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

6 months to
28 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 61 83 60
Rank change year-on-year +22 -23 +18
Contract jobs citing Azure DevOps 732 394 660
As % of all contract jobs in London 3.99% 3.26% 3.78%
As % of the Cloud Services category 9.43% 7.61% 9.72%
Number of daily rates quoted 531 273 426
10th Percentile £375 £363 £400
25th Percentile £415 £431 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% - -6.25%
75th Percentile £600 £650 £613
90th Percentile £725 £750 £688
England median daily rate £500 £520 £525
% change year-on-year -3.85% -0.95% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 0 0
10th Percentile £54.50 - -
25th Percentile £59.38 - -
Median hourly rate £70.00 - -
75th Percentile £74.63 - -
90th Percentile £75.90 - -
England median hourly rate £74.75 £31.50 £65.50
% change year-on-year +137.30% -51.91% -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 7,765 5,180 6,791
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 42.32% 42.87% 38.94%
Number of daily rates quoted 5,366 3,537 5,025
10th Percentile £350 £356 £350
25th Percentile £425 £428 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% - -6.78%
75th Percentile £638 £673 £675
90th Percentile £750 £788 £775
England median daily rate £513 £520 £525
% change year-on-year -1.44% -0.95% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 89 57 67
10th Percentile £20.87 £22.27 £17.16
25th Percentile £27.00 £24.66 £22.00
Median hourly rate £35.50 £29.07 £26.00
Median % change year-on-year +22.12% +11.81% -50.48%
75th Percentile £55.75 £43.75 £38.75
90th Percentile £75.00 £67.50 £56.00
England median hourly rate £39.50 £25.50 £21.37
% change year-on-year +54.90% +19.33% -38.58%

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 May 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 28 May 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 28 May 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 +2 73 £550 +10.00% 30
South London -6 10 £513 -2.38% 1
West London -21 7 £388 -25.48% 3
East London -7 2 £604 +3.16% 1
North London -1 1 £650 +47.73% 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 49 (6.69%) SharePoint
2 36 (4.92%) Apache Spark
3 29 (3.96%) Confluence
4 23 (3.14%) Apache
5 21 (2.87%) Apache Airflow
6 10 (1.37%) HCL Notes
6 10 (1.37%) Mendix
6 10 (1.37%) Microsoft Exchange
7 3 (0.41%) CMS
8 2 (0.27%) Kentico
8 2 (0.27%) Palantir Foundry
9 1 (0.14%) IBM HTTP Server
9 1 (0.14%) IIS
9 1 (0.14%) SAS
Applications
1 23 (3.14%) Microsoft Project
2 8 (1.09%) MS Visio
3 6 (0.82%) Microsoft Excel
4 4 (0.55%) Notion
5 3 (0.41%) Microsoft Office
6 2 (0.27%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 30 (4.10%) Dynamics CRM
2 7 (0.96%) Dynamics AX
3 6 (0.82%) SAP S/4HANA
4 4 (0.55%) SAP BPC
5 3 (0.41%) Findur
5 3 (0.41%) SAP MM
5 3 (0.41%) SAP Oil and Gas
6 2 (0.27%) Aladdin
6 2 (0.27%) Endur
7 1 (0.14%) Loan IQ
7 1 (0.14%) Maximo
7 1 (0.14%) NEC Housing
7 1 (0.14%) NetSuite
7 1 (0.14%) Oracle Financials
7 1 (0.14%) Salesforce CRM
7 1 (0.14%) SAP CS
7 1 (0.14%) SAP GTS
7 1 (0.14%) SAP LE
7 1 (0.14%) SAP MDG
7 1 (0.14%) SDL Web 8
Cloud Services
1 732 (100.00%) Azure
2 220 (30.05%) GitHub
3 133 (18.17%) GitHub Actions
4 126 (17.21%) Power Platform
5 112 (15.30%) AWS
6 93 (12.70%) Azure Data Factory
7 70 (9.56%) Azure AKS
8 64 (8.74%) Power Automate
9 61 (8.33%) Azure Monitor
10 60 (8.20%) Entra ID
11 59 (8.06%) Azure Synapse Analytics
11 59 (8.06%) Serverless
12 57 (7.79%) Dynamics 365
13 54 (7.38%) Azure Logic Apps
14 45 (6.15%) Azure Service Bus
15 44 (6.01%) Azure Key Vault
