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

6 months to
10 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 61 84 60
Rank change year-on-year +23 -24 +15
Contract jobs citing Azure DevOps 719 406 653
As % of all contract jobs in London 4.02% 3.23% 3.69%
As % of the Cloud Services category 9.44% 7.62% 9.61%
Number of daily rates quoted 516 285 421
10th Percentile £363 £376 £405
25th Percentile £415 £440 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
75th Percentile £600 £638 £613
90th Percentile £725 £750 £688
England median daily rate £500 £525 £521
% change year-on-year -4.76% +0.83% -5.33%
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 £61.25 £31.50 £65.50
% change year-on-year +94.44% -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 7,614 5,331 6,797
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 42.54% 42.40% 38.44%
Number of daily rates quoted 5,255 3,697 5,005
10th Percentile £350 £356 £350
25th Percentile £425 £438 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% - -6.38%
75th Percentile £638 £673 £675
90th Percentile £750 £788 £775
England median daily rate £509 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -3.00% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 97 53 69
10th Percentile £20.19 £22.58 £17.47
25th Percentile £26.25 £24.66 £22.00
Median hourly rate £35.50 £31.35 £26.00
Median % change year-on-year +13.26% +20.56% -48.00%
75th Percentile £54.50 £48.75 £38.75
90th Percentile £72.70 £72.50 £59.50
England median hourly rate £45.00 £26.45 £21.00
% change year-on-year +70.13% +25.95% -34.98%

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 May 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 May 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 May 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 73 £525 -1.41% 44
South London -3 15 £513 -2.38% 2
West London -23 6 £375 -31.51% 5
East London -7 2 £604 +34.48% 3
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 43 (5.98%) SharePoint
2 34 (4.73%) Apache Spark
3 29 (4.03%) Confluence
4 21 (2.92%) Apache
5 15 (2.09%) Apache Airflow
6 10 (1.39%) HCL Notes
6 10 (1.39%) Mendix
6 10 (1.39%) Microsoft Exchange
7 3 (0.42%) IIS
8 2 (0.28%) Palantir Foundry
9 1 (0.14%) CMS
9 1 (0.14%) IBM HTTP Server
9 1 (0.14%) SAS
Applications
1 25 (3.48%) Microsoft Project
2 9 (1.25%) MS Visio
3 7 (0.97%) Microsoft Excel
4 3 (0.42%) Microsoft Office
4 3 (0.42%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 28 (3.89%) Dynamics CRM
2 6 (0.83%) Dynamics AX
3 5 (0.70%) SAP S/4HANA
4 4 (0.56%) SAP BPC
5 3 (0.42%) Findur
5 3 (0.42%) SAP Oil and Gas
6 2 (0.28%) Aladdin
6 2 (0.28%) SAP MM
7 1 (0.14%) Endur
7 1 (0.14%) Loan IQ
7 1 (0.14%) Maximo
7 1 (0.14%) NEC Housing
7 1 (0.14%) NetSuite
7 1 (0.14%) Oracle Financials
7 1 (0.14%) Salesforce CRM
7 1 (0.14%) SAP CS
7 1 (0.14%) SAP GTS
7 1 (0.14%) SAP LE
7 1 (0.14%) SAP SD
7 1 (0.14%) SDL Web 8
Cloud Services
1 719 (100.00%) Azure
2 214 (29.76%) GitHub
3 129 (17.94%) GitHub Actions
4 118 (16.41%) Power Platform
5 104 (14.46%) AWS
6 95 (13.21%) Azure Data Factory
7 68 (9.46%) Azure AKS
8 64 (8.90%) Entra ID
9 63 (8.76%) Azure Monitor
10 61 (8.48%) Azure Synapse Analytics
10 61 (8.48%) Serverless
11 59 (8.21%) Power Automate
12 56 (7.79%) Dynamics 365
13 51 (7.09%) Azure Logic Apps
14 50 (6.95%) Azure Key Vault
15 48 (6.68%) Azure Service Bus
16 40 (5.56%) Azure Functions
17 39 (5.42%) GCP
18 37 (5.15%) PowerApps
19 35 (4.87%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 20 (2.78%) Firewall
