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

6 months to
19 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 63 75 60
Rank change year-on-year +12 -15 +13
Contract jobs citing Azure DevOps 744 428 677
As % of all contract jobs in London 3.92% 3.43% 3.81%
As % of the Cloud Services category 9.33% 7.99% 9.69%
Number of daily rates quoted 537 302 432
10th Percentile £375 £350 £405
25th Percentile £425 £421 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% - -7.08%
75th Percentile £619 £638 £601
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 7,976 5,360 6,990
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 42.04% 42.95% 39.34%
Number of daily rates quoted 5,474 3,638 5,135
10th Percentile £358 £350 £350
25th Percentile £431 £425 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £540 £550
Median % change year-on-year -2.78% -1.82% -5.17%
75th Percentile £638 £663 £675
90th Percentile £750 £788 £788
England median daily rate £514 £514 £525
% change year-on-year - -2.10% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 95 66 70
10th Percentile £20.85 £22.75 £17.63
25th Percentile £26.52 £24.75 £22.00
Median hourly rate £35.50 £32.25 £26.49
Median % change year-on-year +10.08% +21.77% -49.55%
75th Percentile £55.38 £48.75 £38.75
90th Percentile £76.05 £70.63 £55.25
England median hourly rate £39.50 £25.15 £21.50
% change year-on-year +57.06% +16.98% -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 19 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 19 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 19 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 -19 70 £525 -2.78% 28
South London -2 8 £513 -2.38% 1
West London -20 6 £375 -31.51% 6
East London -2 3 £604 +3.16% 1
North London +3 2 £600 +36.36%
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 46 (6.18%) SharePoint
2 37 (4.97%) Confluence
3 33 (4.44%) Apache Spark
4 24 (3.23%) Apache
5 21 (2.82%) Apache Airflow
6 11 (1.48%) Microsoft Exchange
7 5 (0.67%) HCL Notes
7 5 (0.67%) Mendix
8 4 (0.54%) CMS
9 3 (0.40%) Kentico
10 2 (0.27%) Palantir Foundry
11 1 (0.13%) Apache Pulsar
11 1 (0.13%) IBM HTTP Server
11 1 (0.13%) SAS
Applications
1 27 (3.63%) Microsoft Project
2 10 (1.34%) MS Visio
3 8 (1.08%) 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 30 (4.03%) Dynamics CRM
2 7 (0.94%) Dynamics AX
2 7 (0.94%) SAP S/4HANA
3 3 (0.40%) Endur
3 3 (0.40%) Findur
3 3 (0.40%) Maximo
3 3 (0.40%) SAP BPC
3 3 (0.40%) SAP MM
3 3 (0.40%) SAP Oil and Gas
4 2 (0.27%) Aladdin
4 2 (0.27%) Salesforce CRM
5 1 (0.13%) Loan IQ
5 1 (0.13%) NEC Housing
5 1 (0.13%) Oracle Financials
5 1 (0.13%) SAP CS
5 1 (0.13%) SAP GTS
5 1 (0.13%) SAP LE
5 1 (0.13%) SAP MDG
5 1 (0.13%) SAP SD
5 1 (0.13%) SDL Web 8
Cloud Services
1 744 (100.00%) Azure
2 224 (30.11%) GitHub
3 139 (18.68%) GitHub Actions
4 121 (16.26%) Power Platform
5 111 (14.92%) AWS
6 87 (11.69%) Azure Data Factory
7 69 (9.27%) Azure AKS
8 62 (8.33%) Power Automate
9 61 (8.20%) Entra ID
10 59 (7.93%) Azure Monitor
11 57 (7.66%) Dynamics 365
12 54 (7.26%) Azure Synapse Analytics
12 54 (7.26%) Serverless
13 45 (6.05%) Azure Logic Apps
14 44 (5.91%) Azure Key Vault
15 40 (5.38%) PowerApps
16 38 (5.11%) Snowflake
17 37 (4.97%) Azure Service Bus
18 34 (4.57%) Microsoft 365
18 34 (4.57%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 18 (2.42%) Firewall
