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

6 months to
14 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 61 81 67
Rank change year-on-year +20 -14 +8
Contract jobs citing Azure DevOps 860 459 560
As % of all contract jobs in London 4.19% 3.43% 3.50%
As % of the Cloud Services category 10.23% 7.83% 8.53%
Number of daily rates quoted 614 327 379
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 £650 £625
90th Percentile £688 £738 £692
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 8,405 5,863 6,562
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 40.99% 43.77% 41.04%
Number of daily rates quoted 5,808 3,987 4,504
10th Percentile £363 £350 £350
25th Percentile £450 £425 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £529 £550
Median % change year-on-year +3.97% -3.82% -2.22%
75th Percentile £650 £650 £675
90th Percentile £750 £775 £800
England median daily rate £525 £501 £525
% change year-on-year +4.90% -4.67% -2.78%
Number of hourly rates quoted 91 100 41
10th Percentile £17.60 £22.45 £23.80
25th Percentile £22.79 £24.77 £24.15
Median hourly rate £30.00 £26.75 £31.50
Median % change year-on-year +12.15% -15.08% -28.41%
75th Percentile £57.50 £47.50 £48.75
90th Percentile £78.75 £80.40 £66.00
England median hourly rate £32.50 £25.15 £35.00
% change year-on-year +29.22% -28.14% +8.36%

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 14 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 14 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 14 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 +10 105 £535 -2.73% 63
South London -7 9 £525 - 8
North London - 3 £550 - 2
West London -22 2 £625 +20.19% 7
East London 0 1 - - 3
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 55 (6.40%) Confluence
2 48 (5.58%) SharePoint
3 31 (3.60%) Apache Spark
4 27 (3.14%) Apache Airflow
5 19 (2.21%) Apache
6 10 (1.16%) CMS
7 7 (0.81%) Microsoft Exchange
8 3 (0.35%) IIS
8 3 (0.35%) Kentico
8 3 (0.35%) Mendix
9 2 (0.23%) 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 34 (3.95%) Microsoft Excel
2 29 (3.37%) Microsoft Project
3 19 (2.21%) MS Visio
4 13 (1.51%) Microsoft Office
5 11 (1.28%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 5 (0.58%) Notion
7 4 (0.47%) Chatbot
8 3 (0.35%) Mingle
9 2 (0.23%) CPLEX
9 2 (0.23%) Spreadsheet
10 1 (0.12%) Trello
10 1 (0.12%) Windchill
Business Applications
1 36 (4.19%) Dynamics CRM
2 11 (1.28%) SAP S/4HANA
3 4 (0.47%) Aladdin
3 4 (0.47%) Dynamics AX
3 4 (0.47%) Payment Gateway
4 3 (0.35%) SAP MDG
5 2 (0.23%) Endur
5 2 (0.23%) IBM Operational Decision Manager
5 2 (0.23%) Maximo
5 2 (0.23%) NEC Housing
5 2 (0.23%) Oracle Payables
5 2 (0.23%) Oracle Receivables
5 2 (0.23%) Workday HCM
6 1 (0.12%) FLEXCUBE
6 1 (0.12%) Oracle Assets
6 1 (0.12%) Oracle EBS
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
1 860 (100.00%) Azure
2 262 (30.47%) GitHub
3 168 (19.53%) GitHub Actions
4 157 (18.26%) Power Platform
5 146 (16.98%) AWS
6 89 (10.35%) Azure Data Factory
7 87 (10.12%) Entra ID
8 81 (9.42%) Azure Monitor
9 78 (9.07%) Serverless
10 77 (8.95%) Azure AKS
11 69 (8.02%) Dynamics 365
12 62 (7.21%) Power Automate
13 61 (7.09%) Azure Functions
14 53 (6.16%) Azure Synapse Analytics
15 50 (5.81%) Azure Logic Apps
15 50 (5.81%) PowerApps
16 49 (5.70%) PaaS
17 47 (5.47%) GCP
18 42 (4.88%) Azure Key Vault
19 41 (4.77%) Azure Service Bus
Communications & Networking
1 28 (3.26%) DNS
2 24 (2.79%) Firewall
3 19 (2.21%) Network Security
4 16 (1.86%) VPN
5 9 (1.05%) DHCP
6 4 (0.47%) SAN
7 3 (0.35%) Internet
7 3 (0.35%) Wi-Fi
8 2 (0.23%) 4G
8 2 (0.23%) Cisco IOS
8 2 (0.23%) NAS
