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 vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 18 September 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 76 61 73
Rank change year-on-year -15 +12 +10
Contract jobs citing Azure DevOps 460 618 672
As % of all contract jobs advertised in London 3.42% 3.79% 3.09%
As % of the Cloud Services category 7.91% 9.22% 7.79%
Number of daily rates quoted 318 413 468
10th Percentile £343 £380 £413
25th Percentile £405 £450 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £575
Median % change year-on-year - -8.70% -
75th Percentile £650 £622 £650
90th Percentile £750 £688 £725
England median daily rate £513 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -2.38% -4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £86.25 - -
Median hourly rate £87.50 - £8.00
75th Percentile £88.75 - -
90th Percentile - - -
England median hourly rate £75.00 - £71.00
% change year-on-year - - +17.07%

All Cloud 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 5,816 6,704 8,625
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 43.25% 41.16% 39.63%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,957 4,691 6,392
10th Percentile £339 £350 £358
25th Percentile £425 £450 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £533 £550 £575
Median % change year-on-year -3.09% -4.35% -0.86%
75th Percentile £650 £675 £688
90th Percentile £775 £800 £780
England median daily rate £500 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -4.71% -4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 94 46 63
10th Percentile £23.00 £22.00 £17.00
25th Percentile £25.15 £24.16 £21.25
Median hourly rate £31.00 £30.80 £40.50
Median % change year-on-year +0.67% -23.96% +15.71%
75th Percentile £47.50 £52.50 £69.38
90th Percentile £78.75 £71.13 £89.31
England median hourly rate £26.00 £33.00 £33.00
% change year-on-year -21.21% - +53.49%

Azure DevOps
Job Vacancy Trend in London

Job postings citing Azure DevOps as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in London.

Job vacancy trend for Azure DevOps 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 18 September 2025.

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
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 18 September 2025. 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 -30 61 £550 +4.76% 19
East London -1 5 £520 +18.86% 3
South London -13 3 £525 +34.47% 1
West London -8 1 £520 +10.64% 6
North London - 1 £440 -
Azure DevOps
England

