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

6 months to
16 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 62 87 68
Rank change year-on-year +25 -19 +5
Contract jobs citing Azure DevOps 865 455 553
As % of all contract jobs in London 4.22% 3.40% 3.45%
As % of the Cloud Services category 10.29% 7.77% 8.39%
Number of daily rates quoted 618 325 373
10th Percentile £363 £350 £388
25th Percentile £425 £413 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.38% - -8.70%
75th Percentile £625 £650 £625
90th Percentile £688 £733 £698
England median daily rate £500 £510 £525
% change year-on-year -1.96% -2.86% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 1 0
10th Percentile £39.00 - -
25th Percentile £45.00 £86.25 -
Median hourly rate £55.00 £87.50 -
Median % change year-on-year -37.14% - -
75th Percentile - £88.75 -
90th Percentile - - -
England median hourly rate £68.22 £87.50 -
% change year-on-year -22.04% - -

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 8,408 5,857 6,592
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 41.01% 43.75% 41.07%
Number of daily rates quoted 5,808 3,982 4,526
10th Percentile £363 £350 £350
25th Percentile £450 £425 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year +4.76% -4.55% -2.22%
75th Percentile £650 £650 £675
90th Percentile £750 £775 £800
England median daily rate £525 £503 £525
% change year-on-year +4.48% -4.29% -2.78%
Number of hourly rates quoted 94 102 40
10th Percentile £17.60 £21.10 £23.62
25th Percentile £21.42 £24.77 £24.06
Median hourly rate £28.40 £26.40 £32.00
Median % change year-on-year +7.56% -17.50% -27.27%
75th Percentile £57.38 £47.31 £50.00
90th Percentile £78.75 £79.88 £67.03
England median hourly rate £32.50 £25.15 £35.00
% change year-on-year +29.22% -28.14% +8.36%

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 16 October 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 16 October 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 16 October 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 +10 107 £530 -3.64% 28
South London -4 8 £523 -0.48% 5
North London - 4 £600 - 2
West London -21 2 £625 +20.19% 6
East London 0 1 - - 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 53 (6.13%) Confluence
2 48 (5.55%) SharePoint
3 30 (3.47%) Apache Spark
4 26 (3.01%) Apache Airflow
5 18 (2.08%) Apache
6 10 (1.16%) CMS
7 7 (0.81%) Microsoft Exchange
8 3 (0.35%) IIS
8 3 (0.35%) Kentico
8 3 (0.35%) Mendix
9 2 (0.23%) nginx
10 1 (0.12%) Adobe Experience Manager
10 1 (0.12%) Apache Pulsar
10 1 (0.12%) Apache Synapse
10 1 (0.12%) ArcGIS
10 1 (0.12%) EPiServer
10 1 (0.12%) GeoServer
10 1 (0.12%) Oracle Workflow
10 1 (0.12%) Sitecore CMS
10 1 (0.12%) ThingWorx
Applications
1 34 (3.93%) Microsoft Excel
2 28 (3.24%) Microsoft Project
3 19 (2.20%) MS Visio
4 14 (1.62%) Microsoft Office
5 11 (1.27%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 5 (0.58%) Notion
7 4 (0.46%) Chatbot
