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

6 months to
3 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 64 86 64
Rank change year-on-year +22 -22 +11
Contract jobs citing Azure DevOps 834 460 601
As % of all contract jobs in London 4.10% 3.41% 3.71%
As % of the Cloud Services category 10.03% 7.84% 9.05%
Number of daily rates quoted 595 317 404
10th Percentile £363 £348 £391
25th Percentile £425 £413 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% - -8.70%
75th Percentile £630 £663 £625
90th Percentile £691 £750 £700
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 £75.00 -
% change year-on-year -9.05% - -

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 8,319 5,865 6,641
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 40.88% 43.48% 40.96%
Number of daily rates quoted 5,730 3,974 4,581
10th Percentile £360 £347 £350
25th Percentile £450 £425 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £533 £550
Median % change year-on-year +3.24% -3.14% -3.51%
75th Percentile £650 £650 £675
90th Percentile £750 £775 £800
England median daily rate £525 £505 £530
% change year-on-year +3.96% -4.72% -2.75%
Number of hourly rates quoted 95 95 42
10th Percentile £17.60 £22.50 £23.80
25th Percentile £22.79 £25.15 £24.16
Median hourly rate £28.55 £28.50 £31.25
Median % change year-on-year +0.18% -8.80% -22.84%
75th Percentile £57.50 £47.50 £47.72
90th Percentile £78.75 £79.50 £65.78
England median hourly rate £32.50 £25.15 £35.00
% change year-on-year +29.22% -28.14% +6.06%

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 3 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 3 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 3 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 +8 98 £540 -1.82% 47
South London -2 9 £525 - 7
North London +2 3 £550 +25.00% 1
West London -24 2 £625 +20.19% 7
East London 0 1 - - 2
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 52 (6.24%) Confluence
2 49 (5.88%) SharePoint
3 31 (3.72%) Apache Spark
4 27 (3.24%) Apache Airflow
5 19 (2.28%) Apache
6 10 (1.20%) CMS
7 6 (0.72%) Microsoft Exchange
8 3 (0.36%) Kentico
8 3 (0.36%) Mendix
9 2 (0.24%) IIS
9 2 (0.24%) nginx
10 1 (0.12%) Adobe Experience Manager
10 1 (0.12%) ArcGIS
10 1 (0.12%) Camunda
10 1 (0.12%) EPiServer
10 1 (0.12%) GeoServer
10 1 (0.12%) Headless CMS
10 1 (0.12%) Palantir Foundry
10 1 (0.12%) Sitecore CMS
10 1 (0.12%) ThingWorx
Applications
1 30 (3.60%) Microsoft Excel
2 27 (3.24%) Microsoft Project
3 17 (2.04%) MS Visio
4 11 (1.32%) Microsoft Office
5 7 (0.84%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 5 (0.60%) Notion
7 4 (0.48%) Chatbot
8 3 (0.36%) Mingle
9 2 (0.24%) CPLEX
9 2 (0.24%) Spreadsheet
10 1 (0.12%) Trello
10 1 (0.12%) Windchill
Business Applications
1 34 (4.08%) Dynamics CRM
2 11 (1.32%) SAP S/4HANA
3 5 (0.60%) Dynamics AX
4 4 (0.48%) Payment Gateway