2 12 (1.61%) Network Security
3 10 (1.34%) VPN
4 9 (1.21%) 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 72 (9.68%) Power BI
2 65 (8.74%) Data Lake
2 65 (8.74%) SQL Server
3 50 (6.72%) Delta Lake
4 44 (5.91%) Azure SQL Database
5 36 (4.84%) Data Warehouse
6 31 (4.17%) NoSQL
7 18 (2.42%) Snowflake Schema
8 14 (1.88%) Big Data
8 14 (1.88%) PostgreSQL
8 14 (1.88%) Relational Database
8 14 (1.88%) Spark SQL
9 13 (1.75%) Redis
10 11 (1.48%) Metadata
11 10 (1.34%) Oracle Database
12 9 (1.21%) Amazon Redshift
12 9 (1.21%) MongoDB
13 8 (1.08%) Data Vault
13 8 (1.08%) SQL Server Integration Services
14 7 (0.94%) BigQuery
Development Applications
1 147 (19.76%) JIRA
2 123 (16.53%) Git
3 62 (8.33%) Jenkins
4 50 (6.72%) GitLab
5 26 (3.49%) Selenium
6 14 (1.88%) REST Assured
7 13 (1.75%) SonarQube
8 12 (1.61%) Postman
9 10 (1.34%) Cypress.io
10 9 (1.21%) Cucumber
11 7 (0.94%) SpecFlow
11 7 (0.94%) Team Foundation Server
11 7 (0.94%) TestRail
11 7 (0.94%) Visual Studio
12 6 (0.81%) Bitbucket
12 6 (0.81%) JUnit
12 6 (0.81%) MLflow
12 6 (0.81%) Snyk
12 6 (0.81%) WebDriver
12 6 (0.81%) Zephyr
General
1 212 (28.49%) Finance
2 184 (24.73%) Social Skills
3 67 (9.01%) Analytical Skills
4 64 (8.60%) Public Sector
5 47 (6.32%) Banking
6 16 (2.15%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 12 (1.61%) Documentation Skills
7 12 (1.61%) Retail
8 10 (1.34%) Front Office
8 10 (1.34%) Investment Banking
8 10 (1.34%) Organisational Skills
9 9 (1.21%) Legal
10 8 (1.08%) Marketing
11 7 (0.94%) Financial Institution
11 7 (0.94%) Presentation Skills
12 6 (0.81%) Influencing Skills
12 6 (0.81%) Law
13 5 (0.67%) Back Office
13 5 (0.67%) Local Government
14 4 (0.54%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 123 (16.53%) Azure Engineer
2 114 (15.32%) Senior
3 113 (15.19%) Developer
4 101 (13.58%) Data Engineer
5 95 (12.77%) DevOps Engineer
6 58 (7.80%) Azure DevOps Engineer
7 56 (7.53%) Architect
8 54 (7.26%) Lead
9 53 (7.12%) Analyst
10 38 (5.11%) Platform Engineer
11 28 (3.76%) Cloud Engineer
12 27 (3.63%) Business Analyst
13 24 (3.23%) Consultant
14 23 (3.09%) IT Support
15 22 (2.96%) Cloud Platform Engineer
15 22 (2.96%) Senior Data Engineer
15 22 (2.96%) Solutions Architect
16 21 (2.82%) Azure Data Engineer
16 21 (2.82%) Senior DevOps
16 21 (2.82%) Test Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 92 (12.37%) .NET
2 67 (9.01%) REST
3 58 (7.80%) PySpark
4 44 (5.91%) React
5 39 (5.24%) ADO
6 34 (4.57%) JSON
6 34 (4.57%) Kafka
7 31 (4.17%) YAML
8 25 (3.36%) ARM Templates
9 24 (3.23%) .NET Framework
9 24 (3.23%) Playwright
10 23 (3.09%) AngularJS
11 22 (2.96%) HTML
12 20 (2.69%) Middleware
12 20 (2.69%) RESTful
13 19 (2.55%) CSS
14 18 (2.42%) Node.js
15 17 (2.28%) OAuth
16 16 (2.15%) .NET Core
16 16 (2.15%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 92 (12.37%) Cloud Native
2 32 (4.30%) Legacy Systems
3 27 (3.63%) Distributed Systems
3 27 (3.63%) Reinsurance
4 26 (3.49%) Product Ownership
5 17 (2.28%) Greenfield Project
6 14 (1.88%) Onboarding
7 10 (1.34%) AI Agents
7 10 (1.34%) Hybrid Cloud
7 10 (1.34%) Low-Code
7 10 (1.34%) Self-Motivation
8 9 (1.21%) Management Information System
8 9 (1.21%) Public Cloud
8 9 (1.21%) Replication
9 8 (1.08%) Data Structures
9 8 (1.08%) Enterprise Software
10 6 (0.81%) Data Centre
10 6 (0.81%) Distributed Architecture
10 6 (0.81%) Enterprise Cloud
