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

6 months to
1 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 53 78 60
Rank change year-on-year +25 -18 +15
Contract jobs citing Azure DevOps 874 459 628
As % of all contract jobs in London 4.35% 3.43% 3.87%
As % of the Cloud Services category 10.54% 7.94% 9.42%
Number of daily rates quoted 621 323 414
10th Percentile £375 £343 £382
25th Percentile £425 £413 £436
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% - -5.75%
75th Percentile £625 £650 £600
90th Percentile £688 £750 £680
England median daily rate £500 £513 £525
% change year-on-year -2.44% -2.38% -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 £39.50 £62.50 -
% change year-on-year -36.80% - -

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 8,291 5,781 6,667
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 41.29% 43.19% 41.04%
Number of daily rates quoted 5,669 3,959 4,743
10th Percentile £360 £340 £350
25th Percentile £450 £425 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £540 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year +2.86% -4.55% -4.35%
75th Percentile £644 £650 £675
90th Percentile £748 £775 £800
England median daily rate £525 £501 £525
% change year-on-year +4.90% -4.67% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 97 91 53
10th Percentile £19.15 £23.00 £20.40
25th Percentile £23.16 £25.08 £23.80
Median hourly rate £34.23 £30.00 £30.59
Median % change year-on-year +14.10% -1.93% -30.48%
75th Percentile £55.00 £47.13 £44.50
90th Percentile £76.42 £72.00 £65.30
England median hourly rate £34.13 £26.30 £30.00
% change year-on-year +29.75% -12.33% -9.09%

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 1 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 1 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 1 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 +4 97 £545 +9.00% 36
South London -6 11 £525 -1.18% 5
West London -14 4 £625 +20.19% 15
East London 0 3 £604 +16.06% 6
North London +1 2 £600 +36.36% 2
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 50 (5.72%) SharePoint
2 44 (5.03%) Confluence
3 31 (3.55%) Apache Spark
4 27 (3.09%) Apache Airflow
5 25 (2.86%) Apache
6 10 (1.14%) CMS
7 6 (0.69%) Microsoft Exchange
8 4 (0.46%) Mendix
9 3 (0.34%) Kentico
10 2 (0.23%) IIS
11 1 (0.11%) Adobe Experience Manager
11 1 (0.11%) ArcGIS
11 1 (0.11%) EPiServer
11 1 (0.11%) GeoServer
11 1 (0.11%) HCL Notes
11 1 (0.11%) Headless CMS
11 1 (0.11%) IBM HTTP Server
11 1 (0.11%) nginx
11 1 (0.11%) Palantir Foundry
11 1 (0.11%) Sitecore CMS
Applications
1 29 (3.32%) Microsoft Project
2 26 (2.97%) Microsoft Excel
3 11 (1.26%) MS Visio
4 9 (1.03%) Microsoft Office
5 7 (0.80%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 5 (0.57%) Notion
7 4 (0.46%) Chatbot
8 2 (0.23%) CPLEX
8 2 (0.23%) Spreadsheet
9 1 (0.11%) Mingle
9 1 (0.11%) Trello
Business Applications
1 36 (4.12%) Dynamics CRM
