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

6 months to
3 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 61 79 57
Rank change year-on-year +18 -22 +20
Contract jobs citing Azure DevOps 726 405 673
As % of all contract jobs in London 3.96% 3.36% 3.84%
As % of the Cloud Services category 9.35% 7.82% 9.86%
Number of daily rates quoted 526 284 429
10th Percentile £375 £363 £404
25th Percentile £416 £431 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% - -7.08%
75th Percentile £611 £638 £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 7,762 5,179 6,823
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 42.32% 42.91% 38.93%
Number of daily rates quoted 5,367 3,523 5,025
10th Percentile £350 £356 £350
25th Percentile £425 £425 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £542 £550
Median % change year-on-year -3.06% -1.53% -6.38%
75th Percentile £638 £671 £675
90th Percentile £750 £788 £775
England median daily rate £513 £520 £525
% change year-on-year -1.39% -1.00% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 89 60 70
10th Percentile £20.87 £22.27 £17.63
25th Percentile £26.52 £24.66 £22.00
Median hourly rate £35.50 £29.07 £26.12
Median % change year-on-year +22.12% +11.29% -50.25%
75th Percentile £56.00 £44.69 £38.75
90th Percentile £75.33 £67.50 £58.00
England median hourly rate £39.50 £25.01 £21.37
% change year-on-year +57.97% +17.01% -38.94%

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 3 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 3 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 3 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 73 £525 -1.41% 39
South London -5 8 £513 -2.38% 1
West London -21 6 £375 -27.88% 4
East London -6 2 £604 +3.16% 1
North London -1 1 £650 +47.73% 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 48 (6.61%) SharePoint
2 34 (4.68%) Apache Spark
3 30 (4.13%) Confluence
4 24 (3.31%) Apache
5 21 (2.89%) Apache Airflow
6 10 (1.38%) Microsoft Exchange
7 8 (1.10%) HCL Notes
7 8 (1.10%) Mendix
8 3 (0.41%) CMS
9 2 (0.28%) Kentico
9 2 (0.28%) Palantir Foundry
10 1 (0.14%) IBM HTTP Server
10 1 (0.14%) IIS
10 1 (0.14%) SAS
Applications
1 24 (3.31%) Microsoft Project
2 8 (1.10%) MS Visio
3 7 (0.96%) Microsoft Excel
4 4 (0.55%) Notion
5 3 (0.41%) Microsoft Office
6 2 (0.28%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 30 (4.13%) Dynamics CRM
2 7 (0.96%) Dynamics AX
3 6 (0.83%) SAP S/4HANA
4 3 (0.41%) Findur
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%) Maximo
6 1 (0.14%) NetSuite
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
1 726 (100.00%) Azure
2 218 (30.03%) GitHub
3 130 (17.91%) GitHub Actions
4 123 (16.94%) Power Platform
5 111 (15.29%) AWS
6 89 (12.26%) Azure Data Factory
7 68 (9.37%) Azure AKS
8 63 (8.68%) Power Automate
9 60 (8.26%) Entra ID
10 58 (7.99%) Azure Monitor
10 58 (7.99%) Azure Synapse Analytics
10 58 (7.99%) Dynamics 365
11 56 (7.71%) Serverless
12 51 (7.02%) Azure Logic Apps
13 42 (5.79%) Azure Key Vault
14 41 (5.65%) Azure Service Bus
14 41 (5.65%) Snowflake
15 36 (4.96%) Azure Functions
15 36 (4.96%) GCP
15 36 (4.96%) PowerApps
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 77 (10.61%) SQL Server
2 71 (9.78%) Power BI
3 67 (9.23%) Data Lake
4 51 (7.02%) Delta Lake
5 45 (6.20%) Azure SQL Database
