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

6 months to
30 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 60 79 57
Rank change year-on-year +19 -22 +21
Contract jobs citing Azure DevOps 815 457 666
As % of all contract jobs in London 4.07% 3.36% 4.06%
As % of the Cloud Services category 9.81% 7.84% 10.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 569 326 431
10th Percentile £380 £350 £400
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 £601
90th Percentile £709 £750 £688
England median daily rate £500 £500 £525
% change year-on-year - -4.76% -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 8,308 5,829 6,662
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 41.50% 42.87% 40.59%
Number of daily rates quoted 5,679 3,994 4,860
10th Percentile £363 £340 £350
25th Percentile £447 £425 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £535 £536 £550
Median % change year-on-year -0.09% -2.64% -4.35%
75th Percentile £644 £660 £675
90th Percentile £750 £775 £800
England median daily rate £525 £512 £525
% change year-on-year +2.49% -2.43% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 106 83 53
10th Percentile £19.38 £22.60 £20.80
25th Percentile £25.25 £24.77 £23.80
Median hourly rate £35.50 £29.07 £28.50
Median % change year-on-year +22.12% +2.00% -44.39%
75th Percentile £55.56 £45.63 £40.75
90th Percentile £75.88 £67.11 £65.30
England median hourly rate £37.50 £25.15 £22.00
% change year-on-year +49.11% +14.32% -33.33%

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 30 July 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 30 July 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 30 July 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 -8 78 £525 +5.00% 38
South London -11 10 £513 -2.38% 2
West London -15 4 £625 +14.16% 2
East London +1 3 £604 +16.06% 9
North London 0 2 £600 +36.36% 3
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 49 (6.01%) SharePoint
2 38 (4.66%) Confluence
3 29 (3.56%) Apache Spark
4 25 (3.07%) Apache Airflow
5 23 (2.82%) Apache
6 9 (1.10%) Microsoft Exchange
7 6 (0.74%) CMS
8 3 (0.37%) Kentico
9 2 (0.25%) IIS
9 2 (0.25%) Mendix
10 1 (0.12%) Apache Pulsar
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%) Palantir Foundry
10 1 (0.12%) SAS
10 1 (0.12%) Sitecore CMS
Applications
1 26 (3.19%) Microsoft Project
2 19 (2.33%) Microsoft Excel
3 9 (1.10%) MS Visio
4 6 (0.74%) Microsoft Office
5 5 (0.61%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 4 (0.49%) Notion
7 2 (0.25%) Chatbot
7 2 (0.25%) CPLEX
7 2 (0.25%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 26 (3.19%) Dynamics CRM
2 9 (1.10%) SAP S/4HANA
3 7 (0.86%) Dynamics AX
4 3 (0.37%) Endur
4 3 (0.37%) Findur
4 3 (0.37%) Maximo
4 3 (0.37%) SAP BPC
5 2 (0.25%) Aladdin
