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

6 months to
21 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 53 78 60
Rank change year-on-year +25 -18 +13
Contract jobs citing Azure DevOps 875 467 642
As % of all contract jobs in London 4.36% 3.48% 3.95%
As % of the Cloud Services category 10.47% 8.08% 9.69%
Number of daily rates quoted 619 331 420
10th Percentile £380 £344 £387
25th Percentile £425 £413 £448
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
75th Percentile £625 £650 £600
90th Percentile £701 £750 £676
England median daily rate £500 £513 £525
% change year-on-year -2.44% -2.38% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 1 0
10th Percentile £43.00 - -
25th Percentile - £86.25 -
Median hourly rate £55.00 £87.50 -
Median % change year-on-year -37.14% - -
75th Percentile £72.50 £88.75 -
90th Percentile £75.05 - -
England median hourly rate £46.80 £62.50 -
% change year-on-year -25.12% - -

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 8,356 5,783 6,627
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 41.62% 43.14% 40.77%
Number of daily rates quoted 5,711 3,956 4,766
10th Percentile £363 £337 £350
25th Percentile £450 £425 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £540 £533 £550
Median % change year-on-year +1.31% -3.09% -4.35%
75th Percentile £650 £650 £675
90th Percentile £750 £775 £800
England median daily rate £525 £510 £525
% change year-on-year +2.94% -2.86% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 99 90 48
10th Percentile £19.20 £22.95 £21.55
25th Percentile £23.33 £24.83 £23.80
Median hourly rate £35.50 £29.04 £27.75
Median % change year-on-year +22.27% +4.63% -47.14%
75th Percentile £57.50 £39.69 £39.25
90th Percentile £78.59 £67.95 £60.05
England median hourly rate £35.00 £26.00 £25.00
% change year-on-year +34.62% +4.00% -22.65%

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 21 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 21 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 21 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 +5 93 £525 - 42
South London +2 11 £525 -1.18% 1
West London -18 5 £625 +14.16% 8
East London -1 3 £604 +16.06% 7
North London -2 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 54 (6.17%) SharePoint
2 38 (4.34%) Confluence
3 33 (3.77%) Apache Spark
4 25 (2.86%) Apache
4 25 (2.86%) Apache Airflow
5 9 (1.03%) CMS
6 8 (0.91%) Microsoft Exchange
7 3 (0.34%) Kentico
7 3 (0.34%) Mendix
8 2 (0.23%) IIS
9 1 (0.11%) Adobe Experience Manager
9 1 (0.11%) ArcGIS
9 1 (0.11%) EPiServer
9 1 (0.11%) GeoServer
9 1 (0.11%) HCL Notes
9 1 (0.11%) Headless CMS
9 1 (0.11%) IBM HTTP Server
9 1 (0.11%) nginx
9 1 (0.11%) Palantir Foundry
9 1 (0.11%) Sitecore CMS
Applications
1 30 (3.43%) Microsoft Project
2 26 (2.97%) Microsoft Excel
3 11 (1.26%) MS Visio
