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 5 February 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
5 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 72 84 79
Rank change year-on-year +12 -5 +3
Contract jobs citing Azure DevOps 583 427 514
As % of all contract jobs in London 3.91% 3.11% 2.80%
As % of the Cloud Services category 8.85% 7.50% 7.52%
Number of daily rates quoted 416 287 385
10th Percentile £358 £395 £425
25th Percentile £413 £463 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £550 £575
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% -4.35% -
75th Percentile £602 £638 £650
90th Percentile £700 £725 £700
England median daily rate £500 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -4.76% -4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 0 0
10th Percentile £46.53 - -
25th Percentile £47.31 - -
Median hourly rate £49.25 - -
75th Percentile £51.81 - -
90th Percentile £52.98 - -
England median hourly rate £74.63 £73.75 £65.50
% change year-on-year +1.19% +12.60% -0.44%

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 6,591 5,693 6,833
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 44.20% 41.53% 37.19%
Number of daily rates quoted 4,517 3,775 5,073
10th Percentile £349 £356 £325
25th Percentile £425 £450 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% - -7.17%
75th Percentile £638 £675 £675
90th Percentile £750 £788 £763
England median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 95 48 77
10th Percentile £18.09 £22.27 £17.47
25th Percentile £21.23 £24.09 £21.25
Median hourly rate £30.50 £31.42 £30.50
Median % change year-on-year -2.94% +3.02% +3.39%
75th Percentile £52.96 £54.25 £53.25
90th Percentile £76.00 £67.63 £61.00
England median hourly rate £35.00 £27.50 £22.50
% change year-on-year +27.27% +22.22% -8.16%

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 5 February 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
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 5 February 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 70 £556 +1.14% 48
South London -3 12 £500 +31.28%
West London -25 3 £375 -21.05% 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 38 (6.52%) SharePoint
2 29 (4.97%) Confluence
3 20 (3.43%) Apache Spark
4 12 (2.06%) Apache
5 10 (1.72%) HCL Notes
6 9 (1.54%) Mendix
7 8 (1.37%) Microsoft Exchange
8 6 (1.03%) Apache Airflow
9 3 (0.51%) CMS
9 3 (0.51%) IIS
10 2 (0.34%) Sitecore CMS
11 1 (0.17%) Adobe Experience Manager
11 1 (0.17%) Kentico
11 1 (0.17%) Palantir Foundry
Applications
1 11 (1.89%) Microsoft Project
2 10 (1.72%) Microsoft Excel
2 10 (1.72%) MS Visio
3 4 (0.69%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 2 (0.34%) Microsoft Office
4 2 (0.34%) Trello
Business Applications
1 33 (5.66%) Dynamics CRM
2 4 (0.69%) Aladdin
2 4 (0.69%) Endur
2 4 (0.69%) SAP S/4HANA
3 1 (0.17%) NetSuite
3 1 (0.17%) Orchestrade
3 1 (0.17%) SAP BPC
3 1 (0.17%) SAP MM
3 1 (0.17%) SAP Oil and Gas
3 1 (0.17%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 583 (100.00%) Azure
2 151 (25.90%) GitHub
3 140 (24.01%) Power Platform
4 102 (17.50%) GitHub Actions
5 80 (13.72%) Azure Data Factory
5 80 (13.72%) Serverless
6 64 (10.98%) AWS
7 63 (10.81%) Azure AKS
7 63 (10.81%) Azure Logic Apps
7 63 (10.81%) Azure Monitor
7 63 (10.81%) Dynamics 365
8 59 (10.12%) Azure Functions
9 56 (9.61%) Entra ID
9 56 (9.61%) Power Automate
10 48 (8.23%) Azure Key Vault
11 47 (8.06%) PowerApps
12 46 (7.89%) Azure Service Bus
13 45 (7.72%) Azure Synapse Analytics
14 36 (6.17%) Azure Cosmos DB