5 3 (0.36%) Aladdin
5 3 (0.36%) SAP MDG
6 2 (0.24%) Endur
6 2 (0.24%) IBM Operational Decision Manager
6 2 (0.24%) Maximo
6 2 (0.24%) Oracle Payables
6 2 (0.24%) Oracle Receivables
6 2 (0.24%) Workday HCM
7 1 (0.12%) FLEXCUBE
7 1 (0.12%) Oracle EBS
7 1 (0.12%) Remedy ITSM
7 1 (0.12%) SAP ERP
7 1 (0.12%) SAP MM
7 1 (0.12%) SAP Oil and Gas
7 1 (0.12%) SDL Web 8
7 1 (0.12%) SimCorp Dimension
Cloud Services
1 834 (100.00%) Azure
2 251 (30.10%) GitHub
3 163 (19.54%) GitHub Actions
4 153 (18.35%) Power Platform
5 149 (17.87%) AWS
6 88 (10.55%) Azure Data Factory
7 78 (9.35%) Entra ID
8 73 (8.75%) Serverless
9 72 (8.63%) Azure Monitor
10 70 (8.39%) Azure AKS
11 65 (7.79%) Dynamics 365
12 60 (7.19%) Power Automate
13 57 (6.83%) Azure Functions
14 53 (6.35%) Azure Synapse Analytics
15 49 (5.88%) GCP
15 49 (5.88%) PowerApps
16 48 (5.76%) Azure Logic Apps
17 45 (5.40%) PaaS
18 43 (5.16%) Snowflake
19 38 (4.56%) Azure Key Vault
Communications & Networking
1 24 (2.88%) DNS
2 23 (2.76%) Firewall
3 18 (2.16%) Network Security
4 15 (1.80%) VPN
5 7 (0.84%) DHCP
6 4 (0.48%) SAN
7 3 (0.36%) Wi-Fi
8 2 (0.24%) 4G
8 2 (0.24%) Cisco IOS
8 2 (0.24%) Internet
8 2 (0.24%) NAS
8 2 (0.24%) Reverse Proxy
8 2 (0.24%) SSH
8 2 (0.24%) SSL
8 2 (0.24%) VLAN
8 2 (0.24%) X.509
9 1 (0.12%) HTTPS
9 1 (0.12%) MQTT
9 1 (0.12%) SMTP
9 1 (0.12%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 102 (12.23%) Power BI
2 58 (6.95%) Data Lake
2 58 (6.95%) SQL Server
3 55 (6.59%) Data Warehouse
4 39 (4.68%) Azure SQL Database
5 28 (3.36%) PostgreSQL
6 26 (3.12%) Delta Lake
6 26 (3.12%) Metadata
7 24 (2.88%) NoSQL
8 18 (2.16%) Snowflake Schema
9 16 (1.92%) Big Data
10 14 (1.68%) Star Schema
11 13 (1.56%) Relational Database
12 11 (1.32%) Spark SQL
12 11 (1.32%) SQL Server Integration Services
13 10 (1.20%) Redis
14 8 (0.96%) Amazon Redshift
14 8 (0.96%) BigQuery
14 8 (0.96%) Data Vault
15 7 (0.84%) Oracle Database
Development Applications
1 149 (17.87%) Git
2 146 (17.51%) JIRA
3 110 (13.19%) Jenkins
4 89 (10.67%) GitLab
5 46 (5.52%) Selenium
6 21 (2.52%) SonarQube
7 16 (1.92%) Cypress.io
8 15 (1.80%) Visual Studio
9 14 (1.68%) Postman
10 12 (1.44%) Cucumber
11 11 (1.32%) REST Assured
11 11 (1.32%) TestRail
12 10 (1.20%) Maven
13 9 (1.08%) JUnit
13 9 (1.08%) SpecFlow
13 9 (1.08%) WebDriver
14 8 (0.96%) Gradle
14 8 (0.96%) JMeter
14 8 (0.96%) Snyk
15 7 (0.84%) Terragrunt
General
1 237 (28.42%) Finance
2 228 (27.34%) Social Skills
3 83 (9.95%) Analytical Skills
4 75 (8.99%) Public Sector
5 72 (8.63%) Banking
6 28 (3.36%) Retail
7 23 (2.76%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 19 (2.28%) Influencing Skills
9 18 (2.16%) Marketing
10 17 (2.04%) Investment Banking
11 16 (1.92%) Documentation Skills
12 11 (1.32%) Legal
13 10 (1.20%) Local Government
14 8 (0.96%) Law
14 8 (0.96%) Pharmaceutical
15 7 (0.84%) Manufacturing
