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

6 months to
28 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 54 75 58
Rank change year-on-year +21 -17 +15
Contract jobs citing Azure DevOps 871 463 628
As % of all contract jobs in London 4.32% 3.46% 3.87%
As % of the Cloud Services category 10.48% 8.02% 9.44%
Number of daily rates quoted 622 326 411
10th Percentile £375 £343 £381
25th Percentile £425 £413 £436
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
75th Percentile £625 £650 £600
90th Percentile £688 £750 £675
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 £39.50 £62.50 -
% change year-on-year -36.80% - -

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 8,313 5,773 6,654
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 41.25% 43.19% 40.99%
Number of daily rates quoted 5,682 3,951 4,771
10th Percentile £363 £340 £350
25th Percentile £450 £425 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £540 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year +2.86% -4.55% -4.35%
75th Percentile £645 £650 £675
90th Percentile £749 £775 £800
England median daily rate £525 £505 £525
% change year-on-year +3.96% -3.81% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 98 90 49
10th Percentile £19.18 £22.95 £20.00
25th Percentile £23.25 £25.05 £23.80
Median hourly rate £35.00 £29.54 £28.50
Median % change year-on-year +18.50% +3.63% -43.00%
75th Percentile £55.00 £46.00 £40.75
90th Percentile £76.06 £67.95 £59.20
England median hourly rate £34.38 £26.30 £28.25
% change year-on-year +30.70% -6.90% -14.39%

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 28 August 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 28 August 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 28 August 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 +3 97 £545 +9.00% 34
South London -2 11 £525 -1.18% 5
West London -16 5 £625 +20.19% 13
East London +1 3 £604 +16.06% 8
North London +1 2 £600 +36.36% 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 53 (6.08%) SharePoint
2 43 (4.94%) Confluence
3 31 (3.56%) Apache Spark
4 27 (3.10%) Apache Airflow
5 25 (2.87%) Apache
6 9 (1.03%) CMS
7 8 (0.92%) Microsoft Exchange
8 3 (0.34%) Kentico
8 3 (0.34%) Mendix
9 2 (0.23%) IIS
10 1 (0.11%) Adobe Experience Manager
10 1 (0.11%) Apache Pulsar
10 1 (0.11%) ArcGIS
10 1 (0.11%) EPiServer
10 1 (0.11%) GeoServer
10 1 (0.11%) HCL Notes
10 1 (0.11%) Headless CMS
10 1 (0.11%) IBM HTTP Server
10 1 (0.11%) nginx
10 1 (0.11%) Sitecore CMS
Applications
1 29 (3.33%) Microsoft Project
2 26 (2.99%) Microsoft Excel
3 11 (1.26%) MS Visio
4 9 (1.03%) Microsoft Office
5 7 (0.80%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 5 (0.57%) Notion
7 4 (0.46%) Chatbot
8 2 (0.23%) CPLEX
8 2 (0.23%) Spreadsheet
9 1 (0.11%) Trello
Business Applications
1 34 (3.90%) Dynamics CRM
2 9 (1.03%) SAP S/4HANA
3 6 (0.69%) Dynamics AX
