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

6 months to
24 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 61 77 60
Rank change year-on-year +16 -17 +15
Contract jobs citing Azure DevOps 757 427 663
As % of all contract jobs in London 3.96% 3.39% 3.77%
As % of the Cloud Services category 9.42% 7.92% 9.56%
Number of daily rates quoted 547 301 427
10th Percentile £375 £350 £403
25th Percentile £425 £419 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
75th Percentile £624 £638 £600
90th Percentile £725 £750 £675
England median daily rate £500 £513 £525
% change year-on-year -2.44% -2.38% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 1 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £55.00 £86.25 -
Median hourly rate £62.50 £87.50 -
Median % change year-on-year -28.57% - -
75th Percentile £73.56 £88.75 -
90th Percentile £75.48 - -
England median hourly rate £72.25 £59.50 £65.50
% change year-on-year +21.43% -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 8,033 5,394 6,937
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 41.99% 42.86% 39.48%
Number of daily rates quoted 5,529 3,657 5,096
10th Percentile £358 £350 £350
25th Percentile £433 £425 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £538 £550
Median % change year-on-year -2.33% -2.27% -4.35%
75th Percentile £638 £663 £675
90th Percentile £750 £780 £788
England median daily rate £515 £513 £525
% change year-on-year +0.49% -2.38% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 97 70 70
10th Percentile £21.68 £22.50 £17.63
25th Percentile £27.00 £24.66 £22.00
Median hourly rate £35.50 £30.54 £26.49
Median % change year-on-year +16.26% +15.29% -48.32%
75th Percentile £55.75 £48.44 £38.75
90th Percentile £77.47 £68.13 £55.25
England median hourly rate £42.69 £25.15 £22.00
% change year-on-year +69.72% +14.32% -31.89%

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 24 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 24 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 24 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 -14 72 £525 -2.78% 30
South London -5 9 £513 -2.38% 1
West London -23 6 £375 -31.51% 5
East London -1 3 £604 +3.16% 5
North London +1 2 £600 +36.36%
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 (6.08%) SharePoint
2 36 (4.76%) Confluence
3 33 (4.36%) Apache Spark
4 24 (3.17%) Apache
5 21 (2.77%) Apache Airflow
6 11 (1.45%) Microsoft Exchange
7 5 (0.66%) HCL Notes
7 5 (0.66%) Mendix
8 4 (0.53%) CMS
9 3 (0.40%) Kentico
10 2 (0.26%) Palantir Foundry
11 1 (0.13%) Apache Pulsar
11 1 (0.13%) IBM HTTP Server
11 1 (0.13%) SAS
Applications
1 28 (3.70%) Microsoft Project
2 10 (1.32%) MS Visio
3 9 (1.19%) Microsoft Excel
4 4 (0.53%) Notion
5 3 (0.40%) Microsoft Office
5 3 (0.40%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 2 (0.26%) Chatbot
6 2 (0.26%) CPLEX
Business Applications