8 3 (0.35%) Mingle
9 2 (0.23%) CPLEX
9 2 (0.23%) Spreadsheet
10 1 (0.12%) Trello
10 1 (0.12%) Windchill
Business Applications
1 36 (4.16%) Dynamics CRM
2 11 (1.27%) SAP S/4HANA
3 4 (0.46%) Aladdin
3 4 (0.46%) Dynamics AX
3 4 (0.46%) Payment Gateway
4 3 (0.35%) SAP MDG
5 2 (0.23%) Endur
5 2 (0.23%) IBM Operational Decision Manager
5 2 (0.23%) Maximo
5 2 (0.23%) NEC Housing
5 2 (0.23%) Oracle Payables
5 2 (0.23%) Oracle Receivables
5 2 (0.23%) Workday HCM
6 1 (0.12%) FLEXCUBE
6 1 (0.12%) Oracle EBS
6 1 (0.12%) SAP HCM
6 1 (0.12%) SAP MM
6 1 (0.12%) SAP Oil and Gas
6 1 (0.12%) SDL Web 8
6 1 (0.12%) SimCorp Dimension
Cloud Services
1 865 (100.00%) Azure
2 265 (30.64%) GitHub
3 170 (19.65%) GitHub Actions
4 159 (18.38%) Power Platform
5 145 (16.76%) AWS
6 91 (10.52%) Azure Data Factory
7 87 (10.06%) Entra ID
8 82 (9.48%) Azure Monitor
9 81 (9.36%) Azure AKS
10 80 (9.25%) Serverless
11 71 (8.21%) Dynamics 365
12 63 (7.28%) Azure Functions
12 63 (7.28%) Power Automate
13 54 (6.24%) Azure Synapse Analytics
14 52 (6.01%) Azure Logic Apps
15 51 (5.90%) PowerApps
16 50 (5.78%) PaaS
17 47 (5.43%) GCP
18 45 (5.20%) Azure Service Bus
19 43 (4.97%) Azure Key Vault
Communications & Networking
1 29 (3.35%) DNS
2 24 (2.77%) Firewall
3 19 (2.20%) Network Security
4 16 (1.85%) VPN
5 9 (1.04%) DHCP
6 4 (0.46%) SAN
7 3 (0.35%) Internet
7 3 (0.35%) Wi-Fi
8 2 (0.23%) 4G
8 2 (0.23%) Cisco IOS
8 2 (0.23%) NAS
8 2 (0.23%) Reverse Proxy
8 2 (0.23%) SSL
8 2 (0.23%) VLAN
8 2 (0.23%) WAN
9 1 (0.12%) HTTPS
9 1 (0.12%) LAN
9 1 (0.12%) MQTT
9 1 (0.12%) SMTP
9 1 (0.12%) Software-Defined Networking
Database & Business Intelligence
1 101 (11.68%) Power BI
2 65 (7.51%) SQL Server
3 59 (6.82%) Data Lake
4 51 (5.90%) Data Warehouse
5 43 (4.97%) Azure SQL Database
6 31 (3.58%) PostgreSQL
7 30 (3.47%) Metadata
8 26 (3.01%) Delta Lake
9 22 (2.54%) NoSQL
10 17 (1.97%) Big Data
11 15 (1.73%) Relational Database
11 15 (1.73%) Snowflake Schema
12 13 (1.50%) SQL Server Integration Services
12 13 (1.50%) Star Schema
13 12 (1.39%) Redis
14 10 (1.16%) Spark SQL
15 9 (1.04%) Data Vault
15 9 (1.04%) Oracle Database
16 8 (0.92%) Amazon Redshift
16 8 (0.92%) BigQuery
Development Applications
1 147 (16.99%) JIRA
2 143 (16.53%) Git
3 115 (13.29%) Jenkins
4 90 (10.40%) GitLab
5 48 (5.55%) Selenium
6 20 (2.31%) SonarQube
7 19 (2.20%) Cypress.io
8 18 (2.08%) Postman
8 18 (2.08%) Visual Studio
9 12 (1.39%) Cucumber
9 12 (1.39%) REST Assured
9 12 (1.39%) TestRail
10 10 (1.16%) Maven
11 9 (1.04%) JMeter
11 9 (1.04%) JUnit
11 9 (1.04%) SpecFlow
11 9 (1.04%) WebDriver
12 8 (0.92%) Gradle
12 8 (0.92%) Visual Studio Code
13 7 (0.81%) Octopus Deploy
General
1 252 (29.13%) Finance
2 237 (27.40%) Social Skills
3 86 (9.94%) Analytical Skills
4 84 (9.71%) Public Sector
5 76 (8.79%) Banking
6 28 (3.24%) Retail
7 21 (2.43%) Marketing
8 20 (2.31%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 19 (2.20%) Influencing Skills
10 18 (2.08%) Documentation Skills
