Azure DevOps Contract Job Trends in the UK excluding London

Microsoft Azure DevOps
UK > UK excluding London

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the UK excluding London requiring Azure DevOps skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 16 September 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

 6 months to
16 Sep 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 94 99 117
Rank change year-on-year +5 +18 -37
Contract jobs citing Azure DevOps 697 376 326
As % of all contract jobs in the UK excluding London 2.49% 2.43% 1.83%
As % of the Cloud Services category 8.51% 7.67% 6.63%
Number of daily rates quoted 470 284 231
10th Percentile £325 £358 £363
25th Percentile £413 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £488 £494 £513
Median % change year-on-year -1.32% -3.61% -2.38%
75th Percentile £575 £575 £590
90th Percentile £650 £625 £638
UK median daily rate £500 £500 £525
% change year-on-year - -4.76% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 42 1 0
10th Percentile £21.25 - -
25th Percentile £37.25 - -
Median hourly rate £56.73 £29.25 -
Median % change year-on-year +93.95% - -
75th Percentile £82.19 - -
90th Percentile £102.33 - -
UK median hourly rate £55.00 £85.00 -
% change year-on-year -35.29% - -

All Cloud Computing Skills
UK excluding 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 the UK excluding London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for cloud computing skills 8,193 4,903 4,919
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 29.25% 31.70% 27.63%
Number of daily rates quoted 5,258 3,286 3,242
10th Percentile £263 £250 £247
25th Percentile £403 £380 £392
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £475 £500
Median % change year-on-year +5.26% -5.00% -
75th Percentile £594 £572 £600
90th Percentile £675 £644 £665
UK median daily rate £525 £500 £525
% change year-on-year +5.00% -4.76% -2.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 488 164 139
10th Percentile £15.25 £14.75 £14.16
25th Percentile £17.42 £16.80 £18.17
Median hourly rate £32.00 £20.00 £30.00
Median % change year-on-year +60.00% -33.33% +11.11%
75th Percentile £69.77 £36.38 £66.74
90th Percentile £83.08 £66.85 £70.00
UK median hourly rate £32.50 £29.07 £31.00
% change year-on-year +11.80% -6.23% -11.43%

Azure DevOps
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Azure DevOps job vacancy trend in the UK excluding London

Azure DevOps
Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing Azure DevOps.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing Azure DevOps

Azure DevOps
Daily Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Azure DevOps in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 16 September 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Azure DevOps in the UK excluding London

Azure DevOps
Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing Azure DevOps.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing Azure DevOps

Azure DevOps
Hourly Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Azure DevOps in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 16 September 2026.

Hourly rate histogram for Azure DevOps in the UK excluding London

Azure DevOps
Contract Job Locations in the UK excluding 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 UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 16 September 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
South East -20 172 £525 +14.60% 190
North of England -1 162 £475 -5.00% 235
Midlands +25 159 £461 -10.00% 128
West Midlands +14 118 £455 -20.87% 64
South West -2 80 £475 -13.64% 70
North West -9 75 £500 +11.11% 131
Yorkshire -15 64 £480 -4.00% 76
Scotland -21 59 £525 +5.00% 64
East of England +5 40 £425 -15.00% 79
East Midlands +3 40 £500 +8.11% 64
Wales -4 26 £500 +23.46% 19
North East - 23 £450 - 29
Channel Islands - 5 £450 -
Northern Ireland - 3 £450 - 28
Azure DevOps
UK

