Azure DevOps Contracts in London

Microsoft Azure DevOps
England > London

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in London requiring Azure DevOps skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Azure DevOps over the 6 months leading up to 9 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
9 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 84 60 75
Rank change year-on-year -24 +15 +2
Contract jobs citing Azure DevOps 396 653 848
As % of all contract jobs advertised in London 3.17% 3.69% 3.23%
As % of the Cloud Services category 7.49% 9.61% 8.28%
Number of daily rates quoted 279 421 578
10th Percentile £373 £405 £438
25th Percentile £439 £450 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year - -4.55% -4.35%
75th Percentile £638 £613 £675
90th Percentile £750 £688 £725
England median daily rate £525 £521 £550
% change year-on-year +0.83% -5.33% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
Median hourly rate - - £8.00
England median hourly rate £31.50 £65.50 £70.00
% change year-on-year -51.91% -6.43% +21.74%

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 5,285 6,795 10,239
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 42.37% 38.43% 38.98%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,668 5,005 7,493
10th Percentile £356 £350 £375
25th Percentile £435 £450 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £588
Median % change year-on-year - -6.38% +2.17%
75th Percentile £670 £675 £694
90th Percentile £788 £775 £788
England median daily rate £525 £525 £550
% change year-on-year - -4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 53 67 84
10th Percentile £22.58 £17.16 £20.00
25th Percentile £24.66 £22.00 £24.88
Median hourly rate £31.35 £26.00 £50.00
Median % change year-on-year +20.56% -48.00% +23.46%
75th Percentile £48.75 £38.44 £75.00
90th Percentile £72.50 £60.25 £88.30
England median hourly rate £25.50 £21.00 £32.30
% change year-on-year +21.43% -34.98% +50.93%

Azure DevOps
Job Vacancy Trend in London

Job postings citing Azure DevOps as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in London.

Job vacancy trend for Azure DevOps in London

Azure DevOps
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Azure DevOps in London.

Daily rate trend for Azure DevOps in London

Azure DevOps
Daily Rate Histogram in London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Azure DevOps in London over the 6 months to 9 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Azure DevOps in London

Azure DevOps
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Azure DevOps in London.

Hourly rate trend 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 9 May 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 -29 63 £533 +4.41% 24
West London +16 4 £548 +6.31% 5
South London +2 3 £525 +10.53% 2
East London +5 2 £449 -0.28% 2
North London - 1 £440 -
Azure DevOps
England