11 15 (1.73%) Investment Banking
12 14 (1.62%) Legal
13 11 (1.27%) Local Government
14 9 (1.04%) Law
15 8 (0.92%) Organisational Skills
15 8 (0.92%) Pharmaceutical
15 8 (0.92%) Police
16 7 (0.81%) Financial Institution
16 7 (0.81%) Manufacturing
17 6 (0.69%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 153 (17.69%) DevOps Engineer
2 152 (17.57%) Azure Engineer
3 149 (17.23%) Senior
4 124 (14.34%) Developer
5 94 (10.87%) Azure DevOps Engineer
6 82 (9.48%) Architect
7 76 (8.79%) Analyst
8 74 (8.55%) Data Engineer
9 66 (7.63%) Lead
10 43 (4.97%) Business Analyst
11 40 (4.62%) Consultant
12 33 (3.82%) Project Manager
13 29 (3.35%) Cloud Engineer
13 29 (3.35%) Platform Engineer
14 26 (3.01%) Senior DevOps
15 25 (2.89%) Senior DevOps Engineer
16 24 (2.77%) Solutions Architect
17 22 (2.54%) Test Analyst
18 21 (2.43%) Databricks Engineer
18 21 (2.43%) Senior Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 266 (30.75%) Terraform
2 141 (16.30%) REST
3 130 (15.03%) .NET
4 60 (6.94%) PySpark
5 54 (6.24%) ADO
6 45 (5.20%) React
7 43 (4.97%) Kafka
8 39 (4.51%) JSON
9 37 (4.28%) YAML
10 34 (3.93%) RESTful
11 33 (3.82%) Middleware
11 33 (3.82%) Playwright
12 28 (3.24%) ARM Templates
13 27 (3.12%) XML
14 26 (3.01%) OAuth
15 25 (2.89%) .NET Core
16 23 (2.66%) .NET Framework
16 23 (2.66%) AngularJS
17 21 (2.43%) HTML
17 21 (2.43%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 105 (12.14%) Cloud Native
2 58 (6.71%) Product Ownership
3 37 (4.28%) Enterprise Software
4 34 (3.93%) Distributed Systems
5 30 (3.47%) Legacy Systems
6 24 (2.77%) Management Information System
7 22 (2.54%) AI Agents
7 22 (2.54%) Onboarding
8 19 (2.20%) Hybrid Cloud
9 14 (1.62%) Greenfield Project
10 13 (1.50%) Low-Code
10 13 (1.50%) Self-Motivation
11 12 (1.39%) Enterprise Cloud
11 12 (1.39%) Reinsurance
12 11 (1.27%) Data Structures
13 10 (1.16%) Public Cloud
14 9 (1.04%) Linux Command Line
14 9 (1.04%) NHS
15 8 (0.92%) Data Centre
15 8 (0.92%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 42 (4.86%) Windows
2 36 (4.16%) Linux
3 15 (1.73%) Windows Server
4 14 (1.62%) VMS
5 7 (0.81%) Unix
6 6 (0.69%) Windows Server 2016
7 4 (0.46%) Android
7 4 (0.46%) Apple iOS
7 4 (0.46%) Windows Server 2019
8 1 (0.12%) Amazon Linux
8 1 (0.12%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 1 (0.12%) Ubuntu
8 1 (0.12%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 865 (100.00%) DevOps
2 488 (56.42%) CI/CD
3 350 (40.46%) Agile
4 232 (26.82%) Infrastructure as Code
5 176 (20.35%) Stakeholder Management
6 173 (20.00%) Test Automation
7 152 (17.57%) Analytics
8 141 (16.30%) Problem-Solving
9 138 (15.95%) Migration
10 128 (14.80%) AI
11 118 (13.64%) Continuous Improvement
12 111 (12.83%) Containerisation
13 110 (12.72%) Business Intelligence
14 105 (12.14%) Scrum
15 103 (11.91%) Data Modelling
16 100 (11.56%) Stakeholder Engagement
17 98 (11.33%) Validation
18 97 (11.21%) Microservices
19 92 (10.64%) User Acceptance Testing