16 39 (5.33%) Azure Functions
16 39 (5.33%) Snowflake
17 37 (5.05%) Microsoft 365
17 37 (5.05%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 17 (2.32%) Firewall
2 9 (1.23%) Network Security
2 9 (1.23%) VPN
3 8 (1.09%) DNS
4 5 (0.68%) SD-WAN
4 5 (0.68%) WAN
5 4 (0.55%) Internet
6 2 (0.27%) FTP
6 2 (0.27%) NAS
6 2 (0.27%) Remote Desktop
6 2 (0.27%) SAN
6 2 (0.27%) SSH
6 2 (0.27%) TCP/IP
6 2 (0.27%) X.509
7 1 (0.14%) Cisco ASA
7 1 (0.14%) Cisco Firepower
7 1 (0.14%) HTTP
7 1 (0.14%) IPsec
7 1 (0.14%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 80 (10.93%) SQL Server
2 75 (10.25%) Power BI
3 67 (9.15%) Data Lake
4 51 (6.97%) Delta Lake
5 48 (6.56%) Azure SQL Database
6 42 (5.74%) Data Warehouse
7 33 (4.51%) NoSQL
8 19 (2.60%) PostgreSQL
8 19 (2.60%) Snowflake Schema
9 16 (2.19%) Oracle Database
9 16 (2.19%) Spark SQL
10 14 (1.91%) Big Data
11 12 (1.64%) Redis
11 12 (1.64%) Relational Database
12 11 (1.50%) Amazon Redshift
12 11 (1.50%) Metadata
12 11 (1.50%) MongoDB
12 11 (1.50%) SQL Server Integration Services
13 9 (1.23%) Data Vault
13 9 (1.23%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 131 (17.90%) JIRA
2 120 (16.39%) Git
3 61 (8.33%) Jenkins
4 40 (5.46%) GitLab
5 25 (3.42%) Selenium
6 14 (1.91%) Postman
7 12 (1.64%) Cypress.io
7 12 (1.64%) SonarQube
8 10 (1.37%) REST Assured
9 9 (1.23%) SpecFlow
9 9 (1.23%) TestRail
10 8 (1.09%) Cucumber
10 8 (1.09%) Team Foundation Server
10 8 (1.09%) Zephyr
11 7 (0.96%) MLflow
12 6 (0.82%) Artifactory
13 5 (0.68%) JMeter
13 5 (0.68%) Visual Studio
14 4 (0.55%) Spinnaker
14 4 (0.55%) TeamCity
General
1 204 (27.87%) Finance
2 169 (23.09%) Social Skills
3 67 (9.15%) Analytical Skills
4 58 (7.92%) Public Sector
5 47 (6.42%) Banking
6 14 (1.91%) Financial Institution
6 14 (1.91%) Front Office
7 13 (1.78%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 12 (1.64%) Investment Banking
9 11 (1.50%) Retail
10 9 (1.23%) Legal
10 9 (1.23%) Organisational Skills
11 7 (0.96%) Documentation Skills
11 7 (0.96%) Marketing
11 7 (0.96%) Presentation Skills
12 6 (0.82%) Influencing Skills
13 3 (0.41%) Local Government
13 3 (0.41%) Pharmaceutical
14 2 (0.27%) Back Office
14 2 (0.27%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 122 (16.67%) Developer
2 114 (15.57%) Azure Engineer
3 113 (15.44%) Senior
4 103 (14.07%) Data Engineer
5 84 (11.48%) DevOps Engineer
6 57 (7.79%) Lead
7 53 (7.24%) Architect
7 53 (7.24%) Azure DevOps Engineer
8 47 (6.42%) Analyst
9 29 (3.96%) Platform Engineer
10 27 (3.69%) Cloud Engineer
11 25 (3.42%) Consultant
12 23 (3.14%) IT Support
13 22 (3.01%) Azure Architect
13 22 (3.01%) Senior Data Engineer
13 22 (3.01%) Tester
14 21 (2.87%) Azure Developer
14 21 (2.87%) Business Analyst
14 21 (2.87%) Senior Developer
15 20 (2.73%) Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 112 (15.30%) .NET
2 62 (8.47%) PySpark
3 56 (7.65%) REST
4 49 (6.69%) React
5 36 (4.92%) ADO
6 35 (4.78%) Kafka
7 33 (4.51%) JSON
8 28 (3.83%) YAML
9 27 (3.69%) ARM Templates
10 25 (3.42%) Node.js
10 25 (3.42%) Playwright
11 23 (3.14%) .NET Framework
12 22 (3.01%) AngularJS
12 22 (3.01%) CSS
12 22 (3.01%) HTML
12 22 (3.01%) RESTful
13 21 (2.87%) .NET Core
14 18 (2.46%) Middleware
15 16 (2.19%) OAuth
15 16 (2.19%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 85 (11.61%) Cloud Native
2 31 (4.23%) Legacy Systems
3 25 (3.42%) Distributed Systems
3 25 (3.42%) Reinsurance
4 23 (3.14%) Product Ownership
5 15 (2.05%) Greenfield Project
5 15 (2.05%) Low-Code
6 13 (1.78%) Onboarding
6 13 (1.78%) Replication
7 11 (1.50%) AI Agents
8 9 (1.23%) Self-Motivation
9 8 (1.09%) Data Structures
9 8 (1.09%) Enterprise Software
9 8 (1.09%) Public Cloud
