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

6 months to
10 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 62 75 59
Rank change year-on-year +13 -16 +15
Contract jobs citing Azure DevOps 725 419 680
As % of all contract jobs in London 3.89% 3.42% 3.85%
As % of the Cloud Services category 9.23% 7.92% 9.85%
Number of daily rates quoted 523 293 434
10th Percentile £375 £356 £407
25th Percentile £419 £425 £451
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% - -7.08%
75th Percentile £616 £638 £613
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 5 1 0
10th Percentile £52.75 - -
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 £74.50 £59.50 £65.50
% change year-on-year +25.21% -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 7,856 5,293 6,902
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 42.17% 43.23% 39.03%
Number of daily rates quoted 5,415 3,584 5,081
10th Percentile £351 £350 £350
25th Percentile £428 £425 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £540 £550
Median % change year-on-year -2.78% -1.82% -6.38%
75th Percentile £638 £669 £675
90th Percentile £750 £788 £775
England median daily rate £513 £515 £525
% change year-on-year -0.49% -1.90% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 92 65 69
10th Percentile £20.83 £22.36 £17.47
25th Percentile £26.52 £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 £55.19 £47.50 £38.75
90th Percentile £75.00 £71.25 £58.50
England median hourly rate £39.50 £25.00 £21.46
% change year-on-year +58.00% +16.50% -38.69%

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 10 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 10 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 10 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 -8 71 £538 +2.38% 36
South London -6 8 £513 -2.38% 1
West London -20 6 £375 -27.88% 4
North London +2 2 £600 +36.36% 1
East London -3 2 £604 +3.16% 1
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 (6.34%) SharePoint
2 34 (4.69%) Apache Spark
3 33 (4.55%) Confluence
4 24 (3.31%) Apache
5 21 (2.90%) Apache Airflow
6 10 (1.38%) Microsoft Exchange
7 6 (0.83%) HCL Notes
7 6 (0.83%) Mendix
8 4 (0.55%) CMS
9 3 (0.41%) Kentico
10 2 (0.28%) Palantir Foundry
11 1 (0.14%) IBM HTTP Server
11 1 (0.14%) SAS
Applications
1 26 (3.59%) Microsoft Project
2 9 (1.24%) MS Visio
3 8 (1.10%) Microsoft Excel
4 4 (0.55%) Notion
5 3 (0.41%) Microsoft Office
6 2 (0.28%) CPLEX
6 2 (0.28%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 32 (4.41%) Dynamics CRM
2 7 (0.97%) Dynamics AX
3 6 (0.83%) SAP S/4HANA
4 3 (0.41%) Findur
4 3 (0.41%) Maximo
4 3 (0.41%) SAP BPC
4 3 (0.41%) SAP MM
4 3 (0.41%) SAP Oil and Gas
5 2 (0.28%) Aladdin
5 2 (0.28%) Endur
6 1 (0.14%) Loan IQ
6 1 (0.14%) NEC Housing
6 1 (0.14%) Oracle Financials
6 1 (0.14%) Salesforce CRM
6 1 (0.14%) SAP CS
6 1 (0.14%) SAP GTS
6 1 (0.14%) SAP LE
6 1 (0.14%) SAP MDG
6 1 (0.14%) SAP SD
6 1 (0.14%) SDL Web 8
Cloud Services
1 725 (100.00%) Azure
2 215 (29.66%) GitHub
3 131 (18.07%) GitHub Actions
4 124 (17.10%) Power Platform
5 113 (15.59%) AWS
6 88 (12.14%) Azure Data Factory
7 68 (9.38%) Azure AKS
8 63 (8.69%) Power Automate
9 60 (8.28%) Dynamics 365
10 59 (8.14%) Entra ID
11 55 (7.59%) Azure Monitor
11 55 (7.59%) Azure Synapse Analytics
12 54 (7.45%) Serverless
13 46 (6.34%) Azure Logic Apps
14 42 (5.79%) Azure Key Vault
15 37 (5.10%) Azure Service Bus
15 37 (5.10%) Snowflake
16 36 (4.97%) PowerApps
17 34 (4.69%) Microsoft 365
18 33 (4.55%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 18 (2.48%) Firewall
2 9 (1.24%) Network Security
2 9 (1.24%) VPN
3 8 (1.10%) DNS
4 5 (0.69%) SD-WAN
4 5 (0.69%) WAN
5 4 (0.55%) Internet
6 2 (0.28%) FTP
