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 1 October 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 60 84 63
Rank change year-on-year +24 -21 +10
Contract jobs citing Azure DevOps 843 454 601
As % of all contract jobs in London 4.14% 3.37% 3.73%
As % of the Cloud Services category 10.13% 7.77% 9.11%
Number of daily rates quoted 599 316 400
10th Percentile £363 £347 £399
25th Percentile £425 £413 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.38% - -8.70%
75th Percentile £626 £664 £625
90th Percentile £694 £750 £700
England median daily rate £500 £511 £525
% change year-on-year -2.20% -2.62% -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 £69.61 £75.00 -
% change year-on-year -7.19% - -

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 8,325 5,844 6,595
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 40.93% 43.39% 40.94%
Number of daily rates quoted 5,736 3,967 4,542
10th Percentile £358 £339 £350
25th Percentile £447 £425 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £530 £550
Median % change year-on-year +3.77% -3.64% -3.34%
75th Percentile £650 £650 £675
90th Percentile £750 £775 £800
England median daily rate £525 £501 £530
% change year-on-year +4.90% -5.57% -3.59%
Number of hourly rates quoted 94 94 41
10th Percentile £17.60 £22.50 £23.80
25th Percentile £22.65 £25.15 £24.15
Median hourly rate £28.55 £27.95 £31.00
Median % change year-on-year +2.15% -9.84% -23.46%
75th Percentile £57.50 £47.31 £48.75
90th Percentile £78.75 £78.75 £66.00
England median hourly rate £32.50 £25.15 £35.00
% change year-on-year +29.22% -28.14% +6.06%

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 1 October 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 1 October 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 1 October 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 +5 100 £530 -3.64% 54
South London +1 10 £523 -0.48% 7
North London +2 3 £550 +25.00% 1
West London -19 3 £625 +20.19% 7
East London 0 1 - - 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 52 (6.17%) Confluence
2 50 (5.93%) SharePoint
3 31 (3.68%) Apache Spark
4 28 (3.32%) Apache Airflow
5 19 (2.25%) Apache
6 10 (1.19%) CMS
7 6 (0.71%) Microsoft Exchange
8 3 (0.36%) Kentico
8 3 (0.36%) Mendix
9 2 (0.24%) IIS
10 1 (0.12%) Adobe Experience Manager
10 1 (0.12%) Apache Pulsar
10 1 (0.12%) ArcGIS
10 1 (0.12%) Camunda
10 1 (0.12%) EPiServer
10 1 (0.12%) GeoServer
10 1 (0.12%) Headless CMS
10 1 (0.12%) Palantir Foundry
10 1 (0.12%) Sitecore CMS
10 1 (0.12%) ThingWorx
Applications
1 29 (3.44%) Microsoft Excel
2 28 (3.32%) Microsoft Project
3 17 (2.02%) MS Visio
4 11 (1.30%) Microsoft Office
5 7 (0.83%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 5 (0.59%) Notion
7 4 (0.47%) Chatbot
8 3 (0.36%) Mingle
9 2 (0.24%) CPLEX
9 2 (0.24%) Spreadsheet
10 1 (0.12%) Trello
10 1 (0.12%) Windchill
Business Applications
1 35 (4.15%) Dynamics CRM
