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

6 months to
8 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 62 81 58
Rank change year-on-year +19 -23 +14
Contract jobs citing Azure DevOps 847 460 584
As % of all contract jobs in London 4.19% 3.43% 3.62%
As % of the Cloud Services category 10.24% 7.86% 8.86%
Number of daily rates quoted 605 321 395
10th Percentile £363 £350 £388
25th Percentile £425 £413 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £520 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -0.95% - -8.70%
75th Percentile £625 £663 £625
90th Percentile £688 £750 £696
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 £68.22 £75.00 -
% change year-on-year -9.05% - -

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 8,270 5,849 6,595
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 40.92% 43.67% 40.89%
Number of daily rates quoted 5,710 3,957 4,544
10th Percentile £360 £350 £350
25th Percentile £450 £425 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £530 £550
Median % change year-on-year +3.77% -3.64% -2.96%
75th Percentile £650 £650 £675
90th Percentile £750 £775 £800
England median daily rate £525 £503 £525
% change year-on-year +4.48% -4.29% -3.67%
Number of hourly rates quoted 90 97 41
10th Percentile £17.60 £22.50 £23.80
25th Percentile £22.65 £25.01 £24.15
Median hourly rate £28.55 £27.40 £31.00
Median % change year-on-year +4.20% -11.61% -23.46%
75th Percentile £57.50 £47.50 £44.61
90th Percentile £78.75 £79.25 £66.00
England median hourly rate £32.50 £25.15 £35.00
% change year-on-year +29.22% -28.14% +8.29%

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 8 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 8 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 8 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 +11 100 £545 -0.91% 57
South London -2 9 £525 - 8
North London +2 3 £550 +25.00% 2
West London -16 2 £625 +20.19% 8
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 54 (6.38%) Confluence
2 48 (5.67%) SharePoint
3 31 (3.66%) Apache Spark
4 27 (3.19%) Apache Airflow
5 19 (2.24%) Apache
6 10 (1.18%) CMS
7 7 (0.83%) Microsoft Exchange
8 3 (0.35%) IIS
8 3 (0.35%) Kentico
8 3 (0.35%) Mendix
9 2 (0.24%) nginx
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%) GeoServer
10 1 (0.12%) Headless CMS
10 1 (0.12%) Oracle Workflow
10 1 (0.12%) Palantir Foundry
10 1 (0.12%) ThingWorx
Applications
1 32 (3.78%) Microsoft Excel
2 28 (3.31%) Microsoft Project
3 18 (2.13%) MS Visio
4 13 (1.53%) Microsoft Office
5 9 (1.06%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 5 (0.59%) Notion
7 4 (0.47%) Chatbot
8 3 (0.35%) Mingle
9 2 (0.24%) CPLEX
9 2 (0.24%) Spreadsheet
10 1 (0.12%) Trello
10 1 (0.12%) Windchill
Business Applications
1 36 (4.25%) Dynamics CRM
2 11 (1.30%) SAP S/4HANA
3 4 (0.47%) Dynamics AX
3 4 (0.47%) Payment Gateway
