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

6 months to
22 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 61 88 67
Rank change year-on-year +27 -21 +14
Contract jobs citing Azure DevOps 688 395 590
As % of all contract jobs in London 4.13% 3.08% 3.25%
As % of the Cloud Services category 9.44% 7.31% 8.71%
Number of daily rates quoted 490 293 399
10th Percentile £363 £384 £413
25th Percentile £415 £454 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £538 £550
Median % change year-on-year -6.98% -2.27% -
75th Percentile £600 £638 £638
90th Percentile £725 £735 £700
England median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 0 0
10th Percentile £47.58 - -
25th Percentile £49.94 - -
Median hourly rate £61.25 - -
75th Percentile £73.56 - -
90th Percentile £75.48 - -
England median hourly rate £52.50 £67.50 £65.50
% change year-on-year -22.22% +3.05% -3.53%

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 7,286 5,406 6,770
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 43.74% 42.11% 37.33%
Number of daily rates quoted 4,993 3,753 4,964
10th Percentile £350 £356 £325
25th Percentile £425 £445 £438
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% - -6.38%
75th Percentile £638 £668 £675
90th Percentile £750 £775 £769
England median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 109 46 78
10th Percentile £18.20 £22.27 £17.55
25th Percentile £24.00 £24.30 £21.44
Median hourly rate £35.00 £30.21 £30.11
Median % change year-on-year +15.87% +0.32% -13.97%
75th Percentile £50.75 £55.63 £52.69
90th Percentile £72.50 £70.63 £64.73
England median hourly rate £37.12 £27.13 £21.00
% change year-on-year +36.85% +29.17% -16.00%

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 22 March 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 22 March 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 22 March 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 -1 77 £530 -2.08% 39
South London 0 15 £500 +1.01% 2
West London -20 5 £375 -21.05% 7
East London -6 2 £604 +12.28% 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 39 (5.67%) SharePoint
2 34 (4.94%) Confluence
3 27 (3.92%) Apache Spark
4 19 (2.76%) Apache
5 15 (2.18%) Apache Airflow
6 11 (1.60%) HCL Notes
6 11 (1.60%) Microsoft Exchange
7 10 (1.45%) Mendix
8 3 (0.44%) CMS
8 3 (0.44%) IIS
9 2 (0.29%) Sitecore CMS
10 1 (0.15%) Adobe Experience Manager
10 1 (0.15%) IBM HTTP Server
10 1 (0.15%) Kentico
10 1 (0.15%) Palantir Foundry
10 1 (0.15%) SAS
Applications
1 17 (2.47%) Microsoft Project
2 12 (1.74%) MS Visio
3 6 (0.87%) Microsoft Excel
4 4 (0.58%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 1 (0.15%) Trello
Business Applications
1 36 (5.23%) Dynamics CRM
2 6 (0.87%) SAP S/4HANA
3 4 (0.58%) Aladdin
4 3 (0.44%) Dynamics AX
4 3 (0.44%) Findur
4 3 (0.44%) SAP BPC
5 2 (0.29%) Endur
5 2 (0.29%) SAP Oil and Gas
6 1 (0.15%) Loan IQ
6 1 (0.15%) Maximo
6 1 (0.15%) NEC Housing
6 1 (0.15%) NetSuite
6 1 (0.15%) Oracle Financials
6 1 (0.15%) Orchestrade
6 1 (0.15%) Salesforce CRM
6 1 (0.15%) SAP CS
6 1 (0.15%) SAP GTS
6 1 (0.15%) SAP LE
6 1 (0.15%) SAP MM
6 1 (0.15%) SAP SD
Cloud Services
1 688 (100.00%) Azure
2 200 (29.07%) GitHub
3 133 (19.33%) Power Platform
4 124 (18.02%) GitHub Actions
5 93 (13.52%) Azure Data Factory
6 85 (12.35%) AWS
7 79 (11.48%) Serverless
8 75 (10.90%) Azure Monitor
9 63 (9.16%) Azure AKS
9 63 (9.16%) Dynamics 365
9 63 (9.16%) Entra ID
10 59 (8.58%) Azure Logic Apps
11 58 (8.43%) Azure Synapse Analytics
11 58 (8.43%) Power Automate
12 54 (7.85%) Azure Functions
12 54 (7.85%) Azure Service Bus
13 53 (7.70%) Azure Key Vault