Azure DevOps
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the UK excluding 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 76 (10.90%) Confluence
2 54 (7.75%) SharePoint
3 6 (0.86%) Documentum
4 5 (0.72%) Apache
4 5 (0.72%) Apache Spark
5 4 (0.57%) Apache Airflow
5 4 (0.57%) nginx
6 2 (0.29%) CMS
6 2 (0.29%) Microsoft Exchange
6 2 (0.29%) OpenROAD
6 2 (0.29%) Palantir Foundry
6 2 (0.29%) SAS
6 2 (0.29%) Smallworld
6 2 (0.29%) Umbraco
7 1 (0.14%) Anypoint
7 1 (0.14%) ArcGIS
7 1 (0.14%) IIS
7 1 (0.14%) Mendix
7 1 (0.14%) Oracle Workflow
7 1 (0.14%) WebLogic
Applications
1 23 (3.30%) Microsoft Project
2 14 (2.01%) Microsoft Excel
2 14 (2.01%) MS Visio
3 6 (0.86%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 6 (0.86%) Trello
4 4 (0.57%) Chatbot
4 4 (0.57%) CPLEX
4 4 (0.57%) Microsoft Office
5 1 (0.14%) Adobe XD
5 1 (0.14%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 25 (3.59%) Dynamics CRM
2 10 (1.43%) SAP S/4HANA
3 3 (0.43%) Oracle EBS
4 2 (0.29%) Dynamics GP
4 2 (0.29%) SAP MDG
4 2 (0.29%) Teamcenter
4 2 (0.29%) Unit4 Business World
5 1 (0.14%) Infor SunSystems
5 1 (0.14%) MIS ActiveH
5 1 (0.14%) Payment Gateway
5 1 (0.14%) ResourceLink
5 1 (0.14%) SAP FI-AR
5 1 (0.14%) SAP IS-U
Cloud Services
1 697 (100.00%) Azure
2 138 (19.80%) Power Platform
3 129 (18.51%) GitHub
4 97 (13.92%) GitHub Actions
5 90 (12.91%) AWS
6 66 (9.47%) Dynamics 365
7 62 (8.90%) Power Automate
8 53 (7.60%) Entra ID
9 52 (7.46%) Azure AKS
9 52 (7.46%) Azure Monitor
10 49 (7.03%) Serverless
11 48 (6.89%) PowerApps
12 46 (6.60%) GCP
13 37 (5.31%) Azure Functions
14 34 (4.88%) Azure Logic Apps
15 31 (4.45%) Azure Key Vault
16 30 (4.30%) Azure Data Factory
17 29 (4.16%) Microsoft 365
18 20 (2.87%) Microsoft Copilot
19 19 (2.73%) AWS CloudFormation
Communications & Networking
1 36 (5.16%) Firewall
2 23 (3.30%) DNS
3 20 (2.87%) Network Security
4 16 (2.30%) SSL
5 7 (1.00%) DHCP
6 6 (0.86%) VPN
6 6 (0.86%) WAN
7 5 (0.72%) SD-WAN
7 5 (0.72%) TCP/IP
8 4 (0.57%) LAN
8 4 (0.57%) VLAN
9 3 (0.43%) Internet
9 3 (0.43%) RS-232
9 3 (0.43%) RS-485
10 1 (0.14%) Cisco Nexus
10 1 (0.14%) Intranet
10 1 (0.14%) MPLS
10 1 (0.14%) Software-Defined Networking
10 1 (0.14%) SONET
10 1 (0.14%) VXLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 76 (10.90%) Power BI
2 64 (9.18%) SQL Server
3 21 (3.01%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 19 (2.73%) Azure SQL Database
4 19 (2.73%) Data Warehouse
5 17 (2.44%) NoSQL
6 16 (2.30%) PostgreSQL
7 12 (1.72%) Delta Lake
7 12 (1.72%) Geospatial Data
8 11 (1.58%) Data Lake
8 11 (1.58%) MongoDB
8 11 (1.58%) MySQL
9 8 (1.15%) Metadata
10 7 (1.00%) Relational Database
11 6 (0.86%) Amazon Redshift
11 6 (0.86%) Data Vault
11 6 (0.86%) Parquet
11 6 (0.86%) Power Query
12 5 (0.72%) Oracle Database
12 5 (0.72%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 142 (20.37%) JIRA
2 128 (18.36%) Git
3 87 (12.48%) Jenkins
4 61 (8.75%) GitLab
5 31 (4.45%) Selenium
6 27 (3.87%) Postman
7 18 (2.58%) WebDriver
8 17 (2.44%) Cypress.io
9 16 (2.30%) Cucumber
10 13 (1.87%) REST Assured
10 13 (1.87%) Visual Studio
11 11 (1.58%) MSI
12 10 (1.43%) fastlane
12 10 (1.43%) Gradle