4 8 (0.91%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 7 (0.80%) Microsoft Office
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 32 (3.66%) Dynamics CRM
2 9 (1.03%) SAP S/4HANA
3 7 (0.80%) Dynamics AX
4 3 (0.34%) Aladdin
4 3 (0.34%) Endur
4 3 (0.34%) Findur
4 3 (0.34%) Payment Gateway
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%) Oracle EBS
6 1 (0.11%) Remedy ITSM
6 1 (0.11%) SAP CS
6 1 (0.11%) SAP ERP
6 1 (0.11%) SAP LE
6 1 (0.11%) SAP SD
6 1 (0.11%) SimCorp Dimension
Cloud Services
1 875 (100.00%) Azure
2 265 (30.29%) GitHub
3 162 (18.51%) GitHub Actions
4 143 (16.34%) AWS
5 142 (16.23%) Power Platform
6 102 (11.66%) Azure Data Factory
7 80 (9.14%) Azure AKS
7 80 (9.14%) Entra ID
8 72 (8.23%) Azure Monitor
9 70 (8.00%) Power Automate
10 66 (7.54%) Dynamics 365
11 61 (6.97%) Serverless
12 57 (6.51%) Azure Synapse Analytics
13 54 (6.17%) PowerApps
14 45 (5.14%) Azure Logic Apps
15 44 (5.03%) PaaS
16 43 (4.91%) GCP
17 41 (4.69%) Azure Functions
17 41 (4.69%) Microsoft 365
18 39 (4.46%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 26 (2.97%) Firewall
2 18 (2.06%) VPN
3 16 (1.83%) DNS
3 16 (1.83%) Network Security
4 6 (0.69%) DHCP
4 6 (0.69%) WAN
5 5 (0.57%) SD-WAN
6 4 (0.46%) Internet
6 4 (0.46%) SAN
7 3 (0.34%) Wi-Fi
8 2 (0.23%) 4G
8 2 (0.23%) Cisco IOS
8 2 (0.23%) NAS
8 2 (0.23%) SSH
8 2 (0.23%) SSL
8 2 (0.23%) VLAN
8 2 (0.23%) X.509
9 1 (0.11%) Cisco ASA
9 1 (0.11%) HTTPS
9 1 (0.11%) Reverse Proxy
Database & Business Intelligence
1 92 (10.51%) Power BI
2 63 (7.20%) Data Lake
3 55 (6.29%) SQL Server
4 51 (5.83%) Data Warehouse
5 46 (5.26%) Azure SQL Database
6 33 (3.77%) NoSQL
7 30 (3.43%) Delta Lake
8 22 (2.51%) PostgreSQL
9 20 (2.29%) Metadata
10 18 (2.06%) Snowflake Schema
11 17 (1.94%) Big Data
12 16 (1.83%) Relational Database
13 15 (1.71%) Spark SQL
14 11 (1.26%) Redis
14 11 (1.26%) SQL Server Integration Services
15 10 (1.14%) Star Schema
16 8 (0.91%) Amazon Redshift
16 8 (0.91%) MongoDB
17 7 (0.80%) BigQuery
18 6 (0.69%) Parquet
Development Applications
1 155 (17.71%) JIRA
2 145 (16.57%) Git
3 107 (12.23%) Jenkins
4 84 (9.60%) GitLab
5 44 (5.03%) Selenium
6 22 (2.51%) SonarQube
7 14 (1.60%) Cypress.io
7 14 (1.60%) Visual Studio
8 12 (1.37%) Cucumber
9 11 (1.26%) Postman
10 10 (1.14%) JUnit
10 10 (1.14%) Maven
10 10 (1.14%) REST Assured
11 9 (1.03%) Snyk
11 9 (1.03%) TestRail
11 9 (1.03%) WebDriver
12 8 (0.91%) Bitbucket
12 8 (0.91%) Gradle
12 8 (0.91%) SpecFlow
13 7 (0.80%) JMeter
General
1 242 (27.66%) Finance
2 229 (26.17%) Social Skills
3 85 (9.71%) Analytical Skills
4 76 (8.69%) Public Sector
5 70 (8.00%) Banking
6 25 (2.86%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 23 (2.63%) Retail
8 17 (1.94%) Documentation Skills
9 15 (1.71%) Legal
10 14 (1.60%) Influencing Skills
10 14 (1.60%) Investment Banking
11 13 (1.49%) Marketing
