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

6 months to
1 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 61 75 61
Rank change year-on-year +14 -14 +15
Contract jobs citing Azure DevOps 763 440 659
As % of all contract jobs in London 3.96% 3.41% 3.77%
As % of the Cloud Services category 9.45% 7.96% 9.49%
Number of daily rates quoted 542 309 422
10th Percentile £375 £350 £405
25th Percentile £425 £419 £455
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
75th Percentile £625 £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 £74.50 £62.50 £65.50
% change year-on-year +19.20% -4.58% -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 8,074 5,525 6,942
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 41.90% 42.86% 39.73%
Number of daily rates quoted 5,553 3,740 5,097
10th Percentile £358 £350 £350
25th Percentile £438 £425 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £540 £550
Median % change year-on-year -2.78% -1.82% -4.35%
75th Percentile £638 £663 £675
90th Percentile £750 £788 £788
England median daily rate £520 £515 £525
% change year-on-year +0.97% -1.90% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 99 75 66
10th Percentile £20.61 £22.70 £18.89
25th Percentile £26.52 £25.08 £22.08
Median hourly rate £35.50 £32.00 £26.97
Median % change year-on-year +10.94% +18.65% -50.96%
75th Percentile £55.38 £48.75 £38.75
90th Percentile £77.11 £67.50 £56.25
England median hourly rate £41.06 £25.15 £22.00
% change year-on-year +63.26% +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 1 July 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 1 July 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 1 July 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 -11 71 £525 -3.23% 41
South London +3 10 £513 -2.38%
West London -13 6 £375 -31.51% 4
East London 0 3 £604 +3.16% 3
North London +2 2 £600 +36.36% 1
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 45 (5.90%) SharePoint
2 37 (4.85%) Confluence
3 32 (4.19%) Apache Spark
4 24 (3.15%) Apache
5 21 (2.75%) Apache Airflow
6 10 (1.31%) Microsoft Exchange
7 5 (0.66%) CMS
8 4 (0.52%) HCL Notes
8 4 (0.52%) Mendix
9 3 (0.39%) 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 27 (3.54%) Microsoft Project
2 11 (1.44%) MS Visio
3 10 (1.31%) Microsoft Excel
4 4 (0.52%) Microsoft Office
4 4 (0.52%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 4 (0.52%) Notion
5 2 (0.26%) Chatbot
5 2 (0.26%) CPLEX
Business Applications
1 32 (4.19%) Dynamics CRM
2 7 (0.92%) Dynamics AX
2 7 (0.92%) SAP S/4HANA
3 3 (0.39%) Endur
3 3 (0.39%) Findur
3 3 (0.39%) Maximo
3 3 (0.39%) SAP BPC
3 3 (0.39%) SAP MM
3 3 (0.39%) 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 Financials
5 1 (0.13%) Oracle Payables
5 1 (0.13%) Oracle Receivables
5 1 (0.13%) PeopleSoft HCM
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
1 763 (100.00%) Azure
2 227 (29.75%) GitHub
3 141 (18.48%) GitHub Actions
4 122 (15.99%) Power Platform
5 119 (15.60%) AWS
6 90 (11.80%) Azure Data Factory
7 70 (9.17%) Azure AKS
8 63 (8.26%) Power Automate
9 61 (7.99%) Azure Monitor
9 61 (7.99%) Entra ID
10 58 (7.60%) Dynamics 365
11 56 (7.34%) Serverless
12 53 (6.95%) Azure Synapse Analytics
13 44 (5.77%) Azure Logic Apps
14 43 (5.64%) Azure Key Vault
15 41 (5.37%) PowerApps
16 39 (5.11%) Azure Service Bus
17 37 (4.85%) Snowflake
18 33 (4.33%) Azure Functions
18 33 (4.33%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 18 (2.36%) Firewall
2 11 (1.44%) Network Security
2 11 (1.44%) VPN
3 10 (1.31%) DNS
4 5 (0.66%) SD-WAN
4 5 (0.66%) WAN
5 4 (0.52%) Internet
6 2 (0.26%) NAS
6 2 (0.26%) Remote Desktop
6 2 (0.26%) SAN
6 2 (0.26%) SSH