15 32 (5.49%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 27 (4.63%) Firewall
2 12 (2.06%) Network Security
3 11 (1.89%) VPN
4 9 (1.54%) DNS
5 7 (1.20%) WAN
6 5 (0.86%) SD-WAN
7 3 (0.51%) Remote Desktop
8 2 (0.34%) FTP
8 2 (0.34%) HTTP
8 2 (0.34%) LAN
8 2 (0.34%) MPLS
8 2 (0.34%) TCP/IP
9 1 (0.17%) BGP
9 1 (0.17%) DHCP
9 1 (0.17%) IPsec
9 1 (0.17%) VLAN
9 1 (0.17%) VRRP
9 1 (0.17%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 84 (14.41%) Power BI
2 67 (11.49%) SQL Server
3 35 (6.00%) Azure SQL Database
4 34 (5.83%) Data Lake
4 34 (5.83%) Data Warehouse
5 28 (4.80%) Delta Lake
6 21 (3.60%) NoSQL
7 17 (2.92%) PostgreSQL
8 16 (2.74%) Oracle Database
9 15 (2.57%) MongoDB
10 14 (2.40%) SQL Server Integration Services
11 12 (2.06%) Tableau
12 8 (1.37%) Data Vault
12 8 (1.37%) DynamoDB
12 8 (1.37%) Relational Database
12 8 (1.37%) Snowflake Schema
13 7 (1.20%) Spark SQL
13 7 (1.20%) SQL Server Reporting Services
14 6 (1.03%) Redis
14 6 (1.03%) Star Schema
Development Applications
1 113 (19.38%) JIRA
2 84 (14.41%) Git
3 49 (8.40%) Jenkins
4 29 (4.97%) GitLab
5 28 (4.80%) Selenium
6 21 (3.60%) Postman
7 14 (2.40%) Cypress.io
8 13 (2.23%) Team Foundation Server
9 10 (1.72%) REST Assured
10 9 (1.54%) SonarQube
10 9 (1.54%) Visual Studio
11 8 (1.37%) JUnit
11 8 (1.37%) MLflow
11 8 (1.37%) TestRail
12 7 (1.20%) JMeter
12 7 (1.20%) Zephyr
13 6 (1.03%) Cucumber
13 6 (1.03%) Mockito
13 6 (1.03%) SpecFlow
13 6 (1.03%) TeamCity
General
1 183 (31.39%) Social Skills
2 147 (25.21%) Finance
3 69 (11.84%) Analytical Skills
4 58 (9.95%) Public Sector
5 42 (7.20%) Banking
6 17 (2.92%) Documentation Skills
7 16 (2.74%) Influencing Skills
8 15 (2.57%) Financial Institution
8 15 (2.57%) Investment Banking
9 12 (2.06%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 12 (2.06%) Retail
10 11 (1.89%) Front Office
11 9 (1.54%) Marketing
11 9 (1.54%) Presentation Skills
12 7 (1.20%) Law
13 6 (1.03%) Back Office
13 6 (1.03%) Organisational Skills
14 5 (0.86%) Military
15 3 (0.51%) General Ledger
16 2 (0.34%) Billing
Job Titles
1 142 (24.36%) Developer
2 86 (14.75%) Azure Engineer
3 72 (12.35%) DevOps Engineer
4 62 (10.63%) Senior
5 57 (9.78%) Data Engineer
6 48 (8.23%) Analyst
7 47 (8.06%) Azure DevOps Engineer
8 44 (7.55%) Architect
9 40 (6.86%) Lead
10 34 (5.83%) Azure Developer
11 24 (4.12%) Azure Architect
12 22 (3.77%) Business Analyst
12 22 (3.77%) Tester
13 20 (3.43%) Platform Engineer
14 17 (2.92%) Senior Developer
14 17 (2.92%) Test Analyst
15 16 (2.74%) Consultant
16 15 (2.57%) Automation Engineer
16 15 (2.57%) C# Developer
16 15 (2.57%) ServiceNow Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 130 (22.30%) .NET
2 56 (9.61%) REST
3 49 (8.40%) Node.js
4 46 (7.89%) React
5 41 (7.03%) PySpark
6 28 (4.80%) ARM Templates
6 28 (4.80%) Kafka
7 27 (4.63%) .NET Core
7 27 (4.63%) SOAP
8 25 (4.29%) RESTful
9 21 (3.60%) ADO
9 21 (3.60%) CSS
9 21 (3.60%) HTML
10 20 (3.43%) YAML
11 19 (3.26%) .NET Framework
11 19 (3.26%) Playwright
12 17 (2.92%) AngularJS
13 16 (2.74%) ASP.NET
13 16 (2.74%) OAuth
14 15 (2.57%) JSON
Miscellaneous
1 60 (10.29%) Cloud Native
2 32 (5.49%) Product Ownership
3 25 (4.29%) Distributed Systems
4 21 (3.60%) Legacy Systems
5 19 (3.26%) CMDB
6 15 (2.57%) AI Agents
6 15 (2.57%) Enterprise Software
6 15 (2.57%) Low-Code
7 13 (2.23%) Public Cloud
7 13 (2.23%) Reinsurance
8 10 (1.72%) Data Structures
9 9 (1.54%) Replication
10 8 (1.37%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
10 8 (1.37%) NHS
11 6 (1.03%) Linux Command Line
11 6 (1.03%) Virtual Team
12 5 (0.86%) Data Centre
12 5 (0.86%) Derivative
12 5 (0.86%) Enterprise Cloud
