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

6 months to
30 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 61 84 60
Rank change year-on-year +23 -24 +18
Contract jobs citing Azure DevOps 715 389 648
As % of all contract jobs in London 4.04% 3.10% 3.63%
As % of the Cloud Services category 9.40% 7.32% 9.61%
Number of daily rates quoted 510 274 419
10th Percentile £363 £376 £412
25th Percentile £415 £440 £459
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
75th Percentile £588 £638 £625
90th Percentile £725 £750 £688
England median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 0 0
10th Percentile £47.58 - -
25th Percentile £49.94 - -
Median hourly rate £61.25 - -
75th Percentile £73.56 - -
90th Percentile £75.48 - -
England median hourly rate £42.75 £49.50 £65.50
% change year-on-year -13.64% -24.43% -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 7,603 5,313 6,741
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 42.97% 42.33% 37.78%
Number of daily rates quoted 5,246 3,688 4,971
10th Percentile £350 £358 £343
25th Percentile £425 £440 £445
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 £505 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -3.81% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 106 53 72
10th Percentile £19.22 £22.53 £17.78
25th Percentile £25.25 £24.66 £21.06
Median hourly rate £35.50 £29.07 £25.00
Median % change year-on-year +22.12% +16.28% -37.50%
75th Percentile £51.81 £53.75 £38.28
90th Percentile £71.25 £72.50 £62.13
England median hourly rate £45.25 £25.98 £20.77
% change year-on-year +74.21% +25.06% -35.70%

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 30 April 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 30 April 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 30 April 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 +4 74 £525 - 34
South London +1 16 £506 +2.27% 1
West London -22 6 £375 -21.05% 7
East London -5 2 £604 +16.90% 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 45 (6.29%) SharePoint
2 32 (4.48%) Apache Spark
3 29 (4.06%) Confluence
4 23 (3.22%) Apache
5 14 (1.96%) Apache Airflow
6 12 (1.68%) Microsoft Exchange
7 11 (1.54%) HCL Notes
8 10 (1.40%) Mendix
9 3 (0.42%) CMS
9 3 (0.42%) IIS
10 2 (0.28%) Sitecore CMS
11 1 (0.14%) Adobe Experience Manager
11 1 (0.14%) IBM HTTP Server
11 1 (0.14%) Palantir Foundry
11 1 (0.14%) SAS
Applications
1 25 (3.50%) Microsoft Project
2 9 (1.26%) MS Visio
3 6 (0.84%) Microsoft Excel
4 3 (0.42%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 2 (0.28%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 30 (4.20%) Dynamics CRM
2 6 (0.84%) 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
1 715 (100.00%) Azure
2 205 (28.67%) GitHub
3 126 (17.62%) GitHub Actions
4 121 (16.92%) Power Platform
5 96 (13.43%) AWS
6 94 (13.15%) Azure Data Factory
7 73 (10.21%) Azure AKS
8 68 (9.51%) Azure Monitor
9 66 (9.23%) Entra ID
10 65 (9.09%) Serverless
11 62 (8.67%) Azure Synapse Analytics
12 59 (8.25%) Dynamics 365
12 59 (8.25%) Power Automate
13 55 (7.69%) Azure Key Vault
14 52 (7.27%) Azure Logic Apps
15 50 (6.99%) Azure Service Bus
16 42 (5.87%) Azure Functions
17 38 (5.31%) Microsoft 365
17 38 (5.31%) PowerApps
18 37 (5.17%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 23 (3.22%) Firewall
2 12 (1.68%) DNS
2 12 (1.68%) Network Security
3 8 (1.12%) VPN
4 6 (0.84%) WAN
5 5 (0.70%) SD-WAN
6 3 (0.42%) FTP
6 3 (0.42%) Remote Desktop
7 2 (0.28%) HTTP
7 2 (0.28%) Internet
7 2 (0.28%) SSH
7 2 (0.28%) TCP/IP