12 9 (1.03%) Local Government
13 8 (0.91%) Law
14 7 (0.80%) Pharmaceutical
14 7 (0.80%) Presentation Skills
15 6 (0.69%) Front Office
15 6 (0.69%) Organisational Skills
16 5 (0.57%) Back Office
17 4 (0.46%) Financial Institution
Job Titles
1 145 (16.57%) Azure Engineer
2 140 (16.00%) DevOps Engineer
3 134 (15.31%) Senior
4 129 (14.74%) Developer
5 93 (10.63%) Data Engineer
6 83 (9.49%) Azure DevOps Engineer
7 70 (8.00%) Lead
8 65 (7.43%) Architect
9 60 (6.86%) Analyst
10 37 (4.23%) Consultant
10 37 (4.23%) Platform Engineer
11 33 (3.77%) Cloud Engineer
12 30 (3.43%) Business Analyst
13 28 (3.20%) Project Manager
14 23 (2.63%) Azure Data Engineer
14 23 (2.63%) Senior DevOps
14 23 (2.63%) Test Analyst
15 22 (2.51%) Senior Developer
15 22 (2.51%) Tester
16 21 (2.40%) Solutions Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 253 (28.91%) Terraform
2 119 (13.60%) .NET
3 102 (11.66%) REST
4 64 (7.31%) PySpark
5 54 (6.17%) ADO
6 46 (5.26%) JSON
7 40 (4.57%) Kafka
7 40 (4.57%) YAML
8 35 (4.00%) React
9 32 (3.66%) Playwright
10 30 (3.43%) RESTful
11 29 (3.31%) AngularJS
11 29 (3.31%) ARM Templates
11 29 (3.31%) XML
12 28 (3.20%) Middleware
13 27 (3.09%) .NET Framework
14 23 (2.63%) .NET Core
15 21 (2.40%) HTML
15 21 (2.40%) OAuth
15 21 (2.40%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 108 (12.34%) Cloud Native
2 42 (4.80%) Product Ownership
3 33 (3.77%) Distributed Systems
3 33 (3.77%) Legacy Systems
4 21 (2.40%) Enterprise Software
4 21 (2.40%) Onboarding
5 19 (2.17%) AI Agents
5 19 (2.17%) Management Information System
6 17 (1.94%) Self-Motivation
7 16 (1.83%) Hybrid Cloud
8 15 (1.71%) Reinsurance
9 13 (1.49%) Greenfield Project
10 10 (1.14%) Enterprise Cloud
10 10 (1.14%) Low-Code
11 9 (1.03%) Data Protection Act
12 8 (0.91%) Data Structures
12 8 (0.91%) Public Cloud
13 7 (0.80%) Data Centre
13 7 (0.80%) FMCG
13 7 (0.80%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 51 (5.83%) Windows
2 29 (3.31%) Linux
3 15 (1.71%) Windows Server
4 14 (1.60%) VMS
5 9 (1.03%) Unix
6 5 (0.57%) Windows Server 2016
7 4 (0.46%) Windows Server 2019
8 3 (0.34%) Android
8 3 (0.34%) Apple iOS
9 2 (0.23%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 2 (0.23%) Ubuntu
10 1 (0.11%) Amazon Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 875 (100.00%) DevOps
2 480 (54.86%) CI/CD
3 352 (40.23%) Agile
4 223 (25.49%) Infrastructure as Code
5 162 (18.51%) Test Automation
6 144 (16.46%) Analytics
7 140 (16.00%) Stakeholder Management
8 138 (15.77%) Problem-Solving
9 127 (14.51%) Migration
10 118 (13.49%) Continuous Improvement
11 113 (12.91%) Containerisation
12 105 (12.00%) Data Modelling
13 101 (11.54%) Scrum
14 100 (11.43%) AI
15 99 (11.31%) Business Intelligence
16 97 (11.09%) Stakeholder Engagement
17 95 (10.86%) Data Pipeline
17 95 (10.86%) Microservices
18 92 (10.51%) ETL
19 90 (10.29%) Data Engineering
