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

6 months to
23 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 81 72 71
Rank change year-on-year -9 -1 +14
Contract jobs citing Azure DevOps 462 533 638
As % of all contract jobs in London 3.45% 3.35% 3.09%
As % of the Cloud Services category 7.87% 8.14% 7.95%
Number of daily rates quoted 330 362 456
10th Percentile £350 £388 £425
25th Percentile £413 £455 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £538 £575
Median % change year-on-year -2.33% -6.52% -
75th Percentile £650 £633 £650
90th Percentile £738 £700 £725
England median daily rate £513 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -2.38% -4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £86.25 - -
Median hourly rate £87.50 - -
75th Percentile £88.75 - -
90th Percentile - - -
England median hourly rate £75.00 - £75.00
% change year-on-year - - +14.00%

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 5,873 6,544 8,029
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 43.90% 41.19% 38.88%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,979 4,475 5,934
10th Percentile £350 £350 £350
25th Percentile £425 £450 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £551
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% -0.14% -5.45%
75th Percentile £650 £675 £683
90th Percentile £768 £788 £775
England median daily rate £500 £530 £538
% change year-on-year -5.66% -1.40% -2.27%
Number of hourly rates quoted 105 37 63
10th Percentile £20.08 £23.08 £17.20
25th Percentile £24.00 £23.80 £21.63
Median hourly rate £26.30 £32.50 £40.50
Median % change year-on-year -19.08% -19.75% +23.66%
75th Percentile £46.75 £53.75 £65.00
90th Percentile £79.50 £70.10 £89.50
England median hourly rate £25.15 £35.00 £27.50
% change year-on-year -28.14% +27.27% +22.22%

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 23 October 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
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 23 October 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 -16 65 £575 +6.98% 92
East London -4 4 £553 +26.29% 5
South London -10 3 £525 +37.84%
West London -9 1 £520 +9.47% 4
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 30 (6.49%) Confluence
2 20 (4.33%) SharePoint
3 11 (2.38%) Apache
4 10 (2.16%) Apache Airflow
5 9 (1.95%) Apache Spark
6 3 (0.65%) Microsoft Exchange
7 2 (0.43%) CMS
8 1 (0.22%) Anypoint
8 1 (0.22%) Appian
8 1 (0.22%) Headless CMS
8 1 (0.22%) Jupyter
8 1 (0.22%) Kentico
8 1 (0.22%) Mule
Applications
1 12 (2.60%) Microsoft Excel
2 8 (1.73%) Microsoft Office
2 8 (1.73%) Microsoft Project
3 6 (1.30%) MS Visio
4 3 (0.65%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 2 (0.43%) Chatbot
5 2 (0.43%) Trello
Business Applications
1 17 (3.68%) Dynamics CRM
2 14 (3.03%) Endur
3 9 (1.95%) Aladdin
4 4 (0.87%) SAP S/4HANA
5 2 (0.43%) Salesforce CRM
6 1 (0.22%) Orchestrade
6 1 (0.22%) SAP BPC
6 1 (0.22%) SAP Oil and Gas
6 1 (0.22%) Temenos T24
Cloud Services
1 462 (100.00%) Azure
2 95 (20.56%) Power Platform
3 86 (18.61%) GitHub
4 70 (15.15%) AWS
5 58 (12.55%) GitHub Actions
6 49 (10.61%) Azure Data Factory
6 49 (10.61%) Serverless
7 46 (9.96%) Azure AKS
8 44 (9.52%) Azure Monitor
9 43 (9.31%) Entra ID
10 41 (8.87%) Power Automate
10 41 (8.87%) PowerApps
11 40 (8.66%) Dynamics 365
12 34 (7.36%) Azure Functions
13 33 (7.14%) Azure Service Bus
13 33 (7.14%) Azure Synapse Analytics
14 32 (6.93%) Azure Logic Apps
15 30 (6.49%) GCP
16 29 (6.28%) PaaS
17 26 (5.63%) Azure Cosmos DB
Communications & Networking
1 26 (5.63%) Firewall
2 13 (2.81%) VPN
3 12 (2.60%) Network Security