14 41 (5.96%) PowerApps
15 39 (5.67%) Microsoft 365
16 36 (5.23%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 27 (3.92%) Firewall
2 12 (1.74%) DNS
2 12 (1.74%) Network Security
3 11 (1.60%) VPN
4 10 (1.45%) WAN
5 8 (1.16%) SD-WAN
6 4 (0.58%) TCP/IP
7 3 (0.44%) FTP
7 3 (0.44%) Remote Desktop
8 2 (0.29%) HTTP
8 2 (0.29%) Internet
8 2 (0.29%) LAN
8 2 (0.29%) MPLS
9 1 (0.15%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 78 (11.34%) SQL Server
2 73 (10.61%) Power BI
3 55 (7.99%) Data Lake
4 45 (6.54%) Azure SQL Database
4 45 (6.54%) Delta Lake
5 38 (5.52%) Data Warehouse
6 25 (3.63%) NoSQL
7 19 (2.76%) Oracle Database
8 16 (2.33%) PostgreSQL
9 14 (2.03%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 13 (1.89%) Spark SQL
11 12 (1.74%) Relational Database
12 11 (1.60%) MongoDB
12 11 (1.60%) Redis
12 11 (1.60%) Tableau
13 10 (1.45%) Metadata
14 9 (1.31%) Snowflake Schema
15 8 (1.16%) Data Vault
15 8 (1.16%) DynamoDB
16 7 (1.02%) Amazon Redshift
Development Applications
1 143 (20.78%) JIRA
2 100 (14.53%) Git
3 66 (9.59%) Jenkins
4 35 (5.09%) GitLab
5 32 (4.65%) Selenium
6 19 (2.76%) Postman
7 16 (2.33%) Cypress.io
8 14 (2.03%) Team Foundation Server
9 12 (1.74%) REST Assured
10 11 (1.60%) Cucumber
10 11 (1.60%) MLflow
10 11 (1.60%) TestRail
11 10 (1.45%) SpecFlow
11 10 (1.45%) Zephyr
12 9 (1.31%) JUnit
12 9 (1.31%) Visual Studio
13 8 (1.16%) JMeter
14 6 (0.87%) Liquibase
14 6 (0.87%) Mockito
14 6 (0.87%) webpack
General
1 192 (27.91%) Finance
2 182 (26.45%) Social Skills
3 79 (11.48%) Analytical Skills
4 70 (10.17%) Public Sector
5 50 (7.27%) Banking
6 17 (2.47%) Financial Institution
7 16 (2.33%) Documentation Skills
8 14 (2.03%) Front Office
8 14 (2.03%) Influencing Skills
9 13 (1.89%) Investment Banking
9 13 (1.89%) Retail
10 11 (1.60%) Presentation Skills
11 9 (1.31%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 9 (1.31%) Organisational Skills
12 5 (0.73%) Law
12 5 (0.73%) Marketing
13 4 (0.58%) Back Office
13 4 (0.58%) Legal
13 4 (0.58%) Military
14 3 (0.44%) General Ledger
Job Titles
1 146 (21.22%) Developer
2 97 (14.10%) Azure Engineer
3 95 (13.81%) Senior
4 78 (11.34%) Data Engineer
5 68 (9.88%) DevOps Engineer
6 56 (8.14%) Lead
7 53 (7.70%) Analyst
8 49 (7.12%) Architect
9 43 (6.25%) Azure DevOps Engineer
10 31 (4.51%) Azure Developer
11 30 (4.36%) Platform Engineer
11 30 (4.36%) Tester
12 27 (3.92%) Business Analyst
13 25 (3.63%) Azure Architect
14 20 (2.91%) Test Analyst
15 19 (2.76%) IT Support
15 19 (2.76%) Senior Developer
16 18 (2.62%) Cloud Engineer
16 18 (2.62%) Consultant
16 18 (2.62%) Test Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 127 (18.46%) .NET
2 56 (8.14%) REST
3 54 (7.85%) PySpark
4 47 (6.83%) React
5 45 (6.54%) Node.js
6 32 (4.65%) Playwright
7 29 (4.22%) ARM Templates
7 29 (4.22%) Kafka
8 28 (4.07%) YAML
9 26 (3.78%) .NET Core
9 26 (3.78%) CSS
9 26 (3.78%) HTML
10 25 (3.63%) ADO
10 25 (3.63%) AngularJS
11 24 (3.49%) .NET Framework
12 22 (3.20%) SOAP
13 21 (3.05%) JSON
13 21 (3.05%) OAuth
14 20 (2.91%) RESTful
15 17 (2.47%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 74 (10.76%) Cloud Native
2 40 (5.81%) Product Ownership
3 29 (4.22%) Legacy Systems
4 26 (3.78%) Distributed Systems
5 17 (2.47%) Enterprise Software
6 16 (2.33%) AI Agents
6 16 (2.33%) Low-Code
7 14 (2.03%) Reinsurance
8 12 (1.74%) Public Cloud
9 10 (1.45%) CMDB
9 10 (1.45%) Replication
10 9 (1.31%) Data Structures
11 8 (1.16%) NHS
12 7 (1.02%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
12 7 (1.02%) Greenfield Project
12 7 (1.02%) Self-Motivation
13 6 (0.87%) Enterprise Cloud
14 5 (0.73%) FMCG
