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 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
28 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 82 74 78
Rank change year-on-year -8 +4 +10
Contract jobs citing Azure DevOps 506 523 571
As % of all contract jobs in London 3.56% 3.29% 2.91%
As % of the Cloud Services category 8.06% 8.07% 7.53%
Number of daily rates quoted 355 356 423
10th Percentile £343 £382 £425
25th Percentile £400 £463 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £521 £550 £575
Median % change year-on-year -5.36% -4.35% -
75th Percentile £638 £638 £650
90th Percentile £725 £702 £725
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 £50.03 - -
25th Percentile £56.06 - -
Median hourly rate £66.75 - -
75th Percentile £78.06 - -
90th Percentile £84.48 - -
England median hourly rate £74.63 £73.75 £62.00
% change year-on-year +1.19% +18.95% -5.76%

All Cloud 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 6,275 6,477 7,585
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 44.17% 40.71% 38.60%
Number of daily rates quoted 4,252 4,403 5,576
10th Percentile £350 £350 £325
25th Percentile £425 £456 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% - -6.78%
75th Percentile £650 £675 £675
90th Percentile £750 £788 £775
England median daily rate £500 £538 £525
% change year-on-year -6.98% +2.38% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 120 40 68
10th Percentile £18.25 £23.33 £18.65
25th Percentile £22.88 £24.33 £21.25
Median hourly rate £25.74 £35.00 £37.75
Median % change year-on-year -26.47% -7.28% +37.27%
75th Percentile £46.19 £59.25 £60.00
90th Percentile £78.75 £67.03 £74.13
England median hourly rate £25.47 £32.75 £26.50
% change year-on-year -22.23% +23.58% +17.78%

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 November 2025.

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 28 November 2025.

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 28 November 2025. 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 -17 69 £540 -1.82% 27
South London -6 8 £500 +31.58%
East London -4 2 £440 - 9
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 31 (6.13%) Confluence
2 26 (5.14%) SharePoint
3 13 (2.57%) Apache
4 12 (2.37%) Apache Spark
5 8 (1.58%) Apache Airflow
6 6 (1.19%) Microsoft Exchange
7 4 (0.79%) CMS
8 2 (0.40%) IIS
8 2 (0.40%) Sitecore CMS
9 1 (0.20%) Adobe Experience Manager
9 1 (0.20%) Anypoint
9 1 (0.20%) Appian
9 1 (0.20%) HCL Notes
9 1 (0.20%) Headless CMS
9 1 (0.20%) Jupyter
9 1 (0.20%) Kentico
9 1 (0.20%) Mule
Applications
1 12 (2.37%) Microsoft Excel
2 8 (1.58%) MS Visio
3 7 (1.38%) Microsoft Office
3 7 (1.38%) Microsoft Project
4 4 (0.79%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 3 (0.59%) Trello
Business Applications
1 25 (4.94%) Dynamics CRM
2 10 (1.98%) Aladdin
3 7 (1.38%) Endur
4 4 (0.79%) SAP S/4HANA
5 2 (0.40%) Salesforce CRM
6 1 (0.20%) Orchestrade
6 1 (0.20%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 506 (100.00%) Azure
2 117 (23.12%) GitHub
3 108 (21.34%) Power Platform
4 84 (16.60%) GitHub Actions
5 70 (13.83%) AWS
6 62 (12.25%) Serverless
7 61 (12.06%) Azure Data Factory
7 61 (12.06%) Azure Monitor
8 60 (11.86%) Azure AKS
9 53 (10.47%) Dynamics 365
10 50 (9.88%) Entra ID
11 48 (9.49%) Azure Logic Apps
12 44 (8.70%) PowerApps
13 43 (8.50%) Azure Service Bus
14 42 (8.30%) Power Automate
15 41 (8.10%) Azure Functions
16 37 (7.31%) Azure Synapse Analytics
17 36 (7.11%) Azure Key Vault
18 33 (6.52%) Azure Cosmos DB
18 33 (6.52%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 26 (5.14%) Firewall
2 16 (3.16%) Network Security
