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 20 February 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
20 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 75 81 83
Rank change year-on-year +6 +2 -2
Contract jobs citing Azure DevOps 591 418 524
As % of all contract jobs in London 3.78% 3.09% 2.85%
As % of the Cloud Services category 8.60% 7.44% 7.64%
Number of daily rates quoted 424 287 380
10th Percentile £358 £400 £425
25th Percentile £413 £463 £488
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £550 £570
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% -3.51% -0.87%
75th Percentile £600 £638 £650
90th Percentile £700 £725 £700
England median daily rate £500 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -4.76% -4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 0 0
10th Percentile £46.53 - -
25th Percentile £47.31 - -
Median hourly rate £49.25 - -
75th Percentile £51.81 - -
90th Percentile £52.98 - -
England median hourly rate £74.63 £73.75 £65.50
% change year-on-year +1.19% +12.60% -0.44%

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 6,870 5,621 6,856
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 43.93% 41.49% 37.33%
Number of daily rates quoted 4,704 3,775 5,050
10th Percentile £348 £355 £325
25th Percentile £425 £450 £443
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% - -6.38%
75th Percentile £638 £675 £675
90th Percentile £750 £788 £763
England median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 99 51 80
10th Percentile £18.00 £22.27 £17.00
25th Percentile £21.46 £23.99 £21.25
Median hourly rate £35.00 £34.00 £30.50
Median % change year-on-year +2.94% +11.48% -10.29%
75th Percentile £52.96 £57.25 £53.56
90th Percentile £70.50 £73.75 £62.63
England median hourly rate £37.50 £27.50 £21.64
% change year-on-year +36.36% +27.08% -13.44%

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 20 February 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
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 20 February 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 -11 67 £530 -2.30% 34
South London -5 14 £500 +28.06%
West London -25 3 £375 -21.05% 8
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 35 (5.92%) SharePoint
2 33 (5.58%) Confluence
3 21 (3.55%) Apache Spark
4 14 (2.37%) Apache
5 12 (2.03%) Apache Airflow
6 10 (1.69%) HCL Notes
7 9 (1.52%) Mendix
8 8 (1.35%) Microsoft Exchange
9 3 (0.51%) CMS
9 3 (0.51%) IIS
10 2 (0.34%) Sitecore CMS
11 1 (0.17%) Adobe Experience Manager
11 1 (0.17%) Kentico
11 1 (0.17%) Palantir Foundry
Applications
1 10 (1.69%) Microsoft Project
1 10 (1.69%) MS Visio
2 8 (1.35%) Microsoft Excel
3 3 (0.51%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 2 (0.34%) Trello
5 1 (0.17%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 33 (5.58%) Dynamics CRM
2 4 (0.68%) Aladdin
2 4 (0.68%) Endur
2 4 (0.68%) SAP S/4HANA
3 2 (0.34%) SAP BPC
4 1 (0.17%) Loan IQ
4 1 (0.17%) Maximo
4 1 (0.17%) NetSuite
4 1 (0.17%) Oracle Financials
4 1 (0.17%) Orchestrade
4 1 (0.17%) Salesforce CRM
4 1 (0.17%) SAP MM
4 1 (0.17%) SAP Oil and Gas
4 1 (0.17%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 591 (100.00%) Azure
2 163 (27.58%) GitHub
3 130 (22.00%) Power Platform
4 109 (18.44%) GitHub Actions
5 84 (14.21%) Azure Data Factory
6 74 (12.52%) Serverless
7 69 (11.68%) AWS
8 66 (11.17%) Azure Monitor
9 61 (10.32%) Azure AKS
10 58 (9.81%) Dynamics 365
11 57 (9.64%) Azure Logic Apps
12 54 (9.14%) Entra ID
13 53 (8.97%) Azure Functions
14 51 (8.63%) Power Automate
15 50 (8.46%) Azure Key Vault
16 49 (8.29%) Azure Synapse Analytics
17 47 (7.95%) Azure Service Bus