Azure DevOps
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in London by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 24 (6.06%) Confluence
2 15 (3.79%) Apache Spark
3 11 (2.78%) SharePoint
4 7 (1.77%) Apache
5 4 (1.01%) Apache Airflow
6 2 (0.51%) CMS
6 2 (0.51%) IIS
6 2 (0.51%) nginx
6 2 (0.51%) Umbraco
7 1 (0.25%) ArcGIS
7 1 (0.25%) BizTalk Server
7 1 (0.25%) SharePoint Server
7 1 (0.25%) Tomcat
Applications
1 8 (2.02%) Microsoft Project
2 7 (1.77%) MS Visio
3 5 (1.26%) Microsoft Office
4 3 (0.76%) Microsoft Excel
4 3 (0.76%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 1 (0.25%) Trello
Business Applications
1 10 (2.53%) Dynamics CRM
2 4 (1.01%) Endur
3 3 (0.76%) NetSuite
3 3 (0.76%) Unit4 Business World
4 2 (0.51%) Kondor
4 2 (0.51%) Markit EDM
4 2 (0.51%) Workday HCM
5 1 (0.25%) Aladdin
5 1 (0.25%) Dynamics AX
5 1 (0.25%) Fidessa
5 1 (0.25%) SAP BPC
5 1 (0.25%) SAP S/4HANA
5 1 (0.25%) Temenos T24
Cloud Services
1 396 (100.00%) Azure
2 57 (14.39%) GitHub
3 53 (13.38%) AWS
4 49 (12.37%) Power Platform
5 48 (12.12%) Azure Monitor
6 44 (11.11%) Azure Data Factory
7 43 (10.86%) Azure AKS
8 41 (10.35%) Serverless
9 38 (9.60%) Dynamics 365
10 32 (8.08%) GitHub Actions
10 32 (8.08%) PaaS
11 23 (5.81%) IaaS
12 22 (5.56%) Azure Sentinel
12 22 (5.56%) SaaS
13 21 (5.30%) Azure Functions
13 21 (5.30%) Entra ID
14 20 (5.05%) Azure Logic Apps
14 20 (5.05%) Power Automate
15 18 (4.55%) PowerApps
16 16 (4.04%) Azure Synapse Analytics
Communications & Networking
1 32 (8.08%) Firewall
2 15 (3.79%) VPN
3 14 (3.54%) DNS
4 11 (2.78%) HTTP
5 9 (2.27%) SMTP
6 7 (1.77%) FTP
6 7 (1.77%) Network Security
6 7 (1.77%) SSL
6 7 (1.77%) TCP/IP
7 3 (0.76%) LAN
7 3 (0.76%) WAN
8 2 (0.51%) HTTPS
8 2 (0.51%) Remote Desktop
8 2 (0.51%) Wi-Fi
9 1 (0.25%) DHCP
9 1 (0.25%) POP3
Database & Business Intelligence
1 28 (7.07%) Power BI
2 25 (6.31%) SQL Server
3 20 (5.05%) Azure SQL Database
3 20 (5.05%) PostgreSQL
4 18 (4.55%) Data Lake
5 16 (4.04%) NoSQL
5 16 (4.04%) Redis
6 14 (3.54%) Big Data
7 8 (2.02%) Relational Database
8 7 (1.77%) Data Warehouse
9 6 (1.52%) Apache Hive
9 6 (1.52%) Delta Lake
10 4 (1.01%) MySQL
10 4 (1.01%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 4 (1.01%) SQL Server Reporting Services
11 3 (0.76%) Apache Cassandra
11 3 (0.76%) Hazelcast
11 3 (0.76%) Metadata
11 3 (0.76%) Snowflake Schema
11 3 (0.76%) Star Schema
Development Applications
1 48 (12.12%) JIRA
2 46 (11.62%) Jenkins
3 34 (8.59%) GitLab
4 33 (8.33%) Git
5 14 (3.54%) JMeter
5 14 (3.54%) Selenium
6 12 (3.03%) Postman
7 9 (2.27%) TeamCity
8 7 (1.77%) LoadRunner
9 6 (1.52%) Octopus Deploy
10 5 (1.26%) Bitbucket
10 5 (1.26%) SonarQube
10 5 (1.26%) Sonatype Nexus
10 5 (1.26%) SpecFlow
11 4 (1.01%) Appium
11 4 (1.01%) CircleCI
11 4 (1.01%) Gatling
11 4 (1.01%) Maven
11 4 (1.01%) NeoLoad
11 4 (1.01%) Serenity BDD
General
1 129 (32.58%) Social Skills
2 113 (28.54%) Finance
3 54 (13.64%) Banking
4 44 (11.11%) Analytical Skills
5 29 (7.32%) Public Sector
6 26 (6.57%) Investment Banking
7 19 (4.80%) Marketing
8 16 (4.04%) Back Office
9 13 (3.28%) Presentation Skills
10 11 (2.78%) Front Office
11 7 (1.77%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 5 (1.26%) Influencing Skills
12 5 (1.26%) Local Government
13 4 (1.01%) Billing
13 4 (1.01%) Documentation Skills
13 4 (1.01%) Manufacturing
13 4 (1.01%) Private Banking
13 4 (1.01%) Retail
13 4 (1.01%) Telecoms
14 3 (0.76%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 78 (19.70%) Developer
2 76 (19.19%) Azure Engineer
3 56 (14.14%) Lead
4 55 (13.89%) DevOps Engineer
5 40 (10.10%) Azure DevOps Engineer
6 31 (7.83%) Senior
7 30 (7.58%) Architect
8 24 (6.06%) Analyst
8 24 (6.06%) Data Engineer
9 23 (5.81%) Cloud Engineer
10 18 (4.55%) Lead Developer
11 16 (4.04%) .NET Developer
11 16 (4.04%) Platform Engineer
11 16 (4.04%) Technical Leader
12 15 (3.79%) Azure Architect
13 14 (3.54%) Cloud Platform Engineer
13 14 (3.54%) Project Manager
13 14 (3.54%) Senior Developer
13 14 (3.54%) Test Manager
14 13 (3.28%) Business Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 77 (19.44%) .NET
2 28 (7.07%) Kafka
3 22 (5.56%) REST
4 17 (4.29%) .NET Core
4 17 (4.29%) ADO
4 17 (4.29%) ARM Templates
4 17 (4.29%) JSON
5 15 (3.79%) YAML
6 14 (3.54%) ActiveMQ