14 5 (0.73%) Management Information System
14 5 (0.73%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 31 (4.51%) Windows
2 19 (2.76%) Linux
3 9 (1.31%) VMS
4 5 (0.73%) Windows Server
5 4 (0.58%) Unix
6 1 (0.15%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 1 (0.15%) Ubuntu
6 1 (0.15%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 681 (98.98%) DevOps
2 385 (55.96%) CI/CD
3 275 (39.97%) Agile
4 167 (24.27%) Infrastructure as Code
5 133 (19.33%) Analytics
6 132 (19.19%) Problem-Solving
7 126 (18.31%) Test Automation
8 110 (15.99%) Continuous Improvement
9 101 (14.68%) AI
10 97 (14.10%) Migration
11 93 (13.52%) Data Modelling
12 92 (13.37%) Scrum
13 88 (12.79%) Business Intelligence
14 82 (11.92%) Stakeholder Management
15 81 (11.77%) Microservices
16 79 (11.48%) Observability
17 74 (10.76%) Containerisation
17 74 (10.76%) Data Pipeline
18 66 (9.59%) Data Engineering
19 64 (9.30%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 257 (37.35%) SQL
2 212 (30.81%) Python
3 153 (22.24%) C#
4 94 (13.66%) JavaScript
5 64 (9.30%) PowerShell
6 63 (9.16%) Bicep
7 56 (8.14%) TypeScript
8 53 (7.70%) Java
9 38 (5.52%) Bash
10 25 (3.63%) Scala
11 17 (2.47%) T-SQL
12 13 (1.89%) Kusto Query Language
13 11 (1.60%) Formula Language
13 11 (1.60%) LotusScript
13 11 (1.60%) PL/SQL
14 6 (0.87%) Data Analysis Expressions
15 4 (0.58%) C
15 4 (0.58%) R
15 4 (0.58%) Shell Script
15 4 (0.58%) X++
Qualifications
1 169 (24.56%) Security Cleared
2 150 (21.80%) SC Cleared
3 66 (9.59%) Azure Certification
4 38 (5.52%) Degree
5 21 (3.05%) Computer Science Degree
6 20 (2.91%) ISTQB
7 17 (2.47%) BPSS Clearance
8 16 (2.33%) Microsoft Certification
9 6 (0.87%) Master's Degree
9 6 (0.87%) PMI Certification
10 5 (0.73%) ISEB
10 5 (0.73%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
10 5 (0.73%) PMP
11 4 (0.58%) AWS Certification
12 3 (0.44%) DBS Check
12 3 (0.44%) ITIL Certification
13 2 (0.29%) CBAP
13 2 (0.29%) Cisco Certification
13 2 (0.29%) MBA
14 1 (0.15%) IIBA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 78 (11.34%) QA
2 59 (8.58%) Data Quality
3 18 (2.62%) GDPR
4 14 (2.03%) Accessibility
5 9 (1.31%) WCAG
6 8 (1.16%) PMO
7 7 (1.02%) Sarbanes-Oxley
8 4 (0.58%) HIPAA
8 4 (0.58%) PCI DSS
9 3 (0.44%) HL7
9 3 (0.44%) HMG Security Policy Framework
9 3 (0.44%) ISO/IEC 27001
9 3 (0.44%) NCSC
9 3 (0.44%) SLA
10 2 (0.29%) FedRAMP
10 2 (0.29%) NIST
10 2 (0.29%) Software Quality Assurance
11 1 (0.15%) EMIR
11 1 (0.15%) EU AI Act
11 1 (0.15%) MiFID
System Software
1 108 (15.70%) Docker
2 39 (5.67%) Active Directory
3 8 (1.16%) Virtual Desktop
3 8 (1.16%) Virtual Machines
4 4 (0.58%) VMware Infrastructure
5 1 (0.15%) HDFS
5 1 (0.15%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 200 (29.07%) Terraform
2 114 (16.57%) Kubernetes
3 33 (4.80%) Ansible
4 18 (2.62%) Grafana
5 13 (1.89%) Prometheus
6 6 (0.87%) HP ALM
7 4 (0.58%) Packer
7 4 (0.58%) Progress Chef
7 4 (0.58%) Puppet
8 3 (0.44%) Argo
8 3 (0.44%) Microsoft Intune
9 2 (0.29%) Istio
9 2 (0.29%) Kubeflow
9 2 (0.29%) Opsgenie
9 2 (0.29%) Single Sign-On
10 1 (0.15%) Active Directory Federation Services
10 1 (0.15%) CASB
10 1 (0.15%) Fluentd
10 1 (0.15%) Icinga
10 1 (0.15%) RSA Archer
Vendors
1 223 (32.41%) Microsoft
2 108 (15.70%) Databricks
3 59 (8.58%) Oracle
4 39 (5.67%) ServiceNow
5 28 (4.07%) OpenAI
6 20 (2.91%) Salesforce
7 15 (2.18%) SAP
8 13 (1.89%) Informatica
9 11 (1.60%) Lotus
9 11 (1.60%) VMware
10 10 (1.45%) Foundry
10 10 (1.45%) Kofax
11 8 (1.16%) Splunk
12 6 (0.87%) Cisco
12 6 (0.87%) HP
13 5 (0.73%) Aruba
13 5 (0.73%) Bloomberg
13 5 (0.73%) Charles River
13 5 (0.73%) Citrix
14 4 (0.58%) Google