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 15 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 79 71 74
Rank change year-on-year -8 +3 +11
Contract jobs citing Azure DevOps 501 514 606
As % of all contract jobs in London 3.57% 3.27% 3.00%
As % of the Cloud Services category 8.03% 7.99% 7.76%
Number of daily rates quoted 349 349 445
10th Percentile £350 £383 £425
25th Percentile £413 £463 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £575
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% -4.35% -
75th Percentile £638 £638 £650
90th Percentile £725 £700 £733
England median daily rate £500 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -4.76% -4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 0 0
10th Percentile £50.03 - -
25th Percentile £56.06 - -
Median hourly rate £66.75 - -
75th Percentile £78.06 - -
90th Percentile £84.48 - -
England median hourly rate £74.63 £73.75 £62.00
% change year-on-year +1.19% +18.95% -5.76%

All Cloud 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 6,237 6,434 7,812
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 44.46% 40.91% 38.63%
Number of daily rates quoted 4,222 4,383 5,741
10th Percentile £350 £350 £330
25th Percentile £425 £450 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% - -6.78%
75th Percentile £650 £675 £675
90th Percentile £763 £788 £775
England median daily rate £500 £535 £525
% change year-on-year -6.54% +1.90% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 122 34 71
10th Percentile £18.25 £21.78 £18.00
25th Percentile £23.00 £23.80 £21.25
Median hourly rate £25.74 £35.00 £38.00
Median % change year-on-year -26.47% -7.89% +50.50%
75th Percentile £41.25 £55.25 £60.00
90th Percentile £78.13 £65.33 £85.00
England median hourly rate £25.15 £35.00 £30.86
% change year-on-year -28.14% +13.42% +40.27%

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 15 November 2025.

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 15 November 2025.

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 15 November 2025. 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 -12 66 £550 - 109
South London -5 6 £500 +31.58% 1
East London -5 2 £440 - 7
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 28 (5.59%) Confluence
2 25 (4.99%) SharePoint
3 13 (2.59%) Apache
4 9 (1.80%) Apache Airflow
4 9 (1.80%) Apache Spark
5 4 (0.80%) CMS
5 4 (0.80%) Microsoft Exchange
6 2 (0.40%) Sitecore CMS
7 1 (0.20%) Adobe Experience Manager
7 1 (0.20%) Anypoint
7 1 (0.20%) Appian
7 1 (0.20%) HCL Notes
7 1 (0.20%) Headless CMS
7 1 (0.20%) Jupyter
7 1 (0.20%) Kentico
7 1 (0.20%) Mule
Applications
1 12 (2.40%) Microsoft Excel
2 8 (1.60%) Microsoft Project
3 7 (1.40%) Microsoft Office
4 6 (1.20%) MS Visio
5 3 (0.60%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 3 (0.60%) Trello
Business Applications
1 25 (4.99%) Dynamics CRM
2 9 (1.80%) Aladdin
2 9 (1.80%) Endur
3 4 (0.80%) SAP S/4HANA
4 2 (0.40%) Salesforce CRM
5 1 (0.20%) Orchestrade
5 1 (0.20%) SAP BPC
5 1 (0.20%) SAP Oil and Gas
5 1 (0.20%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 501 (100.00%) Azure
2 110 (21.96%) Power Platform
3 107 (21.36%) GitHub
4 74 (14.77%) GitHub Actions
5 69 (13.77%) AWS
6 63 (12.57%) Serverless
7 60 (11.98%) Azure AKS
7 60 (11.98%) Azure Data Factory
8 59 (11.78%) Azure Monitor
9 54 (10.78%) Dynamics 365
10 50 (9.98%) Entra ID
11 47 (9.38%) Azure Logic Apps
12 43 (8.58%) PowerApps
13 42 (8.38%) Power Automate
14 41 (8.18%) Azure Functions
14 41 (8.18%) Azure Service Bus
15 40 (7.98%) Azure Synapse Analytics
16 32 (6.39%) Azure Key Vault
17 30 (5.99%) Azure Cosmos DB
18 29 (5.79%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 28 (5.59%) Firewall