10 7 (0.96%) Hybrid Cloud
10 7 (0.96%) Management Information System
11 6 (0.82%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
12 5 (0.68%) NHS
13 4 (0.55%) Derivative
13 4 (0.55%) FMCG
Operating Systems
1 43 (5.87%) Windows
2 22 (3.01%) Linux
3 11 (1.50%) VMS
4 7 (0.96%) Windows Server
5 6 (0.82%) Unix
6 2 (0.27%) Windows Server 2016
6 2 (0.27%) Windows Server 2019
7 1 (0.14%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 1 (0.14%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 726 (99.18%) DevOps
2 406 (55.46%) CI/CD
3 255 (34.84%) Agile
4 180 (24.59%) Infrastructure as Code
5 127 (17.35%) Analytics
6 124 (16.94%) Test Automation
7 118 (16.12%) Migration
8 117 (15.98%) Problem-Solving
9 107 (14.62%) Data Modelling
10 103 (14.07%) Data Pipeline
11 93 (12.70%) Continuous Improvement
12 92 (12.57%) AI
13 89 (12.16%) ETL
14 87 (11.89%) Business Intelligence
15 85 (11.61%) Scrum
16 84 (11.48%) Data Engineering
17 80 (10.93%) Containerisation
18 78 (10.66%) Platform Engineering
19 76 (10.38%) Observability
19 76 (10.38%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 278 (37.98%) SQL
2 219 (29.92%) Python
3 145 (19.81%) C#
4 80 (10.93%) PowerShell
5 66 (9.02%) Bicep
5 66 (9.02%) JavaScript
6 56 (7.65%) TypeScript
7 49 (6.69%) Java
8 48 (6.56%) Bash
9 22 (3.01%) Scala
10 15 (2.05%) T-SQL
11 10 (1.37%) Formula Language
11 10 (1.37%) LotusScript
12 9 (1.23%) Data Analysis Expressions
13 7 (0.96%) Kusto Query Language
13 7 (0.96%) PL/SQL
14 6 (0.82%) Shell Script
15 5 (0.68%) Apex Code
16 4 (0.55%) C
17 3 (0.41%) XPath
Qualifications
1 181 (24.73%) Security Cleared
2 161 (21.99%) SC Cleared
3 63 (8.61%) Azure Certification
4 31 (4.23%) Degree
5 20 (2.73%) Microsoft Certification
6 17 (2.32%) BPSS Clearance
7 16 (2.19%) Computer Science Degree
8 14 (1.91%) ISTQB
9 10 (1.37%) DBS Check
10 7 (0.96%) DV Cleared
11 6 (0.82%) PMI Certification
11 6 (0.82%) PMP
12 4 (0.55%) Master's Degree
13 3 (0.41%) AWS Certification
13 3 (0.41%) Cisco Certification
13 3 (0.41%) TOGAF Certification
14 2 (0.27%) CCNA
14 2 (0.27%) ISEB
14 2 (0.27%) ITIL Certification
15 1 (0.14%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 86 (11.75%) QA
2 73 (9.97%) Data Quality
3 19 (2.60%) GDPR
4 15 (2.05%) Accessibility
5 9 (1.23%) PMO
5 9 (1.23%) Sarbanes-Oxley
5 9 (1.23%) WCAG
6 8 (1.09%) NIST
7 6 (0.82%) SLA
8 5 (0.68%) ISO/IEC 27001
9 4 (0.55%) 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 (0.14%) Government Security Classifications
11 1 (0.14%) ITGC
System Software
1 101 (13.80%) Docker
2 41 (5.60%) Active Directory
3 8 (1.09%) Virtual Desktop
4 6 (0.82%) Virtual Machines
5 5 (0.68%) VMware Infrastructure
6 2 (0.27%) Hyper-V
6 2 (0.27%) Microsoft App-V
6 2 (0.27%) OpenSSH
7 1 (0.14%) HDFS
Systems Management
1 211 (28.83%) Terraform
2 124 (16.94%) Kubernetes
3 32 (4.37%) Ansible
4 17 (2.32%) Grafana
5 14 (1.91%) Prometheus
6 7 (0.96%) Packer
7 5 (0.68%) HP ALM
7 5 (0.68%) Microsoft Intune
7 5 (0.68%) Progress Chef
7 5 (0.68%) Puppet
8 3 (0.41%) Argo
8 3 (0.41%) Single Sign-On
9 2 (0.27%) Istio
9 2 (0.27%) SCCM
10 1 (0.14%) Active Directory Federation Services
10 1 (0.14%) FortiGate
10 1 (0.14%) Kubeflow
10 1 (0.14%) RSA Archer
Vendors
1 223 (30.46%) Microsoft
2 109 (14.89%) Databricks
3 54 (7.38%) Oracle
4 30 (4.10%) ServiceNow
5 27 (3.69%) Salesforce
6 20 (2.73%) Informatica
6 20 (2.73%) SAP
7 18 (2.46%) OpenAI
8 13 (1.78%) VMware
9 11 (1.50%) Foundry
10 10 (1.37%) Bloomberg
10 10 (1.37%) Kofax
10 10 (1.37%) Lotus
11 8 (1.09%) Refinitiv
12 6 (0.82%) Splunk
13 5 (0.68%) HP
13 5 (0.68%) Workday
14 4 (0.55%) IBM
14 4 (0.55%) InterSystems
14 4 (0.55%) OpenLink