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

6 months to
15 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 61 75 60
Rank change year-on-year +14 -15 +17
Contract jobs citing Azure DevOps 747 424 680
As % of all contract jobs in London 3.95% 3.44% 3.85%
As % of the Cloud Services category 9.40% 7.99% 9.83%
Number of daily rates quoted 544 299 435
10th Percentile £375 £353 £406
25th Percentile £425 £423 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% - -6.67%
75th Percentile £623 £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 7,945 5,307 6,918
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 42.02% 43.05% 39.15%
Number of daily rates quoted 5,454 3,598 5,085
10th Percentile £356 £350 £350
25th Percentile £425 £425 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £540 £550
Median % change year-on-year -2.78% -1.82% -5.98%
75th Percentile £638 £663 £675
90th Percentile £750 £779 £780
England median daily rate £513 £515 £525
% change year-on-year -0.49% -1.90% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 94 66 68
10th Percentile £20.84 £22.50 £17.32
25th Percentile £26.52 £24.66 £22.00
Median hourly rate £35.50 £30.54 £26.00
Median % change year-on-year +16.26% +17.44% -50.48%
75th Percentile £55.94 £48.44 £38.75
90th Percentile £76.23 £70.63 £55.75
England median hourly rate £39.50 £25.33 £21.50
% change year-on-year +55.97% +17.79% -36.10%

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 15 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 15 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 15 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 -12 72 £525 -1.41% 32
South London -2 8 £513 -2.38% 1
West London -17 6 £375 -31.51% 5
North London +2 2 £600 +36.36% 1
East London -4 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 45 (6.02%) SharePoint
2 36 (4.82%) Confluence
3 34 (4.55%) Apache Spark
4 24 (3.21%) Apache
5 21 (2.81%) Apache Airflow
6 10 (1.34%) Microsoft Exchange
7 6 (0.80%) HCL Notes
7 6 (0.80%) 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 (3.48%) Microsoft Project
2 9 (1.20%) MS Visio
3 8 (1.07%) 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 (4.28%) Dynamics CRM
2 7 (0.94%) Dynamics AX
3 6 (0.80%) 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
1 747 (100.00%) Azure
2 226 (30.25%) GitHub
3 138 (18.47%) GitHub Actions
4 128 (17.14%) Power Platform
5 118 (15.80%) AWS
6 90 (12.05%) Azure Data Factory
7 70 (9.37%) Azure AKS
8 63 (8.43%) Power Automate
9 59 (7.90%) Dynamics 365
9 59 (7.90%) Entra ID
10 57 (7.63%) Azure Monitor
11 56 (7.50%) Azure Synapse Analytics
12 53 (7.10%) Serverless
13 44 (5.89%) Azure Logic Apps
14 42 (5.62%) Azure Key Vault
15 39 (5.22%) PowerApps
16 37 (4.95%) Snowflake
17 36 (4.82%) Azure Service Bus
18 33 (4.42%) Microsoft 365
19 32 (4.28%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 18 (2.41%) Firewall
2 10 (1.34%) Network Security
3 9 (1.20%) VPN
4 8 (1.07%) DNS
5 5 (0.67%) SD-WAN
5 5 (0.67%) WAN
6 4 (0.54%) Internet
7 2 (0.27%) FTP
7 2 (0.27%) NAS
7 2 (0.27%) Remote Desktop
7 2 (0.27%) SAN
7 2 (0.27%) SSH
7 2 (0.27%) TCP/IP
7 2 (0.27%) X.509
8 1 (0.13%) Cisco ASA
8 1 (0.13%) Cisco Firepower
8 1 (0.13%) IPsec
8 1 (0.13%) VSAN
8 1 (0.13%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 74 (9.91%) Power BI
2 72 (9.64%) SQL Server