Azure DevOps
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in London by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 32 (6.96%) Confluence
2 17 (3.70%) SharePoint
3 10 (2.17%) Apache
3 10 (2.17%) Apache Spark
4 7 (1.52%) Apache Airflow
5 3 (0.65%) CMS
5 3 (0.65%) Microsoft Exchange
6 2 (0.43%) Umbraco
7 1 (0.22%) Anypoint
7 1 (0.22%) Appian
7 1 (0.22%) Headless CMS
7 1 (0.22%) Jupyter
7 1 (0.22%) Mule
7 1 (0.22%) SharePoint Server
Applications
1 11 (2.39%) Microsoft Excel
2 9 (1.96%) Microsoft Office
2 9 (1.96%) Microsoft Project
3 3 (0.65%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 3 (0.65%) MS Visio
4 2 (0.43%) Chatbot
5 1 (0.22%) Trello
Business Applications
1 14 (3.04%) Dynamics CRM
2 13 (2.83%) Endur
3 7 (1.52%) Aladdin
4 2 (0.43%) Salesforce CRM
4 2 (0.43%) SAP S/4HANA
5 1 (0.22%) Dynamics AX
5 1 (0.22%) SAP BPC
5 1 (0.22%) SAP Oil and Gas
5 1 (0.22%) Temenos T24
5 1 (0.22%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 460 (100.00%) Azure
2 89 (19.35%) Power Platform
3 74 (16.09%) GitHub
4 72 (15.65%) AWS
5 49 (10.65%) Azure Data Factory
6 48 (10.43%) Azure AKS
6 48 (10.43%) GitHub Actions
7 47 (10.22%) Azure Monitor
7 47 (10.22%) Serverless
8 41 (8.91%) Entra ID
8 41 (8.91%) PowerApps
9 40 (8.70%) Dynamics 365
10 38 (8.26%) Power Automate
11 37 (8.04%) Azure Synapse Analytics
12 35 (7.61%) PaaS
13 27 (5.87%) Azure Logic Apps
13 27 (5.87%) Azure Service Bus
13 27 (5.87%) GCP
14 26 (5.65%) Azure Cosmos DB
14 26 (5.65%) Azure Functions
Communications & Networking
1 28 (6.09%) Firewall
2 14 (3.04%) DNS
3 13 (2.83%) VPN
4 11 (2.39%) Network Security
4 11 (2.39%) SSL
5 9 (1.96%) HTTP
6 7 (1.52%) HTTPS
6 7 (1.52%) SMTP
7 6 (1.30%) FTP
7 6 (1.30%) TCP/IP
8 3 (0.65%) LAN
8 3 (0.65%) Remote Desktop
8 3 (0.65%) WAN
9 2 (0.43%) DHCP
9 2 (0.43%) Wi-Fi
10 1 (0.22%) BGP
10 1 (0.22%) DSL
10 1 (0.22%) IPsec
10 1 (0.22%) POP3
10 1 (0.22%) VRRP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 57 (12.39%) Power BI
2 27 (5.87%) SQL Server
3 20 (4.35%) Azure SQL Database
3 20 (4.35%) PostgreSQL
4 19 (4.13%) Data Lake
5 18 (3.91%) Redis
6 17 (3.70%) NoSQL
7 16 (3.48%) Delta Lake
8 14 (3.04%) Data Warehouse
8 14 (3.04%) MongoDB
9 11 (2.39%) Relational Database
10 9 (1.96%) Metadata
11 7 (1.52%) Big Data
12 6 (1.30%) Elasticsearch
13 4 (0.87%) Data Mart
14 3 (0.65%) MySQL
14 3 (0.65%) SQL Server Integration Services
15 2 (0.43%) BigQuery
15 2 (0.43%) Snowflake Schema
15 2 (0.43%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 81 (17.61%) JIRA
2 57 (12.39%) Git
3 44 (9.57%) Jenkins
4 33 (7.17%) GitLab
5 19 (4.13%) Selenium
6 16 (3.48%) Postman
7 15 (3.26%) SonarQube
8 12 (2.61%) TeamCity
9 9 (1.96%) Cucumber
10 8 (1.74%) Appium
10 8 (1.74%) Bitbucket
10 8 (1.74%) NUnit
10 8 (1.74%) Octopus Deploy
11 7 (1.52%) JMeter
11 7 (1.52%) JUnit
11 7 (1.52%) WebDriver
12 6 (1.30%) SpecFlow
13 5 (1.09%) Gradle
13 5 (1.09%) Maven
13 5 (1.09%) TestNG
General
1 155 (33.70%) Social Skills
2 111 (24.13%) Finance
3 50 (10.87%) Analytical Skills
4 49 (10.65%) Banking
5 30 (6.52%) Investment Banking
6 29 (6.30%) Public Sector
7 19 (4.13%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 16 (3.48%) Documentation Skills
9 15 (3.26%) Marketing
10 11 (2.39%) Retail
11 10 (2.17%) Law
12 8 (1.74%) Front Office
13 7 (1.52%) Back Office
14 4 (0.87%) Financial Institution
14 4 (0.87%) Influencing Skills
14 4 (0.87%) Presentation Skills
15 3 (0.65%) Billing
15 3 (0.65%) Manufacturing
15 3 (0.65%) Telecoms
16 2 (0.43%) Electronics
Job Titles
1 111 (24.13%) Developer
2 74 (16.09%) Azure Engineer
3 54 (11.74%) DevOps Engineer
4 45 (9.78%) Senior
5 41 (8.91%) Architect
5 41 (8.91%) Azure DevOps Engineer
5 41 (8.91%) Lead
6 39 (8.48%) Analyst
7 33 (7.17%) Data Engineer
8 27 (5.87%) Business Analyst
9 23 (5.00%) Senior Developer
10 22 (4.78%) Azure Developer
10 22 (4.78%) C# Developer
11 21 (4.57%) Project Manager
12 19 (4.13%) Azure Architect
13 18 (3.91%) .NET Developer
14 16 (3.48%) Lead Developer
15 15 (3.26%) Platform Engineer
16 14 (3.04%) Azure Data Engineer
16 14 (3.04%) Test Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 91 (19.78%) .NET
2 42 (9.13%) REST
3 31 (6.74%) SOAP
4 29 (6.30%) ARM Templates
5 28 (6.09%) RESTful
6 25 (5.43%) .NET Core
6 25 (5.43%) Kafka
6 25 (5.43%) React
7 24 (5.22%) YAML
8 23 (5.00%) PySpark
9 22 (4.78%) ADO
10 21 (4.57%) HTML
11 17 (3.70%) .NET Framework
11 17 (3.70%) ASP.NET