8 2 (0.23%) Reverse Proxy
8 2 (0.23%) SSL
8 2 (0.23%) VLAN
8 2 (0.23%) 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
1 101 (11.74%) Power BI
2 61 (7.09%) SQL Server
3 59 (6.86%) Data Lake
4 51 (5.93%) Data Warehouse
5 45 (5.23%) Azure SQL Database
6 32 (3.72%) PostgreSQL
7 30 (3.49%) Metadata
8 26 (3.02%) Delta Lake
9 23 (2.67%) NoSQL
10 17 (1.98%) Big Data
11 15 (1.74%) Relational Database
11 15 (1.74%) Snowflake Schema
12 13 (1.51%) Star Schema
13 12 (1.40%) SQL Server Integration Services
14 11 (1.28%) Redis
15 10 (1.16%) Spark SQL
16 9 (1.05%) Data Vault
16 9 (1.05%) Oracle Database
17 8 (0.93%) Amazon Redshift
17 8 (0.93%) BigQuery
Development Applications
1 151 (17.56%) JIRA
2 147 (17.09%) Git
3 115 (13.37%) Jenkins
4 89 (10.35%) GitLab
5 49 (5.70%) Selenium
6 20 (2.33%) SonarQube
7 19 (2.21%) Cypress.io
8 18 (2.09%) Postman
9 16 (1.86%) Visual Studio
10 12 (1.40%) Cucumber
10 12 (1.40%) REST Assured
11 11 (1.28%) TestRail
12 10 (1.16%) Maven
13 9 (1.05%) JMeter
13 9 (1.05%) JUnit
13 9 (1.05%) SpecFlow
13 9 (1.05%) WebDriver
14 8 (0.93%) Gradle
15 7 (0.81%) Octopus Deploy
15 7 (0.81%) TeamCity
General
1 250 (29.07%) Finance
2 238 (27.67%) Social Skills
3 86 (10.00%) Analytical Skills
4 84 (9.77%) Public Sector
5 77 (8.95%) Banking
6 28 (3.26%) Retail
7 20 (2.33%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 20 (2.33%) Marketing
8 19 (2.21%) Influencing Skills
9 18 (2.09%) Documentation Skills
10 17 (1.98%) Investment Banking
11 11 (1.28%) Legal
11 11 (1.28%) Local Government
12 8 (0.93%) Law
12 8 (0.93%) Organisational Skills
12 8 (0.93%) Pharmaceutical
12 8 (0.93%) Police
13 7 (0.81%) Manufacturing
14 6 (0.70%) Financial Institution
14 6 (0.70%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 150 (17.44%) DevOps Engineer
2 149 (17.33%) Senior
3 148 (17.21%) Azure Engineer
4 122 (14.19%) Developer
5 91 (10.58%) Azure DevOps Engineer
6 81 (9.42%) Architect
7 76 (8.84%) Analyst
8 74 (8.60%) Data Engineer
9 66 (7.67%) Lead
10 43 (5.00%) Business Analyst
11 40 (4.65%) Consultant
12 34 (3.95%) Project Manager
13 29 (3.37%) Cloud Engineer
14 28 (3.26%) Platform Engineer
15 26 (3.02%) Senior DevOps
16 25 (2.91%) Senior DevOps Engineer
17 23 (2.67%) Solutions Architect
18 22 (2.56%) Test Analyst
19 21 (2.44%) Databricks Engineer
19 21 (2.44%) Senior Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 259 (30.12%) Terraform
2 135 (15.70%) REST
3 125 (14.53%) .NET
4 60 (6.98%) PySpark
5 53 (6.16%) ADO
6 44 (5.12%) React
7 42 (4.88%) Kafka
8 38 (4.42%) JSON
9 36 (4.19%) YAML
10 33 (3.84%) RESTful
11 32 (3.72%) Middleware
11 32 (3.72%) Playwright
12 27 (3.14%) ARM Templates
13 26 (3.02%) OAuth
13 26 (3.02%) XML
14 24 (2.79%) .NET Core
15 23 (2.67%) .NET Framework
15 23 (2.67%) AngularJS
15 23 (2.67%) HTML
16 20 (2.33%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 104 (12.09%) Cloud Native
2 59 (6.86%) Product Ownership
3 37 (4.30%) Enterprise Software
4 33 (3.84%) Distributed Systems
5 30 (3.49%) Legacy Systems
6 24 (2.79%) Management Information System
7 22 (2.56%) AI Agents
7 22 (2.56%) Onboarding
8 19 (2.21%) Hybrid Cloud
9 15 (1.74%) Greenfield Project
10 13 (1.51%) Low-Code
10 13 (1.51%) Self-Motivation
11 12 (1.40%) Enterprise Cloud
11 12 (1.40%) Reinsurance
12 10 (1.16%) Data Structures
12 10 (1.16%) Public Cloud
13 9 (1.05%) Linux Command Line
14 8 (0.93%) Data Centre
14 8 (0.93%) NHS
14 8 (0.93%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 43 (5.00%) Windows
2 36 (4.19%) Linux
3 15 (1.74%) Windows Server
4 14 (1.63%) VMS
5 7 (0.81%) Unix
6 6 (0.70%) 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