2 11 (1.30%) SAP S/4HANA
3 5 (0.59%) Dynamics AX
4 4 (0.47%) Payment Gateway
5 3 (0.36%) Aladdin
5 3 (0.36%) SAP MDG
6 2 (0.24%) Endur
6 2 (0.24%) IBM Operational Decision Manager
6 2 (0.24%) Maximo
6 2 (0.24%) Oracle Payables
6 2 (0.24%) Oracle Receivables
6 2 (0.24%) SAP BPC
6 2 (0.24%) Workday HCM
7 1 (0.12%) FLEXCUBE
7 1 (0.12%) Oracle Assets
7 1 (0.12%) Oracle EBS
7 1 (0.12%) SAP MM
7 1 (0.12%) SAP Oil and Gas
7 1 (0.12%) SDL Web 8
7 1 (0.12%) SimCorp Dimension
Cloud Services
1 843 (100.00%) Azure
2 255 (30.25%) GitHub
3 164 (19.45%) GitHub Actions
4 154 (18.27%) AWS
4 154 (18.27%) Power Platform
5 88 (10.44%) Azure Data Factory
6 78 (9.25%) Entra ID
7 72 (8.54%) Serverless
8 71 (8.42%) Azure AKS
8 71 (8.42%) Azure Monitor
9 65 (7.71%) Dynamics 365
10 61 (7.24%) Power Automate
11 54 (6.41%) Azure Functions
12 53 (6.29%) Azure Synapse Analytics
13 50 (5.93%) PowerApps
14 49 (5.81%) GCP
15 46 (5.46%) Azure Logic Apps
16 44 (5.22%) PaaS
16 44 (5.22%) Snowflake
17 38 (4.51%) Azure Key Vault
Communications & Networking
1 24 (2.85%) DNS
2 23 (2.73%) Firewall
3 17 (2.02%) Network Security
4 16 (1.90%) VPN
5 7 (0.83%) DHCP
6 4 (0.47%) SAN
7 3 (0.36%) Wi-Fi
8 2 (0.24%) 4G
8 2 (0.24%) Cisco IOS
8 2 (0.24%) Internet
8 2 (0.24%) NAS
8 2 (0.24%) SSH
8 2 (0.24%) SSL
8 2 (0.24%) VLAN
8 2 (0.24%) X.509
9 1 (0.12%) Cisco ASA
9 1 (0.12%) Cisco Firepower
9 1 (0.12%) MQTT
9 1 (0.12%) Reverse Proxy
9 1 (0.12%) VSAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 103 (12.22%) Power BI
2 57 (6.76%) Data Lake
3 56 (6.64%) Data Warehouse
3 56 (6.64%) SQL Server
4 38 (4.51%) Azure SQL Database
5 28 (3.32%) PostgreSQL
6 27 (3.20%) Delta Lake
7 26 (3.08%) Metadata
8 24 (2.85%) NoSQL
9 18 (2.14%) Snowflake Schema
10 16 (1.90%) Big Data
11 14 (1.66%) Star Schema
12 13 (1.54%) Relational Database
13 11 (1.30%) Spark SQL
13 11 (1.30%) SQL Server Integration Services
14 10 (1.19%) Redis
15 9 (1.07%) Amazon Redshift
16 8 (0.95%) BigQuery
16 8 (0.95%) Data Vault
17 7 (0.83%) Oracle Database
Development Applications
1 150 (17.79%) JIRA
2 149 (17.67%) Git
3 110 (13.05%) Jenkins
4 89 (10.56%) GitLab
5 47 (5.58%) Selenium
6 22 (2.61%) SonarQube
7 16 (1.90%) Cypress.io
8 15 (1.78%) Visual Studio
9 14 (1.66%) Postman
10 12 (1.42%) Cucumber
11 11 (1.30%) REST Assured
11 11 (1.30%) TestRail
12 10 (1.19%) Maven
13 9 (1.07%) JUnit
13 9 (1.07%) SpecFlow
13 9 (1.07%) WebDriver
14 8 (0.95%) Gradle
14 8 (0.95%) JMeter
14 8 (0.95%) Snyk
15 7 (0.83%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 234 (27.76%) Finance
2 229 (27.16%) Social Skills
3 84 (9.96%) Analytical Skills
4 75 (8.90%) Public Sector
5 72 (8.54%) Banking
6 28 (3.32%) Retail
7 23 (2.73%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 19 (2.25%) Influencing Skills
9 17 (2.02%) Investment Banking
9 17 (2.02%) Marketing
10 16 (1.90%) Documentation Skills
11 13 (1.54%) Legal
12 9 (1.07%) Local Government
13 8 (0.95%) Law
