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

6 months to
11 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 57 80 58
Rank change year-on-year +23 -22 +18
Contract jobs citing Azure DevOps 848 452 643
As % of all contract jobs in London 4.21% 3.33% 3.96%
As % of the Cloud Services category 10.18% 7.78% 9.76%
Number of daily rates quoted 600 327 415
10th Percentile £381 £348 £388
25th Percentile £425 £413 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
75th Percentile £625 £638 £613
90th Percentile £706 £750 £685
England median daily rate £500 £509 £525
% change year-on-year -1.72% -3.10% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 1 0
10th Percentile £43.00 - -
25th Percentile - £86.25 -
Median hourly rate £55.00 £87.50 -
Median % change year-on-year -37.14% - -
75th Percentile £72.50 £88.75 -
90th Percentile £75.05 - -
England median hourly rate £46.80 £62.50 -
% change year-on-year -25.12% - -

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 8,334 5,812 6,591
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 41.34% 42.82% 40.60%
Number of daily rates quoted 5,685 3,993 4,780
10th Percentile £363 £338 £350
25th Percentile £450 £425 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £538 £533 £550
Median % change year-on-year +0.84% -3.09% -4.35%
75th Percentile £645 £658 £675
90th Percentile £750 £775 £800
England median daily rate £525 £513 £525
% change year-on-year +2.44% -2.38% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 105 86 52
10th Percentile £19.10 £23.00 £20.65
25th Percentile £23.50 £24.83 £23.80
Median hourly rate £35.50 £29.07 £29.25
Median % change year-on-year +22.12% -0.62% -46.82%
75th Percentile £55.00 £46.00 £41.19
90th Percentile £76.05 £69.75 £65.65
England median hourly rate £35.50 £26.00 £24.59
% change year-on-year +36.54% +5.73% -23.92%

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 August 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 11 August 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 11 August 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 -6 86 £525 +5.00% 42
South London -1 12 £520 -0.95% 3
West London -15 4 £625 +14.16% 4
East London +2 3 £604 +16.06% 8
North London -1 2 £600 +36.36% 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 50 (5.90%) SharePoint
2 38 (4.48%) Confluence
3 31 (3.66%) Apache Spark
4 30 (3.54%) Apache Airflow
5 25 (2.95%) Apache
6 8 (0.94%) Microsoft Exchange
7 7 (0.83%) CMS
8 3 (0.35%) Kentico
8 3 (0.35%) Mendix
9 2 (0.24%) IIS
10 1 (0.12%) Adobe Experience Manager
10 1 (0.12%) ArcGIS
10 1 (0.12%) GeoServer
10 1 (0.12%) HCL Notes
10 1 (0.12%) Headless CMS
10 1 (0.12%) IBM HTTP Server
10 1 (0.12%) nginx
10 1 (0.12%) Palantir Foundry
10 1 (0.12%) SAS
10 1 (0.12%) Sitecore CMS
Applications
1 30 (3.54%) Microsoft Project
2 22 (2.59%) Microsoft Excel
3 9 (1.06%) MS Visio
4 6 (0.71%) Microsoft Office