4 3 (0.34%) Endur
4 3 (0.34%) Findur
4 3 (0.34%) Payment Gateway
5 2 (0.23%) Aladdin
5 2 (0.23%) IBM Operational Decision Manager
5 2 (0.23%) Maximo
5 2 (0.23%) Oracle Payables
5 2 (0.23%) Oracle Receivables
5 2 (0.23%) SAP MM
5 2 (0.23%) SAP Oil and Gas
6 1 (0.11%) FLEXCUBE
6 1 (0.11%) Oracle EBS
6 1 (0.11%) Oracle General Ledger
6 1 (0.11%) Remedy ITSM
6 1 (0.11%) SAP ERP
6 1 (0.11%) SAP MDG
6 1 (0.11%) SimCorp Dimension
Cloud Services
1 871 (100.00%) Azure
2 266 (30.54%) GitHub
3 165 (18.94%) GitHub Actions
4 149 (17.11%) Power Platform
5 143 (16.42%) AWS
6 104 (11.94%) Azure Data Factory
7 81 (9.30%) Azure AKS
8 78 (8.96%) Entra ID
9 74 (8.50%) Azure Monitor
10 71 (8.15%) Power Automate
11 69 (7.92%) Dynamics 365
12 65 (7.46%) Serverless
13 57 (6.54%) Azure Synapse Analytics
14 55 (6.31%) PowerApps
15 44 (5.05%) Azure Functions
16 43 (4.94%) Azure Logic Apps
16 43 (4.94%) PaaS
17 42 (4.82%) GCP
17 42 (4.82%) Microsoft 365
18 41 (4.71%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 28 (3.21%) Firewall
2 19 (2.18%) VPN
3 18 (2.07%) Network Security
4 17 (1.95%) DNS
5 7 (0.80%) DHCP
6 6 (0.69%) WAN
7 5 (0.57%) SD-WAN
8 4 (0.46%) Internet
8 4 (0.46%) SAN
9 3 (0.34%) Wi-Fi
10 2 (0.23%) 4G
10 2 (0.23%) Cisco IOS
10 2 (0.23%) NAS
10 2 (0.23%) SSH
10 2 (0.23%) SSL
10 2 (0.23%) VLAN
10 2 (0.23%) X.509
11 1 (0.11%) Cisco ASA
11 1 (0.11%) Reverse Proxy
11 1 (0.11%) SMTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 96 (11.02%) Power BI
2 65 (7.46%) Data Lake
3 54 (6.20%) Data Warehouse
4 53 (6.08%) SQL Server
5 47 (5.40%) Azure SQL Database
6 33 (3.79%) Delta Lake
7 31 (3.56%) NoSQL
8 25 (2.87%) PostgreSQL
9 21 (2.41%) Metadata
10 19 (2.18%) Snowflake Schema
11 16 (1.84%) Relational Database
12 15 (1.72%) Big Data
13 14 (1.61%) Star Schema
14 13 (1.49%) Spark SQL
15 12 (1.38%) Redis
16 11 (1.26%) SQL Server Integration Services
17 10 (1.15%) MongoDB
18 8 (0.92%) Amazon Redshift
19 7 (0.80%) BigQuery
20 6 (0.69%) Parquet
Development Applications
1 151 (17.34%) JIRA
2 146 (16.76%) Git
3 109 (12.51%) Jenkins
4 85 (9.76%) GitLab
5 44 (5.05%) Selenium
6 22 (2.53%) SonarQube
7 14 (1.61%) Cypress.io
7 14 (1.61%) Visual Studio
8 11 (1.26%) Postman
9 10 (1.15%) Maven
9 10 (1.15%) REST Assured
10 9 (1.03%) Cucumber
10 9 (1.03%) JUnit
10 9 (1.03%) Snyk
10 9 (1.03%) TestRail
10 9 (1.03%) WebDriver
11 8 (0.92%) Bitbucket
11 8 (0.92%) Gradle
12 7 (0.80%) JMeter
13 6 (0.69%) Zephyr
General
1 237 (27.21%) Finance
2 227 (26.06%) Social Skills
3 85 (9.76%) Analytical Skills
4 78 (8.96%) Public Sector
5 66 (7.58%) Banking
6 25 (2.87%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 25 (2.87%) Retail
7 16 (1.84%) Marketing
8 15 (1.72%) Documentation Skills
8 15 (1.72%) Influencing Skills
8 15 (1.72%) Legal
9 14 (1.61%) Investment Banking
10 9 (1.03%) Local Government
11 8 (0.92%) Law
12 6 (0.69%) Organisational Skills