6 40 (5.51%) Data Warehouse
7 31 (4.27%) NoSQL
8 20 (2.75%) PostgreSQL
9 19 (2.62%) Snowflake Schema
10 16 (2.20%) Spark SQL
11 14 (1.93%) Oracle Database
12 13 (1.79%) Big Data
13 12 (1.65%) Redis
13 12 (1.65%) Relational Database
14 11 (1.52%) Metadata
14 11 (1.52%) SQL Server Integration Services
15 10 (1.38%) Amazon Redshift
15 10 (1.38%) MongoDB
16 9 (1.24%) Data Vault
17 7 (0.96%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 131 (18.04%) JIRA
2 116 (15.98%) Git
3 58 (7.99%) Jenkins
4 43 (5.92%) GitLab
5 25 (3.44%) Selenium
6 14 (1.93%) Postman
7 11 (1.52%) Cypress.io
7 11 (1.52%) REST Assured
7 11 (1.52%) SonarQube
8 8 (1.10%) SpecFlow
8 8 (1.10%) Team Foundation Server
8 8 (1.10%) TestRail
9 7 (0.96%) Cucumber
9 7 (0.96%) Zephyr
10 6 (0.83%) Artifactory
10 6 (0.83%) MLflow
11 5 (0.69%) JMeter
11 5 (0.69%) Visual Studio
12 4 (0.55%) JUnit
12 4 (0.55%) TeamCity
General
1 203 (27.96%) Finance
2 173 (23.83%) Social Skills
3 67 (9.23%) Analytical Skills
4 59 (8.13%) Public Sector
5 46 (6.34%) Banking
6 15 (2.07%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 13 (1.79%) Front Office
8 12 (1.65%) Investment Banking
9 11 (1.52%) Financial Institution
9 11 (1.52%) Retail
10 9 (1.24%) Documentation Skills
10 9 (1.24%) Legal
10 9 (1.24%) Organisational Skills
11 7 (0.96%) Marketing
11 7 (0.96%) Presentation Skills
12 6 (0.83%) Influencing Skills
13 4 (0.55%) Pharmaceutical
14 3 (0.41%) Back Office
14 3 (0.41%) Local Government
15 2 (0.28%) Spanish Language
Job Titles
1 119 (16.39%) Developer
2 114 (15.70%) Senior
3 112 (15.43%) Azure Engineer
4 102 (14.05%) Data Engineer
5 83 (11.43%) DevOps Engineer
6 55 (7.58%) Lead
7 54 (7.44%) Architect
8 53 (7.30%) Azure DevOps Engineer
9 47 (6.47%) Analyst
10 31 (4.27%) Platform Engineer
11 27 (3.72%) Cloud Engineer
12 24 (3.31%) Consultant
13 23 (3.17%) IT Support
13 23 (3.17%) Senior Data Engineer
14 22 (3.03%) Azure Architect
14 22 (3.03%) Business Analyst
14 22 (3.03%) Senior Developer
15 21 (2.89%) Tester
16 19 (2.62%) Support Engineer
16 19 (2.62%) Test Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 106 (14.60%) .NET
2 59 (8.13%) PySpark
3 57 (7.85%) REST
4 47 (6.47%) React
5 37 (5.10%) ADO
6 34 (4.68%) Kafka
7 33 (4.55%) JSON
8 29 (3.99%) YAML
9 27 (3.72%) ARM Templates
10 24 (3.31%) Playwright
11 23 (3.17%) .NET Framework
12 22 (3.03%) AngularJS
12 22 (3.03%) HTML
12 22 (3.03%) Node.js
13 21 (2.89%) CSS
13 21 (2.89%) RESTful
14 19 (2.62%) .NET Core
15 17 (2.34%) Middleware
16 16 (2.20%) OAuth
17 15 (2.07%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 85 (11.71%) Cloud Native
2 32 (4.41%) Legacy Systems
3 25 (3.44%) Reinsurance
4 24 (3.31%) Product Ownership
5 23 (3.17%) Distributed Systems
6 16 (2.20%) Greenfield Project
7 13 (1.79%) Low-Code
7 13 (1.79%) Onboarding
8 12 (1.65%) Replication
9 10 (1.38%) AI Agents
10 9 (1.24%) Self-Motivation
11 8 (1.10%) Data Structures
11 8 (1.10%) Enterprise Software
11 8 (1.10%) Hybrid Cloud
11 8 (1.10%) Public Cloud
12 7 (0.96%) Management Information System
13 6 (0.83%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
14 5 (0.69%) Data Centre
14 5 (0.69%) NHS
15 4 (0.55%) Enterprise Cloud
Operating Systems
1 42 (5.79%) Windows
2 22 (3.03%) Linux
3 11 (1.52%) VMS
4 7 (0.96%) Windows Server
5 6 (0.83%) Unix