15 7 (0.84%) Organisational Skills
15 7 (0.84%) Presentation Skills
16 5 (0.60%) Back Office
16 5 (0.60%) Front Office
Job Titles
1 148 (17.75%) DevOps Engineer
2 145 (17.39%) Senior
3 142 (17.03%) Azure Engineer
4 120 (14.39%) Developer
5 89 (10.67%) Azure DevOps Engineer
6 76 (9.11%) Data Engineer
7 73 (8.75%) Analyst
8 70 (8.39%) Architect
9 64 (7.67%) Lead
10 42 (5.04%) Business Analyst
11 40 (4.80%) Consultant
12 32 (3.84%) Project Manager
13 28 (3.36%) Cloud Engineer
13 28 (3.36%) Platform Engineer
14 27 (3.24%) Senior DevOps
15 26 (3.12%) Senior DevOps Engineer
16 22 (2.64%) Test Analyst
17 21 (2.52%) Databricks Engineer
17 21 (2.52%) Senior Data Engineer
17 21 (2.52%) Senior Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 249 (29.86%) Terraform
2 123 (14.75%) REST
3 116 (13.91%) .NET
4 57 (6.83%) PySpark
5 55 (6.59%) ADO
6 44 (5.28%) Kafka
7 43 (5.16%) React
8 40 (4.80%) JSON
9 37 (4.44%) YAML
10 35 (4.20%) RESTful
11 30 (3.60%) Playwright
12 29 (3.48%) Middleware
13 27 (3.24%) ARM Templates
13 27 (3.24%) XML
14 24 (2.88%) .NET Core
14 24 (2.88%) OAuth
15 23 (2.76%) .NET Framework
15 23 (2.76%) HTML
16 21 (2.52%) AngularJS
17 19 (2.28%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 100 (11.99%) Cloud Native
2 53 (6.35%) Product Ownership
3 30 (3.60%) Distributed Systems
4 28 (3.36%) Enterprise Software
4 28 (3.36%) Legacy Systems
5 23 (2.76%) Onboarding
6 21 (2.52%) AI Agents
7 18 (2.16%) Hybrid Cloud
8 17 (2.04%) Greenfield Project
8 17 (2.04%) Management Information System
9 14 (1.68%) Self-Motivation
10 13 (1.56%) Reinsurance
11 12 (1.44%) Low-Code
12 11 (1.32%) Enterprise Cloud
13 9 (1.08%) Data Structures
13 9 (1.08%) Linux Command Line
13 9 (1.08%) Public Cloud
14 8 (0.96%) Data Centre
15 7 (0.84%) NHS
15 7 (0.84%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 42 (5.04%) Windows
2 33 (3.96%) Linux
3 14 (1.68%) VMS
4 13 (1.56%) Windows Server
5 7 (0.84%) Unix
6 6 (0.72%) Windows Server 2016
7 4 (0.48%) Android
7 4 (0.48%) Apple iOS
7 4 (0.48%) Windows Server 2019
8 1 (0.12%) Amazon Linux
8 1 (0.12%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 1 (0.12%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 834 (100.00%) DevOps
2 462 (55.40%) CI/CD
3 344 (41.25%) Agile
4 215 (25.78%) Infrastructure as Code
5 159 (19.06%) Stakeholder Management
5 159 (19.06%) Test Automation
6 142 (17.03%) Analytics
6 142 (17.03%) Problem-Solving
7 131 (15.71%) Migration
8 120 (14.39%) AI
9 111 (13.31%) Business Intelligence
10 110 (13.19%) Continuous Improvement
11 109 (13.07%) Containerisation
12 101 (12.11%) Scrum
13 100 (11.99%) Data Modelling
14 94 (11.27%) Stakeholder Engagement
15 93 (11.15%) Microservices
16 89 (10.67%) Validation
17 88 (10.55%) User Acceptance Testing
18 85 (10.19%) ETL
Programming Languages
1 241 (28.90%) SQL
2 240 (28.78%) Python
3 145 (17.39%) C#
4 103 (12.35%) PowerShell