4 10 (2.16%) DNS
5 7 (1.52%) WAN
6 6 (1.30%) HTTPS
7 5 (1.08%) SD-WAN
7 5 (1.08%) SSL
8 3 (0.65%) Remote Desktop
9 2 (0.43%) DHCP
9 2 (0.43%) LAN
9 2 (0.43%) TCP/IP
10 1 (0.22%) AMQP
10 1 (0.22%) BGP
10 1 (0.22%) DSL
10 1 (0.22%) HTTP
10 1 (0.22%) IPsec
10 1 (0.22%) MPLS
10 1 (0.22%) VRRP
10 1 (0.22%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 60 (12.99%) Power BI
2 33 (7.14%) SQL Server
3 20 (4.33%) PostgreSQL
4 19 (4.11%) Azure SQL Database
4 19 (4.11%) Delta Lake
5 18 (3.90%) Data Lake
5 18 (3.90%) Redis
6 16 (3.46%) Data Warehouse
7 14 (3.03%) NoSQL
8 13 (2.81%) MongoDB
9 9 (1.95%) Relational Database
10 6 (1.30%) Elasticsearch
10 6 (1.30%) Metadata
11 5 (1.08%) SQL Server Integration Services
11 5 (1.08%) SQL Server Reporting Services
12 4 (0.87%) Data Mart
12 4 (0.87%) MySQL
13 3 (0.65%) Big Data
13 3 (0.65%) Tableau
14 2 (0.43%) Snowflake Schema
Development Applications
1 94 (20.35%) JIRA
2 65 (14.07%) Git
3 50 (10.82%) Jenkins
4 33 (7.14%) GitLab
5 20 (4.33%) Selenium
6 15 (3.25%) Postman
6 15 (3.25%) SonarQube
7 10 (2.16%) Cucumber
7 10 (2.16%) TeamCity
8 8 (1.73%) Appium
8 8 (1.73%) JMeter
8 8 (1.73%) JUnit
9 7 (1.52%) NUnit
9 7 (1.52%) SpecFlow
9 7 (1.52%) WebDriver
10 6 (1.30%) Bitbucket
10 6 (1.30%) Octopus Deploy
11 5 (1.08%) Cypress.io
11 5 (1.08%) Team Foundation Server
11 5 (1.08%) Zephyr
General
1 160 (34.63%) Social Skills
2 105 (22.73%) Finance
3 46 (9.96%) Analytical Skills
4 41 (8.87%) Banking
5 37 (8.01%) Public Sector
6 27 (5.84%) Investment Banking
7 20 (4.33%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 15 (3.25%) Documentation Skills
9 12 (2.60%) Influencing Skills
9 12 (2.60%) Law
9 12 (2.60%) Marketing
9 12 (2.60%) Retail
10 8 (1.73%) Back Office
11 6 (1.30%) Front Office
11 6 (1.30%) Presentation Skills
12 5 (1.08%) Military
13 4 (0.87%) Financial Institution
13 4 (0.87%) Telecoms
14 3 (0.65%) Manufacturing
15 2 (0.43%) Electronics
Job Titles
1 125 (27.06%) Developer
2 62 (13.42%) Azure Engineer
3 52 (11.26%) DevOps Engineer
4 45 (9.74%) Senior
5 43 (9.31%) Analyst
6 38 (8.23%) Lead
7 35 (7.58%) Azure DevOps Engineer
8 33 (7.14%) Architect
9 32 (6.93%) Business Analyst
10 28 (6.06%) Data Engineer
11 22 (4.76%) Azure Developer
12 20 (4.33%) Senior Developer
13 19 (4.11%) .NET Developer
14 18 (3.90%) Azure Architect
14 18 (3.90%) C# Developer
15 17 (3.68%) Test Engineer
16 16 (3.46%) Project Manager
16 16 (3.46%) ServiceNow Developer
17 14 (3.03%) Java Developer
17 14 (3.03%) Lead Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 96 (20.78%) .NET
2 51 (11.04%) REST
3 38 (8.23%) SOAP
4 30 (6.49%) ARM Templates
4 30 (6.49%) RESTful
5 28 (6.06%) React
6 25 (5.41%) HTML
7 24 (5.19%) Kafka
7 24 (5.19%) YAML
8 23 (4.98%) .NET Core
9 22 (4.76%) ADO
10 20 (4.33%) ASP.NET
10 20 (4.33%) CSS
11 19 (4.11%) .NET Framework
11 19 (4.11%) PySpark
12 16 (3.46%) Node.js
13 13 (2.81%) ActiveMQ
13 13 (2.81%) Next.js
13 13 (2.81%) XML
14 12 (2.60%) Playwright
Miscellaneous
1 33 (7.14%) Cloud Native
2 18 (3.90%) CMDB
3 17 (3.68%) Product Ownership
4 12 (2.60%) Distributed Systems
5 11 (2.38%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
6 10 (2.16%) Fixed Income
6 10 (2.16%) Mobile App
7 9 (1.95%) Data Structures
7 9 (1.95%) Legacy Systems
7 9 (1.95%) Reinsurance
8 8 (1.73%) Greenfield Project
8 8 (1.73%) Hybrid Cloud
9 7 (1.52%) Public Cloud
10 6 (1.30%) Linux Command Line
11 5 (1.08%) Algorithms
11 5 (1.08%) Data Protection Act
11 5 (1.08%) Derivative
11 5 (1.08%) Low-Code
11 5 (1.08%) PMI
11 5 (1.08%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 20 (4.33%) Linux
2 17 (3.68%) Windows
