
2 7 (0.94%) Dynamics AX
3 6 (0.81%) SAP S/4HANA
4 3 (0.40%) Endur
4 3 (0.40%) Findur
4 3 (0.40%) Maximo
4 3 (0.40%) SAP BPC
4 3 (0.40%) SAP MM
4 3 (0.40%) SAP Oil and Gas
5 2 (0.27%) Aladdin
5 2 (0.27%) Salesforce CRM
6 1 (0.13%) Loan IQ
6 1 (0.13%) NEC Housing
6 1 (0.13%) Oracle Financials
6 1 (0.13%) SAP CS
6 1 (0.13%) SAP GTS
6 1 (0.13%) SAP LE
6 1 (0.13%) SAP MDG
6 1 (0.13%) SAP SD
6 1 (0.13%) SDL Web 8
Cloud Services
1 742 (100.00%) Azure
2 223 (30.05%) GitHub
3 137 (18.46%) GitHub Actions
4 126 (16.98%) Power Platform
5 115 (15.50%) AWS
6 89 (11.99%) Azure Data Factory
7 70 (9.43%) Azure AKS
8 62 (8.36%) Power Automate
9 59 (7.95%) Dynamics 365
10 58 (7.82%) Entra ID
11 56 (7.55%) Azure Monitor
12 55 (7.41%) Azure Synapse Analytics
13 53 (7.14%) Serverless
14 45 (6.06%) Azure Logic Apps
15 42 (5.66%) Azure Key Vault
16 38 (5.12%) PowerApps
17 37 (4.99%) Azure Service Bus
17 37 (4.99%) Snowflake
18 34 (4.58%) Microsoft 365
19 33 (4.45%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 18 (2.43%) Firewall
2 9 (1.21%) Network Security
2 9 (1.21%) VPN
3 8 (1.08%) DNS
4 5 (0.67%) SD-WAN
4 5 (0.67%) WAN
5 4 (0.54%) Internet
6 2 (0.27%) FTP
6 2 (0.27%) NAS
6 2 (0.27%) Remote Desktop
6 2 (0.27%) SAN
6 2 (0.27%) SSH
6 2 (0.27%) TCP/IP
6 2 (0.27%) X.509
7 1 (0.13%) Cisco ASA
7 1 (0.13%) Cisco Firepower
7 1 (0.13%) IPsec
7 1 (0.13%) VSAN
7 1 (0.13%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 73 (9.84%) Power BI
1 73 (9.84%) SQL Server
2 67 (9.03%) Data Lake
3 51 (6.87%) Delta Lake
4 43 (5.80%) Azure SQL Database
5 37 (4.99%) Data Warehouse
6 30 (4.04%) NoSQL
7 17 (2.29%) PostgreSQL
7 17 (2.29%) Snowflake Schema
8 15 (2.02%) Spark SQL
9 14 (1.89%) Big Data
10 13 (1.75%) Relational Database
11 12 (1.62%) Redis
12 11 (1.48%) Oracle Database
13 10 (1.35%) Metadata
13 10 (1.35%) SQL Server Integration Services
14 9 (1.21%) Amazon Redshift
15 8 (1.08%) Data Vault
15 8 (1.08%) MongoDB
16 7 (0.94%) BigQuery
Development Applications
1 141 (19.00%) JIRA
2 122 (16.44%) Git
3 61 (8.22%) Jenkins
4 48 (6.47%) GitLab
5 26 (3.50%) Selenium
6 14 (1.89%) REST Assured
7 12 (1.62%) Postman
7 12 (1.62%) SonarQube
8 10 (1.35%) Cypress.io
9 9 (1.21%) Cucumber
10 7 (0.94%) SpecFlow
10 7 (0.94%) Team Foundation Server
10 7 (0.94%) TestRail
11 6 (0.81%) Bitbucket
11 6 (0.81%) JUnit
11 6 (0.81%) MLflow
11 6 (0.81%) Visual Studio
11 6 (0.81%) WebDriver
11 6 (0.81%) Zephyr
12 5 (0.67%) Snyk
General
1 206 (27.76%) Finance
2 179 (24.12%) Social Skills
3 68 (9.16%) Analytical Skills
4 60 (8.09%) Public Sector
5 46 (6.20%) Banking
6 14 (1.89%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 11 (1.48%) Documentation Skills
7 11 (1.48%) Retail
8 10 (1.35%) Front Office
8 10 (1.35%) Investment Banking
8 10 (1.35%) Organisational Skills
9 9 (1.21%) Legal
10 8 (1.08%) Financial Institution