12 6 (0.69%) Pharmaceutical
12 6 (0.69%) Presentation Skills
13 5 (0.57%) Back Office
14 4 (0.46%) Financial Institution
14 4 (0.46%) Front Office
Job Titles
1 145 (16.65%) Azure Engineer
2 143 (16.42%) DevOps Engineer
3 137 (15.73%) Senior
4 132 (15.15%) Developer
5 91 (10.45%) Data Engineer
6 84 (9.64%) Azure DevOps Engineer
7 66 (7.58%) Lead
8 65 (7.46%) Architect
9 63 (7.23%) Analyst
10 36 (4.13%) Platform Engineer
11 35 (4.02%) Consultant
12 33 (3.79%) Business Analyst
13 32 (3.67%) Cloud Engineer
14 28 (3.21%) Project Manager
15 24 (2.76%) Senior Developer
16 22 (2.53%) Senior DevOps
16 22 (2.53%) Test Analyst
17 21 (2.41%) Azure Data Engineer
17 21 (2.41%) Cloud Platform Engineer
17 21 (2.41%) Infrastructure Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 255 (29.28%) Terraform
2 117 (13.43%) .NET
3 105 (12.06%) REST
4 65 (7.46%) PySpark
5 56 (6.43%) ADO
6 46 (5.28%) JSON
7 42 (4.82%) React
8 41 (4.71%) YAML
9 40 (4.59%) Kafka
10 32 (3.67%) RESTful
11 29 (3.33%) ARM Templates
11 29 (3.33%) XML
12 27 (3.10%) .NET Framework
12 27 (3.10%) Playwright
13 26 (2.99%) AngularJS
13 26 (2.99%) Middleware
14 24 (2.76%) .NET Core
15 22 (2.53%) OAuth
16 20 (2.30%) HTML
16 20 (2.30%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 102 (11.71%) Cloud Native
2 49 (5.63%) Product Ownership
3 33 (3.79%) Distributed Systems
4 32 (3.67%) Legacy Systems
5 23 (2.64%) Onboarding
6 22 (2.53%) Enterprise Software
7 19 (2.18%) AI Agents
7 19 (2.18%) Management Information System
8 17 (1.95%) Hybrid Cloud
8 17 (1.95%) Self-Motivation
9 15 (1.72%) Reinsurance
10 11 (1.26%) Enterprise Cloud
10 11 (1.26%) Greenfield Project
11 10 (1.15%) Low-Code
12 9 (1.03%) Data Protection Act
13 8 (0.92%) Data Centre
13 8 (0.92%) Data Structures
13 8 (0.92%) Linux Command Line
13 8 (0.92%) Public Cloud
14 7 (0.80%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 51 (5.86%) Windows
2 31 (3.56%) Linux
3 16 (1.84%) Windows Server
4 14 (1.61%) VMS
5 9 (1.03%) 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 2 (0.23%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 2 (0.23%) Ubuntu
9 1 (0.11%) Amazon Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 871 (100.00%) DevOps
2 481 (55.22%) CI/CD
3 354 (40.64%) Agile
4 222 (25.49%) Infrastructure as Code
5 157 (18.03%) Test Automation
6 148 (16.99%) Stakeholder Management
7 146 (16.76%) Analytics
8 138 (15.84%) Problem-Solving
9 126 (14.47%) Migration
10 116 (13.32%) Containerisation
10 116 (13.32%) Continuous Improvement
11 106 (12.17%) Data Modelling
12 104 (11.94%) Business Intelligence
13 102 (11.71%) AI
14 101 (11.60%) Scrum
15 99 (11.37%) Microservices
16 98 (11.25%) Stakeholder Engagement
17 93 (10.68%) Data Pipeline
17 93 (10.68%) ETL
17 93 (10.68%) User Acceptance Testing
Programming Languages
1 275 (31.57%) SQL
2 249 (28.59%) Python
3 143 (16.42%) C#
4 117 (13.43%) PowerShell
5 86 (9.87%) Bicep
