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 18 March 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 65 88 68
Rank change year-on-year +23 -20 +11
Contract jobs citing Azure DevOps 671 387 582
As % of all contract jobs in London 4.08% 3.02% 3.19%
As % of the Cloud Services category 9.32% 7.18% 8.59%
Number of daily rates quoted 478 285 395
10th Percentile £363 £402 £425
25th Percentile £413 £463 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £545 £550
Median % change year-on-year -8.17% -1.00% -1.74%
75th Percentile £588 £638 £638
90th Percentile £709 £738 £700
England median daily rate £500 £525 £530
% change year-on-year -4.76% -0.94% -3.64%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 0 0
10th Percentile £47.58 - -
25th Percentile £49.94 - -
Median hourly rate £61.25 - -
75th Percentile £73.56 - -
90th Percentile £75.48 - -
England median hourly rate £61.25 £67.50 £65.50
% change year-on-year -9.26% +3.05% -3.53%

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 7,203 5,390 6,778
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 43.84% 42.05% 37.17%
Number of daily rates quoted 4,932 3,737 4,978
10th Percentile £350 £356 £325
25th Percentile £425 £450 £441
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% - -6.38%
75th Percentile £638 £669 £675
90th Percentile £750 £788 £768
England median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 109 43 77
10th Percentile £18.20 £22.27 £17.47
25th Percentile £24.00 £23.99 £21.25
Median hourly rate £35.50 £29.07 £26.24
Median % change year-on-year +22.12% +10.79% -25.03%
75th Percentile £50.75 £55.50 £50.25
90th Percentile £72.50 £72.50 £63.00
England median hourly rate £37.54 £26.81 £21.37
% change year-on-year +40.01% +25.47% -14.52%

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 18 March 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 18 March 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 18 March 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 -2 76 £540 -0.46% 42
South London -2 15 £500 +1.01% 2
West London -19 5 £375 -21.05% 5
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 39 (5.81%) SharePoint
2 32 (4.77%) Confluence
3 27 (4.02%) Apache Spark
4 19 (2.83%) Apache
5 15 (2.24%) Apache Airflow
6 11 (1.64%) HCL Notes
6 11 (1.64%) Microsoft Exchange
7 10 (1.49%) Mendix
8 3 (0.45%) CMS
8 3 (0.45%) IIS
9 2 (0.30%) Sitecore CMS
10 1 (0.15%) Adobe Experience Manager
10 1 (0.15%) IBM HTTP Server
10 1 (0.15%) Kentico
10 1 (0.15%) Palantir Foundry
10 1 (0.15%) SAS
Applications
1 16 (2.38%) Microsoft Project
2 12 (1.79%) MS Visio
3 6 (0.89%) Microsoft Excel
4 4 (0.60%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 2 (0.30%) Trello
Business Applications
1 36 (5.37%) Dynamics CRM
2 6 (0.89%) SAP S/4HANA
3 4 (0.60%) Aladdin
4 3 (0.45%) Dynamics AX
4 3 (0.45%) Findur
4 3 (0.45%) SAP BPC
5 2 (0.30%) Endur
5 2 (0.30%) SAP Oil and Gas
6 1 (0.15%) Loan IQ
6 1 (0.15%) Maximo
6 1 (0.15%) NEC Housing
6 1 (0.15%) NetSuite
6 1 (0.15%) Oracle Financials
6 1 (0.15%) Orchestrade
6 1 (0.15%) SAP CS
6 1 (0.15%) SAP GTS
6 1 (0.15%) SAP LE
6 1 (0.15%) SAP MM
6 1 (0.15%) SAP SD
6 1 (0.15%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 671 (100.00%) Azure
2 195 (29.06%) GitHub
3 132 (19.67%) Power Platform
4 121 (18.03%) GitHub Actions
5 90 (13.41%) Azure Data Factory
6 82 (12.22%) AWS
7 77 (11.48%) Serverless
8 76 (11.33%) Azure Monitor
9 62 (9.24%) Dynamics 365
10 61 (9.09%) Azure AKS
10 61 (9.09%) Entra ID
11 58 (8.64%) Azure Logic Apps
11 58 (8.64%) Azure Synapse Analytics
12 57 (8.49%) Power Automate
13 55 (8.20%) Azure Key Vault