18 41 (6.94%) PowerApps
19 33 (5.58%) GCP
19 33 (5.58%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 26 (4.40%) Firewall
2 12 (2.03%) Network Security
3 11 (1.86%) DNS
4 9 (1.52%) VPN
5 7 (1.18%) WAN
6 5 (0.85%) SD-WAN
7 4 (0.68%) Remote Desktop
7 4 (0.68%) TCP/IP
8 3 (0.51%) FTP
9 2 (0.34%) HTTP
9 2 (0.34%) LAN
9 2 (0.34%) MPLS
10 1 (0.17%) BGP
10 1 (0.17%) IPsec
10 1 (0.17%) VLAN
10 1 (0.17%) VRRP
10 1 (0.17%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 77 (13.03%) Power BI
2 73 (12.35%) SQL Server
3 41 (6.94%) Data Lake
4 36 (6.09%) Azure SQL Database
5 35 (5.92%) Data Warehouse
6 34 (5.75%) Delta Lake
7 18 (3.05%) Oracle Database
7 18 (3.05%) PostgreSQL
8 17 (2.88%) NoSQL
9 13 (2.20%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 11 (1.86%) Tableau
11 10 (1.69%) MongoDB
12 9 (1.52%) Data Vault
12 9 (1.52%) Redis
12 9 (1.52%) Relational Database
12 9 (1.52%) Snowflake Schema
13 8 (1.35%) DynamoDB
14 7 (1.18%) Spark SQL
15 6 (1.02%) Amazon Redshift
15 6 (1.02%) Star Schema
Development Applications
1 118 (19.97%) JIRA
2 84 (14.21%) Git
3 53 (8.97%) Jenkins
4 33 (5.58%) GitLab
5 31 (5.25%) Selenium
6 21 (3.55%) Postman
7 16 (2.71%) Cypress.io
8 14 (2.37%) Team Foundation Server
9 12 (2.03%) REST Assured
10 11 (1.86%) MLflow
11 10 (1.69%) TestRail
12 9 (1.52%) Visual Studio
13 8 (1.35%) JMeter
13 8 (1.35%) JUnit
13 8 (1.35%) SonarQube
13 8 (1.35%) Zephyr
14 7 (1.18%) SpecFlow
15 6 (1.02%) Cucumber
15 6 (1.02%) Liquibase
15 6 (1.02%) Mockito
General
1 181 (30.63%) Social Skills
2 151 (25.55%) Finance
3 69 (11.68%) Analytical Skills
4 60 (10.15%) Public Sector
5 39 (6.60%) Banking
6 15 (2.54%) Documentation Skills
6 15 (2.54%) Financial Institution
6 15 (2.54%) Influencing Skills
7 14 (2.37%) Investment Banking
8 13 (2.20%) Retail
9 12 (2.03%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 11 (1.86%) Front Office
11 9 (1.52%) Organisational Skills
11 9 (1.52%) Presentation Skills
12 7 (1.18%) Back Office
12 7 (1.18%) Marketing
13 6 (1.02%) Law
14 4 (0.68%) Military
15 3 (0.51%) General Ledger
16 2 (0.34%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 132 (22.34%) Developer
2 91 (15.40%) Azure Engineer
3 72 (12.18%) DevOps Engineer
4 71 (12.01%) Senior
5 60 (10.15%) Data Engineer
6 50 (8.46%) Analyst
7 49 (8.29%) Azure DevOps Engineer
8 48 (8.12%) Architect
9 44 (7.45%) Lead
10 32 (5.41%) Azure Developer
11 24 (4.06%) Azure Architect
11 24 (4.06%) Business Analyst
12 23 (3.89%) Tester
13 21 (3.55%) Platform Engineer
14 18 (3.05%) Test Analyst
15 16 (2.71%) Consultant
16 15 (2.54%) Automation Engineer
16 15 (2.54%) Cloud Engineer
16 15 (2.54%) Senior Developer
17 14 (2.37%) Senior Data Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 123 (20.81%) .NET
2 49 (8.29%) React
2 49 (8.29%) REST
3 45 (7.61%) Node.js
4 43 (7.28%) PySpark
5 30 (5.08%) ARM Templates
6 25 (4.23%) .NET Core
6 25 (4.23%) Kafka
6 25 (4.23%) RESTful
7 23 (3.89%) CSS
7 23 (3.89%) Playwright
8 22 (3.72%) ADO
8 22 (3.72%) HTML
8 22 (3.72%) YAML
9 21 (3.55%) .NET Framework
10 18 (3.05%) SOAP
11 17 (2.88%) OAuth
12 16 (2.71%) AngularJS
13 13 (2.20%) JSON
13 13 (2.20%) Next.js
Miscellaneous
1 61 (10.32%) Cloud Native
2 32 (5.41%) Product Ownership
3 24 (4.06%) Distributed Systems
4 22 (3.72%) Legacy Systems
5 17 (2.88%) Reinsurance
6 15 (2.54%) Enterprise Software
7 14 (2.37%) AI Agents
7 14 (2.37%) Low-Code
8 13 (2.20%) Public Cloud
9 11 (1.86%) Replication
10 10 (1.69%) CMDB
10 10 (1.69%) Data Structures
11 8 (1.35%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
11 8 (1.35%) NHS
12 6 (1.02%) Linux Command Line
12 6 (1.02%) Virtual Team
13 5 (0.85%) Data Centre
13 5 (0.85%) Derivative