10 8 (1.08%) Marketing
11 7 (0.94%) Influencing Skills
11 7 (0.94%) Presentation Skills
12 6 (0.81%) Law
13 4 (0.54%) Back Office
13 4 (0.54%) Pharmaceutical
14 3 (0.40%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 118 (15.90%) Azure Engineer
2 117 (15.77%) Senior
3 116 (15.63%) Developer
4 100 (13.48%) Data Engineer
5 92 (12.40%) DevOps Engineer
6 57 (7.68%) Azure DevOps Engineer
7 56 (7.55%) Architect
8 54 (7.28%) Lead
9 53 (7.14%) Analyst
10 37 (4.99%) Platform Engineer
11 27 (3.64%) Cloud Engineer
12 25 (3.37%) Business Analyst
13 24 (3.23%) Consultant
14 23 (3.10%) IT Support
14 23 (3.10%) Senior Data Engineer
15 22 (2.96%) Senior Developer
16 21 (2.83%) Cloud Platform Engineer
16 21 (2.83%) Test Analyst
16 21 (2.83%) Tester
17 20 (2.70%) Azure Data Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 99 (13.34%) .NET
2 63 (8.49%) REST
3 59 (7.95%) PySpark
4 44 (5.93%) React
5 38 (5.12%) ADO
6 34 (4.58%) Kafka
7 33 (4.45%) JSON
8 31 (4.18%) YAML
9 24 (3.23%) ARM Templates
9 24 (3.23%) Playwright
10 23 (3.10%) .NET Framework
10 23 (3.10%) AngularJS
11 21 (2.83%) HTML
12 20 (2.70%) Node.js
13 19 (2.56%) CSS
13 19 (2.56%) RESTful
14 18 (2.43%) Middleware
15 17 (2.29%) OAuth
16 16 (2.16%) .NET Core
16 16 (2.16%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 87 (11.73%) Cloud Native
2 34 (4.58%) Legacy Systems
3 26 (3.50%) Reinsurance
4 25 (3.37%) Distributed Systems
4 25 (3.37%) Product Ownership
5 17 (2.29%) Greenfield Project
6 14 (1.89%) Onboarding
7 11 (1.48%) Low-Code
8 10 (1.35%) AI Agents
8 10 (1.35%) Self-Motivation
9 9 (1.21%) Public Cloud
9 9 (1.21%) Replication
10 8 (1.08%) Data Structures
10 8 (1.08%) Hybrid Cloud
11 7 (0.94%) Enterprise Software
11 7 (0.94%) Management Information System
12 6 (0.81%) Distributed Architecture
12 6 (0.81%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
13 5 (0.67%) Data Protection Act
13 5 (0.67%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 41 (5.53%) Windows
2 19 (2.56%) Linux
3 10 (1.35%) VMS
4 6 (0.81%) Unix
4 6 (0.81%) Windows Server
5 2 (0.27%) Windows Server 2016
5 2 (0.27%) Windows Server 2019
6 1 (0.13%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 1 (0.13%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 736 (99.19%) DevOps
2 411 (55.39%) CI/CD
3 260 (35.04%) Agile
4 189 (25.47%) Infrastructure as Code
5 130 (17.52%) Analytics
6 123 (16.58%) Test Automation
7 119 (16.04%) Migration
8 114 (15.36%) Problem-Solving
9 101 (13.61%) Data Modelling
9 101 (13.61%) Data Pipeline
10 96 (12.94%) AI
10 96 (12.94%) Continuous Improvement
11 95 (12.80%) Scrum
12 91 (12.26%) Platform Engineering
13 89 (11.99%) ETL
14 84 (11.32%) Containerisation
15 83 (11.19%) Business Intelligence
16 82 (11.05%) Stakeholder Management
17 80 (10.78%) Data Engineering
18 71 (9.57%) Observability
Programming Languages
