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 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
4 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 80 76 79
Rank change year-on-year -4 +3 +10
Contract jobs citing Azure DevOps 505 509 546
As % of all contract jobs in London 3.52% 3.24% 2.84%
As % of the Cloud Services category 8.00% 7.91% 7.39%
Number of daily rates quoted 352 351 406
10th Percentile £343 £381 £425
25th Percentile £400 £463 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £516 £550 £575
Median % change year-on-year -6.14% -4.35% -
75th Percentile £638 £638 £650
90th Percentile £724 £725 £725
England median daily rate £500 £530 £550
% change year-on-year -5.66% -3.64% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 0 0
10th Percentile £50.03 - -
25th Percentile £56.06 - -
Median hourly rate £66.75 - -
75th Percentile £78.06 - -
90th Percentile £84.48 - -
England median hourly rate £74.63 £73.75 £62.00
% change year-on-year +1.19% +18.95% -5.76%

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 6,310 6,434 7,386
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 43.93% 40.92% 38.48%
Number of daily rates quoted 4,286 4,388 5,431
10th Percentile £350 £350 £325
25th Percentile £424 £456 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% - -7.06%
75th Percentile £648 £675 £675
90th Percentile £750 £788 £775
England median daily rate £500 £538 £525
% change year-on-year -6.98% +2.38% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 119 38 64
10th Percentile £18.25 £22.81 £18.28
25th Percentile £23.00 £23.98 £21.25
Median hourly rate £26.00 £35.00 £37.75
Median % change year-on-year -25.71% -7.28% +23.77%
75th Percentile £46.38 £58.00 £60.00
90th Percentile £78.75 £65.30 £74.63
England median hourly rate £26.30 £32.00 £25.00
% change year-on-year -17.81% +28.00% +11.11%

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 December 2025.

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 December 2025.

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 December 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 -18 66 £550 - 32
South London -2 10 £500 +31.58%
East London -6 2 £440 - 8
West London -21 1 £400 -15.79% 6
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 28 (5.54%) Confluence
2 27 (5.35%) SharePoint
3 11 (2.18%) Apache Spark
4 9 (1.78%) Apache
4 9 (1.78%) Apache Airflow
5 6 (1.19%) Microsoft Exchange
6 4 (0.79%) CMS
7 3 (0.59%) HCL Notes
8 2 (0.40%) IIS
8 2 (0.40%) Mendix
8 2 (0.40%) Sitecore CMS
9 1 (0.20%) Adobe Experience Manager
9 1 (0.20%) Anypoint
9 1 (0.20%) Headless CMS
9 1 (0.20%) Jupyter
9 1 (0.20%) Kentico
9 1 (0.20%) Mule
Applications
1 12 (2.38%) Microsoft Excel
2 8 (1.58%) MS Visio
3 7 (1.39%) Microsoft Office
3 7 (1.39%) Microsoft Project
4 4 (0.79%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 3 (0.59%) Trello
Business Applications
1 24 (4.75%) Dynamics CRM
2 10 (1.98%) Aladdin
3 5 (0.99%) Endur
4 4 (0.79%) SAP S/4HANA
5 2 (0.40%) Salesforce CRM
6 1 (0.20%) Orchestrade
6 1 (0.20%) SAP BPC
6 1 (0.20%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 505 (100.00%) Azure
2 120 (23.76%) GitHub
3 108 (21.39%) Power Platform
4 88 (17.43%) GitHub Actions
5 65 (12.87%) AWS
5 65 (12.87%) Serverless
6 64 (12.67%) Azure Data Factory
7 62 (12.28%) Azure Monitor
8 61 (12.08%) Azure AKS
9 53 (10.50%) Dynamics 365
10 51 (10.10%) Azure Logic Apps
10 51 (10.10%) Entra ID
11 46 (9.11%) Azure Service Bus
12 45 (8.91%) PowerApps
13 44 (8.71%) Azure Functions
14 42 (8.32%) Power Automate
15 37 (7.33%) Azure Key Vault
15 37 (7.33%) Azure Synapse Analytics
16 35 (6.93%) Azure Cosmos DB