10 6 (0.81%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
Operating Systems
1 41 (5.51%) Windows
2 14 (1.88%) Linux
3 11 (1.48%) VMS
4 6 (0.81%) Unix
4 6 (0.81%) 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
1 738 (99.19%) DevOps
2 412 (55.38%) CI/CD
3 271 (36.42%) Agile
4 192 (25.81%) Infrastructure as Code
5 133 (17.88%) Analytics
6 122 (16.40%) Test Automation
7 120 (16.13%) Migration
8 114 (15.32%) Problem-Solving
9 102 (13.71%) Data Modelling
10 100 (13.44%) Data Pipeline
11 99 (13.31%) Continuous Improvement
12 96 (12.90%) Scrum
13 93 (12.50%) AI
14 92 (12.37%) Platform Engineering
15 89 (11.96%) Stakeholder Management
16 88 (11.83%) Containerisation
16 88 (11.83%) ETL
17 82 (11.02%) Business Intelligence
18 78 (10.48%) Data Engineering
19 74 (9.95%) Microservices
Programming Languages
1 261 (35.08%) SQL
2 221 (29.70%) Python
3 133 (17.88%) C#
4 79 (10.62%) PowerShell
5 68 (9.14%) Bicep
6 59 (7.93%) JavaScript
7 56 (7.53%) TypeScript
8 52 (6.99%) Bash
9 40 (5.38%) Java
10 19 (2.55%) Scala
11 11 (1.48%) T-SQL
12 9 (1.21%) Apex Code
12 9 (1.21%) Data Analysis Expressions
13 7 (0.94%) Kusto Query Language
14 6 (0.81%) Shell Script
15 5 (0.67%) Formula Language
15 5 (0.67%) LotusScript
16 3 (0.40%) C
16 3 (0.40%) Go
17 2 (0.27%) R
Qualifications
1 189 (25.40%) Security Cleared
2 169 (22.72%) SC Cleared
3 62 (8.33%) Azure Certification
4 37 (4.97%) Degree
5 20 (2.69%) Microsoft Certification
6 18 (2.42%) Computer Science Degree
7 13 (1.75%) ISTQB
8 10 (1.34%) BPSS Clearance
9 9 (1.21%) AWS Certification
9 9 (1.21%) DBS Check
9 9 (1.21%) DV Cleared
10 8 (1.08%) PMI Certification
11 7 (0.94%) PMP
12 5 (0.67%) Master's Degree
13 4 (0.54%) Cisco Certification
14 3 (0.40%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
14 3 (0.40%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
14 3 (0.40%) CCNA
14 3 (0.40%) TOGAF Certification
15 2 (0.27%) ISEB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 84 (11.29%) QA
2 70 (9.41%) Data Quality
3 20 (2.69%) GDPR
4 16 (2.15%) Accessibility
5 12 (1.61%) NIST
6 9 (1.21%) PMO
7 8 (1.08%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 8 (1.08%) Sarbanes-Oxley
8 7 (0.94%) SLA
8 7 (0.94%) WCAG
9 3 (0.40%) Cyber Essentials
9 3 (0.40%) PCI DSS
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%) Government Security Classifications
11 1 (0.13%) IFRS
System Software
1 104 (13.98%) Docker
2 40 (5.38%) Active Directory
3 9 (1.21%) Virtual Desktop
4 8 (1.08%) 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
1 214 (28.76%) Terraform
2 118 (15.86%) Kubernetes
3 37 (4.97%) Ansible
4 17 (2.28%) Grafana
5 14 (1.88%) Prometheus
6 8 (1.08%) Packer
7 6 (0.81%) 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%) SCCM
11 1 (0.13%) Active Directory Federation Services
11 1 (0.13%) FortiGate
11 1 (0.13%) Istio
11 1 (0.13%) PowerCLI
11 1 (0.13%) RSA Archer
11 1 (0.13%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 216 (29.03%) Microsoft
2 106 (14.25%) Databricks
3 35 (4.70%) Oracle
4 34 (4.57%) Salesforce
5 28 (3.76%) ServiceNow
6 23 (3.09%) SAP
7 19 (2.55%) Informatica
8 17 (2.28%) OpenAI
9 14 (1.88%) VMware
10 10 (1.34%) Bloomberg
10 10 (1.34%) Foundry
11 8 (1.08%) Refinitiv
12 5 (0.67%) HP
12 5 (0.67%) Kofax
12 5 (0.67%) Lotus
12 5 (0.67%) OpenLink
12 5 (0.67%) Splunk
13 4 (0.54%) IBM
13 4 (0.54%) InterSystems
13 4 (0.54%) ION Trading