5 5 (0.59%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 5 (0.59%) Notion
6 4 (0.47%) Chatbot
7 2 (0.24%) CPLEX
7 2 (0.24%) Spreadsheet
8 1 (0.12%) Trello
Business Applications
1 29 (3.42%) Dynamics CRM
2 9 (1.06%) SAP S/4HANA
3 7 (0.83%) Dynamics AX
4 3 (0.35%) Endur
4 3 (0.35%) Findur
4 3 (0.35%) SAP BPC
5 2 (0.24%) Aladdin
5 2 (0.24%) IBM Operational Decision Manager
5 2 (0.24%) Maximo
5 2 (0.24%) Salesforce CRM
5 2 (0.24%) SAP MM
5 2 (0.24%) SAP Oil and Gas
6 1 (0.12%) Oracle EBS
6 1 (0.12%) Oracle General Ledger
6 1 (0.12%) Remedy ITSM
6 1 (0.12%) SAP CS
6 1 (0.12%) SAP ERP
6 1 (0.12%) SAP LE
6 1 (0.12%) SAP MDG
6 1 (0.12%) SDL Web 8
Cloud Services
1 848 (100.00%) Azure
2 265 (31.25%) GitHub
3 168 (19.81%) GitHub Actions
4 141 (16.63%) AWS
5 131 (15.45%) Power Platform
6 103 (12.15%) Azure Data Factory
7 79 (9.32%) Entra ID
8 76 (8.96%) Azure AKS
9 69 (8.14%) Azure Monitor
10 66 (7.78%) Power Automate
11 58 (6.84%) Azure Synapse Analytics
11 58 (6.84%) Dynamics 365
12 52 (6.13%) Serverless
13 49 (5.78%) PowerApps
14 44 (5.19%) GCP
15 43 (5.07%) PaaS
16 41 (4.83%) Azure Logic Apps
16 41 (4.83%) Snowflake
17 38 (4.48%) Microsoft 365
18 36 (4.25%) Azure Service Bus
Communications & Networking
1 24 (2.83%) Firewall
2 17 (2.00%) DNS
2 17 (2.00%) VPN
3 13 (1.53%) Network Security
4 6 (0.71%) WAN
5 5 (0.59%) DHCP
5 5 (0.59%) SD-WAN
6 4 (0.47%) Internet
7 3 (0.35%) SAN
8 2 (0.24%) 4G
8 2 (0.24%) Cisco IOS
8 2 (0.24%) NAS
8 2 (0.24%) SSH
8 2 (0.24%) SSL
8 2 (0.24%) Wi-Fi
8 2 (0.24%) X.509
9 1 (0.12%) Cisco ASA
9 1 (0.12%) Remote Desktop
9 1 (0.12%) Reverse Proxy
9 1 (0.12%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 86 (10.14%) Power BI
2 66 (7.78%) Data Lake
3 58 (6.84%) SQL Server
4 48 (5.66%) Data Warehouse
5 46 (5.42%) Azure SQL Database
6 35 (4.13%) Delta Lake
7 33 (3.89%) NoSQL
8 20 (2.36%) PostgreSQL
9 19 (2.24%) Metadata
9 19 (2.24%) Snowflake Schema
10 17 (2.00%) Relational Database
11 15 (1.77%) Big Data
12 13 (1.53%) Redis
12 13 (1.53%) Spark SQL
13 10 (1.18%) Amazon Redshift
13 10 (1.18%) SQL Server Integration Services
13 10 (1.18%) Star Schema
14 9 (1.06%) MongoDB
15 8 (0.94%) BigQuery
16 7 (0.83%) Data Vault
Development Applications
1 152 (17.92%) JIRA
2 136 (16.04%) Git
3 97 (11.44%) Jenkins
4 74 (8.73%) GitLab
5 32 (3.77%) Selenium
6 23 (2.71%) SonarQube
7 13 (1.53%) Visual Studio
8 11 (1.30%) Cucumber
8 11 (1.30%) Cypress.io
9 10 (1.18%) Maven
9 10 (1.18%) TestRail
10 9 (1.06%) JUnit
10 9 (1.06%) Snyk
11 8 (0.94%) Gradle
11 8 (0.94%) REST Assured
11 8 (0.94%) SpecFlow
12 7 (0.83%) Bitbucket
12 7 (0.83%) Postman
13 6 (0.71%) TeamCity
13 6 (0.71%) WebDriver
General
1 229 (27.00%) Finance
2 210 (24.76%) Social Skills
3 80 (9.43%) Analytical Skills
4 76 (8.96%) Public Sector
5 63 (7.43%) Banking
6 23 (2.71%) Retail
7 22 (2.59%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 15 (1.77%) Documentation Skills
8 15 (1.77%) Legal