2 11 (1.53%) Network Security
3 9 (1.25%) DNS
4 7 (0.97%) VPN
5 6 (0.83%) WAN
6 5 (0.70%) SD-WAN
7 3 (0.42%) FTP
7 3 (0.42%) Remote Desktop
8 2 (0.28%) Internet
8 2 (0.28%) SSH
8 2 (0.28%) TCP/IP
8 2 (0.28%) X.509
9 1 (0.14%) Cisco ASA
9 1 (0.14%) Cisco Firepower
9 1 (0.14%) HTTP
9 1 (0.14%) IPsec
9 1 (0.14%) LAN
9 1 (0.14%) MPLS
9 1 (0.14%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 79 (10.99%) SQL Server
2 70 (9.74%) Power BI
3 62 (8.62%) Data Lake
4 49 (6.82%) Delta Lake
5 47 (6.54%) Azure SQL Database
6 43 (5.98%) Data Warehouse
7 32 (4.45%) NoSQL
8 18 (2.50%) Oracle Database
8 18 (2.50%) PostgreSQL
9 16 (2.23%) Snowflake Schema
10 15 (2.09%) Spark SQL
11 14 (1.95%) Relational Database
12 13 (1.81%) Big Data
12 13 (1.81%) MongoDB
13 12 (1.67%) Metadata
14 11 (1.53%) SQL Server Integration Services
15 10 (1.39%) Redis
15 10 (1.39%) Tableau
16 9 (1.25%) Amazon Redshift
17 7 (0.97%) Parquet
Development Applications
1 131 (18.22%) JIRA
2 115 (15.99%) Git
3 69 (9.60%) Jenkins
4 44 (6.12%) GitLab
5 27 (3.76%) Selenium
6 13 (1.81%) Cypress.io
6 13 (1.81%) Postman
7 11 (1.53%) REST Assured
7 11 (1.53%) SonarQube
8 10 (1.39%) SpecFlow
9 9 (1.25%) MLflow
9 9 (1.25%) Team Foundation Server
9 9 (1.25%) TestRail
9 9 (1.25%) Zephyr
10 8 (1.11%) Cucumber
11 7 (0.97%) Artifactory
12 5 (0.70%) webpack
13 4 (0.56%) git-flow
13 4 (0.56%) Spinnaker
13 4 (0.56%) TeamCity
General
1 200 (27.82%) Finance
2 162 (22.53%) Social Skills
3 78 (10.85%) Analytical Skills
4 58 (8.07%) Public Sector
5 48 (6.68%) Banking
6 18 (2.50%) Financial Institution
7 15 (2.09%) Front Office
8 14 (1.95%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 10 (1.39%) Investment Banking
10 9 (1.25%) Presentation Skills
11 8 (1.11%) Documentation Skills
11 8 (1.11%) Organisational Skills
12 7 (0.97%) Retail
13 6 (0.83%) Legal
13 6 (0.83%) Marketing
14 5 (0.70%) Influencing Skills
15 3 (0.42%) Pharmaceutical
16 2 (0.28%) Law
16 2 (0.28%) Military
16 2 (0.28%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 130 (18.08%) Developer
2 114 (15.86%) Senior
3 111 (15.44%) Azure Engineer
4 100 (13.91%) Data Engineer
5 78 (10.85%) DevOps Engineer
6 53 (7.37%) Lead
7 49 (6.82%) Architect
8 48 (6.68%) Analyst
9 47 (6.54%) Azure DevOps Engineer
10 29 (4.03%) Platform Engineer
11 27 (3.76%) Azure Developer
12 26 (3.62%) Tester
13 24 (3.34%) Test Analyst
14 23 (3.20%) Azure Architect
14 23 (3.20%) IT Support
14 23 (3.20%) Senior Developer
15 22 (3.06%) Azure Data Engineer
15 22 (3.06%) Cloud Engineer
16 20 (2.78%) Senior Data Engineer
16 20 (2.78%) Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 115 (15.99%) .NET
2 62 (8.62%) PySpark
3 52 (7.23%) React
4 50 (6.95%) REST
5 38 (5.29%) Kafka
6 33 (4.59%) ADO
6 33 (4.59%) Node.js
7 30 (4.17%) JSON
8 29 (4.03%) .NET Framework
9 27 (3.76%) .NET Core
9 27 (3.76%) AngularJS
9 27 (3.76%) ARM Templates
9 27 (3.76%) Playwright
9 27 (3.76%) YAML
10 24 (3.34%) RESTful
11 23 (3.20%) CSS
11 23 (3.20%) HTML
12 19 (2.64%) Middleware
13 16 (2.23%) OAuth
14 15 (2.09%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 83 (11.54%) Cloud Native
2 31 (4.31%) Legacy Systems
3 30 (4.17%) Product Ownership
4 24 (3.34%) Distributed Systems
5 21 (2.92%) Reinsurance
6 15 (2.09%) Low-Code
7 13 (1.81%) Enterprise Software
7 13 (1.81%) Replication
8 12 (1.67%) Greenfield Project
8 12 (1.67%) Onboarding
9 11 (1.53%) AI Agents
10 8 (1.11%) Data Structures
11 7 (0.97%) NHS
11 7 (0.97%) Public Cloud
11 7 (0.97%) Self-Motivation
12 6 (0.83%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
