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

6 months to
25 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 59 86 59
Rank change year-on-year +27 -27 +21
Contract jobs citing Azure DevOps 719 397 633
As % of all contract jobs in London 4.10% 3.11% 3.55%
As % of the Cloud Services category 9.49% 7.35% 9.43%
Number of daily rates quoted 514 282 407
10th Percentile £363 £378 £408
25th Percentile £413 £443 £461
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £536 £525
Median % change year-on-year -6.76% +2.14% -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 £67.50 £65.50
% change year-on-year -36.67% +3.05% -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 7,577 5,404 6,714
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 43.20% 42.40% 37.61%
Number of daily rates quoted 5,222 3,754 4,947
10th Percentile £350 £358 £331
25th Percentile £425 £440 £441
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% - -6.38%
75th Percentile £638 £669 £675
90th Percentile £750 £788 £775
England median daily rate £503 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.19% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 107 54 77
10th Percentile £19.23 £22.27 £17.78
25th Percentile £25.36 £24.66 £21.25
Median hourly rate £35.50 £29.07 £26.00
Median % change year-on-year +22.12% +11.81% -30.20%
75th Percentile £52.96 £53.75 £40.63
90th Percentile £72.50 £71.88 £61.00
England median hourly rate £45.00 £26.45 £20.99
% change year-on-year +70.13% +26.04% -30.05%

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 25 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 25 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 25 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 -8 77 £524 -3.23% 32
South London +6 17 £500 +1.01% 1
West London -23 6 £375 -21.05% 9
East London -7 2 £604 +12.28% 4
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 (6.26%) SharePoint
2 31 (4.31%) Apache Spark
3 29 (4.03%) Confluence
4 23 (3.20%) Apache
5 15 (2.09%) Apache Airflow
6 12 (1.67%) Microsoft Exchange
7 11 (1.53%) HCL Notes
8 10 (1.39%) 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 24 (3.34%) Microsoft Project
2 9 (1.25%) MS Visio
3 6 (0.83%) Microsoft Excel
4 3 (0.42%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 2 (0.28%) Microsoft Office
6 1 (0.14%) Trello
Business Applications
1 33 (4.59%) Dynamics CRM
2 6 (0.83%) 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
1 719 (100.00%) Azure
2 209 (29.07%) GitHub
3 127 (17.66%) GitHub Actions
4 124 (17.25%) Power Platform
5 98 (13.63%) AWS
6 96 (13.35%) Azure Data Factory
7 75 (10.43%) Azure AKS
8 73 (10.15%) Azure Monitor
9 72 (10.01%) Serverless
10 69 (9.60%) Entra ID
11 64 (8.90%) Azure Synapse Analytics
12 63 (8.76%) Dynamics 365
13 58 (8.07%) Azure Key Vault
13 58 (8.07%) Power Automate
14 56 (7.79%) Azure Logic Apps
15 52 (7.23%) Azure Service Bus
16 44 (6.12%) Azure Functions
17 39 (5.42%) Microsoft 365
18 38 (5.29%) PowerApps
19 35 (4.87%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 21 (2.92%) Firewall
2 12 (1.67%) Network Security
3 11 (1.53%) DNS
4 7 (0.97%) VPN
5 6 (0.83%) WAN
6 5 (0.70%) SD-WAN
7 3 (0.42%) FTP
7 3 (0.42%) Remote Desktop
8 2 (0.28%) HTTP