5 2 (0.25%) IBM Operational Decision Manager
5 2 (0.25%) Salesforce CRM
5 2 (0.25%) SAP MM
5 2 (0.25%) SAP Oil and Gas
6 1 (0.12%) Loan IQ
6 1 (0.12%) Oracle General Ledger
6 1 (0.12%) Remedy ITSM
6 1 (0.12%) SAP ERP
6 1 (0.12%) SAP LE
6 1 (0.12%) SAP MDG
6 1 (0.12%) SAP SD
6 1 (0.12%) SDL Web 8
Cloud Services
1 815 (100.00%) Azure
2 253 (31.04%) GitHub
3 156 (19.14%) GitHub Actions
4 132 (16.20%) AWS
5 123 (15.09%) Power Platform
6 95 (11.66%) Azure Data Factory
7 74 (9.08%) Azure AKS
8 73 (8.96%) Entra ID
9 67 (8.22%) Azure Monitor
10 64 (7.85%) Power Automate
11 55 (6.75%) Azure Synapse Analytics
12 51 (6.26%) Dynamics 365
13 48 (5.89%) PowerApps
14 47 (5.77%) Serverless
15 40 (4.91%) GCP
16 38 (4.66%) Snowflake
17 37 (4.54%) Azure Logic Apps
17 37 (4.54%) Microsoft 365
17 37 (4.54%) PaaS
18 36 (4.42%) Azure Key Vault
Communications & Networking
1 21 (2.58%) Firewall
2 16 (1.96%) DNS
2 16 (1.96%) VPN
3 11 (1.35%) Network Security
4 6 (0.74%) WAN
5 5 (0.61%) DHCP
5 5 (0.61%) SD-WAN
6 4 (0.49%) Internet
7 3 (0.37%) SAN
8 2 (0.25%) 4G
8 2 (0.25%) Cisco IOS
8 2 (0.25%) NAS
8 2 (0.25%) SSH
8 2 (0.25%) TCP/IP
8 2 (0.25%) Wi-Fi
8 2 (0.25%) X.509
9 1 (0.12%) Cisco ASA
9 1 (0.12%) IPsec
9 1 (0.12%) Remote Desktop
9 1 (0.12%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 81 (9.94%) Power BI
2 65 (7.98%) Data Lake
3 62 (7.61%) SQL Server
4 46 (5.64%) Azure SQL Database
4 46 (5.64%) Data Warehouse
5 34 (4.17%) Delta Lake
6 31 (3.80%) NoSQL
7 20 (2.45%) PostgreSQL
8 19 (2.33%) Snowflake Schema
9 18 (2.21%) Metadata
9 18 (2.21%) Relational Database
10 15 (1.84%) Big Data
11 13 (1.60%) Spark SQL
12 10 (1.23%) Redis
12 10 (1.23%) SQL Server Integration Services
13 9 (1.10%) MongoDB
13 9 (1.10%) Star Schema
14 8 (0.98%) Amazon Redshift
15 7 (0.86%) BigQuery
16 6 (0.74%) Data Vault
Development Applications
1 152 (18.65%) JIRA
2 133 (16.32%) Git
3 87 (10.67%) Jenkins
4 64 (7.85%) GitLab
5 30 (3.68%) Selenium
6 18 (2.21%) SonarQube
7 11 (1.35%) Cucumber
7 11 (1.35%) Visual Studio
8 10 (1.23%) Cypress.io
8 10 (1.23%) TestRail
9 9 (1.10%) JUnit
9 9 (1.10%) REST Assured
10 8 (0.98%) SpecFlow
11 7 (0.86%) Maven
11 7 (0.86%) Snyk
12 6 (0.74%) Appium
12 6 (0.74%) Bitbucket
12 6 (0.74%) Gradle
12 6 (0.74%) TeamCity
12 6 (0.74%) Zephyr
General
1 220 (26.99%) Finance
2 203 (24.91%) Social Skills
3 75 (9.20%) Analytical Skills
4 73 (8.96%) Public Sector
5 57 (6.99%) Banking
6 20 (2.45%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 20 (2.45%) Retail
7 15 (1.84%) Documentation Skills
8 14 (1.72%) Legal
9 12 (1.47%) Investment Banking
9 12 (1.47%) Organisational Skills
10 11 (1.35%) Influencing Skills
10 11 (1.35%) Marketing
11 8 (0.98%) Front Office
11 8 (0.98%) Law
12 7 (0.86%) Local Government
12 7 (0.86%) Presentation Skills
13 6 (0.74%) Back Office