13 8 (0.95%) Pharmaceutical
14 7 (0.83%) Manufacturing
14 7 (0.83%) Organisational Skills
14 7 (0.83%) Presentation Skills
15 5 (0.59%) Financial Institution
15 5 (0.59%) Front Office
Job Titles
1 149 (17.67%) DevOps Engineer
2 143 (16.96%) Senior
3 141 (16.73%) Azure Engineer
4 120 (14.23%) Developer
5 89 (10.56%) Azure DevOps Engineer
6 76 (9.02%) Data Engineer
7 75 (8.90%) Analyst
8 72 (8.54%) Architect
9 64 (7.59%) Lead
10 43 (5.10%) Business Analyst
11 40 (4.74%) Consultant
12 33 (3.91%) Project Manager
13 29 (3.44%) Platform Engineer
14 28 (3.32%) Cloud Engineer
15 26 (3.08%) Senior DevOps
16 25 (2.97%) Senior DevOps Engineer
17 23 (2.73%) Test Analyst
18 21 (2.49%) Databricks Engineer
18 21 (2.49%) Senior Data Engineer
19 20 (2.37%) Azure Data Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 252 (29.89%) Terraform
2 124 (14.71%) REST
3 114 (13.52%) .NET
4 58 (6.88%) PySpark
5 56 (6.64%) ADO
6 43 (5.10%) Kafka
7 41 (4.86%) React
8 40 (4.74%) JSON
9 37 (4.39%) YAML
10 34 (4.03%) RESTful
11 30 (3.56%) Playwright
12 28 (3.32%) Middleware
13 27 (3.20%) ARM Templates
13 27 (3.20%) XML
14 24 (2.85%) OAuth
15 23 (2.73%) .NET Core
15 23 (2.73%) .NET Framework
16 22 (2.61%) HTML
17 20 (2.37%) AngularJS
17 20 (2.37%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 99 (11.74%) Cloud Native
2 53 (6.29%) Product Ownership
3 30 (3.56%) Distributed Systems
4 28 (3.32%) Enterprise Software
4 28 (3.32%) Legacy Systems
5 24 (2.85%) Onboarding
6 21 (2.49%) AI Agents
7 18 (2.14%) Hybrid Cloud
7 18 (2.14%) Management Information System
8 16 (1.90%) Greenfield Project
9 14 (1.66%) Reinsurance
9 14 (1.66%) Self-Motivation
10 12 (1.42%) Low-Code
11 11 (1.30%) Enterprise Cloud
12 9 (1.07%) Data Structures
12 9 (1.07%) Public Cloud
13 8 (0.95%) Data Centre
13 8 (0.95%) Linux Command Line
14 7 (0.83%) NHS
14 7 (0.83%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 42 (4.98%) Windows
2 32 (3.80%) Linux
3 14 (1.66%) VMS
4 13 (1.54%) Windows Server
5 7 (0.83%) Unix
6 6 (0.71%) Windows Server 2016
7 4 (0.47%) Android
7 4 (0.47%) Apple iOS
7 4 (0.47%) Windows Server 2019
8 1 (0.12%) Amazon Linux
8 1 (0.12%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 1 (0.12%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 843 (100.00%) DevOps
2 467 (55.40%) CI/CD
3 347 (41.16%) Agile
4 218 (25.86%) Infrastructure as Code
5 162 (19.22%) Stakeholder Management
6 160 (18.98%) Test Automation
7 143 (16.96%) Analytics
7 143 (16.96%) Problem-Solving
8 133 (15.78%) Migration
9 120 (14.23%) AI
10 112 (13.29%) Business Intelligence
10 112 (13.29%) Containerisation
11 111 (13.17%) Continuous Improvement
12 104 (12.34%) Scrum
13 101 (11.98%) Data Modelling
14 97 (11.51%) Stakeholder Engagement
15 93 (11.03%) Microservices
16 91 (10.79%) User Acceptance Testing
17 89 (10.56%) Validation
18 87 (10.32%) ETL
Programming Languages
1 243 (28.83%) Python
2 242 (28.71%) SQL
3 142 (16.84%) C#