4 3 (0.35%) Aladdin
4 3 (0.35%) SAP MDG
5 2 (0.24%) Endur
5 2 (0.24%) IBM Operational Decision Manager
5 2 (0.24%) Maximo
5 2 (0.24%) NEC Housing
5 2 (0.24%) Oracle Payables
5 2 (0.24%) Oracle Receivables
5 2 (0.24%) Workday HCM
6 1 (0.12%) FLEXCUBE
6 1 (0.12%) Remedy ITSM
6 1 (0.12%) SAP ERP
6 1 (0.12%) SAP MM
6 1 (0.12%) SAP Oil and Gas
6 1 (0.12%) SDL Web 8
6 1 (0.12%) SimCorp Dimension
Cloud Services
1 847 (100.00%) Azure
2 260 (30.70%) GitHub
3 164 (19.36%) GitHub Actions
4 157 (18.54%) Power Platform
5 149 (17.59%) AWS
6 88 (10.39%) Azure Data Factory
7 84 (9.92%) Entra ID
8 79 (9.33%) Azure Monitor
9 76 (8.97%) Serverless
10 75 (8.85%) Azure AKS
11 68 (8.03%) Dynamics 365
12 60 (7.08%) Azure Functions
12 60 (7.08%) Power Automate
13 54 (6.38%) Azure Synapse Analytics
14 50 (5.90%) GCP
15 49 (5.79%) PowerApps
16 48 (5.67%) Azure Logic Apps
17 45 (5.31%) PaaS
18 44 (5.19%) Snowflake
19 41 (4.84%) Azure Service Bus
Communications & Networking
1 25 (2.95%) DNS
2 24 (2.83%) Firewall
3 20 (2.36%) Network Security
4 16 (1.89%) VPN
5 8 (0.94%) DHCP
6 4 (0.47%) SAN
7 3 (0.35%) Internet
7 3 (0.35%) Wi-Fi
8 2 (0.24%) 4G
8 2 (0.24%) Cisco IOS
8 2 (0.24%) NAS
8 2 (0.24%) Reverse Proxy
8 2 (0.24%) SSL
8 2 (0.24%) VLAN
8 2 (0.24%) WAN
9 1 (0.12%) LAN
9 1 (0.12%) MQTT
9 1 (0.12%) SMTP
9 1 (0.12%) Software-Defined Networking
9 1 (0.12%) VSAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 103 (12.16%) Power BI
2 60 (7.08%) SQL Server
3 59 (6.97%) Data Lake
4 54 (6.38%) Data Warehouse
5 44 (5.19%) Azure SQL Database
6 30 (3.54%) PostgreSQL
7 29 (3.42%) Metadata
8 27 (3.19%) Delta Lake
9 24 (2.83%) NoSQL
10 17 (2.01%) Snowflake Schema
11 16 (1.89%) Big Data
12 15 (1.77%) Relational Database
13 13 (1.53%) Star Schema
14 12 (1.42%) Redis
14 12 (1.42%) SQL Server Integration Services
15 11 (1.30%) Spark SQL
16 9 (1.06%) Data Vault
16 9 (1.06%) Oracle Database
17 8 (0.94%) Amazon Redshift
17 8 (0.94%) BigQuery
Development Applications
1 150 (17.71%) Git
2 147 (17.36%) JIRA
3 114 (13.46%) Jenkins
4 89 (10.51%) GitLab
5 47 (5.55%) Selenium
6 21 (2.48%) SonarQube
7 18 (2.13%) Cypress.io
8 16 (1.89%) Postman
8 16 (1.89%) Visual Studio
9 12 (1.42%) Cucumber
10 11 (1.30%) REST Assured
10 11 (1.30%) TestRail
11 10 (1.18%) Maven
12 9 (1.06%) JMeter
12 9 (1.06%) JUnit
12 9 (1.06%) SpecFlow
12 9 (1.06%) WebDriver
13 8 (0.94%) Gradle
13 8 (0.94%) Snyk
14 7 (0.83%) Terragrunt
General
1 242 (28.57%) Finance
2 237 (27.98%) Social Skills
3 85 (10.04%) Analytical Skills
4 82 (9.68%) Public Sector
5 73 (8.62%) Banking
6 27 (3.19%) Retail
7 22 (2.60%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 19 (2.24%) Influencing Skills
9 18 (2.13%) Marketing
10 17 (2.01%) Documentation Skills
10 17 (2.01%) Investment Banking
11 11 (1.30%) Legal
11 11 (1.30%) Local Government
12 8 (0.94%) Law
12 8 (0.94%) Police
13 7 (0.83%) Manufacturing