9 13 (1.53%) Investment Banking
10 12 (1.42%) Influencing Skills
10 12 (1.42%) Marketing
11 9 (1.06%) Organisational Skills
12 8 (0.94%) Law
12 8 (0.94%) Local Government
13 7 (0.83%) Front Office
13 7 (0.83%) Pharmaceutical
13 7 (0.83%) Presentation Skills
14 5 (0.59%) Back Office
15 4 (0.47%) Financial Institution
Job Titles
1 143 (16.86%) Azure Engineer
2 130 (15.33%) Senior
3 126 (14.86%) Developer
3 126 (14.86%) DevOps Engineer
4 96 (11.32%) Data Engineer
5 77 (9.08%) Azure DevOps Engineer
6 73 (8.61%) Lead
7 60 (7.08%) Architect
8 56 (6.60%) Analyst
9 38 (4.48%) Platform Engineer
10 33 (3.89%) Cloud Engineer
11 32 (3.77%) Consultant
12 30 (3.54%) Business Analyst
13 26 (3.07%) Project Manager
14 25 (2.95%) Azure Data Engineer
15 23 (2.71%) Senior DevOps
15 23 (2.71%) Solutions Architect
15 23 (2.71%) Tester
16 22 (2.59%) Cloud Platform Engineer
16 22 (2.59%) Test Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 113 (13.33%) .NET
2 90 (10.61%) REST
3 62 (7.31%) PySpark
4 52 (6.13%) ADO
5 42 (4.95%) JSON
6 39 (4.60%) React
7 38 (4.48%) YAML
8 35 (4.13%) Kafka
9 30 (3.54%) RESTful
10 29 (3.42%) AngularJS
11 28 (3.30%) XML
12 27 (3.18%) .NET Framework
12 27 (3.18%) ARM Templates
12 27 (3.18%) Playwright
13 24 (2.83%) Middleware
14 23 (2.71%) .NET Core
15 22 (2.59%) HTML
16 19 (2.24%) OAuth
16 19 (2.24%) SOAP
17 17 (2.00%) CSS
Miscellaneous
1 108 (12.74%) Cloud Native
2 35 (4.13%) Product Ownership
3 34 (4.01%) Legacy Systems
4 32 (3.77%) Distributed Systems
5 20 (2.36%) Onboarding
6 18 (2.12%) Enterprise Software
7 17 (2.00%) Management Information System
8 16 (1.89%) Reinsurance
8 16 (1.89%) Self-Motivation
9 15 (1.77%) Greenfield Project
10 13 (1.53%) AI Agents
10 13 (1.53%) Hybrid Cloud
11 9 (1.06%) Data Structures
11 9 (1.06%) Low-Code
12 8 (0.94%) Data Protection Act
12 8 (0.94%) Enterprise Cloud
12 8 (0.94%) Replication
13 7 (0.83%) FMCG
13 7 (0.83%) Public Cloud
14 6 (0.71%) Data Centre
Operating Systems
1 45 (5.31%) Windows
2 27 (3.18%) Linux
3 14 (1.65%) Windows Server
4 11 (1.30%) VMS
5 7 (0.83%) Unix
6 4 (0.47%) Windows Server 2016
6 4 (0.47%) Windows Server 2019
7 2 (0.24%) Android
7 2 (0.24%) Apple iOS
7 2 (0.24%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 2 (0.24%) Ubuntu
8 1 (0.12%) Amazon Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 848 (100.00%) DevOps
2 465 (54.83%) CI/CD
3 333 (39.27%) Agile
4 219 (25.83%) Infrastructure as Code
5 150 (17.69%) Test Automation
6 143 (16.86%) Analytics
7 130 (15.33%) Migration
8 128 (15.09%) Problem-Solving
9 119 (14.03%) Stakeholder Management
10 111 (13.09%) Containerisation
11 108 (12.74%) Continuous Improvement
12 105 (12.38%) Data Modelling
13 100 (11.79%) Data Pipeline
14 98 (11.56%) Scrum
15 96 (11.32%) AI
16 94 (11.08%) Business Intelligence
17 93 (10.97%) Microservices
18 91 (10.73%) Data Engineering
19 89 (10.50%) ETL
20 88 (10.38%) Stakeholder Engagement