6 14 (3.54%) AngularJS
6 14 (3.54%) PySpark
7 10 (2.53%) .NET Framework
7 10 (2.53%) OAuth
7 10 (2.53%) Play Framework
8 9 (2.27%) CSS
8 9 (2.27%) HTML
8 9 (2.27%) OpenTelemetry
8 9 (2.27%) SOAP
9 8 (2.02%) Playwright
10 7 (1.77%) React
Miscellaneous
1 32 (8.08%) Product Ownership
2 25 (6.31%) Cloud Native
3 11 (2.78%) Hybrid Cloud
4 10 (2.53%) Derivative
5 9 (2.27%) Distributed Systems
6 8 (2.02%) Low-Code
7 7 (1.77%) Algorithms
7 7 (1.77%) Greenfield Project
7 7 (1.77%) Market Risk
8 6 (1.52%) Management Information System
9 5 (1.26%) Enterprise Cloud
10 4 (1.01%) Data Protection Act
10 4 (1.01%) Mobile App
10 4 (1.01%) Onboarding
10 4 (1.01%) Public Cloud
11 3 (0.76%) Data Centre
11 3 (0.76%) Online Banking
11 3 (0.76%) Private Cloud
11 3 (0.76%) Reinsurance
11 3 (0.76%) Renewable Energy
Operating Systems
1 16 (4.04%) Linux
2 14 (3.54%) Windows
3 6 (1.52%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 4 (1.01%) Windows Server
5 3 (0.76%) VMS
6 2 (0.51%) Android
6 2 (0.51%) Apple iOS
6 2 (0.51%) Unix
6 2 (0.51%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 396 (100.00%) DevOps
2 177 (44.70%) CI/CD
3 166 (41.92%) Agile
4 88 (22.22%) Infrastructure as Code
5 86 (21.72%) Problem-Solving
6 55 (13.89%) Test Automation
7 54 (13.64%) Analytics
7 54 (13.64%) Scrum
8 44 (11.11%) Stakeholder Management
9 39 (9.85%) Microservices
9 39 (9.85%) TDD
10 38 (9.60%) Containerisation
11 34 (8.59%) Data Engineering
11 34 (8.59%) Migration
12 33 (8.33%) Business Intelligence
13 29 (7.32%) Computer Science
14 28 (7.07%) ETL
15 27 (6.82%) Mentoring
16 26 (6.57%) Continuous Integration
16 26 (6.57%) Project Management
Programming Languages
1 100 (25.25%) C#
2 96 (24.24%) SQL
3 93 (23.48%) PowerShell
4 90 (22.73%) Python
5 70 (17.68%) Java
6 67 (16.92%) JavaScript
7 43 (10.86%) Bicep
8 24 (6.06%) Bash
9 13 (3.28%) Scala
10 10 (2.53%) Kusto Query Language
10 10 (2.53%) TypeScript
11 7 (1.77%) C++
12 5 (1.26%) PHP
12 5 (1.26%) Ruby
13 4 (1.01%) Haskell
13 4 (1.01%) Perl
14 3 (0.76%) Groovy
14 3 (0.76%) Rust
14 3 (0.76%) T-SQL
15 2 (0.51%) Data Analysis Expressions
Qualifications
1 52 (13.13%) Security Cleared
2 42 (10.61%) Degree
3 37 (9.34%) SC Cleared
4 21 (5.30%) Azure Certification
5 15 (3.79%) Numerate Degree
6 10 (2.53%) Computer Science Degree
7 4 (1.01%) BPSS Clearance
7 4 (1.01%) Microsoft Certification
8 3 (0.76%) PMI Certification
8 3 (0.76%) PMP
9 2 (0.51%) DV Cleared
9 2 (0.51%) ISTQB
9 2 (0.51%) Master's Degree
9 2 (0.51%) PRINCE2 Certification
9 2 (0.51%) SAFe Agilist
9 2 (0.51%) TOGAF Certification
10 1 (0.25%) AWS Certification
10 1 (0.25%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
10 1 (0.25%) CFA
10 1 (0.25%) CSPO
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 29 (7.32%) QA
2 15 (3.79%) Data Quality
3 8 (2.02%) PCI DSS
4 6 (1.52%) GDPR
5 4 (1.01%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 2 (0.51%) EMIR
6 2 (0.51%) PMO
7 1 (0.25%) 21 CFR Part 11
7 1 (0.25%) Accessibility
7 1 (0.25%) Dodd-Frank
7 1 (0.25%) GxP
7 1 (0.25%) HIPAA
7 1 (0.25%) MiFID
7 1 (0.25%) NIST
7 1 (0.25%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 47 (11.87%) Docker
2 19 (4.80%) Active Directory
3 12 (3.03%) Virtual Machines
4 3 (0.76%) Virtual Desktop
5 2 (0.51%) OpenAM
5 2 (0.51%) OpenDJ
5 2 (0.51%) OpenIDM
6 1 (0.25%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 108 (27.27%) Terraform
2 76 (19.19%) Kubernetes
3 13 (3.28%) Ansible
4 12 (3.03%) Grafana
5 10 (2.53%) Prometheus
6 8 (2.02%) Single Sign-On
7 6 (1.52%) Puppet
8 4 (1.01%) HP ALM
8 4 (1.01%) ITRS Geneos
8 4 (1.01%) Perfmon
8 4 (1.01%) Progress Chef
9 3 (0.76%) Control-M
9 3 (0.76%) Istio
9 3 (0.76%) Rundeck
10 2 (0.51%) Active Directory Federation Services
10 2 (0.51%) Microsoft Intune
10 2 (0.51%) SCCM
11 1 (0.25%) Kibana
11 1 (0.25%) Kustomize
11 1 (0.25%) Salt
Vendors
1 112 (28.28%) Microsoft
2 47 (11.87%) Databricks
3 11 (2.78%) Cloudera
3 11 (2.78%) Workday
4 10 (2.53%) Google
4 10 (2.53%) ServiceNow
5 9 (2.27%) SAP
6 6 (1.52%) Oracle
6 6 (1.52%) Red Hat
7 5 (1.26%) Cisco
7 5 (1.26%) HP
7 5 (1.26%) Salesforce
7 5 (1.26%) VMware
8 4 (1.01%) Atlassian
8 4 (1.01%) CheckPoint
8 4 (1.01%) Citrix
8 4 (1.01%) Dynatrace
8 4 (1.01%) New Relic
9 3 (0.76%) ForgeRock
9 3 (0.76%) MuleSoft