Azure DevOps Contract Job Trends in the South West

Microsoft Azure DevOps
England > South West

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the South West requiring Azure DevOps skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 17 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
17 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 57 99 68
Rank change year-on-year +42 -31 +18
Contract jobs citing Azure DevOps 78 30 87
As % of all contract jobs in the South West 3.36% 1.42% 2.94%
As % of the Cloud Services category 11.68% 4.78% 9.98%
Number of daily rates quoted 67 22 64
10th Percentile £406 £350 £436
25th Percentile £450 £405 £504
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £488 £550
Median % change year-on-year -2.56% -11.36% -2.44%
75th Percentile £554 £538 £714
90th Percentile £694 £540 £753
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 - - -
25th Percentile £91.25 - -
Median hourly rate £92.50 - -
75th Percentile £93.75 - -
90th Percentile - - -
England median hourly rate £68.38 £73.75 £62.00
% change year-on-year -7.28% +18.95% -5.76%

All Cloud Skills
South West

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 the South West.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for cloud computing skills 668 628 872
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South West 28.76% 29.65% 29.43%
Number of daily rates quoted 485 419 676
10th Percentile £253 £231 £232
25th Percentile £405 £425 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% -4.55% +4.76%
75th Percentile £600 £638 £638
90th Percentile £700 £725 £700
England median daily rate £500 £538 £525
% change year-on-year -6.98% +2.38% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 21 15 34
10th Percentile - £13.70 £14.10
25th Percentile £18.87 £22.54 £14.61
Median hourly rate £22.50 £30.00 £20.50
Median % change year-on-year -25.00% +46.34% -64.50%
75th Percentile £36.00 £69.38 £33.00
90th Percentile £70.71 £70.00 £78.00
England median hourly rate £26.50 £30.88 £23.24
% change year-on-year -14.17% +32.85% +3.29%

Azure DevOps
Job Vacancy Trend in the South West

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Azure DevOps relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in the South West.

Azure DevOps job vacancy trend in the South West

Azure DevOps
Daily Rate Trend in the South West

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the South West citing Azure DevOps.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the South West citing Azure DevOps

Azure DevOps
Daily Rate Histogram in the South West

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Azure DevOps in the South West over the 6 months to 17 December 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Azure DevOps in the South West

Azure DevOps
Hourly Rate Trend in the South West

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the South West citing Azure DevOps.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the South West citing Azure DevOps

Azure DevOps
Contract Job Locations in the South West

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 South West region over the 6 months to 17 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
Gloucestershire +25 45 £475 +18.75% 5
Bristol -6 13 £536 +19.17% 11
Wiltshire -10 7 £606 +15.48% 7
Dorset - 5 £352 - 3
Somerset -1 4 £500 -19.03% 7
Devon - 1 £550 -
Azure DevOps
England