6 74 (8.50%) Bash
7 72 (8.27%) JavaScript
8 60 (6.89%) TypeScript
9 59 (6.77%) Java
10 16 (1.84%) Data Analysis Expressions
11 12 (1.38%) Apex Code
12 8 (0.92%) T-SQL
13 7 (0.80%) Shell Script
14 6 (0.69%) Go
15 5 (0.57%) Kusto Query Language
16 4 (0.46%) VB.NET
17 3 (0.34%) Korn
17 3 (0.34%) PL/SQL
17 3 (0.34%) Scala
17 3 (0.34%) X++
Qualifications
1 231 (26.52%) Security Cleared
2 204 (23.42%) SC Cleared
3 68 (7.81%) Azure Certification
4 50 (5.74%) Degree
5 27 (3.10%) Computer Science Degree
5 27 (3.10%) Microsoft Certification
6 23 (2.64%) DV Cleared
7 17 (1.95%) ISTQB
8 14 (1.61%) AWS Certification
9 10 (1.15%) DBS Check
10 9 (1.03%) PMI Certification
11 6 (0.69%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
11 6 (0.69%) BPSS Clearance
11 6 (0.69%) PMP
12 5 (0.57%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
12 5 (0.57%) PRINCE2 Certification
13 4 (0.46%) Cisco Certification
13 4 (0.46%) CISSP
13 4 (0.46%) ISEB
13 4 (0.46%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 110 (12.63%) QA
2 74 (8.50%) Data Quality
3 25 (2.87%) GDPR
4 19 (2.18%) Accessibility
5 18 (2.07%) NIST
6 15 (1.72%) PMO
7 11 (1.26%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 8 (0.92%) Sarbanes-Oxley
9 7 (0.80%) ISO 20022
9 7 (0.80%) SLA
9 7 (0.80%) WCAG
10 5 (0.57%) SEPA
11 4 (0.46%) PSD2
12 3 (0.34%) Cyber Essentials
13 2 (0.23%) Government Security Classifications
13 2 (0.23%) GRC
13 2 (0.23%) HMG Security Policy Framework
14 1 (0.11%) ISO 15022
14 1 (0.11%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
14 1 (0.11%) P3O
System Software
1 136 (15.61%) Docker
2 48 (5.51%) Active Directory
3 14 (1.61%) VMware Infrastructure
4 11 (1.26%) Virtual Machines
5 6 (0.69%) Hyper-V
5 6 (0.69%) Virtual Desktop
6 4 (0.46%) vSphere
7 2 (0.23%) Microsoft App-V
7 2 (0.23%) OpenSSH
8 1 (0.11%) Virtual Servers
8 1 (0.11%) VMware ESXi
8 1 (0.11%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 167 (19.17%) Kubernetes
2 51 (5.86%) Ansible
3 26 (2.99%) Grafana
4 22 (2.53%) Prometheus
5 11 (1.26%) Microsoft Intune
5 11 (1.26%) Packer
6 8 (0.92%) HP ALM
6 8 (0.92%) Progress Chef
6 8 (0.92%) Puppet
6 8 (0.92%) SCCM
7 6 (0.69%) Argo
8 5 (0.57%) Single Sign-On
9 3 (0.34%) HP Fortify
9 3 (0.34%) Kibana
10 2 (0.23%) Active Directory Federation Services
10 2 (0.23%) Docker Swarm
10 2 (0.23%) Nagios
11 1 (0.11%) Microsoft Clustering
11 1 (0.11%) PowerCLI
11 1 (0.11%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 309 (35.48%) Microsoft
2 97 (11.14%) Databricks
3 35 (4.02%) Salesforce
4 30 (3.44%) Oracle
5 25 (2.87%) SAP
6 24 (2.76%) ServiceNow
7 19 (2.18%) VMware
8 14 (1.61%) Google
8 14 (1.61%) Informatica
8 14 (1.61%) OpenAI
8 14 (1.61%) Splunk
9 10 (1.15%) Dynatrace
9 10 (1.15%) UiPath
10 9 (1.03%) Cloudera
10 9 (1.03%) Foundry
11 8 (0.92%) HP
12 7 (0.80%) Bloomberg
12 7 (0.80%) Guidewire
13 6 (0.69%) Cisco
13 6 (0.69%) IBM