3 13 (2.57%) DNS
3 13 (2.57%) VPN
4 8 (1.58%) WAN
5 5 (0.99%) SD-WAN
6 3 (0.59%) LAN
7 2 (0.40%) DHCP
7 2 (0.40%) MPLS
7 2 (0.40%) Remote Desktop
7 2 (0.40%) TCP/IP
8 1 (0.20%) AMQP
8 1 (0.20%) BGP
8 1 (0.20%) DSL
8 1 (0.20%) FTP
8 1 (0.20%) HTTP
8 1 (0.20%) IPsec
8 1 (0.20%) NGFW
8 1 (0.20%) VLAN
8 1 (0.20%) VRRP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 65 (12.85%) Power BI
2 37 (7.31%) SQL Server
3 26 (5.14%) Data Warehouse
4 25 (4.94%) Azure SQL Database
5 24 (4.74%) Data Lake
6 19 (3.75%) Delta Lake
7 18 (3.56%) NoSQL
8 17 (3.36%) PostgreSQL
9 15 (2.96%) MongoDB
10 10 (1.98%) Redis
11 9 (1.78%) Relational Database
12 8 (1.58%) Metadata
12 8 (1.58%) SQL Server Integration Services
13 7 (1.38%) DynamoDB
13 7 (1.38%) SQL Server Reporting Services
14 6 (1.19%) Elasticsearch
14 6 (1.19%) Star Schema
15 5 (0.99%) Tableau
16 4 (0.79%) Big Data
16 4 (0.79%) Data Mart
Development Applications
1 98 (19.37%) JIRA
2 72 (14.23%) Git
3 50 (9.88%) Jenkins
4 39 (7.71%) GitLab
5 25 (4.94%) Selenium
6 17 (3.36%) Postman
7 12 (2.37%) Cucumber
8 11 (2.17%) JUnit
8 11 (2.17%) SonarQube
9 9 (1.78%) SpecFlow
10 8 (1.58%) Appium
10 8 (1.58%) Cypress.io
10 8 (1.58%) JMeter
10 8 (1.58%) Mockito
10 8 (1.58%) Team Foundation Server
10 8 (1.58%) TeamCity
11 7 (1.38%) Bitbucket
11 7 (1.38%) NUnit
12 6 (1.19%) Liquibase
12 6 (1.19%) MLflow
General
1 174 (34.39%) Social Skills
2 121 (23.91%) Finance
3 54 (10.67%) Analytical Skills
4 52 (10.28%) Public Sector
5 43 (8.50%) Banking
6 24 (4.74%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 24 (4.74%) Investment Banking
7 22 (4.35%) Documentation Skills
8 15 (2.96%) Retail
9 14 (2.77%) Influencing Skills
10 13 (2.57%) Law
11 11 (2.17%) Marketing
12 8 (1.58%) Back Office
12 8 (1.58%) Financial Institution
13 7 (1.38%) Presentation Skills
14 6 (1.19%) Front Office
15 5 (0.99%) Military
16 3 (0.59%) Billing
16 3 (0.59%) General Ledger
16 3 (0.59%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 139 (27.47%) Developer
2 69 (13.64%) Azure Engineer
3 63 (12.45%) DevOps Engineer
4 50 (9.88%) Senior
5 45 (8.89%) Analyst
6 39 (7.71%) Lead
7 37 (7.31%) Azure DevOps Engineer
8 33 (6.52%) Data Engineer
9 32 (6.32%) Architect
10 29 (5.73%) Business Analyst
11 26 (5.14%) Azure Developer
12 18 (3.56%) Azure Architect
12 18 (3.56%) Senior Developer
12 18 (3.56%) Test Engineer
13 17 (3.36%) C# Developer
13 17 (3.36%) Platform Engineer
13 17 (3.36%) Tester
14 16 (3.16%) ServiceNow Developer
15 15 (2.96%) Azure Data Engineer
16 14 (2.77%) .NET Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 118 (23.32%) .NET
2 51 (10.08%) REST
3 39 (7.71%) SOAP
4 36 (7.11%) Node.js
5 33 (6.52%) RESTful
6 31 (6.13%) React
6 31 (6.13%) YAML
7 28 (5.53%) ARM Templates
7 28 (5.53%) Kafka
8 25 (4.94%) .NET Framework
9 24 (4.74%) .NET Core
10 22 (4.35%) PySpark
11 20 (3.95%) ADO
12 19 (3.75%) AngularJS
12 19 (3.75%) HTML
13 17 (3.36%) ASP.NET
14 16 (3.16%) Playwright
15 15 (2.96%) CSS
15 15 (2.96%) Microsoft Graph
16 14 (2.77%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 46 (9.09%) Cloud Native
2 27 (5.34%) Product Ownership
3 23 (4.55%) Distributed Systems
4 19 (3.75%) CMDB
5 15 (2.96%) Enterprise Software
5 15 (2.96%) Legacy Systems
6 12 (2.37%) AI Agents
6 12 (2.37%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
7 11 (2.17%) Fixed Income
8 8 (1.58%) Data Structures
8 8 (1.58%) Mobile App
9 7 (1.38%) Greenfield Project
9 7 (1.38%) Hybrid Cloud
9 7 (1.38%) Public Cloud
9 7 (1.38%) Reinsurance
10 6 (1.19%) Derivative
11 5 (0.99%) Analytical Mindset
11 5 (0.99%) NHS
11 5 (0.99%) PMI
11 5 (0.99%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 20 (3.95%) Windows