3 12 (2.60%) Android
3 12 (2.60%) Apple iOS
4 8 (1.73%) Unix
5 5 (1.08%) VMS
6 3 (0.65%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 3 (0.65%) Windows Server
7 1 (0.22%) Solaris
7 1 (0.22%) Windows 10
7 1 (0.22%) Windows 7
7 1 (0.22%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 461 (99.78%) DevOps
2 246 (53.25%) Agile
3 228 (49.35%) CI/CD
4 119 (25.76%) Infrastructure as Code
5 95 (20.56%) Scrum
6 91 (19.70%) Problem-Solving
7 78 (16.88%) Test Automation
8 77 (16.67%) Analytics
9 64 (13.85%) Business Intelligence
10 52 (11.26%) Migration
11 51 (11.04%) Containerisation
12 48 (10.39%) Data Engineering
13 46 (9.96%) Continuous Improvement
14 45 (9.74%) Microservices
15 44 (9.52%) AI
15 44 (9.52%) Stakeholder Management
15 44 (9.52%) TDD
16 43 (9.31%) Data Modelling
17 40 (8.66%) Stakeholder Engagement
18 38 (8.23%) Workflow
Programming Languages
1 136 (29.44%) SQL
2 124 (26.84%) Python
3 108 (23.38%) C#
4 77 (16.67%) JavaScript
5 69 (14.94%) PowerShell
6 49 (10.61%) Java
7 47 (10.17%) Bicep
8 32 (6.93%) Bash
9 26 (5.63%) TypeScript
10 5 (1.08%) T-SQL
10 5 (1.08%) VB.NET
11 4 (0.87%) Kusto Query Language
11 4 (0.87%) PL/SQL
11 4 (0.87%) Shell Script
12 3 (0.65%) Data Analysis Expressions
12 3 (0.65%) Korn
13 2 (0.43%) Go
13 2 (0.43%) Groovy
13 2 (0.43%) Scala
13 2 (0.43%) X++
Qualifications
1 83 (17.97%) Security Cleared
2 70 (15.15%) SC Cleared
3 43 (9.31%) Degree
4 37 (8.01%) Azure Certification
5 18 (3.90%) Computer Science Degree
6 16 (3.46%) Microsoft Certification
7 11 (2.38%) ISTQB
8 10 (2.16%) Numerate Degree
8 10 (2.16%) PMI Certification
9 8 (1.73%) Master's Degree
10 6 (1.30%) PMP
11 4 (0.87%) BPSS Clearance
11 4 (0.87%) CBAP
11 4 (0.87%) CISSP
11 4 (0.87%) DV Cleared
11 4 (0.87%) ISEB
11 4 (0.87%) ITIL Certification
12 3 (0.65%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
13 2 (0.43%) CISM
14 1 (0.22%) CISA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 31 (6.71%) QA
2 26 (5.63%) Data Quality
3 18 (3.90%) Accessibility
3 18 (3.90%) GDPR
4 10 (2.16%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 9 (1.95%) NIST
6 4 (0.87%) WCAG
7 3 (0.65%) NCSC
7 3 (0.65%) Solvency II
8 2 (0.43%) EU AI Act
8 2 (0.43%) Government Security Classifications
8 2 (0.43%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
8 2 (0.43%) PMO
8 2 (0.43%) Sarbanes-Oxley
8 2 (0.43%) SOC 2
9 1 (0.22%) California Consumer Privacy Act
9 1 (0.22%) HIPAA
9 1 (0.22%) HL7
9 1 (0.22%) ISO/IEC 42001
9 1 (0.22%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 65 (14.07%) Docker
2 30 (6.49%) Active Directory
3 11 (2.38%) Virtual Machines
4 6 (1.30%) Virtual Desktop
5 1 (0.22%) KVM
5 1 (0.22%) OpenAM
5 1 (0.22%) OpenDJ
5 1 (0.22%) OpenIDM
5 1 (0.22%) Squid
5 1 (0.22%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 117 (25.32%) Terraform
2 71 (15.37%) Kubernetes
3 30 (6.49%) Ansible
4 14 (3.03%) Grafana
5 13 (2.81%) Prometheus
6 9 (1.95%) ITRS Geneos
7 7 (1.52%) Kibana
7 7 (1.52%) Progress Chef
8 5 (1.08%) Puppet
9 4 (0.87%) Istio
9 4 (0.87%) Microsoft Intune
10 3 (0.65%) Argo
10 3 (0.65%) HP ALM
10 3 (0.65%) Single Sign-On
11 2 (0.43%) Jamf Pro
11 2 (0.43%) Packer
12 1 (0.22%) Fluentd
12 1 (0.22%) linkerd
12 1 (0.22%) SCCM
Vendors
1 143 (30.95%) Microsoft
2 57 (12.34%) Databricks
3 28 (6.06%) ServiceNow
4 17 (3.68%) Salesforce
5 11 (2.38%) SAP
6 10 (2.16%) OpenAI
6 10 (2.16%) Oracle
7 8 (1.73%) Murex
8 7 (1.52%) DocuSign
8 7 (1.52%) Guidewire
9 6 (1.30%) Duck Creek
10 5 (1.08%) Aruba
10 5 (1.08%) Cisco
10 5 (1.08%) Google
10 5 (1.08%) UiPath
11 3 (0.65%) Fortinet
11 3 (0.65%) HP
11 3 (0.65%) OneTrust
11 3 (0.65%) OpenLink
11 3 (0.65%) Sitecore