14 54 (8.05%) Azure Service Bus
15 53 (7.90%) Azure Functions
16 40 (5.96%) PowerApps
17 37 (5.51%) Microsoft 365
18 36 (5.37%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 27 (4.02%) Firewall
2 12 (1.79%) DNS
2 12 (1.79%) Network Security
3 11 (1.64%) VPN
4 9 (1.34%) WAN
5 7 (1.04%) SD-WAN
6 4 (0.60%) TCP/IP
7 3 (0.45%) FTP
7 3 (0.45%) Remote Desktop
8 2 (0.30%) HTTP
8 2 (0.30%) Internet
8 2 (0.30%) LAN
8 2 (0.30%) MPLS
9 1 (0.15%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 78 (11.62%) SQL Server
2 72 (10.73%) Power BI
3 55 (8.20%) Data Lake
4 46 (6.86%) Azure SQL Database
5 44 (6.56%) Delta Lake
6 38 (5.66%) Data Warehouse
7 25 (3.73%) NoSQL
8 19 (2.83%) Oracle Database
9 16 (2.38%) PostgreSQL
10 14 (2.09%) SQL Server Integration Services
11 12 (1.79%) Spark SQL
12 11 (1.64%) Redis
12 11 (1.64%) Relational Database
12 11 (1.64%) Tableau
13 10 (1.49%) MongoDB
14 9 (1.34%) Data Vault
14 9 (1.34%) Metadata
14 9 (1.34%) Snowflake Schema
15 8 (1.19%) DynamoDB
15 8 (1.19%) Star Schema
Development Applications
1 137 (20.42%) JIRA
2 97 (14.46%) Git
3 63 (9.39%) Jenkins
4 33 (4.92%) Selenium
5 31 (4.62%) GitLab
6 20 (2.98%) Postman
7 16 (2.38%) Cypress.io
8 14 (2.09%) Team Foundation Server
9 12 (1.79%) REST Assured
10 11 (1.64%) MLflow
10 11 (1.64%) TestRail
11 10 (1.49%) Cucumber
11 10 (1.49%) SpecFlow
11 10 (1.49%) Zephyr
12 9 (1.34%) JMeter
12 9 (1.34%) JUnit
12 9 (1.34%) Visual Studio
13 6 (0.89%) Liquibase
13 6 (0.89%) Mockito
13 6 (0.89%) webpack
General
1 189 (28.17%) Finance
2 178 (26.53%) Social Skills
3 78 (11.62%) Analytical Skills
4 68 (10.13%) Public Sector
5 49 (7.30%) Banking
6 17 (2.53%) Financial Institution
7 16 (2.38%) Documentation Skills
8 14 (2.09%) Front Office
9 13 (1.94%) Investment Banking
9 13 (1.94%) Retail
10 12 (1.79%) Influencing Skills
11 11 (1.64%) Presentation Skills
12 9 (1.34%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 9 (1.34%) Organisational Skills
13 5 (0.75%) Law
13 5 (0.75%) Marketing
14 4 (0.60%) Back Office
14 4 (0.60%) Legal
14 4 (0.60%) Military
15 3 (0.45%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 145 (21.61%) Developer
2 96 (14.31%) Azure Engineer
3 92 (13.71%) Senior
4 77 (11.48%) Data Engineer
5 62 (9.24%) DevOps Engineer
6 52 (7.75%) Analyst
6 52 (7.75%) Lead
7 48 (7.15%) Architect
8 42 (6.26%) Azure DevOps Engineer
9 32 (4.77%) Azure Developer
10 30 (4.47%) Tester
11 28 (4.17%) Platform Engineer
12 27 (4.02%) Business Analyst
13 25 (3.73%) Azure Architect
14 19 (2.83%) Test Analyst
14 19 (2.83%) Test Engineer
15 18 (2.68%) .NET Developer
15 18 (2.68%) Consultant
15 18 (2.68%) IT Support
15 18 (2.68%) Senior Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 127 (18.93%) .NET
2 54 (8.05%) REST
3 52 (7.75%) PySpark
4 47 (7.00%) React
5 45 (6.71%) Node.js
6 31 (4.62%) Playwright
7 28 (4.17%) Kafka
8 26 (3.87%) .NET Core
8 26 (3.87%) ARM Templates
8 26 (3.87%) CSS
8 26 (3.87%) HTML
9 24 (3.58%) .NET Framework
9 24 (3.58%) AngularJS
9 24 (3.58%) YAML
10 23 (3.43%) ADO
11 22 (3.28%) SOAP
12 20 (2.98%) JSON
12 20 (2.98%) OAuth
12 20 (2.98%) RESTful
13 17 (2.53%) Microsoft Graph
Miscellaneous
1 76 (11.33%) Cloud Native
2 38 (5.66%) Product Ownership
3 29 (4.32%) Legacy Systems
4 25 (3.73%) Distributed Systems
5 16 (2.38%) AI Agents
5 16 (2.38%) Enterprise Software
5 16 (2.38%) Low-Code
6 14 (2.09%) Reinsurance
7 12 (1.79%) Public Cloud
8 10 (1.49%) CMDB
8 10 (1.49%) Replication
9 9 (1.34%) Data Structures
10 8 (1.19%) NHS
11 7 (1.04%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
11 7 (1.04%) Greenfield Project
11 7 (1.04%) Self-Motivation
12 6 (0.89%) Enterprise Cloud