2 14 (2.79%) DNS
2 14 (2.79%) Network Security
2 14 (2.79%) VPN
3 8 (1.60%) WAN
4 5 (1.00%) SD-WAN
5 3 (0.60%) HTTPS
5 3 (0.60%) LAN
5 3 (0.60%) SSL
6 2 (0.40%) DHCP
6 2 (0.40%) MPLS
6 2 (0.40%) Remote Desktop
6 2 (0.40%) TCP/IP
7 1 (0.20%) AMQP
7 1 (0.20%) BGP
7 1 (0.20%) DSL
7 1 (0.20%) HTTP
7 1 (0.20%) IPsec
7 1 (0.20%) NGFW
7 1 (0.20%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 67 (13.37%) Power BI
2 37 (7.39%) SQL Server
3 24 (4.79%) Azure SQL Database
4 21 (4.19%) Data Lake
4 21 (4.19%) Data Warehouse
5 18 (3.59%) PostgreSQL
6 17 (3.39%) Delta Lake
7 15 (2.99%) NoSQL
8 14 (2.79%) MongoDB
9 13 (2.59%) Redis
10 9 (1.80%) Relational Database
10 9 (1.80%) SQL Server Integration Services
11 7 (1.40%) Elasticsearch
11 7 (1.40%) Metadata
11 7 (1.40%) SQL Server Reporting Services
12 6 (1.20%) DynamoDB
13 5 (1.00%) Star Schema
14 4 (0.80%) Data Mart
14 4 (0.80%) Tableau
15 3 (0.60%) Snowflake Schema
Development Applications
1 97 (19.36%) JIRA
2 71 (14.17%) Git
3 45 (8.98%) Jenkins
4 33 (6.59%) GitLab
5 25 (4.99%) Selenium
6 17 (3.39%) Postman
7 14 (2.79%) SonarQube
8 12 (2.40%) Cucumber
8 12 (2.40%) JUnit
9 10 (2.00%) TeamCity
10 8 (1.60%) Appium
10 8 (1.60%) JMeter
10 8 (1.60%) Mockito
10 8 (1.60%) SpecFlow
11 7 (1.40%) Bitbucket
11 7 (1.40%) NUnit
11 7 (1.40%) Team Foundation Server
11 7 (1.40%) WebDriver
12 6 (1.20%) Cypress.io
12 6 (1.20%) Octopus Deploy
General
1 172 (34.33%) Social Skills
2 114 (22.75%) Finance
3 55 (10.98%) Analytical Skills
4 47 (9.38%) Public Sector
5 42 (8.38%) Banking
6 27 (5.39%) Investment Banking
7 24 (4.79%) Documentation Skills
8 21 (4.19%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 16 (3.19%) Retail
10 14 (2.79%) Influencing Skills
10 14 (2.79%) Law
11 12 (2.40%) Marketing
12 8 (1.60%) Back Office
13 6 (1.20%) Front Office
13 6 (1.20%) Presentation Skills
14 5 (1.00%) Military
15 4 (0.80%) Financial Institution
16 3 (0.60%) Billing
16 3 (0.60%) General Ledger
16 3 (0.60%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 132 (26.35%) Developer
2 69 (13.77%) Azure Engineer
3 62 (12.38%) DevOps Engineer
4 47 (9.38%) Senior
5 44 (8.78%) Analyst
6 42 (8.38%) Lead
7 38 (7.58%) Azure DevOps Engineer
8 37 (7.39%) Architect
9 33 (6.59%) Business Analyst
10 32 (6.39%) Data Engineer
11 23 (4.59%) Azure Developer
12 21 (4.19%) Azure Architect
13 18 (3.59%) Tester
14 17 (3.39%) Platform Engineer
14 17 (3.39%) Senior Developer
14 17 (3.39%) Test Engineer
15 16 (3.19%) C# Developer
15 16 (3.19%) ServiceNow Developer
16 14 (2.79%) Azure Data Engineer
16 14 (2.79%) Project Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 113 (22.55%) .NET
2 57 (11.38%) REST
3 40 (7.98%) SOAP
4 32 (6.39%) Node.js
5 31 (6.19%) React
5 31 (6.19%) RESTful
6 30 (5.99%) ARM Templates
7 29 (5.79%) YAML
8 24 (4.79%) .NET Core
8 24 (4.79%) Kafka
9 23 (4.59%) .NET Framework
9 23 (4.59%) HTML
9 23 (4.59%) PySpark
10 21 (4.19%) ADO
11 18 (3.59%) ASP.NET
11 18 (3.59%) CSS
12 16 (3.19%) AngularJS
13 15 (2.99%) XML
14 14 (2.79%) Playwright
14 14 (2.79%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 41 (8.18%) Cloud Native
2 22 (4.39%) Product Ownership
3 19 (3.79%) CMDB
3 19 (3.79%) Distributed Systems
4 15 (2.99%) Legacy Systems
5 12 (2.40%) Enterprise Software
6 11 (2.20%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
7 10 (2.00%) AI Agents
7 10 (2.00%) Fixed Income
8 9 (1.80%) Data Structures
8 9 (1.80%) Reinsurance
9 8 (1.60%) Mobile App
10 7 (1.40%) Greenfield Project
10 7 (1.40%) Hybrid Cloud
10 7 (1.40%) Public Cloud
11 6 (1.20%) Derivative
12 5 (1.00%) Analytical Mindset
12 5 (1.00%) Enterprise Cloud
12 5 (1.00%) PMI
12 5 (1.00%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 19 (3.79%) Linux