3 68 (9.10%) Data Lake
4 52 (6.96%) Delta Lake
5 42 (5.62%) Azure SQL Database
6 38 (5.09%) Data Warehouse
7 30 (4.02%) NoSQL
8 18 (2.41%) PostgreSQL
8 18 (2.41%) Snowflake Schema
9 15 (2.01%) Spark SQL
10 14 (1.87%) Big Data
11 13 (1.74%) Redis
11 13 (1.74%) Relational Database
12 11 (1.47%) Oracle Database
13 10 (1.34%) Metadata
13 10 (1.34%) SQL Server Integration Services
14 9 (1.20%) Amazon Redshift
14 9 (1.20%) MongoDB
15 8 (1.07%) Data Vault
16 7 (0.94%) BigQuery
Development Applications
1 146 (19.54%) JIRA
2 122 (16.33%) Git
3 62 (8.30%) Jenkins
4 49 (6.56%) GitLab
5 26 (3.48%) Selenium
6 14 (1.87%) REST Assured
7 13 (1.74%) SonarQube
8 12 (1.61%) Postman
9 10 (1.34%) Cypress.io
10 9 (1.20%) Cucumber
11 7 (0.94%) SpecFlow
11 7 (0.94%) Team Foundation Server
11 7 (0.94%) TestRail
12 6 (0.80%) Bitbucket
12 6 (0.80%) JUnit
12 6 (0.80%) MLflow
12 6 (0.80%) Snyk
12 6 (0.80%) Visual Studio
12 6 (0.80%) WebDriver
12 6 (0.80%) Zephyr
General
1 210 (28.11%) Finance
2 183 (24.50%) Social Skills
3 69 (9.24%) Analytical Skills
4 63 (8.43%) Public Sector
5 45 (6.02%) Banking
6 15 (2.01%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 12 (1.61%) Documentation Skills
8 11 (1.47%) Retail
9 10 (1.34%) Front Office
9 10 (1.34%) Investment Banking
9 10 (1.34%) Organisational Skills
10 9 (1.20%) Legal
11 8 (1.07%) Financial Institution
11 8 (1.07%) Marketing
12 7 (0.94%) Influencing Skills
12 7 (0.94%) Presentation Skills
13 6 (0.80%) Law
14 5 (0.67%) Back Office
15 4 (0.54%) Local Government
15 4 (0.54%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 118 (15.80%) Azure Engineer
2 117 (15.66%) Developer
3 116 (15.53%) Senior
4 100 (13.39%) Data Engineer
5 91 (12.18%) DevOps Engineer
6 57 (7.63%) Architect
7 56 (7.50%) Analyst
7 56 (7.50%) Azure DevOps Engineer
8 54 (7.23%) Lead
9 38 (5.09%) Platform Engineer
10 28 (3.75%) Cloud Engineer
11 27 (3.61%) Business Analyst
12 24 (3.21%) Consultant
13 23 (3.08%) IT Support
13 23 (3.08%) Senior Data Engineer
14 22 (2.95%) Cloud Platform Engineer
15 21 (2.81%) Senior Developer
15 21 (2.81%) Solutions Architect
15 21 (2.81%) Test Analyst
15 21 (2.81%) Tester
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 97 (12.99%) .NET
2 64 (8.57%) REST
3 60 (8.03%) PySpark
4 43 (5.76%) React
5 38 (5.09%) ADO
6 34 (4.55%) Kafka
7 33 (4.42%) JSON
8 31 (4.15%) YAML
9 25 (3.35%) ARM Templates
10 24 (3.21%) Playwright
11 23 (3.08%) .NET Framework
11 23 (3.08%) AngularJS
12 21 (2.81%) HTML
13 20 (2.68%) Node.js
14 19 (2.54%) CSS
14 19 (2.54%) RESTful
15 18 (2.41%) Middleware
16 17 (2.28%) OAuth
17 16 (2.14%) SOAP
18 14 (1.87%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 88 (11.78%) Cloud Native
2 34 (4.55%) Legacy Systems
3 26 (3.48%) Product Ownership
3 26 (3.48%) Reinsurance
4 25 (3.35%) Distributed Systems
5 17 (2.28%) Greenfield Project
6 14 (1.87%) Onboarding
7 12 (1.61%) Low-Code
8 10 (1.34%) AI Agents
8 10 (1.34%) Self-Motivation
9 9 (1.20%) Hybrid Cloud
9 9 (1.20%) Public Cloud
9 9 (1.20%) Replication
10 8 (1.07%) Data Structures
11 7 (0.94%) Enterprise Software
11 7 (0.94%) Management Information System
12 6 (0.80%) Data Centre
12 6 (0.80%) Distributed Architecture
12 6 (0.80%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
13 5 (0.67%) Enterprise Cloud
Operating Systems
1 41 (5.49%) Windows
2 19 (2.54%) Linux
3 9 (1.20%) VMS