Programming Languages
1 279 (31.89%) SQL
2 242 (27.66%) Python
3 151 (17.26%) C#
4 116 (13.26%) PowerShell
5 84 (9.60%) Bicep
6 73 (8.34%) JavaScript
7 70 (8.00%) Bash
8 60 (6.86%) TypeScript
9 59 (6.74%) Java
10 13 (1.49%) Apex Code
11 12 (1.37%) Data Analysis Expressions
12 8 (0.91%) T-SQL
13 7 (0.80%) Shell Script
14 6 (0.69%) Kusto Query Language
15 5 (0.57%) Go
16 4 (0.46%) PL/SQL
16 4 (0.46%) Scala
16 4 (0.46%) VB.NET
17 3 (0.34%) ABAP
17 3 (0.34%) X++
Qualifications
1 236 (26.97%) Security Cleared
2 210 (24.00%) SC Cleared
3 69 (7.89%) Azure Certification
4 48 (5.49%) Degree
5 26 (2.97%) Computer Science Degree
6 24 (2.74%) Microsoft Certification
7 22 (2.51%) DV Cleared
8 16 (1.83%) ISTQB
9 13 (1.49%) AWS Certification
10 10 (1.14%) DBS Check
11 7 (0.80%) PMI Certification
12 6 (0.69%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
13 5 (0.57%) BPSS Clearance
13 5 (0.57%) Cisco Certification
13 5 (0.57%) PMP
14 4 (0.46%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
14 4 (0.46%) CISSP
14 4 (0.46%) ISEB
14 4 (0.46%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
14 4 (0.46%) PRINCE2 Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 111 (12.69%) QA
2 76 (8.69%) Data Quality
3 24 (2.74%) GDPR
4 19 (2.17%) Accessibility
5 17 (1.94%) NIST
6 12 (1.37%) PMO
7 10 (1.14%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 9 (1.03%) Sarbanes-Oxley
9 8 (0.91%) SLA
10 7 (0.80%) ISO 20022
10 7 (0.80%) WCAG
11 5 (0.57%) SEPA
12 4 (0.46%) PSD2
13 3 (0.34%) Cyber Essentials
14 2 (0.23%) Government Security Classifications
14 2 (0.23%) GRC
14 2 (0.23%) HMG Security Policy Framework
14 2 (0.23%) NCSC
15 1 (0.11%) ISO 15022
15 1 (0.11%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
System Software
1 129 (14.74%) Docker
2 50 (5.71%) Active Directory
3 14 (1.60%) 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
1 160 (18.29%) Kubernetes
2 51 (5.83%) Ansible
3 26 (2.97%) Grafana
4 20 (2.29%) Prometheus
5 11 (1.26%) Packer
6 10 (1.14%) Microsoft Intune
7 8 (0.91%) Progress Chef
7 8 (0.91%) Puppet
7 8 (0.91%) SCCM
8 7 (0.80%) HP ALM
9 5 (0.57%) Argo
9 5 (0.57%) Single Sign-On
10 3 (0.34%) HP Fortify
11 2 (0.23%) Docker Swarm
12 1 (0.11%) Active Directory Federation Services
12 1 (0.11%) Istio
12 1 (0.11%) Microsoft Clustering
12 1 (0.11%) PowerCLI
12 1 (0.11%) RSA Archer
12 1 (0.11%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 300 (34.29%) Microsoft
2 97 (11.09%) Databricks
3 36 (4.11%) Salesforce
4 31 (3.54%) Oracle
5 30 (3.43%) ServiceNow
6 25 (2.86%) SAP
7 18 (2.06%) VMware
8 15 (1.71%) Informatica
9 14 (1.60%) Google
9 14 (1.60%) Splunk
10 13 (1.49%) OpenAI
11 10 (1.14%) Dynatrace
11 10 (1.14%) Foundry
11 10 (1.14%) UiPath
12 9 (1.03%) Bloomberg
12 9 (1.03%) Cloudera
13 7 (0.80%) Guidewire
13 7 (0.80%) HP
13 7 (0.80%) IBM
13 7 (0.80%) Refinitiv