17 28 (5.54%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 26 (5.15%) Firewall
2 16 (3.17%) Network Security
3 13 (2.57%) VPN
4 12 (2.38%) DNS
5 7 (1.39%) WAN
6 5 (0.99%) SD-WAN
7 2 (0.40%) HTTP
7 2 (0.40%) LAN
7 2 (0.40%) MPLS
7 2 (0.40%) Remote Desktop
7 2 (0.40%) TCP/IP
8 1 (0.20%) AMQP
8 1 (0.20%) BGP
8 1 (0.20%) DHCP
8 1 (0.20%) DSL
8 1 (0.20%) FTP
8 1 (0.20%) IPsec
8 1 (0.20%) VLAN
8 1 (0.20%) VRRP
8 1 (0.20%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 66 (13.07%) Power BI
2 38 (7.52%) SQL Server
3 28 (5.54%) Azure SQL Database
4 24 (4.75%) Data Warehouse
5 20 (3.96%) Data Lake
5 20 (3.96%) NoSQL
6 16 (3.17%) Delta Lake
6 16 (3.17%) MongoDB
6 16 (3.17%) PostgreSQL
7 9 (1.78%) Redis
8 8 (1.58%) Relational Database
8 8 (1.58%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 7 (1.39%) DynamoDB
9 7 (1.39%) SQL Server Reporting Services
9 7 (1.39%) Tableau
10 6 (1.19%) Elasticsearch
10 6 (1.19%) Star Schema
11 5 (0.99%) Big Data
11 5 (0.99%) Oracle Database
12 4 (0.79%) Snowflake Schema
Development Applications
1 96 (19.01%) JIRA
2 73 (14.46%) Git
3 55 (10.89%) Jenkins
4 38 (7.52%) GitLab
5 26 (5.15%) Selenium
6 18 (3.56%) Postman
7 13 (2.57%) Cucumber
8 12 (2.38%) SonarQube
9 11 (2.18%) JUnit
10 10 (1.98%) SpecFlow
11 9 (1.78%) Cypress.io
12 8 (1.58%) Appium
12 8 (1.58%) JMeter
12 8 (1.58%) Mockito
12 8 (1.58%) Team Foundation Server
12 8 (1.58%) TeamCity
13 7 (1.39%) Bitbucket
13 7 (1.39%) MLflow
14 6 (1.19%) NUnit
14 6 (1.19%) REST Assured
General
1 171 (33.86%) Social Skills
2 125 (24.75%) Finance
3 52 (10.30%) Analytical Skills
4 50 (9.90%) Public Sector
5 44 (8.71%) Banking
6 24 (4.75%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 23 (4.55%) Investment Banking
8 20 (3.96%) Documentation Skills
9 14 (2.77%) Influencing Skills
9 14 (2.77%) Retail
10 12 (2.38%) Law
11 11 (2.18%) Financial Institution
12 10 (1.98%) Marketing
13 8 (1.58%) Back Office
14 7 (1.39%) Front Office
15 6 (1.19%) Presentation Skills
16 5 (0.99%) Military
17 3 (0.59%) Billing
17 3 (0.59%) General Ledger
17 3 (0.59%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 134 (26.53%) Developer
2 72 (14.26%) Azure Engineer
3 64 (12.67%) DevOps Engineer
4 49 (9.70%) Senior
5 44 (8.71%) Analyst
6 39 (7.72%) Lead
7 37 (7.33%) Azure DevOps Engineer
8 34 (6.73%) Data Engineer
9 31 (6.14%) Architect
10 27 (5.35%) Azure Developer
10 27 (5.35%) Business Analyst
11 18 (3.56%) Azure Architect
11 18 (3.56%) Test Engineer
11 18 (3.56%) Tester
12 17 (3.37%) Platform Engineer
13 16 (3.17%) Senior Developer
13 16 (3.17%) ServiceNow Developer
14 15 (2.97%) Azure Data Engineer
14 15 (2.97%) Consultant
15 14 (2.77%) Test Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 122 (24.16%) .NET
2 50 (9.90%) REST
3 39 (7.72%) Node.js
3 39 (7.72%) SOAP
4 35 (6.93%) React
5 32 (6.34%) RESTful
6 30 (5.94%) YAML
7 29 (5.74%) Kafka
8 26 (5.15%) ARM Templates
9 25 (4.95%) .NET Core
10 24 (4.75%) PySpark
11 23 (4.55%) .NET Framework
12 20 (3.96%) ADO
12 20 (3.96%) AngularJS
13 17 (3.37%) Playwright
14 15 (2.97%) ASP.NET
14 15 (2.97%) HTML
15 14 (2.77%) Microsoft Graph
15 14 (2.77%) OAuth
15 14 (2.77%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 47 (9.31%) Cloud Native
2 27 (5.35%) Product Ownership
3 25 (4.95%) Distributed Systems
4 20 (3.96%) CMDB
5 14 (2.77%) Enterprise Software
6 13 (2.57%) AI Agents
7 12 (2.38%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
7 12 (2.38%) Legacy Systems
8 11 (2.18%) Fixed Income
9 8 (1.58%) Mobile App
10 7 (1.39%) Greenfield Project
10 7 (1.39%) Hybrid Cloud
10 7 (1.39%) Public Cloud
10 7 (1.39%) Reinsurance
11 6 (1.19%) Derivative
11 6 (1.19%) Low-Code
12 5 (0.99%) Analytical Mindset
12 5 (0.99%) NHS
12 5 (0.99%) PMI