1 262 (35.31%) SQL
2 223 (30.05%) Python
3 137 (18.46%) C#
4 80 (10.78%) PowerShell
5 65 (8.76%) Bicep
6 60 (8.09%) JavaScript
7 53 (7.14%) TypeScript
8 50 (6.74%) Bash
9 47 (6.33%) Java
10 20 (2.70%) Scala
11 13 (1.75%) T-SQL
12 9 (1.21%) Data Analysis Expressions
13 8 (1.08%) Apex Code
14 6 (0.81%) Formula Language
14 6 (0.81%) Kusto Query Language
14 6 (0.81%) LotusScript
14 6 (0.81%) Shell Script
15 5 (0.67%) PL/SQL
16 3 (0.40%) C
16 3 (0.40%) Go
Qualifications
1 188 (25.34%) Security Cleared
2 167 (22.51%) SC Cleared
3 60 (8.09%) Azure Certification
4 35 (4.72%) Degree
5 19 (2.56%) Microsoft Certification
6 16 (2.16%) BPSS Clearance
6 16 (2.16%) Computer Science Degree
7 13 (1.75%) ISTQB
8 9 (1.21%) DBS Check
8 9 (1.21%) DV Cleared
9 7 (0.94%) AWS Certification
9 7 (0.94%) PMI Certification
9 7 (0.94%) PMP
10 4 (0.54%) Cisco Certification
11 3 (0.40%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
11 3 (0.40%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
11 3 (0.40%) CCNA
11 3 (0.40%) Master's Degree
11 3 (0.40%) TOGAF Certification
12 2 (0.27%) PRINCE2 Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 80 (10.78%) QA
2 70 (9.43%) Data Quality
3 19 (2.56%) GDPR
4 15 (2.02%) Accessibility
5 10 (1.35%) NIST
6 9 (1.21%) PMO
7 8 (1.08%) Sarbanes-Oxley
8 7 (0.94%) SLA
8 7 (0.94%) WCAG
9 6 (0.81%) ISO/IEC 27001
10 3 (0.40%) PCI DSS
11 2 (0.27%) Cyber Essentials
11 2 (0.27%) FedRAMP
11 2 (0.27%) HIPAA
11 2 (0.27%) HMG Security Policy Framework
11 2 (0.27%) NCSC
11 2 (0.27%) PSD2
11 2 (0.27%) SEPA
12 1 (0.13%) ITGC
12 1 (0.13%) Software Quality Assurance
System Software
1 105 (14.15%) Docker
2 38 (5.12%) Active Directory
3 9 (1.21%) Virtual Desktop
4 8 (1.08%) VMware Infrastructure
5 5 (0.67%) Virtual Machines
6 2 (0.27%) Hyper-V
6 2 (0.27%) Microsoft App-V
6 2 (0.27%) 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
1 214 (28.84%) Terraform
2 122 (16.44%) Kubernetes
3 37 (4.99%) Ansible
4 17 (2.29%) Grafana
5 14 (1.89%) Prometheus
6 8 (1.08%) Packer
7 6 (0.81%) Microsoft Intune
8 5 (0.67%) HP ALM
8 5 (0.67%) Progress Chef
8 5 (0.67%) Puppet
9 4 (0.54%) Single Sign-On
10 3 (0.40%) Argo
11 2 (0.27%) Istio
11 2 (0.27%) SCCM
12 1 (0.13%) Active Directory Federation Services
12 1 (0.13%) FortiGate
12 1 (0.13%) HP Fortify
12 1 (0.13%) PowerCLI
12 1 (0.13%) RSA Archer
12 1 (0.13%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 215 (28.98%) Microsoft
2 108 (14.56%) Databricks
3 43 (5.80%) Oracle
4 32 (4.31%) Salesforce
5 28 (3.77%) ServiceNow
6 21 (2.83%) SAP
7 19 (2.56%) Informatica
8 17 (2.29%) OpenAI
9 14 (1.89%) VMware
10 11 (1.48%) Foundry
11 10 (1.35%) Bloomberg
12 8 (1.08%) Refinitiv
13 6 (0.81%) Kofax
13 6 (0.81%) Lotus
14 5 (0.67%) HP
14 5 (0.67%) OpenLink
14 5 (0.67%) Splunk
15 4 (0.54%) Cloudera
15 4 (0.54%) Hortonworks
15 4 (0.54%) Workday