5 88 (10.55%) Bicep
6 83 (9.95%) JavaScript
7 70 (8.39%) Bash
8 66 (7.91%) TypeScript
9 61 (7.31%) Java
10 16 (1.92%) Data Analysis Expressions
11 12 (1.44%) Apex Code
12 10 (1.20%) T-SQL
13 6 (0.72%) Kusto Query Language
14 5 (0.60%) Go
15 4 (0.48%) ABAP
15 4 (0.48%) C
15 4 (0.48%) PL/SQL
15 4 (0.48%) Shell Script
15 4 (0.48%) VB.NET
16 3 (0.36%) VBA
Qualifications
1 205 (24.58%) Security Cleared
2 177 (21.22%) SC Cleared
3 66 (7.91%) Azure Certification
4 54 (6.47%) Degree
5 28 (3.36%) Computer Science Degree
6 25 (3.00%) Microsoft Certification
7 23 (2.76%) DV Cleared
8 16 (1.92%) PMI Certification
9 15 (1.80%) ISTQB
10 14 (1.68%) PMP
11 13 (1.56%) AWS Certification
12 10 (1.20%) DBS Check
13 7 (0.84%) BPSS Clearance
13 7 (0.84%) Master's Degree
13 7 (0.84%) PRINCE2 Certification
14 5 (0.60%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
14 5 (0.60%) ISEB
14 5 (0.60%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
15 4 (0.48%) CBAP
15 4 (0.48%) CISSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 110 (13.19%) QA
2 68 (8.15%) Data Quality
3 27 (3.24%) GDPR
4 21 (2.52%) Accessibility
5 20 (2.40%) NIST
6 14 (1.68%) PMO
7 11 (1.32%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 8 (0.96%) ISO 20022
8 8 (0.96%) WCAG
9 7 (0.84%) Sarbanes-Oxley
9 7 (0.84%) SLA
10 6 (0.72%) SEPA
11 4 (0.48%) PSD2
12 3 (0.36%) Actionable Recommendations
12 3 (0.36%) Cyber Essentials
12 3 (0.36%) GRC
13 2 (0.24%) Government Security Classifications
13 2 (0.24%) PCI DSS
14 1 (0.12%) SNOMED CT
14 1 (0.12%) WAI
System Software
1 133 (15.95%) Docker
2 36 (4.32%) Active Directory
3 13 (1.56%) VMware Infrastructure
4 10 (1.20%) Virtual Machines
5 9 (1.08%) Virtual Desktop
6 5 (0.60%) Hyper-V
7 4 (0.48%) vSphere
8 2 (0.24%) Microsoft App-V
8 2 (0.24%) OpenSSH
9 1 (0.12%) Virtual Servers
9 1 (0.12%) VMware ESXi
9 1 (0.12%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 162 (19.42%) Kubernetes
2 48 (5.76%) Ansible
3 27 (3.24%) Grafana
4 26 (3.12%) Prometheus
5 12 (1.44%) Microsoft Intune
6 8 (0.96%) Argo
6 8 (0.96%) Packer
6 8 (0.96%) SCCM
7 7 (0.84%) Progress Chef
8 6 (0.72%) HP ALM
8 6 (0.72%) Puppet
9 4 (0.48%) Single Sign-On
10 3 (0.36%) HP Fortify
10 3 (0.36%) Kibana
11 2 (0.24%) Active Directory Federation Services
11 2 (0.24%) Docker Swarm
11 2 (0.24%) Nagios
12 1 (0.12%) Microsoft Clustering
12 1 (0.12%) PowerCLI
12 1 (0.12%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 303 (36.33%) Microsoft
2 91 (10.91%) Databricks
3 41 (4.92%) Salesforce
4 26 (3.12%) Oracle
4 26 (3.12%) SAP
5 22 (2.64%) ServiceNow
6 21 (2.52%) VMware
7 19 (2.28%) Google
8 18 (2.16%) OpenAI
8 18 (2.16%) Splunk
9 15 (1.80%) Foundry
10 13 (1.56%) UiPath
11 12 (1.44%) Dynatrace
12 9 (1.08%) IBM
12 9 (1.08%) Workday
13 8 (0.96%) Cloudera
13 8 (0.96%) Informatica
14 7 (0.84%) HP
14 7 (0.84%) Okta
15 6 (0.72%) CA Agile Central