12 5 (0.99%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 22 (4.36%) Windows
2 15 (2.97%) Linux
3 7 (1.39%) Android
3 7 (1.39%) Apple iOS
4 6 (1.19%) Unix
5 5 (0.99%) Windows Server
6 4 (0.79%) VMS
7 3 (0.59%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 1 (0.20%) Solaris
8 1 (0.20%) Windows 10
8 1 (0.20%) Windows 7
8 1 (0.20%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 504 (99.80%) DevOps
2 285 (56.44%) CI/CD
3 259 (51.29%) Agile
4 135 (26.73%) Infrastructure as Code
5 114 (22.57%) Problem-Solving
6 99 (19.60%) Scrum
7 96 (19.01%) Analytics
8 95 (18.81%) Test Automation
9 74 (14.65%) Microservices
10 70 (13.86%) Business Intelligence
11 65 (12.87%) Containerisation
12 62 (12.28%) AI
12 62 (12.28%) Continuous Improvement
13 55 (10.89%) Migration
14 52 (10.30%) Stakeholder Engagement
15 50 (9.90%) Data Engineering
15 50 (9.90%) Data Modelling
15 50 (9.90%) Stakeholder Management
15 50 (9.90%) Validation
16 46 (9.11%) Data Pipeline
Programming Languages
1 153 (30.30%) SQL
2 144 (28.51%) Python
3 132 (26.14%) C#
4 92 (18.22%) JavaScript
5 64 (12.67%) PowerShell
6 52 (10.30%) Bicep
6 52 (10.30%) Java
7 33 (6.53%) TypeScript
8 31 (6.14%) Bash
9 9 (1.78%) Kusto Query Language
10 7 (1.39%) T-SQL
11 6 (1.19%) PL/SQL
11 6 (1.19%) VB.NET
12 5 (0.99%) Scala
13 4 (0.79%) Shell Script
14 3 (0.59%) Formula Language
14 3 (0.59%) Korn
14 3 (0.59%) LotusScript
14 3 (0.59%) R
14 3 (0.59%) X++
Qualifications
1 104 (20.59%) Security Cleared
2 90 (17.82%) SC Cleared
3 48 (9.50%) Degree
4 43 (8.51%) Azure Certification
5 24 (4.75%) Computer Science Degree
6 19 (3.76%) Microsoft Certification
7 13 (2.57%) ISTQB
8 10 (1.98%) Master's Degree
9 8 (1.58%) PMI Certification
10 5 (0.99%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
10 5 (0.99%) Numerate Degree
11 4 (0.79%) CBAP
11 4 (0.79%) DV Cleared
11 4 (0.79%) ISEB
11 4 (0.79%) ITIL Certification
11 4 (0.79%) PMP
12 3 (0.59%) CISSP
13 2 (0.40%) AWS Certification
13 2 (0.40%) BPSS Clearance
13 2 (0.40%) MBA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 41 (8.12%) QA
2 24 (4.75%) Data Quality
3 22 (4.36%) GDPR
4 16 (3.17%) Accessibility
5 8 (1.58%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 8 (1.58%) NIST
6 6 (1.19%) WCAG
7 5 (0.99%) Sarbanes-Oxley
8 4 (0.79%) NCSC
9 3 (0.59%) PCI DSS
10 2 (0.40%) EU AI Act
10 2 (0.40%) HIPAA
10 2 (0.40%) HL7
10 2 (0.40%) PMO
11 1 (0.20%) California Consumer Privacy Act
11 1 (0.20%) Cyber Essentials
11 1 (0.20%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
11 1 (0.20%) ISO 20022
11 1 (0.20%) ISO/IEC 42001
11 1 (0.20%) Software Quality Assurance
System Software
1 87 (17.23%) Docker
2 32 (6.34%) Active Directory
3 12 (2.38%) Virtual Machines
4 5 (0.99%) Virtual Desktop
5 3 (0.59%) VMware Infrastructure
6 1 (0.20%) KVM
6 1 (0.20%) Squid
Systems Management
1 141 (27.92%) Terraform
2 87 (17.23%) Kubernetes
3 33 (6.53%) Ansible
4 16 (3.17%) Grafana
5 14 (2.77%) Prometheus
6 7 (1.39%) Progress Chef
7 6 (1.19%) Kibana
8 4 (0.79%) Argo
8 4 (0.79%) Packer
8 4 (0.79%) Puppet
9 3 (0.59%) Microsoft Intune
10 2 (0.40%) Fluentd
10 2 (0.40%) HP ALM
10 2 (0.40%) Istio
10 2 (0.40%) Kubeflow
10 2 (0.40%) Opsgenie
11 1 (0.20%) CASB
11 1 (0.20%) Icinga
11 1 (0.20%) ITRS Geneos
11 1 (0.20%) Jamf Pro
Vendors
1 173 (34.26%) Microsoft
2 73 (14.46%) Databricks
3 34 (6.73%) ServiceNow
4 21 (4.16%) OpenAI
5 20 (3.96%) Oracle
6 18 (3.56%) Salesforce
7 10 (1.98%) SAP
8 8 (1.58%) Murex
9 7 (1.39%) DocuSign
9 7 (1.39%) Splunk
10 6 (1.19%) UiPath
11 5 (0.99%) Aruba
11 5 (0.99%) Cisco
11 5 (0.99%) Google
11 5 (0.99%) Sitecore
12 4 (0.79%) Charles River
12 4 (0.79%) Citrix
12 4 (0.79%) VMware
13 3 (0.59%) Brio
13 3 (0.59%) OpenLink