8 1 (0.12%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 860 (100.00%) DevOps
2 478 (55.58%) CI/CD
3 351 (40.81%) Agile
4 227 (26.40%) Infrastructure as Code
5 176 (20.47%) Stakeholder Management
6 169 (19.65%) Test Automation
7 151 (17.56%) Analytics
8 141 (16.40%) Problem-Solving
9 137 (15.93%) Migration
10 127 (14.77%) AI
11 118 (13.72%) Continuous Improvement
12 110 (12.79%) Business Intelligence
12 110 (12.79%) Scrum
13 108 (12.56%) Containerisation
14 104 (12.09%) Data Modelling
15 99 (11.51%) Stakeholder Engagement
16 97 (11.28%) Validation
17 95 (11.05%) Microservices
18 91 (10.58%) User Acceptance Testing
19 84 (9.77%) ETL
Programming Languages
1 245 (28.49%) Python
2 237 (27.56%) SQL
3 147 (17.09%) C#
4 109 (12.67%) PowerShell
5 100 (11.63%) Bicep
6 88 (10.23%) JavaScript
7 72 (8.37%) Bash
8 71 (8.26%) TypeScript
9 62 (7.21%) Java
10 15 (1.74%) Data Analysis Expressions
11 14 (1.63%) Apex Code
12 8 (0.93%) T-SQL
13 7 (0.81%) Kusto Query Language
14 5 (0.58%) Shell Script
15 4 (0.47%) ABAP
15 4 (0.47%) C
15 4 (0.47%) Go
15 4 (0.47%) VB.NET
16 3 (0.35%) CodeQL
16 3 (0.35%) Korn
Qualifications
1 213 (24.77%) Security Cleared
2 186 (21.63%) SC Cleared
3 71 (8.26%) Azure Certification
4 56 (6.51%) Degree
5 28 (3.26%) Computer Science Degree
6 25 (2.91%) Microsoft Certification
7 21 (2.44%) DV Cleared
8 20 (2.33%) PMI Certification
9 18 (2.09%) ISTQB
9 18 (2.09%) PMP
10 15 (1.74%) AWS Certification
11 9 (1.05%) BPSS Clearance
11 9 (1.05%) DBS Check
12 7 (0.81%) Master's Degree
12 7 (0.81%) PRINCE2 Certification
13 6 (0.70%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
13 6 (0.70%) TOGAF Certification
14 5 (0.58%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
14 5 (0.58%) CBAP
14 5 (0.58%) PgMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 116 (13.49%) QA
2 69 (8.02%) Data Quality
3 27 (3.14%) GDPR
4 23 (2.67%) Accessibility
5 16 (1.86%) NIST
6 14 (1.63%) PMO
7 11 (1.28%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 8 (0.93%) ISO 20022
8 8 (0.93%) WCAG
9 6 (0.70%) Sarbanes-Oxley
9 6 (0.70%) SEPA
9 6 (0.70%) SLA
10 4 (0.47%) PSD2
11 3 (0.35%) Actionable Recommendations
11 3 (0.35%) Cyber Essentials
12 2 (0.23%) Government Security Classifications
12 2 (0.23%) GRC
12 2 (0.23%) PCI DSS
13 1 (0.12%) IFRS 17
13 1 (0.12%) SOC 2
System Software
1 140 (16.28%) Docker
2 37 (4.30%) Active Directory
3 13 (1.51%) VMware Infrastructure
4 11 (1.28%) Virtual Machines
5 10 (1.16%) Virtual Desktop
6 5 (0.58%) vSphere
7 4 (0.47%) Hyper-V
8 2 (0.23%) Microsoft App-V
9 1 (0.12%) Virtual Servers
9 1 (0.12%) VMware ESXi
9 1 (0.12%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 170 (19.77%) Kubernetes
2 47 (5.47%) Ansible
3 37 (4.30%) Grafana
4 28 (3.26%) Prometheus
5 14 (1.63%) Microsoft Intune
6 9 (1.05%) SCCM
7 8 (0.93%) Argo
8 7 (0.81%) Packer
8 7 (0.81%) Progress Chef
9 6 (0.70%) HP ALM
9 6 (0.70%) Puppet
10 5 (0.58%) Single Sign-On
11 3 (0.35%) HP Fortify
11 3 (0.35%) Kibana
12 2 (0.23%) Active Directory Federation Services
12 2 (0.23%) Docker Swarm
12 2 (0.23%) Nagios
13 1 (0.12%) Control-M
13 1 (0.12%) HP Quality Center
13 1 (0.12%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 321 (37.33%) Microsoft
2 92 (10.70%) Databricks
3 47 (5.47%) Salesforce
4 30 (3.49%) Oracle
5 29 (3.37%) SAP
6 24 (2.79%) ServiceNow
7 20 (2.33%) OpenAI
7 20 (2.33%) VMware
8 19 (2.21%) Google
9 18 (2.09%) Dynatrace
9 18 (2.09%) Splunk
10 17 (1.98%) Foundry
11 14 (1.63%) UiPath
12 10 (1.16%) Workday
13 9 (1.05%) IBM
14 8 (0.93%) Cloudera
14 8 (0.93%) Informatica
15 7 (0.81%) HP
15 7 (0.81%) Okta
16 6 (0.70%) CA Agile Central