6 2 (0.28%) NAS
6 2 (0.28%) Remote Desktop
6 2 (0.28%) SAN
6 2 (0.28%) SSH
6 2 (0.28%) TCP/IP
6 2 (0.28%) X.509
7 1 (0.14%) Cisco ASA
7 1 (0.14%) Cisco Firepower
7 1 (0.14%) IPsec
7 1 (0.14%) VSAN
7 1 (0.14%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 73 (10.07%) Power BI
1 73 (10.07%) SQL Server
2 66 (9.10%) Data Lake
3 51 (7.03%) Delta Lake
4 44 (6.07%) Azure SQL Database
5 37 (5.10%) Data Warehouse
6 29 (4.00%) NoSQL
7 17 (2.34%) PostgreSQL
7 17 (2.34%) Snowflake Schema
8 15 (2.07%) Spark SQL
9 13 (1.79%) Big Data
9 13 (1.79%) Relational Database
10 12 (1.66%) Redis
11 11 (1.52%) Oracle Database
12 10 (1.38%) Metadata
12 10 (1.38%) SQL Server Integration Services
13 9 (1.24%) Amazon Redshift
14 8 (1.10%) Data Vault
14 8 (1.10%) MongoDB
15 7 (0.97%) BigQuery
Development Applications
1 133 (18.34%) JIRA
2 117 (16.14%) Git
3 57 (7.86%) Jenkins
4 45 (6.21%) GitLab
5 24 (3.31%) Selenium
6 13 (1.79%) Postman
7 11 (1.52%) REST Assured
7 11 (1.52%) SonarQube
8 10 (1.38%) Cypress.io
9 7 (0.97%) SpecFlow
9 7 (0.97%) Team Foundation Server
9 7 (0.97%) TestRail
10 6 (0.83%) Cucumber
10 6 (0.83%) MLflow
10 6 (0.83%) Visual Studio
10 6 (0.83%) Zephyr
11 5 (0.69%) Artifactory
11 5 (0.69%) JMeter
12 4 (0.55%) Bitbucket
12 4 (0.55%) Liquibase
General
1 199 (27.45%) Finance
2 175 (24.14%) Social Skills
3 66 (9.10%) Analytical Skills
4 60 (8.28%) Public Sector
5 44 (6.07%) Banking
6 14 (1.93%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 11 (1.52%) Retail
8 10 (1.38%) Documentation Skills
8 10 (1.38%) Front Office
8 10 (1.38%) Investment Banking
8 10 (1.38%) Organisational Skills
9 9 (1.24%) Legal
10 8 (1.10%) Financial Institution
11 7 (0.97%) Influencing Skills
11 7 (0.97%) Marketing
11 7 (0.97%) Presentation Skills
12 4 (0.55%) Back Office
12 4 (0.55%) Law
12 4 (0.55%) Pharmaceutical
13 3 (0.41%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 117 (16.14%) Senior
2 115 (15.86%) Azure Engineer
2 115 (15.86%) Developer
3 100 (13.79%) Data Engineer
4 88 (12.14%) DevOps Engineer
5 55 (7.59%) Azure DevOps Engineer
6 54 (7.45%) Lead
7 52 (7.17%) Architect
8 51 (7.03%) Analyst
9 34 (4.69%) Platform Engineer
10 27 (3.72%) Cloud Engineer
11 24 (3.31%) Business Analyst
12 23 (3.17%) Consultant
12 23 (3.17%) IT Support
12 23 (3.17%) Senior Data Engineer
13 22 (3.03%) Senior Developer
14 20 (2.76%) Azure Architect
14 20 (2.76%) Project Manager
14 20 (2.76%) Test Analyst
14 20 (2.76%) Tester
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 99 (13.66%) .NET
2 62 (8.55%) REST
3 59 (8.14%) PySpark
4 43 (5.93%) React
5 37 (5.10%) ADO
6 34 (4.69%) JSON
7 33 (4.55%) Kafka
8 29 (4.00%) YAML
9 24 (3.31%) ARM Templates
10 23 (3.17%) .NET Framework
10 23 (3.17%) AngularJS
10 23 (3.17%) Playwright
11 21 (2.90%) HTML
12 20 (2.76%) RESTful
13 19 (2.62%) CSS
13 19 (2.62%) Node.js
14 17 (2.34%) .NET Core
14 17 (2.34%) Middleware
14 17 (2.34%) OAuth
15 15 (2.07%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 87 (12.00%) Cloud Native
2 33 (4.55%) Legacy Systems
3 26 (3.59%) Reinsurance
4 25 (3.45%) Distributed Systems
5 24 (3.31%) Product Ownership
6 17 (2.34%) Greenfield Project
7 13 (1.79%) Onboarding
8 11 (1.52%) Low-Code
9 10 (1.38%) AI Agents
10 9 (1.24%) Public Cloud
10 9 (1.24%) Replication
10 9 (1.24%) Self-Motivation
11 8 (1.10%) Data Structures
11 8 (1.10%) Hybrid Cloud
12 7 (0.97%) Enterprise Software
12 7 (0.97%) Management Information System
13 6 (0.83%) Distributed Architecture
13 6 (0.83%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
14 5 (0.69%) Data Centre
14 5 (0.69%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 41 (5.66%) Windows
2 19 (2.62%) Linux
3 10 (1.38%) VMS
4 6 (0.83%) Unix
4 6 (0.83%) Windows Server
