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 4 March 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
4 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 69 81 74
Rank change year-on-year +12 -7 +7
Contract jobs citing Azure DevOps 626 399 545
As % of all contract jobs in London 3.90% 3.03% 3.00%
As % of the Cloud Services category 8.86% 7.24% 8.11%
Number of daily rates quoted 447 285 381
10th Percentile £358 £402 £425
25th Percentile £413 £468 £488
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £550 £568
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% -3.08% -1.30%
75th Percentile £600 £638 £640
90th Percentile £725 £738 £713
England median daily rate £500 £525 £550
% 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 £74.38 £73.75 £65.50
% change year-on-year +0.85% +12.60% -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 7,062 5,508 6,723
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 43.96% 41.86% 37.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 4,845 3,753 4,940
10th Percentile £350 £356 £325
25th Percentile £425 £450 £444
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% - -6.38%
75th Percentile £638 £675 £675
90th Percentile £750 £788 £768
England median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 101 45 76
10th Percentile £18.00 £22.27 £17.00
25th Percentile £21.46 £24.18 £21.25
Median hourly rate £35.00 £29.07 £30.11
Median % change year-on-year +20.40% -3.45% -11.44%
75th Percentile £52.16 £55.75 £53.31
90th Percentile £72.50 £71.25 £63.13
England median hourly rate £40.00 £27.25 £21.37
% change year-on-year +46.79% +27.52% -14.52%

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 4 March 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 4 March 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 4 March 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 -3 70 £530 -2.53% 57
South London -6 14 £500 +28.06% 4
West London -26 4 £375 -21.05% 5
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 41 (6.55%) SharePoint
2 33 (5.27%) Confluence
3 23 (3.67%) Apache Spark
4 14 (2.24%) Apache
5 13 (2.08%) Apache Airflow
6 12 (1.92%) Microsoft Exchange
7 10 (1.60%) HCL Notes
8 9 (1.44%) Mendix
9 3 (0.48%) CMS
9 3 (0.48%) IIS
10 2 (0.32%) Sitecore CMS
11 1 (0.16%) Adobe Experience Manager
11 1 (0.16%) Kentico
11 1 (0.16%) Palantir Foundry
11 1 (0.16%) SAS
Applications
1 12 (1.92%) Microsoft Project
1 12 (1.92%) MS Visio
2 6 (0.96%) Microsoft Excel
3 4 (0.64%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 2 (0.32%) Trello
Business Applications
1 31 (4.95%) Dynamics CRM
2 5 (0.80%) Aladdin
2 5 (0.80%) SAP S/4HANA
3 4 (0.64%) Endur
4 3 (0.48%) SAP BPC
5 2 (0.32%) Dynamics AX
6 1 (0.16%) Loan IQ
6 1 (0.16%) Maximo
6 1 (0.16%) NetSuite
6 1 (0.16%) Oracle Financials
6 1 (0.16%) Orchestrade
6 1 (0.16%) Salesforce CRM
6 1 (0.16%) SAP CS
6 1 (0.16%) SAP GTS
6 1 (0.16%) SAP LE
6 1 (0.16%) SAP MM
6 1 (0.16%) SAP Oil and Gas
6 1 (0.16%) SAP SD
6 1 (0.16%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 626 (100.00%) Azure
2 173 (27.64%) GitHub
3 131 (20.93%) Power Platform
4 114 (18.21%) GitHub Actions
5 88 (14.06%) Azure Data Factory
6 76 (12.14%) AWS
7 74 (11.82%) Serverless
8 73 (11.66%) Azure Monitor
9 63 (10.06%) Entra ID
10 62 (9.90%) Azure AKS
11 58 (9.27%) Azure Logic Apps
11 58 (9.27%) Dynamics 365
12 55 (8.79%) Azure Key Vault
13 53 (8.47%) Azure Functions
13 53 (8.47%) Azure Service Bus
14 52 (8.31%) Azure Synapse Analytics
14 52 (8.31%) Power Automate
15 39 (6.23%) PowerApps
16 37 (5.91%) PaaS