2 9 (1.03%) SAP S/4HANA
3 6 (0.69%) Dynamics AX
4 4 (0.46%) Payment Gateway
5 3 (0.34%) Endur
5 3 (0.34%) Findur
6 2 (0.23%) Aladdin
6 2 (0.23%) IBM Operational Decision Manager
6 2 (0.23%) Maximo
6 2 (0.23%) Oracle Payables
6 2 (0.23%) Oracle Receivables
6 2 (0.23%) SAP MM
6 2 (0.23%) SAP Oil and Gas
7 1 (0.11%) Oracle Assets
7 1 (0.11%) PeopleSoft HCM
7 1 (0.11%) Salesforce CRM
7 1 (0.11%) SAP BPC
7 1 (0.11%) SAP MDG
7 1 (0.11%) Shopify
7 1 (0.11%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 874 (100.00%) Azure
2 265 (30.32%) GitHub
3 166 (18.99%) GitHub Actions
4 149 (17.05%) Power Platform
5 143 (16.36%) AWS
6 102 (11.67%) Azure Data Factory
7 80 (9.15%) Azure AKS
8 76 (8.70%) Entra ID
9 73 (8.35%) Azure Monitor
10 71 (8.12%) Power Automate
11 70 (8.01%) Dynamics 365
11 70 (8.01%) Serverless
12 56 (6.41%) Azure Synapse Analytics
13 55 (6.29%) PowerApps
14 47 (5.38%) Azure Functions
15 45 (5.15%) Azure Logic Apps
16 42 (4.81%) GCP
17 41 (4.69%) PaaS
17 41 (4.69%) Snowflake
18 39 (4.46%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 29 (3.32%) Firewall
2 19 (2.17%) VPN
3 18 (2.06%) DNS
3 18 (2.06%) Network Security
4 7 (0.80%) DHCP
5 6 (0.69%) WAN
6 5 (0.57%) SD-WAN
7 4 (0.46%) Internet
7 4 (0.46%) SAN
8 3 (0.34%) Wi-Fi
9 2 (0.23%) 4G
9 2 (0.23%) Cisco IOS
9 2 (0.23%) NAS
9 2 (0.23%) SSH
9 2 (0.23%) SSL
9 2 (0.23%) VLAN
9 2 (0.23%) X.509
10 1 (0.11%) Cisco ASA
10 1 (0.11%) Reverse Proxy
10 1 (0.11%) SMTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 96 (10.98%) Power BI
2 63 (7.21%) Data Lake
3 55 (6.29%) SQL Server
4 53 (6.06%) Data Warehouse
5 45 (5.15%) Azure SQL Database
6 33 (3.78%) NoSQL
7 31 (3.55%) Delta Lake
8 27 (3.09%) PostgreSQL
9 21 (2.40%) Metadata
10 18 (2.06%) Snowflake Schema
11 16 (1.83%) Relational Database
12 15 (1.72%) Big Data
13 13 (1.49%) Spark SQL
13 13 (1.49%) Star Schema
14 12 (1.37%) Redis
15 11 (1.26%) MongoDB
16 10 (1.14%) SQL Server Integration Services
17 8 (0.92%) Amazon Redshift
17 8 (0.92%) Oracle Database
18 7 (0.80%) BigQuery
Development Applications
1 152 (17.39%) JIRA
2 143 (16.36%) Git
3 111 (12.70%) Jenkins
4 85 (9.73%) GitLab
5 44 (5.03%) Selenium
6 22 (2.52%) SonarQube
7 14 (1.60%) Cypress.io
7 14 (1.60%) Visual Studio
8 12 (1.37%) Postman
9 10 (1.14%) Cucumber
9 10 (1.14%) Maven
9 10 (1.14%) REST Assured
10 9 (1.03%) JUnit
10 9 (1.03%) Snyk
10 9 (1.03%) TestRail
10 9 (1.03%) WebDriver
11 8 (0.92%) Gradle
11 8 (0.92%) JMeter
12 7 (0.80%) Bitbucket
13 6 (0.69%) SpecFlow
General
1 237 (27.12%) Finance
2 230 (26.32%) Social Skills
3 84 (9.61%) Analytical Skills
4 77 (8.81%) Public Sector
5 68 (7.78%) Banking
6 26 (2.97%) Retail
7 25 (2.86%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 16 (1.83%) Influencing Skills
8 16 (1.83%) Marketing
9 15 (1.72%) Documentation Skills
9 15 (1.72%) Legal
10 14 (1.60%) Investment Banking
11 9 (1.03%) Local Government
12 8 (0.92%) Law