8 2 (0.28%) Internet
8 2 (0.28%) SSH
8 2 (0.28%) TCP/IP
8 2 (0.28%) X.509
9 1 (0.14%) Cisco ASA
9 1 (0.14%) Cisco Firepower
9 1 (0.14%) IPsec
9 1 (0.14%) LAN
9 1 (0.14%) MPLS
9 1 (0.14%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 82 (11.40%) SQL Server
2 69 (9.60%) Power BI
3 58 (8.07%) Data Lake
4 47 (6.54%) Azure SQL Database
4 47 (6.54%) Delta Lake
5 46 (6.40%) Data Warehouse
6 30 (4.17%) NoSQL
7 19 (2.64%) Oracle Database
8 15 (2.09%) Spark SQL
8 15 (2.09%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 14 (1.95%) PostgreSQL
9 14 (1.95%) Snowflake Schema
10 13 (1.81%) MongoDB
11 12 (1.67%) Big Data
11 12 (1.67%) Relational Database
12 11 (1.53%) Metadata
13 10 (1.39%) Redis
13 10 (1.39%) Tableau
14 9 (1.25%) Amazon Redshift
14 9 (1.25%) DynamoDB
Development Applications
1 136 (18.92%) JIRA
2 107 (14.88%) Git
3 64 (8.90%) Jenkins
4 35 (4.87%) GitLab
5 30 (4.17%) Selenium
6 16 (2.23%) Postman
7 14 (1.95%) Cypress.io
8 11 (1.53%) REST Assured
8 11 (1.53%) TestRail
9 10 (1.39%) MLflow
9 10 (1.39%) SpecFlow
9 10 (1.39%) Zephyr
10 9 (1.25%) Cucumber
10 9 (1.25%) SonarQube
10 9 (1.25%) Team Foundation Server
11 7 (0.97%) JUnit
12 6 (0.83%) Artifactory
12 6 (0.83%) Visual Studio
13 5 (0.70%) webpack
14 4 (0.56%) git-flow
General
1 196 (27.26%) Finance
2 167 (23.23%) Social Skills
3 78 (10.85%) Analytical Skills
4 65 (9.04%) Public Sector
5 48 (6.68%) Banking
6 18 (2.50%) Financial Institution
7 16 (2.23%) Front Office
8 14 (1.95%) Documentation Skills
9 13 (1.81%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 12 (1.67%) Investment Banking
11 10 (1.39%) Retail
12 9 (1.25%) Organisational Skills
12 9 (1.25%) Presentation Skills
13 6 (0.83%) Influencing Skills
13 6 (0.83%) Legal
14 5 (0.70%) Marketing
15 3 (0.42%) Law
15 3 (0.42%) Local Government
15 3 (0.42%) Pharmaceutical
16 2 (0.28%) Back Office
Job Titles
1 136 (18.92%) Developer
2 107 (14.88%) Azure Engineer
3 104 (14.46%) Senior
4 90 (12.52%) Data Engineer
5 83 (11.54%) DevOps Engineer
6 59 (8.21%) Lead
7 51 (7.09%) Architect
8 50 (6.95%) Azure DevOps Engineer
9 47 (6.54%) Analyst
10 30 (4.17%) Azure Developer
11 29 (4.03%) Platform Engineer
12 26 (3.62%) Azure Architect
12 26 (3.62%) Tester
13 23 (3.20%) IT Support
14 22 (3.06%) Test Analyst
15 21 (2.92%) Cloud Engineer
16 20 (2.78%) Business Analyst
16 20 (2.78%) Support Engineer
17 19 (2.64%) Senior Developer
17 19 (2.64%) Test Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 122 (16.97%) .NET
2 58 (8.07%) PySpark
3 48 (6.68%) React
3 48 (6.68%) REST
4 43 (5.98%) Node.js
5 33 (4.59%) Kafka
6 31 (4.31%) ADO
7 28 (3.89%) AngularJS
7 28 (3.89%) JSON
8 27 (3.76%) .NET Core
8 27 (3.76%) .NET Framework
8 27 (3.76%) Playwright
8 27 (3.76%) YAML
9 25 (3.48%) ARM Templates
10 24 (3.34%) CSS
10 24 (3.34%) HTML
10 24 (3.34%) OAuth
11 21 (2.92%) RESTful
12 17 (2.36%) Web Services
12 17 (2.36%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 81 (11.27%) Cloud Native
2 34 (4.73%) Product Ownership
3 31 (4.31%) Legacy Systems
4 27 (3.76%) Distributed Systems
5 19 (2.64%) Enterprise Software
6 18 (2.50%) Reinsurance
7 16 (2.23%) Low-Code
8 15 (2.09%) AI Agents
9 12 (1.67%) Onboarding
10 10 (1.39%) Greenfield Project