13 6 (0.74%) Pharmaceutical
14 4 (0.49%) Financial Institution
Job Titles
1 136 (16.69%) Azure Engineer
2 126 (15.46%) Senior
3 123 (15.09%) Developer
4 120 (14.72%) DevOps Engineer
5 97 (11.90%) Data Engineer
6 74 (9.08%) Azure DevOps Engineer
7 67 (8.22%) Lead
8 62 (7.61%) Architect
9 56 (6.87%) Analyst
10 37 (4.54%) Platform Engineer
11 32 (3.93%) Consultant
12 31 (3.80%) Business Analyst
13 29 (3.56%) Cloud Engineer
14 25 (3.07%) Azure Data Engineer
14 25 (3.07%) Solutions Architect
15 22 (2.70%) IT Support
15 22 (2.70%) Senior DevOps
15 22 (2.70%) Tester
16 21 (2.58%) Senior Developer
16 21 (2.58%) Test Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 107 (13.13%) .NET
2 81 (9.94%) REST
3 59 (7.24%) PySpark
4 50 (6.13%) ADO
5 40 (4.91%) React
6 38 (4.66%) JSON
7 36 (4.42%) YAML
8 31 (3.80%) Kafka
9 29 (3.56%) AngularJS
10 28 (3.44%) .NET Framework
10 28 (3.44%) RESTful
11 26 (3.19%) Playwright
12 24 (2.94%) .NET Core
12 24 (2.94%) ARM Templates
13 22 (2.70%) HTML
13 22 (2.70%) XML
14 21 (2.58%) Middleware
15 20 (2.45%) SOAP
16 19 (2.33%) OAuth
17 18 (2.21%) CSS
Miscellaneous
1 103 (12.64%) Cloud Native
2 35 (4.29%) Legacy Systems
3 33 (4.05%) Distributed Systems
4 32 (3.93%) Product Ownership
5 19 (2.33%) Onboarding
5 19 (2.33%) Reinsurance
6 16 (1.96%) Management Information System
6 16 (1.96%) Self-Motivation
7 15 (1.84%) Greenfield Project
8 14 (1.72%) Enterprise Software
8 14 (1.72%) Hybrid Cloud
9 10 (1.23%) AI Agents
10 9 (1.10%) Enterprise Cloud
10 9 (1.10%) Replication
11 8 (0.98%) Data Protection Act
11 8 (0.98%) Data Structures
11 8 (0.98%) Low-Code
12 7 (0.86%) FMCG
12 7 (0.86%) Public Cloud
13 6 (0.74%) Data Centre
Operating Systems
1 45 (5.52%) Windows
2 24 (2.94%) Linux
3 13 (1.60%) Windows Server
4 9 (1.10%) VMS
5 7 (0.86%) Unix
6 4 (0.49%) Windows Server 2016
6 4 (0.49%) Windows Server 2019
7 2 (0.25%) Android
7 2 (0.25%) Apple iOS
8 1 (0.12%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 1 (0.12%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 815 (100.00%) DevOps
2 442 (54.23%) CI/CD
3 315 (38.65%) Agile
4 208 (25.52%) Infrastructure as Code
5 141 (17.30%) Test Automation
6 140 (17.18%) Analytics
7 129 (15.83%) Migration
8 121 (14.85%) Problem-Solving
9 111 (13.62%) Stakeholder Management
10 109 (13.37%) Continuous Improvement
11 105 (12.88%) Containerisation
12 104 (12.76%) Data Modelling
13 98 (12.02%) Scrum
14 97 (11.90%) Data Pipeline
15 89 (10.92%) AI
15 89 (10.92%) Business Intelligence
15 89 (10.92%) ETL
16 88 (10.80%) Microservices
17 87 (10.67%) Data Engineering
18 86 (10.55%) Platform Engineering
Programming Languages
1 264 (32.39%) SQL
2 225 (27.61%) Python
3 140 (17.18%) C#
4 101 (12.39%) PowerShell
5 72 (8.83%) Bicep
6 66 (8.10%) Bash
7 63 (7.73%) JavaScript
8 58 (7.12%) TypeScript
9 49 (6.01%) Java