6 2 (0.26%) TCP/IP
6 2 (0.26%) X.509
7 1 (0.13%) 4G
7 1 (0.13%) Cisco ASA
7 1 (0.13%) Cisco IOS
7 1 (0.13%) FTP
7 1 (0.13%) IPsec
7 1 (0.13%) VSAN
7 1 (0.13%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 75 (9.83%) Power BI
2 67 (8.78%) Data Lake
3 65 (8.52%) SQL Server
4 48 (6.29%) Delta Lake
5 47 (6.16%) Azure SQL Database
6 40 (5.24%) Data Warehouse
7 33 (4.33%) NoSQL
8 20 (2.62%) Snowflake Schema
9 18 (2.36%) PostgreSQL
10 16 (2.10%) Relational Database
11 15 (1.97%) Spark SQL
12 14 (1.83%) Big Data
13 13 (1.70%) Metadata
13 13 (1.70%) Redis
14 10 (1.31%) MongoDB
14 10 (1.31%) Oracle Database
15 9 (1.18%) Amazon Redshift
15 9 (1.18%) SQL Server Integration Services
16 8 (1.05%) Data Vault
17 6 (0.79%) Star Schema
Development Applications
1 154 (20.18%) JIRA
2 132 (17.30%) Git
3 69 (9.04%) Jenkins
4 54 (7.08%) GitLab
5 27 (3.54%) Selenium
6 14 (1.83%) SonarQube
7 13 (1.70%) REST Assured
8 11 (1.44%) Postman
9 10 (1.31%) Cucumber
10 9 (1.18%) Cypress.io
10 9 (1.18%) JUnit
11 8 (1.05%) SpecFlow
11 8 (1.05%) Team Foundation Server
11 8 (1.05%) Visual Studio
12 6 (0.79%) Bitbucket
12 6 (0.79%) Gradle
12 6 (0.79%) MLflow
12 6 (0.79%) Snyk
12 6 (0.79%) TestRail
12 6 (0.79%) WebDriver
General
1 217 (28.44%) Finance
2 194 (25.43%) Social Skills
3 75 (9.83%) Analytical Skills
4 63 (8.26%) Public Sector
5 53 (6.95%) Banking
6 16 (2.10%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 13 (1.70%) Documentation Skills
8 12 (1.57%) Investment Banking
8 12 (1.57%) Retail
9 11 (1.44%) Organisational Skills
10 10 (1.31%) Front Office
11 9 (1.18%) Legal
11 9 (1.18%) Marketing
12 8 (1.05%) Influencing Skills
13 7 (0.92%) Financial Institution
14 6 (0.79%) Back Office
14 6 (0.79%) Law
14 6 (0.79%) Presentation Skills
15 5 (0.66%) Local Government
16 4 (0.52%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 123 (16.12%) Azure Engineer
2 121 (15.86%) Developer
3 114 (14.94%) Senior
4 103 (13.50%) Data Engineer
5 100 (13.11%) DevOps Engineer
6 59 (7.73%) Architect
6 59 (7.73%) Azure DevOps Engineer
7 55 (7.21%) Lead
8 52 (6.82%) Analyst
9 36 (4.72%) Platform Engineer
10 31 (4.06%) Business Analyst
11 29 (3.80%) Cloud Engineer
12 26 (3.41%) Consultant
13 24 (3.15%) Tester
14 23 (3.01%) Azure Data Engineer
14 23 (3.01%) IT Support
14 23 (3.01%) Solutions Architect
15 21 (2.75%) Senior Data Engineer
15 21 (2.75%) Senior DevOps
16 20 (2.62%) Azure Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 99 (12.98%) .NET
2 74 (9.70%) REST
3 58 (7.60%) PySpark
4 44 (5.77%) React
5 39 (5.11%) ADO
6 37 (4.85%) JSON
7 33 (4.33%) Kafka
8 31 (4.06%) YAML
9 27 (3.54%) AngularJS
10 26 (3.41%) HTML
11 25 (3.28%) .NET Framework
11 25 (3.28%) RESTful
12 24 (3.15%) ARM Templates
12 24 (3.15%) Playwright
13 22 (2.88%) CSS
14 20 (2.62%) Middleware
14 20 (2.62%) Node.js
14 20 (2.62%) OAuth
15 18 (2.36%) .NET Core
15 18 (2.36%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 98 (12.84%) Cloud Native
2 33 (4.33%) Legacy Systems
3 30 (3.93%) Distributed Systems
4 29 (3.80%) Product Ownership
5 26 (3.41%) Reinsurance
6 17 (2.23%) Greenfield Project
7 16 (2.10%) Onboarding
8 13 (1.70%) Self-Motivation
9 11 (1.44%) Enterprise Software
9 11 (1.44%) Management Information System
10 10 (1.31%) Hybrid Cloud
11 9 (1.18%) AI Agents
11 9 (1.18%) Data Structures
11 9 (1.18%) Low-Code
11 9 (1.18%) Public Cloud
11 9 (1.18%) Replication
12 6 (0.79%) Data Protection Act
12 6 (0.79%) Distributed Architecture
12 6 (0.79%) Enterprise Cloud
12 6 (0.79%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
Operating Systems
1 40 (5.24%) Windows
2 18 (2.36%) Linux
3 8 (1.05%) VMS
4 7 (0.92%) Unix
4 7 (0.92%) Windows Server
5 2 (0.26%) Windows Server 2016