4 105 (12.46%) PowerShell
5 89 (10.56%) Bicep
6 82 (9.73%) JavaScript
7 71 (8.42%) Bash
8 66 (7.83%) TypeScript
9 61 (7.24%) Java
10 16 (1.90%) Data Analysis Expressions
11 12 (1.42%) Apex Code
12 9 (1.07%) T-SQL
13 5 (0.59%) Go
13 5 (0.59%) Kusto Query Language
14 4 (0.47%) ABAP
14 4 (0.47%) C
14 4 (0.47%) PL/SQL
14 4 (0.47%) Shell Script
14 4 (0.47%) VB.NET
15 3 (0.36%) Korn
Qualifications
1 208 (24.67%) Security Cleared
2 180 (21.35%) SC Cleared
3 66 (7.83%) Azure Certification
4 55 (6.52%) Degree
5 29 (3.44%) Computer Science Degree
6 25 (2.97%) Microsoft Certification
7 23 (2.73%) DV Cleared
8 16 (1.90%) ISTQB
8 16 (1.90%) PMI Certification
9 14 (1.66%) PMP
10 13 (1.54%) AWS Certification
11 10 (1.19%) DBS Check
12 7 (0.83%) BPSS Clearance
12 7 (0.83%) Master's Degree
12 7 (0.83%) PRINCE2 Certification
13 5 (0.59%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
13 5 (0.59%) ISEB
13 5 (0.59%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
14 4 (0.47%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
14 4 (0.47%) CISSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 109 (12.93%) QA
2 68 (8.07%) Data Quality
3 27 (3.20%) GDPR
4 21 (2.49%) Accessibility
5 19 (2.25%) NIST
6 14 (1.66%) PMO
7 11 (1.30%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 8 (0.95%) ISO 20022
9 7 (0.83%) Sarbanes-Oxley
9 7 (0.83%) SLA
9 7 (0.83%) WCAG
10 6 (0.71%) SEPA
11 4 (0.47%) PSD2
12 3 (0.36%) Actionable Recommendations
12 3 (0.36%) Cyber Essentials
12 3 (0.36%) GRC
13 2 (0.24%) Government Security Classifications
14 1 (0.12%) Disclosure Scotland
14 1 (0.12%) ISO 15022
14 1 (0.12%) P3O
System Software
1 133 (15.78%) Docker
2 36 (4.27%) Active Directory
3 13 (1.54%) VMware Infrastructure
4 10 (1.19%) Virtual Machines
5 9 (1.07%) Virtual Desktop
6 5 (0.59%) Hyper-V
7 4 (0.47%) vSphere
8 2 (0.24%) Microsoft App-V
8 2 (0.24%) OpenSSH
9 1 (0.12%) Virtual Servers
9 1 (0.12%) VMware ESXi
9 1 (0.12%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 164 (19.45%) Kubernetes
2 48 (5.69%) Ansible
3 26 (3.08%) Grafana
4 25 (2.97%) Prometheus
5 12 (1.42%) Microsoft Intune
6 9 (1.07%) Packer
7 8 (0.95%) SCCM
8 7 (0.83%) Argo
8 7 (0.83%) HP ALM
9 6 (0.71%) Progress Chef
9 6 (0.71%) Puppet
10 4 (0.47%) Single Sign-On
11 3 (0.36%) HP Fortify
11 3 (0.36%) Kibana
12 2 (0.24%) Active Directory Federation Services
12 2 (0.24%) Docker Swarm
12 2 (0.24%) Nagios
13 1 (0.12%) Control-M
13 1 (0.12%) FortiGate
13 1 (0.12%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 304 (36.06%) Microsoft
2 92 (10.91%) Databricks
3 40 (4.74%) Salesforce
4 27 (3.20%) SAP
5 26 (3.08%) Oracle
6 22 (2.61%) ServiceNow
7 21 (2.49%) VMware
8 18 (2.14%) Google
8 18 (2.14%) OpenAI
8 18 (2.14%) Splunk
9 15 (1.78%) Foundry
10 13 (1.54%) UiPath
11 12 (1.42%) Dynatrace
12 9 (1.07%) IBM
12 9 (1.07%) Workday
13 8 (0.95%) Cloudera
13 8 (0.95%) HP
13 8 (0.95%) Informatica
14 7 (0.83%) Okta
15 6 (0.71%) CA Agile Central