1 31 (4.10%) Dynamics CRM
2 7 (0.92%) Dynamics AX
2 7 (0.92%) SAP S/4HANA
3 3 (0.40%) Endur
3 3 (0.40%) Findur
3 3 (0.40%) Maximo
3 3 (0.40%) SAP BPC
3 3 (0.40%) SAP MM
3 3 (0.40%) SAP Oil and Gas
4 2 (0.26%) Aladdin
4 2 (0.26%) Salesforce CRM
5 1 (0.13%) NEC Housing
5 1 (0.13%) Oracle EBS
5 1 (0.13%) Oracle Financials
5 1 (0.13%) Oracle Payables
5 1 (0.13%) Oracle Receivables
5 1 (0.13%) SAP CS
5 1 (0.13%) SAP MDG
5 1 (0.13%) SAP SD
5 1 (0.13%) SDL Web 8
Cloud Services
1 757 (100.00%) Azure
2 226 (29.85%) GitHub
3 141 (18.63%) GitHub Actions
4 125 (16.51%) Power Platform
5 116 (15.32%) AWS
6 89 (11.76%) Azure Data Factory
7 69 (9.11%) Azure AKS
8 64 (8.45%) Power Automate
9 61 (8.06%) Entra ID
10 59 (7.79%) Azure Monitor
11 58 (7.66%) Dynamics 365
12 56 (7.40%) Serverless
13 55 (7.27%) Azure Synapse Analytics
14 46 (6.08%) Azure Logic Apps
15 44 (5.81%) Azure Key Vault
16 42 (5.55%) PowerApps
17 39 (5.15%) Azure Service Bus
18 38 (5.02%) Snowflake
19 34 (4.49%) Microsoft 365
20 33 (4.36%) Azure Functions
Communications & Networking
1 19 (2.51%) Firewall
2 12 (1.59%) Network Security
3 11 (1.45%) VPN
4 10 (1.32%) DNS
5 5 (0.66%) SD-WAN
5 5 (0.66%) WAN
6 4 (0.53%) Internet
7 2 (0.26%) NAS
7 2 (0.26%) Remote Desktop
7 2 (0.26%) SAN
7 2 (0.26%) SSH
7 2 (0.26%) TCP/IP
7 2 (0.26%) X.509
8 1 (0.13%) 4G
8 1 (0.13%) Cisco ASA
8 1 (0.13%) Cisco IOS
8 1 (0.13%) FTP
8 1 (0.13%) IPsec
8 1 (0.13%) VSAN
8 1 (0.13%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 76 (10.04%) Power BI
2 67 (8.85%) Data Lake
3 65 (8.59%) SQL Server
4 50 (6.61%) Delta Lake
5 45 (5.94%) Azure SQL Database
6 37 (4.89%) Data Warehouse
7 31 (4.10%) NoSQL
8 18 (2.38%) Snowflake Schema
9 15 (1.98%) PostgreSQL
9 15 (1.98%) Relational Database
10 14 (1.85%) Big Data
10 14 (1.85%) Spark SQL
11 13 (1.72%) Redis
12 12 (1.59%) Metadata
13 10 (1.32%) Oracle Database
14 9 (1.19%) Amazon Redshift
14 9 (1.19%) MongoDB
14 9 (1.19%) SQL Server Integration Services
15 8 (1.06%) Data Vault
16 7 (0.92%) Parquet
Development Applications
1 153 (20.21%) JIRA
2 128 (16.91%) Git
3 66 (8.72%) Jenkins
4 52 (6.87%) GitLab
5 26 (3.43%) Selenium
6 14 (1.85%) SonarQube
7 13 (1.72%) REST Assured
8 11 (1.45%) Postman
9 10 (1.32%) Cucumber
10 9 (1.19%) Cypress.io
11 8 (1.06%) Team Foundation Server
12 7 (0.92%) JUnit
12 7 (0.92%) SpecFlow
12 7 (0.92%) TestRail
12 7 (0.92%) Visual Studio
13 6 (0.79%) Bitbucket
13 6 (0.79%) Gradle
13 6 (0.79%) MLflow
13 6 (0.79%) Snyk
13 6 (0.79%) WebDriver
General
1 216 (28.53%) Finance
2 191 (25.23%) Social Skills
3 70 (9.25%) Analytical Skills
4 67 (8.85%) Public Sector
5 51 (6.74%) Banking
6 16 (2.11%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 13 (1.72%) Documentation Skills
8 12 (1.59%) Investment Banking
8 12 (1.59%) Retail
9 10 (1.32%) Front Office
9 10 (1.32%) Organisational Skills
10 9 (1.19%) Legal
10 9 (1.19%) Marketing