17 35 (5.59%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 24 (3.83%) Firewall
2 11 (1.76%) DNS
2 11 (1.76%) Network Security
3 9 (1.44%) VPN
4 7 (1.12%) WAN
5 5 (0.80%) SD-WAN
6 4 (0.64%) Remote Desktop
6 4 (0.64%) TCP/IP
7 3 (0.48%) FTP
8 2 (0.32%) HTTP
8 2 (0.32%) LAN
8 2 (0.32%) MPLS
9 1 (0.16%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 78 (12.46%) Power BI
2 76 (12.14%) SQL Server
3 44 (7.03%) Data Lake
4 39 (6.23%) Azure SQL Database
5 38 (6.07%) Delta Lake
6 35 (5.59%) Data Warehouse
7 21 (3.35%) NoSQL
8 18 (2.88%) Oracle Database
8 18 (2.88%) PostgreSQL
9 14 (2.24%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 11 (1.76%) Tableau
11 10 (1.60%) MongoDB
11 10 (1.60%) Snowflake Schema
12 9 (1.44%) Data Vault
12 9 (1.44%) Redis
12 9 (1.44%) Relational Database
12 9 (1.44%) Spark SQL
13 8 (1.28%) DynamoDB
14 7 (1.12%) Amazon Redshift
14 7 (1.12%) Big Data
Development Applications
1 131 (20.93%) JIRA
2 91 (14.54%) Git
3 57 (9.11%) Jenkins
4 34 (5.43%) GitLab
5 33 (5.27%) Selenium
6 21 (3.35%) Postman
7 16 (2.56%) Cypress.io
8 14 (2.24%) Team Foundation Server
9 12 (1.92%) REST Assured
9 12 (1.92%) TestRail
10 11 (1.76%) MLflow
11 10 (1.60%) SpecFlow
11 10 (1.60%) Zephyr
12 9 (1.44%) Cucumber
12 9 (1.44%) JUnit
12 9 (1.44%) Visual Studio
13 8 (1.28%) JMeter
13 8 (1.28%) SonarQube
14 6 (0.96%) Liquibase
14 6 (0.96%) webpack
General
1 183 (29.23%) Social Skills
2 167 (26.68%) Finance
3 73 (11.66%) Analytical Skills
4 62 (9.90%) Public Sector
5 43 (6.87%) Banking
6 17 (2.72%) Documentation Skills
7 15 (2.40%) Financial Institution
8 14 (2.24%) Front Office
9 13 (2.08%) Influencing Skills
9 13 (2.08%) Investment Banking
10 12 (1.92%) Retail
11 10 (1.60%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 10 (1.60%) Presentation Skills
12 9 (1.44%) Organisational Skills
13 7 (1.12%) Back Office
14 6 (0.96%) Law
15 5 (0.80%) Marketing
16 4 (0.64%) Military
17 3 (0.48%) Billing
17 3 (0.48%) General Ledger
Job Titles
1 137 (21.88%) Developer
2 91 (14.54%) Azure Engineer
3 76 (12.14%) Senior
4 68 (10.86%) Data Engineer
5 65 (10.38%) DevOps Engineer
6 53 (8.47%) Lead
7 50 (7.99%) Analyst
8 47 (7.51%) Architect
9 44 (7.03%) Azure DevOps Engineer
10 35 (5.59%) Azure Developer
11 28 (4.47%) Tester
12 26 (4.15%) Business Analyst
13 25 (3.99%) Platform Engineer
14 24 (3.83%) Azure Architect
15 19 (3.04%) Test Analyst
16 18 (2.88%) Consultant
17 17 (2.72%) Azure Data Engineer
18 16 (2.56%) Cloud Engineer
18 16 (2.56%) IT Support
18 16 (2.56%) Senior Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 130 (20.77%) .NET
2 52 (8.31%) REST
3 47 (7.51%) PySpark
3 47 (7.51%) React
4 45 (7.19%) Node.js
5 30 (4.79%) ARM Templates
5 30 (4.79%) Playwright
6 26 (4.15%) HTML
7 25 (3.99%) .NET Core
7 25 (3.99%) .NET Framework
7 25 (3.99%) Kafka
7 25 (3.99%) RESTful
8 23 (3.67%) CSS
9 22 (3.51%) ADO
9 22 (3.51%) SOAP
10 21 (3.35%) YAML
11 20 (3.19%) AngularJS
12 18 (2.88%) OAuth
13 16 (2.56%) Microsoft Graph
13 16 (2.56%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 71 (11.34%) Cloud Native
2 34 (5.43%) Product Ownership
3 25 (3.99%) Legacy Systems
4 23 (3.67%) Distributed Systems
5 16 (2.56%) Low-Code
5 16 (2.56%) Reinsurance
6 15 (2.40%) Enterprise Software
7 13 (2.08%) AI Agents
7 13 (2.08%) Public Cloud
8 11 (1.76%) Replication
9 10 (1.60%) CMDB
9 10 (1.60%) Data Structures
10 8 (1.28%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
10 8 (1.28%) NHS
11 7 (1.12%) Greenfield Project
12 6 (0.96%) Linux Command Line
12 6 (0.96%) Virtual Team
13 5 (0.80%) Data Centre