5 2 (0.28%) Windows Server 2016
5 2 (0.28%) Windows Server 2019
6 1 (0.14%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 1 (0.14%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 719 (99.17%) DevOps
2 398 (54.90%) CI/CD
3 253 (34.90%) Agile
4 184 (25.38%) Infrastructure as Code
5 127 (17.52%) Analytics
6 119 (16.41%) Test Automation
7 118 (16.28%) Migration
8 113 (15.59%) Problem-Solving
9 101 (13.93%) Data Pipeline
10 100 (13.79%) Data Modelling
11 93 (12.83%) AI
12 91 (12.55%) Continuous Improvement
12 91 (12.55%) Scrum
13 89 (12.28%) ETL
14 86 (11.86%) Platform Engineering
15 83 (11.45%) Business Intelligence
16 82 (11.31%) Containerisation
17 79 (10.90%) Data Engineering
17 79 (10.90%) Stakeholder Management
18 72 (9.93%) Observability
Programming Languages
1 262 (36.14%) SQL
2 219 (30.21%) Python
3 137 (18.90%) C#
4 80 (11.03%) PowerShell
5 63 (8.69%) Bicep
6 60 (8.28%) JavaScript
7 52 (7.17%) TypeScript
8 49 (6.76%) Bash
9 45 (6.21%) Java
10 20 (2.76%) Scala
11 13 (1.79%) T-SQL
12 9 (1.24%) Data Analysis Expressions
13 6 (0.83%) Apex Code
13 6 (0.83%) Formula Language
13 6 (0.83%) Kusto Query Language
13 6 (0.83%) LotusScript
13 6 (0.83%) Shell Script
14 5 (0.69%) PL/SQL
15 3 (0.41%) C
15 3 (0.41%) Go
Qualifications
1 184 (25.38%) Security Cleared
2 164 (22.62%) SC Cleared
3 60 (8.28%) Azure Certification
4 33 (4.55%) Degree
5 19 (2.62%) Microsoft Certification
6 17 (2.34%) BPSS Clearance
7 15 (2.07%) Computer Science Degree
8 14 (1.93%) ISTQB
9 9 (1.24%) DV Cleared
10 8 (1.10%) DBS Check
11 7 (0.97%) AWS Certification
11 7 (0.97%) PMI Certification
11 7 (0.97%) PMP
12 4 (0.55%) Cisco Certification
13 3 (0.41%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
13 3 (0.41%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
13 3 (0.41%) CCNA
13 3 (0.41%) Master's Degree
13 3 (0.41%) TOGAF Certification
14 2 (0.28%) PRINCE2 Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 80 (11.03%) QA
2 70 (9.66%) Data Quality
3 19 (2.62%) GDPR
4 14 (1.93%) Accessibility
5 9 (1.24%) NIST
5 9 (1.24%) PMO
6 8 (1.10%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 7 (0.97%) SLA
7 7 (0.97%) WCAG
8 6 (0.83%) ISO/IEC 27001
9 3 (0.41%) PCI DSS
10 2 (0.28%) Cyber Essentials
10 2 (0.28%) FedRAMP
10 2 (0.28%) HIPAA
10 2 (0.28%) HMG Security Policy Framework
10 2 (0.28%) NCSC
10 2 (0.28%) PSD2
10 2 (0.28%) SEPA
11 1 (0.14%) GRC
11 1 (0.14%) ITGC
System Software
1 103 (14.21%) Docker
2 38 (5.24%) Active Directory
3 8 (1.10%) Virtual Desktop
3 8 (1.10%) VMware Infrastructure
4 5 (0.69%) Virtual Machines
5 2 (0.28%) Hyper-V
5 2 (0.28%) Microsoft App-V
5 2 (0.28%) OpenSSH
6 1 (0.14%) HDFS
6 1 (0.14%) VMware ESXi
6 1 (0.14%) VMware NSX
6 1 (0.14%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 210 (28.97%) Terraform
2 120 (16.55%) Kubernetes
3 35 (4.83%) Ansible
4 16 (2.21%) Grafana
5 13 (1.79%) Prometheus
6 8 (1.10%) Packer
7 5 (0.69%) HP ALM
7 5 (0.69%) Microsoft Intune
7 5 (0.69%) Progress Chef
7 5 (0.69%) Puppet
8 4 (0.55%) Single Sign-On
9 3 (0.41%) Argo
10 2 (0.28%) Istio
10 2 (0.28%) SCCM
11 1 (0.14%) Active Directory Federation Services
11 1 (0.14%) FortiGate
11 1 (0.14%) HP Fortify
11 1 (0.14%) PowerCLI
11 1 (0.14%) RSA Archer
11 1 (0.14%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 213 (29.38%) Microsoft
2 107 (14.76%) Databricks
3 43 (5.93%) Oracle
4 28 (3.86%) Salesforce
4 28 (3.86%) ServiceNow
5 21 (2.90%) SAP
6 19 (2.62%) Informatica
7 17 (2.34%) OpenAI
8 14 (1.93%) VMware
9 11 (1.52%) Foundry
10 10 (1.38%) Bloomberg
11 8 (1.10%) Refinitiv
12 6 (0.83%) Kofax
12 6 (0.83%) Lotus
13 5 (0.69%) HP
13 5 (0.69%) Splunk
14 4 (0.55%) Cloudera
14 4 (0.55%) Dynatrace
14 4 (0.55%) Hortonworks
14 4 (0.55%) Workday