11 7 (0.92%) Financial Institution
11 7 (0.92%) Influencing Skills
12 6 (0.79%) Back Office
12 6 (0.79%) Law
12 6 (0.79%) Presentation Skills
13 5 (0.66%) Local Government
14 4 (0.53%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 124 (16.38%) Azure Engineer
2 117 (15.46%) Developer
3 113 (14.93%) Senior
4 102 (13.47%) Data Engineer
5 97 (12.81%) DevOps Engineer
6 59 (7.79%) Azure DevOps Engineer
7 58 (7.66%) Architect
8 53 (7.00%) Analyst
8 53 (7.00%) Lead
9 38 (5.02%) Platform Engineer
10 29 (3.83%) Business Analyst
10 29 (3.83%) Cloud Engineer
11 24 (3.17%) Consultant
12 23 (3.04%) IT Support
12 23 (3.04%) Tester
13 22 (2.91%) Azure Data Engineer
13 22 (2.91%) Cloud Platform Engineer
13 22 (2.91%) Senior Data Engineer
13 22 (2.91%) Solutions Architect
14 21 (2.77%) Senior DevOps
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 93 (12.29%) .NET
2 69 (9.11%) REST
3 58 (7.66%) PySpark
4 44 (5.81%) React
5 37 (4.89%) ADO
6 36 (4.76%) JSON
7 34 (4.49%) Kafka
8 29 (3.83%) YAML
9 25 (3.30%) HTML
10 24 (3.17%) .NET Framework
10 24 (3.17%) AngularJS
10 24 (3.17%) Playwright
11 23 (3.04%) ARM Templates
11 23 (3.04%) RESTful
12 21 (2.77%) CSS
12 21 (2.77%) OAuth
13 20 (2.64%) Middleware
14 19 (2.51%) Node.js
15 17 (2.25%) SOAP
16 16 (2.11%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 93 (12.29%) Cloud Native
2 32 (4.23%) Legacy Systems
3 28 (3.70%) Distributed Systems
3 28 (3.70%) Product Ownership
4 27 (3.57%) Reinsurance
5 17 (2.25%) Greenfield Project
6 15 (1.98%) Onboarding
7 12 (1.59%) Self-Motivation
8 10 (1.32%) AI Agents
8 10 (1.32%) Hybrid Cloud
8 10 (1.32%) Low-Code
8 10 (1.32%) Management Information System
8 10 (1.32%) Public Cloud
9 9 (1.19%) Data Structures
9 9 (1.19%) Enterprise Software
9 9 (1.19%) Replication
10 6 (0.79%) Data Centre
10 6 (0.79%) Distributed Architecture
10 6 (0.79%) Enterprise Cloud
10 6 (0.79%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
Operating Systems
1 40 (5.28%) Windows
2 17 (2.25%) Linux
3 10 (1.32%) VMS
4 7 (0.92%) Unix
5 6 (0.79%) Windows Server
6 2 (0.26%) Windows Server 2016
6 2 (0.26%) Windows Server 2019
7 1 (0.13%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 1 (0.13%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 752 (99.34%) DevOps
2 421 (55.61%) CI/CD
3 281 (37.12%) Agile
4 197 (26.02%) Infrastructure as Code
5 136 (17.97%) Analytics
6 122 (16.12%) Migration
7 121 (15.98%) Test Automation
8 118 (15.59%) Problem-Solving
9 104 (13.74%) Data Modelling
10 101 (13.34%) Continuous Improvement
10 101 (13.34%) Data Pipeline
11 100 (13.21%) Scrum
12 93 (12.29%) AI
12 93 (12.29%) Platform Engineering
12 93 (12.29%) Stakeholder Management
13 91 (12.02%) ETL
14 90 (11.89%) Containerisation
15 85 (11.23%) Business Intelligence
16 79 (10.44%) Data Engineering
17 74 (9.78%) Microservices
Programming Languages
1 262 (34.61%) SQL
2 226 (29.85%) Python
3 135 (17.83%) C#