12 10 (1.43%) Sonatype Nexus
13 8 (1.15%) Bitbucket
14 7 (1.00%) JUnit
14 7 (1.00%) Team Foundation Server
15 6 (0.86%) NUnit
15 6 (0.86%) SpecFlow
General
1 202 (28.98%) Social Skills
2 118 (16.93%) Public Sector
3 94 (13.49%) Finance
4 76 (10.90%) Analytical Skills
5 62 (8.90%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 26 (3.73%) Aerospace
7 20 (2.87%) Organisational Skills
8 18 (2.58%) Banking
9 12 (1.72%) Legal
10 10 (1.43%) Documentation Skills
10 10 (1.43%) Influencing Skills
11 8 (1.15%) Billing
11 8 (1.15%) Retail
12 7 (1.00%) Telecoms
13 6 (0.86%) Manufacturing
14 5 (0.72%) Law
14 5 (0.72%) Police
15 4 (0.57%) Health Technology
15 4 (0.57%) Local Government
16 3 (0.43%) Electronics
Job Titles
1 138 (19.80%) Developer
2 108 (15.49%) DevOps Engineer
3 107 (15.35%) Senior
4 90 (12.91%) Azure Engineer
5 75 (10.76%) Analyst
6 67 (9.61%) Lead
7 61 (8.75%) Azure DevOps Engineer
8 46 (6.60%) Architect
9 36 (5.16%) Business Analyst
10 29 (4.16%) Data Engineer
11 28 (4.02%) Dynamics 365 Developer
12 26 (3.73%) Project Manager
13 23 (3.30%) .NET Developer
13 23 (3.30%) Senior Developer
14 22 (3.16%) Cloud Engineer
14 22 (3.16%) Delivery Manager
15 20 (2.87%) Platform Engineer
15 20 (2.87%) Senior DevOps
15 20 (2.87%) Test Analyst
16 19 (2.73%) Solutions Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 199 (28.55%) Terraform
2 95 (13.63%) .NET
3 72 (10.33%) REST
4 47 (6.74%) RESTful
5 40 (5.74%) JSON
6 39 (5.60%) ARM Templates
7 36 (5.16%) Playwright
8 33 (4.73%) ADO
9 30 (4.30%) .NET Core
9 30 (4.30%) .NET Framework
10 29 (4.16%) YAML
11 22 (3.16%) Kafka
12 21 (3.01%) WPF
13 19 (2.73%) OAuth
14 18 (2.58%) CSS
14 18 (2.58%) HTML
15 17 (2.44%) XML
16 16 (2.30%) Entity Framework
16 16 (2.30%) React
17 14 (2.01%) RabbitMQ
Miscellaneous
1 86 (12.34%) Product Ownership
2 72 (10.33%) Cloud Native
3 33 (4.73%) Onboarding
4 26 (3.73%) Management Information System
5 21 (3.01%) Enterprise Software
6 19 (2.73%) Legacy Systems
7 15 (2.15%) Mobile App
8 13 (1.87%) Data Protection Act
8 13 (1.87%) Hybrid Cloud
8 13 (1.87%) Replication
9 12 (1.72%) Distributed Systems
9 12 (1.72%) Self-Motivation
9 12 (1.72%) Wiki
10 11 (1.58%) Clustering
10 11 (1.58%) Data Structures
10 11 (1.58%) Taxonomies
10 11 (1.58%) Virtual Team
11 10 (1.43%) Linux Command Line
12 9 (1.29%) Low-Code
13 7 (1.00%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 59 (8.46%) Windows
2 46 (6.60%) Linux
3 19 (2.73%) Windows Server
4 12 (1.72%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 6 (0.86%) Android
5 6 (0.86%) Apple iOS
6 5 (0.72%) Unix
7 4 (0.57%) Ubuntu
7 4 (0.57%) VMS
8 3 (0.43%) CentOS
8 3 (0.43%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 697 (100.00%) DevOps
2 388 (55.67%) CI/CD
3 330 (47.35%) Agile
4 192 (27.55%) Infrastructure as Code
5 151 (21.66%) Continuous Improvement
6 137 (19.66%) Test Automation
7 136 (19.51%) Scrum
8 131 (18.79%) Stakeholder Management
9 126 (18.08%) Containerisation
10 109 (15.64%) Problem-Solving
11 94 (13.49%) Stakeholder Engagement
12 92 (13.20%) Deployment Automation
13 88 (12.63%) Analytics
14 85 (12.20%) Platform Engineering
15 84 (12.05%) Observability