13 5 (0.70%) Management Information System
14 4 (0.56%) Data Protection Act
14 4 (0.56%) Derivative
14 4 (0.56%) FMCG
Operating Systems
1 45 (6.26%) Windows
2 21 (2.92%) Linux
3 10 (1.39%) VMS
4 9 (1.25%) 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
1 713 (99.17%) DevOps
2 405 (56.33%) CI/CD
3 258 (35.88%) Agile
4 176 (24.48%) Infrastructure as Code
5 126 (17.52%) Test Automation
6 123 (17.11%) Problem-Solving
7 122 (16.97%) Analytics
8 107 (14.88%) Migration
9 104 (14.46%) Data Modelling
10 97 (13.49%) Data Pipeline
11 89 (12.38%) AI
12 88 (12.24%) Continuous Improvement
13 84 (11.68%) Business Intelligence
13 84 (11.68%) Scrum
14 83 (11.54%) Containerisation
15 80 (11.13%) ETL
16 79 (10.99%) Observability
17 78 (10.85%) Microservices
18 76 (10.57%) Data Engineering
19 74 (10.29%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 272 (37.83%) SQL
2 214 (29.76%) Python
3 149 (20.72%) C#
4 78 (10.85%) JavaScript
5 73 (10.15%) PowerShell
6 64 (8.90%) Bicep
7 57 (7.93%) TypeScript
8 51 (7.09%) Java
9 45 (6.26%) Bash
10 24 (3.34%) Scala
11 17 (2.36%) T-SQL
12 10 (1.39%) Formula Language
12 10 (1.39%) LotusScript
13 9 (1.25%) Data Analysis Expressions
13 9 (1.25%) Kusto Query Language
13 9 (1.25%) PL/SQL
14 5 (0.70%) Go
14 5 (0.70%) Shell Script
15 4 (0.56%) R
16 3 (0.42%) C
Qualifications
1 187 (26.01%) Security Cleared
2 167 (23.23%) SC Cleared
3 63 (8.76%) Azure Certification
4 32 (4.45%) Degree
5 17 (2.36%) BPSS Clearance
6 16 (2.23%) Computer Science Degree
6 16 (2.23%) Microsoft Certification
7 15 (2.09%) ISTQB
8 7 (0.97%) DV Cleared
8 7 (0.97%) PMI Certification
8 7 (0.97%) PMP
9 6 (0.83%) Master's Degree
10 5 (0.70%) DBS Check
11 4 (0.56%) AWS Certification
12 3 (0.42%) TOGAF Certification
13 2 (0.28%) Cisco Certification
13 2 (0.28%) ISEB
13 2 (0.28%) ITIL Certification
13 2 (0.28%) MBA
14 1 (0.14%) CCIE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 87 (12.10%) QA
2 68 (9.46%) Data Quality
3 16 (2.23%) GDPR
4 14 (1.95%) Accessibility
5 9 (1.25%) PMO
5 9 (1.25%) WCAG
6 8 (1.11%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 7 (0.97%) NIST
8 5 (0.70%) PCI DSS
9 4 (0.56%) SLA
10 3 (0.42%) HIPAA
10 3 (0.42%) HL7
10 3 (0.42%) ISO/IEC 27001
11 2 (0.28%) FedRAMP
11 2 (0.28%) HMG Security Policy Framework
11 2 (0.28%) NCSC
11 2 (0.28%) PSD2
11 2 (0.28%) SEPA
12 1 (0.14%) GRC
12 1 (0.14%) ITGC
System Software
1 107 (14.88%) Docker
2 42 (5.84%) Active Directory
3 9 (1.25%) Virtual Desktop
4 6 (0.83%) Virtual Machines
5 2 (0.28%) Hyper-V
5 2 (0.28%) Microsoft App-V
5 2 (0.28%) OpenSSH
5 2 (0.28%) VMware Infrastructure
6 1 (0.14%) HDFS
Systems Management
1 209 (29.07%) Terraform
2 127 (17.66%) Kubernetes
3 30 (4.17%) Ansible
4 17 (2.36%) Grafana
5 13 (1.81%) Prometheus
6 6 (0.83%) HP ALM
6 6 (0.83%) Microsoft Intune
6 6 (0.83%) Packer
7 5 (0.70%) Argo
7 5 (0.70%) Progress Chef
7 5 (0.70%) Puppet
8 2 (0.28%) Istio
8 2 (0.28%) Kubeflow
8 2 (0.28%) Opsgenie
8 2 (0.28%) SCCM
8 2 (0.28%) Single Sign-On
9 1 (0.14%) CASB
9 1 (0.14%) FortiGate
9 1 (0.14%) Icinga
9 1 (0.14%) RSA Archer
Vendors
1 215 (29.90%) Microsoft
2 108 (15.02%) Databricks
3 54 (7.51%) Oracle
4 33 (4.59%) ServiceNow
5 25 (3.48%) Salesforce
6 20 (2.78%) OpenAI
7 18 (2.50%) Informatica
8 16 (2.23%) SAP
9 11 (1.53%) Foundry
9 11 (1.53%) Splunk
10 10 (1.39%) Kofax
10 10 (1.39%) Lotus
10 10 (1.39%) VMware
11 9 (1.25%) Bloomberg
12 7 (0.97%) Refinitiv
13 6 (0.83%) Dynatrace
13 6 (0.83%) HP
14 5 (0.70%) Citrix
15 4 (0.56%) Cisco
15 4 (0.56%) InterSystems