7 2 (0.28%) X.509
8 1 (0.14%) Cisco ASA
8 1 (0.14%) Cisco Firepower
8 1 (0.14%) IPsec
8 1 (0.14%) LAN
8 1 (0.14%) MPLS
8 1 (0.14%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 82 (11.47%) SQL Server
2 70 (9.79%) Power BI
3 58 (8.11%) Data Lake
4 48 (6.71%) Delta Lake
5 47 (6.57%) Azure SQL Database
6 44 (6.15%) Data Warehouse
7 31 (4.34%) NoSQL
8 19 (2.66%) Oracle Database
9 16 (2.24%) PostgreSQL
10 15 (2.10%) Snowflake Schema
10 15 (2.10%) Spark SQL
11 14 (1.96%) SQL Server Integration Services
12 13 (1.82%) MongoDB
12 13 (1.82%) Relational Database
13 12 (1.68%) Big Data
14 11 (1.54%) Metadata
15 10 (1.40%) Redis
15 10 (1.40%) Tableau
16 8 (1.12%) Amazon Redshift
16 8 (1.12%) Star Schema
Development Applications
1 135 (18.88%) JIRA
2 109 (15.24%) Git
3 64 (8.95%) Jenkins
4 37 (5.17%) GitLab
5 31 (4.34%) Selenium
6 16 (2.24%) Postman
7 14 (1.96%) Cypress.io
8 12 (1.68%) REST Assured
9 11 (1.54%) SpecFlow
9 11 (1.54%) TestRail
10 10 (1.40%) Cucumber
10 10 (1.40%) MLflow
10 10 (1.40%) Zephyr
11 9 (1.26%) SonarQube
11 9 (1.26%) Team Foundation Server
12 7 (0.98%) Artifactory
12 7 (0.98%) JUnit
13 5 (0.70%) Liquibase
13 5 (0.70%) Visual Studio
13 5 (0.70%) webpack
General
1 195 (27.27%) Finance
2 164 (22.94%) Social Skills
3 75 (10.49%) Analytical Skills
4 62 (8.67%) Public Sector
5 47 (6.57%) Banking
6 18 (2.52%) Financial Institution
7 16 (2.24%) Front Office
8 14 (1.96%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 12 (1.68%) Documentation Skills
9 12 (1.68%) Investment Banking
10 9 (1.26%) Organisational Skills
10 9 (1.26%) Presentation Skills
10 9 (1.26%) Retail
11 6 (0.84%) Influencing Skills
11 6 (0.84%) Legal
12 5 (0.70%) Marketing
13 3 (0.42%) Local Government
13 3 (0.42%) Pharmaceutical
14 2 (0.28%) Law
14 2 (0.28%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 135 (18.88%) Developer
2 108 (15.10%) Azure Engineer
3 105 (14.69%) Senior
4 94 (13.15%) Data Engineer
5 78 (10.91%) DevOps Engineer
6 58 (8.11%) Lead
7 50 (6.99%) Architect
7 50 (6.99%) Azure DevOps Engineer
8 47 (6.57%) Analyst
9 29 (4.06%) Azure Developer
9 29 (4.06%) Platform Engineer
10 26 (3.64%) Tester
11 25 (3.50%) Azure Architect
12 23 (3.22%) IT Support
13 22 (3.08%) Test Analyst
14 20 (2.80%) Business Analyst
14 20 (2.80%) Cloud Engineer
14 20 (2.80%) Senior Developer
14 20 (2.80%) Support Engineer
15 19 (2.66%) IT Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 119 (16.64%) .NET
2 59 (8.25%) PySpark
3 49 (6.85%) React
4 48 (6.71%) REST
5 36 (5.03%) Node.js
6 34 (4.76%) Kafka
7 32 (4.48%) ADO
8 30 (4.20%) .NET Framework
9 28 (3.92%) AngularJS
9 28 (3.92%) JSON
10 27 (3.78%) Playwright
11 26 (3.64%) .NET Core
11 26 (3.64%) YAML
12 25 (3.50%) ARM Templates
13 24 (3.36%) CSS
13 24 (3.36%) HTML
14 22 (3.08%) RESTful
15 18 (2.52%) OAuth
16 17 (2.38%) Web Services
17 16 (2.24%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 81 (11.33%) Cloud Native
2 32 (4.48%) Product Ownership
3 31 (4.34%) Legacy Systems
4 23 (3.22%) Distributed Systems
5 19 (2.66%) Reinsurance
6 16 (2.24%) Enterprise Software
6 16 (2.24%) Low-Code
7 13 (1.82%) AI Agents
7 13 (1.82%) Onboarding
8 11 (1.54%) Greenfield Project
8 11 (1.54%) Replication
9 8 (1.12%) Data Structures
9 8 (1.12%) NHS
9 8 (1.12%) Self-Motivation
10 7 (0.98%) Public Cloud
11 6 (0.84%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
11 6 (0.84%) Management Information System
12 5 (0.70%) Enterprise Cloud
13 4 (0.56%) Data Centre
13 4 (0.56%) Hybrid Cloud
Operating Systems
1 45 (6.29%) Windows
2 21 (2.94%) Linux
3 9 (1.26%) VMS