13 7 (0.83%) Organisational Skills
13 7 (0.83%) Pharmaceutical
13 7 (0.83%) Presentation Skills
14 5 (0.59%) Financial Institution
Job Titles
1 149 (17.59%) DevOps Engineer
1 149 (17.59%) Senior
2 144 (17.00%) Azure Engineer
3 120 (14.17%) Developer
4 90 (10.63%) Azure DevOps Engineer
5 77 (9.09%) Architect
6 76 (8.97%) Analyst
6 76 (8.97%) Data Engineer
7 65 (7.67%) Lead
8 43 (5.08%) Business Analyst
9 39 (4.60%) Consultant
10 33 (3.90%) Project Manager
11 28 (3.31%) Cloud Engineer
11 28 (3.31%) Platform Engineer
12 27 (3.19%) Senior DevOps
13 26 (3.07%) Senior DevOps Engineer
14 23 (2.72%) Solutions Architect
15 22 (2.60%) Test Analyst
16 21 (2.48%) Azure Data Engineer
16 21 (2.48%) Senior Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 254 (29.99%) Terraform
2 130 (15.35%) REST
3 121 (14.29%) .NET
4 58 (6.85%) PySpark
5 55 (6.49%) ADO
6 44 (5.19%) React
7 43 (5.08%) Kafka
8 39 (4.60%) JSON
9 36 (4.25%) YAML
10 33 (3.90%) RESTful
11 32 (3.78%) Middleware
11 32 (3.78%) Playwright
12 27 (3.19%) ARM Templates
12 27 (3.19%) XML
13 26 (3.07%) OAuth
14 24 (2.83%) .NET Core
14 24 (2.83%) .NET Framework
15 23 (2.72%) AngularJS
15 23 (2.72%) HTML
16 20 (2.36%) OAuth2
Miscellaneous
1 99 (11.69%) Cloud Native
2 54 (6.38%) Product Ownership
3 35 (4.13%) Enterprise Software
4 33 (3.90%) Distributed Systems
5 30 (3.54%) Legacy Systems
6 24 (2.83%) Management Information System
7 22 (2.60%) Onboarding
8 21 (2.48%) AI Agents
9 18 (2.13%) Hybrid Cloud
10 16 (1.89%) Greenfield Project
11 14 (1.65%) Self-Motivation
12 13 (1.53%) Low-Code
12 13 (1.53%) Reinsurance
13 11 (1.30%) Enterprise Cloud
14 10 (1.18%) Data Structures
15 9 (1.06%) Linux Command Line
15 9 (1.06%) Public Cloud
16 8 (0.94%) Data Centre
16 8 (0.94%) Replication
17 7 (0.83%) Data Protection Act
Operating Systems
1 44 (5.19%) Windows
2 36 (4.25%) Linux
3 14 (1.65%) VMS
3 14 (1.65%) Windows Server
4 7 (0.83%) Unix
5 6 (0.71%) Windows Server 2016
6 4 (0.47%) Android
6 4 (0.47%) Apple iOS
6 4 (0.47%) Windows Server 2019
7 1 (0.12%) Amazon Linux
7 1 (0.12%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 1 (0.12%) Ubuntu
7 1 (0.12%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 847 (100.00%) DevOps
2 473 (55.84%) CI/CD
3 345 (40.73%) Agile
4 221 (26.09%) Infrastructure as Code
5 170 (20.07%) Stakeholder Management
6 165 (19.48%) Test Automation
7 151 (17.83%) Analytics
8 145 (17.12%) Problem-Solving
9 136 (16.06%) Migration
10 124 (14.64%) AI
11 115 (13.58%) Continuous Improvement
12 112 (13.22%) Business Intelligence
13 108 (12.75%) Containerisation
14 104 (12.28%) Data Modelling
15 103 (12.16%) Scrum
16 97 (11.45%) Microservices
16 97 (11.45%) Stakeholder Engagement
17 93 (10.98%) Validation
18 90 (10.63%) User Acceptance Testing
19 83 (9.80%) ETL
Programming Languages
1 242 (28.57%) SQL
2 241 (28.45%) Python
3 149 (17.59%) C#
4 104 (12.28%) PowerShell