6 2 (0.28%) Windows Server 2016
6 2 (0.28%) Windows Server 2019
7 1 (0.14%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 1 (0.14%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 720 (99.17%) DevOps
2 405 (55.79%) CI/CD
3 255 (35.12%) Agile
4 181 (24.93%) Infrastructure as Code
5 127 (17.49%) Analytics
6 124 (17.08%) Test Automation
7 119 (16.39%) Migration
8 114 (15.70%) Problem-Solving
9 102 (14.05%) Data Modelling
10 101 (13.91%) Data Pipeline
11 92 (12.67%) Continuous Improvement
12 91 (12.53%) AI
13 90 (12.40%) ETL
14 88 (12.12%) Scrum
15 83 (11.43%) Business Intelligence
16 82 (11.29%) Platform Engineering
17 81 (11.16%) Data Engineering
18 79 (10.88%) Stakeholder Management
19 77 (10.61%) Containerisation
20 76 (10.47%) Observability
Programming Languages
1 272 (37.47%) SQL
2 216 (29.75%) Python
3 140 (19.28%) C#
4 80 (11.02%) PowerShell
5 65 (8.95%) Bicep
6 63 (8.68%) JavaScript
7 55 (7.58%) TypeScript
8 50 (6.89%) Java
9 49 (6.75%) Bash
10 20 (2.75%) Scala
11 15 (2.07%) T-SQL
12 9 (1.24%) Data Analysis Expressions
13 8 (1.10%) Formula Language
13 8 (1.10%) LotusScript
14 7 (0.96%) PL/SQL
15 6 (0.83%) Kusto Query Language
15 6 (0.83%) Shell Script
16 5 (0.69%) Apex Code
17 4 (0.55%) C
18 3 (0.41%) Go
Qualifications
1 182 (25.07%) Security Cleared
2 162 (22.31%) SC Cleared
3 61 (8.40%) Azure Certification
4 31 (4.27%) Degree
5 20 (2.75%) Microsoft Certification
6 17 (2.34%) BPSS Clearance
7 15 (2.07%) Computer Science Degree
8 14 (1.93%) ISTQB
9 10 (1.38%) DBS Check
10 7 (0.96%) DV Cleared
10 7 (0.96%) PMI Certification
10 7 (0.96%) PMP
11 4 (0.55%) AWS Certification
11 4 (0.55%) Master's Degree
12 3 (0.41%) Cisco Certification
12 3 (0.41%) TOGAF Certification
13 2 (0.28%) CCNA
13 2 (0.28%) ISEB
13 2 (0.28%) ITIL Certification
14 1 (0.14%) PRINCE2 Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 85 (11.71%) QA
2 70 (9.64%) Data Quality
3 18 (2.48%) GDPR
4 15 (2.07%) Accessibility
5 9 (1.24%) PMO
6 8 (1.10%) NIST
6 8 (1.10%) Sarbanes-Oxley
6 8 (1.10%) WCAG
7 6 (0.83%) SLA
8 5 (0.69%) 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 99 (13.64%) Docker
2 40 (5.51%) Active Directory
3 8 (1.10%) Virtual Desktop
4 7 (0.96%) VMware Infrastructure
5 6 (0.83%) Virtual Machines
6 2 (0.28%) Hyper-V
6 2 (0.28%) Microsoft App-V
6 2 (0.28%) OpenSSH
7 1 (0.14%) HDFS
7 1 (0.14%) VMware ESXi
7 1 (0.14%) VMware NSX
7 1 (0.14%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 210 (28.93%) Terraform
2 121 (16.67%) Kubernetes
3 34 (4.68%) Ansible
4 16 (2.20%) Grafana
5 13 (1.79%) Prometheus
6 7 (0.96%) 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 3 (0.41%) Argo
8 3 (0.41%) Single Sign-On
9 2 (0.28%) Istio
9 2 (0.28%) SCCM
10 1 (0.14%) Active Directory Federation Services
10 1 (0.14%) FortiGate
10 1 (0.14%) PowerCLI
10 1 (0.14%) RSA Archer
10 1 (0.14%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 221 (30.44%) Microsoft
2 108 (14.88%) Databricks
3 50 (6.89%) Oracle
4 28 (3.86%) Salesforce
4 28 (3.86%) ServiceNow
5 20 (2.75%) Informatica
5 20 (2.75%) SAP
6 17 (2.34%) OpenAI
7 14 (1.93%) VMware
8 11 (1.52%) Foundry
9 10 (1.38%) Bloomberg
10 8 (1.10%) Kofax
10 8 (1.10%) Lotus
10 8 (1.10%) Refinitiv
11 5 (0.69%) HP
11 5 (0.69%) Splunk
11 5 (0.69%) Workday
12 4 (0.55%) Cloudera
12 4 (0.55%) Dynatrace
12 4 (0.55%) Hortonworks