13 6 (0.69%) Organisational Skills
13 6 (0.69%) Pharmaceutical
13 6 (0.69%) Presentation Skills
14 5 (0.57%) Back Office
15 4 (0.46%) Financial Institution
15 4 (0.46%) Front Office
Job Titles
1 146 (16.70%) Azure Engineer
2 143 (16.36%) DevOps Engineer
3 138 (15.79%) Senior
4 130 (14.87%) Developer
5 89 (10.18%) Data Engineer
6 84 (9.61%) Azure DevOps Engineer
7 67 (7.67%) Architect
8 65 (7.44%) Analyst
8 65 (7.44%) Lead
9 36 (4.12%) Consultant
10 35 (4.00%) Platform Engineer
11 34 (3.89%) Business Analyst
12 31 (3.55%) Cloud Engineer
13 28 (3.20%) Project Manager
14 24 (2.75%) Databricks Engineer
15 23 (2.63%) Senior Developer
15 23 (2.63%) Test Analyst
16 22 (2.52%) Senior DevOps
17 21 (2.40%) Azure Data Engineer
17 21 (2.40%) Cloud Platform Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 255 (29.18%) Terraform
2 118 (13.50%) .NET
3 105 (12.01%) REST
4 64 (7.32%) PySpark
5 56 (6.41%) ADO
6 46 (5.26%) JSON
7 45 (5.15%) React
8 41 (4.69%) Kafka
8 41 (4.69%) YAML
9 34 (3.89%) RESTful
10 29 (3.32%) Playwright
10 29 (3.32%) XML
11 28 (3.20%) ARM Templates
12 27 (3.09%) AngularJS
13 26 (2.97%) Middleware
14 24 (2.75%) .NET Core
14 24 (2.75%) .NET Framework
14 24 (2.75%) OAuth
15 22 (2.52%) HTML
16 20 (2.29%) CSS
Miscellaneous
1 105 (12.01%) Cloud Native
2 51 (5.84%) Product Ownership
3 34 (3.89%) Distributed Systems
4 30 (3.43%) Legacy Systems
5 26 (2.97%) Enterprise Software
6 24 (2.75%) Onboarding
7 21 (2.40%) AI Agents
8 18 (2.06%) Management Information System
9 17 (1.95%) Hybrid Cloud
9 17 (1.95%) Self-Motivation
10 15 (1.72%) Reinsurance
11 11 (1.26%) Enterprise Cloud
11 11 (1.26%) Greenfield Project
11 11 (1.26%) Low-Code
12 9 (1.03%) Data Protection Act
13 8 (0.92%) Data Centre
13 8 (0.92%) Data Structures
13 8 (0.92%) Linux Command Line
13 8 (0.92%) Public Cloud
14 7 (0.80%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 49 (5.61%) Windows
2 31 (3.55%) Linux
3 16 (1.83%) Windows Server
4 14 (1.60%) VMS
5 9 (1.03%) Unix
6 6 (0.69%) Windows Server 2016
7 4 (0.46%) Android
7 4 (0.46%) Apple iOS
7 4 (0.46%) Windows Server 2019
8 2 (0.23%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 2 (0.23%) Ubuntu
9 1 (0.11%) Amazon Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 874 (100.00%) DevOps
2 484 (55.38%) CI/CD
3 359 (41.08%) Agile
4 221 (25.29%) Infrastructure as Code
5 160 (18.31%) Test Automation
6 151 (17.28%) Stakeholder Management
7 142 (16.25%) Analytics
8 137 (15.68%) Problem-Solving
9 123 (14.07%) Migration
10 118 (13.50%) Containerisation
11 115 (13.16%) Continuous Improvement
12 108 (12.36%) AI
13 106 (12.13%) Data Modelling
14 104 (11.90%) Business Intelligence
14 104 (11.90%) Scrum
15 102 (11.67%) Microservices
16 96 (10.98%) Stakeholder Engagement
17 92 (10.53%) User Acceptance Testing
18 91 (10.41%) ETL
18 91 (10.41%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 274 (31.35%) SQL
2 254 (29.06%) Python
3 145 (16.59%) C#