5 95 (11.22%) Bicep
6 87 (10.27%) JavaScript
7 70 (8.26%) Bash
7 70 (8.26%) TypeScript
8 60 (7.08%) Java
9 15 (1.77%) Data Analysis Expressions
10 13 (1.53%) Apex Code
11 9 (1.06%) T-SQL
12 6 (0.71%) Kusto Query Language
13 5 (0.59%) Shell Script
14 4 (0.47%) ABAP
14 4 (0.47%) C
14 4 (0.47%) PL/SQL
14 4 (0.47%) VB.NET
15 3 (0.35%) Korn
15 3 (0.35%) VBA
Qualifications
1 214 (25.27%) Security Cleared
2 186 (21.96%) SC Cleared
3 69 (8.15%) Azure Certification
4 55 (6.49%) Degree
5 29 (3.42%) Computer Science Degree
6 25 (2.95%) Microsoft Certification
7 22 (2.60%) DV Cleared
8 17 (2.01%) PMI Certification
9 16 (1.89%) ISTQB
10 15 (1.77%) PMP
11 14 (1.65%) AWS Certification
12 10 (1.18%) DBS Check
13 8 (0.94%) BPSS Clearance
14 7 (0.83%) Master's Degree
14 7 (0.83%) PRINCE2 Certification
15 6 (0.71%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
15 6 (0.71%) TOGAF Certification
16 5 (0.59%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
16 5 (0.59%) CBAP
16 5 (0.59%) ISEB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 113 (13.34%) QA
2 70 (8.26%) Data Quality
3 27 (3.19%) GDPR
4 23 (2.72%) Accessibility
5 17 (2.01%) NIST
6 14 (1.65%) PMO
7 11 (1.30%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 8 (0.94%) ISO 20022
8 8 (0.94%) WCAG
9 7 (0.83%) SLA
10 6 (0.71%) Sarbanes-Oxley
10 6 (0.71%) SEPA
11 4 (0.47%) PSD2
12 3 (0.35%) Actionable Recommendations
12 3 (0.35%) Cyber Essentials
12 3 (0.35%) GRC
13 2 (0.24%) Government Security Classifications
13 2 (0.24%) PCI DSS
14 1 (0.12%) ISO 15022
14 1 (0.12%) P3O
System Software
1 137 (16.17%) Docker
2 35 (4.13%) Active Directory
3 13 (1.53%) VMware Infrastructure
4 10 (1.18%) Virtual Desktop
4 10 (1.18%) Virtual Machines
5 5 (0.59%) Hyper-V
6 4 (0.47%) vSphere
7 2 (0.24%) Microsoft App-V
8 1 (0.12%) Virtual Servers
8 1 (0.12%) VMware ESXi
8 1 (0.12%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 166 (19.60%) Kubernetes
2 47 (5.55%) Ansible
3 34 (4.01%) Grafana
4 27 (3.19%) Prometheus
5 12 (1.42%) Microsoft Intune
6 8 (0.94%) Argo
6 8 (0.94%) Packer
6 8 (0.94%) SCCM
7 7 (0.83%) Progress Chef
8 6 (0.71%) HP ALM
8 6 (0.71%) Puppet
9 5 (0.59%) Single Sign-On
10 3 (0.35%) HP Fortify
10 3 (0.35%) Kibana
11 2 (0.24%) Active Directory Federation Services
11 2 (0.24%) Docker Swarm
11 2 (0.24%) Nagios
12 1 (0.12%) Control-M
12 1 (0.12%) HP Quality Center
12 1 (0.12%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 314 (37.07%) Microsoft
2 92 (10.86%) Databricks
3 42 (4.96%) Salesforce
4 28 (3.31%) Oracle
5 27 (3.19%) SAP
6 24 (2.83%) ServiceNow
7 21 (2.48%) VMware
8 19 (2.24%) Google
9 18 (2.13%) Dynatrace
9 18 (2.13%) OpenAI
9 18 (2.13%) Splunk
10 15 (1.77%) Foundry
11 14 (1.65%) UiPath
12 9 (1.06%) IBM
12 9 (1.06%) Workday
13 8 (0.94%) Cloudera
13 8 (0.94%) Informatica
14 7 (0.83%) HP
14 7 (0.83%) Okta
15 6 (0.71%) CA Agile Central