2 17 (3.36%) Linux
3 7 (1.38%) Android
3 7 (1.38%) Apple iOS
3 7 (1.38%) Unix
4 5 (0.99%) Windows Server
5 4 (0.79%) VMS
6 3 (0.59%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 1 (0.20%) Solaris
7 1 (0.20%) Windows 10
7 1 (0.20%) Windows 7
7 1 (0.20%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 505 (99.80%) DevOps
2 280 (55.34%) CI/CD
3 266 (52.57%) Agile
4 135 (26.68%) Infrastructure as Code
5 113 (22.33%) Problem-Solving
6 102 (20.16%) Scrum
7 99 (19.57%) Analytics
8 91 (17.98%) Test Automation
9 71 (14.03%) Microservices
10 70 (13.83%) Business Intelligence
11 63 (12.45%) Containerisation
12 61 (12.06%) AI
13 59 (11.66%) Continuous Improvement
14 55 (10.87%) Migration
15 50 (9.88%) Stakeholder Engagement
16 49 (9.68%) Data Modelling
16 49 (9.68%) Stakeholder Management
17 48 (9.49%) Validation
18 47 (9.29%) Data Engineering
18 47 (9.29%) TDD
Programming Languages
1 154 (30.43%) SQL
2 146 (28.85%) Python
3 130 (25.69%) C#
4 92 (18.18%) JavaScript
5 64 (12.65%) PowerShell
6 52 (10.28%) Java
7 50 (9.88%) Bicep
8 34 (6.72%) Bash
9 31 (6.13%) TypeScript
10 8 (1.58%) Kusto Query Language
11 7 (1.38%) T-SQL
12 6 (1.19%) PL/SQL
12 6 (1.19%) VB.NET
13 4 (0.79%) Go
13 4 (0.79%) Korn
13 4 (0.79%) Shell Script
14 3 (0.59%) R
14 3 (0.59%) Scala
14 3 (0.59%) X++
15 2 (0.40%) Data Analysis Expressions
Qualifications
1 102 (20.16%) Security Cleared
2 88 (17.39%) SC Cleared
3 46 (9.09%) Degree
4 40 (7.91%) Azure Certification
5 22 (4.35%) Computer Science Degree
6 17 (3.36%) Microsoft Certification
7 13 (2.57%) ISTQB
8 10 (1.98%) Master's Degree
9 8 (1.58%) PMI Certification
10 6 (1.19%) Numerate Degree
11 5 (0.99%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
12 4 (0.79%) CBAP
12 4 (0.79%) DV Cleared
12 4 (0.79%) ISEB
12 4 (0.79%) ITIL Certification
12 4 (0.79%) PMP
13 3 (0.59%) CISSP
14 2 (0.40%) AWS Certification
14 2 (0.40%) BPSS Clearance
14 2 (0.40%) MBA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 39 (7.71%) QA
2 25 (4.94%) Data Quality
3 21 (4.15%) GDPR
4 17 (3.36%) Accessibility
5 8 (1.58%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 8 (1.58%) NIST
6 5 (0.99%) WCAG
7 4 (0.79%) NCSC
7 4 (0.79%) Sarbanes-Oxley
8 3 (0.59%) Solvency II
9 2 (0.40%) EU AI Act
9 2 (0.40%) HIPAA
9 2 (0.40%) HL7
9 2 (0.40%) PCI DSS
9 2 (0.40%) PMO
10 1 (0.20%) Cyber Essentials
10 1 (0.20%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
10 1 (0.20%) HMG Security Policy Framework
10 1 (0.20%) ISO 20022
10 1 (0.20%) SEPA
System Software
1 85 (16.80%) Docker
2 31 (6.13%) Active Directory
3 12 (2.37%) Virtual Machines
4 5 (0.99%) Virtual Desktop
5 3 (0.59%) VMware Infrastructure
6 1 (0.20%) KVM
6 1 (0.20%) Squid
Systems Management
1 141 (27.87%) Terraform
2 86 (17.00%) Kubernetes
3 34 (6.72%) Ansible
4 15 (2.96%) Grafana
5 13 (2.57%) Prometheus
6 7 (1.38%) Progress Chef
7 6 (1.19%) Kibana
8 5 (0.99%) Argo
8 5 (0.99%) Puppet
9 3 (0.59%) Istio
9 3 (0.59%) ITRS Geneos
9 3 (0.59%) Microsoft Intune
9 3 (0.59%) Packer
10 2 (0.40%) Fluentd
10 2 (0.40%) HP ALM
10 2 (0.40%) Opsgenie
11 1 (0.20%) CASB
11 1 (0.20%) Kubeflow
11 1 (0.20%) linkerd
11 1 (0.20%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 172 (33.99%) Microsoft
2 70 (13.83%) Databricks
3 33 (6.52%) ServiceNow
4 21 (4.15%) OpenAI
5 18 (3.56%) Salesforce
6 16 (3.16%) Oracle
7 10 (1.98%) SAP
8 8 (1.58%) Murex
9 7 (1.38%) DocuSign
10 6 (1.19%) Cisco
10 6 (1.19%) Google
10 6 (1.19%) Splunk
10 6 (1.19%) UiPath
11 5 (0.99%) Aruba
11 5 (0.99%) Guidewire
11 5 (0.99%) Sitecore
12 4 (0.79%) Citrix
12 4 (0.79%) Duck Creek
13 3 (0.59%) Charles River
13 3 (0.59%) OpenLink