4 6 (0.80%) Unix
4 6 (0.80%) 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
1 741 (99.20%) DevOps
2 413 (55.29%) CI/CD
3 263 (35.21%) Agile
4 190 (25.44%) Infrastructure as Code
5 131 (17.54%) Analytics
6 124 (16.60%) Test Automation
7 119 (15.93%) Migration
8 115 (15.39%) Problem-Solving
9 101 (13.52%) Data Modelling
9 101 (13.52%) Data Pipeline
10 98 (13.12%) Continuous Improvement
11 96 (12.85%) AI
11 96 (12.85%) Scrum
12 92 (12.32%) Platform Engineering
13 90 (12.05%) ETL
14 87 (11.65%) Stakeholder Management
15 84 (11.24%) Business Intelligence
15 84 (11.24%) Containerisation
16 81 (10.84%) Data Engineering
17 71 (9.50%) Observability
Programming Languages
1 263 (35.21%) SQL
2 223 (29.85%) Python
3 135 (18.07%) C#
4 79 (10.58%) PowerShell
5 66 (8.84%) Bicep
6 59 (7.90%) JavaScript
7 52 (6.96%) TypeScript
8 50 (6.69%) Bash
9 47 (6.29%) Java
10 20 (2.68%) Scala
11 13 (1.74%) T-SQL
12 9 (1.20%) Data Analysis Expressions
13 8 (1.07%) Apex Code
14 6 (0.80%) Formula Language
14 6 (0.80%) Kusto Query Language
14 6 (0.80%) LotusScript
14 6 (0.80%) Shell Script
15 5 (0.67%) PL/SQL
16 3 (0.40%) C
16 3 (0.40%) Go
Qualifications
1 190 (25.44%) Security Cleared
2 169 (22.62%) SC Cleared
3 63 (8.43%) Azure Certification
4 35 (4.69%) Degree
5 21 (2.81%) Microsoft Certification
6 16 (2.14%) BPSS Clearance
6 16 (2.14%) Computer Science Degree
7 13 (1.74%) ISTQB
8 9 (1.20%) AWS Certification
8 9 (1.20%) DBS Check
8 9 (1.20%) DV Cleared
9 8 (1.07%) PMI Certification
10 7 (0.94%) PMP
11 4 (0.54%) Cisco Certification
11 4 (0.54%) Master's Degree
12 3 (0.40%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
12 3 (0.40%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
12 3 (0.40%) CCNA
12 3 (0.40%) TOGAF Certification
13 2 (0.27%) ISEB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 80 (10.71%) QA
2 70 (9.37%) Data Quality
3 19 (2.54%) GDPR
4 16 (2.14%) Accessibility
5 11 (1.47%) NIST
6 9 (1.20%) PMO
7 8 (1.07%) Sarbanes-Oxley
8 7 (0.94%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 7 (0.94%) SLA
8 7 (0.94%) WCAG
9 3 (0.40%) PCI DSS
10 2 (0.27%) Cyber Essentials
10 2 (0.27%) FedRAMP
10 2 (0.27%) HIPAA
10 2 (0.27%) HMG Security Policy Framework
10 2 (0.27%) NCSC
10 2 (0.27%) PSD2
10 2 (0.27%) SEPA
11 1 (0.13%) IFRS 17
11 1 (0.13%) ITGC
System Software
1 107 (14.32%) Docker
2 39 (5.22%) Active Directory
3 9 (1.20%) Virtual Desktop
4 8 (1.07%) 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
1 215 (28.78%) Terraform
2 123 (16.47%) Kubernetes
3 37 (4.95%) Ansible
4 17 (2.28%) Grafana
5 14 (1.87%) Prometheus
6 8 (1.07%) Packer
7 6 (0.80%) Microsoft Intune
8 5 (0.67%) HP ALM
8 5 (0.67%) Progress Chef
8 5 (0.67%) Puppet
8 5 (0.67%) Single Sign-On
9 3 (0.40%) Argo
10 2 (0.27%) HP Fortify
10 2 (0.27%) Istio
10 2 (0.27%) SCCM
11 1 (0.13%) Active Directory Federation Services
11 1 (0.13%) FortiGate
11 1 (0.13%) PowerCLI
11 1 (0.13%) RSA Archer
11 1 (0.13%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 217 (29.05%) Microsoft
2 108 (14.46%) Databricks
3 43 (5.76%) Oracle
4 33 (4.42%) Salesforce
5 28 (3.75%) ServiceNow
6 22 (2.95%) SAP
7 19 (2.54%) Informatica
8 17 (2.28%) OpenAI
9 14 (1.87%) VMware
10 11 (1.47%) Foundry
11 10 (1.34%) Bloomberg
12 8 (1.07%) Refinitiv
13 6 (0.80%) Kofax
13 6 (0.80%) 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%) Planview