5 2 (0.26%) Windows Server 2019
6 1 (0.13%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 1 (0.13%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 760 (99.61%) DevOps
2 424 (55.57%) CI/CD
3 288 (37.75%) Agile
4 199 (26.08%) Infrastructure as Code
5 137 (17.96%) Analytics
6 125 (16.38%) Test Automation
7 123 (16.12%) Problem-Solving
8 121 (15.86%) Migration
9 106 (13.89%) Continuous Improvement
10 102 (13.37%) Data Modelling
10 102 (13.37%) Scrum
11 98 (12.84%) Data Pipeline
12 96 (12.58%) Containerisation
13 95 (12.45%) Stakeholder Management
14 93 (12.19%) ETL
15 91 (11.93%) AI
15 91 (11.93%) Platform Engineering
16 85 (11.14%) Business Intelligence
17 78 (10.22%) Data Engineering
18 77 (10.09%) Microservices
Programming Languages
1 267 (34.99%) SQL
2 225 (29.49%) Python
3 140 (18.35%) C#
4 82 (10.75%) PowerShell
5 72 (9.44%) Bicep
6 62 (8.13%) TypeScript
7 61 (7.99%) JavaScript
8 57 (7.47%) Bash
9 43 (5.64%) Java
10 18 (2.36%) Scala
11 13 (1.70%) T-SQL
12 10 (1.31%) Apex Code
13 8 (1.05%) Data Analysis Expressions
14 7 (0.92%) Kusto Query Language
15 6 (0.79%) Shell Script
16 4 (0.52%) Formula Language
16 4 (0.52%) Go
16 4 (0.52%) LotusScript
17 3 (0.39%) C
17 3 (0.39%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 189 (24.77%) Security Cleared
2 170 (22.28%) SC Cleared
3 60 (7.86%) Azure Certification
4 43 (5.64%) Degree
5 22 (2.88%) Computer Science Degree
6 19 (2.49%) Microsoft Certification
7 13 (1.70%) ISTQB
8 12 (1.57%) DV Cleared
9 11 (1.44%) BPSS Clearance
10 9 (1.18%) AWS Certification
10 9 (1.18%) DBS Check
11 7 (0.92%) PMI Certification
12 6 (0.79%) PMP
13 5 (0.66%) Cisco Certification
13 5 (0.66%) Master's Degree
14 3 (0.39%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
14 3 (0.39%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
14 3 (0.39%) CCNA
14 3 (0.39%) CISSP
14 3 (0.39%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 90 (11.80%) QA
2 69 (9.04%) Data Quality
3 21 (2.75%) GDPR
4 16 (2.10%) Accessibility
5 14 (1.83%) NIST
6 9 (1.18%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 9 (1.18%) PMO
7 8 (1.05%) Sarbanes-Oxley
8 7 (0.92%) SLA
9 6 (0.79%) WCAG
10 3 (0.39%) Cyber Essentials
10 3 (0.39%) PCI DSS
11 2 (0.26%) FedRAMP
11 2 (0.26%) HIPAA
11 2 (0.26%) HMG Security Policy Framework
11 2 (0.26%) NCSC
11 2 (0.26%) PSD2
11 2 (0.26%) SEPA
12 1 (0.13%) GRC
12 1 (0.13%) ITGC
System Software
1 108 (14.15%) Docker
2 39 (5.11%) Active Directory
3 9 (1.18%) VMware Infrastructure
4 8 (1.05%) Virtual Desktop
5 5 (0.66%) Virtual Machines
6 2 (0.26%) Hyper-V
6 2 (0.26%) Microsoft App-V
6 2 (0.26%) OpenSSH
7 1 (0.13%) HDFS
7 1 (0.13%) VMware ESXi
7 1 (0.13%) VMware NSX
7 1 (0.13%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 222 (29.10%) Terraform
2 129 (16.91%) Kubernetes
3 37 (4.85%) Ansible
4 20 (2.62%) Grafana
5 17 (2.23%) Prometheus
6 8 (1.05%) Packer
7 6 (0.79%) HP ALM
7 6 (0.79%) Microsoft Intune
8 5 (0.66%) Progress Chef
8 5 (0.66%) Puppet
8 5 (0.66%) Single Sign-On
9 3 (0.39%) Argo
10 2 (0.26%) HP Fortify
10 2 (0.26%) SCCM
11 1 (0.13%) Docker Swarm
11 1 (0.13%) FortiGate
11 1 (0.13%) Istio
11 1 (0.13%) PowerCLI
11 1 (0.13%) RSA Archer
11 1 (0.13%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 224 (29.36%) Microsoft
2 103 (13.50%) Databricks
3 39 (5.11%) Oracle
4 36 (4.72%) Salesforce
5 27 (3.54%) ServiceNow
6 23 (3.01%) SAP
7 19 (2.49%) Informatica
8 17 (2.23%) OpenAI
9 15 (1.97%) VMware
10 10 (1.31%) Bloomberg
10 10 (1.31%) Foundry
11 8 (1.05%) Refinitiv
12 7 (0.92%) Splunk
13 6 (0.79%) Dynatrace
13 6 (0.79%) HP
14 5 (0.66%) ION Trading
14 5 (0.66%) OpenLink
15 4 (0.52%) Cisco
15 4 (0.52%) Google
15 4 (0.52%) IBM