13 5 (0.75%) Data Centre
13 5 (0.75%) Management Information System
13 5 (0.75%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 30 (4.47%) Windows
2 19 (2.83%) Linux
3 9 (1.34%) VMS
4 5 (0.75%) Windows Server
5 4 (0.60%) Unix
6 1 (0.15%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 1 (0.15%) Ubuntu
6 1 (0.15%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 664 (98.96%) DevOps
2 376 (56.04%) CI/CD
3 271 (40.39%) Agile
4 160 (23.85%) Infrastructure as Code
5 135 (20.12%) Analytics
6 127 (18.93%) Problem-Solving
7 124 (18.48%) Test Automation
8 107 (15.95%) Continuous Improvement
9 102 (15.20%) AI
10 96 (14.31%) Migration
11 92 (13.71%) Data Modelling
11 92 (13.71%) Scrum
12 88 (13.11%) Business Intelligence
13 80 (11.92%) Observability
13 80 (11.92%) Stakeholder Management
14 79 (11.77%) Microservices
15 73 (10.88%) Data Pipeline
16 71 (10.58%) Containerisation
17 65 (9.69%) Data Engineering
18 62 (9.24%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 253 (37.70%) SQL
2 202 (30.10%) Python
3 152 (22.65%) C#
4 94 (14.01%) JavaScript
5 61 (9.09%) Bicep
5 61 (9.09%) PowerShell
6 56 (8.35%) TypeScript
7 52 (7.75%) Java
8 33 (4.92%) Bash
9 25 (3.73%) Scala
10 18 (2.68%) T-SQL
11 13 (1.94%) Kusto Query Language
12 11 (1.64%) Formula Language
12 11 (1.64%) LotusScript
12 11 (1.64%) PL/SQL
13 6 (0.89%) Data Analysis Expressions
14 4 (0.60%) C
14 4 (0.60%) R
14 4 (0.60%) Shell Script
14 4 (0.60%) X++
Qualifications
1 164 (24.44%) Security Cleared
2 145 (21.61%) SC Cleared
3 61 (9.09%) Azure Certification
4 38 (5.66%) Degree
5 21 (3.13%) Computer Science Degree
6 19 (2.83%) ISTQB
7 17 (2.53%) BPSS Clearance
8 16 (2.38%) Microsoft Certification
9 7 (1.04%) PMI Certification
10 6 (0.89%) Master's Degree
11 5 (0.75%) ISEB
11 5 (0.75%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
11 5 (0.75%) PMP
12 3 (0.45%) AWS Certification
12 3 (0.45%) DBS Check
13 2 (0.30%) CBAP
13 2 (0.30%) Cisco Certification
13 2 (0.30%) ITIL Certification
13 2 (0.30%) MBA
14 1 (0.15%) IIBA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 78 (11.62%) QA
2 58 (8.64%) Data Quality
3 17 (2.53%) GDPR
4 14 (2.09%) Accessibility
5 9 (1.34%) WCAG
6 8 (1.19%) PMO
7 6 (0.89%) Sarbanes-Oxley
8 4 (0.60%) HIPAA
8 4 (0.60%) PCI DSS
9 3 (0.45%) HL7
9 3 (0.45%) HMG Security Policy Framework
9 3 (0.45%) ISO/IEC 27001
9 3 (0.45%) NCSC
9 3 (0.45%) SLA
10 2 (0.30%) EU AI Act
10 2 (0.30%) FedRAMP
10 2 (0.30%) NIST
10 2 (0.30%) Software Quality Assurance
11 1 (0.15%) EMIR
11 1 (0.15%) MiFID
System Software
1 104 (15.50%) Docker
2 37 (5.51%) Active Directory
3 8 (1.19%) Virtual Desktop
4 7 (1.04%) Virtual Machines
5 4 (0.60%) VMware Infrastructure
6 1 (0.15%) HDFS
6 1 (0.15%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 193 (28.76%) Terraform
2 110 (16.39%) Kubernetes
3 28 (4.17%) Ansible
4 15 (2.24%) Grafana
5 11 (1.64%) Prometheus
6 6 (0.89%) HP ALM
7 4 (0.60%) Packer
8 3 (0.45%) Argo
8 3 (0.45%) Microsoft Intune
9 2 (0.30%) Istio
9 2 (0.30%) Kubeflow
9 2 (0.30%) Opsgenie
10 1 (0.15%) Active Directory Federation Services
10 1 (0.15%) CASB
10 1 (0.15%) Fluentd
10 1 (0.15%) Icinga
10 1 (0.15%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 220 (32.79%) Microsoft
2 103 (15.35%) Databricks
3 59 (8.79%) Oracle
4 38 (5.66%) ServiceNow
5 28 (4.17%) OpenAI
6 20 (2.98%) Salesforce
7 16 (2.38%) SAP
8 13 (1.94%) Informatica
9 11 (1.64%) Lotus
9 11 (1.64%) VMware
10 10 (1.49%) Foundry
10 10 (1.49%) Kofax
11 8 (1.19%) Splunk
12 6 (0.89%) Cisco
12 6 (0.89%) HP
13 5 (0.75%) Aruba
13 5 (0.75%) Bloomberg
13 5 (0.75%) Charles River
13 5 (0.75%) Citrix
14 4 (0.60%) Google