12 5 (0.86%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 22 (3.77%) Windows
2 16 (2.74%) Linux
3 8 (1.37%) VMS
4 4 (0.69%) Windows Server
5 1 (0.17%) Android
5 1 (0.17%) Apple iOS
5 1 (0.17%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 1 (0.17%) Solaris
5 1 (0.17%) Unix
5 1 (0.17%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 576 (98.80%) DevOps
2 327 (56.09%) CI/CD
3 258 (44.25%) Agile
4 151 (25.90%) Infrastructure as Code
5 125 (21.44%) Problem-Solving
6 121 (20.75%) Analytics
7 103 (17.67%) Test Automation
8 95 (16.30%) Business Intelligence
9 93 (15.95%) Scrum
10 91 (15.61%) AI
11 90 (15.44%) Continuous Improvement
12 80 (13.72%) Data Modelling
13 76 (13.04%) Microservices
14 74 (12.69%) Migration
15 67 (11.49%) Stakeholder Management
16 66 (11.32%) Containerisation
17 58 (9.95%) Data Pipeline
17 58 (9.95%) Observability
18 56 (9.61%) Stakeholder Engagement
18 56 (9.61%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 202 (34.65%) SQL
2 165 (28.30%) Python
3 135 (23.16%) C#
4 101 (17.32%) JavaScript
5 59 (10.12%) PowerShell
6 57 (9.78%) Bicep
7 49 (8.40%) TypeScript
8 46 (7.89%) Java
9 28 (4.80%) Bash
10 19 (3.26%) Scala
11 15 (2.57%) T-SQL
12 10 (1.72%) Formula Language
12 10 (1.72%) Kusto Query Language
12 10 (1.72%) LotusScript
12 10 (1.72%) PL/SQL
13 4 (0.69%) Data Analysis Expressions
13 4 (0.69%) R
14 3 (0.51%) Go
14 3 (0.51%) X++
14 3 (0.51%) XPath
Qualifications
1 134 (22.98%) Security Cleared
2 119 (20.41%) SC Cleared
3 59 (10.12%) Azure Certification
4 40 (6.86%) Degree
5 19 (3.26%) Computer Science Degree
5 19 (3.26%) Microsoft Certification
6 16 (2.74%) BPSS Clearance
7 13 (2.23%) ISTQB
8 10 (1.72%) Master's Degree
9 9 (1.54%) PMI Certification
10 7 (1.20%) PMP
11 5 (0.86%) ISEB
11 5 (0.86%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
12 4 (0.69%) ITIL Certification
13 3 (0.51%) CBAP
13 3 (0.51%) DBS Check
14 2 (0.34%) AWS Certification
14 2 (0.34%) CISSP
14 2 (0.34%) MBA
15 1 (0.17%) CISA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 50 (8.58%) QA
2 42 (7.20%) Data Quality
3 20 (3.43%) GDPR
4 13 (2.23%) Accessibility
5 7 (1.20%) WCAG
6 6 (1.03%) PMO
6 6 (1.03%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 4 (0.69%) HIPAA
7 4 (0.69%) NIST
7 4 (0.69%) PCI DSS
8 3 (0.51%) HL7
8 3 (0.51%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 3 (0.51%) NCSC
9 2 (0.34%) EU AI Act
9 2 (0.34%) FedRAMP
9 2 (0.34%) SLA
9 2 (0.34%) Software Quality Assurance
10 1 (0.17%) California Consumer Privacy Act
10 1 (0.17%) HMG Security Policy Framework
10 1 (0.17%) ISO/IEC 42001
System Software
1 99 (16.98%) Docker
2 33 (5.66%) Active Directory
3 8 (1.37%) Virtual Desktop
4 7 (1.20%) Virtual Machines
5 3 (0.51%) VMware Infrastructure
6 1 (0.17%) KVM
6 1 (0.17%) Squid
Systems Management
1 175 (30.02%) Terraform
2 102 (17.50%) Kubernetes
3 25 (4.29%) Ansible
4 11 (1.89%) Grafana
5 8 (1.37%) Prometheus
6 4 (0.69%) HP ALM
6 4 (0.69%) Packer
7 3 (0.51%) Argo
7 3 (0.51%) Kibana
8 2 (0.34%) Fluentd
8 2 (0.34%) Kubeflow
8 2 (0.34%) Microsoft Intune
8 2 (0.34%) Opsgenie
8 2 (0.34%) Progress Chef
9 1 (0.17%) Active Directory Federation Services
9 1 (0.17%) CASB
9 1 (0.17%) Icinga
9 1 (0.17%) Istio
Vendors
1 199 (34.13%) Microsoft
2 88 (15.09%) Databricks
3 46 (7.89%) Oracle
4 35 (6.00%) ServiceNow
5 25 (4.29%) OpenAI
6 17 (2.92%) Salesforce
7 10 (1.72%) Lotus
7 10 (1.72%) SAP
8 9 (1.54%) Kofax
9 8 (1.37%) Foundry
9 8 (1.37%) Informatica
9 8 (1.37%) VMware
10 6 (1.03%) DocuSign
10 6 (1.03%) Splunk
11 5 (0.86%) Aruba
11 5 (0.86%) Cisco
11 5 (0.86%) Citrix
11 5 (0.86%) Sitecore
12 4 (0.69%) Charles River
12 4 (0.69%) HP