10 10 (1.39%) Replication
11 8 (1.11%) Data Structures
11 8 (1.11%) NHS
11 8 (1.11%) Self-Motivation
12 7 (0.97%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
12 7 (0.97%) Public Cloud
13 6 (0.83%) Management Information System
14 5 (0.70%) Enterprise Cloud
14 5 (0.70%) Hybrid Cloud
14 5 (0.70%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 45 (6.26%) Windows
2 21 (2.92%) Linux
3 9 (1.25%) VMS
3 9 (1.25%) Windows Server
4 5 (0.70%) 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
1 713 (99.17%) DevOps
2 406 (56.47%) CI/CD
3 262 (36.44%) Agile
4 177 (24.62%) Infrastructure as Code
5 134 (18.64%) Analytics
6 122 (16.97%) Problem-Solving
7 120 (16.69%) Test Automation
8 107 (14.88%) Migration
9 100 (13.91%) Data Modelling
10 99 (13.77%) AI
11 98 (13.63%) Continuous Improvement
12 89 (12.38%) Data Pipeline
13 84 (11.68%) Business Intelligence
13 84 (11.68%) Microservices
14 82 (11.40%) Observability
14 82 (11.40%) Scrum
15 81 (11.27%) Containerisation
16 77 (10.71%) Stakeholder Management
17 72 (10.01%) Data Engineering
17 72 (10.01%) ETL
Programming Languages
1 268 (37.27%) SQL
2 213 (29.62%) Python
3 156 (21.70%) C#
4 78 (10.85%) JavaScript
5 71 (9.87%) PowerShell
6 70 (9.74%) Bicep
7 56 (7.79%) TypeScript
8 51 (7.09%) Java
9 43 (5.98%) Bash
10 24 (3.34%) Scala
11 18 (2.50%) T-SQL
12 12 (1.67%) Kusto Query Language
13 11 (1.53%) Formula Language
13 11 (1.53%) LotusScript
14 10 (1.39%) PL/SQL
15 7 (0.97%) Data Analysis Expressions
16 5 (0.70%) Go
16 5 (0.70%) Shell Script
17 4 (0.56%) R
17 4 (0.56%) XPath
Qualifications
1 183 (25.45%) Security Cleared
2 164 (22.81%) SC Cleared
3 65 (9.04%) Azure Certification
4 36 (5.01%) Degree
5 19 (2.64%) Computer Science Degree
6 17 (2.36%) BPSS Clearance
6 17 (2.36%) ISTQB
7 15 (2.09%) Microsoft Certification
8 7 (0.97%) PMI Certification
8 7 (0.97%) PMP
9 6 (0.83%) DV Cleared
9 6 (0.83%) 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%) PRINCE2 Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 82 (11.40%) QA
2 66 (9.18%) Data Quality
3 16 (2.23%) GDPR
4 14 (1.95%) Accessibility
5 9 (1.25%) PMO
5 9 (1.25%) WCAG
6 7 (0.97%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 6 (0.83%) 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%) Government Security Classifications
11 1 (0.14%) GxP
11 1 (0.14%) MiFID
11 1 (0.14%) SNOMED CT
System Software
1 109 (15.16%) Docker
2 45 (6.26%) Active Directory
3 9 (1.25%) Virtual Desktop
4 7 (0.97%) 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
1 210 (29.21%) Terraform
2 126 (17.52%) Kubernetes
3 35 (4.87%) Ansible
4 15 (2.09%) Grafana
5 11 (1.53%) Prometheus
6 7 (0.97%) HP ALM
6 7 (0.97%) Packer
7 6 (0.83%) Microsoft Intune
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%) Fluentd
11 1 (0.14%) FortiGate
11 1 (0.14%) Icinga
Vendors
1 231 (32.13%) Microsoft
2 110 (15.30%) Databricks
3 57 (7.93%) Oracle
4 33 (4.59%) ServiceNow
5 26 (3.62%) OpenAI
6 22 (3.06%) Salesforce
7 17 (2.36%) SAP
8 15 (2.09%) Informatica
9 12 (1.67%) VMware
10 11 (1.53%) Lotus
11 10 (1.39%) Foundry
11 10 (1.39%) Kofax
12 9 (1.25%) Splunk
13 7 (0.97%) Bloomberg
13 7 (0.97%) HP
14 5 (0.70%) Citrix
14 5 (0.70%) Dynatrace
14 5 (0.70%) Refinitiv
15 4 (0.56%) Adobe
15 4 (0.56%) Cisco