13 5 (0.85%) Enterprise Cloud
13 5 (0.85%) Greenfield Project
Operating Systems
1 22 (3.72%) Windows
2 16 (2.71%) Linux
3 9 (1.52%) VMS
4 3 (0.51%) Windows Server
5 1 (0.17%) Android
5 1 (0.17%) Apple iOS
5 1 (0.17%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 1 (0.17%) Solaris
5 1 (0.17%) Unix
5 1 (0.17%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 584 (98.82%) DevOps
2 337 (57.02%) CI/CD
3 251 (42.47%) Agile
4 157 (26.57%) Infrastructure as Code
5 128 (21.66%) Problem-Solving
6 118 (19.97%) Analytics
7 107 (18.10%) Test Automation
8 97 (16.41%) Continuous Improvement
9 96 (16.24%) AI
10 91 (15.40%) Business Intelligence
11 87 (14.72%) Scrum
12 80 (13.54%) Data Modelling
13 77 (13.03%) Migration
14 76 (12.86%) Containerisation
15 73 (12.35%) Microservices
16 70 (11.84%) Stakeholder Management
17 62 (10.49%) Observability
18 60 (10.15%) Data Pipeline
19 57 (9.64%) Data Engineering
20 56 (9.48%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 207 (35.03%) SQL
2 178 (30.12%) Python
3 134 (22.67%) C#
4 94 (15.91%) JavaScript
5 57 (9.64%) Bicep
6 55 (9.31%) TypeScript
7 54 (9.14%) PowerShell
8 48 (8.12%) Java
9 31 (5.25%) Bash
10 22 (3.72%) Scala
11 17 (2.88%) T-SQL
12 10 (1.69%) Formula Language
12 10 (1.69%) Kusto Query Language
12 10 (1.69%) LotusScript
12 10 (1.69%) PL/SQL
13 4 (0.68%) C
13 4 (0.68%) Data Analysis Expressions
13 4 (0.68%) R
14 3 (0.51%) Go
14 3 (0.51%) XPath
Qualifications
1 131 (22.17%) Security Cleared
2 114 (19.29%) SC Cleared
3 60 (10.15%) Azure Certification
4 38 (6.43%) Degree
5 19 (3.21%) Computer Science Degree
5 19 (3.21%) Microsoft Certification
6 16 (2.71%) BPSS Clearance
7 15 (2.54%) ISTQB
8 9 (1.52%) Master's Degree
9 7 (1.18%) PMI Certification
10 6 (1.02%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
11 5 (0.85%) ISEB
11 5 (0.85%) PMP
12 4 (0.68%) ITIL Certification
13 3 (0.51%) DBS Check
14 2 (0.34%) AWS Certification
14 2 (0.34%) CBAP
14 2 (0.34%) MBA
15 1 (0.17%) DV Cleared
15 1 (0.17%) IIBA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 59 (9.98%) QA
2 43 (7.28%) Data Quality
3 20 (3.38%) GDPR
4 14 (2.37%) Accessibility
5 8 (1.35%) PMO
5 8 (1.35%) WCAG
6 6 (1.02%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 4 (0.68%) HIPAA
7 4 (0.68%) PCI DSS
8 3 (0.51%) HL7
9 2 (0.34%) EU AI Act
9 2 (0.34%) FedRAMP
9 2 (0.34%) ISO/IEC 27001
9 2 (0.34%) NCSC
9 2 (0.34%) NIST
9 2 (0.34%) SLA
9 2 (0.34%) Software Quality Assurance
10 1 (0.17%) EMIR
10 1 (0.17%) HMG Security Policy Framework
10 1 (0.17%) MiFID
System Software
1 105 (17.77%) Docker
2 31 (5.25%) Active Directory
3 9 (1.52%) Virtual Machines
4 8 (1.35%) Virtual Desktop
5 3 (0.51%) VMware Infrastructure
6 1 (0.17%) HDFS
6 1 (0.17%) KVM
6 1 (0.17%) Squid
Systems Management
1 185 (31.30%) Terraform
2 106 (17.94%) Kubernetes
3 25 (4.23%) Ansible
4 12 (2.03%) Grafana
5 9 (1.52%) Prometheus
6 4 (0.68%) Argo
6 4 (0.68%) HP ALM
7 3 (0.51%) Microsoft Intune
7 3 (0.51%) Packer
8 2 (0.34%) Fluentd
8 2 (0.34%) Kibana
8 2 (0.34%) Kubeflow
8 2 (0.34%) Opsgenie
9 1 (0.17%) Active Directory Federation Services
9 1 (0.17%) CASB
9 1 (0.17%) Icinga
9 1 (0.17%) Istio
9 1 (0.17%) Progress Chef
9 1 (0.17%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 193 (32.66%) Microsoft
2 94 (15.91%) Databricks
3 52 (8.80%) Oracle
4 29 (4.91%) ServiceNow
5 25 (4.23%) OpenAI
6 19 (3.21%) Salesforce
7 11 (1.86%) SAP
8 10 (1.69%) Lotus
8 10 (1.69%) VMware
9 9 (1.52%) Kofax
10 8 (1.35%) Foundry
11 7 (1.18%) Informatica
12 6 (1.02%) Citrix
12 6 (1.02%) Splunk
13 5 (0.85%) Aruba
13 5 (0.85%) Cisco
13 5 (0.85%) Sitecore
14 4 (0.68%) Charles River
14 4 (0.68%) Google
14 4 (0.68%) HP