16 80 (11.48%) User Acceptance Testing
17 78 (11.19%) Sprint Planning
18 76 (10.90%) Business Intelligence
19 75 (10.76%) DevSecOps
20 74 (10.62%) Migration
Programming Languages
1 140 (20.09%) Python
2 127 (18.22%) C#
3 121 (17.36%) SQL
4 112 (16.07%) PowerShell
5 91 (13.06%) JavaScript
6 83 (11.91%) Bicep
7 68 (9.76%) Bash
8 61 (8.75%) Java
9 36 (5.16%) TypeScript
10 16 (2.30%) T-SQL
11 13 (1.87%) Kusto Query Language
12 11 (1.58%) Go
13 10 (1.43%) X++
14 7 (1.00%) Data Analysis Expressions
15 6 (0.86%) C++
15 6 (0.86%) Kotlin
16 5 (0.72%) R
16 5 (0.72%) Scala
16 5 (0.72%) VB
16 5 (0.72%) VB6
Qualifications
1 239 (34.29%) Security Cleared
2 186 (26.69%) SC Cleared
3 71 (10.19%) Degree
4 55 (7.89%) Azure Certification
5 48 (6.89%) Microsoft Certification
6 38 (5.45%) DV Cleared
7 35 (5.02%) BPSS Clearance
8 27 (3.87%) ISTQB
9 11 (1.58%) AWS Certification
10 10 (1.43%) Computer Science Degree
10 10 (1.43%) PMI Certification
10 10 (1.43%) PMP
11 9 (1.29%) CISSP
11 9 (1.29%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
12 7 (1.00%) Master's Degree
13 6 (0.86%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
13 6 (0.86%) CompTIA Security+
14 5 (0.72%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
14 5 (0.72%) Cisco Certification
14 5 (0.72%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 69 (9.90%) Accessibility
2 64 (9.18%) QA
3 49 (7.03%) WCAG
4 32 (4.59%) Data Quality
5 31 (4.45%) GDPR
6 20 (2.87%) PMO
7 17 (2.44%) NCSC
8 13 (1.87%) ISO/IEC 27001
9 8 (1.15%) NIST
10 7 (1.00%) GRC
11 5 (0.72%) SLA
12 4 (0.57%) Cyber Essentials
13 3 (0.43%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
14 2 (0.29%) Actionable Recommendations
14 2 (0.29%) Disclosure Scotland
15 1 (0.14%) Government Security Classifications
15 1 (0.14%) ISO 20022
15 1 (0.14%) PSD2
15 1 (0.14%) Sarbanes-Oxley
15 1 (0.14%) SEPA
System Software
1 118 (16.93%) Docker
2 31 (4.45%) Active Directory
3 20 (2.87%) Virtual Machines
4 8 (1.15%) Virtual Desktop
5 4 (0.57%) Firmware
5 4 (0.57%) VMware Infrastructure
6 3 (0.43%) Embedded Firmware
7 2 (0.29%) Apache ZooKeeper
8 1 (0.14%) Microsoft App-V
8 1 (0.14%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 158 (22.67%) Kubernetes
2 51 (7.32%) Ansible
3 33 (4.73%) Grafana
4 29 (4.16%) Prometheus
5 16 (2.30%) Microsoft Intune
6 15 (2.15%) Progress Chef
7 14 (2.01%) Argo
8 12 (1.72%) Puppet
9 10 (1.43%) SCOM
10 6 (0.86%) HP ALM
10 6 (0.86%) Istio
11 5 (0.72%) Jamf Pro
11 5 (0.72%) Packer
12 4 (0.57%) HP Quality Center
13 3 (0.43%) Single Sign-On
14 2 (0.29%) linkerd
15 1 (0.14%) HAProxy
15 1 (0.14%) Rancher
15 1 (0.14%) SELinux
15 1 (0.14%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 247 (35.44%) Microsoft
2 39 (5.60%) Databricks
3 38 (5.45%) ServiceNow
4 27 (3.87%) Google
5 25 (3.59%) Oracle
6 23 (3.30%) Salesforce
7 21 (3.01%) Dynatrace
8 17 (2.44%) SAP
9 16 (2.30%) Splunk
10 14 (2.01%) MuleSoft
11 9 (1.29%) Red Hat
12 6 (0.86%) Citrix
12 6 (0.86%) Foundry
12 6 (0.86%) HP
12 6 (0.86%) InterSystems
13 5 (0.72%) Apple
14 4 (0.57%) UiPath
14 4 (0.57%) VMware
14 4 (0.57%) Zscaler
15 3 (0.43%) OpenAI
809 Azure DevOps jobs in the UK excluding London