13 5 (0.80%) Derivative
13 5 (0.80%) Enterprise Cloud
Operating Systems
1 26 (4.15%) Windows
2 15 (2.40%) Linux
3 9 (1.44%) VMS
4 3 (0.48%) Windows Server
5 1 (0.16%) Android
5 1 (0.16%) Apple iOS
5 1 (0.16%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 1 (0.16%) Solaris
5 1 (0.16%) Unix
5 1 (0.16%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 619 (98.88%) DevOps
2 356 (56.87%) CI/CD
3 255 (40.73%) Agile
4 161 (25.72%) Infrastructure as Code
5 133 (21.25%) Analytics
6 130 (20.77%) Problem-Solving
7 116 (18.53%) Test Automation
8 102 (16.29%) Continuous Improvement
9 95 (15.18%) AI
10 92 (14.70%) Business Intelligence
11 88 (14.06%) Data Modelling
11 88 (14.06%) Scrum
12 82 (13.10%) Migration
13 76 (12.14%) Stakeholder Management
14 74 (11.82%) Containerisation
15 73 (11.66%) Microservices
16 67 (10.70%) Data Pipeline
17 66 (10.54%) Observability
18 61 (9.74%) Data Engineering
19 55 (8.79%) Software Testing
Programming Languages
1 229 (36.58%) SQL
2 184 (29.39%) Python
3 148 (23.64%) C#
4 98 (15.65%) JavaScript
5 59 (9.42%) Bicep
5 59 (9.42%) PowerShell
6 57 (9.11%) TypeScript
7 49 (7.83%) Java
8 31 (4.95%) Bash
9 24 (3.83%) Scala
10 17 (2.72%) T-SQL
11 14 (2.24%) Kusto Query Language
12 11 (1.76%) PL/SQL
13 10 (1.60%) Formula Language
13 10 (1.60%) LotusScript
14 5 (0.80%) Data Analysis Expressions
15 4 (0.64%) C
15 4 (0.64%) R
15 4 (0.64%) X++
16 3 (0.48%) XPath
Qualifications
1 143 (22.84%) Security Cleared
2 126 (20.13%) SC Cleared
3 62 (9.90%) Azure Certification
4 36 (5.75%) Degree
5 19 (3.04%) Microsoft Certification
6 18 (2.88%) Computer Science Degree
7 17 (2.72%) ISTQB
8 16 (2.56%) BPSS Clearance
9 9 (1.44%) Master's Degree
10 7 (1.12%) PMI Certification
11 6 (0.96%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
12 5 (0.80%) ISEB
12 5 (0.80%) PMP
13 3 (0.48%) DBS Check
13 3 (0.48%) ITIL Certification
14 2 (0.32%) AWS Certification
14 2 (0.32%) CBAP
14 2 (0.32%) Cisco Certification
14 2 (0.32%) MBA
15 1 (0.16%) IIBA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 67 (10.70%) QA
2 48 (7.67%) Data Quality
3 20 (3.19%) GDPR
4 17 (2.72%) Accessibility
5 10 (1.60%) WCAG
6 8 (1.28%) PMO
7 6 (0.96%) Sarbanes-Oxley
8 4 (0.64%) HIPAA
8 4 (0.64%) PCI DSS
9 3 (0.48%) HL7
9 3 (0.48%) NCSC
9 3 (0.48%) SLA
10 2 (0.32%) EU AI Act
10 2 (0.32%) FedRAMP
10 2 (0.32%) NIST
10 2 (0.32%) Software Quality Assurance
11 1 (0.16%) EMIR
11 1 (0.16%) HMG Security Policy Framework
11 1 (0.16%) ISO/IEC 27001
11 1 (0.16%) MiFID
System Software
1 103 (16.45%) Docker
2 35 (5.59%) Active Directory
3 8 (1.28%) Virtual Desktop
3 8 (1.28%) Virtual Machines
4 3 (0.48%) VMware Infrastructure
5 1 (0.16%) HDFS
Systems Management
1 187 (29.87%) Terraform
2 105 (16.77%) Kubernetes
3 24 (3.83%) Ansible
4 13 (2.08%) Grafana
5 10 (1.60%) Prometheus
6 5 (0.80%) HP ALM
7 4 (0.64%) Argo
8 3 (0.48%) Microsoft Intune
8 3 (0.48%) Packer
9 2 (0.32%) Kibana
9 2 (0.32%) Kubeflow
9 2 (0.32%) Opsgenie
10 1 (0.16%) Active Directory Federation Services
10 1 (0.16%) CASB
10 1 (0.16%) Fluentd
10 1 (0.16%) Icinga
10 1 (0.16%) Istio
10 1 (0.16%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 203 (32.43%) Microsoft
2 100 (15.97%) Databricks
3 55 (8.79%) Oracle
4 36 (5.75%) ServiceNow
5 25 (3.99%) OpenAI
6 21 (3.35%) Salesforce
7 13 (2.08%) SAP
8 10 (1.60%) Foundry
8 10 (1.60%) Lotus
8 10 (1.60%) VMware
9 9 (1.44%) Kofax
10 8 (1.28%) Informatica
11 7 (1.12%) Splunk
12 6 (0.96%) Citrix
13 5 (0.80%) Aruba
13 5 (0.80%) Charles River
13 5 (0.80%) Cisco
13 5 (0.80%) HP
13 5 (0.80%) Sitecore
14 4 (0.64%) Fortinet