3 9 (1.26%) Windows Server
4 6 (0.84%) Unix
5 2 (0.28%) Windows Server 2016
5 2 (0.28%) Windows Server 2019
6 1 (0.14%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 1 (0.14%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 709 (99.16%) DevOps
2 399 (55.80%) CI/CD
3 262 (36.64%) Agile
4 177 (24.76%) Infrastructure as Code
5 125 (17.48%) Analytics
6 123 (17.20%) Test Automation
7 119 (16.64%) Problem-Solving
8 107 (14.97%) Migration
9 101 (14.13%) Data Modelling
10 94 (13.15%) AI
11 91 (12.73%) Continuous Improvement
12 89 (12.45%) Data Pipeline
13 84 (11.75%) Business Intelligence
14 83 (11.61%) Scrum
15 81 (11.33%) Observability
16 80 (11.19%) Containerisation
17 77 (10.77%) Microservices
18 75 (10.49%) Stakeholder Management
19 74 (10.35%) ETL
20 73 (10.21%) Data Engineering
Programming Languages
1 268 (37.48%) SQL
2 209 (29.23%) Python
3 156 (21.82%) C#
4 76 (10.63%) JavaScript
5 70 (9.79%) PowerShell
6 67 (9.37%) Bicep
7 55 (7.69%) TypeScript
8 53 (7.41%) Java
9 43 (6.01%) Bash
10 24 (3.36%) Scala
11 17 (2.38%) T-SQL
12 11 (1.54%) Formula Language
12 11 (1.54%) Kusto Query Language
12 11 (1.54%) LotusScript
13 9 (1.26%) PL/SQL
14 7 (0.98%) Data Analysis Expressions
15 5 (0.70%) Go
15 5 (0.70%) Shell Script
16 4 (0.56%) R
16 4 (0.56%) XPath
Qualifications
1 183 (25.59%) Security Cleared
2 163 (22.80%) SC Cleared
3 66 (9.23%) Azure Certification
4 34 (4.76%) Degree
5 18 (2.52%) Computer Science Degree
6 17 (2.38%) BPSS Clearance
6 17 (2.38%) ISTQB
7 14 (1.96%) Microsoft Certification
8 7 (0.98%) PMI Certification
8 7 (0.98%) PMP
9 6 (0.84%) DV Cleared
9 6 (0.84%) Master's Degree
10 4 (0.56%) AWS Certification
10 4 (0.56%) DBS Check
11 2 (0.28%) Cisco Certification
11 2 (0.28%) ISEB
11 2 (0.28%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
11 2 (0.28%) ITIL Certification
11 2 (0.28%) MBA
12 1 (0.14%) CCIE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 85 (11.89%) QA
2 66 (9.23%) Data Quality
3 16 (2.24%) GDPR
4 14 (1.96%) Accessibility
5 9 (1.26%) PMO
5 9 (1.26%) WCAG
6 8 (1.12%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 6 (0.84%) NIST
8 4 (0.56%) NCSC
8 4 (0.56%) PCI DSS
8 4 (0.56%) SLA
9 3 (0.42%) HIPAA
9 3 (0.42%) HL7
10 2 (0.28%) FedRAMP
10 2 (0.28%) HMG Security Policy Framework
10 2 (0.28%) ISO/IEC 27001
11 1 (0.14%) EMIR
11 1 (0.14%) Government Security Classifications
11 1 (0.14%) MiFID
11 1 (0.14%) P3O
System Software
1 105 (14.69%) Docker
2 41 (5.73%) Active Directory
3 9 (1.26%) Virtual Desktop
4 6 (0.84%) Virtual Machines
5 4 (0.56%) VMware Infrastructure
6 2 (0.28%) Hyper-V
6 2 (0.28%) Microsoft App-V
6 2 (0.28%) OpenSSH
7 1 (0.14%) HDFS
Systems Management
1 207 (28.95%) Terraform
2 126 (17.62%) Kubernetes
3 29 (4.06%) Ansible
4 16 (2.24%) Grafana
5 12 (1.68%) Prometheus
6 7 (0.98%) HP ALM
7 6 (0.84%) Microsoft Intune
7 6 (0.84%) Packer
8 5 (0.70%) Progress Chef
8 5 (0.70%) Puppet
9 3 (0.42%) Argo
10 2 (0.28%) Istio
10 2 (0.28%) Kubeflow
10 2 (0.28%) Opsgenie
10 2 (0.28%) SCCM
10 2 (0.28%) Single Sign-On
11 1 (0.14%) CASB
11 1 (0.14%) FortiGate
11 1 (0.14%) Icinga
11 1 (0.14%) RSA Archer
Vendors
1 226 (31.61%) Microsoft
2 107 (14.97%) Databricks
3 56 (7.83%) Oracle
4 33 (4.62%) ServiceNow
5 23 (3.22%) OpenAI
6 22 (3.08%) Salesforce
7 16 (2.24%) Informatica
7 16 (2.24%) SAP
8 12 (1.68%) VMware
9 11 (1.54%) Lotus
10 10 (1.40%) Foundry
10 10 (1.40%) Kofax
10 10 (1.40%) Splunk
11 8 (1.12%) Bloomberg
12 7 (0.98%) HP
13 6 (0.84%) Dynatrace
13 6 (0.84%) Refinitiv
14 5 (0.70%) Citrix
15 4 (0.56%) Adobe
15 4 (0.56%) Cisco