4 113 (12.93%) PowerShell
5 86 (9.84%) Bicep
6 79 (9.04%) JavaScript
7 74 (8.47%) Bash
8 66 (7.55%) TypeScript
9 61 (6.98%) Java
10 15 (1.72%) Data Analysis Expressions
11 12 (1.37%) Apex Code
12 8 (0.92%) T-SQL
13 7 (0.80%) Shell Script
14 6 (0.69%) Go
15 4 (0.46%) Kusto Query Language
15 4 (0.46%) VB.NET
16 3 (0.34%) Korn
16 3 (0.34%) PL/SQL
16 3 (0.34%) X++
17 2 (0.23%) XPath
Qualifications
1 229 (26.20%) Security Cleared
2 201 (23.00%) SC Cleared
3 69 (7.89%) Azure Certification
4 50 (5.72%) Degree
5 28 (3.20%) Computer Science Degree
6 26 (2.97%) Microsoft Certification
7 23 (2.63%) DV Cleared
8 16 (1.83%) ISTQB
9 14 (1.60%) AWS Certification
10 10 (1.14%) DBS Check
11 9 (1.03%) PMI Certification
12 7 (0.80%) BPSS Clearance
13 6 (0.69%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
13 6 (0.69%) PMP
14 5 (0.57%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
14 5 (0.57%) PRINCE2 Certification
15 4 (0.46%) Cisco Certification
15 4 (0.46%) CISSP
15 4 (0.46%) ISEB
15 4 (0.46%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 112 (12.81%) QA
2 72 (8.24%) Data Quality
3 25 (2.86%) GDPR
4 19 (2.17%) Accessibility
4 19 (2.17%) NIST
5 15 (1.72%) PMO
6 12 (1.37%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 8 (0.92%) Sarbanes-Oxley
8 7 (0.80%) ISO 20022
8 7 (0.80%) SLA
8 7 (0.80%) WCAG
9 5 (0.57%) SEPA
10 4 (0.46%) PSD2
11 3 (0.34%) Cyber Essentials
12 2 (0.23%) Government Security Classifications
12 2 (0.23%) GRC
12 2 (0.23%) HMG Security Policy Framework
13 1 (0.11%) ISO 15022
13 1 (0.11%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
13 1 (0.11%) P3O
System Software
1 141 (16.13%) Docker
2 48 (5.49%) Active Directory
3 14 (1.60%) VMware Infrastructure
4 11 (1.26%) Virtual Machines
5 6 (0.69%) Hyper-V
5 6 (0.69%) Virtual Desktop
6 4 (0.46%) vSphere
7 2 (0.23%) Microsoft App-V
7 2 (0.23%) OpenSSH
8 1 (0.11%) Virtual Servers
8 1 (0.11%) VMware ESXi
8 1 (0.11%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 169 (19.34%) Kubernetes
2 51 (5.84%) Ansible
3 26 (2.97%) Grafana
4 22 (2.52%) Prometheus
5 11 (1.26%) Microsoft Intune
6 10 (1.14%) Packer
7 8 (0.92%) Progress Chef
7 8 (0.92%) Puppet
7 8 (0.92%) SCCM
8 7 (0.80%) HP ALM
9 6 (0.69%) Argo
10 5 (0.57%) Single Sign-On
11 3 (0.34%) HP Fortify
11 3 (0.34%) Kibana
12 2 (0.23%) Active Directory Federation Services
12 2 (0.23%) Docker Swarm
12 2 (0.23%) Nagios
13 1 (0.11%) Microsoft Clustering
13 1 (0.11%) RSA Archer
13 1 (0.11%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 307 (35.13%) Microsoft
2 96 (10.98%) Databricks
3 35 (4.00%) Salesforce
4 31 (3.55%) Oracle
5 25 (2.86%) SAP
6 23 (2.63%) ServiceNow
7 19 (2.17%) VMware
8 17 (1.95%) OpenAI
9 14 (1.60%) Google
9 14 (1.60%) Informatica
9 14 (1.60%) Splunk
10 11 (1.26%) Foundry
11 10 (1.14%) Dynatrace
11 10 (1.14%) UiPath
12 9 (1.03%) Cloudera
13 7 (0.80%) Bloomberg
13 7 (0.80%) Guidewire
13 7 (0.80%) HP
14 6 (0.69%) Cisco
14 6 (0.69%) IBM