10 11 (1.35%) Data Analysis Expressions
11 10 (1.23%) Apex Code
11 10 (1.23%) T-SQL
12 8 (0.98%) Scala
13 7 (0.86%) Kusto Query Language
14 6 (0.74%) Shell Script
15 4 (0.49%) Go
15 4 (0.49%) PL/SQL
15 4 (0.49%) VB.NET
16 3 (0.37%) ABAP
16 3 (0.37%) C
Qualifications
1 211 (25.89%) Security Cleared
2 190 (23.31%) SC Cleared
3 63 (7.73%) Azure Certification
4 44 (5.40%) Degree
5 26 (3.19%) Computer Science Degree
6 21 (2.58%) Microsoft Certification
7 18 (2.21%) DV Cleared
8 11 (1.35%) AWS Certification
8 11 (1.35%) ISTQB
9 9 (1.10%) DBS Check
10 6 (0.74%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
11 5 (0.61%) Cisco Certification
12 4 (0.49%) BPSS Clearance
12 4 (0.49%) Master's Degree
12 4 (0.49%) PMI Certification
13 3 (0.37%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
13 3 (0.37%) CISSP
13 3 (0.37%) ITIL Certification
13 3 (0.37%) PMP
13 3 (0.37%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 97 (11.90%) QA
2 70 (8.59%) Data Quality
3 24 (2.94%) GDPR
4 19 (2.33%) Accessibility
5 16 (1.96%) NIST
6 12 (1.47%) PMO
7 9 (1.10%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 9 (1.10%) WCAG
8 7 (0.86%) Sarbanes-Oxley
8 7 (0.86%) SLA
9 4 (0.49%) PSD2
9 4 (0.49%) SEPA
10 3 (0.37%) Cyber Essentials
11 2 (0.25%) Government Security Classifications
11 2 (0.25%) HMG Security Policy Framework
11 2 (0.25%) NCSC
12 1 (0.12%) EMIR
12 1 (0.12%) GxP
12 1 (0.12%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
12 1 (0.12%) P3O
System Software
1 116 (14.23%) Docker
2 47 (5.77%) Active Directory
3 13 (1.60%) VMware Infrastructure
4 10 (1.23%) Virtual Machines
5 6 (0.74%) Hyper-V
5 6 (0.74%) Virtual Desktop
6 4 (0.49%) vSphere
7 2 (0.25%) Microsoft App-V
7 2 (0.25%) OpenSSH
8 1 (0.12%) HDFS
8 1 (0.12%) Virtual Servers
8 1 (0.12%) VMware ESXi
8 1 (0.12%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 237 (29.08%) Terraform
2 142 (17.42%) Kubernetes
3 49 (6.01%) Ansible
4 23 (2.82%) Grafana
5 19 (2.33%) Prometheus
6 11 (1.35%) Packer
7 10 (1.23%) Microsoft Intune
8 8 (0.98%) Progress Chef
8 8 (0.98%) Puppet
9 7 (0.86%) SCCM
10 6 (0.74%) HP ALM
11 5 (0.61%) Argo
11 5 (0.61%) Single Sign-On
12 2 (0.25%) Docker Swarm
12 2 (0.25%) HP Fortify
13 1 (0.12%) FortiGate
13 1 (0.12%) Microsoft Clustering
13 1 (0.12%) PowerCLI
13 1 (0.12%) RSA Archer
13 1 (0.12%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 256 (31.41%) Microsoft
2 96 (11.78%) Databricks
3 34 (4.17%) Salesforce
4 31 (3.80%) ServiceNow
5 29 (3.56%) Oracle
6 25 (3.07%) SAP
7 18 (2.21%) VMware
8 14 (1.72%) Informatica
9 11 (1.35%) OpenAI
10 10 (1.23%) Bloomberg
10 10 (1.23%) Google
11 9 (1.10%) Splunk
12 8 (0.98%) Dynatrace
12 8 (0.98%) Foundry
12 8 (0.98%) Refinitiv
13 7 (0.86%) Guidewire
14 6 (0.74%) Cloudera
14 6 (0.74%) HP
14 6 (0.74%) IBM
15 5 (0.61%) Cisco