2 16 (3.19%) Windows
3 8 (1.60%) Android
3 8 (1.60%) Apple iOS
3 8 (1.60%) Unix
4 5 (1.00%) VMS
5 3 (0.60%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 3 (0.60%) Windows Server
6 1 (0.20%) Solaris
6 1 (0.20%) Windows 10
6 1 (0.20%) Windows 7
6 1 (0.20%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 500 (99.80%) DevOps
2 265 (52.89%) CI/CD
3 262 (52.30%) Agile
4 136 (27.15%) Infrastructure as Code
5 106 (21.16%) Problem-Solving
6 99 (19.76%) Scrum
7 96 (19.16%) Analytics
8 87 (17.37%) Test Automation
9 70 (13.97%) Business Intelligence
10 61 (12.18%) Microservices
11 60 (11.98%) Migration
12 57 (11.38%) Containerisation
13 56 (11.18%) Continuous Improvement
14 55 (10.98%) AI
15 50 (9.98%) Stakeholder Engagement
16 49 (9.78%) Data Engineering
16 49 (9.78%) Data Modelling
17 47 (9.38%) Stakeholder Management
18 46 (9.18%) TDD
19 44 (8.78%) Workflow
Programming Languages
1 150 (29.94%) SQL
2 141 (28.14%) Python
3 126 (25.15%) C#
4 91 (18.16%) JavaScript
5 65 (12.97%) PowerShell
6 54 (10.78%) Bicep
7 53 (10.58%) Java
8 33 (6.59%) TypeScript
9 32 (6.39%) Bash
10 7 (1.40%) T-SQL
11 6 (1.20%) Kusto Query Language
11 6 (1.20%) VB.NET
12 4 (0.80%) Go
12 4 (0.80%) Korn
12 4 (0.80%) PL/SQL
12 4 (0.80%) Shell Script
13 3 (0.60%) X++
14 2 (0.40%) Data Analysis Expressions
14 2 (0.40%) R
14 2 (0.40%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 102 (20.36%) Security Cleared
2 88 (17.56%) SC Cleared
3 47 (9.38%) Degree
4 42 (8.38%) Azure Certification
5 22 (4.39%) Computer Science Degree
6 19 (3.79%) Microsoft Certification
7 14 (2.79%) ISTQB
8 10 (2.00%) PMI Certification
9 8 (1.60%) Master's Degree
9 8 (1.60%) Numerate Degree
10 6 (1.20%) PMP
11 5 (1.00%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
12 4 (0.80%) CBAP
12 4 (0.80%) CISSP
12 4 (0.80%) DV Cleared
12 4 (0.80%) ISEB
12 4 (0.80%) ITIL Certification
13 3 (0.60%) BPSS Clearance
14 2 (0.40%) CISM
14 2 (0.40%) PRINCE2 Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 37 (7.39%) QA
2 25 (4.99%) Data Quality
3 19 (3.79%) GDPR
4 17 (3.39%) Accessibility
5 8 (1.60%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 7 (1.40%) NIST
7 5 (1.00%) NCSC
8 4 (0.80%) WCAG
9 3 (0.60%) Sarbanes-Oxley
9 3 (0.60%) Solvency II
10 2 (0.40%) EU AI Act
10 2 (0.40%) Government Security Classifications
10 2 (0.40%) PMO
11 1 (0.20%) California Consumer Privacy Act
11 1 (0.20%) Cyber Essentials
11 1 (0.20%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
11 1 (0.20%) ISO 20022
11 1 (0.20%) ISO/IEC 42001
11 1 (0.20%) SEPA
11 1 (0.20%) Software Quality Assurance
System Software
1 77 (15.37%) Docker
2 34 (6.79%) Active Directory
3 12 (2.40%) Virtual Machines
4 5 (1.00%) Virtual Desktop
5 3 (0.60%) VMware Infrastructure
6 1 (0.20%) KVM
6 1 (0.20%) Squid
Systems Management
1 140 (27.94%) Terraform
2 80 (15.97%) Kubernetes
3 35 (6.99%) Ansible
4 16 (3.19%) Grafana
5 14 (2.79%) Prometheus
6 7 (1.40%) Kibana
6 7 (1.40%) Progress Chef
7 5 (1.00%) Argo
7 5 (1.00%) Puppet
8 4 (0.80%) Istio
8 4 (0.80%) ITRS Geneos
8 4 (0.80%) Microsoft Intune
9 3 (0.60%) Packer
10 2 (0.40%) Fluentd
10 2 (0.40%) Jamf Pro
10 2 (0.40%) Opsgenie
10 2 (0.40%) Single Sign-On
11 1 (0.20%) HP ALM
11 1 (0.20%) linkerd
11 1 (0.20%) SCCM
Vendors
1 167 (33.33%) Microsoft
2 64 (12.77%) Databricks
3 30 (5.99%) ServiceNow
4 18 (3.59%) OpenAI
5 17 (3.39%) Salesforce
6 12 (2.40%) Oracle
7 11 (2.20%) SAP
8 8 (1.60%) Murex
9 7 (1.40%) DocuSign
9 7 (1.40%) Guidewire
10 6 (1.20%) Duck Creek
10 6 (1.20%) Google
10 6 (1.20%) UiPath
11 5 (1.00%) Aruba
11 5 (1.00%) Cisco
11 5 (1.00%) Sitecore
12 3 (0.60%) Fortinet
12 3 (0.60%) OpenLink
12 3 (0.60%) Splunk
12 3 (0.60%) VMware