4 80 (10.57%) PowerShell
5 72 (9.51%) Bicep
6 61 (8.06%) JavaScript
7 59 (7.79%) TypeScript
8 54 (7.13%) Bash
9 41 (5.42%) Java
10 19 (2.51%) Scala
11 11 (1.45%) T-SQL
12 9 (1.19%) Apex Code
12 9 (1.19%) Data Analysis Expressions
13 7 (0.92%) Kusto Query Language
14 6 (0.79%) Shell Script
15 5 (0.66%) Formula Language
15 5 (0.66%) LotusScript
16 4 (0.53%) Go
17 3 (0.40%) C
18 2 (0.26%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 193 (25.50%) Security Cleared
2 174 (22.99%) SC Cleared
3 63 (8.32%) Azure Certification
4 40 (5.28%) Degree
5 20 (2.64%) Microsoft Certification
6 19 (2.51%) Computer Science Degree
7 13 (1.72%) ISTQB
8 11 (1.45%) BPSS Clearance
9 10 (1.32%) DV Cleared
10 9 (1.19%) AWS Certification
10 9 (1.19%) DBS Check
11 8 (1.06%) PMI Certification
12 7 (0.92%) PMP
13 5 (0.66%) Cisco Certification
13 5 (0.66%) Master's Degree
14 3 (0.40%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
14 3 (0.40%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
14 3 (0.40%) CCNA
14 3 (0.40%) CISSP
14 3 (0.40%) GIAC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 85 (11.23%) QA
2 71 (9.38%) Data Quality
3 20 (2.64%) GDPR
4 16 (2.11%) Accessibility
5 14 (1.85%) NIST
6 9 (1.19%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 9 (1.19%) PMO
7 8 (1.06%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 8 (1.06%) SLA
8 6 (0.79%) WCAG
9 3 (0.40%) Cyber Essentials
9 3 (0.40%) PCI DSS
10 2 (0.26%) FedRAMP
10 2 (0.26%) HIPAA
10 2 (0.26%) HMG Security Policy Framework
10 2 (0.26%) NCSC
10 2 (0.26%) PSD2
10 2 (0.26%) SEPA
11 1 (0.13%) GRC
11 1 (0.13%) ITGC
System Software
1 105 (13.87%) Docker
2 40 (5.28%) Active Directory
3 9 (1.19%) Virtual Desktop
3 9 (1.19%) VMware Infrastructure
4 5 (0.66%) Virtual Machines
5 2 (0.26%) Hyper-V
5 2 (0.26%) Microsoft App-V
5 2 (0.26%) OpenSSH
6 1 (0.13%) HDFS
6 1 (0.13%) VMware ESXi
6 1 (0.13%) VMware NSX
6 1 (0.13%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 219 (28.93%) Terraform
2 123 (16.25%) Kubernetes
3 37 (4.89%) Ansible
4 19 (2.51%) Grafana
5 16 (2.11%) Prometheus
6 8 (1.06%) Packer
7 7 (0.92%) HP ALM
8 6 (0.79%) Microsoft Intune
9 5 (0.66%) Progress Chef
9 5 (0.66%) Puppet
9 5 (0.66%) Single Sign-On
10 3 (0.40%) Argo
11 2 (0.26%) HP Fortify
11 2 (0.26%) SCCM
12 1 (0.13%) Docker Swarm
12 1 (0.13%) FortiGate
12 1 (0.13%) Istio
12 1 (0.13%) PowerCLI
12 1 (0.13%) RSA Archer
12 1 (0.13%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 221 (29.19%) Microsoft
2 106 (14.00%) Databricks
3 38 (5.02%) Oracle
4 35 (4.62%) Salesforce
5 28 (3.70%) ServiceNow
6 23 (3.04%) SAP
7 19 (2.51%) Informatica
8 18 (2.38%) OpenAI
9 15 (1.98%) VMware
10 10 (1.32%) Bloomberg
10 10 (1.32%) Foundry
11 8 (1.06%) Refinitiv
12 7 (0.92%) HP
12 7 (0.92%) Splunk
13 6 (0.79%) Dynatrace
14 5 (0.66%) ION Trading
14 5 (0.66%) Kofax
14 5 (0.66%) Lotus
14 5 (0.66%) OpenLink
15 4 (0.53%) Google