Programming Languages
1 272 (32.08%) SQL
2 244 (28.77%) Python
3 145 (17.10%) C#
4 109 (12.85%) PowerShell
5 79 (9.32%) Bicep
6 72 (8.49%) JavaScript
7 70 (8.25%) Bash
8 62 (7.31%) TypeScript
9 53 (6.25%) Java
10 12 (1.42%) Data Analysis Expressions
11 11 (1.30%) Apex Code
12 9 (1.06%) T-SQL
13 7 (0.83%) Shell Script
14 6 (0.71%) Kusto Query Language
15 5 (0.59%) Scala
16 4 (0.47%) Go
16 4 (0.47%) PL/SQL
16 4 (0.47%) VB.NET
17 3 (0.35%) ABAP
17 3 (0.35%) X++
Qualifications
1 225 (26.53%) Security Cleared
2 200 (23.58%) SC Cleared
3 65 (7.67%) Azure Certification
4 45 (5.31%) Degree
5 25 (2.95%) Computer Science Degree
6 22 (2.59%) Microsoft Certification
7 18 (2.12%) DV Cleared
8 13 (1.53%) ISTQB
9 11 (1.30%) AWS Certification
10 9 (1.06%) DBS Check
11 7 (0.83%) PMI Certification
12 6 (0.71%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
13 5 (0.59%) BPSS Clearance
13 5 (0.59%) Cisco Certification
13 5 (0.59%) PMP
14 4 (0.47%) PRINCE2 Certification
15 3 (0.35%) CCNA
15 3 (0.35%) CISSP
15 3 (0.35%) GIAC
15 3 (0.35%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 101 (11.91%) QA
2 75 (8.84%) Data Quality
3 25 (2.95%) GDPR
4 20 (2.36%) Accessibility
5 16 (1.89%) NIST
6 11 (1.30%) PMO
7 9 (1.06%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 9 (1.06%) WCAG
8 8 (0.94%) Sarbanes-Oxley
9 7 (0.83%) SLA
10 5 (0.59%) SEPA
11 4 (0.47%) PSD2
12 3 (0.35%) Cyber Essentials
12 3 (0.35%) ISO 20022
13 2 (0.24%) Government Security Classifications
13 2 (0.24%) HMG Security Policy Framework
13 2 (0.24%) NCSC
14 1 (0.12%) IFRS
14 1 (0.12%) IFRS 9
14 1 (0.12%) ITGC
System Software
1 126 (14.86%) Docker
2 48 (5.66%) Active Directory
3 13 (1.53%) VMware Infrastructure
4 11 (1.30%) Virtual Machines
5 8 (0.94%) Virtual Desktop
6 6 (0.71%) Hyper-V
7 4 (0.47%) vSphere
8 2 (0.24%) Microsoft App-V
8 2 (0.24%) OpenSSH
9 1 (0.12%) Virtual Servers
9 1 (0.12%) VMware ESXi
9 1 (0.12%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 249 (29.36%) Terraform
2 154 (18.16%) Kubernetes
3 50 (5.90%) Ansible
4 23 (2.71%) Grafana
5 19 (2.24%) Prometheus
6 11 (1.30%) Packer
7 10 (1.18%) Microsoft Intune
8 8 (0.94%) Progress Chef
8 8 (0.94%) Puppet
9 7 (0.83%) SCCM
10 5 (0.59%) HP ALM
10 5 (0.59%) Single Sign-On
11 4 (0.47%) Argo
12 3 (0.35%) HP Fortify
13 2 (0.24%) Docker Swarm
14 1 (0.12%) Istio
14 1 (0.12%) Microsoft Clustering
14 1 (0.12%) PowerCLI
14 1 (0.12%) RSA Archer
14 1 (0.12%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 275 (32.43%) Microsoft
2 96 (11.32%) Databricks
3 35 (4.13%) Salesforce
4 31 (3.66%) Oracle
5 30 (3.54%) ServiceNow
6 26 (3.07%) SAP
7 17 (2.00%) VMware
8 15 (1.77%) Informatica
9 13 (1.53%) Google
10 11 (1.30%) OpenAI
10 11 (1.30%) Splunk
11 9 (1.06%) Bloomberg
11 9 (1.06%) Dynatrace
12 8 (0.94%) Foundry
13 7 (0.83%) Cloudera
13 7 (0.83%) Guidewire
13 7 (0.83%) Refinitiv
13 7 (0.83%) UiPath
14 6 (0.71%) Cisco
14 6 (0.71%) Workday