20 86 (9.94%) Deployment Automation
Programming Languages
1 245 (28.32%) Python
2 235 (27.17%) SQL
3 151 (17.46%) C#
4 113 (13.06%) PowerShell
5 103 (11.91%) Bicep
6 92 (10.64%) JavaScript
7 73 (8.44%) Bash
7 73 (8.44%) TypeScript
8 61 (7.05%) Java
9 15 (1.73%) Data Analysis Expressions
10 14 (1.62%) Apex Code
11 9 (1.04%) T-SQL
12 7 (0.81%) Kusto Query Language
13 5 (0.58%) Shell Script
14 4 (0.46%) ABAP
14 4 (0.46%) C
14 4 (0.46%) Go
14 4 (0.46%) VB.NET
15 3 (0.35%) PL/SQL
15 3 (0.35%) VBA
Qualifications
1 214 (24.74%) Security Cleared
2 187 (21.62%) SC Cleared
3 74 (8.55%) Azure Certification
4 57 (6.59%) Degree
5 29 (3.35%) Computer Science Degree
6 25 (2.89%) Microsoft Certification
7 21 (2.43%) DV Cleared
8 20 (2.31%) PMI Certification
9 18 (2.08%) ISTQB
9 18 (2.08%) PMP
10 16 (1.85%) AWS Certification
11 9 (1.04%) BPSS Clearance
11 9 (1.04%) DBS Check
12 7 (0.81%) Master's Degree
12 7 (0.81%) PRINCE2 Certification
13 6 (0.69%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
13 6 (0.69%) TOGAF Certification
14 5 (0.58%) CBAP
14 5 (0.58%) ISEB
14 5 (0.58%) PgMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 117 (13.53%) QA
2 69 (7.98%) Data Quality
3 27 (3.12%) GDPR
4 23 (2.66%) Accessibility
5 16 (1.85%) NIST
6 14 (1.62%) PMO
7 11 (1.27%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 8 (0.92%) ISO 20022
8 8 (0.92%) WCAG
9 6 (0.69%) Sarbanes-Oxley
9 6 (0.69%) SEPA
9 6 (0.69%) SLA
10 4 (0.46%) PSD2
11 3 (0.35%) Actionable Recommendations
11 3 (0.35%) Cyber Essentials
12 2 (0.23%) Government Security Classifications
12 2 (0.23%) GRC
12 2 (0.23%) PCI DSS
13 1 (0.12%) Disclosure Scotland
13 1 (0.12%) ISO 15022
System Software
1 145 (16.76%) Docker
2 36 (4.16%) Active Directory
3 13 (1.50%) VMware Infrastructure
4 12 (1.39%) Virtual Machines
5 10 (1.16%) Virtual Desktop
6 5 (0.58%) vSphere
7 4 (0.46%) Hyper-V
8 2 (0.23%) Microsoft App-V
9 1 (0.12%) Virtual Servers
9 1 (0.12%) VMware ESXi
9 1 (0.12%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 174 (20.12%) Kubernetes
2 47 (5.43%) Ansible
3 39 (4.51%) Grafana
4 29 (3.35%) Prometheus
5 14 (1.62%) Microsoft Intune
6 9 (1.04%) SCCM
7 8 (0.92%) Argo
7 8 (0.92%) Packer
8 7 (0.81%) Progress Chef
9 6 (0.69%) HP ALM
9 6 (0.69%) Puppet
10 5 (0.58%) Single Sign-On
11 3 (0.35%) HP Fortify
11 3 (0.35%) Kibana
12 2 (0.23%) Active Directory Federation Services
12 2 (0.23%) Docker Swarm
12 2 (0.23%) Nagios
13 1 (0.12%) Microsoft Clustering
13 1 (0.12%) PowerCLI
13 1 (0.12%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 327 (37.80%) Microsoft
2 92 (10.64%) Databricks
3 47 (5.43%) Salesforce
4 30 (3.47%) Oracle
5 29 (3.35%) SAP
6 23 (2.66%) ServiceNow
7 20 (2.31%) OpenAI
7 20 (2.31%) VMware
8 19 (2.20%) Google
8 19 (2.20%) Splunk
9 18 (2.08%) Dynatrace
10 17 (1.97%) Foundry
11 14 (1.62%) UiPath
12 10 (1.16%) Workday
13 9 (1.04%) IBM
13 9 (1.04%) Informatica
14 8 (0.92%) Cloudera
15 7 (0.81%) HP
15 7 (0.81%) MuleSoft
15 7 (0.81%) Okta