12 16 (3.48%) CSS
13 14 (3.04%) ActiveMQ
14 13 (2.83%) JSON
14 13 (2.83%) Node.js
15 12 (2.61%) XML
16 10 (2.17%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 32 (6.96%) Cloud Native
2 17 (3.70%) Distributed Systems
3 16 (3.48%) Product Ownership
4 11 (2.39%) Greenfield Project
5 10 (2.17%) CMDB
5 10 (2.17%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
5 10 (2.17%) Mobile App
6 9 (1.96%) Data Structures
6 9 (1.96%) Fixed Income
6 9 (1.96%) Hybrid Cloud
6 9 (1.96%) Reinsurance
7 8 (1.74%) Legacy Systems
8 7 (1.52%) Algorithms
8 7 (1.52%) Low-Code
8 7 (1.52%) Management Information System
9 6 (1.30%) Linux Command Line
10 5 (1.09%) Data Protection Act
10 5 (1.09%) Derivative
10 5 (1.09%) Onboarding
10 5 (1.09%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 21 (4.57%) Linux
2 19 (4.13%) Windows
3 12 (2.61%) Android
3 12 (2.61%) Apple iOS
4 9 (1.96%) Unix
5 3 (0.65%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 3 (0.65%) VMS
5 3 (0.65%) Windows Server
6 1 (0.22%) Solaris
6 1 (0.22%) Windows 10
6 1 (0.22%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 460 (100.00%) DevOps
2 236 (51.30%) Agile
3 219 (47.61%) CI/CD
4 113 (24.57%) Infrastructure as Code
5 89 (19.35%) Scrum
6 87 (18.91%) Problem-Solving
7 76 (16.52%) Test Automation
8 75 (16.30%) Analytics
9 59 (12.83%) Business Intelligence
10 52 (11.30%) Migration
11 51 (11.09%) Data Engineering
12 48 (10.43%) TDD
13 47 (10.22%) Microservices
14 45 (9.78%) Containerisation
15 41 (8.91%) Data Modelling
16 39 (8.48%) ETL
17 38 (8.26%) Stakeholder Management
18 37 (8.04%) Continuous Integration
19 36 (7.83%) Artificial Intelligence
19 36 (7.83%) Computer Science
Programming Languages
1 121 (26.30%) SQL
2 115 (25.00%) C#
3 114 (24.78%) Python
4 80 (17.39%) PowerShell
5 69 (15.00%) JavaScript
6 55 (11.96%) Bicep
7 47 (10.22%) Java
8 32 (6.96%) Bash
9 19 (4.13%) TypeScript
10 6 (1.30%) Kusto Query Language
11 4 (0.87%) Shell Script
12 3 (0.65%) Go
12 3 (0.65%) Groovy
12 3 (0.65%) Scala
12 3 (0.65%) T-SQL
12 3 (0.65%) VB.NET
13 2 (0.43%) Data Analysis Expressions
13 2 (0.43%) Haskell
13 2 (0.43%) Korn
13 2 (0.43%) VB
Qualifications
1 71 (15.43%) Security Cleared
2 59 (12.83%) SC Cleared
3 44 (9.57%) Degree
4 35 (7.61%) Azure Certification
5 15 (3.26%) Computer Science Degree
6 14 (3.04%) Microsoft Certification
6 14 (3.04%) Numerate Degree
7 10 (2.17%) ISTQB
8 9 (1.96%) PMI Certification
9 8 (1.74%) Master's Degree
10 7 (1.52%) PMP
11 5 (1.09%) DV Cleared
12 4 (0.87%) BPSS Clearance
12 4 (0.87%) CISSP
13 2 (0.43%) CBAP
13 2 (0.43%) CISM
13 2 (0.43%) ITIL Certification
13 2 (0.43%) SAFe Agilist
13 2 (0.43%) TOGAF Certification
14 1 (0.22%) CAPM
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 30 (6.52%) QA
2 24 (5.22%) Data Quality
3 17 (3.70%) GDPR
4 15 (3.26%) Accessibility
5 10 (2.17%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 8 (1.74%) NIST
7 3 (0.65%) NCSC
7 3 (0.65%) Solvency II
7 3 (0.65%) WCAG
8 2 (0.43%) Government Security Classifications
8 2 (0.43%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
8 2 (0.43%) SOC 2
9 1 (0.22%) Cyber Essentials
9 1 (0.22%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 1 (0.22%) Dodd-Frank
9 1 (0.22%) EMIR
9 1 (0.22%) ISO 20022
9 1 (0.22%) PCI DSS
9 1 (0.22%) PMO
9 1 (0.22%) SEPA
System Software
1 60 (13.04%) Docker
2 28 (6.09%) Active Directory
3 14 (3.04%) Virtual Machines
4 5 (1.09%) Virtual Desktop
5 2 (0.43%) OpenAM
5 2 (0.43%) OpenDJ
5 2 (0.43%) OpenIDM
6 1 (0.22%) KVM
6 1 (0.22%) Squid
Systems Management
1 115 (25.00%) Terraform
2 80 (17.39%) Kubernetes
3 25 (5.43%) Ansible
4 12 (2.61%) Grafana
5 11 (2.39%) Prometheus
6 9 (1.96%) ITRS Geneos
7 8 (1.74%) Single Sign-On
8 7 (1.52%) Kibana
8 7 (1.52%) Progress Chef
9 6 (1.30%) HP ALM
10 5 (1.09%) Microsoft Intune
10 5 (1.09%) Puppet
11 4 (0.87%) Istio
12 3 (0.65%) Argo
13 2 (0.43%) Jamf Pro
13 2 (0.43%) Packer
13 2 (0.43%) SCCM
14 1 (0.22%) Fluentd
14 1 (0.22%) Kustomize
14 1 (0.22%) linkerd
Vendors
1 137 (29.78%) Microsoft
2 52 (11.30%) Databricks
3 21 (4.57%) ServiceNow
4 15 (3.26%) Salesforce
5 8 (1.74%) Murex
6 7 (1.52%) DocuSign
6 7 (1.52%) Google
6 7 (1.52%) Guidewire
6 7 (1.52%) OpenAI
6 7 (1.52%) SAP
7 6 (1.30%) Duck Creek
7 6 (1.30%) HP
8 5 (1.09%) MuleSoft
8 5 (1.09%) Oracle
8 5 (1.09%) Workday
9 3 (0.65%) Cisco
9 3 (0.65%) Cloudera
9 3 (0.65%) UiPath
10 2 (0.43%) Dell
10 2 (0.43%) Sitecore