Azure DevOps
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the South West 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 3 (3.85%) SharePoint
2 2 (2.56%) Confluence
3 1 (1.28%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 2 (2.56%) Microsoft Project
2 1 (1.28%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 5 (6.41%) NEC Housing
2 2 (2.56%) Primavera
Cloud Services
1 78 (100.00%) Azure
2 18 (23.08%) AWS
3 17 (21.79%) GitHub
4 12 (15.38%) GitHub Actions
5 11 (14.10%) Serverless
6 8 (10.26%) Azure Key Vault
7 7 (8.97%) Entra ID
8 6 (7.69%) Dynamics 365
9 5 (6.41%) Azure AKS
9 5 (6.41%) GCP
10 3 (3.85%) Cloud Computing
11 2 (2.56%) AWS CloudFormation
11 2 (2.56%) AWS Lambda
11 2 (2.56%) Azure Cosmos DB
11 2 (2.56%) Azure Logic Apps
11 2 (2.56%) Azure Monitor
11 2 (2.56%) OpenShift
12 1 (1.28%) Azure Event Grid
12 1 (1.28%) Azure Sentinel
12 1 (1.28%) Azure Service Bus
Communications & Networking
1 1 (1.28%) Firewall
1 1 (1.28%) HTTP
1 1 (1.28%) LAN
1 1 (1.28%) Network Security
1 1 (1.28%) NGFW
1 1 (1.28%) VPN
1 1 (1.28%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (8.97%) PostgreSQL
1 7 (8.97%) Redis
2 2 (2.56%) Amazon RDS
2 2 (2.56%) Elasticsearch
2 2 (2.56%) Oracle Database
2 2 (2.56%) SQL Server
3 1 (1.28%) Data Lake
3 1 (1.28%) DynamoDB
3 1 (1.28%) MongoDB
3 1 (1.28%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 31 (39.74%) Oracle APEX
2 9 (11.54%) Git
2 9 (11.54%) JIRA
3 8 (10.26%) Jenkins
4 6 (7.69%) GitLab
5 5 (6.41%) SonarQube
6 1 (1.28%) Artifactory
6 1 (1.28%) CMake
6 1 (1.28%) GoogleTest
6 1 (1.28%) Maven
6 1 (1.28%) Mocha
6 1 (1.28%) Oracle Forms
6 1 (1.28%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 38 (48.72%) Social Skills
2 12 (15.38%) Finance
3 3 (3.85%) Analytical Skills
3 3 (3.85%) Back Office
4 2 (2.56%) Aerospace
4 2 (2.56%) Law
4 2 (2.56%) Local Government
4 2 (2.56%) Public Sector
4 2 (2.56%) Telecoms
5 1 (1.28%) Banking
Job Titles
1 43 (55.13%) Developer
2 35 (44.87%) Senior
3 31 (39.74%) Senior Developer
4 7 (8.97%) Backend Developer
4 7 (8.97%) Python Developer
5 6 (7.69%) DevOps Engineer
6 3 (3.85%) Lead
6 3 (3.85%) Software Engineer
7 2 (2.56%) Analyst
7 2 (2.56%) Architect
7 2 (2.56%) Automation Analyst
7 2 (2.56%) Consultant
7 2 (2.56%) DevSecOps Engineer
7 2 (2.56%) Full-Stack Engineer
7 2 (2.56%) Full-Stack Software Engineer
7 2 (2.56%) Project Manager
7 2 (2.56%) Senior Manager
7 2 (2.56%) Senior Project Manager
7 2 (2.56%) Service Analyst
7 2 (2.56%) Solutions Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 11 (14.10%) REST
2 8 (10.26%) ARM Templates
3 7 (8.97%) FastAPI
3 7 (8.97%) Flask
3 7 (8.97%) GraphQL
3 7 (8.97%) gRPC
3 7 (8.97%) WebSockets
4 5 (6.41%) Node.js
4 5 (6.41%) YAML
5 4 (5.13%) .NET
5 4 (5.13%) Elastic Stack
6 3 (3.85%) Bootstrap
6 3 (3.85%) CSS
6 3 (3.85%) Express.js
6 3 (3.85%) HTML
6 3 (3.85%) JSON
6 3 (3.85%) React
7 2 (2.56%) AngularJS
7 2 (2.56%) SOAP
7 2 (2.56%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 12 (15.38%) Cloud Native
2 5 (6.41%) Product Ownership
3 2 (2.56%) CMDB
3 2 (2.56%) Data Centre
3 2 (2.56%) Hybrid Cloud
3 2 (2.56%) Legacy Systems
3 2 (2.56%) Wiki
4 1 (1.28%) Analytical Mindset
4 1 (1.28%) CUDA
4 1 (1.28%) Data Fabric
4 1 (1.28%) Embedded Systems
4 1 (1.28%) Onboarding
4 1 (1.28%) Private Cloud
4 1 (1.28%) Raspberry Pi
4 1 (1.28%) Robotics
4 1 (1.28%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 7 (8.97%) Windows
2 3 (3.85%) Linux
3 2 (2.56%) Windows Server 2016
4 1 (1.28%) Android
4 1 (1.28%) Robot Operating System
4 1 (1.28%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 78 (100.00%) DevOps
2 49 (62.82%) Agile
3 42 (53.85%) Scrum
4 37 (47.44%) Validation
5 32 (41.03%) CI/CD
6 27 (34.62%) Collaborative Working
6 27 (34.62%) Requirements Analysis
6 27 (34.62%) Software Delivery
6 27 (34.62%) Web Application Development
7 21 (26.92%) Infrastructure as Code
8 14 (17.95%) Containerisation
9 11 (14.10%) Microservices
10 10 (12.82%) Stakeholder Management
11 9 (11.54%) Problem-Solving
12 8 (10.26%) Infrastructure Automation
12 8 (10.26%) Migration
13 7 (8.97%) Cloud Security
13 7 (8.97%) Test Automation
13 7 (8.97%) User Acceptance Testing
14 6 (7.69%) Knowledge Transfer
Programming Languages
1 44 (56.41%) SQL
2 37 (47.44%) JavaScript
3 36 (46.15%) PL/SQL
4 18 (23.08%) Python
5 14 (17.95%) PowerShell
6 7 (8.97%) Bash
6 7 (8.97%) Go
7 6 (7.69%) TypeScript
8 5 (6.41%) Bicep
9 4 (5.13%) C#
10 2 (2.56%) Java
11 1 (1.28%) Apex Code
11 1 (1.28%) C++
11 1 (1.28%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 63 (80.77%) Security Cleared
2 61 (78.21%) SC Cleared
3 10 (12.82%) DV Cleared
4 5 (6.41%) AWS Certification
4 5 (6.41%) Azure Certification
5 4 (5.13%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
6 3 (3.85%) Degree
7 2 (2.56%) Microsoft Certification
8 1 (1.28%) BPSS Clearance
8 1 (1.28%) CISSP
8 1 (1.28%) CompTIA Security+
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (5.13%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 3 (3.85%) NCSC
3 2 (2.56%) Cyber Essentials
3 2 (2.56%) NIST
4 1 (1.28%) Accessibility
4 1 (1.28%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
4 1 (1.28%) Government Security Classifications
4 1 (1.28%) JSP 440
4 1 (1.28%) WCAG
System Software
1 19 (24.36%) Docker
2 5 (6.41%) Active Directory
3 4 (5.13%) Virtual Desktop
4 3 (3.85%) Virtual Machines
5 1 (1.28%) VMware NSX
5 1 (1.28%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 20 (25.64%) Terraform
2 17 (21.79%) Kubernetes
3 12 (15.38%) Grafana
4 11 (14.10%) Prometheus
5 7 (8.97%) Ansible
6 3 (3.85%) Puppet
7 2 (2.56%) Kibana
8 1 (1.28%) FortiGate
8 1 (1.28%) HP ALM
8 1 (1.28%) Icinga
8 1 (1.28%) Microsoft Intune
8 1 (1.28%) SCCM
8 1 (1.28%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 36 (46.15%) Oracle
2 17 (21.79%) Microsoft
3 5 (6.41%) NEC
4 4 (5.13%) NetApp
4 4 (5.13%) ServiceNow
5 3 (3.85%) Splunk
6 1 (1.28%) Cisco
6 1 (1.28%) Google
6 1 (1.28%) HP
6 1 (1.28%) NVIDIA
6 1 (1.28%) Salesforce
6 1 (1.28%) VMware